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Terry Trucco
Recent and archived news articles by Terry Trucco of The New York Times.
Hospitality Boutiques
Many hotels are upgrading their shops as destinations for both guests and local residents, much as they did with restaurants a decade ago.
August 9, 2011, Tuesday
Now Smell This, and See Its Maker
After recruiting first designers, then celebrities to distinguish one fragrance from another, the perfume industry has tapped the creators of fragrances to help sell their products.
December 10, 2009, Thursday
Counting on the Power of Cute
But inventive packaging is more important than ever as a way to separate a brand from the pack, particularly for tough customers like lapsed users and teenagers.
June 11, 2009, Thursday
The Hunt for That Genie in a Bottle
The fragrance industry troubles go far deeper than a recessionary dip.
June 11, 2009, Thursday
Taking Hair Color Into Their Own Hands
Like Spam and instant potatoes, home hair color appears to be that rare product that is getting a lift from the recession.
April 23, 2009, Thursday
Blonde, Brunette or Redhead, to the Roots
RECALCITRANT roots and no time to apply hair color? A temporary touch-up that shampoos out can take the glare off gray and get you through the day (or longer). The basic principle is similar to using magic marker to fill in a nick on a shoe heel; you...
April 23, 2009, Thursday
Your Sheets Are So ... Orangeish
Beauty bedding aims to improve your appearance, but what does it do for the look of your bed? That depends on the item.
January 29, 2009, Thursday
When My Wrinkles Hit the Pillow ...
Can copper-infused bedding turn you into a sleeping beauty?
January 29, 2009, Thursday
A Checked Bag, the Wise Say, Is Bound to Stray
For many business travelers, holding on to your bag far outweighs the drawbacks of packing light.
April 30, 2008, Wednesday
Pillow Talk for the Weary
Yet another wave of bed amenities is here, with lighter, softer sheets that keep you cool, and thicker mattresses that can feel better than the one you have at home.
September 17, 2007, Monday
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WACO (November 8, 2012)--A Waco teenager was in the McLennan County Jail after his arrest Thursday, charged with sexual assault of a child and resisting arrest.
Bonds total $23,000 for Alex Marquis Alexander, 18.
Bellmead police Detective Sgt. Michael Miller said Alexander was arrested on a warrant at a residence in Waco.
The charge stems from an investigation that started in May when Alexander was arrested and charged with harboring a runaway.
Miller said Alexander first was arrested in May for harboring a runaway teenage girl from Bellmead, but bonded out on that charge.
Subsequent investigation led to the sexual assault of a child charge.

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ST. CLAIRSVILLE - The voters of Belmont County have elected David Lucas as the next sheriff. Lucas was running against Bellaire police officer Dick Flanagan. Flanagan beat current sheriff Fred Thompson in the March primary election. Thompson will end his second term this year.
Lucas ran as a Republican in March while Flanagan ran as a Democrat. This is Flanagan's first time to seek office.
The race between these two was close as the votes flowed in. In the end, Lucas, who has more than 28 years of experience in law enforcement, defeated Flanagan. Lucas' vote total was 16,508 votes, and Flanagan ended with 13,895.
"First, I am truly humbled and grateful to the voters of Belmont County," said Lucas at his election night celebration held at the Eagles in St. Clairsville. "I want to thank them for their vote and their faith in me, and I want them to know that I will work every day to keep them safe and to earn the trust they have placed in me as their next sheriff."
Lucas said this in front of a crowd of family and friends, noting that he is looking forward to quickly getting to work and making an orderly transition into the position of sheriff.
"Second, no one wins an election alone," said Lucas. "I cannot thank my wife and family enough for their love and support during this campaign. Without them, none of this would have been possible."
While Lucas thanked everybody from family to voters for making his campaign an overall success, he took a moment to reflect on the race as an whole and thank his opponent Dick Flanagan for running a clean race.
"Third, I want to thank and congratulate my opponent, Dickie Flanagan," said Lucas. "Dickie ran a good, clean race. In an era of mud-slinging, running hard on your record and giving the voters a true outline of your vision for holding office is too often tossed aside for political gain. Dickie Flanagan did not travel down that road.
"Flanagan has my utmost respect as a law enforcement officer, and I look forward to working with him and the Drug Task Force in the all-important war on the flow of illegal drugs into our community."
Lucas, a longtime local law enforcement office who has run for the position as sheriff before on the Democratic ticket, switched parties this year and ran as a Republican.
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MARLIN (December 7, 2012)--The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has cited the City of Marlin for potential violations after the remains of dead dogs were found Tuesday dumped near a park.
Marlin Mayor Elizabeth Nelson said the TCEQ inspected the site where those dogs were found on Tuesday.
In an exit interview form, inspectors said city failed "to prevent the unauthorized disposal of municipal solid waste, specifically noted, animal carcasses, brush and household garbage."
Residents found the animal remains over the weekend near City Park and on Monday, Anderson inspected the site, which she said is an area public works employees use to dispose of landscaping debris.
She said she could not provide an accurate count of the carcasses.
The remains were in plastic trash bags, but bones were also scattered around the site, suggesting that it had been used as a dumping ground for dead animals for some time.
Those carcasses were taken to a landfill in the Lacy Lakeview area Friday.
Meanwhile, the acting police chief, John Cornish, said an investigation continues.
City employees are being questioned to find out who dumped the animals and trash.
City Manager William McDonald said Friday he will take responsibility for the incident.
It's "an unfortunate incident and procedure and process that might have allowed some employee to feel they could have taken an animal to that site and I accept that portion of the responsibility," he said.
" What we want to know and I think every city council person wants to know and probably every citizen wants to know is why has it been allowed," he said.


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Come again? Soulmate?
Can't we all just have some fun without having to throw the S word around? "There are no soulmates floating around my neck of the woods mama, just beautiful souls," I said to her this weekend and she laughed but her eyes darted around the room nervously.
Me: Relax mom I'm not being promiscuous or anything if that's what you're thinking. In fact I haven't had sex for almost seven months.
Mom: But you ended things with Vin in January. That was nine months ago.
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Vandalism: Window damaged with BB or pellet gun in the 200 block of Hollywood Boulevard, Friday.
Theft: Vending machine taken from lobby of Kroger, Hollywood City Center, Monday.
Theft: GPS unit and CDs taken from vehicle in the 1700 block of Oregon Avenue during the weekend.
Cited: David R. Riley, 57, no fixed address, driving with suspended license.
Arrested: Kimberly Williams, 49, Apartment A, 725 Market St., bench warrant out of municipal court, Monday.
Arrested: Jesse MacGregor, 29, 403 Ohio St., Brilliant, bench warrant out of municipal court, Monday.
Arrested: Laura L. Wade, 24, 733 Kendall Ave., bench warrant out of municipal court, Monday.
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Vandalism: Tire slashed on vehicle parked on county Road 2, Yorkville, Monday.
Ohio State Highway Patrol
Arrested: Jenna Morris, 23, 803 Market St., Steubenville, possession of drugs, today.
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Arrested: Eric E. Bee, 31, 191 Kingsdale Road, Weirton, house arrest violation and violation of protection order, Friday.
Arrested: Ronald M. Pilger Jr., 40, 321 Woodcrest Mobile Manor, Follansbee, person prohibited from possessing firearms, domestic assault and obstructing an officer, Saturday.
Arrested: Alvin B. Billeter Jr., 69, 34 Second St., Beech Bottom, driving under the influence, Saturday
Arrested: Christopher K. Mushet, 23, 218 Shangri La Lane, Wellsburg, driving under the influence, Sunday.
Arrested: Richard J. Orsky, 44, Washington, Pa., domestic battery, Sunday.
Cited: Brandon M. Hubbard, 31, 1423 Ridge Ave., Steubenville, driving while suspended- administrative and speeding; Paul D. Crisp, 47, Aliquippa, Pa., driving while suspended- administrative and defective equipment; and Franklin J. Winski, 47, RD 1, Wellsburg, expired inspection.


