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Andrey Arshavin has joined Russian Premier League champions Zenit St Petersburg on loan for the remainder of the 2011/12 English Premier League season.
The 30-year-old forward has scored 30 times in 133 appearances for the Gunners since joining the Club in February 2009, including four goals in the same match against Liverpool at Anfield in his debut season and the winning goal against Barcelona in last year's 2-1 Champions League victory at Emirates Stadium.
The Russia captain returns to his home city and former club, managed by Luciano Spalletti, in order to maximise his opportunities for regular first-team football ahead of Euro 2012 in June.
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Hi there,
I'll try and keep this as short as possible:
I am a 2nd year university student in the UK, although I am due to quit my course because I'm not enjoying it. I am due to take a 120 hour TEFL course in February and once I have that I will be furthering it with other similar qualifications. I also have some experience teaching English in Hong Kong, so I am familiar with the demands and expectations of the job, and I know I will enjoy it.
I am thinking of moving back to Hong Kong to teach English (I was born and raised there till I was 16), since I have family there and I am familiar enough with the culture and language.
However, HK seems to prefer graduates, which is obviously a problem for me. Although further research has shown me that it is possible to attain a job as a TEFL teacher without a degree, provided I have enough experience, I remain uncertain.
So my question is: how hard is it to land a job in a HK language school, keeping in mind I will have a TEFL qualification, but not a university degree?

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This is barely even a recipe, but people keep telling me to post more easy recipes for South Beach Dieters, so here's a super easy idea for something delicious to eat for lunch in the summer. Of course, when you have tomatoes and cucumbers in your garden, this is even better, but even with store cucumbers and tomatoes, this is pretty darn good.
Easy Summer Lunch Salad
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-ripe tomatoes, cut in chunks
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-blue cheese salad dressing, about 2 T per serving
-crumbled feta cheese, about 2 T per serving
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Our January 10, 2013 issue kicks off our annual cow judging contest which runs through the March 10 edition. This year's classes will include Brown Swiss, Holstein, Red and Whites, Ayrshire and Jersey cows.
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Do the official judges see the contest cows in person?
The official judges place the contest cows just like all readers: from the contest reprints. Those are the same reprints 4-H clubs and FFA chapters get in order to judge the cows. We have five contest officials, one for each breed. They place the class, write a set of reasons, add cuts (to calculate scores) and vote on Supreme Champion. Official placings are in the April 25 issue.
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just found out they will in las vegas jan 5-7..
Has anyone been to this show or know anything about it? Is it armor, swords and muskets or something more modern and diverse? Size of show and quality? Would appreciat input on weither it is worthwhile or not to attend. Thanks.


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Isn't it time you learned the latest (J2EE 1.4) versions of Servlets & JSPs? This book will get you way up to speed on the technology you'll know it so well, in fact, that you can pass the Sun Certified Web Component Developer (SCWCD) 1.4 exam. If that's what you want to do, that is. Maybe you don't care about the exam, but need to use Servlets & JSPs in your next project. You're working on a deadline. You're over the legal limit for caffeine. You can't waste your time with a book that makes sense only AFTER you're an expert (or worse one that puts you to sleep).
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Learn to write servlets and JSPs, what makes the Container tick (and what ticks it off), how to use the new JSP Expression Language (EL), what you should NOT write in a JSP, how to write deployment descriptors, secure applications, and even use some server-side design patterns. Can't talk about Struts at a cocktail party? That'll change. You won't just pass the exam, you will truly understand this stuff, and you'll be able to put it to work right away.
This new exam is tough--much tougher than the previous version of the SCWCD. The authors of Head First Servlets and JSP know: they created it. (Not that it EVER occurred to them that if they made the exam really hard you'd have to buy a study guide to pass it.) The least they could do is give you a stimulating, fun way to pass the thing. If you're one of the thousands who used Head First EJB to pass the SCWCD exam, you know what to expect!
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This is the best resource for preparing for SCWCD exam! Covers everything you need to know and presents it in such a way that you can REMEMBER it! I just had my exam today, and thanks to the authors I was ready for all the tricky questions that I have never seen mentioned in anywhere else.
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This book is probably one of the best I've ever read on an IT-topic. I don't intend to take the SCWCD exam (yet), my main purpose buying this book was to learn servlets and jsp. I was sceptic, that due to the tons of illustrations I would hardly learn anything, but in contrary! I like the teaching method used in this book a lot!Unfortunately, there are not too many "Head First"-like books out there. I wish there were more "Head First"-series-books! I wish there was an updated version of "Head First - EJB" (for EJB3, Java (EE) 5)!
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Good book ... with some major annoyances
This is a very good book at explaining the material and I was able to get a good grade on the exam with this as my only text, but I agree with Steven's comments. Finding questions at the end of the chapter that weren't covered in the book was a major annoyance. The EJB book is even worse - I've never gotten past the first chapter of that book after trying twice because I couldn't answer any of the questions at the end.I also found that I needed to take lots of notes and do a lot of study with a flashcard program in order to retain the material covered in HFSJ. More hands-on exercises would have helped.
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By Steven Chanin
This is the second Head First book I've read (the first was on Java). Overall, I think the book is a good way to extend your knowledge into server/enterprise side Java, but I'm not nearly as happy with it as I was with the Java book.My experience has been negatively impacted by two factors:1) the mock exams repeatedly ask questions about content not covered in the book. This is extremely frustrating. If the authors want you to read a section of spec XYZ in addition to the book, they should tell you to do so (or better yet, cover the material themselves so you don't have to read that whole spec to get the pieces they skipped over).2) Not enough hands on exercises. I'm taking tons of notes as I read the book, but I think my retension would be a lot higher over the long term if I did more hands on application. I'm going to go build some stuff on my own to apply the concepts from the book, but I expected a lot more sample problems as a part of the book than I'm getting.
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There it is on page 94: "Important note: while the first three chapters covered background information, from this page forward in the book,virtually everything you're going to see is directly related to or explicitly part of the exam."I would expect this sort of thing from most of the certification industry, but not from O'Reilly. Essentially, this book covers the certification exam; that it also provides an introduction to Servlets and JSP is largely incidental. O'Reilly is certainly one of the most consistent, best publishers of technical material, and this book is very good. However, it is a surprise that they would publish a certification exam study guide rather than a serious tutorial about the material. Even though I have learned a good bit about Servlets, I am left wondering what they have left out, simply because it is not on the exam.If you are looking for a SCWCDE study guide, this is it. If you are looking for a fast, good introduction to Servlets, this may also be it. But in the future, I'll probably give the Head First series a pass, and I'll be a little more careful about reflexively picking up O'Reilly books.
