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Sunday's attacks on the the Gaza-Egypt-Israel border — in which gunmen stormed the Rafah border crossing, killed 16 Egyptian security officers, and then smashed through a barrier into Israel before being stopped and killed by Israeli forces — highlights the serious danger posed by an increasingly lawless Sinai region, in which extremists are gaining a stronger foothold.
Issander El Amrani has a good post on what is known about how the attacks went down, and the response by Israeli, Palestinian, and Egyptian authorities. What's most worrying, according to El Amrani, "is the lack of law and order, and presence of the state, in Sinai since the January 2011 uprising — and the continuing absence of policies to deal with the neglect of this region for the last 30 years."
I wrote about this last September and continue to believe that Egypt needs to act to reimpose itself strongly in the area: through a zero-tolerance for criminal gangs and armed groups, Bedouin or foreign, and through a genuine policy of development, job-creation and integration of Sinai into the national economy. It's not easy, it's long-overdue, and it needs to start sooner than later even if strong-arm tactics that will probably be involved may cause more trouble in the short-term.
The problem of security and growing extremism in the Sinai isn't new. Here's the New York Times reporting on it in 2005 and 2006. But with the Egyptian revolt, the end of Hosni Mubarak's rule, and the creation of a new Egyptian government, even less attention has been paid, and the problem has gotten worse.
As a result of Sunday's attack, an Egyptian security source told Reuters that Egypt would begin to seal off the smuggling tunnels the lie beneath the Egypt-Gaza border at Rafah.
Earlier this year, I visited Gaza, via the Sinai, and wrote about the massive, and hugely profitable, tunnel trade that has risen up as a result of the blockade enforced by both Israel and Egypt. The taxes levied on these smuggling activities are a key source of revenue for Gaza's Hamas government, and smugglers on both the Egypt and Gaza side of the border are making lots of money off of them, so expect there to be a massive outcry if the Egyptian authorities attempt anything more than a symbolic sealing off of a few tunnels, as they have done in the past.
Commenting on the attack on Monday morning, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said, "I think that the risk of a very large terrorist attack was averted, and this was a very important operational success in the battle that is raging there and maybe a proper wake-up call for the Egyptians to take matters into their own hands on their side in a stronger manner." According to an IDF investigation of the events, the Israelis had intelligence that an attack was imminent, and took precautions. Information was also shared with the Egyptians, who apparently did not take the warnings seriously. Instead, the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood nonsensically accused the Israeli spy agency Mossad of being behind Sunday's attack in an effort to undermine Egypt's President Mohammed Morsi, a member of the Brotherhood.
When I visited Israel last month, the problem of the Sinai was often brought up in meetings with security officials, who noted that an attack on Israel emanating from there could very quickly escalate out of control. Thankfully, that didn't happen here, but it's a clear sign that it's time to take security in the Sinai more seriously. In the words of one security analyst, the peace between Israel and Egypt forged by President Carter at Camp David in 1979 "is one of the most important accomplishments of the United States in the Middle East in the last forty years," and it's in the interest of all the parties to make sure that that peace does not unravel.


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The University at Buffalo's (UB) Structural Engineering and Earthquake Simulation Laboratory (SEESL) provides research services for the George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES), the Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (MCEER), the Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering (CSEE), and R&D services for Industry. The SEESL maintains older equipment (developed by UB and MCEER), and new one developed under NEES initiative and funding.
The SEESL facility has following capabilities which are available to both NEES and non-NEES participants:
A detailed description of the facility, its components, and procedures of use can be found in the Lab Manual.
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Our political communications professor, Allan Louden of Wake Forest University, is back with his students to break down and grade the final presidential debate.
Obama was overall presidential, helping his case, but scolding Romney that submarines exist had unflattering, mocking quality.
Voters were not the winner in this debate. The first two presidential debates had moments of insight with occasional new ground uncovered. This debate was more a compilation of greatest hits from TV spots, stump speeches, and practiced town halls.
Third debates seldom have staying power. The exchange from Lynn College in Florida will prove the rule. The news tomorrow, barring an international incident, will be who has the buses loaded on the way to early voting (or who has the bases loaded in the World Series).
Grades: Obama C+, Romney C+
April Walsh: I felt President Obama was stronger than he appeared in the past two debates. Even so, he spent a great deal of the debate on the defensive. Romney reined back his aggressive style. This debate was less theatrical than the past two. Based on the change in tone the viewer would assume that the candidates would talk more about the direct issues at hand. However, both Obama and Romney managed to cater the questions to their own agendas. The foreign policy debate quickly became about domestic issues.
Sam Swank: I agreed with April to the extent that Romney was less hostile this time around whereas Obama increased his aggressive demeanor. Obama gave Romney many opportunities to verbally brawl but Romney maintained his defensive stance. I felt like Romney could do this because he had proven he could be the aggressor and show flare. Tactfully, Romney came out on top.
The power of social media and its influence on the youth of America is eye opening. Throughout the debates, more and more college students were tweeting their thoughts about each candidate. The top trending term on Twitter the morning after is #debate. Students were tweeting about everything from the candidates' facial expressions, word choice and policy basics.
The consensus seemed to be that viewers were disappointed that this debate wasn't as entertaining as the past two. Facebook statuses were also extremely popular. My generation has chosen to share its political views in very personal settings. Most of the statuses were humorous but also endorsed a particular candidate. The power of this is that students are looking at what their friends are posting on Facebook or Twitter and being influenced by their opinions. Students who aren't actively watching the debate or learning about each candidate's platform are now making their decisions based on what funny hand gesture Romney made or a tweet that emphasizes "#NObama."
