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Essential tools every kitchen should have
The kitchen is commonly addressed as the heart of the house. This is the place where meals are cooked, and the family gathers to enjoy the meal. However, the kitchen is unable to function without few essential items. These essential items are varied tools that help one to cook and prepare meals. Whether you cook sumptuousness meals everyday or simple ones, these tools are utmost necessary in every kitchen.
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Good quality cutting knives – the first item in the list of essential tools for the kitchen are good quality cutting knives. The cutting knives will assist you to cut and chop vegetables, meat and other items to meet your cooking requirements. The knife set should also include a butter knife. There are some special knives also available for gourmet cooking such as pairing knives, cleaving knives, filet knives and cleavers.
Cutting board – if you do not wish to destroy your counter top as well as the knives, then it is advisable for you to invest in cutting board. Cutting boards are available in varied sizes and quality. You may choose one according to your needs.
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Spatula/ big spoons/flippers – when mixing or cooking you would need spatula, bug spoons and flippers. Spatulas are useful in mixing ingredients, while big spoons are used for stirring the ingredients placed on the stove top, and flippers are useful for flipping pancakes or turning the bread or the burger.
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Timer – No kitchen can function efficiently without a timer. Whether it is the old fashioned ringer or the latest digital ringer, you have to invest in one of them. The new and latest timers are known to feature multiple setting. They allow you to set different alerts if you are cooking multiple items at a time.
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A blender – a blender is an extremely essential item as it allows you to blend and beat different things such as milk, curd, eggs and more. It is always better to invest in a quality blender than a cheap quality one.


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SweeTango Apple: Could This Be the Next Honeycrisp?
When I toured a commercial apple orchard a couple years ago, I was struck by the grower's reverence for the Honeycrisp apple and its overwhelming popularity. Everyone, it seems, is looking for the next great apple — and I'm always willing to try new varieties vying for the spot. Crisp and sweet with a wonderfully balanced tartness, the SweeTango apple is a contender to watch for.
A cross between the Honeycrisp and Zestar! varieties, SweeTango has bright white flesh and fire-engine red skin with golden speckles. I love apples that balance their sweetness with a good amount of acidity — Pink Lady is one of my favorite varieties — and SweeTangos are pretty much the perfect blend of floral sweetness and refreshing tartness. But the sharp, satisfying crunch of biting into one of these apples may be the best part. Like the Honeycrisp, the SweeTango has a crisp juiciness that feels like an apology from the universe for every mealy, soft, dry Red Delicious apple you've ever had the displeasure of eating.
Bred by the University of Minnesota, the SweeTango has only been around since 2009 and because the season is quite short, you may never have seen one before. But distribution expanded last year, so keep your eyes peeled in the produce section of your local grocery store. This apple is definitely one to try.
Have you ever tried SweeTango apples? What are your favorite apple varieties?
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Oh, see, I'm all about the Zestar. So delicious!
(also - so very proud of the hometown team! go gophers!)
I tried Zestars the other day (go Minnesota!), but wasn't impressed. I do love Honeycrisps, but only for fresh eating as a dessert apple. They're wasted on cooking.
I love heirlooms best.
For eating fresh: Opalescents (crunchy but not juicy, sweet) and Jonagolds (only sort of heirloomy). The fiance likes Empire and Northern Spy best for fresh eating, but he likes a less sweet, juicier apple than I do (although I like those two too).
For baking: Opalescents, Ida Reds, and Stayman Winesaps. YUM.
I am so lucky to live in the Hudson Valley... You can still find commercial orchards which, although they are loaded with red and golden delicious apples, still have a few 50+ year old trees of heirloom apples.
Am I the only person who isn't that big on Honeycrisps? I mean, sure, they're okay, but there are a ton of varieties I'd rather have, which would be fine if Honeycrisp wasn't practically the only thing at the grocery store anymore (along with Red Delicious and Granny Smith).
Have yet to try this and the Zestar. Just had a Jazz apple for the first time. Great texture (borderline pear-like) and taste.
I love apples. No, that's not right; I luuurve apples (my absolute favorite: Macouns). I'm all for variety and would love to try this SweeTango and other new varieties, but (and I admit, this is entirely superficial) I can't stand these new names. They all sound like they were developed by marketing firms with slick graphic materials. SweeTango and Zestar!, really? I'd still try them in an instant, but I'd feel stupid saying their names in an actual conversation.
I love Cortland! It's crisp, a tiny bit tart with white super juicy flesh. Amazing eaten raw and cooked.
Psh, it already is. I was all over the SweeTangos last year! Delicious and crunchy! (Unfortunately apples are being bred for redness now, so it's probably bound to go the way of the Gala.)
My current fave is the Ginger Gold. In season now at my local farmers' market.
My grocery store has a ton of different apple varieties, but I don't think they have SweeTango apples.
I may try one if I ever see one (same for Honeycrisps) but I rather enjoy my Jazz and Fuji apples.
You should have cut a small limb off one or more of the trees and try and propagate your own trees. It takes decades for a new apple to go to mass market. The seeds of an apple will not be true to the parent.
Mickey the sneaky gardener :)
Jazz are my absolute favorite! Almost always crisp and perfect. I'm not a huge Honeycrisp fan. I'm just not really into eating apples the size of my head.
Empire used to be my favorite but these apples are AMAZING!!!! I've never "liked" the page for a fruit or veg before, but seriously thee deserve fan fare!
I'm a Pink Lady fan too and have always liked honeycrisps and noticed these in Fairway the other day and grabbed them instead (same price, and I remembered seeing this article) and oh man I am glad I did! These are great! Sweet and tart and crunchy and delicious :)
My new favorite apple. Just discovered them this week at Kroger in Memphis. I bought a few & tried one. The next day I went back & bought 5 more lbs.


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Jeff Holmstead, perhaps the nation's prime example of a revolving door lobbyist, was dismissed by a federal judge as an expert witness in a lawsuit brought by the U.S....read more
The study (pdf.) – Redacting the Science of Climate Change: an investigative and synthesis report – took a year to complete and compiles information from dozens of interviews and thousands of FOIA disclosures, internal documents and public records. It illustrates an organized and secretive White House effort beginning in 2001 to restrict scientists' ability to accurately communicate their research results to the media, the public and Congress.
The report said the administration altered press releases, muzzled scientists who spoke openly and, frequently, routed requests for information about sensitive research to the White House. The report focuses primarily on National Oceans and Atmospheric Administration but includes information on similar tampering at NASA and the EPA.
Although evidence of the Bush administration playing politics with climate-change science has trickled out in the media for some time, the report assembles many of the more egregious offenses. Tarek Maassarani, the report's author, testified today before the House Science Committee hearing on political interference in science research.
Here's the RealPlayer webcast from today's hearing.
The hearing should have considered gov interference with gov scientists on climate change and global warming both before and during the Bush administration. I experienced interference with my research and studies on climate-hydrologic modeling and model parameter calibration beginning in Jan 2000 while I was preparing for an interagency spring flood outlook planning meeting at the St. Paul district Corps of Engineers building in St. Paul, MN. The interference continued until I was removed from civil service while I was at NOAA's National Weather Service (NWS) North Central River Forecast Center (NCRFC) located in Chanhassen, MN.
My career as a hydrologist in climate data analysis and hydrologic model development with NWS began in Feb. of 1976. I was removed by NWS supervisors on July 15, 2005, for insisting and being too outspoken in my efforts to consider climate-hydrologic change at NWS NCRFC. I first learned that global warming was happening and expected to have large hydrologic impacts while watching the CBS Evening News with Dan Rather during the second week of January, 2000, in interviews with then NOAA director Dr. James Baker.
The reason many incidents of direct interference by NOAA NWS supervisors from 2000-2005 on climate-hydrologic change research were not included in the report by G.A.P. for the House hearing was because that interference began before G.W.Bush took office.
The intensity of the interference increased under Bush, by NOAA administrator John Mahoney, NWS directors David Johnson, Dennis McCarthy and John Jones all now at NOAA and NWS national headquarter's offices, but for political reasons there was a reluctance by the democratic politicians to include any reports on federal interference by NOAA administrators, directors and supervisors on climate/hydrologic change research because that interference began during democratic Clinton-Gore years (2000 and before).
