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The environmental arguments against owning a second (or third) home seem irrefutable. An extra house perforce consumes extra building resources and operating energy, not to mention the fossil fuels used for transportation to and from the beach, mountains, or countryside. But the flip side of this view is that humans need contact with nature—more contact than most of us can get in our daily lives in the cities or suburbs. Spending the weekends immersed in a beautiful natural environment can spur a greater understanding of our need to protect and conserve it.
The team behind Lost Rock, a vacation home community in the Ozark Mountains of northwestern Arkansas, is taking the latter approach. Fayetteville, Ark., developers Morgan Hooker and Ward Davis have lined up Marlon Blackwell Architect of Fayetteville, Frank Harmon Architect of Raleigh, N.C., and buildingstudio of New Orleans to create a low-impact neighborhood on 160 lakeside acres. The project's 57 houses will be relatively small, some as diminutive as 950 square feet—and none will come with garages. "The houses will have fewer bedrooms and more bunk alcoves, so the owners can accommodate guests," says Marlon Blackwell, AIA. "They'll deliver more space for living in rather than sleeping." Instead of evenly spacing the homes, the master plan (by landscape designer Stuart Fulbright, in conjunction with the developers) clusters them in pods, leaving more open space for the community to enjoy.
Before designing Lost Rock's prototypes, Blackwell, Frank Harmon, FAIA, and buildingstudio's Coleman Coker met up for a series of two-day charrettes on the site. "I can't emphasize [enough] how important that was," Harmon says. The resulting buildings will sit lightly on their sloped sites, with minimal excavation. Their vernacular cabin architecture calls for organic elements like wood and stone, and the developers also hope to use recyclable materials with long life cycles. Natural ventilation will cool each house. "The goal was to capture the prevailing breeze from the south as it rolled up the Ozark Valley," Harmon adds. Native landscaping and options for solar panels, geothermal heat, and green roofs will enhance Lost Rock's sustainable standing.
Residents will be able to take advantage of the area's natural assets through planned hiking trails, boat docks, and community pavilions equipped with kitchens and baths. Even an outdoor amphitheater is in the works. Currently Lost Rock is in the planning approval stage, and construction is expected to start on the first models this summer. For more information on the project, visit www.lostrockranch.com.


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MICHAEL BROCKMANAffiliation:
University of Washington - Professor of Saxophone
Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra - Artistic Director
Artist's BiographyMichael Brockman moved from the East Coast to Seattle in 1987 to join the UW School of Music faculty. He instructs concert and jazz saxophone performance, and jazz arranging and composition. Brockman earned a master of music degree with distinction from the New England Conservatory in Boston, where he studied arranging with Jaki Byard, composition with George Russell, and woodwind performance with Joe Allard. He earned a bachelor of music degree from Lewis and Clark College, and also attended both the Berklee College of Music in Boston, and the Musikhochschule in Cologne, Germany.
An authority on the music of Duke Ellington, Brockman is co-director of the award-winning Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra, which presents the annual Duke Ellington Sacred Concert in Seattle (now in its 14th year), plus an annual subscription concert series of rare and classic big band works. Brockman has performed with Clark Terry, Frank Wess, Frank Foster, Jimmy Heath, Quincy Jones, Ernestine Anderson, Arturo Sandoval, Ella Fitzgerald, Jon Hendricks and Joe Williams. As both a jazz soloist and a classical recitalist, Brockman has toured throughout Europe and the eastern United States.
Brockman is an active professional performer in numerous Seattle ensembles, including the Seattle Symphony Orchestra, the Pacific Northwest Ballet, the Auburn Symphony, and the Clarence Acox Sextet, whose 1991 CD Joanna's Dance and 1992 CD Indigenous Groove were consecutively selected as Album of the Year by Seattle's Earshot magazine.
He has premiered many new works for saxophone, including the West Coast premiere of Sonata for Saxophone by Gunther Schuller, and has appeared as a soloist in the Riems Music Festival, the Dubrovnik Music Festival, the World Saxophone Congress, the Stanford Computer Music Festival, the New Music Across America Festival, the Seattle New Music for Saxophone Festival, the Northwest Saxophone Symposium, and many others. Brockman is a clinician for the Selmer Company.

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Player InformationFlames Home > Track & Field Home > Track & Field Roster > Roster Detail
Jennifer NicholsonClass: Sophomore
Position: Throws
Height: 5-10
Previous School: East Prairie HS
Hometown: Charleston, Mo.
2012 Outdoor Track & Field (Fr.)
• Closed her freshman year with a sixth-place finish in the ECAC discus final, with a season-best mark of 150-3
• Threw all four implements at the Big South meet, placing fourth in the discus, 14th in the javelin, 15th in the shot put and 22nd in the hammer
• At season's end, she ranked No. 3 in program history in the discus (150-3), No. 6 in the shot put (41-10.5) and No. 8 in the hammer (147-11).
2011-12 Indoor Track & Field (Fr.)
• Threw the weight a personal-best 45-6.25 to place ninth at the Liberty Quad and claim the No. 10 spot on Liberty's all-time list
• Graduated from East Prairie High School
• Became the first female student at her school ever to earn an NCAA Division I athletic scholarship
• In 2010, she won discus championships at the Missouri Class 2 state meet and the AAU Junior Olympic national meet.
• As a senior, placed third in the state in the discus and fourth in the shot put
• Longest throws in high school were 151-10 in the discus and 41-5.5 in the shot
• Scored over 1,000 points in basketball, posting 21.5 ppg and 11.0 rpg as a senior
• Named the 2011 Sikeston Standard Democrat Female Athlete of the Year
• Daughter of Grayling and Gale Nicholson
• Kinesiology major
• Birthday is on Jan. 23
Top Efforts in a Liberty Uniform
SP - 42-1.5 (12.84m) (Indoor)
DISC - 161-8 (49.29m)
JAV - 120-1 (36.60m)
WT - 47-0.75 (14.34m) (Indoor)
HAM - 149-2 (45.48m)
All-Big South Honors (1)
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Avoiding big mistakes can have a significant impact on a long-term investment. This impact may be more significant than the performance of a specific fund, stock, bond, or alternative investment. More often, big mistakes occur when investors begin making decisions based on emotions such as fear and greed, rather than using logic and objectivity when making their decisions about investments. For these reasons, it is important for investors to have a coach on their side, such as a financial professional, to help guide them during challenging times such as we experienced during the 2008 recession. There are many mistakes that can occur, but if the big mistakes can be avoided, it can make a huge difference on an investor's recovery. Here are three that are critical: failing to plan, waiting for the right moment to start investing, and buying high and selling low.
Many of us have spent countless hours planning for vacations, weddings, graduations, and having children. However, failing to plan for retirement will certainly present major issues for investors when retirement is near. Having a plan in place and a purpose of investing is critical. This is usually broken down in two parts. First, the building of wealth and second the disbursement of wealth. During the wealth-building process, investors will need to consider portfolio growth, time frame of investing, risk tolerance, and tax consequences. During an investor's disbursement phase, our investment objectives will change and strategies will be tailored toward capital preservation rather than growth. It is not easy and takes a lot of patience, yet having a plan in place to build wealth, and managing it properly during the distribution phase, will improve the odds of having a secure retirement.
When it comes to investing for your retirement, the best time to start is now. Whether you're a new investor or experienced investor, time is the most important factor you can have on your side. The earlier you start, the easier it is to save more, ride out the shifts of economic changes, and utilize compound interest to your advantage. By starting later in life, investors may fall short of their needs. The later you start the more you will need to save, reduce discretionary spending, and work longer than expected. For these reasons, the earlier you start saving the better the odds of saving enough for retirement.
Emotional investing usually ends on a bad note. Investors who buy and sell on emotions typically buy high and sell low. We have seen this time and time again. The interesting part about this is that most of the time our objective is to get out before we lose or to get in to gain something. In most cases, we end up doing the opposite. We get out before the market shifts because of fear and don't get in until we are comfortable, when it's too late. This is why having a plan in place that includes logic and objective decision making is crucial. Usually, a well balanced portfolio with rebalancing will allow investors to meet their goals and minimize major swings in their portfolios. Avoiding these mistakes does take planning. In many cases, working with a financial professional can help you be more objective and reach your retirement goals.


