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Considering the violence that occurred during the previous century, can the Western ideas of science and reason be considered "progress"?
The twentieth-century witnessed the most technologically advanced nations in the world (i.e. Britain, Germany, France, Japan, and Russia) engage in two World Wars which killed millions of innocent civilians. Not only did the wars itself create unprecedented destruction, but atrocities such as the Holocaust were perpetrated by advanced, "civilized" nations. Although we have not had a major world war in seven decades, the most powerful nations in the world have created nuclear arsenals with the potential to destroy ever inhabitant on the planet. Finally, the Western lifestyle, perfectly exemplified by the United States, is warming the planet and destroying fragile natural ecosystems. Can this be considered progress?
Mar 4 2013: Hi Matt,
While you are correct in just about everything that you mentioned and although I share you sentiments, I wouldn't blame Science and Reason for this. Science and Reason are the means in which these powerful nations viewed progress (Hegel and Engles (not Marx) would have called it Dialectical History/Materialism) but the were not the cause of all that destruction.
You have to also take into account Politics, Economics and just plain old human cruelty and lust for power/domination. There are many factors that play into what you are mentioning. For example, during the Holocaust, the Naiz's were conducting experiments in a unjustly manner. Their unjust actions and experiments do not say anything about the nature of science but the nature of governmental institutions and the potential for evil that humanity has.
The issue of Global Warming is almost exclusively an issue of politics. You would be hard pressed to blame science, technology and human reason for issues of Global Warming. Since the 1970's when Earth Day was first established (you can correct me on the date if I'm incorrect) Science has been concerned about the sustainability of the earth. Without this Scientific interest and advancement, we would not know much about global warming and it would be left to politicians and philosophers to judge the issues of global warming (perhaps w/o sufficient evidence)
There is much debate between the scientific community and the government. The reason for this is because it is the government's job to govern, in light of the findings of science. The government feels as though the scientific community is trying to fight for the last word in global warming discourse and by doing so, the government feels as though the S.C is overstepping its boundaries. All the S.C is trying to do is get the gov't to act hasty.
You are right that science and technology can be used as instruments of evil but if used in the right way, I think we can actually talk about progress.Mar 3 2013: let's just ignore abundance of food, vaccination, comfortable living conditions, travel, cellphones, the internet, advanced medicine, human rights or democracy.
Mar 3 2013: I think this is the best argument against my point. I did fail to mention the incredible advances such as food production, vaccinations, the internet, and human rights. I think that these are all valid points that can be used to justify why western ideals are better than anything that existed before. However, these incredible advances don't wash away the "dark side" of progress and industry. Even in the United States, where we have human rights, democracy, advanced medicine, cell phones, the Internet, comfort, we are still living a lifestyle that is just unsustainable. Do you think that maybe we have to temper our advances with a perpetual awareness of human dignity and protecting the environment?
Mark Kurtz
Mar 3 2013: I see war as a failure of humans to achieve higher ideals of respect, love, civility, tolerance, et al. All the above you mentioned could actually serve to force the planet to accept better relationships. If we cannot learn via discussion, negotiation and patience, we learn the hard way through awfulness of loss. This route will lead to progress because enough of humans will demand and accept more peaceful ways. A terrible price is to be paid when we refuse to accept the higher ideals and ideas for civilizing the planet. So much sorrow is evident and eventually we will see the benefits of sitting down together at the conference table to hammer agreements.
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Progress is a definite feature in evolution of thought; we either accept it peacefully and smartly or we are forced to learn in sorrow. The sorrowful way is the really scary way!!
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Mar 3 2013: The atrocities correlate to the rise of psychology.
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The world has steadily become less violent over the past 100 years
The last year or so show reports that the world is now cooling.
Mar 4 2013: Can you explain what you mean by the "rise of psychology"?
Mar 4 2013: Psychology came into existence starting in the late 1800's
The communist countries said that they learned everything they knew from Woodrow Wilson who learned everything he knew about manipulating the masses from Edward Bernays, Sigmund Freud's nephew. Incidentally old Woodrow is the president who brought us income tax, the federal reserve, and the most crippling of all the 17th amendment, rather dubious accomplishments for someone who has America's best interests in mind don't you think?
