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Think of what text messages are used for and your mind might turn to organising nights out, letting someone know you will be late or perhaps taunting your friend that their team has lost a game. But in Malawi, these 140 character messages are also used for something far more compelling: saving lives.
The landlocked east African country, famous for its freshwater lake and tobacco also has another claim to fame - it has one of the highest HIV/Aids rates in the world. The statistics are sobering. More than 11% of Malawi's adults are living with HIV and around 120,000 children are thought to have the disease.
Annually, the United Nations estimates that 25% of new infections in the country are caused by mother-to-child transmission of the virus. That means it's absolutely critical that infants in Malawi get tested for HIV as soon as possible in the weeks following birth, and if they test positive, that treatment begin immediately.
But there are severe breakdowns in the system, says Dr Aye Aye Mon, HIV/Aids chief for the United Nations agency Unicef Malawi. "Less than 25% of children eligible for treatment are receiving it," she says. "Clearly, there is a critical need to scale-up paediatric HIV care and treatment in Malawi."
Dr Mon says there are many problems. There are limited lab facilities in Malawi, and what Dr Mon calls "an unreliable courier system" for delivering the results from the central labs back to health facilities. Results, she tells me, are sometimes lost completely.
Health care workers in rural health centers, she says, often have to wait up to eight months to receive the results of the test. It can then take even longer for those results to reach patients, who live on average about 15km (10 miles) away from the health centres.
"These factors," says Dr Mon, "lead to HIV positive babies being started late on antiretroviral treatment or even dying before treatment has begun."
Dr Mon and the agency decided the situation was unacceptable, and started looking for ways to speed up the time it takes to get test results, reliably, from lab to patients. They found the answer in the palm of their hands. Well, more specifically in the mobile phones that so many people were holding.
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Unicef has its own Innovation Unit, responsible for using new technologies to solve big problems. One of the tools it has developed is an open source system called RapidSMS, which harnesses the power of text messaging for data collection and group communication.
"Unicef country officers were looking at how they could get better data in real time," says the agency's innovation officer Erica Kochi. So, she says that four years ago the unit started by thinking about ways that smart phones and tablets might be used to help with that. But that proved too expensive, and too dependent on data networks that just weren't there yet.
"So we started looking at SMS as a way of transmitting information, and we realized we could do a lot."
Kochi says they did look at some of the tools that were already available, like a similar platform called FrontlineSMS. But ultimately, Kochi says, Unicef decided to build their own because of the organization's desire to track many kinds of data, and to manage higher loads of messages.
They didn't have to wait long for their first test case. At the time Unicef's Innovation Unit was dreaming up RapidSMS, country officers in Ethiopia said they needed help urgently with their food distribution. The entire Sahel region was experiencing drought, and severe food shortages. "We didn't know how much food there was at a given location at a given point in time," says Kochi. "People were filling out paper forms, but those wouldn't get to the supply people in the capital in time. Some places would have too much food, and other places would go without for weeks."
And so the Innovation Unit started working on a simple group SMS messaging system that could tie into the internet and a server. Instead of relying on paper forms, field workers could use text messages and a database to track food supplies. "It took us three to four weeks to build and deploy," Kochi says.
Soon, Kochi says, other country officers were coming and asking to try RapidSMS for various projects. If it could track food stocks, the thinking went, why couldn't it be used to track, say, children's nutrition?
The platform has come a long way in a short time. From the very beginning, Kochi says, she wanted it to be open source, so that anyone could use it, modify it, and then share those modifications more broadly. "We want it to be able to travel, to scale," Kochi says. "We've been able to use things others have developed, and vice versa." Kochi notes that people outside the humanitarian sector are using RapidSMS – for example, there's an entrepreneur in Ghana who uses it to track sales of cookstoves.
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Back in Malawi, Dr Mon decided to see if RapidSMS could improve the diagnosis and treatment of children with HIV. She wanted especially to tackle that time lag between lab test and delivering test results to patients. She started a couple of years ago, and dubbed it Project Mwana, after the swahili word for "baby" or "child."
The results, she says, have been promising. Instead of relying on human couriers to deliver test results, simple text messages can be sent to health care workers. Through a series of codes, the results of the HIV test, along with any instructions for treatment, can be sent out quickly. As Dr Mon says: "The delivery speed of lab results was increased significantly, and the number of results lost was also reduced by up to 20 %."
In addition, notes Dr Mon, health care workers in rural centres can use the RapidSMS system to relay the results of ongoing treatments of infants, and their mothers, back to public health officials in the capital. Because the platform stores all the text messages, important health data is kept and can be analysed.
"Every transaction is captured," says Unicef's Erica Kochi. "So it produces data that's useful for management and decision making at a higher level."
Earlier this year, Project Mwana was adopted at the national level in Malawi and RapidSMS has been rolled out to tackle other problems.
"It's being used for pre-natal and post-natal care, and for immunization, growth monitoring and nutrition promotion," says Piyali Mustafi, who serves as Unicef's Nutrition Manager in Malawi.
I asked both Mustafi and Dr Mon if using a new SMS based system was difficult for health care workers. Both said that workers could be trained to use the system in just a few hours, and that "many appreciate the technology".
There are, as you might imagine, network issues. Dr Mon says that in some places, coverage is spotty and messages take a while to send and receive. Unicef says its working with mobile providers in Malawi to solve some of these issues.
