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Advanced Power Systems Research Center (APSRC)
The mission of the Advanced Power Systems Research Center (APSRC) is to promote and facilitate education and research in critical technologies for the development of clean, efficient, and sustainable power and powertrain systems.
Advanced Power System Research Center is a multidisciplinary organization that will foster large, collaborative, research efforts in the areas of clean, efficient, and sustainable Power Systems technologies. This Center will develop both fundamental and applied knowledge that is required for the next generation of low-emission, high-efficiency vehicles. The Center will seek to bring together and coordinate a large number of Michigan Tech researchers already working in:
- internal combustion engines,
- spray formation,
- combustion modeling,
- combustion and mixture controls,
- torque converters,
- alternative fuels (including ethanol, bio-diesel, and hydrogen),
- hybrid powertrains,
- fuel cells, and
- powertrain noise.
The result will be an interdisciplinary power systems research organization that will be responsive to the economic needs of the state and the energy needs of the nation.
Advanced Sustainable Iron and Steel Center (ASISC)
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Center for Fundamental and Applied Research in Nanostructured and Lightweight Materials (CNLM)
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Computational Science and Engineering Research Institute (CSERI)
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Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences Institute (EPSSI)
The Earth Planetary and Space Sciences Institute (EPSSI) is a focus for interdisciplinary activities in earth, atmospheric, oceanographic and space sciences at Michigan Technological University. EPSSI's purpose is to enable its members to offer programs and pursue research opportunities in those disciplines that go beyond the scope of individual academic departments.
Remote sensing comprises not just instrumentation or measurement tools, but represents a perspective that employs a broad morphology of disciplines and demands interdisciplinary breadth. For example, current members collaborate on projects spanning imaging science, atmospheric science, data/signal processing, data visualization, and remote sensing instrumentation. These are typically applied to a specific problem in earth system science, ecosystem studies, limnology/oceanography, global change, and a host of other areas. At least nine different departments currently have faculty members participating in EPSSI.
EPSSI's goals are to work by consensus to promote remote sensing and related topics on the Michigan Tech campus through:
- interdisciplinary coursework and programs,
- group funding efforts for equipment and research,
- interdisciplinary seminars and short courses, and
- development of a campus culture that actively supports trans-disciplinary activities.
Ecosystem Science Center (ESC)
The mission of the Ecosystem Science Center (ESC) is to promote understanding of ecosystem function through education and research at Michigan Technological University.
The Ecosystem Science Center (ESC) is designed to advance our understanding of how ecosystems function and how human activities influence ecosystem processes. The Center's two main objectives are to:
- foster ecosystem research and
- educate graduate and undergraduate students in the area of ecosystem science.
These two objectives will be met through collaboration among faculty, staff, and students interested in ecosystem science.
Great Lakes Research Center (GLRC)
The mission of the Great Lakes Research Center (GLRC) is to be a leader in interdisciplinary aquatic science and engineering focused on the Laurentian Great Lakes Basin in its entirety through excellence in research education and outreach.
The vision of the Great Lakes Research Center (GLRC) is to become a world-class institute in interdisciplinary aquatic sciences, policy, engineering, and technology. We will develop unparalleled strength and expertise in four core areas: aquatic ecology and ecosystem dynamics, marine engineering and technology, aquatic resources and human dimensions, and education and outreach. Research at the GLRC will not only advance our knowledge in these four areas of focus but will also inform resource managers and the general public, enabling them to advance the sustainable use of freshwater resources.
Institute for Leadership and Innovation (ILI)
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Institute of Computing and Cybersystems (ICC)
The mission of the Institute of Computing and Cybersystems (ICC) is to promote research and learning experiences in the areas of cyber-physical systems, cybersecurity, data sciences, human-centered computing, and scalable architectures and systems for the benefit of Michigan Tech and society at large.
- Bring faculty and students together to discover innovative new knowledge in the field of computing
- Foster interdisciplinary collaborations and enable faculty to develop multidisciplinary proposals and conduct impactful research which otherwise would not be possible
- Create a platform for broad sets of national and international collaborations to make valuable contributions to the field
- Promote The Alliance for Computing, Information, and Automation (ACIA) external visibility
Institute of Materials Processing (IMP)
The Institute of Materials Processing (IMP) is an innovative, nonprofit research facility. IMP focuses on the extraction, processing, recycling, and utilization of materials and resources. It conducts sponsored technology development, research, problem solving, training, and technology services for Michigan Technological University, the state of Michigan, other governmental units, and industry.
Materials studied include:
- metallics,
- ceramics,
- polymers,
- composites,
- minerals,
- and industrial processing wastes.
Expertise includes bench-top experimentation through process development, pilot plant scale-up, and commercialization.
Personnel at IMP work closely with Michigan Tech faculty members. Since the major focus of the Institute is accelerating technology transfer into the marketplace, most staff members are full-time, non-teaching research professionals. When necessary, the Institute can enter into confidentiality agreements with research sponsors and can undertake both proprietary and classified work. Cooperative development programs with other organizations are also strongly encouraged.
IMP can provide full or partial student support for advanced research in the materials and resource processing areas.
Keweenaw Research Center (KRC)
Keweenaw Research Center (KRC) is a multidisciplinary research center wholly supported by external corporate and governmental agency funding. Research and development activities are primarily based on a broad spectrum of ground vehicle performance.
Typical activities include:
- vehicle design and operation as an integrated system,
- research in vehicle mobility,
- material properties of tracked and wheeled vehicle components,
- vehicle-terrain-human interactions, and
- noise, vibration, and sound quality.
Computer-aided engineering and modeling are used extensively. KRC provides opportunities for undergraduate students, graduate students, and faculty to perform research in several areas: composite materials, finite element methods, and vehicle dynamics modeling.
KRC maintains more than 900 acres of proving grounds, including many miles of prepared test tracks. Ride and handling loops, a circular track, an ice rink, a snow-packed area, and a rugged off-road obstacle course all provide the backdrop for research in vehicle mobility.
The Institute of Snow Research, an auxiliary component of KRC, is engaged in basic and applied research into snow, ice, and cold-environment engineering. Fundamental study of ice sintering, dynamic behavior of snow, and the mechanism of ice adhesion are examples of recent work. In addition, the Institute works in several areas related to snowmobile safety, including trail grooming and layout, trail safety signs, and the effects of snowmobile track studs on public road crossings.
Life Science and Technology Institute (LSTI)
The Life Science and Technology Institute will enhance interdisciplinary life science research by bringing together faculty, research associates, and students with different expertise to facilitate new research activities. LSTI will promote research and education in the areas of medical technologies, human health research, molecular biology, biochemistry, genetics, genomics, plant science, bioinformatics, and biotechnology for the benefit of society and the environment. LSTI will assist to facilitate procurement and maintenance of facilities, and promote and contribute to education and research in life sciences and technology.
Michigan Tech Research Institute (MTRI)
The mission of the Michigan Tech Research Institute (MTRI) is to
- Be a recognized leader in the research, development, and use of information technology to support solution of critical problems in national security, infrastructure, bioinformatics, earth sciences, and environmental processes.
- Be acknowledged nationally and internationally as an innovator for the marriage of phenomenological understanding and implementation of mathematically rigorous algorithms to build information from data in support of sponsor needs.
- Provide visibility and outreach for Michigan Technological University in Southeastern Michigan.
- Establish collaborations with Michigan Tech academic departments, institutes, and centers to increase funded contract revenues for all organizations involved.
- Maintain a creative environment that rewards and encourages innovation.
MTRI is a recognized leader in the research, development, and practical application of sensor and information technology to solve critical problems in national security, protecting and evaluating critical infrastructure, bioinformatics, earth sciences, and environmental processes.
Michigan Tech Transportation Institute (MTTI)
The Michigan Tech Transportation Institute (MTTI) will provide the operating structure, resources, recognition, and leadership, in a collaborative environment, that supports research, education, and outreach leading to sustainable solutions for transportation.
MTTI is an umbrella organization bringing together the cross-disciplinary centers and principle investigators conducting transportation-related research and education initiatives that address national and global needs. Principal Investigators conduct transportation research under MTTI within six transportation-focused areas:
- Transportation Structures including bridges, pavements, and pipelines. Other related areas include geotechnical, construction, and nanotechnology related to sensors.
