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Sunday, June 10th 2018, 2:52am
Since there is a game broken/down, we need some compensations Dev! At least silver! Thanks!
This post has been edited 1 times, last edit by "Nagaroth" (Jun 10th 2018, 7:04am)
Date of registration: Mar 2nd 2016
Location: In Angie's heart, I hope
Occupation: KaL Gamer
Thanks: 3
Sunday, June 10th 2018, 7:44am
Yess pleaseeee... I have not finished my tower and there is an event going on currently. I usually finish it at the last moment because I need to clear daily and I don't refresh tower, too expensive. Not worth at all
Sunday, June 10th 2018, 8:16am
Can i donate mine?
I hardly play this game anymore and surely the ones crying compensation really need it the most.
Date of registration: May 2nd 2016
Sunday, June 10th 2018, 1:30pm
Your compensation is that until Monday, you will not lose a single PvP match to 11th or to Modesty.
Isn't that enough already?
Sunday, June 10th 2018, 1:35pm
11'th and Modesty, yes, they have to nerf them to make game more fun like before ..
Date of registration: Mar 29th 2016
Thanks: 1
Monday, June 11th 2018, 12:49pm
Where is the Compensation? I lost a lot of silver. GS on Sunday and Battlements 2days. thats just the worst..
Monday, June 11th 2018, 11:22pm
Where is the Compensation? I lost a lot of silver. GS on Sunday and Battlements 2days. thats just the worst..
Thanks: 4
Tuesday, June 12th 2018, 12:03am
Why s16? Was the game broken there too?
Date of registration: Dec 9th 2015
Location: Italy
Occupation: Architect
Thanks: 3
Tuesday, June 12th 2018, 12:32am
gs gs gs
i come back home to play it!! and nothing....
Tuesday, June 12th 2018, 12:52am
Why s16? Was the game broken there too?
Tuesday, June 12th 2018, 12:59am
...I hardly play this game anymore...
Tuesday, June 12th 2018, 9:40am
...I hardly play this game anymore...
...Your amount of posts on the KaL forums sure suggest otherwise....
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Tuesday, June 12th 2018, 10:48am
They are so mean..
Date of registration: Jan 6th 2017
Wednesday, June 13th 2018, 2:52pm
A number of us lost the 600 box this week and a few hundred thousand silver due to battle engine outages, an appropriate sized comp would be appreciated, thank you -- The Real Darthen
Wednesday, June 13th 2018, 4:09pm
There already is a comp thread. Do we really need 5 more that say the same whiney spam bullshitt?
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So what's the real problem with bringing Bill Shatner back for a new Trek movie? The William Shatner School of Toupological Studies recently received a one page secret document that made us seriously question the official line. Admittedly, it was just a single piece of paper with "Top Secret" stamped on it - but still, it really made us think for some reason...
What if the real behind-the-scenes discussions about bringing back Bill Shatner aren't really about the Nexus, Kirk's death or all that sort of stuff? What if the real issue is the hair? The last time we saw Bill Shatner as Kirk in a truly canonical sense, he had a (suspiciously) thick head of curly hair. Now, thanks to Bill Shatner's real-life "intervention" we face the prospect of seeing Captain Kirk with a hairstyle the likes of which we haven't seen before. Would the short hair suit Kirk? Of course Shats could easily put a piece on top and recreate the curly style, but wouldn't that be a little weird? So many questions. It's no wonder the discussions are so protracted.
And now, Shatner's Toupee presents "Our Two Cents":
Dear J.J. Abrams,
In one hundred years time, when William Shatner is sadly no longer with us, the people of the future will wonder what it was like to live in the age of Shatner. They may try to re-create Bill Shatner in CGI, or try to put one of his famous toupees on someone else, but his real essence will have been lost forever. The people of that time will look back to 2009 and say: "You mean you had Shatner, you had a Star Trek movie and you couldn't find a way to fuse the two one last time?" That is a crime against humanity, they will insist.
J.J. - May we call you J.J.? You made a Star Trek movie in which you destroyed the planet Vulcan, made Spock "get a piece of Uhura's ass" (who today would believe a character that exercises self-restraint, right?); you managed to make a movie in which there were enough made up technobabble contrivances to put the deceased "Next Generation" TV shows to shame. You perpetrated the classic modern Hollywood blockbuster sleight-of-hand by overwhelming us with style to distract us from lack of substance (perhaps the direct opposite of the "Next Generation" shows in which substance was arguably increasingly trying to make up for a lack of style). You even had the Star Trek characters reveling in vengeance after killing the bad guy.
Gene Roddenberry created Star Trek not just for the sake of colorful aesthetics and fun characters (both of which your movie admittedly had) but also as a means to slip meaningful stories past the censors, who would surely be too dumb to understand that sci-fi could comment on human nature or real life issues like the Vietnam War. Well, those censors would have had nothing to worry about with your movie. So you take all this disregard - and you're actually worried about how to bring Shatner's Kirk back realistically?!!?
Give me a break, "J.J." - let's be honest, we really don't care how you do it. Just do it. Do a Dallas and have Kirk in the shower with Star Trek: Generations having just been a bad dream.
Ok, seriously - put Shatner on the original series bridge, with his old gold Star Trek uniform and have him suddenly appear in the new Star Trek world as if he's been trapped in a surrealistic version of the existing Enterprise for decades. Why? Well, there's the cool plot - quickly say something about the Nexus and there you go. Wouldn't that be fun? Throw in Nimoy and you're set.
We want Shatner back ! In the words of fictional defense attorney Samuel T. Cogley - "We demand it! We DEMAND it!!!"
The official Paramount Pictures hearing on William Shatner's potential appearance in the upcoming Star Trek movie:

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An investigation is underway into the cause of a massive blaze at a oil refinery in Tulsa, Oklahoma. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.
Updated at 6:09 a.m. ET: A blaze broke out early Thursday after an explosion at an Oklahoma oil refinery, authorities told NBC News.
A Tulsa Police Department spokesperson confirmed to NBC News that it was notified about the fire at the HollyFrontier refinery in west Tulsa at 2:21 a.m. local time (3:21 a.m. ET).
The refinery has its own fire department, which was battling the blaze, and local authorities were on standby in case they were needed, the spokesperson said. The fire appeared under control and was being allowed to burn out, according to NBC station KJRH-Tulsa.
The explosion and subsequent blaze caused one smokestack to collapse, according to a report on local radio station KRMG. The cause of the explosion was not immediately clear.
The local and corporate offices of the Dallas-based HollyFrontier Corp. could not immediately be reached. An employee who answered the telephone at the Tulsa refinery declined to comment.
The flames reached several stories into the air immediately following the explosion but had since died down, according to a KJRH reporter on the scene. The glow from the fire could be seen from several miles away, KJRH reported.
No injuries have been reported.
KRMG reported reported that local residents stood outside their homes and watched the flames rise into the air.
A witness named only as Cody told KRMG that he and his mother were "freaking out" over the blaze.
'Not ideal' weather conditions
Weather conditions for fighting the blaze were "not ideal," according to AccuWeather, which reported temperatures of about 94 degrees with wind gusts up to 21 miles per hour.
HollyFrontier says its Tulsa refinery has a crude oil capacity of 125,000 barrels a day.
HollyFrontier describes itself as "an independent petroleum refiner and marketer that produces high value light products such as gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel and other specialty products."
HollyFrontier says it markets its products principally in the Southwest, Pacific Northwest and Plains states.
The company was established by a merger of Holly Corp. and Frontier Oil in 2011. Holly Corp. was ranked number 431 in Fortune magazine's 2010 list of the largest U.S. companies.
At the time of their merger, the Holly and Frontier companies totaled 440,000 barrels a day of refining capacity in their five refineries, according to The Wall Street Journal. That represented a relatively small portion of the total American refining capacity, which stood at about 17.6 million barrels a day, according to the newspaper.
