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In the next section, we will learn how to interface to Java, which will allow you to use most of the data structures supplied by the underlying jvm. E does offer a few data structures of its own, however, which are not only convenient, but which have special properties useful in distributed programming.
Flex and Const, List, Map and Set
There are three built-in data structures in E, Lists, Maps, and Sets. Each of these structures comes in two flavors, Flex (editable) and Const (immutable). The ConstList is the simplest:
# E sample def list := ["a",2,true] #This is true: list[0] == "a" #This is true: list[2] == true def newList := list + ["last"] #This is true: newList[3] == "last" for each in newList {println(`Element: $each`)} for i => each in newList {println(`Element number $i is $each`)} def listSize := newList.size() # get subrange starting at 0, running up to element 2, but not including element 2 def subrange := list(0,2) #This is true: subrange == ["a",2]
Lists are numerically indexed starting from 0, use the "+" operator to create a new list which is the concatenation of lists. Lists work with the for loop. The "size" method returns the number of elements. The E String type is a kind of ConstList in which all the elements are characters. So, for example, the mechanism for taking a subrange shown above gives you a substring if the ConstList is a String.
You can make a FlexList from a ConstList with the diverge method:
# E sample def newList := [] def editable := newList.diverge() editable.push(100) if (editable.pop() == 100) { println("Yeah, push and pop make a list work like a stack") } editable[0] := "b" def frozen := editable.snapshot()
Warning: don't try to use the editable.add() method to push an item (as you would do in Java). "add" does the same thing as "+"; it returns a new list while leaving the original unchanged.
All the methods that work on a ConstList also work on a FlexList. In addition, there are editing operations for FlexLists, including push/pop (which allows the FlexList to behave like a stack) and element replacement that uses Java array-style syntax. You can get a ConstList from a FlexList with the snapshot method. Just as Java Strings are like ConstLists in which all elements are characters, Java StringBuffers are like FlexLists in which all elements are characters.
Maps are composed of key/value pairs. In the following example, in the ConstMap table, "a" is a key, and 1 is a value:
# E sample def table := ["a" => 1, 2 => "b"] # This is true: table["a"] == 1 # This is true: table[2] == "b" def emptyTable := [].asMap() def keyTable := ["a",1,true].asKeys() # This is true: keyTable[true] == null # This is true: keyTable.maps("a") == true for key => value in table {println(`Key: $key Value: $value`)} for each in table {println(`Value: $each`)} def mapSize := table.size()
Elements in a map are retrieved using an array-like syntax, using the key as the index in the square brackets. If you're not sure whether the key will be present, you can use the fetch method instead; this takes a function as its second argument and evaluates that if the key isn't present. e.g.
def value := table.fetch("key", def ifMissing() { return null })
You will often see this shortened further, using the "fn" syntax for anonymous functions:
def value := table.fetch("key", fn { null })
Maps can be made from lists using asMap and asKeys; when you use asKeys, the values are nulls. The for loop works nicely with the map structures.
FlexMaps can be made from ConstMaps with the diverge method:
# E sample def editableMap := table.diverge() editableMap["c"] := 3 editableMap["a"] := "replacement" editableMap.removeKey(2) def frozenMap := editableMap.snapshot()
Values in a FlexMap can be added and replaced with array-like syntax. Key-value pairs can be removed with removeKey(key). The snapshot method creates a ConstMap from a FlexMap.
Sets are quite similar, with ["a","b"].asSet() producing a ConstSet with 2 elements. Documentation for all the operations on Const and Flex lists, maps, and sets can be reached directly from the Javadoc For E index.
A String is actually a ConstList of characters. You can create a FlexList of elements of a specific type by specifying the type in the diverge/snapshot method:
# E sample def aString := [].diverge(char)
This aString will not accept elements which are not of type char; the variable aString has many of the characteristics of a StringBuffer from Java.
One feature of E that Java/C programmers will find surprising but useful is the ability to define multiple variables by using a list:
# E sample def [a,b] := [2,3] #a holds the value 2 #b holds the value 3
While this is an amusing way to initialize a random bunch of variables at once, the structure is most valuable when creating groups of variables that have no meaning in the absence of one another. The method Ref.promise(), described in Distributed Computing, is an important user of this pattern.
Equality Testing for Structures
One of the biggest differences between Flex and Const structures is the test for equality. Const structures are compared by value, and as such are considered equal if their contents are identical. The test for equality is, in other words, the same as the test for equality between Java integers.
Note that since the
== test guarantees that two objects are completely indistinguishable, the order of elements in maps and sets is part of the comparison; two sets with the same elements in different orders are not equal according to
==. Use
<=>, the "asBigAs" operator, instead to check whether two sets contain the same items. (Because ordering is significant, the order is also guaranteed to be preserved e.g. when iterating over the elements — it will not be arbitrarily rearranged (such as due to a rehashing of an internal hash table) as is possible in many other languages' collections.)
Two Flex structures are considered equal if and only if they are the same structure, i.e., both of the variables being tested are references to a single object. This test for equality is, in other words, the same as the test for equality between Java StringBuffers.


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Why didn't Phương Thảo do the roadblock at the circus task when a woman's natural ability will overcome the 3 tasks with relative ease?But it was fantastic to watch Minh Hoàng do the hula hoops with his knees/thighs!!! Sad to see the travellers go - they were a strong team but it's Chí Bình's "mathability" that got them a 90mins penalty - why didn't they take the penalty earlier? & why was it just a 90mins penalty instead of the usual 4 hours???
