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Easy Microwave Chocolate Cake2013-02-28
- Cuisine: Continental
- Course: Cakes
- Skill Level: Easy
"This is a quick and easy chocolate cake you can cook in the microwave in 2 minutes. And it tastes great. Really! The consistency is dense and cakey. It would go well with chocolate (or your favorite) chips, nuts, or served warm with hot fudge.
- 3 tablespoons butter, softened
- 1/4 cup white sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons cocoa powder
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 pinch salt
- Spray a medium microwave-safe bowl with non-stick spray and set aside. In a mixing bowl, combine the butter, sugar, egg, vanilla extract, and milk; blend together. Combine the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt; blend into the mixture until smooth. Pour into greased bowl.
- Cover and cook in the microwave on high for 2 to 2 1/2 minutes, or until cake springs back when touched. Since all microwaves cook differently, adjust the cooking time to accommodate your machine. To serve, let the cake cool five minutes, then cover the bowl with a plate and turn both bowl and plate upside down so the cake falls onto the plate.
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I am hosting a party for a friend of mine, and I need to know how to make a chocolate ganache. Can somebody give me directions on how to make a chocolate ganache? Is it possible to use milk chocolate? What about dark chocolate? White chocolate would be nice as well.
I know nothing about baking and I must make a chocolate cake ( strawberries). I am 15 and I must do it alone. I know absolutely nothing about baking, Please provide me with an easy stepby step recipe.
I'm looking for a good, fairly simple cake recipe to prepare for a birthday that is coming up this week. Preferably chocolate, but any kind of cake will do. Just no carrot cake or banana flavor cake or whatnot, please. Also, I'd like to avoid using shortening if possible. I only have a 9×13 pan, but I could possibly get an 8×8 if necessary. So a recipe that yields in one of those two, please! Thank you soo much!
My best friend is moving overseas in a month, and I thought of planning a surprise night for her at her house. We'll be three girls, and I've got rough ideas for recipes- Crepes, cupcakes and chocolate cake. Does anyone have some delicious, sweet and tasty recipes? All ideas welcome! Thanks.
Back in the 90's, the books a million in Bossier City, LA had a chocolate cake with cream cheese icing that was amazing. Since then, the lady who made it for them has passed away and I cannot remember what it was called, so I can make it. Does anyone have an idea what the actual name could be?
I recently frosted a chocolate cake with vanilla frosting. The frosting got all mixed up with the cake crumbs, making the frosting look like it was cookies and cream. I have tried doing a crumb coat before, but that doesn't really work for me. Does anyone have any frosting tips? Thanks!
I'm looking for some good and rather simple cake recipes??? Especially vanilla cake or chocolate cake and maybe an icing recipe?
I am using fondant and it seems too heavy for a regular moist cake mix. I also want to use different flavors, like spice cake and don't want to try to make them homemade. Thanks for any help.
How to make chocolate cake on a microwave.
i have no oven
i have a cake pan shaped like a heart and for valentines day i was gonna get a bunch of hershey bars and melt them into the pan and let it harden. will it work and will it still taste ok?
I am having Samsung Microwave oven and want to make cake so that I can give surprise to someone
Please help…
i am looking for something that is going to be easy to make , but looks spooky.
I don't have an oven, and I miss making cake. Does anyone have a recipe for a layer cake? Or does anyone know if cake mixes can be microwaved and how? Thanks.
You know, like a clear thin glaze like a donut glaze but I'm putting it on a cake because there isn't gonna be an actual icing, so I still wanted something to coat it and be sweet.
do i need 2 add heat?
I'm really tempted to go to my fridge with a spoon and just start eating it. What can I do with some white frosting when I have no cake or cake batter?
How to use microwave grilled oven , what can be cooked in that. plzz help
I'm looking for an amazing and yummy boxed cake mix to make for my daughter's birthday. We're thinking either Chocolate or strawberry cake. What do you recommend? And what about frosting choices?
thanks very much everyone!
If you Have a good recipe for chocolate brownies, chocolate muffins or chocolate cake, please tell me!
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"The Future of Trance is in Safe Hands" - Mixmag Enhanced Recordings was formed at the start of 2005 by UK DJ and Producer Will Holland and Monster Tunes' Simon Brisk. Little under three years later, this Leeds based label has gone on to ..
Alter Ego Digital follows the exact same formula as sister label Alter Ego Records except without the added expense of vinyl pressing. This allows the label to deliver some interesting combinations of remixes for each release.

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A Neurodevelopmental Approach to Number Sense
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You will explore, from a neurocognitive perspective, how young children acquire basic mathematical skills in the elementary school years. Seminar leader Dr. Feifer will explain the specific brain pathways that assist children in being able to recall basic math facts and the order of numbers into sets, calculate multiple-step equations and tackle word problems. You will also examine the relationship between anxiety and mathematical performance, as well as two critical contructs, often overlooked when evaluating students with math difficulty: working memory and executive functions. He will discuss the three primary ways in which numbers are formatted in the brain and the central role of language to expand upon conceptually ordered number sets. You will come away with a better understanding of math disabilities in children along with some critical assessment techniques for these disabilities and more efficient ways to diagnose and remediate math disorders in children.
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A Western Colorado perspective on "New Supply"
Today's guest blog about the #2 Upper Colorado River- a part of our America's Most Endangered Rivers® series- is from Jim Pokrandt, Chair of the Colorado Basin Roundtable. To facilitate discussions on water management issues and encourage locally driven collaborative solutions, nine basin roundtables were established by the Colorado Water for the 21st Century Act. These roundtables represent each of the state's eight major river basins and the Denver metropolitan area.
The State Demographer predicts that Colorado will double its population to about 10 million people by 2050, and the state is engaged in planning on how to meet that water supply imperative in a balanced way. The biggest area of concern is the Front Range of Colorado— most of the people in the state live there, but most of the renewable, snowpack-supplied water is not there. As a result, the Colorado River system is already a source of 450,000 and 600,000 acre feet of water that moves west to east under the Continental Divide.
"New Supply" is a term in the Colorado Water Plan (currently under construction) that refers to a possible new trans-mountain diversion from the Colorado River Basin in Western Colorado to the Front Range. "New Supply" is one of four "legs of the stool"— a metaphor in the water planning parlance that refers to solutions coming from: 1) New trans-mountain diversions; 2) completion of projects currently on the drawing board or under permit application; 3) conservation/reuse; and 4) the fallowing of agriculture. A draft of the Plan is due by December of this year.
In the absence of a plan, right now, agriculture is the default source of new water supply on the Front Range. Apparently, there is no shortage of willing sellers of agricultural water rights who have already set in motion the fallowing of more than 20 percent of irrigated acreage. In some places, local economies have suffered greatly by the disappearance of agribusiness.
Make no mistake about it. Some people on the Front Range think another Colorado River diversion project will stem the tide of ag buy-up. The details of how that works are not given, but it is an article of faith that agriculture would be saved by more Colorado River system water. Therefore, in a sense, the growing population has put targets on agriculture and the Colorado River.
The Colorado Basin Roundtable believes that a new trans-mountain project should be the last tool out of the box, so to speak, and that is under the generous assumption that a new diversion could actually be completed— in other words, that hydrological shortage, compact questions, environmental protections, and risk to current water users can be overcome. In the meantime, the state should do everything it can to best use the water resources it already has running through its municipal systems. This will make for some difficult conversations about water use and priorities, but no more difficult than the concept of very expensive projects.
This says nothing about protecting water in the streams, as we now know them. In Western Colorado, water in the streams is the foundation of a recreational economy every bit as important to the state as other traditional consumptive uses. We also must remember that agricultural water flowing from the headwaters to the Grand Valley is the same water that people play on.
"New Supply" will be the most difficult question emerging from the draft Colorado Water Plan. How it is handled and prioritized against conservation, reuse, and agricultural fallowing is what bears watching.
