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public static void main (String[] args)
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double money;
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public class Lincoln7
public static void main (String[] args)
int units;
double money;
money = 16.65;
units = (int)(money * 100.0);
System.out.println ("wrong answer " + units );
Answered already in cross-post in another forum.
For anyone who can relate to this issue, see the answer here: double to int conversion -- 3 simple lines of code -- prints wrong answer 1664 - why?
As for jayjay, although cross-posting is allowed, you should always make us aware that you have done so, as to not waste anyone's time.
Please use [highlight=Java]//code goes here...[/highlight] tags when posting your code
Answered already...You know, just because the question was posted on another forum and received a response doesn't mean we can't have something to offer. Even if we don't think it's worth our while, I don't see any reason to be churlish about it....see the answer here...
Furthermore, regardless of the Original Poster's point of view, I come here to learn, and so do lots of other people. There are literally hundreds of people who come to javaparogrammingforums.com each and every day to pick up hints and kinks and insight about problem solving with Java. Instead of giving them links to other places, maybe we can give other places reasons to give links to us.
I mean, after pointing out the reason for the "wrong" answer (inexact representation of decimal fractional numbers as internal binary floating point numbers) maybe someone could point out there is a static Math function that rounds a floating point number to the nearest integral value.
The result is still a floating point number, but its fractional part is equal to zero. Then, when you convert that rounded value to an int you get the "right" answer.
I mean, different people have different ways of trying to help, just as different people have different ways of learning. The way I see it, brushing people off is a really, really (really) good way of making sure they won't bother us again and make us "waste our time" trying to figure out a way to help.
On the other hand, some people's idea of giving help might include an example:
money*100.0 = 1664.9999999999998, (int)Math.round(money * 100.0) = 1665
Heck! We might even give them a reference for further amusement and amazement: Java Math Library
At least one member here has posted a link (numerous times) to a fine narrative explanation of floating point number representation and its implications for Java programmers. Maybe that person can chime in with that excellent link. (I don't have it at the tip of my fingers just now, but here's a fairly complete description at Wikepedia.)
Now, I am new to Java and new to this forum, so maybe I shouldn't be so "preachy," but sometimes I just can't help myself.
Last edited by Zaphod_b; August 29th, 2012 at 07:09 PM.
Well if the OP didn't cross-post in the first place we wouldn't be having this discussion.
The post at the other forum had sufficient information for the OP to do research himself, which would benefit his learning to a greater extent.
You giving him the code and a pat on the back is just going to make him bash the code in, find that it works, and think no more about it. In my eyes, this isn't a very beneficial approach.
Of-course my point doesn't have such a great impact for such a small problem, but the principle remains.
Please use [highlight=Java]//code goes here...[/highlight] tags when posting your code
curmudgeon (August 29th, 2012)
Not churlish, I think, just blunt. The "direct, cut-through-the-bullshit communications style" that esr talks about.Even if we don't think it's worth our while, I don't see any reason to be churlish about it.
When responding to a cross poster I will include the links - because the original poster should have. If I think the question has been answered, I'll say that to save people wasting their time. Of course an answer that satisfies me and an answer that satisfies the OP may not be the same thing! But it's up to the OP to seek clarification as part of the ongoing dialogue they have started.
Personally I'll think twice (and a third time) before contributing anything to a discussion that's been cross posted. It's confusing at best and suggests to me (rightly or wrongly) a poster who isn't prepared to put as much into a thread as all the other respondents combined. That's a tall order, and I can't enforce my expectation: all I can do alert others to the cross post and walk away. Others need not feel this way, but a cross poster ought to be aware that many will.
Maybe the floating point link is this one: What Every Computer Scientist Should Know About Floating-Point Arithmetic
It's often cited and very good. But, I feel, maybe too mathematical. Often what is needed is some appreciation in general terms about how a floating point quantity differs from the infinitely precise numerical values of mathematics. And, as in this case, about what (int) does and the library methods available (as in #4).
curmudgeon (August 29th, 2012), Norm (August 29th, 2012), Tjstretch (August 29th, 2012)
Another point of view: anyone researching their own problem and finding a thread on his topic would like to be able to read what others had posted on another forum. By providing a link to the other forum, that OP can go see what else was said.
Also, as you (Z) point out, perhaps the answers on the other forum weren't very good, then you can add enlightenment on this forum. If the forums are cross-linked, then anyone researching a problem can get lots more answers.
If you don't understand my answer, don't ignore it, ask a question.
I appreciate the reasoned, articulate, and civil responses.
