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As I explained in my previous post, I've been re-examining the way functions work in Saxon. In particular, over the last week or two, I've been changing the way system functions (such as fn:string-length) work. There's a terrific amount of detail and complexity here, but I thought it might be interesting to take one simple function (fn:string-length) as an example, to see where the complexity comes from and how it can be reduced.
At first sight, fn:string-length looks pretty simple. How long is a (piece of) string? Just ask Java to find out: surely it should just map to a simple call on java.lang.String.length(). Well, no actually.
If we look to the specification, there are two complications we have to deal with. Firstly we are counting the number of Unicode characters, not (as Java does) the number of 16-bit UTF16 codepoints. In the case of surrogate pairs, one character occupies two codepoints, and that means that a nave implementation of string-length() takes time proportional to the length of the string.
Secondly, there are two forms of the string-length() function. With zero arguments, it's defined to mean string-length(string(.)). That's different from nearly all other functions that have 0-argument and 1-argument forms, where (for example) name() means name(.). Saxon handles functions like name() by converting them statically to name(.), and that conversion doesn't work in this case. To illustrate the difference, consider an attribute code="003", defined in the schema as an xs:integer. The function call string-length(@code) returns 1 (it atomizes the attribute to produce an integer, converts the integer to the string "3", and then returns the length of this string. But @code!string-length() returns 3 - the length of the string value of the attribute node.
The other complexity applies specifically to string-length#0 (that is, the zero-argument form). Dynamic calls to context-dependent functions bind the context at the point where the function is created, not where it is called. Consider:
<xsl:for-each select="0 to 9"> <xsl:variable name="f" select="string-length#0"/> <xsl:for-each select="21 to 50"> <xsl:value-of select="$f()"/> </xsl:for-each> </xsl:for-each>
This will print the value "1" three hundred times. In each case the context item at the point where $f is bound is a one-digit integer, so $f() returns the length of that integer, which is always one. The context item at the point where $f() is evaluated is irrelevant.
Now let's take a look at the Saxon implementation. There's a Java class StringLength which in Saxon 9.6 is about 200 lines of code (including blank lines, comments, etc), and this does most of the work. But not all: in the end all it does is to call StringValue.getStringLength(), which is what really does the work. Atomic values of type xs:string are represented in Saxon by an instance of the class StringValue, which encapsulates a Java CharSequence: often, but not always, a String. The reason for the encapsulating class is to provide type safety on methods like Function.call() which returns a Sequence; StringValue implements AtomicValue which implements Item which implements Sequence, so the XDM data model is faithfully represented in the Java implementation classes.
In addition there's a class StringLengthCompiler which generates a bytecode implementation of the string-length function. This is another 60 or so lines.
Some functions also have a separate streaming implementation to accept streamed input, and one or two (string-join() and concat(), for example), have an implementation designed to produce streamed output. That's designed to ensure that an instruction like <xsl:value-of select="//emp/name" separator=","/>, which compiles down to a call on string-join() internally, doesn't actually assemble the whole output in memory, but rather writes each part of the result string to the output stream as it becomes available.
Since the introduction of dynamic function calls, many system functions have two separate implementations, one for static calls and one for dynamic calls. That's the case for string-length: the evaluateItem() method used for static calls is almost identical to the call() method used for dynamic calls. One reason this happened was because of a fear of performance regression that might occur if the existing code for static calls was generalized, rather than introducing a parallel path.
In 9.6, the implementation of dynamic calls to context-dependent functions like string-length#0 is rather fudged. In fact, the expression string-length#0 compiles into a call on function-lookup("fn:string", 0). The implementation of function-lookup() keeps a copy of both the static and dynamic context at the point where it is called, and this is then used when evaluating the resulting function. This is vastly more expensive than it needs to be: for functions like string-length#0 where there are no arguments other than the context, the function can actually be pre-evaluated at the point of creation. In the new 9.7 implementation, the result of the expression string-length#0 is a function implemented by the class ConstantFunction, which encapsulates its result and returns this result when it is called. (It's not quite as simple as this, because the constant function also has to remember its name and arity, just in case the user asks.)
The method StringValue.getStringLength() attempts to recognize cases where walking through the codepoints of the string to look for surrogate pairs is not actually necessary. In previous releases there was an extra bit kept in StringValue, set when the string was known to contain no surrogate pairs: so having walked the string once, it would never be done again. In 9.6 this mechanism is replaced with a different approach: Saxon includes several implementations of CharSequence that maintain the value as an array of fixed-size integers (8-bit, 16-bit, or 32-bit, as necessary). If the CharSequence within a StringValue is one of these classes (known collectively as UnicodeString), then the length of the string is the length of the array. And when getStringLength() is called on a string the first time, the string is left in this form, in the hope that future operations on the string will benefit. Of course, this will in some cases be counter-productive (and there's a further refinement in the implementation, which I won't go into, that's designed to overcome this).
There are a few other optimizations in the implementation of string-length() that are worth mentioning. Firstly, it's quite common for users to write
<xsl:if test="string-length($x) != 0">
Here we don't need to count surrogate pairs in the string: the string is zero-length if and only if the underlying CharSequence is zero-length. Saxon therefore does a static rewrite of such an expression to boolean(string($x)). (If $x is statically known to be a string, the call string($x) will then be further rewritten as $x.)
If string-length#1 is applied to a value that can be computed statically, then the string-length function is itself computed statically. (This optimization, for odd historical reasons, is often called "constant folding". It's possible only when there are no context dependencies.)
During type-checking, the implementation of string-join#0 keeps a note of whether a context item is known to exist. This is used during byte-code generation; if it's known that the context item won't be absent, then there is no need to generate code to check for this error condition. It's through tiny optimizations like this that generated bytecode ends up being faster than interpreted code.
In my current exercise refactoring the implementation of system functions such as string-length, I've been looking at how much of logic is duplicated either across the different implementations of a single function (streamed and unstreamed, static and dynamic, bytecode and interpreted) or across the implementations of functions that have a lot in common (such as string(), string-length(), and normalize-space()). I've found that with the exception of the core code in StringValue.getStringLength, and the optimization of string-length()=0, everything else can be vastly reduced. In place of the original StringLength class, there are now two (inner) classes StringLength_0 and StringLength_1 each of which consists of a single one-line method. The code for generating byte-code can also be considerably simplified by achieving more reuse across different functions.
The main essence of the reorganization is that the class StringLength (or rather, its two variants) are no longer Expressions, they are now Functions. Previously a call onto string-length($x) compiled to an expression, held as a node on the expression tree. Now it compiles into two object, a StringLength object which is a pure function, and a SystemFunctionCall object which is an expression that calls the function. The SystemFunctionCall object is generic across all functions, while the implementations of SystemFunction contain all the code that is specific to one function. This change was motivated primarily by the need to handle dynamic function calls (and hence first-class function objects) properly, but it has provided a stimulus for a refactoring that achieves much more than this.
So, how long is a piece of string? At least we now know how to work it out more efficiently. Sorry this little yarn wasn't shorter.


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Beautiful pic Fg, nice contrast in color, the orange autumn leaf and the fresh green of the salad leaves. Looks yummy too!!! Do you hunt for your own turkey for thanksgiving?ReplyDelete
Beautiful - your greens look so good! The slugs got all of the greens that I planted for winter. I guess I'll just have to enjoy yours!ReplyDelete
I love the color contrast here--the brown is SO striking against the greens.
Do you give frozen/funky greens to your chickens, FG? Or do they turn their beaks up at greens that aren't fresh?