Hitler employed 10s of thousands of psychologists to implement eugenics, which was the reason for the atrocities. I wonder how hard it is to plant a seed regarding eugenics in a mad man?Mar 4 2013: Yes, as long as we avoid nuclear war and continue in the development of practical clean energy.
Matt Swatski
Mar 5 2013: I feel that this statement is an oversimplification of the ethical dilemmas facing science today that cannot be answered with a simple, scientific answer. For example, I think most people can concur with the statement that not destroying the planet is generally beneficial to everybody involved. Most people can also agree that practical, clean energy is a noble objective. However, when we look deeper at ethical issues, such as human cloning, embryonic stem -cell research, animal rights, preserving ecosystems, prenatal genetic testing etc... science does not have an answer. Just because we can do all these things, does not mean we should. We need to look deeper to find an ethical framework to wisely choose which of these advancements can be considered "progress", and which of these advancements should be thrown in the same garbage bin as Mercury thermometers, eugenics, nuclear weapons etc...Mar 3 2013: Matt, Issues like this would be easier to discuss in specifics other than generalities and knowing your location would be of great value in doing this .. IMO.
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Science is a tool that is used as a force for the good or evil. Reasoning is the capacity for consciously making sense of things, for establishing and verifying facts, and changing or justifying practices, institutions, and beliefs based on new or existing information.
We have enjoyed a boom in science ... yes weapons are involved ... But so is space travel, medicine, entertainment, travel, comforts, and all types of electronics and toys ...
We enjoyed the art of diplomacy after WW II notably John Foster Dullas, Henery Kissinger, and some Presidents that understood foriegn affairs. We do not have that talent available to us now and depend on diplomatic astute nations such as England to do our bidding. The USA is a failed diplomatic nation and has added greatly to our problems.
The same problems exist today and throughout history ... kingdoms, dictators, fanatics, and the greed of man. I would consider that fewer of these exist today that ever before .... and yes that is progress.
Matt ... I get the feeling that the real issue here is "green". Could you provide some guidance where you would like this conversation to go. Right now it the history of the world part one.
I wish you well.
Mar 3 2013: I guess I was hoping that this conversation could go toward teaching ethical values of human dignity and environmental protection to our children, because I feel that we spend our lives living in comfort and hearing about how much better our lives are compared to just 300 years ago, yet we forget that we are still human. Although we may believe that we are more advanced than our ancestors, we still have the capacity to use our knowledge of science to the detriment of society. I think you are right in talking about "green" as an issue, and this is a perfect modern-day example of how we have to temper our science with ethics. Many scientists talk about science for science's sake or progress for progress' sake, but I believe that science is an incredible tool that can be used to achieve our goals that our founded on our beliefs and principles. Unfortunately, the prevailing attitude, as exemplified by nuclear weapons and climate change, is "to hell with ethics, if we can do it, why shouldn't we"
Mar 3 2013: Matt, Part of the problem is that we hear on the news fronm radicals in both arenas. President Obama poured millions into "green" that had no chance to succeed ... Americans took a bath. The environmental groups have assigned Al Gore to be the face of the movement when he is a punch line for cocktail hour jokes and has never dedicated any protion of his personal life toward the issue in fact much to the opposite.
We have seen the same figures in the hands of spin doctors ... prove and disaprove all of the arguments until this year there appears to be a reversal in the findings that the earth is cooling again.
Matt I agree that there are things we are doing that are abusive to the environment and we should stop. But until issues like the environment and immagration and so forth are taken serious and not just political sabre rattling for votes there will never be real change as you seek.
Matt I might suggest that we, as a nation, begin to take our government seriously. If we returned to a Constitutional government, reduced the size and the programs offered ... and additionally took charge of the "career politicians" and made them once again servants of the people then we could seriously tackle the issues facing us.
We need to focus on the things we can control and work toward those issues you have expressed.
I wish you well. Bob.
