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The Sergeant started out as a servant, serviens in Latin, to a knight in medieval times. He became a fighting man probably for self preservation because combat in those days often amounted to cutting down everybody in reach, regardless of whether they were armed. He became an experienced warrior who might ride a horse but was not wealthy enough to afford all the equipment and retainers to qualify as a knight. As an experienced soldier he might be called upon to take charge of a group of serfs or other common people forced to serve in an army of feudal levies. The Sergeant would conduct what training he could to teach his charges to fight, lead them into battle and, most important, keep them from running away during a battle. Sergeant was not a rank but an occupation. He might lead others he might fight alone or as a member of a group of sergeants, or he might serve the lord of his village as a policeman or guard. The modern title "sergeant-at-arms" used by many clubs recalls armed Sergeants who kept order at meetings.
The English borrowed the word "sergeant" from the French in about the Thirteenth Century. They spelled it several different ways and pronounced it both as SARgent and SERgeant. The latter was closer to the French pronunciation. The SARgeant pronunciation became the most popular, however, so that when the Nineteenth Century dictionary writers agreed that the word should be spelled "sergeant" they could not change the popular pronunciation. Thus, we say SARgeant while the French and others say SERgeant.
Sergeant became a regular position and then a rank as army organizations evolved. It has been a key rank in British and European armies for several hundred years. When our Army and Marine Corps started in 1775 it was natural that both include Sergeants. The rank's many duties and levels of responsibility have lead to several grades of Sergeant. The Air Force has six while the Army and Marines five. I will not discuss the various grades here because to do that properly would require a booklet by itself.
From: Why is the Colonel Called "Kernal"? The Origin of the Ranks and Rank Insignia Now Used by the United States Armed Forces
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Summertime means some people are out looking for a part time job before school starts again, or they are looking to supplement their income with an additional job. Better Business Bureau of Upstate New York wants everyone to be aware of employment scams, especially this time of year.
BBB's Scam Tracker shows several job scams, mostly "work from home" schemes. One person said they received an offer to be a mystery shopper who would be paid $198 for each survey they completed. This person didn't fall for the scam; what tipped her off was all of the misspelled words in the email.
Scammers find their victims through email and job sites, whether by posting a "position" or reaching out directly to the person. Common signs of scam job offers are flexible hours or the ability to work from home. The position usually pays well for little work and the name of the company may be made up or similar to a well-known company. What we've also found is that the scammers are not even in this country.
Be sure to look at the contact information in the posting. If asked to apply by email, check that the address listed is on the company's domain (firstname.lastname@example.com, firstname.lastname@example.com). Also, look at the website of the company. A real website has an "S" in the URL (https) which shows that it is secure. Unsecured websites put not only your computer but also your personal information at risk.
Ask yourself these questions when job searching:
Is this company real? – Compare the contact information in the offer to the information listed on the company's website. Confirm the job opening by getting in touch with the company. You can also check the company's profile on bbb.org – it will tell you the type of business and its reputation.
Are we moving too fast? – A business will not ask you for any personal information before you are hired. This includes your home address, Social Security number, or bank accounts.
Where's my interview? – Business will rarely make hiring decisions over the phone without a formal interview. An on-the-spot offer could be a sign of trouble.
Is this realistic? – If the job requires no experience and offers decent pay for few hours and easy work, that's a red flag. Common titles in employment scams include secret shopper, caregiver, or customer service representative.

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I have always wanted to go to Boston, because my mum enjoyed being there in the Winter, and thus Boston is perennially lovely and snow-covered in my mind. This want has suddenly become urgent as there is a Charles LeDray exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston.
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"In the world of small miracles, I discovered that one of my former students, Charles LeDray, has become famous!"
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"Charles LeDray is primarily self-taught, although he attended art school in Seattle and worked as a museum guard at the Seattle Art Museum, both briefly."
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Car fans might have been a little too quick to write the Audi TT off in the past. After all, the first generation model did bear more than a passing resemblance to a VW Beetle.
The Gen 3 converted a lot of doubters when it arrived in 2014, but it was the RS that really got people to sit up and take notice. Now, some even more aggressive styling tweaks and a heap more power for 2016 will have anyone still sat on the fence quickly changing their tune.
The TT RS is the ultimate evolution of Audi's sporty two-door coupe, and really, what's not to like? Up front, a lower, angrier face with race-inspired front splitter and massive 20in alloys. Under the hood, a 2.5l, turbocharged five cylinder engine and 7-speed, dual-clutch automatic gearbox. Around back, two throaty, growling exhausts that absolutely sing when you bury the throttle. It's a potent combination.
I got to put one through its paces in Madrid, to see how it handles a mix of motorways, mountains and track driving ahead of a UK launch later this year.
Take a look at me now
Those aggressive new looks aren't just for show. Aerodynamic tweaks have gone hand-in-hand with a brand new engine under the hood, built almost entirely from aluminium to drop as much as 26kg of weight.
It's a significant saving, made all the more impressive by the power boost. The TT RS is now knocking on the door of 400bhp, which equals a 174mph top speed and 0-62 in 3.7 seconds using launch control. Which I can absolutely confirm works as intended.
Flip traction control off, drop into Sport mode, left foot brake and bury the throttle for a second. The car holds the engine at 3500rpm, and side-stepping the brake transfers all that power to the road thanks to Audi's Quattro permanent all-wheel drive system. It's a G force-inducing, whiplash-causing bolt off the line, one that never failed to put a smile on my face.
That 7-speed auto 'box easily kept up with me, both in a straight line and when in and out of twisting bends and tight chicanes. Still, there are paddle shifters are on hand if you want to do the heavy lifting yourself.
It all comes together on a track, with the Quattro system keeping the power on the road. It's tied to the driving modes now, so gives a little more bias to the rear wheels when you're in Dynamic, but it's still just a little too controlling. You won't be throwing the back out like a rear wheel drive Porsche Cayman - the TT RS's main rival.
You feel connected to the road thanks to a responsive steering wheel that allows for sharper turns, and a torque vectoring system sending power where you need it most. It's not a laugh riot, but laser-focused on precision and performance.
Devil in the details
That fixed wing on the back helps force the car down when you're trying to get spirited with the accelerator, but it's another example of how restrained the RS is - even for a sub 4-second road monster. A lot of people will be happy about that, but attention seekers will be sad it's not that little bit more noticeable.
The thing is, if you want to cause a stir with the RS, you just need to feather the throttle. Audi's engineers have managed to draw a gutteral, raw-sounding growl from that engine, and piped it through twin exhausts that will definitely wake the neighbours.
It's not a synthetic sound, either - active flaps inside the exhaust draw out the decibels when you want them, but close shut with a button press when it's time to enter stealth mode. Of course, I insisted on being as loud as possible for most of my time with the car, but then I'm clearly a hooligan.
Virtual cockpit
Drop yourself down into the sculpted seats and it's impossible not to notice the minimal centre console.
There's no touchscreen staring back at you - just a row of fans and that racing-inspired, flat-bottomed steering wheel borrowed from the R8 supercar, complete with the same big red engine start button and drive mode selector.
Instead, Audi's virtual cockpit replaces the entire dashboard with a high resolution screen. It's a brilliant concept, putting all the info you'll ever need to look at while driving right in front of your face.
That means the standard stuff like rev count, speed and which gear you're in, but also route guidance, music controls, traffic alerts and speed limits, and a phone dialler if you've paired your handset.
It's the detailed diagnostic breakdown that'll make real car fans smile, though. Why bother with a map when you can have a lateral G-meter showing how hard you're chucking the car in and out of corners?
Push the button
There's Android Auto on board, too, although I didn't have an iPhone handy to see if Carplay was on board too. Audi's rolled it out to the Q7 already, but is taking its time with other models.
Most of the controls are on the wheel, so you don't have to take your hands off to flick through menus, but it doesn't leave your passenger with much to do. This is every bit the driver's car.
You do still get the MMI control system (that big dial set back into the centre console), but anyone fiddling it while you're driving runs the risk of hiding your sat-nav directions in favour of changing tracks on the stereo.
Otherwise, it really is minimal in here: the temperature controls are built into tiny displays on each fan grille, leaving you to get on with the driving.
That's easily done thanks to those comfy bucket seats, which have adjustable side walls to really lock you into place while you're taking on winding B-roads. I still feel the driving position isn't as low and far forward as you'd want from a sporty two-door, but you can get pretty close with the electrical seat adjustment.
Lose the roof, keep the power
The TT isn't just a coupé , of course. I also put the Roadster through its paces.
Chopping off the roof and strengthening the sides to compensate has added a bit more weight, sure, but the Roadster still drives like the engine inside it is trying to rev itself free and escape the car. It'll hit 62 in 3.9 seconds, just 0.2sec short of the coupé.
With the roof down, there's nothing to get between your ears and that fanastic engine note, which sounds just as good here as it does in the hard top. There was a little bit of unwanted wind noise inside the coupé at moderate speeds, but here it's a case of the more, the merrier.
I took both cars out on a winding mountain route, and was impressed that there's barely anything to separate them in terms of handling. The RS sticks to the road, even when you get spirited. That won't please everyone, but at least you're a lot less likely to end up in a ditch than with a rear-wheel drive alternative.
You've got to keep the engine revving near the redline to get the little bit of extra grunt that'll really make you smile, but you won't really experience it once you hit fourth gear. And that's only because you'll be edging into license-losing territory, not because you've found the car's limits.
Light it up
The TT RS cuts a mean figure in the daylight, but some aggressive front and rear light clusters make sure that meanness carries over once the sun goes down.
That's especially true if you splash out on the optional OLED lights, which use tech carried over from smartphones and TVs. OLEDs don't need cooling like a regular light, and weigh less too, so Audi is able to shave off a little extra bulk from the car's kerb weight.
They don't cast shadows and don't need reflectors, either, so don't need to be obscured with frosted or patterned glass. You can see straight into the lights themselves - and spot the tiny Audi T RS logo and the four Audi rings imprinted on them. It's a small touch, but it looks top notch in the flesh.
It's the way they animate into life that really makes an impression, though. The indicators sweep in the direction you're turning, and the OLED clusters light up individually whenever they're called into action. It's slick, and makes one hell of an impression on anyone that sees one coming in their rear view mirror.
Tops off, baby
Taking the TT RS Roadster out for a blitz in sunny Spain is a very different experience to the one most UK drivers are going to have once the car arrives. Back in Blighty, it'll probably spend a lot more time with the roof on.
Good job it raises and lowers in about ten seconds, then - you won't get drenched if the heavens suddenly open.
It still cuts a mean figure once the rood is in place, too - even if the grey model seen in our pics is just a little bit more... mainstream than the vibrant blue and red hues also on display during Audi's test drive event.
Audi TT RS Coupé (2016) initial verdict
In either hardtop guise or with its roof off, in an RS badge the TT is every bit the road racer it deserves to be.
On long distance motorway cruises, dropping down into Comfort mode and setting the exhaust to Standard makes it no more of a struggle to drive than any other compact Audi. Get out into the country, though, and you can open the taps and really let that engine growl.
Few owners will ever take one onto a track, but it can hold its own here too - even if it is just a little more restrained, that little bit more serious than the competition.
Will that matter when you're driving home from work on a rainy winter evening, through chock-a-block traffic on bumpy UK roads? Nah, not really. But that's exactly where you need the gutteral exhaust note to put a smile firmly back on your face.
It's launching later this year in the UK, where hopefully we'll be able to put one through its paces and see how that stiffened suspension copes with potholes and British tarmac.


