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I saved a search for project75. Since there is no new information (nor will ever be) for this search, I am not able to find the remove option. Is there a way to do this?
This seems to be a known twitter bug if you've saved a search that no longer returns any results - the "Remove" link only seems to appear for searches which have results.
This bug was filed with the API team, but they confirmed that it seems to only affect the web interface, and works fine on the api.
Your options are:
I couldn't get rid of my own searches because of the same bug, so I made a simple web app to address this: http://www.deletesavedsearches.com/
Hope you find it useful.
If you click the link in the sidebar to show the saved search in the main area, the link that used to say "Save this search" now says "Remove this saved search"


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A Short Month That's Long on Deals
February may be short a few days compared with other months, but it surely doesn't fall short with the deals. Indeed, this may be one of the best shopping months of the year.
All thanks to a combination of Presidents Day, Valentine's Day, end of winter and the after effects of a January trade show.
1. Online clothing, shoes and accessories
Like to own some designer duds? Well, this may be the time to update that wardrobe. Shop It To Me, a website that provides shoppers with personalized sale updates, analyzed its 2012 data and found that February offered the steepest discounts for online clothing, shoes and accessories.
It's true that the holiday months, November and December, have a larger quantity of sales, but it's in February that you can find the largest percentage off—a 47%-off average to be exact. February can take credit for 15 of the top 20 discount days in 2012. This is based on Shop It To Me's analysis of 585,000 markdowns from 150 online retailers like J.Crew, Ralph Lauren, Athleta, and premium jeans brand Citizens of Humanity.
"If the weather is mild, we may see the clearance events start even earlier. Last year, the average discount on Feb. 4 was a whopping 49%," says Charlie Graham, founder and chief executive of Shop It To Me.
Mr. Graham says before you shop, it's important to know what constitutes a good deal. He suggests at least 45% off women's clothing, shoes and accessories, 40% off menswear, and 35% or more off handbags.
"Shop early!" he recommends. "There are great discounts to be found this month, but the volume is small so jump on the things you want right away." As more stores offer free shipping and even returns, he says to buy two sizes and return one if you're unsure about the fit.
2. Presidents Day sales
Presidents Day is the pinnacle of February shopping. This was the 2012 holiday with the highest percentage-off discount in 2012, according to Shop It To Me, (in 2011, it was Labor Day).
"Retailers are motivated to reduce prices this month because they want to clear out winter merchandise and begin selling items for spring," Mr. Graham says. "That's why Presidents Day weekend is synonymous with great sales."
Presidents Day is known for deals on big-ticket items like furniture, mattresses and electronics. When it comes to buying a mattress, always negotiate for a discount, free delivery or have them throw in a set of sheets, a mattress pad or a bed frame.
3. Wearable fitness devices
New electronics are introduced every January at the International Consumer Electronics Show. That means in February, stores want to get rid of old models and make room for new inventory. And it's not just big-screen TVs.
The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) says digital health and fitness technology at the 2013 International CES grew by 25% over last year's show. That amounts to more than 215 exhibitors, many of them there to show off their wearable devices.
According to an association study, 55% of U.S. online consumers used a fitness technology in 2012, and 37% anticipate a fitness technology purchase in 2013. So, how does this translate into a deal? Think traditional pedometers. They will hit the clearance bins to make room for the new, more-advanced devices.
4. Digital cameras
This year's models will feature an increase in Wi-Fi enabled cameras. As they become the norm, we may start to see prices drop on models without it.
Why Wi-Fi? Some folks are starting to leave their digital cameras at home and opting for the convenience of smartphones to take pictures. At the 2013 electronics show, manufacturers introduced new Wi-Fi enabled cameras, making it easier to email and share photos on social networks.
5. Flowers
You can thank St. Valentine for this one. And although flowers tend to be marked up in February, you can still make flowers a best buy.
If you live near a wholesale flower market, skip the florist and make your own bouquet. Markets open as early as 2 a.m. but let the public in later. Some may charge an admission fee of a dollar or two.
If you have to go to the florist, keep in mind red roses may be marked up. So think pink or your sweetheart's favorite color. Save when you skip the full dozen and go with half roses combined with filler flowers.
—Jeanette Pavini is a columnist for MarketWatch. Read more at marketwatch.com.

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The 5 Most Unintentionally Scarring '80s Music Videos
#2. The Motels' "Suddenly Last Summer"
Why it's Scarring:
You might think this starts out innocently, what with an ice cream truck rolling through suburbia, but as any connoisseur of fine horror cinema knows, those involved in the ice cream industry are anything but pleasant.
Pictured: Unadulterated Terror
But, like just about every music video from this decade (apparently), this one stops making sense as soon as possible. We quickly jettison the ice cream man plot and observe as a young woman has a decidedly not PG-rated dream inspired by her beloved trashy romance novel. Things get bizarre when a group of onlookers in matching uniforms shows up. Things get downright terrifying when the ice cream truck rolls back into frame.
We crap our collective pants when the young woman wakes up and finds that the population of the retirement community down the block has invaded her home and are JUST. STARING. AT. HER. And the worst part is, she doesn't even care! Leading children who saw the video to conclude that waking up to a room full of stony-faced geriatrics wasn't uncommon when you grew up.
Most Terrifying Moment:What the hell do you think?!
#1. Bonnie Tyler's "Total Eclipse of the Heart"
Why it's Scarring:
If your sanity survived that descent into a highly choreographed hell, we'll assume you've had time to digest what you just saw, and understand why it was scarring. So, uh yeah ... it appears that Bonnie Tyler once did a stint working at an educational institution that makes Hogwarts look like your typical suburban public school. Once night falls, campus transforms into a labyrinthine nightmare populated by mutant bird-people, ninjas who sneak out from the shadows, and FLYING CHOIR BOYS WITH GLOWING EYES. If Clive Barker and Twyla Tharp got together to make a music video, it would look something like this.
All of which begs the question: What the hell does all of this have to do with the lyrics to the love song? Which one of these abominations of nature could Bonnie Tyler possibly really need tonight? Apparently, it didn't matter if your song was about the douchey move of rocking shades after dark, masturbating, or overwrought breakup metaphors, '80s music video directors were going to serve up some psychological trauma, lyrics be damned.
Most Terrifying Moment:
Those glowing choir boy eyes couldn't have been what Bonnie Tyler had in mind when she wrote the line "Turn around, bright eyes." But that didn't keep us from wetting our pants everytime they played the song at middle school dances.
How about some good ol' fashioned Unintentionally Gay Rap Lyrics to lighten the mood. Or check out our look at 6 Famous Songs That Don't Mean What You Think.


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What are some good tips to streamline the process of preparing food?
While i enjoy cooking and eating fresh, the whole thing takes up a lot of time.
What do you do to speed that up? Do you prepare food in advance and freeze it? How do you set up your kitchen for more efficiency?


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Why does RSA use semiprime numbers? Why not just use any big number ??
What is the advantage of the two original numbers being prime?
Because factoring any big number will be difficult
This question already has an answer here:
Why does RSA use semiprime numbers? Why not just use any big number ??
Because factoring any big number will be difficult
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A Semiprime is the product of two prime numbers. Such numbers, i.e. semi primes, if enough large, as used in RSA, are very difficult to factorize. Since there is not enough computational power or a mathematical solution to factorize large prime numbers, the strength of the RSA stands. Currently, 2048-bit numbers are used in RSA for generating these keys, and with all the computational power in universe, it is impossible to factorize the semiprimes into their individual factors p and q. Now, knowing p and q would help you crack the RSA security by figuring out d (the private key). For large semiprimes, its impossible given the current computational power. Semiprimes are special than just any numbers because they are difficult to factorize, that's why the RSA algorithm utilizes them. It's mathematical beauty.


