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Trojans Drop SAC Opener to Mars Hill, 8-1February 7, 2014
MARS HILL, N.C. – After allowing six runs through three innings of play, Anderson University was unable to stir a comeback, falling to Mars Hill 8-1 Friday afternoon in South Atlantic Conference action at Henderson Field.
The setback drops the Trojans to 0-5 on the young season, as the Lions claim their first win of the 2014 campaign and improve to 1-4.
AU posted seven hits for the game, as sophomore second baseman Kyle Bailey went 2-for-4 on the afternoon and crossed the plate for Anderson's lone run. Also posting two hits for the game was senior outfielder Paul Como, finishing 2-for-3 with a double.
The middle of the order for Mars Hill did most of its damage as Tommy Scala, who batted third, was 3-for-4 with two RBI and two runs scored, leading the home side in hits for the day. Designated hitter and batting in the clean-up spot, David King, went 1-for-4 with two runs scored and an RBI, while Dalton Eisenbath, who was slotted fifth in order, tallied a 2-for-2 performance with two runs and two RBI.
MHU starter, Caleb Edwards, tossed seven innings, giving up seven hits and striking out five Trojan batters. Edwards' counterpart, junior Spencer Earle, went four complete and struck out three Lions.
Mars Hill scored two runs in the bottom half of the second inning when King struck out, but a defensive miscue allowed King to advance to second. King would eventually score on a double by Adam Daniel for the game's first run. Later in the inning, Eisenbath would score on a sacrifice fly by Andy Runion, who also finished with two hits for the afternoon.
The Lions grabbed more runs in the third inning after Bailey scored in the top-half. Scala, King and Eisenbath posted three straight hits, capped off by an RBI triple by Eisenbath for MHU's first triple by any player this season.
The home side would eventually add a run in the fifth and seventh innings to earn the six-run victory. For MHU, the win marked its first over Anderson since the 2012 season, as AU swept the series at Anderson Memorial Stadium a season ago. In the all-time series, the Lions evened up the series record at 5-5 dating back to AU's first season in the SAC in 2011.
The Trojans look to bounce back on Saturday as the teams complete the three-game set with a doubleheader. First pitch of the day's opening game is set for noon.

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Can I use these two or something else to generate waveform of sound and then use it as soft synth or generate soundfont?
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SuperCollider is a softsynth. CSound has a soft synth as well as a scoring system.
You can also use CSound as a VST instrument or effect. I'm not aware of a VST wrapper for SuperCollider, but SC can respond to both MIDI and OSC data, so it shouldn't be too hard to hook up with your DAW.
You can certainly record the output of Csound or SuperCollider (or anything really) and load that up into your sampler of choice. If you specifically want to use the soundfont format, you'll need some kind of soundfont editor.
You could generate sounds in supercollider or CSound if you want. Using them as VST instruments is not exactly straightforward. I think that's easier done with CSound than with Supercollider. I do know that there is an audiounit for supercollider, in case you are on mac.
Yes, you can use Csound as a VST using Cabbage. http://thecabbagefoundation.org/


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MINGO JUNCTION - Indian Creek rode a couple of two-out lightning bolts to its sixth consecutive victory Friday.
Down four early, the Redskins rallied behind the bat of Cole Yeater and the arm of Dustin Rath to earn a 6-5 Buckeye 8 win over St. Clairsville at cold and windy Muth Field.
"As my brother Randy (a Creek assistant) said we needed a win like this," coach Mike Cottis noted. "We were down, we rallied and the guys now believe they can come back."
The Red Devils, who dropped a 15-3 decision to Creek earlier this week, built a 5-1 advantage after four. Run producing singles by Ryan Busby and Luke Slavik put Tom Sliva's club up 2-0 in the second.
St. Clairsville plated three more in the fourth thanks to Slavik's double along with base raps by Malik Gummer and Busby (he earned a second RBI with this hit). Joel Giffen also knocked in a run via a sacrifice fly to left.
Meanwhile, Red Devil starter Andrew Hayes was able to keep the Redskins offense fairly quiet. He did allow a run in the third, Rath's fielder's choice scoring Alex Young, who started the frame with an infield single.
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Indian Creek 6, St. Clairsville 5
St. Clairsville 020 300 0 - 5 7 2
Indian Creek 001 040 1 - 6 6 3
ST. CLAIRSVILLE (2-8): Hayes (LP, 6BB 4K) and Slavik; Busby 2S, 2RBI; Slavik D, S, RBI; Gummer S; Mitchell S; Provost S; Giffen RBI.
INDIAN CREEK (7-3): Yeater (3BB, 1K, 1 HBP) Rath (4, WP, 0BB, 3K) and Freshwater; Yeater 2S, 3RBI; Wise 2S; Young S; Aceto S; Rath RBI.
That two-out lightning struck first in the home half of the fifth. Young and Tanner Wise both drew free passes and Zach Williams, who collected three hits against the Devils Wednesday, was intentionally walked to load the bases. Hayes whiffed the next Creek batter, recording the second out.
Yeater stepped to the plate and drilled a sharp single to center, scoring Young and Wise. Anthony Young, who was inserted to run for Williams, scored on a pass ball and Yeater touched the plate on a second pass ball, knotting the score at five.
Wise started the Redskins' seventh with a single down the first base line. He moved up on Rath's sacrifice bunt. Williams was walked for the third time then Hayes again was able to record the second out. Unfortunately for him and the Devils, Yeater came to bat again.
This time, the sophomore, who started on the mound for Creek, lined one to right center, bringing Wise home with the game-winner.
"He started off pitching well but just seemed to run out of game" Cottis said of Yeater. "To his credit, he didn't hang his head. He dug deep and delivered two run scoring singles for us with two outs."
Rath took over for Yeater in the fourth and earned the pitching win. He didn't allow a hit and record three strikeouts.
"Dustin came in and threw strikes," Cottis noted. "He gave our defense a chance and kept us in the game. Then he laid down a perfect sacrifice bunt in the seventh to put runners in scoring position."
The Creek defense made some nifty plays behind Rath, particularly in the St. Clairsville sixth. Sean Smith's shoe-top catch in left denied a Red Devil hit then Williams knocked down a bullet at first before flipping to Rath to end the inning.
Hayes also got some help from his defense along the way, shortstop Lewis Mitchell turning in several web gems.
"We've had lots of tough ones so far," Sliva said of his Red Devils, who have dropped four contests in the final inning. "That's been our M.O. We're playing hard, jumping out to leads but we aren't able to finish.
"We have to get tougher both mentally and physically. We have to realize we play seven inning ball games."
Wise joined Yeater in collecting two hits for Creek, which visits Cambridge today for a single game at 1 p.m.
Slavik and Busby each had two safeties for St. Clairsville, now 2-8. The Red Devils will host Bellaire Monday.


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Streamsong Resort Holding Hiring Event Tuesday
Published: Monday, December 2, 2013 at 3:59 p.m.
Last Modified: Monday, December 2, 2013 at 3:59 p.m.
BOWLING GREEN | Streamsong Resort is holding a hiring event Tuesday to fill 200 positions at the company.
The event will be held from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the resort property, located at 1000 Streamsong Drive in Bowling Green. Candidates should dress professionally and be prepared to interview on site.
For more information, visit PolkWorks.org and click on the "Streamsong Hiring Event" icon.
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I just received my new RD8-II rotator and is looks excellent -- much larger than I expected. I have a few questions:
(1) The locking knob has an additional, smaller know screwed into it; what is the purpose of this second, smaller knob?
(2) There are stops for 30, 6, 5, and 4 degrees, as well as second set of stops for 30/2, 6/2, 5/2, and 4/2. If I want to set my stops to, say, 20 degrees... Should I just tighten the 5-degree stop and click it over multiple times on each rotation, or is there a way to set it so that it only locks on the 20 degree marks? (I guess I should try tightening knobs on both 5 and 4...?)
(3) There is a very small knob that seems to allow you to rotate the indicators without actually rotating ("clicking") the unit. Is that the purpose of this small knob?
Silly questions, I know -- but there is no manual, so I am just confirming how the product works. Thanks!


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In the political arena today, almost everytime you hear the words "social security "the phrase "crisis" or "problem" isn't far behind.
With 78 million baby boomers beginning to retire in 2008 and more for the next 2 decades after that President Bush and his allies point to 2042 as the drop dead date for when the system will go broke.
But some Democratic lawmakers and watchdog groups say that date is way too early, and accuse the White House of using scare tactics to force quick change upon a system that has served america's seniors for over 70 years.
"It's probably in a mess and needs to be straightened up, but i don't know that it's necessarily the mess that we hear in so many of the reports," says local engineer David Clark.
Clark and his wife Theresa are planning their retirement under the assumption that Social Security won't be there, but he's still not sure all of the government's numbers add up.
"I have a hard time understanding where these projections come from that look 40 or 50 years into the future, when it seems like we can't even work out a budget from one year to the next," Clark says.
Local retirement specialist Tony Walker says the system was never designed to handle the trillions of dollars flowing through it today.
"They just didn't expect this many people to live this long. So mathematically you can't continue on with this program under the same scenario," says Walker.
"I would tell people who are roughly my age in their 30's and 40s don't really count on social security, that's what we're telling people in our practice."
"Been thinking about it for many years, and David and I talk about it some, but you know we just sorta figure we're gonna work until we die. That there's not gonna be anything there for us, and we're just gonna hafta keep working," David's wife, Theresa, says.
For Theresa and David, the question of when the system goes broke isn't nearly as important as the question of why nothing's been done to fix it.
Ii have no control over it. they take it, they do want they want with it to pay off what they want, it is not doing what it was designed to do. Absolutely not fulfilling its purpose and should've been fixed a long time ago," Theresa says.


