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Arthur, the museum cat
Those of you who have visited us over the last few years will most probably have met Arthur, the huge white museum cat. Lots of visitors knew of him and some came just to say hi. We are sorry to announce that he has recently passed away - he's hugely missed here.
Arthur came to live at the museum by choice some years ago and since has been a well-established feature - he appeared on tv, had a article in Cat World magazine, had postcards and Christmas cards sent regularly and was the highlight of many school visits, where he'd let even the roughest of tiny hands pet him in exchange for a bit of ham from their sandwiches.
Thanks to all of you who made a fuss over him through his years here. He loved your attention.
A Victorian-style pet gravestone has been commission to go in our garden to commemorate him.
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By Dan Silver (@dsilver88)
Background – Lottery Jubilation
Just over a week ago, on April 29, the Philadelphia Flyers parlayed a 7.2 percent chance of moving into the top three picks of the NHL Draft into the second overall pick. It was the biggest leap since the NHL instituted the lottery process in 1995.
You can read my take on the jubilation that followed right here on PhillyIsFlyer.com.
It was a potentially franchise-altering occurrence. The Flyers have the top group of goaltending and defense prospects in the NHL, and I don't even think it's close.
However, the organization lacks an elite franchise forward to build the team around. Think an Eric Lindros, a Peter Forsberg, a Connor McDavid, an Auston Matthews. It was conceivably the one thing that could prevent this prospect-rich franchise from being able to compete with the Maple Leafs and Oilers in the future.
According to basically everyone, the 2017 NHL Draft has a consensus top two players – Nolan Patrick and Nico Hischier – and both are centers. Obtaining the second pick in the draft seemingly guaranteed that the Flyers would add a franchise forward for a long time moving forward.
However, one of the two players has an increasingly storied history of injuries, and in this piece we are going to take a deep dive on that injury history and on historic precedence of high drafts picks with similar concerns going into the draft.
Assumption – If Healthy, Patrick is a Stud
This article is going to assume that Nolan Patrick will be a number one or number two NHL center for the next decade on whatever team drafts him. The 6'3″, 200 lb center complements terrific vision on the ice with great passing and shooting ability, strong play in his own zone, and above average skating. In 2015-16, as a teammate of the Flyers Russian rookie sensation Ivan Provorov, Patrick led the Brandon Wheat Kings to the Western Hockey League (WHL) championship.
Any player can become a bust, but for the purposes of this article, we're assuming that if healthy, he's a stud.
Nolan Patrick's Unofficial Injury History
The following list has been compiled from web reports and does not include day-to-day injuries. Thanks to Steve Kournianos (@TheDraftAnalyst) for doing the legwork.
- 2011-12 – Broken Collarbone
- 2012-13 – Broken Collarbone (Missed three months)
- 2014-15 – Groin/Lower Body Injury (Missed one month)
- 2016 – Offseason Sports Hernia Surgery
- 2016-17 – Groin/Lower Body Injury (Missed three months)
- 2016-17 – Knee/Lower Body Injury
This is the injury that ended Nolan Patrick's 2017 season. Clearly a knee/leg that has nothing to do with sports hernia, groin or abdomen pic.twitter.com/BFv7ZoAjmk
— Steve Kournianos (@TheDraftAnalyst) May 1, 2017
Let's agree that the broken collarbones can be considered fluky and somewhat minor as bones tend to heal stronger after a break. However, as Flyers fans have seen over the years, (read Giroux and Ghost this season), hip/groin injuries can linger, and knee problems also tend to resurface.
And when you start talking about many months missed due to Sports Hernia surgery, a separate knee/lower body injury in the same season, and the separate broken collarbones, it's hard not to think that we are dealing with a player who is injury prone.
One of the saving graces from a hockey perspective is that insofar as we know, Patrick has not sustained any concussions.
But it's fairly clear that we are dealing with a player who, so far in his young career, has been injured nearly as often as he's been healthy.
Potentially Mitigating Arguments
I've heard a few arguments from Flyers followers about why the Patrick injury history might not hold much water. Let's consider…
"Nolan Patrick is a big player and the injuries were a result of his body growing into itself"
I'm not a doctor, so I can't get into the physiology of whether or not this theory makes sense. However, during the course of my research for this article (we'll get to that later), I looked at the top three NHL picks each of the previous 25 years. There have been a lot of big players drafted. I only found a few with the same type of injury history as Patrick, and those players didn't find much NHL success. I didn't see any major correlation between size and a history of injuries. So I'm not buying this one.
"Nolan Patrick played the entire regular season and playoffs in 2015-16, and that should mitigate any concern over his injuries in surrounding seasons"
While Patrick missed most most of the 2016-17 season with the hip/groin/knee injuries, you just have to go to the previous year to see that he is capable of playing through an entire season without any major injuries. In 2015-16, he played in 72 regular season games and 21 playoff games, racking up 132 points. Furthermore, the season before that, in 2014-15, he played in a combined 74 games. These facts make me feel better about Patrick's ability to stay healthy for a full season, but not quite as good as if he didn't have such an injury-riddled draft year.
"Players get injured, you can't predict when injuries happen, and the Flyers should take Nolan Patrick no matter what if he's available"
This doesn't make any sense to me. Not just in hockey, but in life, I try to view every situation on its own merits. If I'm looking to adopt a dog, and one of them has bitten four people, and the other hasn't bitten any, that's going to play into my decision. The dog with a previous history of violence is more likely to be violent in the future. You can't simply ignore the past. Patrick was the consensus number one draft prospect heading into the 2016-17 season. However, due to his injuries, scouts are now split on whether he or Hischier is the top guy. As we'll see later, there haven't been too many players drafted in the top three with Patrick's history of missed games, and it would certainly represent a risk for the Flyers.
25 Years of Top 3 Picks – How Does Patrick's Injury Past Stack Up?
For the purposes of this article, I've researched the Top 3 picks in the NHL Draft over the past 25 years – a total of 75 players.
I looked at how many regular season games each of those players participated in during their draft season and also in the season prior to that – two total years of data for each player. I only used regular season games because I didn't want to hold it against a player (for injury purposes) if their team did not make the playoffs.
Of the 75 total players I researched, for the sake of a games-played comparison to Patrick I focused on the 41 guys who played both their draft season and their prior season in the Canadian Hockey League (CHL) – either the Ontario Hockey League (OHL), the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL), or the Western Hockey League (WHL). These are the major Canadian developmental leagues for draft-eligible players.
My reasoning behind only using the CHL is that teams play many fewer games in the non-CHL leagues, either overseas or abroad. There's really no great way to compare the players who were in those leagues on a games-played basis with Patrick.
That being said, if it was clear that a non-CHL Top 3 pick was dealing with injury issues, I did some research into that.
Research Results
Nolan Patrick played 33 regular season games his draft season, and 72 games the prior season, for a total of 105 games played in those two seasons.
Of the 41 CHL prospects who were taken top three in the NHL Draft over the past 25 years, only five of them played in fewer than 105 regular season games the previous two seasons, and only one of those five played in fewer than 33 games his draft season.
