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OXFORD, Miss. (AP) Mississippi quarterback Bo Wallace will have surgery on his throwing shoulder on Tuesday, meaning he will likely miss spring practice.
Coach Hugh Freeze said Monday that Wallace is expected to need four to six months to recover. The 6-foot-4 sophomore initially hurt his shoulder against Tulane in the second game of the season, but continued to play with discomfort, starting every game for the Rebels.
Wallace still had a productive season, completing nearly 64 percent of his passes for 2,994 yards, 22 touchdowns and 17 interceptions. He also rushed for 390 yards and eight touchdowns.
Ole Miss finished with a 7-6 record after beating Pittsburgh 38-17 on Saturday in the BBVA Compass Bowl.


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By now, the security industry must recognize that the future of Message-Digest algorithm 5 is hopelessly jeopardized. The rogue CA certificate presentation at 25C3 might as well have been the nail in the coffin. A little over a year ago, NIST opened up its Cryptographic Hash Algorithm Competition for the creation of SHA-3. In response, Ron Rivest (The 'R' in "RSA") developed MD6 at MIT. Security Objectives' has been tirelessly working on a little hashing project of its own–Pass The Hash.
The security industry is currently in the process of reluctantly accepting that the current signature-based approach to anti-virus and malware identification is futile. Therefore, our Pass The Hash solution utilizes a whitelist approach in conjunction with a custom hash tree data structure to wholly single out malware variants piece by piece. Moreover, non-disclosure agreements are a besetting factor in digital forensics investigations because the analyst cannot inquire about a malware specimen by sending it out verbatim; our solution solves that problem too.
Here's how it works: you compute Tiger hashes of files on your system, query our central database, and we tell you what they belong to. If it doesn't match one of our hashes, you know you've got a problem. Once you've identified a piece of malware, you can coordinate specifics with our community such as fixes, research, opinions, etc. All of this is in a really sleek WPF GUI because here at Security Objectives, we strive to make hacking look like the movies!
The hash computations that our software performs identify polymorphous variations similar to Context-Triggered Piecewise Hashes and Bloom Filters. There will also be an off-line mode where hashes can be compared against a local client-side database that deals with hash trees similar to our centralized database. Directories, drives, and even processes whose hashes need to be calculated are inserted into a dynamically managed queue; with the click of a button the queue can be re-prioritized, saved, elements can be removed, etc. Meta-data is associated with each hash object that describes attributes such as operating system, platform, user-specified information, etc.
When we first started working on this we were thinking "napster for malware" but it's turned into so much more. More recently the description was "MRBL" (Malware Real-time Blackhole List,) similar to the MAPS SPAM countermeasure except that it actually utilizes whitelist technology. "malster" sounds cool, but we decided to name it Pass The Hash, indicative of the hash value computation and transmission taking place. This venture is clearly distinguishable from GNU Pth (Portable threads) because our acronym (PTH) is written in all caps. 😉
I can't provide an exact release date right now–all I can say is very soon. Once it's released you'll be able to download it from our products page. The long-term plan is to slap an open source license on the client code, thereby exposing the XML API for the central database and LINQ for the local one. Organizations that require the achievement of total malware sovereignty can deploy a dedicated appliance that acts as a counterpart to the centralized hash database hosted by Security Objectives. So keep your eyes peeled for the upcoming release of Pass The Hash. In the meantime, sneek a peek at a screenshot.
Similar Research:
- Stealth Malware–Towards Verifiable Systems by Joanna Rutkowska of COSEINC's Advanced Malware Labs
- Automated Structural Classification of Malware by Ero Carrera and Halvar Flake of zynamics GmbH
- National Software Reference Library (NSRL) by NIST
P.S. After a long hiatus, we plan to be hitting the conference circuit once again to present on the specifics of this new reactive malware eradication technology. We've been submitting CFP's left and right, but you're most likely to catch up with us at CanSecWest. Hope to see you there!

