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I would like to find some notes (or book), that explains on a very basic level what is a line bundle on a complex projective manifold. Maybe even, what is a line bundle on $\mathbb CP^n$. It seems to me that in a "usual" algebro-geometric approach line bundles come quite late, only after one defines what is a sheaf, ect. I wonder if this can be explained in "quicker" way?
If you want complex vector bundles (or even complex fiber bundles) presented at a "very basic level" (without sheaf theory), try Chapter IV of
Fritzsche, Klaus; Grauert, Hans: From holomorphic functions to complex manifolds. Graduate Texts in Mathematics, 213. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2002. xvi+392 pp. ISBN: 0-387-95395-7
For a slightly different approach, I recommend Algebraic Curves and Riemann Surfaces by Rick Miranda. This book starts out by developing everything in terms of divisors, then turns to line bundles and sheaves. I recommend it precisely because it works at developing lots of motivation for the notion of a sheaf (as well as that of sheaf cohomology).
I think there are several good references. For instance:
R. O. Wells: Differential Analysis on complex manifolds (Springer GTM 65), Chapter III.
J. D. Moore: Lectures in Seiberg-Witten invariants (Springer LNM 1629), Chapter 1.
D. Huybrechts: Complex Geometry - An introduction (Springer Universitext), Chapter 2.


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I'm not a native English speaker, and I don't understand the meaning of the phrase "in your general direction."
I have found its use in the line from Monty Python and the Holy Grail:
I fart in your general direction.
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You hit the nail on the head -- it means "toward about where you are standing".
I am guessing it is the 'general' causing problems?
It just means that the fart is not aimed precisely at the victim, like a gunshot, but more or less in his direction in more of an "over there somewhere" sort of way.

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text: By Jeffrey S. Kravitz, Esq. Marvin Miller died and there will be obituaries in most media outlets for this pioneer. His contribution to the profession was summed up by former All-Star third baseman Ron Cey, who I heard speak the other night. Cey is now an executive with the Dodgers and the discussion was about… Continue Reading


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FORT HOOD (November 3, 2012)--Officials at Fort Hood's Darnall Army Medical Center say they have noticed an increase in babies being delivered in the facility in the past few months.
About 10 babies are born daily in the Women's Health Clinic lately, as compared to about seven daily in previous months.
"In the last couple of months, our numbers have been much greater than we have seen just about a year ago with folks coming home right around Christmas, so we've been very busy both in clinic and labor and delivery," said midwife Kristyn Leftridge.
Officials believe it is because Fort Hood is full of troops again, thanks to the withdraw from Iraq.
Those homecomings, in many cases, lead to even more special moments.
"When we come back on deployment, we like to spend time with our spouses," said Maxine O'Neill, an active-duty mom.
"Some times we end up with little bundles."
In response to the baby boom and an increased interest in pregnancy and health information for moms and babies, the Women's Health Clinic hosted a baby expo for the first time this weekend.
"It's different for everyone, and every birth story is different," said soon-to-be Army mom Alicia Stevens.
The event aims to help moms, old and new, prepare for their child's birth.
Even experienced mothers like O'neill, who is pregnant with her third child, continues to learn and find helpful information from others on post.
"I like on post because being on active duty, my NCO's know where I am," O'Neill said.
"We know that the army doctors will take care of us."
Local vendors and the medical staff members were on hand to talk about pregnancy, labor and delivery, child safety and more.
Army moms say no matter how baby babies they've had, they can always use each other for support.


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Easy Performance Products Flow Charger Install - Go With The FlowWritten by on May 3, 2012 Improving late-model fuel flow without changing the pump!
If you drive a late-model Challenger, Charger, or 300, the fuel system in your car is a little different from the fuel systems we're used to in our older Mopars. Controlled by the car's onboard computer, the fuel system is likely the last part of the car you're concerned about, as modern fuel injection systems are a reliable and accurate way to deliver and meter fuel. Of course, fuel injection requires higher fuel pressure than a carburetor, so the fuel delivery system in a late-model Mopar is designed with an electric fuel pump located in the tank. While this factory pump provides an adequate supply of fuel for a stock or mildly modified Hemi, in a supercharged car like our '09 Challenger R/T, we're pushing the limits of what a stock pump can handle.
If our engine were pushing 700 or more horsepower, we'd be required to change the pump to keep it from running lean, but at the 500 horsepower range like our supercharged 5.7 Hemi, there's another option that doesn't require removing the pump and sending unit or replacing the fuel pump. Easy Performance Products offers a product called the Flow Charger, that simply wires into the electrical system, boosting the voltage to your fuel pump. Better yet, the Flow Charger module can be triggered to boost the voltage when needed, and supply the factory voltage to the pump during normal driving.
The premise of the Flow Charger is simple. Since the fuel pump is driven by an electrical motor, supplying higher voltage than the normal 12 to 14 volts supplied by the car's battery will turn the motor, and fuel pump, faster to deliver more fuel. Of course, the increase in fuel flow depends on the voltage supplied to the pump, and the Flow Charger can either supply a steady 16.5 volts like the one we're installing in our Challenger, or with separate voltage control connectors can supply a variety of voltages up to 20 volts maximum. Because the electric motor of the factory fuel pump is designed to withstand a range of voltage, no damage is done to the pump.
A great feature of this product is that it can be triggered to boost voltage to the fuel pump by any contact closure switch placed between the module's green and blue wires. Since our engine is supercharged, we'll be using a boost pressure switch to trigger our Flow Charger. You could also use a throttle position sensor (TPS) switch, manifold air pressure (MAP) switch, or mass air flow (MAF) switch for this function, and each is easy to wire up.
With a boost switch like we're using, the Flow Charger will only supply additional voltage to the fuel pump while boost is being developed, meaning that during normal driving and cruising the fuel pump operates at normal voltage and capacity. Once the boost switch sees positive pressure and closes the contact, the Flow Charger increases voltage to the fuel pump for higher pump output. With aftermarket fuel pumps, this unit can increase fuel flow by up to 60 percent at the highest 20 volt setting. With our factory fuel pump and the unit's standard 16.5 volt setting, we'll likely see an additional 20 percent fuel flow.
For users who want the maximum voltage, a potentiometer can be installed between the black and brown wire if desired, or an Easy Performance dealer can provide voltage control connectors of different resistances to install between the two wires. Wiring the Flow Charger is easy, and the unit has a built-in power fuse. The Flow Charger also has high power conversion efficiency (96 percent), so it causes a minimum draw on the car's electrical system to do its work. The unit also contains a hermetically sealed circuit board, and operates silently thanks to something Easy Performance calls high frequency switch mode control.
Installing the Flow Charger is straight forward, and the unit can be mounted anywhere, since it is simply wired in place and not an actual part of the fuel system. We installed ours in the trunk compartment of our Challenger, in the lower area near the battery, which made much of the wiring easy. If you can perform simple wiring and mechanical tasks, installing the Flow Charger is easy to do yourself, and much less involved than removing and replacing the factory fuel pump. Other than wiring the unit into the electrical system, the only additional modification is to replace the 20-amp fuel pump fuse (number six fuse in the rear power distribution center) with the supplied 30-amp fuse.
After installation, we didn't really notice any difference in fuel pressure, but did notice that fuel pressure seemed to remain more constant at full throttle. Testing voltage at the unit with a volt meter, we saw the voltage increase when the boost pressure switch was activated. Without a fuel flow meter, it's hard to tell exactly how much more fuel the pump is providing, but we did improvise a test of our own using a stop watch and gas can.
Tapping into the fuel line and with the engine not running, we turned the ignition on and used a stopwatch to measure how long it took to fill a one gallon gas can both with and without the Flow Charger engaged. Granted this was not an entirely scientific test, but we did see that with the voltage boosted to 16.5 volts by the Flow Charger, it took approximately 30 percent less time to fill the one gallon gas can, equating to a 30 percent increase in fuel flow. So if you want more fuel to your late-model Hemi without dousing yourself in gas, the Flow Charger from Easy Performance is a great option.
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1 The fuel tank in modern LX Mopars is what's called a saddle tank, and it is located in a position under the floor and above the exhaust and driveshaft of the car. Luckily, Chrysler provided an access panel in the floor under the rear seat, but we found an option to increase fuel flow without changing the fuel pump.2 The Flow Charger increases voltage to the factory fuel pump for additional fuel flow. Since this was a modification we could perform without getting gas on our hands, we were eager to install one.3 We decided to locate our Flow Charger in the Challenger's trunk, where it is easy to wire to the car's rear-mounted battery. Much of the initial wiring can be installed on the workbench prior to installing the unit into the car.4 To activate our Flow Charger, we're using a boost pressure switch wired between the module's green and blue wires. The unit can also be activated by any switch that closes this circuit, including MAP, WOT, or even a toggle switch. By wiring a switch to activate the unit, it will only provide the extra voltage to the fuel pump when needed.5 We actually used a T-fitting and plumbed our switch along with the fitting for the boost gauge right into the vacuum line for the power brakes. This is an easy installation that just requires basic mechanical and electrical wiring skills.6 Located under the luggage compartment in the trunk of our Challenger, the Flow Charger is out of the way and hidden from sight. The unit operates silently, so noise isn't an issue no matter where you choose to mount it.7 The positive and negative wires from the Flow Charger simply go to the positive side of the battery and a chassis ground located in the car's trunk. The trigger wires can then follow the factory wiring harness to the front of the car, through the firewall, and to the boost pressure switch.8 The fuel pump access panel is located under the rear seat on the driver side of the car, requiring the seat be removed for access. At this point the fuel pump power wire from the Flow Charger is simply connected to the factory fuel pump wiring, and the original fuel pump positive wire is wired to the pink wire of the Flow Charger, telling it when to turn the fuel pump on.9 The Flow Charger is very efficient, but Easy Performance still recommends replacing the factory 20-amp fuel pump fuse with a 30-amp mini-fuse. Check the owner's manual for the location of the fuel pump fuse; in our '09 Challenger it's located in the number six slot of the rear power distribution center by the battery.


