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5 Lost Photos That Could Have Changed History
#2. The Missing Apollo 11 Tapes
Quick! What was the most important accomplishment of the 20th century, besides discovering a way to get cheese inside of hot dogs? Landing on the moon, of course. When Apollo 11 touched down on July 20, 1969, the whole world gasped in wonder, therefore causing the global warming that we're now suffering from today. But it was worth it for the pictures. And now think about this: Like the video of your first unassisted steps, the original footage of the moon landing was taped over.
We know what you're thinking ... we've all seen the footage of the moon landing. How can it be lost?
"Eh, I've seen this one. Nothing attacks them, and they get home safe. It's boring."
Well, what we have is an extremely shitty copy, like if the world's only surviving copy of Star Wars was a glitchy VHS recording made off of TV. The original, high-quality version is gone forever.
The Missing Film:
Sending live video of the moon landing back to the world was a huge priority. Otherwise, nutjobs the globe over would think the whole thing was a fraud, and no one would want that to happen, right? But there was a problem -- the technology used to film Apollo 11 was called SSTV, and it was like the HDTV of the Space Age. Meanwhile, most of us on planet Earth were watching primitive TVs that made everything look like the viewer had glaucoma. So NASA pulled off a neat translation trick. The original crystal-clear images were translated into the grainier, ghost-like video that we all know and love.
"There we go, much better. Can we make it have that AM radio squeal, too?"
That was what the people at home saw. But the people at NASA saw pictures so clear you could swim in them. It wasn't until years and years later that anyone realized, hold up, that original footage was still out there, waiting to be revealed to the world.
Except it wasn't. After an exhaustive multi-year search, the official report was that, yep, the tapes had been taped over, presumably by an engineer eager not to miss an episode of Bosom Buddies. But a bright spot was also discovered. When NASA originally did the moon thing, a tracking station in Australia recorded the SSTV signal. And they made backup copies. The originals were shipped to NASA ...
"Hey, the game is on. Got any blank -- never mind, I found some!"
... and were also erased. Also, most of the backups were sent to NASA. And, uh, erased. But there still could still be some out there. Just waiting for someone to find them, and probably erase them.
#1. The Supposed Lost Oklahoma City Bombing Video
Here's the story of the Oklahoma City bombing you probably know: On April 19, 1995, Timothy McVeigh parked a Ryder truck filled with almost 5,000 pounds of explosives in front of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, walked away and lit two fuses by remote. The truck exploded, killing 168 people and injuring almost 700. McVeigh and his accomplices were caught shortly later, and McVeigh was executed in 2001 -- end of story.
Holy shit, we know 12-year-olds who look manlier than that.
Well, maybe not. See, there persists a theory that there was another guy involved who was dubbed "John Doe No. 2" during the investigation. There are 24 eyewitnesses who claim to have seen this mystery man with McVeigh that day, and some believe he may have been caught on video by the numerous security cameras around the site of the bombing.
The problem is that when those videos were released (after persistent badgering by the family of one suspect), it appeared something -- or someone -- had been edited out of each video.
Perhaps a middle-aged man chain-smoking Morleys?
Who would do such a thing? And why? Here's where it's about to get conspiracy-ish up in here ...
The Missing Footage:
The theory goes that the accomplice in the missing video would be Richard Lee Guthrie, a dude with a history of government hating and a connection to McVeigh. We can't just ask him, because Richard Lee Guthrie died in custody by hanging himself with his bed sheet.
Via Freedominourtime.blogspot.com
This is the last known photograph of him, wearing his "John Doe No. 2" T-shirt.
OK, so if it was him, why would the government cover up the involvement of some neo-Nazi? What do they care? Hell, they guy is even dead, right? You don't even have to bother to charge him.
Well, the conspiracy theory goes like this: Something went horribly wrong with the investigation into Guthrie and resulted in an innocent guy getting killed. That man is named Kenneth Michael Trentadue, and he was arrested in connection with the bombing. It was never clear why the feds picked him up, but here's the thing: He looked exactly like Guthrie, with the same build, the same facial hair and a similar tattoo. So if, for instance, the feds had seen Guthrie on a grainy security cam, it would have been easy to match it to the wrong mugshot and arrest Trentadue instead.
Via Jamesridgeway.net
We're betting he watched a lot of Road House.
So what? you say. That's an understandable mistake, so why cover it up? They did eventually get the real guy, and he's dead, so just turn Trentadue loose and apologize, right? Maybe give him a coupon that says he gets out of one future crime for free. Why destroy evidence to pretend it didn't happen?
Because Trentadue, the innocent one, also died while in custody. Also by hanging himself with his bed sheet.
It gets worse: He had so many cuts, bruises and traumatic injuries on his body that his family began to suspect that he was actually tortured and maybe murdered. This has led his family (specifically, his lawyer brother, Jesse) to speculate that, in fact, the FBI fucked up and grabbed Trentadue by mistake, interrogated him so hard that he either died or was driven to suicide and then, when they realized they had the wrong guy, tried to cover up the whole thing.
"Oh, how clumsy of us -- we thought that file said 'NOT Evidence.'"
But the theory all starts with that surveillance video. After years of badgering, the FBI finally released 20 tapes to Jesse, who says that footage from four different cameras mysteriously goes blank all at the same time in the minutes leading up to the bombing. Trentadue thinks they doctored the video to cut out the bits showing Guthrie (which would, in his mind, start the process of proving that the FBI's actions led to the death of his brother).
So Trentadue went back and asked for more. As of July 2011, the official answer is that if there is more video in the government's possession that "The investigation case files are so massive, it would be impossible to find."
In other words, the key to this conspiracy theory rests in the same government warehouse where they stashed the lost Ark of the Covenant.
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A Wimbledon-Wimbledon Situation
You know feelings are pretty intense when one club won't even refer to another as a "rival." Or when some supporters refuse to even attend a game, partly out of not wishing to legitimize the existence of the other team, partly because it's too hurtful to even watch that other club play.
"It's like visiting the scene of a crime," said Ivor Heller, one of the founding members of AFC Wimbledon.
AFC Wimbledon was destined to play Milton Keynes Dons some day, at which point a decade of anger, recrimination and a profound sense of injustice was going to come to the fore. It happened Sunday in the FA Cup.
MK Dons won, 2-1, to advance to the next round. This was expected. MK Dons stands third in England's third-tier League One, while AFC Wimbledon is one spot above the relegation zone a division below.
But the tale runs much deeper. To understand it, you need to go back to the leafy southwest London neighborhood of Wimbledon, home to the All-England Tennis Club and, until 1991, a ramshackle stadium called Plough Lane. That's where—for lack of a better term—the "original" Wimbledon played, Wimbledon Football Club.
For most of its history, it played in regional semiprofessional leagues, but in 1976-77 it won promotion to the fourth tier of England's soccer pyramid, igniting an improbable rise that, by 1986, saw the club in the top flight and, two years later, upsetting then-mighty Liverpool to win the FA Cup.
Wimbledon FC acquired a kind of romantic dimension as the ultimate overachieving underdog, battling away with a physical, old-school direct style and a colorful group of players known as the Crazy Gang. The problem was that the club had risen too quickly and its fan base failed to keep pace, especially in a market like London, with its 14 professional clubs. In addition, Wimbledon FC's owner opted not to redevelop Plough Lane, forcing the club to share a stadium with Crystal Palace some six miles away. This only depressed attendance further and, without a ground to call its own, Wimbledon FC began losing money and, in 2000, was relegated from the Premier League.
