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The traditional Irish breakfast incites memories of meals in kitchens that smell of freshly-cooked meats, fried vegetables, and baked bread. It's the weekend!
Treat yourself and the family and whip up this delicious traditional treat.
Here are the top ten essentials for a full Irish breakfast:
Irish sausage
Irish sausage – an amalgamation of freshly-ground beef or pork, seasoned with spices and layered with rusk – has cooked in the frying pans of households for centuries. Butchers fill collagen casings or pig intestines with the seasoned meat, whose mild and zesty flavor caters to palettes that routinely disfavor piquant foods.
How to cook: link, pan, or oven, until golden brown or slightly burnt.
Irish bacon, or rashers, refers typically to a cut of cured pork loin. Butcher shops inject it with a salt-based rind and allow the loin to soak in a barrel for two to three days. An alternative – streaky bacon – uses a cut along the pig's belly or slab.
How to cook: slice, pan or oven, until golden brown.
Black pudding, or blood pudding, is a unique blend of blood, pork, rusk and seasonings; white pudding replaces blood with liver, though it remains similar in almost every other way. Puddings are blanched previously.
How to cook: slice, cook on a pan or in the oven, until crispy.
Fried egg
A fried egg also proves to be an essential for a traditional Irish breakfast.
How to cook: egg white and yolk, pan, until fried or scrambled.
Vegetable roll
Certain parts of Northern Ireland eat vegetable roll – a blend of seasoned beef, carrots, leeks, and onions – as a part of the Ulster Fry.
How to cook: slice, pan, until crispy.
Baked beans
Baked beans – a collection of navy beans stewed in a tomato sauce – can be purchased at local grocery stores from companies such as Batchelors or Heinz.
How to cook: tin, pot, or microwave, until hot.
Potato farls
Potato farls, soda farls, and boxty are three griddle breads that often complement a traditional Irish breakfast. The square-shaped potato farls use cooked potatoes, flour and salt. Boxty resembles a pancake and uses raw potatoes.
How to cook: slice, pan, until golden brown.
Mushrooms and tomatoes
Fried mushrooms and tomatoes, salted for flavor, provide an interesting balance to the generous meat portions.
How to cook: slice, pan, until brown.
Brown bread
Brown bread, a frequent staple of Saint Patrick's Day celebrations in the U.S., tastes great with butter, jam or marmalade.
How to prepare: slice, plate, until sufficiently topped with butter, jam or marmalade.
A cup of hot, freshly-brewed tea washes down the considerable breakfast and delivers a dose of caffeine to start one's day.
How to prepare: cup, kettle, until teabag steeps.
*Originally published in January 2022. Updated in January 2023.


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Screen checks out the latest Secret Cinema production.
We've just been made unemployed and had all our worldly possessions taken away. Just another night at Secret Cinema…
The 20th production of the immersive cinematic event may have had a delayed start, but is in full swing now and yet again delivers a one-off experience - in parts thrilling, surreal, fun and always involving.
As with Prometheus before it, this production saw participants working for an organisation - in this case G.O.O.D. - with the night taking place at the company's headquarters, with viral videos building up the company in recent months [available to view on YouTube]
Having settled in to our new roles – or in Screen's case, chose our affordable (read, derelict) housing having been let go – we were left to explore the headquarters at our leisure.
Even by Secret Cinema standards, the set-up and attention to detail is impressive with this production's location ranking as one of their most ambitious to date: a 13-floor building with something to discover on almost every level.
Quite frankly, anyone going along who complains of boredom just isn't getting stuck in enough. Secret Cinema is, and always has been, about exploring for yourself and letting your inhibitions go when the consistently excellent actors interact with you.
A lot has been made of the film screening aspect of this production and we can safely confirm that the secret film in question is shown in full. More so than ever though, this production allows you to set your own agenda for the night.
For us, it was all about exploring the space but that doesn't mean that, true to form, the night didn't end on a spectacular note with an outstanding piece of staged theatre timed to the climax of the film. As with the rest of this production, it's a bold and fittingly ambitious end to another memorable, pulsating night of immersive cinema.
While a different, less visceral, experience than The Shawshank Redemption (the 19th production), Secret Cinema 20 still delivers everything it has become renowned for. There simply isn't anything else quite like it out there.
And now we're off on a honeymoon. Oh, didn't we say? Screen got married. Just another night at Secret Cinema.
The 20th production of Secret Cinema runs until June 9, every Thurs-Sun. Tickets are available here - http://www.secretcinema.org/tickets. The main drinks sponsor is Drambuie, who deliver some delectable cocktails on the night.
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出典(authority):フリー百科事典『ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』「2015/07/09 03:34:55」(JST)
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ベンゼン環の2置換体の構造異性体のうち、2つの置換基が炭素原子1つをはさんでいるものにメタ(meta-、イタリックで、ハイフンをつける)をつける。言い換えれば、1位と3位の炭素原子に置換基があるものである(隣り合う番号は他にもあるが、命名規則により1位と3位となる)。m- と略して書く。
メタに対し、隣(1位と2位)をオルト (ortho- , o-) 、反対側(1位と4位)をパラ (para- , p-) という。
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Meta (from the Greek preposition and prefix meta- (μετά-) meaning "after", or "beyond") is a prefix used in English to indicate a concept which is an abstraction from another concept, used to complete or add to the latter.
In Greek, the prefix meta- is generally less esoteric than in English; Greek meta- is equivalent to the Latin words post- or ad-. The use of the prefix in this sense occurs occasionally in scientific English terms derived from Greek. For example: the term Metatheria (the name for the clade of marsupial mammals) uses the prefix meta- merely in the sense that the Metatheria occur on the tree of life adjacent to the Theria (the placental mammals).
In epistemology, the prefix meta- is used to mean about (its own category). For example, metadata are data about data (who has produced them, when, what format the data are in and so on). In database metadata are also data about data stored in a data dictionary and describes information (data) about database tables such as the table name, table owner, details about columns, – essentially describes the table. Also, metamemory in psychology means an individual's knowledge about whether or not they would remember something if they concentrated on recalling it. The modern sense of "an X about X" has given rise to concepts like "meta-cognition" (i.e. cognition about cognition), "meta-emotion" (i.e. emotion about emotion), "meta-discussion" (i.e. discussion about discussion), "meta-joke" (i.e. joke about jokes), and "metaprogramming" (i.e. writing programs that manipulate programs).[citation needed]
In a rule-based system, a metarule is a rule that governs the application of other rules.[1]
Any subject can be said to have a meta-theory, a theoretical consideration of its properties, such as its foundations, methods, form and utility, on a higher level of abstraction. In linguistics, a grammar is considered as being expressed in a metalanguage, language that operates on a higher level in order to describe properties of the plain language (and not itself).