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From my understanding, the CMC (converted mana cost) of a token is 0. When you sacrifice a creature with Birthing Pod it adds 1 to the CMC. So, if I sacrifice a token (any token) to Birthing Pod, can I get a creature with a CMC of 1 from my deck?
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You are correct in the general sense. The CMC of almost any tokens is 0. The only exception is tokens copying other cards (e.g. Cackling Counterpart).
The simplest reference is the Oracle rulings:
So, why do most tokens have CMC 0?
Normally, in Magic, the absence of a value isn't the same as "zero", but the definition of converted mana cost explicitly covers this situation:


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TOPEKA - The Kansas Department of Agriculture will host a food safety handling class on Monday, June 18th in Topeka.
The class is open to all, from the home cook or someone who volunteers to prepare food for church events to employees of full-service restaurants and other food service establishments. Attendees will learn about cooking and cooling foods, hand washing and hygiene.
The class will take place at 2:30pmon June 18 at the SRS Learning Center (2600 SW East Circle Drive) in Topeka. This is the latest in a serious of regional food safety handling classes that were offered in Hays, Dodge City, Parsons and Emporia in May.
"These classes are a great opportunity for Kansans to learn what they can do to improve food safety, whether it is preparing food for the public in a restaurant or their own families," said Kansas Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Lodging Program Manager Steve Moris. "Education and training are key to reaching the common goal of reducing food safety risks."
The 90-minute instructional program is free of charge. However, reservations are required to ensure adequate room is reserved for the group. Interested parties should contact the Kansas Department of Agriculture's Division of Food Safety & Lodging at 785-296-5600 to RSVP.
Foodborne illness affects millions of Americans and claims the lives of thousands each year. These classes are designed to teach Kansans how to properly store and prepare food in order to reduce food safety risks.
The Kansas Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Lodging program promotes public safety by regulating lodging facilities and the production, distribution and storage of food products in Kansas. The program inspects grocery stores, restaurants, convenience stores, schools, senior meal sites, mobile food units, food wholesalers and warehouses, food processors, food manufacturers and lodging facilities.


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7 Man-Made Substances that Laugh in the Face of Physics
The universe is full of weird substances like liquid metal and whatever preservative keeps Larry King alive. But mankind isn't happy to accept the weirdness of nature when we can create our own abominations of science that, due to the miracle of technology, spit in nature's face and call it retarded.
That's why we came up with...
#7. Ferrofluids
What do you get when you suspend nanoparticles of iron compounds in a colloidal solution of water, oil and a surfactant? Did you guess Zima? The real answer is ferrofluids, though you should be proud if you just knew what "surfactant" was.
A ferrofluid is a liquid that reacts to magnetic fields in trippy ways that make you think that science is both magical and potentially evil. They have multiple real world applications, many which are pretty badass, and none of which you will care about after seeing this:
Tell us that didn't look like the birth of the most sinister dildo ever.
What happens is that when a magnetic field is applied to the fluid, the particles of iron compound inside align to it. Once that happens, the fluid becomes a fluid-solid. That's right, ferrofluids are first generation T-1000s, only metallic black and thus 10 times as badass.
What the Hell is it Used For?
Ferrofluids have a lot of pretty mundane uses, from lubricating and protecting hard drives to providing heat conduction in speakers, but their primary use is in looking cool.
The ability to become solid or liquid with the application of a magnetic field also makes them perfect for computer assisted shock absorbers in Ferraris; NASA uses them for high-tech flight altitude assistance, and like a gyroscope in spacecraft. The Air Force uses their magnetic field absorbing properties to make aircraft invisible to radar and we like to think someday they'll be able to make super hot, futuristic robot dominatrices that we can store in a cup in the pantry when not in use.
#6. Aerogel
It's not the brick in the picture up there, it's the stuff under the brick. Aerogel, also called "Frozen Smoke," is very much like Ben Affleck's appeal: practically non-existent, but still there somehow. It is 99 percent air, with the other percent being silicon dioxide or fudge or whatever, and looks like fucking magic. Its structure makes it a piss-poor conductor and thus makes it an excellent insulator. In other words, aerogel is also fireproof.
In addition to being awesomely heat resistant, aerogel can also hold insane amounts of weight proportionate to the size of the aerogel being used, up to 4000 times, which shames regular air something fierce. To put it in totally nonsensical terms, if air had a party, while aerogel was busy getting hummers in the back, loser oxygen would be making sure everyone was using a coaster. That's how much cooler aerogel is. Fuck you, oxygen.
What the Hell is it Used For?
The suits astronauts use are filled with it to keep the cold of space from, you know, killing them. More transparent aerogels are being made to insulate windows, or the world's lightest ping-pong ball, as you can see in this clip at 0:36:
Every once in a while, science rules.
#5. Perfluorocarbons
Remember that scene in The Abyss, before you fell asleep, when Ed Harris was put in a diving suit that was filled with pink goo that he then breathed? It turns out James Cameron wasn't blowing pink goo-laced smoke up our ass; that stuff really exists. Perfluorocarbons are fluids that contain shitloads of oxygen, making it possible to breathe liquid. They originally tested it back in the 60s on mice, with a certain degree of success... sort of.
The mice ended up dying after being submerged in it for a few hours, possibly due to the gut wrenching horror of drowning, but not dying, while trying to scream in their tiny mouse voices. Rather than manning up to the fact that breathing liquid destroyed the mice's diaphragms, the scientists blamed the deaths on impurities in the liquid (most likely horrified mouse shit).
What the Hell is it Used For?
Aside from slow, tortuous rodent murder, perfluorocarbons are used for ultrasounds, and even artificial blood. But before you go out and fill your pool with some for a leisurely four-hour swim at the bottom, be aware they are also awful pollutants. The worst offenders have a half life of 50,000 years and warm the atmosphere 6,500 times more effectively than carbon dioxide, and God knows how many cow farts that would be. Supervillains of the world, we hope you are taking notes.


