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Stir-fried pork, hearty potpie and a chocolaty soufflé. Those aren't the foods that typically come to mind when you think of low-cholesterol fare. Chow down on these 7 tasty, good-for-your-heart treats…
Tangelo Pork Stir-FryThis pork and pepper stir-fry uses strips of tangelo zest and bright tangelo juice, which offer a little sunshine on a cool night. Tangelos, hybrids of tangerines and pummelos (or grapefruit), are often labeled as Minneolas or Honeybells.
Serves: 4Preparation time: 45 minutes
Ingredients2 tangelos, such as Minneolas or Honeybells 3 teaspoons toasted sesame oil, divided 1 pound pork tenderloin, trimmed and cut into thin strips 2 medium shallots, thinly sliced 2 cloves garlic, minced 2 tablespoons minced fresh ginger 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper 2 red bell peppers, thinly sliced 2 stalks celery, thinly sliced 2 tablespoons reduced-sodium soy sauce 1 tablespoon rice vinegar 2 teaspoons cornstarch
Preparation1. Using a vegetable peeler, remove zest from tangelos in long strips. Cut the strips lengthwise into very thin pieces. Cut the tangelos in half and squeeze enough juice from them to get 1/2 cup.
2. Heat a large wok or skillet over medium-high heat. Swirl in 2 teaspoons oil, then add pork and cook, stirring, until just cooked, 2-3 minutes. Transfer to a plate.
3. Add the remaining 1 teaspoon oil to the pan along with shallots, garlic, ginger, crushed red pepper and the zest. Cook, stirring, for 1 minute. Add bell peppers and celery and cook, stirring constantly, until crisp-tender, about 2 minutes. Stir in the tangelo juice and soy sauce; bring to a simmer. Cook for 1 minute.
4. Whisk vinegar and cornstarch in a small bowl, then pour it into the pan along with the pork and its juices. Cook, stirring often, until thickened and bubbling and the pork is heated through, about 1 minute.
Nutrition FactsPer serving:226 calories 8 g fat (2 g sat, 0 g mono)63 mg cholesterol16 g carbohydrates25 g protein 3 g fiber562 mg potassium 329 mg sodium
Nutrition Bonus: selenium (56% Daily Value), zinc (15% DV), vitamin A (40% DV), vitamin C (220% DV), potassium (16% DV)
Crunchy Pear & Celery SaladCrisp pears are tossed with Cheddar cheese and pecans in this delicious salad. For an Italian twist, try Parmesan with some toasted pine nuts or go British with crumbled Stilton and toasted walnuts.
Serves: 6Preparation time: 25 minutes
Ingredients4 stalks celery, trimmed and cut in half crosswise 2 tablespoons cider, pear, raspberry or other fruit vinegar 2 tablespoons honey 1/4 teaspoon salt 2 ripe pears, preferably red Bartlett or Anjou, diced1 cup finely diced white Cheddar cheese 1/2 cup chopped pecans, toasted Freshly ground pepper, to taste 6 large leaves butterhead or other lettuce
Preparation1. Soak celery in a bowl of ice water for 15 minutes. Drain and pat dry. Cut into 1/2-inch pieces.
2. Whisk vinegar, honey and salt in a large bowl until blended. Add pears; gently stir to coat. Add the celery, cheese and pecans; stir to combine. Season with pepper. Divide the lettuce leaves among 6 plates and top with a portion of salad. Serve at room temperature or chilled.
Nutrition FactsPer serving:221 calories14 g fat (5 g sat, 4 g mono)20 mg cholesterol20 g carbohydrates6 g protein4 g fiber240 mg sodium221 mg potassium
Nutrition Bonus: calcium (15% Daily Value)
Chicken PotpieThis chicken potpie is studded with peas, mushrooms, carrots and onions and topped with tender whole-wheat biscuits. The savory sauce gets a rich taste from reduced-fat sour cream, but with less fat and calories. And it ends up just as delicious and comforting as you expect.
Serves: 6Preparation time: 1 hour 5 minutes
IngredientsFor filling:3 teaspoons canola oil, divided 1 cup frozen pearl onions, thawed 1 cup peeled baby carrots 10 ounces cremini mushrooms, halved 2-1/2 cups reduced-sodium chicken broth, divided 1/4 cup cornstarch 2-1/2 cups diced cooked chicken, or turkey 1 cup frozen peas, thawed 1/4 cup reduced-fat sour cream 1/4 teaspoon salt Freshly ground pepper, to taste
For biscuit topping:3/4 cup whole-wheat pastry flour, (see Ingredient Note) 3/4 cup all-purpose flour 2 teaspoons sugar 1-1/4 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon dried thyme 1 1/2 tablespoons cold butter, cut into small pieces 1 cup nonfat buttermilk, 1 tablespoon canola oil
PreparationTo prepare filling: 1. Heat 1 teaspoon oil in a large skillet or Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add onions and carrots; cook, stirring, until golden brown and tender, about 7 minutes. Transfer to a bowl. Heat the remaining 2 teaspoons oil in the pan over medium-high heat. Add mushrooms and cook, stirring often, until browned and their liquid has evaporated, 5-7 minutes. Return the onions and carrots to the pan. Add 2 cups broth and bring to a boil; reduce heat to a simmer. Mix cornstarch with the remaining 1/2 cup broth; add to the pan and cook, stirring, until the sauce thickens. Stir in chicken (or turkey), peas, sour cream, salt and pepper. Transfer the filling to a 2-quart baking dish.
To prepare biscuit topping & bake potpie: 1. Preheat oven to 400°F. Whisk whole-wheat flour, all-purpose flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt and thyme in a large bowl. Using your fingertips or 2 knives, cut butter into the dry ingredients until crumbly. Add buttermilk and oil; stir until just combined. Drop the dough onto the filling in 6 even portions. Set the baking dish on a baking sheet.
2. Bake the potpie until the topping is golden and the filling is bubbling, 30-35 minutes. Let cool for 10 minutes before serving.
Nutrition FactsPer serving:403 calories12 g fat (4 g sat, 0 g mono)64 mg cholesterol46 g carbohydrates29 g protein4 g fiber667 mg sodium427 mg potassium
Nutrition Bonus: vitamin A (70% Daily Value), fiber (16% DV)
Pasta & Bean SoupUsing basic canned goods and a few other staples, you can make this comforting soup in just minutes. The trick to achieving a full-bodied homemade flavor from canned chicken broth is to freshen it up with a handful of herbs, some garlic cloves and crushed red pepper. For a meatier flavor, add a little crumbled cooked Italian turkey sausage to the soup.
Serves: 8Preparation time: 35 minutes
Ingredients4 14-ounce cans reduced-sodium chicken broth 6 cloves garlic, crushed and peeled 4 4-inch sprigs fresh rosemary, or 1 tablespoon dried 1/8 to 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper 15-1/2-ounce or 19-ounce can cannellini, (white kidney) beans, rinsed, divided 14-1/2-ounce can diced tomatoes 1 cup medium pasta shells, or orecchiette 2 cups individually quick-frozen spinach, (6 ounces)6 teaspoons extra-virgin olive oil, (optional) 6 tablespoons freshly grated Parmesan cheese
Preparation:1. Combine broth, garlic, rosemary and crushed red pepper in a 4- to 6-quart Dutch oven or soup pot; bring to a simmer. Partially cover and simmer over medium-low heat for 20 minutes to intensify flavor. Meanwhile, mash 1 cup beans in a small bowl.
