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so you either decide to make greinke an offer that he's be an idiot to turn down right now, or it's time to trade him. i wonder who doug & his staff are hoping will ultimately make a call.Hide replies
A hometown discount with millions in deferred payments(like Braun)is the only way they'll sign him.
Maybe just Maybe if its good enough for Braun,its good enough for Greinke. If Greinke leaves and we all have seen what happened with CC,Prince and Hundreds of other players leaving small markets for bigger markets,that should show and make us appreciate Braun that much more.
The hidden 'hometown discount' factor in this is how comfortable Zack feels with his environment in Milwaukee. Social Anxiety Disorder is no joke. It has to be worth something to be treated well by your bosses, the fans, having a short commute to work and to like where you are. I doubt very much his agent gives a darn where he ends up but hopefully he and his family DO!
He mentioned already that he loves Milwaukee,they have one of the best organizations in baseball ect.
question is since he will prob. get an offer around Cain money ( 25M) per year,,,what is a discount for ZG? Milwaukee can afford what 17M? 15M?
thats one heck of a discount
Sageprofessor,you are 100% right,Very well put! and 15M should be more then enough to live on,but,would you take 15M to stay in Milwaukee rather then 25M to play somewhere else?S.A.D. or not.
I think our best hope is we trade Greinke and score on a prospect or 2 and hope Fiers ends up a nice ACE and we can buy him out for 3 years and his first UFA year and we can end up with the ACE,followed by Gallardo and hopefully Thornburg will end up being a 3 or 4
Narveson,Estrada maybe lands at 4-5 unless the prospect we land for Greinke turns out or one of our minors like Jungmann,Bradley ect can develop nicely.
greinke's take on playing in a bigger market.... "would just be more people to ignore, i guess..."
i think his social anxiety plays a lot more in the pens of local writers & the minds of fans than it does in greinke's decision of where he's going to play.
ps.... if he was going to give a discount, he wouldve done it already. once he actually gets to free agency, the union will put pressure on him to take the biggest offer, so as to not harm the earning potential of other players looking for deals in years to come.
Very true and another reason why MLB sucks and will never reach the NFL in popularity.
I love baseball as a sport and esp the Brewers but MLB needs to be fixed
The union no doubt pressures FA's to jump on the highest offer, but I'm guessing that agents apply similar pressure. The more $$$ the player signs for, the bigger the agent's cut.
milmiracle...please tell me you are kidding? fiers is not an ace....much he is not an ace in AA.....please don't clutter the board with such garbage....hotseat.Hide replies
I also said HOPE because apparently Milwaukee cant afford an ACE..See CC and Greinke
I was being a bit sarcastic because im tired of Milwaukee being screwed because they are a smaller market and cant afford an ACE like several other teams.
Why do you keep capitalizing the word "ace"?
because we cant just plug in Gallardo and say ok,your an ace,we need an ACE a real ace like Greinke,CC, ect...
maybe capitalizing wasn't necessary but i was making a point..
You or any of the scouts do not know if Fiers will be an ace. The only thing people can do is to project what they see now. He may be a lot better next year and the years to come or he could flop.
I really think the whole "hometown" discount because of his SAD is way overblown. I'd agree that New York, Boston and Philadelphia would be places he should avoid. But otherwise, it's not like he couldn't survive happily in other MLB cities. Even bigger markets. I'd love to see the Brewers sign him, but in the end, I'd guess he'll follow the money. I suspect I'd do the same thing. I have no doubt he likes Milwaukee and it's fans, but he's been here all of a season and a half. Milwaukee is a victim of the way MLB does business.
Trade Zach. Let's get practical.....the Brewers would likely need to win at least 86 games to get a sniff at a playoff berth. That means they would need to go at least 46-31 the rest of the year....or almost .600. Only 2 teams in MLB are near that pace.... and Brewers aren't the Yankees or the Rangers.
Trade Greinke (and Weeks, Hart, Wolf, Kotteras,Tony Flush, etc..... and play for 2013 and beyond. I really hope that Melvin can do as well as the KC and Toronto GM's in the Marcum and Greinke trades!Hide replies
Only if the the GM's that Doug trades with are in the last year of their contracts and are desparately trying to save their jobs. That Lawrie for Marcum trade has to be the worst trade ever.
der...I think the Jays would disagree with you, but Melvin is supposed to get the better part of the deal. Marcum, when healthy, is one of the better pitchers in all of baseball. For the last four years his WORST era has been 3.64 and his WORST whip has been 1.16. Both outstanding numbers in today's game. A career winning pct. of .611 and a 3/1 K to walk pct. He was exactly what the Crew needed to make their run for the WS. Hopfully, if Greinke goes, they re-sign him for Wolf type money.
gb...trading Weeks is nearly impossibe. If Hart goes who replaces him? Easy to say trade the whole team but what would be left? Do you really think a team that struggles to win 60 games would keep people in the stands? If DM re-signs Greinke the Brewers easily got the better end of that deal. KC is 10 games below .500 in another weak central division. With their woes it won't get any better. If Greinke goes it depends on what they get for him to say if it was a good deal or not. Remember, only Escobar has done anything in the majors so far, and Greinke has lead the Brewers to the playoffs.
You hope Melvin can do as well as the KC and Toronto? He did better. Milwaukee made the playoffs and KC and Toronto were at home watching the playoffs.
derf11 has no idea what he is talking about. Marcum has been a very good pitcher for the Brewers. Lawrie had never played a game above AA before the trade.
I sure hope Brewers can sign him. Nice going to MP and usually seeing a win when he hurls.
Its too bad this team sucks.
what exactly has lawrie done?Hide replies
Warboss answers your question above. At age 21 or 22 there are few who have done more. Compare him to Yount or Molitor at the same age. Yes I think he is in that category. Espn rates him in the top 50 players in the big leagues. He will be an all-star for many years to come. Plus he plays the game hard. The only player on the Brewer roster rated by ESPN ahead of Lawrie is Braun. That includes Greinke, Gallardo, Ramirez,etc.
Espn had him rated 69th, but this is the same wacky rating that had Pujols rated behind Willingham, Dunn, Choo, Jackson, Ruiz, Andres, Kubel, Kinsler,etc. There is no GM in history that wouldn't take Pujols even up for any of those guys. That shows you how ridiculous espn's ratings have become.
Matt Cain is only making $20 M/year. He signed a 6 year $120 M contract +a club option for $20 M ($7.5 M buyout)Hide replies
I hope your right! If you are,why cant Mil. give Greinke 20M per.Yes thats 20% of a 100M payroll but an ace is needed and our chances of winning a championship is a whole lot higher with Greinke then it would be without.
Plus if you think of it 20M is only 6.5M more then what hes making now and Yes there are many players whos salaries are going up,but, we also can replace KRod with a vet who makes a few Mil.,Wolf will be gone..
Bring up Logan Schefer to play CF and Let Morgan go and that can save a Million or maybe more.
