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Give up the chaos and live in the moment
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Chaos was not given to me, chaos did not happen - I had created it. I was choosing to be in chaos. I was choosing to do all these things simultaneously; I was choosing to feel this way.
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Bringing kids to movies
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The documentary "Summer Pasture" follows a nomadic family in Tibet.
When filmmakers Lynn True, Nelson Walker and Tsering Perlo decided to make a film documenting the daily lives of nomadic Tibetans, they wanted to get an insider's view of their subjects.
So they spent the summer of 2007 living in a small tent next to the family they were filming, in a pasture in a Tibetan region of China 15,000 feet in elevation.
"We were essentially living as nomads for three months, fetching our own water, cooking our food on yak-dung fire," Walker told the audience after the documentary screened at the Marfa Film Festival on Sunday. "We ended up spending a lot of time with them so they became really comfortable with us, comfortable with the camera, and that's a large part of why the film is so intimate." The nomads live a subsistence lifestyle largely dependent on the yaks they herd on the grasslands. They milk the animals to make butter and cheese, they use their hair to create rope and use dried yak dung to fuel their fires.
It's a 4,000-year-old culture that is in danger of dying out. In recent years, unprecedented numbers of nomadic Tibetans have begun settling in towns and cities.
The filmmakers followed Locho and Yama, a young nomadic couple with an infant daughter. In the film, Locho talks about wanting to settle in town as well to make sure his children will get the education he never had.
Because the small, isolated community speaks a specific dialect known by few Tibetans, the filmmakers ended up having the 200 hours of footage translated into the main Tibetan dialect, then had that translated into English. They also had the film subtitled in Tibetan so it can be shown in China.
"The idea of language is very important because in the school system there the whole curriculum is taught in Chinese, so all Tibetan kids are learning in a second language. There is a real concern that the Tibetan language itself may die out," Walker said.
The filmmakers worried that Yama and Locho, who didn?t have much familiarity with film, wouldn't understand what it meant to be in a movie shown to audiences around the world. So the filmmakers brought a small generator and projector out to the pasture, and at night, they would hang up a sheet and screen the footage they had shot.
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Individual Scholarship
Tony J. Wilkinson
At the end of the summer, Tony J. Wilkinson traveled to Syria, first to visit the site of Qinnasrin, where Donald Whitcomb has a new field project, and then on to the Khabur Basin in eastern Syria. In the Khabur, camp was set up in order to conduct a brief two-week field season of geoarchaeological fieldwork around Tell Brak. Brak was well positioned for two (brief) forays to Hamoukar, where McGuire Gibson had a team undertaking an initial field season. The two field days at Hamoukar were rather busy, first in making preliminary interpretations of the geoarchaeology of the area, and second visiting the enigmatic southern part of the site complex. From Damascus it was then a short hop to San'a in Yemen for the 1999 campaign of "The Oriental Institute Project for the Archaeology of Yemeni Terraced Agriculture" (formerly the Dhamar Project; see separate report). In addition to the fieldwork the project forged a good working relationship with the Department of Archaeology at the University of Dhamar, where Wilkinson gave an inaugural lecture to the faculty of Arts and Humanities. This lecture resulted in the award of a University of Dhamar medal! After a brief two days in Chicago, Wilkinson then flew on to Boston for the annual meeting of the American Schools for Oriental Research, where a paper was presented on "Interactions between Humans and the Environment in the Yemeni Highlands" at a special session on the archaeology of Arabia.
In December, Gibson and Wilkinson organized a small workshop entitled The Waters of Babylon. The main aim of this small international group of scholars was to examine some of the recent results from remote sensing, archaeological, and textual research on the development of settlement and water systems in southern Iraq. It was especially gratifying to see Robert McCormick Adams fired up again and producing a new generation of maps of the Partho-Sasanian landscapes of southern Iraq. A related theme was also picked up in the year 2000 as part of the Interdisciplinary Archaeology Workshop when Jennifer Pournelle (University of California, San Diego) presented the results of satellite image interpretation for changing settlement in the southern plains of Iraq. The theme of the workshop in 1999/2000 was "Science and Technology," and this year there were two Oriental Institute convenors: T. J. Wilkinson and Aslihan Yener. The themes ranged widely from Indian Ocean trade to archaeometallurgy, and speakers included Maurizio Tosi, Tim Earle, Judith Todd, and Stanley Ambrose.
The California coast is delightful in March, and Dwight Reynolds and his colleagues from the University of California, Santa Barbara, are to be thanked for providing an invitation to give a plenary address on "Environmental Change and Human Activity" at their Annual Conference of Near Eastern Studies. The organization was excellent and the format of the conference catered to a wide range of interests that took us well beyond the narrow confines of Near Eastern archaeology.
Back to reality in Chicago, most of the year has been spent trying to coax reluctant articles through ever extended publication bottlenecks. Experience over the last few years suggests that as computers get faster, the process of publication gets slower. Consequently 1999/2000 saw only one article appear: "Demographic Trends from Archaeological Survey: Case Studies from the Levant and Near East" in Long-Term Demographic Trends in the Mediterranean Basin, edited by John Bintliff and Kostas Sbonias, for Oxbow books. Most publication work was therefore spent checking proofs or editing and updating various publications, specifically the monograph On the Margin of the Euphrates: Settlement and Land Use at Tell es-Sweyhat and in the Upper Lake Tabqa Area, Syria (to be published by the Oriental Institute). This was reviewed in early 2000 and is in press for 2001. Although ostensibly presenting just the results of a small survey around Tell es-Sweyhat, this work deals with a broader canvas by providing an overview of some 10,000 years of settlement and environment within the area of the Tabqa Dam on the Syrian Euphrates. The help of Clemens Reichel and Donald Whitcomb in the production of major contributions to the volume is much appreciated.
May 2000 witnessed the second International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, in Copenhagen. The organization of such a meeting is formidable and it is to the credit of the Carsten Niebuhr Institute and Ingolf Thuesen and colleagues that the sessions proved to be a success. Wilkinson presented a paper on "Interactions of Humans with the Environment" (but a rather different paper from that given in Santa Barbara), and was a discussant in a special session on the Orontes Valley. This session, organized by Timothy Harrison, a University of Chicago graduate, brought together projects from the entire Orontes Valley within both Syria and Turkey. It is hoped that this international cooperation will provide a foundation for future basin-wide cooperation.
This was also a year of diversification into the medium of radio with two appearances being made on WBEZ's Odyssey program and a third on public radio in Reno, Nevada.
