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Waldorf ATV Investigation
Well, it was successful. Kinda.
It was a good hike, only .75 mile or so as the crow flies, but through unimproved forest with about 600 feet elevation gain.
It took us a little while to locate the wreck, but once we did we got a couple GPS points saved of it.
We immediately started to dismantle it and once we got a bunch of parts laying around we packed up what we could and took off about 1pm, just in time to beat the storm to the trees on the other side of the ridge and enjoyed a gentle rain as we descended back to the cars.
Theboomboom had a run-in with a knife, that was the only real excitement of the day. Hope he's okay. He stabbed his finger with my very new Spyderco, which has a pretty wicked sharp blade, and I was able to put my EFR training from Hatfield's SCUBA place to good use, though I could have been a little more level-headed and done a little better job. BUT - adequate care received is better than perfect care withheld, so it should be fine.
We didn't get the whole thing; not sure there's going to be any interest to head up there again this year, and we're going to have to do some figuring to think of the best way to get the heavy parts (4 tires, engine and frame) out of where it is. Not an easy task. Will post up pics in a bit.
3 stitches and its good as new :hill:
Chicks dig body damage :hill:
My knife looked like a murder weapon after that little incident - glad you're all fixed up! :thumb:
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1. Map and profile of route
2. Group standing at top of ridge
3. Martin and the Sawtooth in the background
4. See it down there?
5. D'oh!
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1. The hill from whence it fell.
2. Dude, you tweaked something.
3. The scene - Bombardier anyone?
4. Parts
5. More parts
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1. More Parts
2. theboomboom getting some medical attention
3. How we left it - the heavy stuff (tires, frame and engine)
4. The pile of parts when we got back
What needs to happen next is to figure out how this project will be finished. That engine/chassic combo weighs an awful lot (200-300 lb. range). Even if we were to dismantle the engine from the frame, one person alone would probably have a heck of a time carrying it. And then the frame is so big that it would be hard to get out too. Brant was wondering if we could get up there again this fall before it snowed, I told him probably not. It's not going anywhere, we'll probably plan for something next summer.
In the meantime, I would like to try and figure out a way to get four tires (they are big and fairly heavy), an engine and a frame out of there. We tried a litter for the tires, but that would be a difficult task because the forest is dense enough it would be hard to walk in that position (too wide), especially with one person on each corner. And the hill to climb up to the ridge is pretty steep, not fun when you have four people pushing/pulling against each other. Getting an ATV up there to winch from the top would be a very difficult task and Brant pretty much said no. If you could guide a horse through the woods okay, then that would be possible, but still it's pretty steep. Going downhill to the road is very steep through dense trees and fallen trees etc. If we can get tubular framed packs and hack the frame to pieces we could carry it out that way. The engine oil would have to be drained but then it could be dismantled, at least into smaller more manageable pieces.
I dunno. We have time; I don't think I will have a chance to get up there again before the snow flies. I have a lot to do to get ready for winter.
Thanks for organizing this Matt. :thumb:
It was an awesome hike. It was cool to be in such a remote area off trail with such great views. We had the whole area to ourselves.
Another day of dismantling and a group of people to help haul and we could have the rest of that wreck out of there in an afternoon.
Glad this went well. Thinking baout you guys while working yesterday.
Thanks for the pics:beer::beer:
Hopefully I can join the next trip.
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UPDATED: The Tennessee Titans finally made a decision on a punter after holding two candidates overnight, agreeing to terms with both Reggie Hodges and A.J. Trapasso.
The Titans were deciding between Hodges and Trapasso, who was in camp with them this summer, as a replacement for veteran Craig Hentrich, who suffered a calf injury in Sunday's loss to the Houston Texans. The decision apparently for now is to have Hodges go on the 53-man roster and sign Trapasso to the practice squad.
Hentrich's injury won't be season-ending, as the Titans made room on the roster by waiving cornerback Cary Williams from the 53-man roster. He could come back to the practice squad if he clears waivers. Tennessee also placed practice squad defensive tackle Mitch King on injured reserve to clear a spot for Trapasso.
Hodges and Trapasso were both in for workouts with the club on Tuesday along with Glenn Pakulak, another ex-Titans training camp kicker, and Ricky Schmitt. The Titans also had long snappers Nathan Hodel and Ryan Neill in for visits.
Hodges punted in 12 games for the New York Jets last season, averaging 42.8 yards per kick.
Trapasso, a rookie from Ohio State, gained his share of notoriety during the preseason, first running a fake punt 40 yards for a touchdown in the Hall of Fame Game against Buffalo and later hitting the scoreboard suspended above the Dallas Cowboys new stadium. Trapasso was claimed off waivers by the Jets when the Titans let him go, but was released the following day. Tampa Bay also had him on their practice squad for a week.
Johnson nominated
Chris Johnson has been nominated for the FedEx Ground Player of the Week after his 16-carry, 197-yard rushing performance Sunday against Houston.
Johnson, who also had a 69-yard TD reception, scored on runs of 57 and 91 yards against the Texans.
Other nominees include San Francisco's Frank Gore and Miami's Ronnie Brown.
Chris Johnson has been nominated for the FedEx Ground Player of the Week after his 16-carry, 197-yard rushing performance Sunday against Houston.
Kerry collins 2 turn over
2. A fummble on a game winning drive.
3. VY can not do any worst !!!!!!!
4. Kerry collins slow and non mobile
How many times are you going to post the message. WE GET IT!!!!!! You hate the Titans!!!!! Move on!!!!!
How do you get so many injuries as a punter?
As for the BLKTENN comments, I will agree that Kerry Collins is just an average quarterback and fading. As far as Vince Young goes he is unpredictable, unstable and bewildered by it all.
Well lets put Vy and have him run around like a chicken with his head cut off.. Lets have VY, sit back there and choose where the INT is going. Either way we hav no QB in TN both together don't make a decent QB!

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Ambassador Mark Sedwill looks at the challenges that lie ahead in Afghanistan
NEW YORK, March 28, 2011 - Ambassador Mark Sedwill presented Afghanistan 2011-14: The Challenges of Transition and Reconciliation, at Asia Society last week.
According to Sedwill, 2010 was a pivotal year, which saw a number of successes and failures. However, the ultimate message of the year was one of moving away from international aid, and allowing Afghans to govern themselves. Transition means getting Afghans off the welfare of international aid, and gradually having them take care of themselves.
Sedwill spoke about the town of Marjah, which has been transformed over the past year from a derelict town to a bustling center. According to Sedwill, "We found there are people traumatized, less by the Taliban, who are repressive but orderly, than by the years beforehand when they had suffered under a brutal and predatory police force who ran the drugs trade and could buy influence in Kabul [...] As President Karzai said afterwards, people in places like Marjah prefer the Taliban to his government, and regard him as a puppet."
But Marjah is now a town transformed with new elected district council, a police force, schools, clinics and roads. Their allegiance was determined by the core functions of the state: security and the rule of law provided by accountable institutions. Sedwill used this example as a model for the future of Afghanistan.
Of course, there are major obstacles to be overcome, but Sedwill assured that the next phase will be Afghanistan's journey to self-reliance.
Sedwill is NATO Senior Civilian Representative in Afghanistan. He was joined by Paul Fishstein, a Fellow with the State Building and Human Rights in Afghanistan and Pakistan program at the Carr Center for Human Rights at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government.
Reported by Rachel Rosado


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The South Carolina Master Beekeeping program began in 1996 and is designed to provide interested students with the basic knowledge and skills needed to become successful beekeepers and to be able to share their enthusiasm and knowledge with the public. A successful beekeeper is one who can keep Read More ...
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One Public Service Credit (PSC) equals a single, documented event of a qualified public service. Multiple repetitions of a particular activity may count, but only if they involve separate events or invitations. For example, two presentations to fifth grade science classes may qualify as 2 PSCs but not if they are two successive class periods on the same day.
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Lord for tomorrow and its needs I do not pray; but keep me, guide me, love me Lord, just for today.
