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The Tri-State Area will have cloudy skies and seasonable temperatures for Christmas Day today, although the forecast calls for a change later this evening.
The National Weather Service is calling for today's weather to be mostly cloudy with highs in the upper 30s and west winds around 5 miles per hour. This evening calls for a chance of snow and freezing rain after midnight with little or no snow accumulation, lows around 30 degrees and northeast winds from 10 to 15 miles per hour. The chance of precipitation 50 percent.
Things change Wednesday morning, when a mix of sleet, rain and freezing rain could make roads slippery for the morning commute, according to the Moon Township station of the National Weather Service. The forecast also calls for precipitation after noon in the form of rain, while rain will change to snow later in the evening.
Snow accumulation Wednesday is possible, and highs are expected to be in the upper 30s with east winds around 15 miles per hour and gusts up to 25 miles per hour possible. The chance of precipitation Wednesday is 90 percent, according to the National Weather Service.
Wednesday night's forecast is calling for rain in the evening turning to snow later with a chance of additional snow accumulation. Lows are forecast to be the upper 20s, while the chance of precipitation is 90 percent for Wednesday night.
Thursday the National Weather service is calling for freezing rain and sleet likely in the morning with snow showers likely during the day.
Little or no additional snow accumulation is expected with a near-steady temperature around 30, and the chance of precipitation at 70 percent. The snow is expected to taper off Thursday evening with the forecast calling for a 50 percent chance of snow showers and lows in the lower 20s.
The forecast for Friday and Friday night improves, with mostly cloudy skies with highs in the lower 30 and lows around 20.
The forecast locally for Saturday and Saturday night includes cloudy conditions with a 50 percent chance of snow showers. Highs are forecast in the mid 30s, while lows should be in the mid 20s.
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Gene Willett has been a Constable for about two years, but was a deputy Constable for nearly a decade before that.
He says he's an inexpensive form of law enforcement.
"I don't cost the taxpayer one single dime. I do all my campaigning out of my own pocket, my vehicle, everything I've got I paid for," said Constable Gene Willett.
Willett is part of a larger question facing county and law enforcement officials across the state, are Constables still necessary?
"As a general rule, city, county and state organizations do not rely on the Constables any way whatsoever to complete their daily work," said Bowling Green Fraternal Order of Police President Shawn Helbig.
Constables are an elected position, and their daily work load is up to them.
They perform tasks like serving papers transporting patients to Western State mental facility and hauling inmates.
However, they're allowed to do much more.
"The legal authority of a Constable is so broad that it leads them to participate in law enforcement that they're not trained to participate in. It endangers them, and it endangers the public," said Warren County Judge/Executive Mike Buchanon.
At the end of 2012, Warren County stripped Constables of their deputies and their blue lights because some deputy Constables were abusing their powers.
"I personally warned a couple of them on three different occasions, don't do that, they did it. I'd rather not get into that, but they were overzealous," said Willett.
Adequate training is something many don't believe the Constables have.
"Training is what sets us separate from the public. Otherwise, the public could just get their gun, go out here and handle things the way they see fit," said Helbig.
Shawn Helbig is the President of the Local Fraternal Order of Police, and said it doesn't support law enforcement officials trying to do things without preparation.
"If you haven't been trained, you may go charge somebody with a felony, and it may be a violation or a misdemeanor. Or you think something is a misdemeanor when it's truly a very, very serious felony crime. So, you have to have the training to know how to interpret that law, enforce the law, and to be fair to the public," said Helbig.
The average police officer in the Commonwealth will go through an intensive training program that lasts about four months in Richmond.
Willett said they've tried to get training, but they've never been able to get in.
"We'd talked to them, yeah, there's room. Two weeks before it was time to do it, we were notified there was no room for us," said Willett.
So is it time to get rid of the Constable position?
"If you're asking me is the genuine need there, probably not as much so?" said Buchanon.
"Would we be able to provide the basic service without constable assistance, yes," said Helbig.
"We are a savings to the taxpayer, simple as that, and not a liability," said Willett.
Depending on who you ask the answer still isn't clear, and it will be up to lawmakers to help push a decision either way.
Senate bill 30 is currently filed in the senate to abolish the office of Constable, but ultimately it will have to be a constitutional amendment because the position is protected by the constitution.

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If I read "unstar as uninteresting," I would understand something was before starred as uninteresting; in the same way, I would understand "undelete as spam" as the opposite operation of "delete as spam."
I understand what you're getting at. You are asking whether it should be (unstar) (as uninteresting) or (un(star as interesting)). Since the adverb as XXX modifies the verb here (and the verb being unstar), it would be unstar as uninteresting.
This, of course, is assuming that the verb to unstar itself is acceptable.
I guess, "unstar" doesn't need clarifications such as "as interesting" or "as uninteresting" cause when you unstar something means you want to remove it from your favorite list. it can be interesting, uninteresting, boring or whatever.
If you allow for a distinction between uninteresting and not interested, you should probably "unstar - not interesting". It's not that you are calling it uninteresting, you are just changing your mind about calling it interesting.
This question is too vague. Even the "right" answer you've selected is wrong in many common contexts.
Since "star" isn't actually a verb, most of the answers here make assumptions about what context you might be in that would prompt you to pretend that "star" is a verb.
I assume that the OP is referring to the way star icons are commonly used on the internet to flag content as "bookmarked" or a "favourite" in various contexts, both privately and publicly.
The answer to your question would be different (and obvious) depending on the mechanics of the particular star system that you are describing.
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Conference Dates: Saturday, April 22, 2006
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The morning sessions will provide information on an array of CAM therapies. Experts will describe and demonstrate different CAM approaches to address fatigue, pain, sleep quality and general well being. These experts will also provide information on how to find competent, skilled and appropriately trained practitioners.
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16 Nov 2012 10:25 AM #1
CMD Generate App not working with _ in path name
I am using the 32 bit Linux version of the Cmd App. And am almost bald from pulling my hair out with this problem.
I had been trying to build an app with the app path of /home/username/Web_Projects/appname. Username and appname being a place holder. It kept failing with the error message: [ERR] app config specified framework touch, but could not determine path [ERR] could not determine path to framework.
I had tried building from the SDK dir, using the -sdk command to point to the sdk, reinstalling the sdk, just about everything I could think of. No such luck. Then just as I was about to give up on using Sencha, I took the _ out of the app path and what do you know, it ran fine. I tested several other options including putting the _ back in and always got the same result. _ bad, no _ good. I hope I posted this bug in the right forum. Thank you for your hard work.
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That sounds odd - can you post the exact command you executed and the log you get? Maybe something like:
sencha -debug generate app App1 /path/to/app_dirDon Griffin
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21 Nov 2012 6:27 AM #3
I am not sure where to find the log. I posted the exact wording of the output when I ran the command sencha -sdk ~/Sencha/SDK generate app Money ~/Web_Projects/.
I did the same command but with the app dir set teo ~/Temp/ or something similar and it generated just fine. I ran it several other ways. It just doesn't like the _ in the app path.
21 Nov 2012 9:45 AM #4
Sorry for the terminology there - by "log" I mean the console output produced. You can capture it with "> log.txt" on the end of the command line.