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The program in anatomic pathology includes training in surgical pathology, autopsy pathology, neuropathology, fine needle aspiration and general cytology, electron microscopy, and immunohistochemistry. A rotation at the Allegheny County Medical Examiner's Office provides training in forensic pathology. Pediatric surgical and autopsy pathology experience is acquired through a rotation at a Children's Hospital, in Columbus, Ohio.
Clinical chemistry, hematology, endocrinology, protein chemistry, blood banking/ transfusion medicine, microbiology, virology, cytogenetics and immunology are areas of training in clinical pathology. The programs in anatomic and clinical pathology are integrated throughout the training period. Residents actively participate in regularly scheduled interdepartmental clinicopathologic correlation conferences with internal medicine, surgery, radiology, pediatrics and obstetrics/gynecology. A didactic lecture series, as well as morning and afternoon conferences, cover a broad range of topics in anatomic and clinical pathology, including laboratory management, computerization and quality assurance.
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text: NCSU CALS Investment In Agriculture Pays Big Dividends Extension and agricultural research are two wings of university's agricultural investment strategy. Published on: Jan 20, 2012 Tweet Post to Your Wall. Email Story RSS Permalink Print Most North Carolina farmers will tell you that N.C. State University's Extension and Agricultural Research are critical components in a developing agricultural system. The organizations help keep the state's farmers on the cutting edge of farming worldwide while contributing at a local level to their bottom lines. Still, it would be difficult for farmers to put numbers on just how much value comes back from resources put into the university-run system. A report on agriculture programs run by N.C. State University's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences now gives some concrete numbers that demonstrate how those programs are more than paying for themselves. CALS takes a two-sided approach to agricultural research via the two organizations. The N.C. Agricultural Research Service conducts important agricultural research and the N.C. Cooperative Extension makes that research available to farmers and others who can use it, with Extension centers serving all 100 counties. "Together, agricultural research and Extension programs spark economic activity and create jobs, making North Carolina agriculture and the state's rural communities more prosperous," notes the report. The report, North Carolina's AgAdvantage, notes that North Carolina's investment in research and Extension programs generates a return of $1.45 in economic activity for every $1 invested, resulting in more rural income, lower food costs and a safer food supply. It also generates an additional $116 million annually from grants, contracts, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and from county governments. These grants and contracts create 400 jobs, the report says. In addition, the programs help identify and promote new business and income opportunities in agriculture, including new organic foods, aquacultural products and biobased products such as biofuels and value-added farm products like agritourism. Research and Extension investments help promote best management practices that encourage ecological practices and safety. They reduce health risks and enhance food safety practices and procedures. They are also used to promote understanding and implementation of sound financial management that reduces debt and increases both energy conservation and recycling. In addition, they are used to accustom the farming workforce to new emerging technologies, often with hands-on experience. Learn more about CALS and its programs on the college website at http://harvest.cals.ncsu.edu.


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Romantic All-White Rooms
Some call it shabby chic, others call it flea market style. Whatever it is, I think these dreamy photos are lovely little glimpses into a world that is not mine but one that I can live vicariously through. Check out the blogs mentioned below for more whitewashed and vintage inspiration.
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i love all white but honestly, HOW do you keep it clean? we have cream carpet and i'm so close to pulling it up and doing just the stained concrete look. i opt for many touches of white...but all white, i don't know...i feel like i'd clean my life away ;) but i LOVE looking at these rooms, so tranquil and serene!
I love white but due to 3 monster leaving in my home can not use it very much. I try to make up for it in lots of accents and accessories but in reality white color can not be very much used in homes invaded by kids.
Just can't go wrong with white. Clean, bright... makes any room feel a bit modern.
Ahhh, the dream. And during these dark and dreary days, the idea of the bright lightness of a white room; it could be exactly what I've been looking for to trade my children in on...
I have white loose covers on my sofa and armchairs (bought in the States, terrific value), and the difference since my 18 yr old son moved out is remarkable. He just had the uncanny knack of making them (well, the one he sat on) look grubby, now they always look clean!!


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Journal Articles
Breast cancer treatment across health care systems: linking electronic medical records and state registry data to enable outcomes research.
2014; 120 (1): 103-111
Understanding of cancer outcomes is limited by data fragmentation. In the current study, the authors analyzed the information yielded by integrating breast cancer data from 3 sources: electronic medical records (EMRs) from 2 health care systems and the state registry.Diagnostic test and treatment data were extracted from the EMRs of all patients with breast cancer treated between 2000 and 2010 in 2 independent California institutions: a community-based practice (Palo Alto Medical Foundation; "Community") and an academic medical center (Stanford University; "University"). The authors incorporated records from the population-based California Cancer Registry and then linked EMR-California Cancer Registry data sets of Community and University patients.The authors initially identified 8210 University patients and 5770 Community patients; linked data sets revealed a 16% patient overlap, yielding 12,109 unique patients. The percentage of all Community patients, but not University patients, treated at both institutions increased with worsening cancer prognostic factors. Before linking the data sets, Community patients appeared to receive less intervention than University patients (mastectomy: 37.6% vs 43.2%; chemotherapy: 35% vs 41.7%; magnetic resonance imaging: 10% vs 29.3%; and genetic testing: 2.5% vs 9.2%). Linked Community and University data sets revealed that patients treated at both institutions received substantially more interventions (mastectomy: 55.8%; chemotherapy: 47.2%; magnetic resonance imaging: 38.9%; and genetic testing: 10.9% [P < .001 for each 3-way institutional comparison]).Data linkage identified 16% of patients who were treated in 2 health care systems and who, despite comparable prognostic factors, received far more intensive treatment than others. By integrating complementary data from EMRs and population-based registries, a more comprehensive understanding of breast cancer care and factors that drive treatment use was obtained.
View details for DOI 10.1002/cncr.28395
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Systematic identification of risk factors for Alzheimer's disease through shared genetic architecture and electronic medical records.
Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing. Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing
2013: 224-235
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is one of the leading causes of death for older people in US with rapidly increasing incidence. AD irreversibly and progressively damages the brain, but there are treatments in clinical trials to potentially slow the development of AD. We hypothesize that the presence of clinical traits, sharing common genetic variants with AD, could be used as a non-invasive means to predict AD or trigger for administration of preventative therapeutics. We developed a method to compare the genetic architecture between AD and traits from prior GWAS studies. Six clinical traits were significantly associated with AD, capturing 5 known risk factors and 1 novel association: erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR). The association of ESR with AD was then validated using Electronic Medical Records (EMR) collected from Stanford Hospital and Clinics. We found that female patients and with abnormally elevated ESR were significantly associated with higher risk of AD diagnosis (OR: 1.85 [1.32-2.61], p=0.003), within 1 year prior to AD diagnosis (OR: 2.31 [1.06-5.01], p=0.032), and within 1 year after AD diagnosis (OR: 3.49 [1.93-6.31], p<0.0001). Additionally, significantly higher ESR values persist for all time courses analyzed. Our results suggest that ESR should be tested in a specific longitudinal study for association with AD diagnosis, and if positive, could be used as a prognostic marker.