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Democracy is utterly dependent upon an electorate that is accurately informed. In promoting climate change denial (and often denying their responsibility for doing so) industry has done more than endanger the environment. It has undermined democracy.
There is a vast difference between putting forth a point of view, honestly held, and intentionally sowing the seeds of confusion. Free speech does not include the right to deceive. Deception is not a point of view. And the right to disagree does not include a right to intentionally subvert the public awareness.
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Why was the Berlin Wall Built?
By B Sumangal; Illustration by Anup Singh
In 1945, following World War II, Germany was divided into two countries - East Germany and West Germany. East Germany was controlled by the communist regime of the Soviet Union while West Germany became a democracy supported by the United States. Berlin, the former capital city, although entirely within East German borders, was also split into two.
On August 13, 1961, the German Democratic Republic (GDR) decided to block off East Berlin and West Berlin by means of a barbed wire. Streets were torn up, and barricades erected. Rail lines and the subway between East and West Berlin was torn up.
People of East Berlin and the GDR were no longer allowed to enter West Berlin disrupting 60,000 commuters who were employed in West Berlin. Within the year, construction work began to build a solid wall separating the two cities.
By September, people living near the border were forcibly evacuated from their houses. Citizens living in close proximity to the border had to register themselves with the police. Exactly a year after the division, an 18-year-old boy, Peter Fechter, of East Berlin, was shot down by the East Berlin border patrol when he attempted to escape over the wall.
The border separating West Berlin and East Berlin had a total length of 166 km. It cut through 192 streets, 97 of them leading to East Berlin and 95 into the GDR. However since the border division was staggered, a solid 107 km long wall was erected. The wall was made up of concrete segments erected to a height of four metres (roughly 13 feet), with an additional concrete tube on top.
On the side of East Berlin bright illumination lit up the entire area. Further a trench was dug to prevent vehicles from breaking through. Not content with these precautions, the area was patrolled day and night, with a separate corridor guarded by vicious guard dogs, watchtowers, and a second wall. If by chance some one did manage to cross these barriers, they were shot without a warning.
Many families were separated by the erection of this barricade. Relatives who wanted to see their loved ones in East Berlin had to have a valid permit. For 28 years the Wall became a physical separator and cloaked the goings on behind Communist Russia and created a figurative Iron curtain.
In 1989, after months of discussion, East Germany decided to tentatively open the barrier. On November 9, Günter Schabowski, leader of East Berlin's communist party, stated that the border would be opened for 'private trips abroad'.
That day, the entire world watched some truly amazing scenes on TV as East Berliners poured through the checkpoints to be greeted by West Berliners. Champagne flowed and people danced on the wall at Brandenburg Gate, the gateway between the two cities.
On November 10, demolition work on the wall began with the aim of creating new border crossings. Two days later, a checkpoint at the Potsdamer Platz was opened, and on December 22, a checkpoint for pedestrians was opened at the Brandenburg Gate. Souvenir hunters hammered out pieces of the wall and chunks of the wall were even sold.
On July 1 1990, an economic, monetary and social union between East and West Germany was formed uniting the two cities. The only reminder of the wall is a red line painted on the pavement at the former 'Checkpoint Charlie' to mark the course of the former Berlin wall.
In August 13 1998, a wall memorial was inaugurated at the Bernauer Strasse (former GDR) consisting of a portion of the Berlin wall.
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Top 5 Panel-Van-Creepy Social Media Tactics
Posted by Author Kristen Lamb in Social Media Platform on September 20, 2013
It is estimated that the average American is exposed to about 3,000 advertising messages a day. Everywhere we go there is yet another ad—billboards, commercials, radio, train tunnels, e-mail, cereal boxes, mail boxes, and even on the golf holes and bathroom stalls.
We cannot escape being constantly pitched to no matter where we hide. How many times have we gone to the gym, just to come out and have sales flyers stuffed under our windshield wipers? Or tried to read e-mail, but had to wade through twenty junk e-mails all selling stuff?
The simple truth is that we are over-saturated with marketing, and it is making us sick. Those who continue to pour it on will not be regarded fondly. One tactic some "marketers" are using to get beyond our mental ad filters is to "make their approach personal," but are they simply going too far?
Personal or Creepy?
First of all, marketing and advertising alone does NOT sell books and my new book explains why. This reality aside, whenever I teach writers how to use social media to build a platform, I frequently have to do some retraining due to just plain BAD advice. These social media experts teach tactics normally reserved for Amway salespeople and those with water filters, vitamins or time share for sale.
And we all just looooove those people, right?
There is no substitute for authentic interaction. There are no shortcuts, but that isn't stopping a lot of writers from thinking that they can get something from others without having to give. Here are a list of my Top Five Panel-Van Creepy Social Media Tactics…
Creepy Tactic #1–The Twitter BFF-Bot
Please DO NOT set up an auto-response to thank someone for following you and then pitch to them.
I give kudos for effort but not so much for smarts. Let me get this straight. You cannot even be bothered to talk to me in person, but you want me to drop everything and read your blog, follow you on Facebook, or buy something from you?
Do I even need to spend more time on this?
Creepy Tactic #2—The FB Fan Group Rufie
Please do not add people to your fan group unless you know them, have talked to them, or have asked permission. We don't like our Facebook page being rufied into consenting to be a fan against its will. At least be a little classy and buy it a digital drink first and tell it that it's pretty.
Courtship, people!
I am constantly logging on to Facebook just to realize that I am now somehow a member of a fan group for an author who I don't know and who's never even bothered to say "hello." I don't care if you are giving away free books, iPhones or puppies. This tactic is rude, unprofessional and just plain ookey.
Creepy Tactic #3–The Search Tool Cyberstalk
I know Twitter has that nifty magnifying glass that allows us to search key terms, but misuse this tool and it can get us banned from Twitter. The search tool is to help us locate people who share common interests or who are talking about a given topic.
For instance, if I LOVE sports, puppies, knitting, skydiving, or puppies that skydive, I can use the search tool to find tweets that mention those key words. This helps me find relevant links, locate hash tag conversations (#puppiesinthesky), or simply talk to and connect with people of similar interests.
This is NOT a tool to cyberstalk others. DO NOT use this tool to find people to pitch your book to.
If I tweet I swear toddlers are little psychic vampires. The Spawn is still going. How many days until school starts?
I DO NOT WANT a reply tweet that says: Hey, I see you love vampires! Mine don't sparkle, but today they are FREE!!!
Cyberstalking will not make a person on Twitter love us or our book. In fact, it has about the same success rate as real stalking. It is creepy and grounds for a restraining order.
Creepy Tool #4—The Sock Puppet Tweeter
If you don't want to tweet, then don't. And if you are going to automate messages selling your book, don't also automate messages to look like you are actually talking to people on Twitter. We know it's fake and it's insulting. Also, it can bite back BIG TIME and tank an author brand faster than one can say "poor taste."
Three words: BOSTON MARATHON BOMBING.
Creepy Tool #5—Fan Page Manipulation
If you like someone, great. "Like" their fan page. DO NOT "like" someone's page as a ploy to get them to return the favor. We don't like manipulation in real life from the people we know and love and we really don't like it from people we don't know from a hole in the ground.
Yes, social media is social, and people will often respond in kind out of relationship reciprocity, but we need to initiate the reciprocity. We don't need an e-mail saying things like, Hey, I liked your author page. Why didn't you like me back?
This is Facebook, not high school.
I know that you guys are trying hard to be responsible, and that's why I try to approach social media with a bit of humor. If you have made some of these mistakes, I get that there are a lot of "experts" teaching you that these behaviors are okay.
They aren't. Stop it!
Okay, that's settled :D.
What are some other creepy tactics you've seen on social media? What makes your skin crawl? Am I completely wrong and not seeing the value of these tactics? What are your thoughts? Opinions? Has your Facebook page been rufied? Does it cry and have trust issues? Are you tired of being pitched to even when you go to the bathroom?
I LOVE hearing from you!
