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Sean Foley, Eclectic Golf Whisperer
How the Coach of Tiger Woods and Hunter Mahan Turned Justin Rose Into the World No. 5
Doral, Fla.
When I came to the WGC-Cadillac Championship here this week, my hope was to get some simple, straightforward insights into how golf coach Sean Foley works with his star pupils. I could have asked to focus on Tiger Woods, Foley's most famous charge, but Justin Rose is less loaded as a personality and makes a better case study. In the three years that he and Foley have been working together, Rose has risen from No. 76 in the world rankings to No. 5 and, depending on how you slice and dice the data, is now either the best pure ball striker in golf or merely one of them.
Foley doesn't give straightforward answers, though. He is among the most technical and scientifically oriented coaches in golf. He's never without a high-speed video camera slung in a bag from his shoulder and throws around phrases like "correct the thoracic tilt" and "a function of attack angle versus loft in the horizontal vectors." But that doesn't mean he thinks or coaches in anything close to a linear fashion. It turns out Foley, 38, is a seriously cosmic dude.
When I asked him to explain Rose's rise over three years from 67th to 19th to fifth in one measure of long-iron excellence. Foley gave me a one-word answer: "Myelin."
Excuse me? "That's the insulation that wraps around neural brain circuits and helps them fire faster when presented with certain stimuli," he said. Laying down more myelin, over time, helps secure new skills; that's the value of those reps Woods always talks about. " 'Swing change' is really a stupid term, because it's actually just gradual evolution in encoded brain patterns," Foley said.
Rose hooked up with Foley in 2009. "I always felt like I was a good player, right? Going back to when I was a kid," he told me. He turned pro at 17 after tying for fourth at the 1998 British Open, but missed his first 21 cuts. With time he improved, reaching No. 6 in the world rankings in 2007 before hitting another slump. "For me, the turning point was the 2009 U.S. Open, playing with Sean O'Hair [a former Foley student]. He was just hitting the ball in a way I felt like I couldn't—the quality of the strike, his ball flight. It made me really question the track I was on."
He approached Foley, and the two hit it off immediately. Both are thoughtful, curious and take the long view of improvement. Rose's first clue of Foley's holistic world view was that he gave Rose only two drills to do for the first five months. "The drills helped right off, which was nice," he said. "But they were aimed at helping my back by getting me to turn my pelvis more through impact."
Rose had terrible back problems for years, resulting from the way he had been taught to swing, so addressing that was Foley's first order of business. "The pain response is omnipotent. It can change everything else in a swing without a player knowing it," Foley said. As much progress as the two have made since then, the "final frontier," as Rose calls it, still relates to that postimpact pelvic turn. He's been working intensively with trainers to improve the external rotation of his left hip. But until that improves sufficiently, Foley said, "it's not worth working on." A good point for amateurs: Foley teaches only what he knows his players are functionally able to do.
For a coach with perfectionist players like Woods and Hunter Mahan, Foley has a surprisingly complacent attitude toward perfection. "Maybe once a year, if that often, you have one of those impeccable rounds, where everything just collides in this beautiful symphony. But you can't base anything on that. Those rounds aren't even very helpful, because we only learn by failure," he said. "Humans are fragile. Mistakes are guaranteed. Our concentration is always shifting. There's no reason, except that this is the natural constitution of the mind."
During Thursday's first round at the Cadillac, we followed Rose. Foley wasn't concerned that Rose didn't hit a fairway until the back nine. He noted that Rose wasn't far off with most of those drives and that they usually erred to the trouble-free side of the fairway. Plus, Rose has a great chipping game to bail himself out.
"Three years ago, when Rosie had a bad stretch of squirrely drives, or whatever, he came to me in a panic. Now he knows that if he stays logical and reasonable for 72 holes, if he picks his emotional battles only where the war needs to be fought, there won't be many people standing next to him come Sunday," he said. "In a tournament, at the level of great these guys are at, it's more about state than about swing. If you could get a printout of every thought they have when walking from the green to the next tee, you'd probably find the cause of every bad drive and every good drive right there."
Sure enough, Rose found his rhythm on the back nine. "I finally smoothed it out on about the 14th tee," he told me afterward. But tellingly, he scored the same on both nines, two birdies and no bogeys, for a four-under-par total. That was two off the first-round lead held by Woods and four others.
Foley is a big believer in statistical analysis, especially the type of in-depth, multivariable analysis that academics are beginning to crank out using the detailed ShotLink data that the Tour records for every shot in every tournament. He consults frequently with Mark Broadie, the Columbia Business School professor who perfected the "strokes gained putting" statistic that the Tour adopted last year for measuring players' relative skills on the greens. Broadie has created a similar way of measuring the contribution to scoring success of all the other strokes, too. Broadie and Foley both believe that the key differentiating factor between a great player and a good one is their prowess with long approach shots, from 150 to 250 yards. So that's where Foley and Rose spend most of their practice time.
The biggest remaining weakness for Rose is putts of 6 feet of less. He's working on it but missed three such putts here Friday and triple-bogeyed his last hole to fall from among the leaders to well behind Woods, in the solo lead, Graeme McDowell, Phil Mickelson and Steve Stricker.
Starting at last year's Cadillac here, which Rose won, he has 14 top-10 finishes in 25 events world-wide and has won $6.3 million. "Rosie told me not long ago he's on a pretty good run and wants to keep it going," Foley said. "I told him, no, it's not a run. This is who you are now. It's not going to go away."
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As we had into December one local farmers market says they will not be closing down for winter.
The Bowling Green Community Farmers Market kicked off their new winter market Saturday.
There is still your normal produce along with plenty of arts and crafts for the holidays.
Vendors say they are excited to be able to offer more time and more products to their customers.
"As a crafter and art vender it is important for me because most people are buying around this time of the year so it allows me to be exposed to people who want to buy local on a regular basis for all of the different holidays that are going on," says Derek Guyer of Bald Man's Markings.
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Seminole Lane street sign (nearly 7 feet above the ground) in Sopchoppy in Wakulla county, Florida Tuesday June 26, 2012
Summary Of 1100 Pm Edt...0300 Utc...Information
Location...29.0n 82.8w
About 20 Mi...30 Km Ese Of Cedar Key Florida
About 110 Mi...175 Km W Of Daytona Beach Florida
Maximum Sustained Winds...35 Mph...55 Km/H
Present Movement...Se Or 125 Degrees At 7 Mph...11 Km/H
Minimum Central Pressure...1000 Mb...29.53 Inches
Watches And Warnings
There Are No Coastal Watches Or Warnings In Effect.
Discussion And 48-Hour Outlook
At 1100 Pm Edt...0300 Utc...The Center Of Tropical Depression Debby
Was Located Near Latitude 29.0 North...Longitude 82.8 West.
The Depression Is Moving Toward The Southeast Near 7 Mph...11 Km/H.
A Turn Toward The East Is Expected Later Tonight...With A Motion
Toward The East-Northeast And An Increase In Forward Speed Expected On Wednesday.
On The Forecast Track...The Center Of Debby Will Cross The Northern Florida Peninsula Tonight And Wednesday Morning...And Possibly Emerge Into The Atlantic Wednesday Afternoon Or Wednesday Night.
Maximum Sustained Winds Are Near 35 Mph...55 Km/H...With Higher
Little Change In Strength Is Forecast While The Center Is Over The Florida Peninsula. Slow Strengthening Is Possible After The Center Reaches The Atlantic.
The Estimated Minimum Central Pressure Based On Surface Observations Is 1000 Mb...29.53 Inches.
Hazards Affecting Land
Storm Surge...Even Though Debby Continues To Slowly Weaken...
The Coastal Flooding Threat Has Not Fully Diminished Due To
