text:
Justice Stevens Was Right (Again)
On Justice Stevens's birthday, I suppose it is appropriate that there is an article in the New York Times that, to my mind, highlights the wisdom of his 2000 dissenting opinion in Boy Scouts of America v. Dale. In that case, the Supreme Court held that the First Amendment prohibited the state of New Jersey from enforcing its antidiscrimination laws (which prohibit discrimination against gay people) against the Boy Scouts. The Court (in an opinion by Justice Rehnquist) reasoned that instilling a view that homosexual conduct is immoral was a part of the Boy Scout's purposes as an expressive association and that, as a consequence, enforcing the antidiscrimination laws against them was unconstitutional.In his dissenting opinion, Justice Stevens expressed doubt that condemnation of homosexual conduct was really part of the Boy Scout's self-understanding -- as opposed to a convenient stance adopted for the purposes of litigation:
The only policy written before the revocation of Dale's membership was an equivocal, undisclosed statement that evidences no connection between the group's discriminatory intentions and its expressive interests. The later policies demonstrate a brief -- though ultimately abandoned -- attempt to tie BSA's exclusion to its expression, but other than a single sentence, the BSA fails to show that it has ever taught Scouts that homosexuality is not 'morally straight' or 'clean,' or that such a view was part of the group's collective efforts to foster a belief.
Today, the New York Times reports about the Scouts' proposal to change its policies to allow gay members. The group's leadership has proposed to allow gay scouts, but not gay scout leaders. (This is interesting to me in part because I'm curious to see how church groups respond to it. Some have already begun to criticize it, though the key Mormon and Catholic constituencies do not appear to have commented. Will those interested in Catholic scout groups really insist that exclusion of young boys who identify as gay is required by Catholic teaching on homosexuality? I tend to doubt it, but we'll see.)But back to Justice Stevens. Towards the end of the story, we see that the text of the proposed resolution includes this telling littlepassage:
[S]couting is a youth program, and any sexual conduct, whether homosexual or heterosexual, by youth of scouting age is contrary to the virtues of scouting. . . . The Boy Scouts of America does not have an agenda on the matter of sexual orientation, and resolving this complex issue is not the role of the organization, nor may any member using scouting to promote or advance any social or political position or agenda.
Happy 93rd Birthday, Justice! You have always been at least 10 years ahead of your time.
About the Author
Eduardo Moisés Peñalver is the Allan R. Tessler Dean of the Cornell Law School. He is the author of numerous books and articles on the subjects of property and land use law.
28 comments
- All
- Editor Featured
Chief Justice Rehnquist essentially ruled for the Court that it was for the Boy Scouts to say what the beliefs of the Boy Scouts were. Justice Stevens, on the other hand, basically said that the Boy Scouts had no such say, that they did not have a right to think for themselves, but that the courts should instead tell them what they believed.In recent days, the Boy Scouts decided for themselves what they wanted to believe. Rightly so. It is not for anyone to tell another what they believe and to then force them to associate with those who are opposed to those beliefs. Which is what the Court ruled.
Bender, if the Scouts were true to their core beliefs then, how can they be true to their core beliefs now? If they can decide for themselves, as you put it, on a new set of core beliefs every 10 or 15 years, how can they be said to have any core beliefs worth a constitutional defense?
I have a son in Cub Scouts; just started this year. When my wife hears about this, our son will have to leave scouting. Latinos (especially my wife) have clear opinons on this, especially in light of the Church's abuse scandal. She simply will not allow him to continue in a program that is moving in that direction. When she heard in January that the Scouts organization was considering this, she said to me; "If they want to see how that is going to work, why don't they just call their local Catholic bishop?"I do not see why gay folks and those on the left, always seems intent on wrecking things like this.It is not the end of the world to pull a kid from the Scouts I suppose, he can find something else to do, but it is a small, tedious hit/hurt, a cheap shot that did not need to be inflicted. After all the high minded talk is done, and the high and mighties return to their other court business (I doubt that when he was a boy, Justice Stevens was ever overseen by or needed to contend with a gay scoutmaster) I guess everyone gets back into their own routines.And so, will the Boy Scouts be improved by openly gay members, and eventually no doubt, openly gay scoutmasters?We'll see.
Ken,Scouting will be improved by not kicking out kids just because they happen to turn out gay and by not expelling troops that refuse to do this.
Ken --If your son is discovered to be gay when he's ten years old, what do you think the Scouts should do? Will it be respectful of his dignity to throw him out?
I have to agree with Bender. Let private associations decide for themselves what their membership requirements are. I also fully support the response of others to cease giving the Boy Scouts preferential treatment.Even if I disagree with Stevens on the principle, I do agree with his understanding of the nature of Scouting. Not being gay is not a core principle of the Boy Scouts, and the recent move by the Boy Scouts has proved this.My understanding that this is the result of the Latter Day Saints deciding to stop fighting against gays after the backlash following Proposition 8. They and the Catholic Church were the primary supporters of the proposition, and the Mormons took extra heat because they were raising so much money from outside the state.
Does anybody know WHY the Boy Scouts reject homosexuals as scouts and leaders? What does it hope to achieve by not allowing homosexuals?My kid attends a nationally known music camp every summer. The camp will kick kids and counselors out for displays of "romantic affection" of any sort because the intent of the camp is to immerse kids in music, not summer romances. (There are many other behavior regulations.)I'm astounded at how well they keep the kids so engaged, structured, and (by the end of the day) exhausted that they don't have time to think about making out.
"Latinos...have clear opinions on this..."So do a lot of African-Americans who, like Latinos, are pushing for equal rights.I find it of more than passing (sociological) curiosity that minority groups --- generally --- *seem* to oppose equal rights for the gay minority group."Let they who are without equal rights cast a stone..." (w/apologies to Jn 8:7)I find it hard to conclude that social exclusion is not a "cheap shot".
I've just been reading about Mary Douglas, the great anthropologist, who is famous for saying, "Dirt is matter out of place". According to her, cultures ostracize things which are anomalous, that is, they are a certain kind of thing but with a notable difference. The ostracized things are considered to be "dirty' or "impure", even dangerous She found this to be true in society after society. She applied the theory to, among other groups, the Jews in Leviticus who forbid pork (pigs, unlike other domestic animals, did not chew a cud, so they were seen to be anomalies). In a culture that values the marriage of male and female it should not be surprising that gay behavior is held to be "dirty" and even dangerous to the group. However, the automatic negative reaction to anomalies is not founded on fact. Its origin is an atavistic impulse found in human nature which might have been evolutionarily useful in the most primitive times, but isn't too useful now. (If you don't think the theory applies, consider this which Douglas observed: food on one's own plate is considered clean. But put your food on someone else's place and it automatically thought to be polluted. Not rational. I wonder if this theory also explain why we find the notion of drinking a glass of our own spit extremely yucky.)She was, by the way, a staunch Catholic her whole life.
If your son is discovered to be gay when hes ten years old, what do you think the Scouts should do?Ann,If this should happen, I suggest Ken should pull his son out of the scouts and say, "I don't want my son to belong to any club that would have him as a member."
Wasn't Justice Stevens' point, though, that the Boy Scouts had fought all the way to the Supreme Court to defend a principle they didn't have? And now they have shown they didn't have the principle, only different PR and legal advice.
Tom -- Exactly right. Justice Stevens's point was not that the Court (or New Jersey) was entitled to tell an expressive association what to believe. Instead, it was that an expressive group cannot exempt itself from antidiscrimination laws that apply to everyone else if discrimination is not truly part of an expressive agenda merely by baldly asserting that discrimination is part of its expressive mission when that is convenient. The right of groups to form their own expressive agenda is protected by the First Amendment, but they cannot just make it up as they go in order to get around antidiscrimination laws. The resolution's reasoning -- that sexuality is not appropriately part of scouting and that the organization has no view on the matter and does not try affirmatively to inculcate heterosexuality (or any other sexual norms apart from not being sexually active during one's scouting age or activities) -- cuts directly against the stance the organization adopted during the Dale litigation in the late 1990s. Indeed, the statement does not even purport to change Scout policy on that point. Instead, it seems to acknowledge the obvious -- or at least what was obvious to Justice Stevens in 2000.
I'll let Brother Colbert speak for me:http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2013/04/18/stephen_colbert_brad_pais...
Justice Stevens expressed doubt that condemnation of homosexual conduct was really part of the Boy Scouts self-understanding as opposed to a convenient stance adopted for the purposes of litigation:So Justice Stevens' point amount to tell the Boy Scouts: "You don't really want to condemn homosexual conduct (if you did, I'd let you have freedom of association). Instead, you're just faking your condemnation of homosexual conduct by fighting this all the way to the Supreme Court. Doing so is just a convenient stance adopted with the ulterior motive of being able to . . . well, I don't know exactly, but you're really just pretending to believe what you say you believe." A more incoherent and silly argument is hard to imagine. It would be coherent to say that anti-discrimination law trumps no matter how sincere the Boy Scouts are. It would also be coherent to say that the Boy Scouts can define their mission however they damn well please, and that can include condemning homosexual conduct even if they don't preach about it every week. But it isn't even logical to claim that the Boy Scouts were fighting all the way to the Supreme Court over a principle that they didn't actually care about protecting. Why do that? That doesn't even make any sense.
Um, that should be, 'So Justice Stevens point amounts to telling the Boy Scouts . . . '
No, Justice Stevens was wrong (again, as he generally was, especially in his religion jurisprudence). The Boy Scouts case involved a matter of a real right to privacy from a Constitutional perspective and a right to subsidiary from a Catholic social justice perspective. On the former: the Boy Scout case was a preview of the abortiofacient conscience fight in Obamacare--can anybody present on the public square, even a private actor, have the right to a public conscience different from Caesar's? The majority of the Court said--rightly--"yes." Stevens said "no." On the latter: to say Stevens was right is to collapse the distinction between government and people. People acting in public have a right to their own views; they are not clones of the government.
Wasting Time,I don't think that it's incoherent. Animus toward gays from a large part of the leadership and/or membership could motivate the Boy Scouts to pursue the case to the Supreme Court without being a core value.My impression of the Boy Scouts is that they are not focused a scout's sexuality (gay or straight). They seem focused on turning boys into good citizens rather than being specifically concerned about making them into good husbands in the way that a church youth group might be. Before this change, the Scouts were only concerned about who a boy scout took to prom if it was a guyEduardo Pealver is right that this change in policy vindicates Steven's understanding of the facts. Barring gay scouts wasn't based on a core principle but on animus, and once this animus has lessened, there was no reason to continue barring gay scouts.
Justice Stevens, with 34 years on the Supreme Court and time before that on a federal court of appeals, was a distinguished jurist, and for Prof. Penalver it must have been a distinct honor to clerk for Justice Stevens. It is understandable, therefore, that Prof. Penalver would wish Justice Stevens birthday greetings with the compliment that "[y]ou have always been at least 10 years ahead of your time." "Always" is a word that some, while respecting Justice Stevens for his judicial service, might question. I respectfully disagree that he was ahead of his time on the abortion issue, for example.In a 2010 law review article titled "Justice John Paul Stevens As Abortion-Rights Strategist," former NYT legal correspondent Linda Greenhouse traced the Justice's influence on the Supreme Court as he worked diligently behind the scenes to influence Justices O'Connor and Souter, for example, on the abortion issue. There's nothing inherently wrong with such practices, of course, but if Greenhouse is correct, Justice Stevens was a key player in the Court's abortion jurisprudence from the time he began on the Court. In fact, Greenhouse states that one of her prime reasons for writing the article was "to give Justice Stevens his due as a major contributor to the contours of the right to abortion that exists today. Indeed he has served as an indispensable strategist in the preservation of that right at its moment of greatest need."Many will read Greenhouse's article (link below) and applaud Justice Stevens's efforts regarding abortion, concluding that he was at least 10 years ahead of his time, while others will conclude that he contributed to setting back recognition of the rights of the unborn for an even greater period of time. Greenhouse article: http://lawreview.law.ucdavis.edu/issues/43/3/liberty/43-3_Greenhouse.pdf
Cupcake -- your comment makes no sense whatsoever.Partly because it assumes that "animus" is the opposite of "core value" (it's obviously not).Partly because it assumes that something has to be a "core value" to receive constitutional protection (not true in the sense that you seem to mean, and you wouldn't want it to be true if you spent a few seconds thinking about how many other groups would be undermined or devastated in their missions if they had no constitutional protection for any characteristic except for whatever they preached about every single week).
Side note: again, if you think about it a bit, it's obvious that just about any group might have a hundred different characteristics that are, in fact, important to what makes the group distinctive and what makes it function, but that no one in the group thinks to mention (it's just assumed) until someone challenges it. In the context of a challenge, the group might then say, "Well, now that you bring it up, that characteristic is indeed important to us, and we don't want to be forced at gunpoint to include people whose lifestyle and activities are contrary to what our group exists to do." It is then hubris of the highest order for any outsider to say, "Oh, you didn't talk very much about this characteristic before, so it's not actually that important to you, and therefore I have the right to force you to change your group." Again, it would be a different thing if someone said, "I don't care how important this characteristic is to you, I think that no group should exist if it has that characteristic." Totalitarian that might be in instinct, but the position is at least rational. It is not rational at all to say what you and Justice Stevens seem to say: "The characteristic is actually not as important to you as you claim; if it were, you would have constitutional protection, but since I know your desires better than you, I can say that it's not." That's just dumb.
Dumb, except that now the group is admitting that (as Justice Stevens observed) taking a position on sexuality is just not part of its expressive purpose. The core/peripheral language is not in Justice Stevens's opinion, but I think Cupcake's comment nicely gets at the problem with your prior comment. Just because a group litigates an issue up to the Supreme Court does not mean that the issue is part of its expressive purpose. Distinguishing between the mere exercise of animus, on the one hand, and the legitimate pursuit of an organization's expressive purpose (however hateful), on the other, is hardly nonsensical. It is the best way to balance the enforcement of norms of nondiscrimination and freedom of expressive association. Do you think the former is entitled to any weight at all or must they give way to every claim (however novel, within the history of that group) that discrimination is part of a group's expressive purpose?
A very long time ago, with the help of a number of people, I obtained the rank of Eagle Scout and Order of the Arrow. Some of us were more masculine than others. In as much as a great deal of "being" a Scout involved physical activity we were taught the importance of looking out for those less able. It was not condescension it was part of the code. Sometime we did, other times we did not. We were kids. Perfection was not expected of us. God knows no one expected much less demanded we master an existential crisis. There was no badge for that. We are talking about kids, aren't we? If great minds and great souls are still evolving on the issues involved with being human, what in the world are we expecting of the kids? Anyone asking them?
Eduardo -What is an "expressive purpose"? Is that a legal term?
Being a little late to the party, let me highlight a nasty false equivalence that Ken is making between open gays (either as scouts or leaders) vs. the abuse scandals in both the scouts and the RC Church. The truth is, Ken, that your children are probably much safer in a situation involving parents and open gays, because open gays would be expecting and would be comfortable with scrutiny from parents about their conduct. Abusers, by definition, are trying to *hide* any suspect behavior and wouldn't want to draw scrutiny from parents.Most of the scouting abusers I have read about are married or single men who presented themselves as straight (and therefore would be hiding any same sex activity or impulses). Priests by definition must present themselves as celibate, so they too would be hiding any same sex activity or impulses.
Ann-- I'm not sure it qualifies as a "legal term," but it is a common rubric in speech cases. The First Amendment protects speech, not conduct per se. Obviously, some conduct has an expressive function or purpose. And the First Amendment cases offer some protection to this expressive conduct. See, e.g., United States v. OBrien (treating expressive intent as necessary, though not sufficient, for conduct to qualify as a kind of speech). The same act (burning a draft card) can have different significance for the First Amendment, depending on whether it serves a communicative or expressive purpose. I am using the "expressive purpose" language loosely, but I think subjective purpose in carrying out an act of exclusion performs a similar function in the expressive association cases as it does in the speech/conduct cases. Where membership decisions function to further an expressive association's purpose, those decisions are more likely candidates for First Amendment protection. Where they seem disconnected from the group's purpose, they do not themselves seem expressive and therefore would not seem to qualify. The question, I take it, is how strongly to defer to the group's identification of its expressive purposes. Wasted TIme seems to favor total deference and criticizes Justice Stevens's position as "arrogant" and (ironically) "dumb" because Justice Stevens would look to a group's past conduct or statements for evidence that an act of discrimination is actually serving some expressive function as opposed to merely reflecting animus by the group's leadership or membership, which (as a logical matter) may or may not be part of a group's expressive agenda.
Eduardo: now the group is admitting that (as Justice Stevens observed) taking a position on sexuality is just not part of its expressive purpose.You use the present tense "is" as if there is only one Platonic form called "Boy Scouts Expressive Purpose." It is what it is; if anyone "admits" that it does not include sexuality, then that is retroactive for all time; and outsiders can have access to this Platonic realm that might even be superior to the Boy Scouts themselves (who can be deluded as to what their own organization is about). This is just nonsense. The Boy Scouts, like probably a majority of the American public, may have changed their minds a bit in the past 15 years. That does not mean that their opinion 15 years ago is now retroactively changed so that it can be viewed as eternally constant. Total deference is the only position that makes any sense here. If a group says that it believes in something, who the heck is anyone else to question whether they do believe it or not? Insofar as they are claiming something about their own beliefs, you simply have to defer to that representation. That does NOT mean that you have to defer in the sense of letting them be exempt from any and all other obligations of law. It just means that if you want to override their beliefs, do it on the intellectually honest ground that you don't like their beliefs, rather than on the utterly disingenuous pretense that they don't really have those beliefs anyway.Finally, neither you nor anyone else has explained what the threshold is for "animus" (as you call it) to get constitutional protection. Presumably the "God Hates Fags" people are allowed, odious as they might be, to discriminate about who gets in their tiny group. But you think the Boy Scouts are not allowed to decide who gets in their group, because they haven't been quite as outspoken on it. So where do you draw the line? Moreover, why on earth should it be the worst discriminators who get the most constitutional protection? Are you and Justice Stevens trying to create an incentive for people to be meaner to each other, because if so good job.
balance the enforcement of norms of nondiscrimination and freedom of expressive association.Interesting that you put these two in balance . . . the second is in the Constitution as regarding private citizens, the first is not. Why isn't being in the Constitution a kind of trump card? I thought that's what judicial review was about.
Eduardo==Thanks a bunch. I'm still a bit confused. Do all "expressions" (whether words/gestures/actions/ whatever) signify either feelings or evaluations? Complexity, complexity.