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I've noticed what appears to be a monetary correlation between Exquisite Essence and Fiery Brimstone, which could mean it is possible to make money crafting by manipulating exchange rates. I assume the correlation is because folks that have high level Blacksmithing plans can directly convert Exquisite Essence to Fiery Brimstone via salvaging. I'd like to get in on that action, but I'd prefer to buy the most efficient Blacksmithing recipe off the AH, as I'll presumably never see one drop. If I'm focusing just on minimum crafting materials (and assume I'm buying them off the AH), then which recipe or recipes is the best choice?
Short Answer: This is not economically feasible. Even with the cheapest recipe, you have, at most, a 0.3% chance to break even.
Attempting to convert Exquisite Essences into Fiery Brimstones consists of the following steps:
To this end, it makes sense to find a recipe that requires the least amount of Exquisite Essences. I have found the Exalted Sovereign Vambraces, which take 14 Exquisite Essences. At current Market Prices, the total crafting cost is:
This will net you a 0.1% chance to salvage it into a Fiery Brimstone. At current Brimstone costs of 165,000, you would need to salvage Brimstones at 1 every 3 crafts just to break even. At three crafts, you have an absolute maximum of a 0.3% chance of garnering a Brimstone, which is not a very good chance at all.
Looking at any Legendary or Set crafting recipe shows that each one of these requires two Brimstones to craft, and will only salvage into one, resulting in a net loss.
A much better way to try to break into the Brimstone market is to buy as many rare Inferno-class pieces of gear you can as cheaply as you can, and salvage those for a chance at a Brimstone.
I'm not completely sure that I understand your question - but are you referring to crafting level 60 rares, and then salvaging them for a chance at brimstone?
So its clearly not worth it with the current prices at around 150k gold.
Note that only lvl 60 rares have a chance to salvage into brimstone. The cheapest ones are Glorious Doom Armor and Glorious Hellscape Mask, you get both simply by leveling up the blacksmith so there is no need to purchase any recipes.


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Hitchens on Religion: "Somehow if I could drive it out of the world, I wouldn't."
Matthew Boudway points me to a clip from the documentary film Collision, where Christopher Hitchens debates the Presbyterian pastor Douglas Wilson. In it, Hitchens acknowledges the difficulty of the so-called "fine-tuning argument" from the atheist perspective, and then notes an important point of disagreement between himself and Richard Dawkins: if Hitchens were able to rid the world of belief in God entirely, he says, he wouldn't want to do it. He can't really say why, though. Skip ahead to 5:36 in the frame below, or just click here:
About the Author
John Schwenkler is an assistant professor in the Department of Philosophy at Florida State University.
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I think it was Hitchens' honesty that was so appealing. There is so much hype, so much lying in this world, inluding fooling ourselves. Sometimes he was awful, but I never doubted he was saying the truth as he saw it, I just wonder why he seemed so angry most of the time. Rare man. R. I. P.
Strange video. I suspect, Ann, that Hitchens simply had an appealing public personality. Some people are likeable and others aren't. In our media-driven age, likeability is tremendously important, especially if it works well in front of a camera.
The Marquis de Sade could have said the same thing!
I have to say that while Dawkins and Hitchens had many admirable qualities their way of talking about religion is ignorant and superficial.
As they said of Saddam: "a five-star death." http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/18/opinion/christopher-hitchens-consummat...
Those who are speaking ill of the recently departed Christopher Hitchens are revealing waaay more about themselves and the beliefs they hold or pretend to hold than they do about the dead man they're reviling.
Well said! "Speak no ill of the dead."
Speak no ill of the dead.As I said in my earlier post, I can hardly think of a sentiment Hitchens would have been less likely to endorse. What better tribute to the dead than an honest criticism of their views?
Agree, John! Hitchens would not endorse the limp notion that the dead may not be criticized. He would probably enjoy the comments you posted about his shallowness, his boosterish bromides, etc., etc., etc. (He could have used the adjective-rich McCarraher piece in his writing class.)
Here's Peter Hitchens' piece on his brother: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2075133/Christopher-Hitchens-d...
I was greatly saddened at the news some while ago that Christopher Hitchens was terminally ill. He knew of course that his dying would be a kind of public act, a testimony to his own beliefs; and I believe he carried it off honestly and admirably. I had one major problem with Hitchens, a problem that I have with many British writers. They appear to be brought up with an abiding conviction -- I think that Hitchens actually wrote this somewhere and I forgot to note it -- that the only real sin is to be boring. Naturally, I greatly resent this attitude, first because I have an enormous and carefully nurtured capacity to be boring myself, but secondarily because it raises some serious dangers to the truth. A few years ago, Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, started an institute for the study of secularism. Mark Silk asked me to be on a panel with Susan Jacoby, author of "Freethinkers," a history of religious sceptics in American, and Hitchens, who had just followed Sam Harris and Richard Dawkins in leading the charge of "new atheism." Mark Silk referred to this invitation as throwing a Christian to the lions. I can't remember anything that Hitchens said (my own remarks were brilliant although I doubt that he remembered them either); but we got into an argument about the grave threat to innocent Jewish babies posed by unhygienic ritual circumcision. I agreed that this could in principle be a matter for public health measures but that it would take more to convince me than the one "horror story" article that had recently appeared in the New York Times. He traduced my remarks in something he wrote. I thought of replying and asked Silk for a tape recording of the panel, which no one could find, by which time I realized that my reply, unlike Hitchens' clever version, would doubtless be boring. The high point of the panel, for me at least, occurred while Susan Jacoby was delivering an uplifting paean to "free thought." She quoted Sam Harris. But I then learned that Harris, in Hitchens's eyes, had blotted his copybook by appealing to some kind of non-theistic mindfulness. At Susan's mention of his name, Hitchens leaned over to me in disgust and blurted out, "Sam Harris!- the man's a fucking Buddhist!" That's my lasting impression. Stick to your guns and take no prisoners. RIP.
Thank you, Peter Steinfels. That helps me clarify why I admired Hitchens' brand of truth telling. LIke the honorable dissenter he was, his loyalty to truth-telling took precedence over his loyalty to his own in=group.
"Speak no ill of the dead" -- that would put an end to all debate in the humanities if taken literally. I know there are a lot of Catholics out there who wanted a deathbed conversion as a trophy -- yes, one thought that mentality had gone, but like so many other retrograde attitudes it is having a revival. These deathbed vultures are now pondering Hitchens' postmortem destination. But it is perfectly right that the quality and content of Hitchens' very influential journalism remain open to critical question.Meanwhile, here is a story that Hitchens would surely have used his critical mind on to good effect: http://josephsoleary.typepad.com/my_weblog/2011/12/filipino-bishops-and-...
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/18/opinion/sunday/douthat-the-believers-a... the idea some Catholics have that if you are Oxonian you must be "one of us"! Hitchens loved Waugh but saw his Catholicism as the source of Waugh's obnoxious vices. Many Catholics similarly treated Iris Murdoch as "one of us" despite her declared atheism.
Thanks for the article, Gene. It certainly is an alternate understanding of HItchens. I was particularly interested in what Cooper had to say about the "internationalists" who aren't Communists. It seems to me that an international outlook is shared by Communists and Roman Catholics and by non-Communist internationalists. (By "internationalist" I mean someone whose moral vision extends worldwide rather than just locally.) The article also throws some light on the knee-jerk negativity of many young and middle-aged liberals towards anything having to do with the US government.


