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About Birmingham's Historical Maps
Some maps are on public display in Archives and Heritage, some are available upon request. They are all indexed, so please ask the staff if you are visiting the library, or email firstname.lastname@example.com
This page shows examples of map series which cover Birmingham from 1731 to 1936.
Changing boundaries
There are many maps showing different types of boundary, for example county boundaries, parish boundaries, ward boundaries. All of these have changed as the city has grown over the past 150 years. The town of Birmingham was originally in the county of Warwickshire. In 1889 it became a city. The boundary with Worcestershire then lay about two miles to the south of the city centre; the boundary with Staffordshire was about three miles to the north-west. Birmingham had been developing rapidly during the nineteenth century, and needed more land. Between 1891 and 1911 large areas of north Worcestershire and south-east Staffordshire were transferred to Warwickshire, and became part of Birmingham.
The Digital Handsworth web site includes maps, photos and other material about the ancient parish of Handsworth, which covered much of north Birmingham.
The captions below in italics link to a larger version of a map of the area.
Birmingham 1885-1936, 1:2500
There are four editions of Ordnance Survey maps of Birmingham at the 1:2500 scale between 1884 and 1939. 1st edition 1884-1890, 2nd edition 1903-1905, 3rd edition 1915-1919, 4th edition 1936-1939. Local Studies hold copies of most of these editions for most parts of Birmingham.
The small image here shows the second edition, 1904, of the area around Sarehole Mill, which was then in Worcestershire. The author J.R.R.Tolkien lived here as a boy, in one of the cottages next to field number 1427. Click on the image for an enlarged version of this area in the fourth edition map, 1937, of Sarehole. By this time it was in Warwickshire.
Birmingham 1887-1889, 1:500
At this time Birmingham lay in north Warwickshire, although many who worked in the city lived in the pleasant, neighbouring rural areas of north Worcestershire and south-east Staffordshire. Local Studies hold these maps only for the parts of Birmingham which were in the county of Warwickshire as it was at that time. The city was smaller, so does not include towns to the north then separate from Birmingham, such as Sutton Coldfield.
The image shows the parish church of Aston, St. Peter and St. Paul. At the top appears part of the old course of the River Tame. The area was transformed in the early 1970s, when the Aston Expressway was built.
1855-1857 Pigott Smith map
In the first part of the nineteenth century many people moved from the countryside into the town. The towns became densely populated. Sanitary conditions were poor, which led to serious public health problems. In 1849 Sir Robert Rawlinson presented a report to the General Board of Health on the water supply, sewerage, drainage and sanitary condition of Birmingham. Work on these required a detailed map. A ten-feet to the mile survey of the centre of the town was conducted from 1850. This, the Pigott Smith survey, was completed in 1855.
Black-and -white copies of these maps can be seen in Local Studies and History, please ask staff for guidance.
Tithe maps
Tithes, a tenth of the farmer's income or produce, had been paid to the church for centuries. In earlier times they were paid in kind. In 1836 the Tithe Commutation Act abolished tithes in kind and substituted rent charges. It was therefore necessary for there to be an accurate map of the country measuring acreage and recording the state of cultivation. However the maps produced were of variable quality. There were five different scales that could be used. Some were simply copies of older maps, rather than fresh surveys. The maps, with the accompanying apportionment schedule, showed who owned and who rented land. The image here shows the village of Northfield in 1840, then in Worcestershire, transferred to Warwickshire in 1911.
Most maps of the area covered by modern Birmingham were produced between 1839 and 1851.
Miscellaneous maps
For some places the tithe maps were the first detailed maps. However in addition to the series listed above, there are many individual maps, estate plans and enclosure maps. A number have been copied from books about the history of Birmingham, and are available to view in Local Studies and History. Older maps of central Birmingham include, amongst others, the Pigott Smith map of 1825, and the W. Westley map of 1731. This also gives a few statistics for the town, for example recording that there had been 15032 inhabitants in 1700, and were 23286 by 1731. This map indicates the north but it is not at the top; the scale is ten perch or 55 yards.
To see the entire map select Birmingham in 1731, William Westley map.
The Village Atlas, published by the Village Press in 1989, is a collection of maps showing the development of Birmingham and the West Midlands from 1831-1907.
Birmingham maps - historical
Local and national maps, late 1940s onwards
The City of Birmingham - Maps
Birmingham Archives and Heritage Service
Digital Handsworth
British Library maps online


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Can you give a definition of the Conway base-13 function better than the one actually present on wikipedia (here), which isn't clear? Maybe with some examples?
I understand why the Wikipedia article uses the notation it does, but I find it annoying. Here is a transliteration, with some elaboration.
Note: this function is not computable, as there is no way that you can determine in advance whether the base-13 expansion of x ∈ (0,1) has only finitely many occurances of any of the digits p, m, or d; even if you are provided with a number which is promised to have only finitely many, in general you cannot know when you have found the last one. However, if you are provided with a number x ∈ (0,1) for which you know the location of the final p, m, and d digits, you can compute f(x) very straightforwardly.
You just need to switch back and forth from the lexicographic meaning of the base-13 expansion of the number (think of having ABC instead of .-+) and the loaded meaning you give to the well-formed string as a base-10 number.
An example of a number for which Conway base-13 function is 0 is
where the leftmost . is the threedecimal point (that is, it has a semantic meaning), the three rightmost . mean that the base-13 representation has an infinite number of 1 (that is, they have a metameaning), and the other two . are "digits" of the number (that is, they have a syntactic meaning).
At that number, the function has value -34.11111111111... (in base 10)
The idea of the Conway base-13 number is to find a function that is not continuous, yet if
The function is defined by encoding base-10 values in the tail (the digits left after skipping a finite number). We use
Each number can have up to one base-10 encoded value, which is the result of applying Conway's Base 13 function if it exists. If no such encoding exists for x(ie.
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Matcha Chocolate Chip Rice CookieUsing rice flour and baked at a lower temperature, our Matcha Chocolate Chip Rice Cookies have a light flavor and retain their beautiful matcha color!
[Makes About 20 Cookies]
Flour (Rice or All Purpose)............. 3/4 cup
Aiya Cooking Grade Matcha........ 1/2 tbsp
Baking Powder............................... 1/4 tsp
Butter.............................................. 4 1/2 tbsp
Egg................................................. 1 med. egg
Sugar.............................................. 1/3 cup
Chocolate Chips............................. 1 oz
Note: The cookie dough is sticky so if you prefer you can portion it out to the cookie sheet via the "two teaspoon method" instead of handling it directly.
Note: Although this recipe calls for rice flour, all purpose flour can be substituted but may result in a different finished product.
1 Sift the matcha, baking powder, and flour together.
2 Allow the butter to come to room temperature and stir until creamy. Fold a portion of the sugar (about 1/3) into the butter. Repeat until all the sugar is incorporated and smooth.
3 Beat the egg and mix in.
4 Fold in the sifted ingredients.
5 Mix in the chocolate chips and allow to rest.
6. Roll small balls of dough in between your hands, place on a cookie sheet, and lightly flaten.
7. Pre-heat the oven to 340 F. Place the cookie sheet in the oven and bake for 10 minutes.
8. Lower the oven temperature to 300 F and bake for about 10 more minutes.
9. Remove from the oven, place on a rack to cool, and enjoy their crunchy texture!
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CNN--A pair of makeshift bombs blew up Thursday inside a Memphis, Tennessee, high school, sending one person to a hospital and two into police custody, officials said.
The "pressurized" devices, which incorporated Drano clog remover, were placed in different hallways -- one on the second floor, the other on the third floor -- of Craigmont High School, Memphis Fire Department Lt. Wayne Cook said.
"What it appears is that we had a student or two do a prank," said Staci Franklin, a spokeswoman for Memphis schools, describing each device as a "mailbox bomb."
Police received a call around 11:20 a.m. CT to inform them that someone had called the school warning of a bomb, Memphis police Sgt. Karen Rudolph said.
After the bomb threat, school staff heard a loud noise and saw fumes, Rudolph added.
An assistant principal sought medical treatment after inhaling smoke from one of the bombs while evacuating students, according to Franklin. The injured person was taken to Methodist North Hospital in Memphis, Cook said.
Franklin said the school staff member was believed to be OK. Rudolph said that no other injuries were reported.
By that time, two possible suspects had been tracked down and taken into custody, Rudolph said.
In addition to firefighters, Memphis police and members of the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives were on site Thursday afternoon, the fire department lieutenant said. Rudolph said members of the police department's bomb unit were inside the school to clear out damage.
Craigmont High School is on 50 acres in northeastern Memphis, a few miles from Interstate 40. The school has about 1,300 enrolled students, Cook said.


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Ansonia unstoppable again, claims 18th state championship
EAST HARTFORD — Andrew Matos stood just outside of the tunnel at Rentschler Field and seemingly didn't want to leave.
To the Ansonia High senior captain, it was a moment to savor after the Chargers decisively topped North Branford, 59-26, to capture the Class S state football championship.
"I want to embrace this moment," said Matos. "It's crazy how time flies by in a high school career. I've appreciated each and every moment over the past four seasons."