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A simple heuristic for blindfolded record linkage
To address the challenge of balancing privacy with the need to create cross-site research registry records on individual patients, while matching the data for a given patient as he or she moves between participating sites. To evaluate the strategy of generating anonymous identifiers based on real identifiers in such a way that the chances of a shared patient being accurately identified were maximized, and the chances of incorrectly joining two records belonging to different people were minimized.Our hypothesis was that most variation in names occurs after the first two letters, and that date of birth is highly reliable, so a single match variable consisting of a hashed string built from the first two letters of the patient's first and last names plus their date of birth would have the desired characteristics. We compared and contrasted the match algorithm characteristics (rate of false positive v. rate of false negative) for our chosen variable against both Social Security Numbers and full names.In a data set of 19 000 records, a derived match variable consisting of a 2-character prefix from both first and last names combined with date of birth has a 97% sensitivity; by contrast, an anonymized identifier based on the patient's full names and date of birth has a sensitivity of only 87% and SSN has sensitivity 86%.The approach we describe is most useful in situations where privacy policies preclude the full exchange of the identifiers required by more sophisticated and sensitive linkage algorithms. For data sets of sufficiently high quality this effective approach, while producing a lower rate of matching than more complex algorithms, has the merit of being easy to explain to institutional review boards, adheres to the minimum necessary rule of the HIPAA privacy rule, and is faster and less cumbersome to implement than a full probabilistic linkage.
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- Clinical Research Alerting for Early Septic Shock Detection 2012 Summit on Clinical Research Informatics 2012
- Oncoshare: Lessons learned from building an integrated multi-institutional database for comparative effectiveness research Proceedings of the AMIA 2012 Annual Symposium 2012
- Use of RxNorm and SNOMET-CT® to Support the Use of Medication Information in Research Patient Cohort Searching AMIA Annu Symp Proc 2011: 106
- Hash-Based Algorithmic Linkage of Patient Records in De-identified Multi-site Patient Research Registries AMIA Annu Symp Proc 2011; CRI: 81
- A Model for Efficient Review of Clinical Data by Researchers within the STRIDE Clinical Data Warehouse AMIA Annu Symp Proc 2011; CRI: 34
- Implementing a Real-time Complex Event Stream Processing System to Help Identify Potential Participants in Clinical and Translational Research Studies AMIA Annu Symp Proc 2010: 472
Managing Medical Vocabulary Updates in a Clinical Data Warehouse: An RxNorm Case Study.
AMIA ... Annual Symposium proceedings / AMIA Symposium. AMIA Symposium
2010; 2010: 477-481
Use of terminology standards facilitates aggregating data from multiple sources for information retrieval, exchange and analysis. However, medical vocabularies are continuously updated and incorporating those changes consistently into clinical data warehouses requires rigorous methodology. To integrate pharmacy data from two hospital pharmacy information systems the Stanford Translational Research Integrated Database Environment (STRIDE) project mapped medication orders to RxNorm content using the RxNorm drug model. In order to keep the data relevant and up-to-date, we developed a strategy for updating to RxNorm, while preserving the original meaning and mapping of the legacy data. This case study discusses managing the vocabulary update by following the RxNorm content maintenance strategy and supplementing it with operations to retain access to its drug model information.
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- Self-Service Support for Research Patient Cohort Identification and Review of Clinical Data in the STRIDE Clinical Data Warehouse AMIA Annu Symp Proc 2010; CRI
Automated mapping of pharmacy orders from two electronic health record systems to RxNorm within the STRIDE clinical data warehouse.
AMIA ... Annual Symposium proceedings / AMIA Symposium. AMIA Symposium
2009; 2009: 244-248
The Stanford Translational Research Integrated Database Environment (STRIDE) clinical data warehouse integrates medication information from two Stanford hospitals that use different drug representation systems. To merge this pharmacy data into a single, standards-based model supporting research we developed an algorithm to map HL7 pharmacy orders to RxNorm concepts. A formal evaluation of this algorithm on 1.5 million pharmacy orders showed that the system could accurately assign pharmacy orders in over 96% of cases. This paper describes the algorithm and discusses some of the causes of failures in mapping to RxNorm.
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STRIDE--An integrated standards-based translational research informatics platform.
AMIA ... Annual Symposium proceedings / AMIA Symposium. AMIA Symposium
2009; 2009: 391-395
STRIDE (Stanford Translational Research Integrated Database Environment) is a research and development project at Stanford University to create a standards-based informatics platform supporting clinical and translational research. STRIDE consists of three integrated components: a clinical data warehouse, based on the HL7 Reference Information Model (RIM), containing clinical information on over 1.3 million pediatric and adult patients cared for at Stanford University Medical Center since 1995; an application development framework for building research data management applications on the STRIDE platform and a biospecimen data management system. STRIDE's semantic model uses standardized terminologies, such as SNOMED, RxNorm, ICD and CPT, to represent important biomedical concepts and their relationships. The system is in daily use at Stanford and is an important component of Stanford University's CTSA (Clinical and Translational Science Award) Informatics Program.
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Novel integration of hospital electronic medical records and gene expression measurements to identify genetic markers of maturation.
Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing. Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing
2008: 243-254
Traditionally, the elucidation of genes involved in maturation and aging has been studied in a temporal fashion by examining gene expression at different time points in an organism's life as well as by knocking out, knocking in, and mutating genes thought to be involved. Here, we propose an in silico method to combine clinical electronic medical record (EMR) data and gene expression measurements in the context of disease to identify genes that may be involved in the process of human maturation and aging. First we show that absolute lymphocyte count may serve as a biomarker for maturation by using statistical methods to compare trends among different clinical laboratory tests in response to an increase in age. We then propose using the rate of decay for absolute lymphocyte count across 12 diseases as a proxy for differences in aging. We correlate the differing rates with gene expression across the same diseases to find maturation/aging related genes. Among the 53 genes with strongest correlations between expression profile and change in rate of decay, we found genes previously implicated in the process of aging, including MGMT (DNA repair), TERF2 (telomere stability), POLD1 (DNA replication and repair), and POLG (mtDNA replication).
