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Boy are my kids getting tired of the greens! Ha! Too bad, laddies! I keep giving them the same lecture on getting enough iron, calcium, etc. Of course, they can't really complain when the food tastes this good. I took the recipe from Best Ever Curry Cookbook and adapted the method.
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Indian-Style Potatoes and Spinach
Boy are my kids getting tired of the greens! Ha! Too bad, laddies! I keep giving them the same lecture on getting enough iron, calcium, etc. Of course, they can't really complain when the food tastes this good. I took the recipe from Best Ever Curry Cookbook and adapted the method.
36 comments:
- DJ Karma said...
Great way to eat your greens!
- April 22, 2009 at 1:59 AM
- Mary said...
That sounds like a useful cookbook. Your potatoes and spinach sound delicious!
- April 22, 2009 at 7:50 AM
- Mark Anthony said...
Mmh an alternative to Palak Potato / Palak Tofu.
- April 22, 2009 at 8:23 AM
- carrie said...
I actually have this cookbook, I'm going to make this soon!!
- April 22, 2009 at 8:41 AM
- Ursula said...
I fear I am about to make your boys even less happy, but spinach is, in fact, a very poor source of iron or calcium, due to its high concentration of oxalates. Oxalates bind with the iron and calcium, making it difficult for the body to absorb almost any of those nutrients. (The same story is true of chard and beet greens.)
It is indeed important for vegans to eat a generous portion of leafy greens every day, but the nutritionally useful ones are (and here is where your boys may hate me) collard greens, kale, broccoli rabe, bok choy, mustard greens, watercress, and endive. Here is a useful article, which includes information on the oxalate and calcium contents of various foods: http://jn.nutrition.org/cgi/reprint/18/3/233.pdf
By the way, I often get my little boy to eat his greens by cooking them, pureeing them (or finely chopping them), and then adding them to pasta sauce, pizza toppings, queasadilla and burrito fillings, rice, barley and other grains, pesto sauce, soups, even corn bread. The possibilities are endless. Of course, I offer them to him straight, too. Leafy greens forever!!!
- April 22, 2009 at 8:54 AM
- The Voracious Vegan said...
This looks like the dinners I prepare around here all the time. Delicious and healthy and full of spice.
Well done again!
- April 22, 2009 at 9:04 AM
- Macie said...
I've never had greens in my curry before. Sounds like a delicious idea!
- April 22, 2009 at 9:24 AM
- bohemiangirlpdx said...
Your boys may be getting tired of greens, but I'm most grateful for all the recipes you have been sharing. We've been trying to eat more locally, and this time of year, since we didn't really put up anything last season, that means lots of potatoes, greens, leeks,... So this is perfect! Can't wait to try it.
- April 22, 2009 at 1:36 PM
- Bianca said...
I don't think I could ever tire of greens, especially when they're prepared in the Vegan Dad way!
- April 22, 2009 at 3:24 PM
- Kiersten said...
You can never have too many greens!
- April 22, 2009 at 5:27 PM
- HayMarket8 said...
I made some great Indian food the other day. It is one of the foods that is the most fun to make. I love to walk around the house and smell all the spices.
- April 22, 2009 at 6:14 PM
- Eve said...
Mmm, curried potatoes are amazing! I think it's awesome that your kids are getting an earful on nutrition - if only every parent were so concerned!
- April 22, 2009 at 7:43 PM
- Kelly said...
Those look tasty. They should be glad their dad is such a wiz in the kitchen. :-)
- April 23, 2009 at 10:12 AM
- HelloVeggie said...
Looks like it tasted wonderful!
- April 23, 2009 at 8:50 PM
- Cindy said...
Oh! I made this yesterday....so good! I love the combo of spices. Yum!
- April 24, 2009 at 1:51 PM
- Amy M. Willis said...
So simple and so amazing! You are my new culinary hero. Best to you and Happy Spring!
- April 26, 2009 at 1:54 PM
- Anonymous said...
Vegan Dad! I found another great recipe, but I hope it is not too soapy for your boys! I made Dal Tadka from this recipe:
I did not know what to use for ghee though, so I used Grapeseed oil for the high heat and olive oil as a dressing. What would you recommend?
- April 28, 2009 at 10:35 PM
- jrsimon56 said...
Simple and good...my favorite kind of meal.
- May 6, 2009 at 3:11 PM
- Englann said...
After studying your recipes and reading comments over the last few weeks, I realized, most people comment about how something MIGHT taste. I rarely see anyone comment about MAKING your recipes and appreciating them. I am so thrilled to have found your site. These potatoes are fabulous. With the short time I have for shopping, it has been trying to come across mustard seeds, surely I will soon, but I replaced it with ground mustard, the result is fantastic. My husband loves them even as he raises an eyebrow at the thought of eating 100% vegan. I am weening him slowly thanks to you!
- May 25, 2009 at 6:26 PM
- Becky said...
Made this dish the other night and it was, OHHHH SO GOOD!! My in laws were complaining because there weren't any left overs. I'll be making it again this week!
- June 29, 2009 at 4:06 PM
- Green Grrl said...
Made this a few weeks ago and loved it. Will be making it again tomorrow to bring to a Canada day party!
- June 30, 2009 at 11:57 PM
- BigGahoona said...
I made this last night and it's the bomb diggity! The kids turned up their noses at it, so all the more for me! They can continue with their mac n cheese ways for now. I'll get them someday. bwa ha ha ha haa
- September 1, 2009 at 1:50 PM
- christine said...
I made this last night, and it was quite good! It tasted even better today after sitting for a day. Thanks for this quick, easy recipe for a satisfying meal :)
- October 27, 2009 at 6:32 PM
- Abdul Mannan said...
Hi, great blog & great post. Thanks for giving me this great recipe, I like potato very much and potato with spinach will be very tasty & awesome, I will try this recipe in this weekend, looking very delicious, thx very much. Vegan i m very thankful to you, all Indian Foods are tasty and delicious. Recommend to all
- November 11, 2009 at 12:15 AM
- lisbet said...
Making this for a quick NYE dinner tonight! Smells delicious already and was so quick and even within the realm of my culinary skills. Forgot the chili powder so I used a pinch of cayenne instead. Mmmm.
- December 31, 2009 at 8:55 PM
- Jen-X said...
I just made this dish--I had a bunch of spinach and Yukons I needed to use up. I subbed curry powder for the chili powder, added some veggie bouillon with the water, and used coconut oil where it calls for oil. Fantastic! It's probably the best Indian-style dish I've ever made. Thanks for the recipe!
- January 2, 2010 at 5:29 PM
- Kel said...
made this last night and it was tasty - next time I will try it with sweet potatoes. Yum!
- February 5, 2010 at 7:05 PM
- DiamonDie said...
I love aloo saag, it's probably my favorite Indian dish and I'm a very big lover of Indian food. Just made it yesterday for today night's dinner guests. I like to make it a day in advance to give the potatoes time to "marinate".
My recipe is totally different though. No mustard seeds or ginger, but instead coriander, ajwain, fenugreek, curry leaves and amchoor. IMO amchoor (mango powder) is the essential spice. You just can't have aloo saag without it! You should try it some time, I'm sure it would work just fine added to your recipe. (I will be posting my version on my Vegventures blog in the near future).
- February 12, 2010 at 1:15 AM
- DiamonDie said...
I love aloo saag, it's probably my favorite Indian dish and I'm a very big lover of Indian food. Just made it yesterday for today night's dinner guests. I like to make it a day in advance to give the potatoes time to "marinate".
My recipe is totally different though. No mustard seeds or ginger, but instead coriander, ajwain, fenugreek, curry leaves and amchoor. IMO amchoor (mango powder) is the essential spice. You just can't have aloo saag without it! You should try it some time, I'm sure it would work just fine added to your recipe. (I will be posting my version on my Vegventures blog in the near future).
- February 12, 2010 at 1:16 AM
- Annie Nguyen said...
I love all kind of Salad. It make my skin brighter and healthy. Especially, I can eat salad with many favorite foods. Like cucumber, youghurt, snack, and pasta or noodles. But I'm avoiding eating too much carbohydrate. Now, I don't need to do that. Because I found this new product called Happy Pho by this company called Star Anise Foods – it's a tasty Vietnamese brown rice noodles soup that I'm literally addicted to. They also have a noodles only box that I've been using instead of pasta. You can get them at http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=bl_sr_grocery?ie=UTF8&search-alias=grocery&field-brandtextbin=Star%20Anise%20Foods or grocery stores in Northern California. Yum! http://staranisefoods.com/our-products.aspx
- June 5, 2010 at 2:55 AM
- Jessica said...
I made this tonight-- used the beet greens in my fridge, plus a handful of spinach. It was LOVELY. Thank you for the recipe.
- July 5, 2010 at 11:30 PM
- Gayathri said...
This is one of the authentic way we cook and eat greens.
- December 8, 2010 at 6:04 AM
- Sandra Kohlmann said...
