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To the best of my knowledge eating fish after meat has the same Halacha as eating meat after fish. You are supposed to eat a cracker and take a drink to seperate between them. Why is it most common for people to eat fish at the Shabbos Seuda first and then meat - from the Zemiros the order is "Basar V'Dagim V'Chol Matamim" - should we not eat the meat first and then the fish?
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There is a Kabbalistic idea that fish (which live in the water, representing עלמא דאתכסיא, the hidden realm) is on a higher spiritual level than meat (which represent עלמא דאתגליא, the visible world). We thus start with eating fish, thereby giving us the power to afterwards extract the "sparks of holiness" from the meat.
(Likkutei Torah of R' Shneur Zalman of Liadi, Behaaloscha 33b)
Likely based on "לעולם יקדים אדם דבר הקל ומאחר הכבד" (from רמב״ם הלכות דעות פרק ד, q.v.).
Harav Akiva Eisenberg (formerly a lecturer at Aish and Ohr, now retired,) told me something excellent. Our preparation and the order of the meal at the Shabbos table is a re-enactment of Ma'aseh Bereishis.
The order of our preparation and of our meals seems to be inviolate, as if it were set in stone. Who would have a fleishige first course and a main course of fish? Yes, I'm sure it is sometimes done, but it's rare. And as you all know, we put the challah on the table before the candles, ostensibly to prevent a muktzeh problem of Basis L'Davar Ha'Asur, although considering the relative value of the silver candlesticks and the Challah, it's not clear why that would work. But here's what Harav AE told me.
Every step of the process represents the order of the creation of the world.
First Day: Tohu VaVohu, inchoate matter was created to later be properly formed- Preparation for Shabbos. Second Day: Spreading out the Heavens- Spreading the tablecloth. Third Day: Desheh Eisev- Placing the Challah on the table. Fourth Day: The two Me'oros- Putting two candles on the table and later lighting them. Fifth Day: Fish- the first course. Sixth Day: Animals- the main course. Shabbos.
Like many of our symbolic minhagim (such as the Kittel at the Seder, please see my post at http://havolim.blogspot.com/2009/03/fancy-kittels-mixed-messages-and-tides.html regarding the Teshuva in the Igros Moshe in which he says that the meaning of the kittel at the Seder changes depending on the generation and the locale,) the doer's understanding informs the effect of the minhag. Setting the table while saying "In honor of the holy Shabbos" is an entirely different experience than doing it as a tedious obligation. Here, too, while I won't insist that this is the reason for the order of the meal, I do believe that it was a factor in its ubiquity. In any case, it is worth contemplating.
I heard a while back from Rabbi Levi Garelik that a certain Sefer (I don't remember which) writes that Morranos would eat fish, soup and then meat in that order on Friday night as a secret sign to each other that they were Jewish, and the custom was an adaptation of that practice.
It's not obvious that the order in the song is intended to be a description of the recommended chronology of implementation of a minhag. Maybe it's in order of value per pound, for example. If the order of items in the song is chronological and significant, then the first words of the verse, "Echol mashmanim; shetei mamtakim" ("Eat rich foods; drink sweet drinks"), would seem to conflict with the fact that we have Kiddush before even an appetizer!
The sefer אוצר יד חיים, סימן ע writes that the Shabbos song reflects the order of eating meat and fish in earlier times - first meat then fish. And this is why the Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim 273,2 says "Between meat and fish there is an obligation to wash (the hands)", again the language reflects the earlier custom. He adds that this same order is mentioned in other halachic seforim.
Fish were created first, then animals (for meat.)
Historically, meat wasn't always available and could be expensive, fish was not that expensive (comparatively), so fish was a constant and meat was a luxury. Tadir V'Sheino Tadir; Tadir Kodem.
It's brought down that Le'Atid Lavo, we will partake of the meal of Leviathan which is a large aquatic species. Since Shabbos is Me'ein HaOlam HaBa we partake of fish symbolically to represent Leviathan.
Al pi Kabbala, nitzozot of Neshamot are present in fish more readily than meat (since Shechita could be invalidated, etc...) and we want to Metaken the Nitzozot on Shabbat immediately after Kiddush, etc...
The song's order is just so it rhymes!
To my understanding, it's really just based off of traditional European festive course order (soup > fish > salad > meat > dessert). I know a lot of families who skip out on the fish entirely. Other families skip out on the meat, and then you've got vegetarians and vegans.
Me? I personally go for "everything on the table at the same time" approach, while respecting the minhag of those who avoid putting meat and fish on the same table simultaneously.


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Well, first game of the season, was away at Deportivo La Coruna, and after going 1-0 down after 36 seconds, it wasnt looking too great.
Deportivo vs Tenerife.
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I'm wondering how long it'll take to try and do the Spanish 4th/5th/6th tiers. Might just do the first inactive level.
We've had a shocker now, after our 8-2 win over Depor, we lose 2-1 at home to newly promoted Hércules.
Lost 3-1 to scunthorpe... Why? just why?
Right, Im in mid-September 2010, and I checked out the transfer list, which has given me a dilemma.
If you had Juanfran (who has only just signed), Facundo Bertoglio and Gonzalo Fierro (also recently signed) as your current right wingers, would you sign Diego Perrotti for £4.3m?
Hmm, this is confusing. All leagues are in the DB, but many teams are missing, and some that are there shouldn't be, according to wikipedia.
37 divisions to go through in the 5th tier (assuming 4th tier are all right - only 18 there)
Man, such a difficult call, Juanfran is my record signing and star player in the squad, so he wont be going. Bertoglio is a young player with apparently more potential than Juanfran, so would be hard to ditch him. Will happily sell Fierro, I had him on loan season 1, he got 17 assists, so snapped him up for free, to be a back up, but I forgot to register him (he was injured on day of registry, and as I have unavailable players hidden, didnt assign him a number )
I think I'll have to pass up the opportunity
How can I win 8-2, then lose 2-1 and 3-1 to Hercules and Bilbao
All of that effort to no avail, he rejected my contract (the ******* )
Just about scraped a 1-0 win over Valladolid, 77th minute OG saved me.
Starting to get very tempted to head back to Russia for another crack at Rubin.
Bayern Munich isn't as easy as it looks Yes I won the league and cup double, but the money I lose per month is amazing, and I had to sell a lot of players this season. Thank God Toni is gone though.
Jon Punal
Explain dafuge?
Having to look through loads of sites in Spanish, all which seem to contradict each other. Will do my best to just get the right number of teams (will have to make some from scratch as they aren't in DB)
I assume he's an ex player, and by the look of it, both were long shots or free kicks?
Me and Hersh are rookies in the Career Updates section
Jesus, I've just scored in the 52nd minute of the First Half!
Freedom for Tooting & Mitcham! - it is all in here but I'll try to summarise it.
My aim was to win a major international competition with only Tooting & Mitcham youth products.
Jon Punal was signed at the age of 15 and nurtured to greatness.
He was the last player sold as we made our final move to all-T&M.
He signed for Man City for £80m at the age of 26.
He scored against us to knock us out of the World Cup in 2050, at the age of 34.
I'm thinking that this may be overly ambitious.
Someone has made a basic setup using the existing divisions though.. Could just play that.
I am going to start a new game using the level 11 database as Backwell United, a team that plays their games less than 10 minutes from my house, in the English Somerset County League Premier Division (level 11).
I have never had a lower league game before as the terrible players just annoy me but I am determined to stick with this one.
Really wish my local team were even in the top 11 tiers.
Would motivate me.
Lol, 3-0 away win against Juventus in the Champion's League playing as Barca. Surprisingly, Messi was awful and Pedro/Bojan were the players who shined.
