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Thursday, August 27, 2009
Parents Are Equal
An article in the Daily Mail today deserves some comment. Not because it is great journalism (I would look elsewhere to find that), but because I think it demonstrates some commonly held views and misconceptions. Appearing in the 'Femail' section of the paper, the article is entitled "The courts took my children away from me because I'm a working mother", and describes how Jo Joyce, a 'high-flying divorce lawyer', (temporarily) lost her children after her divorce because she was a working mother. Jo says that she has "seen the way courts penalise women during custody disputes for daring to have a career as well as children", and the author of the piece goes on to say:"Jo has become part of a worrying phenomenon. Courts are increasingly ruling that women live apart from their children after a divorce."
I'm sorry, but what is 'worrying' about that? Parents are equal, aren't they? What is important is who can best care for the children, not whether that parent is the mother or the father (or both of them). Clearly, there is an anti-father agenda here, and if you read on you will find it:
"Significantly, the British courts take no account of a mother's natural nurturing instincts or that in a family she invariably takes the lead role in looking after children."
I had to check that I hadn't misread this. "A mother's natural nurturing instincts" sounds to me like something out of a 1950s parenting manual, and I find it quite remarkable that it is still being used in 2009. As for expecting the courts to take account of the fact that the mother is usually the main carer, that of course falls into the trap of failing to treat each case on its own merits.
As the article quite rightly points out, the courts must consider the interests of the child above everything. That being the case (and, I trust, accepted as the correct approach by Daily Mail readers), surely it is clear that it would be against the interests of the child to have as a starting-point a position which favours one parent over the other, before even examining the facts. One of the relevant facts is, of course, the capability of each parent of meeting the child's needs. If one parent is working full-time and the other is not (or is working part-time), then that is a factor (but not necessarily a deciding factor) that should be taken into account, irrespective of which parent is the one working full-time. This being true, it is no surprise that in a time when more mothers are working full-time and more fathers are not, more fathers are obtaining residence orders - the law is merely reflecting what is happening in society. However, to take the view that more fathers obtaining residence is wrong per se is absurd.
A quick glance through the comments to the article suggest that the author's views are shared by many in Daily Mail land, which is slightly worrying. Perhaps the family justice system should do more to educate people to explain how it works and, more importantly, why it works that way.
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PARIS — Renault SA Chairman Jean-Dominique Senard said the alliance with Nissan Motor Co. and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. needs to be rebalanced "in spirit" to counter fears among the Japanese carmakers that he wants to dominate the decades-old partnership.
"There was a lot of worry at the start, and I can understand that, about whether Jean-Dominique Senard was going to be dominant, would want to impose his views," the chairman of the French manufacturer said Monday in an interview on RTL radio. "There is no desire to dominate. We need a blank slate."
The lopsided cross-shareholding between Renault and Nissan "doesn't reflect the reality" of their relations and the alliance's new governance is working well, he said. A better framework has helped overcome "forces" that were trying to break the partnership apart.
Senard replaced Carlos Ghosn in January at the head of Renault and has been working to keep the partnership together ever since. Ghosn led all three companies at the same time until his arrest in November in Tokyo on charges of financial misconduct and his departure left the alliance reeling from a climate of suspicion. Japanese authorities are now questioning Ghosn over new allegations that he funneled millions of dollars from Nissan for his own purposes. He has denied all charges.
Ghosn's removal laid bare tensions within the Alliance stemming from Renault holding a 43 percent stake in Nissan with voting rights, while the Japanese carmaker holds a 15 percent in Renault stake without voting rights. Nissan has also been uncomfortable with the French government's influence via a 15 percent stake in Renault that carry extra voting rights.
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THE FRICTION IS ALL in my head. I have to make things plain for Monday when Evilstein the landlord has vowed to send in henchmen to rip out my window and replace with double glazing. Which is fine. But why wait till the cusp of December to do it?
Mother Hubbard gave me some records - maybe 80 or 100 discs - from her housemate to sell a couple of months ago. She said I could keep the money. Which was very generous of her, I thought. They are mostly ex-library copies of classical music so they're all plasticked up and covered in stickers, barcodes, stamps and lengths of tape. So I doubt I would get much more than 50p each for them if I did try and sell them...
They're stuff like "Emmanuel Chabrier: Piano Music (complete). Rena Kyriakou, Piano," - Camden Libraries. And "Ghena Dimitrova - Puccini Arias" - including O Mio Babbio Caro - Holborn Library.
I do not want to sell them as I've always wanted a classical music collection. And vinyl (especially from an old analogue master) can actually sound warmer, better than CD. I don't see why I should chuck these just because I've no turntable at present and Evilstein will think they're "clutter".
Even my Tubular Bells (it's all vinyl), I was told might only make £3 on Ebay. Though the person telling had a vested interest in keeping my expectations low as he deals in music...
No I want to keep this collection. One thing I always wanted to do on getting clean (if I ever manage it) would be to learn aout classical music. Like most people I know loads of tunes from television adverts and films but hardly know what any are actually called. Or who they're by!
I think Katherine Jenkins, who's only in her early 20s, has a fantastically rich, mature voice. Partly this is bc she's a mezzo and so has a mellower, deeper range anyhow. It's a shame for her that most of the best repertoire was written for the more prized (yet so very often simply shriller) soprano voice. Miss Jenkins says she actually smashed glass once by hitting a top A, a story she repeats on the Ready Steady Cook Ave Maria clip that's still in my sidebar.
Maybe some modern composer will be inspired by Miss Jenkins's unique talent and write some new arias specially for her. Surely the era of modern "serious" music having to consist of discordant orchestras' tortured wailings - like hearing tuning up on a bad LSD trip - has now passed. And finally we can have great tunes back again. Like in the eras of Beethoven, Schubert and Brahms... So what if we live in an age of nuclear threats, terrorism and climactic destruction? Doesn't mean the music has to be ugly too!
Well no big news of anything today. I'm getting ready to see my Mum tomorrow.
No more roboscandal. I thought Itchy had escaped again last night. But it was just me nightmaring...
I'm off now to do some of my memoirs. I have to wrok out where this book is going (not that I don't obviously know my own lifestory. I have to plan it out a little now. All I was doing thus far was simply scribbling off the top of my head!)
Have a cheery weekend everyone!
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Peppermint Coffee Creams
Peppermint Coffee Creams
Peppermint Coffee Creams
There's something about the combination of chocolate, coffee and mint that's fabulously indulgent. This recipe brings all those flavours together to make beautiful little bonbons that look elegant but are surprisingly easy to make. Perfect for a gift or for nibbles after a dinner party.
A note on equipment – a sheet of siliconised baking parchment or cellophane will be really useful for this one.
- Prep Time : 20 minutes
- Yield : 24
- Sugar and Crumbs Vanilla Latte Natural Flavoured Icing Sugar (or any flavour of your choice) - 200g (7 oz)
- Milk - Very Small Splash Of
- Peppermint Essence - 1-2 drops
- White Chocolate - 200g (7 oz)
- Dark Cocolate - 50g (1 3/4 oz)
- Fresh Mint - Small Bunch
Peppermint Coffee Creams
First of all, mix the Sugar and Crumbs Vanilla Latte Icing Sugar with the milk and peppermint essence – you only need a very small amount of each – to create a really stiff paste that you can mould with your hands. Shape into balls about the size of a 2p piece, and then wet a spoon with cold water and use the back to flatten the balls into rounds. Place in the fridge to set for at least four hours.
- While the creams are setting, make the chocolate mint leaves to decorate. Melt the dark chocolate in the microwave, in thirty second bursts, stirring each time. Then separate the mint leaves from their stalks and brush the back of each one with a layer of chocolate, thick enough that you can't see the veins in the leaves. Lay on a plate and put in the fridge to set.