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Liverpool in the Club World Cup: All you need to know
Find out the date and details of the 2019 FIFA Club World Cup.
When and where is the 2019 Club World Cup being played?
FIFA awarded Qatar hosting rights for the next two editions of the Club World Cup for 2019 and 2020. Matches will be played between from Dec. 11 through to the final on Dec. 21.
Who is in the Club World Cup?
It features the continental champions of Europe, South America, Asia, Africa, North America, and Oceania, plus the Al Sadd, champions of the Qatar Stars League to represent the hosts.
The qualifiers are:
Europe: Liverpool (England), UEFA Champions League winners
South America: Flamengo (Brazil), CONMEBOL Copa Libertadores winners
Africa: Esperance Sportive de Tunis (Tunisia), CAF Champions League winners
North America: Monterrey (Mexico), CONCACAF Champions League winners
Oceania: Hienghene Sport (New Caledonia), OFC Champions League winners
Asia: Al Hilal (Saudi Arabia), AFC Champions League winners
Host team: Al Sadd (Winners of Qatar Stars League)
What is the format of the Club World Cup?
First round (Dec. 11): Al Sadd beat Hienghene Sport 3-1 after extra time.
Second round (Dec. 14): Monterrey defeated Al Sadd 3-2. In the other tie, Al Hilal beat Esperance 1-0.
Fifth-place playoff (Dec, 17): The two losing second round teams meet.
Semifinals: Liverpool will play Monterrey on Dec. 18. The other semi, on Dec. 17, sees Flamengo against Al Hilal.
Third-place playoff (Dec. 21): The two losing semifinalists meet.
Final (Dec. 21): The two winners from the semifinals play for the trophy.
But hasn't FIFA made the Club World Cup bigger?
Yes, FIFA has decided to make the Club World Cup a much larger tournament, featuring 24 teams, but this is not planned to happen until 2021. However, Europe's top clubs have threatened to boycott the expanded competition.
FIFA will approach potential hosts for the expanded edition of the club tournament before making a recommendation at the next council meeting in Shanghai on Oct. 23 and 24.
The Club World Cup will continue in its current format in 2019 and 2020.
What happens to Liverpool's domestic fixtures?
Liverpool will have to take a break from their domestic Premier League and Carabao Cup games to travel for the Club World Cup.
Liverpool will have to rearrange their away game at West Ham United on Dec. 21 (with the Club World Cup final that same day). They would return to Premier League action on Boxing Day, Dec. 26 -- when they are scheduled to play away to Leicester City.
The break didn't do Chelsea any harm in 2012-13. The beat Aston Villa 8-0 in their first match back in England.
Liverpool have an additional fixture nightmare after reaching the quarterfinals of the Carabao Cup, with their tie at Aston Villa due to be played when they are in Qatar. They are still going ahead with the game at Villa Park, playing two games on the same continent within 24 hours.
Check out Liverpool's full fixture list.
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The federal health care law and volunteer firefighters
New guidelines from the U.S. Treasury Department are giving some employers more time to get insurance for their workers before facing a penalty. But the guidelines also settle an issue that we've fact-checked before on how regulations will affect volunteer firefighters.
Back in December, PolitiFact readers flagged a Facebook post by the conservative group Generation Opportunity that said "Obamacare could force thousands of volunteer fire stations to cut service or close entirely."
It turned out there was some merit to those concerns, though they were exaggerated by Generation Opportunity, the same group that ran anti-Obamacare ads depicting Uncle Sam giving a gynecological exam. We ended up giving the claim a Half True.
On Feb. 10, 2014, the Treasury Department released final guidelines for the employer mandate that requires large businesses to provide workers insurance. The new rules specifically exempt volunteer fire and rescue units from that provision, a clarification that previously wasn't included.
Here is what was at issue:
Under the Affordable Care Act, employers with the equivalent of 50 or more full-time workers must provide health insurance. If not, they face a penalty of $2,000 for every worker after 30 (though that mandate was delayed until January 2015 and on Feb. 10, President Barack Obama again pushed it back another year for employers with 50-99 full-time employees).
Whether the employer mandate applied to volunteer fire and rescue units was unclear in December. While many of the 25,000 volunteer fire stations are small and serve rural units, some larger counties and municipalities were concerned their volunteer stations would be counted with other government employees. Providing insurance to volunteer firefighters would be very costly to their departments, they said.
The original draft regulations did not mention volunteer rescue workers.
Adding to the confusion was a previous ruling from the Treasury Department that said volunteer firefighters were considered full-time employees for tax purposes, meaning their benefits could be taxed.
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle presented legislation to exempt volunteer rescue units and the National Volunteer Fire Council pushed the Obama administration to take action.
The final regulations addressed their concerns.
"Hours contributed by bona fide volunteers for a government or tax-exempt entity, such as volunteer firefighters and emergency responders, will not cause them to be considered full-time employees," according to a Treasury Department fact sheet.
David Finger, director of government relations at the National Volunteer Fire Council, said the Feb. 10 changes were "consistent with what we'd asked them to do back in September prior to the bills even being introduced."
A spokesman for Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., who introduced legislation to exempt volunteer rescue workers, said he, too, was satisfied with the administration's decision.


