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- 1 andouille sausage, cut into chunks
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Quick and Easy Tofu Etouffee
- 1 andouille sausage, cut into chunks
9 comments:
- Janet said...
Etouffee -- are you sure this shouldn't be etofu-fee? :)
- August 6, 2008 at 9:33 PM
- Melinda said...
Ahh, that looks delicious!! I'm always looking for new things to do with tofu, so maybe I'll give it a try. I'm new here, so just stopping by to say hey and that I like your site, lots of great ideas! :-)
- August 6, 2008 at 11:39 PM
- Vegan Dad said...
You are obviously more witty than I in the evening hours! Must be the 8:00 bedtime for your kids.
Thanks for stopping by. Hope you see something you like.
- August 7, 2008 at 8:04 AM
- Lisa said...
Oh my, that looks delicious. I haven't had an etouffee in a long long time...
I'm a long-time veg, about to cross the line into veganism, but have never gotten "into" the fake meat thing (the stuff at the store is just, well, you know.). Your blog has been an eye-opener for me, and you're making me want to try my own. Those sausages look pretty straightforward, but how do I steam them? I have a veggie steamer, will that work?
- August 7, 2008 at 10:46 AM
- Vegan Dad said...
Yes, a vegetable steamer will work. Just make sure is does not run out of water. I have a posted labeled "On steaming Seitan" that shows what I use.
- August 7, 2008 at 12:37 PM
- Bianca said...
Wow. I love cajun food. This looks so tasty. I love how your tofu squares are so perfect and brown.
- August 7, 2008 at 12:45 PM
- in2insight said...
This was fantastic.
What size package do you use for this?
My "One pkg. extra firm Tofu" was 16 oz, and in truth, was too much.
There just was not enough sauce to coat it all nicely. (made extra sauce, of course!)
Another winer!
- August 9, 2008 at 8:30 PM
- Vegan Dad said...
Um, my tofu is 450 grams. So, whatever that is in ounces. The sauce just coats the tofu, but I didn't serve it over rice. Perhaps I should amend the recipe.
- August 9, 2008 at 9:05 PM
- in2insight said...
Guess my choice of wording could have been better...
Anyway, 450 grams is just about 16 oz.
Maybe it was the fact that it was served on rice, or that I am just a greedy eater, but all in all, the dish was fantastic, in case I forgot to mention that.
- August 13, 2008 at 10:59 AM


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I've been toying around with some prototypes for game systems, and I'm wondering if "mutable" RPGs (games where the rules of the game are represented and can be interacted with/changed in game) are viable. Has the concept been tried, with any success?
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Rules = Objects in Setting
Let's imagine a roleplaying game where the rules are represented by some physical objects in the gameworld.
So let's say you don't like the rule that dwarves can't learn magic? This rule is a stone pillar a hundred feet tall, standing in the Valley of Orblag. Topple it, and the rule will no longer exist. The pillar of No Dwarven Magic is the rule.
Some rules are more entrenched in the game, like the idea that weapons cause damage. That's the Great Ocean of Damage. Getting rid of the ocean is probably beyond the reach of the party.
This could also make for interesting games, like the one where the party accidentally burns down the Inn of Cows Don't Breathe Fire.
Universalis allows you to spend the game's narrative currency on adding to and modifying the rules, which is part of the reason for its name (the other part is because it's a genre-neutral system). It allows unlimited scope for self-modification – especially if everyone cooperates on the modifications – but it's freeform modding, without a strict, structured interface through which modifications are done. It's a good working example of a rules structure that gives self-modification for "free" just by the way its regular rules work, though.
I think it is possible if the rules are laid out in a way that makes them easy to turn on and off. Rather than creating new rules, the game could offer a large list of possible rules and then in game actions could switch them on and off. Each rule could have a default state, which it returns to at the end of each session.
For example, a fantasy setting rules could be:
Have a big enough list of rules and the combination of changes could make for an interesting game each night. Having rules in this way also makes it quite easy to design a mechanic to turn them on and off.
There are a few games where the player characters can take actions in game to change the rules by which the setting operates. I'm thinking here of:
The previously cited Mage games have a similar scope, but don't actually have rules for paradigm changing, putting that sort of thing at Storyteller discretion.
Not that I know of, but I had to start experimenting with this I would have a look at Mage (WOD) first.
It had rules to modify the reality the PCs were acting in, and the consequences (Paradox).
I never played it and from what I read in reviews I think I would have had problems being a GM for it, but I suppose it could give you some ideas, at least.
Amber RPG could be of some interest, too.
In a sense the more recent games which introduce Narrative Control mechanics for the players are a step towards that, but I am not sure that a completely "recursive" game would work in practice.
You should start with a very simple ruleset (so that you don't get boggled in minutiae) ... then you have to introduce a mechanic that - in case of success - allow the acting player to change some part of the rule... will the change stay in place for a fixed length of game time? say... 1d6 rounds?
Also, your rule system should be very clearly specified, and maybe the player who want to bend the rules may only change a single word at a time (Magic had something similar, at least in the very first editions).
In my opinion this would make for contested interpretations and rule-mongering till the wee hours in the morning, and actual Role Playing will probably disappear quite soon, but maybe I am wrong...


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However, our code also uses xerces serialization (org.apache.xml.serialize.* ). AFAICT, there are no javax.xml API-defined factories for creating instances of Serializer and OutputFormat. This seems to imply that the only way to get one is to explicitly call the com.sun.org.apache.xml.serialize.* APIs.
I've found the serialization classes in javax.xml.stream, but they don't seem to provide any output-formatting control like the xerces OutputFormat class.
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Sorry but no. One deal a day... it may come back sometime but, who knows.
The FAQ http://home.woot.com/faq which points at http://www.woot.com/faq
Now in Woot speak: can i buy the yesterdays home.woot deal? Yes you can, but not from home.woot and it will probably cost you more.
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In the past nine years, the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, have been invoked, distorted, and exploited to serve a variety of political and ideological agendas. But no such effort has been quite as shameful as the current campaign against the so-called Ground Zero Mosque.
"Ground Zero," for better or worse, is the widely accepted term of reference for the site where the Twin Towers once stood, and discussions about the fate of that site since 9/11 have been protracted and painful. The families of those who died there differed about what should be built. A skyscraper called One World Trade Center is finally under construction, as well as a museum and a memorial, but the debate continues, along with bitter complaints about the slow progress.
Two blocks away, a group of New Yorkers is at the center of another painful debate, this one over the terms on which American Muslims should be permitted to participate in civic life. They propose to build, on the site of a now-abandoned building, an Islamic community center dedicated to promoting diversity, dialogue, and service. The project's leader, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, is a moderate Sufi, long established in Lower Manhattan, who was called on by the Bush administration to assist with outreach to Muslims overseas. The community center, to be called Park51, would house a mosque, an interfaith program, fitness facilities, a restaurant, and a memorial to the victims of the 9/11 attacks.
The controversy over Park51 was manufactured by opportunists on the Right stoking outrage against what they describe as a "victory mosque" to be built "at Ground Zero" by radical Muslims intent on commemorating their "triumph." Politicians and pundits from Sarah Palin to Newt Gingrich to Charles Krauthammer have sought to exploit anti-Muslim sentiment, as well as the pain of the 9/11 victims' families, and have suggested that Islam itself is at war with America. Their opposition to Park51, which polls indicate is now shared by a majority of Americans, is implicitly based on the notion that all Muslims share in the guilt for the 9/11 attacks. It is an overt appeal to religious bigotry, one that both victimizes Muslims at home and makes it more difficult for ambassadors from the United States to the Muslim world, including Imam Rauf, to win cooperation in the fight against terrorism.
Catholics have been on both sides of religious prejudice in the past. President Barack Obama alluded to past persecution of American Catholics in his August 13 remarks defending religious freedom, and New York's Mayor Michael Bloomberg recalled that Catholics were once prohibited from practicing their faith in Lower Manhattan. "We would betray our values and play into our enemies' hands if we were to treat Muslims differently than anyone else," Bloomberg said in an address defending Park51. "Political controversies come and go, but our values and our traditions endure, and there is no neighborhood in this city that is off limits to God's love and mercy."
Although he praised Bloomberg's remarks, New York's Archbishop Timothy Dolan passed up the opportunity to take an unequivocal stand. Instead, the archbishop offered tentative support for a "compromise" that would relocate Park51. But calls for the Muslim organizers to change their plans out of "sensitivity," however well-meaning, would allow the prejudices of some to define the terms of freedom for others. It would set a dangerous precedent to allow the cynicism of those who launched this campaign to prevail over the facts.
