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"Wake me up when September ends."
- Green Day
One of the downsides of reading a lot of blogs is the inevitable feeling that you're never doing enough to keep up.
Nearly every day you'll read about one person's marathon, another person's ultra, someone's 80-mile training week, or somebody else's hike to the top of some mountain.
And when you're sitting at home (or – who are we kidding? – at work) reading all of these things, it inevitably makes you feel like your own training regimen pales in comparison. If left unchecked, those feelings can often turn to thoughts of inadequacy and hopelessness.
We're in danger of becoming like an overweight teenage girl watching runway models at a fashion show on TV: after a while, we figure there's no way we'll ever be able to measure up to those standards, so we stop trying.
If that's a familiar feeling for you, then today you've come to the right place. Because with this post I'm going to tell you about all that I haven't done in the past two weeks.
It's traditional for me to go into a hibernation phase for a few weeks following a big race, and ever since this month's triathlon, I've been just about as lazy as a guy can get. I sleep in nearly every day, eat as much as I want to, and do almost no exercise while recovering from the recent event. Believe me - when it comes to being a slacker, I can compete with the best of them.
So here then is my workout log over the past 16 days:
Swimming: none
Cycling: 1 day, 20 miles
Running: 2 days, 9 total miles.
That's it. That's the list.
But I don't stop at mere sloth. I like to add a heaping dose of gluttony into my post-race apathy phase. I've already indicated that I'm a good slacker – but when it comes to eating, I approach Hall of Fame caliber. Think of Elvis Presley circa 1976 (minus all the drugs), and you'll have a fair estimate of what my life is like in the afterglow of a major race.
It's no accident that I don't keep a nutritional sidebar like some bloggers are apt to do. Otherwise I'd have to account for the vast amounts of brownies, muffins, lemon bars, Dove dark chocolate, ice cream, pizza and French fries that I've consumed recently. Not to mention, when I'm in feeding frenzy mode, I'm the Kobayashi of chocolate chip cookie-eating.
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I'm willing to play the fall guy this week, and for the remainder of the month. So go ahead - feel better about yourself on account of my laziness. It's OK, really. I'm fine with it.
If you've run more than twice in the last two weeks, you've done more than me. If you've been out of bed before 7:00 AM, you've had more discipline. Heck, if you've declined even one cookie or said "no thanks" to a third helping of chocolate cake, you've shown more self-restraint than I have. Congratulations.
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- 1 (12-oz.) package milk chocolate morsels
- 1 cup butterscotch morsels
- 1 (14-oz.) can sweetened condensed milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Pinch of salt
- Butter
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- Combine first 3 ingredients in a saucepan, reserving condensed milk can. Cook over medium-low heat until all morsels melt, stirring often. Remove from heat; stir in vanilla and salt. Cool slightly (about 15 minutes).
- Meanwhile, grease an 8" round cake pan or springform pan with butter. Line pan with 2 pieces of plastic wrap, overlapping edges and smoothing out any wrinkles. Wrap empty condensed milk can with aluminum foil, smoothing out wrinkles; place in center of cake pan.
- Stir 1 cup candies and crushed cookies into fudge; spread fudge in cake pan, holding can firmly in center. (A second pair of hands is a big help here.) Sprinkle remaining 1/4 cup chocolate candies over fudge, gently pressing candies into fudge. Cover and chill until firm (about 2 to 3 hours).
- To unmold, carefully loosen edges with a sharp knife, and remove can from center of fudge. Carefully invert fudge onto a plate. Invert again on a serving plate or cardboard cake round for gift giving. Cut fudge into thin slices to serve.
- Note: For an easy gift giving "platter," we wrapped a cardboard cake round with wrapping paper.
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A sorcerer has raw power they throw around, a wizard learns a limited amount of more powerful spells which they are able to cast more quickly, but only temporarily.
So you could make a warlock a necromatic wizard, and a mage a sorcerer. The warlock would blow a soul shard to allow them to temporarily use their more powerful spells, or for greater mobility or defenses, but without the shard they are limited to less powerful abilities. It would make for an interesting resource mechanic a-la Runes or Combo points where a Warlocks power fluctuates depending on Soul Shard up or down time.
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INDIAN RIVER COUNTY -- Three of the county's law enforcement agencies are supporting a web-based alert system for crime reporting, and a fourth may also be on board soon.
The Vero Beach Police Department began working with the online neighborhood alert service UNeighbors in October and presented the program to Vero Beach City Council members during the Dec. 4 meeting.
The Indian River County Sheriff's Office and the Sebastian Police Department have been using the service to assist in crime solving and improving communication with neighborhoods in their jurisdictions for several months prior, and the Fellsmere Police Department is looking into the program as well, said Officer John Morrison, Vero Beach Police Department public information officer.
The power of UNeighbors was evidenced when in October the Vero Beach Police Department posted a message on the website about a bank robbery. A user was able to identify the suspect and the next day the suspect was arrested.
The free service provides two-way communication between members of the community and members of law enforcement about crime issues such as sex offenders and crime alerts, missing persons, lost pets and safety information.
Users can sign onto the website to leave their own observations and information or to see what others in the surrounding area have reported, or they can sign up to receive information alerts via automated phone calls or text messages, Officer Morrison said.