text:
can someone know how to solve this error :
Your requirements could not be resolved to an installable set of packages.
Problem 1
- The requested package friendsofsymfony/facebook-bundle could not be found in any
version, there may be a typo in the package name.
Potential causes:
- A typo in the package name
- The package is not available in a stable-enough version according to your minimum-
stability setting
see <https://groups.google.com/d/topic/composer-dev/_g3ASeIFlrc/discussion> for more
Read <http://getcomposer.org/doc/articles/troubleshooting.md> for further common
I have this error when I try to install FacebookBunle in Symfony 2.1.6 :
php composer.phar update friendsofsymfony/facebook-bundle

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Money and communications:
Airport facilities
Money and communications:
Facilities include a bank, bureaux de change, ATMs and a post box. Wireless Internetaccess is available throughout the terminal.
Eating and drinking:
There are cafés and restaurants both before security and airside, and there is a bar in the Departures area.
There are several shops at the airport, including a newsagents/bookshop and a tax- and duty-free shop. A collection service is available for returning shoppers.
There is a left-luggage and lost property service at the airport (tel: (020) 7646 0088); the information desk can provide further details.
Other facilities:
There is a shoeshine service.


text:
Last week I purchased a Nodal Ninja 3 from Red Door in the UK and I think it is a beautifully engineered piece of equipment.
I have been using another make of panoramic head for some time now, but there is no comparison with the Nodal Ninja.
I think it is a great product!
I am so impressed by it that I thought I would like to thank Nick personally, but my search of the site only revealed Bill's email address rather than Nick's so Bill suggested I post my sentiments on the forum.
As a keen amateur with little budget I have gradually been improving my equipment and started by building my own panoramic head out of bits of aluminium I had in the garage, which was great until I changed my camera, so I purchased a panorama head which worked OK, but is not a patch on this latest purchase.
Having had a go at making a panoramic head myself I really appreciate the attention to detail in this product and look forward to making a lot of use of it.