- Transportation Materials including concrete, asphalt, steel, wood, and aggregates. Other related areas include construction, geotechnical, and nanotechnology related to sensors and materials.
- Transportation Systems including waterways, traffic/safety, construction, rail, air, public transportation, freight, intelligent transportation systems, vehicle infrastructure integration, nanotechnology related to sensors, and radio frequency identification devices.
- Environmental Aspects of Transportation including environmental impacts, energy, carbon dioxide and other pollutants, fugitive dust, wildlife, flora and fauna, and carbon credits.
- Social Aspects of Transportation including policy, planning, human factors, history, economics, and archeology.
- Transportation Technology Transfer including all outreach, management systems, and workforce development programs.
Multi-Scale Technologies Institute (MuSTI)
Multi-scale technologies are those that bring together functional elements to form systems where the relative size of components within the system spans from the nano through the micro and into the macro domain. The systems focus of the Multi-Scale Technologies Institute (MuSTI) emphasizes the challenges associated with integrating technologies that have relative feature sizes orders of magnitude apart and operating characteristics that are size dependent. This presents many problems that must be addressed by interdisciplinary teams of researchers using specialized equipment.
Research focuses on engineered systems and components such as nanoelectronics, nanosensors and systems, and associated materials. MuSTI is home to interdisciplinary nano- and micro-technologies education programs—such as an interdisciplinary minor in Nanoscale Science and Engineering. The establishment of MuSTI is based on Michigan Tech's focus on applied research, established practices of interdisciplinary research, capabilities in testing, and strong engineering and science programs.
Power and Energy Research Center (PERC)
Increased focus on alternate and renewable energy, development of new energy technologies, and deregulation of the utility industry are redefining the role of the power engineer and creating a wealth of technical and educational challenges. Environmental issues and restructuring of the power industry have expanded the scope of interest to include public policy and economic and social concerns. A multidisciplinary research center, operating within the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, shall thus be formed. Its main purposes are as follows:
- Establish long-term research goals.
- Enable multi-disciplined collaboration within Michigan Technological University.
- Help us compete/collaborate with other universities for industry and agency funding.
- Enable more industry and university research exchange.
- Provide more continuity of graduate student support.
- Enhance graduate and undergraduate education and recruit and retain students.
Sustainable Futures Institute (SFI)
The mission of the Sustainable Futures Institute (SFI) is to create and disseminate new scientific knowledge and engineering products in support of sustainability research and education.
The Sustainable Futures Institute (SFI) will assimilate the multiple skills and capabilities required to support a new metadiscipline of sustainability science, including:
- the fundamental physics, chemistry, biology, and mathematics needed for environmental assessment;
- ecological economics, including sustainability criteria in economic input-output analysis;
- industrial ecology and design at the process, plant, firm, regional, national, and global scale;
- information technology for real-time monitoring of processes, remote sensing of the environment, and geographical information systems;
- human and environmental impact modeling and risk assessment;
- social and behavioral research tools, and
- professional and K-through-gray educational programs, including assessment of their impacts on choices made by design engineers, policy makers, and consumers.
By advancing this metadisciplinary endeavor, the Institute will combine information and insights across multiple disciplines and perspectives.


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From now on, we will plant and protect more trees than we use in our packaging. We think it's a positive move- for us, for you, and for the two locations we'll be working in.
The Atlantic Rainforest is one of the most threatened habitats in the world. It is home to a diverse range of unique flora and fauna, but only around seven per cent of this amazing bio-diversity hotspot remains.
We're working with the World Land Trust and Reserva Ecológica de Guapiaçu to restore and protect the forest at the Guapiaçu Reserve. Home to over 400 different species, the reserve also helps to regulate the water source that supplies many nearby settlements.
The spectacled bear, mountain tapir and puma are just some of the endangered species that live in the tropical forests of the Southern Andes – forests which are increasingly threatened by clearance.
Together with the World Land Trust and Nature & Culture International, we will plant and protect trees in this critically important area of Ecuador.
We already minimise packaging wherever it is practical to do so. But Wood Positive is about doing even more: going beyond the standard practices to make a real, positive difference.
Being Wood Positive means we will offset all the wood-based paper and pulp that goes into our primary, secondary and transit packaging. We will do this through a mixture of planting and protecting trees. We will plant new high-conservation-value trees, and protect established trees, in areas threatened by clearance.
Together with the World Land Trust (WLT), an international conservation organisation, we have calculated how much wood and paper packaging we use in an average year. Taking 2010 as the sample year, this comes to around 6,000 tonnes (including primary, secondary and transit packaging).
We then estimated how many trees we would have to plant and protect to offset the trees we used in that year. The answer is 100,000 trees.
So in 2012, we will be working with WLT and its local partners to plant and protect more than 100,000 trees. And in the years that follow we will repeat the process, using data from the previous year to work out how many trees we need to plant and protect. We plan to focus on different locations in the future.
We are planting new trees and protecting existing ones because this is best practice according to WLT and other experts. The split is roughly 50:50 –this year we will plant around 55,000 new trees, and protect around 45,000 established trees.
To work out the number of trees we need to plant, we used the average weight and mass of a tree at 50years. To work out the number of trees we need to protect, we took the average weight and mass of existing trees similar to those we will protect.
In 2012 we are focusing on the Atlantic Rainforest in Brazil, and the Southern Andes in Ecuador, both recognised conservation hotspots.
The trees we plant and protect will be high-conservation-value, endemic species rather than fast-growing softwoods. The aim is to enrich the habitats of the chosen areas.
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Installation in Ayer, Massachusetts.
From a single jack to a complete telephone system, we can provide comprehensive telecommunications system design and installation in Ayer, Massachusetts. to support all of your data and voice/telephone needs.
Business Telephone System Installation in Ayer, Massachusetts.
We specialize in the installation, service, and support of business telephone systems for small businesses near Ayer, Massachusetts., including new and upgraded Avaya Partner and NEC/DSX telephone systems.
Voice & Data Network Cabling in Ayer, Massachusetts.
In addition to the business telephone system itself, we also provide the networking design and install all necessary jacks, cabling, and wiring, including Cat 5, Cat 6, fiberoptic, and coaxial cabling to provide consistent, reliable connectivity to your carrier's network in Ayer, Massachusetts.


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On the Edge: Exoplanets with Orbital Periods Shorter Than a Peter Jackson Movie
Brian Jackson, Boise State Univeristy
From wispy gas giants to tiny rocky bodies, exoplanets with orbital periods of several days and less challenge theories of planet formation and evolution. Recent searches have found small rocky planets with orbits reaching almost down to their host stars' surfaces, including an iron-rich Mars-sized body with an orbital period of only four hours. So close to their host stars that some of them are actively disintegrating, these objects' origins remain unclear, and even formation models that allow significant migration have trouble accounting for their very short periods. Some are members of multi-planet system and may have been driven inward via secular excitation and tidal damping by their sibling planets. Others may be the fossil cores of former gas giants whose atmospheres were stripped by tides.
In this presentation, I'll discuss the work of our Short-Period Planets Group (SuPerPiG), focused on finding and understanding this surprising new class of exoplanets. We are sifting data from the reincarnated Kepler Mission, K2, to search for additional short-period planets and have found several new candidates. We are also modeling the tidal decay and disruption of close-in gaseous planets to determine how we could identify their remnants, and preliminary results suggest the cores have a distinctive mass-period relationship that may be apparent in the observed population. Whatever their origins, short-period planets are particularly amenable to discovery and detailed follow-up by ongoing and future surveys, including the TESS mission.


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Zach Plague—the nom de plume of Zach Dodson, 28—is the author and designer of boring boring boring boring boring boring boring (hereafter referred to as "the project" or simply boring). There is the novel, e-book and audio CD, but most notably the book's signatures are available as stand-alone posters. These multiple forms remind one of Transformer robots that change into vehicles. The project is an ambitious multimedia exercise, but as its boring title suggests, the enterprise is undercut with self-deprecating humor. Promotional copy dares to quip, "We guarantee that if you are bored by one version of the book, you'll be equally bored by any of the above." The indulgent expressive graphics (an aesthetic of punk and neo-Victorian) are justified by the novel's subject matter and cast of characters—a group of art-school students who are all 19 years old. Boring is a hybrid project by a hybrid author/designer that falls under another hybrid category, one that straddles DIY and more formal entrepreneurship. I spoke with Dodson about this project and running featherproof books, the small press in Chicago he co-founded in 2005.