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None of that to me is special or unique and it's just a matter of time before the most creative pursuits that humans are able to express will be matched and exceeded by machines. There's a lot I don't know on the engineering side, so I hesitate to put specific dates on it. I know for a fact, like there are some things creatively, I'm really good at. I know exactly how I could communicate to an engineer, what the process is, what's going on that gets me from zero to really cool funky, unexpected solution.
If I can do that, other people can do that. Once we're able to translate that into commands for the machine it's game-set-match, and I don't mean that from like a scary, "Oh my god we are irrelevant" perspective, even though that's one possible long term outcome. Just from the perspective that this creativity isn't special, it's not protected, it's not safe. It might be further out before the machines are able to get there. It is going to inevitably come and so rather than fear it or rail against it we just have to think about what's next for us.


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End of reign of addictive sugar in chocolate?
A new ingredient that could see the end of addictive sugar in confectionery was unveiled at the London Chocolate Forum last Friday.
The London Chocolate Forum, hosted by Kennedy's Confection magazine, is the world's biggest international chocolate industry conference, attended by more than 300 representatives of the world's leading international chocolate producers.
At this year's event, representatives of Boston-based KukaXoco, with the support of the National Coca Agency of Peru (ENACO), demonstrated a new debittering process using extracts from de-cocainised coca leaf extracts.
KukaXoco president Gregory Aharonian explained to delegates that milligrams of powdered extract of the coca leaf can replace multi-grams of sugar in the manufacture of chocolate.
"This technology, which can be quickly scaled up from ounces to tons, will allow the chocolate industry to commit to a multi-year goal to start eliminating the sugar from chocolate, allowing cacao's many healthy nutrients to benefit the world's health," said Mr Aharonian.
He presented extensive data on the unhealthy reliance upon sugar in chocolate, and highlighted potential legal threats to the chocolate industry in the coming years, making identifying a realistic alternative to sugar imperative.
"When in 2011, the Los Angeles school system banned sugary chocolate milk from all of its schools, that was a warning to the chocolate industry that it could be forced to follow the tobacco industry into the world of consumer health and stockholder lawsuits," said Mr Aharonian.
The challenges facing the industry in sourcing ingredients were also highlighted by Sophia Cochrane, Responsible Sourcing Manager of Tesco Stores Ltd (UK), who explained the company's new strategy of sourcing cocoa for its own-label chocolate products.
All cocoa for Tesco's own-label chocolate products sold in the UK will have to be from Rainforest Alliance Certified sources by the end of 2018.
The retailer has stated that it will also ensure the cocoa used in other Tesco UK products, such as biscuits, cakes, desserts and cereals, will be responsibly sourced in accordance with a number of sustainability programmes – including the Rainforest Alliance, UTZ, Cocoa Horizons and Fairtrade – by the same date.
Angus Kennedy, Editor of Kennedy's confection magazine and founder of the London Chocolate Forum, said. "Chocolate producers are well aware of the huge changes sweeping across the industry and chocolate producers are some of the fastest acting. So I believe in early 2017 we will already begin to see a much wider range of products that are lower in calories and also much more planet friendly.
"KukaXoco's coca leaf extract could herald the end of the use of addictive sugar in chocolate, an exciting and ground-breaking development in chocolate production.
"There is a craze sweeping through the industry to be responsible and ethical. I am so happy. It's been a long time coming and a very welcome move. I am sure the food industry will be watching the chocolate producers innovations in 2017.
"They were the underlying messages of the London Chocolate Forum, which may well be looked back on as the event which witnessed the beginning of the end of sugar in confectionery."
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The radio call from a remote field camp on the polar plateau crackles on the short wave band across Antarctica. This is AGO-4 calling for Sally in the galley. Overheard on the flight deck of a cargo plane flying across ... Read more
Step 1Heat the oven to 375 degrees.
Step 2Cream the margarine and butter with the brown and granulated sugars. Add the eggs and vanilla and beat until fluffy.
Step 3In a separate bowl, combine the flour, baking soda and salt and add to the creamed mixture. Stir in the chocolate, white and butterscotch chips along with the nuts.
Step 4Drop rounded spoonfuls of batter 2 inches apart onto a baking sheet. Bake the cookies until they're pale golden brown, 12 to 14 minutes.
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The radio call from a remote field camp on the polar plateau crackles on the short wave band across Antarctica.
This is AGO-4 calling for Sally in the galley.
Overheard on the flight deck of a cargo plane flying across the East Antarctic Ice Sheet in January, the radio call could be a distress signal from scientists marooned by blizzard winds. It could be a routine radio check, part of the daily discipline of field work on the world's highest, coldest and most isolated continent.
It is an order for takeout.
In the frigid heart of the Antarctic, the South Pole has the only open kitchen for almost a million square miles--the galley of the U.S. Amundsen-Scott Station.
Sally in the galley is the unofficial call sign for Sally Ayotte, a 36-year-old diminutive dietitian from Denver who oversees the 11 sous-chefs, prep cooks, production cooks and bakers in this kitchen at the end of the world.
The radio call comes again.
The researchers at AGO-4 announce they will be flying into the South Pole at midnight to refuel for the long flight to the main National Science Foundation base at McMurdo on Antarctica's coast. Could they have some dinner brought out to the plane while it idled on the snow runway? And something vegetarian for the field worker who doesn't eat meat?
Oh, yes, and chocolate chip cookies for the pilot, please.
"Treats for the plane; that's essential," says Sally in the galley. "We are famous for our cookies all over the continent. In the summer, we bake 40 dozen cookies a day and they eat them, oh my."
For Ayotte, food service supervisor at the National Science Foundation's South Pole station, a chef's toque blanche is part of the standard government issue of extreme cold weather gear along with a red Snow Goose parka and expedition-weight long underwear.
The Earth may rotate on the axis of the geographic South Pole, where the world's lines of longitude meet. But the South Pole station revolves largely around food.
At the height of the annual research season from November to March, Ayotte cooks for 240 people engaged in research and operations at the world's most remote permanent human outpost.
People here may be allowed to shower for only two minutes twice a week but they are served four meals every 24 hours.
The quality of food in Antarctica can be as variable as the weather, ranging from subsistence fare to the sublime.
In a temporary survival shelter on the sea ice in McMurdo Sound, dinner can be little more than a sludge of freeze-dried rice and beans stirred into snow melted over a tiny whisper-jet camp stove. But not so many miles away, it might be a moist turkey perfectly cooked over a steaming volcanic fumarole in an ice cave near the snowy summit of Mount Erebus, the southernmost active volcano in the world.
Dinner in the Amundsen-Scott Station at the South Pole might feature Ayotte's homemade peach salsa on delicately grilled whitefish, with six kinds of freshly baked pastry, cakes and pie for dessert. Or it might be 80 pizzas made to order from scratch.
"There is not a lot of recreation here," Ayotte explains. "We eat. We eat all the time. And it has to be good. Food is the most important morale factor. Some people eat four times a day."
The South Pole galley is located under the station's blue geodesic dome at the end of a tunnel in the snow, inside a portable trailer insulated like a meat locker. Other bunkers house living quarters, offices, a sick bay and a library.
