text: [Christian Tismer Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 03:27:31AM +0100] > > Running the following command over the current Python CVS > src/dist direcotry: > > wc $(find . -name '*.c' -or -name '*.h') > > gives this result today (Januaray 20, 2003, 2:31 (GMT+01.00) > > 319282 1132750 9397985 total > > Ok, this is about everything in the core distribution, may > it be needed for Minimal Python (whatever it is) or not. > Let's roughly shrink it down to 150.000 lines. I am not sure what this number (300.000) really means at all. For example, 100.000 lines of it are in the Modules directory (not counting their .h files). And getting a running Python-Python-Interpreter doesn't require rewriting all C-stuff. > Now, think of code like ceval.c which is alone 3900 lines > of code, and not the most simple code. If this wouldn't translate to less than 1000 lines of nice python code i would be surprised. > Of course, we can create a serious new interpreter, with > all "borrowed" objects wrapped in a proper way quite > quickly, and I still think this is a good idea. good :-) > But I think we can do much better. > And most probably, people will not get bored to do the > implementation, see part three. > > Part Two: Making you frightened about the C code > ------------------------------------------------ > > No offense to the python-dev people (also, since I do > belong to this group a little bit), the C code base > is absolutely great. As a code base written in C, of course. > > But I would like to encourage everybody to pick some > medium-sized C source file and try to translate it into > Python. It is possible, and it isn't too difficult. > But it makes you stumble and stumble and stumble. btw, I would think there is two orders of magnitude more python code out there than python C-extensions. > [more analysis of how much good C-code there is] > Part Three: Proposing A Radical Consequence > ------------------------------------------- > > I see no point in wasting manjears of coding to re-invent > the whell by assembling piece-to-piece from C code to > Python code. > For sure, there are some very relevant modules which might > need to be hand-coded. > But, and this is driven by the summary of what I thought > to re-code by hand today: > I believe that it is possible to automate this translation > process! > We can set up some default mappings for the most frequent C > constructs. > There are a number of free-ware C compilers around, and also > some C interpreters. > My vision since today is now to augment such a compiler > to become a Python extension, and then run this compiler > over all the C code. > The Python extension should then try to provide a re-write > of the C code in Python! > ... > That's what I'm saying today: > Make the move from C to Python automatic, by 95 percent. Now *this* seems a like a huge undertaking which requires to deal with C-parsers for starters. Don't take me wrong but i don't believe in this route, yet. But i will do as you say and spent more time recoding some stuff in python and try getting it to work. Maybe you are right. cheers, holger


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Last Friday (March 4, 2016), Palo Alto Networks, a well-known security firm, posted its discovery of KeRanger ransomware infecting Transmission, the popular Mac BitTorrent client. The actual malware was found within the installer for Transmission version 2.90.

The Transmission website quickly took down the infected installer and is urging anyone using Transmission 2.90 to update to version 2.92, which has been verified by Transmission to be free of KeRanger.

Transmission hasn't discussed how the infected installer was able to be hosted on their website, nor has Palo Alto Networks been able to determine how the Transmission site was compromised.

KeRanger Ransomware

The KeRanger ransomware works as most ransomware does, by encrypting files on your Mac, and then demanding payment; in this case, in the form of a bitcoin (currently valued around $400) to provide you with the encryption key to recover your files.

The KeRanger ransomware is installed by the compromised Transmission installer. The installer makes use of a valid Mac app developer certificate, allowing the installation of the ransomware to fly past OS X's Gatekeeper technology, which prevents the installation of malware on the Mac.

Once installed, KeRanger sets up communication with a remote server on the Tor network. It then goes to sleep for three days. Once it awakens, KeRanger receives the encryption key from the remote server and proceeds to encrypt files on the infected Mac.

The files encrypted include those in the /Users folder, which results in most user files on the infected Mac becoming encrypted and not usable. In addition, Palo Alto Networks reports that the /Volumes folder, which contains the mount point for all attached storage devices, both local and on your network, is also a target.

At this time, there's mixed information regarding Time Machine backups being encrypted by KeRanger, but if the /Volumes folder is targeted, I see no reason why a Time Machine drive wouldn't be encrypted. My guess is that KeRanger is such a new piece of ransomware that the mixed reports about Time Machine are simply a bug in the ransomware code; sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't.

Apple Reacts

Palo Alto Networks reported the KeRanger ransomware to both Apple and Transmission. Both reacted swiftly; Apple revoked the Mac app developer certificate used by the app, thus allowing Gatekeeper to stop further installations of the current version of KeRanger. Apple also updated XProject signatures, allowing the OS X malware prevention system to recognize KeRanger and prevent installation, even if GateKeeper is disabled, or is configured for a low-security setting.

Transmission removed Transmission 2.90 from their website and quickly reissued a clean version of Transmission, with a version number of 2.92. We can also assume they're looking into how their website was compromised, and taking measures to prevent it from happening again.

How to Remove KeRanger

Remember, downloading and installing the infected version of the Transmission app is currently the only way to acquire KeRanger. If you don't use Transmission, you currently don't need to worry about KeRanger.

As long as KeRanger hasn't encrypted your Mac's files yet, you have time to remove the app and prevent the encryption from occurring. If your Mac's files are already encrypted, there's not much you can do except hope your backups haven't been encrypted as well. This points out a very good reason for having a backup drive that isn't always connected to your Mac. As an example, I use Carbon Copy Cloner to make a weekly clone of my Mac's data. The drive housing that clone isn't mounted on my Mac until it's needed for the cloning process.

If I had run into a ransomware situation, I could have recovered by restoring from the weekly clone. The only penalty for using the weekly clone is having files that could be up to one week out of date, but that's much better than paying some nefarious cretin a ransom.

If you find yourself in the unfortunate situation of KeRanger having already sprung its trap, I know of no way out other than either paying the ransom or reloading OS X and starting over with a clean install.

Remove Transmission

In the Finder, navigate to /Applications.

Find the Transmission app, and then right-click its icon.

From the pop-up menu, select Show Package Contents.

In the Finder window that opens, navigate to /Contents/Resources/.

Look for a file labeled General.rtf.

If the General.rtf file is present, you have an infected version of Transmission installed. If the Transmission app is running, quit the app, drag it to the trash, and then empty the trash.

Remove KeRanger

Launch Activity Monitor, located at /Applications/Utilities.

In Activity Monitor, select the CPU tab.

In Activity Monitor's search field, enter the following:

kernel_service

and then press return.

If the service exists, it will be listed in Activity Monitor's window.

If present, double-click the process name in Activity Monitor.

In the window that opens, click the Open Files and Ports button.

Make a note of the kernel_service pathname; it will likely be something like:

/users/homefoldername/Library/kernel_service

Select the file, and then click the Quit button.

Repeat the above for the following service names:

kernel_time

kernel_complete

Although you quit the services within Activity Monitor, you also need to delete the files from your Mac. To do so, use the file pathnames you made note of to navigate to the kernel_service, kernel_time, and kernel_complete files. (Note: You may not have all of these files present on your Mac.)

Since the files you need to delete are located in your home folder's Library folder, you'll need to make this special folder visible. You can find instructions for how to do this in the OS X Is Hiding Your Library Folder article.

Once you have access to the Library folder, delete the above-mentioned files by dragging them to the trash, then right-clicking the trash icon, and selecting Empty Trash.