text: Mandrus Millenium (Painted/Hyper Silver) Wheels 19x8.5, 5/112 Offset: 25 4.3 (1) Customer Reviews Price Range: $216.99 to $587.99 * Appearance may vary slightly based on the size and offset. Since all Mandrus wheels are made only for Mercedes, all technical aspects of the wheels are designed around Mercedes Benz motor vehicles. All wheels are hub centric for Mercedes and are designed for the OE Mercedes tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS). Even the center cap on the wheel is made to allow you to use your OE Mercedes center cap.Lip Size:17x8 - 0.8"18x8.5 - 1"18x9.5 - 2.6"19x8.5 - 0.8"19x9.5 - 2.6"20x8.5 - 1.2"20x9 - 1.9"20x10 - 2.7"20x11 - 3"22x9 - 1.9"22x10.5 - 3" Also available in these colours: Share this Wheel: Share this review: HAVE A QUESTION? 1-877-877-1010 ASK AN EXPERT! LIVE CHAT FITMENT GUARANTEE All orders are verified for fitment guarantee. Helpful Resources Shipping Information Frequently Asked Questions Sizes & Prices Customer Reviews Wheel SizeBolt PatternWheel OffsetHub BoreWeightColoursProduct Code 19 x 8.5 5/112 25 mm. 66.56 - Hyper Silver/Mirror Lip 1985MAM255112S66 $297.99 Add to Cart * show all Sort By: Sort by Style Ease Of Installation Price/Value Quality Overall 4.3 Mandrus Millenium Rate Now Style (5.0) Ease Of Installation (3.0) Price/Value (4.0) Quality (5.0) Overall: 4.3 Style 5.0 Ease Of Installation 3.0 Price/Value 4.0 Quality 5.0 What a stunning looking wheel for my CLK550! Very solid and high performance look but at the same time very classy. Perfect fitment and they took very little weight to balance on the Road Force Balancer. The installation took Andy and his professional crew at the Mississauga location to choose the correct bolt style and exact length for my car. I was blown away with the care and precision that they used. Very happy with the wheels, great look and absolutely no vibration, but just ecstatic with the team at 1010 Tires. Thanks. Fred Rayner. Guelph. Model Style: Painted - Hyper Silver / Mirror Lip Vehicle: 2008 Mercedes-Benz CLK550 2 Dr Convertible Base 18" option with 0 KM of Tire Wear Anonymous made this review on 10/24/2015 and is a Confident, Experienced Driver Share this review: Share this review: « 1 »


text:
Technical papers are solicited for presentation at the 24th Annual ARRL and TAPR Digital Communications Conference to be held September 23-25, 2005 in Santa Ana, California, and for publication in the Conference Proceedings. Presentation at the conference is NOT required for publication. Submission of papers are due by August 9th, 2005 and should be submitted to Maty Weinberg, ARRL 225 Main Street Newington, CT 06111 or via e-mail to: email@example.com For more information, see the conference Web page at http://www.tapr.org/dcc/ 73 . . . Steve, WB8IMY ---- Sent via email@example.com. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe amsat-bb" to email@example.com
AMSAT Home


text:
Top Kid-Friendly Summer Vacations
6 of 9
It's not easy being green, but it can be fun if you visit the exhibits at Earthplace in Westport, Connecticut. This 62-acre wildlife sanctuary is committed to educating the public about the environment and promoting positive action to preserve nature. The exhibits provide hands-on features that make learning fun for your kids. If your kids like creepy crawlers, check out the Ecology Resource Lab and get acquainted with some critters. After touring the exhibits, visit the garden and the playground, and enjoy the summer weather.
For more information, visit: http://www.earthplace.org/
More on: Summer Vacation


text:
I'd like to 'parent' Locators to one another, ideally organized in any arbitrary tree.
The simplest case: If I have two Locators, A and B, then moving A will move both together, but moving B will only move that one.
Any simple suggestions?
Not as fancy as belisarius' solution, but here's my approach. To store the tree, I'm using nested lists, so for example
would define a tree with root
To construct a list of edges from the tree you can do something like
Finally, we construct a list of
Consider an arbitrary tree
Then you could do something like
With an arbitrary locator dependency tree
Updated Now the sub-blocks move as one piece (per @RM request).
Lets first generate a dependency tree and calculate a few values for future use:
Now the main dynamic code:
Chinese instruction manual:
I would do it by introducing as a third variable the displacement between A and B, and then using
Here is a rather short example of a potential way of getting this functionality. Initially we need to decide on a structure for the tree. I'm going with simply a list of lists type tree, where the first element of each list is assumed to be it's head. Except at the very first level, where each node is considered a child.
Having this structure we can apply a function to each leaf by calling;
Then I define a new dynamic wrapper that will insert this updating function for any element having indexes ending in 1.
Then it's just a matter of mapping this wrapper over the tree and putting it into locators, note that I pass the index through an anonymous function in order for the pattern to match even though


text:
A Knight's Challenge is back! It's time once again to support your team in their quest to achieve success in competition, in the classroom and in the community.
Dan Loughran '86 and Kevin Canty '77 are sponsoring A Knight's Challenge 2013-2014. The challenge guarantees that the men's and women's teams with the highest percentage of alumni participation will each receive a grand prize of $7,000! Second place teams will receive $5,500, third place teams receive $4,500 and all teams reaching 15-percent participation will receive $2,000.
As an extra December incentive, the men's and women's teams in first place at the end of the month will receive $1,000! This December prize money is in addition to the original $50,000 challenge money!


text:
I'm familiar with the general mechanics of the game, but what's the best build order for the beginning of the game?
An opening dictates how you are going to start the match.
The basic Zerg openings:
How to read these: The number indicates the number of drones you should have before your first structure. Since you can only build 10 before an overlord any number over 10 indicates building an overlord on 9 or 10 (9 or Extractor trick is the superior choice). Pool indicates building a Spawning Pool. Hatch indicates building a Hatchery. Gas, indicates building a Vespene Extractor on your nearby Vespene Geyser.
Which opening you choose usually relies on two things:
The Rush: A Rush opening is necessarily an all in, so that is a decision you are making prior to starting the match.
Standard: 13–14 pool is considered standard play, it can easily lead to fast expo or 1 base or speedlings or any of another things. It's considered standard play because of the options it offers you. I believe Slush of Root Gaming still runs this build.
Speedling: This is a strat that cropped up near the end of Beta mostly on Korean servers. If you build your gas before your spawning pool and immediately throw 3 drones in it on completion, then you will have exactly 100 gas when your spawning pool finishes. This leads to early speedlings for heavy pressure. Artosis is a large proponent of this build.
Macro and Macro+: Both of these are fast expansion builds designed to get up a very good early economy. They are very vulnerable to rushes, and require good scouting to support. The advantage of these is that if you can scout when your opponent leaves his base you can quickly put together a large force that will be ready just as he arrives allowing you to hold off the assault and be in better economic position. Idra and Machine tend to run this build.
Sen runs a 12 pool to give him a larger advantage against more aggressive zerg opponents, which are common on the asian server. Outside of him, it is not a very popular build.
9 Overlord vs 10 Overlord
There has been a lot of debate as to getting your overlord after your 9th drone or after your 10th drones. To add confusion it is possible to get your overlord after your 11th drones by building a vespene extractor, building the 11th drone and then canceling the extractor to get your drone back. It is usually agreed that getting your Overlord on your 9th drone, or building it after your 10th and then using the extractor trick to get an 11th while your overlord is building are the better choices.
There is some evidence to indicate 9 overlord is slightly better.
I first wrote this post shortly after beta and while most of what I wrote here still rings true there has been a shift in the Meta game in that time. While 13–14 Pool is still an effective strategy, many more Zerg have shifted towards more Macro oriented builds. 14–15 Hatch in particular has really caught on in ZvT. Everything in the post remains valid but I think it's still worthwhile to update on some of the newer developments.
Just to add, you can build the pool after 6 drones if you want to do a very fast rush. I dislike this approach, but have seen players use it.
Lately I've been using the Overpool build not described here:
Using the drone from the extractor trick to scout and harass, I can respond accordingly quickly when the pool finish. Make spine crawler to defend if there's early pressure. build zerglings at 11 to harrass Fast expansion, or drone up as if it were a 13 pool build.
The Overpool is also the route to doing the quickest 7 Roach Rush.
i don't know where 13 pool came from but 14 pool is standard, not 13.
i find the best opening is 14 pool 15 gas 15 overlord 16 roach warren/queen. you can build up to 6 zerglings if your scouting finds something dangerous or spinecrawlers if you find some sort of allin attack coming, and a quick 5-7 roaches will let you get early map control and choose whether to expand or tech. usually expanding then teching to hydras is the right answer, depending on what your opponent does.


text: In a statement, Commissioner-General Grandi expressed warm thanks to Saudi Arabia for this contribution and said: "HRH Prince Nayef Bin Abdulaziz – God rest his soul - was the Supervisor General of the Saudi Committee, which administers the Custodian's Campaign. He was a remarkable supporter of Palestine refugees and of UNRWA. In recognition of His Royal Highness' outstanding humanitarian endeavours, the Agency would be honoured to name this fund The Prince Nayef Fund for Feeding the Poorest in Gaza. The Agency is deeply grateful for this new fund and for all the other generous support provided by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The continued access restrictions in Gaza have meant that 800,000 people are dependent on our food programmes. As long as this situation continues, UNRWA will be forced to continue to seek donations such as this generous contribution from Saudi Arabia."


text:
I'm assuming bacteria, but will take any suggestions. Organism must survive primarily on the acetate (plus trace elements), but I can give/take electrons, if necessary. Not interested in strict anaerobes. I've tried Shewanella oneidensis, but have not succeeded in getting it to eat any acetate (just lactate). Feel free to give journal refs. Self-promotion won't be frowned upon if it's helpful. :-) Opportunity for joint pub, if successful.
You could try Paracoccus denitrificans.
Here is a study where acetate is used as the growth-limiting substrate: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.320.1692&rep=rep1&type=pdf
Here's the details of its version of acetate kinase: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/A1B9S8
I'd be happy to collaborate with you further on this.


