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There's no denying the Highlanders a BL title
WINSTED -- This time, the Highlanders were able to "seal the deal." That's how Northwestern's John Stevens put it, and he should know: He was doing most of the sealing and dealing when it mattered most.
Northwestern clinched at least a share of its second straight Berkshire League boys basketball championship Tuesday night at a packed Carmen Zanobi Gymnasium with a 78-65 victory over crosstown rival Gilbert.
At 15-0 in the BL (16-0 overall), the Highlanders need only one more victory to claim the title outright. The first chance to do that comes Friday at Wamogo.
Don't expect the Highlanders to stumble now.
"This is a great feeling," said Stevens, who scored a game-high 22 points, with 10 rebounds, five assists and five steals. "We are going to enjoy it, but this is not over. We will keep playing as hard as we can. We really haven't accomplished anything yet."
Try to tell that to the hundreds of Northwestern students who rushed the floor to celebrate the BL title. Tuesday night was a happening at Northwestern. It was a boys/girls doubleheader, a Pink Out night in the fight against breast cancer, and even the school's unified basketball team played between games. The gym was packed with 800
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to 900 spectators.
Winsted was the place to be Tuesday, and the Highlanders and Yellowjackets (11-4) put on a show.
Gilbert, for long stretches, outplayed Northwestern. The 'Jackets did two things well: They rebounded, and they ran the floor. After falling behind by nine points early, Gilbert played its game. A 3-pointer by Luis Cordova (16 points, five assists) and a put-back by Mark Collins (10 rebounds, nine points) twice gave the 'Jackets three-point leads in the third quarter. A jumper by Robert Skinner (16 points, five assists) to end the third gave Gilbert a 53-52 lead.
It was also due in large part to Yoharky Sarmiento, who dominated the boards, scoring 19 points and pulling down 16 rebounds.
But once the fourth quarter started, Northwestern took over.
"I think we lost aggressiveness getting to the boards," said Gilbert coach Mark Douglass. "When we rebound, we can play with anybody. Give (Northwestern) credit; they are a good team, a veteran team. They've been together four years. They didn't panic."
Stevens led the 10-0 burst to start the fourth, scoring twice on the break and setting up Connor Guiheen (21 points) inside. Stevens scored again on a drive and sank a pair of free throws. He scored eight of the team's 10. When Arthur Lefevre (13 points, six assists) scored on a drive through the lane, the Highlanders were running away.
"We stayed composed," Stevens said. "The coach (Doug Sebach) told us to box out and stop the break. We did enough to seal the deal."
The team remembered the disastrous loss to Gilbert last season at home, when it led by 19 points at halftime.
"It wasn't looking good for us," Lefevre admitted of the third quarter. He said that last year's collapse was on everyone's mind.
"This was going to be about composure, and how the end of the game would go. We had to make sure that didn't happen again," Lefevre continued. "We huddled up and we talked it up."
Northwestern did what champions do: change the dynamics of a game. The Highlanders took back the boards and stopped the Gilbert break. What impressed Guiheen was the team's ability "to change the momentum of a game. We can do it on the spot. We know what we want to do and dictate the tempo of the game."
Northwestern showed its veteran makeup, and won another title.
"We kept our heads the whole game," Guiheen said.
They sealed the deal.
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One of the great things about running a bakery is that you get to eat the leftover bread. One customer ordered a loaf of ciabatta today, leaving the other loaf for our dinner. Excellent. I made a batch of pasta fagioli (you can see it in the back--I only had penne on hand), Vegan Mom made the vegan Ceasar salad from Vegan Planet, and I made these cutlets. Mmmmm . . . lemony.
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Tofu Cutlets in a Lemon Sauce
One of the great things about running a bakery is that you get to eat the leftover bread. One customer ordered a loaf of ciabatta today, leaving the other loaf for our dinner. Excellent. I made a batch of pasta fagioli (you can see it in the back--I only had penne on hand), Vegan Mom made the vegan Ceasar salad from Vegan Planet, and I made these cutlets. Mmmmm . . . lemony.
22 comments:
- shelby said...
This sounds really really really good.
- January 11, 2009 at 10:53 PM
- ŀĀŘ¡ŝ∫Á said...
yumm! have to try that!
- January 11, 2009 at 10:57 PM
- herbstsonne said...
OOH! We actually have vermouth, I am so making these this week!
- January 11, 2009 at 11:16 PM
- Eating Consciously said...
I love the flavor of vermouth in cooking. That must have been really good.
- January 11, 2009 at 11:58 PM
- Vegetation said...
Mmmm that looks incredibly wonderful!
- January 12, 2009 at 3:51 AM
- Joanne said...
I'm not vegan but I LOVE cooking vegan and vegetarian recipes, and I have been reading your blog for a while. This tofu recipe looks super good and super easy...perfect for a busy weeknight!
- January 12, 2009 at 8:38 AM
- Sarah said...
that looks really great!
- January 12, 2009 at 9:06 AM
- carrie said...
These cutlets look amazing. I can't wait to try them.
- January 12, 2009 at 9:44 AM
- Claire said...
yup. dinner tonight! i'll make isa's caesar salad and maybe steam some green stuff. we have some lovely multigrain baguette left from this weekend, and it will make some great croutons and sauce-picker-upper.
really, i'm buying vermouth all because of this recipe. whee!
- January 12, 2009 at 11:41 AM
- Lisa said...
Oh, that looks *so* good! Vermouth is something I imagine I wouldn't use very often though... do you think it could be substituted with something else?
- January 12, 2009 at 12:14 PM
- Holly said...
Wow, that really looks and sounds delightful! I'm always a fan of new ways to season tofu cutlets. It's one of our favorites! I can't wait to give it a try.
I make a fabulous tofu with the following marinade:
3 Tbsp. sweet chicken dipping sauce (from the Asian market, it's spicy!)
3 Tbsp. soy sauce
1 1/2 tsp. balsamic vinegar
2 Tbsp. dijon mustard
1 tsp. garlic powder
1 tsp. onion powder
Place the above in an oven-safe dish and whisk to combine. Cut extra firm tofu into 8 cutlets and coat well with mixture. Bake in same dish at 350 for 30-45 minutes until caramelized. Ummm....Yummy! Sweet, spicy, savory. We love it hot or cold.
Holly (tedmamas)
- January 12, 2009 at 12:40 PM
- Lisa said...
Wow, that looks good!
Any suggestions for those of us who don't have vermouth hanging around the house?
- January 12, 2009 at 1:16 PM
- Happy Vegan lady said...
Sounds delicious! I think I'll definitely be trying this soon.
- January 12, 2009 at 3:03 PM
- Vita-VEGAN-Vegamin said...
Looks soooo tasty! I'll have to try it later in the week. I just make your Cream of Broccoli/Potato soup and it was delish. Keep 'em coming!
- January 12, 2009 at 6:24 PM
- Vegan Dad said...
To All Who Asked,
Sub dry white wine if you don't have vermouth on hand.
- January 12, 2009 at 10:01 PM
- DJ said...
Fried tofu - my favourite! Thanks for sorting out tonight's 'What-to-eat' quandary!
- January 13, 2009 at 2:06 AM
- herbstsonne said...
Made these tonight! Very good! My only problem was that my sauce didn't really thicken at all, but it tasted great nonetheless! Served up with some roasted mushrooms and delicata squash.
- January 13, 2009 at 11:32 PM
- Vegan Dad said...
The sauce should thicken from the flour left in the oil from the tofu. If there is not enough, just blend some flour into water an add to the pan.
- January 14, 2009 at 10:17 PM
- Anonymous said...
The recipe was really great. I added some thyme to the recipe and subbed the vermouth with veggie broth. I think white wine would add a better flavor though. Thanks for the recipe!
- January 21, 2009 at 5:49 PM
- Flavia said...
You've made this Italian girl very happy! This taste exactly like my dad's lemon chicken! I gave him some to try and he even agreed! =)
- October 5, 2009 at 8:07 PM
- AuntieCake said...
I'm getting married in August and suggested to our caterer that she make this for myself and the other vegetarian/vegan guests. I just went to a tasting today, and it was incredible! She made it without the vermouth, and the result was a savory tofu with a nice buttery flavor that was beautifully complimented by the lemon. Thank you so much for the inspiration! I can't wait to devour it again on my wedding day!
- April 30, 2011 at 11:03 PM
- Susan (peebsmama) said...
I made this for dinner last night. I pulsed the nutritional yeast in my coffee grinder to make it into a finer powder to mix with the flour. I really liked the extra flavor it added over just flour which I usuall use on tofu. I didn't have vermouth so I substituted what I had on hand - white zinfandel - which had a nice flavor but made the sauce pink (!). I had to add a teaspoon of agave to tone down the acidity of the lemon juice. Overall a quick, simple and tasty way to prepare tofu.
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Hey. I'd like to know which parts (rails, clamps) are included in the M1-L. I know it's customizable, but what's the default set?
Thank you.
Hey. I'd like to know which parts (rails, clamps) are included in the M1-L. I know it's customizable, but what's the default set?
Thank you.
