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Like many other cities, Baltimore is working hard to attract residents, businesses, and the corresponding critical mass of street life. So would it be strange to argue that some of the city's neighborhoods, like Federal Hill, are perhaps too successful?
In Chapter Thirteen ("The Self-Destruction of Diversity") of The Death and Life of Great American Cities, Jacobs argues that successful city districts tend to undermine themselves over time as a result of being successful:
"A mixture of uses at some place in the city becomes outstandingly popular. Because of the location's success, ardent competition for space develops. Whichever one or few uses have emerged as the most profitable in the locality will be repeated, crowding out less profitable uses. But from this point on, the locality will gradually be deserted by people using it for purposes other than those that emerged triumphant – because those other purposes are no longer there. The place becomes monotonous, so the locality's suitability even for its predominant use will gradually decline. In time, a place that was once successful becomes marginal (243)."
Jacobs goes on to argue that, unlike other organisms, cities seem to lack feedback mechanisms for self-correcting this trajectory. In other words, wildly successful city districts seem to behave like cancer cells. So, if Federal Hill is an example of the self-destruction of diversity, is there a way to add a feedback mechanism so the neighborhood isn't undermined by its own success?
There's been a raucous debate over the influx and expansion of bars in Federal Hill: some have compellingly argued that the bars are out of control, while others have just as compelling argued that the situation is exaggerated.
Jacobs describes this situation on Third Street in her Greenwich Village: "This street has become immensely popular with tourists. In their proportions of fifteen years ago, the evening visitors were a constructive part of the area's mixture. But night spots are today overwhelming the street, and are also overwhelming the very life of the area. Into a district excellent at handling and protecting strangers they have concentrated too many strangers, all in too irresponsible a mood, for any conceivable city society to handle naturally. The duplication of the most profitable use is undermining the base of its own attraction, as disproportionate duplication of some single use always does in cities (245)."
The situation in Federal Hill described in the link above does seem to resemble the situation on Jacobs' Third Street: Sugg lists examples in which the concentration of bars has (1) begun to displace the less-profitable mix of businesses that made the district desirable in the first place, (2) sorted out and concentrated bar patrons in a small area, and (3) induced a situation in which residents cannot absorb and dilute unruly behavior from said patrons.
The problem of concentration is key here. There will always be unruly drunks, and most neighborhoods can absorb a smattering of drunks diluted across many streets. But no neighborhood can absorb throngs of drunks concentrated on one or two streets! Indeed, the same concentration issue drives many other problems in Baltimore, such as the furor over concentrating drug rehabilitation clinics in southwest Baltimore.
So if a city district is overwhelmed by a concentration of one use, how should it manage that concentration?
As Sugg discussed, legislators already capped the number of liquor licenses in Federal Hill in 2000. Unfortunately, this arguably made the situation worse by accelerating the sorting-out process Jacobs described: if the supply of bars is constrained, then, over time, existing bars will sort-out to serve the most profitable segment of bargoers by turning into so-called "frat bars." This is perhaps the commercial equivalent of the "gentrification" phenomenon in coastal cities with constrained housing supplies.
Sugg mentions Fell's Point as a neighborhood that managed to strike a balance between drunken revelry and diversified commerce. Her observations echo a sentiment I've heard from others: that Fell's Point is no longer quite the drunken party it was in the 90s. I wonder, though, if the taming of Fell's Point was not so much the result of any regulatory effort as it was more the result of the activity movement phenomenon Jacobs described:
"The self-destruction of diversity causes our downtowns to continually shift their centers and move. This is a force that creates has-been districts. The crossing of Chestnut and Broad Streets in Philadelphia was what real estate men called a '100% location.' It was an enviable place to be. One of the corner occupants was a bank. Three other banks bought themselves into the three other corners to be at the 100% location too. From that moment, it was no longer the 100% location. The crossing is today a dead barrier, and the tumble of activity has been pushed beyond (242-246)."
I think a similar phenomenon occurred in Fell's Point: at some point in the late 90s, the concentration of bars reached an inflection point in which they began to undermine the vitality of the neighborhood, rather than contribute to it as they previously had been doing. The district may have sorted itself out for one activity (drinking) to a degree such that even bargoers eventually migrated elsewhere – to Federal Hill and Canton, where the same sorting-out, homogenizing process began again and is perhaps now reaching an inflection point in those neighborhoods!
Interestingly, Sugg noticed that some of her friends are returning to Fell's Point: "Several we've become friends with have told us they now go to Fell's Point bars instead. They report the Federal Hill bars are overcrowded, with bartenders serving obviously drunk people." But might the drunken revelers eventually flock back to Fell's Point too once Federal Hill is played out? In short, there seems to be a loop of bargoing activity between the waterfront neighborhoods that follows the migration pattern Jacobs described.
One commonly-discussed solution for this cycle is to set up a regulatory framework in which the Liquor Board would restrict licenses to establishments that seek a decorous clientele, or to follow similarly-squishy "community impact" or "community needs" dictates. But I think vague taste-setting regulations only exacerbate current problems: any time a distant board has to rule on ever-changing local conditions, it seems that corruption, or at best bureaucratic neglect, emerges.
I think the only long-term solution for the concentration phenomenon is to divert a given use from an area where it's becoming a burden to an area where it can be an asset. Jacobs calls this "competitive diversion" and suggests "zoning for diversity" to encourage it:
"The problem is to hamper excess duplications at one place, and divert them instead to other places in which they will not be excess duplications, but healthy additions. The other places cannot be fixed on arbitrarily; they must be places where the use concerned will have an excellent opportunity for success – a better opportunity, in fact, than in a locality that is doomed to destroy itself (252)."
In the context of Baltimore, I think this could be achieved by closing the chasm between Pigtown and the South Baltimore peninsula with a mixed-use neighborhood – some of the pressure on Federal Hill could therefore be diverted to the stadium area. The caveat is that any new neighborhood could not come in the so-called "entertainment district" format. Not only do such top-down concoctions fail to support themselves financially, but they only exacerbate the problem of single-use concentration!
So I think a new neighborhood between Pigtown and the South Baltimore peninsula would need to be cultivated incrementally. That is, other than adding streets, subdividing vacant land into small lots (rather than awarding it all to a single developer), and encouraging mixed uses under a minimal, flexible zoning code (or perhaps none at all), I don't think the city would need to do anything else to induce an "entertainment district." Given the proximity to the stadiums, it'd emerge organically if it only had the chance!
There were also some responses to Sugg's op-ed along the lines of "If you don't want another bar in your neighborhood, we'd gladly have it in ours instead!" These comments reflect Jacobs' observation that at the same time as there are neighborhoods overwhelmed by a single use, there are other neighborhoods lacking that use that could benefit from it, and indeed desire it:
"At the same time narrow multiplications of uses are destroying mutual support in one locality, they are depriving other localities of their presence, localities where they would add to diversity and strengthen mutual support (250)."
For example, some in Remington desire more commerce, and some of the bars concentrated in Federal Hill could potentially gravitate to Remington to improve that neighborhood's supply of "third places." A similar migration could enliven North Avenue in Station North, or Howard Street, or any number of faded commercial streets in need of diversified commerce.
But the Sun article suggests that the city's current zoning code discourages such competitive diversion: it sorts out and confines uses to limited areas, in effect imposing a "bar district" on one neighborhood, a "liquor store district" on another, or a "dollar store district" on yet another.
There is an opportunity for the new zoning code to encourage the opposite: it could legalize the mixing, diluting, and diversification of commerce across all neighborhoods so that no one neighborhood is burdened by the concentration of a single use.
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Location: Insect Behavior and Biocontrol ResearchTitle: Effect of host diet and adult parasitoid diet on egg load dynamics and egg size of braconid parasitoids attacking Anastrepha ludens Author
|Cicero, Lizette - Institute De Ecologia - Mexico
|Sivinski, John
|Aluja, Martin - Institute De Ecologia - Mexico
Submitted to: Physiological Entomology
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 7/20/2011
Publication Date: 6/1/2012
Citation: Cicero, L., Sivinski, J.M., Aluja, M. 2012. Effect of host diet and adult parasitoid diet on egg load dynamics and egg size of braconid parasitoids attacking Anastrepha ludens. Physiological Entomology. 37(2):177-184.