- When the coffee creams have been in the fridge for at least four hours, you can coat them in the white chocolate. Melt in the microwave as above, and allow to cool for a few minutes.
- Lay out a sheet of siliconized baking parchment or cellophane – I find it best to tape it flat to a chopping board so you can then easily put it in the fridge. Place a coffee cream in the melted white chocolate, spoon more over the top, and then lift out with a fork, allowing any excess to drip off. Place on the prepared sheet and repeat with the rest, then put in the fridge to set.
- When the white chocolate is cool but still a little sticky, put the chocolate leaves on top. Carefully peel the mint leaves away from the dark chocolate to leave an impression behind, and then lay one on the top of each bonbon. These goodies will last for a few days, but should be kept in the fridge.


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These sweet little treats are great for entertaining a crowd and are a fun alternative to pumpkin pie.
How to Make It
Stir together first 5 ingredients in a medium bowl.
Arrange 1 won ton wrapper on a clean, flat surface. (Cover remaining wrappers with plastic wrap or a damp towel to prevent drying out.) Lightly moisten edges of wrapper with water. Place about 2 tsp. pumpkin mixture in center of wrapper; fold 2 opposite corners together over pumpkin mixture, forming a triangle. Press edges together to seal, removing any air pockets. Cover with plastic wrap or a damp cloth. Repeat procedure with remaining wrappers and pumpkin mixture.
Pour oil to depth of 3 inches in a Dutch oven; heat to 375°. Fry dumplings, 3 at a time, about 20 seconds on each side or until golden brown and edges are crisp. Drain on paper towels. Sprinkle with powdered sugar, and serve immediately.
Crispy 'n' Sweet Chocolate-Hazelnut Dumplings: Omit first 5 ingredients. Whisk together 1/2 (8-oz.) package softened cream cheese, 1 cup hazelnut spread, and 3 Tbsp. all purpose flour until blended and smooth. Proceed with recipe as directed, beginning with Step
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Apple is trying to do some damage control with the PR debacle that is Apple maps.
In the New York Times, David Pogue crushes Apple maps, saying it may be "the least usable piece of software" Apple has ever released.
In his column on maps, Pogue quotes two Apple maps employees, which for Apple is quite rare. When it talks to the press it almost only does it through spokespersons, on background, or the very occasional interview with the CEO Tim Cook, or SVP Phil Schiller. It rarely lets lower level people speak with the press.
So, you know this is serious from Apple's perspective. That said, it doesn't attach a name to the people speaking with Pogue.
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PHNOM PENH and BATTAMBANG - The Khmer Rouge's former chief executioner asked for Christian forgiveness this week on the witness stand. Kaing Guek Eav, alias Duch, is charged with overseeing the radical regime's S-21 torture prison, where more than 12,000 Cambodians lost their lives. Like many of his former cadres, he found religion late in life.
His testimony conceding guilt, which could affect the fate of the regime's other four top cadres, has been influenced by his conversion to Christianity in the mid-1990s, analysts say. The other detainees at the tribunal have denied responsibility for the deaths of an estimated 1.7 million Cambodians from disease, starvation and executions during the Khmer Rouge's four-year reign of terror.
"At the beginning I only prayed to ask forgiveness from my parents. But later on, I attempted to pray for forgiveness from the whole nation, for all the people who died," Duch said Tuesday on the second day of his trial at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia in Phnom Penh. "I would like to express my regret and my heartfelt sorrow and loss for all of the crimes committed by the CPK [Communist Party of Kampuchea] from 1975 to 1979."
"I would like to emphasize that I am responsible for the crimes committed at S-21, especially the torture and execution of the people there," the 66-year-old Duch told a packed courtroom on Tuesday in an address broadcast live on national radio and television. "I would like you to please leave an open window for me to be forgiven."
Those words have set the stage for painful revelations in the weeks ahead. While the Christian Duch apparently aims for salvation through contrition, his former Khmer Rouge colleagues - some who have turned to Buddhism - maintain their innocence. Some view this as a bid to avoid karmic retribution for their sins in the next life.
Once outlawed by the atheist Khmer Rouge, religion has made a comeback among the radical revolutionaries who brutally transformed Cambodia into a nation of killing fields. Buddhist shrines were destroyed and Christian adherents persecuted as a matter of policy during the Khmer Rouge's paranoid reign.
According to local religious figures, meditative ex-Khmer Rouge cadres now fill Buddhist temples or alternately praise Jesus in Christian churches. Khmer Rouge Brother Number 2 Nuon Chea, the regime's chief ideologue who was arrested in 2007 on crimes against humanity and war crimes, has publicly acknowledged his conversion later in life to Buddhism.
"I personally respect all religions, but mainly Buddhism, as it belongs to the nation," Nuon Chea told The Cambodia Daily newspaper in 2003. During that interview he presented himself as a devout Buddhist, with a large poster of a revered Thai
monk tacked to his wall and claims that Buddhist monks visited him regularly to consult on Buddhist teachings.
According to sources familiar with the detainees, Duch has continued to take communion while in detention and Nuon Chea has decorated his cell with a poster of a venerable Buddhist monk. Religious experts say that while religion alone can not explain the opposing pleas lodged by former Khmer Rouge cadres, the two different faiths inspire their adherents to face the past in starkly different ways.
"Christianity in particular has put more emphasis on the sin/redemption theme than most religions," said Stanford University religion professor Carl Bielefeldt. "Conversion to Buddhism may mean little more than relaxing into the default culture, rather than committing oneself to a spiritual choice … In contrast, conversion to a culturally alien religion [to Cambodia] like Christianity may involve a much more self-conscious spiritual choice."
Faithful minority
Currently round 95% of Cambodia's citizens adhere to Buddhism. When the Khmer Rouge were overthrown in 1979, less than 200 Christians remained from a pre-1975 congregation of 20,000, according to Heng Cheng, the head of the Evangelical Fellowship of Cambodia. Today, more than 100,000 Cambodians belong to more than 3,000 evangelical churches across the country, among them many former members of the Khmer Rouge.
"The former Khmer Rouge more often open their hearts [to God]," said Heng Cheng. "[Duch] is a role model."
Duch's conversion to Christianity has caused some friction with his former cadres. For instance, Nuon Chea scoffed at Duch's conversion, saying in his revealing 2003 interview: "[Duch] wanted God to take responsibility for his sins! ... You commit the sin, so you pay for the sin. Nobody can help take responsibility for the sin."
For his part, Nuon Chea does not accept responsibility for the Khmer Rouge's atrocities, despite his high-ranking position at the time. Former Khmer Rouge southwestern region army chief Meas Muth, who has not been charged by the tribunal and is also a practicing Buddhist, similarly expresses no remorse for his role in the revolution.
"I don't think the court will call me. But if they do, it's useless," he said, adding that he is not guilty of crimes against humanity. Meas, the son-in-law of deceased Khmer Rouge army commander Ta Mok, admits he conversed with the regime's central committee members, including Nuon Chea and head of state Khieu Samphan, but denies having had any influence over policy formulation.
Meas Muth, too, has found religion later in life. During a recent interview at his spacious home on stilts on the outskirts of Battambang province's Samlot town, he mentions the tens of thousands of dollars worth of donations he has made to the local pagoda, Ta Sanh Chas. There, he gives Pali language lessons and oversees building projects.
Thoeun Samnang, the chief Buddhist monk of Ta Sanh Chas temple, said Meas Muth "comes to the pagoda every day. He comes to find peace with the Buddha." The resident ascetic says he still remembers the day Meas Muth first arrived: the auspicious date of 9-9-99.
