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Are you wondering which streetlights in your neighborhood will be converted to the new LED type this summer? The map below shows all of the "cobra head" style streetlights that will be converted during the months of June, July and August. The contractor crews will be completing the work on street cleaning days, not on a whole neighborhood basis.
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Please note that the map currently show only the streetlights that will be converted during this phase of the project; it does currently show which streetlights have undergone conversion.
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We have been going through a bit of a cool spell here--highs around 20 C and lows around 10 C. So I was in the mood for some soup. This is really easy to make for nights when you are pinched for time.
Monday, August 11, 2008
Thick and Hearty Tomato Bean Soup
We have been going through a bit of a cool spell here--highs around 20 C and lows around 10 C. So I was in the mood for some soup. This is really easy to make for nights when you are pinched for time.
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- sweetpotato said...
I've been craving tomato soup! Thank you for posting the recipe.
- August 11, 2008 at 9:19 PM
- Lisa said...
Man, that looks good, and I'm going to have to try it. But I'm not quite in the soup mood yet, though. It's supposed to be warm here this weekend, so I'll stick to salad and cold tufu cutlet sandwiches.
- August 11, 2008 at 11:43 PM
- Jan Scholl said...
so Spongebob pasta is probably too big, ya think? gotta check my pantry stash. I love tomato bisque but no one else does. Bet they will like this!
- August 12, 2008 at 12:50 AM
- The Voracious Vegan said...
Sometimes there's nothing better than a big yummy bowl of soup. Unfortunately it is still around 120 degrees F here in Bahrain so I'll be waiting a while before I give this recipe a try.
- August 12, 2008 at 2:12 AM
- carrie said...
This one's going on my list for cooler weather for sure. My kids will love this one!!
I've been meaning to ask you...have you ever tried the last product on this list??? It's not the healthiest seitan (autolyzed yeast extract), but it is a perfect replacement for chicken, and my family loves the texture and taste of this one......I haven't been able to mimick it, but being the seitan king you are, I thought you might be able to get it right!!!
- August 12, 2008 at 10:18 AM
- Vegan Dad said...
I have never had that one, but am working on an easy chicken seitan.
- August 12, 2008 at 11:40 AM
- carrie said...
I'm looking forward to it, as I'm tired of handing over $5 every time I need "chicken".....and I hate that it has the yeast extract in it. Unfortunately the texture is spot on.
- August 12, 2008 at 1:16 PM
- michaelmybeloved said...
I LOVE soup! Partly because it is lazy cooking and partly because I just LOVE soup!
The first time I made this I thought "this is good...and it would be great if only it weren't so sweet". I think this sorta lines up with a person't theory of BBQ sauce. Some folks like their BBQ sauce sweeter and some like it tangier/spicier. I fall into the latter camp so, after I had gone through about 2/3-3/4 of the batch (and given some to my mom to sample), I let the dogs dig in! (they don't have any preference re: the sweetness ;))
I made it again today and it was PERFECT (for me). I left out the brown sugar but kept the maple syrup. I was tempted to leave out the syrup as well but didn't want to lose out on the depth of flavor it would impart so I just used a scant 1/4 cup. I used more like 2 1/2 tsp of chili powder, a little extra garlic powder, plenty of black pepper, orzo for the alphabets (that was all Whole Foods had). I also garnished it with a few more tiny snippets of fresh dill once it was cooked. I also added a few generous (5-10) splashes of Chipotle Tabasco (which, if you have never tried it, you simply MUST! :))
Man, oh, man...the dogs aren't getting ANY of this batch :D
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The United Nations says the number of Somali refugees in the Horn of Africa has topped 860,000, many of them forced out by the ongoing drought and famine.The U.N. refugee agency says another 1.5 million Somalis are internally displaced, mostly in Somalia's south-central region.A report issued Wednesday says many Somalis fled their homes after the last of their livestock died, depriving them of income and food.
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The word famine is a term that is not used lightly by humanitarian organizations. The United Nations describes a crisis as a famine only when the following conditions are met:
Current Famine:
Almost half of Somalia's population, 3.7 million people, are affected by the current crisis with malnutrition rates in southern Somalia the highest in the world, surpassing 50 percent in some areas. The United Nations says it is likely that tens of thousands have already have died, the majority of those being children.The drought that has led to the current famine in parts of Somalia has also affected people in Kenya and Ethiopia.
Previous Famines in the Horn of Africa:
The agency says that since January, 125,000 Somalis have fled to Kenya, and another 76,000 to Ethiopia. Earlier Somali refugees were largely forced out by fighting between government forces and insurgents.Somalia is at the center of the worst drought to hit the Horn of Africa in 60 years. The United Nations says more than 12 million people in the region are in need of food aid.The U.N. recently declared a famine in two parts of southern Somalia, and has warned that famine conditions are likely to spread to other areas in the next four to eight weeks.On Tuesday, British relief agency Oxfam said governments and donors need to fulfill their pledges of aid more quickly. The U.N. refugee agency says large numbers of Somali children are malnourished, and the under-five mortality rate at refugee camps in Kenya is on the rise.


