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Handmade Holidays...
I'm glad you decided to join! Please tell us a little about yourself and why you decided to join us! I look forward to getting to know you all! This is a great place to share your ideas or just to pick up few to inspire a wonderful holiday in your home!
by Pink-DiamondJuly 31, 2011 at 4:25 PM
I am so happy to find a fun site like this one! YaY! I enjoy creating gifts for my family and friends, not that I am an expert on it - because I am not! A novice is more like it. I have come up with very simple presents before, for my kids which they really thought were cool but that was when they were little. Not so simple now! Now is the time for me to get newer and better ideas and see what others are doing. This will be great!
by JLC_mamaNovember 11, 2011 at 11:25 PMMy name is crystal. I hve a two yr old son and an eight yr old stepdaughter. I live in se ks. i joined this group cause with my dh being an alcoholic our money goes to that and i want ideas of fun crafts to do with the kids for presents to family memebers
November 14, 2011 at 8:30 PM
I love to make things with and for my kids. I have many ideas and never get to do them I love to share and learn.
November 29, 2011 at 4:47 PM
hello my name is Alicia and i decided to join this group because i love to make stuff (gifts) and im looking forward to find friends and some inspiration i think handmade gifts are the best
November 30, 2011 at 3:56 PM
1. Let's start with your name, or just a nickname if you're shy: Debra
2. A run down of your kids? Names and ages? 11 yr old, nicole and to be born in april 2012....a girl we are calling zooey
3. What are your favorite activities or hobbies? cooking , baking, reading, learning how to sew.....some crafting......
4. What did you enjoy learning when you were in school?--if you went to school! history 5. A brief story of your wedding? What year? simple put together with mom affair on july 1, 1997
6. Tell me about your home. How do you like to decorate? Any 'themes"? it is a small apartment . i love apples (kitchen), lighthouses (bathroom) and my daughter room is under the sea with spongebob (ugh!)
7. Do you have collections or what's your most favorite personal item or treasure? I collect Barbies, old cookbooks, pictures of waterfalls...oh, and cookie cutters.
8. Do you enjoy cooking and what are your favorite meals? i love to cook...i don't have favorite that i cook yet but i love to go out for Chinese. I love making new foods to try. all new recipes welcome...
9. Do your kids like their veggies or do you struggle to get them to eat them? depends on the veggie and how it is cooked or not cooked.
10. What sort of vacation do you enjoy most? the beach, or we go horsebacking and camping in the mountains.....
11. Do you work outside the home? What do you do? Do you like what you do? no i am a homemaker and i love it.
12. Do you have pets? What are their names? just a cat...she only answers to silly kitty.
13. How about siblings? A brief little run down on them? one older brother, Shawn (10 months older) typical pain but i love him....one younger sister, amy, 8 yrs younger... and the brat of the family....but i love her.
14. Are your parents still living? yes.....but not in the same state bc they would kill each other.....
15. Do you enjoy wearing jewelry? What's your favorite, besides your wedding ring, of course? i like necklaces and bracelets....some rings though not alot at one time.
16. What's your favorite perfume, soap, shampoo, make-up? perfume: Lady stetson and white diamonds, soap: irishspring body wash,.shampoo..don't have a favorite on that,....make-up: really don't wear it except special occasions
17. Do you like candles and air-fresheners in your home? What are your favorite smells? yes love them.......Hawaiian or apple/cinnamon..or beach scented ones
18. Do you enjoy shopping and what are your favorite stores? not alot but a craft store or book store or yardsale and i am doomed....lol
19. When you shop, what do you like to buy? for my house, kids, hubby, or father-in-law.
20. What kind of car(s) do you have and what is your dream car? to both a restored chevy impala 66
21. Some may not want to share, and that's okay, but do you attend church, and what denomination do you consider yourself? i grew up catholic (irish here) but i go to the local community church with my family
Also, were you raised in church and did you stay with the same denomination your parents brought you up? yes...no
22. Do you follow politics at all and try to get out to vote at each election? that is something i don't get into....leave that to hubby.... (Again, some may not wish to discuss religion and politics..that's okay!)
23. Lighter now...lol...Are you a baker? Enjoy making desserts and cookies and pies? yes.....and yes, yes, and yes.....hubby's waistline (lack there of ) shows it....lol
24. Do you garden or enjoy having flowers around? i want to learn and to can my own veggies..........love flowers of all kinds (but i am seriously allergic to bees)...roses and cala lilies are my favorites
25. What was your childhood like? Born in the city, country, oceanside, mountains? i was a navy brat....all over....
26. What area of the country do you live in now? What is your town/city like? Have we heard of it!? lol upstate ny.......norwich (no probably not) lol small town - blink you missed it...lol
27. Do you like to swim? Ride a bike? Do you purposely set out to exercise? yes, yes and no but i should.
28. Have any of your good friends been your friend for longer than 15 years? no navy brat remember (never stayed long enough to make friends)
29. Why is your best friend your best friend? What makes a friendship last? my bff is my older brother, Shawn.....we are just alike and think the same...i would do anything for him and he would do the same for me and my kids.
30. Do you get along with your family? What about your in-laws? Are you happy with his entire family? no don't ask....only have the one in-law , the father-in -law and i love him like he was my dad....he is awesome.....(not in the best health but awesome). my hubby's mother threw him out as a kid and he refuses to speak to her. so no problem there.
31. I thought this was a cute question I've seen: Reach out your arm to your left. What is closest at hand? my cat on the arm of my sofa
And to your right? my nosey daughter......lol
32. Do you like photos of your beloved's around the house or mostly an album person? i have both and pics on my computer that rotate for screen savers and background
33. Scrapbooking has become so big. Have you created a scrapbook yet for anyone? Does it interest you? no but i would love to learn.
34. Do you have any special talents, do you sing, play an instrument, paint/draw, craft? i sing solos for church.........make alot of crafts to decorate with.
35. Do you have an Avon lady and enjoy shopping at home in that way?no
36. Do you shop online or enjoy sites like Ebay and what do you like to buy? ebay...barbies, cookbooks, books to read....toys for my daughter
37. Are you a reader? What are some of your favorite books and authors?yes...my favorite author is RHYS Bowen....the gaslight series...
38. Do you enjoy movies? What are your all time favorites?yes...i like a lil bit of everything including old movies..really depends on my mood
39. Are you a neat -nick, or prefer a more relaxed atmosphere at home? neat nick...drive daughter and hubby crazy as FIL laughs...
. 40. If you have an hour all to yourself, what do you want to do? read, soakin the tub, or go for a walk..
41. How long have you been online, what led you to CafeMom, and what are some other sites you visit online? new to the online thing except ebay....a lady at the store was talking about this site and i thought i would see if i like it... i like ask.com bc you can find how to's on there..
42. What's your favorite time of year and Holiday? Christmas....
43. Name me one thing you own that is SO neat and probably no one else has one it's so cool: my FIL made me a cabinet with a car tape player in it so i can listen to my cassettes without having to stop and turn them over to the other side. its auto play back.......love it....love my old cassette tapes ......lol yeah, i am old....lol
44. Do you prefer sleeping alone, or hate being away from your husband at night? i can't sleep without hubby..
45. Does he snore? Do you? Do you allow pets in the bed? YES!!!!! our cat sleeps on our feet.
46. What troubles you the most? Lack of finances, poor communication with hubby, difficult children...? money, money and money
47. Are you really happy, or are there a lot of difficulites and struggles righ now for you? i am the happiest i have ever been...
