text:
PC Brands and Innovation in the same sentence? Believe it or not, this combination might be something actually taken seriously in 2012. As CES in Las Vegas came to a close last week and the nerds began their diaspora from America's Playground, it became clear across the blogosphere that Ultrabooks were going to be a revolution. This industry tends to get swept up in buzzwords (see: "cloud") but the Ultrabook is poised to truly become a household name that's actually understood.
At CES we witnessed genuine inspiration from the likes of Lenovo, Dell, and Samsung. For the first time in years, it seems these companies have realized that product, not profit, is something that is to be stressed with the utmost importance, and not something gleaned through the exterior glass of an Apple Store. The models have lessened in quantity and increased in quality and end-to-end design (just like Jobs would've loved).
From Gizmodo:
"It's one thing to copy a MacBook and poop out a junkish half-measure; it's another to borrow almost everything good and add even more desirable features to it."
I look forward to seeing what Intel's new Ivy Bridge platform can do when teamed up with genuine PC innovation in the Ultrabook space. After all, some competition will only make this Macbook Air on my lap get that much better.
Picture via: Business Insider


text:
Some instructional videos featuring the Motorola Droid 3 on Verizon's network surfaced on YouTube on Sunday, thanks to enthusiast blog PhonePad. The two videos show off the buttons on the phone, the various methods of text input on the Droid 3 (physical keyboard, virtual keyboard, and Swype), and handing of contact information.
Details on the Droid 3 have been trickling out for some time now. The device is expected to have a 4-inch, 960x540 qHD display and a dual-core processor, as well as an HDMI-out port and an 8-megapixel camera with a flash that will take HD video. Boy Genius Report has speculated that the phone will not have access to Verizon's 4G LTE network, a decision that wouldn't situate it well against competitors in the coming months.
The Droid 3 instructional videos are directed at beginners, and don't focus on what is new or different about the phone from its predecessors. A couple physical changes of note are the migration of the power button from the top right of the phone—where it was on the Droid 2—to the top center, and the addition of a number row to the physical keyboard. The top sliding layer of the Droid 3 also no longer fully covers the bottom portion.
An official release date and price for the Droid 3 still haven't been announced, but recent speculation pegs it for a launch later this month. We've embedded all three videos of the Droid 3 below.
Update: all three of the YouTube videos were pulled down, but here is one that was put up on Vimeo.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
William Julius Wilson
About the Author
William Julius Wilson is the Lewis P. and Linda L. Geyser University Professor at Harvard University. He is also the author of Power, Racism, and Privilege; The Declining Significance of Race; The Truly Disadvantaged; and The Bridge Over the Racial Divide. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.


text:
Follow RFF News on your cell phone. Text follow rff to 40404 you will receive txt messages with RFF News
0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.
Any chance?? I don't think so but....
I thought the bald guy was Rovilson.
guy in red shirt (standing, beside marc)his team partner may ne the girl in red singlet (sitting)
Okay--revising pictures--I didn't know what the TV Hosts looked like.. There is something in here but it won't open for me Maybe you can try cabio?
OK i suck but I leave you this from wiki
Formerly estranged brother-sister duo of Daichi and Sawaka Kawashima from Tokyo is the first Japanese team to join the cast.The siblings, who are fluent in English, Japanese and Spanish, have only recently reunited after a family misunderstanding three years ago. Daichi, a 26-year-old interpreter, chose to get married without informing his family. The eventual discovery of the secret nuptials was a big blow to singer-songwriter Sawaka, 28, and created unhappy memories.
Heeee puddin--WE ARE WIKI!!!!
Page created in 0.056 seconds with 32 queries.


text:
Dog food reviews
Member List
Dry Dog Foods
2 Star Dry Dog Food
Previous Product
Next Product
Nutro Natural Choice Lamb & rice (adult dog food)
Date of last review
Mon November 21, 2005
Recommended By
Average Price
Average Rating
No recommendations
None indicated
None indicated
Feeding guideline:
A 50lb dog should be fed 2 3/4 - 3 2/3 cups
Calorie Content:
342 kcals/per cup
Ingredient list:
Lamb Meal, Ground Rice, Rice Flour, Rice Bran, Poultry Fat (preserved with mixed Tocopherols, a source of Vitamin E), Natural Flavors, Soybean Oil (preserved with mixed Tocopherols, a source of Vitamin E), Sunflower Oil (preserved with mixed Tocopherols, a source of Vitamin E), Whole Brown Rice, Dried Egg Product, Dried Plain Beet Pulp, Potassium Chloride, L-Lysine, Dried Kelp, Choline Chloride, Zinc Sulfate, Vitamin E Supplement, Taurine, Ferrous Sulfate, Ascorbic Acid (source of Vitamin C), Biotin, Copper Proteinate, Niacin, Manganous Oxide, Calcium Pantothenate, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Riboflavin Supplement (source of Vitamin B2), Vitamin A Supplement, Glucosamine Hydrochloride, Chondroitin Sulfate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (source of Vitamin B6), Thiamine Mononitrate (source of Vitamin B1), Vitamin D3 Supplement, Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex (source of Vitamin K activity), Calcium Iodate, Folic Acid.
Guaranteed Analysis
Crude Protein (minimum) 21.00%
Crude Fat (minimum) 12.00%
Crude Fiber (maximum) 5.00%
Moisture (maximum) 10.00%
Linoleic Acid (minimum) 3.50%
Zinc (minimum) 250 mg/kg
Vitamin E (minimum) 150 IU/kg
Ascorbic Acid (minimum)** 35 mg/kg
Alpha-Linolenic Acid (ALA) (minimum)** 0.30%
Glucosamine Hydrochloride (minimum)** 450 mg/kg
Chondroitin Sulfate (minimum)** 350 mg/kg
**Not recognized as an essential nutrient by the AAFCO Dog Food Nutrient Profiles.
Nutritional Adequacy Statement
Animal feeding tests using AAFCO¹ procedures substantiate that Nutro Natural Choice Lamb Meal & Rice Formula provides complete and balanced nutrition for all life stages.
Post a Reply
Registered: October 2005
Posts: 3953
Review Date:
Mon November 21, 2005
Would you recommend the product?
| Price you paid?:
Not Indicated
| Rating:
First ingredient is a named meat product.
Insufficient meat products, fat of unidentifiable origin, use of controversial fillers.
The first ingredient in the food is a named meat ingredient.
The primary grain in this food is rice. Rice is a decent quality grain; however there are three rice products in the top four ingredients of this food. If they were not split (see main page for note about splitting), then it is likely that rice would be the primary ingredient in the food.
Poultry fat is an ingredient of unidentified origin for which it is impossible to determine source or quality. Unidentified ingredients are usually very low quality. AAFCO define this as obtained from the tissues of poultry in the commercial processes of rendering or extracting. It consists predominantly of glyceride esters of fatty acids and contains no additions of free fatty acids. If an antioxidant is used, the common name or names must be indicated, followed by the words "used as a preservative".
Rice gluten is a grain fragment (filler) likely to be similar to corn gluten. The AAFCO definition of corn gluten is the dried residue from corn after the removal of the larger part of the starch and germ, and the separation of the bran by the process employed in the wet milling manufacture of corn starch or syrup, or by enzymatic treatment of the endosperm. In plain English, that which remains after all the nutritious bits have been removed.
Beet pulp is another controversial ingredient it is a by-product, being dried residue from sugar beets which has been cleaned and extracted in the process of manufacturing sugar. It is a controversial ingredient in dog food, claimed by some manufacturers to be a good source of fibre, and derided by others as an ingredient added to slow down the transition of rancid animal fats and causing stress to kidney and liver in the process. We note that beet pulp is an ingredient that commonly causes problems for dogs, including allergies and ear infections, and prefer not to see it used in dog food. There are less controversial products around if additional fibre is required.
We would prefer to see the use of whole eggs than egg product. We note that this product includes synthetic vitamin K, a substance linked to liver problems and that is progressively being removed from better quality dog food products.
Powered by:
Copyright 2006 All Enthusiast, Inc.
Trusted Gourmet
Terms of use
Privacy policy
Copyright © 2005 - 2009 DogFoodAnalysis.com.
All Rights Reserved.
Mesure d'audience ROI statistique webanalytics par


text: Purebred Texas flower Daisy Lynn has that home style farm fresh look we just love to see strip for us with a wink and a slow smile. This playful cowgirl has had fun on cam in everything from army fatigues to the local creek, and has wrangled herself a new site and a spot as a Twistys girl showing us all her fresh southern skin. Fans have commented on her Cameron Diaz like good looks, and at 5'9" with those bright baby blue eyes we can't say we disagree. Always ready and eager for stripping outside, Daisy can't get enough of the sunshine and country air when she starts to get frisky with her wandering hands. She loves our boys who serve and takes special effort to tease in camo for anyone out on mission dreaming of all the good things waiting for them back in the USA.


text:
Aishaa basic shawl
Aishaa MEMANG BEST sebab :
1. Made frm high quality panorra chiffon yg eksklusif with original swarovski rhinestone
2. Shawl satu muka yg mudah dipakai & mudah dibentuk
3. Sangat flowy
4. 16 colors yang awesome
5. Yang pentinggg...Aishaa Shawl tak jarang
6. Affordable price ofcoz
Local Delivery (Malaysia)
Flat rate at MYR10 and Free local delivery for orders above MYR200! We deliver via PosLaju and you can expect it to arrive at your door within 2-3 working days.
International Delivery
Flat rate of MYR80 for all orders to Brunei, Singapore, Thailand and Indonesia!
FREE international delivery to Brunei, Singapore, Thailand and Indonesia for orders above MYR800!
Yes, we do deliver anywhere in the world! We deliver to our overseas customers via EMS – approximately 5-8 working days.
*ZanRias subsidises postage and fuel surcharge charged by the couriers for you guys!
Customers are responsible all the postages & cost involved !
If you are unhappy with the item you have purchased,
you can return to us within 03 days of receiving your parcel.
Click here for more information.