Crates of frozen turkey breasts, fish filets, pizza dough, vegetables and other foodstuffs crowd the spaces between the bunkers and the inside wall of the dome.
In the dining room, people eat in shifts. There are seven tables, each seating nine people. A string of Christmas lights runs along one wall. There are wall pegs for parkas and a stainless steel freezer full of leftovers, three kinds of cookies, baklava and fresh cherry turnovers for the taking.
The galley itself is a cramped alley that runs parallel to the dining room. It holds two stoves, two convection ovens and two conventional ovens. There is an electric grill, a deep fryer, a flattop grill and never enough counter space.
"There is not enough elbow room. There is not enough refrigerator space. There is not enough anything," Ayotte says.
There is at least no shortage of freezer space.
Ayotte has the world's largest icecap--an expanse of ice two miles thick and almost half again as large as North America--at her disposal. The mean temperature during the busy research season is 56 degrees below zero.
At the South Pole, the normal air pressure equals an altitude of about 11,600 feet. Water boils at about 200 degrees Fahrenheit--about 12 degrees below normal.
Cooking begins where high altitude cookbooks leave off.
The lower air pressure and extreme aridity also alter how many ingredients react. There is so little oxygen in the air--about 60% of the normal concentration at sea level--that the fats in food are not properly metabolized by the human body.
Baking powder, yeast, sugar and butter all behave differently than they do at sea level. Some expand too rapidly in the low air pressure; others become over-concentrated as liquids evaporate too quickly.
The result is cakes expand too rapidly and fall. Batter will refuse to set or overflow its pan.
The ovens misbehave because the heat does not circulate evenly in the low air pressure. A watched pot can boil dry and still not cook the beans. The cooking time for casseroles must be recalculated and roasting times adjusted by trial and error.
Even the air bubbles in bread have a mind of their own.
"I always tell the new baker the first week to not bother making muffins," Ayotte says. "Pasta can be a great challenge for a first-time cook at Pole."
To plan the menu properly, Ayotte must think ahead.
It takes four days for frozen food to thaw. And almost a week before a five-gallon jug of dish soap can be warmed enough to raise suds.
Groceries are delivered once a year from Port Hueneme, north of Los Angeles.
Her standard order includes 13,000 pounds of beef, 9,000 pounds of pork, 10,000 pounds of chicken and 3,500 pounds of seafood. There are 800 dozen tortillas on the shopping list, along with 575 pounds of peanut butter, 700 pounds of tofu, 500 half-gallon containers of ice cream and, of course, 500 pounds of chocolate chips for the cookies.
It all crosses the Southern Ocean to McMurdo in 48 refrigerated containers loaded aboard a freighter at Port Hueneme's Wharf 3, tucked between a helicopter repair ship and a warehouse storing the wreckage of Alaska Airlines Flight 261.
From McMurdo, supplies are ferried by ski-equipped cargo planes 838 miles to the South Pole station.
Fresh vegetables are flown 3,000 miles once a month from New Zealand, weather permitting. It often does not.
Inside the station dome, however, there is a small hydroponic greenhouse that yields enough lettuce, chives, cucumbers, parsley, peppers, tomatoes, dill and basil under full spectrum lights to make a monthly salad for the station crew.
"Lots of people come up into the greenhouse to just sit and smell the green," Ayotte says. "It is a great place to forget where you are."
Despite the most meticulous planning, early expeditions often were a race against malnutrition. The best meals were those served up by overactive imaginations.
"Dreams as a rule [are] of splendid food, ball suppers, sirloins of beef, caldrons full of steaming vegetables," polar explorer E.A. Wilson noted in his diary during a 1902 foray into Antarctica's bleak interior. "But one spends all one's time shouting at waiters who won't bring one a plate of anything, or else one finds the beef is only ashes when one gets it."
His actual Christmas feast was seal liver fried in bacon and lard along with a large spoonful of jam.
In their drive to be first at the South Pole, the ill-fated 1911 expedition led by British explorer Robert Falcon Scott subsisted on biscuits, butter, cocoa, tea and a mixture of beef and lard called pemmican. On the final leg of the trek, Wilson and the others in Scott's party were allocated a ration of 4,430 calories a day.
By comparison, a healthy male doing manual work in more temperate climate requires about 3,600 calories a day.
But construction workers assembling the new South Pole station today routinely consume about 5,000 calories a day--and some of them still lose weight laboring in such extremes of cold and altitude.
For the hundreds of miles of hard trudging by Scott and his men, the daily ration may have been 1,000 calories too low, according to polar historian Roland Huntford.
Scott's field fare also was so low in key nutrients that it failed to satisfy the minimum daily requirements of vitamin B (thiamine), vitamin B2 (riboflavin) and nicotinic acid. The rations also lacked any source of vitamin C. That left the expedition at risk of scurvy, beriberi and pellagra.
Certainly, such vitamin deficiencies also could contribute to depression, retard the healing of injuries and heighten susceptibility to cold. Some historians argue that Scott and his men essentially starved to death on their last polar trek.
The successful South Pole expedition led by Roald Amundsen, who beat Scott to the Pole by a month, relied on a menu that was not so different in some ways--pemmican, chocolate, dried milk and biscuits. They too lacked vitamin C.
But the biscuits each expedition carried were baked differently and that was a crucial difference.
Those used for Scott's ration were made with white flour with sodium bicarbonate used for leavening. Amundsen's were baked with whole meal flour and rolled oats, while yeast was used as leavening. The yeast and whole grains are rich in vitamin B.
Even so, when Amundsen and his party arrived at the Pole, the sled dogs were so ravenous they tried to eat their harnesses.
Bad food is almost an Antarctic tradition.
Early explorers supplemented their tinned meat extract and dehydrated vegetables with fresh seal and penguin. The English adventurer Sir Francis Drake boasted of killing 3,000 penguins in a day to fill his fleet's larder as he ventured into Antarctic waters near the tip of South America for the first time.
Even starvation and scurvy could not improve the flavor of penguin meat.
In 1897, the ship's surgeon of the Belgica expressed his disdain for penguin dinners as the ship drifted for months locked in the grip of the sea ice: "If it is possible to imagine a piece of beef, odiferous cod fish and a canvas-back duck roasted together in a pot, with blood and cod-liver oil for sauce, the illustration would be complete".
Perhaps it was an acquired taste. "Galantine of seal and penguin in aspic are not to be despised," noted Scott's meteorologist George Simpson.
No one is allowed to even touch a penguin in Antarctica today under terms of an international treaty that protects all the wildlife on the continent.
Today, even the most remote field camp has its own dedicated cook and a surprisingly well-stocked larder.
Danielli Spears, a 29-year-old cook from Estes Park, Colo., set up a kitchen for 20 scientists earlier this year in a blue survival shelter at Vostok on the East Antarctic Ice Sheet, officially the coldest spot on Earth.
A ski-equipped LC-130 cargo plane delivered her and 40 crates of frozen food to the isolated expanse of ice in December. The austral summer temperatures hovered at minus 33 degrees Fahrenheit.
She brought a high-altitude cookbook with her but found it left off at 7,000 feet. The pressure altitude at Vostok was about 13,000 feet and water boiled at 189 degrees--23 degrees below normal.
For 38 days, she improvised.
She served up Cornish game hens and Alaska king crab legs. She baked loaves of apricot nut bread. She grilled T-bone steaks and barbecued shrimp on bamboo skewers. She served fresh vegetables every day.
For Christmas dinner, she roasted two turkeys with a corn bread and sausage stuffing. There were baked yams and real mashed potatoes. She even whipped up eggnog.
"Altitude plus the cold really burns the calories. I lost five pounds and I was eating tons of food," Spears said.
"We called our camp the high-altitude weight-loss clinic."


