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Microsoft and Google are fighting yet another public relations battle, this time over the HTML5 video standards to be used in the next generation of Web browsers.
While Google is usually the company known for humorous pranks, it's a Microsoft employee who demonstrated his sharp wit in a blog post that compares Google's backing of the WebM video format to the invention of a brand new language.
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Tim Sneath, the head of "Windows and web evangelism for Microsoft," according to his Twitter profile, wrote a blog post on MSDN.com titled "An Open Letter from the President of the United States of Google."
The post spoofs Google's decision to remove H.264 support from Chrome in favor of the WebM video codec, which was announced by Chromium project manager Mike Jazayeri on Tuesday.
Sneath essentially rewrites the Google blog post, replacing "WebM" with "The Esperanto language," which he says "was invented last century as a politically neutral language that would foster peace and international understanding." Esperanto, by the way, is an "international auxiliary language" designed to aid communication between people who speak different native languages. It's also a pretty cool song by The Eagles. (No wait, that's Desperado).
Sneath doesn't mention WebM in his blog post, but does provide a hyperlink to the WebM page. The message is fairly clear: Sneath believes Google is forcing a new standard on the Web world instead of simply letting people speak their chosen language. "English," in Sneath's post, links to the Wikipedia page on H.264.
Sneath's entire blog post reads as follows:
"The world's ability to communicate with one another is a key factor in its rapid evolution and economic growth. The Esperanto language was invented last century as a politically neutral language that would foster peace and international understanding. Since the launch, we've seen first-hand the benefits of a constructed language:
• A pure form of communication that is unsullied by cultural context;
• Broad adoption by as many as 10,000 speakers
• Independent (yet mostly compatible) dialects that not only bring additional choice for speakers [but] also foster healthy competition and innovation
We expect even more communication between people in the coming year and are therefore focusing our investments in languages that are created based on constructed language principles. To that end, we are changing the spoken and written language of this nation to make it consistent with the form of speech already supported by the Language Creation Society. Specifically, we are supporting the Esperanto and Klingon languages, and will consider adding support for other high-quality constructed languages in the future. Though English plays an important role in speech today, as our goal is to enable open innovation, its further use as a form of communication in this country will be prohibited and our resources directed towards languages that are untainted by real-world usage.
These changes will occur in the next couple months but we are announcing them now to give citizens using other languages an opportunity to translate the libraries of the world into Esperanto.
Dankon, nedankinde!"
The latter phrase in Esperanto means "Thank you, you're welcome."
Internet Explorer 9, of course, supports the H.264 codec. Sneath's hyperlinks lead readers to data indicating that two-thirds of Web videos are using H.264, with about another 25% using Flash VP6. However, the data, from Encoding.com, was released before the launch of WebM last May.
But WebM will have a chance with the weight of Google and Chrome behind it. WebM is also supported by Mozilla, Opera and Adobe.
Google's Jazayeri says WebM has brought "Rapid performance improvements in the video encoder and decoder thanks to contributions from dozens of developers across the community; Broad adoption by browser, tools, and hardware vendors; [and] Independent (yet compatible) implementations that not only bring additional choice for users, publishers, and developers but also foster healthy competition and innovation."
Chrome's move from H.264 to WebM "will occur in the next couple months but we are announcing them now to give content publishers and developers using HTML video an opportunity to make any necessary changes to their sites," he writes. Google wants to focus "its investments in those technologies that are developed and licensed based on open web principles." Google will also support the Theora video codec "and will consider adding support for other high-quality open codecs in the future."
Network World open source blogger Joe Brockmeier, formerly the open SUSE Community Manager for Novell, calls Google's decision "good news ... for open Web proponents," but "potentially bad news for the majority of the Web, which is going to have to ride out a years-long standards format war. Again."
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Kingston's DataTraveler Special Edition 9 is a fashionable USB Flash drive that makes it fun to connect and share photos, music, videos and more with friends and family. The handy USB Flash drive will be available in an all metal livery casing and is a great accessory for slim notebooks and tablets. Its small, capless design easily attaches to a keychain or necklace for accessibility and safety.

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The Once and Future Beans — The Weekender
So often, when I think back to the food of my childhood, all I remember is the seriously healthy stuff. Dark brown whole-wheat bread, carob chips and apple slices dominate my memories of what we ate during those years. However, a recent conversation with my sister brought up a whole other set of food memories.
She remembers the toasted cheese on white sourdough, fruit snacks in our lunches and the fact that just about every Saturday, we ate hot dogs and baked beans for lunch. I don't know if our parents relaxed their food standards when my sister came along or if my memory is deeply selective. I do know that once prompted, I vividly recalled that baked beans were one of our pantry staples.
Part of the reason my mom was so willing to keep baked beans in the pantry and hot dogs in the freezer was that they were things we could easily help prepare. Opening the beans taught can opener dexterity and the frozen hot dogs could easily be wrapped in a paper towel and microwaved until warmed through. Plus, I'm sure she figured it was a meal that offered plenty of protein for our growing bodies (my mother is a big believer in the power of protein).
With this memory fresh in my mind and Memorial Day looming, it seemed the perfect time to try my hand at a batch of from-scratch baked beans. As is so often the case, a little digging led to a recipe from culinary mastermind Alton Brown. His recipe for The Once and Future Beans helped me nail it on the first try. The active work is fairly minimal, but the beans do need a solid eight hours in the oven, which makes them perfect for a lazy weekend supper and a definite candidate for The Weekender.
- Alton's recipe calls for dried great Northern beans. If you struggle to find that particular variety, know that you can sub in navy or cannellini beans.
- Make sure to soak the beans in cold, fresh water for at least six hours before you plan on using them.
- Because the beans cook low and slow for at least eight hours (I actually let mine go for 10), consider cooking them overnight. If you go this route, you'll wake up to a fragrant house.
- Know that these aren't the super-sweet baked beans of our youth. They're delicious with a sweet edge, but they stay firmly on the savory side of things. Should you need a sweeter bean, add a bit more brown sugar.
Marisa McClellan is a food writer and canning teacher who lives in Center City Philadelphia. Find more of her food (all cooked up in her 80-square-foot kitchen) at her blog, Food in Jars. Her first cookbook, called Food in Jars: Canning in Small Batches Year Round, is now available.


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Peer feedback cuts doctors' over-use of tests
Feedback from fellow physicians helped doctors do fewer unnecessary tests on newly diagnosed prostate cancer patients in a study aimed at improving health care quality and consistency.
Coaching on the most current guidelines led doctors to cut in half the number of expensive CT scans and bone scans they ordered for low-risk patients, sparing them costs and potential side effects.
"The study is a great example of a new solution for an old problem," said Dr. David C. Miller, the lead researcher and a urologist at the University of Michigan. "Physicians are at the heart of the solution."
The research, by a consortium of urological surgeons in several Midwestern states and Virginia, looked at the diagnostic practices of doctors treating 858 patients with early, middle-or late-stage prostate cancer.
To determine whether the cancer had spread, or metastasized, to other parts of the body, many doctors initially ordered CT scans or bone scans, even on patients whose early-stage cancers were unlikely to have spread.
At the study's outset, 31 percent of low- and medium-risk patients received CT scans and 28 percent got bone scans, looking for signs of metastasis.
Both tests expose a patient to radiation, which is itself a risk factor for cancer.
After getting feedback and training in professional guidelines that cover when such tests are warranted, the doctors seemed to take the lessons to heart. At the end of the 16-month study, they used CT scans on only 16 percent of low- or medium-risk patients and bone scans on only 13 percent of them.
"Engaging doctors on a one-to-one basis, and pairing it with data that shows them how they are doing, is an emerging technology for changing care," said Dr. Richard Hermann, director of the Center for Quality Assessment and Improvement in Mental Health at Tufts University, who was not involved in the study.
Evaluating how well doctors adhere to guidelines is a growing field, in part because professional groups put extensive research into developing nationally accepted standards based on the most current evidence, but the information doesn't always trickle down to practitioners.
"There is a gradual sweeping evolution in how information is gathered and analyzed," said Hermann. "There is a dissemination process of information that, unfortunately, is not very systematic."
Eliminating tests deemed unnecessary has multiple benefits, including cutting healthcare costs, and protecting patients from risks from the tests themselves.
In men with early-stage prostate cancer, for example, screening tests can create more stress for the patient by uncovering findings that require further testing, but turn out to be harmless.
There are many reasons doctors might not follow national guidelines when diagnosing or treating patients, Miller said. Some may not even be aware of the guidelines' recommendations.
"We were concerned that there might not have been uniform familiarity with the guidelines," said Miller.
In addition, physicians may be slow to change what they do in the clinic if they have been using the same methods for decades, before such guidelines existed or when they differed from today's standards.
"Doctors might have been practicing for many years and have gotten comfortable with giving these tests, and it might be different from the best possible thing," said Miller.
Overall, he says, the study, which is published in the Journal of Urology, demonstrates that positive change can come from within medical practice.
"It's a lot more meaningful for doctors to hear about changes in their behavior from their own peers than from an insurance agent or a policy maker," Miller said.
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Southeast Roseville
The Southeast area of Roseville continues to be an identified priority to the City of Roseville. In 2016 the City adopted the City's Policy Priority Plan identifying strategic initiatives for the area. The City of Roseville has since partnered with various organizations and jurisdictions to explore how the area might revitalize and create opportunities for the community.