To prove it and show my love, for the month of September, everyone who leaves a comment I will put your name in a hat. If you comment and link back to my blog on your blog, you get your name in the hat twice. What do you win? The unvarnished truth from yours truly. I will pick a winner once a month and it will be a critique of the first 20 pages of your novel, or your query letter, or your synopsis (5 pages or less).
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Celebrating Writer Independence & I Got to Be a Cyborg
Posted by Author Kristen Lamb in Self-Publishing on July 1, 2013
This week Americans are celebrating Independence Day. What better time to release my new book Rise of the Machines—Human Authors in a Digital World, right? Since, I'm a writer, I excel at self-delusion, so I can just pretend all those fireworks going off all week are for ME :D.
Aww, how THOUGHTFUL! You shouldn't have. *clutches chest*
On Friday, we talked about The Democratization of Publishing and how brave
colonists writers are forging it on their own without Mother England Publishing. And, right now? I'm sure there are some hurt feelings on the part of Mother Publishing. She's cared for writers for over a century and now a handful of us rabble-rousers want to do our own thing and try new technologies on our own.
Thing is? Just like America and England eventually made up and became BFFs again, Mother Publishing will coexist with indies just fine (provided she reinvents in time, which I really hope she does). My loyalty is to writers, and, no matter which path you take—traditional or non-traditional—discoverability is a nightmare.
All writers who want to actually make money need a platform. Writers also need the publishing path that is best for their works and their personalities. I am just as supportive of NYC as self-publishing (though I have frustrations with both).
For me? I write social media books. My publishing path was chosen for me. With a lead-time of a YEAR in NYC? My new book wouldn't have been out until it was obsolete. For the rest of you. Vive la Revolution! Now you have options. It is no longer a One-Size-Fits-All World.
Good News for NY Traditional Publishing
Indie publishing is a wonderful way for a new writer to build an audience and and learn the business side of the business. This is great for NY publishing in many ways. First, it helps mitigate Mother Publishing's risk. Writers finally can build an audience before big money is invested getting that author into bookstores. Secondly, indie publishing trains up professionals. Mother Publishing can be more publisher than Mommy. Indies are also trying out a lot of new ideas and technologies and NY can wait and see what works. Why reinvent the wheel?
Good News for Writers
For a long time, it was a One-Size-Fits-All-World, and we saw the darn-near-extinction of certain types of writing. I recall an agent declaring, "Don't send me a query for a poetry book. No one reads poetry." And I thought, Um, I do. I read a lot of poetry but nothing modern. Why?
Hard to read it if no one publishes it.
We Can Be Creative with Books AND Business
Creative people are really great at…being creative. Shocking, right?
Independence from the paper paradigm has birthed a resurgence in short stories, serials, novellas, books of poetry, etc. We've seen new genres blossom when, in the old paradigm? They might have died (poetry) or never been born (Baby Boomer Romance). Many writers bring just as much creativity into business as they have in their writing. Daily I am astonished by the brilliance around me.
Why didn't I think of THAT?
When I went to The Killion Group's presentations in Crested Butte? I was…blown…away. They do covers for all types of authors (even traditional) and some of the marketing ideas? Genius. One thing they are doing is putting the first two chapters of the audio book in a QR code on the bookmark. Give a bookmark and a potential reader and listen to the first two chapters for free.
Yes, this falls under the category of Stuff I Wish I'd Thought Of.
When Jason Chatraw of Green E-Books formatted my new book? He added in relevant hyperlinks. When I talk about #MyWANA in the book? Those on a tablet can just click and join right there and see what I am talking about.
This is yet another way indie publishing is actually helping NY. Not only is the new paradigm vetting authors and weeding out the uncommitted or unprofessional, but creative people are actually coming up with a lot of cool new ideas that can benefit traditional publishing (provided they're open to listening).
Writers are No Longer Strangled By Genre
I know that sometimes it can be frustrating being part of a world that changes by the minute. In this fast-paced society, we can easily get overwhelmed. Yet, at the same time, since writers are now plugged into a social media community, we can interact regularly with fans. Not only does this help sell books, but it also means we can write other STUFF.
In the olden days, if a writer changed genres, she needed a pen name so as not to confuse readers. Now? Unless you are writing two types of genres that conflict? (I.e. Children's books and Erotica) you only need ONE NAME. The same platform that is supporting your Regency Romance can support your Mystery-Thriller.
This means we can be even more creative because how many thrillers can a writer write before losing the thrill? We complain that Such-And-Such's books just aren't as good as her first ones. Um? NO DUH. Talk about pressure!
"Write forty books. Oh and each one needs to be BETTER than the last one and about the same stuff."
*Falls over and DIES*
Independence is Scary
Yes, it is terrifying going out on your own, but rewarding as well. I know I could very well fail, but I get to at least try *shrugs*. I hated the boring prototypical NF covers. My demographic is WRITERS and we are worse than bass fish. OOH SHINY! I wanted a cover that appealed to creative people and that stood out to the point that it almost looks misplaced. It's a gamble, but in the end?
I GOT TO BE A CYBORG…and that's all that counts anyway :D.
What do you like about the new paradigm? What scares you? Have you taken on roles you never thought you could do? Have you grown in ways you never thought you could?
I love hearing from you!
To prove it and show my love, for the month of July, everyone who leaves a comment I will put your name in a hat. If you comment and link back to my blog on your blog, you get your name in the hat twice. What do you win? The unvarnished truth from yours truly.
NOTE: My prior two books are no longer for sale, but I am updating them and will re-release. My new book, Rise of the Machines–Human Authors in a Digital World is NOW AVAILABLE.
I will pick a winner once a month and it will be a critique of the first 20 pages of your novel, or your query letter, or your synopsis (5 pages or less).
And also, winners have a limited time to claim the prize, because what's happening is there are actually quite a few people who never claim the critique, so I never know if the spam folder ate it or to look for it and then people miss out. I will also give my corporate e-mail to insure we connect and I will only have a week to return the 20 page edit.
At the end of June I will pick a winner for the monthly prize. Good luck!
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'It's the end of the age of irony.'
— Graydon Carter, September 2001
You can stop laughing now. Seriously, that was the gist of what Vanity Fair pooh-bah Graydon Carter meant in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, when he declared that irony was dead. It was a reasonable thing to say at the time, when the entire world seemed to be dressed in black. How could anyone even think about trafficking in mindless, snark-based humor (such as the kind Carter pioneered at Spy magazine)? Easily. Within a matter of weeks, Saturday Night Live creator Lorne Michaels was asking New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani for permission to be funny again. (Why start now? asked Giuliani. Ba-dum-dum.) Needless to say, the end of irony came to a quick end—just in time for Zoolander. For the record, Carter now insists he had been misunderstood: what he really called for was an end to ironing. Now that's funny.
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Tiger Woods' Teacher Says He's a Liar
New York Daily News: Tiger Woods has reason to be upset: now his kindergarten teacher is accusing him of lying about a racial attack he said happened to him when he was five years old.
Tiger Woods has reason to be upset: now his kindergarten teacher is accusing him of lying about a racial attack he said happened to him when he was five years old.
Tiger Woods' old kindergarten teacher and porn star Joslyn James have this much in common - they both want an apology from the world's best golfer.
Retired teacher Maureen Decker emerged yesterday from Woods' sordid past to say that a story he's told about being brutalized by racist kids on his first day of kindergarten was pure bunk.
"I am asking Tiger for a private and public apology to put my mind at ease and set the record straight," said Decker, a smiling 69-year-old.
Decker ripped a recollection from Woods that appeared in a book written by his buddy, former NBA star Charles Barkley, and which he repeated in an interview with Barbara Walters.
"A group of sixth graders tied me to a tree, spray-painted the word 'n----' on me, and threw rocks at me," he said. "That was my first day of school. And the teacher really didn't do much of anything."
Decker said that account is "false" and thinks Woods' late dad, Earl, cooked it up for "more publicity."
She said she had no intention of suing Woods, but is speaking out now because the story has been recycled by Vanity Fair and tabloid TV shows covering Woods' sex scandal.