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WATERTOWN — Fifteen-year-old Jeremiah Crowley wanted to make a quick first impression with his Montville High teammates and coaches.
He accomplished that feat quite well in his varsity debut Thursday, scoring three touchdowns, including two on special teams, to lead Montville to a 34-13 win over Watertown in the season opener for both teams.
Crowley scored on an 88-yard punt return in the first quarter to give Montville a 13-0 edge, and he added a 92-yard kickoff return in the third quarter to give Montville a commanding three-TD lead. He also added an 11-yard TD run in between.
"I wanted to show everyone that I could play with the big boys," said Crowley. "It feels good to be able to contribute to the team, especially in the first game."
Crowley's kickoff return came at the most opportune time, just seconds after Watertown's Anthony Yordon had scored on a 1-yard plunge with 1:26 left in the third quarter to close the Indians to within eight points, 21-13.
"We knew that we were in a dogfight," said Montville quarterback Nicholas Clemons. "We knew that Watertown was a hard-hitting team. They have very good players. We just had to keep playing hard."
When Crowley picked up the ball on the ensuing kickoff near the right sideline at the Montville 8-yard-line, he never hesitated, sprinting across the field and never stopping. That game-sealing play came 19 seconds after Yordon's TD.
"Jeremiah ran really hard; he came up with a real big play," said Clemons.
Watertown captain Andrew Kalach credited Crowley for making two key plays on special teams. So did Watertown coach Mike Veronneau.
"Crowley has an exceptional burst of speed," said Veronneau. "He showed that throughout the game. When you combine that with a couple of breakdowns, that's what happens. You need to play well in all three phases of the game, otherwise you are not going to be successful."
Kalach said special teams will be a big point of emphasis in upcoming practices.
"Turnovers really hurt us, too," said Kalach. "That was the difference in the game."
Watertown certainly had its opportunities, forcing six Montville turnovers in the game.
Watertown recovered four fumbles, two by Paulo Villaneuva, and one each by Bobby Ernst and Josh Hailstones. Seth McFadden and Dan Brodeur also intercepted passes.
But Watertown couldn't capitalize. It had the ball deep in Montville territory three times in the first half without scoring a point, fumbling once and losing the ball on downs twice.
Trailing, 14-0, Watertown's Dan Brodeur scored on a 15-yard TD run, and Rocco Guerrera's PAT kick made it 14-7 with 6:12 left in the first half. The touchdown was set up by Villaneuva's 55-yard fumble recovery.
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Mercy Corps
Accredited Charity
Meets Standards
45 SW Ankeny Street
Portland, OR 97204
45 SW Ankeny Street
Portland, OR 97204
Accredited Charity
Meets Standards
Standards Legend
- Meets Standards
- Standards Not Met
- Did Not Disclose
- Review In Progress
- Unable to Verify
Standards For Charity Accountability
Board Oversight
Oversight of Operations and Staff: Standard 1
Organizations shall have a board of directors that provides adequate oversight of the charity's operations and its staff. Indication of adequate oversight includes, but is not limited to, regularly scheduled appraisals of the CEO's performance, evidence of disbursement controls such as board approval of the budget, fund raising practices, establishment of a conflict of interest policy, and establishment of accounting procedures sufficient to safeguard charity finances.
The organization meets this standard.
Board Size
Number of Board Members: Standard 2
Soliciting organizations shall have a board of directors with a minimum of five voting members.
The organization meets this standard.
Board Meetings
Frequency and Attendance of Board Meetings: Standard 3
An organization shall have a minimum of three evenly spaced meetings per year of the full governing body with a majority in attendance, with face-to-face participation. A conference call of the full board can substitute for one of the three meetings of the governing body. For all meetings, alternative modes of participation are acceptable for those with physical disabilities.
The organization meets this standard.
Board Compensation
Compensated Board Members: Standard 4
Not more than one or 10% (whichever is greater) directly or indirectly compensated person(s) serving as voting member(s) of the board. Compensated members shall not serve as the board's chair or treasurer.
The organization meets this standard.
Conflict of Interest
Conflict of Interest: Standard 5
No transaction(s) in which any board or staff members have material conflicting interests with the charity resulting from any relationship or business affiliation. Factors that will be considered when concluding whether or not a related party transaction constitutes a conflict of interest and if such a conflict is material, include, but are not limited to: any arm's length procedures established by the charity; the size of the transaction relative to like expenses of the charity; whether the interested party participated in the board vote on the transaction; if competitive bids were sought and whether the transaction is one-time, recurring or ongoing.
The organization meets this standard.
Measuring Effectiveness
Effectiveness Policy
Board Policy on Effectiveness: Standard 6
Have a board policy of assessing, no less than every two years, the organization's performance and effectiveness and of determining future actions required to achieve its mission.
The organization meets this standard.
Effectiveness Report
Board Approval of Written Report on Effectiveness: Standard 7
Submit to the organization's governing body, for its approval, a written report that outlines the results of the aforementioned performance and effectiveness assessment and recommendations for future actions.
The organization meets this standard.
Program Expenses
Program Service Expense Ratio: Standard 8
Spend at least 65% of its total expenses on program activities.
The organization meets this standard.
Fund Raising Expenses
Fund Raising Expense Ratio: Standard 9
Spending should be no more than 35% of related contributions on fund raising. Related contributions include donations, legacies, and other gifts received as a result of fund raising efforts.
The organization meets this standard.
Accumulating Funds
Ending Net Assets: Standard 10
Avoid accumulating funds that could be used for current program activities. To meet this standard, the charity's unrestricted net assets available for use should not be more than three times the size of the past year's expenses or three times the size of the current year's budget, whichever is higher.
The organization meets this standard.
Audit Report
Financial Statements: Standard 11
Make available to all, on request, complete annual financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. When total annual gross income exceeds $500,000, these statements should be audited in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards. For charities whose annual gross income is less than $500,000, a review by a certified public accountant is sufficient to meet this standard. For charities whose annual gross income is less than $250,000, an internally produced, complete financial statement is sufficient to meet this standard.
The organization meets this standard.
Detailed Expense Breakdown
Detailed Functional Breakdown of Expenses: Standard 12
Include in the financial statements a breakdown of expenses (e.g., salaries, travel, postage, etc.) that shows what portion of these expenses was allocated to program, fund raising, and administrative activities. If the charity has more than one major program category, the schedule should provide a breakdown for each category.
The organization meets this standard.
Accurate Expense Reporting
Accuracy of Expenses in Financial Statements: Standard 13
Accurately report the charity's expenses, including any joint cost allocations, in its financial statements. For example, audited or unaudited statements which inaccurately claim zero fund raising expenses or otherwise understate the amount a charity spends on fund raising, and/or overstate the amount it spends on programs will not meet this standard.
The organization meets this standard.
Budget Plan
Budget: Standard 14
Have a board-approved annual budget for its current fiscal year, outlining projected expenses for major program activities, fund raising, and administration.
The organization meets this standard.
Fund Raising & Info
Truthful Materials
Misleading Appeals: Standard 15
Have solicitations and informational materials, distributed by any means, that are accurate, truthful and not misleading, both in whole and in part. Appeals that omit a clear description of program(s) for which contributions are sought will not meet this standard. A charity should also be able to substantiate that the timing and nature of its expenditures are in accordance with what is stated, expressed, or implied in the charity's solicitations.
The organization meets this standard.
Annual Report
Annual Report: Standard 16
Have an annual report available to all, on request, that includes: (a) the organization's mission statement, (b) a summary of the past year's program service accomplishments, (c) a roster of the officers and members of the board of directors, (d) financial information that includes (i) total income in the past fiscal year, (ii) expenses in the same program, fund raising and administrative categories as in the financial statements, and (iii) ending net assets.
The organization meets this standard.
Website Disclosures
Web Site Disclosures: Standard 17
Include on any charity websites that solicit contributions, the same information that is recommended for annual reports, as well as the mailing address of the charity and electronic access to its most recent IRS Form 990.
The organization meets this standard.
Donor Privacy
Privacy for Written Appeals & Internet Privacy: Standard 18
Address privacy concerns of donors by (a) providing in written appeals, at least annually, a means (e.g., such as a check off box) for both new and continuing donors to inform the charity if they do not want their name and address shared outside the organization, (b) providing a clear, prominent and easily accessible privacy policy on any of its websites that tells visitors (i) what information, if any, is being collected about them by the charity and how this information will be used, (ii) how to contact the charity to review personal information collected and request corrections, (iii) how to inform the charity (e.g., a check off box) that the visitor does not wish his/her personal information to be shared outside the organization, and (iv) what security measures the charity has in place to protect personal information.
The organization meets this standard.
Cause Marketing Disclosures
Cause Related Marketing: Standard 19
Clearly disclose how the charity benefits from the sale of products or services (i.e., cause-related marketing) that state or imply that a charity will benefit from a consumer sale or transaction. Such promotions should disclose, at the point of solicitation: (a) the actual or anticipated portion of the purchase price that will benefit the charity (e.g., 5 cents will be contributed to abc charity for every xyz company product sold), (b) the duration of the campaign (e.g., the month of October), (c) any maximum or guaranteed minimum contribution amount (e.g., up to a maximum of $200,000).
The organization meets this standard.
Complaints: Standard 20
Respond promptly to and act on complaints brought to its attention by the BBB Wise Giving Alliance and/or local Better Business Bureaus about fund raising practices, privacy policy violations and/or other issues.
The organization meets this standard.
Mercy Corps meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.
Number of complaints processed by the BBB in the last 36 months: 1
Mailing List Removal
The organization addressed the complaint issues brought to its attention: 1
The organization did not address the complaint issues brought to its attention: 0
(These complaints involve an individual seeking to have his or her name and contact information removed from the organization's mailing list.)
Year, State Incorporated
1981, Washington
Asian Credit Fund, Microcredit Organization, LLC (ACF MCO LLC)
Asian Credit Public Fund (ACF)
Hunchun Association for Poverty Alleviation in the Tumen River Area
Kompanion Development Institution
Kompanion Financial Group Microfinance Closed Joint Stock Company
Mercy Corps Egypt, LLC
Mercy Corps Foundation (MCF)
Mercy Corps Headquarters Building, LLC
Mercy Corps Headquarters Manager, Inc.
Mercy Corps Headquarters Master Tenant Manager, LLC
Mercy Corps Headquarters Master Tenant, LLC
Mercy Corps India
Mercy Corps International, Jordan
Mercy Enterprise Corporation (MEC) d/b/a Mercy Corps Northwest
MICRA Philippines Foundation, Inc.
Yanbian Association for Poverty Alleviation in the Tumen River Area
Yayasan Mercy Corps Indonesia
Yayasan Microfinance Innovation & Resource Center Foundation
Stated Purpose
"to alleviate suffering, poverty and oppression by helping people build secure, productive and just communities."
MC is a global humanitarian organization providing assistance to individuals and families in over 40 countries. When humanitarian disasters strike, the organization provides emergency relief, including food, water, shelter and other critical supplies. MC also assists communities move beyond the crisis and build better lives by helping them grow more food, earn higher incomes and advocate for their own needs. The organization makes small loans to help people start their own businesses; helps farmers grow better crops; and ensures that children have food, medical care and the opportunity to go to school.
|Humanitarian assistance - relief
|Humanitarian assistance - recovery
|Livelihood/economic development
|Civil society and education
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Governance & Staff
Chief Executive
Neal Keny-Guyer, Chief Executive Officer
Chair of the Board
Allen Grossman
Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation
Professor of Management Practice, Harvard Business School
Board Size
Paid Staff Size
*2012 compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.
Fund Raising
Method(s) Used:
Direct mail, telemarketing, special events, print advertisements, radio, grant proposals, Internet appeals, planned giving, cause-related marketing, and membership appeals.
Fund raising costs were 5% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $238,028,000, are donations received as a result of fund raising activities.)
Tax Status
This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.
The following information is based on MC's audited financial statements - consolidated - for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2013.
|Source of Funds
|Government grants
|Other private grants
|Interest income
|Private contributions
|Material aid
|Material aid - monetized
|Other revenue
|Gifts in kind-services
|Total Income
- Programs: 85%
- Fundraising: 4%
- Administrative: 11%
|Total Income
|Program expenses
|Fundraising expenses
|Administrative expenses
|Other expenses
|Total expenses:
|Expenses in Excess of Income
|Beginning Net Assets
|Other Changes In Net Assets
|Ending Net Assets
|Total Liabilities
|Total Assets
Note 1: According to MC, for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2013, the organization received in-kind contributions in the amount of $20,971,000 including material aid ($11,099,000), material aid – monetized ($9,200,000), and professional services ($672,000). Note 2: In the financial section above, "other changes in net assets" refers to other nonoperating decrease in net assets (-$171,000), foreign currency exchange loss(-$932,000), realized and unrealized gain on investments ($536,000), and unrealized gain on swap agreements ($214,000).
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Introduction to SharePoint 2010
Whether you are an avid user of Microsoft SharePoint 2007 or new to SharePoint, this webinar is for you. SharePoint 2010 includes several key enhancements, better integration with Microsoft Office, and a redesigned interface that places common commands on task-based tabs. SharePoint 2010 allows more than one person to edit a Word document or slides in a SharePoint library, allows you to schedule meetings and keep track of your schedule more easily with improved calendars, an improved Document Center site to easily manage your documents in one location, enhanced features of My Sites, improved Web Content Management, and offline access to site content. This webinar walks you through these new features and functions to help you get started using SharePoint 2010.