I would like to apologize for the following transgressions (no excuses):
- By including editorial material in the form of a challenge I provoked responses. My challenge did nothing to add to the value of this thread, and in fact distracted from any useful information that might have been offered. If I felt the need to express my concerns, I think it would have been more proper to open my own thread in the Cafe section of the forum and invite discussion there.
- The information that I proffered answered a question that was not asked.
If the Original Post had asked "how do I get the right answer," I would not have given complete example code, but would have showed the link to the Math class and mentioned that the round() function could be used. Sometimes I think value can be added by expanding (a little) beyond the question. That may or may not be appropriate, but if I felt the "need" to expand beyond the limits of the original question, it still would have been more proper to stick to the "no spoon-feeding" protocol that is one of the very good features of this forum.
I come here not only to try to learn some Java, but also to try to learn how to help others. I'll try to do better.
Bottom line:
"I never learned from a man who agreed with me."
---Robert A. Heinlein
curmudgeon (August 30th, 2012), pbrockway2 (August 30th, 2012)
Z, you're doing great. I wish I was as articulate.
If you don't understand my answer, don't ignore it, ask a question.
For those interested in the discussion within the crosspost, see
double to int conversion -- 3 simple lines of code -- prints wrong answer 1664 - why?
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- Serves: 10 to 12 servings
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Saffron matzo balls:
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- 2 teaspoons extra-virgin olive oil
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- 1/4 cup water
- 1/3 cup freshly chopped parsley leaves
- 2 tablespoons kosher salt
- 2 teaspoons garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 2 cups matzo meal
- 2 1/4 teaspoons baking powder
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- 4 quarts chicken stock
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
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- 1/2 cup diced (1/4-inch) green bell pepper
- 2 tablespoons freshly chopped cilantro leaves
- 4 garlic cloves, minced
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To make the matzo balls, bring a large pot of salted water or chicken broth to a boil over high heat. Whisk the eggs, oils, chicken fat, water, parsley, salt, garlic powder, and pepper in a medium bowl. In a separate bowl, add the matzo meal and sift in the baking powder. Mix together, then fold into the eggs. Cover with plastic wrap, pressed tightly against the batter and refrigerate for at least 1 hour, or overnight.
Moisten your hands lightly with water and form the matzo mixture into 24 walnut-sized balls. Carefully drop the matzo balls into the water or broth. Reduce the heat to medium and partially cover. Simmer gently until the matzo balls are cooked through, about 40 minutes. Using a skimmer or slotted spoon, transfer the matzo balls to a large bowl of cold water.
Meanwhile, make the soup. Bring the chicken pieces and stock to a boil in a large pot over medium-high heat, skimming off the foam that rises to the surface. Reduce the heat to medium-low. Simmer, partially covered, until the chicken is tender, about 25 to 30 minutes. Remove the chicken from the soup. Remove and discard the skin, shred the meat into bite-sized pieces, and reserve the meat until service. Return the remaining bones back to the broth and simmer for 15 to 20 minutes more to further develop the soup's flavor.
While the soup is simmering, heat the oil in a medium skillet over medium heat. Add the onion, tomatoes, red and green peppers, cilantro, garlic and saffron. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables in the sofrito are tender, but not browned, about 8 minutes. Add the hot sauce, if using. Set the sofrito aside.
When ready to serve, strain the soup and discard the bones. Return the soup to the pot and stir in the sofrito and chicken pieces. Add the matzo balls and simmer until the matzo balls are heated through, about 5 minutes. (The soup and matzo balls can be prepared up to 2 days ahead, cooled, covered, and refrigerated. Reheat before serving.)
Ladle the soup, along with sofrito, chicken and matzo balls into bowls and serve hot, with an optional drizzle of the additional melted chicken fat (schmaltz).
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The 2013 Super Bowl will kick off today at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, LA.
Responding to a satanic commercial that Mercedes-Benz made for the SuperBowl, A longtime reader of FOTM alerted us to a disaster in the making in the Louisiana bayou — a humongous sinkhole in Napoleonville called the Corme sinkhole that, if the salt dome collapses, will be as big as 30 football fields! The reader wrote: "In the Dark Knight, there's a huge explosion – which begins underground – at a football game. I don't look for prophetic events in movies, but things are really strange lately."
As you can see in the Google map image below, Napoleonville is 75 miles west of New Orleans.
I pray and hope that nothing untoward happens at the Super Bowl today (other than the usual trash at half-time like that satanic performance by Madonna last year).
Here are some pictures of the Corme Sinkhole, followed by a news account.