We'll try the steps you described and see what we see, but the log output is often helpful once "-debug" is enabled.Don Griffin
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Our brains are not exactly razor sharp in the new mommy stage. Recent findings demonstrate that diminished mental acuity and memory are side effects during, and for several years after, pregnancy. Night after night of interrupted sleep, in which we never achieve the recuperative stage of the rapid eye movement or REM sleep, also make us slow-moving. As more and more mothers of young children continue paid work, our mental function may also be discombobulated by needing to have our heads in two places at once. We mostly say "mommy brain" in jest, but the phenomenon is real: we're not our usual sharp-minded selves.
On Patrick's first visit to my native Kansas City when he was nine months old, my high school friend and I decided enough with Baby van Gogh, it was time for the real thing: a trip to the Nelson Art Gallery. The first setback was a security guard's firm reproach of my baby backpack so that I would quickly develop worn-out arms in addition to museum feet.
Then, after seeing three paintings, tops, Patrick made his chow requirements known, and Diane found a lunch table for us in a lovely fountain-filled courtyard. I remember composing a sentence, getting three words in, readjusting my son so he was comfortable, then realizing I was exposing my breast to the entire metropolitan area. I utterly forgot what I'd been trying to say. Conversation, if you can call it that, went on this way for seven or more disjointed thoughts, before Diane and I settled for quiet admiration of the beautiful room and the mixed greens on our plates. I remember thinking I would never make cogent dialogue again.
Over the long run, though, the ways in which motherhood messes with our brains turns out to be good. Artists with bulging tummies or nursing newborns notice ideas come to them more easily, and that inspiration abounds. A few years into parenthood, moms also become more efficient, and their practice at juggling enormous responsibilities pays off in the end.
Exciting new research studies demonstrate that mothers' brains actually grow, because we're exposed to such enormous new challenges and complexities, and acquire many new talents and skills as a result. The studies suggest that the ways in which our mommy brains stretch, grow, and fire new synapses are eventually a windfall for us. We become bolder, braver, and more efficient in the wake of early motherhood.
Before that recovery occurs, however, many moms feel that a tectonic plate has shifted beneath them. The pressures on mothers have never been more intense, the emotional earthquakes among us never stronger or more numerous. As of yet, only a cadre of medical professionals often women doctors who have experienced the adjustment themselves acknowledge the increasing numbers of angry and utterly depleted new mommies. Indeed, the medical community is not yet addressing the fact that postpartum depression and anxiety are the biggest complications of modern birth.
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I open Settings->Language and keyboard->Samsung Keypad->Input languages and there is a very limited range of languages there.
In my friend's phone there are more locales I'd like to support in my phone, is this possible (not via installing an external keyboard like MultiLing Keyboard etc.), in my friend's phone, my native language appears there and is integrated in the system.
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What is a good alternative gift for my eight year old daughter?
DH's father told her that he was going to buy her a cell phone for Christmas, before discussing it with DH and me. We told him that we weren't ready for that yet and his response was akin to, "Fine, but you have to tell her and let me know what to buy her instead." While the fact that he initially offered the cell phone to my daughter, coupled with his response to our decision could certainly bear an entire discussion of its own, I'm turning to the DW community for suggestions on something that will make her face light up (trust me - she isn't spoiled and is an excellent child) because it is so very cool. Her reaction last night when we broke the news that we weren't going to allow a cell phone yet was pretty heartbreaking but I just don't think she is old enough. Budget for this gift is between $200 and $300 ish. Do you have suggestions? Thanks!!!
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What about an iPod Touch? It is essentially a phone without a phone. If she doesn't have one yet, might want to consider that.
Something like the 32GB model: http://www.amazon.com/Apple-touch-Black-Generation-CURRENT/dp/B001FA1O18/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1354390607&sr=8-4&keywords=iPod+Touch
It can also be add in the Apple Outlet store for cheaper: http://store.apple.com/us/product/FC544LL/A/refurbished-ipod-touch-32gb-black
Or 5th gen: http://www.amazon.com/Apple-touch-Black-Generation-NEWEST/dp/B0097BEF5O/ref=dp_ob_title_ce
How about a kindle fire? Useful for education, cool factor, and in budget!
We got our niece a digital camera for Christmas a few years back (she was 9) and she loves it! We try to choose a gift that sparks a creative drive or opens up new worlds...we have also given her a telescope and a microscope.
Then there's always a pony...
I was also going to suggest an iPod touch, Kindle Fire or the cheapest refurb iPad out there. There are other inexpensive tablets our there as well, I just don't have experience with them to recommend specific ones.
edit - if there is a hobby that she is really into or is getting into that may be expensive, perhaps something for that. Sports camp or extra dance classes, a new instrument and lessons.
$200-$300 would cover a Google Nexus 7 tablet ...
(If you wanted to go slightly higher, I can attest to the Nexus 10 being amazing and worth the money. My friend has one and between the screen, cpu, build quality, and just plain clever engineering choices, it's pretty mindgobbling.)
I'm not trying to start an OS war. I just think these have ridiculous bang for the buck. Also, android on tablets now has multiuser features that allow the kind of administrative controls you'd probably want on a child's device.
I was also going to suggest an iPod touch. They're great for kids too young for a cell phone but ready for portable electronics with internet connectivity. Great for playing games, doing some light web surfing, listening to music, watching videos, etc. You can get the Kindle app and read books on it (although the screen is small).
A Kindle Fire would also be another good option for similar reasons (and better for reading on).
IPod Touch was my first thought. Does just about everything kids want from cell phones anyway.
Ipod Touch is a great idea. Just make sure to get a nice protective case if you decide to go that route.
What about a gift card at Kiva? You can work with your daughter to select borrowers she feels invested in and she can help other people achieve their dreams. She will almost certainly make the money back and then she can reinvest it elsewhere. She doesn't get anything tangible, but it doesn't always have to be about that.
Kudos to you for not giving in and letting her have the phone. I have an 8-year-old daughter too, and she won't be having a cell phone for q-u-i-t-e a while. Maybe when she can drive?
I like the idea of an iPod Touch, but I don't like that it usually means she's spending time isolated with an electronic device. Though there are tons of educational apps. Make sure to activate the parental controls on music, apps, and in-app purchases. My girl got a digital camera that she loves. Very interesting to see the pictures she generates on it. See the world through her eyes. I would recommend Canon -- but get one with the rechargeable battery pack and buy a few extras on eBay.
Another vote here for the Touch.
Pony. Puppy. Kitten.
Another vote for iPod touch from me. You can even set them up for texting via wi-fi.
Thanks for all the suggestions. No kitties please (DH is soooo allergic! and we already have a Pomeranian), I like the suggestions for the iPod touch. Do you think it is worth the extra $30 to stretch the budget a bit and go for the mini iPad? I have an iPad 2, just barely got a refurb and I really like it.


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The 6 Dumbest Things Schools Are Doing in the Name of Safety
We don't envy public school teachers and administrators. They have trying jobs, and nobody seems to give them enough credit. Maybe it's no wonder that schools sometimes go a little crazy and traumatize students.
But sometimes, the craziest things schools do are done in the name of keeping kids safe, all logic be damned. Things like ...