Persistent Onshore Winds.
The Combination Of A Storm Surge And The Tide Will Cause Areas Near The Coast To Be Flooded By Rising Waters During The Next High Tide Wednesday Morning.
The Water Could Reach The Following Depths Above Ground...
Florida West Coast Including Tampa Bay...1 To 3 Ft
The Deepest Water Will Occur Along The Immediate Coast South Of
The Center In Areas Of Onshore Flow. Surge-Related Flooding Depends On The Relative Timing Of The Surge And The Tidal Cycle...And Can Vary Greatly Over Short Distances. For Information Specific To Your Area... Please See Products Issued By Your Local National Weather Service Office.
Rainfall...Debby Is Expected To Produce Additional Rain
Accumulations Of 2 To 3 Inches Over Northern Florida Through
Wednesday Evening...With Isolated 5 Inch Amounts Possible. Isolated Storm Total Amounts Of 25 Inches Are Possible In Northern Florida.
Tornadoes...Isolated Tornadoes Are Possible Across The Florida
Peninsula Tonight.
Next Advisory
Next Complete Advisory...500 Am Edt.
Forecaster Beven
Tropical Depression Debby Discussion Number 15
Nws National Hurricane Center Miami Fl
1100 Pm Edt Tue Jun 26 2012
The Center Of Debby Made Landfall In The Florida Big Bend
Region At Around 2100 Utc (4pm cdt).
Since That Time...The Center Has Turned Southeastward...Possibly Due To Interaction With A Gust Front From The Most Recent Convective Burst And A Mesoscale Vorticity Center Over Northeastern Florida.
The Circulation Has Also Become Elongated With The Central Pressure Rising To Around 1000 Mb.
The Initial Intensity Of 30 Kt Is Based On Coastal Observations And The Chance That Some Stronger Winds May Exist Over The Water.
The Initial Motion Is 125/6.
A Deep-Layer Trough Is North And Northeast Of Debby...And An Associated Surface Frontal Zone Extends From Southern Georgia East-Northeastward Into The Atlantic.
While The Large-Scale Models Forecast These Features To Weaken During The Next 72 Hr...They Agree That There Will Be Enough Westerly Steering Flow To Allow The Center To Cross Florida And Reach The Atlantic During The Next 24 Hr Or So.
The Models Diverge After That. The Nogaps And Canadian Models Show The Center Stalling Off The U. S. Coast...While The Gfs...Ukmet...Ecmwf...Gfdl...And Hwrf Move It East-Northeastward Into The Atlantic At Varying Speeds.
The Forecast Track Goes With The Latter Scenario. The New Forecast Is Adjusted South Of The Previous Track Based On The Initial Position And Motion...And Is A Bit Faster. It Should Be Noted That Additional Adjustments To The Track Forecast May Be Necessary If The Center Re-Forms While Crossing Florida.
Debby Is Currently Experiencing Moderate Vertical Wind Shear...Dry
Air Entrainment...And Land Interaction. This Combination Should
Persist Until The Center Reaches The Atlantic.
In 36-48 Hr...The Gfs...Ukmet...And Ecmwf Forecast An Upper-Level Trough To Interact With The Cyclone...Which Could Reduce The Shear And Provide Favorable Upper-Level Divergence.
However...Deep-Layer Dry Air Should Still Be Near Debby At That Time...Which Could Prevent The More Favorable Dynamics From Strengthening The System. Thus...The New Intensity Forecast Is Almost Identical To The Previous Forecast.
Forecast Positions And Max Winds
Init 27/0300z 29.0n 82.8w 30 Kt 35 Mph
12h 27/1200z 29.3n 81.7w 30 Kt 35 Mph...Inland
24h 28/0000z 29.7n 80.0w 30 Kt 35 Mph...Over Water
36h 28/1200z 30.3n 77.8w 30 Kt 35 Mph
48h 29/0000z 30.7n 75.6w 35 Kt 40 Mph
72h 30/0000z 32.0n 72.5w 40 Kt 45 Mph
96h 01/0000z 35.0n 69.0w 45 Kt 50 Mph
120h 02/0000z 39.0n 62.0w 45 Kt 50 Mph
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Is it frowned upon to use "S'il vous plaît" instead of SVP or S.V.P. in formal letters?
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If you're going to write some form of it, use "s'il vous plaît ". Abbreviating it would appear like authoritative rudeness in full text (unlike in formulas like "Tournez SVP" near the bottom of the page, for instance).
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depending on how formal it is, and especially on the balance of powers.
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Bruce Willis: Don't infringe on Second Amendment
(AP) LOS ANGELES - Bruce Willis says he's against new gun control laws that could infringe on Second Amendment rights. The "Die Hard" star also dismisses any link between Hollywood shootouts and real-life gun violence.
"I think that you can't start to pick apart anything out of the Bill of Rights without thinking that it's all going to become undone," Willis told The Associated Press in a recent interview while promoting his latest film, "A Good Day To Die Hard." "If you take one out or change one law, then why wouldn't they take all your rights away from you?"
Willis' fifth outing as wise-cracking cop John McClane, due in theaters Feb. 14, comes as his action franchise marks its 25th anniversary. The 57-year-old actor will also be seen firing away at bad guys in the upcoming sequels "G.I. Joe: Retaliation" and "Red 2," both due later this year.
But he believes "the real topic is diminished" when observers link Hollywood entertainment with high-profile mass shootings like those last year in Connecticut and Colorado.
"No one commits a crime because they saw a film. There's nothing to support that," Willis said. "We're not making movies about people that have gone berserk, or gone nuts. Those kind of movies wouldn't last very long at all."
Willis added that he doesn't see how additional legislation could prevent future mass shootings.
"It's a difficult thing and I really feel bad for those families," he said. "I'm a father and it's just a tragedy. But I don't know how you legislate insanity. I don't know what you do about it. I don't even know how you begin to stop that."
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KILLEEN (October 24, 2012)--Killeen Volunteers Inc. is hopeful that the community will come out to Make a Difference Day Saturday to take part in community service projects.
More than 16,000 people have registered but volunteers are still needed to take part in the 74 projects slated for completion.
The day begins with a kickoff ceremony at 8 a.m. at the Killeen Community Center on E. Veterans Memorial Blvd.
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GENESEO, N.Y. – Robert Marshall Auler, an award-winning American concert pianist, will perform works by a variety of composers during a concert Oct. 4 at the State University of New York at Geneseo. The event begins at 3 p.m. in the college's Wadsworth Auditorium. Tickets are $5 for the general public, $3 for students and will be sold only at the door. Auler has won numerous competitions, including first prize from the Society of American Musicians. Following his success in the Young Keyboard Artists' Association piano competition, he was invited to perform throughout Germany, France, the Netherlands and Denmark. He also has performed in Venezuela and Austria. He also has performed in concerts throughout the United States, including New York, where he made his Carnegie Hall debut in June 2004. As a chamber musician, he has appeared with the Ying Quarter and the MIRO Quartet and has performed with the Northwest Florida Symphony, the ARC Ensemble in Ohio, the Champaign-Urbana Symphony in Illinois and numerous other regional orchestras. Auler is entering his seventh season as piano professor at SUNY Oswego. He is a keen advocate of new music, having worked with William Bolcom, Steve Reich, Leslie Bassett, Martin Bresnick, Rudolf Haken, Frederic Rzewski, Jonathan Pieslak and Carter Pann. The Geneseo concert will include works by Pieslak, Haken, and Pann in addition to compositions by George Gershwin, Samuel Barber and Nikolai Kapustin. For more information on the concert, call 585-245-5824.
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Apparently, New Belgium is doing this. Also, for a typical five gallon homebrew batch, it is said that if you DIPPED A PIN in olive oil, shook it off, it would still contain hundreds of times the necessary amounts of the compounds that yeast need during the aerobic stage of fermentation. Does anyone have an answer of whether this works?
It seems that it was used at New Belgium primarily for yeast storage between brews, not fermentation. AFAIK, New Belgium stopped doing it after a short trial (one batch of Fat Tire) when they found it led to premature staling and off flavors. I know of only one controlled test of it on the homebrew level and the tasters in a blind triangle tasting preferred the beer made with O2 instead of OO. The results are here..
People have used olive oil with some success, see some conversations here or here. The general consensus is that it works, but most seem to agree that there isn't much point of doing it on the pico scale unless you like to experiment.