La. salt dome collapse 'sinkhole' lake might be 30 football fields large
By Deborah Dupre – Examiner.com – Dec. 17, 2012
Louisiana Office of Conservation and Shaw Environmental and Infrastructure scientists have estimated that the Napoleonville Dome Collapse, the Bayou Corne "sinkhole," could ultimately cover the equivalent of more than 30 football fields, or about 40 acres.
"If Highway 70 is shut down, we are shut down from the rest of the parish," said Jamie Ponville, owner of Pierre Part-based Jamie Ponville Trucking LLC. Ponville was expressing one of many issues worrying Cajuns in the area of the collapsing 1-mile by 3-mile Napoleonville Salt Dome. Their Acadian homes balance above the dome and its ongoing leaking gas and earthquakes.
Scientists believe the "border of the maximum expansion of the sinkhole is anticipated to be well short of reaching Highway 70 and the Bayou Corne community," says Louisiana Department of Natural Resources spokesman Patrick Courreges.
The collapsing area, filled with salt water and hydrocarbons with traces of hydrogen sulfide and radioactivity, once hidden by swamp oaks and other sub-tropical flora, can now be viewed from Hwy. 70, as this author observed and reported from the area in November.
The center of the Napoleonville Salt Dome is south of La. 70 and east of Grand Bayou, the collapsing slurry area, the "sinkhole," and Bayou Corne.
Grand Bayou and Bayou Corne communities are both on top of the dome that stores pressurized oil- and gas-related chemicals.
From this historic event's onset, when the collapsed area called a "sinkhole" was less than an acre, scientists and officials warned that the collapsing area consuming part of Assumption Parish was destined to continue growing.
The giant collapsing area in the swampland between Bayou Corne and Grand Bayou was reportedly found on Aug. 3 on property Texas Brine leases from Los Angeles-based Occidental Petroleum Corp., rarely in the news regarding this disaster.
Since this event's onset, the collapsing Napoleonville Salt Dome "slurry area" has been swallowing trees, some over 100-years-old, on the western edge of the now 40-acre disaster site.
The discovery of the collapsed area followed two months of locals' alarming reports to officials that earthquakes and gas bubbles were occurring. It was the "sinkhole," however that prompted Gov. Bobby Jindal to declare a mandatory evacuation of approximately 150 homes.
Although the salt dome slurry area has increased four fold, the mandatory evacuation area has not, despite public outcry for the governor to expand the evacuation zone. The Louisiana governor has yet to make a public appearance at the 6-month disaster area. Such an appearance would provide national news attention that locals want, but not necessarily what the oil and gas industry want.
"Every day, the fossil fuel industry spends $167,000 on lobbying , and millions yearly on campaign contributions," writes Adam Greenberg in partnership with GlobalPossibilities.org. "They spent $367 million on TV ads this past election alone. These lavish political expenditures ensure that politicians are more beholden to the fossil fuel industries than they are to We the People. Against the direct interest of America, they have set up a government largely of the fossil fuel industry, by the fossil fuel industry, and for the fossil fuel industry."
In August, that industry caused a four-mile stretch of La. 70 between Bayou Corne and Pierre Part to temporarily close. The cause was attributed to "powerful forces" from an "unknown source," as local officials had said. Those forces bent a gas pipeline up and to a right angle the day after the collapsed area in the swampland 50 miles from Baton Rouge was reported.
"You know that's the main corridor for four parishes," said Police Juror Henry Dupré.
Since 2003, the troubled swamp area has had three road closures due to oil and gas industry events. Those closures were noted when the Assumption Parish Police Jury adopted a an Aug. 22 resolution calling for the Louisiana Department of Transportation (DOT) to research a new "bypass" north of La. 70 to link it at the intersection of La. 69 and La. 996.
The DOT is seemingly moving at geological pace, only now announcing it will start preliminary plans for a new highway in case the new lake covers Hwy. 70.
Closures between La. 1 and La. 69 occurred in 2003 near Grand Bayou due to a gas leak at a well that pushed remaining residents, some who had been there for generations, off of their treasured land. Another closure occurred in 2010 when an oil well near Paincourtville, several miles down the road from Grand Bayou and Bayou Corne, had a blow-out.
The collapsing dome area, the so-called sinkhole, is west of La. 69 and south of Hwy. 70.
Subsidence on the perimeter of the dome has averaged about a quarter-inch annually, according to an August report, according to the Advocate. That concurs with an earlier report of a local fisherman, Harry Boudreaux, who said months ago that the dome has been sinking for a long time.
Bourdreaux used to crawfish in the 1960s near the area where the collapsed dome slurry now is. He'd have to climb a fence near Hwy. 70 and then, hike 500 feet through the woods to get to the once pristine bayou filled with critter edibles. "Now the fence is underwater and water's right up against the road," Boudreaux had said. "I think the whole dome is sinking."