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Programming for Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Spirit Week continues with a workout fit for a superhero…or better yet, a workout that will make you as fit as a superhero! Super-human strength, endurance, and mental focus is what this workout, "Grace," both demands from you, and cultivates within you. Wear the garb of your favorite superhero (or make one up yourself) and reflect on the outside the strength you have on the inside!
Speaking of what's on the inside, CrossFit Scottsdale knows that true super-human power comes from the dynamic duo between physical training and what we put inside our bodies — our nutrition. Your fitness practice does not end when you yell "time!" and collapse to the earth in exhaustion. Rather, your fitness also depends on the choices you make outside the gym — with what you decide to stock your refrigerator and pantry with, and what you decide to order at your favorite restaurant. These choices form the foundation of your whole-life fitness, and determine what you are able to accomplish when you show up for class.
Come join us tomorrow night (Thursday, March 14th) at 7:30pm for an hour seminar on how you can use Food as Fuel to power up your fitness. The proof of what you learn will be in the results that you feel!
Power Clean Progression:
3×5 Barbell Only
3×3 Increased Weight
2×2 Increased Weight
1×3 With Heavy Single
Dead Lift
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The hype over tennis's "next big thing" Nick Kyrgios exploded in Australia on Wednesday as news of the teenager's stunning upset of 14-times grand slam champion Rafael Nadal at Wimbledon broke.
Once a global super-power in the sport, Australia has waited in vain for a new men's talent to take the mantle from an ageing Lleyton Hewitt and 19-year-old Kyrgios's stylish advance to the Wimbledon quarters propelled a tidal wave of accolades from former players, Hollywood celebrities and politicians.
"Extraordinary performance @NickKyrgios. Australia couldn't be prouder of you - what a win & what an amazing attitude!" Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott tweeted.
"Aussie Aussie Aussie @NickKyrgios. Such composure and class! But hard off to @RafaelNadal ... one of the greatest of all time!" Australian actor Hugh Jackman also posted on Twitter.
A lead story on all of the major news networks and websites, Kyrgios's hopes of "keeping it real" may be undermined by the constant comparisons to other barnstorming teenagers of yesteryear.
Where American great John McEnroe saw in Kyrgios a 17-year-old Boris Becker on the rise, Australian doubles great Todd Woodbridge gleaned a young Pete Sampras.
Australia's 1987 Wimbledon champion Pat Cash likened Kyrgios to another big-server with Greek heritage in Mark Philippoussis, the twice grand slam finalist.
The outrageous between-the-legs winner that Kyrgios finessed from the baseline to leave Nadal flatfooted was seized upon as proof the 144th-ranked Kyrgios had the confidence and the game to mix it with the world's greats.
"The 'tweener' perfectly summed up Kyrgios's approach at Wimbledon - fearless, fun and a finesse-to-firepower ratio to match it with the world's elite," News Ltd media enthused.
Amid the feverish hype, Kyrgios's vanquished opponent struck a rare note of caution.
"For me it's very easy to say he can be top 10. I think he can do. It's not an issue that I think he can not do it," said Nadal.
"But when we see a young player that arrives to the tour and plays a great match or plays a great tournament, people say he will be the next big star.
"Some things are right - sometimes arrive, sometimes not. So it depends how the things improve over the next couple of months, years, for him. So if he is able to keep improving, he will be. If not, will be more difficult."
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01/06/2012, Key West (Boca Chica)
A little delay in updating this: my apologies! Derek drove me up to Miami on Tuesday and they removed the "surgery" splint I'd been in since they put the plate on my wrist:
I know, those screws are pretty long.
They instead installed a Munster cast (no, not the big green guy -- it's designed to keep me from supinating, turning palms-down, which could mess up my future ability to turn palms-up, pronating) that I'll have on for three weeks. It's racier than the previous three-week cast, however, in that it's black:
Back in Black...cast
We stopped a Bobalu's for a take-out pizza. This place is on Coppitt Key just north of Key West, and they have excellent pizza for reasonable prices:
Derek has been very busy the whole time -- not only has he had to take over more of my usual chores, he's been continuing to do his own boat projects. Here is the other base for the helm seat, the one in front of the helm rather than on the back deck. He installed not only the mount, but changed out the hinges on the deck locker and installed bolts to be sure that the locker will stay firm and closed in a seaway:
He then installed an adjustable footrest so that we'd all fell secure at the helm when the boat's underway.
The latest front has almost finished kicking the winds up and temperature down in the Keys, and we are thinking of heading to the Bahamas. And to prepare for that, we need to make sure the cat has all the documents she will need to clear into the Bahamas -- and points south. I found several useful sites. This one has a list of veterinary requirements (Dec 2006) for most of the Caribbean and Bahamas, although is short on links:
Travel With Pets In The Bahamas and Caribbean from "All At Sea" Dec 2006 issue
And this one has links to actual forms, but they would like to sell you their services. Still, the small animal International Veterinary Health form can be hard to find:
Finally, the form as requested by the Bahamas. Note: they will accept a FedExed request and they will fax your permission for an extra $5, as mentioned in their cover page:
Bahamas.com Application to Import Domestic Animals (including pets)
NOTE ADDED 1/12/2012: The Bahamas faxed back the permit on Thursday, which would be three days after they received that UPS express envelope).
So, today was V-day (for vaccination? vet??):
We love that carrier, BTW -- it folds flat and stows on a little shelf forward of the forward bulkhead in the head (accessed through a circular hatch). When you want to use it, the steel tubular construction and strong snaps make setup easy. There is even a little hook to hold the zipper secured when she is in there -- no "kitty pushes her head through the tiny hole where the zipper closes" syndrome. But where to take her?
Being Navy folk, we called the Naval Air Station's veterinary services number and reached Morale, Welfare and Recreation, who told us that there are currently no veterinary services at Key West. Apparently, the Army was supplying the veterinarian, so they wanted the revenues from the service. But the Navy was supplying the building and maintenance, so they wanted some of the revenues, too. And the two just couldn't agree on the proper split, so they canceled the whole thing, for this year at least. Which for the servicemen and women stationed here (and the rest of us) means that an exam and rabies shot that would have cost $5 from Veterinary Services will cost $69 (that's including a 10% military discount). Who's winning this vet battle? Not the personnel, anyway.
Nonetheless, we went to a local vet who does give a military discount, were charmed by the place and the staff and the vet, and recommend him: The Cruz Animal Hospital on Ramrod Key. It's just north of mile marker 27 on the Gulf side, and it can be a little hard to spot (that's A1A Overseas Highway in the background):
Their sign is easier to see from the south, but even then it's in among trees.
The parking lot and street-face also doesn't look very much like a business is there (which is kind of charming!):
And once you get in, it's a small space with everything you might need.. they even installed boat-style cleats at the counters so that animals on leashes can be easily secured while their human companion checks them in...
One thing I loved is that they are considerate. You know how most vet exam tables are stainless steel? To improve comfort and security of the cats and dogs, Dr. Cruz had a closed-cell foam mat fitted to the table top: it's a cinch to keep clean and it must be a LOT more comfortable than cold, slippery stainless! There are pictures of their patients all over the reception area, and some awards Dr. Cruz has received.
Interestingly one such award was for his surgically rescuing Key Deer who had been injured by cars. Key Deer, endangered, protected, are the reason the nighttime speed limit on Big Sand Key is 35 mph. It seems to be working, in that the Key Deer population is much better than it was in the 80s and 90s (and especially since the mid-50s, when the population was estimated at about 25 remaining individuals!): it's around 800 now, but cars kill 30-40 per year: the nice lady in the picture above saw one that had been killed by a car this morning as she drove to work. That's awfully sad, we've driven up and down the Keys multiple times but have never seen them -- we'll have to visit the side road they favor at dusk, I guess, to be sure of seeing some!
12/29/2011, Miami
Seriously, enough about the wrist: more on boat life, I swear -- we go back aboard tomorrow.