Meta is also gaining currency as an adjective, as well as a prefix, as in the work of Douglas Hofstadter[citation needed].
The prefix comes from the Greek preposition and prefix meta- (μετά-), from μετά,[2] which meant "after", "beside", "with", "among" (with respect to the preposition, some of these meanings were distinguished by case marking). Other meanings include "beyond", "adjacent" and "self", and it is also commonly used in the form μετα- as a prefix in Greek, with variants μετ- before vowels and μεθ- "meth-" before aspirated vowels.
The earliest attested form of the word "meta" is the Mycenaean Greek me-ta, written in Linear B syllabic script.[3] The Greek preposition is cognate with the Old English preposition mid "with", still found as a prefix in midwife. Its use in English is the result of back-formation from the word "metaphysics". In origin Metaphysics was just the title of one of the principal works of Aristotle; it was so named (by Andronicus of Rhodes) simply because in the customary ordering of the works of Aristotle it was the book following Physics; it thus meant nothing more than "[the book that comes] after [the book entitled] Physics". However, even Latin writers misinterpreted this as entailing that metaphysics constituted "the science of what is beyond the physical".[4] Nonetheless, Aristotle's Metaphysics enunciates considerations of natures above physical realities, which can be examined through this particular part of philosophy, e.g., the existence of God. The use of the prefix was later extended to other contexts based on the understanding of metaphysics to mean "the science of what is beyond the physical".
The OED cites uses of the meta- prefix as "beyond, about" (such as meta-economics and meta-philosophy) going back to 1917. However, these formations are directly parallel to the original "metaphysics" and "metaphysical", that is, as a prefix to general nouns (fields of study) or adjectives. Going by the OED citations, it began to be used with specific nouns in connection with mathematical logic sometime before 1929. (In 1920 David Hilbert proposed a research project in what was called "metamathematics.")
A notable early citation is Quine's 1937 use of the word "metatheorem",[5] where meta- clearly has the modern meaning of "an X about X". (Note that earlier uses of "meta-economics" and even "metaphysics" do not have this doubled conceptual structure – they are about or beyond X but they do not themselves constitute an X).
Douglas Hofstadter, in his 1979 book Gödel, Escher, Bach (and in the sequel, Metamagical Themas), popularized this meaning of the term. The book, which deals extensively with self-reference and strange loops, and touches on Quine and his work, was influential in many computer-related subcultures and is probably largely responsible for the popularity of the prefix, for its use as a solo term, and for the many recent coinages which use it.[citation needed] Hofstadter uses meta as a stand-alone word, both as an adjective and as a directional preposition ("going meta", a term he coins for the old rhetorical trick of taking a debate or analysis to another level of abstraction, as when somebody says "This debate isn't going anywhere"). This book is also probably responsible for the direct association of "meta" with strange loops, as opposed to just abstraction.[citation needed] The sentence "This sentence contains thirty-six letters," and the sentence it is embedded in, are examples of "metasentences" that reference themselves in this way.
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Josh Jurovcik is one of thousands. A veteran of the war in Iraq — he served two tours — the Snohomish County man spent years on the mission that officially ended in 2010.
It was August that year when the last U.S. combat troops left Iraq. Now, militants known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria are on a violent offensive, threatening Iraq's fragile democracy. President Barack Obama said Thursday that 300 U.S. Special Operations troops would be sent to Iraq. He also said American combat troops would not fight there again.
What about those who did fight? What do veterans think as they watch new strife in the country where 4,486 U.S. service members died?
Sgt. Jurovcik, 34, was in Balad, Iraq, in February 2009 when his wife, Mary Kay, gave birth to a daughter in Everett. That was his second tour with the Army National Guard. He was also in Iraq in 2004 and 2005.
Although Jurovcik saw, via the Internet, his daughter's birth at Providence Pavilion for Women and Children, I got to see baby Aubree Jean in person before he did.
"There definitely are people who gave up way more than I did. My first squad leader did four tours," said Jurovcik, now a father of two girls. He works for the Department of Corrections in Monroe.
"I personally lost friends. I lost time in my life. I gave up the birth of my child. It's something that affected me, and will affect me the rest of my life — both positively and negatively," he said.
His first tour was "a conventional experience of being a soldier in a combat zone," while his second was spent moving supplies around the country. "I got to see a lot of Iraq," he said. Overall, he described his time there as "usually peaceful with moments of terror." He does remember rocket attacks and coming under fire.
He was in Iraq on Jan. 30, 2005, when Iraqis voted in a milestone election. The vote for members of a transitional National Assembly was Iraq's first free election since the 1950s. It was a step toward democracy in a place long ruled by a brutal dictator.
"To see that not work — it's hard to see all of that," Jurovcik said of new violence and instability in Iraq. "I had hoped to say to my kids someday, 'I saw that first election.' Someday it will be in the history books," he said.
He recalled U.S. forces providing security for the vote. "I was in Baghdad. On election day and night, motorized vehicles were not authorized. The whole place shut down," he said. After the vote, he saw people playing soccer in the streets and holding up inked fingers, proof they had voted.
"It was their democracy," Jurovcik said. "Some polling stations were a little happier than others. It was polarizing. I remember ripping down anti-America and anti-election fliers."
Jurovcik saw progress in Iraq from his first tour to his second. For him, the situation became safer. "By the second tour they were giving us the equipment we needed, mine-resistant ambush-protected vehicles. They could take a very large bomb to the side," said Jurovcik, who suffered hearing loss from explosions in Iraq.
"It seemed much more violent and crazier the first time. By the end of my deployment, the country seemed more put together," he said.
Yet he always knew that Iraq's religious and tribal differences stood as huge obstacles to a peaceful democracy.
"I kind of hoped that they would put that whole thing aside for their own kids, and their own country, and get the whole idea of democracy," he said. "It only works when you have buy-in from the whole."
For three years, from 2000 to 2003, Jurovcik was on active duty with an Army Stryker Brigade at Joint Base Lewis-McChord before re-enlisting in the National Guard. His Guard service ended in 2010. He has no regrets about serving in Iraq.
"I have friends from Iraq who continue to be my friends. My job, at least in part, is because of military experience. I wouldn't change any of that for the world," he said. "Veterans just want to know that people appreciate what they did — not in a political sort of way. They sweated and lived in really bad conditions. And they would do it again."
He still thinks the U.S. presence in Iraq was positive.