Especially Saturday, when he and junior tailback Arkeel Newsome each scored three touchdowns to help the undefeated Chargers to their 14th win. The victory extended their state-best win streak to 28 and earned their unprecedented 18th state championship since the CIAC playoffs began in 1976. It was also the seventh title over the last decade.
"North Branford was a great team and no doubt the best team we have faced this year," said Matos. "But once we got here this morning, you could see our focus. We were going to take advantage of the opportunity."
Newsome certainly did, rushing for 130 of his 237 yards in the second half. Still bothered by a fumble on a fair catch of a punt toward the end of the first quarter deep in Charger territory with Ansonia clinging to a 14-6 edge, Newsome bounced back.
"That fumble really hurt," admitted Newsome. "I knew that I made a mistake and I had to make up for it. I had to find a way to put it out of of my mind."
Newsome scored two fourth-quarter touchdowns, including a 64-yard burst up the middle after breaking a few tackles.
"I closed my eyes a little bit after I broke a tackle and saw that my teammates kept on their blocks and I saw the hole and took off," he said.
Newsome's burst gave the Chargers a 44-14 edge, more than enough cushion even against the Thunderbirds' high-powered offense led by quarterback Brandan Basil. Basil threw for 398 yards and four touchdowns, including a 74-yarder to Joe DeLucia with only 1:02 gone in the game.
But the Chargers didn't waver, and the early 6-0 deficit was all of the motivation they
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needed. Newsome's first TD came with 5:09 left in the first quarter, tying the score.
From them on it, it was mostly all Ansonia.
"It was great to see how we responded," said two-way junior lineman Anton Mack. "We just seem to rise to the occasion in big games."
The turning point came with the game tied at 6-6. Quarterback Jai'Quan McKnight lofted a ball near midfield for Raeshaun Finney, who was behind North Branford safety Chris Caron. Caron appeared to have the ball in his sights, only to slip. While he was falling to the ground, Finney grabbed the ball and sprinted straight to the end zone for a 75-yard score.
"I knew that I just had to go up and get the ball," said Finney.
"The ball was wet and slipped out of my hand, but I'm not making any excuses," said McKnight. "Raeshaun made a great play to help us out big-time."
On Ansonia junior Arthur Kwaskiewicz's ensuing kickoff, Finney appeared to recover a North Branford fumble deep at the 6-yard line with 1:10 left in the first quarter.
But after a long discussion, the referees ruled there had been an inadvertent whistle. As the receiving team, the Thunderbirds were given the option of re-doing the kickoff, which they took. That didn't sit well with the Chargers, especially coach Tom Brockett, who pleaded his case to no avail.
"The only time I heard a whistle was when I recovered the ball," said Finney. "But whatever the refs say goes. You can't argue calls. All that did was fire us up."
In the second period, North Branford had a golden opportunity to tie the game. But on a fourth-and-5 from the Ansonia 6, Matos deflected as ball out of the hands of Josh Melaccio in the end zone, thwarting the drive.
Matos then responded on the offensive side. On a third-and-3 from the Chargers' 25, he took a swing pass on the right side and never looked back, sprinting for a 74-yard touchdown. He added a rushing TD in the closing minute of the first half to help the Chargers to a 28-6 edge.
Even after an early third-quarter touchdown by DeLucia closed the gap to two touchdowns, the Chargers could sense a second straight title.
Newsome, McKnight and Matos made it possible, combining for four TDs in the second half.
"Everyone doubted us in the beginning of the season," said Ansonia two-way junior lineman Matthew Simon. "We knew what we were capable of, and we needed to go out and prove that."
As Ansonia senior linebacker Ephraim Collins left the field with the championship plaque in hand, he kept shaking his head.
"I can't believe we did it," said Collins. "We accomplished this because of hard work and dedication."
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I need to convert my web application from MySQL to run on DB2. I need to know in advance whether I will need a high spec server to ensure the web application performs at the same speed as it does now on MySQL.
The application is a very database intensive data analysis application with a browser interface. It is only using about 20% of the available CPU power, and 30% of the memory on the server now. Would it take more CPU or memory if converted to DB2? Would I need a high spec server?
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"This is an incredible achievement for these two students," says HSU Bass Club faculty sponsor Dr. Jana Wesson-Martin. This past Saturday, the fledging Hardin-Simmons University bass fishing team won the the FLW College Fishing Southern Conference event on Lake Amistad, near Del Rio.
HSU students Randy Sullivan, a junior economics major from Woodson, Texas, and Hubbell Allen, a history major from Graham, Texas, bagged the tournament when they pulled in five bass weighing 17 pounds, 13 ounces. The victory earns the club $2,000 and advances team members to the FLW College Fishing Southern Conference Invitational tournament.
Wesson-Martin, assistant professor of composition and director of the HSU Writing Center, says she's proud of her students and is thrilled to be the faculty sponsor of the team, even though she personally does not consider herself much of a fisherwoman. She says she started sponsoring the club after Sullivan asked her to be the faculty sponsor, saying she has enjoyed having Randy in class for several semesters.
Allen says going to the tournament this year was a little about redemption. "We had some bad luck last year in this tournament," says Allen. "We had some mechanical problems and problems with our trolling motor and ended up with a really disappointing finish." Allen told a reporter for Wired 2 Fish, "We knew we were better than that and we really felt that we had to come back and redeem our bass club."
According to an article, Allen says, "This is definitely our club's biggest win to date. Being a smaller school, we've got around 20 members. We're out fishing and practicing every weekend, and we'll take anyone at our school out that is interested in fishing."
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Top 15 teams advancing to the Southern Conference Invitational tournament are:
1st: Hardin-Simmons University – Randy Sullivan and Hubbell Allen (five bass, 17-13, $2,000)
2nd: Oklahoma State University – Jacob Fish and Cameron DeBorde (five bass, 15-8, $1,000)
3rd: New Mexico State University – Nicholas DiCamillo and Jesse Wilkinson (five bass, 13-12, $500)
4th: Angelo State University – Ryan Easterly and Ethan George (five bass, 13-10, $500)
5th: McMurry University – William Cooper and Colt Carlton (five bass, 13-0, $500)
6th: Stephen F. Austin University – Blaze Platt and Kyle Turner (five bass, 12-15)
7th: University of Louisiana-Monroe – Nick Ladart and Brian Eaton (five bass, 12-12)
8th: Tarleton State University-Stephenville – Hunter Edwards and Kehl Robbins (five bass, 12-12)
9th: Texas A&M University – Tyler Bradfield and Reid O'Connor (five bass, 12-9)
10th: McNeese State University – Keith Suire Jr. and Brian Murphy (five bass, 12-9)
11th: Baylor University – Joseph Garland and Alton Jones (five bass, 12-6)
12th: Louisiana Tech University – Matthew Loetscher and Caleb Boudreaux (five bass, 12-5)
13th: Texas A&M University-Kingsville – Cody Garrett and Colton Cavazos (five bass, 12-0)
14th: Texas State University – Justin Chambers and Kevin Hoes (five bass, 11-15)
15th: University of Oklahoma – Landon Dixon and Paul Muzijakovich (four bass, 11-14)
Complete results can be found at CollegeFishing.com.
The Hardin-Simmons Bass Club represents the University through competition with other colleges in FLW National Guard College Fishing tournaments, Mercury College Bass, and other fishing trials and tournaments on a local, regional, and national basis.
Information for this story provided by HSU Sports Information.


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The Pulaski County Sheriff's Office is warning the public about a scam in which the caller claims to be with Publishers Clearing House.
Sheriff's deputies received a call on Saturday from an Alexander man who said he has been called twice by someone claiming to be with Publishers Clearing House. The person, using a voice modulator, told him he won $1.7 million and that he should go to Walmart, buy a $354 card and send the information about the card to circumvent the 40 percent federal tax on the prize, according to a press release from Lt. Carl Minden.


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CHAMPS, UI Hospitals and Clinics Cardiovascular Health, Assessment, Management and Prevention Service, offers several cardiovascular health programs, including programs that emphasize:
Our CHAMPS services are also available for patients at Iowa River Landing. Located at the Coralville interchange on Interstate 80 (exit 242), UI Hospitals and Clinics - Iowa River Landing offers patients easy access, free parking, several amenities, and a state-of-the-art building for delivering outstanding patient care.
The program is tailored to help reduce your risk factors. The first step is a preliminary evaluation that may include:
Once the evaluation is complete and the CHAMPS staff has studied the results, they will work with you to develop a program to help reduce the risk factors in your life through exercise, personal training and education.
To enroll in the program, check with your physician. He or she may order laboratory or other diagnostic tests before you enroll. You can enroll directly with CHAMPS and we can contact your physician and carry out any orders before you begin.
There is a monthly fee of $39, but discounted prices are also available if paid in full: Annual fee is $411 ($34.25 per month) and six-month fee is $221 ($36.84 per month). We also offer discounted rates to members' spouses and significant others at $34 per month.
Prevention program hours are:
If you have had a heart attack, angina, pectoris, peripheral vascular disease, heart surgery (bypass or valve), balloon, stent or artherectomy, the CHAMPS program can help you reduce the risk factors in your life while strengthening your cardiovascular system. You must have a physician referral for this program.