Start your day by nourishing your soul! Begin your morning with prayer and align yourself with God's will. Use these morning prayers to give everything in your day to God, asking Him to fill your spirit with His immense love.


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You can catch up on the earlier posts in this series here (now with hopefully helpful descriptions):
- Why it's so difficult to answer the question "Who is to blame?"
- Looking back to 1814
- Bismarck, his life and works
- France isolated, Britain's global responsibilities
- Austria, Austria-Hungary, and the Balkan quagmire
- The Anglo-German naval race, Jackie Fisher, and HMS Dreadnought
- War with Japan, revolution at home: Russia's self-inflicted miseries
- The First Balkan War
- The Second Balkan War
- The Entente Cordiale, Moroccan crises, and the influence of public opinion
- The Bosnian crisis of 1908
Who's at the wheel? The less-than-transparent-or-unified governments of 1914
A common reaction (among both modern historians and lay readers) to the apparent incoherence of the decision-making process in the various great powers' capitals is to ask just who exactly was in command when such-and-such a decision was taken. This reflects on our modern day belief that power has an identifiable source, and that actors had clear direction from a central authority. As Christopher Clark takes pains to outline in The Sleepwalkers this was not true even of the more centralized great powers:
… even a very cursory look at the governments of early twentieth-century Europe reveals that the executive structures from which policies emerged were far from unified. Policy-making was not the prerogative of single sovereign individuals. Initiatives with a bearing on the course of a country's policy could and did emanate from quite peripheral locations in the political structure. Factional alignments, functional frictions within government, economic or financial constraints and the volatile chemistry of public opinion all exerted a constantly varying pressure on decision-making processes. As the power to shape decisions shifted from one node in the executive structure to another, there were corresponding oscillations in the tone and orientation of policy. This chaos of competing voices is crucial to understanding the periodic agitation of the European system during the last pre-war years. It also helps to explain why the July Crisis of 1914 became the most complex and opaque political crisis of modern times.
In The War That Ended Peace, Margaret MacMillan writes:
Old institutions and values were under attack and new ways and new attitudes were emerging. Their world was changing, perhaps too fast, and they had to attempt to make sense of it. "What were they thinking?" is a question often asked about the Europeans who went to war in 1914. The ideas that influenced their view of the world, what they took for granted without discussion (what the historian James Joll called "unspoken assumptions"), what was changing and what was not, all are important parts of the context within which war, even a general European war, became a possible option in 1914.
The uneasy state of the Serbian state
Serbia had been practically an independent state since shrugging off the last Ottoman military occupation in 1867 and that independence was formally recognized by the great powers in 1878 at the Congress of Berlin which was the peace conference called to end the Russo-Turkish War (which we briefly looked at in part two). One of the provisions of the treaty that strongly displeased the Serbs was that they were forbidden to take over Bosnia, which instead was placed in the care of the Austro-Hungarian empire: the Serbs had gone to war with the Ottomans in 1876 by proclaiming a union with Bosnia. The Austrians and the other great powers preferred a weakened Ottoman empire to retain titular possession of Bosnia than to allow an upstart principality to claim it.Serbia became a kingdom in 1882 under King Milan I. Milan had been adopted into the ruling Obrenović family after the death of his father in combat against the Ottomans. When Prince Mihailo Obrenović was assassinated in 1868, Milan was the eventual choice to succeed his adopted father. Milan remained king until he unexpectedly abdicated the throne in favour of his son Alexander in 1889. Despite having given up the throne, he returned to Serbia and eventually was appointed commander-in-chief of the Serbian army. He left that post in protest at his son's marriage to Draga Mašin in 1900 and was banished for his pains. He died in 1901. King Alexander I did not long survive his father, being assassinated by members of an army conspiracy in 1903. The King had been ruling ever more harshly, creating much resentment through his arbitrary decrees and proclamations. The conspiracy was lead by Captain Dragutin Dimitrijević (nicknamed "Apis"), who would also later found the secret organization Ujedinjenje ili smrt! known as the Black Hand. The assassinations were so gory that Quentin Tarantino might have directed the scene if it was written by George R.R. Martin (as described by Christopher Clark):
King Alexander and Queen Draga had no children and the Queen's brother was widely assumed to be the heir-presumptive. Both of the queen's brothers and several government officials were killed in the purge following the assassinations. These actions ended the Obrenović dynasty, as Alexander was succeeded by King Peter I, of the Karađorđević dynasty (Serbia had the misfortune of having two rival royal families from the early 1800's to the assassination of Alexander I). King Peter's father had been Prince of Serbia until his abdication in 1858, after which the family lived in exile. Under the pseudonym Pierre or Peter Kara, Peter had served as a junior officer on the French side in the Franco-Prussian War. Using a different pseudonym, he lead a guerilla unit against Ottoman troops in Bosnia and Herzegovina between 1875 and 1878. In 1883, he married the eldest daughter of the King of Montenegro. Through the connection between the royal families of Russia and Montenegro, two of his sons were enrolled in the Russian military academy.
According to one account, the king, flabby, bespectacled and incongruously dressed in his red silk shirt, emerged with his arms around the queen. The couple were cut down in a hail of shots at point-blank range. Petrović [the king's adjutant], who drew a concealed revolver in a final hopeless bid to protect his master (or so it was later claimed), was also killed. An orgy of gratuitous violence followed. The corpses were stabbed with swords, torn with a bayonet, partially dismembered and hacked with an axe until they were mutilated beyond recognition, according to the later testimony of the king's traumatized Italian barber, who was ordered to collect the bodies and dress them for burial. The body of the queen was hoisted to the railing of the bedroom window and tossed, virtually naked and slimy with gore, into the gardens. It was reported that as the assassins attempted to do the same with Alexandar, one of his hands closed momentarily around the railing. An officer hacked through the fist with a sabre and the body fell, with a sprinkle of severed digits, to the earth. By the time the assassins had gathered in the gardens to have a smoke and inspect the results of their handiwork, it had begun to rain.
Whether through fear of suffering the same kind of violent death as his predecessor or through a genuine belief in liberalization, King Peter's early reign was marked by a return to more democratic representation and parliamentary control of the government. The Austrian government had been on relatively good terms with the former king, and viewed the increasing democratization in Serbia as a dangerous trend (for fear it would give more impetus to demands for autonomy not only in Bosnia, but also in other Slavic areas of the empire). The Wikipedia entry for King Peter's reign is just a tad over-enthusiastic:
The Western-educated King attempted to liberalize Serbia with the goal of creating a Western-style constitutional monarchy. King Petar I became gradually very popular for his commitment to parliamentary democracy that, in spite of certain influence of military cliques in political life, functioned properly. The 1903 Constitution was a revised version of 1888 Constitution, based on the Belgian Constitution of 1831, considered as one of the most liberal in Europe.The governments were chosen from the parliamentary majority, mostly from People's Radical Party (Narodna radikalna stranka) led by Nikola P. Pašić and Independent Radical Party (Samostalna radikalna stranka), led by Ljubomir Stojanović. King Peter himself was in favor of a broader coalition government that would boost Serbian democracy and help pursue an independent course in foreign policy. In contrast to Austrophile Obrenović dynasty, King Peter I was relying on Russia and France, which provoked rising hostility from expansionist-minded Austria-Hungary. King Peter I of Serbia paid two solemn visits to Saint-Petersbourg and Paris in 1910 and 1911 respectively, greeted as a hero of both democracy and national independence in the troublesome Balkans.
The reign of King Peter I Karadjordjević from 1903 to 1914, is remembered as the "Golden Age of Serbia" or the "Era of Pericles in Serbia", due to the unrestricted political freedoms, free press, and cultural ascendancy among South Slavs who finally saw in democratic Serbia a Piedmont of South Slavs. King Peter I was supportive to the movement of Yugoslav unification, hosting in Belgrade various cultural gatherings. Grand School of Belgrade was upgraded into Belgrade University in 1905, with scholars of international renown such as Jovan Cvijić, Mihailo Petrović, Slobodan Jovanović, Jovan M. Žujović, Bogdan Popović, Jovan Skerlić, Sima Lozanić, Branislav Petronijević and several others.
