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Mystery Of A StonePosted Tuesday, September 2, 2008, at 9:24 PM
It was at the base of a mountain where a little stream of water came gurgling out of a canyon, and it was there that I discovered the story of this rock. In my wandering up this little stream I came across an assortment of stones about the size of a football, that were arranged in a circle, about fifteen feet in diameter, and my mind immediately developed a picture of a Wigwam, with these rocks arranged around the base to keep out the cold wind. In the center of this circle there was another circle, about three feet in diameter, which was made of smaller stones. So it was obvious that this had, many years ago been the home of some prehistoric family.
I immediately began the careful excavation of the small circle, which had, no doubt been their fire pit, and there it was; with the clutter of ashes, charcoal and broken stones, this smooth, and almost perfectly round stone, about the size of a baseball. This stone was cracked and broken into two pieces. I carefully cleaned the dirt and ash from these two pieces and found that they had been highly polished, nearly snow-white and the two pieces fit together perfectly.
I sat there, gently caressing this stone in my hands, like a sightless person reading Braille, and I see with my fingers, far into the vastness of time. I see a little brown hunter clad in a garment of animal skins, slowly moving along this stream. He bends over and picks up a stone that is nearly round. He admires the beauty of this stone and puts it in the deerskin pouch that he has swinging from his shoulder. He takes this stone to his wickiup and spends hours and days pecking on this stone and polishing it with sand to make it perfectly round. When the job is finished he shares this stone ball with his friends as they play their games. As this little brown hunter and his friends grow old, this ball was passed on to succeeding generations, until one day it was accidentally lost in this stream of water, where it rested for hundreds of years being further polished by the sands of time.
Now I see a child playing in this stream as the mother watches nearby. As the child steps from rock to rock she sees this snow-white stone, the size of a baseball gleaming in the rippling water. She reaches into the water, retrieves this stone, holds it high and with an expression of glee she says "Look Mommy, see what I have found". At this point I am sure that this child is a little girl, because little girls are more inclined to see beauty in rocks, butterflies and leaves. Now she has something she can give to her Grandfather.
Later that night she climbed on her Grandfathers lap and laid her head on his shoulder, as they sit in their wigwam near the glowing embers in the fire pit. She proudly shows him the beautiful stone, and together they share the bond that ties the one who has lived long; to the one who will live later.
As the child falls asleep the Grandfather gently carries her to her bed of rabbit skins at the side of the wigwam, unaware that the stone she had so proudly shown, him had fallen from her hands and rolled into the fire pit, where the hot coals caused this stone to split.
There this polished; round stone the size of a baseball was lost once more and covered with the dust that was the wigwam. There, this object, which had been the prized possession of the little brown hunter, and the cherished gift from the little black haired girl to her Grandfather, lay buried in the fire pit that, had lighted and warmed the wigwam, and there it laid for many, many years.
As I continue to hold this stone in my hand I have an eerie feeling that I am not alone, and far away in the deep dark shadow of the mountain I see the image of the little black haired girl, who seems to be watching me. Then I realize that this stone did not belong to me. I feel as though I have disturbed the resting place of a treasure that was being guarded by the spirit of the brown hunter and the little black haired girl, so I recorded the data pertaining to this artifact, took a picture of it, then carefully fitted the two halves together, wrapped it in my handkerchief and gently place it in the fire pit I cover this artifact with the sand that was once the home of this little black haired girl, and as a benediction I camouflage the area in such way that the resting place of this treasure should not be disturbed for another thousand years.
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What a creative story to explain the existance of this enignmatic stone! It fairly glows in the flash of your camera!
I am amazed that anyone could create by hand something so perfectly round!
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Wow. Cool story Mr. Corbin. You make the image come alive in my mind. Thanks.
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Wow! This story has risen from the Dead!!! I'm sure it was gone!
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And now you have one in your "archives" that was never posted, don't you?
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Paul Corbin is a 100-year-old historian, humorist, and amateur archaeologist from Advance, Mo. He grew up in the Greenbrier area west of Advance, where he attended Stepp School on the banks of Cato Slough and the Castor River, important waterways throughout his life. In an age when many area residents did not go to high school, the young Corbin made the decision to walk the five miles to Zalma, graduating in 1933. Throughout his life, he was an enterprising businessman, selling Watkins products from house to house throughout a large area - and later opening a variety store in Advance. He and his wife Geneva traveled throughout the United States, even following the route that the Lewis and Clark expedition traveled. His knowledge of Native American culture is extensive, and he has donated a sizeable collection of his artifacts to the Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center and the Bollinger County Museum of Natural History in Marble Hill. Throughout the years, he has submitted articles to TBY, the North Stoddard Countian, the Ozark Mountaineer, and several other Missouri publications. He has also written two books - "Reflections in Missouri Mud," and "Fragments of my Feeble Mind." The first one is out of print.