Delon Lowe: I felt like President Obama, having firsthand experience in dealing with foreign exchanges came off more aggressive. Romney, however still managed to come off as Presidential with his dialed back demeanor. The two candidates pretty much stalemated each other with these debates. Both candidates pretty much rallied their bases for a bit and worried their base.
Grades: Obama B, Romney B.


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You know how whenever a stalker who's obsessed with a singer gets arrested, the stalker usually claims, in their defence, that the singer was directing particular lyrics in a song to them; never mind the millions of other people who heard the same lyric, it was meant for them only. Well that's how I feel about this recipe. Aaron Maree meant it for me – look at the evidence: my favourite things in the world of cake are sponge, apples, coconut, cinnamon, almonds and pastry. This tart contains all of them. Mr Maree – what are you trying to tell me?
What caught my eye with this recipe was the way that it gets rid of that thorny issue of 'shall we have pie or cake?' Of course, the answer is to have both, but this recipe allows you do that in one piece. A whole Genoese sponge sits in the pastry case! Genius. The CCM (Caked Crusader's Ma) observed that it feels like you're eating three cakes/pies in one and it is a little strange at first as you won't have eaten anything like it before. Once you overcome that sensation it's deliciousness all the way!
Here is the sponge sitting in the base:
This gorgeous mix of apple, cinnamon and coconut is then added:
It is a nightmare to try and slice prettily though. This is probably a good place to ask whether any other bakers out there hate cutting the cake they've made? I loathe it and always pass the task to the CCM, standing on the sidelines panicking at every incision she makes. If it's just me being weird then, fair enough, I accept I'm weird! The CCM worked her wonders with the knife and got a nice clean slice for a photo:
I made some tweaks to the recipe – the original recipe said to use cooking apples but the idea of Bramley apples with only 100g of sugar made my mouth pucker so I used a tart eating apple instead (Granny Smith's). I also made 1.5x the pastry quantity as I have often found that professional pastry chef's recipes are a bit stingy on the pastry because they're so skilled at rolling it out paper thin. I'm glad I did extra as there wasn't a lot spare. The quantities set out in the recipe below are what I used.
I loved the way the tort glowed when the apricot glaze was added:
Final thing to point out, the pastry in this recipe is quite hard to handle. It's like a halfway house between shortcrust and shortbread and is delicious as a result . It's extremely short and after barely 5 minutes out of the fridge turns soft – more like a paste. It does however patch well and a heavily floured work surface also helps. If you're not that confident with pastry I would suggest using your own trusted shortcrust pastry instead of this one. You would be losing something though.
Serving suggestion:
For the cake:
112g unsalted butter, at room temperature
112g caster sugar
2 eggs
112g self raising flour
1-2 teaspoons vanilla extract
For the 'shortbread' pastry:
450g plain flour
225g icing sugar
300g unsalted butter
3 eggs
Water as required
For the filling:
4 tart eating apples (I used Granny Smith. I used 6 apples which was too much – hence my hugely domed pie!)
6 level teaspoons cinnamon
30ml calvados (I used apple juice instead)
100g caster sugar
50g ground almonds
100g desiccated coconut
3 tablespoons apricot jam
For finishing off:
100g apricot glaze (I used ready made from Marks and Spencer, but if you can't find it simply melt some apricot jam and brush it on)
200g icing sugar
2-4 tablespoons water
100g flaked almonds
How to make:
- Preheat the oven to 180°C/fan oven 160°C/350°F/Gas mark 4.
- Line one 20cm loose bottomed sandwich tin with baking paper.
- Cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Do not skimp on this stage as it's the key to a lovely sponge.
- Gradually add the eggs, flour and vanilla until fully combined and you have a smooth, thick batter.
- Spoon the batter into the prepared tin. Level the surface.
- Bake for approx 25 minutes until a skewer inserted into the cakes comes out clean. Mine took 30 minutes.
- Leave to cool for 10 minutes in the tin before removing from the tin and leaving to cool completely on a wire rack.
- The sponge can be made the day before and stored in an airtight container.
- Now make the shortbread pastry: place the flour, icing sugar and butter in a food processor and blitz until you have fine breadcrumbs.
- Add the eggs and blitz again.
- Add enough water to make a dough. Knead until a nice firm consistency then wrap in clingfilm and chill for at least 30 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 200°C/fan oven 180°C/400°F/Gas mark 6
- Lightly butter a 23cm springform pan.
- Take 2/3s of the pastry and roll out between two sheets of floured clingfilm. I floured the clingfilm as my pastry was soft and sticky; if yours isn't then hold off on the flour.
- When you have a pastry disc big enough to line the inside of the tin and come right the way up the sides, transfer the pastry to the tin. Mine fell to bits but I discovered that it patches well!
- Return the pasty in the tin to the fridge while you prepare the filling.
- Now make the filling: peel, core and slice the apples – I cut each apple into about 12 slices i.e. I quartered it and then cut each quarter into 3.
- Place the apple slices in a bowl and add the cinnamon, calvados/apple juice, sugar, ground almonds and desiccated coconut. Stir so that all the apple slices are covered in the dry ingredients.
- Remove the pastry case from the fridge and spread the apricot jam over the base.
- Sit the Genoese sponge in the bottom of the tin. It should fit easily as it was made in a 20cm tin.
- Pack the coated apples around the sponge and over the top. Take care, because the tighter you pack the apples, the more you'll get in!
- Return to the fridge while you roll out the top of the pastry.
- As before, roll the remaining pastry out between two sheets of clingfilm until you have a sufficient disc to cover the top of your torte.
- Remove the torte from the fridge and lay the pastry lid on top. Crimp the edges to ensure that nothing will escape during cooking.
- Bake for 30-35 minutes until the shortbread pastry looks cooked. Remember, the sponge is already cooked so judge it solely on the pastry.
