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It looks like the record book may have to be revised. Another enormous whitetail has been taken in Central Mass, but this one has national significance.
When the official measurements come in, it may prove to be the largest-antlered whitetail ever arrowed in Massachusetts, as well as one of the largest ever taken in North America.
The story that the still-stunned and humble archer was willing to share with me last night provides a lesson on how to shoot a giant.
On Nov. 14, during the peak of the rut, Rutland's Dan Daigle — hunting his hometown — reached his Lone Wolf hang-on stand about 3:20 p.m. Twenty-five feet up, covered in Scentlock camo, painted facially and well-hidden in a hemlock, he was virtually invisible. More important, he was undetectable by odor, too, with the north-northeast wind in his face carrying his scent away from the direction his deer would come.
Daigle described himself as "anal" about being as scent-free as possible, bathing prior to every hunt with scent-free soap and covering his body with carbon fiber, scent-absorbing clothing.
A very humble gentleman who fully appreciates the enormity of his accomplishment, Daigle attributed much of his success to luck. But the reality is that he worked hard and skillfully to harvest this magnificent animal. This exceptional kill was no fluke. He previously had taken several other bucks locally that many of us would consider the deer of a lifetime.
Daigle's home memorializes each of his remarkable kills, including bucks scoring in the 140s from Princeton and Holden, and a 151-inch buck from Rutland. This accomplished archer hunts in big-deer territory having excellent nutrition and superior genetics.
His record-book hunt actually began early last August. Scouting an area of private land where he had been granted exclusive permission to hunt, he set up his stand where he saw much evidence of deer passage. He would leave the stand alone for three months, giving plenty of time for rain to wash away his scent so deer would drop their guard.
He would, in the meantime, set up Cuddeback trail cameras in the area to help him assess the presence of any giants. More than one showed up on his cameras, but to Daigle's surprise, never the record-book buck that he would eventually encounter. No one in the area expressed any knowledge of its existence, either. It had lived totally unknown in Rutland.
One of Daigle's secrets to arrowing big bucks is to use their incredible, hunter-defeating sense of smell against them. Bucks on territory exhibit several aggressive behaviors, trying to make their presence clear to all other bucks in the area. They'll rub the bark off small tree trunks, especially saplings, usually within a few feet of the ground. Those bare signs highlight their presence.
They'll also scrape a doormat patch of ground with their hooves, urinating on it and impressing their hoof prints. Knowing this, Daigle made his own mock scrape, clearing away a small patch of surface debris near his new stand, allowing the scent of fresh-stirred ground to perfume the air.
In addition, he placed on an overhanging branch a few feet above his scrape a commercially available scrape dripper which, during warm periods of the day, drips a scent that is intended to replicate a buck's territorial marking odor. If placed properly, the regularly dripping scent proves provocative daily, proclaiming another buck's presence.
Ideally, the mock scrape leads the intolerant territorial buck to check out that odor on a regular basis to meet and drive away his competition. When the mock scrape works, it's a true buck magnet. Daigle used the scrape drip that's marketed by the company that makes the popular Golden Estrus doe urine lures.
Hunting the first couple of weeks of November provides optimum chances of taking a normally impossible-to-see buck as it begins cruising field and forest during the rut, even in daytime, with an aggressive attitude to conquer competitors and females.
Daigle was in his stand in the right place at the right time. The latter variable requires more than a bit of luck. A buck during the rut will cruise enormous distances, checking out the territories of many does. He may return to a specific spot only once a week. Daigle's buck likely had previously walked through the hunting territories of many other Rutland archers, mostly in the dark.
Upon ascending his stand undetected, Daigle waited, silent and motionless, for about 25 minutes. Then he got aggressive himself, blowing a short series of grunts from his grunt tube, followed by three flips of a doe-bleat can, which replicates the mating-readiness vocalization of a doe.
With no response, Daigle waited another 25 minutes before repeating the sounds again, being careful not to overdo the imitations unrealistically and drive the buck away.
His grunts and bleats worked. The enormous buck, overdosed with testosterone, its neck swollen, belligerently announced its challenge, breaking branches upon its approach. Upon seeing it, Daigle knew right away this was a shooter, but went into a mode of concentration familiar to all veteran archers.
He began focusing not on the antlers, but on that vital target area behind the front shoulders, where heart and lungs are packed tightly. Great shooters concentrate so well, they tend to be oblivious to their nervousness. Theirs is a sublime, predatory tension that eliminates everything else from consciousness. Only heart and lungs and technique, a series of movements practiced thousands of times earlier, have reality for them at this quintessential moment.
The great buck first presented itself at 31 yards, quartering toward the archer. While it's possible to make a kill from this angle, this position is far from ideal as it does not allow for the arrow to pass through both lungs. A deer can easily be lost if a hunter impatiently takes this angle.
Daigle waited, hoping the great buck would continue toward him rather than walk farther away. It fortunately came closer. When it reached a mere 25 yards away, a distance from which Daigle can hit a 6-inch target 10 out of 10 times, he still paused.
One single, branch exasperatingly came between him and his buck. While the shot was possible, there was still the chance of an arrow deflecting off the branch and missing. He patiently waited again. His prudence paid off.
This time, the buck miraculously walked to within a mere 20 yards, a chip shot for every decent bow hunter. Daigle made one last vocalization, this time with his own mouth and vocal cords, emitting his best imitation of a doe bleat. The buck stopped instantly one last time, startled by the close sound.
Dan drew, focusing intensely on that 3-inch spot just behind the buck's left front shoulder. His arrow flew true. The 100 grain G-5 Montec broadhead passed straight through, splitting bones, muscle and heart.
The buck reflexively spun around after the perfect hit, running back in the same direction from which it had come. It was only at this point that Daigle realized the enormity of the massive animal's antlers. He visually followed its course but couldn't see it go down. In a moment combining both ecstatic thrills and the agony of uncertainty, he waited. It's at this point that nerves manifest their power even in the best shooters.
He thought that if he didn't find the buck that night, coyotes likely would devour much of it overnight. He urgently wanted to look for it, but prematurely tracking a deer that is not yet dead can stir its adrenaline and lead it to run long distances, sometimes never to be found. Generally, a deer that's even marginally shot will lie down, bleed and die fairly quickly. Playing the odds means giving a downed deer plenty time to expire.
Daigle immediately texted his hunting partner, who was only a couple of hundred yards away — and who might have had a shot at the monster buck himself had fate not interceded. His friend, apprised of the enormity of the situation, altruistically came down to help find the great buck, despite another half-hour of legal shooting time remaining for him.
They first looked for the arrow and, to their relief, found it had indeed passed straight through the buck. Its vanes were stained with blood — a promising sign. Spots of blood sporadically showing up in their flashlights soon led them a mere 60 yards away to where the buck crashed. Daigle finally saw its massive antlers and was stunned by their size.
The 201-pound, 16-pointer has been unofficially green-scored — a drying period is in order before an official and final measurement is taken. If the measurement stands, Daigle's buck will be our state record, its rack scoring an incredible non-typical 198-1/4-inch gross and 192 net, beating the previous state record typical category whitetail.
That magnificent 193-3/8 buck was shot in Franklin County by Kajetan Sovinski in 2002, and ranks 66th all-time in North America.
Worcester County, up until now, has had five of the 22 Boone & Crocket record entries. Second place has been Arthur Colburn's 179-7/8-inch buck taken in Essex County in 2010. A 177-5/8-inch Berkshire County buck was shot by William Tatro in 1995. Back in 2003, Dean Romig found a 176-1/4 buck in Essex County.
The previous largest deer coming from Worcester County were Thomas Bombard's 175-3/8 buck taken in 1992 and Paul Buccacio's 172-1/8 buck shot in 2006. Daigle's giant will be the 10th Massachusetts buck scoring over the magical 170.
Archery pro Brett Fritze, who proudly set up Daigle's equipment and just returned from Illinois with a magnificent 151-inch buck himself, is staggered by this record, too. Management, nutrition and genetics are making Massachusetts one of the best places in the country to bow hunt giant whitetails.


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The purpose of the Boston Area Haskell Users' Group is to provide a regular forum in which area people interested in Haskell can get together, meet each other, share skills, and grow the community
Meeting Format
The Haskell Users' Group is not a forum for academic talks. The Boston area already provides plenty of opportunities for academics to give talks. The Haskell Users' Group is a forum for informal interactions and a place where you can show us the code.