Wonderful Book!
By Paul Bourdeaux
Outstanding Book! Whether you are new to Servlets & JSP or a seasoned veteran who wants to learn how to do things the right way, this book is perfect!I tend to buy every book I can find when I am researching new technology (I'm a geek, I know!), and I am never, ever disappointed by any book in the HF series. Most of my books get filed in the ilbrary for later reference... but the HF books have a place on my desk!
By ABBS
Oh Boy Do you learn something or what? This book really worked me up. I wasn't expecting that I would have a VERY sound introduction to Servlet and JSP technology let alone STRUTS. DO NOT be FOOLED. This book is the perfect introduction for the Servlet & JSP technologies. I even have an understanding of how the Jakarta STRUTS framework fits into the J2EE. If you are looking for a sound introduction to the web component architecture of the J2EE platform then look no further than this book. Do nott believe all those people saying taht this is not a good refernce book. It wasn't supposed to be. Know Servlets 2.4 and JSP 2.0 with as much little effort as possible and get a LIFE. GO BUY THIS BOOK.
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Good for beginers like ME !
By Sabya
I am mainframe guy having some knowledge of java and started learning J2EE.I saw this book when i was really bored of reading old style serious books and manuals, so tried a new one and i MUST say its a very good book for me to start, BUT i may need one more book on JSp and Servlet after i finish reading this book(I like the Servlet and JSP cookbook), everything is fine with this book but what i need is more real life code and examples that this lacks.
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Where is the code for each and every program
By Vishal
I am reading the book and new to jsp and servlets. The book is really good . It could be further improved by giving softcopy of the book with a CD rom and some exams for SCWCD.also code for each and every program in the book should be given.ThanksVishal
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PASADENA, Calif. — The feeling of danger was so close and overwhelming that there was no time to find its source, no choice but to get out of the apartment, fast.
Keris Myrick headed for her car, checked the time — just past midnight, last March — and texted her therapist.
"You're going to the Langham? The hotel?" the doctor responded. "No — you need to be in the hospital. I need you consulting with a doctor."
"What do you think I'm doing right now?"
"Oh. Right," he said. "Well, O.K., then we need to check in regularly."
"And that's what we did," said Ms. Myrick, 50, the chief executive of a nonprofit organization, who has a diagnosis of schizoaffective disorder, a close cousin of schizophrenia, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. "I needed to hide out, to be away for a while. I wanted to pamper myself — room service, great food, fluffy pillows, all that — and I was lucky to have a therapist who understood what was going on and went with it."
Researchers have conducted more than 100,000 studies on schizophrenia since its symptoms were first characterized. They have tested patients' blood. They have analyzed their genes. They have measured perceptual skills, I.Q. and memory, and have tried perhaps thousands of drug treatments.
Now, a group of people with the diagnosis is showing researchers a previously hidden dimension of the story: how the disorder can be managed while people build full, successful lives. The continuing study — a joint project of the University of California, Los Angeles; the University of Southern California; and the Department of Veterans Affairs — follows a group of 20 people with the diagnosis, including two doctors, a lawyer and a chief executive, Ms. Myrick….
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Yesterday I got a sneak peak at the new Intel Classmate PC, both the clamshell and convertible models. These new models are significant upgrades from the previous version. While I never really wanted my own mini-laptop, I now have Classmate envy.
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In case you needed another battery app for your Windows Phone 8 device, Battery Pro+, a new and free app will get the job done. What's real interesting about this sharply designed utility is that it is evidently sponsored by Nokia (though not exclusive to their Lumias).
Battery Pro+ is actually listed under Wunderman Polska, a third party developer agency that evidently Nokia Poland has hired to make this app and a few other utilities, including a leveler, flashlight and stopwatch. The main screen though proudly boasts "Powered by Nokia" and under the About screen, you can find an email with an @nokia-services.pl address and a "prepared by Nokia" entry.
So how is Battery Pro+? For free, it's not too bad. It boasts the deep blue color associated with Nokia and their traditional design for utility apps. While it doesn't vaunt a ton of features, it does the basics right.


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Professor Walt is the author of The Origins of Alliances (1987), which received the 1988 Edgar S. Furniss National Security Book Award. He is also the author of Revolution and War (1996), Taming American Power: The Global Response to U.S. Primacy (2005), and, with co-author J.J. Mearsheimer, The Israel Lobby (2007).
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CHICAGO - The University of North Carolina's Giovani Bernard and Sylvester Williams will participate in the 2013 Quicken Loans All-Star Football Challenge, an exciting skills competition featuring college football's brightest stars. The 15th annual program is scheduled to air Saturday, Feb. 2, at 10 p.m. ET on ESPN2 and will have encore airings on ESPN2 at 4 p.m. ET on Feb. 3 and noon ET on Feb. 17. ESPN will also air an encore at 4 p.m. ET on April 14.
Individual events in the 2013 Quicken Loans All-Star Football Challenge include: The Quicken Loans QB Accuracy Competition, Skechers GoRun Hands Competition, Mercedes-Benz Lineman Strength Challenge, Obstacle Course and Speed Kick. To conclude the program, the players will be divided into two teams for The Quicken Loans Team Competition.
Bernard suffered an injury that sidelined him for 2010, but he bounced back in a big way rushing for 1,253 yards in 2011 and 1,228 yards in 2012. In two seasons of competition, the draft eligible sophomore got to the end zone 31 times and was named to the All-ACC first team in 2011 and 2012. ESPN's Mel Kiper Jr. rated Bernard the best running back in the 2013 NFL Draft.
Williams gave up on his football dreams and went to work at a manufacturing plant, but decided to give the game one last chance and enrolled at Coffeyville Community College. The defensive tackle then transferred to UNC where in two years he was dominant, racking up 96 tackles and 8.5 sacks. The senior was honored this year with a spot on the All-ACC first team.