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Clinical arrays of laboratory measures, or "clinarrays", built from an electronic health record enable disease subtyping by severity.
AMIA ... Annual Symposium proceedings / AMIA Symposium. AMIA Symposium
2007: 115-119
The severity of diseases has often been assigned by direct observation of a patient and by pathological examination after symptoms have appeared. As we move into the genomic era, the ability to predict disease severity prior to manifestation has improved dramatically due to genomic sequencing and analysis of gene expression microarrays. However, as the severity of diseases can be exacerbated by non genetic factors, the ability to predict disease severity by examining gene expression alone may be inadequate. We propose the creation of a "clinarray" to examine phenotypic expression in the form of clinical laboratory measurements. We demonstrate that the clinarray can be used to distinguish between the severities of patients with cystic fibrosis and those with Crohn's disease by applying unsupervised clustering methods that have been previously applied to microarrays.
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Conference Proceedings
- Stanford-NIH Pain Registry: Open source platform for large-scale longitudinal assessment of clinical data and patient-reported outcomes American Academy of Pain Medicine's 30th Annual Meeting 2014
- Stanford-NIH Pain Registry: Catalyzing the rate-limiting step of big data psychometrics with item-response theory and advanced computerized adaptive testing American Academy of Pain Medicine's 30th Annual Meeting 2014
- Row-Filtering with Dynamic SQL in Support of Compliant EHR Data Marts AMIA CRI Summit on Clinical Research Informatics 2013: 278


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Peyote may have medicinal benefits
Dec. 4, 2003
Faye Flam
ReligionNewsBlog.com • Thursday December 4, 2003
Experts are debating the benefits, risks of hallucinogenic drugs
PHILADELPHIA — Long before Timothy Leary and Ken Kesey and the counterculture generation discovered hallucinogenic drugs, the Indians of western Mexico were using peyote to commune with their gods.
Anthropologist Peter T. Furst, who spent 30 years among the Huichol people, says that Indian shamans have been using hallucinogenic plants as a doorway to the divine for thousands of years, likely following a tradition carried by their ancestors over the Bering Strait.
And now, some U.S. scientists are exploring how these substances might be used by doctors to battle anxiety, mental illness and alcoholism.
"These compounds hold tremendous potential for helping us understand how the brain functions, and they have untapped potential for healing," said Charles Grob, a psychiatry professor at UCLA Medical School.
Some early studies suggest that LSD can ease the sense of dread that people feel when they are dying. "There were some very interesting and promising results," said Grob. He recently secured approval from the Food and Drug Administration to continue this line of inquiry using the milder drug psilocybin, the active ingredient in hallucinogenic mushrooms.
Archaeological finds in Texas show remnants of peyote that date back around 7,000 years. Even earlier finds show a hallucinogenic seed associated with remains of giant mastodons and other Pleistocene animals that go back at least 10,000 years.
Furst said he believed it was likely the Huichol and other tribes brought a tradition of hallucinogen use from Siberia before they entered the Americas more than 15,000 years ago.
Others see evidence for shamanism in early Europe. "Shamanism emerged at least 40,000 years ago and is reflected in Paleolithic rock art," said Michael Winkelman, an anthropologist from Arizona State University. "Not all societies depended on hallucinogenic plants but where they found them, people built up institutions around these substances," he said. "They are seen as a source of divine inspiration."
When the Spanish invaded Mexico, they labeled peyote the "diabolic root," Furst said, and tried to stamp out its use. In the 1960s, peyote achieved a cult following. After a long legal battle, Furst said, peyote was legalized in 1994 in the United States for members of certain American Indian religions.
Arizona's Winkelman said he believes there is something in human biology that makes us want to reach for such altered states.
People use the term hallucinogen loosely to apply to many mind-altering drugs, but peyote belongs to a small family that shares similar modes of action on the brain. They include psilocybin, LSD and morning glory seeds.
Studies like the Good Friday Experiment ended after psilocybin and other hallucinogens were made illegal in the late 1960s and early '70s, but a handful of scientists today are looking at ways these types of drugs might help people.
John Halpern, associate director of substance abuse research at Harvard University and McLean Hospital, is investigating the possibility that peyote prevents alcoholism in American Indians.
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We love LIBERTY! – My family and I have been going to Liberty Family Restaurant practically since the doors opened. They have wonderful food, I personally love their baked spaghetti! They have really good specials and home made desserts. Staff is very courteous and it is very clean.
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Sandlot (n.) A vacant lot used especially by children for unorganized sports and games
Sandlots were the gathering place for any neighborhood kid who loved to play and watch baseball. It was a place where kids could come and play the game amongst and against friends and neighborhood rivals. It was a game organized and run by kids. There were no uniforms, umpires or parents involved. It was a game played in a park or vacant lot by young boys for decades. Kids would play baseball all day long. This was a time when going out to have a catch with parents or friends was normal. It was a game that created bonds between friends and family and where life long lessons could be learned.
Today we would like to celebrate the kids who played the friendly pick-up games or who battled it out for the glory on the sandlot. Although where we live there are not many sandlots still in existince we do still spot the daily pick-up games of wiffle ball and stick(long) ball in the schoolyards in our area. We came across some great pictures of sanlot kids of the past. These made us wonder whether you have any sandlot pictures from the past to share or if this great traditional still exists in your area?
If it does send us some pictures, past or present and let us know!
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The one sport that still seems to always bring families together is baseball. Families and friends center celebrations, birthdays, engagments, reunions, and many other significant and important moments around America's favorite past time. It appears to have remained a tradition between families and groups of friends from every walk of life. In times of war, struggle and even the great depression, people found a way to come together to cheer on their favorite teams and players. Although during the Depression the teams had to become a little more creative with promotions, giveaways and prizes to draw the crowds in.
In researching the Detroit Tigers we came across this piece of video footage posted to YouTube. This is footage of a family that went to Detroit for the Yankee/Tigers game at Briggs Stadium on August 4, 1956. We loved being able to see not only the players but the fans of that time as well! We hope you enjoy this video as much as we did!
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The staff here is so available and attentive. Anytime I have any concerns they will take the time to talk to me about them. They are great at communicating back and forth and keeping me updated. The staff makes an effort after school to have some time to talk to you, if not you can set up a time easily.
