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Barbie Has Three New Body Types (VIDEO)
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In an amazing move, Mattel announced today that Barbie dolls are now available in three new body types: Petite, tall, and curvy. The new dolls are on sale exclusively on the Barbie website, and will be available in physical stores soon. This is one of many big steps the company has made to produce more diverse, inclusive dolls. Last year they introduced a variety of new skin tones, facial features, and hair textures. And now, kids will be able to play with dolls who look a bit more like women they know in real-life.
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A common criticism of Barbie is that the dolls promote an unrealistic body image. Barbie's ambitions have always been a selling point— the doll has been an astronaut, CEO, and presidential candidate, to name a few—but if a woman with Barbie's standard proportions existed, she would not be able to lift her head or stand upright. While some may argue that the body size of a toy won't really impact the way girls think about their bodies, parents have been shying away from the dolls nonetheless. Time reports that Barbie sales dropped 3 percent in 2012, 6 percent in 2013 and 16 percent in 2014.
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This is Mattel's first move to create dolls that look more like an average woman, but other doll creators have been doing this for some time. Back in 2014, artist and researcher Nickolay Lamm introduced the "Lammily" dolls, also referred to as"average Barbie." He designed the dolls based on CDC data showing the measurements of an average 19-year-old woman, and created add-on packs that allowed kids to give their dolls scars, tattoos, acne, stretch marks, freckles, cellulite, and more. He recently created an accessories pack that can teach girls about periods.
Lamm says that he designed his dolls with both parents and kids in mind. "She isn't just a doll with typical body proportions, she's a fun doll which just happens to have typical body proportions," he said.
Focus groups for the new dolls drew mixed reviews, according to a Time reporter who attended some sessions. Some parents were ecstatic to offer different kinds of dolls to their kids, while others reported that the new dolls weren't recognizable as Barbies. But Mattel is standing behind their bold move, because of course it will make little girls happy to own dolls that look more like them.
"Ultimately, haters are going to hate," Mattel president and COO Richard Dickson, told Time. "We want to make sure the Barbie lovers love us more—and perhaps changing the people who are negative to neutral. That would be nice."


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After meeting at a few beerfests and instantly striking up a friendship, the founders of Mobcraft Beer and BadgerState Brewing thought it would probably be a good idea to brew a collaborative beer together at some point in the future. This past fall they got together and thought it would be fun to launch a Packer's themed beer, Badger State Brewing is only a couple blocks away from Lambeau Field after all, and launch it during a Packers game. From those noble beginnings, Dubbel Czech was brewed and released in time for the Packers final regular season home game against the Lions on December 28th. I have long since made it part of my pre-Packers game ritual to stop by Badger State on my way to Lambeau Field for Packers home games and was pleasantly surprised to walk into the brewery and also be walking into a beer release party. I immediately ordered a couple pints of Dubbel Czech at the bar and went back later to buy a couple bottles.
With the NFC Championship game coming up this weekend, what better beer to drink during the game than a Packers themed beer produced by the collaborative team of Mobcraft Beer and Badger State Brewing. The beer, Dubbel Czech is a mashup of two excellent beer styles, a Belgian Dubbel, and a Czech Pilsner. You might be thinking, "wait… isn't that Czech Pilsner thing what Budweiser, Coors, and Miller have been claiming to sell all this time?" First off no, and second, not even close, but I will get to that some other time; believe it or not a good Czech Pilsner actually pretty flavorful. Let's move on for now and double back at some point in the future. Belgian Dubbels are complex, malty and sweet with fruity Belgian esters of raisins, plums, dried cherries, and apples; many of which come from the dark malts and Dark Belgian candi sugar that gives a Dubbel its characteristic color. Czech Pilsners on the other hand have a rich pilsner malt character that can come across as grainy or Graham cracker-like with soft, rounded floral or spicy hops. A fusion of the two, well, there is only one way to find out.
Back to the beer, the name Dubbel Czech is in reference to a famous Championship Belt celebratory move by none other than Aaron Rodgers, which became the Discount Double Check in the now famous State Farm Discount Double Check commercials. By the way, if you are unfamiliar with the commercials, by all means check them out because they are pretty hilarious! The player on the Dubbel Czech label, well that could be anyone with the greyed out visor but I choose to believe that it's my favorite QB doing both a Lambeau Leap and his signature celebratory move. However to avoid any potential lawsuits the guys just decided to make him a generic Packers-themed player. Interestingly enough, on either side of the player are the owners of the two breweries. From left to right on the Badger State side is Sam, Mike, and Andrew; with Mike holding the Badger State sign. On the other side from left to right (and I really hope I am getting this right) are Giotto, Andrew, and Henry. The label is a great testament to the two breweries and my favorite football team!
On to the review, Dubbel Czech does not currently have a score on either Beeradvocate or ratebeer.
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Ahh, collaboration! After meeting at a few beer festivals and realizing we had a lot in common (three founders in their mid-20's, brewing beer and loving it), we decided to put our heads together and brew an awesome beer to launch on a Sunday afternoon in Green Bay, WI! This Blond Dubbel features the classic Belgian yeast character on a bed of pilsner and abbey malts with Czech noble hops for a malty, golden colored ale that finishes with earthy hop notes.
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Dubbel Czech pours a crystal clear reddish amber with a creamy moderately thick eggshell (off-white) colored head that holds excellent retention, lasting through almost the entire glass. The thick creamy head leaves heavy lacing behind in the glass, which is of course a good thing. Sweet pilsner malts come to the forefront in the aroma with their characteristic delicate grainy breadiness. Belgian yeast esters blend into the aroma contributing notes of overripe pears, and golden raisins which match well with earthy, herbal, floral, and slightly spicy hops. Subtle notes of bubblegum round out the perceptibly sweet aroma, indicating that this brew, like the offerings of both Mobcraft and Badger State is remarkably complex and welcoming.
Slightly grainy pilsner malts lead in the flavor with a subtle, sweet note of honey backing them up. Pear and golden raisin esters blend with herbal, floral, and earthy hops, adding additional depth to the flavor profile, and greatly increasing the complexity of the beer. Slight spicy phenolics linger on the edges as the beer warms, although they are undetectable through most of the glass. There is a slight sweetness with notes of pear and raisins in the finish, transition to a slightly grainy and herbal aftertaste. Moderately malty with moderately high hop bitterness, Dubbel Czech is a little closer to the Chzech Pilsner side of the blending than the Belgian Dubbel, at least on the hopping frequencies. With a medium body and a moderate level of carbonation, it comes in right where a blending of the two styles should be.
Dubbel Czech is a great blending of a Czech Pilsner and Belgian Dubbel! The guys at both Mobcraft and Badger State have some serious brewing acumen, doing some interesting mashups and just having an amazingly drinkable product. And yes, I am still moving forward with my ever persistent campaign to reclaim the word drinkability to have it be applied to beers and beer styles that are actually worth of the label. Great craft beer, like Dubbel Czech, embodies what drinkability should stand for, something that can be enjoyed without getting trashed on the first sip. It is malty, fruity, and appropriately hoppy; this beer is the definition of drinkability.
Be sure to pick up a bottle or two if you can still find them to enjoy during the NFC Championship game! That's all for today, be sure to check back soon for my next review!
Happy Drinking, and remember to always Drink Wisconsinbly!