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After you have worked up to five loops, the goal is to increase your pace per loop. A recent hard trail run or race indicates your potential pace for loop five. Using the example above for a 40-something, if your comfortable pace is 8 minutes per mile, but your race pace is 7 minutes per mile, on a two-mile loop, your ultimate pace goal should be loops of 15:00, 14:45, 14:30, 14:15 and 14:00.
Over time, you should notice that your pace on the first loop may become inexplicably faster, which means the negative time workouts are working their magic.
Adjust the time reduction based on your age, fitness level and repeat distance. Although you could do this workout every week, be conservative and do it every other week, adding them to your training about eight to 10 weeks before a key race or run.
You will think you have found the Holy Grail of trail running. You will be able to pace yourself and to run negative splits. You will have untold energy as you near the end of a race. And, once again, you will have recovered some of that lost youth.
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When I worked as a trainer in Houston, Texas, on Wednesday nights, we ran decreasing-time workouts on a three-mile loop in a park. Loop one was 21 minutes (7 minutes-per-mile pace). Loop two was 20 minutes, loop three 19 and loop four 18. If you had energy in the tank, loop five was sub-18 minutes.
That summer, as an early 40s master with my much younger partner, we did the four-day Border to Border Triathlon team race in Minnesota. Day three was a 50-mile run where the two team members alternate running. we chose one-mile intervals. Completing the 50 miles in 5 hours 13 minutes, we averaged 6:15 minute miles—which we attributed to our training with decreasing-time intervals.


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Suggestive imagery pops up randomly throughout the video, not unlike that eerie scene in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory when they take the boat through a trippy tunnel. You know, minus Gene Wilder.
What's so great about the video, though, is that it doesn't feel raunchy or in poor taste. It just feels... fun. Why shouldn't sex be celebrated? Especially when it's so good it takes you to paradise? But that's not all that makes "Locked Out of Heaven" fun. Bruno looks like he is lovin' life, and it is contagious.
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Recognizing the positive power of sports, a delegation of soccer coaches from Egypt took to the soccer field, to the classroom, and to local communities to engage with their American counterparts. For 10 days, these soccer coaches, who primarily coach women and girls' soccer teams across Egypt, not only fine-tuned their soccer and coaching skills -- they also got a first-hand glimpse into the lives of every-day Americans.
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Teaming up with DC United and its charitable organization, United for DC, the Egyptian coaching delegation was able to engage underserved youth from Washington, D.C. and the surrounding areas. While this program brought Egyptians and Americans together through soccer, it also highlighted the prospect of positive change.
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Japan stunend Indonesia 3-2 while hosts China were the only former Thomas Cup champions to reach the semi-finals after the last eight matches ended on Wednesday.
China, the eight-time champions, who are aiming to equal Indonesia's record of winning five consecutive Thomas Cup titles, crushed five-time champions Malaysia 3-0. They will now play Japan, who stunned 13-times winners Indonesia.
The other semi-finals will be between European champions Denmark (left), and South Korea. The Danes crushed Russia 3-0 in the quarter-finals while the Koreans hammered Germany by the same score.
Japanese youngster Kenichi Tago's (below), stunning 21-12, 21-17 victory over former world and Olympic champion Taufik Hidayat paved the way for Japan to register their upset victory and stop Indonesia's proud record of always reaching the semi-finals.
Tago was elated to have beaten a player he grew up idolises, saying: "Taufik is my hero, but on the court, in the Thomas Cup, he was an enemy. Now that the match is over, I will go back to admiring him."
Former world No. 1 Taufik was gracious in defeat, but lamented the fact his younger compatriots are not making their mark on the world stage.
With retirement looming either after this year's London Olympics or next year's World Championships, Taufik said: "He played well and control the match. I'm just sad to lose to a young Japanese player. I rather lose to a young Indonesian."
China's world, Asian and Olympic champion Lin Dan, was given a slight scare by Liew Daren before beating Malaysia's second ranked player 17-21, 21-9, 21-5 to give his country the lead in the quarter-final tie.
Daren was promoted to the first singles as world No. 1 Lee Chong Wei had twisted his ankle in the match against Denmark's Peter Gade on Tuesday and is expected to be out of action for three to four weeks.