(See: Louisiana sinkhole engulfing entire 1-mile by 3-mile salt dome, Sept. 30, 2012)
Stephen Bauer, a geologist with Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, N.M. with extensive salt dome research under his belt, said that the official August report shows typical subsidence for a salt dome containing oil and gas industry-related storage caverns.
Subsidence happens due to man-made environmental modification (ENMOD), removing material from underground and the salt creeping and closing in the hollowed out caverns.
If the new lake covers and closes Hwy. 70, it would cut off Bayou Corne and Pierre Part from nearby highways north and south that provide a direct route toward La. 1 and Napoleonville. Drivers would otherwise need to drive all the way through Morgan City or White Castle.
At the current rate of expansion, the collapsing salt dome area will engulf Hwy. 70 before the state's transportation department's "preliminary study" is due for completion, unless the sinkhole grows only in one direction – away from the highway, which has not been the case thus far. That is why it is now observable from the highway and was not before November.
If the collapsed area reaches the anticipated size, fears of it being a human and environmental sacrifice zone, as Dr. Wilma Subra discussed last week, will be realized.
The collapse will join Bayou Corne and Grand Bayou, as this reporter has suggested earlier. This man-made oil and gas industry disaster is destined to destroy life in those two vital streams.
Of equal consequence, it will also destroy one of the nation's most precious and unique cultures, South Louisiana Acadians, Cajuns who have been squarely centered on those bayous for centuries.
To help protect human rights of Assumption Parish residents, sign the petition telling Governor Jindal to do the right thing and expand the mandatory evacuation zone. See: http://www.examiner.com/article/nation-tells-jindal-to-expand-la-sinkhole-evacuation-area
Deborah Dupré is author of "Vampire of Macondo," 450 pages of censored stories about Corexit and the BP-wrecked Macondo Prospect in the Gulf of Mexico, continuing to cause catastrophic human devastation, that also continues to be covered up.Suggested by the author:
- Sinkhole: H-Bomb explosion equivalent in Bayou Corne possible
- Entire salt dome collapse under La. sinkhole possible
- Louisiana sinkhole radiation abuse and cover up continue
- Louisiana sinkhole sacrifice zone
- Sinkhole residents demand Gov. Bobby Jindal meeting
- La. sinkhole Big Hum 1000s feet deep might be leaking, new precautions


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The Blue Jays placed reliever Darren Oliver on the 15-day disabled list on Friday with a left shoulder strain, clearing roster space for Sean Nolin, whom the club already had announced would start Friday night's game against the Orioles.
The DL stint is retroactive to Sunday. The 42-year-old southpaw has a 3.18 ERA in 17 appearances this season.
To make room for Nolin on the 40-man roster, the Blue Jays transferred left-hander J.A. Happ to the 60-day DL. Happ has not thrown off a mound since he was struck in the head by a comebacker two weeks ago. While his head injuries are mostly healed, he also suffered a sprained right knee that has delayed his return.
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WSP - May 1 (Dayton, OH) - first wsp show in 8 years
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Inspired by the cosmopolitan lifestyles of Manhattan, New York, The Iveria offers 51 three bedroom + study units ranging from 904 square feet (sq ft) to 947 sq ft. Unit prices start from $2.35 million.
The Iveria, a 51-unit freehold residential project at 2 Kim Yam Road in prime District 9, is set to open for sales preview on Saturday (9 November).
Jointly developed by Macly Group and Lim Wen Heng Holdings, the project offers three bedroom + study units with sizes ranging from 904 square feet (sq ft) to 947 sq ft. Unit prices start from $2.35 million, but there's an additional 3% early bird discount during the preview sales period.
Expected to obtain TOP in December 2022, The Iveria has a site area of 14,691.78 sq ft and a built-up gross floor area of 53,537 sq ft.
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Facilities at the development include an infinity pool, fitness and hammock corner, gourmet dining, sky deck and cascading terrace.
Featuring luxury finishes as well as contemporary and minimalist urban interior design, all units are smart home-enabled, with smart-parcel box for online deliveries. Residents of higher floor units will enjoy unblocked views of the city skyline with Marina Bay Sands in the distance.
The Iveria is a mere five to 10 minutes' walk to the Orchard Road, Robertson Quay and Somerset MRT station. It is also a short drive to the central business district.
The project is also close to all amenities from work to play, wellness, and nature as it is near a 24/7 supermarket, shopping malls, bars and transport links.
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In the age of Obama, racial attitudes have become more complicated and nuanced than ever before. Inspired by a president who is unlike any Black man ever seen on our national stage, we are searching for new ways of understanding Blackness. In this provocative new book, iconic commentator and journalist Toure tackles what it means to be Black in America today.