I made this tonight and my 15 month old daughter was eating it by the handful. It was delicious!
- August 31, 2011 at 9:36 PM
- Alicia Ford said...
Just made this last night! Threw in some Tandoori and jasmine rice. Amazing!
- December 30, 2011 at 3:22 PM
- Stacy said...
Just made this tonight. So simple and REALLY good. A definite keeper!
- July 6, 2012 at 9:25 PM
- Nancy said...
Adding your vegan sausage sliced is a nice add too.
- November 4, 2012 at 12:31 PM


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The 10 Most Irritatingly Impossible Old-School Video Games
#5. Ninja Gaiden
The Premise:
The entire Ninja Gaiden series is based around the general principle that ninjas are really, really cool, and that games made about ninjas could be counted on to be likewise. As some semblance of a storyline is required, we learn that Ryu has been sent on a quest by his father, who is killed in one of the NES' best introductions.
Why it was worth playing:
You aren't going to find a lot of people arguing that Ninja Gaiden is anything shy of awesome. The game's titles translates to "Ninja Story" and makes good on its primary promise, by giving the main character a mask and sword and physical abilities beyond those of a non-ninja human being. Also, you have to appreciate that at least some semblance of thought was put into plot, which cannot be said of all ninja-related games.
Why it was infuriating:
You also aren't going to find a lot of people who can lay claim to having beaten Ninja Gaiden, either. The enemies encountered are bad enough, but the game featured some of the most ludicrously difficult jumping challenges found in 2-D platforming, thanks to the required use of Ryu's wall climbing ability.
There is no letting up from the bosses once you reach them. Despite this, the greatest frustration encountered will come at the hands of birds. We aren't entirely sure where Tecmo went to read up on ninjas, but wherever it was, they came away with the impression that it's physically impossible for a bird to cross a ninja's path without angrily knocking him down a chasm mid-jump.
Saddest moment:
Triumphantly making it to the game's final stage, defeating two bosses and watching your just-revived father get shot to death, only to die yourself at the hands of the final boss. Then you're propelled back to do it all again, trapping Ryu in an unending emotional roller coaster that would surely have driven him quite mad.
#4. Ghosts and Goblins
The premise:
The brave knight Arthur must make his way through the titular ghosts and goblins in order to rescue--you guessed it--a princess in distress.
Why it was worth playing:
It's pretty apparent that a platformer about rescuing a princess can be successful, as there was another franchise about two brothers which operated with a deal of popularity on the very same premise. Add in the horror angle and you had a pretty cool, more grown-up Super Mario Bros.
Why it was infuriating:
Ghosts and Goblins is essentially a lifetime achievement recipient, as the forbearer to a series of equally impossible games. Many of the upgrades available for Arthur weren't really upgrades at all, offering an increase of damage at the expense of the actual ability to hit an enemy with it. This was hardly helped by the ADD-inspired movement patterns of the enemies in the game, which took only one attack to reduce Arthur from an armored knight ...
... to a cowering oaf in a pair of white men's briefs.
A second hit would send him to the grave and the player to the start of the level.
All of this pales in comparison to the primary motive behind shattered controllers: Ghosts and Goblins creators had the audacity to use realistic physics. In video games up to that point, when you jumped you could change direction in midair. Not here. If you left your feet, you were going where you were going, so you better fucking deal with it.
Saddest moment:
Any time spent between the first moment an enemy hit you on a stage and the time you died. As demoralizing as it is to sit down to play a game knowing full well that you aren't going to beat it, simultaneously spending half that time in your underwear is downright humiliating.
#3. Friday the 13th
The premise:
Video games based on popular movies would probably be pretty popular themselves.
Why it was worth playing:
In an '80s gaming world dominated by bouncing cartoon heroes and corny villains, here was a chance to play the gory blood fest your parents wouldn't let you watch. Every gamer imagined himself as Jason, just running wild and slaughtering the shit out of a bunch of terrified campers.
OK, the game didn't let you do that. Instead, you played as a camp counselor, clad in short-shorts that are uncomfortable even in 8-bit form.
Why it was infuriating:
The game play consists primarily of walking in a giant loop and throwing rocks at zombies. Yes, zombies. Why Jason would still even be considered a problem when there are hordes of the undead swarming the camp isn't made clear.
Eventually Jason decides to attack your fellow counselors or the campers you are sworn to protect. Should you overcome your basic instinct to let him have them, you can confront Jason in a cabin, where he will attack with weapons substantially stronger than anything you have at your disposal.
If you do manage to defeat Jason in this mono-e-mono battle (and the movies should give you a fair estimate of how likely that outcome is) he will flee, leaving you to wander around aimlessly until he starts killing another counselor. Generally, this continues until Jason has inevitably killed all six of your counselors. On the bright side, none of them were particularly likable in the first place.
Saddest moment:
The first time one of your camp counselor friends die because you failed to properly calibrate your compass to retarded Friday the 13th logic. The game uses a top-down view for its map, but gives you absolutely no indication of which direction your character is facing.
So, basically you just have to pick a direction and walk, then keep checking the map to see which way your dot is moving. Meanwhile, Jason has presumably picked up your friend in a sleeping bag and crushed him against a tree trunk.
#2. Contra
The premise:
The futuristic world faces the kind of threat that can only come from aliens and terrorists working together. A mission this vital can only be handled in one way--send in two guys with the weakest guns you can find and count on them to find something better on the ground.
Why it was worth playing:
Contra perhaps best exemplifies the beauty of the Nintendo Entertainment System, in that it is a game which manages to be simultaneously put-your-foot-through-the-TV impossible, but still fondly remembered as one of the greatest of its time. You could play simultaneously with a friend and you could get weapon upgrades that would fill the screen with bullets. The game play was entertaining and the levels were well-designed. Also, some of the enemies look like spitting vaginas.
Why it was infuriating:
A whole lot of readers are saying, "What? Contra? That was a breeze!" And, it was. If you used the Konami Code, the simple cheat code you could punch in with your controller that bumped up your lives from three to 30. If you tried to make it with the original three lives, you were in for a challenge that bordered on ridiculous since a single hit, anywhere on your body, killed you dead.
The Konami Code was already famous by the time Contra came out (it was used in the game Gradius two years earlier) and it almost seems like the developers intentionally set the difficulty so that you'd need 30 lives to make it. For the poor bastards who had never heard of it, it wasn't if the game was going to get angrily punted across the room, but when.
Contra also forced you to share your pool of spare lives with the other player, so you were forced to pay for his retarded mistakes (something we're sure ruined many childhood friendships).
Saddest Moment:
Running through your evil foes, resolute in your 30-lives-induced superiority, and watching the extraterrestrials' island explode ... only to slowly realize that you couldn't even win a video game without cheating.
#1. Battletoads
The premise:
Two anthropomorphic toads, who are in no way in violation of copyrights which may or may not be had on other anthropomorphic baddy-fighting creatures, attempt to rescue their friends from the evil Dark Queen.
Why it was worth playing:
You have to give the designers responsible for Battletoads credit; they put forth an ambitious effort. The game offered an array of diverse game play. The levels in the game included straightforward Double Dragon-style brawlers, descents through caverns, jumping puzzles and even some high-speed hover biking, all while simultaneously being badass affronts against God's creations.
Why it was infuriating:
The potentially awesome hover biking is made somewhat less so when you realize few players were able to last more than six seconds before smashing into a wall or plummeting to their death. With each checkpoint bar the player reached, a small ball of hope grew inside of them--only to be smashed on the ensuing wall seconds later.
What sets this level above all other nigh-impossible gaming creations is the truly sadistic way in which the stage is designed. Any gamer that has progressed to the long-jump portion of the biking competition has known the most empty of all moments--watching their super-mutant frog flying proudly through the air, straight for the next floating bastion of safety, only to find they are too low on the screen, smashing into a painful death.
Somebody has captured this ordeal on video. They do it successfully, but look at the millisecond of warning you get toward the end of the level when the barriers are coming. That was the hell of the thing: Every time you had to start over you knew the part that was going to fuck you up was still ahead.
That's 108 fucking obstacles to dodge in about two minutes (oh, we counted). Fuck up the split-second timing on one of them, and you're splattered on the road. This game was an asshole.
Saddest moment:
The first time, upon finally topping the bikes, you progress to the surfing level and realize that, essentially, you have to do it all again. Oh, and this time the dangers are mobile.
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Mount Rainier 4-Day Climb Lunch Menu Guide
Food is one of the basic pleasures of wilderness travel. There are countless options for putting together healthy and delicious meals for long wilderness trips, depending on how much time, effort and money you have to spend on preparation before and cooking during the trip. Thorough meal planning and preparation is a must.
BASIC PRINCIPLES OF WILDERNESS EATING (for reference only)
A wilderness outing for climbing or backpacking requires a much higher energy expenditure on a daily basis than what you may be used to. Eating well and frequently not only sustains energy levels but also helps to keep positive morale and attitude. By nature, mountains have periods of inclement weather and it is important that caloric intake be high and regular to help avoid hypothermia and other cold weather and altitude related problems.