In addition to choosing a type of alert, users can also choose what agencies and types of alerts they want to receive.
Before the UNeighbors program, the fastest way the police department could spread the word about crimes was through an email blast to residents who have signed up to receive them. In all there are about 600 different email addresses in that database.
The department also spread the word using local media such as newspapers, television and radio, but the immediacy of spreading the word about an incident can often make the difference in the end result of a case.
All of those forms of communication will continue to be used by local law enforcement, but the quickness of the UNeighbors program, plus the variety of types of alerts, emails, texts or phone messages, makes this a huge boon for law enforcement, Officer Morrison said.
UNeighbors was created in 2010 and has been used by law enforcement agencies in Brevard County for nearly a year, has 30,000 users and has met with great success, said Shawn Andreas, co-founder of the website.
There are 40,000 registered users in Indian River County.
The program is free to users because of sponsors that pay the costs of running the program in exchange for advertisement on the website, Mr. Andreas said.
People can report issues either using their names or anonymously. The email addresses and contact information entered by the users are kept confidential and not considered public record, Officer Morrison said.
There are 77 requests to implement the program in cities around Florida, Mr. Andreas said.
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Hmmm ... things might not be so festive in the Spelling/McDermott household this holiday season if there's even an iota of truth to this report. A woman is claiming that she slept with Tori's husband Dean a few weeks ago. Radar Online dishes that the 28-year-old unnamed woman met Dean at the Pravda Vodka House in Ontario, Canada. He reportedly slipped her his room key and phone number and things went on from there. You won't believe his excuse as to WHY he's supposedly cheating on the mom of his four kids.
Let's back up a sec, though ...
Keep in mind, this is just gossip, but the woman claims that she showed up at Dean's room and when he wasn't there she sent him a "threatening" text message saying she was going to leave in five minutes. Suddenly, he appeared.
Inside Dean's hotel room, he was complimentary, telling the woman how "beautiful" she was. But the woman, apparently not one for romantic overtures, told him to can the "bullshit."
So far, I can see why he was attracted to her!
Anyway, after that they supposedly had "absolutely protected" sex (good thing, Dean does NOT need one more child and can't afford that vasectomy) and then had some post-coital chat about Tori.
More From The Stir: Tori Spelling Can't Afford What?!?
According to the woman, Dean told her: "I love my wife. I love her so much, but she just won't sleep with me." She says she, "didn't ask why because it was awkward."
Err, you mean more awkward than sleeping with a married man and then discussing this wife?
Given that both Dean and Tori were married when they met, Tori has in the past expressed concern that Dean would cheat on her -- and maybe it's finally happened. Or at least this is the first time we're hearing about it.
Hard to believe that Tori won't have sex with Dean -- the fact that they have four kids speaks otherwise. But four kids could also mean she's done being a baby factory. Can't blame her, really.
On the other hand, this all could be a bunch of phooey nonsense, who knows.
The woman apologizes to Tori and says, "I'm an adult and I make my own decisions. I'm sorry. I f**ked up."
But apparently the opportunity to make a buck by sharing this (possibly completely bogus) story with a tab was just too tempting to resist!
Do you believe any of this?
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of course two people can have sex without getting pregnant..hello birth control.....do i believe he cheated? yea after all he was married when he started banging her..but i doubt this woman is as sorry as she claims
I'm not surprised. If they cheat with you, they will cheat on you.
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Briton Michael Banks became the oldest person to scale the Man of Hoy when he achieved the climb in 2000 at age 77.
A man who drove a tractor over a glacier and later became the oldest man to scale the Man of Hoy, the tallest sea-stack in Britain, has died.
Michael Banks, a former British Royal Marine, was 90 when he died Saturday, The Telegraph reported.
Banks coupled his career as a Royal Marine with expeditions around the world. In 1952, one such expedition took him to Greenland. He was tasked with driving one of four tractors to a base camp.
The Telegraph reported that the drive took an unexpected detour across a glacier. At one point, the tractor Banks was driving fell into a crevasse and was left dangling. Banks managed to cut the engine to prevent an explosion and free a co-driver pinned in by dislodged baggage; both men left the incident unharmed.
That was only one of Banks' many adventures. He was also an avid climber.
The Telegraph reported that in 1990 Saga magazine sponsored Banks' climb of the Old Man of Hoy, which stands at 449 feet.
At 67-years-old, Banks achieved the climb. When he repeated the feat for the third time in 2000 at age 77 he became the Oldest Man of Hoy.
Saga sponsored many of his other mountaineering expeditions, including to the 21,758-foot mountain of Jaonli in northern India.
Banks' wife Pat O'Docherty predeceased him. The couple had no children.
The Telegraph did not list a cause of death.
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Bootsanator said...
Devs (or whoever those blue people were) have said that it's not an Instance, it's Phased. You know how you can't see other non-phased people when you do the mana cell quest in northern blade's edge, but you can see the phased people? Same thing.
Totally agree.
I am rolling a hunter right now. He is level 16 orc and I think everyone is doing the same. I have seen like 10 hunters in my area around my level. The crossroads is packed again and Barrens chat is alive and well. I think there is a mad rush to 70 happening right now. So soon after the expansion goes live all these new 70s will just keep questing to 80 without having to stop off an do instances.