#6. Forcing Students to Wear Electronic Tracking Devices
You know what's hard about running the school? Keeping track of all those freaking kids, most of whom don't even want to be there. Hell, look at what Mr. Rooney went through with Ferris Bueller.
With that in mind, two Houston, Texas, area schools started handing out radio frequency identification tracking tags to the students (at a district cost of $150,000) in the attempt to track the kids' movements on campus. The idea is to make it easier for administrators to make sure the students go to class (remember, state funding is tied to attendance).
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Naturally, the technology has some flaws. For one, the badges can be taken off or handed to another pupil, allowing the students to do whatever they want anyway.
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"Boy, there sure are a lot of kids hanging around the trash can."
For another, the system kind of straddles the line between overbearing and pointless, since the badges are of no help if, say, a student gets abducted or runs away (they only work within 100 feet of the building). So that's going to lead to some awkward conversations.
Administrator: Hello, Mrs. Smith. We're calling to let you know that our tracking system indicates your son left the building today.
Mrs. Smith: OK, so where the hell is he now?
Administrator: ...
Just 101 feet away, little Jimmy was mauled to death by wild animals.
Then there are the privacy issues that RFID technology usually brings to the table, along with parents concerned that the system where the identification data is stored could be hacked. And of course, there's the whole thing with training kids to get used to being electronically tracked at every moment of the day ...
Hey, and why stop here? If schools are willing to use electronic tracking, why not make truant kids wear ankle bracelets, like just-released felons? Oh, wait, a school in San Antonio is already doing that.
"I understand you're a boy who knows how to get things ...".
#5. Banning All Photography
We don't want to joke about pedophilia, or belittle all of the parents who spend time worrying about it. But there is a line between precaution and mindless panic.
"... so I should just turn myself in now? He won't let go."
For instance, to make sure all students are safe from the dangers of the world's online child porn mongers, a school in England has done the only logical thing they could think of -- ban everyone from taking any pictures of the students, ever. This ban applies to parents, other students, caretakers, friends, relatives ... basically all humans who attend any school events on or off campus, including school plays, sporting events and field trips.
Here's little Jimmy's fourth-grade photo!
So what's the big deal? First off, they're basically stripping away the possibility of capturing many of the valuable Kodak moments that happen in a child's formative years (the ones they'll want to show their own children so they can know what life was like before the Great Nano-Zombie Plague).
But more importantly, they're missing a great opportunity to actually do their jobs -- teaching children something meaningful that they can apply to the real world. Like, for instance, what to look out for when it comes to real-world creeps, other than "everyone who owns a camera."
"Oh God, take him before I make a record of this happy occasion!"
Also, either there is a real misunderstanding of how child porn works, or the school grossly overestimates the sexiness of its children. If allowing children to be photographed playing soccer or doing a drama club performance of Fiddler on the Roof is enough to turn on pedophiles, then we probably just have to accept that fact. The next step is just throwing a tarp over the students any time they're in public for fear that someone nearby is getting aroused.
Ghosts are the only language pedophiles understand.
#4. Absolutely NO Touching!
Middle school is a tough time for most students. On top of all their physical changes, they have raging hormones that convince them that all boys want to be hit as hard as possible, and all girls, no matter how much they resist or how fast they run away, are longing for that inappropriate touch.
To make sure nobody gets out of line and all students are safe, Fairfax Middle School in Virginia decided to start teaching students how to behave properly right when they walk in the door that first day. Just kidding! That wouldn't be fun for us at all. Instead, they seemed to take the easy way out and said, "Screw it -- no touching, ever."
"Repress your emotions! You'll thank me when you're stuck in a loveless marriage."
That's right -- in 2007, they banned any and all physical contact because the faculty believes students are incapable of understanding that there is a difference between a congratulatory high-five between two friends and a punch to the face.
"Great job on that test, buddy!"
This ban isn't just enforced in the classroom. Students are forbidden to touch each other while at lunch, in the hallway or at any other time during school hours.
The principal defended the ban, saying she's seen too many incidents of students playing bloody knuckles -- a game that involves two idiots slamming their knuckles together as hard as they can. This seems to imply that all touching is a slippery slope that always ends in slapstick fist-smashing.
The worst part is that FMS isn't the only school taking such extreme measures; these kinds of over-the-top precautions are showing up more often now that more school administrators have taken a ride on the crazy train (where they were apparently also groped and beaten). East Shore Middle School in Connecticut adopted the same policy in 2009. This one came about after a kick to the groin sent a student to the hospital.
This incident clearly warrants a knee-jerk reaction.
So, instead of banning groin kicks (which we suspect were already against the rules), East Shore banned hugging, high-fiving and shaking hands on school grounds. Students caught high-fiving a classmate could receive detention, a suspension or even expulsion.
Some students decided to fight back by duct taping their arms to their sides as a form of protest. Which also misses the point, since their legs would still be free for groin kicking. Damn, even their acts of defiance don't make sense.


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Bird hunting vests
Posted 20 July 2012 - 12:34 PM
Last year, I bit the bullet and bought an Orvis strap vest. It has been great. I love the metal spring ammo pocket closures. They will hold the pocket open or closed. that's the best feature I've found on a bird vest. But these vests are pretty pricey.
Recently, I heard about this other vest, made more for long distance chukar hunting where you need to carry more stuff. Looks pretty good. Again, a pricey vest. But it might be worth it for the hunter that has everything else.
What's your favorite vest?
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Somewhere, I have a Camelback vest with the water resevoir, I know I have a Cabelas Dog Handler vest which I put 8 roosters in on a pen raised hunt once in just the first hour...using a .410. But that's another story. TM85 reminded me that I have a Columbia waterproof coat with a bird pouch and shell pockets. Then there's about 3-4 belt type dove/quail thingies. A couple cheapo vests bought at country stores while on trips that I forgot my vest. I need to run a garage sale...
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I fail to see why one would to carry more stuff to hunt chukar except for a 2oz chukar call and maybe more water. ...
Since you don't own or hunt a dog, it's pretty clear why you fail to see that. I needed that.
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Recently, I heard about this other vest, made more for long distance chukar hunting where you need to carry more stuff
But maybe you need more where you keep talking about your "planted" birds. Ours are only planted by mommy and daddy bird on our hunts
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Got lots of pics, like this one, but you will have to excuse the lack of fences. We only hunt open, public fields and wild birds
Personally, I prefer a lightweight vest like Cabelas Upland Game vest. I don't like fanny packs or anything around my waist because they always seem to start pulling my pants off. Seems I'm constantly adjusting/pulling them up. The vest works for me...
I am a vest guy myself, but it always seemed that a bottle or two of water really took its toll on back, neck, and shoulders (at least to mine). And I have almost always worn belts, so the water on the hip for me was a naturally easy choice, and it cured the stiffness immediately. But I admittedly also carry a lot more weight above the waist than a lot of guys even before the vest and water
Posted 25 July 2012 - 04:01 AM
Since you were providing advice to the fellow about the GSP he was given, I know you must have some insight here. He's likely to run into some steadiness issues (if the dog ever was steady), maybe creeping or even breaking, so do you advise going all the way back to barrels or just the whoa post? And how do you do that with wild birds and your barrels or whoa post?