Muslims were among those who died in the September 11 attacks. They were among the emergency personnel who responded to the disaster and the workers who sorted through the wreckage at Ground Zero. Muslim Americans, like all other Americans, responded to 9/11 in anger and fear, prayed for peace, grieved the loss of loved ones, and enlisted in the armed forces to fight terrorism. Any version of what happened that day that excludes their presence among the victims is inaccurate. Any argument that places all American Muslims outside the definition of "American" or fails to distinguish between ordinary Muslims and terrorists must be rejected.
Asking Imam Rauf and his community to retreat in the face of a deficient understanding of Islam is unreasonable and deeply harmful to attempts to combat Islamist terrorism at home and abroad. It is also a betrayal of the church's call to rise above prejudice in relations with other faiths. American Catholics should be standing against the opposition to Park51 and all other manifestations of anti-Muslim prejudice. The bishops should be leading the way.
This editorial was first published on our Web site on August 23, 2010.
Related: Wrong Then, Wrong Now, by Paul Moses; Islam & Modernity, by Patrick J. Ryan
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May I assume Commonweal will now also unequicolly support all actions of the pro-life movement, rejecting calls for it to be sensitive to those who would link the predominantly peaceful movement with isolated acts of violence like the murder of George Tiller?
Let me unpack a bit more.
Whenever the pro-life movement takes some sort of action, or the hierarchy voices support for the unborn, you can usually count on Commonweal or dotCommonweal to express some kind of "concern" for how this action will be received by the public at large, which is not sympathetic to the pro-life cause. This has applies to bishops' publicly correcting Catholic stating that the pro-choice position is consistent with Catholic teaching to a pro-life Super Bowl ad featuring a Heisman Trophy winning quarterback and his mother.
Now, those sensitivities are rooted in error, one might even say "bigotry," that the unborn are not deserving of the protections of the law.
The message of this editorial is that it would be a terrible mistake to refrain from an action because of such sensitivities based on mistake viewpoints.
I look forward to Commonweal's unequivocal support of the pro-life movement, freed from the responsibility to the sensitivities of those coming from mistaken and bigoted views about the unborn.
The word is not "legal" or "illegal," since law, and only law does not totally tell us right from wrong. The only Sovereign we have beyond the law is Jesus Christ. The fair word is "appropriate;" in an abiding love for each other both true Christians and believing Moslims can then come to rest on the propriety of an act. Prudence should rule. Commonweal has always loved the barricades.
Herewith my article for our parish bulletin last weekend:
I have followed with interest, as I am sure many of you have, the public controversy over a major Islamic center proposed for a site two blocks from where the World Trade Center was in New York. I agree with the opinion of our President that while our Constitution guarantees the right of those who own the site to do what they propose, it might not be the most prudent thing to do. I was brought up short, however, by the name of the group that proposes to build this center, the Cordoba Initiative.
For just over a hundred years, from 929 to 1031 A.D., the city of Córdoba in southern Spain governed almost the entire Iberian Peninsula as a Muslim caliphate. A caliph claimed at least moral descent from the Prophet Muhammad, and carried supreme religious and civil authority in his realm. The office only went entirely out of use in the last century, and there are influential elements in the Islamic world who would like to see it restored, not least in Spain, where the 102 years of the Córdoba caliphate were stunning glory days. No Spaniard I know, however, has the least sympathy for such a plan.
The professed agenda of the Cordoba Initiative is to promote mutual understanding among Muslims, Christians and Jews. While the Quran mandates special protection and religious liberty for us as worshipers of what they believe to be the same God, and in possession of a sacred writing (the Bible), we must understand that we would always be second-class citizens in any Islamic regime. Given the rise of radical Islam in our day, and the fact that no one can speak for all Muslims, can we trust any proposed interfaith dialogue with Islam to stay free of what we would call a secular agenda?
I appreciate Mr. Roark's concerns. I am sorry that he shared these concerns in a parish bulletin, as if they somehow reflect a Catholic response. They indeed do not. What he does underline is his own distrust of a "secular agenda" in the important work of interfaith work, which is occurring throughout this country in a variety of ways. It is obvious he has not learned much from this enormous, rich experience.
I understand where this distrust may come from. What do we do as Americans about the diversity of Islam, the thrust of Sunis, and even more importantly, Catholic teaching about the importance of interfaith dialogue, despite the circumstances.
Mr. Roark leaves us in a dilemma about how to move forward in the Church's desire to create reconciliation and dialogue with Islam, and indeed with all religions. The Church though, thank God, has already led the way.
Mr. Roark may also reflect the blurring of boundaries of political ideology and catholic theology happening nationwide where xenophobia and islamaphobia has more to do with the conservative politics than the compassion and openness of Christ.
Extemism is always in contraposition to pluralism, and Mr. Roark may reflect more "white anxiety" as an answer to extremism than to the Church's esteem for Islam and a careful reflection as to who is the real enemy. It is certainly not Islam, at least to Holy Father.
That the editors of Commonweal, in the most urgent human rights battle of our time, have not done everything that they should have done to fight the horror of legalized abortion does not mean that they are wrong about the mosque planned for lower Manhattan. On the second issue, they are right. Period.
I hope that our bishops, who have also failed in the struggle to protect unborn children, will have the courage to reprove any efforts capable of inciting hostility toward our Muslim brothers and sisters.
Keep and spread the Faith.
I am not saying they Commonweal is "wrong" about the mosque.
I am contrasting their response to the center to their response to most pro-life activities, which I think most would agree falls somewhere short of "unequivocal support."
If Commonweal is willing to support the pro-life movement's freedom of expression with equal vigor and conviction to what it was employed here in support of the mosque, that would be most welcome.
John McG, just out of curiosity, what (in your view) should be the law of the land with regard to abortion, and what (if any) consequences should there be for women who have abortions and those who perform and assist with abortions?
Just for the record, I am the pastor of the parish where the reflection abour Cordoba appeared. A substantial portion of the parish are immigrants, so I know plenty about xenophobia. My question is, what do those behind the Cordoba Initiative really want? If it's about a restoration of the caliphate, we have nothing to talk about. If not, then the first step toward dialog would be for them to find a more irenic name for their movement.
Everyone commenting on the mosque issue has been, I believe, unequivocal in support of right to freedom of worship.
That said, if I were on the board of the mosque, I probably would have considered relocation as a good-will guesture.
But that said, I would ask the opponents of the current location of the mosque- How far away would be respectful- 6 blocks? 10 blocks? not at all in Manhattan?
Also, should we relocate the nearby "gentlemen's club"? Is its presence disrespectful of the dead?
So much posturing on all sides. It's a good thing our country doesn't have more pressing problems to be concerned about.
At a lower bound, I would accept a revocation of the professional licenses for those participating in an abortion. I would not insist on a punishment for the mother in all cases, though some circumstances may warrant it.
But that said, I would ask the opponents of the current location of the mosque- How far away would be respectful- 6 blocks? 10 blocks? not at all in Manhattan?
What exact volume for my radio is too loud to disturb my neighbors?
Exactly how much pain can I inflict on a captive before it becomes torture?
How far can I go with a woman who is not my wife before it becomes adultery?
Not everything is reducible to black and white rules, as Commonweal is typically quick to remind us in other contexts.
Fr. Roark, thanks for your postings and questions. Here's some of what the Cordoba Initiative says about themselves on the FAQs page of their website. (Apologies for the length.) Their homepage is www.cordobainitiative.org.
Frequently Asked Questions
The Proposed Community Center Project in Lower Manhattan FAQs
Why Cordoba? The name Cordoba was chosen carefully to reflect a period of time during which Islam played a monumental role in the enrichment of human civilization and knowledge. A thousand years ago Muslims, Jews, and Christians coexisted and created a prosperous center of intellectual, spiritual, cultural and commercial life in Cordoba, Spain. Who is organizing this project? What is the relationship of the Cordoba Initiative to this project?
The Cordoba Initiative, of which Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf is founder and chairman, is a multi-faith non-profit organization whose aim is to improve relations between different communities, and in particular between the Muslim world and the United States of America.
The proposed community center in Lower Manhattan will serve as a platform for multi-faith dialogue. It will strive to promote inter-community peace, tolerance and understanding locally in New York City, nationally in America, and globally.
Daisy Khan is a board member of Cordoba Initiative and also the Executive Director of the American Society for Muslim Advancement (ASMA). ASMA is committed to helping Muslim women and youth to improving their lives within their communities through projects on contemporary issues.
