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Managing finances a challenge
October 4, 2008
I used to spend money recklessly. Working during what used to be the golden days on Wall Street didn't help and this went on for a few years.
Being an investment banking analyst had lots of perks, but most of the people I knew lived way beyond their means, despite the fact that even 10 years ago many of my bosses, all under 30, made half to a million dollars per year — and they weren't the top executives.
I didn't even come close to that figure, but for someone out of college, I had a good salary. I did have the growing suspicion that I should have had a better handle on my finances, but as a 22-year-old woman living in New York City, I didn't try too hard to save money.
My approach was disorganized. I wanted to spend as little as possible, but if I really needed something, I would just get it and pay with my credit card, which meant that each month I had more debt and higher payments. It wasn't extreme expenses but a kind of lifestyle that required a maturity I didn't have. It didn't help that my friends and I convinced ourselves that this was just the way things were done — everyone had credit card debt.
My sobering experience happened over time, after meeting my husband, becoming a military wife and having six children. Especially with a spouse gone so often, it was crucial that I had a plan to make it to the end of the month and leave a little cushion.
I took three steps to get my spending on track. First, as the expression goes, I had to "admit I had a problem." It included spending $2 or $3 or $5 a day on nothing important, maybe some candy, a snack, coffee or a new lipstick, and not keeping track of how much extra money was coming out each day.
Second, I needed a plan, something practical to move forward with, but something that worked for me. I read several articles by well-known financial planners, but some of them just didn't work for me. Third, I just needed to get off my buns and do it.
I started by making a monthly budget and dividing it in major categories, fixed expenses, bills, children's activities, groceries and a little extra for emergencies. I set up several of our bills with automatic pay to avoid ever incurring late fees. I also started using cash for my groceries, which made me much more aware of how much money I was spending and less tempted to add an item here or there. When I finally paid off my debt, I was able to start saving.
It was difficult for me to stick to my plan, but a good lesson in learning healthy spending habits.
These days, I think about my finances more than usual because of the current economic situation and the debate over the bailout plan. I realize that no matter what happens, many of us will have to work with budget constraints in the months to come. I hope that with reasonable work and planning it will be possible to manage tough times.
Now if only those investment banks and lending companies would give some of us average folks a call, we could give them some pointers for a small fee.
Anita Doberman is a freelance writer, mother of five and wife of an Air Force pilot stationed at Hurlburt AFB in Florida. Contact her at:


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More than 200 alumni of U.S. academic and professional development exchange programs gathered on Thursday, May 26 at the Islamabad Club to celebrate the first anniversary of the Pakistan-U.S. Alumni Network's Islamabad Chapter.
"I am heartened that your good experiences in our country -- whether decades ago or only last year -- bring you together as a community, as a group motivated to do good in Pakistan. We admire you and your work," said Ambassador Richard Hoagland, Deputy Chief of the United States Mission to Pakistan.
The Pakistan-U.S. Alumni Network, established in 2010, has chapters in every province in Pakistan, including AJK and Gilgit-Baltistan. Inspired by their experiences in the United States, the alumni help make their communities a better place and bring the people of the United States and Pakistan closer together. Alumni have organized leadership workshops for youth, developed children's theater festivals, helped train women entrepreneurs, and created environmental awareness programs for schools, among other projects.
The U.S. Embassy in Pakistan administers the largest educational and cultural program of any U.S. Embassy in the world. More than 8,000 Pakistanis have participated in fully-funded academic or professional development programs in the United States. Five thousand Pakistani young people are currently enrolled in U.S. government-funded English language programs in Pakistan These programs manifest the sincere interest of the United States to build partnership with and a bright future for the people of Pakistan.
Buket E. in Turkey writes:
Greetings from Turkey,
I am very proud of being a member of STATE ALUMNI.I participated in a Youth Leadership Program in 2009 and I can honestly say that this golden opportunity has had a great impact on my life and teaching career.I have been reading searching and sharing exchange articles and news since I returned back from my program.I appreciate the success stories of Pakistan.I have been collaborating with my Pakistani colleagues in many iEARN projects and my students have been enjoying doing projects with their peers.We owe lots of thanks to the US Embassy in Ankara and our kind,helpful and very informative friends in the Embassy.In my school we have been collaborating with the US Embassy Ankara and holding seminars,conferences related with Cultural Diplomacy and Education in the USA and Turkey.
My students and I have become globally aware with the help of these programs and from my school I encouraged 14 students to participate in exchange programs.Most of my students are financially deprived students but they are all very smart and dedicated ones.I think we have helped them create a value in their lives and in their future careers.I have kept lots of photos,videos and articles about our collaborative projects with US Embassy and iEARN.
Kind regards,
Buket E.
Musarrat in Pakistan writes:
It is very positive step to empower youth. For mutual understanding among different cultures and nations such kind of steps play vital role and by that way such kind of organization can produce more healthy minds.

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Though Frost ("Frosty" as she introduces herself) and I have been on the same team for the past three years, it wasn't until we raced (multi-day, teams-of-two) 2011 Gore-Tex TransRockies Run in August that I witnessed her fierceness. What I saw in those six days, up close and personal, was the very definition of fierceness.
By the sixth day, our cumulative lead had increased to an hour over second place. Five miles from the finish line, she was breathing laboriously, sweating, red and visibly suffering and I suggested, maybe, you know, taking it easy for a little bit. Addressing the hill or the trail, Frosty swore something awful, bent to it and carried on. A 95-percent effort does not mean anything to this person.
Over the past several years, Anna's successes have stretched to most continents and covered terrain equally as varied. She won the World Mountain Running Grand Prix Series (2008), was a top-10 finisher at the World Mountain Running Championships (2009) and finished second in the World Sky Running Series (2010). In December of 2010, Anna won the TNF 50 Championships—her first ultramarathon.
At the 2011 TNF 50, her second ultramarathon, Anna passed me 29 miles into the race. "Just giving this hill a bit of hell," she said as she went by. She had trimmed down (12 pounds she told me later) in five weeks for this race. She urged me to tag along with her pace, which I did … for 30 seconds.
Was holding off until TNF50 to lose weight part of a year-long plan?
No, no. If my year had gone as planned, then, yes, that would have been part of it, but I got injured. Twice. Six months following the 2010 TNF50 I stopped getting my period. Shortly after, I got a stress fracture in my heel. My physical therapist said, "You choose—you can be fat and fit or you can be lonely, skinny and broken." I put on one kay gee [kilograms—2.2 pounds] a week until my period came back.
I knew that I had to get much of the weight off for TNF50, and would have preferred to lose it slowly. But due to the timing, I was losing a kay gee a week. I think that it was on the verge of unhealthy.
How did the 2011 TNF 50 compare to the same race, in 2010?
Last year, I suffered—physically and mentally. I wasn't confident. It was a strange place for me.