Shortly thereafter, the club's owners were approached by a man named Pete Winkelman, a recording industry executive-turned-real estate magnate. Milton Keynes, a town of some 190,000 inhabitants 45 miles outside of London, didn't have a professional club, largely because it was a so-called new town, an ambitious urban development created out of English countryside by the British government in the 1960s. Winkelman persuaded the owners to sell him the club on the condition that he could move it to Milton Keynes, where it would have a sizable instant fan base and would no longer need to compete for attention with giant London clubs like Tottenham, Arsenal or Chelsea. On May 28, 2002, an independent commission appointed by England's Football Association approved the proposal. This happened even though the FA itself and the Football League, which oversees the three English divisions below the Premier League, had opposed it, as did a vast majority of supporters of all stripes.
Franchise relocation may be an accepted—if painful—part of the U.S. sports landscape. After all, without promotion and relegation, relocation is the only way besides expansion onto the big-time sports map. But in soccer, it's pretty much anathema. No club of Wimbledon FC's size and historical relevance has ever moved in this way or this far away.
It was decided that the club would physically move two years later, in 2004-05. But even as all this was happening, supporters hit back in the most inspirational way. They formed a new club: AFC Wimbledon. Suddenly, there were two Wimbledons. One was owned by Winkleman, already cast as a cartoonish villain intent on "stealing" a club. The other was owned and operated by supporters. No prizes for guessing who enjoyed more sympathy from neutrals.
The new team held open tryouts on Wimbledon Common and two weeks later, 4,657 showed up for a friendly match against another amateur team. This was substantially more than the other Wimbledon's average attendance of 2,787, eight divisions higher. Thus began a meteoric rise that mirrored that of the old Wimbledon FC. With five promotions in nine seasons, the club returned to the professional game in League Two, the fourth tier of the English pyramid.
Meanwhile, in the summer of 2004, to coincide with the move, Winkelman changed his club's colors and crest, as well as its name. Thus was born Milton Keynes Dons. That alone led to more acrimony. "Dons" was FC Wimbledon's longtime nickname. Not only had they lost their team, an interloper was also now appropriating their name.
Fast forward to the present. The hope is that Sunday's meeting might help bring some sense of normality and end the resentment. Wimbledon fans have their own club now and it's not far off from where they left their previous one. Even Winkelman—while underscoring that if he had not moved the club, it might have gone bankrupt—appeared somewhat repentant.
"I did a deal that was wrong and the owners [of Wimbledon at the time] were wrong [in agreeing to it]," he said in the Guardian. "I'm not proud of the way football came to Milton Keynes."
In 2007, under pressure from the Football Supporters Federation—the umbrella organization of soccer fans in England—who refused to recognize MK Dons supporters, Winkelman handed back old Wimbledon FC memorabilia and trademarks, including the replica of the 1988 FA Cup.
The only point of contention left is the name: Dons. The pro-Wimbledon camp views the idea of Milton Keynes's abandoning its name as the final step toward closure, hoping to shear the last tie binding MK Dons to Wimbledon FC.
"That would do it for me," says Heller.
But having been pariahs in the English game for nearly a decade, MK Dons supporters might feel differently. "We're Keeping the Dons: Just Get Over It" read one banner Sunday.
The sense of injustice lingers on. But as AFC Wimbledon continues to grow, the pain diminishes. You can forgive, but it's important that the English game doesn't forget and that it never allows this to happen again to another set of fans, ones who might not have the resources to relaunch and rise again the way Wimbledon did.
— Gabriele Marcotti is the world soccer columnist for the Times of London and a regular broadcaster for the BBC.

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I will try a better explication this time, this is the exact code from my script (sorry for all them coments, they are a result of your sugestions, and apear in the video below).
#use warnings;
#use Data::Dumper;
open(my $tmp_file, ">>", "/tmp/some_bad.log") or die "Can not open log file: $!\n";
#if( $id_client != "")
@allowed_locations = ();
#print $tmp_file "Before the if: ". Data::Dumper->Dump([\@allowed_locations, $id_client]) . "";
if( $id_client )
# print $tmp_file "Start the if: ". Data::Dumper->Dump([\@allowed_locations, $id_client]) . "";
# my $q = "select distinct id_location from locations inner join address using (id_db5_address) inner join zona_rural_detaliat using (id_city) where id_client=$id_client";
# my $st = &sql_special_transaction($sql_local_host, $sql_local_database, $sql_local_root, $sql_local_root_password, $q);
# print $tmp_file "Before the while loop: ref(st)='". ref($st) . "\n";
# while((my $id)=$st->fetchrow())
# {
# print $tmp_file "Row the while loop: ". Data::Dumper->Dump([$id]) . "";
# my $id = 12121212;
# push(@allowed_locations, $id);
# }
# print $tmp_file "After the while loop: ref(st)='". ref($st) . "\n";
# my($a) = 1;
#} else {
# my($a) = 0;
#print $tmp_file "After the if: ". Data::Dumper->Dump([\@allowed_locations, $id_client]) . "";
close($tmp_file) or die "Can not close file: $!\n";
First off all, somebody said that I should try to run it in command line, the script works fine in command line (no warnings, It was uncommented then), but when triyng to load in via apache in the browser it fails, please see this video where I captured the script behavior, what I tried to show in the video:
I have opened 2 tabs the first doesn't define the variable $id_client, the second defines the variable $id_client that is read from GET: ?id_client=36124 => $id_client = 36124; , both of them include the library in the video "locallib.pl"
- When running the script with all the new code commented the page loads
- when uncoment the line that defines the @allowed_locations = (); the script fails
- leave this definition and uncoment the if block, and the definition of my $a; in the if block; Now the script works fine when $id_client is defined, but fails when $id_client is not defined
- Uncoment the else block and the definition of my $a; in the else block. Now the script works fine with or without $id_client
- now comment all the my $a; definisions and comment the else block, the script fails
- but if I'm using open() to open a file before the IF, and close() to close it after the if it does't fail even if the IF block is empty and event if there is no else block
I have replicated all the steps when running the script in the command line, and the script worked after each step.
I know it sounds like something that cannot be the behavior of the script, but please watch the video (2 minutes), maybe you will notice something that I'm doing wrong there.
Using perl version:
[root@db]# perl -v
This is perl, v5.8.6 built for i386-linux-thread-mult
Somebody asked if I don't have a test server, answer: NO, my company has a production server that has multiple purposes, not only the web interface, and I cannot risk to update the kernel or the perl version, and cannot risk instaling any debuger, as the company owners say: "If it works, leave it alone", and for them the solution with my ($a); is perfect beacause it works, I'm asking here just for me, to learn more about perl, and to understand what is going wrong and what can I do better next time.
Thank you.
P.S. hope this new approach will restore some of my -1 :)
I had success starting the error logging, and found this in the error log after each step that resulted in a failure I got this messages:
[Thu Jul 15 14:29:19 2010] [error] locallib.pl did not return a true value at /var/www/html/rdsdb4/cgi-bin/clients/quicksearch.cgi line 2.
[Thu Jul 15 14:29:19 2010] [error] Premature end of script headers: quicksearch.cgi
What I found is that this code is at the end of the main code in the locallib.pl after this there are sub definitions, and locallib.pl is a library not a program file, so it's last statement must returns true. , a simple 1; statement at the end of the library ensures that (I put it after sub definitions to ensure that noobody writes code in the main after the 1;) and the problem was fixed.
Don't know why in CLI it had no problem ...
Maybe I will get a lot of down votes now ( be gentle :) ) , but what can I do ...and I hope that some newbies will read this and learn something from my mistake.
Thank you all for your help.


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Some years ago, part of my teaching assignment included an introduction to humanities course. The curriculum set by the department chair, and one of the major assignments for the students required them to make a presentation in front of the class to share a significant part of their culture. I happened to be teaching in Hawaii at the time, and the students in my class came from a variety of countries. Students from Japan, Malaysia, Ecuador and many other countries had no trouble coming up with some unique feature of their culture. Their presentations included woven tapestries made from llama wool, folk dances handed down from generation to generation and other interesting arts and crafts reflective of their homeland.