Just recently beat Lyon in the CL semifinals with my Udinese team in 2014. 1-1 at home while being pretty much outplayed, away leg my LB Bocchetti gets red carded after after 18 mins. Game over, i thought..=(
When final whistle rings Cardozo and my wonderkid regen (born and raised in the U20s) had scored to make it 2-0. =D
Barcelona awaits in final tho.. It stops there, i think.. =( Any hints/tips how to break up their play?
Nearly lost to Malaga of all teams. They scored with their only shot on target half way through the first half, and about ten minutes later, Pedro got sent off. Entered half time one zero, gave the team the team talk, and around 60 minutes in, Ibrahimovic equalized. Then, 76 minutes in, Messi scored to make it 2-1, and in stoppage time, Henry secured the result with a placed shot.
The commentator said 'Guardiola's boys never looked like losing' at the end of the game, and that made me angry, since I was as nervous as hell at half time.
EDIT: Forgot, their goalkeeper was MotM
Giving up on editing for now.
No idea who to play as though.
Play as Barca and try and play like they do IRL
Think I'll go for a Conference team.
Blyth. \o/
This won't last I fear.
Be Maidenhead, you know you want to
Just been battered 4-1 at the Nou Camp
I only loaded about 35k players - too few? :/
Way too few.
100k plus, creating...
I (Udinese) ran over Barca in the 2014 CL final (despite missing four key players) but couldnt convert. Lost 1-0 to a crappy Pique header from 2 yards making up their only scoring chance, due to a mistake by my 18 year old rookie defender who had to step in =(. Valdes had 7.5 rating while my gk was at 6.4.. FM sucks atm...
Any recommended frees?
Are they a local team to you?
Managed to beat Real Madrid in the Champions League Final 3-1 using a neat little counter attack tactic. They dominated the game but we were just to good on the counter.
Also managed a 5th consecutive EPL title. But still have not won a FA Cup.
It's a new season now and I'm about 7 games in.
Just played my 500th overall game. But I've got £870,000 for wages left along with about £68million to spend.
My squad however is beastly. And I recieved a 193 PA regen from my youth academy recently, my youth facilities aren't even at max quality yet.
Can anyone help me with this question though, "If I set a league to 'view only' then do I recieve regens from that country or what effect will it serve within my game?"
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Yeah, I think 'view only' gets you regens, but you can't manage there.
Anyone have a good set up for Messi? Can't seem to get him to score.
Just managed to sign two players who are far far too good for the BSN.
We're also already having a change of chairman.
Blyth Spartans.
Also this thread helps alot with lower league managin I would assume: http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php?t=184592
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Just, wow. Danny Murphy (Irish LB) has agreed to join. He looks utterly brilliant.
This doesn't make any sense.
My regens with PA's of 200 are rated at levels that aren't accurate.
One of my Central defender regens potential is some way off reaching the level of Monti, my central defender with 199 PA. How can someone with a PA higher than them be some way off having the potential to be better than them?
Can someone search for Alemao Jiminiano on their game and see if he exists?
Someone on a different forum is convinced he isn't a regen yet I am. He looks pure quality though.
My god Pjanic just headed the ball blatently into his own net from a corner... He was facing the wrong direction
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Lmao, Xavi now has 2 goals from free kicks in 2 games
You have got to be kidding me.
Mauricio Risso has agreed to join.
So I'm doing a bit of a Portsmouth with wages, but..
Couldn't find that player u were talking bout either, btw..
Gah, Messi is incapable of scoring for me
Well this doesn't add up.
This guy took a picture and the player didn't have a regen picture yet he had generated pictures turned on... Thus meaning he must be a real player...
Just knocked 5 past Sporting, Henry got a hat trick and Messi even managed to score one!
Hmm, even having set my target to push for promotion, our budgets aren't enough for me to be able to adjust to reduce the wage deficit.
At least I'm pretty certain this team has enough brilliance to perform above all expectations.
Blyth 4-1 Livingston
Xavi just got his 3rd free kick goal of the season in a 3-0 win over Sevilla in which Messi scored twice.
They tend to not have regen pics, but rather blank's. I have seen one really really good generated player from a lower league Italian club whom basically won them some U-20 tournament with scoring 10 goals in the tournament! (first season as well)
I have decided to delete Genie Scout from my computer...
I'm getting all the good talent and the game is becoming pretty plain
Having finally won the CL in FM10 in my last season of contract with Lazio I've finally allowed myself to enter international management.
I accepted Spain's FA proposal, not because they are 2nd in FIFA world rankings, but because all the major real players are about to retire and Euro 2024 will prove quite challenging with Spain's lack of decent midfielders and strikers.
In the club management area, midtable eternal strugglers Hertha Berlin came calling. They're paying a pittance, but I fancy a spell in Germany.
First match with Mogas 90 and we beat Energie FC 4-0
maybe he felt sorry for Pompy?
Really can't get into a game at a low level. Holidaying to the end of the season then adding a new manager.
Anyone suggest a team higher up? (CCC - L2)
Barnet? There's quite a popular thread in the GPTG iirc.
Anyway, I've finally started my Rubin save, if anyone wants to follow it, I'll be posting in depth updates in here, but I'm not leaving you, I swear.
Seen Barnet live.
Don't much fancy it.
I'm thinking holidaying it might be a bad idea - taking at least 30 mins per month.
I can never decide which approach to take, and always go for the wrong one.
Think I'll start over with a sensible amount. I think I'll get into a game better if it's quicker to do so.
I always want depth but my PC disagrees.
I think I'll settle for 44k, which is essentially large DB with 20 leagues.
Still too many..
I got 300k players loaded!
It is a bit slow, but I do lots of stuff while it's loading. Thanks too Windowed mode! So it doesn't bother me.
I do want to try a lower league game at some point too. I am thinking Dudley Town. Any other suggestions?
I will need to load a new game for this though, so I will take the suggestion of loading small, will probably load this: Italy to Serie C2, Spain to Second Division B, France to CFA, England to bottom, and various arrangement of leagues from elsewhere in the world.
Is your PC immense or something? Or is your definition of slow just very liberal?
Randomised, and I'm now in charge of Pontevedra.
I've got a train at 11 tomorrow morning for 5 hours so my plan is currently to do an all-nighter, literally. Then sleep on the train So I'll see you here! At work, waiting for boss then I'll be loading up my save
Lauren signed.
What a man.
Yordi and Derlei in too.
Can't seem to get rid of anyone. I've signed a great bunch of (mostly attacking) players, but the players they replaced won't budge, and due to squad registration are essentially useless.
oh, sod off crash dumps.
Pontevedra 4-4 Real Madrid in a friendly.
Playing Recreativo away now in the league - win would send us top but it's still early days in the league
Pontevedra 4-0 Mirandes opens the season.
Yeah, they don't do it for me. The game was going too slow too.
Pontevedra 4-2 Ferrol
Shocking play by Lauren cost us two goals. Derlei, once a £5mil striker, is looking great with 3 assists and a goal in 2 matches.
Guijuelo 1-1 Pontevedra
If they could finish, we would have been deservedly thrashed.
It isn't that slow, between days, i'd say about 1.5 minutes usually (sometimes they go really quick like 30 secs) to 5 minutes max(for the longer loads).
Loading the game at the start was a bitch though. I think I waited 3.5 hours for my game to load. I just leave it on during the night for now on now.
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Hmm, our away and third kits are the same colour? :confused: seems a bit pointless.
Zamora 1-2 Pontevedra
Odd that. About 3 years back Illiasu Shilla's (the free agent defender at the start) consortium took over Man United... I don't even remember any messages in the news about this.
It's January 1st 2018 now though and my players just wona few awards and claimed runners up in alot aswell... Still tons of interest in my players though. I'm the biggest club in the world atm yet they're still flattered by moves to clubs like Man City
The 2018 world cup is approaching and I still haven't got an international job... So I'm probably going to miss yet another world cup
Pontevedra 3-2 Eibar
Getting results but playing poorly. I suck tactically.