2. Scoop garlic cloves and rosemary from the broth with a slotted spoon (or pass the soup through a strainer and return to the pot). Add mashed and whole beans to the broth, along with tomatoes; return to a simmer. Stir in pasta, cover and cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until the pasta is just tender, 10-12 minutes.
3. Stir in spinach, cover and cook just until the spinach has thawed, 2-3 minutes. Ladle the soup into bowls and garnish each serving with a drizzle of oil, if desired, and a sprinkling of Parmesan. Variation: Substitute chickpeas (garbanzo beans) for the cannellini beans; use a food processor to puree them.
Nutrition FactsPer serving:133 calories2 g fat (1 g sat, 0 g mono)6 mg cholesterol21 g carbohydrates9 g protein4 g fiber356 mg sodium29 mg potassium
Nutrition Bonus: vitamin A (35% Daily Value), fiber (16% DV)
Chocolate-Banana SoufflésThe creaminess of mashed banana makes it possible to nix egg yolks from soufflés without sacrificing texture. While cocoa provides the deep chocolate flavor, a touch of semisweet chocolate in the background eliminates that not-quite-right finish of so many cocoa-based desserts.
Serves: 6Preparation time: 45 minutes
Ingredients3 tablespoons sugar, plus extra for preparing soufflé dishes2 ounces semisweet chocolate, coarsely chopped2 teaspoons instant espresso powder, or instant coffee2 teaspoons vanilla extract1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder, preferably Dutch-process3 tablespoons cornstarch1/4 teaspoon salt1/2 cup mashed ripe banana, (1 large)1/4 cup packed light brown sugar1/4 cup low-fat milk5 large egg whites1/8 teaspoon cream of tartarConfectioners' sugar, for dusting
Preparation1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly oil six 6-ounce (3/4-cup) individual soufflé dishes or ramekins or coat them with nonstick spray. Dust with sugar, turning to coat, and tapping out the excess. Set aside.
2. Melt chocolate over barely simmering water or in the microwave. Dissolve espresso powder (or instant coffee) in vanilla in a small bowl.
3. Sift cocoa, cornstarch and salt into a large bowl. Add banana, brown sugar and milk, whisking to blend. Add melted chocolate and the coffee mixture and blend well.
4. Place egg whites in a clean, grease-free mixing bowl. Beat on low speed with an electric mixer until frothy. Add cream of tartar; increase the speed to medium and whip until soft peaks form. Gradually add the remaining 3 tablespoons sugar and beat on medium-high until the whites hold stiff, but not dry, peaks.
5. Whisk one-fourth of the egg whites into chocolate mixture. Gently but quickly, fold in the remaining whites with a rubber spatula. Spoon into the prepared soufflé dishes or ramekins.
6.Bake until soufflés are well puffed and browned, but still jiggle slightly when shaken, 15-25 minutes, or. Remove from the oven and sift a little confectioners' sugar over the top. Serve immediately.
Nutrition FactsPer serving:176 calories4 g fat (2 g sat, 0 g mono)1 mg cholesterol34 g carbohydrates5 g protein3 g fiber150 mg sodium245 mg potassium
Honey-Soy Broiled SalmonA sweet, tangy and salty mixture of soy sauce, rice vinegar and honey does double-duty as marinade and sauce. Toasted sesame seeds provide a nutty and attractive accent. Serve with brown rice and sautéed red peppers and zucchini slices.
Serves: 4Preparation time: 40 minutes
Ingredients1 scallion, minced2 tablespoons reduced-sodium soy sauce1 tablespoon rice vinegar1 tablespoon honey1 teaspoon minced fresh ginger1 pound center-cut salmon fillet, skinned and cut into 4 portions1 teaspoon toasted sesame seeds
Preparation1. Whisk scallion, soy sauce, vinegar, honey and ginger in a medium bowl until the honey is dissolved. Place salmon in a sealable plastic bag, add 3 tablespoons of the sauce and refrigerate; let marinate for 15 minutes. Reserve the remaining sauce.
2. Preheat broiler. Line a small baking pan with foil and coat with cooking spray.
3. Transfer the salmon to the pan, skinned-side down. (Discard the marinade.) Broil the salmon 4-6 inches from the heat source until cooked through, 6-10 minutes. Drizzle with the reserved sauce and garnish with sesame seeds.
Nutrition FactsPer serving:234 calories13 g fat (3 g sat, 5 g mono)67 mg cholesterol6 g carbohydrates23 g protein0 g fiber335 mg sodium444 mg potassium
Nutrition Bonus: selenium (60% Daily Value)
Steamed Mussels in Tomato BrothWith fresh mussels increasingly available at supermarket fish counters, you can easily make this bistro favorite at home.
Serves: 4Preparation time: 30 minutes
Ingredients1 teaspoon extra-virgin olive oil4 cloves garlic, finely chopped6 ripe plum tomatoes, cored and coarsely chopped1 cup dry white wine3 pounds mussels, scrubbed and debearded2 teaspoons chopped fresh parsley
Preparation1. Warm oil in a large pot with a tight-fitting lid over low heat. Add garlic and cook, stirring, until golden, about 3 minutes. Add tomatoes, increase the heat to high and stir for 1 minute more. Pour in wine and bring to a boil.
2. Add mussels, cover and steam, occasionally giving the pan a vigorous shake, until all the mussels have opened, 3-4 minutes. Discard any that do not open. Transfer the mussels to a serving bowl. Spoon the broth over the mussels and sprinkle with parsley.
Nutrition FactsPer serving:267 calories6 g fat (1 g sat, 1 g mono)64 mg cholesterol2 g carbohydrates28 g protein1 g fiber427 mg sodium587 mg potassium
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By dlacher on Aug 09, 2007
Shortly before the winner was announced at the World Barista Championship I had placed and order for a pound of Heather's blend that she used to win the USBC. If I was smart I should have waited a bit and ordered the blend she used at the WBC. But now to the point, it arrived today and as any good coffee geek I quickly ripped open the FedEx package and made sure the espresso machine was on and warmed up. Upon opening the bag I was met with a very pleasant aroma that just made the taste buds start watering. I measured out enough for a double espresso and tossed it in the grinder, pre-warmed my espresso cup, dosed, tamped and pulled a great double. The creama was amazing and the bouquet was great as I waited for the shot to pull. The shot has a nice citrus note and a very elegant berry note. Oh this is going to be a good pound of beans... I will have to try it in a cappuccino to see how it works with milk, which I am sure will be great as well.
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Expectancy is defined as "How much money gained for every $1 risked".
What is the expectancy for this particular series of trades?
- Risked €1, won €2
- Risked €2, won €1
- Risked €3, won €6
- Risked €3, won €6
Expectancy is defined as "How much money gained for every $1 risked".
What is the expectancy for this particular series of trades?
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Van Tharp addresses expectancy in his book, Trade Your Way to Financial Freedom. Here is his definition of expectancy.
$\frac{winPct * winAmt - losePct * loseAmt}{trades}$
I would recast your trades as follows:
Your winning percentage is 75%. Your losing percentage is 25%. Your winning amount is €7. Your losing amount is €1.