The Black Hand: Serbia's "plausibly deniable" interference in Bosnian affairs
The leader of the 1903 coup d'etat, former Captain, now Colonel Dragutin "Apis" Dimitrijević was in a key position indeed — he was the head of the Serbian Military Intelligence service in 1914. From that important post, he was able to conduct covert operations against the neighbouring empires with an eye to destabilization and eventual military action. In 1911, Apis established Ujedinjenje ili smrt! (the Black Hand) to enable him to conduct operations separate from — but with goals aligned with — the formal state organization. Another semi-secret pan-Slavic organization set up a few years earlier became a very valuable tool in the hands of Apis: Mlada Bosna (Young Bosnia).
Margaret MacMillan in The War That Ended Peace describes the kind of operations "Apis" set up and operated against Austria-Hungary and the Ottomans:
Within Serbia itself there was considerable support for the Young Bosnians and their activities. For a decade or more, parts of the Serbian government had encouraged the activities of quasi-military and conspiratorial organizations on the soil of Serbia's enemies, whether the Ottoman Empire or Austria-Hungary. The army provided money and weapons for armed Serbian bands in Macedonia and smuggled weapons into Bosnia much as Iran does today with Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Margaret MacMillan describes the typical members of the Young Bosnians, who were of a type that we probably recognize more readily now than at any time since 1914:
[They] were mostly young Serb and Croat peasant boys who had left the countryside to study and work in the towns and cities of the Dual Monarchy and Serbia. While they had put on suits in place of their traditional dress and condemned the conservatism of their elders, they nevertheless found much in the modern world bewildering and disturbing. It is hard not to compare them to the extreme groups among Islamic fundamentalists such as Al Qaeda a century later. Like those later fanatics, the Young Bosnians were usually fiercely puritanical, despising such things as alcohol and sexual intercourse. They hated Austria-Hungary in part because they blamed it for corrupting its South Slav subjects. Few of the Young Bosnians had regular jobs. Rather they depended on handouts from their families, with whom they had usually quarreled. They shared their few possessions, slept on each other's floors, and spent hours over a single cup of coffee in cheap cafés arguing about life and politics. They were idealistic, and passionately committed to liberating Bosnia from foreign rule and to building a new and fairer world. Strongly influenced by the great Russian revolutionaries and anarchists, the Young Bosnians believed that they could only achieve their goals through violence and, if necessary, the sacrifice of their own lives.
Apis and his Bosnian operators were determined to take advantage of the announced visit by Archduke Franz Ferdinand to the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo in June, 1914. The Archduke was the heir-presumptive to the throne of the Dual Monarchy and (contrary to what a lot of people believed at the time) a moderate who hoped to use his visit to reduce tension between the monarchy and the Slavic people in the southern fringe of the empire. He had already spoken against the empire taking military action against Serbia on more than one occasion after provocation … if he were not on the scene, Apis calculated, the chances of war went up significantly.
The stage is set, the pieces are starting to fall into place, and the curtain is about to go up.


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Researchers at the Center for Neurosciences, like all other laboratory divisions of The Feinstein Institute, enjoy access to a broad array of state-of-the-art research and diagnostic instruments. These instruments include a full complement of scanning tools for making non-invasive PET and MRI, and CT images of the brain and other internal parts of the body.
A cyclotron capable of making a broad spectrum of radiotracing isotopes is housed literally steps away from the PET scanner, making the laboratory unusually flexible and self-reliant as research priorities shift. All these instruments are supported by computation and staff resources designed to maximize the scientific productivity of the research staff.


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SARATOGA SPRINGS — Here are the scratches and changes for Thursday's 11-race card at Saratoga Race Course. We could be looking at some unsettled weather this afternoon as there is a 60 percent chance of rain after 1 p.m., which, of course, is post time.
The first two races on the card are steeplechase events. The second one is the 18th running of the Grade I, $100,000 A.P. Smithwick Memorial. Demonstrative, the 8-5 morning line favorite, is an early scratch from the race. He won the New York Turf Writers' Cup here last summer.


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Over time, moisture can build up in the braking system. This can eventually lead to corrosion inside the brake caliper. This corrosion can eat away at the inside of the caliper, causing it to leak brake fluid or not work at all. A sticking caliper will typically feel like the car is pulling to one side when you brake hard.
If this is the case with your car, the caliper must be replaced. Replacing the calipers isn't hard, but does require a few special tools and can be a bit messy. Begin by jacking the car up and supporting it on jack stands. See our article on Jacking up Your C30 for more information.
Left and Right Sides - Remove the five'mm lug nuts holding the wheel/tire to the car and remove the wheel. If you do not have an impact wrench, you'll need to slightly loosen each lug nut with the wheel on the ground. This will make it much easier to remove the lug nuts once the tire is off the ground.
Left and Right Sides - Shown here is the complete rear brake assembly on your Volvo C30.
Left and Right Sides - Remove the retaining spring (yellow arrow) on the front of the brake caliper. These can be a little tricky to remove. I usually start at one of the ends (green arrows) and slowly work it off.
Left and Right Sides - Pry the two plastic plugs (green arrows) out of the guide tubes. You'll need to access the caliper retaining pins below.
Left and Right Sides - It is helpful to spray some penetrant oil at the union between the brake line and the caliper (yellow arrow). This prevents any damage if there is corrosion on the threads.
Left and Right Sides - Use a 14mm flare nut wrench (green arrow) to loosen the brake line going to the caliper. Don't unscrew it fully just yet. You just need to get it loose while still attached to the support bracket.
Left and Right Sides: The emergency brake cable must also be removed from the caliper. Make sure the e-brake is not applied and use a small pry bar to move the locking pawl (green arrow) back enough to remove the cable end (yellow arrow). Use caution as the spring is under tension. Pull the cable out of the old caliper and transfer it to the new one.
Left and Right Sides - Use a 7mm hex driver to loosen both caliper retaining pins inside the guide tubes. Once loose, lift the caliper up and off the support bracket and unscrew the brake line from the caliper. You'll now need to thread the brake line into the new caliper. Place the new caliper on the support bracket over the brake pads and reinstall the e-brake cable and pad retaining spring.
Left and Right Sides - You'll need to purge the braking system of air after installing the new caliper. A pressure bleeder like the one shown here makes it much easier. See our article on Bleeding Brakes for more information.
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What is the moral of "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty?"
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I wouldn't say that there is an obvious moral to this story. I suppose you could say that retreating into your imagination is a way of avoiding problems in your external, social world. In that sense, the social moral is that Walter should put the same energy he uses to daydream into transforming his social world and his marriage. His wife seems too condescending and Walter seems to come across as a hopeless dreamer. This is a chicken and the egg situation. Is it Mrs. Mitty's nagging that turns Walter to his imagination, or is it Walter's mental absence that drives his wife to frustration? Here the moral or lesson is that neither is engaging the problem. The problem, it seems to me, is they are bored with the redundancy of their lives.
When you talk about social morals or mores, this includes ways we should behave in society, matters of ethics and more broadly (in terms of mores) what is deemed normal or typical. For example, in terms of gender roles, men, in certain cultures and contexts, tend to be portrayed as rational and express themselves through action. In similar cultures and contexts, women are emotional, intuitive and express themselves more verbally. Clearly, these are stereotypes and since they are referred to as gender 'roles,' you can say that being a man or woman is a way of acting. Therefore, the woman can be rational and expressive through action just as a man can. Walter never changes externally because he rarely deviates in his outward behavior of inaction, the antithesis of his action-packed imaginary world.
In this story, it is Mrs. Mitty who is the dominant figure (at least externally) and it is Mr. Mitty who retreats into his own mind. This story also comments on the dullness of the middle-class adult. In this case, we sympathize with Mrs. Mitty's frustration but we also understand Walter's need to escape from the dullness of the repetitive, responsible life of an adult.
Walter's feelings of alienation may have started with some bad breaks beyond his control, but his alienation is sustained by his own daydreaming. To me, this is more of a social commentary about the working class than a moral. However, Walter could benefit by using his imagination in his external life. This may lead him to social and personal successes and might end the rut he is in. Were he to do this, Walter might even create an alternative 'role' for the so-called typical American male.