The program consists of six 12-week sessions that include exercise and education. Throughout the program, our cardiovascular rehabilitation specialists will evaluate your progress. Each session includes closely monitored exercise (with electrocardiogram and blood pressure) and information to help you control your risk factors.
The outpatient program includes classes on:
Most insurance companies pay for some, or all, of the outpatient program. Check with your medical insurance provider for information about your coverage.
CHAMPS offers personal training to prevention and maintenance program participants. As part of the prevention program evaluation, your trainer will develop an individualized program for you, taking into account your goals and concerns. The plan will help modify your risk for cardiovascular disease, increase fat-free mass, make fitness fun and increase your quality of life. The plan balances nutrition, cardiovascular training and strength training.
New fees for Personal training are: $39/hour. Group training is $29/hour. If you meet with a personal trainer at least 4 times per month, you get to utilize the facility for free.
Personal training hours are by appointment only.
The CHAMPS Lipid Management Program helps people with high cholesterol lower their risk of heart disease. If you already have heart disease, this program will help to decrease the progression of the disease. The best ways to lower your cholesterol levels are through exercise, eating low fat foods and, if necessary, taking medications. The Lipid Management Program will help you make any needed lifestyle changes through phone calls, mailings and referrals to our health education programs.
If you do not have heart disease, but are at a risk for developing heart disease, the lipid management team, comprised of your lipid nurse, a dietitian and exercise physiologist, will work with you to help you reduce your overall risk for heart disease, not just your cholesterol. Your lipid nurse will let you know when to come in for another blood test, the results of your last blood test, and the next steps to be taken based on your individual risk evaluation.
The CHAMPS staff members teach a number of classes:


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I made it with no meat and three cans of beans! I also added a can of tomatoes and some frozen white corn. So yummy and easy!
Beef & Bean Chile Verde
From EatingWell: January/February 2008
Chile Verde, usually a slow-cooked stew of pork, jalapeños and tomatillos, becomes an easy weeknight meal with quick-cooking ground beef and store-bought green salsa. Make it a Meal: Serve with fresh cilantro, red onion and Monterey Jack. Add your favorite hot sauce.
97 Reviews for Beef & Bean Chile Verde
This makes quite a bit...I thought for sure I would have left overs...NOPE! Everyone ate it up even my dad who usually doesn't like spicy food...the flavor is delicious and its very simple to make...my new favorite!
THE BEST CHILI ever!!!!!!!!!!!
I made this a week or so ago-- and everyone loved it. I changed up somethings and sorta doubled the recipe. I ended up using a GREEN SALSA and adding a can of diced tomatos, among other things. BUT it was thick and filling- A GREAT MEAL! I just served with cornbread... but many ate it with chips! I can not stress enough how GREAT this recipe is!!!
My husband and I both love this recipe! I have made it multiple times and double the batch. I never write a comment on things (that tells you how much I like this recipe!). I as well use ground turkey & extra chili pepper and crushed red pepper flakes. Oh and an extra can of the beans! Very tasty!
This was really good. I used ground turkey instead of beef to lower the calories even more, and then I used my own salsa made from rotel, cilantro, jalepeno's, and onion. Very tasty and has stayed with me!


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Mr Fjeld wrote:Interesting to see the tasting notes from the Jackson & Murray. Could it be that tasting several whiskies in a session perhaps accentuates or highlights the differenses between the one in your glass as opposed to the one you just had?
K-Mile wrote:K-Mile reporting in
Just poured myself a dram of HP12
It will probably end up three guys drunk, and drams in random order, but that fine, right
MrIntrepid wrote:Hi K nice to meet you, I like your notes on the HP - it seems that between us we could define the HP 12 as a smokey, spicy, sherry style dram
Matt Page wrote:Ok, onto the Bowmore....
Edit : We seem to be on the same track here Peter.. a dram of two halves
Matt Page wrote:Hey M.P, do you ever try watering down a sample to around 20%, it brings out all the lighter notes on the nose, not nice to drink tho.... The Bowmore at 20% seems to bring out coal tar which is strange.
MrIntrepid wrote:M.P. I think you seem to pick up on a lot of flavours, I think it is much easier to find a flavour in a dram if you know it should be there. The beauty of this type of tasting is seeing what other people pick up and then looking for it as well, I guess if you can find it, it will add to the enjoyment. Right I am off it has been a pleasure.
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I updated to OS X Lion today, and I don't seem to have a copy of gcc any more. Did this happen to anyone else? Does anyone know why this would happen?
I was mighty pissed when I found out that the OS X Lion upgrade wiped out my entire development tool-chain. However, with help from a friend, I discovered that the tool-chain had instead been moved into the
Just installed Xcode 4.3 on Lion from the app store, had the same issue with gcc, etc not installed. Fumbled around until I did the following:
in Xcode: Preferences --> Downloads With "Components" selected, you will see a list of downloadable components.
Look for Command Line Tools, and click on install. You will be prompted for your Apple Developer userid and password. After successfully authenticating, the command line tools component downloads and installs a bunch of goodness, including gcc.
Download the new Xcode from the App Store and run Install XCode. It's now free, not $4.99.
You can just put /Developer/usr/bin in your $PATH and everything is fine:
I followed these steps and was able to get GCC working again.
I had this issue too, where even after I install XCode4, there was no gcc in my path. But it turns out my install was just borked. I reran the XCode installer and now /usr/bin/gcc is a symlink to /usr/llvm-gcc-4.2/bin/llvm-gcc-4.2 as it should be.
edit: secoif's comment was correct. Just reinstall XCode.
New installations of Xcode (versions 4.2 and up) through the App Store do not ship with gcc-4.2. You can download and install Xcode 4.1 through the Apple Developer Central. Free registration required.
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Was this the worst Woot-Off ever?
No flying monkeys. No Bag of Crap. Nothing but crap for sale. Was this the worst Woot-Off in history?
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Nope. Woot's nice enough to even do them, so therefore every one is great! :)
I have not been around for the entire history of Woot... but it was the worst Woot Off I have ever seen.
I don't know about the worst ever, but the lack of the aforementioned signature items we've come to know and love, especially the monkeys is disappointing. It just wasn't a very woot-like woot-off. :(
There wasn't anything for me to buy this time. And I really needed a monkey for a B-day present.. ARGH!!!
No dirt either :-(
It was an unusual woot-off. I remember reading somewhere that the new person in charge of the BOC's had some ideas to make it more interesing and that we should be looking for them. I think we did...was his idea to skip the BOC during some woot-offs? I'm confused. Between shirt.woot and this woot-off I'm wondering if woot has a death wish?
Not really. You got 3 long days to buy all the stuff you thought too long about over the last month. Just sucks that the 2 things I would have bought appeared while I was sleeping.....
@nafsllib: Dirt was over at home.woot.com
@nafsllib: I did see dirt offered on home.woot, I think. It was one of them!
@nafsllib: I think I saw Dirt on Home Woot.
I was rather disappointed by this woot-off, as only one of several wines that I was hoping for came up.
The lack of monkeys was not good.
As for the BoC, the next likely date will be Feb 29. In truth, I am not all that disappointed by the lack of a BoC.
Every Woot-Off is the worst Woot-Off ever. At least that is what the forums say.
Oh how quickly you all forget about The Leakfrogs
It's okay guys I didn't forget about you. In fact you were so nice, I bought you twice.
It was pretty bad. I'm hoping they make up for it on the 29th.
Edit: I feel a little embarrassed that I spoke so highly of woot to my co-workers this week. How do I explain that it's usually better?
CoWorker: "Hey did you get that crap bag, and gadgets, or more monkeys?"
Me: "No...they didn't even have any...so...yeah, I wasted 3 days and bought 1 item..."
I wonder if Jumbo will be sending out sympathy coupons for those of us who were following everyday only to be disappointed by no BOC, monkey or lights. Was the 3 random shirts (not blanks) for $20 including shipping offered? I checked every day around noon (the time it has been offered in the past) and never saw it? I didn't see the buy shirt.woot shirts at the opening day price either. That was disappointing too.
@tiamat114: Leak Frog made a cameo, however.
@moosezilla: I'm tempted to post again here.
For everyone else: http://deals.woot.com/questions/details/09de855e-1220-4d04-93a1-b47edb65bac5/will-woot-do-anything-special-for-leap-day#7
The lack of "signature" Woot items wasn't the downer. OTOH, shirt.woot ...
I do often wonder who it is that is buying these items that I would never buy even if I did have more money than I know what to do with.
It seems the things I want to buy they only have 8 of and they are gone before I even hit the "I want One" button.
I will have to send Woot a list of all the things they should reserve for their next woot off. It woot make it better, easier, and well..probably less enjoyable.
I want to say yes - but I actually saw more stuff to buy than I expected. So... not the worst, but could have been better (with a BOC, obviously.)
The thing that upset me is they were dumping Amazon crap on us for the exact same price. That is just rude.
I think Woot! thinks it was an unqualified success. No bug complaints, and they made piles of money.
Been here since October. Have to say yes. The Woot-off felt steralized. All it was, was Woot-off killers, no BoC, no monkies, and expensive cameras.