The participants in the 2013 Quicken Loans All-Star Football Challenge are:
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EJ Manuel - Florida St
Ryan Nassib - Syracuse
Mike Glennon - NC State
Jordan Rodgers - Vanderbilt
Obstacle Course
Alec Ogletree - LB - Georgia
Giovani Bernard - RB - UNC
TJ McDonald - S - USC
Khaseem Greene - LB - Rutgers
Skechers GoRun Hands Competition
Matt Elam - S - Florida
Kenny Vaccaro - S - Texas
Cordarrelle Patterson - WR - Tennessee
Robert Woods - WR - USC
Mercedes-Benz Lineman Strength Challenge
Sylvester Williams - DT - UNC
Sam Montgomery - DT - LSU
Damontre Moore - DE - Texas A&M
Alex Okafor - DE - Texas
Speed Kick
Dustin Hopkins - FSU
Caleb Sturgis - Florida
Brett Maher - Nebraska
Brett Baer - Louisiana-Lafayette
Alumni of the All-Star Football Challenge include three Heisman Trophy winners (Ron Dayne, Troy Smith and Jason White) and 46 first-round NFL draft picks, such as: Drew Brees, Aaron Rodgers, Santana Moss, Matt Ryan, Von Miller Vernon Davis, Joe Flacco, Donovan McNabb and Edgerrin James.
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Detroit-based Quicken Loans Inc. is the nation's largest online home lender and the country's third largest retail home mortgage lender. The company closed a record $70 billion of volume across all 50 states in 2012. Quicken Loans generates loan production from web centers located in Detroit, Cleveland and Scottsdale, Arizona. The company also operates a centralized loan processing facility in Detroit, as well as its San Diego-based One Reverse Mortgage unit. Quicken Loans ranked #1 in customer satisfaction among all home mortgage lenders in the United States by J.D. Power and Associates in 2010, 2011 and 2012.
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Experiencing a window on my clients' lives has made me think menopause should be called menoforward or menosurge instead. This is a time when women reawaken to themselves.
We no longer care so much what others think, and seem to get a powerful urge to express…be…do…whatever our heart desires. It is only when we try to squash this drive to live authentically that we run into trouble.
I tried to keep plugging away at a job that I no longer felt passionate about and I was getting chronic symptoms like backaches, migraines, a pinched nerve and IBS (let alone the hot flashes and weight gain of menopause) until I took action.
When I pursued my passion for nutrition, commuting to the Institute for Integrative Nutrition in NYC, the four-hour train ride on weekends and extra studying during the week should have exhausted me, but instead I felt revived and refreshed by the people I met and the information I learned. I felt even better when I began losing weight and balancing my hormones with whole, fresh food.
I learned that steadying my blood sugar with beans and whole grains helped me to reduce my cravings for sweets. Without all that sugar, my hot flashes weren't so frequent or intense. I also supplemented with Evening Primrose Oil to balance out my hormones.
So many women have spent most of their lives caring for others, that when they finally do have the time to care for themselves, they have forgotten how. That's where the quick fix comes in. When you are last on your list, popping something sweet, rich, and decadent into your mouth becomes an easy reward or pacifier. The problem is that the need for expression, nuturing, friendship, support or relaxation still isn't met. It is just stuffed down and waiting for the next piece of candy or some wine with cheese and crackers.
My yearning to help women feel stronger and healthier developed into a business, through which I could guide those who want to lose weight, eliminate cravings and live a life that supports and excites them. Someone recently wrote on FB that the best thing we can do for the world is to "be ourselves." That is what we were created to be and, actually, who are we NOT to be. So, if you are connecting with this at all, the time is now! It may take a temporary "pause" until you know just how you want to surge forward. But don't let anything stop you. Your whole being is ready to soar once you start listening–and the world needs you!


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It is not an easy task to design a really original and creative movie poster. Given the number of movies in existence, no matter what is put into a movie poster, it probably has already been used somewhere else.
But what you will see below has nothing to do with draining creativity. It is plain copycat. For all the movie posters shown below, the Chinese movies on the right were released after the foreign ones on the left. (Click links to see details about movies on IMDB or Mtime China).
Most of them are movies of similar genres. For example. Phobia 2 from Thailand and Midnight Beating, both are horror movies. Street Kings from the US and Chongqing Blues, both are gangster movies. Addicted to Love from the US and Sophie's Revenge, both are chic love comedy.
Other pairs, however, almost have a wicked sense of humor such as The Ides of March vs. Lao Nan Ren Li Xian Ji (translated as "The Adventure of a Middle-aged Man"), Taken vs. The Killer Who Never Kills, and Fahrenheit 9/11 vs. Dear Enemy (love drama).
South Korea: Sad Movie (2005) VS. China: You Ren La Wu Mi (2011) VS. China: The Allure of Tears (2011)
US: Vantage Point (2008) VS. China: Seven 2 One (2009)
Thailand: Phobia 2 (2009) VS. China: Midnight Beating (2010)
US: Street Kings (2008) VS. China: Chongqing Blues (2010)
SouthKorea: A Tale of Two Sisters (2003) VS. China: Illusion Apartment (2010)
US: Addicted to Love (1997) VS. China: Sophie's Revenge (2009)
US: The Ides of March (2011) VS. China: Lao Nan Ren Li Xian Ji (2011)
UK: Love Actually (2003) VS. China: Fit Lover (2008)
US: Daddy Day Camp (2007) Vs. China: Eaters (2010)
US: Boogeyman (2005) VS. China: Midnight Beating (2010)
US: Flags of Our Fathers (2006) VS. China: Jing Tian Dong Di (2009)
France: The Pianist (2002) VS. China: Iris Chang – The Rape of Nanking (2007)
UK: Pirate Radio (2009) VS. China: Sleepless Fashion (2011)
France: Taken (2008) VS. China: The Killer Who Never Kills (2011)
US: Fahreheit 9/11 (2004) VS. China: Dear Enemy (2011)
US: Yours, Mine and Ours (2005) VS. China: Perfect Wedding (2010)
US: Valentine's Day (2010) VS. China: Hot Summer Days (2010)
US: Ocean's Twelve (2004) VS. China: Fit Lover (2008)
US: Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2010) VS. China: Welcome to Sha-ma Town (2010)
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China people likes to copy toys too like the ones from Japan
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[...] rapidement qu'ici, il s'agit clairement de plagiat, comme l'a démontré le site offbeatchina.com.Original US : Addicted to Love (1997) vs. Copie Chine : Sophie's Revenge (2009)Original US : [...]
