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If you follow this blog at all you know that I usually don't mess around with fussy presentations or preparations. But, you also know that I like to watch Top Chef. The last episode featured Natalie Portman, a vegetarian, but I found the dishes presented to be pretty disappointing so I thought I would take a try at something more fancy. The dish started with wondering about how roasted pears would taste . . . .
Makes 10
Roasted Pears
- 6 Bartlett pears, cored, diced
- 1 tsp oil
- 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
- 2 cups water
- 1 cup plain soy milk
- 1 cup polenta
- 1 tsp oregano
- 1 tsp parsley
- salt and pepper to taste
White Beans
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 leek, white and light green section, thinly sliced
- white wine
- 1 tomato, small dice
- 1 19oz can white kidney beans, drained and rinsed
- salt and pepper to taste
Braised Kale
- 6 large kale leaves
- white wine
- dash of salt
1. Pears: Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Toss diced pears in oil and vinegar and spread out on a baling sheet lined with parchment paper. Roast for 30 mins, turning pears regularly. Keep warm.
2. Polenta: Grease 10 large muffin tins. Bring water and milk to boiling. Slowly whisk in polenta and reduce heat to med-lo, stirring frequently to keep from sticking to the bottom of the pan. Cook for 15-20 mins, until soft and thick. Add spices and season to taste, then transfer into the muffin tins. Let cool, remove from tins, then keep warm.
3. Beans: While polenta is cooking, make the beans. Heat oil over medium heat in a frying pan. Fry leeks for 2-3 mins, until staring to go golden, then add a big splash of wine. Let cook dry, then repeat until leeks are softened (about 5 mins). Add tomatoes and another splash of wine and let reduce a bit. Add beans and a last splash of wine, then let cook for 5-7 mins until tomatoes have turned into a thick sauce. Season and keep warm.
4. Kale: Remove tough stalks from kale leaves, stack leaves, then roll up. Thinly slices rolled leaves. Heat a frying pan over med hi heat. Add kale, a generous splash of wine, and a dash of salt. Let cook for a min or two, until kale is soft but still bright green.
5. Place polenta on a plate, then top with beans, then kale, then pears.
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Polenta with White Beans, Braised Kale, and Roasted Pears
If you follow this blog at all you know that I usually don't mess around with fussy presentations or preparations. But, you also know that I like to watch Top Chef. The last episode featured Natalie Portman, a vegetarian, but I found the dishes presented to be pretty disappointing so I thought I would take a try at something more fancy. The dish started with wondering about how roasted pears would taste . . . .
29 comments:
- Janet said...
yum!!!! except I think you forgot to add the beans to the ingredient list on the, um, white beans. :) BEAUTIFUL pic!
- November 1, 2009 at 11:18 PM
- sageg said...
Oh yum! I might make these tomorrow, although I think I'll carmenalize the pears instead (can't touch balsamic).
- November 1, 2009 at 11:32 PM
- Tiffany C. said...
That sounds like a tasty flavor and texture combination. Lovely presentation, too.
- November 1, 2009 at 11:41 PM
- Kate said...
This looks like fun and I just cooked a big pot of white beans. What amount did you use?
- November 1, 2009 at 11:42 PM
- Johanna said...
That stack looks very impressive - I usually don't like polenta stacks because they don't take my fancy but I would love to be served this and will put it on my to do list
- November 2, 2009 at 1:59 AM
- Joanne said...
Top Chef does need to up the vegetarian ante. I remember on the third episode when the only vegetarian dish they included was a lame pasta salad. Tsk tsk!
This looks fabulous! Definitely haute cooking worthy.
- November 2, 2009 at 6:24 AM
- Lisa -- Cravin' Veggies said...
When I saw the picture, the first thing that came to my mind was Top Chef. I love all the components of this, so I shall have to give it a try!
- November 2, 2009 at 8:00 AM
- Jessie (Vegan-minded) said...
Looks delicious!
- November 2, 2009 at 8:09 AM
- Lisa G/K said...
That looks absolutely heavenly! Wow!
- November 2, 2009 at 8:10 AM
- Marcia said...
Oh man that looks so good. I'll have to try that tip on the polenta (muffin tin). I too was disappointed with the offerings on this episode (the Masters did much better). I would have gone hungry! I thought about that episode last night as I made up a yummy acorn squash risotto.
I have a couple of very good friends who are vegetarian, and it's always a big joke. Whenever we are at a wedding (happened at least twice, maybe more), everyone ends up with a huge pile of meat, and they get a plate with 5 ravioli or 6 slices of grilled zucchini.
- November 2, 2009 at 9:21 AM
- dreaminitvegan said...
This looks wonderful! They really need to have some vegan chefs cook meals on the food network.
- November 2, 2009 at 4:57 PM
- Bianca said...
Fancy! I'm the same way with fussy presentations. But sometimes it can be fun...this sounds delicious.
- November 2, 2009 at 5:25 PM
- Kim said...
That looks too good to eat!!!
- November 2, 2009 at 5:57 PM
- Jain said...
It's a beautiful thing!
- November 2, 2009 at 7:39 PM
- Lindsay said...
That looks absolutely decadent! It could definitely rival any Top Chef entry!
- November 2, 2009 at 10:43 PM
- nicolaknits said...
Can I come to your house for dinner? :o)
- November 2, 2009 at 11:18 PM
- Holly said...
Hi there,
When did you see this episode? I tape Top Chef every Monday night and she wasn't on last week's or this week's episode. On the episode I taped last night, it was Restaurant Wars...
- November 3, 2009 at 12:27 PM
- Laurie said...
This looks great! I am actually going to try the cold smoking method with the kale that Kevin used in the show. But I may make this dish tonight because it looks fantastic!
Love your blog!
- November 3, 2009 at 12:51 PM
- Linda B said...
I love watching Top Chef and other cooking shows and competitions. I'm with you, the food they cooked for Natalie was uninspired and uninteresting. You'd think they would have alternative proteins in Tom's kitchen since the challenge was vegetarian. I'm surprised no one tried to make something with Indian or Asian flavors. Most vegan home cooks could have done a better job.
- November 3, 2009 at 3:03 PM
- Just.Kate said...
This is a beautiful dish. X)
- November 3, 2009 at 6:01 PM
- The Voracious Vegan said...
Wow, this is stunning! Not only is it visually beautiful, but from the sound of it I imagine it would be delicious, as well. Next up, Top Chef for YOU!