While there have been doubts surrounding Daren's mental strength and potential prior to the Thomas Cup, he has showed great heart in all three matches he has played in.
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I now have a couple of mirrors mounted on steppers so I may see if it's possible to get better results with these than with servos.
I now have a couple of mirrors mounted on steppers so I may see if it's possible to get better results with these than with servos.
I wonder ...
If you were using a projector (instead of a laser), rather than turning the pixels on and off (like in the original paper), could the projector play a movie (or a sequence of slides)?
Consider the equation Ax=b; where, the elements of b are the readings of your light sensor, the elements of x are the pixels making up the image that the projector "sees", the rows of A represent a frame in the movie, and the columns of A are the pixels for each frame. In the special case where the "movie" consists of turning individual pixels on one at a time, A becomes the identity matrix.
Now all you have to do is play the movie and solve for x.
If you want to see intermediate results as the movie is being played, you could perform some wavelet (or Fourier) transforms to A and x. So now, for example, the first column of A could represent the average of all pixels in the frame, the second column the difference between the average of the upper half and the lower half, the third column the difference between the left and right, etc. The elements of x would have the same meaning. Now, taking leading matrices of A, and the first few entries of x and b, it would be possible to solve for the first few entries of x. Giving approximate images that improve as more of the movie is played.
As a practical measure, it might be best to find a best fit solution for x, rather than trying to solve exactly.
If it were a movie at a resolution of M x N then it'd be 'easy' if the movie had enough frames that the frames form a basis for the 3MN dimensional space of possible images. As you say, it'd just be solving a linear system.
You can probably do it with fewer frames. Like in the original paper you can extract more information per frame if you can make assumptions about the spatial coherence of the image. I guess the wavelet transform is effectively an approach to doing this. Sounds very hard though!
What's wrong with structured lighting. We've used it at work with great success. Beware certain companies (that will remain nameless) that sell you data acquired by structured lighting.
I was sort of joking. Long time ago I was into stereo vision, and structured lighting was popular. The problem is that in real world situations, with natural lighting and things like that, SL isn't all that useful.
I suppose it's fine if you planning to use it in an environment with a minimum of ambient lighting.
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Have you seen Lemony Snicket? You know that for many shots the baby in that movie is computer generated, not real? How else do you get a baby to act with a snake? The 3D model was derived using structured lighting. It works. (I work for ILM who did the shots.)


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Quarterback Kirk Cousins hasnt requested a trade from the Washington Redskins, but would welcome the opportunity to go elsewhere and start in the NFL if the opportunity arose, a person with knowledge of the situation said.
That stance held by Cousins is the same that he has held since the Redskins selected him in the fourth round of the 2012 draft the same year that they took Robert Griffin III second overall.
ESPN reported Sunday morning that Cousins had informed the Redskins that he was open to being traded. But a person with knowledge of the situation said that the quarterback has not made any demands for a trade. At the same time, Cousins has the goal of starting in the NFL, and he knows that barring injury to Griffin, that goal isnt possible with the Redskins. And so, if a trade did present itself, Cousins would embrace that situation.
The person, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said that Cousins isnt so desperate to be traded that he would want to be in a bad situation just so he could start. Instead, he would likely rather wait another two years and then go elsewhere as a free agent.
Cousins has conveyed his stance to Redskins officials on more than one occasion, and had a similar conversation with general manager Bruce Allen at the end of the 2013 season. Cousins has discussed with the media his eagerness to prepare and position himself to excel in any opportunity to showcase his skills to future teams. But at the same time, he has been the good soldier and has prepared as if he is the starter, while also supporting Griffin and avoiding expressing any discontent with his situation as a backup.
Cousins this season got the chance to display his skills for future teams when he started the final three games of the year after then-coach Mike Shanahan benched Griffin partly because he wanted to protect him from further injury.
In three games as a starter this season, Cousins completed 53 percent of his passes for 747 yards, four touchdowns and five interceptions while also losing two fumbles.
Cousins said after the season finale against the Giants that he felt like in those three games, he believed he had shown his capabilities and indicated that he would welcome the chance to start for a future team, if that opportunity presented itself.
Ive shown what Im capable of, he said. I think theres more there. It obviously would help if I was with a team for a long time and have a chance to really build up a team as their leader, as their quarterback. But well see. Other teams can look at the film and evaluate it how they want.