Also, that dog may not have been hunted for quite a while and possibly not have much motivation in the field to cast an adequate distance and speed. How would you increase range and motivate a strong patterning work ethic with only wild birds?
I know I don't get much time in the field each year as I'd like and I certainly don't get as much time on wild birds as I'd like to, especially to keep the dogs sharp. Last season it was just a couple out of state hunts. So. Dakota and Kansas, both mainly pheasant hunts and some local quail and chukar hunts mainly in the Carrizo Plain N.M.. But I do get out on wild bird hunts as often as I can.
Here's the first day in Kansas. The new dog was good enough to get me 3 wild birds with that Lefever .410 that day. (It was 15F when this picture was shot)
The old lab got a couple more out of this field the next day, when I used the old Fox 12ga.
Down on the Mexican border of central AZ a year and half ago, the lab got on the scent and put up this relatively rare wild mearns even though she'd never seen one. I only took two with my Ithaca .410 out of respect for the population downturn they were having.
In South Dakota, the lab got this wild rooster, put down with the only pump gun I ever owned, that Win M-42 .410
In the early part of the season, a friend and I took these wild quail over (under?) the lab one day on the private land of a friend. I used my Lefever .410 again here and that's a friend's Parker GHE 20ga as I recall.
I'm always looking for better ways to train my dogs and keep them sharp, but I haven't been able to do it without supplementing my hunting and training with pen raised birds, especially in the off season. Maybe you could give those of us that are in this situation tips on a better way.
Also, I've been adding some basic firstaid stuff to my gear for my dog and I, when I venture any further than a mile from the truck. That's in addition to some needlenose pliers for cactus and thorns and some eyewash. I always thought it was good to take care of my dog's well being and any hunting partner or myself if it came to it. I've used this stuff occasionally, but you think I should leave it behind?
Posted 25 July 2012 - 04:33 PM
I'm seeing a pattern here. Is there anything else you would like to take entirely out of context, or add words I never said to?
Posted 25 July 2012 - 05:44 PM
So, you don't know.
There's your pattern.
Posted 26 July 2012 - 10:38 AM
hers a pic of a merns shot in n arizona, got a scale too. my faverite vest has been a pella upland lite, going to need a new one after about six years off heavy use!
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So get off your asses and email him. http://gov.ca.gov/m_contact.php Choose SB1221 and CON. Add your own personal comments.
I think it is important to stop this bill. And lord knows bird dogs are next.
Posted 02 September 2012 - 02:10 PM
Agreed. And thanks for the headsup. I've sent what I believe is a compelling arguement to our governor.
Posted 03 October 2012 - 03:34 PM
Nice pics guys. My chukar hunting buddy got a bird dog now, so looking forward to not losing as many (or any?) birds. Really sucks, but we have trouble finding our birds without a dog- those chukar flush pretty far, and sometimes drop a loooooooong ways...
Posted 04 October 2012 - 04:41 PM
This year, I have two vials of injectable Benedryl and two syringes, in case the dogs get snakebit with this warm weather. They also got vaccinated for Western rattler this year because of the warmer weather. Just buyin time to get them to a vet. Still, it's just as likely the vet would give injectable Benedryl too.
Still, normally when I venture far from the truck, I'll have a few pills for pain that work for dogs and people, and anti-histamine pills, vet wrap, tape, gauze, eye flush, a surgical clamp/hemostat, needle nose pliers.
If you guys get that new dog up in the chukar rocks, I'd advise booting the dog before you even get there. Carry extra duct tape and innertube rubber to patch the boots up. A young dog new to chukar country is likely to run itself lame, possibly longterm injuries.
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Benjamin Benjamin has lost virtually everything - his wife, his family, his home, and his livelihood. With few options, Ben enrolls in a night class called The Fundamentals of Caregiving, taught in the basement of a local church. There Ben is instructed in the art of inserting catheters and avoiding liability, about professionalism, and how to keep physical and emotional distance between client and provider. But when Ben is assigned to 19-year-old Trev, who is in the advanced stages of Duchenne muscular dystrophy, he discovers that the endless mnemonics and service plan checklists have done little to prepare him for the reality of caring for a fiercely stubborn, sexually frustrated adolescent. As they embark on a wild road trip across the American West to visit Trev's ailing father, a new camaraderie replaces the traditional boundary between patient and caregiver.
Bursting with energy, this big-hearted, soulful, and inspired novel ponders life's terrible surprises and the heart's uncanny capacity to mend and become whole again.
©2012 Jonathan Evison (P)2012 HighBridge Company
"A lively narrative with a poignant core and quirky, lonely characters." (Kirkus Reviews)
Life's good when I am listening to a great book.
"The Title Scared Me But......"
I selected this book because I loved Jonathon Evison's book, All About Lulu. This book was even better. I was a little afraid because the title made me wonder if the book might be too sad with too many gruesome details about caregiving; yet, to the contrary, this book took the reader through a man's grief of losing his family as he adventured through his days as a caregiver. Ben, the father and caregiver, showed himself to be a father to all he came across as he helped his patient, Trev, come into his manhood and burst through the barriers of his disease. What a journey. Just loved it. This is the kind of fiction that keeps you coming back for more. I learned more about love, life and death while listening to exceptional reading voices and got to know some beautiful and interesting people. More please.
"Refreshingly different"
Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving was a definite shift from my usual listen. I thought the narrator, Jeff Woodman, did a great job of presenting the tone of the novel. This is the first listen in a long time that I couldn't put down. Generally, I only allow myself to listen in my vehicle. But I broke that rule and listened at home as well. I'm very glad that I listened. I'm looking forward to the author's next work.
The more you love books... the more books you love!
"Fantastic Narrator"
This book is full of pitiful people: a young man stricken with MD, assorted men who can't seem to do anything right, and the poor protagonist, a guy whose life is a chronicle of disaster and loserdom. Given this premise, Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving could have been a depressing and boring book, but it's not. It was warm and funny and very entertaining. I found myself rooting for these characters and liking them immensely.
Kudos to the narrator, Jeff Woodman. He deftly brought each individual character to life -- richly nuanced and completely believable.
"Jumbled narrative thread"
I have read or listened to 4 of Jonathan Evison's books. All four had many passages that were pure genius. Evison has a knack for conveying communication between characters that is stellar. The stories also have good underlying plots. But all four of these books have a similar fault that tears what could have been a good story apart. They weave in and out of time. They have a broken time line.
Revised Fundamentals is a good story. It has great characters. Its well written. Everything I ask for in a novel. But... Its confusing and falls apart.
There are few parts for women, except as marginal girlfriends, and this book did not read as advertised, especially considering the beautiful cover calligraphy. I was hoping for more of a "Phoenix-from-the-ashes" kind of story with a little bit of spiritual growth, dysfunction, empathy and emotional learnings thrown in. Instead, it's just a bunch of guys hanging out talking guy talk. The fact that one guy has a disabling disease is just incidental.
And I think that leaving out the details of what happened in "the disaster" is just plain ole unfair to the reader, unless there are other factors that attract. Which, of course, there were not.
Perhaps I didn't read far enough but the characters failed to engage me. The story has potential but the scenes were just not interesting. I kept imagining a bunch of guys hanging out in The Uniform - in grey, blue and brown hoodies, athletic shoes, ball caps, (some backwards), baggy pants, drinking beer. No thanks.
