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Sherlock (sher·lock): -verb (used with object): 1. to create an in-house product that clearly and obviously seems to replace a product created by a third party for that platform, thereby destroying that third party's ecosystem.
E.g., Apple totally Sherlocked Instapaper on Monday by introducing Reading List.
During the 2011 WWDC keynote, Instapaper developer Marco Arment appeared to be sure that he had just been stomped on by Apple's decision to integrate a new Instapaper-like feature, Reading List, into Safari for Lion and iOS 5. And he's not the only one by far—there are plenty of small- and big-name indie developers whose products seemingly became unnecessary thanks to Apple, which did not pay them for the privilege of using their ideas.
But after taking a few days to mull it over, Arment's attitude sounds like a complete reversal of that apocalyptic tweet that he sent during the keynote. "The more I think about it, the more optimistic I am," Arment told Ars. "I keep playing back the scenarios of what might happen here; I try to be rational and not emotional about it. The two most likely outcomes are that nothing changes or my sales go up."
"I think the tech press loves to use the word 'kill,' but it's very short sighted," he continued. "From my perspective, Apple could take 99.7 percent of the market and I could take 0.3 percent of the market, which would double my market share."
Arment wrote a blog post to this effect immediately following the keynote on Monday in order to quell the fears of his developer peers, who were loudly concerned for his livelihood. But according to Arment, Apple is actually doing him a favor: "Before, my competitor was ignorance of this problem of how to save articles to read later or elsewhere." Now, he believes a huge swath of users who were not previously aware of Instapaper will be exposed to Apple's Reading List feature, and some of them may eventually begin searching for more full-featured alternatives. That's where Instapaper will come in, and Arment will hopefully profit.
Arment isn't the only one who feels this way either. Chairman and CEO of The Omni Group, Ken Case, also expressed optimism at Apple's decision to roll out a task management feature called Reminders in iOS 5, strikingly similar to many of OmniFocus' own task management capabilities—right down to the location associations.
"I'm really glad to see Apple setting a good baseline for what task management ought to be on the iPhone," Case told Ars. "It's great that Apple is educating people and is validating what we've already done."
Just speaking with Arment and Case, it's clear that they (now, if not earlier) are quite confident that their products can stand on their own and will continue to be successful, regardless of Apple's new features.
"I don't think much differentiation is needed when it comes to OmniFocus. Apple's Reminders aren't really something you can organize into any sort of dependent relationships or actions that are blocked by other actions, or an outline hierarchy, or add attachments," Case said, listing out the many features that come as part of OmniFocus. "We don't have to differentiate so much as make sure we're not at all deficient. One way where we're deficient is having those geofences, which we are working on now."
Arment agreed. "As far as I can tell there's no offline storage in Apple's Reading List function, which Instapaper has. Reading List is just a bookmark folder with special rendering. In fact, I don't think anybody really needs to be worried about Apple stepping on them with features of this sort," Arment said. "I'm confident there's enough of a market in alternatives in general."
He went on: "If you look at categories of apps, Apple has provided a Notes app since the very beginning, before the App Store. It's good for well over 99 percent of iPhone owners, yet this is a category that is doing very well in the App Store. Even the people who make shitty ones don't have to worry. People use alternative products for lots of reasons; we're talking about a huge market."
Still, both developers agreed that they can't rest on their laurels just because Apple hasn't yet added all of their features to Reminders and Reading List. "You can't just assume Apple won't do anything. It's important to not rely on feature differentiation alone," Arment said. The two—and undoubtedly plenty of other developers—have already begun working on what's next. Case said that he and the Omni team were already full-speed ahead on OmniFocus 2 for the Mac and were looking forward to bringing some of their lessons from the iPad back to the desktop, while Arment showed Ars a preview of the next major release of Instapaper for iPad, which looks promising.
"What it comes down to is this: I need Apple to advance themselves, or else they won't stay competitive in their own market. I am somewhat dependent upon their success," Arment said. "If they step on me a little in the process, that's the risk I took by developing for the platform. They're giving me new APIs to make my own product better, so it works out for me."


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Something I find odd in these fidelity comparisons, is the nature of ambient music in comparison to say, acoustic instruments / vocal recordings. I can see purists having a problem with less than loss-less audio for certain types of music, but I think ambient is an odd one in that a large amount of 'electronic' sound is used in its production and while high fidelity is desirable (in my view), I'm wondering what the detrimental effects of 320 kbps mp3s might be in the case of ambient ?Soundstage, stereo issues, high frequency distortions etc ?
Something else to consider when purchasing music online: Think of the future.Ten years from now, who knows what kind of formats will exist. If you purchase your music in a lossless codec, you can compress that to any format without any additional damage being done to the audio.. vs MP3 or AAC to another compressed format.

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When Amazon Web Services introduced Spot Instances in late 2009, it sparked discussion of cloud computing exchanges in which customers could buy and sell capacity. This week Amazon has launched the Reserved Instance Marketplace, creating a secondary exchange in which AWS users can buy and sell cloud computing capacity that has been reserved for future use. "If you have excess capacity, you can list it on the marketplace and sell it to someone who needs additional capacity," writes Jeff Barr, Senior Web Services Evangelist, on the AWS Blog. The marketplace also allows AWS users to do comparison shopping for instances that may be priced at a discount to Amazon's pricing. In this 3-minute video, Barr and EC2 Senior Manager Dave Ward discuss the new marketplace and how it works.
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It's not often that one of the hottest roles in Hollywood calls for a black actor, but when Quentin Tarantino writes a script about a slave-turned-gunslinger out to save his wife and exact revenge on his former owner, well, there's going to be clamoring.
The first word on casting for QT's upcoming film was that it was written with an eye toward Will Smith, who, for reasons that remain unclear, appears to be out of the running. Good, we say. So who's next to lead the pack? Right now it's Jamie Foxx, according to Showbiz 411. Idris Elba ("The Wire," "Thor" and Chris Tucker had also been mentioned as being in the running.
And if Showbiz 411 is to be believed, Leonardo DiCaprio is "definitely signed," for the role of Calvin Candie, owner of Candyland, a club in Mississippi where guests are "entertained" with black female sex slaves and black men pitted against one another in death matches.