But even a short delay in delivering a critical - and potentially life-saving - diagnosis via text is far preferable to the consequences of never getting those results at all.
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14th street study=bikes, bikes, bikes!
i stopped in to see the public presentation of the 14th street study at the studio theatre after work this evening.
i'm sure bloggers who are more logan/u street focused will have more to say about this meeting at their sites, but i just wanted to comment on the feature of the plan that i was most excited about.
bike infrastructure!
i had a lot of questions about bike lanes and bike parking, and the ddot people answered everything. looks like the bike lanes are going to be made even more prominent than they are now, with bulb-outs at all intersections and alignments that will keep bike/bus interaction to a minimum. the big news, though, is the bike parking. i was told that there were initially 20 bike parking racks ordered up for the project, but that has been pushed up to 80! that's awesome, as i had to lock my bike to a sign in a treebox this evening. the city needs more bike parking EVERYWHERE, and this is a good start.
this was a pretty cool presentation, especially for a nerd like me. ddot is a kick-ass organization, in my mind. one of the best in the city. they always have tons of people at their public meetings who are more than happy to answer all of your questions. i feel inadequately prepared to talk to them, like i'm slacking by not having more questions ready.
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I figured that Jacob and Mary E., or M. Etta, or Marietta had married in 1874 or earlier, since their first child, Charles, was born 7 December 1874. In the 1900 census, they are married 26 years. When New Jersey published the marriage index online for 1848-1878, I checked for Jacob Duryea and Mary Etta Dunham's marriage circa 1874. I found it just where I expected it to be: 1873 in Hudson County. The problem was that there seemed to be two entries for Jacob's nuptials.
I ordered copies of the ledger books. To my surprise, Jacob was married twice to Dunham women. He married Harriet Dunham in Jersey City on 12 October 1873 and M. Etta Dunham on 2 March 1874.
|New Jersey marriage ledger, volume BM, page 423.
|New Jersey marriage ledger, volume BM, page 421.
My little fact-checking has lead to a whole new path. What happened to Harriet Dunham, new bride of Jacob Duryea? Why did Jacob remarry so quickly, and to a relative of his first wife? The Jersey Journal is online at genealogybank.com. I found only one reference to Jacob Duryea and Miss Dunham, where they attended a "Magnolia Coterie" in March 1873. I don't know if this was Harriet or Marietta, and what made her so highly accomplished. More work ahead.


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I do ok for a living, but I must say, nothing gives me more joy than raiding reduced food aisle in Waitrose. Landing a prawn salad for thirty nine pence when I've got a £20 note sitting in my pocket feels like a victory against the man.
Arsene Wenger is like me. He's got £100million sitting in his pocket, but he's not interested in shopping in the proven aisle, he'd much prefer to take a chance in the reduced section with a player that might represent some supreme value. How can I not respect this approach when I have the same vision when it comes to sustaining my body?
Problem is, I'll buy anything with a yellow sticker on it, now sometimes that works out, I mean, who knew what a culinary sensation fresh veal escalopes at £2.68 could be (Sagna)? Other times though, things have gone horrifically wrong in my desperation for a bargain. Only recently, I purchased pig kidneys, I whacked them in the frying pan without soaking them in salt water to remove the unwanted bits, within 2 minutes my house smelt like a pig urinal and the taste of those kidneys still haunts me to this day (even though I knew it was potentially dangerous, I slogged away and tried to convince myself this bargain would work out (ring any bells?)).
You see, a bargain is a good idea when you have nothing to lose. However, when you're cooking for your job, you'd best ensure that whatever you're purchasing has the best chance of tasting good.
This guy is 26 years old, he hasn't scored many goals and he's not been tested at the highest level. Matt Spiro (@Mattspiro), a France based journo / commentator, has told me that he's a good all round striker, he can head well, he's very two footed and he has good technique. The overall feeling though is that he's an underwhelming signing, even Lille were signing him as a back up. This isn't first choice for us by the looks of it. Joel Campbell has been deemed a not so special talent and he could find his way into the Lille squad as a result.
People keep telling me I don't like him because he's not a £20million striker. Well, that's not fair. I haven't said I don't like him. But Arsenal fans have got to stop getting excited by a player because he's cheap. I generally judge a players quality on goals, assists, Champions League experience, trophies and pedigree. Now, I'm not saying this guy isn't the one. He might be. But surely we should be looking at someone a bit more prestigious considering 1) We already have a striker who is good for 15 goals a season, who is an international, who is experienced and proven to a degree in the Premiership, who is 3 years younger (Who should be gone by next week now apparently) 2) Robin is only good for 30 games, whoever comes in should be equal to Robin's quality if we want to progress.
I can paint any picture here I like, I haven't seen him. However, I'd like to point out that we've gone from sniffing around Benzema and Tevez, to signing a player even the most ardent French Footballing Ambassador struggles to muster up 3 lines about.
Maybe he'll come good. Maybe he won't. Whichever way you look at it, he represents a risk…. and don't kid yourself this is low risk because it's a low fee. The cost of missing out on top 4 this year is roughly £25million and the potential loss of three of our best players who we'd have to sell as they wouldn't re-sign.
The stakes have never been higher. Still, one thing you can guarantee with a Korean is that they will work till collapse for the team. He's also the captain of South Korea and if he can score 12 goals for a relegated team, the chances are, he'll definitely score 56 for us.