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Did you know that the game of golf can be traced back to the Roman era? However, the modern game of golf originated in 15th century Scotland. That's a really long time to be chasing around a little white ball!
In fact, the first golf balls were said to have been little leather pouches filled with feathers – I can't imagine those flying very far!
Those leather pouches last two centuries but in 1848, Dr Robert Adams Paterson invented a smooth ball made from tree sap. The smooth balls actually fought the air creating little lift and the balls didn't go very far. However, people soon started discovering that their balls went further when they were dented and worn.
Makers then began hammering imperfections into the balls which began the evolution of the dimpled golf ball.
Did you ever wonder about the terminology in golf?
Well, let's begin by explaining some of the basic terms. But first, let's get really basic… the first thing in golf to understand is that unlike most sports, in golf the lower the score the better.
Par – the number of strokes that is recommended to complete the hole.
Birdie – a score of one under par for the hole(example a score of 3 on a par 4)
Eagle- a score of two under par for the hole (i.e. a score of 3 on a par 5)
Bogey- a score of one over on a par for the hole (i.e. a score of 5 on a par 4)
Well, in the 1900's, the term "bird" meant something excellent or great. A golfer in 1899 was heard saying, "That was a bird of a shot" when his ball landed 6 inches from the hole.
From then on, his fellow golfers called every score one under par a "birdie."
The term "eagle" came into play shortly after as one better than a "bird."
The term "albatross" is an old English term that refers to a double eagle meaning you scored three under on a single hole! For example a score of a 2 on a par 5; it's an amazing score and doesn't happen very often!
Bogey (which means one shot over par) comes from an old Scottish song about the Bogey man who hide in the shadows; "I'm the Bogey man catch me if you can." Golfers in Scotland and England equated the song about the elusive "Bogey man" with the quest for the perfect score.
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Two teenage cousins who jumped into the Bronx River Friday afternoon to cool off quickly went under water, and one of them later died in the hospital after being pulled from the river by rescuers, police say.
One teen was pulled from the water near E. 172nd Street after 3 p.m. and another was pulled from the water after 4 p.m. The two were taken to St. Barnabas Hospital in critical condition, and the second teen, identified as 13-year-old Erickson Villa of the Bronx, later died, police said.
The other teen remained in critical condition Saturday morning, according to a representative at Montefiore Hospital, where he is now receiving care. He and Villa were cousins, according to a relative, Kennedy Pacheco.
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Witnesses said the teens were part of a larger group of children at Starlight Park who decided to go into the water. The two struggled to stay afloat, and their friends took to safety and rushed to call 911.
Richard Ferrano said he was playing baseball nearby when the victims' friends ran to him.
"They were saying their friends jumped in the water, two kids, and they were drowning," he said. "So we came over here -- at first there was nothing -- and they called NYPD, and everyone started jumping in the water to look for the kids."
Fire officials said rescuers were able to pinpoint the area where the teens went under and quickly recovered the first victim. It took rescuers an hour and a half to find Villa because of poor visibility in the water.
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MILAN (AP) - Fur is dominating many Milan runways this season, which would be handy for this week's unusually persistent snowy weather.
MILAN (AP) � Fur is dominating many Milan runways this season, which would be handy for this week's unusually persistent snowy weather.
From big shaggy coats, often belted, to furry little details, fur has made a firm comeback for next winter's womenswear � with a classic mink coat returning after many seasons.
Many of the looks presented Sunday and over the first five days of Milan Fashion Week have been dyed in pinks, blues, reds, yellows and fake animal prints. When they are not using real fur, the designers have made fur look-alikes, such as mohair.
Huge cuffs, hemlines and collars accented classic tailoring for both coats and dresses.
Fur is also being used to compensate for all that bare skin designers are showing: A stole wrap over a strapless dress, or long fur gloves with sleeveless jackets. There were even furry boots and furry bags.
Some of the most imaginative uses were for shawls, wraps and stoles, allowing people with more limited budgets to experiment with the looks.
"La Dolce Vita" was the name of the game at Dolce&Gabbana, where the fun-loving designing duo recalled the sacred and profane of mundane Italian life, as exposed in director Federico Fellini's 1960 movie.
The winter collection shown drew inspiration from Byzantine religious art and classic couture.
The show opened with a series of dresses in mosaic patterned silk, dripping with encrusted jewels and at times depicting an iconic image of a saint. Some of the outfits came with irreverent mini-bloomers.
To accessorize these already ornate outfits, the models wore a gilded crown, necklaces featuring a large Byzantine cross, heavy pendant earrings and velvet pumps with a thick jewel-encrusted heel.
Then came the couture look.
This evoked fancy ladies in demure sling backs and hair pulled back a la Princess Grace, wearing melange white and gray tweed suits with fitted jacket and flared skirt, or simple short-sleeved sheath dress.
Next followed a series of black silk dresses interspersed with lace, which could reference either a Sicilian widow's wardrobe (Sicily is the designing duo's trademark inspiration) or sophisticated cocktail hour attire, or even priestly garb.
The same outfits came in (papal?) white or (cardinal?) red, both liturgical colors much in vogue at the moment as cardinals prepare to gather in Rome to elect a new pope.
No matter the color, the outfits were heavily bejeweled.
Missoni gives women something to slip into next winter � and to slip out of.
The predominantly casual looks blurred the lines between lounge wear, underwear and outwear.
Many of the overcoats resembled robes, worn languidly hanging from one shoulder and fittingly were tied with a ribbon "ready to be fastened and unfastened while in motion." Underneath were thinly knit men's pajamas or silky dresses resembling negligees.
Sheath dresses were worn with unique net stockings, creating fresh textures, and knee-high boots. Panels of some of the dresses, skirts and tops were left provocatively transparent.
Shades were frosty whites, pinks or grays, along with stronger shades of gray or black.
These are looks to tuck into, which Missoni underlined sweetly by leaving chocolates on fashionistas' seats.
Designer Angela Missoni waved briefly at the fashion crowd, something she couldn't bring herself to do at the menswear previews last month, just after her brother Vittorio, the label's CEO, had disappeared after takeoff from a Venezuelan vacation island along with five others. Neither the plane nor any of the occupants have been located.
The Marni woman is decked out in fur for next winter.
Designer Consuelo Castiglioni used fur profusely. Skirts and coats have wide fur hems, enriching the tailored and constructed looks. There also were sumptuous shaggy fur coat-dresses, one in glowing gold and gray blend. And there were fur-accented arm warmers and furry clutches.
But the real piece de resistence are the fur wraps: stoles that coil around the neck and fall down the front or crisscross over the shoulders to provide some cover for strapless dresses; and two-tone shawl collars that zip snugly up the back.
Though the collection had a firmly cold-weather feel � particularly expressed in the stiff materials like tweeds and velvets that characterized the line � Marni challenged the season in many ways: Sleeveless coats. Shorts. Mini miniskirts. And flat trekking sandals, worn with bare legs.
The silhouette was mostly modest, with skirts falling to the knee and below, but Castiglioni also teased at what she called "puritanical rigor," tucking transparent panels inside her pleated skirts.
Giorgio Armani mixes geographies and eras in a complex Emporio Armani collection that proposes something of a revolution: fashion with dignity.
In the Emporio collection previewed Sunday, a bowler hat with a playful rounded rim sets a yesteryear tone, immediately contradicted by oversized Jaipur-style earrings as Armani travels time and the world in a glance.
The collection centered on a decidedly feminine silhouette.
Short organza dresses were worn under wispy overcoats. Voluminous organza tops are belted over wide miniskirts. And long structural skirts are paired with warming mohair pullovers with three-quarter length sleeves, or fetching mohair sleeveless dresses with cropped pants. For Armani this round, mohair expresses fur. Double-breasted jackets were rounded at the hem for a ladylike look, and worn with organza skirts or trousers.
Armani said through this collection he wanted to "propose something to be contemporary without losing dignity." It's a theme he has taken on in the past, the anti-vamp, using the influence of his runway to counter what has become the prevalent female media image in Italy, as sex object.
The Salvatore Ferragamo show concentrates on shapes. All in black, white and navy blue, with no prints or bold shades, the clothes have to speak for themselves.
Massimiliano Giornetti, designer for the Florentine brand best known for its accessories, gives his winter styles a voice through sculpted silhouettes and carefully chosen fabrics.
A few examples: a wide Alpaca jacket is worn with an A-line short skirt in pony leather; an oversized cashmere pullover is paired with a dainty slip with beaded hemline; and a classic overcoat becomes even more classy when worked in shiny silk.
Even fur and leather are worked to highlight the artistry of the collection, starting with suede stitched in smocking, or beaver shorn to look like satin.
The famous Ferragamo shoe next winter is a knee-high boot with pointed toe and relatively low stiletto heel, cut out at the instep and laced up the barelegged back. The latest Ferragamo bag is a shopper with metal inserts.
Laura Biagiotti had her mind on Rome for her winter collection.
Not only was the ribbing of her cashmere outfits reminiscent of the sculpted lines of a classic marble column, but the Roman-born designer relaunched her signature "Roma" perfume, which this year celebrates its 25th anniversary.
According to Biagiotti, the brand has sold 80 million bottles of the fragrance since its birth in 1988 and if lined up they would stretch from the Cinecitta film studios in Rome to Hollywood. A nice thought ahead of Sunday night's Oscar awards ceremony.


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CCSU finished last season with a 16-14 record and a 10-8 mark in NEC action. The Blue Devils finished the regular season tied with Saint Francis U and Mount St. Mary's for fourth place.
The NEC's coaches selected Robert Morris as the preseason favorite, but the top of the poll was wide open with the top-four teams each receiving at least one first place vote. The Colonials received five first place votes to lead the field.
Sacred Heart was tapped second with three first place votes, Mount St. Mary's third with one first place vote and Saint Francis U fourth with the final first place vote.
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In addition to the preseason poll the 2013 Preseason All-NEC Team was announced. The five player squad was comprised of Naana Ankoma-Mensa (Bryant), Sydney Henderson (Mount St. Mary's), Artemis Spanou (Robert Morris), Gabrielle Washington (Sacred Heart) and Ali Williams (Saint Francis U).
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Please I am a beginner in java, I want to extract information from a text file. is the following:
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Received: 00-02-21 22:26:29
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I want to extract the first line which is exactly the number " 55555565 " and the last line is "pr2".
for now I just use the code that allows me to extract only the last line"pr2".
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Scanner scanner = new Scanner(new File(/home/Desktop/ivw.txt)); String line = null; while (scanner.hasNextLine()) { line = scanner.nextLine(); } readSMS=line; scanner.close();
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What to watch: 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' on ABC at 12 p.m. EDT/ 11 p.m. CDT
Tonight, Jimmy Kimmel interviews guests Ashton Kutcher and Justin Bieber on their new "Punk'd" series. The All-American Rejects star as the musical guest, and the first eliminated "Dancing With the Stars" contestant is questioned.
Fun website: World Theatre Day, www.world-theatre-day.org
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A debut album that has had five Top 20 singles? That's a tough act to follow. But the not-so-rookie-anymore Band Perry must be getting ready to out-do themselves. They are busy working on their follow-up album and recently brought in some big songwriting guns to help them out. The trio recently collaborated with Nashville's Sheryl Crow. Kimberly Perry told CMT Radio, "A huge influence of mine has always been Sheryl Crow. I just love how lyrically she is so creative and completely unique to herself. She's a strong lady, a fantastic performer, and she's got a little spitfire herself. I've always looked up to Sheryl." The band's current single, "Postcards From Paris," was co-written by another powerhouse songwriter, Kara DioGuardi, the former American Idol judge. As for Crow, she is also expected to release a countryish album of her own this year.