In my second go, I was expecting to experience that lull again. I knew it might come and wondered if I could push myself out of it, but it never came. I thought that mental place was somewhere you had to go. When you're in that space, you're in la la land. I almost felt a little let down when it didn't come.


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The parable of the hummingbird, the loss of sacredness through the destruction of forests, and deeper religious truths through science.
A remarkable Kenyan woman and environmentalist speaks from experience about the links between ecology, human flourishing, war and peace, and democracy. And she shares her thoughts on where God resides.
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I was already a huge fan of Wangari Maathai -but after your coverage I am just beside myself in awe and admiration...so much so that I sent about 800 of my martial arts teacher friends this message:
I'll say this only once --and then I'll repeat it 1000 times:
The people who will make you a real MASTER, who will fill your school with students, who will teach you the ART of the martial way, ...yes, the very people who are at the top of the food chain in martial arts education....
They are human beings of the most extraordinary kind --of the kind that transcend style, system, country of origin, political party, rank, gender, marketing "system", brand name, and religion...
Meet someone...that if you would pay attention, would teach you more about martial arts mastery than any other human being on the planet.
Meet Wangari Maathai.
So, Speaking of Faith, thank you for educating, informing, and inspiring.
I helped me see a connection between social justice and environment.
It makes me wonder what people who works for big greedy corporations tell their children about what they do, do they know what they are doing to the environment and our world. It makes me question the morality of the little money I have left in bonds, am I part of the solution or the problem?
Francisco Enriquez.
God is truly Omni-present. Ms. Wangari Maathai is a manifestation of God's presence even in Kenya.
Many things struck me while listening to this interview but one that really stands out is how so much seems to depend on what appears to be a perfectly natural and sensible question "What is in it for me?" It therefore seems to make sense to devise solutions to issues like environmental protection that always give us something in return and of course we prefer that payback be immediate rather than later. Why pursue alternative renewable energy sources when gas is cheaper? Everything must make financial sense as if our financial savings from destroying the environment is going to matter if the air is polluted or we run out of water.
I believe that for people to want something back is in our nature but the good news is we can be taught to be selfless, to serve and give without expecting immediate benefits. People like Ms. Wangari and many others make sacrifices that bring great benefits to the world. Ms. Wangari notes the effect of catholic nuns, the civil rights movement in the 60s on her own life - we "are a product of the society you belong to". This shows how interconnected we all are and how no good act is inconsequential or insignificant. Another thing that Ms. Wangari said that is a source of hope is that we all have a level of consciousness and morality – a little voice that reminds us of what is right. Though we should never leave it to those who destroy the environment to change and do the right thing when they are ready, we know there is always hope if only we can get them to listen to the little voice within them.
Wangari Maathai is a very astonishing woman, who has lived both a long and full life. She has seen the world, sought knowledge, and come back to her homeland to make a diference in the plight of women and the ecosystem. For her amazing efforts she won a noble peace prize. What is surprising to see is her environmental consciousness and belief in a sort of eco-balance that humans have the great potential to disrupt in their greed.
It is interesting to see how her religious faith and upbringing has had a dramatic impact on the path her life has taken. She says in her own words during the interview that see believes she would have been a different person without the presence of the Catholic missionaries and foremost nuns in her youth. Whatching these women give their life in service half way accross the world along with see the global fight for justice during the Civil Rights era enabled her to actualize and see worthiness in being concerned with your neighbor.
Still another highly important religious element for Wangari was the "pagan" roots of her tribe, whose spritual rituals they associated with certain fig trees gave them significant prominence in her mind. It is hard to imagine that without her mother telling her as a young girl that these are the trees we don't touch that Wangari would later see the central thread that connected the socio-ecological problems of day with a root cause. So as she said, with development they often get caught up in the changes and novelty of industrialization and don't realize with the advance of progress their is often vital and relevant things being lost in the process.
Missionaries and colonization has stripped the Wangari's people of their inherent stewardship of the land and environmental, in attempt to transform a seemingly backward people to civilization they disregarded the knowledge and insights they already had to offer. It is sad to see that in the introduction of a new religion and culture, their also had to be a customary suppression of the old culture and religion as inferior. But Wangari's ability to withstand aspects of the new world and the old world of her ancestors benefited her much more greatly than total submergion into western civilization and values. She was ultimately able to not only help herself by holding onto her roots but start an entire green revolution.
As a very small child growing up in Bloomington, Indiana, my most favorite thing to do was to spend time nestled among the flora and fauna of Bradford Woods...and various woodscapes near the married-student housing where my parents attended Indiana University. Just as Ms. Maathai, I too believe that trees are holy places--as a child, I believed that they actually spoke amongst themselves and sometimes whispered to me. Swaying in the wind, the trees were neighborhoods and communities in the sky.
It broke my heart to learn that the fig trees were destroyed as a way to turn the African tribes people toward Christianity...and the subsequent erosion problems. Everything on this planet exists for a reason, whether it's clear to us or not.
I've just added Mt. Kenya to my list of places to visit before I die. If the Kekuyu believe that God lives on Mt. Kenya...then so do I! I'm so glad I tuned into SOF and Krista Sunday morning.
I like the Kenyan Nobel Prize-winner's custodial interpretation of the creation account in Genesis. Being in charge of the environment, humanity may derive benefit from it if human policy preserves rather than destroys it. But if exploitation destroys the environment, there'll be nothing left for others to enjoy. Clear-cutting the land only inflates the bank accounts of a few exploiters, and we've seen in the recent economic crisis how rapidly money can disappear. For the existence of it too is a matter of faith as I learned while studying economics.
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North Florida is one of my favorite places for trees. There are ancient Bald Cypress on the Suwannee, Santa Fe and Ichetuknee Rivers. I'm enriched by their presence and wonder what stories they could tell if they could speak. The kayak in the picture is 12 feet long. The Cypress tree pictured is older than my grandparents, maybe even my great grandparents. I'd love to know how many Spaniards passed this tree. Maybe even Ponce de Leon as he searched for the "Fountain of Youth" on the Ichetuknee River.
Planting Trees for the Future was a discussion with Nobel Prize winner Wangari Maathai. She was most recognized for founding the green belt movement in Africa, which was an organization designed to empower African women be planting trees. Maathai has great respect for nature, and believes it's very important to find a balance between human and natural resources. She also has the privilege of being the first women in her country to earn a PhD.
One quote Maathai made that I found especially interesting was when she said; "If you want to do something for the environment, you have to see what's disconnected". This statement made me think about how things are here in America because one of the things that disconnects the American society is accountability. Of course, everyone talks about "going green", but as Americans we are still very wasteful. And when you consider our population in proportion to the rest of the world, we use more natural resources than any other country.
As far as the religious implications are concerned, Maathai talked about how Christian theology has ignored the environment, and even interpreted stories from the bible in a destructive way. I would have to agree with that because I can't recall any references to the environment within the bible. It mostly refers to other people, and never gives the proper respect to other forms of life in nature. Embracing nature was how Wangari Maathai helped empower the people in her country. When the government wanted to cut down trees to make room for residential housing Maathai would lead marches to plant trees. This action stood for a symbol of defiance against the people in power, whereas the government probably seen it more as a form of civil disobedience. Still, there's no better way to stand up to your government and help the environment at the same time.
