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Homemade OREOS!
I've had my eyes on this recipe for quite some time now. I feel like I say that at the beginning of every post where I use a recipe from Deb over at Smitten Kitchen – I basically want to make everything she makes. Or maybe I could just move in with her and have her cook for me every day… At any rate, these homemade Oreos have been on my must-bake list for a while now.
Then, our monthly cooking club announced the theme for our dinner and a movie. In honor of March Madness, the theme was anything dunkable. Of course, Oreos are the most famously dunkable cookie out there. (Hubby made French "dunk" sandwiches – watch for the blog update on that soon!).
These cookies come together pretty easily. Some other homemade Oreo recipes require rolling and cutting, but I liked that these are just dropped onto the cookie sheet (and I don't have any circle cookie cutters anyways). I'm not sure why my cookies are such a light brown color. I used Ghirardelli cocoa which is my standard cocoa, but I suppose that could be the reason?
Once the cookies are cooled completely, the filling is piped onto a cookie. I tried to match up cookies of the same size – even though I used a cookie scoop to portion my dough, there was some variation in the size (I'm a little OCD like that). Let me just tell you this filling is spot on with the filling of an Oreo. The exact same taste and texture. It's amazing.
Everyone at the cooking club enjoyed these cookies. I thought they were ok, but nothing great. Apparently everyone else thought they were spot on with the taste of Oreos.
Homemade Oreos – from Smitten Kitchen – makes 25 to 30 sandwich cookiesFor the chocolate wafers:
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup unsweetened Dutch process cocoa
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cups sugar
1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons (1 1/4 sticks) room-temperature, unsalted butter
1 large egg
For the filling:
1/4 cup room-temperature, unsalted butter
1/4 cup vegetable shortening
2 cups sifted confectioners' sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Set two racks in the middle of the oven. Preheat to 375°F.
In a food processor, or bowl of an electric mixer, thoroughly mix the flour, cocoa, baking soda and powder, salt, and sugar. While pulsing, or on low speed, add the butter, and then the egg. Continue processing or mixing until dough comes together in a mass.
Take rounded teaspoons of batter and place on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet approximately two inches apart. With moistened hands, slightly flatten the dough (I used my cookie scoop to portion out batter, then I took that portion of batter and divided it in half. I then rolled the dough into a ball and flattened it on the cookie sheet). Bake for 9 minutes, rotating once for even baking. Set baking sheets on a rack to cool.
To make the cream, place butter and shortening in a mixing bowl, and at low speed, gradually beat in the sugar and vanilla. Turn the mixer on high and beat for 2 to 3 minutes until filling is light and fluffy.
To assemble the cookies, in a pastry bag with a 1/2 inch, round tip, pipe teaspoon-size blobs of cream into the center of one cookie. Place another cookie, equal in size to the first, on top of the cream. Lightly press, to work the filling evenly to the outsides of the cookie. Continue this process until all the cookies have been sandwiched with cream.
10 Responses to "Homemade OREOS!"
I've been wanting to try these for a long time! They look delicious!
Oh, thank you for posting these… I know I could have just googled it but I was planning on looking up the recipe today because I think I'm gonna try them this weekend for lunch snacks next week!
They look so yummy!
This looks great and it's a recipe I have yet to try!
Those are the perfect dunkable treats! They are so cute and look yummy too!
Great job on the oreos…They look delish, I'll have to try them. Deb and hubby are enroute to Pioneer Woman's ranch, if you didn't already know. Keep up with her antics over the weekend!
Home made OREO'S I am impressed. They look perfect.
I made these a few days ago, too! I made Oreo cupcakes with them the next day. They were very yummy and quick to make!
I'm going to take the vegan approach to your recipe tonight, but I noticed you don't have round cookie cutters. If you're ever in need of an impromptu cutter (e.g. for biscuits), any round, empty shape will work. In fact, the other day, I made window cookies using a mug and a pill cap. No one was the wiser.
Excited to try the recipe – especially since I don't have to cut anything. Thanks!
Thanks for sharing these with me! I'll have to give this filling a whirl for my Oreo loving husband! 🙂


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Back to Reality
As you have concluded by now The Colonel took a few days off...he thinks its only a few. He is here this morning, lets see what is on his mind.
Q- Colonel...Good Morning its back to reality on a Monday morning.
A- Yes...been back for a few days already, its nice to get away, and nice to get back.
Q- Where did you go? What did you do?
A- Guys that's a lot of questions. Flew with Westjet from YYZ to POP, staid at Blue Bay Villas Doradas, seeked to have a "simple" completely "unplugged" time, focusing on sun, sand, nature.
Q- We are increasingly hearing about the "digital detox" experience which is beneficial and perhaps almost required.
A- Precisely, we spend our time completely wired, be it at work or home. We are bombarded by a myriad of media platforms, while participating in a bunch of these platforms. Unplugging is a great learning experience.
Q- A learning experience?
A- Absolutely, when you take the time, you learn about yourself, consider different perspectives, and focus on simpler aspects of life and the world around you. Obvious that a change of scenery is helpful too.
Q- Perhaps, different folks have different priorities when they take time off.
A- Absolutely, it depends where their situation in life, what will provide a relief, what they are seeking and so on...for different folks its different priorities.
Q- Heard that you walked a good amount...
A- Early morning walks on the beach are an ideal time to get some exercise and be reflective, its a priceless experience. In addition its great exercise for the legs, calves, when you are barefoot, and the sand is soft.
Q- Did you meet interesting folks...
A- Absolutely...its part of human nature to connect with other folks.
Q- Did you take some photos?
A- What do you think? The Beach 2012...take a look.
Q- Heard that you can get around with helicopters, stretched limos.
A- Yes...for the folks that want/need all the comforts. We went around with a horse drawn carriage, and a horse ride on the beach. Yes...one horsepower.
Q- Heard that you befriended stray dogs on the beach?
A- Perhaps the dogs befriended us, it was a mutual thing, it seemed that the dogs preferred to follow us on our morning walks rather than other folks. Dogs learn by observing, it was a reflective experience to observe beach dogs. Take a look...Perros de la Playa.
Q- Did you experience Hurricane Sandy?
A- Yes for 3 days, it was a huge system, grey skies, rain, ominous clouds, impressive system which reinforced the power of nature. When it finally moved on, the birds started chirping again in the morning.
Q- Your "time off" was a cool experience?
A- Totally simple and enjoyable. We have to be very thankful and appreciative that we can do it.

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AUTHORITIES are trying to restore power on two popular islands in southern Thailand after a power blackout extending at least 48 hours caused travellers to leave.
Koh Samui and Koh Phangan in Surat Thani province lost electricity on Tuesday morning when an underground high-voltage cable ruptured.
Samui district chief Prasert Jitmung said on Thursday the hospital and most five-star hotels were not heavily affected by the blackout, as they had their own diesel-fuelled electricity generators.
He said a large number of Thai and foreign tourists had left the island after the blackout.
Authorities have distributed mobile generators to give temporary power on the two islands.
Prasert said power will likely resume on the two islands by Thursday afternoon.
Originally published as Tourists leave Thai islands after blackout


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I have had a really hard time establishing a daily practice of sitting twice a day. I find myself being mindful in daily situations, but a routine being cemented just seems to be something I've always had trouble with. I seem to procrastinate quite a bit, especially with the trip I've been trying to plan. (See my pilgrimage topic)
It's not that I don't have time to meditate, quite the opposite. I have plenty of time on my hands, more then enough to meditate up to 2 hours a day, even more. I understand it's not about how long you sit, but the mindfulness and maintaining of a schedule if you will. I also have books on the subject of meditation, but find myself having a hard time really picking them up and reading them! I really need to buckle down, because if I can't get a handle on it now, it will just escalate seemingly out of control. Anyone know of some methods to help establish a daily practice, and maybe get things done (maybe a little off topic, but the root of the problem)