Tuesday we came to the Miami area to keep my Wednesday morning appointment with the hand specialist. We stayed in the Doral-MIA Extended Stay Deluxe, which, although roomy and not expensive for the Miami area, also was a bit iffy - vending machines and security, a vestigial complementary breakfast (no really, it has two "e" s -- no matter what the hotels usually print!), and one bed, with a sofa sleeper for Grant. Want more than one coffee? Buy it in the vending machine (yes, the coffee room-packs, in a vend-o). Want more than one fork in your kitchenette? Better go buy that, too.
Now, about the Hyatt...
But then came my hand appointment and in addition to the medical coolness I described yesterday (like the fluoroscope), they have a standing arrangement with the Hyatt across the street from the clinic: same price as the Extended Stay, but miles nicer! Just had to mention the clinic's name. Most excellent. Grant loves it. The room is huge and pretty, with two double beds, a desk with work area, and a large sectional sofa sleeper. And all the coffee you'd want. A small Starbucks-based cafe facility at the desk. Makes the other place look like a penitentiary (or that could be the lighting).
Today was Operation Day. Everything went well, if a bit slowly. The Miami denizens are all complaining of the chill in the air -- definitely unusually cold for this place, it went into the 50s last night. The medical building is kept at something like 68F -- fine if you are coming in from Miami heat, not so great if it's only 60-something outside as well!
When you have to go 18 hours without food or drink (even water), consider pre-loading at a churrascaria (Brazilian steakhouse). We had lunch yesterday at the Texas de Brazil (part of a churrascaria chain, we've eaten at the one in Las Vegas as well, since Grant LOVES these places -- possibly serving the steak from swords is part of the appeal). I was not allowed to eat or drink anything from midnight on, and my appointment was not until 11:30, but it was hardly any problem, due to the immense amounts of food a churrascaria will gently offer to you until you turn up the red side of the little card (meaning, "please, no more!"). After 90 minutes in the waiting room, I will admit that my tummy rumbled a little, and I missed morning coffee, but I had my Kindle and I knew that Derek and Grant would be having a nice lunch and a day's adventure together, so no big worries... aside from getting one's arm cut open and hardware installed ;-)
Spent a few hours in one of the gurney-beds, waiting for the next phase. Thank goodness for the staff being willing to supply warm blankets! They tell me my wrist will not be magnetic after this -- stainless steel, I guess. Gee, and I was considering designing a line of jewelry based on rare earth magnets...
The operation took a little over 30 minutes, but was not started until about 4 pm. There were so many operations in a single day! This is a very efficient practice. It was chilly in the facility, but as mentioned, they had a blanket warmer and were willing to bring warm blankets if patients (or even people in the very chic waiting room!) got cold. Conversations among both patients and staff were about 50-50 Spanish and English, although my impression is that all of the staff are bilingual. Anaesthesia was a "block" of the sensory and motor nerves below the elbow: again, very efficient and healthier for the patient, as it will cut down on postoperative meds a little (the block lasts from 12-24 hours depending on the individual. Mine is still completely in place at 8 pm. NOTE: but was gone by 9 pm. I must be a mutant).
Had another fun astronomy discussion in the O.R. There are a LOT of astronomy fans in that practice! I'm going to have to send them some nice piece of astronomy memorabilia... will think on that.
Derek and Grant made sure I was comfortable in our room, and have now gone out in search of adventure and/or pizza. The first thing Derek got me when he came to pick me up was a Starbucks latte. He da maaan. The second was my prescription for the pain meds. The third was a bowl of chicken soup from the snack bar downstairs. They are both awesomely thoughtful! Grant helped me on with my "astronomy" fuzzy socks, a set of star-spangled blue ultrasoft socks for keeping one's feet warm (much needed after that chilly day).
12/28/2011, Miami
We drove up to Miami yesterday so that I could be on time for an appointment with the hand specialist at 08:30 this morning. The hand clinic is really professional and the people are great! They took new X-rays (had a good discussion about astronomy with my radiologist: Mike?) and used a fluoroscope to look at the wrist while it was moving. Because of the additional angles the doctor could get this way, he was able to see what the three-angle view of the previous X-rays missed: the distal end of the radius was not only smashed into the bone shaft, but it was not symmetrically smashed in, so the whole end of the bone had rotated about 20 degrees off where it was supposed to be for the wrist to function. Oh, I guess that would explain why the ulna moved, too. So it needs a plate. So they are doing this tomorrow. So, that was fast...
After the operation I will possibly be out of commission for a time, and I am not sure how fast this blog will be updated. Most likely it will, anyway, even if (gasp!) Derek has to type it :-) But of course, it's New Years and we hope you all are having your own wonderful busy times, so that you will forgive us for the gaps of days in here.
The marina at NAS Boca Chica is working with us to try to keep us in some kind of slip while I am recovering. The doc here is willing to let me do the physical therapy in the Bahamas, how cool is that, so eventually when the next cast comes off we should be good to go. I will not be 100% at that point, but if the bones are all in the right places, I will at least be likelier to be able to push and pull and twist and turn a helm wheel and so forth... kind of necessary.
We went to see Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol tonight, not because we are big MI fans (although I certainly was as a kid!), but because Brad Bird (Iron Giant, The Incredibles, Ratatouille) directed it: his first big-budget live-action film. Lots of beautiful locations and dramatic visual effects. And the technology works pretty well but there's always something that could have gone more smoothly, which is nice because in the real world people and things get messed up and tech does not always do everything it was supposed to do in the expected way, and there is operator error as well. The biggest no-no in that film was the idea that a nuclear missile can be deactivated at the last minute (seconds before impact and well after the ballistic phase inception). Ah, well, no, not unless things have changed drastically in that biz.
But recallable nukes or not, tomorrow is D-day for this wrist... more in the next post.
12/22/2011, Key West (Boca Chica)
Well, what the doc is telling me now about the broken wrist is that it's a compressed fracture, meaning that the radius was smashed in on itself like smacking a wooden peg with a hammer until it bows out along its length and gets shorter. That's actually better (in some ways) than what I had feared -- that I had torn a ligament connecting the ulna to the radius.
The downside is that it will take a long time to be able to use the hand/wrist well and - perhaps - without pain. We are supposed to start 3x/wk physical therapy for 3 weeks, but the first available appt is the 30th. Getting a second opinion, since being the long-term use of a limb it seems like a good idea.
That's out of the way, now on to the good stuff: being tourists for a while.
First off, Key West is chock full of expensive good places to eat, and a few less expensive but still good, and a few more the other way 'round, and some standard strip-mall fare. We decided to have breakfast at the local Denny's... and aside from serving Denny's usual menu, the scenery was probably the nicest we've seen in a Denny's. Here's the view past the cash register (below the bottom of frame is a parking lot, left that out b/c they look the same everywhere):
And if you are seated far from the Gulf view, this is what you see:
Yes, that's a tiki bar and pool with fountains in the background. Grant wishes I would not take so many pictures... I think (hope) someday he may appreciate them.
On to even MORE touristy things! We have been here for weeks and never took Grant to the Mile Marker Zero on route 1, so here goes. You can see some very nice Key West southern homes in the background:
We also had never taken him to the Southernmost Point buoy, so we just HAD to do that, too, even though it is not actually the southernmost point on Key West:
Finally, we went to the Navy base which contains the actual southernmost land on the island. You can't get to that tip, restricted area. Got closer than the "southernmost buoy" though :-)
And Derek, after our using a tall barstool as our helm chair for two overnight passages (difficult, not all that stable in a seaway), finally found what he was looking for: Attwood's adjustable height pedestal extra-tall fishing chair, from the the Swivl-Eze 238 family of fishing chairs and mounts/pedestals/bases. He installed the "storage position" base for it already - like, the day it all arrived, yesterday - and you can see the chair in this picture of our Christmas tree:
Even better will be when the "D base" (not "debase!") arrives. That (the "D" is so that it can mount on the available portion of the cockpit deck) will allow us to mount the helm chair at the wheel when we are underway, and it will be tall enough to allow the helm to see where we're going and stable enough that the helmsman won't have to wedge his/her feet in order to not be knocked over when it's rough. Woo hoo! I feel more secure already.