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I created a webpart with many properties.
I want add it in EventReceiver and set properties.
How do use MyWebpart in EventReceiver?
I created a webpart with many properties.
I want add it in EventReceiver and set properties.
How do use MyWebpart in EventReceiver?
You should use SPLimitedWebPartManager and it's AddWebPart method for this purpose.
To create the SPLimitedWebPartManager object targeted to a specific page, use SPWeb.GetLimitedWebPartManager method.
Code example:
Actually, this is a common way to add a webpart to a page in SharePoint. And I don't see why it would not work from within an event receiver.
P.S. Also I suspect, that depending from the kind (sync/async) of the event receiver, you may have to run this code with elevated privilegies.
Please find the answer below:
I will reproduce the answer here (for convenience), It is not my code, I checked it and it should be OK.
This code needs some explaining... Please excuse me if it does not compile, I had to remove a fair bit of the original code, it was very implementation specific stuff. I've not shown the "config" class either, it's just a container for configuration of webparts, just a bunch of properties. There are 2 issues I'd like to discuss in more detail:
In our framework we also support stuff like dynamic property values etc., but that's for another day... Hope this all makes sense and can help somebody.


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Sterne Agee analyst Shaw Wu think Apple is going to get $6-$8 in royalties on each Android phone HTC sells because of their weekend licensing arrangement that puts an end to all litigation between them.
Of course, terms weren't disclosed and Wu's estimate could just be a shot in the dark. If the figures are on the money Apple would see an extra $180 million-$280 million a year, a negligible sum for Apple.
He thinks it's less than the number Apple originally proposed.
HTC's financial position has been deteriorating; it currently has only a 4% global market share, down from 10.3% year-over-year, below even Chinese handset maker ZTE.
The payments to Apple will likely pressure its profitability some more.
The Dow Jones says HTC initiated the settlement talks with Apple after setbacks in court.
The settlement has raised questions about Apple's determination to pursue Steve Jobs' "thermonuclear war" against Android. However, Samsung's market share is now double Apple's.
With an estimated 50 billion devices connected to the Internet by 2020, several industries will begin to expand their capabilities for retaining end point data at the edge to better utilize the range of data types and sheer volume of M2M data generated by the Internet of Things. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Don DeLoach, CEO and President of Infobright, discussed the infrastructures businesses will need to implement to handle this explosion of data by providing specific use cases for filterin...
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IoT generates lots of temporal data. But how do you unlock its value? You need to discover patterns that are repeatable in vast quantities of data, understand their meaning, and implement scalable monitoring across multiple data streams in order to monetize the discoveries and insights. Motif discovery and deep learning platforms are emerging to visualize sensor data, to search for patterns and to build application that can monitor real time streams efficiently. In his session at @ThingsExpo, ...
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What does it look like when you have access to cloud infrastructure and platform under the same roof? Let's talk about the different layers of Technology as a Service: who cares, what runs where, and how does it all fit together. In his session at 18th Cloud Expo, Phil Jackson, Lead Technology Evangelist at SoftLayer, an IBM company, spoke about the picture being painted by IBM Cloud and how the tools being crafted can help fill the gaps in your IT infrastructure.
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SYS-CON Events announced today the Enterprise IoT Bootcamp, being held November 1-2, 2016, in conjunction with 19th Cloud Expo | @ThingsExpo at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. Combined with real-world scenarios and use cases, the Enterprise IoT Bootcamp is not just based on presentations but with hands-on demos and detailed walkthroughs. We will introduce you to a variety of real world use cases prototyped using Arduino, Raspberry Pi, BeagleBone, Spark, and Intel Edison. Y...
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Much of IT terminology is often misused and misapplied. Modernization and transformation are two such terms. They are often used interchangeably even though they mean different things and have very different connotations. Indeed, it is somewhat safe to assume that in IT any transformative effort is likely to also have a modernizing effect, and thus, we can see these as levels of improvement efforts. However, many businesses are being led to believe if they don't transform now they risk becoming ...
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The best-practices for building IoT applications with Go Code that attendees can use to build their own IoT applications. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Indraneel Mitra, Senior Solutions Architect & Technology Evangelist at Cognizant, provided valuable information and resources for both novice and experienced developers on how to get started with IoT and Golang in a day. He also provided information on how to use Intel Arduino Kit, Go Robotics API and AWS IoT stack to build an application tha...
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For basic one-to-one voice or video calling solutions, WebRTC has proven to be a very powerful technology. Although WebRTC's core functionality is to provide secure, real-time p2p media streaming, leveraging native platform features and server-side components brings up new communication capabilities for web and native mobile applications, allowing for advanced multi-user use cases such as video broadcasting, conferencing, and media recording.
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Large scale deployments present unique planning challenges, system commissioning hurdles between IT and OT and demand careful system hand-off orchestration. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Jeff Smith, Senior Director and a founding member of Incenergy, will discuss some of the key tactics to ensure delivery success based on his experience of the last two years deploying Industrial IoT systems across four continents.
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January 24, 2011
Both New York and Abu Dhabi Campuses See Significant Increases; Over 42,000 Total Applications
NYU today announced that it had another record year for freshman applications: 42,242 men and women applied for spots in NYU's class of 2015, exceeding last year's record for total applications by 11 percent. Applications for freshman admission to NYU have more than quadrupled over the past two decades.
With two portal campuses and 11 Global Academic Centers, NYU's presence as the Global Network University is evidenced by another record year for freshman applications from around the world. NYU received 7,625 applications from students outside of the United States – an increase of 36 percent from last year.
41,058 potential members of NYU's class of 2015 applied for approximately 4,800 seats at the Washington Square Campus of NYU, an 11-percent increase over last year. Of that number, 4,670 asked also to be considered for admission to the Abu Dhabi campus.
1,184 applicants asked to be considered for the Abu Dhabi campus only, a 24-percent increase over last year's inaugural class at Abu Dhabi, and when combined with the 4,670 applicants interested in being considered for both campuses, represents 5,854 total applicants competing for some 150 seats at NYU Abu Dhabi, the World's Honors College.
Randall Deike, NYU's Vice President for Enrollment Management, said, "We are immensely proud and grateful that so many extremely talented high school students from around the world are interested in NYU, particularly given the economy and the declining demographics of graduating high school students. Clearly they are attracted by NYU's great strengths – its global presence and opportunities, the quality and range of its academic programs, and its vitality and entrepreneurial spirit."
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The numbers are in and Alabama's out look might not be so great when it comes to traffic fatalities...right now the state ranks number three in the nation.
Driving, nearly 75% of Americans do it everyday, but the things that distract us can cause traffic accidents and unfortunately fatalities.
Alabama saw a fatality rate of 100,000 residents alone making it the most third dangerous state to drive in.
What has a lot to do with fatalities in Alabama is being unfamiliar with the roadway.
"There maybe an area, coming up in the roadway that you're not familiar with, curves thing of that nature, or just a lot of blind spots, " says Sgt. Rachel David.
One thing to always remember is to obey all traffic laws.
"We certainly just encourage people to make sure they are obeying those laws that are there to protect them, " says Sgt. Rachel David.
"One thing you always want to do to avoid any accident let alone a fatality is to follow the speed limit, never go above it or below it."
"Speeds are definitely a factor in crashes those that are traveling above the posted speed limit often time speed is a cause factor in the loss of control, "says Sgt. Rachel David.
Recently in Dothan there have been a total of five fatalities...the top three reasons were running a red light, failure to yield right of way or an inattentive driver.
"That can be anything from the commonly spoken of texting and driving, to distracted by other things inside and outside the vehicle," says Sgt. Rachel David.
Distractions that may cost you your life.
Of course police and the department of highway safety always encourage drivers and passengers to wear their seatbelts because that also cuts down on traffic fatalities.