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Fortunately, I grew up in a middle class family where education is highly valued as well as expected. I am also an immigrant from Syria, where despite the fact that the country is led by a dictator, higher education for women is also valued and expected.
My father immigrated to the United States when I was five years old. He always reinforced to us that he brought his family here in order to escape Syrian dictatorship and to provide us with freedoms and opportunities that we would not otherwise have, had we stayed in Syria. He also reinforced to us that we have the advantage of cultivating the best of both cultures in order to be the best that we can be.
While growing up in Houston Texas, I had the privilege of touring many areas of the world, including less fortunate countries, where individuals, especially women, did not have the freedom and/or the opportunities to pursue higher education in order to maximize their personal and family financial freedom, happiness and success. I saw the correlation between education and achieving success. Women that were educated were not only more successful, they were also more autonomous.
Right after high school, at the age of 17, I chose to get married to a Syrian husband and I resided in Syria for the first seven years of our marriage.
While residing in Syria, I witnessed my Syrian female cousins attend college to become pharmacists, engineers, doctors, and dentists. While I was very motivated to go to college, my reading and writing skills in Arabic were not college level and there were no options for me to attend English university. I focused instead on using my English skills to help others that were learning English as a second language.
Seven years later, my husband and I moved our family to the United States, as my father had done when I was young, to escape Syrian dictatorship and to provide our family with better opportunities.
The first thing that I did when I returned to the United States was to enroll in college. I was a 25 year old mother of four children who ranged from the age of newborn through six years old.
Life became very challenging. I was raising four children while simultaneously going to school and working as a kindergarten teacher.
Furthermore, my life became much more complicated and much more challenging when I became a single mom. Nevertheless, I took care of my four children, worked, attended Texas Woman's university, graduated magna cum laude and became a pediatric ICU nurse at Texas Children's hospital despite the many challenges.
What were the keys to my success, in spite of the challenges? First of all, I was passionate and committed to being self-reliant. In addition, I defined specific goals and remained dedicated to accomplishing them.
I always kept my father's mantra that with dedication, determination, and education, the opportunities in the United States are endless if one chooses to pursue them.
I prioritized and focused. I identified my top goals, and I developed strategies to achieve them.
I prioritized my family's health (including physical fitness and nutrition) and our education. Everything else became secondary. I also became resourceful, and consolidated wherever I could without compromise.
My priorities:
- Nutrition: I knew I didn't want my children's diet to suffer, so I cooked nutritional meals daily. Rather than telling children they cannot have certain snacks, I simply didn't even purchase them. I also realized that when children get their three meals per day, they are less likely to get hungry and snack in-between. I often included my children in cooking together. And, it is true, a family who eats together, stays together.
- Children's Education:
- Academic education: While living in Syria, I realized that primary school education there was very strong. Children were expected to learn more complex math, reading and science at much younger ages. They do not pass children from grade to grade unless they master all the skills and objectives for the year. End of year comprehensive exams were started in kindergarten. This realization motivated me to work more with my children beginning in preschool and persisting through kindergarten in order to develop their reading, writing and math skills with my goal being that they qualify to be in the gifted and talented programs in elementary school. I was just as diligent with the kindergarten students that I taught. I am a believer that most children are smart enough to do above-grade level work if they are challenged to do so by their parents and their teachers, and when, as a result, they are surrounded by children that are also being challenged in the same classroom. Children's brains are like sponges and clay, they absorb quickly and can be molded easily. When your child sits in a classroom with other children that are ambitious and challenged, he or she will strive to do as well as the others in the class who also are motivated to learn. On the other hand, if your child is in an on-level class and is surrounded with children who are not motivated to learn, your child may not be reaching their full potential. Furthermore, when young children are not being challenged and taught the right skills, they are not mature enough to notify their parents. They may have the potential to do higher level work, but will not reach their potential unless their educators and their parents create an environment of opportunities to exceed expectations. Furthermore, it is essential to get them into the habit of completing their assignments and making good grades.
Furthermore, while my children were in school, so was I. I became their role model – If mom can do it, so can I. We did homework together, worked on projects together, and we studied together at the kitchen table.
My recommendation: take an active role in your children's primary education. After all, they spend half of their childhood in school.
- Educational toys and games: Invest in educational toys and games for your children. I discovered that building blocks were great. Not only are they an excellent investment for those who are on a tight budget, since one box of building blocks can turn into endless numbers of toys, but building blocks encourage children to be creative, resourceful and innovative. They truly do exercise children's right and left brains. The only disadvantage is cleaning up so many pieces. Perhaps you can designate an area in your home just for building blocks, and of course it's an opportunity to teach them responsibility of cleaning up after themselves.
- Physical fitness and recreational educational activities: With four children and very little spare time, I needed a family activity that everyone can partake in at once. I didn't have time to shuttle children around from soccer to dance to gymnastics… So, I chose to enroll all of my children in the local neighborhood swim team at a very young age. If you are working, going to school and raising children on your own, or on a tight income, swimming is great. Simultaneously, all four were able to attend swim practice and to compete in the swim meets – even the baby – which enabled me to not have to drive four children to different locations every day. I also purchased season passes to our local theme park and Water Park. Again, this was a family activity that my children and I were all able to participate in and to enjoy while spending time together. My children and I rode the rollercoasters and went down the water slides together all summer long.
In addition, my brother owned a boat, and my parents had a swimming pool, and we lived close to Lake Conroe. We spent many weekends together during the summer swimming, waterskiing, grilling hotdogs and marshmallows. In addition to being a fun and family oriented activity, swimming is a survival skill that I believe every parent should teach their children to master. I can't emphasize enough the benefits of swimming and the economies of scale that a family can gain from this one recreational activity.
My Education:
I chose nursing as a professional major because nursing was aligned with one of my two greatest passions – health and beauty – which I believe go hand-in-hand. I believe that when you look good, you feel good, and vice versa! I also have a nurturing and caregiving personality, and I have always been fascinated with humanity, and how anatomy and physiology, as well as psychology and society affect our health, our self-esteem, and our happiness. I researched and discovered that nursing was very holistic in the sense that, in addition to incorporating medical interventions to treat disorders and diseases, nurses treat the entire person holistically – taking into consideration not only how a person's physical characteristics can lead to health or illness, and how pharmacological interventions can treat those illnesses, nurses also take into consideration how the psychological, social and lifestyle challenges can affect a person's health, and how those same factors can be used to develop treatment and preventative protocols. Nurses use the Nursing Process, and we take a holistic approach to assessing, diagnosing and treating individuals holistically through the assessment of physical, pharmacological, psychological, social and lifestyle factors. Then we develop a plan of care that includes interventions that treat those same factors: physical, pharmacological, psychological, social and lifestyle imbalances that result in illness. We seek to understand and to incorporate preventative and treatment protocols that incorporate how a person deals with and overcomes lifestyle as well as psycho-social, and environmental related problems and challenges, and how those non-physical attributes, factors, and variables can affect their entire well-being including their ability to stay healthy or to recover from illness, and how their medical condition will affect or be affected by their work, their family and their lifestyle.
We strive to prevent and to treat as we assess and consider all aspects of a person's life – the interconnectedness of body, mind, emotion, spirit, social/cultural, relationship, and environment. And we consider how all of these – holistically – affect our health and happiness and the ability to prevent, to treat, and to ultimately overcome disorders and diseases, or to at least be able to cope effectively.
Moreover, the nursing profession was also conducive to being a mother of four. I knew I would be able to work full-time, part-time, evenings or weekends. And it is always in demand because no computers or machines can replace the care a nurse gives to his/her patient.
Transition to Xtreme Lashes:
When my children were older, I became fortunate enough to follow my second passion: beauty. I again prioritized and focused on my goals to develop a company and industry.
Once again, the investment I made into my education and into my children's education paid off!!
With my family by my side: my son Maher Daoudi, my daughter Noor Daoudi, my Son Muhammad Daoudi, my brother Ahmad Mousselli, and my husband Martin Dale, we founded Xtreme Lashes by Jo Mousselli®. Without a blue-print, we created a brand new industry for thousands of women and men to be empowered with rewarding and profitable careers that enable them to empower the lives of thousands more consumers with innovative and high performing beauty products and services that enhance their beauty, self-confidence and happiness – holistically!
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If you haven't heard a word about this week's monumental "once-in-a-generation" global conference on sustainability you're not alone. Rio +20 marks the 20th anniversary of the original 1992 Earth Summit in Brazil where for the first time, the world's most powerful and influential leaders met with thousands of activists and participants from public, private and non-profit groups to begin collaborating on solving the planet's most urgent environmental issues.
It was heralded as a game changer with regard to pollution, overpopulation, global warming, species extinction, deforestation and more. But unfortunately our collective global will to solve these problems has since waned and little action resulted from the 1992 summit or the many other successive meetings.
On the bright side, over 100 presidents and prime ministers will be represented at this year's summit today through Friday, however President Obama, David Cameron, Angela Merkel, and dozens of the other major global leaders have snubbed the talks. Environmental activists are looking for ways to help salvage things.
Vermonter, Bill McKibbon ("probably the nation's leading environmentalist" per the Boston Globe) has organized a Twitterstorm as a way for people all around the world to lend their support to the conference. Bill's signature issue is climate change and pollution from fossil fuels so he's asking everyone to tweet this message today: "Want to stop climate change? Stop funding it. Pls RT! http://endfossilfuelsubsidies.org/twitterstorm/ #EndFossilFuelSubsidies"
Logged in to your Twitter account now? How about lending Bill a hand? The world record for tweets in a day was set earlier this year, with birthday greetings for Justin Bieber. It would be a sad state of affairs if we couldn't beat that.
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BROOKLYN, Mich. — They remembered him as a hard-nosed racer, stubborn and not always the most patient on the track. Off the track, they remembered him as a guy who might be doing back flips into the pool.
Those who worked with and raced against Jason Leffler grieved amid the shock at the death of the 37-year-old racer Wednesday night at Bridgeport (N.J.) Speedway.
"Jason Leffler was a great racer and an even better friend," three-time Sprint Cup champion Tony Stewart said in a statement. "We raced together a lot, and our career paths were very similar.
"He loved racing, especially open-wheel racing, and that's a passion we both share. To not have him around to talk about whatever race one of us had just run, or were going to run, will be hard."
Leffler was driving a 410 sprint car in a heat race on the 0.625-mile banked dirt track when he crashed about 8:30 p.m. ET Wednesday, according to the New Jersey State Police.
He was taken by ambulance to Crozer Chester Medical Center and was pronounced dead at 9:02 p.m. ET, according to NJSP Lt. Stephen Jones.
"He was a racer's racer," said Danny Lasoski, who was in the heat race with Leffler but declined to go into detail of what happened. "He wanted to race everything. He had a burning desire to win. If you didn't like Jason Leffler, something was wrong with you."
Racetracks in New Jersey are licensed by the state, and the state police have jurisdiction and will conduct a mandatory investigation.
There is no timetable for an investigation, which likely will focus on what is initially believed to be a mechanical failure. No conclusions likely will be made until next week at the earliest.
Leffler's car apparently hit the wall head-on, got spun around and then hit the wall again with the left side of the car, according to eyewitnesses.
JJ Yeley, a Cup driver who has competed against Leffler since they were teenagers, said the 410 sprints — a winged sprint car with a 410 cubic-inch engine that can produce 850 horsepower and get up to speeds of 160 mph — might be going too fast for that type of track, although he did say the walls and barriers are up to date at Bridgeport for a local short track.
"Sprint-car racing has evolved so much as far as the engines and the speed," Yeley said. "Unfortunately, I don't know if the safety aspect has caught up. ... When you put a car going at that fast at that kind of risk, unfortunately bad things happen."
An autopsy was performed Thursday, with the Delaware County (Pa.) medical examiner determining "blunt force neck injury" as the cause of death.
Leffler had four USAC championships to go along with three NASCAR national series victories. He won twice in Nationwide, one in trucks.
"He was always one of those guys that you knew you had to beat when you went to the racetrack," Yeley said. "He was always giving 100 percent. He raced you as hard for the win as he did for 10th.
"He never gave up. That is what made Jason special. He was very passionate about racing. There was a little altercation or a little pushing — he was always fighting for everything he could get."
Leffler competed in 73 Cup races, including brief stints at Chip Ganassi Racing and Joe Gibbs Racing.
The most races he ever did in one season was 30, his rookie year in 2001. That's when he also had his best career finish, 10th at Homestead.
"He was a tremendous guy, a great teammate and absolutely loved racing. ... The racing community has lost a great ambassador," Chip Ganassi said in a statement.
Denny Hamlin changed his Twitter avatar to a photo of Leffler in a FedEx uniform. Leffler was the first driver for the FedEx brand at JGR.
"NASCAR is unique in that it really is one large family and Jason was well liked by all that knew him," Joe Gibbs said in a statement. "His loss will be felt across the entire sport."
Leffler was single and had a 5-year-old son, Charlie Dean. Funeral arrangements have not been set.
Last night we lost a real racer @jasonleffler. Thoughts & prayers go out to his family especially little Charlie. RIP Jason.— Mario Andretti (@MarioAndretti) June 13, 2013
Nearly everyone who spoke or released a statement or tweeted about Leffler mentioned Charlie Dean, "who Jason loved more than anything," Stewart said.
It was the attention he paid to his son — all Leffler really knew was racing — that made people learn another side of Leffler beyond the fierce competitor and the guy who would be full of antics off the racetrack.
"That's what impressed me most about Jason — he could be a giant kid and a hellion himself but he sure was all about that little Charlie Dean," said Scott Zipadelli, crew chief for Leffler at Braun Racing.
"He's was a proud dad. (His death) is really sad."
To know what type of guy Leffler was probably came when Zipadelli won at Montreal with Boris Said as his driver. The win occurred four months after the Zipadelli-Leffler professional relationship ended for a lack of results.
"When I won a race after he and I split up, he was one of the first ones to text me," Zipadelli said.
"Even though we weren't really speaking, he still reached out and said, 'Hey, good job, I'm happy for you.' That was cool. What you saw with him is what you got."
Spire Sport & Entertainment, which was managing Leffler's career, summed up his career in a statement:
"Despite his many accomplishments, Jason still followed in the same footsteps of his heroes that would race anything, anytime.
"All Jason wanted to do was race. He was the life of every party and a true racer. We will miss Jason dearly and know that his family appreciates all the thoughts and prayers."