So your expectancy would be $\frac{.75* €7 - .25 * €1}{4}$
Your expectancy, by Tharp's reckoning, would be €1,25. Tharp does not directly use the amount at risk. Rather, his definition takes into account that the trader or quant may choose a larger bet size when the odds are in his favor.
Lets see if I have this right:
Expectancy = average win / average loss.
Thus, average win = €7 / 2 = €3.50, average loss €1 / 1 = €1, so expectancy is 3.50 for this series of trades?


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What would such a bottle be worth, now, and say in 25 years?
Getting a bit bitten by the collector's virus, I bought me a bottle of 1989 11yr Springbank, Signatory Unchillfiltered 225/345 as well a while ago. Are these Signatory bottlings any worth as a collectors item?
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I get to go to the Instructables HQ!
I am leaving to Yosemite on Thursday, renting a hotel.
Then the next day (Friday), I am going to hike or whatever.
Then we go back to the hotel.
Saturday morning, we start out to San Francisco.
We get there around... I dunno, 3 or 4 or something?
I won't be able to make it to Yuri's Night, but the next day (Sunday), Eric and I are planning on meeting at the HQ at around 11 I guess.
This is gong to be sweet.
Sorry the images lack color...
I am leaving to Yosemite on Thursday, renting a hotel.
Then the next day (Friday), I am going to hike or whatever.
Then we go back to the hotel.
Saturday morning, we start out to San Francisco.
We get there around... I dunno, 3 or 4 or something?
I won't be able to make it to Yuri's Night, but the next day (Sunday), Eric and I are planning on meeting at the HQ at around 11 I guess.
This is gong to be sweet.
Sorry the images lack color...
I can't believe this happened when I was just a kid... HOW CRAZY IS THIS?!
Hey, when I went, I was about the oldest person there, it was still crazy-fun.
Times are fun when you're having flies.
~Kermit the Frog
~Kermit the Frog
WHY does everyone ELSE get to go? What do you have to do? Do you have to bribe somebody? Pay somebody? What??? Oh, I'm sorry, congratulations.
Hey!I wasn't even greeted by the bot,let alone being an intern!
I'll greet you!
:) Also, why cant you go?(Don't have to answer.)
:D I was just a newbie back then. Since, I've actually been invited, but couldn't go due to unavoidable scheduling conflicts. Hopefully next summer. Maybe.
ah HEM ! everyone else? Does that mean I am a nobody since I don't "get to go?" LOL
I'm a nobody too, ya know!
Oh, ok I didn't know your statement was self-inclusive :-)
We nobodies gotta stick together...
True enough, except if someone is still a nobody at my age, they are considered pretty much a loser.
I'm not a loser, I'm a winner...I've won prizes off the radio many times. I stopped counting at 35. the DJs know my name and address, etc.
I didn't say you....I said me (if you get to be my age, as I have, and haven't accomplished things). So much I have wanted to do and have not really accomplished any of them.
Trying to steer the conversation to be cheerful...sorry you haven't accomplished everything you want though...
Well, I never expected to accomplish everything.....a few things would be nice :-) But I am the one that should be apologizing....I shouldn't be online when I feel depressed. Sorry if I have put a damper on things here.
You need some chocolate. Or some sugar.
Sugar makes me sleepy, and good pure chocolate makes me mellow :-) It has to do with the upcoming HOPE convention in NYC, it will be the last one at the Hotel Pennsylvania, and it looks like I had a shot at going finally. But my wife doesn't want me away for all three days nor does she want to come along. I was reminded of this moments ago, when I answered a post in the HOPE discussion forum at the 2600 site. And so I got temporarily depressed *sigh*...the depression will pass, as will the HOPE convention it seems.
You need vitamin B...
Really, I would rather just have the 3 days at the convention :-)
aww that sucks. can i join the people who didnt get to go to ibles hq club? i doesnt look like im going either.
I need to join.
This is still future: July 18-20 HOPE: HOtel PEnnsylvania
I am referring to the HOPE con in NYC....just a few hours drive or by train.
Yea, verily!
I just noticed ur going through mid-life crisis! which explains why ur always down. Turn that frown upsidedown!!!!! TURN IT!!!! TURN IT!!!
thats right....
thats right....
I am not ALWAYS down, but I have my (extended) moments :-)
do 3 month periods count as moments?
that sounds weird....
that sounds weird....
3 months ? One week with the wife per month is enough.
Oh, I am never depressed that long :-) I may be "on and off" for that long, but that is never a continuous condition with me :-)
you sound like the robot marvin from a hitchhiker's guide to the galaxie.
hopefully from the radio show, not the crappy movie.
This will all come to tears, I just know it...... :-)
then you should support my Instructables Awards Idea. Then you'd get the most comments prize and be a winner!!!
And for first prize......a round trip around my back yard.... :-)
*rushes off to find a new prize...*
*rushes off to find a new prize...*
First you need to pay me $100. Then you may ask Eric if you can drop by and say hi... ;-)
First you need to pay me $100. Then you may ask Eric if you can drop by and say hi... ;-)
Damn, he sees right through me...
She sees right through you...
Monk had a sex change? Man, he - sorry, she - is even more screwed than I thought! :-D
Adrianna Monk - hmm...
Adrianna Monk - hmm...
I've always been female!!!!!!!!!
Don't you watch "Monk" on USA????
Don't you watch "Monk" on USA????
My user picture isn't of me.
Yeah, I knew that - just poking fun at you. After all, "Adrian Monk is female" would be an interesting twist in the TV series, don't you think? ;-)
I know you were poking fun - I was pretending to freak out! :D It would be an interesting twist indeed...
I like Monk, but that's just scary.
...I'm confused...
Adrian isn't Adrian, she is a TV series?
Adrian isn't Adrian, she is a TV series?
My, how things change in 6 months...
Some of us don't...
Adrian monk uses the picture of the Character Adrian Monk, from the TV detective series: Monk. As the character, Tony Shalhoub plays Adrian Monk.
Oh.... I'd always assumed that the pulled-up collar was just shyness...
Lol! I love Monk. So I picked that as a username. I got the picture from the internet. That's not what I look like at all...lol Watch Monk on USA!
Here. Maybe I'll use this image to avoid confusion...It's the main characters.
But you, the person posting as "Adrian Monk", you are female?
My head hurts. I need a coffee
My head hurts. I need a coffee
Female and proud of it. :)
Minus, I hope, the Monk psychosis's ? ;-)
Haha, yes.
If I remember correctly Tony Shalhoub's character on Galaxy Quest was a little less neurotic and more quiet, shy, and just unsure of himself.
He was so funny on Galaxy Quest! "Are you crazy? This is an uncharted planet! You don't know what's out there! Is there air? You don't know!!!" (Tony breathes in and out) "Seems okay..."
Quite right, too.
Yes, Adrianne is the woman on the left. (Sowing confusion wherever I go...)
From now on, I will call you Patricia.
As long as you spell it with a k...
I believe that particular picture is from the pilot episode, where he is surrounded by a group of sick children who are coughing, sneezing, and eating boogers. Adrian suffers from OCD. He has 312 phobias. Here's the top 15: 1) Germs 2) Needles 3) Milk 4) 5) Snakes 6) Risk 7) s 8) Heights 9) Crowds 10) Elevators 11) Disorder 12) Darkness 13) Enclosed spaces 14) Dirt 15) Spiders
i know someone who has a phobia of bananas. no really it's true!