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Middle East studies in the News
Serious Concerns About Abuse of CSU Resources and Name [incl. Vida Samiian and Manzar Foroohar]
by Tammi Rossman-Benjamin and Leila Beckwith
Dear President Welty, President Armstrong, President Hellenbrand, and Chancellor Reed:
We are co-founders of the AMCHA Initiative, a grassroots organization representing thousands of members and supporters of the California Jewish community, who are united in their concern for the safety and well-being of Jewish students on college and university campuses across the state. We would like to express our serious concerns about the upcoming talks by Ilan Pappe at California State University Northridge (CSUN) on February 20, at California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly) on February 22, and at California State University Fresno (CSUF) on February 23.
As you may know, Ilan Pappe is an Israeli Jew who harbors deep animus towards the Jewish state, has publicly called for its elimination, and engages in activities to harm its citizens, such as a campaign to boycott Israeli academics, which he helped to found. In addition, he openly supports the terrorist organization Hamas and falsely accuses Israel of "crimes against humanity," including "genocide" and "ethnic cleansing."
Pappe has readily acknowledged that his "scholarship" is driven by his anti-Israel political agenda, and his historical writings have been repudiated by numerous eminent scholars of Israel and the Middle East. Moreover, much of the rhetoric Pappe uses to demonize and delegitimize the Jewish state is anti-Semitic according to the working definition of anti-Semitism employed by the U.S. State Department, as is the academic boycott which he promotes in his talks and writings.
Although we are dismayed that Ilan Pappe is coming to speak at three CSU campuses, our concern is not with the events per se, but rather with the fact that these events are being organized and promoted by faculty and administrators of the California State University system, using the name, resources, and imprimatur of CSU, in order to vilify and harm the Jewish state and its supporters.
We will take each campus in turn:
At CSUF, the lecture is being organized by the Dean of the College of Arts and Humanities, Vida Samiian, and sponsored by the Middle East Studies Department. There is little doubt that Dean Samiian is organizing this event for the purposes of propagandizing rather than educating students at CSUF. Like Ilan Pappe, Dean Samiian has made her political animus towards Israel a matter of public record. For example, she has:
Moreover, from at least 2003, Vida Samiian has used her administrative office — first as Assistant Dean of the College of Arts and Humanities, and then as Dean — to organize and promote a number of events that presented only one, virulently anti-Israel perspective. Indeed, when Dean Samiian was approached by CSUF faculty and asked to allow an ideologically diverse panel to participate in the February 23rd event, she refused.
At Cal Poly, Pappe's talk is being organized by History Professor Manzar Foroohar and sponsored by the History Department and the College of Liberal Arts. In an email announcing the event, which Professor Foroohar sent to all faculty in the College of Liberal Arts, she asked them to announce Pappe's talk in their classes and to encourage their students to attend. It is clear that Professor Foroohar, too, is organizing and promoting this event for the purposes of propagandizing rather than educating students, and like Dean Samiian at CSUF, Professor Foroohar's animus towards Israel is a matter of public record. For example:
In addition, since at least 2003, Professor Foroohar has used her faculty position to bring virulently anti-Israel speakers to Cal Poly to lecture in her History classes and at events that are sponsored by the History Department and the College of Liberal Arts.
At CSUN, the announcement for Pappe's talk was emailed widely to the campus community by the Office of Academic Affairs, which, according to the CSUN website, is directed by interim President Harry Hellenbrand. Although co-sponsored by several student groups, the Academic Affairs announcement clearly indicates that Pappe's talk is an official University event, stating: "California State University, Northridge presents: A lecture by Ilan Pappe." In addition, the Academic Affairs announcement provides links to two flyers, which appear on the CSUN web server of the Boycott Israel Resources webpage posted by Professor David Klein, the faculty sponsor for two of the student groups sponsoring the event. Like his CSU colleagues Dean Samiian and Professor Foroohar, Professor Klein's animus of Israel is also a matter of public record. For example:
At a time when California's public universities are reeling from unprecedented financial crises, we are appalled that Dean Samiian, Professor Foroohar, and Professor Klein have been permitted to exploit their University positions and taxpayer-funded University resources to promote their hatred of the Jewish state and their efforts to harm it. We believe the upcoming events at CSUF, Cal Poly, and CSUN are further glaring examples of this egregious violation of public trust.
Please understand that we are NOT asking that these three events be cancelled or that Ilan Pappe be censored. Rather, we are calling on you to rescind all CSUF, Cal Poly, and CSUN sponsorship and support from the Ilan Pappe events, for the following reasons:
In addition to ensuring that these events receive no University support or funding, we urge you to widely and publicly acknowledge the Trustee's policy on propagandizing, and to commit to its enforcement on your campuses.
We believe there is much wisdom in the Trustees' formulation, and that its enforcement could make a significant difference in improving the climate on CSU campuses, not just for Jewish students, but for all students.
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is it ok for your spouse to text his co workers? update: So here it goes again in BLUE
Poll Results
Question: Is it ok for your Spouse to text co- workers?
YES perfectly fine
No - dont think its good
Total Votes: 709
Question: Is it ok for your Spouse to text co- workers?
Total Votes: 709
So would you be upset if your spouse was texting his co-workers ?
so I found myself having to load my family (kids) in the car and my dh is texting away on his phone mind you I have three children , the youngest less then 2 having to get them all loaded up grab diaper bag ect , and my dh is already in the car with his cell phone in tow texting yep you guess it one of his co workers , I'm like who are you texting that is so important he hesitated at first and said (XXXX) name and it was one of his co workers , she just broke up with her fiance and apparently she was needing help moving some things . I said what the heck we are on our way to go eat and he is texting this women, like he is some type of super hero or something (insert chuckle here) , I told him, I was pretty upset about it and he said he wouldn't do it again well he left his phone out in the car last night so I went out there and sure enough he was texting her again im not trying to pry in his buisness but he is my spouse and I think I have a right to know what is going on I would think I would have the right to know, to help her move some things!
So I feel like he is keeping things from me and like I shouldn't be upset about it!
I guess im making a big deal out of it . He was like I cant just ignore them , I have to work with these people and try to make them happy!
Well doing things outside of work is not a good ideal to me but that is just me! maybe im wrong but I dont know!
I know I was wrong in checking his phone but wouldn't you be upset if your spouse was doing things behind your back?
How would you feel about it ?
Tell me its not going to hurt my feelings just be honest am I being wrong just let me know and I'll just leave it at that!
Also he works with is mainly women!!
Update: Well I got my call log from May2nd until now June 7th to one number on the list there has been 129 text message incoming and outgoing to that number alone!
mine does it all the time, though most of it is work related. Never bother's me unless we are eating. But I realize that is the nature of his job.
Any therapist will tell you that open, nonaccusatory conversations are the best way to affair proof your marriage.
Female co-workers- ONLY if it's about work...I actually blocked one of his female co-workers because she is the needy type who always wants to make small talk, just for the sake of it.
It wouldnt bother me unless he was trying to hide it from me. Usually if someone needs help or something he will tell me about it and ask if I mind if he goes and helps them (not for permission but to make sure we dont have other plans).
I would totally be all for that hun , but this is about helping her outside of work , to help her move or something!! also jumping in the car already and leaving it to me to load the children up to get in a texting match with this lady I thought was really rude that it seemed like he was more concerned with her then his family!
Quoting Michellina11234:
mine does it all the time, though most of it is work related. Never bother's me unless we are eating. But I realize that is the nature of his job.
I wouldn't care, the only thing that would annoy me is trying to wrangle 3 kids and him sitting and not even asking if he can help. Other then that I don't care.


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ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – An Albuquerque artist wants women represented at the city's veterans' memorial park, but said when she proposed a female sculpture, the Veterans Memorial Review Committee suggested she add a man to it.
Jen Northup said she recently proposed an idea that would put the face of a woman veteran on a sculpture at the New Mexico Veterans' Memorial.
The Air Force veteran and sculptor said she got the idea after recently visiting the park.
"There is nothing out there for the women vet, solely. There's nothing," Northup said.
So, she created a drawing, then sculpted the image onto clay and is already working on a mold of a woman K-9 handler. She said the design was inspired by her friend, who served at Kirtland Air Force Base in the 1980s.
However, when Northup met the board that approves sculptures, she said the chairman had some ideas of his own.
"There was a suggestion that perhaps I should add a male K-9 handler into my proposal," Northup said.
Judy Quintana, the President of The Women Veterans in New Mexico, supports Northup's idea. She said the chairman told her the same thing.
"He explained it to me that we needed to have a male and female K-9 handler in the sculpture," Quintana said. "I tried to understand the concept because the rest of the area doesn't have it the same way."
However, Northrup said that's not what she was going for. She said all of the other statues at the park are men and she thinks it's important to have the image of a woman on a statue.
Northup said she recently learned that her friend may have been the first female K-9 handler at Kirtland.
"When I found that out, I was like, I can't change it," Northup said.
Northup said adding a man to the piece would take away the efforts of women who helped reshape the military by taking on roles that were once only held by men.
Northrup said her sculpture would cost about $90,000 that she would have to raise by donors. She says she will do the work for free.
However, she said adding a male soldier would bump up the cost to $150,000.
Northup said she was also told to get the support of the K-9 community then come back and propose her idea again.
Northup said the sculpture is also important because it represents the K-9 handler community, which she feels both the soldier and canine play a vital role in securing citizen's safety. She said it would be an honor to see the K-9 community represented at the park.
Northup said members of that community are in support of her idea.
She is also on a mission to get support from other veterans and even active duty to try and get her proposal pushed through.
Northup's proposal would be the first image of a woman veteran, but there's currently a monument including the uniform of a female veteran.
KRQE News 13 asked for comment from the committee chairman Wednesday, but the city said he called in sick.
A city official said it typically takes a couple of meetings to get an idea passed.


