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I'm trying a new recipe and I was told to soak my boneless skinless chicken thighs in milk with a little spices. Let them soak for a while then take them out of the milk and then drop them in seasoned bread crumbs. Cook for about 20 minutes with foil on and another 10 without foil. It sounded good so I am going to try it. Does this sound like it should work?
Soaking chicken in milk or buttermilk in the refrigerator overnight is a common practice when making Southern-style fried chicken. This practice supposedly tenderizes the chicken through the actions of enzymes naturally present in the milk. Yoghurt is used in a similar way in many Middle Eastern and southern Asian food ways.
The milk can be used alone, but is often seasoned with onions, garlic, or spices.
I can hear one lone salmonella on a piece of chicken shouting "yipee!" as the chicken lands in the milk marinade, which is pretty clever for something unicellular that doesn't have lungs.
There has to be more control than "a little while" in the milk.
Off the top of my head, I'd suggest no more than a half hour in milk, and then the dunk in breadcrumbs and cooking has to happen in the next few minutes. If the overnight immersion is wanted, do that in the refrigerator so the temperature does not get over 4 degC .
I don't see anything bad about the procedure, and it might make a big difference to the final dish - but there is not a lot of point in making Southern fried bugs as a by-product.


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What is the basis in the Scripture for the doctrine that those who haven't received salvation during their physical life, especially those who heard of Christ and yet chose not to pray to Him, will still have a chance to get saved after their physical death?
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The only passage I am aware of is 1 Peter 3:18-20a:
It should be noted that this is rather a "standalone" passage, in that there is nothing similar in Scripture, so it is unwise to base a doctrine on it. However, you could read into this:
Note though that this is speculation and not a central belief of any mainstream Christian denomination (that I know of - but see @brillant's comments, below).
2 Maccabees 12:38-45 (NRSVCE):
Judas not only prayed for the dead men ("turned to supplication"), he also made a sin offering on their behalf. It is also the first reference of the resurrection in the scriptures.
Keep in mind that this is considered Scripture in Eastern Orthodoxy.
One more place in Bible which is (as far as I know) 1Corinthians 3:15. Here I post it with some context (1Cor 3, 10-15).
It definitely talks about those who build on Christ and will be saved, but it recognizes two categories: those who recieve reward and those who will be saved too, "but only as one escaping through the flames". Catholics interpret this as a reference to fate of those saved after death: they will go to heaven either directly (the reward) or through purgatory (the flames). Or through "something like purgatory" - I think Eastern Orthodox doctrine teaches something like this.


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GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) -- A prolonged arraignment for five men accused of nearly 3,000 murders on 9/11 is in recess.
The self-proclaimed mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks and four co-defendants defiantly disrupted the military hearing that dragged well into Saturday evening. They knelt in prayer, ignored the judge and wouldn't listen to Arabic translations as they confronted nearly 3,000 counts of murder.
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AG083: Unfair-Weather Friends
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Unfair-Weather Friends (Japanese: お天気研究所のポワルン! The Weather Institute of Castform!) is the 43rd episode of Pokémon: Advanced Challenge.
Episode Plot
The gang continues their journey to Fortree City. Suddenly, they are caught in a rain! They go at a nearest tree, but it has been struck by lightning. Suddenly, it begins to snow! A Castform appears before them, wanting them to follow it. They have no choice but to do it. The sun shines again, amazing everyone. Castorm changes into another form. Suddenly two scientists appear, while Brock goes with his flirting scheme. Max goes to pull him, but Brock seems to have his flirt frozen for some reason...
The scientists introduce - Bart and Millie. They offer them to go to the weather institute, to which they accept. Team Rocket is caught in the snow, annoyed to the fact "twerps dragged them here". Bart and Millie give them a quick tour of the institute. Bart is amazed Millie has been successful in so short time. Team Rocket see the institute and plan to steal the Castform. Team Rocket will improvise to get in, but suddenly, they see a plane arriving. Millie gives shows them the central computer, but Ash spots the plane.
Inside, Team Aqua's leader commands them to initiate the operation. Team Aqua go out and tie the scientists. The leader sends Crawdaunt to watch over them. Team Rocket spots the event and go to hide, but see other members of Team Aqua watching them close. Team Rocket recites their motto and in the end, they got tied up. They are put at the same place with the scientists. Team Rocket gets the air out of their lungs, so much their rings fall off, intimidating Team Aqua. However, one of them switches the machine on. The scientists drop to the ground, while Team Rocket is struck by lightning. The gang sees everything, so they suspect they are after the weather machine.