Eden Hazard
Many are speculating that we've blown our chance to sign Eden Hazard by gazumping them for Chu-Young. I'm pretty sure that's not the case. The Korean is worth £3million, Hazard is potentially worth £26million plus. If we want the Belgian, we could have him. I don't understand why we wouldn't be interested in him for that fee. He's clearly top-notch, he'll likely go on to be one of the best. Dithering over price is what cost us Mata… a player who is clearly going to take the league by storm. I hope we don't make the same mistake with Hazard. We need a talented creator, he's one of the few available that we know we've got a solid interest in. Plus, Lille are a tiny club moving to a new stadium, even Arsenal had to sell their biggest players when we left Highbury.
That said, this is not the midfielder I was tentatively told we were going in strong for, though the word a a week or so a go was that we'd bid for him before month end…
It does strike me that the only market we're interested in purchasing from is the French League. We've always spoken of the need to save for a rainy day, right now, as far as the squad is concerned, it's pouring. Now, we've got £100million sitting in the bank, the rest of Europe is in dire financial straits and we're not focusing our attention in any place other than Ligue 1? Arguably 4th or 5th when it comes to strength.
There surely must be some skint Spanish or Italian teams who have top players? Surely there is a left back or a decent holding midfielder out there who could do a job for us? Spain have the most technically accomplished players in the world, why aren't we sniffing around their senior teams for first team players? Makes no sense… we saved for the day financial Armageddon came, now it's here, we're not taking advantage?
So a massive whopper of a game today. Some say the biggest game since Premiership was created, others say just a big game because if we lose it, we'll be severely off track in the league before its even got going.
The line up for tomorrow is looking more desperate than ever. I'm yet to hear if Vermaelen is fit for the game, there's been no confirmation either way, news leaked to Young-guns that Sagna is ill, so that potentially means we'll have Traore, Jenkinson, Kozzer and JD at the back. Then there's the midfield. Now, if Tommy V is fit, we could move Kozzer into the holding role. That would give me some comfort, he's fast, good on the ball and aggressive. However, if that isn't a goer, you face the choice of Henri Lansbury who isn't a holding midfielder or Coquelin who is greener than Arsenal's pitch. Rosicky played well the other day and Rambo is a talented young player, but we're playing a proper team today. Turning them over is a massive ask. Our midfield and defence could be in crisis…
Up top, the team picks itself, Robin, Theo and Arshavin. Outside of that, we have the weakest bench I can remember. AOC, Miyachi, Coquelin, Chamakh, Oyakzup, Bendtner and Fabianski. How have we got to this stage? It's unbelievable. I'm having a face palm moment before we've even started.
Still, today is about miracles and proving people wrong. If we put the United keeper under pressure and work hard, you never know what could happen. United won't play to our strengths in the same way Udinese did. Expect them to bully us with the absence of any strength and expect them to bomb our box with crosses. We have to be sharp from the off, we have to work our socks off. If we do that, anything is possible. We don't have a strong line up today, I do hope the coach has factored that into our tactics. I don't think I'm the only one that thinks 'just play your game' on the white board will be enough.
I'm nervous but excited to see what the game throws up. If it goes tits up, we've got time to bring in players, if it goes well, maybe we don't quite need 6 players to compete.
Put your predictions on a postcard and sign it faith!
See you in the comments…
P.S. So much for Fergie being nice…
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I've been sick the past week, again. Everyone warned me that it would happen a lot my first year in Taiwan, especially working with those germy little kindergarteners. But I was determined to beat the odds by washing my hands like a germaphobe and religiously taking Flinstones vitamins. Obviously it didn't quite work as I had planned, but after a week of being under the weather I'm finally feeling peppy again (or at least peppy enough to write a blog post).
This past Monday (10/10) we had the day off work in honor of Taiwan's 100th birthday. I've had my mind made up for awhile that I wanted to hike the Caoling Historic Trail on 10/10, and a little rainy weather and a stuffy nose wasn't going to hold me back. The Caoling Historic Trail is the only remaining section of an old Qing dynasty trail constructed nearly 130 years ago to provide a land link between Danshui and Yilan. Today the trail is a little less than 10km long and can be accessed from Fulung or Dali. (Both these cities have really awesome tourist centers where trail maps and information can be obtained.)
We took a bus from Keelung to Fulung, which took a little less than an hour. A very talkative French man (who mistakenly called Dan an 'obvious French') took it upon himself to make sure we caught the correct bus, and of course made small talk the entire ride to Fulung. Once in Fulong it was super easy to access the trail, and the bus dropped us off right in front of the tourist center. We made sure to stock up on water and lunch supplies from the 7-11, because there really isn't anything once you're on the trail.
The hike isn't too strenuous, although there are a few parts where we found ourselves stair climbing for way longer than I would have preferred. The most difficult part of the trail is walking across the stone paths, which are extremely slippery when wet (it's ALWAYS WET) and feel similar to traversing a slip-n-slide.
If starting from Fulung, the trail will take you alongside a sparkling river and through a dense jungle-like landscape, opening up to fields of silver grass blowing against the foggy mountainous terrain. Upon arriving in Dali, stunning views of the Pacific appear, including Turtle Island and the rocky beaches below.