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Truly stunning. I had an entire bunch of tat soi with my lunch the other day. Wonderul, wonderful green autumn.ReplyDelete
Thanks for posting this, I wondered what the volunteer greens were in my garden! Never grown them before, so I now suspect my asian neighbors came by one night and sprinkled seeds into my garden for me?ReplyDelete
When I started growing some of our own veg last this summer, I thought it would be for the 3 summer months. I never dreamed my spinach and swiss chard would still be flourishing at the end of November .... definitely worth while. I've saved a fortune and reduced my carbon footprint.ReplyDelete
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In October, it will have been 20 years since I wrote my first Uncensored column. The subject of that column was sexual assault, a topic that I've covered again and again. The column was written in response to a series of ignorant letters to the editor written about rape by men from the Boulder community. There had been a series of rapes on or near the Boulder Creek Path that previous summer, and a U.S. servicewoman who had been taken prisoner during Gulf War I had been sexually assaulted.
Responses to these incidents were revolting — and sickeningly predictable. The victims were blamed in all cases, both those who'd been dragged into bushes, beaten and raped and the one who'd been shot down, imprisoned and raped. Women were told to stay off the creek path at night if they didn't want to "get raped." Further, we were told that any woman who served in the military should "expect" to get raped. After all, war is a job for men.
Reading these letters enraged me so very much that I turned on my boxy little Mac Classic and pounded out a response. And thus began Uncensored — and my journalism career.
Though those letters were the catalyst, what truly drove me to respond was something much deeper, much more private. I am a rape survivor.
As I revealed in this column a few years past, I was sexually assaulted in 1974 at the age of 10 by the father of a classmate after knocking on her door and asking if she could play. Her father told me she wasn't home but invited me in to wait. We were alone. He assaulted me on the living room floor while Soul Train played on the television. For a long time, I remained silent.
The grief, despair, fear and rage created inside me as a result of that single, brief experience have been with me ever since. The event was a watershed. Quite simply, there was before, and there was after. Fourth grade had been a year of running on the playground, trying out swear words, and getting in trouble for kissing a boy in class. Fifth grade was a living hell, a year of night terrors and depression, of deep confusion and self-loathing.
Grief. Despair. Fear. Rage.
There is not a rape victim on this earth who does not recognize those emotions. They stayed in my heart as I got older, affecting my choices, my relationships, my very perception of life. But something happened when I wrote that first column. When I put words into action in an attempt to speak out for other victims of this terrible crime, the emotions that had left me feeling broken and weak transformed into a source of strength. And my voice, once silent, became powerful.
But however far we've come since 1974, we still have a long way to go. The same kind of victim-blaming that drove me to write my first column is alive and well. Women who are raped are still shamed and blamed for how they dress and when and where they walk. And recently Fox News pundit Liz Trotta suggested that women in today's military should just "expect" to be raped.
April has been designated Sexual Assault Awareness Month in the United States with the theme, "It's time to talk about it." Gov. John Hickenlooper signed a proclamation asking us all to "recommit ourselves not only to lifting the veil of secrecy and shame surround sexual violence, but also raising awareness, expanding support for victims and strengthening our response."
On Tuesday, April 3, the Colorado Coalition Against Sexual Assault (CCASA) will hold a rally from noon to 1 p.m. on the west steps of the state Capitol in Denver.
Please come and join your voice with mine.
Editor's note: At the event, Boulder Weekly Contributing Editor Pamela White and Fort Morgan Times Editor John LaPorte will receive CCASA's Excellence in Media award for their work as journalists covering the issue of sexual assault.
To learn more about sexual assault and what you can do to help create change, visit www.MovingtoEndSexualAssault. org. For more about Sexual Assault Awareness Month and the schedule of events at Tuesday's rally, go to www. ccasa.org. For help, call the rape crisis hotline: 303-443-7300.
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The pop crooner was in perfect form at the iHeartRadio music festival Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. He wowed with his slick moves and energetic vibe.
Justin Timberlake was also a fan favorite. The pop star closed the five-hour plus concert, singing hits like "Mirror" and "SexyBack." Paul McCartney kicked off the show, playing a bunch of new songs from his upcoming album. And R&B singer Miguel and rapper Drake also earned cheers.
While men dominated Saturday, Ke$ha gave an impressive performance of her hits. She even brought out Joan Jett and the two sang "Bad Reputation." But Miley Cyrus was building on her bad reputation: She caused a stir when she entered the stage in a fishnet dress and tape covering her nipples.
Maroon 5, Tim McGraw and Phoenix also performed on the second night of the two-day festival.
Bruno Mars led the pack of men who entertained the crowd of thousands at the iHeartRadio festival. The singer was smooth as ever: He kicked off his set with fun, upbeat numbers "Locked Out of Heaven" and "Treasure," but transitioned to a soulful and passionate performance of "When I Was Your Man." He earned whistles from the audience.
Mars reached epic heights when he sang "Runaway Baby" - he was funky and even imitated James Brown's signature dance moves. The legend would be proud. The singer-songwriter-producer finished with a smoky, steamy rendition of his latest single, "Gorilla."
Justin Timberlake also held his own with the night's closing performance. Floyd Mayweather, who's dominating win over Canelo Alvarez last week in Las Vegas was the richest fight ever, introduced Timberlake as "the heavyweight champion of music." His set included "Cry Me a River," ''Take Back the Night" and "Like I Love You."
Drake got concertgoers out of their seats when he performed "HYFR" and "Started from the Bottom."
"I'm here to party," he told the crowd.
Miguel was in a similar mood: After performing "Adorn" and "#Beautiful," he urged the crowd to "have a good night and make some bad decisions."
There's no end to Miley Cyrus' antics.
The 20-year-old performed three songs at the iHeartRadio festival - all in a dress that revealed most of her body.
She sang her hits "We Can't Stop" and "Wrecking Ball," where her eyes were watery.
Britney Spears introduced the singer at the festival; the two worked on a song that will appear on Cyrus' new album, "Bangerz," out Oct. 8
"I'm sure everyone's going to be talking, which is what she wants," said Miguel, who added he "only caught a couple glimpses" of Cyrus' performance.
The singer-actress also performed a similar set at iHeartRadio's outdoor event earlier in the day.
Joan Jett celebrated her 55th birthday in a big way: She joined Ke$ha onstage and earned roaring cheers from the crowd.
She was excited on the guitar in an all red ensemble as she and Ke$ha sang "Bad Reputation." Fireworks burst after the performance and Ke$ha yelled "happy birthday." She also got the crowd to say it to Jett as well.
"It's something a little different than we usually do, but it's exciting because the music is quite diverse," Jett said in an interview backstage about performing at the festival. "So it's going to be fun to play."
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts will release a new album, "Unvarnished," on Sept. 30.
"It's rock 'n' roll straight up," she said. "I'm very proud of the record. I think there's some great songwriting on it."
McCARTNEY PUSHES 'NEW' ALBUM
Paul McCartney had one thing in mind at the iHeartRadio: promote his new album.
The former Beatle will release "New" on Oct. 15. He mostly played new tracks for the crowd, including the album's title track and first single. The word 'new" descended from the ceiling before he sang the song.
"This is not a new song," McCartney said before singing "Another Day," which brought new life to the audience.
The 71-year-old switched from the guitar to the piano onstage, where he finished with the electrifying "Live and Let Die." The performance featured extremely loud fireworks, fire blazing and yellow and red lights beaming. The arena felt - and smelt - like the 4th of July.
The cameras were rolling even though the Kardashians weren't filming their reality show.