Toure begins by examining the concept of "Post-Blackness," a term that defines artists who are proud to be Black but don't want to be limited by identity politics and boxed in by race. He soon discovers that the desire to be rooted in but not constrained by Blackness is everywhere. In Who's Afraid of Post-Blackness? he argues that Blackness is infinite, that any identity imaginable is Black, and that all expressions of Blackness are legitimate.
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(Pocket-lint) - Sitting in the business class of computers, the Twist offers a powerful Windows 8 laptop, with a twisting screen that allows it to become a tablet - albeit rather a chunky and functional-looking device.
While it lacks the funky Dell screen which flips over, we're fairly sure that the Twist has a more sturdy mechanism and will likely outlast the Dell. And that's important if this machine ends up in the hands of demanding business users, who travel a lot, but are expected by their IT departments to keep computers for as long as five years.
At the Windows 8 launch event, where we got to play with the Twist, the spec sheet read as having a 128GB SSD, and an Intel Core i7 processor. The machine itself had an i5 sticker on, but it's always hard to know from such a brief look if there will be a whole range, or if the i5 is just a prootype, or pre-production sample. However you look at it though, this is a powerful machine, and there's 8GB of RAM in there to keep things running.
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The Central Connecticut baseball team scored nine ninth inning runs to force extra-innings and came away with a 13-12 victory in the series finale at Quinnipiac on Sunday. The Blue Devils trailed 10-3 entering the ninth inning but scored nine runs to take a 12-10 lead. Quinnipiac scored twice in the bottom of the inning to force extra-innings.
The Bobcats appeared to win the game in the bottom of the ninth on a home run with two runners on base. However, the batter was called out for passing one of the runners and Quinnipiac would only score two on the play.
The win is the 499th in the career of head coach Charlie Hickey, moving him to within one win of reaching 500. He has his first chance on Wednesday on the road at Hartford.
The victory moves the Blue Devils to 24-24 overall and 13-15 in Northeast Conference play. Central took three of four from Quinnipiac over the weekend.
Down seven runs heading into their final at-bat, the Blue Devils scored nine runs on six hits, including a grand slam from junior Dylan DelaCruz to take the 12-10 lead. DelaCruz finished the day with two hits and five RBI, giving him an impressive 13 RBI in the four-game series with the Bobcats.
With the score tied 12-12 in the 10th, DelaCruz's sacrifice fly gave the Blue Devils the lead for good.
DelaCruz finished the weekend 10-for-19 with four home runs, 13 RBI and seven runs scored. He now leads the Blue Devils in hitting at .356 on the season with five home runs and 30 RBI.
Juniors Josh Ingham and Anthony Turgeon each drove in two runs in the victory. Ingham ended the game 4-for-6 and also scored twice. Sophomore Dominic Severino also had four hits, scored twice and drove in a run. Central had 17 hits and walked eight times in the win.
In addition to his four hits Ingham picked up the win on the mound. He pitched the final two innings and allowed one hit while striking out one. The win was his first of the season.
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Informations about hotels, boarding houses and residences in Alta Badia. Search and find here your ideal accommodation. Here you can find additional information about garnis, bed & breakfast and mountain inn's:
Located in a wide, sunny basin at the foot of the Sassongher mountain and at 1568 m above sea-level, Corvara could reasonably be defined as the heart of tourism in Alta Badia. Already by the second half of the 18th century locals began to climb the surrounding mountains and lead the first tourists - at that time known as "foreigners". With the inauguration of the first ski school after the First World War and the construction of the Col Alto cable way in 1938 (substituted by the first chair lift in Italy in 1947) the green light was given to winter tourism. Establishments offering accommodation and recreation of a very high level and tour operators of a high professionalism have helped to make Corvara one of the most sought after tourist centres in the Alps. Not to be forgotten the magnificent landscape that you can enjoy from the Pralongià plateau: from the Marmolada glacier to the Austrian Alps.
Tourist office: Corvara:
Tel. +39 0471 836176 - Fax +39 0471 836540
Protected by the imposing Sella Mountain and the Sassongher Mountain , Colfosco, situated in the extreme south of the Puez - Odle National Park is the highest inhabited place in the Alta Badia at 1645 m. Characteristics of this enchanting village is its picturesque Gothic church, which has become a classic in photos of the Dolomite area. The particular atmosphere of a high alpine village is linked with avant-garde tourist a facility which makes Colfosco an attractive destination in both summer and winter.