The Brewers should not be working with a 100 million payroll in an average year. That should be the stretch payroll in an obvious pennant race situation. So....you're looking at 1/4 of your payroll for a pitcher that has.....some issues/baggage.....quite a bit of risk there. Pitchers are also more likely to have a catastrophic injury.
But hes also a CY Young winner and a Legit ace and 1 of the MLB "s best pitchers.Quite honestly can someone name a Championship team without a top notch ace or 5 solid starters.IF we had 4 Gallardo and a bullpen,id feel much better
Id rather have Greinke and Gallardo at 2nd spot obviously but without an ace,can we get away with 4 pitchers as good as Gallardo which is what i meant by 4 Gallardo's.
This team would do great with four Gallardo's on the team.
If you want to rip on Melvin for trading for Greinke/Marcum don't forget that otherwise they would NEVER have made the postseason last year without them. They both did not pitch well in the postseason but they weren't the only ones that cost the team. I thought they were good trades and at the time, everybody loved them.
I think the only player that could net some talent in a midseason trade this year is Greinke and maybe Rodriquez. May as well hang on to others until the end of the season. Who's going to take Weeks or Wolf and not get draft picks back next year? No way Wolf is back next year anyway. Maybe they just dump him in the second half like they did Suppan and cut the losses.
Next year I think they'll go young in the rotation and I think it still should be pretty good. Gallardo, Fiers, Thornburgh, Peralta. I think they will all be in the rotation and there may be some growing pains but that's a rotation with talent and upside. Estrada may be in the mix as well as Narveson but I don't think they are locks. I hope both of those guys end up in the pen though.
They need help in the bullpen, SS and better bench players. If they get anything back in trades I hope they shore up these spots.Hide replies
I just laugh at the people who rip Melvin for the Greinke/Marcum trades that were keys to a 96 win season, a division championship, and put this team in the NLCS last year. I agree, without those guys, the Brewers wouldn't even have made the playoffs. And with Escobar, Lawrie, etal, they wouldn't make it this year or next either. You need solid starting pitching to even sniff the playoffs.
I don't fault Melvin for making the trades for Greinke and Marcum. You have to give to get. But I do think it's a terrible strategy to keep making trades like that (giving up your top prospects) and letting them walk when it's time to resign them. Greinke is the real deal and we're not competing with the Yankees this time around. Pay the man!
Doug Melvin made some trades that were necessary to put the team into contention last year on Prince Fielder's last year. Second guessing is really getting old around here.
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In his first 521 PA, Lawrie has hit .291/.347/.474/.821 with a 5.5 WAR. The advanced defensive metrics have him rated as one of the best defensive 3B in baseball. (46 DRS and 14.5 UZR over 2011-2012)Hide replies
Warboss... if you have ever seen Lawrie at 3B you would know just how ridiculous those defensive metrics are. DRS is one man's fantasy stat that, in Lawrie's case is ludicrious. My step brother has seen him play over 20 times (I've seen him numerous times in the minors and twice this year) and he is one of the WORST fielding thirdbasemen in the majors. He has 12 errors and just in the two games I saw, could have had more except for an extremely generous home scorer. An official scorer that the Jays' pitchers take issue with quite often. Lawrie's 3B play has been directly responsible for at least three losses this year alone.
Agreed. Lawrie is scissor-hands at third. Realisticly, he should be moved to the outfield like Braun was.
I am glad Lawrie is not on this team. Too much baggage.
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As part of checking some prereqs for an idea (IOS app with MBtiles on local storage enabeling offline maps) I'd like to know if it's useful to gzip MBtiles when transporting them to an IOS device.
In other words, is there a useful reduction in size when gzipping MBtiles? (or is the MBtile-format, already packed in some way, thus limiting the use of gzip or other packers). If so, how much size reduction can I expect? (percentage ballpark)
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I'm writing a series of lectures where I use a different font to indicate code. Is there any way to assign new shortcut keys/key combinations to select the two fonts I want?
I didn't find any way to modify the style of the selection, but you could use UI scripting to select a font from the format bar.
You could assign shortcuts to the scripts with FastScripts or by creating Automator services.
I don't know any easy-simple way, but (as usual) Automator and scripting can provide some help.
The basic idea is:
so, to make this work:
into the "Run Shell Script" action enter:
Replace the
All the above is sounds complicated, but it is much faster to do it as reading the above. ;) Here's what your Automator screen should look like when you're done with the above steps:
Save and name the service, for example, as "SetMyFont". Now you have a new "Service", so let's check it out:
If the service works, you now should add a global hotkey for it:
A bit complicated to set up, but it works and when you have lots of text, it can speed up the formatting a bit.
(Somebody will likely suggest much simpler solution using AppleScript directly with Keynote.)
When you've finished the work and don't need the service anymore, you can remove the "SetMyFont.workflow" from the
Not by default, but according to Apple's Keynote shortcut page you can use:
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I want to take a vector that is using world coordinates and position it using the orientation of an object. So, if the direction of the object is the z-axis, and the vector is (0,0,1), then the orientated vector would point in the direction of the object. I want to vector to remain in the world coordinate system. All I have for the object is it's up and direction vector. So, I can build a matrix with those by crossing them to create the third axis. Multiplying the vector by this matrix transform the vector into the object coordinate system (right?). But, I want the vector in world coordinate system. Should I use the matrix to find euler angles and then use those angles to create a rotation matrix?
Multiplying the vector by the matrix should give you the vectors orientation in world space. If this isn't the case then it could be that you are building the transformation matrix incorrectly.
In addition to what CiscolPPhone said, make sure that you are crossing properly.


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Certain formulas I really enjoy looking at like the Euler-Maclaurin formula or the Leibniz integral rule. What's your favorite equation, formula, identity or inequality?
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$(A-\lambda _1) (A-\lambda _2) \ldots = 0$, the Cayley-Hamilton theorem.
Var[X+Y]=Var[X]+Var[Y] for any two independent random variables X and Y, which is the statistics equivalent of the Pythagorean Theorem.
The Newton iteration for finding the inverse, X, of a matrix A:
Xi+1 = 2 * Xi - Xi * A * Xi
Completely impractical and yet so beautiful. The first time I saw a Newton iteration working I thought it was "magical".
$\pi = 2 \times 1/\sqrt(1/2) \times 1/\sqrt((1+\sqrt(1/2))/2) \times 1/\sqrt((1+\sqrt((1+\sqrt(1/2))/2))/2) \times \ldots $
Bayes equations:
It is the basis of conditional probability.
$\prod_{n=1}^{\infty} (1-x^n) = \sum_{k=-\infty}^{\infty} (-1)^k x^{k(3k-1)/2}$
$\sin^2 A + \cos^2 A = 1$
Pick's theorem $A = I + \frac 1 2 B - 1$, where $A$, $I$, and $B$ are the area, number of interior integer points, and number of boundary integer points, respectively, of a polygon with vertices on the integer lattice. Picks identity is fascinating because it computes a continuous quantity completely discretely. (Of course, this is not quite correct, since we have quite a discrete requirement about the vertices of the polygon.) Also, the "1" is not an accident, but the Euler characteristic of the polygon (and so there are various natural extensions of Pick's theorem).