Bananas? Really?
yes i already said really. lol yeah it's true t'was so funny at school when someone had a banana she ran right to the back of room, only to be standing next to a banana box!
Wow. That's messed up. The only time I'm like Monk is when i'm loading the dishwasher. There are eight compartments to put forks, etc in, I have to put them in one at a time, counterclockwise. Otherwise it bugs me. It isn't neat!
Tis one of his many phobias (this one having to do with germs most likely). :-)
Um no, I thought you were male...
...and now you've lost all respect for me? Is that it? Huh? :) jk
Nope, you've just had your respect get increased ten fold LOL.
LOL. Not many women around here?
Well, guys are the majority around here. The yarn contest brought quite a few (suspected) females, but few stayed.
I stayed! I did originally sign up because of the yarn contest, but now I get on Instructables pretty often, I just don't add much to a conversation, mostly because I'm not a very interesting person.
Aw don't....don't say that to yourself...... You...you're.....you're not......aww
Phew! I thought you wouldn't get the joke!
I never get his jokes...
neither do I. All you can do is laugh and nod...laugh and nod...
Maybe its just you?
Here are 3 others.....Sunbanks, Corinna.anni.roc, and Lisa.mucci
Did anybody remember me? (I'm a girl)
My apologies HK, yes I figured you were probably female but wasn't absolutely sure.
That's OK. But really. My aviator used to be pink, and know it's a Kitty with a bow. I don't know any guys that would be comfortable with either of those :-).
I have run into a few (some hair dressers and a few room decorators...) ....well, you know.....I never assume :-)
Anyways, nice to make your acquaintance Ms Kitty :-)
Anyways, nice to make your acquaintance Ms Kitty :-)
Nice to know you never assume :-) p.s. I was just kidding. I wasn't trying to be mean or rude :-). Please don't be offended at anything that I say, I never mean to be unkind - usually I'm just kidding, all in good humor, right? :-)
I know, I was just "playing along", I hope I did not offend.
Yes, all in good humor (didn't he used to sell ice cream? The Good Humor Man.... ) ;-)
Yes, all in good humor (didn't he used to sell ice cream? The Good Humor Man.... ) ;-)
HAHA LOL! Don't worry, I am rarely offended, pretty much the only thing that offends me is the use of bad words. Usually I find that since there are no hand gestures, facial expressions, etc, people tend to get offended easily because they don't understand that you're just kidding. Just wanted to make sure I wasn't offending and didn't seem rude or mean.:-)
Nope, you were fine.....I actually ask if I have offended others way too often (ask someone that has been around awhile LOL)
:-) another way to say that is that I have been told that the only way I annoy and offend is by asking "if I offend", too often :-)
Yeah - the apologizing for your imaginary insensitivity is really getting on my nerves! Oh yeah: ;-)
Well, it did get on some people's nerves when I started here......it was very excessive back then...
Poor Goodhart...:)
I just have to have a little more confidence and a little less self-disrespect, and not assume I am making everyone miserable all the time ;-)


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I Have to Swim Against Her?
Missy Franklin Is Racing for Her High School—Which Is Fun Unless You Are Facing Her
GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo.—On Tuesday, the Cherry Creek High School girls' swim team will lose for only the 19th time out of some 400 meets over 38 years.
It's a near certainty for this suburban Denver squad, whose speediest girls have no hope of matching their swiftest opponent, Missy Franklin, the 17-year-old star of Regis Jesuit High School and, oh yeah, the bubbly five-medal winning heroine of the London Olympics.
"It's sort of defeating," said Tiffany Bae, mother of Alex Bae, a Cherry Creek swimmer who may race Franklin in a freestyle race Tuesday. "She won so many gold medals. I don't know what you're there to prove."
In recent memory, no one as accomplished as Franklin has ever followed up on Olympic domination by returning to high school to lap ordinary 14-year-old freshmen. What made this possible was her decision last year to forgo an estimated $3 million a year in endorsements to remain amateur, a choice that suggested that no amount of money could corrupt her pursuit of an ordinary adolescence.
"The best part of staying amateur is that I am still able to do things like this," Franklin said after winning all four races in a high-school meet last week. "I have given up so much for that." Remaining an amateur will also let Franklin swim next year for the University of California, Berkeley.
But some high-school rivals view her as more of a pain in the pool.
"It's really frustrating when Missy kind of shines above everything," said Bonnie Brandon, who before graduating last spring was Colorado's greatest-ever female high-school swimmer next to Franklin. "She's No. 1 in the world, and No. 1 in the state, and then I'm No. 2 in the state.…It's just hard being in close proximity," said Brandon, now a University of Arizona swimming star.
The Franklin effect is particularly painful for Cherry Creek, the New York Yankees of Colorado girls' swimming with 26 state titles in 38 years. Of Cherry Creek's 18 all-time losses in individual meets, two came at the hands of Franklin-led Regis, and Tuesday's would make a third.
Franklin also cost Cherry Creek a 27th title in 2011. "If they didn't have her, they had no chance of winning," said Cherry Creek coach Eric Craven.
"I don't cry at all for them," countered Regis girls' athletic director John Koslosky, noting that Cherry Creek boasts more than double the enrollment of Regis, a private Catholic school. "They have plenty of years they've won. We're just enjoying our moment."
Of course, many rival swimmers are enthralled to swim against an Olympic star. Following her first meet since the Olympics, last week's contest against Highlands Ranch High School, so many rival swimmers asked to pose for photographs with Franklin that she missed the beginning of her team's post-meet cheer. Before rejoining her team this year, Franklin expressed concern about sucking attention from other girls, only to hear from rival coaches that their girls wanted to share the pool with the world's best.
But Craven, the Cherry Creek coach, isn't starry-eyed. His advice to his swimmers facing the Olympian: "Don't get caught up just watching."
Craven is advising his team to finish ahead of all Regis swimmers except Franklin—and to avoid getting lapped by the superstar. He's also urging those in the lanes beside Franklin to try drafting off her—a tactic that requires staying close. "There's a point where you can [draft], and then when she's so far ahead, there's nothing really you can do," said Cherry Creek's Emma Cunningham, who may race Franklin in the 500-freestyle race.
Even before the Olympics, Franklin's renown was such that her participation in a meet tended to fill the stands and attract television cameras, leaving some parents without a seat to watch their children swim. Last year's meet against Regis, said Cherry Creek swimmer Kaylyn Flatt, "was definitely Missy centered."
The good news for other Regis rivals is that Franklin plans to compete in only two individual meets this year, the minimum required to qualify for the state championships. It goes without saying that one would be Cherry Creek. "They're our biggest rival," said Franklin.
Also fortuitous for other schools is that one swimmer can only wield so much influence. At last year's state championships, Franklin's Regis team finished third behind second-place Cherry Creek.
But 2011 was a different story. To win its seventh-straight state title, Cherry Creek needed to prevail in the 400-yard freestyle relay. After 300 yards, Cherry Creek was well ahead—until Franklin dived into the pool to swim the anchor leg. Regis won the race and its first-ever state title in the top division.