Hi Deedee,
have a look to user guide:
M1-L : default set
Upper Rail MFR 170 ( = 170mm ) combined with Quick Release Clamp QRC - 40A ( Takes Camera Plate )
Lower Rail MFR 210 ( = 210mm ) fixed to QRC mounted on top of Rotator RD8/16 Quick Release Clamp QRC - 55 ( Takes Lower Rail MFR210 )
Vertical Rail MFVR 170 C ( = 170mm) Takes Upper Rotator M1-UR 75 ( Takes QRC - 55 to take Upper Rail )
Camera Plate U1 ( flat Universal Plate )
Additional accessories:
U1G instead of U1 ( curved Camera Plate for cameras like D3 or similar Canon, automatically set in lens axis ) New more individual plates are in the pipeline.
QRC65 : serves to offer more space to keep the upper/lower rail in case the settings expand the middle of the clamp or heavy weight of camera lens equipment.This means only half of the clamp is used to hold the rail. QRC 65 gives more hold cause it is wider ( 65mm ).
MFR210 : can replace MFR170 as upper rail. Some lenses need a longer rail than MFR170 to use all zoom settings for example.
Check your camera lens combination before you place your order. You can order MFR210 as upper rail instead of MFR170 in case you need it. Or as an extra rail if you need both lengths. The luxe version of an extra upper rail would be an additional QRC40A. In this case you can change the upper rails on the fly without changing the Clamp from one rail to the other each time your have to change the rail length.
M1-NA : M1- Nadir Adapter. Besides great help to shoot the Nadir shots it adds height to the vertical rail and gives more free space for Zenith shots to reach the +90° position. For me the add on number one!
QRC 40B : used in combination with QRC 40A Some fisheye lens camera combinations show the end of the upper rail in the shot. With this combination you can slide the camera forward on the upper rail to avoid this. In most cases it does not show in stitched Pano, besides D5100 and D3100 where it shows in the stitched pano.
Hope this helps a little bit, what camera lens combinations would you like to use? I can check for Nikon Equipment concerning 170/210mm or look to M1-Settings I send a time ago.
http://www.nodalninja.com/forum/show...-170mm-MFR-170 Of course in MFR210 as well.
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Yes, it does help a great deal Heinz - Thank you!
I'm planning to use it with D700 and 14-24 f/2.8. I know it's a big, heavy lens but I don't own the 16mm yet :/
I already have the L-bracket from RRS (no grip) and I would like to get the nadir adapter as well to extend the vertical rail and make shooting nadir easier. So, with my current setup do I need any additional accessories or make changes to the default set?
You need the MFR210 as upper rail for 14-24 f/2.8 instead of MFR170 in default set.
Add the EZ-Leveller II, you will have some torque opening up the Nadir Adapter. Re-Leveling will be much easier with the leveller instead of changing around with tripod legs.
14-24 is heavy, but brilliant to use in "calm places". My favorite besides 16mm for FX. Next is 50mm f/1.4. Most Panos of Vincen are taken with 14-24 as well.
Use the L-Bracket instead U1 camera plate directly on QRC 40A. Keep U1 in spare to fix another camera to M1.
Check for wireless remote control.
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is lens ring Samyang 7.5 fir R1/10 already in stock?
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Hi Nick,
What sort of plate should be added to the order? One of the new camera plates being in Pipeline? Will the U1 be included in orders till there will be new ones? What should customers at the moment expect as camera plate? What do they have to order as camera plate?
Heinz and Nick
I need to replace the MFR-170 upper rail on my Ultimate M1L pre-production head so I can use my 14-24 f2.8 nikkor lens with it.
Is the M1 lower rail 210 that's listed in the Ultimate M1 accessories page on the website the same rail as the MFR 210? I'm guessing it is.
Thanks in advance
John Blake
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We listen. We try harder.
Thanks Nick
I appreciate your quick reply.
I will swap the upper and lower rails. I'm using a D700 with no battery grip so swapping the rails should work just fine.
it's a pitty on the estore website that you can not read the SKU number on the main page. Once you click the part you are looking for, you can read it:
Have fun. Settings are further down in the earlier special reply to default parts for M1-L.


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One has to raise questions when gun-control advocates use statistics without reference viewpoints to allow readers to form solid opinions based on the facts. William A. Estlick (Dec. 20 letter, "When gun ownership declines, crime drops") stated nearly 55 percent of Americans own guns, but only 6 percent of Britons do. Yet he does not provide population figures or dates for comparison. Mr. Estlick states the number of gun deaths in each country from several years ago, yet the figures are not from the same year. This leads me to wonder about his agenda.
Great Britain has existed as a country nearly 11 centuries longer than the United States. The British population is ingrained, and survives to this day, with underlying currents of government by law and the attitude that they remain the world's most civilized people. Taught from childhood, this possibly leads to the idea of criminal violence as a solution as being unnecessary.
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" Very true that gun-control advocates not only distort the facts, misuse statistics selectively and out right lie, but also totally ignore the fact that guns save more lives annually then they take by a factor of over 50 to 1. You would think that statistic alone would make them avid gun ownership supporters!
Take Rosie O'Donnell, whose vocal gun-control position was that no one should own a gun or have need for one, that is until she and her child were threatened with harm....then it was OK for her BODYGUARD to have one. Unfortunately not all of us can afford a bodyguard - we have to do the job ourselves. "
Take Rosie O'Donnell, whose vocal gun-control position was that no one should own a gun or have need for one, that is until she and her child were threatened with harm....then it was OK for her BODYGUARD to have one. Unfortunately not all of us can afford a bodyguard - we have to do the job ourselves. "
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What is the service life of a timing chain and how does having a chain drive cam benefit from a belt drive cam and vice-versa?
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Belts are quieter but are often less obviously worn before they break (chains stretch and loosen, belts tend to stay tight without damaged belt teeth up until the moment they snap). Timing belts are also less complicated (chains require an oil bath). Chains are generally stronger, so vehicles with timing chains often drive more than just the cam with the timing chain. Due to stretch, when you change a chain you MUST replace all the timing gears, as the teeth will wear to match the chain stretch. While not necessary on a belt driven system, a failed gear will cause a belt failure and, depending on your engine, could be very bad, so it's generally recommended to replace all idlers and gears in a belt system, too.
The amount of damage caused by a belt breaking vs a chain breaking entirely depends on the type of engine. Engines with really high compression ratios (performance cars that require high-octane fuel, diesels, etc) tend to have the valves and piston heads move such that they could come into contact if the cam stops opening and closing the valves. When a piston head smashes into a valve, you ruin the head, valve, and potentially other cylinders if pieces of shattered valve travel through the air intake system to the other cylinders.
There's a good section on the TDI Club's FAQ about timing belts, as that's what Volkswagon uses on all their turbo diesels. A belt breaking on a TDI is catastrophic. As far as I know, most cars use chains and compression ratios low enough that there's no risk of piston heads smashing into an open valve should the chain break. You can't retrofit a belt system to use a chain, you wouldn't want to do the reverse, but I have seen people replace belts and chains with direct gear drives.
I may not be 100% accurate but I think belts have expected lift time of 60k-100k and at 100k they should definitely be changed.
Chains are claimed by a lot of manufacturers to have lifetime duration and shouldn't need to be replaced.
They have been known to break but as Brian mentioned, that's very rare. I've also heard of a more common failure mode with chains where over time the metal stretches which alters the timing, so although everything runs, your car becomes de-tuned and to fix it, requires a chain replacement.
I think we covered this before, but I can't find it... Timing chains have much greater service lives at the expense of slightly more noise and friction, as well as a lot more damage if they break (but odds of breakage are much less than a belt).
Theres also Direct Drive Gear.
I own a 2013 Volkswagen Golf TDI. Just recently, I drove a one year NEWER 2014, VW, with a 2.5, 5 cylinder Sportwagon. The 2.0 TDI, and the 2.5 Gas Engine, get the SAME Fuel mileage in town. Its the TDI that saves fuel on the freeway. Yes, the 2.5 Gas engine has the timing chain, and will last the lifetime of the car. The TDI is economical on the freeway, but its HIGHER cost in the beginning, @ purchase, and it's timing belt maintenance/replacement, is why I am going to trade my diesel in, for the gas engine with its timing chain, very soon.
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Where I work developers are always telling me that "I added this just in case for the future" or "I think it's a good idea to do this because they'll probably want it some day". I think it's great that they're proactive in trying to anticipate future changes but I can't help thinking that it's unnecessary and risks writing code that may never be needed and therefore unproductive (I also think that some developers just want to try out something new for the sake of it). Are the arguments for future proofing invalid if you just write good, clean organised code?
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Well first of all, there are some things that need clarification:
This means is that writing "future proof" code, is ensuring that the code is written in a loose coupled manner, sufficiently abstract, but also code that does not completely hide abstraction levels, so there's always a way to go to the lower abstraction levels if necessary.
Writing future proof code is an art by itself and is tightly coupled with SOLID practices for component versioning, separation of concerns, layering and abstractness of functionality. Future proofing has nothing to do with adding features ahead of time, but with making sure you can add features in the future in a non breaking manner, through the good design of existing code/libraries.
My 2c
Do not write code that will not be used for a long time. It will be useless as it most likely will not fit the needs at that time (which you by definition do not know yet).
Make the code robust against unexpected problem situations allowing for graceful recovery or fail-fast, but do not write code for possible future uses.
A good way to ensure that, is to use test driven design and development. Test cases are derived from the specification and use cases. All code must make a test pass. Unneeded code should not be written. By doing it this way it is simple to determine if it is needed or not.
It is important to realise that making code future proof, and writing code in case it is needed in the future are two very different things. The former is crucial to a good application, the lesser is usually not good coding practice.