48. What is your dream for retirement? Where do you see yourself at 65? traveling, dragging hubby or planes and cruiseships....
by Bat898February 17, 2012 at 12:58 AMI joined this site because I am a grandma to a 9yr old girl that loves to craft...I run out of ideas so I'm always looking....
by lriggle12March 11, 2012 at 8:09 AM
Hi ladies. Im Louanne. Mom of three. Two boys 7 & 6, and a girl almost 3. Im not extremely crafty but I do like to make paper crafts with my cricut and I crochet. I love finding new ideas and seeing the creativity of others. Thanks for having me in the group.
November 28, 2012 at 6:17 PM
Hello fellow crafters!
My name is Peechee and I've been crafting for as long as I can remember. I have 4 children ranging from 20 to 7 years old. Besides my love for my children and crafting, I also love to act in movies, tv, and commercials.I used to teach preschool but when the acting bug bit, I had to scratch that itch. But even with that itch, I can't give up crafting. I always try to find the time to craft something... anything. Guess I just love to create - my kids, movies, crafts.
I joined this group because I love to see and learn new crafts, as well as share some of the crazy thing that I do. :-)


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Hey everyone!
Hope you are all doing great! This week has been super crazy for Sugar for the Brain!!! As you may know if you follow me on Facebook and twitter, the Decorated Cake Roll was a huge hit and I went from 240 Likes to 1000 the same day (in a couple of hours in fact, while I was at the cinema listening to Batman! Great night!)!!! And yesterday, one week later, I got to 2000 Likes!!!! Never thought this would happen!!! Loved the cake of course, but you never know what will be popular. All I have to say is THANK YOU xxxx
But then I began to worry (yes I'm like that!) : "When you're at the top, you can just go down!" I'm ok now 😉 Of course I will not be making the greatest hit every week, but I'll be trying new things, having fun, learning and I hope you'll like it too 😀
Here is a quick and delicious recipe! It can be even quicker if you use a cake box 😉 And thinking about it, it's not a real recipe because I don't really have the exact amount of ingredients, but I will try to be as exact as possible.
Single-serving Black Forest Cake
You'll need
- Glasses or verrines
- Fresh cherries cut in two + whole for garnish
- One recipe of your favorite chocolate cake or a box cake.
- Whipped cream (with vanilla sugar if you want to)
- Grated chocolate for garnish
Per glass (of course it depends on the size of your glass!) mine were a little more than 1 cup
- 2 tiny cakes (cut with a cookie cutter)
- About 6 to 8 half cherries or to taste!
- 1 whole cherry
- About 1/3 cup whipped cream
- Grated chocolate to taste
Prepare your favorite chocolate cake. Once again I used Sing for your Supper's perfect chocolate cupcakes recipe. Bake it so that it will be quite flat (you can use a cookie sheet for example), about 1 inch. Reduce the baking time if you use this technique. When it's ready and cool, use a round cookie cutter (the size that can enter your glass) and cut 2 round cakes per glass.
Cut the cherries in two, remove the pit.
Prepare your whipped cream. Add some sugar to taste (optional).
- Put a cake at the base of the glass.
- Add the cherries.
- Add some whipped cream.
- Add another cake on top.
- Using a piping bag with the tip of your choice, pipe a whipped cream swirl on top.
- Garnish with grated chocolate and a fresh cherry.
(How's that for a quick assembly explanation;) )
Enjoy 😀

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This article was originally published December 12, 2012 at 7:55 a.m. Updated December 12, 2012 at 11:42 a.m.
MARRAKECH, Morocco More than a 100 countries Wednesday recognized a new Syrian opposition coalition, opening the way for greater humanitarian assistance and possibly even military aid to the forces battling Bashar Assad.
The opposition has been under intense international pressure to create a more organized and representative body to receive foreign aid, so it formed the Syrian National Coalition in Doha, Qatar, in November, and it was widely applauded at the conference in Morocco.
"With every day that passes, the regime's hold on power weakens. Territory slips from its grasp. The opposition becomes more unified and organized," said U.S. Deputy Secretary of State for the Middle East William Burns.
His boss, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, was expected to attend the conference but canceled following an illness.
"We look to the coalition to continue creating more formal structures within the opposition and to accelerate planning for a democratic political transition that protects the rights, the dignity and the aspirations of all Syrians and all communities," Burns said. He also announced that the leadership of the new coalition has been invited to Washington.
As the conference was taking place, an explosion occurred near the Syrian Interior Ministry in Damascus, according to state TV, possibly another audacious rebel attack at the center of the regime's power. Fighting has intensified in the southern districts of the Syrian capital and its suburbs.
The conference came hours after President Barack Obama declared its new coalition was the "legitimate representative" of its country's people.
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Issue Type: Bug Created: 2008-04-02T08:37:24.000+0000 Last Updated: 2009-05-19T11:11:19.000+0000 Status: Resolved Fix version(s): - 1.9.0 (31/Jul/09)
Reporter: Taylor Barstow (tbarstow) Assignee: Ralph Schindler (ralph) Tags: - Zend_Session
Related issues: - ZF-1325
This is related to to http://framework.zend.com/issues/browse/ZF-1325
Take a look at how Zend_Session::start() handles errors that might arise during the real session_start() call:
set_error_handler(array('Zend_Session_Exception', 'handleSessionStartError'), E_ALL);
That error handler will unconditionally set a flag which gets picked up a few lines later (again in Zend_Session::start()):
if (Zend_Session_Exception::$sessionStartError !== null) {
set_error_handler(array('Zend_Session_Exception', 'handleSilentWriteClose'), E_ALL);
throw new Zend_Session_Exception(__CLASS__ . '::' . __FUNCTION__ . '() - ' . Zend_Session_Exception::$sessionStartError);
So, ANYTHING falling under E_ALL (even E_WARNING or, gasp!, E_NOTICE) will end up raising an exception, and the session will not start. Surely this is not the desired behavior.
In my particular situation, this is a problem because I get a couple of normal/expected include warnings thrown by Zend_Loader during my unserialize callback.
Posted by Taylor Barstow (tbarstow) on 2008-04-02T08:38:45.000+0000
The fix to ZF-1325 is the source of this issue.
Posted by Ralph Schindler (ralph) on 2008-04-22T10:45:14.000+0000
This is actually the intended behavior.
In fact, Zend_Loader shouldnt be throwing warnings or errors, and there is a new verison in the incubator that supresses those issues.
I'm gonna wait on this.
Updating project management info.
Posted by Florian Hoenig (flo) on 2008-06-10T13:53:40.000+0000
I found the same problem. Have a custom savehandler, which uses Zend_XmlRpc_Client. This somewhere down the chain uses Zend_Validate_Hostname and for a .com address it tried to do Zend_Loader::isReadible("Zend/Validate/Hostname/Com.php"), which does not exist. isReadible tried to @fopen and surpress the warning when it does NOT exist. Which is fine, except the above error handler seems to ignore the "@" in front of the fread.
