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DOVER — The Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Water has dismissed the EPA Region 1 science misconduct concerns presented earlier this year by the Great Bay Municipal Coalition.
A letter was sent to John Hall, a Washington, D.C. Environmental Attorney hired by the coalition to prove that there is evidence of scientific misconduct in part of Region 1, which includes the Great Bay Estuary. The coalition was hoping to have an additional peer review before making a final decision to file a lawsuit for violation of mandatory duties under the Clean Water Act.
"Your letter makes a number of very serious allegations concerning the EPA Region 1 office, including that 'serious regulatory violations, bias, and scientific misconduct underlie the Region's actions … ' And that the Region has 'intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly committed violations of the Federal Policy on Research Misconduct and the EPA Scientific Integrity Policy in every step of these proceedings …'" Nancy Stoner, EPA Office of Water's Acting Assistant Administrator, wrote. "Because of the seriousness of these allegations, the EPA's Office of Water has initiated a careful review of the issues raised in your letter."
Stoner said she contacted the EPA's interim science integrity official who said Hall's letter and attachments "do not provide a basis to conclude that the Region's actions in any way constituted scientific misconduct as defined by the EPA's Scientific Integrity Policy."
The EPA administered a National Pollution Discharge Elimination Permit for Dover's treatment facility requiring additional upgrades to restrict the amount of nitrogen being discharged into the estuary. To meet this goal, the Great Bay Municipalities, which include Exeter, Newmarket, Rochester, Portsmouth and Dover, would have to make millions of dollars in upgrades to their facilities.
"We're not prepared to make costly capital improvements for our waste water system that are unjustified," Portsmouth Mayor Eric Spear said. "This is something that is going to be so expensive, you really only want to do it if you are really sure."
City Manager Michael Joyal agrees with Spear.
"It's just like Spear said, 'measure twice, cut once,'" Joyal said. "We want to make sure that the science is right."
The EPA has proposed to reduce the city's nitrogen discharge, which currently operates between 15 milligrams to 20 milligrams per liter, to a limit of 3 milligrams per liter.
"It's not whether it is 3 or 5 or 8," said Spear. "We've seen the data. We don't believe the conclusions they're drawing are sound, based on the data that we have."
Spear said this is not about delaying moving forward to update the estuary.
"But, based on the data we have so far, we aren't convinced," Spear said.
Joyal said it isn't about delaying the updates, but making sure this is based on sound science.
"When New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services came out with their criteria with nitrogen, they put it in the form of a draft document. The Coalition community, all along, has said they have concerns about the science and the calculations used by NHDES," Joyal said.
During a press conference in September, Dover's Environmental Consultant, Dean Peschel, said new information suggesting that prior increases in nitrogen levels and decreases in eelgrass may just be a reflection of natural changes. He said these levels are what caused the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services and the EPA some concern.
"The coalition believes the prompt analysis of this data will show that stringent nitrogen reduction at waste water treatment plants is not needed to allow for eelgrass restoration," Peschel said at the press conference.
Peschel showed three graphs showing eelgrass coverage of the Great Bay Estuary and nitrogen sampling.
"From 2009 to 2011, the average was essentially the same as it was back in the early 1990s," Peschel said at the press conference. "It appears that the system is correcting itself."
The letter from Stoner, in response to the coalition's request, was dated September 27, 2012. Stoner wrote in response to the May 4, 2012 letter sent by Hall requesting further review of the Great Bay Estuary issues be transferred to an independent panel of experts for their evaluation of the relevant scientific information in a peer review instead of being taken care of in the EPA's Region 1 office.
Spear said their concern is that the scope of the review was too limited.
"We want to have an independent assessment to help resolve the many complex issues," he said. "Our motivation is to be doubly sure that the costly improvements that we make have the desired outcome."
Stoner wrote that the EPA has not made a final decision for an additional peer review, but she wanted to reiterate previous EPA peer review activities to Hall.
"The purpose of the peer review was to support the state by providing advice from national experts on how to improve the technical and scientific soundness of the document as a basis for future development of numeric nutrient water quality criteria," Stoner wrote. "The peer review was not intended to resolve the many complex issues concerning the development of nutrient criteria and the implementation of nutrient controls for the Great Bay."
Joyal wrote in an email that the EPA is indicating in the letter that the prior peer review was "fine for the purpose it was intended to fulfill."
"…There was not an opportunity to present relevant questions to the EPA's original peer review panel concerning the lack of cause and effect between nitrogen levels and the designated impairments of Great Bay's water quality," Joyal wrote.
Before a December 2009 request of the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services, Stoner wrote that the EPA conducted a peer review of the State's final draft criteria document through EPA's Nutrient Scientific Technical Exchange Partnership and Support program.
"N-STEPS is an external independent peer review process administered through an EPA-funded contract," Stoner wrote. "The two scientists chosen for the peer review have national expertise in the field of marine eutrophication and had no involvement in the development of the NH DES criteria. Neither Region 1 nor the Office of Water had a role in selecting the reviewers."
Stoner wrote that the EPA's opinion is that the reviewers and the charge questions to them were consistent with the Office of Management and Budget's 2004 guidance for peer review and the EPA's Peer Review Handbook.
"The purpose of the peer review was to support the state by providing advice from national experts on how to improve the technical and scientific soundness of the document as a basis for future development of numeric nutrient water quality criteria," she wrote. "The peer review was not intended to resolve the many complex issues concerning the development of nutrient criteria and the implementation of nutrient controls for the Great Bay."
Stoner wrote that it is not unusual for parties to disagree with the EPA over Agency actions that affect them "especially when those actions rely on interpretations of legal authority and analysis of scientific data."
"I recognize that you are concerned that the EPA-proposed limits may result in the need for action by your clients, as well as other stakeholders, to reduce nutrient loadings to the Great Bay Estuary," Stoner wrote.
"Nevertheless, based on careful consideration of your letter and the documents you provided, the EPA Office of Water has not seen evidence that Region 1 has engaged in scientific misconduct, as you suggest," wrote Stoner.
Joyal wrote in an email to city officials that the Great Bay Community Coalition met with the EPA in Washington, D.C. earlier this summer and requested a follow-up peer review.