- November 4, 2009 at 10:12 AM
- Vegan Dad said...
It's the episode after Restaurant Wars.
- November 4, 2009 at 1:50 PM
- Heidi said...
looks very yummy happy to find you vegan dad =o)
- November 4, 2009 at 6:22 PM
- Niki said...
Vegan Dad, you never cease to amaze.
- November 5, 2009 at 12:20 AM
- Anonymous said...
So how does it taste?
- November 6, 2009 at 1:56 PM
- stellatex said...
So pretty!
- November 12, 2009 at 4:37 PM
- Captain Karen said...
I love Top Chef and was so happy to see a vegetarian challenge and Nathalie Portman. I'm not a vegetarian but do love vegetables and don't eat meat very often. I found the episode a bit disappointing - the dishes created by the contestants really didn't strike me as appetizing, interesting or fulfilling. Your recipe however? Mmmmm, this sounds fantastic. It looks amazing. And I could imagine it on the menu of a fancy restaurant. I'll definately be giving it a try (although possibly with a different green - not a kale fan).
- November 18, 2009 at 7:28 AM
- Christy said...
Hello. I am thinking of going veggie after the first of the year. Meat has always been a staple in my diet so this will be a huge change for me. I love your blog! The recipes are amazing. I also LOVE Top Chef! I was impressed with many of the dishes they created on the episode with Natalie. It is interesting to hear from a veggie's opinion that the recipes were not impressive. I am intimidated by all the information out there about giving up meat. Eventaully I think it would be awesome to be a vegan but I want to start slow so that I am not overwhelmed and give up. Thank you for blogging! I will totally be tuning in :-)
- December 17, 2009 at 3:21 AM
- Nichole said...
Just tried this the other night. Very good! I didn't bother making it as lovely as yours and made a couple changes: http://veganniche.blogspot.com/2010/02/polenta-with-white-beans-braised-kale.html
Thanks so much for the great recipe!
- February 22, 2010 at 8:22 PM


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How is the letter 's' (or the 's' sound) pronounced in Spain?
We know that following groups of syllables
- se, si, sa, so, su
- ce, ci, za, zo, zu
can be pronunced in 3 different ways:
- "distinción"
/s/ + vowel
/θ/ + vowel
- "seseo"
/s/ + vowel
/s/ + vowel
- "ceceo"
/θ/ + vowel
/θ/ + vowel
The question is: approximately how many people in Spain use each of these pronunciations?
I don't ask for Latin America because I know they use "seseo".

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I'm a newbie. I like to play games, but I'd also like to program them too. I know it's difficult to create a game, but please share the basic info I need to get started creating my first game. What do I need to study to become a game developer? What is game AI? What is a Game Engine? What are the different types of game engine?
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The field of game design is a broad topic, but it's certainly possible for to get started with little prior experience. The first thing you need is an idea; you can find many good starting ones at this question.
From there, you should choose your platform and language/IDE. A good solid choice for PC development is XNA, and if you want to go web you can choose Flash (though that may cost money).
Then, you need to figure out the design of the game engine you'll write (i'd personally recommend an Asteroids clone). This includes figuring out how the main game loop is structured, what attendant classes to make, how you'll draw everything on the screen, etc. Your platform+language+ide choice may affect this, so make sure you know how to fit a design into the language you chose.
After that, you get to work. You map out the classes and start implementing features, using programmer art along the way. After a long time of this (if your design was good and you didn't give up), you should basically have a game.
Then you look for assets you can use, and tweak your game to use them. Finally, it's a good idea to get a few parties to playtest the game and get feedback (actually it's good to do this once you have something playable, not when it's done)
That's an overview of how you could do a 1-man simple 2d game, the process is much more complicated for larger teams and 3d games. The above is a good start for you though. For instance, if you hired an artist for your game, chances are you'd have him working at the same time you worked on programming the game, so you'd use his/her output as you get it.
As far as what Game AI and game engines are:
and finally, Don't create an MMO till you're really good! :)
If you're completely new to game development and you just want to play around, I'd recommend starting with Game Maker.
Basically a game is composed of 3 things:
Game AI- Artificial Intelligence, a program use to simulate control over actions of certain entities usually NPC's be it enemies or allies. This can be set by programmers or designers
Game engine - are a collection of tools (from frame works, middle ware etc.) to make games.
For better knowledge it would be good to check out articles at gamasutra.com as well
If you're new to game development but have programming experience I can really recommend Unity (http://www.unity3d.com).


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How do you interpret the indeterminate "x" in ring theory from the set theory viewpoint? How do you write down R[x] as a set? Is it appropriate/correct to just say that
$R[x] = \{ f: R \to R | \exists n \in \mathbb{N}, \mbox{ and } c_0, \dots, c_n \in R \mbox{ such that } f(x) = c_0 + c_1 x + \dots + c_n x^n \}$
This appears to be a very analytic definition. Is there a better definition that highlights the algebraic aspect of the set of polynomials? $$ $$ EDIT: There is a thread on this at http://tea.mathoverflow.net/discussion/568/inconsistent-and-closedminded-question-closing/#Item_0 There is a single user who is composing a lengthy response to this question. Anyway, take a look.


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Married to Joseph E. Mullaney who died in 1961, Beatrice Hancock Mullaney had children including Joe Mullaney Jr. (also highlighted in the book). She died in 1990 at age 84, while attending her beloved Durfee High School 67th reunion in a Tiverton restaurant. Mullaney was the daughter of Fred Hancock and Margaret O'Loughlin Hancock. She and her brother grew up on North Main Street in the Steep Brook section of the city
Beatrice Hancock was the top-ranking member of her class at St. Joseph School, the beginning of many "firsts" in her illustrious career. Soon after, she was named the top girl in her class at Durfee High School. Her most important first was as the first woman ever appointed as a probate judge in Massachusetts. They kept coming. Mullaney was the first chair of the Stonehill College Board of Advisors and followed that as the first chair of the Marine Museum in Fall River. She was first listed in Who's Who in American Women in 1950 and represented the International Federation of Women Lawyers at the United Nations.
Mullaney was an Assistant Attorney General for the state from 1949 to 1950 and then entered private practice until Gov. Christian Herter appointed her a judge in 1955.
Her unsuccessful candidacy for Massachusetts Secretary of State in 1952 garnered over 1 million votes. For nearly 20 years after she quipped, "I may not have the wisdom of Solomon but I have the patience of Job," Judge Mullaney presided over 10,000 divorces, separations, custody, equity will and land cases.