text:
5 for 6 Ain't Bad
Owlz outfielder Roberto Lopez has a shot at the Pioneer League triple crown.
The Angels system came within one run of placing all six minor league teams in the post-season.
The Rancho Cucamonga Quakes lost a one-game sudden-death playoff Tuesday at Inland Empire, 7-6 in 13 innings. Flip that score and all six teams are playing capture the flag.
Still, five out of six is darn good. And although I don't count them because they're an academy operation, the Dominican Summer League Angels finished 47-24 in a virtual tie for first in their division. They won their first best-of-three series 2-0 over the DSL Rangers, but were eliminated in the second round 2-1 by the DSL Nationals.
With players called up from Salt Lake to Anaheim for September, the Angels have moved around some minor league chess pieces to compensate. Catcher Tim Duff and second baseman Adam Morrissey reported to the Bees from Arkansas, and Quakes second baseman Ryan Mount also reported to Salt Lake. None of them are in tonight's starting lineup at Sacramento.
Arkansas got catcher Hank Conger from the Quakes to complement catcher C.J. Broussard who reported from Rancho Cucamonga a couple days ago. Hank will probably DH most of the time; he hasn't caught since August 22 as the Angels continue to treat gently his shoulder recovering from a slight labrum tear in spring training.
Cedar Rapids got infielder-outfielder Alexi Amarista from the Tempe Angels. Charitably listed at 5'8″ 150 lbs., for some of we long-timers he evokes memories of popular diminutive infielder Joe Urso, who played for the Lake Elsinore Storm in the mid-1990s. 19-year old Amarista finished with an AVG/OBP/SLG of .332/.416/.431 in the Arizona League.
Orem won both halves of the Pioneer League South Division. They'll face their I-15 rivals, the Ogden Raptors (Dodgers affiliate), in a best-of-three starting Saturday in Ogden. Games #2 and (if necessary) #3 will be in Orem. The winner of that matchup will face either Billings or Great Falls in the title series.
Should the Owlz get to the championship round, I'll fly up for Games #2 and #3 at Orem scheduled for September 12 and 13. It looks like manager Tom Kotchman won't return as he remains in Florida to tend to his ailing wife, so I'm going to videotape as much as I can to send him the highlights.
Owlz outfielder Roberto Lopez has a shot at the Triple Crown. He's first in average at .402 (Great Falls' Tyler Kuhn is second at .370), second in homers with 14 (trailing teammate Luis Jimenez and tied with teammate Angel Castillo), and first in RBI with 69 (teammate Jimenez has 63). Regarding the RBI record, Robb Quinlan had 77 RBI with Boise in 1999, which is probably the best short-season record in the Angels system in recent years, although I haven't researched it. Lopez has three games including tonight to catch Quinlan.
Just in … Cedar Rapids shut out Clinton (Rangers affiliate) 3-0 tonight to take a 1-0 lead in their series. Arkansas' game against Northwest Arkansas was postponed due to the remnants of Hurricane Gustav. They'll try again on Thursday.


text:
Kafka Gass
The August issue of Harper's includes an extraordinary essay by William Gass about Franz Kafka. Ostensibly, the essay is a review of Reiner Stach's Kafka: The Decisive Years, but Gass decided to approach it with a conceit that only a writer as brave and skilled as he could succeed with: he writes from the point of view of Kafka's writerly self, conflating it with Kafka's fictions, and beginning thus:
I awoke one morning to find myself transformed. I had been a man, but a man who was treated by my parents and my sister like a bug. Perhaps I was not so much an insect at my office; perhaps I was something else there, a blotter or a trash basket. Perhaps, like a bum, I was warned not to loiter when I was out on the avenue, or, while traveling on the train, I became just another newspaper or another sample case. Perhaps, to my boss, I was a worm. At home, however, a bug was what I was, a bug in a bed, a bedbug, sperm of the kind you could find hidden in my name -- Gregor Samsa -- for doesn't "sam" mean seed, a descendant? And so one day I woke to find myself more than a metaphor, more than a figure of derision and indifference. I was a bug, big in my bed as my body was, with a body bigger than any ordinary bug's, bigger than a rat's, a dog's, though I was small, considering what my life meant to me. To others, however, I was huge, monstrous, horrifying, all I always wanted to be, all I always dreamed.That paragraph alone is a wonder, the sounds and rhythms of its sentences so beautifully crafted, the insights contained within them (about desire and metaphor, about debasement and dreams) suggestive and unobtrusive. Gass continues in this manner for a while, using both voice and detail to create a character ("Did you know my father deals in muffs? receives muffs from a manufacturer, sells those muffs -- as well as carded buttons, lingerie, handbags, gloves -- to retail stores?") until eventually he mentions the biography at hand ("I understand it has been given a wonderfully supple translation by Sheila Frisch"), and biography in general, before returning to ruminations on this Kafka creature in a monologue that could easily and effectively be spoken on stage:
Yes, I remember writing a fragment of fiction about just such a situation. I am safely ... my character is safely in his own bed, but it threatens to become his bride's bed too, so my reluctant bridegroom imagines sending his properly decked-out body to the wedding while he remains at home, unable to venture beyond his blankets, because -- well -- because he is a "large beetle, a stag beetle or cockchafer, I think ... I would then act as though it was a matter of hibernation...." My metaphor would marry and make love. I would not be required to attend.After a long and fascinating passage about family and love and women, we return to the biography ("Let us stop for a moment to watch how Reiner Stach goes so skillfully about his business. It offers the reader a pleasure all its own"). Gass-as-the-ghost-of-Kafka's-metaphors shows how and why Stach's biography is so much more than the standard bio, how it is so often itself a work of art, and yet he does this within his own art, maintaining the ridiculously sublime conceit of the narrator, getting away with it by embracing the complexities it offers, making the essay about not only Kafka or Stach, but the impossible quest to know the self. It is a quest Kafka struggled with, Stach chronicled, Gass embodied, and few of us escape.


text:
Eibach 1000.250.0600 Eibach produces some of the finest race car springs in the world. When other springs sag, or need frequent replacement, top race teams from F1 to WRC, from Le Mans to NASCAR, inevitably turn to Eibach. To produce springs with unparalleled precision and repeatability, Eibach uses the world's finest Hi-Ten spring steel, produced to exceedingly precise tolerances. Eibach uses state-of-the-art technology in every step of the manufacturing process. Eibach motorsports race spring features include: * Ultra-lightweight for reduced unsprung mass * Maximum deflection, in combination with smallest block heights * Exceptional block resistance and durability * Precision planparallel and square end configurations under unloaded and loaded conditions * Lowest side loads with load center ideally located relative to spring axis * Precision tolerances--the tightest in the industry * Highest linearity and guaranteed rate consistency * Each spring individually tested and
Eibach Coil Over Spring 1000-0250-0600


text:
An Environmental History of the World
DOI link for An Environmental History of the World
An Environmental History of the World book
An Environmental History of the World
DOI link for An Environmental History of the World
An Environmental History of the World book
Get Citation
This second edition of An Environmental History of the World continues to present a concise history, from ancient to modern times, of the interactions between human societies and the natural environment, including the other forms of life that inhabit our planet. Throughout their evolutionary history, humans have affected the natural environment, sometimes with a promise of sustainable balance, but also in a destructive manner. This book investigates the ways in which environmental changes, often the result of human actions, have caused historical trends in human societies. This process has happened in every historical period and in every part of the inhabited earth.
The book is organized into ten chapters. The main chapters follow a chronological path through the history of mankind, in relationship to ecosystems around the world. The first explains what environmental history is, and argues for its importance in understanding the present state of the world's ecological problems. Chapters two through eight form the core of the historical analysis, each concentrating on a major period of human history (pre-civilized, early civilizations, classical, medieval, early modern, early and later twentieth century, and contemporary) that has been characterized by large-scale changes in the relationship between human societies and the biosphere, and each gives several case studies that illustrate significant patterns occurring at that time. The chapters covering contemporary times discuss the physical impacts of the huge growth in population and technology, and the human responses to these problems. Our moral obligations to nature and how we can achieve a sustainable balance between technology and the environment are also considered. This revised second edition takes account of new research and the course of history containing new sections on global warming, the response of New Orleans to the hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and the experience of the Dutch people in protecting their low-lying lands against the encroachments of rivers, lakes, and the North Sea. New material is also offered on the Pacific Islands, including the famous case of Easter Island.
This is an original work that reaches further than other environmental histories. Rather than looking at humans and the environment as separate entities, this book places humans within the community of life. The relationship between environmental thought and actions, and their evolution, is discussed throughout. Little environmental or historical knowledge is assumed from the reader in this introduction to environmental history. We cannot reach a useful understanding of modern environmental problems without the aid of perspective provided by environmental history, with its illustrations of the ways in which past decisions helped or hindered the interaction between nature and culture. This book will be influential and timely to all interested in or researching the world in which we live.


text:
- DISCOVEROur FeaturesBY REGION
- EXPLOREOur CraftsWEAVINGMISC CRAFTS
- SHOPOur CategoriesACCESSORIES
- SHILPI HAAT™Artisan Marketplace
- CRAFTELIER™Designer Marketplace
Or login with your email and password
Register with your email and password
Fill in your email to reset your password
About Me: Gara is a kind of embroidery, originally done on saris and primarily comprising the Khakha stitch (also called the Forbidden knot), the French knot and long to short stitches. The work is extremely precise and fine with the stitches done very close to each other. It is one of the finest forms of embroidery found in craft forms today and the finesse of the old gara work was due to the 'bal' twisting of the thread. The same twisting is done now too, but the threads incorporated are much thicker.
Measurements: Length - 16 inches, Width - 16 inches
Care: Spot clean or wipe clean with a soft dry cloth.
Color: Maroon, Red, White, Yellow
Material: 100% Handloom Cotton, Beads, Silk: 100% Natural
Weight: 55 Grams approximately
Craft Process: Embroidery: Parsi Gara Embroidery
Craft Region: Uttar Pradesh: Lucknow
Theme: Hand Loom, Hand Made, Hand Woven
The Story: Gara embroidery influenced by Persian styled Motifs of fruit, flowers and birds. Gara embroidery, originally considered to be Parsi family heirlooms, became rare collectors items because of their intricate work and beauty. The story of the Gara is one punctuated by as many influences as the motifs it showcases. Parsi embroidery incorporates motifs that have deep meanings. The reverence of the Parsis towards nature is evident in their embroidery work. The fleeing Parsis brought Persian symbols like the cypress tree, chakla chakli or contradictory birds, represented with delicacy. A tree called the divine fungus is used as a symbol of longevity and immortality. Lotus and peacock brings the fragrance of the Indian soil in which Parsi culture blossomed. The British Raj flavor incorporated floral baskets, the Chinese pheria stitched in vignettes of Chinese court life, beautiful gardens and flowers such as peony, rose, and chrysanthemum. Some or all these motifs fill up a typical gara or jhablawith an overriding feel of harmony, richness, grandeur and delicacy.
Shipping & Delivery: This product ships in 4 - 5 days from your order. Expected delivery time for this product is approximately 6 - 9 working days from the date of your order.