E. Tupper Kinder, Esq. of Nelson, Kinder, Mosseau & Saturley, PC, and attorney representing the City of Portsmouth said the coalition wanted a second peer review to hopefully settle the deal without having to file the lawsuit. He said it would have shown that there either was scientific misconduct or at the very least, scientific mistakes in NHDES development of the new water criteria.
"This would make it unnecessary for us to sue them because they would have to reconsider, he said. "This makes it more likely that that suit will actually be filed."
On Friday, October 12, Kinder said there was a court hearing on the state case where the coalition sued NHDES. The coalition and NHDES asked the court to decide the case based on merits.
"I would expect the state case to have an initial decision from the Superior Court within the next few weeks," Kinder said.
Joyal wrote that he was informed by a NHDES official that the issuance of Dover's new NHDES permit for the waste water treatment plant is moving forward.
"…We have been seeking an opportunity to meet with (EPA Region 1) to learn more specifics and discuss expected implementation measures," Joyal wrote. "As has been the case with other coalition communities, we expect there will be an opportunity to do so with sufficient time for follow-up meetings prior to issuance of any final permit."
Stoner said the Office of Water will continue to review Hall's submissions and intends to provide a comprehensive response at a later date.
"I hope that we can work through this," Mayor Dean Trefethen said. "It's all not surprising, but it is disappointing."
EPA dismisses misconduct concerns by Great Bay coalition
DOVER — The Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Water has dismissed the EPA Region 1 science misconduct concerns presented earlier this year by the Great Bay Municipal Coalition.


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ROCHESTER — The Rochester Middle School was packed with hundreds in attendance, as the chorus walked through the crowd and stood before seated veterans. The young teens sang the last few lines of the song "Before You Go," before handing over red carnations to the war heroes.
Friday's assembly stood as the school's official commemoration for this coming Veterans Day, and Al Benton, officer of the day who also assisted in organizing the event with the community's Veterans Day of Assembly Council (VDAC), estimated more than 100 veterans showed up. A couple of veterans spoke and shared their experiences with the assembly, while school students and staff put on several musical performances that brought notably large, and emphatic, rounds of applause.
Following the ceremony, Rochester Veterans Council President Earl Adams was filled with emotion. With a red flower in hand, he said the students put on such a performance, he knew his fellow veterans were proud and humbled by their patriotism and sincerity.
"They just hit me right in the heart," he said, choking on his words.
Principal Valerie McKenney began the ceremony by noting this celebration stood to make the younger generation aware of veterans in their midst.
"This is for students to understand the sacrifices that the men and woman who served in the military have gave for our safety and security," she told the crowd.
Superintendent Michael Hopkins added, "We work everyday to teach students to be good citizens and this is one of the important days we have to understand that … It's really exciting to see."
Hopkins noted his father was a World Way II veteran and asked the several in the crowd to stand for recognition.
Army Reserve Lt. Commander David Yasenchock, who was listed on the program as "a present day hero," told the crowd they had to be grateful for their "winning lottery ticket," awarded to them just by the chance of being born in the United States. He said having traveled to 45 countries, he has yet to find a nation better than America, and reflected on the five fellow soldiers he lost while touring Iraq.
"Freedom does come at a price and many of us in this room have lost comrades," he said, with a tremor of emotion in his voice. "Not a day goes by that I do not think of them."
Images were played behind Yasenchock from his travels overseas, and one gripping image showed two soldiers embracing before a black body bag on the desert ground.
Navy Reserve Lt. Commander James Holst spoke at the podium shortly after, addressing the middle school students in the room. He urged them to find ways to serve, even in their own communities, by volunteering and being kind to one another. He quoted famed actress Audrey Hepburn, who encouraged those in the world to be charitable.
"I do believe many of us in the military are subconsciously thinking of these words … (Hepburn) said, 'You'll discover you have two hands — one for helping yourself, and the second for helping others.' Many of us in the military feel that freedom is about helping others," Holst said.
Stevie Russ, a freshman at Spaulding High School, read her winning eighth grade essay from the previous year as part of the program, stating why she is proud to be an American.
"Having such an amazing military makes me proud to be an American because without their hard work and courage, we wouldn't have our freedom that we have today. They risk our lives everyday to keep us safe and to ensure Americans brighter days," she said. "They put their hearts and souls into what they do, which shows there are proud to be Americans as well."
Eighth grader Sierra Rodenhuis, who won the seventh grade essay contest for the same prompt, said she was grateful for those who sacrificed their lives.
"I will never forget the brave men and women who died for our freedom" she said. "… I thank all the veterans who have come home."
The Rochester Middle School Video Club showed a news report of theirs as well, created for the community access channel "R-TV." They put together a segment featuring their trip to Pease Air National Guard Base in Portsmouth, where two young students stood with the "Pease Greeters" to welcome home dozens of service men.
In a moving part of the ceremony, middle-school student Landon Hersey was recognized for his devotion to local veterans, as well. Members of the Rochester Veterans Council said they decided to present Hersey with an award after he volunteered at the Prisoners of War "M.I.A. Day" celebration held on Rochester Common in September. Hersey approached the men on the common that day noting his uncle was a veteran, and asked how he could help, Adams said.
There were several musical performances by the Rochester Middle School symphonic band and chorus, along with Rochester Middle School staff, including McKenney, and middle-schooler Ben Laine. Laine brought down the house with a tear-jerking rendition of "America, the Beautiful," singing a powerful solo while he played piano for the crowd in the style of Ray Charles. His performance was followed by a standing ovation.
Rochester Mayor T.J. Jean applauded the assembly council for their hard work, and said he was touched listening to both Holst and Yasenchock regarding their time at war.
"They gave us a 'real day hero' perspective of what they've gone through so far. And I know that story will be echoed by many, many men and women who are sitting here today, who have served our country faithfully, with resolve," he said, "and never thinking about themselves, always putting others first. I think all of us should be extremely thankful that they're willing to do that for us."
Hit in the heart: Rochester hosts emotional Veterans Day memorial
ROCHESTER — The Rochester Middle School was packed with hundreds in attendance, as the chorus walked through the crowd and stood before seated veterans. The young teens sang the last few lines of the song "Before You Go," before handing over red carnations to the war heroes.


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TRENTON – New Jersey will use a $10.6 million federal stimulus grant to restore wetlands along the Hackensack River in Jersey City, creating wildlife habitat in a highly urbanized area, recreational opportunities for area residents, and some 100 jobs in a variety of construction-related fields, Governor Jon S. Corzine announced today.