This renders Zend_XmlRpc_Client unusable within a session savehandler callback !!
ZF 1.5.2 that is. and php 5.2.1 through php 5.2.6 is what I tried. I when through all possible php.ini settings, but could not figure out how to make Zend_Session::start() respect the @ in Zend_Loader.
Any glue?
Posted by Simon R Jones (studio24) on 2008-11-02T07:17:34.000+0000
I've been looking into ZF-2900 which is related.
The underlying problem is that if a custom error handler is used then this will always receive errors, even when they are suppressed. The solution is to update the code in Zend_Session_Exception::handleSessionStartError as so:
<pre class="highlight">
static public function handleSessionStartError($errno, $errstr, $errfile, $errline, $errcontext)
// Do not throw an exception if this is a suppressed error - see ZF-3020
if (error_reporting() === 0) {
self::$sessionStartError = $errfile . '(Line:' . $errline . '): Error #' . $errno . ' ' . $errstr . ' ' . $errcontext;
I can make this change myself if given SVN commit rights to the Zend/Session folder
best wishes, Simon
Posted by Ralph Schindler (ralph) on 2009-01-10T09:34:07.000+0000
Will reevaluate within 2 weeks.
Posted by Matthew Ratzloff (mratzloff) on 2009-01-10T14:05:59.000+0000
WHAT THE F^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^HI would really appreciate it if this were fixed.
Posted by Matthew Ratzloff (mratzloff) on 2009-01-10T14:12:22.000+0000
To add more information to my previous outburst,
Warning: array_key_exists() [function.array-key-exists]: The first argument should be either a string or an integer in /usr/lib64/php/ZendFramework-1.7.1/library/Zend/Filter/Input.php on line 429
Fatal error: Exception thrown without a stack frame in Unknown on line 0
Disappears when Zend_Session::start() is commented out.
Thanks Ralph
Posted by Matthew Ratzloff (mratzloff) on 2009-01-10T14:46:24.000+0000
(sigh) Sorry, everyone. It turns out it was my own dumb fault. There was a bug in our custom save handler. After two hours trying to debug this, my eyes were going cross-eyed. My apologies.
Posted by Chad Cunningham (gnarfle) on 2009-04-09T13:50:04.000+0000
So is the 1.8 suppress warnings going to fix this? And is there any chance of it being fixed in the 1.7 branch? I've hacked ZendSession to get around this which I hate doing, but this bug is a royal pain.
I'm using Doctrine with ZF, and doctrine does a lot of on the fly class generation. Zend autoloader tries to load these classes when it doesn't need to, however I can easily suppress these warnings by setting error reporting and the app works great. That is, until I try to save a Doctrine object in the session. Since Zend Session believes that I don't know what I want my error reporting to be and throws an exception for every little warning or notice, it will grind the app to a halt for a problem that I've configured the app to ignore.
Posted by Ralph Schindler (ralph) on 2009-05-19T11:11:15.000+0000
Resolved in r15640
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Similar to what I was thinking...
Concrete truck full of explosives
Shuttle engine
Abandoned mine/quarry
You have the names the wrong way around. Jamie is the serious guy, Adam is the spazz.
I guess I gave myself away as not a serious fan.
Excuse me, sir. Geek card, please.
Jamie Hyneman: "This is turning out to be a lot more work than we thought, but we bought an SSME and gosh darnit, we're going to get it into pieces. When in doubt, C4!"
A SSME for free, add some small tankage and off you go. A parachute might be nice too.
Iron Man, you suck!
Top Gear [youtube.com] did it already.
The summary seems to imply otherwise. And not only almost finished or barely finished orbiters, also models for static tests, etc. Those also ended up as tourist attractions or in museums (or rusting in scrapyard)
In fact, the Buran, the one that made orbital flight, was probably destroyed by a hangar collapse in 2002... (along with the remaining Energia mock-up on which it was laid to rest...)
http://www.buran.ru/images/jpg/bbur90.jpg [buran.ru]
http://www.buran.ru/images/jpg/bbur89.jpg [buran.ru]
BTW, Should we really count Enterprise as a prototype? It couldn't made it into space...Columbia seems more appropriate. Or, if insisting on rules lax enough to include Enterprise, Endeavor seems a better choice as the "first", actually. Since it's a rebuild structural "airframe" that was used for static tests (so likely before Enterprise), to replenish the fleet with fully capable orbiter after Challenger disaster.
PS. Free Shuttle parts for the cost of transport?! Please, will somebody in the know confirm you don't have to be some large educational institution or venerable museum?
Free Shuttle parts for the cost of transport?! Please, will somebody in the know confirm you don't have to be some large educational institution or venerable museum?
Or Bond villain.
PS. Free Shuttle parts for the cost of transport?! Please, will somebody in the know confirm you don't have to be some large educational institution or venerable museum?
Confirmed. And if you have Amazon Prime, it's free 2-day shipping.
Endeavor seems a better choice as the "first", actually. Since it's a rebuild structural "airframe" that was used for static tests (so likely before Enterprise), to replenish the fleet with fully capable orbiter after Challenger disaster.
That is incorrect, you have conflated the histories of two different orbiters. Challenger was built out of a Static Test Article (STA-099). Endeavour (with a 'u') was built to replace Challenger and was made out of structural spares left over from the construction of Discovery and Atlantis. You are also forgetting the Space Shuttle Pathfinder, the first prototype.
For more information see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbiter_Vehicle_Designation
A worthy place for Enterprise might be next to the Buran at the http://speyer.technik-museum.de/exhibits/spaceshuttle-buran/sp_610.html [technik-museum.de](Germany). At Sinsheim http://sinsheim.technik-museum.de/node/27 [technik-museum.de], they already have a Russian Tupolev TU-144 and an Air France CONCORDE on display.
In regards to the Enterprise, it was intended to make it into space. The original plan by NASA was to retro-fit the Enterprise to fly into space once the initial landing and approach tests were completed. An older vehicle that was used as a test article was eventually converted into the Challenger, and the Endeavor had a somewhat similar history. Both when the Challenger blew up and the Columbia burned up, the thought of finishing the job to make the Enterprise fully spaceflight worthy had been brought up, but rejected due to the costs involved in such a conversion. That is certainly much closer to going into space than most other vehicles that I can think of.
Clearly the Enterprise did fly on its own as an independent vehicle on at least three different occasions, and did contribute significantly to the development of the Space Shuttle program that we know today. For me, it clearly belongs in any list of shuttles that you could mention, and does count as a prototype by every definition of the word.
Now if you want to quibble over the Pathfinder, that is one you can certainly debate. That is the vehicle which was used to be a full mock-up of the Shuttle that could be used to train technicians assembling the parts of the Shuttle and to check ground clearances for moving the Shuttle around if they just wanted to see if it could fit or not. It certainly seems better to screw up on a cheap hunk of steel that won't ever go into space than to make a mistake on a vehicle that cost over a billion dollars to build in the first place. That hunk of steel was never intended to go into space at any time, and barely looks like a Shuttle.