text:
>> Back to Chocolate & Zucchini <<
Log in to check your private messages
Last posts feed
Log in
Fava bean obsession
Chocolate & Zucchini Forum Index
Cooking & Eating
View previous topic
View next topic
Joined: 19 Apr 2010
Posts: 17
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2010 4:11 pm
Post subject: Fava bean obsession
I am surprised there's no thread on here about fresh fava beans. After making this salad over the weekend, I can't get enough of them!
Does anyone have any other good recipes using fresh fava beans?
Corn and Fava Bean Salad with Mint
1 1/2 lbs. fresh fava beans
Kernels from 1 medium ear of corn (3/4 – 1 c.)
3 scallions, white and light green parts sliced
1 T. chopped fresh mint
1 T. extra virgin olive oil
1 T. fresh lemon juice
Pinch salt
Freshly ground black pepper
Shell the beans – you will have about a scant cup. Bring a pot of water to a boil. Add the beans, cook for 2-2 minutes and drain. Rinse with cold water. Slip the beans out of their skin. This is easy if you tear a bit off the end and then squeeze lightly. Bring a smaller pan of water to a boil. Add the corn kernels and blanch for 1 minute (or a bit less if you have corn with very tender, small kernels.) Place the beans and corn in a bowl with the scallions and mint. Pour on the olive oil, lemon juice, salt and a bit of pepper. You can add extra lemon or mint to taste, but be judicious – you want to mostly taste the essence of the beans and corn. Stir to combine, and serve at room temperature.
Back to top
Joined: 21 Aug 2007
Posts: 552
Location: Central Kentucky
Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2010 5:26 pm
Post subject:
Interesting coincidence, Cathy. Fresh favas are almost never available around here. Two weeks ago, however, they suddenly appeared in a local market. Naturally I grabbed some.
After prepping them (they are, for those who don't know, the most labor-intensive foodstuff in the world), I used one of Gerald Hirigoyen's recipes,
Fava Beans with Creme Fraiche and Mint.
from his book
Very nice.
Back to top
Joined: 21 Aug 2007
Posts: 552
Location: Central Kentucky
Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2010 6:00 pm
Post subject:
Whoops! Forgot the recipe:
2 lbs fava beans in the pod
1/2 cup creme fraiche
2 tbls extra virgin olive oil
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
1/3 cup mint leaf chiffonade
Finely grated zest of 1 lemon
Shuck the beans. Drop into boiling salted water. Cook 3 minutes. Immediately transfer to an ice water bath. Shell the beans.
In a bowl, whisk together the creme fraiche, olove oil, salt and pepper to taste. Add the fava beans, mint leaves and lemon zest and toss to combine. Cover and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes or up to 2 hours before serving to chill and allow the flavors to meld.
Taste and adjust the seasonigns with slat and pepper before serving. Serve chilled.
Back to top
Joined: 29 Sep 2004
Posts: 1196
Location: buried under a pile of books somewhere in Adelaide, South Australia
Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2010 12:12 am
Post subject:
Gerald Hirigoyen! Now there's a name that brings back memories.
On my first trip to the US in 1995, I visited my brother and his wife in Washington State. Just before I flew out from Australia, I read about the San Francisco Farmers' Market at Fisherman's Wharf and decided to spend a weekend there while I was in the US. So I did. And Gerald Hirigoyen was the chef doing the cooking demonstration. I can't remember what he cooked, but I think at the time he was running Fringale. I met some people who lived locally and often ate there, and they were as thrilled as I was to watch him cook.
Doing what you like is freedom
Liking what you do is happiness
Back to top
Joined: 21 Aug 2007
Posts: 552
Location: Central Kentucky
Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2010 1:41 am
Post subject:
Sadly I've never had the pleasure of watching him work, or eating food he's prepared. But I've made quite a few of the recipes in
, and have yet to find one I didn't like.
Back to top
Site Admin
Joined: 24 Sep 2004
Posts: 443
Location: Paris, France
Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2010 8:34 am
Post subject:
Every year I forget how time-consuming it is to peel fresh fava beans! But once the work is done -- usually I sit and listen to a good podcast while I work -- it is really rewarding.
I cooked some last night: they were really young, so there was no need to peel the outer layer (a big time saver). I blanched them quickly and we ate them with as part of a Chinese egg noodle bowl, with garlic, shrimp, mint and chives. It was very good, and the fava beans brought a lovely sweetness to the dish.
Back to top
Joined: 30 Sep 2004
Posts: 1855
Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2010 7:03 pm
Post subject:
Perhaps I don't know where to look but i can honestly say I've never seen a fresh fava bean! Do they perhaps prefer a warmer clime?
Vivant Linguae Mortuae!!
Back to top
Joined: 21 Aug 2007
Posts: 552
Location: Central Kentucky
Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2010 10:01 pm
Post subject:
Just the opposite, David. They like it on the cooler side, just like English peas. Which is why when you do find them fresh they are primarily a springtime crop.
I suspect they aren't a common crop because North Americans aren't used to them. We go with common beans, which are, perhaps, easier to grow, have a longer growing season, and are certainly much easier to prep.
So favas here are an off-beat crop, and when they are available it's usually either as dried beans or frozen.
Favas are an Old World bean, and Europeans are more used to seeing them, both historically and now.
All of which is a shame, because they are one of the best tasting beans you can eat.
Back to top
Joined: 22 Oct 2006
Posts: 296
Location: Santa Barbara, CA
Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2010 4:13 am
Post subject:
Cathy, thanks for starting this thread - and for the recipe, which I may try this weekend as everything in it is available at the farmer's market now.
A few of my favorite fava bean recipes:
-fava bean and radish salad with green tahini dressing (recipe from the Ottolenghi cookbook - here's the link to it on the Guardian website:
-bissara (Moroccan fava bean spread/dip - very similar to hummus)
-the fava bean and mint frittata in the C&Z cookbook
-braised with onion, topped with crumbled goat cheese and run under the broiler for a couple of minutes
And - not a recipe per se, but an Italian friend recently introduced me to the Roman way of eating them: shell them, peel them and eat them raw, alternating them with the occasional bit of pecorino (preferably out of doors on a sunny day).
Back to top
Joined: 30 Sep 2004
Posts: 1855
Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2010 9:10 pm
Post subject:
Thanks KYH, interesting stuff. I'm going to look more closely next spring in farmers' markets!
Vivant Linguae Mortuae!!
Back to top
Joined: 21 Aug 2007
Posts: 552
Location: Central Kentucky
Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2010 12:50 am
Post subject:
Or you can grow your own, David. You're conditions are ideal for them.
Just think of them as over-grown bush beans, but you plant them the same time as peas.
One cautionary note: They're among the ugliest plants in the world. So don't grow them where aesthetics are important.
Back to top
Joined: 21 Aug 2007
Posts: 552
Location: Central Kentucky
Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2010 12:57 am
Post subject:
BTW, in their beautiful new book
The Book of Tapas
, Simone and Ines Ortega have several interesting sounding recipes using fresh favas. Included are: Fava Beans with Mint (a more complex recipe than either of the above); Fava Bean Ragout; Fried Fava Beans; and Fava Beans with Morcilla.
If anyone is interested I'll type out the recipes.
Back to top
Joined: 11 Nov 2007
Posts: 236
Location: Madison, WI
Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2010 7:26 pm
Post subject:
I need to look here in Wisconsin. I haven't been seeing fava beans, except marinated at the olive bar at Whole Foods. (I think what I am finding is favas and not giant limas). We have a very good farmers market where I live (Madison) so my chances of finding these may be good.
Back to top
Joined: 21 Aug 2007
Posts: 552
Location: Central Kentucky
Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2010 8:44 pm
Post subject:
If they're not offering them (it would have been earlier in the year if they did) perhaps you can convince one or two growers that they should be.
Talk about how popular they're becoming, and how the celebrity chefs are touting them, and how in an area as ethnically diverse as Madison there are people who crave them. Maybe even go armed with a few recipes.
Wisconsin is an ideal place to grow favas, and it can broaden their sales base.
When I was writing my column in Small Farm Today, I was continually contacted by growers thanking me for opening their eyes to other possibilities. Like everybody else, farmers often get "sot in they ways," and it sometimes takes an outsider to move them out of the rut.
The open question is how early in the year the market opens. Could be that the growing season is over by that time. We run into that problem with one of our local markets. They don't open until late May, so, as a result, nobody there sells greens or much else in the way of cool weather vegetables.
Back to top
Display posts from previous:
All Posts
1 Day
7 Days
2 Weeks
1 Month
3 Months
6 Months
1 Year
Oldest First
Newest First
Chocolate & Zucchini Forum Index
Cooking & Eating
All times are GMT + 1 Hour
Jump to:
Select a forum
Chocolate & Zucchini
C&Z Guidelines and Announcements
Suggestion box
Cooking & Eating
The Chocolate & Zucchini Cookbook
Recipe Box
Restaurants & Travel
Paris & France
Around the world on a zucchini
Other things
Other things
post new topics in this forum
reply to topics in this forum
edit your posts in this forum
delete your posts in this forum
vote in polls in this forum
Powered by
© 2001, 2005 phpBB Group


text:
$90.50 $109.99 You Save 17% ($19.49)
Type: LED Light Strip Power Supplies and Batteries
Category: 12-volt, dimmable, indoor, No-Sale, Premium, single-color
Sign up for price drop notifications!
110V AC-12V DC Dimmable Transformer - Compatible w/ Lutron & Leviton - For Kitchens, Cabinets, Bedrooms & More. Hardwired. Made in the USA.
Our Dimmable Drivers offer an elegant control and dimming solution for any of your LED light strip projects. These 40 to 300 Watt Dimmable Drivers allow you to control the brightness of your LED light strips with a dimmer switch mounted in your wall - a more elegant and permanent solution than a dial dimmer or remote unit. Additionally, the wide range of compatible wall dimmers means that you get to choose the wall dimmer that best suits your home, office, or other building. These drivers are manufactured to our exacting technical specifications here in the United States, meaning that we are able to offer an unsurpassed five year warranty on these units. Our range of Dimmable Drivers are the ultimate solution in any of your LED lighting projects and are compatible with most Lutron and Leviton dimmer switches. For more specific models of AC dimmable switches, click here for a detailed listing.
Dimmable Drivers are NOT compatible with RGB or RGBW strips and controllers.