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Hello all,
With over 3300 attendees in 2011 from over 40 countries, the DEVOXX is the biggest vendor-independent Java conference in the world. The 5 day conference will be held in Belgium in its 11th edition from 12th-16th of November 2012.
This year, we have a new track called "Future<DEVOXX>" where we would like to speak about technologies that are outside of the "business as usual" of the classic (Java) developer. A link to Java is nice but not mandatory.
The Call for Paper period is passed and we have some talks about Arduino projects. However, I would like to have more coverage on Arduino and I'm wondering if some is fancy to speak in Belgium.
This new track has the smallest room, which is however for 300 people, so I'm looking for rather confirmed speakers. All sessions are recorded by a professional team.
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Volunteering for Festival's success
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Has anyone ever wondered who actually rolls out that red carpet for that festival premiere? Or who makes sure that the crowds don't mob the celebrities when they parade in front of the world's cameras? It's time to shine a spotlight on the volunteers and event managers who toil behind the scenes to smooth our Festival lives in front.
This year, DIFF has recruited more than 600 volunteers who ensure that no stone remains unturned. They are mostly recruited through their colleges but there are people who still turn up everyday to register as volunteers.
Sahebveer, 20, a student at Dubai's EMDI college who is both a volunteer and an event manager here at DIFF explains: "I had 15 people working under me and we were responsible for setting up the red carpet, decorating and putting up the poles to make the place look good. The funny part is that I helped set up the red carpet and I have no idea, which celebrities walked on it. But it still felt nice to see them walking on the very thing that I had worked on."
Kajal Ramchandani, 17, a media student at Middlesex University says that she volunteered because she felt that the experience would help her to understand her field of interest better. "The whole experience has been amazing for me, she says. "Before I had no idea how difficult the job of a PR agent is. They constantly have to be on their toes and I can only imagine how stressful that job would be, handling the press along with the stars is not easy."
Although they are unpaid, volunteering yields other benefits too. As Ramchandani notes: "Yes we're not getting paid but we do get free food coupons at the end of our shifts and if our shift is at a movie theatre then we can just go in and watch the movie after we're done with our work. So it works out fine for us."
The HR and Volunteer Supervisor of the DIFF, Deepika Chambial spoke in detail about the responsibilities of the volunteers, "The shift timings are very flexible. Some people do a shift for 2-4 hours while some work the whole day. There are 14 departments for the volunteers to work in such as Marketing, Dubai Film Market, Registration, Admin Office etc. There are more male volunteers coming to work in the evening so there is more or less an equal balance between the male and female volunteers. 90 percent of them are students but we do have some people with full time jobs who come to work in the evening or on the weekend."


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12 Foods You Should Try at Least Once
The Atlantic
We're proud to say that we've covered several of the foods on The Atlantic's "must try" list (tempeh and cardoons come to mind). Which ones have you eaten?
This is not a list of far-out exotic foods you have to travel to the ends of the Earth to find. We think the point of this list is to highlight some common foods that may have a bad rap (like okra or anchovies, both pictured above) or simply might be unfamiliar to you.
• Read the full list: 12 Foods You Should Try at Least Once, from The Atlantic
One food we do take exception with: South Carolina Mustard Barbecue. To us, that's a dish, not an ingredient or a food you can experiment with in your own kitchen. Kind of like saying, "You need to try peaches, mozzarella cheese, and, oh, my mother's famous moose lasagna."
Otherwise, we definitely earmarked a few items we're eager to try, and there are links to articles to give you more information.
Related: 5 Exotic Foods We Want to Try (Plus 5 We Really Don't)
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I've only had canned anchovies and I love them but would love to try some freshly caught and appropriately prepared ones. My mom used to make cardoon when I was a kid and I didnt' care for it but who knows, I may like it now. Most of the foods on the list I've tried and like!
I LOVE okra! And eel! I definitely have some things on the list left to try though!
How does one prepare okra? The Chinese lady at my farmer's market always has it, but I don't know what to do with it and have heard it can get slimey.
The only way I cook okra is sliced in rounds, rolled in cornmeal, and fried in a very small amount of oil. AFAIC, that's the ONLY way to cook it. ;)
It's also used as a veggie-plus-thickener in gumbo, but I don't recall that I've ever had a gumbo containing okra--it's usually too spicy for me.
Add to that list Chesapeake Bay Blue Crabs (swoon) and venison
Mmmmmm, eel. One of my favorite foods of all time. But then, I have too many bad memories of eating crappy, cafeteria fried okra...so no, no thanks on that one.
There are things here I want to try, like the squash blossoms, but a lot of them (fresh fish, currants) I can't get. And for what it's worth, honey bees around here LOVE the "weedy clover you can find in your backyard"--and yes, it makes tasty honey.
I've had everything on the list except cardoons. Does anyone know where to get them in Chicago?
i would agree and say okra is pretty much only good fried because it is so slimy. im a southern girl and i haven't really seen it any other way.. besides boiled yuck
I've never even seen a cardoon (in real life; I've heard of them). Strangely I have never had a zucchini blossom. And I never ate eel in any recognizable form (I've had it in sushi). I wanted to try smoked eel in Amsterdam last spring but it was expensive!!!