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Several organisations in Bristol work to recycle food waste. A job that should be the responsibility of the supermarkets creating the surplus in the first place. Food banks and homeless charities, the usual recipients of supermarket surplus, lack the capacity to distribute it fast enough to those in need. This includes FareShare, the UK's biggest supermarket food waste redistribution charity, who redistribute 1-3% of this waste nationally.
Bristol-based Skipchen estimates it regularly picked up nearly 1 tonne of surplus fruit and veg a week from a Brislington homeless charity that houses 60 people. A worker at the charity, who wishes to remain anonymous, says the supermarket makes them take all its surplus food or none.
The charity is effectively made to operate as a supermarket waste manager, and is then left to deal with most of the excess waste it can't use.
The charity is effectively made to operate as a supermarket waste manager, and is then left to deal with most of the excess waste it can't use.
"I personally witnessed the walk-in fridge full daily, whilst excess food was stored in a parked van outside. During the Christmas period there were up to 50 crates full piled outside on the ground too. It was destructive to hope for any change", said Rachel Haig, co-Director of Skipchen.
This second hand redistribution, disguised as a freebie and a resourceful solution to food poverty, is the source of many new problems.
Over the past eleven months, Skipchen intercepted over 25 tonnes of food before it reached the landfill. With five full time volunteers this equates to 14,600 hours per year. Staff costs on living wage would have be £109, 500 alone. This does not include the costs of buying and running a refrigerated van, insurance, storage, fuel and cooking facilities. This shows the levels of time and resource investment required if the current scale of food waste is to be dealt with effectively.
The scale of waste in the early stages of supermarkets food sourcing is core to the issue. In the UK alone nearly 30% of our vegetable crop is never harvested. In our industrial agricultural system, farmers bear the brunt of supermarkets competing against one another, forcing farmers to overproduce. Meanwhile, they have no guarantee their stock will be bought as supermarkets can refuse to re-enter into contracts. They can also change, at a whim, specifications such as quality, quantity and packaging. Due to these exploitative practices, it is estimated that worldwideup to 50% of food loss occurs before it reaches the consumer. It rots in the fields post-harvest or in poor transportation systems directed towards markets and consumers.
Supermarkets are the largest public facing part of our food distribution system, taking over 80% of the UK grocery market sales. They have a key role to play in waste reduction from farm to fork, even before households enter the supply chain. Spin tactics ofsupermarkets blaming households for their food waste highlights a lack of accountability for a problem they create. A key to this problem is that there is no transparency regarding supermarkets' food waste output. Publication of audited data by companies would provide a baseline from which governments can assess the situation and set reductions targets.
In May, France made headline news for taking the lead in the battle against food waste. With a piece of legislation intended to ban supermarkets from deliberately spoiling unsold edible food with chemicals or sending it to the landfill. The new law restored public faith that large companies could do the 'right' thing by redirecting excess back into the human food chain through donations to local charities or compost it. Many celebrated a historic turning point.
However, despite being unanimously passed by both parliamentary houses, the French Food Waste Bill was ultimately rejected by the Constitutional Council for 'procedural' reasons. Instead of mandatory legislation, the alternative is now a voluntary and non legally binding agreement between government and supermarkets.
With no power to enforce penalties, there will be no real challenge for firms that refuse to reduce waste.
With no power to enforce penalties, there will be no real challenge for firms that refuse to reduce waste.
In the UK, Kerry McCarthy, MP for Bristol East and recently appointed Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, relaunched her Food Waste Reduction Bill in the House of Commons on September 8th (see box out). By tabling the issue in Parliament, McCarthy's Bill is calling for an overhaul of food waste management practices, including the early stages of food production.
The Bill proposes practical steps to address the fundamental causes of food waste. Meanwhile, as public awareness and the potential for government to stand up to supermarkets' increases, charities will carry on dealing with the burden of excess food production.
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Cincinnati (3-3) begins their first road trip of the season, starting with a 4-game series against the Washington Nationals (4-2) in the Nationals 2012 home opener at 1:05pm today. The Reds are 3-0 so far in day games and play three day games in this series. That obviously means the Reds will win three of the four games!
Today's pitching matchup will see two of the big-name young pitchers who were traded this offseason, 24 year old right-hander Mat Latos (0-1, 7.71 ERA) versus 26 year old left-hander, Gio Gonzalez (0-0, 9.82 ERA). Both pitchers are looking to bounce back from their shaky debuts with their new clubs.
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Standard Interpretations - (Archived) Table of Contents
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Regional Administrator - Region VII
|CFR 1910.106, Manufacturer's Inquiry Regarding the Use of Fiberglass Storage Tanks at Wellheads
Reference is made to your memo dated September 22, 1976, which transmitted a letter of inquiry concerning the above stated subject matter, as well as a copy of your letter of reply.
Your response to the inquiry is correct for the standards as presently written. However, because of the tremendous increase in technology since 1969, the 1973 revision of NFPA 30 conflicts with the requirements of the 1969 edition. Since the enforcement of outdated standards is making things difficult in the field, this office has recently requested the standards section to place a high priority on the revision of 1910.106 and 107.
It is therefore recommended that any equipment or condition that is in compliance with the latest NFPA Code, which has no lessening effect on the safety and health of the employees, would substantially meet the intent of the Act and OSHA's Program as a whole.
Therefore, fiberglass tanks used for the storage of crude oil would be acceptable to OSHA if they are installed in isolated rural areas and meet the requirements of the revised edition of NFPA 30-1973. Any violation of the present standard would be considered de minimis. However, fiberglass tanks used for the storage of Class IIIB liquids in other than isolated rural areas would have to meet other requirements and is best handled through the variance route.
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The project is led by former 'Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles' showrunner Josh Friedman, and TNT could make a final decision by spring.
A meandering script detracts from decent performances.
Todd Gilchrist speaks with Mark Protosevich, the writer of Spike Lee's newest film, Oldboy.
Todd Gilchrist chats with Josh Brolin about his newest film, Oldboy.
Spike Lee's remake doesn't look half bad.


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ACTOR and comedian Stephen Fry is to appear in a new adaptation of an Ian Rankin novel about an art heist in Edinburgh.
Doors Open also stars Scottish actor Dougie Henshall as Mike Mackenzie, a self-made businessman who hatches a plan to replace priceless masterpieces stored in a private gallery's warehouse with brilliantly accurate forgeries.
Fry will play art expert Professor Gissing in the two-hour ITV production, which was adapted from Rankin's best-selling novel by James Mavor and Sandi Toksvig.
Fry revealed he was attracted to the role after enjoying the novel from one of Scotland's leading writers.
He said: "I picked up Ian Rankin's breathless and ingenious thriller Doors Open at an airport a year or so back and as I read I just knew it would make a thrilling, charming and original TV drama.
"I also adored the character of Professor Gissing and a shamefully vain part of me refused to see anyone else in the role."
Laura Mackie, director of drama at ITV said: "Doors Open is full of excitement with many twists and turns and it is as much of a love story as an art heist. We have an A-list cast lined up to bring Ian Rankin's great characters to life."
Filming will begin in Edinburgh later this month.