So ep 13 is the finale already, so fast Here's my prediction for the finale:Winners: BrothersRunner-ups: ActorsThird place: CoupleWhat's yours?
Also, is the final leg going to be in Ho Chi Minh City as well?
Here's my prediction for the finale:Winners: BrothersRunner-ups: ActorsThird place: CoupleWhat's yours?
Guess who's pregnant?
If the married couple would have just won leg 3...
BTW anhgau2007, who is/was pregnant?
Thanks anhgau2007 for the detailed recaps (better than the wiki one = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Amazing_Race_Vietnam !) and the little nuggets of information here & there (this is indeed news - Minh Hoàng and Chí Bình did a nude photo shoot!). For a 1st timer, this franchise did rather well, IMHO... This race has shown me that there are more to Vietnam than HCM City! Well, now on to season 2! Thanks again!
(I wouldn't be surprised if anhgau2007 was the one updating wikipedia), but thank you anhgau2007 and lepnit304 for your added stuff to this discussion thread.I'm also impressed at what all has been shown of Vietnam. I had no idea that some of this existed, such as the sand dunes.One other question: Do any of you know which team was being rooted for by people who actually know Vietnamese?
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FORTALEZA, Brazil — Goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa made a series of outstanding saves to help Mexico hold Brazil to a thrilling 0-0 draw at the World Cup on Tuesday.
The result leaves both teams with four points each after two games in Group A, but Brazil is ahead on goal difference going into their decisive final matches. Croatia and Cameroon meet on Wednesday for their second games after both opened with defeats.
Ochoa's first remarkable save prevented Neymar from scoring in the 26th minute. The Brazil striker's powerful header looked set to fly just inside the post when the goalkeeper dived to his right to push the ball wide.
Ochoa also made three other difficult saves to keep the hosts from breaking the deadlock — a shot by Paulinho in the 44th, a second-half effort by Neymar from inside the area and a close-range header by Thiago Silva in the 86th minute which produced a remarkable block by the Mexico goalkeeper.
"It was the match of my life," said Ochoa, who was visibly moved after the match. "To do it in a World Cup, in front of all the fans, it's incredible."
Mexico coach Miguel Herrera called Ochoa the "hero" of the match.
"He did what we expected him to do, he came up with extraordinary saves," Herrera said.
After stopping Silva's header, there was still time for a thrilling end to the game in the northeastern city of Fortaleza.
The referee dismissed Brazilian claims for a penalty after Marcelo seemed to have been grabbed in the 88th minute. Mexico then had two great chances, first with Andres Guardado's shot over the crossbar in the 90th and then with an effort by Raul Jimenez that was stopped by Brazil goalkeeper Julio Cesar in injury time.
"In the end, the 0-0 mirrors what happened, it was a very hard-fought match," Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari said. "The draw wasn't a good result because a victory would have already allowed us to advance, but we need to be able to respect our opponent, which played very well."
Herrera was clearly pleased with his side's performance.
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"The only thing missing was the goal," Scolari said. "We need to give credit to their goalkeeper. He was had a great day and that kept us from winning the match. He made some spectacular saves, was the best player of the match."
Brazil had won all three previous World Cup matches between the teams without conceding a goal, but the Latin American rivals hadn't met in the sport's showcase tournament since 1962.
"We already expected a match this difficult," Brazil striker Fred said. "We tried to score until the end but it wasn't possible. We'll have to wait until the next match to try to secure a spot in the next round."
It was an evenly balanced game at the Arena Castelao, with Mexico not allowing Brazil to take control. El Tri didn't play defensively and created chances throughout the match, especially with long-range shots by midfielders Hector Herrera and Jose Vazquez.
Brazil, playing without striker Hulk, turned up the pressure in the second half, but there was no getting past Ochoa.
He denied Paulinho just before halftime, blocking the midfielder's shot after a loose ball inside the area, and then got his body in the way of Neymar's drive from inside the area. In the 86th, he was there on cue to block Silva's powerful header from point-blank range.
Fans wearing Brazil's green and yellow colors were the majority as expected, but Mexicans took over large seating sections of the stadium and at times were louder than the local fans. Among those in the crowd of 60,342 was NBA star Kobe Bryant, of the Los Angeles Lakers.
Mexico had won six of the last 10 matches, including in the final of the 2012 London Olympics, keeping the Brazilians from earning their first gold medal in football. In their latest match, Brazil won 2-0 in last year's Confederations Cup, also in Fortaleza and also in the second match of the group stage.
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Understanding Owens strategy to ruling the receivers position in the National Football League.
By now, every human being is sick at hearing the name Owens. I will make this painless.
Terrell Owens was drafted by the 49ers a first class franchise with five titles. Owens was groomed by the master himself Jerry Rice. With training from Rice, Owens should go on to have a legendary career.
Would Owens be satisfied with the 49ers and Garcia as his QB?
Terrell would demand a trade.
Owens would be traded to the Philadelphia Eagles. This franchise has a tremendous history with several playoff and super bowl appearances. Donovan McNabb is the starting qb for the Eagles. McNabb is 5 time pro bowler.
Would Owens be satisfied with the Eagles and McNabb as his QB?
This experiment would end in a disaster. Owens would chastise and harass McNabb for the brief two years stint.
Eagle fans and the franchise would send Owens to the unemployment department.
Terrell would find work. The Dallas Cowboys would sign Owens. The Cowboys are the greatest franchise in Professional Football. The Cowboys have been to more super bowls than any other franchise.