"We obviously had some people who didn't like us being there. But kids in the streets were following us. People were giving us thumbs up. I've always believed, up until this point, that we left that place better than we found it," he said.
Now, he believes Iraq's democracy is up to people there, not U.S. forces.
"Whether it's Iraq or anything in life, you can't want it for someone else," Jurovcik said. "They have to just own it."
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Derived from Apple's OS X, iOS kicked off the touch revolution six years ago. But while competitors like HTC, Samsung, LG, Google, Microsoft, and BlackBerry have constantly shown off newer and better looking versions of their own operating systems, Apple has largely refrained from tinkering with its success. Until now, that is. Due to mounting pressure from Android phones, Apple has redesigned iOS and added a host of new features. With iOS 7, Apple is trying to pull even with and one-up Android at every turn. So how does iOS 7 look when it is put side-by-side to Android? Below, we compare the lock screen, notification bar, and many other features to show you just how much iOS 7 does and doesn't look like Google's Android.
Lock Screen
Without diving in to the patent war between Samsung and Apple, the lock screen that Apple went through the trouble to defend in court was eliminated. This change is probably the best indication of what it has done to the entirety of iOS 7. Apple's OS greets you with a new, clear, simple look that may or may not be a direct homage to Android's own lock screen. All you'll see is text telling you the time, date, and the directions to slide to unlock your device. In contrast, Android has a similar looking screen, but allows users to customize the information they get with widgets. Though widgets were rumored to make their way into iOS 7, they are still absent. So if you count on information presented in a translucent box to fill your lock screen, chalk this up as a win for Android 4.2 Jelly Bean.
While we're talking about the lock screen, it's worth noting that iOS 7 offers the ability to view the notification bar without unlocking your device. This is a feature that has been present in Android for a few versions now. Previously, iOS users could view recent notifications, but not the whole list. There are differences in the design of iOS's notifications, though. The Notification Center in iOS presents all information in a tabbed menu, allowing users to browse their notifications under Today, All, or Missed. Android simply presents these in a listed fashion in the order they are received and can then be dealt with as needed. The preference here will come down to how you like your notifications organized, how many yo get on a daily basis, and how you prefer to handle them. If you like to take care of things immediately, Android's system is probably best for you as you can take action or dismiss them with some easy swipes. Apple's redone notification system, on the other hand, will be nice for those who compartmentalize and don't immediately act on notifications.
Apple is probably best known for it's single button approach to things, a design commitment that has long confused Windows fans when they use an Apple mouse with only one button on it. The iPhone and iPad only have one single button for navigation and the rest is done on screen. To streamline the process, Apple apps now feature slide-out "drawers" to enhance in-app navigation. These drawers have been present in Google-made apps for some time now – including the iOS versions of those apps – but it's an effective way to get in and out of different areas of an app without needing to back out of a screen entirely to get to something. It's one of those borrowed "innovations" that will turn iOS users on to something that Android users have enjoyed for a year or so.
Control Center
Apple has given its users easy access to the Control Center with a swipe up from the bottom of the screen and given the center a revamped look that focuses on quick toggles. These are a welcome addition to iOS, as they simplify the process of making quick settings changes without having to flip through tons of pages of things you don't need to get to the specific setting that you'd like to adjust. These toggles focus on the most common settings that you're likely to work with, like Wi-Fi or Bluetooth connectivity, brightness, and airplane mode. Apple's Control Center also gives quick access to iTunes controls and apps that you may want to have handy, like the flashlight, the calculator, or the camera.
Android's Control Center varies widely by the phone maker; sometimes it's great and sometimes it's nonexistent For example, Samsung's Galaxy phones have long used quick toggle style buttons in its settings. Android 4.2 also introduced a two-finger downward swipe to access controls and quick toggles. While Android doesn't have the integration of other apps within its control center equivalent that iOS 7 has, this can largely be rectified with widgets on the phone that give quick access to controls of specific apps. And, as we know, iOS still doesn't have widgets.
Here's a feature that's been a long time coming for Apple device owners. For too long, iOS has limited users in how much they can do at one time. Multitasking has been implemented within iOS 7 and is likely to be a game changer for the frequent phone and tablet user. Multitasking functions with any app downloaded from the App Store, not just Apple's own. The visual style of multitasking on iOS looks inspired by WebOS, presenting all apps running in a fullscreen, flashcard style and allowing users to swipe through to find the app they are looking for. You can also swipe up to close the app. Icons are also placed at the bottom of screen if you'd like access that way.
Multitasking isn't exactly a new concept, though. Android users have benefited from it for years. While the feature makes the same functionality available, Android's style is considerably different. It doesn't give a full screen look but rather just a glimpse of the app, with the icon and name of the app next to a preview image. Browsing is done vertically rather than horizontally like in the iOS 7 set up.
During its WWDC presentation, Apple acknowledged that users are likely used to seeing a red number next to the App Store icon with a number that is constantly climbing, representing the number of updates available for their apps. That will disappear, as updating will now be done automatically. We can't deny that it doesn't take much for app updates to stack up, but there's always a concern that you may boot up your phone and have to watch it update 30 apps for five minutes. Apple promises these updates will only take place when you have a good reception and a strong signal so it won't struggle to pull in the update when you have no bars.
Android users have enjoyed the automatic updates of their apps for awhile now, so it's one of those moments of playing catch up on a pretty basic convenience. The promise of Apple's auto update that will only take place when it won't inconvenience you is nice, though, as we've experienced moments of slow down on Android only to notice there's an app update taking place that we didn't know about. We'll see how well Apple's promise pans out in practice, though.
Wireless Sharing
When talking about wireless sharing during its WWDC keynote, Apple took a shot at Android users for having to "walk around the room" looking for someone to "touch phones with." That's a bold shot to take while you're introducing a function that someone beat you to, but Apple is pretty proud of iOS 7's AirDrop feature. It makes sharing between users exceedingly simple. On any app that has a share sheet, you can now choose AirDrop and send photos, videos, files, or whatever you're trying to pass along to a friend.
There has been an NFC (near-field communication) feature similar to this in Android called "Android Beam" available since Android 4.0. Likewise, Android phone makers like Samsung have had features that allow for easy sharing between phones. (That's where the bumping phones thing comes from.) Samsung even has Wi-Fi Direct, which pretty much does what AirDrop promises to do. AirDrop also will only be available in the latest versions of iOS devices, meaning the iPhone 5 and iPad 4th generation. Even older Android phones have a solution of some sort comparable to AirDrop's services.