The ideal meeting will include two presentations and a break:
- A presentation of code that even a beginner will appreciate
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- A presentation of code that will make at least some experts say Ooh! and Aah!
Demos are also encouraged, but we want to see at least a little bit of code, please.
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- A meeting in May after classes are out but before students and professors have dispersed for the summer
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Why Sarah Palin says all those stupid and ridiculous things.
By Jacob Weisberg
Posted Friday, Aug. 6, 2010, at 10:27 AM ET
So far as I can tell, Sarah Palin has four core beliefs:
1. Things go better with God.
2. Yay, Alaska!
3. Let's drill that sucker.
4. Curse you, political establishment.
Palinisms occur when Palin expresses one of these views in her idiosyncratically involuted syntax ("It is from Alaska that we send those out to make sure that an eye is being kept on this very powerful nation, Russia"); when she expresses two or more of them in combination ("God's will has to be done, in unifying people and companies to get that gas line built, so pray for that"); or when she says anything at all in her imitable my sentence went on the Tilt-a-Whirl and got nauseous way ("And I think more of a concern has been not within the campaign, the mistakes that were made, not being able to react to the circumstances that those mistakes created in a real positive and professional and helpful way for John McCain").
But the best Palinisms of all result when the huntress encounters something she wasn't hunting for—that is, when Sarah Palin comes into contact with most anything to do with domestic, foreign, or economic policy. It is this situation that generates those priceless let me tap-dance and, also, sing for you a little song while you think of a different question moments. One such was the juncture in her mind-boggling 2008 interview when Katie Couric asked Palin to name a Supreme Court decision she disagreed with, other than Roe v. Wade. Surrounded by hostile forces, out of cartridges for her Remington, she bravely held her ground and kept pulling the trigger, to no effect:
Palin: Well, let's see. There's—of course in the great history of America there have been rulings that there's never going to be absolute consensus by every American, and there are those issues, again, like Roe v. Wade, where I believe are best held on a state level and addressed there. So, you know, going through the history of America, there would be others. But, um.Tina Fey's caricature of Palin as an unprepared high-school student trying to bluff her way through an oral exam by mugging and flirting hit its mark not merely because of the genius of the mimicry, but because of its fundamentally accurate diagnosis of Palin as bullshit artist. Palin's exuberant incoherence testifies to an unusually wide gulf between confidence and ability. She is proud of what she doesn't know and contemptuous of those "experts" and "elitists" who are too knowledgeable to be trusted. This curious self-regard echoes through her book, Going Rogue, described by the critic Jonathan Raban as "a four-hundred-page paean to virtuous ignorance."
Couric: Can you think of any?
Palin: Well, I would think of any again that could best be dealt with on a more local level maybe I would take issue with. But, um, you know as a mayor and then as a governor and even as a vice president, if I am so privileged to serve, I would be in a position of changing those things, but in supporting the law of the land as it reads today.
The issue is not that Palin, thrust upon the national stage with little warning, still doesn't know all the details. That's understandable. The issue is that she rarely appears to have the slightest grasp of what she's talking about even when she's supposed to know what she's talking about. For instance, in one of the 2008 campaign's most surreal examples of rhetorical excess, John McCain said Palin "knows more about energy than probably anyone else in the United States of America." A few days later, she offered a sample of her expertise in a town hall meeting: "Oil and coal? Of course, it's a fungible commodity and they don't flag, you know, the molecules, where it's going and where it's not. ... So, I believe that what Congress is going to do, also, is not to allow the export bans to such a degree that it's Americans that get stuck to holding the bag without the energy source that is pproduced here, pumped here."
Bushisms, which I collected for many years, often hinged on a single grammatical or factual error.
Palinisms, by contrast, consist of a unitary stream of patriotic, populist blather. It's like Fox News without the punctuation. It is so devoid of content that it hardly deserves the adjective "truthy." Let's call it "roguey." Palinisms do not have to contain actual evidence of rogue thinking, though; they just have to capture the rogue spirit. It's "Yes, we can, in spite of Them."
The non-Sarah Dittoheads among us have to decide whether to regard this babble—favoring creation science, aerial wolf-shooting, and freedom of the press, so long as the press is "accurate"—as scary or funny. During the 2008 campaign, when there was a real chance that Palin could become the automatic successor to an impulsive, elderly cancer survivor, I found it more scary than funny. After McCain lost, and after Palin terminated her governorship in the effusion of furious gibberish known as her resignation speech, I have found it mostly funny. To be alarmed by Palin today presumes a Republican Party suicidal enough to want her to do more than run its weekend paintball games.
So the spirit of Palinisms is something to be enjoyed. And we can be sure it's a gift that will keep on giving, for, as she says in her book, "God doesn't drive parked cars." Be warned: The one driving her pickup onto the Fox airwaves and into the Twittersphere is hungry for red meat, hard to reason with, and in a big hurry to get going.
The above is an excerpt from a book by the article's author.
BTW, I can't think of a post more deserving of the "I can see Russia from my house" tag.


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My name is Mike Bliss. I'm a student and a new volunteer with President Obama's campaign in Rochester, New York.
I'm 25 years old, and I grew up in Rochester. After high school, I started working on my associate's degree in business administration at my local community college, then transferred to the University of Buffalo. Unfortunately I was seriously hurt during my second semester, when I was assaulted by two kids and rendered a quadriplegic.
After that, I dropped out of school and focused on rehab. Two years later, I decided to start school again—and now, I'm one class away from finishing my finance degree.
There's one other thing you should know: Up until a couple years ago, I was a Republican. I grew up in a conservative town, and my dad is pretty conservative. I used to work at a pizza shop, and I would listen to the GOP pundits after work and think "oh, those liberals … " It looked pretty terrible from the outside.
But something started to happen after I got hurt. It started with embryonic stem cell research, and then I started looking at social and economic issues. Social Security helped me go back to school and get a little bit of income as I was getting back on my feet. Then on the other side, you've got the Republicans talking about getting rid of government and not helping people dig themselves out of holes like the one I found myself in. So the way I see it, I took a turn for the best.
I decided to get involved in re-electing the President because I believe in him and what he's doing for our country. It was a little overwhelming at first, but it's gotten easier—and it's nice to be around people who are open-minded and share my politics. I started out by going to a couple trainings, got my feet wet, did some phone-banking and voter registration—and then a week or so ago, I held a phone bank at my home. I've met with some great people and love learning more about the grassroots team we're building.
People here in New York care a lot about the economy and health care—two issues that have impacted me directly, and I'm just starting to realize what a personal connection I have to our politics. After I got hurt, the insurance company didn't want to pay for my wheelchair, things like that, and it was just a nightmare. I've seen firsthand why health care in this country is a broken system that needs to be fixed, and I've really come to value the efforts to reform it. This week's news is something I really appreciate—I'm so happy to see all that hard work is going to pay off.
We're considered a border state, which I think is pretty cool. We hold our events here—voter registration, volunteer drives—but we're also helping out in Pennsylvania, which is a closer state that we're going to make sure goes to the President. So we kind of have a dual responsibility.
To anyone who's thinking about getting involved: Your time is crucial to winning this election, and any second you can spare can go a long way toward getting the job done. While we don't have the same availability of funds as the other side, we're building a pretty impressive volunteer team—that's where we get our power.
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Acta Zool. Mex vol.27 no.2 Xalapa ago. 2011
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A new species of Hemicaecilius Enderlein based on a male from Cuzco, Peru (Psocodea: 'Psocoptera': Lachesillidae)
Una nueva especie de Hemicaecilius Enderlein basada en un macho de Cuzco, Perú (Psocodea: 'Psocoptera': Lachesillidae)
Alfonso N. GARCÍA ALDRETE1 & Edward L. MOCKFORD2
1 Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado Postal 70153, 04510 México, D. F., MÉXICO. Email: firstname.lastname@example.com.
2 School of Biological Sciences, Campus Box 4120, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois, 617904120, U. S. A. Email: email@example.com.
Recibido: 18/08/2010.
Aceptado: 14/12/2010.
A new species of Hemicaecilius Enderlein is here described and illustrated. It is based on a male collected near Machu Picchu, Peru, that constitutes the third specimen and the first male known in the genus. Its morphology confirms the closeness with Nadleria Badonnel & García Aldrete, that had been established on basis of female characters. The holotype is deposited in the National Insect Collection, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City (coden CNIN).