Osasuna B 1-0 Pontevedra
****. x1000
We've had 5 penalties in 7 games.
Bribing the ref I bet
First 3 games of the season, all wins, 5-1, 2-0 and 1-0, against Rostov, Spartak Nalchik and Dinamo Moscow. Though I did lose the Super Cup 1-0 to CSKA.
Still, decent start.
2-0 win over Montaneros puts us top after 9.
Barakaldo 1-4 Pontevedra
First half hattrick for Derlei. 10 in 10 for the ex-Porto man.
Evening all! Gonna FM, whilst catching Game 2 of the Pittsburgh/Ottawa playoff series.
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Evening Deisler.
4 points clear now. Really hope I can get into this save.
0-0 with Palencia. Gap reduced.
Can't find a working formation.
3-1 win at Compostella restores our lead.
We're predicted 7th, but I'll take top 4 at least.
Drew 1-1 with Las Palmas, conceding in the 93rd min. Can't get a working formation either...
Good evening, all. About to play Rubin in the Champion's League (playing as Barca). Hopefully I'll have more luck than Pep did IRL
Dont beat Rubin!!
On a side note, just drawn 2-2 with Tom Tomsk in the Russian Cup Semi, with a Penalty shootout ending in a 4-3 win to them :*(


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So i got a vasectomy on 9/11 of this year. I have not recovered well at all. I have experienced discomfort and pain and have made several appointments and called several times trying to find out why. Long story short, my urologist and his office are incompetent and i'm afraid i'm going to have to get a second opinion from a second urologist. My first question is, how can i leave negative feedback regarding my current doctor? second question: are there sites where you an review local doctors and their offices before going to them so i am not stuck with an incompetent urologist again?
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Ouch! Just leave it on your doctors car. Take your pain out on it.
@coreyking: I'd love nothing more than to do that. I have heard that in some extreme cases they have to go back in and remove scar tissue that is causing pain. If thats the case, i definitely want a second opinion. I went to see my regular doctor after having issues with my urologists office, and he asked what antibiotics my urologist prescribed. my urologist prescribed some pain pills, but never once prescribed me any antibiotics. As a result i had to take 2 rounds of different antibiotics from my regular doctor to rule out infection. my doc told me it is standard procedure to prescribe antibiotics after even the most minor of procedures whenever the patient is "opened up" but my urologist failed to do this.
@ndcouch: That's so crazy, mine went very smooth. Where and who did yours? If you are in Texas, you might want to call Northwoods Urology Associates. That's who I used.
Google "rate your doctor" as an example - you can find several websites to leave comments on your experience.
And good luck!
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as for submitting feedback or reviewing new docs, healthgrades can be pretty useful. you can also submit complaints to your state's medical board regarding your doctor. hope that's helpful!
There are a number of doctor review sites. Leave a negative review on any pages for the doctor you can. If the issue is severe enough, you may want to consider filing a complaint with the proper authority/ board.
@coreyking: I'm in SC. i spoke to my dad, my cousin, and several friends who had all had it done, and they all said the same thing. "ice it for a day, 48 hours later, you can't even tell anything happened". a week after mine was done i could barely walk and here we are 2 months later and i've forgotten what it's like for it not to hurt whenever i move. sitting down, walking, crossing my legs, scratching, everything causes discomfort. I'm starting to wonder if he ran into an issue or there was some kind of complication he doesn't want to own up to.
thanks for the other responses guys. I'll be looking up doctors and hand picking the one that i go to for a second opinion.
@ndcouch: Hope you get well soon, bro. I can't imagine how crappy this whole ordeal must be. I was thinking about getting mine undone but I don't know. I've already got four kids but my wife wants another. I should of had her tubes tied after the the last two instead of mine. Twins ; )
good luck & feel better!
If the doctor accepts insurance, leave negative feedback on the associated insurance companies web site(s).
Angie's List lets users view and submit reviews of doctors. It is a paid service. But you can choose just to get the health and wellness section for less money. For my zip code, a year of just the health and wellness access is 39 bucks.
Definitely use Yelp, it's the first place I go when looking for reviews on anything.
@scmtim: people pay that? just to leave and read reviews? that's absurd.
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Jamie Collins is an ideal replacement for the exodus of James Harrison. The Steelers have shown a lot of interest in him during the pre-draft process, and he should fit perfectly in Pittsburgh's 3-4 defense.
Look for Pittsburgh to either reach a bit on Collins with their 17th overall pick or, perhaps, they trade up into the early part of the second-round where his value is even more justified. However they maneuver this, I believe he is high on their radar and will do what they can to make him a Steeler.
If Collins does end up wearing the legendary black and gold, he'll be fortunate to have an opportunity for growth in one of the best organizations in the league; an organization that does a great job incubating their young defenders a few years before turning them loose.
I'd actually prefer Ertz if this was still BA's offense. But I think Haley will utilize talent. IMHO, Ertz had the better QB and the better system to play out of. Most of his catches that I've seen hit him between the numbers. And Ertz fits the traditional block first Steeler tradition. Eifert is a completely different athlete that can go up and make a catch on a ball that looks like it's overthrown.
Ertz looks like a TE playing TE. Eifert looks like a giant WR playing TE. And they're used completely differently. You can line up Eifert wide and it's natural.
The reason I'd consider Eifert at 17 or even think teams will think of taking him earlier is because he's the best receiver in the draft by a long shot. I understand not wanting to take a TE, G, ILB very high in the draft because they're often not the most critical impact positions. But this kid's different than all the rest.
Consider if Eifert was 30 lbs lighter and just a WR with this incredible size and speed and hands. We'd be talking about him as a top 10 pick. It's a pipe dream anyway. I think he'll be gone before we pick and we probably wouldn't take him because we have 4 TEs already and probably aren't thinking we need someone as our top priority.
But one of this team's priorities is Red Zone offense. This kid would instantly fix it. When Heath is healthy, these 2 would be unstoppable.
Who is the perfect #17 pick that meets all the criteria for using that number pick?
First I want to say that this draft is weak at the Top. There are players in the 15-50 range that are graded close together. IMO...There isn't 20 1st round talents in this draft.
Saying that...I don't think there is enough seperating Eifert, Ertz, McDonald, & Escobar to shy away from any of them. However, I also don't think there is enough to over value any of them. I have mentioned something I do all the time when grading and that is putting previous guys in the current draft to evaluate. If a Colby Fleener or Rob Gronkowski was in this draft...Eifert wouldn't be considered a first rounder. Both of them were 2nd round picks. Perhaps now you could see the "value" aspect I mention. To go to the next tier, Eifert is no Jermaine Gresham. Gresham was selected 21st. You take into account the quality & depth of each draft they were in but you could get a sense of the value of a pick. Don't get me wrong, I think Eifert is a very good TE. Given the weakness off the talent in the 1st round, his actual grade projects him into the 1st.
If you are selecting outside the 12-15 range, I think you have to consider "value" based upon that next tier of players being so close together. With the weak QB class..The other prime positions or trade down (if possible) could get you the most value. The LTs, WRs, TEs, DT, 4-3 DE, & CBs could rise because of that. That's why you could see a rise of DTs like Richardson & Williams... CBs Trufant & Taylor...LT Watson...DE Carradine...WRs Hopkins, Woods, & Hunter...Possibly go higher or sneak into the 1st round. Eifert is one of those guys that fall into that. A pass cathing TE is going to rise especially in a weak 1st round. In a rich 1st round, I wouldn't want him. In this 1st round, I want more value if I have to take a 1st rounder outside my top guys. If stuck & I can't get another pick with a trade back...The BPA's value could be increased because of his position. I wouldn't want to be in the FO for this 1st round outside the top 10.