I was personally underwhelmed. I did see one thing I would've used my jumbowoot coupons toward, but of course, it was when I was asleep (the gel mats for the kitchen-- I even wanted the beige ones everyone was nonplussed with).
I suppose there's still a little over a month till they expire though, so that's alright. I don't expect to find something in every woot-off.
I was hoping the BOC would come at a totally random time, though.
@sadsephiroth: The thing that upset me is they were dumping Amazon crap on us for the exact same price. That is just rude.
Now that's not exactly correct. Amazon's deal of the day (the War Tim with 36 DVD's) was offered on Woot for a lower price, even with the $5 shipping. And if you purchased 3, it was an even larger savings. OK.
$27.99 and free ship with Prime VS http://www.woot.com/Blog/ViewEntry.aspx?Id=21985 $19.99 + $5 shipping = $3 savings on a $28 item on Amazon or $19 on an order of 3!
It was indeed a sad woot-off.. no boc's, no flying monkeys, and none of the items were a "deal" compared to recent "normal woots".. normally you would see $5 off or something from the normal woot price.
Amazon = Shirt.Woot Fiasco = poor woot-off = killed my woot spirit...
A looonnnngggg three days. No printed shirt.woots, no quench tumblers, wine.woot didn't have much for the foodie crowd, no monkeys. I did get a great deal on some Stanley tool bags though, so there's that. Yea! Happy again.
Well, I was able to get a DDR Dance mat and my dad got a vacuum cleaner. But I didn't see reckoning shirts go on sale (unless I just missed it), no BOC, no monkey... And I was pretty bummed out at the very start because the the shirt.woot mess.
But, I mean, it could have been worse. Slightly miffed that I went and got the Wootalyzer because they were offering it free for people to track, and then nothing I'd use it for (BOC or monkey) showed up. I can just manually refresh for the other items, you know? I hope the next one is better. :)
It was disappointing to not see the BOC or the monkeys. My stock of monkeys is low and I was counting on getting those this time around. I'll have to buy them elsewhere. So sad.
No, the last one was the worst woot-off ever. That's what everyone said. Or was it the one before that? No, wait... It was the one before that one.... I think.
We were away during most of it, with NO wifi. But my wonderful btother saw the caramels and ordered them for me!! So not the worst in my book.
I actually bought a few things this time, but the lack of the usual items was a bit confusing...
@missellienc: Yes, and home.woot had a lot of other great items and deals throughout the woot off, as well!
Honestly, since I had no money, and this wasn't anywhere close to payday, I made an effot to not even look at the items in the wootoff. From the glances I saw though it looked a bit below average, but still...it's nice to have a wootoff
Once upon a time everything on woot was a deal and woot offs had even better deals but you had to stay alert because the best deals were gone in seconds. Woot used to make us feel special. In this one, the prices were terrible, the junk was boring and no bag of crap was the punishment for hanging in there. I'm glad I was too busy to waste more time on it.
Woot Offs haven't been the same since Amazon bought them. The "deals" haven't been super great, and BOC have been even worse. So disappointed.
Not my favorite woot-off ever. I found an item or two, missed an item or two I wasn't quick enough on. Usually after a woot-off I'm trying to sort through all my order confirmations and wondering where i'm going to put all the random stuff I bought, but no worries this go 'round. I guess my mailman will be happy not to have to lug a whole bunch of boxes down the driveway...
The worst one is always the one you miss.
Bad Woot-Offs and good whine just kind of go together...and it 'tis just what we do. But there does seem to be a 'change in the wind" at Woot in general. And this change seems not to recognize the character of the people who spend their idle moments making comments, adding a good deal, voting on a sponsor's ad (or clicking through to make a purchase). Due to the nature of the website, this community has an expectation that their voice is not only heard, but counts. Skimming through many of the posts over the past month there is a tone that they (we) are beginning to feel a bit disenfranchised. Woot is not simply a deal-a-day website. It is an online "coffee house" with daily visitors who chat and chide and critique not only the deals but whether or not the deals even belong on this site and how smartly or dimly they are presented to an intellectual group that enjoys reading between the lines. I think someone needs to consider/evaluate what results from a change in the menu or the cook.
Woot offs exist as a way to help the company get rid of extra stuff. However, the BOC and Woot Monkeys and such are what keep people watching. If you don't have those you may lose watchers.
I've never understood whining about someone not doing something for you once that they don't have to do ever. Stop feeling entitled, get on with your life, and get ready to get back on that bucking bronco called a woot-off next month. I got more salted caramels so it was good enough for me. Besides it's not a random-crap-off, or a screaming-monkey-off, it's a woot-off which means lots of the products woot sells. Yes it's disappointing to not have BOCs come up, I have never understood the appeal of the monkeys, they are just dog toys, you can get them at the pet store, but 95% of us were going to be disappointed when we didn't get them and an additional 4% would be disappointed when they open their BOCs. It's not the first woot-off without a signature item and this may be the price to pay for slightly less crappy crap. I wouldn't be shocked if BOC's became every other woot-off items.
OMG...NO BOC, NO MONKEYS!!!...it's like 9/11 times a hundred...
I agree it wasn't a particularly great woot-off. I bought two items though (both from home.wot). Usually with a woot-off I see a bunch of "must have" items at "must have" prices, and I have to convince myself not to buy them. This woot-off it felt like there was a lack of strategic pricing, didn't see any "must haves". I felt as if I had to convince myself to buy the items that I purchased during this woot-off. A few of the more expensive items I saw were the same price they were during previous woots. Where's the incentive there?
There was a lot of dead time too where an item would be up for an hour or more. I'm not sure if that was due to poor pricing, or large inventory, or both. All in-all I was a little disappointed with this month's woot-off, but I am still happy that Woot! does them. They offer a unique internet shopping experience that I cannot find anywhere else. Keep them coming!
It's only my second woot-off...so yes, my worst one ever. I still haven't had the chance to score any of those sweeeet monkeys.
Looking past the BoC's and monkeys, I found all of the items highly unappealing. I have some coupons I'd like to use before they expire, but nothing popped up the whole time that made me at least halfway interested. Disappointing. Well, I take that back...I wanted a Boxee Box but they only had about six of those.
BOC and Monkeys aside, what seemed unusual to me about this most recent Woot-Off was that it seemed to have more multi-Benjamin items than usual, at least on the core site. I think part of this has to do with the previously mentioned Jumbowoot coupons. I (like others, I'm sure) am looking for an appealing item with a price tag of $14.99 which, after $5.00 shipping, would come to me for free. Woot, of course, is smart like that and doesn't seem to want to give away product so easily.
Hey, it's their prerogative, and it's not like Woot is a charity or anything. There are some highly-trained, overly-evolved, and ridiculously-awesome monkeys working in Customer Service and a number of other departments that have to pay for electric and whatever the heck "cable" is. I don't blame them for not cutting themselves short.
Not the best but I did end up buying something and using coupon. Thanks Jumbowoot!!! And also, I love Jumbowoot.
Not the best, as there were no monkeys. However, I snagged the pistachios on wine.woot using my $5 Jumbowoot coupon and lost my home.woot virginity on some tealight rails I missed in December, so not too bad on my end.
Note: My reply is posted "a minute from now." ????
No BoC = the real bag of crap! We wait these days tied to the computer like an expectant father ... The carnations will rot in a vase ..." I really love the site, but winning the real prize is what it is all about.


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The 15 Most Outrageous Claims in Pop Music History
#12. "There's an old man sitting next to me making love to his tonic and gin."
Billy Joel, "Piano Man"Is there maybe a chance that all that "Man what are you doing here?" business later in the song had less to do with the bar patrons thinking you're talented and more to do with the fact that you've just wandered into some sort of alcoholic orgy and one of the guys was embarrassed that you caught him with his dick in his drink? Our advice: get up slowly and back away from the bar. And while you're up, go ask Paul exactly what the fuck a real estate novelist does, because we're pretty sure that profession doesn't exist.
#11. "I believe I can fly...I think about it every night and day."
R. Kelly, "I Believe I Can Fly"Really? Every night and day? Sounds like that's sort of getting out of hand for you there, R.
10 (tie) "Everyone is gay."
Nirvana, "All Apologies"First of all, if everyone were in fact homosexual, the human race would cease to exist because procreation would be impossible. And if Kurt Cobain is using the word "gay" to mean something like "uncool," the existence of Hulk Hogan emphatically negates that statement as well. Finally, does that make Kurt Cobain gay too, or is it everyone but him? The jury's still out on bassist Krist Novoselic. Waaaaaay out.
10 (tie) "Get me on the courts and I'm trouble, last week messed around and got a triple-double."
Ice Cube, "It Was a Good Day"Ignoring the fact that a good day for Ice Cube means not having to use his AK, we're going to go ahead and make fun of him here: what sort of asshole keeps track of assists and rebounds during a game of pick-up basketball? When he's playing wiffle ball, does he brag about his W.H.I.P. stats and claim that he's gone 22 straight games without committing an error? Because if so, that does even more to banish any memories of NWA-era Cube than Are We Done Yet? (which, of course, is saying a lot).


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As a mage, I've put every single choice into magic, but I'm wondering how often I should be leveling up health or stamina. Is there a good ratio to follow?