Walter would benefit from Ghandi's quote, which I would consider a moral worth living by. "We need to be the change we wish to see in the world."


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Some streets in Denver's downtown business district will be closed through Wednesday to accommodate the Democratic National Convention. Public-transit services also will be affected.
Denver police and the U.S. Secret Service plan rolling street closures as needed to accommodate Barack Obama and vice presidential nominee Joe Biden.
Denver police also could close streets on a short-term basis as necessary.
On Thursday evening, 5½ miles of Interstate 25 will be closed for Obama's acceptance speech at Invesco Field at Mile High.
Monday through midnight Wednesday
• Speer Boulevard from Interstate 25 to Lawrence Street (Two lanes will open to accommodate rush-hour traffic from 6 to 9 a.m.)
• Auraria Parkway from I-25 to Speer Boulevard
• Bannock Street between West 14th Avenue and West Colfax Avenue from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. for parades
(For recommended alternate routes, go to denvergov.org, then click on mobility and access maps.)
Thursday only
• I-25 from Interstate 70 to Sixth Avenue, from 5:30 p.m. to about 9 p.m., the conclusion of Barack Obama's acceptance speech at Invesco Field at Mile High.
(For recommended alternate routes, go to dot.state.co.us.)
Monday through Wednesday
• Light rail — No service to or from the Pepsi Center and Union Station stops. All C and E line light-rail passengers will be required to transfer to other downtown lines or disembark at the Invesco Field stop. Thursday, passengers will be allowed to embark and disembark at Union Station.
• Buses — Normal service is planned, but some routes will be adjusted because of street closures.
Call RTD at 303-299-6000, or go to rtd-denver.com and click on the "RTD Service Impacts" icon.


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Last week was spent on stuff for a character design audition, wish I could put the designs on.
Here's some paintings I did for a presents. This top one's for my brother. It's unlikely he'll be checking on here anytime soon, so hopefully it's safe to put on; yes, I'm potentially spoiling the surprise so I can have somthing on my blog...
My mother's always bugging me to do a "more realistic" painting for presents, so I thought this time I'd try and do something a bit more naturalistic and see what people thought. It's essentially the same as the photo it's based on, but with the mountains, clouds and the dog rearranged to change the composition...
And this was another present, for a stressed friend in the animation program. I took her name off from the top to avoid embarrassing her. It was meant to be "cool", I just hope it didn't come off as disturbing...
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Tuesday, December 02, 2008
My 4:00 a.m. rant
Saw bolt Sun night. I must say I was impressed. I'd read good press, but I was suprised how many good lines were in the movie, and while it was a very conventional Disney story and look, it was done extremely well, I thought, which is a step above most of the non-Pixar animated stuff.
So, as much as would have liked to have seen what Chris Sanders would have done, I think John Lasseter deliverred in spades with his descisions, and I hope he does what the cynics say he won't and redeem Disney animation. Now that two of my Capilano friends are working there, I pulling for him all the more.
Another thing I wanted to say was in regard to the designs of the characters. A lot of people call them bland, but the key thing is, from an animators stand point; they work. An animator could turn them around, has a brow, jaw and eyes to act with, and if they have decent draftmanship and knowledge of animal anatomy, they can do pretty much anything with them. And also, when you sketch them out a few times from the CGI trailers, you see that they do in fact have strong contrasting shapes, straights against curves and all the elements of appeal in them. Really, there's nothing going into these designs that wouldn't go into Kung Fu Panda; It's just that Kung Fu Panda took it further. And as much as I loved Chris Sanders early concept art for the dog, it was basically Stitch with more "doggy" details on him. As cool as it is to see designs like Ren and Stimpy, the fact that their a cat and dog is inconsequential to the premise. With Bolt, at least in the final version, it's really about the politics between cats, dogs and humans; so the fact that Bolt moves like a dog and behaves like a dog was quite key, same goes for the cat. And as cool as Sander's dog was, Bolt is more unmistakably a dog. That was what I thought, anyway.
I just hope this movie does well, because I really think Disney becoming succesful in animation again will encourage animation everywhere. I hope anyway. Now lets hope Princess and the Frog turns out as well
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DEFINITION of 'Agency MBS Purchase'
The purchase of mortgage-backed securities issued by government-sponsored enterprises such as Ginnie Mae, Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac. The term is most commonly used to refer to the U.S. Federal Reserve's $1.25 trillion program to purchase agency mortgage-backed securities, which commenced on Jan. 5, 2009 and was completed on Mar. 31, 2010.
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The goal of the Federal Reserve's $1.25 trillion agency MBS purchase program was to provide support to mortgage and housing markets, and also to foster improved conditions in financial markets. When the Federal Reserve commenced these purchases in January 2009, the U.S. and global equity markets were trading at multi-year lows amid an intense credit crunch, and widespread concern about the global economy heading for a depression.
The MBS purchase program was instrumental in providing price support to these securities and dissipating the panic that had gripped many market participants. By the time the Federal Reserve completed the purchase program in March 2010, the S&P 500 had appreciated more than 75% from its March 2009 low and global equity markets had been in full rally mode for over a year, perhaps exceeding the Fed's most optimistic expectations.


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WAM Dec 22-23 Andrea Monro
Singer songwriter Andrea Monro first appeared at the annual Feast of Cohen some years ago, when the concert took place at the LSPU Hall. The show has become so big, that it has moved on to the Arts and Culture Centre in St. John's.
And Andrea has progressed, also - a dietitian, a baker, a mother of two … but she's still a singer and a songwriter. Ready to perform at this year's Feast, the thirteenth.
But the Feast of Cohen will be extra special for Andrea this year. I spoke with her the other day and asked her why that is.
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I just wouldn't leave him unsupervised in the restroom …
By AUSTIN GROGIN
What makes an awesome show? Most would say a mixture of humor and drama, great music, an original storyline and great characters. So, how does Eli Stone measure up? It's got the humor and the drama, it's got great actors and an original story and oh yeah, it's got a catchy soundtrack. For a midseason companion to the greatest show in recent memory (in case you didn't know or don't read Tubular, Lost premiered Thursday as well!), Eli Stone is actually not that bad. I mean, come on, how could a show that holds the legacy of George Michael as a central theme really not deliver? Alright, I'm stalling. Let's dive right in, shall we?
First, a brief introduction:
Eli Stone (Jonny Lee Miller, Smith) – The title character, a lawyer with a heart made of gold and a brain full of problems.
Taylor Wethersby (Natasha Henstridge, She Spies) – The title character's fiancée, winner of the most pretentious last name award.
Nathan Stone (Matt Letscher, The New Adventures of Old Christine) – The main character's brother and physician.
Alright, I am pretty sure that's all you need to know. Oh, and by the way, the show move extremely quickly and can get kinda ridiculous, so feel free to suspend reality (and a good taste in music) for just one hour.
Now let's get to that pilot episode, shall we?
Episode 1
The episode opens in the mountains; Mundoli, to be specific (for those of us who aren't Jeopardy champs, that's in India.) Pan to Mr. Eli Stone, anticipating the arrival of his Sherpa for his long trip to the base of the mountains. Oh look, he's a lawyer and the narrator!
Apparently, Eli is a lawyer working at some big corporate law firm in San Francisco. Also, he's a prophet. He's got the job, the car and the beautiful fiancée. And yet, something is missing in his life … maybe a little background music?
Cut to Eli's office. In walks Patty (the incomparable Loretta Devine, most recently seen on Grey's Anatomy as the Chief's ex-wife; according to my mom, she's "real sassy"). Eli's been hearing organ music all morning. Even as he heads into a morning hearing, the music continues. Speaking of the hearing, Eli is apparently defending a pharmaceutical company that created a flu vaccine containing a chemical possibly leading to Autism in the defendant's son. However, the defendant, Beth Keller, is proving to be a tough nut to crack. Gosh, why do parent's always want the best for their kids? So selfish …
Back at home, Eli is once again interrupted by the sounds of the organ…not exactly romantic, I suppose. However, in the midst of everything, another more…familiar song begins to play. Following the sounds of the guitar, Eli finds none other than George Michael (yep, they really got George Michael to play!), live and in the flesh, playing in his living room. And as any die-hard George Michael fan would react, Eli falls to the ground, unconscious.