text:
As the weather cleared up on a casual Sunday evening, August 21, fourteen strangers gathered to share an experience which unknowingly created a sense of purpose in the world, and bonds that would last forever. The busy dive shop provided a place to meet, the ocean provided the site, the divers provided the passion to protect it. One of the...
Project AWARE's online environmental community working together for ocean protection.
Badges for scubakevin
These are all the badges owned by this user.This user is not currently assigned any badges.
In this section:
No badges, yet!
Upcoming Actions
Upcoming Actions
No actions found.
Debbie Molesworth
Dive Buddies SEE ALL
scubakevin's Blog
scubakevin's Photos
Latest Photo
This diver has not uploaded any photos yet.
scubakevin's Videos
Latest Video
This diver has not added any videos... yet!
The views, actions and activities posted by participants on My Ocean are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of Project AWARE Foundation.


text:
Published on Tue, Mar 20, 2012
Raul Rodriguez and Alberto Ledesma live parallel lives. Both proudly claim UC Berkeley as their alma mater. Both have worked hard academically. And both have published personal essays about the stigma of being an undocumented student.
But that's where their lives diverge. Ledesma was fortunate enough to gain amnesty via the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA), federal legislation that granted amnesty to immigrants who entered the U.S. before 1986. Rodriguez, on the other hand, remains undocumented because legislation like IRCA no longer exists.
"Even now, years after amnesty, I get all tongue-tied when anyone asks me about my immigrant past. I become that undocumented immigrant Cantinflas, twisting words and phrases until nothing I say makes sense. The problem is, I don't know where my Cantinflas and where the true me begins."
Rodriguez says he shares that same feeling of being constantly distressed. If he were granted amnesty, he says he would take every opportunity that presented itself, the simplest of all being travel. Before discovering he was undocumented, Rodriguez had plans to move to New York City and Paris, but all of those plans disappeared upon hearing the truth about his legal status.
"Being undocumented means re-shifting your life and not doing what you love," he notes.
Today, Rodriguez lives a life that he can only describe as "going through the motions." He is not alone. A study conducted by the Immigration Policy Center in 2008 showed that 25 percent of all people in the U.S. are either an immigrant or the child of an immigrant. The same study concluded that 40 percent of all immigrants currently in the U.S. came to this country before 1990, which suggests that they've since established deep roots in this country. Many are like Ledesma and Rodriguez, having grown up in the U.S. yet never fully embraced as Americans.
Many like Rodriguez are holding out hope for some sort of legislation, like the Dream Act, which if passed into law would open a pathway to citizenship for undocumented students who either enroll in college or join the armed forces.
The Dream Act, however, could come with caveats. Applicants would need to prove that they entered the country when they were under the age of 16, that they have lived continuously in the U.S. for at least five years, and that they obtained a diploma from a U.S. high school or earned their GED, according to whitehouse.gov. Students with a criminal record would also be barred from receiving any benefits offered under the Dream Act.
Since being granted amnesty under IRCA, Ledesma has obtained a PhD in Ethnic Studies, works at UC Berkeley's Student Learning Center and contributes essays to various media outlets on issues of immigration. He's hoping to soon publish his book.
For Rodriguez, the American Dream has proved more elusive. He hopes the eventual passage of the Dream Act will lift the weight of being undocumented off his shoulders, like IRCA did for Ledesma.
"Even just driving, it sucks you know, it definitely sucks. I dream and fantasize about all the things I would accomplish if I just had the chance," Rodriguez explains. "If I just had the opportunity."
Published in the New American Media


text:
Western Kentucky University's Board of Regents finalized a budget cut plan proposed by President Gary Ransdell at a special meeting Friday morning. The plan will cut a state-mandated $5.6 million dollars from this fiscal year's budget.
$3.2 million are recurring cuts that will be permanently taken out of the university's annual budget, while $2.4 million are one-time cuts.
Dr. Gary Ransdell, WKU's president, says long hours of work by a committee of more than 30 division representatives and financial advisors helped formulate a plan that will not raise tuition and will not force any faculty out of their jobs.
Budget Cut Plan Overview:


text:
Monday, March 5, 2012
Apartment Therapy
Spotted here.
In other news, Aston spent all weekend throwing pump fake contractions my direction, which is why Andrew is trying to finish sanding his closet today. At least the rest of The Nursery is (pretty much) ready. I think.
I should probably pack a hospital bag. Suggestions on what to toss in?
15 comments:
- Katy said...
morphine in case the hospital doesn't have enough?
I kid!
Aston's room looks ready to rock.
- March 5, 2012 at 11:37 AM
- Leslie @ NE Portland Bungalow said...
I have no children, so this is just a childless nobody's suggestion. I'd pack a snack. And maybe an ipod and speakers, with a good workout mix. You never know.
- March 5, 2012 at 1:20 PM
- Jen @ RamblingRenovators said...
I'm probably not the best person to ask because I stuffed a bag full of things I didn't need. What I did use: an ipod with headphones and a relaxing playlist (for when there's 7 people in the room looking at your hoohah and you need some tunes to put you in a calm, blissful state of mind); slippers; a robe; and comfy clothes for you and Andrew. Yours should have a drawstring waste if possible (if you have a c-section, you don't want any zippers or anything rubbing sensitive areas). And, very importantly, bring multiple outfits for the little one. We brought a going home outfit and two onesies for Chloe. Because we're such newbies, we didn't know how to put a diaper on properly and she ended up pooping on herself within five minutes of her first change. We ended up staying overnight at the hospital so Hubs had to go home and get more clothes so the babe wouldn't have to lay their naked. We got the hang of it eventually ;)
- March 5, 2012 at 3:09 PM
- Stacie@hometownperch said...
Very cool! Congrats on being featured on Apartment Therapy.
I would recommend fuzzy socks. That's all. I mean, wear clothes and all but fuzzy socks and the hospital gown was all I needed.
- March 5, 2012 at 3:10 PM
- Stacie@hometownperch said...
The snack is a good idea. I forgot about that. I delivered after 9 p.m. and was starving after. The cafe was closed. The snacks I had packed saved the night. Nothing worse than a hungry mama.
- March 5, 2012 at 3:12 PM
- pendy said...
His room is amazing!
It's been decades since I had a baby but will never forget how hungry I was. Definitely pack snacks. I'd also recommend comfy sleepwear and socks. I would say bring your own pillow but these days you barely have the baby before you're checking out!
- March 5, 2012 at 5:12 PM
- liz @ bon temps beignet said...
Don't bring too much! A camera, video recorder (we brought our flip cam), cell phones, chargers for all of your electronics, toiletries, something to hold your hair back, somthing to walk the halls of the hospital in (they made me do laps after my c-section)a going home outfit for you and the bebe and some super comfy pants with a wide waistband in case you have a c-section. I read every "bring this, not that" list and ended up packing a bag full of crap I didn't need. I was in the hospital from Friday til Tuesday and didn't even touch my bag til the last day.
Oh, and bring a big ass cup for your ice chips. My hospital let me bring in a bottle of flavored syrup (like the kinds they use at Starbucks, etc.) to pour over the ice. It was nice having a bit of sugar and flavor to add to the ice... since it's all I could have for 4 days.
Good luck honey! You're gonna be an awesome momma! Can't wait to see you're little man :)
- March 5, 2012 at 5:24 PM
- Deb said...
I forgot my camera when I delivered Sydney because it happened so fast and was a wee unexpected so - don't do that. Other than that I agree with everyone else - snacks (although my hospital has a 24 hour kitchen and you could order whatever you wanted at any time so that wasn't an issue) but definitely a robe (they'll have you walking quick - those gowns don't hide much) and slippers.
Good luck! Can't wait to see pictures of him!!
- March 5, 2012 at 6:04 PM
- liz @ bon temps beignet said...
Oh, and don;t forget to do this:
- March 5, 2012 at 6:13 PM
- Lisa @ Trapped In North Jersey said...
Snacks. My husband brought me breakfast and dinner every day, since the hospital food was very hospital food-ish. Flipflops if you plan to shower. Robe.
- March 5, 2012 at 7:24 PM
- Farmer Jo said...
My husband brought a roast chicken and a dozen boiled eggs :) I brought a suitcase of stuff that I never even opened for my 5 days in the hospital. I would just wear a comfy outfit and pack a toothbrush, they should have everything else you would need!
- March 5, 2012 at 8:42 PM
- NotesFromAbroad said...
You know, both of my babies took a while to be born, music and a good book might have helped.
Since you can't eat before giving birth, you might think about what you will be able to drink .. you get thirsty with all that panting.
I wish you a fast and easy delivery ..and good drugs if you so wish.
- March 6, 2012 at 5:28 AM
- Carolanne said...
I recently finished up my hospital bag since I'm due to have this kid any minute now. I read somewhere to bring your own towel b/c the hospital ones tend to be small/crappy. I also threw in a pair of swim shorts for my husband in case I need help showering. Oh, and thank you notes in case anybody brings gifts while they visit. I'm sure I've got a ton of stuff I won't ever use.
- March 6, 2012 at 8:22 AM
- Janell @ Isabella and Max said...
love this nursery, how fun it has caught the attention of others! Janell
- March 8, 2012 at 6:10 AM
- liz @ bon temps beignet said...
You're awfully quite, lady. Has the little man made his way into the world? If so, I hope yall are doing well and you're getting some rest.
- March 16, 2012 at 1:09 AM


text:
WEIRTON - The Ohio and India Unite to End Rape Worldwide Blackout and Candlelight Vigil Saturday in front of the Milsop Community Center included poetry and the lighting of memorial candles to remember victims of sexual violence worldwide, including the recent rape and murder of a victim in New Delhi, India.
The vigil, organized by the Survivors and Advocates in India and Ohio, the Ohio Alliance to End Sexual Violence and the National Alliance to End Sexual Violence, was one many vigils simultaneously throughout the world to protest sexual assault while also raising awareness about the crime.
Michele Robinson, co-organizer of the Weirton event and member of the Survivors for Victims support group, said the event also included a three-hour blackout, which was to signify the darkness of sexual assault and the stigma associated with it.
Article Photos
REMEMBERED — Barbara Sadler, left, of Weirton, and Brianna Flesher, of Steubenville, light candles during a vigil Saturday in front of the Milsop Community Center in Weirton in memory of victims of sexual violence worldwide, including the recent sexual assault and murder of a victim in New Delhi, India. The vigil was organized by the Survivors and Advocates in India and Ohio, the Ohio Alliance to End Sexual Violence and the National Alliance to end Sexual Violence. -- Mark Miller
"Tonight across the United States and India (participants) are having vigils in memory of the Indian woman who was raped and murdered," said Robinson, adding the blackout event included the lighting of candles in windows. "We have (Tracie Morelli) reading an opening prayer, while Courtney Flesher will read a poem. I'm going to read some statistics about sexual assault in the U.S. We also have a table set up with (literature on sexual assault) set up."
The lighting of candles would cap the ceremony's end, she added.
Robinson said the support group Survivors for Victims had been meeting for about five years, while the literature was provided by the Steubenville Sexual Assault Center.
"Sandra Lyons, an advocate for the Steubenville center, provided the literature about sexual assault," continued Robinson. "She's also here to answer any questions. It's free, and there's no charge for (the center's) services."
Lyons said sexual assault centers are located in Steubenville and Wheeling.
"We are a full service rape crisis center," said Lyons. "We provide one-on-one services to victims of sexual violence."
Lyons also said the center also can match victims with support groups and other services, whether they be males, females and children of any race or age.
"We also provide accompaniment (of sexual assault victims) to courts, doctor's offices, lawyers and prosecutors," she said.
The assault center's toll-free number is 1-900-884-7242. The Steubenville center can be reached by calling (740) 282-6022, while the Wheeling office can be reached by calling (304) 234-1783.