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How About a Tea Party on Schools, New York?
May 26, 2010
I came as close as I hope to get this time around to NOT VOTING AT ALL in the latest round of the school budget fiasco.
"What's the point?" I asked. It's all a big joke.
Everyone knows when a budget gets shot down (For a gazillion good reasons) eventually they go to an awful contingency budget (Like they're doing in Troy NY) that's often the worst case scenario for voters.
What a crock of poo!!!
I decided to vote for two reasons.
1) Too many men and woman fought and died to preserve my right to vote. So in honor of them, (As well as all of those maimed for life) no matter how ticked off I get, I'll vote.
2) We had a great new crop of school board members to vote in. Perhaps the four that won, (Who were endorsed by a new citizens group) can bring a breath of fresh air to the foul stench overhanging Schenectady School politics.
But here's the thing that burns me up. All this lottery money being poured in everyday (Many from those that are poverty stricken) for education.
Services continue to get cut while taxes are raised.
It's enough to make everyone want to throw their tax bills into The Mohawk River!
Let the Games Begin!
December 24, 2009
As Mario of Nintendo fame would say,
The Daily Gazette and The Albany Times Union Newspapers have filed a joint lawsuit against The Schenectady School District for withholding information regarding the investigation of former school facilities manager Steven Raucci and his alleged terrorist activities. HT Daily Gazette.
When the school district released the report most of it was blacked out. So now the papers are suing the district to get the full report. Clearly the district and superintendent Eric Ely have something to hide. They're covering their own backsides and perhaps some others as well.
So now that the suit's been filed, "Let the games begin!"
A Big Step In The Right Direction!!!
December 9, 2009
A new citizens group has formed in Schenectady to recruit new members to the school board. (HT Daily Gazette)
And as anyone who follows this blog knows
So mega kudos to Schenectady Citizens for Openness in Public Education
(aka SCOPE)
"One of the group's founders, Marjorie Karowe, said the idea started from a letter to the editor she wrote, seeking a citizens' coalition to improve the schools. She said the group, which has about 15 members currently, is looking for people who will bring transparency and integrity to the board to improve its "tarnished" reputation.
Karowe said among the issues are the arrest of former facilities director Steven Raucci in September. Raucci faces a 26-count indictment charging him with arson and terrorism for allegedly planting explosive devices at the homes of people he viewed as his enemies. Authorities say the acts were part of a pattern of intimidation. Allegations have been made that Raucci curried favor with school officials to consolidate his power in the district.
"We have to turn around what has been a downhill slide of the perception of the school board," she said."
You can tell she's understating her case to be be diplomatic. It's more like a runaway train to perdition, but hey! Whatever they can do to help is fine with me.
Where's Elliot Ness When You Need Him?
December 1, 2009
Things are piling up in the case of Steve Raucci and the Schenectady School District. Now we know how much overtime he was getting.
HT Daily Gazette-and Carl Strock
Seems this guy was set for life. He could claim all the overtime he wanted and not provide proof. Since his position was supervisory he should have been on a salary not hourly. And it's one that requires a civil service test. So to get around this they invented a working supervisor's position just for Raucci.
Since pension is based on the last year worked the man is set for life even in prison. Seems like quite the deal to me. All for a man who's accused of 26 acts of terrorism.
So who's pulling Raucci's strings? Is it just the school board and Eric Ely the superintendent? Or does it go farther than that? This has mob and union markings all over it.
Who knows who got the proverbial "offer they couldn't refuse?" Unless someone goes into a witness protection program we may never know.
Where's Elliot Ness when you need him!
Cruel and Unusual Punishment
October 15, 2009
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I know it sounds crazy but at first I was going to go along with the school on this one. But then I got more details on the story and it is just crazy.
What are they thinking sending a six year old to reform school! This is cruel and unusual punishment. A judge needs to step in.
From Fox :
Six-year-old Zachary Christie was so excited to become a Cub Scout that he brought his camping utensil to school. The tool serves as a spoon, a fork and a knife, and Zachary wanted to use it at lunch.
What Zachary didn't know was that the gizmo violated his school's zero-tolerance policy on weapons. And now the Christina School District in Newark, Del., has suspended the first grader and ordered him to attend the district's reform school for 45 days.
With children younger and younger performing violent acts it's understandable why the school has a zero tolerance policy. And even though it seems unfair, the rules are the rules. So perhaps a suspension is enough, but REFORM SCHOOL! That could traumatize the boy for life!
Where's a good ambulance chasing lawyer when you need one?
This Should Be a Boring Post
September 10, 2009
No, really.
This is supposed to be my mandatory new school year post.
I want to take a moment and remind everyone about all our nation's schools. Since allot of kids start school this week, (Schenectady, where our two go, started on Tuesday) it's a good time to think about all our hard working teachers and administrators and to say a prayer for all the school boards out there since they're the ones who determine policy.
Also let's remember everyone who works at all the Christian and private schools out there where allot of us send our kids to. And I can't forget all the parents blessed enough to home school their children either.
Then I want to list all our local school board members like the ones at my old alma mater in Ballston Spa NY. (Go Scotties!)
So here they are. (And since a few of the kids in my Sunday School class go there this is a good idea anyway)
Please feel free in the comment section to list all the members of your local school board as well.
Ballston Spa Central Schools
Dr. Joseph P. Dragone Superintendent
Board Members
Kathy Jarvis, President,
Jeanne Obermayer Vice President,
Keith Stewart,
Nancy Fodera,
Daniel Cramer,
Kevin Schaefer,
Frank Townley.
"May all those responsible for our children's education, fear God and seek His wisdom. May they realize it's the people they serve (Not the other way around) and to put aside politics and self serving agendas. In Jesus Name AMEN!"
There! That's how this post was supposed to look. Nice and boring. But no.
I don't live in Ballston Spa anymore. I live in Schenectady.
Now please don't get me wrong. My family is very blessed. We live in a nice house in a quiet neighborhood. Our kids are thriving in one of the cities magnet schools.
But there are issues. ISSUES!
They could make a reality series about The city of Schenectady NY. First there's all the corruption in the police department. Then there's the out of control drug and prostitution crime of the inner city. There's the love/hate relationship between the city and The General Electric Corporation. And of course there's taxes. (and MORE taxes)
If that's not enough there's all the scandals in the school board.
If someone were to look at my blog on a click and run they'd see me ranting on and on about my school board. So to then see a list of board members appear they might think I've got a vendetta against them. They might want to alert the city about a nutty blogger! 🙂
So let's set the record straight. This is supposed to be a boring post about our school board members. So let's start over . .
Even though our heads are still spinning from Obama's speech last night I want to take a moment and remind everyone about all our nation's schools. Since allot of kids start school this week, (Our two started on Tuesday) it's a good time to think about all our hard working teachers and administrators and to say a prayer for all the school boards out there since they're the ones who determine policy.
Also let's remember everyone who works at all the Christian and private schools out there where allot of us send our kids to. And I can't forget all the parents blessed enough to home school their children either.
Please feel free in the comment section to list all the members of your local school board as well.
Schenectady City Schools
Superintendent Eric D. Ely
The Board of Education
2009 – 2010
Maxine Brisport
Diane Herrmann
Vice President
Linda Bellick
James Casino
Gary Farkas
Jeff Janiszewski
Lisa Russo
Central Park International Magnet School K-8
Tonya Federico, Principal
421 Elm Street, Schenectady, NY 12304
"May all those responsible for our children's education, fear God and seek His wisdom. May they realize it's the people they serve (Not the other way around) and to put aside politics and self serving agendas. In Jesus Name AMEN!"
Have a great school year everyone!
A Wild Ride Into Schenectady Politics
August 14, 2009
It's amazing how your view of things can change with just a little inside information. That's true with national politics and it's also true with something as mundane as a local school board election.
My wife is very active in our school's PTO and as a result she became friends with the PTO president, Denise DellaVilla. When Denise decided to run for the school board my wife said she'd help out any way she could.
Then along came a neighborhood activist (No! Not THAT one) named Joyce Wachala. She made quite a name for herself by spreading false rumors about the school district closing an area school. She had the whole area stirred up with this false rumor, even organizing a petition drive over an issue that just wasn't true.
Then lo and behold Joyce Wachala decided to run against my wife's friend Denise Della Villa. To make matters worse the local fish wrapper, (aka The Daily Gazette) endorsed Wachala and made Denise the villain! (What the flaming fruitcake!)
You might think a letter to the editor would be called for at this point. I tried that along with a few others. The paper responded by sending us harassing phone calls! (I kid you not!)
With only the "Drive By Media" to go on, you can guess who won the election. However the story doesn't end there.
Just this week Joyce Wachala announced she is stepping down from the school board citing family health reasons.
Chances are she has her own behind the scenes story she could share. At this point the best thing we can do is pray for Ms. Wachala that all goes well for her and her family.
But how ironic! The very person we were trying so hard to keep off the board winds up resigning after attending only two meetings as a member.
Of course the real lesson here is with the media. I now know more than ever how easy it is for public opinion to be swayed by the media's bias. In reporting her resignation The Daily Fish Wrapper couldn't resist yet another chance to demean Della Villa and elevate Wachala to sainthood.
Perhaps The Capital District needs it's own version of "The No Spin Zone". Or how about someone calling out the area's "WORST PERSON in the worrrrrld!"
Some internet gurus have predicted that a well organized agregate area based web site could eventualy render local newspapers obsolete. That time for the people in my city couldn't come fast enough.
One things for sure. This has been one wild ride into local Schenectady politics.