And even better in this image of "Papa" (not Hemingway) and his fighting helm chair:
As for the penguins stealing his sanity, well, no one is sure, but there are theories... Linux's symbol is a penguin, and recently the poor dear had to change his entire operating system to accommodate the latest versin of the Kepler data. Things broke, as they generally do when changing out operating systems, and it was a few-days mess for Derek. I think that adds some heft to the penguin character assassination going on on this tee shirt!
12/15/2011, Key West
Because of my broken wrist, and then because of our starboard engine, we extended our stay in Key West a bit, but that means we will have to move the boat around a bit. The first place we are moving her is Oceanside Marina, which is right across an apparent stretch of open water from the Navy marina we're in, but... not really. These are shallow turtle grass beds and sandbars, so we actually have to go out the channel from this marina to marker 3, turn right, head for the next channel southward's marker 3, and then come back in -- 3.5 miles, although it looks to be 1.2 miles as the kite-boarder flies ;-)
Anyway, that is what we are doing today and tomorrow - first, shuffling sideways to the slip beside the one we had been occupying (the Next Boat scheduled for this slip has arrived), then tomorrow morning first thing, heading out to Oceanside so Mark can work on the engine with easier access. We stay overnight at Ocean View (so goes the plan) and return to the Navy marina for a few more nights. As plans go, about standard -- where mechanical stuff is concerned, I never weight the probability of things "going exactly according to plan" at more than about 33%.
Thing is, we used Google to make sure we had to go that way, no channel across existed... yup. You can see all that easily from Google maps! And the data are 2011 USGS satellite data. Next, we checked out the marina itself, and you can see individual boats, awnings, masts, booms, and you can read the logo painted on the roof of the main building: "Key West Oceanside Marina"... from space! How cool is that?!
More later, after we accomplish the "sideways slip shuffle" (sounds like a form of line-dancing... oh, wait, it IS... we take the lines and do a little dancing, with the wind blowing us in the correct direction).
12/13/2011, Key West (Boca Chica)
Twenty years ago today, my mom passed away. It was very sudden, it was only ten weeks after her father (96 at the time) passed on, and Derek and I had been married that spring.
The first long cruising under sail we undertook was a direct result of that event: I was depressed as a result of the double loss (Grandad had lived with me and Mom for years before I went off to college, and lived with Mom until his passing) and had lost my zest for what I was doing in science. Derek saw taking a two-year break and going to sea together as a healing experience for me, and he was right -- I know Mom (and Grandad) would have approved.
We had such wonderful, funny, annoying, amazing experiences on that cruise (on S/V Paradox, our 1978 Allied Princess ketch, resold after returning) that when our son was born, we began planning Cruising Under Sail Part Deux. And my father, who grew closer with the family after my mother's death and the birth of Grant, was excited about this new cruise; he was looking forward to following it vicariously through this blog. I hope he's somehow aware of it now, that he shares in the beautiful moments that have already happened and the "more" that is to come.
And to everyone reading this: I hope you enjoy sharing in this, too! If you are a sailor and find our blog in a Google search for some useful piece of advice, or a friend from our travels or longer, or a family member, we love the idea that we can keep you up-to-date this way, and we treasure your informative "comment" posts and/or emails!
May the winds blow fair and not too hard for you, may the gentle rain bring you flowers, fruit, and flourishing life, and may you share the love in your heart with people who love you as well!
12/10/2011, Key West (Boca Chica)
Last night I lit our Christmas lights for the first time since there was a first-of-season Christmas party at the Navigator's, the base bar and grill here at the marina (closest to the airfield). There was a guy with an amped guitar playing (pretty good!), and the intent was that we all buy drinks and hang out. Did that, sang along, sang Happy Birthday to one of the boating ladies, and danced with the group.
Went home early, walking down to our end of the dock with Ginger and Maury and Charlie, while Grant was still playing Skyrim (reward for completing school).
When it's light out, the only "Christmassy" thing is the wreath. At night, the rails are lit and there is a triangle of Christmas lights that comes up in the usual sailboat way.
Got to say, getting those lights up the top-o-mast flag halyard was tough with one arm :-) Night pics of that later...
Had lunch with Grant in town at Garbo's Grill, which is a little, quilted, shiny metallic food trailer that serves at one corner of a car-park lot near the intersection of Greene and Simonton. Tasty freshly-prepared food to go (try anything with grouper or mahi in it. We also stopped at the Croissants de France at Grant's request, he's a fan of the pain au chocolat.
Then we came back to work on grading (me) and school (Grant).
12/08/2011, Kew West (FL) and NASA Ames (CA)
This is the last week of my classes, and I am spending a lot of time grading. Derek is in California at NASA Ames at the First Kepler Science Conference, and so was on hand for the big announcement about the "Earth-like" planet Kepler 22b. They have been streaming the talks, but they have not put the recordings up on the Kepler website yet.


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11-year-old Jashaun Agosto races through a packed schedule of practices without breaking a sweat.
FEDERAL WAY — The boy sprints from the car as soon as his father parks, lugging a blue gym bag so large you only see the top of his braided hair and bottoms of his sneakers.
Jashaun Agosto is moving, though, all 4 feet 9 and 70 pounds of him, so fast his father doesn't bother keeping pace. Trailing by 20 yards, Julio Agosto grins.
"He's like this every day," Julio says.
Inside the Federal Way Community Center, Jashaun is still running, down the hall, all the way to the basketball court, the most dedicated 11-year-old athlete ever.
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For the next three hours, he performs drill after drill — dribbling, shooting, defending, jumping. Then he races to another gym 20 minutes away to join his track team for an hour of weight training.
Next, Jashaun eats dinner, finishes his homework, and to end the night, he does 200 sit-ups, 200 push-ups and 250 squats.
He's like this every day.
"I think it's fun," Jashaun says.
Breathless schedule
Michelle Williams, Jashaun's mother, brings up the issue all the time.
"Is this too much?" she wonders.
She shares thoughts and concerns with Julio, and he counters. The parents consult doctors and trainers to make sure the regimen isn't harming their son. Ultimately, they decide that, as long as Jashaun is happy and healthy and making good grades, he can continue with this schedule.
Every day of the week is booked. Two days of track, two days of strength and conditioning, three days of AAU basketball. Seven days of father and son at the community center.
Ask Jashaun if he ever gets tired of sports, and he says, "Probably, like, once in a blue moon. Because we'll be doing the same stuff, and it'll get too easy for me."
That's when Julio will turn up the intensity, inventing more challenging drills. "A lot of the things I tell him to do, I can't even show him," the father says.
Jashaun figures it out, however. He's a rare combination of athletic instincts and intelligence, talent and temperament. He's so gifted, yet so polished.
He rarely breathes hard and barely sweats. After recently joining the Seattle Speed Track Club, a nationally competitive youth team, Jashaun learned the reason for his incredible endurance.
A test at a Seattle sports clinic revealed he has an astonishing aerobic capacity. Doctors determined his VO2 max, which measures the ability to transport and utilize oxygen during exercise, and Jashaun received a score of 66.
It's a shockingly high number for a child, and by the time Jashaun goes through puberty, his VO2 max is expected to be higher than most world-class athletes. He could jump into the 80s, putting him in the same range as Lance Armstrong and Steve Prefontaine.
Mike Cunliffe, Seattle Speed coach, once clocked Jashaun in the 800 meters. He ran it in 2 minutes, 22 seconds, which would've ranked him third nationally in his age group.
Oh, and he posted that time at the end of a four-hour workout.
"If I were him, I'd go get my Olympic gold medal and then go play in the NBA," Cunliffe said.