Your menu should consist of a well-balanced selection of food groups. It is best to plan most meals with high levels of complex carbohydrates to provide the most efficient long-term energy production. Refined sugars, or simple carbohydrates, such as in candy, provide quick, short-term energy. Proteins are necessary for good health, but not in the quantities that most people usually eat. On a 4 day trip it is not critical if protein levels are slightly deficient. Fats require much more oxygen and time to metabolize, (especially at high altitudes) and this can be an important consideration when planning your meals.
Meals should also consist of foods which are light and compact. That usually means a high percentage of dried items to minimize weight and bulk. Packaging should be minimal, but good organization and protecting food from weather and your backpack are also important factors.
Alpine Ascents provides breakfast, dinner, soups and hot drinks for summit climbs. You will be responsible for providing your own lunches (3 or 4 days depending on your route). Listed below is a sample lunch menu. It is extremely important to bring the amounts listed below, though items may be substituted.
4 Day Climb Lunch Bag
jerky – beef, turkey, soy 10-14 oz
Trail Mix 3 cups
Salty Snack Mix 1 qt.
Energy Bars 3 Bars
Corn Nuts 2 packets
Large Cookies 2 pack
Candy Bars 3 bars
granola bars 3 bars
crackers - peanut butter or cheese 2 packages
bagels - 1 per day 4 bagels
string cheese 2 sticks
cheddar cheese squares 2 squares
Mini cheese rounds 2 rounds
mixed dried fruit 1/4 qt. bag
hard candy 1/4 qt. bag
Cold drink mix 3 Packets
Energy Gel 1 Packet
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Going negative: Good for politics, but for business?
Gov. Rick Scott isn't what you'd call a subtle salesman.
Suppose he were a Ford dealer. His ad campaign would feature a list of any flaws he could dig up on GM, Toyota and Chrysler.
Camry brakes? Bad.
Chevy transmissions? Trouble.
Jeep cup holders? Spillage.
Ford? Smile! Hard sell. In politics, it's called "going negative." Aggressive stuff, but does it work? We don't know if Scott's latest economic development gambit will bear fruit, but one thing is certain: It's getting attention. Which is, after all, is one of the primary objectives of advertising.
The governor's "One-Way Ticket to Florida" letter-writing campaign is aimed at persuading corporate executives elsewhere that their state's taxing policies are bad for business. He is cherry-picking specific statistics and policies — pro-us and con-them — but that's nothing new.
(Nor is this approach: Texas Gov. Rick Perry has used it before.) No big surprise that the targeted states are all blue and all led by Democratic governors: Connecticut, California, Illinois, Minnesota and Maryland. Scott, eying re-election next year, has steered clear of his fellow Republicans. So it doesn't hurt politically.
And the stick-poking is prompting reactions up north. According to the Tampa Bay Times, Connecticut's top development official objected to her state being characterized as "among the worst tax climates for business in the country." She was "shocked," and "offended" by the in-your-face letters.
Duly noted.
An Illinois official complained about "poaching." She told the Times, "These publicity stunts don't work."
We'll see. It may be that Scott's political career benefits the most; voters admire a fighter.
But the stunt did get publicity. As we know from political campaigns, negative advertising often works. The initial reaction may be negative, but the underlying message seeps in. And maybe all publicity really is good publicity: Just spell it F-L-O-R-I-D-A.
Still, different circumstances call for different sales approaches. We just hope Scott changed his tactics when he led a trade delegation to Paris last week for an international air show. Hard sell? Faux pas, that. Going negative: Good for politics, but for business?
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6 Glitches That Accidentally Invented Modern Gaming
Half of the art you enjoy every day is probably due to some happy accident. For instance, most of the tension in Jaws can be credited to the fact that the fake shark they were using was a mechanical nightmare and too ridiculous to show on screen.
You wouldn't think video games would be subject to this, however -- a mistake in the code of a game would most likely just melt your Xbox (again) rather than invent some fun new game mechanic. Yet, some of the most iconic features of games can be credited to serendipity:
#6. A Bad Mouse Click Leads to Lara Croft's Rack
It's not fair to say that Lara Croft and Tomb Raider are only famous for one reason (or even two). There have been many excellent and critically acclaimed games in the series. But they would not have sold as well, or become as iconic, if not for the choice to give the main character gigantic boobies.
Via 101 Video Games
Those are the protruding orbs on her chest.
Well, as it turns out, Lara's bust is a result of a mistake. Artist Toby Gard, one of the people in charge of designing Lara Croft, was toying around with the dimensions of the character. When setting the dimensions of her chest, he slipped with his mouse and increased the boob area by a cartoonish 150 percent.
And apparently replaced them with oil-change funnels.
The rest of the (male) crew immediately asked him to keep it that way, solidifying a stereotype about video gamers that we have not been able to shake in the 15 years since. And the rest is video game history. To quote the team, "Gard's accidental 'one-fifty' design made picking out a marketing strategy remarkably easy."
Via TheAngryPixel.com
Lara Croft and her blockbuster franchise paved the way for female game characters. She was considered the first video game sex symbol and she regularly tops and appears on various lists of -- sigh -- video game hotties.
And before we come down on them too hard for what is clearly some of the most blatant sexism and objectification in entertainment history, you have to remember that it was still a step up -- before Lara, female characters were either hostages or not featured at all.
Donkey Kong
She's the one on top, getting her ass sniffed by the Kong.
Sure, Samus Aran of the Metroid series came first, but her gender was kept a secret from anyone who didn't beat the game -- the iconic image of the character was somebody hiding behind a bulky metal suit.
Lara is strong, independently wealthy, beautiful, smart and great at what she does. If it took a 150 percent inflated chest to blaze that trai, well, maybe that's just the way it is. Meanwhile, Lara led the way for 3D gaming (along with Mario 64). The first Tomb Raider sold millions of copies, reinvigorating a platforming genre that had been written off as Mario-style kids games for years. All thanks to the slip of a mouse.
Via Wikimedia Commons
"You're welcome, polygon booby lovers!"
#5. A Racing Game Glitch Gives Birth to Grand Theft Auto
Long before the Grand Theft Auto series became the gold standard in video game mayhem simulators, Rockstar Games (back then known as DMA Design) was working on a racing game called Race and Chase. The idea was "to produce a fun, addictive and fast multi-player car racing and crashing game" which sounds like it could be Mario Kart until you see what it looked like:
Via Joystiq.com
So more Matchbox cars than Mario Kart.
If there was ever a game in need of a bit of attitude, this was it.
Eagle-eyed viewers will notice a stark similarity between the above screen shot and the original GTA series, that isn't a coincidence. As far as the play testers were concerned, the game sucked, except for one glitch which made the police in the game go apeshit for no reason. Instead of politely pulling you over, the cops would ram you off the road (their AI was accidentally trying to drive through the player). Suddenly everyone was crashing non-stop.
For the next 10 solid years.
Play testers thought this was freaking hilarious, and in fact abandoned the missions just to screw around and see what kind of mayhem they could cause. The designers decided to not only leave the psychotic cops in there, but build the entire game around the kind of ridiculously violent car chases caused by the glitch.
The game was eventually completely overhauled to create Grand Theft Auto. By the time Grand Theft Auto 3 came around a few years later, the series was one of the most influential ever. It would go on to revolutionize "open world" gameplay that now seemingly half of the games on the market try to emulate. But at its heart, it's still all about the joy of abandoning the objective and just dicking around. All because nobody knew how to properly program a video game policeman.
Evolution, baby.
#4. Space Invaders Accidentally Invents Difficulty Curves
When someone says "retro arcade games," there's a pretty good chance that a picture of one of these little blocky aliens pops into your head.
And then Pac-Man eats it or something, right?
1978's Space Invaders was so influential that even Shigeru Miyamoto, the creator of Nintendo's cornerstone franchises, has pointed to it as the game that "revolutionized the industry."
Like all retro games, the key is that it's effortless to start playing, and next to impossible to master. At the beginning, the alien ships are just lined stupidly in front of you in rows. You just have to pick them off with your laser, right? Ah, but as you decimate their numbers, something happens: They go faster.
It made for an absolute perfect difficulty curve. Success was rewarded with greater challenge. The more aliens you killed, the harder it got. And when you got down to those last few aliens, you had to have lightning reflexes.
Via Notian
And that's not even taking those freaking UFOs into account.
The thing is, the scaling difficulty was totally unintentional. The entire game was programmed and built by one man: Tomohiro Nishikado. And by built, we mean that he spent an entire year custom developing the hardware for the game because the hardware available in Japan at the time wasn't powerful enough to run it. It was like the Crysis 2 of 1978.
Via Notian
"I built a sweet system to run this shit, bro."