text:
Focus: What needs to be considered before taking the first step.
Focus: What needs to be considered before taking the first step.
Last edited by Barry; 04-05-2017 at 08:34 AM.
Regards, Barry
Visit a beekeeper.
Check out the library, google for info, READ,READ,READ.
Revisit the beek with questions that came up from reading.
Locate and visit local beek club..
Go into another's hive with them.
Now, do you want to continue with bees???
Know what the cost of the initial startup equipment/bees are and what the time commitment will be.
Last edited by Barry; 09-03-2010 at 12:13 PM.
Regards, Barry
Find a local beekeeper...
Get some beekeeping books and READ!.
Spend some time with a beekeeper. Ask questions like... what percentage of your colonies die every year... Do you have to buy bees every year?
If they have to buy bees every year or if they lose large percentages of colonies every year... then FIND A DIFFERENT BEEKEEPER TO LEARN FROM!
Did I mention READ?
Try to get yourself as knowledgeable as possible before aquiring any bees. I see folks asking questions sometimes about topics that are covered in every beekeeping book I've ever read! It is obvious they have done little to educate themselves prior to getting bees. Do your homework.
You won't learn everything from reading... but it will give you a good start!
Dan Williamson
B&C Honey Farm http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/
....then after you read, read, read.......
last month I met a beekeeper who had some really good advice. He said that people were always asking him where the best source of beekeeping knowledge was at. His answer: look in the mirror, YOU are the best source.
I can't tell you how many times that I have known the answer to my own questions, only to doubt myself, then not act on the answer I knew, only to ask someone else's opinion, only to find out later that I should of listened to my internal intellect. Beekeeping is such a Zen thing,
Best wishes and good luck!
~What do you know there's so much to be done
Count all the bees in the hive, Chase all the clouds from the sky~
i'm sure there are zillions but i personally have never met a beekeeper that didnt have a pet. something about the desire and ability and intellegence and patience to care for another creature seems to be a requirement, and a decent preparation.
"Wine is a constant proof that God loves us and loves to see us happy" Ben Franklin
Get stung. It's gonna happen anyway. Find out how you react before you get too involved. Learn your flora. Talk to farmers. Attend beekeeping associations meetings. Do nature walks. Oh yeah... did some one mention "read"?. Also when you're ready to go... start small. Build stuff yourself if you can. And most important have fun with it.
read and study a bit... read some more. one of the real changes in my lifetime is information is so much more at your finger tips than when I started beekeeping.
find an individual beekeeper or club and do.. get into a hive, build some equipment. try to implement at least part of what you learned.
and yep always smile (enjoy)... the girls are easier to sneak up on when you smile.
Dan Williamson
B&C Honey Farm http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/
What book(s) would you recommend?
My first book was FIRST LESSONS IN BEEKEEPING by C.P. Dadant, and I'd still recommend it.
Last edited by Barry; 04-14-2015 at 06:28 AM.
Regards, Barry
One of my first and all time favorite books... The How-To-Do-It book of beekeeping by Richard Taylor. It is dated so newer books MUST be used as well but as for the parts of beekeeping that never change....IMHO this is a great book. Then there is the bible...ABC-XYZ's of bee culture.
First book - Beekeeping for Dummies. I hear this book scoffed at at meetings some times but I never regretted reading it, in fact it was very well done. Interestingly enough a friend gave me a (several decades old) copy of "First lessons in beekeeping" and as I read through it I am struck by how similar they are. The "dummies" book is a more entertaining read but the material covered is pretty much identical. Of course I got my copy of beekeeping for dummies for $1 and I was given "first lessons in beekeeping" so I can't complain price wise about either.
http://www.voiceofthehive.com - Tales of Beekeeping and Honeybees
My suggestion is kind of dumb. Bees need to spend time alone to build their colony. You need to watcha nd learn from them. Get some bees and plan on losing them. Don't open them, just learn about them. You will be suprised at how much you don't really understand about bee cultures, societies and colonies. After you know how basic insect lifestyle works, you will be alot better beekeeper. I watched them for too long(7 years). I think I am part of their world now.... this is my first year of apiary work...
And... I would say you need to assess the amount of work there is in beekeeping. Take the number of days you plan on working per month and times it by 7. That is the work you will need to do. Take that time and add any special stuff to it such as honey recovery, super work, and nucleus building. There's the time and effort.... sure you want to be a beekeeper?
The Hive and the Honeybee... Dadant publications
First Lessons in Beekeeping... Dadant publications
Bee Sex Essentials... Lawrence Conner
Increase Essentials... Lawrence Conner
A Years Work in an Out Apiary... Doolittle
Fifty Years Among the Bees... Miller
Fat Bees Skinny Bees... https://beesource.com/resources/eleme...s-skinny-bees/
Join a local beeclub
Get a mentor that you can work their hives with them
Get a hive with bees, with extra box or 2 with frames
Keep that one hive for a year, maybe increase to 2 hives the first year. Work that hive every week, slowly, gently, just to look and learn and get comfortable with the bees. Get so you can see eggs and find the queen. Get so you can recognise Pollen, Open Nectar, Sealed Honey, Eggs, Larvae, Sealed Brood.
Again, get a mentor that you can work their hives with them. I worked hives with a mentor once a week for over a year myself, the experience with invaluable.
Last edited by Barry; 03-11-2016 at 09:49 AM.
Great stuff here ...I would like to emphasize one more time an indispensable experience....get with a beekeeper and get among the bees. This is the litmus test. You will either be filled with joy, wonder, and amazement (you have the heart of a beekeeper)....or fear and dread (find another hobby). If you experience the first....it will be a stronger addicition than anything else on the planet and you will bee hooked forever!
This is my 2nd year
1) screened bottom boards many of the company's sell a starter kit but no screened bottom board just the solid.
2) Mite counts how many before you treat with something? and pics of what mites look like on a sticky board for us new-bees. there is lots of solids on the board hard to tell what they look like on a sticky board after a sugar treatment.
3) What is the best treatment for Mites so many all say there are the best.
4) how to make a sugar fond board for winter.
5) how to make sugar water and like 1 lb to 1lb of water many told me 2to 1 and that was all maybe it should read 2 lbs of sugar to 1 lb of H2O
5) a little on organic bee keeping on what they use to get ride of mites they must use more then just small cell frames?
6) some sites or from here on how to make some of the things people make
Last edited by paulnewbee1; 08-18-2008 at 10:47 AM. Reason: to add more to the tread
Wishing you all the best of tomorrows and good honey
I just got a copy of "Natural Beekeeping" and must say this is an excellent book. It covers, in detail, pest and disease issues, especially v mites and all current treatments.
Water weighs 8 pounds per gallon. The local grocery store sells granulated sugar in 4 pound bags just to help beekeepers. A 1 by 1 mixture is TWO 4 pound (64 ounce) bags of sugar to one gallon water. Don't use boiling water. If you use hot water let it cool to about your body temp before you give it to your bees not a drawn out process in Milwaukee during the winter if my memory serves me right. A 2 by 1 sugar water mixture is FOUR 4 pound bags of sugar to one gallon of water. A 1 by 2 mixture is ONE 4 pound bag of sugar to one gallon of water. If you will read the paper or go to the grocery with your wife you will often find sugar on sale. Recently I found granulated sugar in four pound bags for $1.29 each this is about .32 cents per pound. The 25 pound bags were $11.55 each or about 46 cents per pound. This was a savings of $32.00 on a 100 pound purchase.
Also considering the part of the country I live in the Alcohol Beverage Control Board may question you if you buy sugar in bigger sizes. The grocery stores use to have to keep records on who purchased sugar in 100 pound sacks. When people worked for a living or starved this was the moonshiners preferred size. Some times they carried a ton or more of sugar over a half a mile into the woods, one or two one hundred pound sacks at a time.
If you need powdered sugar for a mite test or to use as a medium to administer medicine or to make cake fond do this. Put regular granulated sugar in a DRY food processor. Pulse it until you have a fine powdered product, about 30 seconds. You will lose some volume when you do this, so if your "recipe" calls for a cup of powered sugar use more than a cup of granulated sugar to get the correct volume. It will still weigh the same however.
Walter T. Kelley said, "A pint is a pound the world around." A gallon of water contains eight pints. A four pound bag of granulated sugar contains eight pints also.
Scrapfe---Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.--Otto von Bismarck.
oops my math was wrong
Scrapfe---Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.--Otto von Bismarck.


text:
We carry hat and caps made by: Twins Enterprise, Zephyr, Under Armour, Nike, Reebok, New Era, Mitchell & Ness, Adidas, and Top of the World.
Need help with hat sizing or knowing what some hat terms mean?
© 2011 Baseball Caps Online - All Rights Reserved. All Logos Or Images Are Registered Trademarks Of The Teams Represented.


text:
DailyDirt: Cool-Looking Photography
from the urls-we-dig-up deptDigital photography has created a massive amount of incredible images. Although professional photography has and always will require quite a bit of skill, the rise of amateur photographers is unmistakable. We've pointed out some cool photography before, and here are just a few more examples.
- Family portraits aren't usually made from collages, but when family members are spread out all over the globe, combining Skype video stills will have to suffice. Rear projectors would be a bit better for this.... [url]
- People riding bikes without bikes are just floating above the street. It's just so easy to photoshop things out of a picture nowadays. [url]
- New moms often enjoy taking a lot of photos of their babies, but some moms also like to see their kid fly. Maybe in a few years, these "floating people" pictures will look like a dated image filter. [url]
- Let sleeping babies sleep.. and then take pictures of them in creative ways. Try this at home. [url]
- What can you do with a leaf blower and some good indoor lighting? Take some cool pictures or insert joke here. [url]
Filed Under: babies, collage, lighting, photography, photoshop, photoshopping, portraiture


text:
Articole recente
- Mary Harron's American Psycho 2000 17/07/2015
- Wild Tales – 2014 – Damián Szifrón ( Pedro Almodóvar proudly presents… "Six People On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown") 17/07/2015
- Inherent Vice – Paul Thomas Anderson – 2014 17/07/2015
- John Wick – Chad Stahelski – 2014 15/02/2015
- The Book of Life – 2014 – Jorge R. Gutierrez 14/02/2015
- Foxcatcher – Bennett Miller, 2014 14/02/2015
- Adam Wingard's The Guest (2014) Let the right one in… or be careful who's story you trust! 05/02/2015
- Allen Baron' Blast of Silence – 1961 Criterion 04/02/2015
- God's Not Dead – 2014 03/02/2015
- A Most Wanted Man – Anton Corbijn – 2014 01/02/2015
Favourite things…
Love is passion. Obsession. Someone you can't live without. Someone you fall head over heels for. Find someone you can love like crazy, and will love you the same way back. Listen to your heart. No sense in life without this. To make the journey without falling deeply in love, you haven't lived a life at all. You have to try, because if you haven't tried, then you haven't lived.
Meet Joe Black
"'Cinema is an old whore, like circus and variety, who knows how to give many kinds of pleasure. Besides, you can't teach old fleas new dogs"
Federico Fellini
"We're reckless, arrogant, stupid dicks. And the Film Actors Guild are pussies. And Kim Jong Il is an asshole. Pussies don't like dicks, because pussies get f--ked by dicks. But dicks also f--k assholes - assholes that just want to shit on everything. Pussies may think they can deal with assholes their way. But the only thing that can f--k an asshole is a dick, with some balls. The problem with dicks is that sometimes, they f--k too much, or f--k when it isn't appropriate... And it takes a pussy to show 'em that. But sometimes, pussies can be so full of shit that they become assholes themselves. Because pussies are only an inch and half away from assholes. I don't know much in this crazy, crazy world, but I do know that if you don't let us f--k this asshole, we're gonna have our dicks and our pussies all covered in shit!"
(Team America: World Police (2004))
Cele mai bine evaluate
Scurta Istorie
Arhive etichetă: Batman/Bruce Wayne
The LEGO Movie – 2014 – Phil Lord, Chris Miller
We are from the planet Duplo, and we're here to destroy you! O nebunie! Un dezmăț vizual, un alint pentru inimă și minte, original și inteligent deopotrivă! Mi-a depășit toate așteptările – este un univers artificial, parte comic book action hero, … Continuă lectura