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Very comfortable and safe environment – My son really has been enjoying Our Lady of Guadalupe School. They have a very family feeling there with their staff and atmosphere of the school. My son just started playing in the band and absolutely loves it. The teachers are just wonderful and do a great job at communicating with you too.
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I have a Sigma 18-200mm zoom with Optical Stabilization, and I wonder...how can I tell if it's working? It makes no sound other than focusing. I'm not having any issues with image sharpness, so it seems to be, but is there a way to be sure?
I use both Sigma and Nikkor lenses, some of each with image stabilization functions. Whenever I receive new equipment of any kind, I thoroughly test it in order to learn about it and to see if it works as advertised or reviewed. These image stabilization functions (different names by each lens manufacturer)are quite silent, so far as my ears can tell. To test this function, use a simple, but consistent scientific method. Take a series of images, one series with IS turned on, and one with it off, all hand held. Important in this test is to shoot the same subject at the same settings in the same lighting, for example, 8 shots with IS on and 8 shots with IS off, leaving all other functions alone. You can do this indoors or outdoors, but make sure the f-stop and shutter speed do not vary (try using Manual camera settings). If you are outdoors, make sure clouds and wind are not changing your subject as you shoot. Then, in the computer, enlarge the images and compare them carefully. You should see a difference. Of course, IS is primarily designed to help prevent blurring by movement when your shutter speeds need to be slower, so try a number of series tests with the shutter speed dropping from 1/60th of a second and slower. Good luck.
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Name"Angkor" is a distortion of the Khmer word "nokor" which is derived from the Sanskrit "nagara" (capital). Wat means temple, thus Angkor Wat means the Capital's Temple. However, the temple was originally named Preah Pisnulok, after its founder - King Suryavarman II - title after his death.LocationAngkor Wat is six kilometers north of Siem Reap, and two kilometers south of Angkor Thom.Related SitesOne of the Khmer provinces in those days was within modern Thailand, Phimai features a temple resembling a downscaled Angkor Wat.Religious RoleKing Suryavarman II built Angkor Wat between 1113 and 1150AC as his state temple. At first it was Hindu and dedicated to Vishnu, instead of the traditional Shiva of earlier Khmer temples, but afterwards it became a center of Buddhist worshipping. Angkor Wat is the epitome of Khmer architecture and have became Cambodia's symbol, appearing even on its flag.The temple is in fact an open Hindu encyclopedia, which can be read on several fashions. As a geographical text, the baray represent the oceans surrounding earth, the walls are the mountains enclosing the world, and the four sides of the temple represent the different landmasses and the peak at the center Mount Meru - the gods' abode. The central quincunx of towers symbolizes the mountain five peaks; access to the temple upper areas was progressively more exclusive. On the temporal angle, the baray represents the present, while the central point is the universe creation time. On the social interpretation, the center represents the god-king, while in the Buddhist angle the three steps depicts the different here steps of spiritual development: the center represents the achievement of nirvana.In 1177AC Angkor was sacked by the Cham, subsequently, King Jayavarman VII established a new capital at Angkor Thom and a new state temple called Bayon. Later, the temple was adapted for Theravada Buddhism use.Unusual AnglesOrientation Angkor Wat is oriented to the west, unlike most other temples in the area. Many scholars think Suryavarman wanted it to be his funerary temple, mainly since a funerary jar was found in the central tower. Moreover, the bas-reliefs proceed in a counter-clockwise direction in reverse of the normal ritual order; this is a supporting evidence of the claim, since in Brahmin practices during funerals some rituals are performed in reverse order. However, the temple was dedicated to Vishnu, who was associated with the west.ContinuityAngkor Wat is the only temple within the complex that was never completely abandoned; furthermore, the surrounding forests never managed to cross the moat surrounding it, fact that further helped its survival.Fake ArchesAs the Cham, the Khmer did no know how to construct arches. 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The inner walls of the outer gallery bear a series of large bas-reliefs depicting episodes from the Ramayana and Mahabharata Hindu epics, including the battles of Lanka and Kurukshetra as well as the Hindu 32 hells and 37 heavens. On the southern gallery is the only historical scene, a procession of King Suryavarman II. Small squares were cut out of the scenes after the final fall of the kingdom in order to destroy the site's alleged black magic powers.From the second level upwards, protecting devata guardian-deities abound on the walls, alone or in groups of up to four. The second-level enclosure is 100 by 115m. Three sets of steps on each side lead up to the corner towers and gopuras of the inner gallery. The square inner gallery is called Bakan, each side measures 60m and features axial galleries connecting each gopura with the central temple and secondary temples located below the corner towers. The tower above the central shrine rises 43m to a height of 65m above the ground; unlike those of earlier temple-mountains, the central tower is raised above the surrounding four, giving Angkor Wat its unmistakable shape. The shrine itself, originally occupied by a statue of Vishnu and open on each side, was walled in when the temple was adapted to Theravada Buddhism by adding standing Buddhas on he new walls.
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Finally he sat at the big dining-room table describing the moment his life came to a halt,with an attack of sciatica in August 2001. "I couldn't stand, I couldn't walk," said Johnson, a trim man who exudes energy and enthusiasm.
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Then came the sciatica, and suddenly Johnson's life was constricted by pain, immobility, and Oxycontin, a powerful painkiller that becomes addictive if misused. "I had a fear I would become a drug addict and would never walk again," said Johnson. In the soul-searching weeks of recovery, Johnson vowed to make himself a better person, beginning with his health.
"I had realized , that I was a workaholic. I had no balance in my life, no hobbies." Interviewing pedophiles and young offenders facing serious jail time was taking an emotional toll. "I have a very stressful job, nothing to counterbalance it," he said.
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On his first Kilimanjaro bid last year, after getting to within two football fields of the summit, Johnson began hallucinating. He turned back. Then in March of this year, he tried again,taking nine days instead of six,and reached the summit.
He left Tanzania with more than just pride in achieving a personal goal. During some soul searching in Africa, Johnson, who is divorced with no children, committed himself to helping children of single women in inner cities through an outreach hiking program. His goal is to help kids like himself,a self-described "late bloomer" from the Lenox Street Housing Project.
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Our mission is to touch a billion lives. We strive to reach out to people from every walk of life and do our bit to help them stay healthy . Apart from the major social initiatives and programmes that Apollo hospitals has initiated, every individual hospital in the group does its bit for the community it serves . Every member of the Apollo family is committed to provide care and solace to the people in their location and in this section, we are proud to present the various community service events that take place in our hospitals.