Tourist office: Colfosco:
Tel. +39 0471 8361450 - Fax +39 471 836744
La Villa
This is the most central of the villages in the Alta Badia, located at the foot of the Gardenazza and the Piz La Villa, dominated by "Ciastel Colz", an old manor house in the old part of the village where the church can also be found. For over 10 years La Villa has been the centre of attention following its holding of the Ski World Cup event on the "Gran Risa" slope which makes up part of the "classic" events on the white circuit. Every year around mid-December the caravan of Alpine skiing arrives in La Villa where an atmosphere of festivity and joy is created for a couple of days, which is typical of an international sporting event. With the conclusion of the event, La Villa returns to its natural state of calm.
Tourist office: La Villa:
Tel. +39 0471 847037 - Fax :+39 0471 847277
S. Cassiano
In this little village at the foot of the majestic walls of the Conturines, La Varella, the Settsass and the Lagazuoi the mountainous environment has managed to adapt to the demands of the holidaymaker. S. Cassiano boasts a long tradition of accommodating tourists with a high number of 4 star hotels. Immersed in the beautiful scenery of the Dolomites, S. Cassiano is a much loved tourist centre in both the winter and the summer. Very charming is the area Armentarola - in the winter it is a paradise for cross country skiers and in summer a departure point for walks in the middle of the green beauty.
Tourist office: S. Cassiano:
Tel. +39 0471 849422 - Fax : +39 0471 849249
The village is situated at the foot of the "Sasso S. Croce" mountain that is tinged with pink when the sun sets. This phenomenon is known as the "Enrosadira". The village, which is small and thus very charming and quiet, is the ideal destination for those of you who prefer staying in a family environment with a simple yet appetising cuisine that harks back to yesteryear. Pedraces is known for its beautiful nature walks and its romantic atmosphere and so is ideal for a winter and a summer holiday. The "Photographic Emblem" of the village is the S. Croce chapel, a place of pilgrimage that dates back to the 16th century.
Tourist office: Badia
Tel. +39 0471 839695 - Fax : +39 0471 839573
La Val
There is nothing better than spending a day with the family or with friends, in direct contact with the natural environment. Alta Badia offers various opportunities. The perhaps smaller and quieter place in Alta Badia is La Val. Here you can wander up surrounded by fields and woods and this is the ideal environment for a very relaxing holiday. There is a good choice of accommodation on offer including "agriturismo" (farm holidays), at very interesting prices.
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Wednesday, August 01, 2012
Sunday pancakes with crushed berries
If you're thinking that those are tiny green gooseberries and our famous cloudberries, you're wrong. The green berries are actually blackcurrants* (Ribes nigrum) - yes, you read it correctly - and perfectly ripe ones at that. The green blackcurrant variety is called "VERTTI", and it was released by MTT Agrifood Research Finland in 1986. The berries have the typical pleasant blackcurrant flavour, but are sweeter, a bit milder and less sour - perfect for eating straight off the bush! (On the upside - the birds don't seem to want them, as they're having hard time spotting them in the first place. More berries for us!).
The yellow berries are simply golden raspberries or yellow raspberries, an albino variety of your regular red raspberry (Rubus idaeus). It's a local variety called "HELKAL", developed at the Polli Horticultural Research Centre in Southern Estonia during the last century and officially registered in 2004.
Once you've filled your stomach with the fresh berries au naturel, you can get a wee bit more adventurous and mash some of the berries with some sugar:
And enjoy with your Sunday morning pancakes. Isn't it just a glorious and unusual colour?
Enjoy! Bon appetit! Head isu! :)
* I came across this interesting bit of information about blackcurrants in the US. Fascinating!
Blackcurrants were once popular in the United States as well, but became rare in the 20th century after currant farming was banned in the early 1900s, when blackcurrants, as a vector of white pine blister rust (männi-koorepõletik, mida põhjustab roosteseen, mille vaheperemeheks on sõstrapõõsas), were considered a threat to the U.S. logging industry. The federal ban on growing currants was shifted to jurisdiction of individual states in 1966, and was lifted in New York State in 2003 through the efforts of horticulturist Greg Quinn. As a result, currant growing is making a comeback in New York, Vermont, Connecticut and Oregon. However, several statewide bans still exist including Maine and New Hampshire.
Since the American federal ban curtailed currant production nationally for nearly a century, the fruit remains largely unknown in the United States, and has yet to regain its previous popularity to levels enjoyed in Europe or New Zealand. Owing to its unique flavour and richness in polyphenols, dietary fibre and essential nutrients, awareness and popularity of blackcurrant is once again growing, with a number of consumer products entering the market.
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- patsifist said...