So, by all means, make code future proof (NASA still send spaceships up using Fortran), but dont write code 'just in case'.
Think about how many time you have enabled a piece of code down the line in a production environment and thought, "Thank god I wrote that 2 years ago!".
Code should be modifiable / extendable easily. Don't add code that isn't immediately necessary, because this gives a very false sense of security and wastes dev/test resources in a world of changing requirements.
A lot of the other answers address kind of larger design issues, or are rather abstract. If you think in terms of what will happen in the future you can define some clear techniques to help future-proof the code.
Primarily think that in the future somebody will try to add a feature to the code, or will attempt to reuse your code somewhere else. They may also try to fix a feature in the code. Obviously just having good clean code is a required starting point, but there are also some specific techniques that can be done.
Defensive Programming: Do input checking beyond what you current application actually needs. Whenever you call APIs be sure sure to check that their input is something that you would expect. In the future people will be mixing new versions of code together, so the scope of errors and API returns will change from what it is now.
Elliminate Undefined Behaviour: A lot of code has behaviour which just kind of evolves from nowhere. Certain combinations of input lead to certain output which nobody really intended, but just so happens. Now inevitably somebody will rely on that behaviour, but nobody will know about it since it isn't defined. Anybody attempting to change the behaviour in the future will inadvertently break things. Use safety checks now and try to remove/block all undefined uses of the code.
Automated Test Suite: I'm sure you can find volumes written about the need for unit tests. In reference to future proofing however this is a critical point in allowing somebody to refactor the code. Refactoring is essential to maintaining clean code, but if lack a good suite of tests you can't safely refactor.
Isolation and Segregation: Encapsulation and proper modularization is a good design principle, but you need to go beyond that. You'll often find that you need to use a library, or API, or product, which may have a questionable future. Maybe due to quality concerns, licensing problems, or continued development by the authors. In these cases take extra time to put a layer between you and this code. Slice down the API to just what you need so the coupling is very low to allow easier replacement in the future.
Good, clean, well-organized code is future-proof in the sense that it makes changes and additions easier to implement correctly.
YAGNI = You Aren't Gonna Need It.
Your instincts are correct: their code is superfluous, adds a burden of maintenance and testing, and wastes time on things that don't have a concrete business value.
See Also: Gold Plating.
"Future Proof" at best means "loosely-coupled design". 80% of the time people mean "flexible" when they say "future proof". Sometimes they say it to try and sound cool. But at least they're delivering something on time that works.
"Future Proof" at worst is meaningless. 20% of the time, it's an excuse to waste time researching alternative technologies instead of simply delivering something. They're not delivering anything (or what they're delivering is too complex for the problem at hand.)
There are two edge cases.
Ignoring the title of the question, and sticking the main point about "putting stuff in because somebody might want it some day"...
The answer is NO. Never. Don't write a stitch of code you don't need today. Here's why:
I think the first point is the most important. If you've ever worked with a system that's riddled with generic code for different customers, or full of feature bloat with stuff you don't need then you know just how much extra time and effort it takes to maintain or extend the functionality because of that. So avoid at all costs.


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28 Sep 2012 1:41 PM #1
Does Cmd v3 support vendor libraries?
Trying to find the right question for my problem.
I can not figure out how to build an app with definitions (models, views, stores, controllers) that extend 3rd party/vendor library definitions. In my particular case, the vendor lib definitions are themselves extensions of Ext definitions.
I've added the vendor lib to my app.json's "js" paths, and have added the lib in my index.html.
And, the app runs, uncompiled, without error.
Does the Cmd v3 tool support compiling apps that use vendor libs like this?
If so, how? If not, is there a roadmap for support? And, what should I do in the mean-time?
Thank you for any hints whatsoever!
29 Sep 2012 12:04 AM #2
The ideal way to use 3rd party Ext JS code is to include their "src" root in your classpath.
For a simple app, look in ".sencha/app/sencha.cfg". This is the default:
We may need some tweaks to better integrate 3rd party Ext JS libraries that do not yet compile with Sencha Cmd, but one possibility for the moment is to create a shim like the one below.
Which specific ux components or libraries do you have in mind?Don Griffin
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1 Oct 2012 9:32 AM #3
Thank you!
I am trying to build with the Bryntum Scheduler.
The shim seems to be working - up to a point.
All of the dependency issues are gone - which is great.
Now, I run into the following error:
Error executing page compilation Failed loading source file: /path/to/workspace/myApp/sencha-compile-temp-dir/6b1bb366-4b9b-4475-ae07-15f337614347/app/sch-all-debug.js
My vendor lib source file is sibling to my app.js:
So, I am assuming that this classpath in sencha.cfg includes the vendor lib:
And, my index.html looks like this:
2 Oct 2012 9:30 AM #4
upgrade Bryntum license
Looks like the solution is to upgrade from free trial of Bryntum license.
Upgrading will, allegedly, enable me to ditch the @define and @require directives and
simply use the sencha.cfg classpath - which is how it's suposed to work.
We'll see! I will be acquiring a commercial license soon and will report back.
2 Oct 2012 10:45 AM #5
Looks like an issue in the markup processing pass.
Internally, the markup processor will extract inline source blocks contained in <x-compile> sections into their own source files in the sencha-compile-temp-dir staging directory. The problem here is when an @require tag to a file path is used withing one of those inline script blocks.
Requirements specified with relative paths like that are resolved based on the relative path from the js file in which the requirement was found. In this case, the relative path is being calculated from the temp file we generated for the script block, which is incorrect.
Here, the relative path should be calculated from the index.html page that contained the script block, so we'll need to fix that. I've pushed this thread to the bug tracker accordingly.
As a work around, you should be able to create a file next to app.js and sch-all-debug.js (something like sch-symbols.js), and place the contents of that script block in that file, updating the last @require to simply sch-all-debug.js as part of that as well. Then, in app.js, add a //@require sch-symbols.js at the top.
This should cause all the necessary metadata to be found by the compiler during normal class path scans, so the relative paths to things should be calculated correctly in this case.
One other note: Since you're needing to supply all the symbol data here for the scheduler, you might also need to add some require tags for framework files that are needed by the scheduler into the sch-symbols data, since the compiler will see that symbol data as not having any requirements on the framework, it might sort those files above the framework during load order processing. However, as you say, if the license upgrade gets you access to the sources, then simply having those on the class path should work as intended.
2 Oct 2012 12:09 PM #6
externalizing the symbols
Thank you. Externalizing the symbols got me past the 'Failed to load error', and the build process completed without error.
However, now, when I try to run the built index.html, loading all-classes.js, I get about 150 404's.
The topmost error in my console is:
Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'Connection' of undefined
Is this the symptom for needing to add //@require Ext.package.Class to my sch-symbols.js?
I've tried a couple things:
1. I added a bunch //@require Ext.some.Class to the top of sch-symbols,js. This did not reduce my 404's. The classes I added were still 404 not found.
2. I added ext-all.js to my built index.html. This eliminates the Uncaught TypeError, but not any of the 404's.
It may be a few days before I get access to the Bryntum src, so getting a workaround functioning would be wonderful. Thank you for any further advise.
2 Oct 2012 12:30 PM #7
Yeah, that's what I was suspecting might happen and is the reason for needing the extra require tags in sch-symbols.
It would help if you could post the resources that are generating the 404 errors so I can verify what it's trying to look up, but I suspect that adding the require tags will be the resolution, but the trick might be finding the correct ones.
One thing you can do is to run the sencha command with the -debug flag. As part of the debug output, there will be a block of debug message that look like "writing file ..." as it concatenates the various files into the all-classes file. That should help determine the order that the compiler is producing during the dependency scan.
My guess is that the sch-* files will be showing up very early, shortly after the core ext files, but before most of the Ext ui classes. What you might end up needing to do is cross reference the 404 errors with the load order being generated, and add require tags for the missing classes that show up latest in the load order, as well as any files that don't show up in the concatenation pass at all. That should cause the scheduler symbol files to move down in the load order to the appropriate point, and the debug output should reflect that change.
2 Oct 2012 12:37 PM #8
Another possible issue could be that the compiler is sorting the sch-all-debug.js file very early, but is sorting the sch-symbols file correctly (the debug output will show this happening if this is the problem).
If that's the case, then you'll need to control the load order of that file specifically, and there are a couple of ways to achieve that. The best would be to remove the require tag for the symbols file in app.js, remove the require tag for sch-all-debug in the symbols file, and update index.html accordingly:
<!DOCTYPE HTML> <html> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8"> <title>MyApp</title> <!-- <x-compile> --> <!-- <x-bootstrap> --> <script src="../ext/ext-all-dev.js"></script> <script src="bootstrap.js"></script> <!-- </x-bootstrap> --> <script src="app/sch-symbols.js"></script> <script src="app/sch-all-debug.js"></script> <script src="app/app.js"></script> <!-- </x-compile> --> </head> <body></body> </html>
Another option is to add the metdata directives from the symbols file directly into the sch-all-debug file. Since this metadata is all comment based, it shouldn't impact run-time behaviors, just add the necessary metadata. This option is less ideal, though, as you'd have to modify external files at that point, which would make upgrading more challenging at least.
(Updated to add the index.html alternative)
2 Oct 2012 1:25 PM #9
my 404's
I added 8 or so Ext @require's to the externalized shim, and achieved a functioning build!
I also updated my index.html, per your example.
And, after moving sch-all-debug.js to a lib/, updated
paths appropriately and add the lib/ to my .cfg classpath.