Included in this class were students from various states. California, Nevada and other states from the west and Midwest were represented. These American students had an advantage in most of our class work because English was their primary language, and sadly, in most cases, their only language. They never volunteered to make their "cultural" presentation when we first began the presentations. Invariably, the American students complained that they had no culture.
I found this really disturbing and knew that I had some thinking to do. I interrupted the scheduled presentations to have a lecture about culture. I realized that in America, we had come to the point of being so concerned about political correctness that we had all but nullified the rich culture that contributes to the melting pot that we call America. Most of my ancestry, at least on my mother's side, is American Indian, but it was unseemly to speak of such a background when I was growing up. Sadly, I know little about the true culture of my ancestors, but I have great admiration for the American Indian culture.
In our country we are blessed to have strong representations of Dutch, German, Italian, French, Vietnamese, Chinese and so many other cultures. We also have a wealth of cultural backgrounds that are tied to religious beliefs. The Amish and Mennonites certainly have strong cultural mores that carry over into their work ethic. Many other religions are prominent in our country. One of my dearest friends in high school was Russian and regularly attended the Russian Orthodox Church.
In my lecture to the class in which Americans felt they had no culture, I tried to explain to them that cooking, art, theatre, music and literature all make up the culture of our country. Sports, too, play a significant part in the culture of our country. Baseball has long been a national pastime, and football plays a significant role in the makeup of so many communities. The list goes on and on. Indeed, our culture is as rich and diversified as any. Malaysians would show pictures of people piercing their skin with long needles. Japanese students often referred to Sumo wrestling and the subculture it represents in their country. Eastern European countries have wonderful folk dances that relay the legends of their past.
I think it's really important to remember that we do have strong heritage, and we are not just a carbon copy of "Honey Boo-boos" and other reality stars who relate only a small part of the makeup of our country. We need to do all we can to preserve the culture that heightens the dignity of our lives. There's nothing wrong with differences in people. To celebrate the distinctive features of our culture need not in any way detract from anyone else's culture.


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Are there any suggestions for introductory books on wavelets? I want a book, not online material or tutorials.
The canonical answer used to be Ingrid Daubechies, Ten lectures on wavelets (1992), ISBN 0898712742. It may be somewhat outdated by now, but probably still good.
In a course on Fourier Analysis, we used Fourier Analysis and Applications by Gasquet and Witomski (translated by Ryan). The subtitle is "Filtering, Numerical Computation, Wavelets". The wavelets section is one chapter at the end so it doesn't go into much detail specifically on wavelets. So if you already know a lot of Fourier analysis then I wouldn't use this book, but if you also need to know the Fourier analysis background then it's a reasonable place to start. It's quite readable as well.
I think "Ripples in Mathematics: The Discrete Wavelet Transform" by Arne Jensen and Anders la Cour-Harbo (Springer 2001) is a masterpiece of elegant exposition. You can find it here. I learned more about wavelets from this book than from any other source.
A very gentle introduction is Boggess & Narcowich, A First Course in Wavelets with Fourier Analysis. I should warn you, though, they're pretty fast and loose with the hypotheses of their theorems. You'll be fine if you've studied advanced linear algebra, and especially fine if you already know some Fourier analysis.
There's also Mallat's A Wavelet Tour of Signal Processing: The Sparse Way. I haven't read very much of it, so I don't have a strong opinion on it yet. It's definitely more difficult than Boggess & Narcowich, but then it probably has about ten times the content (no exaggeration).
A Primer on Wavelets and Their Scientific Applications by James S. Walker
Real Analysis with an Introduction to Wavelets and Applications by Hong, Wang and Gardner
All The Mathematics You Missed recommends The World According to Wavelets by Barbara Burke Hubbard. I haven't read it myself, though.
When I started out on wavelets, I really liked "Wavelets: A Primer" by Christian Blatter (ISBN: 1568810954) which is pretty self-contained in that it even contains a thorough review of the Fourier analysis used. It seems to be out of print, unfortunately.


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- Discount lifetime licenses for resident adults age 60 to 64 are $95.
- Residents 65 and older can receive a free lifetime license, with an option to pay a one-time fee of $10 for a durable, commemorative plastic card.
Applications and document details are at www.georgiawildlife.com/LifetimeLicense.
Annual GORPs
A Georgia Outdoor Recreational Pass, or GORP, is required for non-hunting or non-fishing recreation such as birding, horseback riding and hiking at 32 sites managed by the Wildlife Resources Division, which is part of the state Department of Natural Resources. Sites include the popular Crockford Pigeon Mountain Wildlife Management Area (WMA) in northwest Georgia; Charlie Elliott Wildlife Center, about an hour east of Atlanta; and Grand Bay WMA in southeast Georgia.
One of the best bargains for outdoors lovers is the annual GORP. Good for a year from the date of purchase, the annual permit costs only $19 for people ages 16 to 64. (Those older than 64 and younger than 16 are exempt from the pass, as are those with a lifetime, sportsman's, WMA or three-day hunting and fishing license.) GORPs are available at
www.georgiawildlife.com/licenses-permits-passes, by phone (800-366-2661) and from license retail agents (www.georgiawildlife.com/LicenseAgents). Transaction fees apply.
Outdoor recreation-related gifts have mass appeal. In 2011, 90.1 million Americans, or 38 percent of the U.S. population 16 years and older, enjoyed some form of fishing, hunting or wildlife-associated recreation. Participation is also on the rise. From 2006 to 2011, overall hunting participation increased 9 percent and the number of anglers nationally rose 11 percent.
Even more special …
A lifetime license or annual GORP not only provides access to the great outdoors, proceeds support Georgia wildlife and state-managed lands.
The Wildlife Resources Division uses hunting and fishing license sales to fulfill its wildlife mission. Yet sales of lifetime, sportsman's and other licenses are also a key measure through which states receive Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration funding.
Since 1937, the federal Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program (http://wsfrprograms.fws.gov/) has channeled dedicated excise taxes on sporting equipment – more than $14 billion nationwide through 2011 – to states to manage fish and wildlife and provide recreational opportunities. Uses in Georgia vary from funding public fishing areas to managing the state's 1 million-strong deer herd.
But it's worth noting that Georgia receives federal funds only for paid licenses. Avid hunters and anglers who buy a discount lifetime license ($95) at age 60, rather than waiting for a free lifetime license at age 65, ensure their excise taxes are returned to Georgia for the rest of their life! (Those 65 and older can also support wildlife by buying a discount lifetime license instead of asking for the free senior license.)
GORP is another gift that gives. The pass helps pay for needed maintenance at wildlife management and public fishing areas that receive significant use for recreation other than hunting and fishing. Implemented in 2012, GORP has raised more than $300,000 for projects including boardwalk renovations at Grand Bay WMA and camping area repairs at Crockford-Pigeon Mountain WMA. Details at www.georgiawildlife.com/Georgia-Outdoor-Recreational-Pass.
Overall, wildlife recreation also supports the economy, with participants spending $144.7 billion nationwide – equal to 1 percent of the gross domestic product – and $3.6 billion in Georgia in 2011.
This holiday season, skip the wrapping paper and give the adventurers on your list a lifetime license or an annual Georgia Outdoor Recreational Pass.
It's the perfect gift for them and the wildlife they love.


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KILLEEN (October 10, 2012)--The final video in Killeen's four-part history series is available to view online or on television.
"Killeen: City of Diversity" is available to view on the city's website and on government access channel Time Warner Cable channel 10-10.
"The Train Arrives," "The Coming of Camp Hood," and "Camp Hood Becomes Fort Hood" are also available to view.