The Cowboys have more fans outside Dallas than in. This is America's team. I would work as a Janitor for this franchise.
It doesn't get any better or higher than the Dallas Cowboys. Would Terrell finally be appeased?
Terrell's antics would force Bill Parcells to quit as the Cowboys Coach. Parcells would never get a chance to rebuild the Cowboys into champions.
After a three year tenure with the Cowboys would be released.
Every avenue and bridge has been torched.
One team decides to take a chance on Owens. The Mighty Buffalo Bills.
The Buffalo Bills are cursed. This teams legacy is tainted. OJ Simpson and the 4 super bowl loses in a row, have left this franchise hopeless.
The only excitement in Buffalo is changing the street lights. This city has a personality of John Doe.
Nobody moves to Buffalo. It's population decreases each year. Economically it's a snail.
The only way to revive this franchise is to move it to a first class city like Toronto.
The Bills starting QB is Trent Edwards. Edwards has zero pro bowls. Edwards may fall into the J.P. Losman realm. If Owens is not satisfied with Romo, Garcia or McNabb, how long will it take before he condemns Edwards?
Odds makers are reporting the Owens- Buffalo Bills relationship will last 90 days.
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Stop over-thinking your portfolio. Take a mental "time out" and try some deep-breathing exercises. Do whatever it takes to rein in your caveman brain, because right now, your mind is one of your biggest liabilities -- emotionally and financially.
That's right: The ingrained tools that keep us out of harm's way -- our drive to seek more and more information, to look for patterns, to compare options, and even to flee to safety -- are the very same ones that compel us to make boneheaded financial mistakes. Worst of all, often we're not even conscious that we're on a financial suicide mission until it's over.
Re-train your brain
The good news is that, with pointed, conscious effort, you can tame your gray matter and neutralize the psychological noise that leads to bad investing decisions. The first step is to recognize the analytical and emotional tripwires in your head.
Here are four major cognitive biases to focus on nipping before they get the better of you and your money.
Myopic loss aversion: When things go swimmingly, it's a snap to keep a long-term perspective. When the bad news keeps coming and we're terrified of losing money, our time horizons shrink dramatically. We no longer project what will happen to the market, or to our investments, over the course of the next three to five years. Instead, we focus on what happens over the next three to five minutes.
The cure: Go long. If you think like a short-term trader, then you'll be tempted to start acting like one. And right now, nothing could be worse for your sanity and your savings. Remember that investing success is not measured in minutes or even months: At The Motley Fool, we pick stocks for their long-term potential. Stick to your core investing principles, and you'll do fine.
Information bias: With stock market news dominating every major outlet, we're bombarded with information -- and we keep watching because we just can't seem to get enough. Worse yet, most of the information isn't even relevant to the decisions we face.
The cure: Avoid information overload. Turn off CNBC. Immerse yourself in a novel, not the Internet news sites. Watching the market's conniptions and CNBC pundits' breathless banter simply makes the situation seem more dire and puts you at the mercy of our next cognitive bias ...
Social proof/herd mentality: It's easy to assume that when the market drops 18% over the course of the week, "it" knows something we don't. That assumption gains credence as others presume the same. Robert Cialdini, author of Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, explains how this pile-on takes place: "The greater the number of people who find an idea correct, the more the idea will be correct." So everyone starts selling in a panic -- "The market is going down and I want out first!"
The cure: Ignore "them." Like your mother said, just because everyone else is jumping off a bridge doesn't mean you should. Instead, stick to your plan. Invest on a schedule and tune out the crowd. While everyone else is trying to game the system, you should be on the lookout for the opportunity to buy great businesses, with strong balance sheets, on sale. Tune out the noise and brush up on the basics. Hard times can be learning opportunities, which is a lot more productive than curling up in the fetal position and rocking back and forth for hours.
Anchoring: Focusing solely on a number is one of the most dangerous mental hiccups to your bottom line -- and lately we're drowning in a sea of numbers (stock prices, market indices, etc.). Here's how it works: Suppose you go to a used-car dealership and find a car priced at $7,000. You return later that afternoon to find that it has been marked up to $9,000. Nine grand strikes you as too expensive, even though you know nothing about the actual value of the vehicle. However, had you first seen the car priced at $11,250 and talked the salesperson down to $9,000, your mind would tell you that you were getting a great deal. The car is downright cheap! In both cases you anchored on a number -- a completely arbitrary number.
The cure: Anchor on value, not price. Anchoring is devastating in investing terms: Remember, a stock isn't cheap because it was more expensive yesterday or even last year. So rather than anchoring on price, anchor on value. Do your research and determine the price you're willing to pay for the company's future earnings stream before you look at the stock price.
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Necrotizing soft tissue infection is a rare but very severe type of bacterial infection. It can destroy the muscles, skin, and underlying tissue. The word "necrotizing" refers to something that causes body tissue to die.
Alternative Names
Necrotizing fasciitis; Fasciitis – necrotizing; Flesh-eating bacteria; Soft tissue gangrene; Gangrene – soft tissue
Many different types of bacteria can cause this infection. A very severe and usually deadly form of necrotizing soft tissue infection is due to Streptococcus pyogenes, which is sometimes called "flesh-eating bacteria."
Necrotizing soft tissue infection develops when the bacteria enters the body, usually through a minor cut or scrape. The bacteria begins to grow and release harmful substances (toxins) that kill tissue and affect blood flow to the area. As the tissue dies, the bacteria enters the blood and rapidly spreads throughout the body.