"He is a blessing," said the saffron-robed monk, seated cross-legged in his pagoda. "Former Khmer Rouge soldiers seem more interested in Buddhism. They come here more than other people. They are more active in the pagoda."
It is religiously significant, some believe, that former top Khmer Rouge leaders Meas Muth and Nuon Chea have not sought forgiveness for their roles in the alleged genocide. One possible reason, suggests Columbia University's Buddhist scholar Bob Thurman, is that Christianity uniquely claims that the road to salvation runs through repentance, remorse and making up for past sins.
"Perhaps the Christian ones are more intent on [forgiveness] because they have the belief that repentance and true belief in Christ will help them once and for all reach heaven, no matter what they've done," Thurman wrote by e-mail. "Whereas Buddhists do repent, do try to do better, but remain aware of a long road ahead to reach enlightenment or nirvana - no one else can grant them the ultimate salvation, in their view."
The monk Thoeun says that no matter how often Meas Muth visits his pagoda, the former Khmer Rouge leader will invariably suffer in the next life for his alleged actions in his current incarnation. "Meas Muth cannot escape from what he did in the past. No matter what he does, he must pay for what he has done," the monk said.
When questioned about the notion that a Christian may escape karmic punishment for wrongdoings, the ascetic balked: "Everyone must pay for what they've done. Duch cannot be forgiven. Bad deeds are like shadows that follow you."
Remorse and repentance
Duch's 32-year-old daughter, Ky Sievkim, said that her father longs for forgiveness and views Christianity as a path out of the dark shadow of the S-21 torture prison he previously ran. "My father told me that he had done many wrong things, and that's why he asked Jesus for forgiveness," she said in a recent interview at her small home, also on the outskirts of Samlot town.
Duch may have also converted to Christianity for protection, according to the court's closing order indicting him for crimes against humanity. "Christianity, the West and the realm of international justice symbolized a new form of protection (also undeniably the most effective), because he suffered from insecurity," the order states.
The temptation of salvation has drawn many other former Khmer Rouge cadres to Christianity, according to Victory Heng, executive director of Cambodian Christian Church Organization (CCCO) in Battambang town. "You can be the worst sinner in the world and still enter the gates of heaven," Heng said.
The orginization supports about 100 churches in the provinces of Takeo and Siem Reap, as well as in the former Khmer Rouge strongholds of Battambang, Oddar Meanchey and Banteay Meanchey provinces. Many former Khmer Rouge cadres have entered CCCO's churches, says Heng, although he doesn't maintain an exact tally. "None of them come in and say, 'We are former Khmer Rouge.' And we don't ask. It's not important to us. Our purpose is not to dig up the past. Our purpose is to share Christ."
In that spiritual direction, every year CCCO holds a three-week training course in Battambang town to convert laymen into practicing evangelists. "One of those years, Duch walked through the doors of this building," Heng said, standing outside the clapboard building of the Battambang Christian Church. The year was 1996 and at the end of the training course Duch was baptized nearby in the Sangke River.
Suon Sito says he remembers that day well. He first met Duch four years earlier in Banteay Meanchey province's Phkoam village, where Duch moved his family after living in Thai refugee camps and in China throughout the 1980s. Within months of Duch's arrival, Suon Sito invited him to a CCCO-sponsored house church and soon Duch was inviting others to attend services.
As Duch drew closer to Christianity, he was also attempting to flee from his past, Suon Sito said. He moved his family repeatedly throughout the 1990s - first to another school in Banteay Meanchey, then to a school in Samlot town, then back to a Thai refugee camp - but he never stopped telling his neighbors about the power of Jesus Christ in his life.
"He asked me to be a Christian. He said he wanted to start a Christian community," said Sok Lian, a resident of Samlot town who rented a home on Duch's property for several months in 1999 until Duch's identity and whereabouts were uncovered and published in international media.
When news broke in 1999 of Duch's conversion to Christianity, renowned Cambodia historian David Chandler, who had poured through reams of evidence at Duch's torture prison, says he took Duch's professed conversion seriously.
"He must have given his conversion to Christianity serious thought, as he had done with his conversion to communism in the 1960s, and saw both conversions as ways of clarifying his mind, helping his spirit, and organizing his life," Chandler wrote by e-mail from Australia's Monash University.
"Maybe Duch was looking for refuge found only in Christianity," said Chea Vannath, a political scientist in Cambodia who lives not far from S-21, which is now maintained as a grisly tourist attraction. "Whatever mistakes you make, you recognize and confess and Jesus Christ will help you ... It's possible that if [Nuon Chea] was a Christian, he might confess too."
Stephen Kurczy is an Asia Times Online contributor based in Cambodia. He may be reached at email@example.com.
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FlexiLoans aims to disburse 10,000 loans in all by March 2019
FlexiLoans is a fintech company which disburses collateral free working capital loans to Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). Founded by Manish Lunia, Ritesh Jain, Deepak Jain and Abhishek Kothari, the four alumni of Indian School of Business (ISB) in 2016, FlexiLoans has already lent over 2500 loans with an average ticket size between Rs5-10 lakhs and aims to disburse 10,000 loans by next March 2019. FlexiLoans fills the gap in funding where banks shy away, to extend small-ticket loans to small traders and businesses without any collateral. The seed funding of Rs100 crores was raised from angel investors including Sanjay Nayyar, Anil Jaggia, and Vikram Sud. Another Rs45 crore was funded by debt.
According to one of the co-founders of FlexiLoans, the market for SME loans has grown by ten times in past three years which is expected to continue for next five years serving the unserved market at a CAGR of 50%. The company extends loans to retailers, traders and distributors on the basis of POS transactions and other details of the applicants.
Other startups in this sphere include LendingKart, Aye Finance, and Capital Float. LendingKart raised USD 87.8 million, Aye Finance USD 3.87 million and Capital Float, USD 45 million from financiers like Hinduja Leyland, Saama Capital, Fullerton Financial etc.
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Most bodybuilders believe than muscle mass is achieved by exercise and hard work. Finding an easy way to build muscle is a dream everyone would like to experience, but the body is a fine tuned machine and needs to be treated like one so it can operate the way it's designed.
Hormones play an important role in bodybuilding and the Human Growth Hormone is the hormone that's responsible for the cell and tissue growth in all the organs. If there is an HGH deficiency the growth of new muscle and tissue is restricted. The body can increase the production of HGH at any age, but in order to stimulate that production certain amino acids and specific growth factors must be able to flow freely in the bloodstream so they can stimulate the pituitary gland.
Two other hormones, Growth Hormone Releasing Hormone, and Growth Hormone Releasing Peptide play a role in stimulating HGH production, so it's best to do a little research before you choose an herbal HGH supplement that claims to enhance HGH production.
Some bodybuilders try synthetic HGH injections but discover nasty side effect or don't get the results they expect for the price they pay. HGH injections are not approved by the FDA for bodybuilding, and that certainly hinders their effectiveness and use.
Other bodybuilders turn to herbal HGH stimulators to enhance their workouts, but unless they contain the growth factors and vital amino acids that can interact with the pituitary they are useless. Not all herbal HGH supplements contain the same ingredients so it's important to research herbal HGH supplements before they are used on a regular basis
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Sytropin gives bodybuilders the energy they need before, during and after each workout, plus they say they sleep better and even have better sexual experiences. Bodybuilders report an increase in their cardiovascular health and spend less time worrying about results. When Sytropin is used regularly bone density improves so the body is able to carry more muscle without expending large amounts of energy.