Steve C
Apr 2 2013: I think that with our current political & social structures in place, if the leaders find clean, efficient energy, they'll find a dirty, or slothful use for it.
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The "nuclear family" seems to have been one gigantic failure. John Taylor Gatto has some good information on how our schools are designed to let us down. Dave Meslin has a good talk on apathy. http://www.ted.com/talks/dave_meslin_the_antidote_to_apathy.html Cheap labor from overseas youth is just another form of war, theft, & slavery - but "keep shopping" seems to be the new mantra for the last century.
It's definitely not the scientific progress that should be our focus; how we use this knowledge, this technology, and our time, is just as important. We've all got a hand in this right now. The technology's as good as inescapable. And if we can't master our selves, we'll never tame it.Mar 12 2013: Can you blame our fire-discovering ancestors for the burning of accused witches in Salem? No. You cannot blame a scientistific discovery for the atrocities that people commit with them. Everything we use on a day to day basis is a tool. The tools are not evil. However, people can be. I argue that anti-science propaganda is rooted in the distrust of secular peoples. This is religiously motivated.
Mar 13 2013: I agree that it isn't science that is the blame but what people have done with this newly acquired knowledge. How is this connected to religion in anyway? I am all for science and do not practice a religion, but I am having difficulty connecting this to religion.Mar 4 2013: I suppose it could be considered progress but,
it certainly cannot be considered civilization, or civilized.
Is it progress when we have eliminated so many species from the earth
and to also threaten the extinction of many more?
Is it progress to have removed so many rainforests so that we can plunder, destroy impoverish
and produce more methane gas into the atmosphere and with forests gone or dying, we lose (the earth loses) the ability to keep cooler? Well, we do lose.
The melting of the ice caps is a reality but the mismanagement of the resources we still have isn't progress.
The filling of the oceans with garbage, that experts say cannot be removed, doesn't sound like progress to me.
When I was a child I drank cold, sweet water from underground springs. That cannot be done any longer.
That's progress.
You know, many illnesses are progressive. That means in order to progress somewhere, they have to start somewhere.
This thing called progress has been nothing more than a scam, a sham, a lame story, that started somewhere and
has now progressed somewhere. That is what most call progress and it is a mess. Maybe they are wrong, but if they
argue and defend what has happened, as progress, then they are mentally ill or insane.
So mental illness has progressed as we continue to think we can "fix this shit" instead of just doing what is very clear to do: stop this shit!"
But we don't stop. We say we can't stop.
"Ya can't stop progress" but that is exactly what we should do." Belief in such insane thinking is not progress but just how did we get here? By our thinking, which is insane.
We have done the same things over and over, expecting different results, for centuries. The results have been the same only worse.
That is a description of insane behavior. Thus, the actors must be insane.
Gail .
Mar 4 2013: As all that we believe in is in decline (collapsing), I would say that what you speak of is helping humanity "hit bottom", so that different choices can be made. If this is the case, then it will ultimately be seen as a good thing by those who come after.
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Mar 4 2013: who is the "we" in this sentence? you and who else?
Gail .
Mar 4 2013: "we" = "We, the people" = conventional wisdom.
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"me" = not in accord with conventional wisdom.
Mar 4 2013: people believe in different things. many things i believe in is on the rise.Mar 5 2013: I think it may be seen as a good thing by "those who have power"
and not necessarily those who come after.
Josef Mengele may become a hero in the next 25-30 years,
which his comrades declared would happen.
I won't be around.
W. Ying
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Our life goal is to keep our DNA alive;
but the science leads us to go against it mostly.
(For details, see the 1st article, points 1-3, 14, at
https://skydrive.live.com/?cid=D24D89AE8B1E2E0D&id=D24D89AE8B1E2E0D%21283&sc=documents).Mar 3 2013: WW 1 & 2 were both attributable to the power vacuums that were created when the Ottoman and Hapsburg empires fell. Nuclear weapons, scary though they are, have enforced a "stalemate" that has prevented another world war. Most of the technological advances we've made are a direct result of military R & D.