- Remove from the oven and leave to cool on a wire rack. When the tin is cool enough to handle, remove the springform rim.
- Brush the top of the torte with apricot glaze and leave to dry.
- Now make the glace icing: place the icing sugar in a bowl and add a tablespoon of water. Whisk until a thick but runny paste is produced, adding more water as necessary to achieve this.
- Pour the icing over the top of the torte and, before it sets, scatter the flaked almonds over the top
- Bask in glory at the wonderful thing you have made.
- Eat.


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1.) Because I don't like the idea that we came from apes… despite that humans are categorically defined and classified as apes.Read the rest over at Deviant Art.
2.) Because I'm too stupid and/or lazy to open a fucking book or turn on the Discovery Science Channel.
3.) Because if I can't immediately understand how something works, then it must be bullshit.
4.) Because I don't care that literally 99.9% of all biologists accept evolution as the unifying theory of biology.
5.) Because I prefer the theory that a (insert god of choice) went ALLA-KADABRA-ZAM MOTHAH-FUCKAHS!!!
6.) Because I can't get it through my thick logic-proof skull that evolution refers ONLY to the process of speciation, not to abiogenesis, or planet formation, or big bang cosmology, or whether God exists, or where they buried Jimmy Hoffa, or why the sky is blue, or how many licks it takes to get to the center of a fucking Tootsie Pop.
08 March 2009
50 reasons to reject evolution
Posted by shadowfax at 11:03 AM
7 comments:
- Anonymous3/08/2009 11:46 AM
Thank you! This is quite amusing. :-DReplyDelete
- Anonymous3/08/2009 12:45 PM
Wow. This is pretty offensive.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous3/08/2009 2:23 PM
this is great! hmm, who would be offended by this...?ReplyDelete
Offensive? Yeah, sometimes people on the internet use bad words, and sometimes they make fun of ideas they think are harmful and misguided. Sometimes they are deliberately rude.ReplyDelete
Yup, the internet is no place to hang out if you are easily offended, and especially if your belief system is so fragile that it can't handle some direct criticism.
Oh..that was funny...I love it!ReplyDelete
What makes me icky inside is thinking that I may have been treated by a physician who does not believe in evolution....
People can accept different dog breeds, but not evolution....
And by the way, re: "1.) Because I don't like the idea that we came from apes…" Anyhoo no problem: Humans didn't evolve from apes. Both apes and humans evolved from a common ancestor.
- Anonymous6/01/2009 6:01 PM
Evolution is just another theory that someone made up because they can't wrap their head around the fact that maybe there is a God. Hmmm...what a concept..that makes a lot more sense than saying that this entire universe came from a bang..maybe you should do some research yourself man..find out why evolution is ridiculousReplyDelete


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May 17, 2007
News Release 07-058
Inv. No. 337-TA-606
Contact: Peg O'Laughlin, 202-205-1819
The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has voted to institute an investigation of certain personal computers and digital display devices. The products at issue in this investigation include desktop and notebook computers, and digital display devices both as stand-alone devices and as integrated components of a notebook computer.
The investigation is based on a complaint filed by Hewlett-Packard Company of Palo Alto, CA, on April 19, 2007. The complaint alleges violations of section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 in the importation into the United States of certain personal computers and digital display devices that infringe patents owned by Hewlett-Packard. The complainant requests that the ITC issue a permanent exclusion order and a permanent cease and desist order.
The ITC has identified the following as respondents in this investigation:
By instituting this investigation (337-TA-606), the ITC has not yet made any decision on the merits of the case. The case will be referred to the Honorable Paul J. Luckern, an ITC administrative law judge, who will schedule and hold an evidentiary hearing. Judge Luckern will make an initial determination as to whether there is a violation of section 337; that initial determination is subject to review by the Commission.
The ITC will make a final determination in the investigation at the earliest practicable time. Within 45 days after institution of the investigation, the ITC will set a target date for completing the investigation. ITC remedial orders in section 337 cases are effective when issued and become final 60 days after issuance unless disapproved for policy reasons by the U.S. Trade Representative within that 60-day period.


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Cote14k wrote:Is the server only compatiable with the FTB Ultimate Version 1.0.1? I was trying to update the mod pack, the window when you launch FTB, and now it screwed it all up and I'm trying to fix it right now.
The server is currently on Ultimate 1.0.1, and will be likely staying on that until the modpack gets updated to 1.6, due to bugs in the newer versions of Ultimate.


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ASOYIA AND Dairyland Seed are working together to develop and market soybean germplasm for the ultralow-linolenic soybean market. The collaborators are trying to develop high-yielding soybeans with improved genetic packages that contain the 1% ultralow-linolenic soybean trait. The new genetics will add disease resistance and new desirable traits across diverse maturity ranges where soybeans are grown.
Oil from ultralow-linolenic soybeans is becoming increasingly popular in the food industry as an alternative to partially hydrogenated soybean oil. Asoyia's soybeans have 1% linolenic acid, compared to 7% that normally occurs in soybeans. This lower linolenic acid makes oil processed from these soybeans naturally stable without requiring hydrogenation. The absence of hydrogenation eliminates trans fatty acids; the FDA required food manufacturers to list trans fatty acids on all product labels beginning in January of this year, because they have been linked to increased cholesterol levels, which can lead to heart disease.


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Thursday, May 13, 2010
26 comments:
- Janjan said...
- May 13, 2010 at 5:27 PM
- Monika said...
Think of the possibilities! "David Danced"...or "Onan spilled"
- May 13, 2010 at 9:59 PM
- Janjan said...
Oy Gevalt Monika!! Warn us first!
- May 13, 2010 at 10:26 PM
- Janjan said...
Actually I kinda like "Peradventure, he stinkith" myself.....