Apollo Dil Ki Daud, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi- 2011
"Apollo Dil Ki Daud", a mini marathon organized by Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals in support with the Billion Hearts Beating Campaign, in an endeavor to spread awareness about prevention of heart disease and to emphasize the importance of a healthy lifestyle. 1000 people participated in the mini marathon supported by the Billion Hearts Beating Campaign.
The marathon was supported by Manish Chaudhury, President, Delhi University Student Union along with CWG wrestlers Rajv Tomar, Anuj Chaudhary & Jaiprakash Nath; famous swimmer Khajan Singh; singers Ashok Masti and Shankar Sahini who feel that there is a huge need for such events to generate awareness among the masses. 200 doctors and nurses from Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals also ran for the cause.
Heart disease is the biggest killer in urban India today. It is estimated that 60% of the world's heart disease will belong to India (and Indians) in the near future. Indians are genetically prone to heart disease. Our sedentary and stressed modern lifestyle just multiplies the risk.In fact, an Indian is four times as likely to suffer from heart disease as compared to his Western counterpart. A heart attack also brings a lot of emotional turmoil for the family; it doesn't only affect the one who gets a heart attack.
Addressing this concern, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals brought together 1000 people from Sarita Vihar, Jasola Vihar, Sukhdev Vihar, Ashram, Friends Colony, New Friends Colony, Defence Colony, GK-I, Jamia, etc, motivating them throughout the marathon would be a team of doctors present, also participating to spread awareness on the need of a healthy heart.
"SAVE" India Campaign, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi
Apollo launched its "SAVE" India Campaign. This is a comprehensive vascular screening progaramme to increase awareness about the ailments of stroke, aneurysm and vascular disease, evaluation to prevent disability or death due to stroke, aneurysm rupture or leg ulcers or gangrene.
Adoption of the Bhat Village, Gujarat, Apollo Hospitals Ahmedabad
Apollo Hospitals, Ahmedabad adopted the Bhat Village with a population of approximately 10,000, in Gujarat, and organized Health Cleanliness Programs and Health Awareness drive, all of which were extremely well received.
Apollo Life Saver Training Program, Apollo Hospitals Bangalore
Apollo Hospitals Bangalore conducted the Apollo Life Saver Community Training Program with an objective to train one person in the family on Basic Life Support Systmes.
Annual Bhagidari Utsav, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals Delhi
The Annual Bhagidari Utsav celebrated 10 years of its formation and Apollo Hospitals Delhi was the only Corporate invited to participate. A large screening unit comprising of Cardiac and Internal Medicine consults, ECG, ECHO and basic check-ups (Blood Pressure, Blood Sugar, height and weight). Over the space of two days, almost 2000 citizens of Delhi underwent the elaborate check-up. Approximately 15,000 visitors attended the Apollo stalls and about 1,800 visitors were screened.
"Plant a tree this monsoon" Campaign, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi
In an endeavor to spread awareness about eco-friendly environment and to emphasize the importance of clean and green surroundings, on the occasion of the 15th Anniversary, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi in support with the Green Leap Delhi Campaign planted 500 plants / saplings at the hospital on 27th July 2011 with Senior Team of the Apollo Hospital Management. This plantation drive was not about planting trees, but also aimed to bring people together and motivate the community to take necessary possible steps towards a healthy environment. Apollo Delhi has collaborated with Bhagidari to promote the noble cause.
Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, Delhi has always promoted steps towards healthy living. Green Leap Campaign is one such campaign with the objective to spread awareness and encourage positive action. Such plantation drives accelerate the awareness drive on sensitive environment issues and encourage healthy living.
Apollo First Aid Training programmes at Police Boys & Girls Clubs, Apollo Hospitals, Chennai
The Police Boys & Girls Clubs (PBGC) operated in the slums of Chennai is a project initiated by the Government and Police department. There are 117 PBGCs which have their operations in close proximity to the police station. The Club consists of children from the underprivileged society. Apollo has offered First Aid Training sessions and has suggested that they first work in the North Zone locations of the city.The training have been completed in the following locations so far:
1.Tondiarpet on Sept 6 2012
2.Korrukkupet on Sept 8 2012
3.Washermanpet on Sept 13 2012
4.Seven Wells on Sept 15 2012.
Emergency Helpline Posters, Apollo Hospitals, Chennai
In an initiative by the Commissioner of Police of Chennai to spread the awareness of Emergency Helpline, Apollo Hospitals played a major role in distributing two thousand Emergency Helpline posters, thousand each in English and Tamil, which will be displayed in schools, colleges, PBGCs and public places. The same was released by the Commissioner of Police on 15th September 2012.
Apollo Dil Ki Daud, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi - 2012
In association with the Billion Hearts Beating Foundation, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals organised a 5-km run titled 'Dil ki Daud'. In the wee hours of Sunday, more than 2,000 people participated in the 5-km run, which kicked off at 6:45 am. India's first blade runner and Kargil War amputee hero – also participated in order to encourage the runners for a healthy living. India's first blade runner and Kargil War hero Retd Major Devender Pal Singh along with Former Wrestler of India, Satpal Singh and the famous Cricketer, Gurusharan Singh also participated in order to encourage the runners for a healthy living.
Organized to spread awareness about heart diseases, it aimed to bring people together and motivate the community to take the necessary steps towards a healthy lifestyle. The Healthy Heart run witnessed enthusiastic participation from school and college students, RWA members, various corporate houses, delegates from embassies, the staff of Apollo Hospitals as well as other citizens.
In order to address this concern, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals brought together about 2,000 people from New Delhi and the NCR, which included areas such as Defence Colony, GK-I, Ashram, Friends Colony, New Friends Colony, Sarita Vihar, Jasola Vihar, Sukhdev Vihar, Jamia, and adjoining places. A dedicated team of doctors was present throughout the run to provide first aid and offer suggestions on how to maintain a healthy heart and body. The winners were presented with medals, while all finishers received certificates.
Apollo Hospitals, Chennai organizes Arthritis Awareness Programme on World Arthritis Day!
Marking the World Arthritis Day on October 12, Apollo Hospitals in Secundrabad organized Arthritis awareness programme with total hip and knee replacement patients walking a small stretch at Apollo Hospital premises in the city.
Participating in the arthritis awareness programme here in Hyderabad Kripanand Tripathi Ujela, Special Secretary, Govt. of AP, flagged off the walk and stressed the need to create awareness among people that Arthritis is a curable disease if diagnosed early. Arthritis is a crippling disease which is painful, depressing and prevents free mobility. It comes due to age, obesity or lifestyle. When medical therapy fails in such patients, total joint replacement is the only and best option. The walk was organised to spread the message - 'Arthritis is curable and conquerable'. Apart from Kripanand Tripathi Ujela, Dr Mithin Aachi, joint replacement surgeon, Apollo Hospitals Secunderabad and Dr AY Chari, former DME also took part in the event.