And when it was all finished, Nishikado discovered that the hardware still wasn't powerful enough to run the game how he intended it. He programmed the game to move all the aliens at what he thought would be a pretty steady rate -- but while play-testing it, he found the aliens to be quite a bit slower than he wanted. There were simply too many on the screen for the hardware to handle, so it bogged down.
As he played on, however, he discovered that the game sped up as he brought swift laser-justice to those invading alien bastards -- fewer characters for the processor to keep track of meant it could finally move them at their correct speed. He liked the effect so much, he decided to keep it, saying it "added more thrills to the game."
And if you weren't dead by Level 9, it dispensed a live wolf.
Actually, you could argue it added the only reason to keep playing the game at all. It was the first game that actually got more difficult as you progressed. Before that point, games were pretty much the same all the way through (often repeating the same screens over and over), and it was basically a matter of waiting for your hands to get tired.
This, combined with the fact that it was the first game to implement a high-score system meant that dedicated people put a lot of quarters into Space Invaders -- it actually created a yen shortage in Japan.
And a yen explosion in Shigeru's pants.


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Wikipedia's definition of software rot focuses on the performance of the software. This is a different usage than I am used to; I had thought of it much more in terms of the cleanliness and design of the code—in terms of the code's having all the standard quality characteristics: readability, maintainability, etc. Now, performance is likely to go down when the code becomes unreadable, because no one knows what is going on. But does the term software rot have special reference to performance? or am I right in thinking it refers to the cleanliness of the code? or is this perhaps a case of multiple senses of the term being in common usage—from the user's perspective, it has do with performance; but for the software craftsman, it has to do more specifically with how the code reads?
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The term is not performance related, at least not anywhere I have seen it used.
It is specifically about code that is not maintained well and becomes... dirty... rotten. It is about code whose design has not been updated as changes were made and is difficult to read and understand.
Lets face it. "Software rot" is not a well-defined technical concept. It is more of a pejorative description of what happens when software is poorly maintained.
The Wikipedia page represents one view, but there are clearly alternative views. And you could say that the different views reflect the different priorities and concerns of the person holding the views:
And, it is not really useful to say whose perspective is more right. (It is kind of like arguing whether turquoise is more green or more blue.)
I'd say that the term "software rot" refers generally to suitability for the task at hand. Software may become less suitable for its intended task due to layer upon layer of bug fixes, new features, and minor tweaks. Taken together, those can adversely affect both maintainability and performance. Also, the needs of the organization will likely change over time, and the software may be forced into roles that it was never really designed for. All these factors result in the software becoming less suitable to the organization's needs, and that can happen even with a concerted effort to maintain the software.
Wikipedia says that software rot and code rot are the same. I disagree.
Code rot is the gradual loss of readability and maintainability as more and more changes are made to the code.
Software rot is the gradual loss of performance as software is moved from one environment emulator to another. One example is all of the Data General PDP software running on emulators. Actually, it's the environment that's rotting, not the software.
Software doesn't actually go bad, get stale, wear out or "rot" in the traditional sense.
If the environment in which software operates doesn't change, the software will essentially last forever. This is why I get so peeved when someone asks if some library is "dead" because the author hasn't made an update to it in the last 5 minutes (exaggerating only slightly for effect).
But the environment usually does change; operating systems are patched and updated, computers get replaced with more powerful ones, and new programs get installed (like the latest version of a client like Internet Explorer, device drivers or other libraries), on which the software may depend. So the software must be updated to take into account those changes.
There are software systems that have been running continuously and reliably for literally decades without being significantly updated or maintained. COBOL software running on mainframes that handle bank transactions come to mind (although they all had to be modified in 1999 to handle Y2K).
Wikipedia's emphasis on performance seems to be missing the point; many software applications actually get a performance boost when they get installed in a newer environment. The Wikipedia article actually seems more concerned with software bloat.
"Software rot" - is very vague term and can mean variety of thing to anyone, depending on how is your perception of the concept, as well as, what is your view angle.
Definition by Wikipedia on Software rot does not set a standard as it is also written by some individuals. I think this term has variety of meaning and needs to be broken down to the specific areas, where it is refereed.
I had always thought of software rot as a condition that occurs when you don't use software for a period of time. Somehow, the software morphs into a state where it is unbuildable. Then when you get it to a point where you can build it, it doesn't work with the inputs and outputs like it previously did. It's almost as if the code actually degraded in form even though it's stored digitally.


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Thousands watch demolition of Athlone cooling towers in Cape Town
A shot of the Athlone cooling towers being imploded, taken from Newlands Forest. Photo by Travis Robertson
Thousands of Cape Town residents and visitors braved the rain to watch the demolition of the two Athlone cooling towers today. The 50-year-old landmarks were imploded and reduced to dust in less than 30 seconds.
A few minutes before noon, Cape Town Executive Mayor Alderman Dan Plato dropped a lever to bring the gigantic structures to the ground.
Every man and his dog in the southern suburbs made their way out to Rhodes Memorial and Newlands Forest to find an elevated viewing point of the towers. Closer to the scene, some 4000 people were allowed onto the Clyde Pinelands soccer fields, while a few others were lucky enough to watch the implosion from a helicopter.
At Newlands Forest, hundreds of people congregated in a clearing and cheered loudly as the 80-metre high structures vanished in a cloud of dust, marked by a brief "boom" as more than 21 tons of concrete hit the ground. The dust hung about for several minutes as spectators left the scene satisfied with the entertainment.
Because the demolition actually happened a couple of minutes before the strike of noon when it was meant to happen, many were caught by surprise. Among those caught off guard were e.tv Presenter Andrew Barnes, who did a double take as they went down behind him, checking his watch as he did so.
On popular social networking site, Twitter, many complained about the timing being slightly out. Said Sello Leshope, aka @sellhope, "What an anti-climax. Dan plato is tjatjarag. He pressed the buttom 5minutes too early.." « Premature ejacu-lition."
Said radio station 702 presenter David O'Sullivan, aka @702David: "Which was best - the Athlone cooling towers collapsing, or Andrew Barnes of E-News' incredulous look as they imploded early?"
The towers were a recognisable landmark and many people used them to get their bearings.
"Driving on the N2 toward the airport just won't be the same," said Bruce Stephenson, who lives in Newlands.
Trevor Cleaver said it was shame the weather wasn't as good as it has been in recent weeks. "Still, we could see the towers pretty well when they went down and it was a different sort of weekend activity, so I'm glad I put up with the rain and came out to watch it happen. It was quite a historical day, really."
The towers, which stood next to the N2 in the Pinelands area, had become a safety concern. The decision to implode them was taken in February.
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The name "Omar" is used as a given name in Western countries, one of the most famous one is Omar Bradley, a US World War 2 general. Is this given name related to the Islamic Caliph Umar? How did it come to be used in an English-speaking Christian-majority country like the US?
In this web posting by Charles Kent Smith, former president of the American Names Society, he claims the popularity of Omar as the name of Americans in the 19th century (as in Omar Bradley) is due to the popularity of poems like the Rubaiyat. They are named after the famed poet Omar Khayyam, much the same way the names Homer or Milton or Virgil came into common usage.
Omar occurs also in the bible
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South Pacific stays relevant a half-century later
By Jenny Lower 11/14/2013
Based on James Michener's novel of the same name, Rodgers and Hammerstein's South Pacific is a meditation on Western fascination with so-called exoticism. The story takes wholesome, provincial Americans fighting to defend their country and thrusts them into a bewitching tropical landscape where they confront the mystique in different ways — by fighting it or by embracing it, with the realization that the foreign is not actually so strange.
Today, the biracial children that would have startled post-war audiences are just part of another modern family. That part of the story feels mercifully dated, but it also keeps the musical relevant. There are always fresh prejudices to replace the ones we've conquered, and new contact zones where war collides with unfamiliar cultures. We still have something to learn from watching these innocents abroad. Moorpark's High Street production, directed by Ken Rayzor, transports us to this mesmerizing world with an enthusiastic cast and impressive set design that evokes the swaying palm trees and glittering beaches of the tropics.
Husband and wife Kelly and Ian Green nearly singlehandedly provide the show's comic relief as Luther Billis, an affable buffoon who runs the laundry, and Bloody Mary, a shrewd Tonkinese businesswoman who makes a fortune selling grass skirts and shrunken heads to the soldiers. Mary (Ian Green) tempts Billis (Kelly Green) with tales of Bali Ha'i, the twin-volcano island where natives craft boar's tooth bracelets in orgiastic ceremonies. The set design team (helmed by Alex Britton) has created an alluring silhouette of Bali Ha'i that hovers on the horizon like a dream.