Interpretive Summary: Invasive fruit flies infest hundreds of fruits and vegetables and are responsible for trade restrictions wherever they occur. Parasitoids, either introduced or mass-reared and augmented, are an important component of their control. Scientists at the USDA-ARS Center for Medical, Agricultural and Veterinary Entomology, Gainesville, Florida, in collaboration with colleagues at the Instituto de Ecologia (Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico) examined the role of both the diets of the host-fly and the adult fruit fly parasitoids in determining the number and size of offspring eggs and time it takes for these eggs to mature, i.e., if nutrition influenced female capacity to reproduce. While there were affects, these were often minor and usually short lived. It appears these species are relatively resilient to nutritional shortfalls, perhaps because the eggs are small, with little yolk and thus cheap to produce. This information could be used to optimize parasitoid mass-rearing and lower the costs associated with maintaining certain colonies.
Technical Abstract: The quantity and quality of host nutrients can affect fitness-related traits in hymenopteran parasitoids, including oogenesis. We predicted that increasing host quality would positively influence oogenesis-related traits in synovigenic parasitoids, and that increasing quality of adult parasitoid diet could positively affect the same parameters, potentially compensating for development on low-quality hosts. Four braconid parasitoid species with contrasting life histories were reared on diets of low (Anastrepha ludens Loew larvae rared in mango) or high quality (artificial diet). Adult parasitoids were provided with high (honey ad libitum) low (honey every other day) or lowest quality (guava pulp) diet. Generalist species that naturally encounter host quality variance were predicted to be more flexible in dealing with nutrient shortfalls than specialized species. Contrary to predictions, in some cases low quality hosts yielded parasitoids with higher egg loads (Opius hirtus Fisher, Diachasmimorpha longicaudata Ashmead). However, as predicted, high quality adult diet had a positive effect on egg load (Utetes anastrephae Viereck), egg size (Doryctobracon crawfordi Viereck) and egg maturation rate (D. longicaudata, O. hirtus and U. anastrephae). Generalist species D. longicaudata varied egg load and maturation rate depending on host quality and adult diet, respectively. Evidence of the combined effect of both factors on parasitoid fertility was found for the specialist species O. hirtus. Egg-related effects of nutritional variance on these koinobiont parasitoids with low nutrient-provisioned eggs may be lower than reported for idiobionts with well provisioned eggs. We examine the theoretical and practical implications of these findings.

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CCECS offers workshop on Zentangle art
UH Hilo Home > News and Events > UH Hilo Press Releases
Date: Wednesday, January 31, 2018
Contact: Ken Hupp, (808) 932-7668
For Immediate Release
The College of Continuing Education and Community Service (CCECS) at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo offers a workshop on Zentangle art entitled "Zentangle Basics and Beyond" for ages 12 and up.
Zentangle is an easy-to-learn and fun method of drawing structured patterns that can also boost mindfulness for relaxation and creativity. Participants learn the basics of Zentangle, including concepts, techniques and vocabulary, then create waterscape pieces while exploring composition and color theory. Classes are on Sundays, February 11 and 18, from 1 – 4 p.m. at UH Hilo's PB-7 meeting room. Cost is $75 and includes an introductory Zentangle kit. Participants are responsible for providing their own sketchbook and pencil.
Instructor Sara Krosch is a Certified Zentangle Teacher (CZT) who has been practicing the art form since 2015. She is currently a graphic designer, small business owner and arts festival producer.
For more information and to register, contact CCECS at 932-7830 or visit http://hilo.hawaii.edu/ccecs/.
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January 12, 1907 – January 14, 1966
Korolyov (also spelled Korolev) was the head Soviet rocket engineer and designer during the Space Race between the United States and the Soviet Union in the 1950s and 1960s. He invented the R-7 rocket.
Korolyov's greatest strengths proved to be in design integration, organization and strategic planning. He was appointed to lead the Soviet space program and oversaw the early successes of the Sputnik and Vostok projects. By the time he died unexpectedly in 1966, his plans to compete with the United States to be the first nation to land a man on the Moon had begun to be implemented.
Before his death he was often referred to only as "Chief Designer", because his name and his pivotal role in the Soviet space program had been held to be a state secret by the Politburo. Only many years later he was publicly acknowledged as the lead man behind Soviet success in space.
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Andrew Cash Money Cashner was acquired from the Cubs by the San Diego Padres for 1st baseman Anthony Rizzo, both clubs essentially swapping top prospects. The difference is, Cash Money throws the ball hard. Like really hard. Like on Sunday, between 100-103 MPH hard. Cashner threw ten pitches in a scoreless appearance, striking out two. All ten pitches were fastballs. Umm, duh. If you threw 100+, you'd be throwing nothing but gas, too.
Move over Aroldis Chapman and Stephen Strasburg (SDSU in the house), there's a new flame thrower in the National League. Now there is a 100+MPH pitcher in each division in the NL. Josh Byrnes strikes again.
For more on the Rizzo/Chashner deal, check out our Unofficial Guide to Spring Training.


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More than 100 specialist physicians practice at the hospital, including 26 surgeons. The hospital offers a wide range of services including ambulatory care, oncology, emergency, women and child care, surgical & acute care services, mental health, rehabilitation, diagnostic imaging and laboratory. The hospital also provides dialysis, the Ontario Breast Screening Program and is the designated Stroke Centre for the region. The hospital has extensive laboratory and diagnostic imaging facilities. For a comprehensive list of services and more information about the hospital, visit the GBHS website.
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Two years after its digital restoration, the 1972 documentary Bird on a Wire, which follows Canadian singer Leonard Cohen during his final European tour, will be screened for the first time in Cohen's hometown. In fact, the premiere will be in Montreal's Corona Theatre on May 11 at 7 PM.
The restoration process definitely took some time.
In fact, Tony Palmer, the director of the documentary, didn't have the original version of the film. It was only in 2009 that 294 rolls of footage of the original film were finally found in a warehouse in Hollywood.
The film's original negative has yet to be found. Moreover, many of the prints were either cut and/or scratched beyond use.
Is the restoration perfect? Viewers will have the chance to ask that question to director Tony Palmer who will attend the screening at the Corona Theatre in Montreal.
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Sacred Heart School's Mission Statement
Our mission at Sacred Heart School is to provide opportunities for students to actively live the Catholic faith, which will permeate their relationships with the school, family, parish and world. The school is an extension of our student's family and an essential component of St. Patrick's Parish, Pana, Illinois. Ultimately, Sacred Heart School strives for the spiritual and academic opportunity that will endow students with responsibility and freedom, and with a thoughtful understanding of God's role in their lives.
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We finshed the Pandora swap and now have moved on to pens…..Enjoy the eye candy.
Well the swappers did it they decided that we would be making Pandora Style beads. If you would like to join in on the fun you do have to be a member of the Yahoo group City O Clay so come on over and join in on the fun. Due date is Feb 1st
Here are some inspirational links that were found by some of the members. Even if you do not join in on the swap see how easy it is to make a Pandora Style bead!
What exactly is a Pandora bead?
A Pandora bead is a bead that will fit on the Pandora style bracelet or necklace.
Here is a link that has almost every quesiton you could have about a Pandora style bracelet answered at your fingertips.
They typically are ___approx 4mm in diamater and made to fit on a Pandora style bracelet.
Below please find some links to Pandora type beads made from polymer clay.
a tutorial
one with stripes
Cat Therian's take on this
And here is a whole bunch of videos for oyu to enjoy
From Astrid
This is a tutorial that you can buy but the picture might give you an idea of how to make lampwork beads a-la pandora style 🙂
One of my favorites! I am going to try to make some of these in dog and cat form 🙂
Some YouTube movies
In this one the camera moves a lot but it'll give you an idea
I really like this one and the clear instructions. Also the idea to use a toothpick first, then a skewer and then the core, because it will distort your bead less… Oh and she uses cane slices 🙂
Italian video but she uses a flathead screwdriver to get the rest of the clay out of the hole AND I saw she is also using the grommets that one would use for fabric (with one of those special pliers that crimps them together)
Not a tutorial but it shows a lot of different style pandora beads
These are from Luny….Thanks Luny!
This Pandora bead tutorial doesn't have the grommets but will still give you a good idea of things/designs you can do …
"Chunky" Pandora bead tutorial
A simple tutorial – it is in French but still easy to understand by looking at the photos …
Please know that some of these are for sale but I am not affiliated with them in any way.