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Spartanburg council to award demolition contract
Published: Sunday, February 10, 2013 at 5:40 p.m.
Last Modified: Sunday, February 10, 2013 at 5:40 p.m.
At its meeting Monday, Spartanburg City Council will likely award a bid to demolish the T.K. Gregg Community Center.
The city received 10 bids to remove asbestos, lead paint and all debris before demolishing the structure. City staff is recommending awarding the project to the low bidder, B & B Demolition Specialists, for $87,125.
In other business, Spartanburg City Council will decide whether to rezone property on South Church Street from general residential to limited commercial to allow a beauty salon to locate there.
The property owner, Charles Atchison Sr., will ask council to rezone 710 South Church St. The Planning commission approved the request during its Jan. 17 meeting.
Council will award a bid to remove and replace about 350 feet of storm drainage pipe from under Barclay Downs Drive. Of the three submitted bids, Inman-based McAbee Contracting Inc. had the lowest bid of $39,996. City staff is recommending McAbee for the work.
Council meets at 5:30 p.m. Monday in council chambers at City Hall.
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Whether you're a beginner or an experienced developer, you can contribute.
I think that Git on Dropbox is great. I use it all of the time. I have multiple computers (two at home and one at work) that I use Dropbox as a central bare repository. Since I don't want to host it on a public service, and I don't have access to a server that I can always ssh to, Dropbox takes care of this by syncing (very quickly) in the background.
Setup is something like this:
From there, you can just clone
I wrote a blog post, On Version Control, (old link dead) on my reasoning and how I set up my environment, it's based on my Ruby on Rails development experience, but it can be applied to anything, really.
This answer is based on Mercurial experience, not Git, but this experience says using Dropbox this way is asking for corrupt repositories if there's even a chance that you'll be updating the same Dropbox-based repository from different machines at various times (Mac, Unix, Windows in my case).
I don't have a complete list of the things that can go wrong, but here's a specific example that bit me. Each machine has its own notion of line-ending characters and how upper/lower case characters are handled in file names. Dropbox and Git/Mercurial handle this slightly differently (I don't recall the exact differences). If Dropbox updates the repository behind Git/Mercurial's back, presto, broken repository. This happens immediately and invisibly, so you don't even know your repository is broken until you try to recover something from it.
After digging out from one mess doing things this way, I've been using the following recipe with great success and no sign of problems. Simply move your repository out of Dropbox. Use Dropbox for everything else; documentation, JAR files, anything you please. And use GitHub (Git) or Bitbucket (Mercurial) to manage the repository itself. Both are free so this adds nothing to the costs, and each tool now plays to its strengths.
Running Git/Mercurial on top of Dropbox adds nothing except risk. Don't do it.
The right way to do this is use git-remote-dropbox: https://github.com/anishathalye/git-remote-dropbox
Creating your own bare repo in Dropbox causes a lot of problems. Anish (the creator of the library) explains it best:
I didn't want to put all my projects under one Git repository, nor did I want to go in and run this code for every single project, so I made a Bash script that will automate the process. You can use it on one or multiple directories - so it can do the code in this post for you or it can do it on multiple projects at once.
I don't think that using Git and Dropbox is the way to go... Just think about the features of both:
And if you're worried with sharing some of your files, why not cipher them? And then you could get the biggest advantage of Dropbox to Git, that is, to have public and private files...
With regards to small teams using Dropbox:
If each developer has their own writable bare repository on Dropbox, which is pull only to other developers, then this facilitates code sharing with no risk of corruption!
Then if you want a centralized 'mainline', you can have one developer manage all the pushes to it from their own repo.
I've been using Mercurial in the recommended manner and urge that you be cautious, especially if any of the machines differ. The Dropbox fora are full of complaints of mysterious filename case problems turning up spontaneously. Hg (and I presume Git) won't notice or complain during routine checkins and you'll only hear about the corruption when it complains of a corrupt repo when you try to use it for real. Bad news. Wish I could be more specific about the problem and its workarounds; I'm still trying to dig out from this mess myself.
I love the answer by Dan McNevin! I'm using Git and Dropbox together too now, and I'm using several aliases in my .bash_profile so my workflow looks like this:
These are my aliases:
I use Mercurial (or Git) + TrueCrypt + Dropbox for encrypted remote backups.
The coolest thing is that Dropbox does NOT sync the entire TrueCrypt container if you modify a small portion of your code. The sync time is roughly proportional to the amount of changes. Even though it's encrypted, the combination of TrueCrypt + Dropbox makes excellent usage of block cipher + block level sync.
Secondly, a monolithic encrypted container not just adds security, it also reduces chances of repository corruption .
Caution: However you have to be very careful about not having the container mounted while Dropbox is running. It can also be a pain to resolve conflicts if 2 different clients check-in different versions to the container. So, it's practical only for a single person using it for backups, not for a team.
P.S. Unchecking the
We use this method (creating a bare repository in Dropbox) on a share folder.
A small group of developers can pull from that bare synced repository and create a local clone. Once the unit of work is done, we push back to origin.
One thing I'm missing is a good way to have an e-mail sent with the change-set information once a push to origin occurs. We are using Google Wave to manually keep track of changes.
There's also an open source project (a collection of cross platform [Linux, Mac, Win] scripts) that does all the nitty-gritty details of the repository management with a handful (3-4) of commands.
Sample usage is:
After which normal git usage:
Check the project wiki and the manuals for full command reference and tutorials.
It is now 2015, and as of three days ago, a new tool based on Dropbox API v2 has been created to safely use git on Dropbox. It works against the API rather than using the desktop client, and correctly handles multiple simultaneous pushes to a repository hosted in a shared folder.
Once configured, it allows one to set up a git remote exactly like any other git remote.
I store my non-Github repo's on Dropbox. One caveat I ran into was syncing after a reinstall. Dropbox will download the smallest files first before moving to the larger ones. Not an issue if you start at night and come back after the weekend :-)
My thread - http://forums.dropbox.com/topic.php?id=29984&replies=6
I like the top-voted answer by Dan McNevin. I ended up doing the sequence of git commands too many times and decided to make a script. So here it is:
The script only requires a project name. It will generate a git repository in
Optionally, the -r command argument specifies the remote branch that will push to the origin master. The location of the project origin master can also be specified with the -m argument. A default .gitignore file is also placed in the remote branch directory. The directory and .gitignore file defaults are specified in the script.
Now in 2014, I have been using Git and Dropbox for about one year and a half without problem. Some points though:
I have faced a similar issue and have created a small script for the same. The idea is to use Dropbox with Git as simply as possible. Currently, I have quickly implemented Ruby code, and I will soon add more.
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1 May 2010 7:32 AM #1
Changing Generated Class Names from My...
How do I set the class names of the classes that are created in Designer? i do not like the components/classes all having generated names starting with "My". I have MyGrid, MyGrid1, MyGrid2, MyPanel, etc. I've search the properties for each component, and right-clicked the classname everywhere I see it, nowhere can I find how to give the class a meaningful name.
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For the top-level components, I think you want to look at the jsClass attribute. Setting this should change the name in the Components tree and change the name in the generated .js files.
The jsClass attribute is only available on the top-level components now. This is usually fine in the exported code because the other components are declared as items of the top one using xtype and so they don't explicitly extend a class. The name these things show up as in the Components tree in the Designer seems to be sensitive to the type of control. For example, the Form Fields take on the name attribute while grid panels that are children of a top-level container show as the title attribute.
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I want to do this because the mac client sucks and I haven't been able to find any other clients (except botting clients), which support filling the whole window with the applet, but not the whole screen.
Yes, it is still against the rules.
Under the Rules of Runescape, particularly Macroing & Third-Party Software you'll find the following points, bold mine:
And under What type of third-party software is NOT allowed?:
Based on their guidelines here in their Terms & Conditions, even if you're using said applet only for the fullscreen properties, it still violates their T&C because their terms state that their advertisements must remain visible.
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I ran into this problem with my abstract algebra homework the other night, and I think I am really close to solving it. By the definition of modulo n, I know that c=a + rm, m being some integer c=b + sn, n being some integer I want to prove a=b + (rm + sn) I have tried algebraically manipulating these equalities, but to no avail. Is this the right track, or do I need a different approach? I have a quiz tomorrow, so an answer would be much appreciated. :D
I am guessing that the question you are trying to ask is:
If so: you know $r$ divides $c-a$, so $\gcd(r,s)$, which divides $r$, also divides $c-a$. And $s$ divides $c-b$, so $\gcd(r,s)$ divides $c-b$. So $\gcd(r,s)$ divides both $c-a$ and $c-b$, which means it divides their difference. Which just happens to be...
Or along what you write: express $r$ and $s$ as multiples of $\gcd(r,s)=d$. Since $r=dk$ and $s=d\ell$ for some $k$ and $\ell$, you get \begin{align*} c &= a+rm = a+d(km).\\ c &= b+sn = b+d(\ell n). \end{align*} That means $a+d(km) = b+d(\ell n)$. Now, can you write $a = b+dt$ for some integer $t$?
Suppose $c \equiv a \pmod r$ and $c \equiv b \pmod s$. We want to show that $a \equiv b \pmod{t}$ where $t = \gcd(r,s)$. So $c-a = rl$ and $c-b = sm$ for $l,m \in \mathbb{Z}$. So $a-b = sm-rl$.
HINT $\rm\ \ \ d\ |\ r\ |\ c-a,\ \ \ d\ |\ s\ |\ c-b\ \ \Rightarrow\ \ d\ | \ c-b-(c-a)\ =\ a-b\:.\ $ Now put $\rm\ d = gcd(r,s)$