Well, of course my favorite is Stokes theorem (it used to be the background of my mobile in the old days where you still manually designed monochromatic backgrounds pixel by pixel), but that is already suggested. And so are many others. So I'll go for Kontsevich formula for the number $N_d$ of rational curves through $3d-1$ generic points in the plane:
$N_d + \sum_{\stackrel{d_A, d_B \geq 1}{d_A + d_B = d}} \binom{3d - 4}{3 d_A - 1} N_{d_A} N_{d_B} d_A^3 d_B = \sum_{\stackrel{d_A, d_B \geq 1}{d_A + d_B = d}} \binom{3d - 4}{3 d_A - 2} N_{d_A} N_{d_B} d_A^2 d_B^2$
Although I admit this looks ugly until you see the proof. Then it becomes so neat!
I think this fits the original question's request for something nice-looking: $\binom{2n}{n}=(-4)^n\binom{-1/2}{n}$
I'm a fan of $\Omega SU \simeq BU$.
The Euler-Lagrange equations, $$\frac{\partial L}{\partial q_j} = \frac{d}{dt}\frac{\partial L}{\partial \dot{q}_j}$$
Cauchy integral formula $$ f(z)=\frac{1}{2\pi i}\int_{\gamma}\frac{f(w)}{w-z} dw $$
My favorite equation is
$$\frac{16}{64} = \frac{1}{4}.$$
What makes this equation interesting is that canceling the $6$'s yields the correct answer. I realized this in, perhaps, third grade. This was the great rebellion of my youth. Sometime later I generalized this to finding solutions to
$$\frac{pa +b}{pb + c} = \frac{a}{c}.$$
where $p$ is an integer greater than $1$. We require that $a$, $b$, and $c$ are integers between $1$ and $p - 1$, inclusive. Say a solution is trivial if $a = b = c$. Then $p$ is prime if and only if all solutions are trivial. On can also prove that if $p$ is an even integer greater than $2$ then $p - 1$ is prime if and only if every nontrivial solution $(a,b,c)$ has $b = p - 1$.
The key to these results is that if $(a, b, c)$ is a nontrivial solution then the greatest common divisor of $c$ and $p$ is greater than $1$ and the greatest common divisor of $b$ and $p - 1$ is also greater than $1$.
Two other interesting facts are (i) if $(a, b, c)$ is a nontrivial solution then $2a \leq c < b$ and (2) the number of nontrivial solutions is odd if and only if $p$ is the square of an even integer. To prove the latter item it is useful to note that if $(a, b, c)$ is a nontrivial solution then so is $(b - c, b, b - a)$.
For what it is worth I call this demented division.
Lately, I really like the Greenlees-May duality: $RHom_A(R\Gamma_{\mathfrak{a}}M,N) \cong RHom_A(M,L\Lambda_{\mathfrak{a}}N)$ which holds for any pair of complexes over a noetherian ring.
Ky Fan's inequality seems rather beautiful. The most beatiful proof can be found here http://files.ele-math.com/articles/jmi-01-07.pdf
The Spectral theorem for normal operators on a Hilbert space:
$T = \int_{\sigma (T)} \lambda dP(\lambda)$
where $\sigma (T)$ is the spectrum of $T$ and $P$ is a regular projection-valued measure supported on $\sigma (T)$.
I have a soft spot for Heine's formula from the theory of orthogonal polynomials (since the proof is such a pretty calculation):
If $\mu$ is a measure with finite moments $\beta_k=\int x^k d\mu(x)$, then
$$\det(\beta_{i+j})_{i,j=0,\ldots,k-1} = \frac{1}{k!} \int \cdots \int \Delta(x_1,\ldots,x_k)^2 d\mu(x_1) \cdots d\mu(x_k)$$
where $\Delta$ is the Vandermonde determinant.
How about $\displaystyle \sigma_7(n)=\sigma_3(n)+120\sum_{k=1}^{n-1} \sigma_3(k) \sigma_3(n-k)$? This is an utterly shocking result, and the only known proof uses complex analysis.
The isogeny theorem: $\mathrm{Hom}_K(A,A')$
$ = \mathrm{Hom}_{G_K}(T_\ell(A),T_\ell(A'))$
The braid relation is probably my favorite equation, algebraically capturing the Reidemeister III move as $x y x = y x y$. Although to a younger person, I still find that suggesting that 5 is not prime is reliably charming revelation: $5 = (2 + i)(2 - i)$.
The Pythagorean Theorem for Right-Corner Tetrahedra[*]:
where $A$, $B$, $C$ are the areas of the "leg-faces" and $D$ is the area of the "hypotenuse-face".
For right-corner simplices in higher Euclidean dimensions, we have that the sum of the squares of the content of leg-simplices equals the square of the content of the hypotenuse-simplex. (I don't happen to know the non-Euclidean counterparts of this generalization. Perhaps this makes for a good MO question!)
As generalizations of the Pythagorean Theorem for Triangles, I always found these (Euclidean) results to be more satisfying than the diagonal-of-a-box/distance formulas: instead of dealing only with segments, we have that, as the dimension of the ambient space goes up, so does the dimension of the objects involved in the relations.
[*] Edges meeting at the "right corner" are mutually orthogonal.
One that I just learned recently is $$ (1 + q + q^3 + q^6 + q^{10} + q^{15} + \cdots)^4 = \sum_{k=0}^\infty \sigma(2k+1)q^k $$ which states that the number of ways of writing an integer $k$ as a sum of exactly 4 triangular numbers (paying attention to ordering) is equal to the sum of divisors of $2k+1$.
If that isn't cool and surprising, I don't know what is.
$\sum_{i=1}^m \sum_{j=1}^n a_{ij} = \sum_{j=1}^n \sum_{i=1}^m a_{ij}$
The Gauss Formula from Riemannian geometry:
$\overline{\nabla}_XY = \nabla_XY + \text{II}(X,Y)$
It may just be a decomposition into tangential and normal parts, but I find it very aesthetically pleasing. (It's also not completely immediate that the tangential part of the ambient connection should actually be the intrinsic connection.)
There are many beautiful equations above, so I'll be a bit different and add something nonsensical. Namely
$$\langle f\rangle = \frac{\int_\ast f(\phi)e^{\frac{\mathrm{i}}{\hbar}\int_M\mathcal{L}(\phi)}\mathcal{D}\phi}{\int_\ast e^{\frac{\mathrm{i}}{\hbar}\int_M\mathcal{L}(\phi)}\mathcal{D}\phi}.$$
Just insert your favourite spacetime manifold $M$ and the classical Lagrangian $\mathcal{L}$ of your choice, and you get to learn the expectation value of any physical observable $f$... as soon as you figure out what the hell $\ast$ and $\mathcal{D}\phi$ are, that is.
as seen at Gaussianos
$(\prod_{k=1}^np_n=p_n$# which is the primorial of the nth prime number $p_n)$
polynomially convex hull of K = plurisubharmonic hull of K , where K is compact subset of C^n. For n>1, the equality is very interesting.