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... for his work on ergodic theory.1993 Miklos Laczkovich (Hungary) and Marina Ratner
... for their work on Lie groups.1995 Andrew J Wiles
... for his proof of Fermat's Last Theorem.1997 Yuri V Nesterenko
... for his work on algebraic number theory.1997 Gilles I Pisier
... for his work on operator theory.1999 Alexander A Beilinson
... for his work on representation theory, arithmetic geometry, and modern mathematical physics.1999 Helmut H Hofer
... for his contributions to contact and symplectic geometry.2001 Henryk Iwaniec
... for his work on analytic number theory.2001 Peter Sarnak
... for his contributions to number theory and to questions of analysis motivated by number theory.2001 Richard L Taylor
... for his work on number theory, particularly his application of automorphic forms to arithmetic problems related to l-adic Galois representations.2003 Paul Seymour
... for his work on discrete mathematics.2005 Ben Green and Terence Tao
... for their exceptional achievements in the area of analytic and combinatorial number theory.2007 Oded Schramm
... for his fundamental contributions to conformal geometry, probability theory, and mathematical physics.2009
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... is undoubtedly the leading researcher in the world in geometric measure theory.2011
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Topic: xUnit Test Patterns – Test Smells
Presenter: Thanou Thirakul
Time: Tuesday 21st April, 12:30pm-1:30pm, Ottawa@1709 and Kingston@200 Adelaide
Recently, we've talked about fixture creation and result verification patterns. This study group, we'll introduce test smells that can creep up during development and maintenance of a project. We'll define, categorize the kind of test smells and what we can do about them.


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30 thoughts on "September Sunday"
Ah the good days and the not so good days! All part of living. As long as I can get my Blue Bell Chocolate Chip Ice Cream! I had a rose bush once that would have taken over the whole back porch, if not the yard. It lost its fight with some kind of fungus a couple of years back. I'm not battling fruit flies just now; it is the mosquitoes that are horrendous. Bazillions of them. I've been dressing in long pants and a hoodie and spraying myself with Off just to go fill the bird feeders. If my barn swallows were still here, they would be feasting on the little blood suckers. Hope you have a wonderful day!
Always enjoy your rambling and your moods (even the grumpy ones); I don't write well about bad days so I don't … my blog makes me sound like Pollyanna. (Not that I write WELL at all — but at least the happy days don't make me sound like a whiny bitch. (Your sense of humor shows through when you write about the not so good stuff and it's fun to read!). But better of course when nice things happen — like getting the yard help you need.
Fruit flies love our house in Oregon this time of year. I am sure as soon as we get there and open it up they'll drop right in on us completely uninvited. (Even before we visit the farmer's market … because I'll have my white wine and they love that!).
I would like to read The Improbable Man. Anything on that subject fascinates me. Yesterday I was reading an article about Russian scientists who had found frozen 30,000 year old fruit in fossilized ground squirrel burrows in Siberia, and they actually grew a plant from it with the prettiest flowers. Fascinating! I wonder if they found any fossilized fruit flies, ha!
Ah sugar, tastes so good it's so bad for you. I made a lemon bread over the weekend. Since Gregg retired I find myself baking more. He loves lemon bread and I got it into my head to make it at 9.00 o'clock at night when I sudden had this surge of energy. Strange! But oh that lemon bread was sooooooooo good! Thank you Inez Garten!
How nice of your son-in-law to stop by to trim the roses.
I would kill to have a rose bush (or bushes !) like those in your picture. I definitely have a brown thumb.
My SIL just came by to trim the rose. En route to work with his crew, one of the guys asked about the rose. I told him it was easy to grow. The only downside is it grows like Topsy…fast.
Here is one way to decrease those nasty flies , small jar with vinegar in the bottom maybe an inch or half inch, put saran wrap over the top of jar ,secure with a rubber band, poke small holes in plastic wrap, then watch the little suckers get in and die ! Cider vinegar works best. If you don't have vinegar small bit of ripe fruit works also just messier to clean up. My downfall isn't sweets it's salty,greasy, hot things like hot wings, pizza with peppers,fried chicken Cajun style.Since I live out in the woods miles from town [they don't even deliver pizza] Unless I make it myself I'm not having any. So I put Crystal hot sauce on lots of foods or pepper vinegar.
Thanks Sherry, you always have good tips.
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A lifetime may not be long enough to attune ourselves fully to the harmony of the universe. But just to become aware that we can resonate with it -- that alone can be like waking up from a dream. - Br. David Steindl Rast
I like how many of the comments are people basically saying "My church is different!" in response to the people noting intolerance and legitimate issues with much of Christianity and Christians. The self righteousness is ridiculous. You're not that important people.
As for the article itself, changing demographics are only threatening to those who are empowered, or exploiting their power, as an enfranchised majority. Perhaps we should consider why youngins are unsatisfied with the society and values of their forebears. An objective look at it will show that these previous social structures are exploitative and based on largely arbitrary inequality. Ironically enough, what is even Christian about it? Americanized Christianity is divorced from the word of Christ. It is instead a tool for social control and traditionalism, which may explain why it is conservatives who are so bothered by having any sort of competition.
Conservative agencies such as fox often put out articles like this in which they hold current society to an ideal which does not and has never existed because it is not about social improvement, it is about the upholding of fictional, and more moral, past. Simply put, this ideal and the idea of a good society, that is a godly society because of course it is, is more important than the actual lives of people and their feelings. Nostalgia and zealousness has given them blinders toward the attitudes and data which has been apparent. Dissatisfaction with an almighty, omnipresent, and often corrupt or exploitative philosophy is easy to understand if they could recognize that there's numerous factors besides religion that influence religion.
世の中に潜み落下した「アレ」はねえか? 誰が書き換える 世界の汚れは?
Do you have 'that' which lies dormant within society? Who can overwrite it, the filth in the world?
You went very deep there Crow...interesting
MAGIC is MAGIC,black OR white or even blood RED
all i ever wanted was a normal life and love.
NO TERF EVER WE belong Too.
don't stop the tears.let them flood your soul.
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nothing but the shadow of what was
Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted. And experience is often the most valuable thing you have to offer.
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Yeah... There are some sweeping generalizations in there. I have seen things that support them, but enough examples that don't, that those generalizations sit wrong.
However, I do agree with your take in Fox opinion artilces. The concept of "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" is far below the idea that "homogenaity is best, and life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are all fine and good, provided it is the life, liberty, and happiness we want you to pursuin'"
One of the reasons I started this thread is that an article like this makes it clear that this is the vision Fox promotes.
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Those who have suffered understand suffering and therefore extend their hand.
I can't do everything, but I can do something.
I think I said it here before,it is not so much the religion as it is individuals. Bad can be from any belief if the person harbors the badness within themselves.
Like B. De. mentioned,general belief in bad in any system,does not allow for those who are truly good.
MAGIC is MAGIC,black OR white or even blood RED
all i ever wanted was a normal life and love.
NO TERF EVER WE belong Too.
don't stop the tears.let them flood your soul.
my new page here,let me know what you think.
nothing but the shadow of what was
It's this idea that the good hardworking man pulls himself by his bootstraps and represents "wholesome american values". It's this specific image that conservative media in my country seems to love which seems to be impossible to remove from christianity. Not an issue with Christianity per say but, this very narrow version to which the empowered prescribe. It's not to say that Christianity is regressive or traditionalist, but to say that traditionalism (and often conservatism) in America are Christian, or influenced by this narrow modern Christianity. It's using the trappings of the faith as a way to appeal to others, many with genuine faith, while also instituting policy which is inherently harmful to the majority of the population.
Christianity is a tool, it could be any religion, used by these people to justify obviously harmful or deluded views. I believe that in many ways the far right are a danger to freedom in my country, and often their actions seem to be under the intention of creating a society based on this fictionalized idea of American morality, a morality which in many cases includes traditionalist thought that has been shaped by American culture and American Christianity. It's difficult to really say that Christianity has not been a major influence to formation of culture and politics in modern America.