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I have a chipset Intel 4965. I have some problems with BT3, I can't put my wireless card in monitor mode, because I receive:
bt ~ # airmon-ng start wlan0
Interface Chipset Driver
wlan0 Intel 4965 a/b/g/n iwl4965 - [phy0]
ERROR: Neither the sysfs interface links nor the iw command is available.
Please download and install iw from http://dl.aircrack-ng.org/iw.tar.bz2
I downloaded it and:
bt iw # make
CC iw.o
iw.c:11:31: error: netlink/genl/genl.h: No such file or directory
iw.c:12:33: error: netlink/genl/family.h: No such file or directory
iw.c:13:33: error: netlink/genl/ctrl.h: No such file or directory
iw.c:14:25: error: netlink/msg.h: No such file or directory
iw.c:15:26: error: netlink/attr.h: No such file or directory
iw.c: In function 'nl80211_init':
With the command iwconfig -a, I get
bt iw # iwconfig -a
-a No such device
I see wireless networks with Kismet and I connect to Internet via cable.
Is it a problem of my wireless card? Do you have any idea?
Does it work with kernel of BT4?
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I can discuss....Star Wars, Star Trek, Dr. Who, anything Whendonverse, and World of Warcraft MMO dating back to "vanilla" days :)
Also, a lot of Marvel Universe stuff thanks to hubby LoL
We go to Dragon*Con and love every minute, but we don't dress up. Too much work, and hubby would rather just photograph everyone.
Hoping to have fun with this thread...and hoping I am not the only geek ;)


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Beretta Xplor Light. Close up of action. Beretta has slimmed down last year's Xplor Unico 3 1/2-inch 12-gauge into the A400 Xplor Light with a 3-inch chamber that weighs 6.28 pounds. The Light has many of the features of its big brother with the Blink operating system that incorporates a rotating bolt head lock-up and feeding system that increases cycle rate.
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I am going to combine the Vezina and Hart trophy discussion into one post because the Vezina discussion is going to be fairly short because I actually agree with the nominees.
The three nominees for the Vezina trophy are Roberto Luongo, Tim Thomas and Pekka Rinne. These are the top 3 goalies in terms of overall save percentage (Thomas first, Rinne second, Luongo third), goals against average (Thomas first, Luongo second and Rinne third) and rank 1, 3 and 4 in my HARD+ 5v5 even strength ratings for goalies with over 2500 5v5 minutes (Thomas first, Rinne third, Luongo fourth). Incidently, over the past 4 seasons these are the three highest rated goalies for HARD+ for goalies with over 7500 minutes of 5v5 ice time (Thomas first, Luongo second, Rinne third). These three goalies are probably the top 3 goalies in the NHL today with Thomas leading the pack Thomas is most deserving of the Vezina trophy this season.
The HART trophy is a little more interesting. The three nominees are Daniel Sedin, Martin St. Louis and Corey Perry. Let me address each of these three individually.
Corey Perry – A couple weeks ago I write an article explaining why I didn't think Corey Perry was as valuable to the Ducks this season as in past seasons. In short, while Perry put up some great individual numbers and anyone who scores 50 goals in the NHL is doing something right, he accomplished this at the expense of his line mates and his overall team performance. Of the 116 players with greater than 1000 even strength 5v5 minutes Corey Perry ranked 46th in HARO+ (1.164), 90th in HARD+ (0.852) and just 69th in HART+ (1.008). Great individual numbers but his teammates performed better when not with him. Is that indicative of someone deserving the title of "Most Valuable Player"? I don't believe so, though I believe there is a great chance he'll win because he scored 50 goals and put up big numbers down the stretch to help the Ducks make the playoffs.
Martin St. Louis – St. Louis had another great season and I do believe that St. Louis is the most important player for the Tampa Bay Lightning, and has been for many years now. Overall he ranked 16th in HARO+ (1.335), 36th in HARD+ (1.022) and 14th in HART+ (1.179). I would not suggest that he is a bad nominee, but there might be better ones.
Daniel Sedin – Of the three nominees, Daniel Sedin is the only one I would consider listing as a top three candidate. He ranked a close second (to Nathan Horton) in HARO+ (1.474), ranked 13th in HARD+ (1.135) and ranked fourth in HART+ (1.305). The only negative against Sedin is that there are many other players who play against better competition. Sedin's opposition goals for ratio is just .501 which is well below some others worthy of HART trophy consideration.
Here are a handful of others I would consider worthy of HART trophy consideration:
Jonathan Toews – Toews has the third best HARO+ (1.465), the 17th best HARD+ (1.117) and ranked 5th in HART+ (1.291). Toews numbers are very close to Daniel Sedin's but it can be easily argued that Toews played against tougher competition (.509 opposition goals for percentage vs Sedin's .501) and unlike Sedin, Toews kills penalties too.
David Backes – Backes scored 31 goals and 62 points and led all NHL forwards with a +32 rating (one behidn league leader Chara) and he did this on a weak St. Louis Blues team and like Toews, he also plays when the team is short handed. If he played with better players his individual stats would likely be much better but because he plays on a weak team his performance largely gets unnoticed. What is impressive is he accomplished this while having the highest opposition goals for per 20 minutes and goals for percentage. Backes' performance puts him 4th in HARO+ (1.449), 9th in HARD+ (1.199) and second overall in HART+ (1.322). By all acounts Backes had a great season, even if the goal and point totals don't quite match the league leaders.
Anze Kopitar – I am not sure if everyone realizes how good of a 2-way player Kopitar is. He puts up good offensive numbers but he has also defensively sound and kills penalties. This past season he ranked 10th in opposition goals for per 20 minutes and ranked 15th in opposition goals for percentage so he is trusted to play against the leagues best players and the results are there to back that up. This past season Kopitar ranked 5th in HARO+ (1.427), 4th in HARD+ (1.239) and first in HART+ (1.333).
The problem with HART trophy voting is they largely choose players who put up the best individual offensive numbers but in general they neglect to take into account defensive ability and responsibility. In Toews, Backes and Kopitar we have three quality offensive players who also play solid defensive games against top players in the NHL and are given the responsibility to kill penalties. The other player I would suggest is worthy of consideration for the HART trophy is Zdeno Chara who was clearly the best defenseman in the NHL this past season as I discussed in yesterdays Norris Trophy post.
So with all that said, I expect that Sedin or Perry will win but my top five HART trophy candidates would be: Daniel Sedin, Jonathan Toews, Zdeno Chara, Anze Kopitar and David Backes and if pushed to make a pick I'd probably choose Sedin ever so slightly over Toews and Chara.


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In the dusty corridors of power, Disraeli was an exotic orchid whose drag enlivened many a boring wet Monday.
But the essence of Disraeli's genius as a courtier was his ability to make it all about her.
Disraeli affectionately (and with irreverence that shocked everyone but la reine) referred to Victoria as the "Faery Queen."
Such are the f-stops on what Disraeli called "the greasy pole."
On a somewhat crucial occasion he quietly said: 'I once asked Mr. Disraeli whether newspaper abuse was injurious to a public man.
She is deep in Mr. Disraeli's novels, and quotes Mr. Gladstone's Homer.
This last feature of their ministerial character was most especially exemplified in the commons by Mr. Disraeli.
Disraeli challenged O'Connell's son, who failed to accept the challenge.
For Dickens, like the young men of the time—Disraeli, Bulwer, and the rest—was a great fop.
It was not with cordiality that the Conservatives submitted to Disraeli's direction.