NBC station KJRH contributed to this report.
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It was a long time since I updated mysqljsonimport or mysqljsonexport and I had a few things I wanted to do with them. This release is significant enough for me to bump it up to 2.0, and the same is in the works for mysqljsonexport. The one big thing that is now implemented is reasonably advanced support for MariaDB Dynamic Columns, and it is actually pretty flexible, allowing you to load a nested JSON object into a MariaDB Dynamic Column. But don't worry, it will still link and run with MySQL if that is what you want to do (but then you will not have the dynamic column features, for obvious reasons),
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Michael Gove has singled out Richard Rogers in his latest unprovoked outburst against the profession
Having twice already claimed architects working on the BSF programme represented a waste of taxpayers' money, the education secretary has again targeted the profession in relation to profiteering from schools building. Gove also took a swipe at other 'award-winning architects' and vowed to deny them them any role in the growing, government-backed Free School movement.
Taking informal questions at a Free Schools conference on the weekend he said: 'And we won't be getting Richard Rogers to design your school, we won't be getting any award-winning architects to design it, because no-one in this room is here to make architects richer.'
Chris Romer-Lee of Studio Octopi, who has designed a scheme for the Bolingbroke free school (pictured) which is planned for a former hospital site in south London and who has also won an AJ Small Projects award, said: 'His comments suggest that he may not fully understand our industry. More frightening is the fact that he appears to not even be prepared to engage with architects that have been building schools over the last ten years. It's tragic that this award winning expertise is simply cast aside.'
He added: 'These are complex projects. We hope the government can find a balance where realistic fees are paid in return for good urban design and architecture'.
Pascale Scheurer, director at Surface-to-Air Architects, attended the conference. She asked: 'Why is he singling out architects?
'I would be very happy to join [Michael Gove] in a private discussion or public debate about it. I've been involved with BSF since 2003 [and] have publicly denounced the waste in the programme, even prior to the Election.'
Shortly before taking office Gove said architects were 'creaming off cash' under the £55 billion BSF programme and in June last year he said schools money should be spent more efficiently on 'front-line services' and 'not on consultants, architects or bureaucracy'.
The RIBA previously issued a stinging reply to his comments, with Ruth Reed claiming the education secretary was 'purporting a myth'.
She said: 'It is the system that created waste, not those that delivered to it.'
Richard Rogers was unavailable to comment.
A Department for Education spokesperson was unable to comment on Gove's response, but said: 'The Building Schools for the Future programme was wasteful, needlessly bureaucratic and behind schedule. It would have been inexcusable to have continued with the programme.
'Ministers have been clear that the end of BSF is not the end of school rebuilding – that is why the Government has launched a comprehensive review of all capital spending in schools so that investment is focused on areas in the greatest need – those schools in most disrepair and to deal with the urgent demand for primary school places from rising birth rates - a problem we cannot afford to ignore.'
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Dear Mr Gove,
I am reading your statement sitting abroad in a country in Africa, where the work of British architects is highly valued as it is common ground we can bring something to the communities nobody else can. That's why our education takes that long and many years pass by before an architect is able to say, 'I have done a building'.
Your comments are a disgrace to the profession and as many of my colleagues have suggested you should seriously engage with architects to understand the design process and the long way to establish well balanced good-quality architecture, which reflect the need of contemporary life, client ambitions and financial constraints.
I can see no other way then either to apologise in public for your outrageous, unjustified and politically incorrect comments about the architecture profession or to resign from your post with immediate effect. Alternatively legal actions may be necessary to stop the profession from further damage caused by your unacceptable and unprofessional behaviour.
Henrik Rothe, MD
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Maybe the RIBA should actually issue a press statement to the general media that gives the average annual wage of architects (at various levels) to finally dispel the myth that our earnings are up there with lawyers and doctors! Even my family and friends don't believe me unless I give them hard figures, they think we exaggerate. Hourly rates may be an even better idea!
Its reassuring to know that some architects might
be wealthy, I wasnt aware that it was possible with public funded projects. Im sure we would all be happy to work with the pay package the government gave doctors.
Well said Mr Rothe!
Maybe Gove should try designing a school to meet all the interested parties needs, get it through consultation & planning, building regs etc and all the other stages ON HIS OWN, then he might understand the value of an architectural practice!
What has Mr Gove got against design? Moreover what authority has he got in sensing what makes a happy learning space in the 21st century? Is he not be interested in all the satisfied Heads who have over the last few years successfully commissioned architects to add new facilities and help effect a transformation in the entire educational environment, benefitting pupils, teachers and visitors. They have the authority to talk about the benefits of procuring good architectural design. The BSF system is over now, but the benefits to numerous schools around the country remain, and construction firms will cater more generically for the demanding needs of individual school communities and their sites. I thought the UK was renowned worldwide for its exceptional design skills (it is); I thought it was a key part of its USP, but here we have a government whose stance strongly suggests it doesn't care about that reality. Good quality design is essential for the furtherance and enrichment of society. We already have it as a necessity, and heaping professional abuse just shows how little the government really cares about communities and their needs.
Perhaps we have an Education Secretary who doesn't actually care about children very much. It should be remembered that it is the children who will suffer from this deeply ideological approach.
Mr Gove
You can simply be described with one word.
Does Mr Gove not realise how many practices run at a loss during these projects, not to mention the free overtime put in. I agree not to give the work to the starchitect, but what is wrong with all the other practices? He proposes to give the design to the companies that make most of the money on all these projects- the contractor. I would like to know where the RIBA are in this, I have not seen any grand statements in the mass media from them. Is their function not to protect our profession? I am beginning to feel I have been missed sold my education and am studying towards a profession that might not exist in the future.
Surely he needs to realise that Architects often win awards for school buildings where ingenuity as regards budget is one of the overriding concerns: isn't it MORE important that we have excellent and award winning designers for low cost schools?
i'm not surprised at all....why should i be?...so the idiots who run this country, who waste millions of pounds of tax payers money, who formulate expenses and who cut all construction budgets because they dont have the balls to stand upto the banks (who lets remember are the reason all this is happening) dont understand the design process........no big surprise there (eg the dome, wembley)....money is wasted for one simple reason....the people making the decisions, dont have a clue...why?...because its the public sector.....need i say more?...
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Dispelling Dark Myths
Did you ever hear the story of "Typhoid Mary" as a child? I remember a gaggle of us neighborhoods kids scaring each other with stories of the woman whose myth lived long after she died. It's not a person we learned about in school, yet just the mention of her name culled up disease, darkness and death. That's one reason I was happy to come across this sympathetic portrait of an Irish-American woman who was much maligned by the press.
Not a biography, this fictional account relies on many true-to-life details to make its story highly believable. Young Mary Mallon emigrated from Ireland at age fifteen to stay with an aunt. She soon went to work and started as a laundress--hot dirty work that offered no hope of advancement. Being smart and clever, Mary noticed that the cooks were paid much more and had more freedom. She also liked the creative aspect of crafting fine meals for the wealthy of early 1900s New York City.
Mary got her big break as a substitute cook, and she turned one success into a career. By the time she was 17, she received an excellent summer gig in Oyster Bay, but unfortunately fever swept through the summer place leaving the baby she loved and several other members of the household dead.
A German socialist immigrant invited Mary to move in with him—he did not believe in marriage, and though he drank and had trouble keeping a job, Mary loved him. Before long a health engineer tracked Mary down, believing her to be the first healthy carrier of typhoid disease. His theory was that she inadvertently infected many of her employers and their families.
So one day, at a fairly new posting, he turned up with a handful of helpers and took Mary against her will to a hospital in New York. Before long, they shipped her to North Brother Island where they kept her in isolation from 1907-1910. At first, they refused to let her contact anyone. She lived in a small cottage alone on an island with many tubercular patients. Several times each day, nurses invaded her solitude to take specimens of her blood and urine. The only person truly kind to her was the gardener who would let her help him grow things and share conversations.