There's no denying that Apple pulled some inspiration from Android with iOS 7. It quietly admitted that iOS has stagnated for a little too long, and made some major changes. Call it playing catch up, call it copying, but iOS 7 is a necessary step for any progression in Apple's mobile OS. While Android users can always claim they had it first, iOS users will still welcome the changes put in place with iOS 7. The new look is appealing and well themed throughout the OS and iOS devices now are capable of doing more than ever before. If Apple can keep up with the constant changes and innovations that Android offers up and maybe even beat Android to the punch on a few things, we might have ourselves a fair fight in the mobile OS war. That is something that all mobile users can benefit from, because nothing breeds innovation like competition.
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Noxious Lightning
April 27, 2007: Lightning is more than light and noise: It's an intense chemical factory that affects both local air quality and global climate. But how big is the effect? Researchers aren't sure. To answer the question they're developing a new technique to estimate the factory's output.
Right: Lightning over the Swiss Alps. Credit and copyright: Olivier Staiger.
"Atmospheric chemists are very interested in trace gases produced by lightning, particularly nitrogen oxides ('NOx' for short)," explains William Koshak, a lightning researcher at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center. NOx includes nitric oxide (NO), a toxic air pollutant produced by automobile engines and power plants, and nitrogen dioxide (NO2), a poisonous reddish-brown gas with a sharp odor.
"We know that lightning is the most important source of NOx in the upper troposphere, where our weather takes place," Koshak continues. "NOx indirectly influences our climate because it partly controls the concentration of ozone (O3) and hydroxyl radicals (OH) in the atmosphere. Ozone is an important greenhouse gas, and OH is a highly reactive molecule that controls the oxidation of several greenhouse gases."
While the output from cars and industry can be measured, lightning is a wildcard in models of regional air quality and global climate because it is difficult to realistically model several important lightning characteristics--e.g., lightning energy and the thermochemical yield of NOx produced by a lightning stroke. As such, the global production rate of lightning NOx is still uncertain, and ranges anywhere from 2 to 20 teragrams per year (1 teragram = 1 trillion grams).
Below: The worldwide distribution of lightning strikes. Each flash produces a tiny puff of NOx, individually negligible, but adding up to as much as 20 trillion grams per year when summed over the entire globe.
"Fortunately, space-based atmospheric chemistry measurements made by NASA's Aura satellite provide a 'top-down' constraint on global chemistry and climate models," Koshak says. "With these new constraints, the best estimate to date is closer to 6 teragrams per year. However, more work must be done to better model lightning and other chemical processes before full confidence in this estimate is achieved."
To better understand lightning flash energy -- a critical parameter in lightning NOx production -- Koshak and his colleagues are using data from the Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS) aboard the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite and two arrays of ground instruments at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. LIS is a special camera that uses a very narrow spectral filter and other techniques to detect the lightning optical emissions during both day and night. The filter is centered near 777.4 nm, which is just below the deep red limit of human vision.
Their results will be reported in Lightning charge retrieval: dimensional reduction, LDAR constraints, and a first comparison with LIS satellite data, a paper recently accepted for publication in the Journal of Atmospheric & Oceanic Technology of the American Meteorological Society. His co-authors are E. Philip Krider, Natalie Murray, and Dennis Boccippio.
"The idea is to investigate what correlation may exist between the optical characteristics of flashes seen by LIS vs. ground-based lightning measurements at Kennedy. The ground-based sensors allow us to probe deep within the thundercloud to determine the geometry of the lightning channel, the charges deposited by the flash, and the energy of the flash. The key is to see if the space-based optical measurements can be related to the ground-based flash energy estimates. If this can be done, it would be possible to use sensors in space to remotely retrieve flash energetics over a much larger region of the globe," says Koshak.
"It's a formidable task, and this is just a preliminary look," he says of the forthcoming paper. The cloud medium is variable and therefore scatters the light emitted from lightning in complex ways. Energetic flashes embedded deep within an "optically thick" thundercloud could appear relatively dim to a space sensor, while weak-energy flashes occurring near cloud-top could appear relatively bright. All these complexities must be unraveled, and it is "tricky business."
Ultimately Koshak hopes to provide a technique that will use GLM data to estimate lightning flash energy. "In practice we'll do it in a statistical fashion. We would like to give the atmospheric chemistry modelers a realistic probability distribution function for lightning flash energies that they can use in their models to better simulate lightning (be it ground or cloud flashes)."
From that, scientists will start to better understand the global production of one of the key pollutants in the atmosphere pertinent to global climate and air quality.
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Lightning primer -- (NASA/GHCC) basic information about lightning
Electric Ice -- (Science@NASA) Imagine looking inside a million clouds. That's what NASA researchers have done using the TRMM satellite to explore the strange connection between lightning and ice.
The Hidden Life of Thunderstorms -- (Science@NASA) Scientists are sending unmanned aircraft into electrical storms to learn more about their mysterious inner workings.
Where Lightning Strikes -- (Science@NASA) New maps from orbiting sensors that can detect flashes of lightning even during the daytime reveal where on Earth the powerful bolts will most likely strike.
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Bargain-hunting and talk of a financial aid deal for Greece pushed European shares into a positive close, despite gloomy German data and negative corporate news.
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London's benchmark FTSE 100 index closed up 0.3 percent, the German Dax closed 0.1 percent higher and the French CAC 40 as up 0.6 percent.
The ZEW think tank's monthly index of economic sentiment fell to -15.7 in November from -11.5 in October. Analysts had expected a reading of -9.8.
A raft of weak economic data from Germany in recent weeks has strengthened economists' belief that Germany is starting to feel the impact of the euro zone debt crisis. Some argue the country is heading towards a recession.
Fears that the euro zone crisis could flare up again were reignited by a clash between Greece's international lenders on Monday although a news report on Tuesday that Greece was going to get 44 billion euros in aid in one payment helped European shares trim losses slightly in late morning trade.
The Eurogroup of finance ministers which met in Brussels on Monday decided to give Greece two more years to make budget cuts.
The 17-strong group of finance ministers delayed a decision on a next tranche of aid for Greece until November 20. Speaking after the meeting, euro group leader Jean-Claude Juncker told reporters that by that date, the group expected further aid to be given to Greece.
But a feud has broken out between the IMF and the EU over Greece, heightening market uncertainty.
The euro zone is facing pressure to ink a deal on Greece as Athens has to redeem 5 billion euros ($6.35 billion) worth of treasury bills on November 16 and was dependent on funds from the next aid tranche to tide it over.
As a near-term fix, Greece will offer 3.125 billion euros ($3.98 billion) worth of Treasury bills to help repay around 5 billion euros of debt held by the European Central Bank that matures on Friday.