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WACO (January 28, 2013)--While legislators in Austin consider cutting community college funding, McLennan Community College in Waco is looking at an option that could help the campus grow.
Dormitories and on-campus apartment style living is common at most major universities and MCC is considering a move toward a residential campus that could have students ditching the commute and joining college life full time.
"We see that as a niche we really don't have right now," said MCC President Johnette McKowen.
For the past year, the school has been looking at how feasible a new dormitory or apartment complex would be.
So far, students seem to like the idea.
"I think that's really cool because most of the students are off base in Waco," said Melga Pierce who lives in town with her husband.
Shannon Schisler, a psychology student who lives in Lacy Lakeview, said she would benefit from on campus housing.
"Transportation is a bit of an issue at the moment and it will be awesome if MCC offered some sort of student housing. That way you could walk to your classes. You know you live on campus and have total access to the (Learning Technology Center)," she said.
It's this kind of access school officials say could attract students from outside of Mclennan County, which is something the school could use.
McKowen says spring enrollment is down from what was reported in the fall.
McKowen has until September to present the MCC Board of Trustees with a recommendation.
She has to work out how much the project would cost and how to fund it, whether through revenue bonds or some other type of loan, as well as what on-campus residences would require in terms of security, maintenance, and student life activities.


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June 15, 2009
A taste of history on the Constantia Wine Route
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Simon van der Stel, the first governor of the Cape, could hardly have known what incredible wine estates would emerge from the farm he envisioned when he occupied Constantia, today South Africa's oldest winelands.
Constantia Vineyards is a wine route consisting of five vineyards, restaurants, hotels and a golf course.
Steenberg Estate includes a country hotel, restaurant and championship 18-hole golf-course. Visit the Steenberg Estate for tasting, Monday to Friday, from 09h00 to 16h30 and Saturday from 09h00 to 13h00, when in season.
Constantia Uitsig Estate, meaning "Constantia View", has two award-winning restaurants, the Constantia Uitsig and La Colombe, where meals can be enjoyed along with the mountain scenery. All this is only 20 minutes away from Cape Town's centre. Make sure you make reservations for the restaurants or for wine-tasting from Monday to Friday from 09h00 to 16h00 and on Saturday from 09h00 to 17h00.
Klein Constantia Estate, meaning "Small Constantia", has beautiful views of False Bay and was once part of the original Constantia Estate. It is now family-owned but you are still welcome to drop by for some wine-tasting and tours of the cellars by appointment. It is open Monday to Friday from 09h00 to 19h00 and Saturday from 09h00 to 13h00.
Buitenverwachting, which means "Beyond Expectations", lives up to its name by being in the list of top 10 restaurants in South Africa. It was also part of the original Constantia Estate and although it has had many different owners it still produces award-winning wines.
Groot Constantia Estate, meaning "Big Constantia", has been a wine estate since 1685. It produces excellent red and white wines and guests can head to the cellar for tasting, open Monday to Sunday from 10h00 to 17h00 this winter. Wine sales and tasting is open Monday to Friday from 09h00 to 17h00 and Saturday from 09h00 to 13h00.


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Palladino: Farmington stuns Torrington at buzzer (Watch it happen)
FARMINGTON -- The Raiders were perfect Monday night at the Farmington High gymnasium, almost. They played tough interior defense, out-rebounded a bigger team, had quality offensive possessions, made free throws, and only turned the ball over 12 times in a fast-paced game in a hostile environment.
Torrington did everything in the Class L first-round boys basketball game at Farmington Monday, except win.
Farmington's Obi Mamoh's buzzer-beating, 3-point, fade-away shot from well beyond the arc, caught glass, and then settled into the goal as No. 11 Farmington won a last-gasp, dramatic 58-56 victory over the 22nd-seeded Raiders.
It was heartbreak at the buzzer, and in basketball, that is the cruelest heartbreak of all.
The shot by Momah was launched with just under three seconds to play. It never looked like it had a chance, but it banged off glass, and maybe caught a bit of the iron, and then it ended Torrington's season.
"I came up to the elbow, it wasn't there, so I kicked it back to Drew (Labbadia)," said Momah (16 points, 12 rebounds). "I screamed, 'Get me the ball.' I got a little separation, pulled up, and from there it was history."
Indeed it was, as the Indians (15-7) move on, and Torrington (12-11) goes home.
"We played very well," said Raiders coach Eric Gamari. "We made a few adjustments after the Sacred Heart game (in NVL tournament). We kind of figured a few things out. We worked on our post defense against Obi, and it worked."
Everything worked. The Raiders were led by 20 from John McCarthy, 13 from Zak Mancini (five rebounds, three steals), 12 from Mitch Zagrodnik (five boards), 12 rebounds from Desmond Langs, and tough play inside, and six points and five boards, from Dom Sabia.
Torrington held Farmington scoreless for nearly four minutes in the third quarter, and led by five with under four to play.
But junior guard Trey Witter (26 points, three assists, three steals) hit two 3-pointers for the Indians, and the game came down to a final, wild scene.
It happened with 45 seconds to play. Torrington had the ball and led 55-53. Mancini tried to dribble through traffic, lost the ball, there was a scramble, Momah dove, fumbled the ball, and then kicked the ball out of bounds.
But the officials ruled possession to Farmington. The Raiders protested vehemently. In the confusion, Langs was pulled away towards center court, there was contact with Witter, Witter fell to the floor, and the officials called a technical foul on Langs.
The call was that Langs pushed Witter. Video replays do not show a push. It was a game-changing call.
"One of the players walked underneath him, so when Desmond turned around, he had no place to go," Gamari said. "So the ref saw him push, or it looked like a push."
Witter made both technicals, but Farmington did not score on the subsequent possession. Langs made a free throw at the other end. Torrington led 56-55. Farmington had the ball with 23.8 seconds to play, and Momah made the shot, the killer three, at the buzzer.
"For 31-plus minutes, everything went right," Gamari said, "but then in the final seconds to watch it go the other way, that's tough.
"We did enough, but not enough."
McCarthy walked out of the Farmington gymnasium believing that the Raiders earned a victory.
"We fought to the end," said the senior. "A fade way, off the bank, the technical, things didn't go our way at the end. But, I am proud of our guys. We played a great game."
Basketball, and buzzer shots, and heartbreak, can be cruel. It was Monday night in Farmington.
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THS FAN wrote on Mar 11, 2014 9:22 AM:
" Your too kind in your characterization of the officiating at the THS vs Farmington game.IT WAS HORRENDOUS.
First- it's my understanding that CIAC games require three officials-only two were present- why are we paying $8 per ticket if not to receive quality officiating?
Second-the officials made numerous calls from across the court in which their view was either blocked or the distance made it impossible for them to make a definitive call-not once did they confer (on one occasion a call was reversed by the other official).The calls were equally poor for each team- they were not bias- just incompetent
Third- the tech foul recorded on video speaks for itself-the original call was wrong and the set up by the Farmington player(positioning himself behind and in the blindspot of the THS player and the "flop" deserved an academy award) was obvious-
Incompetent officials at the state level games should not be tolerated. The video should be forwarded to the CIAC and /or the officiating board for analysis "
Torrington Fan wrote on Mar 11, 2014 9:42 AM:
" I was at the game last night and it was a great game despite the bad officiating. Hats off to Torrington for a hard fought game and for it to be decided by officials is hearbreaking although nobody knows what would have happend had they made the right calls. Even if we would have won those officials should never do another State Varsity game, as there were too many errors and way too many cotrversal calls made and missed but it is what it is. Congrats to Farmington and good luck against EO Smith. Good job Rep AM for telling the complete story unlike Torr Reg Citizen who erased the true version I gave in their comment section! "
Torrington Fan wrote on Mar 11, 2014 1:08 PM:
" You're right THS FAN, the video should be sent to CIAC and the officiating board although nothing will be done, but at least they should look into not allowing those 2 officials to do another game this year. I understand human error but blatant calls is not acceptable. I've never seen anything like it at any level in 30 years of watching basketball and REP AM has it on video and so does THS. These boys worked hard all season to get to that point and to have it snatched away is a shame. "
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The People.js view is also a tab.Panel which then references Frends.js, Events.js, Twitter.js and Facebook.js but the problem I am having is that I don't know how to specify a default landing page when the People tab is tapped at the bottom of the screen.