This year, with Brandon having graduated, Cherry Creek will find it all the harder to defeat Franklin-led Regis. "I don't particularly like that she's swimming at state," Alex Bae, Cherry Creek's captain, said of Franklin.
Last week's meet between Regis and Highlands offered a glimpse of the gap between Franklin and everyone else.
Before the meet, Highlands sophomore Emily Eck found her mom in the stands. She had just found out she was going to swim in the lane next to Franklin in the 400-yard freestyle relay.
"I'm pretty scared," Emily said. "I'm not as good as her."
Katie Eck smiled at her daughter. "But it is still cool, right?" she said. Emily nodded.
As Franklin made her way to the pool for her first race—the 200-yard individual medley—the 6-foot-1 Olympian towered over her teammates and competitors. Before getting on the starting block, Franklin turned to Paige West, a Highlands Ranch junior, and said, "Good luck!"
Fans of both schools snapped photos as Franklin dived into the 25-yard pool. When Franklin finished the eighth and final length, West was still 10 yards away from finishing her seventh length. West, who finished 20 seconds behind Franklin, was the runner up.
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Our breast-fed son occasionally has poops that are greenish. These tend to stain his clothe diapers. What is the best way to get stains out without compromising the ability of the diaper to do its job? I remember hearing somewhere that you shouldn't bleach diapers, although I don't remember the reason.
Bleach is really harsh on cloth diapers and sure your diapers will be "germ free" but bleach can really hinder the absorbency of the fibers because it can degrade them.
The most common and effective way people try to remove the stains from cloth diapers is sunning them to dry. The sun acts as a natural bleach. That site talks about adding lemon juice, hydrogen peroxide, and vinegar to your laundry cycle. If you have a really a sunny day coming up, I'd try the sun first.
Sunning the diapers is certainly the best (and most natural) method, but that does assume that you will have decent enough weather.
When the weather doesn't allow for sunning, we add a small amount of OxiClean Free to our wash cycle. This helps to whiten the diapers and doesn't leave a residue.
The best method that seems to work for me is to soak the poopy clothes in hot water and 1/2 scoop Vanish stain remover. After that I just put it in Washing Machine with 2 caps of Dettol (disinfectant) and without adding any detergent. The hot water seems to take away the stains very fast. The hot water does the trick most of the time even without the stain remover, but I add it when it is quite dirty.


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The North Dakota Game and Fish Department's Encouraging Tomorrow's Hunters program is a primary sponsor for an outdoor learning event in the Bismarck area on Saturday, July 13.
Put on by the Mule Deer Foundation, the MULEY Day Camp runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Moffit Gun Range. It includes rifle and archery target shooting, hunting and safety information and demonstrations.
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Ocean carriers Maersk Line, CMA CGM, Hapag-Lloyd, OOCL and MOL issued rate increases on various trades.
The new warehouse is the first facility in Vietnam to provide a super frozen storage room, which reaches as cold at -58 degrees Fahrenheit.
Meanwhile, just this Friday, the Shanghai Shipping Exchange said its Shanghai Containerized Freight Index declined 6.2 percent from last Friday's reading of 670.29 to a reading of 628.59.
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Ocean carrier Hyundai Merchant Marine joining the 2M Alliance - comprised of Maersk Line and MSC - has fueled speculation about Maersk's ultimate motives, but the short term impact is a larger share on the transpacific trade, especially from Korea.
The rating agency acted negatively to the idea that the A.P. Moller - Maersk conglomerate could potentially choose to divide into separate companies, noting the split could hurt the group's business diversification.
German ocean carrier Hapag-Lloyd reached an agreement with United Arab Shipping Company on a merger that would make Hapag-Lloyd the fifth largest container carrier in the world.


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Indoor tanning salons darken the skin with a course of ultraviolet radiation. This radiation can cause skin cancer, premature wrinkling, sun plaques, pigment abnormalities, and eye damage, all of which are bad. If you don't mind getting any of the above, the good news is this: Indoor tanning will not hurt your baby!
The bottom line is this: Don't worry about radiation exposure from home appliances and communication equipment. The levels are so low, your baby will not be affected.
These days it is impossible to avoid the radiation that comes from common appliances and communication equipment, such as microwave ovens, radios, televisions, radar, high-voltage power lines, certain burglar alarms, long-distance telephone and telegraph transmissions, electric blankets, heated water beds, taxi dispatch lines, satellite communications towers, video display terminals (VDTs), automatic garage door openers, and electric toys. There's just no way to avoid most of this.
Some research on the effects of this kind of nonionizing radiation has raised a red flag on excessive exposure. High levels of nonionizing radiation in humans has been associated with (but not scientifically proven) to cause genetic damage, spontaneous abortion, and birth defects. But the tested levels have been extremely high, far above what we are exposed to normally. You can sit two inches in front of your TV everyday all day long during your pregnancy and not worry about radiation damage to your fetus (you should be more worried about your sanity). But to err on the side of caution, you can keep your fetus out of harm's way if you…
The ionizing radiation that enters the body through x-rays is the kind that is dangerous to the fetus. Permanent growth retardation, mental retardation, and are all possible if the fetus is exposed to high levels of ionizing radiation. Fortunately, x-rays are not something we are involuntarily subjected to. You know when you're getting x-rays, so you can act to avoid it or reduce the danger:
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Drug Free State of Mind Stars go Backstage at a GRAMMY Rehearsal
April 28, 2011
When the first-place prize was announced "you could hear the screams all the way down the hall." That's the word from Zac Lovett, Dae' Vion Caves, Jordan Adkins, and Farrell Terry, who won top prize in the MusiCares® and GRAMMY Foundation's® Teen Substance Abuse Awareness through Music Contest. Read More »3 Comments
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April 26, 2011
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Risky Behavior Leads to Emergency Rooms
April 21, 2011
When you ask friends what they're going to do for homecoming or the prom or graduation, spending the night in the local emergency room probably isn't on their list. Unfortunately, for many young people, alcohol may change their plans. Read More »8 Comments
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April 19, 2011
Sometimes we make jokes about our mental health, but serious mental illness is a real problem among young people in this country. Did you know that an estimated 4.5 to 6.3 million youth in the United States face mental health challenges? Read More »2 Comments
Addiction For Real
April 14, 2011
If you were the producer of a crime show on TV, and your police officer character was a chain smoker, how would you write the scene where he chases a criminal down the street? A chain smoker would probably be winded, because of less lung room. So you'd show him panting and out of breath. Read More »0 Comments


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Doctor to the Terrorists
Meet the Malian physician who says Belmokhtar was just another patient.
Gao, Mali
As international terrorists go, Mokhtar Belmokhtar has built an impressive résumé. The Algerian-born Islamist began his career in Afghanistan in the early 1990s before going on to lead a unit of al Qaeda in the Maghreb. His most recent splinter group, which calls itself Those Who Sign in Blood, was responsible for last month's bloody hostage crisis at the In Amenas gas plant in Algeria.
He spent much of the past year moving from safe house to safe house here in Gao, northern Mali's largest city, which jihadists controlled until the French arrived in January. The kill-list candidate, smuggler and prolific kidnapper is now a key target of the French terrorist-hunt in the Ifoghas Mountains.