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The conference registration is now closed; the Public talks (see the schedule) do not require registration. If you are unable to attend, this event will be available on a special live internet broadcast, via pre-registration.
Join us in the foothills of the White Mountains of New Hampshire for a unique event featuring prominent Buddhist teachers, scholars, and environmental activists discussing in depth the intersection of Buddhist practice and stewardship of the earth. Conference participants will also be invited into this discussion. The conference will address questions such as
- What practices can help us deal with the pain that arises in relationship to ecological devastation?
- What is the nature of our ecological crisis?
- What do activists have to offer Buddhists for engaging in existing activist causes?
- What does Buddhism have to offer activist communities?
- How can we integrate eco-dharma into our communities?
The long weekend will include panel discussions, breakout groups, nature walks, meditation practice, and time to informally get to know one another. This is a precious opportunity to connect with key teachers and activists in North America who have make this topic a priority in their communities. Held at Wonderwell Mountain Refuge, Springfield, NH. Accommodations and meals provided. Public events during the conference are listed below. All are welcome for these
Featured guests include David Loy, PhD, Zen teacher and author of The Great Awakening: A Buddhist Social Theory, Ven. Bikkhu Bodhi, translator and author of The Connected Discourses of the Buddha, Colin Beaven, activist and author of No Impact Man, and many others.
Key Note Speaker
David Loy, PhD, was the Besl Family Chair of Ethics/Religion and Society at Xavier University in Cincinnati, OH from 2006 to 2011. Before that he served as professor of philosophy at Bunkyo University in Chigasaki, Japan from 1991 through 2005. In 1971 he began practicing Zen with Robert Aitken Roshi in Hawaii and is an authorized teacher in the Sanbo Kyodan lineage of Zen Buddhism, where he completed formal koan training under Zen Master Yamada Koun Roshi.davidloy.org
Contributing Teachers
Colin Beavan's writing, speaking, and activism has encouraged tens of thousands of people to examine their lives to discover what's really important to them. The resulting lifestyle changes that people make allow them to live more lightly on the planet, while leading more fulfilling lives. It is Colin's mission to engage citizens, on an individual and collective level, in choosing ways of life that are healthier and happier for individuals, for our society, and for our planet. No Impact Man
Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi, Chairperson Bhikkhu Bodhi is an American Buddhist monk originally from New York City. He obtained a PhD in philosophy from Claremont Graduate School in 1972. In late 1972, he received monastic ordination in Sri Lanka, where he lived for over twenty years. He was the editor for the Buddhist Publication Society in Kandy, Sri Lanka, from 1984 until 2002. He has edited Ven. Nyanamoli's translation of the Majjhima Nikaya (Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha), translated the Samyutta Nikaya (Connected Discourses of the Buddha), and compiled an anthology of suttas from the Pali Canon (In the Buddha's Words). In 2002 he returned to the U.S. He now resides at Chuang Yen Monastery near Carmel, NY. buddhistglobalrelief.org
Rev. angel Kyodo williams Once called "the most intriguing African-American Buddhist" by Library Journal, Sensei has been bridging the worlds of spirit and justice since her critically-acclaimed book, Being Black: Zen and the Art of Living With Fearlessness and Grace. Ordained as a Zen priest, she returned to her activist roots and began applying wisdom teaching to social issues to become a leading voice in the ever-emerging field of Transformative Social Change. Recently becoming only the second black woman to be recognized as a Zen teacher, she is known for her unflinching willingness to both sit with and speak uncomfortable truths. angel notes, "Without inner change, there can be no outer change. Without collective change, no change matters." Whether in writing, teaching or speaking, her voice is unique.
Kritee, PhD, works for the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), where she is primarily involved with examining the effectiveness of environment-friendly methods of farming in Asia with a three-fold goal of poverty alleviation, food security and climate mitigation and adaptation. She is trained as a microbiologist and geochemist at Rutgers and Princeton Universities. Being a native from India, she has remained inspired by Gandhi, Vinoba Bhave and Vimala Thakar who consciously explored the interface of spirituality and socio-political action. She started koan training with Roshi Kurt Spellmeyer 12 years ago, is an authorized teacher (Sensei) in the lineage of Cold Mountain Zen, and continues to be a beginner while facing life-koans and receiving teachings of contemplative traditions in all directions. When not in rural India, she lives in Boulder with her husband, Imtiaz Rangwala who is a climate researcher.
Lama Willa Miller is a teacher of Tibetan Buddhist practice and meditation, and the founder of Natural Dharma Fellowship and Wonderwell Mountain Refuge. She completed two three year retreats, and was authorized as a Buddhist minister (lama) in 1999. She received a PhD from Harvard University in 2013, and is currently Visiting Lecturer in Buddhist Ministry at Harvard Divinity School. Her books include Everyday Dharma: Seven Weeks to Finding the Buddha in You, and The Arts of Contemplative Care: Pioneering Voices in Buddhist Chaplaincy and Pastoral Work. Her teaching specialties include natural meditation (mahamudra), heart-cultivation (lojong), and Buddhist yoga. Her practice and teaching is inspired by the natural world.
David Stember is the New England regional field coordinator with 350.org focusing on building a movement to meet the escalating crisis of global climate change. He was a co founder of 350Vermont, which was the first independent state chapter of 350.org and is now assisting the development of similar state chapters across the region. Though he spent several early years as a monastic in Self Realization Fellowship, he eventually focused professionally on business and organizational development and organizing volunteers. With a B.A in Business and an M.A. in spiritual psychology his focus has always been on creating healthy organizations where people are inspired to do their finest work.
Rev. Danny Fisher, M.Div., D.B.S., is a professor and Coordinator of the Buddhist Chaplaincy Department at University of the West in Rosemead, CA. Prior to his appointment at UWest, he served on the adjunct faculty for Antioch Education Abroad's Buddhist Studies in India program. He has also taught for Hartford Seminary and Naropa University. He earned his bachelor's degree in Religion from Denison University, Master of Divinity from Naropa University, and Doctorate in Buddhist Studies at UWest. www.dannyfisher.org
Patrick Groneman is a meditation coach, artist, and aspiring organic gardener. He is formerly the director of the Interdependence Project and has a special interest in applying the practice of mindfulness to everyday life. He currently lives in Ireland and New York City.patrickgroneman.tumblr.com
Acharya Adam Lobel leads meditation workshops, courses on Buddhist philosophy and the social vision of Shambhala. Adam is also the Acharya for the Mipham Academy, an advanced, annual intensive for Buddhist philosophical and contemplative studies at Karme Choling, Vermont. He teaches meditation to youths within the prison system and a mental health institution. He was named an Acharya (senior teacher, in the Shambhala tradition) in 2004 and completed a Masters of Divinity at Harvard Divinity School, where he is helping to establish a track for Buddhist ministers and chaplains. His research focuses on philosophy, phenomenology, meditation, and the Great Perfection tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. http://www.adamlobel.org
Kristin Barker & Lou Leonard (One Earth Sangha) Kristin is dedicated to cultivating broad-scale awakening to the climate emergency through education, sustainable living and advocacy. She is an active member of the Insight Meditation Community of Washington, DC (IMCW) and board member of the Buddhist Insight Network. Kristin is also a co-founder of "White Awake" whose mission is to develop awareness of race dynamics among white people engaged in spiritual communities and progressive causes. She holds a Master's in Environmental Management from Duke University, has worked as an independent consultant and staff member at several environmental organizations and currently works at the Pew Charitable Trusts. (Note that the Pew Charitable Trusts is not affiliated in any way with One Earth Sangha and that Kristin's work with One Earth Sangha should not be interpreted as endorsement by Pew.)
Lou is a life-long environmentalist who has worked to advance laws, policies and practices that promote care for the Earth and the people and communities that call it home. Lou discovered the dharma as part of his search for balance and support in the face of the difficult emotions that arise as we dedicate ourselves to healing the world and promoting social change. He's worked in government, civil society, academia and the private sector and currently serves as the leader of the climate change program at World Wildlife Fund (WWF), while helping to create One Earth Sangha in his personal capacity. WWF is not affiliated with One Earth Sangha and Lou's work should not be taken as WWF's endorsement of One Earth Sangha. http://www.oneearthsangha.org/
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Public Events - All are Welcome Saturday, August 9, 9:00 to 10:00am Bhikkhu Bodhi: "A Buddhist Diagnosis of the Climate Crisis" Saturday, August 9, 7:30 to 9:00pm Keynote Address - David Loy, "A Tale of Two Icebergs" Sunday, August 10, 9:00 to 10:00am Rev. angel Kyodo Williams: "Practice Under Pressure: Embodying the Dharma" Sunday, August 10, 3:30 to 4:30pm Colin Beaven: "How Environmental Crises Point The Way to Human Happiness: An Aspirational Approach That Attracts People to The Movement"
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5 is it!
This page is dedicated to number 5. It represents the five elements sun , earth, water, wind & fire and also my birth date 🙂
5 in religious!
- Judeo-Christian
- In Greek Orthodox Christian mysticism, the number 5 symbolizes the Holy Spirit as the bearer of all life.
- The book of Psalms is arranged into five books, paralleling the Five Books of Moses.
- The Torah contains five books—Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy—which are collectively called the Five Books of Moses, the Pentateuch (Greek for "five containers," referring to the scroll cases in which the books were kept), or Humash (????, Hebrew for "fifth").
- The Christian New Testament contains five foundational books, written by four authors: Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, and the Acts of the Apostles
- Islamic
- Muslims pray to Allah five times a day
- In Islam, particularly Shia Islam, the Panjetan or the Five Holy Purified Ones are the members of Muhammad's family: Muhammad, Ali, Fatima, Hasan, and Husayn and is often symbolically represented by an image of the Khamsa.
- There are five basic "pillars" of Islam.
- Sikh
- The five sacred Sikh symbols prescribed by Guru Gobind Singh are commonly known as Panj Kakars or the 'Five Ks' because they start with letter K representing Kakka in the Punjabi language. They are: Kesh (unshorn hair), Kangha (the comb), Kara (the steel bracelet), Kachh (the soldiers shorts), and Kirpan (the sword).
5 is Sporty! & Legendary!
- 5 was the car number of Nigel Mansell
- 5 is the uniform number of Hall of Fame Baseball players Luke Appling, George Brett, Lou Boudreau, Hank Greenberg, Johnny Bench, Joe DiMaggio, and Brooks Robinson.
More interesting things
- The Chemical Element with atomic number 5 is Boron.
- There are five natural senses of sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch.
- Japan: The five pleats in the front are the five Virtues; gotoku, of Japanese traditional society, with the one in the back representing all five Virtues are actually one major one, that of being a complete human being: Chuu: loyalty, Ko: justice, Jin: humanity; compassion, Gi: from giri; or honor, Rei: respect.
- Confucius: "To practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect Virtue; these five are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness."
- Sikhism: The five Virtues are Truth, Contentment, Patience, Faith, and Daya (compassion),
five Virtues-sacrifice, cleanliness, honesty, charity and courage.


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10 feet of rope and a tree
Tie the rope to a tree. One person should be chosen to be "it" or the "bear". They should hold the rope in one hand and cannot let go. The rest of the players need to run around the tree within touching distance. With their free hand, "it" tries to touch the other players. If touched, the player would hold hands with "it" and help catch people. The game ends when everyone has been tagged.