The leader demands the info about the Ancient Pokémon. Bart does not recall having any data about the Ancient Pokémon, except Kyogre and Groudon. The man can't get access to more data, requiring a special card. Bart places the card around Castform's neck and tells it to go to Millie. The Crawdaunt use BubbleBeam. Castform uses Weather Ball to knock out one of them, but is stricken by the other one's attack. The sun shines, so Castform changes its form and uses Weather Ball, hitting a Crawdaunt. Castform disappears into the vents of the building, so the leader orders to get the card back. Ash goes to stop them, but falls down. Millie mentions that the vents are connected to the room they are in, so Castform will arrive to them. However...
... however, Team Aqua appear. As they are about to go in the next room, Castform emerges from the vents. Castform goes to Millie, giving the card. Team Aqua is not stopped and will get that card. Brock, May, Max and Millie go, while Ash orders Pikachu to use Thunderbolt, electrocuting Team Aqua and their Crawdaunt. Team Aqua pass by, while the rest is hiding in the vents. Millie thinks they should hide the data instead. Max sees Team Aqua around the next corner, while they are convinced Castform is in the main computer room. Millie whispers something to Ditto - it transforms to Castform (with the card) and runs away, distracting Team Aqua. Fake Casform arrives to Ash and he takes it with him and going away.
Millie copies the data from the computer to a disc - info about Groudon and Kyogre - Pokémon that are believed to created the ground and water on Earth. The copying is complete, so Millie deletes the info from the main computer. They go out, but Ash bumps into Brock. Millie explains one of the Castform is a Ditto, so it shape-changes into its back shape. Team Aqua appear, so Ash sends Torkoal. Torkoal sneezes smoke, so the gang goes out of the building. They arrive to the place where Team Aqua has the prisoners. The leader demands the card for the prisoners. When a clear "no" has been said, a member codes the machine to produce lightening. It struck Team Rocket, blasting them off.
The leader's patience has gone to an end - she orders a member to code the computer. However, Millie gives them the card. The member searches for data, but finds nothing. Millie shows them the true card and jumps to an tower. She reveals herself - it is a man named Broadie of Team Magma! The Crawdaunt use BubbleBeam, while Ditto transforms and uses Bubble Beam as well, negating the attacks. May sends Combusken and uses Sky Uppercut, but is negated and hurt by Ditto's Crabhammer. The man uses a jet pack, disappearing. Team Aqua has nothing else but to go to their main base back.
Bart is stricken by the betrayal. A woman appears, introducing herself as Millie. Ash mistakes her for Broadie, but May corrects him - Brock flirts with her (unlike before where his flirting scheme was "cold"). Bart shows her the work she could do - transferring data from books to the computer. Millie is happy when she'll do that sort of work. Meanwhile, Team Rocket wanders in the snow, with Meowth being angry at the weather.
Castform (Normal, Sunny, Rainy and Snowy forms)
- Featured Pokémon: Weezing, Koffing, Muk, Cascoon.
- In the beginning of the episode, a classic Pokémon identification can be seen. In this case, it is an Abra.


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Is there any purely algebraic proof of Borel-Weil-Bott theorem. I mean only techniques from Algebraic group. In each and every proof I have seen so far they use Lie group techniques and then translate to Algebraic group version. I need a proper reference which is easily readable.
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Since it's not stable, $PA$ fails at being categorical in a power in the worst possible way, having $2^{\lambda}$ models in any uncountable $\lambda$. But $PA$ regains its categoricity in the move to second order logic, by which I mean, once we replace the induction schema with a single, second-order axiom. Are there natural examples of unstable first-order theories for which categoricity is not recoverable in this way?
If the restriction to unstable $T$ is too strong, are there natural examples of complete, non-categorical first-order $T$ which are also non-categorical as second-order theories?
I'm struggling to think of such examples because I don't know of any axiomatizable, semantically complete but non-categorical second-order theory. Also, of course, unlike $PA$, not every theory has a natural second-order extension.


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The reason for this shift is that, while there are good trading education services out there, most of them are priced beyond the level of a developing trader. When I began trading in the late 1970s with my $2500 stake as a graduate student, I couldn't have afforded trading coaches who charge hundreds of dollars per hour or seminars that cost hundreds if not thousands of dollars. No trader should be spending 5% or more of his or her trading stake on any single educational opportunity. Prudence dictates that a trading business, like any fledgling enterprise, keep its overhead reasonable.
That is why I've been developing a suite of resources that are designed to aid traders who are like me in my early years: full of interest and willingness to work and learn, but shy on capital. Here's a rundown on those resources and who might find them of use:
1) TraderFeed Blog - This blog has a twin focus: market psychology and trading psychology. Thus you'll find posts on market sentiment--the buying and selling interest among participants and market sectors--as well as posts on trader psychology and trading methods that make use of sentiment and psychology. Many of the posts generate enlightening comments from readers; the readership includes a large number of individual and institutional professional traders. Subscription to the blog via RSS is free, of course; links for subscription can be found below the "About Me" section of the blog page.