As Ensign Nellie Forbush, Elizabeth Kelly captures the 1940s flip, scarlet lip, upbeat spirit and Midwestern accent of our heroine. Her Nellie is vivacious and unaffected, never more than when she's washing that man out of her hair while an unseen observer looks on. Though early songs test her range, Kelly hits her musical stride with the pert "Honey Bun" number that opens Act 2. When Nellie, a Little Rock, Ark., native, balks on discovering the man she loves, expat Frenchman Emile de Becque (Alex Britton), has fathered two children by a Polynesian woman, Kelly gracefully embodies Nellie's internal struggle.
Emile is meant to be Nellie's polar opposite — open-minded and cultured, well-read and well-to-do. Britton possesses the rugged sensitivity, high-minded idealism and velvety tones that have Nellie smitten. His "One Enchanted Evening" offers one of the evening's dreamiest moments. Costumer Laurel Marion does an excellent job designing outfits that emphasize Nellie's youth and his sophistication, bringing their characters into a visual dialogue that parallels their philosophical contrasts. Even the de Becques' French is quite good, particularly the children's (Connor Green, and Hannah Thacker and Lexie Collins on alternating nights).
Though more historically accurate, the love story between Lt. Joe Cable (Ryan Driscoll) and Liat (Ashley Ruiz) may grate against modern audiences. It's hard not to rail against the apparent exploitation of Bloody Mary's virginal daughter, offered up for an aspirational union with an American soldier. Ruiz is appropriately sweet and lovely, while Driscoll meets the unlikability challenge as the Princeton-bred Philadelphian with a girl and a partnership waiting back home. He performs some of the evening's best vocals in "You Have to Be Carefully Taught," a pointed indictment of racism. Cable is determined to resist the South Pacific's pull, but it's less willing to let him go.
With powerful songs and compelling conflicts, this musical gives us plenty to think about, even after the final curtain.
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I have a dataframe of historical stock trades. The frame has columns like ['ticker', 'date', 'cusip', 'profit', 'security_type']. Initially:
trades['cusip'] = np.nan
trades['security_type'] = np.nan
I have historical config files that I can load into frames that have columns like ['ticker', 'cusip', 'date', 'name', 'security_type', 'primary_exchange'].
I would like to UPDATE the trades frame with the cusip and security_type from config, but only where the ticker and date match.
I thought I could do something like:
pd.merge(trades, config, on=['ticker', 'date'], how='left')
But that doesn't update the columns, it just adds the config columns to trades.
The following works, but I think there has to be a better way. If not, I will probably do it outside of pandas.
for date in trades['date'].unique():
config = get_config_file_as_df(date)
## config['date'] == date
for ticker in trades['ticker'][trades['date'] == date]:
(trades['ticker'] == ticker)
& (trades['date'] == date)
] \
= config['cusip'][config['ticker'] == ticker].values[0]
(trades['ticker'] == ticker)
& (trades['date'] == date)
] \
= config['security_type'][config['ticker'] == ticker].values[0]


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First Munich OpenSolaris User Group Meeting
By user13366078 on Jan 13, 2009
Just as announced, we yesterday had our first Munich OpenSolaris User Group (MUCOSUG) meeting at the local Sun office, which is in Heimstetten near Munich.
We organized this meeting in cooperation with the local German Unix User Group's (GUUG) (thanks, Wolfgang!) SAGE monthly meeting. Normally, about 30 people would come to such meetings, so we were especially pleased to see over 40 people come to this event.
Photos of the meeting are available here. If you took some photos of your own, then just upload them to Flickr and tag them with "MUCOSUG". Yes, this somehow sounds like a nasal medicine, but hey, it's winter anyway and most people suffer from the cold, and besides, "MUC" is the official airline code for Munich, which is why the name was chosen.
In this meeting, we discussed OpenSolaris 2008.11 and due to popular demand, we also talked about VirtualBox. We also got to tour the Sun Solution Center which showcases Sun's hard- and software.
The presentation slides for OpenSolaris 2008.11 in German are provided here in ODP and PDF format, so are the ones from VirtualBox (PDF). Feel free to use them for your own purposes in case you want to do your own local OpenSolaris 2008.11 update. Thanks to Glynn for some of the slides!
Here is also Brendan's excellent video where he shouts at some disks, for your viewing pleasure. All made possible through the magic of OpenSolaris, DTrace and the Fishworks team who brought us the Sun Storage 7000 systems:
Our next task is to find a week of the month and day of the week for a regular meeting. We'll run a poll through the mailinglist soon, so make sure to sign up by sending mail to "ug-mucosug-subscribe at opensolaris dot org" if you want to attend our next meetings.


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Who knows eighty?
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Eighty is the age described by Psalms for someone courageous (or strong, or disciplined; however you translate "gvurah.")
The Talmud considers the possibility that if someone is in their 70s we need to be more concerned that they'll die tomorrow than if they're in their 80s. While that seems counterintuitive, there was an AOJS article a while back looking at some longevity statistics that might support that. (Sorry, I don't recall the details; bonus points if anyone can find it please.)
Eighty are the answers of R' Yosef Engel, in a book called "Gvuros Shmonim" ("courage of eighty") based on the above Psalm, to the following question:
80 is the number of days that elapse after a woman who has given birth to a girl can resume her niddah cycle. (The first 14 days she is tamei regardless, and any bleeding during the next 66 days does not render her tamei.)
Yochanan Kohen Gadol served as Kohen Gadol for 80 years, but then became a Tzedoki. (Berachos 29a)
The city of Gufnis in Eretz Yisrael had 80 pairs of brothers who were Kohanim, married to 80 pairs of sisters who were Kohanos. (Berachos 44a)
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The Carmi-White County eight grade girls basketball team moved to 2-0 on their young season with a win over Harrisburg in the Hamilton Co. tourney, with the score of 48-31.
Madison Wenzel led the way for the team with 15 points, five rebounds and five steals.
Maggi Ackerman scored 10 points, eight rebounds and a steal and Gracie Ackerman had eight points, four rebounds and five steals.
Other scorers included Morgan Combs with eight points, six rebounds and three steals, Lexi Wheeler with six points, four rebounds and two steals, Emily Mahon with a point, four rebounds and two steals, Riley Painter with a rebound, Abbie Bryant with a rebound and Lixi Wheeler with two rebounds and a steal.
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By MARY BARKER
CHEBOYGAN – An infrastructure crash that had officials in the Cheboygan school district scrambling in the spring of 2011 provided an opportunity for those shaping the technology program to take it to the next level.
"We had our own software on servers. When this happened it was an opportunity to move our technology program forward, and to go into the cloud; so now our servers are managed for us," said Linda Chase, middle-school principal and head of the district's Technology Committee.
The district entered into a lease with the Cheboygan/Otsego/Presque Isle Educational Services District to use the Power School program, which literally afforded them the ability to revamp the database infrastructure at a significant cost savings. The program manages student data including contact information, grades and other demographic details, creating a personal file for every student enrolled.
In 2012, broader bandwidth allowed wireless access points to be added throughout the schools so students could use their own computer devices for instructional purposes. Chase said the district decided against providing computer devices to all students, largely because it would have to address Internet security and could not guarantee the devices would be safe when students took them home.
Instead, students are encouraged to use their own devices — laptops, smart phones, etc. For students who don't have personal devices, the school has laptops available that teachers can sign up for as needed, as well as computer labs and computers in the libraries.
"We don't want to leave kids out if they can't afford their own devices," said Chase.
While at school, students log into the district's wireless system, which has filters built in for protection.
"We emphasize safety with their personal information; keep it safe, keep it away … We keep telling them don't share personal data," said Chase.
Through Google's Schools Environments, the district has migrated all of its data from previous software programs to the e-chalk program. The training requirements for staff with the change are significant, said Chase.
"Since we've been in Google, we can do documents, spread sheets, all kinds of Google applications for education; the sky is the limit for the kids," said Chase.
One benefit has allowed teachers to build their own personal Web sites. She explained that teachers can put daily lesson plans and presentations on their sites, and students who are absent can visit the site to see what was covered. Chase said the majority of teachers are using their sites in many ways, adding that there are growing pains with new and different technologies.
"Different teachers are more comfortable than others and use it in more ways. The best way for implementation of the many programs is to have teachers ask for the help. We have found that training gets people interested, then when they are ready to implement we can help," said Chase.
Page 2 of 2 - And because the district is encouraging students to use their own devices, the growing pains aren't limited to instructional staff.
"Some students bring in regular phones and not smart phones and that did create some problems with texting. We are being more vigilant in tracking kids. Some don't necessarily want those phones," said Chase.
Examples of technology in the classroom include an "opening activity" given to students in middle school each day when they arrive. They can complete the activity on their device and submit it directly to the teacher, where it appears immediately on a screen. In eighth-grade English, students are working in Google documents so they can continue their work at home, and students on vacation can continue with classwork because the document is on their computer.
Chase said the committee leading the technology programs for the district recognizes that students learn in many different ways.
"It seems like technology is taking over our kids lives. We don't want to switch everything to being all online. We want students to experience other things. Face-to-face and group settings are very valuable ways of learning. There are all different kinds of learning strategies," said Chase.