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Mike, I would need to see more examples to know for certain, but, from the shots I've seen, it looks like it may be in the realm of a Grande clone- which would make sense, since Grande is the pizzeria standard, so it would only make sense that RD would offer something in that realm of quality.I've been meaning to ask you- you had mentioned considering doing 75/25 whole milk/part skim. Did you try that on your last two pies?
Sorrento was chosen tops by CI. After that report, I did a little taste test of my own with Sorrento, Polly-O, (the winner of SLICE'S poll), and Walmart's Great Value Mozz. Other then slight differences in saltyness and texture, there really isn't a helluva difference between them all. I always buy Sorrento in 5 lb. bricks from a restaurant supplier. I like Sorrento because it is firm and holds up to grating very nicely. None are overly special, the taste of all three are very similarly mild and creamy, but far from "blow you away" good. My conclusion, buy whatever is cheaper.
My biggest problem with Walmart Great Value mozz, as I've mentioned before, is the saltiness. I've purchased it on 3 different occasions over a period of a year and each time it was noticeably more salty than any brick cheese I've ever tasted.In order for the sauce only area of the pizza (near the rim) to taste right, my sauce has to have a decent amount of salt. With the salt in the sauce and the salt in the cheese, it's just overload. If you add pepperoni to the equation, forget about it.I've checked the sodium levels on the packaging and compared them to other brands and was quite surprised that they were the same. My taste buds tell me differently, though.
Norma, I have always found the part skim to have a pronounced tendency to over brown, not appealing at all. Just a heads up FYI!
In these parts, grocery store cheese is grocery store cheese. I've tried every one that is available here(including Sorrento) with great disappointment. One day, many years ago, I found out who was supplying one of my favorite pizzerias with their cheese. I bought some and was blown away. Then I began doing some research on where many of my favorite pizzerias get their cheese. I've tried them all with great enjoyment. Nothing to do with how it's shredded or diced. Nothing to do with my oven. Just great taste results down the board. No longer did my pies taste like amateur pies. Based on my experience, I am convinced that most consumer grade cheese will never give great results, in fact, in comparison to the commercial grade pizzeria cheeses I have tried, the grocery store cheeses are downright unacceptable.


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Manhunt (episode)
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Lwaxana Troi arrives on the Enterprise, intent on finding a husband.
Summary Edit
On a mission to deliver Antedean dignitaries from Antede III (who are brought on in a catatonic state) to a conference, the USS Enterprise-D is ordered by Starfleet to pick up Lwaxana Troi and to extend full diplomatic courtesies to her. Lwaxana will be representing the Betazed planet at the conference. Lwaxana draws the ire of her daughter, Deanna, and then insinuates that Picard is having 'naughty' thoughts about her once again.
Lwaxana arrives on the Enterprise with her manservant, Mr. Homn. She compliments Captain Picard on his legs and insists that he carry her belongings, but Picard has no intention of doing so. Commander Riker then offers to do so, but can hardly lift the luggage, as Picard had before. He still manages to do so and brings it to Lwaxana's quarters. When everyone else has left, Lwaxana invites Picard to a dinner on the pretense that it will be a diplomatic event, when in fact it is her intention to seduce him.
At the dinner, Lwaxana tells Picard that Human males are extraordinary and they toast to it. Lwaxana's irises are darker and larger than usual and seems to hunger for more than the food that she's cooked. Picard realizes that the dinner means something far more to her than to him, so begins to talk shop, inquiring about the Betazoid chime Homn hits at dinner. Picard asks Lwaxana what she knows about other culture's ceremonies at dinner. She has no idea, so Picard says Data is a great talker and informative, so calls him to the dinner. Thanks to Data, Lwaxana is so bored by his constant talking that she cannot seduce Picard.
In the corridor, Counselor Troi informs Dr. Pulaski that Lwaxana is going through the Betazoid equivalent of menopause called The Phase, which for Betazoid women, leads to exceptional increases in their sex drive. Troi believes that she should warn Picard when she finds out he in at dinner with her mother alone, but Pulaski says that it would be important for the captain to stay quick on his feet.
Later in Picard's ready room, Deanna informs Captain Picard and Riker about her mother's condition and says that the only option for her mother is to focus all her energy into one male with the goal of making him her husband. For him to spurn her would be considered an insult. Picard, sensibly, puts Riker in command of the bridge, and runs to hide on the holodeck as Dixon Hill.
After settling in and dismissing various scenarios as too violent, Picard invites Hill's secretary Madeline to Rex's Bar for a drink. Meanwhile, when she can't find Picard, Lwaxana adopts her alternate plan: she goes on to other candidates. Commander William Riker? Already taken by her daughter, Deanna. Lieutenant Worf? Wrong species. Ensign Wesley Crusher? Too young for her tastes.