Let's take a look at those players…
Alex Galchenyuk – 3rd Overall Pick – 2012 NHL Draft
Galchenyuk is the only top three pick in the last 25 years who played in fewer than the 33 games that Patrick played in his draft season. He tore his ACL early in his draft season, and came back to play two regular season games and six playoff games for the OHL's Sarnia Sting.
He has turned into an extremely good NHL Player, putting up 30 goals in 2015-16 for the Montreal Canadiens.
However, I don't think that he's a good comparable for Patrick, because prior to blowing out his knee, Galchenyuk had no known injury history.
Erik Gudbranson – 3rd Overall Pick – 2010 NHL Draft
Gudbranson, a towering defenseman, played in a combined 104 regular season CHL games his two seasons leading up to the draft. He sustained a knee injury that kept him out approximately half of his draft year. Mark Seidel, a scout from The Hockey News, mentioned "concerns about his propensity to get hurt."
He has had a disappointing NHL career to this point, and was traded at last year's deadline to the Canucks for a prospect and a few picks. The injury issues have persisted as well, with only one NHL season playing more than 70 games. He missed most of this past season with a wrist injury.
Gudbranson is a defenseman and wasn't nearly as touted as Patrick headed into the draft. But from a purely injury-focused perspective, he's a player who had injury concerns headed into the draft and those concerns have become reality as he has struggled to become an impact NHL defenseman.
Nathan MacKinnon – 1st Overall Pick – 2013
From a skill perspective, MacKinnon is the best fit so far of the three guys we've examined. He's a few inches smaller than Patrick, and a better skater, but they have similar skill sets.
He played in a combined 102 regular season games in the two seasons leading up to his draft. MacKinnon missed half of his draft season with a knee injury, but still scored 75 points in 44 regular season games and then led the Halifax Mooseheads to the QMJHL championship with 33 points in 17 playoff games.
MacKinnon has been a very good NHL player to this point, and hasn't sustained any major injuries.
However, with no documented injury history before the knee issue with Halifax, and the fact that he led his team to the title leading up to the draft, he's not a good injury comparable to Patrick.
Jonathan Drouin – 3rd Overall Pick – 2013
MacKinnon's linemate in Halifax, the diminutive Drouin only played in 82 regular season games the two seasons leading into the NHL draft. The year before the draft, he started out the season with his midget club, which is the reason that he only played in 33 regular season games. During his draft year, Drouin only played in 49 games, missing the beginning of the season with a foot injury.
Similar to MacKinnon, after returning from the injury Drouin tore up the QMJHL, scoring 105 points in those 49 games and adding 35 more points in the championship run.
Drouin has not had any injury problems in the NHL and has become one of the biggest playmaking threats in the league.
He hasn't sustained any major injuries or surgeries and is not a good comparable for Patrick.
Connor McDavid – 1st Overall Pick – 2015
McDavid, arguably the best player in the NHL right now, played 103 combined regular season games in the two seasons leading up to the draft. The reason for this was that he broke his hand in a fight during his draft year and only played in 47 regular season games.
One fluky broken hand doesn't represent an injury history, so you can't compare McDavid to Patrick on the health front.
Plus, we're talking about McDavid here. Even if he had Patrick's injury history leading up to the draft, he still would have gone first overall based on his skills.
In case you were curious, here are the other 36 players drafted in the NHL's top three picks since 1992 who played in the CHL for two seasons leading up to the draft and had more than Patrick's 105 combined regular season games:
- Mike Rathje – 1992 – 3rd Overall
- Alexandre Daigle – 1993 – 1st Overall
- Chris Pronger – 1993 – 2nd Overall
- Chris Gratton – 1993 – 3rd Overall
- Wade Redden – 1995 – 2nd Overall
- J.P. Dumont – 1996 – 3rd Overall
- Joe Thornton – 1997 – 1st Overall
- Patrick Marleau – 1997 – 2nd Overall
- Vincent Lecavalier – 1998 – 1st Overall
- Brad Stuart – 1998 – 3rd Overall
- Jason Spezza – 2001 – 2nd Overall
- Rick Nash – 2002 – 1st Overall
- Jay Bouwmeester – 2002 – 3rd Overall
- Eric Staal – 2003 – 2nd Overall
- Nathan Horton – 2003 – 3rd Overall
- Cam Barker – 2004 – 3rd Overall
- Sidney Crosby – 2005 – 1st Overall
- Bobby Ryan – 2005 – 2nd Overall
- Jordan Staal – 2006 – 2nd Overall
- Steven Stamkos – 2008 – 1st Overall
- Drew Doughty – 2008 – 2nd Overall
- Zach Bogosian – 2008 – 3rd Overall
- John Tavares – 2009 – 1st Overall
- Matt Duchene – 2009 – 3rd Overall
- Taylor Hall – 2010 – 1st Overall
- Tyler Seguin – 2010 – 2nd Overall
- Ryan Nugent-Hopkins – 2011 – 1st Overall
- Gabriel Landeskog – 2011 – 2nd Overall
- Jonathan Huberdeau – 2011 – 3rd Overall
- Nail Yakupov – 2012 – 1st Overall
- Ryan Murray – 2012 – 2nd Overall
- Aaron Ekblad – 2014 – 1st Overall
- Sam Reinhart – 2014 – 2nd Overall
- Leon Draisatl – 2014 – 3rd Overall
- Dylan Strome – 2015 – 3rd Overall
- Pierre Luc-Dubois – 2016 – 3rd Overall
An Interesting non-CHL Draft Comparable
Patrik Stefan – 1st Overall Pick – 1999
In my research on the CHL Top 3 draft picks, I was unable to find a close comparable to Nolan Patrick, in terms of skill level and injury history.
However, another player caught my eye as one who might be worthy of further examination.
Patrik Stefan was a 6'2″, 210 lb center who had all the physical tools to become a dominant number one center in the NHL.
Czech-born, Stefan came over to the United States the season (1997-98) before he was draft-eligible to play with the Long Beach Ice Dogs of the now-defunct International Hockey League (IHL), a minor league that was trying to be on par with the American Hockey League.
He had good success there, especially considering he was playing against professionals, and decided to remain in the IHL for his 1998-99 draft-eligible season.
The scouting reports on him from this thehockeywriters.com article sound very similar to those of Nolan Patrick:
"He is a big, strong play-maker who sees the ice very well. The early consensus from scouts is that he could be the first overall pick next year in the NHL Entry Draft. He is going to be a dominating, play-making center. He is a guy who looks to make the play rather than shoot himself. He'll be a guy who can get 100 assists and 20-25 goals in the NHL." – John Van Boxmeer, coach of the Ice Dogs
"Patrik is a world-class player. He is a good skater, a tenacious player, very skilled with the puck and possesses excellent size, strength and work ethic." – LA Kings General Manager Dave Taylor
"I have followed Patrik's progress since December of 1995. The impression he left with me then and throughout the various tournaments I have seen him play, is that he is the brightest young prospect developed in the Czech Republic since Jaromir Jagr, " said Bob Owen of RHO Hockey, a scouting agency.