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is a video made by me for the song Boom headshot fps doug. It's a very funny video. Sorry for the brief explanation, I do not speak English, only Spanish xD
Boom Headshot Song all video games
Espero que les guste.
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WACO (February 25, 2013)- A three-month old chihuahua named "Oscar" is recovering this week, after being thrown from a moving vehicle near a busy highway last Friday.
A good Samaritan witnessed Oscar being thrown out of the car, stopped, and rescued the dog from an access road near Highway 6.
Covered in asphalt with a laceration on the back of his head, Oscar was then taken to Fuzzy Friends in Waco where he has stayed since Friday.
Shelter Director Lois Reasoner has been tending to the dog since he arrived.
"There's just so many dogs like this who get thrown away everyday," Reasoner said.
"It boggles my mind that people could be so cruel, I try not to think about it. Instead, I'm like 'OK lets fix this.'"
The vehicle Oscar was thrown from sped off. It's make and model are currently unknown.
Yet, after experiencing a traumatic situation, Oscar is doing well. He is drinking water and is eating normally.
Oscar's story has become popular on Fuzzy Friends' Facebook page. Reasoner thinks that's a great start to finding him a permanent home.
"For us it's a challenge to turn this animal around and give him a better life," Reasoner said.
"It's what we're here for."


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There is now less space for your baby to move and she will soon, if she hasn't already, settle down into a comfortable head-down position. The shape of the uterus encourages this head-down position and, once in it, turning would be a major effort for your baby. Plenty of amniotic fluid remains to cushion and protect your baby, who will still be attempting to be very active in this more confined space.
Your baby's behavior is now exactly the same as a newborn: she'll turn toward light and yawn just as much as a newborn, and she'll continue to practice breathing the amniotic fluid in and out with regular rhythmical movements.
One dilemma that's rarely discussed-but much pondered-among moms-to-be is whether they should shave or trim their pubic hair before giving birth.
It's really a personal choice and depends how much it bothers you: just because your best friend had her pubic hair waxed, you shouldn't feel pressure to do the same-aside from anything else, itchy regrowth will not be welcome in the days following the birth of your baby.
You might want to trim your pubic hair or use tweezers or shave any stragglers, though, in the interests of postpartum hygiene. Postpartum blood loss will cling to the hair.
If you've arranged to have a cesarean, the top inch (at least) of your pubic hair will be shaved in hospital, so you may prefer to do this at home yourself.
Excerpted from Pregnancy Day by Day.
Copyright © 2008 Dorling Kindersley Limited.
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I use personal kanban. On my board I have priority stickies (i.e. red, yellow, green). My backlog fills up pretty quick with tasks. My issue is keeping the time sensitive backlogged tasks appropriately prioritized through my todo, today, and doing columns.
Has anyone found a good solution to this problem?
Right now I associate ID's to my tasks I put on my board and in outlook I create an outlook task with that ID (and description) then put in reminders on dates as they approach for those time sensitive tasks. This seems to work ok, looking to see if others have better ways.


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I am writing an application that should allow to view and manipulate spectra (Raman).
I am only given one normal spectrum consisting of 1024 coordinate points. Plus I have a background spectrum that is supposed to be subtracted from the first spectrum.
The first point in spectrum_1 is: -55.988 , 9373 The according point in background spectrum: -55.988 , 9382. After subtracting the two in a third-party software, the first point of the resulting spectrum is: -55.988 , -641.968
So I asked myself how this is calculated. According to the Documentation of this software, it is using the following formula:
result spectrum(n) = multiple component spectrum(n)
– Factor1 * single component spectrum (n)
– Factor2 * single component spectrum (n)
Unfortunately I can't do anything with it. What is meant by "component spectrum(n)"? Is it the Spectrum equation? Also what could the both factors be and what does the (n) mean?
Here is an image of all three spectra that are involved in the calculation.
Here is an image of all three spectra that are involved in the calculation.
From Top to bottom:
- First spectrum
- Background spectrum
- The resulting spectrum after the subtraction
I simply can't imagine or reproduce the calculation that leads to this result.
Any help and/or advice is welcome. I am highly willing to learn and understand so please don't hesitate to share some links or other references that could help.
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We all know the "apples and oranges" rule which says that it's meaningless to add or subtract two different quantities like apples and oranges. But the same rule doesn't hold for the multiplication and division. So my question is, why two quantities with different units cannot be added to one another but the multiplication of them is allowed and how this is expressed mathematically?
I guess I might as well collect my comments into an answer.
You are actually implicitly asking two questions:
The answer to 1. is positive in certain cases, especially when talking about fruits. The structure is called free abelian group. It's essentialy one copy of integers for every fruit with addition defined component-wise: $(5a + 2o) + (2a + 3o) = (7a + 5o)$ and so on. One can similarly formalize other concepts of addition of different quantities. One can also introduce multiplication and talk about polymonial rings $K[x,y,\dots,z]$ (where the variables are understood to represent units) or take the field of fractions of that, or even introduce non-commutativity. There are many mathematical structures that can accomodate all of the operations ever needed in physics (and more).
So we come to the point 2. We've seen that it's possible to add different quantities. But that tells you nothing about whether such an operation is ever useful. In particular, when talking about elementary operations used in physical problems to arrive at a result which is always a well-defined quantity with units. I claim that this is why we don't use in physics anything else than addition of quantities with same units because we want to have reasonable units at every step of the calculation.
Note that this is also consistent with taking products of different quantities because this operation doesn't spoil the fact that at every step of the derivation we have a well-defined units of the expression.
I think I figured out how this can be expressed mathematically. The units can be thought as mathematical constants and physical quantities as numbers multiplied by that constants (units). So when we add two same quantities with same units we can add the numbers, for example:
$2\hspace{0.2cm} apples + 5\hspace{0.2cm} apples = 2\cdot a +5\cdot a = (2+5)\cdot a=7\cdot a = 7\hspace{0.2cm} apples $
But for different quantities we can't add the numbers:
$2\hspace{0.2cm} apples + 5\hspace{0.2cm} oranges = 2\cdot a +5\cdot o $
therefore we can't write $2\hspace{0.2cm} apples + 5\hspace{0.2cm} oranges = 7\hspace{0.2cm} apples + oranges$
However we can multiply (and divide) them, multiplying the numbers and the units:
$2\hspace{0.2cm} apples \cdot 5\hspace{0.2cm} oranges = (2\cdot a) \cdot (5\cdot o) = (2\ \cdot 5) \cdot (a\cdot o) =10 \cdot (a\cdot o)=10\hspace{0.2cm} apples \cdot oranges$
This seems to work.
It's just because the process of multiplying units is well-defined; that's the way with which you define new units. For example, take a square of side $a=1\text{ m}$. To find the area $A$ of the square you square the side, $$ A=a^2=(1\text{ m})^2=1 \text{ m}^2. $$ That defines the square-meter, a unit of area. If you had a rectangle with a side $b=1\text{ m}$ and another side $c=1\text{ ft}$, then you can still find the area $A^\prime$ of the rectangle simply by multiplying $b$ with $c$: $$ A^\prime=bc=(1\text{ m})\cdot(1\text{ ft})=1\text{ m}\cdot\text{ft}. $$ This defines a new unit of area, the $\text{m}\cdot\text{ft}$, which is perfectly ok, but not very intuitive to work with.
Adding or subtracting quantities with units is allowed only if the quantities have the same units, simply because in the process of adding or substracting the units are spectators, i.e. they factor out. For example, take a line-segment of length $\ell_1=1\text{ m}$ and a line segment of length $\ell_2=2\text{ m}$. The total length of the two line segments is $$ \ell=\ell_1+\ell_2=(1\text{ m})+(2\text{ m})=(1+2)\text{ m}=3\text{ m}. $$ If you couldn't factor out the units, you wouldn't be able to go from step 2 to step 3.
In fact, we may add apples and oranges but then we deal with vectors rather than scalars ;-)
I mean $2a + 5o $ is a vector in two-dimensional space with the independent unit vectors $a$ and $o$. It is just (2,5), no problem.
Multiplication is possible, because you also multiply units of measurement. In other words, if you multiply 2 apples by 3 oranges, what you get is not mere 6, but, 6 orange-apples. Likewise, if you divide 6 apples by 2 oranges, you get 3 apple/orange. This does really make sense as for each orange, there are 3 apples. But when adding or subtracting numbers, you actually can't add or subtract units of measurement.
It's not used in Physics AFAIK, at least not in a formal way, but one could write $$5\,\mathrm{apples} + 2\,\mathrm{oranges}=7 (\mathrm{apple\,or\,orange}\!)\!\mathrm{s},$$ or $$5\,\mathrm{men} + 2\,\mathrm{women}=7\,\mathrm{people}.$$ That is, one invents objects that contain other objects. However, I can imagine that there might be inequivalent extensions of the ordinary axioms of arithmetic.
Any Mathematics might in the future be useful in Physics. There is a lot of Mathematics that isn't currently used in Physics, but ruling something out outright seems foolhardy.
We count, adimensional. We measure, adimensional. Any measure is a ratio of two quantities: The amount we want to measure is divided by the amount of a chosen standard. To the standard we ascribe a name like meter and regulate a precise way to define it.
When we measure mass we make a count of barions as found here:
When we add measures we add pure numbers. And the role of the units? Its a remind of what standard was chosen to represent them and the degree of the dimension (Length-L,Time-T,Charge-Q,Mass-M,Temperature). Temperature and Angle measures are pure numbers by definition, not a ratio. As an example $m^3$ has the dimention $L^3$, a volume. It has no meaning the addition of a volume with an area or a temperature with an angle. We can add quantities of the same kind (dimension and degree); a class of fruit or 'object' or 'bag content' allow the counting of both apples and oranges in the same bag. We can add X meters to Y decimeters, the result is still an amount of length.
Adding quantities of different class, lets say A and B, give a result that belong to a third class (neither A nor B).
Can we add length quantity to a time quantity? No.
Multiplication is an addition (just repeated N times) e.g. 5m x 3 = 15m, and 5m x 3m = 15 $m^2$ (dimension $L^2$). Division of quantities of the same nature is a measurement.
(the author of the above recent paper is a friend of mine and comments are welcome and, if pertinent, I will forward them. Sorry for the bad english.)
Quantities with different units aren't added together because there aren't any physically interesting equations such as $a + b = c$ that allow us to predict a numerical value for one, given the others. On the other hand, there are plenty where you have to multiply values together such as $F = m\frac{dv}{dt},~ C = q/v$. There's also division and forming exponents of quantities.
Adding apples and oranges together is meaningful since it gives the the total number of objects. On the other hand, multiplying them together is generally meaningless because there isn't a meaningful quantitiy this operation calculates a value for.
Here is a rhetorical counter-question:
Q: When are 2 feet x 3 feet not 6 square feet (i.e., 6 feet$^2$)?
In other words, no you cannot multiple apples and oranges. The units are not related to each other in a defined way. You can define your own dimensional result, but then you've got something meaningless that you've defined mathematically. I.e., you can define a word to mean "apples x oranges", but that doesn't mean it has any meaning.
A different way of stating the ideas about units is that when an equation is stated in one set of units, we would like to be able to convert that statement into different units. For example, 3 m x 7 m = 21 m2 can be converted into 300 cm x 700 cm = 210000 cm2.
Likewise 3 km + 700 m = 3700 m can be converted into 300000 cm + 70000 cm = 370000 cm.
But there is no sensible way to take 3 gallons + 2 hours = 5 somethings and convert it into, say, a statement in terms of minutes rather than hours.
One highfalutin' way of expressing all this is that we're dealing with affine geometry. When we multiply 3 newtons by 7 meters to get 21 newton-meters, we're finding the area of a rectangle in the affine plane. In affine geometry, distances measured along non-parallel lines cannot be compared, so we can't say that 7 meters is greater than 3 newtons.