For example, McCarthy would reference the morality, the Christian-ness, of America as a factor (among other reasons) as to why they were superior to the atheistic communists, using morality as a tool to spur xenophobia and patriotism. By no means was this the only method used, but this is a component which seems to show up again and again. It's a means of establishing an in-group for the purposes of perceived personal security. A drive for conformity is more likely to create group think and allow for easier manipulation. By creating an "us vs them" mentality those in power could justify (or at the very least distract from) the use of immoral and exploitative tactics. However, this tactic only functions when the wealthy can create an in-group which represents a majority. As demographics change and more people rebel against this homogeny, these groups are threatened because it's a blow to their ever shrinking "in-group". Creating an Us vs Them mentality is not conductive when one believes that "them" is beginning to outnumber and outpower the in-group.
I'm not sure if this is really coming across right. I've written both of these responses while in class so I'm a bit disheveled, and short of composing an actual essay I'm not sure how to really organize this. In short I believe that the far right has chosen to use Christianity because of it's ties to American culture and morality in order to develop power structures which serve to benefit them politically and financially, but this system fails as people reject the system upon which the premise is based.
世の中に潜み落下した「アレ」はねえか? 誰が書き換える 世界の汚れは?
Do you have 'that' which lies dormant within society? Who can overwrite it, the filth in the world?
I consider myself to be a reactionary, rather than a conservative. I see both the (at least what most people consider) traditional and modern as being degenerate.
I see Christianity as a foreign ideology that is fundamentally globalist and deleterious to real western culture. "I'm a Christian first, American second" - Ted Cruz
The driving force of the cancer that is slave morality, or as Oswald Spengler put it "Christian theology is the grandmother of Bolshevism."
Trust is knowing someone or something well enough to have a good idea of their motivations and character, for good or for ill. People often say trust when they mean faith.
They always make this out like secularism is being forced upon people who secretly want to be spiritual. Like, if it weren't for that time your kid joined the scouts instead of Awana, they'd be a Christian. But then they never stop to ask why secularism is rising in the first place (unless controlled by an invisible puppeteer).
If they really wanted to find the answer, the proper question is "Why are people going to public schools instead of $30,000 Christian schools", or "Why are we threatened by the idea of evolution, when Christian biologists are a thing?", or, "What about being told that everyone is scum just for being born js just so darn off-putting that they don't want us to tell them so every week?"
I've also noticed that the churches with shrinking and aging congregations want to save their church and bring in new blood, but don't want to do anything differently than it was done in the 70's, or pander to the youth they're trying to recruit.
Corvus - outstanding analysis of a certain type of conservative-Christian. The way I see it, for certain types, this is spot on.
P.S. Interesting historical note: Isn't this what the original break between Christianity a Judeism was about? Following the "laws" vs. the joy of spirituality?
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Knights, abbeys and afternoon tea in Herefordshire and Shropshire
Visitors to Herefordshire and Shropshire this September will have the chance to visit some of the area's finest historic churches.
Five coach tours are being planned as part of the inaugural Festival of Churches on 14 and 15 September.
More than 250 churches are throwing their doors open to host exhibitions, workshops, tours, talks and other events.
"We are really pleased with the number of churches that are joining in and are still signing up," said Anni Holden, spokesperson for the Festival and organiser of the bus trips.
"We also wanted to make it easy for people to get around so have organised five different trips in Herefordshire and Shropshire, including five different churches and a light lunch and afternoon tea."
The tours each have a different theme and will take in different churches in different parts of the counties. They are aimed at people who love history, heritage and the countryside.
The 'Knights and Monks, Lords and Ladies' tour is being led by historian Tim Bridges and starts at the monastic settlement of Dore Abbey and travels to the home of Blanche Parry, Lady-in-Waiting to Queen Elizabeth I at Bacton, with a lunch stop at the Norman Church at Peterchurch, before travelling on to the Knights Templar Church at Garway and the working monastery of Belmont, where the tour will end with afternoon tea.
The 'Quietest Places under the Sun' tour will be led by historic church expert Andrew Pike and visit churches in Leintwardine, Clungunford, Clunbury, Clun and Lydbury North.
"All the tours have been carefully put together to make an entertaining day out, explain churches and the characters who over the centuries have peopled them," said Holden. "We don't want to swamp visitors with erudite architecture but we do want them to appreciate and enjoy the wonderful heritage exclusive to Herefordshire and South Shropshire. We also think lunch and tea will be an added treat".
Herefordshire buses leave at 10am from outside the Cathedral in Broad St. and tickets can be booked at VisitHerefordshire; Shropshire buses leave Smithfield car-park, Lower Galdeford, Ludlow SY8 1RT at 10am and tickets can be booked through Ludlow Visitor Centre. Details of all tour are on the Diocesan website. Cost includes light lunch and afternoon tea. More details of each coach trip can be found at www.festivalofchurches.co.uk or in the visitor centres where tickets can be purchased.


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All about the National Farm to School Network, USDA's farm to school tactical teams, and an inspirational farm to school case study.
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December 17, 2009: An Introduction to the National Farm to School Network
The National Farm to School Network aims to bring local and regional food directly from farms to school cafeterias across the country. Learn the latest about the important and synergistic efforts of one of the NGFN's new partner organizations.
The webinar covers key aspects of farm to school initiatives that are getting more good food to more students, all over the country. Leaders of the National Farm to School organization describe their strategies, the network and the services they provide and update us on Congressional activity. A representative from USDA's farm to school "tactical team" talks about how they are supporting farm to school efforts and how USDA has prioritized the farm to school concept.
You'll also hear a practical case study of the creation and expansion of a farm to school program presented by the lead of that program—once a skeptic! If you want to know more about how you can be involved in this burgeoning avenue for scaling up good food, join us.
Recorded Webinar
- Anupama Joshi - National Farm to School Overview
- Megan Lott - Policy Overview / Update
- Loren LaCorte - Farm to School Tactical Teams
- Doug Davis - Burlington, VT Case Study
- Steve Warshawer - Food Safety
- farmtocafeteriaconference.com
- communityfoodenterprise.org
- Create your profile on ngfn.org
- email@example.com
- www.farmtoschool.org
- http://fns.usda.gov/cnd
In-Webinar Written Q&A Transcript
Q: Who comprise the Farm to School Tactical teams in California?
A: There isn't a USDA farm to school tactical team in CA, it is a national team based in DC; however there is a great group in CA: www.cafarmtoschool.org
Q: What role do school gardens play? Any significant contribution?
A: Yes to be blunt. We have research.
A. In terms of getting gardens going in your schools, here are some resources that will be helpful:
1. The California School Garden Network: csgn.org and schoolgardenwizard.org(excellent resources for garden-based curriculum and for getting started with school gardens)
2. There is a Youth Garden Grants Program through the National Gardening Association, where you can apply for mini garden grants for individual schools: http://assoc.garden.org/grants/
3. America the Beautiful Fund: http://www.america-the-beautiful.org/. A non-profit group receives seed donations from major seed companies. Sets of 50 packets of vegetables, flowers and herbs are available for the cost of postage and handling.
Q: What is the name of the Chicago food service provider just mentioned? Thanks!
A: Chartwells Thompson
Q: It would appear repetitive to have the National F2S Network AND a USDA generated F2S website. Will they be coordinated efforts?
A: There may be some overlap, but as Anupama [Joshi] mentioned, USDA will work closely with the National Farm to School Network to ensure that the websites are complementary to each other.
A: The Network and the USDA are coordinating efforts, but this question still needs to be answered.
Q: Is Virginia one of those 24 states to have passed legislation supporting farm to school programs?