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5 Things TV Writers Apparently Believe About Smart People
Ever since House showed up on our televisions in 2004, the networks decided you couldn't have a drama without an eccentric genius in the mix. So, now you have geniuses solving mysteries using math (Numb3rs), novel writing (Castle, Bones), fake psychic powers (the Mentalist, Psych) and an ability to detect lies that borders on mind reading (Lie to Me). Among others.
The key here is the characters aren't just really smart, they're incredible and borderline supernatural scientific ubermenschen who are better at their jobs than anyone has ever been at anything. You think Einstein was good at physics? If he'd been on TV in 2011, he would have actually invented faster-than-light travel by the age of 25. And he would have used it to fight crime.
But what, exactly, has this popular breed of shows been teaching us?
#5. Only Know Six Languages By Age 30? You're A Failure.
The first lesson TV supergeniuses have drilled into audiences is that it's possible to acquire absolute mastery in multiple fields while still young enough to be attractive to the 18-35 demographic.
A few of them are Australian enough to be attractive to every demographic.
The fact that they never return our calls just makes them sexier.
Yes, we understand that on TV everyone is sexier than in real life. But at least House gave us a 45 year-old Hugh Laurie in the lead and not, say, Daniel Radcliffe. But the rest of these shows give us people who must have graduated high school at age six. It's a universe of Doogie Howsers.
We can think of worse things.
For example, forensic anthropologist Dr. Temperance Brennan from Bones is loosely based on real-life crime author Kathy Reichs. But while Reichs published her first book at 47, her fictional version has already written multiple best-selling novels by her early thirties, while also having time to complete a PhD, learn seven languages, become a skilled diver and expert shooter, and study three different forms of martial arts.
And in the world of TV, she's nothing special. Ziva David on NCIS is an espionage expert who knows nine languages and is a skilled pianist -- all at age 28. Her coworker, forensic specialist Abby Sciuto, is also in her late twenties, but has still somehow picked a PhD in chemistry, bachelor's degrees in sociology, criminology and psychology, and good knowledge of hacking and computer forensic science. FBI consultant Peter Bishop on Fringe speaks five languages, has had papers published in academic journals, and is an expert in chemistry, biology, medicine, computer programming, auto repair, and pretty much everything you can name, all before time has had a chance to ravage his boyish good looks.
In reality, this man would barely be past the beer bong stage of his life.
The Problem:
Yes, it's just TV fantasy, and yes, our entertainment will always involve action heroes who are impossibly strong or wise guys who are impossibly witty. What bugs us about this is the implication that if you are born with these supernatural smart people genes, time and effort become meaningless concepts.
This lets us to drag out our favorite and most often-quoted statistic: acquiring mastery in just one field takes approximately 10,000 hours, or ten years... even if you're really smart. Some shows get around this by simply saying the character has eidetic (or a "photographic") memory, but that's a skill so rare that it's doubtful that it even exists, and there is no recorded example of a single human using the ability to become a genius in every subject they touch.
Muscle memory matters less than your ability to hallucinate in shades of Math.
So it's annoying because these characters are kind of an insult to everyone who's ever actually become a genius in a field through 30 years of laborious study. They create the impression that a talented person can soak up perfect knowledge of ancient Chinese literature in six months or so, allowing them to move right on to molecular physics or Jiu Jitsu. No big deal -- in the shows they honestly don't seem to work any harder than the average Joe.
And nothing else in their life suffers -- they had time to keep themselves attractive and toned, plenty of time and energy to spare for working out, eating right and learning good fashion sense.
Any real cop who looked like this could make a better living as a gigolo.
In other words, all of the real-world scientists with bad haircuts and pocket protectors, grinding away in super-specialized fields for decads to cure diseases or study black holes, now look like lazy, slovenly assholes.
Hey, speaking of assholes...
#4. It's Okay To Be A Dick, As Long As You're Smart
A further staple of the supergenius genre is the guy who treats other people like crap, and gets away with it because of his amazing talents. It's actually hard to find a TV genius who isn't a shithead. These people are unfriendly, antisocial, or generally messed up when it comes to communicating with other humans, but avoid getting sued or shot in the face only because it turns out they're always, always right.
But never until right before the last commercial break.
Obviously Dr. Gregory House is the best example, dissing his superiors at every opportunity and regularly putting his patients' lives in danger because he's in a bad mood. That was part of what made him unique six years ago. But later, Cal Lightman from Lie To Me, Walter Bishop from Fringe, Patrick Jane from the Mentalist, and many others popped up. All of them share a similar tendency to see humanity as one giant Youtube comment thread, ripe for trolling.
Real Mentalists never have hair this nice.
The Problem:
First of all, let's be clear that these people make it look like being a dick is totally awesome. The shows pay lip service to the backlash the character gets from others (see the House storyline when a wealthy new hospital board member called for his head), but by the end of the episode or story arc, the asshole always wins (the board member was gone a few episodes later). In the long run the genius keeps his job, continues to be treated as a superstar, has friends and gets hot girlfriends. The message is clear: when you are a genius, there are exactly zero consequences to assholery.
So it sends this horrible message that the primary motivation to become the top dog in your field is that you will finally get to treat people like shit with impunity.
Which is only occasionally true.
Yes, the writers always set it up so that the good the character does outweighs the bad. In real life, on the other hand, the people who think they're geniuses overwhelmingly are absolutely not. Seriously -- it's science. The more you learn about a subject, the less likely you are to consider yourself an expert (because you have actual knowledge of how much you don't know). It's the guy who has read two books on the subject and worked in the field for a year who's more likely to decide he's graduated to the league of smug, condescending assholes. We have a feeling that soon the offices of the world will be full of sarcastic douchebags because they came through on one project and now believe they're the indispensible Dr. House of their operation.
"I swear to God, Chris. If you switch us from BlackBerry to IOS our senior VP will die of fucking polio.
Also, in the shows the antisocial characters usually have an excuse for their horrible personalities, typically a single traumatic event in their past. The Mentalist's Patrick Jane had his wife and child killed by a serial killer who he'd foolishly insulted on air. Detective Adrian Monk of Monk blames himself for his wife's murder. Criminal Minds' FBI agent Jason Gideon had a serial killer blow up six of his fellow agents. Cal Lightman blames himself for failing to prevent his mother's suicide. House has chronic leg pain.
So there's the other half of the bad lesson: if you ever get mugged or lose a relative to cancer, you have a blank check for douchebaggery for the rest of your life.
And if you can actually get the office printer to work, you've pretty much got a blank check for anything up to genocide.
#3. All Complex Problems Are Solved by Sudden Epiphany
Let's just put this out there: TV writers may be awesome and talented people, but they are not Nobel prize-winning, once in a generation intellectual giants. Yet, they are forced to write about such characters, people smarter than themselves. That requires some amount of guesswork about how a superhuman intellect functions, since the very plotlines of these shows involves tracking the genius character's process.
And, of course, tracking his homoerotic journey.
As a result, the characters on TV virtually always solve crimes and medical mysteries using blinding flashes of realization brought on by coincidence. In House, a doctor realizes that a misdiagnosed patient is actually suffering from a light allergy after a fellow doctor taunts him with a laser pointer. Another realizes a patient is suffering from a food-stealing tapeworm only when he steals a friend's sandwich.
Meanwhile in Castle, crime author Nathan Fillion figures out the true killer of a young woman when his daughter randomly quotes a line of lyrics to him. We're meant to be amazed by the bizarre eccentricities of the genius mind, when in fact relying on this sort of answer to solve puzzles is about as intellectually responsible as trying to cure a disease using feng shui.
"...and if your cancer isn't cured in 9-to-18 months, your survivors can come back for a full refund."
The Problem:
This goes back to the "genius means never having to exert yourself" issue we brought up earlier. We actually remember a time when TV characters would sit down and do research in order to find an answer to their problems. Which is pretty similar to the way we solve things in real life - reading, researching, going through mounds of evidence, furtively checking Wikipedia, giving up and submitting questions to Yahoo! Answers, etc.
Hell, even in the not-exactly-realistic Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the characters solved their dilemmas in nearly every episode in the library over stacks of books. That is, real discovery is often a slow grind through theories other, smarter people came up with in the past.
By way of comparison, we're not certain if anyone involved with Supernatural has ever read a book.
Not so for the TV supergenius. The answer is always waiting right there in their head, their superhuman brain basically playing the role of a magical genie that grants instant knowledge to the blessed protagonist. Hell, they even portray the rest of the team slogging through old-fashion tests and experiments, only to arrive at a dead end until the genius character has his epiphany and rescues them.
Television didn't invent this idea -- pop culture is full of myths like the apple falling on Isaac Newton's head and giving him the idea for gravity in one sudden "Eureka!" moment. School teachers have for decades been telling kids Thomas Edison invented the light bulb, but failing to mention that getting a working product took 80 years of tedious trial and error by numerous inventors.
And Tesla's electric prostate-ticker took nearly three decades to perfect.
As a result, you have people who have convinced themselves they are stupid because great ideas don't just pop into their head while they're sitting on the toilet.