text:
Its in the 80s most likely. I was a kid and I watched this movie with my father so I do not remember much other than remembering that I loved that movie.
The movie is a typical Bollywood Film about a good guy who fights bad guys with the help of his dog. I remember the last scene where the bad guy was killed (by the dog?) next to a beach. That's all I remember (its been more than 20 years).


text:
I work on Debian and before Debian I was on Ubuntu. In my previous job, we simply ignored IE6, but at my present job a page must work flawlessly for IE6 onwards. The one wayout for me is to set up a Windows VM but that doesn't help every time. Consider this, if I was a freelance consultant and didn't want to or have enough money to buy licenses for every possible Windows version how could I deliver a web page that worked for IE6/IE7?
Sign up
- Anybody can ask a question
- Anybody can answer
- The best answers are voted up and rise to the top
Your best bet would be to setup a windows VM, (Or several) or find an older computer which already has windows on it.
Not sure what else you can do.
Set up a separate machine (not a vm) with Windows - if you use a suitable version you can remote desktop to it. On said machine, install one or more of the images found on http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=21eabb90-958f-4b64-b5f1-73d0a413c8ef - there is an XP with IE6.
This will hopefully allow you to test all you need with a minimal investment.
IEs 4 Linux (don't mind the name, works on OSX and BSD too).
It's basically collection of various versions of IE pre-packaged to use WINE. Good enough for quick checks. If you want to do in depth check, like for example how will that behave on IE7 on WinXP, then you do need to set up VM.
BTW. Microsoft has officially killed IE6 and promotes migration to IE8.
I develop a web site on my Mac. When testing IE, I use a virtual machine running Parallels. The only variations I currently test are: IE6, IE7 and IE8 all running under XP. Based upon this, I have not had any real problems slip past. That being said, I use ExtJs which handles most of the browser specific stuff.
I have XP installed on one VM which I then cloned forwards. The XP is legit, but I doubt the clones are. My work has just got a MDSN subscription, so I'm covered now.
If you absolutely must test under multiple O/S versions then I'd suggest a MSDN subscription - they are not that expensive anymore. This includes all O/S installs. If your employer or client (as a freelancer) is demanding this level of testing, then I'd pass the cost on to them.
BTW: Half of our client base still run IE6. I wish we could ignore it, but that's just not feasible.


text:
Fact Sheets
Fact Sheets
Press Releases
Public Statements
Recent News
Arab World
Council of Ministers
Foreign Aid
Foreign Relations
Saudi US Relations
Prior Years
Saudi Arabia In Focus
no King Abdullah chairs Cabinet session King Abdullah begins Cabinet session in Riyadh
King Abdullah chairs Cabinet session
November 1, 2010
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz began the Cabinet session in Riyadh today with a briefing on the consultations he held last week with foreign officials. These included two telephone calls with U.S. President Barack Obama and Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh and a reception he held for Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa.
For its part, the Cabinet praised the offer extended over the weekend by King Abdullah inviting the political actors of Iraq to hold a meeting in Saudi Arabia after the Hajj season. The summit, held under the auspices of the Arab League, will seek a solution to Iraq's political gridlock and help the parties form a new government.
Next, the Cabinet listened to a number of reports on regional and international developments. The ministers condemned the Israeli decision to add the occupied city of Al-Quds [Jerusalem] to a list of important Israeli cities, stressing that this step aims to Judaize the Holy City. They called on the international community to compel Israel to cease its attempts to transform and annex the city.
Addressing its weekly agenda, the Cabinet approved a number of measures pertaining to the conversion of the National Program for Energy Management and Rationalization at the King Abdulaziz City for Sciences and Technology (KACST) into a permanent National Center for Energy Rationalization; approved amending articles of the statute of the Jeddah Development and Urban Regeneration Company, issued by Royal Decree No. (M/65) on 23/10/1427; and approved a draft memorandum of understanding for cooperation in fields of public health and medical sciences between the Saudi Ministry of Health of and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, signed in Geneva on 18/05/2010.
The Cabinet approved the appointments of Nasser Al-Abdullah as Director General of the Governor's Office at the Riyadh Governorate and Ibrahim Al-Humaidan as Assistant Director General of Customs for Revenues Affairs at the Customs Department. Both appointments were made at the 14th rank.
« Return
print this page
send this page
Copyright © 2016 Information Office of the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Washington, DC |
Site Map


text:
No comments posted. |E-mail|Print | Text Size | Bookmark
Wolcott's victory sets up Brass showdown with Ansonia
WOLCOTT — The Wolcott High football team didn't get exactly what it wanted against Watertown, but the Eagles got what they needed in a competitive, tight game.. Ultimately that may be more important for a team focused on winning its first Naugatuck Valley League championship.
The Eagles' focus seemed a bit misplaced Friday night as they struggled to execute both offensively and defensively, but came up with the big plays when they needed them for a 28-14 victory over the Indians.
"In my opinion I think most of our team was overlooking Watertown, thinking they were a 1-5 team and looking past them right at Ansonia," defensive lineman James Nelson said. "We really got put right in our place and had to work hard to win this game."
Nelson may have made the biggest play, intercepting a Andrew Biello pass midway through the third quarter and returning it 22 yards for the final touchdown. It proved to be the cushion Wolcott needed to hold off Watertown.
Wolcott forced Watertown to turn the ball over on downs inside the Eagles' 20 yard line twice in the final 3:51 of the game in order to hold on for its seventh win of the season without a loss.
The Eagles tackled Watertown receiver Paulo Villanueva at the 1-yard line with 3:51 to play on a 4th-and-goal play from the 23. A bad snap at the 5-yard line on second down caused a loss of 18 yards for the Indians and put them in the difficult fourth down situation.
That's the type of night it was for the Indians most of the night. They did plenty of good things, but it ultimately wasn't enough to overcome their own mistakes. Penalties and turnovers were costly all game. "I felt our kids came to play," Watertown coach Mike Veronneau said. "The one thing you can control in any football game is effort, and we gave max effort today. That has been the theme of our season. We are playing hard, but not extremely well. We have to clean up the mistakes."
Watertown didn't let Wolcott get off its goal line after failing to score, and got the ball back with just over two minutes to play at the Wolcott 42. The Indians then drove the ball back down to the Wolcott 12 but then committed a false start penalty and threw four incomplete passes from the 17.
"I don't know what the team was trying to do. Maybe shorten my coaching career a little bit," Wolcott coach Jason Pace said. "We definitely defensively made those big stands, and when it came down to it they determined the outcome of the game. I feel like it was such a collective effort that everyone stepped up."
Biello finished the game 13for-29 for 172 yards with a one touchdown pass and three interceptions. His main target, Jonathan Mitchell, had eight catches for 121 yards including a 17-yard touchdown pass. Watertown also received 58 yards rushing including an 11-yard touchdown from Rocco Guerrera, but it just wasn't enough.
"I will tell you what, Watertown has some very talented players," Pace said. "Their quarterback, Andrew Biello played extremely well. No. 1 (Mitchell) at one point I think we had triple coverage on him and he was still making plays. So I give them a lot of credit. But our defense, when we needed to, we made the plays."
In addition to Nelson's picksix, the Eagles also received timely interceptions from Blaise Williams and Daniel Catania. Williams and Catania both managed to get a hand on passes near the line of scrimmage and bat the ball into the air to themselves. Nelson's interception also came on a tipped ball.
Offensively, Wolcott rushed for just 85 yards with Mike Nichol getting 52 on 17 carries and Joe Lynch getting 33 on nine carries. Nicol was just 8for-21 passing the ball for 150 yards. He did have touchdown passes of 20 yards to Jayson Matos and 66 yards to Matt Cyr, but he threw two interceptions.
"I don't think we are disappointed, because at the end of the day we got the W which was exactly what we wanted," Pace said. "However, it wasn't easy. I think it was actually better for us to be in a game like this so that we have to overcome some adversity throughout the game. I definitely like the way we responded, but we have to clean a few things up. But our response in certain situations is definitely where we want to be."
Reader Comments
The following are comments from online readers like you. In no way do they represent the view of The Republican-American.
Submit a Comment
We encourage your feedback and dialog.
Please be civil and respectful.
Registered users comments will be posted automatically.
All other comments will be reviewed by our staff before appearing on the Web site.
If you're witty, to the point and quotable, your reader comments may also be included on the Around the Towns page of The Sunday Republican.
Redzone News
Redzone Videos
Redzone Blog
XML_Parser: undefined entity at XML input line 8:18
Photo Galleries


text:
Tolstoy's view of history as propounded in his book "War and Peace" is that the forces that shape historical events are infinitely many and unknowable. He posits that a leader is in no ways more special then any other person in having a role in shaping history, and hence the correct historical method is not to focus on leaders, which is usually done. What evidence is there of this theory besides the evidence given by Tolstoy himself in his analysis of the French invasion?
As this question's tag implies, this is more of a philosophy than a theory. Evidence is not always something you can apply to a philosophy. That doesn't make it any less valuable though.
I understand that it was part of Communist (and thus Soviet) dogma that history is a large process that individual people cannot control any more than individual snowflakes can control an avalanche. This can be taken to extremes though. I'll go back to the same country and say that trying to claim Stalin had no real personal effect on history is patently ridiculous.
However, the typical traditional Western view of Big Men can be (and in fact has been) taken to extremes too. We miss a lot of valuable perspective when we just focus on wars and rulers. For example, you can't really understand 19th and early 20th century US history without studying the slavery culture, the Great Awakening, the rise of the union movement, and the spread of populism and socialism. However, USA history textbooks try to avoid all those subjects like The Plague.