Backstage at the iHeartRadio festival, a girl snapped a photo of Kourtney Kardashian when she wasn't camera ready, which annoyed the celebrity.
"That was a great shot of me pulling up my pants," the oldest of the ubiquitous family clan said.
Kourtney was joined by Khloe as well as Kylie and Kendall Jenner. The girls were dressed in all black, and Kourtney sported a shirt that read "like a virgin."
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Ridiculed by family and friends lifelong for being a "conspiracy theorist", survivalist and prepper, the author was born to ancestry steeped on each side in Freemasonry (Masonic Order Scottish Rite, Eastern Star, Job's Daughters), the Oddfellows and the Elks, John Birch and other secret societies, while being German, Celtic Irish / Welsh and Cherokee in both direct parental lineages. Those who are awake know the significance of this. Her maternal grandmother and great uncles (who refused to go past the 32nd Degree) exemplified and shaped the author's knowledge of and dedication to the ONE TRUE, LIVING GOD.
Her early childhood and youth were shaped by devout Lutheranism, scouting, serving as Chaplain in Job's Daughters, and almost becoming Amish! After reading 1984 in 1974, she stopped watching television at age 14, and at 17, in twelfth grade, refused multiple recruitment attempts by the CIA. By age 25, she was an antique dealer who helped coin the term kitsch, and an accomplished, self-sufficient non-GMO organic gardener and master food preserver, with two young children, a degree in Chemistry, and a scholarship to Johns Hopkins Medical School. The tragic death of her closest brother derailed her medical studies, and having become a divorced single parent by age 27 with no child support, instead pursued advanced degrees in fine arts and hospice nursing. However, monetary reward was not to come. As years went by, a pattern of MK Ultra interference emerged, interrupting completion of her goals. The strong educational background in math, sciences and computers, fine arts, literature and history imbued her ability to decipher the intentionally confusing reality of the toxic world we live in. Previous employers include NASA Goddard, the Discovery Channel and Aerotek. As the "truther movement" gained momentum world-over, the undeniably visible dangers of GMOs, chemtrails, and the surveillance state grew evident. Interviewed on NPR's National Public Radio in 2012 as a pioneer GMO-free food producer, her life took another fateful turn three years later, after her primary care physician refused to diagnose and treat her for Lyme Disease, she realized she had developed what is commonly called Morgellons, and immediately discovered that the systemic coverup and refusal to diagnose or treat meant she had to heal herself. Drawing on every aspect of her lifetime of experience and learning enabled her to not only recover, but to achieve a greater health – in middle age – than is believed possible. In the process of detoxification and physical regeneration – especially the pineal gland – she found a working diet almost anyone can follow that raises frequency and sovereign intention, readying the mind, body and spirit for humanity's greatest challenge: Ascension to return to God or eternal soul death, depending on one's choices made in this life.
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Recap: Cardinals clinch NL Central, beat Cubs 7-0
ST. LOUIS -- Lance Lynn was one of the more enthusiastic participants as the St. Louis Cardinals sprayed champagne, showing a wide smile he could not contain.
"It's a good feeling," Lynn said the Cardinals clinched their first NL Central title in four seasons with a 7-0 victory over the Chicago Cubs. "It's a good time to have that feeling."
Lynn had six strikeouts in a row early, and David Freese and Matt Holliday hit early home runs.
St. Louis (95-65) has won six of seven and is tied with Atlanta for the best record in the NL. They are assured of home-field advantage when the NL division series starts Thursday.
"I think relentless is probably the term that might sum it up," said second-year manager Mike Matheny, soaked like everybody else on the team. "It's extremely special."
The Cardinals have made it to the postseason 11 times the last 18 seasons under the ownership group led by chairman Bill DeWitt Jr. A large group of rookies was mixed in with a veteran core, and they overcame injuries to Chris Carpenter, Jason Motte, Jaime Garcia and Rafael Furcal.
"I'll sacrifice any of my clothes, anything for this," DeWitt said. "It's extremely satisfying. Think of the players we had to bring up and some of the great years we had."
Adam Wainwright (18-9) was moved up to start Saturday, putting the St. Louis ace on track to start his team's postseason opener against Cincinnati, Pittsburgh or the Los Angeles Dodgers.
A near-sellout crowd of 44,030 was on its feet, roaring and clapping in unison the final half-inning, then snapping pictures and applauding while the team celebrated near the mound. After the final out, Cardinals players put on T-shirts that read: "We Own The Central."
"We're all embracing this and understanding what we've accomplished," Freese said. "We've been through so much."
The Cubs have lost 12 of 16 and watched an opponent clinch for the third time within a week. The Braves wrapped up the NL East on Sunday at Wrigley Field and the Pirates secured a playoff spot in Chicago the following day.
"I've already said it," Sveum said. "You get something out of it."
Lynn (15-10) began his strikeout streak with Dioner Navarro to end the first. He fanned seven his first time through the order and allowed just four hits over six innings with nine strikeouts and no walks. Lynn has won consecutive starts after a skid in which he was 0-5 with a 5.44 ERA in eight outings.
Cubs leadoff man Starlin Castro had three hits, including a third-inning single that stopped Lynn strikeout streak,
Yadier Molina had two hits and three RBIs to set his season best with 78, Jon Jay had two hits and an RBI and leadoff man Matt Carpenter had a single that left him one hit shy of 200.
Travis Wood (9-12) gave up three runs and four hits, leaving after just one inning - when he reached 200 in a season for the first time.
"That was a shame," manager Dale Sveum said. "That kind of made you want to throw up, to have two out, nobody on and all of that happen."
After Wood's running catch in foul territory on Carlos Beltran's foul pop, six batters reached safely with two out: Molina had a two-run double off the left-field wall and Jay extended his hitting streak to 12 with an RBI single.
"That's on me," Wood said. "When you get two outs and you still face all nine, that's on you."
Holliday hit his 250th career homer and 21st this season leading off the sixth off Blake Parker.
NOTES: Both benches were warned in the sixth after Lynn's high fastball struck Navarro on an arm. ... Lynn's strikeout run was the Cardinals' longest since 2009, when John Smoltz fanned seven Padres in a row in his St. Louis debut. ... Edwin Jackson (8-17, 4.74) is the Cubs starter Saturday. ... Cardinals cleanup man Allen Craig (left mid-foot sprain) was ruled out for the NL division series. ... Wood and Jeff Samardzija are among three NL duos with 200 innings apiece and are the Cubs' first since Ryan Dempster and Ted Lilly in 2008. ... Molina is batting .437 against the Cubs (21 for 48) with a team-high 13 RBIs. ... The Cubs are 12-74 when allowing four runs or more.


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TODO list for this release
- programmers
- chips
- boards
- platform/arch/os
- ui
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New major user-visible features
- serprog
- Add support for setting the SPI frequency.
- Add opcode to control the programmer's output drivers.
- Enable serprog on Windows.
- buspirate_spi
- Improvements to support different firmware versions safely.
- Support the new fast SPI mode present in Bus Pirate firmware v5.5 or newer.
- Add user interface to activate the Bus Pirate pull-up resistors.
- ftdi_spi
- Allow to select FTDI device by serial number.
- Add support for all 4 possible channels.
- Add support for FT232H.
- pony_spi: Add support for AJAWe.
- Add support for Realtek RTL8169.
- dediprog:
- Add a "device" parameter to support mutliple devices.
- Adds a programmer parameter 'spispeed'.
- internal:
- Add full support for VX800/VX820, VX855/VX875 and VX900 (both SPI and LPC).
- Varous new untested board enables (please don't run away without testing our work).
