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I am not a natural dancer. My girlfriend reminds me of this fact, accompanying it with one of those pats on the arm meant to cushion the blow of receiving unwelcome news. It's not a surprise anymore after a year of learning country line dancing, both single and couples dances. I still have some trouble finding the beat and, even if I do find it, staying on it is another matter. I've gotten a better sense of the beat over the year and can correct myself to match up, but it's an ongoing process.
Over the weekend while we were visiting her parents for the Thanksgiving holiday, I was invited to come to her parent's dance club. The club has an hour lesson followed by about two hours of open dancing. Ballroom dancing, I should add, as it is another kind of dancing that I am not wholly unfamiliar with. I've had a single lesson for West Coast Swing, but that's about as far as I've gotten outside the rigid formulas of country dancing. While you can add your own variations ("styling", as I'm told it's called) to country dancing, there is always a known basic formula for moving around the dance floor. With ballroom dancing, you get to decide what happens next.
This is a relatively new and somewhat foreign concept for me.
On Saturday night, we learned the basic steps of the waltz. It was during the lesson that I experienced an incredible amount of frustration. While I understood and was able to replicate the steps in practice when they were broken down into one or two sets of movements, connecting these different steps together in a continuous flow was proving to be difficult. I felt incredible frustration at an inability to connect my thoughts on what my body should be doing to my actual body movements. I knew that I had to step and move a certain way and my body didn't seem to be receiving that same message. The steps started to jumble up together like a giant knot and I was trying to pull it apart on the fly paired with a partner.
To put it in perspective, it was the type of frustration that makes you want to run away crying and screaming in rage; sticking it through feels like every part of your brain is calling out for you to quit now. I'm proud that I stuck it through the rest of the night, but it was emotionally and psychologically draining. It left me feeling very vulnerable and in the clutches of a black mood as we drove away back to our hotel room at the end of the evening.
In thinking about this experience on the long drive back to New Jersey, I started to wonder if I had seen that kind of frustration that I experienced in some of the people who have come to my classes over the years at the library. My thoughts lead me to consider the basic computing class that I teach. It's an excellent example as to how some concepts that are so basic to some can be so distant to others. I thought about the number of times someone expressed being nervous about typing on the keyboard, clicking on things on the screen, or even moving a program window. Had these people felt their own version of the knot, where the concepts suddenly turned into a jumble? How many people stuck it out in the classroom when all they wanted to do was leave and never turn on a computer again? How were they able to deal with their frustration?
Was I able to get them through those moments?
After the lesson and stumbling through a waltz during the open dance, I was relating this knot allegory to my girlfriend's mother. It felt good to be able express this frustration, but the advice she gave me in return helped immensely. I'm paraphrasing since I don't remember her exact wording and I felt like it really hit the heart of the matter.
Another couple was having trouble with a lesson that had both basic and advanced steps and it was really putting a crimp on their evening. The instructor told them that when the dance came up again to go out and just do the basic steps over and over again. Don't worry or think about the advanced stuff, just focus on the basics. In working on holding their frame and technique, it would help them get create muscle memory and become comfortable with a series of moves they could build on and always return to.
On the basis of this advice, I have to commend my girlfriend for being very patient with me for an evening full of basic step waltzes. (I had enough technique to be able to rotate a little, so it wasn't that routine.) But this kind of experience is a nice reminder about the difference between people who come to things naturally and those who have to work on it to excel at it. And, more importantly for me, that I need to be more alert and sensitive to those people who might be frustrated in that same way to provide them with the help and encouragement they need to unravel their own knots. Any knowledge can be broken down into "one, two, three", but translating it into skill is a wholly different matter. The next best thing to being a natural is being someone dedicated to mastering it.
In the meantime, I had better start practicing or else we'll be doing basic steps forever. I don't know if she has the patience for that.


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"Fruitvale Station," the critically-acclaimed film about the 2009 killing of Oscar Grant III, will be shown at a private screening Thursday night at the Grand Lake Theatre in Oakland.
The special screening — presented by the San Francisco Film Society and the Oscar Grant Foundation and underwritten by the film's studio, the Weinstein Company — is only open to invited guests. The film, directed by Oakland native Ryan Coogler, is slated to open in select theaters nationwide July 12.
The Hollywood stars will be in town for Thursday's screening, including Michael B. Jordan who plays Grant, Academy Award-winner Octavia Spencer, Melonie Diaz, Ahna O'Reilly, director Ryan Coogler, producers Forest Whitaker and Nina Yang Bongiovi.
In near neo-realistic fashion, the movie, filmed on the streets of the East Bay, traces Grant's last hours before the unarmed 22-year-old Hayward man was shot on the BART platform at the Fruitvale station by then-BART police officer Johannes Mehserle in the early hours of New Year's Day 2009. Mehserle was charged with murder, but a Los Angeles jury found him guilty of involuntary manslaughter and he served roughly 11 months in jail. The killing and ensuing legal findings sparked several riots in downtown Oakland during the following months.
In January, "Fruitvale Station" took home the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award for U.S. dramatic film at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. And the film is considered a likely contender for this year's Academy Award nominations.
Brad Pitt's "Moneyball", also filmed in Oakland, got similar treatment with a star-studded premiere at the Paramount Theatre before its general release in 2011.
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Thursday, October 20, 2011
Dill and mustard sauce - hovmästarsås - for smoked salmon or gravlax
This Swedish dill and mustard sauce - gravlaxsås/hovmästarsås/senapssås - was one of our favourite sauces this summer. We served this with smoked salmon and gravlax to our guests quite often, and never got tired of it. Although the season for al fresco lunches is sadly over, there's nothing that keeps us from enjoying thinly sliced smoked salmon indoors. Long and leisurely Sunday brunches, anyone?
The sauce keeps in the fridge for a few days, covered.
Swedish dill and mustard sauce
Makes about a cup
2 Tbsp sweet Swedish mustard (you can use Honey Dijon)
1 Tbsp Dijon mustard
1 Tbsp caster sugar
0.5 tsp salt
a pinch of freshly ground black pepper
1-1.5 Tbsp white wine vinegar
200 ml mild oil (rapeseed, grapeseed, canola)
a small bunch of fresh dill, finely chopped
To serve:
smoked salmon or gravlax
Put the mustards, sugar, salt, pepper and vinegar into a bowl, and mix until the sugar has dissolved.
Using a small whisk, whisk in the oil little by litte. Finally, mix in the chopped dill.
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2 comments:
- Johanna said...
Have been meaning to post my own for the longest time... Never got round to it! Must see how they compare!
- 3:09 pm, October 20, 2011
- Pille said...
Oh, Johanna, please do post your recipe as well!!
- 9:00 pm, October 23, 2011
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2006 Land Rover Range Rover Sport ReviewThis car review is specific to this model, not the actual vehicle for sale.
All-new model good on-road, too.
Land Rover chose its company name to highlight its mission: Build vehicles capable of roving anywhere there's land. It has perhaps succeeded too well, as car shoppers in the increasingly urbanized parts of the world have tended to look for vehicles intended more for paved roads than unpaved tracks.
Those shoppers have found some competent vehicles, some of which are actually fun to drive. The BMW X5, the Cadillac SRX, the Infiniti FX, the Mercedes-Benz M-Class, and the Porsche Cayenne created a new market: SUV-proportion vehicles that are also sporty, with ride and handling abilities previously unheard of in off-road capable vehicles, and luxurious in trim and features, to boot.
Land Rover has hit this highly competitive, high-price market with two new products for 2006: The Range Rover Supercharged is a full-size Range Rover with the most powerful engine ever in a Land Rover. But it isn't really intended for flicking through a set of esses on a favorite two-lane road.
The 2006 Range Rover Sport has a similar name, but it's a different vehicle. Built on a smaller platform derived from the Land Rover LR3 but with a thoroughly reworked suspension and a unique but instantly recognizable body, the Sport is everything, well almost everything, the Range Rover Supercharged wants to be but isn't. Spirited, sporty, agile, with a snazzy look; OK, maybe not all that snazzy, but for a Range Rover, it's snazzy. It's also something the LR3 doesn't want to be: a Range Rover that's more comfortable on road than off.
Not only does it fit between the LR3 and the full-size Range Rover in terms of form and function, but it also nicely splits the different in price. It's priced about $20,000 under the top Range Rovers and $10,000-$20,000 over comparable LR3s.