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text: It's win or else for Eers By Dave Hickman November 10, 2013 Story Share MORGANTOWN - As possible as it has seemed on more than one occasion during the last month that it would do something to change its dire state of affairs, West Virginia's football team now finds itself exactly where it had hoped not to be heading into the final two games of the season.Win or else.That looked like it might change on more than a few occasions. In the last four weeks - or since WVU suffered that lopsided rout at Baylor - the Mountaineers have had every opportunity in the world to reverse their fortunes. Instead, they have lost three of four while giving up second-half leads in every one. The latest was Saturday's second straight overtime game, this one a 47-40 home loss to now-No. 23 Texas.It could have been much different, but the reality is that it's not. And now there is no longer any margin for error."It's pretty simple, really. We need to win our next two games to go to a bowl game,'' safety Darwin Cook said. "I've been to a bowl game every year I've been here. We have to go to one this year.''The truth is, everyone who has been a part of the West Virginia program for more than a year has always been to a bowl game. It's been a dozen years, 2001, since the Mountaineers didn't play beyond the regular season.Will this be the year the streak is broken? "There are times when people don't give us a chance,'' quarterback Paul Millard said.Well, this probably isn't one of those. The truth is that unlike the last seven games - every one of them - West Virginia won't be an underdog from here on out. In fact, they are supposed to win.It starts on Saturday, when the Mountaineers (4-6, 2-5 Big 12) play Kansas (2-7, 0-6 in Lawrence, Kan. The game kicks off at noon (ET) and will be televised by Fox Sports Net (locally on Root Sports Pittsburgh).Then, after an off week, WVU finishes the regular season at home against Iowa State (1-8, 0-6). At stake seems almost certain to be a second straight trip to the Pinstripe Bowl at Yankee Stadium, where the opponent could be an old Big East rival like Rutgers. True, that's not going to raise much excitement anywhere, but it's still a bowl game. It's an extra month of practice and yet another chance to make something out of a mediocre season."We're do or die,'' said Millard, who played most of the Texas game after Clint Trickett left injured (Trickett's status for Kansas is unknown)."But the fact is we've been do or die all season because we want to win every game. But now we're in a position where we have to do it.''The only real question, given the state of the final two opponents - their three wins have come against South Dakota, Louisiana Tech and Tulsa - might be if West Virginia has enough left in the tank to finish the job. It's not likely to be easy. Iowa State has been within a possession of winning or tying in five of its eight losses. Kansas has not been as close, but seemed to have Oklahoma on the ropes last month until the fourth quarter. "I'm sure we have enough left,'' said tackle Curtis Feigt. "We have to. We all want to go to a bowl game.''That would have been a task made much easier had West Virginia not found ways to lose three of the last four instead of finding ways to win them."This one hurts a lot,'' Feigt said. "This game probably would have guaranteed a better bowl game for us.''Now the task is just getting to one at all.Reach Dave Hickman at 304-348-1734 or email@example.com or follow him at Twitter.com/dphickman1 Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Morgantown coal operator Laurita indicted in alleged campaign finance scheme 2 Books and Brews expanding to Charleston's West Side 3 City of Milton tries to revive Morris Memorial property 4 Capito quiet on newest ACA repeal proposal; Manchin opposes 5 Former Boone school board members indicted Deferring to MU on coin toss Previous Story Prep football, playoff pairings Next Story