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Ed Lopes is back, almost. For five weeks, starting on Dec. 7, 2013, the Watertown High girls basketball coach was on administrative leave while school officials conducted an internal investigation. For what, we do not know. The complaints were never made public.
But Wednesday afternoon Watertown's interim school superintendent, Thomas Y. McDowell, said that Lopes may "return to his coaching responsibilities, effective (Saturday) at 9 a.m."
Lopes must wait a few more days, but he has been cleared, exonerated, pardoned and/or found innocent. Saturday at 9 a.m., he may walk back into Cook Gymnasium.
"The last five weeks have felt like five years," Lopes said Wednesday. "I am speechless, for the first time in my life. Other than my family, I love nothing more than coaching. Being on the shelf for five weeks was painful, to say the least. I can't wait to get back to work."
No one in the Watertown school system would comment on why Lopes was suspended. Social media chatter focused on coaching style and playing time. That was confirmed by Lopes' attorney, Eric Brown. But even after five weeks, the exact charges against Lopes remain unknown.
"The underlying issue was my coaching style," Lopes said Wednesday. "I have coached for 24 years, in 32 different seasons, both boys and girls. I tried to remain consistent in my style. But this year my style may have been overbearing for some of the kids."
Bryan Stanley, the junior varsity coach who filled in as head coach, will continue in that role until Saturday. McDowell would not comment on why Lopes' suspension was not lifted immediately, but Lopes supported the three-day buffer period.
"I don't mind the extra couple of days," he said. "The superintendent asked for this time between (Wednesday) and Saturday, and I will respect that. I will talk with Bryan, who has done a fantastic job with the team, as have all the coaches, and we'll get back on the same page and go to work Saturday."
It is the start of a critical stretch for Watertown. Following tonight's game against Woodland, the 6-1 Indians play defending Naugatuck Valley League champion Torrington, Crosby and then unbeaten Holy Cross, all next week.
There are elements to this Lopes saga of great concern. First of all, during his leave Lopes could not have contact with the team, attend a game, set foot on public school property or have any contact whatsoever with a student in the Watertown school system. That's to be expected in this situation, but it was especially difficult for Lopes, who has three children in the system and a daughter who plays on the basketball team.
Lopes said he did not know if he is now allowed to attend a game, but he will not press the issue. He will not attend the game tonight.
Also, the five weeks needed to respond, investigate and decide Lopes' fate seemed excessive.
"I think it would have been handled a little sooner were it not for the weather and the holiday recess," McDowell said.
He pointed out there were three weather-related school closings, plus a 13-day holiday break, since Dec. 7.
"We had an awful lot of people to speak to," McDowell said.
All true. But unspecified allegations hung over Lopes' head for more than a month. Speculation was rampant about what he might have done.
That was unacceptable.
And worst of all, Lopes could not participate in the extracurricular lives of his children for five weeks. I can't think of a decent word or phrase for that.
To tell a coach that you cannot coach is one thing. But to then say, oh, by the way, you cannot participate in the lives of your children, that is something else indeed. In the past, I called it un-American. With five weeks to reflect, I still think it is un-American.
Lopes has learned something from this experience.
"I will not stop teaching and I will not stop coaching," he said, "but I have reflected a lot in the last month."
He said that players and parents made "some valid points. I will still be Coach Lopes, but I will watch my emotions. If things I did affected anybody, I apologize. I apologize to them, and I will apologize to the team on Saturday."
Wow. If Lopes has to apologize, I can think of six or seven dozen coaches who should start work on a reconciliation speech, too.
Bottom line: A good coach, a passionate coach can coach again, and watch his daughter play again and speak to his children at the breakfast table again.
Welcome back, Ed Lopes.
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Internet Protocol Security (IPsec) is a successor of the ISO standard Network Layer Security Protocol (NLSP). What are the advantages, disadvantages, other interesting facts regarding the protocol?
IPsec is actually a family of protocols, it has several sub-protocols that could be used or not used, and the overall security depends on each of these in turn and how they're configured:
IPsec provides two modes:
The cryptography is sound, since it went through the same painful specify-attack-fix cycle than other protocols such as SSL or SSH.
The main difference with SSL is that IPsec runs at the machine level: it protects data from one machine to another, whereas SSL is between applications (e.g. a Web browser and a Web server). In most contexts (but not all), this makes no relevant difference, but it is still good to remember it.
The biggest practical difference is that Average Joe's PC is a fully configured SSL-able engine, but any attempt at IPsec is likely to fail, because it would require Joe to fiddle quite a bit with its configuration (most operating systems implement IPsec, including Windows since Windows 2000, but the implementation is not a problem -- the configuration is).
IPsec is a mandatory component of IPv6, so IPsec will be widespread at least when IPv6 becomes prevalent -- an event which was supposed to take place in 2007...
IPsec was designed to improve security, but again, this protocol is also not so close to ideal solution. One of advantages that comes to mind is security, that is obvious. Depending on situation it may have following disadvantages:
It doesn't operate/scale to the needs of cloud-based networks and is therefore irrelevant (or soon to be)


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As many of you will remember, a Master of Malt contingent attended last year's Maltstock event, and had an absolute whale of a time – read all about it here...
The Maltstock Sharing Table
Maltstock is coming again, and in under 2 weeks' time, I'll be making my way over there with the irrepressible Neil Ridley (from off of that there www.caskstrength.net), a car full of Master of Malt goodies, my responsible drinking boots, and my iPhone charger. Must take the iPhone charger (I figure if I keep writing it, there's at least a 50% chance I'll actually remember this time). More...
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New product announcements! Hurrah!
Yes, today we are announcing a terrific addition to the Handmade Cocktail Company's sterling range of ready-made bottled cocktails. Many of you cocktail enthusiasts have already been asking us for one particular cocktail - a classic that was left out of the original range. It's the ultimate zesty, spicy bourbon cocktail, and the favourite tipple of none other than Don Draper, Harry S Truman and Cole Porter. That's right… The Old Fashioned. More...
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Yes, Day two of the Make it 2 Bushmills competition started early. Very early indeed.
As we prepared to roll out to the first event of the day (barrel rolling. See. Told you the jokes would get better) I had a chance to reflect on the competitors, all of whom I had a proper chat to last night, and am once again amazed at how all whisk(e)y competition winners seem to turn out to be the kind of people you'd be delighted to go out for a drink with socially. More...
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So after a slightly shaky start this morning (you may have guessed that the pristine looking cup of coffee posted on the blog this morning was put there merely to taunt me by Mike, our online editor) I arrived in Ireland to be greeted by a charming young PR lady and a driver to make the short hop over from Belfast to Bushmills.
On arriving at the (absolutely beautiful and highly recommended) Bushmills Inn hotel, we had a light lunch and were whisked away to the distillery for a tour. More...
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Wouldn't usually write a blog post before I've been on a trip - sort of defeats the point really, but as I'm sat here in the departure lounge having legged it all the way to the gate (for reference, most people would probably interpret 'gate closing' as 'gate closing', and not 'nothing at all happening at gate except angry people sitting around wishing they'd had time to get a decent coffee from Costa'), I thought I'd pen a few lines on what the next dew days is all about. More...
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The two most popular choices for whisky ageing - sherry casks and bourbon barrels - offer a totally different style of single malt and here at Master of Malt, we love both in equal measure. Just like with children, it's wrong to have a favourite (unless one child is a maths-whiz-head-boy-sports-star-type, and the other is one of those miserable kids that dyes his hair black and combs it over his face, whilst complaining constantly about how "unfair it all is"). More...
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We've long since been firm advocates of the Meantime Brewing Company, and it's largely because they've had such great success in fighting against the rather dull mainstream of mass-produced lager that our nation is sadly awash with. Meantime focus heavily on quality and authenticity, shunning methods like pasteurisation, whilst making use of a minimum 28 day maturation period for all their beers. But despite all this attention to detail, one of the truly great things about the brewery is how prevalent their beer is; you can walk into Sainsbury's and buy a bottle of their London Porter or IPA, and we love that. More...
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We've just received this press release from the Number One Drinks Company. This is literally the biggest thing to happen to Japanese whisky in decades!
The entire remaining inventory of Mercian's Karuizawa Distillery has been acquired on behalf of Number One Drinks by an Asian-based company. International importer and distributor of Japanese malt whisky, Number One Drinks Company, has handled worldwide sales of Karuizawa single casks since 2006 and has helped raise the profile of Japanese single malts internationally, especially with the help of distributors in the key markets of Taiwan, France, UK and Sweden.
Of the 12 Gold Medals awarded by the Malt Maniacs in 2010, four were for whiskies sourced by Number One Drinks (including three Karuizawas) and the Best Japanese Whisky in Jim Murray's Whisky Bible 2011 was a 1967 single cask from Karuizawa. More...
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Today we have another new addition to the Master of Malt range, in the form of an utterly delicious number from Dailuaine (pronounced Dall-YEWan). More...