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Concours d'Elegance wraps up Classic Car WeekUPDATED 10:46 PM PDT Aug 18, 2013
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COAST. MORE THAN A HUNDRED YEARS OF AUTOMOBILE HISTORY OUT THERE ON THE FAIRWAY ... AND WHEN WE TOOK A CLOSER LOOK AT SOME OF THESE CARS..... WE FOUND MANY HAD SOME UNIQUE STORIES TO TELL. THOUSANDS CROWDED ONTO THE 18TH FAIRWAY, AT PEBBLE BEACH SUNDAY FOR THE GREATEST CAR SHOW IN THE WORLD..... THE CONCOUR D'ELEGANCE. @20:43 davy "Motorsports, cars, automobiles is my passion and to be able to see how beautiful the cars are from every era. I mean they're pieces of art. AND THEIR WERE SO MANY MASTERPIECES ON SHOW.....LIKE THIS EARLY 20TH CENTURY ANTIQUE MERCER .......AND THIS ULTRA COOL 1955 LINCOLN...... ONCE OWNED BY ERROL FLYNN AND I STILL GETTING PLENTY OF ATTENTION. THIS STATELY, 1936 ROLLS WAS ONLY ONE OF FIVE EVER MADE ...... AND PROUDLY BOASTS MORE THAN ONE ROYAL CONNECTION IN ITS PAST. @8:08 john ellison "The queen used it for her 3 or 4 day visit to Bemuda, then about 5 years later she made a similar visit to Caymans and the govt asked again to use the car. @8:28 john ellison " Princess Grace of Monaco visited the U.S. And for her 10 day visit she also used the car. STANDUP: @7:23 THIS BEAUTIFUL 1958 BMW BELONGED TO NONE OTHER THAN ELVIS PRESLEY. HE GAVE IT TO ACTRESS URSULA ANDRESS AS A PRESENT AFTER FILMING FUN IN ACAPULCO. @:48 tape 2 robert "it certainly brings you back to that era and you imagine yourself in the front seat cruising along, perhaps with more hair. BUT FOR THOSE WHO PREFER TO LOOK FORWARD .......THE CONCEPT CARS SHOWED OFF SOME CUTTING EDGE DESIGNS .....AN EXCITING GLIMPSE INTO THE FUTURE OF THE CAR INDUSTORY AROUND THE WORLD. @13:55 john Trevey " what's on the fairway is history and this is the forefront or pre- history. So these may be on the fairway 30 or 50 years from now. THOSE 260 AMAZING CLASSIC CARS AND THOUSANDS OF SPECTATORS HELPING TO WRAP UP ANOTHER GREAT AUTO WEEK HERE ON THE CENTRAL COAST. AND ALSO HELPING TO RAISE MONEY FOR LOCAL CHARITIES. BRITTANY. THROUGH THE YEARS, THE CONCOURS D'ELEGANCE HAS RAISED OVER 16 MILLION DOLLARS FOR LOCAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CHARITIES. ###
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7 Dumb Food Myths the Internet Thinks Are True
Is it us, or was most of the information on the internet created purely as an experiment to see how gullible people are?
There's probably no better example than the outlandish and, quite frankly, retarded food "facts" that get spread around. To listen to these people, half the stuff in your refrigerator is a dangerous substance that was originally designed as a chemical weapon.
#7. Coca-Cola Will Melt Your Stomach
This rumor names Coca-Cola, but presumably applies to Pepsi, RC, Dr. Pepper, all of those drinks that you always thought were just harmless caramel-flavored CO2 and high fructose corn syrup. That is, until this email came along with horrifying factoids like:
"You can put a T-bone steak in a bowl of Coke and it will be gone in two days.
The active ingredient in Coke is phosphoric acid. Its pH is 2.8. It will dissolve a nail in about 4 days. Phosphoric acid also leaches calcium from bones and is a major contributor to the rising increase in osteoporosis.
To carry Coca-Cola syrup (the concentrate) the commercial truck must use the Hazardous material place cards reserved for Highly corrosive materials."
We get it! It's an acid! An acid so powerful it can eat your bones! Fuck!
The Facts
There are so many Coke rumors that Snopes has an entire section of their site dedicated to them. Yes, Coke does contain an acid. So does a whole lot of what you eat and drink (orange juice is more acidic, for instance). The key is that the acids are diluted enough that they won't eat a hole through your innards. Products that do that tend to sell poorly.
Now it's true the trucks carrying the concentrated syrup used to make Coke do have the Corrosive Chemicals signs on them, but that's because they're dealing with the concentrated components, not the Coke itself. Using that as proof Coke is poison is like saying you can't drink whiskey because it's flammable. That's what makes it good.
#6. Red Bull Gives You Wings, and By Wings, We Mean a Brain Tumor
If an innocent Coke can eat a hole in your guts, who the hell knows what Red Bull can do, right? Well, if this email (that may or may not have been forwarded to you by your mom) is to be believed, it can give you a brain tumor:
"Ever wondered what's in a can of Red Bull Energy drink? The small print lists a host of ingredients and among them is an artificially manufactured stimulant developed in the early 60's by the American Government.
Glucuronolactone was first used in the Vietnam conflict to boost morale amongst GI's who were suffering from stress and fatigue, but was banned after a few years following several deaths and hundreds of cases involving anything from severe migraines to brain tumors in personnel prescribed the stimulant.
An article in this month's edition of the British Medical Journal has highlighted a growing number of cases reported by Doctors and Surgeons involving the very same side effects from the 70s. All of the patients examined were regular drinkers of RedBull and it is believed that the safety of Glucuronolactone is currently under review in at least three major European countries."
The Facts
Every word of that is a lie. Really, every single word. Well, maybe except the part about Red Bull containing glucuronolactone.
The chemical was not invented by the government (it occurs naturally in the body). The whole Vietnam story is a lie, the British Medical Journal article does not exist and the FDA doesn't have shit about glucuronolactone being dangerous.
Now, there was this one kid who drank three Red Bulls in a row and then died some hours later, which caused some countries to ban the product. Though this means that the brain tumor theory is out (unless he magically grew a tumor so huge that it gave him a heart attack--but we're pretty sure they would have mentioned that).
As for glucuronolactone, a can of Red Bull does contain 600 mg of the stuff, which is 250 times a person's normal intake. What are the effects? Nobody knows. The reason there are so many rumors about it is that there have been almost no studies into what it actually does. We don't even know if it actually gives you energy.
Maybe this is what Red Bull is for.
The same can be said for the other key ingredient, taurine. In some cases it even acts like a sedative.
So how does a can of Red Bull give you that burst of energy? Check out the amount of sugar and caffeine on the label. If you want a reason not to drink it, why not that?
#5. MSG Burns Your Brain Cells
Monosodium glutamate--or MSG--is a common food additive. You probably can't pick up a can of soup, TV dinner or bag of Chinese takeout that doesn't include MSG.
The rumors probably started with some people complaining of headaches after eating at Chinese restaurants. From there the story mutated into, "MSG BURNS YOUR BRAIN-CELLS! RUN!!!!" Now the story even gets repeated on health websites:
"Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is a dangerous food ingredient compound known as an excitotoxin. Excitotoxins are proteins which make brain cells fire their impulses rapidly when they make contact with it. The cells become so hyper-excited that they continue to fire until the cell is exhausted, and subsequently die.
Monosodium glutamate isn't just sensed by the taste buds in our tongues, it also triggers and excites the neurons in the brain. Free glutamic acid is able to reach the brain where it can injure and kill the neurons.
This acid doesn't cause a problem in anyone when it is a part of whole, natural, God created unprocessed food. It becomes a problem when man separates it through a chemical process in a laboratory."