But to Dr. Abdoulaziz Maiga, a family practitioner and aspiring surgeon at the Hospital of Gao, Belmokhtar is just another patient.
"Belmokhtar—it's complicated," Dr. Maiga said with a sigh last week when I visited his office. "Yes, I saw him—sometimes he came to the hospital and sometimes we went to his house. But it was purely medical."
A rock holds up one corner of Dr. Maiga's desk and he swats at the occasional fly. After nearly a year of fighting and jihadist occupation, he is one of only 13 physicians still in Gao and its environs, serving a population of nearly half a million. Having attended university in Bamako, the 29-year-old Gao native has been practicing medicine here since 2011. His motivation, he says, is to "help people and save lives, like any other doctor." Any other doctor, that is, until the jihadists came to town.
Pressed for details, Dr. Maiga says only that Belmokhtar "was very nice, very educated, very calm. He didn't even speak. He had someone else speaking for him—he doesn't speak French. He always had a lot of people with him, many people."
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The day before our interview, some locals had taken me to one of the houses where they say Belmokhtar had stayed for a few weeks. The dwelling has since been sacked by the Malian army, but telltale Islamist symbols remain chalked on the walls and a smorgasbord of empty pharmaceutical packaging litters the yard. These include intravenous sodium lactate, which could treat acidosis; sodium chloride and glucose; and metronidazole, an antibiotic that could treat any number of infections.
I read out the list of drugs I found in the house and ask Dr. Maiga if he had prescribed them to the terrorist or his entourage. But the doctor won't budge: "It's medical—it's confidential." If anyone is searching for jihadists, he adds, "Go look for them in the bush. Don't ask me."
It sounds as though Dr. Maiga is protecting his murderous patient, and if so, it's understandable. After a military coup took down Mali's government last March, Gao's local officials were the first to flee, leaving the town in the hands of nationalist Tuareg rebels and, by the summer, an al Qaeda-linked group known as the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa, or Mujao. The locals here describe Belmokhtar as a "spiritual leader" to Mujao.
"Once they took control of the city, they brought in their own administrators," Dr. Maiga recalls. "They were staying here in the hospital, they were running the hospital, about four or five of them."
He admits that he treated other jihadists during the occupation, though again cites "patient confidentiality" when asked for specifics. Like every other resident of Gao with whom I spoke, Dr. Maiga doesn't really believe the jihadists have gone anywhere.
"Mujao is very powerful," he says. "They're strong and they're dangerous. With all that we've survived here, no one feels secure. Even with the French here, they're still capable of doing things."
As if to prove his point, an estimated 20-30 Mujao fighters launched an attack from within the center of Gao on Feb. 21, armed with Kalashnikovs, machine guns, rockets and homemade bombs. Their urban-guerrilla combat held up French and Malian forces for more than six hours and destroyed downtown Gao before the French finally drove them out. Some of the Malian soldiers ran out of ammunition before the jihadists did.
It's not hard to see why Dr. Maiga does "not have confidence" in French talk of an imminent troop drawdown—and why he might dread that development. If the jihadists ever manage to retake Gao, it will likely mean a return to the most harrowing period of the doctor's professional life.
When Mujao ruled the town, the jihadists imposed the strictest Shariah law, complete with hand amputations for thieves and other petty criminals.
At that point, Dr. Maiga says, he was given an ugly job: assisting in the dismemberment.
"They came to us and they said, 'This is Shariah, it's the will of God,' and they asked me to cut people's hands off." It turns out that chopping off appendages isn't the simple justice it sounds like. Done incorrectly, the amputees will bleed to death—a punishment too far, apparently, even for the al Qaeda-brand penal code.
Dr. Maiga recounts his attempts to refuse. "I said, 'Wait, no, I can't.' When I amputate a limb, it's because it's gangrenous or doesn't work right. But when it's viable, I can't cut it. I told them, 'This is your Shariah, it's not my thing—it's nothing to do with medicine.' "
The jihadists soon found an arrangement anyway: Mujao would conduct its own amputations, staunch the wounds and bring the victims to the hospital. There, Dr. Maiga would finish the job—cut enough flesh so that the amputees could later receive prosthetics; dress the wounds properly so the stumps wouldn't bleed out; and administer painkillers.
In all, Dr. Maiga says, he assisted in nine Shariah-prescribed amputations.
"It was very hard," he says quietly. "I never thought that one day I would treat an arm that wasn't diseased. But I had to look at it from both sides: Of course, this was not good, not good at all. On the other side, these people were suffering and if we didn't deal with it, they'd die, they'd bleed to death. We didn't have a choice, we had to treat them."
It's getting late and our interview is running up against Gao's nighttime curfew. As Dr. Maiga and I approach the hospital gates, I ask on a whim if there's anywhere to go dancing in Gao. Before the coup, the city was dotted with nightclubs and bars blaring desert reggae. They're now gutted and abandoned, after the jihadists shuttered them at gunpoint last year.
"Dance?" Dr. Maiga says, incredulous. "You should be scared to dance."
"Why?" I ask. "Mujao are gone, for now anyway. Don't you dance?"
He pauses. "I dance," he says. "I dance in my office."
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The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has been following with deep anxiety the developments in the situation in the Palestinian arena stemming from Israeli aggression on unarmed Palestinians, and in particular the Israeli decision to dig a tunnel under Al-Aqsa Mosque. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia views these practices of the Israeli authorities as a flagrant violation of the outcome of the Madrid Conference, the principle of land-for-peace, and the resolutions of international legitimacy, notably UN Resolutions 242, 338, and 425.
An official Saudi statement yesterday reiterated the absolute adherence of the government of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Fahd Bin Abdul Aziz to all efforts for the enhancement of the pillars of security, stability and peace in the region, which is still suffering greatly as the result of Israel's actions, and urged the international community to put an end to these tyrannical Israeli practices that aim at undermining the initiatives working for implementation of the UN resolutions whether in deed or in spirit. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, along with its friends everywhere, is determined to go ahead in its intensive efforts to make this region a haven of security, peace and prosperity.


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Dr. Robert Maxson is a Professor of Surgery at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and the Trauma Medical Director for Arkansas Children's Hospital.
Dr. Maxson received his M.D. from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, and completed a surgical residency at UAMS in 1996. Dr. Maxson went on to complete fellowships in Pediatric Surgery at Arkansas Children's Hospital and Texas Children's Hospital. Dr. Maxson was instrumental in building the Level I pediatric trauma systems at both Dell Children's Hospital in Austin and Children's Medical Center of Dallas. Dr. Maxson joined the faculty at Arkansas Children's Hospital in 2009.
Dr. Maxson has co-authored over 30 articles and 2 book chapters and has received multiple awards for research and teaching. He is a member of the American College of Surgeons, the American Pediatric Surgical Association, The American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, The American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Trauma Society, the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma, the Society of Critical Care Medicine, the American Public Health Association, The Southwestern Surgical Congress, American Medical Association, the Texas Medical Association, the Travis County Medical Society, and the American College of Physician Executives.
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A status bar is located at the bottom of the timeline. This bar provides information about your project and also holds some useful icons.
You can use it to select the update or razor tool, zoom the timeline, toggle on/off the thumbnails for video and audio, and decide to show or not markers and snappoints. It also displays the timeline time of your cursor.