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Detectives in Adair County are investigating the death of a 4-month-old baby.
Police say at about 11:45 this morning they received a call from the Adair County Coroner, Todd Akin, telling them the infant had been taken to the Westlake Hospital by EMS after the baby stopped breathing.
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5 Annoying Trends That Make Every Movie Look the Same
#2. Faking the Documentary Look, Even When it's Not a Documentary
Have You Ever Noticed:
We're not talking about movies that have actual documentary elements (aka Cloverfield), but rather little touches designed to make you think what you're seeing was filmed by a fly-on-wall documentarian with a handheld camera, rather than a gigantic film crew on a sound stage. Even when it makes absolutely no sense for that to be the case.
Even worse, they do this by painstakingly inserting elements that used to be considered embarrassing mistakes.
You've no doubt noticed the painfully obvious "shaky cam" that's so popular these days, where they jerk the camera around the action so you can't tell who's punching who (as if we're supposed to think the opening battle in Gladiator was being shot by some time-traveling war correspondent, and one of the side effects of time travel is apparently severe loss of muscular control).
And this was the clearest shot we could get of Quantum of Solace.
But there are more subtle, and sillier ones. For instance, crap landing on the camera lens. District 9, awesome as it was, actually obscures the lens with blood from time to time. But before that you saw it in Braveheart and We Were Soldiers. During the opening battle in Saving Private Ryan you got both blood and water splashing on the lens.
Then you have the, "Whoops, we accidentally pointed the camera into the sun!" lens flare, where the light actually glares off the lens and obscures part of the shot:
Karate Kid
Star Trek
Fans complained so much about the lens flare effect in Star Trek that J.J. Abrams had to issue a statement basically apologizing for it.
What's Going On?
The idea is if the shot looks accidental, then that is supposed to subconsciously say "realism" to the audience (rather than "sloppy"). Movies shot the old way (that is, in a way where you could clearly see what was freaking happening) now look too clean and staged. If you want to make the movie look real and gritty, you need to mess it up, so it looks more like a documentary. Though we're not sure how that still works if it's in every movie.
We suppose that's where you draw the line between directors who do it for a reason, versus ones who are just hopping on a bandwagon. For instance, those battle scenes in Saving Private Ryan had an unsettling sharp, almost stuttering effect because Spielberg intentionally messed up the camera's shutter to make it look less like a movie and more like real war footage for newsreels back in the day.
The goal was to bring home the horror of the war. A decade later, you can see the same effect in the fight scenes in Crank: High Voltage.
The ridiculous irony with all of these is that technology has been carefully crafted over time specifically to prevent them. For instance, modern camera lenses have reflective coating and other treatments specifically to prevent lens flares. Virtually every time you see it in a movie, some poor bastard has had to go back in and add it with CGI, or else they had to specifically stage the shot so the sun was in perfect position to give them a shot that used to get cinematographers fired.
#1. 3D That Somehow Makes the Movie Look Worse
Have You Ever Noticed:
There's something weird going on with 3D. On one hand, Avatar was so crisp that it looked like you could jump into the screen. Pixar movies like Up and Toy Story 3 look like dioramas--the depth of field making it seem like you could reach in and grab one of the toys out of the universe.
But then you have these other movies, showing in the same theaters, that you watch with the same glasses, that look like shit. It hasn't gone unnoticed: Clash of the Titans famously was released in 3D and Jeff Katzenberg, the guy pushing 3D heavily, said it looked so bad it was going to kill the format.
But the low point has to be The Last Airbender. Forget about the dialogue and acting for a moment--it had a 3D job so terrible that it looked significantly worse than any of the old-fashioned 2D movies it was being shown alongside. Everything was dark and muddy.
Or maybe we just don't know what genius looks like.
What's Going On?
What they're failing to tell you in the ad campaigns for these films is that not every 3D movie was actually shot in 3D. Most of them weren't, in fact. They were instead converted to 3D after the fact. Not only does it not give you anything like the illusion of depth that 3D is supposed to be used for, but it actually degrades the whole image.
The reason is technical: The 3D conversion darkens the image a lot as a function of the process. You lose light both when converting the film, and then from the glasses, meaning you essentially make a bright film overcast and render a dark film impossible to see. So if a film was dark to begin with, like The Last Airbender, turns into a murky mess.
Why would they do that? Because the converted 3D movies can charge the same ridiculously inflated ticket price as the real 3D movies. We're talking up to a 50 percent markup here.
Do the math: It only costs the studio $10 to $15 million to do this quick and dirty 3D conversion, yet it helps a mediocre movie like Clash of the Titans make $500 million worldwide. The jacked-up 3D ticket prices alone will earn that money back many times over.
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Throughout history the golden-brown, roasted turkey was carried proudly to the dinner table stuffed to the drumsticks with a flavorful, bread dressing. After carving the turkey, dad would plunge the serving spoon into the bird's hollow cavity and bring out a stuffing that was rich with flavor from the turkey juices.
Now we are told by "Chow Line" that this is potentially more risky than cooking one without the stuffing and that the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service doesn't recommend it.
Joseph Maiorano sent a food safety release from the Ohio State University food, agricultural and environmental sciences, telling that making your own or one from the box that stuffing the stuffing into the bird can be risky. It should be fine, however, if a few precautions are taken.
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A TRADITION WITH RULES — Turkey with stuffing has been a tradition down through the ages, but some rules need to be followed if it is done now. To be sure there is a safe dressing, as it was called in my youth, it can be baked in a separate dish. It comes out brown and crisp on the top and is just as enjoyable.
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A?TRADITION?WITH?RULES — Turkey with stuffing has been a tradition down through the ages, but some rules need to be followed if it is done now. To be sure there is a safe dressing, as it was called in my youth, it can be baked in a separate dish. It comes out brown and crisp on the top and is just as enjoyable.
-- Esther McCoy
Here are Maiorano's recommendations:
When it is done, let everything rest at room temperature for 20 minutes before removing the stuffing and carving the bird.
The Cooking Basics for Dummies tells that the bread needs to be very dry for a good stuffing. Two-day-old bread left uncovered in the oven a day or two, turning the slices now and then, yields the best result. Or dry out bread on a baking sheet in a 200 degree oven.
Fresh moist bread can create a gummy stuffing. Just be sure to slice the bread before drying it or it can be too hard to work with.
Here is a recipe for a stuffing with chestnuts and sausage added, along with using rich egg bread.
Chorizo-Chestnut Stuffing
12 ounces rich egg bread, such as challah, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
Medium onion, finely chopped
2 cloves garlic, thinly sliced
1/2 medium red pepper, finely chopped
Large stalk celery, thinly sliced
Salt and pepper
1/3 cup fresh flat-leaf parsley leaves, finely chopped
1/2 teaspoon fresh thyme leaves, chopped
4 ounces fully cooked chorizo sausage, cut lengthwise into quarters, then cut crosswise into 1/4-inch thick slices
1 cup peeled roasted chestnuts, coarsely chopped
2 cups unsalted chicken broth
1 large egg
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. In large jelly-roll pan, spread bread cubes in single layer. Toast in oven 10 to 30 minutes or until golden brown, stirring occasionally. Cool then transfer to a large bowl. Reset oven to 350 degrees. In 12-inch skillet, heat oil on medium high. Add onion, garlic, red pepper, celery, 1/8 teaspoon salt and pinch of freshly ground black pepper. Cook 4 to 8 minutes or until vegetables are golden and tender-crisp, stirring occasionally. Stir in parsley and thyme and remove from heat. Transfer to bowl with bread. Wipe out skillet. In same skillet, cook chorizo on medium for 5 to 10 minutes or until browned and crisp, stirring occasionally. With slotted spoon, transfer to paper towels to drain; discard fat in pan. Transfer chorizo to bowl with bread, along with chestnuts. Stir until well mixed. In large bowl, whisk broth and egg until well blended. Pour over bread mixture. Stir gently until mixed. Spread in shallow 1 1/2 quart baking dish. Cover with foil. Bake 20 minutes. Uncover and bake 20 minutes longer or until golden brown on top and knife inserted in center comes out clean. Makes six servings.
This stuffing uses no bread but wild rice for the filler. It has hulled pumpkin seeds as one of the ingredients and is an excellent gluten-free recipe.
Wild Rice Stuffing
2 cups wild rice
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 stalks celery, diced medium
1 small yellow onion, diced small
2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
Large jalapeno pepper, seeded and finely chopped
Salt and pepper
1/2 cup toasted hulled pumpkin seeds
1/2 cup raisins
1/4 cup vegetable broth
2 teaspoons coriander
2 tablespoons white wine vinegar
Cook rice according to package instructions. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a small skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Add vegetables and cook until onion is translucent, about 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper and transfer to a large bowl. Add rice, pumpkin seeds, raisins, broth and coriander. Stir to combine and transfer to a 9-inch square baking dish. Bake until heated through, about 20 minutes. Drizzle with vinegar and serve to eight people. This is 226 calories with 8 grams fat and 4 grams fiber.
This recipe is from the Cooking Basics for Dummies Cookbook. It is a combination of cornbread and French bread, along with apples and sausage.
Cornbread, Sausage and Apple Stuffing
8 tablespoons butter or margarine
1 pound bulk pork sausage, mild or hot to taste
Large yellow onion, diced
1 cup diced celery
Large red bell pepper, diced
2 hot chile peppers or jalapeno peppers, diced, optional
8 cups cornbread cubes
4 cups stale French bread, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
2 golden delicious apples, peeled and cut into small cubes
1/2 cup chopped parsley
2 teaspoons poultry seasoning or to taste
1 teaspoon sugar
Salt and pepper
14 1/2-ounce can chicken stock or 2 cups homemade stock
2 eggs lightly beaten
In a large skillet, melt 2 tablespoons butter over medium-high heat. Add sausage and cook until browned, about 5 minutes, stirring frequently to break it up. Remove to a mixing bowl with slotted spoon. Add to the skillet 4 more tablespoons butter with the onion, celery, red pepper and if desired, the hot peppers. Cook, stirring occasionally, about 4 to 5 minutes or until vegetables are cooked but still a little firm. Stir the veggies into the sausage. Add cornbread and French bread cubes, apples, parsley, poultry seasoning, sugar and salt and pepper to taste. Toss well. In a small bowl, whisk together the chicken stock and eggs; add this to the stuffing, about 1 cup at a time, stirring well. Add enough egg-broth mixture to moisten the stuffing so that it holds together when lightly pressed between the palms of your hands. Transfer to a well-buttered baking dish with a lid. Dot with the remaining 1 to 2 tablespoons butter. Cover and bake at 325 degrees for 45 to 55 minutes or until heated through. Makes 12 servings.
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Some states seem to have something called the 3 foot law to keep cars away from cyclists. Why 3 feet? Which states in the USA have it?
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The 3 foot law is an example of a law that exists mostly to create awareness rather than having some direct practical function.
This law is rarely enforced by itself. Can anyone cite an instance where a motorist was ticketed for passing in under three feet (and not ticketed for anything else)? The 3-foot law is, AFAIK, typically enforced as a supplement to some other violation such as failure to yield or reckless driving.
But more than anything else, the intent is to create some level of awareness in motorists about how to deal with cyclists. If motorists know it is a law, most will make an effort to abide by the law.
A quick google search reveals that, as of this year, 20 states in the USA have this law. You can view a map depicting the status of this law in the United States here: http://www.3feetplease.com/advocacy
It seems to me that in the last 10 years or so, motorists have been getting much better than in the past about getting along with bikes. It could be the marked lanes/signage, or perhaps things like the 3-foot law, but I have noticed a LOT LESS "entitlement-to-the-road" behavior from motorists than in the 1990's and earlier.
Three feet just seems (to legislators) like a reasonable number (it's 1 meter in the UK and I think most of Europe). And I know it's the law in Minnesota. Don't know about any other states.
Would a different number make more sense? Probably not. Less would be out-and-out dangerous, and more would create the situation where the bike (in theory) blocks traffic in too many cases (and hence would be ignored even more than the current law).
Pennsylvania's got a new four-foot law. It was recently enforced after an attempted hit-and-run in Bethlehem, PA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7AVC1YCcO0). (I should clarify that it was a hit-and-attempted-run, as other motorists pinned the driver in to prevent him from running).
France has such a law (1 metre in cities, 1.5 metres in the country). That safety margin is also applicable to passing pedestrians and animals.
France (and, "much of Europe") also has a "strict liability law" (ref and ref), IOW if there's an accident then it's up to the car-driver to prove that they're not negligent.
Five feet seems to be a popular variant of the 3-feet law. I suspect that's because if you tell people five, maybe they will give three. But five has the benefit of making it cleaer that the car needs to partially cross over to the other lane instead of trying to squeeze by without crossing the line.