The author presents Mary as an intelligent woman, insightful, stubborn, and willing to fight for her rights. She's painted against the backdrop of a misogynistic culture and a city teeming with immigrants, on the cusp of modernity. It's a historical page-turner that you will enjoy.
For a thrilling nonfiction account of a disease epidemic that will scare you and rush you to the flu shot clinic, read John Barry's The Great Influenza: the epic story of the deadliest plague in history.


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KINGSTON —The hard part was trying to decipher if Cornwall's missed opportunities were self-inflicted. That might turn out to be the most agonizing aspect of being denied a trip to the Syracuse Carrier Dome to play for the Class A state championship.
KINGSTON —The hard part was trying to decipher if Cornwall's missed opportunities were self-inflicted. That might turn out to be the most agonizing aspect of being denied a trip to the Syracuse Carrier Dome to play for the Class A state championship.
Was it us? Or was it the perennial state power Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake Spartans?
Us or them?
You can bet the Cornwall Green Dragons ran those pivotal plays over and over on the bus ride home from their 28-13 loss on Friday night at Dietz Stadium. An interception here, a drop there, allowing a huge run here, a huge run there.
"They are really good,'' Cornwall coach Marcus Hughes said on his way off the field after addressing his team. "They are the reason we made some mistakes, too. I think in order to beat them, we would have had to play close to perfect.''
Maybe. You can only analyze a high school football game so deeply. You can only draw so many conclusions from what you see.
We saw Burnt Hills take a 14-0 lead and, let's face it, given the team's reputation and ability, that could have been the ballgame right there. But Cornwall came right back with two second-quarter scores to make it 14-13 at halftime. Game on.
And when Burnt Hills fumbled on the first play from scrimmage in the second half, Cornwall was 33 yards from another score. But Cornwall's wonderful quarterback Mike White, flushed out of the pocket and facing more pressure near Cornwall's sideline, threw an ill-advised pass in the end zone to his favorite target, Alex Cruz. The ball arrived too late and Burnt Hills' Mike Danz stepped in for the interception at the 1.
Burnt Hills responded with a 99-yard touchdown drive and a 21-13 lead.
"I should have thrown it away,'' said White, a stand-up guy to the very end. "I was trying to do too much. Obviously, I would have liked to have it back.''
Cornwall, though, wasn't finished. The Green Dragons put together a 72-yard drive off the Burnt Hills touchdown. But on fourth-and-goal at the 2, White delivered a pass in the end zone to Cruz, described by Hughes as the best receiver he's ever had. The ball went through Cruz's hands with 23 seconds left in the quarter.
"I could have caught it,'' Cruz said. "I put the blame on me.''
Burnt Hills responded again, this time with a 98-yard TD drive to make it 28-13.
But how do you blame these kids? How do you blame White and Cruz, one of the finest tandems Section 9 has ever seen. How do you blame a defense that stifled so many offenses this year?
You don't. You don't blame anybody.
There is something else you don't do. You don't look at this game for what Cornwall didn't do. You look at it for what Burnt Hills did.
"Looking at their program, that's what we are trying to be,'' Hughes said. "The kids fought hard. I couldn't have asked for anything better. They (Burnt Hills) are a great team. There's a reason they are in the championship game year after year.''
Us or them?
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Cursor feedback
Currently, an X-shaped cursor ('./data/base/images/intfac/image_cursor_notpos.png') indicates moving to cliffs and certain buildings is not possible. It should indicate all unpassable tiles, unlike below: The minimap lacks that cursor altogether, which is often a problem when units are sent ahead with queue orders: There is no feedback for exceeding structure limits in queue orders. I suggest to show the X-shaped cursor immediately when trying to place an impossible building along with a warning: "Cannot build cyborg factory, structure limit is 1": I used maim to capture screenshots with cursor.
Sound feedback
If units are selected and the X-shaped cursor is shown (including suggested uses above) the 'fail' sound './data/base/audio/sfx/interfce/beep8.ogg' should be played. It is currently reserved for attempts to build burning oil dericks and some obscure situations. I think overall this would be an excellent improvement, though there are disadvantages:
- Burning oil derricks are valid as destinations and in queue orders. To avoid confusion, I suggest not to play the sound for burning oil derricks since a warning message is given anyway.
- Units would need to be deselected before clicking on e.g. a power generator unless the 'fail' sound can be tolerated.


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All fortran linkage to C routines is now handled by cfortran.h Most C linkage to fortran routines is now handled by cfortran.h
Added support for HP700 class machines. Renames all makefiles to GNUmakefile to prevent standard make picking them up and getting confused. Rearranged may of the directories into more "sensible" places. Changed the configuration files to be more flexible. Added a csh version of install for machines that don't have bsd style install (removed the "installsep" program). Xtpen has been much improved, it can be used as an animated frame flipping program. Added more pen filters to the default distribution. Sundry bug fixing has taken place over the past year. Made many programs write their output format correctly.
Added an experimental feature to header synchronization, if you specify isinstream=y and isoutstream=y then no header sync will take place and the header will be read a character at a time. This feature enables you to treat SEP header+data streams as a regular unix file (e.g. write them to disk, tape, pass through filters etc.)
Renamed libmath and libutil to libsepmath and libseputil Added socket based syncronisation to seplib so that it works across the network Added possibility of environment variables as leading component of a file name. See the new routine expandnm.c Changed build environment to be more flexible. You don't need to set any environment variables if all the source is kept together. Added some other vplot filters and utilities to the release. See the separate file worklog91.1-91.2 for more details of the changes.
Added support for Cray class machine. (Tested on a Cray-YMP). Added support for X11movie. Fixed bug in sseek to correctly seek for relative positions; consequently fixed Taplot.
Added support for SGI machines (from Stew Levin) Xtpen now has resources that can be used to set default behavior.
Sundry bug fixes. Started absorbing man pages into self doc so that self doc becomes the only documentation (with scripts to make man pages). Added CM5 as a separate machine type because some programs compile differently on the CM5.
I/O on stdin/stdout and auxillary input/output now uses the same code. I/O can be to a file, a pipe or a network socket. The syntax is as follows:
out2=filename in2=filename2 auxin and auxout to files
out2="| Wiggle | Tube" auxout to a command
in2="Wavelet flo=5 fhi=10 |" auxin from a command
out2=":2001" auxout to a socket (it waits)
in2="spur:2001" auxin from a waiting socket.
stdin="spur:2001" stdin from a waiting socket.
I/O can now be to the same file as the header:
"Prog >out.H out=stdout" now creates a single file that can be used as input to any seplib program (if linked with this version of the seplib libraries).
All documentation is now in the source files. A script to automatically generate man pages is supplied.
A new routine to cache a piped file is provided "make_unpipe()". Byte uses this routine so you can now pipe to Byte.
New routines sreed_raw(), srite_raw(), sseek(), ssize() are added. All seplib programs should use:
sreed/srite/srite_raw/sreed_raw/sseek/ssize This is a side effect of the more modular I/O. The retun values from auxin/auxout should only be checked to see if there is an error and not used directly.
Old programs that use reed/rite/lseek/fread etc. should be changed.
All distributed programs now modified to obey these new rules.
Shared libraries supported on SUN-OS, this required the splitting of seplib into a "C" library and a "Fortran "library, libsepf.a. Fortran programs should line with "-lsepf -lsep". C programs only need "-lsep".
New routine auxinout() opens a tag for input and output. auxin() now opens for input only and auxout() for output only.
Moved all segy and tape related I/O to a new directory ./converters. Added support for AVS and ProMAX converters in this directory.
Full support for CRAY vector machines.
Sundry bug fixes.
Totally new I/O architecture for seplib (./cube/libcube) Multiple I/O types are supported and can be added in a modular fashion. See ./cube/libcube/README_IO for how to add a new I/O type.