An exceptional debater at both Durfee High and Boston University, Mullaney returned to BU to help coach the debate team. Mullaney also served as the debate team coach at Sacred Hearts Academy and Stonehill College. She was the first female Boston University debating team member and was the first female captain of an international debating team.
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TRAINING: In the morning I train the fight stuff like sparring and technique, then at night I do conditioning five times a week. Pretty much train, rest, sleep, eat good and repeat. Kind of boring. (Laughs).
When and why did you start training for fighting? I started in 2002 after watching a lot of fights. Watching Royce Gracie in the UFC as a kid I knew I wanted to be a fighter.
What ranks and titles have you held? Sportfight Champion and a lot of victories at Abu Dhabi Combat Club
Do you have any heroes? Chuck Liddell is a guy who I have looked up to for some time. I met him as a champion already and he has taught me a lot. I admire him as a fighter inside and outside of the cage.
What does it mean for you to fight in the UFC? It means everything to me to be in the UFC.
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Assignment Fox Cities
Saturday, Dec, 14 2013
working with children who are abused or neglected in a program that gets underway
next month. Currently there are 15 advocates, screened and fully-trained to work
with children, their families and the courts.
We got a glimpse of what the program is all about while interviewing Executive
Director Maria Turner and two advocates, Susan Sykes and Mitch Vesaas.
Catch their story on Assignment Fox Cities heard on WHBY Wednesday,
December 18th, at 6:45 a.m., 12:45 p.m. and 5:45 p.m.
Take some time to give it a listen. It's sure to Open Your Eyes and Open Your
Heart, a theme used by CASA Fox Cities.
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Assignment Fox Cities
Friday, Dec, 6 2013
social media, police have the additional eyes, ears and data provided by those who share
the technology, and it's paying big dividends.
Appleton police Sergeant Dave Lund says they have used social media for several years, but
now do so on a daily basis. It paid-off heavily in their search for a hit-and-run driver who struck
and killed a bicyclist on east Wisconsin Avenue.
After a Lawrence University student was struck by a hit-and-run drver on College Avenue, a
police video of the incident generated tens-of-thousands of responses.
Sergeant Lund details the use of social media and how it helps police solve crimes in
Assignment Fox Cities, posted on our website, whby.com.
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Assignment Fox Cities
Monday, Dec, 2 2013
Years in the making, the Outagamie County Court-Appointed Special Advocates (CASA)
program is ready to begin serving abused and neglected children in the county. The
program will be up-and-running early next year.
Fifteen advocates have been thoroughly screened, trained, and are ready to serve as a
liaison between the children, their families and the courts.
The CASA Fox Cities story is now posted on our website, whby.com, under Audio Vault.
Highlight that, get a drop-down menu and the feature Assignment Fox Cities appears.
In the program, Executive Director Maria Turner details the program, and two advocates,
Susan Sykes and Mitch Vesaas, share their involvement. Judge John DesJardins, long a
proponent of the program, says the intervention will help judges make decisions in the
best interest of the children.
Give it a listen. Study the accompanying picture of the poster child and its caption:
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will have someone acting in their best interests. Court-Appointed Special
Advocates are trained to work with the child and family in court-related matters.
There are 15 trained advocates, all of whom have undergone rigorous
background checks, who will be assigned to 15 children. Two of them, Susan
Sykes and Mitch Vesaas, are anxious to get started.
CASA Executive Director Maria Turner will make the assignments to insure the
advocate is matched correctly with the child.
Judge John DesJardins, a strong supporter of the program, says advocates
reportiing to the court will help judges make decisions in the best interest
of the child.
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Grand Teton National Park Lodging
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Year-round visitors to Eastern Idaho's Teton Springs Lodge & Spa have unlimited recreation, unique adventures, and sightseeing opportunitiesnot found anywhere else in North America. It could simply be a day trip to Jackson Hole, an unforgettable night spent in Grand Teton National Park Lodging or watching as the most famous geyser in the world erupts in Yellowstone National Park. It's soon obvious that this is no ordinary excursion, even to the seasoned traveler and this is not the time to be camera shy!
Find Your Adventure With Teton National Park Lodging
From Teton Springs, guests head out to Jackson Hole, with its authentic western ambience and rich history. Even the drive is noteworthy, a spectacular 30 minute trip to the east over Teton Pass, with Grand Teton National Park lodging less than 45 miles to the northeast. First stop in Jackson has to be a white-knuckle- white water trip on the infamous Snake River in large rubber rafts, hard to hear the rapids with all that giggling going on! Or, some may choose the mellower but incredible 13 mile Teton Scenic Float; the guides are seasoned, gracious and throw in a bit of natural history and geology along the way. Most importantly, they never miss a moose or buffalo grazing amidst the cottonwood banks. The Teton Mountain range is your constant companion on this float and taking in the splendor of the Tetons and the dramatic Snake River is only the beginning; but first some rest and dreams of another day.
As you depart your comfortable Grand Teton National Park Lodging digs with perhaps even a coveted bear spotting under your belt, most will undoubtedly be compelled to visit our more famous neighbor just up the road. Yellowstone National Park is the world's first national park with over 2 million acres to explore so pack a lunch! You'll need time to explore the 300 geysers and over 10,000 geothermal features especially if you're focused on the abundant wildlife roaming this national treasure. Yellowstone is home to the gray wolf, grizzly & black bear, bighorn sheep, lynx, mountain lion, moose, elk, deer and the list goes on and on. Watch for the bison crossing! Maybe it's best to think about extending your stay at Teton Springs, and remember, lodging in Grand Teton National Park is on the way "home."


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"Who's neXt?" Mortal Kombat 10 teased with shattered spine posterWritten by: / / 2 Comments
Mortal Kombat co-creator Ed Boon has been teasing the announcement for almost a month now, using his Twitter account to stream out hints and clues about when the reveal will happen and what it might be, but much more recently an image of a brutal poster alluding to the existence of Mortal Kombat 10 has surfaced.
Here it be:
Why should we pay any attention to a random image found on the Internet? Mainly because Ed Boon himself has changed his Twitter profile to include the words on the poster ("Who's Next") in the same font, with the same (new) Mortal Kombat dragon logo – take a peek over here.
Boon himself acknowledged the poster, too, teasing fans on Twitter:
I don't suppose there's anything I can do to make you think we still MIGHT be announcing Injustice 2 in #five days is there…..?