- Fix evil twins of Macronix MX25L1605, MX25L3205, MX25L6405.
- Add Altera USB-Blaster SPI programmer.
New chips
- Atmel AT26DF041
- Atmel AT49(H)F010, AT49F080 and AT49F080T
- Atmel AT25F series (AT25F512, AT25F512A, AT25F512B, AT25F1024, AT25F1024A, AT25F2048, AT25F4096)
- Eon EN25F64
- GigaDevice GD25LQ32
- Intel S33 series (QB25FxxxS33x8)
- Macronix MX25U1635E, MX25U3235E/F and MX25U6435E/F
- Numonyx N25Q016 and N25Q032
- SST SST25WF512, SST25WF010, SST25WF020 and SST25WF040
- Winbond W39F010/W39L010/W39L020
Infrastructural improvements and fixes
- struct flashctx contains a pointer to the detected flash chip instead of a complete copy.
- Some ISO C(99) changes, fixed memory leaks and removals of exit() calls.
- Improved CFLAGS and CPPFLAGS handling.
- Introduce a compile time option to select a default programmer.
- Do not read the flash chip twice in verification mode.
- Refactor PCI and USB device status accounting/printing.
- Unify PCI init and let pcidev clean itself up.
- Decouple BAR reading from pci device init.
- Make write granularity a chip attribute.
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Friday, August 13, 2010
Potato Capsicum Upkari / Stir Fry
Whenever I am in doubt about cooking something,the humble Potato always comes to rescue.It can almost always pep up my meal.I can have rice,chapathi with this alone,with some curd on the side and be content just like I had the happiest meal ever.But of late,I am trying to restrict the intake of Potato,for obvious reasons of course.
So when amma told me about this yummilicious combo of Potato and Capsicum,I was tempted.It was part of a meal they were served when they went to Karkala,my elder bro's wife house.Now,nothing can go wrong if paired with potato,so I let go off my restrictions for a while and tried this out.No prizes for guessing it turned out to be a "jhakaas" combination,great with rice as well as rotis.
Potato Capsicum Upkari
Potato - 2,medium-cubed
Capsicum - 1,big-cubed
Oil - 1 tbsp
Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
Urad dal - 1/4 tsp
Red chillies - 2,broken into bits
Salt to taste
In a kadai,add the oil and roast the capsicum till they start browning.
Remove from the kadai with a slotted spoon and keep aside.
In the same kadai,pop mustard seeds and urad dal.
Mix in the red chillies and saute for a minute.
Add the cubed potatoes and salt to taste.
Add enough water for the potatoes to cook and close with a lid.
When the potatoes are done,mix in the roasted capsicum and give a good mix.
Serve hot with Rice or Roti.
12 comments :
Yes they do a nice pair...and infact potato can b paired with anything..It is always single and ready to mingle kind..haha..ReplyDelete
looks simple n yummy
I second you. Potatoes with anything will be the best and make your meal so fulfilling :) Yummy :)ReplyDelete
will try this looks yum..ReplyDelete
I love this too, we had it a lot when we were kids, just that mom added a bit of turmeric.ReplyDelete
Looks yumm. Me too will be happy just with this with rice or chapathies witha good pickle.
A simple and delicious stir fry!ReplyDelete
Lovely click Divya. Like the healthy combo of veggies.ReplyDelete
Love this combo..ReplyDelete
simple easy and delicious stir fry.ReplyDelete
Hey, looks like a 'jhakaas' combination. Perfect with garam rotis.ReplyDelete
That looks great dear and looks simple and delicious.ReplyDelete
Nice one dear...Beautiful pics...I'm adding u to my blog list...I love ur blog...ReplyDelete
Hey Divya,ReplyDelete
Upkari sure is looking jhakaas. In Bengalis, potatoes are a must in every dish. You won't believe, their Biriyanis are incomplete without alu. If any person gets mingled easily with people, they compare him/her with this humble veggie.
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Pots De Creme
Time to study another French sweet!
Here are today's five thing to know about Pots De Creme
- Pot de crème is a loose French dessert custard dating to the 17th century.
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- It is usually looser than other custards, flans, or crème caramel.
- Pot de crème is made with eggs, egg yolks, cream, milk, and a flavor, often vanilla or chocolate.
- The milk and cream are heated and flavored, then mixed into the whisked eggs and egg yolks.
Today's Pinterest Board : Pots De Creme
Today's Food History
- 1940 The London production of 'Apple Sauce' opened at the Holborn Empire Theatre.
- 1944 Tim Bogert of the Rock group Vanilla Fudge was born.
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Chocolate Chip Addition (Kindergarten):
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These last two posts are fabulous. We really like the "if you give.." book series. I am visiting from Creatively Content. I will look forward to coming over for Sunday (sounds like I am coming for tea :))for your child centered link up. Thanks for the invite and again these last two posts are great. I might just have to use some of these ideas.ReplyDelete
I love those stories. My oldest loved If you give a mouse a cookie when he was little. We then bought the book that had all the stories in it. And yum...those cookies look delicious!!!ReplyDelete
my daughter loves this book. thanks for the great ideas to make this book even more fun + educational!
Very fun unit! My 6 year old just pulled that book back out, this morning - great book!ReplyDelete
Now I want pancakes! What a wonderful unit!
Thank you for linking to Read.Explore.Learn.
I l love the "If you give a......" series, and your ideas are simply adorable!!ReplyDelete
Cookie math is a fabulous idea. I'm all for the subtraction part!ReplyDelete
Love the playdough cookies and the magnet math. This is a favorite book at our house and one the kids want over and over so I'm always looking for new ways to extend the book! Thanks.ReplyDelete
What a fun-filled week!! I LOVE all your activities! We just did some math using this book last week too.
Seriously cute activities! I now want to eat a cookie :-)ReplyDelete
What a fantastic unit! We are doing cookies and cupcakes sometime in February.....pinned most of these ideas. Thank you for sharing! :)ReplyDelete
I have to say, learning in your house really is always fun :-) go you!
this is such a good idea! and I think I would add backing chocolate chip cookies after class :)ReplyDelete
I really like the idea of matching lower and upper case letters together. It can be confusing for children. I need this for my granddaughter.
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Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Rockets @ Bulls Game #27 1st Half Game Thread
126 comments:
lets get this startedReplyDelete
Where can I watch this online...Wife is hoggin' TV :/ReplyDelete
Good Luck Jeremy!ReplyDelete
JLin doing a good defensive job on Kirk Heinrich, shot only 1-3, but now the coach benches him for Douglas with 5 minutes left in the 1st.ReplyDelete
this is not good for jlinReplyDelete
Nice charge drawn by LinReplyDelete
Hate John Barry COmment. best scoring PG in first 5 first and the 25 games is legit. Just because you can't make as a NBA starter doesn't cause you to be jealous. and yeah bench JL while he was playing great defense and running good offense. FK McHale.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 25, 2012 at 5:43 PM
That steal by Lin is pretty much the same steal he did during summer league which led to dunk. Commentator are right, he is very unselfish to pass it to douglas.ReplyDeleteReplies
I think there is no one JLin loves assisting as much as TD. You can really see that Lin likes to play with Douglas.Delete
- AnonymousDecember 25, 2012 at 5:49 PM
He and Lin look genuinely happy together.Delete
And Lin made the right play because TD got a free lane to to the rim w/o anyone guarding him. No wonder his teammates love him!Delete
i think generally Lin love playing Pg and making assists.Delete
Great all-around game for Jeremy so far. 4p/4a/1s/1b/0to/+16ReplyDelete
Just keep doing what you're doing, Jeremy...maybe toss in a 3 for good measure.