Asked what she thought about all the women coming forward now with claims they had affairs with the married golfer, Decker said, "What goes around, comes around."
"I feel sorry for ... some of those girls," she said.
Asked what she wants from Tiger, Decker said she wants him to be "the decent honest person that his mom and his teachers always expected him to be."
Decker was trotted before the cameras by celebrity lawyer Gloria Allred, who also represents James, the 32-year-old star of skin flicks like "Big Breasted Nurses" who claims she was Tiger's mistress for three years.
Decker surfaced a day after TMZ.com reported that another reputed mistress, New York party girl Rachel Uchitel, got paid $10 million to clam up about her affair with the girl-crazy golfer.
Uchitel would not confirm the story and there has been no comment from Team Tiger.
Woods has apologized for repeatedly cheating on wife Elin Nordegren and will end his self-imposed exile from pro golf when he tees it up next week at the Masters Tournament in Augusta, Ga.
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I can,t stand to even watch the lying,cockey,thinks he caN do anything he wants to and get by with it. He would still be cheating on his wife if haden,t got caught..I don,t believe a word out of his mouth..You would think he is god himself the they are proecting him. What is he afraid of. I hope these women hound him forever…
I hope everyone can get over getting a kick out of trying to punish Tiger as if they were GOD. He doesn't owe anyone an apology but his family. I wish everyone stop pointing fingers and get a life. As for the women he cheated with, they will be fine, after all they are grown ups.


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Updated: 07/06/2012 - If your heart were to suddenly stop beating, chest compressions would be required. But manual CPR , even when done well, doesn't supply enough blood to vital organs. In this month's Health Check report, Serese Cole takes us inside the emergency department of the Fremont Area Medical Center to demonstrate how two new tools are giving doctors and first responders more help and time during a crisis - while increasing a patient's chance for survival. Dr. Brian Cunningham and Fremont Fire and Rescue Captain Pat Tawney will introduce us to the technology and reveal how it's changed what they do in the emergency room and on the scene of rescue call. It's Friday at five on the Channel Six News.


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Just because you grow older doesn't mean you have to grow up! Comedy superstars Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Chris Rock, David Spade and Rob Schneider are at their hilarious and outrageous best playing childhood friends who reunite one holiday weekend to relive the good old days. It doesn't matter that these five guys are now respectable businessmen, husbands and fathers. Once they get back together, nothing is going to stop these kids-at-heart from having the time of their adult lives!
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iHub Research By Angela Okune / January 30, 2013
What's Dangerous, What's Not
As the Kenya general election quickly closes in on us, we are faced with a critical decision as Kenyans. Do we fall back into tribal lines and risk another bout of violence as we saw in 2007/2008? Or do we foster constructive dialogue in order to have fruitful discussions around issues that concern us?
As our guest editor Jessica Musila has aptly summarized for us, the results from our Umati research project provide a wake-up call to Kenyans online that we need to be more responsible about the content we are putting out. Instead of using our blogs like personal diaries where we vent and air our frustrations, we need to realize that there is a wider audience who can potentially be incited by some of the messaging that we are pushing out.
The Umati team has been advising Permanent Secretary Bitange Ndemo and his team at the Ministry of Information and Communication about the role of "dangerous speech" in catalyzing violence. The following are guidelines we have detailed to the National Steering Committee on Media Monitoring, which we hope will also be of use to you as you produce online content. Please feel free to share and critique. We welcome your contributions.
What is dangerous speech?
Dangerous speech is communication that may help catalyze mass violence by moving an audience to condone – or even take part in – such violence.
We focus on the speech's effect on the audience, not the state of mind of the speaker, hence the term "dangerous" in place of "hate." Since we want to protect freedom of expression as much as possible, we are most concerned with speech that has the potential to disrupt public order, to bring about violence (Susan Benesch).
Any or all of these five factors can make speech more dangerous, in the context in which it was made or disseminated:
- Powerful speaker with influence over the audience most likely to react
- Audience vulnerable to incitement e.g. fearful
- A speech act understood as a call to violence by the audience most likely to react
- Conducive social and historical context
- Influential means of dissemination
In studying many cases of dangerous speech, Susan Benesch has noticed three common patterns. These patterns do not automatically make speech dangerous by themselves, but they are often found in speech that is dangerous – and we have found them in Kenyan speech online also. They are:
- Comparing another group of people with animals, insects or a derogatory term in mother tongue,
- Suggesting that the audience faces a serious threat or violence from another group,
- Suggesting that some people from another group are spoiling the purity or integrity of the speakers' group ("accusation in a mirror").
There are four ways to deal with dangerous speech: We strongly prefer the first two, since they don't silence anyone – and these are the ones that the online community can carry out.
- Empower the audience to be immune from incitement
- Discredit the Speaker; "Help the Audience spot the lie" (Help the Audience lose the credibility of the speaker: By educating the people to spot dangerous speech and lose the credibility of the speaker, losing their power)
- Punish the Speaker: (e.g. NCIC)
- Limit the means of dissemination (Take down Facebook/Twitter accounts, etc.)
YOU can do something about stopping the speaker and discrediting the speaker. How?
When you come across speech online that you suspect might be dangerous, you can:
1. "Help the Audience spot the lie"
Help the speaker lose credibility with the audience, by educating people to spot dangerous speech, or pointing out that the speech is destructive.
2. Correct rumors and lies
Instead of automatically re-tweeting content (that could in fact be a lie), help to verify or debunk the validity of the story by posting supporting or countering information that can help correct rumors or lies.
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3. Put out good content
Think carefully about the content you are producing. Instead of talking about whole communities (which can often feel like personal attacks on those communities), focus on the real underlying issues. Do your research and write informed content that showcases both sides of the story. Don't forget that while you do have the right to freedom of speech, but you must still be responsible and sensible about the content you produce.
4. Post your commitment against the use of hate online!
Now that you know more about dangerous speech, you have a responsibility to pass that information on! Post your commitment not to use or tolerate hate online so that we can mobilize the online community to take a stand against online hate.
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Muthuri Kinyamu at 20:39:09PM Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Isn't monitoring social media rather a reactionary strategy which is time consuming and expensive? Set up keywords to monitor, track conversations, identify frequent sources of 'hate speech, curate content or the evidence, move on to arrest these perpetrators….
Due to the viral nature of social media, sticky content spreads very fast. By sticky I mean emotional content that is either positive or negative! Not NEUTRAL! So if the Umati initiative below seeks to deter hate online then they cannot do it! People will share pics of violence while asking others to stop….what that does is we all start preaching peace while preparing for WAR because we can see what's happening elsewhere.
I conceptualized a campaign dubbed "I am A SocialPRO" to raise awareness, public advocacy; promote responsible & ethical ways of engaging online and education on social media. This campaign sought to promote responsible ways of engaging on social media, sensitize content creators on legal risks of creating and sharing content that is inflammatory and full of hate as well as educate Kenyans on social media etiquette and ethical ways of communicating online for societal good.
I was thinking maybe we could also focus on public advocacy campaign, have regular meet ups with the social media influencers and other content creators to push this agenda.
Alternatively we could launch a digital campaign to push this agenda, the best approach would be this. People need to know the impact of sharing unverified, inflammatory and content full of propaganda. We need to ensure people do more to guard the passage of this hate content. Currently a few of the influential Kenyans on social media could have been paid to further the ambitions of any coalition. So as you monitor these content creators do not also forget that every active social media influences a community no matter how small by the content he/she creates, publishes and shares therefore everyone can fan & propagate hate speech.Reply
Angela Crandall at 16:56:59PM Thursday, March 14, 2013
Thank you for your insights Muthuri. "I am A SocialPRO" sounds very interesting and in line with our "NipeUkweli" campaign, which we started a month ago under the Umati project to focus on raising awareness of the potential impact of speech (both online and offline). We have also hosted 2 roundtable workshops with the Kenyan blogging community to work with them to leverage their networks and promote good, truthful, content (to help counter the polarizing, hateful content).Reply
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Another Arizona musician, Harold "Hal" Fox, passed away on March 13. His musical partner/wife Connie preceded him in death. Together they were known as The Banjo Sweethearts, playing throughout the Valley of the Sun and the State of Arizona. Hal was 86 years old and is survived by five children, 14 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren. I do hope that at least one of his grandkids is learning to play the banjo just as Hal did.