A successful Treasury bill auction may help ease investor concerns. Indeed, renewed jitters about the future of Greece knocked the euro to a two-month low against the dollar earlier on Tuesday.
In a busy day for corporates, Austria's Wienerberger, the world's biggest brick maker, reported a 43 percent rise in third-quarter sales. The numbers were boosted by the group's recently acquired pipes company, which offset declines in the bricks business.
Shares in German firm E.On ell over 10 percent after the group issued a profit warning. The group warned of weakening electricity demand in Europe and said it may no longer be able to reach its outlook for 2013.
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Thanks to Werner Weiss at Yesterland for the heads up on this great news. Here are all the details on Disney dining at Aulani Resort, Disney's newest Vacation Club property at Ko Olina on Oahu, Hawai'i. Details can be found at DVCMember.com for those with log-ins and passwords.
Makahiki Buffet Restaurant
This restaurant will have an open-air dining room featuring murals created by local artists depicting the story of Makahiki, the Hawaiian harvest festival. This location will be on the Main Building's lower level, and will offer character breakfasts and casual dinner buffets with cuisine reflecting local favorites. These will include fresh, line-caught sustainable seafood and chef-inspired dishes.
The 'Olelo Room
This will be a fun, interactive lounge serving tropical beverages, Continental breakfast, traditional Afternoon Tea, and cocktail service. You'll find it adjacent to the Makahiki Buffet.
'AMA'AMA Beachside Restaurant
Ah, yes! The beautiful Aulani beachside restaurant we speculated about so many months ago! Seating will be inside hale (beachside houses) and will serve traditional and locally-inspired meals for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. You'll be able to get omelets, bakery items, hot and cold sandwiches, salads, seasonal and sustainable seafood, steak, duck and vegetarian selections, and other menu selections.
Beachside Lounge/Pool Bar
Right next to the 'AMA'AMA Beachside Restaurant, this lounge will serve favorites like the Mai Tai, Pina Colada, Blue Hawai'i and Long Island Iced Tea. Of course, you'll be able to get anything from the full bar, such as margaritas, sangria, sparkling cocktails, wine, and local beer. Be sure to ask about the 'Ike Mua, the discovery drink of the day! A food menu will also be available.
Quick Service Counter
Stop in here for sandwiches, wraps, desserts, and a keiki (kids) menu! Also, get your refillable mug here 😉 This will be next to the entrance of the 'AMA'AMA Beachside Restaurant.
The Lava Shack
Hawai'i veterans, this is where you get your plate lunches!! Choose from Cold Fried Chicken, Cured Meats and Cheese, and Chilled Miso-glazed Salmon among other entree items. This will serve daily and can be found across from the Rainbow Reef snorkel lagoon. The Lava Shack will also stock grab-and-go items and will have a refillable mug station.
Hawaiian Shave Ice Cart
It wouldn't be Hawai'i without authentic shaved ice! Trimmed from a block of crystal-clear ice into a fine powder and topped with flavored syrup (a la kaki-gori), this treat is pure Hawai'i. The cart will be located on the pool deck.
Yogurt Bar
Located at the Aulani resort spa, the Yogurt Bar will be open daily and serve yogurt concoctions with fresh fruit and dry toppings.
Private Dining
Locally-inspired specialties will be available for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and late-night. (I hope they have Portuguese Sausage!
Restaurants and menu items are all subject to change.
For more about Disney's Aulani Resort and Spa, check out Yesterland's series on the subject. Particularly interesting to Food Blog readers might be this Q&A, which includes info about non-Disney restaurants around Aulani Resort. This piece includes a photo that will be the view for those dining at 'AMA'AMA Beachside Restaurant at sunset!


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When you were very small, there wasn't much you wanted.
Clean diapers, a cuddle, and food made the shortlist early-on. Stuffed animals were slowly added, then siblings, books, and anything you could climb on.
By the time you hit school, your wants became more complicated. You wanted to be somehow famous. You wanted to stay up late, snack before dinner, and possess that cool toy you saw on TV. You wanted to grow up fast.
Author Mikey Walsh wanted those things, too, but he never wanted to become a fighter. As you'll see in his memoir, "Gypsy Boy," his father had other ideas…
Mikey Walsh's father was "fiercely determined" to have a son.
In Romany culture, having a male child was everything – even more so for the Walsh family, which was known for generations of manly men who were good with their fists. So, even though his mother was told that her heart condition precluded a second child, Mikey followed his sister in succession. Upon the happy event, Mr. Walsh hung golden boxing gloves around his newborn son's neck.
Growing up, Mikey loved the dramatic. He and his older sister, Frankie, enjoyed dress-up and pretending games. They loved watching TV and, largely unsupervised, they played outside with their cousins, who lived on the same compound.
It was an idyllic early childhood but at age four, Mikey's destiny caught up with him. His father decided that it was time to start fight-training, and the best way to do it was to beat the boy. His disgust at Mikey's cries meant more punches.
By age seven, Mikey was being "hidden" in school, by his mother, which was an unusual move. Gypsies were mostly forbidden to mingle with "Gorgias," and sending a child to a Gorgia school was scandalous. It was her way of keeping Mikey safe, though, and it gave him a chance at an education, which was something she didn't have. Yet, the beatings continued – always daily, sometimes more.
By age 13, Mikey realized that he was gay which, he knew, would enrage his father.
He also knew that he needed to escape before it cost him his life…
Stunned. Simply nowhere-to-go stunned. That was me at the end of this book.
Pseudonymous author Mikey Walsh lulls his readers into first believing that they're reading a droll memoir filled with quirky relatives and a secret world that few have dared write about. Walsh busts a few myths about Romany culture, pokes gentle fun at his family, and makes us laugh out loud while he's doing it.
But much like a cur that can't be trusted, "Gypsy Boy" turns quick and bites. Walsh takes the laughter and, two pages later, spins it with horror and a painful emotionlessness that only serves to underscore the brutality he describes – which ultimately leads to an end that shimmers like a tambourine.
Published in Europe three years ago, "Gypsy Boy" is new stateside and absolutely can't be missed. If you're up for a funny, brutal, sharp memoir, this is the book you want.


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Pro posun mezi fotkami použijte šipky na klávesnici.
Jiří Šebek has worked as a photographer since 2004 and specialises in architectural photography. He has received several awards for his photos. The last one was the award of the Union of Czech Photographers, in the competition 'Praha fotografická'.