A: Yes it is - check out a listing of all states on www.farmtoschool.org
To search for Virginia state legislation: http://leg1.state.va.us/
SB 797 (Chapter #352 of 2007 Virginia Laws)
SB 797 authorizes the Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services to create a website that promotes Virginia agricultural products to educational institutions. The website should include information such as farmers' contact information, amount and types of produce available.
The website is available at: http://www.vdacs.virginia.gov/vagrown/index.shtml
SJ 347 authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry and the Secretary of Education to establish a Farm to School Task Force that will develop a plan for implementing a farm to school program in Virginia.
The task force will study methods for providing information to the Virginia Department of Education, interested schools divisions and institutions of higher ed.
Q: Are there any instances of institutions of higher ed supporting or helping to start up a farm to school program at a local elementary school?
A: There are several out there - higher ed institutions and universities involved in a partnership with other local orgs to start up a farm to school program.
Q: Is there a posted list of current GAP certified small farmers by region?
A: I think that the best source of this information may be your particular state department of agriculture...there is no broad list since there is no unified GAP program.
Q: are there many schools in Georgia participating in farm to school?
A: Yes, in Decatur and Atlanta
A: You can check out GA here: http://www.farmtoschool.org/state-home.php?id=58
Q: Is this funding available for private schools?
A: All schools participating in the Nation School Lunch Program are eligible to apply.
Q: I would be interested in more detail on the synergy Doug Davis mentioned between the fresh produce and the federal commodities program.
A: We use the commodities offered and combine them with local items to reduce the per portion cost of the item. An example would be using the frozen commodity cherries combined with local apples to make breads or crisps.
Q: Will you be discussing liability insurance requirements of schools or food service contractors that are too high for small local producers or processors?
A: Yes, and most farmers have the minimum insurance necessary to sell to schools. For example, I have 5 acres in production and I have $1 million coverage.
and it is not intuitive where to find Farm to School... please advise with further direction
Q: I just tried to find USDA's program referred by Loren LaCorte at http://fns.usda.gov/cnd
A: That's correct - the website is not available today. The website will be released tomorrow afternoon. Try again then.
Q: How will the USDA farm to school site differ from the national farm to school site that already exists?
A: We are working closely with USDA to ensure there is no overlap with the websites, but that they are complementary
Q: What is Burlington's total annual food budget?
A: We spend about 1 million per year on food
Q: How can I find the economic study done in Oregon that showed a 1.87 multiplier effect from local food purchase?
A: You can visit the Ecotrust website: http://www.ecotrust.org/farmtoschool/
A: Here is the press: http://www.ecotrust.org/news/f2s-capital-press_boosts-economy_20090326.html
Q: What is the CSA in the classroom model?
A: CSA is Community Supported Agriculture. [In the classroom, educators can u]se CSA baskets as in-class nutrition and agricultural education tools. This tool can help reinforce your local salad bar's nutrition and agricultural lessons. The farmer can bring in the CSA box and have a nutrition/ag lesson.
Q: For Presenter Doug Davis: is there statistics on how well your program is working at the school in the DR? Also, is there a web-site with your program information on it?
A: We were able to deliver fruit to 3000+ children several times last school year. Our goal was to get long term local funding and we are still working on that. I am hopeful it will be sustained. Feel free to contact me email@example.com
Q: For Doug: Have you had any concerns or issues about using volunteers for food prep or processing and storage--from unions or others?
A: We are upfront with our union and do offer the work to them if they want it. Most of the work takes place in the summer and they don't want it. We train our volunteers in food safety and always have a certified serve safe employee present. We have had no issues.
Q: Foodservice companies tend to require $5 million insurance.
A: You are right. I have $1 million insurance on my farm and that is standard.
Q: Did you guys do a study of how the $30k in local purchasing in Burlington may have had a multiplier effect as discussed earlier?
A: I don't think so, the Ecotrust study is the first one done on f2s and economic multipliers
Q: Does Steve [Warshawer] and NGFN do regional visits/presentations to farmers interested in global GAP certification?
A: We have not done this yet... we will need to assess demand in order to develop this capacity
Q: Do schools recommend themselves for a USDA visit, or can others make reccs to USDA?
A: either way, farm to school at the local level is a partnership with schools, community members, non profits, farmers, and parents
A: USDA will work through the school food service director to set up visits; however, if you have a school that you would like to recommend, I'd like to hear from you. You can email me at email@example.com.
Q: Is $100k per state the accurate figure for schools to buy local?
A: I think you are referring to the Small Purchase Threshold, which makes it easier to purchase local product by having fewer restrictions (read: paperwork), but it is not a max for any state to buy local.
Q: can the resources found on farmtoschoo.org be used publicly by anyone?
A: Yes, the resources on www.farmtoschool.org are free and meant to be used.
Q: Are there national requirements as to what schools must require from farmers in order to buy from them OTHER than liability insurance? I.e. GAP, etc?
A: It varies by state, here are some examples: The OR Dept of Education has a purchasing guideline they provided to food service directors, and near the bottom you will find mention of GAP
The OR Dept of Agriculture has GAP Certification page
Iowa State's checklist for purchasing local
Recent USDA memo Q&A about school gardens http://www.ode.state.or.us/services/nutrition/cacfp/mailings/2010/081409attach.pdf
Q: Can you give us some good examples of F2S programs that incorporate meat, dairy and eggs?
A: I believe Doug's program has used local meats as well
A: Colorado is leading the way.
Q: Specific examples of those higher ed + elementary school partnerships? Students here at the Univ of Virginia have a fairly strong presence in the local elem. schools via tutoring/Big Sib programs/etc, and not yet in a food capacity -- but the interest is there.
A: Occidental College has helped set up and facilitate several farm to school programs in the Southern CA region including at Santa Monica Malibu USD, Riverside, Compton and in Los Angeles USD. Other examples that come to mind are Univ. of Missouri Nutrition Demission in St Louis, MO; Johns Hopkins Center for Livable Futures involvement in Baltimore schools, UC Davis's SAREP involvement in the Davis USD Farm to School program, UNC at Chapel Hill with Durham County schools, Cornell Coop Extension and Nutrition Dept., UNH Office of Sustainability in setting up a statewide program. I am sure there are many others out there.


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Feb 29, 2016
Today's guest is Nate Herman director, writer, musician, artist, and fine human. Nate was my director at Second City where he midwifed the show with the longest name of any Second City show ever…I think. ``The Heliotrope Players` Production of Thornton Wilder`s American Classic, `Our Town,` as Directed by d`Eric Blakemore, or "Cash Stations of the Cross." Nate has written for Saturday Night Live where he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy. He's an alum of the The Second City, wrote for The National Lampoon Radio Hour. Nate performed and wrote on National Lampoon's classic comedy "Lemmings." Nate's band, Wilderness Road, recorded for both Columbia Records and Warner/Reprise. Not too shabby. Nate has a great set of pipes, and you can hear him reading on the audiobook version of "The Ballad of A Small Talker" by Chris Churchill. We chatted at Chicago's Heartland Cafe. Pull up a chair and give a listen.


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Google introduced some very cool things at I/O 2013, primary among them was a renewed focus on services. In addition to talking a lot about new Google Play Services which will bring a whole new set of features and functionality to every Android handset and tablet from Froyo on up, we were also shown "Auto Awesome" and Hangouts (the replacement for Talk).
Auto Awesome
"Auto Awesome" is a set of utilities built in to the latest version of Google Plus — the website, not the app. It can automatically select the best pictures from your vacation and organize them into a scrap book for you. It can apply HDR-style filters and enhancements. It can fix your brightness, saturation, and tone. It can pull various layers out of your images and optimize them individually to make your snapshots look amazing. It can even soften your wrinkles and even out skin tones. Yes, all of that is "awesome", and it does all of that non-destructively and automatically. How great is that?! I'm truly impressed.