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[...] 10 egregious samples below, culled from this blog and this [...]
[...]When copycat becomes cultural norm in China: Foreign movie posters ripped off | Offbeat China[...]…
[...] enough ranting from me. I just wanted to show these Chinese movie posters from the blog Offbeat China that were pretty unoriginally copied from other movies. [...]
[...] other day, I came across a rather comprehensive collection of copycat posters in China, with the layout, photographic style, and general concept lifted directly from Hollywood movies of [...]
[...] Maar de voorbeelden hieronder, afkomstig uit China waar 'copyright' wordt vertaald als 'right to copy', zijn van een andere categorie. Categorie jatwerk. Het betreft hier niet een Chinese versie of remake van een bestaande film (links), maar een compleet andere Chinese film, meestal van een soortgelijk genre. Meer hier. [...]
[...] found this website and article, When copycat becomes cultural norm in China: Foreign movie posters ripped off, on CNN, and let's just say that the Chinese movie industry is not very shy about their movie [...]
The Chinese are like, the Borg from star trek. They assimilate everything and every idea. It is never about ethics or personal integrity; It is about ripping everything off that is not nailed down. There modern culture distils down to, not just imitating, but assimilating, then pretending that those intellectual ideas belonged to them all along.
You're Borg fROM STAR TREK!
The font in 'Welcome to Shamatown' looks very much like the font from the Harry Potter movies.
On the girl poster for Diary of a Wimpy Kid (the American poster): broach=brooch. I bet the Chinese posters are spelled right.
actually… broach is a less common spelling of brooch.. all the same. be cool.
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[...]When copycat becomes cultural norm in China: Foreign movie posters ripped off | Offbeat China[...]…
The inferior copy.
This was really interesting to look at. I thought about how some of them were and when they called them rip-offs.
This was really interesting to look at. I kinda thought about when they called them rip-offs.
If you look at the daddy day car one, you can see that the chinese rip-off has even cloned the guy's body and only copy-pasted the chinese actor's face on it…pretty lame, even for them…
Well if these are all classed as rip-offs, I want to claim originality, since "A Tale of Two Sisters" (2003) and "Illusion Apartment" (2010) are BOTH obvious rip-offs of "My mum and my auntie sitting on their two seat sofa with my grandparents standing behind" (about 1947, I think.)
Some are really blatant rip-offs, but others do just convey the same idea or the "original" isn't that "original" to begin with…
Even if some of the posters may look generic they are still original art…Arranging a few photos in a particular way still conveys an idea and is a copyrighted material….So, yes, no matter how innocent they may look, the Chinese ripoffs are still rip offs…and should not be defended….
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[...] Some of these Chinese movie posters aren't copying other examples so much as offering variations on a generic design—or maybe I just can't contemplate somebody actually bothering to rip off Addicted to Love's foursome—but others are so nakedly plagiarist they're almost charming. [...]
No surprise there. Fabulous shanzhai work.
That said, the posters for "Taken" and "Yours, Mine & Ours" are common looking enough that the Chinese poster paired with it could be a direct rip-off or could just be following the same archetype. The people crowded behind a door being shut especially is something I've seen in other movie posters (off the top of my head, "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" is 差不多).
Very funny stuff. The ones near the bottom seem more like they *may* be coincidences. In particular, Sleepless Fashion's poster seems pretty original. But a lot of them are, well, "shanzhai."
Okay to be fair, some are pretty generic…a bunch of faces in a heart is not copying. But, that said some are pretty blatant copies!
A lot of them are just generic. Those US romantic comedies that are 'copied' look like 1000s of other romantic comedy covers from all over the world….
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The IPCC report on extreme climate and weather events
Whether the characteristics of tropical cyclones have changed or will change in a warming climate — and if so, how — has been the subject of considerable investigation, often with conflicting results. Large amplitude fluctuations in the frequency and intensity of tropical cyclones greatly complicate both the detection of long-term trends and their attribution to rising levels of atmospheric greenhouse gases. Trend detection is further impeded by substantial limitations in the availability and quality of global historical records of tropical cyclones. Therefore, it remains uncertain whether past changes in tropical cyclone activity have exceeded the variability expected from natural causes. However, future projections based on theory and high-resolution dynamical models consistently indicate that greenhouse warming will cause the globally averaged intensity of tropical cyclones to shift towards stronger storms, with intensity increases of 2–11% by 2100. Existing modelling studies also consistently project decreases in the globally averaged frequency of tropical cyclones, by 6–34%. Balanced against this, higher resolution modelling studies typically project substantial increases in the frequency of the most intense cyclones, and increases of the order of 20% in the precipitation rate within 100 km of the storm centre. For all cyclone parameters, projected changes for individual basins show large variations between different modelling studies.
In GCMs, these phenomena appear as vortex-like features in the discrete representation of the flow represented by neighboring grid boxes. It's quite remarkable that these phenomena are present at all in these models (sometimes they are not, though), even though they may have too weak or exaggerated features. In the real world, the definition of a tropical storm is a synoptic scale low-pressure system with maximum sustained surface wind speed greater than 17 m/s, and in hurricanes greater than 33 m/s.
If we look at wind speed measurements at a given location, we see that there are relatively few days with zero wind, more often there are moderate wind speeds, and it is typically rare when the wind speed exceed the threshold defining a tropical storm or a hurricane. In statistical terms, the wind speed may be described by a distribution function – e.g. a Weibull distribution (e.g. here and here). The situation is illustrated below showing wind speed statistics, where the curve is the probability distribution function (pdf) for the wind speed and where the x-axis represents the wind speed and the y-axis the likelihood (frequency) of occurrence. The threshold marking tropical storms is shown as the first vertical line (the others mark typical TC categories), and the area under the curve to the left of this treshold (denoted "a" in the diagram) is proportional to number of observations (e.g. days) with no tropical storms. The area above ("A") is proportional to the frequency of tropical cyclone occurrence.
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EN 211 College Composition II
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Prerequisite: EN 111 with a grade of "C" or better, or EN 109 with a grade of "B" or better. Students who are part of the honors program should consult with the honors program director.