NO ecosystems have been destroyed; altered, attenuated, weakened, changed to no one's benefit certainly, but not destroyed and more attributable to population growth than "violence".
The exploitation of oil and gas has benefitted the entire planet, has driven innovation, prosperity, economies…progress…and yes, it has consequences. Our "science and reason" is also helping to mitigate those consequences as much as increase productivity and impact social change to bring us closer to a more peaceful state.
So yes…progress
Matt Swatski
Mar 4 2013: Do you think that science and reason has to be tempered with ethics?
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Daryl Roche
Mar 4 2013: Do you think they are not? Have you considered what the world would be like compared to today if they were not?Mar 4 2013: I agree with Daryl. They have been and I think will continue to be. If not, we'll just be conducting experiments on anybody at any given time without their consent. You should keep in mind that these ethical values do not only end with human beings but applies to many other things like dogs, cats, chimps and the environment.Mar 3 2013: Yes. Undoubtedly yes. Because on the other hand always lays the spirit of progress and the pulse for improve.Mar 3 2013: "...engage in two World Wars which killed millions of innocent civilians." "....atrocities such as the Holocaust were perpetrated by advanced, "civilized" nations"
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Early in the last century the problem was that people were still not educated as we are now and dictators were determining the nation's future. Nowadays, we have fairly educated masses, the Internet as means of unprecedented communication and criticism, governments more transparent than ever and the number of people killed world-wide keep steadily decreasing.
" the most powerful nations in the world have created nuclear arsenals with the potential to destroy ever inhabitant on the planet"
Nuclear weapon stockpile keeps also decreasing:
"Finally, the Western lifestyle, perfectly exemplified by the United States, is warming the planet and destroying fragile natural ecosystems. "
Yes unfortunately sometimes progress causes other side-effects like global warming. However I see many positive trends. For example, technology is decreasing pollution created by cards, we are moving toward energy from solar panels, more energy efficient appliances and so on.
I think we will overcome global warming, eliminate all arms conflicts and have better life for everyone in near future. The Internet is playing a major role in connecting people and teams to work and resolve these problems
Mar 4 2013: I would argue that Germany was one of the best-educated countries in the world at the time of World War II. In fact, many of the supporters of the Nazis were not the "poor, uneducated masses", but rich, powerful German nationalists who believed in the racial philosophies promoted by intellectuals that interpreted the works of authors like Friedrich Nietschze to justify the superior Aryan race. I do certainly hope that this vision of peace for the future is fulfilled, but the past century and the current crises we face does not inspire optimism
Zdenek Smith
Mar 4 2013: Yes Germany might have been one of the best-educated countries in the world at the time. However this cannot compare to today's level of education. We have much better education, people think in more abstract terms and what-if scenarios (there is a TED 2013 talk that is coming) and significantly higher number of people in highly cognitive professions.
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Also as I mentioned today, due to the Internet, people have substantially higher access to information, including videos taken by people everywhere and blogs, twitters etc. that report factual information. Government cannot any more easily control media.


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The gamma globulin band as seen in conventional serum protein electrophoresis consists of 5 immunoglobulins. In normal serum, about 80% is immunoglobulin G (IgG), 15% is immunoglobulin A (IgA), 5% is immunoglobulin M (IgM), 0.2% is immunoglobulin D (IgD), and a trace is immunoglobulin E (IgE).
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The Amron Model 91813 Gas Calibration Kit allows a chamber technician to easily calibrate analyzers found on a hyperbaric chamber: Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide and Carbon Monoxide. The Zero gas (Nitrogen) is used to establish a zero base point for all analyzers. The Span gas (Mixture) allows the technician to set high points or normal operating levels of the particular gas analyzer.
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Home composting is a relatively simple process that can reduce the amount of waste material going to our landfill and, at the same time, be an educational and fun project for your family. While a composter is not a necessity, it does make home composting a lot easier. Finished compost can be used to improve soil texture, increase the ability of soil to absorb water and air, suppress weed growth, decrease erosion, and reduce the need for commercial soil additives.