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A few months back, during the 2008 edition of Maker Faire, we filmed a short video interview with the folks of ArcAttack, a band that performs with a pair of singning tesla coils and a robotic drum kit. The video includes an amazing rendition of the Doctor Who theme, Popcorn, and a brief explanation on how the science behind this kind of music works. For those who want to skip the interview, "Popcorn" starts at 3:50 and "Doctor Who" starts at 6:45.
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Some people say that they hate a certain veggie, but sometimes I think that just means that you haven't eaten it the right way. For example, I typically can't stand cooked carrots. No idea why, because I love them raw and especially in salads. But for some reason, ever since I can remember, cooked carrots have pretty much been the bane of my existence. Notice that you don't see too many posts here highlighting carrots lol. However, I very recently learned that it's not necessarily the carrots' fault. The problem is that whenever I ate carrots as a kid, they were typically boiled with maybe a little salt/pepper and that's it. Uggh. I have since learned that it is not necessarily the carrot that I don't like, but how it was cooked. I think the same can be said for a number of other veggies that many tend not to like, such as brussels sprouts, a veggie I happen to love when cooked properly.
Why is it that so many people detest these cute miniature looking cabbages that grow on stalks? If you don't like brussels sprouts, the reason is probably because when you've eaten them they've been overcooked. When cooked too long (i.e. boiled forever), a compound called sinigrin is released resulting in a bit of a sulfuric quality that lends an unpleasant bitterness. So the trick? Don't overcook them. This is easier to do if you cut them up or separate the leaves like in this sauteed brussels sprouts recipe. But, if your friends/family are still skeptical, this is the perfect way to doctor them up – because after all, what doesn't taste awesome when accompanied by bacon fat and butter?
A couple of weeks ago at Thanksgiving I got to try an awesome brussels sprouts dish made by my sister-in-law's husband that I absolutely loved. I could not get enough of these delicious little green veggies, and was determined to do my best to make a relatively close copy of this dish when I got home. I don't have his recipe, but I know the main ingredients that went into the dish and so decided to create my own version. I love the balance of flavors in this dish. The richness of the bacon and butter makes this dish so satisfying, and the cranberries and maple flavor add just a hint of sweet while the balsamic adds just a little tang, all the while still allowing the brussels sprouts to shine through. This is going to be a new regular veggie dish in our household for sure.
1/4 lb. maple bacon
2 tbs. butter
1/2 onion, chopped
1 clove garlic, minced
2 c. brussels sprouts, quartered
splash of balsamic vinegar
1/4 c. dried cranberries
salt/pepper to taste
1. Cook bacon in a skillet until crispy. Set aside on a paper towel, keep the leftover hot bacon fat in the pan.
2. Keep the pan on medium, and add in the butter until melted. Add the garlic and onion and cook until softened.
3. Add the brussels sprouts and a healthy splash of balsamic. Saute for a minute or so and then cover the pan and let cook until brussels sprouts are cooked through (i.e. you can poke them with a fork). Remove from heat, add dried cranberries, salt and pepper, and of course bits of crumbled crispy bacon. Enjoy!
***A little food photography note:
Take your time to take your photos. Wait til you have daylight if you can and don't have fancy lights or a devoted studio area. But most of all, take your time. This is easier said than done when photographing food of course, especially when you have very hungry people waiting on you to serve them. But if you get the chance, take the time to think about the dish you are photographing in. Set up your tripod if you need to. Stand back for a few seconds and walk around your shot. Find the light.
Let me repeat that one. Find the light.
Take the time to know everything about the light. Where is it coming from? What color is it? What shadows are being created? Is there any glare or shine I need to be aware of? Is there enough light? One cannot easily just rush through these questions. At least I cannot rush through these questions well. The answer to each one of these questions may warrant a need to change a setting on the camera.
Find the best angle. Look through your viewfinder to see if it really looks through the camera like you envision it in your head. Be cognizant of every element within your photo – the shapes and colors that each piece contributes. Rearrange if you need to. Look for a balance of color. Make sure you aren't too close and that you can get a perfect focus.
Then, and only then, start opening the shutter.
The difference in the quality of photos that you will get is quite dramatic. For example, compare these two different shots of this same exact dish – the first was how the dish was served to everyone and taken very quickly under incandescent light and rushed, and the second was taken today when I heated some leftovers up for lunch. Besides the obvious great advantage to a shorter exposure time when more ample light is available (the first picture was over .25s long), everything about the 2nd picture, where I allowed myself the time to think a bit before snapping away, is just so much improved in every way:
I am still quite the amateur with photography. But the single most important lesson I have learned when it comes to taking a good photo is that patience goes a long way.


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From our family to yours, we wish you a very Happy New Year!
Sally in the Zen
Confessions of a Befuddled Zen Buddhist
It was just November a moment ago. Then I blinked, and sneezed, and December 31st was staring me in the face.
I read somewhere that there are chances for do-overs, chances to try to do something over again. While I somewhat believe that, I also realize that a true do-over is not possible.
That we have only one chance to live and breathe in that one space of time, in that one moment of day and hour and second before it truly disappears into our past.
Do-overs just happen in a different space of time.
Interesting stuff to mull over on this New Year's Eve.
And on this last day of Year 2011, I mediate and reflect on all the gifts in my life.
Simple things, really.
But the most important in my life.
Thank you, Guan Yin, for blessing me with these precious things.
And thank you for another new year to spend with them.
Honorary Godmother: someone who buys premium gifts for Godson.
My dear Benny.
My beautiful nephew.
Guess who is your honorary Godmama?
Guess who is the lucky Auntie who gets to dote on you with love and kisses and plenty of sweets before returning you to your parents?
Guess who is in utter fascination with all things baby Benny?
Your Auntie Sally is who!
Your Auntie/Honorary Godmother is who!
And I didn't come alone.
We would've been here sooner to meet you if it wasn't for the 4-week head-cold/allergy-sickness-meds-could-not-get-rid-of-and-what-also-stumped-the-doctors illness that your Auntie suffered through.
Never mind the fact that because it took us an extra month to finally see you that our gift of baby onesies became muscle shirts, you having outgrown them already.
Note to self: next time we buy onesies, get 6-9 months instead of 3-6 months. Muscle shirts quite unattractive on Benny, no matter how cute he truly is.
Guess who will be thinking of you each and every day with love from afar?
And guess who had the most profound paradigm shift of all things children when she finally, finally held you in her arms?
Just your Auntie Sally in the Zen who has never held a baby in her arms.
Until you.
Auntie & Honorary Godmother Sally in the Zen.
My dear Benny.
Lately I've been thinking about places that I'm going to take you, to see things that will make your eyes bright with wonder.
Benny: Like where, Auntie Sally?
Me: Like the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in DC. You'll see things that can fly through the air and into space. Space exploration is truly something to see.
Benny: But Auntie Sally, I can do space travel with Star Trek. Armageddon with Bruce Willis isn't too bad either.
Uh, but wasn't that movie rated PG-13?
Me: Uh…well…ok. How about we explore the bottom of the ocean with the National Aquarium in Baltimore? We can see stingrays and scary sharks!
Benny: But Auntie Sally, I've seen scary sharks in Finding Nemo. The clown fish is my favorite!
Hm. This is harder than I thought.
Me: Well, in that case, we're going to have to visit the National Museum of Natural History! Wait until you see the dinosaurs there!
Benny: But Auntie Sally, Jurassic Park is on IMAX. The T-Rex is awesome! It sure can run fast!
Must. Practice. Patience.
Must. Remember. I. Am. Peace. Loving. Buddhist.
I'm not going to be trumped by a month-old smart aleck kiddie.
Me: Okay, how about…
Benny: Oh, and Journey to the Center of the Earth with Brendan Fraser is great too, Auntie Sally. You should see it!
OMG, did this kid just steal my thunder?
Being an auntie is going to be tougher than I thought. But with a nephew like this, I've got game.
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Mounds and mounds of thick toilet paper – check.
Mountains of turkey burger in the frig – check.
Multiple packs of fresh Duracell batteries – check.
Two hurricane oil lamps – check.
Ready for Hurricane Irene – check check.
Bring it on, Baby!
We're soo ready for you!
So when she blew into town, it was early Sunday morning, a couple of hours after midnight, and we were asleep. The billowing winds tore up the trees outside our windows, whipping them an inch of their leaves.
And I sat up in bed in the middle of this, scratching a burning itch on my left hand. And just in time to hear a BOOM before the entire house shook into absolute silence.
And that was just great.
Now we're living back in the Stone Ages. No electricity. No TV. No hot water.
And no electricity for our electric stove for cooking our mountains of turkey burger. It didn't occur to me — until that moment — that we were quite stocked up with fresh food sitting in our frig and not one can of food in the cabinets.
Not. A. One.
Me: How come we didn't stock up on canned goods? Why did we buy fresh food that we can't cook without electricity?
Zen Master: Because I don't do canned food.
Zen Mum: But that's what people do in an emergency. They buy canned food.
Zen Master: I'm not people.
So how long were we in the Dark Ages? What did we do for food?
Excellent questions.
We were without electricity for three whole bloody days. Our only source of light was the hurricane oil lamps, which Zen Master regularly snarked at us to be careful with, the glass containers tops being quite fragile.
Which he himself promptly dropped and shattered on Day Two.
Good job, Zen Master. Way to go.
As for food, as soon as it was light out that very morning on Sunday, we left the cave for civilization. Strange how these things go, because we passed blocks of houses in a similar situation while another block would be just fine.
The supermarket was just fine, and opened for business. What's up with that?
After promptly filling up on a hearty breakfast, we bought a portable gas stove, powered by cans of propane gas.
And this little fella made things just fine.
Surprisingly, thankfully, we suffered no food spoilage. Something about the frig being a natural vacuum of cold air, and not opening it too often keeping it cold. But we did get a couple bags of ice for the extreme perishables, dumping the ice into our ice cooler and packing our delicates in it.
All in all, we did alright.
We had fire, we had hot food, we had hot water.
And in the morning of the third day, the electricity finally came back up.
Hallelujah! WOO HOO!
FINALLY! After a freaking earthquake and then this mess of a hurricane, we can finally go back to normal! I mean, I'm tired and I just want to chill out and do absolutely nothing now.
Is that so much to ask?
I guess it was, because we realized then that I was now having a problem of very different nature.
My dear Benny.
I marvel that you're here.
That you have graced us with your presence in this particular point in our lives, in this particular day and age.
Since your arrival, I've found myself thinking about something that I never truly thought about.
I've found myself thinking about time.
By the time you are able to read your auntie's blog, a number of years will have passed. If I am truly blessed, I will have ample amounts of time to spend with you, teaching you the essentials that only an auntie can teach.
Like making you understand and truly comprehend that dark chocolate is really, really good for your health.
Like doing the Electric Slide without having your Pampers riding up into delicate parts.
Like looking up at the clear night sky and wishing upon that one bright and brillant star.
Yes, you've got me thinking about time. My living years will become your history. My current events will be but stories to you. I understand that now. Never really thought about that.
Until now.
If you'll indulge me for a few moments, I want to tell you about the day you were born. Thanks to the Internet and remarkable technology, I met you for the very first time, online. I was able to see you all waddled up in a baby blanket with your tiny fragile head capped with a baby head cozy.
You took my breath away.
You see, the person who made it possible for me to see you passed on this week.
His name was Steve Jobs.
He died this past Wednesday at the young age of 56. People say that he was a visionary who changed our world.
And they are right.
Just as I marvel at how you are here with us today, I marvel that I am living through a profound moment that is passing into history right before my own eyes.
I am truly blessed to have lived in the same lifetime as this visionary.
When you're older, you'll learn about Shakespeare, Monet, and Einstein. And Jobs. You'll learn on technology that was created by him, use products that were made by him, and grow into a remarkable man for it.
But at the moment, it is I who am better for it, for with it, I met you, my dear Benny.
Auntie Sally in the Zen
Thank you Steve Jobs.
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As far as unprecedented events went, going through an earthquake is definitely on our short list.
So was waiting for its aftershock.
Zen Master, Zen Mum and I were glued to our TV, watching the news rehash, repeat and restate all things about the historic earthquake. According to Wikipedia, the last time my area had an earthquake was in 1897, also with a similar magnitude of 5.8 or 5.9.
That's not exactly reassuring.
According to most of the news, we were in dire straits with the aftershock. The magnitude could be stronger. The magnitude could be greater. The magnitude could be significant.
But no matter the magnitude, what in the world else can one do, other than buckle down and ride it out?
Or in our case, sleep through it.
The one everyone was waiting for came on Thursday, August 25th, 2011 in the wee hours of the morning. A 4.5 magnitude aftershock.
We didn't feel a thing and slept right through it.
If we didn't have another earthquake in another 114 years, why, that would be just fine by us.
The worst was over.
Now we can finally get on with our lives. A bit of normalcy after all that rocking and rolling would be just great. It was almost the weekend and we were just so ready to chill out from such a crazy week.
Except, Hurricane Irene was en route.
According to Wikipedia, Hurricane Irene was the first major hurricane of the season.
And a first for Zen Master, Zen Mum and myself as we've never had the privilege of riding out a hurricane. I mean, lest I need to remind you, we do live in Maryland and these things just don't happen.
Until now.
I'm not a believer in love-at-first-sight. That's just full of hooey.
Hooey, I say again.
But I need to disclaimer that when it comes to food. Sometimes I just can't help myself.
When a luscious plate of chicken marsala comes my way, I melt.
And drool.
When Zen Mum makes a batch of homemade pork dumplings, I swoon.
And devour the little morsels like a champ.
But when it actually comes to people, specifically men, well, I'm just a little bit more fickle.
Eye candy, the whole lot of them.
And this includes you, Keanu Reeves.
And you too, Jet Li.
No man is ever going to make me soft or swoon or coo or do anything remotely related to love-sickness.
Uh-ha, that's right. You heard me.
Not. Doing. It.
And then last night, I met Benny.
And I was a goner.