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This page is a description of the dome control hardware and software highlighting similarities and differences between the systems for the two Sirius domes housing the CDK20's, the Ash dome for the RC24, and a refurbished dome for the CDK700.
Rotation Encoder
We use an RFID tag encoder that senses tags attached to the inside perimeter of a dome. On the CDK20 Sirius domes, the tags are attached to the gear drive rail as shown here:
The tags on CDK20N are 4 degrees apart. Each tag has a unique identifying code. When the dome rotates and brings a tag into the sensing space of a tag reader, software traps the tag event and identifies the dome azimuth angle based on a map of tags to angle that is saved for each dome.
The tag readers are from Phidgets, a company that makes USB-interfaced hardware for electronics hobbiest. They supply an OpenSource library that enables us to include the tag reader in the dome control software.
Dome rotation software has been written to use the INDI protocol and communicate with the telescope control software in an observatory operations package.
- PyDome scripted control interfaces with telescope and camera operations for automated dome tracking during long exposure sequences
More information is available on the Shared Skies software page.
Sirius Dome for CDK20N
The original Sirius electronics control dome rotation and the opening and closure of the upper and lower shutters. The control board is proprietary, but its operation is determined by wiring to screw terminals that we have modified to connect to external systems.
This schematic shows a how a switch will apply 12 VDC power to one of two lines that select the direction of rotation, or similarly open or close the two shutters. In computer controlled operation there is a relay system in parallel with the manual switch, such as shown here:
with the power for the relays provided by the "COM" 12 VDC power of the dome electronics. Note that "COM" is not ground, but the common 12VDC from the battery power of the system. Fuses and circuit breakers protect the motors from overload, and the control board is designed so that most operations are safe. In this respect, there are limit switches on the shutter motion that turn off power to the motors with the shutters are fully open or closed. There is no hard-wired logic to insure that the lower shutter is closed before the upper shutter drops down over it, however.
At the CDK20N we have a relay box mounted on the dome wall containing 6 socketed industrial relays with 12 VDC coils. The relays are wired such that the application of the "COM" voltage to a control line causes the relay to close with the same effect as the corresponding switch.
There is a dropline from the dome electronics to the relay box to allow the connection of the static relay system to the rotating dome. The line falls at the perimeter of the dome. When the line is in use, software prohibits rotating the dome through azimuth 0 (shutter opening to the north) to lessen the chance of the cable snagging. The dropline is connected through an 8-pin Phoenix Contact connector that will pull apart if the cable is caught.
The relay box may be controlled by logic level electronics or by a web switch. In the first generation of this system a National Instruments PCI-6518 digital logic controller with open collector logic was intalled in the telescope computer. With the replacement of the computer in the fall of 2011 we changed operation to use a Digital-Loggers Web Din Relay shown here:
The device provides a robust configurable interface that enables web-based control of the dome shutters and rotation. Since it runs its own internal server. interfacing with it is simple through TCP/IP over port 80.
Each labelled relay controls a single normally open line, and connects to the dome 12 VDC system to switch on that function. The lines are color coded, and connected by a 9-wire cable that is terminated with a Phoenix Contact connector close to the DIN controller:
- Rotate CW (decrease azimuth) - yellow to relay 1
- Rotate CCD (increase azimuth) - brown to relay 2
- Open Upper - orange to relay 7
- Close Upper - green to relay 8
- Open lower - blue to relay 5
- Close lower - violet to relay 6
This relay order leaves a safe gap on the user interface between shutter and dome rotation. It also avoids relay 3 which, on the module in the CDK20N dome, may have a high resistance contact.


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Borrowing Java and C# terminology, in a mobile environment, at some point the operating system scheduler "garbage collects" all the running apps and terminates them when appropriate. This pseudo garbage collector operates on launched applications that are no longer interacting with the user in the foreground. These application instances are called "background" applications, though exactly what constitutes a background application varies from device to device. Android and iOS are similar in this respect, but Windows Phone 7 handles background applications a bit differently. Let's dig it out.
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Wow, now this is a whole different side of Rihanna. Gracing the November issue of Glamour US, Rihanna looks gorgeous and girlie showing off her curly cropped hair and striking eyes. Normally the singer is all about sex appeal, but what I love about this cover is how girlie she looks, with a touch of RiRi attitude of course!!!
Wearing a Dior bodysuit, Kenneth Jay Lane hoop earrings and a Lynn Ban cuff, this is one gorgeous cover, but what draws you in though has to be her make-up, from her dramatic eyes to the soft lip colour.
Made-up using products from her own Mac collection, I love the bronze and gold metallic eye shadow and strong eyeliner – it really does make her green eyes pop. With her eyes looking so incredible it looks like the rest of her face is make-up less. Simply gorgeous.
For me this is one captivating cover – are you a fan of RiRi's latest editorial?
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Yup, a lot of very human-ish aliens, humans, and not a ton more... Lucas definitely missed turning the Outlander Club into something better than it was. I'm kind of glad his budget wasn't there for STar Wars because it seems to me that with a budget he didn't do anything nearly as cool.
Yeah, this is the most damning critique of the PT I have ever seen. All three of the films - if you didn't think so already - will look just absolutely ridiculous.
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The pains of labor drove her to the trunk of a date-palm. She said, �Oh if only I had died before this time and was something discarded and forgotten!�
A voice called out to her from under her, �Do not grieve! Your Lord has placed a small stream at your feet. Shake the trunk of the palm towards you and fresh, ripe dates will drop down onto you.� (Surah Maryam, 23-25)
Modern-day medicine shows that pulling an object facilitates the baby�s downward passage through the birth canal. The muscles used during pulling are the same as those that propel the baby outside the womb. Various methods are employed to achieve this, such as pulling on a cord suspended from the ceiling or on arms attached to the two sides of the bed or else holding onto and squeezing someone�s hand.1
A U-shaped bar, known as a "squat bar," mounted onto the bed during labor is used for that end. Pulling on this bar facilitates the baby�s leaving the womb, shortens the length of the birth canal, widens the mouth of the womb and reduced the need for many other devices and techniques during labor.2
This bar helps the mother�s squatting motions as she pulls herself up and down on it. It also means the mother remains immobile as the baby emerges. 3 In this position, the muscles needed to move the baby down the birth canal expend the minimum amount of energy. In addition, with the expansion of the pelvic bone, 30% more room is made available for the baby to pass through. With the expansion and pulling motion, the body�s propulsive force is raised to the highest level and the baby is able to move smoothly during the birth process.4
There is great wisdom in the way that, by means of Allah�s angels, Hazrat Maryam shook the branches of the date-palm tree toward her. The Arabic word �Wahuzzee� means �to shake fast, to move or to rock.� In addition to dates facilitating birth and having nutritious poperties, pulling the branches toward one to shake them and then letting them pull back in another movement that facilitates birth. This technique, applied in our own day, is one of the proofs that Allah supported Hazrat Maryam with His compassion and that the Qur�an is the word of our Lord, the Omniscient.