What I want to be able to do is show a landing page of some description when the People tab is tapped and not to have any of the tab.Panels shown in the top navigation page shown by default, but only to have them shown when the user taps.
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There are no limits to the ambitions and achievements of Grinnell graduates, many of whom work and live abroad immediately after finishing their degree. Because of Grinnell's generous financial aid (and especially its cap on student loans), Grinnell graduates leave college with the freedom to do what they want, in whatever part of the world, without feeling constrained by debt.
Grinnell sponsors a number of post-graduate service opportunities. Modeled on the Peace Corps, the Grinnell Corps pays Grinnell graduates to spend a year teaching or providing other service in Africa, China, Thailand, and the United States. Of course, Grinnell graduates also participate in record numbers in the Peace Corps, while others receive prestigious fellowships like the Rhodes or the Watson to go abroad for a specific project.
The Center for Careers, Life, and Service (CLS) works with students to help them find the vocation that best suits their interests and skills. The CLS also helps students with career planning, the job search, internships, or resume/Cover letter review. Recent Grinnell alumni are working for institutions such as Japan Exchange Teachers (JET), La Clinica del Pueblo, National Bank of Pakistan, French Ministry of Education and Cultural Services, and the United Nations Development Program- China.
- Grinnell ranks in the top ten small colleges and universities for producing Peace Corps volunteers (2015 data).
- Among the places where you'll find Grinnell alumni are Australia, Bangladesh, Belarus, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, China, Cyprus, Denmark, Egypt, England, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Japan, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Paraguay, Rwanda, South Africa, Switzerland, Thailand, the United Kingdom, and Zambia.
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5 Insane Myths Your Grandma Told You (Science Says Are True)
Eating a spoonful of sugar will cure your hiccups. Picking up a toad will give you warts. These little dubious tips are commonly called old wives' tales -- you usually hear them from your superstitious grandparents, and they're usually bullshit.
Usually, but not always. Some of these folk cures and bizarre warnings have stuck around for a reason, and it just took science a while to catch up ...
#5. Yes, Peanut Butter Gets Gum Out of Hair
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The Myth:
So you were chewing gum and for whatever reason decided to store it for later by sticking it onto your scalp. We have no idea why techniques for getting gum out of hair became necessary, let alone popular, seeing as there are very few reasons why gum should ever come into the vicinity of the top of your head (maybe you were aiming for your mouth and missed?). Regardless, there are plenty of folk remedies that claim to hold the solution to this apparently age-old problem, and one of the most popular is to shampoo your gummed-up head with peanut butter -- the offending wad will wash right out.
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For those who doubted that good grooming and kinky food fetish play could go together, there's your proof.
Honestly, it sounds like a prank. Wasn't there a whole Simpsons subplot about this going disastrously wrong?
The Science:
It seems like such a nonsense answer because, well, gum is sticky, and peanut butter is sticky, so how would this not just create a bigger, stickier mess? And one that makes it look like somebody took a shit on your head? The secret, though, is the oil.
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Meaning if there's no PB&J around, you could probably improvise.
Basically, the reason gum doesn't come out with a quick shower is that it's a hydrophobic substance -- it doesn't dissolve in water. Try to wash that shit out and it will only stick harder, like an alien facehugger poked with a scalpel. But it does dissolve in oil, and peanut butter is full of it.
"Wait, doesn't that mean I could use cooking oil or some shit instead?" Sure, and you can browse YouTube and watch thousands of videos of people using olive oil -- it seems to work fine. People always cite peanut butter either because it's easier to work with (as opposed to leaning over the sink and dumping half a bottle of canola oil on your head) or because it makes a more interesting "fun fact" since it's so unexpected. Hell, that's why we did it.
#4. Old People Can in Fact Predict the Weather
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The Myth:
You've probably heard an old person say they know it's going to rain because they "feel it in their bones." You probably also dismissed that codger because you know that old people don't have some kind of magical divining rod lodged in their skeleton that can predict the future better than the folks on the Weather Channel. Still, the idea that the elderly have a sixth sense about this kind of thing has been around as long as the weather has.
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"Grab your coats, kids; Grandma's got that distant, rueful look again."
The Science:
You should have a little more respect for your elders, because science has discovered that old people really do have magic weather-predicting powers. And by that we mean arthritis. When a storm begins to form, it's preceded by a drop in air pressure. The leading theory about how elderly people are able to detect this drop in pressure is that it wreaks all kinds of havoc on the fluid in their joints, making their already tortured limbs swell up and throb like the dickens.
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"This isn't the 'swell up and throb' you promised me, Pfizer."
One way of thinking about it is that your body is like a balloon, and it keeps its shape because the pressure on the inside is the same as that on the outside. When the outside pressure drops, the balloon expands -- and so does your body. If you have arthritic joints, like the decrepit skeletons of many septuagenarians, this translates into aches and pains that generations of the elderly have come to associate with an upcoming change in the weather (note: low air pressure = rain).
And it's not just your joints -- science has also figured out that headaches can be brought on by the electromagnetic disturbance caused by an approaching storm. Researchers found that headache and migraine sufferers had a 31 percent increase in brain pain whenever lightning struck within 25 miles. They probably don't sense it in time for you to dodge out of the way or anything, but still, it's pretty weird.
#3. If You Have a Problem, It Really Does Help to "Sleep on It"
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The Myth:
Whenever you're freaking out about one of life's bigger decisions, one of the first pieces of generic advice your disinterested relatives and friends will give you is that you should "sleep on it" (as though the answer will come to you in your dreams, as opposed to the much more likely scenario that you'll have the same dream you always have about fighting dinosaurs on Mars while your teeth are falling out). Honestly, what could be more counterintuitive than taking time away from consciously thinking about the problem to spend several hours in a thought-free comatose state?
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It's especially unhelpful if your problem is "unclear driving directions."
The Science:
Researchers at Lancaster University tested this by presenting verbal insight problems to three groups of participants. One group was allowed to sleep on the problem, another was made to stay awake and think about it, and the third was forced to solve the problem immediately, presumably while being whipped by some taskmaster armed with a cat-o'-nine-tails.
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"Finally, this internship starts getting interesting."
And what they found was that for the most difficult problems, those who slept on it performed far better than either of the other two groups. We imagine that those who weren't allowed any time to think were probably too busy crying to put in the effort, but why does sleeping achieve more than, you know, actually ruminating on the problem you're solving?
According to the researchers, sleep allows you to "access information that is remote to the initial problem." In other words, when you're awake and focused, you're so dedicated to observing the shit out of those trees that you have no chance of seeing the forest. Sleep time is when your brain chills out, puts its feet up, and works at its own pace. And apparently it devotes the rest of its energy to making you hallucinate that you're back in high school and have somehow forgotten your homework, books, pants, and teeth.


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STEUBENVILLE - Work is over, the bishop has given his blessing and the newly renovated Berkman Theatre at Lanman Hall is ready to host its first stage production this weekend.
Dignitaries from around the community gathered at Catholic Central High School Wednesday to celebrate the renovations, which carried a price tag of $442,000.
According the Rich Wilinski, CCHS principal, a majority of the funding came from the Louis and Sandra Berkman Foundation.