— Ed Boon (@noobde) May 29, 2014
So five days from today, June 2nd, will see the announcement of Mortal Kombat 10? Very likely.
Which kharacters and klassic features from the Mortal Kombat series do you hope to see in Mortal Kombat 10?
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I have a polygon layer that I would like to print images or PDFs from in bulk as there are a large number of them. Rather than having to manually scroll and print each individual'site' in the print composer (QGIS 2.0 or ArcGIS 10) are there any tools that I could use or scripts etc?
For QGIS, have a look at the Atlas functionality in the Print Composer.
The idea is to have a "coverage layer" which contains all the "sites" that you want to zoom to and make a map of. Atlas has all kinds of functions which let you control the resulting maps, e.g. whether you always want the same scale or not.
Some new stuff which is not covered by the user guide yet:
For ArcGIS you probably want to take a look at Data Driven Pages:
"Data Driven Pages gives you the ability to generate a set of output pages by taking a single layout and iterating over a set of map extents. The extents are defined by the features in a layer and are sometimes called tiles, sections, or areas of interest (AOI). The layer that defines the extents is referred to as an index layer. Any feature layer may serve as the index layer. "


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A search of the 2700 block of Pioneer Drive netted a major drug find and a stolen vehicle.
Authorities executed a search warrant, and a K-9 unit alerted them to 225 pounds of marijuana inside a room within a storage building. They also found 139 pounds of marijuana in the trunk of a 1998 Cadillac Deville parked inside the storage building.
Detectives also located a 2004 Chevrolet Impala, which had been stolen recently in Berea.
The task force says this investigation has stopped 364 pounds of marijuana, valued at $546,000 from reaching the Bowling Green and Warren County area.
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About Marijuana
Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug in America today. The term marijuana refers to the leaves and flowering tops of the cannabis plant.
A tobacco-like substance produced by drying the leaves and flowering tops of the cannabis plant, marijuana varies significantly in its potency, depending on the source and selection of plant materials used.
Sinsemilla, which is derived from the un-pollinated female cannabis plant, and hashish, the resinous material of the cannabis plant, are popular with users because of their high concentration of THC. THC is believed to be the chemical responsible for most of the psychoactive effects of the plant.
Marijuana is usually smoked in the form of loosely rolled cigarettes called joints or hollowed-out commercial cigars called blunts.
Joints and blunts may be laced with a number of adulterants including phencyclidine (PCP), substantially altering the effects and toxicity of these products. Street names for marijuana include pot, grass, weed, mary jane, acupulco gold, and reefer.
Although marijuana grown in the United States was once considered inferior because of its low concentration of THC, advancements in plant selection and cultivation have resulted in highly potent domestic marijuana.
For example, the average THC content of U.S.-produced sinsemilla has risen from 3.2 percent in 1977 to 12.8 percent in 1997.
Marijuana contains known toxins and cancer-causing chemicals that are stored in fat cells of users for up to several months.
Marijuana users experience the same health problems as tobacco smokers, such as bronchitis, emphysema, and bronchial asthma.
Some of the effects of marijuana use also include increased heart rate, dryness of the mouth, reddening of the eyes, impaired motor skills and concentration, and frequent hunger.
Extended use increases risk to the lungs and reproductive system, as well as suppression of the immune system. Occasionally, hallucinations, fantasies, and paranoia are reported.
Marijuana Use
The number of marijuana-related emergency room episodes, which are tracked by the Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN), has steadily increased from 15,706 in 1990, to 87,150 in 1999.
Many of these visits can be attributed to the fact that the potency of marijuana has also increased during that same time period.
The 1999 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA) estimated that 5.1 percent (11.2 million) of the population aged twelve and older were monthly marijuana or hashish users, which is the same rate as in 1991 but considerably lower than the rate of 13.2 percent in 1979.
NHSDA also found that the number of first-time marijuana users in 1998 (2.3 million) increased significantly compared to 1989 (1.4 million).
In addition, according to the Office of National Drug Control Policy's 1998 Drug Control Strategy, marijuana is the most prevalent illegal drug in the United States; approximately three-quarters (77percent) of current illegal drug users used marijuana or hashish in 1996.
Source: http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/concern/marijuana.htm (U.S. Department of Justice/Drug Enforcement Administration).


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WEIRTON - Saving money doesn't have to be boring.
Fact is, there's a way you can save money, pick up items you need for yourself or to give as gifts and still have a fun night out.
"You're not going to beat the deals you get here," said Mary Little, co-owner of A&M Auctions, 1900 Pennsylvania Ave. "It's a blast."
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DOING BUSINESS — A&M Auctions, 1900 Pennsylvania Ave., Weirton, offers a range of quality items at hard-to-resist prices. Owners Areltta Salko, left, and Mary Little purchase items by the truckload from some of the televised shop-from-home networks and then sell them at auction. The next auction is Saturday. -- Linda Harris
AUCTION ITEMS – Items from the popular "Temptations" cookware line are big sellers at A&M Auctions. -- Linda Harris
A&M sells everything from clothing, jewelry, purses, shoes and boots to designer housewares, including the popular Temptations cookware, stoneware, humidifiers, cameras, flatscreen TVs, craft tools, crystal, Dyson sweepers, exercise equipment, luggage, NFL merchandise, fans, paninni pressers, bluetooth keyboards, rice steamers, mini-flatscreens and even outdoor yard decor, all purchased by the truckload from televised shop-from-home networks.
It's all brand-name, quality merchandise, but since it's purchased by the truckload from the shop-from-home networks, Little and her cousin, Arletta Salko, can pass on the savings to their customers at auction.
"We buy their products by the truckload, get them for very reasonable prices that we can pass on to our customers," Little said. "It's just a fun night out - people see something they want to bid on, and the high bidder gets the product."
Little said she'd been a regular at similar auctions in Charleston. "They were selling quality items at auctions like this for unbelievable prices," she said. "These aren't knockoffs, they're the real thing."
The cousins decided to join forces at a family function, when they started talking about what a great time Little had had at similar auctions she'd attended in Charleston.
"We never know what we're going to have at auction," she adds. "It's a unique, one-of-a-kind opportunity, unique to this area. It's addicting, and it's a lot of fun."
Little said she can choose the lots they purchase, but beyond that they have no control over what's on the truck. "You take what you get. We never know what is going to come in."
Highest bidder wins. She said she's noticed that once people try it "they're bound to come back, and when they come back they bring friends."