2) Become Your Own Trading Coach Blog - This is my new blog site that emphasizes information that can help traders further their personal and trading development. It is a companion blog to the trading coach book that will be coming out shortly (see below), and it serves as an archive for some of the most practically useful trading psychology posts from TraderFeed. New material will be added to the Trading Coach book (see below) over time, and will be available through the Trading Coach blog. RSS subscription is also available via links on the blog at the top left.
3) Twitter Trader - This is the "blog within a blog" feature that sends traders short messages of timely relevance. Some of the "tweets" are links to mainstream media articles that highlight important big picture themes for markets; others are links to blog posts regarding markets and trading methods. Also included in the Twitter posts are pre-opening indicator readings; heads ups on economic reports coming out; and morning comments about market conditions, relative volume, and other important real time information. Free subscription is available via my Twitter page.
4) The Daily Trading Coach - This new book is in print as I write and should be out in the next month or so. To my knowledge, it is the first book specifically designed as a self-help book for traders, with 101 short chapters, each highlighting a practical method for improving trading and psychology. Chapter lessons include specific cognitive, behavioral, and dynamic techniques for working on the psychological side of trading, as well as sections devoted to improving your trading business (risk management, performance measurement) and perspectives from well-regarded trader/bloggers. New material will be added to the book electronically via the Trading Coach blog (see above), and readers will have a dedicated email address to communicate their questions and comments to me. One long-awaited reader-requested feature: A full chapter--10 lessons--devoted to identifying patterns with Excel.
Not all of these resources will appeal to all traders, of course, but my hope is that the mix of them can provide a deep and affordable base of information and skills for those riding their learning curves. Who knows? If the interest is there, over time I may add video and live resources to the mix: whatever will help traders coach themselves toward greater personal and trading development. Thanks as always for the interest and support.
8 comments:
- Jon said...
Thank you Brett, for everything.
- Jon, a long-time avid reader of yours.
- Panama said...
Brett, We all thank you for your generosity and the good will evident in every posting.
May the sun alway shine upon you and the one's you love.
- David said...
Dr. Brett,
I've read your site every day for three years and I can count on one hand the number of blogs that are so consistently valuable.
And while my trading has started and stopped a few times my learning curve has been stretched in new directions from what is here. Thank you.
- Richard Hoffpauir said...
As a graduate student who is also learning to trade with a small amount of capital, I feel that I can relate directly to where you started. I can only imagine you had it harder without the internet and blogosphere.
I truly appreciate your site and the free daily advice you post.
Thank you!
- Joslin Lolo said...
Congrats on the 2K posts, I wish you continued success in all your endeavors, may I ask when the you think you will get around to posting again on the "how to trade" series of posts.
- adan said...
pre-ordered the daily trading coach bk; looking fwd to it :-)
- Gangineni Dhananjhay said...
Brett, I can be counted as one of the early follower of your thoughts discovering your site from DailySpec. Not a single day passes without multiple visits to Traderfeed. Its a constant companion even during trading for deriving inspiration.I have profitably used the idea of " Pushing away or Pulling towards VWAP" as a concept of Intraday trading as an anchor for understanding price action.
- Brett Steenbarger, Ph.D. said...
Many thanks for the interest and support. I hope to build on the Introduction to Trading series very soon--


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17 Aug 2010 1:34 PM #1
We're Here, now what do we do?
Newbie here. Any suggestions on where to start would be greatly appreciated. We would like to start with a very simple app design and grow from there. Feedback??? Thanks!
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17 Aug 2010 1:48 PM #2
download the 0.93 package and start with the different examples, especially Kitchen Sink. When you see one that fits what you are trying to do, study the source code to see how it works. You can also check the API for some assistance there, too.
come check here for answers when you run into any problems, search first and ask questions after if you can't figure it out.
18 Aug 2010 6:01 AM #3
Nosarious is right. As a newb, I try from kitchen sink and different example. Following advices of evant, I always take the smallest part of code that I like and build on it
These are the only way I see right now.


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9 Insane Cases that Prove the US Legal System Is Screwed
Exhibit 4: Mr. Loophole (TM)
Lawyer Nick Freeman has legally and on record made a mockery of the entire judiciary. He's trademarked his nickname, "Mr. Loophole," so not only is he admitting he screws the system, that system is now legally obligated to protect his right to do so. Presumably his next suit will be, "The right to wave my dick in the judge's face is a fundamental civil liberty."