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THEATER DEDICATED — Renovations were recently completed on the new Berkman Theatre at Lanman Hall at Catholic Central High School. A dedication ceremony was held Wednesday night with a number of community members on hand as well as school officials. Helping to dedicate the facility were, from left, Paul Ward, diocese administrator of Christian formation and schools; Dolores Michnowicz, CCHS assistant principal; Bishop Jeffrey Monforton; Monsignor Kurt Kemo, vicar general of the Diocese of Steubenville; Monsignor Gerald Calovini, CCHS pastoral administrator; and Rich Wilinski, CCHS principal. - Jess Looman
"The Berkman Foundation funded $385,000 worth of the project," he said. "Thanks to Dolores Michnowicz, who wrote the grant, we received a series of four grants over four years to fund the bulk of the work."
"Each year we applied for a new phase of the grant," Michnowicz explained. "The previous principal had applied for grants, but we never knew we could receive such a big grant. We started applying for the grants in 2008 and received the last grant in 2011."
The project included new paint to the walls and ceiling; stage curtains; updated lighting and sound systems; a finished stage floor; new seating and carpeting; and new handicapped seating.
The hall has a seating capacity of 800, Michnowicz said.
"We currently have 420 seats sponsored," she explained. "We are still accepting funding for the rest of the seats, which cost $200 a piece. Those who purchase a seat in the hall will receive a name plate on the seat. Anyone interested in purchasing a seat can visit the high school."
Wilinski noted that the hall was built in 1951 and "there has not been much work done since then."
"We wanted to be able to provide our fine arts students with a facility to be proud of," he said. "We have some great actors, singers and musicians and they deserve a nice facility to showcase their talent. We also want to be able to provide an arena for the community to hold events."
The first major production will be held this weekend as the junior high school students will perform "Annie Jr."
Paul Ward, diocese administrator of Christian formation and schools. was on hand for the dedication and praised the effort and time put into the renovation.
"After thinking about all of the effort put into the renovation, the time taken to plan out the project, grantwriting, community resources and funding, I am reminded of one of my favorite quotes," Ward stated. "Any job worth doing is a job worth doing well.
"You have done this job very, very well," he continued. "Education in the arts, music and performing arts is an essential part of Catholic education and educating the whole person. Teachers can help students develop their God given talents and gifts."
Also on hand for the dedication were Monsignor Gerald Calovini, who gave the opening prayer; Bishop Jeffrey Monforton, who blessed the theater; and Monsignor Kurt Kemo, who provided the closing prayer.
Wilinski also recognized the major contributors who donated more than $500. They include: Craig Allen; the John C. Balzano family; Helen Bender; the Dr. Keith Bravo family; the Michael Carapellotti family; Paul and Dahlia Carapellotti; Albert and Lydia Cellini; Paula Diorio; David and Christine Franklinp Mary Jones,p John T. Maley family; John J. Mascio family; Mascolino and Engle families; Sandy Morelli; David Mosti family; National Colloid Co.; Vincent Oliver Jr.; the Oprisch and Owens families; Leonard Paganelli; Dr. Frank and Eileen Petrola; Anthony Recinella; William Remic; Loretta Seece; David Skiviat family; Mary Slater; Anthony Teramana Jr.; Dr. Nick Trombetta; Fran Zamana; Patricia Zorne; Bishop John King Mussio Central Elementary; Bishop John King Mussio Junior High School; Holy Family Parish; Catholic Central High School Classes of 1951, 1957, 1960, 1961 and 1962; Catholic Central High School 2012 science students; and Steuben Radiology.
"We are very fortunate for this facility and the renovation" Michnowicz added. "We really worked hard to receive this funding. It didn't just happen."
"I want to thank all of the contractors who worked tirelessly to get the work done during the past two years," Wilinski concluded. "We have hit a few bumps in the road, but everything was handled great. We worked on one project at a time, and it's great to see it come together."


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6 Insane Dog Behaviors Explained by Evolution
#3. Licking
Now this is one of those things we just accept from dogs, and may even like it, despite the fact that there's no obvious reason for it at all. Why does your dog lick you? Is it love? Laying the groundwork for carnivorous slaughter? Does your skin secrete something that gets them high, like those one toads?
So What the Hell Are They Thinking?
Whether fated to enjoy a life of responsibility as a seeing eye dog, or a life of shame as a celebutante purse accessory, the first thing every dog is introduced to upon being shuttled out of its mother's womb is tongue. Dogs start life being licked and continue the tradition from there.
Mother dogs lick the birthy ooze from the pups and continue grooming them through their development. Wolf puppies lick their mothers face as a signal to regurgitate food for them (actually, we have the same reaction when children lick our face).
As dogs grow older, licking becomes more of a submissive gesture. The less dominant members of the pack lick the alpha dogs, which kind of puts a different spin on the whole "doggy kisses" thing. It doesn't mean he likes you, it means he knows you can crush him if you so desire and is submitting to your will.
If the dog is licking himself, it may not, as the above logic dictates, be the dog declaring himself to be awesome but rather may be due to allergies or soreness somewhere. Since dogs instinctively lick wounds to clean them, they also lick any sore spot like achy joints or whatever.
Oh, and as with the shit-eating, it's entirely possible the dog is just doing it out of boredom or nervousness, the doggy equivalent of biting your nails. Holy crap, people, find your dog a hobby already.
#2. Wagging Their Tails
So you experimented with interspecies romance but figured it was OK because Rover's tail was wagging. Do you still have to feel guilty about what you've done? After all, that means he's happy to see you, right?
Wait, why do they wag their tales?
So What the Hell Are They Thinking?
The thing is, a wagging tail can mean many different things. It's like smiling while holding a knife. If you're doing it while posing for a picture with your birthday cake, it's generally OK. If it's happening over the sedated body of the mailman, you may be insane. It's the same here; the little details matter.
While most believe that a wagging tail means the dog is happy, the position of the tail matters a lot more than the wagging itself. When the tail is held low and curved (in a "U" shape) and is wagging slowly, everything is cool. If the tail is higher or arched over the back, the dog is supremely interested, and maybe even pissed off about something.
So a dog can express a lot with its tail, and wagging does appear to primarily be a form of communication. Film your dog at home alone and it won't often wag its tail; not the way it does when it's greeting you at the door or meeting other dogs. Dogs are pack animals, communication is a big deal and the tail is like a little furry flag it can wave around to signal to others.
Also, a helicopter.
By the way, the same goes for putting their tail between their legs. It's thought to be a sign of submission (the opposite of the aggressive dog raising his tail high as mentioned above) because it's basically the dog making itself smaller. Tucking away the tail and lowering the ears is a way to sort of shrink away. "I don't matter, you're the bigger dog, don't rip my throat out. Now let's go eat some shit!"
#1. Humping Your Leg
All right, we've put this one off long enough. The leg humping thing. Is your dog honestly thinking there's a vagina on your shin? That doesn't make sense, they would have gone extinct if they were that bad at identifying the right objects to ram their boners into. Hell, even female dogs do it.
So What the Hell Are They Thinking?
Odds are you have at least one person in your life whose leg you'd happily hump until friction burns put you both on the disabled list, but your motivations are not the same as your dog's. He's not doing it simply because he's horny and looking for a good time. If that were true, then it would happen less when the dog's been neutered, and female humpage would be virtually non-existent.
So as to why they do it... have you ever been to prison? Or at the very least, watched an episode of OZ back when it was on HBO? If so, you know that ass rape is done for reasons other than personal enjoyment; it's about dominance over another.
Well, for your adorable puppy dog all of life is like prison. Humping is done to establish dominance over lesser dogs. Nobody humps the alpha dog, it's the ones lower on the ladder who get humped.
So guess what that means when your dog humps your leg?
That's right; he's literally making you his bitch.
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Saint Agapitus the Martyr
- Agapetus the Martyr
- Agapitus of Palestrina
- Agapitus of Praeneste
Fifteen year old boy who proudly, publicly proclaimed his Christianity during the persecution of Aurelian. Martyr.