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Writer-director Terrence Mallick's "Tree of Life" was booed by many when it premiered at Cannes this year, and still went on to take the festival's top prize. And as frustrated as we were by it, we can't stop thinking about it, struck anew every time we see a clip or image from the film. But we're reasonably sure that a six-hour version is not what's needed to build a consensus on the film.
And yet, to hear cinematographer Emmanuel Lubeski tell it, that's exactly what Mallick has in mind:
"The first cut was 8 hours long. Terry is working on/preparing a 6 hours long version of the movie," Lubeski told Les Cahiers du Cinéma (via The Film Stage via Playlist). "What I've seen (of this) is absolutely incredible, it's wonderful. The longer version will have to/will likely, for the most part, relate to the children part. There were outstanding things, we've shot many, many things about Jack's childhood : his friends, his evolution, his changes, his awareness of the loss of his childhood… I don't know if I'm supposed to say all of this!"
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We loved every moment of the film that took place in small-town Texas, and can't help thinking that what we'd like to see is a cut of the film with none of the dinosaurs, meteors, microscopic cells or Sean Penn, all of which just got in the way of the stunning performances from Brad Pitt, Jessica Chastain and Hunter McCracken.
What Mallick managed to put on screen was not a story of childhood, but rather a gorgeous recollection of childhood as it exists in one's mind. No one remembers perfectly the narrative of their youth--it's all mood and moments, and that's exactly what Mallick gave us.
But the rest, the dinosaurs and such, as much as we "got" what he was trying to do and say with them, they felt like overkill. That maybe be why Mallick is concentrating on more of the Texas footage.
Of course we're gonna watch it when it comes out--even if it's still eight-hours long.


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Who Said This Prince is Fickle?
Fen Dai looked in the direction Chen Yu pointed and saw Han shi walking with Chen Qing. Chen Qing was respectfully speaking with her. With one hand, Han shi covered her mouth and laughed. With the other, she grabbed Chen Qing's wrist. She laughed while swaying along. Who knew how funny the things Chen Qing said were, as she could not hold back the sound of her laughter. Her body even swayed from the laughing.
"Concubine mother Han, what are you doing?" Chen Yu frowned, her face filled with worry, "Although cousin is from the younger generation, he is still a man. Where is the decency when you do this sort of thing in the street?"
Fen Dai's eyes were opened wide in anger, but she did not forget to rebuff Chen Yu: "It's clearly young master Chen who is being improper. Eldest sister, do not deliberately accuse concubine mother Han." Although she said this, she stomped over to Han shi. Just as Han shi was about to grab Chen Qing's arm with both of her arms, Fen Dai suddenly tugged her back and loudly said: "Young master Chen, if you have anything to say, wait until we are back at the manor and tell it to grandmother. What are you talking to concubine mother here for?"
Chen Qing originally had a helpless expression. Upon seeing Fen Dai come over, he finally let out a sigh of relief. He was not annoyed by Fen Dai's attitude. He only thought it was the fourth young miss Feng coming over to rescue him. He quickly bowed and said: "Fourth young miss is correct. Chen Qing is staying at the Feng manor to prepare for the imperial exam. Everything will be left to elder madam manage. Concubine mother's good intentions, Chen Qing does not dare accept."
Han shi rolled her eyes and mumbled: "Husband said for us to take good care of your before he left. Am I not acting out of goodwill?"
Fen Dai glared at her: "With grandmother here, where is there a need for you to worry?" Glancing again at Chen Qing, her gaze was filled with irritation, "You are a male, so why do you not know to walk separately from the women? What are you still standing here for? Go away!"
Chen Qing lowered his head from her screams and walked away.
Fen Dai held Han shi's arm, trembling with anger: "I say, have you gotten carried away with your success? Father only treated you well for one night. He only just left the capital, yet you go to try and snatch up another man in the blink of an eye?"
"What nonsense are you saying?" Han shi covered Fen Dai's mouth in fear, "I am only telling him that if he needs anything for his studies, he just needs to speak up."
Fen Dai pulled her hand away. Although she was angry, she still knew to lower her voice: "Is there any need to move your hands when saying this? Take a look, where did your hands end up just now? I will tell you, if you do not restrain yourself, nobody will be able to save you."
Fen Dai threw her tantrum, and Han shi was a little afraid, "It's just something I am accustomed to doing. It's not deliberate." She muttered to herself then recalled what Fen Dai had said to Chen Yu at the gate. She could not help but lecture her: "Don't just lecture me. You also need to show some restraint. Is eldest young miss' matter something that can be so casually mentioned? Today, we were fortunate that An shi provided a cover up, otherwise, I would see what you would have done! If that matter got out, the one to suffer would not just be Feng Chen Yu alone. Instead, it would be the entire Feng family!"
Fen Dai, however, did not object to this. The Feng family? "If I can not have what I want, then it would be better for the Feng family to be ruined."
These words caused Han shi's heart to tremble in shock.
She understood her daughter too well. She was only ten years old, but she had a heart that desired victory even more than Feng Chen Yu. She had never been satisfied with her status as a daughter of a concubine. She had coveted the position as daughter of the first wife for many years and looked forward to it for many years. Han shi understood that so long as she did not have the position of daughter of the first wife, Fen Dai would not give up.
She gently caressed her own belly and hoped that her body would put up one last fight and allow her to not only get pregnant but to get pregnant with a son. With a son at her side, hope would truly be at hand.
From the Feng manor's gate to the Northern gate, the group was large because of how many people there were. It was lively, so it did not seem particularly far. The trip back, however, was more difficult. Normally, the madams and young misses would not walk around so much with their own two feet. One after another, they swayed from fatigue. This caused their pace to slow.
Feng Yu Heng had good physical strength, and Xiang Rong had been training with her for a long time. She was no longer a pampered young miss. The two even increased their pace. When they passed by Hundred Herb Hall, they stopped and took a look around.
When they arrived, there just happened to be a middle-aged man who had just purchased some medicine from inside. He walked out while thanking the clerk. Feng Yu Heng felt this person looked familiar. Only when that person turned around did she recognize him. It was one of the guys who had come to Hundred Herb Hall to make false claims against her. More accurately, it was the corpse.
After having been moved to Feng Yu Heng's space, this person was very conscientious. He immediately clarified the entire situation from start to finish. He even helped the governor with the investigation. Unfortunately, Feng Yu Heng had sent people to ask around a few times and found that the governor was unable to make much progress. Thus she did not concern herself with it any further.
Being able to meet Feng Yu Heng at the entrance of Hundred Herb Hall made that person very happy. He rushed over to her and kowtowed immediately. Xiang Rong was startled but then recognized that person. She could not help but say: "Are you the person that my second sister brought back from death?"
The man nodded, "I am very grateful that young miss still remembers. Many thanks your miss for saving my life. This lowly one will salute you." This person was honest, as he kowtowed three times to Feng Yu Heng, with his head touching the ground. Only then did he stand up and say: "At the time that everyone was saying second young miss Feng had burned to death at the ancestral home, this lowly one went to the Feng manor to burn joss paper. It was only later on that we found out that young miss was taken into the palace by his Majesty and conferred the title of county princess. This lowly one being able to have been saved by a county princess truly is a good fortune earned from my previous life."
Feng Yu Heng shook her head, "There is no need for the previous life. Me saving your life is nothing more than a coincidence. There is no need to take it to heart." She then looked towards his hand, "Someone in your family has fallen ill?"
The person nodded, "My wife fell ill, so I came to get some medicine. Hundred Herb Hall's clerk even took less money and gave a bit more medicine."
Feng Yu Heng approved of the way Wang Lin did things a little more, "Then go home quickly. Don't keep a sick person waiting too long."
"Yes." That person saluted Feng Yu Heng then prepared to leave. At this time, the people of the Feng family caught up. Feng Fen Dai was at the front. Seeing that Feng Yu Heng and Xiang Rong were standing at the entrance of Hundred Herb Hall, she quickly waved to everyone: "Let's go rest at Hundred Herb Hall for a while. In any case, let's drink some water and warm up out feet. I can no longer continue walking." As she said this, she walked over to Feng Yu Heng and said: "Second sister, we have come to your place. It can't be that we won't even be given some tea to drink, right?"
Before Feng Yu Heng could respond, the person who was about to leave suddenly stopped. Looking at Feng Fen Dai in surprise, his face was disgruntled.
Fen Dai also saw him. At first, she was stunned, then her gaze became defensive and fierce, which frightened the man into taking a step back.
Feng Yu Heng looked at the two and began thinking. After a moment, she came to an understanding on the situation.
At the time the man woke up, he said that a girl wearing a bamboo hat had found him. The identity of that girl was never uncovered by the governor. They had also analyzed the situation before. At the start, they believe it to be imperial daughter Qing Le, but since she had already lost her hair, it would have been too obvious. She did not think it would be Qing Le, but who it would be, she truly could not figure it out. After that, a great number of things happened one after the other, causing this matter to fall by the wayside. Now that she saw this man's reaction, she seemed to have found the truth behind the matter.
Because Feng Fen Dai had failed to seduce Xuan Tian Ming and fell into the water, she had been sent to the suburbs of the capital. Who knew that this girl would not think of repenting and would instead do this sort of thing.
"How is it that second sister recognizes everyone?" Feng Fen Dai glared at the person and said coldly: "I thought that second sister would only interact with wealthy and powerful people given how you are the dignified county princess. I never thought that you would even talk with this sort of commoner."
Feng Yu Heng helped the man pick up the medicine he dropped and handed them back to him. At the same time, she said: "I am a county princess, but I am also a doctor. Regardless of man or woman, young or old, wealthy or poor, doctors treat illnesses, not people." After saying this, she gently patted the person on the back of the hand, "Go home. I will have someone send you." She then gave Huang Quan a look.
Feng Fen Dai watched wide-eyed as Huang Quan took the person away. She also saw that person turn back and glance at her after walking for a while. For a while, she felt agitated and uncertain.
"Does fourth sister still want to go in for tea?" Feng Yu Heng smirked and looked at her with a calm gaze. It seemed as though she did not know what had happened. "Although my Hundred Herb Hall is not large, because I personally brought a dead person back to life here, it became quite famous. Does fourth sister want to go in and take a look?"
Feng Fen Dai's face became green, "What is there to see in a damn medicine shop." After speaking, she turned and left.
The people of the Feng family who had finally caught up did not understand what had happened. Han shi asked: "Did you not say we were stopping to rest our feet? How come you've left?"
Feng Yu Heng pulled along Xiang Rong and went towards the Feng manor. While walking, she said: "Perhaps fourth sister no longer feels tired. Or perhaps she thinks my Hundred Herb Hall is too small. Let's just go home."
Walking at the front, Feng Fen Dai naturally heard her words. She had always been prideful, so the anger in her heart surged forth. She could not help but stop walking and turn around to face Feng Yu Heng. Using a sarcastic tone, she said: "Second sister truly is gracious. Based on what I know, the ninth prince has already left the capital for a number of days, right? Do you not worry about him?"
Feng Yu Heng smiled and said: "For men, order is most important. Moreover, he is at the military camp training his officers to protect our families and our country. What is there for me to worry about?"
Fen Dai quickly thought: "Then do you not worry for yourself? The ninth prince has always been fickle. Perhaps he has already forgotten about you long ago. Otherwise, how could he depart for so long and not say a word of coming to visit you."
Feng Yu Heng looked at Fen Dai with ridicule. This child would feel ill at ease if she did not stir up some trouble.
"Whether or not he forgets me, how does it concern fourth sister?" Feng Yu Heng picked up a small lantern from a small street stall and began playing with it, "Look at this lantern." She said this while handing three pieces of broken silver to the vendor before continuing: "Now, it belongs to me. But are you able to concern yourself with whether or not I light it? Even if I do not light it and leave it there, you can not take it."
"You…" Fen Dai did not know how to refute her. She only stared at the lantern with a look of reluctance and greed. "Fen Dai is unable to compete with second sister when it comes to speaking, but Fen Dai is just reminding you in good will. Even though the ninth prince is engaged to you, there are still a few years to go before your marriage. Second sister absolutely must make sure to hold him close. If something were to happen, that would truly be a huge loss."
Feng Yu Heng suddenly smiled. This smile was brilliant like a flower. This smile was like the sun rising in the winter and went straight towards Feng Fen Dai.
Fen Dai wondered, had this person become an idiot? At this time, she heard a voice come from behind that caused her to mind to spin along with a immense amount of fear "Just now, who said this prince is fickle?"