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Assume that a space habitat is shaped like a can with the "top" open. lets say we attach the can's top to a string with an astronaut standing on the base. We then rotate the can in deep space using the string (somewhat like a hula hoop) at a constant rate so that the force exerted on his feet by the base of the can is equal to his weight on earth.
Will the astronaut feel the rotation of the habitat (the can) or would he simply feel he is on the surface of the earth? If he detects a rotation, would he be able to tell the direction of the rotation?


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Dopamine is the substance your brain makes when you are glued to the television or facebook. It's the stuff that makes you 'want' something. Is it possible to use reverse-psychology and use tricks to trigger dopamine at will?
How do you efficiently trick your brain into releasing dopamine to want to do a crappy job?


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April PS Plus line-ups for North America and Europe officially announcedWritten by: / / 8 Comments
Following a quick-fire round of rumours, the North American and European PlayStation blogs have today confirmed which content PlayStation Plus subscribers can expect to arrive in their Instant Game Collection in April, with games like Mercenary Kings, Batman: Arkham City, Hotline Miami and PES 2014 soon to be offered.
Here are the full line-ups for both regions starting next month:
North American PS Plus Line-up in April
– Mercenary Kings (PS4)
– Batman: Arkham City (PS3)
– Stealth Inc. A Clone in the Dark (PS3)
– Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (PS3)
– Velocity Ultra (PS Vita)
– Pixeljunk Monsters Ultimate HD (PS Vita)
European PS Plus Line-up in April
Leaving PS Plus on 2nd April:
– Dead Nation Apocalypse Edition
– Tomb Raider
– Borderlands 2
– Smart As
– Pixeljunk Monsters Ultimate HD
Entering PS Plus on 2nd April:
– Mercenary Kings
– Pro Evolution Soccer 2014
– Sly Cooper Thieves in Time (Cross Buy)
– Hotline Miami (Cross buy)
– MotoGP 13
Which games will you be downloading next month as a PS Plus member? If you're not a PS Plus member yet, have the lists above convinced you to subscribe?
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Tonight i will be updgrading my 32bit to 64bit. These may seem like basic questions but not my area of expertise.
Fresh install is the way, so i will be downloading from site onto USB. I will back up all my files onto a external drive, but I just wanted to check that in theory if nothing went wrong during installation then my files like word docs and downloads should still be on my computer, am i correct in my thinking here? Because as i remember when i upgraded from 10.04 to 12.04 (32 bit) everything stayed the same, docs, downloads etc


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This question already has an answer here:
- Why are "shopping list" questions bad? 6 answers
Is there any way to get feedback on why my question was considered "not constructive" as it was a genuine question, and I want to avoid getting my questions blocked in the future?
The question: Tool for navigating databases without SQL?
StackOverflow's FAQ says a question is considered non-constructive if it "will likely solicit debate, arguments, polling, or extended discussion". I don't see how my question falls into that category, as it is a straight-forward question which has a simple answer (either there is such a tool or there isn't)?


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TEMPLE (January 23, 2013)--The Temple Symphony Orchestra will present "For Love of Country" Saturday at the Mary Alice Marshall Performing Arts Center at Temple College.
Sponsored by The Carpenter Foundation and Panda Power Fund, the concert includes the pieces "A Lincoln Portrait" by Aaron Copeland and "Hymn to the Fallen" from the movie "Saving Private Ryan."
Tickets are $20 for adults, $5 for children and free for active duty military and their families.
Children must be over the age of five to be admitted.
Tickets are available at H-E-B, The Band Room and Discover Natural Foods in Temple.
The program begins at 7:30 p.m.


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Peter Meehan
Recent and archived news articles by Peter Meehan of The New York Times.
Chicken Kneecaps in Tokyo, Soil-Inspired Cocktails in London and Other (Unusual) Culinary Quests
From a Ramadan feast on the Syrian border to paleo-dining on the plains of Venezuela, our correspondents feed their obsessions.
October 14, 2012, Sunday
Ital Is Vital
The mostly vegetarian diet of Rastafari as experienced in Portmore, Jamaica, with a soundtrack of dub music.
October 14, 2012, Sunday
Grass Fed | Ramen Relief in Tokyo
A number of shop owners in Tokyo are hoping to offer something more than just hunger relief to those in Sendai.
March 21, 2011, Monday
Grass Fed | A Few Beefs
Our writer discusses eating in New York in 2010.
November 10, 2010, Wednesday
Grass Fed | My Chinatown
Three reasons to visit: Sichuan hot pot, fried tofu and good BBQ, to go.
October 27, 2010, Wednesday
Grass Fed | René Redzepi Speaks
This week, Peter Meehan concludes his epic Grass Fed postings on Rene Redzepi of Noma in Copenhagen.
October 13, 2010, Wednesday
Grass Fed | Trash Picking and the Best Chef in the World
This week, Peter Meehan writes the first of two epic Grass Fed postings on Rene Redzepi of Noma in Copenhagen.
October 1, 2010, Friday
Torrisi's San Gennaro Food Stall Stalls
Business was so brisk over the weekend at the Torrisi Italian Specialties festival stand on Mulberry Street, that they've shut down for two days.
September 20, 2010, Monday
Grass Fed | Extra Cheese, Please
Mozzarella can be made. At home. Easily. Cheaply. By persons with no special skills or talents. Why did I not know this?
September 20, 2010, Monday
Little Italy Meets Chinatown
For their booth at the Feast of San Gennaro on Mulberry Street, the chef-owners of Torrisi Italian Specialties decided to mix Italian ingredients with Chinese techniques, and vice versa.
September 15, 2010, Wednesday
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WEIRTON - Area residents packed the lawn in front of Millsop Community Center Wednesday evening for a 90-minute service remembering the youthful victims of a school shooting last week in Connecticut.
Mayor George Kondik called it a "very, very sad day in America ... that we have to come here to have a memorial (service) for 20 children who couldn't defend themselves."
Twenty-six people, including the alleged gunman and his mother, were killed Friday in Newtown, Conn. The victims were 6- and 7-year-olds at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown. The school principal, psychologist and teachers also numbered among the dead.
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CANDLELIGHT SERVICE — Area residents packed the lawn in front of Millsop Community Center Wednesday evening for a candlelight service memorializing the victims of a school shooting last week in Newtown, Conn., that left 26 people dead, among them 20 children, teachers, their principal and school psychologist. Those who attended were invited to leaves gifts and cards, all of which were collected and will be sent to the beleaguered New England community. - Linda Harris
City officials read prepared comments from state and federal government leaders, including U.S. Rep. David McKinley, R-Wheeling; West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin; and U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., who said children "should not have to worry about being safe, especially in school."
"It could have been any community in our country," Manchin wrote. "It could have been here, in our home state."
Hancock County Commissioner Dan Greathouse told the crowd it's "like it's our neighbors, like it's our friends" in the carnage.
"We weep for Newtown," he said.
The Rev. Jim Rhodes of Mercy Baptist Church said Christmas "is supposed to be a time of joy."
"Instead we're trying to forget about something we never will," he said.
The Rev. Larry Dorsch of St. Paul Church said there's "something about this particular tragedy that's different, more poignant."
"Could it be that at last we have all had enough, that we're sick and tired of all the violence and all of the death?" he asked, adding the victims "may have died horribly, tragically, but they need not have died in vain. It depends on how sick and tired we really are."
The Rev. Ed Rudiger of Cove Presbyterian Church said faith doesn't always bring exact answers, "but it helps me live with some of the questions," while Chamber of Commerce President Brenda Mull said the Newtown community "has a long road to haul ahead of them."
"I hope it helps in some small way to know the community of Weirton, W.Va., is praying for them tonight," she said.
"They are us," the Rev. Manuel Galido of St. Joseph the Worker and Sacred Heart of Mary, said. "They're our teachers, they're our parents, they're our friends and neighbors."
Weirton resident Leah Crow also read a letter from Steve and Lisa Battista Petrovich, Weirton natives who moved to Newtown 18 years ago and whose children had attended the school, while the Rev. Jim Foglio of Weirton Covenant Church, said it's a time to pray for the victims and their families. The Rev. Craig Greathouse of the Family of God Christian Center offered the closing prayer.
The evening included musical selections by soloist Bonnie Flemmer of Covenant Church, the St. Paul Church junior choir and youth soloist Claire Stewart. Candles were lit for each of the victims as their names were announced, and after the service ended, residents stood in line to pen words of encouragement on a plus-sized banner declaring "Weirton, West Virginia, sends its love and prayers to Newtown."
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Ben came into the office excitedly today, clutching a bottle of rum. He thrust it at me declaring Nick Masters (a chap from Ron Abuelo's UK distributor Hi-Spirits) had heralded it as "one of the best liquids ever". I dutifully cracked it open for a tasting and, as everyone knows, nothing beats the early morning blues better than a 9am rum tasting (#DrinkAware).
Centuria is the flagship from Ron Abuelo, and they age it for as much as 30 years in the solera system, using Jack Daniel's whiskey barrels. The mix of JD's signature foam banana flavour, vanilla, and some serious old Panama rum is a very exciting prospect… More...
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It depends on your age. How old you are can determine what things you need to focus on. Men's formulas have varying amounts of ingredients (like small amounts of iron). Some increase certain ingredients to help focus on specific areas (memory, prostate, cholesterol etc). My suggestion is you get a physical and talk to your doctor about the results and discuss what you should be taking.
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Higher quality supplements tend to be better absorbed and utilized by the body. Mega dozes of cheap supplements generally have a high percent pass through unused.
In addition, some research suggests unnatural forms of supplements may not provide the same benefits or may even be harmful.
I personally buy New Chapter which is very expensive. It's actually made from cultured and fermented real foods and is highly absorbable even though cheaper brands may provide higher dozes.