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A BITTER, SWEET DAY: How we dread Saturday. It's the annual Belmont Shore Chocolate Festival, for which we've been a judge for the past eight years. To the untrained ear, or mouth, or whatever it is you use to gather information, it sounds swell, but it isn't.
Most days, we're no different than anyone else. We'll have us a slice of chocolate cake now and then. Our daughter might make the occasional batch of chocolate chip cookies. We will have the odd chocolate cupcake.
But on Saturday, it's Chocolate Hell for us. We'll don our judicial robes - we're up to about an XXXXL size by now - and somberly wolf down something in the ballpark of a half dozen chocolate cookies, a couple-three brownies, a slab or six of chocolate cake. We'll follow that with maybe a pair of chocolate-covered whatevers, some strange concoction of chocolate and chili, some minty-chocolate thing and some sort of pastry covered in chocolate. Then, probably a slice of chocolate pie, fudge smothered in chocolate and bacon drenched in chocolate.
And we don't eat it like you eat it, just sort of ignorantly wolfing it down. We eat it all studiously with our co-judges, nodding sagely and tossing around adjectives like "flinty," "oakey," "saddle-y" and, less frequently than you might imagine, "chocolatey."
Then, as the contestants in the homemade dessert contest look on, praying to their gods, we have to make the decision over who will go home a winner.
It kills us. It literally kills us.
How we yearn to be a commoner. To blithely trot up and down Second Street in Belmont Shore on Saturday for three hours - it goes from 1-4 p.m. - picking and choosing which treats we'd like to sample and, most importantly, quitting when we've had enough. How we pine for the days when we'd eat chocolate with zero regard to discernment, using cavemen adjectives like "good" and, rarely, "bad."
That's why your life is utopian, brilliant and shimmering, while ours is the Hobbesian nasty, brutish and short.
But do you hear us complain? No. No, you don't.
That's because we don't want you to worry about us on Saturday. Have fun! Enjoy yourself! Go, try out the chocolates in front of the various shops and restaurants. Buy a bunch of tickets in the middle of the Shore at 5200 Second St. Even go beyond chocolate by tasting some of the other treats as this year's fest has expanded its name to include "Spring Sweets."
Don't give us another thought. We'll be fine.
LOCAL BANDS GONE WILD: Impossible to tell what year this is just by looking at the bands playing a couple of popular nightspots this weekend.
McKenna's over at Alamitos Bay Landing is bringing Flyer, the band that played next door at the old Jolly Roger (now Buster's Beach House) for more than 30 years, for a couple of nights' worth of shows tonight and Saturday from 7:30 p.m. till closing.
Meanwhile, at the same place (McKenna's, if you're skipping around madly), the mighty Emperors, who have been around since the dawn of the electric guitar, will be playing a nice afternoon show from 2 till 5:30 p.m. Saturday.
Meanwhile, the relatively new, only a couple of decades old, mostly-cop band Blue Steel will be bringing their good-time sound to Tracy's Bar & Grill, 5511 E. Spring St., in Long Beach for a
9 p.m.- 1 a.m. show on Saturday.
If you haven't been to Tracy's lately, you should swing by. It's a darned friendly crowd now, not like the old days when Mike Tracy was owner and it was mostly cops and we had to say we were a narc to get a drink in the place. Now we say we're a crane operator.
MORE FAIR TRIBUTES: Couple more tribute bands have been added to the July 13-Aug. 12 Orange County Fair. Now, we've got Elton - the Early Years, doing Elton John's best stuff on July 27; and Jumping Jack Flash, who you just saw in San Pedro playing with the ersatz Beatles, celebrating the Stones' 50th anniversary in a July 28 performance.
Both shows are at 8:30 p.m. at the fairgrounds. Tickets, at $15 per show (which includes fair admission), go on sale Saturday at Ticketmaster outlets.
THE FRIDAY PLAYLIST: Here's a little list for your sweet ear. You know how people talk about your "sweet tooth?" It's like that, except with your ear. It's a joke. We were going to call it "ear candy," but that's not funny:
1. "Sweet Virginia,"Rolling Stones
2. "Sweet Child O' Mine," Guns N' Roses
4. "Sweet Baby James," James Taylor
5. "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)," Eurythmics
6. "Sweet Caroline," Neil Diamond
7. "Sweet Jane," Cowboy Junkies
9. "Sweet Thing." Van Morrison
10. "Sweet Home Alabama," Lynyrd Skynyrd
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They never talk about Turkish-Islamic Union or Islamic Union. "Why do you not know the Qur'an by heart?" they ask. I say I do not know Arabic. There are 300 million Arabs who do. Many of them are irreligious. Many are Darwinists and materialists. What difference does knowing Arabic make? There are professors who are experts on Islam in America. But they are completely irreligious. There are various teachers at a number of theology faculties in Turkey whom you hear speaking, and they are irreligious. It is faith and loving Allah that count. It is important to know the meaning of the Qur'an.
59- Those cities: We destroyed them when they did wrong and fixed a promised time for their destruction.
Why? For not loving and abiding by the Qur'an, Jesus the Messiah and Hazrat Mahdi (as). Allah says He will destroy cities. With whom? With Khidr. That city will be destroyed after the meeting with Hazrat Khidr (as). If you ask me to cite an example, I will not. But these things are happening now. And Khidr is in institutions of state. He helped Ataturk. He helped Sultan Mehmet the Conqueror. Hazrat Khidhr (as) was sitting on the ramparts when the Sultan captured Istanbul. He was watching events.
56- We only send the Messengers to bring good news and to give warning. Those who are unbelievers use fallacious arguments to deny the truth. They make a mockery of My Signs and also of the warning they were given.
Verse 56 also refers to the year 1956. Darwinists and materialists are striving against truth with superstition, striving to neutralize Islam with false evidence. They laughed at the Qur'an, and when warned, they laughed at the idea of retribution, Allah says.
58- Your Lord is the Ever-Forgiving, the Possessor of Mercy. If He had taken them to task for what they have earned, He would have hastened their punishment. Instead, they have a promised appointment and they will not find any refuge from it.
Allah does not demolish states straight away. But when the time comes. For example, if Libya has to be destroyed, Allah will do so when the time comes. If Syria has to be destroyed, Allah will do so when the time comes. Hazrat Khidr (as) will serve in that destruction. That is the system. You might wish for an example, but I can only hint this much.
60- Remember when Moses said to his servant, 'I will not give up until I reach the meeting-place of the two seas, even if I must press on for many years.'
Now two seas will again meet in Istanbul. It is the place where two seas meet. That is a most uncommon phenomenon. It is literally a place where two seas meet. It will be the largest meeting place of two seas. This project will take place in around 2013. The two seas will meet during the years of Hazrat Mahdi's appearance. The preliminary work has already begun.
61- But when they reached their meeting-place, they forgot their fish which quickly burrowed its way into the sea.
Hazrat Khidr (as) sometimes assumes the form of a fish. And sometimes that of objects.
Hazrat Mahdi (as) is very loving and compassionate. But Allah does not avoid blood. Hazrat Mahdi (as) avoids it. When I say that Hazrat Mahdi (as) will permit no bloodshed, I do not say that Allah will not permit blood to be spilled. Allah will cause blood to be shed. He will cause terrible bloodshed. But Hazrat Mahdi (as) and his followers will not permit bloodshed. Allah has inspired and revealed it in his heart. He will be affectionate and compassionate. Allah will manifest His titles of the Compassionate and Merciful in him. But He will manifest His title of al-Jabbar (the Commpeller) in the angels who help him, and the title of al-Qahhar (the Subduer). There are a variety of manifestations of the names of Allah. He will manifest the titles of al-Hadi, ar-Rahman and ar-Rahim in Hazrat Mahdi (as). They refer to Hazrat Khidr (as) as an old man with white hair who helps people. That is true, but he also destroys states and kills people. But nobody speaks of that.
77- So they went on until they reached the inhabitants of a town. They asked them for food but they refused them hospitality. They found there a wall about to fall down and he built it up. Moses said, 'If you had wanted, you could have taken a wage for doing that.'
Hazrat Khidr (as) builds it. What is one of Khidr's characteristics? That he is a stonemason. He is the ancestor of the masons. But an ancestor of the mason with true religious faith. The ancestor of the masons, who loves and fears Allah. Of course he is also an ancestor of Muslims. Of the true. But he is also a good stonemason. He builds good walls. 'If you had wanted, you could have taken a wage for doing that.'
But Hazrat Khidr (as) does nothing for reward. He does it for Allah's approval.
78- He said, 'This is where you and I part company. I will let you know the explanation of those things about which you were not able to restrain yourself.
He says the explanation would be too much for you to bear.
79- I wanted to damage it because a king was coming behind them, commandeering every boat.
Verse 79. A ship exploded in 1979. That is what the verse is referring to. There must have been someone who did the burning. A ship does not just burst into flames for no reason. That means that despotism will reign in 1979. There are references in the Qur'an. There will be a system like a monarchy in some places.
80- As for the boy, his parents were believers and we feared that he would darken their days with excessive insolence and disbelief.
81- We wanted their Lord to give them in exchange a purer son than him, one more compassionate.
Cleanliness, one, and compassion, two, are very important in Islam. It attaches great importance to compassion. People thought that Khidr was without compassion, may Allah forbid. But he was hugely compassionate. And immaculately clean, and loving and intelligent.
82- As for the wall, it belonged to two young orphans in the town and there was a treasure underneath it, belonging to them. Their father was one of the righteous and your Lord wanted them to come of age and then to unearth their treasure as a mercy from Him. I did not do it of my own volition. That is the explanation of the things about which you were not able to restrain yourself.'
The two orphans refer to Hazrat Mahdi (as) and the Prophet Jesus (as). Much treasure will be unearthed in the time of Hazrat Mahdi (as). People will find wonderful evidence and treasure under the standing stones, under the pyramids and under Mount Nimrud in Turkey. These will appear when the time comes. When? During the maturity of the Mahdi (as) and Jesus (as), insha'Allah. During their maturity, during the reign of Islamic moral values.
83- They will ask you [o Muhammad] about Dhu'l-Qarnayn. Say: 'I will tell you something about him.'
There is advice and a reminder for Muslims.
84- We gave him power and authority on the earth and granted him a way to everything.
The global dominion of Islamic moral values. This verse explicitly refers to the way of the Mahdi. It gives an abjad date of 2017.
85- So he followed a way
86- until he reached the setting of the sun and found it setting in a muddy spring and found a people by it. We said, 'Dhu'l-Qarnayn! You can either punish them or else you can treat them with gentleness.'
A black, muddy sea. That refers to the events in Japan. The pitch black sea you all saw on the television. He saw it on the television. It does not mean he went and saw it himself. He presses a button and sees it. The verse does not say he went and saw it in person.
87- He said, 'As for those who do wrong, We will punish them and then they will be returned to their Lord and He will punish them with a dreadful punishment.
Who does the punishing? Angels. And Hazrat Khidr (as).
88- But as for him who believe and acts rightly, he will receive the best of rewards and we will issue a command, making things easy for him.'
That is what Allah wants. He wants people to believe and be sincere. Bigotry will come to an end, in other words. Easy matters and ease will prevail in the religion.
89- Then he followed a way
90- until he reached the rising of the sun and found it rising on a people to whom We had not given any shelter from it.
91- Our knowledge encompasses all that happened to him.
Essential knowledge; from the mind of Allah. We see the same things here. Hazrat Khidr (as) possesses the same knowledge. It is here, too.
92- Then he followed a path.
A sultan.
93- until he arrived between the two mountains where he found a people scarcely able to understand speech.
This is also 2015. By Allah's leave, the date when the PKK will be destroyed, insha'Allah.
94- They said, 'Dhu'l-Qarnayn! Yajuj and Majuj are causing corruption in the land. Can we, therefore, pay tribute to you in return for your constructing a barrier between us and them?'
They mean, we will give you dominion. Let us make you rule the world.
95- He said, 'The power my Lord has granted me is better than that. Just give me a strong helping hand and I will build a solid barrier between you and them.
In other words, he says follow me. Follow me completely. Swear allegiance to me.
96- Bring me ingots of iron!' Then, when he had made it level between the two high mountain-sides, he said, 'Blow!' and when he had made it a red hot fire, he said, 'Bring me molten brass to pour over it.'
97- They were, therefore, unable to climb over it nor were they able to make a breach in it.
What will the Mahdi do? He will melt down all the tanks and cannon there are. They will all be used in heavy industry instead.
98- He said, 'This is a mercy from my Lord. But when my Lord's promise comes about, He will crush it flat. The promise of my Lord is surely true.'
104- People whose efforts in the life of this world are misguided while they suppose that they are doing good.'
Look, this refers to the bigots. They imagine they are completely in the right. They wear their robes and turbans. But do they have affection and compassion? No. Bu bigots, I mean people who do not regard the Qur'an as enough and who make religion difficult by adding on lots of nonsense.
65- They found a slave of Ours whom We had granted mercy from Us and whom We had also given knowledge direct from Us. Allah says right from the start that He has granted mercy. But He does not say what that mercy, that knowledge is. The abjad (numerological) value of the verse is 2010.
66- Moses said to him, 'May I follow you on condition that you teach me some of the right guidance you have been taught?'
What is a Muslim? Someone who is always on the true path. That is what he also desires. The true path, guidance.
67- He said, 'You will not be able to bear with me.
68- How indeed could you bear with patience something you have not encompassed in your knowledge?'
My brothers frequently ask why I am doing this or that. But I say they should not ask what they cannot understand.
69- Moses said, 'You will find me patient, if Allah wills, and I will not disobey you in any matter.'
70- He said, 'Then if you follow me, do not question me about anything until I myself make mention of it to you.'
71- They continued until they boarded a boat and he scuppered it.
Always ships. There will be ships where Hazrat Mahdi (as) is, and there were ships where the Prophet Moses (as) was.
71- Then Moses said, 'Did you scupper it so that its owners would be drowned? This is truly a dreadful thing that you have done!'
72- He said, 'Did I not say that you would not be able to bear with me?'
73- Moses said, 'Do not take me to task because I forgot. Do not demand of me something which is too difficult.'
Hazrat Khidr (as) scuppers the boat. And I also say that not everyone has the fortitude to be with me. That is why there are few people around me. We are very successful, but there are few of us, just 300 or so. That is how it always is. Neither more nor less, approximately.
74- So they went on until they met a youngster whom he killed. Moses said, 'Have you killed a boy who has done no wrong, without it being in retaliation for someone else? This is truly an appalling thing that you have done!'
There is no third person, only those two.There is a secret knowledge (ilm al-ladun) from the mind of Allah.The secrets must be revealed to people one by one, not en masse. People want me to reveal a secret on the television. If people are worthy of a secret from the mind of Allah, I will tell them one by one. Hazrat Mahdi (as) will not allow blood to be shed, but Khidhr will. Hazrat Mahdi (as) will stop bloodshed, but Khidr will spill it. He will destroy buildings and cities. That is a characteristic of Khidr. Hazrat Mahdi (as) will not cause bloodshed, but there are some 70 angels with him, and they will shed blood. They will drown the world in blood. But Hazrat Mahdi (as) and his followers will not personally shed blood. They will strive to stop bloodshed, but the angels are different. If you look carefully, you will see that things we do not understand are happening. Allah kills, through the angels. But Hazrat Mahdi (as) will not even wake up someone who is sleeping. He is exceedingly affectionate and compassionate. That is clear from his name – Mehdi al-dam, the Mahdi who stops bloodshed.2011-05-15 14:53:05