In the Valley, the Swingtime Jazz Band continues its Wednesday night programs at American Legion Post 44, 7145 E. Second St., Scottsdale, Ariz., (480) 941-9053, 6-9 p.m.
The Joe Hopkins Jazz Combo continues its Sunday 6-10 p.m. jam session at Chances Are, 7570 E. Sixth Ave., Scottsdale, Ariz.
The Rags Allen Band is featured at El Chorro, 5550 E. Lincoln Dr., Paradise Valley, Ariz., (480) 945-5170, 8-11 p.m., Friday-Saturday. Various pianists appear daily starting at 4 p.m.
The Scottsdale Congregational Church, 4425 N. Granite Reef, Scottsdale, presents a Sunday jazz service led by Sandy Champion at 11 a.m., (480) 946-2900.
VFW Post 3513, 7220 E. Wilshire Drive, Scottsdale, (480) 941-9849, features the Havin' Fun Big Band every Wednesday, 7-9 p.m.
Pianist Randall Barnes continues at Avanti, 2728 E. Thomas Road, Phoenix, (602) 956-0900, 7-11 p.m., Thurs.-Fri.-Sat.
LJ's Pizza, 1038 E. Main St., Mesa, (480) 834-9164, features Cheryl Thurston and Friends, 5-7 p.m. on Wednesdays.
The Joe Hopkins Trio plays for the Sunday Brunch, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., at AJ's, San Marcos Crowne Plaza Golf Resort, Chandler, Ariz., (480) 857-4422.
Jack Wells and Friends (ragtime and standards) perform at the X-treme Bean Coffee Shop, Southern and McClintock, Tempe, Ariz., (480) 820-0337, 7-9 p.m. every Monday.
On the second Sunday monthly, jazz is played at the Payson Community Presbyterian Church, 800 W. Main St., Payson, Ariz., (480) 785-1278, $5 donation requested.
North of Payson on Route 87 at Fossil Creek Road, a jam session led by Bob Smolenski is held at Strawberry Lodge, 5-8 p.m. Call (928) 476-3333 for details.
Free concerts at the Arizona State University Music Bldg., Tempe, (480) 965-6447, featured the ASU Jazz Repertory Band and Combos on April 17 and the ASU Concert Jazz Band performed April 21.
Good sources for jazz in the State of Arizona are provided by the Tuscon Jazz Society, (520) 908-1265, www.tucsonjazz.org), Jazz in AZ, (480) 994-0809, www.JazzinAZ.org, Arizona Classic Jazz Society, (480) 620-3941, www.azclassicjazz.org, or Ragtyme-Jazztyme Society, (480) 348-3702.
It is not too soon to make your plans to go to Colorado for the 2008 Evergreen Jazz Festival (Jazz In The Rockies), scheduled for July 25-27, (303) 697-5467, email@example.com. Evergreen is about 30 miles west of downtown Denver.
Also, the 30th Annual Summit Jazz 2008 will be held Sept. 26-28 in Denver at the Four Points Sheraton Southeast. This year, featured artists will be the Hot Antic Jazz Band, the great Jim Cullum Jazz Band, the New Black Eagle Jazz Band, and our special favorite, the Alan Frederickson Jazz Ensemble. For badges and info, call (866) 883-2288 or (303) 670-8471. For hotel reservations, call (888) 625-5144 or (303) 758-7000. We'll see you there.
Just announced is Sunnie Sutton's Pianorama, to be held Oct. 18-19 at the Marriott City Center, Denver, Colo., and featuring pianists Dick Hyman, Shelly Berg, Rosanno Sportiello and Louis Mazetier. They'll be backed by guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli, bassists Jay Leonhart and Chuck Berghofer, and drummers Frank Capp and Jake Hanna. Details from Sunnie Sutton at (303) 838-4240.
Remember to support your local jazz groups. We're the only ones who can keep our traditional and ragtime music alive. You can send news to me at firstname.lastname@example.com. In the meantime, keep jazzin'!
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Bulls banking on victory
Bulls coach Frans Ludeke says his side will be looking to return to winning ways against the Cheetahs in their Super Rugby derby clash on Saturday.
After claiming a well-deserved 28-21 victory over the Blues in their first week on tour, the Bulls were trounced by the Crusaders the following week and then narrowly missed out to the Reds and Brumbies.
Fresh off a bye last week, Ludeke said he was excited to be back at home, where the Pretoria side will need to pick up some valuable points, to play themselves back into play-off contention.
"We feel that we left some points on the road, but now we have a good stretch back home where we can play ourselves back into those important playoff positions," Ludeke said ahead of the clash at Loftus Versfeld.
"The rest did wonders to all and I am pleased with the way we prepared for this one."
The Bulls are in unfamiliar territory - ninth on the log and third in the South African conference - and face a Cheetahs side brimming with confidence, after a run of five successive victories (their best ever in the history of the franchise).
"They've scored 11 tries from broken play already. When teams make mistakes against them, they are accurate and punish them," Ludeke said.
"Game discipline is very important for us. If we have ball in hand, we need to be accurate, keep the ball and create pressure against them and convert that into points."
The Bulls were bolstered earlier this week by the return of two senior Springbok players for the clash, with injured winger Akona Ndungane, who fractured his eye socket against the Crusaders last month, and Flip van der Merwe returning to Ludeke's starting line-up.
Meanwhile, Cheetahs coach Naka Drotske played down his side's chances, preferring instead to consider themselves as underdogs for the fixture.
"Like we were against the Stormers (last week), we'll still be the underdogs against the Bulls," Drotske said.
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Motorcycle Accident in Perry County
Date of News Release: 10/09/2007
(Hazard, KY) - On 10/08/07 at approximately 9:05 p.m. Kentucky State Police in Hazard received a call of an accident at the junction of Hwy 550 and Crawford Mountain Road in the Combs Community of Perry County.
Units arrived to find an off road motorcycle and passenger car had collided. The motorcycle had two juveniles on board at the time of the collision. Both were transported to the Hazard ARH for treatment. The juvenile passenger was admitted to the ARH and the operator was airlifted to Holsten Valley Medical Center. The operator of the passenger received no injuries. The accident remains under investigation by Tpr. Loren Holiday.


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In today's day and age, we continue to wait for a NFL player to come out as an openly gay athlete. However, while the NFL has yet to break down those barriers, we have seen others around the sports world showing the courage to announce who they are.
Jason Collins in the NBA may be the biggest example of a professional athlete announcing he is openly gay, but now a soccer player in Europe has also come forward and becomes the the first Premier League player to come out.
Thomas Hitzlsperger, who previously played for Aston Villa, West Ham, Everton and many other squads, made the announcement to German newspaper Die Zeit.
"I am expressing my sexuality because I want to promote the discussion of homosexuality among professional athletes," Hitzlsperger said. "Only in the last few years did it dawn on me that I would rather live with a man."
Hitzlsperger said that being gay is not a big issue in Europe, but he didn't want the issue to be "simply ignored."
You have to applaud Hitzlsperger for having the courage to come out and express who he is, and hopefully he will be able to encourage others to no longer be afraid of what others may say.
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I'm looking for a good external mobile HDD for my MacBook Pro for storing large RAW files.Its mainly for having a simple mobile backup solution for my photos.ATM I am looking at the G-DRIVE mobile USB:»www.g-technology.com/products/g-···bile-usbAny experience with this drive or G-technology anyone?Or is there something better ?Thanks!TA --quod erat demonstrandum
i use wd my passport studio fw/usb hdds.plenty of room to store raw/video.durable and inexpensive.
The real question is what's inside the box. I've been using Seagate drives for years without a problem. Every time my computer dies I just pop the old drives into new enclosures. This time around I purchased a Newer Technology Ministack to hold my photos. It has the same footprint as the Mac Mini. Not cheap but it has USB 3.0/2.0 and two Firewire 800 ports.Over the last few months Apple has been recalling computers that shipped with Seagate drives so any external drive that has Seagate might be one to avoid, for now.