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Frisco kicks off Halloween weekend
October 27, 2012
FRISCO – An abandoned carnival, complete with clowns guaranteed to creep you out, opens its doors tonight in Frisco for Halloween weekend.
The haunted house, with numerous donated clown costumes, puts a frightening spin on a carnival with something sure to scare around every corner.
Located at the Frisco community building, 110 Third Ave., and recommended for kids 7 and up, the fright fest is for a good cause, with proceeds benefiting Mountain Mentors and the Activities Run By Youth program. Tickets are $7 for adults, $5 for students with identification and $20 for families.
The haunted house, now in its sixth year, was organized designed and executed by the teens of the Mountain Mentors Activities and ARBY programs.
"The abandoned carnival has left an eerie feeling through Frisco to celebrate All Hallow's Eve," said Suzanne Lifgren, marketing director for Frisco. "Prepare to scream in the latest haunted house incarnation from Frisco and Mountain Mentors as you travel through what used to be fun but now seems scary."
The mad house is the masterpiece of 30 kids, who spent the last month vetting floor plans, constructing the maze of scary scenes and finally decorating, donning make up and costumes and taking their places as the actors that bring the haunted house to life.
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"The carnies have gone a little mad with no one to entertain and would like you to come back for a terrorizing good time," Lifgren said.
Inside, those who are brave enough to enter, will take a 10-minute tour through terrifying and gruesome scenes animated with theater smoke, strobe lights and surprises.
Part of the event proceeds benefit Mountain Mentors and the Activities Run By Youth programs.
"Every year this event gets more scary," Lifgren said. "The kids that put on the whole show really compete to be able to participate in this annual event so, they take the acting really seriously."
Frisco will also host a trick-or-treat Wednesday for a safe and fun Halloween experience for kids.
Businesses on Main Street and in the Frisco Historic Park and Museum displaying jack-o-lanterns will be giving out sweets from 6- 8 p.m. Kids who want to warm up or rest for a while during their candy-gathering, can stop into the log chapel in the historic park where there will be a showing of Tim Burton's "Corpse Bride."
Main Street will be closed to traffic between Seventh Avenue and Madison Avenue from 5:30-8:30 p.m. Trick-or-treaters can help themselves to a bounty of sweets up and down Main Street and in the Frisco Historic Park this Halloween.


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Qualls celebrates 10-year anniversary of debut
OAKLAND -- Tuesday marked the 10-year anniversary of the Major League debut of Astros reliever Chad Qualls, who pitched in his first game with Astros on July 22, 2004 -- about a month before the team caught fire and went 36-10 down stretch to win the National League Wild Card on the final day of the season.
Qualls made his debut in Arizona, pitching one inning in relief of Roy Oswalt in a 10-3 win over the D-backs. He allowed one run, one hit and walked Steve Finley on four pitches. Pitching coach Jim Hickey, who Qualls had as pitching coach in Triple-A New Orleans, had to come to the mound and settle him down.
"He came running out and told me, 'It's just like Triple-A. No big deal, just throw your strikes,'" Qualls said. "I was nervous as could be and obviously it was a special time in my life and I loved every minute of it. Here it is 10 years later. A lot of things have gone right, and I've been blessed to have been able to play this long. I don't anything for granted."
Qualls, who's having one of his best seasons in his return to Houston, has racked up 691 2/3 innings with nine teams in his 10-year career. He made his 700th career appearance on Saturday and his 300th with the Astros on Sunday, which ranks tied for sixth-most in franchise history.
When he was called up at 25 years old in 2004, he joined a team that was filled with stars, including Oswalt, Roger Clemens, Andy Pettitte, Craig Biggio, Lance Berkman, Jeff Bagwell, Carlos Beltran and Jeff Kent. The team had just replaced Jimy Williams as manager with Phil Garner.
"I tried not to step on any toes and made sure that I opened doors for them and got out of their way, got anything they needed," Qualls said of playing with the vets. "It was nice my pitching coach was Hickey and that made the transition easy. I was minding my p's and q's and kind of stayed to myself, and fortunately the guys took to me pretty soon and I was able to open up and be myself a little bit. I always stayed respectful of those guys and kept chugging along and kept throwing sinkers and sliders, and here we are."
Brian McTaggart is a reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog, Tag's Lines. Follow @brianmctaggart on Twitter. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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PHILADELPHIA — The welcome back began with a man in a black hoodie on the platform at the City Hall subway station, a cartoon penguin on the front, spouting tears, and "CRY BABY 87" on the back.
When the train arrived in South Philadelphia, the parking lot attendants were yelling "Honk your horn if you love the Flyers!" Much honking ensued.
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There was a line to get into the Wells Fargo Center, 90 minutes before game time. A sea of orange, with a little bit of Pittsburgh black and gold sprinkled in. And then, a few steps away, there was the familiar sound of the media entrance door beeping. It's a loud, constant beep, and the sound will probably ring up and down Broad Street long after the arena is gone.
There was Frank, the press box elevator operator, looking the same as he always does, welcoming riders with a smile. The Flyers-logo pretzels were spinning dutifully on their spokes, looking tasty as ever.
Everything was as it was supposed to be on Saturday afternoon before the Flyers and Penguins faced off to start the NHL season, but it still felt weird. After so much rage over the lockout, for so long, how could everything snap back to normal so quickly?
It's a pretty simple explanation. The game is more powerful than the greed that threatens to destroy it upon the expiration of every collective bargaining agreement. The sounds of skates hitting the ice, of pucks coming off sticks, of goal sirens; the sights of walloping hits, of goalies making physics-defying saves, of would-be scorers glancing toward the heavens — they're all too powerful to stay away from.
It's why there is reason to worry that in eight years, or 10 — depending whether the NHL and NHLPA opt out of the new CBA, or see it through to its conclusion — we all will have to go through the stupidity of labor strife again. But it's also why there is not reason to fear that the NHL will "die." Maybe it will change, and maybe some markets will give up on a league that jerks them around, but so long as there are world-class athletes playing a world-class game, hockey will be fine.