I learned Quantum Mechanics and Linear Algebra in tandem, so Schrodinger's linear time-independent equation has always had a special place in my heart. It shows that eigenvalues and eigenvectors are fundamental to our description of atomic physics. Also treating observables as operators was a great conceptual revolution.
d/dx (e^x) =e^x


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I work in an organization where departments are in different buildings. I have a data centre in the main building. All the in-house applications connect to the SQL Server residing in the server in the main building datacenter.
Sometimes during weekends, if the network fails or the software throws a bug, it is very hard to come back to office and fix the problem.
It was suggested that a local machine be placed in one building (other than the datacenter) and install SQL Server on it. Have this SQL Server store the data first, and then replicate it on main datacenter every few minutes.
This will help in case the network gets disconnected with the main datacenter.
I would like to know if this the only solution we can adopt? What problems would we face with this strategy?


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BELTON (October 10, 2012)-The Fire Department will host an open house on Saturday as part of Fire Prevention Week.
The open house will be held from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. at Fire Station 2, located at 420 Sparta Road.
Residents of the area are invited out for a day of fun and refreshments with local firefighters who will be on hand with fire safety information.
Activities include station tours, equipment demonstrations, health screenings, a bounce house, face painting, and music.
There will also be an opportunity to participate in a Stop, Drop, and Roll activity and Sparky the Fire Dalmatian will be available for photos.
For more information, contact the Fire Department at (254) 933-5881.


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11 Survival Tips for Summer Boredomby Erin Dower
All year long you look forward to summer. So why do you feel like you might lose your mind when school is out and you're at home with the kids – all day, every day? Here are some fun and affordable cures for your family's summertime, stuck-at-home blues. If your kids spend the day with a nanny or sitter, pass along these activities and tips for surviving until September.
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Plan a sale with your kids, whether it's a yard sale; a lemonade, flower, or vegetable stand – or even a car wash or dog wash. Have your kids make signs advertising the sale and help them set up shop on the sidewalk.
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As an example, in the UBS Duronio case, Mr. Duronio executed code that deleted everything in its path, but isn't there a backup server? Why was UBS hit by the loss of data? If the backup is available, even if rm command was executed, there would be a way to retrieve the backup data...
A backup, if there is one, takes time to get restored, if it can be. In other words:
There's several reasons deletion of production data, especially by a malevolent sysadmin, will have a significant impact on a company - with or without backups:
To sum up: Even if you do have good backups that can be restored, there's still a significant short-term impact while that process is in work. In the long-term, you'll still suffer the impact of a hit to your company's reputation and will also see some impact due to data that couldn't be recovered.


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a topos, i.e. the category $Shv$ of sheaves on a Grothendieck site $T$ with values in abelian groups. The category $Shv$ is symmetric monoidal with $\otimes$, the tensor product in every degree. It has also an internal hom (meaning that it is closed symmetric monoidal). There are two "definitions" of this internal hom in the literature which I can't bring together (it can also be that they are different and I have missed the point). Fix objects $X$ and $Y$ of $Shv$. The first definition of the internal hom is the presheaf
U\mapsto \hom_{Shv}(X|_U, Y|_U)
which turns out to be sheaf. The second one is the sheafification of the presheaf
$$ U\mapsto \hom_{PreShv}(X\times \hom(-,U),Y) $$
Do they coincide? Perhaps I am totally blind so I apologize in either way.
An edit: Perhaps I was too hasty and thoughtless when I formulated the question. So let's look at set-valued sheaves. A third definition is the sheafification of the presheaf $$ U\mapsto \hom_{Sets}(X(U),Y(U)). $$ I do not even see (after playing around with Yoneda's lemma) why this coincides with the "second definition" $U\mapsto \hom_{PreShv}(X\times \hom_{Sets}(-,U),Y)$.


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Your Pregnancy Diet: How Did You Do?
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Postpartum adviceThe "Food Tree" Plan
Ideally, new parents should have a "food tree" in place before the birth of their child. A few weeks before your due date, ask a friend or family member to enlist several people to provide your family with home-cooked evening meals every day during the first postpartum weeks. Have this individual friend emphasize that the food tree is not about socializing those who bring the meal should stay for only a few minutes, and then quietly slip off so that you and your partner don't feel obliged to entertain them. Also, let your friend or relative know what kinds of food you want to eat in those first postpartum weeks or give him or her a copy of this book with the diet guidelines marked! Then the food tree participants will be more likely to bring you the foods your body really needs to replenish itself.
Immediately Postpartum
From what we have heard, there is very little to compare to the first meal that comes after a long, hard labor and birth. Have whatever you like. Drink plenty of water and (preferably fresh-squeezed) juices to begin replenishing your body. Try to incorporate the fish soup with seaweed that Chinese women use. It is loaded with minerals and vitamins.
One woman we know requested and devoured a huge platter of sushi soon after she gave birth to her daughter. Fresh, raw salmon, mackerel, and yellowtail are excellent sources of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) a good start for a new mother and her baby! If sushi is the type of meal you choose, make sure to eat the pickled ginger and wasabi horseradish that come with it. They will help to kill any bacteria that the raw fish may contain.
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|Ranch Beans, known also as Chuck Wagon Beans, are made with pintos and slow cooked with a slight southwestern twist.
Ranch Style BeansRanch beans have been around a very long time, in fact, I'm pretty sure that some form of them probably date all the way back to pioneer days and wagon trains, and in this version they are very often referred to as Chuck Wagon Beans. When I think of these beans I can't help but to think about that scene around the campfire in the movie Blazing Saddles! You know the one.
Well, thankfully, I think the presoak and changing of the water may well help to tone that down, but the reason I called them husband pleasin' beans has nothing to do with that! It is because of a brand of beans called "Ranch Style Beans" made by ConAgra Foods who, a few years back, used to actually have "Husband Pleasin'" on their labels. In fact, ConAngra Foods claims to trace the origins of its Ranch Style brand of beans all the way back to 1872, though they were not introduced though mass marketing to the general public until 1934. Nowadays, I guess to be more appropriate and politically correct, it now says "Appetite Pleasin'." Well I rather like the husband pleasin' and I can guarantee you that The Cajun loves 'em, so that's what I called 'em!
Now, I can't say that this recipe is anything like the canned ranch beans but what I can say is that this is a delicious and hardy bean meal, with a slight southwestern twist, and it is also easy on the pocketbook. If you prefer less heat - because the Rotel tomatoes definitely give this dish a spicy zing - just replace the Rotel with a can of regular diced tomatoes instead.
Here's how to make them. Enjoy!