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Matcha Melon BreadMelon bread is a delightful, savory bread base topped with sweet cookie dough and lightly dusted with sugar. Our Matcha Melon Bread also includes deep matcha flavor as well!
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Butter............................................. 1 3/4 tbsp
Beaten egg..................................... about 3/4 egg
Room temperature milk.................. 1/2 cup
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Baking Powder............................... 1/2 tbsp
Butter.............................................. 4 1/4 tbsp
Sugar.............................................. 1/3 cup
Egg Yolk.......................................... 1 yolk
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Note: Matcha interferes with fermentation so this recipe calls for more dry yeast than usual. The cookie dough is sticky, so using plastic wrap makes it easier to roll!
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- Mix the butter until it takes on a creamy texture. Add some of the sugar (about 1/3) to the butter and mix until well incorporated. Repeat 2-3 times until all of the sugar is mixed in and it looks white and smooth. Mix the egg yolk and milk together. Add to the sugar and butter little by little, mixing well.
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How to Initiate a Skype Call
9 of 9 in Series: The Essentials of Communicating with Skype
In order to have a Skype conversation with someone, you need to initiate a call. You can initiate a Skype call with either a previous contact or a new contact.
Double-click the contact's Skype Name.
Your contact's profile window appears.
If you have called that person before, you can just click the green call button.
This button appears as a green circle with a white telephone handset inside. When you click it, you hear the sound of a ringing telephone, and a call window appears. The call window contains the Skype Name of the person you are calling, the photo posted in his profile, and a red hang up button.
When your contact answers the call, just talk!
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If you have no previous relationship with the person you are trying to call, a similar window pops up, but instead of a green call button you will see a green circle with a plus on it. Press this button.
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A former Bowling Green doctor, and the Bowling Green Rotary Club are helping give a family a home.
Dr. Raja Kara of Louisville started practicing medicine in Bowling Green in 1977.
When he sold his clinic, he wanted to give back to Bowling Green.
Dr. Kara donated $40,000 for the Rotary Club to give to the Habitat for Humanity to provide a refugee family of six with a home.
"I served the community and the community has been a source of blessing to me. And it was very fitting for me to give some of the money I obtained when I sold the dialysis clinic back to the community so that somebody could benefit," Dr. Kara says.
Not only did the rotary club donate the money Dr. Kara gave them to Habitat for Humanity, they will also be helping with the construction of the home starting march second.


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The particle は is pronounced similarly to わ (unlike the rest of the ハ行 kana) when used as a particle; why is this? What historical shifts went on to cause this irregularity?
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In Old Japanese (probably before 800 BC), the pronunciation of 「は」 (and indeed the entire ハ行) was PA, but it later changed to FA (more accurately, [ɸa], with a bilabial fricative), and this was the common pronunciation at least up to the 16th century (we know this since early Portuguese transliteration of Japanese words use the letter F where we would use H today).
While the phoneme /p/ became /f/ in isolation or in the beginning of the word, it remained /p/ after a the consonant ん and in between vowels (except in some compounds such as 魔法 まほう). This led to a verb such as 買う (Old Japanese: 買フ kapu) to be read as kau (<- kawu) in Positive form and kawanai (instead of kapanai) in negative form, and also for the particle 「は」 (which regularly appears after a vowel) to be normalized as WA.
Up to the spelling reform of 1946, Historical Kana Usage (歴史的仮名遣 れきしてきかなづかい) was still the standard, so 買う was still written 買フ (Katakana was more commonly used for Okuriganaback then), and 買わない was 買ハナイ. That changed in the reforms, along with many other archaic and confusing spelling, so much that the current Japanese spelling is almost completely phonemic. Only a handful of traditional spelling quirks remained, and using は for the particle that is pronounced WA is one of them.
The sound 「わ」 used to be written は in old kana usage in some cases. Old kana usage was much more irregular than it is nowadays. The old way of writing has kind of stuck in some words.
It's the same thing with the readings for the particles へ and を too - the modern sound 「え」 used to be written as へ in some cases and 「お」 as を. Of course, pronunciation varies and sometimes you can hear a clear difference between お and を for instance, but in all words besides the particles the old pronunciation differences have disappeared as time has passed.


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What are "ashcans"? What are their purpose? Where does the name come from?
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(This is all based on reading about ashcans on a variety of indie RPG sites a year or two ago. I have purchased a few.)
The word "ashcan" comes from the comic book industry. In recent usage in the comic book industry it tends to mean a smaller format comic (for varying meanings of "smaller") used as a freebie to try and hook new readers.
In the indie RPG scene, an ashcan is a sort of pre-release, a weird sort of public beta-test. A designer might not feel their game is done or has uncertainty. The designer wants feedback from a wider group of people. This would normally be done by playtesting, but: the designer may have exhausted his playtesting pool, the designer may want opinions from "normal" gamers who wouldn't normally engage in playtesting.
Generally speaking an ashcan looks "finished," frequently with production quality comparable to the final product.
By and large you pay for an ashcan RPGs. While this limits your player base, the people who purchase it will almost certainly be more invested. The problem with, say, a free online release is that you'll get lots of downloads from people who will never play it. They might offer feedback, but the designer wants feedback from actual play, not feedback based on just reading the rules. If you've spent a few bucks on the game, you're presumably genuinely interested. You're more likely to seek out a group, to try it repeatedly, and to be interested in providing serious feedback.
Finally, many ashcans come with a discount on the final game as a sort of thank you.
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Therefore, an ashcan release is one done as an initial, unpolished release designed to satisfy certain IP elements and, if sold at conventions, serve in many ways as a paid-for alpha test. A synonym would be "pre-release edition." The important aspect is that it is legally published, but not designed for wide consumption. The name comes from, as per wikipedia, the comics publishing industry.
There also is/was a group called the Ashcan Front, that is/was using the medium in a very particular way as part of the roleplaying game development process. I think it is sort of dormant now but I don't really know. Anyway, that's a link to their FAQ.
The notion was that only people invested in a project would actually buy an ashcan, which is expressly unfinished and in development and full of questions, and that they would become part of a playtesting conversation that would improve the finished game.
In games prior to the 1990's revolution in publishing technologies, it usually meant a self-published version intended to be used to shop it around at cons to both a select group of playtesters, and to the big companies in hope of a "real release." It also would have two copies sent to the Library of Congress to establish formal copyright protections.
Some ashcan versions were near-professional layout quality, others simply optically typeset text, and were not in distribution networks. Several games mention shopping around the ashcans prior to being sold to a major company.
Given that many printing houses in those days required a minimum order of at least a hundred copies for a bound volume of any kind, it was common for such versions to be sold via mail, convention, or personal contact.
The term was often synonymous in use with "low quality cheap printing", as many were printed on the cheapest set of options the printing house would allow. The few examples I've seen of this mode were hand-typed mimeograph master dittoed (run off) on recycled unbleached high-acid newsprint, and used for playtest.


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Journal of a Tiny House
One of the most enjoyable things about having a blog is the people you meet along the way. During the publication of the Tiny House Blog I have met many interesting people who are building or remodeling their homes.
In fact most of the authors of the Small Living Journal I met writing a post about their projects. Recently, I have been getting to know some builders of Jay Shafer's Tumbleweed Tiny Houses. One of them, Will Pedersen from Abbotsford, BC in Canada kept a written journal (which is available for download at the Tiny House Journal) of his building expenses. He also took photographs of each step along the way.
Will had very little carpentry experience, yet he was able to build his home with a little guidance from a carpenter friend, who was available for questions and assistance when he needed help.
Will's journal and photos got me thinking that this might be a way to show the average person that they too could build a beautiful home with little or no experience and with some guidance from a professional.
I decided to start a new web site featuring these people and have just made the site live in the last few days. Below is a video I put together from the photos Will took of his build of his Tumbleweed Tarleton.
I hope this video and the Tiny House Journal will inspire you to take the step and make your dreams of owning and building a tiny house come to pass. You can do-it-yourself!
Video Journal of Will's Tumbleweed Tarleton
Kent Griswold publishes the Tiny House Blog and the Tiny House Journal.