Symptoms include:
- Small, red, painful lump or bump on the skin
- Changes to a very painful bruise-like area and grows rapidly, sometimes in less than an hour
- The center may become black and die
- The skin may break open and ooze fluid
Other symptoms can include:
- Feeling ill
- Fever
- Sweating
- Chills
- Nausea
- Dizziness
- Weakness
- Shock
Exams and Tests
Your doctor or nurse may diagnose this condition by looking at your skin. You may be diagnosed in an operating room by a surgeon.
Tests that may be done include:
- CT scan
- Blood tests
- Skin tissue biopsy
Immediate treatment is needed to prevent death. Treatment includes:
- Powerful, broad-spectrum antibiotics given immediately through a vein (IV)
- Surgery to drain the sore and remove dead tissue
- Special medicines called donor immunoglobulins (antibodies) to help fight the infection in some cases
Other treatments may include:
- Skin grafts after the infection goes away to help your skin heal and look better
- Amputation if the disease spreads through an arm or leg
- 100% oxygen at high pressure (hyperbaric oxygen therapy) for certain types of bacterial infections
Outlook (Prognosis)
How well you do depends on:
Your overall health (especially if you have diabetes)
How fast you were diagnosed and how quickly you received treatment
The type of bacteria causing the infection
How quickly the infection spreads
How well treatment works
This disease commonly causes scarring and skin deformity.
Death can occur rapidly without proper treatment.
Possible Complications
- Infection spreads throughout body, causing a blood infection (sepsis), which can be deadly
- Scarring and disfigurement
- Loss of your ability to use an arm or leg
- Death
When to Contact a Medical Professional
This disorder is severe and may be life-threatening, so contact your health care provider immediately if symptoms of infection occur around a skin injury, including:
Drainage of pus or blood
Always clean the skin thoroughly after a cut, scrape, or other skin injury.


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Christening of George Hayden,taken about April 1910
This Woolvett Family History site is the evolution of my Family History study, in tracing my family history I became interested in the origins of the Woolvett name, in comparison to other names Woolvett is fairly rare.
Apart from a few that I am still working on, most Woolvett's worldwide are related.
Here in Australia persons with the Woolvett name can be counted on one hand, although Woolvett's did arrive here as early as the 1860's but unfortunately the female offspring had stronger genes.
Access to the Database is structured to support Guest privileges to non-registered visitors, to gain access to more information please Register for a login.
Registered Access which allows viewing of living people is limited to persons who are related to at least one individual in the database,but may be relaxed in certain circumstances.
Woolvett Origins According to the book "Dictionary of British Surnames" the original spelling of Woolvett was either Ulviet or Ulfiet,mentioned in the Doomsday book of 1086, the name is Anglo-Saxon meaning Great Wulf.
Canadian/American Branch In the late 1890's and early 1900's some members of the Woolvett family decided to move away from London and Essex.
Chilean Branch Percy Ethelbert Woolvett born in March 1884, the son of Saines Woolvett set sail for Chile sometime between 1901-1918.He was the pioneer of the Chilean Woolvett branch. .
The Burgess Family of Kirby Le Soken For almost a hundred years the Burgess family were wheelwrights in Kirby-le-Soken. Choosing the right oak, elm and ash. Cutting and storing it till it was properly seasoned and ready to put to use in making and repairing wagons, carts and wheelbarrows including of course the all important wheel.
All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex. All Saints is the Birth/Marriage and Burial place for many Woolvett's and other relatives, although a lot of the headstones have disappeared.
If you have any questions or comments about the information on this site, please
contact me. I look forward to hearing from you.


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The Rockets dominated early with an impressive 3-point shooting display and finished with more attempts than any NBA team this season. The Wizards countered by going big and going inside, and it paid off when the former league laughingstock took down another winning team.
Bradley Beal scored 21 points, and Emeka Okafor had 17 points and 11 rebounds and made the go-ahead free throw with 5.2 seconds left to help host Washington defeat Houston 105-103 on Saturday night.
Trevor Ariza added 18 points and John Wall had 12 points and 11 assists for the Wizards, who came back from a 17-point deficit for their second straight win. Washington, winner of 10 of its last 12 home games, scored 54 points in the paint to offset the 57 points Houston scored on 19 3-pointers.
James Harden scored 27 points and Chandler Parsons had 24 with five 3-pointers for the Rockets. Houston attempted 46 3-pointers, the most in the NBA this season and three shy of the league record. The Rockets made 13 from beyond the arc in the first half, one off the NBA record they tied against the Warriors on Feb. 5.
"We just wanted to make it tough, make them make contested shots," Wall said. "In the first half, they weren't missing."
Heat 114, 76ers 90: LeBron James had 16 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds for his 35th career triple-double, and Miami cruised to its 10th straight win, in Philadelphia.
The three-time NBA MVP knew he was one board away from a special night so he went after it hard early in the fourth quarter. After Chris Anderson blocked Evan Turner's shot, James hauled it in, drove up court and banked a shot in for good measure.
"I was going to stay out there until I got it," James said. "I wasn't going to let this one slip away. I've had too many games where I was one assist, one rebound away. I wasn't coming out."
Dwyane Wade had 33 points to help the defending NBA champions improve to 39-14.
Clippers 107, Jazz 94: Caron Butler scored 21 points and host Los Angeles rode a big third quarter to a victory over Utah, completing its first season sweep of the Jazz since 1978-79.