"all kinds of interesting. something for every sens"
great narration. great subject matter. well composed. held my interest all the way through. would highly recommend
I am a married 54 year old mother of 2 adult kids and 2 yorkies. I love cruises and audiobooks!
"I loved this book."
I started reading this book only because the movie was being filmed very close to where I live. I was curious. Wow, I pleasantly surprised. Even though the characters have a lot to be depressed about, they manage to be uplifting. This is a story about how life goes on you might as well make the best of what you've got. I laughed and cried. I can't wait to see the movie. I hope they do the book justice.
"Perhaps they should have left it alone.?"
I'm thinking the "revision" wasn't a good thing. This book was SO close to being a decent "summer -read,' that I actually felt sorry, for it. In the end, though, I was just plain disappointed. AND, a tad peeved. Too long and went NOWHERE.....slowly.
He seemed to lose momentum, as he wrote. He began to meander and then downright WANDER from the main premise / plot. Then, it abruptly ended. Loose ends all over the place.Sadly, by then, I didn't really CARE what came of things.
With exaggerated nonchalance.He seemed to be winking, as in "me, too" but we weren't privy to the joke.
The author.
"I kept waiting for this book to redeem itself"
I am shocked that (at the time of this review) over half of the reviews for this book give it five stars. Personally, I think four would be generous, but I could understand it. But five? I liked parts of it, but I disliked it as often as I liked it.
For much of the book (the first half more than the second), Ben Benjamin (the protagonist/narrator) can barely observe a woman without saying something demeaning about her appearance. It was so bad that I almost stopped reading. What's worse: the observations of women are often paired with bizarre euphemisms for what the reader can only assume (based on context since I was afraid to google them) are depraved, misogynist sex acts. Although he does this less in the second half of the book, it seems less like character growth and more like distraction due to increased plotting.
I was also frustrated by the many times when I completely failed to understand Ben. Why was he constantly dodging the divorce papers? He knew the divorce was inevitable. He made no efforts to repair the relationship. He just childishly dodged the papers. Other examples (including his rabid defense of Elton) come to mind, but I'll hold off on details to avoid spoilers.
And, for a book that is largely about grieving, I just didn't ever believe Ben's grief. Jonathan Evison admits that "this book represents nothing less than an emotional catharsis for its author," helping him to cope with the grief of losing his sister. The problem is he's working through the grief of losing a sibling as a small child by writing about an adult losing his own children, and I don't think the emotional turmoil translates well. I think that this particular grievance may have been made worse by the fact that I just finished two other novels about grief (How to Talk to a Widower and The Snow Child), both of which felt much more poignant.
All that being said, the story was engaging. Despite regularly considering giving up on the novel, I kept reading. I wanted to know what had happened to Ben's children (I'm pretty sure the horrifying scene is going to stick with me for a long time). I wanted to learn more about Ben's father (he turned out to be such a caricature of a pathetic sad sack that I couldn't really believe in him either). There were touching moments of pain and compassion that made me hope the book would redeem itself. But, in the end, I just didn't like/understand/believe in Ben enough to care.
The narrator was alright, but I can't help but wonder if his delivery contributed to my dislike of the character. Also, he read too slowly (this is the only book I've ever listened to at 1.5 speed).
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Is it possible to make eggless naan without an oven?
I've had good luck baking naan on an indoor grill. I have an electric one, but you could use a stovetop one as well. Just apply a little butter, ghee, or spray oil, wipe it off, and bake.
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I used an alternative method to make lavash: an inverted wok over a stove burner. You'll need a gas stove to do this one. I applied them dry, cooked about 1-2 minutes on one side only. You can brush with butter or ghee after they're done.
A naan by definition is a leavened flatbread baked in a tandoor.
You can improvise by using a very hot oven, perhaps with a pizza stone to retain heat when the oven door is opened, and to transmit heat into the naan through direct contact.
However, you have asked how to prepare naan without any kind of oven.
You can cook bread that's similar to a naan on a dry frying pan. Prepare the dough in the same way as you would prepare naan dough. Heat a frying pan until it is very hot. Roll out pieces that will fit in the pan and are about 5mm thick. Place in the frying pan and heat until cooked on one side. You will see it swell up. Turn it over to cook the other side.
This is not naan - it is closer to kulcha - but it is a delicious flatbread accompaniment to curry, just like naan.
I have had the best results baking naan on an outdoor grill- preferably charcoal.
Get the grill as hot as you can. If your grill is big enough then indirect heat would be good. If the bread is over the flames then there will be a little charring but that tastes good as long as it isn't excessive.
The naan will cook for around a minute on each side. Use plenty of butter.
The key to naan is temperature of baking. I have found that somewhere around 315 °C – 425 °C [600 °F – 800 °F] is the optimum temperature for making naan. Most home ovens are not able to attain that high a temperature, which is why it is difficult to replicate the results of a restaurant at home.
Without an oven it is even more difficult to attain that high a temperature, although there are recipes that use the inside wall of a pressure cooker as a tandoor for making naan on the stove top. You can try using that technique but increase the percent hydration of the dough. I make naan dough with about 80 percent yogurt by weight. You can try increasing the proportion of yogurt and see if the stove top technique works.
I think the closest you can get to Naan without an oven is to bake it in a pan/skillet on high heat (as mentioned as well earlier). I personally don't have experience with naan-baking, however I once made tortillas (which is of course not the same as Naan) in a non-stick skillet which worked nicely.
Even though tortillas and Naan are two different things, I recommend you try it using a skillet.
Yes. I have seen a video on YouTube about it http://youtu.be/wduhE_MB7Nc


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We went to the Whole Life Expo and I think this year it was better than last. The show is divided into three sections: 1) Food, 2) Health related products and 3) Health related services. As foodies we tend to stick to the food section and were happy to see a bunch of familiar faces.
This picture makes the show look calm, but let you tell you when people have their back packs on and aren't paying attention this get crowded FAST.
First, we stopped at Upaya Natural's booth – they had a wide selection of raw, vegan, organic foods and appliances. I took pictures, but I realized after we left they were blurry. I'd go so far as to say they have the most selection of any raw/vegan store, they will most likely have anything you can think of and they are always adding more products to their mix. We bought our Blendtec and Excalibur dehydrator and Omega Juicer through them – oh, and our spiralizer as well. They are more than equipment, they have every raw/vegan food item you can imagine from: dehydrated mulberries, to enema bags, to Earthings grounding shoes and more.
Giddy YoYo is a company out of Orangeville, Ontario and they make raw chocolate amongst other things. They recently change their packaging and increased the size of their chocolate while maintaining the same price. That is pretty impressive. You don't hear of a company giving you more of a product and not charging you for it. We are addicted to the mint raw chocolate. I cherish it and eat it one square at a time. Too good. I asked Mark, one of the owners, about the shelf life of the chocolate and if it's okay not to seal it once opened. He mentioned it was fine, oxidation does not occur, but chocolate can age like a fine wine. Mind you raw chocolate from 1960 wouldn't be suitable to eat, but month old chocolate is okay.