I listened to this story and was renewed in my own personal desire to do what I can to take care of the earth in my own corner of the world. Up to now, this has been through recycling at home, encouraging my grandson to recognize and recycle, and doing some of it in my classroom. The stirrings I have to do more through expanding recycling at the high school where I work and seeing it as a longterm vision vs. a one-semester, or one-year project were "stirred to flame" if you will. I see the value and importance of teaching this as a value, of loving our world, vs. an activity, a one-time action. Everytime we recycle, we pick up a piece of trash, we express an act of love to God, a co-sharing of the care of His creative and divine work. I also think that when we begin to see our earth, our everyday environment as sacred, we will begin to see the people around us, the marginalized and unvalued, the immigrant, the unborn, people with disabilities, women, as sacred. My Catholic faith was inspired by her take on the readings of the prophet Isaiah, her insight about the need to teach people or they would perish, how people know they are doing wrong when they use resources for their gain for self-wealth. I liked your comment about planting a tree being an action of ecological civil disobedience.
I usually awake to the alarm at 6 am with your Sunday program. I enjoy starting my Sunday by lying in bed, hearing the conversations, reflecting upon them, on God on God's day. Thank you.
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I can't wait to share this story with my Earth Forum Meeting today 2/20 in Howard County Columbia, MD.
Wangari Maathai is without question one of the most inspirational people of our time. She was the first woman in East Africa to earn a PhD. I am proud to say that she also received a Masters degree from my own alma mater, the University of Pittsburgh. In the 1970s, 80's and 90's the supreme courage Wangari demonstrated through years of vilification and harassment by the Moi government is nothing short of amazing. She lead the fight against construction of a huge skyscraper in Uhuru Park, one of the few green spaces left in Nairobi. Later she would lead the fight against the grabbing of Karura Forest. Needless to say it was a proud day for Kenyans (and those of us who love that country) when she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004. Dr. Maathai served as a member of Parliament and an Assistant Minister for Environment in the first Kibaki administration. Unfortunately her humanitarian and environmental influence on Kenya's civil society has never really impacted the Kenyan political establishment. If it had then perhaps the debacle that followed the rigged 2007 Presidential election might have been avoided. If only the likes of Wangari Maathai could have led the country! Mungu Abariki Mama Mti na watu wote wa Kenya!
Wangari Maathai is without question one of the most inspirational people of our time. She was the first woman in East Africa to earn a PhD. I am proud to say that she also received a Masters degree from my own alma mater, the University of Pittsburgh. In the 1970s, 80's and 90's the supreme courage Wangari demonstrated through years of vilification and harassment by the Moi government is nothing short of amazing. She lead the fight against construction of a huge skyscraper in Uhuru Park, one of the few green spaces left in Nairobi. Later she would lead the fight against the grabbing of Karura Forest. Needless to say it was a proud day for Kenyans (and those of us who love that country) when she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004. Dr. Maathai served as a member of Parliament and an Assistant Minister for Environment in the first Kibaki administration. Unfortunately her humanitarian and environmental influence on Kenya's civil society has never really impacted the Kenyan political establishment. If it had then perhaps the debacle that followed the rigged 2007 Presidential election might have been avoided. If only the likes of Wangari Maathai could have led the country! Mungu Abariki Mama Mti na watu wote wa Kenya!
I recently listened to the Nobel Peace Prize winner, Wangari Maathi, from Kenya, interviewed on American Public Media by Krista Tippett. Maathi spoke warmly and engagingly about her life in Kenya, her investment in biology and ecology, of spirit, women's work, her evolving sense of who and where god is, and her experiences with the planting of trees as both a gesture of activism and as a practical effort to improve the basic quality of women's lives.
Maathi shared her deep sense of closeness to the land and to the strong embeddedness and ingrainedness of the Kikuyu teaching and traditions of her childhood, which seem to live on inside her now and to have informed her life view through all of the transformations she has experienced, personally, professionally, intellectually, spiritually, and culturally. She still references "the mountain"—Mount Kenya—with a certain air of reverence and notes the great significance that "spirit structure" continues to hold in her life.
Similarly, through the transformations in my own life, however small or however much less impressive or less impactful than Maathi, I can relate strongly to that sense of finding spirit, of discovering the "other" or a "god-ness" or "goddess-ness," perhaps a goodness in the natural world and the earth around me. I always have in one way or another.
In the time since I've come to live in the shadows of the Blue Ridge Mountains, backed up against the gentle rib of Chestnut Knob that leads up to Brittain Mountain splitting the skyline behind and above me--I find that I am more aware (or have returned more deeply and solidly to an old awareness) of the passing moments of the seasons—of the years and days and minutes of my life and the sweet (sometimes bittersweet) expending of these moments on this small patch of earth on which I find my home.
Each morning, I wake and scan the visible mountains that ring this valley basin. In particular, I directly face the minor prominence of Vance Knob as I walk southeast from my front door with three dogs and, often, my camera in tow. Vance Knob is a small foothill of the eastern Blue Ridge escarpment, leading to Ray Knob behind it and on through the historic communities of Maney and Ballard Branch and Ox Creek, past Rattlesnake Lodge to the Blue Ridge Parkway at the top, spreading east past Snowball Gap, Little Snowball Mountain, on to Craggy Pinnacle and beyond, just 25 miles or so, to Mt. Mitchell—the highest point in the U.S. east of the Mississippi River.
Everyday, I visually comb these slopes and search the sky, watching for the slightest hint of an approaching sunrise or sunset, the moon in all her varied adornment, constellations galore, and the unexpected and transient jewels of cloud formations that gather and disburse with equal speed—it is as if I have become a bit of a "forty-niner" panning for astral gold.
In my lifetime, I have been one of those Aquarians who feels they have an innate sense of connection to the sea and the tides—to their ebb and flow. I used to believe that I was only closest to spirit, to the deepest level of compassion, and to the most inspired mix of humanity and divinity when I was next to water--especially next to the ocean. From my first introduction to Catalina Island as a small child of five or six, followed by an almost 20-year absence from the ocean, and then a return to the sea when I lived along the mid-Atlantic coast for 13 years, I have loved the waves and surf, the sun and clouds (and storms, even) moving across the character of the water—a slippery, sometimes dark, and often transparent body of rolling liquid mass that takes on a life of its own as it surges and swells and recedes along the edges of our continents.