He's cleared people of speeding over 100 miles an hour based on laws from the days of the Model T, when the only way to get a car moving that fast was throw it off a cliff. He refuses to meet clients before proceedings in case he'd be compromised by any extraneous details they might reveal. Translation: "My clients are so guilty that I can't risk even being in the same room as them."
Even the blind are able to sense Freeman's douchebaggery
His high-profile clients include a soccer player who killed a father of four by ramming a Mercedes into his Renault. Luckily this was one case where Freeman couldn't derail due process by doing something like claiming a man with nine double-vodkas in his system was sober, arguing that needing to piss is more important than "the law," or accusing a magistrate of winking (all of which he's pulled off in other cases).
He proved his absolute lawyerality by once saying, "Morally, I can't (justify it), but ethically, I can." If that makes any sense to you then congratulations, you're either Buddha or psychotic.
Exhibit 5: Judge fucks up walking, the world must pay
New York State Supreme Court Justice Jack Battaglia slipped on a mopped floor and fractured his knee. As a respected member of the community and a seasoned legal professional, he completely understands the reality of the situation--and how he can sue the city for $1 million.
Wait, there's more. He's also suing the janitor. Yes, a $136,000-a-year judge looking to collect from the lady who literally cleans up after him ... because she got the floor wet while mopping it.
Battaglia defines a wet floor as "a dangerous and hazardous traplike condition," because as an experienced judge, he knows other judges aren't allowed to go, "Oh shut up you cash-grubbing asshole." They have to act like he's an entirely reasonable human being and patiently explain that the city did not ambush him with a bucket of water.
This same man could sentence you to jail
If it turns out this guy is living in the same Disney movie as Roy Pearson up there, then it's just a matter of time until some genie or angel or cursed bracelet causes him to swap lives with the janitor. After a few months as a minimum wage worker struggling to make ends meet while rich assholes prance around like the lords of creation, he'll gain a new understanding of the real values that matter in life. Then after that realization he'll wake up and still be a janitor, because fuck him.
Exhibit 6: Gambling lawyer sues casino for making her gamble
In a tragedy of retardation that could be given a soundtrack and entitled The Death of Personal Responsibility: The Musical, lawyer Arelia Taveras gambled with client money. In an unsurprising twist, she lost it.
In fact she lost over a million dollars, her legal practice, her home, her parents' home and claims she even tried to kill herself, so she clearly lost at that too.
Of course, none of it is her fault, which is why she's suing seven major Atlantic City casinos for a $20 million jackpot. Because God knows her last attempt to get money out of them worked so well. Since refusing to give money back to the losers is pretty much the foundation of the gambling industry, and they have large mountains of money to hire their own lawyers with, we don't like her chances.
Taveras with NY Mayor Bloomberg, who we're guessing is not taking her calls right now
At first, it's hard to know who to root for in this contest between two businesses based on weaseling money out of stupid people. But then you remember the casinos have a buffet.


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Recent and archived news articles by Gary Fineout of The New York Times.
Sinking G.O.P. Poll Numbers May Put Florida in Play
Gov. Rick Scott's unpopularity in Florida has led political strategists to wonder whether the state's voters will again lean toward President Obama in 2012.
June 28, 2011, Tuesday
In Florida, Push to Link Teacher Pay to Student Performance
The far-reaching bills in the Florida House and Senate would would position Florida as a leader among those states taking on teachers' unions.
March 9, 2011, Wednesday
Florida Republicans Are at Odds With Their Leader
Republican lawmakers are preparing to tackle the state's finances, but their rocky relationship with the new governor, Rick Scott, is front and center.
March 8, 2011, Tuesday
Florida's Governor Rejects High-Speed Rail Line, Fearing Cost to Taxpayers
Gov. Rick Scott effectively turned down $2 billion in federal funds as part of President Obama's goal of building a national high-speed rail network.
February 17, 2011, Thursday
Jim Morrison Pardoned For 1969 Convictions
7:52 p.m. | Updated TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Jim Morrison, the charismatic front man of the Doors who died nearly 40 years ago, was granted a posthumous pardon by Florida on Thursday.
December 10, 2010, Friday
Jim Morrison Is Pardoned in Indecent Exposure Case
Morrison, the lead singer for the Doors, was convicted in 1970 following a raucous performance where witnesses said they saw him expose himself.
December 9, 2010, Thursday
Florida Officials Expected to Grant Jim Morrison a Pardon
A member of Florida's clemency board says she is inclined to support a posthumous pardon for Jim Morrison, the lead singer for the Doors.
December 8, 2010, Wednesday
Pardon Bid for Jim Morrison Relights Old Fires
Charlie Crist, Florida's departing governor, seems ready to pardon Jim Morrison of the Doors for a 1970 conviction, and old animosities are resurfacing.