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Hi, I've been watching the site and forums for a few months and wanted to report that the info in Jeff's site and in the Forums that I've used has been helpful.
This weekend was a shakedown campout to prepare for a 2 night trip with my son's Boy Scout troop. Although we are low on snow in Northern MN, it did get down to about 15 F (-10 C). I used my Hennesy but used a 1-1/2 inch foam pad and my old school Army issue -40 sleeping bag. I stayed warm all night, but will make some kind of extra quilt/blanket for my feet (I had severe frostbite in both feet 7 years ago around J-bad (Afghanistan)).
I'm looking forward to our outing and will report in with some pictures, etc.
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Revenge Promo: Play Her Like She's Playing YouSteve Marsi at . Comments
In this twisted game, you never know who is playing whom.
From the beginning, Revenge's Emily Thorne has had one woman in her sights ... and now she has an opportunity to take her down. With Aiden making a dangerous deal with the Initiative, all bets are off.
Next week, with Emily by his side, Daniel goes toe to toe with his fiercest business rival, Dylan Walsh's Jason Prosser, to acquire Stonehaven United Solutions - a deal that Victoria is determined to block.
After last night's events, the alliances are blurred like never before. Aiden is determined to infiltrate the group responsible for his sister's disappearance, but at what cost to his relationship with Emily?
Will he go down what looks like a very dark path? And is Emily' renewed faux-mance with Daniel clouding his judgment? For a further discussion of this, check out our Revenge review from last night.
Also next week, Jack and Amanda's future lands in the unlikely hands of another Grayson: Conrad. The exiled patriarch is still an opportunist. Watch the promo for "Collusion" and comment below!
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Nothing like a merry-go-round to help bring the community together. A recent addition to Heritage Park has community artists working around the clock.
Karel Cline, head of a local West Liberty painting class, has taken charge of adding the finishing touches to 12 carousel horses. She's part of a core group of four that has spent hours upon hours painting away.
"I kind of volunteered them for the job," she said. "But we were excited to do something that will be lasting in the community for a long time."
The Heritage Foundation recently purchased an old carousel that was active in the city of Muscatine more than 60 years ago along with other rides in Weed Park.
The main structure has been moved and set up in Heritage Park, near the one room schoolhouse and train caboose. However, it's currently horseless.
Enter Cline and her merry group of painters, a class that usually meets once a week to do acrylic paintings. Right now they're working vigorously to paint the horses.
"We've worked every morning this week," she said, paintbrush in hand. She's joined by Clare Palmer, Betty Zimmerman and Virginia Miehe, all prominent names in the West Liberty area.
Her class has around nine members, all of which have pitched in during the painting process. However, these four have been active nearly every morning.
Specifically, they're focusing on adding color to each horses' mane, tail and hooves. Each one is nearly four feet long, made of cast iron and incredibly heavy.
A base coat was originally applied on each one by Blake Lathrop, junior at West Liberty High School. Currently there are three black, three grey, three white, two brown and one pink horse.
But it's hard to see the base after the ladies have come in and added the features. They're working in an oil based paint, which is a little trickier and less forgiving than the water based paint they've grown used to.
Cline's class has been meeting for more than four years, a product of the West Liberty Area Arts Council's winter art classes. They've gone rogue in a way, choosing to meet every week of the year instead of just four times in winter.
"They won't let me quit," added Cline. "We're almost like a family."
They estimate each horse takes about eight to ten hours to finish. The eyes are an especially difficult part of the process.
The group hopes to be done painting the horses before the weather turns cold. West Liberty's oddly cool summer has added a sense of urgency to the timeline.
The carousel was moved to West Liberty before last winter by Lyle Zimmerman, who spent the entire cold season of 2013/2014 welding it back together, horses and all.
In fact, Zimmerman is the reason the Heritage Foundation acquired the piece in the first place. He's deep into the world of tractor restoration. One day he was in Muscatine to purchase more tractor parts from a resident when the carousel caught his eye.
"I'd sold parts to this Muscatine man before, he called me up one day with more tractor stuff so I went to go buy it. Lo and behold, there sits the merry-go-around," he said.
Soon after Zimmerman purchased it for $3,000 and offered it to the Heritage Foundation. The foundation bought it from him and installed it during the summer.
Now that the structure and its horses have been welded, painted and primed it's up to Cline's class to bring the final part of the carousels restoration to order: its ponies.
They're going to add quite a colorful splash to Heritage Park, which not only houses West Liberty's historic train depot but other pieces of Muscatine County history.
Of course, spending all that time with the horses has resulted in a connection between the painters and the painted.
"I've already named my horse, mine is named Penny," says Clare Palmer, hunched over as she adds a splash of color to its saddle.
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AUSTIN (AP) - Firebrand U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz refused to endorse his colleague John Cornyn before the Texas primary. But a resounding Cornyn victory has changed Cruz's mind.
Cruz congratulated Cornyn via Facebook Wednesday, writing "John is a friend and a good man" he was proud to endorse.
A tea party darling and potential 2016 presidential candidate who's become the most-powerful force in Texas politics, Cruz said Cornyn has earned "considerable respect in the Senate" even though "we have not agreed on everything."
Fierce conservative U.S. Rep. Steve Stockman tried to unseat Cornyn during Tuesday's primary. Cruz wouldn't endorse Cornyn or even say he was voting for him.
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Between 2008 and 2011, we conducted several translocations of the endangered Stephens' kangaroo rat, creating or supplementing populations in the Southwestern Riverside County Multi-Species Reserve. This fall, we continued to monitor their success by trapping at each of the sites to check on their progress in the wild. When we capture a "roo-rat," we always record its sex, age, weight, location, and tag number if it has one or tag it if it's new. This provides us with valuable information about each population.
This year, we successfully trapped hundreds of roo-rats, including many reproductive adults and independent young of the year. More than half of these animals were new roo-rats that we tagged during the trapping week. This suggests that despite this being a year with heavy predation pressure, Stephen's kangaroo rats are persisting at each site in good numbers. Their natural predators include coyotes, owls, and rattlesnakes.
Our North Shore site was interesting because there were so many cottontail rabbits there. They often ate the trap bait, a combination of white millet and oats, and often bumped or turned over our traps. At all of our sites this season, captures of other species such as deer mice and San Diego pocket mice were low. This suggests that their numbers may be low due to competition with the roo-rats.
At Bachelor Mountain, near Lake Skinner, herbicide had been used to remove invasive plants and grasses, resulting in open ground with small native shrubs such as doveweed. This was an effort to increase possible habitat area and create corridors between the sites for the roo-rats. Their colonization appears to be restricted by dense grassland with complete ground cover. We found that a few had moved across a road into a corridor area. Furthermore, in 2011 a few San Diego kangaroo rats, a common species, had been trapped at site D. This season, we did not trap any San Diego roo-rats at site D. We only trapped one of them overall, suggesting this species is not moving into Stephen's kangaroo rat habitat.
Crown Valley proved to be a difficult site to trap this year. We had coyotes hunting and trying to steal traps. We had to use a hand-held spotlight and air horns to chase them away. This meant little sleep and long, vigilant watches over our little critters. A few rattlesnakes were also spotted at night during trapping. Crown Valley has six pie-shaped research sites with slices that have been mowed, grazed, and burned to create open grassland environments. In 2010 and 2011, we planted nearly 20,000 native grasses at these sites (see Kangaroo Rats Get Home Improvement). It was initially obvious that there were many more burrows on the slices with native plants, thus we put 52% more traps on those areas. Burrow counts on each site support this. For instance, Site 5 slices with plantings had 109, 95, and 108 burrows, and those without had 20, 17, and 10 burrows. Furthermore, we had 454 captures on the slices with plantings compared to 97 on slices without plant restoration, a four-fold differences in animal captures. This suggests that the native plants are really doing their job at making a nice habitat for roo-rats.
Our last site of the season was the Schoolhouse Plateau at Lake Skinner. This site is so large that every year we randomly trap half the site and estimate the population. The plateau is the size of several football fields. This site had many jackrabbits, but they did not bother the traps much. However, we did have issues with ants stealing the bait and infesting our traps. This site is also known for black widows, as they commonly coexist with roo-rats by sharing burrows. The roo-rats often use borrows with black widow spider webs across the entrance. We always had to look before we sat down, especially in the dark!
We will continue to track the progress of Stephen's kangaroo rats with annual trapping and burrow counts for population estimates. In addition, we will continue to conduct behavioral research (see No Night-lights for Kangaroo Rats) and participate in an inter-departmental study on the species' landscape genetics. Continuing to increase knowledge about these little animals is vital in protecting an endangered species and in making successful management plans.
Christine Slocomb is a senior research technician in the Applied Animal Ecology Division at the San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research. Read her previous post, Endangered Rats and Mice: Unexpected Results.