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Oregon coach Chip Kelly will be the new coach of the Philadelphia Eagles, league sources told ESPN. Kelly re-emerged as a candidate recently and an agreement was just reached Wednesday.
The Eagles had interviewed Kelly early in its search for a replacement for longtime coach Andy Reid, talking to the coach in Arizona after the Ducks' 35-17 Fiesta Bowl victory over Kansas State.
But sources had told ESPN after the meeting that Kelly had decided to stay at Oregon. The school never made an official announcement regarding Kelly's employment with the team, however.
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Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Whisk together the egg yolks and eggs. In a medium-sized saucepan, over a medium heat, stir together the sugar and water until sugar dissolves and then comes to a low boil. Cook, without stirring until mixture turns golden. Heat pareve whip in the microwave. Remove sugar mixture from heat and slowly whisk in the cream (the caramel is very hot so pour slowly and carefully). Then whisk this mixture into the reserved eggs. Finally whisk in the nondairy creamer. Place chocolate cake pieces in a 9 x 13-inch pan. Pour caramel custard over cake. Bake for about 30 minutes. Best served warm.


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Which begs the question: Is poise related to practice, in public speaking? I think Tina is on to something, or at least, knows what she should be doing to feel more confident about her speaking and herself. Here's what I think practice can do to help you develop a poised, confident delivery:
- Rehearsing means you'll know what you do--and what you will be doing. If you tend to stumble over the letter "p," hesitate at the first question, forget your message midway through, well, your practice will show you those things...and give you the chance to correct them and get comfortable with your workarounds. The more you practice, the more public speaking gets less like flying by the seat of your pants and more like something you can anticipate, calmly.
- Practice lets you try out tactics that will help you appear poised, many of which have to do with how you move, stand and gesture. From what you do with your hands when you're not gesturing to thinking through your speaker presence and how you want to be seen, practice--and I mean more than a half-hour once before your presentation--gives you the time and space to develop that poise. And when it comes to looking versus feeling confident and poised remember: Any speaker can fake it before she makes it.
- About that self-worth thing: When you're first starting a new skill, especially one as complex as public speaking and presenting, it's easy to know your awful beginner status and have a palpable sense of just how far you have to go. And it's often an easy jump from that place to "I'm just no good at anything." But remember that public speaking is a learnable skill...and as I've learned from my guitar instructor, "If you will practice, you will improve." So it is in public speaking and presenting. Practice, practice, practice...and you'll build your self-worth muscle with each aspect you master.
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This activity is useful at the beginning of the year after a long term holiday, such as those in Argentina (3 months in all). This will break the ice in new groups as they will introduce each other and talk about themselves.
Stage I: Welcome your students to the class and invite them to pick a lollipop or sweet. They will find a rolled piece of paper wrapped around their sweet or lollipop. It will contained a hidden message that they will have to solve individually first.
Stage II: Tell them the aim of the game, but make it clear that they will need to remember the letters of the alphabet to work out their hidden message. So make a quick revision by brainstorming the letters and writing them on the board. Next, tell students that each letter contained in their coded message uses the next letter in the alphabet. That is to say that if they have for example: 'TBZ ZPVS OBNF' this will mean ' Say your name'. Pick up one sweet for you and demonstrate the activity by writing the solution of your code on the board. Solve one or two clues as a demonstration, and once they know what they have to do, give them five minutes to solve the rest of the message.
Stage III: In turns then they carry out the instructions found in their hidden messages.
Duration: The whole activity takes up to 15 minutes. Not only can it be used as a socializing activity but a warmer activity as well whenever you need to revise structures or vocabulary previously taught.
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Chant of 'tax the rich' growing louder in nation
Billionaire Warren Buffett may not seem to have much in common with angry laborers at town hall meetings or armies of California nurses protesting in the streets.
But these days, the executive celebrity in his boardroom and working folks on the front lines have found a common mantra as the economy continues to sputter and the 2012 election approaches: "Tax the rich."
They are joining Democratic politicians, such as U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer of California, who pounded the issue of making "millionaires and billionaires pay their fair share" nearly a dozen times at a recent event in Oakland.
The calls have become louder as President Obama plans to unveil his jobs plan next Thursday in a highly anticipated speech that theyhope will provide a counterpoint to conservative grassroots GOP groups pressing lawmakers to slash government programs to stimulate the economy - without raising taxes.
Also driving the debate is the looming work of the bipartisan 12-member congressional "super committee" on deficit reduction set to begin its work this month in Washington.
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At the same time, the liberal activist group MoveOn.org has launched a "Stop Coddling the Rich" campaign to underscore what it says is a growing disparity between American income classes at a time of growing economic uncertainty.
Today, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-San Francisco, and the powerful National Nurses United union will take the message one step further with one of their trademark protests - this time opening a symbolic "soup kitchen."
The nationwide protests are expected to involve about 10,000 participants in street-theater events in more than four dozen cities and other locations around the country.
Millions are suffering
"What's happened is that the unemployed and the uninsured, the underinsured and the homeless have become invisible in our culture," says Rose Ann DeMoro, executive director of the nurses' union, which has 170,000 members nationally and 75,000 in California, where it's also known as California Nurses Association.
DeMoro said she hears daily from her union members upset by the millions of Americans who are suffering while Wall Street financiers are making substantial amounts of money.
"In this country, the working people pay and pay and pay and the wealthy don't - and they get bonuses and bailouts," widening the gap between rich and poor, said DeMoro.
Gulf between parties
With the 2012 election approaching and Republicans at state and local levels drawing a line in the sand against new taxes, the "tax the rich" movement underscores a growing gulf between the parties.