The questions about Stefan going into the draft focused on his injury history. He suffered a documented concussion the season going into the draft, along with general injury concerns that came to fruition as documented in this 2002 article at www.hockeysfuture.com:
"Stefan has had problems with injuries. For his first few years with the Thrashers, just when he would recover from one and start playing better, he would suffer another injury. These injuries included a broken jaw, a hyper-extended elbow, a broken nose, and concussions, a recurring problem for Patrik that had scouts worried about his future at the time of his draft."
The concerns didn't prevent the Atlanta Thrashers from taking Stefan first overall, in front of Daniel and Henrik Sedin, who went second and third, respectively.
Stefan is now considered one of the biggest draft busts of all time. He scored 188 points in his seven NHL seasons, suffering numerous injuries along the way that resulted in him playing only one full NHL season.
For what it's worth, outside of the Sedin twins, the 1999 NHL Draft ended up being pretty weak, with Nick Boynton (21) and Martin Havlat (26) as the only other NHL All-Stars.
All this considered, one could argue that Patrik Stefan's combination of size, skill, and pre-draft injury history is the most similar to Nolan Patrick's of any Top 3 pick in the previous 25 years.
Conclusions – Mostly Uncharted Territory
Well, what did we learn from all this information on possible Flyers draft pick Nolan Patrick and a deep dive into the top three NHL Draft Picks from the last quarter century?
Not Many Comparables
In the previous 25 years, only five players have been drafted among the NHL's top three picks that spent their final two pre-draft seasons in the CHL and played in fewer combined regular season games than Nolan Patrick – Galchenyuk, Gudbranson, MacKinnon, Drouin, McDavid.
Of those players, the only one with a documented history of injuries leading up to the draft was Gudbranson, who thus far has had a disappointing NHL career. This is partly due to injuries.
The only one of those five players who played in fewer than the 33 regular season games that Patrick played in his actual draft season was Galchenyuk, who suffered a knee injury despite no documented past history problems. He has been a very good NHL scorer to this point.
One Alarming Comparison
Patrik Stefan, selected first overall in 1999, might be the closest comparable to Nolan Patrick. A similar player in terms of size and skill to Patrick, he entered the draft with injury concerns, and became a major bust.
However, he had a history of concussions, which Patrick doesn't have, and that is a major difference. As we have seen with Eric Lindros and Chris Pronger, concussions can be completely debilitating and destroy a promising career.
Uncharted Territory
Whichever team selects Nolan Patrick in the 2017 NHL Draft on Friday, June 23 in Chicago will be going into uncharted territory, at least in terms of recent history.
Over the past 25 years, there has not been a CHL prospect selected in the top three with a similar injury history to Nolan Patrick – a completely comprised draft season combined with a a litany of prior injuries.
What Should the Flyers Do?
Based on the research in this article, I strongly feel that Flyers fans should hope that the New Jersey Devils select Nolan Patrick and the injury risk that comes along him.
Nico Hischier's upside is close to that of Patrick, and the risk of injuries derailing his NHL career is much lower.
However, if the Devils select Hischier, as top scout Craig Button is predicting, what should the Flyers do?
It all depends on how concerned Flyers GM Ron Hextall is about Patrick's injury past, and the organization's feelings on the other players available in the draft. Just because almost every scout in the public sphere has Patrick and Hischier as the consensus top two does not mean that the Flyers will see it that way.
Hextall may decide that Patrick's very high ceiling isn't enough to make up for his injury history and decide to take an alternate player that the organization thinks highly of and that doesn't come along with the same risks.
Flyers fans should sleep comfortably knowing that Hextall and his staff have an excellent draft history and will perform all due diligence on Nolan Patrick.
That being said, it's very clear that if the Flyers select Patrick, it will come with a largely unprecedented level of injury risk for a pick that high in the NHL Draft.


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Something rather intriguing came over me just a moment ago, something rather important. Now I may be wrong here, so please, don't accept what I am saying unless it bear merit and conforms to the scriptures. But in this image above, is that not 666, on her right hand - and forehead?
16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. (Rev 13:16-17 KJV)
Now I obvious don't think that this IS that mark. But does it not show where those in the media lay their flags? This is not something that is done in ignorance, they must ask "why do I do this?", even if they are told to do it. Eventually they would realise. Those in the media are carefully selected, they must be willing to sell their souls (even though that is nonsense, you do not have an immortal soul to sell to Satan, and Satan will not be alive to enjoy torturing that soul either, both are subject to the dominion of our Lord Jesus Christ) in order to gain success. How many artists have admitted to selling their soul, a google search will reveal scores of folks who claim in interviews to have done so.
Repentance of course: turning from Satan to God, and believing on the Lord Jesus, would put all that away, any one of these artists could be saved. Even Lady Gaga. But it is doubtful, Gaga enjoys representing Babylon the Great, and exploiting the naivete of the general public who love the pageantry and harlotry of her music videos. This is of course a slow indoctrination into this culture. Neigh, this is a CHANGE of culture, to make this kind of thing seem normal. It is an attempt to foster a generation of freaks and weirdos who will gladly join the "beast culture" that will be paraded about in the time of the antichrist.
If a simple hand gesture can mean utter, total, rebellion against God, just think how much more is within her videos, and the videos of many more artists like her, male and female alike.


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On April 9th, Sequent announced that our Digital Issuance platform had been approved by Visa. Why am I so pleased to have passed one of the most grueling security evaluations a commercial entity can suffer through? One that makes PCI DSS look like a vacation? Because what is stressful for us provides peace of mind for our customers.
Good security is hard. It takes time and resources away from designing and deploying the next BIG thing. It slows development, limits options, constrains flexibility, and costs a lot of money, resources and time. It is a heavy burden on any company, especially small and nimble innovators. Security is something everyone would gladly avoid.
But the consequences of not doing security right are massive. You can hope for the best, but should prepare for the worst. Once you have been breached and customer account information compromised, it is too late. This is especially true in the payments world.
Security must be built from the ground up, not bolted onto products and services after the fact. They must be designed to protect any data entrusted to them. Secure implementation should be pursued with the seriousness of a judge. Operations must be performed relentlessly. Audit and assurance must be executed with the detachment and thoroughness of a surgeon.
Top shelf security will be even more important for future products and services. As Cloud & HCE mobile payments emerge using host-based credentials, building them "right" – meaning securely – will be critical to their success. Security is important in all stages of these new products, from design to deploying from hardened hosting environments.
You can only build innovations in payments on a base of trust. Once you have a strong platform of security in place, new business models can emerge, new services and technologies can be deployed to revolutionize how consumers pay.
So why am I so thrilled to receive Visa approval? Because our efforts to build a secure base make it much easier for our customers to focus on innovation, differentiate their products and win in a competitive environment. And they can do that without losing (too much) sleep over what the bad guys are doing.