The next morning, Eli goes to get an MRI. Apparently, seeing George Michael in your living room is cause for worry. However, according to the results, Eli is technically fine, and according to his brother, the next time George Michael shows up, Eli "should get an autograph."
Back at work, Eli is still feeling that special feeling. Unfortunately, he is brought back to earth by the arrival of none other than Beth Keller, asking to be represented by Eli. He says no, and is again drawn out of his office by the sounds of the '80s. Only this time, the whole firm is at the concert, dancing. However, Eli is soon brought back to earth when he realizes that he is the only one at the law firm who can actually see George Michael … yeah, something tells me that this guy is not Ok.
At the acupuncturist, Eli is brought back to his youth by Dr. Chin. Making out with a girl on his couch, it seems that we might be voyeurs on Eli's first time! Hoping to set the mood, the lucky girl puts on George Michael's Faith
CD cassette. However, as we soon find out, the lucky lady is none other than Ms. Beth Keller. Confronting her at home, Eli is introduced to Beth's autistic son, and sees that he needs to take the case to make the music go away. But really, you could have worse music playing in your head.
Back at work, Eli is confronting the partners at his law firm about switching sides. However, he is rudely interrupted by the sounds of bells ringing, which I am assuming only he can hear. Thankfully, Eli makes it happen, arguing that pro-bono work is great for public relations, and the partners agree to let him represent the defendant.
In the lobby, Eli almost runs into a streetcar (of course), and is called on board by his dead father. He is again publicly embarrassed when he realizes that nothing is there. Looks like another trip to the acupuncturist! At Dr. Chin's place, Eli has a vision of getting on a trolley with his dad, the always pleasant Tom Cavanaugh (Ed). His dad hands him a postcard, a gift for winning some tournament. The picture on the postcard is of that place… (*scrolls up*) … Mundoli! His dad abruptly gets off the trolley, but not before promising his son that one day, they would go to Mundoli together.
In court, the trial of the century begins. However, Eli's fickle allegiances are making things a little difficult for his case. By the end of day one, Eli and Beth both assume their case in toast. In walks Patty, with her thrice-daily snappy comment. She has received an a pamphlet from a friend that could prove just how dangerous the vaccines really are. Hmm … maybe Eli does stand a chance after all?
At Eli's apartment, we are introduced to Eli and Taylor's sets of parents, one of which turns out to be Jordan Wethersby (Victor Garber, Alias), a partner at Eli's law firm. So, maybe that's why he let Eli take the case pro-bono? Hmmm … It pays to be marrying your boss' daughter! Later, we find out that the pharmaceutical company's new lawyer will actually be Mr. Wethersby, who deliberately sealed the documents Eli needs to win.
Back in India, Eli has reached the summit of the mountain, his father's ashes in hand. However, yet again, Eli is publicly embarrassed as he realizes that he is standing on the edge of his apartment's balcony, about to jump. What a party foul!
Back at the doctor's office (geez, this guy is pulling a Britney on us!), Eli's brother tells him that unfortunately, he has a brain aneurysm, which he actually inherited from his dad, and it is affecting the spot of his brain that causes hallucinations. Also, the growth is inoperable, and his fiancée does not seem to be able to handle it. The hallucinations were OK, but the aneurysm was the last straw.
Back in court, a pharmaceutical executive admits that he refused to give his daughter his own company's flu vaccine, because it contained Mercury. Beth is offered over $300,000, in exchange for sealed results. However, Beth turns it down, and asks Eli to just believe in their case. Geez, you'd think a guy who had spent all week hearing George Michael would have a little …faith! HAHAHA, I kid.
At Dr. Chin's, it turns out that this expert isn't exactly a keeper of any ancient Oriental secret healing powers. However, he is extremely insightful, and reminds Eli of the things that he should believe in — what is right, and what is wrong. Reminding the jury of this, Eli makes one last plea to the court to award Beth damages so high, they will be forced to remove Mercury from all of their vaccines. Suddenly, Eli's mom shows up, and gives Eli his dad's ashes. In his dad's will, he requested that his ashes be spread by his son. However, duty calls, and the verdict needs to be read. Huzzah! $5.2 million payable to Beth Keller.
Outside, Taylor meets Eli, and reminds him that she is not going anywhere. However, Eli is … he's going to India!
The episode ends with Eli apologizing to a coffee can full of his dad, and then spreading the ashes off of a mountain in Mundoli. Wow … CGI ashes? Fancy. I suppose they were trying to avoid another Lebowski moment. Wow … prophesizing, fighting for the underdog, surviving with a brain aneurysm AND making George Michael cool again?
All in an episode's work for Eli Stone.
Eli Stone airs Thursdays at 9 p.m., right after Lost, during The Celebrity Apprentice, and in between Macbook commercials.


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Welcome to Whole Food Wednesdays! You're invited to come and share your real food recipes using the Linky below. We're excited to see what yummy things you've been creating and what great informational posts and videos you've got for us!
I normally share a recipe on Whole Food Wednesday. It has usually been a salad because, lets face it, when it comes to hump day, we want something fast. Chances are you haven't had as many veggies as you set out to at the beginning of the week, so there's a little catching up to do. But no salad recipes today. Instead…how about a film?
This week I was at Delicious Obsessions, who shared this trailer and a link to watch a Free Worldwide Online Premiere of Hungry for Change. If you've never been to Jessica's site, you should definitely check it out. Her site is packed with fun facts, videos, how to's and a year long series on Bad Ass Bacteria – a series on fermented food. I decided to help Jessica spread the word.
This Free Worldwide Online Premiere of Hungry For Change is a documentary that is free to view online until March 31st. This documentary might interest you if you liked films such as Food Inc, or are interested in health and wellness, nutrition, weight loss, curing disease through food, learning about the dangers of processed foods and trying to lead a healthier lifestyle. If none of these topics interest you, you just might be on the wrong website. Just saying.
There are plenty of familiar faced experts in the film and it's also backed by some of my favorite inspirational speakers, such as Anthony Robbins and Jack Canfield. Remember, it's only free until March 31st.
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After you've seen the documentary you may be interested in the Food Matters Project as well.
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Kim Kardashian Fashion Face-Off: Black vs. Beige!by Hilton Hater at . Comments
Kim Kardashian is back, THGers!
Having spent weeks behind closed doors, serving as a mother to North West and keeping her post-baby body a secret, Kim Kardashian has once again gone very public.
She's been spotted on two occasions so far in Paris, walking the streets of that lovely city alongside boyfriend Kanye West for Fashion Week.
So it only feels appropriate that we go ahead and grade Kim's fashion, doesn't it? Just like the good ol' days?
Compare her black outfit below with her beige ensemble and answer this very simply question: Which do you like best on Kardashian?
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Boscombe raids: Police hunt five drugs suspects
Police are hunting five suspects following drugs raids over three days.
Officers want to speak to Adam Hamed, 20, from Liverpool, Shane Peter Smith, 25, and Adam Larkin, 27, both from Bournemouth, Christopher York, 23, from London and Tracey Archer, 48, of no fixed abode.
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You know what? I like what Winston had to say.
Hold on now, hear me out.
The players don't choose who plays or not, the coaches do. In the Chiefs case, I think it seems clear that the GM is making that decision at least at QB. What the players DO choose to do is be a TEAM.
Winston is standing up for his teammate. He's circling the wagons. He's trying to inspire his teammates to be 'brawlers', to get physical and kick some ass. I like it.
I wish it were not necessary, and that we could actually have a balanced offense, but I appreciate the backbone the guy is showing. It says that they are playing for each other, which is what you want.
It just sucks that Cassel is so bad at his job. He's clearly a great guy, to inspire this sort of response even after being sooooo bad on the field. Maybe Quinn's lightbulb goes on and we start winning. It's a pretty talented team overall.