Both Imam Feisal and Ms. Khan are strong advocates for multi-faith collaboration. They share a vision of a community center in which various religious leaders and civil society will work closely together to foster community cohesion and advance the shared goals of moderation, peace and understanding. Through programs offered by the Cordoba Initiative and ASMA, the community center will crystallize this shared vision of peace into bricks and mortar. Why are you building a mosque at Ground zero?
The community center is not located at Ground Zero.
It will be a multi-floor community center open to all New Yorkers, much like a YMCA or Jewish Community Center (JCC) with a designated prayer space (mosque) in one area to serve the needs of the large existing community of American Muslims in the neighborhood.
The community center will provide a place where individuals, regardless of their culture or background, will find a place of learning, arts and culture, and, most importantly, a community center guided by the universal values of all religions in their truest form – peace, compassion, generosity, and respect for all. Why did you choose this site so close to Ground Zero?
We were always close to the World Trade Center. Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf has been the Imam of a mosque twelve blocks from the Twin Towers for the last 27 years. Who is funding the community center?
No funds for this project have been raised to date. A project of this scale will require very diverse fundraising sources, including individuals from all faiths and beliefs –who are committed to peace and understanding. We expect that our sources of funding will include individuals of different religions, charitable organizations, public funds, institutional and corporate sponsors. You will need a lot of contributors. Who will review your donor list?
The New York Charities Bureau and the US Treasury Department will review the donor list to assure that all funding sources are vetted to their satisfaction and approved. In addition, our Trustees and Advisory Board will be comprised of a multi-faith group of distinguished individuals who will ensure that the community center stays true to its objectives of peace, tolerance and understanding between all.
How did you purchase the building?
SoHo Properties, a New York real estate development firm based in lower Manhattan, acquired the property a couple of years ago. Sharif El Gamal, owner of SoHo Properties, is a member of Imam Feisal's lower Manhattan congregation that has been in the neighborhood for a number of years.
Why so close to Ground Zero?
We have been residents and neighbors who are deeply committed to the neighborhood for the last 27 years. American Muslims have been peacefully living, working and worshipping in this neighborhood and were also terribly affected by the horrific events of 9/11.
As Muslim New Yorkers and Americans we want to help and be part of rebuilding our neighborhood in lower Manhattan. It is important for all of us to show the world that Americans will not be frightened or deterred by the extremist forces of hatred.
Isn't this insensitive given that the 9/11 attackers were Muslims? The events of 9/11 were horrific. What happened that day was terrorism, and it shames us that it was cloaked in the guise of Islam. It was inhumane, un-Islamic and is indefensible regardless of one's religious persuasion. Not only Americans but also all Muslims are threatened by the lies and actions being perpetrated by these self-serving extremists and their perverted view of Islam.
The community center will be a platform to amplify the voices of the overwhelming majority of Muslims whose love for America and commitment to peace gets drowned out by the actions of a few extremists. It will become a platform where the voices of those who resist religious extremism and terrorism can be amplified and celebrated.
But, why not build it a little bit farther away? Let's say a mile away?
No one should be driven out of his or her own neighborhood – especially for religious reasons. It is unconstitutional and un-American. Our congregation has been peacefully worshipping in this area for almost three decades. Our neighbors have encouraged us to remain here and the City and the Community Board have encouraged our continued presence here. The community has backed up their support by approving every resolution and challenge in the community center's favor.
What about the 9/11 families? Don't you see their pain?
Like all New Yorkers and Americans we were too devastated by 9/11. We share and respect the incredible pain and loss suffered by the victims of 9/11. We fully recognize their legitimate concerns and sensitivity to the community center. It shames us that extremists who profess to be Muslim perpetrated murder on such a horrific scale for political and financial gain in the name of Islam.
We look forward to actively engaging with leaders of the victims of 9/11 to respond to their concerns and obtain their support for our efforts.
Will the extremists take over the Community Center once it's built?
Extremism on both sides is the danger – it's what we're working against. A community center that celebrates diversity and multi-faith collaboration is antithetical to the extremists' worldview. This center will be a blow to all extremists.
In addition, the multi-faith Trustees and Board of Advisors will also help assure that our good intentions are not hijacked by extremist elements who are against our vision of peace, tolerance and understanding. Are you not building a project that will be one of conquest? Isn't this a victory for the extremists?
The community center is opposed to religious extremists of all faiths. It demonstrates that Americans cannot be intimidated and will join together to promote moderation, peace and understanding when challenged.
The extremists will not find victory or comfort in a community center whose sole purpose is to bring peace through multi-faith collaboration and celebrate the diversity of views in our world.
This center is an important step towards building understanding and peace. Just as we strive to understand the faith and traditions of our neighbors, this center will invite others to learn about the true nature of Islam. A religion of peace, tolerance, and understanding.
It is certainly tru that not every sin (I suppose the mosque is a transgression) can be reduced to black and white. So let us err on the side of safety- Do not shake hands with a woman, it might lead to adultery. And let us build the controversial mosque west of Ohio. Perhaps no one will object to that location.
You write:
"Their opposition to Park51, which polls indicate is now shared by a majority of Americans, is implicitly based on the notion that all Muslims share in the guilt for the 9/11 attacks. It is an overt appeal to religious bigotry"
So anyone who takes a position on this issue opposed to yours believes that all Muslims share in the guilt for the 9/11 attacks? How do you know that?
And you believe that all these people are religious bigots? Do you truly believe that?
I am not advocating that we govern ourselves by whomever stakes out the furtherst position. I am saying we need to have a (respectful) negotiation.
If my wife were to tell me she would prefer I not shake hands with a woman, it would not be the most productive response for our marriage for me to say that her views were obviously based on backwards notions about sexuality that I need not respect them and will go on as if she had never said so.
That doesn't mean the result must be that she gets her way. But she is entitled to a respectful hearing and a negotiation. Simply calling her desires unreasonable and dismissing them is a recipe for a poor marriage.
And I think calling the concerns of those opposed to the Park51 project bigotry and dismissing them is recipe for a deeply divided country.
The first thing I did when I learned of the Cordoba Initiative's existence (in the context of the matter at hand) was find their web page. Regarding the first FAQ, to say that Cordoba's glory days were lived under the Muslim caliphate is not to say that it, or any other Muslim regime, would be a comfortable setting for Christians. Christians and Jews live under tolerance in such a setting, not as equal citizens. If the imam and his followers wish not to perceived as promoting the restoration of the caliphate, they need to convince me that Cordoba is not their model.
From the title "Groundless" right through every argument, the editorial misstates or ignores facts and then slays straw men it has set up.
Now I ask you, is Islam well known for establishing community centers "dedicated to promoting diversity, dialogue and service"? Islam is very intolerant of "infidels" and suppresses and persecutes Christians all over the world. Google it. Conversion from Islam is punishable by death and the Pope has recently had to emphasize an individual's right to convert because of this. They are probably sincere about using the center for "service" because mosques have been used as recruiting centers for terrorists all over the globe. In fact, the first WTC attack in 1993 was planned in a mosque in Brooklyn. See the 9/11 Commission Report ""Mosques, schools, and boardinghouses served as recruiting stations in many parts of the world, including the United States. Some were set up by Islamic extremists or their financial backers. Bin Ladin had an important part in this activity. He and the cleric Azzam had joined in creating a 'Bureau of Services' (Mektab al Khidmat, or MAK), which channeled recruits into Afghanistan."
"The controversy over Park51 was manufactured by opportunists on the Right," says the editorial. (I'll bet that you didn't know that Howard Dean and Harry Reid were a secret right-wingers.)
Then, this howler: this controversy "makes it more difficult for ambassadors from the United States to the Muslim world, including Imam Rauf, to win cooperation in the fight against terrorism" (emphasis added) Rauf is not fighting terrorism; he claims not to know what it is.(Rauf:" The issue of terrorism is a very complex question.")
The suspicion that the proposed mosque is an exercise in Islam "triumphalism" is dismissively ignored, but Islam has a long history of building monumental mosques over churches they have destroyed. (The WTC was obviously seen as the church of capitalism.) In addition, this "moderate" imam's book's "What's Right with Islam" has another title in the Middle East, ""A Call to Prayer from the World Trade Center Rubble: Islamic Dawa in the Heart of post 9/11 America" !
The naivte of the editors is amply evidenced by their reliance on the perceptiveness of that great leader, Michael Bloomberg, who when told about the attempted Times Square bombing opined that it was probably some opponent of Obamacare. The editors ignore that we are spending billions of dollars to protect this country from people who call themselves Muslims and who want to be martyrs. (By the way, I think that it is significant that, unlike Christian martyrs, who die for their faith while not harming anyone, Islamic martyrs are always trying to kill others at their martyrdom.) Thank God that the editors are not in charge of our security.