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Can anybody suggest a good game development and animation tutorial for iphone
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You might check out O'Reilly's iPhone Game Development book if you're talking about more 2D sprite oriented animation (think "Angry Birds").
But if you're talking 3D style animation, you'll need to decide whether you're going to write it yourself (a lot of work) or use a commercial game engine like Unity 3D or Unreal.
Without any information on your requirements, i can only link to the most popular iOS game development environments around, which are cocos2d and unity


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By the end of the 3rd century the rectangular scutum seems to have disappeared.
Why did the rectangular scutum design fall out of use? Why was the shield design not commonly used by anyone else later in history?
Why did the rectangular scutum design fall out of use? Why was the shield design not commonly used by anyone else later in history?
In the early days of rome (kingdom and early republic) large oval shields were used and heavy roman infantry fought in the manner of hoplites. Around 300BC the Roman army changed into the form we recognise, adopting changing from phalanxs to a manipular structure. The Roman heavy infantry adopted the scutum. Oddly enough by the 3rd century oval shields had come back into use.
I don't believe the Testudo formation dictated what shields were used by Roman infantry. It was a very specialised formation with many weaknesses. Given the Roman track record of innovation and their doctrine of tactical flexibility it seems unlikely that their shield choice would be beholden to one of the many tricks in their vast playbook. The whole idea of their early abandonment of phalanx in favour of a manipular structure, which coincided with a change of shield, was to increase this flexibility. There is evidence from Polybius1 that the shield was adapted from a oval to rectangular shield used by the Samnites (one of their early Italic rivals), so it must have had real combat advantages outside of the Testudo.
Why did the oval/rectangular shied lose it's appeal then? There was another change to Roman infantry equipment that happened during the late 2nd and early 3rd century. The sword in general use changed from the short Gladius to the longer Spatha. A longer weapon would have changed the ergonomics and tactics of combat, leading to a change in shield type. The Spatha was a more "cut and thrust" and was used as an auxilary type weapon in the 1st century and was also adopted into Germanic use. This was about the time of the loss of a professional core after the Constitutio Antoniniana and the removal of the elite legions special equipment and status. It seems reasonable to say that Roman infantry adopting auxiliary-style weapons (this shield and obviously auxiliary-style sword) was part of this process of the Roman army becoming dominated by the equipment and tactics of the Auxiliaries.
1: it's all behind paywalls of couse: Polybius (VI, 23 2-3), http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.2041-5370.1998.tb01700.x/abstract, http://books.google.co.uk/books?hl=en&lr=&id=Vpf9fI2NU4oC&oi=fnd&pg=PA3&dq=polybius+roman+shield+Samnite&ots=yA-QDqY5kC&sig=Ov8AWex1gqG_tB4m2XK-aXJxHlE#v=onepage&q=samnite&f=false
Permanently fell out of use you say? As soon as one needs the same tactics, one needs the same design of shields and a similar kind of training.
Here Kyrgyzstan riot police doing what they call a "turtle" with rectangular shields:
and those are Italian Carabineri doing the same:
Now compare that to the classical depiction of roman "testudo formation".
To answer the original question, I believe the Scutum did not completely fall out of use until the fall of the empire its self. Throughout the centuries of use, both 'core' heavy infantry Legionaries AND the Auxiliaries used oval shields of various sizes. A comment above noted the move away from the short stabbing Gladius, in favour of the longer Spatha, this was undoutably easier to wield with a lighter, more easily manouvered shield.
However, when it comes down to it, the Scutum was a tool used by highly trained heavy infantry fighting in line based formations. Training included how to "punch" with it, how to run at the charge with it, and how to manoeuvre with it. With the decline of the empire, the reduced standing of the Legions, and perhaps a reduced emphasis on training, plus the ease of use and construction of the "old style" oval shield brought about its decline.
Certainly the Vikings, Angles, Saxons, Franks and other western European successors to the empire often still fought in line, with various round, oval and kite shaped shields, but with thrusting spears, pikes and even long hafted war axes, cut and thrust swords longer than the Gladius being a symbol of a wealthy warrior, so without the short stabbing sword no Scutum ?
The Scutum was discontinued because around the 3rd century AD the Roman Legions were mostly made up of Auxilia. This created more "barbarian" influence in the Legions. Eventually the Roman Legionary began to look more like a Germanic warrior instead of what most people think of when they hear the term Roman soldier.
The Scutum was too expensive as was the Lorica Segmentata, and the training of the Legionnaires. And as was said prior Roman Citizens didn't really want to die in a foreign land and so Rome had to rely more upon Auxiliaries and Foederati as well as Sagittari, and many others. Rome became lazy in the basic sense and the Barbarians saw good pay and protection for their families and their tribes who were allowed to settle in Roman boarders for their services. The Scutum was made of 3 pieces of wood wrapped in leather with cast iron on the edges and in the center. The Shield they used later was only 1 piece of wood with cast iron on the edges and center, much like that of the barbarians who fought for Rome. Rome also got rid of the Pila and replaced it with s Plumbart or Lead Dart it all was because Legionnaires, Scutums, Gladius, Lorica Segmentata, and Pila were costly but affective. Later Emperor's didn't care about effectiveness they were Rome they were the best military conquerors of many nations. So came the Comitanses, Spatha, Round Shields, Lorica Hamata, and Plumbart. Cheaper, but not as effective.
Even on the period of Hadrian and his reforms many soldiers used rounded shields. Scutum probably disappeared when tactics it was used for faded from legionaries training during the civil wars of the 3rd century. Another reason, perhaps, in the massive use of auxiliaries, with different tactics, poor discipline and simple equipment.