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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. General Services Administration became the first federal agency to ever receive the National Building Museum's prestigious annual Honor Award during a black-tie gala celebration last night. The award was given in recognition of GSA's success in creating and maintaining innovative workplaces for the federal community.
GSA is exceptionally proud to receive the National Building Museum Honor Award for 2004," said Administrator Stephen A. Perry as he accepted the award on behalf of GSA before an audience of nearly 1,000 cultural, corporate, real estate industry, political, and other leaders. "Being selected as the first federal agency to ever receive this honor is a tremendous reward for all the good work that our associates have done in the past – and will serve as strong inspiration and motivation for our efforts in the future," said Administrator Perry.
Through its Design and Construction Excellence programs, GSA engages outstanding private-sector architects, engineers and contractors to design and build award-winning courthouses, laboratories, border stations, and federal office buildings. These programs have resulted in extraordinary examples of public architecture, many of which have been recognized with prestigious awards from private organizations such as the American Institute of Architects.
The gala was held in the landmark Great Hall of the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C.
For nearly 20 years, the National Building Museum's Honor Award has recognized outstanding individuals and companies who have made significant contributions in the fields of architecture, planning, construction, and building. Previous recipients include the National Football League and Major League Baseball, Michael D. Eisner and The Walt Disney Company, the Rockefeller and Pritzker families, the IBM Corporation, U.S. Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, former National Gallery director J. Carter Brown, and Lady Bird Johnson, among others.
GSA is a centralized federal procurement and property management agency created by Congress to improve government efficiency and help federal agencies better serve the public. It acquires, on behalf of federal agencies, office space, equipment, telecommunications, information technology, supplies and services. GSA, comprised of 13,000 associates, provides services and solutions for the office operations of over 1 million federal workers located in more than 8,000 government-owned and leased buildings in 2,000 U.S. communities.


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PHILADELPHIA -- Destination: College Park.
Six days after the University of Pennsylvania women's basketball team earned the program's first Ivy League title in a decade, the NCAA Tournament brackets were officially announced. The Quakers earned a No. 12 seed in the Louisville Regional -- the highest seed in program history -- and will play the University of Texas in a neutral-site game at the University of Maryland's Comcast Center.
Penn and Texas -- the No. 5 seed, out of the Big 12 Conference -- will meet on Sunday afternoon at 3 p.m., in a game that will be televised live on ESPN. The other two teams in that four-team pod include the host and No. 4 seed, Maryland, facing off against the 13th seed, Patriot League champion Army. Tthe winners of Sunday's games will square off Tuesday in College Park.
Tickets for Penn's NCAA Tournament first-round game can be purchased through the Penn Athletics ticket office at 215-898-6151. Office hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. All tickets will be held at Will Call at the host site.
This will be Penn's first meeting with Texas. The Quakers have played Maryland twice in program history, but not since the 1977-78 season. Penn and Army have met seven times previous, including a 67-57 Quakers victory earlier this season, on December 11.
In Penn's two previous trips to the NCAA Tournament, the Quakers were a No. 15 seed. In 2001, the Red and Blue fell to Texas Tech, 100-57, in Lubbock, Texas. Three years later, the Quakers lost to second-seeded UConn, 91-55, in Bridgeport, Conn. Last season, the Quakers earned the first two postseason wins in program history in reaching the semifinals of the Women's Basketball Invitational.
Penn clinched its first Ivy League title and NCAA Tournament berth since 2003-04 on Tuesday night with an 80-64 win at Princeton. The Quakers (22-6, 12-2 Ivy) tied a school record for wins in a season and earned the outright championship with the second-best league mark in program history. The Quakers have also matched the best two-year stretch in school history with 40 wins (1999-01), and have earned back-to-back postseason appearances for the first time.


