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- The vision of Isaias the son of Amos I which he saw concerning Juda and Jerusalem in the days of Ozias, Joathan, Achaz, and Ezechias, kings of Juda
- Hear, O ye heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the Lord hath spoken. I have brought up children, and exalted them: but they have despised me.
- The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel hath not known me, and my people hath not understood.
- Woe to the sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a wicked seed, ungracious children: they have forsaken the Lord, they have blasphemed the Holy One of Israel, they are gone away backwards.
- For what shall I strike you any more, you that increase transgression? the whole head is sick, and the whole heart is sad.
- From the sole of the foot unto the top of the head, there is no soundness therein: wounds and bruises and swelling sores: they are not bound up, nor dressed, nor fomented with oil.
- Your land is desolate, your cities are burnt with fire: your country strangers devour before your face, and it shall be desolate as when wasted by enemies.
- And the daughter of Sion shall be left as a covert in a vineyard, and as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, and as a city that is laid waste.
- Except the Lord of hosts had left us seed, we had been as Sodom, and we should have been like to Gomorrha.
- Hear the word of the Lord, ye rulers of Sodom, give ear to the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrha.
- To what purpose do you offer me the multitude of your victims, saith the Lord? I am full, I desire not holocausts of rams, and fat of fatlings, and blood of calves, and lambs, and buck goats.
- When you came to appear before me, who required these things at your hands, that you should walk in my courts?
- Offer sacrifice no more in vain: incense is an abomination tome. The new moons, and the sabbaths, and other festivals I will not abide, your assemblies are wicked.
- My soul hateth your new moons, and your solemnities: they are become troublesome to me, I am weary of bearing them.
- And when you stretch forth your hands, I will turn away my eyes from you: and when you multiply prayer, I will not hear: for your hands are full of blood.
- Wash yourselves, be clean, take away the evil of your devices from my eyes: cease to do perversely,
- Learn to do well: seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge for the fatherless, defend the widow.
- And then come, and accuse me, saith the Lord: if your sins be as scarlet, they shall be made as white as snow: and if they be red as crimson, they shall be white as wool.
- if you be willing, and will hearken to me, you shall eat the good things of the land.
- But if you will not, and will provoke me to wrath: the sword shall devour you because the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
- How is the faithful city, that was full of judgment, become a harlot? justice dwelt in it, but now murderers.
- Thy silver is turned into dress: thy wine is mingled with water.
- Thy princes are faithless, companions of thieves: they all love bribes, the run after rewards. They judge not for the fatherless: and the widow's cometh not in to them.
- Therefore saith the Lord the God of hosts, the mighty one of Israel: Ah! I will comfort myself over my adversaries: and I will be revenged of my enemies.
- And I will turn my hand to thee, and I will clean purge away thy dress, and I will take away all thy tin.
- And I will restore thy judges se they were before, and thy counsellors as of old. After this thou shalt be called the city of the just, a faithful city.
- Sion shall be redeemed in judgment, and they shall bring her back in justice.
- And he shall destroy the wicked, and the sinners together: and they that have forsaken the Lord, shall be consumed.
- For they shall be confounded for the idols, to which they have sacrificed: and you shall be ashamed of the gardens which you have chosen.
- When you shall be as an oak with the leaves falling off, and as a garden without water.
- And your strength shall be as the ashes of tow, and your work as a spark: and both shall burn together, and there shall be none to quench it.
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Disney Cruise Line's Return to Greece Highlights Lineup of Itineraries for Families to See the World in Summer 2020
Summer season features five new ports of call in Europe and returns to Alaska, Caribbean and Bahamas
CELEBRATION, Fla., Feb. 28, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- In summer 2020, Disney Cruise Line will embark on a variety of itineraries around the world, including a long-awaited return to Greece and the addition of five first-time ports of call in Europe. Along with an expanded European season aboard the Disney Magic, adventures will continue across the fleet with sailings to Alaska, the Caribbean and Bahamas.
Bookings open to the public on March 7, 2019. More details can be found on the Summer 2020 Itineraries page of disneycruise.com.
European Explorations
After a five-year hiatus, the Disney Magic will return to Greece in summer 2020 as part of three special Mediterranean voyages departing from Rome. During one 12-night and two nine-night cruises, guests can marvel at the beautiful landscapes and archeological wonders of destinations like Piraeus, the gateway to Athens; Katakolon, near ancient Olympia; and the islands of Santorini, Mykonos and Crete.
Each of these unique Mediterranean itineraries combines a selection of stops in Greece with visits to other notable cities in the region. Two of the sailings include a new port of call in Messina, Italy, where guests can visit landmarks in Sicily such as Mount Etna, the highest and most active volcano in Europe, or the Piazza del Duomo, the city's historic center. The third features a return to the "Pearl of the Adriatic," Dubrovnik, Croatia, for the first time in five years.
Additional new ports of call in Europe include Gdynia, Poland; Nordfjordeid, Norway; Plymouth, England; and Zeebrugge, Belgium. This new collection of destinations is part of the Disney Magic's grand tour of Europe in the summer of 2020, which begins with sailings through the Mediterranean and Greek Isles before heading to northern Europe in late summer for cruises to the Baltic, British Isles and Norwegian fjords.
Alaskan Adventures
In 2020, the Disney Wonder will return to Alaska for the summer season, opening up a world of breathtaking natural vistas, magnificent glaciers and awe-inspiring wildlife. These seven-night itineraries depart from Vancouver, Canada, with visits to Juneau, Skagway, Ketchikan, Icy Strait Point and Dawes Glacier. Each sailing features fun and adventure both in port and on the ship, from stunning scenery and one-of-a-kind Port Adventures in each destination to special touches that bring the splendor and spirit of Alaska to life onboard.
Tropical Travel to the Caribbean and Bahamas
In addition to seven-night eastern and western Caribbean cruises from Port Canaveral, near Orlando, Florida, the Disney Fantasy will embark on a variety of itineraries to the Caribbean and Bahamas throughout the summer of 2020. These include five- and nine-night Caribbean sailings, along with three-, four- and five-night Bahamian cruises, three of which feature two stops at Disney's private island, Castaway Cay.
The Disney Dream will provide even more opportunities for guests to visit Castaway Cay in the summer of 2020 with three-, four- and five-night Bahamian cruises, including a series of sailings with two calls on the private island paradise.
Each sailing aboard the Disney Fantasy and Disney Dream allows guests to experience the magic of Disney entertainment, which includes themed dining spaces, Broadway-style shows and more, while also immersing them in the charming island cultures of tropical destinations throughout the Bahamas and Caribbean.
Guided Experiences with Adventures by Disney
In summer 2020, Disney Cruise Line guests can enrich their cruise vacation with a variety of add-on packages from Adventures by Disney, a leader in family guided group vacations. Highlights include brand-new ways to experience the Caribbean, a return to Alaska and popular packages in northern Europe and the Mediterranean.
Premium Cruise Packages
With Adventures by Disney, guests can book the ultimate Disney cruise experience on select sailings in Alaska, Europe and—new for 2020—the Caribbean. Throughout the voyage, knowledgeable Adventure Guides provide dedicated service both onboard and in port, as they lead guests on specially curated excursions, interactive activities and off-the-beaten-path adventures. Onboard the ship, guests enjoy unique experiences and premium amenities exclusive to Adventures by Disney, such as an intimate talkback session with Walt Disney Theatre cast members followed by a behind-the-scenes costume and prop activity.