- May 13, 2010 at 10:28 PM
- May 13, 2010 at 11:21 PM
- Augustine, O.P. said...
I hope he does not have a Lenten one that says, "Jesus Wept."
- May 14, 2010 at 6:02 AM
- Roger said...
How about "Aaron puked"?
- May 14, 2010 at 12:01 PM
This guy is probably thinking to him self "It was a good idea at the time..."
- May 15, 2010 at 6:57 AM
Sarah Laughed...and (in this case) with good reason...along with the rest of us.
- May 15, 2010 at 4:17 PM
- Chris said...
Even aside from the main concept, could the person who made it not remember the shape of a capital R?
- May 16, 2010 at 10:50 AM
- Therese Z said...
Golly, I hate to ask, but the dude looks Catholic to me. Is he?
We're not immune, if anything, many of ours, especially the ones in daily rotation, are the worst poly cheap-applique things you could hope to see. At least the color is liturgically correct, if a little crude.
- May 16, 2010 at 10:57 AM
Here's a couple of the Glasspool ordination photos:
Don't those deacons know where the stoles are supposed to go? This isn't the Ambrosian Rite here!
I'm actually a bit disappointed. The vestments actually look moderately tasteful. But why does Aunt Kate feel the need to dress up in a faux monastic alb?
- May 16, 2010 at 12:12 PM
- Mad Scottish Smells and Bells Priest said...
Ex aedibus:
Deacons wearing an 'Eastern Rite' style stole has been a fad for a wee while now, especially for those who hammer home what they call the distinctive deaconate vs the 'transitional' one.
What is worse for me is the priest with the surplice and stole!!! Red cassock from what I can see, but I thought LA had no Cathedral!!! That is just my spikiness speaking.
Can't wait to see what the rest of the HoB was wearing.
The alb looks like an Almy special, but my answer would be the one that I normally get from ladies that wearing an alb and amice negatively draws attention to their gender. At least it isn't that awful oatmeal color Dean Perry wore when Kate and I were at CDSP.
Augsutine OP. Dang the Ordinis Praedicatorum!!! My good lady had just said, "Well dear there is that trivia question about the shortest verse in the Bible."
- May 17, 2010 at 11:59 AM
- Christopher Johnson said...
Yeah, the Glasspool thing turned out to be a major disappointment, didn't it?
- May 17, 2010 at 1:18 PM
- Monika said...
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- May 17, 2010 at 10:24 PM
Regarding the Glasspool photos, what's with the pink hospital-style ID bracelets?
- May 19, 2010 at 12:12 PM
- Ormonde Plater said...
Don't those deacons know where the stoles are supposed to go? This isn't the Ambrosian Rite here!
The deacons are wearing stoles in the Byzantine manner, as worn by all deacons in the Greek church and by archdeacons and protodeacons in Slavic churches. This stole is common in the Episcopal Church and is permitted by the rubrics. My only objection is that it is usually worn over a white or off-white or simply plain dalmatic. There is too much fussy-ness in the LA vestments.
And Katharine is wearing a Slabbinck alb that is common in Europe. At Notre Dame Cathedral all the liturgical ministers, including the cardinal archbishop, wear this alb.
- May 20, 2010 at 10:08 AM
I want to hug you for starting this blog.
I'm ROFL'ing!
- June 2, 2010 at 11:25 AM
Sarah wept.
- June 2, 2010 at 11:25 AM
You boys need to get a life.
Don't you have some acolytes to train or hospital visits to make?
- June 5, 2010 at 7:09 PM
Oh, BTW, that's Jep Steit, dean of the Cathedral in Boston, MA.
- June 5, 2010 at 7:10 PM
- Michael said...
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- June 10, 2010 at 12:41 PM
- Michael said...
Ormonde Plater is right about the diaconal stoles. They are in the design of the double-orar, which was originally two deacon's stoles sewn together and awarded to archdeacons and protodeacons, and remains so today, although in some later designs, it is a single stole of double length. The modern practice of the Greek church, (as well as those churches that slavishly ape every Greek innovation), now awards them to all deacons from the point of ordination. In the Byzantine Rite, they are worn over the dalmatic/stikhar just as in the photograph above. In that sense, while the propriety of appropriating Byzantine-style stoles may be questioned, at least they are consistent in wearing them according to Byzantine custom.
- June 10, 2010 at 12:44 PM
- bob said...
I can't possibly outdo Monika...I'm in awe....How about "My Brother Esau Is An Hairy Man"? Probably too long, but it's supposed to be *badly* done.
- June 19, 2010 at 12:11 PM
Those LA ordination stoles and dalmatics are the ones that the diocese's transitional deacons wear at ordination. I am incompetent to comment further since I graduated from ETSS.
LA has a "pro-cathedral", a beautiful romanesque church built by the Doheny family that also built the Catholic church across the street; the cathedral center has been effectively demoted.
Anyway, the pro-cathedral is very "Affirming Catholic" and takes its cues from St. Gregory of Nyssa in San Francisco. The most ridiculous thing (to me) about both places is their odd use of "Attend!" or "Let us be attentive!" borrowed from the Greek rite.
Its a shame the building won't be going to the Ordinariate. It would be great if the first anglican ordinariate congregation in the archdiocese were set up in St. Vincent's across the street. One can hope.
goin' Catholic
- July 3, 2010 at 12:39 AM
- Kjetil Kringlebotten said...
Roy's Blog said: This guy is probably thinking to him self "It was a good idea at the time..."
Well, he would be wrong.
- July 29, 2010 at 8:34 PM


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Reviewed by Leo T. (age 8)
This book has a great plot. I like this because it has interesting details of the socks. I also like the detailed description of the crunchy pickles that Hank eats.