This course continues the development of students' abilities to write carefully, to read closely, and to discuss critically. Writers expand their stylistic range, awareness of form and ability to deal with complex issues Students will write longer papers with at least one using information from other sources. During the semester, each student will generate a minimum of 6000 words of college-level writing.
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Every day on television and in newspapers the value of gold is reported – in US dollars. Generally, when there is an international crisis the value of gold rises. Its value as an industrial material (gold is used in electronics and jewellery) should reflect industrial activity, but for thousands of years gold has played a role in money, and the price changes we see today reflect that old function. Gold remains a material that people believe stores wealth.
1855 Sydney Mint Gold Sovereign (obverse)Photographer: Jon Augier / Source: Museum Victoria
Australian mints still strike gold coins. They are not made for circulation, but to sell to people who want to have some of their wealth stored in gold or who want gold in their coin collection. Such coins are sold at a price above their gold value and usually well above their denomination. One coin for example has a face value of $50, contains about $300 gold value and is retailed for about $320. Since 1980 Australia has issued gold coins with face values between $5 and $3000.
Such coins are a modern phenomenon. In the past, coins were made to circulate and the fear was that they would not contain gold to match their denomination. When the First Fleet arrived in Australia, coins both in silver and gold contained their face value in metal. The system at that time was failing, as the relative values of gold and silver metals often changed. In 1816 the British introduced a new gold coin, the sovereign, and new metal content for their silver. The sovereign, worth one pound, contained a pound worth of gold, while the new silver coins contained just enough silver to deter forgery. When gold was discovered in Australia these coins were used.
1855 Sydney Mint Gold Sovereign (reverse)Photographer: Jon Augier / Source: Museum Victoria
Between 1855 and 1870 Australia also had its own gold sovereigns. They were made at the Sydney Mint and featured the word AUSTRALIA within a wreath as their reverse design. Even though they were made in Australia, they were not legal in any Australian colony until each colony proclaimed them legal tender. Victoria, which wanted a mint of its own, was one of the last colonies to accept the Sydney coins. From 1871 until the last issue in 1931, the gold sovereigns made in Australia were British sovereigns. They were identical in almost every way; only a tiny letter, called a mintmark, differentiated the issues of different mints. Indeed, the three mints in Australia, in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth, were branches of the Royal Mint in London, not Australian mints at all.
Coining Room, Royal Mint, Melbourne, 1899 Source: Museum Victoria
The change to British sovereigns was to coincide with the opening of the Melbourne Mint but there was a delay and Sydney was the first to issue the new coins. All the dies for striking the coins were sent from London and samples of every production were sent back to London for testing. Any variation from the standard, even the use of dies with old dates, brought down London's wrath. The Australian mints were justifiably proud of their work and advanced world standards in purification of gold through new chemical operations.
The gold coins were legal tender to any amount, although paper money was often more handy. Early paper money however had to be guaranteed in gold. The first Australian notes bore statements like: "The Treasurer of the Commonwealth of Australia promises to pay the Bearer One Pound in gold coin on demand".
Sovereigns were only legal until they started to show wear. Then they were withdrawn and replaced with new full weight coin at the cost of the British government. Half sovereigns, although technically covered by the same legislation, were used more often and so wore more quickly, making withdrawal too expensive. Production of half sovereigns was to be avoided by the mints if possible.
To have your gold turned into coin was a simple matter; you took it to the mint and came back a few days later to collect the coins. In London the government absorbed the costs of assay, purification, alloying and striking, but in Australia a small charge was made.
The "Gold Standard" was a complex international arrangement, elements of which set the value of nations' currency as a specific amount of gold and guaranteed to accept gold bullion and coin. It really only became fully achievable with the great nineteenth century gold discoveries in Australia, North America and Russia. Although the economic turmoil of the First World War ended the arrangement, efforts to get it going again continued into the early 1930s. Australia went on striking gold coin throughout the 1920s even though most of the coins were melted soon after leaving the country. The last issues were made in 1931 from Melbourne and Perth (The Sydney Mint had closed in 1926).
In addition to the millions of gold coins made for circulation, the Australian mints also made some very rare coins for presentation purposes. These included five and two pound coins from the Sydney mint in 1887 (for Queen Victoria's Jubilee) and 1902 (for King Edward VII's coronation). There were also coins produced with mirror-like fields (called proofs) made for presentation to VIPs, museums and for collectors.
Please note: Museum Victoria DOES NOT provide valuations and cannot tell you how much your object is worth. Please read our valuations infosheet for further advice. We will not publish or respond to comments asking us to value an object.
Thanks John for your query. We have passed this on to one of our resident experts in numismatics for them to identify the coin. Watch this space!
Hello again, John. Our expert was able to confirm that the Standard Catalogue of World Coins includes several items depicting Victoria and St. George; however, none of these have the word "sovereign" on them. This may indicate that your coin is a copy, although it is hard to be definitive about such things! We hope that this information is useful to you.
Hi Paul and thanks for your query. Whilst Museum Victoria cannot provide valuations of objects the following list of Approved Valuers may be of assistance. You may also be interested in contacting the Numismatic Association of Victoria or an independent numismatics company such as Noble Numismatics for further information about your coin.
Hi Adam,
Unfortunately Museum Victoria cannot provide valuations of objects. Please see our Question of the Week information on obtaining valuations of coins. http://museumvictoria.com.au/discoverycentre/discovery-centre-news/coin-valuations/
Hi Jhoanna to find out the authenticity of the coins you will need to contact a numismatist. See the link to our Coin Valuations infosheet in the last paragraph of the article above.
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Breast cancer can be scary, especially if you're uninsured
Carrie: Make a Difference is an outreach screening program funded by the Maryland Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure® and Avon Foundation for Women. Our goal is to reach uninsured and underinsured women in our community and provide them with free screenings, education, and help with scheduling and paying for a mammogram, if necessary.
We really try to look at barriers that would prevent women from coming to see us and then figure out how to get around those barriers. We've identified five major barriers: fear, finances, transportation, translation, and timing. To help combat the fear, we're out there educating the community, but we also make sure we're welcoming, approachable, and easy to talk to. We have the resources to help women apply for financial aid, the courtesy van at
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C: The clinical breast exam itself is free. If you need a mammogram and don't have health insurance, we look at a couple of avenues to help pay for the mammogram. We collaborate closely with Breast Cancer Awareness-CV and the Washington County Health Department's Breast and Cervical Cancer Program to see if women might meet their criteria – which may include income, age, and residency guidelines. Between those two programs, and funds that we have through grants from the Maryland Affiliate of Susan G Komen for the Cure®, we can cover a mammogram for someone who doesn't have health insurance.