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Many federal employees already have a few days of unpaid leave under their belts.
For many federal employees, the much-dreaded furloughs of fiscal 2013 are under way. It's still a little early, but we're curious how people are holding up so far. Are the days of unpaid leave already causing a financial strain? Or have you managed to find a silver lining in having some extra time off? Take our poll, and feel free to share any other thoughts in our comment section at the bottom of this column.
Survivor Benefits for Disabled Military Children
Legislation recently introduced in both chambers of Congress would offer military retirees the option of transferring their retirement benefits to a trust to support the long-term care of their disabled children.
The lead sponsors of the bill, Rep. Jim Moran, D-Va., and Sen. Kay Hagan, D-N.C., say the current law -- while providing the public with a mechanism to transfer benefits to a Special Needs Trust -- does not give military retirees the same ability. According to the lawmakers, military retirees can dedicate up to 55 percent of their monthly retirement pay to a Survivor Benefit Plan to be available to their spouses upon their death. The proposed legislation aims to change that and allow disabled children to also access benefits from the SBP-- through the Special Needs Trust -- to help pay for long-term treatments.
"The Disabled Military Child Protection Act ensures that special needs dependents of our service-members receive the care they need, deserve and have earned while making sure military special needs children are treated the same as those of civilians," Hagan said in a statement .
The lawmakers say that the proposed legislation would still allow the children to access other federal entitlement programs, like Medicaid and Social Security Disability Insurance.
"As a father of a special needs child, I know how important it is for parents to be able to provide the best possible care for them," Moran said. "The Disabled Military Child Protection Act will give peace of mind to middle class military parents of more than 1,000 dependents that their children will receive good care after they are no longer able."
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There was a certain charm to video game box art from the 1970s and 1980s. The graphics were so terrible that often quite abstract, quite amazing art had to be used to sell a game in its stead.
These days everything is "better". Read: more airbrushed, photoshopped, boardroom-approved. Wouldn't it be great if instead of carbon-copy army men we had box art more like the good old days?
Games Radar took that idea and ran with it, coming up with a series of covers where today's games are given yesteryear's box art treatment. Usually literally, as in they're given the art from a real, retro game.
You can see more at the link below.
What video game box art would look like if it hadn't changed in 30 years [Games Radar]


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This first week of school has been getting out at 1:25pm so almost a full day. The kids are LOVING their new school. They have been super tired and cranky when they come home maybe because they haven't been simulated like this for a long time.
Lil Mama is meeting new friends and she loves that. She likes her teacher and is very happy she got in the same class as her BFF.
Lil Man is happy with his teacher and knows a couple other kids in his class. His BFF is in another 5th grade class but they hangout at recess and lunch. One day he didn't have anyone to talk with during lunch so he felt that "new kid" feeling but we had a talk and I told him he just needs to reach out to others.
They both LOVE that the school has a library! They are looking forward to the Salad Bar but that isn't quite open yet. This seems a great fit for the kids and I'm super happy I got them into a school.
Now is it a good fit for me....LOL! Who cares as long as the kids are happy. I just know I need to get a planner because this school has activities every week it seems and if I'm going to keep it all together I better be inputting all these dates into my iPhone NOW!
This week I got some projects done around the house too! Good week indeed.