I recommend this to people who like or LOVE baseball. Children ages seven to eleven would like this book.


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--Jana Kirchner and Carla Judd
The Pullout of the Jan/Feb 2011 issue of SSYL comprised two History Mystery Lessons: The first was about Powhatan culture, and included a clue sheet about life in a Native American village.
The second (by Allison Helm, Kristin Pierce, and Michele Galloway) suggested placing 12 clues (each accompanied by a reading from Lewis's journal, 1803-1806) throughout the room, then inviting students to examine, record, and hypothesize about what they observe and read.
The learning environment in this method is described in detail in the article "History + Mystery = Inquiring Young Historians" by Jana Kirchner, Allison Helm, Kristin Pierce, and Michelle Galloway.


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There are to be 6 homes built on a new development site. They could
be semi-detached, detached or terraced houses. How many different
combinations of these can you find?
Start with four numbers at the corners of a square and put the
total of two corners in the middle of that side. Keep going... Can
you estimate what the size of the last four numbers will be?
Find a great variety of ways of asking questions which make 8.
There were 22 legs creeping across the web. How many flies? How
many spiders?
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Thanks to Windows Phone 7 for sponsoring this post. See the end of the post for details on a Windows Phone 7 giveaway.
Windows asked me to write about doing more with less, so last night I decided that instead of making chocolate chip cookies, I'd simply shovel chocolate chips in my mouth. That's less, after all. That didn't quite satisfy, however, even after I let the chips sit in there for a while and melt. I considered adding some butter, but that seemed like too much work, frankly.
Then I realized I really like peanut butter and chocolate chip cookies so I shoveled some peanut butter in my maw as well. And what do you know? That was better than some stupid cookies. Better = MORE!
A quiet voice in the back of my sugar-addled mind told me that I was possibly not quite getting the concept of doing more with less, so I stopped to consider how the concept applied to my life. Then I fell asleep. But this morning I woke up, as one does, and my first thought was, "I have a half-hour to write this post." My second thought was, "Thank GOD." Because a small window of time is the only way I can get any writing done. And I do believe that's doing more with less, Windows! BLAMMO!
There is nothing that will murder any chance of productivity for me like waking up to an obligation-free, unscheduled day. Henry's going straight to a playdate after school and won't be home until 6, I have a slow work week, and I'm out of errands to run? Well, I tell myself, that means I have hours in which to consort with the muse, obviously! I'll sit down at my computer and oh, the places my mind will go! I have all the time in the world to write the best blog post ever written. No--five of the best blog posts ever written. Or I'll finally finish that novel I began in 1996. Hell, I can do all of these things. I have all the time in the world!
But when I sit down at my computer with all that emptiness stretching ahead of me, panic sets in. That's a lot of time. I need to get a lot done, in that much time. And it better be good, too, because I have no reason to phone it in. I have time. Time means quality. If I write something terrible, that means I'm a terrible writer. Crap. I'm hungry.
So I decide to make breakfast. And since I have all these hours ahead of me, I have time to make myself a real breakfast. No need for a bowl of cereal, like some rushed breakfast-eating chump. But before I do that, I should check Twitter and see what's going on. Oh, look, someone linked to a funny video! Thank goodness I have time to watch it, as I have so very much time. And look, there are all these related, also funny videos! I never noticed how many videos there are of kitty cats flushing toilets. Those are always fun. I normally don't have time to watch those, as I'm rushing about.
Then I look up and it's eight hours later and Henry is home from his playdate and I'm still in my bathrobe.
I am convinced, after all these years, that the two most useful tools in my writing arsenal are: 1) limited time and 2) low expectations. If I have four hours to write, I will expect greatness, or at least quality, and my chattering brain will be consumed with what "quality" means and whether or not I'm approaching it, and as a result I'll avoid work. I'll dawdle and daydream and check my email like it's the only thing keeping me alive. If I have an hour, however, I don't have time for these shenanigans. I have to focus. If I have a half-hour, my fingers better keep moving around that keyboard and words had better be appearing on screen, or I'm screwed.
Even when I have only fifteen minutes, I can get some quality work done. If I can sit down and still the endless chatter in my brain, when those fifteen minutes are up, I find that I've made more progress on a project than I had all week. Because I don't expect much from fifteen minutes. All I expect is a few paragraphs, and maybe to have gained some momentum. And sometimes that's all I need.
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Good am everyone! I wasn't sure where to ask this question so hope someone can help! I have a 9 wk old puppy who I hand raised and bottle fed since day three! She has quite a few minor problems such as blind in one eye, cleft pallette and crooked jaw! It's been a real struggle to keep her alive but she pulled through! Now she's doing great, eating well although she still looks like the size of a 3 week old puppy!
My question is her behavior! She bites badly! She looks likes she's playing but I don't think she is. She'll bite your face or nomatter what part of your skin she gets a hold of! I've tried putting chew toys ect... In her mouth to bite instead of me but she goes right back for the skin! I guess I'm worried that it might be a behavior due from the congential defects! (Left side of her face is effected)
Can anyone suggest anything I could do to stop her from acting like a vicious dog? I'm praying its just a puppy thing!!!
It's definitely a puppy thing -, but something you'll need to keep working on in order to get it under control. Most puppies learn bite inhibition from their siblings and momma, so you have a bit of extra work to do
My suggestion is to stop all play, altogether if she starts to nip and bite. Get up and walk away. She should soon learn that nipping/biting = play/fun ending. The trick is to be consistent and have EVERYONE on board.
Good luck! I'd love to see some pictures too
Marty was very mouthy when I brought him home. A dog trainer told me when Marty got mouthy with me I should push him away and turn my back to him , like his mother would do. I did this about 4 times and Marty got the message. I just gave him a light push , not one that would knock him over.