Pre-Cruise Escapes
Adventures by Disney also offers popular pre-cruise vacations in Rome; London; Barcelona, Spain; and Copenhagen, Denmark. These two- to three-night Escapes feature unforgettable experiences in iconic cities, such as a private, after-hours visit to the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel in Rome. Plus, activities like flamenco dancing, mosaic making and preparing local cuisine immerse families in the culture of each region.
Bookings for these Adventures by Disney offerings open to the public on March 7, 2019. For more information, visit adventuresbydisney.com or contact a travel agent.
Disney Vacation Club Charter Cruise for 2020
Disney Vacation Club will host a members-only charter cruise in 2020: a seven-night Alaska sailing aboard the Disney Wonder on Aug. 24. Bookings open to Disney Vacation Club members on April 6, 2019.
To learn more about Disney Cruise Line or to book a vacation, visit disneycruise.com, call Disney Cruise Line at 888-325-2500 or contact a travel agent.
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Left to their own devices, shrubs and climbers can get out of hand, growing too big and looking untidy. Pruning keeps them looking neat and flowering well, so it's well worth doing.
Golden Rules of Pruning
When you're pruning, there are a few golden rules to remember.
- Always cut just above a bud.
- When pruning to shape a plant, work slowly and take regular breaks to check that you are not taking off too much.
- Take care when working at height, and don't be afraid to call in a professional if the job is too big for you to tackle safely.
Pruning shrubs and climbers isn't complicated, and there's plenty of information available on how and when to prune. To get you started, here are a few tips on pruning common shrubs and climbers.
1. Pruning hydrangeas
To prune mophead hydrangeas, leave the flowers on the plant over winter to protect the developing buds and remove them in spring, cutting back to just above a strong pair of buds lower down on the stem. Cut out any thin, weak stems and remove one or two old stems to promote new growth.
Prune Hydrangea paniculata and Hydrangea arborescens in early spring, cutting back last year's shoots to between 30-60 cm (1-2 ft) above the ground, just above a pair of strong buds.
2. Pruning fuchsia and buddleja
Prune in mid to late spring, cutting back last year's growth to within 1-2 buds of the main woody branches. Remove any weak or spindly stems.
3. Pruning forsythia
For a good display of flowers, prune forsythia next spring as soon as the flowers have faded. Cut all stems back by a quarter of their length to shape the plant, and remove any damaged or crossing branches. On established plants, every two years, cut back one in every four old stems to the base to reduce congestion.
4. Pruning honeysuckle
Most honeysuckles flower in late summer, but some, e.g., Dutch honeysuckle, flower in late spring and early summer.
- Prune early flowering honeysuckles straight after flowering, cutting back the flowered shoots by one-third.
- Prune late-flowering honeysuckles in spring, cutting back any long trailing stems and lightly trimming the rest of the plant.
5. Pruning clematis
Clematis are divided into three groups, defined by their flowering time:
- Group 1 flowers in winter or early spring. Prune as soon as they finish flowering, removing deadwood and cutting back flowered stems to fit the space available.
- Group 2 flowers in late spring, with sometimes a second flush in late summer. Prune in spring before they start to grow, cutting back to a pair of healthy buds.
- Group 3 flowers in late summer. Prune in early spring, cutting back to a pair of strong buds about 20 cm above ground level.
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A few weeks ago Jason LaCanfora published a list of best and worst contracts in the NFL so I thought it might make a good idea for us to do the same here at OTC, with a team by team approach. I'll try to be a bit more analytical in terms of why money was paid and how it fits in the market, but the general premise is the same. The one key difference is outside of restructured rookie contracts under the old CBA we will only use veteran contracts as there is a big difference between best draft picks and best contracts. Please note that there is a difference between a bad player and a bad contract when discussing some of the selections. Clicking on a players name will take you to his salary cap page.
Best Contract: Chris Chester
Washington is a difficult team to come up with a best contract for. Their best players are all young and on rookie deals. Most of the veteran contracts are either overpaid or structured in ways to be much more player than team friendly. It's nothing like it used to be in the past with this team and the bad contracts, where players were paid above top dollar to play out of position, but they still have a way to go before they are considered a franchise people model themselves after. Their cap should be more in order next season once the penalties have been taken into account so from a team perspective we'll see where there are with these deals, but for now it's a team missing many good veteran deals.
So with all of that in mind I selected Chester as the best deal. Why? He's a pretty good Guard, doesn't have the void structures in his contract, and his deal has some protection in the event of injury. At $4 million a season the contract is fair market value and didn't contain excessive guarantees that would have hurt the Redskins in the future. By the time Chester is 31 the Redskins can walk away with only $1.6 million in cap charges. Every year he has $400,000 in roster bonuses that are tied to being on the gameday active roster further protecting Washington in the event of injury.
This wasn't a contract where Washington tried to hide charges or structure it in a way that forced restructures for cap relief at any point. The highest his base salary would reach is just $3.5 million with a high cap charge of $4.8 million, both numbers coming in the final year of his contract. His cap numbers are always more or less middle of the pack in every season resulting in a very straightforward contract for a team where that is not always the norm.
Worst Contract: London Fletcher
I went back and forth on a few names before I decided this one. The Redskins have their fair share of really bad contracts and the other names right at the top of the list were WR's Pierre Garcon and Josh Morgan. The Redskins nearly pushed Garcon into "A level" salary despite never proving to be that kind of talent while Morgan carries a ridiculous salary and a guaranteed dead money charge for his skill level. Still both are young and have some upside, Garcon in particular, and the Redskins may be able to avoid the dead money on an extension with Morgan after the season. None of that can be said for Fletcher.
Fletcher is a name value talent that, at this stage in his career, gets by on name value. Pro Football Focus graded him as one of the worst linebackers in the NFL in 2012, but what should you really expect from a 37 year old trying to man the middle of the field in a game that gets faster every year. The fact that the Redskins signed him is not that stunning as he had spent the prior five seasons with the team, but the price they signed him at was stunning.
Had Fletcher become a free agent, even after a "Pro Bowl" season in 2011, he would not have been hotly pursued simply because he was going to be 37. At best he would be signing for a minimum salary type contract with limited guarantees. Washington convinced themselves that they needed to sign him to a two year contract that contained over $5 million in fully guaranteed salary. Even worse they included $1.5 million in injury guarantees in 2013, almost unthinkable for a 37 year old where serious injury could be much more likely.
In order to fit Fletcher under the salary cap the Redskins went to the void structure, throwing three dummy years at the end of the contract for the sake of proration. Unlike Morgan, whose deal also contains the same void structure, there is no chance that the Redskins will extend a 39 year old linebacker. Even if they did his base salary would be so high that the cap relief would be almost nothing. So the Redskins are now carrying a $6.2 million dollar cap hit for a guy nobody else in the NFL would want and will carry another $2.1 million in dead money for the same player next season.
Fletcher may be cut during the preseason, provided he does not get injured, to save the team $5.5 million in cap room, which they may need due to a tight salary cap situation. Still that means the Redskins will be carrying $5.25 million in cap charges over a 3 year period for a player who should have cost somewhere around $600,000 per year in cap dollars.
Check out Our Other Best & Worst Contract Articles
AFC East: Buffalo Bills, Miami Dolphins, New England Patriots, New York Jets
AFC North: Baltimore Ravens, Cincinnati Bengals, Cleveland Browns, Pittsburgh Steelers
AFC South: Houston Texans, Indianapolis Colts, Jacksonville Jaguars, Tennessee Titans
AFC West: Denver Broncos, Kansas City Chiefs, Oakland Raiders, San Diego Chargers
NFC East: Dallas Cowboys, New York Giants, Philadelphia Eagles, Washington Redskins
NFC North: Chicago Bears


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New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg called for the nationwide reform or repeal of Stand Your Ground laws today at an event in Washington D.C. to announce the Second Chance on Shoot First campaign.