Planning Process
In 2018, the cities of Maplewood, Roseville, and St. Paul adopted a visioning plan for the Rice Street-Larpenteur Avenue Gateway Corridor. The cities cooperatively developed a vision for the short- and long-term future of the area. The purpose of the project is to understand and respond to barriers, challenges, benefits, and opportunities associated with changes in land use, access, transit services, and other facilities around key areas in the corridor. A shared goal is to identify potential redevelopment sites throughout the study area.To learn about upcoming events and updates on the plan, please visit riceandlarpenteur.com.
Other Initiative Updates in Southeast Roseville include
:- Rezoning of 211 North McCarrons Boulevard (former armory property)
- Southeast Roseville Interagency Work Group (formerly "Karen Interagency Work Group")
- Renter's Rights and Responsibilities Video (available in five languages) & English Language Learner (ELL) Program
- Rice Street Community Garden
211 North McCarrons Boulevard Rezoned
In April 2019, the City Council approved a Comprehensive Plan Land Use Map change guiding the property at 211 North McCarrons from "Institutional" to "Low Density Residential." The property is the site of the former armory and is currently owned by Hand in Hand Christian Montessori. The rezoning of this property allows efforts to move forward to use the property in a way that is in line with the City's Policy Priority Plan for the Southeast Roseville area.
Southeast Roseville Interagency Work Group (SRIWG) (formerly "Karen Interagency Work Group")
The Southeast Roseville Interagency Work Group (SRIWG) (formerly "Karen Interagency Work Group") was established in 2014 and includes several nonprofit groups and social services agencies. The focus of the SRIWG is to better understand refugee resettlement issues and to find available resources to support new immigrants. It is open to Roseville residents, organizations and community leaders who are interested in finding solutions to challenges identified by SRIWG.
SRIWG worked to address the issue and need of safe, affordable housing in the community. In 2013, City Council approved a Rental Licensing Program, which allows City staff to inspect rental units and work with property owners to make substandard units compliant with City Code.
Information on the Rental Licensing Program can be found here.
In 2015, SRIWG worked with ECHO Minnesota and a variety of housing agencies to produce and distribute a video about renter rights and responsibilities. The video is now available in five languages: Karen, Hmong, Somali, Spanish and English. Additionally, the Minnesota Literacy Council has developed an English Language Learner (ELL) curriculum on rental rights and responsibilities that was piloted in 14 different schools. The ELL program was launched in Roseville Area Schools in 2016.
View the Renter's Rights and Responsibilities video here.Another initiative identified by the SRIWG included linking our Southeast Roseville residents with opportunities for healthy food. The Rice Street Gardens, located at 1958 Rice Street, contains more than 200 plots and is within walking distance for many people living in the Southeast Roseville area.
Janice Gundlach, Community Development Director
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(AP) — Whether they want to or not, consumers will soon know how many calories they are eating when ordering off the menu at chain restaurants, picking up prepared foods at supermarkets and even eating a tub of popcorn at the movie theater.
The Food and Drug Administration announced long-delayed calorie labeling rules Tuesday, requiring establishments that sell prepared foods and have 20 or more locations to post the calorie content of food "clearly and conspicuously" on their menus, menu boards and displays. Companies will have until November 2015 to comply.
The regulations will also apply to convenience stores, bakeries, coffee shops, pizza delivery, amusement parks and vending machines.
The idea is that people may pass on that bacon double cheeseburger if they know it has hundreds of calories — and, in turn, restaurants may make their foods healthier to keep calorie counts down. Beverages are included in the rules, and alcohol will be labeled if drinks are listed on the menu.
"Americans eat and drink about one-third of their calories away from home and people today expect clear information about the products they consume," FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg said. The effort is just one way Americans can combat obesity, she added.
The menus and menu boards will tell diners that a 2,000-calorie diet is used as the basis for daily nutrition, noting that individual calorie needs may vary. Additional nutritional information beyond calories, including sodium, fats, sugar and other items, must be available upon request.
The rules deal a blow to the grocery and convenience store industries, which have lobbied hard to be left out since the menu labels became law in 2010 as a part of the health care overhaul. Even before the new rules were announced, some Republicans in Congress had expressed concern that they would be too burdensome for businesses.
The law came together when the restaurant industry agreed to the labeling in an effort to dodge a growing patchwork of city and state rules. But supermarkets, convenience stores and many other retailers that sell prepared food said they wanted no part of it. The restaurant industry pushed to include those outlets, as they increasingly have offered restaurant-like service.
The FDA issued proposed rules in 2011 that included supermarkets and convenience stores but excluded movie theaters. The final rules being released Tuesday include all of them.
Representatives for the supermarket industry have said it could cost them up to a billion dollars to put the labels in place — costs that would be passed on to consumers. They said the rules could cover thousands of items in each store, unlike restaurants, which typically have fewer items.
To assuage some of their concerns, FDA excluded prepared foods that are typically intended for more than one person to eat and require more preparation, like deli meats, cheeses or bulk deli salads.
But a sandwich for sale at the same counter would have to have a calorie label nearby, and many prepared foods in the grocery store will have to be labeled — from the salad bar to the hot food bar to cookies and birthday cakes in the bakery. In some cases foods will have to be labeled in one area but not in another — cut fruit would be labeled on a salad bar, for example, but not in a container for sale, because that is generally meant to take home and eat over a period of time.
Leslie G. Sarasin, president and CEO of the Food Marketing Institute, said the group is extremely disappointed in the rules, which she said will affect stores' offerings of "fresh, minimally processed, locally produced items" such as cut cantaloupe, mixed salads, or steamed seafood.
Hamburg acknowledged that the regulations seem complicated but said standards are necessary as supermarkets are selling more restaurant foods. The FDA says the idea is to label calories of foods that are meant to be eaten in the store, as a customer is walking away or soon after they arrive at another location.
"The grocery store questions are some of the hardest ones, but it is very clear that the grocery store of today is different than it was 10, 20 years ago," Hamburg said.
The pizza industry, led by delivery giant Domino's, has also vigorously fought the rules, saying there are millions of ingredient combinations possible. The FDA attempted to mollify some of their concerns by allowing pizza restaurants to label pizza calories by the slice, as they had requested, but would still force the labeling on menu boards in takeout restaurants.
The delivery pizza industry had asked to post information online instead, saying only a small percentage of customers walk into their stores and about half order online.
As in the proposed rules, the final version still exempts airplanes, trains, food trucks and other food served on forms of transportation.
The point of menu labeling is to make sure that customers process the calorie information as they are figuring out what to eat. Many restaurants currently post nutritional information in a hallway, on wrappers or on their website. The new law will make calories immediately available for most items.
New York City was the first in the country to put a calorie posting law in place, and other cities and states have followed since then. Several restaurant chains such as McDonald's are already putting calorie labels on menus and menu boards nationwide.


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Stephen Quinn, UFC - The war of words has been heating up for weeks between BJ Penn and Kenny Florian. With the fight only hours away, it's time for these fighters to put their words into action inside the Octagon on Saturday night.
BJ Penn vs. Kenny Florian
The war of words has been heating up for weeks between BJ Penn and Kenny Florian. With the fight only hours away, it's time for these fighters to put their words into action inside the Octagon on Saturday night.
Quite possibly the most gifted athlete to ever fight inside the Octagon, BJ Penn is looking to continue his reign at 155-pounds. Although he didn't look that impressive in his last outing, that fight against Georges St-Pierre was contested at 170 pounds. After losing to St-Pierre, Penn decided that it was time to return to where he is most dominant – the lightweight division. Having only lost one time at 155 pounds, Penn is looking to show everyone that the 155-pound Penn is much different then the 170-pound fighter.
A product of season 1 of The Ultimate Fighter, Kenny Florian is looking to become the next TUF product to wear UFC gold. Coming from a season of fighters that all showed great promise, Florian quietly fought his way into the finale. Although Florian came up short against Diego Sanchez, he didn't let that poor performance affect his ultimate goal – becoming a UFC champion. Since the finale, Florian has put together an impressive 9-1 record, with his only loss coming to Sean Sherk. Although his loss to Sherk was a one-sided affair, Florian has looked like a much more complete fighter each time he enters the Octagon. Having won six straight fights, Florian knows that winning the seventh will put gold around his waist.
Regardless where this fight ends up, both fighters will feel comfortable with their chances in that position. Because of how even this fight looks to be on paper, don't be surprised if both fighters stand in the center of the Octagon and throw shots until someone falls to the canvas.
Anderson Silva vs. Forrest Griffin
Although both of these fighters are well established inside of the Octagon, both have something to prove come fight time as they are coming off less than impressive performances the last time they fought.
It took just a few seconds for every possible opponent of Anderson Silva to take notice of his debut in the Octagon in 2006. In that debut, Silva connected with nearly everything he threw en route to an impressive first round knockout of hard-hitting Chris Leben. With that performance, Silva was granted an immediate title shot against fan favorite Rich Franklin. Much like in his first fight inside the Octagon, Silva seemed to connect with everything that he threw and went on to another impressive knockout victory. With his first two fights in the Octagon lasting less than a round combined, people started to wonder who would challenge Silva at 185-pounds. After nearly three years, that question still remains. Having won all eight of his middleweight fights, Silva knew he needed a bigger challenge. He found that challenge by fighting at 205-pounds. In his light heavyweight debut, Silva looked the same as he did 20-pounds lighter. The only difference between his middleweight and light heavyweight debut was the twelve seconds longer it took to secure his first victory in the light heavyweight division. After knocking out James Irvin, people have wanted to see Silva continue to fight in both divisions. We will all get that wish when he once again returns to the light heavyweight division.