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While melt flow-rate testing is not extremely difficult, and the equipment is not very costly, few molders perform the test in-house. Of those that do, a relatively small percentage of them understand why they are doing it or what they are measuring. As we have mentioned previously, most material suppliers specify and control their products to a melt flow-rate (MFR) specification because they know that it is related to the average molecular weight (MW) of the polymer they are producing. If the MFR is consistent, the average MW is consistent.
But many molders who check their incoming materials to verify the certifications they receive believe that they are testing to ensure process consistency. This belief is based on a poor understanding of the relationship between the MFR value and the actual viscosity of the material at processing conditions.
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The capillary rheometry curves we have shown in previous columns (see Editor's Pick top right) illustrate that the viscosity of a polymer is dependent upon the shear rate. We also know that a component of the shear rate is the volumetric flow rate of the material. The other component is the geometry of the flow path, which should be a constant for any given mold. Of course, the shear rate varies with location in the flow path. It is different in the runner than it is at the gate, for example.
But for any given location within the flow path there is the expectation that the cross-sectional area of the flow path remains the same. Therefore, the only process variable that can influence the shear rate is the flow rate of the material as it is filling the mold. Flow rate is controlled by a machine parameter known to processors as injection speed. On today's machines the technician selects the injection speed by finding the appropriate screen and entering a setting that is usually given as a linear distance per unit time such as in./sec or mm/sec.
Let's assume for a moment that the setup document for a particular mold running in a particular machine calls for a first-stage injection speed of 3 in./sec. If the stroke distance from the beginning of the injection process to the point at which the machine transfers from first to second stage is 6 in., then the fill time should be 2 sec. Very few processors ever check to see if this is actually the case, even though fill-time clocks accurate to two or three decimal places are standard equipment on modern molding machines. Processors tend to enter the setpoint and trust that the machine is doing what it is told to do.
There are a number of factors that could prevent the machine from responding the way it should, but in the end these all boil down to a lack of pressure needed to achieve the desired velocity. Processes that run without an abundance of first-stage injection pressure are called pressure-limited.
Viscosity is defined as resistance to flow. It can be thought of as the product of the pressure applied to the fluid and the time over which this pressure is applied. To move a fluid of higher viscosity a certain distance, it is necessary to either use more pressure over a particular period of time or apply the same pressure over a longer period of time. The SI units for viscosity, Pascal-seconds (Pa-s), reflect this relationship.
If a molding machine is to run in a velocity-controlled mode it must be set up to provide more pressure than is needed to deliver the desired volume of material to the mold in a fixed time. In this way, when the viscosity of the material increases due to a change in molecular weight, the pressure will increase proportionally but the time will remain the same. If the time needed to deliver the material remains the same, then the shear rate remains the same and will limit any change in viscosity to the inherent effect of the higher MW. The latter contribution is relatively small when the material is flowing at velocities typical of first-stage injection.
If the pressure is limited, either by the design of the molding machine or by the manner in which the machine has been set up, then when the material viscosity increases, the time required to deliver the material to the mold becomes longer. In other words, the injection speed slows down all by itself. A slower injection speed translates to a lower shear rate and this exaggerates the difference in the viscosity of the material—just like the MFR test does.
The MFR instrument is pressure-limited. A constant load is applied and the operator simply observes the behavior of the material. If it is true that the molding machine in the plant "notices" the difference in the MFR of the material, it is because the machine is set up like the MFR tester, to be pressure-limited.
To put it another way, a velocity-controlled process minimizes the effect of changing viscosity on the stability of the process, while a pressure-controlled process exaggerates this effect. Normal MFR variations only influence the process if the machine runs with a limit on the available pressure.
Lot changes in raw material are not the only possible cause of a change in the viscosity. If regrind is blended into the virgin material, then fluctuations in the amount of regrind or changes in the MW of that regrind can cause variations.
In addition, many polymers exhibit changes in melt viscosity due to variations in their moisture content. For example, a 30% glass-filled PET polyester dried to 50 ppm may have a viscosity 10-15% higher than that same material dried to 200 ppm. Both of these materials are considered to be adequately dry for most applications, but they may process differently, depending upon how the machine is set up. This effect is even more pronounced in nylons.
That is the reason for a lot of the folklore in the industry about nylon materials being "too dry."
In short, if the molding process is properly established, typical fluctuations in MFR for a given grade of material should have no significant effect on the process or the parts coming out of that process, because the conditions of the MFR test do not resemble those of the molding process until you reach the pack and hold phase. If you are doing things correctly, by that point your mold cavity or cavities should be almost (but not completely) full. A robust process, properly established in a capable molding machine, should handle changes in viscosity much larger than the typical lot-to-lot variation observed in a given grade of material.
So if the MFR test is not intended as a gauge of processability, then what is it supposed to be used for? Next month we will address this topic.
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Over the past decade, soft-touch overmolding has radically changed the look, feel, and function of a broad range of consumer products.
PBT & PET Polyester: Part 2 The Performance Factor
All things being equal, PET will outperform PBT mechanically and thermally. But the processor must dry the material properly and must understand the importance of mold temperature in achieving a degree of crystallinity that allows the natural advantages of the polymer to be realized.
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They say that those who do not study history are doomed to repeat it. That sounds like "deja vu all over again." Despite the calls from certain factions that digital forensics develop, appoint, and/or anoint a body to oversee its development, we are no closer to having a solution than we were 5 years ago. I would like to say that this was due to some complex technical or impassable philosophical schism, but the sad truth is that we are mired in political turf wars, greedy entrepreneurs, and resume padders.
We as a collective discipline do not seem to understand that if we do not address this fundamental issue, we will have a solution thrust upon us. Historically the "thrusting" of regulations or administrative processes has not been beneficial to most groups. We can also look to other professions like the CPA's to find models that appear to work and have somehow overcome all of the so called challenges we are facing.
To date we have become dysfunctional and petty in our attempts to address how we are going to mature and police our own discipline. While the penultimate solution seems to be hidden from us, the stop gap solutions currently being attempted (numerous organizations and companies all claiming they alone speak for the science) are not solutions at all and only further complicate and alienate those of us in the community.