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How did the Foley artist make the futuristic Jetson flying car sounds in 1962?
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I just listened to it in the show lead-in on the Hanna-Barbera section of Warner Brothers, Turner website. To me, it sounds like a metal gym whistle being blown with a finger covering part of the opening. Back in my lifeguard days, I played a lot with my nice chrome-plated whistle, from loud to almost no sound at all.
Okay, facebook wouldn't let me upload an audio clip and I didn't have anywhere else to post one so here's a link to a video I had to produce - just so you folks can enjoy (heh) the sound track.
Enjoy the sound track.
Take it for what it is; some random dude on teh Intarwebz.
My guess is that it is the sound of the magnetic field generated by an electric motor, that is turned into an electrical signal by an inductive transducer (similar to the pickups on an electric guitar), recorded on magnetic tape, and played back at variable speed.
Some years ago, I put a inductive pickup (that was sold by Radio Shack to record telephone calls via "listening" to the handset speaker) on a hard drive and recorded it spinning up and powering down, and it made some really cool sounds. A variable speed cordless drill also sounded very sci-fi.
I think it kinda sounds like a recod on a turntable being slowed to a stop. More likely, They probably recorded a single tone on tape and then played back with the engineers thumb on the reel to slow it down to a stop. Sure would like to know for sure. It's a very cool sound. Of course, how the actually made the sound back in the day was probably pretty easy! The things always are fasinating.
If I remember correctly it was a vertically oriented metal disk (approx 12-18in dia) mounted on a table and had a handle at the axis for rotating it manually, like a bike tire. It had evenly spaced holes drilled in it in concentric circles (so it looked kind of like a strainer covering a bathtub drain). The sound was created by holding a plastic tube (that was connected to an air pump) near the holes as the disk was turned. I believe the air pump was either sounding a reed-like device or was being modulated at a specific frequency (kind of like the TalkBox used by Frampton).
I vaguely remember a plastic bellows like toy as a kid with a double acting whistles in it. If two of these were placed on a small crankshaft(such as an old player piano wind motor with one end of each wistle secure...and the moveable ends opposing each other thus should make a sound like that the crank us turned.


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Biological neurons have a trade-off between high information transfer (high firing rate) and energy conservation (low firing rate). One would suspect that the maximization of this function has a single solution, and that the mean firing rate and variability should be similar across all neurons. Yet this is far from the case. Is there a principled computational explanation for this variability?
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I am not sure whether the three assumptions on which your question is based are really valid.
(1) Why should a high transformation transfer be linked to a high firing rate? Depending on the role of a single neuron within a group, not firing might carry as much as information as firing.
(2) Energy conservation might not be linked to the behavior of a single neuron, but rather to the organism as a whole. For instance, if the constant firing of a neuron stops your legs from constant (dis-functional) shaking, the energy "wasted" on the firing neuron can lower the energy consumption of the system as a whole.
(3) Although not explicitly stated, your question might suggest that the mean firing rate of a given neuron is relatively constant over time. This is not necessarily the case, as the firing characteristics of neurons are "tuned" over time, depending on its activity. This process is called homeostatic synaptic plasticity and has received much attention recently.
For a review see: Turrigiano GG. (2008) The self-tuning neuron: synaptic scaling of excitatory synapses. Cell. 422-35.