Unfortunately, all of this is done online by the Google+ servers and services. The images on your phone remain bland and unimproved. If you don't have a Google+ account, you're out of luck. If you do have a Google+ account, but never use it, your images are tucked away in a service that you never visit. That's concerning.
I can see why Google would do that. It wants us to use its online services and aggregate all our information in that singular place. It wants all our information, and it wants it organized into neat and tidy "circles" of our associates, friends, and family members. Honestly, it's a more than just a little creepy.
One of the main things Google Talk has going for it is its ability to connect via the XMPP protocol to any other compatible service. You don't have to have a Google account to chat with someone who does have a Google account. The new Google Hangouts, however (which is replacing Google Talk) doesn't work with XMPP. People who were using XMPP clients are seeing their Google-based friends simply disappear from their "online" lists.
This can also be explained by Google wanting to unify everyone under its umbrella. Cutting out an entire protocol, along with all the businesses and individuals who have signed on to use it isn't promising. In fact, its worrisome!
The Trend
Connecting the dots between these and other recent changes at Google starts to piece together a puzzle that isn't based around interoperability and freely accessible information. It paints a picture of a company quickly and quietly cutting off anyone who's not using their services and entices everyone to depend on one company.
It's concerning.
Google should have added the "auto awesome" features to the stock Android Gallery app with a user setting to perform the optimizations by default, or only if applied manually. Doing so would liberate your photos so you could do with them as you please, since the original and the "auto awesome" version would both be on your phone or tablet. But it didn't.
Google shouldn't have cut off XMPP chat support. If anything it should have expanded support. Google should have embraced it and used its features and functionality to the fullest extent possible, then expanded the capabilities without breaking backwards compatibility. But it didn't.
Google must focus on solutions not services, and must reinstate XMPP support soon. It's a disappointing trend, and possibly a dangerous one, putting all your personal information into one basket, and enticing everyone who's not already in that basket to migrate or lose contact with their friends? If you're not worried now, you should be.


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by Steve Dally at The Ozark Fly Fisher Journal
as a follow up to yesterday's Davy Knot post, seeing that Teresa 'T-Bird' Van Winkle and Davy Wotton are an item, here's an interesting video on a very successful nymph pattern.
it's not like replacing standard feather fibres with much-more moving marabou is something new but then its not all that common either and well worth adding a couple of these variants when tying a series of nymphs.
this extra tail movement can be the deciding factor at times and has come in more-than-handy throughout the years for me.
in short, this slight transformation of the tail brings the same nymph pattern somewhere between the 'traditional' nymph and a swimming micro streamer, giving the fish in turn another enticing tidbit to wet their appetites. give them a try.


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Derek Landy is author of the Skulduggery Pleasant series – which includes Skulduggery Pleasant (known as Sceptre of the Ancients in the US), Playing with Fire, The Faceless Ones, Dark Days, and Mortal Coil. He will be visiting New Zealand as part of his 2012 Down Under Tour.
Dates are;
Thursday 9th:
The Children's Bookshop, Kilbirnie- Public Signing – 4:30 PM
Whitcoulls, Queensgate – Public Signing – 7 PM
Friday 10th:
The Children's Bookshop, Blenheim Rd – Public Signing – 4:30 PM
Saturday 11th:
Appearing on Breakfast TV at 8:20 AM
Whitcoulls, Albany Mall – Public Signing – 10 AM
Paperplus Botany Town Centre – Public Signing – 1 PM
For the public signings, all you have to do is turn up and Derek will sign as much as possible in the time he has.


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All I wanted to do was sit down, watch some Andromeda episodes, and drink my Monster Energy drink. Windows 7 decided to be confusing and kill 10 minutes of my time reading about the NTFS file system though, so I thought I'd blog about my findings.
It all started when I wanted to access My Videos. I went into my Documents "Library" in Windows 7, clicked on My Videos, and got an access denied error. Then I went in a little deeper and found,
C:\users\PherricOxide\Videos\ really exists.
C:\users\PherricOxide\My Videos\ is what's shown in Explorer. This works when clicked.
C:\users\PherricOxide\My Documents\My Videos\ gives an access denied error.
The explanation? NTFS Junction Points. It's a type of Reparse Point like symbolic links to files or mount points. In simple terms, a shortcut to a directory. This isn't the same as the Windows Shell Shortcut though, like you would create with a new -> shortcut button. Junction points act entirely like the directory they point to.
For example, Vista and Windows 7 have a Junction "C:\Documents and Settings\" which points to "C:\users" to add legacy support for old applications now that the user data has been moved to a new location. If you move a file foo.txt into "C:\Documents and Settings\PherricOxide\" it will really move it into "C:\users\PherricOxide\". This allows older applications to read, write, and modify files inside "Documents and Settings" without ever knowing it doesn't exist anymore. Nifty, huh?
Now the odd part is the "Access Denied" messages when you try and access a Junction inside Vista or 7. The reason for this is that the file permissions are set so that you can't list the files inside the these Junction/Directories. If you change the permissions or take control of the junction you can, but I wouldn't advise it, because this is actually a feature and not a bug. The reason is that programs like virus software, backup software, or anything else that scans your entire drive likely wouldn't realize they are traversing a junction. Using the above example during a virus scan, the scanner would scan both "C:\users\PherricOxide\foo.txt" and "C:\Documents and Settings\PherricOxide\foo.txt" for viruses, and waste quite a bit of time. To avoid this, permissions have been set up so all the Junctions in Vista and Windows 7 can't be opened and listed, but the files inside can still be modified if you know the exact path to them.
Interesting notes,
- To view the junctions with the command prompt, you can run dir /aL in a folder. This is also the easiest way to see where a Junction points. Just a normal dir won't show them.
- To view all the junctions in your computer, dir /aL /s > c:\JunctionsList.txt
- Someone finally came to their senses and got rid of all the My this and My that crap in the file system, plus spaces in tons of file names, yay! Unfortunately for the user, they still think they see it all, due to collections of junctions, symlinks, and Libraries for reverse comparability and new features.
- In Windows Explorer, Junction points are indicated with an arrow icon
- Deleting a Junction in Windows Vista and 7 is usually safe, but in XP or 2000 will likely delete the contents of the folder that the Junction points to.


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Hi there, viewing the fact that I signed a contract working for McKinsey soon, I'd like to know about your first-day/week experience at your firms. Since I am ranked among the "exotics"^^, I don't have any work experience in that area, not even as an intern… So this question goes to all of you who had the privilege to work for a consulting firm already.
Starting career at MBB
This is an awesome thread! As a natural scientist I am exotic as well :D I was wondering how you've made it into the blue team without any work experience in that area. Do you guys think it's better to look for internships first or should I rather give it a try? I have some work experience in a couple of branches (not consulting) and my grades are quite outstanding…
Congrats on the job!
Most consulting firms have a very well-structured on-boarding process, and I am sure that McKinsey does. On day one you will do a lot of the administrative work. You will receive your laptop, your phone, office key badge, your business cards. For me, these things were waiting on my desk, along with a small welcome gift on my desk (back then, we still had individual desks).
You'll get a tour of the office, learn the most important ins and outs (IT support, travel stuff, conferencing etc.) and most likely have a call / meeting / lunch with your Mentor and maybe with the Engagement Manager or partner on your first project.
Then it is most likely off to training or to your first project.
But Guennael is right: Everybody will be nice, everybody will offer their help and give you a warm welcome.