Because he was a young man, and because the heroic way he met his martyrdom brought about many conversions, his was a favourite story in times past, and often grew in the telling, but we know very little about him for sure.
- 259 in Palestrina, Italy
- thrown to wild animals in the arena
- when they would not touch him, he was beheaded c.274 at Palestrina, Italy
- relics at Palestrina, Italy and Besancon, France
- young man chained in a dungeon
- young man hanging upside down over a fire
- young man with palm, crown, burning coal, lions or dragons
- "Saint Agapitus the Martyr". CatholicSaints.Info. 22 September 2010. Web. 26 July 2016. <>


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Asian-Flavored Grilled Baby Back Pork Ribs
Categories: Entertaining, On the Grill
Type: Main Dishes
Type: Main Dishes
This Asian-inspired dish has a powerful flavor, is easy to make, and sure to be a party pleaser.
Serves: Serves 6 as an appetizer
- 2 slabs baby back ribs, about 2lb (900g) each
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- Kosher salt and freshly cracked white pepper (or substitute black) to taste
The sauce
- 1/3 cup finely crushed roasted peanuts
- 1/4 cup roughly chopped scallions, green and white parts
- 1/4 cup hoisin sauce
- 1/4 cup soy sauce
- 1/4 cup rice wine vinegar
- 3 tablespoons Asian sesame oil
- 2 tablespoons sriracha (Southeast Asian hot chile-garlic sauce, available in Asian markets or large supermarkets)
- 2 tablespoons peeled and minced fresh ginger
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- Light a fire well over to one side of your grill, using enough coals to fill half a shoebox.
- Rub the ribs with oil and sprinkle them generously with salt and pepper.
- When the fire has died down and the coals are covered in white ash, place the ribs on the side of the grill away from the coals, being careful that none of the meat is directly over the coals. Put the lid on the grill with the vents open one-quarter of the way and cook for 20 minutes. Flip the ribs and cook them for an additional 20 minutes.
- Meanwhile, combine the ingredients for the sauce in a very large bowl and mix well.
- When the ribs are done, transfer them to a cutting board. Cut the racks apart, adding the ribs to the bowl of sauce as they are separated. Toss the ribs with the sauce until thoroughly coated, and serve immediately-with lots of paper napkins.
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The 6 Most Adorable Animals (To Ever Go On a Bloody Rampage)
#3. Kamikaze Cow
In November, 2005, Charles and Linda Everson were vacationing at Wapato Point in Washington, and were driving back to their hotel, when a cow plummeted off of an adjoining 200-foot-tall cliff and crashed onto the hood of their car. The couple managed to escape unharmed, but their minivan was never the same.
The way we see it, there are three distinct possibilities.
1. Mad cow disease made the cow think she was an airplane.
2. She was trying to re-enact Batman's hood jump from the parking garage scene in The Dark Knight.
3. She's a cow, and as such, is designed solely for being hamburger and lacks the basic neural functions required to not fall off things.
Whichever one of those is true, it happens way more than you'd think. Plenty of places already have signs set up under the logic that an obnoxious yellow warning will help prevent something that is impossible to predict and impossible to react to until it has already smashed through the roof and flattened you like an accordion.
WARNING: cartoonish death ahead.
The bottom line is that if you're driving beside a cliff in cattle country, this can happen to you at any moment. Though there's not much you can do to prevent it, we suggest having a sunroof installed. It won't help, but it will give you an amusing view before every bone in your body is pulverized.
#2. Hunting Dog Shoots a Man, Gets Away With It
In August, 1999, in Stuttgart, Germany, the corpse of a fifty-one year old man was found next to his car. The cause of death? A shotgun wound.
The gun in question was lying on seat of the car, next to a bawling dog.
Puzzled, the local cops pulled out their CSI kits and, probably after scanning everything with a green laser beam, realized the shot had come from inside the car. There was no evidence of another shooter.
Other than the dog, that is. They decided the hunter had been leaving his car, when the excited dog jumped on the cocked and loaded gun. It discharged, killing the owner.
That's the theory, anyway. For all we know, there may be a very inventive serial killer in Germany right now, still shaking his head in incredulity that the cops fell for his framing of a freaking dog in a shooting death.
Or, maybe the gunshot rang out after a tense standoff between hunter and dog, at the tail end of a bitter discussion about just who was going to eat the pheasant they brought home.
We'll never know. What we do know is you shouldn't trust an animal with a loaded gun. That's like handing Al Qaeda a nuke on the assumption that they're too damned stupid to figure out how to use it.
"I am gonna fuck you up so hard.
There's always that chance that your dog has waited his whole life for just that opportunity.
#1. A Reindeer Attacks Santa Claus
In September of 1997, Capt. Larry Roberdeau arrived outside of a South Dakota mobile home, responding to a 911 call the Police Station had received earlier.
"I never saw anything like this," he says. "I came on the scene, and there was a reindeer trying to kill Santa."
Let us clarify. It was the home of James Emery, a full-time Santa. And when we say "full-time", we're talking about a guy who apparently wears his costume year-round if the following video is to be believed.
We'll give you a moment to calm down after the thrilling reenactment. Look at the way he's desperately grabbing onto the beast's horns. We think the poor thing was just trying to get away.
Anyway, as he tells the story, he went out to feed his reindeer in the middle of what happened to be mating season. He got a little too close to one reindeer's favorite female. The jealous male, named Casper because Emery apparently doesn't know shit about Santa Claus mythology, went on the attack.
Now, we're assuming that to a reindeer, Santa isn't a jolly fellow delivering gifts. To them Santa would be a cruel taskmaster, who according to legend forces their brethren to haul his fat ass on a frantic global trip through the freezing cold.
Also, if you saw Santa hitting on your girl, wouldn't you step in? Do you think your girl would pass up the chance to fuck Santa?
To make it just a little more ridiculous, the cop on the scene remarked, "This is the most bizarre case I've ever been on... . Involving a reindeer and a man."
Well we should hope so.
The deer suffered a fatal heart attack from all the excitement. And what did James "Santa" Emery do, after he indirectly caused his precious deer's death?
He ate him.
Santa, you may be beloved around the world, but among the reindeer, you're a douche.
For other reasons to fear animals you want to hug check out The 6 Cutest Animals That Can Still Destroy You. Or for some animals that would have kicked our ass if they hadn't gone and evolved, check out 6 Formerly Kickass Creatures Ruined by Evolution or Wolves in Sheep's Clothing: The Badass Roots of 5 Sissy Dogs .


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My professor did this problem out of our text book and he didn't exactly show us how he did it (he skipped showing the steps in the middle). He got the answer $(1-x)^2$.
If we let $X$ and $Y$ be two independent uniform $(0,1)$ random variables and let $M$ be the minimum of $X$ and $Y$, $0\lt x \lt 1$. How would we represent the event $(M\ge x)$ as the region in the plane and find $P(M\ge x)$ in the area of this region?
How would you go about doing this?
PS I added the homework tag because it could have been a homework problem, however it's not homework. I'm just looking for more people to see my question.


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Since October something has been weighing on my professional mind: my abusive relationship with Google. I love Google, I don't ever want to leave my Gmail, my Gchat, my GoogleDocs, my web searches, my Google Reader, but right now I wish I weren't so dependent on it.
The weight to which I am referring is the proposed Google Book Search Settlement Agreement. Google knows with whom I e-mail and chat, for what I search, what blogs I read, and on and on. With the proposed settlement Google will take a further step in controlling my (and libraries') information use and seeking behavior. Google will know what books I read, what pages I read, how long I read them, what pages I print, and what passages I copy and paste. (If you don't know what I'm talking about you should stop reading immediately and read the 2-Page Super Simple Summary on the Google Book Search settlement agreement produced by the ALA Office of Information Technology Policy (OITP). Then, and only then, continue here at ItLWtLP.)