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Friday, January 6, 2012
Clutter-Free Classroom Project Week #1
Ok, this is a big step for me. I can NOT believe that I am going to post these pictures! It is sort of like weighing yourself in public....YIKES! However, I think that by going through this CFCP I will be a better teacher, right?! First, let me say that my room is amazing! It is HUGE! I have plenty of space and storage! It is a brand new room. The one draw back was that I moved into the room about 3 days before school started and I haven't been able to catch up since. I actually feel like I am falling more behind than ever.
I am the kind of person who LOVES the idea of being organized, but can't seem to quite get it right. I start lots of project and ideas and then get distracted by a new idea. LOL! I am a piler....FOR SURE! I lose things constantly! I am working on being organized at home and at school. So, please don't judge me by my boxes, my piles, well...enough excuses...here goes....ugggg!! :-)
Ok, here is the fist picture! It is a view from my door. It is not really a "specific" area, but it's because I need to organize my whole room! Mr room is huge, isn't it?! I love having a door. I did not last year. I was in a room that was connected to 2 other Kindergarten rooms. Yep, it was loud. Good thing I like my teammates!
These next two pictures are of my desk area, my storage cabinets (should have taken inside pics darn it) and of the sink area. GO BIG RED! Yes, I love my Huskers! The small desk in front of my desk is SUPPOSED to be my safe seat (tee hee) right now it is full of left over Polar Express treats! I use the plastic bins to hold my daily materials needed.
This is the cubby area. As you can see, I use the last few cubbies as another catch all...which I am hoping to eliminate! Also, above the cubbies, I still have boxes that I have not unpacked! WHAT?! I know...I know! :-( All of the 3 drawer containers are what I use to hold of my Kinders' extra supplies...which I LOVE! It is so handy. I just put numbers on the drawers and I don't need to change them...EVER!
Ok, now it's getting gradually worse. This is my small group area. Ok, ok, ok...the storage boxes that are on the floor are my December boxes (which haven't been put away) and my January box (which I just got out). The piles are there because as I said before, I am a piler! :-)
Final picture...whew! This is the mack daddy of all storage! The problem is, I am not using it appropriately. The blue and pink fabric bins are used to store my Reading Street unit materials. They fit perfectly in those little cubbies. However, I am thinking that I am not using that space as best I can. Do I really "need" to have all of those materials there in the room. I do have the possibility of housing them in a separate storage closet (yep, more storage) The small containers are my Math manipulatives. I am just really rethinking this whole space.
Well, there you have it! We were also supposed to post what were our thoughts while taking these pictures. I kind of already answered that for each picture! But, again I am thinking, "Oh @#$%" :-) Not appropriate....I know, but honest!
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Thanks for linking up. I love the colors in your room. Is the space as big as it looks?ReplyDelete
❤Jodi from...
★★The Clutter-Free Classroom★★
Helping Teachers Get Organized
Your room is AWESOME! I love all the storage. I don't go back until the 9th and its okay; all I can think is, "@#$%" when it comes to getting all my stuff organized too!ReplyDelete
WOW! Your room is huge! I am so jealous! Our building was built in 1962 and as you can guess is SMALL!! Good luck with your organizing efforts!ReplyDelete
Girl... I read the top and was thinking those pics were going to be so much worse than they were!!! Not bad at all. My room is so small compared to yours!!!ReplyDelete
You have me laughing because I'm thinking the same thing Oh {insert bad word} am I really showing people this?! I love the idea of being organized but tend to pile things up. I'm glad you've linked up! Can't wait to see what you do!ReplyDelete
Rambling About Reading
Wow! The built in storage cabinets are great! Your room looks far better than you think. Good luck organizing those cubbies!ReplyDelete
I adore your storage area! Your room just looks like a little sprucing up is in order, but looks great otherwise. Mine is a wreak!ReplyDelete
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Oh my gosh, I LOVE your classroom!! It is so bright and happy! I don't think anything looks as bad as you think...I agree with Ms. M, just a little sprucing :)ReplyDelete
I love your classroom! I'm with you on the storage issues - I, too, have a lot of storage in my room, but am really not using it very effectively. Good luck to you as you figure your space out - you can do it!ReplyDelete
<3 the fabric bins...your room looks really fun! Do you like the kiddos having desks? Or are they always arranged in tables? All I have are tables!ReplyDelete
I love your room!! You have it set up so nicely. I'm looking forward to seeing how you get everything together! :)ReplyDelete
Marvelous Multiagers!
I nominated you for the Versatile Blogger Award!ReplyDelete
Hi there!ReplyDelete
My name is Laura and I run the new collective blog called InspiredTeacher.net. We are working to give encouragement and inspiration to teachers. I stumbled on your teaching blog today and loved all your practical ideas!
I just wanted to connect with you via webworld and let you know about a new thing we are doing our way called Teaching Tip Tuesday where people can link up a past post they've written giving a practical teaching tip! This post would work great! We are giving away some sweet stuff over there for it, and would love to have you involved if you have a sec!
Thanks, and I look forward to connecting with you again! The link is: http://www.inspiredteacher.net/2012/01/teaching-tips-tuesdays/
Our plan is to run it every Tuesday, if you'd like to jump in! Have a great day!
Laura Parker
- AnonymousJanuary 29, 2012 at 4:16 PM
love your blog (and your friend Crystals)ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousApril 3, 2012 at 1:19 PM
Great job! And freakin' funny comments too! Take care! Have a great Spring!!ReplyDelete
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I'm looking to make a rye pale ale. Do I need to provide enough base grains to convert the starches in flaked rye or is it capable of self conversion? If it needs conversion, would 6 lbs of 6-row work for 2.5 lbs of rye?
Flaked rye needs to be converted. 6 lbs of either 2-row or 6-row would be plenty to convert 2.5lbs of rye.
I'd use 2 row instead of 6 row unless you want the grainy flavor you get from 6 row. You don't need 6 row for enzymes. 2 row has plenty of diastatic power without having to resort to 6 row.
Flaked rye (unmalted) has a low diastatic power, so it would definitely need some base malt (6-row would work fine) for starch conversion.
However, generally flaked rye is used for taste, and not as much for its starch content. If you are doing a mash anyway, you might as well throw it in,
Edit: Thanks Denny, you are definitely right on this. Don't steep, do a partial mash if you want rye in an extract brew.