(This older image is missing the spacer tool, but there is a rendering glitch on my Kdenlive build which clips the status bar, so I went with this image)


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In a briefing with media ahead of a meeting with investors and analysts, Total's chief financial officer Patrick de la Chevardiere noted that the group is considering cutting capacities at some refineries. "We're going to adapt our footprint to European demand," he said, without elaborating.
By GERALDINE AMIEL and BENOIT FAUCON
French oil company Total on Monday reiterated its hydrocarbon production targets for the
medium term, thanks to a strong investment push over the past
years which should start to trend down from next year.
In a presentation to investors, Total said it anticipates a
strong increase in cash flow from the start-ups of major oil
and gas extraction projects, as well as from the
restructuring of its downstream businesses -- refining and
chemicals, and marketing and services.
The world's fifth largest nonstate oil company by output,
Total has embarked upon an ambitious plan to restore
profitability for its loss-making refining businesses, at the same
time as making a huge investment push to search for new oil and
gas, which is now more difficult to find as it is rarer and
lodged in remote areas such as deep offshore or off the Arctic
The plans highlight the French group's intensive efforts to
maintain and even reinforce its global position, as competition
around the world has grown fierce over the past few years
against a background of rising costs to produce oil and gas,
the race for new hydrocarbon sources to address growing
emerging markets' appetite, while facing the decline of
crisis-hit Europe.
In the coming months, the group should start-up numerous
production projects such as Laggan-Tormore in
Western Shetlands, and reiterated it expects to reach
production of 2.6 million bpd of oil equivalent in 2015 and a
potential for 3 million bpd in 2017.
The restructuring of refining and chemicals "has begun to
bear fruit," as profitability is increasing towards the target
of 13% return on average capital employed set for 2015, Total
In a briefing with media ahead of a meeting with investors
and analysts, Total's Chief Financial Officer Patrick de la
Chevardiere noted that the group is considering cutting
capacities at some refineries. "We're going to adapt our
footprint to European demand," he said, without
In an earlier interview, Total's head of the marketing and
services unit Philippe Boisseau said that thanks to the
reshuffling of the distribution activities, the second leg of
the restructuring of its declining downstream activities, Total
expects to substantially boost the unit's free cash flow -- a
key gauge of a company's health -- to reach $1 billion in 2017
from around $400 million last year, a level around which it had
stagnated for years.
Total's CFO also said that "the first [vessel] is arriving
at Jubail this morning to [load] some production" of fuel oil.
Jubail is a refining and petrochemical complex in Saudi
Arabia where Total is a shareholder and the arrival of the
tanker will mark its first export.
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Here is the exact Joy Womack mention/quote (typing as I look at p. 37 of the hard copy):
Dancers have been known to place pieces of glass in a rival's slippers just before the curtain rises. Joy Womack, an American dancer in the Bolshoi's corps de ballet, says she was once the victim of such sabotage, which left both of her feet covered in blood. "The pressure made her do it," she says of the dancer she believes placed glass in her shoes.
And how would they do this? Dancers typically put their 'slippers' (pointe shoes?) on in their dressing room.
And most dancers make sure everything is just so with their shoes.
This has a distinct Black Swan sound.
Maybe the perpetrator was inspired by Black Swan?
Dancers in the corps usually share a 1 or 2 big group dressing rooms.
Most people prep a bunch of shoes at once and then use them as needed. She probably didn't look inside the box right before she put them on. I'm sure she looks inside now.


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Suppose that I am buying cakes for a party. There are $k$ different types and I intend to buy a total of $n$ cakes. How many different combinations of cakes could I possibly bring to the party?
Using a method that's often called "stars and bars":
We draw $n$ stars in a row to represent the cakes, and $k-1$ bars to divide them up. All of the stars to the left of the first bar are cakes of the first type; stars between the first two bars are of the second type; . . . .
Here's an example with $n=6$ and $k=5$. We're getting 2 of the first type, 3 of the second type, 0 of the third type, 1 of the fourth type, and 0 of the fifth type.
In order to solve the problem, we just need to reorder the stars and bars by choosing the $k-1$ spots for the bars out of the $n+k-1$ total spots, so our answer is:
$$ \binom{n+k-1}{k-1}. $$
Let g(n,k) = # combinations of cakes.
Notice that:
If we think of k as a radix rather than the # of cakes, then this problem is equivalent to expressing the # of distinct n-digit numbers in base k whose digits are in sorted order. (e.g. 1122399 is equivalent to 9921231)
I think I can express it as a nonrecursive sum:
g(n,k) = sum from j=1 to max(n,k) of { (k choose j) * h(n,j) }
where h(n,j) is the # of ways to partition N cakes using j different types. (the term in the sum is when there are j distinct cakes actually chosen.)
But that's about as far as I can get... :/
edit: looks like it's combinations with repetitions = ((k+n-1) choose n). (same as the wikipedia article with n and k swapped)
Let's assume you have $n$ items and $k$ bins. You need $k-1$ separators to get the $n$ items into the $k$ bins. There are $(n + k - 1)!$ permutations of ordering $n$ items and $(k-1)$ separators. The permutations of the $n$ items don't matter, and the permutations of the $(k-1)$ separators don't matter, so you'll need to divide by $n!$ and $(k-1)!$
Thus you have $$\frac{(n + k - 1)!}{n!(k-1)!} = \binom{n+k-1}{k-1}$$


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I had to repair a corner joint between my kitchen and living ceiling (kitchen is ceiling lower than living room) by scraping the popcorn off of the kitchen ceiling and replacing a metal corner bead. The repair seems to have taken and held. Now, what should I do with the kitchen ceiling? Many have advised not to try to apply popcorn to that small section of kitchen ceiling - that they will never match. Should I just scrape the rest of the popcorn off of the kitchen ceiling? Then what? Re-apply popcorn, some other texture or leave flat and paint?
I've had similiar issues and have re-applied the popcorn to good results since my house has popcorn ceilings. You can certainly scrape off the popcorn for the entire ceiling and either re-apply it or smooth it out, but now the scope of the fix has increased.
Basically most home improvement stores sell popcorn spray in a can. @Tester101 has provided a link to one such product.
I can tell you from past experience that spraying on popcorn is not like spraying on paint.
After that it hard to spot and will not be easily noticable unless you are actually looking for it.
Here's a picture of a patch job. The patch is right on the corner that juts out slightly. It came out pretty well. Nobody ever notices it. The texture is slightly different, but I think if I practiced more before applying I could have matched the texture a little better.
No - It will never match the original pattern. But we had similar issues in many apartments where we couldn't just leave a bold spot. So we had to re do that "area" area being keyword here.
Afterwards apply some undercoats to the area that was redone (we did ours with a concrete mix but some have silicone or other types)
Only you will see exactly where the repair work has been done but trust me. Nobody else will even notice the difference because they would really have to know they are looking for something.
Basically applying a similar patter and repainting the entire area will take the obvious repair work out of eye sight. Just don't tell any body because then everybody will see it.
(That is why I hate doing my own DIY work because I always find something somebody else messed up or the tiny shortcut I took that nobody else ever will even know about)


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I installed Ubuntu 11.10 on a separate partition. Unfortunatelly after installation I couldn't see grub menu. Ubuntu starts automatically. Then I installed the boot-repair and repaired by this software my grub. Now I can see grub menu, but there is no windows entry. Just ubuntu.