"The deals you get, that's the big thing," she said. "You're not going to get any of this for any less."
It works like a traditional auction: They've enlisted the services of Benny Parr, licensed as an auctioneer in West Virginia, Ohio and Pennsylvania. While Parr is selling one item, floor runners bring the next out so the crowd can see what's coming up. They typically go through 200 items a night.
Little and Salko said it's early going, but they're already getting positive buzz. They're planning a toy auction in time for Christmas, and are looking at the possibility of bringing in items that would appeal to male shoppers, too, like tools.
"People are talking about their purchases, they're happy with them and coming back," Little said. "And when you have good word-of-mouth in the business world, you'll succeed."
Auctions are held every other week at their storefront, located in the old J&J Pontiac building on Pennsylvania Avenue. Auctions start at 5 p.m., but the doors open at 4 p.m. so first-time bidders can register and returning customers can check in. Refreshments are available.
The next auction will be Aug. 25.


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After I upgraded to Ubuntu 12.10 from 12.04, there was low graphics and no Unity. Just the mouse and the wallpaper. So, I got into the terminal via Ctrl+Alt+T, launched Chrome and searched for a solution. As a result, I tried this:
sudo sh amd-driver-installer-12.6-legacy-x86.x86_64.run
It did not work. Then I tried this:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:makson96/fglrx
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install fglrx-legacy
It did not work too. I removed the repository, got back the the xorg version to 1.13, and tried this:
sudo sh /usr/share/ati/fglrx-uninstall.sh
sudo apt-get remove --purge fglrx fglRx_* fglrx-amdcccle* fglrx-dev* xorg-driver-fglrx
sudo apt-get remove --purge xserver-xorg-video-ati xserver-xorg-video-radeon sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-ati
sudo apt-get install --reinstall libgl1-mesa-glx libgl1-mesa-dri xserver-xorg-core
It did return the screen resolution back, but still no Unity. Is there something what could I do?
My graphics card is:
lspci | grep VGA
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RV620 [Mobility Radeon HD 3400 Series]
The output of lspci -k is
VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RV620 [Mobility Radeon HD 3400 Series] Subsystem: Sony Corporation Device 9033 Kernel driver in use: radeon Kernel modules: radeon


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25 Mar 2009 1:57 AM #11
Does anybody know what is going to be the support of namespaces in ExtJS 3.0?
It is ridiculous to develop an internet based business application without support of SOAP services. So fullfeatured XML opearation API is a must. JSON is a kindergarden technology for transporting business data. If ExtJs aims to follow RIA requirements it must deal with XMLs.
Till the moment this becomes a fact, as SMAIL points, the client-side conversion is the only way.
17 Feb 2010 3:09 PM #12
I don't have the anger of the previous post, but...
The fact that namespaces is not baked into ExtJS (2.2.1) is a little weird. How could that possibly be?
ExtJS cannot be all things to everyone, and I understand the commitment to JSON (and open source), but maybe this is an area that could be improved.
22 Feb 2011 12:32 PM #13
This can't work
This approach lets you search for names with namespace prefixes, but not namespaces. Throughout a document the same namespace can be used with different prefixes. The DOM API should be level 2 and for the additional selector-based query functions it should be possible to declare the prefixes for the namespaces that will be used in the selectors. Those prefixes are not related to those in the XML document.
Werner Donné.
30 Jul 2012 4:47 AM #14
Bah, I'm really dissapinted. This still doesn't work with ExtJS 4.X
I must say this is shameful!


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Why is Jesus' genealogy in Matthew and Luke traced back to David through Joseph if Jesus was conceived by the Holy Spirit?
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First of all, Joseph was not Jesus biological father in any understanding since Mary conceived by a miraculous intervention of the Holy Spirit before she was joined to Joseph and the text tells us they refrained from intercourse until after Jesus birth.
However in the eyes of the law of the time, Joseph was the father. More than just a legal guardian, by later taking Mary as his wife, he also claimed Jesus as his son. This gave him a standing in relation to the child that -in the eyes of the Jews at least- must be accounted for. The fact that he was himself of the line of David would put many doubts about the validity of Jesus' claims to rest. The excuse that there was no blood relation would have been overshadowed by the fact that he was the lawful father and not himself of the prophesied linage.
Knowing that Joseph was himself of the line of David makes Jesus the rightful legal heir to the throne of David even though he wasn't biologically related to his earthly father.
Secondly, there is actually a huge difference between the genealogies found in Matthew and Luke. If you read them, there are only a couple names in common from David to Jesus. One possibility for this is that Joseph had two fathers: one legal and one biological through a Levirate marriage (where the brother of a man with no offspring would step in to provide one).
However the other idea that many scholars agree on is that the record found in Luke is actually a trace of Mary's family tree. It wasn't common to trace the maternal side, but then again the virgin birth was hardly a normal occurrence! This would mean we have both the paternal and maternal genealogies and all the bases are covered.
Short answer: because both the right to be king (which Matthew traces) and the legal guardianship (which Luke traces) came through the father.
Long answer: Matthew's genealogy is traced through the right to be king. A theme in Matthew is the kingship of Jesus. This starts in ch1, where Jesus is called the "son of David" (Mat 1:1) - Joseph is called the "son of David" only a few verses later (Mat 1:20). Matthew's emphasis here is that Jesus, the legal (not biological) son of Joseph, was counted as a son of David because Joseph was a son of David. This phrase harks all the way back to 2Sam 7:12-14, which say that David's "seed" will be set up as a king and established forever, and be God's son. Though this prophecy may be partially fulfilled by a few Old Testament kings, it is completely fulfilled in the Messiah. This prophecy can be traced through the Old Testament in places like Is 11:1 (talking about the "stem of Jesse" [Jesse was David's father] producing the Messiah who would reign), cf. Is 16:5, Jer 33:15-17. This phrase "the son of David" is therefore used as a synonym with "Messiah", emphasizing Jesus' right to rule - the phrase is used more times in Matthew than in the rest of the New Testament combined (Mat 1:1, 20, 12:23, 15:22, 20:30, 31, 21:9, 15, 42). Note also Matthew's emphasis on David's kingship in his genealogy in 1:6 - an emphasis found in none of the other kings in Matthew's genealogy.