Recipe: Ranch Style Beans©From the Kitchen of Deep South Dish
Prep time: 10 min |Cook time: 2 hours | Yield: About 6 to 8 servings
- 1 pound package of dried pinto beans
- 8 cups of water
- 1 medium Vidalia or other sweet onion, chopped
- 1/2 of a medium green bell pepper, chopped
- 2 cloves of garlic, chopped
- 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
- 1 tablespoon chili powder
- 2 teaspoons of kosher salt
- 1/4 teaspoon dry mustard
- 1/2 teaspoon of freshly cracked black pepper, or to taste
- 1 pound of ground chuck, browned and well drained, optional
- 1 (10 ounce) can of Rotel or regular diced tomatoes
Soak beans overnight, drain and rinse. Return to the pot and add 8 cups of fresh water. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to simmer, cover and simmer for 1 hour or until tender. Add all of the remaining ingredients except for the tomatoes and simmer for 30 minutes. Add the tomatoes and simmer another 30 minutes. Taste and adjust seasonings.
Serve alone, as a side dish, or over hot, cooked rice. Great with cornmeal hoe cakes or cornbread, pickled onion and pass the hot sauce at the table.
Cook's Notes: The ground beef is optional as these beans are quite good on their own. Use the speed method if you don't have time for an overnight soak. Place beans in a dutch oven and cover with water plus about an inch. Bring to a boil and boil for about 1 minute, cover, remove from the heat and set aside for 1 hour. Drain and proceed with the recipe.
Crockpot: Soak beans overnight, drain and rinse and place into crockpot. Cover the beans with 5 cups of very hot water and stir in remaining ingredients, except for tomatoes. Cook on high until beans are tender, 6 to 8 hours, or low 9 to 12 hours. Length of time will depend on freshness of beans. When done, remove 1 cup of beans and mash, return to the crockpot and stir in tomatoes; cover and cook another 5 minutes. Taste, add salt if needed and adjust seasonings.
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Or in another words: if I have two different links generated when shortening a Twitter message, does it surely mean that they point to two unique addresses?
Not really, here are three t.co links pointing to the main Stack Overflow website and all of them have different URLs.
As Amit says, t.co links are not created based upon the target link.
This is true of all (I think) URL shorteners. A good example of this is bit.ly, which allows you to create links and tracks their analytics.
For instance, if I shorten this page's link to: http://bit.ly/Xk0DDl then I can add a
Likewise, it would require significant resources to be able to index, track and re-use t.co links based on their target destinations.
Now, in the case of t.co, I don't believe you can access the link analytics in the same way, but the same principle applies about it being difficult to track URLs and grab the already-used links.


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I'm Natalie Manuel and Animus Photography is the name of my Multi Award Winning collection of animal photographs – a collection that is always and will always be a work in progress.
I am based in Australia and am a self taught photographer.
What does Animus mean?
I chose the name Animus Photography to represent my work. Animus/Anima refers to an idea by psychologist Carl Jung. The anima and animus are the male and female expressions of the true inner personality and self of an individual within the unconscious mind.
My photography focuses on the individuality of each animal, rather than the outer 'species', and so the name arose from this idea.
Are these wild shots?
No, I am primarily a zoo photographer. Because I am interested in the individual animal and the expression of this individuality, the 'location' of the animal is secondary to me. My photography is not about making a statement about captivity or freedom, but about the importance of each animal within each species. In using zoo animals, I do 'give back' by using some of my works to raise money for local conservation groups.
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January 2013 Indie Next List
"The nature of this wonderful novel set in small-town Oklahoma is like its characters -- raucous, messy, uncertain, and foolishly brave. After a surprise immigration raid on Mexicans that scoops up even some respected citizens, everyone struggles to understand where they stand and how to act. This is a large, kind-hearted story of less than perfect folks caught in a maelstrom while still trying to abide by their ethical and spiritual beliefs. Askew's story is a most timely look at who is welcome into our lives and how we express and share compassion even when times are tough and language is a barrier."
— Sheryl Cotleur, Copperfield's Books, Sebastopol, CA
With the passing of a new state law, it becomes a felony to harbor an undocumented immigrant in Oklahoma. So when Robert John Brown, a churchgoing family man and respected community member, is caught hiding a barnful of migrant workers with no papers, he is arrested and sent to prison. Meanwhile, his ten-year-old grandson Dustin tries to help the sole escapee of the raid reunite with his family, and his granddaughter, Misty, is struggling to raise her daughter alone after her husband, an illegal immigrant himself, has been deported. Then there's Brown's daughter Sweet, who finds her life unraveling: her father is refusing to speak in court to defend himself, her nephew is missing, her niece is in need of shelter, and the stress of it all is destroying her marriage.
Rilla Askew's brilliant, hilarious, and heartfelt novel follows a handful of complicated lawmakers and lawbreakers as workers are exiled, friends turn informers, and families are torn apart in a statewide exodus of Hispanics. In the end, Kind of Kin reveals how an ad hoc family, and an entire town, will unite to do anything necessary to protect its own.
About the Author
Rilla Askew received a 2009 Arts and Letters Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. She is the author of four novels, and has been nominated for the PEN/Faulkner Award and the Dublin IMPAC Prize, and is a three-time recipient of the Oklahoma Book Award.
Praise For…
"Kind of Kin is a kind of miracle. The character Sweet is an American original, doing her best to hold the family she loves together while trying not to fall apart. A winner."
-Adriana Trigiani, bestselling author of The Shoemaker's Wife
"Wonderful . . . Askew's unflinching portrait of a family whipsawed from within and without is a story for our time. It's proof of Askew's flat-out genius that Kind of Kin is merciless, yet strangely full of mercy." —Ben Fountain, author of Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
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"I loved it!!! I stayed up until 4 in the morning … I couldn't stop thinking about it. That is just one of the magical things about Rilla's writing…A brilliant portrait of the world today. I just felt hopeful when I was finished."
-Diane Welsh, Barnes & Noble, Cedar Rapids, IA
Passionate, solid, and fair. . . Askew's characters, whose viewpoints are all over the political map, are well-imagined, thoughtful, and treated with a kindness that is often lacking in the ongoing discussion of this 'hot button' topic. It deserves great applause."
-Emily Russo, Greenlight Bookstore, Brooklyn, NY
"Kind of Kin is beautiful, funny, politically alive and savvy. Askew does character like no American writer and her nuanced vision of the relationship between the Big Picture and the lives of regular Americans is unrivaled."
-Paul Ingram, Prairie Lights, Iowa City, IA
"The nature of this wonderful novel is, like the characters, raucous, messy, uncertain and foolishly brave. Askew's story is brilliant and a most timely look at who is welcome into our lives and how we express and share compassion even while times are tough and language is a barrier."
-Sheryl Cotleur, Book Passage, Corte Madera, CA
"Askew writes a very compelling family drama that features a very hot subject these days-immigration, illegal and otherwise. Religion, civil rights, extended families, and the economic struggles of blue collar families all come into play in this multi-layered novel of life in Oklahoma."