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She's always been one to check out her peers' work as often as her busy schedule permits, and Emma Watson turned up for the premiere of "Struck by Lightning" in New York City on Saturday afternoon (April 21).
The "Harry Potter" hottie brought her chic self to the BMCC Tribeca PAC venue while joining alongside writer/producer Roberto Aguire on the Tribeca Film Festival screening's red carpet.
Emma Watson attend the premiere of 'Struck by Lightning' during the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival at BMCC Tribeca PAC on April 21, 2012 in New York City.
Meanwhile, "Glee" star Amber Riley was also on hand to support her Fox castmate, Chris Colfer, who wrote and stars in the Brian Dannelly directed drama.
Also starring Christina Hendricks, Dermot Mulroney, Sarah Hyland and Matt Prokop, "Struck By Lightning" is about "a young man who, after being struck and killed by lightning, recounts the way he blackmailed his fellow classmates into contributing to his literary magazine."
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By Gale Fiege Herald Writer
ARLINGTON — Haller Middle School assistant principal Faye Britt crossed the Boston Marathon finish line about 20 minutes before the explosions.
On Monday, most of her students ran around the school athletic field at lunch to raise money for victims of the attack. For each of the school's 670 students who finished a mile run or walk, the assistant principal pledged to donate $1.
Britt, 38, of Everett, guesses she'll send about $600 to The One Fund Boston to help the people most hurt by the bombs that went off April 15 near the marathon's finish line. The blasts killed three people and injured more than 140.
For Britt, last week's marathon was her 49th, and the fifth time she had run in Boston.
"I've been a runner most of my life," said Britt, who grew up in London. She moved to the United States in 2000 and taught physical education in Snohomish before being hired in Arlington eight years ago.
"Even when I was a child, I knew I wanted to run the Boston Marathon," she said. "You have to qualify to run, so to me it's like the Olympic marathon for short people."
Britt is tiny enough that while walking with a crowd of students out to the field on Monday, she was recognizable only because of her blue and yellow Boston Marathon jacket.
"I ran the marathon last week in 3:40:19. Not my best time," Britt recalled. "I walked back to my hotel and was in the lobby when I heard what I first thought was a bus backfiring. Then I got a text message from my coach asking if I was OK."
Suddenly, there was a lot of panic and chaos, Britt said.
"We were told to take cover in the hotel. Runners were coming toward us followed by people carrying the injured. Good thing there were so many medical tents set up for the marathon. I think those medics played a big role in saving lives," she said. "What blew me away was how many runners ran back to the finish line to help out."
In the past, Britt's husband, Michael, stood at the same location as the site of the first explosion to watch her finish the marathon. She was glad he stayed home this time and she sent him a text message telling him she was OK.
"The whole thing felt surreal and so much like what we watched after Sept. 11, 2001. It was on a smaller scale, but it was that same sort of panic," she said. A couple of hours later, Britt was able to hop on one of the last shuttle vans headed to the airport for her scheduled flight before Boston was shut down.
"When I got to school on Tuesday, I was numb. It took days before I was able to talk about it. I got a lot of hugs from the kids and the staff," said Britt, who knew right away that she would donate to the fund for victims.
"The men who did this weren't specifically out to hurt runners, but they took an opportunity to hurt the spectators, the crowd of people watching the runners," Britt said. "I felt compelled to help the victims and I thought I would give the kids a chance to be part of it. It's a way for them to see that there is more about life than their little world."
Middle school moms Bo Gutierrez and Michelle Jaromin were among the volunteers helping the kids run on Monday.
"It was so tough last week when we didn't know yet if she was OK," Jaromin said.
Out on the track, a group of seventh grade girls, including Sophia Iverson, Emily Neiman and Abigail Palmer, walked with their friend Allison Stansberry, who is on crutches while healing from a recent surgery.
"It was cool that Ms. Britt wasn't injured," Allison said. "And I am so glad that so many students and parents showed up to give her support."
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Pistoia (Pontebuggianese), Italy – In the final game of its 2014 Italy Tour, the University of Pennsylvania women's basketball team nearly overcame an 18-point deficit to Chemcats Chemnitz – a professional team from Germany – but fell 62-56 on Monday night in Pistoia, Italy.
Penn, which finished 2-1 during its international competition, was in control early and led 14-8 after the first quarter of play. However, in the waning moments of the quarter, sophomore Melanie Lockett went down hard and left the game with a knee injury. She did not return and the Quakers were down to eight players (Keiera Ray and Katy Allen also missed the game due to injuries dating back to last season).
Penn had built an 18-10 lead, but the pace and physicality increased tremendously in the second quarter. Both teams utilized a full court press throughout most of the contest and the Quakers struggled in the immediate absence of Lockett. Chemcats used the defensive pressure to keep the Red and Blue without a field goal over the last seven minutes of the quarter. Meanwhile, the Germans capped the half with a 22-3 run and Penn trailed 32-21 at the break.
Senior Renee Busch, who finished with a team-high 21 points, stopped a 14-0 run to pull within 34-23, but the next eight points went to the German professionals and the deficit was 41-23 with 7:38 to play in the third quarter.
Always a staple under head coach Mike McLaughlin, it was Penn's defense that came to the rescue again. The Quakers held their German counterparts without a point for more than a quarter. Meanwhile, the Red and Blue posted a 16-0 run, highlighted by a pair of threes from senior Kathleen Roche, who finished with nine points, and four points apiece from Kara Bonenberger and Brooklyn Juday, pulled Penn within 41-39 with 7:51 to play.
Penn's professional opponents finally broke the scoreless streak with back-to-back buckets to go up six. The Quakers closed to within three, 49-46 with a little more than five minutes to go, but Chemcats Chemnitz scored five straight and maintained a seven-point lead into the final minute. Roche hit her third three of the game to get Penn within 60-56 with 18 seconds left, but the Quakers would not score again.
Overall, the Quakers were 18-of-71 (25.4%) from the field, 7-of-15 (46.7%) from the three-point range and 13-of-22 (59.0%) from the free throw line. Juday finished with eight points and Bonenberger added six. Sydney Stipanovich finished with seven points and Rayne Connell had four.
For the tournament, Stipanovich led the Quakers with 16.3 points per game. Busch also averaged double figures with 10.7 points/game. Bonenberger finished with 25 points for the tournament (8.3 pts/game) and Juday scored 23 in the three games (7.7 pts/gm). As a team, the Quakers finished with 67.7 points per game and surrendered just 49.7 points per game. Penn topped the Italy All Stars, 69-39, in Costa Masnaga on Wednesday and won in La Spezia on Sunday night, 78-49 over AS Vertis La Spezia.
The game was the final contest for the Quakers in Italy, but the team will spend the next two days touring Rome before wrapping up the 10-day trip with a flight home to Philadelphia on Thursday.


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Yiyun Li is the author of A Thousand Years of Good Prayers and The Vagrants. A native of Beijing and a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, she is the recipient of the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award, the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award, the Whiting Writers' Award, and the Guardian First Book Award. In 2007, Granta named her one of the best American novelists under thirty-five. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, A Public Space, The Best American Short Stories, and The O. Henry Prize Stories, among others. She teaches writing at the University of California, Davis, and lives in Oakland, California, with her husband and their two sons.


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All of my guesses on the "Something Big" announcement by Sandisk were wrong. I blame the mascot for leading me to believe that the new memory device would somehow end up looking like it – I thought it was a clue. Still, SanDisk's unveiling of their new 32GB microSD memory card is certainly something worth writing about. This is a huge amount of memory for mobile device owners. Imagine how many more songs, photos and files you can store!?
Note: Please check your device's compatibility (must be microSDHC compliant) before even considering ordering this from anywhere.
The new SanDisk 32GB microSDHC memory card is available for a very reasonable US$199.99 and comes with a 5 year limited warranted.
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Milpitas, Calif., March 22, 2010 – SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK), the global leader in flash memory cards, today announced that it will begin shipping the world's highest-capacity removable memory card for mobile phones – the 32 gigabyte (GB)1 SanDisk microSDHC™ card. The new microSDHC card offers consumers an unprecedented level of freedom and flexibility in how they store, send and enjoy digital content.
"With the large volume of photos, videos and music that consumers create and carry around, a high-capacity memory card is a must-have component of today's smartphone," said Sanjay Mehrotra, president and chief operating officer, SanDisk. "This is the highest-capacity card of its type, and SanDisk is pleased to be the first to ship such an advanced product. This marks yet another important first in our innovative history in the flash memory industry."
Smartphones have evolved far beyond the simple phone call. They serve as mobile offices, music players, movie theaters, cameras, video recorders, GPS devices and gateways to the mobile Internet. The highly-versatile 32GB SanDisk microSDHC card delivers immediate memory expansion that lets consumers enjoy the storage-intensive features of their advanced handsets. For example, the 32GB SanDisk microSDHC card can store enough music to outlast 35 round-trip flights between San Francisco and New York before repeating a single song.
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class Base
def initialize
@test = 123
class Child < Base
def output
print @test
public :output
child = Child.new
Prints out 123.
If attribute "test" is private, why I am able to access it in Child class?If attribute "test" is not private, what the hell am I missing?How do I make it really private?
I really new to this Ruby stuff so please be polite.
Ruby has no private/public instance variable, they are all protected. You cannot access them from outside the class, but not because you have to access, but because there is no access. Everything goed through methods that return the values of instance variables and set them. So you can't make instance variables private. Are you coming from C#? All methods are public by default so you don't have to:
public :output
Most people use:
class Example
def one #this one is public
def two #this is private
def three #private
def four #protected
def five #protected
def six #public again
So every method after protected is protected until the ruby interpreter hits another modifier.
Thanks for the reply.
No private attributes? All protected. Check. I don't really know if this is a good thing in general, but I can't think of any counterexample at the moment so maybe yes.
Ok but now look(Copy&Paste from http://www.rubycentral.com/book/tut_classes.html)
Protected access is used when objects need to access the internal state of other objects of the same class. For example, we may want to allow the individual Account objects to compare their raw balances, but may want to hide those balances from the rest of the world (perhaps because we present them in a different form).
class Account
attr_reader :balance # accessor method 'balance'
protected :balance # and make it protected
def greaterBalanceThan(other)
return @balance > other.balance
Because the attribute balance is protected, it's available only within Account objects.
If what you say is true, it means that this code (attr_reader, protected mumbo jumbo) is simply not necessary because I can (as I demonstrated before) access the attribute directly.
I think this example in docs is really missleading.
No I'm not comming from C#. I am programming mostly in PHP and Java. Thank god no J2EE
You've got to remember that that doesn't create @balance, rather it is more a shortcut for this:
class Account
def balance
So when you do protected :balance it is exactly the same thing which happens when you do protected :some_other_method.
Though this mightbe useful:
class Account
def balance
@balance / 8
def balance= (val)
@balance = val * 8
protected :balance, :balance= # and make it protected
def greaterBalanceThan(other)
return balance > other.balance # uses self.balance instead of @blanace
DOUGBTX: Yes, yes, I know it now. I am pointing finger at the online book.
Imagine me (a Ruby wanna-learn with some OO experience) reading this
The Song objects we've created so far have an internal state (such as the song title and artist). That state is private to those objects---no other object can access an object's instance variables. In general, this is a Good Thing. It means that the object is solely responsible for maintaining its own consistency.
Then comes the example how to make these "private" attributes protected.
Then I try to access them directly (by mistake) and WOW it works!
Really misleading examples. Why on earth is there not written that attributes are protected by default. One sentence. Or maybe I am stupid and just can't find it.
Hmm, yes, there is some fuzzyness there. I have to say, it totally passed me by, I read that book ages ago, and whenever I see @foo, I think "private", but when I think "private" I'm really thinking "protected" - I've never really seen the point of private. And besides, bar.instance_variables
Well, it might be so natural for Ruby programmers that all attibutes act like this, and besides, attributes are not exactly "protected". There is just no way of accessing them from the outside. It is a different scope. You can only send messages (call methods) to objects.
Well no instance of another object can access those variables. But a a subclass sure can. So yes, the variables are only protected but, the wording there isn't incorrect.
>> class MyPrivates
>> def initialize
>> @google = 'search'
>> @apple = 'it'
>> end
>> end
>> my = MyPrivates.new
=> #<MyPrivates:0x2cfa470 @apple="it", @google="search">
>> my.instance_variable_get(:@apple)
=> "it"
>> my.instance_variable_get(:@google)
=> "search"
>> my.instance_variables.each { |name| puts "#{name} => #{my.instance_variable_g
et(name)}" }
@apple => it
@google => search
Interesting choice of class name
Nothing wrong with a bit of childish humor from time to time...;)
Anyway, if you really wanted to make your instance variables private, could you not just do:
class YourPrivates
private :instance_variables
No, because attributes are can be accessed directly from subclass. You don't have to make any setters/getters.
I meant from outside of the class. See the example above on how to access instance variables from outside of the class. By making the instance_variables() method private, you should disable access to them that way.
There isn't a way to make things entirely private or protected in ruby right now. No matter what you do to try to protect something, you can always use send or send to access private or protected vars or methods.
Check these commands for more info:
$ ri sendOR$ ri send
Here's a quote I just came across:
I started programming by learning C++. I got up to the part about public, private, protected, friend, etc... got very annoyed by the unnecessary bureaucracy of it all and dropped the language... If I can't trust the programmers around me not to muck around in my guts without good reason, I can't trust them at all. And if they're willing to perform that bad practice, they'll probably do more anyway. It's not worth worrying about.
It's a bit of a moot point, considering we have open classes.
>> class Foo
>> def initialize
>> @foo = "bar"
>> end
>> end
=> nil
>> f = Foo.new
=> #<Foo:0x2cfbfb8 @foo="bar">
>> def f.foo
>> @foo
>> end
=> nil
>> f.foo
=> "bar"
Oh, and good to know somone actually reads the code I post
DOUG: There is absolutely some really rational thinking in that citation. I've never thought of access control this way. On the other hand, I think in some cases it can be better if you declare some variables as protected (or whatever that means in ruby). Encapsulation is a good thing in general. You don't need to know the internals of classes if you are using it. It would be only missleading. We all dream about nice APIs. So why polute them with unneccessary 'internal' attributes?
That's what I'm thinking.
And if you take "protected" to mean "you've got to put in noticeable effort when you are outside," and "public" to mean "always easy to get at," then I think that covers it.