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Portland Housing Bureau committed to accountability
September 8, 2010
Today, Commissioner Fish and Portland Housing Bureau Director Margaret Van Vliet presented the bureau's annual tax exemption report to the City Council. Since 1991, the City of Portland has allowed property tax exemptions to certain eligible properties to support the development of housing that's affordable for low-income residents. Periodic reviews of these exemptions are essential to ensure that the program provides good stewardship of public funds.
This year, PHB reviewed close to 1,400 properties to make sure they still met the eligibility requirements to receive the exemption. They determined that 68 properties are no longer eligible and recommended that their exemptions be terminated.
Before recommending termination, PHB staff reached out to all property owners who might be affected to make sure they were fully informed and were able to share any concerns or questions with staff.
This audit and the review of the exemption list help us make sure that the tax exemption program truly benefits the low-income households which are its intended recipients. In discontinuing these exemptions, the bureau will help return over $100,000 to local governments.
Congratulations to Director Van Vliet and Program Director Andrea Matthiessen on a job well done.


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The Addressees in Paul's Salutations
The inaugural essay on 'theological development' was an introduction to the topic; this is the second essay in what will most likely be a long series. But to speak about Paul's salutations—and specifically, the addressees in Paul's salutations—may seem like an odd place to begin. Surely there are more important issues that can be addressed. That is true enough, but I wanted to begin with something that was simple and straightforward, easy to detect, and often overlooked. The addressees in Paul's salutations fit the bill quite nicely.
In the corpus Paulinum there are thirteen letters purported to be from the apostle. There is also the epistle to the Hebrews, an anonymous work which most scholars today would say is not by Paul. But of the 13 that have his name affixed, I would agree with most conservative scholars that all are by the apostle.
Chronologically, we can lay out Paul's letters as follows1:
- Galatians (48-49)
- 1 Thessalonians (50)
- 2 Thessalonians (50)
- 1 Corinthians (54)
- 2 Corinthians (55)
- Romans (56-57)
- Ephesians (60)
- Colossians (60)
- Philemon (60)
- Philippians (61)
- 1 Timothy (63)
- Titus (63)
- 2 Timothy (64)
If we exempt those letters sent to individuals (1-2 Timothy, Titus, and Philemon), and focus only on the ones sent to churches, an interesting pattern emerges. Note the following:
Gal 1:1–22:
From Paul, an apostle (not from men, nor by human agency, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised him from the dead) and all the brothers with me, to the churches of Galatia.
1 Thess 1:1:
From Paul and Silvanus and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Thess 1:1:
From Paul and Silvanus and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Cor 1:1–2:
From Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Sosthenes, our brother, to the church of God that is in Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, and called to be saints, with all those in every place who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours.
2 Cor 1:1:
From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to the church of God that is in Corinth, with all the saints who are in all Achaia.
Rom 1:1, 7:
From Paul, a slave of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God. To all those loved by God in Rome, called to be saints
Eph 1:1:
From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, to the saints [in Ephesus], the faithful in Christ Jesus.
Col 1:1–2:
From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to the saints, the faithful brothers and sisters in Christ, at Colossae.
Phil 1:1:
From Paul and Timothy, slaves of Christ Jesus, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, with the overseers and deacons.
There are several interesting things to note about these various salutations, but our focus is on the description of the recipients. In Galatians, Paul calls them 'the churches of Galatia.' In 1 Thessalonians, he describes them as 'the church of the Thessalonians.' Same thing in 2 Thessalonians. But in 1 Corinthians, he does something new. He calls his readers saints: "to the church of God that is in Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, and called to be saints." He does the same in 2 Corinthians: "to the church of God that is in Corinth, with all the saints who are in all Achaia." Ditto in Romans, Ephesians, Colossians, and Philippians.
What should also be observed is that he addresses the Galatians, Thessalonians, and Corinthians as a 'church' (or 'churches'), but does not do this after 2 Corinthians. The one constant in each letter is the place name, but the addressees are described variously. On a trajectory, however, we can see an interesting phenomenon: once Paul calls a group of believers 'saints' he never looks back. Further, he begins to do this in his letter to the Corinthians.
What are we to make of this? Are the salutations the only indicator of Paul's view of his recipients? Doesn't he use 'saints' to describe them elsewhere? Perhaps Paul does use 'saints' of believers in the Thessalonian correspondence (he doesn't use the word at all in Galatians). On two occasions he uses the plural form ἅγιοι, 1 Thess 3:13 and 2 Thess 1:10. The first could possibly refer to believers, but hardly the second. It is of course not impossible for Paul to speak of human beings as 'holy ones'; this was done, though infrequently, in the OT.3 But we should not assume that that he is doing so just because in most of his letters to churches he does address the believers as saints. This is one of the reasons that a chronological approach to the NT is important.
It may not be coincidental that Paul begins using the term ἅγιοι when addressing the Corinthians. One cannot argue that he did not use this word in Galatians because these believers were un-saintly, since he also does not use it in his letters to the Thessalonians (and they were saintly). Galatians may be the only letter in the Pauline corpus in which the recipients are not praised, but the lack of ἅγιοι in the salutations to the Thessalonians cannot be explained on this basis (cf., e.g., 1 Thess 1:2–10, which is in many respects one long thanksgiving for these believers). Further, the Corinthians were messed up folks, too! So why would he use the term in describing them?
Probably the reason why Paul used the term first in his salutations to the Corinthians is because here he wanted to focus on their saved status, even if their state was quite different from that. This was typical of Paul: focus on the indicatives of the faith as a sure basis for behavioral change. Imperatives can only come if indicatives are in place. In other words, one cannot obey without knowing that he or she has the ability to obey. And part of that ability is resident within our status before God. It may well be that Paul is thinking along the lines of the position of angels, or 'holy ones' (ἅγιοι) and is recognizing that those who are in Christ are every bit as holy as angels from heaven's perspective (cf. Zech 14:5). However, it is more likely that Paul is thinking about what the people of God, in the OT, were commanded to be (cf. the LXX at Exod 22:31; Lev 11:44, 45; 19:2; 20:7, 26; 21:6; Num 15:40). Rare is the statement that they already were 'holy' and when such a statement is used it most likely means that they were set apart to God, not that they were necessarily living in a holy manner.
What this means is that Paul is fleshing out a theological shift between the people of God in the OT and the people of God in the NT. In the NT, with the coming of Christ, our status before God has been determined by Christ's place on the cross. It may have dawned on Paul that calling a group of squabbling, selfish Christians 'holy' is exactly how God thought of them because of what Christ did. Paul became hyper-sensitive to this issue, since he was charged with having a gospel that had lowered God's standards of righteousness by allowing Gentiles into the community without having to become circumcised. He begins to articulate his thoughts in his letter to the Galatians, but they do not reach full maturity until Romans. There he will defend his gospel as upholding God's righteousness at every turn (cf. Rom 3:21–26). But by the time he writes the Corinthians, you can almost see the wheels turning. Although these believers are not living godly lives, they are still, in God's view, saints. And rather than lowering God's standard of righteousness, this view actually elevates it above the OT standard in that it depends entirely on what Christ accomplished permanently in his sacrifice.