Cruda Cafe was very busy with their raw tacos and desserts. These were the same tacos I reviewed at the CNE this summer. Cannot say enough good things about how good the tacos were then, we had already eaten before we came, but that really shouldn't have stopped me now that I think about it. Ah well. If we're in St. Lawrence market on a weekend I'm sure we'll venture to the basement level to find the storefront of Cruda Cafe.
Rawfoodz is an organic raw vegan salad dressing company and they recently started making a raw chocolate spread that's not on their website. I tried it during the Raw Food festival. What is on their site is their new Butter style spread both in original and garlic. That I can totally get behind – freaking tasty. I've tried the dressings and the spread and each are pretty darn good. I have a preference to Italian Idol, but don't let that discourage you from trying others. They're creamy and intensely flavourful, it's hard to believe the dressings are raw. The dressings are great on kelp noodles, raw coleslaw, veggie dip just to name a few uses.
A new face on the raw vegan scene is Rawlly Delicious. They are operated by a husband/wife team Natalie and Derek Neal based in Caledon, Ontario. On my high raw days I have resorted to carrying nuts and seeds with me to snack on. Sure that does the trick, but why not have a fulfilling treat that provides 5g of protein per serving. Rawlly Delicious has five flavours of Energy Ball: Hulk Energy, Nuts About Hazel, Almond Crunch, The "Seed" and Coconut Bliss. They have since added one NEW product: Chaga-Maca Brawnie.
What I love about these Energy Balls a) they all taste amazing, yes I have stuffed my face with them and b) they're sprouted/raw/organic. I asked Natalie how long does it take to make each Energy ball batch and her answer – four days in total. That's commitment. I like the idea of having a product that I can eat on the go and not feel guilty about. In fact, I feel pretty darn good after eating them just because they are easier to digest. Rawlly Delicious has an auto-ship program so you can opt to have a customized order shipped to you so you never run out. I can see this being very helpful in keeping up with my new addiction.
This is the six pack of all of the Energy Ball products. At the show the price was $20. I'm not sure if this is going to be sold on their website, but hopefully it will.
What kind of Air Eater post would this be without the Nutritional Value information? (Click to enlarge) The Chaga-Maca Brawnie info is missing as it's still being finalized. Here is a link to their Facebook, Twitter and Youtube account. Amazing that this little company has already been featured on CTV.
Overall, I am very glad we went to the Whole Life show, it was worth the parking and crowds to get the great deals we did. I felt hilarious walking around with so many raw food items, but I refuse to feel guilty about healthy pleasures.
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Making the conclave look good
That sacred body known as the Crown Nominations Commission, a 16-member committee that meets in secret to choose the next Archbishop of Canterbury to head the Anglican Communion, is deadlocked. Via media Reuters:
After three days of talks behind closed doors in an undisclosed location, officials narrowed the field to three candidates, but will need to meet again to finish the job, the Sunday Times said, citing an unnamed senior cleric.The choice of a replacement for Rowan Williams, who steps down in December, is critical for a church in danger of splitting over divisive issues such as gay marriage and senior women clergy, and facing a rising threat from secularism.The Crown Nominations Commission (CNC), a church panel with 16 members whose chairman is appointed by the prime minister, had been expected to pick a preferred candidate and a second choice on Friday, a church source said last week.The names were then due to be passed to Prime Minister David Cameron and Queen Elizabeth, supreme governor of the Church of England, before an official announcement within days, possibly on Wednesday.In a brief statement, the church said a decision would be reached during the autumn. Officials had previously signaled that it could come as early as next week.
I have read that there are some calls for a synod to elect the next ABC. That sounds like a step in the right direction.
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Veni, Sancta Spirita! (Inspire them to choose a woman.) (In Christ there is no male or female.)Since the Supreme Governer of the Church of England is a woman, a woman Cantuar would be nice, too.
What an ugly word, cantaur. Better left in Latin.
(Agree that "cantaur" (sic) is an ugly word. Cantuar, however, the abbreviation of Cantuaria, the Latin term for Canterbury, is a lovely word. How nice it would be to see the title given to a woman.)----------"Bookmakers have Bishop Welby, 56, as a 6/4 favourite for the post ahead of Bishop James, 61, at 9/4. Dr Sentamu is 4/1." "Sources said Ugandan-born Dr Sentamu, who had been tipped as the Churchs first black Archbishop of Canterbury, was a popular and charismatic leader, but may lack the diplomatic skills for Lambeth Palace." (Good picture of Rowan Cantuar with John Eboracum.) http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2210677/Hunt-Archbishop-reaches-...
Would that Abp. Rowan would cross the Tiber. We could use him as pope.
Some critics seem to suggest Dr. Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, is at times too subtle for the situation he is in. His reference to the need of his successor to have the skin of a rhinoceros may be an example. Archbishop of York John Sentamu is the one favored candidate who was born in Uganda, which has a complex history of endemic rhinoceros populations, extinction, and attempted revival. Analogies to the state of the Anglican Communion might be found. (Wikipedia - Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary)
Awkward. Maybe that's why John Ebor looks so angry in the picture.
Did anyone make book on candidates at the last papal conclave? (Would "papabilia" be the term for candidates?)
Of course.http://www.paddypower.com/bet/current-affairs/the-next-popePaddy Power.Who will be the next pope?Where will s/he come from?What will be her/his name?(Burke and Dolan are tied at 25/1.)
Jim P. -- It's one more popular centuries-old Church tradition. Going on in 1503 but subjected to threat of excommunication by the Pope in 1591 (bull still in effect). See Wikipedia - Gambling on papal elections. See Gerelyn (10/1 3:44pm) for where to start today. Chargecards are accepted.
I've been reading about this. Thinking Anglicans has the latest news on it .... http://www.thinkinganglicans.org.uk/I don't think John Sentamu will be chosen, though he's the most recognizable candidate to us in the US - he's just too conservative. I'd like the Bishop of Liverpool. There's a rather wickid but funny video of the crown nomination process and the candidates here .... http://plumsteadletters.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/elect-to-leave.html
"I don't think John Sentamu will be chosen...."Still, he might be the best candidate. Most Anglicans are African (55%) with only 33% British. Sentamu could be a bridge between these two major blocks (indeed, the majority) of Anglicanism. I don't think he would confine himself within African or British limits. As Anglican archbishop of York, he is part of both African and British majorities.
The problem is that there's a huge gulf between the beliefs held by the Aglican Churches in the west and in the Global South on homosexuality. I think it's unrealistic to believe British (much less the American/Canadian) Anglicans will go retro on this issue, especially not to the almost lethal level of repression that exists in some parts of Africa/Asia. It's natural to want to compromise on issues, but I think that's what tainted Rowan Williams' tenure as ABofC - he tried to make everyone happy and actually made no one happy. Andrew Brown has a post that kind of touches on this ... The church's wars over sexuality are coming to an end
The Anglicans will leave the homophobic african bishops out in the cold, which is what they should have done from the start.
"...leave...out in the cold...."Then they will wind up with a confederation of churches, not a communnion. And with the majority of Anglicans African, do you really think that is a good idea for any church? Certainly there is room for some kind of compromise.