The vehicle designators reveal the original plans for the orbiters and test articles. They are:
MPTA-098 non-flight worthy mockup Pathfinder (Its current appearance is largely decoration added after the fact)
STA-099 became OV-099 Challenger
OV-101 Enterprise (The first of the orbital vehicle series. Originally intended to undergo the conversion STA-099 went through)
OV-102 Columbia
OV-103 Discovery
OV-104 Atlantis
OV-105 Endeavour
It was determined that it would be cheaper to make Challenger out of STA-099 rather than perform the necessary upgrades to bring Enterprise up to space flight worthiness. Only cost concerns prevented it from becoming an operational shuttle.
A failed prototype is still a prototype.
What's the millage on those things? And how many MPG does it get?
So what would a SSME strapped to a light chassis do on a quarter mile?
Better than you may expect.
Just add up how much distance it is crossing while orbiting the earth...
here i am thinking, How could I scrap one of these shuttles, I get free delivery and the scrap metal value must be in the millions, but if I part it out, I bet I could get 50 million in sales. do some creative marketing and I could sell off the entire ship in little cubes to everyone in the USA for 9.95 plus shipping.
then I see the video above, what really has to happen is that everything should be digitized in 3d so that the parts could be replicated and stored for everyone to have access too in the future
"Too late, the flight software source code and main engine plans have already been destroyed by the US government to prevent any later administration from restarting the program."
Citation needed.
that code was the best documented code I have ever seen in my life !!!
I almost understood all of it and I could deduce what was going on...
damm that was good coding.
How could I scrap one of these shuttles
I don't know about this specific deal, but I do know about several artifact deals like this, and generally you never own it. You just have a semi-perpetual lease. The lease voids and you must return the artifact unless certain conditions are met, like the artifact must be generally accessible to the public, must be indoors in a climate controlled environment, must be maintained by professional conservators (not the janitor or handyman), must submit an annual report meeting the satisfaction of some military historical/conservation office, etc. Often there are restrictions on control by for-profit companies, and restrictions on commercial advertising, especially if the focus of the advertising is the artifact or there is any insinuation of government approval of the advertiser. And then there are the insurance requirements.
You're not going to be allowed to part the thing out on ebay for fundraising, without really weird special permission. Maybe, if one of the tires goes flat, you could get permission from congress to chop it up, attach sq cm pieces to wood plaques, and sell the plaques, maybe, and it would help if you gave relevant congressmen some free samples.
I've seen strange word drift with other "ownership" words, the word "owning" means nothing anymore. The majority of the people whom claim they "own" a house are actually renting from the bank via a mortgage. For a good laugh, if you think you "own" your land, try not paying rent (aka property tax) to your local govt for a couple years, and see who really owns "your" land. Then there are the people that say "I built my home" merely meaning they purchased it from the builder as opposed to purchasing from a real estate agent. In some parts of the country, "an apartment" is a rental and in other parts "an apartment" is what most people call a condo, "buying an apartment" is an oxymoron because by definition an apartment is a place you rent. Some places call a condo a "home", in other areas only a free standing single family shack is called a "home".
Same deal with the shuttles. You're not "buying a shuttle" you're getting a "free" lease with a thousand special conditions, and only paying for delivery. The govt will repossess, at your expense, if you try to do something unapproved with the artifact, or something they'll repossess just because they feel like it.
This is crazy. It is as if a software engineer instead of implementing a new algorithm would wrap old LAPACK functions written in Fortran, oh wait
This is crazy. It is as if a software engineer instead of implementing a new algorithm would wrap old LAPACK functions written in Fortran, oh wait
Redshirt: Captain, the sarcasm meter is pinging off the charts! They could turn on us at any minute!
Captain: Well, I dunno... maybe it's not a trap this time...I mean not every primitive culture practices code reuse. They could be sincere this time.
*Redshirt get swarmed and eaten by cannibalistic, blue-skinned pygmies. His pitiful screams quickly die off.*
Captain: Eat my LAPACK powered phaser beams!
Eternal fame and fortune await the first of us to privately assemble, launch, orbit the earth at least once, and return safely.
I highly suspect they will NOT sell it with the giant rocket required for take off. Of course, if you're shelling out for the vehicle, rocket and launch platform gear is nothing, eh?
It only costs NASA around half a billion per launch. Of course they already have the infrastructure in place but that can't be too expensive.
Well obviously you'll want to retrofit a modern antigravity warp gradient generator into the thing as the actual propulsion core, and hack up some custom nanotech to manage the environmental controls. Trying to rebuild a fully-functional vintage chemical launch system with period 20th century technology would be just silly...
The problem is getting these to orbit costs more than any of them whole.
Likely, you'd be better off designing one from scratch. That's why they are getting scrapped too...
I'll take two.
Paint them black and Ming won't be doing many re-entries per shuttle... %-P
If Kennedy wants it, they should get it.
Is already on display. I don't think it is going anywhere. It is at the Udzar Hazey Annex to the Air and Space Museum. Though it would be cool for the main downtown site to have on that actually went into space.
As I'm into house automation and such, I mostly work for filthy rich people. And those people really buy lots of incredibly expensive unuseful crap like hand-made custom choppers to display in their living room (I'm a biker and that pains me), castles as country house, Juan Miró paintings for the crapper and such.
If I was that rich, I'll *ride* the chops and I'll certainly never miss the opportunity of having my own space shuttle on my back yard. Don't you too?
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If I was that rich, I'll *ride* the chops and I'll certainly never miss the opportunity of having my own space shuttle on my back yard. Don't you too?
filthy rich guy implies a trophy wife.
trophy wife is probably incompatible with our preferred decor.
Even a typical standard issue wife is borderline incompatible with my typical guy collection of ham radio gear, metalworking tools, electronics stuff, and computer parts. More, or higher class, versions of the same stuff would be even less wife approved. I may feel a full size professional grade SMD hot air rework station with a shelf full of accessories would be a vast improvement over my old traditional s
Pro tip: when you're that rich, what the wife thinks doesn't matter. If she doesn't like your hobbies you ditch her and try the next in line.
Juan Miró paintings for the crapper and such.
I guess you did Juan Antonio Roca's house then.
So now the engines are available, along with other shuttle artifacts, for the cost of transportation and handling.
I wonder if you could make lamps, phone holsters and other geek baubles from the recycled parts and sell them with a certificate of authenticity that they were made from space shuttle parts?
I've got a two story garage already set up for metal fabrication...hmmmm.
... and it is possible that the Enterprise, a shuttle prototype that never made it to space, will also be available.
Really, the Enterprise? And does Mr Pickens suppose that the National Air and Space Museum [si.edu] will give it back to NASA so that it can be sold? Somehow I find that highly unlikely.
This thing really needs to be sitting in the middle of a Las Vegas casino. They could line it with slot machines and run high-stakes card games in the cargo bay.
Whoever wrote this didn't do their work...the smithsonian already owns the Enterprise: http://www.nasm.si.edu/UdvarHazy/ [si.edu]
There is nothing on that page to suggest that they own the shuttle. Could you please provide a citation that explains under what terms they have acquired it, proving that it is not on loan?
How would this compare with a SU-27 for $5Mil?