The campaign is intended to prevent killings like that of17-year-old Trayvon Martin and Bloomberg blamed the National Rifle Association for the Florida law that many feel empowered George Zimmerman to shoot the unarmed Martin.
"In reality the NRA's leaders weren't interested in public safety. They were interested in promoting a culture where people take the law into their own hands and face no consequences for it. Let's call that by its real name, vigilantism," he said. "The NRA should be ashamed of themselves. This has nothing to do with gun owners rights. It has nothing to do with the second amendment."
Bloomberg, who was joined by civil rights leaders and Florida State Sen. Chris Smith, said the laws had undermined the justice system and have done harm to public safety.
"They justify civilian gunplay and invite vigilante justice and retribution with disastrous results," he said.
ABC News reached out to the NRA for comment, but it has yet to respond.
Two dozen states have enacted laws similar to the one in Florida, and while the laws very from state to state most grant varying degrees of immunity to anyone who uses deadly force in self defense.
Bloomberg cited statistics from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to show an increase in justifiable homicides after the Stand Your Ground laws went into effect.
In Florida, he said, justifiable homicides increased from 12 per year to 36 per year when the five years before and after the passage of the law were compared.
Bloomberg was also joined by former Army Major Jon Soltz, the chairman of VoteVets.org. Soltz said that U.S. soldiers fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan had a higher standard of when to use deadly force than Americans who lived in states with Stand Your Ground laws.
"There is no shoot first law for our troops in Iraq or Afghanistan. We cannot just shoot somebody because they have a hijab on in Iraq and kill them and say we're scared. Everybody in Iraq has a weapon and all U.S. forces are always scared," Soltz said. "This is a legal protection in these states that is actually afforded to Mr. Zimmerman that is not afforded to our troops in combat. Unless I'm wrong I didn't think Florida was a war zone."


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It was prostate cancer, not an assassin's poison, that killed poet Pablo Neruda, officials in Chile announced Friday. The Nobel laureate's body was exhumed for testing this spring, due to claims from an employee and Neruda's family that the Chilean poet had been murdered at age 69.
From The Santiago Times:
" 'Each of several examinations revealed the presence of metastatic lesions scattered throughout several segments of the skeleton, corresponding to the disease for which Mr. Pablo Neruda was being treated,' [Patricio] Bustos, [director of the Justice Ministry's Legal Medical Service and head of the investigation], said Friday.
"These results mirror those released in May. Perhaps most important this week was the information from toxicology reports. Bustos announced these results explaining that what they found matched the original cause of death listed in 1973.
" 'The toxicological analyses of the bones of Mr. Pablo Neruda confirmed the presence of pharmaceuticals used for the treatment of cancerous diseases, specifically prostate cancer, which were used at the time,' Bustos said. 'Chemical agents which could have caused the death of Mr Pablo Neruda were not found.' "
Neruda died in 1973, just weeks after a military coup ousted President Salvador Allende, whom he had supported. The timing of Neruda's death led to doubts that he had been a victim of cancer, and instead had been a casualty of the rise of Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship.
Suspicions over Neruda's death were renewed recently, after his former driver claimed that "the poet had been poisoned via injection while receiving treatment at Santiago's Santa Maria hospital," as The Los Angeles Times reported.
That allegation included the claim that a mysterious second doctor was present at the hospital.
Descriptions of that doctor led investigators to "an American named Michael Townley, who was an assassin for Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet and a rumored CIA double agent," as NPR's Annalisa Quinn reported.
But Townley, who is now in the U.S. witness protection program, is believed to have an alibi that proves he was in Florida during the time in question.
The complete findings of the testing of Neruda's body — including DNA results that could confirm without doubt that the body exhumed is indeed that of the late poet — have yet to be released.
In part because of that pending report, Neruda's family members who spoke after today's announcement say they believe the case is still open, according to The Santiago Times.
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NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Some construction firms expect to hire more workers in 2013, but don't call it a comeback just yet.
About 31% of construction companies plan to hire workers this year, while only 9% of firms plan to cut jobs. The others either expect to keep their staff levels the same, or aren't sure of their hiring plans yet, according to a survey by the Associated General Contractors of America.
While the industry is still far from a hiring boom, it marks some improvement over a year earlier when 31% of firms planned to cut employees, nearly canceling out the 37% that planned to hire.
"2013 should be a good year, but not a great year for most construction firms," said Ken Simonson, chief economist for the Associated General Contractors of America.
In the survey of 1,300 firms, only 20% said they expect the overall construction market to grow in 2013, while 56% don't expect it to grow again until at least 2015.
The construction industry was by far the hardest hit sector in the jobs crisis. Of the 8.8 million jobs lost in the U.S. economy, a whopping 2.2 million were in construction. Most of those jobs have yet to come back.
Construction firms hired only 18,000 workers last year, and one in five construction laborers were unemployed, according to the Labor Department.
Many of the gains have been confined to specific areas, like North Dakota and central Texas, where the shale gas industry has created demand for mining-related construction jobs.
"We've seen a dramatic increase in the demand for labor," said Dean Word, partner at Dean Word Industries, a road building firm in New Braunfels, Texas.
Firms there are looking for skilled pipeline welders, inspectors, excavators and commercial tanker drivers. "They're paying the premium prices for labor that will show up regularly and pass a drug test," Word said.
That contrasts dramatically with regions still suffering from the fallout of the housing boom and bust.
"Drive toward Sacramento, and it might remind you of the dust bowl," said John Nunan, president of Unger Construction in Sacramento, Calif. "Construction activity has ground to a halt."
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My post for this weeks 2nd Time Around Tuesday and White Wednesday are pics of the way I use architectural salvage in my home. The photo above is a shot of my guest bathroom. The baluster posts are a great way to add a little decorative shelf. I added a small corbel on the shelf just because I thought it was pretty.
The shot below is of my living room. I put candles on the posts when I want to add more mood lighting.
The last photo is from my Master Bathroom. Here, an old shutter was turned into an awesome shelf. I just added a small spring loaded curtain rod to hold the towel.
Thanks for coming over and visiting!
While I have your attention... Can anyone tell me who's blog hosts the 3 or more Thursday?? (I think it's Thursday?) I've looked all over and I can't find it! Thanks so much everyone, See you next time!


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I never met a peanut butter cup I didn't like.
And I never met a sandwich cookie I didn't love.
Put the two together and, well, you've got yourself one heck of a combination.
I whipped up a few dozen of these babies to sell at the Sweet Relief bake sale last earlier this month. They were gone before you could say Bob's your uncle (actually, Tom's my uncle. Bob was my grandfather. So much for that cliche).
The recipe is loosely based on my malted milk chocolate sandwich cookies from last year (I told you I had a thing for sandwich cookies), but with dark chocolate and a peanut butter filling. Slightly more butter and dark cocoa makes for a richer, softer chocolate cookie. Don't over-bake them because the softness is what makes them irresistible: the cookie gently giving way to the sweet and salty filling within.
This recipe is one of a few I'll be posting in the coming weeks that feature Hershey's products. You may have noticed from my twitter feed that Taylor and I went to Hershey, PA a few weeks back, as part of their Baker's Dozen holiday promotion.