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I would specifically suggest NOT doing that for a couple of reasons
1) I think the most convoluted part of app development is the submission process, and that if you encounter that with an app you don't 'care' about, it's just a headache, whereas if you're going through it with an app you've given time and effort to, you'll be 'rewarded' with a successful submission
2) There is enough clutter out there already. Do you want your real apps competing for eyes with the 'simple' ones?
Publishing on the App Store requires enough knowledge on tools and programming to produce a non trivial app (trivial ones get rejected).
If you are looking into iOS development, publishing an app is likely to present challenges beyond those that you find in books or experiments of your own. It's also something that you can mention on a job interview. Anyone can buy the developer license, but only getting published proves you did your homework.
I don't know what is your case. For me, it took months and it was hard, but I enjoyed it. So that's my reward right there. If you don't do it for the shake of it, you can as well look for inspiration somewhere else.
Yes, you can learn a lot just by creating an initial application for the App Store. This is exactly what I did, and if I had it all to do over again I'd approach this the same way.
As I describe in my answers here and here, I built and released an open source application for the launch of the App Store three years ago. I wrote this entirely as a learning exercise, and released the source code so that others could pick up things from it as well. It taught me lessons about OpenGL ES, basic UIKit controls, networking, and the application submission process (back when that was even more Voodoo than it is today) that I would not have picked up from a book or online tutorial.
I chose to build a molecular modeler, which is a slightly more challenging project than a simple sound board application. I did this because I had an interest in seeing whether something like this was possible on a mobile device, and because did research that could benefit from having something like this out there. It took about three weeks of nights-and-weekends work to get the initial version together and submitted for review, and I've been tinkering with it ever since.
Releasing it for free made me feel more relaxed about it, because I didn't have a responsibility to provide value for a paying customer. Negative reviews still hurt, because I take pride in the product, but they don't make me feel as guilty as they would had the person paid for the application. Also, by releasing my first application for free, I got to feel out the marketplace and get all of my business infrastructure in place for when I did want to charge for something.
That little learning experience application will have been downloaded over 1.5 million times as of tomorrow, so I consider it a resounding success. Many of the people I now regularly correspond with as developers first contacted me as a result of seeing that application out there. My subsequent for-pay product wouldn't have done as well as it did, had I never released that free application.
Also, anyone interested in consulting within the iOS space really should have an application on the App Store that they can point to. Too many companies and individuals have been burned by consultants that promised the world for their iOS applications, only to be found out as having no real experience (or worse, coming to Stack Overflow for us to do their job for them). I get regular consulting offers sent to me simply due to people seeing my application on the store.
Therefore, I highly recommend creating a first application to learn the ins and outs of the platform, but I suggest challenging yourself on this. Find an area that you have unique personal experience with and create an application that draws from this. Don't just put together yet another to-do list, but find a niche for yourself and make an application that you can be proud of. Strip that down to the minimal number of features required to be a functional 1.0, and develop a free application based on that. If you also release the source code and write about your development process, you can also stir up a lot of traffic for your own website when you do this, which can pay off later.
But a trial-balloon/test app has to be unique and useful enough that Apple won't reject it out of hand. You should try to make an app you would find at least a little useful, or the exercise will be of much lesser value (e.g. it's better to debug stuff you care about). You can always remove the trial app from sale after your friends and family download it to "oooh" and "aaah" over your being a real iPhone dev.
That said, there are lots and lots of steps that have to be done exactly right to get an app properly provisioned and submitted and approved for the App store; and a trial run can be quite valuable in making sure you've got all the steps figured out before a deadline approaches. Companies have missed deadlines by overlooking one step, and not knowing which one.
I once put a small cheap easy app in the store as a trial run, after being away from iOS development for awhile, and (re)learned enough from the experience to greatly lower the risk of making some mistakes on a much more important app with a much more critical deadline that I was about to submit for a major client.
I've heard of contracting and job opportunities being offered as a result of a small easy free (but non-buggy!) app actually being in the App store.
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I once forgot to remove one of my test apps from sale after Apple approved it... and it sold almost a hundred copies.
Why try to publish a useless app when, for the same effort, you can publish a useful one?
There may be half a million apps in the app store, but a large number of those are poorly written, relatively useless, and just not worth bothering with. You'll have more fun if you know that people actually enjoy using your app, or are able to do something that genuinely helps them. Perhaps more importantly, you'll get more and better experience supporting your users, getting feedback from them, updating the app, etc.
Developing an iPhone app - like almost any programming task - is very much worth the experience to a programmer. Publishing it, in my opinion, not so much, unless the experience you seek is specifically with the App Store approval process. If you want feedback on you app, show it privately to a few of your peers and/or do some ad-hoc distribution. That way, you'll get feedback on how well you did without the faff of the App Store Police. Even with the wider audience, you'll probably not get that much more feedback, and most of what you do get will tend to be unreasonable moans or gushing praise - have a look at the reviews section of almost any app for examples.


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The College Basketball Bio as Term Paper
Everyone knows that Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski is very good at his job. But in case you wanted to brush up on all he's accomplished before the Blue Devils take on North Carolina Wednesday (ESPN, 9 p.m. ET), here's a warning: It'll take a while.
Krzyzewski's bio on the Duke athletics website consists of a whopping 11,875 words that mostly extol his virtues. In all of Division I college basketball, only four other coaches have bios that top 5,000 words: Texas' Rick Barnes (7,729), Notre Dame's Mike Brey (6,599), Arizona State's Herb Sendek (6,030) and Florida's Billy Donovan (5,880). The average coach's bio is fewer than 1,500 words, with Morehead State first-year coach Sean Woods bringing up the rear at a brief 242.
As for Krzyzewski, his bio includes almost everything you could ever want to know about the man. For instance, did you know that Coach K earned second-team all-NIT honors as a player in 1969? Or that he has a 2-3 record against Iona?
Arguably, Krzyzewksi warrants a longer biography due to his 948 career wins (most all-time for a Division I coach), four national championships and 11 Final Four appearances.
But not every coaching legend gets that sort of treatment. Syracuse's Jim Boeheim—the nation's longest-tenured coach—has a bio of just 728 words, fewer than first-year head coaches at Mount St. Mary's, Southern Utah and Florida International.


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Well tis the season for some giving – the items below I have all personally tried & used . I do not recommend items that I have not thoroughly tried out or used. These are my own personal choices – some have made the list before and some are brand new.
Making a repeat appearance – one of my favorite gifts to receive and to give:
Back Lit ! Thermapen
In typical Thermapen-fashion, our UK engineers have designed a button-less intelligent backlight system. When the Thermapen is on, a new display sensor continuously monitors ambient light levels. As it gets darker, the backlight comes on automatically so you can read the digits in any light condition. With this power-saving strategy, battery life is only reduced to a minimum of 100 hours even when the backlight is in continuous use. If only used in the light, the miniature CR2032 cells still last 1500 hours! Your actual battery life will be somewhere in between depending on the amount of night cooking you do. And, there's no button to push. You don't even need to think about it.
Thermoworks Chef Alarm
Designed for commercial use, ChefAlarm delivers features not found in "houseware" cooking alarms. Continuous Min/Max display tells you how hot (or cold) your food got when you weren't looking. A "High Alarm" sounds when your food reaches your setting, and a first-of-its-kind "Low Alarm" is perfect for making yogurt and other cold dishes.
Texas Pepper Jelly
Seriously this stuff is incredibly addictive. So many flavor choices. I love glazing with these jellies on meats, brie (seriously to die for), and heck my husband loves pairing the jelly with toast too! The possibilities are endless and the owner Craig is a super nice guy to deal with. Also make sure to try out their rib candy & also Craigs new BBQ sauce.
Lodge Cast Iron
I don't think you can ever go wrong with giving cast iron. Its a gift that can last a lifetime. This year I bought myself the Sportsman's Grill. and a new dutch oven. Great quality. The company has been around since 1896. Seriously thats a long freaking time.
BBQ Books
One of my all time favorite BBQ books. Now in its second edition – Championship BBQ Secrets for Real Smoked Food by the late Karen Putnam (Flower of the flames) & Judith Fertig. Some of my favorite recipes have come from this book. I cannot recommend it enough. The recipes were tried and true before publication. Really great food.
Big Green Egg Pizza Stone
I have owned a few pizza stones over the last few years. The Big Green Egg pizza stone has stood the test of time and usage. This is a great gift paired with a bag of 00 Flour and some homemade pizza sauce
Rossy's Diablo's Fuego Hot Sauce –
This is not one of those everyday hot sauces. This is in a whole other category. Chef Rossy Earle is from Panama. I have been lucky enough to eat at her house and experience just a tiny bit of her cooking skills. This is an incredible condiment. Absolutely full of flavor and beyond delicious. This hot sauce can be used as a marinade or topping for grilled anything from meats to veggies and everything in between.
Available in select stores & locations in Ontario.
FEC100 from Cookshack.
Ok this is a big BIG gift but I got one this year and I love it. Load it up with meat and it makes BBQ magic. I really enjoy using it- so simple and flavorful.
JP Custom Smoke Rubs
I received some of these as a gift this year. Great selection -terrific flavors. Small operation that has BIG flavors!! Get some!
Smoky Mountain Smokers Sweet & Spicy BBQ Sauce
I have been using this sauce for years and it always tastes great. Great for use on so many items. Order a case. Trust me on this. Their disposable cutting boards are also something high on mylist of competition favorites. Truly awesome people.
Butchers Prime Injection
I use this product regularly in my briskets and big beef roasts. It is like an insurance policy to make great meat. A little goes a long way. Check out their selections of rubs and sauces too!
Grill Grates
No shock that these are on the list again. I take them to every competition, use them at home and recommend them to all my friends.
- The Original Raised Rail Design™ is a new engineered cooking system that sits atop any existing grill. GrillGrates sear and sizzle foods better than traditional grills, which have more open exposure to direct flame and juices are only fuel for flare-ups. GrillGrates virtually eliminate charring but accentuate searing.
Plastic Shakers with different types of lids
Earlier this year I was experimenting with rubs and bought a couple of these 10 oz shakers. They clean up nicely and the different lids really help control how much rub and spice comes out. My only lament is that I didn't buy more. These would be great to give with an assortment of basic spices – garlic powder onion etc and some simple recipe cards for rubs.
Char-Broil Wood Chip Smoker Boxes – Assorted Varieties
Perfect for anyone who wants to take their food up to the next level of flavor. Char-Broil came out with these smoker boxes and they are super convenient to use. Also they have a great selection of accessories on their website. Also check out the BIG Easy Roaster for your Turkey this year. I was shocked how great our turkey came out!
This code will give 25% OFF All Grills and Cookers on charbroil.com. Pls note it is not applicable to parts but to grills & accessories only. This code & link below is valid until December 31 2013. Just use the code when you are checking out. **** Please note this code cannot be combined with any other online code**** – See more at: http://livebreatheeatbbq.com/tag/diva-q-bbq-code#sthash.4gmMcc3I.dpuf
Zinger Grill
My teammate Patrick bought this Zinger Grill. I picked it up for him at a contest in the US. I admit I was skeptical – I have to tell you I was/am thoroughly impressed. It is a grill & fire pit with an adjustable grate that raises and lowers. It also compacts down simply. I also haven't given it back. Good Luck Patrick, You may want to order another one. LOL
Montana Cross Grain Planks
I like using planks for grilling. I like them even more when they really give a lot of flavor to the meats I am grilling. I find these cross grain planks are just really effective. They also look snazzy serving up great smoked food to your guests.
Tony Chachere Injectible Marinades
I don't use really fancy injectors. Never have. Also many of the large stainless steel ones are just too big for my hands. I always buy Tony Chachere's Injectable Marinades- I like the flavors and I keep the injector. Its like a 2 in one present.
Beer & BBQ go naturally well together. It would be a great idea to purchase an assortment of craft brews locally and then give them this book. A great pairing. Ted Reader has written so many terrific grilling books. Check this one out – one of my favs!
BBQ Calender
365 days of BBQ tips & Recipes! Seriously- everybody should have this!
KCBS BBQ Judging & Competition Classes
There are lots of judging classes listed for 2014 – Check the KCBS Bullsheet and online
Also check out classes given by Competition Pros a great gift for anyone to step up their game.
Gift Cards for BBQ Stores:
If you have a griller that seems to own everything then a gift card might be the right option> I love these stores for BBQ Accessories & Equipment.
In Ontario/Canada I shop at:
BBQS.com -Ontario Gas BBQ located in Vaughan Ontario
Amazing selection – Guinness World Record holder for largest store.
BBQing.com – Capital Appliance & BBQ located in Ottawa Ontario –
These guys are some of the nicest people you could ever deal with. Highly recommend this store – terrific service and selection!
In the US
TheBBQSuperstore.com – Great selection they will ship anywhere!! These guys know competitions and everyday grilling too!
Whiskey Bent BBQ Supply Store located in Lakeland Florida coming online Black Friday 2013 – Competition & Everyday grilling needs ? They have you covered!
Get SPUN !!! Dizzy Pig Spices & Rubs – Gift Box!
I am huge fan of the entire Dizzy Pig Spic Line of rubs!..
This would make an awesome gift for anyone on your grill & BBQ loving gift giving list … Even better getting 25% off with this code: use DIVA25 at the Check out to get 25% off of their Gift Box 4
Packaged in a colorful, eye-catching and sturdy box are our 4 top-selling rubs, Dizzy Dust, Cow Lick, Raging River and Tsunami Spin…along with 7 samples of all of our other flavors, a Dizzy Pig lapel pin and sticker.
Here is an even sweeter deal.
Dizzy Pig is giving away one gift box of their 4 top selling rubs to a Diva Q Fan!
Contest Rules:
All you have to do is leave a message under this post on the Diva Q Facebook Fan page under this contest announcement – tell us what is on your Christmas wish list from Santa this year. The contest is open to both Continental US & Canada residents. 1 winner will be randomly selected from all the entries. LIMIT ONE (1) ENTRY PER Household. Subsequent entries will be disqualified. Contest is void where prohibited by law. Contest begins November 17/2013 and closes December 1st at 7pm est. Diva Q accepts no responsibility for comments lost or unpublished. Winner will be notified via Facebook message and published on the website.