Thank you for your advice and direction!
Last edited by chrisfarrell; 3 Oct 2012 at 4:36 PM. Reason: updated to reflect successful workaround
15 Oct 2012 6:54 PM #10
Building with Deft.js with Cmd v3
Really had a hard time getting my one and only Sencha Touch project to build with Deft.js using Cmd v3 - Started typing this whole thing out and found a solution toward the end. So I'll post it anyway. Seems relevant to this thread. Here goes:
First way I tried - Added deft.js to app.json, with no Deft references in app.js requires section.
Runs fine without build. When built using sencha command 3, like so:
sencha ant -d -p skip.sass:1 package build
I get a 'failed to resolve dependency Deft.mvc.ViewController for file MyApp.controller.LoginViewController'. So I can't build.
(my old build command with the old sencha command, was sencha app build package -d myAppComPackage/public, fyr)
So I change /.sencha/app/sencha.cfg, adding deft:
And take Deft.js out of the app.json file, and copy Deft's .js files into a Deft folder in my app.dir, and decide to load everything up in the requires section of app.js, thusly:
requires: [ 'Ext.MessageBox' ,'Ext.TitleBar' ,'Ext.Img' ,'Ext.data.proxy.JsonP' ,'Ext.DateExtras' ,'Ext.Label' ,'Ext.ux.LeafletWrapper' ,'Ext.ux.slidenavigation.View' ,'Deft.core.Class' ,'Deft.event.LiveEventBus' ,'Deft.event.LiveEventListener' ,'Deft.ioc.DependencyProvider' etc...
This structure runs without building just fine. And it actually builds. But then I get a new kind of error - None of my view Controllers are found. It is like the new sencha command looked at them and said 'you'll not be needing these...' But the definitions are in the app.js.
I try flipping around things in the sencha.config file, thinking app is more important than Deft. No, thah dudun geddit.
If I add the view controllers to the controllers array, I get a Object [object Object] has no method 'getStores' error on load. So can't do it that way.
Solution was to add requires statements to all my views with view controllers, like so:
alias: 'widget.trucklistview', controller: 'myApp.controller.TruckListViewController', requires: ['myApp.controller.TruckListViewController'],
Now I can build in RC2 with Cmd v3, and everything appears to be fine. Hope this helps someone.


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From Wikipedia:
If the derived subgroup is central, then $(xy)^n = x^ny^n{\left[y,x\right]}^{n \choose 2}$.
I was able to prove this for the case $n = 2$: \begin{align*} (ab)^{-2}a^2b^2[b,a]&= b^{-1}a^{-1}b^{-1}a^{-1}a^2b^2b^{-1}a^{-1}ba\\ &= b^{-1}a^{-1}b^{-1}aba^{-1}ba\\ &= b^{-1}[a,b]a^{-1}ba\\ &= [a,b]b^{-1}a^{-1}ba\\ &= [a,b][b,a] = 1. \end{align*} For $n = 3$ and further my naive approach isn't working, though. I have no idea where the "$n$ choose $2$" comes from, it seems weird. How to prove this for the general case?


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5 Reasons You Secretly Want a Zombie Apocalypse
#2. Acting Like a Dick, Without Consequence
As humanity evolved and formed larger and larger societies that had to cooperate more and more, we have come a long way with the things like "empathy," "ethics" and "caring." Human society has rules in place that try to keep an ordered balance between people. In this day and age, it is hard to be too much of a dick without some sort of repercussions.
That's why the collapse of society is key in a Zombie Apocalypse. It is said that nice guys finish last. Well, nice guys also get eaten by zombies.
Without pesky "rules" and "laws" and "social conventions" you'll be free to do pretty much anything you want, to anybody. Sure, you may not immediately launch into a rape and torture spree, but how long could you resist the urge to break a few windows downtown? Or go to Yankee Stadium and poop in the batter's box?
And if, say, it comes down to you and a dozen women to help repopulate the world, you would gladly perform your duty to mankind.
A Zombie Apocalypse provides the kind of freedom the antisocial youth of today could only dream of, in real life anyway. Watch those same kids inside the world of the Grand Theft Auto games and you see their fantasies come out. The whole selling point of that game's universe isn't the main missions, it's all the stuff you can do on the side. Driving a car through a supermarket, ramping a motorcycle into a swimming pool.
Or finally quit pants altogether.
We're just waiting for an outlet. From the moment we were toddlers until today, life has been all about not knocking over the lamp or spilling your drink or peeing in your bed. It's a fragile world where some grownup complains every time you put a scratch on it. Well, to hell with that. An apocalyptic world is a world where nobody cares what you break. The world is your oyster, albeit a very gangrenous and flesh-eating oyster.
So, sure, part of the fantasy is making your way to the Pentagon and barricading you and your band of survivors inside. But step two is to turn the thing into the world's largest indoor motocross track.
#1. Being the Alpha Dog
Let's face it: Everybody likes to be the boss. Even Rick Ross. Or more accurately, we like not having somebody else be the boss of us (actually being the boss, and sifting through expense reports every day, is probably Hell).
Notice how there's no power structure in the post-apocalypse world? Even if the survivors form some kind of hierarchy, the movie is certainly never about the guy at the bottom. No, the apocalypse has a great leveling effect. There are no more rich douchebags, no more handsome quarterbacks to steal all the hot girls. By the mere virtue of being a survivor in a world where they're scarce, you're already considered top dog.
And for a population of geeky guys used to being at the bottom of the social ladder, that's freaking awesome.
Sure, with great power may come great responsibility, but it also comes with lots of sweet stuff. You get to call the shots. You get the first pick of whatever artifacts are salvaged out of the ruins of civilization. You can probably get the pick of the opposite sex, all vestiges of your nerd past long forgotten.
Now, you might be thinking, "Hey, someone bigger and meaner can come and take charge of your operation." The answer: All that pre-apocalypse preparation will make you king. All those nameless victims who got turned into zombies at the beginning of the outbreak? They didn't spend their lives studying zombies. But you, you're prepared. You're the one who knows to shoot them in the head.
Who's laughing now?
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I'm just asking out of curiosity, is there a way to obtain a 'pure' so to say copy of Unix? So, not OS X or Linux with Unix in the background, but simply Unix..
Like I said, this is simply out of curiosity; also, I'm not to familiar with the world of Unix yet, so this may be a dumb question. I'm honestly not sure..
I'm just asking out of curiosity, is there a way to obtain a 'pure' so to say copy of Unix? So, not OS X or Linux with Unix in the background, but simply Unix..
Unix as a standalone entity doesn't exist as a modern operating system.
As indicated by the comments for unix-derivatives:
and unix-clones
Modern distributions don't contain any original unix code, or at least - none of the open source variants that are freely available.
This image shows a simplified version of the history of the unix-like operating systems. Depending on what you call the "one true unix system", you may download it as open source or you can buy a license for it. The latter will be expensive if at all possible.
For more in depth information, see unix history as pointed out by AProgrammer in the comment.
As soon as Unix got out of the Bell Labs in 74 or so, Unix became a family of OS more than an OS. And since 89, there have been no release on the original branch. The trademark "Unix" has changed multiple time of owner and currently it is defined by a set of interface and you can by the right to use it if you show that you comply to the current definition.
You may be able to use one of the ATT one on an emulator (I've seen some packaging for some release, but not the latest one).
Commercial Unix (Solaris, AIX, HP-UX) have usually taken the pain to go through the certification process. Solaris was available at no cost from Sun (I think Oracle changed the condition) and has been put in open source. Going that path is probably the cheapest way to get something near of what has been allowed to use the label. But affirming that it is a "pure" unix is under debate. Some BSD derivatives have good arguments for "purity" as well.
If you want to be hard core, you can run a V7 Unix on a PDP-11 emulator. I've done this, and it had better performance than VAX running 4.2BSD I used in college.
What do you mean by UNIX? The last "true" Bell Labs unix was Version 10 from 1989, never released to the public. Most modern UNIXes descend ultimately from Version 7. The history of UNIXes is very messy, a brief version is available here. From there, it gets very messy. You can trace UNIX from there to either (closed-source) System V UNIX or BSD. If you want to go down the BSD path, FreeBSD is a good option. For a System V-like system, your only real free option would be OpenSolaris. But nowadays, Linux is as pure a unix-like system as any, with its own, even messier heritage. (You can get a taste of it here.)
You mean something like


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TEMPLE (August 31, 2012)—A Temple man was arrested early Friday morning after a local convenience store was robbed.
Temple police Sgt. Brad Hunt said Joseph Lee Johnson, 37, was arrested at his residence in the 800 block of South 9th Street after officers identified him as a suspect.
Hunt said officers were sent at about 12:35 a.m. Friday to a 7-11 store at 1216 West Avenue H where they learned two individuals were robbed as the left the store and were walking through the parking lot.
The two victims reported that as they walked away from the store, a man they did not know ran up to them and assaulted them, knocking them both to the ground.
The assailant forcibly took money from one of the victim's pockets before fleeing on foot to the east.
The victims reported they never saw a weapon but both received medical attention at the scene for minor injuries.
Officers interviewed the victims and were able to identify Johnson as a suspect.
When officers searched Johnson residence they were able to recover evidence there that led them to make an arrest, Hunt said.
Johnson was arrested there without incident, and taken to Bell County Jail where he was charged with robbery.
The case is set for review by the Bell County District Attorney's Office, and bond will be set thereafter.