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WACO (November 20, 2012) -- Animal advocates spoke out at tonight's city council meeting because they say the Waco Humane Society euthanized 64 animals yesterday.
"It's a shame that any of them are euthanized its even more discouraging that no contacts were made to assist in getting the animals out," Julie Morris, animal activist said.
Representatives of the Waco Animal Alliance, which is composed of local animal rescue groups, say the Humane Society did not contact any of the rescue groups to see if they would be able to take the animals until an hour before they were euthanized.
"Right now the shelter is killing a lot of animals and they are not reaching out to rescue groups," Amy Oakley, McLennan Animal Rescue Coalition president said. "We are in support of the city looking at employing a full-time position of a rescue coordinator that would be able to work directly with rescue groups."
Animal advocates say they will continue to attend city council meetings until their concerns with the Waco Humane Society are addressed.
"We are committed to this and we are serious about wanting to be a voice for the animals," Oakley said.


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13 Dec 2012 2:13 PM #1
Unanswered: Variables accessible from all controller functions? (MVC)
Hey all,
I'm using the MVC application structure. I've got a controller with quite a few functions in it. They all access a lot of the same components in my application but I think I've written it very inefficiently.
For example, I have several buttons that affect the grid in my application. In each button function I have to do something like
var panel = button.up(panel); var grid = panel.down(grid);
thank you!
13 Dec 2012 3:17 PM #2
You can try the references:
Ext.define('YourApp.controller.Main',{ extend : 'Ext.app.Controller', refs : [ {ref:'grid',selector:'acontainer anotherpanel grid[itemId=yourId]'} ], aFunction : function(){ this.getGrid().getStore().load(); } });
These references are accesible only by the current controller.
27 Dec 2012 3:12 PM #3
Thank you, I've done some more reading about references now.
So you can refer to specific instances of views in your app right? And once defined, calling a reference should be faster than doing a component query?


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The Culture of Preconception
The political response to the Boston Marathon bombings suggests that we live in an age of shrink-wrapped, prepackaged opinions.
When something new comes along, we hasten to squeeze it into whatever frameworks we were carrying around with us a day, a month, or a year before.
When the ghastly news from Boylston Street first hit, there was an immediate divide between those who were sure the attack was a form of Islamic terrorism and those just as persuaded that it was organized by domestic, right-wing extremists. April 15 was Tax Day, after all.
Unless I'm missing some obscure website out there, absolutely no one imagined what turned out to be the case: that the violence was unleashed by two young immigrants with Chechen backgrounds. Chechnya was not on anybody's radar screen -- and it does not appear that the conflict in that rebellious Russian republic actually had much to do with the actions of Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev that day.
We then moved, with dispatch and without pausing for more information, to show how the event proved that our side was right in any number of ongoing debates.
Opponents of immigration reform used the fact that the brothers are immigrants as a lever to derail the rapidly forming consensus in favor of broad repairs to the system. Supporters countered, defensively, that if there is any lesson here, it's that our approach to immigration needs to be modernized. In truth, this horrifying episode has little to do with immigration reform one way or the other.
We fell back to other familiar ground. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said we should assume these brothers had to be linked with one of our international enemies and that Dzhokhar should therefore be tried by a military tribunal and not in a normal American court, the venue to which his status as an American citizen entitles him.
The Obama administration doesn't get credit for much these days, so it deserves courage points for deciding that Dzhokhar be treated in a way that protects the rights of all other citizens.
And, of course, what I have just written means that I cannot claim to be immune from the very forces I'm describing. My own passion for saner gun laws similarly led me to ask why we have not focused more on how the brothers obtained their weapons or why it was so hard (because of the NRA's opposition to chemical "taggants" in gunpowder) to trace where they got the material to build their bombs.
My faith in a tolerant, pluralistic America made me worry that hundreds of thousands of law-abiding Muslim citizens could become the victims of our anger -- much as Italian-Americans were stereotyped in the days of Sacco and Vanzetti.
I also found it disturbing that we have given scant attention to the April 17 explosion at the fertilizer plant in West, Texas, that killed 15 people and injured more than 200.
As the labor writer Mike Elk pointed out in a Washington Post commentary, industrial accidents are far more common than acts of terror. We have more control over how we enforce worker safety laws than we do over random acts of violence. Yet we have allowed the Texas story to be buried beneath all our speculation about the Tsarnaev brothers.
Here again, since Elk and I share a concern for labor rights, it's not at all surprising that we'd make this argument. You might ask if my complicity in a culture of preconception should provoke a certain humility.
Well, it does.
I'd acknowledge that none of us can get through the day without making a lot of assumptions. All of us have intellectual, ideological, and moral commitments that we bring to bear upon what we think about almost everything.
But the hyperpolarization of our moment has sped up the rush to (contradictory) judgments, a practice further accelerated by new technologies. We have less patience than ever with the often painstaking task of gathering facts. We are better informed, yet seem more efficient than ever in manufacturing conspiracy theories.
I mistrust moralistic nostalgia for some nonexistent golden age of reason, and I have contentedly joined the bracing new media world. The past had problems of its own.
Still, I'd insist that "crowdsourcing" is quite different from reasoning together, an art we seem to have forgotten. And at the risk of disrupting the productivity gains of the opinion-creation industry in which I happily participate, I wish we were better at remembering three words: Stop and think.
(c) 2013, Washington Post Writers Group
About the Author
E. J. Dionne Jr. is a syndicated columnist, professor of government at Georgetown University, and a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. His most recent book is Our Divided Political Heart: The Battle for the American Idea in an Age of Discontent (Bloomsbury Press).
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Much of the reporting and opinion pieces related to the Boston Marathon bombing have amounted to no more than hot air, and this article is no exception. I'm not sure what Dionne is trying to say here or what he's trying to accomplish. I'd rather deal with the facts. For decades Islamic terrorists have been killing and maiming innocent people, claiming to do so in the name of God, and getting away with it. They are persecuting Christians with impunity in Muslim led countries. It is not discriminatory to speak this truth. Like Dionne, the Obama Administration talks a lot and does nothing about these attacks.
Bottom line: Islamic terrorists need to be stopped. Period.
What is Dionne trying to accomplish in the article? Is he trying to re-write history? Or trying to white-wash and obscure the facts, Orwellian style? It is clear whom he wanted to blame and now, despite his obfuscation around "CHechnya", he is havign trouble understanding the truth. CHechnya is primarily Muslim but Dionne wants to act like it's jsut a bunch of White Russians. Islamists in the region exhibit all of the characterisics Dionne should abhor. They they want no freedom of religion, freedom of speech or democratic rule and will execute those who don't agree with this repression. Christians are persecuted and any converted Christian is sentenced to death. Women are especially repressed and discriminated against. Is Dionne really going to suggest a moral equivalency? Is her really going to try to mislead the public with this absurd analysis?? Is he really this ignorant and interested in creating a false story? This is unbeleivable.
Sorry, but I think Mr. Dionne's point is proven by the McCarron and Gravely comments. His point is that there is much we don't know, and that all of us (the commenters obviously included) come with preconceived notions. And his point is quite succintly stated in his last sentence: Stop and think.
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Stop and Think!
Well Mr. Dionne, at least we can agree that those are 3 words American's certainly need to hear.
Seriously, I wonder if you and I live on the same planet? How about some FACTS?
Under the Obama Administration, we have had FIVE terrorists attacks, despite the fact that our own president can't bring himself to say or use the words, "Islamic Terrorist."
1. Boston Bomber
2. Underware Bomber
3. Times Square Bomber (thankfully interrupted)
4. Fort Hood Shooter
5. Little Rock Recuiting Officer
It's probably not a good idea to get a reader like me on the "stop and think" bandwagon. My list would be endless, starting with this pronograpy that our president lovin' ,tax payer fundin', left lovin' god Planned Parenthood inflicts on our children under the guise of "sex ed." It's so bad even the NYT's refuse to run the ad.
Warning Graphic (albeit fine for our 10 year olds):
http://www.all.org/article/index/id/MTE5MjI So, in respect for your topic, I'll leave it at that, and agree to agree that Americans, especially Catholic/Christian Americans, need to rise up and not only "stop and think", but act!
So we have some johnny-come-lately semi-Muslim terrorists striking our country, less than a dozen among the 2 billion Muslims worldwide and some of the above posters suggest a war agianst the 2 billion, led by FOX news...... enough already.