If you are going the pure mage route, then the general guideline is to invest heavily in Magic.
Stamina is for running and special attacks with weapons. Since you will be casting spells in light (or no armor), stamina has very little use for you. Try investing in a horse for those long runs.
Health is something that you can invest in if you feel you die too much. However, there are significant number of protection spells in Alteration (Skins) and Restoration (Wards) that you should have ample protection with your magic alone. Also remember that you can permanently stun an opponent with destruction dual cast perk "Impact".
So that leaves dumping the rest of your points in magic, allowing you to cast spells more often.
Remember though, that investing heavily in magic makes it harder to make a "hybrid" character in the later levels, once you've maxed out your destruction tree.
My recommendation would be building your magika to 300-400 ranges then putting the rest in your health. It is good to have a bigger pool of magika but it won't do you any good if you cannot live through the fight and not having enough magika regen by your clothing enchants will leave you with an empty magika pool.
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"There does not seem to be any explicit penalty for spellcasting in heavy armor. However, armored mages do miss out on the magicka regen and spell cost reduction provided by robes. At higher levels, the Enchanting skill can be used to place these effects on armor. In addition, a three-perk commitment to the Restoration tree increases Magicka Regen by 50%. This perk requires a higher level and perk commitment, but also negates the inferior defense of most robes." --- Start out with robes then move to light armor with enchanting.
I learnt the hard way that for a pure mage, investing in health is best. But yet, this is because I'm willing to exploit Enchanting.
My first mage had 500 magicka and 200 health and 100 stamina. I was getting one-shotted as my enemies leveled up with me. The game just kept growing harder, and I was forced to sneak about and plan too carefully every tiny encounter in every dungeon. The bears and saber cats were the worst. They come up from behind and with no armor to protect me, I'm dead in one bite.
My second mage however, concentrated on collecting soul gems (steal, buy, whatever is necessary) - filling them with souls, and enchanting weapons with "Banish". I brought my magicka to 150 and put every other point into Health. Selling all those weapons made a mountain of gold, and once I had all the right perks, I enchanted Robes and jewelry to grant free magicka in every school of magic. I mostly don the free conjuration/destruction gear, but when I need to cast a particulary expensive alteration/illusion spell, I wear the clothes for those schools.
That, combined with Impact + Argis the bulwark in some decent ebony armor, made my character quite unstoppable. Any fight with me spawns a couple of dremora (twin souls), and I stun the archers and mages who fight from the background with impact (many times one-shotting them) - I also like the Bound Bow when I sneak for fun, and sneaking is easy because I wear no armor.
I put it all in Magicka until I start feeling squishy, then start putting it in health. Watch out for the leveling tiers (10,20...) when the NPCs get harder, but for a pure mage, you only need enough Health to avoid getting 1 shotted, but you can never have to much Magicka. Of course, Alteration's _Skin spells help you survive with less, so they're worth it in the long run. Magicka always recovers faster with a Mage character, especially if you invest in Restoration. I only use Wards against other Magic, especially Dragons, but once you get to Ward Absorb, you can use it to power destruction spells.
So in answer to your question, the ration is as much Health as you need, the rest in Magicka, and Stamina is for fighters. If you're really worried about it, Redguards make great spellswords, and can sprint indefinitely for a madminute with their racial power. You can also enhance you stats with the Gaulder Amulets, and Rahgot if you really want Stamina. (No mage should need more than 200 stamina.)
Enchanting (and sometimes smithing) can substitute for any shortage of stat points. A suit of legendary armor enchanted with resist magic will make you nearly impervious to damage (with the exception of poison and fall damage). You can also enchant your gear to give you free casting of any school of magic, removing the need for a large mana pool, provided you're willing to stick to that school or swap equipment accordingly. A weapon of drain stamine will make sure you never run out of stamina in combat.
Personally, I prefer a large mana pool and some health (~300 health or so is good at later levels) + damage nullifying gear, to avoid the tedium of swapping apparel to cast expensive spells.
I may be speaking for myself, but I honestly wouldn't put much emphasis on Magicka. Now before you throw the downvote button hear me out. As someone who invests heavily on enchanting, and alchemy, it is entirely possible to achieve 100% Destruction Magic Magicka reduction. In short, spells will cost you absolutely nothing. Stamina would be great for running long distances (along with Healing perk to allow you to restore Stamina), but I would focus on Health a bit more.
I've overhauled the game battle mechanic to make it extremely difficult, as a result, health is crucial. But these are just my thoughts.
I would put a load of points into mana, but health is still good. Just so you know, stamina upgrades your weight limit, so you can carry more. This is good as a mage, as you will be collecting soul gems.
At the start of the game, I would put 2 points into mana, and then 1 for health and stamina if you need it. Just keep doing the same thing at every level up, and you should be taking loot, taking hits, and swimming in a pool of mana.
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I performed an in-place upgrade from 12.04 to 12.10 by following the system update prompts. When I attempted to log in from an NX client (No Machine), my XFCE session was missing fonts almost everywhere, and some of the windowing elements were either missing or drawn incompletely. It was like this with XFCE and Unity, but less so with KDE.
The only way I could get the NX client to display all of the text and draw the GUI elements properly was to select the option
Disable the render extension in the NX client options.
I tried reconfiguring the X server
dpkg-reconfigure xorg, switching video drivers (from open to NVIDIA), switching window managers, disabling font aliasing. . . . Never got it to work again without disabling the render extension in the NX client.
Any idea what might have changed in the upgrade that would break my NX client settings?
Looking to see if this is related:
Yes! Looks like the same problem:
nomachine NX: Text missing on all gtk interface (Unity and Gnome Classic)
Found a decent (so far) workaround that involves downgrading libcairo2:
I guess that will have to suffice until there is a libcairo fix.
BTW, disabling the render extension via NX client config wasn't working for me because the degradation in quality made illegible some of what text did appear.


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Hi Doug
What modules software do you use on the Mac? Would be nice to know :-)
On Jan 3, 2013, at 8:34 AM, Doug Reeder <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote:
In step 4 you might want to consider the following
and use the modules software to select which version of openmpi to use. I have to have multiple versions of openmpi available on my macs and this approach has worked well for me.
Doug Reeder
On Jan 3, 2013, at 9:22 AM, Chuck Mosher wrote:
I've been trying to get a working version of the MPI java bindings on Mac OSX (10.6.8 with Java 1.6.0_37).
I ran into a number of issues along the way that I thought I would record here for others who might be foolish enough to try the same ;-)
The issues I had to spend time with were:
1. Installing a C compiler that can run from the command line
2. Finding and installing an appropriate Java JDK for my OS version
3. Building and installing OpenMPI for the first time on a Mac
4. Conflicts with the existing OpenMPI version 1.2.8 that was installed already on my Mac
5. Figuring out syntax for using the mpirun command line to run java
6. Odd behavior when trying to use "localhost" or the output from `hostname` on the command line or in a hostfile
Resolution for each of these in order:
1. Installing a C compiler for the command line
Found a good resource here:
http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/install_the_command_line_c_compilers_in_os_x_lion <http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/install_the_command_line_c_compilers_in_os_x_lion>
The solution is to install XCode, then enable command line compilers from the XCode console.
2. Finding and installing an appropriate Java JDK for my OS version
Used this resource to eventually figure out what to do:
http://www.wikihow.com/Install-the-JDK-(Java-Development-Kit)-on-Mac-OS-X <http://www.wikihow.com/Install-the-JDK-(Java-Development-Kit)-on-Mac-OS-X>
It didn't exactly match my setup, but had enough clues.
The solution is to first find your java version (java -version, 1.6.0_37 in my case) and then match that version number to the Apple Java update version (11 in my case).
The key document is:
Which is a table relating java version numbers to the appropriate "Java for Mac OS X xx.x Update xx".
Once you know the update number, you can download the JDK installer from
where you of course have to have an Apple developer ID to access.
Enter "java" in the search bar on the left and find the matching java update, and you're good to go.
3. Building and installing OpenMPI for the first time on a Mac
After the usual false starts with a new installation on a new OS, I managed to get a working build of openmpi-1.7rc5 with Java bindings.
I could only find the java bindings in the 1.7 pre-release.
I used the defaults as much as possible.
After downloading from:
and unarchiving to Downloads, open a Terminal window.
cd Downloads/openmpi-1.7rc5
./configure --enable-java --prefix=/usr/local
make all
sudo make install
Verify that you can run the commands and examples:
chuck-> /usr/local/bin/mpirun -version
mpirun (Open MPI) 1.7rc5
chuck-> cd examples
chuck-> make
chuck-> /usr/local/bin/mpirun -np 2 hello_c
Hello, world, I am 0 of 2, (Open MPI v1.7rc5, package: Open MPI email@example.com Distribution, ident: 1.7rc5, Oct 30, 2012, 111)
Hello, world, I am 1 of 2, (Open MPI v1.7rc5, package: Open MPI email@example.com Distribution, ident: 1.7rc5, Oct 30, 2012, 111)
4. Conflicts with the existing OpenMPI version 1.2.8 that was installed already on my Mac
OpenMPI Version 1.2.8 was already installed for my OS in /usr/bin
So, if you accidentally type:
chuck-> mpirun -np 2 hello_c
A requested component was not found, or was unable to be opened
you picked up the wrong "mpirun" and you will get a bunch of error output complaining about sockets or mis-matched shared library versions.