Maybe it is time we call our own detente, collectively sit down, look at the historical record of other forensic sciences and actually come up with a solution! Alas, I fear this will not happen soon as there is far too much money to be made in this area and it seems greed and ego stroking trumps all.


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Just to let you know your instructions worked flawlessly. A big Thank You! Terabyte products & support are always top notch. I used IFL on a UFD with the target SSD in primary bay, and source in host swap caddy. Not any problems with the suggested settings.
I do have a question. The parameters you recommended be set, will they work with copying or restoring data partitions without an OS (all data data partitions)? Will be making a mirror image copy or restore (identical patition sizes, but target HDD is smaller).
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The night that Abdul died, Asima left the hospital with her kids after a particularly horrifying episode their dad had from the side effects of his treatment. The following morning, Abdul's brother Gamal stormed loudly into their villa, waking Asima up, yelling at her to get him Abdul's ID. What? Why? "He's dead and you have one hour to get to Makkah," he rudely told her. Asima was stunned.
She had to awaken her children and tell them that their father was dead – it was one of the hardest things she ever had to do in her life. On top of that, she had to rush to get them ready for the funeral in Makkah. Abdul's family made all the arrangements and Asima wasn't consulted on the plans at all. In Islam, the body is disposed of as quickly as possible, in a very specific manner and done with very specific rituals. No one from Abdul's family comforted her or explained things to her. She had never before been to a Muslim funeral, so she wasn't aware that she was supposed to wear white. So when she arrived wearing the traditional funeral black of her own culture, Abdul's family was horrified and did not hold back telling her how disrespectful they thought she was. Asima held her children close as they said their final farewells, and little Jannah lovingly placed some tiny fragrant flowers over her father's lifeless body. Again Asima caught flak from Abdul's family about how disrespectful little two-year-old Jannah's action was and questioned if Asima wanted Abdul to go to hell because of her infidel ways.
At this point, Asima became alarmed and had had enough. She was confused and scared, hurt and in pain, but she also knew she had to be strong for her children. In her grief, she felt all alone, and all her husband's family managed to do was to point out her missteps! There was no compassion for this grieving widow, the woman their son loved so deeply, the mother of their grandchildren. She decided then and there that her responsibility was to her children and she had to help them get through this monumental loss. Asima collected her children and took them upstairs to a guest room and locked the door. She held the kids tight and she let them talk about their father and tried to answer their questions as best she could, reassuring them that they would be okay because they had each other. Asima gave Faris the option of going to the gravesite to bury his father, but Faris chose not to. He wanted to remember his dad alive and not to remember an image of his dad being lowered into the ground.
The result of Faris's decision not to go to the gravesite was that Abdul's family never revealed to them where he was buried. In Islam, there are no headstones, only unmarked graves. They also burdened Asima and Faris with the accusation that they had condemned Abdul to hell for having such unbelieving children. Asima comforted her son by telling him that death is such a private matter and that we should do what our hearts tell us to do. She stayed up in the room and refused to go down to sit and receive mourners. Her sister-in-law kept pounding on the door and dramatically yelling to please don't kill herself because Allah would punish her. How ridiculous she sounded - Asima had two children who desperately needed her and the crazy woman outside the door is screaming, "Don't kill yourself!" She returned home with the children to their villa in Jeddah as quickly as possible to deal with their grief in peace. Her children were her number one priority and they were all that mattered now.
Several days later, her BIL Gamal showed up at her door and told her that she and the kids would never leave Saudi Arabia, that the kids were Saudis and Muslims and that they would all stay there forever. He threatened that if Asima ever tried to take them away that the family would take the children away from her. A few months later, the family was awarded guardianship of the children, without Asima ever appearing in court or signing any documents. She had no rights over her own children! The family ordered her to have no more English friends, no more English TV, and her son was to be pulled out of the English school he was in and enrolled in an Arabic only school. They also told her that she would have to sell the villa and move. Her in-laws were trying to take control of her whole life. Family members drilled into Faris that he was Saudi and not English and screamed at him when he would insist that he was half English.
Asima was made to feel that she was now the enemy and it didn't matter that she had just lost her husband and best friend. She pleaded with her own mother in England to come and help her through this difficult time but was disappointed when her mom refused to come. Asima told me that she had a horrible abusive childhood, so she wasn't really surprised at her mom's decision not to come.
On top of all this, the discovery that she was, in fact, penniless made her hysterical.
For months after her husband's death, Asima lived with the guilt of not being with Abdul when he died. His family had told her what a bad wife she was and that Abdul had been crying in pain and screaming out her name before he died. What kind of a selfish wife would do that to their dying son when he needed her most? After months of hating herself and feeling guilty, she finally received the hospital report of Abdul's death, which stated that he had died quietly and peacefully in his sleep – a perfect end for a wonderful man. So what was the point of his family lying and being so evil and hateful, making her feel so bad and guilty that she happened to be with her children and not with her husband when he died? Abdul's family also withheld the Saudi Family Card after he died. Asima would have been given certain benefits and rights as Abdul's widow, but his family denied her and her children these rights for four long years.
She came to the realization that it was she and her kids against the world, and this knowledge gave her strength.
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Digital version of the J. L. White Sacred Harp, 2007 Edition. Karen Willard announced the following in January 2016: "The hard copy edition of the re-typeset-in-2007 JL White Sacred Harp is freshly available now as a PDF. This PDF is fully searchable for any word, so one can look up authors, composers, words in the lyrics, and tune names as well as to turn immediately to a given song page. To facilitate this latter function, the ordering of the pages was carefully arranged so that the PDF page number matches the page number of the tunes. This can be used on any tablet and Kindles that are the size of the Fire HD and larger. The cost is $10.00. To order, folks should write to email@example.com. An invoice will be sent, and folks can then pay either via Paypal, Square, or check. Once payment is received (same day when done electronically) a link will be emailed for the customer to download the book."
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Reading other peoples blogs, especially those in my profession (Ambulance Service) and the Police, its apparent there is an underlying theme of "alcohol induced anti-social tendencies" being posted. I hasten to add…not by the bloggers.
No matter what time of the year, whatever the occasion, it seems people do not need an excuse at all to get absolutely blind drunk/pissed/ratarsed or shitfaced off the planet. (All medical terms).