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A former senior executive at San Diego County Credit Union is claiming in a wrongful termination lawsuit that the institution failed to correct problems in its loan-servicing program that affected thousands of customers.
The lawsuit claims that the system errors affected approximately 2,000 borrowers who had payments improperly credited to their loans dating back to 2005, according to the complaint filed last week in San Diego Superior Court.
Lawsuit against SDCCU
The allegations were raised by Scott Norris, who until May worked as an executive vice president for San Diego County Credit Union.
Norris filed a wrongful termination claim last Thursday, five months after he said he was retaliated against for telling credit union President Teresa Halleck about the flawed loan processing and other problems.
The credit union "had been improperly applying payments to only the principal of accounts, instead of applying them to the principal and interest of the accounts," the suit states. "This resulted in defendant's members having delinquent loans."
Credit union officials declined to discuss the lawsuit Monday, but issued a statement saying that the accusations are not true and would be challenged in court.
"SDCCU strongly denies the allegations and will defend itself vigorously," the statement said. "Because this matter is subject to litigation, we cannot comment further."
San Diego County Credit Union is the largest locally based financial institution serving clients in San Diego, Imperial and Riverside counties. The credit union was chartered in 1938 and now holds more than $6.2 billion in assets. It serves more than 250,000 members.
According to the 20-page lawsuit, Norris discovered in 2010 that the loan-servicing program used by the credit union was not properly recording payments from borrowers.
He immediately alerted Halleck, who said it would cost the organization about $500,000 to "recast" the affected loans, the suit says.
Halleck did not correct the problem until March 2011, the complaint adds, and even then she did not tell the affected borrowers. The credit union eventually informed borrowers of the mistake in letters signed by Norris without his knowledge or approval, the suit adds.
The lawsuit also accuses the credit union of failing to track delinquent property taxes on properties whose mortgages were being served by the organization.
On May 22, the lawsuit says, Norris was told he was being terminated for repeated failure to share critical information, insubordination and extortion. The suit is seeking attorney fees, back pay and other damages.Copyright © 2017, The San Diego Union-Tribune


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Left for dead on Tau Volantis, Isaac Clarke and John Carver face a daunting journey. As madness takes hold, they find they can't trust their eyes or each other. The trek leads to the ship Terra Nova, now home to a sadistic cult of Unitologists. The horror continues as the Dead Space saga enters its darkest chapter.
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Julianne Hough: Shopping in St. Barts
Looking for a little retail therapy, Julianne Hough took to the boutiques of St. Barts with a few friends yesterday afternoon (January 3).
The always-gorgeous actress/singer/dancer seemed to find what she was looking for as she made her way from shop to shop during her tropical getaway.
Meanwhile, Julianne recently came clean about the darkness of her past, including physical and emotional abuse as a 10-year-old studying at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts.
Hough explained, "I was just a dark person. I was a tormented little kid who had to put on this sexy façade because that was my job and my life."
"I had to leave that situation and kind of come into my own again, and I did." Julianne also noted that her past helped her understand her "Safe Haven" character Katie.
"Being Katie, I relate a lot to her. The fact that she had been in one situation that just sucked the life out of her – and it was a bad situation – and she needed to change and move on and kind of find her own again. And through that you find love and everything."