Some will object that Paul's not calling the Galatians or Thessalonians is merely coincidental and that the chronological view really reveals nothing at all. But that is unlikely. This first usage is explained, as though it's a new idea to the readers. Notice again 1 Cor 1:1–2: "to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, and called to be saints…" The verb 'sanctified' is from the same root as 'saints' (ἡγιασμένοις, ἁγίοις). This is standard fare for Paul when he is connecting the theological dots in new ways.4 Further, although it is quite debatable whether Paul uses ἅγιοι anywhere in the Thessalonian correspondence to refer to Christians, this is not the case later. Once he does so in his salutation to the Corinthians, he continues to use the term as a badge of identification for the believers in Corinth (cf. 1 Cor 3:17; 6:1, 2; 16:1, 15; cf. also 2 Cor 8:4; 9:1, 12) and elsewhere (Rom 12:13; 15:25, 26, 31; 16:15; Eph 1:15, 18; 2:19; 3:8, 18; 4:12; 5:3; 6:18; Phil 4:21, 22; Col 1:4, 12, 26). At most, only one instance of ἅγιοι in Paul's first three letters could refer to believers, while positive identification occurs in every one of the next six letters, often multiple times. This strikes me as more than coincidental.
If this view is right, then a couple of observations are in order.
First, the fact that Paul does not call the Galatians 'saints' does not mean that he did not regard them as true believers. Their spiritual status must be determined entirely apart from the lack of this designation, since the Thessalonians also are not called saints.
Second, the letter to the Laodiceans (a second-century forgery, as though written by Paul) is something of a pastiche of some of Paul's letters. But the salutation begins by speaking of the readers as 'the brothers and sisters who are in Laodicea." It does not call them saints. If our trajectory of Paul's articulation is correct, then this datum would be useful in denying authenticity to the Laodicean letter (as if there were any doubt!). I would argue on a larger scale that theological trajectories on the micro-linguistic/conceptual level may well be used, if done so with caution and cumulative force, to test authenticity.
Third, development in articulation is not necessarily development in understanding or theology. That is to say, Paul from the beginning of his ministry would see the cross as Christ's finished work that saves us, as that which supplies our standing before God without merit of our own. He doesn't need to call a group 'saints' before such an understanding is evident. At the same time, his changing terminology does seem to indicate a growing clarity in expression which, in turn, may indicate a certain depth of reflection about the cross-work of Christ for him. It is one thing to say that I believe that Jesus has paid it all; it is quite another to think about the ramifications of that truth for decades and to articulate those ramifications. In my view, even though Paul was writing scripture this would not preclude him from maturing throughout the space of his canonical letters in his reflections, expressions, verbiage, metaphors, and concepts about his Lord and Savior. After all, the Bible is both the Word of God and the words of men.
1 I won't take time to defend this order or these dates; see my introductions to NT books (all at http://www.bible.org/series.php?series_id=220 ) to get the data. There you will also see the degree of certainty/tentativeness I have on several of these dates.
2 All scripture is quoted from the NET Bible.
3 "Only rarely are the members of the holy nation called saints or holy [that is, as a statement of fact rather than obligation]. In a late wisdom Ps. saints are mentioned in parallel to those who fear Yahweh (Pss. 34:9 [MT 10]; cf. 16:3, where the context is unfortunately corrupt). In Dan. 7:18 they are those who stand by their God in the war between Yahweh and the world powers, and receive the kingdom" (H. Seebass, "Holy, Consecrate, Sanctify, Saints, Devout," 3 (c) ii in NIDNTT).
4 See my discussion of metaphors for Christ in Paul in Granville Sharp's Canon and Its Kin: Semantics and Significance (Bern: Peter Lang, 2008), in the section that discusses Titus 2:13.
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Make Money in Growing Materials Stocks the Easy Way
Exchange-traded funds offer a convenient way to invest in sectors or niches that interest you. If you'd like to add some materials stocks to your portfolio, the Materials Select Sector SPDR ETF could save you a lot of trouble. Instead of trying to figure out which companies will perform best, you can use this ETF to invest in lots of them simultaneously.
The basics
ETFs often sport lower expense ratios than their mutual fund cousins. The materials ETF's expense ratio -- its annual fee -- is a very low 0.18%. It recently yielded 2.3%.
This ETF has performed rather well, topping the world market over the past five and 10 years. As with most investments, of course, we can't expect outstanding performances in every quarter or year. Investors with conviction need to wait for their holdings to deliver.
With a low turnover rate of 12%, this fund isn't frantically and frequently rejiggering its holdings, as many funds do.
Why materials?
Our global economic slump won't last forever, and there are already signs of life here and there. Thus, the materials industry is poised to prosper as construction and infrastructure projects get under way and manufacturing kicks into a higher gear.
Many materials companies had some tough times over the past year, but some did not. Paint giant Sherwin-Williams soared 68%, thanks in part to the housing market finally seeming like it's turning around. The company recently bought global paint giant Comex, based in Mexico, for $2.3 billion. Some don't like that the deal will add to its debt, but others see it as a smart strategic move. The company just reported fourth-quarter earnings, with record revenue up 8.8% and earnings up more than 50%. Some see the stock as pricey now, but with a promising future.
Cliffs Natural Resources , on the other hand, sank 47% (though that's up from an earlier depth). It's yielding nearly 7%, but that's mainly due to the stock-price drop. (It has more than doubled its payout over the last year, too.) Cliffs has struggled along with the coal industry, but is poised to get a boost from a recovery in manufacturing and the auto industry, but some still see struggles ahead. It's taking a massive charge against its fourth-quarter results, though, dismaying some investors. And its reliance on a few major customers worries some, too.
Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold dropped 21%, hurt by low copper prices, higher costs of production, and global economic slowdowns. It's a low-cost producer of copper and molybdenum, positioned to benefit quickly from upturns in metals pricing. It's also diversifying away from copper a bit, moving into oil and gas exploration. Freeport has a balance sheet that's unusually strong, an attractive valuation, and a 3.6% dividend yield. Its fourth-quarter earnings report was stronger than expected.