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BBC Radio Northampton has bucked the trend of declining listening figures for local radio, latest audience figures have shown.
Nationally, the number of people tuning into their local BBC radio station has dropped by 174,000 in the past three months.
However, BBC Radio Northampton has increased the number of listeners by 1,000 to 80,000. This is 16 percent of the 490,000 people aged over 15 years old in the county.
The radio station also has one of the highest average hours per listener, with a total of 13.2 hours.
The figures for Heart Northamptonshire, which covers a population area of 561,000, reached 31 per cent of people aged over 15 years old, a total of 173,000.
Marsha Ramroop, assistant editor at BBC Radio Northampton, said a number of new initiatives had proved popular with listeners.
She said: "The local radio market is competitive, so we are really pleased with the growth of BBC Northampton in this quarter. We love and care about this county as much as everyone listening to us, and we hope that comes through with everything we do on air.
"At Northamptonshire Day, we invited the audience to come along and meet the presenters. They see us championing what's great about the county, and we have a lot of fun – which is what we like to do every day on air.
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"As part of Helen's Big Health Check last month we encouraged listeners to get checked for skin cancer. We have been told that six people have been told they have cancerous moles as a result of medical examinations. They say they wouldn't have gone to get themselves checked out if it wasn't for our campaign."


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But just because I don't have a TV doesn't mean I don't watch my favorite shows in the evening.
Embedded above is the first episode of "Tudor Monastery Farm," a BBC documentary series. Historian Ruth Goodman is joined by archaeologists Peter Ginn and Tom Pinfold to make up a trio of unlikely TV stars. They show us how life was lived by poor people in the Tudor era. It wasn't all Henry VIII and his wives.
I ate that show like ice cream.
Then I moved on to "Secrets of the Castle," and watched my friends learn how to build a 13th century French castle with nothing but the materials that were available 800 years ago.
With popular "historical" TV, films and fiction about England and France, we often learn about royalty and politics, but rarely do we get a view of the common people. It might have been all fancy balls and intrigue at court, but most other places it was just plain work.
Now I'm watching Tales from the Green Valley, shot on a 16th century Welsh farm. It's apparent that this show was done earlier than the first two because Tom isn't in it. Peter is younger and for some reason they're calling him "Fonz."
After this I'll move on to "Victorian Farm," then "Edwardian Farm," then maybe "WWII Farm," which doesn't interest me quite as much. But Ruth, Tom, Peter and their guest stars—thatchers, pig experts, millers, stonemasons, etc.—are enthusiastic, charming and real, and I will follow my new favorite stars anywhere, even to the muddy fields of the mid-20th century.
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HAMBURG (Reuters) - Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) expressed "regret and concern" on Friday over the imposition by the United States of tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum from the European Union, urging a return to dialogue on a transatlantic trade deal.
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Setting up Gulp and Sass
SASS (Syntactically Awesome Stylesheet)
It is a blessing. Whoever works frontend development for more than a couple of years will tell you the exact same thing. Gulp is a tool that we'll use to convert and pre-process SASS (or SCSS) into the plain CSS that browsers understand and we'll make it look like a piece of cake.
"If you think math is hard, try web design." – Thrish Parr
Inspiring quote to begin with. Now off to work.
Gulp is a build tool which can help you out in a number of tasks when it comes to web development. More often than not, it is on duty with some of these tasks:
- Compiling CSS with preprocessors like SASS or LESS
- Optimizing assets
- Live-reloads when a file is edited/saved
- Create a quick web server
This doesn't even scratch the surface of what you can do with Gulp, but it's quite possible where it finds the largest use. Even thou it's not too complicated, you'll still have to learn to really use the Gulp to create tasks, and I'll give you a hand here.
First of all, why gulp?
Gulp is not the only build tool you can use. There's a whole army of tools with similar options, Grunt and Brunch to name a couple. The main reason why I love Gulp is because of it's simplicity. Configurations with Gulp tend to be quite a breeze, and lemme show you, but first, let's install Gulp. Make sure you have NPM installed, if you don't, check out my guide for installing it here.
Next, open up your cmd (as an admin) or terminal, and type:
npm install gulp -g
If you're on Mac or Linux, you should add sudo as the first word of the code. Like this:
sudo npm install gulp -g
That will enable the global gulp command you can run in the terminal. (that's why we used the -g flag)
Let's create our project, shall we?
Before anything else, let's create a folder where we'll host our little experiment, and these 'test' folders I like to call "experiments".
Note, I'll be using git bash on Windows machine. You have been warned.
All righty. Let's start by creating a folder experiment in our root and initiating npm project: (you still have terminal running, right?)
mkdir experiment && cd experiment
npm init
This is what you'll get:
Feel free to hack and slash your keyboard with enter key, all the info submitted here. Awesome. Start your favourite editor into the experiment folder, or use Vim like I do here (a bit higher learning curve on this one, tho). Vim is integrated into the Git bash, so I'll just use that to make certain edits.
Right now, you have created your npm entry point -> package.json . This folder is where npm looks into and does it's actual package managing, and a lot more I won't cover in this lil' tut.
Next thing, back in the experiments folder, time to install Gulp into the project. This is separate from the global installment of gulp, which we use to run commands. This what we install right now is our 'staging ground' for gulp tasks, so to speak. So let's do it:
npm install gulp --save-dev
Please not the difference that the –save-dev flag has been used here. This means we'll only use Gulp in development, not in production. Let's see what that command did. Here's a screenshot:
A-ha! New folder. NPM will use node_modules folder to store all project dependencies, so never-ever manually delete that folder. Important stuff.
Next, let's just quickly assume we're gonna have certain folder tree for our experiment. Here's a list of files/folders you can create:
||- application/
|-- css/
|-- scss/
|-- index.html
||- node_modules/
||- package.json
||- gulpfile.js
So, in a lot of projects, actual web site is not served from the root of the project, and we won't assume that either. Let's assume our app will run from 'application' folder. And don't forget the gulpfile.js. This is what we're focusing on this lesson.
My first task
So, once open, enter this line of code in the first line:
var gulp = require('gulp');
The very basic syntax for using gulp is this:
gulp.task('name-of-the-task', function() {
// gulp stuff here
So the task name, the 'name-of-the-task' parameter there is what you'll type out once you start gulp from the termina/bash. Let's start with fundamental "hello" message:
gulp.task('heya', function() {
console.log('I live! Gulp is alive!');
Let's go back to terminal and see the fruit of our labor! Enter:
gulp heya
This should be the result of what you'll get in the terminal:
Awesome! Let's make it more exiting!
SASS with Gulp
First of all, in order to compile SASS into the CSS, we'll need a middleware package called gulp-sass. The way we install this is quite simple, really, back to terminal, into the root "experiment" folder and let's npm install it!
npm install gulp-sass --save-dev
Next stop, if you didn't guess it, we gotta 'require' it into our gulpfile, like this:
var sass = require('gulp-sass');
Just add it on top, line 2 of the file. Next, last step, we need sass/scss file, right? Create 'styles.scss' file under 'application/scss/' directory.
Now SASS is at our reach! Let's setup a basic sass/scss compiler:
gulp.task('sass', function(){
return gulp.src('application/scss/styles.scss')
.pipe(sass()) // Converts Sass to CSS with gulp-sass
Let's create something scss specific into our styles.scss file:
$background-color: #ebebeb;
body {
background: $background-color;
Go back to the root, where your gulpfile is, and run gulp sass command!
BOOM! Fireworks! National anthem! Cheerleaders cheering! Birds birding… y'know what I mean!
Let's navigate to our /application/css/ file and see what we have here:
Congrats are in order! You have successfully setup your preprocessor and you can use sass (or scss, whichever syntax you prefer) in your projects!
Stay tuned for additional tutorials on how we can make even more usability out of Gulp! Someone said "Automatic browser refresh upon file save"…?