"The Republican Tea Party is trying to hold the country hostage," said Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Oakland, who has held job fairs around the country the past few weeks with other members of the Congressional Black Caucus. "The only way you're going to create jobs is a direct investment (from the federal government) in job creation and repealing the Bush tax cuts."
Activists such as DeMoro say that members of the congressional super committee from both political parties appear more interested in cutting social programs "to funnel more resources to Wall Street and foreign banks and investors."
Buffett, in a widely read opinion piece last month in the New York Times, kicked off the latest debate, saying, "My friends and I have been coddled long enough by a billionaire-friendly Congress. It's time for our government to get serious about shared sacrifice."
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A survey released Wednesday by the Institute of Policy Studies, a liberal think tank in Washington, appeared to confirm some of his views, finding that 25 of the highest paid CEOs earned more last year than their firms paid in income tax, and that several of those firms paid more to lobbyists than they did in taxes.
But some Democrats, including California Gov. Jerry Brown, have acknowledged the political quicksand present in discussions about taxing wealthy Americans. In comments circulated on Twitter, Brown suggested that Republicans view new taxes as something akin to "a sexually transmitted disease."
Liberals such as Lee are warning Obama not to call for more tax cuts in his jobs speech next week.
"You can't keep giving tax cuts because tax cuts do nothing but drain money from our economy," Lee said, arguing that 40 percent of the $787 billion federal stimulus package in 2009 were tax cuts that "didn't do anything."
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She wants at least $500 billion in direct federal investment in job creation and training, to be paid for by closing the Bush tax cuts. She also would like unemployment benefits extended for 14 weeks.
"If there are 14 million people unemployed, we want to see a targeted approach to everyone who is unemployed," Lee said. "This is a national emergency. I want to hear the president say that."
This article has been updated from the original version.
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Dieselfame3 wrote:what we need to do is like a tournament over a few days, cause i find that if u have one day and one time for this thing, ppl will be like ok i got doctors or i got a date or i got cancers
so if its like from a friday to sunday and is jus like all day for those days im sure we will have great success that way if someone cant make the friday then theres still sat and sun
we do this all the time for games like Trem, RO, UT3
does this sound good?
Maybe we could get better turnout for tourneys if they were advertised in the startup notes on the meta.
But then again after the bad experience we recently had with mariusnet I highly doubt they would do it....
Longinus wrote:I was going to say it sounds like a good idea... but what recent 'bad experience' are you talking about?
Iritscen wrote:I doubt the better players will flake, anyway.
The Thug wrote:Hey, I'd definitely play in another marathon tournament. They are never successful though because too few people support it. If some serious effort was put into organizing one, I think a decent tournament could happen.
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Total TimePrep: 20 min. Cook: 35 min. + cooling
Makesabout 2-1/2 pounds
These candies are delicious. My daughter & I made one batch but will definitely make again. I think the next time I will cut slightly smaller and dip in a dark chocolate.They really are the best!
I have been making these caramels for several years now. It has become a tradition for me to bring them for our Christmas celebration ever since. My family reminds me at least two months in advance. Even friends from my work request that I make them.
I couldn't afford 2 cups of pecans, so I just left them out. It has been several years since I made them, and my friends and family still talk about how great they were. I will be making them again for sure this year. (I also put them in a smaller pan, since I didn't use pecans.)
followed this recipe twice and ended up with a gooey mess. 238 degrees maybe isn't high enough, tasted good, but gooey!
Absolutely delicious! Using the 9x13 pan makes the ends a little thin and not so pretty for gifting, but hey, I'll eat those. 5 stars!!
From beginning to end, it's been an hour long process each time I make these caramels, but without a doubt, this recipe has elevated me to the sweet treat goddess! Chewy goodness. So cool to see the cream-colored ingredients transform to the rich caramel color. Thanks for sharing the recipe!
This is an excellent recipe. I make it at Christmas time and cannot keep the candy long enough to package for gifts. Do not cook long than the soft-ball stage as it will not be chewy. I experienced that (by mistake)
This is an excellent recipe for anytime of the year. I made three batches of the candy at Christmas time as it was very popular at the places I took it too. Even for the gift giving, it was great!!!


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President Obama today held a press conference to present his plan for ensuring that every man in America is getting all the tits he needs. The Tit Access Package, aka TAP, as in "I'd TAP that!", generously expands the access that every man in America has to the tits he needs. Following is a partial transcript of the press conference:
REPORTER: Ed Blanc, Washington Post. Mr. President, can you explain how your plan opens up access to tits for men who today may not have adequate access due to factors beyond his control, such as ugliness, lack of game, lack of funds, or the sheer stinginess of the tits around him?
OBAMA: Good question. Our vision is to see that each and every American man, in as much as he wants them, is given equal access to the kind of tits that get him off personally. We know that for each man, this tit is different; for one it's petite, firm and perky. While for another, it's large, nicely hanging and sexy. But in any case, I can promise that the tits he seeks will be available to him by our plan.
REPORTER: But how does it accomplish this? Other such plans have failed in the past.
OBAMA: With our plan, the mitigating factors are eliminated; a man will get his tits. Now, he may have to settle for a less than ideal pair, due to those mitigating factors you listed, for instance. But our research has shown that for such men, tits are tits, and standards can be adjusted where the need to do so is the greatest.
REPORTER: So you're saying that the ugly dudes will continue to be limited to the flat or badly sagging tits, as he is today?
OBAMA: Ed, look. What I'm saying is, if today you are not getting any tits, tomorrow, with my signature on this package, you will.
REPORTER: Joan Savage, New York Times. What about women who want tits? Does this package serve them?
OBAMA: That's a legitimate question, and I assure you that I personally have my hands deep in this issue. My staff has done extensive research, and it is our finding that lesbians are getting all the tits they crave, and that includes the real lesbians as well as the hot ones. So, no, there is no provision for women in this package for right now.
REPORTER: Jim Gage, San Jose Mercury-News. Mr. President, can you say that you yourself feel the urgency personally to bring this change about? Putting it frankly, are you, sir, getting all the tits you need?
OBAMA: For the time being, my tit access is limited to Michelle's exclusively. And sure, as you can see for yourself, that's some good tits. But yes, I would have to say that I'm no different from any other man, and I could use a boost in this area, just like Joe the Plumber, or Mike the Accountant, or Kobe the Ball Player.