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Plenary Indulgence (Update)
Eugenio Scalfari, in today's edition of La Repubblica, the newspaper he founded, continues his creative interpretation of the significance of the pontificate of Francis. He writes of the profoundly revolutionary nature of the Pope's teaching, culminating in his abolition of sin.
È rivoluzionario per tanti aspetti del suo ancor breve pontificato, ma soprattutto su un punto fondamentale: di fatto ha abolito il peccato.
In reaching this conclusion – in a quite tortured way – Scalfari contrasts the judgmental God of the Old Testament with the God of Jesus ... and Francis:
Il Dio mosaico è un giudice e al tempo stesso un esecutore della giustizia. Almeno da questo punto di vista non somiglia affatto all'ebreo Gesù di Nazareth, figlio di Maria e di Giuseppe della stirpe di David.
Scalfari never mentions that Francis hears confessions and encourages the faithful to frequent the sacrament of reconciliation. It would not fit his agenda.
The article is here; and, for once, it's worth reading the comments.
Today (Monday) Father Lombardi issued a strong denial that Pope Francis had "abolished sin," as Eugenio Scalfari had contended.
Among other things, Lombadri said: "whoever follows the Pope day by day knows how often he speaks of sin, of our condition as sinners; indeed, one understands the message of God more profoundly the more one appreciates the reality of sin."
Lombardi's statement is reported here; Scalfari's response, in which he purports to agree with Lombardi and still reiterates his contention, is here.
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Rev. Robert P. Imbelli, a priest of the Archdiocese of New York, is Associate Professor of Theology Emeritus at Boston College.
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They do seem like different Gods though - the OT God punishes people in this lifetime for perceived badness, but the NT God lets the sun/rain fll on everyone irregardless of badness.
Hello. This is an English-language publication.
Anticlerical journalists who think they know all about Christianity often fall into vulgar misunderstandings or imagine that they can rewrite the Bible at the drop of a hat. But Scalfari is the most extreme from of such fatuity that I have yet encountered. I think it was a mistake for Francis to give him an interview; he would have done better to chat with Richard Dawkins as some Anglican prelates have done. Outreach to atheists is find, but outreach to blustering idiocy is not.
Fr. Imbelli:
What percentage of the blog's readers, would you guess, can read Italian? What are the rest of us -- the vast majority of us -- supposed to do?
Please translate the quotes. Thank you.
Dear Gene,
I thought that my summaries of his views in the sentences immediately preceding the two quotes sufficiently gave their gist.
Moreover, given the relative simple words used in the italian (and the closeness to their Spanish equivalents), I presumed the vast majority of Commonweal readers would have little trouble gleaning the point and even be able to manage a full translation. Perhaps my expectation was unwarranted.
And so, in the ongoing spirit of Christmas we have:
1. "[Francis] is revolutionary under so many aspects, in his still brief pontificate, but especially on a fundamental point: in effect he has abolished sin."
2."The God of Moses is a Judge and an executor of justice. At least from this point of view He does not at all resemble the Hebrew Jesus of Nazareth, son of Mary and of Joseph of the seed of David."
Seriously, Gene, is the Spanish of no help in understanding the Italian?
Fahter O'Leary, you may be an Irish ex-patriate, living in Japan, and consequently (so goes the charge) are incompetent to pronounce on American culutre, but I must say your understanding of Italian anti-ecclesial culture is on the mark.
The Italian comments on the article are surprising in their decrying the fatuity of Scalfari's remarks and his quasi-gnostic separation of the judgmental God of the Mosaic law and the merciful God of Jesus.
Fr. Imbelli, besides mentioning that Francis hears confessions and encourages the faithful to go to confession, we might also note his frequent public references to Satan, as well as his public acknolwedgement that he himself goes to confession twice a month.
Mr. Hudock,
Indeed, and a host of other statements taken from either Evangelii Gaudium or the homilies. The point is that Scalfari's is so severly a reductionistic account of Francis, not to mention the Christian tradition, that it has become an embarrassment. But as the Pope of Italian "secularity" he still commands attention. As witness the press given his "interview" with Francis. He is clearly seeking to fashion a Francis after his own image.
"He is clearly seeking to fashion a Francis after his own image." My goodness, there's 'bout the finest example of the "pot calling the kettle black" I've run across in quite a while. I do so hope my tendancy to fall back into a, well, shall we say uneducated if not maudlin vernacular is not misunderstood to be an attempt to drag those who dwell in the heights of intellectual and moral perfection down to, well, the pits.
Sweet Jesus! We're attempting to show gratitude for and, when possible for we mere mortals, to emulate the life of a fellow who proudly rode to town upon a donkey. A fellow whose actions made it possible to say without satire "lucky ass!".
I am not familiar with the readership of La Repubblica, nor the Italian zeitgeist in general, but my sense is that it's become rather secular. So I wonder if it's not noteworthy that the comments on the article exhibit a certain amount of fed uppedness with Señor Scalfari.
For what it's worth, I understand that people may have good and valid reasons for using a pseudonym, but I wonder if it might be the case that, under the cloak of anonymity, they are more prone to post comments they would be embarrassed to have associated with their real name.
Wasn't one of the first heresies the belief that the God of the Old Testament is evil and that Jesus -the lover of mankind- comes to appease this evil God by sacrificing himself on our behalf?And cannot anti Semitism have its origin in that heretical belief longside the new Testament account that seeks to blame the Jews for Jesus' death?
Perhaps some of this heretical belief infiltrated the Church anyway and this explains in part why for so long we were not allowed to read the Bible.I have to admit ,I still see the Old Testament, though moving and poetic and comforting in parts, as background to Jesus' incarnation.
quite true rose-ellen. Marcion is still alive and kicking, in the most unlikely places. It is easy to get worked up about the dark side of the Old Testament, but Jesus put its God at the heart of his message, in the Double Commandment. "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God" Deut 6 and "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself" Levitiicus. This cuts through all the obstacles and gets to the heart of Judaism and of Christianity. Scalfari's vacuous pubtalk seems ignorant of what Jesus taught or else is making the preposterous claim that Francis is more radical and enlightened than Jesus. I suspect that the papal interview has gone to his head and bred a strange fantasy.
Fr. Imbelli, those who note that this is an English language publication surely have a point which, for some reason, you seem unwilling to concede. Nevertheless, your translation into English of the quoted passages is appreciated.
Not only do most of us not speak/read Italian, many of us do not speak/read Spanish either, which you seem to believe is so close to Italian that no translation is necessary. Perhaps that is true for those who are fluent in Spanish. I don't know, as I have never studied either Italian or Spanish. Many people studied/study German, and Mandarin is increasingly popular for foreign language study. I studied French for years and yet would still not trust my personal translation of the Italian based on my knowledge of French to be accurate enough to be able to judge the meaning of the quoted passages, much less to give me a clear understanding of the entire article and the comments that you say are worth reading.
Crystal, I use google translate quite a bit to get the gist of things - even in French. And because I do use it with French now and then, I realize that the google translations are often a bit inexact. They are good for the general sense, but not so much when precision is needed. Google works constantly to improve its translation service, but, in my experience, it does not work as well as translations provided by those who are completely fluent in the two languages involved.
Hi Anne,
Yes, so true. Most fun - watching foreign movies oin a language you almost understand and seeing the bizarre translations of some of the subtitles :)
Iway ersonallypay inkthay eway ouldshay allway ostpay inway Igpay Atinlay. :-)
You may not know Italian but surely you speak Spanish? Talk about a narraive of politial indoctination!Did this sentence/belief come from the "politburo" [Latino interest group lobby propaganda] or is it so pervasive that it happened by osmosis [If you're American you do or should speak Spanish]?
Señora Caminer-
Su mensaje con tantos errores en inglés, avanza nuestra causa profundamente.
Muchisimas gracias,
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Asi veo las cosas.Que es su causa?
Que tiene que ver que hay errores en ingles?
Ms. Caminer-
Your post railed against some imaginary Latino lobby, which is trying to indoctrinate us with pro-Spanish speaking propaganda in these United States of America. I found it ironic that a post attempting to support the idea of English primacy in the USA, mangled the very language it purported to defend. That irony, I submit, advances the imaginary cause of your imagined politburo.
By the way - my guess is that the majority of people who are "American" (all of us from North, South, Central America and the Carribean) do speak Spanish. It is one of the arrogances of empire that we citizens of the USA think we are the only Americans.
"A peaceful man does more good than a learned one." John XXIII
So many here attempt to communicate. Yet argue with those who want to understand them. Which may mean that they would rather pontificate than communicate. Or make fun of people rather than to reach them. We reveal so much of ourselves with our attitude. Most of the Apostles could not read. What chance would they have here?
Nes Pa? (isn't it so?)
The irony of comparing the Old and New Testaments is that just as terrible atrociities have occurred in AD as in BC. Jesus made it clear that a new order had come. Not always followed, however. The enlightenment freed us from dictatorships in church and state. But not from the evil of wo/mankind.
Actully I don' believe in the primacy of English or any language for the US.I think people have the right to speak whatever language they're comfortable speaking any where.I do beleve there is a push by the Laltino interest groups[lobby] to push Spanish down our throats-so to speak.If people naturally come to speak Spanish over time-I have no problem with that even if it suplants English as the dominant language -as long as it is a natural evolution.I do feel we're being pressurred/ propagandized by Latino interest groups.That is their right of course.I notice it and it smacks of [unnatural] indoctrination which I don't like as it reminds me of a politburo.[this is how to think about said group,language ,whatever ].It is soft coercion but a form of coercion.At least I perceive it that way. Though in the past there was too much of forgettng ones culture /language.
I do agree that it is arrogant for US people to appropriate for themseves the label Americans-implying that people of oher American countries are not. I was enlightened about that when I lived in Mexico for a year.When I came back to the States and told that to my neighbors- they were offended and could not get it. So I get where you are coming fom regarding that arrogance.
I make no claims of being a good speller or poster or the smartest person around. [ am having trouble with this site as the letters keep getting jumbled and i have to unscamble each word].
I think the thread has run it's course, so wishes for a good New Year.