We have all seen the various stages of intoxication of individuals on our own forays into the city centre on a staff night out. And we have all been drunk at some time or another (unless you are teetotal) but… have we not been able to get home safely without getting into a fight, run over, arrested for swearing, getting mugged, smashing a window, snapping car wing mirrors/aerials, abusing others or ending up covered in vomit/shit/piss/blood or other stuff?
Okay…then maybe we have done these things when younger…but maybe only once, and we learnt from our embarrassment. The difference today is that plenty of people are doing these things as a matter of course and think nothing of the consequences. Because there are none, apart from the long term health problems and the odd acute alcoholic poisoning. They are doing it on a weekly, if not daily basis.
Ambulance Peeps…come to help you.
When I first joined my uniform was similiar in colour and design to the police, so this led to mistaken identity on several occassions from the drinking community. Once we changed to the new greens things improved slightly. Unfortunately all respect for the public services has been lost by the younger population if in deed they had any in the first place!
Colleagues have mentioned that the nice families who say "thank you" and are seemly genuine in their apologies for calling us out are becoming few and far between. Where as at one time it was the opposite, more people were glad to see you and gave you some respect, and the pondscum and chavs were in the minority.
It is getting more and more difficult out there and more dangerous for us as these people do not care if they injure us or, God forbid, kill us. Where is it going to lead? Is society to be held ransom by these scumbags who spoil our lives due to the impotent laws/judges of this once great country?
Rant over for the time being…..


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Lindenwood University's 2013-14 Speaker Series will continue with award-winning journalist, writer, and Middle East expert Deborah Horan at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 18, at the Spellmann Center's Anheuser-Busch Leadership Room on the St. Charles campus.
The Spellmann Center is located just west of the main campus entrance at Kingshighway and First Capitol Drive in St. Charles.
Having extensively covered the Middle East for more than a decade, Horan will speak on "My Observations on Israel and the Middle East."
Horan moved to Israel in 1993, where she worked as a freelance journalist and later as a reporter for the Houston Chronicle, covering peace efforts, politics, and Israeli and Palestinian society. While there, she also covered the social and political issues of Egypt, Lebanon, and Baghdad.
In 2000, Horan traveled to Iran and covered the Iranian parliamentary elections and, in 2002, she joined the Chicago Tribune, where she reported on the Iraq war and the Muslim immigrant community in Chicago.
In 2008, Horan joined the special inspector general for Iraq reconstruction, writing about U.S. efforts to rebuild the country.
Horan won the Knight-Wallace Journalism Fellowship at the University of Michigan in 2001, where she studied the rise of Al-Jazeera satellite television. She has written for magazines including Newsweek, The Washington Monthly, Progressive Woman, and Psychology Today. She is currently freelancing for the Washington Spectator.
The 2013-2014 Speaker Series will run through April with events featuring:
Adam Steltzner -- March 25, 2014, 7 p.m., J. Scheidegger Center for the Arts—Bezemes Family Theater -- Steltzner was the lead NASA engineer for the Curiosity Mars rover landing, which amazed the world. Steltzner will present, "How Curiosity Changed My Life."
Mark Noah -- April 22, 2014, 7 p.m., Spellmann Campus Center—Anheuser-Busch Leadership Room -- Noah, who has a passion for historic airplanes, is also the founder of History Flight, which has dedicated itself to finding the locations of American missing-in-action service members. He will present, "Finding the Fallen: The Search for America's Missing-in-Action Servicemen."
For more information about the 2013-14 Lindenwood University Speaker Series, visit www.lindenwood.edu/academics/speakerseries.


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ITHACA, NY — The Ithaca College Gerontology Institute and Tompkins County Office for the Aging will co-sponsor a Senior Housing Expo on Saturday, May 3, from 1 to 4 p.m. Held at the Hotel Ithaca (formerly Holiday Inn) on South Cayuga Street, the expo will feature representatives from over 20 independent living, assisted living, skilled nursing and continuing care retirement community facilities. The event is free and open to the public.
"Individuals and families have a lot of questions about housing options available for older adults in our community," said Lisa Holmes, director of the Tompkins County Office for the Aging. "The Senior Housing Expo will provide a unique opportunity to have the range of Tompkins County's senior housing providers on hand displaying their information and answering questions, all under one roof."
David Stoyell, aging services specialist at the Tompkins County Office for the Aging, will give a presentation on "Senior Housing: The Range of Independent Living and Residential Care Options" at 1:30 p.m. Linda Story, a local organizing consultant and CEO of Clear the Way, will give a presentation at 2:30 p.m. on the benefits of downsizing and how to minimize stress when dealing with it.
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Located in the late-Baroque residence of the artist Johann Christian Wentzinger (1710-1797), this Freiburg museum displays treasures from 900 years of Freiburg history.
Among the topics dealt with are the city's founding by the House of Zähringen, monasteries and foundations, and crafts and coinage. As a preparation for a tour of the town, take a look at the model showing Freiburg in about 1600 with its medieval walls and city gates and a further model showing the town within its baroque star-shaped moated fortification in about 1700. In the salon there is a model of the cathedral construction site.
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Hello it's been a while since I got some work done but I Just posted a fresh piece of artwork after several months of moving around and getting settled back in to the creative feel. Have a look if you got the time. Thanks
Did you resubmit your design yet without the band's text on the back? You should, I'm very confident it will get printed. Then I can just buy the shirt ;-)
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A high school Valedictorian in Oklahoma says she uttered the word "hell" during her commencement address because she was taking inspiration from Twilight. But tipping one's hat to a poorly-written book saga about a boring whiner and the controlling undead sparkledick who loves her wasn't what got her in trouble — it was the fact that she said the H-E-double hockey sticks in front of the delicate ears of the townsfolk. And her school principal has decided that it's best they withhold her diploma until she apologizes.
Kaitlin Nootbaar graduated from Prague High School with a 4.0 GPA, a pocket full of dreams, and a mouth full of a single mild expletive that can totally be used in PG-rated movies. According to her father, Nootbaar had initially intended to say "heck," but that "hell" slipped out in a moment of spontaneity. From KFOR,\
Nootbaar says, "Her quote was, when she first started school she wanted to be a nurse, then a veterinarian and now that she was getting closer to graduation people would ask her what do you want to do and she said 'How the h*** do I know? I've changed my mind so many times."