Land Rover makes shopping for the all-new Range Rover Sport easy. Just two versions are available, the HSE ($56,085) and the Supercharged ($69,085). The HSE comes with a 300-horsepower, 4.4-liter V8. Not surprisingly, the Supercharged has a supercharged V8 displacing 4.2 liters and making 390 horsepower. Both engines drive through a new-for-2006, six-speed CommandShift automatic (that's also fitted in the top-of-the-line Range Rover). Full-time four-wheel drive with a two-speed, shift-on-the-fly, electronic transfer case is standard, as is an electronically controlled, locking center differential. Optional is a rear differential lock ($500).
The marketing people at Land Rover didn't leave off much when outfitting and trimming the HSE. Standard amenities include dual-zone, automatic climate control; cruise control; eight-way power front seats; power outside mirrors, windows and central locking; three memory settings for driver's seat and mirrors; digital, 13-speaker, surround-sound AM/FM/CD stereo with six-disc, in-dash changer and auxiliary audio inputs; DVD-based GPS navigation system with voice recognition and dash-mounted, seven-inch, touch-screen LCD display incorporating a picture-in-picture monitor of 4X4 settings and status; sunroof; front and rear park assist; and five function-programmable key fob.
Ride and handling features include Dynamic Stability Control and Active Roll Mitigation, which combine to heighten directional control and rollover resistance; Hill Descent Control, which automatically applies appropriate braking on steep downhill inclines; Terrain Response, a manually selectable set of four, pre-programmed suspension and engine management settings for various off-road conditions; and, of course, Land Rover's trademark load-leveling, height-adjustable air suspension.
Options for HSE: a rear-seat entertainment system consisting of two displays integrated into the back sides of the front seat head restraints, a six-disc CD changer, touchscreen interface, two wireless head sets and a wireless remote control ($2500); hands-free cell phone/Bluetooth capability ($500); satellite radio ($400 plus subscription fee); 20-inch alloy wheels ($4000); the Cold Climate package ($1050) with heated seats all 'round and heated windshield and washer jets; the Luxury Interior package ($2750), which includes upgraded leather upholstery, cherry wood trim, a center console cool box, the Cold Climate package, and adaptive headlights that pivot when you turn the steering wheel.
The Supercharged model, or S/C, comes standard with everything on the HSE plus the Luxury Interior and Cold Climate packages, Brembo front brakes, the 20-inch alloy wheels, and the Dynamic Response System, which electronically adjusts the stabilizer bars for optimal cornering. Otherwise, the S/C offers the same options (same prices) as the HSE. The S/C also offers optional adaptive cruise control ($2000).
The Special Edition package ($5000) for the S/C, capped at 380 units, features unique 20-inch Stormer wheels like those on Range Rover's concept vehicle, the Range Stormer, along with hand-polished lined oak wood trim, the rear-seat entertainment system, special floor mats and tread strips, the satellite radio and a choice of Vesuvius Orange or Java Black paint.
Safety features on the Sport comprise twin, dual-stage front airbags; front seat-mounted side airbags for torso protection; full-coverage side curtain airbags to protect against head injury in side-impacts and rollovers; child safety seat anchors (LATCH); antilock brakes with electronic brake-force distribution and brake assist; and all-terrain traction control.
At first glance, the Range Rover Sport could easily be mistaken for the top-of-the-line Range Rover. To the extent there are differences, they are confined to dimensions and subtle styling cues.
Although nominally based on the Land Rover LR3 platform, the Sport is smaller on the outside in all but width, and that by less than half an inch. Its wheelbase is shorter by more than five inches. The Sport is more than two inches shorter than the LR3 in overall length. It's not as tall, by three inches. In one significant measure, it's identical to the LR3, and that is its track, the distance between the wheels from side to side, which is also less than an inch narrower than the taller and longer top-of-the-line Range Rover.
Appearance-wise, the Sport so closely resembles the top-of-the-line Range Rover that it's like the Disneyland version of Main Street: It looks just like the real one built to a slightly smaller scale. Only the most discerning and trained eye will notice that the hood, or bonnet, as they call it on the other side of the pond, is mostly flat, missing the full-size Range Rover's castellations, those longitudinal humps running along the top outer edges back from the headlights. Or that the windscreen and backlight are faster, or more raked. Or the presence of understated side skirts, front air dam and rear spoiler. Maybe the front quarter panels' side vents are more obvious, being closely patterned after the LR3's and in stark contrast to the Range Rover's vertical louvers.
Because, other than striking a slightly more rakish pose with its rounder, more tapered lines, the Sport contains all the major styling elements of its full-size kin. The compound headlight clusters are indistinguishable. The grille finishes are alike, with the HSE's a matte gray and the S/C's a bright metallic. The roof gets the marque's trademark floating look, achieved by blacking out the roof pillars. A similar character line runs the length of the body side, but with the door handles positioned beneath it to reinforce the Sport's lower profile. Taillights repeat the larger Range Rover's stacked look, only not quite as tall and with the elements staggered from the vertical. And just like the full-size Range Rovers, the Supercharged Sport has chrome-tipped dual exhausts in place of the HSE's bare, single exhaust.
While the Range Rover Sport's exterior unabashedly mimics the top-of-the-line Range Rover's looks, the interior stays truer to its LR3 underpinnings.
The dash top, instrument cluster and steering wheel are direct transplants from the LR3, right down to the stacks of cruise control buttons and redundant audio controls next to the thin, vertical, metallic horn buttons along each side the airbag cover in the steering wheel hub. Curiously for a serious off-road vehicle, the tachometer has no redline, leaving drivers dependent on the Sport's computers to coordinate engine speed and gear selection with terrain idiosyncrasies. Although the center stack structure lays back at a more ergonomically friendly angle than the LR3's, the switches, knobs, buttons and display screens are the same as the LR3's, too, which while plentiful, are fairly easy to decipher. The four dash-top vents are shaped differently, but located in the same positions, belying the shared, behind-the-scenes framework. The navigation system's display is recessed in the dash at the top of the center stack and accessible to both front seat occupants.
The seat contours are more defined than both the LR3's and the full-size Range Rover's standard accommodations, although the seat bottoms could be deeper and provide more thigh support. More pronounced bolsters in front add lateral support, and the rear seat's softer cushions render it less bench-like than it looks; we appreciated this over a several hour drive from Aspen, Colorado, to the smooth red rock around Moab, Utah. Infinitely adjustable, inboard arm rests in front ease long droning, interstate drives. The head restraints could be better, however. The positioning of the front-seat head restraints favors the back seat watchers. To ensure the best viewing experience, the head restraints, which double as housings for the video screens, are fixed in a vertical plane; in other words, they're adjustable only up or down and cannot be angled forward or backward. The way I like the driver's seat configured, in placement fore and aft, height and seatback angle, the head restraint blocked me from holding my head upright, forcing me to lean it forward. This awkward angle was literally a pain in the neck. Reclining the front seat a bit lessened the discomfort, by allowing me to hold my head upright. Still, this work-around left me wondering why, in a vehicle this expensive, I should have to be the one to compromise.
Also, and as with their counterparts in the full-size Range Rover, the large head restraints block much of the forward view for rear-seat passengers. A panel of auxiliary jacks for the entertainment system is set into the rear of the front center console, along with the levers for the rear seat heaters.
In all interior measures, the Sport returns mixed comparisons. The front seat offers less legroom than the LR3 but more legroom than the top model, and it offers less headroom than either. Its rear seat headroom is less than the LR3 but about the same as the top model, and legroom is the same as the LR3 but more than the top model. In cargo space, it fits where it logically should, offering almost 20 fewer cubic feet than the much more upright LR3 but less than four fewer than the top Range Rover. Save for cup holders, of which there are but two, protected by a sliding cover in the front center console, incidental storage is decent. The nifty little cool box packaged with the Luxury Interior option fits in the cubby in the center console aft of those cup holders and chills small beverage bottles and snacks. The front doors have two map pockets, the rear doors, one. Pouches for magazine and headsets are stitched into the backside of the front seat backs. The bi-level glove box's upper element doubles as a CD rack. Atop this, a divided tray for odds and ends fills the space between the air conditioning registers.