text:
Please enter a maximum of 5 recipients. Use ; to separate more than one email address.
Refiners have warned a price spike in the market for credits they buy to comply with the ethanol blending requirements will cut into their earnings and consumer wallets. They have urged the EPA not to increase the volume of ethanol that must be blended into motor fuel this year.
By ALISON SIDER
Valero Energy said it will have to spend two or even three
times as much as it did last year to comply with the federal
ethanol blending requirement due to the high prices of credits
it needs to buy under the law.
The company said in a presentation posted on its
website this week it will spend $500 million-$750
million buying the credits this year, compared to $250 million
in 2012 and $230 million in 2011.
Refiners have warned a price spike in the market for credits
they buy to comply with the ethanol blending requirements will
cut into their earnings and consumer wallets. They have urged
the Environmental Protection Agency not
to increase the volume of ethanol that must be blended into
motor fuel this year.
Under a 2007 law, the EPA
mandates a certain amount of ethanol be blended into the US
gasoline supply each year. When an ethanol maker produces a
gallon, the company receives a credit representing roughly that
much ethanol.
The credits -- called Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs),
after the numerical code assigned to each gallon -- can
subsequently be bought by refineries to help meet the
Cost of the credits has shot up from 3 cents/gal in 2012 to
more $1/gal at one point recently. The price of the credits has
fallen to around 70 cents/gal as buyers appear to have pulled
back somewhat, said Denton Cinquegrana, executive editor at the
Oil Price Information Service.
"It seems to have found a bit of a comfort zone, though I
don't know if you can call that comfortable," Mr. Cinquegrana
said of the still elevated prices.
Bill Day, a spokesman for Valero, said it is difficult to
know exactly what is driving the opaque market, but it seems to
be driven by fears refiners will soon not be able to meet their
quotas due to a looming "blend wall" beyond which more ethanol can't be added to motor
fuel. "It seems like there's a lot of nervousness in the market
about the blend wall," he said, adding it appears there has
been a "run on RINs' with speculators hoarding them in
anticipation of higher prices in the future.
The EPA's proposal for this year, which could be made final
as soon as next month, could force refiners and fuel importers
to use upwards of 14 billion gallons of ethanol. Unless demand
picks up, that would mean ethanol would comprise more than 10%
of US gasoline, a proportion refiners say is a firm upper
Valero said Tuesday that suggestions refiners sell fuel
blends with 15% ethanol for newer vehicles are unworkable
because car manufacturers don't recommend drivers fill up with
higher ethanol-content fuel.
Raymond James analysts wrote in a note Wednesday the
ultimate cost to Valero is still a question mark, since costs
of complying with the fuel mandate will likely be passed on to
consumers. "Ultimately, this cost figure gives investors
something to point to, but still doesn't solve the entire
puzzle as higher gasoline could likely offset this RIN cost,"
the analysts wrote
Valero said Tuesday high RIN prices will flow through to
consumers and will drive up prices at the pump by encouraging
fuel makers to export gasoline to markets that don't have
blending requirements and will lower imports of gasoline and
diesel, as well.
The solution, the company said, is to eliminate or reduce
the renewable fuel standard or to make ethanol blenders, not refiners and
importers, responsible for compliance.
Dow Jones Newswires
All comments are subject to editorial review.
All fields are compulsory.
Bill Arnold
Surely this is a problem manufactured by poor government. A RIN should attach to the physical ethanal only so that said ethanol can only be sold with an attached RIN. The blender buys"RIN cleared" product to blend into physical gasoline up to 10% of produced volume. There is absolutely no place in such a simple system for RINs to be traded separately and hence be subject to speculative manipulation.
Sign-up for the Free Daily HP Enewsletter!
A searchable database of project activity in the global hydrocarbon processing industry
Engineers and designers are highly skilled individuals. Forcing them to enter design changes using tables, forms and spreadsheets is unproductive and uneconomical, and it increases the likelihood of human error—this is the way that most instrumentation software systems currently work. For too long, software vendors have denied engineers and designers the simple practicality of a graphical visual engineering interface with "drag and drop" capability and inbuilt intelligence, ensuring changes are automatically replicated into all the associated data and databases.
Is 2016 the peak for US gasoline demand?
Too soon to tell
July 2016


text:
This has always been a big want for me. I love using multi-monitor setups but only want a single laptop. Does the 2011 MBP Thunderbolt support chaining multiple monitors together? I know that you can add a monitor and say, a few hard drives, but can you connect it to 2 27" monitors and your flat screen TV (for example)? Thanks!
Apple maintains a knowledge base article listing which Mac models support either one or two external thunderbolt displays.
The technology does allow for multiple monitors to be daisy chained. In fact, the devices you daisy chain doesn't matter, nor does the order they are in. However, like with the Display Port and eSATA, the problem at the moment is finding actual devices that support this feature. Until Apple or another manufacturer provides monitors with the ports needed for daisy chaining, this will not be possible.
The advantage here is unlike eSATA and Display Port, the bandwidth available will make this more then manageable from the port itself. The biggest obstacle will be the ability to provide enough power to run all these daisy chained devices. Therefore just getting a cable will not be sufficient. Each device will be required to have its own incoming and outgoing port.
Give the technology another year or so it will be more then doable and more mainstream. Apple would most likely also add these ports to their monitors fairly soon, I suspect during the next iMac/Monitor refresh schedule.
The MacBook Pro allows two Thunderbolt displays to be hooked up:
More info here.
It is possible now with the new MBP's and the new Thunderbolt displays.
"Any DisplayPort 1.1 device needs to be the last in a daisy chain." So you will need some newer monitor (which doesn't seem to exist yet) in the middle.
Now that the Thunderbolt Display has been released, we can safely say Yes! It even has a picture of it being used this way on the Thunderbolt Display's features page on Apple.com =D
Talked to Apple reseller today, and they seemed to confirm that at the moment no such displays are available. There is also the challenge of providing power, and also how to mix different units (and also what about older standards which can be connected to Thunderbolt?), so I guess a lot has to happen in the time to come. I'm optimistic, but don't believe that this will solve all our problems...
protected by Community♦ Jan 29 '12 at 22:30
Thank you for your interest in this question.
Because it has attracted low-quality or spam answers that had to be removed, posting an answer now requires 10 reputation on this site (the association bonus does not count).
Would you like to answer one of these unanswered questions instead?


text:
Our Publications
- Aspen
- Atlanta
- Chicago
- Dallas
- The Hamptons
- Hawai'i
- Houston
- Los Angeles
- Miami
- New York
- Orange County
- San Diego
- San Francisco
- Scottsdale
- Washington, D.C.
Home › Scene › Fash Bashes ›
Fash Bashes
Fashion fans shopped and mingled, mimosas in hand, at a Nonoo trunk show at still-new Julie Rhodes Fashion & Home in West U. Models flaunted the line's latest looks for spring and summer, and a percentage of proceeds went to Houston Children Give Back, a program that helps younger generations understand the importance of taking part in charity work for the community. … David Zyla, author of Color Your Style, was the center of attention for a meet-and-greet at Atrium Ready to Wear. The Devious Maids costume designer chatted up guests while nibbling delectable desserts from Petite Sweets. –Atrium photos courtesy of The PR Boutique; Julie Rhodes photos by Chris Brown