Barringer: Which came first, the writing or the design?
Dodson: It started small. The writing was first. I wrote it over four or five years. I spread hundreds of plot-point note cards across a hardwood floor. I merged characters, tore others in half. The pastiche technique shows through, and the fractured storytelling goes with the content.
Barringer: When did design enter the picture?
Dodson: When I started writing, I hadn't even heard of Photoshop. I grew up in El Paso, Texas, went to school at the University of Texas at Austin, and after I moved to Chicago in 2003, I went back for a degree in graphic design. By the time the book was written, I was enough of a designer that I couldn't leave well enough alone, and that's when the different formats came into play. Basically, a Chicago winter, a pink slip and a lot of coffee got the job done.
Barringer: There is a history of novels incorporating design elements, such as blank pages, typographic play, illustrations and photographs. Your project incorporates messy punk graphics, gothic-inspired ornamentation and scanned images of literal objects like invitations. Were you inspired by any past novels that incorporated design?
Dodson: The books that inspire me as a writer are different from the design books I admire. An early, great example would be Tristram Shandy (1759-67) by Laurence Sterne. A contemporary example is VAS: An Opera in Flatland (2004), written by Steve Tomasula and designed by Stephen Farrell, which does an amazing job of blending text and graphics. The design of my book is more about the shapes of letters, the weights of different fonts, how they can have different voices on the page. The book uses more than one hundred typefaces. It's about using type variation as a vehicle for expressing a new layer of meaning beneath the words. Some people will find it hard to read. It is harder to read. The goal is to have those patterns assimilate into the reader's experience and bring another dimension to the text. I'm not sure I completely pulled it off. It's an experiment, that's for sure.
Barringer: With the advents of personal computers, accessible layout software and digital presses able to print anything from a PDF, the book form seems primed to make a leap into a new space of possibility. Your book attempts that leap. Were you thinking in these explicit terms?
Dodson: I wanted to try a new way of approaching a very old art form. Since this book is about teenage art students, I was okay with it being a mash-up and kind of a mess. I was interested in what happens when you screw up a formula that is so firmly in place. There was a lot of compromise to make the whole thing function well as a book and as posters, but it created some interesting surprises. Maybe with design software becoming more powerful and more intuitive, we'll see more crossover between authors and designers.
Barringer: The book comes in several formats, including a package of the untrimmed signatures, which when opened function like giant posters and when trimmed into book form operate like normal pages in a conventional book. How did you go from idea to execution?
Dodson: I had trouble finding someone who could understand what I was trying to do. Which could be my fault. I wanted to have a version of the book that was a nod to its original form. I designed at the poster level, careful to keep in mind what would happen to each page when it got folded down. But no one at our printer got it until finally I found a foreman on the floor who said, "Well, I've been in printing for 13 years, and I never saw no one try nothing like this before." Thankfully, he hung in there, and we got through it.
Barringer: A sense of humor runs through your project. It must have been a great deal of work but also a labor of love. Far from being "boring," the whole thing seems like you had way too much fun.
Dodson: I wanted to maintain a healthy sense of messing around. Good creative energy comes out of that. We're creatives, really, and not marketers, so when it comes to promotion we tend to get weird. Co-publisher Jonathan Messinger gets shy and is like, "aw, shucks." I tend to get really self-deprecating and insult whatever it is I'm trying to promote, which is probably not the best marketing idea, and only sometimes funny.
Barringer: How did featherproof books start?
Dodson: Featherproof was started in 2005 by Jonathan Messinger and myself over a falafel lunch break from our day jobs. I was a designer at TimeOut Chicago, and Jonathan is still the books editor there. We were talking about all the fantastic live readings that were happening in the city of Chicago and bemoaning the lack of publishing outlets at the time. We decided to start our own little press. I brought design and Jonathan brought important things like spelling and grammar, so it ended up being a good match. I think I started the company just so I could design a logo and all the collateral the way I wanted to. Design was been built into our publishing house since day one. We started with these mini-books you can download, print and fold yourself. I've enjoyed getting to know so many different aspects of the publishing business and working with such great writers, but at heart, I'll always be a designer. I have to say, it continues to be the aspect of the whole project that is the most fun for me.
Barringer: What are the ups and downs of doing it your way, from concept to publication?
Dodson: Being involved in production and distribution is paramount to the project. Even in terms of PR, I'm very particular about how the work is presented. I didn't want a synopsis on the back that gave away the ending of the book. In fact, I didn't want one at all. And that's a privileged position, as a writer and designer, to be able to call those kinds of shots. The minus side is that doing all this stuff was much more work than I had anticipated. I've found myself experiencing a little burnout. Maybe if we get bigger I'll delegate more tasks, but for now, it's DIY all the way.
Barringer: Who did the e-book formatting? And why give it away free?
Dodson: I did, and it's a PDF. It's slightly different from the printed version. I'm happy to have people read it in whatever form, online included. As far as free goes, with Google Books around the corner, publishers may not have a choice before too long. If people like it, they'll buy a copy. The physical book might become more of a collector's item, like vinyl is for many music lovers. I'm interested in making books special objects, and the design of this one calls attention to its bookishness, sometimes in an irreverent way, such as in the third section, which is meant to look like an old hardcover photocopied on the page. Some people are going to want to hold that in their hands.
Barringer: Did you also design the website?
Dodson: I did. Sort of. It's actually a Flash widget that the book got plugged into. I'm excited about what the online version can mean for the book, although I personally don't have the patience to read an entire book on a screen. It's like that moment at a bookstore when you pick a book up off the shelf to flip through it. Having that experience online makes it available to many more people.
Barringer: How was the audio version produced?
Dodson: The audio version is a very clipped, fast-paced version of the book with music and sound effects. I changed the substance to fit the format. The entire audio book is album length, and each individual track runs average song length. My friend Dark Yellow recorded the album and did all the music with help from many others. Writing can be such a solitary activity. Getting people together to record the CD was fun.
Barringer: Did you go to art school? Who are these characters? Are they based on people you know?
Dodson: I didn't go to art school. The book is fiction. What I tried to take from real life were the more ephemeral things, my moods and thoughts. No one character is me. The female protagonist gets more of my personality than the male protagonist does. My friends got mixed in, but there's no one-to-one corollary.
Barringer: All of this seems ideal for a gallery show.
Dodson: Here in Chicago I did a gallery show of the posters from the book. I did a limited edition of silk-screened posters that had design elements beyond what was in the book. Country Club Chicago, a great gallery space with strong design ties, was kind enough to lend walls to the idea. It was fun and a great way to present this book.
Barringer: What's your plan now for juggling your working life and your next creative project?
Dodson: I wish I knew! The great thing about running a publishing house is that we can put out any kind of books we want. We've put out novels and a couple design books. The design books bring my interests around full circle. Degrees of Separation is a tear-out postcard book with postcards created by New Orleans designers in response to Hurricane Katrina. Our next book is a green design book for kids that we're printing in a squeaky green way, which is turning out to be a real challenge. I'm working on a giant literary magazine that will be printed on one sheet of paper. I haven't put pen to paper on the next novel. I need a break. Even boring writing can be hard work.


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My favorite time of year...Autumn. The crisp air, fall colours, my birthday and Halloween! I picked up a pumpkin at the end of the elderly couples driveway the other day with hopes to make a soup or something? Then I was surfing for pumpkin ideas and I came across a pumpkin lasagna. It sounded like a great way to prepare it. So I thought I would give it a whirl...
The sauce is a basic tomato sauce but instead of oregano I used sage, it smells like thanksgiving dinner.
sea salt
freshly ground pepper
olive oil
spread pumpkin in a layer on a greased baking sheet, drizzle with olive oil and season.
bake at 375 for 20 minutes or until soft.
Tofu ricotta
1 pkg soft tofu
1 tbsp lemon juice
1/4 tsp garlic powder
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1/4 cup nutritional yeast
sea salt
freshly ground pepper
Mix everything in a bowl until it resembles ricotta.