November 18, 2010, Thursday
Last-Minute Sprint to Rally the Faithful
Neither Alex Sink nor Rick Scott have been able to build a lead in the bitter race for governor, which has been dominated by a barrage of television ads about each other's character and ethics, or lack thereof.
November 1, 2010, Monday
Uproar Over Text Message to Florida Candidate During Debate
Alex Sink, Florida's Democratic candidate for governor, received a text message from an aide during Monday night's debate.
October 26, 2010, Tuesday
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Big Red will appear in an Italian court next week to begin defending his originality and heritage. Western Kentucky University and its licensing partners are suing Italian TV company Mediaset for $250 million in a copyright infringement dispute.
The university claims "Gabibbo," a popular and irreverent TV character in Italy is a direct copy of Big Red's likeness. Gabibbo is involved in several merchandising promotions and even had a #1 album on Italy's record charts in the 1990's.
One of the show's producers told an Italian magazine in 1991 that Gabibbo was based on Big Red, but WKU says it hasn't seen a dime of revenue from Gabibbo merchandise sales.
Big Red and an advisor are set to hold a press conference in Italy on Monday to introduce the "real Big Red" to the Italian press and public, who have indicated a high level of interest in the mascot dispute.
Lawyers for both sides (and perhaps the mascot himself) will appear in an Italian court next week for a pretrial hearing, though a final decision could still be more than a year away.


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All it needs is a personal appeal from a Noisebridge executive and some other stuff.
This page is a long scroll. It needs to be tightened up and linked out...
Clean up the sections
The sections for Info, Status, Meetings, Emergency, and Events and Classes, and Incorporation include overlap and encourage long scrolling additions.
I propose we clean up the overlap on the main page, and create a set of sub-pages with expanded information.
- Link out to Events and Classes page rather than sections, Info pages from the top banner, etc. etc.
- The new Info page can hold status content, incorporation and meetings section information..
- Events and Classes will hold class and mailing list links to meeting info.
- Make Emergency section a separate banner section at the top.
suggestions for additions
Strongly suggest adding a "google+" button for the blog!
April Fools
You're all no phun. Sorry for party rockin'!
P.S - We describe ourselves as an arts and crafts group? holy shit, I've been totally misled about noisebridge's purpose.


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TV, Comic Books
Welcome to Food or Comics?, where every week we talk about what comics we'd buy at our local comic shop based on certain spending limits — $15 and $30 — as well as what we'd get if we had extra money or a gift card to spend on a splurge item.
Check out Diamond's release list or ComicList, and tell us what you're getting in our comments field.
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If I had $15, I'd start things off with Hawkeye #1 (Marvel, $2.99). David Aja's built up a great track record from his run on Iron Fist to his various one-off issues in and around the Marvel Universe, so seeing him re-team withIron Fist co-writer Matt Fraction is something special. Without creators like these I'd probably balk at a Hawkeye series, but they make this a must-buy. After that I'd get another first issue, Image's Harvest #1 (Image, $3.50). AJ Lieberman's quietly written a number of great stories, and this one seems pretty inventive. I might've waited for the trade on this, but newcomer Colin Lorimer's art on it makes me think he's going to be a big deal and I need to know about it. For the bronze in my $15 pile, it's Avengers Vs. X-Men #9 (Marvel, $3.99). This week, Jason Aaron and Andy Kubert take point, re-teaming from their great but under-appreciated Astonishing Wolverine and Spider-Man series from a while back. Lastly, I'd get Daredevil #16 (Marvel, $2.99) because Waid is bringing his A-game, and the recent addition of Chris Samnee only makes it even more impressive. The previews for this issue shows guest appearances by Ant-Man, Doctor Strange and Iron Man, so it'll be interesting to see how Waid factors them into Matt's world.
If I had $30, I'd get Thief of Thieves #7 (Image, $2.99), which is becoming one of my favorite Image books and Nick Spencer's finest at the moment. Having Shawn Martinbrough draw it only helps. After that, I'd get Earth 2 #4 (DC, $2.99). James Robinson is really living up to the "New 52" moniker by giving us one of the most imaginative and different takes on the DCU, and Nicola Scott is drawing up a storm here. After that, I'd tie things up with RASL #15 ($4.99). Jeff, you get my money sight unseen.
If I could splurge, I'd take a chance and order Absalom: Ghosts of London (2000 AD, $17.99) because it looks pretty great. British cops governing over an ages-old pact between the English government and hell? Hell yeah.


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It was just a matter of time before sometime turned zucchini's reputation for August abundance into a national holiday. Where does American Greetings fit in?