Apollo Hospitals, Secunderabad has accomplished 100 per cent accurate results devoid of infection through minimally invasive surgical technique, points out Dr Aachi.
Apollo Isha Vidya Rural school commenced at Aragonda village , Chittoor dictrict, Andhra Pradesh
Our children are our most precious assets for the future of our nation. At Apollo, one of our primary goals is to nurture their potential with high quality education and healthcare.
The first 'Apollo Isha Vidya Rural School' at Aragonda village, Chittoor District was formally opened in Dec 2012 by Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev, Founder, Isha Foundation in the presence of Dr. Prathap C. Reddy, Chairman, Apollo Hospitals Group.
The Aragonda Apollo Medical & Educational Research Foundation, a philanthropic organization established by Padma Vibhushan Dr. Prathap C Reddy, Chairman Apollo Hospitals Group and the ISHA Foundation had signed a Memorandum of Understanding at Chennai in February 2012 with a focus on numerous laudable objectives in the domain of education and healthcare. A core goal of the MoU was to start a Primary School at Aragonda and Chittoor and to subsequently scale it up to a Junior College level.
The Apollo Isha Vidya Rural School, a primary school will follow the Andhra Pradesh State Board syllabus with English as the medium of instruction. The school will extensively use digital content and special methodologies to teach English and other subjects, to augment the curriculum. Besides the curriculum, the school will strive to provide all-round development of the child with emphasis on yoga, sports, arts & crafts and environmental education to the rural children while preserving their local culture. ISHA Foundation will support this initiative by giving its Management Services to build the institution as a Center of Excellence in School Education in Andhra Pradesh.
APOLLO - YOUWECAN Cancer Screening Initiative Launches its First Mobile Cancer Screening Unit
Apollo Gleneagles Cancer Hospital, Kolkata partnered with Yuvraj Singh's 'Youwecan' Cancer Screening Initiative and launched its first Mobile Cancer Screening Unit which will undertake cancer screening programs at various locations in West Bengal.
The specialized Mobile Unit is equipped with state-of-the art Auto Analyzers and Enzyme Analyzers for blood tests and a X-Ray machine to carry out on-the-spot chest X-rays. All the tests and clinical examinations would be done by the on-board Doctor, Lab Technician, X-ray Technician and Nurses. The Mobile Medical Unit would go to various locations in our state to carry out on-the-spot cancer detection. This initiative offers free consultations to all. Two highly subsidized screening packages are also being offered to the people as per the advice of the on-board-doctor.
Stay Healthy!! Promoting eWellness in Rural India - 2013
As a follow up of the present mantra of the Apollo Group to promote wellness and "stay healthy", in a first of its kind initiative, Apollo Telemedicine Networking Foundation (www.telemedicineindia.com) has commenced and initiated an innovative method of providing knowledge empowerment to residents of villages in Tamilnadu. In collaboration with the M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation (www.mssrf.org) using multipoint video conferencing, eminent experienced consultants from the Apollo Hospitals, Chennai interacted in real time with villagers in 12 villages. Initial talks included Introduction to Diabetes, Management of Diabetes, Diabetes in Pregnancy, Prevention, diagnoses and management of complications of diabetes. The first speakers were Dr C. Chandilya, DrBoochandran and Dr N Rajendran. More than 100 topics and speakers have been identified. It is hoped that the present fortnightly programme will be considerably escalated both in terms of frequency, number of villages covered and increase in number of participants. Following a PowerPoint presentation in Tamil where the subject was introduced, there was a lively two way audio video discussion with the consultants. Feedback from the 250 plus participants attending each session, confirmed that deployment of technology, could play a major role in empowering the public. In addition to providing authenticated, validated health information on day-to-day healthcare problems, these talks will help create and provide the much needed awareness. Prof. K.Ganapathy, President, ATNF acknowledged the support given by the MSSRF team led by Ms Nancy J Anabel and Sri Rajkumar. Knowledge levels of the participants before and after the talks are being evaluated. It is planned to carry out an impact analysis to understand whether providing knowledge on health , will ultimately translate into better health outcomes.
For more details, log on to http://www.telemedicineindia.com/mssrf.html.
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(17 Recipes) Created by EARTHTONED84
Recipes in this Collection
Very Good 4.5/5
(27 ratings)
Submitted by MINDCRUSHER1376
Carbs: 12.3g | Fat: 5.9g | Fiber: 1.3g | Protein: 2.5g | Calories: 108.7
Very Good 4.3/5
(72 ratings)
Cookbook creator says: Can add portabello mushrooms, asparagus and squash.
Submitted by ANNIEBNANNIE
Carbs: 34.7g | Fat: 6.2g | Fiber: 4.8g | Protein: 6.8g | Calories: 210
Very Good 4.1/5
(95 ratings)
Courtesy of the NLHB, part of the National Institutes of Health and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services www.nhlbi.nih.gov
Carbs: 40.1g | Fat: 9.7g | Fiber: 4.1g | Protein: 16.4g | Calories: 257.8
These are simply scrumptious.
Submitted by TREEHUGGER73
Carbs: 15.7g | Fat: 4.3g | Fiber: 6.1g | Protein: 10.1g | Calories: 134.2
I love enchiladas! These are full of vegetables in addition to the cheese and creamy sauce. Each one has a full serving of veggies, plus almost 20% of your daily fiber.
Submitted by CHEF_MEG
Carbs: 31.5g | Fat: 11.4g | Fiber: 6.2g | Protein: 29.2g | Calories: 335.7
Good 3.9/5
(54 ratings)
A quick and easy meal that packs protein and fiber!
Submitted by SOPHNSAMSMOMMA
Carbs: 34g | Fat: 5.8g | Fiber: 10g | Protein: 9.9g | Calories: 219.8
(no ratings)
You can also substitute whole grain couscous for 11g of protein, 334 calories and 9 grams of fiber.
Submitted by EARTHTONED84
Carbs: 40.5g | Fat: 12.8g | Fiber: 5.5g | Protein: 9.1g | Calories: 303.2
A double-hitter: Each portion has almost two servings of vegetables.