I think you could say the chocolate lover in me was giddy at the opportunity.
We got to play around in their (gorgeous!) test kitchens, eating cookies and playing with all things chocolate, and filming a holiday how-to video that we hope to share with you in the coming weeks. Stay tuned!
Reese's Chocolate & Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies
For Cookies:
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup Hershey's Special Dark cocoa powder
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon instant espresso powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
1 1/4 cups granulated sugar
1 large egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
For Filling:
1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
1/2 cup creamy peanut butter*, room temperature
2 cups powdered sugar, sifted
pinch salt
2 tablespoons heavy cream, or more as needed
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
*Use a homogenized creamy peanut butter like Reese's brand. Natural peanut butter tends to separate and won't work in this situation.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone mat.
In a bowl, sift together flour, cocoa, espresso, salt, and baking soda. Set aside.
In a large mixing bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer, beat together butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes. Add egg and vanilla and beat until smooth. Add dry ingredients and mix until no traces of the dry ingredients remain, scraping the sides of the bowl to ensure that everything is fully incorporated.
Using a small cookie scoop, drop dough by the tablespoonful onto parchment-lined baking sheets. Place cookie sheets in the freezer for 10 minutes, then flatten balls slightly with the ball of your hand. Bake for about 8 minutes or until cookies are just set in the middle. Let cool for 5 minutes on the baking sheet (they will deflate slightly), then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
In a large mixing bowl, beat butter and peanut butter together until fluffy and smooth, 2 to 3 minutes. Add powdered sugar, 1/2 cup at a time, mixing well after each addition. Add salt, cream, and vanilla and beat until smooth. At this point you may need to add more cream or more powdered sugar as needed to achieve the desired consistency.
To assemble, spread or pipe about 1 tablespoon of filling onto half of the cookies, then top with remaining cookies. Press lightly until filling spreads to edges. Store cookies in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.
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Disclosure: I am honored to working with Hershey as part of their Baker's Dozen, and our trip and this post have been sponsored by them. But always know that I only share and work with brands I love, and all opinions expressed are entirely my own.


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At the end of our course, you will be required to pass a 25 questions final exam with a score of 70% or better. As required by the DMV, you will have only 2 chances to pass the final exam. The final exam is open book, so you can review the course material while taking the exam and check your answers before submitting them.
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Listen to the podcast here.
- We did indeed review Dark Phoenix; and you can find that review–and links to everywhere else we've been talking about it online–right here.
- Friend, have you seen the wonders of the Wolverine Meets Freddie Mercury saga? Either way, here it is (plus a pretty splendid coda).
- You can find the comments Miles mentioned attached to Episode 241 – Conducive to Moral Subversion.
- The Trolley Problem is a pretty interesting ethical thought experiment and also a pretty interesting way to send yourself spiraling into an existential crisis!
- Yes, Miles's stepdad actually has a trolley company.
- Please read all of Max Wittert's Jean & Scott comics immediately.


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Oh the internet . . . it's a blessing . . . it's a curse!
Have you ever found yourself thinking; I'll just look at Pinterest for a minute or two, before I vacuum or dust? Two hours later, you realize that it's two hours later!
One of those pictures took me to Saveur the other day, where I came across this yummy recipe for Hummingbird Cake.


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Made from aluminum. These cuffs are lightweight and can easily be worn with other bracelets.
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Slide sideways over the thinnest part of your arm, and turn so the opening is at the bottom of your wrist. While these will bend a bit to fit a variety of wrists, once it is the correct size, it should not ever need to be bent to take on and off regularly. This bracelet will slide on and off like a cuff, and fit more like a bangle while wearing.
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Preparation for Battle. 1After mustering the troops he had with him, David placed officers in command of units of a thousand and units of a hundred. 2David then divided the troops three ways, a third under Joab, a third under Abishai, son of Zeruiah and brother of Joab, and a third under Ittai the Gittite. The king said to the troops, "I intend to go out with you myself." 3But they replied: "You must not come out with us. For if we flee, no one will care; even if half of us die, no one will care. But you are worth ten thousand of us. Therefore it is better that we have you to help us from the city." 4The king said to them, "I will do what you think best." So the king stood by the gate as all the soldiers marched out in units of a hundred and a thousand. 5But the king gave this command to Joab, Abishai, and Ittai: "Be gentle with young Absalom for my sake." All the soldiers heard as the king gave commands to the various leaders with regard to Absalom.
Defeat of Absalom's Forces. 6David's army then took the field against Israel, and a battle was fought in the forest near Mahanaim. 7The forces of Israel were defeated by David's servants, and the casualties there that day were heavy—twenty thousand men. 8The battle spread out over that entire region, and the forest consumed more combatants that day than did the sword.
Death of Absalom. 9Absalom unexpectedly came up against David's servants. He was mounted on a mule, and, as the mule passed under the branches of a large oak tree, his hair caught fast in the tree. He hung between heaven and earth while the mule under him kept going. 10Someone saw this and reported to Joab, "I saw Absalom hanging from an oak tree." 11Joab said to the man who told him this: "If you saw him, why did you not strike him to the ground on the spot? Then it would have been my duty to give you fifty pieces of silver and a belt." 12But the man replied to Joab: "Even if I already held a thousand pieces of silver in my two hands, I would not lay a hand on the king's son, for in our hearing the king gave you and Abishai and Ittai a command: 'Protect the youth Absalom for my sake.' 13Had I been disloyal and killed him, it would all have come out before the king, and you would stand aloof." 14Joab replied, "I will not waste time with you in this way." And taking three pikes in hand, he thrust for the heart of Absalom. He was still alive in the tree.a 15When ten of Joab's young armor-bearers closed in on Absalom, and killed him with further blows, 16Joab then sounded the horn, and the soldiers turned back from the pursuit of the Israelites, because Joab called them to halt. 17They took Absalom and cast him into a deep pit in the forest, and built up a very large mound of stones over him. And all the Israelites fled to their own tents.b
18During his lifetime Absalom had taken a pillar and set it up for himself in the King's Valley, for he said, "I have no son to perpetuate my name." The pillar which he named for himself is called Absalom's Monument to the present day.c
David Told of Absalom's Death. 19Then Ahimaaz, son of Zadok, said, "Let me run to take the good news to the king that the LORD has set him free from the power of his enemies." 20But Joab said to him: "You are not the man to bring the news today. On some other day you may take the good news, but today you would not be bringing good news, for in fact the king's son is dead." 21Then Joab said to a Cushite, "Go, tell the king what you have seen." The Cushite bowed to Joab and ran off. 22But Ahimaaz, son of Zadok, said to Joab again, "Come what may, permit me also to run after the Cushite." Joab replied: "Why do you want to run, my son? You will receive no reward." 23But he insisted, "Come what may, I want to run." Joab said to him, "Run." Ahimaaz took the way of the Jordan plain and outran the Cushite.