I own a few of these»www.amazon.com/Passport-Portable···06Y5UV4AThey work great.
I use Oyen enclosures and then pick out a suitable drive separately. They are pretty cheap considering the excellent build quality.I also have a bus powered CineRAID 2.5 inch enclosure and it works great too. Pop in 2 x 1TB 2.5" drives with RAID1 and you could protect those RAWs while still being pretty portable.
I also have a bus powered CineRAID 2.5 inch enclosure and it works great too. Pop in 2 x 1TB 2.5" drives with RAID1 and you could protect those RAWs while still being pretty portable.
Thanks for the great options guys!I am planning a trip to my sister in London Europe and I am planning on taking my DSLR my Macbook Pro and an external hard drive.I want to dump the RAW files from the card onto the internal HDD first (to make quick corrections in LR if I have time..) but also writing them to the external HDD as a backup.I guess bus powered is the way to go since I don't know if there is always a power outlet within reach.Only 'bus powered' creates another question for me:I have a very old Freecom 2.5'' external HDD that doesn't always spin up when only bus powered. Connect an external PS and its fine. (bus powered + opt. PS). It seems the USB port alone doesn't have enough power to spin up the drive.So is this still an issue with modern 2.5'' drives?TA--quod erat demonstrandum
It isn't a problem since they will usually draw power from 2 USB ports. One will be data and power and the other supplying supplemental power. But with 5.4K or SSD drives I never had a problem using a single USB port.
My little WDD passport only had a single USB connection on the other end, not one of those dual-USB cables that draws from multiple ports. Since the drive wasn't the fastest, I bet it was a low-power mobile drive optimized for that purpose. I never had a problem with it, and it's still in use by my SO for her time machine backups.---RyanI use Linux, OS X, iOS and Windows. Let the OS wars die.
Hi:I use the Lacie 256GB SSD Thunderbolt drive with my rMBP for exactly that purpose. Aperture vaults and camera backups as well as Final Cut Pro files save lightening fast. It is also small and ruggedized, perfect for carrying about. Downside is it's pricy and the 256GB is too small for use as a Time Machine drive. The speed of this thing is amazing though.
Okay guys,I think I will go with WD.»store.apple.com/us/product/HA388···e=5f&p=1But there is this 'For Mac' version (link) and a 'standard' PC version.Is the Mac version different from the standard one other than the file system ?(The standard WD can be reformatted easily..)Thanks !TA--quod erat demonstrandum
Nope, no difference aside from coming pre-formatted in HFS+.I had one of those drives (returned it because I wound up not needing it). Quite zippy actually. Plus it supports hardware level encryption that worked well and didn't slow down the transfer speeds appreciably.
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The 60-year-old Idaho man accused of slapping a Minneapolis toddler on a Delta flight and yelling a racial slur has pleaded not guilty to a charge of simple assault.
Joe Hundley appeared in court on Thursday and admitted to using the racial slur, but he denied hitting 19-month-old Jonah Bennett when he wouldn't stop crying.
Hundley's attorney said her client was under a great deal of stress at the time because he was flying to Atlanta to take his son off life support.
"He said what he said, and he's admitting that -- but that wasn't a crime," said defense attorney Marcia Shein. "That was just an inappropriate statement in a very difficult time for him. We hope, for Mrs. Bennett's sake and our client's sake, that everyone will forgive him for what he said and heal."
The boy's mother claims Hundley reeked of alcohol at the time of the incident.
The former business executive lost his job after he was charged. If convicted, he could face a year in prison.
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A weight-loss expert gets a phone call from a friend: "I just made a $50 bet to lose 20 pounds in a month. Tell me how to do it." Guess the caller's sex.
"I get these calls from friends and relatives," says Gary D. Foster, PhD, clinical director of the Weight and Eating Disorders Program at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. "These types of calls are always from men."
That's probably what you'd guess, but you'd be hard-pressed to find research supporting that or any other assumption about how men and women differ when it comes to dieting, Foster says. "Most of the weight-loss research is about women," he says. "There are probably fewer than 10 good studies that separate men and women, and what they address is that men lose more weight and lose it faster."
Still, he and others in the field have run across some anecdotal differences in the two sexes' approach to weight loss. One, Foster says, is that men typically tend to be less process-oriented than women.
"Men don't want the fluff. 'Don't give me all the reasons I'm overweight. I just want to lose weight, not talk about it.' And they don't want to talk about maintenance. They'll deal with that later. Women stereotypically spend more time talking about how they got where they are and about things like emotional eating."
Is It Easier for Men?
"Men are more prone than women to build muscle and have more muscle tissue, and that makes their metabolic rate higher," says Elaine Magee, MPH, RD, WebMD Weight Loss Clinic's "Recipe Doctor." "With many women, their bodies encourage them to lay down fat, to insulate and be a baby incubator."
But age slows metabolism in both sexes, making it harder to maintain a healthy weight.
"If you're 20 pounds overweight, whether you're male or female, it's challenging," says Kathleen Zelman, RD, WebMD Weight Loss Clinic's director of nutrition. "When my husband and I decide to lose a few pounds, it's no easier for him than for me."
And today's more sedentary lifestyles are at odds with your body's design to be more active. For many, the most activity they get is driving to the store to pick up vast quantities of food, to be eaten while lounging in the La-Z-Boy and vigorously waving the remote at the TV.
The Harvard Health Professionals Study, which has tracked more than 50,000 men since 1986, cites three lifestyle factors that predict weight gain for men: less time exercising, more time watching TV, and eating between meals.
Lifestyle changes in recent decades have had a profound effect. Four decades ago, the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey estimated that 49% of men and 40% of women age 20 or older were overweight (having a body mass index of 25 or higher) or obese (with a BMI of 30 or higher). By 2000, those statistics had been supersized: 67% of men and 62% of women made the list.
The same survey found that obese women outnumbered men: 34% of women vs. 27% of men fell into the obese category. But that's small comfort, because even men who are moderately overweight gamble with serious health risks.
Cultural Challenges
Despite their biological weight-loss advantages, do cultural expectations make it harder for men to diet?
"If you think about a vice president or CEO of a company, our culture could imagine a big, powerful guy of 250 pounds being acceptable," says Foster. "I can't imagine that the social norms would find it acceptable for a 250-pound CEO to be female. The words 'big and powerful' don't have good meaning for a female but do for a male.
"I think the biggest gender difference is, it's more socially acceptable for women to be dieting than men. If you're out with guys and say, 'Please hold the salad dressing,' it has a different ring to it than a woman with her girlfriends."
Still, Zelman says, these cultural messages aren't keeping men from weight-loss success. "I think men are getting the media message about eating properly," she says.
Magee agrees. "I live in California, and 40% of the readers of my nutrition or recipe columns are men. About 30% of the people on my web site guest book are men. And when I do cooking in my daughter's classroom at school, the boys are as excited as the girls."
But typically, men are less likely to seek the support and advice of others -- something that experts agree is important in overcoming the challenges of weight loss.
Foster says it's difficult for men to seek support in group weight-loss programs, where women are likely to outnumber them by four or five to one. "The things women talk about are different," he says. "When you talk to men about cooking and preparing food, a lot of them tune out because in homes where roles are stereotypical, cooking is something their wives do."


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Xandy for MundoMais by Gil Menezes
Brazilian male model 27-yrs old Xandy from Vitória now living in São Paulo goes shirtless for MundoMais captured by Gil Menezes.
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Invitation: celebrating 50 years of OEIS, 250000 sequences, and Sloane's 75th, there will be a conference at DIMACS, Rutgers, Oct 9-10 2014.
Table of n, a(n) for n=1..99.
G. Niklasch, Some number theoretical constants: 1000-digit values [Cached copy]
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Murata's Constant
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Cf. A078072.
Sequence in context: A203022 A224196 A141449 * A229939 A237889 A064912
Adjacent sequences: A065482 A065483 A065484 * A065486 A065487 A065488
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in memoriam of ala-ism.pansitan.net
I miss being able to write.