I like pumpkin seeds so I kept mine and toasted them in the oven with the roasting pumpkin. Grind them up and sprinkled them on top of the lasagna. There is so many recipes with pumpkin, and they make great lanterns too!


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CANTON – Class was cancelled Monday at a Plymouth-Canton Community School after a threatening note was found.
Canton police say the note was found on the grounds of Bentley Elementary School as students arrived to class for the day.
The note made reference to a bomb threat.
The elementary school, located on Canton Road, teaches students ranging from kindergarten through the fifth grade.
Students inside the school were evacuated and put onto buses to keep warm while police investigated the scene.
Canton police along with Wayne County airport K-9 units made a full sweep of the building.
Nothing was found and the all clear was given at the school.
Because many parents either arrived to the school to pick up children, or were stopped before they could drop off students, classes were cancelled for the day.
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I've heard the term "elective surgery," but I'm not sure what it means. Is it just a procedure that you choose to get, like a nose job?
– Heather
The name "elective" might imply that this type of surgery is optional, but that's not always the case. An elective procedure is simply one that is planned in advance, rather than one that's done in an emergency situation.
A wide range of surgical procedures can be considered elective. Cosmetic surgeries fall into this category, but so can things like ear tubes, tonsillectomies, and scoliosis surgery. Although these procedures may be done "electively," they can be significant and potentially life-changing operations.
Another category is an urgent procedure. This is something that usually must be done that day (for example, an appendectomy).
Some surgeries (such as when someone is bleeding a lot internally) are considered emergency procedures. These must be done right away.
If your child is scheduled for elective surgery, you should receive instructions from your doctor about how to prepare and what to expect. You might consider asking questions such as:
It's important to remember that your insurance provider may have specific requirements about elective surgeries. It might only reimburse procedures done by "in-network" providers or may require you to get a second opinion. You'll want to find out whether or not your insurance will cover the entire cost of the operation, the hospitalization, the prescriptions, and any other associated fees.
It's a good idea to call your insurance provider to check up on these things when you're in the early stages of planning elective surgery.
Reviewed by: Larissa Hirsch, MD
Date Reviewed: 01-09-2016


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Wednesday, October 31, 2012
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Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Big Hair...
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Monday, October 29, 2012
One Too Many...
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Sunday, October 28, 2012
Showrod Sunday...Here's A Concept
Concepts are kind of Detroit's showrods. There's been so many killer designs, yet maybe 1 in a 1000 make it to production. Back in '69, Dodge was working on the "Daroo" concept, basically a convertible Dart rockin' a 383 Magnum. Ol' Georgie Barris was hot at the time, so they used him to help style the car. Barris added the pointed nose/grill section and the yacht styled window treatment. I kinda dig it. Lord knows Barris could of f'd this one up. And remember kids, it's Mopar or no car!
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Saturday, October 27, 2012
Saturday's Shovel Lovin'...
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Friday, October 26, 2012
Shovels And Brunnettes...
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Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Trike Thursday...Servi's
I can appreciate a close to stock restored trike just as much as a mind blowing show trike. Here's 2 from Rossmeyer's Daytona dealership.
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WTF Wednesday...Confused?
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Tuesday, October 23, 2012
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Monday, October 22, 2012
Biketoberfest 2012...Random Cell Pics
There were quite a few vintage Indians running around, twin cams with pan covers is just WRONG, lots of sweet pans, not that many shovels, lots of Asian guys on scooters and baggers everywhere.
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Digger Monday...Powerplants
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Sunday, October 21, 2012
Shit was crazy. Talked with Cory Ness, saw Lita Ford shopping with her husband, ran into Eddie Montgomery of Montgomery Gentry at the Boothill, my baby girl held an alligator, me and the OL celebrated 15 years together today! The whole thing was f'n crazy. I'll post pics tomorrow.
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Saturday, October 20, 2012
Saturday Shovel Lovin' ...Destroyer
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Friday, October 19, 2012
tIt's Friday...Piercings
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Thursday, October 18, 2012
On The Table...
I need a second fab table in the shop. These are the start of the new legs. I've got two legs done, two to go. I've got a nice one inch top for it once the frame's done. I'm debating about putting wheels on it, in case I ever have to move it around. If not I can always forklift it, I guess.
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Goin' Places...
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Wednesday, October 17, 2012
WTF Wednesday...Tough Guys
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Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Sporty Lovin'...
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Monday, October 15, 2012
Digger Monday...Mal Ross
I picked up some old mags from that auction site. It's always cool when you see your friends bikes in there.
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Sunday Showrods...The Leg Show T
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joystick_getaxis, joystick_getbutton - query the current state of a joystick.
#include <vgajoystick.h> char joystick_getaxis(int joydev, int a); char joystick_getbutton(int joydev, int b);
These functions query the current state of the joystick joydev. Actually this is the state found during the last call to joystick_update(3) with the default joystick event handler active. joystick_getaxis(joydev, a) return the current state of the given axis (usually it is x - 0, y - 1, z - 1, ...) in range -128 .. 127. Some effort is made such that the center position is close to 0. Note that especially the version 0.* protocol joystick calibration is very bad. You won't usually see the extrem values on the extreme position. Also, the center position will be close to zero but often not be exactly zero and return values will also vary slightly from call to call even when the user did not move the joystick. joystick_getbutton(joydev, b) returns the state of a button. It returns 1 for pressed button and 0 else. Note that no hardware checks for button clicks. The button press is only detected during a call to joystick_update(3) (at least in the 0.* protocol). NOTE: The functions simply return the data passed to the default joystick event handler! For your convenience, the following stortcuts have been established by use of the preprocessor: joystick_button1(i) for joystick_getbutton(i, 0). joystick_button2(i) for joystick_getbutton(i, 1). joystick_button3(i) for joystick_getbutton(i, 2). joystick_button4(i) for joystick_getbutton(i, 3). joystick_x(i) for joystick_getaxis(i, 0). joystick_y(i) for joystick_getaxis(i, 1). joystick_z(i) for joystick_getaxis(i, 2). joystick_getb1() for joystick_getbutton(0, 0). joystick_getb2() for joystick_getbutton(0, 1). joystick_getb3() for joystick_getbutton(0, 2). joystick_getb4() for joystick_getbutton(0, 3). joystick_getx() for joystick_getaxis(0, 0). joystick_gety() for joystick_getaxis(0, 1). joystick_getz() for joystick_getaxis(0, 2).
This function is only available in ELF versions of svgalib. Due to backwards compatibility issues it cannot be used with shared a.out libs.
svgalib(7), vgagl(7), libvga.config(5), joytest(6), mjoytest(6), joystick_init(3), joystick_close(3), joystick_update(3), joystick_sethandler(3), joystick_setdefaulthandler(3), joystick_getnumaxes(3), joystick_getnumbuttons(3).
The svgalib joystick handler was mostly done by Daniel Engstr\"om <firstname.lastname@example.com>. Multiple joystick, VC switching support and code to glue it into svgalib by Michael Weller <email@example.com>. Part of the code is based on code from C. Smith and Vojtech Pavlik.


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Shorewood chief defends calling in SWAT team last month
He called in the bomb squad and snipers, and Shorewood's police chief said he would do it all again, even though the man at the center of a standoff last month is not facing charges.
The chief said a 911 call that they received on June 21 made his case.
"My boyfriend got me hostage. Apartment 302," the 911 caller said.
But when police arrived, no one answered.
"If they would've come to the door and said, 'Everything's fine, sorry I called,' but they didn't. And at that point we don't walk away. If it was your loved one, or somebody else's loved one, they wouldn't want us walking away either," Shorewood Police Chief David Banaszynski said.
The chief called on the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Department SWAT team, an action some have criticized him for, including the man the woman was calling about.
"Me and my girl go to sleep we wake up four hours later there's tanks, 100 officers, SWAT team, they were acting like I was a terrorist out here," Marquis Chapman said on June 24
Based on the 911 call from the third floor of the apartment building, the chief said SWAT was the best option.
"We are not trained on how to make a dynamic entry. And, you have gone on calls with the Milwaukee SWAT team, and some of those can be very dangerous, and we don't know what was inside. We don't know if he had a weapon inside, and for us to try and enter without the proper equipment is not something I want my officers to do," Banaszynski said.