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Unanswered: Find the flex width
I am having a page where I have a navigation on the left hand side and an image gallery that displays images in a grid format. The Image grid has a flex equal to 7.
I need to find the flex width or the width of the page on the right hand side. SO that I need to fill this entire width with the images.
Please help me in finding the width of the flex. (eg. if flex = 7, what is the flexwidth/width?)
Appreciate your reply.
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29 Nov 2012 12:35 AM #3
The problem what I am facing exactly is that I need to find the width of the data view item on the right.
i.e I have a navigation bar on the left and the grid view on the right.
I give an id: 'ImGrid' for the data view item (Ext.dataview.Dataview). On page load, I am not able to fetch the width using 'Ext.get('ImGrid').getWidth();
Please let me know if there are any other ways to find the page width in this case
Thanks in advance.
29 Nov 2012 8:55 PM #4
I solved this issue
on the "beforeInitialize" function I used the "painted" event and I was able to get the width.
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this.on('painted', 'onImgPainted', this);
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The length is 12", the adjustments are in metric scale. (Preemptive snarky comment rebuttal)
The Irwin 2078611 12-inch Metric Quick-Adjusting Wrench uses parallel jaws with smooth surfaces to help protect the surface being worked on. The Irwin 2078611 uses precise scale markings to get an idea of what size bolt you are on and the whole system runs on a grooved internal jaw and sliding lever. The Irwin 2078611 has the ProTouch grip to help provide the user with maximum comfort and reduced hand fatigue.
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A metric adjustable wrench? I don't get it...
@dreamtheendless: The gradations on the jaws of the wrench show the current setting in metric increments, for referral or parts matching.
Bought a set of these from Newegg last year. Great concept, but totally awkward to use in real life. I'd pass.


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What's on the Menu? Healthy Choices for Your Child's Hot Lunchby Lindsay Hutton
According to the American Heart Association, the recommended daily calories for school-age girls is between 1200-1800 calories, and for boys between 1400-2200 calories, with total fat intake between 25-35% of their total caloric consumption. But let's face it - the school year is hectic. Although you'd like to send your child off to school every day with a wholesome and nutritious brown-bag lunch, sometimes you just don't have the time to pack one. This guide will help your little one make smarter meal choices at school if hot lunch is on the menu.
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Unhealthy Choice: Chicken Patty
A chicken patty on a bun serves up a lot of calories, but not a lot of nutrition. With over 400 calories and around 20 grams of fat, this hot lunch choice is loaded with salt, cholesterol, and other unhealthy additives you wouldn't want your child eating.


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No 49ers :(
No Giants either :(
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BARTLETT (September 25, 2012)--Bartlett ISD is expressing their gratitude for the outpouring of support after a high school science teacher and football coach passed away Sunday.
According to Superintendent Brett Springston, Assistant Coach Brett Mullins of Salado was found by his father Saturday with a single gunshot wound.
His father, Joe Mullins, serves as the head football coach for the high school.
Authorities say Mullins was found holding a gun and was taken to an area hospital where he passed away on Sunday.
Springston said the faculty met that night to plan and discuss the steps needed to be taken to help grieving students and teachers.
A letter was sent to the parents to advise them of the situation and let them know that professional counselors would be present at the high school to help the students deal with the loss.
On Monday, the school district provided seven professional counselors and three areas where students and faculty could go for help.
Teachers could go to the teacher's lounge to get help answering questions they did not know how to answer or to receive their own counseling.
Similarly, students directly involved in a science class or coached by Mullins could go to the gym where a counselor was made available to them. The library was also open to those who did not directly know Mullins but had questions and needed help understanding the situation.
"He was quite popular with the students and everyone loved him," Springston said.
"We have had an outpouring of support, not just from our small community, but from so many other communities asking if they can bring food or help in any way… it's been inspiring," Springston added.
Students will continue to have access to the help they need through faculty and the school district.
Mullins was in his 5th year with Bartlett ISD.
Funeral services for Mullins are scheduled for 2 p.m. Thursday at 1st Baptist Church in Salado.
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I just don't know what's the difference.
When we use in what sense, we mean in different sense, we can conclude different results.
When we use point of view, we also mean in different point of views, we can conclude different results.
So, when we want to say some questions are open, and from different view/sense leads different results then which to choose?
Those two phases are translated to (into?) two similar phrases in my native language (Mandarin).