Submitted by CHEF_MEG
Carbs: 47.5g | Fat: 2.1g | Fiber: 10.4g | Protein: 8.6g | Calories: 228.3
Cookbook creator says: Can substitute portabella mushroom
Submitted by GONZOSTAR
Carbs: 8.9g | Fat: 7.5g | Fiber: 3.2g | Protein: 4.9g | Calories: 119.1
(no ratings)
Cookbook creator says: Can substitute quinoa or bulgar.
Submitted by EARTHTONED84
Carbs: 39.6g | Fat: 5.6g | Fiber: 8.5g | Protein: 7.5g | Calories: 232.1
Submitted by EARTHTONED84
Carbs: 68.2g | Fat: 8.9g | Fiber: 9.8g | Protein: 16.5g | Calories: 407.4
Though we loaded up on the veggies, we didn't skip on the good stuff!
Submitted by STEPFANIER
Carbs: 59.8g | Fat: 6.4g | Fiber: 14.6g | Protein: 17.6g | Calories: 356.6
An experiment with leftovers yields a delightful, filling vegetarian meal.
Submitted by STEPFANIER
Carbs: 31.7g | Fat: 3.2g | Fiber: 9.1g | Protein: 13.8g | Calories: 204.5
This quick and easy meal is a hit with kids. If they can't tolerate spicy foods, reduce or omit the sriracha.
Submitted by CHEF_MEG
Carbs: 46.6g | Fat: 11.2g | Fiber: 9.6g | Protein: 33g | Calories: 415.9
Butternut squash helps slim down this macaroni and cheese. You can't taste it, and it boosts the nutritional value of the dish!
Submitted by STEPFANIER
Carbs: 35.8g | Fat: 4.3g | Fiber: 5.2g | Protein: 13.2g | Calories: 230
part 2 of my butternut squash fascination! This time baked the squash and then put the flesh into a colander overnight to drain. Then I mashed it, mixed in egg & flour (the exact amount of flour will vary due to humidity and wetness of the squash)and created yummy little dumpling!
Submitted by JANETMS
Carbs: 43.3g | Fat: 1.6g | Fiber: 6.3g | Protein: 7.2g | Calories: 206.9
This recipe is really easy; it's really more of a process than a recipe. Rice paper wrappers, which are available in the ethnic sections of most larger supermarkets these days, are a great way to wrap your veggies and protein for a quick snack or light lunch.
Submitted by CHEF_MEG
Carbs: 18.3g | Fat: 1.9g | Fiber: 3.8g | Protein: 16.6g | Calories: 156.4


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Charmed, I'm Sure
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By Kristina Campbell
Published on September 2, 2004, 12:00am | Comments
It's that time of year: I make my annual trek to Somewhere in the Heartland -- the exact destination varies each year -- and I am greeted at an airport by the smiling faces of my four best friends from high school.
The five of us reunite each year, sans spouses, for the event we've come to call Chick Trip, and we put aside our normal lives for a weekend to reconnect with each other in ways that we tend not to when we're in a large group of families. In those settings, beautiful as they may be, it's too easy for one or more of us to get distracted, paying attention instead to a partner or a child -- especially as the kid count grows, and it currently numbers six and five-ninths.
So we devote a weekend each year to putting ourselves back in our high school mindset, unencumbered by familial obligations (for the most part), free to say what we want or need to about the blessings and challenges of love and relationships, absolutely unrestrained in the glee with which we reminisce about all those high school stories that no one on the planet finds as interesting or as hilarious as we do.
We've been doing this since 1996, and each year except one we've visited the major metropolises of the Midwest, as well as some of the smaller towns and cities that my friends call home during those years when something -- financial limitations or pregnancy or a newborn -- makes it difficult for one of us to travel. Only once have we strayed from the middle of the country, and that was in 1998, when a slightly reduced Chick Trip contingent descended on the greater Washington, D.C., area.
Since my four friends are straight and three of them are parents, and since they live in cities that range, by East Coast standards, from small to very small, there are many things about my life that stand out as markedly different from theirs.
But we focus very little on our differences when we're together, though. Instead, we're pretty focused on the things that make us similar -- the ways in which we agree, the values that we share, our mutual fervent belief that our parents were really lucky to have had such well-behaved kids. (We always note the exceptions: petty theft, in the form of stealing lawn ornaments for sport, and underage drinking, largely in the form of the 1980s-chic wine coolers.)
There are always some issues that come up and get right to the heart of the differences between us. This year I fielded questions about prospective sperm donors and what I'll tell my children about how babies are made and whether or not I think it's fair that my friends almost never get to see full frontal male nudity in movies whereas I can see cinematic representations of the kind of nudity I prefer all the time.
But the moments I remember more vividly are those that stress our commonalities, even at times when we splinter into groups, pointing to differences within the group but not leaving me (or anyone else) the odd one out.
At one point, Stephanie and I hid out in the bathroom while Chris, Sarah and Shalar talked in a little too much detail about pregnancy and childbirth. I asked her if she was sure she wanted to get pregnant and she paused -- a pregnant pause, you might say -- and said, "Yes, are you?" I responded, "Yes, but… no!" and we laughed in that blissfully ignorant, still-unenlightened-about-experiencing-the-miracle-of-life-firsthand kind of way.
The five of us have been talking for some time about getting a special trinket or piece of jewelry to symbolize our friendship, and this year Chris came up with the idea of a charm bracelet. My first reaction was a silent, internal gag -- hello! I don't wear dangly jewelry! -- but it was soon explained to me today's trendy charm bracelets are flat, like a watchband, and the "charms" are simply flat links with embossed, engraved or painted enamel designs on them.
When I confessed my qualms about spending a lot of money on a piece of femme jewelry that I'd never wear, Steph reassured me that she rarely even wears much make-up, let alone girly accessories.
It turns out that the charm bracelets are lovely and they're unisex enough to keep my subtle inner butch happy, so we placed an order on Saturday evening. Our bracelets, when they arrive, will have two charms on them: a tiny chick breaking out of an egg, and a pink flamingo (a nod to our days spent as lawless hooligans, a menace to the yards of the external-décor-minded citizens of our hometown).
The plan is to select a new charm to add each year, and to wear our bracelets as a symbol of the ways we're all linked to each other -- in the past and the present -- and the beauty and fun created when we are together.
I just made that up, but I feel certain that they would all approve of that characterization. Regardless, I'll wear my bracelet with pride and love, even if Sarah gets her way and we add a dangly charm in a future year.
Kristina Campbell has charming, wonderful friends who inspire her every day, and sometimes inspire entire columns devoted to them. Alphabet Soup appears biweekly in this magazine, and you can write to the author — or send a note to be forwarded on to her friends — at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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