The Facts
Have you noticed how all of these rumors seem to assume there's just nobody at all looking out for food safety? They make it sound like they could replace the filling in Ding Dongs with baboon semen and we'd have no defense if not for the dedicated email forwarders of the world.
Look at that little guy.
Fortunately in the real world, countries have agencies like The Food and Drug Administration to test these things. And no, MSG won't eat your brain, or cause any other long-term illnesses. Not unless you eat a wheelbarrow of the stuff every day, at which point you would have other problems.
Now, to be fair, it does appear that some people do have a sensitivity to MSG and may feel like shit for a few hours after eating a lot of it. And you will eat a lot of it. Another side effect is obesity, because MSG actually stimulates the appetite (or blocks the brain chemicals that tell you to stop eating). So, like Coca-Cola, it won't kill you but will force you to buy bigger pants.
#4. Cold Water After a Meal will Give You Cancer... Or a Heart Attack...
Cold water? Seriously? Yep, if you believe every retarded thing you read.
The theory goes, we've all seen how grease solidifies when it cools, such as in your drains. Well, your intestines are exactly like drains, right? So drinking cold water after a fatty meal will make that shit solidify in your guts! Oh, no!
Your heart, every time you drink cold water. Probably.
"For those who like to drink cold water, this article is applicable to you. It is nice to have a cup of cold drink after a meal. However, the cold water will solidify the oily stuff that you have just consumed.
A cardiologist says if everyone who gets this mail sends it to 10 people, you can be sure that we'll save at least one life. Once this "sludge" reacts with the acid, it will break down and be absorbed by the intestine faster than the solid food. It will line the intestine. Very soon, this will turn into fats and lead to cancer. It is best to drink hot soup or warm water after a meal. A serious note about heart attacks: You should know that not every heart attack symptom is going to be the left arm hurting. Be aware of intense pain in the jaw line. Nausea and intense sweating are also common symptoms."
The Facts
Here's a good general tip: If the person giving you medical advice seems to easily confuse cancer and heart attacks, as this person does in their second paragraph up there, they might not know what they're talking about.
"Get the paddles, he's having a cancer!"
As for the "cold water will solidify grease in your guts" thing, do we even need to explain this? After all, between your mouth and your intestines is a little-known organ called the "stomach." Even if you eat half a dozen Snow Cones after every meal, it's all going to land in your stomach and reach body temperature within a few minutes. Even if you stuff them up your ass you'll be fine (trust us).


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Lake Wales Police Searching for Robber
Published: Monday, December 10, 2012 at 10:53 a.m.
Last Modified: Monday, December 10, 2012 at 10:53 a.m.
LAKE WALES | The Polk County Sheriff's helicopter was brought out after a man stole a grocery item from the manager of the Dollar General at 140 S.R. 60 E. Sunday night.
Lake Wales police officers say the manager was walking to her car around 10:30 p.m. when a man approached from behind and attempted to grab her shopping bag. The woman refused to let go and witnesses nearby honked their horns to scare the man away.
The bag burst and the suspect ran with away with a grocery item, according to officers.
A canine officer tracked the suspect and the PCSO helicopter was brought in, but the suspect was not found, police said.
The thief was last seen running along Second Street wearing a hooded sweatshirt with stripes down each arm. He is described as black, 5 feet 11 inches and around 200 pounds.
Anyone with information should call Detective Bill Raebig at 863-678-4223 ext. 264 or Heartland Crime Stoppers at 1-800-226-8477.
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Watchdog Says Donor 'Laundered' Ballot Cash
California's election-watchdog agency alleged Monday that an Arizona nonprofit engaged in "campaign money laundering" when it failed to properly disclose the source of $11 million it donated to a group that opposes a tax-increase measure backed by Calif. Gov. Jerry Brown.
The allegation is over an out-of-state donation last month to Small Business Action Committee PAC, a California group that has spent funds opposing Proposition 30, a measure on Tuesday's ballot that asks California voters to increase state taxes temporarily to avoid cuts in education spending.
The $11 million donation originally came under the name of Arizona-based Americans for Responsible Leadership, a group that describes its mission on its website as advancing "government accountability, transparency, ethics, and related public policy issues." The group didn't originally disclose the source of those funds to the recipient or the state government.
California's Fair Political Practices Commission filed suit in Superior Court last week, and a judge ordered the nonprofit to disclose its donors. When an appeals court reversed the decision, the commission went to the state Supreme Court, which ordered the Arizona group to disclose its donors. The disclosure was eventually the result of a settlement Sunday between the commission and the group.
The commission said Monday the Arizona group disclosed that the money came from Virginia-based Americans for Job Security, which contributed through an Arizona intermediary called the Center to Protect Patient Rights. Both groups are nonprofits that have made independent expenditures opposing Democratic candidates nationwide and aren't required by federal law to disclose their own donors.
None of the groups responded to requests for comment.
The election commission said the out-of-state donation through intermediaries constitutes the "largest contribution ever disclosed as campaign money laundering in California history," an allegation California Attorney General Kamala Harris said needs further investigation.
California law requires groups serving as intermediaries for contributions to disclose their source to the recipient.
A spokeswoman for the Small Business Action Committee PAC, said Monday it previously "had no knowledge" the $11 million had come from an intermediary.
If Proposition 30 fails, it would trigger billions of dollars in cuts to education. Support for the measure has been falling, though those expecting to vote for it still outnumber those who oppose it.
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I wasn't initially excited to hear about a new cosmetic brand by fashion designer Marc Jacobs coming to the shelves at Sephora, but of course the cosmetic junkie in me just has to check out products from just about any new line, so I swung by my local Sephora the date of the Marc Jacobs launch to play for a little while with the products. Here are my thoughts on what I saw and played with, interspersed with some product pictures and looks.
- The foundation and powder: I was very excited to see that the lightest shade in both seems genuinely light enough for a true N10 like me! I got a sample of the liquid foundation, and have worn it for two days in a row now. The color is fantastic; it looks dark on my arm in the swatch pictures below, but my inner arm is more like N5; on my face, the color is a perfect match. Unfortunately, I can only recommend the formula to those who are VERY oily all over: it is very matte on the skin and quite drying, even on my oilier-than-usual summertime skin. Because it dries so quickly on the skin, I also found it difficult to apply. I applied it with a fluffy airbrush-style foundation brush yesterday and a traditional flat synthetic foundation brush today, and both times ended up with inevitable streaks on my skin - despite how quickly I worked - that I had to blend out vigorously with my fingertips. I found this to be the case over a sunscreen made to be used as a makeup primer (tried that yesterday) and over bare, moisturized skin (today). The powder looked a little more soft and luminous when I swatched it on my arm in-store, so perhaps it will be more friendly toward other skin types.
- The blushes: wow, these swatched gorgeously. Definitely had that "melt into the skin" effect, especially after a few minutes. Most notable was the colors - there are some clearly unusual ones, at least in the standard US market! I ended up buying three: Naughty, an ultra-pale shimmery pink that I was hoping would be on me what I wanted Illamasqua Katie (which turned hot pink on me in a half hour) to be; Outspoken, a deep lilac/lavender, less pink and more purple than NARS Gaiety and the like; and Reckless, a gorgeous rose-mauve type color that makes an excellent everyday blush. There were some other interesting colors too - a pink-red one that reminded me of Rock and Republic X-Rated... a coral one that was similar to Chanel Fleur de Lotus... and two orange ones, a deep rusty orange and a lighter, brighter one too!
- The pencil eyeliners: excellent formula, definitely comparable to Urban Decay 24/7s and the like but perhaps slightly less creamy/greasy - not dry, though. The swatches were sooo hard to get off my hand afterward! I bought the Jazz (Berry) color, the only one I knew would be unique to my collection. These are the kind of eyeliners that you twist up on the bottom, not the kind you sharpen.