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Avoiding risks can add to anxiety later
|There was a time when Georgiann Steely, 16, pictured March 29, 2013, at her Rochester, Minnesota home, couldn't pick up a phone or knock on a door without her knees knocking and her palms sweating with anxiety. During that time she spent almost all her days in her bedroom. Her family discovered she had depression and anxiety and is now treated for it with counseling and medication. (Renee Jones Schneider/Minneapolis Star Tribune/MCT)
As a grade-schooler, she avoided these moments — ducking her face into her wavy auburn hair and waiting for her mother to escort her into crowded rooms or order her food. And her mother obliged.
Instinctively protective, Amy Steely figured it was the lesser evil to keep her timid daughter safe and comfortable.
"I was definitely very protective and she will still say I am overprotective," said Amy, who lives in Rochester, Minn., with her husband, son and daughter, who is now 16. "It's true. I am."
The conflict of whether children should be protected from fears or pushed to overcome them is familiar to every parent who has pulled a frightened child back from a diving board or coaxed the kid to plunge. It's familiar to mental health professionals as well, who have long understood that avoiding fears is the hallmark of clinical anxiety.
But new Mayo Clinic research this month has yielded important insights on "avoidance" behaviors, showing they predict which children are more likely to suffer severe anxiety later on.
Mayo researchers asked parents how their children responded to challenges. A year later, they found higher anxiety in kids whose parents said they tended to avoid things that scared them.
"Kids who avoided tended to be more anxious, even after controlling for how anxious they were to begin with," said Stephen Whiteside, director of Mayo's child and adolescent anxiety disorders program.
The study doesn't mean that avoidance causes anxiety, or that "helicopter parenting" dooms children to therapy. The origin of anxiety is often hereditary. But doctors said the findings reinforce the need for parents to present their children with opportunities to learn resilience.
"It's OK for your child to be upset sometimes," Whiteside said. "It's valuable for them to struggle and persist. Being a good parent doesn't mean your child is always happy."
Understanding the warning signs of anxiety is becoming increasingly important, although it is unclear whether child anxiety is a growing problem. The popular theory is that U.S. children are more stressed these days and that anxiety is on the rise, but there is little data to support that.
The National Institute of Mental Health estimates one in four children ages 13 to 18 have suffered anxiety and one in 20 have suffered severe anxiety.
Avoidance behavior is key to detecting anxiety early when it is most treatable, said Anne Marie Albano, director of the Columbia University Clinic for Anxiety and Related Disorders. "Parents report . that their kids are not going to school dances or calling up friends. It's the avoidance that the parent observes that helps a clinician to make a diagnosis."
The signs that Georgiann had a problem emerged in high school, after her father left the Air Force and the family that had frequently moved settled in Rochester. Georgiann's shyness had been dismissed at times because she was always the new kid in school.
After entering Mayo High School in fall 2011, her freshman year, it became clear her worries were holding her back.
"She would do everything she could not to be involved, but if she was involved, what you would see is somebody very withdrawn, head down, not having eye contact, not wanting to participate," her mother said.
After seeing Mayo doctors, Georgiann was diagnosed with depression and anxiety. The latter is an umbrella term that includes social phobias, general anxiety or fears of specific things such as enclosed spaces.
Georgiann started attending group therapy and participating in "exposure" therapy in which she was gradually exposed to things that made her anxious. To address her fear of engaging people, she would go into another room and call her therapist, or run to the coffee shop and work up the nerve to buy a cup.
One by one, her fears have started to melt.
Albano said parents often feel guilt, but shouldn't harbor blame: "Some parents are very aware, especially for their older children, that they started giving in and accommodating the anxiety — letting the children sleep in their bed, letting their child take days off school. It was harmless in the moment, but then they do recognize the pattern that emerges. So parents do beat themselves up, but they're not to blame."
Her new book, "You and Your Anxious Child," helps parents differentiate anxiety from everyday stress and spot warning signs even in toddlers.
"Take your toddlers into the Mall of America. If they're not running off from you to the candy or the toy store, you need to ask yourself, 'Why are they clinging to me?'" she said. "Take a note of it and then encourage them. 'Let's take a look at the rides. Do you want to go on (one)?' There are different things parents can do that will help to encourage their kids before these things take hold."
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Brancazio then showed a little faith in Mazur by moving him up to the No. 2 spot for the tournament. And Mazur rewarded Brancazio by shooting 72 and winning medalist honors as the Blue Dons ran away with the Class 1A title with a team total of 297, 49 shots ahead of second-place Connotton Valley (346).
It was the Blue Dons' fourth straight OVAC crown and fifth in school history.
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Mazur sprinkled in four birdies around five bogeys to shot a 1-over-par and tie for the low round of the day, regardless of class.
''I hit everything really solid and I putted lights out - except on a couple holes,'' Mazur said.
It's been a quick ascension of late for the Madonna sophomore.
''I had been playing pretty badly,'' he said. ''Then the other day we came up here and I shot 75. Then (Tuesday), I shot 1-over. So I'm coming on a streak now.''
So dominant were the Blue Dons in this one, Thomas Gianni's 77 didn't count on his team's score (they take the top four) but it was good enough for a tie for fifth overall with the Rockets' Trey Yosick and a spot on the all-tournament team. All five Madonna players' names - Michael Rogers (74), Alex Colantonia (75), and Matthew Lyons (76) - can be found on that list.
''I think we're on a roll,'' Mazur said. ''I think we might have a shot at winning states.''
Rogers' 74 made him the runner-up for the second consecutive year.
''They had a great day,'' Brancazio said. ''They had a great practice round down here the other day. The kids have been working really hard all year long. They just keep getting better.
''Usually, we get a couple in the 70s, couple in the 80s. I think this course plays a little bit easier, but to shoot those scores is still phenomenal. You're talking a couple over par for almost the whole team.''
Trinity finished third with a 352, one stroke ahead of fourth-place Bishop Donahue.
Behind a 74 from Thomas Stanley, Wheeling Central won the Class 2A title, the Maroon Knights' first crown since the 2009-10 school year, with a 308. Defending champion Steubenville Catholic, which received a medalist-winning 72 from Austin Meronoff, shot a 313 and was five strokes back.
Wheeling Central, which won four straight OVAC golf titles from 2004-08, had three scores in the 70s as Justin Leonard (76), John Haley (77) and Freddie Fitzsimmons (81) combined with Stanley to put the Knights back on top.
Jason Bensur helped the Crusaders with a 77, while both Mike Manfresca and Nick Ivkovich finished with 82s.
Shadyside finished third at 320 behind a 73 from runner-up medalist Adam Stupak (73) and all-tourney team member Nathan Edgar (75). Other members of the Class 2A all-tourney team were Leonard, John Michael Romey of Toronto (70) an Bridgeport's Jonathan Kreiter (76).


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Conventional parenting wisdom tells us to drive the fear of talking to strangers into our kids. Is this at all harmful though? Is there any adverse impact to a child's social development by doing this? How can you balance safety against fear?
This answer isn't really about social development, but does offer other reasons for choosing a different method to talk about this with your kids. Apparently, "don't talk to strangers" can be harmful, though not necessarily in the way you are asking.
According to my Dad (police officer), John Walsh - of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (Much bigger credibility than my dad right?) and Leonore Skenazy (writer of Free Range Kids), there are three problems with "don't talk to strangers":
Instead, Teach your kids about "tricky people." Kids should know that adults will never need their help so urgently that mom, dad or another trusted and well known adult can't be retrieved as part of the helping. Teach them never to GO anywhere with a stranger. Ever - even just to the other side of a tree where you cannot see.
Teach your kids how to get attention. If a stranger is trying to convince a child to go somewhere with them, or keep a secret from mom and dad the child should know how to say Very Loudly, "I AM NOT SUPPOSED TO KEEP SECRETS FROM MY PARENTS OR GO ANYWHERE WITH STRANGERS EVER!" and if that doesn't attract enough attention to start screaming, "NO, Help He is NOT MY DAD! HELP! NO!"
Teach your kids the kinds of "tricks" tricky people will use. An adult does not need your help to find his dog so urgently that you can't go home and also enlist the help of mom. An adult approaching you is more likely to be a "tricky" one than an adult the child approaches. . .
Teach your kids what to do if they become separated from you in crowded locations - find a mother that has OTHER children with her and ask that person for help finding mom or dad. Teach the child that mother's job is to help flag down an official to make announcements and otherwise stay put with with the child, not to GO somewhere.
Teach your kids to discuss their private parts using proper terminology. If your child then comes to you referring to her labia and vagina (terms which almost no one will ever use with a child) as her muffin, cupcake, etc. You can ask who taught her that name (I'm sure you understand how to adjust this for little boys). This helps keep you alert if someone is hurting your child.
Teach your kids to trust themselves. Don't force them to give hugs - even to family members. If uncle so and so does something that they don't like, they should know that NO MATTER WHAT - even if Uncle So and so says to keep it a secret, you need to know.
For More detailed information about why "Stranger Danger" doesn't work and what to do instead, check out this article from The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
In our family, the rule is "don't talk to strangers unless a grown-up is with you", at least when a child is small.
Now that my son is 8, has had some martial arts training, as well as basic general tactical instruction, the rule is much more relaxed -- "Don't put yourself in a situation where a stranger has the ability to compromise your safety."
He'll happily chat up someone new if a trusted adult is near at hand, or if he's in a public place with the ability to easily remove himself from the situation should something go wrong. He'd never get in a stranger's car, let a stranger get close enough to grab him, or wander off. I can trust him to be in a different part of the library than I, or to play with someone new at the park, or get help from a store employee, on his own.
While understanding how to protect himself was an important part of getting here, the most important lesson was that good strangers and bad strangers look pretty much the same, and no one -- not even Mom or Sensei -- can tell the two apart with perfect accuracy.
The message changes over the years. We started with the "Don't talk to strangers" when that was all my daughter could understand. The message we give her at 11 is more nuanced and includes the multiple forms of risk:
We balancing this message with the fact that such attacks are rare, especially if the child is vigilant.
I do not believe that this has affected her social skills adversely.
I am going to make a sweeping generalization now, but I can't help it. I think that we all have to tell our children various lies and half truths along their path of development. We have to do this because the world is too complex to understand all at once, and so, in order to teach a child successfully, you have simplify it down to digestible chunks. Sometimes, the only way to simplify is by ignore certain things for the time being, and that may mean we have to lie or tell half truths. What this also means, is that we have the responsibility to reveal the things we covered up later on in life, when the child's mind is more complex, has more context and is ready to take in more information.
Telling kids "don't talk to strangers" is appropriate for a certain age, but should probably be expanded upon at a later point.
Don't talk to strangers is not harmful in my opinion, because children get plenty of interactions with adults they know, and that interaction should adequately cover their development needs.
My parents were quite clear to me about this idea, at least from the age of around four if I remember correctly. Their definition:
In special situations (being lost in the mall, or similar) I was allowed to address strangers (especially anyone wearing a uniform), but generally not the other way round.
You can construct a defition that is as limited or as allowing as you see fit. But I do recommend coming up with a simple and clear definition, and reminding often. As I said above, it can't really harm to be careful, and I think that most "nondangerous" adults will understand when a child says I'm not allowed to talk to you, go away.
A child has to be of a certain age to determine what's a "Qualified Stranger", that you can TALK to, even though, never to accompany. Till then, "don't talk to strangers" works well I think. we all grew up on that rule, and still find ourselves talking to strangers in bars or parties as adults...