This theme of Jesus' kingship, which starts with the term "son of David", can be traced through Matthew as the wise men worship him as king of the Jews, as Jerusalem is told, "behold, thy King is coming, lowly and sitting upon a donkey", as Jesus at his trial admits to being the king of the Jews (Mat 27:29), and even as this same epithet is written over the cross as he dies. The kingship theme in Matthew is undeniable.
Because of this emphasis on "the son of David" and kingship in Matthew, the trace of any genealogy but through the line of kings would be surprising. Moreover, one of the people in the genealogy, Jehoiachin (Matthew calls him "Jeconiah"; he is also called "Coniah"), had no children: Jer 22:30, "write this man down as childless". Thus the genealogy cannot have been biological. But as the right to be king passed from this childless man to the next man in line, a a genealogy tracing kingship rather than genes has no problems with a man having no children - the genealogy simply skips to the next man in line for kingship.
Luke's genealogy is traced through legal parenthood.
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Beckham: A Farewell to the Faux Hawk
I met David Beckham in a basement. This was a couple of years ago, when Major League Soccer was amid its All-Star Weekend in New York-slash-New Jersey, and Beckham was receiving visitors beneath a pop-up store the league had set up off a cobblestoned SoHo street. Upstairs, hundreds of soccer fans wandered around the sprightly MLS exhibits and jerseys for sale. Downstairs, unbeknownst to the public, the most famous soccer player in the world was sitting in a drab, windowless cube straight out of a Dilbert comic, talking about the game he loved.
And David Beckham looked exactly like…David Beckham. I know that sounds goofy but Beckham had long been as much about the visual presentation as the athleticism, which was probably unfair to his athleticism. But Beckham had accepted the deal, and it had made him very rich and very famous. He was reedy, like an alt-rock bassist, with sleeves of tattoos stretching from his biceps to his hands, and he was dressed in a perfect white T-shirt and gray jeans. It was the kind of look that suggested great attention had been paid to make it appear as if great attention had not been paid. Beckham's hair was, as usual, stylistically a step ahead—short on the sides, long on top, with a crisp part. Over his career, Beckham had possessed short hair, long hair, crew cuts, blond highlights, a ponytail, a headband, and of course he had launched a million half-kempt faux-hawks, not a single one as good as his. The soccer maniacs will debate Beckham's soccer legacy, but he is unanimously in the Hair Hall of Fame.
It's been said of Beckham a bazillion times that he looked more like a model or an actor than a rugged athlete, a little pristine and unreal, and this was true, though when I met him there was a hint of aging around his eyes, and some grey in the hair. He was soft-spoken and polite, none of that zombie autopilot it-is-what-it-is jock babble. He told me the first time he'd ever come to New York City was to watch his then-girlfriend, Victoria Adams, now his wife, perform at Madison Square Garden with the Spice Girls. They'd stayed at the Four Seasons. He'd walked to get a pizza slice. On the trip, Victoria told him she was pregnant with their first child. To Beckham, this all felt like a long time ago. He good-naturedly groaned about his old man-ness and his recovery from surgery on his Achilles, which still ached, especially in the mornings. "Once I've had my coffee," he said, "I'm good."
On Thursday word arrived that Beckham was retiring from professional soccer, at age 38. The announcement did not come a shock—Beckham's career had been in its autumn phase for a while. He'd spent the past few months in France playing for Paris Saint-Germain, where he acquitted himself well for a team that won its league. His departure follows not far behind his former coach, Sir Alex Ferguson, for whom Beckham played, sometimes brilliantly, occasionally acrimoniously, at Manchester United, in the zenith of his career.
By the time Beckham came to the U.S., after a stop with Real Madrid, he was on the other side of that career, but still a star and a seller. He was selling that day in SoHo: selling the All-Star Game, selling the MLS, selling the concept of the "Beckham Effect" on the U.S. Soccer. There had been great expectations thrust upon Beckham's 2007 U.S. arrival; lots of big financials, too, some of them fantasy. Beckham's immersion wasn't perfect. He struggled to fit in. He'd gone back on loan to Europe. He'd been injured. The football-fish-out-of-water narrative gained momentum. But over time, Beckham again became a champion, winning back-to-back titles with the Los Angeles Galaxy. Once more, David Beckham closed the sale.
Of course, Beckham will be remembered as much for his contribution to the even more treacherous sport of being famous. From his underwear ads to his adventurous magazine spreads to his top-hatted appearance at Prince William's marriage to Kate Middleton, Beckham occupied a different, glossier, global orbit than most celebrity athletes. (He will never be confused with Peyton Manning yapping to his dad in a Buick.) That day in the basement, however, Beckham said soccer was the thing he thought about when he woke up every morning. "Whatever is going on in my life, once I'm on the field, it's a blank sheet of paper," he said. "I'm doing the job I know how to do." Walking away from a game you love is never easy, no matter how shiny the surroundings. David Beckham is leaving soccer, where the concept of David Beckham began.
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A term used in the video game industry by 3D modelers. Objects in video games are composed of three or four sided planes called polygons. A corrupted edge of a polygon is called a "smedge." A smedge will cause the 3D program in use to crash.
"I ran into a smedge today and had to reboot."
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a mystical creature that can be seen only when blinking, usually seen scurrying in a diaper
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A really smooth edge, particularly relating to the art of giftwrapping.
'Check out these smedges' - remark made after giftwrapping something historically well, so that the edges of the paper are almost invisible.
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For everyone who voted for an answer before it gets accepts earns 2 reps when it does get accepted.
This will help good answer float to the top more quickly and over the noise.
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- don't award this rep if user voted for more than 1 answer per question
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Part of the Haircutting For Dummies Cheat Sheet
The type and quality of haircutting tools you purchase is important. You don't need to buy every haircutting gadget that comes along. Pick your tools wisely and start with these items to get started:
|Standard haircutting scissors
|Whether you pay $10 or $100 for these important tools, you need an official pair of haircutting scissors in your toolbox.
|Specialty haircutting scissors
|To cut along with this book, you really should have at least one pair or texturizing scissors and one pair of thinning scissors. These tools create interesting shapes in the hair and relieve unwanted weight.