I HATE tempeh, one of the few foods I truly despise.
If ever you need a convincing reason to try okra... give my mom's okra recipe a whirl:
I don´t understand why anchovies are in an special category separated from other blue fish?!?!?!
After living in the US for 3 years I missed the most blue fish. Don´t understand why US don´t like it being tastier, healthier, cheaper... and then it ends used for fishing or as meal for Salmons, piglets, etc... Pitty
Bluefish is delicious fresh out of the water or smoked, but it does deteriorate quickly and gets that fishy quality that a lot of people don't care for in oily fishes--much stronger than salmon. It's not a fish I would ever buy in a shop. I only eat it when it is right out of the water.
Mmm, okra.. Always good fried.
If you put it in your gumbo, only add it 30-60 minutes before serving or it will get too mushy.
What a random list of "must try's" Okra and anchovies were about all I agreed with. And am I wrong, but isn't 99% of honey you get at any old grocery store clover honey? People seek out tupelo or orange blossom or some really unique good honeys...but clover honey? eh. To each their own I guess.
I will say for okra though if ya'll not sure about it do try it. Its good but don't you dare put it in my gumbo. Yuck.
As a kid, I always asked my mom to get me a bag of dried anchovies at the Asian grocer and ate them by the handful. I've eaten plenty of eel in my day, too, mostly at sushi restaurants, but I think my grandmother prepared it at some point, too. (There's really no way of telling what she made that I ate since she prepared many traditional—and what Americans consider exotic—Filipino dishes.) And I've eaten plenty of okra in my day—mostly the fried kind. Lastly, zucchini blossoms are great fried and eaten in tacos, which the Mexican side of my family does.
Clover honey is okay, but doesn't strike me as a must-have honey. Perhaps lavendar or orange blossom, but clover is pretty much all over the place in California, where I live.
Oh, and for those that want to try tempeh in a non-Asian dish, I can't recommend this recipe for tempeh sausage crumbles enough—it's great on top of buttered toast with wilted spinach. The key to cooking tempeh is letting it simmer in water to reduce its inherent bitterness. And all of the strong spices really punch it up a lot!
I've had the squash blossoms (mine from my butternut and crookedneck squash plants), clover honey, tempeh (not a fan), eel, and okra.
I've never seen fresh currants before and everything else is uninteresting to me. It's a pretty random list.
My favorite preparation of okra is pickled okra (as opposed to pickled cucumber).
You can buy jars of it at the grocery store - I like Texas Pete brand.
And okra belongs in gumbo! It's one of the standard ingredients.
Zucchini blossoms - I look at flowers, not eat them. Cardoons: since I detest celery, I wouldn't ever try this.
Currants: absolutely LOVE currant jelly. Clover honey: just as good as wild honey. Both are SO much better than store bought. Feta: love every cheese I've ever tried. Tempeh: probably would not try. Bluefin: I'm a midwest beef eater. Keep your fish. Eel: ditto bluefin. I won't eat rattlesnake either. But, raccoon is good if it's fixed right. Anchovies: ex-husband ate these his pizza. I could rarely finish my half because the oil from the fish permeates the entire thing. Pasta Germe de Grano: love all kinds of pasta. S.C. mustard bbq: not per se. We bake our ribs in mustard before grilling and adding our BBQ sauce. Okra: had it; hated it; will never eat it again.
Do dried currants count? I've had the honey, anchovies, feta, and eel, but eel the Dutch way- smoked. Its one of the most delicious foods I've ever tried. My dad and I used to share an eel when I was a kid.
Zucchini blossoms were a very popular restaurant dish a couple of years back here in Australia.
@williamsweyr You might be interested in the eel, if you've not had it. It is not very 'fishy', and in fact the first time I had it (prepared as kabayaki, cooked with sweet sauce) it reminded me a lot of bbq pork.
--A Cajun restaurant in Seattle used to have big jars of pickled okra on the table to snack on while waiting for the meal. So very very good, and you avoid the slime (which I don't mind but others do). (I so miss that restaurant. Volterra, the Italian restaurant that replaced it, is quite good, but...)
--In Germany they sell fresh red currants as rote Johannisbeeren, and I live on them all summer. I'd always thought of them as too tart to eat by themselves, but they're not. They're just on the edge of too tart... Mix them into quark and there is nothing better. And, ok, sprinkle some sugar on top if you must. But they're really really good.
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Let the charities take care of the poor! (And also of a lot of other stuff.)
If you've been here long, you won't be shocked to hear that I'm not impressed by a lot of what American conservatives have to say about domestic poverty. (Though I do appreciate the basic political courage it takes for an elected official to even use the word.)
Yet there is at least one idea from the right that I'm more or less on board with: we should be very careful about cutting the tax deduction for charitable contributions. I believe in the charitable deduction for at least two reasons. First, because private charities are sometimes better at fighting poverty than the government is. Second, because higher taxes sometimes mean less voluntary giving to help the poor.
But the key word here is "sometimes." I've written before about how little interest I have in purely theoretical debates about private vs. public aid. Lots of Americans seem to think the government is categorically inept at doing good; I think that's ridiculous. As for the opposite argument, it comes up mostly as a straw man—I know a lot of liberals, and none of them thinks that government help is always the best option—but for what it's worth, that would be ridiculous, too. The question needs to be particular: what's the best way to get this good thing done? Answers will vary.