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PTI310: Tech Leader Comm (2012-2013)
CURRICULUM PROGRAM: Career and Technical Education
COURSE TITLE: Tech Leadership Community
COURSE LENGTH: 36 weeks
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Recommendations: Experience with PCs, strong working knowledge of applications used in school and capacity to learn newest technologies, interest in education and teaching. Students must be self-motivated and have a high level of personal responsibility.
Major Concepts/Content: The TLC class merges learning the newest computer technologies with learning how to effectively teach others those technologies. Students collaboratively study and learn new software packages and computer skills while learning how to become effective trainers and educators. In addition to raising the technological knowledge of the school community, TLC students examine their own roles as teachers and learners, increasing their learning abilities in all other classes.
Major Instructional Activities: This course is designed to train students to become effective teachers and learners by complementing the technology support in their school community.
Technology study includes Internet navigation and searching, web page creation, server management, desktop publishing and graphics applications, GIS, CAD, and other specialized software. Pedagogical study includes methodology of teaching, materials preparation, presentation strategies, evaluation techniques, and formalized self-reflection activities such as log-keeping and using videotape to observe, analyze, and improve their own teaching efforts.
Teaching activities include weekly one-on-one mentoring sessions with faculty, staff, students or community members; teaching in larger group situations (such as another classroom learning a single application); and preparing manuals and other instructional materials for their "clients." Other activities include regularly assessing the school's technology learning needs and developing strategies to effectively meet those needs.
Major Evaluative Techniques: Student will create their own assessment rubrics and goals. Doing so enables them to set learning objectives and have a clear understanding of what is expected of them. They do this individually with the teacher. The students will also be graded on completion of tasks, participation, and take-home essays that reflect what the student has learned at different points in the semester.
Assessment will be based on:
- How well they learned to identify, analyze, and improve their teaching abilities through their video and writing work. This will be based on survey and writing assignments, comparison of pre/post surveys, and essay writing.
- How well their mentees learned the technology material. Teachers and other mentees are asked in survey form to assess their experiences with the TLC students. The TLC student assesses himself and a combination of this data describes how the student performed.
- The degree in which a student's technological knowledge improved.
The TLC teacher, along with the student, will examine the pre/post surveys and determine how much of the technological knowledge the student learned. Students are expected to attain a high level of competence in one or two applications, rather than learning only a little about as many applications as possible.
Course Objectives: Upon completion of the course, students should be able to
- Demonstrate how teaching others enhances one's own learning abilities and styles, in any subject.
- Demonstrate technological competency on at least one application. Competency is defined as thorough knowledge of the program, fluency with operation, and ability to explore with the tool.
- Design a teaching unit or activity, including an assessment piece about a specific software or technological application.
- Demonstrate growth in communicative, developmental and social areas. For example, students learn how to become articulate, develop confidence to communicate clearly with adults and youngsters, become methodical in their learning styles, attain a very high degree of responsibility.
- Help the school use the complex technologies already in place, working with and complementing the training tasks of the Education Technologist, and also develop new training programs to meet changing demands.
- Demonstrate that work of this nature is directly tied to real-world workplace skills.