I dealt with this moving the existing OpenMPI related commands to a subdirectory, and then created symbolic links from /usr/local/bin to /usr/bin for the commands I needed.
5. Figuring out syntax for using the mpirun command line to run java
First be sure you can run Java
chuck-> /usr/bin/java -version
java version "1.6.0_37"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_37-b06-434-10M3909)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 20.12-b01-434, mixed mode)
Then be sure you can run your java class from the command line as well. To figure this out I created a couple of simple java files in a temp directory:
chuck-> cd ~/tmp
chuck-> mkdir classes
chuck -> cat HelloWorld.java
public class HelloWorld {
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println("Hello World, from Java !");
chuck-> javac -d classes HelloWorld.java
chuck-> java -cp ./classes HelloWorld
Hello World, from Java !
No sense going further until you can get the code above to run.
If you have that working, then you can try the MPI version of HelloWorld:
chuck-> cat HelloWorldMPI.java
import mpi.*;
class HelloWorldMPI {
public static void main(String[] args) throws MPIException {
System.out.println("Hello world from rank " +
MPI.COMM_WORLD.Rank() + " of " +
MPI.COMM_WORLD.Size() );
chuck-> /usr/local/bin/mpijavac -d classes HelloWorldMPI.java
/usr/local/bin/mpirun -np 2 /usr/bin/java -cp ./classes HelloWorldMPI
Hello world from rank 0 of 2
Hello world from rank 1 of 2
And you're ready to go !
Except for one last thing ...
6. Odd behavior when trying to use "localhost" or the output from `hostname` on the command line or in a hostfile
You will note in the examples above no host names, hostifle, or appfile was used.
I found that trying to use "-host localhost" or "-hostfile hostfile" which contained "localhost" would not work:
mpirun -host localhost -np 2 ...
in the examples above would not work, returning:
chuck$ /usr/local/bin/mpirun -host localhost -np 2 /usr/bin/java -cp ./classes HelloWorldMPI
All nodes which are allocated for this job are already filled.
I posted this in a previous e-mail to this list, and it looks like a bug.
You can get around it by using the output from `hostname -s` which provides a trimmed name:
chuck-> /usr/local/bin/mpirun -host `hostname -s` -np 2 /usr/bin/java -cp ./classes HelloWorldMPI
Hello world from rank 0 of 2
Hello world from rank 1 of 2
You will also need to use this name in any hostfiles or appfiles as well until the bug is fixed.
Thanks to all for this great product !
Chuck Mosher for JavaSeis.org <http://javaseis.org/>
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I installed ubuntu 12 in my old PC Acer Power Series. After installation i got the Login Screen which appears unusally big. when i logged-in in some fail-safe mode. I got the normal ubuntu running. but if i restart the system i can login using fail-safe mode but i can't login normally.
I think the problem must be i don't have a graphic card. Even if i do have one that must be very very low configuration one. Kindly help me with graphic card config if that is the problem with my PC.
I just want to use ubuntu for normal documentation purpose.
I am new to ubuntu so techcies help me with basic guidance.
Thank you. Karthik Muralitharan


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I'm trying to place some large text in the dead center of the page. I only want (prefer) a body tag in the page and nothing else. I've tried using
display: table-cell and setting the
vertical-alignment to
middle but that did not work with a
height: 100%
I then found another question on stackoverflow which addressed this problem but I realized it does not work with bigger font. This is what I have so far: http://jsfiddle.net/aECYS/


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BIRMINGHAM, AL -- The Birmingham-based Monday Morning Quarterback Club awarded its Southeastern Conference Most Valuable Player Awards to Johnny Manziel (Texas A&M) for back of the year, and Barrett Jones (Alabama) for lineman of the year, at its annual banquet this Monday evening.
Recognized as the premier conference award in the most prestigious football conference in America, it recognizes the achievements of this year's recipients, which continue to be the highest in college football.
Manziel, a freshman and more commonly referred to as "Johnny Football," has impressed the nation with 4,600 yards and 43 touchdowns this season and a win over No. 1 ranked Alabama. He is also up for the Heisman Trophy, which no freshman has ever won.
Jones, a 6-foot-5-inch, 302-pound senior, has anchored one of the nation's top offensive lines this season. He has graded out at an average of 89.7 percent and has only missed six assignments on 606 plays.
Manziel was in Birmingham to accept the award and support this great organization and the work it does for children in the Birmingham community. Others receiving awards will be the Most Valuable Players in the Iron bowl: Eddie Lacy and Robert Lester (Alabama), and Tre Mason and Gabe Wright (Auburn). Gene Stallings, former Texas A&M football player and former A&M and Alabama head coach, will be the guest speaker for the event.
The Monday Morning Quarterback Club (MMQBC) initiated the first Southeastern Conference Most Valuable Player Award in 1944, giving the award to Monk Gafford of Auburn University. Past recipients have included many greats from the world of college football, such as Heisman Trophy winners Billy Cannon (LSU); PatSullivan, Cam Newton and Bo Jackson (Auburn); Herschel Walker (UGA); Danny Wuerffel (Florida); and Mark Ingram (Alabama).
During its 74 years, the MMQBC, along with the Crippled Children's Foundation, has donated more than $20 million to some 50 organizations that focus on helping children. The 600-member MMQBC, one of the largest and oldest clubs in America, is unique in that its main focus is charity based.
About Birmingham Monday Morning Quarterback Club:
Since its creation in 1939, the MMQBC of Birmingham has been one of the most active clubs in the nation. Beyond its basic football premise, the Quarterback Club has remained over the years a most financially generous organization by using the fellowship among football lovers to create enthusiasm for charitable support of sick and injured children. Through its charitable arm, the Crippled Children's Foundation, the club has contributed millions to help meet children's medical needs.
About the Crippled Children's Foundation:
The Crippled Children's Foundation provides direct financialsupport to nonprofit organizations providing vital medical services to children, services that would not otherwise be available. In 2012, with thefunds raised by the Monday Morning Quarterback Club of Birmingham and earnings from the Crippled Children's Foundation, $1.25 million was contributed to 20 local charities related to children's medical needs.


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By Madeline Friedman
March 10, 2014
Everyone with an NYU NetID now has free access to lynda.com's online training library, containing thousands of instructional videos, courses and tutorials, via the Academics and Work tabs in NYUHome.
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6 Deleted Scenes That Prove the Book Isn't Always Better
Fanboys love nothing more than to bitch and moan when some nitpicky detail of a novel they love doesn't make it into the final cut of the movie ("They left Peeves the Poltergeist out of Harry Potter? Now everything is just ruined!"). But the thing is, sometimes those changes happen for the right reasons. Below are honest-to-God insane elements of best-selling novels you definitely don't remember from the movies:
#6. The Lord of the Rings - The Ridiculous Tom Bombadil
Tolkien's Lord of the Rings defined the fantasy genre so hard that it'd have been stupid for all the other fantasy writers in the world not to rip him off, but it's also probably one of the least-cinematic novels you'll ever find this side of Ayn Rand. See, as we've already pointed out, Tolkien wasn't actually a novelist at all; he was a stodgy old linguistics professor with an awesome pipe habit who basically wrote the books as a support system for his made-up Elf languages.
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Even in military uniform, he looks like the world's biggest nerd.
A fake language dictionary disguised as an epic fantasy novel, as you can imagine, doesn't exactly lend itself to the big screen. So, for the sake of streamlining the story, a lot of elements had to be tweaked or outright abandoned. For example, the book version drags on for six chapters after Gollum takes his swan-dive into the volcano, and before it's over, we see Saruman acting like a small-time mafioso in the Shire before ending up on the wrong end of a shiv. So, yeah -- the infuriating multiple endings in Return of the King: That's real. But what they left out was much weirder, such as the part where Merry and Pippin almost get eaten alive by an angry tree but are saved by a dancing, prancing forest-dweller who calms down the tree by singing to it and then lures the bewildered hobbits back to his secluded shack in the woods.
Wait, What?
Meet Tom Bombadil:
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Also known as "Holyfuckingbeard!"
Tom enjoys long walks in the woods, wearing a blue coat with stylish yellow boots, singing, flitting about like a wood-nymph-hobo and rescuing wayward travelers from angry trees. Oh, and when he talks, he sounds like this:
"Hey dol! merry dol! ring a dong dillo!
Ring a dong! hop along! fal lal the willow!
Tom Bom, jolly Tom, Tom Bombadillo!"
In Chapter 7, Tom takes the hobbits (who inexplicably don't run in the opposite goddamn direction the second he opens his mouth) back to his home, where they are greeted by Tom's shockingly hot blonde wife, who serves them what "seemed to be clear cold water, yet it went to their hearts like wine and set free their voices."
Who's up for seconds?
Then it's off to bed for the hobbits, who are ominously warned, "Heed no nightly noises!" which has to be the most terrifying piece of bedtime advice you can possibly hear from a man whose facial hair looks like it has unspeakable sexual appetites of its own. Frodo, predictably, is plagued by terrible dreams all night and wakes up to Tom shouting, "Ring a ding dillo! Wake now, my merry friends! Forget the nightly noises! Ring a ding dillo del!"