Once in Dali, you can end your trek here, or continue on the Taoyuan Valley Trail. We had originally wanted to continue, but with the dense fog it was obvious we weren't going to see much of anything. Hopefully we'll get to try it out later. If ending in Dali, the Tiengong Temple is gorgeous and worth taking a few pictures of, but there really isn't anything else to do in the city. If you want to spend the night in Dali and continue your hike the next morning, you can actually sleep at the temple, where room charge is by donation.


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text: All over the planet, unusual children are born with an added twist to their genetic code. This X-factor allows the children to perform extraordinary feats - flight, telekinetics, laser beams from the eyes and more. One Dr. Charles Xavier gathers the children to a place where he can train them to use their powers for themselves and the forces of good he dubs these children his X-men and hijinks ensue.


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Earlier today, TIFF announced that they were adding new films to their already stellar Galas and Special Presentations line-up. Among the new additions are:
- Passion (directed by Brian De Palma) Starring Rachel McAdams, Noomi Rapace, Karoline Herfurth, and Paul Anderson.
- Love Is All You Need (directed by Susanne Bier) Starring Pierce Brosnan, Trine Dyrholm, and Paprika Steen.
- Spring Breakers (directed by Harmony Korine) Starring Selena Gomez, James Franco, Vanessa Hudgens, and Heather Morris.
- Yellow (directed by Nick Cassavettes) Starring Sienna Miller, Gena Rowlands, Ray Liotta, David Morse, Lucy Punch, Max Theoriot, Riley Keough, Daveigh Chase, Heather Wahlquist, and Melanie Griffith.
Hit the jump to check out the images and synopses. The 2012 Toronto International Film Festival runs from September 6 – 16th.
An erotic thriller in the tradition of Dressed To Kill and Basic Instinct, Brian de Palma's Passion tells the story of a deadly power struggle between two women in the dog-eat-dog world of international business. Christine possesses the natural elegance and casual ease associated with one who has a healthy relationship with money and power. Innocent, lovely and easily exploited, her admiring protégé, Isabelle, is full of cutting-edge ideas that Christine has no qualms about stealing. They're on the same team, after all… But when Isabelle falls into bed with one of Christine's lovers, war breaks out.
Love Is All You Need
Love Is All You Need is a new film by Academy Award-winner Susanne Bier. Philip (Pierce Brosnan), an Englishman living in Denmark, is a lonely, middle-aged widower and estranged single father. Ida (Trine Dyrholm) is a Danish hairdresser, recuperating from a long bout of illness, who's just been left by her husband for a younger woman. The fates of these two bruised souls are about to intertwine, as they embark for Italy to attend the wedding of Philip's son and Ida's daughter. With warmth, affection and confidence, Bier has shaken a cocktail of love, loss, absurdity, humour and delicately drawn characters who will leave only the hardest heart untouched. This is a film about the simple yet profound pains and joys of moving on – and forward – with your life.
Spring Breakers
Four sexy college girls plan to fund their spring break getaway by burglarizing a fast food shack. But that's only the beginning. During a night of partying, the girls hit a roadblock when they are arrested on drug charges. Hung over and clad only in bikinis, the girls appear before a judge but are bailed out unexpectedly by Alien (James Franco), an infamous local thug who takes them under his wing and leads them on the wildest spring break trip in history. Rough on the outside but with a soft spot inside, Alien wins over the hearts of the young spring breakers, and leads them on a spring break they never could have imagined.
Nick Cassavetes' seminal work, Yellow, is a searing take on modern society and the demands it makes on people. Centered on Mary Holmes, a young woman who has a difficult time feeling things, and swallowing twenty Vicodin a day doesn't help. We enter her hallucinatory world, peopled with Busby Berkeley dancers, Cirque du Soleil, Circus freaks, and human farm animals where nothing is quite what it seems.
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text: National Aquarium's mission is to inspire conservation of the world's aquatic treasures. We incorporate this mission into every aspect of our organization's work, both inside the building and outside in the community. Here's a look at some of the many ways we work with the community to conserve: Local students (from elementary school through college) are involved in a wide variety of programs including our Wetland Nursery and Terrapins in the Classroom programs. Community volunteers assist in cleaning up debris and planting native grasses and trees at several wetland restoration areas. The Wetland Nursery program involves students potting and caring for wetland plants and trees in wet frame ponds, throughout the school year. A few schools have an extended wet frame pond system linking their ponds to a tank with striped bass. Students learn valuable planting and resource management skills by building wetland nurseries from scratch! At the end of the school year, the students travel to sites around the Chesapeake Bay watershed to plant the grasses and trees and release the fish into tributaries. Teachers utilize the plants and fish as teaching tools in lessons as they track their growth and study the model as an example of actual wetland processes. Our Terrapins in the Classroom program gives hatchling diamond-back terrapins a head start on life in the wild by having students raise them in the classroom. Caring for the terrapins becomes an important part of student life, as one student reflected, "Thank you very much for allowing us to be a major influence in Leo's life. We have prepared him for the new journey he will embark on." This terrapin hatchling will be released later this year and tracked by the class that took care of it! Teachers and students track the growth of their terrapin and study the brackish wetland habitats where they are naturally found, linking the impact climate change is having on these areas and the future of these reptiles. In addition to working closely with students and the local