Lin rested the last 5 min of the 1st quarter and Harden hasn't played in the 2nd quarter.ReplyDelete
It looks like McHale wants to distribute playmaking between Harden and Lin in the first half by giving one rest while the other is on court so Houston can push the pace.
It's a great plan because the Bulls can't score enough against Houston in a fast-paced game.
Let's watch Houston run Chicago to the ground!
Why does Delfino insist on controlling the ball on fast break??ReplyDelete
I never know what to expect from McHale rotations. Like sitting Harden out for the first six minutes of the 2Q. Working out quite well though, this early Lin substitution -> Harden sits out 2Q tactic. Keeping constant pressure on CHI.ReplyDeleteReplies
Beard back in nowDelete
Atleast Mchale is trusting lin to lead plays without harden on the court. Its a good rotation. The beard will be well rested and attack immediately the second he is back.Delete
It's keeping both of them fresh to push the pace of the game. I like this brilliant plan!Delete
If HOU scores 27-30 pts per quarter, they'll be on pace to reach 110-120
Delfino is a arrogant scrubReplyDelete
I counted more than 4 assists for Jeremy. Wow.nice lay up for Jeremy 8 ptsReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 25, 2012 at 5:55 PM
"He's got deceptive quickness". I'm going to chuck my gym sock at JB.ReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousDecember 25, 2012 at 5:57 PM
It's okay though. I used that stereotype against people during my jiujitsu days. People would judge me by by look and I would blow by them with strength and quickness.Delete
JB: He's [Asik] got really good hands.Delete
- AnonymousDecember 25, 2012 at 6:04 PM
JB thought he was looking at a Greg Smith in Asik.Delete
Knock on wood but this keeps up Bulls gunna get blown out by 30pts...Go Lin go Rockets!ReplyDelete
Who would have thought that Harden is the best screen partner for Lin lolReplyDelete
Bulls fans, where is the over rated chant now? LOLReplyDelete
...minus the turnovers!
Man! Lin is so quick and aggressive . I love it!ReplyDelete
Lin having a great game while the whole world is watching. The haters are in panic modeReplyDelete
Tough game for Rockets so far - only a 21 lead...ReplyDeleteReplies
UGLIEST UNIFORMS.ReplyDelete
Looks like a bunch of hot dogs playing against a bunch of crumpled up newspapers!Replies
You should have seen Knicks uniform...Looks like a bunch of prisoners playing basketball...Well now I think about it, suits them I guess.Delete
- AnonymousDecember 25, 2012 at 6:09 PM
LMAOOOOOO KHuang consider stand up comedy in the future.Delete
crumpled newspaper lol. i thought its more like those foils wrapped inside out.Delete
Jr smith looks like a criminal lol!Delete
In my forms of show business, I do stand up comedy on a micro level on a daily basis.Delete
My brain just comes up with this stuff and it's NORMAL for me. I can't help it. Get me in trouble ALL THE TIME.
- AnonymousDecember 25, 2012 at 6:22 PM
@Ryu ken. LMAOOOO.Delete
Rox look like they are wearing pappmache but Knicks did worse. They really looked like prisoners :)Delete
Actually, the Knicks looked to me like SHAOLIN MONKS!Delete
If Jeremy Lin were still a Knick, I'd go "Amitoufu" and draw 6 dots on his head while I stood on a ladder.
The Lakers looked like a bunch of ghosts. That's what they've played like all season, so no surprises there.
OK :) Thats the chinese view on things :)Delete
@Ryu ken:Delete
the Knick vs. Lakers game was like the old Street Fighter II video game with Ryu (white) vs. Ken (red)!
You notice that yourself, Ryu Ken?
Just wants to comment on The Rockets uniform... its hideous.ReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousDecember 25, 2012 at 6:08 PM
There are no words to describe the horrendous color. If I made that color in art class, my art teacher would have failed me on the spot.Delete
Maybe the Rockets and Bulls stayed out too late the last couple nights like I did, which would explain why they're wearing those ugly PAJAMAS.Delete
haha and i thought Rockets uniforms cannot get more uglier. Atleast its just for christmas.Delete
in terms of uniform, I just hate the Rockets logo, the R with dripping ends and the font used in spelling out "Rockets" in the home jerseys.Delete
LOVE that Lin/Harden pick and roll.ReplyDelete
Only good coaching move McHale has made so far!
Actually Chris Finch probably came up with it -- he's the team's "Xs and Os" expert.Replies
Probably LES ALEXANDER came up with it.Delete
Les is playing NBA Live 2012-2013 with the real Houston Rockets team!
The Harden/Lin pick and roll is most reminiscent of the Anthony/Lin pick and roll that Woodson was developing before Lin got hurt. Similar to Harden in the Harden/Lin PnR, opposing defenders were reluctant to leave Anthony and Lin took advantage by driving through. Very similar look for both sets.Delete
The last stretch of games has seen Lin restored to his Woodson playing level, which could and should have happened much earlier in the season. Perhaps the Rockets coaches finally put away the Linsanity gametape and got around to watching the better applicable gametape of Lin playing for Woodson.
Pathetic, Eric.Delete
Lin is playing WAY BETTER than he ever did with Woodson.
Woodson wouldn't have a CLUE what to do with Lin and Harden. It would be iso-Houston, all the way to the lottery.
Woodson has been a HORRIBLE coach for Jeremy Lin this season, getting Lin kicked off your Knicks like that.
McHale/Sampson >>>>>>>>>>>>> Woodson.
so happy though i cant watch the game stream so slow cannot load here in malaysia :) THANKS FOR THE UPDATEReplyDelete
12pts 5 assists on 6-8 shootingReplyDelete
Lin controlling the ball, playing as a PG. Harden playing as a SG, not a lead guard.ReplyDelete
Bulls' starting to play physical D and doing more double teams on ball handlers... I'll be expecting Noah to punk in the second half and draw blood from one of the Rockets...ReplyDelete
Go Rockets! Go Jeremy!
I'm horrified with all these Christmas jerseys! who designed those?!?! they don't look Christmas at all. they look like practice jerseysReplyDeleteReplies
No way No way the asian dude is playing so well..ReplyDelete
play by play idiot described Jeremy as being "deceptively fast" during the first half broadcast.ReplyDelete
Damn.. the racist crap Jeremy must go thru night in and night out...
Today is my birthday & Jeremy makes my day super special! Let's go Jeremy & the Rockets!ReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousDecember 25, 2012 at 6:17 PM
Happy birthday!!!!! On Christmas!!!!Delete
Happy Birthday Precious!Delete
happy birthdayDelete
Happy birthday Precious! ^^Delete
- AnonymousDecember 25, 2012 at 6:24 PM
Happy Birthday!Delete
Precious, my preciousss! Happy Birthday!Delete
BTW, are you a fan of LOTR (Gollum)?
Wow! Thank you! Didn't expect to get a greeting from u guys! I'm in the Philippines so it's technically the 26th of Dec here now ^^ heheDelete
@Psalm234 Yeah I got pretty famous coz of LOTR & Gollum ^^Delete
fellow pinoy here. hbd @Precious.Delete
What a wonderful Christmas & birthday present from Jlin to you Precious! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!Delete
Bill Simmons hella annoying been bashing on Jeremy hard when Jeremy was still recovering but JALEN Rose had Jeremys back. And magic and Michael wilborn always a fan of Jeremy.ReplyDeleteReplies
Simmons wrote good stuff on Lin last season, though. Like many NBA watchers, Simmons wasn't aware that Lin had improved this season, but his coaches were taking the ball out of his hands and playing Lin to his weakness.Delete
Lin isn't doing anything now he wasn't doing from the start of the season. He's just being allowed to do the good stuff more now. Lin often would start games playing like a PG and play well, then the ball and minutes would be taken from him during the course of the game.