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Durable C-shaped plastic stand supports any Ocean Currents Wave Maker at 3-1/2" height from the base. 2-1/2" wide x 3" tall round-nosed tab also supports most small (1/2" outlet) powerheads.


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WEST (September 1, 2011)- The 35th Annual Westfest Polka Festival runs through Sunday.
The festival gets underway Friday night at the West Fair Rodeo Grounds at 5:30 p.m.
The main event Friday night will be the Miss Westfest Contest which gets started at 7 p.m.
Admission for Friday is $12 for adults and free for children under the age of 12.
The Grounds will be open from 5:30 p.m.12:30 a.m. on Friday.
On Saturday the festivities get going at 10 a.m. with a parade through downtown West.
Following the parade the grounds will be open from 11 a.m. to 12:30 a.m.
The final day of Westfest gets going early Sunday at 8 a.m. with the Kolache 5000 fun run.
Following the fun run there will be a Polka mass at 10:15 a.m. at the fair grounds.
The grounds will then be open from 11 a.m. to 12:30 a.m.
Admission for Saturday and Sunday is $8 for adults, $6 for active or retired military members, seniors and children between the ages of 6-12, children under 6 get in free.
There will be separate admission charges for each day of Westfest.
Admission is good for all dances, entertainment and exhibits within the festival.
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Benefits to Mom
Breastfeeding is great for a new baby, but it has plenty of positive effects on the mother, as well. Here are just a few:
- Breastfeeding can burn up to 500 calories a day, which helps to melt off those extra pregnancy pounds.
- Breastfeeding releases the hormone oxytocin, which causes uterine contractions, helping to shrink the uterus back to its pre-pregnancy size. These uterine contractions also help slow bleeding after delivery and prevent hemorrhaging.
- Oxytocin also decreases blood pressure and has a calming effect when released.
- Nursing is a very relaxing experience for both mother and child. This is a time for bonding and much needed rest for new mothers.
- Women who breastfeed have a lower risk of breast, ovarian, and uterine cancers. Breastfeeding also reduces the risk of osteoporosis.
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What is low VOC paint, and what is the durability like when compared with 'standard' oil or acrylic based paints?
Generally the durability is considered to be just as good as the older paints. The VOC-Free paints still have less color-selection (at least last time I looked), but that's been changing as demand increases.
The building I work in (in the U.S.) just completed a LEED-Platinum renovation, and used all VOC-Free or Low-VOC paints. Some of the special purpose paints were not available in VOC-free yet, but low-VOC paints covered most of what they needed (including paint for a metal roof).
I was impressed at how much less they smelled when I stood next to a painter with an open tray of paint for several minutes before realizing he had fresh-paint out (I was disappointed that it smelled like someone had painted a week before until I realized he was doing the touch-up painting right then). In the first year we haven't seen any issues related to durability.
VOC = Volatile Organic Chemicals.
Basically, it's the stuff that gives you that 'fresh paint' smell, but it also can cause problems for people with sensitivities even after you've aired out the painted room, as the paint will continue to out-gas.
There also exist 'VOC free' paints, not just 'low VOC'.
I can't comment on the durability specifically; it's possible that other aspects of the paint may be a more significant factor.


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Why is chicken considered meat but fish is not? Also, why is an egg considered pareve? And if we can eat chicken eggs, why can't we eat caviar (fish eggs)?
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To your last point, traditional caviar comes from sturgeon fish, which are not kosher.
Eggs from kosher fish, such as whitefish, are kosher, so you can find kosher-certified "caviar" made of such eggs.
Chulin 8 / Yoreh Deah 87:3 - Rabbi Akiva holds that the prohibition of eating chicken with milk is Rabinnic (M'Drabanan) - the reason is to avoid confusion as people consider chicken meat. Fish would not be confused as it does not require slaughtering, however chicken does require slaughtering.
An egg that is in the chicken when slaughtered is meat. It must be soaked and salted like the rest of the chicken. It must be opened and checked for blood spots before being consumed. It may not be eaten raw, even though eggs that are laid normally may be consumed without cooking.


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For my game, there's two types of items - stackable, and nonstackable.
Nonstackable items get assigned a unique ID that stays with it forever. A character ID is assosicated with the item, as is a state (CHANGED, UNCHANGED, NEW, REMOVED). The character ID and state is used for item saving purposes.
Stackable items have one unique ID, as in the entire stack has one unique ID. For example: 5 Potions (stacked ontop of each other) has one unique ID.
When dropping a nonstackable item, the state gets set to REMOVED, and the unique ID and state don't change. If picked up by another player, the state gets set to NEW, and the character ID gets changed to the new character's ID.
When dropping all items in a stack of stackable items (for example, 5 potions out of 5) - it behaves just like a nonstackable item.
When dropping some of a stack of stackable items (for example, 3 potions out of 5)... I really have no clue what to do. The 3 dropped potions have the state of REMOVED, but the same unique ID and character ID. If another player picks it up, it has no choice but to obtain a new unique ID, and its state gets changed to NEW and its character ID to the new one. If the dropping player picks it back up, they'd just be readded to the stack.
There's two issues with that though. 1. If the player who dropped the 3 potions picks it back up, there's no way to tell if they legitimately dropped the items, or if they're duped items. 2. If another player picks up the 3 potions (assuming they're duped), there's no way to know if they're duped or not.
My question is: How can I create a system that detects duplicated items for both nonstackable and stackable items?