Key words: Taxonomy, South America, neotropics, Psocoptera.
Una nueva especie de Hemicaecilius Enderlein es aquí descrita e ilustrada. Está basada en un macho colectado cerca de Machu Picchu, Perú, que constituye el tercer ejemplar y el primer macho que se conoce en el género. Su morfología confirma la cercanía con Nadleria Badonnel & García Aldrete, que había sido inferida con base en caracteres de la hembra. El holotipo está depositado en la Colección Nacional de Insectos, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D. F. (Coden CNIN).
Palabras clave: Taxonomía, Sudamérica, neotrópico, Psocoptera.
The genus Hemicaecilius Enderlein is known from two female specimens, one of them is the holotype of H. bogotanus Enderlein (1903), of which only one fore and one hind wing remain, mounted on a slide, deposited in the Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt Universitat in Berlin; the other specimen is the holotype of H. venezolanus García Aldrete & Mockford (1997); the head, wings, legs and genitalia are mounted on a slide; the remains of the body are preserved in 80% ethyl alcohol. This specimen is deposited in the National Insect Collection, housed in the Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (coden: CNIN).
The information provided by the above two specimens, allowed García Aldrete & Mockford (1997) to place Hemicaecilius in the family Lachesillidae, subfamily Lachesillinae, in which the genera Ectolachesilla García Aldrete, Hemicaecilius Enderlein, Lachesilla Westwood, and Nadleria Badonnel & García Aldrete, are included (García Aldrete 2006, 2008). The genus was placed close to Nadleria, on the basis of a simple outer tine of the lacinial tip, an RsM crossvein present in the forewing of both genera, and fusion of the ovipositor valvulae with the ninth sternum in Hemicaecilius and most Lachesillinae. The closeness of the pair HemicaeciliusNadleria made predictable that the structural plan of the male of the former would be similar to the male of the later. Li Fasheng (2002), in his treatment of the Psocoptera of China, included in the Lachesillinae the genera Dicrolachesillus Li, Lachesilla, Zonolachesillus Li, Ceratolachesillus Li, Homoeolachesilla Li, and Zangilachesilla Li; some differences among these genera are indicated in the key, in Chinese (p. 1706), and in the English Abstract (p. 19211926). Lienhard & Smithers (2002), recognized Homoeolachesilla in the Lachesillinae, and Lienhard (2003) synonymized Dicrolachesillus with Lachesilla. Zonolachesillus and Zangilachesilla would probably best be synonymized with Lachesilla, while Ceratolachesillus probably constitutes a distinct genus, but further study is needed to validate the changes.
In this paper we study the third specimen known of Hemicaecilius, the first male known in the genus.
One male specimen was available for study. It is here described and illustrated; it was treated in the usual way for mounting on a slide in Canada Balsam; the usual measurements, stated in (im, were taken with an AO filar micrometer (measuring units 1.36 (im for wings, and 0.53 (im for other parts, see García Aldrete 2006). Color was recorded by placing the whole specimen, before dissection, under a microscope, illuminated with white, cold light, at 80X. The type is deposited in the National Insect Collection, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México City (coden CNIN).
Hemicaecilius cuzcoensis n. sp. (). Color (in 80% ethyl alcohol). Body dark chocolate brown. Compound eyes black, ocelli hyaline, with ochre centripetal crescents. Maxillary palps more pigmented than rest of the body. Antennae and legs dark brown. Wings dark brown, opaque. Abdomen with dark, reddish brown, transverse subcuticular rings, less pigmented ventrally.
Morphology. Ocelli present, lateral ones much larger than median one (Fig. 1). Lacinial tips bifid, outer cusp bidentate, larger than inner one (Fig. 2). Head vertex obtusely concave; epicranial sulcus without lateral arms. Compound eyes slightly below level of vertex; epistomal sulcus well defined. Five distal inner labral sensilla, a central placoid, flanked at a distance by a pair trichoidplacoid. Forewing with small setae along margin and veins, pterostigma wider posteriorly, areola postica wide, almost triangular; RsM veins joined by a crossvein (Fig. 3). Hindwing with row of small setae along margin in cell R3 (Fig. 3), RsM veins fused for a distance (Fig. 3). Pretarsal claw with one prapical denticle and slender pulvillus. Hypandrium small, fused on the sides to claspers; proximal halves of these, robust, setose, distal halves slender, elongate, straight, preapically dilated, terminally acuminate (Fig. 4). Paraprocts elongate, with a mesal, sickleshaped prong: "handle" short, truncate, and distal half basally wide, narrowing to end, acuminate (Fig. 5); sensory fields circular, with 10 trichobothria issuing from basal rosettes and a marginal one without basal rosette (Fig. 5). Epiproct with a slender, straight, posterior truncate projection (Fig. 5). Phallic apodemes not observed (see Type material).
Measurements. FW: 2087, HW: 1697, F: 356, T: 672, t1: 212, t2: 100, ctt1: 17, Mx4: 89, f1: 184, f2: 171, f3: 148, f4: 116, f5: 72, f6: 69, f7: 69, f8: 67, f9: 58, f10: 59, f11: 70, IO: 323, D: 159, d: 98, IO/D: 2.03, PO: 0.61.
Type material. PERU. Cuzco. Aguascalientes, near Machu Picchu, on ravine above thermal baths, beating vegetation with dead leaves (13°09.291'S: 72°31.381'W), 8.VIII.2005. A. N. García Aldrete. Holotype cC. Head, right side wings and legs and genitalia dissected and mounted on a slide. Phallosome lost in preparation. Remains of body preserved in 80% alcohol.
Etymology. The specific name refers to the Peruvian Department of Cuzco, where the holotype was collected.
The specimen here described and illustrated risks the eventual creation of a synonymy with one of the described species, known only from females; it was assigned to Hemicaecilius because the fore and hind wings are strikingly similar to the foreand hind wings of H. bogotanus Enderlein, and of H. venezolanus García Aldrete & Mockford; the membrane of the forewing is glabrous, without areas differentially pigmented, which excludes the possibility of assigning the specimen to Nadleria. Also, the male genitalia in species of Nadleria is virtually identical to the male genitalia in species of Lachesilla in the group pedicularia, and in the specimen studied the distal halves of the claspers are extremely long, this and the peculiar paraproctal prongs also exclude the possibility of the specimen belonging in Nadleria. The morphology of the male Hemicaecilius cuzcoensis n. sp., confirms the views of García Aldrete & Mockford (1997), concerning the position of Hemicaecilius in the subfamily Lachesillinae: it is close to Nadleria on basis of the RsM crossvein in the forewing; similar hypandriumclaspers plan, although in Hemicaecilius the distal halves of the claspers are extremely long and distally acuminate; epiproct with a posterior projection, and paraprocts with an acuminate, mesal prong (for male terminalia of Nadleria, see Mockford, 1985 and García Aldrete, 1996). These characters in Hemicaecilius, other than the RsM crossvein in the forewing, and the long, distal halves of the claspers, are also shared with species group pedicularia of Lachesilla, which is closest to Nadleria. It is likely that eventually Lachesilla will have to be restricted to species group pedicularia, with the pair HemicaeciliusNadleria as sister group.
Enderlein, G. 1903. Zur Kenntniss amerikanischer Psociden. Zoologische Jahrbücher (Abteilung Systematik), 18: 351364. [ Links ]
García Aldrete, A. N. 1996. A new species of Nadleria (Psocoptera: Lachesillidae) from the Tambopata Reserved Zone, Madre de Dios, Peru. Entomological News, 107: 2832. [ Links ]
García Aldrete, A. N. 2006. New genera of Psocoptera (Insecta), from Mexico, Belize and Ecuador (Psoquillidae, Ptiloneuridae, Lachesillidae). Zootaxa, 1319: 114. [ Links ]
García Aldrete, A. N. 2008. Ectolachesilla: A new genus of Lachesillidae (Insecta: Psocoptera) from Amazonas, Brazil. Entomological News, 119: 251255. [ Links ]
García Aldrete, A. N. & E. L. Mockford. 1997. The position of Hemicaecilius (Psocoptera: Lachesillidae) and description of a new species from Venezuela. Entomological News, 108: 102106. [ Links ]
Li Fasheng. 2002. Psocoptera of China. Science Press. Beijing. 2 Volumes. XLVI + 1976 pp. [ Links ]
Lienhard, C. 2003. Nomenclatural amendments concerning Chinese Psocoptera (Insecta), with remarks on species richness. Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 110: 695721. [ Links ]
Lienhard, C. & C. N. Smithers. 2002. Psocoptera (Insecta): World Catalogue and Bibliography. Instrumenta Biodiversitatis V. Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Genève, Switzerland. 745 pp. [ Links ]
Mockford, E. L. 1985. Systematics of the Genus Nadleria (Psocoptera: Lachesillidae) with Description of a New Species and Hypotheses on Evolution of Male External Genitalia in the Family Lachesillidae. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 78: 94100. [ Links ]


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Skipping family dinner and talking about money in front of your kids are nothing to feel guilty about, says Bruce Feiler, author of The Secrets of Happy Families. Let's move on from these supposed mommy-musts.