The difference now is the ball isn't being taken out of his hands and Lin is being allowed to play to his strength rather than his weakness (deep spot ups). Lin isn't being stashed in the corner and his role isn't being radically diminished during the course of games anymore. He's being used like a real PG finally and the results show it.
Knicks screwed up TodayReplyDelete
Dantoni got that win
Nows yout turn LIN!!!Replies
Oh and Felton played pretty bad today in terms of shooting. It def made a difference in the score and i heard the knicks fan were unhappy with his play today! +1 for LinDelete
Whaddya expect from a Mike Woodson coached team???????Delete
felton is playing pretty bad in the last 5 games i think. The guy is not even trying to create shot for the others. He's a trigger happy PG who's badly missing.Delete
Raymond Felton is Mike Woodson's handpicked point guard.Delete
And to think that Woodson wanted to start Raymond Felton over Lin!
Good thing they lost.Delete
Im also glad that Lin and the Rockets beat the knicks twice in a row.
This is a +10 for Lin
- AnonymousDecember 25, 2012 at 6:22 PM
Good to see Jeremy playing like how we know he can play. Hope he keeps it up in the second half.ReplyDeleteReplies
Asik is beastingReplyDelete
Lin is leading with +33 now.ReplyDelete
I actually start to feel bad for the Bulls. They had noone to stop Harden and Lin and they couldn't buy a basket on the other end. This could turn to a 35pt lead soon
Lin posting up Nate Robinson. Now that's a mismatch.ReplyDelete
guys, new thread.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 25, 2012 at 6:33 PM
I love seeing Jeremy Lin smile. It's like something was pushing down on his chest and now he's able to get some airReplyDelete
Who said Lin couldn't post up? He made Robinson look like a midget lol.ReplyDelete
Lol holy cow 31 points difference. That is no jokeReplyDelete
31 lead so far. With a 40 point lead Harden and Lin should go to the bench, have a hotdog and drink some light beer.ReplyDelete
Asik is working really hard to wreck the bulls! Great stuffReplyDelete
LOL, Asik is getting his REVENGE too.ReplyDelete
Harden can get his revenge next week against OKC now that Jeremy is BACK.
All starters are at double digits - didnt even notice that!ReplyDelete
Love how LIN is getting those calls. He def got his MOJO bACK!!!!ReplyDelete
ASIK IS BEASTINGReplyDelete
18p/6a in 26 minutes!!! That's some CP3 stuff right here.ReplyDelete
If the Rockets keep this lead 20+, he might sit for the night.
Game TOMORROW against a rested T-wolves team.
Noah is getting played out by AsiK?ReplyDelete
Beleneli is such an underrated player... Gosh missed him from the raptors (yes, a raptors fan here. Torotonian here!ReplyDelete
I always knew he had an eye for a 3
Whoa, without Lin -- look what happened?ReplyDelete
Bench getting killed?ReplyDelete
Wow outscored 17 - 8 by Bulls its a good thing we had 27pt lead...Down to 17pts...C'mon guys close this out.ReplyDelete
I think this is all Asik today...Lol they want him to SHINE. He is actually FINISHING wow.ReplyDelete
Almost double-double for Lin.ReplyDelete
Its kind of sad McHale had to keep starters in to play against Bulls bench...JLin/Harden can use the rest.
double-double :)ReplyDelete
23pt lead with 3:22 to go bench best not blow this, Lin/harden/asik sits
WOw 4 starters with 20+ points, Morris has 10, bench combined for 17pts only...Bench needs to pull their weight :/ReplyDelete


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MonadPlus reform proposal
The MonadPlus class is ambiguous: while all instances satisfy Monoid and Left Zero, some such as [] satisfy Left Distribution, while others such as Maybe and IO satisfy Left Catch.
It is proposed that MonadPlus be split like this:
class Monad m => MonadZero m where
mzero :: m a
satisfying Left Zero:
mzero >>= k = mzero
class MonadZero m => MonadPlus m where
mplus :: m a -> m a -> m a
satisfying Monoid and Left Distribution:
mplus mzero b = b
mplus a mzero = a
mplus (mplus a b) c = mplus a (mplus b c)
mplus a b >>= k = mplus (a >>= k) (b >>= k)
class MonadZero m => MonadOr m where
morelse :: m a -> m a -> m a
satisfying Monoid and Left Catch:
morelse mzero b = b
morelse a mzero = a
morelse (morelse a b) c = morelse a (morelse b c)
morelse (return a) b = return a
Instances of both
Some types could be made instances of both. For instance:
instance MonadOr [] where
morelse [] b = b
morelse a b = a
Given that Control.Applicative(Alternative) now defines a class which seems innately bound to Left Catch, at least in spirit, it seems to make sense to clean up MonadPlus such that all instances obey Left Distribution? --sclv
I'd actually suggest almost the opposite, that MonadPlus be dispensed with and merged into Monad. The (controversial) fail method looks no different than an mzero, except the string argument; indeed, so far as I know fail s is just mzero for any MonadPlus. MonadPlus is also barely made use of; just guard and msum in the standard? To be concrete, I would make the following the default definitions (in Monad):
mzero = fail "something"
mplus a b = a
These are thus somewhat trivial by default, but having msum=head and guard=assert (roughly; more like (`assert` return ())) for less-flexible monads doesn't seem actually wrong and could be useful fallbacks.
I also question the claim that Maybe and IO should be thought of as "left catch". IO is not even in MonadPlus, and I don't see how it can be meaningfully in any way other than the above. Maybe does satisfy Left Catch, but it seems almost like that's only because it's such a simple monad (holding only one value). It is a useful observation that it fails Left Distribution, but that may only call for weaker Monad/Plus conditions.
The MonadOr idea is a solid one, but it seems to be taking the monad in a different direction. So if there's a good match in Control.Applicative or Parsec, that might be the best place to develop that idea. -- Galen


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Japan's Finance Minister Taro Aso has told CNBC he was satisfied that the Group of 20 (G-20) nations "understood" that his country was not trying to artificially manipulate its currency.
In an exclusive interview with CNBC on the sidelines of the G-20 meeting of finance ministers and central bankers in Moscow, Aso said the communique released seemed to validate Japan's motives for its recent economic policies, but added that this does not represent an endorsement.
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I am entering the contest with a tutorial on solar energy for robots.I do not have the video completed yet but that doesn't mean I can't enter right? edit: I am withdrawing from the contest. I read the main page again and I realized you have to own an axon to win an axon which in my opinion is a load of bull.
on a chance to make six bucks
I think I might enter this, but I would like to make it about Webbotlib and his project designer as much as it would be about the Axon itself. Is this ok? Or will I get marked down?
No writing needed. Its a video tutorial this time, just glance through.I promise you its easy to learn/use the Axon. (yea, I'm biased I know, but you aren't going to find an mcu easier than this)
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answers my question, but will separate videos on the same robot count as one, or separate entries?