As for people who give less when Uncle Sam takes more, there's certainly evidence that this happens. But, as I also argued in the piece linked to above, that doesn't make it a zero-sum game—overall, higher taxes don't mean comparably lower giving (pdf).
More importantly: as a recent report from Giving USA found, most of the money we give to charity doesn't go toward helping the poor at all. So assuming the goal is to actually do something about poverty, the suggestion that lower taxes = more giving = [just as good + more freedom!] is pretty much a nonstarter.
Also: the biggest recipients of American generosity? That would be churches and other religious organizations, which alone take in almost a third of our giving. Of course, most church budgets aren't exactly dominated by anti-poverty initiatives.


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(thanks again for the projectors!)
Matt, is the multiplexer still available?
Yes, the multiplexer is still available.
(As are most things in all honesty)
Sent you a PM.
Any chance you can do an edited list so we can see whats still available ?
Only the projectors have gone so far. I have people interested in a few items but no definate takers on anything else yet.
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Remotely controlling digital cameras with gPhoto
Taking a Series of Pictures
In the example provided in Listing 4, gPhoto takes five pictures at ISO 200, aperture 2.8, at intervals of 10 seconds. It automatically transfers the images to the directory from which you ran the command.
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Remotely Controlling the Camera
$ gphoto2 --set-config capture=on --set-config eos-iso=200 --set-config eos-aperture=6 --frames=5 --interval=10 --capture-image-and-download
Because the camera transfers the images directly to the disk, without the use of intermediate storage, you don't even need a memory card for this step. However, make sure the camera does not generate RAW and JPG images at the same time; otherwise, the large RAW files will soon fill up the cache because the application only auto-transfers and deletes the JPG images from cache memory. If the images are not automatically transferred to your computer, you can use --capture-image instead of --capture-image-and-download.
If you do not want to limit the number of images and let gPhoto take snapshots until your disk is full, or the battery is dead, delete the --frames switch from Listing 4. If you want the software to perform some action after transferring an image, you can specify the --hook-script=File option, which will launch the specified script (File; e.g., to rename or move an image, upload an image to an FTP server, or even send an email).
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Former Maryland center Alex Len will miss the remainder of the NBA's Summer League after suffering an injury, the Phoenix Suns announced on Sunday.
Through injuries and setbacks and a scuffle with Nick Young, it has taken former Maryland center and current Phoenix Suns rookie Alex Len some time to get acclimated to the NBA.
Perhaps it was a sort of introductory NBA course for Phoenix rookie center and former Maryland big man Alex Len. If it was, it will now cost him.
There's one thing Maryland knows for sure heading into this 2013-14 basketball season: Alex Len ain't walking through that door.
Just when you thought it was football season, Maryland basketball comes back into the picture.


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First DriveThere's blood in the waterHistorically, the Mercedes-Benz C-Class was an automotive afterthought; as one ec contributor wrote, it was the Benz you drove only until you could graduate to that larger, more prestigious model. The 2008 C-Class is a different sort of animal, purpose-built to attract not just potential entry-level Mercedes-Benz customers, but also woo devotees of other premium compact sedans, specifically the BMW 3 Series and Audi A4.
The new strategy has never been so evident than in the high-performance iteration, the C63 AMG. Its mission is clear: annihilate the BMW M3, wipe it from the face of the Earth. Not a simple task, perhaps, but the latest offering from Sindelfingen and Affalterbach must have certain bodies in Munich breaking into cold night-sweats.
For the first time in the company's 40-year history, the C63 will feature an engine built entirely in-house by AMG. This 6206cc V8 develops a maximum of 451 hp at 6100 rpm, and peak torque of 443 lb-ft at 5000 rpm. More significantly, 80 percent of that torque is available from 2000 rpm to the car's 6250-rpm redline. There's virtually no situation where you'll be at a loss for acceleration. Each AMG engine is based on the 'one man, one engine' principle, wherein a single technician hand-builds a complete V8 engine from start to finish, and each completed engine receives its builder's signature on a plaque, mounted front and center on the powder-coated intake runners. The procedure says a lot about AMG's attention to detail for each specific car it turns out.
The car still relies on a true automatic to mediate its seven forward gears, but it's more responsive than you'd ever dream-smarter and more skilled than most of its drivers will ever be, I have no doubt. In sport auto mode, its propensity for up- and downshifting, according to driver aggression and throttle angle, seems truly clairvoyant. There is the option of driving in 'comfort' auto mode or full manual, wherein gears are selected using wheel-mounted aluminum paddles. Actual gearchange speeds become 30 percent quicker in Sport (compared to Comfort), and a full 50 percent quicker in Manual. There's even a throttle blip on each downshift for clean rev matching and jolt-free gear changes (it also sounds great).
Response in Manual is surprisingly quick, while normal automatic operation is smooth and seamless, offering what does, in fact, appear to be the best of both worlds. I mainly left it in sport auto, which is suitable for 90 percent of the spirited driving I'd ever want to do on public roads.