Maybe they weren't booing Cassel getting hurt? They were cheering for Quinn when came onto the field.
You wouldn't happen to be a Leprechaun by any chance, would you?
I like Winston, he is a former Miami Hurricane... however he is dead wrong here.
Where is this passion and anger from Winston and other Chiefs veterans when it comes to their pathetic showing this season? Where is this "enough is enough" attitude when it comes to blowout loss after blowout loss at Arrowhead Stadium?
there were better ways for Winston to rally his team than attack a very over loyal fan base.
fuck winston
Next up ... Tampa Bay. We'll see how street brawly we get down there.
It's just a shame that the front office has forced our players to stoop to this level.
Bullshit, this ****ing n00b just pissed in the face of a fan base that has loyally supported two shit franchises for longer than he's been in the NFL.
**** him.
No, this doesn't require these mental gymnastics to understand.
He's pissed because today he learned that there are a bunch of shitty people in Kansas City and he and the whole country are disgusted by some of our fans. And anyone who defends them now are even shittier people because they don't have the "heat of the moment" excuse.
What an embarrassment.
I don't mean to be the anal n00b here but why the hell is this a new thread? This could very easily be in either of the Winston threads. Now we have 3 threads talking about the same subject.
**** him and his $22 million dollar contract.
He's no leader.
And speaking of embarrassments and disgraces... that would be dickless shits like yourself who defend the Chiefs. You are a piece of garbage and I hope you rot in hell.
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Metro police are asking for the public's help locating an East Nashville man who apparently went missing in the early morning hours of Jan. 13.
Ivan Moore, 33, was last seen leaving a friends' house in the 1100 block of North Second Street and was walking to his home on Richardson Avenue.
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I think I am getting the wrong equation! and I keep going over it and over it and keep getting the same. HELP PLEASE!
Find the area of the surface generated by revolving the following curve about the axis:
Area of the surface: .
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Are you using the correct formula. In parametrics, revolving about the x-axis, surface area is given by:
Which reduces to:
Which gives the surface area of a sphere.
Thanks a bunch! I forgot to write down the rsin(t)!!! BAH!
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Distractions and amusements, with a sandwich and coffee.
This section contains various art work based on `\pi`, `\phi` and `e` that I created over the years.
Some of the numerical art reveals interesting and unexpected observations. For example, the sequence 999999 in π at digit 762 called the Feynman Point. Or that if you calculate π to 13,099,586 digits you will find love.
`\pi` day art and `\pi` approximation day art is kept separate.
For some time I have been thinking about creating minimalist typographical art based on the digits of `\pi`. The `i`-ness `\pi` project was one of my first forays into this kind of art.
In the `i`-ness of `\pi` poster shown above, the average is mapped onto a color and the standard deviation onto size.
Compare the `i`-ness of `\pi` to that of the other famous transcendental number, `e`, and the mysterious but attractive Golden Ratio, `phi`.
These posters show the difference between each digit and 4,
Spring and fall color themes of the posters are also available.
I assure you—`\pi` has a lot of 4s. Why, in the first 19,528 digits there are 2,000 of them! That's a lot. Here they are.
If you stare at them long enough, they even appear to move. Amazing.
We examine two very common supervised machine learning methods: linear support vector machines (SVM) and k-nearest neighbors (kNN).
SVM is often less computationally demanding than kNN and is easier to interpret, but it can identify only a limited set of patterns. On the other hand, kNN can find very complex patterns, but its output is more challenging to interpret.
We illustrate SVM using a data set in which points fall into two categories, which are separated in SVM by a straight line "margin". SVM can be tuned using a parameter that influences the width and location of the margin, permitting points to fall within the margin or on the wrong side of the margin. We then show how kNN relaxes explicit boundary definitions, such as the straight line in SVM, and how kNN too can be tuned to create more robust classification.
Bzdok, D., Krzywinski, M. & Altman, N. (2018) Points of Significance: Machine learning: a primer. Nature Methods 15:5–6.
Bzdok, D., Krzywinski, M. & Altman, N. (2017) Points of Significance: Machine learning: a primer. Nature Methods 14:1119–1120.
In a Nature graphics blog article, I present my process behind designing the stark black-and-white Nature 10 cover.
Nature 10, 18 December 2017
In this primer, we focus on essential ML principles— a modeling strategy to let the data speak for themselves, to the extent possible.
The benefits of ML arise from its use of a large number of tuning parameters or weights, which control the algorithm's complexity and are estimated from the data using numerical optimization. Often ML algorithms are motivated by heuristics such as models of interacting neurons or natural evolution—even if the underlying mechanism of the biological system being studied is substantially different. The utility of ML algorithms is typically assessed empirically by how well extracted patterns generalize to new observations.
We present a data scenario in which we fit to a model with 5 predictors using polynomials and show what to expect from ML when noise and sample size vary. We also demonstrate the consequences of excluding an important predictor or including a spurious one.
Bzdok, D., Krzywinski, M. & Altman, N. (2017) Points of Significance: Machine learning: a primer. Nature Methods 14:1119–1120.
Just in time for the season, I've simulated a snow-pile of snowflakes based on the Gravner-Griffeath model.
The work is described as a wintertime tale in In Silico Flurries: Computing a world of snow and co-authored with Jake Lever in the Scientific American SA Blog.
Gravner, J. & Griffeath, D. (2007) Modeling Snow Crystal Growth II: A mesoscopic lattice map with plausible dynamics.
My illustration of the location of genes in the human genome that are implicated in disease appears in The Objects that Power the Global Economy, a book by Quartz.
We introduce two common ensemble methods: bagging and random forests. Both of these methods repeat a statistical analysis on a bootstrap sample to improve the accuracy of the predictor. Our column shows these methods as applied to Classification and Regression Trees.
For example, we can sample the space of values more finely when using bagging with regression trees because each sample has potentially different boundaries at which the tree splits.
Random forests generate a large number of trees by not only generating bootstrap samples but also randomly choosing which predictor variables are considered at each split in the tree.
Krzywinski, M. & Altman, N. (2017) Points of Significance: Ensemble methods: bagging and random forests. Nature Methods 14:933–934.
Krzywinski, M. & Altman, N. (2017) Points of Significance: Classification and regression trees. Nature Methods 14:757–758.


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It's ok, but not much else.
The artwork was just too simple. Granted, some people can get away with simple graphics, but their work is usually accompanied by very funny dialogue, which this is also lacking in.
It's cool you wanted to make a flash for your girlfriend or whoever as that's what Locks seem to do for every special occasion, but unless it's something "new and exciting," you don't need to submit it.
It wasnt that great.
All you groups should get banned, not for your bad movies. but for blindly giving each other 10's for no reason. i feel its just as bad as giving all 0's for no reason. Its unfair voting.
the only reason why most of these " group" movies stay on is because the whole lot votes and reviews perfect scores as soon as its submitted.
Mindless sheep.
What are you talking about? It was a Valentines flash showing how I reacted to forgetting to finish my flash for valentines day. Plus, there is no blindly voting, plus I've only told 4 people about the movie being uploaded as of now and they were in MSN with me while making it. So please eat your words and don't please dont waste my time with stupid comments like this, so don't leave a review unless it is constructive or actually has some legitimacy to it. Thank you for your time.
ROOOOOOFL. XD Sheer brilliance.
I absolutely loved it, despite what that flash insinuates. ;D Happy Valentine's Day, you old coot. Here's to a second Lock flash concerning the subject. *toast*
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Cheddar Casserole Bread
- Prep Time:
- 15 min
- Cook Time:
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- Total Time:
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- Yield:
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- 1 package dry active yeast
- 3/4 cup warm water (105 to 120°F)
- 1/4 cup milk, scalded
- 1 1/2 teaspoons sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup Crisco® Pure Vegetable Oil
- 3 large eggs, lightly beaten
- 1 teaspoon dillweed
- 2 teaspoons minced onion
- 3 cups White Lily® Enriched Unbleached Bread Flour, divided
- Crisco® Original No-Stick Cooking Spray
- 1 cup (4 oz.) grated sharp Cheddar cheese
- 1/2 cup butter, melted
- DISSOLVE yeast in warm water in large bowl. Stir in milk, sugar, salt, oil, eggs, dillweed, onion and 2 cups flour.