education system, the Aquarium's conservation department held restoration plantings reaching as far south as Virginia Beach and as close as Baltimore City. The Masonville Cove shoreline after our summer planting! Along the Patapsco River at Masonville Cove, approximately 100 volunteers came out to plant a half acre with 21,000 native wetland grasses, creating a fringe wetland. This increased the amount of wilderness habitat in the surrounding area, which is largely urban and industrial. At the nearby Fort McHenry wetland, over 200 species of birds have been counted over the years and they will now benefit from the added habitat in the area. We have been picking up marine debris for over 10 years at this wetland area...it's one of our most popular volunteer events! Volunteers out on the beach restoring sand dunes! Sand dunes were restored along the Virginia coastline, as volunteers planted two species of dune grasses along a stretch of coastline at a naval base. During two separate plantings this year, 55,000 grasses were spread over an acre and a half of dunes. Dune fencing was installed to protect the new grasses and give them time to establish a healthy root system, protecting the dunes from eroding or breaching during hurricanes or other strong storms. Another restoration planting occurred on a naval base just outside of Washington, DC. Almost 46,000 wetland plants and 2,000 trees were planted during separate events along the Potomac River. Since 2008, over 87,000 wetland grasses and trees have been planted at this location! Conservation Highlights in 2012 by the Numbers: 760 community volunteers 10 acres of wildlife habitat restored 122,597 native grasses and trees planted 21,000 pieces of debris collected and removed 1,642 school children participated in wetland restoration Tags: coastal-cleanup, community-volunteers, Conservation, conservation-events, ft-mchenry, masonville-cove, national-aquarium-2, sand-dune-restoration, terrapins-in-the-classroom, wetland-nursery Categories: Conservation, News Previous Post Next Post


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We already know that people go buck wild searching for and talking about missing white children AND women. We saw that with Caylee Anderson and Natalee Holloway and of course they started doing the same thing in California with little 8 year old Sandra Cantu. She went missing March 27th and there were non stop searches and investigations. It is funny but NOT, that little 6 year old Adji Desir got searched for all of about 9 days, deciding that he was probably just hiding from the authorities.
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Bubur Cha Cha - Sweet Potato And Yam Pudding
Bubur Ca Ca or Sweet Potato And Yam Pudding is another traditional and very popular dessert in Malaysia. You can either serve this sweet dessert warm or cold. As for me, I prefer to savor them warm.
NOTE: This is an updated post with a new pictures and video cooking guide. {Original post published on 08/27/09}
Bubur Cha Cha - Sweet Potato And Yam Pudding
500 to 600 grams Assorted Sweet Potatoes, diced
1 /2 Small (150 g)rams Yam, diced
1 Cup Water
3 Pandan Leaves, knotted
1 Pack (500 ml) Coconut Milk
2 Tbsp Sago Pearls, rinsed
4 Tbsp Sugar or more to taste
A Big Pinch of Salt
Steam the sweet potato and yam on a high heat for about 8 to 10 minutes or until cooked.
In a medium saucepan, combine water and pandan leaves, sugar, and bring it to a boil. Mix in the coconut and simmer for about 10 minutes. Then add Sago pearls and cook for about 3 to 5 minutes. Lastly, add the steamed sweet potatoes and yam, and season with salt. Let it simmer for another 5 minutes. Serve warm, room temperature or cold.
{Original post published on 08/27/09}
By the way, I will be submitting my Bubur Ca Ca recipe for the Merdeka Open House 2009 organized by Babe in the City - KL. Malaysia will be celebrating 52 years of independence from the British on August 31st 2009. The theme chosen for this year's virtual open house is My Sweet Malaysia. This is a great way to showcase some of the traditional sweet desserts from Malaysia. So, do remember to check out Babe in the City - KL blog on August 31st for some delicious sweet dessert recipes from Malaysia.
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Thanks for participating. Bubur cha cha is my hubby's fave :DReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 27, 2009 at 8:31 PM
Looks yummm..... I add bananas as well : )ReplyDelete
Love ur delish recipes & divine photos, Angie.
Cheers from Perth,
I love the colors of the yams. -TienReplyDelete
I'm so curious abt malaysian desserts ... especially their use of pandan leaves .. gotta get my hands on those somehow! This dessert looks light and refreshing and SO pretty .. perfect for summer!ReplyDelete
Yummy - i like the colour combination! luv yr cooking and the pic as well :DReplyDelete
Yeah ... this is a classic. I remember cooking a bit pot on Sunday and everyone would dig in the whole day while watching TV to enjoy this. So typical Malaysian :-) Happy Merdeka and thanks for sharing us the recipe.ReplyDelete
- samuelsgarlandSeptember 1, 2009 at 10:27 AM
great blog and photographs.ReplyDelete
there seems to be 3 different yams/sweet potatoes in the Bubur Cha Cha. What is the yellow ingredient?
@samuelsgarland: Thanks for the comment. The sweet potatoes are yellow and orange in color.ReplyDelete


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"They competed alright," Lipscomb assistant Luke Syverson said. "The level of competition at TSU wasn't quite what we need this time of season and I think we competed down. We didn't get any PR's or school records. We were hoping for a little better marks."
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Posted by Editoress on 07/15/09
The Jelly Belly Team is heading to China to compete in the Tour of Qinghai Lakes, which begins July 17th. This ten day race consists of multiple mountainous stages. Because the terrain and elevation differ greatly from what the Jelly Belly Cyclists are used to on long stage races some serious preparation has been going on.
"The main thing I've been focusing on in the last few weeks is putting in long days and adding long climbs to simulate days we will have in China," said Will Routley. "I'm also using a portable altitude simulator to try to start adapting to the altitude before we get there."