Noja mina mõtsin, et mille kirevase pärast siin isegi mustsõstraMOOSI poes saada pole, mahlast või marjast endast mai unistagi...:S Farmer's Marketil küsisin kah vaarikaid müüvate inimeste kääst, et kas sõstart kah äkki oleks, kõik laiutasid vaid käsi. Tähh info eest!
- 5:12 am, August 02, 2012
- Unknown said...
As an American reader, I found your historical note about currants very interesting. I never knew that the US government had banned currant farming for so long!
My father planted red and black currants in our garden when I was young, sparking a life-long love of them. It's frustrating that the fruit is so hard to find over here (and prohibitively expensive when it does show up!) but someday I will have a garden and plant my own. I'm making a note of the green blackcurrants, because they sound delicious!
- 11:57 pm, August 02, 2012
- ChichaJo said...
Berry envy!!!
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The last time Tom Stevenson remembers pecan disease being as bad as this year was in 1994, when a tropical storm stalled over south Georgia and dumped record rainfall in 24 hours – deadly flooding followed it.
In the region left swamped, growers were unable to get into orchards to work.
Though not deadly, record soggy weather dominated the Southeast in many areas this summer. It left pecan orchards vulnerable for a big attack from the crop's No. 1 enemy. The fungal disease scab scars husks, cuts yield and hurts quality.
"We've had some wet years before, but not like it has been this summer where it has rained all summer long," said Stevenson, a south Georgia-based pecan orchard manager.
Stevenson has managed pecan orchards for 40 years and currently oversees 5,000 acres. This year, he said, to try and stay ahead of the disease, his orchards got 16 or 17 fungicide sprays, or twice as much as in a normal year, costing $600 per acre this year for fungicide applications. Again, that cost is double what it is typically.
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"(Producers) will need to watch for (scab) next year, too, because there will be plenty of inoculum out there to over-winter on the tree limbs and if we get a warm, wet spring next year, they will need to get out there early to spray because there is no magic juice to spray to kill it and it is hard to play catch up with it once it starts," Stevenson said.
Georgia's the top pecan-producing state. Roughly half the state's 150,000 acres of commercial orchards are planted in scab-susceptible varieties, like Desirable, Schley and Pawnee, said Lenny Wells, University of Georgia Cooperative Extension pecan specialist. The Desirable variety produces the desired nut quality and size the market likes most now.
Some growers, Wells said, sprayed upwards of 20 times to try and stay ahead of the disease this summer. If more than 25 percent of a pecan shuck is covered in scab, there will be losses. But when it hits a small, developing nut early, and if it is not managed or can't be managed on a timely schedule, the nut turns black and falls. "Scab statewide is the worst it has been in 10 years at least," he said. "And in some locations it is worse."
Weather conditions in 2013 much like 2003
Scab claimed about 20 percent of the crop in 2003. Wells pulled weather data from April through August in 2003 and compared it to the same timeframe in 2013. "It's almost identical data when you compare 2003 and 2013 with both rain amounts and frequency," Wells said. During the timeframe, it rained more than 25 inches with as many as 75 days of rain in some locations in Georgia.
Pecan trees are alternate-bearing, meaning they produce a full crop every other year. Most trees in Georgia are on the same cycle, and this is an "off" year for Georgia pecans. Earlier in the spring, the crop looked set to make 80 million to 90 million pounds. But with the rainy weather and scab problems, Wells figures that potential statewide production likely will fall between 65 million and 70 million pounds by the time harvest ends later this year. Georgia's record is 150 million pounds, set in both 1993 and 2007.
But unlike 2003, though, growers have more products and better practices to fight scab, even in bad years, Wells said. And, most importantly, growers have a bigger incentive to fight the disease to max out yields. "A lot of it now is nuts are worth more and growers are more willing to spend money on them," he said.
The U.S. pecan industry has hit a boom in recent years with exports to China now vying for near half of the U.S. production each year. Where once prices fell into a production-driven boom or bust cycle, steady high prices, or $2 to $2.50 per pound, have put orchard management on the front burner for established growers and those looking to expand in it.
Pecan is a relatively small part of the United States farming economy, but it is big business in Southern states, particularly Georgia where it is worth more than $250 million annually and growing. Georgia is set to remain the top pecan-producing state. Nurseries that supply new trees are booked up until 2015, which means in the next two years acreage in Georgia could jump another 20,000 acres.
Nuclear year for disease
Getting ready for a Florida pecan grower meeting in early September, Tim Brenneman pulled a picture of a nuclear bomb explosion up on his computer screen. Said he was going to start his presentation on the 2013 pecan year with that picture to describe what scab has been this year. "It's been a nuclear year as far as scab explosion," said the UGA plant pathologist based in Tifton, Ga.