The audience responded by laughing, but her principal responded by turning gradually redder and redder until steam shot out of his hears, accompanied by the sound effect of an end-of-day whistle at a factory. When Nootbaar went to pick up her certificate, the principal explained that the school wouldn't release the actual certificate to Nootbaar until she wrote an apology letter to, I don't know, God, for mentioning the place where His best frenemy lives.
Nootbaar says she's not going to write the letter. Next step: high noon standoff.


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A retired special ops detective has been arrested by officers investigating allegations of illegal payments to police in relation to an ongoing inquiry into the phone-hacking scandal that has swamped Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper business.
The Met confirmed this morning that they had cuffed a 57-year-old man at his home address in Surrey at 6.30am today on suspicion of misconduct in a public office.
The unnamed man had served in the MPS specialist operations command unit in central London.
Scotland Yard said:
Today's arrest is the result of information provided to police by News Corporation's Management Standards Committee. It relates to suspected payments to a former police officer and is not about seeking journalists to reveal confidential sources in relation to information that has been obtained legitimately.
The former cop is currently being grilled at a police station in southwest London while his home address is being searched, the Met added.
His arrest brings the total number of people cuffed and later bailed in relation to Operation Elveden to 27 so far.
Elveden, the official name of the police's investigation into alleged illegal payments to police officers in exchange for information is being undertaken in tandem with two other police operations. The first – Operation Weeting – is a probe into phone-hacking claims at the now-defunct Sunday tabloid News of the Worldand the second – Operation Tuleta – is looking at alleged breaches of privacy including computer hacking.
Just yesterday, News Corp defended its boss Murdoch as being "fit" to run a multinational company, after MPs issued a damning report earlier this week in which they questioned the 81-year-old's ability to run an international business in light of his "wilful blindness" over the phone-hacking saga. ®


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Due to the sesquicentennial of the Civil War, anything and everything pertaining to this historical period will be more active on everyone's radar. Hopefully, this collective genealogical/historical radar can help find a lost family artifact. Let me preface by saying that the chances of finding copies of these letters are extremely low, as I will explain below. However, hopefully this post will be tagged and hover out there in the interwebs to be discovered someday by someone who can help.....even if it is years later, just finding copies of them would be an amazing thing for our family.
The letters were apparently from my 3rd Great Grandfather, Madison Daniels, to his wife Mary Ann (Hill) Daniels back in Porter Ohio (Gallia County). However, there were several Daniels brothers who were also possibly writing back and forth at the time and perhaps their response letters exist somewhere out there as well (among their descendants?). The four brothers that fought during the war were:
John Quincy Adams Daniels - 56th Ohio Infantry - taken prisoner at Vicksburg and remained there until the end of the War.
Madison Daniels - 173rd Ohio Infantry (1864-1865)
Abraham/Abram Daniels - 173rd Ohio Infantry (1864-1865)
Silas Daniels - 179th Ohio Infantry (1864-1865)
Madison supposedly wrote about the upcoming election and favoring Lincoln, among other details of his unit's being stationed in Nashville. I would also imagine that their brother's prisoner status in Vicksburg could have been a subject included.....but unfortunately, I have never read them.
The reason these letters are in the category of 'needle in a haystack' is because they were reportedly lost in a fire somewhere around the mid-1980s. I was still a kid at the time, and so I don't remember a lot about the loss. They were in the possession of my Grandfather Charles Daniels of Cincinnati Ohio. I'm not sure how long he had these letters (possibly since the 1960s), but at some point he loaned
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So....do I think the fire report was inaccurate? Not really - although word of mouth reports can be wrong. My hope is that somewhere out there they were photocopied and passed out to other family members, perhaps in the California area. If they were misplaced after a fire, and ended up in a museum somewhere, stranger things have happened. I have not lost hope that somewhere in all of my Grandfather's things, he may have taken photocopies of them to file away - even though he said he did not have a chance to copy them. My inkling of doubt for his memory in this area exists due to his obsession with photocopying. Even back when photocopying was not an easy task, he was copying everything! Later, after the loss of these letters, he even bought his own desktop copier machine. Grandfather's files are another matter entirely, and hopefully someday, we will be able to sift through everything for that happy surprise - copies of these letters! But in the meantime, we're hoping these soldier names might stick with folks as they conduct research this year, and for the next 5 years to come. Particularly in the western part of the country where the letters were last seen and where Horace's descendants may still reside. We would love to connect with them anyway as that branch of the family tree has always been a bit hazy for us.
BTW, on a side note, I ran across a couple of cool Civil War sites for Ohio:
Fight for the Colors: The Ohio Battle Flag Collection (Ohio Historical Society
Ohio in the Civiil Warhttp://www.ohiocivilwar.com/


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With Halloween behind us and December ahead of us, I think November can be one of the nicest times of the year. This month won't be the prettiest. You just have to look out the window to see the gold and russet days are almost gone. This is the month that we lean naturally towards "thanks". This year and growing season was to say, at the least, strange. There were dire predictions that the crop wasn't going to be good. We here in the middle of Iowa seem to have good crops year after year. They're not always bin-busters, but the farmers were pleasantly surprised by the yield this year few countries in the world have been blessed with land so rich in natural resources as our. We are able to feed our own people in the USA but also help alleviate the hunger in many other nations of the world. What a blessing that is.
November is the time to try new recipes. It was called to my attention that I don't print too many recipes that call for rice, I have to admit I usually thought of rice as a dessert., but now I use it as a substitute for pasta or potatoes. I even now make rice using the oven for never fail rice. I didn't originate this recipe, but my late friend Edith Willer gave me the original recipe and recipe and I use it quite often because of the versatility of how you can use the rice often How to make oven rice: Start out by placing 1 cup of uncooked long grain rice (Never instant rice) in a 1 1/2 quart baking dish, Stir in 2 cups boiling water and 1 teaspoon of salt. Bake covered at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until all liquid is absorbed. If you want you may double or triple it just by increasing the size of the baking dish. This cooked rice keeps well in the refrigerator for 4 or 5 days if tightly covered. It can also be frozen and will keep about 6 months. This kind of rice can be used in any recipe calling for rice.