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To make sure we can keep you informed about the impact of the security changes and test day experiences we send our teachers in periodically to take the actual SAT. This report was filed by Bell Curves' own Aimee Slater, resident Jeopardy champ (in our hearts), office redhead, and SAT teacher.
Background – In a few years you won't remember and no one will care
I took the SAT several years ago (20 still counts as "several," right?). I was trying to remember my test day experience and my clearest memory about the test is "My high school made me take it 3 times." (Editor's note: Aimee attended Haverford College on a generous scholarship and doesn't remember her SAT scores, but says they were just a bit better than average). I asked some high school friends what they remember, and that was their strongest memory too. My other memory is of the word "nadir." I didn't know what it meant, I wrote it on the label of my shirt so that I could look up the definition later (Editor's note: these days, writing on your clothes might get you kicked out… don't do it!).
So armed with fuzzy memories and the teaching experience I have obtained through Bell Curves, I sat down to take a modern day SAT on October 6th. I joined a few dozen area teens very early on a Saturday morning to take the test in Brooklyn.
Registration: Longer and More Annoying than You Think
Before I talk about test day, let me say a word about registration. Registering for the exam is at least a 25 minute process wherein you pretty much lay bare anything and everything you have been, currently are and will ever be. I had to upload a picture for my test ticket, which I had to carry with me on test day (even to the loo). The system, it turns out, is really picky about the photos it'll accept, in fact, I had two perfectly lovely photos rejected before it accepted one I had a colleague take. The photo is not currently a requirement, but will be required starting with the Jan 2013 test. I also had to answer questions about my ethnicity, GPA, class ranking, parents' level of education, indicate my college preferences (size, location single-sex, programs). It was 3+ pages of questions, many of which are optional, but they are mixed in with the required ones so it's not immediately obvious which are which. It's worth noting that "I don't wish to respond" is one of the choices for all required questions, but still that's a lot of work on my part without much in return. College Board will then sell my information to schools or publish it in studies. You're welcome, College Board. You should send me a piece of that financial pie.
Test Day
I dutifully showed up by 7:45am, number 2 lead pencils in hand and calculator (TI-86 was my calculator of choice) at the ready. I was assigned a seat in a classroom with the 19 or so other kids who have R-Z last names.
Here's some stuff I noticed:
- No one cared that I was old and taking the test. I didn't even get a double take.
- Three, 5-minutes breaks are not nearly enough. Powering through that last 1 hour and 4 minutes (sections 7-10) is rough .
- Kids were eating candy and drinking Red Bull early in the AM and at breaks. This lead to a lot of crashing in the middle or toward the end.
- A girl fell asleep, twice (probably due to a Red Bull crash). The proctor was nice enough to wake her up, but I think that was above and beyond what's listed as duties in the proctor guidelines, and some proctors would have just let her sleep through the test.
- I am still not a fan of coordinate plane geometry but as usual there were about 5 questions.
- No section asks 40 questions, and yet each section on the answer sheet has 40 bubbles. I find this vexing.
- I miss analogies. The College Board removed them in 2005, and in doing so, took away the fun portion of the test (if there is such a thing).
- I did not have to write an essay the first time around, and was excited to do it this time around. I went in knowing that I was going to use The League of Nations and Game of Thrones. As we tell our students – the question hardly matters. Pick a position, have some examples at the ready, and write!
I know some old timers have gone back and taken the test in recent times and had negative experiences. I'm less negative about having to take a test, than about what it's actually testing. Sitting through long exams is something I had to do in college (3 hour finals!) so I don't think taking a test is too much to ask of students who want to go to college. The content of the test? Well, let's just say that I have some disagreement with what and how things are asked. But that's for a different blog post. For now, this is the system we have, and if our kids want to go to college, we need to work within this system to ensure as many of them as possible are prepared for the test, the admissions process, and college success.
I admit that my stakes are relatively low; I don't have my admissions decisions or financial aid riding on my 2012 performance, although the College Board will be sending my scores to my high school guidance counselor so that person, whomever it is now, can go over them with me (I didn't have an option to opt-out). I'm looking forward to that phone call. It was a long day, but most students seemed to sail through (aside from Red Bull Crash Girl. Airheads candy is not the breakfast of champions, chica!), and I think that anyone preparing for the November or December administrations should remember to
- review the content – get comfortable with how questions are asked and what information they are looking for
- take practice tests under real-test conditions (timed, with only the breaks given on the real test)
For test day:
- for Math, strategies like plugging in were still awesome and time-saving and helped me avoid mistakes on at least 7 problems
- for the Critical Reading, remember to answer the questions (all the questions) in your own words first (Click here to read up on how to Avoid Looking at the Elephant)
- bring brain-food snacks like trail mix, carrots, peanut butter crackers etc. Avoid caffeine highs which can lead to crashes, and go for hydration – water, seltzer water etc.
- UPDATE: check out this list of vocab words from the October 2012 SAT
Good luck!


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shmails wrote:Question: Should custom minifigures be put in the MOC's section with other entries or in the customs section? Just wondering, thanks in advance!
Since submissions to the CCCVI are not submitted by posting or adding to a thread in any of the forums, if you decide to exhibit them in such a manner, you would follow the regular forum rules: thus, you would post custom figs to the Customs forum.
~Michael A. Joosten - Moderator~


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I designed some elements and papers for my own layouts and now I thought I share them.
You can find them here.
"Boho Chic" - This one is for personal use only!
The Kits I made for the Designer Challenges are also available on my blog:
This one I made primarily because I love bikes.
Here are some camping related elements. I made it because I wanted to practice vector based drawing. Maybe you can use them..