Hawks 103, Bucks 102: Al Horford's hook shot with 5.9 seconds remaining lifted Atlanta to a victory in Milwaukee. Horford's shot came after a driving layup by Monta Ellis had given the Bucks a 102-101 lead with 10.8 seconds left.
Nuggets 113, Bobcats 99: JaVale McGee had 17 points, including seven dunks, and Denver snapped a four-game road losing streak with a victory over Charlotte. The Nuggets hadn't won on the road since Jan. 23 but scored 66 points in the paint behind 14 dunks to snap the skid.
Knicks: New York signed forward Kenyon Martin, 35, to a 10-day contract. A 12-year veteran, Martin hasn't played in the NBA this season.
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Riffing on SandnSurf's bad joke:
How do you hide a dollar from a radiologist?
Pin it to the patient.
How do you hide a dollar from a surgeon?
Put it in a textbook.
How do you hide a dollar from an internist?
Put it under a surgical dressing.
How do you hide a dollar from a plastic surgeon?
Ah, that's a trick question: there is no way to hide a dollar from a plastic surgeon!
OK, so who can tell me how you would hide a dollar from an ER doc?
23 December 2008
Riffing on SandnSurf's bad joke:
Posted by shadowfax at 9:34 AM
32 comments:
- Anonymous12/23/2008 9:42 AM
leave it in a patient's medical records?ReplyDelete
- Anonymous12/23/2008 11:06 AM
Put it under his/her pillow?ReplyDelete
fold it neatly and, um, place it a finger's depth inside an impacted patient? Everybody knows ER docs won't fiddle around in there...ReplyDelete
Radiologist: Stupid ER doctor, don't you know it's on the patient?ReplyDelete
Internist: Stupid ER doctor, don't you know it's under the surgical dressing?
My favorite one in the series, but it's so so so so mean:
How do you hide a $100 bill from a neurosurgeon?
Tape it to his child's forehead.
- Anonymous12/23/2008 1:59 PM
Give it to the patient and tell him that it's vitally important that the ER doc have this specific dollar to properly diagnose the patient.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous12/23/2008 2:08 PM
Give it to a female with fibromyalgia presenting with acute pain as the complaint and see if they will hear her out before throwing some Vicodin at her and discharging her.ReplyDelete
Next time one of us breaks something we'll splint and treat it at home.
Hide it in a vagina.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous12/23/2008 5:35 PM
That's another trick question. You don't need to hide it. He's never seen one, he doesn't know what it is!ReplyDelete
Stuff it in a necktie.ReplyDelete
I would send it straight to the cath lab and bypass the ER doc completely.ReplyDelete
Send it by MedicareReplyDelete
Roll it up inside a tampon?ReplyDelete
- ndenunz12/24/2008 8:00 AM
Tape it to the medication list.ReplyDelete
Attach it to a compression stocking machine.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous12/24/2008 10:38 AM
give it to the homeless drunk in the waiting room. -whitecap nurseReplyDelete
Put it in the patient's prosthetic limb, or orthosis of any kind.ReplyDelete
- cynic12/24/2008 4:44 PM
I think scalpel wins this one.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous12/26/2008 8:39 AM
agreed. that's too funny!
That's easy, put it inside the drunk guy's sock.ReplyDelete
Put in the old chart of course!ReplyDelete
How do you hide a dollar from a psychiatrist?ReplyDelete
No, no, no. Pins show up on x-ray. You have to tape it to a patient to hide it from a radiologist.ReplyDelete
As to the ER doc - for once I agree with Scalpel.
- Anonymous12/31/2008 4:30 PM
tape it to the very important disability form the patient really needs you to complete please doctor!ReplyDelete
- -clerk who has been waiting for 5 hrs3/21/2009 9:16 AM
offer it in exchange for completed discharge orders!ReplyDelete
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No, and be glad they don't because because it's a obsolete, silly prohibition in war, and potentially extra harmful in civilian settings.ygmir wrote:yeah, makes sense. but FMJ is the only approved projectile by the Geneva Convention, IIRC. It would follow, our internal "military overloards" would adhere.
The prohibition originated from the St. Petersburg Declaration of 1868, and later extended into the Hague Convention in 1899. It was conceived in a time when people were mostly shooting each other with rifles, and where getting hit by a non-expanding bullet instead of a hollow-point/expanding bullet might make some token difference despite the sad state of combat medicine at the time. Little did the authors know that the former style of warfare would rapidly become obsolete, and that bullet type would make little difference in a world of machine guns and other arms that could "finish the job" simply by virtue of more firepower -- as if that were never the intent before.
More to the point, there are good reasons to utilize hollow-point bullets in a civilian setting. For personal defense and law enforcement hollow-point bullets are better for incapacitating a target, where a FMJ round would require multiple shots. The additional penetration a FMJ round affords is rarely needed; conversely, hollow-point bullets are also safer in such environments because they are less likely to penetrate walls or ricochet off surfaces, injuring bystanders. For hunting, hollow-point bullets are more humane because the animal is killed quickly, rather than leaving the animal to limp away for a long, drawn-out death; in some places you are required to use such bullets for that very reason.


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One of the problems with electrical vehicles is having to charge them, especially since there just aren't many charging stations readily available yet. However, building on the success of their public WattStation, FuseProject is hoping to change that by creating a residential model. The domestic version of their charging station design is as sexy looking as their commercial one and it would definitely make life a lot easier for people with electric vehicles, encouraging more of them on the road!