Later, Lwaxana strolls on to the bridge looking for the captain, but not finding him, settles on having Riker as her husband, and announces to the bridge crew that they will be married, much to his surprise, Deanna's horror, and the surprise of rest of the bridge. In the meantime, the Antedeans have been brought out of their catatonic state by Dr. Pulaski.
Not surprisingly, Riker flees with Data to the same holodeck to tell Picard about this development (and the revival of the Antedeans). Picard is unpleasantly surprised to hear this, but Rex, the holographic bartender, thinks Riker has all the luck in the world.
Lwaxana, using the Enterprise computer, finds Picard and Riker on the holodeck, but is quickly taken with Rex, since she cannot read his mind. She decides to now marry Rex, but as they reach Pacifica, Picard tells Lwaxana that Rex doesn't exist.
As Lwaxana leaves, husbandless, and her mind much clearer than it ever was during the whole duration of her stay, she saves the conference by revealing the Antedeans are in fact assassins (she states that the Antedeans' minds are so simple that she can read their minds in her sleep), and stops a plot to set off a bomb made with ultritium at the conference. Lwaxana bids her daughter farewell, with Picard, Riker, Data and O'Brien in the transporter room. While dematerializing in the transporter beam, Lwaxana chides Picard on his naughty thoughts in front of everyone.
Log entries Edit
Memorable quotes Edit
(Staring at the Antedeans)
"What a handsome race."
- - Worf
"Last time I saw something like that it was served on a plate."
- - Lwaxana Troi, on the Antedeans
"I still say they look better in sauce."
- - Lwaxana Troi, on the Antedeans
"Betazoid women are full of surprises."
- - Lwaxana Troi
"Data, you will never know how much I owe you for that."
- - Picard, after Data rescues him from Lwaxana Troi's advances
"But you better take this."
"Because if we're goin' to Rex's Bar, you're gonna need it."
- - Madeline, handing Picard as Dixon Hill a revolver
"Then she actually complimented Captain Picard on his legs?"
"Hmm. I would have thought a telepath would be more discreet, sir."
- - Wesley Crusher, discussing with Riker and Data Lwaxana Troi's openness
"Yes, it's something Troi warned me about when we first started to see each other. A Betazoid woman when she goes through this phase... quadruples her sex drive."
"Or more."
"Or more? You never told me that."
"I didn't want to frighten you."
(Riker beams at Troi)
- - William Riker and Deanna Troi, to Picard about Betazoid women
Background information Edit
Production Edit
- Tracy Tormé used a pseudonym to protest revisions of the episode, particularly with the way Dixon Hill was written. "Manhunt" would be the last episode written by Tormé as he left following the end of the season.
- When Captain Picard as Dixon Hill takes a look out of his office window, footage from an old movie is used to simulate the streetscape. When he did the same in "The Big Goodbye", new footage on the Paramount lot was shot and inserted.
- First UK airdate: 4th September 1991
Cast and characters Edit
- Rock star Mick Fleetwood of Fleetwood Mac appears in a cameo role under heavy makeup as an Antedean dignitary.
- LeVar Burton (Geordi La Forge) does not appear in this episode. He is only alluded to by Mr. Homn when Lwaxana tries to find a mate.
- This episode marks Robert O'Reilly's first Star Trek appearance.
- When Lwaxana Troi talks to the computer, Majel Barrett-Roddenberry is essentially talking to herself, as she plays both Lwaxana and the computer.
Reception Edit
- Director Rob Bowman recalls, "This one was to be Majel Barrett's episode and she's a fascinating woman. I was asked to make sure that she did her best, so every day that's what we worked on. There's really no story tie between her wants and Picard going to Dixon Hill. It was just a way for us to get to the past. We had a great time doing the '40s stuff. I had looked forward to that since 'The Big Goodbye'. I thought the episode came out just fine, although we did have some funky problems. The funny things is that you have characters that are several hundred years in the future from where we are now, who go back into that 'time warp' to the '40s, and it's not like Bogie back then. You have a man, Picard, who is so far advanced intellectually, dealing with what are, essentially, cave people. I found it to be rather fun and challenging, being a different point-of-view in that style, but no problem." ("Rob Bowman – Director of a Dozen", The Official Star Trek: The Next Generation Magazine Vol. 10, p. 20)
- A mission report for this episode by John Sayers was published in The Official Star Trek: The Next Generation Magazine Vol. 9, pp. 47-50.