Although Chapman wasn't charged, the chief stands by the department's response.


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By Mark Horner
In the days that followed a horrific crash on Thurston County's Littlerock Road in late February, small articles in local papers reported that 19-year-old Heather Lerch had been speeding when her car struck a guardrail at roughly 60 miles per hour. The young woman who'd graduated with honors last year from Tumwater High School died instantly.
But there is more to this story.
Having pieced together information from police, the coroner and phone records, Dan and Wendy Lerch say they're now convinced that their daughter was texting when her car left the road.
"There's no doubt in my mind. Texting was 100-percent involved," Dan Lerch said.
It's why the Lerch's have agreed to appear in a Department of Licensing video with a simple message: Don't text or do anything else that can distract you while driving. The video (seen below) is about 5 1/2 minutes in length. A separate 30-second public service announcement also features footage from the video.
The state of Washington is taking aim at distracted drivers. A new cell phone law goes into effect in June. It'll make talking or sending text messages while holding a wireless device a primary traffic offense.
"Pay attention to the road. Pay attention to your surroundings," Dan Lerch began. "Distractions are everywhere from reader boards and signs that flash in front of you on the road to your cell phones and iPods and your buddy asking you, 'What are you going to do now?' Is it worth your life?"
That's the part of the message that lends itself to words. Losing a child is another matter.
"There are no words, at all," Wendy Lerch shared. "It's a nightmare you keep thinking you're going to wake up from."


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As a pastor of many years and a church person of many more, there have been a lot of things that have stuck with me. One of them is how church people can get stuck in ruts of complacency. I did a blog last week about getting in a comfort zone. It is a dangerous thing for people who claim to know God to get to the point to where they expect the same ol' stuff from God. But this is not a blog about being comfortable, it as about expecting more.
This morning I was talking with someone at the church and we were laughing about how busy we have been. At our church it is common to have stuff happening every day of the week. We like to use our building and let others use it. But there are a few things that are unique to our church and that is what we were talking about. In the last week we have not only had our regular schedule of worship and classes, but we have had a wedding, a funeral, baptisms, communion, baby dedication, and salvation. On top of that, we have recently been on missions trips, raised money for other churches, hosting exchange students, helped church members who needed it, helped homeless in our area, and regularly do counseling. This year we have had outdoor movies, tailgate parties, motorcycle rides, scuba trips, and of course the ever popular church work day. All of this leads to bunches of people visiting us for the first time and many deciding to stick around. So much that we have almost reached our capacity on Sunday morning at 10:30am and are preparing to start a second worship time the first Sunday in January 2013. Not to brag too much, but we have had the privilege of seeing over 60 people make a decision to trust Jesus and over 30 of those have already been baptized this year, 2012.
All of this makes for a crazy pace and it often feels like we never know what to expect next. I love it. It sounds crazy at times and would be overwhelming if it weren't for all the people who help make these things happen. I believe it is all in line with what God wants us to do because of all the ones who come to know Jesus. Far to often churches are fine with the same faces in the crowd every week. We get very uncomfortable if we don't see strange faces in our crowd.
It is exciting to see what God can do using a bunch of strange people like us. He never asked for us to be better than anyone else, but rather God asks us to admit that we are sinners in need of His help. Then He forgives our sins, if we ask, and helps us to make changes in our lives that please Him. Most importantly, God wants us to love people, just the way they are. When that happens, people get curious and God gets the glory when they get to know Him, through His people.
I am expecting more from God. He never tires of blessing His children. He never gets bored and is never boring. If you have gotten that impression of God, you have been in the wrong place. The God I know and see working in my church is incredible and loving and far from boring. He has plenty of room in His family and in His church for you. Sure, you may have to change your mind on a few things, but that is the same with all of us who call ourselves Christians. Jesus said that He came to give us life and give it more abundantly, and He does not lie, I am expecting more!


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Lost Girl troll so hard, fangirls wanna fine it–for the damages incurred from swallowing their own tongues. Yeah, about those first two minutes. Bo. Car. Water. Suds. I know we've seen it before. But daaaaayum, if it isn't even better the second time around. Slow-motion cameras, we salute you.
So, yes, that car wash scene happened. Yes, it was gratuitous. Yes, it was glorious. Yes, it quite literally melted Lauren's ice cream. Yes, it metaphorically melted all of our ice creams. Yes, I watched it more than once, again. Yes, it was for investigative purposes–again.
But besides being ridiculous (I mean, who washes a convertible with the top down?) and ridiculously hot (I mean, who washes a convertible in a sheer white tank top?), the scene also marks a significant milestone in the long-festering bromance between Lauren and Dyson. Indeed, it was good for them–I mean her. Therapeutic or something.
You know, I could probably write an entire thesis on how well Zoie Palmer embodies unadulterated lust in this scene. But I think I'll just let her dripping scoop of vanilla do the talking for me.


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Home > News & Events > Wayland Press Release Archives > 2005 News Releases > August 2005 > WBU freshmen hit streets for charity
WBU freshmen hit streets for charity
PLAINVIEW – New freshmen at Wayland Baptist University will have barely moved their things into dorm rooms before they're out on the streets as part of a community service project in conjunction with Koinonia, Wayland's freshmen orientation event.
Called "Fish for FISH", the service project will have students out on Monday collecting nonperishable food items for Plainview's Faith in Sharing House in various parts of Plainview. Specifically, students will hit the neighborhoods south of Fifth Street and west of Ennis Street, including Westridge, LaMesa, Ridgecrest, Westgate and Grandview.
Koinonia leaders will be visiting the same area on Sunday, Aug. 21, to deliver empty bags to the residences, then students will return the next day between 1-4 p.m. to collect filled bags. Residents who will not be home during those times may leave the food on their doorstep.
In addition to the community at large, the Wayland community will be participating in the food drive as well, with faculty and staff bringing filled bags to campus for the collection.
"We want to get our new students involved in the community early on and pull them together as a class," said Teresa Moore, coordinator of student activities. "We want them to give back to the community that has been so supportive of us."
Moore said the community service project was added to Koinonia last year with plans for making it an annual event. Event planners chose Faith In Sharing House as the beneficiary of the project because it worked well with the term "fish," often used to describe freshmen.
In their first effort, the collection was a huge success, Moore said. Several pickup trucks, vans and even the Wayland bus were used to collect food, with all packed full. Students spent three hours collecting bags and making deliveries to FISH.
This year, Moore hopes to see even more food collected for the local agency, and Wayland plans to enlist a group to work at FISH to help stock the shelves as the food arrives.
According to Clinton Kennedy, a longtime volunteer and board president for FISH, the donations come at a good time.
"Anytime of the year is a good time for donations, but normally we get more in the fall and winter," Kennedy said. "Since we're not supported by the government or the city, we depend on people to furnish food and money to keep us going."
While the agency welcomes canned food, Kennedy said there is a special need for flour, sugar, dried beans and rice, boxed noodles, canned tuna and meats, peanut butter and bar hand soap. The agency also welcomes cash donations that can be used to purchase fresh items and meats.
"We're helping twice as many people now as when I first started 13 years ago. We're up to about 800 people each month," Kennedy said. For more information on helping Faith in Sharing House, contact the agency at 293-8008 from 1-3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.


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I am very pleased to announce the release of RHQ 4.13 as an
early gift from St. Nicholas :)
Screenshot of the RHQ UI showing some charts
This release contains a lot of bug fixes and smaller improvements, as well as some new features:
- Alerts have a new status 'recovered', that can be filtered upon
- The UI allows to hide elements that are not needed on a per user basis
- The as7/WildFly plugin now supports runtime queues and topic subscribers
- Further improvements in the Storage Nodes
As always RHQ is available for download in form of a zip archive. If you want to try out RHQ without too much setup, you can also use a pre-created Docker image
from https://registry.hub.docker.com/u/rhqproject/rhq-nodb/ (the link contains setup information).
Please consult the release notes for further details and a download link.
Maven artifacts will soon be available on Maven Central.
Special thanks goes to
- Alan Santos
- Andreas Veithen
- Elias Ross
- Jérémie Lagarde
for their code contributions for this release.