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Frequently Asked Questions — Cattleman's Steakhouse at Indian Cliffs Ranch
If you can't find the answer here, click here for our contact us page.
Can I order a gift certificate by e-mail?
We are sorry, but we currently do not offer any services via e-mail other than information. The easiest way to acquire a gift certificate without coming in would be to call M-F 9AM and 5PM and ask for TJ. She will be able to take your credit card information over the phone and mail you one directly to your address or another address of choice.
Are you open Thanksgiving Day, if so what hours? Are you in Mountain or Central Time Zone? Is the Steak Ranch accessible from Hwy 62-180 north of Fabens? There appears to be a blacktopped road going south from near the Hueco Tanks turn-off. Thank you for your time.
Yes, we're open on Thanksgiving Day. One of our biggest days of the year in fact. Our hours can change from year to year; so, we'd recommend that you check out our website as the Holidays approach for set hours. We're in Mountain Time (Denver). Yes, the ranch is accessible from the Hueco Tanks turn-off heading South. However, it's a very rough ride on average and not recommended. And, it certainly isn't a time saver per se due to the many pot holes and bad ride in general.
Hi there - do you all offer any kind of guided tours for any of the attractions on your property? Had friends who've taken wagon rides as well as guided tours of the premises in the past year or so & wanted to make sure that those are still going on
We do offer hayrides on sundays, however, we do not normally offer guided tours. Fortunately, you'll discover that most of our ranch is accessible and self-explanatory. We do have signs up on each zoo exhibit and, there are some neatly accessible walking paths throughout the ranch: from the lake walkways to the antique wagon road ... I believe you'll find our ranch fun and easy to explore. Of course, dinner is even better after a hike on the ranch. We look forward to seeing you!
We will be driving from Calif to San Antonio and heard about your restaurant. We are planning on stopping to enjoy your food. Is there any motels, etc near you. We would like spending the night on a stop over and enjoy your restaurant.
The closest motel is on the corner of IH-10 and FM 793 (The Cattleman's road) ... another nearby motel is about 10 miles west of us at the Clint Exit. There are many more to choose from within El Paso ... and, still you would only be 20-30 minutes from our ranch.
Marriott Hotels Resorts Suites: El Paso Marriott - www.marriott.com - (915) 779-3300
Hyatt Place El Paso Airport - www.hyatt.com - (915) 771-0022
Camino Real Hotel - El Paso - www.caminoreal.com - (915) 534-3000
La Quinta: West El Paso - www.lq.com - (915) 833-2522
Embassy Suites Hotel El Paso - www.embassysuites.com - (915) 779-6222
Chase Suite Hotel By Woodfin - www.woodfinsuitehotels.com - (915) 772-8000
Travelodge El Paso - www.travelodge.com - (915) 772-4231
Holiday Inn El Paso - www.hielpasoairport.com - (915) 778-6411
Radisson Hotel Suite El Paso Airport - www.radisson.com - (915) 772-3333
La Quinta Inn-El Paso Airport - www.lq.com - (915) 778-9321
Do you still offer horseback riding?
Thanks for your interest. We currently do not offer any horseback riding. And, really, we do not know of anyone offering horseback riding in the El Paso vicinity. Notwithstanding, we do have other activities available ... such as our hayrides, zoo and maze ...
We run hayrides only on Sundays (weather permitting). They start at 1PM, and there is one 30 to 45 minute hayride per hour. Hayrides are free for customers who have eaten, $3.00 for others.
Another resource for horseback riding of which you might consider would be:
I was wondering if you sell your steak seasoning? Please let me know. Thanks.
Currently, we do not sell it, but maybe we'll soon be offering it in our gift shop (located in the Steakhouse). Stay tuned on our website for updates on upcoming retail products offered.
I am planning a trip out West and came across your steak house web site. I noticed that you have parking for Bus and RV's. Do you allow RV's to park overnight in your parking lot or any place close by?
RVs are welcome to stay overnight as long as you're dining in our Steakhouse. We do not have any RV hookups though. No electric, water, or septic.
We are planning to take our family out for dinner on Saturday. Do you still offer hay rides? If so, would you please send me some information regarding times and prices? What other attractions are available?
We run hayrides only on Sundays. They start at 1PM and go out during daylight hours. There is one hayride per hour, and it lasts between 30 and 45 minutes. Hayrides are free for customers who have eaten, $3.00 for others. We also offer a playground, an antique wagon display, a lake walk, a zoo, and a maze. Lots of fun, lots to do and a lot to eat!
Do you take reservations on Mother's Day?
We do not take reservations at all. Mother's Day is our busiest day of the year. Two to three hour waits are the norm for that day, so we actually encourage customers to try to come on a different day if possible. Also, we do not seat partial groups on that day. Everyone in the party must be present before your name goes on the waiting list.
Do you ship steaks out to California?
Currently, as of January 1, 2013, we're not shipping our steaks ... We have in the works a mail order business ... it will still be some time before implemented (no dates are set). Be sure to stay tuned on our website homepage: "CattlemansRanch.com" for further updates. We do appreciate your interest and hope to soon be offering this option. If you have someone that you know, passing through, or living in our vicinity, our steaks can be picked up directly on site ... on ice and with or without seasoning.
Do you take reservations?
We appreciate your consideration in asking about making a reservation. We do not take reservations; our doors are open to one and all without reservations. (we do book parties of 15 or more though) If you arrive at opening time, you'll have plenty of time to have drinks and be seated comfortably. Thank You and we hope to see you soon.
Can you send me a menu with your prices?
Thanks for writing. We appreciate your interest in acquiring the pricing on our menu items.
Our online menu is located at:
You may have already seen this menu online ... and, as you can see, we don't advertise our pricing online due to some proprietary issues.
However, you're welcome to use this menu online to assess what you're considering ordering; gain an overview of all of our entrees, sides and desserts; and, then, if you'd like to know the cost of those specific items, call our office at 915-544-3200. Our office staff is on hand M-F up to 5 PM; they will be more than happy to provide pricing on any and all menu items in question.
All our best and we hope your group does decide on dining with us ... be sure to get back with us if we can assist further in any way.
Ask us a question: email@example.com
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The Minnesota Republican Party has gone through some hard times in recent years, but it has rebounded under chairman Keith Downey. Today, Downey had an op-ed in the Minneapolis Star Tribune that succinctly states the party's case. While there are a couple of items I might treat a bit differently, it is an excellent example of the message Republicans should be delivering consistently around the country:
On July 4, 1854, a group of Minnesotans calling themselves "friends of freedom" gathered for the first time. They were Whigs and Democrats, opposed to slavery and government corruption, believing that only a new political party could accomplish their aims.
They founded the Republican Party of Minnesota.
Today, 160 years later, Republicans are still on the side of the people. We share the tried and true ethic of everyday folks — family and faith, enterprise and hard work, loving our neighbor and giving back. Simply put, we care.
The party of Lincoln believes every Minnesotan is invaluable. We trust Minnesotans, not bigger government, for our future. And the party of Reagan's principles of liberty and justice for all and free enterprise have proven to lift everyone. Our ideas work. …
Why vote Republican? Because for all the recent Democrat claims of victory, regular folks sense they are the ones losing.
If you are a farmer who can't afford rising property taxes, an Iron Range family or college student who just needs a good job to flourish, a parent whose child is stuck in a failing school, a veteran without adequate health care, a family child care provider being forced to unionize, a small business struggling with over 20 percent increases in health care costs, a taxpayer wondering why a luxury $90 million Senate office building was a priority, a parent watching everything you need get more expensive, or a family watching the global crisis unfold and feeling nervous about our country's safety, you see how Democrat leadership is failing you.
Lower- and middle-income people, especially minorities, are worse off since Barack Obama and Al Franken were elected. Women's median income has dropped, women's poverty rate has increased, and the number of families on food stamps has risen dramatically.
Now that the Dayton budget has kicked in, private sector job growth dropped alarmingly to a mere 700 jobs per month since January. If you live on the Iron Range or are young or a minority, your unemployment rate is double the rest of the state, or worse. And Minnesota's underemployment rate is a staggering 50 percent.
Republicans know this opportunity gap is real — and that it's unacceptable. Yet Democrats are killing the Keystone and Sandpiper pipelines and the Poly-Met mine, denying Minnesotans great jobs.
All the while, the education achievement gap persists, arguably the defining issue of our time in Minnesota. Republicans are fighting for reforms to help disadvantaged kids succeed in school, while Democrats defend their union-bureaucratic model at all costs, ignoring practices that would actually work for Minnesota's kids.
Democrats, using their one-party rule, eliminated the basic skills test for teachers, reinstated seniority-only retention rules robbing kids of some of the most effective teachers, and reduced Minnesota's graduation requirements, creating a false sense of progress. …
If you believe every child deserves a chance, with a successful school and excellent teachers, join us.
If you want maximum opportunity and better jobs for workers, and agree that disparities for minorities are unacceptable, join us.
If you agree that family budgets should come first before government budgets, and that leaving unsustainable government debt to our kids is immoral, join us.
If you want sensible healthcare reforms that actually reduce cost and improve care, join us.
These are the causes Republicans will lead. We will be on the side of the people with solutions that work. We will bring Minnesotans together to tackle our biggest challenges and advance our state.
And as we have for 160 years, Republicans will stand for what elevates the human condition and allows everyone to realize their God-given liberty and potential in life.
Come join us; we are on your side.