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Are you feeling empowered this morning? LOL
Can I just say that my face was a bit tired after grinning all the way through last night's episode... I found it absolutely delightful... "When I pulled a hamstring I went to the misogynist." chuckle, chuckle!
I may have even sung along with a song or two, much to the moaning and groaning of my fellow Gleeks in the room. What can I say? I was not blessed in the vocals department... I've got the will but not the way. Maybe that's why I love this show so much, I can live vicariously through the musicality of New Beginnings. :)
Ok, that's all I'm going to say about Glee, now it's time to tell you about the new challenge over at ATS today and this time we want to see some sewing on your cards. It can be machine stitched, hand sewn or even faux stitching created by pen, rub-ons or stamps... the possibilities are nearly endless!
For my card I decided it was high time to dust off the ol' sewing machine and put it to work. I love the look that stitching adds and really should be doing it more often but to be perfectly honest I'm just a bit lazy when I usually think about doing some sewing... especially when I can just cheat and quickly rub some faux stitching on, LOL! But not today! Today it's the real deal and I even broke out the hot pink thread to match Clover's skirt. ;)
Ok, now it's your turn to play along and remember, every week there is a new and exciting prize being offered and in order to be eligible to win, your card must include a stamp that is sold in the All That Scraps store. Whether it is any of our wonderful in house designs or from the various other stamp companies that ATS carries, the choice is yours. Then be sure to link up your creation with Mr Linky by next Tuesday at 10pm est and only one entry per person please!
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CBC Recycles Anti-recycling Arguments
April 14, 2009
Anti-recyclers like the Cato Institute's Grant Schaumberg, Katherine Doyle (1991), James DeLong of the Competitive Enterprise Institute (1994), Lynn Scarlett (1995) of the Reason Foundation, Jeff Bailey (1995) of the Wall Street Journal, Alan Caruba (2003-01), Daniel K. Benjamin (2003) of the Property and Environment Research Center (PERC), John Tierney (1996), J. Winston Porter of the Waste Policy Center in Leesburg, Va., Libertarian Michael Mungerar (2007) and La Giorgia (2009-01) argue that "the market" should determine what if anything is recycled. Anti-recycler Tierney claimed that the well-publicized 1000s-of-miles journey of the Mobro 4000, a barge carrying Long Islanders' trash, trying to unload its cargo, incited a garbage guilt epidemic among Americans. He like other anti-recyclers, also claimed that the garbage crisis that emerged from this image continues today under false pretenses: there is no shortage of environmentally safe landfill sites; curbside recycling rarely pays for itself in direct returns; recycling is not economically efficient. (Tierney 1996-06-30)
Recycling advocates Richard A. Denison and John F. Ruston (1996) of the Environmental Defense Fund in Washington, DC argue that the think tanks quoted by the anti-recyclers such as The Competitive Enterprise Institute, the Cato Institute (both based in Washington DC), the Reason Foundation (based in Santa Monica, CA) and the Waste Policy Center (based in Leesburg, VA) that tend to promote market interests over the state, minimal government intervention in general and government programs of any kind. At least some of these think tanks accept funding from companies involved in "solid waste collection, landfilling and incineration, the manufacturing of products from virgin materials, and the production and sale of packaging and consumer products. Many of the corporations that fund the anti-recyclers have a direct economic stake in maintaining the waste management status quo and in minimizing consumers' scrutiny of the environmental effects of products and packaging." (Denison and Ruston 1996-07-18)
1960s A political movement to save the environment emerged called the greening of America
1960s Martin Lapierre's father founded Profix Environnement, an industrial collector of corrugated cardboard based in Laval, Quebec by collecting used boxes and selling them back to manufacturers for reprocessing. Martin, who inherited the business estimated that the cardboard the firm has recycled over the years has saved at least 750,000 trees ("(La Giorgia 2009-04-09).
1970-04-22 20 million people celebrated the first Earth Day in the United States.
1970-04-22 United Congress created the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
1972 the Club of Rome published Limits to Growth arguing that the American way of life was not sustainable.
1980 Property and Environment Research Center (PERC) in Bozeman, Montana was formed by a group of economists claiming dedication to improving environmental quality through markets and property rights through research and outreach education. Research is at the heart of PERC's work followed by outreach and education. PERC claims to have pioneered the approach known as free market environmentalism (FME).
1987 A barge named the Mobro 4000 wandered thousands of miles trying to unload its cargo of Long Islanders' trash, and its journey had a strange effect on America." Anti-recycler Tierney claimed that the garbage crisis that emerged from this image continues today under false pretenses. He also claimed that there is no shortage of environmentally safe landfill sites. (Tierney 1996-06-30)
1987 America devised a national five-year plan for trash. The Environmental Protection Agency promulgated a "Waste Hierarchy" that ranked trash disposal options: recycling at the top, composting and waste-to-energy incinerators in the middle, landfills at the bottom. The E.P.A.'s five-year goal, to recycle 25 percent of municipal trash, was announced in a speech in early 1988 by J. Winston Porter, an assistant administrator of the agency. Even as Porter was setting the goal, he realized that it was presumptuous for a bureaucrat in Washington to tell everyone in America what to do with their trash. "After all the publicity about the barge," Porter recalls, "I sat down with some engineers in my office to estimate how much municipal waste could be recycled. At that time, about 10 percent was being recycled. We looked at the components of waste, made a few quick calculations and figured that it was reasonable to reach a level of 25 percent within five years. It wasn't a highly quantified thing. Some of the staff didn't even want me to mention a figure. But I thought it would be good to set a target, as long as it was strictly voluntary and didn't involve a lot of regulations." Politicians across the country had bigger ideas. State and city officials enacted laws mandating recycling and setting arbitrary goals even higher than the E.P.A.'s. Most states set rigid quotas, typically requiring that at least 40 percent of trash be recycled, often even more-50 percent in New York and California, 60 percent in New Jersey, 70 percent in Rhode Island. Industries were pressured to set their own goals. Municipalities followed the Waste Hierarchy by building waste-to-energy incinerators and starting thousands of curbside recycling programs-all in the belief that it would be cheaper than landfilling. But the incinerators turned out to be disastrously expensive, and the recycling programs produced a glut of paper, glass and plastic that no one wanted to buy." (Tierney 1996-06-30)
1989 J. Winston Porter left the Environmental Protection Agency and became president of a consulting firm, the Waste Policy Center in Leesburg, Va. By 1996 he was advising cities and states to abandon their unrealistic goals of recycling and he "ridiculed EPA policies he had helped implement saying, "People in New York and other places are tilting at recycling windmills. […] There aren't many more materials in garbage that are worth recycling." (Tierney 1996-06-30)
1991-09 anti-recyclers, Grant Schaumberg and Katherine Doyle, "Wasting Resources to Reduce Waste: Recycling in New Jersey," Washington DC: Cato Institute,
1994-01-26 James DeLong, of the Competitive Enterprise Institute in Washington said, "The solution to the Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) non-crisis is to recognize that trash disposal is a commodity, like coal or asparagus, and to treat it accordingly. The government could establish a few rules to avoid externalities and cost shifting, and then let the free market work. Operating within this framework, waste disposal companies, truckers, railroads, municipal officials, recyclers, waste generators and others could all perform their receptive functions. The result would be a complex amalgam of regional landfills, short- and long-haul transportation by truck and rail, incineration, recycling, and source reduction. In a few years people would wonder what all the shouting was about."
1995 anti-recycler, Jeff Bailey, "Curbside Recycling Comforts the Soul, But Benefits are Scant," Wall Street Journal,
1995-01-19 anti-recycler Lynn Scarlett (Reason Foundation) "A Consumer's Guide to Environmental Myths and Realities," Dallas, TX: National Center for Policy Analysis,
2002 "The continuing dialogue about recycling is well illustrated by the February 2002 response of the National Recycling Coalition (NRC)—one of many groups formed around this issue—to the white paper put out by the EPA. The NRC finds much to approve of in the EPA recommendations but returns to the fundamental issue of sustainability: can we go on producing and consuming and disposing of material goods at an ever-increasing rate?"
2003-09 Daniel K. Benjamin published the report entitled Recycling Rubbish: Eight Great Myths about Waste Disposal with Property and Environment Research Center.
2009-04-09 "From last year's peak, prices [for recyclable material] have dropped 50 to 90 per cent," said Mairi Welman of the Recycling Council of British Columbia (RCBC), a group of government and industry members with a stake in recycling ( "(La Giorgia 2009-04-09).
2009-01 Profix Environnement, an industrial collector of corrugated cardboard based in Laval, Quebec was struggling to survive as the price of cardboard dropped to zero ("(La Giorgia 2009-04-09).
2009 Quebec promised $4.8 million in loan guarantees to support its recycling industry, as well as legislation allowing recycling companies and municipalities to renegotiate contracts ("(La Giorgia 2009-04-09).
Webliography and Bibliography
DeLong, James V. 1994-01-26. "Wasting Away; Mismanaging Municipal Solid Waste." Competitive Enterprise Institute Monograph.
Denison, Richard A.; Ruston, John F. 1996-07-18. "Anti-Recycling Myths Commentary on 'Recycling is Garbage'".
La Giorgia, Giancarlo. 2009-04-09. "No cents in recycling as economy kills demand for material." CBC News.
Munger, Michael. 2007-07-02. "Think Globally, Act Irrationally: Recycling." July 2, 2007. Library of Economics and Liberty. Accessed 2009-04-13.
Tierney, John. 1996-06-30. "Recycling is Garbage." New York Times Magazine.
Benjamin, Daniel K. 2003-09. Recycling Rubbish: Eight Great Myths about Waste Disposal PERC Reports: 21:3.
Caruba, Alan. 2003-01. "The Utter Waste of Recycling."
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UNIVERSITY PARK – Sometimes old ideas are the best ideas, and certainly home canning is one of those. But despite generations of practice, many don't do it properly, warns a food-safety expert in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.
There is no better way to capture a garden's bountiful harvest to use throughout the year than home canning, according to Martin Bucknavage, senior extension associate in food science. And with the tough economy, home canning seems to be on the rise, with people "putting up" jars of vegetables such as tomatoes, green beans, peppers and pickles.
"But after talking with many home preservers over the past year — both those new to canning as well as those who have been processing for a long time — we have found that many are doing it incorrectly," he said. "Some folks are not using approved processes, while others are not using the proper equipment."
Bucknavage urged special caution when preserving nonacidic foods, also known as low-acid foods, because a pressure canner must be used. Foods such as meats, green beans and corn must be exposed to the high temperatures that are only possible under pressure. If insufficient temperatures are used in processing, it is possible for spores of Clostridium botulinum to survive and then grow in the products when cooled.
"The causative agent of botulism, Clostridium spores are found throughout the environment — including in garden soil — and once in these canned foods, they produce an extremely potent toxin that often results in death," he said. "There are always people who will claim that they don't need a pressure canner because their mom or grandma never used one. But these people were lucky.
"It is just not worth the risk of canning these low-acid foods without a pressure canner."
Another risky practice people still employ is canning in their oven, Bucknavage noted. This method is dangerous because it is difficult to generate the proper temperatures needed, and the packaging can be damaged during the process. "Both issues can lead to premature spoilage, the growth of pathogenic microorganisms, or even broken glass jars that can cut you," he said.
Follow scientifically developed canning processes and formulations, Bucknavage advised. He recommended the following: "The Complete Guide to Home Canning and Preserving" (USDA, 2008); "So Easy to Preserve" (University of Georgia, 2006); "Complete Book of Home Preserving" (Ball, 2006); and the "Let's Preserve" series available through Penn State Cooperative Extension.
"All process times in those sources are scientifically validated to ensure safety," he said. "These books are inexpensive and are a valuable resource for the home canner. If your canning book was your grandmother's or your great grandmother's, it is time for a new book.
"Our understanding of the science of canning has improved, and the processes in these modern books reflect that understanding."
Some home canners insist it is possible to safely deviate from the given formulations, but Bucknavage advises against taking such license. "Even small changes in the recipe can change the heating characteristics of the product," he explained. "The times and temperatures are dependent upon how easily heat can get to the 'cold point' of the container. If this heating dynamic is changed, the product may not receive enough heat."
Bucknavage suggested contacting your local Cooperative Extension office if you have questions about home canning.
To download publications from the "Let's Preserve" series online, or to find other home food-preservation information, go to the Penn State Food Preservation Web site. Single copies of the "Let's Preserve" series can be obtained free of charge by Pennsylvania residents through county Penn State Cooperative Extension offices, or by contacting the College of Agricultural Sciences Publications Distribution Center at 814-865-6713 or by e-mail at email@example.com. For cost information on out-of-state or bulk orders, contact the Publications Distribution Center.
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Man who slapped wife sentenced to yoga
It's anger management, judge says
First there was house arrest. Now there's yoga.
A judge ordered a man convicted Wednesday of slapping his wife to take a yoga class as part of his one-year probation.
"It's part of anger management," County Criminal Court at Law Judge Larry Standley said of the ancient Hindu philosophy of exercise and well-being. "For people who are into it, it really calms them down.
"I've thought about taking it myself, but I've got a pretty bad back," Standley said.
Standley, a former prosecutor, has sometimes imposed yearlong jail sentences for similar misdemeanor domestic assaults. But he said the case of James Lee Cross was unique.
Cross, a 53-year-old car salesman from Tomball, explained that his wife was struggling with a substance abuse problem and that he struck her on New Year's Eve during an argument about her drinking.
"He was trying to get a hold of her because she has a problem," Standley said after the court hearing. "I thought this would help him realize that he only has control over himself."
The sentence came as a surprise to Cross, who was told to enroll in a class and report back to Standley on his progress.
"I'm not very familiar with it," Cross said of yoga. "From what I understand, it may help in a couple ways, not only as far as mentally settling, but maybe a little weight loss."
Darla Magee, an instructor at Yoga Body Houston in River Oaks, said she would recommend that Cross take a basic yoga class emphasizing breathing and including a variety of postures -- forward bends, back bends and twists.
"Yoga can help us to get rid of many emotional issues we might have," she said. "It's a spiritual cleanse."
Prosecutor Lincoln Goodwin agreed to a sentence of probation without jail time because Cross had no significant criminal history.
While Wednesday marked the first time Standley has ordered a defendant into a yoga class, he has tried other forms of "alternative sentencing."
He has ordered dozens of people convicted of drunken driving to keep a journal of news clippings about the crime to make them aware of the problem.
Harris County probation officials recently received a $20,000 grant to study whether Standley's journal orders have had any effect on reducing repeat drunken driving offenses.
Nevertheless, the yoga sentence was unusual even for Standley.
"This is not a regular condition I make on people who beat up their spouse," he said. "But he was not your typical serial wife-beater type, based on what was presented to me."
Cross' wife, Wendy, said she thought yoga would be good for him. "I know there are a lot of benefits to meditation," she said.
John Coon, director of the Yoga Center of Houston, hailed Standley's order as "progressive." But Yannis Avramidis, a Houston yoga instructor, derided the judge's move as a reflection of how faddish yoga has become.
They all agreed, however, that yoga may be an effective calming tool.
"If everyone did yoga, we'd have a lot less violence and trouble in the world. Everyone would just be calmer," Magee said. But Cross, she said, "is going to need more than one yoga class."