The C63's suspension features wider front and rear track widths, along with a larger torsion bar stabilizer and dampers fitted with rebound buffer springs in front, and reinforced drive joints and shafts in the rear. The ride is comfortable-taut but never jolting. The steering also features 'modified characteristics' courtesy of AMG; it feels about as meaty and precise off-center as anything I've driven recently, either at low or high speeds.
The C63 is the first AMG model to feature three-stage ESP: On, Sport, and Off. Sport allows more leeway for ham-fisted maneuvers, intervening with individual wheel braking and accompanying reduction in engine torque at higher dynamic thresholds. For the truly brave, ESP Off offers no intervention in the car's handling dynamics and no reduction in engine torque. In each mode, ESP's normal functions can be restored by pressing the brake pedal. Predictably, the big-bore V8's huge potential can easily unsettle the rear end, though with ESP engaged, the drama is generally not threatening.
Build quality seems typically solid. The cabin is well appointed and smartly laid out. The front seats are particularly nice, with adjustable lateral bolsters and two types of lumbar adjustment. Ergonomics are really good and the interior is sporty, engaging and much more intimate in a way the larger Mercedes platforms are not.
On top of the standard car, which is spectacular, the AMG performance package option adds a locking rear differential, stiffer spring rates, composite brake rotors and an Alcantara-appointed sport steering wheel.
M3 killer? We'll see. One thing's for sure: though an official MSRP hasn't been announced, I can't imagine this car will be anywhere close to cheap. At any rate, Mercedes claims it will be positioned well against its competition-and that includes pricing. We'll find out for sure early next spring.
2008 Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG
LayoutLongitudinal front engine, rear-wheel driveEngine6.2-liter V8, dohc, 32-valveTransmissionSeven-speed automaticSuspensionThree-link with anti-dive and stabilizer (f)/multi-link with anti-squat, anti-lift and stabilizer (r)BrakesFour-wheel perforated discs, ABS, Brake Assist, three-stage ESPDimensionsL/H/W (in.): 186.1/70.7/56.7Wheelbase: 108.9 in.Curb Weight: 3814 lbPerformancePeak Power: 451 hp @ 6100 rpmPeak Torque: 443 lb-ft @ 5000 rpm0-60 mph: 4.4 sec. (est.)Top Speed: 155 mph (limited)What we like: Unrivaled power in its class, superb automatic gearboxWhat we don't: Seems unlikely its base price will undercut the new M3The Price Tag:TBA


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Galco's Soda Pop Stop
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- missredbeet Oct 19, 2006 01:08 AM
I know, i know. The high fructose corn syrup. But c'mon. Go and have a pop and some necco wafers. It's a fun little outing. Plus they have a lot of different, weird beers and pint glasses from the breweries. You won't believe all the pop they have. Celery Soda! Sounds gross (and it kinda was) but it was fun to try.
I love this place. The owner is really nice and he has a little deli in back. I'm not sure why--probably because he just wants to-it's a mini, mini version of Bay Cities. The sandwhich part of Bay Cities.
I haven't been in awhile and I'm heading there this weekend.
The owner of this place hates high fructose corn syrup also. There are plenty of sodas there which are sweetened with real sugar.
From what I understand, originally it was an Itaian market way back when the neighborhood was mostly Italians. The last of the old market is the Deli stand.
Yeah, the owner is a nice guy and if your looking for an old soda you had when you were young he will search for it if he doesn't have it all ready. ALso, they have a pretty good selection of old candy favorites.
The beer selection is very good. If you are the adventurous type then this is the place for you. Everything from Kosher brew to high alcohol content. It's fun just to read the labels.
This place is ONE of a kind, glad that it is here in L.A.
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Hi.. Love Galco, for the sodas. However, formerly in several old threads, I've not been too kind about the deli section of the store. In retrospect, I feel my words regarding the deli were overly harsh, and therefor I retract those old statements. They were largely in response to Huell Howser's hyperbole, I now realize. Sorry...
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I'm sure Huell forgives you.
The sandwiches aren't super, but they're good. And they make a nice accompaniment to whatever soda or beer you pick up.
They also have a good selection of "old-time" candies (oops, noticed this is mentioned above). They have sodas and beers from various parts of the country and world.
It was an Italian deli/market awhile back, but not "way back." I'm not that old. I don't think that part of Highland Park was ever an Italian neighborhood, or any part of Highland Park, for that matter.
re: slacker
Actually, there was an Italian presence in the Eagle Rock/Highland Park area many years ago. Hence the existence of Casa Bianca.
re: scoot
I'm sure there was a presence, but not a neighborhood of "mostly Italians" as referenced above. Also, Eagle Rock and Highland Park are two species, even though close together, but the lines probably aren't quite as pronounced as they used to be.
There's also Foliero's on Figueroa in highland park, a pizza place that's been around for many years. We used to go there all the time and ordered the deluxe, great thin crust pizza. They moved across the street some years ago. I ought to try it again after all these years.
I loved the owner's response when I asked him what his favorite of the sodas are: "The ones I can't get my hands on yet!" and rattling off a few names of sodas that apparently have very limited production/distribution.
Gotta love the guy :D
re: reality check
really?? I always think the girls are so nice!
re: missbrusselsprout
Yeah, it's never made any difference for me whether the owner is around or not. I've never had a bad or lacking experience there.