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I recently discovered that a large swath of the finance department is using Excel to connect to my SQL Server 2000 instance with an account in the sysadmin role. What are my current risks that I should immediately communicate to the powers that be?
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Pretty much everything.
I'd start with their potential ability to use
Further risks include not just finance users being able to do these things, but any program on a finance machine gaining access to your sysadmin connection credentials...
(Other potential risks include the risk of discovering that one of TPTB set it up this way)
It allows them to basically do anything they want to the database. They could truncate/alter/drop tables. Delete, Insert, or alter specific records. I would highly recommend you address this as soon as possible.
One thing that the financial people should understand is that by giving the Excel the system user, you have bypassed every internal control built into the database or the application. A competent auditor would eviscerate them for this. So for instance if you have controls built to ensure that two different people must approve an expense (to avoid potential fraud) then by connecting the Excel spreadsheet this way, you have removed this control on the data completely.
If a malicious user destroyed your data, you could restore from backup--you should be able to calculate the impact to business for this scenario.
What may be worse is that your system no longer has integrity. If a user manipulates data in a non-catastrophic way, you may not discover the damage until after your backups are no longer an available option. Consider the impact of the business being unable to trust the validity of any data housed on that server.


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Does this mean that Google could know how fast each Chrome user types ? Could be fun to have those numbers.
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Does this mean that Google could know how fast each Chrome user types ? Could be fun to have those numbers.
It's very unlikely that each letter is separately sent to Google.
However, I'm sure they know exactly what you had for breakfast, the name of your dog, and how many times you search for your ex each month.
Each keystroke is sent to Google (maybe not the first two or three, and maybe only at some interval like Grant suggested), to allow Chrome to display the auto-suggest results. CNET wrote on September 3, 2008 (emphasis is mine):
I guess Google could also determine your typing speed (but I think they won't).
They would have to be calculating the keystrokes on the client side and then transmitting them along, but those numbers would change as the average WPM changes with every key stroke you make. I find it hard to believe that they would be transmitting that information.
It could be an interesting idea to play around with the code though.
The claim that in Google Wave you get real-time typing, that would mean at least they know how fast you type words. Since Google Wave just runs in a browser, you assume Chrome should be able to determine that yes.
Even if they don't get each single keystroke, they can easily calculate an average based on characters and the average time to type sentences or what not.
If Google really wanted to know data about typing speed, they could wrap the auto-complete capture code in some timing code. This timing data could be sent to Google when the characters are sent for auto-completion info.
If you really wanted to know how exactly what characters Chrome (or other browsers) send to Google, set up a debugging proxy (like Fiddler (win)) or a network traffic analyzer (like Wireshark) and watch as the data go to the Big G.
I really think that Chrome sends every letter. If you try, you'll see. Put just one character and some links you never opened appear on your list. I don't think that these links are in the code. I didn't checked it in the source (the code is available here: http://dev.chromium.org/developers).
With privacy you always have to question motivation. What possible motivation would Google have for monitoring typing speeds?
Profit? Unlikely. And I don't see any non profit public campaigns to improve peoples overall typing speed. Neither do I see any newspaper or online news articles stating "World typing speed in crisis".
Sure its possible for Google to deduct this info, but how accurate would it really be? Even if keystrokes were being statistically measured, they're sent as packets, and because of this due to unpredictable network latency.
I applaud your creative thinking, people like you help technology progress...
As others have noted, by only sending suggestion requests after a noted timeout, Google would likely only be able to approximately average your typing speed; which is actually how typing speed is normally reported (words per minute, where word = 5 characters). While this is fun information to have, I doubt Google is as interested in this as the actual content of the omnibar.
You might be able to disable some of this behavior by going to options, "under the hood", and un-checking the Privacy items:
Or, in a private-browsing window of chrome, you will only get suggestions based on your history.
Each letter is sent to your default search provider for the purposes of finding search suggestions. This is an important distinction because if if you set Bing, Amazon, or something else as your default search provider, they'll get the data instead of Google.
If they didn't send each letter separately, they could possibly tell by the size of whatever partial word gets send at whatever interval they send words at.
I'm sure they can figure out a rough estimate of how fast a user types, but I doubt they care, and are unlikely to put any effort into figuring it out.
It wouldn't help them display any relevant ads and the method would be hugely inaccurate. How many times have you stopped typing in the middle of a word and decided to refine what you were searching for, or pause to let Google chrome pull up possible completions?