I'll pause the "impressions" here and show you my pictures and swatches of the products I bought. From left to right: the Shameless Bold blushes in Naughty, Outspoken, and Reckless; the Genius Gel Super-Charged liquid foundation in #10 Ivory Light (only in the swatch pictures); and the Highliner Gel Crayon eyeliner in Jazz (Berry):
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|Swatches in sunlight
|Swatches in shade
IMPORTANT NOTE: while the swatch picture taken in sunlight shows the textures of the products and how they "sit" on the skin best, the swatch picture taken in the shade is far more color-accurate for all five products.
In the FOTD below (I'm squinting because the sun was so bright - sorry about that), I am wearing the Marc Jacobs liquid foundation, Reckless blush, and Jazz (Berry) eyeliner. (The eyeshadow is Burberry Pale Barley, the powder is MAC Mineralize Skinfinish Natural in Light, the highlighter is NARS Albatross, and the lipstick is Sonia Kashuk Shine Luxe in Sheer Berry.)
The foundation lasted all day as well, but I take issue with how drying it is: I had to carefully dab moisturizer on my chin and around my mouth after applying because the skin was looking flaky (an issue I don't run into often). I also noticed that my skin had a duller look and worse texture to it than usual this morning after I wore this foundation yesterday, and it was the only new face product I introduced into my routine recently. Moreover, when it's on my skin I don't feel like it's doing me any favors... it's sheer coverage, which can be nice, except in this case my skin literally looks no better after I apply the foundation than it looked bare. I'm very glad I asked for a sample first and did not impulse-buy the full size of this based on the excellent color alone!
Unfortunately, I didn't have as good of luck with the other two blushes. Naughty, the pale pink, is fantastic in theory but disappointing in practice: I had to pile it on to get it to show up in swatches (what you see above is many layers with a sponge). I did the same thing on my face, and found I was actually able to see the finely-shimmering texture/finish of the product on my cheeks before I was able to see the color. Bizarre. I applied it so thickly that I'd use up the whole pan in a month if I were to use it like that every day, and even then, I was only able to see the color on my skin faintly in direct sunlight - not at all in shade or indoor lighting. I was unable to get any pictures showing it on my face to share with you.
Outspoken, the lavender blush, was more pigmented than Naughty but less so than Reckless. I was able to get it to look clearly "lilac" on me (I'm always on the lookout for a fabulous purple-toned blush!), but I had to apply it very heavily to achieve this effect. This is much more blush than I would normally wear, but applied more sheerly it looks like your average cool pink, and I wanted to show you its potential. Because I evidently have no shame, here it is on me, but note that I have zero other makeup on in these pictures except for the Marc Jacobs foundation as a base, so be nice! I would never actually go out looking like this, LOL!
The bad news is that after about an hour, the color faded enough that it went right back to looking like a common cool pink, as it did earlier when I applied it more sheerly. There's nothing wrong with that, but it wasn't the unique and beautiful lavender color I was hoping it would be. With the elimination of that would-be positive attribute, the unimpressive pigmentation and lasting power are enough to make me feel very "meh" about Outspoken overall.
Okay - here are the rest of my first impressions, from looking at the display:
- The concealer pens: the product seems good (comparable to YSL Touche Eclat, perhaps with slightly more pigmentation), but its execution is terrible... they shouldn't have combined the click-button mechanism used to dispense the product with the "cooling" metal applicator tip. The product is far too runny in consistency for that to work well.
- The eyeshadow palettes: the quality on them seemed excellent from the swatching I did, except for a few dud colors scattered here and there throughout the palettes. I just can't get past my extreme dislike of the packaging, though (they remind me of the cheap plastic LA Colors dollar store palettes!) so I didn't even consider any of them.
- The lip glosses: seem decent, but I didn't try any on. Color range seems nice, some adventurous shades but nothing likely to be highly unflattering for most people. I like that they're separated into sheer ones and opaque ones in the display.
- The lipsticks: I only tried on two, and both looked awful on my lips (clung to dry areas in a hideous way), but maybe it's just because I chose the two lightest shades to try on? Hard to say.
- The nail polishes: worst nail polish bottle shape ever. It's outrageously impractical. It's like... a squashed oval. I am decently skilled at painting my own nails and I still know I'd knock those bottles over and spill their contents, constantly. For this reason, I barely even looked at the colors, but I hear some of them are actually quite lovely, so I may go back and take another look. If I find one I love, I suppose I can always decant it into another bottle... =/
I think that was just about everything - I didn't really play with the mascaras at all. Anyone else checked this stuff out yet? Want to share your thoughts too?


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Murray Feiss F2633/6+3PN Polished Nickel Nine Light Up Lighting Multi-Tier Chandelier with Sandblast Glass Shades from the Finley Collection
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- Includes six 12 inch and two 6 inch stems for installation at different hanging heights
- Fixture housing is constructed of Steel ensuring years of reliable performance
- Ultra secure mounting assembly
- Fixture Sends Illumination in an upward direction while also providing ambient illumination for the entire room
- Bulbs are not included with this model - upon checkout bulbs will be offered
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- Bulb Base - Medium (E26): The E26 (Edison 26mm), Medium Edison Screw, is the standard bulb used in 120-Volt applications in North America. E26 is the most common bulb type and is generally interchangeable with E27 bulbs.
- Compatible Bulb Types: Nearly all bulb types can be found for the E26 Medium Base, options include Incandescent, Fluorescent, LED, Halogen, and Xenon / Krypton.
- Requires (9) 100 watt medium base incandescent bulbs (Not Included)
- Fixture Height: 32"
- Fixture Diameter: 28.5"
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- UL Listed - Indicates whether a product meets standards and compliance guidelines set by Underwriters Laboratories. This listing determines what types of rooms or environments a product can be used in safely.
Established in 1955, Murray Feiss began by offering a small assortment of porcelain figurine lamps that were topped with his mother's hand-sewn lampshades, and the brand has evolved over the years into one of the country's leading manufacturers of decorative lighting products. As always, we strive to deliver an expansive selection of beautiful designs, accessible price points and exceptional customer service -- attributes that were all near and dear to Murray Feiss when he founded this company and remain equally important to us today as we look toward the future.
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150 Folsom
From Noisebridge
Rent asked: around $2000
Movein: soon
Ready to move in: yes
Space & Time
2 small exclusive rooms. Large shared space with Dimension 7. 2 bathrooms (one with shower). D7 will schedule events (sometimes weekly) which will use the large shared space and usually includes on-site filming and/or web streaming. These events are typically at night from 6pm-midnight. A couple members of D7 live at the location.
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3 blocks from Embarcadero bart/muni station. Short muni ride (or approx. 1.4 mile walk) from Caltrain.


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Healing Hepatitis C: A Patient and a Doctor on the Epidemic's Front Lines Tell You How to Recognize When You Are at Risk, Understand Hepati (Paperback)
Get the facts about Hepatitis C
Having hepatitis C can be a transformative, extremely tough experience—especially without the right information. Healing Hepatitis C remedies that by combining the personal story of Christopher Kennedy Lawford, who unknowingly contracted the virus during his years of drug use, with the medical expertise of Dr. Diana Sylvestre, who has devoted her career to treating hepatitis C sufferers. Together they deal with the stigma and misinformation, and the fears and frustrations of this illness. Healing Hepatitis C serves as a valuable sourcebook for medical and treatment information: from what hepatitis C is to what it does, and from what to expect during treatment to how to communicate with your physician, to finding the support you need. Most of all, it walks you through the process of facing the diagnosis and treatment head-on, showing you that it is possible to get through hepatitis C—to be cured of it—without surrendering your life to it.
Together Lawford and Sylvestre offer hope, humor, and medical expertise to help patients, their friends, and families navigate the numerous challenges of hepatitis C virus education, testing, and treatment.