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Another great game review from Greg Costikyan and his Play This Thing! blog: this time, it's the 2010 IGF China Best Game winner Sugar Cube, a platformer with a novel and ingenious (and addictive!) mechanic:
At various points on the level are hidden items -- often platforms -- that are revealed, and switch "on," only when you pass through or near them. As you move about, the four squares immediately around you are tinted, and show the hidden items. Frequently, there are small "lights" on the screen that show the hidden items, in ghosted form, until turned on; but often, items are revealed only when you activate them. Finally, by holding "shift" while jumping, you can prevent items from "flipping" from active to inactive state.
The result is that each level holds surprises, and you have to learn how to time and use activations to get to the level end (represented by a door); sometimes you want an item to flip to inactive state to get through its location, while often you want to turn it on, to provide a location or item you can use.
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Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, has died on August 25, 2012, at age 82.
Armstrong's subsequent refusal to hog
the public limelight -- his withdrawal into a completely private life, because he
didn't want to take exclusive credit for an achievement that he felt
(rightly) was the product of many brilliant, dedicated, unsung individuals -- is one of the things that, in my mind, most marks him as a hero. And certainly, as an individualist.
His post-Apollo career -- in which he repelled every offer to
exploit his status for glory or money -- is completely opposite the
typical course followed by the vacuous instant "celebrities" of our
morally bankrupt Reality TV era. His life, to the contrary, was the
triumph of private substance over public "celebrity." He simply refused
to sacrifice a personal life and its independence to become some
sort of collective "role model."
Armstrong had begun his career as an engineer's engineer,
as a brave test pilot -- a man for whom the substantive rewards of
conquering Nature were infinitely greater than the illusory rewards of
conquering Society. He later became a teacher and a businessman. All of these were the professions of someone whose focus was on the facts of reality -- not winning the approval and adulation of others.
Neil Armstrong's greatness was not that he
was the first to make that "one small step for a man" that became such "a
giant leap for mankind." His real greatness is that he grasped, at the
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And in that unsung role, as one commentator just put it, his passing is truly "one giant loss for mankind."