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As I sit writing this I am acutely aware that this last post will probably be nothing more than a notification that people scroll past, or a link to a website that they never click; which I find quite satisfying actually as that is how the blog started almost 5 years ago.
Over these five years much has happened. For a starters there have been three series of Christel Doctor Who, which I like to think of as my Magnum Opus, if you will. I used the Movies Stunts and Effects to animate it and after finally getting it to boot on my new macbook the other day I had to smile to myself when I saw how good it still looked. If time had allowed, series 4, 5 and 6 would have followed. I did have them mapped out and, given the restrictions that the movies game/simulation presented I think there would have been enough wiggle room to still make it look good.
Of course at the end of series 3 I announced that I would be taking a year's break and then bringing series 4 back using Moviestorm. I hired voice actors and even filmed 1 and a half episodes, but if the truth be told, my heart was never really in it. My writing had become stale and predictable and I knew that it was going to be a big struggle to get to grips with Moviestorm, voice actors and keeping people interested while I took time off to do 'other things.' 2013 came and went and there was no series 4. The audience dropped on here and I knew then really that I was postponing the inevitable.
Looking through my youtube channel you will see that not one of the videos got over 1000 views. In fact the most was only 716. Christel Doctor Who never set the world alight, and went un-noticed by countless millions, but to the dedicated few, and those who happened upon it by accident on youtube I say thank you.
As I look back at the old episodes now I realise how amateruish they look, and that's okay. I never minded too much as I hoped that the story would out. Yes I used subtitles and not voice actors, but that meant I could crank the stories out on a weekly basis and keep the interest up. The first series was probably the best to be honest. I had the longest time with which to write it and the story just worked. Series 2 started well, and helped to give guest writers a leg up, but then got list a little towards the end as I tried to turn Tabitha into the Rani.
I fell into the 'bigger and better' trap for series 3. I wrote the entire 6 episodes on the plane to and from Florida and then never really sat down to edit it. My original idea was still in there somewhere but had become lost as a I tried to cram in the timelords, returning characters, the revelation of ARNIE's creator, and the wedding of Tabitha. I had also got lost in the idea that I needed to justify where my series sat within established canon, and that took over a great deal of the narrative time. Had I have been doing series 3 now, I would tie my doctor in as the War Doctor and go out from there; what a treat hindsight is sometimes.
In a way I'm glad that I didn't do another series as series 3 ended with what is still my favourite sequence from the entirety of CDW. The regeneration of my Doctor, his final lines, and then the new Doctor racing off into the screen. Its kind of nice to think that the adventures of this new Doctor never got picked up...
So to conclude, if you have found this link by accident then you probably gave up reading a while ago, but if you didn't and you were one of the original fans, then welcome to the end. Embedded below is the first video that I produced and put on the blog, which I thought would be a nice way to finish. If you'd like to, leave a comment below, if not then enjoy...
June 16th 2014. Mark the date, because the truth is, this will be the last ever post to Christel Films, and I thank you for your support.