text:
I'm a fan and admirer of the internet artwork "A ship adrift" made by James Bridle. I return to its webpages regularly. I immerse myself in its aimless voyage and the ghostly chattering of its language bots.
The virtual ship is connected to a London weather station and it drifts around the world randomly. It travels the (lost) imperial periphery, being blown by wind from the (now powerless) governing center. But a much better description by the artist can be found here and here.
Erasure poetry
Today I discovered the concept of "erasure poetry" on another blog I follow. This is how the concept is described by the writer Justin Taylor:
Erasure is a method of delving into the depths of a text to see what can be found there. But the eraser is liberated—as well as made anxious—by the knowledge that said findings are not discoveries but creations. The erasure-text is not a salvage: it has no reality independent of the search for it, the searching is in fact what made it real.
Somehow I started without consciously thinking. I copied a few "ship adrift" logfiles into notepad and started deleting. To my surprise something coherent started to appear. There was some vague shape. I deleted more and more text. I left the order and spelling intact. I added some punctuation. This is what was left at 00:17 AM. The text is culled from the logs of 27 July to 15 July 2012.
A ship adrift - erased
I released my grip and a spiritless ship in the shade of years should fail me.
I behaved with beautiful earth, flowed something Buddha.
I had light myself, belonging of a minute.
I day the sword and stared a man, ship of the names.
I held up foot, stamped here like the air.
Tell me, pray, tell me, and, indistinct, like a pair of shadow.
Do you know.
Some to endure, even beyond.
Villa Total in the rocky Monteresting.
Devil was the hammock, groans, blankets, horrors.
But into the path, with wooden loads, for meaning by expanding.
And the same upkeep with the pointinuous night.
Annoying I stave coming for him once.
He wastepec Maravines, miles farm and festive.
I felt gone people, August, sixty profound of them.
To kill something sides, nobody had end you.
Their loads inclosed three world to each others.
In Chiapas, chap with body of eyes.
Beforesting sunlight the men would get into.
Catching habited in the big river.
Wrecked over we came upkeep, is coming you, sir?
And in the interesting, at last bit of course.
Only too old, your unbuttoned uniform, catching that is to hear, he.
I came upon the paths, perhaps on the los.
Retrieved August, I know that you projected devil was.
Through burnt grass near, why did it in the cabin?
A steady glimmer of dange narcotic effectly.
Payton Bomb that brace you, white change narcotic, an effect of water.
I'm ready and the shielo name to explain bring over.
Very well, I am guilty.
Thou art my hiding over, I woke up each this.
But this become my communication:
"We arent and rise black, flat, over place The Funny Teens."
If you to smuggle your place and throom.
Monotonous frenzy, imperceptible order, so as me?
Speak Marijuana Drama! Amp a go water.
I'm real enough to give straight in fantation room.
God dare for kids!
I believed good offered, word in the fitfully droning.
Dance and really wanna say, some best to a nothing place.
I'm feelinger the ivory; but the hill dads kill me now.
In love with End, original fastened us in favor.
The black to easier forgot this, of many means even.
God Is Faithful, and had he came today.
And rise blackorean boring white.
Altamirano, he was haste to, and in beacon glimpse: Equator.
Some, perfectly here, yet.
Exploring perfectly ... well, we won't.


text:
|Last Update
|Last Commit 69e38b5f1ee – add test for get_txout_for_txin and dummy store...
|Loading commit data...
|Loading commit data...
|Loading commit data...
|Loading commit data...
|Loading commit data...
|Loading commit data...
|Loading commit data...
|Loading commit data...
|Loading commit data...
|Loading commit data...
|Loading commit data...
|Loading commit data...
|Loading commit data...
This is a ruby library for interacting with the bitcoin protocol/network.
Some of the main features are:
Bitcoin::Util provides the basic bitcoin utility functions for base58, ECC, etc.
Bitcoin::Protocol can parse/create (almost?) all protocol messages
Bitcoin::Network::Node connects to peers, fetches the blockchain and keeps it up to date (see NODE for usage)
Bitcoin::Validation validates block and transaction rules
Bitcoin::Storage stores the blockchain and can be queried for transaction data
Bitcoin::Script implementation, create/run scripts and verify signatures
Bitcoin::Key provides a high-level API for creating and handling keys/addresses
Bitcoin::Builder provides a high-level API for creating transactions (and blocks)
Bitcoin::Wallet is a draft implementation of a simple wallet
Bitcoin::Namecoin implements all the namecoin-specific differences (see NAMECOIN)
Compatible with…
ruby 1.9.3
ruby 2.0.0
We assume you already have a ruby 1.9 or 2.0 compatible interpreter and rubygems environment.
git clone https://github.com/lian/bitcoin-ruby.git; cd bitcoin-ruby ruby -Ilib bin/bitcoin_node
if you want to have it available system-wide, just build the gem and install it:
gem build bitcoin-ruby.gemspec && gem install bitcoin-ruby-0.0.2.gem
now you can just call
bitcoin_node from anywhere.
Note that some aspects of the library (such as networking, storage, etc.) need additional dependencies which are not specified in the gemspec. The core requirements are intentionally kept to a minimum, so nobody has to install unneeded dependencies.
eventmachineto run a node / connect to peers
mysqlto use a storage backend
nslookupto get peer addrs from DNS seeds
gir_ffifor the gui
baconto run the specs
If you would like to install using Bundler, put it in your Gemfile and run bundle install
gem 'bitcoin-ruby', git: 'https://github.com/lian/bitcoin-ruby', branch: 'master', require: 'bitcoin'
There is a node which connects to the network and downloads the blockchain into a database. see NODE, Bitcoin::Network::Node.
It also opens an extra socket where local clients can query statistics, monitor blockchain data, and relay their own transactions to the network. see NODE, Bitcoin::Network::CommandHandler, Bitcoin::Network::CommandClient.
There is a WALLET implementation to manage a set of keys, list balances and create transactions. see WALLET, Bitcoin::Wallet.
Library Usage
There are different aspects to the library which can be used separately or in combination. Here are some ideas of what you could do. There are also some demo scripts in examples/, see EXAMPLES.
Generate a Bitcoin::Key
key = Bitcoin::generate_key key #=> [<privkey>, <pubkey>]
Get the address from a public key
address = Bitcoin::pubkey_to_address(key[1]) address #=> <bitcoin address>
Check if an address is valid
Bitcoin::valid_address?(address) #=> true
Blocks / Transactions parsing
Parse a Bitcoin::Protocol::Block
raw_block = File.open('spec/bitcoin/fixtures/rawblock-0.bin', 'rb') {|f| f.read} blk = Bitcoin::Protocol::Block.new(raw_block) blk.hash #=> 00000000839a8e6886ab5951d76f411475428afc90947ee320161bbf18eb6048 blk.tx.count #=> 1 blk.to_hash #=> ... Bitcoin::Protocol::Block.from_json( blk.to_json )
Parse a Bitcoin::Protocol::Tx
raw_tx = File.open('spec/bitcoin/fixtures/rawtx-01.bin', 'rb') {|f| f.read} tx = Bitcoin::Protocol::Tx.new(raw_tx) tx.hash #=> 6e9dd16625b62cfcd4bf02edb89ca1f5a8c30c4b1601507090fb28e59f2d02b4 tx.in.size #=> 1 tx.out.size #=> 2 tx.to_hash #=> ... Bitcoin::Protocol::Tx.from_json( tx.to_json ) Bitcoin::Script.new(tx.out[0].pk_script).to_string #=> "OP_DUP OP_HASH160 b2e21c1db922e3bdc529de7b38b4c401399e9afd OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG"
Transaction verification / Scripts
Get the matching transactions (in this example tx1 is the spending transaction)
rawtx1 = File.open("spec/bitcoin/fixtures/rawtx-f4184fc596403b9d638783cf57adfe4c75c605f6356fbc91338530e9831e9e16.bin", 'rb') {|f| f.read} rawtx2 = File.open("spec/bitcoin/fixtures/rawtx-0437cd7f8525ceed2324359c2d0ba26006d92d856a9c20fa0241106ee5a597c9.bin", 'rb') {|f| f.read} tx1 = Bitcoin::Protocol::Tx.new(rawtx1) tx2 = Bitcoin::Protocol::Tx.new(rawtx2)
Then simply ask the transaction to verify an input
tx1.verify_input_signature(0, tx2) #=> true
If you want to control the Bitcoin::Script yourself, you can do so
txin = tx1.in.first txout = tx2.out[txin.prev_out_index] script = Bitcoin::Script.new(txin.script_sig + txout.pk_script) result = script.run do |pubkey, sig, hash_type| hash = tx1.signature_hash_for_input(0, nil, txout.pk_script) Bitcoin.verify_signature(hash, sig, pubkey.unpack("H*")[0]) end result #=> true
Create Transactions
You need to know the previous output you want to spend (tx hash and output index), as well as the private key for the address required to sign for it.
# use testnet so you don't acidentially your whole money! Bitcoin.network = :testnet3 # make the DSL methods available in your scope include Bitcoin::Builder # the previous transaction that has an output to your address prev_hash = "6c44b284c20fa22bd69c57a9dbff91fb71deddc8c54fb2f5aa41fc78c96c1ad1" # the number of the output you want to use prev_out_index = 0 # fetch the tx from whereever you like and parse it prev_tx = Bitcoin::P::Tx.from_json(open("http://test.webbtc.com/tx/#{prev_hash}.json")) # the key needed to sign an input that spends the previous output key = Bitcoin::Key.from_base58("92ZRu28m2GHSKaaF2W7RswJ2iJYpTzVhBaN6ZLs7TENCs4b7ML8") # create a new transaction (and sign the inputs) new_tx = build_tx do |t| # add the input you picked out earlier t.input do |i| i.prev_out prev_tx i.prev_out_index prev_out_index i.signature_key key end # add an output that sends some bitcoins to another address t.output do |o| o.value 50000000 # 0.5 BTC in satoshis o.script {|s| s.recipient "mugwYJ1sKyr8EDDgXtoh8sdDQuNWKYNf88" } end # add another output spending the remaining amount back to yourself # if you want to pay a tx fee, reduce the value of this output accordingly # if you want to keep your financial history private, use a different address t.output do |o| o.value 49000000 # 0.49 BTC, leave 0.01 BTC as fee o.script {|s| s.recipient key.addr } end end # examine your transaction. you can relay it through http://webbtc.com/relay_tx # that will also give you a hint on the error if something goes wrong puts new_tx.to_json
Node / Network connections
The Bitcoin::Network::Node can connect to peers and download the blockchain into a Bitcoin::Storage backend. For now it works completely self-contained:
node = Bitcoin::Network::Node.new(options) # options = {:network => :bitcoin, ...} node.run
In the future you will be able to register callbacks to the node and control many aspects of its operation yourself. Also see NODE.
If you want to implement your own node, see lib/bitcoin/connection.rb or lib/bitcoin/network/node.rb for examples.
Storage / Database backends
There is support for different storage backends. Each backend can be used with sqlite, postgres or mysql. All backends implement the interface defined in Bitcoin::Storage::Backends::StoreBase and return Bitcoin::Storage::Models.
store = Bitcoin::Storage.sequel(:db => "sqlite://bitcoin.db") # in-memory db store.get_head #=> block txouts = store.get_txouts_for_address("15yN7NPEpu82sHhB6TzCW5z5aXoamiKeGy") txouts.first.value #=> 5000000000 txouts.first.type #=> :pubkey txouts.first.get_address #=> "15yN7NPEpu82sHhB6TzCW5z5aXoamiKeGy"
See also STORAGE, Bitcoin::Storage::Backends::UtxoStore, Bitcoin::Storage::Backends::SequelStore and Bitcoin::Storage::Backends::DummyStore for details.
Always trying to improve, any help appreciated! If anything is unclear to you, let us know!
Documentation is generated using RDoc
rake rdoc
The specs are also a good place to see how something works.
The specs can be run with
rake bacon
or, if you want to run a single spec
ruby spec/bitcoin/bitcoin_spec.rb
To test the postgres/mysql storage backend, create a database and set it as an environment variable:
echo "create database bitcoin_test" | psql TEST_DB_POSTGRES="postgres:/bitcoin_test" rake bacon
If you make changes to the code or add functionality, please also add specs.
Any help or feedback is greatly appreciated! From getting knee-deep into elliptic-curve acrobatics, to cleaning up high-level naming conventions, there is something for everyone to do. Even if you are completely lost, just pointing out what is unclear helps a lot!
If you are curious or like to participate in development, drop by #bitcoin-ruby on irc.freenode.net!