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Message from the web-master Dave;
I have had the good fortune of making the acquaintance of Roger F. Thoma from the Ohio State University in the USA. He has supplied these wonderful images of his local buddies from central USA. Unlike me Roger cannot be considered a layman and his knowledge on crayfish is unbelievable ( hope to get to meet him one day). His images are first class and like me records only live specimens. Roger can be contacted here for further information on his crayfish. As you can see I was so impressed I decided to change the format from 'Downunder' to 'Upover'. I'll still be updating this site on Roger's behalf. Who know's where this will go, with cray's on most continents this could be the beginnings of a truly International site. We also now have a European section.
Text and photos by Roger F. Thoma, additional photographs Christian Lukhaup.
| Big River Crayfish
Cambarus robustus. This crayfish is a widely distributed species that can be found in the larger rivers of North America from "Ontario and New York to Illinois, and southward to Tennessee, North Carolina and Virginia." (Hobbs Jr., 1989) and in the deeper waters of Lakes Erie and Ontario. It prefers to burrow under large rocks, usually flat and about 10 to 15cm. thick. The bigger the rock the bigger the crayfish! This specimen is a large first form male (mating form). It is one of our larger crayfish species here in N. America with this individual being about 25 cm. long (total length). I photographed this one in Conneaut Creek of Ohio (April 1999).
|The New River Crayfish
Cambarus sciotensis This is a species of crayfish found in one of the oldest continuously flowing rivers in the world. The New River has it's origin in North Carolina, flows through Virginia and into West Virginia where it is then called the Kanawa River. It debauches into the Ohio River. Historically it was the preglacial Teays River that drained much of what is now called "the Midwest". It is known to be an ancient river because it cuts through the backbone of the Appalachian Mountains, flowing from east to west. This species is much like
the Big River Crayfish (Cambarus robustus) in life history. Where the two species are found together the New River Crayfish tends to inhabit the smaller cooler stream sections. The two species are easy to tell apart by their chela structure, C. sciotensis has a smooth hand and C. robustus has numerous enlarged tubercles and rough areas.
Editor note; Both images are displayed to show how colour can vary with light source. The top photograph is in shaded natural light in the stream and the bottom in direct sunlight. Direct comparisons can be made between this crayfish and C robustus.
The Rock Crawfish (proposed common name)
Cambarus carinirostris. This picture was taken at the southern edge of the rock crawfish's range in a tributary of the New River (1978). Note the clarity of the water and the large number of snails on the surrounding rocks. This crayfish species (and the snails) favor very clean waters with little or no turbidity. These types of streams are harder and harder to find in the States these days. Stream channelization, mining activities, destruction of riparian trees and intense farming activities are all contributing to the decline of the rock crawfish and more significantly Pleurocerid snails. This crayfish burrows under rocks and is found primarily in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains on the
western side.
The same photograph showing the snails on the surounding rocks.
Cambarus brachydactylus
More information on this crayfish soon.
Cambarus deweesae
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Cambarus diogenes
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Cambarus grayson
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Cambarus ortmanni
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There are several names the crayfish is known by across the USA, including crawfish, crawdads, and mudbugs. While much of New England calls them crayfish, a NYC DWI attorney would order crawfish in a restaurant. Down south, a San Antonio DWI attorney would also order crawfish at his favorite Cajun restaurant. Not far from San Antonio, Texas is the crawfish capital of the USA, Louisiana, where crawfish are a top export.


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This (brief) tutorial is by no means the 'only' way to install KDE 4 in OS X. However, it's probably the easiest. Keep reading for a step-by-step walkthrough, and a couple of disclaimers.
KDE apps on an OS X desktop
There are a few things I should mention up front. They are:
- The gentleman who created these packages warns you: "They may not work. They may not even install. We are not responsible for any problems or system problems this may cause."
- This is an alpha release – even if you get parts of it working, it's pretty unlikely you'll get all of it working.
- It's a 1.5GB bittorrent download for the full package. A full installation will take up 12-13GB of space on your drive. That's not a type-o. With that said, you can customize the installation not to include packages you'll never use, which will result in less disk space being used. You can also use Monolingual to remove the unneeded architectures (PowerPC if you have an Intel CPU, Intel if you have a PowerPC CPU) if you really know what you're doing. I'm not linking to Monolingual on purpose, it can completely mess up your OS X installation if you use it incorrectly – consider yourself very warned.
- If you find yourself asking "Why even do this?" the only answer I can come up with is "because it's possible". For a considerably more functional version of KDE on your Mac, I'd suggest using Parallels or VMWare to install a KDE based Linux distribution.
So after reviewing all of the above reasons not to install KDE 4, if you still want to continue, here's what to do.
- Visit http://ranger.users.finkproject.org/kde/index.php/Home and download the everything package (everything-2007xxxx.dmg.torrent). It took about an hour for me to download on a cable/broadband connection. Don't forget to seed the file after your download has completed.
- Open the .dmg file. Since it's huge it will take a while to verify – you might want to click the skip button if you're certain the file is complete.
- Locate the kde.mpkg file and double-click it (it will be just kde if you hide extensions).
- The installation Wizard will launch – click Continue to get started.
- Review the information provided and click Continue.
- Review the Software License Agreement (yeah right) and again click Continue.
- When prompted, click Agree.
- Select the drive you wish to install KDE on, and click Continue.
- Now you can de-select packages that you don't want to install. I skipped KDE Educational, but you may want it. After you've decided which packages you want to install, click Install.
- Enter your password when prompted.
- Go grab a cup of coffee. The (almost) full installation that I did took about 22 minutes to complete.
- And when it's done, click Close.
- Now it's time to give it a shot – cross your fingers and navigate to Mac HD -> opt -> kde4 -> bin and double-click one of the applications.
- I was able to launch Amarok, but I couldn't get it to actually play music files.
- Konqueror worked, but would crash when I tried to use it as a web browser (it worked fine as a file manager).
- KWrite worked flawlessly.
- And finally – a screenshot of KOrganizer, KWrite and KMines all running on my OS X desktop.
- Get used to using Force Quit when KDE apps stall. Which I found they frequently did.
- If you find that it's not stable enough for you, but you're determined to get KDE 4 running in OS X, you can try building it yourself. I have no idea how long it would take to manually build everything, but it took me over 12 hours to compile just Amarok and its dependencies in OS X (and it didn't even work when all was said and done).


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Technical Paper / Targets and Target Protection During Injection / dx.doi.org/10.13182/FST03-A276
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To create a conceptual design of a tracking system of a target injected into a wet-walled, laser-fusion reactor, the influence of residual gas on the target trajectory is discussed based on a kinetic model, assuming all of the impinging molecules are adsorbed on the target surface. The model targets are a high-gain target for central ignition and a fast-ignition target with a cone as an optical guide for an additional heating laser. In the case of a fast-ignition target, tracking in the reactor might be skipped, depending on its condition, because of the heavy cone. Recent activities in fabrication of the fast-ignition target are briefly mentioned.