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How long would take to upgrade an Oracle DB which has 1T data from 10g to 11g usually/roughly? I need to estimate the down time for it since it is a prod db. Thanks much!
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30-90 minutes according to Oracle's Best Practices for Upgrading. This is about the closest estimate you will get given all the unknowns in this situation.
The size of the database really matters very little in determining how long the upgrade will take. Here are the main factors effecting the duration (from the Oracle.com upgrade blog):
Here are some additional factors you may want to consider that aren't related to the core of the upgrade itself:
Probably the biggest factor effecting the upgrade is the unknown factor. Even when the upgrade is practiced in advance on similar hardware with similar data sets, etc. things can still occur that were unanticipated and can drastically effect the duration. With that in mind you should mimic the production environment as closely as you can for the test upgrades. That is, as close as your budget will allow.
If space is the issue preventing you from testing the upgrade, consider restoring the database to a test box excluding some of the larger user tablespaces. This won't give you an exact feel for the time, but it should give you a closer ballpark and allow you to work through more of the unknowns.
Presumably, you have a development and test instance of this database running on similar hardware with a similar data volume and the same database components installed, correct? And, presumably, you will be upgrading these lower environments (and testing that whatever applications use this database still function correctly), correct?
Assuming that is the case, I'd time how long it took to upgrade the development database and use that as your estimate of the time required to upgrade the other instances. There are, obviously, a number of factors that determine how long the actual upgrade will take. My guess is that the downtime would likely only need to be an hour or two but you're much better off using the actual time required to upgrade dev.


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I was under the impression that using two different styles for a form was not visually attracting and confusing for users.
Yet a big internet player seems to bee using a different style for their login and sign up form, which looks very unpleasant (subjective) and unprofessional.
Facebook has a Billion users at this point, so breaking their usual design in order to emphasise the form seems odd.
What kind of impact does using two forms such as Facebook in this case has? I am sure this is not an arbitrary decision.


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Is any way to pass WebSense ?
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Presumably this is a Websense filtering service at your company/school/library/somewhere-someone-other-than-you-pays-for-bandwidth-and-PCs?
There will be a way for authorised people at the company who have a legitimate reason to bypass part or all of the Websense filtering to do so, if you do have a legitimate reason then you should be able to apply to get on that list.
Otherwise the filtering is there for a reason and any attempts to bypass it are against the wishes of the legitimate owners and maintainers of the resources that you're using and not really something that should be discussed here.


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I've read on resetting one's biological clock and clearing my mind before bedtime (and I do most of the things there, using F.lux, being physically active mostly every day), taking melatonin (0.5-1mg), BUT...
I still don't want to go to bed at 2am, when I should. I feel I still have energy, and indeed get work done, and end up going to bed at 5am. Sleep is not interesting to me. Btu then I wake up at 11, can't fall asleep again (or if I do, it's after 90 minutes - a sleep cycle - then I sleep another 90 minutes and it's 2pm), so I only get 6 hours of sleep. Bad.
I don't drink caffeine or eat chocolate or sugar, and I follow largely a slow-carb diet. I've been tracking my sleep for more than two years, and I've never woken up refreshed, ready to jump out of bed; just "ok". I use earplugs and an eye mask, and my bedroom is pretty dark (though not pitch dark) and cool.
The problem seems to be one of discipline, less so of sleep hygiene. How do I just put myself to sleep at 2am, and get 8 hours of sleep and be productive (and in sync with the rest of the world in my time zone), when there's so much interesting stuff I could be doing after 2am, and while I probably have a non-24-hour sleep/wake pattern ?


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Why is it important to have good saddles? Other than the comfort in long rides.
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There are several reasons, one of which is a fear of ED, which we can all agree is bad.
In my opinion, there are 2 other major reasons as well.
When you ride (or exercise otherwise), your body tries to adapt to the new form of motion, support, or what have you. This is why we create callouses, and new muscle. It is why we get more flexibility with stretching.
If your saddle is poor quality, it usually lacks the stability to be a platform your body can adapt to. We all know what it usually feels like to ride a new saddle the first 2 weeks or so. A quality saddle remains the same saddle, long enough for your body to adapt to it. It also allows the break in to happen in pre-designed ways, which means that break in of your new saddle does not equate to break down on your new saddle.
In addition, although I know you were not asking about comfort, if you are adapted to your saddle, it will be more comfortable. If you are comfortable you will enjoy riding more. If you enjoy riding more, you will ride more, with all of the associated benefits.
For the record, these same points can be made regarding saddles, gloves, grips, shoes, pedals, cycling shorts, jerseys, and any other point of contact with the bike.
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A March 2005 article in "European Urology" discusses the overuse injuries that can stem from long-term bicycling. The article states that, although cycling can be a healthy, beneficial sport, some injuries can occur to the urogenital system. Genitalia numbness was found to be most common, reported in 50 to 91 percent of the cyclists, followed by erectile dysfunction reported in 13 to 24 percent.
Although studies do not link bicycling with specific prostate diseases, the pressure of traditional seats can create problems for both men and women. Fortunately, there are several types of seats that can help alleviate that pressure and prevent injury. Look for seats with a split saddle, or one with a space in the area that would normally press into the perineum. There are more extreme options like the "no-nose" bicycle seat, the moon seat and the easy seat that are geometrically different from a standard saddle.
The main advantages are better power delivery and lower rider fatigue. Also better aerodynamics - you'll note that all of the speed records and many of the marathon records are held by bikes or trikes that have proper saddles.
Something like this:
The saddle isn't just a point of contact for riding, it also gets to lean against walls when the bike is parked and maybe against the ground/floor (if the bike is in the ownership of a youngster).
Naturally road bikes do not get thrown to the ground every five minutes, but, a BMX, or other child's bike, will. For this reason it is horses for courses, a quality seat for a BMX doesn't have to be comfy at all, a quality seat on a touring bike should not come apart when someone tries to lift the pannier-laden bike by the seat and a quality seat on an entry-level hybrid bike should survive wall-park abrasion.
What amazes me is why there are something like 4096 different types of bicycle seat on the marketplace. Is that level of product diversity necessary?
As for that talk of 'erectile dysfunction' being promulgated by bike seats and cycling, there is no way that can be true with modern saddles in the use of healthy-weight riders. Any talk of 'erectile dysfunction' is to be instantly dismissed as General Motors propaganda, as disseminated by the old-fashioned car-driving journa-fogeys at The Sun.