For those of you who aren't going to go read this document, here's my simple recap: The American Association of Publishers (AAP) and the Authors Guild filed a class action lawsuit against Google Book Search for copyright infringement. Instead of going to trial, the parties have agreed to settle out-of-court. Google has agreed to fund a rightsholder database called the Book Rights Registry, which will be run by the rightsholders (authors and publishers). Google will sell books to individual consumers, but rightsholders will have financial stakes in the product. Libraries will be able to subscribe to gain full-text access to books via the Google Book Search Project, mimicking the same model as many other library products. The proposed settlement has far-reaching implications for use of digitized materials in libraries, the role of fair use, and the future digital market. Unfortunately, many of the agreement's facets are antithetical to the mission and purpose of libraries. In fact, some libraries, such as Harvard, immediately pulled out of participation with the Google Book Search Project.
I won't provide you with a more in depth analysis of the suit in this blog post. As I mentioned in my first sentence, this abusive relationship has been eating at my brain for many months and it's just now beginning to solidify. What I do want to share is what I think we in the library community can do about the settlement. The stakes of the settlement are enormous, and neither the rightholders or Google represent libraries in this process. But we, librarians and the library community at large, are an ornery bunch. Aren't we the community that took to court over the PATRIOT Act? Aren't we the community that instigated a public outcry when Michael Moore's publisher pulled Stupid White Men for being too critical of former President Bush? Aren't we "radical" and "militant?"
Because I don't want libraries, information advocates, patrons, or anyone else to be trapped in an abusive relationship with Google I would like to offer the following suggestions for what individuals and the professional community can do to protect and salvage what remains of our relationship with "the big G." (And maybe even make this Google Book Settlement Agreement a bit more reasonable.)
Educate yourself.
Knowledge is empowerment. Read through blog posts, documents, and news articles about the proposed settlement agreement. The ALA Washington Office is tracking most everything that's out there and has made a nice little portal web site for you to use. Particularly useful is also the Guide to the Perplexed: Libraries and the Google Library Project Settlement. This longer document provides a broader view than the 2-page document. You might even consider checking out what Google has to say about the "groundbreaking agreement."
Because the settlement is so intrinsically tied to copyright law and fair use, this is an ideal time to refresh yourself on the basics. Re-read Kenny Crews's Copyright Law for Librarians and Educators and Carrie Russell's Complete Copyright. Subscribe to blogs that deal with copyright such as librarycopyright.net or Karen Coyle's blog.
Ask yourself and think about the tough questions. During the Google Book Settlement: What's in it for Libraries? panel at ALA Midwinter, Karen Coyle posed the following questions: Does the product serve my users? What will the collection be? What is the quality of the product? Panelist Laura Quilter pushed the panel participants and audience to consider the privacy issues presented by the proposed model for accessing digital materials through Google Books. As librarians we have a responsibility to protect our users. Mold and define your personal and professional values for privacy. This will be incredibly useful if you are put in a place to consider purchasing and implementing this subscription product in your library.
Be an advocate in your community.
Let's face it. There are so many issues to follow in our profession, that chances are many of your colleagues might not know anything about this proposed settlement agreement. Talk with your colleagues and share with them what you have learned. Push your administrators to find out if any pre-emptive discussions regarding this product have occurred. What is the institutional stance on the settlement agreement and Google Books in general? By asking the hard questions of our supervisors and administrators, we are often able to generate institutional discourse.
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Ask and discuss.
ALA has very bright and informed people working to understand the Google Book Settlement Agreement. Librarians who specialize in information policy, entire offices and committees that deal with legislation and lobbying for ALA interests. But this 300+ page legal document that is the agreement is confusing and still not fully understood by the library community. At the aforementioned Midwinter panel discussion, many things came to light that we (or at least I) did not previously know about the settlement. For example, the settlement will not allow for a subscriber library's users to login via remote access and access their library's subscription to the Google Books database. Users who are community members of a subscribing institution will only be able to access the resource "on campus." Another fine example is how Google will serve public libraries with this product. Google will allow public libraries one access station to the product. Only one.
We need more fora in which to engage to find out exactly what the settlement agreement means to us and our users. Professional organizations, ALA, SLA, PLA, ARL and others should consider hosting more web-hosted seminars for their members on the subject. Moreover, hosting other kinds of discussion fora to ask questions and commiserate within the library community such as BBS or wikis or even blogs will be helpful to those of use who struggle to understand the issues inherent with the settlement.
It is also of import to note that during the panel at Midwinter Dan Clancy, Engineering Director for the Google Book Search Project, said he would like to be able to be available to the library community for more discussion. State libraries, consortia, or other large groups should consider contacting Dan and schedule a telecon about concerns.
Educate Google.
I would like to give Google the benefit of the doubt. However, the fact remains that Google is a business and will not implement policy or procedure based upon it being "the right things to do." Rather, Google will make policy, and change procedure, as it is beneficial to business and the deep Google pocketbook. That being said, I think Google would attempt to take more responsibility for "doing the right thing" if the company were to realize that the proposed settlement model is not one upon which libraries will willingly spend their money. Just because Google will have a monopoly on the digitized books, does not mean that we should lower our standards for offering resources to patrons that are easy to use and ethically implemented. We, as a community, need to share with Google the ethical principles and best practices that we have worked so hard to develop—of particular relevance, the Principles for Digital Content, and the Principles for a Networked World.
Develop position statements, draft and pass resolutions, or take other governmental action.
A unified voice of librarians can be a powerful thing. Moreover, if professional organizations such as ALA, whose membership is purported to be 65,000 (according to the ALA Annual Report), use their position as the good stewards of knowledge and information, we have the ability to put up a good fight that might yield some positive results. Currently the Washington Office is working to gather ALA membership input so that it can issue a position statement or take other action on the settlement. (I don't even know the proper channels to let ALA where I stand on this issues. To this end, ALA should consider creating a system that enables soliciting and gaining membership comment when warranted.)
ALA Council should also consider passing a resolution regarding the Google Book Search Settlement Agreement. It is not out of the question that this kind of political activity will help the organization to retain its integrity and ethics regarding privacy, information policy, and what best serves libraries and patrons.
ALA and other library organizations should consider future legal action. It seems to me that libraries would have a good case to bring forth their own class action lawsuit. This might be a last case resort, but I do not think we should not sit idly by if a large market-driven product were to threaten the library community's ability to best serve the public.
Create support materials and documents for libraries to use.
Shortly after the court "okays" the Google Books Settlement agreement, libraries will face a "purchase or not to purchase" question for the Google Books subscription product. Navigating the ins and outs of the legalese in the settlement will be daunting for any library system, consortium, or lone library that chooses to buy the product. Having FAQs handy or even an ALA Toolkit on best implementation practices for Google Books would be a great service.
It doesn't have to be a waiting game.
If we work now to understand what we can about the proposed settlement, if we start to evaluate the effect purchasing this product will have on our libraries and patrons, if we create a unified voice and foster discourse, then we will better be able to keep fires under control and perhaps keep our brains in our heads. Google is a powerful company, but powerful, too, is the voice of libraries and librarians. I firmly believe that if we continue to put our efforts toward understanding everything encompassed by the Google Book settlement issue, then we will better be able to serve our communities, and perhaps inform positive changes that will let us sit in better peace with our friend and enemy. This is my call to you, colleagues, to engage, think, debate, and defend library values. Take control and save yourself from this abusive relationship. Google can be a reference librarian's best friend, but right now, with the proposed settlement, it is looking as if we are subject to continued abuse.
Thanks to Laura Quilter for her editorial comments; Todd Hannon for a close read; and Brett Bonfield, Ellie Collier and Hilary Davis from ItLWtLP for reading this post and offering feedback.


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