PS: I have also seen new hires (seniors, though) that were immediately shipped to the client and had their stuff sent there by courier. That's a lot less romantic ;-)
PPS: The most important people - be it in your office or at the client's - to have in your team and have friendly relations with are the assistants and then IT support. They can work miracles for you if they like you. So be extra-super-nice to them, especially on your first day. Before you know any consultant's name, learn theirs. It's a well-worn, but true saying: There's no second chance for a first impression.
i would basically bust my ass to get a good reputation.
but awesome!!
You will be walking on cloud 9, everyone will be super friendly, and you will probably start training as soon as they have given you a laptop, phone and probably even your business cards. Best day ever :)
Congrats btw, nice job on getting McK!
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Self-financed technical institutes have launched a front to fight against what they describe as "the AICTE bias" against them, saying the technical education regulator has framed all the rules for them and let off the deemed and private universities which also offer technical courses.
Demanding for a uniform set of regulations for all higher educational institutions offering engineering and other technical programmes in the country, the unaided private colleges on Sunday announced formation of an All India Federation of Technical Institutes (AIFTI) to carry forward their fight. "While there are government committees in states to fix the maximum tuition fee that we can charge from students, there is no such rule for the deemed universities and private universities offering technical programmes," said Pradeep Kumar, vice president of the newly-formed AIFTI, at a press conference.
The regulations of the All India Council for Technical Institutes (AICTE) require self-financed institutes to have a minimum area of 60,000 square feet to offer just one course, while the deemed universities and private universities can offer any number of courses in just 20,000 square feet area," V K Verma, chairman of Shri Ram College of Technology, Bhopal, said.
Money power
"If you have money, you can get a degree in a technical programme without attending any classes and taking examination. There are many deemed universities and private universities in the country ready to offer you such a deal if you pay for it. There is no one to monitor their functioning," the AIFTI vice president said.
More than 8,000 self-financed institutes have been offering technical programmes approved by the AICTE in various disciplines.
Of them, over 4,000 institutes offer undergraduate degree programmes in technical education. A total of 554 self -financed technical colleges are operating in Karnataka while 1,201 such institutes are operating in of Tamil Nadu.
Deemed and private universities offering technical programmes get their approval from the University Grants Commission.
"While deemed universities offering technical courses have to submit some details to the AICTE, the private universities offering technical courses are completely out of the ambit of the university," AIFTI president R S Munirathinam, who is also the founder-chairperson of the RMK Group of Institutions in Chennai, said.
About 127 deemed universities are operating in the country, besides a total of 176 private universities under the states. While 37 of the total deemed universities are fully run and managed by the government, 11 are government-aided and 79 are fully private deemed universities.
"There is no regulation to fix their intake while the AICTE regulations require us to admit a maximum 180 students per course. We do not want such discrimination. We want one rule for all," Munirathinam added.


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Quantico Sneak Peek Season 1 Episode 5: Alex Takes Shelby Hostage
How much did you love the last episode of Quantico?!?! Is the wait for the next episode just killing you? Well, we got something to tide you over until Sunday. Check out this scene from episode 5, "Found."
Watch the Quantico Sneak Peek from Episode 5
In episode 4, the recruits are tasked with performing a hostage rescue training exercise that shakes Alex, making her question her ability and whether she should quit Quantico. While in the future, Alex continues to search for clues, finding one that questions the innocence of one of her closest classmates. But is her clue really what she thinks? No one is who they seem.
In this sneak peek, Alex says the only piece of evidence (the wire) points to Shelby's guilt. Shelby, on the other hand, says it could point to anybody because of its military origins. Either way, Alex is taking Shelby hostage because she needs her as leverage. Be the first to see the all-new season 1 episode 5 sneak peek of Quantico's next episode "Found," airing SUNDAY OCT 25 10|9c on ABC.
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Alex: You need to turn yourself in Shelby! The only real piece of evidence points to you.
About Found:
The trainees leave campus for the first time while undergoing their first undercover assignment. With an evening full of unpredictable events, Alex and Ryan find themselves getting close while the recruits' skills are tested. In the future, Alex decides to tell her side of the story and sits down for her first public interview leaving everyone watching to wonder who is really telling the truth.
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Though it might look pretty, Giant Hogweed is an invasive plant that has the potential to cause a great deal of harm not only to human health, but also to the environment. This is because it can cause severe skin burns, and prevents the growth of native plants.
First introduced to the UK and Europe in the nineteenth century, Giant Hogweed originally hails from Russia and the Caucasus Mountains in Georgia. In fact, it's origins in Britain have been traced back to the Russian Gorenki Botanic Gardens, who provided seeds to The Kew Botanic Gardens in 1817; it then became a key feature planted in ornamental gardens throughout Britain, before quickly spreading into the wild.
As a result, Giant Hogweed is now classed as an "invasive alien" in the UK, and this due to the negative effect it has on the growth of native plants, and the resulting impact this has on wildlife. According to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, it's an offense to cause the spread of these "invasive aliens" in England and Wales. Similar legislation is also in place for the rest of the UK.
Giant Hogweed is also very harmful to human health as the chemicals in the sap cause photosensitivity or phytophotodermatitis (sensitivity to sunlight). As well as severe burns and blistering of the skin, this can also result in pigmentation, and long-lasting scarring.
With Giant Hogweed quickly spreading in the summer heat, it's essential that you're able to properly identify, remove and dispose of Giant Hogweed…
How to identify Giant Hogweed
To identify Giant Hogweed, look out for thick purple-spotted stems, as well as coarse white hairs that occur at the base of the stalk. The plant will also have white, flat-topped flowers, which face upwards and are held in umbels.
Giant Hogweed is a very large invasive plant, and its size is one of its defining features. Not only can it reach a height of 5 metres with a spread of around 1-2m, but its leaves are up to 1.5m across, and 3m long. The flower heads can also be as large 60cm across.
One of the main issues when identifying Giant Hogweed is that it's very similar in appearance to cow parsley (which isn't harmful). However, there are a few differences, particularly in terms of the leaves and stems. For example, Giant Hogweed has finer leaves, more feathery leaves that are a darker green, and the distinctive purple blotches on their stems. Cow parsley also has hairy stems.
How to remove Giant Hogweed
When it comes to removing Giant Hogweed, you can use both chemical and non-chemical methods to do so. However, if you do choose a chemical treatment, it's important to remember that Glyphosate-based weedkillers will be the most effective option, as they kill both the roots and top layers of growth.
As the RHS explains, you'll need to spray the young foliage in May, though you should also be wary of regrowth; this may need to be re-treated in August or September. It may also be advantageous to cut back the plants before spraying the foliage.
To treat Giant Hogweed without chemicals, you can simply remove the seedlings and young plants by hand. The best time to do this is in May, at a time when the soil is moist. You can also let the spike of the flower to form, and remove this before it has a chance to flower.
One of the most important things to remember when removing Giant Hogweed is to wear appropriate clothing to prevent physical contact with its sap. Gloves should definitely be worn, though you should also take care to cover your face; Giant Hogweed can cause temporary and permanent blindness if it comes into contact with the eyes.
Clothing and the tools you use for removal can also be contaminated, so make sure these are cleaned after removing the plant.
How to dispose of Giant Hogweed
Giant Hogweed is classed as controlled waste, so it needs to be properly disposed of after treatment and removal. Although this can be achieved through composting or burning, large amounts should be disposed of in a licenced landfill site.
As the GOV.UK website explains, you can get fined up to £5,000 or be sent to prison for 2 years if you don't properly dispose of invasive, non-native plants (such as Giant Hogweed and the equally difficult to control, Japanese Knotweed), and allow its waste to spread into the wild.
If you're concerned about the spread of Giant Hogweed in your grounds or garden, get in touch with PHS Greenleaf; our team will assess the area and provide a bespoke report, before safely removing the Giant Hogweed.