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Analogy between cars, guns doesn't withstand scrutiny
This is in response to Karl D. Shehu's Dec. 23 op-ed column, "After the massacre: the roots of reform." The analogy he makes between guns and cars falls short.
Mr. Shehu, an attorney, has difficulty with the concept of intent. A motor vehicle is a tool designed with the intent of enabling a person to get from point A to point B. Although its misuse can result in death, one does not purchase nor utilize a car to kill.
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al.cap wrote on Dec 31, 2012 5:22 AM:
statistically speaking, the number of people killed in this manner is extremely small. more people are struck by lightning, nearly 20 times more people drown, and over 2000 times more die in car accidents, every year.
to the enthusiast, the car, or gun, is their symbol of freedom. each probably has one which they consider a prized possession. both must be trained and licensed to use said possession in public. and when either is used recklessly, they can be dangerous. we have vehicles that are capable of traveling well above any acceptable speed limit. we don't require governors to limit speed. we don't allow a sprint cup race car on the highway, and we don't allow military weapons in the hands of civilians. you can get corvette. it's like a race car, but legal. you can get an ar-15, it's like an m-16, but legal. "
conservative1 wrote on Dec 31, 2012 9:48 AM:
Will someone with a gun kill innocents in this country again? YES they will. Will banning guns from law abiding citizens stop it? NO
The more liberties we give up., the less safe we DESERVE to be. Only 2 thing that will have an immediate impact on school safety is to allow God back in and some sort of security guard. Most inner city schools have police officers assigned to protect teachers and students from bad students. This is not a new idea. Don't let the Socialists running this country now trick you into supporting their agenda. "
Citizen 4 Fairness wrote on Dec 31, 2012 10:28 PM:
My advice is don't break the law, however, that being said, the ship for our rights of freedom which were violated in Germany, have already been done, in other words that ship has sailed, Hitler had some laws changed and that is how he did what he did, But Mr. Bush did that with the patriot act. Read it if you ever get off this blog and you will learn that they can arrest anyone in this country now without real cause or a warrant, imprison you and not allow you to have a lawyer, etc and keep you imprisoned for as long as they like. The reason for this is because after 911 Bush took advantage of everyone's fears and got this passed in the name of freedom and catching the bad guys even though it was too late. But good luck if you think that assault rifle will help when the helicopters are hovering over your house and the swat team is pulling up in your driveway. "
al.cap wrote on Jan 1, 2013 7:16 PM:
and as bad as koresh was, waco was an indictment of government abuse in the highest degree. noticed you stopped the references to ruby ridge. does the thought of an fbi sniper shooting vicki weaver in the throat while she held a baby not fit with your macho government tough guy image. that's precisely why people like us feel the way we do. like i said, those incidents should disgust you. "
Citizen 4 Fairness wrote on Jan 1, 2013 7:48 PM:
al.cap wrote on Jan 2, 2013 12:19 AM:
koresh needed to be stopped, but i'll never agree with the way the gov handled it. "
Citizen 4 Fairness wrote on Jan 2, 2013 12:51 PM:
Well, I am glad that you admit the patriot act was a knee jerk legislation, however, it remains to be seen if it is repealed. It needs to be repealed because as I said that is very dangerous for our privacy and even many republicans are for repealing it, nuff said.
As for Koresh, they gave that guy every opportunity to come out I think at least a week, not sure, but they would have done this even to a bank robber. They had negotiators there that tried their hardest to reach him and finally they knew he was never going to come out. He did not want to go to jail and started fires that killed the so called people he claimed he was trying to save through Jesus; the man was insane. In the end he was the one that killed himself and innocent people with him by setting the place on fire. Why are we even having this discusssion I don't really know because this is a no brainer. He shouldn't have had all of those guns either that's what this is all about; it never would have happened if he didn't. I already posted a comment similar to this, but I think I lost it just in case it posts twice that is why. "
Below me wrote on Jan 4, 2013 6:36 AM:
Below me wrote on Jan 4, 2013 8:46 AM:
GeorgeK wrote on Jan 5, 2013 7:20 AM:
If what you say is really the truth, then all the more reason I will be holding on to my weaponry.
But aside from that, also understand that as military man myself, I too took an oath to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States, and a little thing about the UCMJ, you aren't required to follow an order if it is lawful, so good luck trying to get the military to go round up all the guns, they'll probably just tell you to pound sand.
And where does everyone get the notion from that people will stand as individuals with the assault weapons against the government? And that the government, one person at a time will swoop in with helicopters, and , erh ASSAULT RIFLES, and what not, taking these people out one at a time? That it will always be a lone wolf situation. God forbid it ever comes to that point, it isn't going to work that way, it is going to be whole towns worth of people, or more. Either way, more than one or two individuals. There will be a 'tipping point' as Kitty would say. "
tvanstone wrote on Jan 5, 2013 12:07 PM:
Stronger laws concerning gun storage in the home is one measure we need to look at. The other is in applying the same background/mental health checks on household members of permit holders that we impose on permit holders themselves.
Let's elevate the conversation, America. We've all been taught critical thinking skills - let's use them. "
al.cap wrote on Jan 5, 2013 12:30 PM:
also, in a situation like the lanzas, what if the disturbed is a non resident family member?
i like the idea, though. that's why i ask. "
tvanstone wrote on Jan 6, 2013 10:33 AM:
I say we begin reporting student behavioral history to the NICS database that is used in the gun permit check process.
There's too many signs that warn us of this behavior well before it happens and well prior to the person committing any crime. That's the problem with using a criminal record as our sole basis for revoking a gun permit. We need to think deeper about how to ID a nutjob and keep the firearms away from HIM.
"Banning firearms" as a solution here is akin to euthanasia as a solution to cancer. We nee to tackle this with a well placed scalpel, not a chainsaw. "
tvanstone wrote on Jan 6, 2013 10:35 AM:
GeorgeK wrote on Jan 6, 2013 2:31 PM:
If you are a lawyer, and you want to respond to this, you can't argue with the fact that law schools are now teaching budding legal talent how to find laws to exploit, ways to sue people and things to sue people for. I think being a lawyer was a once respectable job, but now most of them are just garbage-eating bottom-feeders. "
al.cap wrote on Jan 6, 2013 3:19 PM:
george- tort reform. bit the lawyers currently writing the laws will have none of it. "
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I broke a couple of spokes on my wheel, now it's all bent, how can I align it back again? What kind of tools do I need to do a good job?
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You will need one special tool: a spoke wrench that fits the size of spokes you have. While a truing stand is great, you can do some basic truing of a bike with rim brake by simply putting the bike on a stand. Spin the wheel slowly and watch the space between the rim and the brake pad. When you have found the center of a an area that is listing to one side, use your truing wrench to loosen the spoke nearest to it on that side ¼ to ½ turn, and tighten the spokes on the opposite side an equivalent amount.
As long as you work in small steps and work slowly, it is safe to play around and figure out how truing works.
The basic tool you would need is a spoke wrench. This will allow you to pull the rim (by the spokes) back into true. The spoke wrench is actually turning the spoke nipple out at the rim. The tool you would need in order to tell if it is true is a truing stand. The tool you will need to make it all work is your brain. =-]
As per the other responses, the main tool you need is a spoke wrench. You can use the frame itself as a truing stand.
Other things to note are:
For your wheel, you'll want to get spokes cut to the length of your wheel by a local bike shop. The length depends on the rim size, the hub size, and the spoke pattern, so the best way to do this is to bring the wheel in yourself. Bringing the wheel in will also help the mechanics to tell you if it is beyond repair - once wheels have bent more than an inch or so, they rarely can be trued to be as strong as they were.
Once you have the spokes and the nipples to attach them to the rim, you can tighten them with a spoke wrench. Once you have the new spokes tightened down, work your way around the hub, tightening spokes to adjust the rim position. Keep in mind that you are tightening the spoke into the nipple, so if you are looking from hub to rim, you want to turn left to tighten and right to loosen.
There's a more in depth explanation of this up on wikibooks, as well: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Bicycles/Maintenance_and_Repair/Wheels_and_Tires/Truing_a_bicycle_wheel
Yet another very-slightly different answer follows below.
I never owned a stand, and don't have the space for one in my apartment. Plus I prefer to do it in the park in clear air with a beer in hand.
My procedure:
(0) This answer concerns only the in-frame method, that is, when you have V-brakes. Why would you true a wheel on which the rim is not rubbing against any pads?
(1) Turn the bike upside down.
(2) Check if there are any very loose or very tight spokes. Your wheel is already out of true, it won't hurt to correct problems. Overtightened spokes may break, while loose ones might rattle when they become even more loose.
(3)Tighten your brakes excessively. That is, unscrew this so that the wheel barely turns and rubs most of the time:
(4) Turn the tire and find the place where it rubs the most. Identify which side it rubs and correct it as others have noted.
(5) Repeat 4. lots of times.
(6) Finish your beer and get another.


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Fifty years ago, when the U.S. Ski Team arrived in Austria to compete in the 1964 Winter Olympics, no American male had ever brought home a medal in alpine skiing.
During the first two alpine events—downhill and giant slalom—the Americans came up empty-handed. But in the third and final event, the slalom, two CU-Boulder skiers changed the score. William "Billy" Kidd and Jimmie Heuga, both of whom were recruited to the CU-Boulder ski team by coach Bob Beattie, took silver and bronze respectively.