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Land Rovers must, by definition, be at least as adept off road as on. The 2006 Range Rover Sport may push the needle a bit closer to the on-road end of the gauge than many of the marque's faithful will find appropriate, but most needn't worry, as it'll still go where many will hesitate to tread, no matter how lightly.
For this, credit the suspension engineers' unwavering commitment to such measures as suspension articulation and angles of approach, ramp break-over and departure. Yes, it trails its kin in almost every measure, the LR3 the most. Still, we climbed rock faces nearing a 45-degree gradient with minimal tire slippage, thanks to the all-terrain traction control. Dangling a wheel in the air while crossing fields of boulders upset neither us nor the Sport. Hill Descent Control worked its magic on slopes ranging from loose gravel to slippery silt. The biggest obstacle we faced over an afternoon of serious off-roading was our reflexive tendency to interfere with the various terrain-sensing systems.
What impressed us is how well the Sport comports itself when the going gets paved. Both engines come from Jaguar, so urban and exurban refinement is presumed. The automatic transmission is sourced from Aston Martin, noted for high-performance polish. Land Rover, Jaguar and Aston Martin are owned by Ford Motor Co. and share technology.
Tooling around Aspen, the HSE, with its naturally aspirated V8, felt more comfortable, more at home, than the Supercharged. Throttle response in the HSE seems more linear, shifts more subtle, the ride more compliant. The Supercharged seems occasionally to catch the transmission off guard, as if the transmission isn't quite sure what the engine wants by way of managing the gear shift. Throttle tip in, too, was sometimes a bit more aggressive than we wanted, making difficult a calm acceleration from a stop. The lower profile tires' ride is a bit harsher over rough and broken pavement.
Both the HSE and the S/C account well for themselves on the interstates, even when pushing the posted limits more than just a little; at highway speeds, the air suspension automatically lowers the Sport one inch, lessening drag and stabilizing the ride. At legal speeds, the road speed-sensitive assisted steering feels a tad light, with not as much on-center feel as we like. Cranked up to seriously extra-legal rates of travel, though, directional stability improves markedly. The high seating position makes for good visibility over other vehicles and down the highway; on the run from Aspen over toward Utah, and although our radar detector had already warned us, we saw the trooper several seconds before brake lights lit up around us. The adaptive cruise control works as promised; the Sport maintains your choice of one of four programmed following ranges, which are based on time, not distance, slowing perceptively but not obtrusively as the gap to followed vehicles closes, then gently building speed when the road is clear. No, the system won't slam on the brakes if it senses impending doom and you're too busy chatting on the cell to notice, but it will sound an alarm to get your attention. Stopping power is more than adequate, for which a couple of marmots scurrying across the road on a pass above Aspen are eternally grateful. There is, however, more dive under braking, and squat under acceleration, for that matter, than we expected with a suspension as sophisticated as this one.
Range Rovers have never been known for their prowess on winding, two-lane back roads. No longer, at least in the Sport. And this holds for both the HSE and the S/C, although the latter is the preferred choice when the interstate ends. The engine, the air suspension and the tires play their part, but sharing top billing are the transmission and the aforementioned new Dynamic Response System. As do many of today's higher tech automatics, the transmission adapts to a wide variety of driving styles,.
As accomplished, and as world-renowned, as Land Rover is in building rugged, go-anywhere passenger vehicles, times change. So must the best. And so must Land Rover, or at least so its management and owners believe. Thus, if the company wants to be a player in the full spectrum of the sport utility market, it must put more emphasis on 'sport,' an attribute it hasn't emphasized in the past. The full-size, 2006 Range Rover Supercharged was the opening gambit. The smaller, more agile Range Rover Sport may well be the Ace in the hole.
New Car Test Drive correspondent Tom Lankard drove the Range Rover Sport in Aspen, Colorado, Moab, Utah, and Carmichael, California.
Model Lineup
Range Rover Sport HSE ($56,085); Range Rover Sport Supercharged ($69,085).
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Adaptive Cruise Control ($2000); rear seat entertainment system ($2500).
Model Tested
Range Rover Sport Supercharged ($69,085).The Land Rover Range Rover Sport is Land Rover's mid-size, mid-level luxury SUV. Built on a smaller platform derived from the Land Rover LR3 but with a thoroughly reworked suspension and a unique but instantly recognizable body, the Sport is everything: spirited, sporty, agile, with a snazzy look. Range Rover Sports are available in two versions, the HSE and the Supercharged. The HSE comes with a 300-horsepower, 4.4-liter V8. The Supercharged has a supercharged V8 4.2 liter engine and makes 390 horsepower. Both engines drive through a new six-speed CommandShift automatic (that's also fitted in the top-of-the-line Range Rover). Full-time four-wheel drive with a two-speed, shift-on-the-fly, electronic transfer case is standard, as is an electronically controlled, locking center differential. The 2006, The Land Rover Range Rover has two new engines: 4.4-liter DOHC 32-valve V8; 4.2-liter DOHC 32-valve supercharged V8. It also has a new 6-speed automatic transmission with CommandShift.
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Right now is probably a pretty good time to forward contract some of this year's wheat crop, according to a Kansas State University grain market analyst.
The futures market for hard red winter wheat appears to be entering a down trend, said Mike Woolverton, K-State Research and Extension agricultural economist. However, Woolverton cautions against contracting more than what is covered by crop insurance.
"Last year, some guys got in a bind because they couldn't deliver," said Woolverton, referring to the April freeze that heavily damaged or destroyed much of the central Kansas wheat crop.
The freeze, combined with problems in other major wheat growing regions around the world, led to record-low world wheat stocks.
"We're at a 62-year low for carryover in the U.S.," Woolverton said. "We have to go back to 1947-48 to find the last time stocks were this low."
Global stocks are at a 30-year low, he said.
However, Woolverton said, the United States has one of the few remaining supplies of milling quality wheat right now, so exports have soared. Also helping boost U.S. wheat prices was a short southern hemisphere wheat crop. Woolverton said political issues in Argentina have restricted wheat exports from that country and drought in Australia led to a short crop there.
"We'll have to see how harvest in the northern hemisphere looks before we know how much it will do to replenish world supplies," he said.
Getting world stocks back to previous levels could take two years of good crops, Woolverton said, during which time he expects wheat prices to remain strong. He does believe, however, prices will be lower come harvest time in Kansas.
"The USDA is forecasting prices to be about $6 (per bushel) by then," he said of hard red winter wheat. "But I'm not sure they'll go down that low." Kansas City Board of Trade wheat futures for July delivery -- the 2008 new crop contract -- has traded as high as $13 per bushel, but has dropped back below $10, closing at $9.80 per bushel on March 31.
Woolverton is concerned about how the crop is starting to look in areas of the Great Plains. A cool, wet spring is slowing crop development and the wheat is smaller than it usually is this time of year. Growing conditions are less than ideal in Texas, where the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service pegged 47 percent of that state's wheat crop at poor or very poor as of the week ended March 30.
Conditions are better to the north, but Woolverton said he's not sure a good crop in central and eastern Kansas will be quite what it takes to add up to a normal state wheat crop. Kansas wheat was rated 20 percent poor or very poor, 36 percent fair and 44 percent good to excellent the week ended March 30.
World supplies for corn and soybeans are tight right now as well, which Woolverton said may help keep wheat prices high.
"There's no margin for error in these grains right now," he said. "We need good crops and a good growing season, or these markets could get even crazier."
With agricultural inputs costing more than ever before as well, Woolverton said he and other economists are encouraging producers to sell the grain as they buy the inputs.
"People have a lot of money riding on this crop," he said. "They want to lock these prices in."


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A mantra I see repeated by many interpreters of the Bible is "context, context, context." While it's true that a proper context is crucial to exegesis, the interpreters who shout this mantra the loudest are usually the ones doing it completely wrong. First, what "context" actually means is often overlooked. To the lay interpreter, context often just means the interpretive lens provided by the harmonization of a text or a larger literary collection. When used this way, the appeal to "context" is often a pretense for the application of a hermeneutic slight of hand. Whether the text in question involves the Old Testament or the New, texts from different authors, different time periods, and vastly different worldviews are often appealed to in an attempt to impose an interpretive framework specifically designed to preclude or support a given reading.