text:
Posted 25 March 2002 - 07:06 AM
I showed the video of Petrouchka (Paris Opera Ballet does Diaghilev) to a class (adult education) recently and it made me think about the ballet all over again -- I hadn't in years. I've never seen a live performance that convinced me the ballet was great, but this one on video did. (It looks 5 times as good on a big screen!)
50 years ago, there were a lot of people who thought Petrouchka was the great ballet of the 20th century. I wonder how many people would say that today?
Most of what I've read talks about the superficials -- the local color, the swirl of color in the designs, the acting of the principals -- or the psychological -- how the dolls aren't dolls are all, but metaphors and types. I think they're fine topics for discussion, as well as the structure, how Fokine so clearly defined those dolls in movement.
Coming right after Sleeping Beauty, realizing that Petrouchka was 20 years after Sleeping Beauty, it did seem like a different world.
Any thoughts on Petrouchka (Fokine's version)? First off, how many have seen it, what companies, what productions? Did you enjoy it? Do you think it's a great ballet, or not?
Posted 25 March 2002 - 03:46 PM
I saw it live only twice, both times with the POB: once in 1997, with Belarbi, Muret and Bridard, and once in 2001, with Hilaire, Maurin and Guizerix. When I saw in 1997, it was a re-discovery for me, and I really was charmed. I can't really explain why- except that I really, really love the Benois designs (indeed it's hard to find designs as great as those of the Ballets Russes era), the liveliness of it all, the myriad of little details which make that there are new things to notice each time... I was a bit less enthusiastic with the second performance, perhaps because I liked Hilaire less than Belarbi (his acting looked a bit excessive to me) and on the whole the atmosphere was less convincing- but it still was my favorite work of the evening. And I hope to be able to see it next October at the Chatelet by the Kirov.
About Sleeping Beauty: it's a bit funny to think that the Bluebird became the Charlatan!
Posted 25 March 2002 - 08:15 PM
Gary Chryst was the title character my first time. Charthel Arthur was the Ballerina Doll and Christian Holder, the Moor. For you Manhattan dance students it might be interesting to know that Diana Cartier was the lead Nurse Maid.
I saw Michael Smuin and Karena Brock in the ABT production, and Nureyev as Petrouchka over thirty times with Joffrey, on broadway at the Mark Hellinger Theatre and at New York State Theatre. In those performances, Gary Chryst was the magician.
At one point, Mr. Joffrey brought in Massine to rehearse the ballet. Mr. Massine made additions to the crowd scenes that were interesting but later removed. I was told that those additions had been his own choreography.
Petrouchka was one of Mr. Joffrey's favorite ballets if not his most favorite. He would once in a while show up in the crowd scenes.
Posted 25 March 2002 - 10:15 PM
Of course, you could say that about many ballets [Raymonda, anyone?] but Petrouchka is more obviously so. Not that I necessarily agree, either...I can see both arguments.
Posted 26 March 2002 - 04:14 AM
The Joffrey production had a lot of detail to it, including a working carousel, and the best damn bear costume that money could buy. It was a wonderful thing, and made the wearer sway and waddle like the animal is supposed to naturally. I oughta know - I was inside it on at least one occasion when glebb saw us do it.
In all the PC rush of the day, the Moor seems to have escaped much notice. It may be because he's part of another minority culture folkway?
Posted 26 March 2002 - 07:43 AM
I'm sometimes the world's densest viewer, but I didn't "get" that the Blackamoor was "black" for years. To me, he was a doll. (I had a "mammy" doll when I was a child, modelled on Dinah Belinda in the Raggedy Ann books and made out of black out curtains. Child of the South though I was, she was never "black" to me. She was just another doll.) It wasn't until I read the "how dare they do this in the 1970s" stuff that I thought of The Moor as "black." Of course, he's a stereotype -- a carefully characterized stereotype: sexual, aggressive, and stupid. The Ballerina Doll isn't very bright, either. My view on this is that Fokine was *using* the stereotype to tell the story, not in the intention of furthering it, or expressing a personal opinion on a group.
The Joffrey, of course, finessed this by having the Moor danced by a black dancer (the excellent Christian Holder.) That worked at the time -- I wonder what Holder thought about it. Which is worse, watching an oversexed stupid maniac doll, or being told, well, since you have the same skin color, you get to dance him?
When I watched the Paris video, I thought of this angle quite consciously. To me, the characterization -- both in the choreographer and of the dancers -- are so vivid that The Moor is an individual: a powerful man who always gets the girl, is The Winner, compared to Petrouchka's The Loser. The Ballerina doll, cold, seductive in a Lolita way, doesn't represent all women to me, either.
Estelle, I had some questions for you, if you would, after I update another couple of hundred user post counts
Posted 27 March 2002 - 10:44 AM
On the video I saw Paris Opera with Mongne and the choreography is different. I used to dance "Petroushka's room" scene in Mariinsky's concerts, which was showed to me by MalyTheatre's artists and it's absolutely different. Much more jumps, different musical accents, almost every note was choreographed, even running across the wall was not just running, but pas de bourre with special accent down that goes against your arms movements. I doubt in some arms movements of corps de ballet of Grand Opera also, they not Russians at all and I think Fokine couldn't possible make them.
Posted 01 April 2002 - 02:09 PM
I saw the Joffrey version with Chryst a number of times and he is my favorite Petrouchka. I found his performance more moving than Nureyev's which I also saw at least once live. The Joffrey did a great job with this ballet, the atmosphere and the detailed characterizations were wonderful. Now, this would be a revival I'd like to see.
Posted 04 April 2002 - 10:52 AM
Posted 08 March 2004 - 12:13 PM
It was fascinating, being able to work with Vitale-however, he did have a confusing way of describing things!! Classes and rehearsals with him were interesting!!
Posted 08 March 2004 - 02:43 PM
Posted 08 March 2004 - 05:30 PM
Perhaps he said government. I will admit to my memory being a bit foggy but others who were there remember him saying similar things. :shrug:
The main idea that came across to all of us was that it was about the control the government had over the people, and the helplessness they felt. For example, the picture of the magician in Petrouchka's room. That was the symbol of the government. He shakes his fists at the picture, yet doesn't rebel directly against him.
He falls in love with the ballerina who symbolizes freedom.
I am sorry but I don't remember much more about it. What I can remember of his stories did have a strong impact on me.
Posted 08 March 2004 - 06:06 PM
Posted 08 March 2004 - 07:23 PM
Oy vey, the cobwebs of my brain!!!
Posted 08 March 2004 - 07:39 PM
0 user(s) are reading this topic
0 members, 0 guests, 0 anonymous users
Help support Ballet Alert! and Ballet Talk for Dancers year round by using this search box for your amazon.com purchases. (If it doesn't appear below, your computer's or browser's adblockers may have blocked display):


text:
5 Country Names That Are Stupid When You Know the Backstory
When you think about country names ... OK, let's be honest: You don't think about country names. You just assume that any given place got its name because [insert boring-ass reason you slept through in high school history class here]. But it turns out that maybe you should've chosen to sleep off the previous night's bender in math class instead, because some of the origins behind said names are downright ridiculous. Take, for example ...
#5. Greenland: A Name Created to Trick People into Going There
ayzek/iStock/Getty Images, Sylphe_7/iStock/Getty Images
Should you ever find yourself charged with naming a newly discovered land (because you're reading Cracked via time warp) and you don't want to be a dick and name it after yourself, our recommendation would be to keep it simple -- name it after whatever you happen to find there. Don't see anything but trees? Hey, we hear Treemerica is nice this time of year. Find yourself swamped by murder-bears? Murderbearland would serve as a nice warning to future explorers (a group to which you sadly no longer belong).
Ablestock.com/AbleStock.com/Getty Images
Although, as founder of Murderbearland, you can take comfort knowing your monument will be made of congealed badass.
Spin a globe and you'll see plenty of places named thusly ... but then you'll see Greenland, which, if you're anything like us, makes you wonder, "Why in the holy hell would anyone take a gigantic, dirt-filled iceberg and name it Greenland? What was that, some sort of sick joke?"
The Crazy Reason Behind the Name:
Well ... yeah, kind of. Greenland's name is credited to Erik Thorvaldsson, a Viking better known as Erik the Red, because the only possible way to make that name sound more badass is to associate it with the color of blood.
Arngrímur Jónsson, via Wikipedia
Is it just us, or is that not a sword he has sheathed there?
As the story goes, Erik got himself exiled for three years from his home in Iceland after a few minor altercations, which in Viking parlance means he murdered the shit out of a bunch of dudes after they asked him to return some stuff that he'd stolen. So Erik set sail looking to plunder the unknown north, but instead settled in a barren, frozen land where he spent what we have to assume were the most boring three years of his life.
Ringomassa, via Wikipedia
"Boring" because snowmen don't bleed.
Then, having served out his exile like a good little Viking (and in what could possibly have been a dick move in payback for sending him away in the first place), Erik returned to Iceland in search of warm bodies to help defrost his newfound land. The problem is, how do you convince others that your icy rock is "totally a great place to live, you guys, like really?" Simple: You give it a nice, warm-sounding name. So, he came up with Greenland, "Because men will desire much the more to go there if the land has a good name."
And it totally worked, because around 500 people returned with him to establish two separate colonies. The fact that they didn't haul ass straight back across the sea at the first sight of a slavering polar bear tells us that Erik the Red's fangs must have been the scarier of the two.
#4. Madagascar: Because Marco Polo Got Confused
Stockbyte/Stockbyte/Getty Images, Hulton Archive/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
In addition to being that pool game you played as a kid, Marco Polo was also the secondhand author of The Travels of Marco Polo, one of the Old World's most well-known travelogues. While serving hard time in a Genoan big house, Polo regaled his cellmate, Rustichello da Pisa, with tales of all the majestic places he'd visited during his vast travels (including a bunch that he hadn't, but did gather from the accounts of others), which da Pisa dutifully wrote down.
Perhaps one of the most interesting tidbits describes "a most noble and beautiful Island, and one of the greatest in the world, for it is about 4,000 miles in compass." The inhabitants of this tremendous atoll ate nothing but camels, and the place was veritably crawling with "leopards, bears, and lions," as well as "more elephants than in any country in the world." Polo called this fantastic place "Madeigascar," and his description is so vivid, you'd almost believe he visited the island himself. (He didn't.)
CoreyFord/iStock/Getty Images
"... and unicorns! Shit-tons of unicorns!"
The Crazy Reason Behind the Name:
You know what Madagascar has lots of? Animals that are found in no other place on the planet, most notably stripy-tailed ones that like to move it, move it. You know what they have not a single, solitary one of? Fucking elephants. For that matter, they have no leopards, no bears, and no lions, and if you asked a native what camel tastes like, he'd probably crotch-punch you for being some kind of pervert.
In short, much like the public pool in which you played his eponymous game a kid, Marco Polo was full of shit. He was, in fact, mistakenly assigning Madagascar the description (along with a bastardized version of the name) of Mogadishu, a town on the coast of Somalia nearly 1,500 miles to the north on the African mainland.
Via Google Maps
Here be camel-eaters.
A Portuguese explorer -- who, unlike Polo, actually set foot on the island -- tried to name it St. Lawrence two centuries later, but by that time it was too late. Polo's misnomer had stuck. Even the native Malagasy people, whose language doesn't combine the letters "sc" and ends all words in a vowel, had taken to calling the island "Madagasikara," whereas before they had simply referred to it as "This All" or "This Whole." Admittedly, though, when you're referring to your homeland as something that could easily be confused with "this hole," it's badly in need of a new name -- inaccurate or not.
#3. The Solomon Islands: Thought to Be the Actual King Solomon's Mines
lculig/iStock/Getty Images, Vassil, via Wikipedia
King Solomon was a biblical king of Israel known for his great wisdom, his fondness for wishboning babies, and the holy fuck-ton of gold he owned. You've probably heard the term "King Solomon's mines," because a 19th century novel popularized the idea that there were mysterious mines containing his vast cache of riches -- just sitting there, collecting dust -- and triggering a real-life treasure hunt that hasn't stopped yet. But, as is often the case, the fiction was influenced by fact, and the actual hunt for King Solomon's booty had been going on for centuries before the fictional account.
Hulton Archive/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
"To find Solomon's mines, we need to think like Solomon! Go find me a baby and a saw."
And when generations of treasure hunters searched around Israel and failed to find this hoard that would turn Smaug green with envy, well, they just kept looking farther and farther away. How far, you ask?
The Crazy Reason Behind the Name:
How about east of Australia, otherwise known as damn nigh 9,000 miles from Israel?
The idea came about when Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa, a 16th century Spanish government official living in Peru, became fascinated by the Incas. He steeped himself in their rich legends and history, but he just couldn't quite believe that these natives could have built such a prosperous and civilized society, because racism. So he theorized that the Incas had actually come to the New World from Terra Australis Incognita, a mythical land then thought to exist in Earth's Southern Hemisphere (and that would eventually come to be known as Australia, after people discovered that it was less gold-rich myth and more venom-rich horror novel). Others had previously speculated that Ophir, the place mentioned in the Bible as the source of King Solomon's gold, lay somewhere in that same vicinity -- put two and two together, and boom! King Solomon's gold must have come from a land down under.
Paramount Pictures
The script for a Crocodile Dundee prequel damn near writes itself.
His theory was so convincing that he managed to put together an expedition in search of some mythical riches and bitches. The explorers sailed west from Peru for over two months, being inappropriately diddled by uncooperative winds the entire time, until they finally made landfall, not on Australia, but on a string of islands to its northeast. They of course found precisely one fewer hoard of gold there than they'd hoped to, but word of their expedition had become so popular that everyone back home started calling those islands the Solomons, and the rest is history.