Jashaun can run 100 meters in less than 13 seconds, but his specialty is the mile. In practice, his fastest mile time is 4:50. If he ran that fast in a meet, he would break the world record for 11-year-olds by five seconds. He hopes to accomplish the feat this summer.
"I've never seen anyone quite like him," Cunliffe said.
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Basketball is his love, however. His parents met on a court.
"If I make this three-pointer, you're gonna be my girl," Julio told Michelle.
"OK," she replied.
He missed. He asked for another try. OK. Missed again.
"And I never miss," Julio said.
Finally, he made his third attempt, and Michelle granted him a date. They've been a couple ever since.
Michelle calls it "that corny story." Jashaun laughs at his parents.
Both played in high school — Julio in Alaska, Michelle at Skyline High School in Sammamish — but the father mostly influences Jashaun's game.
When he was 5, Jashaun would watch his dad play pickup games. Sometimes, Jashaun would get on the court and wow the men with his feel for the game. He could already dribble with both hands, and he knew how to pass the ball and direct an offense.
"I would just watch what my dad was doing and then practice it," Jashaun said.
Now he's a fifth-grade point guard who loves defense, drives to the basket at will and possesses a jumper with three-point range.
He's a perfectionist at everything. He gets upset if he doesn't make the best grades in school. He never wants to commit a turnover during a game. His shooting drills require him to make 100 shots without ever missing three in a row.
Last week, he made 50 jumpers and then missed three straight. Julio thought his son was about to cry.
"Well, maybe you're not feeling it today," the father told him. "It's OK."
Julio could empathize. He was just as obsessed as a child. He was the product of a Haitian mother and a strict Puerto Rican father, the kind of man who scares you into good behavior.
The Agosto family grew up in New York but moved to Alaska. Julio played at East Anchorage High School with former Duke star Trajan Langdon. He used to watch as Langdon's father would put his son through drill after drill. Julio should've been doing the same, but he preferred to play one-on-one.
During his junior year, Julio injured his knee, ruining his basketball career. As an adult, he has introduced the game to all eight of his children, but only Jashaun has taken to it like Julio did.
After Christmas, the family's car was stolen. So Julio and Jashaun took the bus and then walked 1 ½ miles to get to the community center.
"We couldn't let that stop us," Julio said.
Fame and backlash
During Jashaun's workout Thursday, a teenager entered the gym and exclaimed, "This is the most famous little guy in the world!"
Jay Leno called last week. Jashaun might be on "The Tonight Show" soon. "Good Morning America" made an inquiry, too. KOMO 4 did a piece on him. UCLA sent the kid a brief note and questionnaire.
Jashaun shrugs. "I like it," he says of the attention, but that's all he offers.
To strangers, he's quiet and respectful. Only his family sees his goofy side.
He's a kid in every way. He has an Xbox 360 and a PlayStation 3, but he doesn't use the PlayStation. It's only good for watching movies, he says. His parents don't let him watch television on weekdays, except if there's a basketball game he really wants to see.
Kobe Bryant is his favorite player, and he has actually turned a couple of Bryant's spectacular moves into drills. Julio talks to his son about "owning the move," and using it only at appropriate times. He doesn't allow Jashaun to play flashy, but he does teach him the fundamentals and thinking behind highlight-reel plays. He wants Jashaun to know how to react to any situation.
Including this one: What if his son loses interest in the game when he gets older?
"I'm totally OK with that," Julio insisted. "I've talked to his mom about that. One of my sons, Julio, doesn't really like basketball. He wants to go into photography, and I'm all for it."
If Jashaun maintains his desire and continues to progress, then the challenge will be controlling the hype — and the hatred. Julio typed his son's name into Google recently and stumbled upon some comments about Jashaun.
Some were mean-spirited. The father grew angry. Then he relaxed.
"I was worrying about animosity and people judging and assuming things," Julio said. "People were saying I was living my dreams through him. I'm not naive. I knew that would be out there.
"Then I read people saying Jashaun would grow up to be a thug, and they'd never hear from him again. Those things upset me. But then I told myself, 'It's just how the Internet is.' I just accepted it."
The father stands on the baseline as he reveals his worries. Jashaun is on the other side of the court, dribbling. As Julio wonders how much his boy can handle, Jashaun dribbles toward his dad, points at the basketball in Julio's hands and declares, "OK, I need it."
Dad passes the ball. Hands full, Jashaun walks away, grinning at the thought of his next challenge.
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State Department pushes for international norms of cyber conduct
While the use of sanctions isn't completely out of the question, the State Department's primary role in U.S. cybersecurity policy is to establish and promote international norms of acceptable conduct in cyberspace, said a department official during a March 21 hearing of the House Foreign Affairs subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia and emerging threats.
The department is particularly keen on spreading the idea that the theft of intellectual property is not acceptable behavior in cyberspace, said Christopher Painter, coordinator of the State Department's office of cyber issues.
Some governments are naturally in line with U.S. thinking on cyber policy issues. Others favor top-down governmental control of content, for example. Painter specifically called out Russia and China for their "different worldview." He said the United States seeks deeper engagement with both countries on a variety of cyber issues.
Echoing President Obama's recent caution not to confuse cyber espionage with cyberwar, Painter stopped short of stating what would be considered an act of war in cyberspace.
"We'd have to be careful to look at this in terms of retaliation," said Painter. "We want to make sure that we are addressing the problem and addressing it in the larger context of any country we're dealing with."
Cyber threats can be categorized as attacks that could cripple infrastructure--which Painter called a "remote" threat but still worth considering--and the problems faced everyday in "the large-scale unacceptable theft of intellectual property."
"We're talking to countries that we believe are involved in this activity, we're talking to our allies about this. We're also considering other actions more generally. But I think it's not that it's cyber warfare, but that is something that I think is clearly damaging the American economy," said Painter.
Painter said he is encouraged by the fact that more and more countries are adopting national strategies for cyberspace. This will help formalize norms of international conduct, he said.
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Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives are considering defunding the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Around here, that would translate into reduced support for KUOW-FM, KPLU-FM and other public radio stations in the state, and PBS stations KCTS Channel Nine, KSPS Spokane and KWSU in Pullman.
This annoying hardy perennial proposal from Republicans is no wiser this time around than it was when it was presented and beaten back many times before.
In fact, with a decline in the total number of reporters, also known as watchdogs, and a reduced number of media outlets presenting news and public affairs, there is more need than ever for high-quality programming, or as KCTS President Moss Bresnahan calls it, "the best our culture has to offer."
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If you get out your remote and flip through the hundreds of cable stations, you might come to a different conclusion. You might say, who needs PBS when there are hundreds of other channels? We all need PBS, NPR and numerous local public radio and TV stations. They help educate our children. They enrich us culturally and provide community connections not available anywhere else.
More than half of all Americans use public media every month, connecting through 368 public television stations and 934 public radio stations. We can all cite our favorites, from "Sesame Street" to "NOVA" to "PBS NewsHour" (with Jim Lehrer) to "Morning Edition," "All Things Considered" and "Prairie Home Companion."
High-quality local TV programming might feature the Seattle Art Museum's recent Picasso exhibit or showcase, as a future documentary will do, the 1962 Seattle World's Fair. Where else can you get that kind of programming?
Dialing back public funding for public radio and TV would be a shortsighted move. Congress should leave the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the unique programs it funds alone.


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I hope Wilder wins. I don't rate Fury but i do think he might be a bit too much for Wilder at this point just because Wilder hasn't been facing anyone of note it will be a big step up.
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I think its time for me to edit my topic. People actually are starting to believe that Wilder would jump that high of his current opposition. It would be suicide really, still needs to start fighting guys who weren't knocked out by 8 or more opponents before he fought them and have bizarre records.
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This would be too much of a step up. Wilder needs more seasoning but they do need to move him up a bit more. Problem is they haven't move him up. Either his management is fuking him and not helping his career in the long run, he either isn't that good, or they are milking a bronze medal. Not sure which one it is but somethings gotta give.