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A puzzling fragment, possibly from Aristotle's lost treatise On Poets (F *71 Janko), appears to associate the great poet and Presocratic philosopher Empedocles of Agrigentum with, of all things, democracy:
Aristotle too says that he [sc. Empedocles] was a free man, and estranged from every sort of rule, if indeed it is true that he declined the kingship when it was offered to him, as Xanthus claims in his work on him [sc. Empedocles] – obviously because he was more content with simplicity. Timaeus also said these things, at the same time adding the cause for his [sc. Empedocles'] being a man of the people.
φησὶ δ'αὐτὸν καὶ Ἀριστοτέλης ἐλεύθερον γεγονέναι καὶ πάσης ἀρχῆς ἀλλότριον, εἴ γε τὴν βασιλείαν αὐτῷ διδομένην παρῃτήσατο, καθάπερ Σάνθος ἐν τοῖς περὶ αὐτοῦ λέγει, τὴν λιτότητα δηλονότι πλέον ἀγαπήσας. τὰ δ' αὐτὰ καὶ Τίμαιος εἴρηκε, τὴν αἰτίαν ἅμα παρατιθέμενος τοῦ δημοτικὸν εἶναι τὸν ἄνδρα.
(Diogenes Laertius 8.63 = FGrHist 566 F 134)
The external cover text here, Diogenes Laertius, couches the discussion of Empedocles' democratic leanings between two passages of the late 4th Century historian Timaeus of Tauromenium, who wrote extensively about the political activities of philosophers, including Pythagoras and other 'Pythagoreans', in his Sicilian and Italian Histories. Aristotle's testimony has received surprisingly little discussion.
Let's begin, then, with Aristotle's take on Empedocles' political orientation. Diogenes claims that, according to Aristotle, Empedocles "was a free man[1], and estranged from every sort of rule" (ἐλεύθερον γεγονέναι καὶ πάσης ἀρχῆς ἀλλότριον). Diogenes quotes Aristotle here in order to show agreement (καί) with Timaeus of Tauromenium, who seems to have previously 'quoted' (summarized?) Empedocles' criticism of the Agrigentines' proclivity to luxury (τρυφή).[2] There is, of course, no reason for us to associate Timaeus' criticisms of luxury with Aristotle's evaluation of Empedocles' political character, especially given Timaeus' apparent fixation on luxury.[3] Instead, we would do better to seek, from Aristotle's other works, a better sense of what he may have meant when referring to Empedocles as "free" and "estranged from every sort of rule".[4]
As Mogens Herman Hansen has argued, the standard meaning of the word eleutheros in Greek prior to Plato and Aristotle is simply being "free", as opposed to being "slave". There is no specific implication of political liberty in the writings of Homer, but sometime in the fifth century BCE, at the latest, eleutheros and eleutheria began to take on political semantics, and to be associated specifically (in various ways) with democracy. Hansen associates this change with the semantic expansion of these words to include more 'metaphorical' senses, which leads to the association of freedom with citizenship, and, in the context of debates concerning the best form of rule, with the democratic ideal.[5] This can also imply the right to participate in decision-making within the polis, or the right to live as one pleases, as opposed to being ruled by someone else, e.g. by a tyrant or an oligarchic group.[6] As Hansen convincingly shows, all of these senses are apparent in Aristotle's use of the terms, which is primarily relegated to his Politics and not, perhaps surprisingly, to his Eudemian or Nicomachean Ethics: in the first two books of the Politics, we see Aristotle use the term eleutheros conventionally, by reference to the opposition between "free" and "slave", and of citizens; but in books 3-6 of the Politics, "the opposition between free and slaves disappears from the discussion", and these terms refer univocally to refer to adult male citizens of the polis and their possession of political rights.[7] It is entirely possible that Aristotle was referring in such a way to Empedocles, but this would not account for the information that glosses the word eleutheros, namely, that Empedocles was "estranged from every sort of rule". We would assume that Aristotle is referring not, in particular, to tyrannical or oligarchic rule, but rather, to "every" kind of rule (πάσης ἀρχῆς), which would render Empedocles some sort of anarchist.
In Book 6 of the Politics, we see Aristotle elaborate further on this sort of person. In seeking to describe eleutheria as the "principle" (ὑπόθεσις) of democracy, by which he seems to mean something like its final cause[8], he differentiates two indicators[9] of eleutheria that can be discerned from what the proponents of democracy themselves say:
Well, then, a principle of the democratic constitution is freedom. For this is customarily asserted, on the grounds that people have a share of freedom only under this sort of constitution, since, as they say, every sort of democracy aims at this. One indicator of freedom is to be ruled and to rule by turns…Another indicator, however, is to live as one likes. For this, they say, is the function[10] of freedom, insofar as to live not as one likes is (the function) of someone who has been enslaved. So, then, this is the second definition of democracy. From it has come [the claim of] not being ruled, preferably not by anyone, or, failing that, (being ruled) by turns; and, in this way, one engages in freedom in accordance with equality.
(Aristotle, Politics 6.1, 1317a40-1317b17)
Aristotle introduces the two 'indicators' of freedom in order to expound two diverging definitions of democracy, both of which link freedom essentially to democracy. But two modalities of freedom too are distinguished: one in which people rule and are ruled by turns, also said to be "in accordance with equality" (κατὰ τὸ ἴσον)[11], and one in which there are no stated contingencies. It thus becomes possible that, by elaborating on Empedocles' status as a free person that he was "hostile to every sort of rule", Aristotle was really describing Empedocles as a sort of extreme anarchic democrat, one who simply believed that he should do whatever he wishes, at any given time.
If this is the case, then Empedocles' peculiar type of democratic ideology cannot be seen as praiseworthy by Aristotle. He discusses this in several passages. In the context of describing the sort of extreme democracy that is opposite to what is expedient, i.e. a democracy which lacks majority rule, he says "freedom appears to be doing precisely what one wants; so that everyone who lives in these sorts of democracies lives as he wants – 'as he fancies', as Euripides says. But this is bad; for living in conformity with a constitution should not be considered slavery, but preservation."[12] Aristotle's commitment to political participation reveals a fundamental criticism of this sort of democratic anarchy, that living autonomously is dangerous and does not guarantee personal safety. This claim in bound up in Aristotle's commitment to the notion that human beings are naturally disposed to political participation, on the grounds that self-preservation is a function of all nature.[13] In fact, this claim takes us back to a fundamental proposition of Aristotle's Politics, as adumbrated in the first book:
From these things, then, it is clear that the city-state is one of the things that exists by nature, and that the human being is by nature a political animal, and that anyone who is by nature, and not simply by chance, citiless, is either less, or more, than a human being.
(Aristotle, Politics 1.1, 1253a1-4)
If a human being does not participate in a city-state, then, he is assumed to be either less, or more, than human. Aristotle goes on to explain what he means a few passages later: anyone who does not participate in the city-state, either because of incapacity to do so, or because of self-sufficiency, is respectively either a beast, or a god.[14] A human being who refuses to, or cannot, participate in political life simply isn't by nature a human at all.
This information, I think, is key to understanding Aristotle's description of Empedocles as "a free man, and estranged from every sort of rule", and it forces us to reconsider whether Aristotle was referring to Empedocles as an anarchist of a democratic sort, or as a different kind of anarchist altogether. While it is possible, as I argued above, that Aristotle sees Empedocles as an extreme democrat who simply does what he wishes, I submit instead that Aristotle is more likely to be criticizing Empedocles for being a sort of person who does not participate in society at all, and who fails to obtain the conditions of being a political animal whatsoever. David Keyt has sought to associate the implicit criticism of the apolitical proto-anarchist in Politics 1.1-2 with Diogenes the Cynic[15]; but the case for Empedocles is no less, and possibly more, convincing, especially given Aristotle's extensive analysis of Empedocles' poems and their underlying meaning throughout his corpus.[16] Under this hypothetical scenario, Timaeus of Tauromenium appropriated Aristotle's description of Empedocles as a "free man" (ἐλεύθερος) to his own purposes, making Empedocles into a proto-democratic hero whose character and actions reveal his wisdom and who identified luxury as the vehicle of tyranny and oligarchy among the Agrigentines. Even so, however, Timaeus managed to preserve a nugget of Aristotle's original description, in which Aristotle imagined Empedocles to assume a sort of self-sufficiency that only gods possessed.
Why might Aristotle think this way? Empedocles' well-known fragment B 112 provides the likely reason:
O friends, who dwell in the great city of the yellow Acragas,
Up in the high parts of the city, concerned with good deeds,
<Respectful harbours for strangers, untried by evil,>
Hail! I, in your eyes a deathless god, no longer mortal,
Go among all, honoured, just as I seem:
Wreathed with ribbons and festive garlands.
As soon as I arrive in flourishing cities I am revered
By all, men and women. And they follow at once,
In their ten thousands, asking where is the path to gain,
Some in need of divinations, others in all sorts of diseases
Sought to hear a healing oracle…
(Trans. by Inwood)
[1] There is simply no indication that we should as Hicks, take ἐλεύθερον to mean 'champion of freedom'.
[2] The passage given, lines 126-130 in Dorandi's edition, is not included in Jacoby's fragments, but Battier's 1705 edition emended the text to included Timaeus' name, on the assumption that there is a lacuna. See below.
[3] It is true, as Gorman and Gorman have observed (2007), that authors such as Athenaeus overemphasized, perhaps playfully, the significance of τρυφή. Yet we should not be so hasty to throw out the baby with the bathwater. Gorman and Gorman do not take account of the evidence from Diogenes Laertius and dismiss other crucial evidence from Diodorus Siculus (Timaeus' F 26a and F 164, which is not discussed) without substantial argument (2007: 59 n. 81). Nor is it compelling, in the light of Timaeus' well-documented critiques of Aristotle's appeal to historical causation (on which, see Horky 2013: 109), that he would accept Aristotle's argument that Sybaris fell because of the mythological co-colonization by Acheaeans and Troezenians and subsequent expulsion of the Troezenians (Pol. 5.2, 1303a24-33, cited by Gorman and Gorman 2007: 59 n. 82).
[4] It is of course possible that the words themselves are not Aristotle's, but there is nothing obviously un-Aristotelian about them, and indeed they do demonstrate strong affinities with Aristotelian political thought, as I will argue below.
[5] Hansen 2010: 2-3.
[6] Hansen 2010: 9.
[7] Hansen 2010: 10.
[8] Arist. Rh. 3.2, 1404b15-16.
[9] He refers to them as σημεῖα.
[10] The manuscripts, followed by Ross, have ἔργον, but Richards postulated ὅρον, which would render 'definition'.
[11] If, that is, we admit the phrase καὶ συμβάλλεται ταύτῃ πρὸς τὴν ἐλευθερίαν τὴν κατὰ τὸ ἴσον, which Bonitz thought was interpolated. There are two sorts of equality named in the portion I have excised, namely 'according to number' (sc. arithmetical) and 'according to value'. The anarchic aspect of freedom evidently shares in neither. On arithmetical equality and equality according to value, see Hansen 2010: 14-15.
[12] Arist. Pol. 5.7, 1310a31-36.
[13] On self-preservation in Aristotelian teleology, see Leunissen 2010: 93-95.
[14] Arist. Pol. 1.1, 1253a25-29.
[15] Keyt 1993: 135-136.
[16]A simple glance at Bonitz' listing for Ἐμπεδοκλῆς ὁ Ἀκραγαντῖνος in the Index Aristotelicus, which comprises in total almost two whole columns, reveals Aristotle's deep and continued engagement with Empedocles throughout his works. By contrast, Diogenes receives only one mention (Rh. 3.10, 1311a24-25).


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Fall Festival is drawing near!
The time is almost here for our annual fall festival, which will be held at our church facilities this coming Sunday, October 28th from 4-7 p.m. As always, this event includes supper, games, the bounce house, popcorn, a bonfire, a hayride and more. Also, we have something special... Read More →


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If you try to analyze your logs and notice that the Console Log is full of logs such as this one (happen every 30 seconds):
Jul 5 11:30:39 MYCOMPUTER hwmond[490]: could not convert interface name
This type of log happens with Mac OS X server when there is a network port that is not recognized, such as the ones that are added by a video card (the RS422 ports). Even if that log has no incidence on the performance of your mac (unlike the DNS issue), this can be easily solved.
To solve this, just go in the Network Settings and remove all the ports that were added when you installed your video card.
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After you removed the port:


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European championship was held in Roskilde, Denmark over week ago and passions still not fade.
Respectively they are fueled with the photos that were made by some of the best Kyokushin photographers that I know. It is difficult to choose, but here are the most touching pictures and links to the albums in Facebook. Thank you to this amazing senseis and photographers! Every time they seal the moments with a passion typical of a karateka. Osu!
Sensei Annika photo page ► PhotographerAnnikaPeterson
Pictures from Sensei Piotr Sztencel
Facebook page ► PI-photo.pl
Pictures from SHINKYOKUSHIN MARTIAL ARTS FEDERATION HUNGARY
and Sensei Tamás Fekete
And album Juniors and Adults KATA
And last but not least… Oliver Sperling.
He uploaded pictures on EC 2017 Facebook group here ► EC 2017 DENMARK
Have fun and do not forget to comment and share pictures! Osu!