Named the residential GE WattStation, the charging station is an easy-to-use electric vehicle charger that has been specifically designed to help accelerate the adoption of plug-in electric vehicles. One of the drawbacks of electrical vehicles is the lengthy charging time, and this has put off many potential buyers. However the GE WattStation significantly decreases the time needed for vehicle charging and, using smart grid technology, allows utility companies to manage the impact of electric vehicles on the local and regional grids.
Traditional EV charging stations can take anywhere up to 12-18 hours to charge a vehicle, but by combining functionality with consumer friendly form, the GE WattStation can decrease this to as little as four to eight hours. This is assuming it is a full-cycle charge for a standard 24 kWh battery. On their website, FuseProject says of the product that "the residential GE WattStation design is friendly and so simple to adopt that it will literally change one's life overnight: No more trips to the gas station, something that surely no one will miss!"
When these become commercially available in 2011, they have the potential to transform the charging of electric vehicles, making them more appealing to the everyday driver.
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The Green Plum
Next vacation in the Rockies, consider a shopping expedition that includes plenty of browse time at The Green Plum in historic Salida, Colorado. This home furnishings boutique offers a delightful mix of European antiques and new furniture--the kind of old-new blend that Trad Home fans anticipate finding in our featured houses each time they curl up for their first flip-through (followed by much longer perusing, we hope). No wonder. The Green Plum's owner is TH regional editor Susan Fox, who has honed her eye scouting and styling houses in Colorado and Galveston, Texas, where she splits her time. "The 'Green' represents recycled, and the 'Plum' represents hand-picked new pieces," says Susan.
Salida, Colorado
Salida is one of those pretty places that pays for the side trip in scenery. Nestled in Central Colorado's upper Arkansas Valley on the eastern slopes of the Rockies, it's a skiing, white-water rafting, trout-fishing, hiking, and climbing destination.
Arkansas River
Home to the state's largest historic downtown district, Salida has the added attraction of the Arkansas River coursing right through the heart of the shopping area.
Fan chair
But back to The Green Plum. You'll appreciate the "in-context" presentation--a fan chair, complete with side table, lamp and framed botanicals on the wall behind.
Foo dog
A foo dog looks at home on this painted table.
French trestle table
An old French trestle table with chairs from Paris (still in their original leather) holds its own amid new furnishings and fabrics from vendors like Currey & Co., Oly Studios, Brahms Mount Textiles, Roost, Smith Noble Draperies, Woods and Willow, Comptoir de Famille and others. Bailey Street, a manufacturer of new slipcovered chairs, is also represented, giving shoppers the opportunity to select their own fabrics for the slipcovers. The shop carries a line of new sisal and jute rugs, as well as antique Orientals.
Who could resist?
Step inside.
Will a small wing chair fit in the SUV?
Gently used
Not every furnishing in the shop is either antique or new. Susan freshened this 1990s settee with new paint and upholstery. A hardy Sunbrella fabric trimmed with black welting creates a crisp graphic effect that's a nice counterpoint to the settee's classic fluid shape.
Butterfly chair
The butterfly fabric is truly brilliant, giving a grandmotherly chair winged spirit.
Kate Fox
Susan's daughter, Kate Fox, co-owns the shop.
Rustic spirit
Every inch of floor space is packed with temptations. All art on the walls are old botanicals and other prints that Susan and Kate have newly framed.
Country French
The French country chairs in a striped chenille are from a Houston estate.


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Reviewed by Emily H. (age 8)
I liked the book because I love dogs and books so much! My favorite part was when they dressed Sweetcakes in a baby bonnet. I liked it because it was so funny! Sweetcakes got mad and knocked over the cameras and big lights - it was such a ruckus! My favorite character was Jack the puppy. He is so funny and messy.
I recommend this book because I like books! I like this book because it is about a school of dogs - it's very interesting! I recommend this book to people who think they would like to be in a commercial because the book tells what it's like to be in a commercial. The part of the book I think readers would like is when Sweetcakes gets picked but she's wrong for the job, then another dog gets picked. It would encourage people to go ahead and try out for a commercial even if you don't think you'll get picked.


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The same high quality construction and features as from the original Fit Tube plus a protective sleeve. The nylon sleeves slides over our original Fit Tube protecting it from rubbing for longer durability.
For travel or at home the Fit Tubes are a great and efficient fitness and rehab tool, for toning and strengthening of your body. Fit Tubes are equipped with padded rotator handles for maximum training comfort. They can also be used in group exercises and health and fitness clubs.
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The tech world has been up in arms this past week about "Silicon Valley," an upcoming Bravo reality show documenting the lives of five aspiring entrepreneurs making their way in the world of Bay Area startups.
The TV show is co-produced by Randi Zuckerberg, former marketing director of Facebook and sister of its founder, Mark Zuckerberg. Its brief preview showcases the glamorous life of a tech startup founder: Lots of parties, alcohol, attractive women and a social scene that is like "high school, but it's only the smart kids."
The problem: The tech industry isn't like that at all.
Here's how tech-company founders usually succeed in Silicon Valley: They spend endless hours in front of a computer building products people want to use. Alas, this doesn't make for interesting TV.
Hence all the Hollywood cliches. Computers on TV shows and in movies beep when a button is pressed. Characters seem able to type at a frenetic pace. Passwords can always be guessed within three attempts -- and always just in time to prevent a disaster.
These cliches once existed only in fictional shows and movies. Alas, as Silicon Valley continues to power a digital revolution that's changing the world at a rapid pace, camera crews are increasingly trying to capture startup reality and bottle it as entertainment. And they're finding it converts to film about as well as paint drying.