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Suppose you have two thermodynamical systems $X_1$ and $X_2$ (for example water and air) with different temperatures ($T_1 > T_2$). Now put them into thermal contact. Is there a formula which describes, how $T_1$ and $T_2$ changes with time?
In a simple heat conduction theory (no convection) the corresponding time is determined with the lowest eigenvalue of the Sturm-Liouville problem: $\Delta T(t) = A\cdot e^{-t/\tau}$ (regular regime), see, for example, my article.
EDIT: For any time $t > 0$ the temperature difference is a series like
$\Delta T(t) = \sum_{n=0}^\infty A_n \cdot e^{-t/\tau_n}$
$\tau_{n+1} < \tau_n$, for example, $\tau_n \propto \frac{1}{\pi^2(n+1)^2}$.
When $t >> \tau_1$, the fast decaying exponentials $e^{-t/\tau_n}$ are small with respect to the slowest one $e^{-t/\tau_0}$ so only one term remains in this sum. The latter regime is called a regular regime of the heat exchange. For certain one-layer 1D systems $\tau \propto \frac{\rho c L^2}{\kappa \pi^2(n+1)^2}$ Here $\kappa$ is the heat conductivity, $\rho$ is the material density, $c$ is the specific heat capacity, and $L$ is the layer thickness (exact $n$-dependence is determined with the boundary conditions).


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Academic Opportunities
Awards, Grants, Scholarships, and Fellowships
The Grinnell Music Department presents the following scholarships and competitive awards each year. PLEASE NOTE: every Grinnell student is entitled to one music lesson scholarship each semester. Winners of competitive awards will be recognized in the Commencement program when they graduate. In addition to these department-sponsored awards, ensembles such as the Grinnell Singers and the Fresh Flutes occasionally sponsor composition contests; winners have their pieces performed on the ensemble concerts.
|Name of Award
(See below for more info)
|Approx # of awards per year
|Winners receive
|Winners selected by
|Entry deadline
|Music Major Benefit
|music lesson scholarship: unlimited free music lessons of any type
|declared music major
|end of add-drop each sem.
|Grinnell College Music Scholarships
|music lesson scholarship: $290/semester towards music lessons (= 75% of fee for 30-min lessons)
|end of add-drop each sem.
|Haglund Music Scholarships
|music lesson scholarship: $290/semester towards music lessons (= 75% of fee for 30-min lessons)
|end of add-drop each sem.
|Curd Ensemble Scholarships
|music lesson scholarship: $390/semester for 1 year (=100% of fee for 30-min lessons); tied to 1 year of participation in a Music Department Ensemble
|ensemble audition
|beg of fall semester
|Hill Awards
|music lesson scholarship: $390/semester for 1 year (=100% of fee for 30-min lessons); music majors and graduating seniors receive cash prize
|all students enrolled in lessons
|Hill audition
|Curd Outstanding Instrumentalist
|Instrumental performance
|music lesson scholarship: $600/semester for 1 year (90% of fee for 60-min lessons)
|enter Hill; seniors not eligible
|Hill audition
Frances Collins James Award for Vocal Performance
|vocal performance
|music lesson scholarship: $600/semester for 1 year (90% of fee for 60-min lessons)
|enter Hill; seniors not eligible
|Hill audition
Grinnell Symphony Orchestra Soloists
|solo performance with GSO in spring
|see guidelines below
|GSO soloists audition
|Steiner Awards for Creativity in Music
|cash prize
|all students
|score and/or recording of composition
|Steiner Awards for Creativity in Music
|cash prize
|all students
|oral presentation
|Ninth Semester Fellowship
|music (any area)
Stipend to remain on campus for 1 semester after graduating to complete an original project
|graduating music major
|application essay and portfolio
Music Major Benefit
All music majors may take an unlimited number of lessons of any type without charge. Majors must declare before the end of the add/drop period in order to receive free lessons for that semester.
Grinnell College Music Scholarships
On a trial basis for three years (2013-2016), all non-majors are automatically entitled to one music lesson scholarship of $290 per semester. This amount covers 75% of the fee for 30-minute lessons; or 44% of the fee for 60-minute lessons. These scholarships may not be combined with any other type of music lesson scholarship in the same semester.
Haglund Music Scholarships
These scholarships are made possible for a period of three academic years (2013-2016) through a generous bequest from the estate of Mariam B. Haglund '41. The benefits, eligibility, and requirements are identical to those of the Grinnell College Music Scholarships (see above).
Curd Ensemble Scholarships
The Curd endowed fund was established in 2003 through a bequest from Phyllis Lehmer Curd '28, who was a music major. Her hope was that those receiving the scholarship would later provide vocal and instrumental instruction in public schools. This portion of the Curd endowment was originally configured to provide music lesson scholarships to incoming students. In 2013, it was reconfigured to provide non-majors with music lesson scholarships tied to participation in selected Music Department Ensembles.
Winners receive a two-semester music lesson scholarship of $390/semester for the CURRENT academic year. This amount covers 100% of the fee for 30-minute lessons for one year, or 60% of the fee for 60-minute lessons. In exchange, winners agree to participate in an ensemble for both semesters (they are not required to register for the ensemble if doing so would incur overload fees). Curd Ensemble Scholarships may not be combined with any other type of music lesson scholarship in the same semester.
Curd Ensemble Scholarships are available for participation in the following ensembles: Oratorio Society, Grinnell Singers, Collegium Musicum, Grinnell Symphony Orchestra, Jazz Ensemble, and Chamber Ensembles. Winners are selected through auditions for these ensembles held at the beginning of the fall semester. For information about auditions, please consult the directors of the above ensembles.
Hill Awards in Music
This endowed prize was established in 1891 by Dr. James L. Hill D.D., class of 1871. It recognizes outstanding students in vocal and/or instrumental performance. Winners are selected through auditions held in the spring semester, judged by a panel of professional musicians from outside Grinnell College.
Winners who are music majors or graduating seniors receive cash prizes; all other winners receive a two-semester music lesson scholarship of $390/semester for the FOLLOWING academic year. This amount covers 100% of the fee for 30-minute lessons for one year, or 60% of the fee for 60-minute lessons. Hill Awards may not be combined with any other type of music lesson scholarship in the same semester. The top winners among the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd- year contestants in the Hill Auditions will receive the Curd Outstanding Instrumentalist Award and the James Outstanding Vocalist Award.
To be eligible for the Hill Awards, contestants must be enrolled in music lessons at Grinnell College during the current semester. Application forms are due in March; auditions are held in April. The Music Department will provide a keyboard accompanist for contestants who need one. Those who require an accompanist must submit a copy of the keyboard part with their application; they are responsible for contacting Melinda Westphalen to arrange rehearsal times with the accompanist. Contestants should perform no more than six minutes of music, either excerpts or complete movement(s). If two or more shorter works are performed, they should be of contrasting styles. Contestants should provide two copies of the music (including accompaniment) for the judges on the morning of the competition.
For more information about the Hill Awards, please contact Eric McIntyre.
Curd Outstanding Instrumentalist Award
This award was initially established by Leslie Stearns '87 in honor of Berneil Mueller, a longtime member of the Music Department staff. As a student at Grinnell, Leslie had worked with Ms. Mueller and valued the interest and support in students that she demonstrated. When the Curd Endowed Fund was established in 2003 (see above), this award received permanent funding and was renamed. The award recognizes the top instrumental contestant in the Hill Auditions.
The winner receives a two-semester music lesson scholarship of $600/semester for the FOLLOWING academic year. This amount covers most of the fee for 60-minute lessons; alternatively it may be applied to 30-minute lessons. To be eligible, contestants must enter the Hill Awards Competition. Seniors are not eligible for this award. Recipients must be in good academic standing.
James Award for Vocal Performance
This endowed fund was established in 1997 by Irma Cooper '34, former opera singer and professor at Ohio State, in memory of her Grinnell College friend and roommate, Frances Collins James '34. It was established to provide music lessons to the top vocal contestant among the returning students in the Hill Auditions.
The winner receives a two-semester music lesson scholarship of $600/semester for the FOLLOWING academic year. This amount covers most of the fee for 60-minute lessons; alternatively it may be applied to 30-minute lessons. To be eligible, contestants must enter the Hill Awards Competition. Seniors are not eligible for this award. Recipients must be in good academic standing.
Grinnell Symphony Orchestra Soloist Auditions
The Grinnell Symphony Orchestra invites eligible students to audition for an opportunity to perform as soloist with the Grinnell Symphony. Applications are due in October for the auditions held in November. Selected performers are featured on a GSO Concert the following spring.
The auditions are open to orchestral instrumentalists (and saxophonists), vocalists, guitarists, and pianists. Students auditioning on orchestral instruments must be members of the Grinnell Symphony. Pianists, guitarists, and vocalists must be enrolled in private lessons, and saxophonists may be either taking lessons or members of Symphonic Band or Jazz Ensemble.