REPORTER: Do you foresee any opposition to your plan?
OBAMA: Who could be opposed to getting tits?
REPORTER: Well, some women might wish to be more choosy about whom to give it up to than this package affords.
OBAMA: Look. We are in a time of great crisis in this country right now. And getting out of it will take sacrifice, determination and will power. Now, time after time I have seen Americans step up in times of trouble, and make the kind of sacrifice that the times demand. So some of us will have to put out more than we are, some of us will have to be pulling the tits out on a more regular basis. And that's how it has to be. And I am certain that our female Americans are going to be more than willing to step up this time and do their part to save this country from this unbearable titlessness crisis. I thank you very much.


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Finally. The weekend. The end of a long terrifying week in my home town.
Friday was 70 degrees, overcast, and humid, but you barely knew it through closed windows and drawn shades. Several miles from the Watertown epicenter where I used to work, my own Cambridge neighborhood was eerily quiet. Once I turned off the barrage of breaking news reports on the TV in the background while I edited contracts, the only thing I could hear were the chirping bird sounds of spring. And an occasional siren. Stepping onto my tiny balcony for a breath or two of fresh air, I saw no one. No cars driving. No people walking. Nothing.
Yesterday was sunny, cooler. The city seemed to be waking from a deep slumber. I sat outside on that same balcony, writing this. Soothed by the slow but steady flow of traffic, joggers, and dog walkers.
Earlier in the week, after Monday's marathon tragedy, I received an email from my friend Sarah: "I know from living in Israel through the 1990's it isn't easy. There were terror attacks almost every week and it took its toll."
On Tuesday, I attended the Israeli Consulate of New England's annual Yom Ha'atzmaut celebration. Like celebrations of Israel's independence that I've attended in previous years, I knew to expect security and policemen standing out front, bag checks and metal detectors inside. But as I drove to the back parking lot, past men and women in yellow vests and bright orange wands as if directing planes on a tarmac, I was struck to see camouflage-clad military holding rifles and leaning against humvees. To me, these men and women were oddly reassuring. They made me feel safe in the face of a bittersweet celebration. Normally bittersweet because the Israeli national holiday always follows Yom Hazikaron, memorial day, a remembrance of the fallen soldiers and victims of terrorism who have given their lives for the ongoing existence and flourishing of the Israeli state. This year, palpably bittersweet.
On Thursday night, I made udon miso soup. I felt in need of comfort and the only place I could turn to was my kitchen. The soup was warm and salty, the noodles soft and slippery and slurpy. Little did I know how the next twenty-four hours would pan out and how welcome that soup would be.
The Friday night capture brought swoops and cheers and an impromptu party on Boston Common. I was relieved but couldn't rejoice. It feels safer here but I can't bring myself to celebrate.
It's now the weekend. The sun is out, the air fresh, the windows open, the breeze chilly. I just finished the last of the soup and am heading out for a walk. Life is back to normal. But it's not the same.
PS. For a powerful first-person account of this past week's events, read this article written by a friend of a friend.
Udon miso soup
Adapted from Steamy Kitchen.
Before you add the miso, the soup will taste bland, but don't worry because the miso is salty. Make sure to add it to the soup after you've removed it from the heat. If miso gets too hot, it gets gritty.
It's worth looking for fresh udon. You can find the most authentic of these fat white noodles in the refrigerated section of an Asian grocery store. Nasoya also makes a pretty good version and I've found it near the tofu. In a pinch, I've also have good luck with Eden dried noodles that I frequently see in the Asian or Japanese section of many grocery stores. Both the Nasoya and Eden noodles are certified kosher. I used Miso Master brand white miso (and you can use any extra to make one of these two slaws). Next time I make this soup, I'm going to add some small cubes of firm tofu.
Serves 4
– 3/4 pound pre-cooked (or, in a pinch, dried) wheat udon noodles
– 4 C vegetable or chicken stock (I used vegetable)
– 1 baby bok choy
– 5-7 cremini mushrooms
– 2 medium-sized carrots
– 1 large handful sugar snap peas or snow peas
– 3 T white miso
– 3 scallions
– sesame oil and hot chili sesame oil (optional)
Cook. Make the noodles according to the package instructions.
Boil. Bring the stock to a boil.
Cut. While the noodles are cooking and the stock is boiling, get to cutting. Thinly slice the bok choy, mushrooms, and carrots. I used a mandoline for the carrots. Cut the peas into 1/2-inch pieces or keep whole.
Simmer. Add the bok choy stems (not leaves) and cook for 5 minutes until they start to soften. Add the mushrooms, carrots, and peas and cook for another 3 minutes or so. Stir in the bok choy leaves and remove from heat.
Assemble. Scoop miso into a bowl and whisk with a ladle-full of broth until completely dissolved. Then stir the miso mixture back into the soup, making sure not to boil or the miso will get gritty. Distribute the noodles evenly into four bowls and then add the soup. Slice the scallions and sprinkle over the soups. Drizzle with the oils to taste.


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November might seem an odd month to review a convertible. But having served up one of the dullest summers ever, the good old British weather decided it was time for one of the warmest Octobers on record. As we write, this shows little sign of changing.
So, in celebration of the fact that the official start of winter last Sunday was welcomed in with wall-to-wall sunshine in the UK, (and with apologies to American readers sitting under a blanket of snow) now is actually the perfect time to review Germany's latest soft top offering.
We like the regular Golf a lot. It's our favourite car in the small family car segment. So much so, several members of the Pocket-Lint team actually drive Golfs as their main car. As at home on Sloane street as it is in the Scottish highlands, no one's ever going to think you've gone broke or turned into flash Harry if you rock up in a Golf. That's its beauty; it transcends class. It does nothing badly, which is why more than 30 million people worldwide have bought one since it went on sale 35 years ago. But is it any good if you saw the roof off?
You'd be right in thinking the Golf looks practically identical to the Audi A3 convertible. Technically, every panel is new and that VW family front and rear make your eyes think it's a Golf, but compare the two cars in side profile and save for the shape of the door, that middle bit of the body's identical. They're based on the same kit of parts.