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5 Iconic Characters Who Got Insane Reboots in Foreign Comics
If you try to run out and sell your own comic book starring Batman or some popular video game character, your ass will get sued before the ink dries. The owners of these characters are hell-bent on making sure some other dumbass doesn't make bootleg versions that tarnish their good name.
In America, anyway. When it comes to translating these same characters into foreign comics, it seems like pretty much anything goes. That's why if you find yourself browsing in comic book shops abroad, you may be surprised to find ...
#5. Robin's Manly, Racist Adventures, Co-Starring Batman (Spain)
If you have always wished the Batman franchise was really about Robin beating criminals to death with blunt objects and gunning down Asians with a machine gun, well, the people of Spain agree with you.
In 1948, Batman was well-known and even popular in the U.S., but perhaps not so much in other countries, so it is almost understandable why Spanish cartoonist Julio Ribera and writer J. Fernandez thought they could just start making their own Batman comics and pretend they invented him.
Julio Ribera & J. Fernandez
They also claimed to have invented Asians and racism.
Oftentimes artists will blatantly trace panels from Batman comics, but to be fair, these two guys made entirely new stories when they could have easily just reprinted the originals and put their names on it. We are glad they did, because their version is crazier than a clown fighting a howler monkey.
Julio Ribera & J. Fernandez
Is Batman throwing a grenade or his poop?
There are a few changes between the Batman you know and the one these two guys pulled out of their asses. Some of them are small, like calling the Batmobile the Catmobile, for some reason. The biggest change, though, is their version of Robin -- a relentless badass who is constantly getting Batman (known here as simply "The Bat") out of tough spots.
Julio Ribera & J. Fernandez
We can think of several explanations for that bloodstain on his shirt and none of them are good.
You see, Spain has a more stupidly macho-oriented culture than other countries (at least judging by their favorite hobbies, all of which seem to involve pissing off two-ton animals that can stab you with their heads). Considering that, it's clear why they thought that Robin, the damselboy in distress wonder, just wasn't gonna cut it there.
Julio Ribera & J. Fernandez
Julio Ribera & J. Fernandez
What we're trying to say is, don't mess with Spanish Robin -- seriously, he'll cap your ass.
Julio Ribera & J. Fernandez
"You stole my sidekick's nipples! YOU MONSTERS!"
In fact, one could even say they went a bit too far and Robin manned up so much that the comic ended up being called "Robin and the Bat," with poor Batman losing first billing and also his clothes, because in this version he seems to fight crime with just boxer shorts, a cape, and a smile.
Julio Ribera & J. Fernandez
"I have as many shirts as I have fucks to give!"
Another weird thing about this comic is that despite only lasting 13 issues, most of its covers show Batman and Robin beating the shit out of either Chinese or Indian people. Now, we don't want to say this comic was crazy racist but ...
Julio Ribera & J. Fernandez
"Eat lead, yellow rats"? We hope you're talking to some cowardly rodents there, mister.
So to recap, Batman and Robin in Spain was the story of a boy, his many guns, his almost-naked friend, and their violent never-ending war against Asia.
So who could possibly top that? How about Japan's version ...
#4. Batman Takes on Lord Death Man and Dr. Faceless (Japan)
Bat-Manga! The Secret History of Batman in Japan
In the 1960s, the camptastic Batman TV show with Adam West became a phenomenon in every corner of the world, including Japan. Naturally, Japanese publishers decided to cash in on this craze by getting a license to create official Batman comics for their country, although they had to make some changes so that the stories better reflected Japan's culture. By which we mean they were fucking insane.
Julio Ribera & J. Fernandez
Etymologists believe that the term "batshit crazy" can be traced back to this exact comic.
Regular Batman stories, especially the ones from this era, were pretty nutty to begin with, so Japan apparently took this as an opportunity to prove that no one beats them when it comes to brain-melting insanity (as if that were necessary). For instance, one of Batman's recurring enemies in this series was Lord Death Man, a villain with the ability to die at will to get himself out of sticky situations. This creeps the shit out of Batman, who starts having freaky nightmares with Lord Death Man every night.
Bat-Manga! The Secret History of Batman in Japan
Batman's tendency to react like this when surprised explains why Alfred doesn't appear in this comic.
Batman also fought Japan-ified versions of his classic villains, like Clayface, who gets his shape-shifting powers from stepping into what appears to be a lake of poo. In order to defeat him, Batman submerges himself into the shit lake and emerges as a giant sentient batarang. Also, instead of Two-Face, Japanese readers got Dr. Faceless, who, after being accidentally disfigured, becomes obsessed with killing anything with a face.
Bat-Manga! The Secret History of Batman in Japan
"Fuck you, Mark Zuckerberg!"
Literally all of the faces must die. At one point Batman finds a note from Dr. Faceless:
Bat-Manga! The Secret History of Batman in Japan
It should be obvious to anyone with a passing knowledge of world monuments that the villain actually meant he was destroying Mount Batman, the giant Bat-face carved on a mountain just outside Gotham City. Batman rushes there to prevent this tragedy.
Bat-Manga! The Secret History of Batman in Japan
In the real world, this is in Minnesota.
And finally there's Professor Gorilla, a regular ape who steals Batman's intelligence and by doing so bestows the Caped Crusader with gorilla-like strength.
Bat-Manga! The Secret History of Batman in Japan
Of all the gorillas, monkey gorillas are the stupidest.
Professor Gorilla wants to exterminate the human race, but once he's been defeated, Robin points out that his actions were perfectly logical.
Bat-Manga! The Secret History of Batman in Japan
"Shit, if anything, he didn't want revenge enough."
#3. Super Mario Goes to Hell (Germany)
Club Nintendo #5/96
If you ever read Nintendo Power magazine in the '90s, you probably remember that they used to have little comics starring Mario and other Nintendo characters going on adventures that usually involved whatever new peripheral the company put out that month. Well, it turns out that the German version of the magazine made its own comics, and they were a little ... different.
Club Nintendo #5/97
Judging by the placement of the chains on his gimp suit, we now know exactly where Kirby's nipples are located.
To be fair, the characters didn't always look like they were heavily into S&M (or, in Link's case, furries); most issues featured completely innocent Mario stories, like the one where Cthulhu turns everyone in Switzerland into cheese. That changed in a comic that begins with Mario and Princess Peach about to get intimate in the New York skyscraper where she apparently lives.
Club Nintendo #5/96
"You were there for me when I lost my castle to debt, Mario. Let me repay the favor."
Unfortunately, the lights go out when lightning strikes the building. Mario goes out to investigate and hopefully restore the power before the effects of the dick pill he took wear off. In the building's basement, he runs into Link and Kirby, who presumably had their hot dates interrupted as well, and together they stumble upon a terrifying scene -- they peek into a room where Wario is making a deal with Satan.
Club Nintendo #5/96
That, or they're waiting to order at a restaurant.
On Wario's wishes, Satan unleashes a horde of demons to destroy Mario. Mario and friends start fighting the demons, but in doing so they themselves become monsters, echoing Nietzsche's words. After defeating Satan's forces, everything seems to go back to normal, and Mario heads back to Peach's room for some mushroom-rubbing.
And then, this happens:
Club Nintendo #5/96
"... aaaaaand, my erection's gone."
That's the end of the comic. There's no "It was all a dream" or "To be continued," just Mario gasping in horror at Peach's eyeless stare. The magazine did publish a sequel to this story a year later, presumably to stop the torrent of fan letters containing nothing but children's tears. This time, Mario has to visit the underworld to rescue Peach's soul. Once he finds her, she greets him by saying, "Your mother scrubs toilets in hell" (which kids everywhere will recognize as a reference to that line from The Exorcist).
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Plumbing runs in the family.


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The state school board is still trying to figure out exactly how to implement a new federal education law, but local schools are already trying to ensure that "No Child is Left Behind."
Parents of students at Dishman-McGinnis and L.C. Curry Elementary Schools will be receiving a copy of this letter in the mail in the next day or two. It says they can move their child if they want.
It's part of President Bush's new "No Child Left Behind" program which holds schools accountable for "adequate yearly progress."
The law allows students to transfer from schools with low "CATS" test scores to schools with higher scores. These parents will have a choice to send their children to either Potter Gray, McNeill, T.C. Cherry, or Parker Bennett.
The principal at Dishman assures parents his school is working hard to implement several changes that will address each child's need.
Part of those changes include free tutoring, bi-lingual teachers, the addition of writing and literacy coaches, and more focused after school programs.
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I just ended a research project in physics, and most of my time was spent reading articles. However, I still think that my method to extract and keep the most information from what I read could be improved a lot. Oftentimes, I had to re-read an article, either a subsection or even most of it.
At first, I didn't make notes after finishing one. It was only at the end that I started doing it, writing in 10 lines what it contained with my own words, and it helped a lot.
Still, I'll have to go through another similar project in the next months, and I'd like to know what tricks and methods to get the most out of technical readings?