This framework is disguised as the text's "context," even though it is often an entirely artificial lens derived from notions that "scripture interprets scripture," or that the "overall" or "central" message must govern exegesis of any given verse. This is specious for more reasons than one (begs the question, presupposes univocality, etc.), but most egregiously, it rests on the notion that the parts of a text should be understood in light of its whole. An example of this kind of claim I have used before is the notion actually asserted in a conversation I had that "you have to look at the picture on the box to see how the pieces fit together." In other words, you have to know what the texts mean overall before you can understand what an individual verse means. Brilliant. Since the whole is made up of the sum of the parts, the former should not overrule the latter, especially if the parts constitute independently produced literary units, as is the case with collections like the Old Testament or the New. When the whole unilaterally dictates the interpretation of the parts, you're spiral down into the black hole of the hermeneutic circle.
Certainly fundamental patterns that reoccur within a single author or single genre's text/s merit serious consideration when it comes to interpreting an anomalous-looking portion, but the offenders to whom I refer rarely maintain that kind of methodological discipline. Usually their "context" is much more broadly based and seems to align conveniently with conservative dogmas, like sola gratia or strict monotheism. When a text that conflicts with these principles is brought up, the "central message of the Old/New Testament" is asserted as overruling or contextualizing the text to the degree that it no longer says what it seems to say, even if it means asserting that the true meaning of the text can only be found between the lines, and can only be illuminating by the imposition of the (artificial) "context" provided by the collection as a whole.
As an example, in a recent discussion on a message board a poster was vehemently arguing that John's soteriology was not "works-based" because John only requires that an individual believe in order to be saved, and believing is not a "work." John 6:28–29 was brought up:
They said to him, "What should we do, that we might work the works of God?" Jesus answered and said to them, "This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent."
Now, what a "work" is vis-à-vis a "works-based" soteriology is debatable, and this verse doesn't necessarily put the kibosh on the argument that believing isn't a work, but the response to this appeal was that John's soteriology, and that of the New Testament as a whole, is not "works-based," and so this verse must mean something else. The poster insisted that this must be sarcasm on Jesus' part, meant to poke at the Jews' preoccupation with the works of the law. In other words, he only used the word "work" sarcastically since it was the word the works-centered Jews used in their question. The poster stated that although he could not prove it, he thinks that Jesus winked at his disciples when he said this.
In making this argument the poster not only begs the question, but presupposes a univocal soteriology in the New Testament from beginning to end, and aligns that soteriology with modern notions of sola gratia. In doing so the poster must reject the straightforward meaning of all texts that conflict with those assumptions as sarcasm, irony, or some other rhetorical tool that leaves the actual meaning of the comments in between the lines. It takes the imposition of a "context" derived from the univocal reading of a secondary gathering of texts composed independently of each other to draw out the true meaning of the text. This is not what context means, though; this is a hermeneutic puppet show. To properly understand context one must be willing to avoid the presumption of univocality and be willing to look at literature outside of the Bible itself. After all, the texts of the New Testament had to operate for decades within their own literary contexts before they were ever brought together into a collection.


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VIDEO: Fly through 3D history of Newcastle
THESE breathtaking three-dimensional bird's-eye views of the infant colony of Newcastle will enthral computer buffs and history enthusiasts alike.
The fly-through videos take you on time-travelling journeys, showing the settlement as it would have appeared from the air in the decades between 1800 and 1830.
Viewers see the entry to the river mouth, before Nobbys Breakwater was built and before the estuary was remodelled to suit shipping needs.
They see the settlement's first main street, now Watt Street, down which convicts once carried baskets of coal to ships that waited at the wharf.
They see the original church on the site of the present-day cathedral, and the windmill that once stood where the Obelisk stands today.
The fly-throughs were prepared for Newcastle's Coal River Working Party.
Design and illustration contractor Charles Martin, from EJE Architecture, based these renderings on authentic historical archival maps and survey records.
The details will be enhanced by cross-referencing against paintings from around the time, including those from convict artist Joseph Lycett and Edward Charles Close.
Coal River Working Party chairman and Newcastle University archivist Gionni Di Gravio said Mr Martin's work had fulfilled his own dream.
"This is something I've wanted done for so long. And even though Charles insists it's just a crude beginning, I think it's astonishing," Mr Di Gravio said.
"We've been able to do this because we are lucky enough to have some very accurate and helpful maps, surveys, paintings and sketches from those early years of the settlement.
"The same computer technology that can give us photo-realistic interactive games can give us these incredible fly-throughs for teaching and learning," he said.
Already Mr Martin has done some preliminary detailed rendering of particular areas of the bigger 3D landscape, hinting at what might lie ahead if sponsors come forward to fund the work.
In time, interactive walk-throughs of Newcastle at various points in its history might be available, giving people a real sense of how the place has changed since the days of indigenous human occupation, through the stages of European settlement and development.
Mr Di Gravio said the fly-throughs were just one branch of an exciting suite of digital and computer-driven developments being created by Hunter heritage enthusiasts.
Another was a recently launched mobile application that harnessed geo-tagged historical photographs and enabled users to see present-day sites and buildings as they appeared in years gone by.
"What's happening is that younger generations of computer-literate Hunter people are discovering our history and being amazed by it," Mr Di Gravio said.
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Modern Western
Get wild with western flair in the form of boots, fringe or a peasant top.
Printed Perfection
Make your outfit pop with a touch of polka dots and fun prints!
Singing the Blues
Denim and vibrant blue go with everything in your closet and is a staple this season.
'90s Comeback
Bold styles and logo wear make this the most fun trend of the season!


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After feeling iffy about my latest sweater and also discovering easy, free patterns on Ravelry, I decided to tackle the slippers again. And it turns out the pattern I liked best wasn't cable knit socks, but little elfish shoes instead.
Well, not quite as elfish as I imagined when I was making them since the toe isn't pointed. But pretty close. I just love the cuffs!
The pattern was ridiculously simple once I learned to read DROPS design patterns. For some reason I couldn't comprehend what they meant and every other line in the pattern I had to stop to ask for help.


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The dogs had a blast and have found ways of getting warm after their romps in the snow. I got to try out my new hobby with my very favorite boots. They were the best present I have ever received from Drewpy, my Joan of Artic Sorels... Just like these Sorel Joan of Arctic Boots (Taffy) - Women's Boots - 5.0 M (Google Affiliate Ad)... I do think next time I will use some other boots, I want to keep these pretty. That is what boots are for after all!
A dollop of Polly... Have you ever read the definition of dollop? It's perfect for this picture above... A shapeless blob or mass of something. Ha!
This is why having three dogs in an 800 sq/ft apartment isn't too bad.... They love each other.
And come on? It's just almost TOO cute!