Current fully supported types are:
FILE_IO : using buffered I/O from C
FD_IO : using raw I/O from C
TMC_SDA_IO : I/O to a scalable disk array on CM5
Experimental types are:
MULTIFD_IO : I/O to multiple files (with one logical name)
Rick Ottolini has provied a new version of X11movie that is truly amazing. Much improved controls and display options are available.
New and improved platform support SEP has acquired two new platforms in the past year an SGI Power Challenge and a number of PCs running Linux. Thanks to Martin Karrenbach, Paul Hargrove, and Stew Levin SEP as added support for:
In addition, thanks to Mickael Kern the DecAlpha (ALPHA) platform has been further debugged.
For further information of the level of support of various platforms see the Platform section.
64 Bit file systems In an attempt to look more to the future, SEP has started to add support for 2GB+ file systems. The current release supports 2GB+ on the SGI power challenge (SGI64) and will soon support it on other platforms.
Chevron compression software Chevron has allowed SEP to distribute its decompression library which can compress to ratios of 50-100 with minimal data loss. The current distribution provides the decompression library for SUN4, SGI, SGI32, and HP700 platforms.
Fixed bug in util90 that stopped automatic installation Numerous typos in the self-documentation were corrected New version of Zero, written in sh rather than csh, for speed New version of Promax to SEP90, and a Readme file explaining installation
Added kirchoff modeling codes (some of which are specific to the CM4)
Redhat package manager (rpm) support New install mechanism that should make tracking down errors easier Several bug fixes in both the install mechanism and the software
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As i prepare my water for green tea and boil my egg (no toast this AM. cinnamon apple instant oatmeal instead), I am back to share that I decided to allow a day of rest every 5th day of this 30 day journey. It will not be a day of complete inertia; for instance, I did some slight ab work this morning before venturing to the kitchen. On the 5's, I will work a muscle group that isn't sore and/or possibly isn't being worked to my satisfaction.
The airport code for St. Maarten is SXM so henceforth, it shall be referred to as such. SXM, we on the way!
Update: Day of Rest
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Does anyone know of any specific Go program/progress this comic is referring to? Nothing on Slashdot prior to the comic, so unless it's just looking forward I don't know of any current events it's referring to. 220.127.116.11 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)
- No specific program that can compete with Dan players yet. But when the problem was started in the 80s, computers couldn't even agree the game was over without giving up a good sum of points. 10 years ago, the best supercomputer was outclassed by a trainee. But now, all the current algorithms can match a decent player. The Deep Blue of Go will probably come within 5 years.126.96.36.199 18:12, 11 September 2013 (UTC)
Panel 2 seems to be set up as a reference to 894: Progeny. 184.108.40.206 07:01, 11 September 2013 (UTC)
It seems that there's been progress since 1002: Game AIs 220.127.116.11 09:06, 11 September 2013 (UTC)
I am reminded of Isaac Asimov's comment: "It always amuses me to hear some perfectly ordinary human being say that a computer 'can't compose a symphony', as though he himself could." SteveMB (talk) 10:25, 11 September 2013 (UTC)
The tooltip text is a reminder that PCs become to be obsolete as well, I think. 18.104.22.168 11:33, 11 September 2013 (UTC)
Is the Dell Inspiron supposed to be quietly amusing humans, which it might be, or itself? I don't think it can be amusing itself. Jb (talk) 15:44, 11 September 2013 (UTC)
I think that the screensaver thing is in itself a reference to futility, as screensavers are getting more obsolete with every flatscreen there is - although people are still using them to no avail. 22.214.171.124 16:02, 11 September 2013 (UTC)
Screensavers are more of a security tool now, as they can be set up to require login credentials to resume work. Gardnertoo (talk) 16:49, 11 September 2013 (UTC)
What is that truncated word supposed to be after salad? Salad compost? Salad component? You don't win friends with salad compared to a BBBQ? 18.104.22.168 20:33, 11 September 2013 (UTC)
I think it's "computers," beginning the next reassuring expression. 184.108.40.206 01:16, 12 September 2013 (UTC)
It's shurely no coincidence that megan makes a python script: http://xkcd.com/353/ --220.127.116.11 09:15, 12 September 2013 (UTC)
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Van Halen's sixth outing, 1984, "was a successful record not only because it contained solid, catchy hard rock, but also because it incorporated synthesizers into the mix, the first metal album to do so to any serious extent." AZ However, that "hoopla…was a bit of a red herring since the band had been layering in synths since their third album, Women and Children First. Those synths were either buried beneath guitars or used as texture." AMG
"Of course, the mere addition of a synth wasn't enough to rope in fair-weather fans – they needed pop hooks and pop songs, which 1984 had, most gloriously on the exuberant, timeless Jump." AMG "The synths played a circular riff that wouldn't have sounded as overpowering on guitar, but the band didn't dispense with their signature monolithic, pulsating rock. Alex Van Halen and Michael Anthony grounded the song…and David Lee Roth simply exploded with boundless energy." AMG It was "one of the chief reasons [1984] became a blockbuster." AMG
Earlier albums "placed an emphasis on the band's attack, this places an emphasis on the songs" AMG and offers "the best set of original tunes Van Halen ever had." AMG Panama features "the band's signature sound elevated to performance art" AMG while Hot for Teacher is "lean and giddy, their one anthem that could be credibly covered by garage rockers." AMG
"To a large extent, it was 1984 that set the standard for '80s pop metal, and David Lee Roth who set the standard (or takes the blame, depending on your point of view) for the aggressively good-time attitude most pop-metal bands took for their own." AZ He "turned the frontman role into an art form." AMG "It's the best showcase of Van Halen's instrumental prowess as a band, the best showcase for Diamond Dave's glorious shtick, the best showcase for their songwriting, just their flat-out best album overall." AMG As Rolling Stone's J.D. Considine said, it is "the album that brings all of Van Halen's talents into focus." WK
- one of the top 1000 albums of all time
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- one of the top 100 albums of the 1980s
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- the DMDB Music Maker Encyclopedia entry for Van Halen
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Photographer sues Kanye West over LAX scuffle
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A photographer who claims he was attacked by Kanye West at Los Angeles International Airport sued the rapper Wednesday, claiming assault, battery, negligence and violation of his civil rights.
Daniel Ramos claimed his right hip was injured when the rapper punched him in an unprovoked attack and wrestled his camera to the ground. Ramos was a member of the paparazzi who staked out at the airport July 19 to snap celebrity photos.
"I told him twice, 'I don't want to fight you,'" Ramos said. "However, he attacked me anyway."
An attorney for West couldn't immediately be located.
Last week, the Los Angeles County district attorney's office declined to file felony assault and attempted robbery charges against West, saying Ramos didn't have a significant injury.
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Whether it's our traditional wrought iron or steel collection or the more practical and modern resin plastic one, they are all reliable items to have in your garden. It is up to you to choose the one that suits your tastes and needs best. Some of the sun loungers that we sell are also portable, which make them perfect for camping or any other places you may want to use them, whether that might be a day on the beach or at a BBQ cookout. You may also want to have a look to our different options for coverings or cushions, to make your lounger even more comfortable than what it is already. Our supplier is Scab Design, whose products are all manufactured in Italy.
We love them all and they are quite similar one to the other. Element has a fully reclining back rest, and the back can be adjusted in five positions. It is made out of hardened resin plastic, and it is available in a beautiful, elegant and classic dove grey colour. Esmeralda, still by Scab, has the same colour, but it is available also in ivory, white, blue, pearl grey. It can be folded until one fifth of its open size and therefore can be easily stored or moved. If you need to use it on the beach or in any other occasion, this may be the one you're looking for. It is made out of hardened resin plastic, and the covering is made out of synthetic nylon.
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|Rehearsal for Trooping the Colour, May 1991
YouTube video "The Major General's Review and the Colonel's Review are scheduled on the Saturdays two and one weeks preceding the Queen's Birthday Parade respectively." (from Wikipedia)
My Prince Charles and Princess Diana post with photos taken of them in Virginia, 1985.