Most of you following me on Tumblr now probably used to follow me at ala-ism.pansitan.net, a blog I maintained religiously for 6 years.
For 6 years, I poured out my heart and soul. I had so much to express about every single experience I went through, and I felt like a fountain of words and insight that never seemed to dry up. For 6 years, I gave of myself, passionately, freely, and some would even say recklessly.
And blogging gave back to me, too, and it gave back very well. To this day, I receive the most unexpected blessings in my life from a past reader, or for some entry I wrote years ago that I've forgotten about. It certainly opened up a lot of doors and avenues for me, and widened my world, my mind, and my social network. I found myself in the most unexpected places with the most unexpected people. To this day, my blog is still giving back.
I still don't know exactly why I decided to delete my blog and obliterate 6 years of thought process from the internet. All I know is that it felt like a huge weight had been lifted off my shoulders after I knew it was gone. It was as if I had amputated a heavy appendage of very little use that I had been dragging around. What made it so heavy? Why did I have to delete it, why not just stop writing in it?
First of all, once a thought is expressed in word, people attribute a sort of permanence to it. An opinion expressed in word becomes irreversible, irrevocable.
Six years of my life was documented in that blog, and while I had changed in every possible way in those 6 years, entries I wrote 6 years ago have not. People will read them and assume that I still hold whatever thought or opinion I had on something to be true.
Second of all, there was such a lot of emotional baggage on that little bit of web domain of which I was the tenant of for 6 years. For so long I kept building and building, one emotional entry on top of each other, till it became teetering tower that was on the verge of collapse. I wanted to see it gone.
Third, writing, or any other endeavor that requires you to be open and honest, invites a lot of judgement, both good and bad. And that was something I got tired of dealing with. I guess I got tired of being the object of people's opinions. It's a pretty heavy weight to carry whether the opinions are bad or good. I guess I just wanted to be off the blogging radar for awhile.
By the time I deleted it, I was ready to tuck the whole thing away into a hard-drive, forget about it for awhile, and maybe look back on it lovingly as memories done day. And that's exactly what I did.
Now I can't really write anymore, not in the same open, loving, passionate manner that I used to. I can't seem to get deep enough into my headspace like I used to. The upside is that I don't often fall into the trap of thinking too much, as I often did. The downside is that I am not as free to create, and I know that I am guarded with my expression and that I no longer take risks. Maybe it's for the best, but maybe not.
I still blog, I still tweet, I still have a presence on the web. But not to the same extent as before. Life is a bit more peaceful. But sometimes, I miss being able to write.
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I derived in a part and I am trying to use a sketch from it in my new part.
I am trying to revolve my sketch and when I do I get this error.
I am using a English version, and I cant read chinese at all. Design doctor shows no errors, but this will not revolve. Tried Extruding and get the same error. When I try to revolve, it shows a preview of my part correctly, but when I click apply in the revolve dialog, that is when I get this error.
The files are attached and here is a video of my steps. In the zip file, the -M8.ipt needs the EOF marker moved all the way to the bottom.
Kirk A.
Windows 7 x64 -12 GB Ram
Intel i7-930 @ 3.60ghz
nVidia GTS 250 -1GB (Driver 301.42)
INV Pro R2013, SP1.1
Vault Basic 2013
I am also getting this error sometimes..
It occurs mainly when trying to insert a custom content center member through the API. The weird thing is that it doesn't occur everytime. First I thought it had something to do with the Check In command of the Vault Addin, because turning off DWF creation at check in time solved the problem - or at least I thought. It came back after a while, so probably nothing to do with the Check in command as well..
Could somebody from Autodesk, please point out what could cause this Chinese error on a English version of Inventor? How can I get rid of this error? Any hotfixes?
Pim Saarloos
I'm getting the same type of errors that Pim describes.
Anybody got a clue?
Not going to admit I have a clue but can state this error is too generic to say that all possible instances where you would see this pop up could be related. Kirk's issue seems to be at the sketch level. see attached. Pim's might be at the content center level but possible this CC part might have blocks in it? Depending on IDCL or MDF format I would run library through the update wizard located in project file, select the "Configure CC Libraries button above the "Done" button if you see a lightning bolt. Kirk for your file I will log it to development.
I am also getting this message. I have talked to Autodesk Technical support and they have sent it to development. I am now been rebuilding my assembly everyday since 12/6/2012 and have no answer. I just have to keep re doing the same work everyday (if I was in a joking mood I would reference Groundhogs day with Bill Murray).
My customer wanted a final design on 12/12. He is still (impatiently) waiting.
I am also getting this error. I have a layout sketch in an assembly which I am using to create sheet metal parts. I can edit a part in context of the assembly but then when I return to parent I get the error.
Looking at this thread it has been happening for a while.
Sure would be nice if AutoDesk had a fix.
Inventor 2013 SP2
I'm also having trouble tracking this one down.
Everything shows up-to-date. Design Doctor is happy. Yet warning comes up whenever assembly is loaded.
Here's the text of the error:
"An invalid version of a segment referenced from required segment DesignViewSegment was found in file mypath\a-part.ipt"
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FLOWERY BRANCH — Falcons safety William Moore was named the NFC defensive player of the week after his 13-tackle and two-interception performance in Atlanta's 23-13 win over the New Orleans Saints last Thursday.
Moore posted one of the best games of his career.
The Falcons defense intercepted Saints' quarterback Drew Brees five times and held him without a touchdown pass for the first time in 54 games to snap his NFL record streak.
Moore's second interception of the game came on the Saints final drive sealing the win for Atlanta and putting the Falcons in position to clinch their second NFC South title under Head Coach Mike Smith.
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Sunday, August 8, 2010
Pizazz at Pumpkin Restaurant
We do business with Pumpkin Market on a regular basis. But Thursday night was my first time at the restaurant.
Whoa, I was really impressed. I found the dining room stylish and comfortable. Our server was warm and attentive and informed. The menu, with a focus on local, excellent quality ingredients, was both concise and intriguing.
There was a green gazpacho with peekytoe crab. Mmm chilly and bright with cucumber, pea, cilantro, avocado and other green ingredients. Against the vegetable puree, the crab bits' briny sweetness sang.
The beet salad was also just right for a toasty summer night. It had a cool puddle of beet gastrique and a wedge of Jasper Hill Blue. It was a little bit like my holiday beet salad!
Chef sent us an order of squid stemperata. I didn't know that word at all. Apparently it means stamped, referring to olives which are split. This dish was sort of like an antipasti salad with eggplant, basil, fennel and thinly sliced squid rings. It too was an excellent seasonal and cool dish for a hot night.
Next we had grilled quail. These were grilled to amazing perfection and seasoned just as deftly. I'm now embarrassed by how I hoarded and savored these birds. At the same time we had the watermelon salad with lime granita. This too was an outstanding dish. Pefectly in sync with the season and composed with local melons. The ice was packing perfect citrus zing. The melon sweetness and texture with the cilantro herbiness were astonishingly captivating and refreshing.
The lil lady had steak tartare. She lorded over it such that I didn't sample enough to comment.
We had haddock and swordfish. Both sweet, fresh and cooked to juicy just-done-ness. The summer vegetables with the sword and the 'corn chowder' with the haddock again show chef right on the money with best local stuff and a meticulously seasonal menu.
Finally the panna cotta with granola and berries and a frosty glass of basil ice cream ended the meal on a light, bright and tasty summery note.
Thanks Ian and Chris. Really fine cooking with an emphasis on local, fresh and the chef in the kitchen! As enjoyable and inventive as the best of the BYO's (Fond, BlackFish etc.)
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- Jenn Siegel said...
gorgeous! i cant wait to check it out for dinner soon!
thanks! :)
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Dinner tonight was greasy burgers from a take-away joint that's been going since 1957 … there goes my new years health kick! #isittoolatetostartagainagain?
And yet somehow, the thought that families have been eating from the same diner for almost six decades is rather comforting. It makes us feel connected to the history of the place, connected to my community. #connectedisgood
That little diner was there long before I was born, before the internet was invented, before Twitter existed and long, long before the avalanche of requests for a surprise Twitter Cake.