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We couldn't make filtering water with the GravityWorks System any easier, so we made it smaller and lighter. The GravityWorks 2.0L system holds up to four liters (depending on configuration), is light weight and packs small, making it ideal for 1-4 people in the backcountry.
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- Easy, Pump-free filtering
- Fast! 1.5-liters per minute
- Weighs as little as 7.2 oz. (203 g)
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- Effective: Meets all EPA & NSF guidelines for the removal of Bacteria and Protozoa, including Giardia, Cryptosporidium, E. coli, Salmonella and Cholera
- Effective against protozoa and bacteria
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- Filter media: Hollow Fiber
- Filter pore size: .2 microns
- Flow (L/min): 1.5 liters per min
- Cartridge life: 1500 liters
- Field cleanable
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Weight: 11.5 oz / 325 g
Dimensions: 7.4" x 3 long (LxW)
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- Easy to use
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My son, of 14yr, used this filtration system while he was at Philmont Scout Ranch on a 12 day (73 mile) hiking trip. There were 9 people in his treck that shared this device. This system was the lightest, most compactable system in their group. It also was the fastest. My son shared he could be doing other things while this gravitational system worked (whether he leaned it against a tree or rocks). Other hand pumped systems do not free the person up (the group had two hand pumps). We did not practice with this device at home...he read the very small manual and watched a short youtube video on the way out to NM and he was able to use the gravitational system without any issues. He said the water was always clean. I would highly recommend this light weight device (light weight was a must for his pack).
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June 23, 2013
1 - 4 pm
with Jody Greene and Shundo David Haye
Located at ZaZEN, 2219 Filbert Street, San Francisco view map
The Art of Attentiveness in Zen and Yoga
In the traditions of zen and vinyasa flow yoga, we are asked to attend to the finer details of our body, breath, and mind. We gather our attention and devote it with precision to the careful alignment of an asana, to the incessant fluctuations of our mind, or to the qualities of our inhale and exhale. These traditions offer us a koan or seeming paradox: we will ultimately find greater ease in all areas of our living, we are told, if we learn to direct our attention in this way. Come explore the arts of attention in an afternoon of sitting, breathwork, and movement.
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A San Francisco Zen Center program offered in partnership with ZaZEN Filbert Street.
Jody Greene has been a zen practitioner since 2001, practicing in both lay and monastic settings. She teaches Vinyasa Flow yoga and meditation at Yoga Tree in San Francisco. Jody Greene came to the practice of Vinyasa Flow yoga in 2002, initially with the sole intention of finding greater ease in her meditation practice. She got more than she bargained for, and now teaches yoga and meditation both privately and at Yoga Tree in San Francisco. Her first love remains hands-on assisting, which she is blessed to practice and teach in classes, workshops, and trainings around the world for her teacher, Janet Stone. Her other root teachers of yoga include Aimee Nitzberg and Mark Stephens. In 2001, Jody began studying Zen Buddhism at Tassajara Zen Mountain Monastery, and has practiced in both lay and monastic settings throughout the past decade under inspired teachers Daijaku Kinst and Ryushin Paul Haller. She has taught meditation to yogis at the Esalen Yoga Festival and yoga to meditators at the San Francisco Zen Center, and she was a presenter at the 2012 Wanderlust Festival at Squaw Valley. In the interstices, she is Professor of Literature, Feminist Studies, and the History of Consciousness at UC Santa Cruz.
Shundo David Haye came from England to Zen Center to begin his practice in 2000. Since then he has lived at City Center and Tassajara, following the traditional monastic training path. He has served as work leader at Tassajara, tenzo (head of the kitchen) and ino (head of the meditation hall) at City Center, and currently holds the position of director at City Center. He was ordained as a priest in 2009 by Ryushin Paul Haller, and was head monk at Tassajara last fall. He helps to run the Young Urban Zen group in the city, maintained the Ino's Blog for more than two years, and is deeply interested in spreading the dharma widely for the benefit of all beings.