K: What if I end up needing a biopsy or treatment?
C: We can help you apply for financial assistance for the procedure. The state of
We have a "breast health navigator" with this program, and one of their main roles is to you through the entire process: helping her apply for financial assistance, helping her understand what it is that's happening, what needs to be done, helping explain it to her, linking her to the appropriate resources, whether it's financial aid or a support group if the diagnosis is indeed breast cancer. There's someone to help her go from the beginning (early detection and education) to treatment, if need be. We can cover that full spectrum.
K: For someone who has never had a clinical breast exam, they may not know what to expect when they come in for a screening. Can you walk me through what happens if I come in for a screening?
C: You'll first call and make an appointment, and when you come in you'll fill out a one-page sheet to give us a little bit of history, for example: Do you have a history of breast cancer? Have you ever had a mammogram before? When was your last mammogram or clinical breast exam? Do you have a primary care physician? We'll talk a little about health insurance.
Then, you'll meet with our nurse practitioner; she'll do a clinical breast exam, and education on how to do your own breast self-exam, using breast models to teach what to look and feel for. Then, if she recommends a mammogram, we try to get it done the same day, over at DIS Women's Imaging here at Robinwood. If you can't go the same day, we try to set up an appointment for within three weeks. We'll schedule that for you and then talk to you about where you would fit best with regards to helping to pay for a mammogram. You're with us usually a half-hour or less. The mammogram takes about 45 minutes.
Note from Kayla: I had the pleasure of going to the screening and meeting the staff. They are super sweet and extremely enthusiastic and welcoming. They have a passion for what they do, and it's evident. Please, please, use this program. Early detection is key to saving lives.
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You guys know Murphy's Law, right?
"If anything can go wrong, it will"
That pretty much sums up not only my life, but my whole family's.
except my name ain't Murphy, it's Mutter
My family calls it the "Mutter Curse"
It affects everyone in my family
Not kidding
It even affects friends too.
My wife says it rubs off on you.
Nothing ever works right & nevr comes easy for us.
Normally we just accept these things as part of "the curse" & just perservere
But recently, it's starting to get to me.
let me give you a little insight, some "examples" if you will
The past few weeks have been a real pain.
Every recent project or prop has had issues
over the last 2 weeks or so;
1. Boba Knees
Sculpting them was a hassle, had to do it at least 3 times. The molds didn't go right either and had to be redone. The darts still aren't ready either.
I mixed some material & it got all over a bench & the floor
I mailed one set over 2 weeks ago USPS Priority & they are lost somewhere.
I tried painting a set today to see how the paint held- i dropped it paint side down of course
that one is wrecked
2. Girth belt Dying.
The Cross-stitching wasn't the same material so it didn't dye well.It's a different color.
While dying them in the kitchen, I dropped the pan & dyed the grout on my countertop & Brand new floor red. It's pretty, but not what mrs.slave1pilot likes.
3. EPIII Clone helmet
Tried cutting out the T-visor from a face sheild, snapped it in half & made another.
I tried to CA that visor in by tacking it cause I couldn't find my glue gun.ended up with glue on the lens & made another
I blistered my fingers trying to hot glue that visor in & made another
Finally got that in
I got paint where it didn't belong when i removed the masking tape from the helmet.
Tried to touch it up & made it worse.
4. EPIII Clone armor
I couldn't get a decent pull on the ab pieces & had to have help.
I trimmed some parts wrong & had to fix those.
This project is way behind schedule
I know there is more, but it happens so much it just slips my mind
I have a jet pack to paint, knees to paint, a Sandtrooper and Clone armor to assemble,and a set of Shin tools to create from real parts.
Frankly, i'm scared to touch anything important.
I'm in a slump & it's bumming me out
Poor me poor me
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Marijuana Use in Teens
While tobacco use is at an all time low among teenagers the use of marijuana is on the rise. According to the annual 2012 Monitoring the Future Survey (which is administered annually to over 45,000 students grades 8-2 in both public and private schools) marijuana is the number 1 drug used by students in 8-12th grades.
The 2012 survey showed that about 35% of high school seniors said they had smoked marijuana (pot, weed) in the past year, with daily use among seniors of about 7%. Of some concern is the declining numbers of teens who view marijuana use as risky. Only 20% of seniors thought that occasional uses was harmful and while more younger teens viewed marijuana smoking as risky, those numbers are also declining.
While I have always talked to my adolescent patients about smoking I am now making sure that I am asking not only about cigarette use (which is almost gone in my practice) but specifically marijuana use as well, and anecdotally I can say that the numbers of older teens using weed is on the rise for sure.
One of the concerns is that teens perception of marijuana use and harmful effects may be squelched due to the ongoing debate and legalization of medical marijuana in some states. For many teens, legal drugs such as prescription painkillers and ADHD meds, even when used recreationally and inappropriately, are not as harmful. Their perceptions are NOT accurate, and teen painkiller abuse is one the rise as well.
Ongoing studies about daily marijuana use in teenage years has shown that marijuana contributed to lower IQ scores and impaired mental abilities. There is growing concern that regular or daily use of marijuana may affect a teens ability to achieve and/or excel in school or jobs.
Obviously, more data is needed, but among my teen patients with drug abuse issues, they will all admit to the fact that they started out using marijuana. I dont have any patients that I can recall who started using meth or cocaine prior to having used marijuana (most fairly regularly). I still have concerns that for some people marijuanas seems to be a gateway drug.
As the debate about legalizing marijuana continues it is becoming more important to discuss marijuana use with your teen and stay tuned for more studies on its effects (beneficial/detrimental). Like so many issues, it doesnt seem to be black and white.
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Who's that model with the long legs and long lashes? It's former America's Next Top Model judge (and supermodel) Twiggy! Her cover story says, "She's 17, has modeled less than a year, and receives fan mail addressed simply: Twiggy, London, England."
Can you believe this little girl is Miley's mom?! Well, her Hannah Montana mom at least! It's 13-year-old Brooke Shields's first (but certainly not last) cover! This issue taught girls how "you can turn old tablecloths, dresser scarves, and bedspreads into fabulous sew-ups like these!" Other issues of Seventeen gave instructions on how to turn bedsheets and dish towels into skirts and dresses too.