These are just pictures (images) of Pandora beads for ideas and inspiration.
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These are sterling silver Pandora beads but I thought I would share them as I sure got a few ideas while browsing through them.
Finally the texture sheet swap is over and I can share what I did and what others sent in with you. I am amazed that I have never thought in texture before and so happy this was the one chosen so I could.
Here are the sheets I got in the swap
These are some of my sheets and how I made them, a salt shaker.
Here are the swap participants
I hope you will consider joining in on the fun at city o clay. Next swap is dragons.
Finally I am able to show you the pictures of the match box swap shrine that just finished up. I must admit they dropped out like flies this time! I do not know exactly what it was about the match box swap that got to us but it was a hard one this time! Enjoy the pics!
And I do not know what in the heck I did with my photo but I can not move it around so crick your neck and see what one of the lucky winners gets in the giveaway!
And now you have the match box swap giveaway!
And the winner is Erl Hill. I hope that you enjoy it and it can help you some time with your art. Sometimes it is a hard struggle to create what we think is art I know I do. I have a bowl of rocks that I have written simple inspirational things on. When I struggle with a design I reach into the bowl and it helps me with direction. This was a play on that bowl that helps me. On the outside I chose a combination lock because it is not one thing (like a key) that is needed but many techniques to finish a project. With each completed project we add to our library of knowledge.
Erl I hope you enjoy this match box swap and be on the look out as soon we will have the Carol Simmons swap pictures and give away. (NOTE it is my piece being given away not Carol's).
Here are some cool colors I mixed.
Could not figure out what to do with them so I made some slices that turned out real nice.
Both the matchbox and Carol Simmons Class swaps are finishing up. Remember my new goal to give away on the blog when I do a swap. You can expect the first giveaway announcement next week!
Happy claying.
My husband has been out-of-town for the last two and a half months, he comes home Thursday. With that in mind I spent today watching Wild Card Weekend and getting all the clay related items all over the house back in the studio.
It is always nice when you can actually see the table surface not sure how long this will last but it is nice for now.
One of the first projects I will be working on while back in the studio is this………….
The artist in me says Wonderful! I have the opportunity to learn a technique with new tools that are provided to master that technique.
The crazy clay lady in me says Heck Yea mama got some new toys I am going to play!
Finally the mini food swap pics are up. As always I was so amazed at how wonderful the entries were. Great job guys!
The swap has finished and the participants have recieved their boxes so now it is time to share with you. This swap was for a colorful ocean creature and as always this proud swap mama is so amazed at the entries. I hope you enjoy them.
Next Swap is for mini food and I can not wait to see what comes off everyone's clay table. This time they will get their boxes very close to Christmas so it will be special well more special than it usually is.
The Carol Simmons 6 day polymer intensive workshop was the second class I attended ever in my life. It is with great fondness that I look at our class picture and will cherish the memories always. Thank you ladies, Carol and Maureen for making my claycation the best possible vacation I could ever have dreamed of having.
It was billed as an intermediate to advanced 6 day polymer intensive workshop. The class description was right on key as I do not think this class was suited for a beginer clayer. In order to obtain good results a general understanding of color, color mixing , basic caning and reducing is required.
Our class was well prepared and we had our clay already sheeted and were able to leach it fully the first day. I will admit that I did not follow the leaching process fully. By the end of the project I may have just grabbed some clay right out of the package and teacher could tell. She politely scolded me for it. I now understand why leaching is such an important part of the cane building process as hindsight is always 20/20.
This is my workstation on the morning of day 2. We began the day by making blends from templates that Carol provided us. Also learned was to look at cane construction in a new way. I soon began to realize that it did not really matter what I did with a cane as long as the colors were in my scheme in the end it would look great.
I can not tell you how many times Carol would come over to the table and look at a blend or color I was mixing and say add this, or add a strip of that to it and the color would end up being exactly what was needed to fit the picture. My table mate and I called ourselves the remedial table and I am guessing that Carol could sense that my color mixing skills were lacking as this is something that indeed IS a challenge for me. Carol's sense of color is amazing and she instinctively knows what you need to mix to get that perfect shade or hue to match your picture. You can see her true love of color in her many blog posts that are located here.
I was also amazed during her many demos when she would say "let's see what happens if we do this!". We would end up with a new cane like when we named Anne's sperm cane. I really think that showed Carol's love of clay, teaching, and more importantly learning from experience what can happen when you play with clay.
We worked for several days making blends, colors and canes. We also were able while working to get to know each other on a level that I do not believe I will ever have the opportunity to in a class again in my life. Honestly I just wanted to clay all day long and upon waking in the morning I just wanted to get to the workable as soon as I could to continue with the creative process. It was such a wonderful experience and I am so happy I was able to participate in the class.
Finally it was time to start our layout of our cane to see what we may be lacking in our construction. This for me was a heart wrenching experience. I had one of those fear moments I often speak of here on the blog. I looked at all the canes I had made and just did not know how in the heck I would put them together. I ended up after being paralyzed with fear bribing a classmate to do my layout. I am not naming any names here just admitting my lack of artistic umpah.
I will have the second part of the class post next week along with many pieces I have made with my cane slices. I am out of cane now since I made so many pieces for hubby to take to his family in Lebanon. Good part of it is that I need to make another cane for the ladies at the auctions that help hubby out daily with his job.
The other things to look forward to are the Colorful Ocean Creatures pictures that will be posted soon and Nora Jean Gatine's workshop here in New England. I am off to enjoy the nor'easter we are experiencing here as it just started snowing yea!
This week for us in the Northeast it has all been about hurricane preparedness. Everyone went crazy at the stores buying what they thought they would need and got ready to batten down the hatches for a monumental storm. In our house that meant bringing in the Gardenias. I walk by them every day and I never really notices how large the leaves were on this one.
It was almost dead last year and somehow this guy brought it back to better than perfect health.
How often do you feel almost dead with your creations? You feel like nothing new can come from your hands or what does is not good enough. What is it that inspires you as an artist to create things or go places you have never gone before? What makes you grow?
For me one of the great motivating things I have participated in the last couple of years are the swaps at City O Clay. This time it is Colorful Ocean Creatures and for a while I was stumped at what to make. Last week I finally got some inspiration and am running with it!
Of course it is all top-secret until the swap is over but I think my entry if I can perfect it will be a great contribution.
What have you done that has challenged your art?
Or even better what will you do to let your art grow off the charts the way hubby's gardenia has.
I am finally able to share with you the participants for the tin swap 2011. We have such a group of talented artists who really made this swap fun. I hope you enjoy the pictures and if you would like to join in on the fun the next swap has already started it is colorful ocean creatures.
Again I want to thank all the participants. Without you I would have nothing to sort and send. Thank you for all the hard work, time and determination you have proven to complete this task. Great job!


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Two people were taken to hospital following the "world's hottest chilli" competition at a restaurant in Edinburgh.
Emergency services were called to the Kismot restaurant in St Leonards Street after competitors started to faint, vomit and writhe on the floor in agony.
The competition involves people eating the "Kismot Killer" curry. One participant Curie Kim - pronounced curry - was so ill after attempting to eat the curry that she was taken to the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary twice in a matter of hours.
The restaurant's website insists all participants sign a legal disclaimer before taking part in the competition, which raises money for the Scottish children's charity CHAS.
Today, the Scottish Ambulance service said it wanted the restaurant to review how the event was managed.
"We would urge the organisers to review the way in which this event is managed in future in order to avoid another situation where emergency ambulances are required to treat their customers," A said a spokesman for the Scottish Ambulance Service.
In previous years, the Kismot Killer has left people with nosebleeds and one elderly man needing to go to hospital.
Kim, 21, a Korean exchange student at Edinburgh University, came second in the competition, but she admitted the accolade "came with a price".
"I've always enjoyed spicy foods and thought this was for a good cause. But it came with a price, I had to be taken to the ERI twice," said Kim.
"I first went to hospital at around 4pm and the second time was at 9pm. It got really bad. I have never endured such pain in my life."
Beverly Jones, from Newington, was crowned the winner of the competition, after successfully managing to finish nine spoonfuls of the chilli-filled dish.