"A year like this will show weaknesses in the system. I think we do a good job on scab control, but in a year like this one growers can see what isn't working," he said.
For example, on his travels around the pecan-growing region in Georgia it is not hard to see how well or bad spray coverage has been for fungicide treatments. Many locations have scab prevalent in the upper canopies where spray booms didn't reach.
Pecan growers have good chemistries to fight scab with several modes of action, including strobilurin, triazole, triphenyltin hydroxide, organotin. Plus, an old tried-and-true chemistry called dodine is once again working on scab in Georgia, where growers stopped using it many years ago because it had lost some effect on the disease. But it seems to be working again, especially in combination with the other chemistries.
Brenneman is now working with a new chemistry that is not yet labeled for pecans, but he says it "shows great promise" in fighting the disease and hopes it will soon be labeled for pecans.
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I have been reading a little about this. While researching, I found a website about using kitty litter in fish tanks and koi ponds. It was on this site that I read quite a bit about sodium betonite actually being a known low-level carcinogen. A quick search confirmed this. There is another bentonite clay, calcium bentonite, which is much safer, but harder to come by in the US. Evidently it is the non-clumping variety.
In reading various posts and articles, I find that both types are used internally and externally (food grade, NOT kitty litter), depending upon what is needed. I also found instances of animal toxicity from sodium bentonite. (confirmed by a vet, according to the poster). I guess in my mind, I would want the calcium bentonite over the sodium bentonite – eg the non-clumping cat litter to smear on my face. 🙂
This is just crazy…but makes sense too, and I can't wait to try it. LOL


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By HENDRICK SIMOES | STARS AND STRIPES Published: October 4, 2013
MANAMA, Bahrain — While the "Pay our Military Act" spared military paychecks from the impact of a partial government shutdown, tuition assistance and other military educational programs fell victim to it.
Every military branch has stopped processing tuition assistance applications until either a continuing resolution — a stopgap spending measure — or budget to fund the government for Fiscal Year 2014 is passed.
"Tuition Assistance funding for those classes starting after Oct. 1 will not be available until ... funding is released," according to a post on the U.S. Navy's official 'Navy Live' blog site. No tuition assistance documents will be processed, it said. All Navy College offices are closed.
Marines and Sailors can still apply for tuition assistance online, but applications will not be processed until the government reopens, according to officials from both services.
The Air Force issued a statement saying all tuition assistance for classes starting on or after Oct. 1, the start of Fiscal 2014, would be suspended until further notice.
"Airmen with approved TA for FY14 may incur debt with their school should they attend classes," Kimberly Yates, with the Air Force force development office, said in the statement. "Students should take action to withdraw from their current class or pursue using another funding source, such as the Montgomery GI Bill or the Post 9/11 GI Bill."
The U.S. Army's GoArmyEd tuition assistance website posted an urgent message on the suspension.
GoArmyEd "will reject all approved and pending TA requests for classes scheduled to start on or after" Oct. 1, until Congress adopts either a budget or Continuing Resolution. That means that any approved tuition assistance requests for classes that start during the shutdown are essentially void, and soldiers may incur debt if they attend those classes.
Soldiers will be able to resume filing tuition assistance requests once the situation is resolved, but will not be able to request assistance for classes that started during the suspension, the website said.
"These actions are unprecedented in the history of the Army's TA program, but we are bound by budgetary law," the Army posted on its GoArmyEd Facebook page.
While many soldiers posted comments thanking the Army for keeping them informed, others seemed befuddled. "You would have thought that money for courses starting next week would have been obligated before the 1st," wrote one commenter.
This is not the first time budget struggles have affected tuition assistance. In March, the Army, Air Force and Marines abruptly halted tuition assistance because of sequestration budget cuts, but the assistance was reinstated by Congress in an appropriations bill, amid an outcry from servicemembers, veterans groups and military advocates.
About 300,000 servicemembers used the military tuition assistance programs last year. Tuition assistance provides eligible servicemembers up to $4,500 per fiscal year and a maximum of $250 per semester hour to cover tuition and allowable fees.
At the U.S. Navy Base in Bahrain, Marcus Johnson, a University of Maryland field representative, said he has been fielding questions from concerned sailors, who are expressing "a lot of worry about when they are going to be able to use their TA."
At least for UMUC classes, "there is still time," Johnson said. The next semester of UMUC classes starts Nov. 3.
Other educational benefits have also been affected. Navy officials say during the shutdown there will be no counseling or educational services available, including language and testing services. Even the Virtual Education Center is closed.


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