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I've been in and out of buddhism over the past few years. There's no sangha in my city, therefore I don't have a teacher (which saddens me a lot).
I'm a vegetarian, able to concentrate well, meditate, keep myself cool and all that. But I lack understanding.
Sometimes I just wish I could sit with someone wiser than me and talk for a few hours until a bubble lights up in my head.
So if anybody (I doubt that there is anyone more clueless than me here) would be so kind as to have a conversation with me, I'd be over the moon (English, Polish, Japanese and simple French are OK).
I'm a young person interested in music (just listening), cooking (though not very good at it), languages, traveling (been to 9 countries so far) and people.
In the future I see myself as a nurse.
I hope everybody here has a great day.
Introduce yourself to others at Dharma Wheel.
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Hello Ari,
I hope you'll enjoy to be at Dharmawheel and may you meet wise people. But as you see, there are less Saints around.
Have a good time,
I hope you'll enjoy to be at Dharmawheel and may you meet wise people. But as you see, there are less Saints around.
Have a good time,
I have decided to stick with love.
Hate is too great a burden to bear.
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Hate is too great a burden to bear.
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pull up a cyber cushion, start or join a thread, start chatting, asking questions, petting the cool cats etc . . .
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Hi Ari. Have you considered an online course guided by a teacher, three are numerous ones......Bodhicarya with Ringu Tulku, Dharma Sun with Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche.....I think that some guidance and a gradual path will be of help to you....
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Welcome to Dharma Wheel!
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Ari wrote:PorkChopさん、ありがとうございます。
禅について、鈴木老師のZen Mind, Beginner's Mindを読んだ事がありますか?
その上、道元禅師の正法眼蔵とKapleau老師の3 Pillars of Zenも日本の禅に関しては特に深い洞察力を持って書かれた本です。
月影の いたらぬ里は なけれども 眺むる人の 心にぞすむ
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What is epilepsy?
Epilepsy is a brain disorder that makes a person prone to having seizures. Nerve cells in the brain are constantly sending electrical signals to each other. When the normal process is interrupted – or when the signals suddenly fire at the same time – it can cause a seizure, resulting in a sudden change in consciousness, movement, or sensation.
If your child has a seizure, he may be confused, stare blankly, have uncontrollable jerking movements of his arms and legs, or lose consciousness or awareness. A seizure usually lasts from a few seconds to a few minutes. It's not painful, but it can be very upsetting.
If your child has had one seizure, it doesn't mean that he has epilepsy. If he's had more than one seizure without any known, acute cause (such as hypoglycemia, an electrolyte imbalance, a high fever, or meningitis), then he may be diagnosed as epileptic. (Non-acute causes might include a head injury or a structural abnormality of the brain, for example.)
How common is epilepsy?
It's the fourth most common neurological disorder in the U.S. (following migraine, stroke, and Alzheimer's disease). More than 2 million Americans (about 1 in 100) have epilepsy, and more than 300,000 of them are children under the age of 15.
Epilepsy is most often diagnosed in early childhood and among the elderly.
Is it permanent?
Epilepsy is temporary in some people. Some people outgrow epilepsy. And in some people, it lasts for life.
Is it dangerous?
In most cases, no.
If you know your child has epilepsy, though, you'll want to supervise him carefully in or near water, high places, traffic, and other environments where he might be hurt if he had a seizure. At home, you might consider carpeting floors with heavy-pile (and well-padded) carpeting and padding sharp corners on furniture.
There are instances, though very uncommon, of serious complications from epilepsy.
One, called status epilepticus, happens when a seizure (or a series of uninterrupted seizures) lasts more than five minutes. This puts the person at increased risk of brain damage and death.
The other is called sudden unexplained death in epilepsy (SUDEP). It happens in people whose seizures aren't controlled by treatment, especially if they often have seizures characterized by stiffening of the muscles or jerking muscle contractions.
In the past, people mistakenly associated epilepsy with mental illness and intellectual disability. There's no link between epilepsy and mental illness. And while some learning disabilities can have the same cause as seizures, in most cases, there's no correlation.
What causes epilepsy?
Abnormal brain function causes the seizures, but the reason for the malfunction is usually not known. In fact, in 7 out of 10 cases, the cause of a child's epilepsy is unknown.
If the cause is unknown, the seizures are called cryptogenic seizures. When the seizures are caused by a brain injury – the result of an accident or illness, for example – they're called symptomatic seizures.
Possible causes in children include meningitis and other brain infections, fever, brain tumor, brain malformation, congenital conditions (such as Down syndrome and tuberous sclerosis), head trauma, stroke, poisoning (lead or carbon monoxide, for example), and (rarely) brain tumor. In newborns, a lack of oxygen during labor and delivery; low levels of blood sugar, blood calcium, or blood magnesium; bleeding in the brain; and maternal drug use are potential causes.
Researchers are finding evidence that there's a genetic component to some types of epileptic seizures. These are called idiopathic or primary seizures.


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Hello guys,
Tisarana is prerequisite to become a Buddhist. However, as far as I am aware Trisarana in Tibetan Buddhism, at least from what I experienced, slightly different from other tradition i.e. was asked to cut a little bit of finger nail and hair, do the ritual and chanting in Tibetan. Does this signify something and if this has connection with early Tibetan Buddhism history i.e. Bon or other animism element? We know finger nail and hair contain DNA, if that makes any sense. Is this how we become the 'chosen one' to be an incarnated spiritual leader? As many people say as a 'shortcut' to the enlightenment?
Some people feel the feeling of closeness to the lama and the feeling of like a family after this Tisarana ceremony. There is a sense of devotion to him while in reality the relationship between student and lama/rinpoche is just say 1 week old.
There is also a feeling of losing interest in worldly activities which I doubt come naturally. From Buddhist point of view particularly Theravada, how do you view this? And if we can 'undo' this? Cause some people don't like being 'bind' and have no choice just because they have given you their date of birth or photo for example. How is this nail and hair thing relevant to Buddhism? It is not hard to hear people say this is a symbol of this and symbol of that. In fact, everything in life is a symbol too. I may not feel like I want to sleep at night but it is also a symbol of endurance for example and a forbidden relationship between a man and a woman is a symbol of their strong commitment from past lives for example. But what is really the real meaning behind that?
I've been wondering around to get some answers. Please if you know anything or would like to share don't be hesitate. Monks or nuns also feel free to comment, more than welcome.
Thanks a lot!


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WASHINGTON, D.C. --- Walter Payne admitted he allowed himself to daydream a bit.
Sitting inside Neyland Stadium during Tennessee's annual Orange & White Game on April 20 with his son, four-star cornerback and coveted Vols commitment D'Andre Payne, the elder Payne saw 61,000 fans, dozens of former UT players and the opportunity that awaited his son in a year.
"I did, I really did [envision D'Andre making plays]," Payne said. "I was telling my wife, 'I can see D'Andre making some big plays in this place.' I said the fans love him coming in as a top recruit, and I don't think he will let them down. I think it will be real special there."
D'Andre Payne also believes there's the potential for something special at Tennessee. It's why the heralded product of the DMV's Friendship Collegiate Academy pledged to the Vols the first week of April, stays in routine contact with several of his fellow commitments and also does plenty of peer recruiting. It's why the 5-foot-9, 177-pound Payne brings more than simply physicality and top-end speed to his position.
"I bring a lot of leadership, and I can put those guys on my back and we can go win some ballgames," Payne told VolQuest.com outside FedEx Field, home of the NFL's Washington Redskins. "I've got good speed, good hips. I do my job and I make sure all the other guys do theirs.
"I love going down to Knoxville. I love spending time with all the guys that are already on the team or committed. I talk to Todd Kelly and Vic Wharton like every day and all the other recruits."
Payne's path to be one of those recruits covers his earliest days on Pop Warner fields to his national acclaim at amateur track and field competitions. He's played a number of positions on the gridiron and shows impressive ball skills, but Payne admits he relishes contact and competition.
Track meets took Payne to New Orleans, Detroit, the Mid-Atlantic and the Midwest, among various locales. His heart took him to the football field.
"I started as safety, switched to running back and then my last year of Pop Warner I played corner and receiver; some years, they actually put me at linebacker. I was a hitter; I have to tell you that," Payne said. "But one of my coaches, he told me, 'When you get to high school, you're going to be a corner.''
"I ran track. I was a national champion, like five-time national champion in AAU and (U.S.) National Track. I ran the 100, 200 and I ran relay. I just focus on football more (now), but I still do track workouts so I can be in track shape. I'm just not doing the meets or anything."
Payne also isn't taking anything for granted in the classroom. His offer lists includes major college programs from coast to coast, including places like Stanford. But his father said he always dreamed of the SEC, and Payne also took seriously the need for academics.
"I'm really excited about that. I preach that. I was a pretty good student, but I was an average student because I didn't apply myself. That's one of the things I always told him I was going to stay on him about," Walter Payne said. "To make sure he did the best he could in school and didn't have any regrets in school. He took it and ran with it."
Added D'Andre Payne, "My family actually told me a lot [about handling recruiting]; my step-brother when he was coming out of high school, he was highly recruited. I got to learn a lot from him, and I took a lot from that in my recruiting process. Just respect the coaches, show them good character and keep my grades up. That's the first thing they look for when they start recruiting you. Academics can take you a long way; football is not going to last forever."
But Walter Payne, who said he realized at a young age his son's skill-set and work ethic could carry him to a college scholarship, said the decision to commit to Tennessee fit on several levels.
"I was excited," he said. "We went down to Tennessee in March, and just the love; I've never felt that family. I don't want to say I've never felt it like that, but it was just a little more from Tennessee. The coaching staff, it was like I knew them from Day 1. It was like I grew up with those guys. It was just really special.
"The facilities, the trainers, the technology, the academics side. His major, sports management, that he wants to major in. It was just everything. It was beautiful. Tennessee, playing football in the SEC. He's always wanted to play in the SEC, and it's just like a dream come true."