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What: "Driven to Ride," a documentary by Boulder-based filmmaker Michelle Bauer Carpenter, featuring five local female motorcycle riders
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The song of the motor stills my thoughts. It mutes the chaos around me. I push forward, and with focused relaxation I eye the ground beneath me. The rumble of the wheels gliding across it feels like an act of love. Of silent connection.
All that matters at this moment are my tracks. I'll just do one more round. Again. Then I'll turn it off and rejoin society. Maybe two more rounds.
This pattern feels so familiar.
Oh, yes. This used to be the love story between my motorcycle and me. I called it "moving meditation." She instantly thrust me into a perfect Zen state, where I was focused, yet not thinking; alert, yet not tense.
I sold that girl. I traded her out for a vehicle with four doors and car seat when another sweet baby girl arrived four years ago. That's OK; my Camry knows our fling is only temporary.
Today, I find refuge in a different, infinitely more pathetic moving meditation: the loud hum of the vacuum cleaner. One more time around the living room. Just five more minutes of white noise drowning out "Dora the Explorer's" map jingle. Then I'll return.
Every woman has her reason to ride - or not ride. The latter is usually fueled by fear. Which, interestingly, was my very reason to start riding; I went through a recklessly satisfying Conquer-All-Of-The-Fears phase. But the freedom from my own thoughts was what kept me atop the hog for years.
Boulder resident Masyn Moyer rides, in part, for camaraderie. Weekend adventures with other women riders.
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Debra Conroy, of Denver and Steamboat Springs, rides to make the most of the long distances she travels for her profession, as a lawyer. For Julie Graff, of Boulder, riding is about family. Her family rides in a specific order, with more experienced riders in the front.
Michelle Bauer Carpenter, of Boulder, is 62, and she's gearing up to learn how to ride for the first time. She's inspired by her aunt, and the six women - three from Boulder, two from near Boulder County and another from California - whom she featured in her documentary, "Driven To Ride."
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In fact, one Boulder resident, Erin Doherty-Ratay, broke a Guinness world record for the longest partner riding tour around the world. She and her husband rode 101,000 miles for 4½ years.
She is also a Realtor with Re/Max Alliance.
"I ride because it makes me feel free. I know that sounds really sappy, but it's that feeling of release when I'm out on my bike. It's really good for the psyche," she says. "I've ridden since I was little, maybe 8 or 9 years old, when my dad taught me how to ride a 50cc Honda dirt bike. Then when I was living in (New York City) in my 20s, it was a way to escape the city and get into the beautiful, peaceful countryside."
Another rider in the film, Graff, says she began to ride at age 4. She remembers her mom dropping her off at preschool in a 1969 Harley Sportster.
My own baby girl turns 4 in February.
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I've pursued the passion of helping students with my current National Science Foundation funded grant project entitled STEM Teams: Promoting Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) career interest, skills, and knowledge through Strategic Teaming. This initiative allows me to partner in districts with 97% African American and impoverished communities to improve the district. This is accomplished by creating teams of teachers, and school and district leaders and working to improve the implementation and sustainability of innovative curriculum and programs in the district. The current program is based in the middle school and purposes to increase the number of students of color and poverty to pursue STEM careers. This work has been presented recently at the 2012 UCEA conference and to be at the 2013 AERA meeting. The process of district wide teaming was published in the following book chapter:
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I've just gotten back to where my beer has been in the secondary for 3 weeks without me around to dicover that the temperature is about 10 degrees warmer than when I left (it is now 72 degrees). I had split the batch and the other part was in a cooler room and smelled and tasted fine during bottling but the warmer one is definetely headed downhill. Unfortunatley the bad part was by far the bigger part. I've bottled both and am wondering if there is anything that can be done to save this stuff. It was not undrinkable, just not so nice as the good half. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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Can you describe what was off about the batch? Time fixes alot of things. I'd set the batch aside and come back to it in a few months. If you have the ability to cold age it that would be even better. In the meantime, brew more!
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No, I'm one of those beergeeks who has no ability in describing beers, it's pretty unfortunate, so I can't really say what's wrong with it, only that it did not taste like something I wanted to drink a bunch of bottles of. The smaller batch, as I said, was better. In addition to it being conditioned cooler it had a few raspberries in it which the bad half did not have, though I'm sure that is not what saved the small half. The whole thing had some raspberries in the pot (after the boil). When you say cold conditioning do you mean from right now after I've bottled or should I wait a bit, the coldest place I can find in the house is 68 deg. Should I just put them in the fridge now? This was going to be a really nice beer, I'm pretty sad.
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Four-year-olds can communicate somewhat complex ideas, but their minds are still alien; their language hasn't quite settled down into adult patterns; and they're flying by the seat of their pants socially. I'd love to see a site devoted simply to the interesting things they say!
Those interesting things are so easy to forget. Our memories tend to reshape and adultify in retelling; we can't hang on to the weirdness. I wish Pauline and I had done a better job capturing Davy's interesting remarks as a four-year-old; but we do have a few (what we think of as) gems. I hope readers will contribute their own in the comments if they have any!
In a restaurant: "It smells like a rainbow of things to eat" (4 yrs, 0 months).
"Mommy, you're evil, so I taked away your shoe" (4 yrs, 0 months).
Davy's great grandmother died. We took him to see the body. He wanted to touch it to see "if she's still squishy but doesn't move" (4-0).
"I wasn't being bossy. I was being right" (4-1).
At bathtime: "I hate to hide from you, but it's just a special occasion" (4-1).
"Is it today or tonight?" (4-2).
Of a new toy truck: "It springed my heart with love, I like it so much" (4-2).
Arguing about who has the better mommy:
Mary Travis: My mommy can help anyone!