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1 3/4 cups
all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon
1 teaspoon
baking soda
1/2 cup
butter, softened
1/2 cup
white sugar
1/2 cup
peanut butter
1/2 cup
packed brown sugar
egg, beaten
1 teaspoon
vanilla extract
2 tablespoons
miniature chocolate covered peanut butter cups, unwrapped
Fail-proof. I followed the directions and everything turned out perfectly. ADVICE: freeze (or put in fridge) unwrapped PB cups - it is easier to press the frozen candy into the hot cookie without falling to pieces. SUPERB!
I'm not sure where I went wrong, but it most have been me because all of the other reviews don't mention the cookies cracking. I used a regular muffin tin, ungreased. The balls stayed as balls, no spreading. When I took them out at 8 mins. and pressed the frozen p-nutbutter cup in, the cookies edges cracked and seperated. Any suggestions?
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WOW! Fantastic Recipe!
Made a single batch to try it out exactly as it was printed.
Some Key Tricks I Used:
**Make dough, and pop into refrigerator for about an hour--it makes cookies easier to scoop.
**I used the smallest cookie scoop I had (approx 2 tsp) and levelled off the bottom (so I had exact size balls (With flattened ends!)
**I scooped the first batch into the mini muffin tin...and while that batch baked, I scooped the rest of the dough onto a plate--that way I could quickly refill the pan once cooled (I have asked Santa for an extra pan for Christmas--It would be good to make more than 12 at a time!!!)
**Freeze PB Cups, unwrap, then pop back into freezer--until cookies are out of oven.
**Allow middles to "sink" a bit before adding the pb cup(should happen when removed from the oven after 8 minutes) the "sink" will prevent the sides of the cookie from cracking.
**ABSOLUTELY refrigerate the pan before removing cookies for cooling rack... BUT
**Decorate with sprinkles BEFORE refrigerating pan--place decor quickly, as the chocolate will start to melt. Shifting placement of the decorations will be tricky!
**Once cooled...HIDE from husband, kids, neighbours...they disappear faster than you can make 'em!
Great recipe!
These were pretty good. One thing I can say is that they dont look like they're done cooking after 8 minutes, but they are. Dont make the mistake of overbaking them.
5 Stars!
I used my husband's sugary "Skippy" Peanut Butter. Also used a cookie sheet insted of a muffin pan, and cookies turned out perfect.
DELICIOUS. Everyone raved about them, even people who normally didn't like peanut butter.
INGREDIENTS AND TIMING ARE PERFECT. I wouldn't suggest changing a thing. I thought that they were not done at first, and was tempted to leave them in longer, but the cook time was perfect.
LONGEVITY/FRESHNESS. The cookies stayed fresh and soft for quite awhile in the cookie tins they were in.
OVERALL, an excellent recipe that I will be making and sharing every Christmas, for years to come!
I made these for my Christmas Party and they were a hit! I doubled the recipe and came out with 72 cookies. I would recommend popping the trays into the refrigerator after you place the candy cups in the cookies. If you don't, the chocolate centers keep melting and it takes longer for them to cool and store. Easy to remove from the tray and small enough to fit many on a serving tray. I will definitely make these again.
These are great! My husband has pretty much polished them off in 2 days by himself, I will have to make a couple more batches for the christmas tins. One hint, I didn't know how big to make the balls of dough, to get 40 cookies, make them about 3/4 inch in diameter.
I used whole wheat white flour (it's lighter in texture and naturally sweeter than regular whole wheat) and all natural PB. Husband couldn't tell these cookies were 100% whole grain and gobbled them right up. I chilled the dough for a few hours, and instead of forming balls, I just used a medium cookie scoop to get uniform-sized rounded mounds in the fraction of the time. I dropped the mounds into regular muffin tins because that's all I had, but they still came out looking great. I did have to cook them 3 min longer though because I made them larger than what the recipe called for. Don't make the mistake of cooking them too long (recipe is right on unless you make your cookies bigger). The dough should be soft when you take it out. The first time I made this, I baked them too long (waited for them to turn golden), and they were dry.