Galco's is classic.... I usually combined it with two stops in the area:
> The Seafood Truck that parks in front of Sycamore Grove Park
> El Huarache Azteca... a few blocks from Galco's has good Barbacoa with Consomme on the weekends (but they usually run out before 3 PM)


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Debate: Technology will eliminate the need for human employees, and the unemployment rate will increase.
Technology is an easier and faster way to get a job done. It is obvious that technology increases the profitability of companies throughout the world. So why would I hire a human rather than purchasing the technology when the costs of them are the same?
Discuss the situation where you are going to choose one of them with equal conditions (conditions means the costs and several types of expenses).
Topics: society technology
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Nov 22 2012: Technology has created very dumb and enslaving jobs. It began with agriculture and got worse with the age of industry. So a member of the most outstandingly creative species on this planet can be witnessed to sign a 30 year contract for a job that requires half a dung beetle's brain.
This is the self-perpetrated crime against humanity civilizations are responsible of.
But if technology is the poison, it is also the cure. Boring jobs will eventually disappear. Where I live, it's hard to find a job similar to that of Charlie Chaplin in Modern Times. Not just because someone in Bangladesh has it covered, but because brainless tasks have become automated, as they ethically should.
To get rid of dumb jobs you need technology. You need innovation. And this is the future of employment : jobs that contribute to the effort of killing stupid jobs.
ps : everyone on earth was unemployed before the presence of technology. Technology creates jobs, period.
Nov 23 2012: 'ps : everyone on earth was unemployed before the presence of technology. Technology creates jobs, period.'
But this is no answer to the original question. It is not asked if technology creates jobs, it is asked, if this technology which creates jobs is going to 'eliminate the need for human employees'.
Would you share your view on this aspect?
And what do you think about jobs which do not require 'Charlie Chaplin' style 'dumb people' but also those which require high skills, education and creativity?
In chess technology already managed to outrun our human grand masters. And what will happen to employees when the first 'intelligent and creative' robots become available and this at a price of a fraction of long term human employment?
For example, some very high skilled, trained and 'intuitive' people - jetfighter pilots - are becoming already and also in another way an endangered species by Drones.
Any geek would be able to play those 'games' without dealing with any g-forces, stress and fear. And the military is already working on autonomous systems to replace even those geeks at one day.
What do we do with all the people who will, sooner or later, have no alternative jobs to earn their living?
The scope of this questions goes way beyond 'dumb and enslaving jobs' as technology will not stop there and so will the economy...
Nov 23 2012: Don't stop there. What are people, in the end, but bits and pieces of machinery that technology could easily mimick?
What then, when technology allows you to build people?
With everything available all around you for nothing. With machines willing to pick up anything you dropped on the floor, you'd still want to get busy at something. People nowadays might call it recreation, but in the future, people's jobs might be playing videogames with virtual salaries, just useless scores. Or people might work on their TEDcred.
Wealth and employment are drifting away from each other.
Nov 23 2012: 'Wealth and employment are drifting away from each other.'
Yes, but for this I don't even need any advanced technology. What is your opinion on this your statement? Is this ok for you? Do you mind? Could you be affected by it? Are you affected by it already?
What can this 'virtual salarie' buy? Food, clothes, housing, energy? Or just 'upgrade items' for my videogame avatar?
Access to basic needs is wealth to me, what is it in your scenario?
I have no trouble to picture your idea of this 'bright future', what trobles me is the process of transition to finally get there. The current system does not lead to it and it uses technology for its own simple 'greed' mechanism only. So how do you get to your point in time without poverty of the masses, without hunger, starvation and even more wars for resources?
Technology still is our tool, not our master, so how do we use it wisely? Any suggestions?
Nov 23 2012: "So how do you get to your point in time without poverty of the masses, without hunger, starvation and even more wars for resources?"
I have access to the same technology, pretty much, as any billionaire. This is because companies like Samsung are greedy. They know that if they find a way to make cell phones cheaper, they'll sell more of them. Someone building cheap solar panels will be rich. He might be environment-concerned, or he might be a capitalist bastard, who cares : the result would be the same.
The current system allows technology to be democratic.
'Wealth and employment are drifting away from each other.'
Yes I think that's a good thing, because wealth-driven employment is not homo-sapiens friendly.
Nov 23 2012: I understand that you have no suggestions. You choose to ignore that cheap products often stem from cheap labour and that those who made them can't affort them. Do you think Apple is successful because their design team is based in California? Or is it China who makes this possible? And how many Chinese assembly line worker do you think have their own i-products?
The current system only seem to allow technology to be democratic, but think globally, look at the whole picture and you may understand what I was trying to make understandable. Well, probably not ...
'... wealth-driven employment is not homo-sapiens friendly' to you, yet you seem to react provoked if someone states that capitalism is driven by greed. Honestly, I don't understand your true thoughts on this, as you are not explaining how a 'homo-sapiens friendly' system would look like to you. Maybe you could share this view in case it differentiate from the 'status quo'.
And no, not any result justify the means. The pollution of this planet is one sign that is doesn't. But on the current wave of ignorance you probably don't care as well.
In this case we then desagree.
Nov 23 2012: " those who made them can't affort them."