When I moved to the southern Appalachians almost a decade ago, I carried the sensate memories of the waves and water with me to the mountains. In the intervening years, I have learned to see the undulating ridges of the Pisgahs and the Blue Ridges, the Blacks, the Seven Sisters, the Craggies, the Great Smokies, the Cherokees, and the Nantahalas as waves of a different ocean, renewed evidence to me of spirit and maybe god-ness or goddess-ness in this world. Just as the oceans represent a sort of "milk and honey" of the spirit, flowing and feeding and replenishing the earth—these mountains are, to me, the inland "oceans" of the gods—enriching those of us who live along them and flourish in their beautiful, organic, and life-sustaining spirit.
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"...where is God? And I tell myself, of course, now we are in a completely new era when we are learning to find God not in a place, but rather in ourselves, in each other, in nature…So I have had this transformation for me of who God is. I still believe strongly that there is that power…But I still — when I look on Mount Kenya, it is so magnificent, it is so overpowering. It is so important in sustaining life in my area that sometimes I say, yes, God is on this mountain."
~Wangari Maathi
2004 Nobel Peace Price winner
I want to comment on the interview of Wangari Matthai, whose eloquent words about the environment, the need to preserve, conserve, and protect, as a total priority rings so true, and so urgently today.
She said, for her, God is deeply on the mountain, and mentioned Mt. Kenya. This is so echoic of Moses on the mountain, the story of the Exodus, of Mt. Sinai, the Ten Commandments. I have to say this. And it is for all mountains that we climb daily, as we go about our often very difficult lives, encountering such inexpressible sorrows along the way, stories we never knew we would have to face, and in so facing, ask deep and deepening questions about God, spirituality, and our relationship to a Divine essence, within, and without.
It is a very modern feeling, certainly spoken by Kabbalists today, those mystics, of Judaism and beyond, that we are all of us, parts of the Divine, and that to divine this, perhaps takes a profound journey of soul. It does seem empathy is the key, and that we all of us have varying degrees of ruah, or soul, that breathless stuff, that makes us all take notice, that here is someone who really feels, at the deepest possible levels, for all mankind, for all that breathes and walks the earth, including the inanimate.
I will say this is The journey, and some are further along Jacob's ladder in making this journey than others.
We must take the mandate, the man date, as being love, and the compass as being compassion, and move forward together to make of this world, a glowing place, of dignity and hope for all. it's not hard when we consider a story, that brought us all to this place at this time. It seems so obvious that working for love, is the greatest of all joys. So then, why this divisiveness, when there is this vision, as promulgated by so many of Krista's beautiful interviewees.
Maybe, just maybe, it is God speaking when we hear words of love, and it is God also speaking the other words, which we must learn to disregard, because God is playing, a game of What's My Line?
Join me, in saying, it's about time to make that leap. And we can all of us, Jump the Gap!
very few, if any pay any attention to my writing, and I am all over the WEB because I do it, for love.
I am a Christian and hope to communicate to fellow believers how conservation is a holy thing far beyond just being something that is right to do. As I have brought environmental conscious into my life and my practices, it has brought me closer to God and a happier life. I began conserving, just to save money. But, as I encorporated more of these practices into my life, I became aware of how they affected me spiritually. I was becoming more in tune with the most basic of gifts that God has given us, and also the most essential gifts. These were calls to thanksgiving for things I typically take for granted, because in our society they are so easy to acquire. As I listened to Maathai's story I felt such a kinship, in that she was not just doing it out of moral obligation, but chasing after spiritual fulfillment. In the same way that sabbath, prayer, and fasting bring us deeper spiriutally, I think that conserving creation and taking part in its recreation are acts that bring us closer to our creator.
aBSOLUTELY Adored the interview by Krista Tippit with Wangari MAti - need to listen again to the podcast as I was mulit tasking during it!
Wangari Maathai inspired many
Wangari Maathai inspired many people both in Kenya and beyond its borders. We will never see another person of her stature with the ability and foresight to combine the seemingly separate issues of women's empowerment and environmental conservation. Mama Miti was one of a kind. Sisi wananchi tunakupenda Mama! Mungu Akubariki!
I went to study in Kenya in 1995 through a program called Friends World. There were 20 of us living on a co-operative coffee farm in Machakos just 45 min south of Nairobi. We studied Ki- Swahili with Kenyan teachers and were introduced to to the land, people, cultures, history and politics of this rich diverse country. it changed my life forever, my biggest regret is that I did not meet Wangari Maathai at that time, and that I did not seize the moment to work with her Green Belt Movement. As students living there for a year, we each chose a project and area of study where we interned and immersed ourselves in something that was important and hopefully vital. What could be more important then this work that Wangari Maathai engaged in and lived for despite all odds. In her honor I am planting 7 trees and linking hands with movers and shakers who are walking there talk here in NY and globally. Thank you for airing this show again, it has moved me so and given me just the kind of nudge needed to act now and not regret what was not done in the past. There is nothing greater in this world then this work, so simple and yes so complex. Thank you Wangari Maathai!
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Anybody else had the same bad luck as me? I wonder if it´s beyond repair?
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About the Author: Robert Raines serves as the Assistant Information Officer for Electronic Media at U.S. Embassy Beijing.
An intense hush falls over the crowd of technicians, reporters, and embassy staff as the Secretary enters the room. Everyone rushes to their places – pens out, lights on, and cameras focused. I motion to show her the seat. She clips on her own microphone and turns her warm smile to the moderator, a prominent Chinese professor and expert on climate change. The webchat begins.
With nearly 300 million internet users, China just recently surpassed the U.S. as the country with the most internet users – here called "netizens" – in the world. These are the young, professional, educated, rising middle-class of China. They are unflinchingly proud of their country and the tremendous progress it has made over the last thirty years. They are also increasingly anxious – and increasingly able – to learn about and to engage friends and contacts around the world. Despite continued restrictions, the web is their tool to reach beyond boundaries, to network among themselves, and thereby to become the driving force for social, political, and economic development in China.
Engaging audiences like this is what Public Diplomacy (PD) officers live for. We support programs, exchanges, and press events so that we can share and explain, but also so that we can listen, learn and better understand.
Secretary Clinton is the first Secretary of State (in our memory here in the Embassy) to engage Chinese netizens in a webchat. The impact of her doing so – both in terms of substance and form – will be immense. The simple fact that the Secretary took the time to sit down and answer the questions of ordinary Chinese netizens will be seen as a profound gesture of respect and a powerful invitation to further open the doors of engagement between the U.S. and the people of China.
It was a personal – as well as professional – honor to be present for this event. Anyone interested can view the webchat in Chinese or English.
Jeff in Minnesota writes:
Hillary Clinton is setting a great example for other government leaders. The tendency for bureaucrats and politicians to fear the public has a warping effect on interaction. By open engagement with the public, the important information is going to get to the right places. It should be obvious, but it takes courageous leadership to put in practice, and teach by example.
Rosemary in New Jersey writes:
Wow, Robert! Thank you so much, not just for the blog post, but also for posting a link to the chat itself. As you point out, this event was probably history. I work with Chinese students, and I know the Chinese people must have been deeply honored.
Hillary always seems to know just what note to hit. She is very engaging and uses all of this technology so well. I am so glad she did the web chat in China, and I am so glad you had the chance to be there. Clearly it meant a lot to you.