About the Author
Christopher Kennedy Lawford is the New York Times bestselling author of Symptoms of Withdrawal. He has worked extensively in Hollywood as an actor, lawyer, executive, and producer. He has three children and lives in Marina Del Rey, California.
Diana L. Sylvestre, MD is co-author of "Healing Hepatitis C"


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Let $G$ be a finite non-abelian group of $n$ elements.
I would like a measure that intuitively captures the
extent to which $G$ is non-commutative.
One easy measure is a count of the non-commutative products.
For example, for $S_3$, 9 products are non-commutative,
or, 18 of the 36 entries in the multiplication table indicate
(in the table, $r$=rotation; $f$=flip):
So one might say $S_3$ is 50% non-abelian.
Another idea is to determine the fewest element identifications
needed to make the group abelian. If one identifies
the elements $r$ and $r^2$ above, and calls the resulting merged element $a$,
then I believe $S_3$ is reduced to the abelian $C_2$:
So one might say $S_3$ is one element identification away from being abelian.
My question is:
Is there some standard, accepted measure of how far a group is from being abelian?
Ideally such a measure would not be restricted to finite groups. Thanks for pointers!


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Some weeks ago I was asked to solve one ODE. I tried all methods I know, but couldn't crack this equation. Also I tried to use Matlab's dsolve function - without any result.
$y' + \frac{2x}{y} = x^2$
Does anyone have any suggestions on this?
P.S. This is not for homework or anything like this, just want to know if this equation is integrable?


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I'm trying to allow the user of my iOS app to "Like" a page using the following code:
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[facebook requestWithGraphPath:@"PAGE_ID/likes" andParams:params andHttpMethod:@"POST" andDelegate:self];
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This should be part of the Graph API because it says you can use that to "Like" any object with a /Likes connections. Any help?


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|Grilled Huli Huli Chicken, a popular Hawaiian-style barbecued chicken, basted with a honey and brown sugar sweetened, soy and pineapple barbecue sauce.
Grilled Huli Huli ChickenI don't know about y'all, but the last couple of months I have been busier than a long tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs! Between buying a new house, moving, renovating the old house for sale and now that summer's rolled around, spending a lot more time with the grandkid's on summer vacation too... I truly don't know if I'm coming or going anymore. I sure could use a vacation of my own - Florida beaches here I come!
If you've ever been on a Florida vacation and done the luau show and dinner somewhere, you have likely had some form of this Hawaiian-style barbecued chicken. I've never been to Disney where we didn't go to one either at the Polynesian Hotel or up the road at the Wantilan Luau at Universal Orlando.
|Luau shots from one of our Orlando vacations!
Though recipes vary a little bit around the net, this is the way that I like to do it - beginning first with a simple brine and then applying the basting sauce - just a bit different from most recipes. Typically Huli Huli is made using whole leg quarters, though I prefer to cut them into individual thighs and drumsticks myself. Any cut of chicken may be used of course, even the ever popular boneless, skinless chicken breasts, although you will need to reduce cooking time significantly on those. Depending on their size, those generally will be cooked through after 6 to 8 minutes on each side.
Here's how to make it.
Recipe: Grilled Huli Huli Chicken©From the Kitchen of Deep South Dish
Inactive time: 4 hours |Cook time: 30 min | Yield: About 4 to 6 servings
For the Brine:
Chicken Seasoning:
- 6 chicken leg quarters, cut up
- 1 quart of water, or to cover
- 2 tablespoons of kosher salt
- 1/4 cup of apple cider vinegar
For the Sauce:
- Freshly cracked black pepper, Creole or Cajun seasoning (like Slap Ya Mama) and garlic powder, to taste
- 1 cup of pineapple juice
- 1 (8 ounce) tomato sauce or ketchup
- 1/3 cup of low sodium soy sauce
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1/4 cup of apple cider vinegar
- 1/4 cup of light brown sugar, packed
- 1/2 teaspoon of ground ginger
- 1 tablespoon of Worcestershire sauce
- 1 tablespoon of olive oil
- 1 teaspoon of hot sauce
- Juice of one lemon
Whisk together the brine ingredients. Place the chicken in a non-reactive bowl or zippered bag and pour the brine over. Seal tightly and place in a bowl in the refrigerator for several hours or overnight. Remove chicken from brine; drain, but do not rinse. Pat chicken dry with paper towels and rub in a light dusting of black pepper, Creole and Cajun seasoning and garlic powder on both sides. Let rest while you preheat grill to high.
When ready to grill, whisk together the sauce ingredients. Leave one zone (one or two burners) on high, turn all other burners down to medium. Oil the grates, and quickly sear the chicken on the hottest part of the grill, with the lid closed, about 2 to 3 minutes per side. Move the chicken to the cooler part of the grill, apply a generous basting of the sauce on both sides, and grill covered, about 25 to 30 minutes, turning and basting every few minutes, until thoroughly cooked through. An instant read thermometer should register 165-175 degrees F in the thickest part of the thigh.
Cook's Notes: Keep a spray bottle of plain water handy for any flare-ups. May substitute other chicken cuts; adjust cooking time accordingly. Chicken should register 165 degrees F for breast meat and 165-175 degrees F for thighs and legs on an instant read thermometer, inserted into the thickest part, and not touching any bone.
To Bake: Preheat oven to 450 degrees F. Heat 1-1/2 tablespoons of cooking oil in a large cast iron skillet. Season chicken on both sides with pepper, Creole or Cajun seasoning and garlic powder. Brown chicken, in batches, over medium high heat on both sides; transfer to a foil covered, rimmed sheet pan. Brush both sides with the sauce and bake at 450 degrees F for approximately 35 to 45 minutes, or until juices run clear when pierced with the tip of knife, turning and basting often.
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The first season is a wish-fulfillment selection of operas I really would like to see together, most of which are in or around the edges of the popular repertory. It starts off modestly but goes out with a bang, making me suspect that my taste runs towards Really Big Operas. My opera house clearly has a Really Big Budget, too. The order is intentional; I tried to juxtapose the repertory in a thought-provoking way and suggested who I would hire to direct some of the productions. The second season avoids popular operas entirely in favor of relative obscurities that I have never seen staged live and think should be better-known, is not listed in any particular order (except for Lully and Strauss), and contains considerably more comedy.
Season 1
Mozart, La finta giardiniera (dir. Laurent Pelly)
Strauss, Arabella (dir. Claus Guth)
Janáček, The Makropulos Case (dir. Harry Kupfer)
Verdi, La forza del destino (dir. Stefan Herheim)
Ravel, L'Enfant et les sortilèges/Benjamin, Into the Little Hill (dir. Martin Kusej)
Wagner, Lohengrin
Rameau, Les Paladins (dir. Jonathan Kent)
Borodin, Prince Igor
Puccini, Turandot (dir. Calixto Bieito)
Cavalli, La Didone
Berlioz, Les Troyens
Verdi, Don Carlos (French version)
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Reimann, Lear
Schreker, Der Schatzgräber
Rossini, Il viaggio a Reims
Flotow, Martha
Donizetti, Dom Sébastien
Rimsky-Korsakov, The Tsar's Bride
Lully, Le Bourgeois gentilhomme
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A few days ago I was asked by the director of the Center for Undergraduate Research and Scholarship at Georgia Regents University (formerly known as MCG and Augusta State) to contribute an article for the new Faculty Handbook: Mentoring Undergraduates in Research and Scholarship which is to be written along the lines of the University of Alaska Anchorage Handook. In my short time at Georgia Regents University I was indeed one of the first mathematicians who engaged in "Undergraduate Research" in part due to the nature of my subject Dynamical Systems and easiness with which one can do some very law quality numerical experiments. However, I think that I am far a way from the point that I can give any meaningful advise to anybody else. I hastily authored this short document more or less written for myself while applying to UN Lincoln IMMERSE program which fully exposes my lack of competence to contribute above article. To make matters worse despite 30 contributing articles to the University of Alaska Anchorage Faculty Handbook not a single one was written by a mathematician. What bit of advice or particular detail would you include if you had to write it? I don't know if I can acknowledge you properly in the handbook, but I'll refer to this question somehow.