"I've been sleeping in an altitude tent for the last month," Phil Gaimon explained. "It removes oxygen from the air to simulate 13,000 feet above sea level."
But not all the riders train the same way. While they will all do as many long days in the saddle as possible some of them will actually travel to pre-acclimate themselves.
"I have been climbing a lot during training," said Kiel Reijnen. "I also went and stayed in a cabin up in the mountains for a week in preparation. I also participated in a race that was at high elevation. All of this is to help the body adapt to recovering in the high altitude."
Not only are the riders preparing for the terrain, they are also thinking ahead to the teams that will be joining them on the road.
"The Iranian team is supposed to be very strong," said Reijnen.
"This race has many very strong riders and teams," Routley explained. "It is interesting to see several big stars of the Tour de France from the past few years who are now on smaller teams and will be racing in China, guys like Danilo Hondo and Leon Von Bon, for example."
While there will be big names in this big race, the cyclists know what's most important.
"While we watch certain riders, we really make sure to race aggressively," said Nick Reistad. "It's better to be in charge than to be behind the eight-ball."
Jelly Belly Pro Cycling will be represented by Will Routley, Phil Gaimon, Kiel Reijnen, Nick Reistad, Matty Rice and Jeremy Powers in China. Other than Sport Beans, the fans in the region are sure to give the boys a boost up those hills.
"The fans are amazing there," Reijnen said. "There are so many of them and they are so excited to be watching. They are also very curious as many of them haven't seen bike racing before."
"The fans are great," added Reistad. "They are always very enthusiastic and encouraging."
This will be the first race in China for Gaimon and Routley.
"I don't know what they're like in China, but in general fans and crowds are awesome. The more they yell and cheer, the harder you can go," Gaimon said.
Routley couldn't agree more.
"Every bit of extra motivation one can derive from a cheering fan only helps to fuel the fire."
Jelly Belly Team press release
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Our mission is simple..., to provide you with practical first hand objective advice, from "real" paying visitors to the resorts, hotels and attractions that Tenerife has to offer.
This web site can only be maintained with feed back from your comments. So, if you've already visited the island in the last few months, any help, comments or contributions would be greatly appreciated.
Tenerife is one of the Canary Islands, which are a group of seven major islands and six smaller ones situated in the Atlantic Ocean between 60 - 190 miles off the north western coast of Africa.
Flying time to Tenerife from most UK airports, is around 4 - 4.1/2 hours, and on arrival local time is the same as Greenwich Mean Time.
Once you have cleared Customs Control and collected your luggage, there are always large numbers of taxi waiting outside of the arrivals hall, although during busy periods you should also be prepared to stand and wait your turn in a queue for the next one to become available. Taxis on Tenerife do represent good value for money by European standards, and can instantly be recognised as being the large eggshell/white cars with a green light on the roof.
One thing that you should be aware of is a standard taxi on the island is only licenced to carry a maximum of 4 passengers plus a "reasonable" amount of luggage, so for larger groups of travellers, or those with special needs, it is our recommendation to make provision for a pre-booked taxi to be waiting for you at the airport, and clearly specify at the time of booking that a larger, or specially adapted, vehicle is needed for the journey.
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Mount Teide effectively splits the island in two. The cooler northern part is a lush tropical paradise with banana plantations and palm trees. Here, you will have a number of more cloudy days, and perhaps even a few rain days. In contrast the south of the island is hot and dry with almost a desert like landscape.
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I work with computer systems for a major financial firm. During the past two years, I have been involved with the programming effort to address the Y2K issue for a large group of my company's systems. Having been in programming for sixteen years, I didn't think that any computer task would be too difficult to deal with. Y2K came pretty close, though.
The complexity with Y2K was that changes were required in all parts of our systems. We contracted with another company to make the necessary modifications to our software programs, but the task of testing those modifications was ours. This required us to create test data that had dates not only in the 1900s, but also in the 2000s. The sheer volume of changes made, and the need to validate them all, led to over a year of constantly repeated testing, analyzing why something went wrong, fixing the program, and then retesting. I would spend the normal working hours managing my group, and then come home and do further testing on my own.
We had a deadline of June 1998 to get all of our software changes made and into our production system. If it had not been for a tremendous team effort from the members of my group, we would never have made it. As our company stands now, our software is in a solid position as we approach January 2000. We will continue to test throughout 1999.
So, my company is in good shape as we move forward. But what about other companies? Should we care? As long as my company has completed its efforts, what do the others matter? A marketing expert might think that our solid position would give us an edge up on the competition. With Y2K, however, no company is an island. We receive and send electronic files to dozens of companies each day. These "external interfaces" are just as key to accurate data processing as are our internal recordkeeping systems.
The competitive leaders of industry naturally want their companies to show well compared to their challengers. The Y2K problem is potentially so destructive to so many, however, that competition needs to take a backseat to cooperation. Wall Street firms, by testing their systems in coordination with others, have set an excellent example of being part of the world, not separate from it.
There are parallels between how my company handled this problem and how Christians should be addressing it. Naturally, it was imperative for my company to commit considerable resources to prepare for this event. As Christians, we would also be wise to make reasonable preparations for events that may occur. It is beyond the scope of this article to go into detail on what those preparations should be. A thoughtful review of articles in the mass media will give the reader a good idea of the industries that may be impacted, and how that could affect an individual or family. From there, certain conclusions can be drawn, depending on one's personal risk tolerance.