Aluminum giant Alcoa shed 13%. It's not profitable at the moment, but still has a lot going for it, such as its exposure to fast-growing emerging markets. China's growth has been slowing, though, and some worry about a possible drop in demand for aluminum as manufacturers seek alternative materials, such as carbon fiber and ceramics. My colleague Christopher Barker sees an improving competitive position for Alcoa, due in part to lower energy costs.
The big picture
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Possibly the most frequent question in 17 years of XC: "When are you going to allow uploading .wavs?" And the answer is finally there: as of now! There are several practical reasons why we stuck with .mp3: most importantly storage space & associated costs. Now, with the advent of the Grasshoppers many of which generate ultrasound, support for high frequency .wavs is really necessary. And we've organised XC in such a way that we are confident now that we can sustain the effort. So here we are. Welcome .wavs!
The .wavs are here!
What is xeno-canto?
xeno-canto is a website dedicated to sharing wildlife sounds from all over the world. Whether you are a research scientist, a birder, or simply curious about a sound that you heard out your kitchen window, we invite you to listen, download, and explore the wildlife sound recordings in the collection.
But xeno-canto is more than just a collection of recordings. It is also a collaborative project. We invite you to share your own recordings, help identify mystery recordings, or share your expertise in the forums. Welcome!
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We updated the code and have introduced a new feature: members can search in multiple languages. Make your selection in preferences. For example, you can set the language of the site in English (useful for a more globally oriented search), but still be able to search your local species in your own language. Works only for birds (since we only have those species names in many languages worldwide). Try it out!
... also a number of bug-fixes. We'll add comments to the forum threads pointing them out.
This works really fine for Norwegian language! Also works great for finding additional spp. during uploading. I use English as main language and searches in my native language or latin. Keep up the good work!
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The recording of a Congo Sunbird recently uploaded by Jaap van der Waarde in Congo Brazzavile was apparently a first. First as in the first known recording ever. Until a next update the species is mentioned in "Shaun's list" of unrecorded species. Fantastic & thanks for sharing Jaap!
FlackoWeasel has a soft spot for Blyth's Reed Warbler and Thrush Nightingale, two exquisite songsters from N Europe and Asia. Many of the recordings are over half an hour long. Each bird is given a name too. Check out this 1h47min recording of Piksi!
Daniel Parker is steadily adding grasshopper recordings from the Eastern US. Each first recording of a new species is accompanied by an introduction to its life history and comparisons with closely related taxa. It makes for fascinating reading. Check out the last two, Snowy tree cricket and Broad-tipped Conehead.
Wow, thanks again guys! I started adding these introductions a while ago when the Orthoptera were first added, because even though some of these species are well-known to people in the US, I thought I should introduce them to the community here in some way, including with a description of the call to c'qify which is the focal species. I think it's probably helpful for any of the Orthoptera since there are so many similar species. Most of my information comes either from Dr. Thomas J. Walker's Singing Insects of North America and Lang Elliott and Wil Hershberger's The Songs of Insects. I look forward to the time when the pace of new species from around the world picks up. Ray Tsu has been adding several nice ones from China lately, and his recordings are better than mine.
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July Stitchalong. This is my progress. A bit of satin stitching going on there on his booties. Fancy! :-)
How about you? Are you doing any stitching along this month? Don't forget to use the tag JulyStitchalong when adding your photos to the Feeling Stitchy group.
Right, that's it for this week - I reckon you could finish a gnome for next week.. Why not give it a go? :-)


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Darkly erotic. Supremely powerful. Haley Hawthorne is a witch. She shuns her paranormal gifts, instead escaping into a mundane, reclusive life as an accountant for her Uncle Eli's firm. Five years earlier, Haley was kidnapped by Raden, brother of Lucifer, and held captive as his personal sex slave. She escaped but still bears the scars, both physical and emotional. Now she's turned away from both magic and sex, and she's certain nothing will ever bring those lost things back into her life... Damian, son to Lucifer, has renounced his right to the throne of Hell and has become a soldier for Adversus, hunting evil supernatural creatures on Earth. Unfortunately, he's powerless to witches, and this witch can read his mind. He can't decide what is more dangerous—the irresistible attraction he feels for her, or the intoxicating peace she gives him. One thing is certain, they both share a tortured past.
After Damian rescues her from an attack by monstrous djinn, Haley discovers the dangerously seductive soldier has secrets of his own. One of them is the collection of whips, ropes, handcuffs, and a leather riding crop he keeps locked away, though he refuses to show her his "Master" side. But when her trust in him grows, she finds herself increasingly intrigued by all the kinky things he's hiding. But Damian has been given a new mission to kill a monster. A monster that turns out to be her uncle...
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Way back on October 15th, 2007 I wrote a post: Battle Royale: San Francisco or New York City, If You Had To Chose. It was, and still is, an extremely popular article that has garnered over 100 comments, and still ranks incredibly high on search engine queries of the like. For a small shop like mine, that's pretty impressive. Our readers shared some incredibly good points about both cities, and it is a debate that will likely go on well after I have physically left this Earth, and well after my kin have parted. There will never be a correct answer.
Like I said back then, San Francisco has a ton of things to offer that New York simply doesn't (immediate access to outdoor recreation probably falling top of my list), and there are things New York has that San Francisco simply never will (snowstorms and brutally cold weather come to mind). But it is what it is, and it will always be.
That said, there were a couple articles written recently that I wanted to share with all of you that take a different approach to the topic, because I frequently get clients from out of town wondering what the heck San Francisco is all about. These two articles are not a question of whether one is better than the other, more a question of whether one has BECOME the other. In the end, they can certainly help you draw a conclusion about the city you're buying into, and the city you might be leaving.
In my humble opinion, San Francisco will never be New York, and New York will never be eclipsed by San Francisco. New York conjures up the image of power to me, it is the EMPIRE STATE after all. It moves fast. It never sleeps. It's gritty. It's tough. San Francisco (and I've lived here a while) brings to mind freedom, outdoor living, really smart people changing the world, getting rich, having fun, and living life to the fullest, but they will never have the power and image of the EMPIRE STATE. San Franciscans can puff their chests, but deep down they are fragile. We're golden boys and girls living in the GOLDEN STATE, and that's just fine.
I could go on and on, but I digress. Both cities are amazing in their own right. Both cities have pluses and minuses. But if I'm not mistaken, Tony Bennett did not make famous a song about losing his heart in New York City.
Just sayin'…
–Is San Francisco New York [New York Times, Kevin Rose]
–Why San Francisco Is Not New York [New York Times, Nick Bilton]
–Battle Royale: San Francisco or New York City, If You Had To Chose [theFrontSteps, Alexander Clark]