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Hi everybody, its been months since september I havn't posted anything..I was so busy and been to India,so I am posting now so what better than delicious hearty soup to start :)..ENJOY and keep visiting...Ingredients:1cup-blackeye beans
1tbsp-olive oil
4garlic pods,chopped
2-3fresh chillies
1tsp-cumin powder
1tsp-turmeric powder
250g canned tomatoes/2-3fresh tomatoes
21/2cups-vegtable stock
Fresh coriander,finely chopped
Juice of 1/2 lemon
Pitta bread to serve
1. Cook the blackeye beans in a pressure cooker for 2-3 whistles until the beans are tender,drain and set aside.
2.Heat the oil in a pan add the onions,garlic and chilliand cook for 5minutes or until onions is soft.Stir in cumin,turmeric,tomatoes,stock,half of the coriander and the beans,simmer for 20-30minutes.Stir in the remaining coriander and the lemon juice.
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* UN's Ban urges Syria's Assad to heed suffering of people
* Decries "horrors" in Syria, urges end to civil war
* $1.5 billion pledged aid to cover next six months -Ban
* Appeal follows reported massacre of 65 people in Aleppo
* Damascenes doubtful necessary aid will reach them
* Crisis escalating as more flee, war damage extensive (Adds UN leader Ban's appeal to Assad)
By Sylvia Westall
KUWAIT, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Donor countries have pledged more than $1.5 billion to aid Syrians stricken by civil war, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Wednesday after warning that the conflict had wrought a catastrophic humanitarian crisis.
In a pointed message for Syria's leader, Ban told a fund-raising conference that President Bashar al-Assad bore primary responsibility to stop his country's suffering after nearly two years of conflict that have cost an estimated 60,000 lives.
"Every day Syrians face unrelenting horrors," Ban told the gathering in Kuwait, adding these included sexual violence and arbitrary killings. Sixty-five people were shot dead execution-style in Aleppo on Tuesday, opposition activists said.
"We cannot go on like this.... He should listen to the voices and cries of so many people," Ban said.
"I appeal to all sides and particularly the Syrian government to stop the killing ... in the name of humanity, stop the killing, stop the violence."
Ban said the one-day conference had exceeded the target of $1.5 billion in pledges. About $1 billion is earmarked for Syria's neighbours hosting refugees and $500 million for humanitarian aid to Syrians displaced inside the country.
The $500 million would be channelled through U.N. partner agencies in Syria. and the entire aid pledge would cover the next six months, Ban said.
But in the Syrian capital Damascus, the thud of artillery drowned out any optimism on the streets. Asked about the aid promises, Damascenes were uninterested or despairing.
"Where's the money going to go to? How does anyone know where it's going? It all seems like talk," said Faten, a grandmother from a middle-class family in the capital.
Another middle-class Damascene, a woman in her 70s who asked not to be named, said the money would not make it to Syrians.
"Tomorrow all that money will get stolen. (The middlemen) steal everything. If they could steal people's souls, they would. I wouldn't count on the money," she said.
The oil-rich Gulf Arab states of Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates each promised $300 million at the meeting. Its 60 participants included Lebanon, Jordan, Iran, Tunisia, the United States, Canada, Russia, China, Japan, South Korea, Turkey and a number of European countries.
But relief groups say that converting promises into hard cash can take much time, and one of them said on Tueday that aid now reaching Syria was not being distributed fairly, with almost all of it going to government-controlled areas.
Ban said that much more remained to be done to address Syria's humanitarian emergency. "The situation in Syria is catastrophic and getting worse every day."
Four million Syrians inside the country need food, shelter and other aid in the midst of a freezing winter, and more than 700,000 more are estimated to have fled to countries nearby.
U.N. humanitarian chief Valerie Amos said that Syrian agriculture was in crisis, hospitals and ambulances had been damaged and even painkillers were unavailable.
Freezing, snowy winter weather had made matters worse, and people lack warm clothes, blankets and fuel, with women and children particularly at risk, she said, adding:
"We are watching a human tragedy unfold before our eyes."
Kuwait's emir, Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah, told the meeting "horrifying reports" of violence had raised questions about Syria's future and relief efforts had to be redoubled.
Syrian opposition activists said at least 65 people were found shot dead with their hands bound in the embattled northern city of Aleppo on Tuesday, the latest reported massacre over the course of 22 months of conflict.
They blamed militiamen loyal to Assad, while the government blamed the Islamist rebel Nusra Front. It was impossible to confirm who was responsible given Syria's restrictions on access for independent media.
More than 60,000 people have been killed in all, according to a U.N. estimate, since the conflict began as a peaceful movement for democratic reform and escalated into an armed rebellion after Assad tried to crush the unrest by force.
Diplomacy to halt the war has been stymied by deadlock in the U.N. Security Council between Western powers, who want Assad to quit as part of a democratic transition, and Russia, a close Assad ally that rejects outside interference in Syria.
And the fighting is largely stalemated in Syria, with rebels holding swathes of the north and east but unable to take key cities because of the government's air power and superiority in heavy weapons.
King Abdullah of Jordan told the donors' meeting Syrians had taken refuge in his country in their hundreds of thousands but Amman's ability to help was at its limits. "We have reached the end of the line, we have exhausted our resources," he said.
Iran, a staunch supporter of Assad, said the blame for the humanitarian crisis lay with rebel fighters who had come to Syria from abroad.
Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said the government and its Syrian opponents should "sit and talk and form a transitional government".
"Those who are causing these calamities are mercenaries who have come to Syria from outside the country," he said. (Reporting by Sylvia Westall, Ahmed Hagagy, Sami Aboudi, Mahmoud Habboush and Mirna Sleiman; Writing by William Maclean; Editing by Mark Heinrich)


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Northern Iowa Panthers @ North Carolina Tar Heels
Friday, November 10, 7:00 ET
North Carolina is always going to have a talent edge, but this looks like a spot in which a Northern Iowa team with way more experience and cohesion will play well enough to give UNC a scare.
SportsLine Expert: Micah Roberts
Miami Heat @ Utah Jazz
Friday, November 10, 9:00 ET
MIami's strength inside with Hassan Whiteside will be negated by Rudy Gobert, and Goran Dragic isn't likely to go off against this defense. Lay the points with the host Jazz.
SportsLine Expert: Larry Hartstein (21-16-1 in last 38 NBA ATS picks)
Iowa Hawkeyes @ Wisconsin Badgers
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Kirk Ferentz, in his 18th season at Iowa, is the longest-tenured current head coach on the FBS level. One reason is a knack for scaring the pants — and sometimes beating those pants — off of high-ranked opponents. The Hawkeyes have covered in nine of the past 13 meetings with Wisconsin, which usually is north of them in the polls. The games tend to stay close, with seven of the last nine matchups determined by 10 points or fewer. The Badgers certainly have no shortage of incentive, what with a playoff invitation within reach, but lost two major players last Saturday. WR Quintez Cephus (leg) is their leading receiver, LB Chris Orr (leg) their No. 6 tackler. If the Hawkeyes can descend from cloud nine after mauling Ohio State, they will cover.
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Monday, February 11, 2013
It's not 'y'all,' you stupid Yankees
67 comments:
- Anonymous said...
I think you're beyond wrong here. I've lived my entire life in the South and constantly use and hear others use the word y'all on a daily basis
- February 11, 2013 at 2:35 PM
- Anonymous said...
To clarify...even when used one on one. It's very common in Texas too
- February 11, 2013 at 2:36 PM
- Computer Programming Southern Hillbilly said...
He was talking about the way it was used. I agree with you my about the negative thoughts about southerners and it is just the way it is. I just stay to my region (The South) and anything I find insulting I just brush it off. I am a southern man my family has been in the south for nearly 400 years and some longer (thousands) Native American. I am a computer programmer and find it funny when people think I'm stupid when I do something that would make most people's heads explode from being overwhelmed. It's okay I prove the stereotype wrong everyday and it's fun. SON OF THE SOUTH AND PROUD OF IT.
- February 11, 2013 at 2:41 PM
- Anonymous said...
This is the first time I've ever commented on an article. I'm born and raised in Charlotte, college educated, and I use "y'all" all the time in conversation whether I'm speaking to one person or a group. This article missed its mark!
- February 11, 2013 at 2:47 PM
- Anonymous said...
Just cause Y'all do it doesn't make it right, nor does it make Lawrence wrong.