Personally, I can find a place to garage the SU-27. But they don't have room for a Shuttle, and you're not going to toll around Mesa in one. The SU-27, OTOH, that I can see buzzing the orchards around here. I'll have to sell a kidney for 3 hours of fuel, and sell my wife for ground school but hey, it's doable. The Shuttle, I need 2 more guys and a relly big candle to get it up high enough to just turn around and crash-land.
So it's the SU-27. Fair deal.
It was on DealNews yesterday.
http://dealnews.com/32-off-Space-Shuttles-at-NASA-Deals-from-28-800-000-free-shipping-more/342463.html [dealnews.com]
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Samantha Gridley helped the Crimson to a season opening victory over UMass with wins in singles and doubles Sunday (photo courtesy Gil Talbot).
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The Harvard women's tennis team, ranked No. 63 in the most recent Campbell/ITA College Tennis Rankings, opened its spring season with a 6-1 win over in-state rival Massachusetts Sunday afternoon at the Murr Center.
The Crimson opened an early lead, winning the doubles point with a clean sweep of all three matches. Hideko Tachibana and Kristin Norton, who are ranked No. 25 in the nation amongst doubles tandems, set the pace as they breezed past Yuliana Motyl and Chantal Swiszcz in the No. 1 doubles spot, 8-2. It was the Crimson's second win over Motyl and Swiszcz after Harvard's top pair downed the duo from UMass, 8-3, at the Harvard Fall Classic flight 'A' finals during the fall season.
Hannah Morrill and Natalie Blosser won 8-1 in the No. 2 doubles position, while Sam Gridley and Camille Jania finished the doubles sweep with an 8-5 win at No. 3.
Harvard continued its winning ways in singles, taking five of six matches on the day. All Crimson winners won in straight sets, as none of the six matches needed a deciding third set. Tachibana led the way at No. 1, defeating Sonia Bokhari, 6-1, 7-5, while Norton and Jania dominated in positions No. 2 and No. 3. The 2-3 combo combined to surrender three games during the two matches.
Gridley and Sylvia Li accounted for Harvard's final two wins in the No. 4 and No. 6 positions, respectively. After a challenging 7-5 win in the first set, Gridley came back to easily take the second set, 6-1, over Jessica Podlofsky. Li was a 6-3, 6-4 winner against Chantal Swiszcz.
The Crimson continues its spring non-conference slate when it travels to Maryland Feb. 4.
1. Tachibana/Norton (H) defeated Motyl/Swiszcz (M) 8-2
2. Morrill/Blosser (H) defeated Onaga/Bokhari (M) 8-1
3. Gridley/Jania (H) defeated Podlofsky/Glasper (M) 8-5
1. Hideko Tachibana (H) defeated Sonia Bokhari (M) 6-1, 7-5
2. Kristin Norton (H) defeated Yuliana Motyl (M) 6-0, 6-1
3. Camille Jania (H) defeated Julia Comas (M) 6-0, 6-2
4. Samantha Gridley (H) defeated Jessica Podlofsky (M) 7-5, 6-1
5. Chanel Glasper (M) defeated Hannah Morrill (H) 7-5, 6-2
6. Sylvia Li (H) defeated Chantal Swiszcz (M) 6-3, 6-4


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Indiana might be known around the country for its offense, and historically speaking, Florida State is known for its consistently solid offensive lineups. But interestingly, both the Hoosiers and Seminoles enter the Tallahassee Super Regional this weekend with very solid weekend rotations.
We give the Seminoles the edge in this department, and they've been very good on the mound for the most part the past few weeks with right-handed pitchers Scott Sitz and Luke Weaver and left-handed pitcher Brandon Leibrandt leading the charge.
Sitz isn't an overpowering arm for the Seminoles, but he's a master magician on the mound and does a great job of mixing his pitches, while commanding the zone. Meanwhile, Leibrandt is a talented left-handed pitcher who typically pitches in the upper-80s with his fastball, while Weaver has been one of the best stories of the second half of the season for the Seminoles.
Weaver has had a variety of roles at FSU, including reliever, then midweek starter earlier this season. But the Seminoles wanted to shake things up and put Weaver in the weekend rotation about midway through, and that decision has worked like a charm.
Weaver has a fastball in the low-90s, with the ability to get into the mid-90s at times, while also commanding his pitches well and being a very consistent arm. Weaver has started 14 games this season with a 1.95 ERA in 92 1/3 innings of work. Weaver has struck out 114, walked 17 and teams are hitting him at a .215 clip.
The Hoosiers also have a solid rotation entering the weekend, but there's no doubt imposing 6-foot-10, 250-pound, right-hander Aaron Slegers is the ringleader of this trio. Slegers has a rather intriguing arm with a fastball sitting anywhere from 89-92, with the ability to get into the mid-90s with good sink on his pitches. Slegers has a 1.94 ERA in 92 2/3 innings of work, along with 53 strikeouts and 13 walks.
Junior left-handed pitcher Joey DeNato is quite the opposite of Slegers. Slegers isn't going to overpower a lot of guys with a blow-away fastball, but he's consistent and knows how to use his pitches. DeNato, considered a had-nosed pitcher, has a 2.65 ERA in 91 2/3 innings of work.
Will Coursen-Carr or Kyle Hart will finish out the weekend rotation. Coursen-Carr allowed just a run in five innings of work against Austin Peay last weekend in the Bloomington Regional, while Hart started two weeks ago and has 15 starts with a 3.01 ERA in 83 2/3 innings of work this season. Neither Coursen-Carr or Hart are blow-away pitchers, but both certainly are solid options.
The Hoosiers and Seminoles are balanced clubs, and the bullpen is no exception, as both enter the weekend with some very solid options on the back end of things.
Beginning with the Hoosiers, they have a talented youngster in right-handed pitcher Scott Effross. Effross isn't a big-time strikeout pitcher, but he tends to find ways to get the job done. Effross has appeared in 26 games and has a 1.97 ERA in 59 1/3 innings of work.
Ryan Halstead has been a very quality closer for the Hoosiers this season with 44 strikeouts in 39 1/3 innings, along with 11 saves, while Luke Harrison has appeared in 21 games and has a 2.87 ERA in 37 2/3 innings and Brian Korte has a 1.76 ERA in 15 1/3 innings. Also keep an eye on Evan Bell, who has appeared in 14 games and has a 3.41 ERA in 29 innings of work.
For the Seminoles, this is a surprisingly deep group of relievers with junior college transfer Robby Coles leading the way. Coles is a sinker, slider type of pitcher who throws from a low arm angle and can get up to 88-91 with his fastball, while Gage Smith, Billy Strode, Brandon Johnson and Bryant Holtmann are often-used relievers. Smith leads the team in appearances with 33 and has a 2.21 ERA in 40 2/3 innings, while Holtmann has received positive reviews from opposing coaches.
The Seminoles also could choose to pitch athletic and two-way freshman Jameis Winston. Winston has a fastball in the low-90s, and has excelled in both areas at times this spring. He has appeared in 16 games and has a 2.88 ERA in 25 innings. Interestingly, though he only has 18 strikeouts in those 25 innings, he's efficient and teams only are hitting him at a .179 clip.