text:
We do not have any vacancies.
Please check back soon!
Our office in Paisley is a hub for local and national organisations including Shelter Scotland, West College Scotland, Prince's Trust, Renfrewshire Access Panel, Capability Scotland and the Scottish Football Association.
A fully equipped meeting room is available for hire with discounted rates given to members.
Get the latest e-alert sent directly to your inbox...
It's easy to become a member. Our membership is designed to support you whatever stage you're at on your social enterprise journey.
Engage Renfrewshire


text:
|Body Region:
|Specific Area:
|Exercise Type:
|Equipment Used:
These exercises should only be performed after evaluation by a qualified medical professional and under their instruction. Should you experience pain or discomfort while doing an exercise, stop immediately.
Sit comfortably in an upright position. Retract your neck. Imagine a rod going through your neck from front to back, and slide your head backward along this rod. Only use your neck muscles - don't tilt your back forward or backward. You'll feel your muscles contracting on the front of your neck. Relax and return to the starting position.


text:
Luxury jewelry in color
In light of the evolving health situation, some of our US stores remain closed. Our ambassadors remain available to answer any questions and assist you by phone at +1-877-874-2438. To read our statement on COVID-19, please click here.
You are currently browsing the version: United States of AmericaChinaHong Kong SAR, ChinaTaiwan ChinaSouth KoreaJapanSingaporeBelgiumDenmarkGermanySpainFinlandFranceIrelandItalyLuxembourgNetherlandsAustriaRussiaPortugalSwitzerlandSwedenUnited KingdomUnited Arab EmiratesSaudi ArabiaAustraliaOther location.
To access information relevant to your geographic location, we recommend using the version:
Luxury jewelry in color


text:
Pinterest's First API Is Here: A Widget for Popular Pins
Pinterest works on its own timetable. The startup raises gobs of funding whenever it feels like it. And it waits to release APIs until it darn well pleases — even after developers have been asking for years to get tools to better harness the referral traffic they get from people saving their stuff on Pinterest.
Pinterest said today that its first API will help stores and brands display which of their items were most frequently and recently pinned. So, basically, it's a most-popular widget that Pinterest promises will help sites keep freshly updated.
Next, Pinterest said, it will give sites more ways to mash up their data, like most-recent and related pins, and adding information about which items and keywords are trending on Pinterest into their search engines.
Pinterest has already made the most-popular API available to a bunch of sites: AllRecipes, Better Homes & Gardens, BuzzFeed, Disney sites Babble and BabyZone, Elle Magazine, Mashable, ModCloth, NBC News Digital's iVillage, Nestle, Random House, Snapguide, Spoonful, Target, Taste Book, Walmart, Wayfair, Whole Foods, Zappos and Zulily.


text:
I don't know about you, but it's cold down here. Temperatures in the teens for a week now and that folks, is very cold for us. The weather person says it hasn't been like this in over 20 years. All week long, I've been making soup, chili, sausage gumbo and stews like this one, a hearty beef stew simmered in an earthenware pot or olla. That's what the name means, literally 'stew in a pot'. There are many variations but the one key ingredient beside beef is the peppers. Hope it will warm you up as it did us. Enjoy!
Cooking oil
1 -14 oz can beef broth
Salt & black pepper to taste
2 or 3 dried ancho peppers -see note
2 cups chopped, peeled tomatoes (or 1-14 oz can diced, undrained)
1 medium onion, chopped
3 cloves of garlic, minced
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
2 medium potatoes, cut into 1-inch cubes
1 large ear of corn, cut into 1-inch sections (or 1 cup frozen corn kernels)
1/2 pound fresh green beans, cut into 2-inch sections (or frozen)
1 medium zucchini, cut into 3-inch strips


text:
The War for the Union, 1861-1865. A Record of Its Defenders, Living and Dead, from Steuben County, Indiana; and History of Veteran Organizations and Kindred Associations
The Genealogy Center - Providing genealogical and historical information about Allen County, Indiana, the United States, and beyond.
Questions about military history & genealogy? Contact firstname.lastname@example.com. Questions about this site? Contact email@example.com. © 2004-2020, The Genealogy Center. This site last updated 9 May 2020.


text:
Physician Publications
UCLA physicians and providers are a select group of experts who have distinguished themselves as innovative leaders in their chosen disciplines. As part of an academic medical center, our doctors have access to advanced diagnostics, treatments, and research that may not yet be widely available elsewhere.
Need help finding a physician who's right for you? Call our Physician Referral Service at (800) UCLA-MD1 or (310) 825-2631, Monday to Friday, 8 am to 5 pm (PST) to assist you one-on-one.
Primary Care Physicians
Pediatric Physicians
Cancer Specialists
LGBTQ Champions
Need a Physician Referral?
Health Plans
Medical Services
International Services
Voted Best Doctors
Voted Super Doctors
Download Our Apps
Contact Us
View Printable Complete Physician Directory
Download Complete Physician Directory
View a printable list of physicians based on specialty selected below


text:
** Paul Weller** was born 50 years ago last Sunday, just outside of Woking in Surrey. The frontman for The Jam, The Style Council and solo recording artist in his own right flew the suburbs in his teens and went on to preside over a career that's lasted more than 30 years, selling countless records (conservative estimate: an absolute shit-tonne), inspiring bands both great and so abysmal they make you want your teeth to explode. Subsequently, he's fallen in and out of fashion more times than London and the NME put together but still his steely stare endures, the failure of copycats highlighting how hard a task it is to detail the mundane while keeping cliché at a distance and songsmanship in mind.
Fraying and dizzy-reeling, still, from Pitchfork's ATP, your writer didn't even get a chance to drop his bruised body off for a few hours at home beforehand, rushing straight from Camber to DrownedinSound HQ in Paddington. Brains broke, guts all gone. In this situation, if I'm honest, there were few things that seemed less appealing than a verbal tussle with Paul Weller. Not that DrownedinSound holds Weller in any kind of contempt, understand – weeks' worth of hours have been whiled away, tapping feet to Jam albums like Setting Sons and All Mod Cons, as well as tracks like 'Long Hot Summer' and 'Speak Like a Child', Style Council cuts in which a desire to wallow has crept, somewhat strangely, in recent weeks. But you get me, yeah? He's a stern lad, all talk considered, and it's with a feary mind that eleven ominous digits are dialled to talk history, imitators and new record _22 Dreams, out through Island on June 2.
Hi Paul. What are you up to?
Waiting around as usual – hanging around backstage, we're in Derby tonight. We've been on tour for about a week or something. It's been top, really good 'cause we're playing tunes off this album that people haven't heard – just getting people's reactions.
Is it going down well?
It's always hard playing new stuff to people obviously 'cause they haven't heard it and they're checking it out for the first time, but I think it's been good the reaction.
Yeah, I heard it earlier, it's a solid record. Obviously you've tried your hand at a number of things over your career and it sounds like you tying up a load of loose ends.
Yeah, I mean I wasn't conscious of doing that but it's the way it's turned out. I think it's really strong – even though you're playing the songs to people for the first time, there's a certain amount of confidence in the tunes we're playing to people as well and I think that comes over to people as well, hopefully.
Have you got much left to do?
We've got about another two weeks on this and then we're playing all over – Japan, America, Australia, Europe. We've got another big tour here towards the end of the year and a few festivals so it's pretty full on really. We're just fucking starting really.
You're making it sound like a bit of a slog – is it even worth asking if world tours can feel like a holiday or is it just work, work, work?
Well it is work, work, work, but we enjoy it all. I dunno, we've had a few days off and 'cause the weather's been like it is, that's been quite nice. But I wouldn't call it a holiday man.
(Awkward silence)
It's nice to be out in the sun.
Yeah, and the people I'm playing with are all good fellas so…
Yeah that always helps I guess. Do you mind if I ask about the Style Council?
No, not at all mate.
When people look back on the music you've made over your career , do you think the Style Council are maybe unfairly neglected in favour of the Jam?
Yeah, I definitely would've said that a while ago but I think it's been slightly rectified in recent years, I think people have kind of taken a reappraisal of the Style Council. I mean the thing that people forget sometimes is that for the first three years of the Style Council we were a fucking big band, we sold lots of records and played big places – it wasn't like we weren't popular, do you know what I mean?
** Yeah, completely – I meant more retrospectively when rock critics or fans come to compile their lists or whatever.**
I think it was like that – I think we were kind of written off once, but I do think that's been slightly rectified. I think in terms of the press and stuff and people reappraising the band.
I think it's maybe become a bit more acceptable to just be in a pop band and combine different elements into your music – I wasn't around then, but I get the impression it used to be more compartmentalised, you had your mod kids and your punk kids and all your other various camps. There are a lot of bands around at the moment whose songs, whether it's conscious or not, recall what you were trying to do with the Style Council I think. **
I mean, do you look around and find yourself excited by much these days? **
I haven't in recent weeks or months but over the last few years I have, yeah; there's been loads of good music really. Starting from, like, The Strokes and The Libs – I know it's going back a few years – and then from those two bands, The Arctics in recent years. I think The Enemy are really good, and there's a lot of talent and good music around I think.
Yeah, I mean with the amount of cover songs you do and in other interviews I've read you always seem to come across first and foremost as a music fan rather than a solely a musician. **
Yeah, definitely. I mean I'm always listening to music – not just my own – but if I'm not working I will listen to someone else's music. I'm always interested to see what else is out there, new and old.
You just mentioned The Enemy – I went to see them in Coventry and people adore them there, but do you not think that sometimes they take a bit too much influence from The Jam? **
Not from my point of view they don't, no. I'm all for it. I don't think it's a bad influence to have at all…
No, I don't mean that as much as sometimes it comes across as ridiculously heavy…**
I think that's their first record though, it's the same with any artist really. You're naturally influenced by whoever it may be and that influence is much more apparent on your early work. I think after a while you develop and you find your feet and find your own sound I think. I think that's true of everybody.
Yeah? **
Yeah, it's like Bob Dylan sounded exactly like Woody Guthrie and even looked like him on his first record, or his first two records. No-one comes sorta fully-formed.
The Jam backstage at the Michael Sobell Centre, Islington, North London, 13th December 1981. Photo by Neil 'Twink' Tinning
Back to the new album – how difficult is it to keep the enthusiasm and to keep things fresh? Is it easy to do? **
It's not easy to do, I think you've got to try and sort of push yourself forward and break up the puzzle and put it back together in a different way. Which isn't easy to do but I'm very conscious of trying to do that on this record, that's for sure. I wanted to try and make something that sounded different and has moved away from what I've been doing for the last few years.
It is fairly varied, stylistically – in regard to what you've been peddling for the last few years and from song to song on the album. **
I think it's definitely different from the last few records I've made even though I liked them; I thought As Is Now was a great record, but I didn't wanna make As Is Now part two. I was very conscious of trying to do something very different from that. The way the tracks have come out, they vary a lot from track to track. I think that's just the way it developed, but that wasn't conscious at all.
So was the approach more to write a set of singles than an album? **
No, the approach was to make a double album and put loads of information on it, something that people could keep going back to and finding new things in the music. Just to make it more interesting and enlightening for people – I think every time you go back and listen to this record you hear something else and because it's 21 songs, and it's quite a lot of information to take in the first time you hear it. But I think that's a good thing, and it's a proper album y'know…
Talking about information, is there maybe a coherent – well not a coherent – but is there any one kind of message or concept that you're trying to put across with the album? **
I don't think there's any kind of message man, to be honest with you, but I think there's a musical message about trying to take people on a musical trip or a musical journey… 'cause where you start off is where you finish up on the record. So it isn't a concept record or any of that stuff, but it is a musical journey I think.
Do you prefer writing in that way? Does having one central concept, like there was supposed to be on something like Setting Sons, bog you down at all as you have to keep referring back to it? **
I think it's the just way it turned out – most records, whatever you first think of you can forget, because by the end it's become something else. I think that's true of most records really.
You worked with Graham Coxon and Noel Gallagher on the record – how did that come about? **
Just by me calling them up and asking, y'know, "Do you wanna do some writing or some playing together?"_ Me and Graham co-wrote a single last year so that kind of came from that. I asked him if he had any ideas for a tune and just jammed on that and got it together.
Do you still rate what those two are doing at the moment? **
Yeah I do, very much so yeah. I really liked Graham's last solo record.
Did you ever have a favourite when it came to Blur and Oasis? **
_(laughs) _They're all my children, I love all of them.
Is that how you see yourself then, with this 'modfather' tag? **
No… no, listen I don't have favourites. It was all record company hype. I think they both made great records in their time so it'd be hard to pick a favourite.
You're doing charity work with Crisis at the moment, and you've been vocal on other social issues in the past – do you think there's a lack of social and political concern in modern music? **
I think it's harder to write about it in these days 'cause it's all so fucking mainstream and they're all so interchangeable, these politicians.
Yeah, I think it's hard to write sensibly without coming across all sloganeering. **
Yeah, I think The Enemy are good at doing it, I think their lyrics are really good.
I guess it comes back to this idea of social observation. **
Yeah, well I think that's stronger sometimes than just being that specific about things. At least people relate to that better, anyway.
You must have seen so many bands come and go over the years…**
Yeah, fucking hundreds man, loads…
With that in mind do you ever think about your role in that kind of British social-commentary, story-telling tradition within pop music? How do you see yourself in that sense?**
I dunno mate, I don't know how I see myself. I hope I'm just a good writer and that I'm able to convey images, emotions, whatever across to people. I don't sit around thinking about it too much to be honest with you mate, I'm too busy getting on with it and doing it.
Paul Weller might be an old man amongst young pretenders, but he, too, has a MySpace. He tours later this year:
6 Crawley K2
8 Southend Cliffs Pavilion
10 Dublin RDS Sommonscourt
11 Belfast Odyssey
13 Aberdeen Press & Journal Arena
14 Glasgow SECC
15 Newcastle Metro Radio Arena
17 Liverpool Echo Arena
18 Manchester Evening News Arena
20 Cardiff International Arena
21 Birmingham NEC
22 Nottingham Arena
24 London Brixton Academy