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Dark Age of Camelot was a game released in 2001. It was a very unique game (MMO) with a rich background, popular following, and even a game changing approach to player versus player combat that made the game incredibly fun to play. It was well on its way to becoming a popular and sustainable MMO in the market. Now it is a niche game that seems to only have a few very diehard fans. What happened to cause such a precipitous fall and disfavour?
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I think that's an easy one. "Mackey" and Trials of Atlantis. Mackey (sorry I don't recall his real name) was probably one of the most abrasive and downright hostile community relations individuals that has ever been at Mythic (or pretty much any gaming company for a position like that). Also, Trials of Atlantis did so much damage to the game that it never really recovered:
Another factor (and Mackey played a part in this) was the inability (or unwillingness) of Mythic to deal with buffbots. These started gaining popularity around the time that ToA came out, and the issue may have overwhelmed them (or Mackey was probably just being his usual prickish self when that issue was brought up by others). If you look at the MMOData.net site, you see that DAoC was happy and healthy right up until the release of ToA. That was the start of the downfall.
Based on data at mmodata.net the answer seems to be nothing. There was no "implosion". The game has seen a slow steady decline in user base since 2005. It looks very similar to what many other MMORPGs experience as they reach the end of their lifecycle.
Largely the decline is based on bling. All the latest games requiring high end gfx cards etc. became F2P and there were so MANY different new MMOs people just went on holidays for a long time.
The tired old DAoC engine is still ok but hardly compares to the updated version (old ALSO old) Lotro uses. Without interface Mods DAoC was a bit daunting for casual gamers too. BUT I still enjoy looking in now and then for a free trial.
IF EA would spend the time to TRY and recover the fanbase it might help, $15 a month is outrageous when EQ2 was around $5-6 a month and then they went F2P (although a CRAP version compared to ANY other F2P).
The engine is old but relatively stable, it just needs EA to drop the subs by 50% and advertise a little!


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I am an active person in the gym 4-5 days a week and always running or playing squash the other days, I work 5 days a work and I am terrible for packing lunches, I was wondering if anyone had suggestion for high protein easy to make lunches to bring to work whether its the night before or morning of? thanks, Beef
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Do you have access to a microwave and fridge at work? Then you can make extra food for dinner and bring that as leftovers for lunch. Things like stir fries, stews, soups are great for having extra meals through the week.
Other staples would be:
All these things can be added to salads to make a satifying meal, or used to make sandwiches(nuts needing to either be a butter, or added to chicken salad.)
In terms of protein, it's hard to beat block of tofu + soy sauce + hot sauce. It requires neither cooking nor refrigeration!
Well you can simply make varying types of sandwiches/salads made of cold-cuts, chicken, and beef.


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I need to display some very small numbers in my document (3-5 pt). I want to test out all available fonts within my installation at this size, to find which produces the most readable numbers. Is there a simple way to produce this output (i.e. generate a document which contains a sample text displayed in all fonts at the specified size)??
The following ConTeXt/LuaTeX solution prints a pdf with all available fonts in the font size 4pt. Beware: It takes a long time to process and consumes lots of memory.
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has there been any interesting work or advances on the copula-marginal algorithm (CMA) as proposed by Attilio Meucci. I am unable to find anything on the web other then the original article, here is the original article that i am referring too. I'm just curious if any one has built on his research or if this may be of any use at all
The algorithm is certainly useful in that it is non-parametric, fast, and versatile. Meucci summarizes the advantages nicely:
The paper was published 3Q last year so there are not many citations yet. Hard to see what features are lacking -- if anything, the algorithm corrects for the weaknesses of parametric copulas and offers far more versatility for stress-testing and mixing arbitrary copulas and marginals.


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"Lights and shadows" as Israel prepares for the Pope
Almost fifty years ago, the conciliar document Nostra aetate removed a cancer from the heart of Christianity. Its central section, on Jews and Judaism, overturned centuries of faulty interpretation regarding the main "teaching of contempt" for Jews that was part of Christian culture, doctrine, and liturgy.
Surgery is one thing; rehabilitation another. The first is relatively quick and anesthetized; what follows is more challenging, sometimes painful, and often a test of perseverance and endurance.
So as the Pope prepares for the Holy Land, how healthy is the Jewish-Christian relationship? And how is Israel preparing for the Pope?
From the Catholic perspective, the long pontificate of John Paul II offered time for the newly repaired relationship between Jews and Catholics to heal and learn to walk on its own. The saintliness of John Paul II himself shone no more brightly than on this area of concern, especially in the span from the 1986 visit to the synagogue in Rome to the 2000 prayer at the Western Wall.
In truth, the last three popes have all helped the Jewish-Christian relationship. But there is only so much a pope can do on this front. Despite decades of blossoming Jewish-Gentile respect among scholars and religious leaders, the general public in both Jewish and Christian traditions knows very little about these changes. For Christians, it remains the case that the vast majority do not personally know even one Jewish person. They meet Jews primarily through their Christian Bibles, through preaching about the Bible, or through exposure to political news about the state of Israel.
Rabbi David Rosen, the director of international interreligious affairs for the American Jewish Committee, has recently expressed concern thus: "While the teaching of the [Catholic] Magisterium towards Jews, Judaism, and Israel are overwhelmingly positive, there are many parts of the Catholic world where pre-Conciliar attitudes still prevail and where anti-Judaism if not anti-Semitism is still to be found. This is especially so in many parts of Latin America where, other than in the main cities of Argentina and Brazil, Jews often hardly feature at all on the 'Catholic radar screen.'"
A distinct challenge for scholars and religious leaders is to invite others into the renewal of Jewish-Christian relations.
A simliar concern has been voiced from the Jewish perspective. In 2000, a group of Jewish leaders took out a full-page spread in The New York Times with a document called Dabru Emet, which acknowledged the great progress made my Christians vis-a-vis Judaism. The scholars and signatories believed that Jews "in the pews," so to speak, knew little about these changes. Teaching materials followed, in the form of books, study guides, and videos that could be used by synagogue or church groups wanting to engage the new perspectives on both sides.
Yet some have noted the lack of attention to educational curricula for children in religious schools or other catechetical settings. Philip Cunningham, Director of the Institute for Jewish-Catholic Relations of Saint Joseph's University, covered this ground for Catholics in Education for Shalom: Religion Textbooks and the Enhancement of the Catholic and Jewish Relationship (1995). He continues his leadership as webmaster of Dialogika, the go-to site for English-language materials on Jewish-Christian relations.
All of this is important background for seeing a little-covered news item of the week: in preparation for the visit of Pope Francis, Israel's Ministry of Education has distributed an educational packet for Israeli schoolchildren that emphasizes the positive aspects of Jewish-Christian relations.
TEL AVIV, ISRAEL – In a first, Israel's Ministry of Education has prepared a packet of teaching materials for schools in the run-up to the upcoming Papal visit, set to begin on May 25.
The new instructional material is intended to spotlight positive connections between the Church and Israel since WWII, a ministry official told Israel's Ma'ariv news site.
"For years, children learned about Jewish communities in Christendom and Europe," Dr. Orna Katz told the [Algemeiner].
"Our emphasis is integration and rejection – not just rejection," Katz said, adding that "the theme of the Righteous Gentile, is, in my opinion, the most important issue … we are preparing the subject well before the papal visit."
The materials were prepared by historians from Bar-Ilan University, Yad Vashem, etc., and reviewed just last week by the education committee of the Knesset.
Israel has its own reasons for promoting tolerance toward Christians and Christianity, of course. Recent graffiti attacks against Christian holy sites (and some physical assaults against Christians and Muslims) have heightened concerns about keeping the peace during the Papal visit.
In a blistering column for The Jerusalem Post, its former editor-in-chief Jeff Barak strongly criticized some Israeli Jews' "disdain for minorities in Israel."
Papal visits to Israel are always viewed by Israeli Jews through the very narrow prism of centuries-old Christian anti-Semitism, the Inquisition and the role of the Catholic Church during the Holocaust. Whoever the pontiff, the expectation on the side of the Israeli hosts is that the occupant of the throne of Saint Peter make a full mea culpa for past Catholic sins toward the Jewish people.
Barak then describes some of the recent targets of the "pricetag" vandals and situates them as "part of a wider phenomenon, with mosques and other Muslim properties also being targeted by right-wing extremist Jews protesting any attempt by the government to bring the rule of law into effect in the wild west of illegal Jewish settlement in the West Bank."
The column concludes by Barak asking his countrymen to consider such activities happening against Jews in Europe:
Author Amoz Oz was absolutely right when he called for labeling the perpetrators of anti-Arab and anti-Christian violence "Hebrew neo-Nazis," rather than the sanitized terms "hilltop youth" and "price tag" activists. Were these vandals European youths spray-painting the walls of synagogues in Moscow or London, setting fire to yeshiva halls and puncturing car tires in predominantly Jewish areas of the city, our politicians would have little compunction in labeling the thugs "neo-Nazis" and decrying the lack of action on behalf of the governing authorities.
Unfortunately, many Likud, Yisrael Beytenu and Bayit Yehudi Knesset members are not so far removed from these "Hebrew neo-Nazis" in terms of their disdain for the non-Jewish minority in Israel, be they Arab Muslims or Christians, and in their messianic belief in the right and superiority of the Jewish people inside the Land of Israel.
No doubt these Knesset members will monitor every word and gesture made by Pope Francis during his visit here, to ensure he makes full amends for every Christian misdeed against the Jewish people, and will loudly condemn any perceived failure on his part to show the necessary contrition for Christian persecution of the Jews.
It is just a sad and potentially dangerous irony that they are so self-righteously examining the behavior of others that they are blind to the misdoings and crimes of their own people.
While not unprecedented, this is nonetheless very pointed rhetoric on the matter of interreligious relations and minority rights, coming from a leading public intellectual at a center-right Israeli newspaper. Such honest, critical, and self-critical words testify to the maturing of the Jewish-Christian relationship in Israel.
They also hearken back to the remarks of Dr. Orna Katz-Atar, from Israel's Ministry of Education, about the reason for distributing the educational materials.
"For years the Jews lived together among Christians and Muslims," Katz noted, emphasizing that, "We are not denying anti-Semitism, but there are lights and shadows, and we should emphasize the lights, not just the shadows."
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Michael Peppard is associate professor of theology at Fordham University, author of The World's Oldest Church and The Son of God in the Roman World, and on Twitter @MichaelPeppard.
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Thanks Michael.
There are indeed a lot of lights. We still have to keep building on it. The next area of improving relationship is with the Muslim world. Many Christians are quite anti-Muslim. Especially in the US. Many cannot divorce Islam from 9/11.
"...centuries of faulty interpretation regarding the main "teaching of contempt" for Jews that was part of Christian culture, doctrine, and liturgy"
Just shows Michael, what Francis is up against. Good for John Paul that he was good on Jews and Ecumenism in general. Yet he made many errors where he gave vent to his own preconceptions.
Just shows what Francis is up against.
That was great michael. Just shows Michael, what Francis is up against. Good for John Paul that he was good on Jews and Ecumenism in general. Yet he made many errors where he gave vent to his own preconceptions. where to buy soundcloud plays
Bill, Not disagreeing with you, but it would help me if you were more forthcoming in explaining what you meant by "he made many errors where he gave vent to his own preconceptions." I know he didn't distinguish among different Buddhist groups in making quite offensive remarks about Buddhism that made Zen practitioners, even Catholic clergy practitioners, anxious.
From what I've read, part of the present problem is the pope's decision to have a mass in the Upper Room on Mount Zion (where King David's tomb also is), though tradition since the British Mandate has been that religious services there will be restricted ... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/3157625/posts ... Given the history of the Holy See trying to gain control of Christian religious sites in Jerusalem, it's not really surprising there would be tension.
There will always going to be tension, regardless of what the pope does or doesn't do.
I just hope and pray that we will get to hear and see things, or "the lights and shadows," fully, or as fully as possible during the pope's pilgrimage -- if not here on dotCommonweal, then elsewhere -- not only from Israle's perspective but also, from that of The State of Palestine as well as Jordan, and most of all, from the perspectives of the people of the holy land, and not the "political powers that be" who each have their own self-serving agendas to advance.