The two teams are very close in this area, but we give a slight edge to FSU.
Typically Florida State is the most feared offensive team at Dick Howser Stadium. And sure, though the Seminoles are only hitting .287 for the season, they exploded at the plate last weekend. Well, even with those two factors, we're still giving the offensive edge to the Hoosiers.
Indiana has one of the nation's most potent offensive lineups, and it can go 11-12 players deep any given day. The Hoosiers enter the weekend hitting .305 as a club with hard-hitting catcher Kyle Schwarber leading the charge.
Schwarber is a stocky player who really could play either catcher or the outfield. But at the plate, he's considered a legitimate force to be reckoned with. Schwarber is hitting .372 with 17 homers and 50 RBIs, while third baseman Dustin DeMuth actually leads the team in hitting with a .396 average, OK pop with five homers and 40 RBIs, and designated hitter Scott Donley is considered a threat with a .357 average, four homers and 56 RBIs.
Also keep an eye on first baseman Sam Travis, who has good gap power with 20 doubles, nine homers and 51 RBIs on the season, while Michael Basil (.310/3/46) and Casey Smith (.308/5/31) both are talented hitters who can cause nightmares for opposing pitchers.
Lastly, when he plays, Nick Ramos at least has some power potential, while Chad Clark, who's only 5-foot-7, made headlines last weekend with his first home run of the season in a huge situation.
For the garnet and gold, DJ Stewart continues to lead the offense. FSU assistants Mike Bell and Mike Martin Jr., raved throughout fall workouts Stewart's power, and he certainly hasn't disappointed. Stewart is hitting .363 with 25 doubles, two triples, five homers and 56 RBIs.
Third baseman Jose Brizuela, who returned to the lineup last weekend after a couple of days suspended during the ACC tournament, continues to hit at a solid .325 clip with four homers and 43 RBIs, while junior outfielder Marcus Davis and veteran catcher Stephen McGee have both exceeded expectations, especially McGee, who has smacked nine homers and knocked in 51 runs.
Keep an eye on Brett Knief after hit a big home run last weekend in the Tallahassee Regional, while John Nogowski, Seth Miller and Josh Delph all are guys who are more than capable of going out there this weekend and having huge days at the plate despite not having great batting averages.
Indiana head coach Tracy Smith knew he'd have a very solid club entering the season, but he definitely was a little concerned about the defense before the season.
Well, the Hoosiers have been more than adequate defensively at times, but also have had their fair share of woes. For instance, the Hoosiers ranked 151st nationally in terms of fielding percentage.
Third baseman Dustin DeMuth is prone to making some mistakes with 18 errors this season, while shortstop Michael Basil is athletic, but also has 18 errors on the year. Meanwhile, the Hoosiers have a stable catcher in physical Kyle Schwarber, while in the outfield Justin Cureton showed off his defensive skills last weekend with an amazing grab in the Bloomington Regional.
As for Florida State, its defensive situation starts in good hands with catcher Stephen McGee. McGee's offensive strides this spring has garnered headlines, but he's also a good defender, and a "brick wall" behind the plate, according to FSU coach Mike Martin.
Jose Brizuela isn't always reliable third base, while young Giovanny Alfonzo has been a more than serviceable replacement for an injured Justin Gonzalez, while the right side of the infield isn't a big problem.
In the outfield, Davis is a very solid athlete, while when Jameis Winston actually plays in the field, he flashes a plus arm from right field. He tag teams things out there with Josh Delph, while in center field, both Seth Miller and Brett Knief have manned the position.
Though it might not seem like it on the surface, the Seminoles actually enter the weekend ranked 33rd nationally in terms of team defense.


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Judy Tucker had never been to the Christmas Festival at Historic Johnson Farm despite living right down the street. Tucker was always selling at the Rugby Middle School annual craft fair instead.
Judy Tucker had never been to the Christmas Festival at Historic Johnson Farm despite living right down the street. Tucker was always selling at the Rugby Middle School annual craft fair instead.
On Saturday, however, Tucker was there with her family, experiencing their first-ever Christmas at the farm. Tucker's daughter, Courtney Merrill, and granddaughter, Arabella, were taking in the sights and spirit of the annual festival.
It wasn't Merrill's first time at the farm, but it was her first time there for Christmas. She'd visited the farm plenty when she attended Rugby Middle across the street.
"It's pretty cool," Merrill said. "I remember where everything is."
Arabella, 3, was carrying a candy cane she'd made as a craft in Vernon's Cottage.
"She's just the perfect age to go," Merrill said. "She liked the wreaths."
The wreaths, made by local students, lined the path to the historic farmhouse. Visitors learned about the farm's history and toured the house. The former boarding house was filled with two levels of Heritage Weavers and Fiber Artists members and their work.
Behind the house near the barn was one of the most popular attractions. Families waited for hayrides on a wagon, pulled by Bobby and Clyde – two Belgian horses owned by Dave Mallett. Mallet and his friend, Jimmy Powell, have worked the Christmas festival for the last 15 years.
Once everyone was in the wagon on soft hay, the horses rocked forward and took their riders up a gravel drive, which gave way to a shaded path through woods at the back of the farm. The horses handled the bumpy terrain, covered in leaves, before emerging out of the wood towards the back of the farmhouse to long lines of kids ready for the horses to make the trip again.
Tadd and Angela Connor rode in the back of the wagon with their 2-year-old daughter Addison. The farm's scenery and spirit were exciting to the family, especially Addison, Angela Connor said. This was the first time the family had enjoyed Christmas at the farm.
"She's just now kind of learning what Christmas and the season is all about," she said. "She's just soaking it all in."
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That would make me so angry, I would probably do something ridiculous.Our school system is starting to hand out Nooks to all the students in Grade 3 and up - but they say they are cutting the busses next year, because they can't afford it. The parents are livid. We are in a very economically diverse district, with a lot of people who have no cars, and a lot more with all adults in the house working, and several kids who go to different campuses.My cynical explanation: political theater to justify a property tax increase (which is stupid because most folks would gladly pay it anyhow)Most cynical explanation I have heard: they are trying to force low income and minority students out of the schools by depriving them of transport. (which is also stupid, because funding is based on attendance).
OK, I will quit complaining now. A FB friend just posted that her child's school told them they HAVE to buy their kids (9th grade) an iPad mini ASAP. They can either buy it outright or send in 10 post dated checks for $30 each. All their textbooks are on it and they have no choice. Technology is a good thing, but this is ridiculous. Our kids every move tracked on line, spending what may be a rent payment or groceries for the kids 'textbooks'...And the comments on that post are not complimentary to her school district!
Although there wasn't one where I went to high school, my understanding is that a school book or supply fee of ~$100-200 is not unheard of in the US, even for public schools.
Quote from: CluelessBride on September 17, 2013, 01:03:29 PMAlthough there wasn't one where I went to high school, my understanding is that a school book or supply fee of ~$100-200 is not unheard of in the US, even for public schools. I have never heard of one in my area. The parents are asked to buy a list of supplies, but parents who cannot do so are given an option to contact the school anonymously. And even in a community where there is a "supply fee", what do they do about indigent families? Do the kids just not go to school?In our area, we are very much given the expectation that the public schools are "our tax dollars at work". I know that my taxes, and the supplies I send, are not just paying for my child's education but subsidizing those who cannot afford it. I am happy to do that as much as I am able, and anything that creates an obvious barrier to kids who may already be struggling, just makes the top of my head come off.