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Examine the effects of ballistic and heavy load exercise order on upper body post-activation potentiation
Jones, Nia
University of Wales
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The contractile history of skeletal muscle plays a pivotal role in subsequent performance. Despite the potential performance enhancing effects of PAP, the order of conditioning stimulus has received little attention. The aim of the present study was to examine the effect of ballistic and heavy load exercise order on upper body post-activation potentiation. Eleven male, currently active rugby players, (mean ± SD body mass, 91.5 ± 9.6kg , height 179 ± 2.8 cm) performed a ballistic bench press throw (BBPT) followed by a 5-min rest. The subjects then completed the conditioning stimulus in a randomised order. The two methods used were PLYO/ HEAVY LOAD and HEAVY LOAD /PLYO this was then followed by another BBPT. Maximum distance (Dmax), Rate of Force Development (RFD), peak force (Fpeak ), peak power output (Ppeak ), and peak velocity (Vpeak ) were measured using a linear position transducer. One way ANOVA showed a significant effect in Ppeak and Vpeak (P<0.05), whilst subsequent post-hoc analysis using pairwise comparisons revealed a greater post-BBPT Ppeak and Vpeak following the HL/ PLYO and the PLYO/ HL interventions (P<0.05; Table 1). No significant differences were revealed in Fpeak, Dmax or RFD for any of the conditioning stimuli (P>0.05), and no significant differences existed between the HL/ PLYO and the PLYO/ HL interventions (P>0.05). EMG activity was greater following both conditioning stimuli in the triceps brachii (P<0.05). The present study indicates that plyometric/ heavy load and heavy load/ plyometric augment sporting performance.
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text: Value-Based Care is the new paradigm. Reconfiguring existing EHR operating systems to address interoperability and the reporting demands of Value-Based Care will not work, since longitudinal patient—entered data is required which draws from many sources across multiple settings. Axioms functionality was designed specifically to operate in a Value-Based Care environment. With our roots firmly planted in the field of behavioral health, we are in a unique position to help your organization make the transition to VBC.


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Medicare and Medicaid accounted for the majority of the estimated $105 billion in improper payments distributed by the government last year, federal investigators said Wednesday in a report.
Traditional Medicare, Medicare Advantage and Medicaid paid out a total of $62.2 billion in improper payments in 2013, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) told Congress in prepared testimony.
An improper payment is defined by law as a payment that should not have been made or was made in an incorrect amount.
Error rates at the Department of Health and Human Services ranged from 10 percent in Medicare fee-for-service to 5.8 percent in Medicaid. The vast majority of errors were overpayments.
An official with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said most of the agency's improper payments were the result of money dispersed without the right documentation.
The problem was the subject of an Oversight subcommittee hearing on Wednesday, where Rep. John Mica (R-Fla.) slammed the errors as destructive to the federal budget.
"In sheer dollars alone, one of the areas that concerns me and every American is healthcare and the staggering cost of healthcare," said Mica, chairman of the Oversight Subcommittee on Government Operations, which held the hearing.
"And here we have improper payments to the tune of over $60 billion in those programs."
The GAO numbers, revealed in prepared witness testimony, sought to describe the scope of improper payments across federal agencies.
In addition to healthcare programs, the Earned Income Tax Credit also received blame for $14.5 billion in improper payments last year with an error rate of almost one in four.
Officials from the Obama administration pointed to an overall decline in improper payments since 2010, when they peaked at $121 billion.
Medicaid alone has lowered its improper payments from $23 billion that year to $14.4 billion last year, according to the GAO.


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Here's Lily Allen, returning to London on Tuesday after attending the Met Gala in NYC Monday night, where she wore head-to-toe Chanel. Incidentally, she's carrying a grey version of the Chanel Graffiti Backpack here with at least two Fendi Bag Bugs dangling from the zipper pull, which amounts to proof positive that Lily Allen is basically Karl Lagerfeld's favorite person in the whole world, at this moment in time. You can currently snag a Bag Bug for $800 at Bergdorf Goodman.
Lily has enjoyed the benefits of a close relationship with Kaiser Lagerfeld ever since she was selected to be the face of a Chanel campaign back in 2009. She's been carrying a ton of Chanel and Fendi over the past six months, but she does occasionally step out with other high end brands like Givenchy or Saint Laurent. You can see the bulk of her extremely enviable handbag collection in "The Many Bags of Lily Allen."
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Gawad Kalinga Canada is urging everyone to join Kapit Kamay sa Pagdamay: Emergency Fundraising for the victims of super typhoon Yolanda (international name Haiyan) on Nov. 16, 2013, Saturday at St. Buenaventure Catholic Church parish hall. The fundraiser will start at 6:30 p.m.
Typhoon Yolanda slammed into the Visayas region on Nov. 8 where it leveled buildings and seaside homes. As of Nov. 10, 138 were reported dead and the death toll is expected to rise to 1200, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council in the Philippines. The same agency reported the estimated damages to property and agriculture at P7 million pesos. Hardest hit was Tacloban City in Leyte.
The super typhoon is one of the strongest storms on record, with sustained winds of 235 km/h with gusts of 275 km/h when it made landfall. It was comparable to a category 4 hurricane in the United States. The storm surges had uprooted trees, caused landslides and left about 750,000 evacuees.GK Canada executive director Viethmier Cuevas is urging everyone with something extra to spare to help the typhoon victims. "Come out and join us. Yolanda may have been the strongest typhoon on record, but I believe that the Filipinos' love for their country and fellowmen surpasses this storm's strength," Cuevas said.He stressed that donations, in cash and in cheques, are now being accepted. Donors can get charity receipts upon request. GK Canada is a registered non-profit organization with charity registration no. 8415 83917 RR0001. All donations will be forwarded to GK Philippines which has already activated its disaster relief operations called Operation Walang Iwanan for super typhoon Yolanda. Details can be found here.The fundraising organizers are also accepting donations in kind which will be used as door and raffle prizes for the event.Those who wish to donate, help or need more information about the fundraiser may contact Cuevas at 647.869.1808, e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com; or Cheryl Cantonjos, at 647.962.2002, e-mail: email@example.com.* Click here to download the flyer.


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WGBH Openvault
Ten O'Clock News; Trolleys and buses
Footage shot from car driving westbound on Commonwealth Avenue beyond Boston University, parallel to green line trolley with cigarette ads on side. Driver swears at other cars in traffic. Driver, reporter, and camera operator discuss best ways to shoot. Pass Tech HiFi, Tweeter, Firestone Tire. Trolley curves away toward left at Packard's Corner. Inbound trolley stops to admit passengers. Two trolleys pass each other in opposite directions. Yellow MBTA bus at Charles Circle. Red line train crosses Longfellow Bridge over Charles River toward Cambridge. Sound of metal wheels on tracks. People get on bus to Porter Square.
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- Ten O'Clock News
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Trolleys and buses
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NIGHTLY NEWS WITH CHRISTOPHER LYDON AND CARMEN FIELDS Began January 1976. Replaced evening news show EVENING COMPASS. Original host: Steve Nevas. Other anchors, Christopher Lydon (1977-91) and Gail Harris (1983). In 1980 - hour long. Ended in 1991.
(PREDECESSORS: Louis Lyons began news operations at WGBH in 1952. The News at 10 began in 1966. The Reporters premiered in 1970. The Evening Compass started in 1974.) Series release date: 1/1976
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- Bridges
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- Chicago: "Ten O'Clock News; Trolleys and buses," 04/14/1976, WGBH Media Library & Archives, accessed May 24, 2019, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_854C0A419B22455C9ED58C0D49DF71AF.
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I am a Mozilla Open Science Fellow in Michael Eisen's group. I approach much of my research from a molecular perspective, focusing on the evolution and regulation of DNA. Currently working on elucidating constraints acting on enhancer sequence divergence.
I also love to program, especially R, Python, Javascript, and CSS.
This site is an exercise in content availability. As a scientist, I have been very frustrated by the exclusivity of scientific information. This website is my attempt to build my skills at conveying content over this vast digital landscape.
Written in Markdown. Compiled with Jekyll. Framework by Bootstrap. Hosted at Github.