Davy: My mommy can help anyone!
Mary Travis: My mommy can talk to anyone!
Davy: My mommy can talk to anyone!
Evidently this is what mommies do: help and talk (4-4).
Daddy: Are you fine?
Davy: I'm so fine I could burst a porcupine! (4-4)
Davy: Jesus didn't have a crib.
Daddy: What? Oh, right. "No crib for a bed."
Davy: I don't have a crib.
Daddy: So you're Jesus.
Davy: Yes. No! (4-4)
"Maybe they call it 'Christmas' because you MISS it and... and... and it's Chris" (4-5).
"My race car is fun-fastic!" (4-5).
To Mommy: "I said 'Wonka Nerds' because my brain took a peek at it before I did. My brain is very smart because it looks at things before I do and it discovers things before I do and that's why I'm smarter than you" (4-6).
Davy punches Mommy.
Mommy: Don't do that. That hurt!
Davy: Did it sting?
Mommy: I'm not saying.
Davy: Did it sting?
Mommy: I'm not telling you so you can enjoy it.
Davy: I enjoy punching people.
Mommy: Well I hope no one punches you and enjoys it.
Davy: I like to be punched. I didn't like it when I was a baby but I absent-mindedly got used to it (4-6).
Davy sneezes. Mommy usually says "bless you", but she's on the phone and ignores it. Davy says, "bless myself" (4-7).
Davy: I don't need a diaper. I just insulated myself for sleep.
Mommy: Insulated yourself?
Davy pulls up his shirt to reveal wads of toilet paper stuffed into his pants (4-7).
"All my ideas live here [points to tummy]. Then they come up to my brain and I think them" (4-8).
Davy: Maybe this is a dream.
Daddy: This, right now?
Davy: Well, maybe. If this hurts. [He pulls on Daddy's earlobes.] (4-11)
Davy: Mom, what's smaller than the smallest thing in the whole world?
Mommy: What? No, there can't be anything smaller than the smallest thing in the whole world.
Davy: No, I don't know what it is, but it's the smallest thing in the whole galaxy! (4-11)
Well, I can't quite resist going a bit into the fives:
"You know why I win [marbles] all the time? Because my blood cells have little actions spirits ready to win" (5-0).
Daddy: Nothing goes faster than light.
Davy: No, something does.
Daddy: What?
Davy: Something that doesn't exist (5-0).
Daddy: If I spin a 3 [in Chutes and Ladders] I win!
Davy: You're not going to spin a 3!
Daddy: How do you know? Precognition? Psychic powers?
Davy: Extra strong brain! (5-0)
"You can't grab afterimages. When you grab them you just get air. Nothing made me think of that. It just popped into my brain" (5-0).
Seeing our brand-new minivan for the first time: "Hubcaps shiny as the sun! Tires as sticky as a sticky-frog!" (5-2).
Looking at the toy store sign: "'Toys R Us'. Are they us?" (5-2).
Monday, January 28, 2008
"Toys R Us". Are They Us?
Four-year-olds can communicate somewhat complex ideas, but their minds are still alien; their language hasn't quite settled down into adult patterns; and they're flying by the seat of their pants socially. I'd love to see a site devoted simply to the interesting things they say!
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Cute stuff. But what kind of four-year-old knows how to use "insulate"?
- Tue Jan 29, 12:14:00 AM PST
- Randywombat said...
"My brain is very smart because it looks at things before I do and it discovers things before I do."
Son of a philosopher, all right!
(Though my personal favourite is still "Extra strong brain!".)
- Tue Jan 29, 02:39:00 AM PST
4-year olds are great. Recent gems from our 4-year old:
Joe: Becky, you have to learn not to interrupt when I am in the middle of a conversation.
Becky: But you can just get two mouths. If you got two mouths, you could talk to me too.
Me: No, uncle Soren and aunt Christine don't know whether their baby will be a boy or a girl.
Becky: How did you know I was a girl before you had me?
Me: We got an ultra-sound -- a picture of the tummy.
Becky: Maybe we can take a picture of Christine's tummy. Then we will know.
Becky: Sometimes adults don't do the right things. But I always do the right things, right?
Me: Please don't eat the berries off the tree.
Becky: Why not?
Me: Because they could be poisonous.
Becky: But it's o.k. to eat berries when they grow in stores or at home, right?
Becky: you're my best friend, mommy ... and daddy is, too. And Amid and Xin-Xin, and Lukey.
Joe: It's bedtime Becky.
Becky: Just 5 more minutes.
Joe: No, it's getting late.
Becky: But I promise ...
Joe: What?
Becky: I promise I want to stay up 5 more minutes.
Becky: If you are daddy's daddy, Nonno, and daddy is my daddy, then you are my daddy.
Becky: How long before Christmas?
Me: 6 weeks.
Becky: Tell me how long that is.
Me: 42 days.
Becky: Tell me, how long is it?
Me: Very long.
Becky: Oh, man.
Becky: I want a monkey
Me: you can't have one.
Becky: Why not?
Me: Too much work.
Becky: I can do it.
Me: And daddy is allergic.
Becky: No, he is allergic to cats. Monkeys are o.k.
- Tue Jan 29, 04:09:00 AM PST
- The Financial Philosopher said...
"I'd rather have my Daddy than money."
My, then 4-year old, son asked me why I missed his Christmas play and was away from home so often. Of course, my reply to him was that I had to "work hard for our family to earn money for the things we have."
He instantly gave the reply, "I'd rather have my Daddy than money." Those words, given two years ago, changed my life and perspective on the value of money(I started my own business and haven't missed a Christmas play or any other significant event in his life since that day).
- Tue Jan 29, 06:27:00 AM PST
- Brad C said...
