Tiger Woods Cocktail Recipe

Ingredients My Bar
1 oz Vodka Vodka
2 oz Lemon Juice Juice
2 oz Cranberry Juice Juice

Directions
Fill a highball glass with ice, add the vodka, lemon juice and cran. Garnish with a lemon wedge and serve.

Serve in a Highball Glass

Danger: School Swine Flu May Rise

A further 17 suspected cases of swine flu have been detected at a primary school in Sheffield after a pupil was confirmed as having the disease.

Lydgate Junior School announced on Friday that it would be closed next week after a pupil tested positive.

NHS Sheffield said a further 17 people, a mixture of pupils and staff, had displayed flu-like symptoms and that five of those were being tested.

The remaining 12 have been given anti-viral treatment, the spokeswoman added.

The school will be closed from Monday to Friday on the advice of the Health Protection Agency (HPA).

Other schools

The school was opened between 2000 BST and 2200 BST on Friday and 1000 BST and 1400 BST on Saturday to allow parents to collect medication.

Paul Redgrave, NHS Sheffield's deputy director of public health, said the nearby Lydgate Infant School would remain open.

He added: "Obviously we'll be watching the situation very closely not only on the infant school which is connected but on a separate site, but obviously there are two large secondary schools on a very close by campus."

Councillor Andrew Sagar said: "We are working closely with the school and the Health Protection Agency and are taking advice on what we should do.

"It is appropriate that the school is closed in this situation as the health and safety of all pupils is paramount.

"It is hoped this situation will be over soon and that pupils' education will not be too disrupted."

Tracking Swine Flu Threat

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What is H1N1 (swine flu)?
H1N1 (referred to as “swine flu” early on) is a new influenza virus causing illness in people. This new virus was first detected in people in the United States in April 2009. Other countries, including Mexico and Canada, have reported people sick with this new virus. This virus is spreading from person-to-person, probably in much the same way that regular seasonal influenza viruses spread.

Why is this new H1N1 virus sometimes called “swine flu”?
This virus was originally referred to as “swine flu” because laboratory testing showed that many of the genes in this new virus were very similar to influenza viruses that normally occur in pigs in North America. But further study has shown that this new virus is very different from what normally circulates in North American pigs. It has two genes from flu viruses that normally circulate in pigs in Europe and Asia and avian genes and human genes. Scientists call this a "quadruple reassortant" virus.

Hot Article : Green Tea Stops AIDS

By AFP - Tue May 19, 11:40 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (AFP) - A chemical found in green tea helps inhibit sexual transmission of the virus which causes AIDS, said a study Tuesday that recommends using the compound in vaginal creams to supplement antiretrovirals.

Medical experts at Germany's University of Heidelberg said the compound could be a low-cost arrow in the quiver of medical weapons to fight the spread of HIV in research-poor countries.

The researchers said they determined that the green tea polyphenol, or vegetable tannin, called epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) is capable of neutralizing a protein in sperm which serves as a vector for viral transmission during sex.

EGCG degrades what is known as a semen-derived enhancer of virus infection, or SEVI, described in the study as "an important infectivity factor of HIV."

Writing in the online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the researchers said they "recently identified a peptide fraction in human semen that consistently enhanced HIV-1 infection."

SEVIs capture viral elements and attach them to the surface of target cells, enhancing cell fusion and decreasing a cell's ability to repel viral threats.

EGCG "targets SEVI for degradation" and "abrogates semen-mediated enhancement of HIV-1 infection in the absence of cellular toxicity," said the researchers, some of whom work at the university's Heinrich-Pette-Institute for Experimental Virology and Immunology.

Because of its effects on semen-based HIV transmission threats, the study's authors said "EGCG appears to be a promising supplement to antiretroviral microbicides to reduce sexual transmission of HIV-1."

With the vast majority of the world's 33 million people with HIV infected through heterosexual sex, and as 96 percent of new infections occur in poor and developing nations, researchers said the use of green tea EGCG in topical creams would "provide a simple and affordable prevention method" to guard against HIV transmission.

Green tea, which originated in China and is widely consumed in Asia, the Middle East and growing numbers of western countries, is already popular for its antioxidant qualities.

A Simple Steps Kobe Bryant Exercise Revealed

Kobe Bryant is the basketball star and very open minded person. He revealed simple steps how to reach his position right now. Below is the interview with Kobe Bryant live.

Interviewed by Brandon Guarneri | Photos by Zhang Xinao/ZumaPress

MF: Can you give us some insight into your training routine, both off-season and during the season?