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Health & Pregnancy
Fertility Tests for Women
Other Tests and Procedures
- BBT charting. If you haven't already been doing it, your doctor may recommend that you begin charting your basal body temperature as a way of checking ovulation. However, while BBT charting is a technique that has been used for ages, experts don't believe that it is as accurate as other ovulation tests.
- Postcoital test. This test requires that you have intercourse several hours in advance and then visit your doctor to have a sample of cervical mucus taken for microscopic examination. It's a way of testing both the viability of the sperm and their interaction with the cervical mucus.
- Transvaginal (pelvic) ultrasound exam. Your doctor might recommend an ultrasound to check the condition of the uterus and ovaries. Often the doctor can determine whether the follicles in the ovaries are working normally. Thus, the ultrasound is often performed 15 days before a woman's expected menstrual period.
- Hysterosalpinogram. Your doctor may also suggest a hysterosalpinogram, also known as an HSG or "tubogram." In this procedure, a series of X-rays is taken of your fallopian tubes after a liquid dye has been injected into your uterus through your cervix and vagina. The HSG can help diagnose fallopian tube blockages and defects of the uterus. If one of the tubes is blocked, the obstruction should be apparent on the X-ray since the liquid dye won't get past it. An HSG is usually scheduled between days six and 13 of your cycle.
- Hysteroscopy. If a problem is found in the HSG, your doctor might order a hysteroscopy. In this procedure, a thin teloscope-like instrument is inserted through the cervix into the uterus to allow the doctor to see and photograph the area to look for problems.
- Laparoscopy. After the above tests have been done, your doctor may want to do a laparoscopy. In this, a laparoscope is inserted into the abdomen through a small incision to look for endometriosis, scarring, and other conditions. This procedure is a little more invasive than an HSG and requires that you go under general anesthesia.
- Endometrial biopsy. Your doctor may want to take a biopsy of your uterine lining to see if it's normal, so an embryo could implant in it. During an endometrial biopsy, a doctor removes a sample of tissue from the endometrium with a cathether that is inserted into the uterus through the vagina and cervix. The sample is analyzed in the lab. The procedure is somewhat uncomfortable; therefore, a painkiller is given beforehand.
Not all women undergo all these tests. Your doctor will guide you through those that are most appropriate for your situation. After the testing is done, about 85% of couples will have some idea why they're having trouble getting pregnant.
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N.Y. - The State University of New York at Geneseo Alumni
Association presented
awards to five individuals during its summer reunion July 10-11 to
their commitment to the association, college and higher education.
association also inducted four alumni into the society of Old Main
for their
service to the college and three alumni received Minerva Awards for
excellence in librarianship.
Receiving Excellence in Education Awards were Leo Lambert, president of Elon University in Elon, N.C., and Leslie Leibling Yardeni, a middle-school counselor in the Syosset (N.Y.) Central School District. The award is presented to alumni who have achieved extraordinary distinction in the field of education, including pre-K through post-secondary classroom teaching and school services.
Lambert received a bachelor's degree in English from Geneseo in 1976, a master's degree in education from the University of Vermont in Burlington and a doctorate in education from Syracuse University. Before being named president of Elon in 1999, he was provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. Geneseo conferred an honorary doctorate of humane letters upon Lambert in 2002 to recognize exceptional achievements in higher education.
"Dr. Lambert is recognized as a leader in higher education and is highly respected by all of his colleagues," said Tanya Gesek, a member of the Geneseo Alumni Association Board of Directors, who presented the awards. "You are a shining star of excellence in the post-secondary world of education and we are proud to count you as a distinguished Geneseo alumnus."
Video: Dr. Lambert responds to receiving his Excellence in Education Award.
Yardeni received a bachelor's degree from Geneseo in 1996 with a double major in psychology and communicative disorders and sciences. She earned a master's degree in guidance and counseling at Hofstra University. Her colleagues praise her service to students and their families, saying she has inspired hundreds of students to achieve their goals.
"We are very proud of your accomplishments in continuously working to improve your students' lives," said Gesek.
Bruce Jordan, theater producer and director, received a Distinguished Service Award for making exceptional contributions to the Geneseo Alumni Association. Jordan is a 1966 Geneseo speech education major. After several years of teaching, he decided to pursue his passion for theater. As the original co-producer and director of the stage production "Shear Madness," he took the show on the road in 1978 and it has been on the road ever since. The production is the longest-running stage production in American history.
"Among his many commitments to Geneseo, Bruce is a reunion committee volunteer and consistently enjoys serving as a host to alumni, friends and classmates," said Gesek. "Bruce is a true asset to the alumni association and to our college."
Receiving Professional Achievement Awards were Paul Lambert and John Tournour. The award goes to Geneseo alumni who have achieved distinction in his or her profession.
Lambert graduated in 1991 with a bachelor's degree in management science. He is the regional managing director of Merrill Lynch and oversees private wealth advisers spanning six Midwestern states. He recently accepted a leadership role as co-chair of the Geneseo Regional Alumni Committee of Chicago and is assisting with broadening the scope of the alumni externship program next spring in Chicago.
"You have distinguished yourself in your profession and are a valued member of the Geneseo community," said Gesek. "We enthusiastically look forward to your continued service to the college."
John Tournour, better known as "J.T. the Brick," graduated in 1987 with a bachelor's degree in communication. He began his career as a stock broker but won the first Jim Rome Smack-Off Contest, which paved his way into radio full time. He has built the largest nationally syndicated sports talk radio show at night in America. He also has been employed with the Oakland Raiders in various media roles. He began as the pre- and post-game host for radio, moving on to sideline reporting and then eventually hosting The Raiders Report, a weekly TV show.
"Your ascent in the sports media world has been impressive and we congratulate you on your achievements," said Gesek. "We are proud to bestow this award upon you."
June Mitchell, Betty Mitchell Minemier, Joan Swarthout Carlucci and Patricia Southcombe were inducted into the Society of Old Main for their service to Geneseo. Old Main was one of the earliest buildings on campus.
Mitchell is a 1941 Geneseo graduate who majored in education and had a very successful career as an administrative librarian. She has served Geneseo well in every aspect through her volunteer efforts and through her generosity in support of the Geneseo library and students. Mitchell is also a member of the Robert MacVittie Society, which recognizes individuals who have the foresight and thoughtfulness to make bequests and other planned gifts to the Geneseo Foundation.
Minemier received her bachelor's degree in education and two master's degrees: library science and English. She enjoyed an outstanding career as an educator and library media specialist. She has served on the Geneseo Alumni Association board since 1982, including a term as board president. Minemier is member of Delta Kappa Gamma International, an international eduator's organization. She and her husband, Bob, have been generous supporters of Geneseo, and she also is a member of the Robert MacVittie Society.
Carlucci graduated in 1961 with a degree in elementary education and was a dedicated teacher for the Warsaw Central School District. She also earned a master's degree and computer diploma from the University at Buffalo and a certificate of advanced study in administration from SUNY Brockport. She served as an adjunct professor at Geneseo, supervising student teachers at the college. She served on the Alumni Association Board of Directors from 1988 - 2010. Carlucci is active in the Alpha Clio (Phi Kappa Pi) sorority, Geneseo's oldest sorority, founded in 1872 as a literary society, and established the Clio Endowment Fund for a Clio student at Geneseo. She also is a member of Delta Kappa Gamma International. Her husband, Chic, is also a 1961 Geneseo graduate and both have been generous supporters of the college.
Southcombe received a bachelor's degree in education in 1961 and also received a master's degree in library science. She enjoyed a very rewarding career as a librarian and library media specialist in several school districts. She served on the Alumni Association Board of Directors from 1963-2011, which included a term as secretary and a term as president. She is a member of the Robert MacVittie Society.
The college presented Minerva Awards to three alumni during the library science reunion reception. Minerva is the Roman goddess of wisdom and protection and Geneseo's Minerva Award recognizes alumni of the college's School of Library and Information Science, or earlier Department of Library Education, for their outstanding achievements and excellence in librarianship.
Receiving Minerva Awards were Helen Rice, Joan Lippincott and Michael Keller. Rice is a 1935 Geneseo graduate, who was on campus for her class's 76th reunion. Rice had a 39-year career in education as a teacher, librarian and curriculum planner in the Irondequoit (N.Y.) School System. She retired in 1973 as assistant superintendent of schools.
Lippincott is a 1974 Geneseo graduate and is the associate executive director of the Coalition for Networked Information in Washington, D.C., a joint program of the Association of Research Libraries and EDUCAUSE. She previously held positions at the libraries of Cornell University, George Washington University and SUNY Brockport. She received a doctorate in higher education policy, planning and administration from the University of Maryland.
Keller, a 1971 master's graduate of Geneseo, is dean of the Stanford University Libraries and was pivotal in establishing HighWire Press as an enterprise within the Stanford Libraries. He is active in the American Association for the Advancement of Science and other scholarly societies, including the Digital Library Federation and the Council on Library and Information Resources.
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Making Diversity a Part of Life
White children need to see people of other ethnic groups and races as being part of their daily lives. Ideally, this means coming to know neighbors, school mates, and family friends of different races. Many of our neighborhoods, however, are so racially segregated that there is very little chance for this to happen. Parents can make sure, though, that their children have multicultural toys and storybooks, and that the television programs and movies they watch are racially and culturally diverse.
But even where communities and schools are integrated, there can be problems. Many white parents ask what they can do if their children have had negative experiences -- such as fights -- with children of color. The answer is: You need to try to help your child have good experiences with other playmates from that ethnic group or race. And you need to remind your child -- as all parents should remind their children when they experience prejudice -- that there are good and bad people in all races. You can point out that your child has white playmates he may not like, but that doesn't make him dislike all white children.
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Sondra Powell knows coffee. Chances are if you frequent Red Hot Roasters, a drive-thru java cafe, she knows exactly what you drink, too.
"Lots of people get sentimental about their coffee and how someone they loved or miss took their coffee," Sondra said. "I once read and agree, 'Love is remembering how they take their coffee.' This theory pretty much means I love everyone."
We asked Sondra to share the love by deciphering what a man's daily grind says about him.
Black Coffee
He's solid, a man of few words, possibly badass and definitely not picky. He's the Jordon Cantalono of coffee. I love you.
Drip Coffee With Cream And Sugar
This is usually a nice guy. He's a dependable, no-fuss fella who knows what he wants.
Vanilla Latte
This dude is in touch with his feminine side. He'll make a lovely friend.
Decaf Soy Latte
This man is probably a vegan, into clean living and yoga. He'll be high maintenance, especially if you're not that into Thom Yorke or Ashtanga – or you love cheese.
Skim Latte
Check out his ring finger. He's probably married and his wife does the shopping.
Mocha With An Extra Shot Of Espresso
He's a kid at heart but tough on the outside.
Double Shot Espresso
He's not a self starter but he is a go-getter.
This dude is a wild card: He could be a workaholic or hungover.
This guy is a sophisticated dreamer, a possible romantic – or he actually wants a latte but is too afraid ordering one will mean he has to give up his man card.
Regular Latte
Lattes are like the comfort food of coffee. This man is looking for a safe bet.
Decaf Coffee
This man either has a medical condition or he's old enough to no longer care whether he dozes off during the middle of the day.
Hot Chocolate
This one is going to be fun, just beware: he most likely has the mentality of a seven-year-old.
Frozen Coffee Drinks
A man who orders one of these is super happy fun! He will try anything once. But be warned: Expect a serious mood swing after the sugar crash.
Travel Mug
If he brings along his own travel mug, you're in luck: This is a thoughtful man who cares about the environment. Either that or he's cheap and knows some places give an extra 5 cents off for that type of thing.