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Tickets for the Indiana County Sports Hall of Fame's 31st annual induction banquet are on sale at The Indiana Gazette.
The Class of 2014 consists of Mike Berzansky, John Chakot, Sue McMurdy, Steve Neal, Joe Renosky, Lindsey Stefan, Bill Wilt and Josh Wirt.
Dr. Merle Stilwell will be the special honoree.
The banquet will be held Sunday, May 18, at 5:30 p.m. at the Rustic Lodge.
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Provo • After the Cougars downed San Diego 74-57 at the Marriott Center on Saturday night, BYU coach Dave Rose was awarded the game ball by athletic director Tom Holmoe in a brief ceremony at center court.
A few seconds later, Rose quickly tossed the ball to another athletic department official, as if to signal that he was ready to move on.
The reason for the celebration was that Rose picked up his 200th career victory in front of 17,281 fans, becoming the second coach at the school to get to that milestone. Stan Watts had 371 career wins.
"I am glad we got it, so we can move on and not have to talk about it for a while," Rose said in his postgame interview.
Of course, his first try for 200 came up just 2.5 seconds short against Saint Mary's on Wednesday when the Gaels snatched the victory with a buzzer-beater.
Senior Brandon Davies, who bounced back with a 17-point effort, along with seven rebounds, after struggling against SMC, said the players didn't talk much about getting Rose the big win, but acknowledged it was something they wanted to make happen as quickly as possible.
"We just try and go get that next win, and get that loss off our backs," Davies said. "In the locker room, we kinda celebrated a little bit. It is a big deal. It is a big deal for coach we are all proud of him. But at the same time, we got a lot more games ahead of us."
Another senior, Brock Zylstra, said Rose could have been down on the players after the Saint Mary's loss, but instead focused on the positives.
"The first day [after the loss], we came in here all a little upset," Zylstra said. "Of course, we were not in the best of spirits. But we really got after it and we practiced hard yesterday, and our shootaround today before the game was great. Everybody was locked in, so we were ready to get this win, get that loss off our backs."
Rose's record is now 200-59, and his winning percentage of .771 is the best in school history.
"There are so many people that are responsible for [the wins]," Rose said. "I guess it is interesting that one guy gets the credit, because I have had so many great coaches here. Like I said, the players are terrific. They are committed and obviously they are really talented guys, and they play for each other and I think way more about the players, who have been here, and the chemistry that has been on these teams, more than we think about the wins."
Getting 201 is going to be "a challenge," Rose said. Next up for the 15-5 Cougars is a game Thursday in Spokane against No. 8 Gonzaga.
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LG has become the first manufacturer to launch an Ultra HD or 4K TV set in the West.
The LG 84LM9600, which was revealed in South Korea back in August, has been launched in the US. It's also showing as available now in the UK on LG's UK website under the name of the LG 84LM960V.
The TV comes with a staggering 84-inch LCD display, but the most impressive thing about the screen is that it sports an Ultra HD (UHD) resolution, otherwise known as 4K.
Ultra HD means that the TV display has around 4,000 horizontal pixels, which is roughly four times as many as a standard Full HD 1080p TV set. The LG 84LM9600 display's stated resolution is actually 3840 x 2160p, which equates to around six million extra pixels overall.
Ultimately, LG claims that this means "it's nearly impossible to discern a single pixel – even from inches away."
In addition, the LG 84LM9600 (or the LG 84LM960V) comes with 50W audio and 2.2 stereo sound, which includes two subwoofers for some serious audio punch. The set also comes with full 3D capability.
You also get LG Smart TV and LG's Magic Remote, which is a motion controller rather like the Nintendo Wii's for pinpoint interface interaction.
There's a considerable price for all this cutting edge technology. The LG 84LM9600 will set customers back a rather staggering $19,999.99. That's actually significantly cheaper than the Sony KD-84X9005 we reviewed recently, and which should be hitting shops over the next few months.
Of course, the price is even steeper when you consider that there's actually very little Ultra HD content out there right now, and there's no guarantee that it will be adopted as the next major standard. Indeed, some feel that 8K - double the number of horizontal pixels - is the next major step forward.
As LG itself put it in a little disclaimed in the LG 84LM9600 blurb: "No "ultra high definition" or '4K' video content is currently available. No broadcast or other standard currently exists for '4K' or 'ultra high definition' television and the 84LM9800 may not be compatible with such standards if and when developed."
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Most readers would guess that using a public library increases the amount of time one spends reading AND that it may well reduce the amount of time spent watching TV.
A recent study on reading, television and academic outcomes confirmed that guess. Researchers found that library use increases the amount of time one reads by an average of 26 minutes per day and that TV watching decreases about 58 minutes per day, with no significant change in other activities.
Even more significant was the finding that parents who use a library spend an additional 12 minutes per day on average reading with their young children.
Reading or watching TV... reading is the better choice! Read yourself and read with all the children in your life.
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Ignasi Miquel is Arsenal captain this season - in the Reserve League.
The Spanish centre back is on the bench for today's FA Cup Third-Round tie against Leeds.
We spoke exclusively to Ignasi earlier this season and subscribers can now watch this interview 'on demand' on Arsenal TV Online.
He discussed:
- his performances this season
- his surprise at being named captain
- how he found out he was skipper
- Jay Emmanuel-Thomas' incredible goal
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The Pyramid of Meydum was built by King Snofru, c. 2570-2545 BC. In the desert outside the capital, Memphis, the kings of Egypt's Old Kingdom, c. 2650-2150 BC, constructed their pyramid tombs. Snofru chose the location of Meydum, somewhat further south, closer to the Fayum district.
Meydum with pyramid of King Snofru and tomb belonging to the vizier Nefermaat and his wife Atet, c. 2570-2545 BC. Photo: Janne Klerk
Around the pyramids, the king's family and officials were granted permission to construct their own tombs. The tombs consisted of a superstructure with decorated offering chapels and a shaft down to a subterranean burial chamber. The tombs at Meydum were built of mud bricks with tomb chapels of limestone.