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The 19th Australian National Balloon Championships and Canowindra International Balloon Challenge finished with the Key Grab demonstration event last Sunday. Pilots from around the world competed in Australia's largest international ballooning competition since the 2004 World Championships in Mildura, while the best of Australia's competition pilots battled for the honour to represent Australia in the 2016 World Championships in SAGA Japan.
Congratulations to both Matthew Scaife and Sean Kavanagh who finished 1st and 2nd respectively in both the Australian Championship (16 entries) and Canowindra International Challenge (24 entries), proving once again - if proof was ever required - that Australia has world class balloon pilots.
Canowindra has been the venue for 3 previous National Balloon Championships and is the premier balloon flying area in Australia. With excellent weather for the first 3 days of competition, it was an exciting time for all as the 2014 Nationals and Canowindra International Balloon Challenge showcased the best of Australian ballooning country and weather for the international teams, several of whom flew in last year's Canowindra International Balloon Challenge and were so impressed they have returned this year.
5 Japanese teams lead by Yudai Fujita (3rd Place), Hiroki Miyata (11th), Minoru Numata (12th), Akari Sue (17th) and Ryohei Tanaka (24th) and 3 US teams lead by Joe Heartsill (7th), Gary Heavin (10th) and Richard Sabin (15th) provided plenty of competition for Australian Pilots. Unfortunately several other overseas teams, from Brazil, Russia and the United Kingdom withdrew at the last minute, somewhat depleting the international contingent.
There was a big turnout of Australian female pilots this year with Nicola Scaife not far behind her husband Matthew at 4th in the Nationals and 5th in the International field. Maaike Bierma flying BAV's "Vicky" finished 14th and 20th in the two events and Sarah Ellis in her first outing as a competition pilot came 16th and 23rd respectively. Also competing for the first time was Phil O'Donnell in the Air Force Balloon.
All that was needed was Joan Collins in shoulder pads to make a 1980's soap opera as 3 generations of the Gibbs, Kavanagh, Robertson, Scaife and Turnbull Dynasties participated in either the competition or fiesta flying – or in the prize presentation ceremony with their parents.
Tasks set by International Director Garry Lockyer from Canada and Assistant Director Gary Lacey provided a suitable challenge for the flight planning and flying skills of the entrants. They were interesting, such as using the greens of the golf course as multiple goal scoring areas – a Hesitation Waltz with a difference - and provided flying to many different areas of the map.
For Final Standings click here –
2014 Australian National Hot Air Balloon Championship
2014 Canowindra International Balloon Challenge
For all the details of the competition including tasks and results please go to the Canowindra Challenge website : http://www.canowindrachallenge.org.au/


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Unembedding domain-specific languages
Atkey, Robert and Lindley, Sam and Yallop, Jeremy (2009) Unembedding domain-specific languages. In: Haskell '09 Proceedings of the 2nd ACM SIGPLAN Symposium on Haskell. ACM Press, pp. 37-48. ISBN 978-1-60558-508-6Full text not available in this repository.Request a copy from the Strathclyde author
Higher-order abstract syntax provides a convenient way of embedding domain-specific languages, but is awkward to analyse and manipulate directly. We explore the boundaries of higher-order abstract syntax. Our key tool is the unembedding of embedded terms as de Bruijn terms, enabling intensional analysis. As part of our solution we present techniques for separating the definition of an embedded program from its interpretation, giving modular extensions of the embedded language, and different ways to encode the types of the embedded language.
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Houston Boy Scouts keep ban on gay members
Houston-area Boy Scout officials voted to continue a policy effectively banning gays from becoming scouts or adult volunteers.
On Monday, Sam Houston Area Council members said they would continue the current national policy of the Irving-based Boy Scouts of America.
Like the military's former "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy about gay troops, the Boy Scouts don't ask about the sexual orientation of a prospective member or adult volunteer but won't grant membership to openly gay people or those who engage in behavior that would "become a distraction' to their mission, the Sam Houston Council said in a statement.
A recent survey of parents, volunteers and backers in the Sam Houston Council showed strong support for keeping the policy as it is, officials said.
They said 75 percent of respondents to the survey were against changing the current national membership policy.
The Sam Houston Council board also said they wouldn't support a proposed resolution to the national Boy Scouts membership policy that would lift the bar on gay scout members.
The vote on the national resolution is scheduled for May 23, officials said.


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We began filming with artist Vincent Valdez at his home studio on September 8, 2010. We were starting production on our eighth short documentary film in a series created in association with Glasstire.com. The series had already followed a variety of Texas-based artists, but Glasstire had been interested in us working with Vincent since early 2009.
Our initial studio visit with Vincent had included a number of in-progress works, but we knew right away that his new painting "John" had a very important story behind it. The large scale painting portrayed Vincent's childhood best friend John Holt Jr. An Army combat medic, John died in 2009 after serving in Iraq. John's passing had occurred just a little over a year before the time we began filming, and Vincent was still coming to terms with the loss.
Just a couple months before John's death, Vincent had taken a portrait series of his friend in their childhood neighborhood on the Southside of San Antonio. Vincent described these final moments with John during the photo shoot in our interview for the documentary. His description of the scene was so vivid we decided to recreate it using a friend of the family who had also served in Iraq. In the film, it's not made totally clear whether or not the photoshoot scene is real. In Vincent's painting of John he combined the photograph above with a still from a war movie, and an actual war photograph. Vincent is knowingly collaging actual moments and histories to create his own invented history. We found this idea of forcing the audience to question the reality of the image inspiring, and decided to do the same in our own recreation scenes below.
"I hadn't noticed anything different about him until we were finishing up the photo shoot and we were walking back to his Mom's house in the neighborhood and I asked him about his experience as a Combat Medic in Iraq and immediately, I mean instantly, I saw this veil just kind of drape over his face and It was almost as I had been creating all of this work all of these years to arrive at this one point were these fictional portraits that I was creating were about John without me even realizing it, because he was the real deal come to life."
– Vincent Valdez
One of our favorite scenes in the film features Vincent listening back to audio he recorded on his phone during John's funeral. The haunting sounds captured inspired a series of six paintings which share the title of our film "Excerpts for John". Vincent talks about the audio captured while his paintings illustrate the sounds of horse hoofs, rain, mourners, a rifle salute, and a ghost train heard in the distance. We were mostly excited about what Vincent brought to this film, not only his incredible artwork, and the story of his friend, but his talent as a musician. Vincent performs on trumpet in his studio throughout the film. Practicing trumpet was originally just part of his routine in the studio, but in the film his music initially suggests grieving, and eventually acceptance with his performance of "Amazing Grace" at the end of the film.
We are incredibly grateful to Vincent, his family, and everyone who made this film possible. We never could have anticipated that it would take us two years to reach the completion of the film, but we feel it's a major step forward in our development as filmmakers. Watch the completed film below:
Synopsis: Vincent Valdez: Excerpts for John is the eighth film in a series of short documentaries produced by Walley Films in association with Glasstire.com. Filmmakers Mark and Angela Walley began documenting the creation of a large scale painting by artist Vincent Valdez in the fall of 2010. The painting depicts Vincent's childhood best friend John Holt Jr. An Army combat medic, John died in 2009 after serving in Iraq. The couple followed Vincent over the course of two years as he completed the painting and came to terms with the loss of his friend. The short documentary film includes musical tributes to John performed by Vincent on trumpet, recreations of Vincent's last moments with John, and insight into the creation of a powerful portrait of a soldier lost in the fog of war. Learn more about the artist at VincentValdezofficialsite.com.
The film has been selected as a Vimeo Staff Pick, and featured on BOOOOOOOM.