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The Hamptons International Film Festival (HIFF) hosted its last film in this year's SummerDocs series with a screening of The Short Game, a film about eight talented boys and girls, ages seven and eight, who descend on one of golf's meccas, Pinehurst, NC, to compete in the World Championship of Junior Golf. The evening began with a pre-screening reception at a private residence in East Hampton, followed by the premiere and special post-screening discussion.
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Awesome, I've been looking for one of these actually. Friends of mine use one of these to make cuban espresso and I've been craving it for a while.
Yes they make very good coffee.
They work better on a gas stove. They take longer on the electric range 'cause they sit on so little of it.
A "cup" is 1.5 to 2 ounce cups. For us Americanos, this little pot is one very good morning cup of coffee.
It works out good for me, tho. On scoop of coffee, filtered water, turn on the heat and then make lunch. By then it's almost done. My pagan neighbor makes tea with hers.
Also available on amazon for the same price. Different sizes are also available.
That previous link was for a similar product but a different brand. Here's the amazon link to the same brand product: http://www.amazon.com/Traditional-Stove-Espresso-Coffee-Maker/dp/B000V6Y0F4/ref=sr_1_14?s=home-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1342418105&sr=1-14&keywords=stovetop+coffeemaker
This is actually what is called a moka pot. It is not an espresso maker.
Espresso extraction requires (by standard) high pressure on the order of 9 bars (9x atmospheric pressure) and either finely ground tightly packed coffee or a pressurized portafilter (with a slightly less fine grind) to slow the water flow and extract over a time period of 20 to 30 seconds. You're gonna need either manual lever piston machine or a pump driven machine to achieve that.
Moka pots generate no more than 1.5 bars of pressure, generally use a less fine grind than espresso, brew at a higher temperature than an espresso machine and...well...you get the point.
Moka pots can produce a very fine brew, generally higher in caffeine content and bitterness than a true espresso maker with both qualities being a result of the higher (above standard boiling) temperature that is reached as pressure builds in the pot.
Great way to make a cuppa, but it isn't espresso.
On Amazon.com (where it is cheaper BTW) this thing does not even have a 3 star rating out of 5 stars. Forget that! I'm out!
Don't they sell these for like $10 in the grocery store?
I use one for camping and it works great with some pre-ground Pilon.
The aluminum moka pots can't be used on induction stoves and tend to have issues with discoloration and a metallic taste in the coffee. If you can find a stainless steel one I would suggest going for that instead.