By watching Forrest Griffin compete on season one of The Ultimate Fighter, people got a much better understanding of all the hard work and sacrifice it takes to become an elite fighter in the UFC. During the live finale on Spike TV, Griffin was able to come up victorious against Stephan Bonnar in what many consider to be the greatest fight in UFC history. Although Griffin had turned into an instant crowd favorite, people still had their doubts whether or not Griffin would ever become an elite fighter. Since the finale, Griffin has put up an impressive 6-2 record, with notable wins over Shogun Rua and the man he took the light heavyweight title from, Quinton Jackson. Although his time as champion didn't last long, Griffin continues to impress each time he fights. Coming off a knockout loss to Rashad Evans, Griffin isn't like most fighters who would want an easy first fight back. Griffin only wants to fight the best and that's what he'll get in Anderson Silva.
When the Octagon gate closes on Saturday night, fans from Philadelphia to people watching around the world could be in for not just a fight of the night but more like fight of the year. For Silva, look for him to use his speed and striking ability to keep the fight standing – waiting for his next knockout opportunity. Knowing that Silva has the speed advantage, look for Griffin to use his strength by clinching with Silva in order to wear down the physically smaller fighter.
Kendall Grove Vs. Ricardo Almeida
With the two headlining fights getting most of the pre fight attention; don't be surprised if this is the fight that everyone is talking about at the end of the night.
At 6'6", Kendall Grove's size causes a problem for anyone that is on the other side of the Octagon when the bell sounds. Since being on The Ultimate Fighter, Grove has put together a 4-2 record. After winning two straight fights, Grove dug himself into a big hole by losing two consecutive fights at the hands of Patrick Cote and Jorge Rivera. With the talent level in the middleweight division, Grove knew that another loss wasn't acceptable. Now Grove is ridding a two fight winning streak and is looking to continue his move towards UFC gold.
Ricardo Almeida has quietly made a name for himself inside of the Octagon. And while Almeida has looked great in his victories, for some reason he can't seem to string victories together. He'll be looking to do that Saturday – as he follows up his recent win over Matt Horwich.
In this fight, expect for Grove to keep the action standing – using his long legs and arms to break down his opponent. For Almeida, he knows that Grove's long limbs are something to stay away from. In order for him to do that, look for him to try and press the action to the canvas.
Amir Sadollah Vs. Johny Hendricks
Having not fought since June of 2008, Amir Sadollah knows the importance of putting on an impressive performance when being on the main card of one of the biggest fight cards of the year.
At 5-0, Johny Hendricks is looking to continue to have same success in the UFC that he had in the WEC. With this being his first time on Pay-Per-View, Hendricks will be looking to gain some fan support by putting on a great performance.
It will be interesting to see if either fighter comes out a little shaky knowing that this is the biggest fight of their young careers. When the bell rings, expect for this to be a very well rounded fight. For Hendricks, expect him to try and bring the action to the ground – trying to wear Sadollah out. For Sadollah, expect him to try and keep the fight standing – trying to claim the Knockout of the Night award.
Josh Neer Vs. Kurt Pellegrino
Both of these fighters will be looking to put on an impressive performance on Saturday night – hoping to make it back into the arena for the main event. Depending on the outcome, the winner of Neer-Pellegrino may be in line for a shot at the title.
Coming off an impressive submission victory over Mac Danzig, Josh Neer is looking to build his winning streak and get his title opportunity. Having learned from his mistakes inside of the Octagon, Neer has become more complete as a fighter and is comfortable wherever the fight goes.
Having won six of his last nine fights, Pellegrino wants to put on an impressive performance for everyone watching. Having won two straight fights, he knows that a third will put him in a good position at 155-pounds.
Although Neer feels comfortable on the canvas, look for him to keep the fight standing while trying to time the perfect knockout. Pellegrino on the other hand, will be looking to slam Neer onto the canvas while trying to punish or submit his way to victory.
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Help Quincy, California Become the Coolest Small Town in America for 2013
February 11, 2013 by: Sharon Roberts
We are in the last few days of the 8th Annual Coolest Small Town contest held by Budget Travel. This year has been the biggest contest to date. There have been 924 nominations and 96,605 votes placed to select the top 15 towns. Now Budget Travel is narrowing it down to the people's choice of the top 10 Coolest Towns in America. Voting will end Friday night February 15th at midnight EST. You are allowed to vote once per day for your favorite small town in America.
To be part of this contest the Coolest Small Town must have a population below 10,000 and have "an edge and a heart". Budget Travel is looking for small towns across America that have that indescribable something like; independent shops, a sense of energy, an epic backyard, culture and of course delicious coffee.
Quincy, California is a great small town and fits the bill perfectly. Population stands at 5,500 and Quincy serves as the County seat for the large and diversified County of Plumas. Plumas County and Quincy sit in a wonderful hidden part of Northern California, 1 1/2 hours from Reno, NV and 2 hours from Tahoe. Downtown Quincy is made up of a variety of independent shops, with merchants that enjoy sharing their knowledge of the area. Main Street Quincy is decorated by a group of dedicated local merchants; in the summer beautiful hanging flower baskets, and during the holiday season decorated wreaths line the street. A leisurely walking tour starts at the Plumas County Museum and wanders through town featuring murals and historic buildings.
Quincy has a strong art community with Plumas Arts, the historic Town Hall Theatre and the newly opened West End Theatre.
When visiting Quincy you can start your day off with great coffee at one of the coffee spots in town , lunch at the Court House Cafe and dinner at Moon's. Cocktails and entertainment at Main Street Sports Bar and Lounge. Some of the unique shops in Quincy include; Emily's Garden, Carey Candy Company, to name a few.
When you are ready to get out and explore the epic outdoors surrounding Quincy you may want to consider Lake Almanor Kayak Rentals or the Sierra Touring Company. Plumas County is home to over 100 lakes, 1,000 miles of streams and numeroues waterfalls,and over 2,618 square miles of National Forest. The Pacific Crest Trail runs close to Quincy and Lassen Volcanic National Park is a short drive north of Quincy. Some of the best Fall Colors in California can be found in Quincy and the surrounding area as well as a great Barn Quilt Trail.
If you would like more information on the diversity of geography, attractions, lodging or history of the area please visit PlumasCounty.org. Check the 65 comments posted by locals and visitors of Quincy made in support of Quincy, Ca being worthy of Coolest Small Town in America for 2013.
If you have not voted please do so now. We are looking forward to sharing our corner of the world with you.
Just to let you know these are the other towns competing with Quincy ; Bay St. Louis, Mississippi; Camden, Maine; Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin; Flagler Beach, Florida; Glenwood Springs, Colorado; Greenville, Kentucky; Gulf Shores, Alabama; Lititz, Pennsylvania; Put-in-Bay, Ohio; Shepherdstown, West Virginia; Travelers Rest, South Carolina and Watkins Glen, New York.
I love Quincy because it's one of the last small towns that hasn't been "citified". It is surrounded by pristine forest, secluded mountain lakes, 1000's of miles of streams, with clean air, pure water, organic farms & ranches and you can still see the stars at night. – Emily Webb
Charming town in a gorgeous natural setting. All the outdoor activities your heart desires plus a vibrant arts community – galleries, live music, community theater – and every summer a world class music festival. Excellent locally owned eateries. Best of all, a diverse population of neighborly, welcoming people who work together to maintain the uniqueness of their beloved hometown. – Libbie Coleman


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Psalms 47:1 (PSALMS)
Title. To the Chief Musician. Many songs were dedicated to this leader of the chorus, but he was not overloaded thereby. God's service is such delight that it cannot weary us; and that choicest part of it, the singing of his praises, is so pleasurable that we cannot have too much of it. Doubtless, the chief musician, as he was commissioned with so many sacred songs, felt that the more the merrier. A Psalm for the Sons of Korah. We cannot agree with those who think that the sons of Korah were the authors of these Psalms; they have all the indications of David's authorship that one could expect to see. Our ear has grown accustomed to the ring of David's compositions, and we are morally certain that we hear it in this Psalm. Every expert would detect here the autography of the Son of Jesse, or we are greatly mistaken. The Sons of Korah sang these Psalms, but we believe they did not write them. Fit singers were they whose origin reminded them of sin, whose existence was a proof of sovereign grace, and whose name has a close connection with the name of Calvary.
Subject. Whether the immediate subject of this Psalm be the carrying up of the ark from the house of Obededom to Mount Zion, or the celebration of some memorable victory, it would be hard to decide. As even the doctors differ, who should dogmatise? But it is very clear that both the present sovereignty of Jehovah, and the final victories of our Lord, are here fitly hymned, while his ascension, as the prophecy of them, is sweetly gloried in.
Division. In so short a Psalm, there is no need of any other division than that indicated by the musical pause at the end of Ps 47:4.
Ver. 1. O clap your hands. The most natural and most enthusiastic tokens of exultation are to be used in view of the victories of the Lord, and his universal reign. Our joy in God may be demonstrative, and yet he will not censure it. All ye people. The joy is to extend to all nations; Israel may lead the van, but all the Gentiles are to follow in the march of triumph, for they have an equal share in that kingdom where there is neither Greek nor Jew, but Christ is all and in all. Even now if they did but know it, it is the best hope of all nations that Jehovah ruleth over them. If they cannot all speak the same tongue, the symbolic language of the hands they can all use. All people will be ruled by the Lord in the latter days, and all will exult in that rule; were they wise they would submit to it now, and rejoice to do so; yea, they would clap their hands in rapture at the thought. Shout, let your voices keep tune with your hands. Unto God, let him have all the honours of the day, and let them be loud, joyous, universal, and undivided. With the voice of triumph, with happy sounds, consonant with such splendid victories, so great a King, so excellent a rule, and such happy subjects. Many are human languages, and yet the nations may triumph as with one voice. Faith's view of God's government is full of transport. The prospect of the universal reign of the Prince of Peace is enough to make the tongue of the dumb sing; what will the reality be? Well might the poet of the seasons bid mountains and valleys raise their joyous hymn
"For the GREAT SHEPHERD reigns,
And his unsuffering kingdom yet will come."