You, too, can send a card marking today, August 8, as National Sneak Some Zucchini on Your Neighbor's Porch Day, but you'll have to create your own. Pennies for the post office, trees dropped, paper production and then back to ashes in the land fill. All so we can ridicule a vegetable that most of us can't even spell, let alone appreciate.
It's true – Tom Roy, of Pannsylvania, has declared August 8 a national zucchini holiday. I tried to track down how one does something as ambitious as this, not to mention why, but got sidetracked reading about the amount of potassium in zucchini. There's actually more potassium in zucchini than in a banana.
I'll take a zucchini over a bananaany day. My neighbor, Joanne Bruton, knows that. She has the awesome garden on the corner of East Third and Seventhavenues. It's the most gorgeous vegetable garden in Durango, an artful display of everything you'd want to eat. She is the master with the green thumb and boundless energy.
The other day, I was lusting over that garden when her husband, Larry, asked me if I had grown any zucchini this year.
No, I replied. Too much confusion in my yard. I was barely surviving the house remodel, I said.
This year, nearly all my vegetable gardening energy is going to Shared Harvest, where last year my team grew Romanesco zucchini, a superior yellow and gray-green striped variety.
These are wonderful just lightly sauteed in garlic-spiked olive oil, then seasoned with salt and pepper. I haven't brought home any zucchini from Shared Harvest, so I was delighted when Joanne gave me a big bag full, including one monster.
These big guys don't go to waste at my house. I have an Ohio recipe for chocolate zucchini cupcakes. They freeze really well and are sweet enough that they need no icing. I like to pull one straight from the freezer when I'm headed down the road with a cup of coffee and little else.
For me, zucchini is best in a savory, preferably simple recipe. Twenty years ago, when I was president of the Garden Club of Durango, I dedicated the September meeting to "everything zucchini."
Members pulled out all the stops, creating or adapting great recipes from this underappreciated vegetable. That was the first time I had stuffed zucchini blossoms with feta, still a favorite I make once or twice a year – when I remember to pick early enough in the ripening cycle.
Will there ever be a day when the Food Network packs a few in the Chopped baskets or when zucchini is the mystery ingredient on Iron Chef?


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My immediate reaction to the Dec. 5 article "Palestinians explore case against Israel" is that people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones — or launch rockets. Since Israel completely withdrew from Gaza in 2005, terrorists from that part of the "State of Palestine" have launched more than 8,000 rockets, all aimed at civilians in Israel. Each of those launches is a war crime under international law. Almost all were launched from civilian areas, making each a double war crime.
That makes Mahmoud Abbas, president of this rogue state, a war criminal.
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I tried a few times to make gluten-free béchamel, by using cornflour instead of wheat flour because I have some in my cupboard (for thickening sauces, even though it's somewhat considered cheating!). Now, when I did that, the resulting béchamel was decent, but always with a heavy floury taste, as if I had used wheat flour and put way too much of it. I've read this question and the answers recommending alternatives such as xanthan gum. However, I don't have many of those, so I'm wondering: how could I hide the taste of cornstarch my sauce (without reintroducing gluten, of course)? Right now, I'm thinking more nutmeg, but I doubt that'll be enough…
In an answer to another question, someone else was looking for answers on dealing with thickening dairy. If you want to address thickening with corn starch, here are some beginning steps;
Although I understand you are looking for a common thickener, be aware of the possibilities as you may have one on hand one day from some other purpose. If the three steps above don't solve your problem, I think that you may be putting in more effort than just buying some more apt thickener. Even so, corn starch should do fine, it sounds like the problem may just be in the completeness of your preparation.
In addition to MFG's excellent answer above, I'll also comment that I find tapioca starch has a very neutral starch flavor, and that substituting it for cornstarch can reduce undesirable flavors.


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Before I buy my next laptop, I'd like to make sure that it will work perfectly with Ubuntu. Is there a list of completely supported computers anywhere?
closed as primarily opinion-based by Braiam, Mitch♦ Jun 1 '14 at 10:47
Many good questions generate some degree of opinion based on expert experience, but answers to this question will tend to be almost entirely based on opinions, rather than facts, references, or specific expertise.If this question can be reworded to fit the rules in the help center, please edit the question.
There is an ongoing QA effort for Laptops and Desktops in the Ubuntu Community - you can find that information here:
Old Ubuntu Laptop Reports and for everything 11.04 and onwards, Laptop Testing Site and more recently at Ubuntu Friendly
You can find the reports for Lucid tested Laptops tests here: 10.04 Lucid Laptop Tests. The best course of action is to find a handful of laptops you're interested in then check the Reports on each.
If you feel compelled to help you can find more information at the Laptop Testing page.
Finally there is a detailed list of compatible systems on the Ubuntu Certification page.