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/ Saturday, April 25, 2009 / 8 Comments / Appetizers and Snacks , Condiments and Sauces , Seafood
Kusshi Oyster With Pineapple Mignonette Sauce
Fancy having some oysters? I bought this cute little oyster variety called Kusshi. They are small but very meaty. I made some Pineapple Mignonette Sauce to go along with the oysters. Yummy!
1 Dozen Freshly shucked Oysters
Pineapple Mignonette Sauce
1 Piece Dried Pineapple, minced
1 Small Red Chili, finely sliced or minced
1 Small Stalk Fresh Mint Leaves, finely chopped
1 1/2 - 2 Tbsp Lime Juice
3 - 4 Tbsp Water
Mix all the sauce ingredients and chill. Serve with chilled oysters.
Note: Dried Pineapple
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these were the first kind of oyster that i ever tried, and i absolutely love them. the idea of dried pineapple is great!ReplyDelete
Funny thing.ReplyDelete
I made a similar dish last week and blogged about it.
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Looks Good!!!
I LOVE oysters. Your topping is very interesting!ReplyDelete
Hah, I had some oysters yesterday too, had them baked. The bigger ones are not good to eat raw.ReplyDelete
oh yeah. I loooove oysters, and I've been craving pineapple lately so this looks perfect!ReplyDelete
@Becky: Yes, they were great and I love them too!ReplyDelete
@Eric Rochon: Oh Wow! I totally agree with you! ;)
@Ninette: We all love oysters. Do try my recipe and see what you think of it :-)
@Rasa Malaysia: Hey Bee, your baked oysters looks so good and tempting. Ya, I dislike eating big raw oysters too.ReplyDelete
@lk- Healthy Delicious: Great! You should try making my pineapple sauce then ;)ReplyDelete


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Ten-man Sporting Kansas City snapped their five-match winless streak and extended the Houston Dynamo's own barren run by a 2-0 margin on Friday in the first meeting between the rivals since last November's Eastern Conference final.
Like that occasion, this match went Sporting's way -- even though they played for about 70 minutes with ten men on a warm night at BBVA Compass Stadium after the dismissal of Toni Dovale.
Both teams will welcome the upcoming World Cup break as a chance to rest, recuperate and regroup -- especially the struggling Dynamo, who have lost four successive MLS matches for the first time since 2010.
Each club was heavily depleted by injuries and World Cup call-ups, while Kansas City midfielder Oriol Rosell joined Portuguese club Sporting in midweek. But matches between these clubs are tight and hotly-contested whoever is in the lineup.
Sporting attacker Dovale was ejected in the 21st minute for an apparent off-the-ball elbow on Dynamo midfielder Alex López. Meanwhile, Paulo Nagamura was stretchered off after a fourth-minute challenge with defender AJ Cochran that left the Sporting midfielder with a concussion. Then Houston defender David Horst came off in the ninth minute with a left leg injury and was replaced by Eric Brunner, back from ankle surgery for his first MLS appearance of 2014.
Houston head coach Dominic Kinnear refreshed his starting XI after the team lost its past three matches without scoring. Most intriguingly, 25-year-old goalkeeper Tyler Deric came in for Tally Hall. Deric's previous MLS appearance came against Colorado on October 27, 2012 – the last league match that Hall missed for the Dynamo.
For Sporting, Homegrown youngsters Kevin Ellis and Erik Palmer-Brown started at center back. Despite their inexperience, the pair were able to lock down Houston's attack. Lawrence Olum, back from international duty with Kenya, proved to be a key player in the midfield for SKC in disrupting the Dynamo, even with the man disadvantage.
Houston created few clear opportunities on the night, though a dipping López shot from distance was palmed over the bar by goalkeeper Eric Kronberg in the first half.
A superb defensive play denied the visitors the lead four minutes before the break. From a Dynamo giveaway, Dom Dwyer nodded the ball beyond the charging Deric and was set to nudge it over the line when Brunner lunged in with a last-gasp clearance.
The center back spoiled his good work in first-half stoppage time, miscontrolling on the edge of his box. The ball ultimately fell to Soony Saad, who coolly stroked his low shot into the far corner.
Kansas City midfielder Benny Feilhaber was forced off at half time with a shoulder injury, but Sporting stayed resolute and capitalized on another Dynamo blunder to seal the win. Cochran handled in the penalty area and Dwyer converted the spot-kick in the 70th minute for his eleventh goal of the season, putting him level with New York's Bradley Wright-Phillips in the MLS Golden Boot race.
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Sporting Kansas City: Soony Saad 1 (Benny Feilhaber 4) 45
Sporting Kansas City: Dom Dwyer 11 (penalty) 70
Houston Dynamo: Tyler Deric; Kofi Sarkodie, David Horst (Eric Brunner 9, Warren Creavalle 57), AJ Cochran, Jermaine Taylor; Servando Carrasco, Alexander López, Giles Barnes; Omar Cummings (Jason Johnson 68), Will Bruin, Andrew Driver
Unused substitutes: Tally Hall, Anthony Arena
Sporting Kansas City: Eric Kronberg; Igor Julião (Jacob Peterson 46), Erik Palmer- Brown, Kevin Ellis, Seth Sinovic; Lawrence Olum, Paulo Nagamura (Alex Martinez 7), Benny Feilhaber (Sal Zizzo 46); Antonio Dovale (ejected), Dominic Dwyer, Soony Saad
Unused Substitutes: Andy Gruenebaum, Christian Duke, C.J. Sapong, Claudio Bieler
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SKC: Antonio Dovale (ejected) 21
HOU: Andrew Driver (caution) 29
HOU: Eric Brunner (caution) 45+2
HOU: Jermaine Taylor (caution) 79
HOU: Soony Saad (caution) 87
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MySpace is mending its frayed relations with the top law enforcers of 50 US jurisdictions by beefing up measures to protect underage users from pedophiles.
Officials of the social networking site have already implemented mechanisms that delete profiles of registered sex offenders, make the profiles of 14- and 15-year-old users private and prevent them from being contacted by unknown adult users. MySpace, which is owned by Rupert Murdoch's Fox Interactive Media, also reviews every image, video and Group offered on the site and the content, presumably for content that might not be appropriate for minors.
The measures were announced in a joint press-release issued by MySpace and attorneys general from 49 states and the District of Columbia. The group hug, which praised MySpace for its efforts to protect children, is a far cry from comments that many of the same officials made in May, when they said the site needed to do more to protect children.
In May, for instance, North Carolina AG Roy Cooper trawled through news accounts from 2006 to find more than 100 criminal incidents of adults using MySpace "to prey or attempt to prey on children." That same month, MySpace faced blistering criticism after refusing to to turn over the data on users who are registered sex offenders because, it argued, law enforcement officials hadn't followed the required legal process. The AG offices eventually updated their requests and MySpace turned over the information.
MySpace is by no means the only Web 2.0 property to come to blows with law enforcers over the safety of its underage users. In September, New York AG Andrew Cuomo issued a subpoena to Facebook after investigators posing as young teenagers received sexual advances from adult users and were exposed to pornographic and obscene content. Facebook officials frequently failed to respond when alerted to complaints about the incidents, Cuomo's office said at the time.
Since then, Facebook has agreed to take action against such complaints within 72 hours and allow an independent third party to examine its procedures for vetting complaints.