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But this is far from a bad thing and in fact, because it loses the Audi's daft roll hoops behind the rear headrests, the Golf looks much better when the roof's down. Makes you wonder why you'd pay more for the Audi, doesn't it? The Golf's hood drops and raises in a sprightly ten seconds too, and operates at up to 18mph so you won't get caught on the hop as the traffic lights change.
Most importantly, the hood is fabric. A step backward over the folding hard top of the Eos – the car the Golf Convertible replaces? Not one bit. Folding hard tops add weight – a disaster for fuel economy, emissions and handling. But worst of all, they make cars look badly proportioned, because they need a really long rear deck to stow under. As anyone who's ever packed a tent away might guess, a fabric roof doesn't.
The main advantage of hard tops is improved refinement, but life is so snug in the Golf under its multi-layered fabric hood, you wonder why they ever bothered trying to make the metal stuff do the origami. Hood up or down, the new Golf convertible looks better than the Eos… and just about anything this side of a BMW Z4 in fact.
If you've driven a Golf hatchback or estate, the interior of the Convertible will come as no shock. The dashboard and technology is straight out of the standard car. Given that you're paying a good chunk more for the convertible, it would have been nice to see a few more upgrades, but this is far from a bad place to sit.
You get the expected Bluetooth phone connectivity and MP3-playback abilities as standard. But upgrading the Sat Nav to that of our test car gives you a fantastic system, which we'd be amazed if you didn't get on with. The display's a little small, but owing to the design of the Golf's dashboard, it's mounted high and easy to read.
We love the fact it can be operated either via the screen or the buttons surrounding it. So whichever way you like to programme your Nav, retune the radio or pair your phone, the Golf's system's unlikely to leave you frothing and swearing at it.
It's when you scratch the surface you appreciate VW's attention to detail. The parking sensor system brings up a visual of the car in plan view – just like Audi and BMW. But it's not just 'a car', it's the Golf convertible. You get a lovely great big chunky chrome lever in the center console, which you tug on to open and close the roof. But our favourite detail, while strictly nothing to do with tech, is a VW branded bottle-opener which clips into the centre cubby hole. Perfect for those summer picnics.
At the event we attended to drive the new Golf Convertible, VW laid on an original Golf Convertible for comparison, from 1984. It's always a revealing experience driving old cars – mainly because they help you remember how much better cars have got. With these Golfs, the story was slightly different.
The old Golf did feel old, but was far from slow or lacking in sense of occasion. Wafting through Buckinghamshire countryside, it conjured up a sense of la dolce vita that we thought the new car would struggle to capture. The brakes took an almighty shove to make it stop though and the gearbox was like rummaging in a cutlery drawer, but it rode beautifully on its small wheels.
Jump into new Golf and the contrast is stark, but not bad. There's just so much more car around you, the metal is thicker, it feels heftier. Hit the brakes with the clout you did in the 1980s car and the passenger's getting a lesson in how effective the seatbelt inertia reel lock is.
But the family gene pool shines through. There might be over 25 years between them, but the spirit of the original Golf convertible lives on. With its 1.4 'twincharger' engine (turbo and supercharged) the new Golf Convertible flies along, and despite big wheels, this is one of the best riding modern cars we've driven for a long time.
Give it real stick and the body doesn't wobble about either - a traditional flaw with convertibles. Roof up it's refined and snug, but best of all, put the roof down, drop your speed and waft through the countryside and the Golf makes you feel happy and that all is right with the world, just as a convertible should.
Given our status as fans of the regular Golf, it's perhaps unsurprising we think the cabriolet version's pretty good too. Cliché it may be, but this contains all the goodness of a regular Golf, with the pleasure of being able to enjoy open air motoring as and when the mood takes you.
Like the regular Golf, it's a sensible ownership proposition too. This Golf won't shed its value, go wrong much, it'll seat four, you get a decent sized boot and that multi-layered hood will, we're sure, takes years of abuse from the British weather.
It's so called 'twin-charger' 1.4 engine is both economical enough to mean you don't need to think about putting up with the clatter of diesel if you're keen to watch the pennies, but is fast enough to mean you can have fun when you feel like it.
But best of all, the new Golf convertible makes you feel special when you're in it, just like the iconic, original car did 25 years ago. Good looking, fine to drive and discreet enough to escape those footballer's wife tag so many convertibles attract. If you're looking for a convertible for less than £30k, then look no further. With the weather set fair for the time being, roof-down, winter motoring has never been so appealing.


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Thx Chell i will try using that stuck macroOh god not this again.. dozens and dozens of threads in which they clearly xplain the no clipping macro is a dps loss only if your latency sucks too much to accomodate it... if your latency is at around 40 - 60 ms there is absolutely nothing wrong with that macro.
Gz on the kill btw since that`s the issue at hand
Good luck with having a latency that low. I mean if you research ahead and know exactly what server to choose, sure you're fine. I choose a crap server located east coast when I'm west coast when I first started (Blizzard needs to point out actual server location when choosing a server) So my ping is always around 230ms. Either way, relying on a macro especially when you MAY lag for whatever reason is just bad logic. You should know when and how to compensate for the lag. Although reading all the changes they are making I don't think we are going to have to rely on Mind Flay's shoddy performance if you are lagging when its being used.
thx MahmuttiGood luck with your rotation, hope I helped
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40 lvl 60 priests vs Onyxia(lvl 60, Vanilla times)
thats not 40 Shadow Priests...
1 SP keeping himself alive with 25% of your damge is not really that special, so the important thing is keeping the tnak alive.
As VE only affects your group, the tank has 4 VEs keeping him alive. Talented, that 5% of each sp's damage going to heal the tank. If each is doing 5k, about the average of what you need, then the tank is getting 1k hps. You'd need a little mroe than that.
I also agree that the one who filmed it is absolutely terrible. Clipping MF halfway through a cast just to cast another one is a HUGE dps loss.
Very nice to see people from Grim Batol doing things like that
Wow. That was awesome!! Ty for saving my shitty day lol!
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80 Kingslayer Shadow Priest - Spirestone
Oh my god it's "priests", not "priest's". (Don't blame it on not having English as primary language because mine isn't English either.)
Also, lol'd at the one who died of the lava wave.


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2020 is the International Year of Sound
Accurate prediction of noise levels from new developments such as roads, railways and industrial plant requires the involvement of an acoustics specialist.