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Wild Dolphin Swim with April Rochelle
Join us on the beautiful island of Hawaii as we swim and play in the tranquil turquoise waters with the friendly resident spinner dolphins that often congregate along the coast in pods numbering hundreds of dolphins.
On some occasions we may also swim with spotted dolphins, bottlenose dolphins and manta rays.
From aboard our boat we may also explore and seek out encounters with pilot whales, humpback whales, and other dolphins and whales that frequent the Big Island.
Experience the exhilaration and excitement of contact and communication with our cetacean friends in the wild. It can be a life-changing experience!
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All reservations must be made with April prior to payment.
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Due to the nature of the dolphin and whale workshops, we are not able to offer disabled accessibility.
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Pale Ale
(A Charm City Collaboration)
A collaboration between two Maryland breweries (Union Craft, Brewer's Art) that was originally brewed for Hampdenfest 2012, then again with just Brewer's Art in 2013. This rye pale ale brewed at the Union facility uses yeast from Resurrection, Brewer's Art's flagship beer. The spiciness of the generous addition of both rye and cara-rye malt plays beautifully with the unique Belgian yeast to make a wonderfully delicious brew. Hopped with centennial hops along with some of Union's favorite varieties, "Hampden on Rye" showcases a floral and citrus nose that welcomes you into the earthy, rye-flavored body that will leave you wanting more.
BITTERNESS (IBU): 52 IBUs
COLOR: Orange
MALT: Pale Ale, Rye, Cararye, Munich
HOPS: Columbus, Galaxy, Centennial
YEAST: Westmalle


text: Kerala Beef Fry Restaurant Style Video This Kerala Beef Fry is prepared like in Restaurant. The thin sliced beef is cooked in pressure cook with masalas and fried in coconut oil and mixed with fried shallot, ginger and garlic. The beef should be fried in small batches to get the best result like black fried beef. Beef can be cooked and kept frozen in bags to prepare it quickly when needed. Check out our 1 minute quick video to get an idea of this is prepared. Please do share you comments.


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To get into the Halloween spirit, we made these adorable Candy Corn Cupcakes!
These are definitely my favorite cupcakes that we've made in awhile. They are perfect for any Halloween get-togethers, and kids will adore them.
Not only are they cute and perfectly Halloweenish, they are also easy to make! Don't let the yellow/orange ombre fool ya – these cupcakes are super simple and use white cake mix for the batter. They are nice & fluffy, and have a faint taste of almond, so nummy!
We used a 1M Wilton star tip for the icing, and bought the cute little ghost toppers from Michaels.
Fresh out of the oven.
What the inside looks like.
Candy Corn Cupcakes Ingredients + Recipe:
(yield: 15-20 cupcakes)
- 1 bag white cake mix (we used Betty Crocker)
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 3 eggs
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- yellow & orange food colouring (approx. 2 teaspoons of each colour)
- pre-made icing, or any icing of your choice (we used Duncan Heinz)
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line muffin pans with cupcake liners. In the bowl of your stand mixer, fitted with the beater attachment, beat all the ingredients together (except for food colouring, and icing) for 1 minute on low speed. Scrape down the sides of bowl, and continue mixing on medium speed for another minute or so.
- Divide the batter into 2 medium bowls. There will be approx. 2 1/4 cups of batter in each bowl. Stir in approx. 2 teaspoons of food colouring in each bowl.
- Using a cookie scoop, scoop about 1 tablespoon worth of the yellow batter into each cup. It should be about 1/2 full. Hold the sides of the cupcake pan, and drop the pan onto the counter a few times to level out the batter a bit. Repeat with the orange batter.
- Bake for 20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean. Allow cupcakes to cool in the pans for about 5 minutes, then transfer the cupcakes to a wire rack to fully cool.
- Allow to cool completely, ice and enjoy!
Xo Natasha & Laura


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Sea Oaks 309
Garden City Beach - Ocean Front
- Complex: Sea Oaks
- Type: Condominium
- Location: Ocean Front
- Property Type: Condominium
- Bedrooms: 2
- Bathrooms: 2 full
- Sleeps: 6
Bedding Types: 1 King, 1 Queen, 1 Sofa Bed
Sea Oaks 309 is a two-bedroom, two-bath ocean-view condo located 0.5 miles north of Garden City Pier. This unit features a fully-equipped kitchen with dishwasher and microwave, living room with adjacent screened-in ocean-view balcony, washer, dryer, and central heat and air conditioning. Three color TVs (two with cable), three DVD players, stereo, telephone, and Wi-Fi are also provided. Sleeping accommodations include one king and one queen-sized bed, plus a queen sofa bed. Common area features a swimming pool and elevator. No trailers or golf carts. No pets. Check-out maid service included. Linens not included. Complete linen and bath package is available for $90, sheets and pillowcases only available for $45. Maximum occupancy: 6
Conveniently located close to some of the best area attractions, Garden City Beach is directly south of Surfside Beach and ends on a peninsula at the mouth of Murrells Inlet. One of the most renowned attractions in Garden City Beach is the Pier at Garden City. Other attractions include Marlin Quay Marina, Gulf Stream Cafe, Original Sam's Corner, and Sara J's Seafood Restaurant.
Just south of Garden City Beach is Murrells Inlet, a seaside community that is considered to be the "Seafood Capital of South Carolina", but is also home to some of the nation's best golf courses. Once primarily a fishing village, the town is best known for the Murrells Inlet MarshWalk, a half-mile long boardwalk overlooking a pristine salt marsh, and the many award-winning seafood and barbecue restaurants along Highway 17 Business in the central business district.
Brookgreen Gardens, a sculpture garden and wildlife preserve built on four former rice plantations, is located slightly south of Murrells Inlet. It features several themed gardens with American figurative sculptures placed in them, trails through several nature reserve ecosystems and the Lowcountry Zoo.
If you're looking for places to shop, Inlet Square Mall, The Market Common, Coastal Grand, Myrtle Beach Mall, Broadway at the Beach, Barefoot Landing, two Tanger shopping outlets, countless strip-malls, and many more shopping facilities are all within an easy drive from Garden City Beach. Looking for some entertainment, take in a show at Alabama Theater, Medieval Times, The Carolina Opry, Pirates Voyage, and Legends in Concert. And don't forget about Ripley's Aquarium, Alligator Adventure, Hard Rock Cafe, Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville, and The Pavilion Nostalgia Park.
Other points of interest close by include the waterfront community of Georgetown, the third oldest city in South Carolina and second largest seaport in South Carolina, and historic Conway with its downtown Riverwalk area nestled on the banks of the Waccamaw River. Both towns include fine dining, shopping, and historic sites.
Surfside Beach, Garden City Beach and Murrells Inlet are all close to Waccamaw Hospital and several urgent care facilities.
Whatever your desire, whatever your need, the south strand offers a little something on everyone's to-do list. We have a variety of restaurants, retail stores, miniature golf, entertainment venues, charter fishing, water sports... and of course, nothing but relaxation.
- Wi-Fi
- 2 Flat-Screen TVs with Cable
- 1 TV w/out Cable
- Beautifully Renovated Bathrooms with Tiled Walk-in Shower Stalls and New Vanities
- Central Heat/Air
- 3 DVD Players
- Stereo
- Microwave
- Dishwasher
- Screened Balcony w/6 Chairs
- Ocean View from the Balcony
- Washer/Dryer
- Telephone
- Elevator
- Updated Porcelain tile in Living Area and Kitchen
- Bathrooms are tiled
- The pool is closed from October 1st through Easter Weekend
- No Golf Carts Allowed
- Check-Out Maid Service Included
- Allows Off Season Monthly Rentals
- Maximum Occupancy: 6
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Rental was clean and well stocked with all items we needed for the week. Bathrooms appear to be newly redone. Mattresses could be replaced but other than that great place for the price.
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text: The superplastic forming (SPF) of standard titanium alpha-beta alloys, such as 6Al-4V, requires press platen/die temperatures in the 900°C to 925°C range. The typical electric heating elements used for SPF press platens are of a special construction, which allows them to reliably operate at sheath temperatures in excess of 1000°C. However, besides the basic materials and construction of these heaters, there are a number of other factors that significantly contribute to the reliable operation.