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
Peanut Butter Cup Cookies
Serving Size: 1/40 of a recipe
Servings Per Recipe: 40
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 122
Calories from Fat: 59
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Another beautiful Melbourne day greeted an estimated 70,300 fans who came to watch the stars of Formula One take to the Albert Park circuit for the first time this season.
Hometown heroes Mark Webber and Daniel Ricciardo kicked-off practice alongside World Champions Sebastian Vettel, Jenson Button, Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton.
Red Bull Racing's Sebastian Vettel ended up setting the pace ahead of his teammate Mark Webber as they showed their rivals a clean set of wings.
Another German driver Nico Rosberg set the third best time in his Mercedes ahead of Finn Kimi Raikkonen and Frenchman Romain Grosjean in the Lotus cars.
It was a disappointing afternoon for Ferrari as Spaniard Fernando Alonso was only sixth and his Brazilian partner, Felipe Massa, eighth – the pair sandwiching Lewis Hamilton on his first day of action with Mercedes.
Fabian Coulthard's flawless MSS Security V8 Supercars Challenge campaign continued, with the Holden driver winning the second 12-lap race this afternoon to add to his first success earlier today.
The only driver who proved to be of minor nuisance to Coulthard was fellow-Holden driver Craig Lowndes, but the New Zealander dispensed with him on lap nine, and was then unchallenged to the finish.
The Mazda6 Celebrity Challenge saw cricketer Brad Hodge hit his competitors for six by taking line honours more than 10 seconds ahead of actors Jonathan LaPaglia and Jared Daperis. Golden girl Anna Meares was the best placed female coming across the finish line in sixth position.
Off track, the action continued with huge crowds watching Nitro Circus Live fire up the Action Zone and James Reyne performing in Legends Lane. In another spectacular display, the RAAF F/A-18's completed a rocketing fly-by that ensured all eyes turned skywards.
CEO of the Australian Grand Prix Corporation, Andrew Westacott, was excited by the fantastic attendance and is buoyed ahead of a huge weekend.
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With the cost of prescription medications on the rise, and Medicare still not offering coverage for medications, here's a great offer to help bring those costs down. As a member of Yale-New Haven Health, Bridgeport Hospital is proud to offer a no-cost CATALYST SCRIPTS card for seniors whose insurance does not cover the cost of prescriptions, or who do not already have a pharmacy discount card. It entitles people age 50 and over and their dependents to obtain the lowest price at the point of purchase at more than 48,000 chain and independent pharmacies, nationwide!
Here's how it works: When you have a prescription to be filled, simply take your prescription and your discount card to a participating pharmacist. It's that easy!
CATALYST SCRIPTS can be used after your prescription coverage "cap" has been reached or if your coverage is only valid with certain drugs. You can use CATALYST SCRIPTS for brand name or generic drugs, whichever your doctor feels is right for you.
Many brand name drugs are quite expensive. Often, there are some very similar brand name drugs that cost less and will save you money. A partial list of these drugs will accompany your card. Ask your doctor if any of these less expensive brand name drugs would be right in treating your medical condition. Only your doctor will be able to make this decision.
So if you're tired of paying high prices for prescriptions, the CATALYST SCRIPTS discount card could save you money. And after all, better that the money stays in your pocket than someone else's!
To apply for your CATALYST SCRIPTS Discount card, please call Bridgeport Hospital at 888-357-2396.


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Sierra Club Rocky Mountain Chapter's Annual Winter Gala with Sierra Club Executive Director, Michael Brune.
The Sierra Club's Rocky Mountain Chapter proudly presents its Annual Winter Gala -- a fun-filled evening featuring an exciting presentation from Michael Brune, dinner, silent auction and awards ceremony to celebrate our Chapter's most inspiring volunteer activists.
You are invited to attend this special, momentous occasion and hear from a national leader in the environmental cause and the Executive Director of Sierra Club, Michael Brune, as he presents us his vision of where we are now and where we are heading as a movement, intertwined with sharing his experience of his cross-country trip across the nation this past summer to key battleground areas in the fight for a cleaner and fairer future. It is especially thrilling to have Michael here as our state was one of his early stops on his tour. You can bet he will have a lot to share regarding his time here with us.