I have resolved a Grub menu issue (Ubuntu 11.04 + Win7) with a software Grub Customiser. Good luck.
This has happened to me several times when setting up multi-boot systems and I have always been able to fix it by running
The latest Ubuntu installation seems to do all kinds of wild things if you have multiple drives and such. Your GRUB was most likely installed on the wrong HD. I found it easiest to just partition the space myself using a GPARTED cd, and then reinstalling Ubuntu. There's an option when it asks you if you want to install it side-by-side with Windows that let's you manually select your partition and also the drive grub will be installed on.


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5 Insignificant Things That Determine if Someone Likes You
Anyone who has ever been unpopular, which we're thinking is approximately all of you, knows how unfair the system can seem -- it's all about looks and money and some indefinable coolness that some lucky bastards are just born with. Well, we have good news and bad news.
The good news is that there are some unexpected shortcuts that can make a person popular, which maybe isn't surprising, since the human brain works in some pretty freaky ways. The bad news is that they're just as stupid and arbitrary as the ones you already knew.
#5. Don't Do Favors for Others -- Make Them Do Favors for You (and Thank Them)
Quick! You have 24 hours to make an attractive guy or girl like you. Like maybe you're trapped in the plot of a romantic comedy or something. How do you go about it?
You and pretty much everyone else will immediately try the same tactic: Do something nice for them. That'll win their heart! Take care of some task you know they hate, bring them a cup of coffee they didn't ask for. There are millions of "nice guys" in the world who right now are doing little favors for pretty girls for this very reason -- if he does enough nice things for her, then she'll associate him with friendliness, trustworthiness, loyalty and pretty much everything a girl could ever want. And that may very well be true ... for a while, and provided she's looking for a dog.
"I have a better chance of humping her leg, and I'm neutered."
Studies show that if you really want people to like you as a person, you're actually better off ignoring their pleas of help and making them do favors for you instead ... and just remember to really go over the top in thanking them for it. It sounds crazy, but it has to do with how people don't like feeling that they owe you something, but like feeling that you owe them.
See, the problem with doing minor nice things for somebody is that they forget about it much faster than the person doing the favor. A few days later, the girl has long forgotten the coffee, and the guy quickly gets annoyed that she didn't appreciate it enough. A month later, he's all "BUT I GAVE YOU THAT COFFEE! You owe me at least a hug!" While the value of the gift decreases in the recipient's mind, it actually gets inflated in the giver's mind, until he's equating it with having fought a bear for her. Here it is in graph form:
So it actually drives a wedge between you; the innocent favor turns into kind of a power play. Which brings us to the weird, opposite corollary of this rule, and it comes courtesy of none other than Benjamin freakin' Franklin.
"Game recognizes game."
In fact, it's even called the Ben Franklin effect, after an offhanded quip he once made regarding the favorer/favoree relationship. It goes like this: If you can convince a person who doesn't really think much of you to do a favor for you -- even a small one -- this tricks him into suddenly believing that he now likes you. All you need to do is remember to thank him enough.
As we just established above, nobody likes feeling like they're indebted to somebody else, and this is the opposite -- it continually reminds the other person of how much you're in their debt. And science says that people love it. In one experiment, participants who were given money and then asked personally to give it back were more likely to like the researcher than those who got to keep the cash. Do you ever watch old episodes of Seinfeld and wonder how they put up with Kramer, who was always eating Jerry's food and borrowing stuff? This is why: The fact that he was always on the receiving end made him lovable.
#4. Be Rude, Mean and Selfish (in High School)
Everyone who has seen a movie about high school, or actually attended one, knows that most of the popular kids are also usually complete and utter dicks. It stands to reason: Being popular has a way of increasing your hat size, and the students who find themselves on top of the social ladder comprised of confused, hormone-addled kids can find it difficult to resist dropping things on the people below. It's just an unfortunate byproduct of that particular and particularly weird period in life -- it's not as if the popular kids are popular because they're nasty.
Or so you'd think. Several studies have indeed proven that the best way to gain popularity in high school is by acting like a total asshole.
Senior Quote: "I meant 'homo' as in 'retarded'."
In one study, researchers followed about 4,000 high schoolers and tracked their relationships, behavior and level on the social ladder. They found that as the kids rose up the ladder, so did their bullying of the others. And the curious thing was that the asshole kids just kept on rising despite their antics. So why do the other kids keep licking the boots of the people who keep kicking them with said boots?
If you went to high school, you already know the answer: Because acting like a dick is a sign of confidence. Picking on others makes you look like a leader. Society feeds us bully archetypes like Donald Trump and Gordon Ramsay as winners and entrepreneurial geniuses all the time. By extension of that logic, it's easy to view the big jock who spat in your water bottle as one, too.
"I can't believe I'm drinking the Brock Carter's spit."
However, there are popularity heights that even the most dickish quarterback or bitchiest cheerleader cannot reach. At the very top of the ladder, the level of bullying drops off completely. The absolute most popular kids don't bully at all, because they don't need to. Or rather, they're just far too narcissistic to care. It turns out that the most popular high schoolers are the ones so obsessed with their own selves, it's practically dripping off them. The other students mistake their aloof, entitled behavior as personal, innate charm and worship the ground under the narcissists' feet. Because if there's anything cooler than the guy who pulled your underwear up your ass, it's the one who was too busy staring into his locker mirror to even notice.
"I'm having a really good hair day."
#3. Wear Branded Clothing
Just to be clear, we're not saying that wearing expensive designer clothing makes people trust you or like you -- obviously dressing up makes an impression. No, the science says that just sticking a visible label on the clothes makes all the difference, and it's not in the way you'd expect.
For example, in one study, researchers made a lady go out into the mall and ask people to fill out her survey. On the day that she wore a Tommy Hilfiger sweater with a visible label, 54 percent of people helped her out. Not bad, right? Just wait -- on the second day, when she wore the same exact sweater with the label removed, only 13 percent of people took the survey. In another study, researchers who were wearing designer clothing collected twice as much in charitable donations as those who were wearing plain clothing. In another, subjects judged a job applicant in an interview as more worthy of the job, recommending a 9 percent higher salary for the one with the label. The label always won.
"Screw the interview. You're obviously chief surgeon material."
And it's not that the labels just make us think of the wearers as wealthy or stylish; it actually makes us trust them more as people. What the hell?
On one hand, the labels are doing exactly what the manufacturers hoped they would, only to a much greater (and crazier) degree: We're told that the brand is high quality, so the man who knows to buy it must have great judgment. But it's a trap we fall into due to evolution.
The problem is that for most animals, other members of the species can tell at a glance how healthy/fertile/awesome they are -- a peacock with perfect feathers can only get them by being a healthy specimen. Humans are different -- with our clothes and makeup and talent for bullshit, we don't have any of those easy "Is this guy awesome?" shortcuts that can be spotted at a glance. But we want them very badly -- life would sure be a hell of a lot easier if people just had "trustworthy" stamped on their chest.
It's really the perfect solution.
So, in the absence of that, we just pick the people who spend twice as much on their clothing based on a brand name. Makes sense.