I think a useful action for the editiorial board to do would be to meet and consult with Christians who do or have lived under Muslim 'tolorant' domination. And have done so for centuries -- even before the Muslim conquest of the Spanish peninsula and the Califite of Cordova. I would be sure that a great veil would be lifted from their eyes. Call up the Melkite, the Syrian Orthodox, the Coptic clergy in the New York area and hear their story(and the history of their communities) and the stories of their parishioners who have been driven out of the Middle East by Islam. Islam by the way means 'submission' -- in effect, the 'peace' of the grave. When you have done the above consultation -- then write your next editorial on this subject -- I am sure that it would be better informed -- and different.


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Facebook has recently allowed pages to be created without any facebook users associated with them. Facebook also lets these unowned pages sign into applications. How should an application detect and handle this situation?
- Sign out of facebook
- Create new facebook page
- You have a new facebook page, with ID = 249578561746447
- Sign into your facebook App.
- Facebook auth callback returns the current user access token
- STRANGE - User ID is = 100002923107961 (not 249578561746447??)
- ERROR - "/me" connection returns "false"
- ERROR - "/100002923107961" returns "false"
- Frustrating Facebook Auth Documentation doesn't say this is possible
- Frustrating There are no docs about this
- Frustrating Reporting this issue to Faceboook gets blocked - See here
Has anybody else even made a forray into this area yet? How should I go from a magic user with ID 100002923107961 to page with ID 249578561746447?


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Matthew Saltmarsh
Recent and archived news articles by Matthew Saltmarsh of The New York Times and The International Herald Tribune.
In Scotland, Buyers Waiting for the Vote on Independence
Prices are up but uncertainty over the Sept. 18 referendum has stalled the housing recovery.
September 5, 2014, Friday
Despite Lots of Talk, Dollar Still Reigns
Certain countries — including Iran, France and Russia — have periodically floated the idea of transforming the markets by settling crude oil transactions in currencies other than the dollar.
October 12, 2011, Wednesday
Britain Considers a New Kind of Stimulus: Higher Speed Limits
The government has proposed raising the limit to 80 m.p.h. from 70 on highways to shorten journey times and improve consumer sentiment.
October 1, 2011, Saturday
Greek Vote Approves a Despised Property Tax
The German Parliament will vote on Thursday on a bill to bolster the main European bailout fund.
September 28, 2011, Wednesday
Wall Street Rebounds on Europe Hopes
Traders were responding to reports that suggested German and French officials were developing plans to confront the Continent's fiscal crisis.
September 27, 2011, Tuesday
MORE ON: Stocks and Bonds , Currency , Nikkei Stock Average
Shares Post Modest Gains After a Punishing Week
As stocks pulled slightly ahead Friday, analysts cited anxiety that governments in industrial nations were not doing enough to support growth.
September 24, 2011, Saturday
Stocks Decline a Day After Fed Sets Latest Stimulus Measure
Investor pessimism about the outlook for the United States and European economies was deepened by weak data for the euro zone and a grim assessment from the Federal Reserve.
September 23, 2011, Friday
Western Finance Bodies Face Challenges in Funding Arab Spring Countries
The traditional model used by multilateral lenders looks increasingly unsuitable for the region and difficult to implement, analysts say.
September 22, 2011, Thursday
E.C.B. Takes Steps to Ease Cash Crunch at Continent's Banks
As Greece and Germany debated rescue options, the International Monetary Fund warned that Europe's sovereign debt crisis will require a huge increase in bank reserves.
September 22, 2011, Thursday
Talks End in Greece With No Deal, but Progress Is Reported
International inspectors will return to Greece next week to assess the country's progress in meeting austerity targets, as talks ended Tuesday without an agreement in place.
September 21, 2011, Wednesday
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MANHATTAN, Kan. (WIBW) -- Kansas State University graduates proudly accepted their diplomas at Bramlage Coliseum on Saturday, May 12, closing out one chapter of their lives and opening another as they prepare to enter the professional arena.
At the graduation for the College of Education, the university's president, Kirk Schulz, served as the commencement speaker and told the grads their choice of major is a calling. He challenged them to instill a love of learning in their students.
"Maybe the pay and benefits aren't the same as in other professions but I think the rewards that come with molding young people, in particular, carry the kind of rewards that very few other jobs out there have," he told the crowd.
Carmen Wilson, a mother of five and Spanish Education major in secondary education, was selected to be the student speaker during the ceremony.
"It is our turn to challenge our students, spark their creativity and believe in them," she said.
"The message in my speech is about reflections- how our teachers, our parents, friends and spouses challenge us to become effective teachers and now it's our turn to do that with our future students and to let them know that they can do it. It's time for us to make a difference in this world. I just want to look at them and tell them that they can succeed and achieve great things. I just want to believe in them and make a difference in their lives," Wilson told WIBW.
Other graduates shared her optimism and enthusiasm for establishing themselves in the classroom.
"The job hunt is kind of aggressive especially in education with all of the cuts. But I have some prior experience, especially since I was in the military, so I'm confident that I'll land a job very soon," said Peter Kain, a Social Studies and Secondary Education major.
"I have a fourth grade teaching job so I'm really excited to do that and to be done with school. I'll be teaching in Hutchinson, Kansas. I'm looking forward to impacting the lives of the future generations and just teaching. I'm ready to teach, added Ashley Regier, an Elementary Education major..
The class of 2012 is the 145th to graduate from K-State since the first class in 1867.
Commencement ceremonies were held Saturday, May 5, at K-State Salina, and Friday, May 11, and Saturday, May 12, on the K-State campus in Manhattan.
K-State awarded more than 2,450 bachelor's degrees; more than 750 master's; more than 80 doctorates; more than 100 doctor of veterinary medicine degrees; and more than 20 associate degrees. Nearly 150 students are earning their degree through K-State distance education.


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HUNTSVILLE, Texas -- Sam Houston State Director of Athletics Bobby Williams has confirmed to KBTX Sports that baseball coach David Pierce is leaving SHSU for the same job at Tulane.
The New Orleans Advocate was the first to report Pierce is leaving Huntsville.
Pierce led the Bearkats to three Southland Conference regular season titles in his three seasons as head coach. He also took SHSU to three consecutive NCAA Tournaments and racked up a record of 121-63.
Tulane went 23-29 last season under Rick Jones. Jones stepped down after 21 seasons as head coach of the Green Wave. He is the winningest coach in school history. He took Tulane to the College World Series in 2001 and 2005.
David Pierce, who guided the Sam Houston State Bearkats to three consecutive trips to the NCAA Regionals, has been named the 23rd head coach of the Tulane Green Wave baseball program, as it was announced today by Tulane Director of Athletics Rick Dickson.
"After a very thorough search that created great interest throughout college baseball, it is with great pleasure that we introduce David Pierce as the new head coach of Tulane baseball," said Dickson. "David brings a great track record of coaching with energy, enthusiasm and strong history of recruiting while developing some of the country's finest collegiate players, as evidenced by the selection of five student-athletes from his first recruiting class at SHSU being chosen in this week's MLB draft. David's contributions during his tenure at Rice ranked among the nation's best in that decade, which were an important factor as we sought the best fit to lead Tulane baseball back to national prominence. We welcome David, his wife Susan and their two children to the Tulane community."
Pierce becomes just the fourth head coach to man the Green Wave dugout as head skipper since 1967, joining Milt Retif (1967-74), Joe Brockhoff (1975-93) and Pierce's predecessor, Rick Jones (1994-2014).
"I'd really like to thank the Sam Houston State community, university and athletic department, especially the baseball coaches, players and support staff," said Pierce. "My wife Susan and I are very excited to be coming to Tulane University to become a part of the Tulane family. I'd like to thank Dr. Scott Cowen and athletic director Rick Dickson for giving us this opportunity to come to New Orleans to be a part of this great institution. I know we have a lot to do in the next few days to secure and communicate to recruits and returning players that good times are ahead of us. Our intent is to come in and win now, and we are not only going to win on the playing field, but also in the community and in the classroom. I would like to finish my statement with one thing: Roll Wave."
Pierce owns an overall head coaching record of 121-63 after completing just his third season as head coach of the Sam Houston State Bearkats. In his three seasons at SHSU, Pierce took the Bearkats to three consecutive NCAA Regional appearances for just the second time in program history. Pierce was named the head coach at SHSU prior to the 2012 season after serving as an assistant coach for nine years at Rice University.