"Ring a ding dello! The darkness demands tears and shrieking sacrifice! Ring a derry dol!"
Later, Tom shows up again to save the hobbits from a Barrow-wight, which is totally cool except that in the process, the hobbits mysteriously end up losing most of their clothes. "You won't find your clothes again," said Tom, "bounding down from the mound and laughing as he danced round them in the sunlight." Then he instructs them to "Cast off these cold rags" and "run naked in the grass!"
"I ... I guess we sort of have to, huh?"
Originally, Tom Bombadil has nothing to do with Lord of the Rings; Tolkien first wrote about him years earlier, portraying him as a sort of nature-spirit. He lifts out of the story so easily that even people who have read Lord of the Rings tend to forget about him. Who Tom is and why he lives in the woods are never fully explained; he's supposed to be "oldest and fatherless," so theories are that Tom may be God, or some kind of avatar of Middle-earth. You can read Lord of the Rings as an allegory for World War II, in which case Tom Bombadil represents the spirit of pacifism and noninvolvement. Which, as we all know, makes for bitching action movies.
In Tolkien's own words: "Tom Bombadil is not an important person -- to the narrative. I suppose he has some importance as a 'comment.' I mean, I do not really write like that: he is just an invention (who first appeared in The Oxford Magazine about 1933), and he represents something that I feel important, though I would not be prepared to analyse the feeling precisely. I would not, however, have left him in, if he did not have some kind of function."
"Or maybe it was all that pipe weed."
There you have it: The writer himself isn't prepared to commit to an answer about why the fuck this happened.
#5. The Godfather - Sonny's Huge Penis
The Godfather forever changed the way the world looked at gangsters, the way gangsters looked at themselves and the way Marlon Brando looked at a plate of pasta.
"He made me a snack I couldn't refuse, which is to say, literally any kind of omelet."
For the most part, Francis Ford Coppola made a faithful adaptation of Mario Puzo's novel. Every important element was there: the wedding, the murders, Michael's exile, the themes of family and destiny, Sonny's comically oversized schlong ...
Wait, What?
Sonny Corleone (James Caan) is the aggressive, hot-tempered older brother of Michael and, in the novel, has a massive dick. And his penis isn't just casually thrown in there -- it's violently thrust into every nook and cranny of the book over and over again, like a big, invasive, impossible-to-ignore ... giant dick in a book. Frankly, that's better than any analogy we could come up with. Puzo never missed an opportunity to mention it in the least-mature terms possible ("Did you hear, Sonny's dick is so big that hookers charge him double! Did you know, Sonny's tool is so huge that his wife thanks God he's having affairs!"). And so on. Sonny Corleone had a huge dick, and Mario Puzo believed it was important for you to know, in this story about family and power and corruption.
All 42 shots hit him right in the cock.
Remember how early in the film you see Sonny hooking up with some nameless bridesmaid? It's OK if you've forgotten; it was just a quick, throwaway scene that happens within the first 10 minutes. A quick, throwaway scene that, incidentally, was a major subplot of the novel, thanks to Sonny's elephantine member. It is this monstrous schlong that leads Sonny to hook up with the bridesmaid (Lucy Mancini). They're a good fit, Sonny and Lucy, but mostly because Lucy happens to have an impossibly huge vagina, making her a perfect muse for Sonny's angry flesh python. Puzo's treatment of their romance is both subtle and tender:
"... she couldn't help reaching out to touch his naked body, hold him, make love to him as if those special parts of his body were a plaything, a specially constructed, intricate but innocent toy revealing its known, but still surprising ecstasies. At first she had been ashamed of these excesses but soon realized that they pleased her lover, that her complete sensual enslavement to his body flattered him."
Please don't think too hard about this one.
When Sonny dies, the book continues to follow Lucy, who, remember, only existed because her closet-size vagina could accommodate Sonny. Her association with Sonny's junk upgraded her from nonexistent to supporting. Puzo was really invested in Lucy Mancini and her abnormal genitals, and he wanted to give them both a happy ending. So the second half of the book follows a heartbroken Lucy to Las Vegas, where she falls in love with a charming blond doctor (who, of course, can't compete with the memory of Sonny's world-destroying dick).
Keep in mind, this subplot involves no major characters in the story whatsoever. Michael is still in Sicily, Don Corleone is back in New York ... it's just Lucy and Jules the doctor, living out the most uncomfortable Harlequin romance novel ever written. The closest connection to a living member of the Corleone family is when Jules casually mentions that Fredo keeps catching syphilis. By the end of the novel (about greed, a family of gangsters and the American Dream), Jules performs reconstructive surgery on Lucy's vagina to take it from ultra-freak-giant to standard-vagina-size. With Sonny's dong gone, so goes the only chapel worthy enough to accept it.
"Wait! Wait! Save his cock, for science!"
#4. Starship Troopers - the (Not Ironic) Fascism
When fanboys complain about the soldiers-vs.-insect-monsters, intentionally over-the-top sci-fi action flick Starship Troopers, it's usually about how director Paul Verhoeven left out the giant, awesome, robot-armor death-suits that featured heavily in the novel. (When nonfanboys complain about it, it's usually about how awful it is as, like, a movie.) A complaint you don't hear so often is that Verhoeven also left out the fact that the insect monsters are meant to be stand-ins for the soulless, hive-minded Chinese.
All that nonsense would have left less time for Full Metal Space Jacket.
Wait, What?
In the film, the notion that the people of the future live in a weirdly fascistic society with whippings and public executions is treated in a playful, campy way, pretty much what you'd expect from the man who gave us Showgirls.
They're pretty much the exact same movie.
Robert Heinlein's book, though, is really a coming-of-age story in which protagonist Johnny Rico transitions from child to adult in a time of war and in so doing learns the value and necessity of the ultra-right-wing government he serves and defends. Militarism isn't mocked -- it's glorified. And Heinlein wasn't much for leaving it up to the readers to decide for themselves; the subtext is more like something Glenn Beck would scream just as he was pushed down a staircase built by illegal-immigrant death-panelists.
For example, the robot-suit action in the book is regularly broken up by lectures on such subjects as capital punishment, the need for a strong national defense and how a military-run government is the way to achieve utopia. These take the form of actual literal lectures in Johnny's history and moral philosophy class. They go on for pages and pages and are full of nuggets like this:
"Liberty is never inalienable; it must be redeemed regularly with the blood of patriots or it always vanishes."
"Nobody preached duty to these kids in a way they could understand -- that is, with a spanking."
"Either we spread and wipe out the Bugs, or they spread and wipe us out -- because both races are tough and smart and want the same real-estate."
"It is the enlightened self-interest of the individual which guarantees the wealth of nations! RUN!!!"
The Bugs in the novel, by the way, aren't just big praying mantises with tusks; they have weapons and starships, too. The biggest difference between them and humans is that they attack by the millions and have no sense of individuality whatsoever. Kind of like ... oh. Right.
It turns out that Heinlein really, really hated communism. He started the book right after the Korean War, and just by coincidence, the implacable, inhuman menace that the brave soldiers of the future have to fight is a horde of collectivist, expansionist insects. As if the symbolism wasn't obvious enough, he adds lines such as, "We were discovering, expensively, just how efficient a total communism can be when used by a people actually adapted to it by evolution. ... Perhaps we could have figured it out about the Bugs by noting the problems the Chinese Hegemony gave the Russo-Anglo-American Alliance."
He doesn't even use paper. He just writes this shit on his palm and delivers it to you bitch-style.
The whole thing was so over-the-top that Heinlein's publishers refused to touch it. A dick move, you might say, until you realize that what they had contracted Heinlein to write for them was a series of young adult novels. We guess ol' Rob felt that heavy-handed sermons about the Red Menace were what kids looked for in their fiction.


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Well, a passive DI uses a transformer, and there will be some signal loss.
An active DI, which may not actually amplify the signal, shouldn't cause any signal loss, and theoretically should have better frequency response. And because you have a pre-amp, there's better isolation from the source.
The DI box presents a large input impedance, so that the large output impedance of the guitar isn't loaded down, and then it sends the signal into the mixer from a small output impedance, so that it isn't loaded down by the input impedance of the mixer. If you connected the 100 kohm output impedance of the guitar directly to the 1 kohm input impedance of the mic pre, it would act as a voltage divider and drop the signal level by 1/100. This would also have bad effects on frequency response, interference pickup, etc.


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Grant Will Allow Fort Meade Woman to Help More
House of Israel, a women's shelter, has land and the desire to grow
Published: Friday, February 28, 2014 at 3:25 p.m.
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FORT MEADE | Scruffy and vacant, the patch of land just south of downtown has all the right attributes.
It sits on a bus line.
Shopping is a short walk away.
Maurice Nelson saw potential in the bedraggled corner lot nearly an acre in size and snagged it in December 2012 for $45,000.
Nelson, vice-mayor of Fort Meade, knows about potential. The parcel sits just two short blocks from the House of Israel, a faith-based shelter she founded in 2000 for women who have been to rock bottom, mostly because of drugs, and need a lift.