-Jackie Blem, Tattered Cover Book Store, Denver, CO
"Bracing, startling, snort-out-loud funny, heart-rending, Kind of Kin addresses family function and dysfunction, religion, immigration. [Rilla Askew] suggests a very subversive thought. Perhaps we are all a kind of kin. No matter your politics, you will not soon forget this generous work of art."
-Luis Alberto Urrea, author of Queen of America
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"Askew deftly weaves together a narrative that foregrounds a number of important contemporary issues: religion, immigration, the economy and the effect of all of these on family life."
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Cultural Competency & the HIV Provider: Reaching the African American Female Patient
Cultural Competency & the HIV Provider: Reaching the African American Female Patient
Event Date: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm EDT
At the end of this session, participants will be able to:
- Identify at least 2 unique socio-cultural characteristics of the African American female population.
- Determine 3 major impediments to effective provider/patient communication with the target population.
- Demonstrate confidence in ability to relate with their African American female patients.
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Logic is the philosophical study of valid reasoning. Mathematical logic is an extension of symbolic logic (which is extension of formal logic) into other areas, in particular to the study of model theory, proof theory, set theory, and recursion theory.
How to explain, that logic is the only correct way of describing any valid process? Why it is not possible to define logic in different way, and then build an alternative foundation for systems, processes?


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I have a DELL PC with Ubuntu 12.10 and a pandaboard running the latest linaro ubuntu 12.08. The Ethernet on the panda board is reporting 'no ipv6 router present' regardless of what router I connect (they are all probably not ipv6). I can connect via a cross-over Ethernet cable the pandaboard to the DELL PC. Can I setup the DELL PC to act as an IPv6 router. the PC has a wireless connect to our router/ADSL box.
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I have a drop down list that is populated in the page load event from a database table.
The drop down has a DataTextField set to a project name and the DataValueField set to the project id (interger).
Later I change the dropdowlist selected item with this code in the selectedindexchanged event of a gridview
GridViewRow row = GridView1.SelectedRow;
ddlProjectList.SelectedItem.Text = row.Cells[2].Text;
Does Changing the drop down list with this code cause the DataValueField property to change to the correct Project ID number also? If not is there a better way to do this?
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ARA614: AP Art2D+ (2014-2015)
CURRICULUM PROGRAM: Advanced Placement
COURSE TITLE: AP Studio Art2D Des+
COURSE LENGTH: 36 weeks
About the Program:
AP Studio Art: 2-D is designed as an intensive one year course of college-level study which requires more time than traditional courses. Portfolio requirements indicate that the serious student must bring work that has been completed outside the classroom. These works should be completed at times agreed upon by parents and as the school schedule and free time permits. This should be time that students have to devote to their artwork. Students are expected to take the AP Exam at the end of this course.
Major Concepts/Content: Students will explore the elements of art (color, value, line, shape, form, texture and space.) and the possibilities that artists use to express themselves. The principles of design (balance, contrast, proportion, pattern, rhythm, emphasis, unity, and variety) help guide artists in making decisions about how to organize the elements on an image plane in order to communicate content.
Course Objectives:
- Develop critical thinking skills
- Increase cultural literacy
- Develop visual perception
- Understand creativity, growth, and maturity of a style within an artists career
- Develop an art vocabulary
- Study the media, techniques and processes used in the creation of art works
- Understand the role of visual art and architecture within a larger context
Course Philosophy: Students who enroll in AP Studio Art 2D will be expected to produce a minimum of forty pieces. They therefore should consistently be working from observation and develop a broad range of divergent products that apply color theory, design principles and emphasize specific elements of art. A portion of this work should be directed toward a student selected theme. It is important for the student to understand how media can be combined into 2 dimensional works that convey a message to the viewers.
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Marc Munroe Dion is one of my favorite journalists. His thoughtful comments are at once edifying and entertaining. He is not shy about telling like it is. His recent comment about Rep. Alan Silvia and Jesus, though, missed the mark.
Rule number one about addressing an issue is knowing your audience, or in this instance, knowing your subject (Silvia).
Marc, Alan does not wrap himself around religion or the flag, which you rightly would comment on. In fact, most often when a politician mentions patriotism (the flag) or religion (Jesus) that person is labeled as seeking special attention for it.
Marc, would you suggest Silvia not be himself and not be patriotic or even dare to say the name Jesus in public?
Both you and Silvia share one thing in common: you both have a "bully pulpit," the opportunity to use your vocation to express your opinion and in so doing tell us over time who you are. You are effective in doing just that, and Silvia is effective in doing just that.
Both of you are who you are, and you are both letting us know who you are. And we love it! I pray (oops... is this politically correct to say "pray"?) that you both continue speaking, writing and talking as you have been. To thine ownself be true.
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9 Challenges Facing Gifted Children (and How You Can Help!)
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Gifted children are often driven to be high-achievers in all areas of their life. Your child may procrastinate on starting homework or school projects or spend a lot of extra time on them because of her desire to get everything just right. Also, your child may be extremely gifted in some subjects but an average-achiever in others, which can also fuel her perfectionism all around. Aiming to get everything perfect is time-consuming, tiring, and even bad for one's health. Perfectionism is associated with abdominal pain, eating disorders, and obsessive-compulsive personality disorders.
Tip: For a younger child, avoid correcting every little grammar or factual mistake she makes, and remind her to go easy on herself when her perfectionism comes through.
For an older child, help her establish some basic goals and guidelines for a successful school project or report before she dives in. For example, review the assignment with her, get a sense of how long and detailed the project should be (how many pages, how many references cited, etc.), make an outline or rough draft, and establish about how much time she should invest based on the assignment's impact on her grades. In other words, help your child "know when to quit" and enjoy the process of learning from a project rather than stressing about getting everything perfect.
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February 22, 2010
Contact: Oliver Bernstein, Sierra Club, 512.477.2152
Sierra Club Seeks Protection for Endangered Leatherback Turtles
Essential Puerto Rican Nesting Grounds Under Threat
Washington, D.C. -- The Sierra Club today petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to protect some of the most important leatherback sea turtle nesting grounds in the Unites States -- a string of pristine sandy beaches on the Caribbean island of Puerto Rico that are part of the Northeast Ecological Corridor. If the Corridor's beaches and its nearby waters are not protected as critical habitat, American leatherbacks may lose the race for their survival as coastal construction and global warming eat away at their numbers.
"Leatherbacks were swimming the seas in the days of the dinosaurs. It would be a tragedy if, after 100 million years, we were the last people to ever see a leatherback cut through the waves or watch dozens of hatchlings scramble down a nesting beach. Both the Puerto Rican and Federal governments must take action to protect the Northeast Ecological Corridor and its turtles," said Carl Pope, executive director of the Sierra Club.
The Ecological Corridor is an important nesting area for leatherback turtles, the world's largest turtle. However, Puerto Rico's governor, Luis G. Fortuño, removed the area's designation as a nature reserve on October 30, 2009, opening the Corridor to a hotel, golf course and luxury homes, which could destroy nesting opportunities for turtles.