I'd recommend asking for input from professors who have a track record of supervising successful undergraduate research, such as Joseph Gallian or the people who run the Ross Program.
Frank Morgan also has some good advice for planning the nitty-gritty details of an REU program.
One general comment that I have, which is somewhat specific to mathematics, is that it is important for the advisor not to underestimate the potential for original undergraduate research. In your article, you wrote, "Only in a very rare circumstances exceptionally talented undergraduate students guided by some of the world's best research mathematicians can produce a genuine results." However, Gallian would be the first to admit that he is not a top research mathematician, yet his program has produced some of the world's best undergraduate mathematics research. And even Gallian admits that he has sometimes underestimated the students in his program. In my experience, professors are far more likely to create failure by expecting failure than they are to give students an exaggerated view of their own abilities. Mathematics research is difficult, but there's no reason to make it even more difficult by creating an atmosphere where failure is the expected norm.
See also this MO question.
I can offer some general common sense that might apply; it is derived from life experience and not from the specific setting of my mentoring undergraduates or being mentored as an undergraduate.
I find that practice is one way to develop ability in a particular skill set. I note that many of the more respected answers on this forum are not just those that are clear examples of communication: they have specific references and show quality of research and scholarship. Precision and clarity are important, but providing the links to the existing and relevant literature so that others can follow, repeat, and confirm or correct the argument presented is a hallmark of decent research; high school is not too early to start practicing such skills, even for those not destined to a profession in the sciences, engineering, or education. Even documenting and keeping journals on small projects is good practice for those aiming to produce good research. Mentors should do what they can to encourage such practice.
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Package Deal Part XIII -- Technical Article -- Classic Trucks MagazineWritten by on March 30, 2006 Contributors: Classic Trucks Staff Sacramento Vintage Ford's Mail-Order F-100 Gettin' It Together!
Whew, a sigh of relief--the Package Deal '56 has paint on it! The water-based Auto-Air Colors Sparklescent Rock Star Red paint turned out brilliant and is a colorful sight for sore eyes. Nonetheless, there is still plenty of work ahead to get the F-100 road-worthy.
The final assembly process can be a rewarding one as long as the preassembly was done with care. Time and patience are really the key--a reccurring theme in building anything. When you've come this far, the last thing you want to do is jeopardize the amount of work, time, and money that's been invested in that nice new paint job. Often, a project gets put back together long after it was taken apart and can be quite the puzzle, so try and leave yourself a trail that consists of ample notes, labels, and photos. Fortunately, the guys over at Paint 'N' Place do this kind of stuff everyday, making things come together fairly quick. That freshly painted, buffed, and polished surface scratches easily with a little bit of carelessness, so it's a good idea to line any edges you might be worried about with masking tape, especially while fitting the hood. Also use towels and blankets or anything else that might prevent a slip-up.
Once the truck was back together, it was time to get it moving under its own power. As far as the mechanical side of the Package Deal project, the only thing really missing is an exhaust system since the chassis was completed prior to paint. Who can hear the sound of combustion belching from a cool old car or truck and not think: Flowmaster? On that thought we selected a pair of Flowmaster Super 40 mufflers because it offers the best of both worlds in sound and performance. The Super 40 has that "deep, powerful" sound of Flowmaster's original 40 Series muffler, but with all the benefits of performance and low interior resonance from the its new Delta Flow technology. A call was then made to Sanderson Hot Rod Headers to ensure that the horse came before the cart and was breathing its best. They were more than happy to help squeeze some more power out of our Ford engine with a set of their beautiful, high-temp-coated, quality headers. With all the required parts to piece together the exhaust system aside from lengths of tubing, the '56 was hauled over to trusted local custom exhaust shop, The Muffler Man so they could work their magic on our twice pipes.
Now, as you read this, the "fresh build" bugs should be worked out of our brand new Effie and we ought to be out to lunch in it...so read on to get the nitty gritty on this month's story, and stay tuned for the final installment followed by a full feature of the Sacramento Vintage Ford's Mail Order F-100.
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Look at these happy campers! We think everyone was excited about the Bebop body being bolted down to the Walton chassis for the last time. Get plenty of help when it comes to lifting sizable pieces like the cab; dropping it would really ruin your day.Same goes for the bed. The bed was assembled off of the truck to minimize the chances of things getting scratched. Again--get plenty of help lifting the bed since there isn't much rigidity to it without being bolted to the chassis.Hanging the doors can be tricky. You might want to use some masking tape here to outline the edge of the door. All it takes is a little misalignment and a split second to take a chunk out of the new paint.You may already have a decent supply of specialty hardware, but my guess is that you'll make more than a few trips getting all the stainless and chrome hardware for your project. Fortunately, Sacramento Vintage Ford stocks much of these little goodies and can be added to you order.As you can tell by now, Sacramento Vintage Ford has pretty much everything you need to put together a truck like this, and the front and back glass are no exception!After more than a few days of tightening bolts and linin' up stuff, the basic exterior of the '56 was together at long last, ready to leave Paint 'N' Place, and come back to our Tech Center to have all the "little" stuff done.
After the vertical grille mount, the main grille bar goes in and can be hung from the center. Next, we made sure the grille was level and spaced evenly before drilling the other mounting holes. We wouldn't want a crooked smile now, would we?Here is another spot where the masking tape comes in handy. While positioning and fitting the parking light housings, the tape kept the paint from damage.The masking tape also served as a palette to mark the position of the parking light housings. In order to drill the holes to mount them, the grille needs to be removed. With the grille removed, the housings were put back in place and their mounting holes were then marked and drilled out.With the headlight bucket in, the three-prong connector for the headlight can be wired up; the ground simply goes to the bucket. Remember to leave enough slack in the wires so the headlight can be pulled out for service.The new SVF stainless bumpers were hung and mounting holes drilled in the Walton chassis. Remember to use antiseize if stainless steel bumper bolts are used.It's for real! The Package Deal F-100 looks like the real deal now with all the new bright work up front. Chrome might not get you home, but it'll make any truck look better!At this point all we're really missing is exhaust and interior. With the help of Sanderson for headers...
The Sanderson headers fit real nice and tight against the Smedding Performance 351. There was no interference with the steering, motor mounts, or oil filter, and to top it all off the high-temp coating looks sharp!From here, the '56 was towed down the street to The Muffler Man where they began to put together the rest of the exhaust system starting at the collector on the header.Next, it was off to the tubing bender to whip up the long pieces of 2 1/2-inch tubing that'll connect to the Flowmasters. When we say "whip it up," it sounds like it would be easy, and the guys at The Muffler Man make it look easy, too. Make no mistake, these guys are good. If you mess up a bend you pretty much have to start over.With the first section navigating its way through the chassis and drivetrain, it finally meets up with the Flowmasters in a location that looked good with enough clearance and to where both mufflers would be symmetrical in the scheme of the undercarriage.The aesthetics of an exhaust system can, in many cases, make or break the tidiness of any truck. Do some research at car shows and here in the pages of CLASSIC TRUCKS to get ideas on how to plan the location and termination of your pipes. Be open to suggestion, especially from people like the professionals at The Muffler Man.We decided to go clean and simple with the use of these brushed stainless steel turndown tips that will dump just in front of the rear wheels under the end of the running boards.