- February 11, 2013 at 2:54 PM
- Anonymous said...
Well Larry, based on these comments, i.e., they use y'all when speaking to only one other person (and possibly when speaking to themselves), the slow and stupid Hollywood types may actually have it right.
- February 11, 2013 at 2:58 PM
- Anonymous said...
Not entirely true. Typically, when someone uses the word y'all in that context, the word "are" is omitted, or replaced with "er".
Y'all gonna go?
Er Y'all gonna go?
-A Climax, NC native who had cows growing up and now lives in the metropolis of Salisbury, NC.
- February 11, 2013 at 2:58 PM
- Anonymous said...
Think it's time for the author of the article to pack his bags and leave town. Very poor reporting. He should investigate before writing a article that looks like a 3rd grader wrote it
- February 11, 2013 at 3:09 PM
- Anonymous said...
Lawrence: Do you feel better now that you've gotten that little rant off your chest? I truly hope so; this cost me a couple of minutes of my life that were totally wasted that I'll never get back.
- February 11, 2013 at 3:14 PM
- Anonymous said...
I think this article is ridiculous. there's no single, standard "correct" way to speak, whether in the south, northeast, west, or any other part of the US.
- February 11, 2013 at 3:14 PM
- Anonymous said...
I don't know what y'all are talking about. Toppman is right on this as it's second person plural. If you use it any other way you are wrong and talk funny.
And I don't usually like Toppman because he judges films more on what he likes/doesn't like as opposed to judging the movie on its character.
- February 11, 2013 at 3:20 PM
- Anonymous said...
Good article and great points. One thing hollywood doesn't get is that there are many different types of Southern accents. Piedmont, Lowcountry, South GA, Texas, etc. But hey, just make the southerner in your lame script say y'all a lot and everyone will get it.
- February 11, 2013 at 3:20 PM
- Ettolrahc said...
I am just glad they got our Tryon and Trade streets paved last year for us.
And not having our appliances on the front porch has been hard, but with our new teeth it has all been worth it.
- February 11, 2013 at 3:35 PM
- Anonymous said...
It depends on the context - if the "you" refers to a group of people that the individual belongs to, then "y'all" is appropriate. If the "you" refers to the individual being addressed only, then it's not appropriate.
- February 11, 2013 at 3:36 PM
- Anonymous said...
Lawrence the film was produced by Molly Smith, a southerner. I am pretty sure that her and other true southerns would be a better judge of the proper use of y'all. It may not have been used "correctly", but how often do you hear people who actually speak with a southern accent. Probably not to many from your NoDa neighborhood.
- February 11, 2013 at 3:39 PM
- Anonymous said...
oh please, how many of us have to hear from southerners stuff like:
have went
amalence (ambulance)
Linkington (Lincolnton)
Aaaagnuuur (aigner)
etc. etc. ad naseum
- February 11, 2013 at 3:45 PM
- Anonymous said...
I like what Computer Programming Southern Hillbilly said. I am a native Charlottean, have a college education and I use "y'all" on a daily basis. I do not wake seeking anyone's approval in how I speak. I, too, am from the SOUTH and EXTREMELY PROUD of it. If people don't like the way we do things (or say things) around here, there's many doors awaiting their exit.
- February 11, 2013 at 3:59 PM
- Anonymous said...
born and raised in NC...never heard one person say "are y'all" when asking ONE other person if he or she is going to do something singularly. And that thar is tha point he was tryin' to make!
- February 11, 2013 at 4:12 PM
- Anonymous said...
last i checked people from LA aren't considered to be yankees. Are the people that worked on the movie ALL from the north? Did you check their credentials? It would be ashame if one or two of them happen to be from the south. The comment "you stupid Yankees", now let's look at that - replace Yankee w/ the word women. Would you say, "you stupid women"? Or Italian immigrants? Or black? profiling is profiling - get over yourself.
- February 11, 2013 at 4:21 PM
- Anonymous said...
Y'all is singular. All y'all is plural. All y'all's is plural possessive.
- February 11, 2013 at 4:31 PM
- Anonymous said...
Damn, this backwards hillbilly got off the wrong side of his trailer today....he call Californians Yankees....he sure is a product of Southern education...he doesn't even know his country own geographic!!!
- February 11, 2013 at 4:39 PM
- Anonymous said...
Pointless article and a little incoherent.
- February 11, 2013 at 5:02 PM
- Anonymous said...
Please refer to Rush Hour when Chris Tucker's character is teaching Jackie Chan's character to sing the song outside of car on the side of the street. He corrects Chan by saying "Not You All... Y'all!!" So someone in Hollywood got it, at least for that scene.
- February 11, 2013 at 5:12 PM
- Anonymous said...
"American by birth, Southern by the Grace of God"
The Late Great Lewis Grizzard; Still miss his wit, humility, and an honest approach to everything Southern, and Yankee also!
- February 11, 2013 at 6:17 PM
- Anonymous said...
The answer to the question is, y'all who?
- February 11, 2013 at 6:25 PM
- nofeathers said...
Y'all is a contraction of YOU ALL. It is not meant to be used one on one!
- February 11, 2013 at 6:43 PM
- Southern by Birth said...
Lewis Grizzard, William Faulkner, John Grisham, and Eudora Welty, all of the Southern greats, addressed this and variations on this theme in their works to a certain extent. Too bad most Southerners are still looked upon as being inbred drooling imbeciles who mate with their siblings, have outdoor plumbing, and the iqs of roadkill squirrels. Y'all can be plural, y'all can be singular, and it can also be used as a catch all phrase for any number in a group. Anybody who has ever survived a Southern childhood can attest to this fact. Some of us even managed to graduate beyond the sixth grade and earned undergraduate and graduate degrees from accredited universities and colleges.
- February 11, 2013 at 7:34 PM
- Anonymous said...
Mooresville native to Huntersville native:
How ya'll doing?
Fine, enurine?
You don't need an International Phonetic Alphabet to know it's all good as long as it's real.
- February 11, 2013 at 7:39 PM
- Anonymous said...
Anonymous at 4:31 p.m. has it exactly right.
"Y'all" is second person singular.
"All y'all" is second person plural.
- February 11, 2013 at 7:44 PM
- Anonymous said...
I think the boy referred to the girl and her friends or her family when he said y'all!! The author is thinking too much! Chill!
- February 11, 2013 at 9:43 PM
- Oldilocks said...
Sorry, Mr. Toppman, but you are wrong.
As a few posters have already stated, "Y'all is singular. All y'all is plural. All y'all's is plural possessive."
To be fair, "y'all" CAN be either singular OR plural, depending upon the number of people one is addressing.
You can't learn "southern" just by looking up words in a dictionary. To get to know real southern-speak requires something other than book-larnin' -- one needs to fraternize with southerners outside of Charlotte (and other large southern cities). Y'all should try it, especially before trying to post as an authority on the subject.
- February 11, 2013 at 11:34 PM
- Anonymous said...
All y'all, I's gonna axe the po-lease to looks into this.
- February 12, 2013 at 1:10 AM
- Anonymous said...
Y'all is plural, plain and simple. Anybody sez otherwise is, unfortunately, incorrect.
- February 12, 2013 at 3:19 AM
- Anonymous said...
Yankees have Harvard, Yale, Wellesley, etc. Hollywood does not equal Yankee, you stupid author. So embarrassed that I moved here, even though I love the expression "y'all."
- February 12, 2013 at 3:40 AM
- Anonymous said...
I do believe the original author needs some help here:
Singular: y'all
Plural: all y'all
- February 12, 2013 at 3:58 AM
- Anonymous said...
Did he just write "stupid Yankees".....WOW. Let's compare the school systems in the north vs the south....hmmmmmm, who's the dumb one's? Anyway, I'm not trying to stereotype the southerners as he did the northerners. I moved from NY to Charlotte for 2 years and very much loved the city and the people and witnessed firsthand the use of y'all on a daily basis. His manager should fire his ass for making such a comment. There's a lot of northerners in North and South Carolina.............
- February 12, 2013 at 4:16 AM
- Anonymous said...
At least 50% of the people who posted here apparently never read the article. They just took offense.
- February 12, 2013 at 4:27 AM
- Anonymous said...
I just say, "Y'all fixin to go".