Whole Psalm. Some have applied this Psalm to Christ's ascension; but it speaks of his Second Coming. The Mighty One is seated peacefully on his throne. We are referred back to Ps 45:1-17. Andrew A. Bonar.
Ver. 1. O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph. This should be done, 1. Cheerfully, Clap your hands, for this is a sign of inward joy, Na 3:19. 2. Universally: "O clap you hands, all ye people." 3. Vocally: Shout unto God with the voice of triumph. 4. Frequently: "Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises", Ps 47:6; and again "sing praises", Ps 47:7. It cannot be done too frequently. 5. Knowingly and discreetly: "Sing ye praises with understanding; "know the reason why ye are to praise him. Adam Clarke.
Ver. 1. O clap your hands, etc. Such expressions of pious and devout affection as to some may seem indecent and imprudent, yet ought not to be hastily censured and condemned, much less ridiculed; because if they come from an upright heart, God will accept the strength of the affection, and excuse the weakness of the expressions of it. Matthew Henry.
Ver. 1. O clap your hands. The voice of melody is not so much to be uttered with the tongue, as with the hands; that it, it is our deeds not our words, by which God is here to be praised. Even as it was in him whose pattern we are to follow: "Jesus began both to do and to teach." J. M. Neale.
Ver. 1. All ye people. Peoples, in the plural. Here it is used to call both Jews and Gentilesall nations. William S. Plumer.
Ver. 1. Shout unto God. Jubilate Deo: in God, and concerning God, and in honour of God. He does not excite them to carnal joy. Martin Geier.
Ver. 1. Unusual and enthusiastic expressions of joy when justifiable and even desirable.
Ver. 1-4. Joy the true spirit of worship. 1. Joy in God's character. 2. In his reign. 3. In the triumphs of his gospel. 4. In his favour to his saints.
In the Works of JOHN BOYS, 1626, folio, pp. 931-937, there is an Exposition of this Psalm.
Psalms 47:2 (PSALMS)
Ver. 2. For the Lord, or JEHOVAH, the self existent and only God; Most high, most great in power, lofty in dominion, eminent in wisdom, elevated in glory. Is terrible, none can resist his power or stand before his vengeance; yet as these terrors are wielded on the behalf of his subjects, they are fit reasons for rejoicing. Omnipotence, which is terrible to crush, is almighty to protect. At a grand review of the troops of a great prince, all his loyal subjects are filled with triumph, because their liege lord is so able to defend his own, and so much dreaded by his foes. He is a great King over all the earth. Not over Judea only, but even to the utmost isles his reign extends. Our God is no local deity, no petty ruler of a tribe; in infinite majesty he rules the mightiest realm as absolute arbiter of destiny, sole monarch of all lands, King of kings, and Lord of lords. Not a hamlet or an islet is excluded from his dominion. How glorious will that era be when this is seen and known of all; when in the person of Jesus all flesh shall behold the glory of the Lord!
Ver. 2. For the Lord most high is terrible; he is a great king over all the earth. The church celebrates the ascension of Christ, because then he was "highly exalted; "then he became terrible to his enemies, all power in heaven and earth being committed to him; and then he began to display the excellent majesty of his universal kingdom, to which he was then inaugurated, being crowned "King of kings, and Lord of lords." George Horne.
Ver. 2. The Lord most high is terrible. Christ is terrible, that is, fearful, or meet to be feared, not of his children only for their good, but of the wicked also for their punishment; terrible to the devil, as being stronger than he, casting out the prince of darkness by the finger of God. Lu 11:22 Joh 12:31. And therefore so soon as an unclean spirit saw Jesus, he cried out, "What have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us?" Mr 1:24; or as other devils, Mt 8:29, "Art thou come hither to torment us before the time?" for the devils in believing tremble. Terrible to hypocrites, and other impious agents of the devil, as having his fan in his hand to make clean his floor, and to gather his wheat into his garner, but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire. Mt 3:12. Or Christ is excelsus in potentia, terribilis in justitia; high in power, and fearful in justice; high in exalting the good, and terrible in humbling the bad. John Boys.
Ver. 1-4. Joy the true spirit of worship. 1. Joy in God's character. 2. In his reign. 3. In the triumphs of his gospel. 4. In his favour to his saints.
Ver. 2. The terrors of the Lord viewed by faith as a subject of joy.
Ver. 2. (second clause). The universal reign of Christ as it is and is to be.
Psalms 47:3 (PSALMS)
Ver. 3. He, with whom is infinite power, shall subdue the people under us. The battle is not ours but the Lord's. He will take his own time, but he will certainly achieve victory for his church. Truth and righteousness shall through grace climb to the ascendant. We wage no doubtful warfare. Hearts the most rebellious, and wills the most stubborn, shall submit to all conquering grace. All the Lord's people, whether Jews or Gentiles, may clap their hands at this, for God's victory will be theirs; but surely apostles, prophets, ministers, and those who suffer and labour the most, may take the largest share in the joy. Idolatry, infidelity, superstition, we shall yet tread upon, as men tread down the stones of the street. And the nations under our feet. The church of God shall be the greatest of monarchies, her victory shall be signal and decisive. Christ shall take to himself his great power and reign, and all the tribes of men shall own at once his glory and the glory of his people in him. How changed will be the position of affairs in coming ages! The people of God have been under the feet of men in long and cruel persecutions, and in daily contempt; but God will reverse the position, and the best in character shall be first in honour.
Ver. 3. He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet. The consequence of our Lord's ascension was the going forth of the all subduing Word, under the influence and direction of which, the convinced and converted nations renounced their idols and their lusts, and bowed their willing necks to the yoke of Jesus. This is that great conquest, fore showed by the victories of Joshua, David, and all the faithful heroes of old time, and foretold in language borrowed from their history. George Horne.
Ver. 3. He shall subdue the people under us, etc., or he shall lead like sheep; or bring unto to fold; as divers render the word, by comparing Isa 5:17 Mic 2:12. He seems to speak of such a subjugation of them, as was for the good of the people subdued, because this is matter of rejoicing to them, verse 1; which is true both of these people whom David subdued, who thereby had opportunities, obligations, and encouragements to own and worship the true God, which was the only way to their true and lasting happiness; and especially of those Gentiles who were subdued to Christ by the preaching of the gospel. The Gentile converts were in some sort brought under the Jews, because they were subjected to Christ and to his apostles, and to the primitive church, which were Jews. Matthew Poole.
Ver. 3. And the nations under our feet. By this manner of speech is meant, that the Gentiles should be scholars, and the Jews schoolmasters, as it were to them; for to sit under the feet, or at the feet, is used in Scripture for being a scholar, or learning, as Ac 22:3. Thomas Wilcocks.
Ver. 1-4. Joy the true spirit of worship. 1. Joy in God's character. 2. In his reign. 3. In the triumphs of his gospel. 4. In his favour to his saints.
Ver. 3. The hope of victory to the church. What shall be subdued? By whose instrumentality? Us. By whose power? He. When shall it be accomplished? What is the token of it? The ascension, Ps 47:5.
Ver. 3.
1. The final triumph of the saints. All enemies subdued under them in earth and hell, within and without.
1. Gradually.
2. Completely.
2. The power by which it is accomplished. He shall, etc.
1. Not without means.
2. Not by means only.
3. But by appointed means made potent by divine energy. G. R.
Psalms 47:4 (PSALMS)
Ver. 4. While as yet we see not all things put under him, we are glad to put ourselves and our fortunes at his disposal. He shall choose our inheritance for us. We feel his reign to be so gracious that we even now ask to be in the fullest degree the subjects of it. We submit our will, our choice, our desire, wholly to him. Our heritage here and hereafter we leave to him, let him do with us as seemeth him good. The excellency of Jacob whom he loved. He gave his ancient people their portion, he will give us ours, and we ask nothing better; this is the most spiritual and real manner of clapping our hands because of his sovereignty, namely, to leave all our affairs in his hands, for then our hands are empty of all care for self, and free to be used in his honour. He was the boast and glory of Israel, he is and shall be ours. He loved his people and became their greatest glory; he loves us, and he shall be our exceeding joy. As for the latter days, we ask nothing better than to stand in our appointed lot, for if we have but a portion in our Lord Jesus, it is enough for our largest desires. Our beauty, our boast, our best treasure, lies in having such a God to trust in, such a God to love us. Selah. Yes, pause, ye faithful songsters. Here is abundant room for holy meditation
"Muse awhile, obedient thought,
Lo, the theme's with rapture fraught;
See thy King, whose realm extends
Even to earth's remotest ends.
Gladly shall the nations own
Him their God and Lord alone;
Clap their hands with holy mirth,
Hail him MONARCH OF THE EARTH.
Come, my soul, before him bow,
Gladdest of his subjects thou;
Leave thy portion to his choice,
In his sovereign will rejoice,
This thy purest, deepest bliss,
He is thine and thou art his."
Ver. 4. He shall choose. Futures are variously rendered; and accordingly the vulgar Latin, Syriac, and Arabic, render this word, He hath chosen. Matthew Poole.