The nook makes more sense for a lot of these things - it's sturdier, uses e-ink (which makes a big difference for readability), is much cheaper, and is a dedicated ebook reader. However, textbooks are not well suited to the small screen format - it would work fine for novels, or straight text, but if you've got equations or illustrations in there, it becomes pretty unwieldy.
My experience with my Kindle makes me think that electronic textbooks are going to be a PITA for studying--it is incredibly hard to page through the Kindle to find the reference you were looking for.
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Yes, on Monday Jeremy finished the last of the mushroom logs. It always seems to take longer than he says it will. But I suppose I would be the same. There is only so much repetitive activity one can take!
Now is the time to admit that this feat was accomplished in part because Jeremy now has an intern. Yes, our tiny little urban farm has it's very own intern! Our neighbors think this is hysterical.
Jeremy was talking to some folks and they thought he should try this. He spent a couple days writing up a description of our farm and what people could expect to be doing and then posted the description on some site. We got quite a few calls. In fact, we were getting calls weeks later even! The interest varied from people who want to learn about the mushrooms, to people who were more interested in how to grow vegetables, to people who want to learn how to preserve food, to folks who wanted to know it all! Jeremy narrowed it down to one guy and J. has been coming by a day or two a week since then. He's been very helpful with the garden and the logs of course.
So I guess now no one can say, "where do you get all the energy to do all this stuff!?" =)
Ahem, back to the logs. There are about 110 in our yard, 125 in our friend E's yard and another 100 in our friend J's yard - both about 2 blocks away. That makes 335 logs!
Here are the logs in E's yard:
Here are the logs in J's yard:
Jeremy has finalized plans about where these mushrooms will be going. He'll be selling them 5 pounds or more at a time to the Seward Co-op. When he has less than five pounds they'll go to the Golden Fig. So keep an eye out!
Now that the logs are finally done, we can get on with some house projects...
- getting that leaky basement faucet fixed
- finishing electrical in the bathroom
- putting up drywall in the bathroom
- finishing the walls in the upstairs closet
- putting the floor down upstairs
- doing the trim upstairs
- getting our final inspection and finally moving upstairs!!!
I can hardly wait!!
But of course, interrupting all those tasks are the tasks of getting the garden going, planting seeds, transplanting, and getting going on the new root cellar.
Having an intern has not made us any less busy I guess!
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
The logs are done! The logs are done!
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- Karin McAdams said...
In honor of the last fertilized log, we had shitake risotto for dinner tonight! (coincidence, but oh well) Congratulations to all three of you!
- May 12, 2010 at 7:14 PM
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I just purchased this beautiful watch and wanted to show all of you watch lovers. It is an 18 kt gold white gold with four small diamonds and four amethysts that were chemically treated to look like emeralds. It has navy blue hands and keeps perfect time! I have to wind it 15 times every 12 hours and be VERY careful when pulling out the stem.
It dates from the mid to late 1920's and has swiss 17 jewel movement and the name of the company escapes me, it begins with a G. Maybe someone can help me out with it. The band, which is not shown, is 12 kt white gold filigree and is somewhat stretchable. My wrist is small and this band is only 6" when stretched slightly.
The reason I bought this watch was to match my emerald wedding ring, which was made to look vintage with its filigree band. I love the combination and my husband is the greatest guy in the world for getting these for me!


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Cristiano Ronaldo is at the centre of yet another Nike advertising drive, as he stars in the American sports brands latest commercial for the new Mercurial Vapor IX boots.
The Real Madrid and Portugal star features in the dramatic insight behind Nike's "Vapor Trail" - a new film that illustrates Ronaldo's devastating combination of speed, skill and impact, all aided by his new boots.
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As Ronaldo looks back on the destruction behind him, the film cuts to a tag line "Be Fast. Be Mercurial."
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GRUNDY CENTER - If you have a chronic condition like hypertension or diabetes, a carefully planned diet can have a significant impact on managing your symptoms and improving your health. During national nutrition month, Grundy County Memorial Hospital (GCMH) and the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics encourages consumers to develop a healthful eating plan that is centered on personal health concerns and Eat Right, Your Way, Every Day.
"While many people understand the role diet plays in overall health, you can actually prevent and manage specific diseases by eating healthfully, as well," says registered dietitian and Academy spokesperson Angela Lemond.
"For instance, eating heart-healthy foods can help lower high blood pressure, which reduces the risk of both heart attack and stroke. Even if you do not have high blood pressure, eating a heart-healthy diet reduces your chances of heart disease in the future," Lemond says.
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Crystal Petersen, RD, LD, Food, Nutrition, and Wellness Manager, is a dietitian at Grundy County Memorial Hospital.
"A healthy eating plan that keeps health concerns in mind will also incorporate individual needs including personal nutrient requirements, food preferences, lifestyle and level of physical activity," Lemond says. She offers tips to "Eat Right, Your Way, Every Day" while also preventing and managing some of the most common food-related medical conditions:
Hypertension and Heart Disease
Balance calories with physical activity to manage weight. Increase the variety of nutrient-rich foods, such as fruits, vegetables, whole grains, fat-free and low-fat dairy products and seafood. Consume fewer foods with sodium (salt), saturated fats, trans fats, cholesterol, added sugars and refined grains.
"To successfully manage diabetes, you need to understand how foods and nutrition affect your body," says Lemond. "Good health depends on eating a variety of foods that contain the right amounts of carbohydrates, protein and healthy fats, as well as vitamins, minerals, fiber and water." Eat meals and snacks at regularly scheduled times. Eat about the same amount of food at each meal or snack. Choose healthful foods to support a healthy weight and heart including whole-grain breads, cereals, pastas and rice; vegetables and beans; fruits; lean meat, fish, poultry and tofu; low-fat or fat-free milk, cheese and yogurt; and healthy fats like olive oil. Carbohydrates affect your blood sugar more than protein or fat. Keep track of the amount of carbohydrates you eat to ensure your blood sugar stays in good control.
Food Allergies and Intolerances
"When foods are cut from your diet, you may be short-changing yourself on important vitamins and minerals," says Lemond. "A registered dietitian can help ensure you get the nutrition you need for your health and lifestyle."
Learn about ingredients in foods. Eggs, wheat, milk and other food allergens often are called by other names. Food companies specify on product labels if any major allergens are contained in the food. Read labels carefully. Manufacturers might change ingredients of products without notice, so double-check ingredient labels every time you buy a food, even a familiar one. Talk with your day care, school and workplace. Make sure school faculty and staff are aware of your child's food allergies and that they know how to respond to adverse reactions your child may experience. Similarly, inform your coworkers of allergies you have. Some people are familiar with food allergies and know what to do if a person has a reaction; others may not and will need your help in keeping your risk for exposure low.