24Now David was sitting between the two gates, and a lookout mounted to the roof of the gate above the city wall, where he looked out and saw a man running all alone. 25The lookout shouted to inform the king, who said, "If he is alone, he has good news to report." As he kept coming nearer, 26the lookout spied another runner. From his place atop the gate he cried out, "There is another man running by himself." And the king responded, "He, too, is bringing good news." 27Then the lookout said, "I notice that the first one runs like Ahimaaz, son of Zadok." The king replied, "He is a good man; he comes with good news."d 28Then Ahimaaz called out and greeted the king. With face to the ground he paid homage to the king and said, "Blessed be the LORD your God, who has delivered up the men who rebelled against my lord the king." 29But the king asked, "Is young Absalom safe?" And Ahimaaz replied, "I saw a great disturbance when the king's servant Joab sent your servant on, but I do not know what it was." 30The king said, "Step aside and remain in attendance here." So he stepped aside and remained there. 31When the Cushite came in, he said, "Let my lord the king receive the good news that this day the LORD has freed you from the power of all who rose up against you." 32But the king asked the Cushite, "Is young Absalom all right?" The Cushite replied, "May the enemies of my lord the king and all who rebel against you with evil intent be as that young man!"
a. [18:14] 2 Sm 12:10; 13:28–29.
b. [18:17] Jos 7:26; 8:29; 10:27.
d. [18:27] 2 Kgs 9:20.
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Fighting back tears, Oscar Pistorius began testifying at his murder trial on Monday by apologizing to the family of the girlfriend he shot dead.
The Olympic athlete also recalled the panic attacks he says he has suffered since he killed Reeva Steenkamp last year and described how he has nightmares that he has caused him to wake up to the "smell of blood."
"There hasn't been a moment since this tragedy happened that I haven't thought about your family," the double-amputee runner said as he addressed the courtroom and Steenkamp's mother, June, looked straight at him, stone-faced.
"I wake up every morning and you're the first people I think of, the first people I pray for … I was simply trying to protect Reeva. I can promise that when she went to bed that night she felt loved," said Pistorius, stating the central part of his defense, that he shot Steenkamp by mistake, thinking she was an intruder in his bathroom.
Pistorius killed Steenkamp last year by shooting her in the head, arm and hip through a toilet door in his home. Prosecutors allege he intentionally killed her after a fight in the early hours of Feb. 14, 2013 and have sought to paint him as a hothead with an inflated sense of entitlement and an obsession with firearms.
In his testimony, Pistorius also said he is on antidepressant medicine and has trouble sleeping, and described one night when he went to hide in a closet after waking up in "a panic."
"I climbed into a cupboard and I phoned my sister to come and sit by me, which she did for a while," Pistorius said.
His testimony came on the day his defense opened its case and after legal experts said it was crucial to his case that he testify to explain why he shot Steenkamp. Pistorius faces 25 years to life in prison if convicted of premeditated murder for Steenkamp's killing.
He spoke in a soft, quavering voice while making his apology and describing what he said was his fragile state. At one point, Judge Thokozile Masipa asked him to speak more loudly.
Later, Pistorius grew more settled and confident as defense lawyer Barry Roux led him through questions about his childhood, his athletics career and how he overcame his disability to run at top track meets. Pistorius's life story is one that impressed many people around the world, before he killed Steenkamp.
Pistorius also described the positive affect his mother Sheila has on his life after he was born with a congenital condition and had to have his lower legs amputated when he was 11 months old, and the grief he felt at her death when he was a teenager.
But he also described how as a family they had "security concerns" and his mother slept with a gun under a pillow on her bed.
He was asked by Roux to talk about a 2009 boat crash when he suffered serious facial injuries. He said the accident had a "massive impact," causing him to become fearful, withdrawn, more vigilant about personal safety and more focused on his sporting career. He denied media reports at the time that he had been drinking alcohol before the boat accident.


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Guy De Maupassant
Why did I go into that beer hall on that particular evening? I do not know. It was cold; a fine rain, a flying mist, veiled the gas lamps with a transparent fog, made the side walks reflect the light that streamed from the shop windows—lighting up the soft slush and the muddy feet of the passers-by.
I was going nowhere in particular; was simply having a short walk after dinner. I had passed the Credit Lyonnais, the Rue Vivienne, and several other streets. I suddenly descried a large beer hall which was more than half full. I walked inside, with no object in view. I was not the least thirsty.
I glanced round to find a place that was not too crowded, and went and sat down by the side of a man who seemed to me to be old, and who was smoking a two-sous clay pipe, which was as black as coal. From six to eight glasses piled up on the table in front of him indicated the number of "bocks" he had already absorbed. At a glance I recognized a "regular," one of those frequenters of beer houses who come in the morning when the place opens, and do not leave till evening when it is about to close. He was dirty, bald on top of his head, with a fringe of iron-gray hair falling on the collar of his frock coat. His clothes, much too large for him, appeared to have been made for him at a time when he was corpulent. One could guess that he did not wear suspenders, for he could not take ten steps without having to stop to pull up his trousers. Did he wear a vest? The mere thought of his boots and of that which they covered filled me with horror. The frayed cuffs were perfectly black at the edges, as were his nails.
As soon as I had seated myself beside him, this individual said to me in a quiet tone of voice:
"How goes it?"
I turned sharply round and closely scanned his features, whereupon he continued:
"I see you do not recognize me."
"No, I do not."
"Des Barrets."
I was stupefied. It was Count Jean des Barrets, my old college chum.
I seized him by the hand, and was so dumbfounded that I could find nothing to say. At length I managed to stammer out:
"And you, how goes it with you?"
He responded placidly:
"I get along as I can."
"What are you doing now?" I asked.
"You see what I am doing," he answered quit resignedly.
I felt my face getting red. I insisted:
"But every day?"
"Every day it is the same thing," was his reply, accompanied with a thick puff of tobacco smoke.
He then tapped with a sou on the top of the marble table, to attract the attention of the waiter, and called out:
"Waiter, two 'bocks.'"
A voice in the distance repeated:
"Two bocks for the fourth table."
Another voice, more distant still, shouted out:
"Here they are!"
Immediately a man with a white apron appeared, carrying two "bocks," which he set down, foaming, on the table, spilling some of the yellow liquid on the sandy floor in his haste.
Des Barrets emptied his glass at a single draught and replaced it on the table, while he sucked in the foam that had been left on his mustache. He next asked:
"What is there new?"
I really had nothing new to tell him. I stammered:
"Nothing, old man. I am a business man."
In his monotonous tone of voice he said:
"Indeed, does it amuse you?"
"No, but what can I do? One must do something!"
"Why should one?"
"So as to have occupation."
"What's the use of an occupation? For my part, I do nothing at all, as you see, never anything. When one has not a sou I can understand why one should work. But when one has enough to live on, what's the use? What is the good of working? Do you work for yourself, or for others? If you work for yourself, you do it for your own amusement, which is all right; if you work for others, you are a fool."
Then, laying his pipe on the marble table, he called out anew:
"Waiter, a 'bock.'" And continued: "It makes me thirsty to keep calling so. I am not accustomed to that sort of thing. Yes, yes, I do nothing. I let things slide, and I am growing old. In dying I shall have nothing to regret. My only remembrance will be this beer hall. No wife, no children, no cares, no sorrows, nothing. That is best."
He then emptied the glass which had been brought him, passed his tongue over his lips, and resumed his pipe.
I looked at him in astonishment, and said:
"But you have not always been like that?"
"Pardon me; ever since I left college."
"That is not a proper life to lead, my dear fellow; it is simply horrible. Come, you must have something to do, you must love something, you must have friends."
"No, I get up at noon, I come here, I have my breakfast, I drink my beer, I remain until the evening, I have my dinner, I drink beer. Then about half-past one in the morning, I go home to bed, because the place closes up; that annoys me more than anything. In the last ten years I have passed fully six years on this bench, in my corner; and the other four in my bed, nowhere else. I sometimes chat with the regular customers."