text:
Though we tend to knock the younger generation, at least they possess enough sense to understand the sobering reality of their situation: they will never achieve what they want, and their lives, such as they are, will be an endless series of battles against disappointment. Cheers to the young for their realism. More than we can say for their elders.
According to a new survey, the vast majority of elderly people in America—despite being not only stuck in a nation on the brink of moral and financial bankruptcy, but also afflicted with the harsh and painful ravages of time, with little to no real health care safety net to save them from oblivion—are optimistic.
- "The majority of older Americans (64 percent) report that it is very or somewhat easy to pay their monthly living expenses now"
- "More than three in four seniors aged 60 to 69 expect their quality of life to stay the same or get better over the next five to 10 years."
- "More than eight in 10 agree with the statement, ―I have a strong sense of purpose and passion about my life and my future."
Objectively speaking, though, they are fucked.
[NCOA via The New Old Age. Photo: Bill McChesney/ Flickr]


text:
Kelly: Happy to Be in WSJ
Philadelphia Eagles coach Chip Kelly acknowledged that the rules in the NFL aren't the same as in college and he's fine with that. The former Oregon coach was asked on Wednesday about the Journal's report that NFL officials won't work fast enough to accommodate the high-paced offense that Kelly plans to run in Philadelphia. Kelly said he'll adjust. "It's a real simple concept to me that if the speed limit is 65, even though I want to go 85, if there's a cop out there you're not going 85," he said. Kelly noted he didn't read the entire Journal article but is thrilled with one aspect of it. "Just happy I made it into The Wall Street Journal, for once," he told reporters.
—Kevin Clark
Pro Bowl Alters Format
The NFL's Pro Bowl will abandon the NFC vs. AFC format that it has used since 1971 in an effort to bring more excitement to the exhibition game. The league said there will be a fantasy-style draft that will take place the week of the Jan. 26 game in which the top two Pro Bowl votegetters will draft their squads. Hall of Famers Jerry Rice and Deion Sanders will also serve as alumni team captains assisting in the draft process. Other changes include scrapping the kickoff and adding "two minute drills" at the end of each quarter.
- 3


text:
How are negative expressions (ne pas, ne aucun(e), ne que, ne jamais, ne plus) formed in the passé composé and is there a way to predict whether it forms around or after the auxilary?
French Language Stack Exchange is a question and answer site for students, teachers, and linguists wanting to discuss the finer points of the French language. Join them; it only takes a minute:
Sign up
Sign up
Here's how it works:
- Anybody can ask a question
- Anybody can answer
- The best answers are voted up and rise to the top
There is no such thing as "or after" the auxiliary. The negative of these forms is formed by wrapping the ne+pas/whatever circumfix around the auxiliary and any accompanying pronoun:
In most spoken forms of French (and writing that emulates them), the ne is almost universally dropped, which is the only way I can think of that one could describe a negative as being placed "after" the auxiliary.
in passé composé most of the adverbs come in between the auxiliary verb and the past participle.
NOTE: Adverbs of place and time come after the past participle
SOURCE: apprenons le français- méthode de français (4)


text:
Your Ammo To Go Shopping Cart:
- Optional Upgrades:
All of our 1,000 round orders, and some 500s, leave our warehouse in the ammo manufacturer's original boxes. These are the boxes that the manufacturer shipped to us, so are made to withstand transit through carriers like FedEx and UPS.
However, if you want extra peace of mind for your shipment, or especially if you want packaging that doesn't display the exact package contents, let us know!
For 79 cents extra (to cover the box cost and some fulfillment costs), we'll tell the warehouse to pack your cases inside an extra hard-sided cardboard box. We have to write 'ORM-D Cartridges, Small Arms' on the side, by U.S. shipping regulations, and we also have to put a shipping label on there so it will get to you. Other than that, though, the box will be unmarked.


text: Hello folks, I'm back with another fun tutorial based on another logo from a Football team that has been around for many years and has been very popular. Today I will show you "how to draw the Denver Bronco's logo", step by step. This mustang is designed only using three colors; white, orange and blue. Drawing the Denver Bronco's mustang should be easy enough for anyone to tackle so get busy and begin with making another logo.


text:
I have seen the phrase '"Hot" Corned Beef' on several convenience store signs in my area. Since corned beef is is usually served warm or hot, am I missing part of the meaning of the sign?
Sign up
- Anybody can ask a question
- Anybody can answer
- The best answers are voted up and rise to the top
It is really a shot in the dark, but your area wouldn't be related with "Broadway" by any chance?
For instance, this blog post describes a restaurant called "Eat on Broadway" (on Broadway avenue, but not at all in New-York), with a sign including:
That could be a reference to their specialty, as in:
Don't rely on signs you see in windows as a usage guide. In standard English, quotes around a word are usually used to distance the writer from its use in some way, normally to cite their usage by someone else or to express doubt about their veracity.
For example, I might write:
Here the writer is quoting Fred, and emphasizing that this is Fred's opinion, not his own. For all he knows, Fred is correct, but he has no direct knowledge of the matter in question.
Here the writer is quoting Fred and contradicting Fred's assertion.
Now let's consider the sign in VonC's excellent picture:
In standard English writing, this could either mean that someone called the corned beef "hot" or that the speaker means to cast doubt on the assertion that the corned beef is hot. It would very likely imply that the corned beef is not really hot at all. That is why this sign and others like it are funny.
The sign's creator is most likely using (or misusing) the quotes to emphasize the word, and to lead you to believe that the corned beef is genuinely hot (probably in the sense of temperature, as corned beef sandwiches can be served either hot or cold). He or she would have done better to underline the word, or render it in a different color, or use a little more ink and boldface it.
I remember seeing a sign on an ice machine at a cheap motel that said:
I presume the writer meant "losing" instead of "loosing"; but the quotes around the first word gave the impression that the thanks were insincere.
In sum, when you see quotes around a word in a sign, it is a fair guess that the writer believes he or she is using them for emphasis. But don't look to signs for English usage lessons.


text:
I want to check an element if it's in a circle in my browser. I know the circle formula from my high school:
But I'm not sure if it's same in browser XY system too. Because browsers zero coordinate is on left top of the page and from there to right is positive
x axis and to bottom is positive
y axis.
For example in this picture point c have positive
x and
Please optimize the circle formula for this system and also give me the correct formula for a circle centered in
c = (200,200) with
150 radius.


text:
Home > Food > Recipes > Smoke-Roasted Chicken Thighs with Maple Barbecue Sauce
Smoke-Roasted Chicken Thighs with Maple Barbecue Sauce
Categories: Entertaining, On the Grill
Type: Main Dishes
Type: Main Dishes
This deliciously sweet, sticky, old-school sauce is the perfect topping for chicken thighs.
Serves: Serves 4
- 8 large, bone-in chicken thighs, about 8oz (225g) each
The spice rub
- 2 tablespoons ground coriander
- 2 tablespoons paprika
- 2 tablespoons ground cumin
- 2 tablespoons dark brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons freshly cracked black pepper
- 1 tablespoon kosher salt
The barbecue sauce
- 3/4 cup ketchup
- 1/3 cup maple syrup
- Juice of 1 lemon (about 1/4 cup)
Save Recipe
Add to shopping list
- Light a fire well over to one side of your grill, using enough coals to fill a large shoebox. When the fire has died down and the coals are covered with white ash, you're ready to cook.
- Combine the spice rub ingredients in a small bowl and mix well.
- Coat the thighs generously with the spice rub, pressing gently to be sure it adheres, then arrange them, skin side down, on the side of the grill away from the coals, being careful that none of the meat is directly over the coals. Put the lid on the grill with the vents open one-quarter of the way and cook for about 1 hour, adding a handful of fresh charcoal and flipping the thighs over after 30 minutes. To check for doneness, cut into one of the thighs at its thickest point; there should be no redness near the bone.
- While the chicken is on the grill, combine the ketchup, maple syrup, and lemon juice in a small bowl and mix well. Baste the chicken with the sauce during the last 10 minutes of cooking, and serve the remaining sauce along with the smoked thighs.
excerpted from:
Excerpted from Grill It!.
Copyright © 2008 Dorling Kindersley Limited.
Buy this book now!
Sign-Up Now!
Sign up to save recipes or create shopping lists online.
Already registered? Login here
Cooking Tips
Loading the player...
More Videos:


text:
Curtis and Sandy Zieman of El Dorado are proud to announce the engagement of their son, Zachary Eugene Zieman to Kristy Dawn Egbert, the daughter of Sandra and David Sysak of Towanda and Joseph and Becky Egbert of Wichita.
Zach graduated from El Dorado High School in May of 2004 and from Butler Community College in May 2007 and is an assistant manager at QuikTrip of Wichita. Kristy graduated from Circle High School in May of 1997 and from Wichita State University in May 2005 and is an Assistant Professor of Biology at Butler Community College.
The ceremony is scheduled for August 31, at Fulton Valley Farms in Towanda.
Location, ST | website.com


text:
From Our 2012 Archives
Health Tip: Managing Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Pain
Latest Chronic Pain News
(HealthDay News) -- Deep pain within the muscles and joints is a common complaint among people with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says managing that pain can help ease other symptoms of CFS, including lack of sleep.
The CDC offers these suggestions for dealing with chronic fatigue syndrome pain:
-- Diana Kohnle
Copyright © 2012 HealthDay. All rights reserved.