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Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was a learned man, with a thorough knowledge of the Scriptures.
25 He had been instructed in the way of the Lord, and he spoke with great fervor[a] and taught about Jesus accurately, though he knew only the baptism of John.
26 He began to speak boldly in the synagogue. When Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they invited him to their home and explained to him the way of God more adequately.
27 When Apollos wanted to go to Achaia, the brothers and sisters encouraged him and wrote to the disciples there to welcome him. When he arrived, he was a great help to those who by grace had believed.
28 For he vigorously refuted his Jewish opponents in public debate, proving from the Scriptures that Jesus was the Messiah.
Observation: Apollos had a good mind and good knowledge of the Scriptures. When He began to speak publically Priscilla and Aquila recognized that there were some things missing in his teaching. When they approached Apollos, they found a most important characteristic: Apollos was teachable. Because he was teachable, he became very useful.
Application: How important it is to remain teachable as I grow older. There is still so much to learn. My ministry to others can grow even more effective if I am willing to be teachable.
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We got the Poppin' Park Elefun Busy Ball Poppers toy. Our daughter loves the toy and it is really encouraging her to crawl and even to work on getting from her tummy to sitting to put the balls back in. I think it is a great toy, however it is VERY loud. I am not talking about the music, that does not bother me, the fan to blow the balls out is so loud that it quickly annoys me and drowns out that there even is music. I find myself wanting to take the toy away but she really has not been interested enough in anything else to try to get back to sitting once she goes to her tummy. Any suggestions for how to balance what seem to be some developmental benefits with the annoyance of the toy? Are there ways to encourage her to play with the toy and work on getting back to sitting without the noise of the fan?
In my experience, once Pandora's box has been opened, and a noisy tool has been discovered inside, there is no turning back...
Taking a new toy away from a baby can be quite difficult, and is prone to raise even higher levels of noise, because the baby will complain loudly. On the other hand, a new toy gets old rather quickly, so after a few days your child's attention will be focused on other toys.
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More than 50 percent of Delta's bath suites offer showerheads that meet EPA WaterSense® criteria
INDIANAPOLIS - Delta Faucet Company announced in March 2010 that more than 50 percent of its Delta® bath suites feature showerheads and handshowers that meet the latest specification introduced by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's WaterSense® program on March 5, 2010 [1]. The new WaterSense criteria - established to promote water efficiency in the shower, product performance and quality - require that the showerhead flow at a rate of 2.0 gallons per minute (gpm) or less.
The company will continue to gain showerhead and handshower certifications for its bath suites. Of the 80 percent of Delta bath suites now meeting the new criteria, eight feature a showerhead with H2Okinetic Technology® that improves water efficiency by 40 percent, flowing at 1.5 gpm while providing the feel of an enhanced flow of 2.5 gpm. The Addison® showerhead with H2Okinetic Technology features a flow rate of 2.0 gpm, providing 20 percent water savings.
"Delta Faucet Company strives to provide products that address today's water conservation concerns without sacrificing the comfort and convenience of the user experience. Our water-efficient showerheads featuring H2Okinetic Technology, for instance, use larger droplets to create a drenching sensation and luxurious shower experience, while using less water," said Paul Patton, senior product development manager, research & development for Delta Faucet. "We take our role as a WaterSense partner very seriously and are committed to working with the EPA to encourage efficient use of water resources, and to actively protect the future of our nation's water supply."
In 2006, at the same time the EPA was initiating research on showerheads, Sally Remedios, manager of product compliance for Delta Faucet Company, approached the joint committee of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and the Canadian Standards Association (CSA) to establish a Joint Harmonization Task Force to evaluate showerhead efficiency and performance, with the intent of developing new performance standards [2]. "As chair of the task force, my mission was to establish a set of criteria for showerheads that everyone would adhere to," said Remedios. "We opened the task force to public participation, which was comprised of showerhead manufacturers, water and energy utilities, testing laboratories, consultants and other water-efficiency and conservation specialists, including the California Energy Commission, which was pursuing new showerhead requirements at the time." In addition, the task force was able to engage with the EPA, which was developing its new WaterSense specification for showerheads, so that the adoption of harmonized requirements under both programs could benefit from the joint research.
According to the EPA, showering accounts for approximately 17 percent of residential indoor water use in the United States - adding up to more than 1.2 trillion gallons of water each year nationwide. Showerheads bearing the WaterSense label must not only save water, but also perform as well, or better, than conventional models on the market [3].
To earn the WaterSense designation, a showerhead or handshower must flow at a rate of no more than 2.0 gpm, tested at a flowing pressure of 80 pounds per square inch (psi), and is tested against the following attributes to ensure performance and user satisfaction:
A consistent flow rate across a range of pressures
Spray force
Spray coverage
About Delta Water-Efficient Showerheads:
Delta showerheads and handshowers that meet the WaterSense requirements use 20-40 percent less water than the industry standard [4]. In addition, Delta lavatory faucets that meet WaterSense requirements use 32 percent less water than the industry standard [5] and perform as well or better than their less efficient counterparts.
By installing a Delta water-efficient showerhead, the average four-person household can potentially save an estimated 10,000 gallons of water per year. Here's how it works:
8 minute shower X 2.5 gpm (standard shower) = 20 gallons per shower
8 minute shower X 1.5 gpm (water-efficient showerhead) = 12 gallons per shower
8 gallon savings X 4 persons/day X 365 days/year = approximately 11,680 gallons saved per year for a four-person household
Showerheads and handshowers that meet the WaterSense specification are now available on a number of the most popular Delta product lines and will continue to be the standard option with all new bath products introduced. Additionally, individual water-efficient showerhead and handshower components in the line coordinate with all Delta collections.
Currently, Delta collections with WaterSense-labeled shower options include:
Addison® bath collection
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[1] WaterSense® is a registered mark of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
[2] http://www.plumbingengineer.com/feb_09/watersense_feature.php
[3] http://www.epa.gov/watersense/products/showerheads.html
[4] Based on flow rate for showerheads and handshowers of 1.5 gpm or 2.0 gpm versus Industry Standard of ASME.A112.18.1/CSA.B125.1 of 2.5 gpm
[5] Based on flow rate for lavatories of 1.5 gpm versus Industry Standard ASME.A112.18.1/CSA.B125.1 of 2.2 gpm.


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One week ago Tennesseans amended their constitution to allow for a state lottery. The amendment passed with 58 percent of the vote, possibly meaning big money for Tennessee and big losses for Kentucky.
Each year, Tennessee residents cross over into the Bluegrass state to buy about 76 million dollars worth of lottery tickets. While the lottery is a state wide game, it's bigger in Franklin than anywhere else. Each year convenience stores in Simpson County lead the state in lottery sales. Local business owners say 90 percent of their business comes from those people who cross the Tennessee border.
Last year, the Kentucky Lottery took in $639 million. The convenience stores in Franklin made up 12 percent of those sales. You may be wondering where all of that money goes. Roughly 75 percent of it goes to the winners and to cover the cost of the games. The state gets the rest. More than $80 million went to state scholarship programs, an affordable housing trust fund and an early reading fund. The remaining total, about $79 million went directly into the state's general fund. Although it will affect the state as a whole, Simpson County Judge Executive Jim Henderson doesn't see the loss being detrimental to the community of Franklin.
The lottery issue will be taken up with the Tennessee General Assembly when it convenes in mid-January. Although it will take some time for volunteer state to get their lottery up and running, stores could be selling lottery tickets as early as July.