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How broke are America's cities? A new report by The Pew Charitable Trusts examined the unfunded liabilities of 61 municipalities. The findings are disturbing.
Wildly generous retirement benefits bestowed by detached-from-reality politicians have accrued a tab in the hundreds of billions of dollars. In fiscal year 2009, the most recent year for which complete figures are available, the 61 jurisdictions, employing 45 percent of the nation's city employees, had only 74 percent of the assets necessary to cover pension obligations. The shortfall: $99 billion.
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Clyde J. Hunzeker, 91, of Syracuse, died at his daughter's house in Omaha under hospice care on April 16, 2014. Clyde was born to Clyde and Lily Hunzeker in Pawnee City. He married Helen Freeman in 1944 in Hiawatha, Kan.
He was a World War II Army veteran. He served under General Patton, was a veteran of the Battle of the Bulge and received a Purple Heart. Clyde farmed until 1960 when he opened Hunzeker's Clothing Store with his wife, Helen.
Clyde was a member of the Masons, American Legion Post #100 and VFW Post #5547. He served as the Chamber of Commerce president and also owned a business in Syracuse from 1961-1989.
He is survived by daughter Jacki (Wayne) Hamann of Omaha; son Michael Brad (Nancy) Hunzeker of Syracuse; grandsons Dustin (Keisha) Hassenstab, Brandon Hamann and fiancé Dawn Snell and Mikhail (Robyn) Hunzeker; great grandsons Miles Clyde Hassenstab and Ryker Thor Hunzeker; brother Hubert (Dorothy) Hunzeker of Minnesota; companion Lucille Niebuhr of Syracuse; and many nieces, nephews and other relatives.
He was preceded by wife Helen and brother Lorain and wife Lucile.
Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, April 22, at 2 p.m. at the Fusselman-Allen-Harvey Funeral Chapel in Syracuse. Burial will be at Park Hill Cemetery.
The family suggests memorials to Wounded Warriors Fund or Alegent Creighton Hospice.
Visitation will be Monday, April 21, from 9 a.m. until 9 p.m. and Tuesday one hour before the start of the service with family greeting friends.
Fusselman Allen Harvey Funeral Home, Syracuse, is in charge of arrangements.
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The Outcast (Paperback)
In 1957 Lewis Aldridge, newly released from prison, returns home to Waterford, a suburban town outside London. He is nineteen years old. A decade earlier his father's homecoming at war's end was greeted with far less apprehension by the staid, tightly knit community--thanks to Gilbert Aldridge's easy acceptance of suburban ritual and routine. Nobody is surprised that Gilbert's wife counters convention, but the entire community is shocked when, after one of their jaunts, Lewis comes back without her.
No one in Waterford wants Lewis back--except Kit, a young woman who sympathizes with his grief and burgeoning rage. But in her attempts to set them both free, Kit fails to foresee the painful and horrifying secrets that must first be forced into the open. The consequences for Lewis, his family, and the tightly knit community are devastating.
About the Author
SADIE JONES is the author of three previous novels: The Outcast, winner of the Costa First Novel Award in the UK and a finalist for the Orange Prize for Fiction and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction; Small Wars, a tale of love, war, and honor, which was published to critical praise on both sides of the Atlantic; and The Uninvited Guests, the best-selling and highly acclaimed drama of dark surprises beloved of writers as diverse as Ann Patchett and Jacqueline Winspear. Sadie Jones lives in London.
Praise For…
"Riveting…A superb debut novel about repression, rebellion, and moving on…The tension in THE OUTCAST is palpable and sensuous, beating loudly beneath the tranquil surface of Jones's calm prose, and Lewis never disappoints in his fight for an 'after' that is happy and shame-free."
-Elaina Richardson, O magazine
"With her lush writing and tantalizing sense of setting and detail, Jones has written a novel that stands apart from rote imitation, and...offers the welcome promise of a literary career of originality and distinction."
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"One of the more subtle of the…hot debut novelists…this season"
-New York Sun
"An arresting story"
-Washington Post Book World
"Beautifully delicate...ever more compelling as Jones builds in a palpable sense of suspense."
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"A superb debut novel…Jones's prose is fluid, and Lewis's suffering comes across as achingly real."
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|Since time immemorial, India has possessed a rich traditional knowledge of ways and means practiced to treat diseases afflicting people. This knowledge has generally been passed down by word of mouth from generation to generation. A part of this knowledge has been described in ancient classical and other literature, often inaccessible to the common man and even when accessible rarely understood. Documentation of this existing knowledge, available in public domain, on various traditional systems of medicine has become imperative to safeguard the sovereignty of this traditional knowledge and to protect it from being misappropriated in the form of patents on non-original innovations, and which has been a matter of national concern. India fought successfully for the revocation of turmeric and basmati patents granted by United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and neem patent granted by European Patent Office (EPO). As a sequel to this, in 1999, the Department of Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy-(AYUSH), erstwhile Department of Indian System of Medicine and Homoeopathy (ISM&H) constituted an inter-disciplinary Task Force, for creating an approach paper on establishing a Traditional Knowledge Digital Library (TKDL).The project TKDL was initiated in the year 2001.
|TKDL provides information on traditional knowledge existing in the country, in languages and format understandable by patent examiners at International Patent Offices (IPOs), so as to prevent the grant of wrong patents. TKDL thus, acts as a bridge between the traditional knowledge information existing in local languages and the patent examiners at IPOs.
|TKDL is a collaborative project between Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Ministry of Science and Technology and Department of AYUSH, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, and is being implemented at CSIR. An inter-disciplinary team of Traditional Medicine (Ayurveda, Unani, Siddha and Yoga) experts, patent examiners, IT experts, scientists and technical officers are involved in creation of TKDL for Indian Systems of Medicine.
|The project TKDL involves documentation of the traditional knowledge available in public domain in the form of existing literature related to Ayurveda, Unani, Siddha and Yoga, in digitized format in five international languages which are English, German, French, Japanese and Spanish. Traditional Knowledge Resource Classification (TKRC), an innovative structured classification system for the purpose of systematic arrangement, dissemination and retrieval has been evolved for about 25,000 subgroups against few subgroups that was available in earlier version of the International Patent Classification (IPC), related to medicinal plants, minerals, animal resources, effects and diseases, methods of preparations, mode of administration, etc.
|Presentation on Traditional Knowledge Resource Classification (TKRC) at IPC Union led to the creation of WIPO-TK Task Force consisting of USPTO, EPO, JPO, China and India by (IPC) Union for enhancing the sub-groups in IPC for classifying the TK related subject matter and considering the linking of TKRC with IPC. In February 2002, a Committee of Experts recommended the inclusion of approx. 200 subgroups on TK against the few existing sub-groups on medicinal plants, and linking of TKRC to IPC and thus, a new main group was included in IPC i.e. A61K 36/00 with 207 subgroups covering different categories of plants, as shown below:
|TKDL gives legitimacy to the existing traditional knowledge and enables protection of such information from getting patented by the fly-by-night inventors acquiring patents on India's traditional knowledge systems. It will prevent misappropriation of Indian traditional knowledge, mainly by breaking the format and language barrier and making it accessible to patent examiners at International Patent Offices for the purpose of carrying out search and examination.
|Major Milestones of TKDL
|*Now Department of AYUSH
|**Now NISCAIR
|***M/s Livzon has now accepted the TKDL evidences that Kalamegha (Andrographis) and Pudina (Mint) use for the treatment of Avian Influenza was known to Indian Systems of Medicine and has withdrawn its claim on independent use of Kalamegha & Mint for the treatment of Avian Influenza and accordingly has modified its earlier claims on 05/07/2010.
|**** M/s Data Medica Padova S.p.A submitted that his claims are on Pistacia terebinthus and not on Pistacia vera for which TKDL evidences were submitted, EPO accepted the position and re - granted the Patent.
|## The Examiner rejected/cancelled the claims by utilizing the TKDL independently without the submission of the Evidences by TKDL.
Current Status
|Current status of transcription of the traditional medicine formulation in the Traditional knowledge Digital Library is given in the following table :
|No. of texts (including volumes) used for transcription
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A coin toss has failed to identify who will serve in the last remaining seat on the Walton City Council beginning next year.
Bobby McDonald and Olivia Ballou received the same amount of votes, so authorities flipped a coin on Tuesday to determine who the winner would be. After Ballou won, however, she said she does not intend to serve because she and her husband are relocating for his work.
She told The Kentucky Enquirer that she won't be sworn in, so that will leave the decision of who serves up to the others who were elected to the council. They will have 30 days from the time they are sworn in to choose someone for the seat.
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There are lots of great museums throughout Paris. If you have a student of art/art history pass you can get into all the national museums for free. In addition, these national museums are free all day the first Sunday of every month, but be warned, they tend to be very crowded on those days, so get there early! For other museums, you can use your French Student I.D. card to either get a reduced-price ticket (tarif reduit), or skip the lines.
One of the most engaging places to fing hidden treasures in Paris is at the flea market, of which the city has three major ones - Saint Ouen, Porte de Vanves, and Porte de Montreuil. They're a great source of bargain treasures, and give you a great insight into the immigrant experience of New Parisians. Be aware that they get very crowded, so unless you enjoy elbowing your way through a see of people, go early enough to beat the massive influx of shoppers and tourists.
St-Ouen (8, rue Jules Valles, Saint-Ouen
Metro: Porte de Clignancourt)
Porte de Vanves (avenue Georges Lafenestre & avenue Marc Sangnier 750014; Metro: Porte de Vanves)
Porte de Montreuil (avenue de la Porte de Montreuil, 75020; Metro: Porte de Montreuil)
Passages are glass-roofed commercial shopping corridors where you can do some of the best specialist shopping. They not only provide an excellent treasure hunt, but also a charming and delightful shopping experience. Inside you will find restaurants and cafés, antiques, bric-a-brac, jewelry, secondhand goods, postcards, etc.
Here are some passages you can visit:
Galerie Vivienne (6 rue Vivienne, 75002; Metro: Brouse)
Galerie Véro Dodat (19 rue Jean-Jacques, 75001; Metro: Palais-Royal-Musee du Louvre; Louvre-Rivoli)
Passage des Panoramas (off rue Vivienne, 75002; Metro: Brouse)
As everyone knows, Paris offers a wealth of gifts and souvenirs, from postcards to perfumes to delicious delicacies to mini Eiffel Tower statuettes. You will find some of the cheapest and most interesting souvenir shops on the rue de Rivoli (by the Louvre) and around some of the major tourist attractions such as the Notre Dame and Sacré Coeur. You can also try the museum shops at Musée du Louvre, Musée d'Orsay or le Centre Pompidou. However, these shops tend to be a fair bit more expensive.
Paris is the home of haute couture. No more need be said of this blend of high art culture and fashion. The highest concentration of couture houses is on the Right Bank. Most can be found on Rue du Faubourg Saint- Honoré and Avenue Montaigne in the 8th arr. For more trend-setting fashions, Rue Étienne Marcel and Place des Victoires, bordering the 1st and 2nd arr., is best.
Vintage shopping is certainly very popular in Paris. There are lots of great shops to hit up whether you're going for a retro look or more recent one. A cheap option is to go to one of the many consignment stores located throughout the city. Chic Parisians discard their clothes with the seasons so it is fairly easy to pick up great quality items from places such as Alternatives in the Marais (18 rue du Roi-de- Sicile, 4th arr.). You can also find sample pieces, sale stock items and last season's pieces at Le Mouton à CInq Pattes (19 rue Grégoire-de-Tours, 6th arr.).
For a more mainstream shopping experience, check out Paris' department stores, or grands magasins. Two of the city's most famous, Au Printemps and Galeries Lafayette, can be found on Boulevard Haussmann in the 9th arr., carrying merchandise at all price levels. La Samaritaine, located in the 1st arr. between Les Halles and the Pont Neuf offers the same items as Galeries Lafayette at lower prices. Bazar de l'Hôtel de Ville, or BHV, located in the 4th, is better known for practical commodities, notably home furnishings, while FNAC specializes in records, books and electronic equipment. Le Bon Marché, located on the Left Bank (7th arr.), was Paris's first department store and today is one of its chicest. It has a great food section, restaurant quality food and a great roof garden.
There are theaters everywhere in Paris and films are at a good price. In March, for about 3 weeks, movie tickets are about 3 euros. Make sure to see a movie in French while you are there, you will understand more than you think and they have a very interesting cinematic style. In order to find out about the location of theaters and times of screenings, it is a good idea to pick up a copy of Paris' weekly magazine about theater, music and film, called Pariscope.
La Cinematheque Francise
Address: 51 rue de Bercy, 12e,
Metro: Bercy
It is a must see spot especially for film buffs and film and cinema studies students. This building contains film archives, libraries, collections of film objects and documents, theaters, exhibitions and holds screenings of international films every day.
Go to a soccer game, it is like nothing you have ever seen in the US, especially matches between Marseille and Paris.Street performances - There is a large break-dancing competition in Paris which is really worth checking out. You can also see fire shows and tricks at night in front of the Notre Dame. There are good performers on the steps of Sacre-Coeur with a great view of the city.
The ballet and opera at Opéra Garnier are not to be missed. Sometimes NYU arranges for tickets and student discounts are also available. Opéra Bastille is another architectural landmark that holds international operas. There are also rush tickets for theatre and opera. At the Comedie Francaise, rush tickets (1-2 hours before show) are approximately €8.