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One question that I get asked often is something close to "What should I look for in a new computer?" I figure it wouldn't be a bad idea to share my opinion on it.
It is a fair question and the answer is going to vary depending on what you intend to do with the device. For instance, if you are just a casual web surfer who wants to check e-mail, use Facebook to stay connected to family and friends, and have fun watching some YouTube videos once in a while - you won't need as nice of a rig as the one who wants to do lots of photo and video editing or play graphics intense games.
Nonetheless, there are two components that will need to be looked at. Hard drive storage and memory. After that, you can look at the other bells and whistles. Let's take a look at each one of them from the viewpoint of both laptop and desktop.
Hard Drive Storage
Certainly, how much you actually need might be subject to debate depending on who you ask.
Laptops will traditionally have a little less storage than a desktop. Lower end laptops will likely have 320GB or 500GB of storage. Really cheap ones might even be found with 250GB. Higher end Laptops will have 750GB or 1TB of space.
Desktop units will very likely have 1TB or more with cheaper units having less.
Your operating system and some programs will probably not make much of a dent in this if you don't plan to use this for much more than browsing, e-mail, and Facebook. In this case 500GB should be plenty and if you get more that is fine too.
If, however, you plan to do some serious picture collecting and archiving, you should beef this up considerably. Also if you are a major gamer - you know that some games can consume several gigs of storage. If you have lots of games, with expansion packs, etc - you will want storage. Shoot for at a minimum, 1 TB of storage and I would even recommend an external hard drive for you picture hoarding types so that you can have them backed up in case of a computer failure.
Cheaper units will have hard drives in them that operate at 5400 RPM. If you can, try to get one that runs at 7200 RPM. This will give you some better speeds out of the machine. As you move towards the higher end computers you will notice that some will have a Solid State Drive or SSD. These are much faster but more expensive and usually have less storage. Many computers will have an SSD for booting the operating system and a standard hard drive for the rest of your data.
While you can find some cheap computers with less than 4GB of RAM still out there, I wouldn't want one with anything less than that, even for the casual user. I don't think memory is something you should skimp on so go for 6GB or 8GB if you can. High end users - shoot for 12GB or 16GB - though this might be challenging to find at retail stores. If so, get one with 8GB and room to expand to 16GB and then add the extra memory on your own. Four years ago, I built a desktop with 12GB of RAM and am really glad I did. It is still hanging in there with the best of them.
A desktop will be much more likely to have room for more memory than a laptop. A laptop will generally have two slots for memory and desktops can have many more but anything you pick up at Wal-Mart is not likely to have more than that. You might have to do some research online before purchasing that desktop from a place like Wal-Mart in order to find out if you can simply add extra memory in without replacing what is in there to begin with.
Other Bells and Whistles
Graphics Card
For the casual user - whatever the system comes with should suffice but for the heavy editor or gamer, you should have a discrete graphics processor with at least a gig of dedicated memory.
Other things you might want to look for would be the number of USB ports on the unit. On a laptop, you likely find two or three but snag four if possible. On a desktop I would shoot for eight of them with four in the front for easy access. I would also expect half of them to be USB 3.0 compatible.
In my opinion, the small differences in speed won't be noticeable for most people but if you are looking for quality and speed, you'll need to keep an eye out for a couple things. First, there are two main processor brands out there with many different models among them - AMD and Intel.
Now, I have run plenty of AMD processors in my time and have not had any issues with them - same for Intel processors. Computers with an AMD processor in them will often cost a bit less. Many at the stores will be dual or quad core but some real cheap ones might have a single core in them. I would avoid the single cores - dual core is gonna be OK for the casual user but high end-users will want at least a quad core but I'd go for eight.
Card Reader
Yeah, you pretty much gotta have one of these if you use them in your camera.
Optical Drive
Be sure to look for one of these if you need one. It is pretty standard now for an optical drive to be able to read and write DVD but some of the newer devices you can find out there like the netbooks and ultrabooks don't have one at all. Getting it out of the box and realizing you can't install something would not be cool. If you want to use your device to watch movies, I would suggest getting one that was Blu-Ray compatible.
Personal preference here, really. Are you OK with a small monitor or display - or would you prefer a larger 22" or 24" display? Laptops can offer a nice 17" display and full keyboard but it is about what you like on this one.
This is pretty standard now on any laptop style device. Just be sure that it is compatible with N at a minimum.
For desktops, some are coming with Wi-Fi capabilities. This is especially handy if you want to place the desktop away from where the router sits.
Certainly, the casual user could get by on less than what I would suggest here but even the casual user will experience some frustration in short order as software and Internet requirements start placing heavy demands on the system. Always good to pad a little for the future. With technology, you often get what you pay for and there is a reason that the $250 laptop at Wal-Mart only costs $250. Again, these are just some suggestions based on my opinion and I know there are other things that can be included but I hope this is at least a little helpful as you go shopping.
Don't forget to install anti-virus and malware protection on your machine. Avast! and Malwarebytes are excellent choices for free.
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Hallucinogenic mushrooms are the second
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The last time that the Harvard men's squash team won a match against Princeton, George W. Bush had just been inaugurated into his second term as President. But the year that Bush's successor was inaugurated into his second term of office would not be the one to break the skid.
It seemed like a repeat of 2011 as the Tigers (6-0, 2-0 Ivy) once again upset the Crimson's previously unblemished record in heartbreaking fashion.
Mere hours after the Harvard women fell to a similar fate, the reigning Ivy League and CSA National Champions eked out a win over the Crimson (8-1, 2-1 Ivy) at the Jadwin Squash Courts on Sunday, 5-4, the same score by which Princeton topped Harvard the year before.
"They're a team that shows up on the day consistently," co-captain Zeke Scherl said. "You think that even when some of their players are people who you would beat on paper, they show up, and some of our guys didn't have the most solid performances. Today was a really individual incident, where it really came down to the wire, and two points could have gone the other way, and we would have had the match."
Down 4-3, the Crimson sent its No. 2 player, junior Brandon McLaughlin, onto the court to face his counterpart on the Tigers, Samuel Kang. Kang easily won the first two games, 11-5 and 11-6, and looked to take the third game as well, but McLaughlin's foe couldn't convert on five match balls and dropped the third game, 12-14.
McLaughlin and Kang fought two more hotly contested games, with McLaughlin taking the fourth to tie the match before losing the final game, 11-9, to give Princeton its eighth consecutive victory over Harvard.
"[McLaughlin] got down against [Kang], and he gritted his teeth and fought back—it's how he operates," Scherl said. "He's always been a fighter, but unfortunately it got down to the last couple of points when he buckled down and fell to the guy."
While the drama unfolded on the No. 2 court, the Crimson's top-ranked player and reigning CSA national champion, junior Ali Farag, took on a former national champion in the Tigers' Todd Harrity. Harrity took the first game, 11-5, before Farag bounced back to win three consecutive and take the match, 3-1.
"At first I didn't play well because I was nervous from watching the number two, Brandon McLaughlin," Farag said. "But after that, I talked to my coach, and he told me to just forget about the other match and get the job done, and I think from there, I played just fine."