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4 chicken drumsticks (wash and drain)
10 pieces dried scallop(wash and drain)
1/2 cup dried longan (wash and drain)
1/4 cup gojiberry/wolfberry( wash and drain)
2 pieces candy date (wash and drain)
20 gm solomonseal rhizome (wash and drain)
1 piece white fungus ( wash and drain)
4 liter water
salt to taste
1:Wash all herbs and drumsticks ,drain, set aside.Prepare large pot with water at high heat.Add in gojiberry/ wolfberry , solomonseal rhizome and dried scallop in the pot,cover with lid,let it's boil. (Crock pot /slow cooker is ideal for this soup but have to cook overnight)
2:When the soup is rolling boil,add in chicken drumstick,white fungus and candy dates,reduce heat to low medium.Let's the soup simmer for an hour or until the liquid reduce to half pot.Add in salt to your taste.Let's it braise at high heat for another 10 minutes without cover,it's taste better .Do not stir the soup after adding salt,otherwise it's will reap a smell of raw salt.Then remove from heat.
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Only 2 percent of President Obama's speech to Congress on Sept. 8 dealt with the plight of underwater homeowners, but those 72 words could do as much or more for the flagging U.S. economy as the entire $447 billion jobs bill.
Especially if the White House is willing to think big.
That's a big if, given that the alphabet soup of housing assistance programs to date -- HAMP, HARP, EHLP, 2MP -- have been too poorly administered and too limited in scope and eligibility to slow or halt the slide in the U.S. housing market.
On Wednesday, the mortgage data firm CoreLogic reported that the number of people who owed more than their homes were worth slipped slightly at the end of the second quarter, to 10.88 million. Good news, until the company revealed the reason for the decline: An uptick in foreclosures.
In other words, the number of underwater homeowners fell because some of them finally drowned.
So skepticism that yet another White House program will be any more successful is justified. More than a week after Obama's speech, lenders and housing and consumer advocates still don't know even the most basic outlines of the program.
But the trial balloons that began floating late in the summer suggest it could be as simple as allowing just about anyone who is current on their house payments to refinance into mortgage rates that are at or near 40-year lows, no matter how underwater they might be; or as ambitious and complicated as having lenders write down their loans enough for borrowers to get their heads above water.
The first option has the potential of putting more money into homeowners' pockets right away. Plunging home values and stricter lending standards mean that even people with good credit can't take advantage of the lowest mortgage rates in four decades.
Last week, the average rate on a 30-year loan was under 4 percent. According to CoreLogic, almost three-fourths of underwater homeowners are paying more than 5.1 percent on their mortgage, and many are paying more than 6 percent.
On a 30-year, $200,000 loan the difference between 6 percent and 4 percent is $245 a month.
Imagine the impact of an extra $3,000 a year. Maybe it means being able to make purchases that a homeowner has been putting off because they feel so house poor. Maybe it means being less likely to walk away from making payments on a house that is worth 30 percent less than it was five years ago.
"Making payments on a house that has lost value would be much more palatable at lower interest rates," said Julie Gugin, executive director of the Minnesota Home Ownership Center.
The current government-backed refinance program, which was projected to help up to 5 million borrowers, has been used by fewer than 900,000 because it excludes anyone with a first mortgage that exceeds 125 percent of their home's value.
Any new program from the White House would have to be more expansive to have a bigger impact. CoreLogic estimates that 2.3 million mortgages are 50 percent or more underwater.
Persuading lenders to agree to write down the value of some of their loans would be much tougher to pull off. In many cases the burden would fall most heavily on the lender holding a second mortgage or home equity line of credit, which banks typically carry on their own books.
Last week, the U.S. secretary of housing and urban development, Shaun Donovan, said it was time for lenders to recognize "that those loans are never going to be worth what they were originally made for. And, frankly, they have a much better chance of recovering on a portion of those loans if they can put that homeowner in a place where they can afford to stay in their home and afford their payments."
An industry trade group, the Financial Services Roundtable, did not respond to questions about how second mortgages might be treated in such a program.
Still, the government couldn't force lenders to write down their loans, so it would have to provide incentives. One could be an equity sharing arrangement that allows lenders to share in any future gains from a sale or refinancing.
The benefits of loan writedowns would be more widely felt than a broader refinancing program.
"Getting people to the point of not being upside down [on their mortgage] would let the entire housing market stabilize," said Dan Williams, program director for the nonprofit debt counseling service LSS Financial Services. "Until that happens, the economy is not going to stabilize in any meaningful way."
Whatever the White House cooks up, it will need the full cooperation and participation of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the already ailing government-controlled housing finance giants that taxpayers bailed out three years ago. The companies' top regulator has said he's talking with the White House about how a new program might work, but so far he hasn't pledged to participate.
Some argue that homeowners should take their medicine instead of counting on the government to bail them out.
The problem with that argument is that, so far, policymakers have been too ready to mitigate the risks lenders have taken in recent years. When credit markets froze three years ago and banks suddenly found themselves stuck with loans nobody else wanted, the Federal Reserve of New York stepped in and bought up $1 trillion worth of them.
Meanwhile, between 2008 and the end of 2010, nearly 4 million U.S. homes have been foreclosed on, some improperly and others illegally. That has helped pull down real estate values across the country, even for people who've continued to make mortgage payments.
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The Paris Police Department says a man considered armed and considered dangerous after he obtained firearms, ammo, and body armor and then threatened violence against his family, churches, and schools has been apprehended by sheriff's deputies in Paris Wednesday morning.
Paris Police Chief Bob Hundley says the Lamar County Sheriff's Office took James Boulware into custody in the 1700 block of Lamar Avenue around 11:30 a.m. Wednesday.
"At 11:24 A.M. on May 1, 2013, James Lance Boulware was observed leaving his residence in the 1300 block of Fairfax by a Lamar County Deputy. Boulware was followed until back up could arrive and stopped by Paris Police Officers along with the Lamar County Deputies in the 1900 block of Lamar Ave. where he was taken into custody without incident on two felony warrants out of Dallas County. Boulware was transported to the Lamar County Jail. No weapons were located in Boulware's vehicle," Hundley said in a press release Wednesday afternoon.
We were the only news crew at the scene when Boulware was apprehended, and we'll have much more on this later today on News 12.
The Paris Police Department is looking for an individual who is armed and considered dangerous.
James Lance Boulware is a 33-year-old white man, with strawberry blond hair 6'2, and 240 lbs. He may be driving a dark gray Toyota Prius 4 door hatch back with Texas registration LNG-825. Boulware actually lives in the Dallas area, but has ties to the Paris area.
Police say Boulware was involved in a disturbance in the Dallas area, traveled to a relative's home in Red River County, was involved in a disturbance there and came back to a residence in Paris. It has been reported that while at the Paris residence, he took several firearms, ammo and body armor.
Family members talked with him late yesterday afternoon and advised this was a 'face time' call on a wi-fi network in the Bonham area. During that call, he made a threat to kill all adult members of his family, along with a vague threat about schools or churches along the way.
During these disturbances, family members report that James was struck several times in the head and they fear he may have a head injury.
Police are asking for public's assistance in finding this suspect. Police say Boulware is armed, and that you should not approach or interact with this individual if you see him or the vehicle. Please call 911 if you have information regarding the vehicle or suspect.
The release of this information has prompted several North Texas school districts to go into precautionary lockdown modes Wednesday morning.


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I saw this on my bud Jon Glassett's blog and man did it hit home.
I wanted to re-post it on my blog since the Haunting Community has a very strong element of sharing and discussing new prop projects and haunt themes.
Check it out here.
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Social Reality
I saw this on my bud Jon Glassett's blog and man did it hit home.
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- FoolishCop said...
Amen, to that. My haunt last year was pretty much a testament to the idea that having discussed and envisioned my haunt, my work was essentially done. I didn't have to do it any more.
And as an aside, the TED program hosts some really awe-inspiring speakers sometimes. I've run across quite a number of engaging discussions there and recommend checking in to the site often.
- January 16, 2011 at 4:52 PM
- Hopsy the beer drinking clown said...
how true. i must agree whole heartedly with this one, some of the TED talks kind of leave me feeling a bit indifferent but this one rings true, i think i won't tell anyone too much about what i am working on...i will let my in-progress photos do the talking!
good post Rot!
- January 16, 2011 at 5:05 PM
- Dave Lowe said...
Thanks for sharing this.
This is especially true for those with art blogs and something I've recently been noting about myself.
For me, the sharing of an idea never takes the wind out of my sails, it's when I add a deadline to it that does.
Many personal projects become work and less a creative escape and fun to do as soon as I write something like:
"Tommorrow I'll.."
"Next week..."