That's true. But it seems to be on the decline. The gap between rich countries and poor countries is diminishing, everyone knows that. And the cause of this is not philanthropy.
The polution on this planet is only due to expensive and wasteful technology. It's a necessary transition towards a greener (cheaper) way of life.
Nov 23 2012: it is the opposite of the truth. in fact, the jobs that gets automatized are the most monotonous, less satisfying, most back breaking jobs. nobody wants them back. nobody wants to plough with an ox or horse, let alone without it. nobody wants to pick fruits by hand. nobody wants to wash clothes in the river. nobody wants to carry around water on their shoulders. machines save us from these awful jobs.
Nov 23 2012: You missed my point, I think, because I agree with everything you say. Let me clarify.
Hunter-gatherers "worked" two days a week, and had the rest of the time off. The back breaking activities you mention came with agriculture. Plows were perhaps supposed to create constant food with little effort, but in the end, people just started to work their asses off, tempted by the wealth their could build. I was suggesting that we might be heading towards a ballance between our biological needs to laze about as much as possible and our limitless appetite for wealth. Hence I expect our descendants to have exciting jobs for a couple days a week, with every dumb task left to machinery. Unemployment would not necessarily result in misery, but people like to have jobs nonetheless.
Nov 23 2012: interesting. i wonder what made man abandon leisure, and start to work more when agriculture came about? certainly they had a choice, as they could just opt for doing farming on a lesser scale. maybe that "leisure" was more like unwanted idle time during which they could do nothing to further improve their condition.
Nov 23 2012: Why you ask?
I see people all around me who are willing to trade 30 years in a factory for a home with three bedrooms and a shiny car. They could do just fine if they work three times less. So why don't they?
Children in settled tribes spend a lot more time left to themselves, crying, while both parents work their asses off, and play time is replaced with field work and household chores as soon as they can stand. So much for "improving their condition". But people always want more. Right?
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a delicious chowder, nice way to use hot-smoked salmon. fast and easy, one can make a batch in just a few minutes. i think next time i will try frozen or canned corn to make it even easier.
Sweet Corn Chowder with Hot-Smoked Salmon
Photo: Randy Mayor; Styling: Leigh Ann Ross
The fish, used in place of the bacon often found in traditional chowder recipes, adds heart-healthy fats and protein. Great made ahead, this soup gets better with time.
Yield: 4 servings
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Amount per serving
- Calories: 310
- Calories from fat: 21%
- Fat: 7.4g
- Saturated fat: 2.6g
- Monounsaturated fat: 2.3g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 1.2g
- Protein: 18.6g
- Carbohydrate: 45.5g
- Fiber: 6g
- Cholesterol: 22mg
- Iron: 1.8mg
- Sodium: 832mg
- Calcium: 43mg
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 2 cups chopped onion
- 1 1/2 cups cubed peeled baking potato
- 3 cups fat-free, less-sodium chicken broth
- 1 1/2 cups fresh corn kernels
- 1 (15-ounce) can no-salt-added cream-style corn
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1/8 teaspoon ground red pepper
- 2 (4.5-ounce) packages hot-smoked salmon, flaked
- 4 teaspoons chopped fresh chives
- Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add onion; sauté 4 minutes. Add potato and broth; bring to a boil. Reduce heat, and simmer 10 minutes or until potato is tender. Add corn kernels and cream-style corn; cook 5 minutes. Stir in peppers. Ladle 1 1/4 cups chowder into each of 4 soup bowls. Divide salmon evenly among bowls. Garnish each serving with 1 teaspoon chives.
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SF Good Questions: Help Me Find a Lamp Shade?
Dear AT readers, I recently won this mid C cork and teak table lamp on eBay, and now in a desperate search for a nice shade. I'd love something edgy between oriental and modern style and preferably in orange or tangerine. Please help me to find something along these lines. Regards,
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cool lamp!
heres an orange drum shade...
lamps plus also has some cool striped drum shades like this...
and i like this one...
Buy a paper drum shade at a hardware store and cover it with Marimekko fabric.
This place:
Has absolutely beautiful, funky, custom fabric shades that would be perfect for that lamp. I've seen them in many orange/corals/reds.
Have a look at
I have dressed all my vintage Danish Modern lamps with these shades using neutral shade colors and leather lacing.
No shade. Get rid to the harp and put in one of those globe bulbs and just let that baby shine.
along the lines of quiltmaster...lamp is unique enough, don't drown it out with some guady shade. keep it simple. restoration hardware has a decent selection and is super affordable.
Those plain white Ikea ones, simple and cheap and will play off the lamp's heavy bottom.
I'm not sure what shade would work, but this is a great lamp shade site
I didn't know ebay gave things away?!!
Actually, I presume you didn't "win" the lamp, but instead "bought" it.
One of my pet peeves is people saying they "WON" something when they didn't really win it at all.
Oh, for goodness sake Daily - they 'won' the auction, didn't they? I'm pretty sure that most people know how eBay works, so that's a bit of pointless nitpickery.
Anyway, it's a gorgeous lamp base. I vote for something like the Ikea shade too, but if your decor centres around orange hues, I could see an orange drum shade working.
If you want some wild retro beauty, Etsy seller hunkydory does lovely work with barrel shades