In his third season in Huntsville, Texas, Pierce guided the Bearkats to a 43-19 overall record that included a berth into the NCAA Fort Worth Regional. The 43 wins were the second-most in a single-season in Bearkats history since joining the Division I ranks in 1987. The Bearkats opened Regional play with a 2-1 victory over Dallas Baptist before falling to TCU in the second-longest NCAA postseason game in NCAA history: a 22-inning, 3-2 loss. The Bearkats bounced back with a 9-2 win over Siena to play for a regional championship on June 1, falling to TCU by a score of 6-1.
In Pierce's second season at SHSU, the 2013 squad won 14-of-15 games down the stretch to clinch the Southland Conference title and solidify their status as an at-large candidate into the NCAA Regionals. Pierce's program won the Southland Conference regular season championship for the second consecutive year – the first time in program history - while finishing the regular season with 36 wins to earn the first national-ranking of the season for the Bearkats.
Sam Houston State picked up a victory at the Southland Conference Tournament and then competed in an NCAA Regional in Baton Rouge.
In Baton Rouge, the Bearkats beat Louisiana-Lafayette, 4-2, for the program's first opening round win since beating No. 1 Miami in Austin in 1996. The Kats then took on LSU in front of the then-largest crowd (10,752) in the history of Alex Box Stadium. SHSU took a 5-4 lead into the eighth inning before falling 8-5 to the No. 1 seeded Tigers. The season ended with a 7-5 loss to ULL despite having the go ahead runs on base to end the game. The 2013 Bearkats finished with a 38-22 record.
Pierce kicked off his head coaching career in grand fashion during the 2012 season, leading the Kats to the regular season conference title and an overall record of 40-22. During the course of the season, the Bearkats made program history by being ranked in each of the major college baseball polls for the first time since joining the Division I ranks in 1987.
The 2012 team made their seventh NCAA Regional appearance, earning an at-large berth in the Houston regional. SHSU defeated No. 1 seed Rice and reached the finals against eventual College World Series participant Arkansas.
Pierce was honored as a "Regional Coach of the Year" in 2012 by the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA), as well as, being named Southland Conference "Coach of the Year" in 2012 and 2013. He became the first Southland coach to earn consecutive honors since UTSA's Sherman Corbett (2007-08).
He also was twice named by PerfectGame.org as one of 10 rising stars in the NCAA Division I college baseball coaching ranks. Pierce tutored two of the highest-drafted Bearkats in the history of the program. Cody Dickson, taken at No. 119 overall in the fourth round of the 2013 MLB First-Year Player Draft by the Pittsburgh Pirates, is the highest drafted Bearkat baseball player since moving to the Division I level. Caleb Smith was selected in the 14th round of the same draft by the New York Yankees to become just the 19th Sam Houston player selected in the top 15 rounds of the Major League Baseball draft.
At the conference level, many of Pierce's pupils earned honors throughout his three seasons at the helm of the Bearkats program. Anthony Azar was named the Southland Conference Player of the Year in 2014, while four others earned All-Conference honors for the season. In 2013, Kevin Miller and Azar earned First Team All-Southland Conference honors for the second-consecutive year while three others saw their names on the Second Team. Three Bearkats were spread out amongst the Second and Third teams in 2012.
Prior to joining SHSU, Pierce was an assistant coach for nine years for a Rice Owl team that has been one of the best in college baseball. He served as hitting coach from 2003-05 before moving to the role of pitching coach from 2006-11. Pierce was instrumental in the success of Rice's first ever National Championship team as the squad hit .313 with 51 home runs and 449 RBI in 2003 under Pierce's tutelage.
As pitching coach from 2006-2011, Pierce produced a pitching staff ranked in the top 30 in the NCAA in staff ERA for five years, including a No. 4 national mark in 2007. Eight Pierce-coached pitchers were selected in the MLB First-Year Player Draft, including left-handed starter Joe Savery as the 19th overall pick in the first round.
Two of Pierce's pupils earned major Conference USA awards during his time with the Owls, as Ryne Tacker was named the 2007 Conference USA Pitcher of the Year and Owl freshman pitcher Ryan Berry was named the league's freshman of the year during the same season.
Before joining the Rice program for his second stint - he was an assistant with the Owls for a season in 1991- Pierce worked across town with the Houston Cougars program for the 2001 and 2002 campaigns. In both years with the Pierce working as the hitting coach, the Cougars made NCAA postseason appearances, including an NCAA Super Regional appearance in 2002, and helped the team to just a game away from a College World Series berth.
Under Pierce's direction in 2002, UH sluggers pounded out nearly 700 hits and finished the season with a .310 batting average, the fifth-best single-season performance in team history.
He tutored a trio of Cougar hitters, who established themselves as one of the finest groups of sluggers in school history. Brett Cooley (18) and Chris Snyder (15) tied a school record with 33 home runs by a Cougar duo. Jesse Crain added 11 home runs, giving the three the greatest home run totals by a Cougar trio in school history.
Pierce received his first top job as a head coach for five seasons at Pasadena's Dobie High School, where he led the Longhorns to three District 23-5A championships and three berths in the Region III semifinals.
Among his honors at Dobie was winning the district "Coach of the Year" award three times, being tabbed a coach for the Houston area all-star series, and being named a coach in the United States Junior Olympic trials.
In his five years at Dobie, many of Pierce's players earned individual honors. Pierce tutored three all-state players, 36 all-district stars, and 10 players who went on to perform at the college level. Shane Nance, one of Pierce's top protégés at Dobie, became a college All-America at Houston before pitching in the majors for the Milwaukee Brewers and Arizona Diamondbacks.
Pierce also made coaching stops at Episcopal and St. Pius X, both high schools in Houston. While in Houston, Pierce worked as a batting practice pitcher for the Houston Astros from 1994 through 2000.
Pierce's playing career began at St. Pius X High School in Houston. He then went on to Wharton County Junior College (1982-83) and the University of Houston (1984-85). He helped pace the Cougars to an appearance in the NCAA Tournament as a senior in 1985. He completed his degree at Houston in 1988.
Pierce is married to the former Susan Kubiak – the sister of current Baltimore Ravens offensive coordinator Gary Kubiak. The Pierce's have two children, Chelsea and Shea. Their son, Shea is a rising senior catcher/infielder on the Bearkat baseball team.


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In this video and maybe other videos grenades and positions are explained with negative air acceleration (afaik) and walking through walls. Which are the commands to use for this? sv_airacceleration does not seem to exist in CS:GO.
To enable no clipping, you will need to either be on a server you control (and can set
Here's how to enable no clipping (walk through walls):
To turn no clipping off, type
Air acceleration requires a command line parameter, and this can no longer be changed inside the game. Simply edit your game shortcut or the command line parameters that Steam launches the game with and add


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11 Images of Nature You Won't Believe Aren't Photoshopped
One thing we've discovered over and over again is that nature is always weirder than what we give it credit for. That's why, for instance, some of the most staggering naturally occurring landscapes on Earth don't look like they belong on Earth at all. They look like they were created in a lab, or beamed down to our world from a distant fold in the universe.
Tell us you wouldn't think you'd been kidnapped by aliens if one day you woke up to see ...
#11. The 3N Cave
That soon-to-be-eaten-by-a-monster explorer up there has obviously stumbled upon the undead carcass of an alien supercreature, one that crash landed in a cave on our planet millions of years ago. It's now slowly crawling its way through the heavy rock walls of its own tomb to wreak horrible vengeance upon the race that unwittingly oversaw its imprisonment.
Atlas Obscura
This must be the teenage alien boy's room.
Actually, those are just salt crystals growing in 3N Cave in Iran. 3N is the world's largest salt cave, extending over 7,000 yards. The salt is found in the rock layers above the cave; during heavy rainfall, water penetrates the rock and takes the salt with it, slowly dragging it down into those terrifying white subterranean tentacles. Unlike limestone stalactites, which take millenniums to form, the salt deposits grow fast -- often reaching lengths of a foot and a half in just one month.
Atlas Obscura
Kingdom of the Crystal Spinal Column just doesn't have the same ring to it.
#10. Lapland
This picture appears to be the landscape of some arctic planet dotted with the half-exhumed penises of dead frost giants. The tips are all bowed slightly, as if in reverence to the ancient galactic snow fairy that came along and sheathed them all in enormous gym socks to save weary travelers from having awkward conversations with their children. They are known by local tribes as the Frozen Yogurt Cannons, the Throbcicles and the Twinkling Ice Shafts of Frostbitten Erotica. OK, not really.