"Removing the protection of Puerto Rico's most important leatherback turtle nesting beaches is putting this species at risk. We are asking the Obama administration to take action to protect this critical habitat," said Angel Sosa, president of the Puerto Rico chapter of the Sierra Club.
Leatherback populations have crashed across the globe and the Northeast Ecological Corridor is among the last remaining American leatherback nesting sites that still holds a significant population, and is therefore essential for this species' survival. The Corridor's beaches grow more important to turtles every year, as global climate change profoundly alters the world's oceans. Rising sea levels are washing away nesting beaches and shifting currents and ocean acidification make it harder for the turtles to thrive in their habitat. And, because the temperature of the nest determines the gender of turtle hatchlings, global warming may lead to major imbalances within leatherback populations. If the last nesting beaches aren't protected, the leatherbacks may not make it through the century.
"If we do not protect turtle nesting beaches throughout the Caribbean we will lose them. The protection of the Northeast Ecological Corridor represents an extraordinary opportunity to help keep the U.S. leatherback population from extinction, as well as supporting the existence of the other 50 threatened, endangered, rare and endemic species found in this stunning natural area that everyone can enjoy," said Luis Jorge Rivera Herrera, environmental scientist and planner of the Initiative of Sustainable Development.
The Sierra Club and the Coalition for the Northeast Ecological Corridor have worked for the protection of this area as a nature reserve and prime eco-tourism destination for nearly ten years. To find out more, visit www.sierraclub.org/corridor


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The 6 Creepiest Places on Earth (Part 2)
In Cracked's continuous effort to make your local haunted house look like a boring pile of dog turds, we once again present the creepiest real places on Earth. Whether it's due to their bizarre histories, suspicious coincidences or good ol' human insanity, these are the locations even the die-hardest of atheists wouldn't venture into without a crucifix and a Super Soaker full of Pope-blessed water.
#6. Isla de las Munecas
Located smack in the middle of a swamp in the heart of Aztec country is the popular tourist destination La Isla de las Munecas, or Island of the Dolls, a name missing at least two adjectives and the word "fucking." To get there, visitors have to hire a guide to take them by boat through the canals of Xochimilco, then to the island itself, all the while making the guide promise on a stack of Bibles that he's not going to abandon them once they reach their destination.
"Seriously, Pablo? We will haunt your ass."
Not that he'd do that, right? It's just an old abandoned island, once occupied by a single inhabitant named Don Julian Santana Barrera, who seemed to have a knack for doll-collecting. So what? Lots of people collect dolls.
Oh. Charming.
The legend goes that years ago a small girl drowned in the canals near the island, and not long after her death, Barrera found her
corpse doll floating in the water. Then he found another one. By that point he was hooked on a new and exciting hobby.
One that will cost tourists sleep for decades.
Over the course of the next 50 years, the guy collected thousands of discarded dolls, which he thought would somehow serve as companions for the dead girl. Makes sense. Everyone knows Mexican girls enjoy mutilated trash dolls displayed in gruesome manners meant to simulate acts of torture and suicide. We try not to be too judgmental about other people's cultures.
However, it does seem that the offerings weren't such a success, considering that in 2001 Julian passed away ... by drowning in the same canal as the girl whose ghost he was trying to appease for all those years.
Either that or he was murdered, Chucky-style, by his horrific collection, who then dragged him to the canals to make it look like a drowning.
Guess we'll never know.
#5. Gunkanjima
Gunkanjima (literally Battleship Island) is another name for Hashima, an uninhabited island 15 kilometers from Nagasaki nicknamed for its apparent resemblance to a battleship. From 1887 to 1974, Gunkanjima was a coal mining facility, but the coal mine shut down and everyone left. Still, abandoned islands aren't that uncommon in Japan. Even Gunkanjima is only one of 505 uninhabited islands near Nagasaki. But it's by far the creepiest.
Have you ever wondered what cities would look like if the human population was suddenly wiped out? Wonder no more.
Also, sleep soundly no more.
For over 30 years, the man-made structures on the island deteriorated with hardly any contact with the outside world. The sight of crumbling buildings and grass literally growing up through asphalt was so creepy, in fact, that the island was used for footage in the History Channel's show Life After People.
A documentary that 38 percent of our readers found "comforting."
And the creepy factor doubles once you find out that Gunkanjima was also a forced labor camp for over 500 Korean prisoners during WWII, and you know that some of them had to die horribly violent deaths and are currently seeking revenge on all who dare to enter.
For many years, though, only selected journalists with balls bigger than their heads were allowed to enter, presumably having to sign a "Don't sue if possessed" clause before being let in. Since 2009, however, those restrictions have been lifted, but still only about 10 percent of the isle is open to the public.
The rest is just lousy with Shoggoths.
Some photographers do sneak deeper into the island from time to time, although we would not recommend it. Because of harsh weather conditions, access to Gunkanjima is possible only 160 days a year. So if you get stuck at this remote fortress in the middle of the sea at the wrong time, it might be months before any help can arrive. And you will need help.
This building is called "Guaranteed Demon Ass Rape Heights."
#4. Hellingly Hospital
The first things you need to know about Hellingly are that it's an abandoned hospital in England and the word "Hell" is right there in its name. Like, right there. It couldn't be more obvious that this place were of the devil unless the devil himself showed up in the photos torturing souls in the hallways.
That would actually make some of them less creepy.
Oh yeah. We forgot to mention that this place wasn't just a hospital; it was an insane asylum.
For insane babies?
Hellingly was once a state-of-the-art mental institution designed by a guy named G.T. Hine, who had the dubious distinction of being super good at building insane asylums. This particular one was a biggie: a 63-acre estate with its own rail line, a ballroom, a salon and a water tower, plus a buttload of wards for the kinds of people who, for whatever reason, needed to live in an insane asylum.
But once the place was abandoned in 1994, it took a bullet train to Creepytown. To look at these pictures, you'd think it was abandoned in 1894, not a mere 16 years ago.
It's aged only slightly better than Jennifer Aniston.
The deterioration of the huge facility has been helped along by arsonists and vandals, though some of them have helpfully brightened up the place with graffiti.
Somebody's winning the Unsettling Olympics.
If we had a choice between spending a night alone in Hellingly and having our arm chopped off with a rusty ax, we'd immediate answer, "So, are we talking below or above the elbow?" while pulling up our sleeve.


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Original article by Paul Castagnino, first published on usemoslinux.blogspot.it in spanish
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Heads up! We've discovered some awesome competitions out there right now. Get those creative caps on and start applying!
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I love noodles. I make a quick noodle dish at least once a week for lunch. It's a nice break from sandwiches.