Video and DVD releases Edit
- Original UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 23, catalog number VHR 2506, 7 October 1991
- UK re-release (three-episode tapes, Paramount Home Entertainment): Volume 2.7, catalog number VHR 4743, 5 July 1999
- As part of the TNG Season 2 DVD collection
- As part of the TNG Season 2 Blu-ray collection
Links and references Edit
Starring Edit
Also starring Edit
- Michael Dorn as Lt. Worf
- Marina Sirtis as Counselor Deanna Troi
- Brent Spiner as Lt. Commander Data
- Wil Wheaton as Wesley Crusher
Special appearance by Edit
Guest stars Edit
- Majel Barrett as Lwaxana Troi
- Robert Costanzo as Slade Bender
- Carel Struycken as Homn
- Rod Arrants as Rex
- Colm Meaney as Miles O'Brien
- Robert O'Reilly as Scarface
- Rhonda Aldrich as Madeline
Special guest appearance by Edit
Co-star Edit
Uncredited co-stars Edit
- Peter Andrefsky as Antedean aide
- Rachen Assapiomonwait as Nelson
- Majel Barrett as USS Enterprise-D computer voice
- James G. Becker as Youngblood
- Dexter Clay as an operations division officer
- Unknown performers as
Stand-ins Edit
- James G. Becker – stand-in for Jonathan Frakes
- Dexter Clay – stand-in for Michael Dorn
- Jeffrey Deacon – stand-in for Patrick Stewart
- Nora Leonhardt – stand-in for Marina Sirtis
- Tim McCormack – stand-in for Brent Spiner
- Guy Vardaman – stand-in for Wil Wheaton
References Edit
1927; 1941; AD; airplane; Alva; Antedeans; Antede III; Atifs IV; Altairian brandy; bar bill; Bermuda; Betazed; Betazoid; Betazoid chime; boat; Boston; brig; brown dwarf; California; catatonia; Carlos; Chicago; chowder; co-orbital satellite; Crab Nebula; Cuzzo, Jimmy; Dixon Hill series; Earth; England; europium; Federation; Fifth House of Betazed; fission; fork; Four Deities; fraction; French; gadolinium; geetas; Genovese's Flowers; Germany; Hill, Dixon; Hitler, Adolf; Holodeck 3; Holy Rings of Betazed; How High the Moon; jukebox; kayak; landlord; Let's Get Away from It All; Lapinski, Haircut; Marejaretus VI; menopause; Milky Way Galaxy; moolah; moon; Moonlight Serenade; murder; O'Farron, Marty; Nails; number one; Nyack; oligarchy; Omicron system; Oolans; Pacifica; "the phase"; pi; prejudice; private investigator; Quincy; Rex's Bar; rocketry; Roosevelt, Franklin D.; rye and ginger; Sacred Chalice of Rixx; samarium; Saint Paul; San Antonio; San Francisco; scar; scotch; shock; South America; Stalin, Josef; square root; Starfleet; toast; transport; Troi, Ian Andrew; ultritium; United States of America; Western Sea; World War II; vermicula
External links Edit
- "Manhunt" at StarTrek.com, the official Star Trek website
- "Manhunt" at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
- "Manhunt" at Wikipedia
- "Manhunt" at MissionLogPodcast.com, a Roddenberry Star Trek podcast
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Iareto, a few things.First, all purpose flour, for NY style, isn't really all that viable, especially if you live in an area where the all purpose flour might not have a lot of protein in it.This is why your dough is sticky. Protein traps water. The less protein you have, the less water is trapped, the more sticky the dough gets. You could decrease the water to accommodate the lower protein flour, or, more preferably, you can track down a higher protein flour. Whereabouts are you located?There are ingredients that will help you achieve better browning, but, before we discuss these, I think it's critical for you to track down appropriate flour. A home chef can go through the alchemy of getting good results from all purpose, but, in a commercial setting, you really need the right tool for the job.Secondly, tell us more about your Baker's Pride oven. Do you know the model #?
iareto42,Can you tell us more about your flours, both all-purpose and bread flour, including the brand names if you know them?It often happens that flours milled from grains outside of the U.S. have substantial starch damage, which makes it difficult to hydrate using the standard hydration values. Maybe we can offer more in the way of advice once we know what flours you are using.Peter
Iareto, could you give us as much detail as you can regarding your entire doughmaking/baking workflow? Mixing times, mixer speeds, fermentation schedule, thickness factor, bake times etc.This may be more effort than you want to invest, but, when dealing with non American flours, one of the best ways for us to help you judge them is a video of them being mixed/balled. Second to that would be photos. It's up to you, but if you want to streamline this troubleshooting process, video would help.Do you have multiple brands of bread flour to choose from?How are you storing the flour? In bags?