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Strategies to avoid binge drinking through the holidays
"During the holidays, even those without alcohol problems may find that they are drinking more than they have the rest of the year," said Benton, a therapist in Waltham, Mass., and author of "Understanding the High-Functioning Alcoholic: Breaking the Cycle and Finding Hope" (Rowman & Littlefield), a term that described her until eight years ago.
But even with a packed holiday social calendar, it's possible to combine moderation with celebration or to abstain while having fun.
Setting some intentions and boundaries can help thwart overindulging or just manage stress over the holidays, said Gregory Jantz, author of 28 books and founder of the treatment center A Place of Hope in Seattle.
Get an index card and write a simple commitment, such as, "I'm going to handle the holidays differently by (whatever)," Jantz said. "I want you to carry that card with you. I don't want you to put it on your smartphone. I want you to write it in your own handwriting. Three times a day I want you to pull it out and say it right then." If you decide to cut alcohol, consider one benefit: "The average person gains 7 to 8 pounds at the holiday season," Jantz said. "You're making a decision, 'I'm going to build some strong self-care during the holidays, which has to do with less alcohol.'"
Identify triggers — people, topics — that may bring on anger, fear and guilt, which Jantz says are three deadly emotions. Identify two or three people at a gathering with whom you feel grounded and circulate back to them. Come with a conversation starter that can fill a void. Get some exercise and consume a source of protein just before going. Drink two glasses of water when you arrive. "If someone wants to hand you a cocktail, say, 'Oh, thank you, I'll have that in just a minute,'" Jantz said.
Plan your drinking. "People go in wishy-washy and say, 'I'll have just a few drinks,'" Benton said. "If you plan to have two, if you don't have a problem, you should be able to stick to that. If you plan to have two and have eight, that's a problem."
Those who want to abstain should consider bringing a substitute drink with them. If you'll be expected to consume alcohol, prepare a line or quip to explain why you're not — that you're fighting a cold or training for a race.
Don't expect applause for your restraint. "If I relied on others' opinions, I'd be drinking again," Benton, 36, said.
Set a time frame, as in, "I will stay at this gathering for two hours." Resist pleas to stay. "Over time I realized that if someone does care if I leave, it's going to be for like 5 minutes," said advertising executive Peter Rosch, who finished rehab just before Thanksgiving four years ago. "The world doesn't revolve around me, and people know how to have a good time when I'm not there." Rosch uses an exit strategy from his drinking days. "I used to just leave parties without saying a word; I'd do the Irish goodbye. I adopted that in my sobriety. And much like when I drank and disappeared, most people didn't notice, and those who did knew what was up."
Create a new tradition. People often attend an event or linger for fear of offending or missing out, Benton said. If a large event is too much for you, consider hosting or coordinating a smaller one. "People are afraid to make changes or to not show up," Benton said. "Be honest with yourself: Do you enjoy it? There's a lot of obligation over the holidays, but the holidays aren't the only time to spend time with family or friends. People become victim to the holidays, but you can take a proactive stance."
Rosch's wife comes from a large Italian family that often has a triple-header of Christmas functions with 25 to 40 people apiece.
"When I was drinking, I would have been gung-ho about going to all three," he said. "Now it's like, 'I'm going to do that one.' You have to be a little more selective about where you're putting yourself and remember that the moment it gets uncomfortable you can just leave. It's about taking care of yourself."
All of this said, if you're dwelling on a drinking strategy, look honestly at whether drinking works for you at all.
"People can go through heavy drinking periods and phase out of them and not be an alcoholic," Benton said. "But I wasn't one of them."
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Hashem is not bound by time, but we are. When He communicates with us, He does so according to our perception.
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General Schwarzkopf has passed away
He had my respect, a big man with a big heart.
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There are just no words. RIP, Stormin' Norman.
One of the great military leaders...
He set an excellent example if only people would follow it.
remind me what he accomplished on behalf of our country that warrants this ridiculous community "question"? try not to cite and rely upon the opinion that was obviously cultivated by the mass media.
being as familiar with "stormin' norman" as the lot of you quite obviously are, please share with us how your perception of mr schwarzkopf extends beyond common celebrity. surely the justification for such posts includes familiarity with norman's lifelong accomplishments beyond that which included bombing innocent brown people in the middle east? certainly your rationale for mourning the life of a stranger--particularly that which cites the accomplishments of their military service--is thoroughly researched, and is not wholly influenced by your memory of daddy bush's war on iraq?
all told: do you have any idea who you're flapping gums about here or are you just whoring for upvotes like the rest of question askers/answerers on the "community" side of d.w.?
@pinchecat: I'm not an "upvote whore", sorry, and I didn't even down vote your reply. I don't give a damn about voting up or down.
That said, did you ever think it was possible that any of us may have served with or under Gen Schwarkopf before he became a household name during Desert Storm 1? There was much more to this man than what you saw on the nightly news.
He was a great military leader, and helped our country through a very tough period in our history. I pray for his family and their loss, and also pray for former President Bush's family as he is sick and in the hospital and was the President during the war that General Schwarzkopf helped led us through, and who also played a vital role leading our great country through the conflict.
God bless them and us all...
Alas, poor blackhead.
I'm sure the "brown middle east people of Kuwait" appreciated that Schwartzkopf ran the invading "brown middle east army of Iraq" out of THEIR country. Saddam Hussein's army was raping and pillaging Kuwait, when he came to the rescue.
Schwartzkopf was a soldier and he did his job very well.
Rest In Peace General, you deserve it.
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Does taking an unopened can of soda out of the refrigerator and leaving at room temperature compromise the taste, flavor, or carbonation of the unopened soda can?
In order to create sparkling beverages, a gas called carbon dioxide (CO2) is dissolved in them, a process that goes under the name of carbonation.
When dissolved in water, CO2 becomes carbonic acid (H2CO3), following the reaction:
The double arrow means that the reaction is reversible, that is, you can go from left to right as well as from right to left. So, essentially you have two reactions going on at the same time:
However (and here's the trick) the
There is a very important law of chemistry called Le Chatelier's principle which states that:
If CO2 was not volatile, what would happen is that, at some point, you would reach a chemical equilibrium, that is, the amount of H2CO3 formed by CO2 dissolving in water would be exactly the same as that of H2CO3 decomposing into CO2. But, as we said, CO2 escapes the water in the form of gas... So what happens is that you are always removing CO2 from your reaction and, as Le Chatelier's principle tells us, the system will react to counteract this loss, by decomposing more carbonic acid to forming more CO2.
This is why, if you pour soda in a glass it will slowly become less and less sparkly, as CO2 will leave the water, be substituted by the decomposition of some more H2CO3 and so on, until no H2CO3 is left.
So, why does a closed bottle of soda stay sparkling until you open it? Simply because CO2 has only a small room to escape (the small empty space on top of the liquid). All I said before works also for a closed can/bottle of soda, but at some point the air on top of the liquid becomes saturated with CO2, that is, it cannot make room for any more CO2. This means that the CO2 will restart to go back into the water.
All of these reaction will be influenced by temperature. Carbonic acid decomposition is much faster at room temperature compared to 4°C, so what happens is that, at room temperature, reaction (3) will be more favoured compared to (2) and when the can will be opened more CO2 will exit the can, giving you a slightly less fizzy drink.
This effect is similar to that of shaking the bottle: in that case you are mechanically promoting the dissociation of carbonic acid and helping CO2 to escape from water.
Finally, carbonic acid is, as you may guess, an acid, albeit a very weak one!
It will therefore contribute to lower the pH of your drink in a more or less strong way, depending on the soda: the pH contribute of H2CO3 will be higher in sparkling water (bringing the pH down from 7 to between 3 and 4) than in Coca Cola, which already contains a strong acid (H3PO4, phosphoric acid) and has a low pH in any case.
If the question is asking if this impacts the integrity of the can, in my experience, the answer is no. You can chill and warm the can over and over and as long as it remains sealed it shouldn't have any noticeable effect on taste, flavor, or carbonation once you do finally open it.
Now if you freeze it, it will likely explode.
As others have mentioned the taste and flavor can be affected by temperature but a cycle of temperature changes shouldn't alter the end result compared to a can that did not experience those same cycles.
The temperature of food or drink can have a dramatic effect on the flavor, as described. Though I can also offer a counter-example from experience. When I made the switch from sugared sodas to no-sugar sodas I found that the colder the drink the more sweet the taste.
I've once experienced freezing a soda, and yes it exploded. As for I am doing a science experiment on "what's the fastest way to cool a soda" and it's pretty simple really and basic. I- in my opinion think whether you freeze the soda, place in a refrigerator, or place in any position the soda will have the same taste to it as long as the soda has not been opened and has had anything accidentally go inside it.