"This month..."
It's a bad habit that I'm starting to try and change.
- January 16, 2011 at 7:05 PM
- Rot said...
I was really glad Jon posted that on his blog. I like the speaker's advice that if you're going to talk about it, you kinda have to trick your mind into knowing it's going to be a lot of work to meet the goal.
Stupid brain.
- January 16, 2011 at 9:25 PM
- Marrow said...
Couldn't agree more. Two Months ago I put up a blog post about some of the props I've been working on recently. I also said I was starting to make THREE jap-horror style ghosts. A few weeks later I went back and edited it.
- January 16, 2011 at 10:59 PM
- Hopsy the beer drinking clown said...
this could be really helpful for Halloween haunt builders and people in general, maybe we should all share it by reposting it.
- January 17, 2011 at 6:28 AM
- Sam Kadi said...
Thanks for sharing that Rot, really cool stuff, and useful info, Ill have to check out the other TED talks. That probably means that we will get even less 2011 spoilers from you though, damn.
- January 17, 2011 at 11:05 PM
- Anonymous said...
I don't like "haunting" for others...I want to do what I want to do and what works and I can finish. Sometimes my plans just do not work. Or it works but looks awful.
Or, if I feel to pressured from my grand plans, just throw it up and have a good Halloween.
Rot, I imagine you feel as if the entire internets expect Halloween magic from you...and we do. But whatever you make, we will love it.
Feel free to not worry about what we want. I dare you to put a single carved pumpkin on the porch for 2011 and say "Happy Halloween!" ;}
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Video: Katz's Only Jewish Waiter Really Hates His Job
Alongside the charmingly gruff counter workers slicing pastrami by hand at Katz's, you'll find one Jewish guy waiting tables. And he really hates his job.
David Manheim has dreams of his own talk show some day, but for now he's Katz's sole Jewish waiter. To share his grievances of working there he made this video—part audition tape, part Yiddishe jeremiad—about a day in the life of a server at the 125-year-old deli. Some choice remarks:
They say the customer is right? I say not here. Fuck them. I force them to get what is good. For example, somebody might ask for a cheeseburger. I'll say no."
"You got roast beef? That was your mistake. Where are you from....That's the problem with WASPs from Connecticut. They always get the roast beef."
"At Katz's there's a million things that make it a unique experience...You get a ticket that's your exit visa from the store...I've seen people get into fist fights over the ticket. I don't know why we have the ticket. It's the stupidest thing in the world."
But in the end, he also—sorta—admits: "It's the toughest job you'll ever love."
Check out the f-bomb-loaded video, a modern ode to Jewish complaining, below.
[Via: The Jew and the Carrot / The Jewish Daily Forward]
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A gluten-free diet is a diet that is completely free of gluten, which is a generic term for storage proteins found in grains. In celiac disease (also referred to as celiac sprue), persons develop an inflammatory immune system response to gluten that results in damage to the small intestine, which inhibits absorption of nutrients. Some persons also develop dermatitis her-petiformis, an itchy and blistering skin condition. Because of gluten intolerance, affected persons must completely avoid foods that contain gluten.
Guidelines for this diet have been developed by dietitians for several organizations associated with celiac disease and dermatitis herpetiformis, including the Gluten Intolerance Group, the Celiac Sprue Association, and the Celiac Disease Foundation. The American Dietetic Association also sponsored the development of a gluten-free diet through a cooperative effort of dietitian experts in celiac disease in Canada and the United States, which was published in October, 2000.
The gluten-free diet is the prescribed medical treatment for gluten intolerance diseases, including celiac disease and dermatitis herpetiformis. Celiac disease is a genetically inherited, chronic digestive disease that results in damage to parts of the small intestine that are responsible for absorption of nutrients. Celiac disease affects almost three million people in the United States, about one percent of the population. Celiac disease is found among North American and European populations, where wheat is a staple food, but is found infrequently among descendants of China and Japan and persons with an African-Caribbean background, where wheat is not as widely consumed.
In addition, dermatitis herpetiformis is an important disorder or complication of gluten-sensitive enter-opathy, which is manifested in the form of a skin rash. Approximately 10% of persons with celiac disease have dermatitis herpetiformis, but about 85% of persons with dermatitis herpetiformis also have celiac disease.
When a person with celiac disease consumes gluten, the villi of the small intestine, where absorption of key nutrients takes place, become damaged, resulting in nutrients passing through the digestive system without being absorbed. The person exhibits gastrointestinal distress and eventually malnutrition. In infancy, celiac disease manifests itself as failure to thrive, diarrhea, abdominal distention, developmental delay, and in some infants, as severe malnutrition.
After infancy, the symptoms of celiac disease are less dramatic. Older children may be short or exhibit dental enamel defects. Women comprise about 75% of newly diagnosed adult cases of celiac disease. Symptoms of celiac disease include diarrhea, constipation alternating with diarrhea, intestinal gas, fatty, greasy, foul-smelling stools, bloating, nausea, vomiting, skin irritation, weight loss, anemia, neurological effects (including seizures, and possibly migraine headaches), fatigue, concentration and memory problems. In some cases, there may be intestinal damage without significant gastrointestinal symptoms. Celiac disease is diagnosed by blood tests for certain antibodies and small intestine biopsy. A positive small intestine biopsy, followed by an improvement in health after following a gluten-free diet, is confirmation of celiac disease. A gluten-free diet should not be started before diagnosis is confirmed.
Some individuals may exhibit gluten intolerance, with gastrointestinal symptoms similar to those seen with celiac disease, but without its resulting intestinal damage. Gluten intolerance is diagnosed by following
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A gluten-free diet, followed by reintroduction of gluten- containing foods, to evaluate health improvement associated with elimination or reduction of gluten from the diet. Some individuals with gluten intolerance maybe be able to tolerate a low-gluten diet under the supervision of a physician or dietitian.
A gluten-free diet may also be helpful for persons with multiple sclerosis and other autoimmune disorders, as well as for persons with autism spectrum disorders, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), and some behavioral problems.
The foods of concern for individuals with, or susceptible to, celiac disease are the cereal grains that contain the storage proteins prolamin and glutelin (commonly referred to as glutens in wheat), including all varieties of wheat (e.g., durum, spelt, kamut), barley (where the storage proteins are called hordiens), rye (where the storage proteins are called secalins), and their cross-bred hybrids (such as triticale).
Grains and starches that are allowed in a gluten-free diet include: rice, corn, soy, potato, sweet potato, tapioca, beans, garfava, sorghum, quinoa, millet, arrowroot, amaranth, tef, nut flours, and buckwheat. However, some commercial buckwheat products are mixtures of wheat and buckwheat flours and should be avoided. Other foods that are allowed (only a partial list) include fresh, canned, and frozen fruit or fruit juices, fresh vegetables, canned and frozen vegetables without gluten-containing additives, milk, aged cheese, all unprocessed meats, poultry, fish, eggs, dried beans, nuts, and seeds. A dietitian should be consulted to develop and monitor a gluten-free diet.
Gluten-free foods can be found in health food stores, through mail order sources, and in some supermarkets. Cookbooks are available to help in food preparation. Many food manufacturers maintain lists of gluten-free products. The Gluten-Free Certification Organization (GFCO) of the Gluten Intolerance.
Group, in cooperation with the Food Services, Inc., a subsidiary of the Orthodox Union, a kosher certification agency, has developed a gluten-free certification program. This program benefits consumers by giving them confidence that a product is gluten-free through a process whereby products have been tested and the manufacturing site inspected. The program also saves the consumer time that would have been spent calling the manufacturer for the gluten-free status of the product. Certification is a yearly process based on ingredient review, on-site inspection and product testing. The Celiac Sprue Association (CSA) also has the CSA Recognition Seal Program that certifies gluten-free products. Requirements for obtaining the CSA Seal for products include:
- Ingredient review and verification by testing to assure products are free of wheat, barley, rye and oats
- Provision of written facility procedures and on-site facility audits to assure that procedures are in place to control any cross or outside contamination in processing and packaging
Foods may contain gluten, although gluten will not be indicated on the ingredient list, because it was not included in the formulation of the product. For example, a conveyer belt may be dusted with a gluten-containing material to prevent foods from sticking and may contaminate the finished food product.
The gluten-free diet is used by persons who are gluten-sensitive to prevent damage to their small intestines and to prevent serious complications such as gastrointestinal cancers, iron-deficiency anemia, and decreased bone mineral density.