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Last week we brought you a video of Robby Naish, Kevin Langeree and Kai Lenny SUPing in Alaska. During that trip Kevin Langeree and Kai Lenny found the perfect playground to kite – icebergs. Sit back and enjoy!
Riders: Kevin Langeree, Kai Lenny
Filming & Editing: Poor Boyz Productions
Music: "Animus Vox" by The Glitch Mob; "Night Skys" by Thrill Kill; "In the Nighttime" by Jonathan Wojciechowksi
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What WordPress.org Does with the Data it Collects from Users Sites
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The moment "Bachelorette" Andi Dorfman and her four remaining suitors learned of castmate Eric Hill's death is finally revealed after a round of hometown dates. VPC
Time to meet the parents!
Bachelorette Andi went home with her Final Four guys on Monday's episode to figure out which place and family might be the best fit for her future.
And to figure out which three will go with her to the Dominican Republic for overnight dates!
So off we go:
First up: Nick V. They start in Milwaukee, where they stroll around, hitting a brewery that's got Nick & Andi beer on tap.
"I've never been to a brewery," says Andi.
"I've never been this happy to come home in a long time," says Nick.
They head to Waukesha, Wis., Nick's hometown, where a big family awaits. Really big. There's Nick's mom, Mary; his dad, Chris; and all Nick's siblings and their significant others — 17 in all.
Nick tells Maria, one of his sisters, that he's in love. Of Andi, Maria says, "She seems real, definitely your type."
Bella, Nick's little sister grills Andi, who seems to pass her test with flying colors.
Nick's mom asks Nick if he can see spending the rest of his life with Andi. "There's something about her that makes me feel like she's a half of me that's been missing." (Nick always knows what to say, doesn't he?)
Mom wells up with tears.
"I just want to see you happy," she says. He sheds a tear, too. By the end of the visit, Andi can name all the kids in the family. Woo!
"I will never get enough Andi," Nick tells the cameras.
If Nick doesn't go to the final two, it'll be a big surprise.
No. 2: Chris in Arlington, Iowa. Population in his farm town is 758. "Today it has a population of 759 because Andi's going to be here. It's a pretty simple place, but a beautiful place."
He can't wait to take her for a ride on his big green tractor.
She thinks he looks "hot," as he waits for her on his property. "This is awesome," she says, as they hug.
"Everyone I've dated has an apartment or a condo. It's different to see a guy who has this house. I'm pretty impressed." She can't get over all his property and his house.
"Shut up. You drive this?" she says, pointing to his tractor. They hop in and he drives them away. "Chris is the epitome of man," says Andi. "He's the hottest farmer. Ever."
They stop for a picnic and Chris explains to Andi that she will be meeting mom Linda, dad Gary and his three sisters. They chat about living there.
Andi wonders if she could handle farm living. Would it be the life for her?
"What would I do for work here?" Andi asks Chris.
"Well, there's an opportunity to be a homemaker," he says. "Why couldn't you be a D.A. here?"
"Or do some kind of law," she says, adding that she's open to the idea. "I love the outdoors."
Then a plane appears with a sign, "Chris loves Andi!"
"Shut up!" says Andi, again, her mouth open in surprise. "That's the cutest thing anyone's ever done." They kiss.
And now it's time for the family. "For her to meet my family — that's all I've ever wanted," says Chris.
His sisters tell Andi he's really successful.
Chris tells his mom he's falling for her. His mom wonders if Andi could live in Iowa. "Every day I get to know her more I could see her as somebody I could spend the rest of my life with," Chris tells his mom.
Mom says she's "praying it works out" for Chris.
Mom grills Andi as to where she is in life. Andi says she's "ready" to start a family. Mom offers to babysit and says, "If you love somebody, you're gonna make it no matter where you live."
They share a big hug.
Mom says Andi and Chris "are a match made in heaven."
At the end of the night, the family plays a form of hide and seek. Chris and Andi hide and kiss.
"Iowa has been amazing. Unbelievable time. Amazing night. Awesome family," declares Andi.
If Andi dumps Chris, it will be grim.
Date No. 3: Josh in Tampa. "I couldn't be more pumped right now," says the jock, who gives her a big hug and kiss when they meet by the beach.
The first place they go: A baseball diamond. He gets sweaty. She swings a bat. They flirt and smooch and Josh talks about his love of the game.
He also talks a lot about his brother Aaron, who's trying to make it into the NFL. "Exiting time," he says with a big Dudley Do-Right grin.
(In May, Aaron Murray was drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs.)
They head to Josh's house and Josh does not stop smiling. Mom Lauren, Dad Dennis, brother Aaron and sister Stephanie all give Josh and Andi big hugs. Josh starts weeping.
(On Twitter, fans raved about how the "hot" Aaron, suggesting he should be the next bachelor.)
At dinner, a lot of the talk was about Aaron and football. Andi worries that Josh is getting lost in his brother's spotlight. Andi is feeling overwhelmed by all the sports talk. She begins to worry every Sunday in her future will be all about going to Aaron's football games.
Josh and his mom get a little weepy as they have a one-on-one and he declares his love for Andi.
"I know that my son is madly in love with Andi," says Lauren to the cameras, "and if and when Josh and Andi wind up together, his wife will be his priority."
They wind up the date doing — what else? Playing tag football on the lawn.
Date No. 4: Marcus in Dallas. "I was ready to go down on one knee for Andi a week ago. I think the world of her," says Marcus to the cameras.
He drives her around town, pointing out sights.
"I think he's at this stage saying he's in love," Andi confesses. "I think today — and tonight — is about figuring out: Can I catch up to those feelings?"
Uh oh.
Marcus seems rarin' to go. Andi seems a little reluctant.
He decides to re-enact their first date, with him stripping down. "He's one of the hottest guys I've ever dated," she confesses. He tells her he's "crazy" about her.
When they visit, Marcus' sister says she's happy to see Marcus "glowing." Marcus' brother tells Marcus he hasn't seen him this "goo goo" in a while. "It's honestly real," says Marcus. "I hope she's falling in love with me." He starts shedding a tear, thanking his brother for being there. Bro hug time.
Mom Halina asks Marcus about Andi. "I feel very happy, complete when I'm with her," he says. "I feel like Andi and I met for a reason." She says she "trusts" his judgment. "I think Marcus is in love," mom tells the cameras.
Marcus pours his heart out to Andi. "I love you. I truly do." They kiss.
"Life with Marcus would be a fairy tale," confesses Andi. "This is somebody who's attractive, charming ... and who would adore me and give me the world."
Uh oh.
Next: Chris Harrison's home, April 23, 2014
The show comes to a screeching halt as the four Bachelorette guys show up at Chris Harrison's house. After Andi arrives, Harrison tells them all that Eric Hill was in a serious paragliding accident several days ago. "We learned this morning that he passed away." Andi puts her face in her hands. She starts crying immediately. No one says anything.
Marcus goes outside. Andi follows him. "His poor family," she says. "This is weird," says Marcus.
They go back in and join the others. Then a camera is put on the floor and crew and production people come in and start hugging Andi and the guys.
"Awkward," "sad," and "heartbreaking" were words popping up on Twitter.
Rose ceremony: Andi is weeping as Chris Harrison asks if she's ready for the rose ceremony. "There's a part of me that doesn't even know how to comprehend what's happening," she says, crying.
She picks up a rose, but before she gives it out, she leaves the room, crying. Chris Harrison follows her. Cameras follow her. "Sorry," she says, taking a deep breath.
Getting roses: Josh, Chris and Nick.
Bye-bye, Marcus.
"I don't know what to say," Marcus says to Andi, as they sit on a bench. They both hold heir heads in their hands. Andi cries.
"I wanted to be that guy for you. I don't know what to do ... you were everything. I saw a future with you - and that's the hardest thing - letting go of that."
In the car, he says, "I feel like an idiot. ... I feel like I've been punched in the stomach, over and over."