Ver. 4. He shall choose our inheritance for us. It is reported of a woman who, being sick, was asked whether she was willing to live or die; she answered, "Which God pleases." But, said one, if God should refer it to you, which would you choose? "Truly, "replied she, "I would refer it to him again." Thus that man obtains his will of God, whose will is subjected to God. We are not to be troubled that we have no more from God, but we are to be troubled that we do no more for God. Christians, if the Lord be well pleased with your persons, should not you be well pleased with your conditions? There is more reason that you should be pleased with them, than that he should be pleased with you. Believers should be like sheep, which change their pastures at the will of the shepherd; or like vessels in a house, which stand to be filled or emptied at the pleasure of their owner. He that sails upon the sea of this world in his own bottom, will sink at last into a bottomless ocean. Never were any their own carvers, but they were sure to cut their own fingers. William Secker.
Ver. 4. He shall choose our inheritance for us, means that he who knows what is better for us than ourselves, hath chosen, that is, hath appointed, and that of his own good will and mercy towards us, our inheritance; not only things meet for this life, as lands, and houses, and possessions, etc., but even all other things concerning the hope of a better life, to wit, a kingdom that cannot be shaken, an everlasting habitation, and inheritance which is immortal and undefiled, and fadeth not away, reserved for us in heaven. John Boys.
Ver. 4. The excellency (or glory) of Jacob, whom he loved; that is, even all those excellent things that he gave and promised to Jacob, wherein he might glory and rejoice. The faithful mean, that they had as great, both abundance and assurance of God's grace and goodness, as ever Jacob had. Thomas Wilcocks.
Ver. 4. It may be thou art godly and poor. It is well; but canst thou tell whether, if thou wert not poor, thou wouldst be godly? Surely God knows us better than we ourselves do, and therefore can best fit the estate to the person. Giles Fletcher.
Ver. 1-4. Joy the true spirit of worship. 1. Joy in God's character. 2. In his reign. 3. In the triumphs of his gospel. 4. In his favour to his saints.
Ver. 4. This comprehends time and eternity. It is a matter of fact, of holy acquiescence, of desire, of thankfulness.
Ver. 4.
1. God is willing to choose our inheritance for us in time and eternity.
2. His choice is better than oursthe excellency of Jacob.
3. He will leave us to the consequences of our own choice.
4. He will help us in obtaining that which he chooses for us. G. R.
Psalms 47:5 (PSALMS)
Ver. 5. God is gone up with a shout. Faith hears the people already shouting. The command of the first verse is here regarded as a fact. The fight is over, the conqueror ascends to his triumphant chariot, and rides up to the gates of the city which is made resplendent with the joy of his return. The words are fully applicable to the ascension of the Redeemer. We doubt not that angels and glorified spirits welcomed him with acclamations. He came not without song, shall we imagine that he returned in silence? The Lord with the sound of a trumpet. Jesus is Jehovah. The joyful strain of the trumpet betokens the splendour of his triumph. It was meet to welcome one returning from the wars with martial music. Fresh from Bozrah, with his garments all red from the winepress, he ascended, leading captivity captive, and well might the clarion ring out the tidings of Immanuel's victorious return.
Ver. 5. God is gone up with a shout, the Lord with the sound of a trumpet. It is worthy (as Origen suggests) that this mention of the shout, and the voice of the trumpet, serves to connect together past and future events in the history of the church and of the world, and carry our thoughts forward to Christ's coming to judgment. Christopher Wordsworth.
Ver. 5. Thou hast great cause, O my soul, to praise him, and to rejoice before him, especially if thou considerest that Christ ascended not for himself, but also for thee: it is God in our nature that is gone up to heaven: whatever God acted on the person of Christ, that he did as in thy behalf, and he means to act the very same on thee. Christ as a public person ascended up to heaven; thy interest is in this very ascension of Jesus Christ; and therefore dost thou consider thy Head as soaring up? O let every member praise his name; let thy tongue (called thy glory), glory in this, and trumpet out his praise, that in respect of thy duty it may be verified: "Christ is gone up with a shout, the Lord with a sound of a trumpet." Isaac Ambrose.
Ver. 5. The ascension. Its publicity, solemnity, triumph, joy. Who went up. Where he went up. To what he went up. For what purpose. With what result.
Psalms 47:6 (PSALMS)
Ver. 6. Sing praises. What jubilation is here, when five times over the whole earth is called upon to sing to God! He is worthy, he is Creator, he is goodness itself. Sing praises, keep on with the glad work. Never let the music pause. He never ceases to be good, let us never cease to be grateful. Strange that we should need so much urging to attend to so heavenly an exercise. Sing praises unto our King. Let him have all our praise; no one ought to have even a particle of it. Jesus shall have it all. Let his sovereignty be the fount of gladness. It is a sublime attribute, but full of bliss to the faithful. Let our homage be paid not in groans but songs. He asks not slaves to grace his throne; he is no despot; singing is fit homage for a monarch so blessed and gracious. Let all hearts that own his sceptre sing and sing on for ever, for there is everlasting reason for thanksgiving while we dwell under the shadow of such a throne.
Ver. 6. The importance of holy song. The repetition rebukes our slackness, and implies that earnestness, frequency, delight, and universality should characterise the praises offered.
Psalms 47:7 (PSALMS)
Ver. 7. For God is the King of all the earth. The Jews of our Saviour's time resented this truth, but had their hearts been right they would have rejoiced in it. They would have kept their God to themselves, and not even have allowed the Gentile dogs to eat the crumbs from under his table. Alas! how selfishness turns honey into wormwood. Jehovah is not the God of the Jews only, all the nations of the earth are, through the Messiah, yet to own him Lord. Meanwhile his providential throne governs all events beneath the sky. Sing praises with understanding. Sing a didactic Psalm. Sound doctrine praises God. Even under the economy of types and ceremonies, it is clear that the Lord had regard to the spirituality of worship, and would be praised thoughtfully, intelligently, and with deep appreciation of the reason for song. It is to be feared from the slovenly way in which some make a noise in singing, that they fancy any sound will do. On the other hand, from the great attention paid by some to the mere music, we feel sadly sure that the sense has no effect upon them. Is it not a sin to be tickling men's ears with sounds when we profess to be adoring the Lord? What has a sensuous delight in organs, anthems, etc., to do with devotion? Do not men mistake physical effects for spiritual impulses? Do they not often offer to God strains far more calculated for human amusement than for divine acceptance? An understanding enlightened of the Holy Spirit is then and then only fully capable of offering worthy praise.
Ver. 7. For God is the King of all the earth: as if he had said, "our King, said I? it is too little; he is King of all the earth." John Trapp.
Ver. 7. Sing ye praises with understanding. How may we make melody in our hearts to God in singing of Psalms? We must sing with understanding. We must not be guided by the time, but the words of the Psalm; we must mind the matter more than the music, and consider what we sing, as well as how we sing; the tune may affect the fancy, but it is the matter affects the heart, and that God principally eyes. The psalmist advises us in this particular, and so doth the apostle 1Co 14:15. Otherwise this sweet duty would be more the work of a chorister than of a Christian, and we should be more delighted in an anthem of the musician's making, than in a Psalm of the Spirit's making. A. Lapide observes that in the text, 1Co 14:15, the word understanding is maschil, (lyksm), profound judgment: we must sing wisely, if we will sing gratefully; we must relish what we sing. In a word, we must sing as we must pray; now the most rude petitioner will understand what he prays. 1Co 14:15. If we do not understand what we sing, it argues carelessness of spirit, or hardness of heart; and this makes the service impertinent. Upon this the worthy Davenant cries out, "Adieu to the bellowing of the Papists, who sing in an unknown tongue." God will not understand us in that service which we understand not ourselves. One of the first pieces of the creation was light, and this must break out in every duty. John Wells(1676), in "Morning Exercises."
Ver. 7. Sing ye praises with understanding, sing an instructive song. Let sense and sound go together. Let your hearts and heads go with your voices. Understand what you sing, and feel what you understand. Adam Clarke.
Ver. 7. Sing ye praises with understanding; because in the full light of the new dispensation, the darkness of the patriarchal ages, the seeing as through a glass of the Levitical law, are turned into the vision of full and very reality. Hugo Victorinus.
Ver. 7. Sing ye praises with understanding. Mark this, thou who daily readest the Psalms, and yet does not understand them. Simon de Muis.
Ver. 7. With understanding. If they had sung with understanding, they had not adored stones. When a man sensible sang to a stone insensible, did he sing "with understanding"? But now, brethren, we see not with our eyes whom we adore, and yet correctly we adore. Much more is God commended to us, that with our eyes see him not. Augustine.
Ver. 7. (last clause). The psalmody of the instructed, and instruction by psalmody; praise should be both the fruit and the vehicle of teaching.
Psalms 47:8 (PSALMS)
Ver. 8. Now at this moment, over the most debased idolaters, God holds a secret rule; here is work for faith. How we ought to long for the day when this truth shall be changed in its aspect, and the rule now unrecognised shall be delighted in! The great truth that God reigneth in providence is the guarantee that in a gracious gospel sense his promises shall be fulfilled, and his kingdom shall come. He sitteth upon the throne of his holiness. Unmoved he occupies an undisputed throne, whose decrees, acts, and commands are holiness itself. What other throne is like this? Never was it stained with injustice, or defiled with sin. Neither is he who sits upon it dismayed, or in a dilemma. He sits in serenity, for he knows his own power, and sees that his purposes will not miscarry. Here is reason enough for holy song.
Ver. 8. (last clause). Divine sovereignty always connected with holiness.
Ver. 8.