- February 12, 2013 at 4:47 AM
- Nameless said...
At full blooded, true southerner wouldn't give a darn about how others perceive him/her.
- February 12, 2013 at 5:09 AM
- Anonymous said...
If you live here and need to complain about how we talk, our schools or anything else, please feel free to LEAVE. We didn't want to be over run by outsiders and would be happy to go back to polite southern town we were before we were invaded!
- February 12, 2013 at 5:34 AM
- MJ Rose said...
Many of you clearly only read the headline and not the article. I mean, REALLY? He's DEFENDING the south and you're complaining about it? No good deed goes unpunished.
- February 12, 2013 at 6:25 AM
- Anonymous said...
- February 12, 2013 at 6:28 AM
- Anonymous said...
Y'all hush now. Beatin' a dead horse.
- February 12, 2013 at 7:05 AM
- Anonymous said...
What a ridiculous article. I can't believe people get paid to write this garbage.
How is using y'all incorrectly (or correctly) so damaging? There are stereotypes about all parts of this country. What about the typical New Yorker who's family run business is just a front for the mafia. They only eat spaghetti and say 'yous guys'. Or the liberal hippie tree-hugger from the northwest? Or the cowboy from texas and the poor farmer in Iowa? I've never posted before but this article is pathetic.
- February 12, 2013 at 7:17 AM
- Emily said...
To the author: my apologies for all these people commenting who have not the kindness to apologize for themselves. You're right. Y'all is not meant to be used for one person. The word "all" denotes more than one.
I have lived in the south my entire life. My brother owns chickens and I was once a barrel racer. (To establish my knowledge on the subject.)
But a person from the north would also know that you all means more than one.
The point is that Hollywood portrays the south without actually getting it right.
- February 12, 2013 at 7:27 AM
- Anonymous said...
I'm from NC and I've NEVER heard anyone use the word "ya'll" when referring to just one person. This article is spot on.
- February 12, 2013 at 7:38 AM
- Anonymous said...
I only read this article because the words " stupid Yankees " caught my attention. I am offended by that remark. I relocated here from the north back in the nineties and always thought of Southerners as good Christian people. Over the years I have learned different. They are the first to gossip behind someones back and then smile at them in church on Sunday.You may not like that Northerners are very up front with their opinions but at least they will say it to your face unlike the hypocrite from the south.
- February 12, 2013 at 7:45 AM
- Anonymous said...
Lawrence, you may have jeopardized you Carolina card on that call. Every southern knows yall is both singular and plural, the true plural for is all yall.
- February 12, 2013 at 8:46 AM
- Anonymous said...
The book is horribly written as well. I grew up in Charlotte, perhaps I just don't understand small town Carolina, North or South.
- February 12, 2013 at 8:58 AM
- Anonymous said...
I grew up in the north and south and can say with confidence that Y'all is NEVER PLURAL. If Yankees socialized with southerners a litle more they would know this. But many would rather just stick with their own kind and end up making ignorant inferences like the writer of the article is stating.
- February 12, 2013 at 9:07 AM
- Anonymous said...
I meant NEVER SINGULAR!
- February 12, 2013 at 9:12 AM
- Anonymous said...
Gotta disagree with y'all.
"Y'all" is singular - "all y'all" is plural
- February 12, 2013 at 9:13 AM
- Anonymous said...
Sheesh, nice headline, referring to any group like that is just as bad as saying how backwoods "the south". It isn't a word REGARDLESS...
Maybe I can see SOME NEWS in the news!
- February 12, 2013 at 9:34 AM
- Anonymous said...
Wow, you can call us Yankees stupid, yet you get offended when "y'all" is used improperly? Pot, meet Kettle.
- February 12, 2013 at 9:59 AM
- Anonymous said...
Y'all got it wrong, they are both plural.
Y'all is two or more and All y'all is an entire group. Y'all (and not ya'll) is a cantonation of you all, which by definition is plural otherwise it would just simply be 'you' without the all as the singular. And y'all call yourselves Southern, come on now!
- February 12, 2013 at 10:19 AM
- Unknown said...
I would like to thank Lawrence Toppman for his insightful article, as it has caused many to respond with a myriad of opinions.
The problem is, "y'all" is not even a word, as it is not grammatically correct. You would never use this created slang in an English course, nor would you write it on a term paper. It is simply another example of the southern society displaying its laziness with the English language. The rednecks clearly exhibit their inability to use syllables in their proper form, as they simply string words together. Using the made up sound. "y'all," truly has no defined meaning, for it is not a word in the English language. Please, learn how to properly pronounce the language and appreciate the words for its intended sound, as well as meaning.
Lawrence, make sure you let it be known that "y'all" is just some regional slang sound which has a regional meaning attached. The rest of the Globe does not recognize this garbled sound as a proper word.
- February 12, 2013 at 10:20 AM
- Doyle Hargraves said...
If y'all don't shut up, I'm going to go out of my mind!
- February 12, 2013 at 10:45 AM
- Anonymous said...
I see I'd better weigh in. When I first came to North Carolina in 1970, I was told repeatedly that "y'all" is NEVER used singularly, only plurally. One person even said, "That's how we separate Southerners from wannabes." I see from these comments that other folks' experiences have sometimes been different from mine. (Though I'll bet that's not why the singular "y'all" is used this way in the film. I'd bet it's still a lack of awareness.)
The larger point I'm making, however, is that people still use the South as an easy target for stereotypes and make movies about us based on other movies about us, more than the way we live, speak and think. Don't get too hung up on linguistics, y'all.
- February 12, 2013 at 12:07 PM
- Anonymous said...
And a P.S.: The title of the post is meant to be a joke, though I see not everyone has read it that way. I do know that not everyone associated with the film is from the North, and I'm not out to "get" Yankees. I'm originally from the North, as are my parents (who stayed there) and brother (who didn't).
- February 12, 2013 at 12:18 PM
- Oldilocks said...
CharlotteO Moon,
I don't consider Mr. Toppman's article insightful; however, I DO consider it "inciteful."
Re: Using the made up sound. [sic] "y'all," truly has no defined meaning, for it is not a word in the English language.
"Y'all" is NOT a "made up sound." It is a contraction of the term "you all," a southern colloquialism as legitimate an expression as the northern "you guys," (which I use quite often when speaking informally).
Sorry, but in your supercilious quest to sound erudite, you succeeded only in displaying your ignorance.
- February 12, 2013 at 12:44 PM
- Oldilocks said...
Thanks for posting, Larry. Had my Internet service not gone down, and my post got published nearer to the time I originally created it, the term "inciteful" would have been more appropriate. ;-)
- February 12, 2013 at 12:50 PM
- Anonymous said...
I am sick of y'all trying to tell us WE don't speak plain. I have a BS in Biology and endured professors from around the world with such thick accents that it took several of us to combine our note taking skills and class recordings to get the gist of what was being taught each day. No matter who you are, if you aren't from where you live, you have a different dialect. Get over it or MOVE!
- February 13, 2013 at 7:21 AM
- Anonymous said...
Looks like you are the product of a poor education yourself. Your English is terrible and you must have failed history as well. California was in the Union during the civil war, that makes them Yankees. Blue coats were Yankees no matter what state they are from. If a southerner joiner the Union army he would be a Yankee too.
If you want to talk geography, then only New Englanders would actually be Yankees if we're being technical. But it came to mean all northerners, even the midwestern states that were Union. Then it came to mean all Union states and troops, even Californians.
Our culture, our rules, you don't get to decide who we call Yankees.
- May 15, 2013 at 5:38 AM
- Anonymous said...
The author is correct. Y'all is always plural, never singular unless you're Sandy from Spongebob Squarepants. It can be used one on one BUT ONLY if you're referring to that one person as part of a larger group. For instance, one on one you could ask a football player "y'all gonna win the game?" Now its not singular, it means the team. It still plural.
You would never ask a single person "what did y'all say to me?"...when y'all is used one on one it always refers to a plural.
- May 15, 2013 at 5:47 AM
- Anonymous said...
The only thing you have managed to clearly exhibit is your own bigotry and your lack of tolerance for diversity.
- May 15, 2013 at 6:10 AM
- zourtney said...
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- February 24, 2014 at 10:07 PM
- Anonymous said...
is a word.
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