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Indiana Natural Resources Commission to Consider Ban on Practice Nov. 17th
Indianapolis, IN -- More than 40 scientists, veterinarians, and attorneys and a coalition of wildlife advocacy organizations including Project Coyote, Indiana Coyote Rescue (ICR), and the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) have submitted a formal letter and data urging the Indiana Natural Resources Commission to support two formal petitions to prohibit the taking, killing and harassment of coyotes and red foxes for "penning" purposes and for use as live bait in the wild.
Current loopholes in Indiana's wildlife regulations allow the capture and killing of coyotes and red foxes by dogs in the wild. Moreover, no rule or law exists prohibiting the trapping and selling of coyotes and foxes in state or across state lines to "penning" facilities where these wild canines are then used to "train" hunting dogs in "running pens." Operators of the running pens often charge a fee for individuals to "train" their hunting dogs on the captive coyotes and foxes. Penned wild canids are often killed by being torn apart by the dog pack.
Signatories to the letter, including internationally prominent scientists Dr. Michael Soulé, Dr. Marc Bekoff, and Dr. Michael W. Fox state, "As scientists, veterinarians, and attorneys, we believe this practice - commonly referred to as 'penning' - violates the concept of 'fair chase' hunting and runs counter to fundamental concepts of wildlife management. We concur with the Indiana Department of Natural Resources that there are serious ecological, ethical, disease and health related issues associated with penning. We strongly support a ban on this practice..."
"As a society, we have decided that dog and cock fighting are ethically indefensible and we have banned these practices nationwide," said Camilla Fox, Project Coyote founding director and wildlife consultant for the Animal Welfare Institute. "Ethics aside, this practice is ecologically reckless, and for that reason alone this practice should be immediately prohibited."
On November 17th, the Indiana Natural Resources Commission will consider the formal petitions and decide whether to move forward with the petitions through the formal rulemaking process, reject them, or to send them back to the Indiana Department of Natural Resources (INDNR) for further changes. For further details on the meeting, please see: www.in.gov./nrc/2354.htm.
The Indiana Department of Natural Resources has acknowledged that there are serious issues with penning, including disease transmission concerns, but does not supported a ban on the practice. However, the Midwest Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies passed a resolution in 2008 urging the adoption of state-by-state regulations prohibiting the importation or interstate movement of foxes and coyotes for the purpose of stocking coursing pens or for release and pursuit by hounds outside of coursing pens.
"This bloodsport - known as Live Bait Dog Training - has no place in civilized society," said CeAnn Lambert, founding director of Indiana Coyote Rescue who has led the effort to ban this practice in her home state. "It's time to close this loophole in our regulations and ban this practice once and for all."
Media Contacts:
Camilla Fox, Project Coyote & AWI, (415) 945-3232 (office) / (415) 690-0338 (cell)
CeAnn Lambert, Indiana Coyote Rescue, (765) 566-3800
Video footage and photos available
Project Coyote is a national non-profit charitable organization that fosters educated coexistence between people and coyotes and advocates on behalf of all native carnivores. For information, visit: http://www.projectcoyote.org/
The Indiana Coyote Rescue is an Indiana based non-profit charitable organization that educates and inspires the human population to understand and learn to treasure the unique contribution the North American Coyote makes to our ecosystem and to begin the process of ending the slaughter of these animals. More information: http://www.coyoterescue.org/
The Animal Welfare Institute is a non-profit charitable organization founded in 1951 to reduce the sum total of pain and fear inflicted on animals by humans. More information: http://www.awionline.org/


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Discussion in 'Dulwich Hamlet FC' started by Fingers, Sep 6, 2016.
Personally I think they're a load of shit.
Personally I think you're being far too generous there.
Personally, SLAYER.
You clearly don't know me well...I wasn't boasting, merely stating a fact. I am very much anti-monarchist & think the French had the right idea...
'Pa' Wilson, who founded our Football Club, was a Tory. I'd call him a good tory...
Yeah I got it I just felt like stating the obvious/looking for a fight since there are so many dicks round here these days
As did the Russians tho would have more time for Lenin and Trotsky if they'd killed the Romanoffs in publick
Yeah, probably them too...but I'm not on here to discuss political history, prefer to talk about Dulwich Hamlet, so I'll not get heavily involved in this...
it seems we are creating and discussing the political history of Dulwich Hamlet right now
so get stuck in!
Yeah, well...some of us don't have time to follow this all day...
A shameful period.
Aren't that good tbh. Just like those shit pizzas you like.
Fact: Five out of five dogs who support Hamlet love Slayer.
Also, they're bad Tories. Well, bad Republicans at least.
You calling Scutta a dog?!
No! I was trying to reference a Slayer tshirt I had one time, while tie-ing it to (as I see it) the most important point of this whole thread - Hamlet dogs.
Actually thats not completely true...still i get your point and i do slightly cry myself to sleep about it
SLAYER's KERRY KING: DONALD TRUMP Is 'The Biggest Liar I've Ever Seen In Politics'
I was making a joke. Obviously this ill death that I'm currently experience is affecting my 'sense of humour'.
And obviously the tone of this thread is affecting my ability to understand when people are genuinely trying to start on each other or not!
Obvious really
My dog listens to Slayer. Although she has little choice.
My cat prefers Burzum. little racist.
im glad the thread has got on to the important stuff: discussing pets and Slayer though, all the way from political arguments via civil war history.
anyone like soccer?
She's black. She can't be racist
black metal \m/
Soccer! Now I'm proper offended. It's football.
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Bike trip from Chennai to Bangalore- MAA to BLR
Finally I hit the road for my first bike trip from Chennai to Bangalore, thus striking off one of my to do item of 2016.
I take the opportunity of penning down my experience of this trip and hope it proves to be insightful to the readers. The journey began with a random selection of day over the weekend leaving me 4 days to prepare for the trip.
I tried reading some blogs to know other travelers experiences but there was very little about journeys from Chennai to Bangalore. Reading Blogs give a better understanding of what the biker needs to be prepared for.
I will write down the fun filled experience in 2 phases
Important Tips for Bikers
Based on how many kilometers have you driven in the last two months (After the service), its advisable to check the following before you leave.
1. Viscosity of engine oil. (If you have changed your engine oil in the last service and driven below 1000 kilometers, don't need to change the oil)
2. Chain Sprockets (Front and Rear)
3. Suspension (Need not worry even if it is bad as the road is excellent)
4. Brake pads (Front and Rear)
5. Headlights and Horns
6. Tyres (Front and Rear)
Safety and General Tips
1. Don't drive the vehicle more than 1 hour in a stretch; do not switch off the bike immediately after you stop. After you off the bike switch on only after roughly 20 mins( my personal opinion 🙂 ).
2. Start the bike only after 20 min of break.
3. Take at least 5 minutes break to do some stretching
4. Keep to the complete left lane
5. Speed Limit: City 40 – 60 kmph and Highway 80 – 100kmph
6. Always Wear Helmet and some warm gear (If starting early morning), head cap if needed, knee padding and comfortable shoes
7. Carry the original Registration papers, Insurance Papers and the PUC (Pollution under control) certificate.
8. Keep the puncture kit/ bike papers and first aid kit handy
9. Also the bike which is being used for long drives ensures its service and used before.
10. Follow rules for yourself and safety of the others
12. Do not keep the shoulders tensed while riding
Please note any other state registered private vehicle can run without NOC (No Objection Certificate) in any state for a period of 45 days. Thought this might help if you are stopped by any unruly cops.
The above outline the necessary details for Bikers, besides hat there are other things that also needs to be looked at. – Always take expert advice (talk to friends who have been on long drives as they would have tips and experiences to share)
– the fuel tank must be full never keep this for the last moment
– Check all the possible routes to travel and download offline google maps or even take printed copies as these would come handy as there would be no network at all.
– List of the restaurants along the way (there are very good ones for the foodies)
– Travel light, Don't overeat, sufficient cash at hand, Sunglasses to protect from heat, bungee chords to tie your bag around, water, light snacks if needed.
– Be prepared for change of weather along the way so warm wear and windcheater is a must.
– Most importantly sleep well, rest enough if you plan to begin early.
– Make sure the phone is charged and you carry the chargers and power banks as well
– Weather case for your bag which is a savior if you face extreme weather along the way
– lastly you will find plenty of people who ask for lifts please do not entertain them.
I began my journey around 7.30am in the morning a bit late than my planned schedule. However it was deliberate to ensure I slept well before I start, in order to avoid fatigue and tiredness during the day.
The late start led to the encounter of the traffic in Chennai which couldn't have been avoided. But it was indeed a pleasant sight to see joggers and cyclist along the Chennai roads.
Once I hit the NH16 route it was calm and pleasant, the drive along the road was smooth. As you journey along you come across many bikers who will accompany you.
The road is scenic with mountains, trees and the clear blue sky. There are no Speed breakers, a very clear and smooth road which is safe to ride.
As you travel along you come across the Ambur Lake which has a parallel running railway track which is fun to chase if you are lucky enough to get a train passing by, just the way i did. It was thrilling to compete as well.
At the Ambur signal there's a spot where there are various ponds which is a nice place to take a dip to refresh. For the Foodies the Ambur biryani is a famous spot to stop by. For continental lovers there is a very good restaurant after Murogan idly.
After a nice lunch I headed to the AS85 road which is Biker's Heaven, it's the feeling of the Bike riding you. Spectacular views to capture for photographers but for me it was just riding and being mesmerized in the moment that made it worthwhile.
As you go along you come across Krishna Giri were it gets colder and he weather jacket is what saves your day.
Finally after 6 hrs i reached BLR.
ALL THE BEST for all the Bikers.