1. God has a throne of holiness, for which he is to be feared by all men.
2. A throne of grace, for which he is to be loved by his redeemed.
3. A throne of glory, for which he is to be praised by his whole creation.
Psalms 47:9 (PSALMS)
Ver. 9. The princes of the people are gathered together. The prophetic eye of the psalmist sees the willing subjects of the great King assembled to celebrate his glory. Not only the poor and the men of low estate are there, but nobles bow their willing necks to his sway. "All kings shall bow down before him." No people shall be unrepresented; their great men shall be good men, their royal ones regenerate ones. How august will be the parliament where the Lord Jesus shall open the court, and princes shall rise up to do him honour! Even the people of the God of Abraham. That same God, who was known only to here and there a patriarch like the father of the faithful, shall be adored by a seed as many as the stars of heaven. The covenant promise shall be fulfilled, "In thee and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed." Shiloh shall come, and "to him shall the gathering of the people be." Babel's dispersion shall be obliterated by the gathering arm of the Great Shepherd King.
For the shields of the earth belong unto God. The insignia of pomp, the emblems of rank, the weapons of war, all must pay loyal homage to the King of all. Right honourables must honour Jesus, and majesties must own him to be far more majestic. Those who are earth's protectors, the shields of the commonwealth, derive their might from him, and are his. All principalities and powers must be subject unto Jehovah and his Christ, for He is greatly exalted. In nature, in power, in character, in glory, there is none to compare with him. Oh, glorious vision of a coming era! Make haste, ye wheels of time! Meanwhile, ye saints, "Be ye steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord."
Ver. 9. The princes of the people are gathered together. I note from hence, 1. That it is not impossible for great men to be good men; for the heads of a country to be members of Christ; and for princes as well as the people to serve the God of Abraham. It is said by the prophet, "upon my peace came great bitterness; ""a thousand fell on the left hand, but ten thousand at the right hand" Ps 91:7: ten perish in their prosperity, for one that falleth in adversity. Homo victus in paradiso, victum in stercore: Adam in the garden of pleasure was overcome by the subtil serpent, whereas Job on the dunghill of misery was more than a conqueror. Woodmen say that deer are more circumspect in fat pastures; so the godly fear most in a rich estate: nihil timendum video (saith one), timeo tamen. (Seneca.) It is a sweet prayer of our church in the Litany, "Good Lord, deliver us in all time of our wealth, "insinuating that our minds are not so wanton as in abundance: yet, as you see, such is Christ's unspeakable goodness towards all sort of men, in preventing them even with the riches of his mercy, that not only the mean people, but also the mighty princes among the heathen are joined unto the church of the God of Abraham. John Boys.
Ver. 9. Gathered together. Christ's gathering of the saints together unto him will be at his second coming, his coming to judgment, the general and final judgment. "Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him." 2Th 2:1. James Scott (1773), in "A Collection of Sermons, "1774.
Ver. 9. The people of the God of Abraham. First, touching the God of Abraham, it is Christ, whose day Abraham desired to see, and in seeing whereof he did so much rejoice Joh 8:1-59; that is, not only the day of his birth, which he saw, as we learn by the oath which he caused his servant to take Ge 24:1-67 but also the day of his passion, which he saw long ago, and rejoiced in seeing it, when he said to his son Isaac in the mount, "The Lord will provide a sacrifice." Ge 22:8. Secondly, The people of the God of Abraham, are his children and posterity: not only that they are the seed of Abraham, coming out of his loins, and are "the children of the flesh" Ro 9:9; but "the children of the promise; "for if they that come out of Abraham's loins were only his children, then the Hagarins, the Turks, and Ishmaelites should be the people of God; "But in Isaac shall thy seed be called." They that lay hold of the promise by faith, "They that are of the faith, are the children of Abraham" Ga 3:7, that have the same spirit of faith that Abraham had. As the apostle saith Ro 2:28, "He is not a Jew that is one outwardly, but a Jew inwardly is the true Jew." They that worship the Messias by believing in him with the faith of Abraham, they are Abraham's children, and the people of Abraham's God, which thing John Baptist affirms Mt 3:1-17, "God can of stones raise up children unto Abraham." So the Gentiles, which worshipped stones, and therefore were "like unto them" Ps 115:1-18, were notwithstanding raised up to be children to Abraham. Lancelot Andrewes.
Ver. 9. The shields of the earth belong unto God. There we have the rulers of the earth set forth by a double relation; the one upward, they are scuta Deo, they belong to God; the other downward, they are scuta terae, "the shields of the earth; "and both these noting two things, their dignity and their duty. They belong to God, it is their honour that he hath sealed them: they belong to God, it is their duty to be subject to him. They are shields of the earth, it is their honour that they are above others: they are the shields of the earth, it is their duty to protect others. Edward Reynolds (Bishop).
Ver. 9. The shields of the earth are God's, is understood by many as spoken of princes. I admit that this metaphor is of frequent occurrence in Scripture, nor does this sense seem to be unsuitable to the scope of the passage...Yet the sense will be more simple if we explain the words thus: That, as it is God alone who defends and preserves the world, the high and supreme majesty which is sufficient for so exalted and difficult a work as the preservation of the world, is justly looked upon with admiration. The sacred writer expressly uses the word shields in the plural number, for, considering the various and almost innumerable dangers which unceasingly threaten every part of the world, the providence of God must necessarily interpose in many ways, and make use, as it were, of many bucklers. John Calvin.
Ver. 9. The shields of the earth. Magistrates are said to bear the sword, not to be swords; and they are said to be shields, not to bear shields; and all this to show that protection and preservation are more essential and intrinsical to their office than destruction and punishment are. Joseph Caryl.
Ver. 9.
1. A shield is a merciful weapon, none more so.
2. A shield is a venturous weapon, a kind of surety, which bears the blows and receives the injuries which were intended for another.
3. A shield is a strong weapon, to repel the darts of wickedness and break them in pieces.
4. A shield is an honourable weapon, none more: taking away of shields was a sign of victory; preserving them a sign of glory.
5. Remember, a shield must ever have an eye to guide it you the shields, the law the eye. Bishop Reynolds.


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GOODYEAR, Ariz. – Cleveland Indians pitcher Ubaldo Jimenez was suspended for five games and fined by Major League Baseball on Monday for intentionally throwing at Colorado's Troy Tulowitzki during a spring training game.
Jimenez will serve his suspension during the first five games of the season unless he asks the players' association to appeal the decision by MLB senior vice president Joe Garagiola Jr.
Indians manager Manny Acta expects an appeal.
"He's starting the second game of the season," Acta said. "It's disappointing, but I'm not surprised."
Before the penalty was announced, Jimenez said he wasn't going to apologize to Tulowitzki after hitting his former Rockies teammate on the left elbow Sunday.
Jimenez didn't think he should be suspended for drilling the star shortstop and said his primary concern is being ready for the season.
"Players are hit by pitches every day," Jimenez said. "With a guy like him, you have to go inside. I can't get the ball to go where I want every time."
Jimenez said he would not reach out to Tulowitzki. Earlier this spring, Jimenez revealed he was unhappy in Colorado before being traded to Cleveland last July. Tulowitzki later was quoted as saying the former All-Star should get over it.
"He was calling me names," Jimenez said. "I already said I didn't want to hit him. I had five walks. It's not the first time somebody (was) hit."
Both benches emptied Sunday, but no punches were thrown. Tulowitzki went to a hospital for X-rays, which were negative.
"He walked five guys. Where do you draw the line? Last year, we had guys hit. No suspensions," Acta said. "I think it is time everybody stops relying on what guys write in the newspaper. It is too bad they get swayed by the press."
Fans booed Jimenez during his five-inning stint and ballpark officials provided extra security for him after he left the game. There were no reported incidents.
Rockies manager Jim Tracy termed it the most gutless act he had seen in 35 years in the game and called for a suspension.
"I can't control what people say," Jimenez said. "Yes, I was surprised he said that. But that's OK."
Commissioner Bud Selig attended the game.
"Guys do not play different if the Commissioner is at the game," Acta said. "The majority of the guys didn't even know he was there."
Two years ago, Jimenez was 15-1 for the Rockies at the All-Star break and was the NL starter for the Midsummer Classic. He has gone 14-20 since. He was not sharp this spring, going 1-4 with a 7.43 ERA. In seven Cactus League starts, he had as many walks as strikeouts, 15, and allowed 30 hits in 23 innings.
After a bad outing against Cincinnati on March 17, Acta said, "It's time to get it in gear," about Jimenez, whose velocity was lagging.
Jimenez's fastball was clocked at 95 mph in his next start against San Diego, but his overall performance has not approached what the Indians expected when they traded four minor league prospects, including two first-round draft picks, for the 28-year-old right-hander.
"I feel good. I'm ready to pitch," Jimenez said. "Hopefully, I can get off to a good start."


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Is acetaminophen toxic to dogs?
Acetaminophen, a common human drug used to control pain and fever, is toxic in dogs. Unfortunately, this is relatively common toxicity. Dogs may get into the owner's medications or owners may try to treat their dog's pain at home. Acetaminophen is occasionally recommended by veterinarians and should only be given under their direction. Young and small dogs have a higher risk for toxicity.
What are the signs of acetaminophen toxicity in dogs?
Signs of toxicity from acetaminophen may develop within 1-4 hours of ingestion. Acetaminophen can cause liver damage or decrease the red blood cell's ability to carry oxygen (methemoglobinemia).
Dogs may become depressed or weak, with rapid breathing, a high heart rate, panting, abdominal pain, vomiting or drooling. Affected dogs may also stop eating.