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A TAXI driver is training to run a 10k with the full weight of a transport oxygen cylinder on his back.
James Davies, aged 29, will be running the Manchester 10k to raise money for people suffering with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis - a terminal respiratory disease.
The condition, typified by scarring throughout the lungs, is caused by many factors - it can be genetic or as a result of being exposed to thick, organic dusts - meaning coal miners are more susceptible.
James, of Hollins Road, Hindley, said: "I decided to do this after my granddad - and hero - Derek Davies, passed away on the March 12. He was a coal miner and a sufferer of pulmonary fibrosis."
"There is no cure only oxygen therapy with the oxygen cylinder. At the end, the final stage is being hooked up to one of these cylinders 24 hours a day."
Not content with running with the weight and discomfort of the oxygen cyclinder, James will also add weight to his backpack and is considering running with two cyclinders depending on how his training goes.
"There is a real stigma around respiratory disease as most people assume it's because they smoked but my grandad never did.
"I'm trying to make it as difficult as possible for myself to try and show people how difficult it is for ill people who have to carry these around with them everyday. Not being able to be free of a cylinder, they become the heavy burden when trying to carry on with daily life."
Until the run on May 18, every tip James receives while working will go into the British Lung Foundation collection box in his taxi.
On his last shift on May 16, every fare he clocks up along with any tips will be added to the box with the full support of the taxi company 'Super Cabs' of Atherton.
He can also be sponsored by visiting www.justgiving.com/4derek/.