Schools, concert halls, hospitals, residential buildings, offices and leisure facilities – all need careful acoustic design to make them sound good and keep out nearby noise.
Understanding noise and vibration is vital to our work life and health.
The design of acoustic instrumentation requires knowledge of electronics and computing and an understanding of how acoustic measurements are made
Many specialists working in this field are involved in helping people with listening or speaking difficulties to communicate better.
The use of ultrasound waves can be used in many ways – from the destruction of tumour tissues or kidney stones to the measurement of properties on the sea bed.
Understanding the ways that sounds are produced by instruments or voices either singly, or when performed in combination with others, is a complex acoustic process.
The design and management of amplified sound in public venues is one of many areas that benefits greatly from the skills of an expert electro-acoustician.
Underwater sound, used by marine animals to navigate and communicate, is also an indispensable tool, both for military applications and for commercial use.
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Spring veggie casserole with little herb dumplings
Nutrition and extra info
- Vegetarian
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal335
- fat17g
- saturates7g
- carbs32g
- sugars0.04g
- fibre6g
- protein10g
- salt0.94g
For the dumplings
- 100g self-raising flour
- 50g butter at room temperature, cut in pieces
Butter is a dairy product made from separating whole milk or cream into fat and…
- 50g mature cheddar, finely grated
- 3 tbsp finely chopped parsley
One of the most ubiquitous herbs in British cookery, parsley is also popular in European and…
For the casserole
- 3 tbsp light olive oil
Olive oilol-iv oyl
Probably the most widely-used oil in cooking, olive oil is pressed from fresh olives. It's…
- 8 shallots, peeled and cut in half lengthways
Related to the onion (as opposed to being a younger version of it), shallots grow in clusters at…
- 250g small new potatoes, cut int half
New potatoesn-ew po-tate-oes
New potatoes have thin, wispy skins and a crisp, waxy texture. They are young potatoes and…
- 3 peeled garlic cloves, cut in half lengthways
- 200g baby carrots, scraped but left whole
- 2-3 fennel bulbs (about 500g total weight), each cut into 8 wedges
Fennel bulb
Like Marmite, fennel is something that you either love or hate – its strong aniseed…
- 600ml boiling vegetable stock (Marigold Swiss bouillion is good)
- 300g fruity white wine, such as sauvignon blanc or pinot grigio
- pinch of muscovado sugar, light or dark
- ½ tsp light soy sauce
- 200g green beans, trimmed and cut in half
- 250g chestnut mushrooms, halved if large
- 200g baby courgettes, each cut into 4 chunks, or 2 courgettes cut in sticks
The courgette is a variety of cucurbit, which means it's from the same family as cucumber,…
- 2 tsp cornflour
- ½ fresh red chilli, seeded and finely chopped
- 1 tbsp each snipped chives and chopped parsley
One of the most ubiquitous herbs in British cookery, parsley is also popular in European and…
To make the dumplings, rub the flour and butter together so it looks like breadcrumbs. Stir in the cheese, parsley and salt and pepper to season and set aside.
Heat the oil in a large pan or flameproof casserole (about 3.5 litres) over a high-ish heat, then throw in the halved shallots. Fry for 2-3 minutes till beginning to soften and turn brown and gold in places. Now still working on quite a high heat, add the potatoes and watch for the same effect, about 5-7 minutes, stirring with a wooden spoon and generally moving the pan about a bit. Add the garlic, carrots and fennel, allowing a couple of minutes between each so they get a chance to release their flavours. Pour in the stock along with most of the wine, then stir in the sugar and soy sauce and return to the boil. Simmer covered for 10 minutes. If preparing ahead make up to the end of step 2, cool and chill for up to five hours. About 20 minutes before you are ready to serve, bring back to the boil, and continue with step 3.
Stir about 2 tbsp of water into the dumpling mixture to form a soft dough. Break off small pieces to make 20-25 dumplings, then shape into rounds about the size of a cherry tomato. Add the green beans and simmer for 5 minutes, then add the mushrooms and courgettes. Stir the cornflour into the remaining wine until it has dissolved, then stir into the casserole until it thickens. Bring to the boil, stir well then gently place the dumplings on top. Cover the pan with a lid and simmer gently for about 15 minutes till the dumplings have risen, and the stew is rich and thick and the vegetables deliciously tender. Check the seasoning.
Mix the chilli and herbs together in a small bowl and scatter on top of the casserole.


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The judge overseeing Chris Brown's probation for assaulting Rihanna isn't beating up on him now that he's keeping his nose clean.
"You're doing very well on probation," LA Judge Patricia Schnegg told the R&B singer at a hearing on his progress. "You're doing a great job."
Brown was sentenced to five years probation and six months of community labor last year after being found guilty of assaulting then-girlfriend. On Thursday, he arrived at the courthouse wearing a white shirt, black vest and khaki pants. His lawyer, Mark Geragos, and one bodyguard accompanied him.
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At an earlier hearing in May, Brown's attorney Geragos said his client had completed 300 hours of community service.
Brown, 21, who appears in the new film "Takers," The didn't speak during the hearing.
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What I'm trying to do is say the user types in -100000 for a loan amount
or "two" for the rate. I'm trying to give them an error message and put them back into putting in the loan amount or rate.
And if they enter positive information i'd ask them if they would like to calculate again. if they choose Y then they go back into the loop. if they choose n then i break it. I was wondering how do I do this, and would it be a if else loop or a combination of both if do and while loops?
Also I am very new at Java.. It would help if you guys typed out some of the code or typed an example of it so I at least had guidelines to follow.
Any help would be appreciated!
Basically I have this code:
package monthlypayment3a; import java.util.Scanner; public class Monthlypayment3a { private static double monthlypay1; public static void main(String[] args) { Scanner in = new Scanner(System.in); double months = 1; int loan; int numyears; double rate; System.out.print("Enter Loan Amount: "); loan = in.nextInt(); System.out.print("Enter Rate: "); rate = in.nextDouble(); System.out.print("Enter number of years: "); numyears = in.nextInt(); double calc1 = loan * rate; double calc2 = Math.pow(1 + rate, months); double calc3 = Math.pow(1 + rate, months)-1; double calc4 = calc1 / calc2; monthlypay1 = calc4 / calc3; System.out.print("The Monthly Payment is: $ " + monthlypay1); } }


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