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2 cups chopped carrots
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In saucepan bring water, bouillon and salt to boiling. Stir in carrots, rice, margarine and thyme and return mixture to boiling. Turn mixture in to a lightly buttered or sprayed 1 quart casserole dish. Cover and bake at 325 degrees for 25 minutes; stir. Sprinkle with shredded cheese and bake, uncovered, for 5 minutes more. Sprinkle with parsley flakes for an attractive and colorful dish. This is very good and easy to prepare.
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text: Hi all from Vancouver Island BC! I was born here, left for 6 1/2 years, came back, and I can't think of any place I'd rather be! There is so much to see and do in this world, but this is home to me, and I thought I'd share some of it with you. I've been on 2 wheels my whole life, but only with a motor since spring 2011. My background was Observed Bicycle Trials and Freeride/ Downhill, and was how I commuted for 10 years, rain shine or snow. I even made studded tires when I lived in Prince George! This is my first motorcycle, a 2004 Suzuki DRZ400S. I have yet to own a car. Getting a motorcycle allowed me to re-discover my home in a way not possible by bicycle or 4 wheled machine, and I finally got to see what was on the other side of hills of the Cowichan Valley, Sooke and beyond. I've been adding to this thread everytime I find something interesting to ride or see on the Island since fall of 2011. I used to update it quite regularily, but living in Victoria on the very south end of the Island, I don't want to bore you with the exact same places everytime I go out! Expect to see more postings in the warmer months when I can get out more. A lot of the backroads get cut off by snow, even though we have the mildest winter in Canada.


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Jennifer Nettles Lands Two Contestants in 'Duets' Top 3
"I felt like a stage mom all night," gushed Jennifer Nettles following the final solo performances during tonight's 'Duets' episode. The Sugarland lead singer's elation is well-deserved, considering her two proteges managed to land in the Top 3 after Bridget Carrington got the boot early in the episode.With the added pressure of next week's finale looming over J Rome and John Glosson, the two clear frontrunner remained calm and composed during both of their performances. All three contestants were asked to perform a duet with their celebrity mentor, as well as a final solo performance to close the show.
Nettles and J Rome kicked off tonight's episode with their version of the 2011 pop smash 'Breakeven,' by the Script. The song choice seemed odd, but beneficial.
"I think it's a great song," said Robin Thicke. The soul singer acknowledged the unpredictable song choice, but offered J Rome critical praise. "I wouldn't think it would be right for your voice, but the fact you made it your own is a testament to your talent," added Thicke.
Kelly Clarkson has been a clear supporter of J Rome, despite having her own contestant in the Top 3. Even with the stiff competition, the 'Mr. Know It All' singer is quick to give J Rome props.
"I'm mad. I'm mad — you're so good," said the Texas native. "You did so well. It's not as exciting as other songs. You chose a song that I didn't think you would choose, but it was perfect."
Much like the his celebrity mentor peers, John Legend offered J Rome a similar assessment, saying, "I've decided everything is right for your voice. Your chemistry is really infectious and cool," referring to his onstage relationship with Nettles.
J Rome chose to perform 'Signed, Sealed and Delivered' by Stevie Wonder for his solo performance, telling the cameras that the classic R&B song is his "favorite song ever."
"J Rome came into this competition already ready in my opinion," Nettles said of her frontrunner protege. "This was a stepping stone to take it to the next level."
"It is all on the line this week, so we have to bring it," Glosson told the cameras prior to his performances this evening. With the pressure of next week's finale looming over his head, the young singer stayed within his comfort zone this week with his duet with Nettles, performing the gorgeous Andrea Bocelli and Celine Dion classic 'The Prayer.'
Playfully dubbing Glosson as "Georgia Bocelli" all season, Thicke gave the Georgia native a nod for tackling such a challenging song.
"He is Georgia Bocelli right there," acknowledged Thicke. The soul singer was quick to inform the big-voiced singer he was off-key on one note, but assured Glosson he finished the rangy ballad with a bang.
"You are wonderful. Your voice is magnificent," Legend said following the performance. "You sounded beautiful tonight and that song took advantage of all your strengths."
Clarkson closed the critique with equal praise. "There is something super special with your voice," said the singer. "It's hypnotic. It's a blessing."
Glosson chose another beautiful ballad, Rascal Flatts' 'Bless the Broken Road,' for his solo performance — with all three judges praising the singer for his song choice.
Fans of J Rome and John Glosson have one last chance to support their 'Duets' favorite as the winner will be announced during next week's live finale.
Dial 1-855-962-5002 for J Rome.
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Where Did the Time Go?
Where to begin. It's been a while since I've posted, obviously. For that, I do apologize. This season was amazing for me on many levels. I'll use this blog entry to fill everyone in. Thanks for checking in and keeping up via Twitter and Facebook. I can honestly say that I have the best fans in the world.
As many of you know, I had shoulder surgery in July of 2009. That was life changing for me. If you want to know the whole story, read the rest of my blog entries. Coming into my first full season after the surgery (2011), I didn't know what to expect. I did know, however, that I needed to prove to MLB teams that I was healthy and back to the way I used to be. I had a few goals going into this past season. Throw 100 innings, E.R.A under 5, and less than 40 walks. I accomplished all of those and more. I'm not using this platform to gloat or to sell myself. I'm just taking everyone on a journey through my mind and letting you in on what I was thinking. I finished the regular season 6-4 with a 4.60 ERA in 107.1 IP. I made the Atlantic League All-Star team, and more importantly showed MLB teams that I was healthy again. I am so thankful for all of the strides that I made this year. I have my teammates, training staff, and coaches to thank for that. Our coaching staff was fantastic. The wealth of baseball knowledge that I was surrounded by daily made me a better player. The talent of the players around me helped me to step up my game each night. All you have to do is check out atlanticleague.com and see all the names that play there each year.
As I enter the 2011-2012 off season, I am a free agent again. Another winter of the unknown. Another winter of hoping that phone rings with an opportunity to play the game I love. Another winter of training as hard as I can to be ready at the drop of a hat. But, in all honesty, I wouldn't want it any other way. I feel blessed to play the greatest game in the world as my job. The unknown is just part of the gig. My dream is to play baseball in the major leagues. As I've said before, I won't stop chasing that dream until I physically can't, or "they" rip that uniform off my back and won't return it to me.