If you get a computer with Ubuntu preinstalled, it's guaranteed to work with Ubuntu. Dell (http://www.dell.com/ubuntu) and System76 (http://www.system76.com/) are the two most recommended companies from which to get Ubuntu computers.
This page on ubuntu.com has the breakdown of certified machines by manufacturer and model type.
Another retailer for preinstalled Ubuntu systems is ZaReason.
It's too general a question to make one specific recommendation so your best solution is to look at the Ubuntu Certified Hardware page.
You can review which laptop best suits your requirements by the manufacturer of your choice.
It lists all the laptops certified for Ubuntu by release as well
You can also look at the Ubuntu Friendly project, the community-contributed director of Ubuntu Friendly hardware.
There is a wiki page of supported hardware, but I don't think it's fully exhaustive. The motherboard I'm using works fine and doesn't appear anywhere on that list.
Another way is get some flashdrive with ubuntu and test at the store
Laptop compatibility information here : http://www.linux-laptop.net/
Some details about DELL compatibility with Ubuntu here: http://www.linux-laptop.net/dell.html
But alas, no mention of the Inspiron 13z.
There is an open hardware validation programme for laptops, desktops, and netbooks called Ubuntu Friendly. It is still under works, and will probably will launched for 11.10.
The launchpad project is located here
The idea is to allow anyone to test any hardware, and report the results back. Multiple positive results for the same hardware will result in a Ubuntu Friendly certification.


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At the Peninsula Library, we will be showing summer-themed movies. Here's our list for August: 8/4 The Goonies (PG, 111 mins), 8/11 My Girl (PG, 105 mins), 8/18 Dirty Dancing (PG-13, 97 mins), and 8/25 One Crazy Summer (PG, 93 mins).
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Aug 8 @ 4:00 PM, Aug 22 @ 4:00 PM
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Aug 19 @ 4:00 PM
Use the charcoal medium to draw an arranged still life. Basic supplies will be available.
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Ready for School? Join us to watch some great movies with a school spin. Here's our line up: Kindergarten Cop (PG-13; 111mins), Back to School (PG-13; 96mins), Dead Poets Society (PG; 108mins), Back to the Future (PG; 116mins)/Back to the Future II (PG; 108 mins), and Mean Girls (PG-13; 97 mins)/Clueless (PG-13; 97 mins).
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Old Rockaway, New York in Early Photographs by Vincent Seyfried and William Asadorian
Queens A Pictorial History by Vincent Seyfried
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Alexandria, Va. – Virginia Theological Seminary's spring
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. Burridge, dean and director of New Testament Studies at King's College London, earned the award for "his contribution to the historical and theological recognition of the Gospels' inseparable connection to Jesus of Nazareth," according to the Vatican.
"When the entire New Testament world took the view that the Gospels were not biographies, it was this young scholar trained in the classics who explained that this was wrong, that the Gospels are Greco-Roman biographies," said the Very Rev. Ian S. Markham, Ph.D., dean and president of VTS, who attended the award ceremony. "He has developed this theme in several books and articles, some of which he worked on while at Virginia Theological Seminary."
Burridge's books include
Imitating Jesus: An Inclusive Approach to New Testament Ethics
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The Church of England priest was one of two award recipients, along with lay German theologian Christian Schaller. Burridge is the first non-Roman Catholic to receive the prize, created in 2010 and funded by the Joseph Ratzinger-Benedict XVI Foundation.
Upon being notified of the award this summer, Burridge told the Vatican that his being non-Catholic "says something about the importance of what has been happening over the last two or three decades, not just in Anglican and Roman Catholic dialogue, but internationally in biblical studies, as we have been working more and more closely together."
Markham noted that the dialogue has been helped by Rome's Anglican Centre, whose mission is to "promote Christian unity in a divided world," and which he visited while in Rome for Burridge's award.
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What traditions espouse infant baptism and why?
In those traditions, why do parents often baptize their children at very young age, and why is this better than giving their children the opportunity to choose for themselves?
At least the Roman Catholic and Presbyterian churches do. A fairly comprehensive list is available on the wikipedia article.
As to the why, at least from the Presbyterian perspective, children of saints are viewed as being born into a covenantal relationship in similar vein to the males of ancient Israel being required to be circumcised.
Fuller paedobaptist theology is also covered on the wikipedia page.
The Wikipedia article on the subject is very thorough.
Some of the reasons for doing it include:
Again, Wikipedia is helpful here.
It should be noted that many traditions that practice infant baptism have a secondary initiation, such as Confirmation, in which the person does get to "choose for themselves".
In the Methodist tradition, baptism of infants is a holy sacrament, welcoming the child into the church family and into God's grace.
It also involves a covenant by the parents and the congregation to teach and guide the child, to raise the child within a faith community, and to help lead the child to make a faith profession and become a disciple of Christ.