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Took a day off today and spent some time researching bluetooth hi-fi, and I've got one big question that begs an answer: Why is one tiny little bluetooth speaker more expensive than a high-quality 2.1 speaker system coupled with a high-quality bluetooth receiver? This makes absolutely no sense to me, no matter how I look at it.
Let's take an example. If you search for popular bluetooth speakers that have reasonable sound quality, you'll stumble across many reviews of either the Bose Soundlink II (from $299) or the so-called Jawbone BIG Jambox ($295). They generally get very positive reviews and are praised for their high quality sound for their small sizes. Let's be clear about that, btw: these speakers are tiny. Maybe I'm getting old, but when I was in my 20's, you'd have a hard time finding any stereo system where one of the speakers were as small as a "BIG" Jambox or a Bose Soundlink.
Now, for significantly less money than one of these tiny bluetooth speakers, you could get a high-quality 2.1 speaker system with built-in amp (e.g. the very powerful, though admittedly not so sleek Pioneer system priced at $145) and then plug in a small bluetooth receiver — the uPlay Puck is supposedly a great one (£60), but there are cheaper ones for around $30 too. You now have a bluetooth speaker system for roughly $200 that will sound significantly better than any $300 all-in-one bluetooth speaker currently on the market.
I tried both the BIG Jambox and the Soundlink II today and the sound was admittedly impressive given the size of the speakers, but these speakers just can't compare even with an old Creative 2.1 computer speaker system I bought some ten years ago for around $75!
So why are these tiny (and tinny) bluetooth speakers so incredibly expensive for what they are? Is portability really that important to people? Or is it just the relative novelty of this all-in-one speaker form factor that makes people want to pay a premium for being able to carry the speaker around and to bring it with them on vacations? Don't get me wrong — I too like the idea portability, but to a slightly lesser extent. I would like the ability to move the speaker between e.g. the bedroom and kitchen, and maybe even the patio on a hot summer day. But there are limits to how much I'm willing to sacrifice audio quality, and besides, I would have no problem carrying the speaker around even if it were 5x as heavy as one of these tiny speakers.
My specific needs would be something equally self-contained and simple as the Bose Soundlink II (meaning one single unit) but with significantly larger speakers built in. Something like a 4-5 kg heavy unit that I could still carry around from room to room but without the big sacrifice in sound quality. Battery would definitely be a bonus, but not a hard requirement. And please, no AirPlay or other nasty proprietary solutions — I'm perfectly happy with bluetooth as long as it has that 3.5mm input jack for those moments when I feel pickier about my fidelity. It should definitely support the apt-X protocol over bluetooth though — this was another thing I learned today: there are different types of bluetooth audio codecs and apt-X is much closer to CD quality, but is unfortunately still pretty rare in dedicated bluetooth speakers (neither the BIG Jambox nor the Bose Soundlink II has support for it, for example).
So basically, take a 2.1 sound system and a little bluetooth receiver and a little battery and put it all in one beautiful case. But here's the catch: it shouldn't cost much more than its tinier siblings, because frankly, the technology exists already and is, as I've already demonstrated, very inexpensive.
Is this all too much to ask for? Has anyone else gone through the same research and had the same questions as I have here? Is there a compromise out there that doesn't come with pointless AirPlay support and proprietary iDevice docks that I'd never use? Are there any sound systems with bluetooth support that are reasonably portable but still prioritize sound quality and don't cost a fortune? I'm not asking for a system that would rival my home cinema — just something that sounds good and is fairly portable (in the 1980's sense). If you have any advice, please leave a comment in the comments section of this post!


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Former Disney pop princess Miley Cyrus has had a busy few days, what with having her old hit "Party in the U.S.A." become a death anthem, to performing Nirvana's iconic 90s anthem "Smells Like Teen Spirit" in concert.
"I wanted to be able to do the music that inspired me," Miley told the crowd during her Gypsy Heart tour.
Kurt Cobain, the late iconic front man of Nirvana said he wanted the Top 10 hit to be "the ultimate pop song," though the song was about anarchism and named after a popular brand of deodorant.
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Miley, who was born in 1992, a year after the single was released, dedicated the performance to her younger brother. "…this song is something I always sing with my little brother who can't be with me on tour, so this song is also for him."


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Mr. Lacunar: "No, I decided not to start it."
Dr. Grumpy: "Why did you do that?"
Mr. Lacunar: "I wanted to see if I'd have another stroke."
Dr. Grumpy: "You did."
A Blog detailing the insanity of my medical practice and the stupidity of everyday life.
I decided to close my eyes and cross the street to see if I'd get hit by a car...
I thought studies have shown that patients are more afraid of strokes and resulting disability than death...
Your reaction - was it really that cool? "Why did you do that". John Wayne would be envious, I think ;-)
It was an honest question. I wasn't being sarcastic, angry, or mean.
Siiiiiiiiiiigh. Oh well, I hope she'll be taking it now? Whatever it takes to get some compliance.
I take it that "Lacunar" stands for something, as do most of your made up names. For the benefit of those of us who are not in the medical field, please, what does it refer to?
Unwired minds waiting(and waiting, and...) for system updates want to know.
WV: ovenophy: The study of ovens?
It's a type of stroke.
If you looked in the dictionary under "dumb f***"...
there would be Mr. Lacunar.
Given his participation in this new stroke one might almost call it an "artisanal" stroke...
"Oh, well I guess I should start taking it then?"
My father was building a shed, when he was 81, he fell off the jury rigged scaffold, hit his head , had sub-dural hematoma, they couldn't give him his nostroke and sure enough, few days later he stroked. His life was miserable after that. Take your nostroke and stay off ladders and such. At a certain age, thought process does stop--of that I am convinced.
lmao @ Terri C! nice one
Another case of self-experimentation. Hope he wasn't driving or doing anything with power tools.
What was he supposed to take, Plavix?
The "post hoc ergo propter hoc" fallacy claims another victim...
Let's hope he's not taking viagra. We don't need any more of "him" running around.
"It was for my son's science fair project"
I smell a paper for the New England Journal of Medicine.
Wadda I think?
Weak logic can be lethally dangerous! Keep your brains in trim, guys!
Deepest respect. My reaction would have been total disbelief.
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Seti@home needs you!!
Posted by dandare on January 5, 2008
Astronomy.com mentions that "Volunteers needed to process data" (posted 3rd january 2008).
It mentions that "The longest-running search for radio signals from alien civilizations is getting a burst of new data from an upgraded Arecibo telescope, which means the SETI@home project needs more desktop computers to help the data" (extract from article). It later goes on to say that
""The next generation SETI@home is 500 times more powerful then anything anyone has done before," says project chief scientist Dan Werthimer. "That means we are 500 times more likely to find ET than with the original SETI@home" (extract from article).
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WoW Archivist explores the secrets of World of Warcraft's past. What did the game look like years ago? Who is etched into WoW's history? What secrets does the game still hold?
On March 4, 2008, Gary Gygax, the creator of Dungeons & Dungeons, passed away. A few weeks later, Blizzard dedicated the final and meatiest patch of the Burning Crusade expansion to Gary's memory.
Unlike the raid- and druid-centric patch 2.1, the big nothing of 2.2, or the old world revamp (and another raid) of patch 2.3, Fury of the Sunwell had boatloads of new endgame content for everyone. Blizzard also provided a trailer for the patch that showed the history of the Sunwell and revealed Kael'thas' diabolical plan.
Redefining realm-wide events
Kael'thas had to be stopped. The naaru convinced the Scryers and the Aldor to work together, forming a new faction to retake the Sunwell at the Isle of Que'Danas. The Shattered Sun Offensive represented a massive evolution of the realm-wide event concept after the very popular Gates of Ahn'qiraj event ushered in the idea. Daily quests, introduced in The Burning Crusade, were the key.
The Gates event required players to gather and turn in crafting supplies. Though you certainly felt like a contributor by forking over dozens of stacks of cloth, the gameplay aspect was lacking. Only one guild per realm could participate in the complete quest line.
On Quel'Danas, everyone could experience the story as it played out. Instead of turning in items, your realm earned credit toward the next phase of the event when players completed dailies. Rather than a one-time event, the phases changed and unlocked different parts of the island to show the Offensive's progress. Eventually the united Scryers and Aldor built a town, complete with a blacksmith for repairs, alchemy lab, portal, and statues to honor the fallen. Each new phase also brought new dailies and new rewards that could be purchased with gold and "badges" (TBC's equivalent of valor points). All of these changes were permanent, so you didn't have to log in on a specific day in order to enjoy them.