For bread flour, I've only come across one, which is Honeyville Foods "Bleached Fantastic Bread Flour"
what temps can your Y-600 do?
There's your problem. The Honeyville web site lists Fantastic Bread Flour as havingProtein 10.5% - 11.5%10.5% - 11.5% is a little lower than the protein content of many all purpose flours (which will frequently register in the 11.8% realm).I don't have specs for the Springville AP, but, like I said before, the fact that it's AP makes it unsuitable for a commercial pizzeria, imo.Do you have access to any of the other Honeyville flours, such as Imperial?http://store.honeyvillegrain.com/imperialhi-glutenflour50lb.aspx#.UO9rhWroozMThis should have a much better protein content for pizza.Have you exhausted all your flour resources and spoken to every potential distributor? Do you have many local bakeries? Where are they getting their flour from?
4. I only have access to All Purpose and Bread Flour here. Which is more preferable to use? ( I do NOT have access to High Gluten Flour)
Iareto, let me be clear about this. You do not have access to Bread flour. Honeyville Fantastic Bread Flour may call itself 'Bread Flour' but, at 11% protein (+/- 5%) it is NOT bread flour. It is All Purpose, and not a strong AP flour at that.How many bakeries have you called? How many food distributors? How many importers? If you've made less than 150 phone calls, it's time to make more calls. By trying to work with ridiculously weak flour, you're trying to squeeze a round peg into a square hole.If you could tell us what island you're on, I'll do some research. No promises, but I've managed to find high gluten flour in some pretty remote locations.
Scott,I know there is no other flour here. Our island has 60,000 people. So yes I've made less than 150 calls. These are my options for flour, unless I takes the costly route of ordering it myself from the U.S.
Now for my Questions:1. Is it possible to add ice to my water to drop the temperature in order to achieve 80-85% DDT? (Adjusting the room temperature is not an option at this point)2. I am having trouble with the browning of my crust, Can the bleach in the bread flour I am using be causing that?3. I added sugar to my recipe to help in the browning process, but nothing noticeably different. Is there anything else I can do?4. I only have access to All Purpose and Bread Flour here. Which is more preferable to use? ( I do NOT have access to High Gluten Flour)5. What are the desired temperature for my Gas Baker's Pride Oven, and how long should I bake my Pies?6. Can IDY be affected it is not stored properly? ( for example, after opening should it be put in a jar or container for storing? Is the heat in my kitchen going to affect the IDY during storage? Should it be stored in the fridge?)


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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (1519 votes).
In short: For a race with so many participants it runs like clockworkDate of review: September 19, 2010
In short: Greeeeeaaaaatttttt North Run!In full: I really enjoyed the atmosphere, a very different race experience. Spent 10 miles waiting for the runners to thin out before realising this wasn't going to happen. Just accept it's not going to be a pb race and enjoy running as a group. Listen to the footfalls of the runners around and relax into it. Glad I did it, I won't be back but only due to distance from home and the size of the field. Wonderful support from the locals and the aaah moment cresting the hill just before mile 12. Lovely day out! Date of review: September 19, 2010
In short: Great Race, Baggage truck rubbish!!In full: I dont want to moan but I arrived at the start line half hour before the race started to find that the last luggae truck had gone! I was gutted and had to carry my rucksack round, which cut me to bits! Never mind.Thoroughly enjoyed the race, route is good and while hilly, it wasnt 'out of order' hills. It was warm without being scorching and made for a pleasant day out. The drinks stations were spot on and the finish lane was really really good. Marshalls did their best and the police were helpful when asked. All in all it was a great day out and Id deffo do it again. I would take the family next time.Date of review: May 15, 2010
In short: A pity that some people still start in the wrong place which holds people upDate of review: December 22, 2009
In short: Third one for me and it just keeps getting better!Date of review: October 28, 2009
In short: Hard in the heat but fun...ishIn full: Fab atmosphere for my first half marathon, too many people to even think about a PB if like me you start near the back, powerade is NOT very nice when warm, but loved the shower stations....roll on next yearDate of review: October 19, 2009
In short: Awesome!Date of review: October 13, 2009
In short: Another great event - a bit warm this year! Brilliant atmosphere as expected.In full: Very well organised, very friendly runners, stewards and crowds. Weather was excellent. Special thanks to the two women on the Metro who helped me out when I fell over! Date of review: October 10, 2009
In short: great run up northIn full: A great run spoilt only by lack of toilets at the start which meant my 30 minute wait resulted in a start from the back of the field as I was then too late for entry into my zone.In every other way i relished the challenge and enjoyed the day even though I spent over an hour waitin to leave the car park without turning a wheel Date of review: October 8, 2009
In short: A special race. Great Fun. No chance of a PB with the crowds running. Only criticism is that yo are placed in a startinf pen seemly independent to the race time you are targeting...a number of runners that I chatted to were like me and placed behindrDate of review: October 5, 2009
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Highway 14 funding needed now
To the editor:
I read with interest your April 13 front page article concerning the funding of Highway 14, and "that a status quo bill would keep putting people at risk due to Highway 14's serious safety issues."