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Our first stop is NYC. We will be staying in Manhattan, my favourite city in the whole wide world. Martin and I were lucky enough to live not too far away from there (about 40 minutes or so) prior to having the kids. We have such special memories of the city and we cannot wait to share them with the kids. Grace is most excited abut going to The American Girls Cafe while Paddy is looking forward to The American Museum of Natural History. Me, I cannot wait to visit Central Park and walk up and down the streets that I enjoyed wandering years ago. I have a few favourite restaurants in Greenwich Village that we hope to re-visit. We're also planning to take the kids to a show on Broadway. We thought of seeing Annie but that is showing in Sydney right now and one of Patrick's friend is Annie so we will try and see it there. Our other thought was Billy Elliot. I know there is some swearing in it but it might be the best pick for the two of them. Any ideas?
From NYC we will drive through New Jersey and show the kids where we lived. We often talk about the incredible time we had when we lived there so it will be good to show them what it was like. We also hope to visit some outlet malls along the way. Nothing like American outlet shopping, especially with the strength of the Australian dollar...yay!
We will then head straight to Washington DC where we will spend most of our time at the Smithsonian Museums and visit Capitol Hill, Arlington National Cemetery and the White House. I also hope that we have time to visit the Holocaust Memorial Museum.
Then it's a flight down to the happiest place on earth
Squeal...happy jumps!
I am just as excited as the kids.
From there, we'll take our happy but tired bodies for some rest and relaxation in Hawaii
And that, my friends is what I have to look forward to over the coming weeks.
Can I say excited...yippee!


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This blog is a collection random musings on the state of general aviation and some of the interesting stories that abound among pilots.
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
The case of the weepy rivet
I completed the outer half of the bottom of the wing last night and found this when I was ready to move on to the next section...
What with the accompanying wind-swept blue streaks, RV veterans will recognize that immediately -- as I did -- as a fuel tank leak around a rivet. It's not uncommon, but it's disappointing nonetheless, especially since I used a lot of ProSeal (the sealer) on that tank -- almost an entire can, or twice as much as what most people use.
The rivet is along a rib line which just happens to be below the fuel cap opening in the tank, which at least allows me to peer inside and see if anything looks out of whack.
That brown spot on the top of the stiffner certainly leads me to believe that something is going on there, but I'm not yet sure what. It's not where the weeping rivet is. The weeping rivet is on a rib line. Also equally perplexing is the color around the rivet head -- brown. Avgas is blue.
So what's next? First, of course, I need to drain the tank and I'm going to try to fix this without taking the tank off the wing. Then I'll poke around at that brown crud to try to figure out what it is and then I'll poke at that rivet head that's actually weeping to see if the ProSeal has broken down there.
I'd like to think throwing some more ProSeal on there (after attempting to cut out, perhaps with an Exacto knife duct-taped to a dowel) would solve the problem. But it's possible the route the fuel is taking is actually coming from the other side of the rib, which is not accessible.
There is the possible fix of using LocTite around the manufactured head and hope it "wicks" up into the area and block fuel, but I would think this is somewhat problematic given gravity and all. I could apply a slight vacuum, but this is a dangerous task because fuel vapors could ignite at the vacuum cleaner I'd use. Not good.
Alternately, I could remove the tank, cut a large access hole in the back baffle of the fuel tank, get in there and slather all sorts of stuff, and then put a removal plate over that hole and seal it tight. Of course, that introduces new possible points of failure.
I could also just try drilling out that rivet and using a long bucking bar to buck a replacement.
We'll see.
Hey, at least it's gotten me out of polishing for a few days.
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- AnonymousJanuary 2, 2013 at 10:10 PM
There are safe ways to do the vacuum. For instance, assuming the tank is in thermal contact with the wing, you could put some hot, wet towels on the wing over the tank or warm it up in some other way. (In summer, you wouldn't have to do this.) Then seal the cap (including the vent) and apply bags of ice to the wing. A partial vacuum would be created. It's probably a good idea to provide some kind of relief to keep the wing from being crushed. Something like a really deep sink trap ought to work. You could also partially evacuate a 55 gallon drum and hook that up to the fuel vent, monitoring the vacuum, of course. A full vacuum will crush a 55 gallon drum. Or, if you can put the airplane at the top of a hill (doesn't have to be very tall), you could fill a hose with water, put one capped end at the bottom of the hill and connect the other end to the fuel tank vent. When you remove the cap, you'll get a partial vacuum. As I recall, a couple of feet of water is equal to about 1 psi.ReplyDelete


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With gifts to buy and wrap, a tree to decorate, greeting cards to send and travel arrangements to make, a cheap, healthy meal can seem impossible.
Who has time?
You do—so long as you have a slow cooker.
Slow cookers are an excellent investment for this time of year, and not just because holiday sales push their prices below $20 in some cases.
They're a versatile device for cooking everything from punch and bread to entrees and desserts. Plus, they do it all with little active prep time.
You can toss a few ingredients in and come home or wake up to a hot meal that's ready to eat.
9 to try:
Beef Stew
It's an unusual stew recipe that calls for sweet potato, honey and orange juice, but this recipe from Pam Howard of BeHealthyBeHappyWellness.com works all three into a savory meal.
Crock Pot Chicken & Dumplings
"This is one of my favorite crock pot meals," says Lauren Weber of Mrs. Weber's Neighborhood.
Her recipe is loaded with veggies, and includes extra optional steps for a healthier sub to the called-for cream of chicken soup.
Homemade Bread
The low temperature of a slow cooker makes it perfect for baking items such as bread.
Beef Paprikash
Cubed stew meat gets a makeover with peppers, paprika, sour cream and other ingredients in this stew from FoodNetwork.com.
Chicken Tortilla Soup
"I love this recipe because I can make it so fast and cheap," says Teri Gault, the founder of The Grocery Game. "I go ahead and stew the whole value pack of chicken breasts."
Making a batch costs just $9.
Banana Upside-Down Cake
Got a few almost-gone bananas?
Instead of mashing them for banana bread, use them in this slow-cooked cake.
Braised Lamb Shanks
This recipe works well for beef shanks, too, says Jackie Keller, founding director NutriFit. To prepare, stem and coarsely chop a bunch of rosemary.
Make slits in three pounds of beef or lamb shanks and place slivered garlic in each slit. Sprinkle the shanks generously with ground pepper and rosemary, and then place in a slow-cooker.
Add one and three-quarters cups low sodium beef broth. Cover and cook on low heat for 3 hours.
Favorite Fall Soup
Great Northern beans and ham take center stage in Howard's simple, flavorful fall soup.
Fruit-Laced Oatmeal
One of Frugal Foodie's favorites, this overnight recipe costs just 36 cents per serving, and makes enough for several days' breakfasts.
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The study also finds that the need for popularity drives young people to disclose more personal information on Facebook than they normally would reveal.
In their study, Emily Christofides and Amy Muise of the University of Guelph near Toronto say Facebook use leaves many triggers for jealousy in your partner.
Syas lead author Amy Muise,"You check your partner's (Facebook) page and you see a post from someone you don't know that says, 'It was great seeing you last night'.
"Even though it could be something very innocent, it can easily be interpreted another way.''Once triggered, she says, Facebook-fuelled jealously leads your spouse to dig for more information about your chat partners, thus setting in motion a vicious cycle.
If it is not stopped immediately, your relationship may soon go from "married'' to "complicated'' to divorced.
According to the study, though the majority of people (76 per cent) are concerned about privacy and information control, they still disclose a great deal of personal information in online environments.
"They share and show more about themselves than they might in other social settings. We wanted to find out if different psychological factors are involved in that behaviour,'' says co-author Christofides.
This includes information about birthdays, email addresses, hometowns, school and degree major, and intimate photographs, she says.
Christofides says that the nature of the social networking website is a contributing factor as Facebook includes a template where users fill in information - from their name to relationship status to even their religion.
"This creates 'norms' regarding what specific information to disclose based on what others have disclosed,'' she says.
As a result, people may choose to leave out revealing information., she adds.
"The need for popularity was (also) found to be a significant predictor of information disclosure," adds lead author Amy Muise. Thus information disclosure becomes the key factor in assessing one's popularity on Facebook.
"What others share and say about you is also a part of Facebook. The people who are the most popular are those whose online identity is actively participated in by others. So the more you share, the more others respond,''says the study.