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text: When I checked in at the RSA 2012 conference, I was directed to wear my badge at all times. "You won't be able to go anywhere without it," a registration official informed me. But this does not seem to be an obstacle for my anonymous source, whom I met on the first day of the conference. A risk management and physical security expert, he is in the business of "pen-testing humans" via social engineering, he said, and he also has an expertise in event security. I met him while I was covering the event, and he agreed to give me details of how he snuck into RSA in a matter of minutes without any credentials\u2014and then went back and got credentials under a fake name to boot. [Also see How to rob a bank: a social engineering walkthrough]My source was in the area attending the nearby B-Sides security event, and he had a B-Sides staff badge because he was working during some of that conference. Although he had not registered for RSA, he decided to wander over and see what was going on. "I walked in, walked around, cased the place for a few minutes," he explained to me. "I saw where all the entry points were located and where the security guards where standing." He stood for a short time and waited for a group of people to walk in together. When a new security guard came in to relieve another one near an entrance point, my source saw his chance. "I started walking in with a large group of people. I held up my badge and covered the B-sides logo with my thumb. I flashed it and said 'I'm staff' and kept going in, never missing a step." At that point, my source was in\u2014and free to take part in many of the RSA Conference activities. He said he walked around for a while and even attended two of the scheduled presentations. Expo hall: In through the out doorThe next challenge he decided to take on was getting onto the RSA expo floor, the large area where security vendors display their products and newest releases to attendees. The floor was closed until 6 pm that evening and guards were positioned at the doors, turning away anyone who was curious to get in. My source said he noticed there were several security guards manning the entrance, but only one on exit duty. "The exit area was large. I waited around and when she started talking to someone, I walked in the exit when someone else was walking out." At that point, he was on the expo floor, where most companies were still setting up displays and product demos for attendees. "At that point you are looking to steal badges, t-shirts, hats so you can act like you're working for a company," explained my source. "If they had company computers out and active, I could have messed with those. I could easily install a USB device with key logging software on it." Why not: Getting a badge under a fake nameAfter a short time on the expo floor, my source decided to exit the floor and left RSA to head back to B-Sides. But once he was out of the building, he searched on Google for any RSA RSVP codes companies had extended to clients and others to register for the conference for free. Using a free registration code he found online, he registered for RSA without using his real name. He then went in to the venue again to obtain an RSA badge and was given one without showing any form of identification. He only had to turn on his smartphone and show a copy of the confirmation email (which he got using a free code) in order to get his badge. My source noted as someone who makes a living by sneaking into events to check security, he thinks the biggest weakness was training for staff. "They need training of awareness of badges and an understanding what is allowed in and what is not," he noted. "And social engineers will take advantage of the crowds and chaos. But that is something security guards should be trained to deal with."


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Dallas Police Very Close to Figuring Out What 'Molly' Is
Police officers in Dallas are on the brink of a major breakthrough: they're going to figure out what drug "Molly" is and where you're getting it.
In North Texas and across the country there is a dangerous designer drug. It's not really new, but it's gaining popularity and is being laced through the lyrics of hip-hop music.
The street name for the drug is Molly. It has a long chemical name that's usually shortened to MDMA. Sometimes it's snorted or taken in capsule form. Other times the powder is wrapped in tissue and swallowed.
I will freely admit that my youth was more given over to "riding my bike to friends' houses" and "reading a lot of Timothy Zahn novels" than drug-fueled partygoing, but even I know more about Molly than the average Dallas narcotics officer. Let's take a closer look.
Is Molly a woman? Is she friends with Jay-Z?
When Jay-Z and other rappers reference Molly in their music they mean more than the girl next door. "It's a very dangerous drug that I'm afraid people can die of and have died in the past," said Dr. Stephen Garrison from Caron Treatment Centers.
What is Molly? Is it the same thing as Ecstasy? What about meth?
The street name for the drug is Molly. It has a long chemical name that's usually shortened to MDMA. Sometimes it's snorted or taken in capsule form. Other times the powder is wrapped in tissue and swallowed.
Hmm. That's a lot. Can you confuse the issue for us a little more?
"It's marketed because they want these children to use it. They want them to buy it. They make it seem cool. It's not as dangerous as meth, but it's the exact same drug," said Sgt. Danny, a Dallas police narcotics officer.
So it is meth, but better for you. The same, but different. Neither confounding the Substances; nor dividing the Essence, for there is one Person of Molly, another of Meth, and another of Ecstasy, which is MDMA. But they are all one; the Glory equal, the Majesty coeternal. The Molly uncreated, the Meth uncreated, and the Ecstasy uncreated. And yet they are not three eternals; but one eternal. As also there are not three uncreated; nor three infinites, but one uncreated; and one infinite.
(Meth and MDMA are not the same thing, although MDMA is a derivative of amphetamines.)
What does a Molly user look like?
They [narcotics officers] said at dance parties it is not uncommon to see people in clothes or glasses asking, "Have you seen Molly?"
Watch out for people wearing clothes, watch out for people in glasses. Don't discount the possibility that some of them might be wearing clothes and glasses both, at the same time, just to throw you off. Clothes people. Glasses people. Asking people. Standing, sitting. Legs, too. They've got those. If a person can get Molly, you'd better believe they can get legs. How many? You don't want to know.
Where do people go when they want to talk about Molly?
The officers said Molly is not just being talked about in music. "The same kids that are at the clubs taking it, they are talking about it on Facebook."
"Oh, hello."
"Don't I know you from club?"
"Actually, you know me from music. This is Facebook."
"Oh, I see. Most apologize."
"Please not. Won't you "like" my drugs?"
"Are they Molly?"
"Yes, very Molly. Have you any clothes?"
"Only for glasses."
"Oh, most."
"Good Facebook!"
"Good Facebook to you too."
Are there any more numbers you can give us that might help?
They said some of the girls they see taking the drug are as young as 15.
"Sometimes the clubs shut down at 4 o'clock in the morning and then they'll go to the after party until 6, 7, 8 o'clock in the morning and I don't know what these girls are telling their parents. Maybe that they are at a friend's house or whatever," Detective Mike said.
Some of these 15-year-olds, they were just 14 last year. Who knows what next year will bring. And the mornings? They're full of hours. They go all the way up to 9, 10, even 11. Sometimes further. What would you tell your parents?
Sounds good. Now take us home.
Dallas police have been out everywhere they think the drug is looking for it.
"You is smart. You is kind. You is important," added one of the officers, seemingly confused, before bursting into tears and being led out of the interview. "You is Molly. I am Molly?"


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The stalwart computing power of the Ohio Supercomputer Center recently played an integral role in a groundbreaking discovery by Cornell University scientists.
By combining theory and computational modeling, the researchers predicted that the lightest known metals in the universe, lithium (Li) and beryllium (Be), will bond under high levels of pressure and form stable — and possibly superconductive — alloys.
Under normal conditions, Li and Be repel each other. Unexpectedly, they also found that the combination creates a quasi two-dimensional electron gas sandwiched between the Li layers of the LiBe alloy.
"While I searched for stable high-pressure structures using the random search method, my colleague used chemical information to determine likely stable bond arrangements for LiBe," said Richard Hennig, Ph.D., a Cornell University professor in materials science and engineering. "OSC's queuing system enabled us to simultaneously run large numbers of density functional calculations within a few weeks time. This is a great benefit over other supercomputing centers."
The research, supported by the National Science Foundation, appeared in the Jan. 24, 2008, issue of the journal Nature.
"The Ohio Supercomputer Center was my first choice for computing the structures at each composition and pressure," Dr. Hennig said. He previously used OSC extensively for ab-initio and quantum Monte Carlo calculations of defects in semiconductors and phase transformation in transition metal alloys as a post-doctorate researcher under Ohio State University Physics Professor John Wilkins. Their on-going collaborations grant Dr. Hennig access to OSC's supercomputers from Cornell.