That concern really hit home for me and my three passengers Saturday evening at 10:30 p.m. I was traveling west on Highway 14 about 100 yards before the Swan Lake Nicollet Bay Landing driveway when a car traveling east was attempting to pass another eastbound car. In order to avoid a head-on collision, I braked, turned onto the shoulder, started skidding, and continued on into the snow-filled ditch. Thanks to God's guiding hand, no one was injured.
The driver of the car being passed turned around, asked if we were OK and whether he should try and get the license number of the "careless/reckless" passer. I said yes. He returned a short time later and said he couldn't find the vehicle.
It is unconscionable to me to think that this project has remained unfunded for nearly 50 years due to "political considerations," especially when MnDOT statistics reveal the serious safety issues on this area of our state highways. Is it true that our state government has no wasted funds that could be diverted to this project rather than raising the gas tax?
If New Ulm Mayor Bob Beussman or anyone else needs someone to testify about the dangers of Highway 14 and the need for immediate action in funding the project, I would be willing to do so. I will also contact our state legislators concerning the dangers of traveling Highway 14 between New Ulm and Mankato. I did not get the name of the Good Samaritan driver but would like to thank him again if he reads this letter and contacts me.
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Yippy, the family-friendly search service, will be buying HighBeam Research. This announcement has prompted me to look at Yippy again. Has it improved in the last year and will this acquisition make it even better?
Yippy prides itself an Internet search engine and environment that is "family-friendly" – safe in all respects (no "adult" material here), and private (no tracking), highly suitable for the education field, and especially K-12. To many it may be chiefly known for its meta-search engine, formerly called Clusty, which it bought from Vivisimo a few years ago and is open to all. To avail oneself of the fully protected area, it is necessary to register and install a customized browser (described at Yippy Hub). This interface provides webmail, file storage place, video games, video conferencing and chat.
It has announced an agreement with Gale to purchase HighBeam Research, a for-fee subscription service for access to magazine and journal publications and diverse databases with information on companies and industry information.
Quoting from the press release Yippy, Inc. (YIPI) to Purchase HighBeam® from The Gale Group, Inc (Dec 24)
Edward Noel , the Company's Chief Executive Officer, stated, "This is an acquisition that makes sense on every level." He continued, "Yippy wants to provide its users with the best and most trusted tools to educate themselves on the web. With our clustering search technology and Highbeam's extensive archive, we believe this will take us to the next step in becoming the featured destination for online research and learning."
Yippy has been picking up content from HighBeam Research and linking searchers directly to the article along with HighBeam's offer for a trial subscription. With this purchase, Yippy will be able to provide its users the full research package – and, one presumes, generate an income stream.
One problem, however, with HighBeam has been that articles are generally stripped of images – it's just the text. And judging from its list of Canadian newspapers, there is a problem with the indexing. One of the serious challenges HighBeam has always faced is that the savvy searcher will connect online with the local public library to access databases – mostly from Gale – for free.
But what has it been doing to the search engine? Not much.
Yippy does not name all the web search sources it uses. It will list Gigablast, a lesser known web search engine, and HighBeam Research as two sources. Open Directory is still on its list – though the directory is seriously out of date and poorly maintained. Reuters will show on current topics.
Yippy has two generically named sources – Yippy Sources and Additional Sources. I suspect that Additional is mainly Bing. Yippy Sources might be their own robot – but this should be stated somewhere.
Other signs of trouble:
- The Preferences for customizing tabs no longer works.
- Cached links are broken.
- Breakdown by time periods is dubious – but may be correct for News.
We should check later to see how well HighBeam's collections are integrated into Yippy, but I suspect that there will be very little change.