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To qualify for a mortgage loan, the applicant must have a credit history documented by a credit report. The minimum credit score and tradeline requirements vary some from lender to lender, but the majority of lenders require a minimum 640 credit score to qualify for a mortgage loan. If home-ownership is the goal, I recommend a proactive approach to build your credit. If there is truly no credit history, meaning no positive or negative history it would be easy to open credit accounts and build a good score.
Prior to the financial collapse of 2008, it was common for lenders to work with borrowers to build nontraditional credit reports in lieu of traditional credit reports. To create a non-traditional report, borrowers would document their previous rental history, utility payments, cable bills, cell phones etc, and the lender would have the credit bureau create a non-traditional report. However, I currently do not personally know of any lenders that accept non-traditional credit reports at this time.
Good Morning. If you truly have No Credit, you can qualify for a mortgage if you have non-traditional credit references. I'd be happy to talk to you more offline if you'd like on this, so please send me a direct message. You will need to have your income documents, asset documents, and a your rental history information handy. Again, I'm happy to work with you as I can lend in all 50 States! Thank you and good luck!
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LONG BEACH - A man posing as a potential volunteer or production worker at the Long Beach Playhouse instead stole more than $1,000 in cash from the arts organization when an employee left her desk.
The theft occurred on Nov. 5 at the Long Beach Playhouse, 5021 E. Anaheim St.
According to playhouse officials, the man entered the lobby to ask about volunteering or working on a production and seemed to know members of the staff by name, saying he had an appointment to meet with one of them.
When the business manager left her desk to get mail, the thief took the money and a wallet. He also stole a laptop.
It was later determined that the man learned the names of staff members from a volunteer doing lighting work.
Andrew Vonderschmitt, producing artistic director, said the incident has caused the Long Beach Playhouse to be less accessible to the public.
"As much as we have enjoyed having an open-door to the community at all times, we are now keeping all entrances locked and secured. We are hoping to install a security camera as well," Vonderschmitt said in a statement.
Officials from the Long Beach Playhouse could not be reached Monday.
The Long Beach Playhouse, established in 1929, has started its annual community donations campaign.
This year's goal - initially set at $50,000 - has been raised to $52,000 to replace the stolen cash and laptop, according to Vonderschmitt.
To contribute, go to www.lbplayhouse.org.
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Lost Grove Lake is filling ahead of schedule, which is good news for the local anglers anxious to see the lake completed, but bad news for contractors who have work yet to do.
The contract to install the three boat ramps and parking lots, and add riprap north and south of the dam is on the June agenda for the Natural Resource Commission of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. The project has an estimated cost of $1.4 million.
"We need to add a gradual slope to the end of the main boat ramp by back filling the area to prevent trailers from dropping off into deep water and to do that we need to release some of water from Lost Grove Lake," said Chad Dolan, fisheries biologist with the Iowa DNR. The lake level will need to come down about four feet to allow the work.
Dolan said they plan to open the gate just enough to slowly reduce the lake level and not impact downstream neighbors. Keeping the outflow at a minimum will also prevent fish loss.
The DNR has already stocked largemouth bass, channel catfish, bluegill, redear sunfish, crappie and muskie in the main pool and the causeway.
"We recognize that this is not likely welcome news but we cannot build the boat ramp unless we can get the water level down to where contractors can get in and do the work," he said.
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A water rescue team recovered a man's body from the frigid water of a pond in Salt Lake City's Fairmont Park on Monday night.
Several people who came to the park to feed the ducks spotted the body in the Sugar House area park, 1040 E. Sugarmont Drive (2225 South) at about 9 p.m., KUTV reported.
The Salt Lake City Fire Department's water rescue team recovered the body just before 10 p.m.
Police have not identified the deceased, but said Tuesday he was 38 years old. It was not clear how long the man may have been in the pond or how he may have died.
The death was being treated as suspicious, and the state medical examiner will conduct an autopsy to determine the cause and manner of death, police said. The dead man's next of kin had not been contacted as of Tuesday morning, police said.
A second person a 35-year-old man was also at the pond and was wet, police said.
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Organizers were concerned for the safety of their 200 guests. When the photographer signaled that he had successfully taken the group photo, a member from the University of Washington's host group called for everyone's attention.
Then, using a hand-held bullhorn, the crisp voice bellowed, "If you're planning on some paddling practice this afternoon, stay close to the university's waterfront. If you go out too far from shore, you'll end up in the main channel where the big boats sail. Their wakes can swamp even the best designed canoe."
He was addressing the contestants in the 20th Annual National Concrete Canoe Competition (NCCC). Participants from 20 colleges and universities gathered in June at the University of Washington's campus in Seattle to vie for the title of best canoe design team.
Fortunately, everyone followed the advisory and the weekend event was trouble-free. The last thing anyone wanted was to damage two semesters of hard work.
The NCCC is much more than a three-day event. It's an annual rite of passage for some of the nation's best civil engineering students. Collectively, more than 60,000 student hours had been applied to the seemingly impossible task of making concrete canoes float.
Perhaps an even better indicator of the contest's importance is the time involved at the regional competition, which may have been more than 250,000 hours. This total could well exceed the sum of all scheduled lecture hours on concrete nationwide.
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While the competition's focus is on race day, organizers from the American Society of Civil Engineers rules committee try to bring a real-life element of engineering to the teams.
The process starts when the new contest rules are sent out just before the fall semester. The rules committee, led by Clemson University professor Brad Putman, tries to offer a new challenge to the roughly 75 teams that build canoes for the regional competitions. These events are held in late March or early April.
This year's rule changes included a shorter hull length restriction of 20 feet. But the real kicker for competitors this year was how to deal with the air entrainment requirement.
The rules combine academic achievement and athletic ability. The races, which feature endurance and sprints for both men and women, counted for only 25% of the teams' overall score.
The remaining 75% was based equally on a technical paper that highlighted the planning, development, testing, and construction of the team's canoe; a formal oral presentation in which the team had to detail their design construction, racing ability, and other innovative features, as well as explaining their choices to the judges during a question and answer session; and the final racing canoe and project display.
The one team that had their form down pat was the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Their win this year was the fifth in a row. They designed the Descendant, Madison's 19.11-foot-long, 179-pound, natural gray canoe, to maximize the rowers' power. The team will be invited to participate in the 30th Annual Dutch Concrete Canoe Challenge in the Netherlands in September.


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Tornados Take Two in Brevard College TournamentOctober 20, 2012
Brevard, N.C.- The Brevard College Tornados volleyball team picked up wins over Converse College and Johnson C. Smith University in the annual Brevard College Tournament on Saturday afternoon.
The Tornados triumphed 3-1 over the Converse College Valkyries in the tournament's opening match, and handled the Golden Bulls of Johnson C. Smith in straight sets in the tournament finale.
Converse jumped out to a hot start against the Tornados in the first set, taking an early 8-3 lead. BC took three of the next four points to pull within two points of the Valkyries.
The set went back and forth until Converse took control late, eventually taking the set 25-17.
After a see-saw battle for most the second set it was BC who took control late, going on a 7-4 run to close the set for a 25-19 win.
Brevard dominated the third set, jumping out to an early 8-1 lead. The Tornados finished the set on an 11-3 run for a 25-10 set win.
BC started hot again in the fourth and final set with an 8-1 lead. The Valkyries couldn't recover, and BC held on to win 25-21.
Megan Clark delivered a match-high 22 kills at an astounding .571 hitting percentage. Fatima Gharachorloo chipped in 16 kills, and the Tornados hit .370 as a team against Converse.
The Tornados then watched as Limestone College dropped JCSU in straight sets, and then downed Converse 3-1 before taking the court again.
JCSU proved no match for the Tornados, as they swept the Golden Bulls in straight sets 25-7, 25-12, 25-11.
Joy Oswalt led the Tornados with nine kills at a .538 hitting percentage, and BC posted a .323 team hitting percentage in the win over JCSU.
The Tornados return to SAC action as they hit the road to take on the Lenoir-Rhyne Bears at on Tuesday, October 23rd at 7 p.m.