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Earlier this week it was reported that residents in 23 states had filed petitions to secede from the United States after President Barack Obama was re-elected on November 6th.
The states that filed were Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, North Dakota, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas.
Now, residents of the other 27 states have filed their own petitions to secede from the USA.
Since the news broke politicians like Texas Gov. Rick Perry have spoken out against the petitions saying he believes, "in the greatness of our Union and nothing should be done to change it." Ironically, Texas currently has the most signatures on their petition with over 100,000 people supporting the cause.
It's important to note that just because there are petitions from states asking to secede; it does not necessarily represent the beliefs of everyone in the state.
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Wilderness Family Naturals' agave is not a purified substance, such as high fructose corn syrup or white sugar. Our agave is non-GMO and it is certified organic.
Agave Nectar is a sweet concentrated syrup made from the Agave plant. It is made by harvesting the "pina" which is a "pineapple-like" core from which all the leaves originate. The "pina" is stripped of its leaves, washed and then chopped into small pieces and soaked in purified water. After a thorough soaking, the fibers are removed and sent to make cloth and rope. The water that remains is full of inulin, a complex carbohydrate that is often used as a pre-biotic by the natural foods industry. This inulin water is allowed to incubate at 103 degrees for 4-5 days. Natural enzymes, which occur in the plant, break down the complex carbohydrates into two monosaccharides (simple sugars: fructose and glucose). No enzymes are added. No chemicals are used and no further processing is done. The inulin water is simply allowed to incubate at a steady temperature the same as if you were making yogurt. The last step in the process, concentration of the nectar, occurs solely by the use of a vacuum to remove excess moisture (water).
Wilderness Family Naturals' Certified Organic Agave Nectar is not heated during processing and it is considered raw. By contrast, Agave Nectar made by other manufacturers, is created using temperatures of 160-170 degrees F and the total manufacturing time is about 36 hours. Standard agave nectar is usually filtered heavily to yield a very light colored product with a mild taste. The lighter the color, the more the agave has been filtered. A manufacturer who claims to have raw, light colored agave is selling an agave that has been filtered many, many times to remove the participated substances which form during fermentation.
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When we visited the manufacturing plant in Mexico we were offered 5 different "shades" of agave to choose from. Each sample had a slightly different taste with the strongest flavors coming from the darkest agave. The difference in the shades came solely from the number of times the agave was filtered and the fineness of those filters. Wilderness Family Naturals' has chosen to purchase only the agave which sees the lowest temperatures and the least amount of filtering. That is why our agave is darker than others.
Wilderness Family Naturals' Organic Agave Nectar is dark in color because it has fermented naturally at low temperatures over many days and it is not heavily filtered. When we visited the plant where our agave is manufactured we had the option of 5 different "shades" of agave. Each different agave sample had a slightly different taste. The strongest taste came with the darkest colors and this was the agave that was the least filtered and the least processed. This is the agave that Wilderness Family Naturals chose to purchase.
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can i feed this to my sea monkeys?
it's this stuff
you can read reviews on the actual product by looking up "food grade diatomaceous earth"
@unclefreddy: this would probably kill them! their bodies are too small
OH my God w00tgurl...this is the same stuff as cat litter? And I'm suppose to EAT this? Uh...don't think so. Yowsa, thanks for the heads up. Yick!
@w00tgurl: Wow, I tend to avoid eating things called "earth"
@llrpurch: ha you've probably already eaten some. farms feed it to their livestock and store their grains mixed with this stuff in it. there's food grade and non-food grade, both with very different purposes. look up the food grade stuff which is safe
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Have any wooters bought and used this product and if so are you willing to review it? I'd rather read reviews posted here to help me make a decision than read reviews posted on the purveyor's website.
@zuiquan: Absolutely they have! Here are some of the comments that Woot community members have said about Naturall...
@w00tgurl said: " i take this at night and have a Vega protein smoothie in the morning for breakfast. as for how i "feel", i do feel more energetic than before. not Red Bull energy, less drastic than that. i feel better, i think. my weight is about the same but my clothes fit a little nicer, my nails feel harder, and my hair is growing long. i think it's helping. i also bought some Kefir to promote healthy bacteria. the combination of all that i think has made me less sluggish"
@sparky1991 said: "I did notice this morning that my hair is getting thicker and nicer. Maybe I don't notice too many differences because of the Marines, with work and everything; stress."
And one more from a fellow Woot member...
@lje2all said: "I tried this the last time it was offered here. Not only am I sold, I've been getting others to try it! When friends ask you what you're doing differently, you know it's making a difference.
The first thing I noticed was more energy. (If you're going to tell me it was a placebo effect, I'm going to tell you that I don't care! More energy is more energy!) I've been taking care of my elderly parents for the last 4 years and I was depleted of energy... and everything else for that matter. I digress.
I've had a lot of other positive results and not one negative. I use it every morning - sometimes in my protein drink, sometimes just in juice. It doesn't change the taste or consistency but if you don't stir well, you might find it a bit gritty at the bottom. : )
Thanx Naturall!"
@naturall: I think @zuiquan was hoping one of them would chime in on their own.
I'm a bit puzzled why anyone would pay to eat dirt, but... if we all liked the same things there'd be a shortage of haggis, right?
@nicolesparks: I am sure they will chime in, that's why I tagged them! Naturall is extremely beneficial, that's why people take it. We've heard from some people who say they lowered their blood pressure substantially, and lowered their cholesterol by almost 50 points. That's haggis that everyone would enjoy, right?
@naturall: Thanks for tracking those down. Not that I don't trust that people have given you those reviews on the site, it's just that I don't "know" them like I know other wooters. If you know what I mean.
@zuiquan: I grabbed some from the last offering and I've been taking it every day for the last few weeks. It may be too early to tell but I haven't noticed a change with any of the listed items on their website. I monitor my blood pressure regularly since I'm on meds for hypertension and that hasn't dropped.
How does the strong negative charge of Naturall cleanse your body of radiation? Is it similar to a tachyon sweep?
@naturall: Your website contains a lot of claimed benefits including the blood pressure and cholesterol claims. Were these statements verified by the FDA, or are you making (profanity) up to rip off the organic-happy crowd who has more money than sense?
I use the non-food grade stuff to get rid of ant, slugs etc. Now I'm supposed to eat it?
With my tech background I would like to think that I don't fall into the "organic-happy crowd who has more money than sense" referenced by @durumcan. Yet, I swear by the health benefits of curcumin (It is a spice, I know... and if you just look up its Wikipedia entry you will see there is a lot of research and science behind it) and am open to trying other alternative health products including this one. My issue is that you don't mention packaging size anywhere on your website except in terms of how many days the product is likely to last you. I always comparison shop and have a Prime account with Amazon which offers free two-day shipping. The whole change a life deal seems flakey as this is not a product with mass appeal. What good would it do if it ends up in someone's kitchen cabinet? So without some other convincing argument, it looks like I will be ordering a competing brand from Amazon before the day is done.
Although Naturall is a more concentrated/clean form of it, we've noticed a lot of people here comparing Naturall with Diatomaceous Earth or DE, which has an overabundance of materials and studies linked to it. Buying Naturall is not the same as just buying food grade diatomaceous earth from any seller, we can't stress that enough. There are literally only two specific deposits in the entire country (USA) that are up to our standards, which we then further filter/clean the raw material before it is bottled. It isn't an even comparison with companies who sell "DE".
After reading some of your feedback, the website is being redone in the next few weeks with links to some useful studies as well as our lab tests.
@durumcan: Your scepticism is well formed and your inquiry a legitimate one. You could have expressed it without the condescension.
@mohicus: Some people respond faster than others and feel differently while taking it according to their individual circumstances. Usually, Naturall takes some time to have been absorbed enough with regular use to really have an effect within your bloodstream. You should be near the point where there should be a noticeable change. Please email us at firstname.lastname@example.com and keep us in the loop with your progress.
@h3028: I could have been more diplomatic about my language towards the deal. But claims like [product x is good for] "Bacteria, Pesticide Residues, Fungi, Endotoxins, Heavy Metals, Radiation" are harmful unless they are backed up by solid evidence. They not only deceive people and harm them financially, but also they tend to delay people from seeking efficacious therapies that can be life saving.
I am willing to take back my original comment and even say something positive for the product if @naturall provides some links to those studies and lab-tests s/he is alluding to, and if those tests support the claims made on their current website. But unless that happens, this deal is a rip off and the poster deserves neither respect nor any polite language.
As for my condescending attitude towards some of the potential customers, I think you have a point there. I apologize if I hurt anyone's feelings.
@durumcan: The FDA does not review supplement claims. It would be great to have Naturall approved by the FDA, but notice there are no other nutritional supplements out there that can legally say they are FDA approved. The fact that our ingredients are approved by the FDA for "human internal use" as well as listed in the OMRI should speak volumes. There are tons of other companies who sell a low quality food grade diatomaceous earth supplement and have mountains of positive testimonials. Not one supplement company out there donates an equal amount of product sold to people in need either, in our case to children who are suffering/dying of internal parasites. Naturall itself is pending to be listed in the OMRI shortly as well as we are soon going to be incorporated as an ingredient in other formulations and into some of the mainstream juice bar/smoothie company menus.
@durumcan: So to answer your question, no we're not trying to dupe anybody of anything. We're trying to grow an honest company that sells a truly organic supplement that can not only help the lives of those who take it, but those children whose voices aren't being heard. I wouldn't put my name behind anything else.
Thank you,
Alan Valdes
@interstella: Thanks for bringing this up. We've taken note of this and will be changing the site shortly to reflect actual product weights. Please note one of the previous responses in regards to comparing it with some other companies out there.
I've been taking Naturall daily since the first offering. I've been under EXTREME stress for the last four years and my body's systems have been depleted. Hormones out of whack that showed up as SEVERE acne that nothing helped. Nothing that is until I started taking Naturall. My face began clearing within the first couple of weeks (probably sooner). I noticed more energy which was easy to spot because I went from extreme exhaustion to feeling like a normal person (well, as normal as I ever get). I've noticed that my abscessed tooth has begun to heal. (I'm not saying Naturall itself did the healing, but I am saying that my body is balancing out and is now able to heal itself again.) I was fairly "regular" before, now I'm super "regular" - is this TMI? :) Aside from the "regularity" other people have noticed the changes and wanted to know what I've been doing differently. Only Naturall. As a final note, I have not had one single negative effect. I LOVE this stuff. Thanx Naturall! :)
@naturall: I know that FDA does not review supplements. But I know that FDA forces supplement companies to put labels which say "These statements have not been verified by FDA," whenever the product is dressed in therapeutic-sounding claims. Your company website refuses any legal responsibility from potential harms your non-FDA-tested products may cause, it makes a lot of therapeutic-sounding claims, yet as far as I can see it does nowhere make it explicit that your products were not reviewed by FDA.
I am sure that what your company is doing is strictly legal, but still in my book it is immoral. Again, I challenge you to provide a public link to the studies and lab-tests you previously alluded to. That will clear up the issue, and if I was unfair and mistaken in my tone or claims, I will be the first one to admit it and apologize. This would be so much more reassuring than your possibly heartfelt "I wouldn't put my name behind anything else."
@naturall, perhaps I am a bit off kilter but I figured I would give your product a chance (I will gladly write a follow-up review based on my experience) and I have spent the last several minutes trying to place an order. I figured the most cost effective option (considering two of us will be using the product and we may need to use it for a while before seeing any possible health benefits) was to order two 2-month's supply bottles (free shipping because the order is for over $50 and with the 30% off Woot coupon the total comes down to about $38). So far so good even if it is substantially pricier than the Amazon deals on 10 lb bags of the stuff. But then before I am able to complete the order, shipping jumps to about $8. If I switch back to free shipping the page refreshes and I cannot place the order. What gives? I am not willing to place the order without free shipping which is offered on the two bottles and does not disappear when I add the Woot coupon.
To everyone saying "eww this stuff is in cat litter" - I hope you arent drinking any water, thats the stuff they use to cool nuclear reactors, and it is found in sheep urine!
As a pharmacy student I'd be wary of this stuff. The only natural products you can trust to actually have what they say in them are USP (United States Pharmacopeia) inspected. Otherwise, there is no control in this market on what is actually in these products at all. If your buying natural supplements, please do yourself a favor and don't ingest something you don't know exactly what it contains. I don't see anything on their website or packaging about this. For more info, check out http://www.usp.org/usp-verification-services/usp-verified-dietary-supplements
I ordered on the last deal, I got the 4 months, the bottle was a lot smaller than I thought, it is 120 TBSP, which is about 60 fluid ounces.
But this stuff is a notch above that cheap crap you get for $13 dollars for "Food Grade" DE on amazon, that's like comparing 2 buck chuck to Don Perignon.
I too was super skeptical too so I took a look at the amazon food grade DE that my green friend uses for flea control, that is like grit, you can feel the rocks/chunks in it. The Natural is a fine powder, I find VERY little actual chunks in this it is of a total different quality.
I have noticed a quicker awaking in the mornings, today I got 4 hours of sleep and an hr nap and I feel like I had a full 10hrs of sleep, my acne from stress is almost gone, food moves through me faster and more efficiently now, my hair is growing way faster stronger and shinier, and I find myself in a much better easy going mood now.


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I read in a paper by Christopher Douglas that third cohomology twists of $K$-theory may be interpreted as TMF-classes via a map $K(\mathbb{Z},3) \to TMF$, which is related to String orientations. How exactly is this map constructed? Could it be that there is an extension to higher twists, i.e. is there an extension to $BBU_{\otimes} \to TMF$?
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