At least once a week I have somebody using key words "Princess Diana burial site?" on my search box. This is the perfect opportunity to reply by provide several links that address that question. From:
On Wednesday, Cindy Bergeron Scherwinski of In My Life posted her, "Wordless Wednesday: I've Been to London to Visit the Queen" post. Please check it out, she has a great photo of Queen Elizabeth. Because of Cindy's post, I decided to do this one.
Just because several others are posting Royal related connections, I'll point you in the direction of my Post, A Bradstreet, A Dudley and Royalty, I claim ancestry to King Edward I, like many others!


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Everyone's trying not to get caught in Rashad Harrison's novel Our Man In The Dark, which follows the progress of an informant selling the truth about Martin Luther King Jr.'s inner circle. Bearing a limp from a childhood bout with polio, Atlanta native John Estem hopes to be an accountant someday, and in the meantime, he yearns to be plucked into the higher echelons of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference instead of being governed by the seen-and-not-heard ethos of his boss Aaron Gant, who already has King's ear. When Estem's proposal for a field office in Chicago is shot down, he embezzles $10,000 from the SCLC coffers to impress Candy, a lounge singer he's been infatuated with since college; he only finds out he's been caught when two shadowy men come to his rescue during a run-in with Candy's boyfriend and his friends. The help comes at a high price: The men are FBI agents who assign Estem to monitor King and report on who he's meeting beyond their prying eyes. What Estem discovers about his idol is more damaging than Estem wants to believe, but he clings to the idea that he can gain King's trust without alienating the agents and losing the protection they can offer him.
Based on recently unearthed records of FBI surveillance of King and the SCLC, Harrison's debut brings down the harshest judgment not on its boldface names—whom it spares a few seamy exploits—but on the man who wants to be one of them. (In Harrison's depiction, King's major weakness is a fondness for using platitudes to break up blocks of contemplative silence.) While Estem wavers between portraying himself as trapped into disloyalty and cloaking his own greed in the altruistic desire to push the movement forward, Our Man In The Dark reaches a conclusion about him far earlier: He's just as unable to explain himself as the people around him are unable to satisfy his ambitions, and his lack of guilt makes him no better than the common thugs he perceives as out to trip him up.
When it finally becomes impossible to stay in the good graces of Gant, King, the FBI, and the gangsters all at the same time, and an absurd twist has him fleeing for his life, Estem's failure to understand why anyone, including King, holds onto loyalty at the cost of personal safety causes him to contradict himself. Having betrayed and been betrayed, he still asks himself what he could have done to make his name shine a little brighter. But that's just one of many suspicious shadows in a bright legacy.


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A no-muss, no-fuss continuing education.
That is what Gulf Coast State College at its Gulf/Franklin Center will be offering in the coming weeks as Education Encore returns for another year.
Education Encore offers non-credit enrichment classes for adults on a variety of topics.
�We have a saying, you are never too old to learn,� said Jim Barr, coordinator of Education Encore. �There are no tests, no grades, no stress, just fun.�
Registration for Education Encore begins at 1 p.m. ET on Wednesday, Jan. 16 in Building A, Room 101, at the Gulf/Franklin Center. Registration is first-come, first-served.
Classes will be held on six consecutive Wednesdays, beginning Jan. 23 and continuing through Feb. 27.
Classes are being offered in three morning time periods, from 8:30 a.m. to noon, making it possible for a student to take three classes during this year�s Encore.
In fact, the fee is based on each student having access to all three classes each Wednesday.
The goal of Education Encore, Barr said, is to provide a learning environment that is fun, lively and offers diversity, insight and wisdom in which adults explore new ideas.
If you have been to college, Barr said, this is an opportunity to re-live the college experience. If you have not attended college, this is an opportunity to live the college experience.
�Just as exercising the body keeps one physically fit�exercising the mind keeps one mentally fit,� he added.
The courses offered at the Gulf/Franklin Center include basic computer skills, digital camera, drawing, writing, chair yoga, marine biology, �Dare to Repair�, acrylic painting and conversational Spanish, among others.
The fee for participants is $66 for the six-week program, which includes three classes on each of the six Wednesdays.
To browse the selection of classes offered, visit the website at www.gulfcoast.edu/EducationEncore or for more information call 872-3823 or transmit an email to Barr at email@example.com.
As Barr said, �Don�t miss this great opportunity to continue your education or pursue a longtime interest. You are never too old to learn.�


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American Architectural Foundation Sponsors Public Art in the Federal Triangle Symposium
April 23, 1998
April 23, 1998
Contact: Hap Connors 202-501-1231
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WASHINGTON, DC - George Gurney, PhD, Curator of Sculpture at the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, and Norman Koonce, President and Chief Executive Officer of the American Architectural Foundation, will join artists Martin Puryear, Stephen Robin, and Keith Sonnier in a symposium on "Public Art in the Federal Triangle."
The symposium is sponsored by the American Architectural Foundation and will be held Thursday, April 30, from 10 to 11:30 am in the auditorium of the new Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center.
The Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center was designed by architect James Ingo Freed of Pei Cobb Freed & Partners. It completes the enclave of government buildings built in the 1920s and 1930s in downtown Washington, DC, known as the Federal Triangle. The building also completes the redevelopment of Pennsylvania Avenue begun under the Kennedy Administration.
In the spirit of a 143-year-old tradition of incorporating art in American government buildings, the U.S. General Services Administration's (GSA) Art-in-Architecture program commissioned Puryear, Robin, and Sonnier to create artworks for the Ronald Reagan Building's 125-foot high atrium and adjacent three-acre Woodrow Wilson Plaza. Today, more than 200 GSA-commissioned works of art enrich Federal buildings throughout the country.
The nomination and selection process for commissioning art in federal buildings follows guidelines established over the past 30 years. GSA allocates up to one half of one percent of the estimated construction cost of a federal building for works of art. GSA invites community representatives, art professionals and the project architect to serve on a panel to make recommendations concerning the type and location of the artwork for a particular building and to nominate artists for GSA's consideration. The panel for the Ronald Reagan Building reviewed over 250 artists' submissions.
Artist Martin Puryear's Bearing Witness is a 40-foot-high sculpture in hammer-formed bronze plate installed in the grand, circular courtyard in front of the Woodrow Wilson Center, just west of the plaza's 13th Street axis. Puryear said, "In my work, I aim for a point where organic form - or forms which suggest nature and organic processes - can coexist with forms which are clearly cultural. In a cultural sense, my work often grows out of the history and process of hand-making in a variety of materials."
Stephen Robin is the creator of Federal Triangle Flowers, a cast-aluminum sculptural work consisting of two parts, a single stem rose and a lily. According to Robin, the flowers are used here as they have been used traditionally in the history of ornamentation. He said that they are devices, infinitely variable, used for "defining boundaries and affecting the awareness of transitions." The modeling combines Beaux Arts and Art Deco influences, a reference to the transition from one style to the other in the architectural ornamentation of the Federal Triangle. While the flowers share characteristics of both styles, the emphasis in the lily is horizontal and flowing; in the rose, it is diagonal and staccato.
Route Zenith, a monumental (30 feet wide by 49 feet high) neon and glass sculpture for the atrium's eastern end, was created by artist Keith Sonnier. Describing his work, Sonnier noted that zenith is defined as the point in the celestial sphere vertically above a given position or observer. "Like the point in the sky that allows sailors to orient themselves on the sea and astronomers to determine the movement of celestial bodies, Route Zenith establishes a microcosmic environment in the vast atrium. It functions as a meeting place of people, energy, and dynamism," he said.