Thus, popularity and disclosure become inextricably linked, the researchers say.
"People with a high need for popularity may indeed care about their privacy, but they may not be willing to sacrifice their popularity by implementing privacy controls,'' according to Christofides.
As part of their study, the two researchers surveyed 343 Facebook users, all university students between the ages of 17 and 24.
Facebook, which has over 200 million users worldwide, is also the most popular networking website in Canada. The study has been published in the journal CyberPsychology and Behaviour.
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There is little debate of how healthy it is to drink green superfood drinks. Unless you are an alien being or a robot, green superfood drinks are one of the premier, non-prescription, ways to infuse your body with healthy vitamins and minerals, as well as prompt weight loss.
But are all green drinks created equal? The answer, of course, is absolutely not (yeah, this site wouldn't be around if all things were equal in the green superfood drink realm). This is a space that's full of manufacturer diversity involving ingredients, cost, and even customer service. Here are the top 5 best green drinks of 2019. Please leave us any feedbacks with your opinions, unless your opinion is that you don't like us, then just don't say anything at all! (we joke!)
#1. Total Living Drink Greens
I'm going to cut right to the heart of this list, Total Living Drink Greens is without question, my top choice for a superfood green drink. It is competitive in every single facet you could possibly review a green drink over and you rarely see reviews stating anything contrary to such positive sentiments. This isn't to say that all the drinks below Total Living Drink Greens are terribly inferior, that's definitely not the case, however, Total Living Drink Greens most definitely edges out the competition in nearly every feature and phase.
Total Living Drink Greens is a robust, wonderfully tasting, superfood green drink that's ripe with nutritional infusion. It offers 7 powerful servings of vegetables, fruits, vitamins, and minerals combined. Total Living Drink Greens is a capable body cleanser that can help to detoxify the body of dangerous chemical impurities.
It has an array of impressive amino acids that help to build muscles and amp up your immune system. It utilizes probiotics which contribute to healthy gut bacteria which in turn, helps to improve symptoms of depression and anxiety. The powerful formula's antioxidants are incredible warriors in the fight against inflammation and cancer.
Total Living Drink Greens vitamin and mineral content surpass any recommended daily serving values you can find. Total Living Drink Greens is a protein machine, as well, which contributes to athletes looking for recovery.
A single serving typically offers well over 100% of the daily, recommended value for many vitamins and minerals. The drink has a high protein level as well, making it suitable for those who use it as a meal replacement to shed pounds and also build muscle.
Total Living Drink Greens is the ultimate meal replacement superfood green drink. It tastes amazing due to the addition of natural blueberry flavoring and it has a reputation as being a leader in the green drink field. This is a top-level and unrivaled green drink.
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#2. Athletic Greens
If it wasn't for Total Living Drink Greens being a perfect meal replacement drink, Athletic Greens could overtake it for the top spot. If you don't care about using a green drink for fast weight loss via green drink cleanses, Athletic Greens might be the perfect solution for your needs.
Athletic Greens is built to provide athletes and fitness enthusiasts with energy while also infusing the body with much-needed nutrients and vitamins. This stuff is built well and has a reputation as one of the top green drinks of all time. One of the unique and cool ingredients attributes with Athletic Greens is their use of beets and papayas. Both offer a ton of redeeming health benefits and both aren't utilized nearly enough in our modern western diets.
If you aren't in need of meal replacement, Athletic Greens is a contender for the top option for your needs. If you do need meal replacement, scroll back up a few inches on your monitor and check out Total Living Drink Greens again. Like I said, these reviews are subjective and not every person needs exactly the same things as everyone else.
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#3. Patriot Power Greens
Some might say this is the year of the patriot. Some would say they are done talking politics in 2018, also, so we aren't going to do that, either! Patriot Power Greens is a mega-superfood green drink that features an explosive amount of nutrition in every potent serving. Patriot Power Greens has been around a long time (not longer than the constitution which the name might imply, but really long!).
Patriot Power Greens is stacked with over 35 diverse vegetables and fruits, all of which provide the consumer with loads of minerals, nutrients, and vitamins. In today's world, getting natural sources of nutrition has never been more important. Patriot Power Greens accomplishes this in spades.
What else? Patriot Power Greens utilizes an ingredient called Chicory Inulin, which reportedly can help the human body detoxify shady substances that find their way into our bloodstream and cells.
Patriot Power Greens only using organic ingredients, which is one reason that this highly reputable drinks come in at #3.
Patriot Power Greens is loaded with nutrition, can serve as a detoxifier to the body and organs, and is also affordable to boot. It doesn't contain any of our modern evils (gluten, dairy, soy, nuts from trees, or peanuts) so it is also one of our more allergy friendly concoctions on this list.
Patriot Power Greens is a top-level green drink experience.
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#4. Organifi Green Juice
You won't see very many bad Organifi Green Juice reviews unless you are perusing review sites that have no idea what they are writing about. In which case, welcome home, my friends, because we certainly DO know what we are talking about.
Organifi is one of the premier green drink experiences. You've likely seen their advertisements all over the Internet (and will a lot more now because all the powers that be seem to spy on us!). Their years of mega-success in the green drink vertical has allowed them to roll with a huge advertising budget. As well, they have a load of faithful customers who tend to recommend them.
Organifi not only wins in the global brand department, but they also stand up pretty darn well with their formula's powerful ingredient stacks. Their inclusion of Matcha Green Tea helps to back up claims that their green drink can also help speed up the body's metabolic energy. Additionally, they utilize some ingredients, namely Moringa, which are linked to Southeast Asian holistic medicine.
But the Organifi Green Juice ingredient oddity does not end there, they also use horseradish root. Did you know that horseradishes are one of the densest sources of vitamin C on earth? You probably didn't, especially if you've been reading terrible green drink review sites written by people who don't know these things. Again, welcome, it is nice to have you.
Organifi is also a unique experience in taste. Their formula is best described as a mint-infused, which sort of "pops on the tongue." Some people get a little hesitant when they hear Organifi's taste described in such fashion, however, you rarely see poor reviews over the taste of their drink. They do it right by adding in some coconut water as a base for the taste, which keep that minty flavor in check.
Organifi Green Juice is one the best superfood drinks available online. Their drink is loaded with nutritional density, it tastes amazing, and it boasts several unique ingredients you just can't find in the top formulas, including the almighty Total Living Drink Greens.
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#5. Fermented Green SupremeFood
Did you know that gut health is the driving factor behind brain health? Yes, numerous studies suggest that poor gut health is the driver behind mood disorders such as anxiety and depression. So it should come as no surprise at all that fermented foods that infuse us with probiotics and prebiotics, are considered superfoods.
Enter in Fermented Green Supreme Food, the hands-down best fermented green drink on the market. This allergy-free experience that'd devoid of dairy, GMOs, gluten, and soy, is rich in fermented greens that offer up phytonutrients and gut healthy bacteria to your body.
A lack of meal replacement proteins and heavy focus only on fermented foods means that I can't rank it as the number one green drink option, however, make no mistake about it, Fermented Green Supreme Food is the real deal. If you can afford it, it would be a great second option to Total Living Drink Greens.
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Whether its the air we breath, the food we eat on the go, or our general existence in a sedentary world; our health could truly use an expedited boost. By choosing the correct superfood green drink for our needs, we stand to reduce unhealthy fat and fight off the growing problem of inflammation, poor heart health, and cancer.
Choosing the right green drink option, whether your priority is taste or gut health or meal replacement, is the start of a life change that will amount to a more energetic and slimmer version of yourself. A green superfood drink won't make the journey easy by any means, however, it will give you a modern and unrivaled advantage throughout the battle.
A good talk with our doctor, a brisk walk each day, and a solid green superfood drink can lead to some amazing physical and mental changes. I do hope that the top 5 best superfood green drinks of 2019 list has offered up enough insight to help you figure out which green drink formula is right for you. Be the change and your body and mind will certainly follow.


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Basic Baking
Everything You Need to Know to Get You Started, Plus 101 Luscious Desserts That You Can MakeBook - 2000 | 1st ed
Lora Brody convinced people that they could make amazing bread at home in her bestselling Bread Machine Baking-Perfect Every Time. She guided novice cooks every step of the way in The Kitchen Survival Guide and The Entertaining Survival Guide. Now in Basic Baking, Lora instills the same confidence in those who want to bake but may be too intimidated to get past the ingredients list.