- BEAT until thoroughly mixed and smooth. Add remaining 1 cup flour; mix well (dough will be stiff but sticky). Cover with damp, lint-free cloth or plastic wrap; let rise in warm place until doubled in size, about 1 1/2 hours.
- SPRAY a 9-inch glass pie plate or 1 1/2 quart glass casserole with no-stick cooking spray. Add cheese to dough; stir gently until evenly distributed. Place in prepared pie plate or casserole. Cover; let rise in warm place until double in size, about 45 minutes.
- HEAT oven to 375°F. Brush top of dough lightly with melted butter.
- BAKE 30 to 35 minutes. Remove from pie plate or casserole; brush top with melted butter. Serve warm.
Serving Size (1 slice, 1/12 of loaf), Calories 150 (Calories from Fat 90), Total Fat 10g (Saturated Fat 4.5g, Trans Fat 0g), Cholesterol 40mg, Sodium 160mg, Total Carbohydrate 12g (Dietary Fiber 0g, Sugars 0g), Protein 4g; Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 4%, Vitamin C 0%, Calcium 4%, Iron 4%.
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Baking Tip
When done baking, bread should be removed from its pan immediately, and cooled completely on a wire rack.
Baking Tip
For easier slicing and rich flavor, wrap cooled quick breads in aluminum foil and store overnight before serving.


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Bible: Romans 15:17-19
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You may have heard of the Flying Dutchman. This is the flying Norwegian...
Thursday, June 19, 2008
A flying Norwegian in Sky Watch
You may have heard of the Flying Dutchman. This is the flying Norwegian...
Published by RuneE kl. 20:20
50 comments:
- Gary said...
Wonder where he was heading.
Nice sky.
Bodge's Bulletin
- 20:36
- naturglede said...
Flott bilde da og så nær. Det var du heldig med:)
- 21:27
- Petunia said...
Satt du i et fly som passerte eller???
Likte ordspillet ditt i dag:)
Grådig stilig bilde:D
- 21:34
- bobbie said...
wherever he was heading, I'm glad the skies were clear for his journey. Beautiful.
- 21:52
- Carole said...
And a perfect sky for flying!
- 21:58
- Anemone said...
Nå lo jeg høyt. Bare elsker din måte å reflektere og skrive på. Og dette RUNE, er til tross for at du har "Pels tryne"..., ingen regel uten unntak lærte vi jo en gang.
Klem til deg på begge kinn.
- 22:01
- Anemone said...
Ser du skrev ; "Jeg er som bekjent litt svak for bilder av måder..."
...stakkar... dett i nesen :-)))
Gå tidlig til sengs, men ullsokker på bena, skjerf rundt halsen og mentholatum under lukteorganet du min venn...
- 22:06
- Jim said...
Hi Rune,
You've got a sense of humor as well! A nice, clear, and sharp photo.
I hope that photo was done as you rested from a walk and looked up.
- 22:10
- Old Wom Tigley said...
A great sense of fun :O)
Thank you for being a part of Sky Watch this week, your post and comments are much appreciated.
Tom ;O)
I read your message... do not worry I fully understand.
- 22:12
- Dina said...
I'd love to be sitting in a window seat on that plane over Norway.
- 22:13
- Berit said...
Flott!!! Skal du ut på tur?
- 22:39
- Stine ☆ said...
Flott bilde! Og morsom tekst til :-)
- 22:48
- imac said...
What a fun sense of humour my friend also a great photo.
pop and see mine from the back garden.
- 22:49
- SandyCarlson said...
Nice to meet the flying Norwegian!
- 22:53
- Ida said...
Flott bilde.
Fint komponert, hele posten her.
Jeg elsker å fly!
Å lette!
Off we go. ;)
- 23:01
- Daniel J Santos said...
great catch, well done.
- 00:25
- david mcmahon said...
Clever interpretation - and a beautiful composition.
- 00:26
- Pretty Life Online said...
wow! Perfect shot! Happy SWF! We had the sky up there, all speckled with stars, and we used to lay on our backs and look up at them, and discuss about whether they was made or only just happened... mine's up too hope you can drop by.
- 00:41
- Louis la Vache said...
People have told "Louis" to take a 'flying leap' but somehow "Louis" thinks they had something else in mind!
For Sky Watch over at San Francisco Bay Daily Photo, we have a dance between the moon and the fog at midnight.
- 02:06
- babooshka said...
Beautiful blue backdrop. Don't think he's coming here.
I am going to do some pot next week about the isle of man norse place name links.
- 02:26
- Lilli & Nevada said...
You are so funny, but this shot of the plane is so colorful
- 05:00
- Alan said...
Hopefully no cliff diving or undead love connections in the flying Norwegian. :)
- 05:46
- Sharon said...
What a great catch! You made it into a fun post as well!
- 05:55
- Anne-Berit said...
Nice shot for sky watch friday.
- 07:19
- ANNA-LYS said...
Happy Midsummer RuneE!! :-p
(( klem ))
- 08:09
- evlahos said...
i wish i was into this plane and admire this brilliant sky. No? ok i have your shot!!
- 09:04
- esnorway said...
fint bilde
- 09:07
- Sandpiper said...
Excellent picture! Good skywatching!
- 13:06
- Baba said...
I will also fly, but to land in this country and to be able to see all its beauties!!
- 13:33
- nonizamboni said...
I get it!!
Beautiful shot of both sky and plane.
Happy Friday!
- 14:07
- Daryl said...
Another WOW .. good capture!
- 14:30
- Indrani said...
Clear crisp weather, ideal for flying.
- 15:04
- Paulie said...
Great sky to feature a great plane!
- 17:16
- pts said...
flying Norwegian!any way it'so beautiful!
- 17:25
- ArneA said...
Creativity and Commercials.
- 20:17
- GAWO said...
Flyr flyene rett over hodet på deg? Eller har du en megagod telelinse? Men den himmelen har du ikke funnet idag. Her styrtregner det. Jeg får lyst til å fange flyet ditt i svevet, sette meg på og dra avgårde til et solrikt sted. Men det blir til at jeg er her tålmodig og venter på godt vær.
- 20:44
- bredis said...
Fint fångad ögonblicksbild. Men du har många fina bilder på din sida. Ni har otroligt vacker natur hos er
Ha en trevlig midsommar
- 21:15
- granmal said...
Great capture. Your comment made me laugh. Good post!
- 22:18
- John said...
Dette er sky watch. Flott fanget Rune. Hadde litt reklame for Kjos selv i en SWF post.
- 22:38
- reader Wil said...
This is a beautiful flying Norwegian in a almost empty sky!
- 23:59
- John said...
Ja det må du prøve Rune.
Her er litt lesestoff og mulighet for å laste ned en prøve versjon av Photomatix. Man kan også bruke PS CS3 vet jeg.
Ha en fin helg.
- 00:08
- alexander said...
Beautiful shot! That's a nice colour and design for a plane.
Have a nice weekend.
Alex's World! - http://www.kakinan.com/alex
- 01:02
- Pat - An Arkansas Stamper said...
A very lovely photo for Sky Watch. May your Flying Norwegian have calm skies and smooth flying.
- 03:02
- Louis la Vache said...
Runee - regarding your comment that such a ring around the moon would indicate snow, "Louis" knows that is true where you live - here, it's just fog. "Louis" has lived in the Bay Area for 32 years (not counting his time in France) - and has never seen snow below 3,500 feet (1067 metres).
- 06:42
- Nita said...
Nice take! Thanks for sharing! My very "first" entry is up as well. Hope to see you there!
Nita's Random Thoughts
Nita's Corner
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Thomas Travel Tales
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Bohol Paradise
- 08:23
- Old Wom Tigley said...
Me again Rune, my blog buddy from the Isle Of Man Babooshka as something on her blog that might be of interest to you.