In actuality, this photograph was taken in Finnish Lapland, the country's northernmost region, and all it is showing us is a bunch of trees. Lapland is known for ferocious, driving snow and temperatures well below freezing, which routinely leaves the region's trees encased in shells of frost, like pornographic snow worms or gigantic anorexic snowmen. Just for comparison's sake, here is a picture of Lapland after the snow melts, revealing the trees beneath:
The Telegraph
So if you live in Lapland, it's either alien wangs or sky farts, all year round.
#9. The Crystal Cave
Clearly, this is the Azure Cave of Eternity, carved high into the Mountains of Wisdom by space trolls. Its crystal walls glow an eerie blue, the source of which is a cosmic mystery (unlike neighboring planet Pandora, which owes its blueness to the fact that it is the default setting on Corel Paint). Travelers come from across dimensions to ponder the infinite mysticism of the cave and attempt to reconcile it with their own existence.
The News Burner
And also to master the Level 9 Ice Bolt.
Seriously, though, this is the Crystal Cave of Svinafellsjokull, a 150-foot-long ice cave in Iceland (which, to be fair, is where one would expect ice caves to be found).
The cave is located on the border between a glacier and the Icelandic coast, which accounts for the unusual color of the ice walls -- snow that falls onto the glacier has all of the oxygen forced out of it when the glacier moves, causing the snow to turn an otherworldly dark blue when it freezes into ice. However, like a flaming bald eagle decal plastered over the hood of an impractically fast sports car, the ice cave's beauty masks the fact that it's actually a death trap. The cave's structural integrity is entirely dependent on a moving glacier, which it happily reminds tourists of by emitting massive cracking sounds whenever the glacier shifts a single millimeter.
Still, getting crushed to death by that thing would be an awesome way to die.
#8. Eisriesenwelt Ice Cave
This almost looks like the basement of somebody's massive crystal fortress or ice palace, like where Kal-El keeps his spare capes, or where the Wampa stores wayward Jedi he's going to eat later. Either way, when you find yourself in a sprawling cavern surrounded by waterfalls frozen in time, it's hard to imagine you're still on Earth.
"Ten bucks my tongue won't stick to it."
That is the Eisriesenwelt ice cave, located in the Austrian Alps. It's even bigger than those pictures would indicate -- it's over 24 miles long, and the entire first mile is covered with small glaciers. During the summer, the snow on the Alps melts and drips down into the lower realms of the cave.
If they ever do a Cliffhanger sequel, Stallone needs to impale someone here.
These lower parts have a cold wind pattern blowing through them, freezing the melted snow right onto the limestone, providing the "Fortress of Solitude's wine cellar" effect. The mere sight of the Eisriesenwelt ice cave is so terrifying that locals used to believe that it was the entrance to hell. Because nothing says "sinful hole to the fiery heart of evil" like a beautiful ice-covered cave in the snowy Alps.
#7. Pamukkale
All right, water does not do that. Lakes don't just form themselves into perfectly flat levels that you can freaking climb up like a set of stairs. Either it's man-made, or it formed under completely different laws of physics than what we have here. Are things so different in the far-off alien world of Turkey?
Because that's where you find Pamukkale ("cotton castle"), a series of naturally forming hot springs located on the side of a cliff. The water that fills these mineral baths comes from 17 hot springs located more than 1,000 feet below the surface. There, the water can reach temperatures over 200 degrees Fahrenheit, allowing it to become supersaturated with minerals like calcium. When the water reaches the cooler surface, however, the calcium flies out of it, and over time those calcium deposits solidified into perfectly terraced mineral spas on the cliff. Also, magic is involved somehow.
Thousands of people enjoy the hot springs every year, making Pamukkale the most beautiful and sanitary method of public bathing in Turkey.
OK, second most beautiful.
#6. Tessellated Pavement
See, there it is again -- since when does nature form squares? Look at that shit: It's like nature's chessboard, lines carved into the surface of the planet millenniums ago by bored dimensional shamblers. It's like an alien with a telescope zoomed in too close to Earth and now they can see the pixels.
My Bicycling Adventure
"Will this podunk-ass solar system ever upgrade to HD?"
What they really are is tessellated pavement, a set of stones on the Tasmanian coastline that are each shaped like a near-perfect rectangle. The stones cracked millions of years ago when tectonic plates in Tasmania decided they didn't want to live in Australia's shadow anymore and moved away. This caused the stones to form nearly straight crevices, which are reinforced by the regular low tides that erode the cracks much faster than the rest of the stone. Also, magic.


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WELLSBURG - An impressive season continued Saturday for Weirton Madonna.
The Lady Dons stretched their record to 22-1 with wins over Beallsville and Paden City, and, more importantly, claimed the Ohio Valley Athletic Conference Class 1A volleyball championship Saturday at the Brooke Wellness Center.
"I've just been waiting for this forever," said Madonna senior Nicolette Sellitti. "I hoped and dreamed for it.
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The Madonna volleyball team won the Class 1A OVAC title with a three-set win over Paden City.
-- Fred Younce
"I said to myself 'it's my senior year and we have to do this'. I'm just so proud of my team."
Madonna head coach Jennifer Ewusiak added, "It's awesome. This is my first year coaching so to be 22-1 is amazing.
"We just have a great group of girls that work well together, and I'm proud of them."
Madonna faced a determined Paden City team in the finals. After the Lady Dons won the opening set 25-21 they looked poised to bring home the crown in a sweep, up 23-17 in set two. The Irish had other ideas though, running off eight straight points to win the set 25-23.
Ewusiak kept her message to her squad simple.
"I said to just go out and keep their coverage and keep their cool," she said. "Just to not get frustrated and if we played how we knew how to play we'd be fine."
And fine they were, scoring six consecutive points after falling down 2-0, and never looking back from there to a 25-17 third set victory that set off a Madonna celebration.
"I just think we have some really good players on this team," said Ewusiak. "They just really work well together and they just really want to win."
The win was something the Lady Dons' players will enjoy, but it's also a step to a greater goal.
"It feels amazing," said Madonna senior Dylan Fenske. "I've been waiting for this since my freshman year.
"It's just one more step to states."
Fenske led her squad with 19 assists in the finals while adding seven aces and two digs. Sellitti and Monica Bragg were strong at the net with Sellitti putting down eight kills and adding three blocks, and Bragg chipping in with five kills and seven blocks.
Katie Kramer had four aces and 12 digs, Gabrielle Sellitti had three kills and four digs, Emily Pietranton had two aces and 11 digs, and Amanda Paul had 12 digs.
Madonna defeated Beallsville 25-27, 25-22, 25-18 in the semifinals.
Katie Kramer had three aces and six digs; Nicolette Sellitti had two aces, 12 kills, and seven blocks; Dylan Fenske had 24 assists; Gabrielle Sellitti had five digs; Maddie Burchill had four aces; Emily Pietranton had 10 digs; Monica Bragg had 19 kills and six blocks; and Amanda Paul 13 digs.
Frontier reached the finals with a 25-12, 25-13 win over Clay-Battelle.


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Sessions Co-Sponsors Resolution to Create CDH Awareness Day
WASHINGTON—The United States Senate passed a resolution by unanimous consent last night to designate March 31, 2010, as Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Awareness Day. The measure, Senate Resolution 204, was co-sponsored by U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) and sponsored by U.S. Senator David Vitter (R-LA).
A congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) occurs when an infant's diaphragm fails to fully form while the baby is developing in the uterus, leaving an opening that allows abdominal organs into the baby's chest cavity and prevents lung growth.
The cause of the condition is unknown, yet CDH occurs in one in every 3,000 U.S. births, and 50 percent of diagnosed babies do not survive. Other complications frequently occur when a baby is diagnosed with this condition, resulting in mothers often being advised to terminate their pregnancy when CDH is identified early.
Sessions' unborn grandson was diagnosed with CDH in his daughter's ninth month of pregnancy.
"CDH is a life threatening condition. When my grandson was born with CDH, he required corrective surgery at Shands Hospital in Gainesville, Florida, when he was four days old," Sessions said. "I am grateful to the doctors who saved my grandson's life, and I hope that setting aside a day to recognize CDH will increase awareness, leading to additional research and life-saving treatments for all unborn babies diagnosed with this condition."
James Beauregard (Jim Beau) Reinhardt was born to Mary Abigail Sessions Reinhardt and her husband, Paul, on November 30, 2009. After 43 days in intensive care, Jim Beau was released from the hospital and was able to join his older sister, Jane Ritchie, at the family's home in Georgia.


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2016 Humanity discovers the existence of supernatural creatures living amongst them.
2017 Supernatural creatures are granted Restricted Citizen status and become officially recognised in the eyes of the law.