Basic Baking will teach you how to bake your first batch of brownies or tray of sugar cookies and have them turn out perfectly. If you don't know what "bakerspeak" terms like proofing or crimping mean or the difference between a baking tray and a cookie sheet, then this is the book for you.
Basic Baking starts by explaining what each ingredient's role is, so you can understand how baking works. What's the difference between baking soda and baking powder? Or between granulated, superfine, and confectioners' sugar? Straightforward explanations for basic techniques such as measuring flour, separating eggs, and melting chocolate follow. You'll learn how folding, beating, and mixing differ and what tool to use for each. You'll graduate to being able to answer these technical baking questions: What's the best way to "zest" a lemon? What's the secret to turning out silky-smooth batters? Basic Baking is filled with dependably answers, shortcuts, and tips that you' even use when you move to othe desserts. But, most important, Basi Baking answers that all-importan question: What's for dessert? you'll find 101 easy, homestyle desser recipes for everything from elegan holiday cakes to after-school treat that get an A for taste. Make bar cookies, squares, scones, pound cake and more. With innovative variation and "Lora Says" tips, it's easy to turn out fabulous, foolproof desserts.
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Last week's graduation trip was on the boring side for me. Several things decided to happen in the same period of time, which made the graduation trip suck. Firstly, the first day took us on a very boring trip to kaohsiung. I fell asleep from boredom because I didn't want to risk running out of battery on my phone. When we got to our destination, we took a bus to ping-tung. The bus ride was more fun because the tour guides had fun drawing on our faces as punishment for incorrectly answering questions about the color of a man's tie. When we got to the hotel, we had free time for a few hours on the beach. The catch was that we weren't allowed to go into the water. So effectively, they just tossed into a larger sandbox. You know, the sandboxes you can find in playgrounds for little kids. This continued for a few hours until I decided to call quits and I just spent the next few hours camping out in the hotel room, tapping away on my phone.
After dinner, we went outside and basically had an outside dance that forced you to scream at the top of your lungs in order to be heard. I was pretty sure I was half deaf by the end of the dance. We went back to our hotel rooms after this.
Now here comes the more interesting parts. I didn't mention this, but Chris and Derrick had brought in two hermit crabs into our hotel room for fun, and they left them in a box we found on a table. However, when we got back to our hotel room, one of the was missing. So we went on a mad crab hunt, scouring every single inch of the room, even going as far as checking the toilet and sinks just in case. In the end, we never found it. So we went to bed with our eyes peeled for the shelled creature.
Then disaster struck, I woke up at around 3 AM with a small fever, so I got up to get a drink of water and to relieve myself while I was at it. As I got up off my bed, I noticed a small dark spot on the floor. I dismissed it, thinking it was a piece of scrap that must have flown off the table. After I left the bathroom and examining the dark spot, I realized it was moving. It was the missing hermit crab. I stared at it for a few minutes, not sure what to do with it. On one hand, I needed to get it in the box again, but on the other hand, I was deathly afraid of things that crawled, flyed, or scampered around. I decided I would see if anyone was awake. I looked around the room and saw Chris lift his head up momentarily. Turns out he moved a lot in his sleep. So I was forced to deal with the crab on my own. One hour later, I finally steeled my nerves, and picked up the hermit crab, chucked it into the box, and ran into the bathroom to wipe off imaginary, slimy things that might've gotten onto me.
That was day one in a nutshell. Really wasn't the best field trip I had, but it could've been worse. I spent the rest of the night staring at the box, while hearing the hermit crab scratch around inside the box.


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What a Successful Disaster Recovery Looks Like Whitepaper
This whitepaper, a publication of the Business Civic Leadership Center (BCLC), is designed to inform community leaders and federal policymakers on what a successful disaster recovery looks like, and what can be done to increase the chances of achieving success.
Disaster recovery is an often overlooked and misunderstood aspect of the disaster cycle. There are countless variables that affect recovery, including the magnitude of the devastation, coordination among federal, state, and local leaders, availability of capital, damage to major employers, housing availability, and so on.


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I now have exactly 1000 followers on Twitter. Thank god for arbitrary, meaningless achievements we can celebrate. 🍾
I now have exactly 1000 followers on Twitter. Thank god for arbitrary, meaningless achievements we can celebrate. 🍾
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I now have exactly 1000 followers on Twitter. Thank god for arbitrary, meaningless achievements we can celebrate. 🍾
As I opened my mailbox today, among the countless spam flyers there was an issue of the first printed magazine I've ever subscribed to.
The issue's yellow cover had the word "PROG" written in large letters. I run an indie Mac software company and do a lot of programming. But this magazine is not about PROGramming (as my sister, who happened to see it lying on the table, assumed). It's about PROGressive Rock music. Yes, that music that was most popular in the early 70-ies, or as my former bandmate, Michael, introduced the Pink Floyd medley we were about to play: "This music was written before we were born. Nevertheless, it's good."
I love Progressive Rock and adjacent genres, like Jazz-Rock Fusion, Progressive Metal and everyone's favourite: Classic Rock, whatever this means for you.
But this story is not about music. Rather, it's about my weird first interaction with the magazine.
As I tore the thin cellophane in which it arrived and removed a one-page ad, which I didn't care to look at, I was surprised to find a CD attached to the magazine itself. Its thin paper sleeve had a nicely designed cover with flying ravens, which reminded me of Steven Wilson's melancholic song from 2013, "The Raven that Refused to Sing."
I know that adding "melancholic" was redundant here. Just as Michael Jackson was the King of Pop, and Elvis was the King of Rock'n'Roll, Steven Wilson is the King of Melancholy. But I digress.
The CD has a sample of new songs from various artists. It would've been nice to listen to it.
My stereo system in the living room doesn't have a CD or DVD player attached to it. Two Macs that I use, an iMac from 2015 and a MacBook Pro from 2012 don't have a CD slot. Yes, I do have 3 CD devices at home: my son's PC, my older MacBook Pro from 2010, which my wife uses to run Windows, and Xbox One, connected to the TV in the basement, which kids use. Basically, nowhere I can listen to music and enjoy it.
I already imagine you asking: "Who reads printed magazines these days?". And you'll be right. I'm surprised myself. I'm pretty sure I'll cancel the subscription because I also subscribed to their online version, which is cheaper, doesn't have to ship from the UK and available all the time.
But then again, maybe not. There's something about the feel of its glossy paper and the curiosity of just flipping through it. And, frankly, I forget to read the online articles. There's so much to read online already. But I digress again.
So, after looking at the cover of the CD and wondering how I'm going to listen to it, I flip it over and look at the small print on the back:
"If you experience any problems using this disc, you should first visit our support page at: www.futureplc.com/discsupport."
Why yes, I do experience a problem using this disc! It might be not the problem you people expected when you built this support page but… still, I wanted to try my luck. Deep inside, I had a vague hope that maybe, just maybe, there's a way to listen to the tracks on this disc online and they had instructions on this page.
I carefully type the address.
I press Return.
The page slowly loads.
And I'm presented with:
Nobody cares about discs anymore. I bet Steven Wilson could write a great melancholic song about it.
TL;DR, an abbreviation for "Too long; didn't read", is Internet slang used in reply to a lengthy online message. It is also used at the beginning of a summary of such a message. — Wikipedia.
This essay explores TL;DR in programming context.
It tries to find out if the trend of TL;DR behaviour spreads to software development as well, and what are the dangers of that.
It's about Bob. It's not about you. Good programmer don't TL;DR. Good programmers read.
Robert Kode1 is a long-time programmer. Bob loves to code. He was programming since his early teens and is fluent in six languages. He speaks only English but can read and write the other five. These five are not used for speech.
Over the years Bob developed good know-how in many areas of software development and has an intuitive understanding of many concepts. He can crunch code fast and his code is fast.
It just so happens that Bob is a TL;DR programmer.
TL;DR comes from the increasingly short attention span of today's Internet generation. Do programmers also fall victim to the short attention span which leads to TL;DR?
Bob believes that programming is about writing. Writing code. Writing code comments. Writing commit messages.