Thank you to the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs for such an amazing opportunity in 2011. There are so many people that become involved in a baseball player's season. Instead of naming them all individually, I would like to extend a HUGE thank you to each of them. I can assure you that I will update my blog more often. Feel free to comment, ask questions, and send idea requests for any future blog entry topics. Thanks for reading, and until next time….have a great day!
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I was wondering, have you thought of playing winter ball to also show case your talent???
Great read! Thank you for sharing your journey and obstacles you've overcome with us. I feel like we're all connected to you as we walk beside you through the hurdles you've faced. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step. You've taken that step and brought us along with you.. I, for one, am very appreciative to share this experience with you. Thank you, Michael 🙂
Yes where did the time go for me it wasmlike yesterday a tall shy talented pitcher was throwing in the bullpen with very good location on all pitches and for a coach it was a pleasure to watch all the talent in the world now you are trying to come back from one of the toughest things a shoulder injury but it can be done if I did it you can your younger than I was and a better arm if You look hard enough someone will be ther to give you a job I wish you all the best as always you one of my favorites and a quality person TC hope you remember who this is ha ha.
I just happened to become a follower on Twitter (not sure how, probably a #FF or something), and have enjoyed your comments and perspective there for a while. I finally followed the link to your blog today, and basically read the entire thing, which has moved me from Twitter Follower to full-fledged fan. For most of my adult life, I have lost faith in my athletes as their character flaws (drug use, infidelity, or just plain poor sportsmanship) have eclipsed their skills. Suddenly, at 41, I have found 2 athletes that I will cheer for as long as they are playing whoever they are playing for – Michael Schlact and Tim Tebow. Different sports, different people, but genuine and worthy of our fandom. All the best – can't wait to see you in the Bigs!
Praying for God's very best for you and your family! Love following your story!
Do you have any advice for a college freshman closer who has the same dream?


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Hard labour under investigation
A study led by researchers from the University of Sydney aims to determine if there is a link between high levels of lactate in amniotic fluid and difficult labours which may end with a caesarean section.
With as many as a 30 per cent of pregnant women in Australia experiencing a caesarean birth, lead investigator Sally Tracy, Professor of Midwifery at the Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery at the University of Sydney, says like any other muscle in our body, it appears that the female uterus produces lactic acid when it is tired.
There is compelling evidence that a raised lactate level in the uterine muscle leads to inhibition of muscle contractions, resulting in poor or uncoordinated contractions and a lack of progress in labour or dysfunctional labour.
By monitoring the amniotic fluid lactate levels during labour, it may be possible to determine which women are likely to experience a dysfunctional labour due to uterine muscle fatigue, Professor Tracy said.
A study based at the Royal Hospital for Women in Randwick aims to investigate the relationship between higher concentrations of amniotic fluid lactate and the diagnosis of labour dystocia. The research will build on the pioneering work recently undertaken in this area in the UK and Sweden.
While lack of progress in labour, or dystocia, is a common childbirth problem, the lack of a precise definition leads to considerable variation in clinical practice.
"The research will be critical in determining if lactate can be used as a surrogate marker to improve the diagnosis and treatment of dystocia," Professor Tracy said.
It will allow better clinical decisions to be made and add knowledge to our understanding of how labour progresses, as well as adding a new level of precision around when and how to intervene.
"Most practitioners recognise and treat dystocia differently based on their own beliefs and experience without the certainty of a clear, consistent physiological marker to guide their decision-making," Professor Tracy said.
The four-year research project, which was recently partially funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council, will involve collecting small samples of amniotic fluid and measuring the concentration of lactate at predefined time intervals during the labour process when amniotic fluid is naturally expelled.
"Our research aims to determine the predictive value of amniotic fluid lactate concentration during labour with the decision to augment labour, and ascertain any confounders that influence lactate concentration in the amniotic fluid of the labouring women," Professor Tracy said.
If an association can be proved between the concentration of amniotic fluid lactate excreted during labour and the level of exhaustion of the uterine muscle, it will give midwives and obstetricians a clearer understanding of the how to help women to achieve a better birth outcome for themselves and their babies.
The research promises to be internationally significant, placing Australia at the forefront of applying recent advances in physiological research into lactate to the clinical setting.


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Better yet, if you have sufficient hardware, set up a virtual machine specifically for use with Java plugin and the Java-supporting browser of your choice. This has significant security advantages over "just using" Java plugin, and you can design the VM specifically around a specific version of Java if you want.
I still have a Java plugin (IcedTea) installed on one of my VMs just for the one or two Java applets that appletviewer doesn't like.
That's a yes according to current announcements for Firefox 52 ESR; for SeaMonkey 2.49+, it will depend on what's possible and on which branch future releases will be based on.
That's just great and it solves all my problems....I suppose the next big battle will be Adobe Flash Player!
Hi folks,
This works to enable java and other plugins with out needing to download ESR.
In admin:config
add a new boolean named
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Restart firefox, and you're good to go!!!
No need to make any changes with Firefox 52.0 ESR in about:config (not admin:config).
Note for Windows users, only the 64-bit Flash Player and Silverlight Plugins are white listed to run so you need to use 32-bit Firefox and 32-bit Plugins if you want to use other Plugins such as Java.
Besides Oracle is looking to discontinue their Java Plugin. https://blogs.oracle.com/java-platform-group/
SeaMonkey 2.49 is planned to come from 52 ESR now, thus there should be no issue with using NPAPI plugins other than Flash for SeaMonkey releases for the next year. This should be completely transparent for the user, thus without the need to switch anything.
im sure i read with Java 9 there wont be a Plugin entry at all in the browser, it should sit in Control-Panel an or ( control-center )
Amazing but Waterfox 64 bit installed saying that Npapi plugins would be disabled and it never happened....all my worrying for nothing.
From James' links on the previous page of this thread:
Java Web Start has been distributed since Java 7 already.
In Gecko 52 it's a simple preference switch that they apparently defaulted to "allow all", but it will be gone with 53 already (and strictly speaking discussion on Waterfox are a bit off-topic here).