I like to think that Bishop Sentamu would be led by the Holy Spirit to rise to the occasion of being the ABC of ALL Anglicans ... and he or whomever becomes ABC will need it.The problem is that you have African bishops who want to criminalize homosexuality ... which England rejected in in 1967.You also have liberal American bishops who are essentially sanctioning a double-standard: allowing sex outside of marriage for homosexuals, but requiring heterosexuals to remain celibate unless they receive permission from their bishops to marry.The Anglican Communion has always touted the Media Via, but what that is is hard to see.
"Would that Abp. Rowan would cross the Tiber."The man may be naive but he is far from stupid."Certainly there is room for some kind of compromise."Do you apply that wish to the Church of Rome as well? I didn't think so."Then they will wind up with a confederation of churches, not a communnion."Reality versus wishful thinking.
As far as I know, the Lambeth resolution of 1998, which says that homosexual practice is incompatible with Scripture, is still in force, even though Archbiship Williams (who was not ABC at that time) signed the Cambridge Accord, that upheld the dignity of all homosexual people.Some of the friction comes from the fact that Anglican teaching is based on Scripture, tradition, and reason, and many liberal Anglicans believe that reason has been ignored in the communion's views on women and homosexual clergy.Instead of working within the system through Lambeth conferences, liberals simply went rogue. I feel conflicted about the liberal position, which I personally sympathize with, but which I also understand drove wedges between national churches (perhaps making them even less open to reason at future Lambeth conferences), and created theological chaos for the communion as a whole (e.g., sex outside of marriage is sanctioned for homosexual clergy, but not for heterosexuals). Extending marriage--and marital rules--to homosexuals would solve this problem, but that's going to be an even harder sell at Lambeth.
An advantage to Anglicanism is that they actually feel free to debate and discuss these issues. There is no Grand Poobah who can tell them what is verboten to talk about.Yes, it's messy but at least people feel that they have a place at the table at discussion time."The church isn't a democracy" meme has proven to be far from acceptable to a large portion of the remaining but diminishing rank and file.
The Anglican system seems really good to me - freedom for the different churches to disagree but still be a part of the whole. The failure of the recent Covenant seems to show that most Anglicans don't want a system like ours where everyone has to toe the same line.About the Episcopal Church allowing sex outside marriage for gays/lesbians but not straights, I wonder if the reality is that responsible sex outside marriage is considerd ok for everyone? ... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rev-astrid-storm/students-of-christianity_...
Crystal --Yes, there are advantages to the Protestant welcoming of all sorts of opinions. Unfortunately, historically their tolerance of error hasn't resulted in the resolution of disputes, but, rather it has resulted in the proliferation of Protestant sects. Sadly, it looks like the Anglicans/Episcopalians are heading for another split.. For all the problems with the pope/hierarchy structure, it does seem to at least keep us concentrated on essentials, and it does allow for slow -- even glacial:( -- improvement of what it teaches. But would that the RCC would learn to value honest dispute and realize that even in honest mistakes there is usually something of value. Yes, it is the function of the popes and bishops to maintain the old formulas and the truths embedded in them and to tell the rest of us, "This is how we understand the best of Scripture and tradition so far, and don't you forget it, and don't you faithful disparage our best efforts". But the hierarchy also need to learn that regardless of the unity and truth of the message of the Lord which they are called on to protect, they sometimes are less than perfect interpreters. That does not deny the continuing help of the Holy Spirit. It only recognizes the slowness of humans to get to the truth.
Hi Ann,There *are* lots of Protestant denominations. I'm not sure that's a bad thing - maybe each has a different way of looking at the truth that allows more people to find God? The magesterium can define and enforce a version of the truth within the Catholic Church, but their decisions don't really necessarily say anything about what is actually true. That rigidity turns away a lot of people who sincerely want to find God, and it makes those who stay but who disagree with Church policies "dissenters". Maybe the Anglican Communion is messy, but maybe they're more honest and less frightened than us.
Crystal -- Speaking of an Anglican "system" suggests some measure of commonality which does not seem to exist. The costs and consequences of the apparent virtues of the "system" are severe. A short commentary from a site which calls itself "The Voice for Global Orthodox Anglicanism" mentions some of the fission in progress while reporting on the Nigerian church inserting a diocese last month in Indianapolis amidst the US competition. http://www.virtueonline.org/portal/modules/news/article.php?storyid=1648... One noteworthy contribution the Anglicans didn't need at this point in their history is the Roman intrusion by Benedict XVI via Anglicanorum Coetibus (2009), which seems to cause consternation on both (or all) sides of the fence(s). "Mandated by the Lord Jesus to guarantee the unity of the episcopate and to preside over and safeguard the universal communion of all the Churches", the Pope offers warm welcome to Anglicans. He indicates that, if they are interested, the distinctive Roman Catholic concept of clerical celibacy, which he routinely praises fulsomely and authoritatively, may be less simple than some have believed. One more challenge for an ABC if a willing servant can be found. http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/apost_constitutions/docum...
Hi Jack,I'm not an Anglican, so my understanding of all this is at a remove, but I have been visiting their sites for a while and I think I sort of get them, so ...Yes, there are a lot of factions in the Communion: liberals (see Thinking Anglicans and the Episcopal Cafe), and conservatives, like those at the site you mention. I visit the liberal sites, and I see things through their eyes. I agree about the pope's idea of Anglican Ordinariates not helping the Anglican Communion. I think it's a very inecumenical move, a kind of hostile takeover, that is reminiscent of .... Uniatism.
"Do you apply that wish to the Church of Rome as well?"The Church of Rome/Catholic Church is not Protestant. (Catholics work things out through ecumenical councils.) However, there is always room for compromise in Protestant churches (who don't believe in resolving things thought universal councils;too slow, I guess). And if a compromise doesn't work, adherents split to form another church. Those who split never seem to fathom that fragility on both sides of a church dispute (or divide) is the peculiarity of all feuds.
Thanks, Crystal -- The year 2000 Taft lecture to which you link looks like the precise recipe the Vatican imprudently followed for Anglicanorum Coetibus (2009). They apparently did not realize it would be recognized widely in the Christian West for what appears to be its obvious intent to harvest the low-hanging fruit, to put it politely, from an honorable, fairly friendly organization not prepared or organized to resist at present. Among its other hostile effects is an internal one in my view. Media show pictures of proud wives standing by ex-Anglican, Roman Catholic ordinands who are becoming Roman Catholic priests with faculties. Meanwhile, numerous Latin Rite Roman Catholic priests (forever) look on, forbidden to serve as clerics because they married. Persuasively explaining that to a man must be difficult.