I noted earlier that my company is not an island. As a company can't stand alone in this issue, neither can we as Christians. At this point, the parallel becomes less clear. While a company needs to work with others as a matter of expedience, Christians are called to work with others as a command from God.
While Y2K is the topic of the day, consider what the impact of any disaster would be (perhaps a severe economic downturn or a major natural disaster). Where would we as Christians be? If the rubber really did meet the road, and we needed to be in "survival mode," where would Christians stand in relationship to others?
Already there are Y2K Web sites where those interested in working together in the community on the problem can coordinate efforts. On the other side, there are "survivalist camps" being set up by both Christian and secular groups, where people will go off on their own to some remote place with rations to keep themselves fed and warm through the duration of a crisis, should it manifest itself.
In so many situations in life, we have the choice of either taking action or just being complacent and doing nothing. Often complacency wins out. But here is a situation where inaction just may not be an option! We may have to take some kind of action. The question is, which one? Our opportunities are great, and no time is better than the present to share our faith in action as well as in words.
Mr. Cole is a member of Gwynedd Valley OPC in Gwynedd, Pa. Reprinted from New Horizons, March 1999.
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Moving day and the Uhaul was packed! We have too much stuff!
How quickly some things were unpacked
Introducing the pups to their new house and yard. Video to come soon!
The first harvest from our new garden. These peppers are so good; I've been putting them in the Mr's hummus and he loves it!
Just 3 days after we moved we celebrated our first Christmas in the new house. It was also our first Christmas in Texas. It was slow and peaceful; we enjoyed it very much. We didn't get a tree (I didn't see the point in buying a tree that was probably too dry for only 3 days), so I put up a really small one I found while unpacking.
On Christmas we skyped back home while we opened gifts. The Mr also gave his parents a tour of the new house. We are so grateful for how teachnology keeps up connected!More moving updates to come! Hope you're not getting board with the moving posts; this is just where we are in life right now. We've got more furniture and DIY projects to do, after that I can't wait to give you a tour of case de Hawley!


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PowerPoint Presentations: A necessary evil? The bane of presenters and audiences everywhere? PowerPoint presentations get a bad rap, and often legitimately so, but it doesn't have to be this way! A well-done PowerPoint can greatly enhance your presentation.
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Richloom Kirkland Printed Polyester Outdoor Fabric in Turquoise. This printed indoor/outdoor fabric is perfect for any project where the fabric will be exposed to the weather. Uses include cushions, tablecloths, upholstery projects, decorative pillows and craft projects. This fabric has a slightly stiff feel but is easy to work with.
- Fiber Content: Polyester
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- The Guru's Review: Richloom's Solarium line of printed polyester outdoor fabrics are made for weathering the elements. Able to resist stains, withstand up to 500 hours of sunlight, resist water, and rated at 10,000 double rubs. They are perfect for the patio, poolside, screened in porches, or even on the dock; anywhere you go, this fabric can follow. Use for toss pillows, cushions, table top, upholstery, tote bags and more . To maintain the life of the fabric, bring it indoors when not in use. If you find yourself with a dirty pillow or cushion, simply wipe it down with a mild soap solution and warm water.


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The Dean of Liberal Interventionism on Libya
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Anne‐Marie Slaughter, recently head of the State Department's policy planning staff and now having retreated to her post as the dean of the liberal interventionists at the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton, laments that her former boss's boss is "fiddling while Libya burns." Slaughter thinks the United States should implement a no‐fly zone over Libya, with the UN's blessing if we can, or with a coalition of the willing if we must. She takes up five arguments made by skeptics and claims they are all wanting. I want to take up a few of them below.
First, in making the case that intervention is in America's interest, she writes that "we have a chance to support a real new beginning in the Muslim world—a new beginning of accountable governments that can provide services and opportunities for their citizens in ways that could dramatically decrease support for terrorist groups and violent extremism."
What does Slaughter know about the Libyan opposition that the rest of us don't? On what basis is she judging that were they to prevail, they would necessarily institute accountable government that provides services and opportunities for their citizens in ways that could dramatically decrease their support for terrorist groups and violent extremism?
Second, she says that a no‐fly zone will accomplish America's objectives in Libya, despite the critics' skepticism. Interestingly, Slaughter's former boss Hillary Clinton said the following in testimony to Congress last week:
I want to remind people that, you know, we had a no‐fly zone over Iraq. It did not prevent Saddam Hussein from slaughtering people on the ground, and it did not get him out of office. We had a no‐fly zone, and then we had 78 days of bombing in Serbia. It did not get Milosevic out of office. It did not get him out of Kosovo until we put troops on the ground with our allies.
Finally, Slaughter admits that we have no idea what would follow Qaddafi, insisting that this misconstrues the problem: "the choice is between uncertainty and the certainty that if Colonel Qaddafi wins, regimes across the region will conclude that force is the way to answer protests," which doesn't really deal with concerns about what may follow Qaddafi.
Curiously, in the very next paragraph, she warns against arming the rebels, calling them "ragged groups of brave volunteers who barely know how to use the weapons they have." If these are the people who we're supposed to help overthrow Qaddafi, who is going to run the Libyan state once he goes? Slaughter's Gang that Can't Shoot Straight?