Heuga and Kidd's two medals were not only a first for the men's U.S. Ski Team, but also the first won in the Winter Olympics by an athlete with CU-Boulder ties.
The first Buffs to compete in the Winter Olympics were figure skater Donald Wilkinson Jenkins and alpine skier Wallace J. "Buddy" Werner who earned spots at the 1956 games at Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. Neither won a medal.
Since then, more than 70 athletes with CU-Boulder ties have skied, skated, luged and bobsledded in the Winter Olympics.
This year, at least three CU-Boulder students will compete at the games in Sochi, though none for the U.S. team. Alpine skier Luke Steyn will compete for Zimbabwe, slopestyle skier Julia Marino will compete for Paraguay and alpine skier Arman Serebrakian will compete for Armenia.
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What are the optimal gauges of strings for Drop C tuning (C G C F A D) for electric guitar? Since this involves lowering the pitch of all the strings, heavier string gauges would be helpful; I need to to know how to select the proper ones.
When I discovered Open F (C F C F A C), I hunted for strings until I found a set called George Benson Signature from Thomastik. I use the flats (.014 .018 .021w .031 .041 .055), but they have roundwounds, too. 14s are the biggest strings I've found that are still packaged as a regular set; beyond that, you're in custom-set experimentation land.
You'll need a BIG string for that low C: probably a .053 or even .055. But you can go a little lighter on top, if you want (14 is pretty extreme for D, I think).
It all depends on which gauge string you are playing in standard tuning. Think of each half-step of down tuning a gauge. For example, I play in standard with 10 gauge string set. If I drop down to e flat, 1 half step, they will feel like 9 gauge, so I use a 11 gauge set for my guitar I have set up for e flat tuning. For 2 whole step (C tuning), I would pick 14 gauge, as it will feel like 10 gauge but in drop C tuning (down 2 whole steps). Most stuff is in C tuning with the low string dropped down another step, like Drop D but down 2 whole steps. This keeps the guitar string tension close to what you are used to, as there is nothing worse than playing with 10 gauges, then all of a sudden dropping it down a step and boom... you feel like it's rubber bands (8 gauges). If you are going to always be playing with the low string dropped more than the others, like Drop B flat, you may want to get the low string in the next heavier gauge.
I used slinky strings called not even slinky. Those are what I used when I dropped tuned my guitar to that level
String manufacturers publish tables showing gauge/tension/pitch. See: How do I use string gauge tables?
First, decide what tension you want your strings to be at. Do that by looking up the tension of your preferred strings at standard tuning.
Then, for each string, find the string gauge that gives the pitch you want at close to that tension.
Armed with that information, you can either:
Ive played, drop C and standard C for years and 11 to 50 or 52 is plenty good. You don't want to tight to loose the break up but not too loose to where it sounds muddy. 11s are the way to go bro.
I'd like to notice that all dropped tunings require the last string to be thick enough. This is important because string manufacturers usually don't consider the last string to be dropped, so its tension is likely to be insufficient.
Personally, I'd prefer 11-56 or 58 for Drop C.
Also, you can use string tension applet to get some solid numbers and to find out how string gauges and tuning affect the tension.
Ernie Ball Beefy Slinky are the way for C,perfect. A geezer recomended em to me and there the best strings Ive ever had,wish they did acoustic version.


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This is my first day on this site, and this is my first question too. It is somewhat similar to this but I believe mine is more specific.
I practice meditation for the last 1 year and I really enjoy it too. I use breath as a medium, and try to focus on that (No idea what the technical term for that kind of meditation). After around 1 month of practice I regularly started getting into a meditative zone.
This is what this zone feels like to me (might be different for others but just saying anyway)
- No more feeling of breath, important: this is what the question is about.
- Bit of heavyness in head region, as well as feeling of vibration there.
- Sometime no sense of my leg and hand. I clasp my finger together always but when I get in the zone I am not feeling the touch.
Okay, this is fine. Now the question.
I know thoughts are inevitable. Before getting to the zone, whenever a thought came, I acknowledge it and try to focus on my next breath. I am usually able to focus on subsequent breath for some time and avoid the next thought.
Then when I get to this zone, I am still getting random thoughts and since there is no breath to fall back on, I am having troubles to limit the amount of thoughts. So once I get to the zone, it stays there for 4 to 5 minutes and because of these thoughts, I lose the meditative state. I quickly feel myself relaxing and going out of meditation.
This is what I am facing for the past 8 months. No progress since the first month of meditation and I am starting to lose my motivation now.
Any good practices to avoid this problem?
P.S : I asked this as a prospective question at Yoga and Meditation proposal, but I didn't know about Personal Productivity site until today.


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Doctors say more women are waiting to get pregnant later in life, and have started turning to fertility treatments to increase their chances for pregnancy.
As more women are taking fertility treatments, doctors says more multiple birth pregnancies are occurring.
Barren County native, Karissa Newberry always wanted children, but after she was diagnosed with a disease preventing her from getting pregnant, she started seeing a fertility doctor.
Her doctor told her she would be likely to carry twins, but she was shocked to find out she would quickly become the mother of four children.
Meet Maylin...
"Sydney's favorite color is pink, mine's blue and Ally's is green. I have no clue what Skylar's favorite color is."
"Skylar has his own group of friends because you know he's a boy and stuff, but us girls we have our own group of friends."
"Skylar, he's mean!"
And Skylar...
"If we're playing something, they'll team up against me."
And together, they make up the Newberry quads.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in the 80's and 90's doctors saw an increase in multiples greater than two by more than four-hundred percent, and the numbers have staggered since then.
There are currently eleven sets of multiples at Jody Richards Elementary in Bowling Green alone.
The CDC relates two-thirds of all multiples to the increased use of fertility drugs.
"Even if you correct for the use of fertility drugs, there's actually still an increase in the birthrate of both twins and triplets, so we can't really explain it all with that, but we are seeing that," says Graves Gilbert Clinic Pediatrician, Dr. Debbie Sowell.
When Karissa Newberry was diagnosed with polycystic ovarian syndrome, she knew she would have trouble getting pregnant.
And when she was ready to have a baby, she turned to fertility treatments.
She says her doctor warned her of the high risk for twins, but she never expected she would end up carrying four babies.
"I always thought I wanted two kids. I never thought I would have four kids, but I love having a big family and I wouldn't have it any other way now," Karissa says.
"And, you got double," says her daughter Ally in response.
The American Society of Reproductive Medicine says as much as one in three women end up carrying multiples when using certain fertility drugs.
"We've gone to like 1 out of 65 pregnancies now that come to at least 35 weeks are twins, so it's fairly common and that number used to be over a hundred," Dr. Sowell says.
Doctors strive to reach 36 weeks with multiple birth children.
The ASRM says 90 percent of multiples more than two are born early.
"Skylar's placenta ruptured so that's why they were delivered at 26 weeks so the whole pregnancy I was just emotionally drained," Karissa says.
Karissa spent six weeks on bed rest hoping for four healthy babies.
"They were so little they were about a pound and a half each. They were hooked up to all kinds of equipment and ventilators. They had a hard time in the hospital . So, those three months were pretty rough too," she says.
The quads were born Oct. 2nd, 2002.
Maylin and Sydney would be the first to come home from the hospital on Dec. 17th.
Skylar came home right after Christmas on the 29th.
And Ally would be the last to make it home on Jan. 7th, 2003, two days before their original due date.
"With multiples many of the kids have chronic health problems. Now, the Newberry quads are a little bit different, they are just very great kids and have had absolutely no developmental issues," says Dr. Sowell, who has been the doctor for the Newberry's since they were babies.
Raising pre-mature multiples was a difficult task for the Newberry's with different feeding and medication schedules, but ten years later, Karissa calls her life with the quads "organized chaos".
"That's exactly how we put it. I would like to say that we have everything planned and it goes that way, but it doesn't. We fly by the seat of our pants around here and that's the way I like it. I do better spontaneously," Karissa says.
These multiples will always share a bond.
"That's important that they emerge as their own personality and they are not being labeled as the quads their entire life," says Dr. Sowell.
And that's exactly what they are doing.
"I sure do like horses quite bit," Ally says.
"We have our arguments. (what's that like?) Oh, It's like tackling Skylar and usually winning," says Maylin.
"I would probably trade them for a brother," says Skylar.
"If you're like me and you have one brother and two sisters, it's kind of fun," Sydney says.
Dr. Sowell says about 1 out of every 65 births today are multiples, which is more common.


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San Pedro La Laguna in Guatemala's Western Highlands
The town flanks the northern slopes of San Pedro Volcano, a popular climb for which the town is ideally suited as a base. It has increasingly become home to a number of language schools, some of dubious quality, collectively offering some of Guatemala's least expensive tuition rates. While it was originally a backpacker Shangri-La, there have been recent additions to the hotel infrastructure, making for suitable accommodations to house the non-backpacker crowd.
The bulk of the tourist hotels and services are between two docks, on the southeast and northwest sides of town, and in the areas adjacent to them. The first one serves boats to/from Panajachel and the rest of the lake towns; the other is for boats to Santiago Atitlán. They are about one kilometer apart. The area between them is known as El Otro Lado (The Other Side). Street numbers and names are not generally in use here. From the Santiago dock, go up about 50 meters and turn right on the footpath known as 7th Avenue to get to El Otro Lado and continue to the Panajachel boat dock. From the latter dock, go up one block and turn left to get to the other side of town. Numerous hand-painted signs will direct you almost anywhere you want to go.