text: Growing whistleblower activity calls for close employer attention to retaliation issues Employment Alert Securities Litigation Alert Share this 7 MAY 2013 By: The increasing number of whistleblowers and whistleblower retaliation claims plus the evolving multi-faceted nature of anti-retaliation law require employers to take enhanced care when contemplating adverse action against an employee who may qualify for whistleblower status. With the Dodd-Frank whistleblower bounty program maturing, the number of whistleblowers and whistleblower retaliation claims is bound to increase. The Securities and Exchange Commission reported receiving approximately 3,000 tips in its last fiscal year, and recent cases and pronouncements by the SEC highlight the need to carefully assess potential retaliation issues before taking employment action against a self-styled whistleblower. Overview of the SEC Whistleblower Program Under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, the SEC may pay rewards to individuals who provide the SEC with information about a possible violation of the federal securities laws that "has occurred, is ongoing, or is about to occur" at companies required to report to the SEC. The SEC may provide monetary compensation to individuals who voluntarily provide original information (i.e., previously unknown to the SEC) leading to a successful SEC enforcement action resulting in sanctions exceeding US$1 million. The individuals may receive between 10 and 30 percent of the amount collected in the SEC action or a related action brought by the US Department of Justice, regulatory agencies (such as the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation), self-regulatory organizations (such as FINRA) and state attorneys general in criminal cases. The program encourages whistleblowers to report possible violations to internal compliance departments by, for example, crediting whistleblowers who report internally through a company's internal whistleblower, legal or compliance procedures before or simultaneously with reporting to the SEC and, conversely, by considering decreasing a whistleblower's reward when the whistleblower interfered with internal compliance and reporting systems. Although Dodd-Frank undoubtedly incentivizes whistleblowers to report their employers, when a self‑styled whistleblower reports issues internally, that reporting often occurs before, during or after a company is considering taking adverse employment action against the employee, potentially implicating a variety of protections designed to discourage retaliation against whistleblowers. Overview of anti-retaliation protections Dodd-Frank's statutory predecessor, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, provides whistleblower protection for employees of publicly traded companies by prohibiting employers from "discharg[ing], demot[ing], suspend[ing], threaten[ing], harass[ing], or in any other manner discriminat[ing] against an employee . . . to provide information . . . regarding any conduct which the employee reasonable believes constitutes a violation of [a federal fraud statute], any rule or regulation of the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any provision of Federal Law relating to fraud against shareholders." The employee's prima facie discrimination case must show that (1) the employee engaged in a protected activity, (2) the company knew or suspected, actually or constructively, that the employee engaged in the protected activity, (3) the employee suffered an unfavorable personnel action and (4) the circumstances were sufficient to raise the inference that the protected activity was a contributing factor in the unfavorable action. After an employee makes out a prima facie case of retaliatory discrimination, an employer must demonstrate that it would have taken the same adverse employment action in the absence of the plaintiffs' protected activity. Similarly, Dodd-Frank provides protection to whistleblowers from employers who might retaliate against individuals reporting original information to the SEC. One recent case suggests that even internal complaints that are not reported to the SEC may be protected activity under Dodd-Frank. Additionally, rules promulgated under Dodd-Frank enable the SEC to bring whistleblower retaliation claims. However, according to reports of recent public remarks by an Associate Director in the SEC's Enforcement Division, it is not the intent of the program to protect employees whose companies have legitimate reasons to fire them, and the SEC has not yet brought a whistleblower retaliation action. Nevertheless, the SEC's forbearance to date should not be interpreted as an unwillingness to use its new authority. Recent cases highlight evolving law around "whistleblowers" and "retaliation" Two recent federal court whistleblower retaliation cases highlight the uncertain, evolving nature of the law in this area. In April, a Los Angeles judge dismissed a whistleblower's retaliation claims based on the California Labor Code but proceeded on claims involving the same conduct under the SOX anti-retaliation provisions. The employee alleged that she was terminated from her position as company controller after refusing a request to accrue US$1 million in discretionary bonuses for certain officers without board approval and reporting the request to the General Counsel and outside SEC counsel. The court concluded that the employee sufficiently alleged a reasonable belief that her disclosures related to a violation of SEC rules and regulations. But because she did not allege that actually accruing the bonuses would be illegal, the court dismissed her California state law claims. A month later, a federal court in New York similarly refused to dismiss an employee's SOX and Dodd-Frank retaliation claims against a Spanish information technology company. The employee alleged that the company marginalized him after reporting a purported scheme to inflate overhead rates in connection with a public contract bid. Despite the fact that the final bid did not involve the allegedly deceptive overhead rates and the employee was never sure whether the scheme was illegal or fraudulent, the court permitted the employee's claims to proceed to trial. The employee's reasonable belief that the conduct constituted a violation of federal law was enough to allow the jury to decide whether his concerns were protected activity under SOX. Both of these recent cases turned on whether an employer dismissed an employee for reporting misconduct and whether the employee reasonably believed such misconduct was illegal. In both instances, the employee's Dodd-Frank and/or SOX anti-retaliation claims survived, even over retaliation claims rooted in California's employment statutes. Key takeaways: careful consideration must precede adverse action against purported whistleblowers Employers should take enhanced care when contemplating adverse action against an employee who may qualify for whistleblower status. The following are recommended: Train human resources and managers to: identify employees who may qualify for new whistleblower protections and evaluate carefully whether the adverse action is or may be perceived as retaliatory and provide coaching and document performance issues on a real-time basis and communicate clearly and candidly with employees about why decisions are being made (to avoid retaliation claims by having a properly documented rationale and timeline of events). Implement internal controls and procedures to ensure that: complaints are reported and addressed properly, including procedures for escalation from a point of intake (such as a hotline, supervisory or human resources personnel) to internal compliance, legal and board of directors when appropriate final decision-makers and human resources personnel who are overseeing the adverse action have all of the facts related to the employee in question (different departments may possess different information – therefore, facilitate information sharing among departments) employee issues are promptly and thoroughly investigated to ensure all relevant information has been discovered, so that sound decisions, and proper determination of whether an employee is protected or not, may be made and in-house or outside legal counsel are consulted at the outset of an employee issue to help reduce exposure. WE ALSO RECOMMEND With long-awaited trading rules, SEC positions itself as an extraterritorial regulator FROM THE ARCHIVE Visit our library of updates on the Dodd-Frank Act.


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Widening participation
Content previously published under 'Widening participation' is now published under 'Student access and success'.
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- POLAR – Participation of Local Areas
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- Gaps in young participation in higher education
- Young participation from A-level and similar
- Differences in degree outcomes
- Non-continuation rates: Trends and profiles
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Much content published under 'Knowledge exchange and skills' continues to be published under the updated 'Knowledge exchange' pages.
There is now also a separate Skills section.
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Most of the content previously published under 'Leadership, governance and management' is now published under 'Working with HE providers' with two exceptions.
The following pages have moved to 'Funding and finance':
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This section no longer exists. URLs for the location of the pages on the new site are listed below:
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — A 23-year-old online poker star has beaten the reigning World Series of Poker Player of the Year in a $1 million buy-in charity poker tournament.
Massachusetts resident Daniel Colman won more than $15 million Tuesday in the Big One for One Drop poker event in Las Vegas. It's the second-largest payout in the series' history, behind only the $18 million paid out in the inaugural Big One event in 2012.
The tournament raised $4.6 million for the One Drop Foundation, a nonprofit created by Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte and dedicated to providing clean water to developing countries.
The event attracts businessmen and poker professionals alike.
Famed poker player and Canada native Daniel Negreanu finished in second place and took home more than $8 million.
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Jason Green one of our Oregon Ducks football bloggers breaks down the upcoming 2012 Rose Bowl tale of the tape between the Wisconsin Badgers vs. Oregon Ducks. Oregon's Chip Kelly was the Pac 10 Coach of the Year in 2009 and 2010 and was named the Sporting News Coach of the Year and the AP Coach of the Year, Bret Bielema of Wisconsin is 2-3 in bowl games. Nice matchup!
2012 Rose Bowl: Wisconsin vs. Oregon Tale of the Tape
December 31, 2011 By Jason Green
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Times Have Changed But the Stars Remain the Same
The entire world has changed since social media took over the internet. It has brought a sense of reality that everyone really is human. I think in the beginning even I got excited to know that I was friends with a famous football player, or at least I thought it was him. Who really knows who is running the page, maybe an agent or a media manager? Heck, it could even be a cousin or sibling. At times we would find out it was someone impersonating the pro athlete we adored so much. Ahh the days of Myspace and the addiction that came with it…
Twitter and Facebook are the big thing now. With Twitter they now verify if it really is the celebrity, which I guess is a good thing. Do you really think they have time to sit down and tweet when they are in the middle of the playoffs or after a big game? I don't know, why not. I don't leave home without my cell phone and thats the easiest way to update statuses these days.
What if these forms of communication existed back in the day? Do you think Emmitt Smith would tweet that he has new t-shirt designs on his website or would Herschel Walker question if he was going to get traded? The whole world would know the instant Jerry Jones bought the Cowboys or that Troy Aikman had decided to retire. Back then we had to wait for the morning newspaper. Today all you have to do is sign on to Twitter or check your rss feeds and you're instantly in the loop.
You may have seen Tony Romo's face on the cover of a magazine or maybe you seen rumors about him on TMZ back when he was dating celebs, but you will never see Tony Romo trying to promote himself online. I know this for a fact because last year we had a run in with an impersonator who offered an interview. Luckily we got past that without much harm.
Recently, we had the honor to do a Q & A with the great Jay Ratliff. It felt really good to get such a wonderful player on our site. Jay reached out to us because he said he wanted to speak to true Cowboys fans, wow what a compliment to Lone Star Struck. Thanks again Jay!
While some people still get STARSTRUCK whenever they get to meet a professional athlete, I think these days social media has softened the excitement. We get to see personal photos and learn what they did over the weekend. We actually get a chance to be part of their lives.