"But when you came to Paris what did you do at first?"
"I paid my devoirs to the Cafe de Medicis."
"What next?"
"Next I crossed the water and came here."
"Why did you take that trouble?"
"What do you mean? One cannot remain all one's life in the Latin Quarter. The students make too much noise. Now I shall not move again. Waiter, a 'bock.'"
I began to think that he was making fun of me, and I continued:
"Come now, be frank. You have been the victim of some great sorrow; some disappointment in love, no doubt! It is easy to see that you are a man who has had some trouble. What age are you?"
"I am thirty, but I look forty-five, at least."
I looked him straight in the face. His wrinkled, ill-shaven face gave one the impression that he was an old man. On the top of his head a few long hairs waved over a skin of doubtful cleanliness. He had enormous eyelashes, a heavy mustache, and a thick beard. Suddenly I had a kind of vision, I know not why, of a basin filled with dirty water in which all that hair had been washed. I said to him:
"You certainly look older than your age. You surely must have experienced some great sorrow."
He replied:
"I tell you that I have not. I am old because I never go out into the air. Nothing makes a man deteriorate more than the life of a cafe."
I still could not believe him.
"You must surely also have been married? One could not get as bald-headed as you are without having been in love."
He shook his head, shaking dandruff down on his coat as he did so.
"No, I have always been virtuous."
And, raising his eyes toward the chandelier which heated our heads, he said:
"If I am bald, it is the fault of the gas. It destroys the hair. Waiter, a 'bock.' Are you not thirsty?"
"No, thank you. But you really interest me. Since when have you been so morbid? Your life is not normal, it is not natural. There is something beneath it all."
"Yes, and it dates from my infancy. I received a great shock when I was very young, and that turned my life into darkness which will last to the end."
"What was it?"
"You wish to know about it? Well, then, listen. You recall, of course, the castle in which I was brought up, for you used to spend five or six months there during vacation. You remember that large gray building, in the middle of a great park, and the long avenues of oaks which opened to the four points of the compass. You remember my father and mother, both of whom were ceremonious, solemn, and severe.
"I worshipped my mother; I was afraid of my father; but I respected both, accustomed always as I was to see every one bow before them. They were Monsieur le Comte and Madame la Comtesse to all the country round, and our neighbors, the Tannemares, the Ravelets, the Brennevilles, showed them the utmost consideration.
"I was then thirteen years old. I was happy, pleased with everything, as one is at that age, full of the joy of life.
"Well, toward the end of September, a few days before returning to college, as I was playing about in the shrubbery of the park, among the branches and leaves, as I was crossing a path, I saw my father and mother, who were walking along.
"I recall it as though it were yesterday. It was a very windy day. The whole line of trees swayed beneath the gusts of wind, groaning, and seeming to utter cries-those dull, deep cries that forests give out during a tempest.
"The falling leaves, turning yellow, flew away like birds, circling and falling, and then running along the path like swift animals.
"Evening came on. It was dark in the thickets. The motion of the wind and of the branches excited me, made me tear about as if I were crazy, and howl in imitation of the wolves.
"As soon as I perceived my parents, I crept furtively toward them, under the branches, in order to surprise them, as though I had been a veritable prowler. But I stopped in fear a few paces from them. My father, who was in a terrible passion, cried:
"'Your mother is a fool; moreover, it is not a question of your mother. It is you. I tell you that I need this money, and I want you to sign this.'
"My mother replied in a firm voice:
"'I will not sign it. It is Jean's fortune. I shall guard it for him and I will not allow you to squander it with strange women, as you have your own heritage.'
"Then my father, trembling with rage, wheeled round and, seizing his wife by the throat, began to slap her with all his might full in the face with his disengaged hand.
"My mother's hat fell off, her hair became loosened and fell over her shoulders; she tried to parry the blows, but she could not do so. And my father, like a madman, kept on striking her. My mother rolled over on the ground, covering her face with her hands. Then he turned her over on her back in order to slap her still more, pulling away her hands, which were covering her face.
"As for me, my friend, it seemed as though the world was coming to an end, that the eternal laws had changed. I experienced the overwhelming dread that one has in presence of things supernatural, in presence of irreparable disasters. My childish mind was bewildered, distracted. I began to cry with all my might, without knowing why; a prey to a fearful dread, sorrow, and astonishment. My father heard me, turned round, and, on seeing me, started toward me. I believe that he wanted to kill me, and I fled like a hunted animal, running straight ahead into the thicket.
"I ran perhaps for an hour, perhaps for two. I know not. Darkness set in. I sank on the grass, exhausted, and lay there dismayed, frantic with fear, and devoured by a sorrow capable of breaking forever the heart of a poor child. I was cold, hungry, perhaps. At length day broke. I was afraid to get up, to walk, to return home, to run farther, fearing to encounter my father, whom I did not wish to see again.
"I should probably have died of misery and of hunger at the foot of a tree if the park guard had not discovered me and led me home by force.
"I found my parents looking as usual. My mother alone spoke to me "'How you frightened me, you naughty boy. I lay awake the whole night.'
"I did not answer, but began to weep. My father did not utter a single word.
"Eight days later I returned to school.
"Well, my friend, it was all over with me. I had witnessed the other side of things, the bad side. I have not been able to perceive the good side since that day. What has taken place in my mind, what strange phenomenon has warped my ideas, I do not know. But I no longer had a taste for anything, a wish for anything, a love for anybody, a desire for anything whatever, any ambition, or any hope. And I always see my poor mother on the ground, in the park, my father beating her. My mother died some years later; my, father still lives. I have not seen him since. Waiter, a 'bock.'"
A waiter brought him his "bock," which he swallowed at a gulp. But, in taking up his pipe again, trembling as he was, he broke it. "Confound it!" he said, with a gesture of annoyance. "That is a real sorrow. It will take me a month to color another!"
And he called out across the vast hall, now reeking with smoke and full of men drinking, his everlasting: "Garcon, un 'bock'—and a new pipe."


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São Paulo Underground is a cultural and stylistic collision between electronica, tropicalia, avant garde jazz, and punk, featuring Chicago Underground Duo's Rob Mazurek on cornet, harmonium and various effects, and São Paulo's Guilherme Granado on keyboards, synths, sampler and vocals, and Mauricio Takara on percussion, cavaquinho and electronics. All three men were in town last September for the 2013 Guelph Jazz Festival and we had a chat at a restaurant in Guelph called Ox, where we pondered their latest and fourth album, Beija Flors Velho E Sujo. Wavelength Toronto presents Chicago Underground Duo at the Garrison on Thursday May 1 so it seemed like the right time to dig into the interview archives and present this spirited conversation in which São Paulo Underground and I discuss vocal harmonies on "G-Ball's Fantasia," why the band keeps returning to Guelph for the Guelph Jazz Festival, G-Ball's cheeseburger odyssey and Canadian generosity, their new band and the ol' dirty hummingbird, Ol' Dirty Bastard, Sun Ra, and The Wizard of Oz, making an album with Greg "the Shark" Norman at Electrical Audio in Chicago, why SPU get along so well and the wisdom of Pharoah Sanders, G-Ball's birthday, the band's 10th anniversary, how São Paulo Underground came together and its connection to the Chicago Underground Duo, the experimental and punk music scenes in São Paulo, the tremendous impact Fugazi had on musicians in Brazil after they played a show there, Mauricio's collaborations with Fugazi's Joe Lally and Sonic Youth's Lee Ranaldo, Kenny from Wellington Brewery offers SPU an SPA, the story of Rob Mazurek, where the Exploding Star Orchestra came from, learning from elder musicians, why Chicago's music history is out of hand and how the culture there impacted Rob's wild aesthetic, Chicago bands like Tortoise, Sea and Cake, U.S. Maple, the For Carnation, Gastr del Sol, and the Smashing Pumpkins, bringing the ruckus, Rob's involvement within numerous musical styles, how punk and jazz make sense together and galvanize people, punk rock free samba yoga, what's coming up next for São Paulo Underground and Chicago Underground Duo and Rob's love life, mental preparation before working with legends, beautiful vocal harmonies, the song "Ol' Dirty Hummingbird" and a nice fade out.