A gluten-free diet has been shown to greatly reduce the risk for cancer and overall mortality for individuals with symptomatic celiac disease.
For many people with celiac disease, following a gluten-free diet will stop the symptoms of the disease and result in improved health, usually within several months (for some persons, recovery may take up to one year) However, the health of some people with extensive damage to their small intestines may not improve. Refractory coeliac disease (RCD) is a rare syndrome with a poor prognosis, defined by malabsorption due to gluten-related enteropathy after initial or subsequent failure of a strict gluten-free diet and after exclusion of any other disease or disorder mimicking celiac disease. Other treatments may be necessary to treat the RCD, such as the use of corticosteroids and immuno-suppressant drugs, but data on their effectiveness is lacking.
In addition to gluten-containing grains, gluten can be found in a large variety of foods including soups, salad dressings, processed foods, candy, imitation bacon and seafood, marinades, processed luncheon meats, sauces and gravies, self-basting poultry, soy sauce or soy sauce solids, thickeners, communion wafers, and natural flavorings. Unidentified starch, binders and fillers in medications. supplements, or vitamins and adhesives in stamps and stickers can also be unsuspected sources of gluten. Playdough, which contains wheat, can be harmful if hands are put on or in the mouth after contact or hands are not washed after play.
An individual following a gluten-free diet must read labels every time a food item purchased or consumed. Ingredients that may contain hidden sources of gluten include unidentified starch, modified food starch, hydrolyzed vegetable or plant protein (HVP or HPP), texturized vegetable protein (TVP), and binders, fillers, and extenders. In addition, manufacturers can change ingredients at any time, and a product may no longer be gluten-free. Ingredients may be verified by contacting a manufacturer and specifying the ingredient and lot number of a food item. If a person cannot verify ingredients in a food product or if the ingredient list is unavailable, the food should not be eaten, to avoid damage to the small intestine that occurs every time gluten is consumed.
Gluten-free recommendations can be difficult to follow. It is recommended that an affected person keeps the diet simple at the beginning by eating fresh fruits and vegetables, milk, unprocessed protein foods such as fresh beef, pork, poultry, fish, and eggs, natural nuts, seeds, and vegetable oils without additives.
Pure, uncontaminated oats eaten in moderation (one cup cooked daily) may be safe for persons with celiac disease. However, in many cases oats can become cross-contaminated with grains containing gluten during growth, harvest, transport, storage, or processing. Some persons with celiac disease who introduce oats to their diet may experience abdominal discomfort, gas, and stool changes until they become accustomed to the increased fiber levels from the oats. Others with celiac disease may exhibit a hypersensitiv-ity to oats and should avoid their consumption. Recent research published in the last few years (2000 to 2004) has indicated that oats may contain a protein similar to gluten that has caused intestinal inflammation in many persons with celiac disease. At this time, because of conflicting information on the effects of oats on persons with celiac disease, excluding oats from the diet may be the best and most risk-free choice. In all cases, persons with celiac disease should consult their health care provider or dietitian before including oats in their diet and should have their antibody levels monitored regularly.
Almost all beers are brewed with barley (some are brewed with wheat) and should not be consumed by a person following a gluten-free diet. Sorghum and buckwheat beers are available but are a specialty product. Most distilled forms of alcohol are gluten-free, unless additives and colorings have been added, which may contain glutens. Wines are also usually gluten-free.
Since celiac disease is an inherited autoimmune disease, screening of family members is recommended. The chances of developing gluten-sensitive enteropathy increases to 10 to 20% in persons who have a first-degree relative with celiac disease. Celiac disease is also associated with other autoimmune syndromes such as Type 1 diabetes.
A gluten-free diet is difficult to follow, and continued health problems are usually associated with problems with adhering to the gluten-free diet. A person can exhibit celiac-related symptoms for months after a single gluten intake. Persons with gluten-sensitivity who do not treat their disease are at a higher risk for enteropathy-associated T-cell lymphoma and other gastrointestinal cancers. However, the maintenance of a long-term gluten-free state reduces the risk of lymphoma to the level seen in the general population. Other complications of gluten-sensitivity include decreased mineral bone density and iron-deficiency. Persons with celiac disease and dermatitis herpetiformis must maintain a gluten-free diet for the rest of their lives, for these diseases cannot be cured.
Persons are more likely to adhere to the diet if a dietitian and support group are involved. If a person is not responding well to a gluten-free diet, the doctor should:
- Investigate whether the initial diagnosis of celiac disease was correct
- Check for other conditions that can be causing symptoms, such as pancreatic insufficiency, irritable bowel syndrome, bacterial overgrowth, lymphocytic colitis, T-cell lymphoma, fructose intolerance, or tropical sprue
- Refer the person to a dietician to check for errors in the diet or for compliance with the diet
To monitor dietary adherence to the gluten-free diet, the dietitian will examine the person's dietary history and habits. Blood tests will be conducted to see is gluten antibody levels have returned to normal levels. If there is clinical concern that a person is not adhering to the gluten-free diet or that the diet is not effective, a biopsy of the small intestine may be conducted.
The gluten-free diet is complex and it cannot be assumed that chefs in restaurants or others who prepare food (including friends and family) are aware of potential sources of gluten contamination. Education of family and friends is important in accomplishing a life-style change. In restaurants simple dishes without sauces should be ordered, and the person should inquire whether grain products are prepared with the same equipment or utensils used to prepare other foods. Although a food may be considered to be gluten-free by the ingredients it contains, it may be gluten-contaminated by the way in which it is prepared or stored. Other difficulties associated with following a gluten-free diet include lifestyle changes such as avoiding travel, finding gluten-free foods, especially those of good quality, determining whether foods are gluten-free, not being invited out because of the diet, with resulting social isolation, and maintaining a gluten-free diet when in the hospital.
As with any restrictive diet, the gluten-free diet has potential for nutritional inadequacy. Persons who are sensitive to gluten are at increased risk for osteoporosis and osteomalacia, due to malabsorption of calcium and vitamin D. Most persons with celiac disease have some degree of osteopenia or osteoporosis. Calcium and vitamin D supplementation along with strict adherence to a gluten-free diet usually results in remineralization of the skeleton. Iron or other vitamin deficiencies may also be present and must be treated appropriately. The consumption of gluten-free fiber-rich foods (for example, brown rice, fruits, and vegetables) and adequate fluid intake is recommended to assist in the prevention of constipation.
Women with untreated celiac disease often exhibit a history of miscarriages, anaemia, low birth weight babies, and unfavorable outcome of pregnancy. It is suggested that testing for celiac disease be included in the battery of tests prescribed for pregnant women. Celiac disease is considerably more common than most of the diseases for which pregnant women are routinely screened. Unfavorable events associated with celiac disease may be prevented by a gluten-free diet.
Research and general acceptance
The gluten-free diet is recognized as the required treatment for persons exhibiting gluten-sensitivity.
The National Institutes of Health noted in 2004 that the strict definition of a gluten-free diet remains controversial due to the lack of an accurate method to detect gluten in food products and the lack of scientific evidence for what constitutes a safe amount of gluten ingestion. No international agreement has yet been developed on how much gluten a person with gluten-sensitivity can tolerate. Research is on-going to better identify levels that are acceptable, and health professionals involved in the therapy of celiac disease should keep up-to-date on the latest research. As of February, 2007, the United States Food and Drug Administration is proposing to set a standard of 20 part per million as the maximum acceptable level of gluten allowed for a product to be labeled as gluten-free.
Research continues on the benefits of a gluten-free diet for persons with multiple sclerosis and other autoimmune disorders, as well as for persons with autism spectrum disorders, ADHD, and some behavioral problems.
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Hagman, Bette. The Gluten-Free Gourmet Cooks Comfort Foods: Creating Old Favorites with the New Flours. New York, NY: Henry Holt and Co., 2004.
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Celiac Disease Foundation, 13251 Ventura Boulevard, Suite 1, Studio City, CA 91604-1838; Telephone: (818) 990-2354; Website: [www.celiac.org].