"...it would be recognized widely in the Christian West for what appears to be...."What "Christian West," Jack? The invincible giant of the "Christian West" is indifference. INDIFFERENCE! The Lutherans certainly didn't care; nor the Evangelicals, nor the Pentecostals. They make up the non-Catholic sector of the "Christian West" apart from the Catholic Church (and the Anglican Church in the UK). It's like you're trying to preserve the "body" of the "Christian West" (in your argument) without giving it a heart, life. No one cared about Anglicanorum Coetibus outside of the Anglican and Catholic churches the UK. (The Anglicans Use parishes in the States assumed Rome was simply replicating what they had already establilshed in American dioceses since the 1990's.Nothing new!) All told, it was a pseudo-event owing to the Christian West's indifference. A hundred years from now, however, it might turn out to be something signficant, especially when the Chuch of England is disestablished. Time will tell.
james chichetto - The Christian West is described in the Instrumentum Laboris issued in May 2012 in preparation for the imminent Assembly of the Synod of Bishops (esp. para. 85-86). The document identifies papal texts which "indicate the geographic area for the new evangelization, though not exclusively, as primarily the Christian West and identify the persons to whom it is directed, namely, the baptized in our communities.". The document struck me as notable for its references to "Christian" when "Catholic" might have sufficed and its emphasis on the West, though not exclusively, for evangelization. http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/synod/documents/rc_synod_doc_20120619_... Re Lutheran interest, the UK Ordinariate Portal magazine (pp. 4-5) interviewed the head of the CDF Doctrinal Office in March 2011. He said that the CDF was then receiving inquiries from Lutherans. http://content.yudu.com/Library/A1r8v9/96March2011ThePortal/resources/in... The differences between earlier pastoral provision (Anglican Use) and ordinariate are briefly explained by the US ordinariate: http://www.usordinariate.org/faq.html
Jack Barry,Thank you for highlighting the Synod of Bishops. No harm idealzing the "real" Christian West for clarification, among other things. Regarding Lutheran interest -- maybe the Ordinariate among some Lutherans -- a small minority -- will make some "amends" for the Holy Father. I know 23 prominent Catholics and Protestants in Germany recently published an appeal calling for church unity to be established soon, immediately. Cardinal Kurt Koch, president of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of Christian Unity, noted that in only considering the Catholic and Protestant Churches they had too narrow and too nationalistic a view and had underestimated the theological factors that led to the schism.Regarding the Anglican Use parishes vs. the Ordinariate: I consider not so much wherein the two differ as wherein the two agree in the States, UK and elsewhere. Certainly, however, there are differences.
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Hello, this is my first post here. I am no mathematician and English is not my first language, so please excuse me if my question is too stupid, it is poorly phrased, or both.
I am developing a program that creates timetables. My timetable-creating algorithm, besides creating the timetable, also creates a graph whose nodes represent each class I have already programmed, and whose arcs represent which pairs of classes should not be programmed at the same time, even if they have to be reprogrammed. The more "heavily linked" a node is, the more inflexible its associated class is with respect to being reprogrammed.
Sometimes, in the middle of the process, there will be no option but to reprogram a class that has already been programmed. I want my program to be able to choose a class that, if reprogrammed, affects the least possible number of other already-programmed classes. That would mean choosing a node in the graph that is "not very heavily linked", subject to some constraints with respect to which nodes can be chosen.
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Let $R$ be a noetherian ring and $M$ a finitely generated $R$-module with projective dimension $n$. Then for every finitely generated $R$-module $N$ we have $\mathrm{Ext}^n(M,N)\neq 0$. Why?
By definition, if the projective dimension is $n$ this means that $\mathrm{Ext}^{n+1}(M,-)=0$ and $\mathrm{Ext}^n(M,-)\neq 0$, so there exists an $N$ such that $\mathrm{Ext}^n(M,N)\neq 0$. Why is this true for every $N$?
I found this theorem on this notes, page 6 proposition 9. Did I misunderstand it? Is there a similar statement?
This result is used on page 41, implication 3 implies 4, and is used in the case $N=R$. Is it true in this case?


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What is the effect of adding salt to the water when cooking pasta?
The salt adds flavor, but it also helps reduce the gelation of the starch in the pasta. The starch in food is the form of microscopic grains. When these grains come into contact with water, they will trap some of it (think cornstarch in cold water), but when the water is hot they swell up like balloons and merge with each other, and you have starch gelation.
Another thing you may want to add to the pasta water is some acid (lemon or cream of tartar). Tap water in most cities is made alkaline, which increases the starch loss from the pasta to the water, making the pasta stickier.
It means that the pasta is seasoned as it is cooked. To see if this matters to you, cook up some pasta in plain water and then some in salted water and see if you can taste the difference.
The addition of salt has at least 2 things going for it: 1). It DOES help keep the pasta from cooking into water, thus improving texture (less sticky/gummy). When less of the starch and protein is leached out of the pasta, it will foam less as well! (Perform the 2 batch test, side by side. The salted water will foam less, and it will be less murky when the cooking is done)
2). It DOES improve the flavor (at least for MOST of us). Just don't go CrAZy with the salt, and you'll be fine!
Yes, you can omit the salt, and you can acidify the water, but neither will produce a finished product that I'd care to eat.
As has been mentioned, whether you add salt or not it is for taste. Salt will decrease the amount of time to boil, but only if used in significant quantity. 80% water 20% salt will only increase the boiling point of the water 4 degrees. The same volume of straight water will take longer to boil for the simple fact there is more water.
Pasta sticking is in large part due to the water itself. Most tap water is leans to the alkaline side of the chart. Adding some vinegar or lemon juice to water to raise its acidity will keep the pasta from sticking. How much? You'll have to experiment.
I have found that adding salt to pasta water helps the pasta hold the water when it comes in contact with the salt in the sauce. When the pasta was not cooked in salted water it weeps when sauce is served on top of undressed pasta. Dont know why? Just an observation.
Personally, I add salt to water to reduce the bubbling while the water is boiling and allows me to walk away from the pot for a minute. I hate it when the pot bubbles over and some water falls over the sides of the pot. Something about the salt changes the waters ability to create bubbles. This is just my observation.
I guess it's like trying to sear a meat over a very high heat; the higher the temperature of the water the faster the pasta gets cook (so that it doesn't absorb too much which will expand the starch contain in the pasta) meanwhile leaving the center a a tiny white dot which creates a snap when bend. Besides that I too believe besides adding flavor to the pasta, by adding olive oil to the pasta is to avoid pasta from being stick together like a lump meanwhile stirring them to ensure equal heat is all over the pasta that is being cook. Olive oil to helps to coat the pasta which will reduce the water absorbtion and in the same time increase the water temperature even more higher.
The water doesn't need to be salty like totally salty but by just adding enough salt just enough for tasting will be good enough.
I am really surprised that there was no answer above relating to the simple fact that adding even half a teaspoon salt to the boiling water serves this purpose:
That's also why I have stopped rinsing the boiled noodles, which washes off and leaches out more vitamins down the sink-drain.
If you drain noodles after boiling and don't want them to stick together, just run a Stick of butter very fast through the whole batch, which immediately improves the flavor, or put your thumb almost totally over the top of a bottle of first-pressed olive oil, and sprinkle a teaspoon or so over that batch of noodles and stir fast.
I have thereby never had any problems of sticky lumps, when stored in the refrigerator, and I have preserved a better level of nutrition.
It has to do with Osmosis (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osmosis). The saltier the water the less water gets pulled in by the pasta. Adding salt will keep your pasta nice and firm and not too bloated. That is also why you should never drink distilled water in Chemistry class. The exact opposite will happen, since there are no Salts in distilled water, your cells having a higher salt level will pull in all the water literally making them pop.
Aside from the flavor implications of adding salt, salty water has a higher boiling point than pure water, so you can cook whatever you are boiling at a higher temperature. The more salt, the higher the boiling point, up to the limit of a fully saturated solution.
it is actually to help the pasta absorb water.. it's done with meat chicken fish also..
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