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August 28, 2014
An all-day conference, co-sponsored by the Faculty Committee on the Future of Technology-Enhanced Education at NYU, the Center for the Advancement of Teaching, and Global Technology Services, will explore some of today's most important issues in technology-enhanced education.
Over the past year and a half, the committee worked diligently to formulate key principles and specific recommendations to guide experimentation and assessment of technology-enhanced education at NYU. The Committee's Final Report, released in July 2014, reflects its extensive conversations with faculty (individually and in groups), students, administrators, trustees, and experts in the field. Panels during the all-day conference on September 12 will focus on learning outcomes in technology-enhanced courses, technology and global education, the brain science of learning, and the effect of technology on higher education finance. In addition, there will be demonstrations of some of the cutting-edge innovations being implemented across NYU.
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I want to bake sourdough bread and have created a starter.
It's three days old and bubbling a lot. However it smells like sour yoghurt and not at all yeasty.
Has it gone bad?
Hard to tell for sure, but it sounds like a good sour to me. It has been my experience that sours do not always smell like yeast. Did you add a pinch of yeast in the first place when making the sour? If not, you would be relying on nature to have any natural yeast spores within your sour, and that does not always work out that way.
Either way, if you are only using the sour to impart flavour in your bread, it doesn't really matter if it has yeast in it anyways, as you will add yeast for leavening purposes when you mix the bread.
It has also been my experience that often a 'strange' smelling sour has excellent flavour. Ultimately, it can't hurt to bake a loaf.
When my sourdough is at its best, it floats if I take a table spoon and add to a glass of water. When it is over the hill, it sinks to the bottom. Good news is that an over the hill starter can be great tomorrow night. Just pour most of it out and replenish with flour and water and leave at room temperature.