Mark Zuckerberg built Facebook through thousands of hours spent in front of a dimly glowing screen. His motive? He "likes to build things." And yet in 2010's "The Social Network," the Zuckerberg onscreen is more concerned with girls, parties and getting into Harvard's most exclusive social circles.
Therein lies the second issue with bringing startups to the big or small screen: Startup founders rarely have interesting social lives. Building a company takes almost every minute of the day, leaving little time for a personal life.
TV viewers demand drama: If it can't be found, it's manufactured. The small screen loves a performer, too. A celebrity. An exhibitionist. Can you dance? Sing? Act? Even once the show is over, these outgoing stars convert well to a world of tabloids and celebrity magazines.
Startup founders, however, do not.
So now comes the time to pick a side. Is representing Silicon Valley as a party haven doing a disservice to those who work countless hours to build products we'll all love? Or is there nobility in Randi Zuckerberg's mission to "make accessible and to humanize the increasingly important tech community for the average consumer"?
Perhaps it's both. Translating tech for those not living in its epicenter is a noble effort that will surely bring more new people -- and more diversity -- to Silicon Valley. And yet this can't be done in a literal way: Bringing technologists' stories to TV and movies requires a little creativity to make the subject matter fit the medium.
My science teacher didn't get our class interested in a science career by telling us that most chemists work long hours on repetitive tasks. No, he showed us explosions. And crazy, color-changing reactions. And non-Newtonian fluids dancing on speaker cones.
It's unfortunate that the story of tech revolution doesn't convert well to the dominant medium of the day. And it's regrettable that some viewers will wildly misinterpret what entrepreneurship is all about. But after grabbing the attention of viewers with dramatic exothermic reactions -- or scenes of wild parties -- perhaps we'll be able to teach them what it really takes to build a company.


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Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Boeuf Bourguignon - or Red Wine Stewed Beef
Boeuf bourguignon is one of the main dishes of France's culinary heritage - one of those dishes that has been made by generations and generations each with its own tweaks. Stewed meat was always a classic in my family's Parisian kitchen, and making this in my kitchen sends me back to those nice family dinners.
The bottom line is that boeuf bourguignon is extremely cheap to make, the only difficult part being the wait for it to be done while the sweet smell of simmering wine and tender beef takes over your kitchen! Stewing meat is one of the cheapest cuts of meat there is - the idea being that the labor is on you to cook it slowly! As any good stew starts off, it's about searing the meat (which takes a few minutes), and then basically mixing the beef with aromatics and liquid (good red wine and stock).
In Julie and Julia, Julie Powell makes boeuf bourgignon sound rather dramatic. She forgets it in the oven while she falls asleep and the result is a big, big burnt mess. When Oliver and I were heading home from the market with our stewed meat, vegetables, and wine we were laughing about the scene and how it was made out to be so much more tedious than it actually was. I don't know if Julia Child got offended by our gentle mockery or if we were just unlucky, but after an hour of cooking time, when Oliver was taking our Creuset pot out to check on the meat, our oven rack tilted and half of our stewing liquid flooded the oven. That set us back a good half hour, the oven was a boozy mess but thankfully we had more Chianti wine and the meal turned out great anyway.
I used Julia Child's recipe, with a few tweaks, served the meet over whole wheat buttery herbed parpadelle and it was the perfect Sunday night meal.
23 comments:
- ABowlOfMush said...
This is one of my favorite meals ever, especially Julias' recipe!
Looks gorgeous!
- November 17, 2009 at 2:07 PM
- Rose said...
Looks beautiful, especially over that soft fold of pasta!
- November 17, 2009 at 2:11 PM
- Anja said...
I love those meals that reminds you to childhood... It's kind of tradition to don't forget these things-
- November 17, 2009 at 4:04 PM
- Hilary said...
Looks lovely. I wanted to make this after seeing the movie but was put off because the recipe seemed to have so many steps. I'm a lazy cook.
- November 17, 2009 at 4:06 PM
- Chanel11 said...
My husband loves this meal, your's looks fab.
- November 17, 2009 at 6:14 PM
- Barbara said...
Funny post.
I do love this dish- takes time, but it's basically simple and delcious.
- November 17, 2009 at 8:41 PM
- Nina Timm said...
For a stew, this is quite a "clean" plate of food, most elegant!!!! I cannot wait for the movie, you guys are making me green with envy for not seeing it yet!!!
- November 17, 2009 at 10:38 PM
- Coco Bean said...
It was so good, thanks for cooking the wonderful dinner!
- November 18, 2009 at 12:29 AM
- Kate Morgan Jackson said...
I just love Julia's recipe for this. And your picture is just FABULOUS -- I have yet to get a decent shot of this dish. Beautiful!!
- November 18, 2009 at 8:29 AM
- Mary said...
This is a wonderful recipe. I'm glad you were able to recover from the spill and enjoy the stew, wine and each others company. Have a great day.
- November 18, 2009 at 1:26 PM
- Deborah said...
I have this on my "to make" list! Yours looks absolutely beautiful.
- November 20, 2009 at 1:21 AM
- Trissa said...
What a great picture - I've never had this dish with pasta but it does sound like a perfect combination. Agree with you - the hardest part is waiting - especially since I love this dish when it's a day old!
- November 20, 2009 at 7:43 AM
- Charmian@Christie's Corner said...
I've been meaning to try Julia's recipe for ages and just haven't gotten around to it. This is prompting me to try it sooner rather than later.