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GENESEO, N.Y. -- Professor Arlene Kanter from Syracuse University's College of Law will present the President's Diversity Lecture at SUNY Geneseo Feb. 27 at 2:30 p.m. in Newton Hall 203. She will address "From Charity to Human Rights for People with Disabilities" with an emphasis on disability rights under international law and its global development. The event is free and open to the public.
"With the failure of the U. S. Congress to ratify the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities this past December, it is even more important to keep disability at the forefront of our discussions about diversity and human rights," said Tabitha Buggie-Hunt, assistant dean for disability services at SUNY Geneseo. "I am excited and proud that Geneseo has recognized this by inviting Professor Kanter to our campus to speak at this annual event."
Kanter is the Bond, Schoeneck & King Distinguished Professor of Law and the Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor of Teaching Excellence. She also is director of the Disability Law and Policy Program and Co-Director of the Center of Human Policy, Law and Disability Studies.
Kanter publishes and lectures extensively on United States, comparative, and international disability law. She is the co-author of the first law casebook on international and comparative disability law and has published numerous articles and book chapters on disability law.
In 2010-11, Kanter was named the Distinguished Switzer Fellow by the U.S. Department of Education's National Disability Rehabilitation Research Institute. She was a Fulbright Scholar in 2009-10. She received her bachelor's degree from Trinity College, her juris doctorate at New York University and a master of laws degree from the Georgetown University Law Center.
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At last Beverly Cleary has given Ramona Quimby a book of her own. No longer is she the shy nemesis of Henry Huggins or the exasperating responsibility of Beezus. Instead she is a five-year-old with spirit'and a rare opportunity to explain her side of things.
The story deals with Ramona's entrance into kindergarten, a memorable event for all concerned. Whether Ramona is proving what a good rester she is by snoring delicately during quiet time or whether she is pulling Susan's tempting curls, she makes her presence known. Most of the time Ramona loves her teacher, Miss Binney, wholeheartedly. How Miss Binney feels is anyone's guess. Mrs. Quimby tells her daughter, "She will never forget you as long as she lives."
Nothing seems quite so funny to children as the tales of what they did when they were little. Here then is an account of kindergarten days for readers who have passed that awkward stage. Many will find that Ramona's escapades hilarious; others will be moved by her struggles to make a place for herself in an uncomprehending world.
Instead she became a librarian. When a young boy asked her, "Where are the books about kids like us?" she remembered her teacher's encouragement and was inspired to write the books she'd longed to read but couldn't find when she was younger. She based her funny stories on her own neighborhood experiences and the sort of children she knew. And so, the Klickitat Street gang was born!
Mrs. Cleary's books have earned her many prestigious awards, including the American Library Association's Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, presented to her in recognition of her lasting contribution to children's literature. Dear Mr. Henshaw won the Newbery Medal, and Ramona Quimby, Age 8 and Ramona and Her Father have been named Newbery Honor Books. Her characters, including Beezus and Ramona Quimby, Henry Huggins, and Ralph, the motorcycle-riding mouse, have delighted children for generations.


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I want to run a virtualisation server on my notebook.
When ever I log onto my notebook I want to be able to initialise a virtual machine and work with it.
The virtual machine could be located off of the notebook on a removable hard disk drive or web ftp etc.
I would like 3D support on my virtual instances as I still want to be able to play StarCraft 2 on a Windows 7 virtual machine.
Is there software out there that allows for all of this?
I know of software which supports 3D and I know of virtualisation server software but I want both in one.
Does it exist or is it possible to do so but maybe not as elegantly as I have described?


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- Have her then dictate a story to go with each picture.
- You can write the story on the bottom of the picture as it is told.
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I looked at several sites and I found this:
4 x 2 4 0 0
The 6th string is played on the 4th fret, correct? I found this on a message board but on the sites that I usually go to they don't show this. So is this correct? How can you tell?
That is perfectly acceptable.
When I play acoustic, I think of it as a D/F# capo'd up 2, where it's played 4 2 2 4 5 4, thumb grabbing the G# on the 6th string. Sometimes play standard and try to catch it with the pinky 4 2 2 1 0 0, but that's a little bit of a stretch.
Electric, I'm playing it with a bassist and keyboard player, so much of the time I don't bother. Bassist is playing the G#, so I just play a standard E barre chord. When I do play it. I play it by barring the 2nd 3rd and 4th strings with my index finger and holding the low note with my ring finger. x 9 7 7 7 x. Kinda a reverse A-shape barre.
That would work. It has the g# in the bass and also contains the other notes of the chord ( e and b)
This is a first inversion E major chord, i.e. with a G# root. An E major chord (triad) contains the notes E, G# and B. That means that any E major shape or partial shape (from CAGED) with a convenient G# root works. Here's a fretboard diagram showing E major chord tones with G# on the bass strings in red:
This is a map of the territory. You should immediately see some voicing opportunities, including:
D shapes:
G shapes:
C shapes:
also, given that the G# root usually implies chromatic or diatonic root movement, consider the voicing you're moving towards when deciding what to play.
I generally play a C chord barred on the 4th fret. That way you can play all of the strings when strumming or have more strings to choose when fingerpicking.


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ANDERSON, S.C. – Women's basketball junior guard Sierra Simpson and men's basketball senior guard Chandler Hash have been named to the Anderson Federal Credit Union Gold Standard for their outstanding performances in the month of December.
For the month of December, Simpson averaged a team-high 9.0 points per game, to go along with a team-high 20 assists and 23 rebounds. Despite a narrow 56-55 setback to Wingate to open Anderson's December schedule, Simpson recorded her first double-double of the season and second of her career with 13 points and 11 rebounds, headlining her month.
For the year, Simpson ranks in the top 30 within the South Atlantic Conference in six offensive categories, including leading the league in assists per game (5.5). Simpson's steals per game average of 2.2 slots her third in the conference, while her 1.7 assist-to-turnover ratio puts her fifth. Despite her 5-foot-6 frame and playing the point guard position, Simpson ranks 19th in rebounds per game, averaging 5.9.
Hash helped lead the Trojan men's basketball team to a 3-2 record in December, averaging a team-high 22 points per contest on the strength of 45.2 percent shooting from the field. The 6-foot guard was also 39-of-43 (90.7 percent) from the charity stripe during the month and averaged 4.2 rebounds per game. He currently paces the SAC in scoring (22.9 ppg.) and ranks sixth in free throw accuracy (87.8 percent).
With his two free throws late in the first half of the win over Winston Salem State on Dec. 21, the Greer, S.C. native scored his 1,000th career point, becoming just the 11th men's basketball player in school history to reach the plateau. Hash is currently 10th on AU's all-time scoring list with 1,032 points.
Each month, one male and one female student-athlete or teams are honored as the Anderson Federal Credit Union Gold Standard Performers of the Month for his or her performance in competition, in the classroom, or in the community.
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About three weeks ago Gmail told me I could switch to a new look. I did; and it was terrible to say the least. Luckily Gmail let me revert back to the old look; and I quickly went back. I was using the old look until now, but this morning I logged into my Gmail, and see that my Gmail opened with a new look. Besides I am unable to find the option to switch back to old look. Can anyone please tell me how to do that? This new look is barely usable. Thanks.
There is a gear icon on the right top. Click on that, you will find the link to go back to old version.
or just follow the link http://techzoom.org/easily-revert-back-to-gmails-old-look-from-new-cool-interface/