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I am also a Fellow of St Johns College. My speaking voice sounds like this. Here is a fun Java applet: Damongo Sundial.
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A recent addition are some colourful fingering charts that may help french horn players learn their scales and arpeggios. Click fingering if your are interested. However beautiful these diagrams are, there is no substitute for the hundreds of hours of practice needed to perfect the playing of scales and arpeggios.
My most recent work has been on a package to allow BCPL programs to generate native machine code dynamically at runtime in a machine independent way (currently only available for i386 machines). See bcplprogs/mc in the standard BCPL distribution. For the n-queens problem this give a 24-fold speed up. A second project I am working on is a program to provide an automatic musical accompaniment to a soloist. The score is represented in the MUS language specifically designed for this project. This language allows the user detailed control of tempo, volume, phasing and many other aspects of the performance. In due course the program will analyse in real time the sound picked up by a USB condenser microphone allowing the program to keep in time with the performer. The project is in the early stages of development, but parts are beginning to work. See the directory mus2mid in the Musprogs distribution. Some demonstration Midi files generated by this system are:
The slow movement of Poulenc's sonata for flute and piano.
A chord recognition test for subdominant and dominant triads in root,
first or second inversions.
A chord recognition test for any triads in root, first or second inversions.
A sequence of all triads of C major and minor in root, first or second inversions.
Programming language design and implementation. Typeless programming languages. Analysis and optimisation of complete programs. Implementation of efficient interpreters. Compact interpretive codes and ultra compact codes suitable for just-in-time compilation. Tautology and Satisfiability checkers. Thread, Coroutines and Process Control. How to implement complex real time applications that need to run reliably for the next 30 or more years.
BCPL, an interpretive implementation of the BCPL language and system, including many demonstration programs. Click on BCPL.html to obtain a copy of the current version. This version can be installed easily on most machines running Linux, Windows and MAC OSX. This distribution provides both 32 and 64 bit Cintcode implementations of BCPL. It is easy to install this version on the Raspberry Pi machine. See the Young Person's Guide to BCPL Programming on the Raspberry Pi (bcpl4raspi.pdf) for details.
Cintpos, an interpretive implementation of the Tripos Portable Operating System. Click Cintpos.html to obtain a copy.
MCPL, a typeless language with features taken from BCPL, C, ML and Prolog. Click MCPL.html to obtain a copy.
Bench, a machine and language independent benchmark program. Click Bench.html to obtain a copy.
The GP2X is a handheld Linux based gaming machine containing two ARM processors and flash memory of up to 2 Gbytes. It has a 320x240 16-bit colour display and several gaming type buttons including an 8 way joystick. I have implemented both BCPL Cintcode and Cintpos for this machine. So that it can be used standalone without a keyboard, I have implemented a terminal emulator, called Joyterm, for it allowing the user to send ASCII characters to a bash shell using just the joystick and the buttons. For more information click GP2X.html.
The following link provide access to the Latex source of several documents including, for instance, the source of bcplman.pdf and bcpl4raspi.pdf. This distribution is mainly for backup ans making it easier for me to transfer these files between machines. Many of them are still under development or out of date. But some of them may be found useful since, for instance, they show how the syntax transition diagrams in bcplman.pdf were created. To download these files click on the following link: publications.tgz.
Musprogs holds various BCPL programs concerned with sampled and MIDI sound and ultimately a program to act as an automatic friendly accompanist to (typically) a solo player. This is currently under development and will not be ready for some time (years!). My initial plan is to use a USB ribbon microphone for input, a USB connection to a Roland SonicCell with the SRX-6 (Complete Orchestra) extension board and run the program under Windows XP using Cintpos and the MC package (for the time critical signal processing). I will use my own ASCII representation of the score (somewhat influenced by that used in Lilypond). For several reasons, I am not expecting to use FFT for the realtime analysis of the sound input. For more information click Musprogs.html.
Edsac contains an interactive simulator of Edsac the first general purpose stored program computer to run in Cambridge. It was designed and built by a team under the leadership of Maurice Wilkes and ran its first program on 6 May 1949. It was the first machine in the world to provide a computing service. Click Edsac.html to obtain a copy.
BCPLCTSS contains the version of the BCPL compiler as it was in June 1968 running on CTSS at MIT's Project MAC. It also contains a modification of this compiler that runs under the current 64-bit Cintcode BCPL System. Click BCPLCTSS.html to obtain a copy.
Tcobench contains various implementations of a language independent benchmark program to test how well different languages can implement an application which is well suited to using coroutines running in a multi-threading environment. Currently only a BCPL version is available, the other implementations are under development. Click Tcobench.html to obtain a copy.
Cobench, a machine and language independent benchmark program for BCPL style coroutines. Click Cobench.html to obtain a copy.
An archive of old BCPL and Tripos code is available. Click Archive.html to obtain a copy.
An archive of documents relating to the PAL language that was developed at MIT between 1967 and 1969. It will contain a reconstruction of the PAL compiler and interpreter together with the reference manual and some example programs. Click PAL.html to obtain a copy.
VSPL, a very simple programming language designed to be a case study for comparing different ways of implementing a compiler. It currently has implementations in BCPL, C and Lex/Yacc. Implementations in other languages such as C++, Java, ML and Prolog are planned. Click VSPL.html to obtain a copy.
Some Publications
bcpl4raspi.pdf. Young Person's Guide to BCPL programming on the Raspberry Pi. This is still being written.
strachey100.pdf. This was a paper given st the Strachey 100 Celebration in Oxford on 19 November 2016.
cpl2bcpl.pdf. This paper outlines how BCPL was derived from CPL.
oldbcplman.pdf. Archive of the old BCPL Cintcode System Users Guide, December 2003.
musman.pdf. The MUS Users Guide (still under development).
cintposman.pdf. Archive of the old Cintpos Portable Operating System (now obsolete), October 2002.
mcplman.pdf. The MCPL Programming Manual and User Guide, TR 431, July 1997.
lengtarj.pdf. Slides for the talk "The Lengauer Tarjan Algorithm for Computing the immediate Dominators Tree of a Flowgraph", A informal talk given at Cambridge, 17 May 2001.
checker.pdf. Rough draft of "Experiments with a Tautology Checker Algorithm" (1998).
chkslds.pdf. Slides for the talk "A Tautology Checker loosely related to Stalmarck's Algorithm", A Seminar given at Cambridge, 13 March 1998.
qbf2slds.pdf. Slides for the talk "A Presentation of the Paper: A Linear-time Algorithm for Testing the Truth of Certain Quantified Boolean Formulas" A talk given at Cambridge, 5 February 1998.
mcplslds.pdf. Slides for the talk "Pattern Matching in a Typeless Language", POP Seminar given at CMU, 10 December 1997.
ptcslds.pdf. Slides for the talk "Portable Target Codes for Compilers", SCS Seminar given at CMU, 6 October 1997.
backtrk.pdf. Backtracking Algorithms in MCPL using Bit Patterns and Recursion, TR 433, July 1997.
model.pdf. Demonstration Programs for CTL and Mu-Calculus Symbolic Model Checking, TR 434, August 1997.
edsacposter.pdf. A PDF version on two A4 pages of the poster explaining the two EDSAC paper tapes etched onto the glass panels surrounding the first floor coffee lounge area in Cambridge University Computer Laboratory, September 2005.
myphdthesis.pdf. This is going to be a reconstruction of my PhD thesis.