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They should forget about his knockout streak and match him against legitimate opposition. To me it's starting to seem like his management doesn't have faith in his ability and instead tries to build him up for the eventual big payday with an unbeaten record.
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Why would Fury want to step down and fight this no mark?
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For all of you riding the Fury train. Fury is a joke. Hes big and thats it. He is too slow, waaay to slow. His footwork is the worst of all the young heavies, and he has no defense, hes easy as hell to hit, and hes fat, very fat. Look at this video of his last fight. If Chisora had some power,speed and reach this fight would have never went the distance. They were barely moving and Fury was gasping for air. I'd pick a green wilder right now if they were to fight. Wilder would move around and Fury being out of shape and slow would be in alot of trouble against the faster harder punching Wilder. The first big clean right hand from wilder would rock Fury and you know wilder would land it because he fires it off that quick left jab. Ko for wilder, no question. When a guy stands in front of you its easy to look good. When a guy moves around and hits you while hes moving with quick accurate, hard power shots, it becomes a whole new game. I think Wilder will ellevate his game when faced with a serious threat. I've seen it done before.
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Easy work for tyson fury, black kid won't last 3 rounds with him.
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BOSTON Just months after 242 members of UWUA Local 369 were locked out of work at the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant in Plymouth, 70 additional members of the union now face a looming contract deadline at midnight Wednesday.
Union President Dan Hurley says negotiations are again stuck on the issue of how much workers should pay for health care. But he says he is confident the two sides will be able to reach a deal by the midnight deadline, and that workers will return to the job on Thursday.
Unlike their counterparts this summer, members of UWUA's Technical Unit have not authorized leadership to call a strike.
Other union members were locked out in early June, after contract negotiations failed to reach a deal, and workers gave leadership the go-ahead to call a strike. They did not return to the job for 35 days.
Still, in a statement, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission says it has inspected Pilgrim's strike contingency plans and found them acceptable.
Pilgrim confirmed that it was in contract talks but would not comment further.


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On March 15, DHL announced that $47 million would be invested in a new facility at its CVG hub. This new sorting facility will help meet international customer demands and add close to 300 jobs over the next 12 months. The date given for the facility to be operational is Nov. 2012.
DHL has been thriving compared to the downward spiral that is Delta. DHL has gone from 1,600 jobs to 2,000 in the span of three years and has invested around $105 million in the Cincinnati location since it was established in 2009. Not everything that happens at CVG is bad.
During my two years as a baggage handler I experienced a little bit of everything. From holding on to the wing of a plane to keep in from tipping during a wind storm, to seeing a drunk little person getting taken off a plane in handcuffs, to destroying a few bags. There is more to an airport than what passengers see in the concourses. Have you ever wondered where that guy in the orange vest was going when he disappeared behind a door? Ever thought about how your bag was being handled? Well, hopefully with a few of these stories those questions and more can be answered.
The Weird
During my time as a baggage handler, I saw some incredible things. At the same time, there were weird events that took place. These would occur like lightning; they happened quickly and would never strike the same place twice.
One of those events is about a worker stealing. He wasn't stealing from the company, but stealing from passengers' bags, more specifically, female passengers' bags. As baggage handlers, we would load the bags up into the cargo bins of aircraft. These bins were only big enough for one person, and at times that one person would be in the bin for extended periods of time. Normal workers would write random sayings on the bin walls, or play a game on their phone, but this guy did something different.
When he was up in the cargo bin, he would go through the bags until he found women's panties — clean or dirty. To show the high caliber of intelligence some of the people at the airport had, he kept all the underwear in his locker at work. There was no attempt to hide anything in his car or house; the underwear was in a bag in the break room. I'm not one to call someone stupid, but he deserves it for this one.
Did he get caught? Hell yes, he got caught. When our supervisors went through his locker, sure enough, there was the underwear. His explanation of it is comical on its own. "It's for my girlfriend." His girlfriend, if he had one, fluctuated in weight a lot because the underwear was different sizes. This doesn't reflect on every baggage handler but it shows there are some strange people touching your bags.
The Disgusting
The job of a baggage handler is a dirty one. I came in contact with bags full of unwashed clothes, shook hands with people who don't wash their hands after using the bathroom and cleaned out the restrooms. Ever wondered who cleans out the lavatory on an aircraft? Well, at CVG, that job falls to the baggage handlers. This task is worthy enough for Mike Rowe and then some.
When an aircraft needed to have its bathroom dumped, a handler would drive up next to the plane in the "lav cart." Imagine a blue electric cart that has never been washed, excrement has been spilled on it, it has a tank full of shit and the sun has been cooking its contents all day. I felt like I should have been wearing a Hazmat suit whenever I was around the damn thing. It made me throw up a little every time I was in the driver's seat.
When a baggage handler dumps a lav, he or she drives the cart up to the aircraft, hooks up the foulest smelling hose to the aircraft and pulls a lever. What comes out, I'll leave for the imagination. Once all the lovely contents are inside the cart, the "blue juice" is added, which is the liquid solution that you see when flushing an aircraft toilet.
Some handlers would dump a lav, not wash their hands and then go straight to loading bags. A person fresh from coming in close contact with human goodness would go right on touching, quite possibly, your possessions.
The Embarrassing
In the movie Fight Club the narrator tells of a policy about holding a passenger's bag if it is vibrating. At CVG I never once saw a bag being taken because it was vibrating. What we did do was either slam the bag on the ground in hopes of shutting off the razor or toothbrush — not the smartest idea if it really was an explosive. Another way we handled a vibrating bag was to call the passenger down to the ramp where we would proceed to open it to find the cause of the vibration. If you have seen Fight Club you know what is coming next. Sometimes the bag would belong to a female passenger. When her bag would be opened a certain product would be rattling around on the inside. That happened to me once and while the passenger was red-faced, I had to walk away before I began to laugh in her face. Movies can teach you something every now and then.
There is a side to an airport that most people don't know about. Sure, there are those zoo-like windows in the concourses that allow passengers to see outside, but that is just a glimpse. Does everyone want to know about what goes on behind those doors? Probably not. I'm not trying to scare people away from flying. In a way, an airport is similar to a restaurant. Taken at face value everything is great and everyone has a smile on their face, but behind closed doors disgusting, depraved and weird things are going on.


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Or here in STL it can be 85 degrees one day and the next 32 degrees.
November is coming off to be a okay month. After dealing with a falling out I feel like the future is promising.
"There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it."
- Guatama Buddha


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not able to place this song....haven't heard it yet, i guess..
looking forward for ur other posts...do keep pouring!
hi people,
frankly speaking if i say that this is one of the best redentions of lata then i am not exaggerating.
this composition is by late madan mohan for the movie woh kaun thi.
this is a heart-touching song, i sincerely hope that you love this song.
the chords are very easy and the srumming patern is strum with count
lag ja gale,ke fir yeh haseen raat ho na ho
shayad fir is janam main, mulakat ho na ho
lag ja gale,fir...............
humko mili hain aaj yeh, ghadiyan naseeb se
ji bhar ke dekh lijiye, humko kareeb se
fir aapke naseeb main, yeh baat ho na ho
shayad fir is janam main, mulakat ho na ho
lag ja gale,fir...............
the chords are right and goes well with the song.
suggestions,corrections and encouragement are welcome.
next song i am going to post is dil aisa kisine mera toda from the movie amanush and then surmayi ankhiyon main from the movie sadma.
not able to place this song....haven't heard it yet, i guess..
looking forward for ur other posts...do keep pouring!
well done souman. I ve tried it - sounds good to me. I do agree with you this one of Latas and Madanmohans finest songs. One of our IGTians says he hasnt heard it yet! This song is from Woh Kaun thi (1964). You dont know what you have missed.