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Do you think these games have enough in common to start a serious, competitive club focusing around them? There's definitely enough between Go and Chess, but what about MahJong? I know there is plenty of strategy behind MahJong, having played it, but is it too far removed from the other two?
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I feel there are two major differences:
Mahjong is kinda of like poker or gin rummy in these ways; they more strongly depend on reading your opponent. So, in terms of core properties, I think mahjong is a different category of game to go and chess. Additionally, mahjong is more rules-heavy compared to the rules-light, strategy-rich go and chess.
That said, there's no reason not to play it in a club, as long as there are people who want to play it. Probably the best way to find out if it's suitable for your club is to try making the club, and offering mahjong as an option. If people don't want to play it or don't take it as seriously, then you can move your focus to the other games.
Shogi is an excellent suggestion, being similar to Chess yet having the Asian origins that Go has. If you want to go for the more western games, Draughts or Checkers are closer to Chess than Mah Jong.
The 5 in a row "Go moku" is also a fun, if simple game. It can be played with a standard Go set.
I don't see these as a natural blend with one another, but whether they fit may not really matter. As noted earlier, Mahjong (or dominoes for that matter) is much more luck oriented as opposed to the strategy involved in Chess or Go.
If you're considering starting a club, as with any other group or ahem forum, you need a critical mass of interested participants.
If you're thinking of a club for serious play then your club's focus can be about tournament level play first and the specific game second, in which case you can fit in any game you feel will help you attract participants.
Go and Mahjong can "go" together insofar as they might both attract Asian players. The best place to start such a club is in a physical "Asiatown" in a place like New York City, or perhaps one on line. If you wanted to add "chess" to the mix, I would suggest Chinese chess and/or Japanese shogi in this context.
Otherwise, go and chess are strategic games that both attract "geeks," who probably aren't turned on by the "chanciness" of Mah Jong.
In either case, starting a club is about knowing your audience.


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The question pertains to a polytope that is generated by the intersection of an affine subspace with a hypercube in $p$ dimensions.
The affine subspace is given by:
$X \mbox{ u} = y$
$u$ ∈ $\mathbb{R}^p$.
$X$ is a $m$ × $p$ matrix with $m$ < $p$ and
$y$ is a $m$ dimensional vector.
The hypercube is given by:
$0$ ≤ $u$ ≤ $u_{max}$
The longest line of this polytope is clearly one of the lines that join the vertices of the polytope. My question is:
Is the direction of the longest line independent of $u_{max} \mbox{ }$ for some $u_{max}$ ≥ u* ?
Some simulations I did in Matlab indicates that the answer to the above question is yes but I am not sure if this will hold in general. I am assuming of course that the polytope actually resides in the hypercube defined by $0$ ≤ $u$ ≤ $u_{max}$.
Any pointers to relevant literature in applied math or some approaches to answer the question would be very helpful.


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The Charlotte 49ers (17-6, A-10: 5-4) return to the road when they travel to Indianapolis to face 10th -ranked Butler (20-4, A-10: 7-2), Wednesday, February 13 at 7 pm. The game is being broadcast on WISH TV/WNDY in Indianapolis. The game will air in the Charlotte area on Antenna TV on WJZY 46.2. Antenna TV can be found on Time Warner Cable 147 or 46.2. Antenna TV is also available on Comporium (120), Charter (80), SkyBest (262), ComPas (143), ComPas Morganton (113) and RST Fiber (8).
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Chris Braswell, who scored a season-high 23 points in the 49ers last road game at Temple last Wednesday, leads the team in scoring at 11.8 points per game. Braswell is second on the team in rebounding at 5.6 boards per game. Pierria Henry, who recorded a career-high tying 11 rebounds against VCU last Saturday, averages 9.0 points per game. Henry leads the team in assists with 84 and steals with 64. Henry ranks among the nation's leaders in steals. Willie Clayton, who scored 12 points against VCU, averages 8.3 points per game. Clayton leads the team in rebounding at 6.9 boards per game. Terrence Williams, who recorded his seventh double-figure scoring game of the season with 13 points against VCU, averages 7.0 points per game.
Darion Clark, who recorded his fifth double-figure scoring game of the season with 11 points off the bench in the 49ers last road game at Temple, averages 6.4 points per game. Clark is third on the team in rebounding at 4.6 boards per game. Denzel Ingram, who has started 19 of the last 20 games, averages 6.4 points per game. Ingram scored 13 points on five-for-six shooting at Temple. E. Victor Nickerson, who has started the last three games, averages 5.7 points per game. Ivan Benkovic recorded his first career double-figure scoring game with 10 points off the bench against Massachusetts, February 2.
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- Binding: Hardcover & eBook
- Era: 19th Century
- Number of Pages: 224
- Subject: War of 1812
- Date Available: September 2011
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This is the first biography of Captain Thomas Tingey, who was a key figure in the development of the early U.S. Navy. Having come to America after a short service in the Royal Navy, Tingey contributed importantly to the growth of the American Navy, but was then obliged to burn the Washington Navy Yard in 1814 to prevent it from falling into the hands of British invaders. This is at the same time a history of the first quarter-century of the Washington Navy Yard, which Tingey commanded for that period, and of the transition of the young Navy from an object of partisan discord to an honored defender of a growing and increasingly self-confident nation. The book looks at Tingey's contributions to navy yard procedures and practices, his civic role in the budding city of Washington, the dramatic events of 1814, and the rebuilding of the yard as a major technical center for the navy.
Gordon S. Brown is an author and retired diplomat whose books include Incidental Architect and Toussaint's Clause. He lives in Washington, D.C.
Praise for The Captain Who Burned His Ships
"The Captain Who Burned His Ships is a well organized, well written book and a pleasure to read. Its production values, too, meet the high standards of the Naval Institute Press. Commodore Thomas Tingey has now secured a well-deserved place in the US Navy's historiography thanks to the diligent scholarship and narrative skills of his biographer, Gordon S. Brown."
—Michigan War Studies Review
"A good read for anyone interested in war at sea in the age of sail."
— The NYMAS Review
"Readers interested in the less glamorous side of early Republic naval history will find plenty of interest in Brown's volumes…A highly informative and engaging biography: high praise indeed for both author and subject."
— The Historian, Volume 74, No. 4
"Brown has provided a glimpse of what it meant to be a part of the nation's navy in its formative years. He has increased our knowledge of the intimate lives of our early naval commanders. It is well worth adding to anyone's library of naval history."
— The Daybook, Volume 16, Issue 2
"Brown aptly devotes his biography to both the actions and achievements of a man's life and the circumstances surrounding his place as he contributed to the development of a new nation's navy in a vital and heroic way of his own."
— Nautical Research Journal, Autumn 2012
"The Captain Who Burned His Ships is a distinctly successful biography, focused, nicely written, and informative about a man an aspect of the early navy that had garnered little attention. Among the recent biographies of early American naval officers, it is one of the best."
— The Northern Mariner, January 2012
"For anyone who has visited the Washington Navy Yard or who is interested in its history or anyone who wants to learn more about America's early military and foreign policy, this slim volume should fill the bill."
— The Journal of America's Military Past, Spring/Summer 2012
"Brown does a good job of painting an admirable but balanced picture of [Tingey] in the context of his times…Brown's examination of Thomas Tingey is worth a read for his careful look at a man whose work had a significant impact on the early US Navy and for the view into Tingey's time and surroundings during the formative years of our government and navy."
— Sea History, Summer 2012
"Ambassador Brown should be commended for finally bringing Tingey's story to our attention in the manner it deserves. The Captain Who Burned His Ships reminds us of the great task that lay before the United States in the early 1800s and the challenges that were overcome with hard work, ingenuity, and dedication.
— Naval History, June 2012
"As we near the bicentennial of the War of 1812, The Captain Who Burned His Ships is a book worth buying. Brown correctly places Tingey in his proper historical place."
— Naval Historical Foundation
"Brown's book is more than a biography of a naval administrator who fought his best battles ashore. It is also the story of the growth and development of the Navy Yard and of the young nation's new capitol. This book is an important (and quite readable) addition to the literature of the Navy, the War of 1812 and the history of the District of Columbia."
— The Past in Review
"An excellent biography and work of American naval history, highly recommended especially for college library collections."
— The Midwest Book Review, Library Bookwatch, October 2011
"This book fills a need to tell those stories and will be of interest and value not only to aspiring naval historians but to those who want to know more about the early days of the District of Columbia. The Captain Who Burned His Ships is a most valuable contribution to both Navy literature and the history of Washington. It should be added to many libraries, and it undoubtedly will garner a wide readership."
— The Washington Times, Friday, June 17, 2011
"The Captain Who Burned His Ships is an inside story of the War of 1812 and more. By skillfully illuminating the career of Captain Thomas Tingey, USN, Gordon Brown delivers special insights on the era. Tingey served when America and the U.S. Navy were coming of age, and his story adds new dimensions to our understanding of a critical time in U.S. history."
—REAR ADM. JOSEPH CALLO, USNR (RET.), author of John Paul Jones: America's First Sea Warrior
"The Captain Who Burned His Ships details not only the remarkable life and naval career of Thomas Tingey, Commandant of the Washington Navy Yard for twenty-nine momentous years, but a seminal period in the history of the United States, the U.S. Navy, and the nation's first naval base. With the bicentennial of the War of 1812 fast approaching, a conflict in which Tingey and the navy yard figured prominently, this book is a must read!"
—EDWARD J. MAROLDA, author of The Washington Navy Yard: An Illustrated History
"Although Tingey fought no famous naval engagements, Brown persuasively delineates his importance in the U.S. Navy's early years as an administrator. In engaging prose, Brown portrays the personality as well as the character of an honorable and gentlemanly naval officer who adeptly navigated the shoals of congressional politics, naval bureaucracy, intra-service rivalries, and the social life of the young Washington, D.C."
—MICHAEL J. CRAWFORD, editor of Naval Documents of the American Revolution
"By the beginning of the nineteenth century, the young United States Navy had already produced a respectable number of colorful, courageous, and expert captains. Names such as Barry, Dale, Decatur, Rodgers, Truxtun, and more come to mind. Not until Ambassador Gordon S. Brown came forth with his magnificently researched work has justice been done to one who should rank with those greats: Thomas Tingey. The Captain Who Burned His Ships is a most valuable contribution to both Navy literature and the history of Washington. It should be added to many libraries, and it undoubtedly will garner a wide readership."
— VICE ADM. ROBERT F. DUNN, USN (RET.), The Washington Times
As the bicentennial of the War of 1812 is almost upon us, the new literature of that forgotten conflict will begin to crowd the bookshelves. The exploits of the United States Navy, especially, will be the subject of a number of wonderful titles. The Captain Who Burned His Ships is one of those titles but one that takes a different course. Thomas Tingey started his naval career as an officer in the Royal Navy of Great Britain. After a short stint of service, he became a successful merchant captain, sailing out of U.S. ports to various parts of the globe, including the Far East. The Quasi-War with France found him back in naval service as a ship's captain; at the personal request of the secretary of the Navy, he became the first commandant of the Washington Naval Yard. That was in 1801 and he remained there until his death in 1829. During that time, the United States Navy developed into a permanent, valuable addition to the country's defenses and the Washington Navy Yard became the principle facility of the Navy. Brown's book is more than a biography of a naval administrator who fought his best battles ashore. It is also the story of the growth and development of the Navy Yard and of the young nation's new capitol. Tingey raised his family there, was a part of Washington society and made important contributions to it. In 1814, he was forced to burn his creation to the ground to prevent its capture and use by the invading British. It is a testament to his skill and reputation that the Yard was rebuilt under his leadership. This book is an important (and quite readable) addition to the literature of the Navy, the War of 1812 and the history of the District of Columbia.