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Alan, ( Or anyone who knows ) what are those CW ID's I heard a little while ago--familiar callsigns like ZL1AMI, etc. (Sorry haven't found and IRC chat client program on my system, yet. ;-) -- Frank ----- Original Message ----- From: Alan K. Adamson <email@example.com> To: <email@example.com> Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2001 4:12 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] AO40 audio and telemetry > I don't know if it is a useful service or not, but I'll run again the > telemetry and audio from my station to the web starting tonight at AOS > Atlanta time. > > This last pass, I had over 3000 good CRC packets which was something like > 78%. This is a little bit of a misleading number as ao40rcv doesn't count > the E and most of the command packets and there were a bunch of those as the > command team turned on leila etc. > > So, the plan for tonight is to start audio feed about AOS (about 3:00z > 5/13/01 or 13/5/01 for you ROW guys :) ). I may chase some signals with > audio at first so if you'd like to hear your downlink I can probably make > that happen. > > Here are all the numbers....Please coordinate with me on the IRC channel > #amsat on chatnet.org > > Telem will be via the goddard server, ip address 22.214.171.124 port 1024 > audio will be via http://audio.highrf.com:8080 and please enter that in your > mp3 player not your browser. (any mp3 player should work) > > You'll need p3t to get the feed from the goddard server. I don't have the > link for that handy. > > If you'd like to hear your downlink.... please do the math and tell me the > downlink frequency you'll expect. I don't have TX ability yet so I haven't > figured all of this out. I'm happy to camp of a freq until we find you. > > My downlink seems to be about +2khz to reference so with that and the actual > freq, you can come pretty close to calibration on your uplink to downlink > for yourself. > > On my tests today, I ran 5W across 150' of 9913 to a 14.15dbc M2 RHCP > antenna on 435 and was heard. Your mileage may vary and squint will effect > this as will distance. > > I have some general observations to make about RX setups, but, I'll make > that under separate cover. > > See ya on IRC. > Alan > > ps. please let me know if this is of any value... I won't waste the > bandwidth if it's not. > > ---- > Via the amsat-bb mailing list at AMSAT.ORG courtesy of AMSAT-NA. > To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe amsat-bb" to firstname.lastname@example.com ---- Via the amsat-bb mailing list at AMSAT.ORG courtesy of AMSAT-NA. To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe amsat-bb" to firstname.lastname@example.com
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2009 NSRA Street Rod Nationals - The NatsWritten by on February 1, 2010 The NSRA Street Rod Nationals, Louisville, Kentucky
Now that I think about it, one of my all- time favorite events (the huge NSRA Street Rod Nationals) has never been a real big player in the classic truck world-even though it draws anywhere between 8,000 and 12,000 entries each year (for those who've never attended, it's huge-imagine over 300 vendors spread throughout 500,000 square feet of indoor exhibit area on top of the aforementioned cool cars and trucks on display), I'm guessing that's mainly because the association's strict pre-1949 year cutoff pretty much disqualified a large portion of the truck contingent. Sure, there has always been a pretty darn good turnout of street rod pickups ('27 to '40s), F-1's and of course '47 and '48 Chevys but, in all honesty, it's been mainly the domain of street rods for the 40 or so years it's been held.
Well, starting this year (2010) the NSRA has opened up the year break for the Nats up to and including 1980! Finally classic truckers and their pride and joys will have the opportunity to be a part of one of the biggest and most fun events in the hobby, and I'm hoping that the Nats will become a premier classic truck destination in the future. That said, I wanted to give you a sneak peek at some of the pickups that were there this past season (heck, I may even show ya a few cool street rods as well) to give ya an idea of what's in store for those who add the NSRA Nationals to their event calendar this year. I've been going to the Nats for years (my first was Tulsa back in 1976), and will continue attending for as long as it's held-especially now that I'll have the opportunity to see and shoot features on the classic trucks I love so much. So take a look at a fraction of the pickups I ran across this past season, and then please consider making the Nats one of the events you choose to attend this year. Believe me, if you've never been it'll be an experience-show up once and you'll be hooked!
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Louie Galy's '48 Chevy 3100 is a great example of the cool classic pickups that made their way to Louisville this past season. This bright red slammed, shaved, and frenched beauty looks great with its minimal brightwork and polished five-spokes-don't ya think?Now here's something you don't see everyday. When was the last time you saw a '48 International KB either in stock form or as a no-holds-barred show truck the likes of Shawn Pengilly's? You're liable to see just about anything at the Nats-but then again with attendance upward of 11,000 vehicles, it's no surprise.Jason Croghan's slammed '48 Chevy panel looked great in a coating of hot rod black and traditional-style pinstriping.The Nats always has a pretty darn big swap meet area each year and along with thousands of cool components for sale there's always a bevy of bitchin' cars and trucks for sale there, as well. This '47 was ready to roll with power steering, power brakes, a tilt column, and much more.Speaking of five-spokes, Roy and Judy Dodd's Chattanooga, Tennessee-based '48 F-1 wears 'em well too. This resto rod-style Ford is really nice, though I have to admit that I've got a real soft spot for F-1's anyway.There's always countless street rod-style early pickup's at the Nats, and I couldn't resist showing you one of my favorites.
Dustin Kilgore's awesome '47 caught my eye for sure, but despite my efforts I never did catch him close by his pride and joy. But then again, with so much to see and do at the Nats that's not an uncommon occurrence. Anyway, nice truck Dustin, hopefully we'll cross paths in the future.Matt and Suzie Shotton made their way to Louisville from Independence, Missouri, behind the wheel of their way-cool '48 F-1. This baby is young Matt's first full-on build, and I think it's a great example of a high-quality homebuilt. Keep your eyes peeled for a full feature in the near future.Speakin' of homebuilt's here's a neat little Stude put together by Bruce Johnson. If you haven't yet, you can get a better look at this blue-collar cruiser elsewhere in this issue.Bob Adams' Motor City Speed Shop '48 is my cup o' tea. I just have a soft spot for shop trucks-and I don't even care if they're real or not. Bob's got the look nailed and I'm hoping my next project looks as good.You're liable to run across Bill Townsend's nice '48 F-1 just about anywhere. Bill's baby runs and drives as good as it looks and he sure takes advantage of that fact by driving the heck out of it whenever he can. Keep your eyes open and you've got a good chance of seeing it in person during the course of this year's event season.I really liked Craig and Sheryl Specht's '48 Dodge panel-and so do they! The couple has a ball racking up the miles in their suede 'n' striped hot rod, and as far as I'm concerned drivin' 'em is what it's all about. Keep on truckin' kids!


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CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Freshman Anthony Bynum was named the Atlantic 10 Men's Outdoor Track and Field Performer of the Week, announced by the league office on Monday for meets competed Mar. 25-31.
For the third consecutive week, Charlotte has had an athlete receive an A-10 weekly award. So far the 49ers have tallied six honors in the outdoor season.
Bynum, a freshman from Charlotte, N.C., garnered Men's Performer of the Week after competition at the Virginia Invitational on Saturday. Bynum recorded a first-place finish in his collegiate debut in the 400-meters with a time of 47.29. His time in the 400m ranks fourth on the Charlotte all-time top ten list. Additionally, his 400m time is currently 25th in the nation and 11th in the NCAA East Region.
Bynum also had a third-place finish in the 100-meters with a time of 10.68. Bynum also ran the third leg of the Charlotte 4x100 relay team that recorded a time of 40.36 on the way to a first-place finish.
Charlotte will compete at the Florida Relays in Gainesville, Fla., held on April 4-6.


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Johnson Compounding and Wellness is holding a free public lecture on Monday, June 23, at 7 p.m. to discuss natural solutions for summer allergies.
Gary Kracoff, a naturopathic doctor, will explain what causes allergy symptoms and what can be done to help the body respond properly. The discussion will include safe and effective nutritional, herbal and homeopathic protocols as well as how to help others who suffer from seasonal allergies, according to the center.
Johnson Compounding and Wellness (JCW), at 577 Main St., Waltham, is a family owned and operated compounding pharmacy, which specializes in customizing medications to meet the individualized needs of patients. JCW features a range of nutritional supplements, natural products and homeopathic remedies.
Call 781-893-3870 to reserve a seat, as seating is limited.
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I am correcting a short journal writes up from my student, who is from Korea and notice that I am so lacking of grammar knowledge in explaining to her why it is wrong in her sentence.
Below is one of her work:
"Today, some teachers who are from a University in Canada came to our school to give an introduction talk about their University."
This is the opening of her journal. For me, I think it sounds not very right. Below is my correction:
"Today, some of the lecturers, who are from a University in Canada visited our school to give an introduction talk about their University."
What do you think of my correction?
And after you have answered the above question, can you give me some tips on how to correct students' essay? Shall I change their whole sentence? Or I just change their grammar mistake?