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As there is a Cygwin which is API-level VM, I guess there maybe similar one in Linux?
Or, generally which hypervisor is fastest? I'm only care about Linux.
BTW, I can't install Xen in Ubuntu Maverick, so I can't have any experience on it.
BTW2. I'm searching for light weight hypervisors, to research distributed computing, distributed sessions and networking topics.


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The 2nd Infantry Division online briefing for Flames of War has a special rule called Ivory X that lets you fire anti-tank guns and anti-aircraft guns like a normal artillery bombardment. The briefing lists the strength, anti-tank, and firepower values of these bombardments as '-'.
Does this mean that they use the normal direct fire stats (seems overpowered)? Or do they fire with essentially 0's, meaning they can't hurt armor or dug-in infantry outside of causing pinning?


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So, one of my new favorite bloggers is Juli at PaleOMG! I love her witty, ADD filled writing. She's a touch on the rough side, but in the kitchen she is sheer genius!! I have made a ton of her recipes. It's like I read it, then run to the kitchen to make it! It was the same with this. I read her post on frittatas and 45 minutes later mine was done!
I did make a couple of modifications to it. Tim said it was delicious, which is a word he is reluctant to use, so I know this one is a winner!
Delicious Caramelized Onion Bacon Frittata
Borrowed from PaleOMG
Serves 2-3
- 6 eggs, whisked (Or eggs whites if you want less cholesterol)
- 4-5 strips of bacon
- 1 sweet onion
- 1 shallot
- 1 cup chopped kale
- 1 bell pepper, diced
- salt and pepper, to taste
- 1-2 tablespoon Gold Label Virgin Coconut Oil (to grease your 8×8 glass baking dish)
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- First cook your bacon in a large skillet over medium heat until cooked through.
- Dry bacon between two paper towels and set aside.
- While pan is still hot and over medium heat, add your sliced onions to the bacon grease (trust me on this one!!)
- Cooking down for about 8-10 minutes, continuously stirring onions to help them from burning.
- While the onions are caramelizing, whisk eggs until fluffy. Crumble bacon and add that, eggs, kale and peppers to your pan.
- Once your onions are caramelized, place the onions on top throughout the baking dish, covering all the eggs and bacon.
- Bake for 20-30 minutes of until your eggs are completely cooked through in the middle.
- Enjoy!!
Soooo yummy! I think I could have left my onions in a little bit longer. Next time!
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"Nothing will happen to me, I'm only having one..." Every day thousands of kids and teens are saying these exact words about cigarette smoking. Later, the friends and families of those same kids will be saying, "I asked her/him to stop but she/he wouldn't listen," as they sit at the cancer treatment center with their loved ones, praying that they will be cured.
I am an eleven year old girl and not too long ago I helped my mom take care of a friend who had smoked when he was younger. While he ad not smoked for many years, the damage had already been done. He died slowly from lung cancer. He couldn't feed himself or even breathe for himself during those very sad days. This happened because many years ago, people didn't know the dangers of smoking. Today there is no excuse to start smoking. There is too much evidence that smoking kills and loads of education available to find out why and how. The next time you are tempted to start, picture yourself hooked up to oxygen, your family around you with tears in their eyes, then do the right thing. DON'T START!
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I have a landscape drain that has been buried, lost over the years of neglect from previous owners. I have located what I can within somewhere around 3-5 ft of the end that would be somewhere close to the edge of the driveway to drain away rain etc into the lower end of the backyard. I cannot for the life of me dig up anything that appears to be the end or grate. Would there be any way to use the pipe I can find and drill into it and attach something to allow drainage? Drill holes and wrap with landscape fabric? I really need to stop the ponding and the muck from poorly draining clay that is all that is in that area. It seems to be probably 3-4" white PVC. I am about ready to drill a hole and shove a hose into it and just let the hose drain the water. But I don't know if that is a very good idea. A plumber told me he would clean it out --but I have to find the end first. I am afraid an idiot previous owner buried it under a huge rock... any ideas?
You can find the end, or at least the first leakage point in the line, with one of these:
It's intended for cleaning drain/sewer pipe. How it works is the small bladder/balloon will expand under the water pressure of the hose (garden hose water source) and has a small exit point on the other side of the balloon. So it will expand to the pipe size then fill it up. This way will use a decent amount of water but on a dry yard day should work fairly well.
Item/Picture source but they come is all different sizes and should be available at your local hardware store. I would measure the pipe first and buy the largest/closest size one you can, this is a 3" to 4" pictured but it may not seal a 4" pipe well until it has a certain amount of back pressure.
Same concept different approach, you can get 4" (or 3" depending on what you have) pipe fittings and step it down to a garden hose fitting.
Sounds like for some reason you cannot just keep digging the 3-5 feet until the end is located? Since it is not pressure pipe, it's not the end of the world to cut a hole into the top and run water into it until you locate where it's seeping out near the outlet. Then follow the seepage back until you locate the actual end.
You can patch the hole by placing a half pipe patch over it and securing in place with silicone sealant and a couple large hose clamps.
Use a Shop-Vac to blow into the line and a smoke bomb (such as a gopher smoke bomb) to introduce smoke. Then watch for smoke somewhere at the other end.


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Oldham County High School's Karigan Owens was issued a license just three weeks ago and if the junior's instincts behind the wheel are anything like those she displays on the soccer pitch, defensive driving should be a cinch.
The ability to anticipate the decisions and movements of others is one the 5-foot-8 center back has been honing for years, and is a primary reason the No. 7 Lady Colonels started their season with nine straight shutout wins and entered this week with an 11-2 record.
"She's the base of (the defense)," said Oldham coach Dan Schulz, who is in his 20th season. "She's an instrumental person in everything we do."
Schulz's side has been eliminated by Christian Academy in the Eighth Region finals the past two seasons, but realignment moved CAL to the Seventh, leaving Oldham as the favorite in the Eighth.
And while the girls from Buckner can certainly light up the scoreboard – 48 goals scored in 13 games – it's on defense where they have distinguished themselves. Karigan and company have conceded just six goals on the year – the fewest of any team in the state – and piled up a school-record 10 clean sheets.
Owens, a three-year starter, plays sweeper in a sweeper-stopper formation and occasionally moves up to forward, where she's tallied four goals and a pair of assists this season.
"I can put her anywhere on the field … and she's going to play at a high level," Schulz said. "That versatility makes her much more important than a one-aspect player … (and has) allowed us to be very creative with our lineups."
The 4.0 student in the Gifted and Talented program recently took a break from the books to field a few questions.
Chris Cahill: How did you get started in soccer?
Karigan Owens: I first started playing in fourth grade. I think I was 9 years old. I had been doing gymnastics all my life and my friends had been playing soccer, so I just decided to try it and ended up loving it.
C.C.: What's the origin of the name Karigan?
K.O.: My mom (Kim) and dad (Bryan) named me Karigan because of the ice skater Nancy Kerrigan. My mom really liked the name. At first my dad was against it and then it grew on him.
C.C.: You began your high school career as a forward, but moved to defense last year. What are the pros and cons of playing in the back?
K.O.: I really like being a sweeper because I can see everything on the field. I definitely have to tell my teammates what would be good and where to go at times. One thing I dislike is all the pressure, because I'm the very last line of defense besides the goalie. It helps having Brittany Moshos as my goalie because she … saves us a lot of the time.
C.C.: What is the key to a stingy defense?
K.O.: I think how close we are as a unit really helps. There's a lot of talent on our team in every single player and everything is falling into place.
C.C.: How special is it to play on what Coach Schulz called the "most well-rounded team" he's ever had?
K.O.: That's a pretty big compliment to receive from him, especially because he's been here so long and there's been some really talented players that have come through Oldham County. I think we're all really excited to get into the postseason and show everyone what we can do.
C.C.: Would you like to play in college?
K.O.: Yeah, I'm looking at (WKU), Western Carolina and Transylvania.
C.C.: Why do you wear No. 4?
K.O.: When I was a freshman there was a senior, Hailey Conway, and we became really close and when she left, she let me have her jersey.
- Owens and the Lady Colonels host CAL Monday (7:30 p.m.) and conclude the regular season Wednesday Oct. 3 at Male. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m.
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It's strange that no one mentioned that WWWJDIC provides the audio clips for the reading for all the entries (rintaun only mentioned about the pronunciation hiragana).
In case anyone misses it (I didn't realize the blue button is a play sound button until later), here is where:
UmaiKanji has an audio library. It doesn't have anywhere near as many words as a dictionary, so don't expect to get a result for every word you look up. It's not a dictionary actually, but with Rikaikun/chan its useful.
I've seen dictionaries on the iPhone that use software to synthesize the readings.
Apple and Microsoft do this decently (for words more than sentences), in English at least. So, desktop software in combination with the OS's text-to-speech, or some dictionary that can take advantage of their frameworks is a possible lead for you.
I use http://nihongoresources.com which includes a lot grammar and pronunciation as well as a dictionary.
Pretty much every online Japanese dictionary that I know of provides reading, unless you mean something out of the ordinary by "reading." Take the following entry from WWWJDIC for reference:
Edit: WWWJDIC also contains audio examples for many common words, as Lukman points out in his answer.
I've yet to see a dictionary that didn't provide the reading. Plus, if you did manage to find one, you could just install RikaiChan or RikaiKun (depending on your browser) and it would give you the reading.
I use Nihongo de Care-navi for Japanese pronunciation with audio. It is actually not a dictionary, but it is for nurses and doctors in Japan to learn English. It however contains a large enough vocabulary that most of the everyday Japanese words are included. It also includes variations of a same word.
I run Jlearn which is a fairly comprehensive Online Japanese dictionary and has audio for all words and readings for kanji.
Throughout my searches I find the some of the best audio practice to Japanese youtube video's with subtitles - though, of course, they may not always be right.
Also free online TTS systems could work but their syntax is often strange. I like https://acapela-box.com/AcaBox/index.php the best.
Or for those who are pretty beginner then of course you could use the audio flashcards I just developed on my site. (Sorry for the shameless plug, it fit lol)