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Stolen ramp confines disabled man: 'I feel hopeless and lost'
SEATTLE -- A wheelchair is Tim Owens' link to the outside world; to groceries, medicines, relatives, and the bus stop.
"I got up to get my AIDS medicine and the ramp was gone," says Owens.
Owens suffers neuropathy, a nerve disorder that he says is linked to his HIV and AIDS treatments and diabetes. Without his wheelchair, walking is a shaky, painful struggle.
"Falls are common," he said.
Between locking up for bed Wednesday night and waking up Thursday morning, somebody stole the portable aluminum wheelchair ramp from the front stoop of his North Seattle home.
"I feel hopeless and lost," he said. He said his wheelchair would tip over if he tried rolling it through the front door.
A friend bought Owens the $350 ramp in August because he couldn't afford one. He said doesn't have the money to replace the missing one either.
For now he's relying on rides from friends and caretakers.
"You wouldn't think a 6 foot piece of aluminum would make that much of a difference to somebody's life but it does," he said.
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Piper Reed is a great character to read about on Veteran's Day – today – the day our country honors the men and women who serve or have served in the military.
Piper Reed is proud of her Navy Dad and her Navy family. Piper calls her father Chief and loves to salute. She has never minded the moves the family must make because of the military but then again she has never had to move in the middle of the school year before. In Piper Reed Navy Brat, Piper's father announces they are moving from a very comfortable home in San Diego to military housing in Pensacola, Florida. Piper feels her life has come undone. But change can bring surprises as Piper finds out. Piper is an adventurous fourth grader never lacking in excitement. -Recommended by Laura Dixon, Outreach Service Section
In Piper Reed The Great Gypsy, Piper's Dad ships out for six months leaving Piper, her Mom and her sisters to face many months — even Christmas — all alone. Dad's girls make the best of it and try as hard as they can to keep their Dad in the loop of family news and activities. Two good stories about a proud girl doing her part to keep the home fires burning for her Navy Dad. Author Kimberly Willis Holt Illustrator: Christine Davenier
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A Second Shot: Windows Vista SP1by Ryan Smith on February 27, 2008 12:00 AM EST
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What's Fixed In SP1
Bug fixes are a big part of any Microsoft service pack, but not just for the bugs being fixed specifically by the service pack. Microsoft has released numerous hotfixes since Vista launched, correcting a number of issues declared significant enough that they need to be fixed before the next service pack, but minor enough that they're not worth a full deployment and the kind of massive regression testing that entails. The result is that there are a number hotfixes already out that can potentially fix specific issues certain users are having, but because they aren't well-tested they're instead well-hidden with only a small number of users with extreme problems usually getting their hands on any given hotfix. Now that a service pack has arrived, Microsoft has rolled up all of these hotfixes into the service pack, in essence approving them for wide release and full support.
Among the 24 pages(!) of hotfixes that have been rolled into Vista SP1 are favorites such as the virtual address space fix and a fix for a conflict with NVIDIA's USB controller and >2GB of RAM. Other additions include fixes for ejecting iPods, a fix for HybridSLI/HybridCrossfire (which is why the launch of these technologies is tied to SP1), and a fix for AMD Barcelona processors causing system reboots during Windows installations. While we could rattle off the entire 24 page list of hotfixes, the important thing to note here is that there are a number of small issues that have been "fixed" prior to SP1 but are only now being widely corrected. We're going to spend most of our time going over the biggest and most noticeable fixes in SP1, but please keep in mind there are many more things addressed in this service pack than what we're looking at today or are listed in Microsoft's consumer-level product literature.
Among the most significant fixes to Vista in SP1 is Microsoft's work on further refining the User Account Control (UAC) prompts of Vista. Even after already being scaled down between the betas and Vista's launch, these prompts are still rather prolific at times. An adjustment to the folder creation is the most prominently touted of these fixes, with the number of folder creation prompts (when creating a folder in a protected location) falling from four to one. Microsoft doesn't list any further reductions in UAC dialogs, but as far as anecdotal evidence is concerned it certainly feels like they've done a bit more than that. This won't change the public perception of UAC (or Apple jokes on the subject), but any reduction is welcome and perhaps will stem the tide of Vista users who are completely turning off this critical system feature.
Another significant fix appearing in SP1 is a partial resolution to the conflict between the MultiMedia Class Scheduler Service and networking. As we've talked about the issue a bit before, the Vista audio stack is now in user space, which has lead to a change in how it operates. MMCSS boosts the priority of multimedia processes to real-time levels so that lower-priority processes can't interrupt multimedia playback. During this time many other operations are interrupted or delayed so that they do not themselves interrupt the audio stack. One area that is dialed back involves the network interfaces, which are limited to 10k packets per second as a precaution.
For SP1 we were hoping for a complete overhaul of the MMCSS so that it ceased adversely affecting network performance, unfortunately what we're getting is something about mid-way towards that. With SP1 it is now possible to control the amount of network throttling that MMCSS does, which means that throttling hasn't been removed completely nor has it even been adjusted as far as the defaults are concerned. A quick test with Microsoft's NTttcp tool shows the throttling level remains the same post-SP1 as it was pre-SP1 (roughly 70Mbps on a 1000Mb connection), which means SP1 will not be bringing any immediate relief. Furthermore there's no GUI component (or real documentation) for this tweak, so users will be left to directly modifying the registry, a very uninviting situation.
What we do know is that this tweak only affects network receive performance, with a key apparently dictating the maximum percentage of the amount of network traffic allowed while the MMCSS is actively working. The key:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Multimedia\SystemProfile\NetworkThrottlingIndex
...defaults to 10 (for 10%) and can be adjusted to between 1 and 100, with the system requiring a reboot between adjustments. We did some quick testing with this key and were easily able to set it to 70%, which got us around 550Mbps of bandwidth through NTttcp, and we probably could have gone higher - especially on multi-core platforms.
Default throttling (top) and throttling with an index value of 70 (bottom)
While this is a solution to the MMCSS throttling issue, it's not a good solution. The default value still makes for rather anemic performance on gigabit networks and the nature of the solution means that there is no single correct value to use to maximize network performance while not interrupting the audio stack; the highest value is highly dependent on processor performance. As a result power users wanting to correct this deficiency will have to a lot of experimenting on their own to find the highest value their system can tolerate without affecting multimedia playback. Had this value at least been auto-sensing we wouldn't be so disappointed in Microsoft, but at the end of the day this isn't a great solution. We'll fully admit the problem will only affect a small number of users (those with gigabit networks who need high network performance while using multimedia applications), but then we're exactly that kind of user.
For what it's worth, we did inadvertently discover that the MMCSS throttling process doesn't engage when audio streams are using APIs other than WaveOut and DirectSound (i.e. aren't directly routed through the user-mode audio stack). OpenAL and ASIO do not trigger throttling, which means it's possible to have both unthrottled networking and proper multimedia playback under Vista, as long as there's hardware present that can deal with these APIs. This may very well be good news for Creative Labs in particular, whose DirectSound-to-OpenAL "Alchemy" wrapper can be used to have DirectSound applications routed to OpenAL instead and preventing throttling.
|NTttcp Performance
MMCSS Active
MMCSS Inactive
|Vista RTM
|Vista SP1 (Index 10)
|Vista SP1 (Index 70)
Moving on, SP1 also introduces a few interesting fixes for the user experience. For anyone who has a system running a 32-bit version of Windows and 4GB of RAM, they will be well aware that in 32-bit mode not all of that RAM can be addressed, and that Windows reports the amount that can be addressed accordingly. With Vista SP1 Windows will now be reporting the amount of RAM in the system, and not the amount that can be addressed. The advantage of this is that it will reduce the number of computer owners thinking something is wrong because Windows doesn't "see" all of their RAM; on the other hand this is clearly disadvantageous because they will no longer be informed that Windows in fact isn't using all of their RAM, nor will there be an easy way any longer to tell how much RAM it is capable of using.
Another user experience change with SP1 is that password
hints are no longer optional when accounts are being created. It turns out that
OEMs were complaining to Microsoft that users were forgetting their passwords
and had no easy way to recover control of their computer since the
Administrator account is no longer active by default, so Microsoft has done
something about it. Password hints are now mandatory for all user accounts so
that forgetful users are less likely to forget their passwords. How that will affect people that then forget what their hints mean remains to be seen.
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Griswold - Wednesday, February 27, 2008 - linkUnless you are using vista NOW, you're not qualified to claim knowledge about performance issues NOW.
mechBgon - Wednesday, February 27, 2008 - linkI think you should brush up on Windows Integrity Control and Kernel Patch Protection (for x64). These mandatory access controls are > users.
Also, you are sadly incorrect in thinking that malware can only get onto a system with user cooperation. As the 4th-ranked SiteAdvisor reviewer worldwide (by total reputation), I have a fair amount of insight on the subject. ;) Between trusted sites being hacked and turned malicious, Mpack/Icepack-type exploit suites and vulnerable third-party software that people don't think to update, there's plenty of need for proactive security and mitigation.
You like WinXP? Great. For a 7-year-old OS, it can be secured fairly well, if you want to, and I even have tips to help with that: http://www.mechbgon.com/build/security2.html">http://www.mechbgon.com/build/security2.html But it's time for OSes to be more secure by default, in my opinion. The latest Security Intelligence Report from Microsoft showed WinXP SP2 is 2.5x more likely to have malware detected by the Malicious Software Removal Tool than Vista SP-zero, to throw one statistic out there.
Food for thought. I haven't seen much at AnandTech yet on that aspect of Vista.
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kmmatney - Wednesday, February 27, 2008 - linkI don't see exFAT being useful right away unless windows XP is updated to support it. Reply
Staples - Wednesday, February 27, 2008 - linkVista SP1 mostly has all the updates that MS has released over the past year on Windows Update. I did not notice a difference either and I installed SP1 a few weeks ago. If this was a vanilla install I was installing it over, I am sure I would notice quite a few improvements. I have been using Vista Home Premium since Jan and it definitely had some problems then. Since about July, the drives were mature enough and other than the slow slow file copying (which now still is slower than XP), everything has been running well for months. Reply
KeypoX - Wednesday, February 27, 2008 - linkOn both laptop and desktop :( but i didnt really have any problems before... or after. Reply
johnsonx - Wednesday, February 27, 2008 - link"That experience has been unified somewhat with SP1, now the x86 environment can install the x64 version of the OS (but ____ the other way around, interestingly enough)."
I do think a 'not' goes in that blank.
(btw, none of the comment buttons like B, I, U, Quote, etc. are working for me atm) Reply
InternetGeek - Tuesday, February 26, 2008 - linkI've been using SP1 on Vista Ultimate and it does bring some improvements. It took about one hour to install without any trouble at all. I simply started it and one hour later it was up as running.
In general I find my laptop to be more responsive (Toshiba P105-S921). It restarts faster and comves alive from suspend faster as well. Applications in general feel the same, though tonight I'll play Oblivion and get a more "objective" feel of it. I used VS.NET 2008, Sql Server 2005, Photoshop CS2, Office 2007, DVDFab Platinum, Alcohol 120%, iTunes/WMP for media.
Div 6.8 stopped working all together after applying 6.1. It either crashes while analyzing the subtitles or while encoding. The movie is Transformers.
In general, I find that SP1 does bring good things for Vista on which, in general, I'm having a better experience than on XP. Reply
aguilpa1 - Wednesday, February 27, 2008 - linkFrom that list you don't use any heavy duty applications, so yes you probably wouldn't notice a difference... Reply
Spivonious - Wednesday, February 27, 2008 - linkPhotoshop, SQL Server, and VS2008 aren't "heavy-duty" applications? Just what is heavy-duty in your opinion? Reply
Griswold - Wednesday, February 27, 2008 - linkI bet using his favourite browser, posting crap like that in comments like this, is what he considers "heavy-duty". Reply