With the win, Farag remains undefeated, both against Harrity, whom he topped, 3-2, in last year's matchup, and in his collegiate career.
"I thought [Ali] played unbelievable squash with a lot of pressure on him at the end," Scherl said. "He's always expected to win, but playing Todd Harrity who's an incredible player, never easy to beat, I thought even after having gone down the first game, he composed himself well and got himself together and played beautiful squash to win that."
The Tigers jumped out to an early lead, taking the first two matches of the day. Freshman Matt Roberts went down in straight games at the No. 9 position, while No. 3 Gary Power took the first game before dropping the next three to his opponent.
Harvard responded, as sixth-seeded junior Tommy Mullaney and eighth-seeded co-captain Jason Michas both bested their opponents in straight games to knot the score at two apiece.
"I thought Tommy Mullaney and Jason Michas posted incredible showings today getting on and off court, really executing their game plans and taking it to their opponents," Scherl said. "I saw Tommy just dominate his opponent. The kid never had a chance."
Losses at the fourth and fifth spots gave Princeton the lead back before Scherl defeated his opponent at No. 7 to bring it to 4-3. Farag noted that some of the Crimson's struggles stemmed from the conditions of the court, which made it difficult for the visitors to find their rhythm.
"I think the fact that they were playing at home made a huge difference," Farag said. "Their courts were really bouncy and really hard, so a lot of our players struggled with that. It's hard to finish the ball on these courts."
Despite the track record that the team holds against the Tigers, Scherl remains optimistic about the next meeting between the two.
"Coming off the match, we'll do what we always do," Scherl said. "We'll pick up the little things and keep working, and I think Princeton should be afraid the next time that they see us."
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Question number: 128
Describe in Detail
Explain the Fartlek training with advantages and disadvantages.
Training method: - Fartlek training method.
(i) The basic principle of Fartlek training method is "periods of fast running intermixed with periods of slower running"
(ii) Practicing fartlek training method makes our body versatile, because of the sprinting intervals. These method keeps our heart rate up and allowing us to get good cardiovascular workout. It makes us a better sprinter and a better long distance runner.
(iii) If one is not properly trained, then increasing pace and then lowering it back down can creates cramps in his legs. He should be sure to breathe in through nose out through mouth. This will prevent cramps from occurring.
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role of media to develop interest in sport for women?
Media can help in developing, more interest in sport for women by showing the benefits of sports in women's lifestyle, their health and their body.
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Describe two benefits of taking rest.
Rest is an often overlooked part of training, yet it can make or break you.
- Rest between sessions is very important because it recovers our strength and energy.
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This catalog is from the original show After the Moment. Published by ICA Philadelphia/ Janet Kardon. With essays by David Joselit and Kay Larson and a dedication by Patti Smith. Size 9.5 x 0.5 x 11.8 inches. Pub date 1991, Soft cover, 136 pgs.
Robert Mapplethorpe Exhibition Poster
This poster is from the original show After the Moment. 25 years ago the Contemporary Arts Center took a brave stand against censorship by fighting for the right to exhibit Robert Mapplethorpe's work. The show was breathtaking. Poster size 24"x32". Glossy, poster paper. Will ship rolled.
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Posted on Thursday 17 January 2013 by Ulster Business
Pubs of Ulster's Colin Neill met with Arlene Foster and Simon Hamilton at Stormont to discuss the problems facing the hospitality sector
That statistics were presented at a private meeting between Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster and representatives of Northern Ireland's hospitality sector, who warned that up to 300 jobs in the industry could be lost in Belfast by the end of the week if the on-going flag protests continue to affect the local economy.
The delegation of representatives from the hospitality sector voiced their concerns for the future of thousands of local businesses to Mrs Foster and Simon Hamilton MLA.
Pubs of Ulster revealed that pubs, restaurants and hotels are suffering as a result of the flag protests, with people not going out and visitors opting to avoid towns and cities.
In real terms, this means that the industry is currently suffering a dramatic drop in turnover, with one publican alone reporting a loss of £95,000 before Christmas and £60,000 after the Christmas period. With another local publican reporting that trade fell by 54% last week alone, representatives said they fear that the situation is showing no signs of improvement.
Colin Neill, chief executive of Pubs of Ulster, said: "The intention of the meeting was not to discuss the rights or wrongs of the protests. Instead, we wanted to use the meeting as an opportunity to voice our concern for the future of local businesses, especially within the hospitality sector, and look at how we can work together to try to get through the current difficulties.
"Our figures speak for themselves and it is clear that businesses cannot operate for very long in these conditions. Pubs, restaurants and hotels all rely on people leaving their homes, so if people don't go out, we lose out. Whilst we obviously need a political solution to the situation, we are now at a point where something has to be done and action needs to be taken to help the struggling evening economy. It's clear that there is a shared commitment to do what we can to protect the future of the industry, and we will continue to work closely with the Minister to ensure that all possible solutions are explored."
Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster said she shared the frustration of those in the hospitality sector and those of the wider business community.
"The hospitality industry has a very important role to play in giving Belfast the kind of 'buzz' and atmosphere that saw the city being voted one of the world's top destinations for 2012 by the National Geographic Traveller magazine. We spent a lot of time last year building up the image of Northern Ireland with our hugely successful NI2012 campaign. I will do everything I can to ensure a positive message continues to be delivered, because Northern Ireland is still a great place to live, work, invest and visit," she said.
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Christmas just wouldn't be the same without Holiday Sweet Potato Casserole on the dinner table. The toasted marshmallows that top this recipe for sweet potato casserole is pleasing to the eye and delicious for the taste buds.
3 lbs. sweet potatoes (see note*)2 - 8 oz. cans crushed pineapple in juice, undrainedmaraschino cherries (1/4 tsp. ground cinnamon4 tsp. butter1/3 c. toasted pecans, chopped1 3/4 c. miniature marshmallows
1. To cook the sweet potatoes, bake in a 400° F. oven for about 45 minutes or until tender. Set aside to cool then peel and cut into bite-sized pieces.
3. Bake at 350° F. for 35 - 40 minutes or until the sweet potatoes mixture is bubbly. Add marshmallows to top of casserole during the last 10 minutes of baking, then place under broiler until nice and brown. Serve hot.
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Instead of using fresh potatoes, use 3 pounds of canned sweet potatoes. Just drain and slice the potatoes.
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Torrey Grey is a 15-year-old fashionista. She has her own channel on YouTube giving advice to teenagers on fashion and beauty, with the online identity of Beautystarz 15.
Torrey and her parents have just moved home from Boulder, Colorado, to Texas – which displeases Torrey. They are moving to be near her father's Texan family after Torrey's younger sister Miranda was killed by a drunken driver.
In the aftermath of this disaster Torrey gets a great deal of support from her online community but there are a few instances too of unsympathetic troll-like comments. Because of the circumstances in which her sister died, Torrey is beset with guilt and unable to come to terms with the bereavement. For these reasons her online work comes to an abrupt halt – she has fallen silent.