Even though I believe everything I just said honestly, I'd still scream like a school girl if I was ever in the same room as Troy Aikman or Roger Staubach. No matter where the world wide web takes us, the legends will always be untouchable.


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Mayor's Office
Mayor Chris Beutler today announced that a new program has been created with about $1.4 million to help the homeless and near-homeless in Lincoln. The Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program (HPRP). The program's focus is housing stabilization - using temporary financial aid as a bridge to long-term housing stability.
With Thanksgiving just around the corner, it's important for all of us to do what we can to help those struggling to keep roofs over their head and food on the table," Mayor Beutler said. "The rapid re-housing component will help those without homes find shelter quickly. And the prevention program will help those affected by the economic downturn who face the real possibility of losing their housing in the near future.
Lincoln has directly received about $726,148 for the program, and the State allocated another $746,130 for use in Lincoln. The Mayor announced the HPRP at the Center for People in Need, where he also issued a proclamation Homeless and Hunger Awareness Month. The Center was hosting the tenth annual Hunger and Homeless Recognition Event.
The Mayor thanked members of our local Homeless Coalition for their help in creating this program. City staff worked with an advisory committee of coalition members and other stakeholders to develop this plan. Region V Systems has been designated as lead agency to handle administration, program delivery and coordination with other service providers.
Mayor Beutler thanked Region V and John Turner, the Region V Housing Coordinator who is heading the new program. Region V has hired one half-time and three full-time employees to implement the HPRP. Those wanting further information on the HPRP can visit www.region5systems.net or contact one of the Rent and Utility Assistance Network Agencies:


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Everyone needs a hobby. Actor Jeremy Renner has put his latest house remodeling project on the market in Holmby Hills at $24.95 million.
The Roaring '20s Art Deco-style mansion includes a wine cellar, a theater, five fireplaces, six bedrooms, 11 bathrooms and 10,005 square feet of living space. The two-acre property features gates, a cobblestone driveway and a swimming pool with spa.
Renner, 42, was nominated for Oscars for his work in "The Hurt Locker" (2008) and "The Town" (2010). He starred in "Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol" (2011) and "The Bourne Legacy" (2012). His latest film is "Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters."
Renner has been buying and redoing homes with his business partner, actor Kristoffer Winters. This is their most ambitious undertaking to date.


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Marnie M needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 114 designs submitted by 14 freelance designers.
Athletes Made in America
Evaluate male and female athletes ages 8-18 and give assessment of both their athletic and sport specific skill abilities. At this point in time our focus is baseball and softball (we are hoping to expand to other sports). We then create an individualized performance improvement plan for athlete as well as a player profile that is posted on our website and used to market athletes to college coaches and professional scouts to help them obtain scholarships or even become drafted by Major League Baseball.
We need a generic logo for our business for athletes but then have different services available for various sports so are trying to find one that can be altered or incorporate a specific sport if need be (could just be we add text that reads: Football or Baseball to generic logo for specific sport).
We use a tool called an ATHLETIC CODE to organize data collected on athletes that is similar to a bar code. Numbers on athletic code relate to age, gender, scores on various skills. See attached example. The athletic code provides an identification number for players and records performance scores. We would like to see examples of logo that puts company name above a creative use / play on our bar code. Maybe flag created out of bars? Should be simple though...not complex and full of bar code lines like the actual one we are using.
We are starting with baseball / softball as our main focus but eventually want to expand into other sports. If logo incorporates sport like baseball into design it would have to be integrated in a way that this element can be altered...like changed from baseball to hockey for example when we expand.
We are open to new ideas too.
Target audience: Male and female youth athletes ages 8-18 and parents of those athletes in Northeastern US. Psychographics of target audience are youth and high school athletes (and their parents) willing to pay to obtain athletic advantage with the hope of obtaining a college scholarship or even draft eligibility to professional ball.
*****Tagline/ Slogan: What's your number?
Since athletic code relates to performance scores we thought this expression might encourage competition and sharing among players....each trying to get highest scores just like they would on a video game.
Should look good in black and white (white on black/black on white), simple, not contain stock art.
We need generic logo for athlete but then would like to see how it can be altered / changed so logo is same and easily recognizable as our logo but generic athlete like a runner changes to a softball player. Integreation of bar code is necessary too.
Here are some images we thought could silhouettes specific sports:
Baseball Picture 1 below (pitcher is pointing to the sky with the baseball glove):
Baseball Picture 2 below:
Baseball Picture 3 for a hitter:
Football logo Idea:
-Hockey Logo Idea
Softball Logo Idea
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4 Things Customers Should Know About The Dell Deal
Now that Dell has completed its deal to go private, the company still has many issues and risks ahead of it. Steve Rosenbush joins the News Hub to outline how Dell's legacy products, debt load and investments will impact the company. Photo: Dell.
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... the the ... Michael Dell to me a chilling Mitt's PC company private what is the twenty four billion dollars by a need for Dell's customer sci DealJournal deputy editor Steve Rosenbush is here Steve thanks much for coming and thank you so much so ... that tells LaVette one issue ... first off they're there for a sheet you really highlight for customers it's the first one being ... busy generally she was there taking on a lot of debt ... this they argue are taking on ... the Consumer Romano dead at the D tells are fully understood but ... we think will end up with about nineteen billion dollars debt at Rosedale and that's it that's a problem of course at the corporate level perhaps why is that ... in reducing flexibly twice that of the cost of the company's cash flow is declining as the taking on more debt ... to leverage ratios are going to double the foreigner half ... percent range for naptime strange to have less money to invest in products and acquisitions of other avenues ... ok and and there was being if if they can't ... reinvest in products that that will that will ... potentially hurt her customers he couldn't issue it it could put pressure ... on all sorts of operational areas and customers ... ok another issue ... is support for legacy products ... that will continue or will there be legacy products that are phased out ... did you will continue the assumption is that most products will continue ... unless ... they're losing a ton of money or unless ... they knew ... they had no strategic value but one has to assume that those products would probably on the chopping block anyway so ... not sure that this particular deal ... introduces any significant risk and there are there any in particular that that you're looking at that ... no I don't think so I think that the the the product lineup and probably remain ... they're least ... okay ... now is the innovation one one being criticism of ... some larger tech companies is having trouble in a painting ... yes and in this case it seems like innovation will be happening mostly around the business model ... that's mostly what Dell and its founder Michael Dell are known for the company was never ... that equity or it could use all was an innovator ... in terms of ... business model ... in terms of selling over the internet ... in terms of just in time delivery ... managing inventory managing cash flows graded that ... down ... and there's there's room for more innovation in those areas ... especially as a partnership Micra soft especially in really critical growth areas like the club they can do services together ... do more as a team the maker of Canada's this fascinating history don't supply a time when ... computers cost three thousand dollars ... he's the money they can save by buying the components ... and you know the score three percent could could really actually make a difference for people but in an age of ... three four five per dollar machines is not that the deal doesn't make as much to freaking out now for the last ... blast at open source ... software ... how would I be in a kick up their investment and ... I think that there's a really good and he may have more investment in that area ... open source is ... in the midst of the above them of growth is right now ... lower costs for companies so there's good reason to ... a customer's ... perspective there's good reason for that ... ok ... great Steve thank so much for coming thirty two percent


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Talk:Electrical systems
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Nice diagrams! Are you going to put in more soon? Here is a nice reference page for the plug configs. [1] Fuzheado 00:53, 1 Feb 2004 (EST)
What other countries are using 110V ? Wojsyl 05:09, 30 Jan 2005 (EST)
I don't believe it. Are there any laptops that require grounding ? Wojsyl 12:47, 1 Feb 2005 (EST)
The italien diagram is misleading. The holes have a smaller diameter, which mean they cannot be used with all plugs that would work in the "continental Europe" outlets. --elgaard 22:48, 31 Jul 2005 (EDT)
The Israel diagram is also misleading. In 90 % of israel sockets, the two holes have semi-circular form, alowing them to be used with the "continental Europe" outlets. --jarondl 15:19, 2 Oct 2006 (IST)
That thing about testing voltage using a hairdryer, is that correct? I'd guess that if the engine spins fast despite being set to "Slow", this means it's fed 240V while set to 120V, not the other way around. Problem is, I'm easily confused so I thought I'd check here first before editing ;) {Peirz 23:02, 11 April 2007 (EDT)}
Looking for a converter[edit]
I am going to London & I want to bring my laptop, I need to find a converter/adapter that can handle every one I find says it does not work on stuff anything but hair dryers.