Bob was assigned to write a new module for an application. He skimmed the requirements for the module. He skipped half the paragraphs in the email that described some focus points. He didn't get back to them when he churned out lines of code.
Eventually, Bob's module implemented half the cases it was supposed to support. In some cases, it did what it wasn't meant to do. QA filed a ton of bugs and Bob found himself in Tester Driven Development mode.
Now he cannot afford to skip reading the bug reports.
How much research had to be done before writing the first line of code for Apollo Project?
Bob's got years of programming experience, as I said, so he relies on his intuition. Oftentimes more than he should.
This time our Mr. Kode got the kind of task that he liked. He was supposed to implement a peculiar data processing algorithm for, well, the data.
Bob had prior experience writing some algorithms and was excited about the new challenge. He conceived the general approach of the algorithm as he was reading the requirements. He might have overlooked some of the intricacies of the requirements (see above) so it didn't help either.
Bob went right ahead to writing it. After half a day it kind of worked. There were some edge cases that required attention. It was also slow. It also didn't scale well for high amounts of data. Another day went on trying to optimize it. Then another day. Then it started giving the wrong results. And crashing on the edge cases.
Robert didn't invest the time to think through his idea before developing. It's not easy, so he trusted his intuition instead.
Bob also didn't run a relevant search on Google. If he had, he might have stumbled upon a paper, or a blog post, or an answer on Stack Overflow, any of which might have helped him select and implement the right approach. Research is hard. Bob didn't research. Bob was a bit too lazy.
They say good programmers are lazy. But they say it for a different reason.
Q: Does TL;DR programming lead to the culture of Stack Overflow questions of "please give me code to do X"?
Q: Do we see more bugs today because of TL;DR attitude? Including critical bugs like Boeing 787 bug which could bring the plane down in one case? Or more security omissions?
Q: How many programmers just try things out until they work, sometimes without understanding the theoretical basis of why and how? Or choose a simpler, inadequate solution?
Q: Could this also apply to other aspects of the software business, like product and project management, software architecture and market research?
Q: Are you a little like our Bob?
A: I am
👉 Discuss on Hacker News.
Ever since Microsoft Windows days the blue color was the dominant hue used in user interfaces. Blue is considered to be comfortable on the eyes, especially when used as background and other large surfaces in the user interfaces.
In HTML, the default link color is also blue. It's distinguishable from the default black while still possessing the "blue" qualities of being easy on the eyes.
But in the last year or so I notice following trend:
Several prominent publications had designed or redesigned their sites to use a darker shade of orange as the main emphasis and link color. The Verge, The Next Web and Ars Technica are now all look similar, as far as their main color palette goes:
Don't get me wrong. I actually do like the new designs. I especially love the design on The Verge. It was the first site where I saw orange used prominently. I think other have followed, though I believe that Ars used the orange cycle in its logo for a long time and some of its elements were orange then, but the new design is much heavier on the color. Same with The Next Web. I believe it had more red colors in its old design and certainly not so much of orange.
I wonder if other big sites will follow this trend:
Late night two days ago, before retiring to bed, I went to the bathroom, as usual. Suddenly, right there, an idea hit me, which is not as usual.
Moreover, the idea itself is not a usual one for me. It had nothing to do with computers or high-tech, for that matter. It was about the light switch to the bathroom.
You see, I have two kids. One of them is now 4 years old. She feels old enough to go to the bathroom by herself. In fact, she can do the whole procedure herself. Except one thing. Turning the lights on and off. So it happens like this:
I'm half-lying comfortably in our bean bag chair, minding my own business. She comes to me and notifies that she wants to pee. I say "Sure, let's go". "No, I'm big enough, I can go myself!", she replies. I feel lucky that I no longer have to get up from the bean bag chair for this, because it's quite an exercise, in fact. She feels grown-up.
So she leaves, arrives to the bathroom and calls me from there: "Light!". Oh, man.
So I had this idea about designing a light switch that usually looks and behaves like a regular one. But, when you have such kids at home, you can pull a rope from there that will allow the them to pull it and turn the lights on and off. There are "pull the rope" switches like that available but I never saw one integrated with a regular light switch, so that both parents and kids could use it. And it should be retractable into the switch when the kids grow, for esthetics.
Yes, I know that kids can stand on a short footstool to make themselves high enough to reach the regular switch. Yet it's not so comfortable. She needs to carry it between the rooms. Yes, there's the same problem with her room lights as well.
As far as marketing of this special switch — when the expecting couple comes to the baby store to buy the needed stuff for the upcoming baby, have the seller propose these switches to them along with all the other stuff that they buy. This way they'll be ready to pull the rope on the first "I can go to bathroom alone".
And the kid will also feel more empowered since she doesn't need to ask for your help and spoil her achievement.
So here, take the idea and make a million bucks if you believe it's worth it. I don't know anything about designing, manufacturing and selling commodity hardware. I'm just a software guy. Pressing keys on the keyboard is all I know.
Being an indie software developer, developing products and running the business, takes lots of time. I work during normal working hours and then often have a "second shift", when the family, or at least the kids, fall asleep. Still, I have enough planned stuff to do, when I'm near my Mac, to fill months of work. And most of this better be done sooner than later.
I'm pretty sure that if you're an indie software developer, a designer, a businessman or almost anything where you have some control over your time and work, you know what I'm talking about.
In this state, we may become so reactive to the tasks that need to get done that we just don't stop, take a step back and reflect on the whole situation. We may just forget to think deeply, strategically about the business and even about the work tasks themselves.
When I was at the uniquely great NSConference 2011 this March, I had the opportunity to discuss some of this with Matt Gemmell during a dinner there. Matt is a well-known Cocoa developer, conference speaker and, should I say, thinker. He appears to think deeply about stuff and publishes many of his thoughts in the articles on his blog.
So I asked him how he approached the thinking about software design, and his answer included something like "I take a walk, in nature, by the river, and only take my Moleskine and a pen with me." It's not a quote but the gist of his reply.
And I thought to myself, "Why, that's a good idea. Step back from the monitor, the distractions, and devote time to just thinking for some time, writing thoughts down with analogue pen and paper".
So, on my way back home I grabbed a couple of notebooks at the airport (they just happened to be Moleskine, of course), one for me and one for my partner, Kosta, and decided on having "Thinking Time".
I put it in my calendar, weekly, as the first thing to do each week. It's a good way to start a new work-week. While most of the population rushes to the jobs thinking "It's @#$%@#$ Monday again", I start the week slower, walking the streets or sitting on a park bench or under a tree to write things down, breathing real air. If the weather doesn't allow being outside, I'll sometimes go to a cafe, instead of skipping it completely.
During such couple of hours, I can make good progress planning software architecture, sketching application design, preparing a conference talk, or thinking about strategic business stuff.
Then, by noon, I come back to my home-office, feeling refreshed, satisfied that I already did something important today, and overall feeling inspired for the rest of the week.
If you don't yet have such "Thinking Time" on your schedule, I suggest you try it. The beginning of the week works the best for me. But maybe you'll feel that the middle is actually better because it splits your work week and you get some kind of a break from your regular tasks.
In this age of Internet and social networks with all the fun distractions that they provide, it becomes more important to go away from it all at least for a couple of hours each week, sit down with a pen and a paper (or even an iPad running some notepad-type application), and just think it all through.
Update: take a look at my other article related to this: Think it later


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Back in June, my friends and I made reservations for Saved By The Max. It's the Saved By The Bell themed pop up diner in Chicago and over the weekend, the time finally came! Guys, it was amazing. The amount of details in this place was out of this world. I really expected to see Slater and Zack walk through the door any second. It was like being transported through time! Of course the place was packed but they had everything down to a science. You pay ahead of time when you make your reservations which is really nice. You get an appetizer, main course, plus a dessert. They have other items you can order off the menu too like drinks or milkshakes. But it's kinda nice to know that everything is paid for and you won't be sitting there trying to figure out the bill. When your waitress (or waiter) takes your order, they take your order for everything. Like I said, it's a well oiled machine. And the food was outstanding! Sometimes at a themed place you have no idea what to expect but the serving sizes were perfect and everything I tried tasted great. It was a perfect birthday dinner and I'm beyond glad my friend and I have no impulse control and booked this when we did! Now onto the photos!