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The 7 Most Unintentionally Hilarious Propaganda Campaigns
Propaganda is what happens when a marketing campaign is run by the most transparently manipulative people in the world, namely politicians. We sort of expect propaganda to be a little stupid to begin with, but there are some examples that go beyond all our expectations and into the land of the hilarious. Like ...
#7. China Pays Army of Internet Article Commenters
In the mid-'00s the government of China faced a great challenge: They knew they couldn't block every single website or censor every single dissenting opinion on the Internet (as much as they'd like to) but they were also not crazy about people having the chance to say things like, "You know what? This whole communism thing kinda blows." Their solution: convince everyone that everything's fine by hiring masses of fake Internet commenters to tell them so.
Why didn't we think of this sooner?
This massive Internet army is colloquially known as the 50 Cent Party, since they are purportedly paid 50 Chinese cents (about $US 0.07) for each comment made in support of the government. They mostly stick to news, city and college campus websites -- basically, their job consists of trolling dissenters into oblivion. The Guardian claims there are around 300,000 people working for the 50 Cent Party, at least a few of which had signed up under the wrong impression.
"I'm advancing the party line of a communist nation like it's my birthday."
Sometimes the 50 Centers are given specific missions or targets. For example, when a man in the city of Jiaozuo posted an "unfavorable comment" about the police on a local website, more than 120 fake commenters were sent to contain and change the direction of the debate. And it worked: within 20 minutes, most users were condemning the original poster. That's 20 minutes since the comment was first posted (at which point an alarm probably went off in their headquarters and they went into emergency mode).
"Quick! Something insignificant has happened to a single disgruntled citizen!"
Commenters also trained in classrooms and are given directives on how to deal with current situations. When two high ranking Chinese officials were accused of corruption in 2009, the commenters were instructed to focus on how great the government is at fighting corruption (rather than how corrupt these guys were in the first place).
"If all else fails, bringing up Hitler or 9/11 will almost always derail the conversation."
Oh, and they're also encouraged to take shots at America as often as possible, like in this post:
"If we are democratized, there will be bunch of groups. America would support one, Russia another and Japan another...haha. ... I am satisfied with the way things are. Does America have no dark side? ... Not everyone gets along in America, either: why do you think there's so much crime there?"
"BoobGuurl69 really stuck it to the Imperialist Pig-Dogs."
#6. Operation Christmas
The FARC rebels are a violent separatist group in Colombia who are really keen on bringing communism to the country, which they hope to accomplish by kidnapping people and blowing shit up. Obviously they're a very serious problem for Colombia, so in December 2010 the government finally came up with a cunning plan to force the rebels to surrender: by showing them Christmas trees.
Not booby-trapped Christmas trees. Regular Christmas trees.
Fancy regular Christmas trees.
This was an official military operation, by the way. It consisted on infiltrating FARC held territories, locating large trees in strategically positioned walking routes and then dressing said trees with Christmas lights. Again: regular, non-electrocuting Christmas lights. The area around the trees (there were 10 in total, all across the country) was rigged with motion sensors that would cause the lights to turn themselves on whenever a FARC rebel wandered by at night, thereby overwhelming them with Christmas cheer (assuming they didn't immediately shoot the trees to shit).
"Colombian Santa Claus" isn't a euphemism for "coke dealer." Huh.
Oh, and just in case the message wasn't clear enough, they also left signs with phrases like "At Christmas everything is possible" and "If Christmas can come to the jungle, you can come home." Apparently they hoped the FARCs would be so baffled by the fact that someone put a Christmas tree in the middle of the jungle that they would be confused into surrendering, kind of like an anti-terrorist version of the Chewbacca defense.
The FARC responded with a statement asking where the fuck were the presents.
What's even more ridiculous is that Operation Christmas took almost 200 Special Forces Operatives, at least two Blackhawk Helicopters, and the motion sensor technology and intelligence work we already mentioned. You couldn't think of a more efficient way to use all those resources against a terrorist group, Colombia? Seriously? They probably realized this the moment after they were done hanging the lights.
"Shut up, just shut up. You're ruining Christmas!"
Still, as silly as this whole thing seems, apparently it worked: according to the government, 331 guerrillas surrendered that Christmas, plus an undisclosed number of wandering jungle bears.
#5. Operation Cornflakes (Has Nothing to Do With Cereal)
During World War II, U.S. intelligence officers devised an ingenious plan to trick the German post office to deliver anti-Nazi propaganda for them. Since the goal was to "place American propaganda on the German breakfast table each morning," the plan was codenamed Operation Cornflakes. That's not the most ridiculous thing about it.
"We'll swoop in, destroy things and then act innocent. We're calling it Operation Puppy."
Every single step of the plan was carefully planned and executed. The OSS (the CIA's predecessor) produced mail bags and envelopes that looked exactly like proper Nazi-made ones, addressed them properly to real German and Austrian homes, and air-dropped them near mail trains that were bombed specifically for this plan. The idea was that during the clean-up, the German post office workers would mistake the fake mail for real Nazi correspondence and deliver the propaganda.
Or just toss it all in the river.
Also, these weren't just leaflets with the words "HITLER SUCKS" in giant bold letters accompanied by gratuitous drawings of dongs (which is totally what we would have done) -- these were made to look like real German newspapers, complete with sports news, puzzles, columns and such. The jabs at the Nazis were all very sneaky, since the propaganda was meant to demoralize them rather than insult them. This was actually a pretty clever and well thought out plan.
Except for one small detail.
The whole plan hinged on the mail looking authentic, and that's why they also created fake Nazi stamps:
Worth good money now to the Reich bidder.
Just like the real stamps, the falsified ones depicted Hitler with the words "DEUTSCHES REICH" ("GERMAN EMPIRE") and ... wait, what's wrong with the third one?
Some stamps are made from paper. This one is pure metal.
Huh. So let's get this straight: the OSS goes through all the trouble of putting together this whole operation ... only to risk everything by making Hitler look like Skeletor outside the envelopes? If we were Nazi postmen, we'd dump these in the trash. Also, this doesn't even make sense because why would Hitler still have his mustache if his skin is gone? Did he always have another one under there? Nice going, OSS.
#4. China Feels the Need ... the Need For Speed
A big part of propaganda is periodically reminding other countries that you have weapons and know how to use them. It's the only reason we have military parades, air shows and all that crap. Some countries, however, take the ongoing pissing match to bizarre levels, even in this day and age. At this point it should be obvious that we're talking about China again.
"Our main square has way more suppressed history than your main square!"
In January 2011, China's state television (CCTV) revealed footage of the J10 fighter jet, one of the country's most advanced aircrafts in service. The drilling exercise included impressive images of the jet shooting and destroying another aircraft.
Here's the full video. If for some reason those images make you think of cheesy guitar solos and Kenny Loggins, you're not the only one: once the footage was released, it didn't take long for the Internet to realize that parts of it looked strangely familiar ... because they were stolen from Top Gun.
There's a rich irony in China, the largest bastion of communism in the modern world, trying to imitate a movie that's basically one hour and 50 minutes of condensed America. You can practically feel the capitalism oozing out of those pictures. Check it out:
Above: the Danger Zone.
That's the movie on the left and the "drilling exercise" on the right. If you think that's just a coincidence, here's that breathtaking explosion again:
Metal something something, ba-da-da-da touch and goooo ...
As soon bloggers and YouTube users started pointing out the obvious similarities, CCTV quickly censored the story without explanation. The government made no more references to the supposedly important exercise they were hyping a few days ago, although some of the same pilots were later shown in a strangely homoerotic game of beach volleyball.
Wow, Chinese people sure are looking more white and Tom Cruisey these days.