Their mucous membranes, such as the gums or tissue around the globe of the eye, may develop a bluish color called cyanosis. These areas may also develop a chocolate brown color from the methemoglobin (which cannot carry oxygen to the tissues). Some dogs develop swelling in the face, paws, and forelimbs several hours after ingesting acetaminophen.
Liver damage may be delayed for up to one week. Other symptoms include: dark urine, yellow discoloration of the eyes or skin, an enlarged abdomen, increased drinking and urination or discolored feces. If these symptoms are not recognized and treated, death may occur.
Is there any treatment for a dog who is experiencing acetaminophen toxicity?
The most important treatment for acetaminophen toxicity is to avoid it!
Early decontamination and treatment decrease the risk for serious toxicity. If acetaminophen ingestion occurred within a few hours of treatment, the veterinarian may induce vomiting. Once vomiting is controlled, activated charcoal may be administered. This can decrease absorption of acetaminophen by the gastrointestinal tract. Activated charcoal should only be given by a veterinarian. Otherwise, aspiration into the lungs and life-threatening changes in sodium levels can occur.
Depending upon the dose ingested, hospitalization may be needed. Fluids may be given under the skin or intravenously. An antidote is available for acetaminophen toxicity called N-acetylcysteine. Other medications, such as liver protectants and vitamin C, may also be given.
If liver damage occurs or methemoglobin levels in the blood rise rapidly, more intensive treatment is needed. These changes increase the risk for long term effects or even death. Patients that develop a low red blood cell count (anemia), or a decreased ability of the red blood cells to carry oxygen (methemoglobinemia) may require oxygen supplementation or a blood transfusion. Patients with liver damage can have an increased chance of bleeding. These patients may need vitamin K or plasma transfusions. They may also need dextrose in their fluids to keep blood glucose levels stable.
Once a dog is treated for acetaminophen toxicity, is there any follow-up that must be done?
Most dogs will need to continue medications for several weeks to protect the liver while they are at home. Liver enzymes are typically monitored to assess for liver damage after the dog is sent home. Depending on the dog's condition, medications and monitoring may be needed for several days to weeks. Liver damage and the resulting scarring can affect long-term liver function in dogs who have recovered from acetaminophen toxicity.
Pet Poison Helpline, an animal poison control center based out of Minneapolis, MN is available 24/7 for pet owners and veterinary professionals that require assistance treating a potentially poisoned pet. The staff provides treatment advice for poisoning cases of all species, including dogs, cats, birds, small mammals, large animals and exotic species. As the most cost-effective option for animal poison control care, Pet Poison Helpline's per incident fee includes follow-up consultations for the duration of the poison case. Pet Poison Helpline is available in North America by calling 800-213-6680. Additional information can be found online at www.petpoisonhelpline.com


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Jul 8, 2019
US Women's World Cup champs arrive home ahead of parade
The U.S. women's national team arrived in New York on Monday, a day after beating the Netherlands 2-0 to capture a record fourth Women's World Cup title. Players and staff touched down at about 4:30 p.m. at Newark Liberty International Airport, where they were met with cheers and a banner saying "Congratulations Team USA!"
The Canadian Press
NEW YORK — In some versions of a July 8 story about the women's soccer champions returning to the U.S., The Associated Press erroneously identified the city in the dateline. The team arrived in Newark, New Jersey, not Newark, New York.
A corrected version of the story is below:
US Women's World Cup champs arrive home ahead of parade
Packing a gold trophy and plenty of champagne, Megan Rapinoe and the US women's national soccer team arrive home
By JAKE SEINER
AP Sports Writer
Megan Rapinoe stepped off the plane with champagne in hand — a fizzy souvenir from a most memorable trip overseas.
"Thank you, France, for the hospitality," the U.S. soccer star said. "But wow, we are very excited to be back in America."
The U.S. women's national team arrived in the U.S. on Monday, a day after beating the Netherlands 2-0 to capture a record fourth Women's World Cup title. Players and staff touched down at about 4:30 p.m. at Newark Liberty International Airport, where they were met with cheers and a banner saying "Congratulations Team USA!" More fans waited at their hotel in Manhattan, and the players are sure to be feted around the city all week, capped with a ticker-tape parade Wednesday up the Canyon of Heroes.
"I think everyone's feeling just incredible right now," said Alex Morgan, who swapped out her imaginary teacup for a gold bottle of bubbly on the flight.
Rapinoe converted a penalty kick in the second half and Rose Lavelle added a goal in the championship game, kicking off a party that carried over to the tarmac in Newark. Players gathered for a toast and posed for pictures as they sang "We Are The Champions."
"We kind of went through stages," Morgan said. "Initially everyone was excited, and then a little hungover, and then we slept a little bit, and then we got up and started just celebrating a little more."
The team got shoutouts across social media — including from President Donald Trump and former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, two-time World Cup winner Mia Hamm, Stephen Curry, Snoop Dogg, Ellen DeGeneres and many more. Dozens of politicians offered congratulations, and Congress' top Democrats have invited the team to Washington.
That was all news to players when they landed, since their flight back to the U.S. did not have Wi-Fi.
"Crazily enough in this day and age in 2019, we've been in the dark for nine straight hours," Rapinoe said. "We're sort of catching up on everything."
Wednesday will mark New York's first ticker-tape parade since the women's team won the 2015 World Cup. Long Island's Crystal Dunn was a late cut from the '15 squad, and she's "super excited" to parade through her own city.
"I am such a proud New Yorker," she said. "It's in my blood. It's everywhere I go. It's such a special place. Obviously for this to be our first stop back here when we get back to the United States, it's incredible."
The team will go a 5-game victory tour beginning Aug. 3, when it faces Ireland at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. The other matches are scheduled for Aug. 29, Sept. 3, Oct. 3 and Oct. 6, with opponents and venues still to be determined.
Follow Jake Seiner: https://twitter.com/Jake_Seiner
More AP soccer: https://apnews.com/apf-Soccer and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports


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The Environment of Mars in the Past
In the past, Mars was much different than it is today. There is much evidence that liquid water once flowed on the surface of Mars. Although calculations show that both the Earth and Mars should have been frozen in their early history due to the weak luminosity of the sun, both planets show ample evidence of flowing water very early in their histories, which suggests that they both must have had thick atmospheres with a significant greenhouse effect in place to keep the surface warm. With a liquid water habitat and a thicker atmosphere, life may have once thrived.
The atmospheres came from volcanoes which belched gases forth from the interior. Even today on Earth, volcanic eruptions produce a great deal of water vapor. The water vapor eventually condenses into the oceans. Mars was sufficiently cool for water vapor to eventually be absorbed into the ground and freeze like tundra in the Canadian northwest. Today scientists estimate that a large amount of water is frozen into the surface of Mars. They estimate this happened about 2.8 billion years ago. By comparison, check the geologic record for where the Earth was at that time.
Mars is small, and so cooled off very rapidly. There was not much plate tectonics on Mars, and not much volcanism either. (This compares to the Earth where volcanism continues today). Today, unlike the Earth where the surface plates still move around and create earthquakes, Mars' surface is fixed. This means no new releases of gas. It also means that carbon dioxide, which is absorbed into the ground and ocean on earth, is absorbed into the ground of Mars and is never released.
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To the place where all the concubines...
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Marvel at their pale skin
Wonder how they chew on their pointy...
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Look into their eyes and you'll become
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Now he's having just one piece of...
Cakey is their make-up
Catholics try to shake up
All the things that form their lives, but they're...
Dead, their sighs, their songs
They know what they do is wrong.
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Satan has been sighted
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JERSEY CITY – Despite early, provisional, and online voting options that were made available to New Jersey residents, many Jersey City voters still chose to cast ballots in person on Election Day. But in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, several voters reported having problems when they showed up to cast their ballots.
One downtown Jersey City resident, whose power was just restored on Nov. 5, told the Reporter that she was told to report to 70 Marin Blvd. since election officials were uncertain whether or not her normal polling place would have electricity by Nov. 6.
While she was easily able to find 80 Marin Blvd., she could not find 70 Marin Blvd. and ended up making an unplanned trip to City Hall in search of assistance.
"There were no signs indicating where 70 Marin Blvd. was," she said.
After searching again for her polling site she found it after passing other voters who had also been reassigned.
"It's odd because some of my neighbors were told to go to Marin, but some [other neighbors] were told to go somewhere else," she said.
She wondered whether some voters might be turned away by the confusion and questioned whether other voters would have the time to go searching for a polling place that was not clearly marked.
Other hurricane-affected voters never received information regarding their polling reassignments. Meanwhile, some polling sites elsewhere in the city that were shuttered due to a lack of electricity had signs with a phone number to the Hudson County Clerk's Office on them. But other closed sites
did not have this information on them, according to residents who contacted the Reporter Tuesday.
The combined chaos could affect the outcome of several elections. In addition to the presidential election, voters will cast ballots for U.S. Senator and U.S. Congressperson. Residents in Ward F will also select a new City Council representative and there is a nonbinding ballot referendum asking voters whether future school board elections should continue to be held each April or move to November. – E. Assata Wright


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'Kath!' Helen said, giving her a huge excited hug before turning to me. 'You!' she said, giving me the same hug. It was the most perfect way of making me feel instantly at ease and thoroughly welcomed - and, after meeting Helen a few times, this is exactly what she is always like - warm, fun, and totally lovely.