Celiac Sprue Association, P.O. Box 3170, Omaha, NE 68131-0700. Telephone: (877) 272-4272; E-mail: [email@example.com]; Website: [www.csaceliacs.org]
Gluten Intolerance Group, 31214 124th Avenue SE, Auburn, WA 98092-3667. Telephone: (253) 883-6655; Website: [www.gluten.net]
Gluten-Free Living, [glutenfreeliving.com]
The University of Maryland Center for Celiac Research. 20 Penn Street, Room S303B Baltimore, MD 21201. Clinic: University of Maryland Medical Center 22 S. Greene Street (N5W40) Baltimore, MD 21201. Telephone: (410) 328-6749 or (800) 492-5538. Website: [www.celiaccenter.org/]
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...in addition to atheists being a major force in the Lebanese parliament.
I think that warrants a complete discussion/conversation :)
I'm Runing for the Office of the President. Do you like My Hair?
I was reading online the other day what Republican Party presidential candidate hopeful would like to do. Reading it I was surprised that the man would even consider doing such things. But then again, this shows you just how far the so called "Republican Party" has gone to the right.
Now I grew up in Houston in the only congressional district in Texas, if not the country that carried Berry Goldwater in the 1964 Presidential campaign. In fact, I remember when Daddy Bush was a local congressman. Just FYI, Ellington Field was where his son's Air National Guard unit was stationed, which by the way, was in his congressional district. Daddy was all for stopping communism, but only if other sons of less influential and non-politically connected families would and could do it. I have a cousin who has a lovely Purple Heart he got in South Vietnam because it was "expected" that he serve, as his father had during WWII.
Well, besides that sore point with me…
Perry would like to do away with having WE THE PEOPLE VOTE WHO WE WANT TO REPRESENT US IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE. Now originally, US Senators were chosen by the individual states government. This was done away with in the late 1800's. They were in short, political appointees.
But due to various things, like, oh corruption and the like, an amendment to the Constitution was made, and passed. The people, not the likes of Tammany Hall, would choose their Senators.
Also Perry would like to see that any ruling by the US Supreme Court could be overturned by 2/3 of the Congress. So much for the "Checks and Balances" in our form of government. So many things, like citizens' RIGHTS would be so easily taken away. A woman's right to abortion, Rights Warning statements to those being arrested, trial by jury, access to the courts, the right to vote even.
If you think I'm off base here…just go scan the Patriot Act. Warrantless searches….yup….check it out. Just like they use to have in the former USSR. Searches without warrants…..and ya know…it was all due to the needs of "NATOINAL SECURITY" too….
Then there is the balanced budget he'd like have made part of the Constitution. Well, here in Texas it is part of the Texas Constitution. And every year, it has to be balanced. Now mind you a couple of years ago it wasn't. But it did get balanced. You see, what the Texas State government does is shift a lot of things down to the counties to handle. Therefore, people are still taxed for these things, but on the county level and not the state.
Oh, by the way, with the end of Reconstruction back in the 1800s, after the Civil War, Texas wrote a new state Constitution. In there was the Balanced Budget part. This hasn't changed in about 140 years. Rick Perry had nothing to do with it. Sorry Ricky.
But this isn't the first time we've had this attempt….let's hop into our time machine and go back to the 1980's…….
The Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (99th Congress, S.1702, Pub.L. 99-177, title II, December 12, 1985, 99 Stat. 1038, 2 U.S.C. § 900) and Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Reaffirmation Act of 1987 (Pub.L. 100-119, title I, Sept. 29, 1987, 101 Stat. 754, 2 U.S.C. § 900) (both often known as Gramm-Rudman) were, according to U.S. Senator Phil Gramm of Texas, "the first binding constraint imposed on federal spending, and its spending caps have become part of every subsequent U.S. budget. Together with a rapidly growing economy it produced the first balanced federal budget in a quarter of a century."
President Reagan signed the bill on August 21, 1986.
The Budget Enforcement Act of 1990 supplanted the fixed deficit targets.
Balanced budgets did not actually emerge until the late 1990s when budget surpluses (not accounting for liabilities to the Social Security Trust Fund) emerged.
….now what is not being brought up is that the Republican Party controlled the Congress and Senate from 1994 until 2006. With G. W. Bush in the White House, the Republican Party controlled all three from 2001 until 2006.
Now while I do hold the Democrats as responsible for the unbridled spending, the Republicans were in control and charge.
So this idea of a balanced budget amendment kind of throws me. And when I would mention this in chat room and on bulletin boards online, I was told that my "tin foil hat" was on too tight. Or that with inflation, the cost will be reduced…..
And of course, there is the "abortion" issue. Mr. Perry wants to stop all abortion. This broken record has been the battle cry for the so called Republican Party since the 1992. When the Republicans saw that the Christian Coalition had Political Action Committees (PAC) which could generate more money the "god", and the preachers would tell their followers who to vote for, thus giving them a "block" vote, they quickly rolled onto their back, spread their legs and cried, "TAKE ME!"
Prior to this the idea of a women not having access to birth control, weather prescription or through medical procedures was not acceptable nor taken lightly. I watched older women who grew up when birth control pills were only a day dream, and abortions were done in backrooms fight tooth and nail to protect their rights to have control over their bodies. My mother was one of them.
So when I look at Perry, I just see a slick politician who plays the religious card BIG TIME. And what is so sad, these religious people just don't see or want to see how they are being played. Sad. It's really sad.
But like the old Wobbly union song use to go, "work all day and live on hay, and when you die there will be pie in the sky…"
I think I'd like to have my pie now, thank you.
I'm really ticked off now…..BIG TIME!
Last night I expected all the "rapture" yahoo's to be gone. All I expected to find was a bunch
of clothes, empty house, apartments, mobile homes and the like. Cars just left on the street with the keys in them.
I had planned to go out looting. I was gonna clean up with the cash they left behind, their valuables, jewels, precious metals, silverware, electronics and the such.
I even had a SHOPPING LIST!
And I had a list of things my friends wanted….. Of course, there were some prescription meds certain friends wanted me to get for them…. And some things that weren't prescription as well….
It only goes to show you, you can't trust these "rapture" clowns….
Sigh……..back to clipping coupons….
I'm using the term NBA (Natural Born Atheist) for more than 16 years now to describe myself. Finally I made Badges since the term alone nearly disapears in an large amount of letters. So here they are (free to use) for everyone else who likes them. Intentionally I used the National Basketball Association Logo as pattern.
I've never really thought of myself in this perspective but I guess I am an atheist since birth. My dad was an atheist and my mom was a lapsed catholic.
Religion was not a part of my childhood. I had friends who went to Sunday school but I never thought much about it. I think I dismissed the whole God/Jesus myth even before I gave up on the tooth fairy, Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny.
I've never really understood how other people could actually believe such crap. Having not been raised in a religious household, I guess I never realized how much indoctrination occurs in the home environment.
My significant other for the last four years is from a Christian home. I still struggle with my inner voice when they say grace and thank "gawd" for the things they themselves have achieved.
One question I'll never be able to answer is whether or not I would have maintained my skepticism had I been raised in a religious home.
BTW my older sister and brother were required to attend services when they were young but they are still natural born atheists as well. Neither of them even understood what church was all about.
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Jedihemian necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 415 diseños de 80 diseñadores freelance.
We doing a project called "Winning Without Losing" with the subtitle "Discover how a new class of entrepreneurs are building their fortunes while living a happy and balanced life" and would like a logo for the website http://www.winning-without-losing.com (dont mind the crappy layout, we will adjust the site to the style and colours of the logo you make)
The project is about finding ways to be successful professionally, while having a balanced and happy life.
The target audience are professionals and entrepreneurs who are interested in the debate about being successful and balanced at the same time. The logo should engage them and signal there there are at least two sides of winning - winning in business and winning on a personal level.
What we would like a logo that somehow reflects on the title and/or the focus of the project. It could be many things, please come up with creative ideas, our suggestion that we find works best on a conceptual level is a combination of a heart and a dollar-sign.
We tried some other combinations, but none of these really worked for us:
- a symbol of winning (coin, cub, medal), combined with a symbol of happiness/balance (yin-yan, lotus flower, budha)
- a coin with two upsides
However, if you have other ideas, try them out! Or send me a message to ask if we have already considered it - exited to get new ideas to illustrate "winning without losing"
It should be simple, stylish, catch the eye, surprise and be an icon you remember after seeing it once.
It should be beautiful, and reflect the two foci of the book – professionalism and balance. It is a serious project and the logo should reflect this, not be too cartoon-ish.
We are going to ask the designer who wins the competition to also do a header for the website, and iphone app icon and possibly later also the layout of the book cover when the book is ready to print.
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