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Has anyone seen a marked improvement in hop flavor/quality from first wort hopping (adding hops at sparge) vs. late hopping vs. dry hopping vs. a hopback? Are there specific advantages to doing so? Hints for doing so?
I FWH a majority of my beers. I really like the improved hop flavor and smooth bitterness it gives me. I did an experiment a few years back with a split batch, one half using only FWH and the other half with the same amount of the same hops as only a 60 min. addition. I had the beers analyzed for IBU and although the FWH beer measured slightly higher, it actually tasted less bitter. That's because of chemical changes that happen as the FWH steep. Contrary to what some have written, you get no aroma contribution from FWH. It's all about hop flavor and smooth bitterness.
Doing first wort hops allow for more hop bitterness to be extracted. Adding the hops during the first runnings reduces the ph level of the wort and increases isomerization of the alpha acids in later hop additions. Typically you will get around 10% more IBUs than with a standard 60 minute boil.
If you want to test this start with 25% - 30% of your hop schedule and move it to FWH.
I tried FWH once and was under the impression that it would somehow add much less bitter than a 60 min addition. I don't remember why I though this, but in my experience it's not true at all, the hops in my beer were all bitter and no aroma.


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There is quite a bit of confusion among consumers as to how dietary supplements are "regulated" by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration. Let's review the facts about this regulation.
The U.S. FDA categorizes vitamins, minerals, amino acids, herbals, and other botanicals as dietary supplements. Other supplements that fall under the FDA regulations include hormones, such as melatonin, glucosamine, chondroitin, and SAMe. You can tell that an item falls under these regulations because the label will say "Supplement Facts".
If sales are any proof, yes. In 2006, Americans spent over 23 billion dollars on dietary supplements. A 2002 survey found that about 40% of participants had used a vitamin, mineral or other dietary supplement in the previous month. About 44% of participants who are 40 years of age or older reported using more than one supplement.
Consumers are often surprised to learn that DSs are less tightly regulated than prescription or over-the-counter medications, food additives, and even the food we buy. The Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 (DSHEA) essentially gave the FDA less oversight of the dietary supplement industry.
Under the DSHEA, product manufacturers are responsible for assuring safety and quality of their products, and for determining that any claims made about the supplement are not false or misleading. The manufacturer is responsible for establishing its own manufacturing guidelines to ensure safety and that what is on the label is what is actually in the product.
Unfortunately, this is not the case for far too many supplements. Some studies estimate that 60% of products do not contain what the label says they do. In some cases, there may be more or less of the active ingredient. In others, there may be unsafe additives such as less expensive alternatives, other active medications, or additives with their own toxicities. The U.S. FDA has instituted new regulations to have better oversight of the quality, strength, composition and purity of the products. The regulations will institute current good manufacturing practice requirements which will gradually be phased in, with all manufacturers meeting these standards by summer 2010. In 2008, manufacturers are required to report adverse reactions to the FDA, a practice that was previously voluntary. The new regulations fall short of assuring safety or toxicity of the active ingredients, as is done for pharmaceutical and over the counter medications, but at least it is a start.
The U.S. Pharmacopeia has established standards for purity, strength, labeling and quality. Manufacturers can show that they comply with these voluntary guidelines by putting a "USP" logo on the product label. While this is not guarantee of quality, it may be a sign of good practices by the manufacturer.
The take-home message is that consumers need to use caution, purchase supplements from reliable retailers, and report any side effects to the U.S. FDA.
Absolutely! Surveys have shown that many patients don't tell their healthcare teams about supplement use. They may not think it is important or think that their providers will not understand. If you have any literature on what you are taking about, bring it to your appointment for your provider to see. Tell them what you are taking it for- perhaps they have something else that may be helpful.
Some supplements may interfere with cancer therapies or actually make certain side effects worse. Some can increase the risk of bleeding, which is a concern if your platelet count is low. And, unfortunately, some are a sham, promoted by unscrupulous retailers preying on cancer patients. Your healthcare team can help you make an educated decision about which supplements you want to use.
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