And now I have her debut novel Losing It in my hands. The story revolves around the character of debt-ridden, divorced, and totally desperate Millie, who, at the age of fifty-something, has been given the opportunity to rid herself of financial woe by losing weight. However, being the front-woman for a promotional diet feature may not be the answer to happiness that Millie is banking upon! Losing It is laugh-out-loud funny, wickedly observant, and is every bit as entertaining as the author herself. Helen's personality simply shines through the pages.
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Before I lose it entirely on a sugary tangent (see what I did there?) it was time to hear from the author. Standing on a chair, book lit up from mobile phone torches, Helen's speech was incredibly funny (which had nothing to do with the wine) and she gave a reading from the book. To my total happiness, this was recorded and look below to the right - it's me! In Helen's video! I am the lady wielding the wine glass (as a prop, you understand, but luckily not stuffing my face full of macarons; it was a close call). So from now on (in my mind) this video is Helen reading to me, an exclusive.
The second book launch, celebrating the fact that Losing It is out now in all good bookshops, was at the Hospital Club in Covent Garden.
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So now Losing It has been well and truly launched, and I am enjoying reading about Millie's escapades. And with the book gaining accolades from such luminaries as Stephen Fry, Dawn French, Ben Elton, and Joanna Lumley, I'm in very good company indeed!
Stephen Fry - 'Desperately funny, desperately engaging, desperately readable and desperately adorable.'
Dawn French - 'Helen Lederer is the third funniest woman in the world. Read this!'
Ben Elton - 'Helen is a wonderfully funny woman. I've known her for thirty-three years and always thought she should write a novel. She took her time but it's worth the wait.'
Joanna Lumley -'A brilliant creation: scene after scene of blissful agony: savagely funny and I couldn't put it down.'
Read a fantastic interview with Helen on Kathryn Eastman's Nut Press blog.
Buy Losing It from Waterstones | Foyles | Amazon | or local bookshops!


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Daniel Myron LeFever might not be a name that many people are familiar with but he is marked in history as a great American inventor. If you have ever fired a modern side-by-side or over-and-under shotgun, you are the beneficiary of his innovation. His hard work allows you to close the breech of the shotgun and fire without having to cock back two cumbersome hammers to fire the shotgun.
He invented the hammerless shotgun in 1878.
LeFever was a gun maker his entire life (August 27, 1835 – October 29, 1906) but throughout his career he was troubled by a series of business partnerships that dissolved and forced him to start over. While reading about his life, I cannot help but think that he may have accomplished even greater innovations in gun making if his business life was more stable and steady rather than bouncing from one partnership to the next.
He started with his own gunshop making muzzle-loading rifles. Then he formed a partnership with James Ellis forming LeFever & Ellis. Then he hooked up with Francis Dangerfield and created Dangerfield & LeFever. After that, he formed Barber & LeFever with Lorenzo Barber. Then with John Nichols, they partnered as Nichols & LeFever. After this enterprise he went into business alone as LeFever Arms Company but then lost controlling interest of it. Later he formed the D. M. LeFever, Sons & Company with his three sons. LeFever die of stomach ulcer in 1906.
Ithaca bought out the LeFever Arms Company, used the LeFever innovations to make fine shotguns, and used the LeFever name to market a cheap shotgun having nothing to do with the LeFever design.
A tough life but his legacy remains in the shotgunning world. There is one group that honors LeFever's accomplishments. The LeFever Arms Collectors Association is "dedicated to the study, collection, and preservation of Lefever firearms." A noble endeavor, and they host the Uncle Dan LeFever Cup, an annual trap shoot where shooters must use LeFever guns. This year the Uncle Dan Cup will be held June 1-3 at Hausmann's Hidden Hollow in Friendsville, Pennsylvania.
In the 1966 edition of the Gun Digest annual (which can be viewed on a digitized three CD set), author Wallace Libisky describes the history of the technical design of LeFever guns.
"The British have long been recognized for the excellence of their side-by-side scatterguns. Names such as Purdey, Boss, Westley Richards, Greener, Holland & Holland and others are known the world over. From elsewhere in Europe, too, have come some fine examples of twin-tube artistry. But if the American double-gun buff tends to feel apologetic about this, he does so without full justification.
It is quite true, and most unfortunate, that our activity in the province of double-barreled guns has all but gone to complete decay, though there was a time when the race was keen, indeed. Back around the turn of the century, and even well before then, the building of the classic double gun was a flourishing facet of the U.S. arms industry. Moreover, it was about this time that the American-made double gun reached the pinnacle of its design. The products of the top makers were weapons that any shooter, regardless of his walk in life, could point to with pride.
To be certain, not all U.S-made doubles of yesteryear were masterpieces of design and workmanship. There were plenty of cheapies, particularly among the mail-order offerings, and they outnumbered by far the quality pieces. However, there were enough of the high-echelon doubles on hand to strongly emphasize the fact that these shores were not suffering from any lack of talent in the side-by-side field.
It is beyond the scope of this article to dwell on the causes contributing to the decline of the American-built double. Nor is it our intention to engage in verbal battle in respect to the relative merits of the several famous makes. But, by way of introduction, we would like to speculate that if there existed a hall of fame for paying homage to American arms makers, then surely the name of D. M. Lefever would rate high on the roster.
D. M. Lefever, who eventually became known in firearms circles as "Uncle Dan," took his big step toward prominence in 1878 when he introduced the first hammerless breech-loading double gun built in America."
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TGIF! Whoo hoo! And that means you probably have two days ahead of you where you can wake up a little later and you just take it a wee bit easier. (Of course, you could be the family with more activities than ever on the weekend). If you have some kids around, consider making a homemade Monkey Bread with them this weekend.
I'm sure you've had the Monkey Bread made with Pillsbury refrigerated biscuits. And those spongy things do well. But you can make Monkey Bread with your own yeast, flour, cinnamon, sugar, nuts and your own two hands. Fun!
We are on Day #7 of I Like Big Bundts, my sleep-deprivation inducing quest to make 30 Bundts in 30 days...all leading up to National Bundt Day on November 15th!
Overall, the recipe is easy and just takes a little time - most of it resting and proofing the dough. Your kids will love shaping the dough balls, rolling them in butter and coating them with a brown sugar, cinnamon and walnut mixture. I, not a kid and being Japanese American, decided to avoid sticky hands by dipping and rolling mine with the aid of chopsticks!
Left: before rising.
Right: yes, you guessed it...after rising for 1 hour in a warm location. At first, I thought my balls were too big. {Sorry, that was me giggling.} They turned out okay...but remember that they do get bigger.
Baked in a Bundt pan, Monkey Bread is perfect for a lazy weekend brunch. Your house will smell delicious!
Before the glaze of powdered sugar and milk...
This monkey bread won't be confused with the Pillsbury stuff. I think my dough balls came out a little heavy in texture. And that is ALL me. I don't work with dough and yeast much so I'm sure I over or under kneaded things. I will definitely try again!
And wouldn't you know it? The Los Angeles Times published three Monkey Bread recipes in their Food section this week! (Los Angeles Times, Monkey Bread: It's Play Dough for Bakers, Food Section, October 21, 2009) Author
See you tomorrow for another Bundt and every day from now til National Bundt Day (November 15th)! By the way, November 15th is also Katrina's birthday (Baking and Boys!)...awesome!
And a special shout out to Tracey of Tracey's Culinary Adventures and Lunettes of Not by Chamomile Alone for making Bundts this week!
- mary the food librarian
Monkey Bread
from Martha Stewart Kids
You might be interested in the Los Angeles Times Monkey Bread recipes too.
I Like Big Bundts recap:
The Food Librarian confesses: I Like Big Bundts
Day 1: Pumpkin Spice Bundt with Buttermilk Icing
Day 2: Chocolate-Cinnamon Bundt Cake with Mocha Icing
Day 3: Pumpkin-Apple Spiced Bundt
Day 4: Cinnamon Ripple Sweet Potato Bundt
Day 5: Chocolate Zucchini Bundt
Day 6: Cardamom Vanilla Bundt


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The Llama is designed to be the perfect compliment to all amps, big or small, clean or dirty.
Benicia, CA (December 15, 2011) -- Dunlop has announced the return of the Way Huge Red Llama. According to Dunlop, "This is not a reproduction, but a continuation of where the groundbreaking archetype left off in 1999. Every single feature that made the Red Llama so mighty is still in place, right where Mr. Huge left them." The Llama is designed to be the perfect compliment to all amps, big or small, clean or dirty.
Spin the drive knob and go from a gentle grind all the way up to massive distortion. Use lower settings for defined open chording or juiced clean tones. Go a little higher for crunchy power fifths, and crank it up for buttery lead tones and tight, bottom-heavy riffage. The volume control sets the desired amount of overall level, but Dunlop warns: "The output capabilities of the Red Llama are legendary, with more than enough gain to force even the cleanest, most stubborn amps to submit their headroom."
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Research Projects
These pages of our website provide a way for you to explore the many research projects currently on-going in the Materials Science and Engineering Department at the University of Michigan. We have organized our projects according to several principles. You can search "by Material" which will provide a list of projects that involve materials which are primarily ceramic, metal, semiconductor or organic in nature. In addition separate categories cover projects in composite materials, which are made up of multiple constituents, and in the emerging area of nanomaterials, where researchers attempt to exploit the unique properties of materials by manipulating them at very small scales. Alternately you can search "by Application" depending on whether your interests are in the areas of biomedical, electronic, energy, nanotechnology or structural uses of materials. Or you can see projects organized "by Technique" showing those projects that involve characterization of material structure, computation for simulating materials behavior, processing methods to create materials or synthesis of new compounds. Most projects fall into multiple categories. Simply click on the title of a project to learn more.