Keep em comming.
hi atul,
you can download this song from coolgoose.com but it is in pamela's voice there.
to hear the original one by lata in real player navigate to
this song def has aug chords
and i think there are at least 5 6 chords between
lag ja gale,ke fir yeh haseen raat ho na ho
jay any song is composed of major (not major chords) 3 or 4 chords and they keep on repeating in the whole song with some minor change in chords here and there.
i do not know why you always try to show that you know a vast variety of chords.
the song is very simple and if you have a good sense of music then you would notice that you can play the song very easily without using 5 or 6 chords between a single line of the song.
it is not necessary to change chords for every word of the song,a fool does so.
in my guitar playing career of 8 years, i haven't noticed a chord maniac like you.
wonderful work souman....!!!!
it sounds really great....wonderful chords to sing along with....thank you very much...
and yes i think ur next song is even wonderful.....eagrely waiting...
TaKe LiFe As It CoMes....
thanks har***,
encouragement and appreciation from people like you really pushes me to work harder and submit more chords that are not available on the net.
once again thanks for your appreciation har***,viraj.
go play the tampura then.. you will be more happy.Originally Posted by souman_das
the counter melodies in the strings give this song its life...
for eg
lag ja gale ...............
G ----Gaug-----Em---------Am...
it gos something on those lines.. and the Gaug behind the gale is magical.. if u play just G throughout.. of course it will sound ok as u r playing the root chord... but then u lose the soul of the song..
jay it is not that i loose the soul of the song but the main part is how you strum also and the way you strum makes me feel that a student of class 5 is playing the guitar.
so jay better improve yourself first then give suggestions to others.
i also know hundreds of chord combination but i alway try to make it as simple as possible.
but you are the other way round.
try to be good human being first and then a good musician.
my dear i have seen guitar proffesionals more than you, i know the lead guitarist of indian ocean personally and he is such a nice person.
so better become a nice person then a good guitarist because people will forget your guitar playing capabilities but will remember a person who can play guitar.
keep my words in mind and regarding the tanpura, i do not how to do recording on computer, otherwise i would have shown you who souman is .
Souman you are doing good work posting some timeless classics... but suggestions have to be taken on board... It helps... I think there is nothing personal in them...
Keep rocking...
okay so you want me not to submit any chords further.
i can take suggestions from any one be it bandbaaja,har***,subhro,viraj,sanjay mazumdar or nikamma but in jay's replies, the tone of his replies are very sarcastic. he is under the impression that he has the supreme knlowledge of guitar and chords and others are playing tanpura.
so you better enjoy the mindless works of jay and from now onwards i won't post any chords.
guys like har***,atul etc., i will miss you a lot.
i dont think souman is discarding suggestions, but as he said, he is making it simpler, thats it. i think it works both ways, beginners can go for souman's chords and rest who can play chords mentioned by jayswami can go for that. no harm in having various options...........................so ppl chillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll.
array...............dont do any such thing. yes, there is sarcasm in jayswami's replies, coz i think thats the way he is. but we also know that both of u r good and we ll surely miss both of u if any of u take such a decision. both of u may be right but whats the point in stop posting. u hv come up with good oldies, now pls dont end it like this.Originally Posted by souman_das
hey souman...
dont stop posting... and dont take any comments personally...
actually u both are right... u'r simple chords help the beginners a lot ...
in the same jay's four or five chords in 1 simple line helps bring the true music, which turns out exactly similar to the actual song... dont believe me... try jay's chords for "yeh jeevan hai"... and u will know wat i m talking about... that song has four chords for each line but when u play them, it gives such a great tune exactly like the actual song...
and btw... i guess he wasnt criticizing... thats how he is... jay has done this thousand times in this forum... and has corrected so many wrong chords... and i hope he keeps on doing it ( coz we learn a lot that way)
waiting for more chords from u....
"Ab to aadat si hai mujhko aisaay jeenay mein"


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National Resources
Following a vote of 332 to 94 in the House, the Senate voted 64 to 36 to pass H.J.Res. 59, the bipartisan budget agreement that sets funding levels for FY 2014 and 2015, and partially replaces funds cut due to sequestration. The current funding agreement expires on January 15th, and a new deal was needed to avoid another government shutdown. The budget deal restores $63 billion in funds reduced by sequestration - $45 billion for FY 2014 and $18 billion for FY 2015. Overall funding levels for FY 2014 will be set at $1.012 trillion. For non-defense discretionary spending the budget agreement provides an additional $24 billion over FY 2013 post-sequestration levels restoring approximately 87% of funding. In order to provide this partial restoration, the budget agreement makes a number of offsets including, savings generated by lowering the reimbursement for guaranty agencies that rehabilitated loans under the old Federal Family Education Loan Program, and eliminating mandatory spending for payments to non-profit student-loan servicers. Those loan services payments will now be distributed through discretionary funds in the same manner as other student-loan servicers.
Since there was no recent activity regarding Federal legislation there is not a Federal Update for February.
2014 Community College National Legislative Summit
The 2014 Community College National Legislative Summit was held in Washington, D.C., February 11th through February 13th. More than 1,000 community college trustees, presidents, students, and institutional leaders were in our nation's Capital to advocate for their institutions and the community college federal legislative priorities. Those priorities covered a range of issues but focused primarily on maintaining the Pell Grant program, reauthorizing the Higher Education Act and the Workforce Investment Act, and helping community colleges serve Veteran students. Participating in the summit and a series of meetings on Capitol Hill with members of California's Congressional delegation was Board of Governors chair, Dr. Manuel Baca, vice chair, Geoffrey Baum, board member Deborah Malumed, and Chancellor Brice Harris.
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Since there was no recent activity regarding federal legislation there is not a Federal Update for April.
House of Representatives passes budget for 2015
On April 10, the House passed H.Con.Res. 96, a budget resolution for fiscal year (FY) 2015 by a vote of 219 to 205. The resolution, introduced by Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) cuts federal spending by $5 trillion over 10 years, and includes cuts to higher education.
The resolution calls for significant changes for the Pell Grant program, including: eliminating eligibility for less-than-half-time students; instituting an income cap; lowering income thresholds to qualify for a zero expected family contribution; changing the current income protection allowance to require higher contributions from working students; and removing the income exclusion of the child tax credit, TANF, and EITC. Additionally, it freezes of the maximum Pell Grant award at its current level of $5,730, and eliminates all $84 billion in mandatory funding for the Pell Grant program. The House budget also calls for elimination of federal loan in-school loan interest subsidies for undergraduate students, as well as elimination of fees paid to institutions for administration of the Pell Grant or campus-based aid.
May 2014 (PDF)
Bipartisan, Bicameral Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Reauthorization Bill Emerges
On May 21, 2014, after negotiations between the House and Senate, a compromise was reached on the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), which combines the House's SKILLS Act (HR 803) and the Senate's Workforce Investment Act of 2013 (S 1356). The final legislative package may be considered on the Senate floor in June.
The WIOA eliminates 15 programs that are currently unfunded. The bill also consolidates the existing structure of the state and local Workforce Investment Boards. The community college seat remains mandatory for the local board, but optional on the state board. Additionally, the bill places a greater emphasis on the transition to postsecondary education in the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act and includes numerous provisions calling for integrated delivery of basic skills and occupational instruction. The WIOA eliminates the current sequence of services and allows local areas increased flexibility to contract with institutions of higher education. Funding for employment and training activities for adults, dislocated workers, and youth are authorized at levels equal to current funding for fiscal year (FY) 2015 and increases on an annual basis until FY 2020.
June 2014 (PDF)
Workforce Investment Act Reauthorization Bill Sent to the President
For over a decade, Congress has worked on reauthorizing the Workforce Investment Act. With Senate passage of the bipartisan, bicameral Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), Congress appears close to achieving that long-overdue reauthorization. WIOA is a compromise of the Senate's Workforce Investment Act of 2013 and the House's Supporting Knowledge and Investing in Lifelong Skills (SKILLS) Act. The bill provides for a six-year reauthorization, including a two-year implementation period.