text:
[Threads by date]
[Messages by date]
[SNF Home]
[SNF Archive Home]
[Subscribe To List]
[List FAQ]
By: Andrei Faraon
November 2005
raith free thursday 9pm 1am
December 2005
raith free thursday afternoon
January 2006
Re: Cancelling my RAITH session for 13:00 - 18:00 today -- session is available for you!
February 2006
raith free tomorrow 7:30pm 12:30am
May 2006
raith free today 5pm - 7:30pm
June 2006
Re: JWC will be coming onto the system about 14:30 hours half hour later than planned...
Re: raith free Wednesday 4pm to 8pm
December 2006
Raith free untill 11am
January 2007
Raith problem
February 2007
Raith free tomorrow 8am-10am
March 2007
I will start my write 0.5 hr later
April 2007
Raith Allign Write Field seems to work fine
Taking englund's reservation
May 2007
Raith free until 4am
Re: Raith finished early
raith available for next user
June 2007
Raith free until 11pm
July 2007
Raith is down until further notice
Re: Raith update....
Re: Raith update....
Re: Raith update....
August 2007
Raith free tonight
Raith free tomorrow 11pm to Wed 7am
September 2007
ratih free Saturday 2-5pm
Raith free tomorrow 5pm-12pm
October 2007
raith free today from 5:30pm-8pm
February 2008
Re: raith free from now to 6pm
March 2008
finished early - raith available for next user
Raith free until midnight - I finished earlier
April 2008
Re: PC account
May 2008
Re: raith free fromm 13:30 to 17:30
June 2008
Re: raith free 2:30 to 5:30 this afternoon
August 2008
Raith free today noon-1pm
Raith free today 7:30 - 10:30 am
Raith free until 2pm
Re: raith error
Please don't use the Raith until further notice!!!
Raith status update
September 2008
Raith free today 12pm-2pm
October 2008
Re: raith free Sunday 2pm-5:30pm
Raith free until today, 10:30am
taking user sangwon's reservation
November 2008
Raith free 3am-9am
December 2008
Finished early, Raith free for next user
May 2009
Raith free today 5pm - 9:30pm
[Threads by date]
[Messages by date]
[SNF Home]
[SNF Archive Home]
[Subscribe To List]
[List FAQ]


text:
Coming from the perspective of a 3 foot squishy Mage, Gnomeaggedon could never understand why anyone would want to heal in Battlegrounds.
They are scary places where often the cloth wearer is the 1st to die. If you have any interest in PvP you would have read or heard that the Healer should always be the priority #1 target.
PvE sounds much safer
It sounds that way… Nice "controlled" damage coming from a bunch of scripted foes.
In reality I think I have more deaths in instances than I do in BGs. I probably lose relatively more healing targets in PvE than I do in PvP.
PvE sounds much more exciting
Yeah, nothing beats the thrill of a boss kill. It's a shame that there is snoozefest between bosses and often those bosses are tuned to stress healers more than DPS or tanks.
Battlegrounds are non stop action. You will dream of the day you has O5SR mana regen. Heal, run, heal, heal, heal, run, decurse, cheer.
For Teh Horde, For the Alliance!
If you have even the slightest ounce of RP in you, you will be aware that we are at war.
Sure there is that bunny Arthas around to distract you, but that's all he is, a minor distraction.
Cataclysm is shaping up to remind us of our true reason for being.
Varian Wrynn is a nut bag, that would take a pot shot at a Hordie while dangling over a cliff with the only thing between him and certain doom being the Hordie holding his hand.
Garrosh… Well I think Garrosh hates his own mother, hopefully she hates him. He not only hates the Alliance with a passion, but he hates 1/2 the Horde too!
When Garrosh replaces Thrall, it will be all out war between the factions. The question is why wait?
Have some pride in your faction and kill a Hordie today!
I've played both factions over the years, dabbling in a bit of battlegrounds as I have gone along. When I am PvEing, questing etc I am overcome with the need to help another character in trouble, no matter what the faction.
After a bit of time in the battlegrounds your perspective changes. They really do become the enemy, you no longer dream of an alliance between the Horde and Alliance.
You dream of repelling the offensive scum!
For Teh Experience(s)
If you are a healer, especially if you are leveling, I recommend you wet your feet in a BG.
- You will learn all sort of skills and tactics
- You will save the day for your faction
- You will open the doors to a new range of gear that doesn't cost emblems
- You will gain XP.
I now find myself queuing for a BG, joining LFG and then questing and grinding. It creates a great mix of activities for an evening and a steady flow of XP.
If you are dual spec, you will get enough time from when the BG invite pops to change spec before the invite elapses… If you are quick.
- Don't be scared
- Don't wet your pants.
- Heal the Battlegrounds!
Gnomer and Out, Squidly and Stout!
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License.


text:
Sciences/Medical PowerPoint Templates
Animation Factory has more than 70 medical and science themed PowerPoint templates to enhance and improve health, science and medical related presentations.
If your PowerPoint presentations need a facelift or you just want to save the worry of designing a presentation then these PowerPoint templates will improve your presentation. These presentation templates are ideal for business meetings among health care professionals, health/science lessons, lectures and more.
Sign up as either a Pro or Platinum Member to download and use any of Animation Factory's Power Point templates, including these medical/science theme templates. Give better presentations with professionally designed template.