2020 The Deus15 Incident occurred in an undisclosed location in South America, forming what what later is referred to as a Hellgate. The area is contained and neutralised, and all reports are buried.
2021 Hellgates appear in West Bengal, India; Louisiana, USA and Siberia, Russia. The areas are contained and neutralised, and all reports are buried. Project Safe Haven is approved by the UN.
2022 Hellgates appear in Nantes, France; Milan, Italy; Sydney, Australia and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The areas are contained and neutralised, but footage of the Sydney Hellgate is leaked to the press and internet. A worldwide panic ensues, with millions leaving their countries for supposedly safer nations. Project Safe Haven begins construction.
2029 Project Safe Haven is completed. 3.4 billion people come from all over the world take refuge in the megacity now known as Zion.
2031 As more Hellgates open up worldwide, Zion seals itself and is declared to be under martial law. The Watch system is established alongside the civic police.
2097 Earth has been completely overrun, the ground itself tainted by the uncontained Hellgates. Zion remains the only safe bastion.
For centuries, it was predicted that the apocalypse would occur in 2020. Just as often as a seer came out with this prediction, it was ignored. People, as a general rule, did not want to believe in such things, any more than they wanted to believe that supernatural creatures such as vampires, shapeshifters and witches lived alongside them. So the predictions were filed away and not much notice was taken of them, especially when other less gifted seers predicted the end of the world coming at the sixth day of the sixth month 2006. The vast majority of the general population heaved a sigh of relief when that day passed and the world carried on turning. The main result of this occurrance was sadly, that they would take even less notice of the 2020 prediction. At least, til the day it came to pass.
Before that, though, came a revelation. In 2016, it was discovered that supernatural creatures had been living among humans for thousands of years. It was a shock to most humans, especially when they discovered such things as the fact that their partner or friend who they'd known for years was a werewolf or perhaps a spell caster. There was much controversial discussion about whether or not to grant the supernatural creatures equal status with humans but by 2017 it had all been sorted out. Once again, the general population relaxed. Most people had already forgotten about the prediction of the apocalypse for 2020, and therefore did not think of it at all.
It began at first with just a small incident in South America. The authorities flung a veil of secrecy over the whole event, bribing those who were at the scene of the incident to stay quiet and banning all media from the area. At the time, it was fairly easy to hide what had happened from the world, but this was entirely the wrong thing to do. For what had occurred was the opening of a Hellgate; a door to the demon world, and thru which demons could enter the world and change it from the world everyone knew to a nightmare land.
This would have been bad enough had it been the only Hellgate, but in the following years several more opened up world wide. The authorities struggled to keep each one a secret from the world at large, even tho it was largely a hopeless case. The land around each Hellgate was declared a zone of alienation, like what had happened in the past around nuclear accident areas like Chernobyl, and sealed off. However, it was bound to happen sooner or later; a man, dissatisfied with what was going on practically in his own backyard and with the pay out that had been given him to keep quiet was to leak news of a Hellgate located in Austrailia to the press.
It went viral in minutes, appearing on almost every website and video site, causing a mass panic. With the response of denials and silence from the authorities, the panic got worse and worse. Eventually the only solution as it seemed was to build a safe city where humans could live away from the demons who had infiltrated the world.
That was then. This is now.
Coming to the end of the century, the only place that people can live in safety from the demons is Zion, which was created by Project Safe Haven. The city is immense and is completely self supporting, with plenty of room for the millions who flocked there seeking sanctuary. It is dangerous to venture outside for any reason as the demons now rule the world, and the land is tainted; any normal human would not survive long, even considering the fact that if they went outside, they would be destroyed by the demons almost at once. Those inside the city are protected by the police and the new Watch System.
The demons of course form groups, but theirs are not named and are constantly shifting in size and in leadership. Demons wish to destroy humankind, but also to possess the supernatural creatures if they can. There is danger out there waiting... the only question is, where will it strike?
"Without heroes we are all plain people and don't know how far we can go."
-Bernard Malamud
The Watches
The Watch system is based not only on power, but on probable threat. An individual werewolf or witch may be more powerful than a vampire, but they will still be in Greywatch because vampires are more threatening in general.
Not all supernaturals are in one of the Watches, but they are all monitored to some degree. There are also rogues, who go under the radar.
Daywatch - Class 1, Class 2
The administrative branch of the Watch, mainly comprised of Demon-Touched, particularly skilled humans or psychics. They are the support for the other Watches, on and off the field.
Uniform: White coat with 3 horizontal black, light or dark grey or silver stripes on the sleeves and matching epaulettes and ornamentation.
Greywatch - Class 3
The main defensive group, primarily composed of witches, sorcerers and theriantropes. In a crisis, it is Greywatch that secures the area and evacuates civilians.
Uniform: Light or dark grey coat with 3 horizontal black, white or silver stripes on the sleeves and matching epaulettes and ornamentation.
Nightwatch - Class 4
The primary offensive group, mainly made up of vampires, dhampirs or pact-bearers. Nightwatch is the group most often on the front lines, actively hunting down demons or rogue supernaturals.
Uniform: Black coat with 3 horizontal white, light or dark grey or gold stripes on the sleeves and matching epaulettes and ornamentation.
Vampires - Class 4
Vampires are undead creatures that keep themselves alive by regularly ingesting or absorbing liveforce, usually in the form of blood. There is a less common breed of vampire which feeds off of emotions. This allows vampires to appear to be truly alive and human, to eat, to walk in daylight, and even to procreate. The typical vampire requires the ingestion of 2-3 pints of blood up to three days apart, although some feed daily for increased benefits.
Typical vampiric powers include limited regeneration, superhuman strength and weak psychic ability. Because of this, they are the most regulated of the supernatural races, with strict population limits and spontaneous searches on suspicious individuals.
Vampires do not have to sleep, although they have the ability to do so. Most prefer to meditate as they find sleep eerily reminiscent of their 'death'.
Therianthropes - Class 3
Theriantropes, a blanket term for weres of all kinds, are the most integrated of the more dangerous supernaturals, partially due to the reliability of their powers.
They are almost always in perfect control of their shifting capabilities, except for three days around the full moon, during which they involuntarily shift and experience a berserker rage. While this can be dangerous, the regularity has made them very easy to handle.
All theriantropes are weak to silver and fire.
Dhamphirs - Class 4
Half human, half vampiric individuals. The vampiric qualities tend to surface around in teenagers 14 to 16, though many dhamphir in fact never manifest the vampiric aspect throughout their entire lives. These are known as 'passive' dhamphir.
Like their parents, Dhamphir require blood to use their vampiric talents, although lack of it is not fatal. They receive far fewer benefits from doing so and do not always have psychic ability. Many dhamphir simply drink blood as a quick pick-me-up, regarding it as too bothersome to drink regularly.
All 'active' dhamphir are automatically enlisted in the Watch when they show signs of their heritage. They are given training for four years, alongside normal schooling, before serving in the Watch for anywhere from 6 years to a decade of compulsory service.
Dhamphir only need to sleep every 12-16 days.
Pact-Bearers - Class 4
People who have made or inherited a deal with demons, Fey or similar creatures. Most pacts made are hereditary, and are often passed down from parent to child, forcing the pact on an unwilling soul. It is not uncommon for Pact-makers descendants to view this a curse. Pacts with anything other than demons are incredibly rare.
Demon-Touched - Class 2
Roughly 1 out of every 100 people attacked by demons survives the encounter. Out of those people, roughly 70% will later relapse and be destroyed or mutated by the demonic taint, 29% will recover, and 1% will become what is known as a Demon-Touched - Someone who has absorbed and mastered the taint. The Demon-Touched are completely human, but to demons and supernaturals, they will register as demons, and they are also highly resistant to most forms of demonic and supernatural manipulation, which is why they are often used as spies and commanders.
They heal slightly above the normal human rate, in that a wound that may take 5 days for a normal human instead takes 3 or 4. Uniquely, a Demon-Touched can heal any wound completely, leaving no trace of it's existence.
Wildcards - Class 4/5
Wildcards are a mix of two or more supernatural races. They are often powerful, dangerous and very erratic in behaviour. If a Wildcard cannot be contained or enlisted into the Watch, they are executed before they become a problem.
The City
Zion is a circular city, divided into 7 wedge-shaped sectors, each as big as a city in their own right. The sectors are built so that if one is overrun, it can be permanently sealed off from the rest of the city within 2 hours. The entire city is covered by a semi-transparent biodome. The sectors are named after seven lost cities, but unofficially are given the names of the Seven Heavenly Virtues.