Serves 4-6
- 3 bundles somen noodles, cooked according to the directions, rinsed in cold water
- 1 recipe golden baked tofu
- 2 tbsp oil
- 2 small onion, halved and sliced
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1/2 head broccoli, cut into florets
- 2 carrots, sliced
- 3 cups veggie broth
- 1 tsp coriander
- 2 tbsp hoisin sauce
- 1 tbsp vegetarian oyster sauce
- salt, to taste
- 2 tomatoes, cut into wedges
- bean sprouts
1. Cook noodles and bake tofu.
2. Heat oil in a wok or large pot over medium-hi heat. Fry onions and garlic for 5 min, until soft. Add broccoli and carrots and fry 2 mins.
3. Add broth, coriander, and sauce and season to taste. Bring to bubbling, then simmer for about 15 mins, until veggies are cooked. Add in tofu stir through.
4. Put a handful of noodles in a bowl, then ladle broth and veggies/tofu over top. Add a few tomato wedges and a handful if sprouts. Enjoy!
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Somen Noodles in Broth
I love noodles. I make a quick noodle dish at least once a week for lunch. It's a nice break from sandwiches.
3 comments:
- Everyday Veg*n said...
YUM! I finally got my hands on some Vegan oyster sauce (I have small town syndrome!) so I can't wait to try this one out!
Thanks for all your fab recipes :)
- August 21, 2009 at 9:14 AM
- The Voracious Vegan said...
Thank you for this recipe, it looks simple and delicious. You're right, it looks perfect for a quick and easy lunch. Love that photo!
- August 21, 2009 at 9:24 AM
- Bianca said...
I've never heard of somen noodles, but I've never met a noodle I didn't like. That soup sounds delicious.
- August 21, 2009 at 5:28 PM


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Save Your Enterprise...Be an Identity Hero!
By Daniel Tse on May 08, 2008
Do you have what it takes to be an Identity Hero? Well, now is your chance to prove it.
Your enterprise is in trouble, and like most heroes, you must swoop in at the right moment to save the day. It's a tall order to be a hero when you have SarBox monsters to slay, auditors to fend off, and access privileges to protect. As if neutralizing threats isn't enough, you must also rescue the helpless. With an enterprise to save, you must successfully integrate with partners and still provide single sign-on, provisioning, and role management to help your fellow employees.
If you have what it takes, prove yourself a hero by clicking here to test your identity management skills.


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Greg Biffle has 10 starts at Indy, earning three top-five and six top-10 finishes.
Erik Jones (#20 DeWalt Toyota Camry) won the U.S. Cellular 250, his fifth victory in 45 NASCAR XFINITY Series (NXS) races.
Daniel Suarez (#19 ARRIS Toyota Camry) won the Coors Light Pole Award for the U.S. Cellular 250 with a lap of 132.811 mph.
This spring, Chase Elliott qualified 13th at Pocono Raceway—narrowly missing the final round of time trials—but challenged for the lead late in the Axalta We Paint Winners 400 and finished fourth. This Friday, he posted the eighth-fastest lap and starts five positions further ahead.
Trevor Bayne recorded a lap of 173.534 mph and will line up 31st on Sunday at Pocono Raceway for the Pennsylvania 400. He also qualified in the 30s two weeks ago on another flat track of New Hampshire Motor Speedway and this spring on the minimally-banked Martinsville Speedway.
Josh Wise will start a Pocono Raceway event in 38th for the third consecutive time. He qualified in that position in June 2015 and again this June. He missed the August 2015 event.
William Byron (#9 Liberty University Toyota Tundra) won the Pocono Mountains 150 at Pocono Raceway, his fifth victory in 13 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) races.
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. enters the Pennsylvania 400 at Pocono Raceway with three straight top-15s on NASCAR's minimally-banked courses. He finished 15th in the Axalta 400 on this track, 10th at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, and was 12th last week at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
David Ragan qualified 34th this June for the Axalta We Paint Winners 400 before climbing to 23rd at the checkers. In addition to what he earned for his finishing position, Ragan added 10 place-differential points to his total.
Austin Dillon posted the second-quickest, 10-lap average in final practice for the Pennsylvania 400 at Pocono Raceway. His 10-lap average of 174.442 mph was set from laps 24 through 33.
Martin Truex Jr. posted the fastest single lap in Pocono Raceway's final practice session for the Pennsylvania 400 with a speed of 176.377 mph. He will lead the Pennsylvania 400 field to green.
In five previous attempts at Pocono Raceway, Cole Whitt has finished better than he started in every event. This June he improved seven positions from a 37th-place qualification attempt before getting stranded in 30th with a Rear Gear failure.


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10 Fast Food Options That Are Good for Your Skin
If you refuse to give up fast food (or have to eat it in a pinch), at least pick the best options for healthy skin
Why it's a good choice: OK, so if you absolutely have to have a burger, this one is the best choice compared to the other fast food burgers as it is lower on the sodium level, has no cheese, and actually has a tomato on it. If you really cared about your skin, you would "go naked" with it, says White. That means skipping the bun (which adds 110mg of salt and 5 grams of sugar), mayonnaise dressing, and high fructose corn syrup-infused ketchup. But, that might not sound too appetizing, as the sauces and bun tend to mask the taste of the meat.
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i dont believe in healthy alternatives for fast foods
by mlyvng Thursday, March 28, 2013 at 12:40PM Report as inappropriate
Live these
by Mollysunshine Thursday, March 28, 2013 at 02:10AM Report as inappropriate
Yum! I love the veggie sandwiches at Subway.
by amber.flute Sunday, January 13, 2013 at 04:22PM Report as inappropriate
The Subway sandwich sound good.
by EricaF123 Tuesday, December 25, 2012 at 01:23PM Report as inappropriate
I love jamba juice smoothies!
by Chris213 Thursday, October 11, 2012 at 08:44AM Report as inappropriate
Love Panera bread.
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Lovee this thank you very much
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i cant believe mcdonalds was on the list with a big n tasty hmmmmmmmmmmm
by jenni84 Monday, August 20, 2012 at 06:29PM Report as inappropriate
The Panera grilled chicken salad sounds tasty. I wouldn't suggest McDonald's or any other fast food place for that matter if you're looking for healthy options. Even the salads they make are loaded with sugar, which defeats the purpose. Plus, who can resist those fries? mmm.
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Shouldn't there be more salads on here?
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Pokemon Bank is now available in North AmericaWritten by: / / No Comments
The circle is now complete: After successfully launching in Japan and Asian regions, as well as Europe, Australia and New Zealand this month, Nintedo's long-awaited online storage service for Pokemon players, Pokemon Bank, is now finally available in North America, too.
Pokemon Bank, an annual subscription storage service that allows Pokemon players to store up to 3000 of their collected Pokemon online to swap and retrieve as they wish, was originally due for release in late December 2013, but was delayed due to spikes in traffic on the Nintendo Network.
After a lengthy period of testing and monitoring of the network, Pokemon Bank is now available in all regions as a download on the eShop, and once the month-long trial is over it will cost $4.99 / £4.49 / €4.99 per year to continue to store your Pokemon online.
Have you tried the Pokemon Bank service yet?
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