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Dear Mr. Raines,
To me your remarks about "Engaging audiences like this is what Public Diplomacy (PD) officers live for. We support programs, exchanges, and press events so that we can share and explain, but also so that we can listen, learn and better understand" are the respectful and mutual quintessence of how the petals of the flower of the future can open so, at last, the world can bloom.
I had no idea until you told us that there are more netizens in China than anywhere else in our global noosphere. What a great event. As a dawn fills with sunlight, my heart fills with hope.
Patrick in Maryland writes:
I read the Webchat they had some good questions, about climate change. Professor Qi Ye was pretty good at moderator. I didn't know china had so many netizens, 300 million is a lot of people online. I hope they have good IPs over there.:)
I liked the Question about greenhouse gas emissions, being cut by 25-40 percent by the year 2020. Hopefully by 2020 things will be looking greener for all of us. Thanks for posting Robert R. Cya :)
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Of course, those netizens in Chinese prisons for criticizing their totalitarian government weren't able to participate.
Amy in New York writes:
I've read the transcript of the webcast, and it's fantastic. It's good to know that we're being open, honest, and optimistic. I really felt that Secretary Clinton was doing a good job of portraying American values to ordinary Chinese. She was very aware of the real and legitimate needs on China's side, while being firm in pressing American objectives and interests. Indeed, China absolutely deserves a higher standard of living for its people, but it simply cannot keep emitting greenhouse gases at the same rate (nor can we).
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It is amazing to hear that China has more internet users than the United States ranking as number one. Having the internet enables people to communicate with not only people in their own country but with citizens of other countries. The Chinese citizens have every right to be proud of their countries advancements. I am glad to hear our country is moving forward with different ways of interacting with another country's citizens. There are relatively few high-ranking political U.S. figures that utilize new forms of communication to prove the continuing potential the internet has in U.S. diplomacy. I was also impressed with the time Secretary Clinton took to talk and answer questions for the people.


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Adding Susan Osgood to the Woods
A few weeks ago, Peggy wrote a blog about her chance meeting with Brattleboro artist Susan Osgood. Susan is an archaeologist by day and a painter by night, so her pieces all have character and a story. When Peggy told us about Susans work, we were intrigued and knew we had to get her work on our walls. So Douglas and I went up to meet Susan and pick out a few pieces to add to the showroom.
She certainly didn't make the decision very easy on us. Susan does all of her painting right out of her home and showcases paintings throughout her house. Susan picked out a variety of paintings for us to choose from including small gallery-wrapped pieces to some larger ones in wood-framed glass and even a few painted on actual Egyptian graffiti! I personally fell in love with the graffiti art. It feels like we're bringing a piece of history into our showroom. I'm hoping that our customers will love Susan Osgood Egyptian paintings as much as I do.
We ended up picking out nine exquisite pieces to display throughout the showroom. We choose pieces that we thought would look best displayed with our furniture. With our art consignments, we're attempting to create a look that our customers will be able to identify with and want to create in their own homes. With our Vermont-made furniture, art, housewares and linens, we're developing our showroom into the ideal, artistic Vermont home.
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Enkhbat wins first Mongolian boxing gold
BEIJING (AP) Mongolia came to Beijing with no gold medals in a less-than-ilustrious Olympic career.
Then Tuvshinbayar Naidan won the first in judo last week. On Sunday, bantamweight boxer Badar-Uugan Enkhbat beat Cuba's Yankiel Leon 16-5 for the second.
With hundreds of his countrymen chanting "MON-GO-LI-A," and cheering his every punch, Enkhbat dominated the fight. At the end, he immediately saluted the section of fans lending him support, then got down on his knees in prayer.
"I think now, in my heart, of the people who are close to me and especially the fans who came to China to cheer for me at the Olympics," Enkhbat said. "Those things gave me the power to get the gold medal.
"This gold medal means a lot to my nation and to my people. This gold medal belongs to all of them."
Enkhbat surged to an early lead and easily held off Leon, the third Cuban to lose a gold-medal bout in less than 24 hours. Another Cuban would lose later Sunday, meaning the island nation would leave with no gold medals.
Enkhbat, the world championship runner-up in 2007, showed a strong right hand and lots of smarts in getting Leon off-balance throughout the four rounds. It was a huge improvement over his performance in the finals at worlds in Chicago a year ago.
"In the 2007 world championships, it was my first big tournament in my life. In the gold medal match, I was nervous and I didn't perform to my best," he said.
"The veteran boxers on the team suggested I have to fight freely and with self-confidence. From the first round of the games, I did, getting lots of points from the early fights right until the end."
The 23-year-old Enkhbat plans to remain in the amateur ranks to gain more experience and possibly defend his title in London in 2012. He also knows that few Mongolians ever make it big in the pros.
"There are so many other huge competitions awaiting me," he said. "I want to participate in them and get my name known to the world."
Enkhbat had Mongolian company as a medal winner in boxing: Serdamba Purevdorj took silver in the light flyweight division.
Purevdorj had to quit his title bout with China's Zou Shiming in the second round because of a shoulder injury. He trailed just 1-0 when his corner threw in the towel - literally.
"In the second round, we hit each other, and after that I couldn't raise my hands," Purevdorj said. "I hurt the shoulder in Kazakstan in March during the qualifications. Then I hurt it again against the Cuban (Yampier Hernandez) in the semifinal match.
"I was aware of the pain when I entered the ring."


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It is another day, another day to drink tea and share what is in your cup with all of us. Stop by as you enjoy a cup or at the end of the day to reflect on your TeaConquests.
I generally drink my tea alone, a solitary moment when I usually shut out the rest of the world. Hmmm, kinda sad...it is such a great moment to share. I share my TeaTimes virtually everyday with my friends here at TeaChat, but otherwise, virtually alone.
Yesterday for perhaps the first time in a long time, I shared the moment and some of my expensive Long Jing with somebody. Made me wonder, who is drinking their tea alone, or with somebody.
Today, share what is in your cup, but also feel free to share how you spend your tea moments...
Have a great TeaDay, everyone!!!


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Heading to Disney this October. Looks like I am going to Italy to eat Just wondering if they are going to have smaller portions since it will be the Food & Wine festival.
I doubt it. I am sure they want to make the money per seating and that would probably cut down on the profit. The plain pie is $28 so between three people it's not that bad for in park. I think Ev's pie was much higher because of all the toppings. Let us know what you find.Bob


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LINGUIST List 23.3429
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Calls: Semantics, Syntax, Morphology, Typology/USA
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Workshop on Semantic Variation
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Full Title: Workshop on Semantic Variation
Date: 25-Oct-2013 - 26-Oct-2013
Location: Chicago, IL, USA
Contact Person: Itamar Francez
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Linguistic Field(s): Morphology; Semantics; Syntax; Typology
Call Deadline: 01-Apr-2013
Meeting Description:
The Department of Linguistics at the University of Chicago will host a two day workshop on semantic variation, October 25-26, 2013.