Kobe: During the season, I focus a lot on weight training, obviously building up my strength level as the season progresses. In the off-season, it's about getting stronger as well, more agile. Also, conditioning plays an important part in that, because you want to make sure you come into the upcoming season in tip-top shape. Then, obviously, you want to get on the basketball floor and work on your skills.

MF: In the off-season, you probably spend many more hours training, is that right?

Kobe: During the season, it's probably about four hours or so a day, with practice and extra work.

MF: So specifically though, in the off-season, what kind of weight lifting are you doing? Is it explosive movements, like plyometrics?

Kobe: Not really, it's all Olympic lifts. I do a lot of track work.

MF: So like snatches, things like that?

Kobe: Yeah, clean-pulls, deadlifts, Romanian deadlifts, back squats, things of that nature.

MF: One of the most impressive aspects of your game is your stamina – your ability to play so many minutes per night at such a high level. If you could pass along some tips on how to get bigger, obviously, but also to stay agile and have extra energy, would you recommend Olympic lifts?

Kobe: That helps tremendously. I think it's a combination of lifting weights and doing a conditioning program. Whatever your program is, the key is to push yourself to a level where you're hurting. You can't gain conditioning without going through it. You're going to have to feel some pain, you're going to have to feel like your lungs are burning, and you know, you want to spit up blood, that sort of thing.

MF: Sure. So what kind of cardio do you have to do – I'm imagining that during the games and practice, you get plenty –

Kobe: No, but I do a lot more. When I get on the basketball floor, it's about fine-tuning my skills, it's not about conditioning. My conditioning comes from just running, whether it's on a track, or on a field, or on the court itself, just doing suicides, or sprints.

MF: So it's just a technique thing, shooting jumpers, things like that?

Kobe: Yeah, it's something I can do over and over, so I'm in great shape. MF: How many do you shoot in a day?

Kobe: It's between 700 to 1,000 makes a day.

MF: How has your training program changed over the years? You're already becoming a veteran of the league.

Kobe: It's become more efficient. I'm not just doing a whole bunch of things. I think when you first come into the league, you kind of figure out what works best for your body, what wears down your body, what doesn't, recovery, what works best in that area. I've been in the league 10 years, 11 years now so I know exactly what works and what doesn't work for me.

MF: Do you have any training tips, aside from Olympic lifts, that you'd recommend to younger basketball players?

Kobe: The thing that I tell them all the time is consistency. If they watch me train, running on a track, it doesn't look like I'm over-exerting myself. It's a consistency with which you do it, in other words, it's an every-day-thing. You have a program, and a schedule, and you have to abide by that, religiously. You just stick to it, and it's the consistency that pays off.

MF: If you could pinpoint one part of your game – and this would really be nitpicking – what would it be?

Kobe: It depends – I usually make those evaluations at the end of the season, along with Phil (Jackson) and the coaching staff, and break down the season and how I progress, and how I evolve as a player, go into the summer with a plan, exactly what I need to work on.

MF: So that's every summer? You break your game down?

Kobe: Oh yeah. You have to.

Is NBA Scandal Could Jeopardize Fans' Trust ?

Sports officials are worried the NBA betting scandal will ripple through all levels of sports, bringing increased heckling and distrust from fans.

"This is an absolute tragedy, but we brought it upon ourselves," said Barry Mano, president and founder of the National Association of Sports Officials. "We bring impartiality. This calls that into question, and it will be up and down the ladder -- in all sports, on all levels."

Former NBA referee Tim Donaghy is the target of an FBI investigation for allegedly betting on games, including some he officiated, over the last two seasons. He resigned July 9.

As are all NBA officials, Donaghy was a member of NASO, whose mission is, among other things, to enhance the image of officials.

Irv Brown, a former NCAA basketball official, said the scandal will have the opposite effect.

"You've lost the trust of the American people," said Brown, the keynote speaker at the convention's opening night in Denver, one dominated by talk about Donaghy and how officials must police themselves more closely now.

"They're really concerned," Brown said. "They know it's going to give them a black eye. They were talking Saturday night that it's going to be a whole new ballgame. Everything is going to have to be reevaluated, everywhere.

"Instead of people yelling, 'Hey ref, you stink,' they'll say, 'Hey ref, you cheat.' "

The catcalls will cut across sports, said Tony Michalek, an NFL official and director of officiating for USA Football.

"It's going to make everyone look at all of us more closely," he said.