The remainder of the novel deals with Torrey's attempt to reconcile herself with what has happened, and to find help.
For many adults the online world so often inhabited by children and young adults is an unknown land; they just don't get it. Cooner does. She makes vividly clear the extent to which the internet can become the dominant world of a young person. By so doing she provides a useful guide to adults and establishes an intuitive link to younger readers who know what this world is about, without becoming didactic or patronising in the process. This is a serious accomplishment.
The author has, however, committed herself to a problematic schema for the book. The reader will expect events – a violent death, a family in flight – to stir the book's protagonist at a deeper level. But for much of the book Torrey seems not to possess a deeper level, or more precisely when she manifests one it is revealed painfully slowly. She judges everyone by their attire or accessories – shoes, clothes, handbags, makeup, hairdo and so forth; all the externals. By the time Torrey shows any more profound feelings, there is a danger that the reader's sympathy will have flagged.
Many readers may have encountered a fashion-obsessed girl like this at school, and heartily disliked her. The superficial nature of almost all Torrey's value judgements may prove an obstacle to readers' enjoyment of a very good book that could have been an even better one.


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"Detention is by far the worst place and experience I have gone through in my life. For someone like me who endured torture, harm, torment and abuse in my home country. The endless trauma and flashbacks which followed me across the oceans was relived in detention and made my conditions rather worse."
"If they refuse me that's alright, because I don't want to stay in this country, because I don't want to waste my life in the detention centre. It just makes me mentally and physically upset here."
"The tough thing is this environment. Not being able to go out, to do things, to move on, being locked up... Sometimes it's like somebody's suffocating me, like I can't breathe. Because every time I just look at walls, walls."
"Detention is like prison, you are locked up. There is no difference between prison and detention."
"In the night time I can't sleep, and you don't have anyone to go to; and you don't have anywhere to go out, and get some fresh air, and maybe have a walk or something, we are just inside, I think that really is depressing."
"The difficult thing about being in detention here is not knowing where you are, not knowing where you stand basically. They don't give you much information."
"The second time I went into detention, it was the worst...when I used to hear that people had committed suicide, I used to say that nothing would make me take away my life. But when I was detained the second time, inside the van, that was when I realised that when you are in so much pain, when you are harming yourself, you do not feel the pain."


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"Those numbers are out of thin air," said Wilmoth. "There is no scientific basis on which to estimate a fixed upper limit. Whether 115 or 120 years, it is a legend created by scientists who are quoting each other."Wilmoth and his associates found that maximum life span at death has been rising for the last 138 years. (Note that this study concerns maximum life span at death, not average life span.) Not only has this number been increasing, but it has been increasing at an accelerating rate.
There have been countless gripes about the technology that keeps people alive who would otherwise have died, all claiming that there is no point to prolonging life when there is no quality of life or hope of recovery. No argument here. But those who are working at eliminating or reversing aging speak not of life span, but of health span. The goal is to increase the span of years that people can expect to be healthy, not hooked up to life-saving machines.
Historical records, on the other hand, show that the entire configuration of ages at death in Sweden has been shifting upward for 138 years, he said. The upward trend accelerated suddenly around 1970, more than doubling the rate at which the life span was growing, from less than one year of age for every two decades to more than one year per decade.
This has happened because of medical and public health advances throughout the century, said Wilmoth, whose analysis ruled out simple population growth as a factor. Some scientists had thought that the increased number of very old people could be due to a larger population base, but Wilmoth's data show that the main cause is increased survival after age 70.
I have been surprised by the number of people who say they would not want to live longer than the current average life span of about 80 years. Would the same people have chosen to live only 40 years when that was the average life span? To me these numbers seem arbitrary. But a deeper question arises: Why wouldn't people choose more life? Is it because they are unhappy? Perhaps that is true for some. Is it because they are bored? Again, perhaps. But another reason comes to mind: Is it because they are religious?
Those who believe that they will inherit eternal life in spiritual form through their religious beliefs may feel that prolonging their physical life is only postponing their journey into a heavenly existence. I'm not sure. In any case, I am confident that we will have that choice before too long. What will you choose if you make it until then?
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We have sampled lots of different and interesting habitats on our fieldwork so far…
In this pretty cemetery in Whitkirk it was so nice to see that this patch had been left unmown and the primroses allowed to flourish!
Beautiful bluebells in Middleton Woods.
And parks like this one in
Here's a few of our pollinator spots for the week.
|A bee fly.
|A tree bumblebee (Bombus hypnorum).
|A solitary bee (Andrena sp. ) enjoying a dandelion.
|A very muddy early mining bee (Andrena haemorrhoa)
Whilst out and about on campus we recently discovered a city of tawny mining bees – an idyllic little spot of grass covered with cowslips and violets near to the School of Music where almost every inch of ground seemed to have a nest or a wandering bee in it. I don't think we've ever seen so many in one small space! So it just shows how valuable these little pockets of habitat can be in urban environments, not just for feeding but nesting too.
|Can you spot the bee spying on its neighbours from its nest?


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When you think of country meals, you might picture big, elaborate dinners filled with fried foods and carbohydrates. This may have been true 100 years ago when farm families needed extra fuel for physical labor, but country cooking has changed. Today's country meals are cozy and flavorful but acknowledge the importance of a healthy diet for growing children. Combine frugal cooking methods with healthy comfort food and you get modern country cooking that your entire family will enjoy.
One-Pot Meals
There are few easier ways to cook dinner for your family than cooking in one pot. Casseroles, stews and chili dishes emphasize the flavor of the combined ingredients instead of separate components, so inexpensive meats and vegetables can still shine. Make chicken stew with garden vegetables. Create chili with ground turkey and inexpensive dried beans. Use leftover turkey in a surprising enchilada bake. Use small amounts of beef or pork with lots of colorful vegetables in a healthy stir fry with brown rice.
Soup and Sandwich
Fill your home with the aroma of homemade soup and you'll have the beginnings of an easy country meal. Start with a leftover chicken or turkey carcass or bits of beef trimmed from a roast. Add carrots, celery, onion, herbs and some spices and fill the pot with water. Simmer the soup for 2 hours to extract the most flavor from the ingredients. Adjust the seasoning after about an hour of cooking. When it's time for dinner, serve the soup with an assortment of breads, meats and cheeses to give everyone a chance to concoct their own sandwich creations.
There's something about a barbecue grill that transforms even the lowliest cut of meat into a delicious dish. Mix ground turkey or chicken with chopped onion for moisture and grill them until they're golden brown. Cut inexpensive cuts of beef or chicken into cubes and string them on skewers along with peppers, onions and cherry tomatoes for homemade shish kabobs. Marinate chicken legs in a creamy balsamic and herb dressing or orange juice for a flavorful twist on an old favorite.