Invited Speakers:
Ivano Caponigro (UC, San Diego)
Mary Dalrymple (University of Oxford)
Anastasia Giannakidou (University of Chicago)
Ed Keenan (UCLA)
Paul Kiparsky (Stanford University)
Lisa Matthewson (University of British Columbia)
The workshop is organized by Itamar Francez (University of Chicago) and Andrew Koontz-Garboden (University of Manchester) and is sponsored by the University of Chicago Department of Linguistics and Division of Humanities, the University of Manchester Department of Linguistics and English Language, and the Arts and Humanities Research Council.
Call for Papers:
We invite abstracts for 30 minute talks (plus 10 minutes discussion) that address the topic of semantic variation, particularly from the perspective of the questions listed below.
The goal of uncovering systematic principles governing crosslinguistic variation has been pursued much more vigorously in the study of form (syntax, phonology, morphology) than of meaning. Recently, the semantics community has seen a reinvigorated interest in the question of crosslinguistic variation. This workshop aims to contribute to this reinvigoration. We invite work in crosslinguistic formal semantics focusing on the following interrelated topics:
(1) The relation between semantic and morphosyntactic variation. Is there variation in the semantic component of grammar? Matthewson (2001) suggests the possibility of a negative answer, according to which morphosyntactic variation in the form of quantificational noun phrases reveals facts about the universal semantics of quantificational determiners, obscured by the morphosyntax of English. In contrast, Chierchia (1998) tries to derive morphosyntactic variation in the expression of nominal arguments from a semantic theory of the possible denotations of lexical nouns. Can systematic patterns of crosslinguistic variation in morphosyntax be explained as rooted in semantic variation?
(2) Assuming there is variation in the semantic component of grammar, what are its loci? For example, do languages differ in:
(a) how a universal inventory of model theoretic components is mapped into lexical items?
(b) the ontological categories they employ?
(c) the modes of semantic combination they employ?
(d) the way in which lexically encoded inferential information is expressed (e.g. presupposition vs. assertion)?
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August 8, 2008
Eva Lee to Kick Off the Competition for the the 2008 Olympic Games Tomorrow for the USA Badminton Team
BEIJING, China- Eva Lee (Orange, Calif.) will get the competition underway for the USA Badminton Team at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China tomorrow, August 9 as she competes in the opening round of the women's singles competition. Lee will face a familiar rival from Canada as she is schedule to go up against Anna Rice at 14:00 Beijing Time. The badminton competition for the 2008 Olympic Games is being held at the Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium.
Lee's teammates Howard Bach (San Francisco, Calif./Orange, Calif.), Mesinee "May" Mangkalakiri (Garden Grove, Calif.), Khan "Bob" Malaythong (Rockville, Md./Orange, Calif.), and Raju Rai (Atlanta, Ga./Anaheim, Calif.) will be cheering her on before they all begin competition later in the week.
Lee will also be competing in women's doubles with Mangkalakiri. Lee and Mangkalakiri are paired against Yanmei Jiang and Yujia Li of Senegal on August 10 at 12:05.
The team is coached by Zi Min Cai (Orange, Calif.).
2008 United States Olympic Team for Badminton and events they are competing in:
Howard Bach(San Francisco, Calif./Orange, Calif.) - Men's Doubles
Khan "Bob" Malaythong(Rockville, Md./Orange, Calif.) - Men's Doubles
Raju Rai(Atlanta, Ga./Anaheim, Calif.) - Men's Singles
Eva Lee(Orange, Calif.) - Women's Singles and Women's Doubles
Mesinee "May" Mangkalakiri(Garden Grove, Calif.) - Women's Doubles
Head Coach: Zi Min Cai (Orange, Calif.)
For more information, please contact Cecil Bleiker, NGB Media Services Director for USA Badminton at +86-1-391-082-4895. This press release is also available on the USOC's media specific website at www.usocpressbox.org.


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As I sit typing this blog on the day of the Red Sox season opener against the Baltimore Orioles—Eastern Region HQ (me) Vs AOPA HQ (colleagues)—I am reminded that competition is indeed a celebrated characteristic of American culture. By the very nature of our nation's humble beginnings competition is, like in sports, ever present in business and in life.
New York's aviation industry is credited with an annual economic impact of $4.5 Billion in state and local revenue and the source of 500,000 direct and indirect jobs (or 4.7% of the state's workforce). While these numbers are certainly eye catching, as an athlete and competitor, success is less about what is achieved and more about the relationship between ones achievements relative to one's potential for an interval of time.
There's an old adage that reigns particularly so for aviation industries in the Northeast where competition between states is compounded by our relatively small geography. That is, "If you are not taking steps to move forward, you are moving backwards." In other words, to simply maintain the status quo one must change and adapt.
I recently participated in a phone interview with an NBC news affiliate out of Buffalo regarding the New York Aviation Jobs Act (AJA – A.3677-B/S.273-B)—which is the industry's sound bite to create jobs and boost revenues through the targeted elimination of a significant financial barrier to the purchase and operation of aircraft in New York. A respected journalist in his region, I was unable to determine if he harbors personal angst with the legislation or if he is in fact an exceptionally talented devil's advocate. I would prefer the latter and of course offer him the benefit of any doubt. One of his arguments opposing the AJA was a question of Northeastern state's efforts to repeal targeted sales & use taxes as "a race to the bottom." If by bottom he meant the elimination of the associated tax, then I would issue an emphatic "YES!" His angle (as I understood it) offers the cushy scenario in which the elimination of these exemptions would place states on an even keel and ultimately generate a guaranteed revenue stream for a state. Within this conjured world I would again reply with an emphatic "YES", followed by an even more emphatic "BUT that world doesn't exist.." As some might view this parallel universe a stroke of genius in which big corporations continue to pay government large sums of money with no loopholes to line their deep pockets with additional dollar-signs, reality knows not all things are created equal. The list of examples is endless so I'll spare you my own interpretation and point to the first and most obvious of them; differing tax rates.
For fear it isn't obvious, I'll jump back to the blog's title for a moment as I infused a historic Major League Baseball rivalry as a metaphor for competition among the states. While my intent is always crystal clear in my mind, I am aware that the rhythmic ramble with which I preach results in an uncanny knack for skewing even the most focused minds. I thank my Nanna for that talent! 😉
Not long after accepting this position I realized politics boils down to a matter of perception. In New York, our plight has less to do with the economic importance of General Aviation as much as it does its economic potential. With the annual economic figures as I previously tossed out, no one really disputes GA's importance to New York—but—with any tax legislation there is a financial value attributed to revenue generated from a given proposal. We tend to think of this value in terms of a "price tag", and the value associated with the AJA is $13.4 Million. Legislators must then weigh the value of these presumed guaranteed revenues against the economic potential, or opportunity for increased (or decreased) revenues. In other words, an exemption like this one is really an investment and so becomes a case of getting legislators to "see the forest through the trees." AND while we have plenty of anecdotal evidence to support our case, the dynamics from upstate to downstate make for a unique challenge gaining support from the Assembly.