Hi Eric,
Lots of fun to read these - esp since my wife and I are expecting a baby in July -- Thanks!
AND: I love the comment by the financial philosopher.
- Tue Jan 29, 06:58:00 AM PST
- Tanasije Gjorgoski said...
One day I told my daughter Mila, then 2 year old, about some happenings when her brother was young. And she asked, "was I very small then?". I told her that she was not, that she wasn't born.
Two days after that together with my wife and my kids we went in another city, done some shopping, few coffee stops, got some pizza, and before return, we went to see some friends. My daughter slept through our visit to friends.
Today I was asking her where were we, and at the end told her that we were also at my friends place, and that she was sleeping.
She said "I wasn't born then", looking at me, waiting for confirmation.
- Tue Jan 29, 08:36:00 AM PST
Oops, it should be 'next day' instead of 'today'.
I got that from old writing, and forgot to change that word :)
- Tue Jan 29, 08:37:00 AM PST
my friend's 4/5 year old while on a walk at the park:
Mommy, I like the park...all of this, the birds, the trees, the frogs, it makes me feel very calm.
- Tue Jan 29, 05:11:00 PM PST
"When I was born, I was a baby, right?" 3-4
- Tue Jan 29, 05:25:00 PM PST
Aunt: Devin, you're too cute.
Devin (3): No I'm not. I'm three cute.
- Wed Jan 30, 07:11:00 AM PST
- Eric Schwitzgebel said...
Thanks for all those cute examples, folks. Neat!
- Wed Jan 30, 09:23:00 AM PST
Dear Eric,
Thanks for posting those, some classic 4 yr old sayings!
I'm digging my 2 yr olds' reason explanations at the moment (or lack thereof).
Dad: why did you hit me?
J: cos' I hit daddy.
Dad: why don't you want to say good morning to Mum?
J: because the rain and clouds, the rain come down the clouds!
- Thu Jan 31, 02:02:00 AM PST
Another one:
"How do they play football? They throw the ball and then hit each other?" (3-5)
- Thu Jan 31, 07:03:00 PM PST
I berate myself regularly for failing to write down the funny, clever, and philosophical things my sons (now 6 and 3) say (and for failing to videotape them more). I think someone needs to start a blog or something that would help us remember to do it (and share with each other). I love the examples here.
Just a couple of mine:
Lucas at 5: "Sam was born to make messes, mommy and daddy were born to be teachers, and I was born to help people."
Lucas at 5: "Daddy, I hope we die at the same time so I don't have to live without you."
One of my friends' 6 year-olds: Teacher after walking over to a distracted Luke: "Why don't we try to get through your writing assignment?"
Luke (annoyed and rolls eyes): "Don't you have some work of your own to do??"
By the way, doing analogies with your 5-6+ year old can be quite interesting and fun.
- Sat Feb 02, 06:56:00 AM PST
It's funny reading these philosophers talk about how we acquire this and that knowledge about the world, who obviously haven't spent any time with young children who are actually acquiring knowledge and learning about the world.
- Sun Feb 03, 11:58:00 AM PST
"Becky: If you are daddy's daddy, Nonno, and daddy is my daddy, then you are my daddy."
The sophists Euthydemus and Dionysodorus seem to use similar sorts of arguments in Plato's 'Euthydemus' (297d-299a): e.g.
"Since [your dog] is a father and he is yours, the dog turns out to be your father, and you are the brother of puppies, aren't you?"
Alice (3? 4?): This is my pyro-ribbon.
Greg: Oh really?
Alice (fluttering the ribbon at Greg): Now you're on fire!
- Sat Feb 09, 03:58:00 PM PST
- Eric Schwitzgebel said...
Cute! If you keep them coming, I might do a "best of" at some point.
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[i]OPENING JUNE 27, 2008: Journey into Narnia: Prince Caspian Attraction at Disney's Hollywood Studios Theme Park at Walt Disney World Resort.
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Hey, (off-topic @ icandrawem2) you're in Jacksonville? I have a lot of family there...
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Hello guys!!!
I watch this movie
and prince Caspian is so handsome,
the story is full of exciting,
i like the little girl on that movie,
she is interesting,
and all of the cast are so amazing...
they are so nice,except of the bad witch there...
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I really love that movie too...
I can't stop watching them...
I love you Prince Caspian.....
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Great movie,i love all the cast,except those bad person there....
Good day!!!
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In studying the past four seasons, Mutters and Thompson determined that harvest return is "not very sensitive to moisture content" and that there is no more than a 1 percent in revenue harvesting at moistures ranging from 18 to 24 percent. An 11 percent increase in drying charge reduced grower return by only three to four cents per hundredweight at harvest moistures of 18 to 24 percent.
The risk of poor returns begins to increase below 18 percent and harvesting above 24 percent increases the risk of off-odor development.
Drying costs nullify the financial value of harvesting at moistures high enough to obtain maximum head rice quality. Mutters points out this is true for only medium grain varieties.
"A preliminary analysis of premium medium grain (M401) shows that there is a financial advantage to harvesting at higher moisture. M401 has highest heat yields at higher moistures than regular medium grain varieties and is paid a premium for head rice.
If drying charges are increased by 50 percent, the maximum return is obtained at 20 percent moisture and "drops off rapidly above 22 percent."
Fortunately, Mutters said weather has been warm during the early stages of this year's harvest and that is facilitating rice dry down in the fields.


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U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials on Wednesday announced the arrest of 27-year-old Marco Antonio Miranda-DeJesus.
Border Patrol agents in the downtown El Paso area on Monday night saw a man run north from the border with Mexico and rappel off a bridge. Agents caught the man following a brief foot chase.
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Miranda-DeJesus, who's also been charged with illegal entry into the U.S., faces extradition to New Jersey.
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