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Total Risk Market Inflows up 3.6% over the year from $15.2bn to $15.8bn/
Inflows into the Lump Sum sub-market grew by 3.9% with most companies reporting at least some increase in business. Among the market leaders, AIA (17.0%), BT / Westpac (6.9%) and TAL (6.9%) experienced the highest percentage increases in their Inflows year on year.
Risk Income Inflows increased 7.0% over the past year. Among the better performers in percentage terms were BT / Westpac (18.9%), AIA (18.7%) and TAL (12.5%).
Overall Group Risk Premium Inflows were up 2.0%. Of the larger companies, TAL (13.7%, mainly due to being awarded the CBUS insurance mandate), AIA (12.0%) and OnePath (8.0%) recorded well above-average percentage increases in their annual Group Risk Inflows.
Source: Strategic Insight (Plan For Life)
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Saturday, December 3, 2011
Finished Printed Faces: 1st Grade
In this previous blog post, I showed you how we started our printed faces project. We finished our printed faces this week. The kids colored in the faces with markers or crayons. Then, they used rubber stamp letters to print words on the pictures. They are so fun!
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- Pat said...
Unbelievably cute! Your students did a wonderful job and they made me laugh (Bob?)LOL
- December 3, 2011 at 4:07 PM
- Art at Chesterbrook Academy Elementary School said...
What a great project to teach students about shapes, lines and patterns, to say nothing of the colors.
Your students did a fantastic job.
I love the idea of the printed words.
- December 4, 2011 at 4:58 AM
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a few minutes before the start time in order to assure timely seating. All guests planning to consume alcohol must have valid government-issued identification. Menus are subject to slight change due to market availability.
- Start:May 12, 2018
- End:May 12, 2018
- Where:Via Umbria, 1525 Wisconsin Ave NW, Washington, District of Columbia, United States, 20007
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I don't know what you'll be doing this Christmas Eve, but I'll be spending mine in the kitchen.
I have a very nice white chocolate and berry cheesecake to prepare and maybe a few cheeky mince pies, yummy!
Here are some other lovely festive bakes that look soooo good...
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At the Parisian Groaning Board
"Balzac's Omelette"
Anka Muhlstein
Other Press, $19.95
While walking past the New Books table you see a small, square, butter-colored book with an irresistible title — "Balzac's Omelette." Don't tell me you can pass by without picking it up for a look, even if it is just in mute tribute to the correct spelling of omelette.
The subtitle reads, "A Delicious Tour of French Food and Culture With Honoré de Balzac." You flick through the pages, admiring the charming illustrations. Your eye falls on a few words, telling you that the great writer worked 18-hour days, drinking only water and coffee and eating fruit. Surely not! Balzac was one fat guy!
Then Anka Muhlstein continues, "Once the proofs were passed for press, he sped to a restaurant, downed a hundred oysters for a starter, washing them down with four bottles of white wine, then ordered the rest of the meal: twelve salt meadow lamb cutlets with no sauce, a duckling with turnips, a brace of roast partridges, a Normandy sole. . . . Once sated, he usually sent the bill to his publishers."
That's more like it. Balzac was obviously a man to whom food was of paramount importance, to the extent that it is a connecting thread through his novels, revealing his characters' nature and class through what they eat, when they eat, and where they eat.
"You need only a whiff of the appalling, watery bean soup made by Madame Marneffe's maid in 'Cousin Bette' to gauge how negligent she is in her role as mistress of the house, while the aroma from the hearty limpid stock that Jacquotte serves her master in 'The Country Doctor' implies a perfectly run household."
Considering that Balzac lived in the time of photography, it is strange to learn that when he was born Paris had no restaurants. If you did not eat at home or with friends, you had only the option of dining at an inn or a boarding house, neither of which offered choices or good food. Once the excesses of the Revolution were over, and legal restrictions relaxed, restaurants emerged and at once became an essential of Paris life.
"Balzac takes us all over Paris . . . sending his characters off into the most refined establishments and the most lowly, and through his succession of novels gives us a real social and gastronomic report on the capital. Some forty restaurants are referred to in 'The Human Comedy,' because he is not satisfied with mentioning only the biggest names."
Balzac could certainly put it back with the best — while briefly in jail for the equivalent of draft-dodging, his cell "was piled high, groaning with patés, stuffed poultry, glazed game, baskets of different wines" — but he was a gourmet not a glutton, preferring food of excellent quality, simply prepared with the freshest ingredients. In his books he is as tough on those who eat greedily and indiscriminately as on misers who eat meanly.
Restaurants provide a convenient setting for a novelist to have his characters meet, but it is around the family dining table that they reveal their true natures. Here Balzac reveals his misers — their bread sliced wafer-thin, their meager salads scarcely touched by oil, their tasteless gruels — and the greedy, whose greed he invariably associates with unhappiness in love and life. His most virtuous characters are invariably abstemious. Considering how he liked food himself, it seems a little hard that he doesn't appear to have portrayed any happy hearty eaters.
"Balzac's Omelette" is perhaps less of an omelette than a light and charming soufflé. Or perhaps a meze, where you can pick and choose among choice bits of information or anecdote at will. And ultimately it has the effect of awakening your appetite for more than food (which one likes to think is Ms. Muhlstein's intention), sending you back to the bookshelf to reread Balzac's novels themselves.
Anka Muhlstein's books include "Baron James: The Rise of the French Rothschilds" and "La Salle: Explorer of the North American Frontier." She has a house in Sagaponack.
Sheridan Sansegundo, a former arts editor at The Star, lives in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.
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Originally published: Jun 26 2014 - 1:30pm, Inside Science News Service
By: Ker Than, Contributor
(Inside Science) -- Terrestrial animals may owe a special debt to the sun and the moon. It may have been their combined pull on ancient Earth's oceans that helped primitive air-breathing fish gain a toehold on land, new research suggests.
In a new study, published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society A, physicist Steven Balbus argues that the gravitational forces generated by the sun and moon would have been conducive to the formation of a vast network of isolated tidal pools during the Devonian Period, between 420 to 360 million years ago, when fish-like vertebrates first clambered out of the sea.
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"By the end of the Devonian, there were vertebrates that were quite at home moving around on land," said Balbus, who is at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom.
According to Balbus, a rather remarkable confluence of cosmic, geological and biological events occurred during the Devonian period that helped jump-start life on land. First, when viewed from the Earth, the sun and the moon appeared to be almost the same size, as is true today. This is called having the same angular diameter.
"The sun is much bigger than the moon, but it's also much farther away, so the two bodies look to be about the same size to us. This is extraordinary," Balbus said. He added that it's very unusual for an Earth-sized planet to have such a large moon.
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If you've noticed lately, our blog has been looking healthier, it's because in 2015 I made a goal to work on nutrition more. Yeah, we are still sticking to it and I'm loving it.
My weakness is bread and anything similar to bread, like sweet buns etc.... As I learn more about nutrition, I've learned that we should eat breads, but they have to be a healthy type of bread. Whole grain breads are typically hard in texture, but this recipe makes it fluffy and wonderful. This bread is so healthy and so amazingly delicious. Our boys and my husband Tim, absolutely love it. I've been using this bread in Tim's lunch boxes and also as grill cheese sandwiches for boys.
If you don't bake your own bread, you will impress your self. It is so so simple and incredible, that you will begin making your own bread. And not only, you will also be skipping on the store-bought bread preservatives.
- 3 cups
- Whole Wheat Flour; I am using Canadian flour
- 2 teaspoons
- Yeast
- 1 teaspoon
- Salt
- 1 cup
- Ground Flaxseed
- 1 1/2 cups
- Luke Warm Water