Washington - Patience
Moscow - Charity
Venice - Temperence
Rio - Chastity
Delhi - Diligence
Sydney - Kindness
London - Humility
"Without heroes we are all plain people and don't know how far we can go."
-Bernard Malamud
Tybalt Redfern awoke in utter darkness, after what seemed like an endless time spent out cold. He shifted slightly, then finding that he was tied up; not cruelly, but securely, with a rope that try as he might, he could not break free from. This seemed to rule out Janeseh, who would never bother with restraints. Why would he, when he knew he could control Ty without the need for them?
The pattern after an attack by Janeseh always followed the same lines for Ty. He'd go off, into the rougher parts of the megacity, and try to rid himself of the hateful memories by any means possible. It was getting harder and harder for Ty to be able to deal with the abuse, and once he'd attempted to break free from it by telling Janeseh that he wasn't going to put up with it any more, and that Janeseh would have to find another victim. Janeseh had responded by saying that if that was going to be the case, then he'd have to seek out Ty's little brother, Macbeth.
Of course, Ty could not let that happen; he'd never be able to live with himself if he knew that he'd let that monster loose on his brother. So instead, he tried to live with the abuse. This was something new, tho. Ty struggled futilely in his bonds, but could not break loose. There was someone else who had captured him, and he didn't know who it was, or what their plans for him were.
Lupe walked down the street, all her senses on alert. These senses were more sensitive than those of a human, which was natural for a werewolf. Lupe lived in a part of Zion which had many were families living closely together; her own family, which consisted of her parents and older brother also lived there. Like her, Lupe's brother Dolph was part of Greywatch, which was concerned with the defence of the megacity. This suited both of them; neither of the siblings would have liked to be idle.
The werewolf checked her watch and quickened her pace. There had been a summons to Headquarters; something about a new demon group forming, and all the watches were asked to attend the meeting. Of course, it wouldn't be her or any of her group who went after the demons. That was reserved for the Nightwatch group. And there were a few members of that group who were skilled in dealing with such an issue.
One was Othello, who was a pact bearer. This was something which had been passed down from his father; his father Mordred had made a deal for power and immortality, and had been turned into a vampire like creature, as had his wife. There was also Gabrielle, who Lupe knew slightly. If she was to be honest, she'd prefer it if Gabrielle was sent on the mission. In any case, there was no use in worrying about it now she had reached the Headquarters. Lupe walked up the stairs and entered the building.
The building was a converted amphitheatre, better to hold events such as this in. Sitting around a table at the central dias were the three main representatives for this sector of the city. Commandant Anastasia, a brown haired human with military looking badges cluttering the front of her dark grey coat on both sides. She was flanked by Constantine, a tan, tired looking vampire with dark hair and silvery eyes and Ursula, a tall, broad woman with brown eyes and blonde hair who towered over the other two. The three watched as the room began to fill up, and Constantine began to fiddle with the laptop in front of him, turning on the projector above their heads.
Gabrielle was already there, seated at the back, away from most of the others who had already arrived. Like the rest of the Nightwatch, she was wearing her official black coat, though she was one of the few whose coat was marked with the gold stripes that meant she could never leave the Nightwatch. She had three badges pinned to her chest, and had evidently just come off duty, judging by the gun and sword still by her side, and the faint sprinkle on blood on the left cuff.
She gave Lupe an informal salute as she walked in, and gestured for her to sit by her.
"Without heroes we are all plain people and don't know how far we can go."
-Bernard Malamud
Lupe returned the salute, and sat down in the seat indicated. Lupe was of average height, with dirty blonde hair and blue eyes. Her wolf form was black with tan markings, as was the same for all her family. She was impatient to know just what was so special about this new demon group that had formed; after all, demon groups formed all the time.
A lot of fuss over a demon group, isn't it? Gabrielle said by way of greeting, in a low, hoarse sounding voice. She shifted forward in her seat and raked a hand through to dark hair. It's a bit much, to be honest.
Anastasia stood up. She walked in front of the table, looked at the full amphitheatre and put her hands behind her back and drew herself up into a n official speaker stance.
Alright, now that you're all here, we can begin. You may be wondering why there's so few of you here. We have called only the Watch members based in this area, as it seems to be an issue contained only to Washington sector, and we're hoping to solve this before it spreads to another sector.
Constantine tapped a key on the laptop then stood up to join. The projector screen filled with statistics on one side, and a list of names on the others.
As you may already have noticed, several members of Greywatch and Blackwatch have gone missing in the last few weeks. Most of them have been accounted for as being... casualties of war, Constantine said with a grimace, However, some have not been found, and of the ones that we have found....
He looked back at Ursula, who was still sitting at the table. She leant over and tapped another key. The projector flicked to an image of a body, slumped against a wall. Most of the skin had been torn away in ragged ribbons, making it impossible to tell what age or even gender this person had been,though there were clear barbed wire markings on what was left. It was the classic signs of a 'barbed wire demon' exiting a body it had possessed. The person was still clad in partial Greywatch uniform.
Ursula stood up and squared her shoulders.
They are trying to possess us. And they are succeeding.
"Without heroes we are all plain people and don't know how far we can go."
-Bernard Malamud
Lupe let out a gasp of horror. "Could it be true?" she whispered to Gabrielle. "That they can possess us? If it is, then how long before we're all destroyed?"
Her hand flew to her face. Lupe had always taken it for granted that as a supernatural, she was free from possession. But if this really had happened, then it meant perhaps that even the safe city they had made was doomed.
Gabrielle shared a worried look with Lupe.
Holy fck. she mouthed.
We don't know how many of these demons there are, Ursula continued, Though what numbers we have point to a small group, no larger than ten. With luck, we should be able to contain this very quickly, but until then. But we ask that you be vigilant, on and off duty. Make sure you radio in as soon as you notice anything suspicious. We will keep you updated on the threat. Thank you for your time. Good night.
She nodded to the assembly then she and the other two began to pack up. Gabrielle turned to Lupe.
Well, this is fantastic.
"Without heroes we are all plain people and don't know how far we can go."
-Bernard Malamud
"Awful," Lupe replied. She looked very worried. "With this new development, how long before they find a way to penetrate the city? We need to get rid of this group by any means necessary, if it's at all possible. After all, there's all the thousands of civilians to consider."
"It might just be a mistake, or a ruse. Get us paranoid and freaking out so we won't fight, or so we'll make mistakes when we do. Still..." she knotted her hands together, "Better safe than sorry, right?"
She sighed and stood up. "I've to go hand in my report to Constantine. He said he had something else for me to do. So, you take care, alright? Don't go down dark alleys alone."
"Without heroes we are all plain people and don't know how far we can go."
-Bernard Malamud
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I've recently been learning F# for fun (I'm a VB.NET/C# dev), and I really like some of what it has to offer. Theoretically that is. But I'm having trouble thinking up of scenarios where I would choose to code in F# rather than in C#. Any ideas?
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A few arguments for pure functional programming:
For a full treatment, see Why Functional Programming Matters and Why Why Functional Programming Matters Matters.
From here:
Asynchronous servers
Metaprogramming (e.g. parsing)
Technical computing
GUI applications
Logic programming
Here's what use functional style programming for -- on a more-or-less daily basis.
We do lots of statistical and actuarial things with fairly large datasets. The data fetched from the database is -- essentially static, immutable objects. No reason to create a class with methods.
Each stage of the calculation adds some additional details, but doesn't essentially mutate the object. At the "end" of the pipeline we're really doing a fancy reduce to compute sums and counts and other things.
Imagine this.
Each "phase" of the calculation is a functional programming loop that does simple read-calculate-yield and creates a composite object of other things plus results.
(We use Python, hence the functional programming using generator functions.)
It's easier to use stateless, immutable objects.
Technically, it is not a unique property of a functional programming, and F# is not a pure functional language. F#, as one of ML descendants, provides an excellent pattern matching and algebraic data types. So, for any task which requires complex data structures F# is much more expressive and easy to use than C#.
Imagine implementing a compiler in C# and F# - representing an abstract syntax tree and transforms over it is much simpler if your language provides ADTs and a pattern matching.
Ideal for map-reduce kind of massive multi-system and massive multi-core parallelism. Pretty cool, considering that nowadays entry level servers come with 48 cores (96 counting HT).
If you want fully functional try Haskell, Erlang also has some very cool stuff about it.
Simon Payton-Jones said about Haskell, he wants to have a program that obviously has no bugs, rather than have no obvious bugs.
(I probably got the quote a bit off, but you get the idea)
By constraining side effects you make it much easier to prove your code is correct.
One definite advantage is that it's much more easily parallelised.