A fourth work of art, the Oscar S. Straus Memorial Fountain with sculpture by Adolph Alexander Weinman, was originally installed on the site in 1947. A tribute to Oscar Straus, diplomat and Secretary of Commerce and Labor, the memorial consists of a three-tiered fountain and two bronze sculptures, Liberty of Worship and The Voice of Reason. The memorial has been restored and returned to its original location on 14th Street. A member of the Straus family will participate in the discussion.


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Chef Daniel Barron, of Blue Point Coastal Cuisine, won the "Chef of the Fest" Competition. Celebrated as one of the largest culinary showdowns in Southern California, the competition challenged seasoned and up-and-coming chefs in the San Diego culinary scene to prove their skills in the kitchen.
Crispy Laughing Bird Shrimp & Curry-Glazed Sous Vide
Pork Belly, Cauliflower Polenta, Roasted Ginger Kaffir Lime Air
Winner - Chef of the Fest
Chef Daniel Barron, Blue Point Coastal Cuisine
|Ahi Tuna Lollipop
Rancho La Puerta, Saturday at the Ranch
Chef Bernard Guillas, The Marine Room, La Jolla
|Food Photography by the bay
|Smoked Fish with Butternut Squash Flan, Tomato-Thyme Marmalade,
Chili Oil & Micro Greens
Chef Jeff Rossman, Terra American Bistro, San Diego
|Butternut Squash Risotto with Pancetta, Rosemary and 25-year old Balsamico Tradizionale
Chef Suzette Gresham, Acquerello, San Francisco
|Yellowfin Tuna Sashimi with Miso-Leek Sauce, Marcona Almond Bacon Bits, Micro Shiso
Harney Sushi, Old Town, San Diego
|Veal Tongue and Cheek
The cooking classes were very entertaining, especially Makin' Bacon with The Hearty Boys. I wasn't a Food Network aficionado back in 2005 when Dan Smith and Steve McDonagh beat out 10,000 entrants to become the original The Next Food Network Stars, and launched their own show, Party Line With the Hearty Boys. Today, they are chef/owners of Hearty, a Lakeview restaurant that has been much lauded for it's inspired and deft twists on iconic dishes, trend setting Chicago caterers, and authors of Talk with Your Mouth Full, a cookbook full of exciting but accessible recipes for home entertaining.
At the Makin' Bacon cooking class, Dan and Steve showed us how easy it is to make your own dry and wet cured bacon, and then use it in a bourbon cocktail, salad, sandwich, and ice cream. Everything tastes better with bacon!
|The Hearty Boys, with the San Diego Macy's School of Cooking Team
|Home Cured and Smoked Bacon
|Bacon-Cinnamon Sangaree, with Bacon-Infused Bourbon
Frisee Salad with Lardons, Poached Egg and Dijon Vinaigrette
|Ultimate BLT, with Home-Cured Bacon, Arugula, and Sun-Dried Tomato Aioli
|Bacon Blueberry Ice Cream
Courtesy of The Hearty Boys
Makin' Bacon Cooking Class, San Diego Bay Wine & Food Festival 2011
1 cup whole milk
¼ teaspoon salt
¾ cup sugar
2 cups heavy cream
5 large egg yolks
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
¾ pound bacon, cooked crisp, drained and crumbled
2 slices bacon, uncooked
1 pint blueberries, smashed
Set up an ice bath by placing ice and water into a large bowl and setting a smaller bowl on top. Pour the cream into the smaller bowl and set a strainer over the small bowl.
Whisk the egg yolks in a large bowl and set near the stove, with a whisk, ladle and rubber spatula handy.
Heat the milk, salt, sugar, and the 2 slices of bacon in a saucepan until it starts to simmer. Slowly ladle half of the milk into the eggs, whisking as you go. This will temper the eggs and keep them from scrambling.
Pour the egg mixture into the saucepan with the remaining milk and use the rubber spatula to stir, making sure to scrape the bottom and sides of the pan. Continue to cook in this manner until the mixture thickens and you see the first bubbles appear, indicating that it's starting to boil. (Remember to never stop stirring during this step or you will wind up with scrambled eggs!)
Immediately pour the custard through the strainer into the cream and stir to combine. Add the vanilla extract and the smashed blueberries and refrigerate for at least 2 hours, and preferably overnight.
Pour the mixture into the canister of an ice cream maker, and freeze according to the manufacturer's instructions, adding the crumbled bacon halfway through the process.
Leave a comment, telling me about one of your favorite holiday entertaining hors d' oeuvres, and why it's a favorite. Best answer wins. If you have a blog and have posted about the recipe, please include a link.


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LOS ANGELES, April 14 (UPI) -- Nicki Minaj stunned fans with her natural, toned-down look Sunday at the 2014 MTV Movie Awards.
The 31-year-old singer wore a simple, black Alexander McQueen dress with cutout side details, and accessorized with gold jewelry. Her long, black hair was styled in a loose wave, and her minimal makeup was in a natural palette.
.@NICKIMINAJ keeps her fans guessing when it comes to fashion, opting for Alexander McQueen and lush natural locks. pic.twitter.com/QNE1CvYy0T— E! Online UK (@EOnlineUK) April 14, 2014
Minaj is well known for her colorful wigs and elaborate makeup, but has chosen to sport a more natural look in recent months. The star even posted several selfies of herself without makeup on her Instagram in March.


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The Kentucky Fried Chicken recipe is famous for two things: being "finger lickin' good," and being incredibly secret.
It's so secret, in fact, that KFC sued the last person who claimed to have found it. But now, the cat may be out of the bag, thanks to a reporter at the Chicago Tribune who traveled to Corbin, Kentucky, to interview the nephew of Colonel Sanders himself.
Joe Ledington flipped through a family photo album with the reporter, stopping to pull out the last will and testament of his aunt Claudia, Sanders' second wife.
U.S. & World
On the back of the document, the Tribune reports, was the top secret 11 herbs and spices that were notoriously transported via armed guard to a secure location in 2008.
The full recipe as shown is:
11 spices — mix with 2 cups white flour
- 2/3 tablespoon salt
- 1/2 tablespoon thyme
- 1/2 tablespoon basil
- 1/3 tablespoon oregano
- 1 tablespoon celery salt
- 1 tablespoon black pepper
- 1 tablespoon dried mustard
- 4 tablespoons paprika
- 2 tablespoons garlic salt
- 1 tablespoon ground ginger
- 3 tablespoons white pepper
After revealing the possible recipe, however, Ledington walked back the claim in a phone interview, saying he did not "know for sure" if it was authentic.
A KFC spokesperson later told the Tribune via email, "We go to great lengths to protect such a sacred blend of herbs and spices. In fact, the recipe ranks among America's most valuable trade secrets.""Lots of people through the years have claimed to discover or figure out the secret recipe, but no one's ever been right," the spokesperson added.


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my $schema = XML::Compile::Schema->new(...); my $code = $schema->compile(WRITER => ...);
The translator understands schemas, but does not encode that into actions. This module implements those actions to translate from a (nested) Perl HASH structure onto XML. Extends "DESCRIPTION" in XML::Compile::Translate.
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Extends "DETAILS" in XML::Compile::Translate. Translator options Extends "Translator options" in XML::Compile::Translate. Processing Wildcards Complex elements can define "any" (element) and "anyAttribute" components, with unpredictable content. In this case, you are quite on your own in processing those constructs. The use of both schema components should be avoided: please specify your data-structures explicit by clean type extensions. The procedure for the WRITER is simple: add key-value pairs to your hash, in which the value is a fully prepared XML::LibXML::Attr or XML::LibXML::Element. The keys have the form "{namespace}type". The namespace component is important, because only spec conformant namespaces will be used. The elements and attributes are added in random order. Mixed elements [0.79] ComplexType and ComplexContent components can be declared with the "<mixed="true""> attribute. 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1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
2. Combine the rice, water and 1 tablespoon of salt in a large saucepan, bring to a boil over high heat and cook until the grains open all the way, about 1 hour, 15 minutes to 1 hour, 30 minutes. The rice should be very cooked (not even the slightest chewy). Drain well, place in a large bowl and set aside.