Seating is limited to 100 people, so get your tickets now for this opportunity to experience first-hand Sierra Club and environmental activism history, all while getting in some holiday shopping and supporting your Chapter.
Event Details
WHAT: Sierra Club Rocky Mountain Chapter's Annual Winter Gala with Sierra Club's Executive Director, Michael BruneWHEN: Friday, December 6, 2013, 6:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.WHERE: The American Mountaineering Center, 710 10th Street, Golden, CO 80401 (Map)TICKETS: $35 - includes drinks and a delicious, satisfying barbecue buffet dinner (vegan/vegetarian option available) with sides and all the fixin's.ADDITIONAL INFORMATIONDue to the special nature of this event this year, including needing exact head-count for dinner, tickets can only be purchased in advance. NO TICKETS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR.Doors to the event will open early at 6:00 p.m. for check-in and early participation in the silent auction. The event will officially start at 6:30 p.m. with the silent auction continuing in the hall adjacent to the conference center. The conference center will open at 7 p.m. for seating. Dinner will be served sometime between 7:15 to 7:30 p.m. and the awards ceremony and Michael Brune presentation will follow. After the presentation, the silent auction will open back up and close out the event.
Except for dinner rolls or other bread products, all other items served at the event - entrees, sides and sauces -- will be gluten free. Please indicate at check-out if you need the vegan/vegetarian option. Please contact Dave Read at firstname.lastname@example.com if you have any questions about the food being served.
Alcohol will be served at the event at no additional cost to those who sign up for it at check-out. Each guest will be given 3 coupons to exchange for their choice of beer or wine, and drinks will only be served one at a time. No additional alcohol will be sold at this event. All attendees wishing to partake in the beer and wine offerings will be asked to show valid government issued ID to verify age. BRINGING ALCOHOL TO THE EVENT IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED. Non-alcoholic beverages will also be available and served without restriction.
For additional information or questions, contact Dave Read at firstname.lastname@example.com
Friday, December 6, 2013
Time: 6:30 PM - 10:00 PM
We're sorry, the deadline for buying tickets for this event has passed.


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BBD Staff Writer: Joseph Curtis
Despite not being power conferences, both Conference USA and the Sun Belt Conference have produced their share of NFL talent in recent years. An average of eight players have been selected from C-USA during the last five drafts, including one first-round pick in each of the past two drafts (Memphis defensive tackle Dontari Poe in 2012, Houston cornerback D.J Hayden in 2013). During the same period, the Sun Belt has averaged 4.8 selections with no first-round picks.
While neither conference possesses any surefire first-round caliber prospects for the 2014 NFL draft, Western Kentucky linebacker Andrew Jackson is gaining notoriety heading into the season.
Due to conference realignments, C-USA boasts six new football schools this season while the Sun Belt adds two schools. In this article, we'll explore some names other than Jackson to watch this season amongst the C-USA and Sun Belt teams.


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Proliant DL380R04 Xeon 3.6GHz 2MHewlett-Packard Part# 378740-001
Overview:The ProLiant DL380 delivers on its history of design excellence with enterprise-class uptime and manageability proven 2-way Intel Xeon performance and 2U density for a variety of rack deployments and applications. The ProLiant DL380 G4 High Performance model includes the latest performance technologies and enterprise class availability features pre-installed for convenience and value.
CategoryProliant Server
Part Number378740-001
Products ID15464
Form FactorRack-Mountable - 2U
Processor2 x Intel Xeon 3.6 GHz - 64-bit
Processor Main FeaturesIntel Extended Memory 64 Technology
Cache Memory4 MB L2 cache
Cache Per Procssor2 MB
Floppy Drive3.5" 1.44 MB Floppy
Hard DriveNone
Optical StorageDVD-ROM
Graphics ControllerATI RAGE XL - 8 MB
NetworkingEthernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Etherne
Dimensions (WxDxH)17.5 in x 26 in x 3.4 in
Weight45 lbs