They don't "choose for themselves" because our sinful human nature does not give us the ability to make such a choice. We can only make that choice through the grace of God. The baptismal covenant is one way God imparts that grace to us.
The practice of baptizing one's children goes back to New Testament times (Acts 16:15, Acts 16:33). And baptism is analogous to circumcision (Colossians 2:11-13), which was practiced on infants as far back as Abraham's son Isaac.
If someone is older, and has not been baptized, and wishes to join the church, they can be baptized at that time. In fact, they must be baptized before making a profession of faith in front of the church, again to indicate that it is God's grace and not our own righteousness that enables us to make that profession.


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Taught in the context of biological research, this course helps biologists learn how to use the scripting language Perl to automate certain tasks. Armed with some knowledge and hands-on experience with a programming or scripting language, scientists taking a CS101 course at the Bioinformatics Organization will be able to perform basic software development tasks and phrase research questions in the context of the language. As a result, they will be able to appreciate and use computers better in their organization and communicate better with their IT group.
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Suppose that we do not generate initialization vectors randomly (using AES in CBC mode). Instead it is initially all zeroes and we increment it by 1 each time a message is encrypted. How can this cause a problem? Could explain with an example?
A block cipher like AES is deterministic: for the same key and the same input, you get the same output. Since real-life data tends to exhibit redundancy, this makes ECB, the most basic cipher mode, quite weak. CBC tries to avoid that issue by "randomizing" the input blocks, through a XOR with the previous encrypted block: the idea is that the output of a block cipher should look "random enough". The AES is still deterministic, but the randomization ensures that the risk of collision will remain very low (AES has 128-bit blocks, so the first collision should be encountered after encrypting, on average, about 264 blocks, which is 256 exabytes, aka "an awful lot of data"; this will not happen often). Since the first block has no previous block, we need an "artificial previous block" and that's the IV. Therefore, the IV should be "random looking".
A first basic observation is that a simple +1 policy on the IV may fail to be random enough. Imagine that you encrypt messages which contain some data as a list of "key = value" pairs (e.g. the standard encoding of a Java
If you work out the values for the first block passed as input to the AES for each message, you will find that for the first and fifth message you end up with the same block (29648fbe541ea05ca9a35c6b02536ee7). So the first sixteen bytes of the two encrypted messages will be identical. By spotting that equality, the attacker will then deduce exactly which bits differ in the first byte of each password. By observing many successive messages, the attacker may accumulate quite a lot of such equations on the unknown data. This is exactly the kind of leakage that good encryption should avoid.
The situation is made much worse in the presence of chosen-plaintext attacks: these are attacks where the villain gets to choose part of the plaintext. In the example described above, suppose that the attacker is one of the user, and his password is in the first message. Thus, the attacker knows that his password begins with an 'm'; by observing the encryption of the successive messages, he then infers that the password in the fifth message begins with an 'a'. Moreover, the attacker may change his password and have another go, getting information on other passwords, and so on.
The recently advertised BEAST attack builds on a CPA, in a more realistic scenario involving a Web browser, an HTTPS connection, and a "secure" Paypal cookie. The cornerstone of the attack is that data in a SSL connection is broken into "records", each record being encrypted in CBC mode, and the last block of a record is used as IV for the next. The attacker then forces some data of his own into the connection, observes the first record, and computes from that the data he then adds (which will be encrypted as the second record), so that the first block of that data XORed with the IV yields a predictable value. The details are intricate, but end up with revealing the secure cookie. For the attack to work, all the attacker needs is a predictable IV, which he gets by observing records (TLS 1.1 fixes that by adding per-record random IV).
To sum up, the BEAST attack demonstrates that CBC with an IV that can be predicted by an attacker who can do chosen-plaintext attacks, is weak. A +1 policy for IV management leads to IV that can be easily predicted. Therefore...
One shall note that while CBC requires random, uniform, unpredictable IV, not all block cipher modes of operations are that picky. Many cool newer modes, especially those which combine encryption and integrity check, can live with non-repeating IV even if the IV values are totally non-random (e.g. EAX or GCM); for them, a +1 on IV is perfectly fine. In some protocols, this allows for an implicit IV (a sequence number, for successive messages sent over a wire) which may save a bit of bandwidth.
Not using a random IV with CBC mode is a vulnerability recognized by CWE-329
The IV is almost always known to the attacker, and ideally this value is useless without the secret key.
However, If the attacker knows what the IV will be for a given plain text message or if the attacker can control the message, then he can per-compute all possible keys for that Message+IV combination. The cipher produced by this Message+IV+Key can then be looked up in the precomputed table to obtain the secret key in a very short period of time.
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