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The market saw a spirited move higher after yesterday's strong close as the market rallies on fiscal cliff optimism. All sectors closed the day in the green but the oil services sector was a real standout as they closed up more than 3%. The indices also closed the day in the green with the Nasdaq closing up 1.46%, the S&P (SPY) up 1.15% and the Dow up 0.87%.
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I have a question for you seasoned vets.
I've been to several Pacers Playoff games since 2001, but my wife of 3 years had never experienced it. So, after much deliberation, I bought tix at the last minute and ended up in 221, Row 11. Hey, no such thing as a bad seat.
Well, heres the issue:
The game was great. But the Bulls fans around us were awful, completely trashed and disrespectful. Early in the first quarter, a Pacers fan shouted "PACERS" directly at one of the Bulls fans in front of us. Well, the Bulls fan responded by threatening to "kick the **** out of you!" and repeatedly saying, "Do it again, I dare you. Little *****!"
Well, I was able to calm both down and get back to what was shaping up to be a great game. However, the Bulls fan begins chanting "Hibbert is a ****y, **** the Pacers! You guys SUCK ***!!
Then, a Pacers fan who had drank a bit too much began chanting "**** the Bulls" over and over. Everyone around him insisted he stop, but the idiot Bulls fan began threatening to come over there and start something, going so far as to get up and start moving. Well, after about 30 seconds of terrible profanity and threats, I stepped in and shoved the drunk Pacers fan out of the way, and told the Bulls fan to chill or get ejected. Right on cue, security shows up and drags the Bulls fan off. Well, the Bulls fan was able to LIE to security (Apparently, I didn't hear the words out of his mouth.) Security let him stay, and ejected the Pacers fan. Just like that.
First issue: Bulls fan needed to be gone as well. Period. They both needed bounced.
Second issue: The Bulls fan was calm until the third quarter when he got mouthy again, including flipping the crowd off REPEATEDLY. Well, security comes back because they had recieved MULTIPLE complaints (There were little kids, like 3 to 6, and he was shouting F words like it was what kept him alive). All security does is warn him to calm down, and leaves. At the end of the game, he, showing great originality, shouted "F YOU!" over and over at Pacers fans.
This was the first ever playoff game my wife had attended, and I had to be on edge the entire time because these disrespectful and DRUNK Bulls fans.
Who can I contact regarding this? I'm coming back to the game Saturday, should I try to speak with Customer Service?
I know I could just let it go, but for all the times I've been to Conseco, this was the one time where I was genuinely concerned something would happen.
By the way, the fans were in section 221, row 10, seats 5-8. Even the Usher was shocked security allowed the Bulls fans to stay.
Advice? I'm really bummed. Incredible game! Loved it! But, the Chicago fans really hurt the experience.


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12 Days of Cookies – Peppermint Chocolate Cookies
I love the combination of chocolate and peppermint. One of my favorite kinds of candy is the York peppermint patty. So good. It seems like the only time it's acceptable to bake with peppermint is during the holidays, so you'll see quite a few peppermint baked goods here over the next couple weeks. I definitely need to make these peppermint cupcakes again. They were yummy! These cookies were just okay in my book. I really enjoy chewey/cakey cookies and these are more firm than that. The chocolate topping is delicious though. I spread some of the leftover topping on some graham crackers for a snack. While they weren't my favorite, hubby and his coworkers absolutely loved them. I'd definitely make them again. Maybe next time I'll add a little peppermint extract to the cookie dough…
Peppermint Chocolate Cookies – from Pennies on a Platter – originally from Rachel Ray – I got 28 cookies
1 1/2 stick (6 ounces) unsalted butter, softened
1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
1 large egg
1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 pinch salt
Two 3.5 -ounce bars dark chocolate, finely chopped – I used dark chocolate chips
1/2 teaspoon vegetable oil
2/3 cup finely crushed peppermint candy canes or candies
Using an electric mixer, beat the butter until soft. With the mixer on low, gradually add the confectioners' sugar until creamy, then beat in the egg. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa and salt; add to the mixer about one-third at a time, beating at low speed until smooth.
Lay a 16-inch sheet of parchment paper on a work surface; turn out the dough onto the paper. Using your hands, shape the dough into a 12-inch-long cylinder; wrap tightly in the parchment and roll into a smooth, even log. Twist the ends to seal and refrigerate for 30 minutes; reshape the cylinder and refrigerate for 30 minutes more.
Preheat the oven to 350°; line 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper. Unwrap the dough; using a sharp knife, slice into 1/3-inch-thick rounds. Place about 1 inch apart on the cookie sheets; bake until firm, 18 to 20 minutes. Let cool completely.
In a bowl, combine two-thirds of the chopped chocolate with the oil; microwave for 30 seconds, then stir until smooth. (If needed, heat for additional 10-second intervals.) Stir in the remaining chopped chocolate until smooth.
Using an offset spatula (I used the back of the spoon I used to stir the chocolate), spread a scant teaspoon of melted chocolate on top of each cookie. Sprinkle the peppermints on top and let stand until set, 2 to 3 hours.
My 12 Days of Cookies:Day 1: Lumberjacks
Day 2: Peppermint Sandies
Day 3: The great Sugar Cookie Debate
Day 4: Fudge
Day 5: Cranberry Orange Cookies
Day 6: Chocolate Chip Snowballs
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Those look awesome!
Glad everyone liked them! I'll have to agree with you, though, I like chewy cookies more (even though I did love these!)
These look beautiful! I love peppermint and chocolate together 🙂
Yours look great too! I may go with another chocolate cookie recipe next time and then add the chocolate peppermint, but these were good for the first try.


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A Wiltshire Police team have been running to raise funds in memory of colleague PC Nicola Hughes who was murdered in Manchester in 2012.
The group of 29 have been taking part in Run to Remember which has been organised by PC Hughes' dad Bryn. The challenge, which started in December, has seen 1,800 officers across the country running 250 miles over 125 days.
The fundraiser is in aid of Care of Police Survivors, North West Police Benevolent Fund and Victim Support. The event finishes today with a two mile run in Manchester which TDC Sara Robert, based at Melksham Police Station, will be competing in.
She said: "I'm flying the flag for Wiltshire and I'm really happy to raise funds. The organisers have asked everyone taking part to raise £100 and I've raised £550 so far which I'm very pleased with."
PC Hughes, 23, and colleague PC Fiona Bone, 32, were killed by Dale Cregan in Manchester, after he made a hoax 999 call. To sponsor the Wiltshire Police team visit www.pchughesnorthpolerun.co.uk/run-to-remember.html.


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Topic: Communication issues
My 74 year old mother has been diagnosed with CC. I'm going to try to give as many of the specifics as I know, but I'm frankly not clear on a lot of the facts. I do know that the doctors (Vanderbilt) have said that they cannot take out the tumor that is around her bile duct. It has also apparently attached to a nearby artery. We have also confirmed this week that the lymph nodes (I'm not sure specifically which ones) are also affected by the cancer.
Symptoms - mom is still pretty jaundiced, despite a stent being inserted into her bile duct that we are told is working. Last I heard on her bilirubin count, it was around 7 (that was a week ago). She is bloated, feels nauseated often, really hasn't eaten much over the course of the past month. She has continued to get weaker and weaker, to the point where she cannot walk across the room without assistance. Because of her weakness, the doctors have said they will not attempt any chemo treatments, which is the only course of action that they believe is possible at this point.
She also had her kidneys stop working a couple weeks ago. This was caused by a blockage of some sort around her bladder area. No one has confirmed what really caused the blockage - I suspect that it was from her liver being enlarged from before they got a stent in her bile duct that was effective. My father is convinced that it is a tumor (maybe a 2nd one??), but I don't think that any of the doctors have told him this definitively. Ultimately they relieved the kidney issue with stents directly into her kidneys (both of them) from her back. So her kidneys are currently draining through those tubes and not through her bladder.
She is currently in a rehab facility trying to work on getting her strength back up in order to be able to get the chemo treatments. But it just seems that this is a place for her to be "out of sight" from the doctors at Vandy. Getting information from them has been difficult - no one seems to give us the complete story. We try to call the oncologist, leave messages, and get no response. I would like to get my father to seek out other opinions, but I feel like we really haven't received a complete FIRST opinion. Meanwhile, my mother seems to be more and more discouraged and resigning herself to the fact that there is nothing that can be done.
Mom started noticing something was wrong maybe 10 weeks ago. Was diagnosed between 4-6 weeks ago. And has been to sick to be at home for the past 3 weeks. This has been a very fast change, particularly for someone who has never been sick in her life until 10 weeks ago. I think the speed and magnitude of the changes for her have added to the discouragement.
I live in Cleveland, so I'm not able to be there much to help my dad be more aggressive with reaching the Vandy doctors and having them communicate with us effectively when we do reach them. I have tracked down the name and number of the doctor here in Cleveland that specializes in CC. I would love to try to get this doctor involved somehow and have another opinion on a plan forward. However, I'm not sure that either of my parents are really interested in a 2nd opinion. They seem resigned to the fact that there is nothing that can be done from where we are at the moment anyway. I would love to hear anything that anyone can add that could maybe give them some hope that there are other options and that we should be seeking out much more information that we currently have.
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