In 1890 Petrie visited Meydum for the first time. When he returned in 1910 he saw, that the reliefs and paintings in these tomb chapels were so badly damaged, that something had to be done if they were to be preserved for posterity. Those in the best condition went to the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, and Petrie was given permission to distribute the remainder among his sponsors. The Glyptotek received reliefs from two tombs. One of these belonged to Snofru's friend, the vizier Nefermaat, and his wife Atet. The other was constructed at almost the same time for the official Rahotep and his wife Nofret.


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Caleb - dude - that was beautiful man. Seriously.
Nietzsche's a punk.
They were all smoking something Smacky, and had too much time on their hands. Immanuel Kant with his 'a priori' condition of our internal intuition postulates that we can only think in ways that we are pre-conditioned to. This explains a lot about the world of politics and even sailing.
Many say you should not sail a MacGregor 26' on the ocean yet it has been done. Robert Gainer crossed the Atlantic in his 20's on a nearly 25' sloop which was considered a daredevil feat by most but was just something he tried to do and succeeded.
One of the things I love about sailing is when there is almost nothing to do but monitor the sails, rigging, sea state and weather. It gives one a lot of time to think about how small we actually are and how by the grace of the elements we are slowly progressing across the surface of this vast globe. I guess that the globe seems a lot smaller to those who have been around it a few times: "Turn to starboard after Cape Horn and head NW for 2000 nm or so." Different minds and different mind sets = different strokes fo' different folks.
My only blue water experience gave me a few philosophical thoughts to ponder. Being trapped or free on a 51' sailboat with just one other person for 400 nm was enjoyable and our small microcosm of society did just fine for the 3+ days it took. Once back in the circus that is Miami airport with the throngs of our society flooding around me I missed the solitude and quiet of our little floating world where everything was dependable except the weather and even that had been pretty benign for our crossing from Tortola to the TCI, Provo. The hardest thing I found to deal with rationally was the loss of a horizon after dark on a nominal 3' ocean swell. The mast light hovered and moved like a UFO which I reasoned was not very likely but seemed quite apparently real. The noise of the boom as it tried to jibe against its preventer would produce a sound that to my ears was a short dog bark, yet we were over 100 nm from any shore with no dog on board. No, nighttime is the time when our imaginations can and do run riot over our mind and senses. Whether through an inner strength or if the hand of some higher power was in it I was able to reason through all of these seeming anomalies. There are many strange things that are out there that can either be 'the usual' to the experienced or 'mind bending' to the uninitiated.
The wonderful thing about being on a sailboat in decent weather is that you have some time to think about some of the conflicting signals your senses may be telling you and reason with your own demons.
Nietzsche may sneeze at this in his grave but I'd like to see him out there.
zAr - good point dude.
As far as I'm concerned...
Kierkegaard teed it up in 1835. Gabriel Marcel knocked it out of the park in 1943. And Sartre, Nietzsche, Heidegger, et al were just bummed out clowns. I don't think any of 'em sailed anyway....so scroom.
Back to my bong.
If you ask me, just because something is philosophical doesn't mean it's off-topic in a sailing forum.
First off, sailing is a lifestyle, replete with existential choices about life and the living of it. The sailing life, some say, is about freedom, others say it's the opposite - it's about imprisoning oneself in a floating jail cell. Then there's the obvious question - why do we do it and what does it mean to each of us? Is sailing about getting in touch with nature, or about getting in touch with ourselves, getting closer to who we are or running away from who we are, finding our limits or self-imposing limits?
Or if you want to get into ethics and morality, is there such a thing on the ocean or is it everyone for themselves? Technically, it may be lawless, but somehow or other a lot of us wind up practicing some unwritten code of ethics, we live by it and we have an unspoken expectation that others follow it too - and usually they do. Heck, sailsmanship is a kind of ethics - it's about the right and wrong way to do things, or perhaps it's more of an etiquette, like whether the fork goes on the left or right.
And the sailing lifestyle can be said to be a shared world-view, shared intersubjective experiences. We are a community that understands some things others do not. We share a love for something which other communities do not.
Or how about topics such whether boats are works of art, capable of moving the soul, of uplifting numinosity of spirit, lines and symbols of symmetry and perfection, or merely practical tools more or less like a hammer or screwdriver.
Or how about sailing as the art or science of bringing order to the high chaos of the ocean? Man against nature? Or man alongside with and at one with nature? Man tempting fate, tempting the odds. Tiny humanity against powerful nature.
I could go on and on.
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Hoffa saw a picture of Jody...........need we say more!
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Where the hell IS Hoffa? Did someone scare him off?
I think Hoffa Lives elsewhere nowadays..
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I tried reading the long posts, really I did. But I kept falling asleep. There is a moral there someplace... But if those posts weren't immoral, illegal or fattening, then there is a sleep factor involved that has a negative exponential to the attention keeping of a true sailor.
So it is enjoy life, while you can. Life is to short to fret over the small stuff and almost everything is small stuff.
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Take a drill or rod of the same diameter as the pin you removed (Mag Release) and cut it to a length which will hold all parts together and still slip into position within the grip frame (slave pin). Bevel ends of slave pin. Push the Mag release in to position while holding the assembly in place. The slave pin should slip out and Mag release in.
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Mustard, honey and rosemary make a sensational marinade and sauce for these moist pork tenderloins from Kathy Kittell of Lenexa, Kansas. Whether prepared on the grill or in the oven, the recipe doesn't require much hands-on work.
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- 1 cup beer or ginger ale
- 1/2 cup prepared mustard
- 1/2 cup honey
- 2 tablespoons canola oil
- 2 tablespoons onion powder
- 1-1/2 teaspoons dried rosemary, crushed
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 2 pork tenderloins (1 pound each)
- In a small bowl, combine the first nine ingredients. Pour 1 cup marinade into a large resealable plastic bag; add the pork. Seal bag and turn to coat; refrigerate for at least 1 hour. Cover and refrigerate remaining marinade for basting.
- Drain and discard marinade. Using long-handled tongs, moisten a paper towel with cooking oil and lightly coat the grill rack. Prepare the grill for indirect heat using a drip pan. Place pork over drip pan and grill, covered, over indirect medium heat for 25-30 minutes or until a meat thermometer reads 160°, basting occasionally with reserved marinade. Let stand for 10 minutes before slicing. If desired, serve with remaining marinade. Yield: 6 servings.
Originally published as Honey-Herb Pork in Light & Tasty June/July 2005, p27
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