3. Heat the butter in a large high-sided saute pan over medium-high heat. Add the chorizo, onions, carrots and celery and cook until soft.
4. Add the garlic and thyme and cook for 1 minute.
5. Add the onion mixture, bread, goat cheese, parsley and 2 cups of the chicken stock to the rice. Mix to combine. The mixture should be quite wet; add more stock, if needed. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
6. Transfer the mixture to a large buttered baking dish and bake, uncovered, until heated through and golden brown, about 30 minutes. Remove from the oven and let rest 10 minutes before serving.
*Cook's note: We recommend to order from D'Artagnan because it's not raw or totally cured and cooked. It's kind of in between.
Yields 6 to 8 servings


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It's the most popular health food going and the hardest to pronounce. The name comes fron the Spain and is it pronounced KEEN-wah.
Now, here is a very simple and totally tasty recipe for your newly purchased KEEN-wah :-)
Bring 2 3/4 cups water to boil in a small saucepan and stir in the quinoa and some salt. Return to boil, reduce heat to simmer, cover, and cook until water is absorbed, about 15 minutes. Turn off heat, place corn kernels on top of quinoa, cover pan, and let stand for 5 minutes. Stir corn into quinoa, remove from pan, and spread out on baking sheet to cool for about 20 minutes.
In a small bowl, whisk together lemon juice, cumin, chili powder, garlic, oil, and salt to taste; set aside.
Place cooled quinoa and corn, red pepper, cucumber, scallions, jalapeno, and cilantro in large bowl. Add 1/2 cup dressing (or more to taste) and salt to taste; mix until combined.
Place large lettuce leaves side by side in a circle around a large serving platter so the curly tops extend just beyond the platter rim. Mound quinoa salad in center.
Arrange tomato, avocado, and lime around quinoa on top of leaves. Sprinkle pumpkin seeds over salad. Serve immediately or hold briefly at room temperature.


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by Mary Ann Baron
Philadelphia Advocates for the Deer (PAD) scheduled their fourth monthly Peace Vigil for the Deer in Fairmount Park for Saturday, Dec. 4, from 2 to 4 p.m. A group of eight members of PAD gathered in front of Valley Green Inn, where the Friends of the Wissahickon were having a members' Winter Celebration. PAD chose to demonstrate at the inn to draw attention to the role that Friends of the Wissahickon (FOW) played in supporting the initial 1999 deer killing in the Wissahickon Park, and their direct responsibility for its continuation annually since then.
At about 1:45 p.m. PAD members arrived, with placards and a banner with our name on it. The owner of Valley Green Inn, Jack Ott, came outside and asked us to move away from the front of the inn. We refused, stating that we had a right to be there on public property and that we were far enough away from his entrance. About 15 minutes later, Park Rangers arrived to talk with us, with one of the rangers telling us, without giving us a reason, that we should move 30 feet away from the Inn. When we politely refused to move, a second Park Ranger called her supervisor, and then told us she had been told that we needed a permit. I stated that we did not believe a permit was needed for eight people and declined again to leave.
Within about 10 or 15 minutes, the Philadelphia Police arrived in six police cars and a paddy wagon. For some time they stood around and watched us, and then one officer asked why we were there, and I explained why. She said she was going to call Civil Affairs, but we never saw someone from that office or heard back from the officer who said she would call them. Other officers repeatedly approached us to ask about whether we had a permit, and we told them we were waiting to hear from the Civil Affairs Department.
About 20 minutes after the police had arrived, a Sergeant Quinter told us we would have to leave the park because we did not have a permit. I asked if we needed a permit with only eight people, and she responded yes. I asked if we could instead, now move 30 or 40 feet away from the inn, and the Park Ranger there said we could not do it now, since we did not move when originally asked. Our group left at 3 p.m.
I and other PAD members left feeling that we had been treated unfairly. Later, I called the Managing Director's Office of the City of Philadelphia's Demonstration Permit Application Office, where I spoke to Robert Allen in the City's Demonstrations Permit Department's Special Events Unit. When I asked, Mr. Allen stated we did not need a permit for a demonstration in Fairmount Park with less than 20 people, but their office in the future would appreciate a prior phone call when we are demonstrating.
From our perspective, this incident is not merely a community group of concerned citizens being expelled from Fairmount Park, but two city agencies that gave us misinformation and infringed upon our constitutional rights to protest. We believe our First Amendment rights were infringed upon. Philadelphia Advocates for the Deer (PAD), founded in the Spring, 2010, is a dedicated group of community members protesting the inhumane killing of deer in Fairmount Park that has been going on for the past 11 years, and which will resume early in 2011. Our mission is to cultivate respect for the deer of Fairmount Park and throughout greater Philadelphia. PAD is committed to the long-term ecological health of Philadelphia parks and respect for indigenous animals. At our peace vigils we hold placards, talk to residents who have questions about the issues, and ask people to sign our petition to meet with the Commission on Parks and Recreation and Commissioner, Michael DiBerardinis. PAD works cooperatively with Friends of Animals, an international group that advocates for the right of animals to live freely, on their own terms. FOA is presently protesting the Valley Forge Deer Kill of 2010.
PAD asks that an apology be given to Philadelphia Advocates for the Deer by The Fairmount Park Rangers Corps Chief Ranger, Jamie Hazelton; and the Philadelphia Police Department, as well as some assurance that similar peaceful and law-abiding protests not be infringed upon. PAD members have a legal right to demonstrate about the deer issue in Fairmount Park. We will not stop protesting the deer kill until it stops.
Mary Ann Baron, a resident of Chestnut Hill, is co-founder of Philadelphia Advocates for the Deer. She can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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TORREON, MEXICO—Toronto FC's misery continues.
The Major League Soccer side crashed out of the CONCACAF Champions League on Wednesday thanks to a 1-0 loss to Mexico's Santos Laguna.
Herculez Gomez scored on a stunning second-half volley to send Toronto packing and help his team advance to the next round.
The U.S. international chested down a ball outside the Toronto penalty area in the 73rd minute before rifling a shot past the outstretched hands of goalkeeper Freddy Hall.
Santos, which led Toronto by three points in the group coming in, needed only a tie to advance.
TFC, meanwhile, needed to win by three goals or score four or more and win by two to move on.
The Reds could have had a 3-0 lead inside the first 20 minutes but wasted a number of excellent scoring chances.
Reggie Lambe found himself in on a partial breakaway in the 18th minute but the midfielder couldn't beat Santos 'keeper Miguel Becerra.
The hosts took control after that and Toronto rarely threatened the rest of the way.
Santos forward Carlos Quintero blasted a shot off the post that stayed out on a free kick in the 44th minute and Hall made a big save off Edgar Lugo in the 68th to keep things scoreless.
Toronto defender Jeremy Hall then cleared a shot off the line in the 70th minute as Santos continued to press before Gomez broke the deadlock moment later.
Wednesday's scenario would have been different if Toronto had not given up goals in the 90th minute and stoppage time in a 3-1 loss to the Mexicans at BMO Field on Aug. 28.
Toronto, in the midst of an 0-9-4 run in league play, has now gone 1-6-2 in all competitions since that Santos defeat.
The match marked the second game Toronto has played in Torreone this season. Santos thumped the Reds 6-2 in April in the semifinals of the 2011-12 competition, scoring four unanswered goals in the second half.
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Why JustSayHi Should Not Change Their Domain NameBlog Post: April 16, 2008
Hey Rajat,
Nice follow up! I have to agree with their decision on this one though. People make a dating site. Fresh blood is so important. He started out with Mingle and managed to migrate the members to JustSayHi without losing all the members. I'm sure he lost a few, but that's the biz.
And the Online Dating world doesn't seem to be one based on loyalty. If a dating site isn't working for you (you're not getting a date) you don't stick around. If a dating site is working for you (you start dating someone) you don't stick around because you don't need the site anymore.