Instrumentalists should prepare a single movement of a concerto or work for solo instrument and orchestra. Particularly short multi-movement works may be eligible but must be approved in advance. Vocalists should prepare one or two arias or songs (songs must have an orchestral accompaniment available). All selections must be approved by the director of the Grinnell Symphony in advance of the auditions.
Selection of soloists is determined by one or two judges in collaboration with the director of the Grinnell Symphony. Judges may choose to select one or more soloists to perform with the orchestra. In the case that no performances are deemed qualified, the judges reserve the right to select no candidate. For more information, contact Eric McIntyre.
Steiner Awards for Creativity in Music
The Steiner endowed awards were established in 1913 by Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Steiner in memory of their son Henry-York Steiner, who died as a teenager. Edward A. Steiner was the Rand Professor of Applied Christianity at Grinnell College from 1903 to 1941; Steiner Hall was named for him in 1959. Steiner Awards are also offered annually in the departments of English (short fiction) and Art (art history).
The Music Department awards Steiner prizes in two fields: composition and research. Students from any major at Grinnell College are eligible to compete; students may enter both the composition and research contests. Students must complete an Intent to Enter Form (due in April). Winners receive a cash prize and are honored at a luncheon with music faculty. For more information, please contact Tony Perman.
Steiner Awards for Music Composition
Compositions may be of any length, style, or genre (including electronic), and may have been performed or not. Contestants must submit one hard copy of their composition (if possible, both a score and a recording in CD format) and a short paragraph describing their compositional process. Entries will be judged by a composer from outside the Grinnell College community. One or more awards may be given, depending on the recommendation of the judge.
Steiner Award for Music Research
Research entries should demonstrate original thought on some musical topic; they may grow out of a class project and are not restricted to classes in the Music Department. The award will be made on the basis of an oral presentation only; a written version of the paper is not required. Presentations should last approximately 20-25 minutes, plus 20-25 minutes for discussion afterwards. Presentations will be judged by faculty outside the Music Department.
Ninth Semester Fellowship in Music
The Music Department offers an opportunity for continued independent study by a music major in the semester immediately following graduation. This fellowship provides some financial support for a semester of research or creative work to develop a stronger portfolio in preparation for graduate school or a career in music. In exchange, the Fellow is expected to serve the Department by assisting with minor class-related jobs, giving demonstrations in his/her discipline and/or presentations of work in progress when called upon, and presenting his/her work publicly.
Applications, consisting of essay and portfolio, are due in March. The essay should describe the proposed project, how it contributes to the applicant's career plans, and why the Fellowship is necessary to complete the project. The portfolio should include three to five examples of the same type of work as proposed for the Fellowship (i.e. written compositions, recordings of performances, research papers, electronic compositions, etc.) The winner will be selected by the voting members of the Music Department. Learn more about the ninth semester fellowship.
Activities and Organizations
Private Music Lessons
For information about private music lessons, please see the Private Lessons page.
The Student Educational Policy Committee, or SEPC, is a student-faculty liaison group which provides faculty with student input on professors, candidates, curriculum, and other departmental issues. It also organizes social events within the department.


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GENESEO, N.Y. – Tim Volkmann, currently an assistant director of athletics at the United States Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., has been named director of athletic communications and media relations at the State University of New York at Geneseo, effective June 6. Volkmann also is director of annual giving for the Army A Club, the fundraising arm of the Army Athletic Association.
"We are excited to welcome Tim to the Geneseo family," said Mike Mooney, director of intercollegiate athletics and recreation at Geneseo. " He has a breadth and depth of experience that will enable him to provide strategic direction to our athletic communications efforts while highlighting the outstanding achievements of our student-athletes in the playing arena, in the classroom, and in the community."
Before his current position,Volkmann spent three years as assistant director of athletic communications and director of media event management at West Point. Before that, he was coordinator of sports communications for two years at the University of Rhode Island and assistant sports communications director at Springfield College for six years, where he served two periods as interim sports information director. He also was sports information director for a year at SUNY Oneonta.
Volkmann is a native Western New Yorker, having grown up in the Rochester suburb of Fairport. He earned a master's degree in athletic administration at Springfield College and a bachelor's degree in communications studies, with a journalism concentration, at SUNY Cortland, where he was editor-in-chief of the student newspaper his senior year. After graduating, he completed an internship as a publicist for the State University of New York Athletic Conference.
Media Contact:
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Andrew is a very likable person. He has a beautiful smile and eyes that will take your breath away. He is very athletic and smart. Sometimes he can be immature and inappropriate, but that is all the reason to love him more. He can be your greatest hello but your worst goodbye. He will always keep you guessing. He can completely hurt your feelings without noticing, but it's only because he doesn't hold back whats on his mind. He will never bore you. There is always something to do with him. Even if that means talking for hours about nothing. Sometimes you get scared that you might lose him because there is something about him that no one else has. Andrew will always leave something there to remind you of how great he is. But, the only down side to Andrew is that he has a hard time letting you in. He will be there for you, but it's difficult for you to be there for him. Maybe it's because he has walls built up or maybe it's that fact that he doesn't have a care in the world. Whatever it is, something makes him shut off. Andrew is a very special soul. He will make you love him. He will catch your attention like no other and he will take the biggest piece of your heart. Andrew will make you happy, and he'll make you laugh. He's different. He's a little crazy and kinda awkward. But, his beautiful smile and gorgeous eyes alone can make your day.
"Sometimes I wish I could tell Andrew how much I cared about him, but I can't... I guess I'm just afraid of his reaction."
от I Almost Do 20 април 2013
Jackass who will lead you on until you see him in the hallway with his arm around another girl.
Person 1: Dude, it was horrible.
Person 2: I told you he was a total Andrew.
Person 2: I told you he was a total Andrew.
от hurt beyond repair 19 ноември 2010
THe faggest of the fag. the fattest of the fat. the fugliest of the fuglies. the retardedest of the retards. overall just a fucking waste of space and oxygen.
от THE BALLSACKS KNEES 20 ноември 2011
a blond and awesome's girls slut.
im not ur bitch,ur my andrew.
от awesomenessxoxo12 06 септември 2010
like to eat poo. incredibly stupid and gay. licks the inside of a penis and enjoys long walks on the beach. an andrew is a very bad thing to be called
от jim stewart21 05 август 2011
A beaver like emo kid with huge teeth. Usually hangs out with very cool kids.
Andrew loves to chew wood and make dams.
Andrew loves to chew wood and make dams.
Andrew loves chewing wood and making dams
от yeeebuddy123 09 май 2011
the most common mormon name on the face of utah
also a new breed of penguin. highly dislikes people named andreas. not really that cool and kinda creepy to most people and is really horrible at art.
also a new breed of penguin. highly dislikes people named andreas. not really that cool and kinda creepy to most people and is really horrible at art.
andrew is mormon lololololol
andrew waddles and doesnt like people named andreas.
andrew waddles and doesnt like people named andreas.
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Yeast that has been dehydrated. Commercially produced dry yeast has a longer shelf life than liquid yeast (1-2 years vs 4 months) although it is not available in as many strains. One 11gram sachet of ale yeast, or 2 sachets of lager yeast is sufficient for a 5-6 gallon batch.
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In the past, I've used Wyeast smack packs, where the instructions tell you to make sure that the pack is viable before opening so that you can get refunded for a dud. I'm a baker, and I use dry yeast ...
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Floating Desk with Storage
At a Glance:
Eye-catching and space saving. The Floating Desk easily attaches to your wall giving you a convenient work space that doesn't take up too much room. With the handy storage compartments you have plenty of room for all of your work supplies and accessories.
What's to Like:
Because you install the Floating Desk on your wall, you can position it at any height you like. Just imagine, a desk where you can customize the height to your body type. Also, with its slim profile the Floating Desk works great in rooms that are short on space.
What's Not to Like:
The Floating Desk attaches to your wall with a metal hanging rail system. Because it actually attaches to the wall, it isn't the easiest desk to move frequently. Also, the fact that you are working at a wall limits your leg room.
Bottom Line:
Affordable, sleek and just plain cool. The Floating Desk adds eye-catching workspace at a very affordable price and with plenty of storage space so your needed items will never be beyond arms reach.
- 42.25" w x 39.5" h x 19.75" d
- Storage shelves on either side of work surface
- Durable MDF construction
- Mounts via metal hanging rail system
Materials & Measurements
MDF (medium density fiberboard) with melamine laminate
42.25" w x 39.5" h x 19.75" d
Assembly Required: Yes
Shipping & Delivery
Standard Shipping Charge:
within 48 hours of the time of purchase for products shipped within the contiguous United States. Transit time is approximately 7-10 business days, and tracking information will be sent via e-mail at the time of shipping. For more information, please view Smart Furniture's shipping rates, options, and delivery policies.
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The Floating Desk with Storage is warranted against manufacturing defects for 1 year from the date of purchase.