Yes, we wore matching shirts. And yes, we basically did cosplay. Look, if you're going to go to a place like this, you just have to dress up! It's part of the fun! But seriously it was a great time and the people behind this idea did a fantastic job bringing it all to life! They even tell you when you're waiting for your food to get up and take photos. It's super encouraged and the staff have no issues taking photos for you. It was super fun keeping an eye on different areas, waiting for people to leave so we could rush over and take pictures. It was just really the fucking best.


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Though we don't think about it much at all, a puppet has probably played an important role in our lives — especially our young lives. Several generations of American children have grown up on the lessons of Ernie and Bert and Elmo and Oscar, learning everything from numbers and colors and the alphabet to basic … Continue reading
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Last week saw Israel go to the polls for a general election. Following the surprising show of support for centrist Yair Lapid, I wrote for the Independent about how he was essentially "the main character of Aaron Sorkin's as-yet unwritten series about Israeli politics" and expressed my hopes for the future.
With Holocaust Memorial day on the horizon, I challenged former Respect parliamentary candidate Lee Jasper on his comments comparing Israel and the Nazis, a comparison which was made later in the week by Liberal Democrat MP David Ward. In particular, his use of the phrase "the Jews" drew condemnation and a swift rebuke from party officials.
Elsewhere, I covered the row over a particularly gruesome Sunday Times cartoon attacking Benjamin Netanyahu – then wrote for the Independent about why I felt it was not antisemitic, merely unpleasant.
I also interviewed former BBC presenter Robin Lustig on his distinguished career and why he is such an advocate of Twitter, covered the lunch of a new parliamentary probe in electoral misconduct and looked into why a holocaust education programme is not available in Northern Ireland. I also spoke to MP John Mann about his visit to Hungary and his thoughts on the rise of an extremist party there.
The fruits of my recent trip to Glasgow were also visible this week, with an extended report on the future of Scotland's sole Jewish school, Calderwood Lodge, which has been the subject of a particularly fraught disagreement.
In Optima, to mark the bicentenary of the publication of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, I looked at the continued cultural significance of the novel. And I also questioned whether the tradition of changing a name after marriage was still relevant in the 21st century – not that I have made up my mind yet.


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Monotonic demonstranda and dummy introduction
When we have to prove
for some exp and some monotonic f, it can help to know the following theorem
Theorem For monotonic f
(0) [f.exp] ≡ 〈∀z : [exp ⇒ z]: [f.z] 〉 and
(1) [f.exp] ≡ 〈∃z : [z ⇒ exp]: [f.z] 〉
A reason to use (0) is that [exp ⇒ z] is the form of expression in which we can manipulate exp . An example is given in EWD1118.
A reason to use (1) is that [z ⇒ exp] is the form of conclusion we can draw about exp; if it exists, the strongest z satisfying [f.z] is a good candidate for a witness. An example is given in EWD1116.
This theorem is very simple, very general and probably equally applicable and useful. Why did it take me a lifetime to formulate it?
Austin, 1 December 1991
prof.dr E.W.Dijkstra, CS Dept., UT, Austin TX 78712 - 1188
Transcribed by Guy Haworth.
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In the last week of April this year there were 6 fatalities due to stabbings in London. Last August the number of stabbings reached a new four year high with 1,749 recorded. This year already 23 people under the age of 25 have been killed by knives. In London between 2014-2016 the number of young people carrying guns grew by 50%. On Tuesday the father of murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence was named to lead a new group holding the police to account over knife crime and their relationship with London's communities. This issue is right now all over London. In growing numbers it is an issue being carried in the rucksacks of young people. Maybe especially those who live in vulnerable communities that feel they need to make their own law to protect themselves. These are neighbours that we are called to cross the road towards and today we can do that in prayer.
Let's pray today that knives are dropped. Fear be finished! Alternatives be found in our estates in Jesus name! #Amen
Here are some places to go and find out more:
The award winning Words for Weapons
Article "Beyond the Blade: Knife Crime in Briton" (Guardian)
Article "Map of stabbings" (Metro)
Your Choice, Your Future campaign
XLP anti-knife campaign and video


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The history of soup kitchens in America can be traced back to the year 1929 with the effects of a growing depression. When soup kitchens first appeared, they were run by churches or private charities and served mostly soup and bread. Soup was economical because water could be added to serve more people. Soup kitchens continue to exist for the homeless and struggling families across America.
The Soup Kitchen of Boynton Beach is a remarkable example of what sincere dedication can create when coupled with the service of a group of highly committed and compassionate people.
In 1983, three women were determined to make a difference in the lives of our county's most unfortunate people. These women – Gwen James, Veronica Payne and Bee Brown – had a vision to feed the local poor. They were persistent and managed to secure a donated van. That was the start…..a donated van used to provide soup and sandwiches to local hungry families. These women were particularly concerned with people in economic distress – families who did not receive community support and who were often exploited. Word spread among the hungry about the van offering soup and sandwiches and it soon became apparent that they needed to do more in order to serve the increased number of people in need.
The ladies recognized that an actual soup kitchen located closer to people in need was required. The goal was to feed more of the hungry and provide them a hot meal at lunchtime as well as a place where they could receive some basic food items to assist them with the preparation of other meals.
The women managed to get an old building at the corner of Highway 441 and Boynton Beach Boulevard to be donated. They secured the help of the community to convert the premises to a place reflective of a soup kitchen. Local businesses rallied together, providing materials, skilled know-how, and labor to completely renovate the building. The distribution of dry goods and staple food items began with a three days a week schedule in June 1984. October 1984 all the requirements of the Palm Beach County Health Department for serving cooked food had been met and The Soup Kitchen began to serve hot meals. Between 1984 and 1999, well over 260,000 people signed in for a nutritious hot meal and over 1,300,000 bags of food were given out.
The Soup Kitchen outgrew its original space and in 1997 moved to its current location at 8645 W. Boynton Beach Blvd. To undertake this move required the generous support of the local community. Once again, the devotion and effort of many local businesses and tireless volunteers made the move a reality.
Since our humble beginnings, we have not remained still. We have responded to the increasing needs of those we serve by providing more support. For example:
- In 2002, we began distributing turkeys every year to our guests in time for their Thanksgiving celebration. Today, we make it possible for over 400 families to enjoy a special meal in their home.
- In 2006, we began to collect donations of clothing and make them available to our guests at no cost.
- In 2007, The Soup Kitchen became a place for Santa Claus to visit just in time for the holidays. We started collecting toys and blessed by the reaction of the community who up until recently made Christmas 2011 amazingly special – 603 kids received at minimum two gifts each from Santa! You just never know who will show up at the Soup Kitchen!
- In 2008, we launched our weekly educational program: Taking Care of our Babies. By sharing information on how to properly care for their children, we have seen expectant and mothers of young children take the well being of their family more seriously.
Nearly 30 years in existence! Today, we take pride in the fact that we have served over 3 million hot meals since 1983!
Your generosity empowers The Soup Kitchen to feed those who are less fortunate and respond with increased services. The Soup Kitchen does not receive nor have we ever received any local, county or federal government funding. Everything we do is funded by caring and concerned individuals like you, who generously provide us money, time, and talent.
With the generous support of our community, we are proud of the following, which we have accomplished in the last five years:
- Serving now approximately 600 hot meals per day!
- Giving away over 100 food bags per day!
- Reaching the milestone of serving over 3,000,000 hot meals since 1983!
- Expanding our list of providers has enabled us to meet the increased demand. This year, The Soup Kitchen welcomed: Gordon Food Service, Winn Dixie Supermarkets, and BJ's Warehouse and are grateful for their generosity.
- Launching the weekly educational program, Taking Care of our Babies in 2008
- In 2009, we extended The Soup Kitchen's storage area by 1,000 feet. Not only has this resulted in a savings of monthly storage fees, we are now able to better store and manage our inventory.
- Making available annually a record 400 turkeys in time for Thanksgiving holiday!
- Providing Christmas gifts to approximately 603 children!
- In 2012, we arranged to have the water line connected to the city. We previously had a septic tank and separate water line.
- In 2012, we pursued natural gas lines for the stoves and convection ovens replacing propane which was four times more expensive. The Soup Kitchen anticipates a substantial annual savings from this change.
- In August of this year (2012) we replaced our leaky roof thanks to a generous donor!