The bill passed the Senate by a vote of 95 – 3, and passed by the House by a vote of 415-6 and is expected to be signed into law by the President before mid-term elections. Passage of this reauthorization only marks one step in this process however. Both the Department of Labor and Department of Education will be developing significant regulatory guidance following passage and during implementation.
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Since the Board of Governors and Consultation Council did not meet in August there is no Federal Update.
H.R. 3230: Veteran's Access, Choice, and Accountability Act
On August 7th, President Obama signed HR 3230 which easily passed the House and Senate and was written to provide resources and address the Veteran Administration's healthcare crisis, as well as provide other services for veterans. It includes a provision similar to H.R. 357 the Veteran's Tuition Fairness Act to provide in state tuition for veterans using the Post-9/11 GI Bill, and the Montgomery GI Bill. Section 702 in HR 3230, requires the Veteran's Administration to disapprove courses provided by a public institution of higher learning for purposes of Post-9/11 GI Bill and Montgomery GI Bill education benefits, if the institution charges tuition and fees at a rate that is higher than residents. This section is effective for any quarter, semester or term that begins after July 1, 2015.
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Since there was no recent activity regarding Federal legislation there is not a Federal Update for February.
The 113th Congress is scheduled to adjourn on January 3, 2015, but in between now and that date, Congress is on recess and members are campaigning for their seats for the November 2014 election. Before the recent recess, Congress and the President were able to avert a government shutdown, and the administration published new regulations to support the Violence Against Women Act.
Continuing Resolution Funds the Federal Government Through December 11, 2014
President Obama signed a FY2015 Continuing Resolution (CR)—H.J. Res 124 on September 19, 2014 hat will fund the federal government through December 11, 2014. After the Senate passed CR, Senate Appropriations Committee (SAC) chair Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) said the goal of the CR "is to lay the groundwork for an omnibus funding bill in December that will include all 12 appropriations bills." Senator Mikulski said she supported the bill because it avoided a government shutdown, does not harm existing important programs, provides funding for the nation's security, and will allow Congress time to negotiate an omnibus appropriations bill. The bill sets the discretionary funding level for the federal government during CR period at an annual rate of $1.012 trillion.
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Since the Board of Governors and Consultation Council did not meet in December there is no Federal Update.


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You've really missed out on some pretty great films this past decade.
Aw, that's very sweet.
Never seen "The Social Network"?
We had a thing and I looked at the floor.
I want to know whether your relationship with Woody evolved over the course of your short time together?
A little bit, then I got to like have dinner with him a few times after the movie was over. But I only got to know him a little bit. When I was with him, I wasn't trying to get him to like me. That would be a stressful experience, trying to get Woody to think I was funny. I just liked being in the same room as him, because it's so interesting to hear the way he talks, to hear how he thinks. But I wasn't trying to make a friend. Someone like him has already made his friends.
Have you two kept in touch since wrapping?
I saw him a few times for press things, but he's so busy. I'm less so, but also doing things -- but no. Oh wait, yeah he invited he to see his play on Broadway.
How confident does working with someone of Woody's caliber make you, with regards to your abilities as a performer?
No, I generally feel like I'm the only judge of what I'm doing. So if I'm doing something that's not surrounded by people like that and I feel good about it, I still feel good. And conversely, if I'm doing something and I feel terrible, I still feel terrible even when surrounded by someone like that.
I haven't tried to work with people like that just for that reason. I still look at the script and criticize it.
What are the recurring insecurities you feel on a day-to-day basis when on set?
In a movie, you're trying to portray some kind of reality to a fake situation and bring some real emotional experience to it. If I don't achieve some kind of real emotional response, I get frazzled and I feel like it's not going well. So I guess that's the main concern.


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Emergency drill at Back Mountain schools goes smoothly
The first in a series of joint emergency drills between Misericordia University and the Dallas district schools was a success, officials say.
"The drill was a learning experience for all parties involved," Dallas Superintendent Frank Galicki said of the practice evacuation. "It went extremely well."
Dallas and Misericordia have a mutual agreement that, in case of emergency, students from the university can go to the Dallas schools and vice versa.
On Tuesday, Dallas middle school and high school students were bused to Misericordia's Anderson Sports Center. They started arriving around 9:30 a.m., said Paul Murphy, Misericordia's director of facilities and campus safety.
"They came in two separate waves, so they weren't all there at once," he said.
Murphy said no additional staff was on hand to assist.
"We wanted to replicate a normal, business-as-usual day to see how we could handle it," he said.
The buses dropped the students off in front of the Anderson center, where teachers took care of each class, Murphy said.
Dallas Township police Chief Robert Jolley and Kingston Township police Chief James Balavage were there, as well as the district's emergency management team, Galicki said.
The students sat on the bleachers and gym floor, where they were addressed by the Dallas administration, Murphy said. Then the buses picked them up.
"(Things) ran very smoothly, tip of the hat to Dallas. They had things very organized," Murphy said.
Galicki said he made robo-calls beforehand so parents would be aware of what was happening. He said more drills are planned, including a similar one for students at the Dallas and Wycallis elementary schools.
"This is the first of several we're going to be doing," he said.
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33rd Mill Valley Film Festival Draws to a Triumphantly Starry Close
The 33rd Mill Valley Film Festival, 11 days of movies, music and celebrity sightings sponsored by the California Film Institute, wrapped Sunday following more than 87 sold-out screenings and attendance totaling approximately 40,000.
Mill Valley Film Festival Opens Thursday with Latest from Colin Firth, Hilary Swank
The 33rd Mill Valley Film Festival kicks off Thursday with two opening-night films: The King's Speech, winner of the Audience Award at last month's Toronto Film Festival, starring A Single Man Oscar nominee Colin Firth as King George VI, who conquers his humiliating stutter with the help of Geoffrey Rush's unconventional speech therapist; and Conviction, Tony Goldwyn's chronicle of a high-school dropout (Hilary Swank) who earns a law degree to free her brother (Sam Rockwell) from prison.
Indie Theater Roundup: 7 Movies to See This Week
San Francisco's Latino Film Festival, featuring contributions by emerging and established filmmakers from Latin America, Spain, Portugal and the U.S., runs through Sunday evening at the Roxie, while House of Flying Daggers director Zhang Yimou's darkly humorous new thriller A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop arrives at the Embarcadero. Elsewhere:
Indie Theater Roundup: 7 Movies to See This Week
Just a month remains before the September release of Casey Affleck's long-rumored documentary about Joaquin Phoenix's bumpy transition from the big screen to the recording studio. (The Oscar-nominated Walk the Line star reportedly aspires to rap.) You can try holding your breath in the meantime, but you'd be wiser to visit one of the city's lovely indie theaters, where the following fine films await you.
1. Rebel Without a Cause
Where: Castro Theatre, 429 Castro St., 415-621-6120
When: Aug. 6


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So, how much do we dig the upcoming prison drama "Starred Up" directed by David Mackenzie and featuring rising star Jack O'Connell in the lead role? Kinda unequivocally. We called it "an instant classic of the prison movie genre" in our review out of the Goteborg Film Festival, which pretty much says it all. And while the film is opening abroad this month, it's still taking its time to reach U.S. shores, hitting the Tribeca Film Festival next month before arriving in cinemas later this year. But a pretty compact little feature has arrived to give you a pretty good taste of what's to come.
Film4 has unspooled a 10 minute talk with O'Connell and Mackenzie, as they discuss the process of bringing the story about a young inmate transferred to a prison housing his incarcerated father, to the big screen. And authenticity is the key here with both men discussing a production that shot in sequence on actual prison grounds, and worked very hard not to glamorize the lives of the prisoners in the movie. And it works, in spades. Along with that conversation are plenty of scenes from the two.
Watch below and be sure to read our interviews with O'Connell and Mackenzie here and here.