text:
TOKYO (Reuters) - Euro zone officials are considering new ways to reduce Greece's huge debts because delays to reforms by Athens and continued recession have put the target of a debt to GDP ratio of 120 percent in 2020 out of reach, euro zone officials said.
A Greek debt sustainability analysis prepared by the International Monetary Fund, the European Central Bank and the European Commission in March forecast Greek debt would rise to 164 percent of GDP in 2013 from around 160 percent in 2012 under a baseline scenario assuming the Greek economy would stop contracting next year.
But Greece now expects its economy to shrink by 3.8 percent in 2013, its sixth consecutive year of contraction, boosting its debt ratio to 179.3 percent.
"At the moment it looks like Greece's debt level will rise to well above the target of 120 percent of GDP by 2020," ECB Executive Board member Joerg Asmussen told the Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper.
To bring it back towards the desired level in 2020, Greece could organize voluntary buy-backs of its bonds, he said.
The country is currently locked in talks with its lenders on a further set of cuts and reforms in order to obtain a new loan tranche. A deal should be reached by the time EU leaders meet on October 18-19, Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said in an interview with the Sunday edition of daily Kathimerini.
Money for buy-backs could not come from the ECB, but it could be lent by the European Stability Mechanism, for example, one senior euro zone official, who was in Tokyo for the weekend meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank, said.
Because Greek bonds trade at very deep discounts, one euro of money borrowed from the ESM, the euro zone's permanent bailout fund, could reduce Greek debt by 1.5 euros, the official said.
A second euro zone official said that while borrowing from the ESM would in itself increase Greek debt, there was another way to reduce it.
"What could change the overall level of debt is that, at some later stage, when banks can be directly recapitalized by the ESM, we could convert some of the euro zone loans for bank recapitalization into equity and this could help the debt ratio, but this is not going to happen before the end of next year," the second official said.
The euro zone's temporary bailout fund, the European Financial Stability Facility, has already lent Greece 25 billion euros to recapitalize banks, and 23 billion more is awaiting disbursement.
The 48 billion euros would be a sizeable chunk of Greece's total debt, currently estimated at around 330 billion euros.
Greek government spokesman Simos Kedikoglou said several options were on the table. "The ECB, which holds Greek government bonds, could satisfy itself with lower interest rates on those bonds," he told the Sunday edition of the Greek Realnews newspaper.
"Or, it could agree to roll them over when these bonds mature. Also, the recapitalization of Greek banks could take place directly through the ESM as is currently being considered for Spain."
Another ECB Executive Board member, Benoit Coeure, said the central bank would not consider rescheduling the Greek debt portfolio it held — a suggestion repeatedly made by Athens.
The second euro zone official said Athens could use proceeds from the privatization of state-owned assets to retire debt.
"The privatization process is finally kicking in, the structure is ready," the official said. "You could expect a few billion euros from privatization to buy back debt. This could happen relatively quickly."
The debt sustainability analysis from March estimated Greek privatization revenues by 2020 at 45 billion euros, with 12 billion coming in 2012-2014.
The IMF is pushing for euro zone governments to restructure the debt that Athens owes to them — almost 53 billion euros lent under Greece's first bailout program and 14.4 billion already disbursed under a second bailout.
The euro zone could also further lower interest on the loans for the first program, which now stands at 150 basis points, or lengthen the loan maturities or increase the moratorium time when interest does not have to be serviced.
But officials said there was little appetite among euro zone countries for a restructuring of official sector loans to Greece.
A senior Greek government official said the euro zone might deem Greece's debt sustainable even if it is seen exceeding the 120-percent-of GDP target in 2020.
"The important thing is for the debt to be on a downward trajectory," the finance ministry official told reporters in Athens on condition of anonymity. "The 120-percent number is not cast in stone, there's nothing magical about it — it won't be the end of the world if in the end, the number is 116, 118 or 125 percent".
To help Greece return to growth, the euro zone and the IMF are discussing giving Athens an extra two years to reach a primary surplus of 4.5 percent of GDP, pushing back the date to 2016.
Greece has said two extra years would cost 13 billion to 15 billion euros and officials said the euro zone realizes it will need to come up with the money.
But no decision on the financing has been reached yet.
Reporting by Jan Strupczewski and Harry Papachristou and Lefteris Papadimas in Athens; Editing by Tim Ahmann and Jason Webb


text:
Fono News
Lawmakers received yesterday the official communication from Gov. Togiola Tulafono regarding a proposed legislation to amend local statute, returning the LBJ Medical Center to the ASG Department of Health.
The measure will now be put in bill form before it's introduced in both the Senate and House. It's unclear as to when this will happen.
During yesterday's House session Rep. Toeaina Faufano Autele said the Fono has now received this communication from the administration to change the law, which is not an easy task, especially when creating the current law several years ago was also very difficult at the time, when House Speaker Savali Talavou Ale was in office.
Toeaina asked Savali about the possibility of a meeting between the Senate leadership, the Speaker of the House and the governor to at least delay this request, and re-review the matter. He suggested that a bill to halt the new rate hike could be the best avenue.
He said he is concerned that if this is how things are — when the governor is unhappy, then the governor seeks to change the law — that it will would not benefit the government.
Rep. Simei Pulu suggested to have the bill be introduced in the House. Savali responded that the House has received the governor's letter and hopefully he will have a chance to meet with the Senate President for discussion.
The governor's proposal was not raised yesterday in the Senate.
An administration bill to establish by law the local Department of Information Technology was introduced last week in both the Senate and House and assigned to the appropriate respective committees for review.
This agency is currently in existence under an executive order issued by the governor in 2010 and the new department will be overseen by a director, who would also be the government's Chief Information Officer. One of the many responsibilities noted is working with the Procurement Office to develop rules for procurement of information technology goods and services for the government.
The current chief information officer is the principal advisor to the governor on information technology policy, information technology management and information technology planning.
The bill also outlines a wide range of responsibilities for this new department, which includes working with respective governmental agencies in the development of Green Information Technology and policies.
Additionally, developing and implementing a plan for life-cycle replacement and proper, environmentally friendly and secure disposal of government information technology assets, otherwise known as e-Waste.
Within this department will also be the Office of Geospatial Information to serve the territory's geospatial and geographic information needs.
The Fono has approved legislation that seeks to amend local regulations for vehicle head lamp illumination and color, after the House gave its endorsement Monday. The measure, which originated from the Senate, now goes to Gov. Togiola Tulafono for review and approval.
According to the measure, motor vehicles are not to be modified with any aftermarket colored transparent and translucent substance or materials installed, affixed or applied on or in front of the head lamps, the auxiliary driving lamp, or the auxiliary passing lamp, or combinations of the head lamps, auxiliary driving lamp or passing lamp that would obstruct, reduce or interfere with the visibility or effectiveness of the head lamps, increase the beam intensity, or that would change the color of light emitted.
Additionally, motor vehicles are not to be modified with any aftermarket lighting accessories that may alter the appearance of the original vehicle from the manufacturer. This is to include any lighting alterations, in, on, around or under the vehicle.
Exempted from the proposed amendments are police or authorized emergency vehicles, vehicles equipped for the purpose of warning of hazardous situations, or vehicles equipped with a lighting system intended to mark or signal a solemn procession or occasion.
The bill also gives the authority to the Police Commissioner for the issuance of "license tags" to be affixed to motor vehicles, instead of the current law, which says that authority is with the ASG Treasurer.


text:
MUKILTEO — The Wesco 4A boys district championship swim meet belonged to Kamiak, but Cascade's A.J. Jenkins did his best to try and steal the show.
The Bruins' senior won both of his individual events, the 200-yard freestyle and the 100 butterfly, with personal records and his 100 butterfly time was good enough for All-American consideration.
Jenkins finished the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:42.83, over four seconds better than his previous best time of the year and the 100 butterfly in 50.38, over a second better than his previous best on the year. Jenkins' time in the 100 butterfly was also a district meet record.
"This is just a small step toward what I'm planning on doing at state," Jenkins said.
Jenkins, who is headed to Wright State University to swim after graduation, is peaking at the time.
"It tells us that we are at the right place in the season," Cascade coach Eric Smith said. "He's a really strong kid and he's a really competitive kid so you could put him in any race and he's going to work his best.
"He's racing himself right now."
Outside of Kamiak, Jackson's Conner McGinnis also had a good day. Like Jenkins, McGinnis won both of his individual events, the 50 freestyle in 22.33 and the 100 backstroke in 52.83. Both times were season bests for McGinnis and the 100 backstroke was less than half a second short of the district meet record.
"(Having season best times) is really important to me because it helps me with a good state of confidence and a good mindset going into training during this next week," McGinnis said. "It just really helps out my mental state."
The Knights won their sixth consecutive team district championship, finishing with 663.50 points, over 200 points better than the second place team Lake Stevens. Kamiak also won all three relay events and had four individual winners.
Two of those four individual wins belonged to John Stupey, who swept his two events, the 200 individual medley (1:53.98) and the 500 freestyle (4:45.03). Stupey's time in the 200 IM was a district meet record.
"I think John was a little more relaxed today," Kamiak coach Chris Erickson said. "He still got the meet record and he still did a nice job, but his focus is on next week."
Sosinsky won the 100 breaststroke in 57.48, exactly two seconds better than any of his other times this season and good enough for All-American consideration.
"I thought Liam had two really good swims," Erickson said. "They were close to his state times from last year a week before (state). So he's ahead of where he was last year."
Erickson said many of the swimmers had already qualified for state throughout the season and the district meet is more of a tune up for next week's state championships.
"For most of the kids here that already made state, their focus is on next week," he said. "With that in consideration, it was a great meet."
Aaron Lommers covers prep sports for The Herald. Follow him on twitter @aaronlommers and contact him at firstname.lastname@example.com. At Kamiak H.S.
Team scores: Kamiak 663.50, Lake Stevens 436.5, Cascade 326, Mount Vernon 279.50, Edmonds-Woodway 270.50, Jackson 246, Mariner 242, Snohomish 230, Lynnwood 64, Monroe 62.
Individual results (top three advance to state): 200 medley relay—1. Kamiak (Shelby Lee, Liam Sosinsky, John Stupey, Eben Schumann) 1:38.01, 2. Jackson (Conner McGinnis, Ethan Forsberg, Seth Rubero, Sawyer Stibre-Harris) 1:41.93, 3. Lake Stevens (Jeff Lozensky, Grant Reimers, Williams Summers, AJ Carr) 1:44.21; 200 freestyle—1. A.J. Jenkins (C) 1:42.83, 2. Easton Lemos (S) 1:49.99, 3. Lozensky 1:50.61; 200 individual medley—1. John Stupey (K) 1:53.98, 2. Sosinsky 1:56.80, 3. Lee 2:00.89; 50 freestyle—1. McGinnis (J) 22.33, 2. Schumann 22.53, 3. Travis Spitzock (C) 23.30; Diving—1. Chase Reid (LS) 369.45, Hunter Graver (S) 337.20, 3. Joel Tonsgard (S) 331.10; 100 butterfly—1. Jenkins 50.38, 2. Henry Limm (K) 54.55, 3. William Summers (LS) 56.16; 100 freestyle—1. Schumann 49.96, 2. Stibre-Harris 50.28, 3. Andrew Lewis (K) 51.22; 500 freestyle—1. Stupey 4:45.03, 2. Lozensky 4:56.86, 3. Lemos 5:05.27; 200 freestyle relay—1. Kamiak (Lee, Lewis, Sosinsky, Magnus Lagerkrans) 1:33.03, 2. Lake Stevens (Reid, Carr, Nathaniel Goldor, Jacob Baughman) 1:34.95, 3. Cascade (Matt Butler, Spitzock, Tarek Farouk, Jenkins) 1:35.02; 100 backstroke—1. McGinnis 52.83, 2. Lee 54.27, 3. Reid 58.69; 100 breaststroke—1. Sosinsky 57.48, 2. Reimers 1:01.33, Alonzo Tacuyan (K) 1:03.41; 400 freestyle relay—1. Kamiak (Stupey, Limm, Schumann, Lewis) 3:25.48, 2. Cascade (Spitzock, Farouk, Kyle Stober, Jenkins) 3:30.81, 3. Lake Stevens (Lozensky, Goldor, Baughman, Reimers) 3:32.86.
Talk to us
- You can tell us about news and ask us about our journalism by emailing email@example.com or by calling 425-339-3428.
- If you have an opinion you wish to share for publication, send a letter to the editor to firstname.lastname@example.com or by regular mail to The Daily Herald, Letters, P.O. Box 930, Everett, WA 98206.
- More contact information is here.