I haven't written much about Libya because there's so much that I don't know about the country and I certainly don't know what is likely to follow Qaddafi. In particular, though, the focus on a no‐fly zone is bizarre. If people think that it is in the national interest to be rid of Muammar Qaddafi, then get rid of him, already. Why start with half‐measures? Or is it that openly making the case for forcible regime change in Tripoli would weaken public support for the policy? Or would weaken international support? If either of those is true, what does that tell us about the policy?
Given Washington's track record with this sort of thing, I think we should terribly skeptical about intervening in the Libyan conflict. If the arguments above are the best the interventionists can do, our policy should remain one of no new wars.
NB: People whose judgment I trust far more than Slaughter, like Bob Pape and Mike Desch, are making separate cases for various types of intervention. I am left with lots of unanswered questions after reading their pieces, but it bears noting that it is not just the normal gaggle of neoconservatives and liberal imperialists agitating for American involvement. Still, "it won't be as bad as Iraq" is a rather soft case for a new policy.


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Albumen print
Dimensions (Image): 91 x 57 mm (3.6 x 2.2 in.)
Inscribed on mount, lower center: title; on print, upper left: identification number or letter
Accession number: 19220.127.116.11
Gift of Michael M. Senft, 1983
Provenance / Collectors' marks: From an unidentified collector's collection of 41 images of "Mexican Indian Types" and views of Mexico.
Bibliography: Roberston, Iturbide of Mexico; Alba, The Mexicans; McNeer, The Mexican Story; Carson, Mexico; Linati, Trajes Civiles, Militares y Religiosos de Mexico.
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Dutch multi-instrumentalist and AYREON mastermind Arjen Lucassen will release his new concept solo album, "Lost In The New Real", on April 23 in Europe (three days earlier in Germany, Austria and Switzerland) via InsideOut Music.
01. The New Real
02. Pink Beatles In A Purple Zeppelin
03. Parental Procreation Permit
04. When I'm A Hundred Sixty-Four
05. E-Police
06. Don't Switch Me Off
07. Dr Slumber's Eternity Home
08. Yellowstone Memorial Day
09. Where Pigs Fly
10. Lost In The New Real
* Bonus CD-ROM section: "Behind The New Real"
01. Our Imperfect Race
02. Welcome To The Machine (PINK FLOYD cover)
03. So Is There No God?
04. Veteran Of The Psychic Wars (BLUE ÖYSTER CULT cover)
05. The Social Recluse
06. Battle Of Evermore (LED ZEPPELIN Cover)
07. The Space Hotel
08. Some Other Time (ALAN PARSONS PROJECT cover)
09. You Have Entered The Reality Zone
10. I'm The Slime (FRANK ZAPPA cover)
* Bonus CD-ROM section: "The Artwork"
The story of "Lost In The New Real" follows Mr. L, a 21st-Century man who was cryopreserved at the moment of clinical death from a terminal disease. The album begins as Mr. L is being revived at a point in the distant future, when technology has advanced enough to cure his disease. Mr L finds himself in a world that has drastically changed — to the point that the line between what's real and what's not is no longer clear.
Mr. L's appointed psychological advisor (played by legendary screen actor Rutger Hauer) is tasked with helping him emotionally adapt to this strange new world. The songs on CD1 follow the main character Mr. L's emotional journey as he is confronted with both serious and comical aspects of the "New Real", and desperately tries to decide if he can find a meaningful place within it.
CD2 is a mix of songs that are part of the concept but didn't fit on CD1, and cover songs that are (more or less) related to the concept. As Arjen's fans have come to expect, informative and humorous "behind-the-scenes" videos are added to both CDs as CD-ROM tracks. This beautiful two-CD limited-edition mediabook is illustrated by the striking artwork of Claudio Bergamin.
A four-minute trailer for "Lost In The New Real" can be seen below.
Lucassen recently enlisted the talents of legendary screen actor Rutger Hauer as the narrator on "Lost In The New Real".
"This is a dream come true," said Arjen. "Rutger is not only one of my favorite actors, he also starred in my all-time favorite sci-fi movie, 'Blade Runner'."
Rutger also enjoyed the collaboration with Arjen, saying, "[Arjen] connected with me when he was working on his new album. Said he was a big fan and wanted to see if I could do the voiceover. This happened over just a few weeks and it was marvelous work, very creative. I hope you enjoy it".
A short video clip of Arjen and Rutger talking about their collaboration can be seen below.


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excuse me .. what method should i use to disable the movement of a window,
as far as i remember when we were using VB-studio. the method that prohibits a user to move a simple window
is "setFocus = false",
but when i use it in my program (setFocusable(false)) , i can still move the window(frame) in any part of my screen
what should i do about this?
and another one... what should i use to avoid minimizing the window?


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There's nano in that summer camp! Part 2
June 2, 2009
It's all-summer-programming-all-the-time on the Nano Bite this week. Here are a few examples of how partners are incorporating nano topics into their regular summer programming:
- Magnets Arizona Science Center is making magnetism more intriguing by introducing kids to ferrofluid, from the activity Exploring Materials—Ferrofluid. Jeannie Colton can tell you more: [email protected].
- Building Challenges The Sciencenter in Ithaca, NY is featuring the Shrinking Robots! program in a day on building challenges. Get in touch with Rae Ostman for more information.
- DNA At the Austin Children's Museum in Austin, TX, 7 - 10 year old campers will be doing a bunch of activities around DNA, including extracting DNA from a strawberry.


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