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With eyes filled with tears, two murder victims families watched as Gilbert Holts Jr. entered court to deliver his guilty plea.
Holts is convicted of the 2005 double murder of Jamaal Covington and Latasia Kirk at Willow Creek Apartments in Bowling Green.
Friday's plea doesn't heal the broken hearts of family members.
"I can't go to tell my son happy birthday. April 21st was the day he murdered him. My birthday is April the 15th," says Clara Barnett, the mother of Jamaal Covington.
Holts now faces life in prison with the eligibility for parole after 20 years. Covingtons mother was hopeful for a trial so her sons killer could be guaranteed behind bars.
"I said at first when he was going to plea bargain for 20 years with parole, I don't think that's justice. I am his mother and as a mother you want justice done," says Barnett.
The family of Latasia Kirk feel some relief knowing the case is coming to a close.
"I feel like justice is some what served. I feel confident in 20 years that he won't make parole," says Sharon Jones, the Aunt of Latasia Kirk.
Members of the Bowling Green Police Department were also in court Friday. Warren County Commonwealth Attorney Chris Cohron says it's with their help victims families can feel some closure.
"There was some question if the case would ever be solved. Thankfully for the hard work of the detectives and the Bowling Green Police Department there were able to put us into a position to get to today's date," says Cohron.
Holts will return to court March 22 for his final sentencing.


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I'm trying to upload a Microsoft Word Notebook Layout document (that includes images, video and text) to YouTube.
How can I upload a presentation that I made in Microsoft Word Notebook Layout (that includes images, video and text) to YouTube?
Unfortunately that cannot be done.
The hand-wavy answer to your question would be that for YouTube to extract the video, or somehow interpret a Word document as a video, is out of scope for their service. Basically, you'll have to upload a ready-made video file.
The official answer to your question is that per the online help for YouTube, the supported file formats are: WebM, MPEG4, 3GPP, MOV, AVI, MPEGPS, WMV, FLV.
You have two choices:
My tip would be to get your content into PowerPoint, and use a software package to convert your PowerPoint file into a video file. There are existing converters out there, as well as screen recorders that would help with this part.


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Topping page 1 of the May 2001 issue of School Reform News is coverage of the first annual meeting of the Black Alliance for Educational Options, which attracted more than 600 school choice advocates to Milwaukee, Wisconsin in early March. In an expanded "state education roundup," School Reform News Managing Editor George Clowes calls attention to school choice proposals--tuition tax credits and vouchers, for example--introduced in a dozen state legislatures this year. Other stories cover President Bush's plan to use the National Assessment of Educational Progress as a key tool for measuring progress in his education reform proposals; the striking successes achieved by minority students enrolled in Advantage Charter Schools; school reform as a key issue in big-city mayoral races; bilingual reform; and discrimination in the SAT. (download PDF)
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Does anyone have a method for permanent removal of Yahoo and other malware search engines?
I struggled with this all weekend. I presume this persistent piece of malware is what is preventing me from getting to several of my usual sites, including deals.woot. I looked up some methods online and tried them with no result. Where do these things sink their roots? If I uninstalled and reinstalled Firefox would it shake loose? My darned antivirus program expired without alerting me so I have been unprotected for a while without knowing it.
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If you don't currently have Spybot - Search & Destroy, download and run it. It will clean up a lot of malware. Assuming you're running Windows, you can probably use Microsoft Security Essentials as an anti virus product. It's free and I think it runs on Vista and above. I've been using it for quite a while now with no problems. Finally, check Firefox for unwanted extensions and/or toolbars and remove them. Hopefully, some of this will help,
Check your host file. See here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosts_(file)
Make sure you don't have any extra stuff after the local host. (be sure to scroll down) If there are extra entries, they could be re-routing your searches.
You could try to do a system restore if this is a recent problem.
XP: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb490854.aspx
Win 7: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/products/features/system-restore
As for antivirus, you can install Microsoft Security Essentials for free. Also use Spybot Search & Destroy or Malwarebytes.
Thanks, guys. I will try both. For what it's worth, I am running Win7 on a Toshiba L505D laptop. My default is Firefox, although of course I still have Explorer..
To remove spyware
Malwarebytes (also my recommendation) will run with AV.
If Malwarebytes does not install because of the malware (I have seen this). Use SuperAntiSpyware
To replace AntiVirus
Make sure you uninstall your old AV but you could try Avast, I use it.
http://majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=5756 Malwarebytes
http://majorgeeks.com/SUPERAntiSpyware_Free_d5116.html SuperAntiSpyware
http://majorgeeks.com/Avast_Free_Edition_d1968.html Avast
You'll have to copy/paste my first host file link. The (file) part at the end is part of it.
@caffeine_dude: "To remove spyware Malwarebytes (also my recommendation) will run with AV. If Malwarebytes does not install because of the malware (I have seen this). Use SuperAntiSpyware"
I did exactly that yesterday. Whatever is giving me trouble blocked my access to Malwarebytes but I was able to install and run SuperAntiSpyware. I ran it twice (reboot in between) and it found and removed some stuff, but not these persistent "search engines" and not this pop-up thing I want rid of also. I have heard good things about both Avast and MSE, haven't tried either. I need something that's very user friendly as I am not tech-oriented. I think I will try MSE first as it's free and aimed at the untech crowd like me. What I'd had was installed and set up by my computer repair guy, I guess it has been a year since I visited him and whatever he installed expired.
@bsmith1: At the end of the day when I have everyone's suggestions I am going to copy all this and email it to myself so I can access it from the laptop tonight. I can't get to it directly, I get something like "No website configured at this address" or some such BS when I try. Thanks again for your help.
To remove Yahoo (I assume you mean a browser add-on), just go to add/remove programs. It is not malware and should be listed in your programs. Also you can just disable the ad-on in your browser.
@morriea: It is not listed in my programs, that was the first stop in my quest to be rid of it. I consider it to be malware because when I go to "manage search engines" on the search engine drop down menu and remove it, it comes right back. When it move it down on the list, it moves itself back up. It does not do a proper search when asked, and it blocks me from going to many sites, even when I directly type in the address I want to visit. I did not install it and I can't find a way to uninstall it. That qualifies as malware in my book.
Hmmm, this looks like an interesting article. I couldn't find it through my afflicted laptop yesterday.
Maybe Yahoo isn't the culprit, but a victim as well.
@moondrake: The malware affecting Yahoo is much more likely than Yahoo being the problem itself. If this is a new problem, System Restore is simple and works as long as you choose a date before the problem started. I would try it before anything else.
Another vote for malwarebytes. A while back I was having redirect issues and that is what saved me. I had to go through a couple times because I missed getting it all but it worked. If you can, download the program on a usb drive and run it from there. I had trouble getting through on the affected computer to the website.
@moondrake: Using Firefox, I had the same problem as you. After several tries to remove Yahoo and 2 other search engines, I finally have it down to 2 for the past few months, with none returning.
I clicked on "manage search engines", highlighted each one and removed those not wanted. I did that about 10 different times and it finally worked. Now I just use Ixquick HTTPS as my search engine, and one other as a backup.
Spybot and Malwarebytes. Get and run them both. I have yet to see anything pass these two
Don't click on links you don't know what they are.
Don't download crap from sketchy sources.
Download, install and run this:
Then download, install and run this:
When you install something and it asks to install a TOOLBAR say NO.
One time, a friend asked me to come over and fix her computer because it was acting funny. I go over there and open her browser and there are like six different toolbars installed. I couldn't stop laughing. That wasn't even the probably but FFS say NO TO THE TOOLBARS.
And as @morriea said, doing a system restore is easy and never a bad option. But if you do that, still download the programs I mentioned above.
And just because-
@iggz: I actually employ the "just say no" policy. I also rarely visit websites with which I am not familiar. I am not sure how these search engines crept in. I don;t even websurf much on the laptop. I think the main problem is that I was evidently without protection for a while. Thanks for the links.
Another vote here for Spybot and Malwarebytes, followed by MSE. Good luck!
@moondrake: While you are at it you should also install AdBlock for Firefox
It will make your browsing experience much more enjoyable.
@moondrake: Were you successful? How about an update.
@tbgolladay: So far I have run SuperAntiSpyware (several times) and Malwarebytes and it is still there. I think Spybot will be next. I only have about an hour each evening to call my own so I have to do it step by step. I think McAffee may have been running this whole time, I got a popup looking to update last night. But I thought it was off so I have to look into it. I was in the middle of running the Malwarebytes scan so I just dismissed it at the time. I have discovered that Explorer seems to be clean, which is great as it is allowing me to access the clean-up sites. After running all these laundry programs if it is still there I am going to try uninstalling and reinstalling Firefox and see if that gets rid of it.
@moondrake: have you done a system restore? You could just restore to like a month ago, it wouldn't hurt anything.
@iggz: I haven't ever done a system restore. The warnings always scare me off. I am not a techie, so if anything gets screwed up I am not in a position to fix it. I am also not sure when this started so it's hard to pick a restore point. I don't use this computer primarily for web searching, I use an elderly desktop for that. This one is mostly photo storage, games and email. I purchased a couple of programs online a couple of months ago and I don;t want to risk eliminating them in a system restore. It's a last resort if none of the less "salted earth" measures succeed.
Okay, for those still interested, I seem to have solved the problem. Both Malwarebytes and Super kept finding and deleting something called Babylon. Every time I ran them. So I opened Firefox again, and using "manage search engines", deleted all the search engines except Google. This time they stayed gone. But in my browser window it said "babylonsearch.com". I thought, hey, that's what the anti-malware programs keep trying to get rid of.. So I did a search on it and got this page:
It recommends editing the registry, which was daunting, but at the very end it said something about add-ons which I think someone mentioned here as well. Someplace else I was reading aboutbabylon called it an extension, so I went to Firefox support and asked about disabling extensions. That led me here:
I followed the directions and found a bunch of toolbars there, topping the list was babylon. I selected "remove" on all of them, restarted Firefox, and it appears to actually be gone at last. It took me a circuitous route to get there as I have a poor grasp of how all this works, but you all got me started on the path that led to the solution. Thanks for your patience and help. I am posting all this in the hopes that it might help someone in the future.
Congratulations, I am sorry I stopped looking at your post. It seems like you got it with some help and some research.
Avast would like you to give them an email every year to keep the thing going. You can enter firstname.lastname@example.com it will not ask you to confirm. MSE i was recommending but I have seen it spin out of control.