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Hello everybody,
I'm using ExtJS Portal for my application. When I try to move or resize portlets, I call myContainer.doLayout(); to force the container to refresh its children (my portlets). But sometimes this call makes my app crash, with no error on Firebug.
The content of my portlets (graphic charts, pie charts, bar charts...) are not refreshed any more and for exemple when I resize a portlet, it's content is not re-arranged to fit the layout. I hope you understand me.
Why does this behaviour happen ?
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I've recently finished reading a couple of Gerald Weinberg books on Quality Software Management. In them, he strongly recommends that organizations distinguish between software failures (which we would call bugs) and software faults, i.e. coding errors.
He also recommends than an organization keeps separately track of failures and faults, linking one or more of the former to one of the latter.
The specific terms he uses are System Trouble Incident for a failure report, and System Fault Analysis for the work that leads to the discovery of a fault.
I've searched for any further references to these terms on the internet but didn't find anything.
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And she's not from Chicago!
Okay, she's not everyone's favorite, but I think Nancy Pelosi is a great politician. A reminder comes with this: "Democrats would tattoo Medicare right to their foreheads in an effort to seize back control of the House from Republicans."Driving home the point: "What we think is at stake is Medicare, Medicare, Medicare, because it will not exist if they win....Infinitely more important to me than the results of the election is whether Medicare survives. And it will not survive if they were to win.Maybe it's her Baltimore upbringing! At Politico.
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As an American pol, Pelosi's got her priorities straight, at least right now. As a senior, I am most concerned with protecting Medicare from Paul Ryan and the rest of his marauders, but I also realize there are Democratic politicians who will not do all they can to protect this program, and they need some stern direction from the top. Believe me, once you've experienced traditional Medicare, you never want to return to the mean streets of private insurance. After a lifetime of fighting the good fight with insurance companies that pinch every dime paid on a claim and refuse coverage whenever it's needed most, I'm not about to buy the idea that free market "competition" among insurance companies will result in the best deal for seniors. Since when has this system ever worked that way for anybody? No. I've seen the promised land...and Paul Ryan is not going to send me back!
If anyone thinks that the Ryomney voucher plan will be a good idea, just think back to when the Bush "doughnut hole" drug plan went into play. I remember the problems that I had trying to help some older (I'm now 72) folks choose which option to take, and I spent quite a few years working in corporate employee benefits planning and administration. What a freaking nightmare that was!Magnify that by X and you'll know what Vouchercare will be like.You don't need to kill the baby to fix whatever problems (s)he might have.
As good as it is, medicare cooperates with all the supplemental, medigaps, etc., in a way that clearly benefits the drug companies and insurance companies (and I include AARP among them). Racketeering that only the U.S. free market could tolerate and reward!!!
@ MOS:I absolutely sure it is Nancy D'alessandro Pelosi Baltimore upbrining that is evidencing itself in her political instincts.
I wouldn't have thought that a great politician was anything admirable, any more than a great snake-oil salesman or a great demagogue. Lying for a living is a pretty pathetic way to spend your life on earth.
hey Davis S. "I wouldnt have thought that a great politician was anything admirable'Even Republican Lincoln? Please say you are not a Tea Party drone.
Ed, Lincoln, so far as I know, was far more than a politician. The wikipedia article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincolncalls him an "astute politician" and a "great war president".I know little about the Tea Party other than it's something that greatly exercises the left. That could be good or bad.
Tangent:For all you political buffs: Ross Douthat's NYT column today is a surprising one. He doesn't blame the dependent poor for the country's financial problems, he blames the middle class and rich. Hmm. I hope this means the GOP is doing some self-reflecting. David Frum has also been critical of the grand old party lately.http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/23/opinion/sunday/douthat-washington-vers... to think of it, Pelosi, while a product of city politics, is also a product of San Francisco big money. Are the political class lines being redrawn?
Among her many merits is this one: the "great politician" agrees with a majority of conservatives in their steadfast support of Israel. I doubt she would ever refer to the "51st state."From Wikipedia:Pelosi reaffirms that "America and Israel share an unbreakable bond: in peace and war; and in prosperity and in hardship". Pelosi emphasized that "a strong relationship between the United States and Israel has long been supported by both Democrats and Republicans. America's commitment to the safety and security of the State of Israel is unwavering,... " Pelosi's voting record shows consistent support for Israel. She states, "If the Palestinians agree to coordinate with Israel on the evacuation, establish the rule of law, and demonstrate a capacity to govern, the world may be convinced that finally there is a real partner for peace".http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Pelosi
PM: Great politicians aren't always right. If they were, they would be saints.
Thanks for the Douthat, Ann. Sobering.He's better than you seem to think. Have you read Bad Religion?
And then! Read the Commonweal review of Douthat: http://commonwealmagazine.org/accommodation-or-engagement
Margaret O'Brien Steinfels: Saints aren't always right either.
David S. --I haven't read the book, only his article about it. Mostly good as far as it goes, but, not surprisinglt , it's too simple. He seems to have an empathy for suffering creatures, which I admire -- too many conservatives seem to have killed theirs (see Rand et al, e.g.). But I don't think he appreciates how caught we all are in the contexts in which we're brought up. And all contexts, all backgrounds have their limitations and blind spots. To oversimplify (ha!), conservatives don't realize how easy it is for all of us to make mistakes, while liberals don't realize that there really is such a thing as sin. That, I think, is the big divide which turns our arguments automatically into sermons on morality or the lack thereof, and there's bitterness and distrust all around.The problem is fundamentally a theological one -- we all need to understand Original Sin better. The liberals don't seem to think it's real. The conservatives think they're exempt from it. The over-optimistic thinking on both sides has to go. Both sides need to learn self-criticism and to stop knee-jerk name-calling. Douthat, I think, is learning to criticize himself and his own, and more power to him.Eng of sermon for today :-)
"A progressive is someone who keeps making the same mistake, while a conservative is someone who prevents a mistake from ever being corrected." (G. K. Chesterton)"Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservative."(John Stuart Mill)The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy: that is the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness." (John Kenneth Galbraith)
A lot of you folks are apparently living in a bubble. You think of yourself as liberal but keep spreading calumnies about the GOP and conservatives. We do not stand against the poor but want to invigorate the economy so all are provided with opportunities to prosper. We don't want to do in Medicare but do want to make the hard decisions that will make it solvent.
John W. --The current problem with the GOP -- the Romney 'solution" to the deficit -- is that they plan to slash the programs that benefit the poor, viz., entitlements like Medicaid and Aid to Dependent Children. Or at least that is th way Romney talks -- he has yet to present any figures of just how much will be cut where, but he assures us it will be enough to solve the deficit problem without raising taxes on the rich. (See? He takes care of the rich first, not the poor.)
Thanks, Margaret (10 am). I missed the review when it first appeared. It's more interesting now, though, than it would have been then, since I just finished the book.Interesting how the flaws of people in "the other camp" are far more important than their virtues, and how their best efforts can only show up their intellectual debility.Critics of one or another political persuasion might to well to wear the hair shirt of not putting down people because of the alien company they keep and imagining themselves aliens along with them - at least for the length of the review. Not every time, of course; every now and then would do.
If I recall the review correctly, it raised questions about the accuracy of Douthat's historical interpretation. The reviewer definitely goes back that far. Do liberals just have better memories than conservatives?
Margaret - it may be worth noting that she did preside over one of the worst midyear electoral drubbings in living memory, or beyond, in 2010. Many observers were surprised that the Democratic Party kept her on as minority leader in the wake of that debacle.
I don't know if Nancy Pelosi is a "great politician" or not, but I do think that unless she and other House Democratic leaders work seriously for the election of pro-life Democrats, the possibility is substantial that the House could be in Republican control for many elections cycles to come."In 1978, the Democratic Party, held a 292-seat majority in the U.S. House, with 125 pro-life Democrats. Increased partisanship over the pro-life issueincluding the rejection of pro-life candidates within the Democratic Partycaused many of the pro-life Democratic districts to elect Republican candidates. In fact, the number of pro-choice Democrats in the House has essentially remained around 167. It is the number of pro-life Democrats that decreased from 125 to only 17, leaving Democrats overall with only 184 Members."http://www.democratsforlife.org/
Nancy Pelosi is a saint compared to Boehner. She deserves a lot of credit for the health care plan. What's not to like?
@ william collier:Your quote references the politics of 1978 - that's over thirty years ago. A lot has changed since then.One of those changes is that Nancy Pelosi was Speaker from 2007-2011. [It takes a majority to elect the Speaker.]Democrats in the Congress lost the majority in the 2010 election not because of their pro-choice stances: The Republicans cynically lied to the American public about fictitious "cuts" to Medicare due to the passage of Obamacare - all of which proved to be the winning formula in a low turn-out election where low information voters (read, Republicans and Tea Partiers) held crucial sway in especially swing districts in the Obama-hating southern states.Thanks to Paul Ryan's plan to voucherize Medicare, in January 2013 look for Nancy Pelosi to be restored to the appellation of "Madame Speaker!"Nancy Pelosi's 3-point plan for regaining the majority: 1. Medicare 2. Medicare 3. Medicare.


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I have heard many (rather most) people, especially in the USA, saying:
I don't know nothing about it.
Is that correct? I always get a weird feeling hearing this and feel the correct one would be saying:
I don't know anything about it.
I have heard many (rather most) people, especially in the USA, saying:
Is that correct? I always get a weird feeling hearing this and feel the correct one would be saying:
The second one is correct for most dialects of English. The first one is a double negative, or as we call it in linguistics, exhibits negative concord. Wikipedia has a pretty good article on double negatives:
Most prescriptive grammarians will tell you that a double negative is incorrect because it is "illogical." However, there are many languages that operate just fine using double negative obligatorily. For instance, almost all Romance languages have obligatory negative concord:
Double negatives used to be grammatical in English, but there was a grammatical change sometime during Middle English. The Wikipedia article gives a sentence from a 1644 letter by Oliver Cromwell (emphasis is added by me).
The double negative is still used in many modern dialects, but it is typically very stigmatized.
The second example is the grammatically correct one.
However, the first is common in certain dialects.
The correct one is the second. The first one might be used, for instance, by the (educated) speakers just in order to give their speach a pleasant rustic flavor. It sounds even better with "ain't" instead of "don't".
The New Oxford American English reports that anything is used
Nothing is used in sentences like
Using nothing (which means not anything) in a sentence with a negative is to use a double negation. I imagine the double negation can be used in some particular cases to give emphasis to the sentence.
Logically speaking, the negative of negative is positive.
So, the first sentence may be translated as follows:
I don't know nothing = I know something
Nevertheless, some american slangs use this formula to strengthen the negation not to negate the negation!