I don't want to get the wrong one & blow-up my laptop.
Thanks for any help -OX_Bigly
Map of Frequency for Japan and Easterness/Westerness[edit]
It'd be nice to see a map of Japan showing power frequency use.
The use of the terms "Eastern" Japan and "Western" Japan is insufficient for foreigners. One is usually told that "Eastern" Japan uses 50 Hz, and that "Western" Japan uses 60 Hz, with examples of a few cities, but since Japan is long and skinny with a considerable North/South dimension, it's not clear to a foreigner what is meant by "Eastern" and "Western" Japan. By "East" and "West", one can mean side, as in West coast and East coast, or one can mean which end, such as North-East end versus South-West end.
The tiny part for Japan on the world map, http://wikitravel.org/upload/shared//thumb/d/db/800px-Map_of_the_world_coloured_by_voltage_and_frequency.png/400px-800px-Map_of_the_world_coloured_by_voltage_and_frequency.png, seems to indicate that by "Eastern" Japan and "Western" Japan, one does not mean East coast and West coast, but rather Northern or North-Eastern Japan and South-Western Japan. An extra map, just for Japan would help. So would less artful use of "Eastern" and "Western" 220.127.116.11 17:39, 4 March 2008 (EST)
This article is getting long and should be split into districts. Any suggestions on how to go about this? --Peter Talk 12:16, 23 October 2008 (EDT)
What does a universal adaptor cost from C to all? Does it fit all kinds of sockets? Isn't there problem with the frequency? Thanks in advance. Ferike333 16:31, 7 July 2009 (EDT)
Electrical plugs[edit]
Why don't we make little plug icons for the electrical outlets so everybody knows what kind of plug they need to bring when they look at a glance at the entire article? I don't think this move is at all unreasonable. --Destron Commander 23:04, 16 April 2009 (EDT)
East Africa[edit]
The map is wrong for the east African region, Kenya and Tanzania both use the G type socket, but the map only shows this for northern kenya, with southern Kenya and Tanzania being displayed wrongly as using A&B/D&M.
Grounding & Surge Protectors[edit]
In some countries like ex-USSR ones no grounding is available even when grounding pin is present in the socket. In these cases your surge protector is only a decoration and won't protect against anything.
Not true, surge protectors have to protect hot-neutral as well as hot-ground. Many appliances don't even have a ground wire. There's no electric shock protection, however.
Transformer or Converter?[edit]
If you are using a 220V-240V appliance at 110V, you will need a transformer. If you are using a 110V appliance at 220V-240V, you can also use a transformer but may be able to get away with a (cheaper) converter.
This is inaccurate information a converter will work just fine on the first case as well. —The preceding comment was added by 220.127.116.11 (talk • contribs)


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[Q] wrote:I like 98, 2000, 2005, and 06
Andrew wrote:NBA Live 2005 also has the PDA in Dynasty Mode. I prefer NBA Live 06's approach to staff, however.
NBA Live 06 had a lot of great updates back in the day. I guess more people have stuck with doing things with NBA Live 08 because it's the (slightly) newer game, but I've always preferred 06 to 08 (and 07 for that matter). 2005 and 06 on PC were great releases in their time.
Andrew wrote:You'll miss out on trade offers and so forth if you ignore the PDA, so it's just something you have to put up with it. It's not a completely bad idea, but I don't like it in terms of working out trades, since you have to wait a day or two to find out if a team is interested. There's no "real time" negotiation with it.
Andrew wrote:Exactly. Also, some of the interactions with the team owner were more unnecessary nags than anything else. It was also a bit ridiculous that you could get all the way to the Finals, lose in seven games, and the owner would send a message scolding you about how disappointed he was in the team's performance. I suppose it's not completely unrealistic that an owner would act like that, and they'd obviously be disappointed in the loss, but you'd think there'd be a slightly more optimistic/grateful reaction ("I'm disappointed, but it was still a great season. Let's get back there and win it all next year") if you'd come that close to a championship.
Andrew wrote:It's not the only option. There's a slightly different method for getting it to run properly on modern systems, but it is possible. As for why, it's just the way it is, with its hardware requirements and the way it was programmed.
Andrew wrote:As I said, you do need to do a few things differently to get the graphics to show up properly. matt1994 found a way to get it working properly, graphics and all: viewtopic.php?p=1843916#p1843916
Andrew wrote:The exact same thing happened with me. I can get a gamepad to work on my laptop, but not my desktop.
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One of the museum's great treasures is the National Covenant, signed by Scotland's presbyterian leadership in 1638, while the collections of Scottish pottery and items relating to Field Marshal Earl Haig are of national importance. The museum also features Edinburgh silver and glass, and a colourful collection of shop signs. The home of The Museum of Edinburgh is picturesque Huntly House, which faces on to the Canongate and dates from the 16th century. It was extended in the 17th and 18th centuries, and has been home to a wide variety of owners and tenants, ranging from aristocrats to merchants and working people. Robert Chambers, a Victorian antiquarian, called Huntly House the ' speaking house' because of the Latin inscriptions on its facade. It is appropriate that the 'speaking house' now accomodates The Museum of Edinburgh. The Museum of Edinburgh regularly mounts temporary exhibitions drawn from the local history and decorative art collections.
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May 17, 2007
The Harry Potter Trio, Dan Radcliffe (Harry Potter), Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley) and Emma Watson (Hermione Granger), are featured in a new article for the June/July issue of Teen Vogue. In the article each actor speaks of their experience of filming Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and of their lives off set. In the article, Dan Radcliffe says of this upcoming film: "With this one, it's like everything has come together."
Rupert Grint also gives says a little in the article of what he likes to do during his time off from filming:
"…I golf a bit," he says "and I go-cart," and his dressing room boasts a pool table, a dartboard, and near by, a ping pong table at which he frequently beats the pants off poor Dan. "I was looking forward to Quidditch," Rupert admits– the fifth book has Ron joining the Gryffindor team, but that subplot was cut from the film– "though any stunt stuff is good to do."
You can read the entire article, with even more from Dan, Rupert and Emma, here from HPANA.
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Another Norovirus Target
Indiana Epidemiology Newsletter
September 2007
Correction: In last month's newsletter (August 2007), the Outbreak Spotlight article stated that norovirus "Illness is typically self-limiting and is treatable with antibiotics." The sentence should have read "Illness is typically self-limiting and is NOT treatable with antibiotics."
Sandra Gorsuch, MS
Field Epidemiologist District 5
On December 18, 2006, a representative of the Shelby County Health Department (SCHD) notified the Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) that at least 19 of 56 (33%) residents at Ashford Place, a local long-term care facility, were experiencing symptoms of gastroenteritis, including nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and fever.
Epidemiologic Investigation
The ISDH and the SCHD initiated a collaborative investigation to determine the cause of the outbreak and implement control measures to prevent further transmission of the illness. The investigation revealed that 26 residents (46%) were experiencing nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea, and some had low-grade fever. Two of the symptomatic residents were hospitalized. Four residents submitted stool specimens to the ISDH Laboratories for analysis (see Laboratory Results). Generally, illness self-resolved within 48 hours. None of the facility medical or dietary staff were ill. The pattern of illness onset dates, as well as the fact that no staff members were ill, indicated that the outbreak was most likely person to person rather than foodborne or related to another point source.
Environmental Assessment
Given no facility inspection was conducted the apparent person-to-person transmission route of the outbreak, the ISDH and the SCHD recommended disinfecting facility environmental surfaces with a 1:10 chlorine bleach to water solution, isolating ill residents, discontinuing the use of hand gels, thoroughly washing hands with warm water and soap for at least 20 seconds between residents, and changing gloves between residents when performing medical procedures. Facility staff initiated use of surgical masks while caring for residents and restricted visitation. After implementation of these control measures, only nine ill residents were reported as of December 19, 2006.
Laboratory Results
Four residents submitted stool specimens to the ISDH Laboratories for analysis. All specimens tested negative for Salmonella, Shigella, Campylobacter, and E. coli 0157:H7 by culture. One specimen tested positive for Norovirus by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR).