- 11:58
- Liisa said...
A very clear sky you have! Nice!
- 12:46
- Max-e said...
Nice sky watch Rune. Your planes are very distinctive with their livery.
- 21:13
- AnneKa said...
- 00:56
- sunflower said...
beautiful photo!
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On Mon, 2004-04-19 at 14:54, Christian Jaeger wrote: > (BTW kernels 2.6 are less responsive on this laptop than 2.4 was, andthere's a strange slowness in line-buffered output to gnome-terminals, do you see this too?)Yes, see Soeren Sonnenburg's posts about his.
Well, I could not find anything such in web mail archives using google, only in google groups in linux.debian.ports.powerpc (well, is this not the same as the debian-powerpc mailinglist? if so, it looks like google has difficulty finding the post in the web archive). There's no conclusion about the reason, just that you all suspect a scheduler problem (which I do, too). Seems also that only few people do see the problem. I ended up setting up shell aliases for all commands that give much output, to pipe through cat. This makes it buffered in large pieces which makes it fast again. BTW, another slowness is ps output - ps aux takes more time with 2.6 than 2.4, even if the output is not shown in terminal, so it's not the "line buffer problem" but another scheduler slowness or the like. ps is not a big problem, though, it's just that I've noticed this. Last thing to say about it is that setting HZ to 100 did not help (it only helped to make mol use less cpu). Let me state again that I am using woody (with some stuff recompiled from sid). Christian.


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General Advice
My Hubby and I are planning a cruise. How long in advance should we plan? We are planning for a 4 day cruise. How much should I budget? We do not have passports yet. I know we need them and are going to get them soon. Any and all advice will be greatly appreciated. Also my husband is semi claustrophobic - How big are rooms on Carnival.
Ang M
Re: General Advice
It may take 3-4 months (or more) to get your passports, so plan with that in mind. Also, you can get better rates if you either book last minute specials (when they want to fill up the ship a few weeks before sail date) oro, alternatively, when yo book about a year out. You will paty $150-$250 each person as a deposit when you book and the balance will be due usually 6-0 days before sail date. So all these figture into your travle plans. Also, making sure you can get a flight out the day before your cruise (recommended!) and a flight home the day the cruise ends.
Go to www.carnival.com and click on the FAQ link at the bottom of their website. It provides a lot of information you'll need to know. You will want to aim for an ocean view room, so your hubby doesn't get claustrophopic. Remember, you'll mostly be in the room to sleep and shower, the rest of the time you'll be out on deck or about the ship, and it's pretty huge and spacious!
The 4-day on Sensation on July 29th cost:
$1339.46 (440/person for the cabin + 145.53/person port charges , 93.46/taxes & fees + 69 lns me + $29 lns for lan + $35/person for one way transfer to the airport - we rented a car when the cruise ended.
I'd look about 6-8 months out and find the best deal. Usually, if there's a fare decrease your TA will make it up to you in onboard credit. Gratuities are added to your account the moment you board, figure $10 per day per person. Excursions are extra, figure min $50 per person per port. They're not necessary, you can always grab a cab or just flop on a beach. Consider the weather when booking. The Bahamas are always the cheapest, but there's a reason for that. IMO, the 5 day western caribbean cruises just blow away the Bahamas and the weather is better in winter when the rates are low. Take a look at Inspiration outta Tampa to Grand Cayman/Cozumel or Imagination outta Miami to Grand Cayman/Ocho Rios. Most staterooms are 185 SF. The Cat 4 are inside staterooms with NO WINDOWS. This may be a problem for your hubby, so you 'd probably want at least a Cat 6 oceanview. You can save yourself a few bucks by booking Cat 6 "guarantee". Carnival will place you in a Cat 6A stateroom OR BETTER of THEIR choosing. If you're prone to seasickness, better to choose your own room on the lowest deck midship. Further up, fore, or aft the more the ship moves. The cruises are all inclusive except drinks, gambling, massages, hairdressers etc. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, pizza, deli, poolside grill, 24 hour room service, shows all included in the fare.
Just start doing your research. Hit all the travel websites and talk to a TA. I booked 3 weeks before a cruise and got a great price. Just keep in mind what kind of room you want and where you want to go. I always just search by price and if I like where the ship is going, I book it. I also see if my TA can beat the price on the web.
Good luck!
To: Michelle1959: I'm not sure I understand your calculations.. Can you tell me how much it cost per person total? And how many people in your cabin? Forgive me, but my calculations didn't quite add up.
I was on a 4 day cruise ( I like to call it a 5 day since we spent 4 nights on the ship but you say tomato.... )
Anyway, for 3 of us in a cat 12, was $700 per person. If I understand you correctly, we paid a really good price for our cruise.....
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DH and I are going on the Inspiration for 5 days. We are getting a cabin with a window. Total for two $ 685.50. (Gov. discount)
I hope this helps.
Have a wonderful cruise.
Re: General Advice
Its best to start planning to book a cruise 1 year in advance for the following reason:
1. Airfare is cheaper and the sooner you get it the more flights that are available
2. Cruise fare are also cheaper and if the rates go down you can ask for an upgrade or Onboard Credit
3. Hotels again the sooner you book the more hotels that are available, I know that the Holiday Inn out of Miami books well into 8 months out. I book this hotel a year out.
4. You are not in Penalty phase for a long time and can cancel if you need too.
How much spending money on a 4 day cruise, I recommend 100.00 per day per passenger. Take small denomiations for Tips for pier porters, buses, cab, hotels etc.
Passports? You better get this rolling. There are alot of printers that can print out Passport pictures that are 2 x 2 inches. Mines does this and I print out my own passport pics, these can save you 12 to 15 dollars each.
These cabins are much larger then RCCL cabins, he shouldn't have a problem, I recommend a balcony cabin as it feels alot bigger and open compared to an Inside cabin.
I recommend a balcony cabin as it feels alot bigger and open compared to an Inside cabin.
Only problem there, with a 4 day cruise you're generally talkin Fantasy-class ship. Only balconies are Cat 11 + 12 suites and much more money. What we mean here Angie, newer ships get the longer routes. Newer ships have Cat 8 balcony staterooms reasonably priced. Unfortunately, Fantasy-class ships run most the 3-5 day routes and don't have Cat 8 cabins available.
I totally agree with you Fred. I book usually a minimum of a year in advance. Have booked as close to 2 years in advance! You get the advantage of getting the room you want - they will adjust your price if the price drops within the time before final payment, etc. We leave tomorrow on the Fantasy and I booked a little over a year ago - a suite gty. There are 4 of us and our price avg out to 558.06 (without insurance) per person. We were bumped up to a penthouse! Of course - we are going in September - which is the cheaper month and just missing the hurricanes if I might add! If you have the downpayment - book now. :-) I also have a cruise booked in January and booked that a while ago too. The price has since increased by 50.00 per person. We were, however, locked in at the cheaper price.
Definitely get an outside cabin. He won't feel so stuffy as you can open the door any time! And..get your passport NOW. YOu can go online prior to your cruise and book your excursions. Excursions range from approx 40 dollars to 200 dollars however you don't have to do anything you don't want to do! Let us know what you decide!!
Thanks for all the advice so far. Please keep it coming!! Also we have now narrowed our ships down to the Holiday,Fantasy and the Ecstacy. Has anyone been on any of these ships? What are some great spots on these ships? Any downfalls to these ships?
Ang LOL LOL
Gosh, that is so hard to answer. I usually try to book at least 6 months in advance. I have done a year in advance. The cabins have 160+ square feet. Measure off 10 floor tiles in one direction and 16 in the other and that is the general size of them. Look at some of the pictures on the photo gallery and you can get an idea of the size by looking at the beds.
Just got off the Fantasy today -- am about to write a full review
Book as much in advance as you can. However, booking even a couple months out will still probably get you about everything you basically want as far as type of room etc. Most working people can't be 100 pct sure of their vacation schedule an entire year in advance. Most employers aren't going to approve one a year in advance but I know there are exceptions.
Long story short,...just book in a reasonable amount of time and you'll be fine.
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