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Recipient, Liberty Bell Award, Orange County Bar Association, 1991. Author: "Bad Faith Filings Under Scrutiny," Business To Business, Vol. 4, Sept., 1984; "Drowning in Debt?," Modern Horse Breeding, Vol. V, July/August, 1988; "Preparing an Effective Live Foal Guarantee," Modern Horse Breeding, Vol. IV, January, 1989. Former Judge Pro Tem, West and South Orange County Municipal Courts. Former Instructor, Saddleback Community College, Cerritos College and Orange Coast College, 1983-1992. Former Arbitrator, Orange County Superior Court.


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Ryan Giggs wows to reclaim Premium League's Title
The star midfielder of Manchester United: Ryan Giggs has said that he is quite confident that this season, they will reclaim their lost premium leaguer trophy from Manchester city which they lost on the final day of last series. His statement is taken very seriously by football fans across the globe, coz he has been a champion player for Manchester United who is near to his 600 premium leaguer matches now. Due to his increasing age and fitness issues, he could not be seen on many occasions this series, perhaps he was only visible in one match that too only for nine minutes. Anyways, his presence is the main concern for Manchester United's rivals; moreover, the last season's last day's blues is still remembered to Ryan Giggs which he claims as one of the unluckiest days of his life. Even after one year, he still remembers all the events like they happened yesterday. He said in an interview that the last year's defeat could only made more him focused and dedicated to reclaim the series title. Moreover, he also said, whatever happened in the last year was a gloomy experience, but we have to come back in a right and effective manner.
Surely, his confidence level is more than anything else in current premier league clashes. As he is going closer to his 600th match in premier league, he is looking more confident and dedicated, perhaps, his main focus at this time is only to win back the lost trophy to eradicate the bad experience MU have had on the last day of last year's premier leaguer. He expressed his in heart feelings in an interview given to Key103 and said, ""It is going to be tough because there are a lot of quality teams out there but you are always determined. We want to get it back." His statement clearly tells how he takes on his rivals and admires them. He also praises the improved training standards that raise the quality of training in last few years, so he could remain fit to play his 600 match, hopefully!
Sir Alex Ferguson, the mentor of Manchester united, predicted that Ryan Giggs can play for next two more years and he could also be the next outfield player who could raise his career beyond his 40th birthday. The seniority and respect he enjoys from global football fans will surely push him to prove his class again.
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Ann Arbor (MI) – University of Michigan scientists have discovered a breakthrough way to utilize light in cryptography. The new technique can crack even complex codes in a matter of seconds. Scientists believe this technique offers much advancement over current solutions and could serve to foil national and personal security threats if employed.
The process involves extremely short pulses of coherent light being emitted and interacting with something called "quantum dots". Quantum dots are mystic pieces of "science fluff" to most people as they're difficult to understand: Basically, they are very small structures that are sensitive to very small changes. By adjusting the frequencies and phase shifting the light in a more complex system, the beam itself forms a kind of "optical network" with compute abilities as it passes by the quantum dots.
When the final theorized device is constructed, one requiring potentially many thousands of quantum dots (the exact number is a matter of scientific debate right now), the light beam itself will be encoded with the equivalent of a query. This will be something like a factorization of a numbers or number sequence to "lookup". It is then "sent" to the quantum dot where all possible answers are computed. The answers are then immediately "read" on the far side. By encoding sequence after sequence in this way, answers to even extremely complex problems, those which might take dozens of years to solve using modern high-end desktop computers today, can be computed in seconds.
One advantage of this particular approach is that very inexpensive diode lasers are used as the light source. The maximum sustainable switching rates are theorized around 100 GHz with operational frequencies in the lab of 1.4 GHz. Future devices using this technology could be created in three dimensions due to the extremely low heat generation. Only a single photon is required to make the optical gate (qubit) switch. The energy used to switch the qubit is 10-18 joules. In other words, to operate at 1 GHz requires only 1 billionth of a watt. A competing line of research in this area comes from the the Trapped Ion (TI) approach which operates in a large vacuum. It is believed TI will prove more likely for initial success, though its computing power is several orders of magnitude lower than this approach. The eventual products coming out of this solution have the capability of being the technological equivalent of Core 2 Duos or Opterons as compared to the ENIAC they have working in the lab today.
Researchers are currently working on future uses of this technology. These include "quantum dot dressed state lasers, optical modulators and quantum logic devices," which would serve as the foundation of viable future quantum computers. This project was funded by the National Security Agency (NSA), the Army Research Office, Air Force Office of Scientific Research and Naval Research Labs. The research for this project was carried out by Duncan Steel and three senior researchers as well as about ten undergrad students. Research work was spread out and shared between different sites. The University of San Diego handled the theory. The Naval Research Labs handled the quantum dot physics. And the University of Michigan worked on the compute portion. Similar joint efforts will continue once the number of quantum dots to use in an actual application is discovered. The project receives approximately $800,000 per year in funding.
Full details will be published tomorrow in the August 17 issue of Science Magazine in an article is entitled "Coherent Optical Spectroscopy of a Strongly Driven Quantum Dot".