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I have this question from my textbook I'm not sure how to answer. I got the first part but the second part is a bit confusing.
It goes something like this:
"Two percent of the population has a certain condition for which there are two diagnostic tests. Test A which costs \$1 per person, gives positive results for 80% of persons with the condition and for 5% of persons without the condition. Test B, which costs $100 per person , gives positive results for all persons with the condition and negative results for all persons without it."
Suppose that 2000 persons are given test A, and then only those who test positive are given test B. Show that the expected cost is \$15,000 and the expected number of cases. I know the expected value of random variable X is defined as: $$E[X]=x_1p_1 + x_2p_2\dots+x_kp_k$$


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I don't want to specify an IP address, since it can change in a DHCP LAN. I tried to connect to the linux server's name, but neither Putty nor Windows' ping.exe could resolve it.
I can see solutions in a couple of categories:
You can configure dhcp to send a hostname with the dhcp request. Obviously you would need your dhcpd and nameserver to support this, but lots of routers support this feature so its worth checking if yours does.
Unfortunately, you're rather out of luck. In order to do this you need to use something like mDNS. It is implemented out of the box in OSX, called Bonjour, but hasn't reached critical mass outside of Apple yet. If you control the DHCP server you could set up DHCP Reservations for specific systems. In this scenario a nic with a specific MAC address will always get the same, statically defined, address from the DHCP server.
You won't be albo to resolve the address unless it's in some DNS server. You need to know the IP address or you can use some services like No-IP to update a FQDN to the servers current IP address. Of course this will only work for a server that has a public IP address.
For internal addresses you might want to write a script on the server that will send you the IP that is has at some point in time.
Some things in your question are still unclear, but i'll try to give a broad answer.
In order to connect to the machine via it's hostname, you need a name-resolution service active on the network - that is, a DNS or WINS server. Seeing that you say your machines cannot ping each other by name, it appears that you have no DNS server in the network (or that neither machine is set up with a primary DNS server). Which begs the question - what network enviroment would have DHCP but no DNS?
If there IS a DNS server on the network, then you just have to set both machines up to contact it (network connection properties in windows, god-knows-where.conf in linux) and you're all done.
Let's assume no DNS server then.
Assuming you have control over the DHCP server in your network, the easiest solution would be to set up a static ip mapping in the DHCP server. Make it give the linux server the same ip each time (bind a specific ip to the server's nic's MAC address). Then you can edit the hosts file on the windows workstation (found in %systemroot%\system32\drivers\etc) and map a specific name to the address, and enjoy yourself.
If you don't have control over the DHCP... Well, personally, i would just go bug the people who do (and tell them to get a DNS server in there for god sakes!)
I can think of other wild stuff that could circumvent all around this issue (write a script that pings the whole subnet, runs arp -a into a file, and then scans it to find the MAC address of the server, thereby resolving it's IP.. sheesh, this is sick). Seriously though, I would try to get a decent name resolution service up and running.
I also have Linux server on a DHCP network. The easiest way I've found to use DHCP and still be able to easily connect to the server is to give it a static ip. You can still use DHCP for other clients, but have a static ip for your server.
You don't say what Linux distro you use, but here's the relevant part of my rc.conf from Arch Linux.
As others have pointed out, the problem is with name resolution, not SSH.
But the best solution is to configure the DNS, DHCP Server and DHCP Client so that a DNS entry is created automtaically for all the DHCP clients. This is easily done with Microsoft's DHCP server (I should be able to provide instructions if that's helpful) but should also be possible with other servers.
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5 Ridiculous Sports You Won't Believe Were Olympic Events
#2. Underwater Swimming
We're starting to think the 1900 Olympics were all a mean-spirited practical joke on the part of the French. As evidence of that claim, we present yet another debut event: underwater swimming. Pretty self explanatory, really: competitors swam underwater for time and distance. Sound boring? It's worse than you think: Remember that this was way before the advent of the waterproof camera, so actually watching the event consisted of staring at a river for a few minutes, and then asking your kid to stop crying or you'll take him back to the pelota match. Luckily, for entertainment's sake, the organizers made one big mistake: They held it in a river with a crazily strong current. Fourteen brave souls volunteered to swim in the event. Only two made it the 60 meters in under a minute.
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What's the opposite of inspiring? This is that.
Obviously, underwater swimming was cut immediately: Spectators complained about the event because they couldn't see who was winning or how they were progressing in the murky water, and the only way to tell it was finished was when everybody either climbed out of the water to towel off, or the search and rescue teams arrived.
"Hooray! Something memorable!"
#1. Solo Synchronized swimming
But not everything is the fault of turn-of-the-century Frenchmen (God, we never thought we'd say that). Enter the 1984 Olympics. Desperately needing to add to the programs, the IOC finally gave in to the appeals of the synchronized swimming groups and added a duet competition. Synchronized swimming is the only thing in the world that operates inverse to the natural law of homoeroticism: It actually gets more gay the fewer wet, mostly-naked members of the same sex there are dancing together. Need proof?
We don't really need to elaborate any further: The title of the sport itself is one of the most perfectly self-contained jokes we've ever seen. But in the interest of completeness, we shall forge bravely ahead. The sport amazingly continued in two more Olympic games after its debut, before ultimately being dropped after the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona. Listed reasons for the cut: low spectator appeal, confusing scoring systems and the distracting, raucous laughter of the judges as they watched someone put on their serious face and then dance alone in a pool for two minutes.
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Is there a construction of (2b-2)-regular graph with 4b-3 or 4b-4 vertices, such that no two vertices share more than (b-1) vertices??
Partial answer: If 4b-3 is a prime power, then the Paley graph of 4b-3 vertices will have this property, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paley_graph.
I do not have a general construction, but you might like playing around with
this idea. Set k=b-1 and look to build a 4k+1 vertex 2k regular graph.
Here a necessary condition is that S and its translates by adding 1 should share at most k-1 members. 4,6,7,8 has two members in common with its translate above, as does 5,7,8;9.
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