Can I just say a big thanks to YOU … we might live in the same suburb or around the world from each other but the amazing thing about 2014 is that we can be connected. So what better way to celebrate connectivity than with a Twitter Dessert! #twittercake #sweettweet
The jug that I used to make this dessert had a volume of 2L (0.53 gallons).
To make your own twitter dessert cookie cutter:
You will need Pure aluminium flashing from the hardware store. The one I used was 150mm wide and 0.3mm thick which allowed it to be easily bent but still hold its shape.
Here's the twitter logo in various sizes to use as a template: twitter logos
Blue Chocolate Cremeux Recipe for twitter bird:
1 Tablespoon powdered gelatin
3 tablespoons of water
500g (17.64 ounces) white chocolate
550ml cream 35% fat
120g (4.23 ounces) egg yolks
60g (2.12 ounces) or 1/4 cup sugar
Blue food coloring
White food coloring
Stir together the gelatin and water and leave to one side.
Whisk together the egg yolks and sugar.
Break up the chocolate and place it in a bowl with a sieve over the top.
Bring the cream to the boil then gradually add to the yolk sugar mixture. Return this to the heat and warm to 80C (176 degrees Fahrenheit)
Remove from the heat and immediately stir in the gelatin and then pour through the sieve over the chocolate. Once melted stir to combine and add coloring.
White Chocolate Mousse Recipe
28g (0.99 ounces) gelatin
120ml water
6 egg yolks
80g (2.82 ounces) sugar
20g (0.71 ounces) cornstarch
600g (21.16 ounces) cream
260g (9.17 ounces) white chocolate
30g (1.06 ounces) milk
100g (3.53 ounces) cream
1 tsp vanilla essence
Mix the gelatin and cold water and set aside to bloom.
Whisk together the egg yolks sugar and cornstarch
Heat the milk, cream and vanilla to a boil and the slowly add to the egg yolks. Return to the heat stirring constantly bring to the boil and continue to stire for another 30 seconds..
Remove from the heat and stir in the gelatin mixture the pour through a sieve over the chocolate. Once melted stir well.
Allow to cool the room temperature then whip the cream to soft peaks and fold through.
Twitter Dessert Base Recipe, pate de sucre
100g (3.53 ounces) plain or all-purpose flour
50g (1.76 ounces) cold cubed butter
35g (1.23 ounces) ground almonds
40g (1.41 ounces) powdered sugar or icing sugar
zest of one orange gratged and finely chopped
1 egg yolk
10 ml or 2 tsp fresh orange juice
Twitter Dessert Orange Glaze Recipe
200ml orange juice (approximately 2 1/2 oranges)
10g (0.35 ounces) gelatin
25g (0.88 ounces) cornstarch
150g (5.29 ounces) glucose syrup
280g (9.88 ounces) sugar
350g (12.35 ounces) cream
230g (8.11 ounces) white chocolate
orange colouring
Add 3 tablespoons of the orange juice to the gelatin and stir well.
Add 2 tablespoons of juice to the cornstarch and stir then add this to the rest of the orange juice.
Heat the glucose syrup and sugar in a saucepan to 300F (148.89 degrees Celsius) then add the cream. Continue to stir over the heat until smooth. Add the cornstarch juice mixture and stir over heat until thickens. Then remove from heat and stir in the gelatin until dissolved. Pour through a sieve over the white chocolate and then add orange colour. Tap on teh bench to remove air bubbles and leave to cool until ust slight warmer than room temperature. Pour over the frozen dessert to glaze.
Chocolate Decorations
Optional – White chocolate to decorate, see the post with instructions for making chocolate decorations.


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From an aesthetic point of view, sure it's pretty and clean, but from a usability viewpoint, it could be better.
1. Player health is in top corner. The action is in the middle of the screen, it's probable the player will have trouble keeping track of his status like mana or health unless they have a mod like power auras to notify them. Move the player frame nearer to your character.
2. Raid frames are spread out across the screen. To move from someone on the left of the raid frames to the right requires a large movement of the mouse, the raid frames should ideally be bunched up to minimize movement, A grid like format is best for that.
3. Recount constantly displayed. Unless they are an officer, it should be hidden in combat, otherwise it's just a distraction.
The goal is to reduce hand and eye movement as much as possible saving your eyes from straining, your hand from moving too much, and your fellow players from dying because it took you .7secs to move your mouse to their frame instead of .4secs.


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Tino Best sets new record
Tino Best has stunned England by breaking the Test record for the highest score by a number 11.
Back in Test cricket with a point to prove after a three-year absence, Best hammered England morale and fell just short of a century after making 95.
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Purple Bag Colloquia
The Purple Bag Colloquia series seeks to give faculty, associates, advanced graduate students and recent PhD students an opportunity to discuss work-in-progress.
Thursday, March 17 at 12 PM in Mandell 228
"Gender, Ethnicity and Citizenship in the Upper Midwest,1900-1930: Reconsidering Theories of Naturalization"
Thursday, April 7 from 12 to 1 in Kutz 102
"Forgetting and Remembering Epilepsy: Collective Memory and the Experience of Illness"
Thursday, April 7 from 3-4:30 in Pearlman 113
"Biomedical Markets: An Economic Sociologist's Perspectice"
Graduate Workshops
Thursday, Feb. 3 at 3:00 in Pearlman 202
"Jitters in the Classroom" featuring the unflappable Tito Soto-Carrion
Thursday, March. 3 at 3:00 in Pearlman 202 (Cancelled)
"Financial Fitness in Graduate School" featuring CFP and MBA Dick Nohelty of Nohelty Asset Management of Watertown
Thursday, April 14 at 3:00 in Pearlman 202
"Surviving Graduate School" featuring fourth-year veteran Clare Hammonds
2010-2011 Colloquia Series
Events are free and open to members of campus, and sponsored by the Department of Sociology (co-sponsors are noted).
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12:30-2:00 Schnider G3 (Heller School)
Professor Peter Bearman
"Understanding the Increased Prevalence of Autism"
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3:00 in Pearlman Lounge
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"Biomedical Markets: An Economic Sociologist's Perspective"
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Professor C. Shawn McGuffey
"Tell My Story: Racial Appraisals and Black Women's Experience of Rape"
Thursday, Nov. 18
3:30-5:00 p.m.
Professor Kelly Joyce, The College of William and Mary
"Visualizing Health: A Sociological Analysis of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)"
Thursday, Nov. 11
12-1 p.m.
Professor Sammy Smooha, University of Haifa
"How Do Different Types of Democracy Cope with Ethnonational Conflicts?"
Thursday, Nov. 4
3-4:30 p.m.
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"Disposable Ties and the Urban Poor"
Thursday, Oct. 21
3-4:30 p.m.
Professor Courtney Bender, Columbia University
"When and How did Spirituality Become Autonomous"
Thursday, Oct. 14
12:10-1:30 p.m., DuBois Lounge, Rabb 119
"Weighing the Motherload: Security Expectations and the Mother-Child Relationship"
Dr. Ana Villalobos
PhD University of California at Berkeley
Visiting Research Associate at the Department of Sociology, Brandeis


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Brand New Combi Units in Stock
Business Opportunities in CarlowOnline: 1 day
Pictured, are a selection of Brand New Combi units available at Indigo Inflatables.
Also available are Bouncy Castles, Obstacle Courses, Slides, Inflatable Games and much more.
All Inflatables are made to EN14960:2006 standards and come with:
* Blower
* Appropriate Ground Pegs
* An individual Safety Certificate
* Warranty
* An individual Serial Number
* An Operational Manual
* Excellent Customer Service & Aftercare*
**Indigo Inflatables are now an Inspection Body as defined by the European Standard and RPII Register of Play Inspectors International.
We are able to carry out initial safety tests and issue certificates if your units meet the EN14960 European Safety Standard.
All of our manufactured inflatable's strictly conform to the European standard EN 14960
Indigo Inflatables - We'll never let you down!
www.indigoinflatables.comPrice: NAContact the Trader Views: 1 timesPhone: 086-8686864 Email: Click here to email the trader
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