In recent years there's been some tension in San Pedro due to the proliferation of evangelical churches and their congregants who sometimes look upon San Pedro's foreign presence as an unwelcome, "sinful" hindrance. On at least one occasion, congregants have surrounded a well-known bar and forced it to shut down for the night. The palapa lounge at the Israeli-owned Zoola restaurant and hotel has been burned down twice, leading some to wonder if the attacks were perpetrated in the name of anti-Semitism. The lounge has since been replaced with a less flammable canvas substitute.
San Pedro Volcano
The volcano became a national park in 2006, so it is hoped that, as was the case with Pacaya Volcano, its newly protected status will result in greater police presence and an end to the robberies that frequently happen near the summit. For now, check with locals before heading up the volcano. Under no circumstances should you attempt this hike alone. Always go with a local guide. There is a visitors center at the trailhead, which is just off the road to Santiago. The hike is fairly strenuous, as the trail runs straight up the mountain with very little in the way of switchbacks. It takes about 4-5 hours to reach the summit, which is still very much covered in thick cloud forest. There's a small gap in the trees at the top from which there are views of Santiago and the lake. Start your hike early in the day to avoid the midday heat and the clouds that typically gather at the summit of the lake's volcanoes in the afternoon.
Recreation in San Pedro La Laguna
Activities include horseback riding and hikes up a mountain known locally as "Indian Nose," as its shape resembles the profile of a Mayan nose like those depicted on stelae. Horseback riding is available from Rancho Moiseís (next to Zoola hotel, tel. 5967-3235). Next door to Chile's restaurant on 8a Calle, Restaurante Elena rents kayaks for $2 an hour.
Walking to other villages from here makes sense from a logistical perspective, though too frequent reports of robberies along the trails prevent me from recommending this as a viable activity. If you do decide to go on any of the hikes, bring only that which you wouldn't mind losing.
You can swim from either of the docks (watch out for boat traffic) or anywhere along the lakeshore, though recent pollution concerns have made a dip in the lake much less appealing. Your best bet to beat the heat is La Piscina de San Pedro (on the street heading up from the Santiago boat dock, about 50 meters, tel. 4708-3905, 11 a.m.-dusk daily), where it costs $2.50 to swim (children $1.25) in a pleasant, clean swimming pool surrounded by tropical plants and mural art. A lively bar keeps things hopping. There's a weekly bocce ball tournament and southern-style barbecue on Saturdays starting at 1 p.m. and costing about $8.
If you like your water bathtub-warm, you have at least two options for soaking in hot tubs. Both places feature concrete tubs filled with water that is solar-heated in black plastic tubing and pumped into reservoirs of various sizes. (You'll need to call ahead or visit with at least one hour's prior notice so they can draw the bath.) It costs $7 for one person, but you can split the cost with others sharing the same pool. The first of these, Solar Pools (7a Avenida 2-22, Zona 2, tel. 5770-5119, firstname.lastname@example.com, 8 a.m.-11 p.m. daily), is located on the main strip of El Otro Lado. Of the two, Solar Pools holds the slight edge in landscaping and it has an adjacent snack bar, Tzan Saqarib'al, serving light fare. You can reserve by phone. Closer to the lakeshore and a short walk down a side path is Los Termales (8:30 a.m.-11:45 p.m. daily), the town's self-proclaimed original hot tub operation. Its biggest draw is the sylvan lakeside setting. They prefer that you pre-book your tub in person.
Guide Companies
Excursiones Big Foot (tel. 7721-8202), on the main drag as you come up the hill from the Panajachel dock and turn left, is San Pedro's most reliable outfitter and has been in operation since 1995. It offers trips to San Pedro Volcano with knowledgeable guides and security for $14, including park admission. Big Foot can also guide you to Indian Nose with a four-person minimum for $5 p/p. Casa Verde Tours (tel. 5837-9092 and 7721-8344) just down the street from the Panajachel boat dock, is the town's other recommended outfitter. They also have a variety of daily shuttle departures.
Entertainment in San Pedro La Laguna
San Pedro is a lively town harboring several bars where the party goes on until about 1 a.m. A great place for happy hour is Chile's (tel. 4222-8292), with a large wooden deck overlooking the lake. Happy hour runs 6-8 p.m. and includes 2-for-1 drink specials.
Just to the left of the dock and directly above Nick's Place, D'Noz is a lively bar with good food, including baguettes and croissants, where movies are shown nightly at 8:30 p.m. In the center of town between the two docks, the ever-popular Buddha Bar, housed in a three-level building with a cool Asian atmosphere, has pool tables and dartboards on the first floor. For live music, check out En Vivo (up the street from the Panajachel dock and left). Closer to the Santiago dock, your best bet is La Playa, a British-owned sports bar with indoor and outdoor seating along with four big screen TVs. The town's neighborhood bar is El Barrio (7th Ave., 5 p.m.-1 a.m. daily) in the heart of the tourist zone. Happy hour is 5-8 p.m. and includes 2-for-1 drinks. They also have tasty burgers.
Information and Services in San Pedro La Laguna
There's a Banrural (with ATM) in the heart of town, reached by heading straight up the street from the Panajachel dock for about a kilometer. You'll pass the town market on your right, two blocks before the bank, which will be on your left. From the Santiago dock, head up the street and turn left at the market. There's also an ATM machine just off the Panajachel dock.
For Internet and phone calls, D'Noz is just off the Panajachel dock, or you can head up the street one block to Casa Verde Tours (tel. 5837-9092 and 7721- 8344), your all-in-one stop for Internet, laundry, international calls, and full-service travel agency including shuttle buses to Antigua, Guatemala City, and Xela. On the main drag, turning left at Casa Verde as you come up from the Panajachel dock, you'll find Café Jardín (7:30 a.m.-9 p.m.), serving breakfast and snacks in addition to offering Internet access. Both charge about $1 for an hour online.
Recommended language schools include the following: Casa Rosario (Canton Sanjay, tel. 7613-6401) and Corazón Maya (first left up the street from Santiago dock, tel. 7721-8160). Also along this street is Sol de Oro Spanish School (tel. 7614-9618). In the El Otro Lado sector between the two docks are Escuela de Español Casa America (tel. 7767- 7718, email@example.com), Mayab' Spanish School (tel. 7815-7722), and San Pedro Spanish School (tel. 7721-8176).
Getting There
There are boats every half hour to Santiago (30 minutes, $2) from the dock at the northwest part of town. Lanchas also leave throughout the day for the lakeshore villages of San Marcos ($1.50), Jaibalito ($2), Santa Cruz ($2.50), and Panajachel ($3). All leave from the dock on the southeast side of town. The last boat going in either direction usually leaves around 5 p.m.
There are buses to Quetzaltenango ($3, 2.5 hours) leaving from in front of the church in the main part of town at 4:30, 5, 5:30, 6, 7, 8, 10:30, and 11 a.m. Monday through Saturday. On Sundays these buses leave at 5, 5:30, 6, 8, and 11 a.m. There are buses to Guatemala City from San Pedro departing Monday through Saturday at 3:30, 4, 5, 5:30, 6, 8, and 10 a.m. Afternoon buses depart at noon and 2 p.m. on the same days. Sunday departures for Guatemala City are at 6 and 7 a.m. and noon, 1, and 2 p.m. There are frequent pickups to the villages as far as the road goes to San Marcos and in the other direction to Santiago. Shuttle vans ($25) leave from San Pedro (Casa Verde) at 9 a.m. daily for Antigua and Xela.
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5 Hallmarks of Bad Parenting That Are Actually Good for Kids
Anyone who grew up in the '80s knows that parenting used to be a whole other ball of wax. Allergies were rare, kids roamed the suburbs in roving bicycle gangs and unsupervised adventures were around every corner. Kids who grew up in the '90s couldn't leave the house without a speech on stranger danger and an extra dose of Flintstones vitamins, just in case.
But it turns out there are some things that lazy/negligent parents kind of got right. Like ...
#5. Arguing With Your Kids
"Because I said so!"
Every parent winds up saying this, whether they like it or not. What's the alternative? Sit there and debate with your 11-year-old on the merits of a new toy truck or a face tattoo of them fatally stabbing a policeman?
No, in these situations it's best to quickly put your foot down and make it clear who's the boss. Arguing with them on everything will only undermine your authority and turn your kids into confrontational, spoiled pricks. Besides, what can possibly be gained by arguing with a child?
"You lost, kid. I get your dessert tonight."
The Surprising Benefit:
Actually, science says that those fights provide excellent opportunities for your children to practice their reasoning, discussion and negotiation skills. So as long as they are using rational arguments and calmly explaining their point of view to you, don't immediately go all alpha dog on them and end the conversation with the "Because I said so" trump card. Your willingness to have a discussion might actually save your younglings from a life of alcohol and drugs down the line, according to researchers from the University of Virginia.
Although raising a wuss means you can force them to wear stupid costumes and dance for you.
In their study of 157 13-year-olds over a period of two years, they discovered that teens who learned how to stand up for themselves and intelligently argue their point could later use those skills in other situations. Specifically, against the boogeyman of all parents everywhere: peer pressure.
It turns out that persuasiveness is a pretty useful thing in a school environment, especially when it comes to declining a hit of heroin to the eyeball during recess. In the study, kids who mastered the art of arguing by first practicing it on their folks were then 40 percent more likely to say no to all sorts of vices, while those who were constantly shushed by their parents responded to most bad influences with a submissive "Yeah, sure, whatever ..."