I'd bet good money that the majority of online dating site users belong to multiple sites and are willing to try the "new thing." Free Online Dating is searched over 2000 times a day. Missing out on that audience could kill your business.
JustSayHi could do a little damage control and online/offline reputation management, but for what? They aren't exactly making money off of each member by membership fees, so seeing a drop in membership won't exactly hurt them.


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Roadside Türkiye: Top Ten Reasons to Drive Instead of Fly
The first couple times I visited Turkey, long-distance buses were pretty much the only way we got around. Only the biggest cities had airports, and airfare was spendy. We never really knew where we were going next until the day before we left, so being able to buy last-minute tickets at the local bus station worked with our spontaneous travel style. The seats weren't always comfy, and eight hours sitting behind a chain-smoking driver was enough to make me want to hijack the bus. But a full day of headphones and a book always helped this introvert like her travel companions more when we got where we were going. It was fun to try to guess what was happening in the (badly dubbed) movies they'd show. (I swear they use the same male and female voice for every character in every film...) And I could always look forward to a Nescafe and a Pop Kek when the snack cart made the rounds...
By the time I moved here, more airports had sprung up and several budget airlines had appeared on the scene, making it usually more economical to fly than to take the bus. Nowadays, pretty much the only time I choose land over air is when I'm leaving the country and my luggage weighs more than the kilos allotted for a domestic flight. And while I love the convenience and time saved by flying, there's something I miss about my bussing days...
The view outside the window.
I love soaring over puffy white clouds and miniature mountains as much as the next person, but there's just no way you can know a country by looking at it from 30,000 feet. You can't read its billboards, see what's growing in its fields, observe what its people are wearing, or discover what houses look like from one town to the next. To really see a place, you...even if just from the highway.....you have to be at eye-level.
While a bus window makes for a great way to see the countryside, obviously the combination of "view" and "freedom to stop when you want to" makes a car the ideal choice for a Turkish roadtrip. And so, fuel prices aside (I don't wanna hear any complaining from across the ocean - we're currently paying $2.20 CDN a litre over here!), here are ten reasons you should drive instead of fly this summer.
Top Ten Roadside Reasons to Drive Instead of Fly
1. Fantastic Statuary
No town square is complete without at least a bust of our nation's founding father, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. That's a given. But the other statues gracing roadsides and roundabouts give the traveler insight into the "favourite sons" of a city as well as herald the goodies the town is famous for.
|A whirling dervish near the Mevlevi Lodge in Kütahya.
|"The famous Trabzon bread that never rots."
(It's also dense as a brick - you definitely don't
want that thing falling on your head!)
|The "Rose Intersection" in Isparta, renowned for its fragrant blooms
and rose-scented creams, soaps and Turkish delight.
|Swing through Amasya in early fall and stock
up on its crisp, juicy apples.
|If you're in the market for a new garden gnome, Turkey's got you covered.
|A friendly wave to send you on your way....
2. Colourful Companions
Half the run of a road trip is checking out the people in the lane beside you.
|A twenty foot high stack of soccer balls certainly breaks up the monotony
of an endless highway. (And if the netting happened to burst, now THAT
would be something to write home about!)
|"Don't come to the taxi stand,
we'll bring the stand to you!"
|Make way for tractors and teyzes in tow.
|Goat and sheep-induced traffic jams are a
common occurrence on Anatolian roads.
|Here's someone you really DON'T want to have to
share the road with. Get stuck at a red light with a musical
Election-Mobile and you'll have a headache for hours.
June 7th can't come soon enough....
3. History Lessons on the Fly
Find yourself driving through a place you've only ever read about in your kids' school books? Turks are fiercely proud of their history and the countryside is thick with monuments and markers of famous battles and events. Road trips are a great way to connect the dots and see history come to life.
|"May 19th - Population 24,500." An entire town named after
the day Atatürk landed at Samsun and launched the war
for the Anatolian heartland.
|Get to know the Father of the Turks.
Atatürk's likeness and his immortal words adorn buildings,
monuments and overpasses from İstanbul to Antalya,
İzmir to Van. This one reads, "Happy is he who calls himself a Turk."
4. Impromptu Dance Parties
The Turks are a nation of dancers. It's in their blood. And when their feet feel the rhythm, they are not above pulling the car over and starting up a halay. Could be that their football team just scored a goal. Could be that they've just caught sight of their hometown after a long absence. Or it could simply be that a good song came on the radio and the spirit moved them. So, hop on out and join the chain!
|A roadside halay in the province of Gümüşhane.
5. Pit Stops That Beat a Bag of Peanuts By a Mile
Domestic airlines that serve actual food (unless you're willing to cash in your gold) are down to a precious few. And even then, the standard fare is a cheese and tomato sandwich and a bit of eggplant salad and some olives if you're lucky. But a car gives you the freedom to follow the LED signs to whatever you might be craving. Pide (flatbread "pizza"), kebap and köfte (spiced meatballs) are available countrywide, but roadside restaurants are a fun way to sample local specialties without having to go all the way into town.
|If you're passing through "Hazelnut Country" in Giresun
or Ordu, skip the BP station and grab a Coke from a jumbo
nut-shaped snack counter with a sea view!
|That Turkish Airlines food cart definitely doesn't
serve Magnum Bars. Just sayin'.
6. Fruit of the Land
When driving a Turkish highway, an empty trunk won't stay empty for long. There are too many yummy things to buy along the way! Whether it's snacks for the road or a hostess gift you forgot to buy before leaving, the purchase of a few kilos of fruit will give you a taste of the local flavour as well as make some farmer's day.
|Fresh honeydew and melons for sale near Ankara.
The best part? They take Visa!
|Organic honey, fresh from the bee's belly, and
much cheaper than the grocery store.
|Antalya is the Florida of Turkey - citrus fruit galore!
7. Language Lessons a la Billboard
A good language learner always keeps a dictionary in the car. Getting out of your city and your familiar surroundings often means exposure to new words on signs and billboards and is a great way to build your vocabulary. (And if you're feeling fiesty, challenge your roadtrip buddies to a friendly game of "How many words can I find that I know and you don't". :)
|"Teveccüh" = "courtesy, kindness, favour." Who knew?
8. Hot. Fresh. Now.
|"Leblebi Bazaar"
|"Hot roasted chickpeas, 10 TL. We do gift packs."
|It seems that where you find chickpeas, you find clay pots,
though no one's really sure why. It conjures up memories of the
"video and tanning" phenomenon that once infected the South...
9. Road Trip Games
|Bonus points for foreign cars with Turkish bumper stickers. (Germany
must be full of cars owned by homesick Turks sporting slogans like
"Every place is Trabzon to us.")
|See how many mescits (mini-mosques or "prayer huts") you can count
in a day. (Roads leading out of Konya are goldmines for this one!)
|Some chiropractor somewhere is making a fortune on his ads telling
drivers to "Call this number if you have a herniated disc." The highways
around Antalya have a high concentration of his graffiti - see who can find the most.
|And then there's the ever popular "Count how many signatures and
likenesses of Atatürk you can find on the back of vehicles..."
10. Freedom to Detour
Perhaps the best part of traveling by car is the freedom to stop and look at every random thing that tickles your fancy. If you're not pressed for time, every exit sign is an invitation and every "Hey, what's that over there?" an opportunity to see a snatch of the country you would've otherwise never seen.
There just happens to be a Roman aqueduct on the side of the road?
Go check it out!
Passing by that sign for St. Nicholas' birthplace for the umpteenth time?
Maybe today's the day you should pop in and find out what the
Santa Claus story is REALLY all about.
|If you have to stop for lunch anyway, why not veer just slightly
off the beaten path and cool your toes in the Med before you
make the last push towards home?
So, what are you waiting for? Load up your HGS Card, fire up your GPS and hit the road!