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The Scanning Electron Microscope at Noisebridge.
- "TV Mini-SEM (R)" by ISI (International Scientific Instruments)
- lives in the "science ghetto" on the west end of the south wall at 2169.
- is tended by Mike Kan and the rest of the SEM mailing list
- If you release the vacuum without venting the pump hose, pump oil will flood the chamber and contaminate the entire mechanism, requiring 10 hours of cleanup.
- If you vent air into the column without powering down the filament, you'll probably destroy the filament ($100).
- If you
Startup procedures
- get the power cord from Mike.
- (to be continued)
Todo list
- column liner needs to be replaced. Larry may be able to provide a clean liner. (2010-06-15)
- (long term) build digital capture stage to replace CRT mechanism (2010-06-15)
- build sputter coater for specimen preparation (2010-06-15)
- test repair of X Stigmator circuit. Replaced 741 op amp. (ongoing, work began 2010-11-20)
Repair and Enhancement
- schematics framed behind SEM are to a similar, potentially slightly more modern model
- poorly designed wire harness may cause linear op amp and transistor on the J1 board of the CRT module to fail
- camera mounting stage and bellows hood for slow-scan exposure. Proposed (2010-06-15), Completed by Mike, Miloh, and Chris (2010-11-06)
Media: Vacuum_System_Operating_Instructions.pdf - How to start the pump
Media: ISI_Mini-TV_SEM_Manual-Troubleshooting-Reference_Guide.pdf - How to use and fix the SEM
Media: Specimen_Stage_Service_Request.pdf - Why the rotating stage is broken
Media: Cards.pdf - Historic docs
Media: Other_Docs.pdf - Repair notes
Media: Polaron_Pirani_Gauge_Head_for_Sputter_Coater.pdf
Media: Schematic_of_Photomultiplier.pdf
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Image of mechanical pencil graphite on an aluminum slug at approximately 20x magnification. The specimen is about 1 mm across. Higher magnification images of this specimen are not available. Imaged by Chris Murphy and Mike Kan.


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Challah (Egg Bread)
Challah, or hallah, is a delicious bread with a deep brown crust and soft white crumb. Challah has become the best-loved egg bread in much of the United States. Baking challah at home is a joy because of its tantalizing aroma and wonderful fresh taste.
Preparation time: 30 minutes, plus 3 1/4 hours rising time
Cooking time: 40 minutes
Yield: 1 medium loaf (about 16 servings)
Keeping kosher: Pareve
1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons warm water (105 to 115 degrees F)
1 envelope dry yeast
1 tablespoon plus 2 teaspoons sugar
About 2 3/4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour (more, if needed)
6 tablespoons vegetable oil, plus a little for bowl and baking sheet
3 eggs
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
2 teaspoons sesame seeds or poppy seeds (optional)
Pour 1/4 cup warm water into small bowl.
Sprinkle yeast over water.
Sprinkle 1 teaspoon sugar over yeast.
Let stand until foamy, about 10 minutes.
Stir if it's not smooth at the end of 10 minutes.
Sift 2 3/4 cups flour into a large bowl.
Make a large deep well in center of flour.
Add yeast mixture, remaining sugar, oil, 2 eggs, remaining water, and salt to well.
With a wooden spoon, mix ingredients in well until blended.
Begin mixing in flour with spoon.
Mix with your hand when it becomes difficult with the spoon.
Mix until ingredients come together as a dough. The dough should be soft and sticky.
Knead the dough, adding flour by tablespoons if necessary to prevent excessive sticking, until dough is smooth and feels elastic, about 7 minutes.
To knead, push the dough away from you against the work surface with the palm of your hand. Turn dough and fold the top third down toward you. Repeat.
Oil a large bowl.
Put dough in oiled bowl and turn dough over to oil all surfaces.
Cover with warm, slightly damp towel or plastic wrap.
Let rise in warm draft-free area until doubled in volume, about 1 1/4 hours.
Remove dough with rubber spatula to work surface.
Knead dough again, this time lightly.
Clean bowl to remove any bits of dough.
Return dough to bowl, cover, and let rise again until doubled, about 1 hour.
Lightly oil baking sheet.
Knead the dough lightly on work surface.
Flour it lightly only if the dough sticks.
Shape dough in a rough log and cut in 3 equal parts.
Knead one part briefly and shape in log.
Roll back and forth firmly on working surface, pressing with your hands and elongating log from center to edges as you roll.
You want to form a smooth rope about 20 inches long and 3/4 inch wide.
Taper rope slightly at ends.
Repeat Steps 23 through 25 with other two parts of dough.
Put ropes of dough side by side, with one end of each closer to you.
Cover the far end of the rope on your right side with end of center rope and then with end of left rope. Press to join.
Bring left rope over center one.
Continue bringing outer ropes alternately over center one, braiding tightly.
Pinch each end and tuck them underneath.
Set braided bread carefully on oiled baking sheet.
Cover shaped loaf with a warm, slightly damp towel.
Let rise until nearly doubled in size, about 1 hour.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
Beat remaining egg in a small bowl with a pinch of salt.
Brush loaf gently with beaten egg and sprinkle with seeds.
Bake challah about 40 minutes, or until top and bottom of bread are firm and bread sounds hollow when tapped on bottom.
Carefully transfer bread to rack and cool.


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I would like to be able to add page content onto the startpage (index.php). But only the pages that i've added in custom menu, and in that order too.
I've been searching for a while now, but can't find anything close.
Big thanks to any one that can lead me in the right direction.


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display XML in Grid
this is very frustrating, i've been trying for quite a while. I m trying to display a set of data in a Grid, the data is retrieved from a Servlet. What the Servlet does is to access the Database, find the object, and what i do here is to use Castor to convert the Java Object into XML, and transfer back to the client.
the original XML is like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?> <xflow-location> <location> <document> <page> <datacell> <pk_datacell_id>1</pk_datacell_id> <last_updated>2009-02-10T11:21:28.000+11:00</last_updated> <datacell_name>Consignment</datacell_name> <datacell_value>SL140660</datacell_value> </datacell> <datacell> <pk_datacell_id>2</pk_datacell_id> <last_updated>2009-02-10T11:21:28.000+11:00</last_updated> <datacell_name>customer_ref</datacell_name> <datacell_value>948272</datacell_value> </datacell> <datacell> <pk_datacell_id>3</pk_datacell_id> <last_updated>2009-02-10T11:21:58.000+11:00</last_updated> <datacell_name>Job</datacell_name> <datacell_value>5454</datacell_value> </datacell> </page> <page> <datacell> <pk_datacell_id>4</pk_datacell_id> <last_updated>2009-02-10T11:21:58.000+11:00</last_updated> <datacell_name>Invoice_num</datacell_name> <datacell_value>94827223323</datacell_value> </datacell> </page> </document> </location> </xflow-location>
document id Consignment invoice num Job customer ref 1 SL140660 94827223323 5454 948272
can anyone help or even give me a bit hints, it will be sincerely appreciated!
Thank you!!!
Best regards
12 Feb 2009 1:33 AM #2
You have looked at the samples? There we have a Grid that gets populated using XML
12 Feb 2009 5:51 AM #3
I have looked at the samples, and tried the XML Grid. But in the sample, the grid are generated from a simple XML, which has only text contents, and no attributes, which are nomally what XML files contain.
And in my case, it's hard because each datacell within a document node needs to be displayed in the same row, but the XML structure determines that each datacell is a single row. Let's put it this way, each datacell has the same nodes, which are 'datacell-name' and 'datacell-value', in database, datacells are different table rows
i m not sure whether i make it clear or not, if you take a bit time to think about it u'll see what i meant. What i m doing now is using JAVA to convert the XML file into the structure that is used in the XML Grid sample, it now looks like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?> <location pkid="2"> <document> <id>1</id> <Consignment>SL28350</Consignment> <Job>3984728</Job> </document> <document> <id>2</id> <Consignment>SL2222</Consignment> <Job>222222</Job> </document> </location>
<document pkid="1">
like in this XML, i want to display the PKID in the Grid.
13 Feb 2009 12:58 PM #4
As far as I know, and the GXT team should correct me if I'm wrong. But you'll need to remove the "pkid" attribute and create a "pkid" element in EACH "document" element. Your XML posted previously would then become this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?> <location> <document> <pkid>2</pkid> <id>1</id> <Consignment>SL28350</Consignment> <Job>3984728</Job> </document> <document> <pkid>2</pkid> <id>2</id> <Consignment>SL2222</Consignment> <Job>222222</Job> </document> </location>
15 Feb 2009 1:22 AM #5
Thanks jpnet, it doesn't seem that EXT GWT has much flexibility in handling XML, i might have to convert the XML to satisfy what EXT GWT needs before feeding in.