Basis for Change: Since 2002, NY has lost approximately 700 income generating aircraft. Courtesy of our friends at the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA), we know the average business aircraft generates $1 Million in annual economic activity and 5 jobs. So where did they all go? I should first point out for those of us who grew up in parts of New England outside of Massachusetts; the Boston Red Sox is considered New England's baseball team; hence the fan-handle Red Sox Nation. With the advance of targeted sales tax exemptions throughout Red Sox Nation, many of New York's aircraft popped-out to airports just over the border. Why you ask? It is the generally accepted notion that corporations (as well as individuals) are in business to make money and so the competition of a free market society presents opportunity in the form of reduced expenses. GA is by its very nature a mobile industry. Given the simple reality that owner/operators can save hundreds of thousands of dollars (or more) basing their aircraft in neighboring states, they did just that.
The net result: "If you build it, he will come" – Field of Dreams
Red Sox Nation realized that by creating a competitive financial atmosphere for aircraft, we would not only maintain those aircraft currently based here but pick up additional aircraft, each of which needs to bed-down (hangar/tie-down), purchase fuel, and requires various other services all of which—and most importantly—employs people. These people earn salaries, their income is taxed and then whatever remains is spent on homes, groceries, entertainment, and so forth. Over any interval of time, the potential for revenue generating transactions increases exponentially, which is all made possible (in this scenario) because of the economic engines that are state airport systems.
Comparison of Success: Without breaking into the weeds, New York's GA industry generates its $4.5billion & 500,000 jobs from its system of 130 public use airports. Comparatively, the seat of Red Sox nation (Massachusetts) is credited with $4.3billion and 400,000 jobs from only 40 public use airports. Now while the direct comparison of these states treads on apples and oranges, I am required to remind you that not all aircraft were created equal. Instead let us consider another viewpoint. According to the FAA, New York is currently host to 7,455 (based) aircraft at its airports. Massachusetts, with one-third as many airports, is host to 3,664 aircraft. The simple law of averages indicates the Red Sox's have a batting average almost twice that (based on raw numbers alone) of its longtime rival. So again, it is fair to conclude there is a correlation between the number of based aircraft and the associated success of a state's aviation industry.
The Yankees are and continue to be a historically successful team, however, (as some fans like to gripe about an unlimited payroll) two-times as many airports offer considerably more economic potential than the neighboring system. As such, my Red Sox continue to dominate the American East—Aviation—Division. As we say in sports, there's always tomorrow so fear not my Yankee friends and colleagues. The Aviation Jobs Act is alive and well despite the final budget resolution released today (Monday, March 31st). As the AJA awaits consideration in the Assembly Ways & Means Committee, your industry representatives (AOPA, NBAA, & NYAMA) are hard at work educating lawmakers and changing perceptions. The opportunity to turn the tide is ever only one-swing away and no fans know this better than those tuned into the fourth game of the 2004 ALCS between none other than the Red Sox and the Yankees.
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Topic: Showing associated objects?
Hello all.
I'm new to the rails (and the entire web application) development scene. I've been working on building a rudimentary job tracking database and I am running into difficulties with showing associated objects.
For example:
Jobs have a has_many relationship to Samples, withsamples having a belongs_to relationship with jobs. All of the scaffolding and associations work, but I would like to be able to generate a table of the samples that belong to a job in the view method.
So far, I have done this in the jobs_controller:
def show
@job = Job.find(params[:id], :include => [:samples])
Which presumably tells it to seek out associated samples for the job being viewed. That's pretty much where I get stuck. I've been attempting to generate the table this way in the show.rhtml file:

Associated Samples

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<%= sample.description %>
<%= sample.quantity %>
<% end %>
But... Well, it doesn't appreciate it. Everything else seems to be working in terms of the associations. Samples can be associated with jobs and in the case of the test data I am using, there is a sample associated with the job I'm attempting to show. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.


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Agoura Hills, CA—October 28, 2005—Line 6, inventors of digital modeling effects, amps and guitars, announced today the release of TonePort, the first line of USB recording and modeling interfaces, bringing world-class Line 6 guitar, bass, and vocal tone to the world of desktop recording. TonePort UX1 and UX2 hardware interfaces are USB-powered and compatible with both Macâ and Windowsâ computers. Both TonePort models include Line 6 GearBoxä modeling software, which provides a must-have collection of guitar and bass amp/cab models, stompbox and studio effects, and models of high-end studio microphone preamps.
TonePort UX1 features a high-quality microphone input with preamp, a guitar/bass instrument input, stereo line inputs and outputs, stereo headphone jack, and an analog merge monitoring input. TonePort UX2 adds more features like analog VU meters, a second microphone input and preamp, phantom power for both preamps, stereo digital S/PDIF out, a padded instrument input, dual footswitch jacks assignable to MIDI functions such as start/stop and punch in/out, and independent volume controls for the headphone and main outputs. Both units support 44.1/48KHz with 16/24-bit recording, a 96KHz mode, and drivers for ASIO, WDM, and Core Audio. Both units also feature ToneDirectä monitoring – a unique way of hearing fully processed audio while recording with incredibly low latency regardless of the buffer settings in your recording app.
Included with every TonePort is Line 6 GearBox software that delivers world-class studio tone with a hardware-like, simple to operate user interface. GearBox includes 16 amp models and 24 cabinet models from the studio-standard PODxt, 5 amp and cab models from Bass PODxt, 6 models of the most in-demand microphone preamps ever created, and 24 faithful sounding effects ranging from studio compression to distortion to tape echo with up to 10 at once for adding the perfect vibe to any track. TonePort UX1 and UX2 both ship with Ableton Live Lite – Line 6 Edition recording software for a complete recording experience right out of the box.
TonePort UX1 MSRP $175.00
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Incorporated in 1996, Line 6 is a music gear manufacturer dedicated to creating music products to inspire creativity both on the stage and in the studio. Headquartered in Agoura Hills, California, Line 6 currently has a presence in over 60 countries worldwide with offices in California and the United Kingdom. In just under seven years, Line 6 has grown from an original team of 10 to over 200 employees. As the pioneer of digital modeling guitar amplifiers, Line 6 has created award-winning products for guitarists, bass players and engineers, working both on stage and in the studio. For more information visit www.line6.com.