Yeah I get that though Waterfox really is Firefox...
... and this thread is about SeaMonkey, so very strictly speaking Firefox is off-topic as well.
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Foodies have the recipe to feed the body, soul
by Maryann Gogniat Eidemiller, OSV NewsweeklyThree Catholic writers and food experts go beyond the recipes to create meaningful dining experiences
As Christmas approaches, many holiday celebrations are being planned to originate in the kitchen and take place around the table.
Three Catholic writers and food experts have advice for creating more meaningful meals for those gatherings, and they aren't just talking about good recipes.
Their books, websites, radio and television programs are lessons in love and faith as well as in broiling and baking techniques. Sharing holiday and everyday meals — whether they're served with linen and silver in the formal dining room, or with paper napkins at a potluck buffet — becomes an opportunity to nurture relationships and to grow in faith. That includes the grace of being able to serve and to be served.
"Faith and food go together," Jeff Young, founder of The Catholic Foodie, told Our Sunday Visitor. "If you look back in Scripture, from cover to cover, from Genesis to Revelation, food plays a major role."
This Christmas season, put love and faith on the menu as you serve your guests, or be a good guest and help in the kitchen. Do it all with a joyful heart that brings God's blessings to the table. Remember, too, those who may be eating alone.
Young, plus Father Leo Patalinghug (who defeated an Iron Chef on the Food Network), and food writer Robin Davis offer insight into how to serve more than good food during the holidays.
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Young is known for The Catholic Foodie blog and podcast (catholicfoodie.com). The New Orleans resident puts faith and food together in multiple media to grow faith in the Church community and to encourage a stronger sense of communion at the dinner table.
"God made us to crave communion with himself and also with each other," he said. "Communion most naturally happens when people are around the table, whether it's the family table at home or at the altar that's God's table at the parish church."
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"Every creature that is alive shall be yours
to eat: I give them all to you as I did the
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"You raise grass for the cattle, and
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from the earth, and wine to gladden men's
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and bread fortifies the hearts of men." — Psalm 104:14-15
"Because the loaf of bread is one, we,
though many, are one body, for we all
partake of the one loaf. " — 1 Corinthians 10:17
Young, a husband, father and former educator, grew up in southern Louisiana, where "food is a way of life, and we love to eat together. Getting together around the table with family and friends is one way we can really grow with each other.
"So often we don't really encounter each other even though we're in the same room. Even when we go to Mass, we don't sit face to face and end up looking at the back of someone's head," he said. "At table, you can look at each other. It's such an intimate image of real encounters between people. We can encounter God the same way when we come face to face to meet him. The same things happen when we celebrate traditions like Thanksgiving, Christmas and even Sunday supper."
Sometimes it's not possible for everyone to be seated, and that's OK, too. For instance, Young's extended family's holiday tradition brings together 40 to 50 relatives for a Christmas buffet.
"There's not enough room for everyone to sit down, but we stand up and mingle and move around while eating," Young told OSV. "You see tiny babies crawling on the floor and old people who can hardly walk. Everybody is there, and you don't have to sit down to experience that relationship (and) the good things that happen with the blessings of family."
Feeding each other
Father Leo Patalinghug is founder of Grace Before Meals at gracebeforemeals.com, on radio and television, and author of the upcoming book, "Epic Food Fight: A Bite Sized History of Salvation" (Servant, $17.99). The priest links a verse in the Gospel of John with two major incidents in his life. The most significant was that the quote of Jesus telling Peter to "feed my sheep" was printed on the holy card celebrating his ordination to the priesthood in 1999.
"Every response from Jesus to Peter, when he asked Peter if he loved him, was to tell Peter to tend the flock and feed the flock," he said. "Feeding is a sign of love. Feeding is a sign of mercy. Feeding is what God does to us when we are becoming less of a prodigal son."
Those verses became the inspiration for Father Patalinghug, a priest in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, to take food so seriously that he created Grace Before Meals.
"Food is not only God's sign of love to us," he said. "When we feed others, it is God's sign that we can do what he does, and that's to feed one another."
Foremost, he said, approach food more humbly during the stressful holidays.
"People have to realize that they are not master chefs," Father Patalinghug told OSV. "They are not the ones to create food. They are there to simply collaborate with what God has done. Be disciplined to do what they can do, and to do that well. And I like to talk about courage, so that people will try something different."
They are lessons, he added, that also apply to the faithful's roles in the Church.
"In the Church, we have only bread and wine, and a simple meal is a better way of eating. The simpler the better," Father Patalinghug said. "Take a cue from Mother Teresa, and make meals a simple act with lots of love."
And if you have no one with whom to share dinner at Christmas, find someone.
"Invite someone over or invite yourself to someone's home," he said. "We are not meant to eat alone. Or if someone is struggling so much (alone), they should plug themselves into the Church community, even if it's to pray that day."
A way to connect
Food writer Robin Davis, author of "Recipe For Joy: A Stepmom's Story of Finding Faith, Following Love and Feeding a Family" (Loyola Press, $13.95), was having the time of her life in San Francisco and said that she would never get married, go back to Ohio or join an organized religion.
That all changed when she returned to Columbus after her father's death, met a widower with three young children, converted to Catholicism and got married.
Her book chronicles how she turned her love of cooking into a way to reach out to bond with her new family.
"Food was my language, and it was what I was comfortable with," she said. "I was very uncomfortable being a mother figure. The only thing I felt qualified to do was cook for them. Food can become the language that brings us together. It became an opportunity, a great canvas for exploring each other, and exploring a life that we could build together."
Food as tradition
Davis brought a Christmas tradition from her own childhood — the making of a Danish pancake pastry called ebelskiver .
"My mother had a special pan for that, and one year the kids bought me a pan," she said. "Ebelskivers are time-consuming, but we eat them as quickly as I make them."
One thing she learned, though, about traditions in extended and blended families is that it doesn't matter if no one likes another person's must-have dish.
"It's inconsequential if nobody eats it," she told OSV. "What's important is bringing the traditions to the table with you."
Maryann Gogniat Eidemiller writes from Pennsylvania.
This article comes to you from OSV Newsweekly (Our Sunday Visitor) courtesy of your parish or diocese.


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