Establish a new balance between calories consumed and calories burned through physical activity. Include fiber-rich foods like fruits, vegetables, beans and whole grains, which offer plenty of vitamins and minerals without plenty of calories while keeping you feeling full longer. Watch portion sizes to help manage calorie intake and cut back on empty calories from added sugars.
"No matter which health concern you have, you need a registered dietitian on your team who will work with you to put together a daily meal plan that takes into account your food preferences, level of physical activity and lifestyle," says Lemond.
Grundy County Memorial Hospital has two dietitians, Wendy Brewer, RD, LD; and Crystal Petersen, RD, LD. Dietitians at GCMH provide individual nutrition consultations and group Medical Weight Management classes. For an appointment or to sign up for a class, contact the GCMH at (319) 824-5081 or toll-free (888) 824-5081.
As part of this public education campaign, the Academy's National Nutrition Month website www.eatright.org/nnm/ includes a variety of helpful tips, games, promotional tools and nutrition education resources, all designed to spread the message of good nutrition around the Eat Right, Your Way, Every Day theme.


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News » Early Music Concerts 2012-2013
(US) Oregon Renaissance Band (ORB) 2012 Concerts
A reminder from Oregon Renaissance Band of their upcoming 2012 concert listings as well as their latest concert.
Oregon Renaissance Band Christmas/New Years Concerts 2011 "The New Year's Gift" will be:
Saturday Dec. 31 at 2:00pm
All at the Community Music Center, 3350 SE Francis, Portland, OR 97202. Celebrating ORB's 20th year. Directed by Philip and Gayle Neuman, with musicians David Bryan, Sharon Cheney, Daphne Clifton, Ben Fitch, Lori Fitch, Polly Gibson, Andrew Harris, Kathy Langley, Cindy Markham, Kathryn Richer, and Hideki Yamaya. …
(US) Salon/Sanctuary 2012 Concerts
"Founded in 2009 by Artistic Director Jessica Gould as an alternative to the conventional concert hall, Salon/Sanctuary Concerts offers the special chance to hear acclaimed artists performing pre-Romantic music in intimate venues that complement the historical context of the repertoire. We present compositions intended for the domestic salon in the Abigail Adams Smith Auditorium of the Mt. Vernon Hotel Museum and Garden, built in 1799, where Salon/Sanctuary is the concert series in residence. Sacred music is performed in sanctuaries appropriate to the religious context of the music.


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WINNER: Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Server 2008 is greener, thinner and far more sophisticated than its predecessors. Microsoft Corp. has added every possible service that an operating system can support, all included with the cost of one license.
Built on the same code base as Vista, Windows Server 2008 is more formidable than its desktop cousin. Why? Streamlined server roles, great performance and a bundled hypervisor all contribute to making this Microsoft's best server operating system to date.
Securitywise, Windows Server 2008 seems to be a winner, so far. A battery of tests done against it, including Core Security Technologies' Core Impact, could find no way to penetrate the system.
In addition, diagnostics and troubleshooting have been greatly improved with this platform. Error messages are logged and detailed in a manner that helps to resolve issues quickly.
Server 2008 also plays nicely with other Microsoft components. It was so easy to deploy DNS, DHCP and Active Directory with 2008 as the domain controller. Even better, the once-painstaking install and configuration of Exchange Server is tamed by wonderful communication between Server 2008 and Exchange 2007.
Other Goodies• Improved hot patching • Dynamic hardware partitioning • Group policy enhancements • 256-bit AES encryption support • Improved user interface • Windows Power Shell for script-based configuration and management; really lets an administrator get under the hood for administrative tasks • SMART detection for hardware failure • Terminal Services RDP 6.0 support—betterperformance, more secure • Serve Core installation mode—reduces the chances of Windows being attacked


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Check a drive for errors
You can solve some computer problems by checking a drive or drives for errors. For example, you can check your computer's primary hard disk to fix some performance issues, or you can check an external hard drive if it's not working properly.
- Open Computer by clicking the Start button , and then clicking Computer.
- Right-click the drive that you want to check, and then click Properties.
- Click the Tools tab, and then, under Error-checking, click Check now. If you're prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.To automatically repair problems with files and folders that the scan detects, select Automatically fix file system errors. Otherwise, the disk check will report problems but not fix them.To perform a thorough check, select Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors. This scan attempts to find and repair physical errors on the drive itself, and it can take much longer to complete.
To check for both file errors and physical errors, select both Automatically fix file system errors and Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors.
- Click Start.
Depending on the size of your drive, this might take several minutes. For best results, don't use your computer for any other tasks while it is checking for errors.


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Tracey Nelson crunches the numbers from the All Blacks' 33-10 win over Wales.
Although the All Blacks are yet to be out-scored in the second half of any game this season, it was the second time their opposition have scored the same number of points in the final 40 minutes (nine points all v Australia in Sydney). It was, however, the first time this season the All Blacks have failed to score any points in the last quarter of a game.
The penalty count against the All Blacks mounted in the second half - having conceded just three in the first 40 minutes. They went on to be penalised a further nine times including their second yellow card of the tour going to Cory Jane for a deliberate knock-down of the ball.
The majority of the game's 22 penalties came at the breakdown with the All Blacks conceding all but two of their 12 penalties there, while Wales conceded seven of their 10 penalties in the tackle zone.
Handling errors were high for both teams, with the All Blacks making 10 and Wales 11. Wales also had the misfortune to turn ball over while attacking in the All Blacks' 22 on no less than six occasions, with the additional error of two penalty kicks for the sideline ending up going into touch in-goal.
The All Blacks made 138 tackles and 31 assists, with 98 of those tackles having to be made in the second half. Top tackler was Richie McCaw with 21 tackles, two assists and one miss. Sam Whitelock was the second highest tackler with 12 tackles, three assists and one miss, while Ma'a Nonu was the best of the backs making 11 tackles, five assists and one miss.
Overall the All Blacks missed a total of 16 tackles, 12 of those coming in the second half. Wales made 82 tackles and missed 22, with five of those misses occurring in the space of 10 seconds in the lead up to the All Blacks' first try.
Julian Savea's 10 runs with the ball netted him the most gain of any All Black, with a total of 120 metres - and it was his linebreak from Israel Dagg's initial break out of the All Blacks' 22 that culminated in a try to Liam Messam that probably deserves to have made the International Rugby Players' Association Try of the Year award. The ball travelled 73 metres and passed through the hands of no less than nine All Blacks before the final pass went to Messam to score in the corner, all in the space of just 29 seconds.
Luke Romano scored his first test try in four of his lineout throws, and being in the first three to the breakdown on 14 occasions.
Tony Woodcock scored his ninth test try from what is now his trade-mark move from a five metre attacking lineout. He received the ball from Sam Whitelock, who took four lineout takes in this game.
Kieran Read had an uncharacteristically quiet game - while he made nine tackles and four assists, he also missed six tackles and was not used at all in the lineouts. Read made seven ball carries for a gain of just 20 metres, which is less than his season average of five metres per carry.
Aaron Cruden was 100 percent with the boot, his 18 point tally taking him to 35 points and making him the highest points scorer so far on this northern tour. Dan Carter has 27 points from the boot, while Julian Savea has 20 points from his four tries.