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Awesome Pot
I "borrowed" this pot from my brother and he may never see it again. The initial intention was to simply expand my camping/hiking menu to include actual food rather than constantly relying on freeze dried.
The pot is lightweight and even though it is a bit bulky it can fit everything that I need to cook, eat, and clean (pot stabilizer, spork, JetBoil utensil set, soap, scrubbing pad) up within.
I have only used it once or twice for myself because I don't get out on solo treks as often as I like. I have used it for my family of 5 a few times.
What has been amazing is that this one small pot can cook meals for my whole scout troop, including 15 scouts and 4 leaders. I've used it on campouts when the propane for the CampChef ran out and was able to make spaghetti and meat sauce for everyone just fine. I have also used it for the troop on camp outs when it was the only planned stove for everyone and it did outstanding.
The lid and bottom do well as a bowl and plate and everything cleans easily with water and a spatula or I occasionally use a green scrubber. I once let a scout use it to cook and he burnt beans to the bottom but the char easily scraped out with minimal effort.
I have never had a problem with anything burning, food, neoprene cover, lid, or utensils even though inexperienced cooks have.
With the intensity of the flux ring system and its ability to retain and amplify heat into the pot I only turn the burner to full power when I'm boiling water. If I'm making gravy, quinoa pizza, no-bake cookies, or something else the flame is turned very low.
make sure to buy the pot adapter!!
Pro: light, durable
Con: you MUST put the pot adapter or the whole thing could caught fire... trust me...
Does the job so far
- Familiarity: I've used it once or twice and have initial impressions
When I tried to use an older cooking pot with my jetboil, it pretty much burned a hole in the center and burned everything in the pot. I decided to give this a try as it would give me more capacity to boil water and heat up some food. So far, I have only used it to boil morning water for my backpacking meals. It didn't boil anywhere near as fast as the normal jetboil cup with the smaller flux ring surface, but it did the job! The biggest perk was no red dot in the middle as it heated up. This made me much more confident in my cooking. I made sure to take all the covers off of it so nothing melted thus far. I will check back if I attempt to cook some actual food in it.
Other observations: the weight is comparable/maybe lighter than other pots I have used. The neoprene sleeve allows it to be handled without scorching your hands(still hot though). The handles are also minimal in size, but strong so far.
Pairs well with Whisperlite
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
The thing I like about this pot is that it pairs exceptionally well with the MSR WhisperLite International. The flex rings fit perfectly around that stove's base and grip on, making a solid cooking platform that won't slide or blow off.
The thing I dislike about this pot is the lid. It is a struggle to latch it on, and the plastic melts onto the pot if you cover it while using it as a frying pan. The Neoprene sleeve also melts onto the pot if you do this. In other words, you can't fry anything in this pot unless you take off the neoprene and don't use use the plastic cover.
Cook a bunch of eggs or something
Who backpacks eggs into the desert?
Perfect companion for my Jetboil System
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
This pot fits perfectly with the Jetboil Sumo cooking system that I have. Allows me to use a larger pot to cook but retain the efficiency of the jetboil.
Jetboil 1.5 Liter Cooking Pot
Don't forget the pot has a base 'lid'...
One night (or should I say "morning") after having worked 14 straight 18 hour days, i got home at 3ish AM and decided that NOW would be a good time to race my JetBoil Sol Ti against my Optimus Vega, in my kitchen, to .5L boiled and measure fuel consumption in grams.
(Yes. I know you're not supposed to use isobutane stoves indoors...)
This, however, like many decisions made at 3am on a gargantuan historical sleep deficit, turned out to be...not the the best I've made.
I forgot the JetBoil Fluxring pot (what i chose to pair with my Optimus Vega) has a base and, well...
Fire melts stuff.
Especially Dacron/high-density polyethylene terephthalate.
I had a quiet little chuckle when I went back to JetBoil's site for a replacement and noticed they have a page dedicated to the
Guess I'm not the only one...
That said. This pot is awesome.
BOTH lids (top and bottom) fit very tightly and have yet to come off of their own accord inside my pack. The fluxring contraption MIGHT decrease boil times, but it definitely does seat nicely into the arms of the Optimus Vega and increases stability. It's just the right size for that unintended purpose. (that stove, a 230g JetBoil isobutane canister, the windscreen, a reflector base, and an MSR piezo ignitor fit snuggly inside this pot, which rules beyond quantification...)
The little handles are nice and they retract down and lay flat against the pot, and STAY there due to some leveraging friction in the mechanism that attaches them to the pot.
All that adds up to a nice, solid package that doesn't get all cattywompus in your pack or while you're handling it.
Also, a good way to get melted plastic out of the burner jet of a stove is to...BURN it out. But, I do not recommend trying this and waive all responsibility if you do...
For photos of the pot on my Vega, check out my vega review.
So you used this with the SOL Ti?
Nope. With the Optimus Vega. I suppose you could use it just fine with the SolTi if you used the little retracting arms contraption that comes with the Sol for the purpose of use that stove with a pan/pot. Never tried that.
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Great for instant noodle and more
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
I have to admit that it boils water so fast that you don't have time to cut the onions or other stuff for your instant noodles. I have been using it for years for camping and backpacking. My only complain is that if you leave the lid at the top while cooking, it will get out of shade after many use and very difficult to close the cooking pot. The cooking pot itself can be use to carry 2 extra JetBoil canisters.
Cooking dinner in Yosemite
Favorite pot!
This is a great system for multiple hikers. You can boil 1.5 liters within a couple minutes, which can be used for freeze dried food, coffee, tea, and so much more. This system is light, easy to clean, and very compact. I was a little worried about the stability, but so far I have not had a problem. If you are cooking food from scratch, then you need to use oil and keep watch. This pot heats up fast. Overall, I have really been impressed with my system and can't think of a single negative comment.
Great Pot!!
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
1. Boil water fast
2. Easy to clean
3. Light.
4. Keep the food warm (Because of insulation sleeve)
Isn't it enough ? =)
Good System
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
This is a great system for boiling water. Especially for that quick cup of coffee in the morning to get you going. Does a good job at reheating food as well. Not great at cooking food start to finish though, the temperature is just too hot. Very stable for how big the pot is. Good for 1-2 people/meals at a time.
Just what trail ordered
Cooking for three was never made simpler
Good addition!
I used to fly solo, but with my girlfriend now wanting to come with me, the ability to cook more is nice!
Jet Boil in the High Sierras
my new 1.5L pot in action. picked up the pot for my PCS kit and it worked great. Still boils water in a snap and cooks for 3 like a charm
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I only use it for boiling water, and for that purpose its the best one Ive tried so far. I have several days out in the mountains every winter in just a tent and beeing one of the lightest and fastest boiling pots I always make sure its in my backpack when I go out. It probably works just fine for regular cooking also, like the other reviews mention. Great pot.
Popcorn anyone?
Little late night snack in the snow shelter
that's actually carmel corn and the pot cleaned up easy. I was worried
Very nice what are you cooking it on?
Great Addition to the Cup and PCS
I have cooked everything in this. fish, burritos, popcorn, frozen pizza, many a freeze dried meal, and countless other meals all with success. Very light and the surface is easy to clean and pretty non-stick even for eggs. I use it with the Jetboil PCS and the support/stability kit. I use it as both a pot for liquid and prefer it over the fry pan for most frying because of the taller sides.
Could I use this with MSR DragonFly gas...
Could I use this with MSR DragonFly gas stove?
I am afraid the outer cover miy melt.
Hey Ted,
It's going to be better with a Jetboil specific stove performance-wise. The Dragonfly has a higher BTU rating, but it will work. You're right about the possibility of the cozy melting, but I've also heard stories of there being some problems with the brazing on the flux ring when used on higher output stoves. A little heavier, but a solution to think about is the MSR heat exchanger. It will work with a lot of different pots from a lot of different manufacturers. Primus also makes some pots with a built-in heat exchanger that work well universally with a wide variety of stoves. Hope this helped you out.
Thank you for your comments.
I will consider to buy MSR exchanger.
I need a white gas stove when I hike over 10,000f.
can you use this over the fire?
can you use this over the fire?
Not recommended as its heat exchanger is really built to take advantage of the Jet boil burner rather than the uneven nature of a fire. Additionally if you were to leave the neoprene insulator on that would likely catch fire and melt as would the rubber grips on the handle unless you took great care to keep those out of the flames. Short answer; not recommended.
Arthur is absolutely right. For cooking over an open fire most of the time, a similar sized pot that I would recommend is:
It's inexpensive, you don't have to worry about trashing it, and it works.
Since the purpose of the flux ring is to help conduct the heat more efficiently around the perimeter of the pot, it should actually work BETTER over a fire than other pots without the flux ring. The down side would be the carbon buildup on the intricate folds of the flux ring that might eventually reduce its efficiency. If you don't mind cleaning the ring, go for it.
Can I use this Jet Boil pot on my Rocket...
Can I use this Jet Boil pot on my Rocket Pocket stove?
Yes, you can, but it won't have the nice fit and smooth functionality it would if you used it with a jetboil stove. You'll probably be better off just getting a regular, lightweight, titanium pot - Backcountry.com makes a great, inexpensive one.
MSR also makes a heat exchanger that you can add onto a pot retroactively to get many of the benefits that you can with a jetboil.
Diana, everything I have read says that the Jetboil cookware is best used with their stove, to best maintain the compatibility between the flame size and output and the heat exchanger on the cookware. How much of that is designed to sell more of their stoves, I do not know. It seems as if it would be safe to do if properly monitored.
The Pocket Rocket has a little more heat output than the JetBoil GCS and a lot more than the PCS, but it's just an aluminum pot. Just keep an eye on the cozy. You'll lose some of the efficiency, and use a little more fuel than you would with an all JetBoil system, but you will get the benefit of the heat exchanger that other pots without it don't have. A comparable pot would be something like the Primus etapower 1.7L, in case you're examining your options.
Will my titanium spork scratch the aluminum...
Will my titanium spork scratch the aluminum on this?
So the jetboil is anodized Aluminum and does not have a coating. Very hard to scratch.. same material that is used on Mountain bikes. If it does scratch your not going to get teflon chunkies in you meal.
The answer is yes. It may not scratch as easily as regular Teflon, but a titanium utensil will still scratch it if you scrape too hard. When it is scratched it will no longer have it's non-stick effect where it is scratched. Once you have even a small spot where the non-stick isn't working, cooking and dishes become much more difficult than they need to be. You can get away with using a metal utensil if you are careful while stirring and scraping up those last bites, but I would personally go with a plastic folding spork like the one sold by MSR. They're light, durable, inexpensive, and it is nice to not have to worry about messing up your pot.
The plastic lid on my pot does not fit...
The plastic lid on my pot does not fit well. Packing up the pot and lid in the morning when I break camp has become a real struggle in terms of getting the lid back on. And the fit is tight enough that when I boil water, I end up having to place the lid on my pot upside down. Is this normal? Is anyone else having this problem?
Sometimes plastic does strange things when heated and cooled, and your problem is pretty common with the GCS pot. It should be reversible- Boil some water, turn off the stove and dump the water out, try to get the lid snapped on, let it cool in place. That should reform it to the proper size. If not, call or email Jetboil and explain the situation. They'll either replace it as a warranty issue, or sell you a new one. Contact- email@example.com or 603-518-1600.
Has anyone else had problems with the...
Has anyone else had problems with the plastic lid warping?
YES...so its not just me? It seems to shrink after cooling off from the heat. Then you get to play the "Who can get the lid on" game?
I propose that Jetboil use a different material.
YES...so its not just me? It seems to shrink after cooling off from the heat. Then you get to play the "Who can get the lid on" game?
I propose that Jetboil use a different material.
Does this come with the stability kit?
Does this come with the stability kit?
No, only the pot and it's lids/ koozie.
Stability kit is available at:
I am wondering if anyone has used this pot...
I am wondering if anyone has used this pot over a regular fire and if it worked as well as a standard pot for that use. I have a PCS system, but I am looking for variability. I don't want to buy this if it can't be used over a fire. Is the flux ring on the bottom durable enough to use over regular flame?
Yes it can , but you will definately need to take the neoprene cozy off of the pot ( it will melt if flames get to it) the flux ring is durable enough for sure.
yuppers, makes great popcorn!
Will this work with an alcohol stove, like...
Will this work with an alcohol stove, like the White Box stove?


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Top cybersecurity official quits, says NSA has too much power
by Rachel Oswald
Last week's resignation of the top cybersecurity official for the Department of Homeland
Security has revealed a thorny bureaucratic rivalry between the National Security
Agency and the resigned official who accuses NSA of having too tight a hold
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