Side Dishes
Don't forget the garden when you're planning an easy country dinner. Raid your garden patch to find ingredients to round out a meal for your family. Grill fresh ears of corn and spread them with herb butter. Slice cucumbers, celery and multi-colored peppers into spears for dipping into ranch dip. Mix different varieties of lettuce greens and top with a creamy dressing. Get your children into the fun by teaching them to snap beans, shell peas and shuck corn cobs. They may sneak a bite now and then while they're working, but it's one snack you won't mind them eating.
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"You see Cormier engaging in an examination of people."
Spoilers ahead for Robert Cormier's The Chocolate War.
After the monstrosity that was Go Ask Alice (a personal opinion, though one held by most of the class), we moved on to the classic The Chocolate War.
The Chocolate War came out in the 1970s and was hailed as one of the most innovative books of its time.
We spent a good deal of time discussing the third person omniscient narrator (or, "the all-knowing narrator"). It doesn't function the same way that the first person does -- it comes across as less obsessed and self-absorbed and allows a disconnect with the shifts between characters.
The novel itself is "a little more adult than young" and counteracts that typical teen problems with darker overtones. (For instance, in the opening scene, it's not just trying out for the football team -- it's war imagery.) It's not about overcoming, it's about enduring. The narrative voice doesn't passes judgement, it just presents the story (and, perhaps, respects their audience?).
And then we flipped to the connection between Archie and John Milton's Paradise Lost.
Lucifer in Paradise Lost.
Paradise Lost follows the biblical story of the fall of man. (If you don't know it, I applaud you for living under a rock.) Milton fleshed out Satan as a complex character who wages war against God, loses and then plans to infiltrate Earth. He sees God as a tyrant and the fight as a matter of justice and freedom. (A Byronic hero, perhaps?)
There are plenty of parallels between dear Satan and Archie, including:
- the need to wage war (TCW: page 71)
- the lack of melodrama, and the presence of psychodrama (TCW: page 132)
- treated as some kind of machine (TCW: page 33)
- align with evil, victim v. victimizing (TCW: page 106)
- justified hate (TCW: page 144)
We also talked about the parallel's between Satan's domain, Pandemonium, and the "pandemonium" that Archie causes within the school.
Next week, we switch briefly to some young adult poetry -- yes, that's a thing! -- as well as a lesson on close reading.
Question for the comments:
For those who read the book, why did Jerry continue to refuse the chocolates? Was it premeditated against Leon, or just something he decided to do offhand?
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The Texas Motor Speedway Media Relations Department is located on the 6th floor of The Speedway Club outside of Turn 1 of the speedway.
FORT WORTH, Texas (June 19, 2015) – Friday Night Drags presented by Snap-On Racing, which allows the general public to drag race their personal vehicles in a safe and controlled environment, opens its seventh season this week at Texas Motor Speedway.
>Texas Motor Speedway will convert the racing venue's pit road into a 1/8-mile drag strip for the six-week amateur series that will crown weekly and season champions in all divisions beginning Friday night.
Friday Night Drags presented by Snap-On Racing will have seven divisions – Tuner, Street Bandit, Sportsman, AWD Tuning All-Wheel Drive, SNL Performance Super Cars, DSG Arms Black Smoke Warrior and B&G Mufflers Street Outlaw – to balance the competition among the variety of vehicles that will compete throughout the season.
The Hills Air Support Show-N-Shine, where car enthusiasts will display their prized possessions, also will be part of the drag racing action each of the six week. The top entries will earn awards in four categories (Best of Show, Best Classic-1972 or earlier, Best Current Custom-1973 to current, Best Motorcycle).
The gates open each week (June 19, June 26, July 3, July 10, July 17, and July 24) at 6 p.m. CT with inspection, practice and the Hills Air Support Show-N-Shine beginning at 6:15 p.m. Drag racing competition will get underway at 9 p.m. CT.
The cost is $20 to participate in the drag racing or Hills Air Support Show-N-Shine competition each week. For spectators, general admission grandstand tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for children 12 and under and available at the Gate 6 ticket booth. Parking is free in the PSL lot outside the Gate 6 and also available for $20 in the infield (with admission included in the pricing). Coolers are permitted in both the grandstands and infield.
The Friday Night Drags presented by Snap-On Racing series began in 2009 to assist in curtailing illegal street racing in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex by providing a safer alternative at the speedway. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, traffic crashes are the leading cause of death for people between the ages of 15 and 20 and an average of 135 people die in the United States annually in street racing-related accidents.
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Tim Hoopmann on the Time Tracking Revolution in Bookkeeping…
Fresh from a 6,000km coast-to-coast trip between Sydney and Perth, Tim Hoopmann says he cannot imagine going back to the days before mobile apps. "I look back when everything was manual and paper-based and I wonder, how did I survive doing that? Because now I have way more time to actually run my business."
Tim's business is Cornerstone Bookkeeping, which he describes as 100 percent cloud-based. "Everything we do internally, and everything we do for our customers, is driven by cloud computing," he explains.
His enthusiasm for being able to work anywhere, anytime, is irrepressible. Tim works as hard as any business owner. He is no workaholic, though. His other great passion, besides technology, is his firm belief in the importance of having a good work-life balance. The secret to this, he says, is productivity.
Work smarter, not longer
"All I need while I'm on the road is my iPhone and iPad," Tim reveals. "I can sit in a cafe, somebody else's office, or a hotel, and I can connect with my team, exactly as if I was in my office." This gives him the freedom to go out and look for new business, to network, and run his business on the go. In short, it helps him make the very best use of his time.
Technology is not the only thing that business owners like Tim require. To run a business effectively — no matter where that business takes you — you also need to have a great team behind you that you can rely on. When he is recruiting, Tim says the quality he looks for, above all, is passion. You may be able to learn the skills you need to provide a good service, but to provide a great service, it takes an extra spark that cannot be taught.
"I need people in my business who are really passionate about technology, cloud accounting, and helping customers to improve their processes and save time. We are all about saving the customer time and money, and working out how to do things smarter for them. So I am very clear about accountability, integrity, and ownership, and these values have helped me get the right people on board."


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As many of you probably know, either from my long blog posts or from actually meeting me in person, I like to talk — a lot!
Well, yesterday Paul Lee and I were talking about Nannan's Creation for Charity and the new Chat for Charity option that several of our fellow LUGOLA members are part of. But since getting me to talk about anything — LEGO, moives, whatever — isn't all that special we thought up something a little more unique…
In Paul's awesome drawing description —
In the spirit of giving, our favorite loquacious, former Master Model Builder, Mariann Asanuma (model gal), has graciously donated a unique item to the Creations for Charity Store. As many of you know, Mariann likes to talk. Boy, does she like to talk. For a measly sum of $20, you can buy 30 minutes of not talking with Mariann!
You can not talk about anything you want! You can not talk about the building process, sorting strategies, model inspirations, her time as a Master Model Builder, or anything else you can think of. The point is sometimes a half hour of silence is golden, and you'll be helping some needy kids get some life changing brick!
Its now on the Creations for Charity Store 😉
And be sure to check out all the other awesome creations that are already there. More are constantly being added and if you would like to contribute, go to the Creations For Charity website.