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Another filter feeder cleaning the oceans. Great for chowders and steamed. Farmed are the sustainable choice.Two varieties Manilla and Savory. Savories are slightly more plump and tasty but sometimes have small amounts of sand in the shell. Both are great choices.
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|Edible clams in the family Veneridae
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Clam is a common name for several kinds of bivalve molluscs. The word is often applied only to those that live as infauna, spending most of their lives partially buried in the sand of the ocean floor. In particular, edible infaunal bivalves are often called clams. Clams have two shells of equal size connected by two adductor muscles and have a powerful burrowing foot.[1] Clams in the culinary sense do not live attached to a substrate (whereas oysters and mussels do) and do not live near the bottom (whereas scallops do). In culinary usage, clams are commonly eaten marine bivalves, as in clam digging and the resulting soup, clam chowder. Many edible clams such as palourde clams are oval or triangular;[2] however, razor clams have an elongated parallel-sided shell, suggesting an old-fashioned straight razor.[3]
Some clams have life cycles of only one year, while at least one may be over 500 years old.[4] All clams have two calcareous shells or valves joined near a hinge with a flexible ligament, and all are filter feeders.
A clam's shell consists of two (usually equal) valves, which are connected by a hinge joint and a ligament that can be external or internal. The ligament provides tension to bring the valves apart, while one or two adductor muscles can contract to close the valves. Clams also have kidneys, a heart, a mouth, a stomach, a nervous system and an anus. Many have a siphon.
As food
North America
In culinary use, within the eastern coast of the United States, the term "clam" most often refers to the hard clam Mercenaria mercenaria. It may also refer to a few other common edible species, such as the soft-shell clam, Mya arenaria and the ocean quahog, Arctica islandica. Another species commercially exploited on the Atlantic Coast of the United States is the surf clam Spisula solidissima. Scallops are also used for food.
Clams can be eaten raw, steamed, boiled, baked or fried. They can also be made into clam chowder or they can be cooked using hot rocks and seaweed in a New England clam bake.
In Japan, clams are often an ingredient of mixed seafood dishes. They can also be made into hot pot, miso soup or Tsukudani. The more commonly used varieties of clams in Japanese cooking are the Shijimi (Corbicula japonica), the Asari (Venerupis philippinarum) and the Hamaguri (Meretrix lusoria).
In Italy, clams are often an ingredient of mixed seafood dishes or are eaten together with pasta. The more commonly used varieties of clams in Italian cooking are the Vongola (Venerupis decussata), the Cozza (Mytilus galloprovincialis) and the Tellina (Donax trunculus). Though Dattero di mare (Lithophaga lithophaga) was once eaten, overfishing drove it to the verge of extinction (it takes 15 to 35 years to reach adult size and could only be harvested by smashing the calcarean rocks that form its habitat) and the Italian government has declared it an endangered species since 1998 and its harvest and sale are forbidden.
Clams are eaten more in the coastal regions of India, especially in the Konkan, Kerala, Bengal and Karnataka regions.
In Kerala clams are used to make curries and fried with coconut. In Malabar region it is known as "elambakka" and in middle kerala it is known as "kakka". clams curry made with coconut is a rather delicious dish from malabar especially in Thalassery region. In the south western coast of India, also known as the Konkan region in the state of Maharashtra, clams are used to cook curries and side dishes, like Tisaryachi Ekshipi, which is clams with one shell on. Beary Muslim households in the Mangalore region prepare a main dish with clams called Kowldo Pinde. Kowl is "clams" in the local language, and Pinde is "rice ball".
Trinidad and Tobago
Clams and shellfish are locally called "chipchip", and local fishermen sell them in rural markets.
The Moche people of ancient Peru worshiped the sea and its animals. They often depicted clams in their art.[5]
In Judaism, clams are considered non-kosher (treif) along with all other shellfish.
As currency
Some species of clams, particularly Mercenaria mercenaria, were in the past used by the Algonquians of Eastern North America to manufacture wampum, a type of shell money.[6]
- Grooved carpet shell: Ruditapes decussatus
- Hard clam or Northern Quahog: Mercenaria mercenaria
- Manila clam: Venerupis philippinarum
- Soft clam: Mya arenaria
- Atlantic surf clam: Spisula solidissima
- Ocean quahog: Arctica islandica
- Pacific razor clam: Siliqua patula
- Pismo clam: Tivela stultorum (8 inch shell on display at the Pismo Beach Chamber of Commerce)
- Geoduck: Panopea abrupta or Panope generosa (largest burrowing clam in the world)
- Atlantic jackknife clam: Ensis directus
- Lyrate Asiatic hard clam: Meretrix lyrata
- Ark clams, family Arcidae (most popular in Indonesia and Singapore)
Not usually considered edible:
- Nut clams or pointed nut clams, family Nuculidae
- Duck clams or trough shells, family Mactridae
- Marsh clams, family Corbiculidae
- File clams, family Limidae
- Giant clam: Tridacna gigas
- Asian or Asiatic clam: genus Corbicula
- Peppery furrow shell: Scrobicularia plana
See also
- Clam juice
- List of clam dishes – dishes and foods prepared using clams
- Shipworm
- Water purification
- Mussel
- ^ "Clam". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica. 2016.
- ^ "Clams recipes". BBC. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
- ^ "Clam". Oxford Dictionaries – Dictionary, Thesaurus, & Grammar.
- ^ Danielle Elliot (14 November 2013). "Ming the Clam, World's Oldest Animal, Was Actually 507 Years Old". CBS News. Retrieved 15 November 2013.
- ^ Berrin, Katherine & Larco Museum. The Spirit of Ancient Peru:Treasures from the Museo Arqueológico Rafael Larco Herrera. New York: Thames and Hudson, 1997.
- ^ Kurlansky, Mark (2006), The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell, Penguin Group, pp. 16, 30–31, ISBN 0-345-47638-7, OCLC 60550567.
External links
|Look up clam in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
- Media related to Bivalvia at Wikimedia Commons
- Clam stir fry
- Deep In The Ocean A Clam That Acts Like A Plant Science Daily March 2, 2007
- Hardshell Clams
Commercial mollusks
|Marine gastropods
|Land and freshwater gastropods
|Free-swimming marine bivalves
|Infaunal bivalves
|Sessile bivalves
|Freshwater bivalves


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I have a Pod xt Pro and I'm trying to to Re-amp a signal from the stereo aes/ebu input to the Balanced line outs but with everything bypassed it sums the L+R channels to mono and I just end up with two mono signals on the line outs. is what i'm trying even possible (Stereo aes/ebu input - straight through to a - true stereo copy on the Line outs)
any help would be greatly apreciated this has been bugging me.
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Peach Envy: Monday Color Mood
Peach and jade green are not the easiest colors to match up, but we think this week's color inspiration pulls it off with just the right amount of finesse. Hoping everyone out there is off to a gorgeously colorful week!
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September 8, 2013 - 4:24pm
How high can I go with modern Granite Ware?
I have been using both cold Granite Ware pots, and cold Lodge cast iron pots for high hydration loaves. I like the ease of use, less weight, of the Granite Ware, but worry that it will not keep taking the high heat that I subject it to.
I preheat my oven to 475 degrees, then place the COLD pans in oven, turning oven down to 450 degrees. I replace the Granite Ware covers with a sheet of aluminum foil, so that I can set the pans higher in the oven, to reduce bottom burning.
I would like to bump up the initial heat to 500 degrees for the Granite Ware and cast iron. Both, still being used cold. Will I damage/crack the cast iron, or modern Granite Ware? How high, can I go? Especially with GraniteW?


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Poole is a safe place to live, work and visit. However, there are a number of hazards and risks that could impact our community.
Most of us plan for emergencies. We may give spare keys to neighbours, carry a donor card or first aid kit, organise who would pick the children up from school if we were unavailable even if we don't expect a problem.
These web pages have been designed to inform you about the work of the Risk and Resilience Team here at the Borough of Poole and to provide you with some information which may help you to prepare yourself, your family, your community or your business to cope with an emergency.