She bought the extra acreage knowing that some day her agency would have need to expand. Now she has the money to follow through with those plans.
It's been nearly a year since House of Israel was approved for a federal grant of $271,250, acquired with assistance from Polk County's homeless coalitions. The money will be used to build a four-unit apartment building to permanently house women who successfully complete Nelson's program, which typically takes two years. Her current facility at 4 SW Fifth St. contains six bedrooms, all occupied.
Nelson is waiting on final approval from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development before putting her project out to bid. She is optimistic of breaking ground soon, though with government, "it's not safe to put a time frame on it," she said.
The project will free up badly needed shelter space in a part of the county with few options for the homeless, Nelson said. "I turn down a lot of people."
The HUD grant will cover a portion of construction and two years' worth of operational expenses. Nelson borrowed an additional $185,000.
As the shelter's executive director, Nelson, 54, counsels through firsthand knowledge. For the better part of eight years she struggled with her addiction to cocaine, at times living on the streets.
Faced with losing her two daughters for good, the Fort Meade native agreed in 1992 to enter Teen Challenge, a Bible-thumping residential diversion program that formed the basis for the 1962 book "The Cross and the Switchblade."
House of Israel is patterned in part by Nelson's 12-month experience in Teen Challenge, which, contrary to its name, helps people of all ages once they've weaned themselves of their addictions by way of an approved detoxification program.
Many of the women she invites into her program share similar circumstances. Because of her drug use Nelson said she was shunned by the aunt who raised her. "So I had to leave her house. ... I found myself living from pillar to post."
After giving birth to her second child, the baby tested positive for cocaine, she said, and the state's child welfare system gave her an ultimatum: get clean or face termination of parental rights.
Nelson was 33 when she entered Teen Challenge in Orlando. "We had to read the Bible for breakfast, for lunch, for dinner," she said, "and that's where my journey began."
Upon completion of the program, Nelson eventually moved back to her hometown and found work with ServiceMaster. After completing a parenting program and obtaining her own apartment she was reunited with her two daughters, Roneiqua Wright, now 32 and employed as a case manager at House of Israel, and Jameira Thomas, 22, a senior at USF.
Nelson started her agency on a shoestring, and it's still a fairly small program with 2012 annual revenue of $156,760.
With stewardship from members of the homeless coalitions, House of Israel in 2004 obtained a grant to build a six-bed shelter. The trio of hurricanes that ripped through Polk that year delayed construction until 2010.
In spite of its small size, House of Israel has, over time, grown to become a serious organization with sound financial practices and a board of directors, factors essential to gaining government grants, said Jacque Henderson, a coalition member who chairs HUD's Continuum of Care program for East Polk.
"It just takes a significant amount of organizational structure to be able to draw down HUD funding," she said. "She (Nelson) jumped through all the hoops. She's kind of the Unsinkable Molly Brown of homelessness."
Nelson has walked the walk, which inspires women down on their luck, said the Rev. Brenda Bonney, pastor of First Born Church of the Living God in Fort Meade, who serves as president of House of Israel's board of directors.
"Not everyone receives help," she said, "but the ones who do are blessed for it. She (Nelson) has really put in a lot of time and energy. It has worked for many women."
Tacey Span, 42, is one of the lucky few to have an apartment all to her own once construction is completed. A single mother of two, ages 20 and 22, she came to House of Israel more than two years ago after spending a year on the streets of Lakeland.
Now she has a job constructing filters for air conditioners and is capable of living on her own with rent subsidized by HUD. "I think I was blessed to get a spot here," Span said. "It's been a wonderful experience. I've grown to know myself better. It's great to know a sober life, being responsible."
Nelson would like to see her shelter grow further, which is why she purchased the large square of land that adjoins U.S. 17 and sits directly across from Fort Meade's community center. There's room to add additional apartments. In time.
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Tally Ho!
Just how much positive reinforcement do you offer your child? You probably offer some already, most parents naturally do. Yet no matter how good at it you think you are, you may be surprised to find that, in reality, most parents focus on the negative. How much negativity is creeping into your parenting?
Learning to parent well is a process, and there is always room for improvement. It is helpful to look at the problem areas. Here's an easy little exercise inspired by the work of James Windell (author of 8 Weeks to a Well-Behaved Child) that lets you clearly see how many negative and critical remarks you make. (Hey, try the exercise! You may be pleasantly surprised!)
Get a little notebook at the supermarket. A little one. Smaller. One that can fit in a pocket or a purse. Get a pen, too, and put it in the pocket or purse next to the notebook. Ready to begin?
Every time you make a critical or negative comment about your child, open the notebook and make a little mark. If you have time, write down what you said and the circumstances. Do it for five days, and don't try to change what you are doing, just make notes. That's it! (Well, that's almost it.)
- Don't share this exercise (or the fact that you are doing it) with your child. That may mean excusing yourself to the bathroom frequently, or dashing off to another room to make your tally marks, but if you share the fact that you are doing this little experiment, your kids might get upset, you'll start adjusting your behavior, and the exercise's results won't be accurate.
- If you have more than one child, label a page for each one, and keep a separate tally.
- Make sure you count feedback that starts out positive but includes a "but" as in: "I really appreciate you doing the dishes, Samantha, but please try and rinse the soap off better next time."
- Pay special attention when you are angry, disappointed, tired, or hungry (people tend to get very crabby and critical when their blood sugar levels are low).
Behave Yourself!
No wimps allowed! Not everything your child does is great, and if you pretend it is, you're doing your child a disservice.
It's a Good Idea!
Pay attention to what's going on with your child's heart, mind, life, and you'll be able to prevent a lot of discipline problems.
At the end of five days, take a deep breath and add up your tally. There's no magic number—whether your reaction is "Arrghhh!" or "Wow!" it doesn't matter. Knowledge is necessary (even when it is painful). What did you find? Have a lot of tally marks in your notebook?) If you're like most parents, you parent more through criticism than through positive reinforcement. We simply expect kids to behave themselves (without giving them a lot of tools to know how) and then when they don't, we hit the roof. Sound familiar? Look again at your tally sheet. Don't feel bad, this is just a place to begin. Nobody but you is counting your tally (aren't you glad you kept it private now?) and you can tear up the pages in that teeny notebook, if you like.
Most of us are in fire-fighting mode most of the time, trying to get things done, get through life relatively intact, and put out the behavior fires as they flare. It seems easier to notice what's annoying or troubling than it is to notice how wonderful your child really is. Some parents are so afraid of raising a stuck-up little monster that they bend over backwards to never give a compliment, or describe positive behavior. Not a good idea.
Doing an exercise like Tally Ho! will help you become aware of your expectations for your child, and your patterns of treatment. If you have more than one child, the exercises will show you the differences in treatment and expectations. Once you become aware of it, bingo! You can change!
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Forty white crosses are on display in front of Augusta's St. James Catholic Church and School this week in commemoration of the 40th anniversary of Roe-v-Wade, the infamous Supreme Court decision of 1973 when abortion was legalized for all 50 U.S. states.
Each cross represents well over a million children who have lost their lives through abortion each year. Even though the Executive branch of our Government, many in the media, and some in the medical field, including the American Medical Association, still hail abortion as a 'constitutional right', more and more average Americans are 'pro-life'. Science and common sense practically scream that unborn children are human beings!
While there are still those who, for whatever reasons, want to deny the unborn children their right to life… we, as a church and a community of believers will continue to pray for, educate and help those who find themselves in difficult situations regarding unplanned or problem pregnancies.
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WOW! I tried this recipe the other night, and my whole family agreed it is a keeper! Adding this to my favorite recipes file- we will make this again and again! I would suggest that you DON'T substitute things in this recipe because it is THAT good when you follow it exactly. The only thing I did slightly differently was I added about 1/2 of my chives while the sauce simmered (before adding sour cream) and the rest were stirred in at the end. It was simply divine! Always looking for new ways to prepare chicken because my fiance gets bored of the same recipes, and this is a happy addition to our file!
Sauteed Chicken Breasts with Creamy Chive Sauce
From EatingWell: December 2005/January 2006, The EatingWell Healthy in a Hurry Cookbook (2006)
Here's a sauce so delicious, it's missing only one thing: a little crunchy bread to dip in it. Make It a Meal: Serve with steamed asparagus or cauliflower, mashed potatoes or orzo pasta, and a glass of Vinho Verde.
111 Reviews for Sauteed Chicken Breasts with Creamy Chive Sauce
Made this last night for dinner. Was delcious and my whole family loved it. I added a little extra sour creme and dijon and a little extra wine. Can't wait to eat the left overs for lunch! Will defintely make this again, real soon!
This dish was great! I used finely chopped onion & minced garlic instead of shallots. It was very rich with flavor and tasted like a dish from a fine resteraunt. I'm going to make again for sure!!
I am not a cook. Thankfully, my husband is. However, I found this site, found this recipe and had to try it. It was WONDERFUL! Easy enough for a beginner and even my picky sons (5 & 15) loved it and my 17 year old daughter wants me to cook more. Thank you Eating Well!
I made this meal for my family last night. It was so amazing and I can not believe this was healthy....it certainly didn't taste like it and all 5 of us ate every bite!!