Horn playing, Music, skiing, theatre, concerts, walking, travel.


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357: Flies
Flies |
Title text: I don't know about houseflies, but we definitely caught a lot of fruit flies with our vinegar bowl. Hooray science! |
The saying "you catch more flies with honey than vinegar" means that people are more likely to be won over with politeness than hostility.
When Cueball's friend tells him this after he replies to a "noob" using swear words, he then says that the saying is literally false by saying that balsamic vinegar attracts more flies than honey. He then tells his friend to try it with his own fruit flies. Fruit flies are attracted to the products of fermentation, particularly to ethanol and acetic acid. The acidity in vinegar is due mostly to acetic acid.
When Cueball's statement is found true, as balsamic vinegar smells like sweet and decomposing fruit to the fruit flies, his friend complains to his mother (with a vitriol influenced by Cueball, perhaps to get some favor) that she lied to him. He then says that another saying, "a watched pot never boils," is also literally false. That saying means that an event that is monitored with impatient attention will seem to take longer, much like watching a clock. However, the pot will boil eventually, so if you keep watching it continuously, you are bound to see it boil at some point.
In the title text, it seems that Randall explains why he wrote this comic — his vinegar bowl attracted a lot of fruit flies. However, he has not done the experiment with houseflies.
The notion of a watched pot not boiling is ascribed to Benjamin Franklin under the pseudonym "Poor Richard." He writes, "a watched pot is slow to boil," meaning "Time feels longer when you're waiting for something to happen."[1]
- [Cueball is typing on a computer, and his friend is lying on the floor.]
- "Noob" (on computer): *$@#!
- Friend: Hey, ease up on the noobs. Like my mom always said, you catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.
- [Cueball has turned his chair around.]
- Cueball: No, you don't.
- Friend: You don't?
- Cueball: Nope, set out a bowl of balsamic and a bowl of honey. The vinegar gets more.
- [Cueball's friend is now sitting on the floor.]
- Friend: ...Seriously?
- Cueball: You have fruit flies. Try it yourself.
- Later:
- [Cueball's friend is standing in front of a table, talking into a phone. On the table, there are two bowls, and the bowl on the left seems to be surrounded by flies.]
- Friend: Mother! You lied to me! And it gets worse. I was watching a pot yesterday, and guess what it did? It boiled, mother.
Actually, the saying was originally "A watched pot never boils over." This means that you should watch a pot to make sure the water doesn't spill out.188.8.131.52 17:57, 8 March 2013 (UTC)
- Nope. The phrase did not originate with the word "over", which makes less sense anyway, defeating the purpose.[1] — Kazvorpal (talk) 05:27, 10 November 2019 (UTC)
Pretty sure that A watched pot never boils is an expression unto its own. If you sat and watched a pot long enough it would still boil over, on the macro scale there is no effect on observing something. 126.96.36.199 09:10, 1 November 2013 (UTC)
I thought that this expression meant that the water boiling process have a Murphy law like property in it: that the pot tends to boil over when you turn away from it. 184.108.40.206 21:59, 30 November 2013 (UTC)
CLEARLY the idea is that you are waiting for the pot to boil so that you can add something to it. You are not waiting for it to boil over; you are waiting for it to boil. The point is that many things that you want in life take longer to eventuate than you think, and sitting there fixating on them doesn't actually help and is a waste of time. Do something else useful in the meantime; the pot will boil when it's ready. 18.104.22.168 19:48, 5 February 2014 (UTC)
Honey has a much higher sugar content than Balsamic vinegar. My hypothesis for this is that the real draw fro the flies is related to fragrance 188.8.131.52 19:18, 3 April 2014 (UTC)
- I agree on this and updated the explanation. Mumiemonstret (talk) 14:10, 5 June 2014 (UTC)
Could this be a metaphor for trolling? Richmond tudor (talk) 00:24, 18 February 2015 (UTC)
I was actually waiting for the day I'd be able to use the knowledge this strip has bestowed onto me. Unfortunately I'm such a slob that there are just WAY too many. But it *certainly* seems to be working so far! I also did some research and found out the flies I'm having are called vinegar flies. What's funny is that when I searched for Florida [insert insect name here], it turns out my college (UF) has pretty much the entire field of Florida entomology covered, and I doubt it's because I'm using the school network.
But I've been living in a dumpster-quality environment for weeks and haven't gotten remotely sick. My immune system is *crazy* good, haha! But there comes a point where it's just plain disgusting and the flies get annoying, so I am in the process of cleaning up, not so much because of the health hazard as much as it is just the smell and how I'm tired of getting hundreds of flies in my face. Also a few of them bite, and they're starting to spread throughout the rest of the dorms so... yeah. If UF's Lakeside building 3 dorm ends up getting fumigated... it's my fault entirely.
Also I don't want to wake up to find my bed crawling with maggots. IDK where they laid eggs and the RA is forbidding me to use Raid. IDK why they'd sell it in the PODs (UF's convenience store) if we're not allowed to use them. International Space Station (talk) 07:04, 28 October 2015 (UTC)
--- Is an unwatched pot in a superposition of boiling and not boiling? --- Ruffy314 (talk) 01:56, 20 November 2015 (UTC)
In English, the acid in vinegar is called "acetic acid". IIRC, "ethanoic acid" makes sense from the IUPAC rules for forming chemical names, so perhaps the writer speaks a language that uses that term. 184.108.40.206 20:27, 3 October 2016 (UTC)
Just a note - white vinegar doesn't work well. Apple cider vinegar is much more effective. Add a little dish soap, put it in a narrow-mouth bottle (like 20oz soda bottle), and it'll catch a LOT of gnats or fruit flies. 126.96.36.199 14:59, 12 August 2020 (UTC)
wait, do people actually refer to their mom as "mother???" 220.127.116.11 12:55, 3 October 2021 (UTC)Bumpf
- Not usually, no. Hence the humour. AzureArmageddon 16:08, 5 October 2023 (UTC)
Has anyone actually verified the claim that vinegar catches more fruit flies? AzureArmageddon 16:08, 5 October 2023 (UTC)
- Nope. -- Z1mp0st0rz (talk) 15:37, 24 April 2024 (please sign your comments with ~~~~)


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"Pithy one-liners and snappy zingers" devised by Serious Sam fans can be submitted for vetting via Twitter to @devolverdigital starting today through July 30th. The winning line will then wind up being recording as an audio quip by the voice of Sam "Serious" Stone, John J. Dick. Finally, the sound bite will appear in the final version of the upcoming remake Serious Sam HD which launches on Xbox Live Arcade and PC later this summer. Read More »
Croteam's daft-but-fun first-person shooter from 2001 is heading to Xbox Live Arcade. Eurogamer is reporting that the developer is recreating the PC title Serious Sam: The First Encounter for Xbox Live Arcade, dubbing the new version Serious Sam HD.
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Release Date: January 13, 2010
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