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Overnight Monkey Bread
- Dough:
- 4 large egg yolks, room temperature
- 1 large whole egg, room temperature
- 2 ounces sugar, approximately 1/4 cup
- 3 ounces unsalted butter, melted, approximately 6 tablespoons
- 6 ounces buttermilk, room temperature
- 20 ounces all-purpose flour, approximately 4 cups, plus additional for dusting
- 1 package instant dry yeast, approximately 2 1/4 teaspoons
- 1 1/4 teaspoons kosher salt
- Vegetable oil or cooking spray
- Topping:
- 8 ounces unsalted butter, approximately 16 tablespoons
- 8 ounces light brown sugar, approximately 1 cup packed
- 1/2 teaspoon ground rosemary
- 3 ounces raisins, approximately 3/4 cup
- Coating:
- 2 1/2 ounces unsalted butter, melted, approximately 5 tablespoons
- 1 teaspoon ground rosemary
DirectionsWatch how to make this recipe.
For the dough: in the bowl of a stand mixer with the whisk attachment, whisk the egg yolks, whole egg, sugar, butter and buttermilk. Add approximately 2 cups of the flour along with the yeast and salt; whisk until moistened and combined. Remove the whisk attachment and replace with a dough hook. Add all but 3/4 cup of the remaining flour and knead on low speed for 5 minutes. Check the consistency of the dough and add more flour if necessary; the dough should feel soft and moist but not sticky. Knead on low speed 5 minutes more or until the dough clears the sides of the bowl. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured work surface; knead by hand about 30 seconds. Lightly oil a large bowl. Transfer the dough to the bowl, lightly oil the top of the dough, cover and let double in volume, 2 to 2 1/2 hours.
In a small saucepan over medium heat, combine the 8 ounces of unsalted butter, brown sugar, rosemary, and raisins. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the butter is melted and the sugar is dissolved. Pour half of the topping into the bottom of 2 bundt pans and set aside. Cover and store the other half of the topping in the refrigerator until the next morning.
Place the melted butter and rosemary for the coating in a medium shallow bowl and stir to combine. Once the dough has risen, turn out onto a lightly floured surface. Portion the dough into 1-ounce pieces; roll each piece into a ball. (You should have approximately 36 balls.) Roll the balls in the melted butter and rosemary.
Divide the balls evenly between the 2 bundt pans. Cover with plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator overnight or up to 16 hours.
Remove the bread from the refrigerator and place in an oven that is turned off. Fill a shallow pan 2/3-full of boiling water and set on the rack below the bread. Close the oven and let the bread rise until slightly puffy looking, 20 to 30 minutes. Once the bread has risen, remove it and the shallow pan of water from the oven.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Once the oven is ready, place the bread on the middle rack and bake until slightly golden on top, approximately 25 to 30 minutes, or until the internal temperature reaches 190 degrees F on an instant-read thermometer.
Place the remaining topping in a small saucepan and set over medium heat. Reheat until the mixture is pourable, approximately 5 minutes. Fifteen minutes into baking, pour the remaining topping over the bread, and finish cooking. Cool on a wire rack for 5 minutes, then invert onto a platter or cutting board. Serve immediately.
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Re: Beginners: File uploads and rendering images to the database
Thanks for the idea jnylund. I implemented it, however, I'm getting the same result. The page displays as expected, however, the picture is replaced with the "alt" empty box for the jpeg.
I have checked the actual db using the mySQLQueryBrowser from the mySQL people. The picture renders properly using that tool and everything else in the database looks just fine. And yes, the "id" sent is correct, so I'm looking at the right record.
I've attached the output from my latest debug run. Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks for the help!
Processing PicturesController#code_picture (for 127.0.0.1 at 2007-11-15 18:35:12) [GET]
Session ID: 1e42e86cde6b2e507e4bb83c838bf8c2
Parameters: {"action"=>"code_picture", "id"=>"3", "controller"=>"pictures"}
Picture Columns (0.000000) SHOW FIELDS FROM pictures
Picture Load (0.000000) SELECT * FROM pictures WHERE (pictures.`id` = 3)
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Completed in 12.01600 (0 reqs/sec) | Rendering: 0.00000 (0%) | DB: 0.00000 (0%) | 200 OK [http://localhost/pictures/code_picture?id=3]


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Jobs: Computational Ling: Senior Research Scientist, SA
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Computational Linguistics: Senior Research Scientist, Defence Science and Technology Organisation, SA, Australia
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Job Rank: Senior Research Scientist
Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics
Speech and Language Technology Developer
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Located in Adelaide. You will be responsible for designing and implementing
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Golden Lighting specializes in the design and manufacture of high quality residential lighting products and accessories. From modern, casual Empyreal dining room chandeliers to chic, classic Echelon Bride bathroom wall sconces, Golden Lighting strives to be your premier choice for quality lighting. Golden Lighting also offers pendants, ceiling flush mounts, island lighting, foyer lights, outdoor hanging lights, and outdoor post and wall lanterns.
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by Anton Shilov
Sapphire Technology introduced Blizzard, its new series of graphics cards that use innovative cooling solution based on the so-called liquid-metal technology. The manufacturer promises that Blizzard add-in boards will feature lowest possible temperatures and the quietest operation, which may eventually transform into the highest overclocking potential at the hands of computer enthusiasts.
NanoCoolers, the inventor of liquid-metal cooling technology, and Sapphire claim that liquid-metal is 65 times more thermally conductive compared to water, which results in 10є Celsius lower temperature of Sapphire's RADEON X850 XT Platinum Edition graphics card compared to a similar product cooled by Arctic Cooling cooler amid being 25% more silent than ATI's standard dual-slot cooler.
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Sapphire's Blizzard RADEON X850 XT Platinum Edition for PCI Express will be equipped with 256MB of GDDR3 and will operate at 540MHz/1180MHz for core/memory. The board will come equipped with 2 DVI-I ports. Pricing is yet unknown, but the graphics cards already exist in prototypes, according to Anna Filatova, who reports from E3, where Sapphire's Blizzard products were introduced.
The liquid-metal cooling technology is based on liquid metal cooling loops that contain a patented fluid called liquid-metal. Since the metal is electrically conductive, an electromagnetic pump is used to propel the liquid within a loop rather quickly. The liquid-metal loops act as typical heat-pipes: they rapidly and efficiently transfer heat from a heat-source to a radiator which is cooled-down either actively or passively.
NanoCoolers insist that the fluid it uses is non-toxic, non-flammable and environmentally safe. The company says boiling point of the substance is over 2000°C in a low vapor pressure environment (for the most substances, except water, the rule is that the boiling point gets lower as the pressure gets lower), which is very high: for instance, iron becomes a liquid when it is heat a temperature of 1535°C at normal atmospheric pressure. NanoCoolers does not disclose a type of the fluid it uses.
The designer of the fluid-metal claims that electromagnetic pump also functions independent of orientation. Since the liquid-metal cooling loops are fully-filled and sealed systems, they likewise function independent of orientation, which is a very important feature in mobile applications. Still, NanoCoolers does not provide any details about the possibilities of an electromagnetic pump to damage certain other components, for instance, data on a hard disk drive.
Sapphire is known for innovative coolers used on its graphics cards. Earlier it utilised passive coolers for Zalman to cool-down its "Ultimate"-seres of graphics cards.