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Bravo, Fisher! (Update)
I have long grumbled (yes, I confess it) about the newspaper of record's shoddy reporting on things Italian: sensationalistic, superficial, prejudiced are my printable comments. And often the coverage of Vatican affairs was depressingly predictable -- one could always guess what would appear in the next paragraph.But do I sense a new wind blowing from oltre le montagne? And is Ian Fisher the reason my "orrore" is becoming "bravo?"A positive sign was his recent reporting on the Pope's new encyclical, Spe Salvi. It was accurate and straightforward, blessedly free of editorializing.Now comes a front-page article on Italy that shows some real depth -- well, at least more depth than the old gray lady has mustered in the past. The opening reads:
[T]hese days, for all the outside adoration and all of its innate strengths, Italy seems not to love itself. The word here is malessere, or malaise; it implies a collective funk economic, political and social summed up in a recent poll: Italians, despite their claim to have mastered the art of living, say they are the least happy people in Western Europe.Its a country that has lost a little of its will for the future, said Walter Veltroni, the mayor of Rome and a possible future center-left prime minister. There is more fear than hope.The problems are, for the most part, not new and that is the problem. They have simply caught up to Italy over many years, and no one seems clear on how change can come or if it is possible anymore at all.
Read on. Then join in chorus: "Bravo, Signor Fisher!"UPDATE: Mr. Fisher's article has provoked a response from no less a personage than the President of the Republic of Italy on a visit to la Grande Mela. From Corriere della Sera:
il presidente nella grande mela ribatte all'attacco del New York Times
Napolitano: L'Italia ha spirito animale
Il Capo dello Stato: Clima politico da cambiare e troppi interessi ma ci sono anche molti punti di forza
When Fisher speaks, people listen!
About the Author
Rev. Robert P. Imbelli, a priest of the Archdiocese of New York, is Associate Professor of Theology Emeritus at Boston College.
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It has seemed to me since Dawkins' and Hitchens' God books were panned vehemently even by secular reviewers that it has definitely become politically correct at least in non-scientific secular quarters to take religion more seriously, to look at it more closely, perhaps. The Washington Post, for instance, now has a blog about religion called "On Faith". I like to think of this change as the death of Enlightenment religious cynicism. The death of the Voltaire factor, you might call it. Signs of the Times? (Ouch!)
My wife's family is Italian and she has long contended that all the smart, energetic, achieving Italians left Italy long ago for America, where they are prospering (except for those who, upon reaching America, then refused to leave the Bronx ...). That, of course, is all said tongue-in-cheek, but perhaps Italy (and all of Europe) could benefit from a little reverse immigration. I certainly wouldn't mind my own villa in Tuscany ...
Whether it is an effect or a partial cause, or a simple symptom, but to me one of the more disturbing phenomena in Italy is the very low birth-rate, fewer than two children per family. This in a culture that once treasured children. When you combine this with the birthrate among immigrants, who increase in number every year, you start to wonder whether Italian culture, so beautiful, so rich, so human, will survive for very long. And it would be a very great grief to me to think that such an embodiment of humanity might one day disappear. The last time I was in Bologna, after an absence of two years, I found that all the little grocery shops along the avenue I walked to get to the historic center were now operated by people from south Asia, Pakistan in particular. When I commented on this to a friend, he said, "It's an invasion!" And he wondered whether organized crime was not behind it; how else to explain that immigrants could afford to own and operate these little stores? I have no idea whether he is correct. I hasten to add that he is not anti-immigrant; he was simply trying to understand the situation.
In Manhattan, long ago many or most of the small local stores (it used to be mainly fruit and vegetable stores, but those have morphed into small grocery stores) are operated by Chinese or Koreans, and newsstands are largely operated by Indians. I think it is because they began with a toehold, worked harder than anybody else doing the same thing, and helped their friends and relatives start new businesses. I am guessing it takes very little initial investment to sell fresh fruits and vegetables, or magazines.
I am italian and I live in Italy, escuse my poor english. Joseph :"but to me one of the more disturbing phenomena in Italy is the very low birth-rate, fewer than two children per family. "For me the more disturbing phenomena is this: after the second world war in Italy we had 60 governements, 52 times the prime minister was a catholic strongly supported by the Vatican, but never a governement made laws to help family and natality.We spent for family less 1,1% of GDP last in europe and very far from France or Spain, were (awful:)) same sex partnership or same sex marriage exist.Do you know that here a family without kids and a family with 2 kids, with the same income, pay almost same tax?A young worker gains 900-1000 euro monthly and house rent in about 600-700 euro. We have the more low wages in europe and no help for youg couples and family.But we are so luck, we host the vatican that all the time repeat : the family is holy! it is enough.
Dear Mary: All that you mention no doubt enters as factors explaining the low birthrate, but I suspect that they are not the only factors, and comunque one may still regret it, no?
certamente!Other factors are: we get married in more old age because it is difficult to have a job, we don't have unemployement benefits ( other european countries have them), italian men help very little their wives, woman have 100% of the family burden.If you live far from your mother or mother in law, you don't have anybody to look after your kids when you are working: creche are few and expensive. Eccetera..
Mary,Benvenuta al blog!Thank you for adding an important perspective.
Grazie e scusate ancora il mio scarso inglese!
How, if at all, does the story of the secret revival of the Red Brigades--see today's WSJ--play into this story of malaise? I can't help thinking there is some connection.
yes, I too think this.Btw do you know that the Deputati and Senato's regulations allow -only for lawmakers of course -marriage benefits to the couples living more uxorio? At the family day sposored by the vatican to defend the catholic marriage ALL politicians were :divorced and remarried, living together without marriage, got married with wicca cult.As we state al the time here, la teoria e la pratica sono due cose diverse.
Mi dispiace!! Even when Italians had less they had more pride. I would not forget that we have had two non-Italian popes in a row and that plays no small part. And don't think for a moment that even the anti-clerical Italians do not rue the day that a non-Italian entered Peter's realm. Clearly, the situation is sad in Italy in many ways. Yet it is not easy to accept. I await what the apologists will have to say.
Before Giorgio Napolitano gets too upset at the NYT's recent article on Italy, he might look at the press in his own country. Not that I read Italian papers, except slowly when I have to, but I was there in October (visiting my new Italian grandchild, among other things), and it seemed to me that the newspaper ads on the sides of kiosks for papers like the Repubblica, the Corriere, or the Nazione (this last pub. in Florence, where I was) were running articles asking whether Italy has lost its edge, lost its way, is running downhill, etc. And, for what it's worth, my son in law, a Florentine businessman, told me the articles were absolutely right; the chief villain in his books being the Italian legislature, whose members are the highest paid in Europe, never doing much, enjoying huge pensions after the briefest service, and certainly not willing to vote against the privileges they themselves enjoy. And organized crime -- not the Mafia, but the Camorra -- is on its way up again, moving north as far as Umbria, and forging all kinds of illicit contacts with countries like Romania and Albania.Is that true? I don't know.