"OK, since it's your roulette gun, I'll take the first three turns."
The thing is, the world is full of tough-guy fathers who insist that their sons learn how to fight, knowing that someday they may need to stand up to a bully. Maybe Dad will even strap on boxing gloves and take the kid into the basement to teach him how to punch. But when's the last time you've heard of parents doing the same with verbal sparring? You know, teaching their kids how to win verbal arguments for the same reason -- that they're sure to need it on the playground. Hell, we bet verbal arguments were a hell of a lot more common in your formative years than fistfights. So why don't we practice them?
#4. Regularly Giving Kids Candy
Everyone knows how damaging refined sugar is to kids. Not only is it addictive, but it also rots your teeth and is the leading cause of the childhood obesity epidemic, which sucks, because fat kids are the worst. Parents who frequently give their kids candy might as well skip mountain bikes and game consoles and buy their offspring extra-large coffins for when they inevitably drop dead at age 40. Right?
"That's enough running for today! It's time to get you back to the fattening pen."
The Surprising Benefit:
Let's be very clear about this: We're not merely saying that candy won't kill your kid, but rather that children who regularly eat sweets can end up way healthier than those who don't. At least those were the findings of researchers from Louisiana State University after a five-year study ... a study that basically boiled down to stuffing a bunch of toddlers, tweens and teens with sugar.
"As long as my check is in the mail, you can give the little bastard LSD for all I care."
The researchers studied over 11,000 kids ages 2 to 18 who were divided into two groups. One group was fed sweets and chocolate about 4 grams above their daily recommended sugar intake, while the other kids received no sweets at all (having to sustain themselves on a steady diet of pity and taunts from the first group). Despite the almost negligible amount of candy they've been given, the results of the study showed that, statistically, the candy-munching brigade were later 22 to 26 percent less likely to be overweight than the kids raised on free-range carrots and vegan water.
The good news didn't end there. Kids who rode the sugar dragon also had lower levels of a protein that has been linked to heart disease and other chronic illnesses, which goes against all the so-called common sense of healthy nutrition. However, the results only applied to typical sugar candy and not chocolate, for no other reason than life just being arbitrary and unfair.
"It tastes like lost childhood and ennui."
Still, these findings aren't a green light for parents to hook up their kids to sugar-filled IVs and calling their parenting obligations done. What the research actually showed was that moderate amounts of sugar eaten frequently over a long period can have very positive effects on a young body. None of that will mean squat, however, if you don't put your kid on a balanced diet or make him kick a ball from time to time.
Or train him how to avenge your death.
#3. Letting Them Play in the Dirt
When you were a kid, did you ever get yelled at because you didn't get dirty enough? Hell, no. It was all "Get out of the mud, you're going to ruin your new shoes!" and "Don't eat that worm, it lives in poop!"
"Stop digging our graves, you'll get worms in your poop!"
Sure, every parent understands that kids absolutely need to play outside, but it should be done in a controlled environment, one where the children will be safe from the evil forces of Mother Nature and her dirt-dwelling microorganism minions. At a sufficiently young age, children don't even have properly formed skulls, much less strong immune systems. And you're going to let them stomp around among the discarded drug needles and hookworms and God knows what else? If it wasn't for modern antibiotics, the leading cause of childhood fatalities would probably be scraped knees.
Hush now, you'll be dead soon.
The Surprising Benefit:
Playing in the dirt can make your kids smarter, stave off depression and save them from future diseases. Bet you didn't see that coming!
Most of us can't turn on the TV without seeing a well-groomed woman begging us to buy her antiseptic germ killers to protect our families from disease ... as if we're the bad guys if we don't. What well-groomed Lysol lady isn't telling us is that exposure to dirt -- actual full-on dirt -- is what exposes kids to a bacterium called Mycobacterium vaccae, the good guys of the bacteria world.
They're like Superman! If billions of him covered every inch of your body.
In one experiment, a group of mice that were fed dirt containing M. vaccae could suddenly navigate complex mazes twice as fast as the other mice. Another study from Bristol University found that the bacteria also made the mice's brains secrete more serotonin, which is the happiness hormone. That explains why hippies look so content. Other than the weed.
And the elective lobotomies.
But even contact with non-mutant-power bacteria can be very beneficial for children, as it preps their immune systems to handle bigger challenges down the line. It's the same principle as the verbal arguments we covered earlier -- it's practice, this time for their immune systems. The more pathogens a baby has to fight off before the age of 2, the less chance that baby has of developing health problems like asthma or heart disease or OCD.


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I am using a Canon 50D with the 18-200mm lens it came with. Some of my pictures turn out un-sharp, even taking metering and Auto Focus points into consideration. I wonder if this is caused by my aperture selection.
What is the best aperture to use and how do I decide? Does the range (focal length) I am shooting make a difference?


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This Week's Liturgy
May 31st, 2015 (see other dates)
The Most Holy Trinity
Discussion Questions for Reading 1Ancient peoples worshiped many gods and often made gold or bronze images of their gods. They made sacrifices to these idols and were ruled by them. What are some of the "idols" that people have created in our society today? What kinds of sacrifices do people make to these idols? Why do we let these things become so important that they can tend to rule our lives? Why is it important to be aware of any idols that take the place of God in our lives?
What prayers can you think of that honor the three divine persons in one God?
Reading 1 Deuteronomy 4:32-34, 39-40
Reading 1 ReflectionCan you imagine what it would be like to have several different gods? You would have to spend a great deal of time and resources keeping up with all their various rules and required sacrifices. That is what it was like for the Israelites before God revealed himself to them through Moses. They became the first people in human history to recognize that there is one God and God is one.
We too have "fixed in our hearts" that there is one God. However, through Jesus, we have come to know that God is a union of three divine persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. It is this truth of our faith that we celebrate today.
Discussion Questions for Reading 2A Swedish proverb says, "In every person, there is a prince [princess]. Speak to the prince [princess] and he [she] will come out." Who or what helps you to remember that you are a son or daughter of the King of Heaven? Who or what helps you to treat others as children of God? What are some of the consequences when people forget their own and others' human dignity?
What "family resemblance" would you most like to have to Jesus your Brother? Why? What resemblance do you already have?
Reading 2 Romans 8:14-17
Reading 2 ReflectionImagine your happiness if you learned that you and your entire family had been adopted by a great king who would love and care for you forever. We sometimes forget that at our Baptism the Holy Spirit made us children of God, the King of Heaven and Earth. We were also made heirs or inheritors with Christ of all the Father's blessings.
As in our own families, we share both the blessings and the sufferings that come to us. Like Jesus, our Brother, we accept the sufferings so that we will one day be glorified with him.
Discussion Questions for GospelShare a story or a description of "One Thing I Really Enjoy about Our Parish Family." What are some of the ways young people might invite others to share their parish family life? How can young people help to make improvements in their parish family?
What ideas do you have about how your parish can reach out to people from other nations and cultures? How will you share these ideas?
Gospel Matthew 28:16-20
Gospel ReflectionA good family is a blessing to be shared. In today's gospel, Jesus speaks to his gathered disciples. He sends them out to draw others into the family of God. They are to make disciples in every nation and baptize them "in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit." They are also to teach these new members of the family everything that Jesus has taught them.
We are called to this same mission. And Jesus promises to be with us always as we share our faith in him.
Proclaiming Faith Activities for Primary Grades
Renewing Our BaptismTake the children to church and gather them around a font filled with holy water. Explain to the children that each time we dip our fingers into the holy water and make the Sign of the Cross, we are renewing our baptism.
Then share the reading from Matthew's Gospel with the children. As you read the words of Jesus, have each child dip his or her fingers into the holy water and make the Sign of the Cross while saying, "In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit."
I Am With You AlwaysIn the gospel reading, Jesus tells his disciples that he will always be with them, even when they cannot see him. To illustrate this with the children, copy the oval on tag board for each child. Have the children cut these out and decorate with colored markers, sequins, stickers, and other craft materials. When these are dry, glue them onto a clothespin. Encourage the children to clip the clothespin onto their clothes or book sack as a reminder that Jesus is always with them.
Proclaiming Faith Activities
Composing a LitanyIn the first reading, Moses reminds the people of all the wonderful things God has done for them.
Think about all the good things God has done for you and your family. Ask your parents what blessings their parents and families enjoyed.
Then compose a litany of thanks, naming each blessing your family has received from God.
For example: For bringing our grandparents safely to this country from ______________________________, we thank you, Lord.
Decide when you will pray this litany as a family. Invite grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins to join you.
Writing a CinquainThe poem below is called a cinquain (meaning five lines). Notice that each line has a specific number of syllables. Create your own cinquain about the Holy Trinity or the family of God.
My God ___________________________________
(2 syllables)
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Fish Box Evacuation Pump, 12V, 15amp - ITT Jabsco
The Jabsco Fish Box Evacuation Pump is perfect for emptying a fishbox after a day's fishing. Typically the fish box is not only used for storing the day's catch, but very often is used as a cooler for supplies. This means there can be all manner of debris left in the bottom of the fish box at the end of the day. This 5 GPM self-priming pump with 1-1/2" ports is designed for passing typical debris, such as bait residue, particles of ice, fish scales, etc. Its dry-running capabilities and the 360° rotatable head allow this pump to be mounted in almost any position in the boat, allowing for total flexibility.
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