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Stéphane Côté and Pierre-Olivier Boily Vice-World Champions
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Stéphane Côté and Pierre-Olivier Boily won the Silver medal (yesterday) in the tandem road race at the World Handisport Championships in Aigle, Switzerland. The Québécois duo were at 35 seconds from winner, Team Poland. While the latter were in a break-away for their winning title, Côté and Boily themselves made a get away at 2 K from the finish in the 104 K race.
The Silver represents a great deal for the two riders, as last January 10th Boily - the pilot of the team - was in a serious car accident and suffered multiple leg, pelvis, knee, and heel fractures. The first thing I said to P-O (Pierre-Olivier Boily) was 'if I had said to you January 10th that you would finish second at the World Handisport Championships, would you have believed me?' marveled Stephane Cote, adding that the race pace was 48 K / hr.
We feel as though we have really succeeded. It's a wonderful way to close a season that has had so many detours. Explained Boily, 'I have progressed steadily this summer; I knew I could ride well, but I still hadn't had a lot of tandem races in my legs yet. I was nervous at the start line since I wasn't 100% confident. While I was recovering, I didn't see myself on a bike before mid-August -thankfully that was not the case! added Boily.
The Québécois duo attacked first at four laps to the finish ; with roughly 20 K to go, a group of five tandems broke away, including winners Team Poland, who attacked again in order to avoid getting swallowed by the main pack. AT that point, it seemed that any second place team would have to contend with a sprint finish, but Côté and Boily turned the tide in their favour. At 2 K to the finish there was a viaduct which was the main climb on the circuit. During our pre-rides of the course, Pierre-Olivier and I decided that that was the best spot to attack, so when P-O got up on his pedals, I was really happy. We rode very economically and intelligently.
We still had another card up our sleeves during the race, and when we decided to play it, it worked out perfectly. Added Boily. We were either going to finish second or twentieth.
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PHOENIX (AP) — Retirees and other residents from all over the country were among those who donated nearly $500,000 to help Arizona defend its immigration enforcement law, with most chipping in $100 or less, according to an analysis of documents obtained Thursday by The Associated Press.
The donations, 88 percent of which came through the Arizona defense fund's website, surged this week after the federal government sued Tuesday to challenge the law. A document from Gov. Jan Brewer's office showed that 7,008 of the 9,057 online contributions submitted by Thursday morning were made in the days following the government's filing.
Website contributions came from all 50 states, plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, including nearly 2,000 from Arizona. Donations ranged from $5 to $2,000, with the vast majority between $10 and $100.
The AP examined about a quarter of the fund's total contributions, and found only two that came from businesses.
The willingness of thousands of individual Americans to contribute to the Arizona fund illustrates broad concern and frustration over border security and illegal immigration. The state's legislation has since renewed calls for broader immigration changes.
The Arizona law includes a requirement that police enforcing another law generally must investigate the immigration status of people if there is "reasonable suspicion" to believe the people are in the United States illegally.
Brewer and other supporters say the law will prompt illegal immigrants to leave the state and that state action was required by a failure of the federal government to secure the border.
Opponents say the law will promote racial profiling and is unconstitutional because regulating immigration is reserved for the federal government.
Donors contacted by the AP said they contributed because the federal government should be helping Arizona, not taking the state to court.
"Arizona needs our help," said Mary Ann Rohde, a retired municipal worker who lives in Rialto, Calif., who donated $20 with her husband. "It's a disgrace what our government is doing."
Howard E. Sanner, of Houston, said Arizona's approval of its law should help prod the federal government to act on border security to help prevent criminals and terrorists from entering the country illegally.
"It's just a mess that has to be straightened out," said Sanner, a retired clothing and linen salesman who said he supports legal immigration and donated $5 to the fund.
Georganna Myer, an Arizona Department of Revenue spokeswoman, said the state tax agency believes contributions to the fund are deductible for Arizona and federal income purposes because they are donations to a state.
Brewer spokeswoman Tasya Peterson said Thursday that donors are required to identify themselves when they submit online contributions. An online form specifies a minimum donation of $5 but does not state a maximum.
With the federal lawsuit, the law enacted in April and set to take effect July 29 is now the subject of six lawsuits now pending in federal court. Other plaintiffs include civil rights groups, individuals and several Arizona municipalities.
Brewer established the Governor's Border Security and Immigration Legal Defense Fund with an executive order on May 26. Her office said the state had received about $10,000 in unsolicited donations from people in dozens of states by then.
It's unclear what the state's legal costs will be in defending the law. Snell & Wilmer, the Phoenix-based law firm representing the state in the pending challenges, told a federal judge Wednesday that its lawyers were working extra hours to respond to the filings in the cases.
Citing the crush of filings in the case, U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton has imposed limits on the size of so-called "friend of the court" briefs filed by groups in support or opposition to the law.
Snell & Wilmer managing partner John Bouma declined to estimate how much his firm's work would cost and said attorney-client confidentiality precluded him from discussing billing matters.
Peterson, the Brewer spokeswoman, said she did not know whether the state has received an initial bill from the firm.
Brewer hired the private lawyers to represent the state even before the Democratic attorney general, Terry Goddard, agreed to Brewer's demand to withdraw from the state's defense. He had opposed the legislation but said he was willing to do his duty to defend the state law.
Alessandra Solar Meetze, executive director of the Arizona chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, declined to comment on the fund. The ACLU was among organizations that filed one of the major challenges to the law.
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Adventurers of the Year Tribute: Hendri Coetzee, Kayaking's Underground Icon
Over the past few weeks, the kayaking community has come together to ask us to honor legendary paddler Hendri Coetzee in our Adventurers of the Year feature. Their voices were heard. This underground icon of the kayaking world captured the spirit of adventure on par with the world's greatest explorers. He will be greatly missed. Photograph by Darin McQuoid
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South African Hendri Coetzee—among the greatest expedition paddlers of his generation—kayaked the Nile from source to sea, twice, and undertook some of the longest and hardest waterways on Earth, often alone.
Until just a few months before his tragic death in December, it was very difficult to find much detail regarding the never ending adventure that was Hendrik "Hendri" Coetzee's life. That's just how the South African liked it: This is a man who told almost no one about his epic, record-breaking trip down the entire length of the longest river in the world, the Nile. But he also had friends, and a growing fan base. So Coetzee started a blog. As with everything he did, this was no half-hearted venture. Coetzee captured the excitement of his expeditions with wisdom and humor, his entries were insightful and heartfelt, and give us a glimpse into the mind of a true explorer.
His last trip, a first descent down the Ruzizi River, along the borders of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda and Burundi, uncovered some of the steepest and largest volume whitewater in the continent. Just a few days in, Coetzee was euphoric:
"I thought I had been to most of the big gorges in Africa but it turns out only to the known ones. To find myself in something of that scale, almost unknown, was worth every drop of sweat, every public bus ride, every fly infested nowhere border town I have invested time in, ever. Dwarfed by lush green mountains rising up to 3,000 feet above us, we were drawn in ever deeper with a constant eye on the banks for trouble, by the river with every foot of is relentless gradient.
"To avoid detection from possible soldiers downstream, we took out at the last big rapid. An army of impromptu porters were eager to carry our boats out what seemed to me a challenging affair. ¾ up, the storm unleashed, dragging a curtain of water towards us through the warped valley. As hard, warm drops trashed at our little selves and a pair of goats,we stood precariously on a unknown slope deep in the heart of Africa, for once my mind and heart agreed, I would never live a better day."—By Ryan Bradley
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