The investigation confirmed that an outbreak of viral gastroenteritis occurred at Ashford Place beginning December 17, 2006. The causative agent of this outbreak was Norovirus. The sudden, acute predominant signs and symptoms (vomiting, diarrhea, and nausea) and duration of symptoms, approximately 48 hours, reported in this investigation are typical of Norovirus outbreaks. The pattern of illness onset dates indicated a person-to-person route of transmission rather than foodborne or another point source.
Norovirus is characterized primarily by abrupt onset of nausea, vomiting and/or diarrhea, headache, body aches, chills, but little or no fever.¹ The incubation period for Norovirus is 24-48 hours. Illness usually resolves on its own within 1-2 days without complications. Dehydration may result after prolonged vomiting and diarrhea, particularly in young children, the elderly, and those with weakened immune systems. Norovirus infections typically occur during cooler months of the year (October to April), but can occur year-round.
Norovirus is thought to be responsible for 50 percent of all foodborne gastroenteritis outbreaks.² The mode of transmission is fecal-oral, and persons are infected by contaminated food or water, through close contact with an infected person, or contact with contaminated environmental surfaces and fomites. Because studies indicate Norovirus can become aerosolized during the cleaning process of infected vomitus, and stool, it is recommended a mask be worn for protection while cleaning restrooms, vomitus or stool. Norovirus, which is shed in stool, is highly contagious, and an infectious dose can contain as little as 100 viral particles.¹ Persons with Norovirus usually become infectious when symptoms begin and can continue to shed in their stool for up to 2 weeks or longer. Up to 30 percent of individuals infected with Norovirus are asymptomatic. Norovirus survives chlorine up to 10 ppm (above levels recommended for swimming pools and public water systems) ¹ and temperatures below 32ºF and up to 140ºF. Although the virus does not multiply outside the human body, it can survive readily on environmental surfaces for 24-48 hours.
Outbreaks caused by Norovirus can be prevented by strictly adhering to the following prevention measures:
Thoroughly wash hands with soap and clean running warm water (at least 100°F) for a minimum of 20 seconds after using the restroom, after assisting someone using the restroom, or caring for people ill with diarrhea and/or vomiting, after cleaning a restroom, before eating, and before preparing or serving food. Waterless antiseptic agents significantly reduce the number of microorganisms on skin but are not effective in eliminating Norovirus.
Persons with diarrhea and/or vomiting should not prepare food for others and should limit direct contact with others as much as possible.
Persons ill with diarrhea and/or vomiting should not attend meals and activities with other residents not experiencing symptoms.
Staff with diarrhea and/or vomiting shall be excluded from employment involving food handling (Indiana Retail Food Establishment Sanitation Requirements, 410 IAC 7-24-122) and should not provide health care or child care.
The Indiana State Department of Health extends its appreciation to the Shelby County Health Department and the staff members of Ashford Place for their quick response and professionalism. Their prompt and appropriate actions were instrumental in ending this outbreak. Swiftly implemented control measures taken by Ashford Place on December 18, 2006, prevented the infection from spreading throughout the rest of the facility.
"Norwalk-Like Viruses" Public Health Consequences and Outbreak Management. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. MMWR, June 1, 2001 50(9); 1-17.
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Do You Feel Safe in Buffalo? [POLL]
Today's shooting at ECMC is another grim reminder that you could be a victim of a violent crime in the City of Buffalo. Police are still looking for the alledged shooter, 49-year-old ECMC trauma surgeon Dr. Timothy Jorden of Lakeview. His motive is unclear (possibly a crime of passion), but this is another brutal story that begs the question: Do you feel safe in Buffalo?
National crime statistics indicate that Buffalo has one of the highest crime rates per capita in America, according to the website Neighborhood Scout. Your chance of becoming a victim of a violent crime in Buffalo is 13.88 per 1,000. The national median is 4.00 per 1,000.
Neigborhood Scout even compared Buffalo to cities of similar size, and it showed that the crime rate still fares badly. Researchers indicated that few other communities of our size have a crime rate as high, with the violent crime rate being one of the highest in the nation.
Buffalo is also the second poorest city in the United States. Could the two have a correlation? Almost definitely related is our astonishing property crime rate. In Buffalo, your chance of becoming a victim of a property crime is one in 17, which is a rate of 59 per 1,000. Buffalo is also notorious for car thefts; that rate is one of the highest in the country.
You are safer walking in a New York City neighborhood than you are in Buffalo. The Big Apple has 27 crimes per square mile, while Buffalo has 187 per square mile. These numbers are staggering and has us asking the question:


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Housecleaning is done to make the home look and smell better and be safer and easier to live in. Without housecleaning lime scale can build up on taps, mold grows in wet areas, smudges on glass surfaces, dust forms on surfaces, bacterial action make the garbage disposal and toilet smell. Tools used in housecleaning include vacuums, brooms, mops and sponges, together with cleaning products such as detergents, disinfectants and bleach.


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Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Letting Go
I rarely call.
I called more than one desk for over two hours, with no luck. Finally someone had him call me back. I told him that I was having van trouble, and could he leave work a little early to pick up the kids from school?
He is the man his father raised him to be: a reliable employee. When he is being a reliable employee, he is not so reliable in other ways. He hemmed and hawed and said maybe he could leave a little early. Maybe. He could not promise.
"Maybe" does not get the kids home from school. I got angry and snapped at him and hung up.
I was remembering the day my youngest child was born. He had not wanted to come home early from work that day either.
After a few more tries, I was able to fix what was wrong with the van, I think. I will drive it to get the kids myself in another hour. I will pray extra hard trying to get the van up the big hill on the way home. All will probably be well.
I remember, when we first married, seeing elderly couples together and wondering what was the magic age at which you stop arguing about every little thing. I loved the peaceful way old couples could be with each other. I laughed at a Bill Cosby monologue about his father sitting on his own hat, and his mother saying nothing about it. When did you finally just let the little things go?
I did not know then that there is no magic age. You can be together fifty years and still scream and squabble. You can still resent the way he slops coffee grounds on the counter when he is seventy. He can still hate the insufferable way you say "always" when it isn't always.
Peace never just happens.
It turns out that learning not to cling to things hurts. It hurts to let go of resentments because sometimes my resentments define me. They shouldn't, but they do.
Sometimes I secretly think that the best thing anyone can do to bring their marriage peace is to give up being right. And I love being right.
So I will pick up the kids today, and he will come home from work. We will eat a dinner in which all computers are turned off and we pay attention only to each other. And maybe I'll still be mad a little, or maybe not. And maybe the next time there is car trouble, the same thing will happen.
But this time, I'm gonna let it go.
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Wonderful post! So hard to do! I wear my "being right" like a big fat badge of honor!ReplyDelete
I too am married to a very "reliable employee", who has taken between 0 and 1 day off work after the birth of each of our three children. I applaud you for deciding to let go and agree wholeheartedly about giving up being right. I often have to remind myself that it is always more important to be kind than to be right. And that I really do love him more than I want to be right.ReplyDelete
What a good, real, post... We've been married 41 years, and you are right. We may be right, but it doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things. Forgiving does. And it helps me to know that God sees and knows all that frustrates me. He is not frowning at me, but is saying, 'Yeah, he did it again. That's rough. I see you holding your tongue and I think you are really wonderful! It's going to be okay. Maybe he will never change, but you will, and that's good!' But guess what. My husband has actually changed... slowly, but we are both softer and more tuned in...ReplyDelete
My mom's new saying is 'being right is not worth a fight' and many times that is true.ReplyDelete
I keep telling myself lately that I am glad my husband works as hard as he does because that's how he has the job that he does. That being said, it really can be frustrating to have days like that!
But honestly, I'm finding that letting it go really does work out better in the end.
Great post.
I think we married the same man. And Oh, it can be so hard to let certain things go. I'm glad it is finally getting easier.ReplyDelete
Jessica, if we were actually married to the same man, I promise you, I would not let that one go.ReplyDelete
And so you've identified why so many marriages don't work anymore. Because some people (even us at times) cling to their right-ness no matter what and it all falls apart. It takes maturity to let it go. It is hard. But it is oh so worth it.ReplyDelete