Looks amazing. Lovely photos on your site.
- November 20, 2009 at 10:16 AM
- peasepudding said...
I agree, it isn't a hard dish to make it just needs time. You can't beat an nice wintery stew either, I love the English ones too (needless to say) with beer bases and dumpling....ooooh I wish it was winter here!
- November 21, 2009 at 2:26 PM
- Kathleen said...
I love this meal! Your photos are fabulous!!!
- November 21, 2009 at 6:34 PM
- lostpastremembered said...
What a beautiful photo.... I'm just learning! Great blog
- November 22, 2009 at 9:27 AM
- glamah16 said...
And that is why I disliked the bloggers character in that movie. This looks divine. Nothing like slowed cooked goodness.
- November 22, 2009 at 11:18 AM
- SavoringTime in the Kitchen said...
I'm sorry you lost those wonderful juices on the oven floor! I'm not sure who got the last laugh but your boeuf bourguignon looks delicious.
Thanks for the visit ;)
- November 22, 2009 at 9:22 PM
Lovely beef bourguignon. Love how you serve it with pasta. Beautiful picture as always!
- November 25, 2009 at 12:28 AM
A classic Julia Child recipe!
Yours looks absolutely scrumptious.
- November 25, 2009 at 8:48 AM
- Cheryl Arkison said...
I just had this for the first time on Sunday. So not stew. So much better than any stew I've ever made or eaten. Will be trying it with bison soon.
- December 8, 2009 at 2:07 PM
- zested said...
You've reminded me how much I enjoy this dish - I'm going to make it tonight. It's so hard to get a good shot of meat and pasta - well done. And congrats on your DMBLGIT award!
- December 13, 2009 at 9:16 AM
- Michelle @ Greedy Gourmet said...
I only got to watch Julie & Julia this weekend. It was okay but as usual the movie isn't as good as the books. You're right, BB isn't very difficult to make, you just need patience. I guess in the movie the only annoying thing for her was to start all over again plus the flavour would have been better to let the meat marinate further in the sauce for another day. Love the idea of serving it with pasta!
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Herbert Rogoff interviewed Sandy Kossin for an article in the May 1969 issue of American Artist magazine. This week I'll present that interview along with examples of Sandy Kossin's work, both from the article and from my Flickr archives. ~ Leif Peng
HR: Sandy, how do you go about starting an illustration?
SK: I have it fairly clear in my mind what has to be done for the picture, and then it's time to come to the board. With a graphite pencil, usually a 2B lead, on a 14 X 17 tracing pad, I begin to make situations that are both pleasing and at the same time tell the story. This, of course, is based on the thinking that I went through previously.
SK: The graphite is something I use when I'm doing a humorous type of drawing. I've found that charcoal - a stick of vine charcoal or some of the compressed charcoal - is a good medium for me to use when I don't want to get bogged down in detail. But I'm more concerned with putting in the composition; and the composition to me is a most important factor in telling the story.
SK: If it hasn't been pinned down previously by the art director, I find that with this lack of limitation I'm capable of thinking out and considering the problem, and arriving at a composition that will tell the story best.
SK: That's it in a nutshell - the composition should not be considered as a clever shape, but as something that should be the method of telling the story.
HR: I see on your board a rough sketch for a humorous illustration. I can understand your doing this from memory. When you have to do a serious illustration, when do you decide to call the models in?
SK: There are times when I have a fairly complete idea in my mind of what the picture calls for, and I may even hire models for my "roughs" and take photographs, because the lighting is important, and there are things that the models give me that I might never have thought of.
SK: If it's a situation in which I have to do some thinking and get an idea on paper, then I have to draw it first, get it approved, and then photograph my models to suit my original conception.
HR: In the past few weeks I've talked to people who know you and your work, and they all spoke glowingly of your great sense of composition, Where did you learn it?
SK: I think it probably started originally with a study of the old masters - Rembrandt up into the Impressionists, especially Degas and Lautrec. But I think that eventually, in looking even at the things once studied, you see them in a new light because of a professional attitude.
SK: It's a matter of having done it for so long. It's like a musician playing the same composition over and over again; he finally understands it so well that he begins to make his own variations. And this, I feel, is essentially what all artists go through.
SK: We begin to edit our thinking, and we realize that all the formulas we learned, when we were very young and in art school, were not really formulas, but just places from which we could take off - to use as a basis for structure.
SK: It's like foundation stones for a building. The buildings that are now being constructed are quite foreign in relationship to the architecture of a hundred years ago, but they still have foundations, and they still have to have the same structural integrity that those designed many years ago had.
SK: I pay a lot of attention to the movement within the picture. This is different from an advertising layout, or a decorative composition where the elements are static and superficial; they're pleasant in terms of shape-making.
SK: I'm more concerned with what I call a traffic pattern within the picture itself - things move in, and out, and around.
* Continued tomorrow
Celebrating illustration, design, cartoon and comic art of the mid-20th century.
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Sandy Kossin: "... the composition to me is a most important factor in telling the story."
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Great to read and see and wonder in amazement once more:ReplyDelete
btw. that love couple in the sky struck me as Marc Chagall finding his way into the world of illustration;`)
only ONE comment so far? Over these great drawings and stories? DARN! that is too bad. Great things, these,ReplyDelete
and some very useful insights alongside them
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Or Midnight Desire - which is pretty much complete, and like one of my favorite stories EVER.
Hope this helps take the edge off the WA withdrawals!


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