I think today's La Repubblica shows that there is wide-spread agreement with the Times' assessment:ROMA - Walter Veltroni condivide il quadro sconfortante dell'Italia dipinto dal New York Times. Il giornale della Grande Mela, dice il segretario del Pd, "non ha scritto cose infondate: il Paese ha i fondamentali per farcela, ma il contesto, la farraginosit del sistema politico e istituzionale, il clima di odio e di contrapposizione che determina lo stato non sereno al quale il quotidiano statunitense ha fatto riferimento".Even Napolitano had to admit the sun doesn't always shine in bella Italia.


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Tullamore Dew is returning to its spiritual home after 58 years with the announcement that William Grant & Sons will be building a new distillery in Tullamore town itself.
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The First International Conference on Climate Change (ICCC-1) took place in March 2008 in New York City. One hundred speakers and panelists came from 26 countries to prove that leading scientists and economists from around the world dispute the claim that global warming is a crisis. More than 500 people attended the conference, which generated global press attention.


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It's generally known that boiling vegetables removes a large fraction of vitamin C, but in what way?
Does the high temperature destroy it?
Is it merely absorbed by the boiling water?
It's generally known that boiling vegetables removes a large fraction of vitamin C, but in what way?
Does the high temperature destroy it?
Is it merely absorbed by the boiling water?
It isn't really "absorbed" by the boiling water; more precisely, it is leached into the water. As kiamlaluno said, Vitamin C is water soluble. An important thing to note is that the leaching of vitamin C into water, by itself, doesn't destroy the vitamin C. It's still there; it's just in the water rather than the vegetable. If you consume the liquid you cooked in, you'll reclaim some of the "lost" vitamins.
High heat can reduce the vitamin C content of the vegetables, and when heat and water are combined, as they are in boiling, you can see significant reduction of vitamin C. (One study found that boiling reduced the vitamin C content in broccoli by 45 to 64 percent.) This is because the vitamin is first leached out of the food into the water, and then degraded by the heat. Heat alone will cause some reduction in vitamin C, but not as much as when combined with loss of nutrients through leaching. Steaming and microwaving are recommended cooking methods for preserving as much of the nutrient content as possible because they involve minimal exposure of food to both water and high temperatures.
Actually, vitamin C degrades with heat. The following, by dietician Jill Irvin, says it all:
She goes on to say that normal cooking doesn't affect levels of the vitamin too much, but the main issue being queried here is how boiling removes vitamin C from food, and this quotation tells how that happens.
Vitamin C, as most of the vitamins, is soluble in water; one of the few vitamins that is not soluble in water is the vitamin D, which is fat soluble.
The melting point of vitamin C is 190 °C (374 °F), which means the temperature at which you boil the vegetables cannot destroy the vitamin C.
Since Vitamin C is a water soluble vitamin, boiling the vegetables cause the vitamins to get dissolved in the water.
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Suppose some decay process emits 2 electrons in opposite directions, and their spin is measured by a Stern-Gerlach type device in a particular direction, say Sz. The books say that if 2 detectors have the same orientation, then the spin measurements are 100% correlated (or anti-correlated). If one has Sz=+1/2, then the other has Sz=-1/2.
But what is the quantum state of the electrons before the measurements? It seems to me that if it is anything but an eigenstate of Sz, then the perfect correlations are impossible.
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If a space has curvature, then the curvature can be seen intrinsically by finding sums of angles in triangles made of geodesics. Under general relativity, space-time is curved on local scales. On global scales, experiments have determined that space-time is almost totally flat. If one were to, for each of three points in a gravitational gradient (like near a black hole), find the angle between the sight lines to the other two points and then add up all of the angles, would it add up to 180 (degrees) or perhaps it would show intrinsic curvature?
Is the way of thinking about this good, because it is quite general and conceptual. I don't actually know the equations for general relativity, but this is what I thought of when I was thinking about intrinsic geometric properties.


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SCC6120T: APChem+ (2014-2015)
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AP Chemistry provides an orderly development of the fundamental concepts and principles of chemistry with an emphasis on inquiry and critical thinking skills including problem solving, mathematical reasoning, and experimental investigations. Topics of study include structure of matter, states of matter, chemical reactions, and descriptive chemistry. Laboratory work is an integral component of this course. Technology including graphing calculators, probe ware, graphing and data analysis software, and chemistry apparatus is used throughout this course.
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I've read that potential form of the ru-verb is formed by replacing る with られる, which is exactly the same for the passive form of ru-verbs. How can we tell the passive form and potential apart in this case?
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Context is important. With passive verbs you should look for a に before the verb that will mark the person or thing that performs the verb. This is not the same as the subject of the verb.
For example, if you see the short phrase: お兄さんに食べられた。 You can figure out pretty quickly from the に that this is not the potential. The subject of the sentence is an invisible first person pronoun (pick your poison: 私, 僕, 俺). The object is also invisible - let's make it an おにぎり. So the actual sentence looks like this (私が)お兄さんに(おにぎりを)食べられた。In other words: I suffered my older brother eating an onigiri. The に marks the person who performs the actual action, the が marks the subject who suffers, and the を marks the object. Put that into normal English and you get: My brother ate my damn onigiri.
I wrote a basic introduction to the passive form here: http://howtojaponese.com/2008/02/04/embracing-japanese-expression-get-used-to-it-2/
And then expanded on it in a Japan Times article which I link to here: http://howtojaponese.com/2011/04/27/cool-passive-phrase-yarareta/
And never forget that there's no such thing as passive "tense." That's what I used to call it until someone pointed out that tense always means time-related...past, present, future.
Yes, ditto what How to Japanese said, context is king.
And, as Jeemusu notes, -られる is often turned into -れる in speech and more casual writing, precisely to help clarify this difference.
About tense, @How to Japanese, some folks even take the angle that Japanese doesn't have tense, strictly speaking -- what Japanese uses is something called "aspect", regarding whether the verb action is complete or not within the timeframe of the utterance, which is why it's possible to say things like 明日あれをした後で [tomorrow, after I did that] or 昨日起きるところで [yesterday, just before I wake up]. It's a subtle distinction, but aspect has more to do with when an action happens within the flow of the context, whereas tense has more to do with when an action happens in relation to now. More at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammatical_aspect and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammatical_tense.