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Inside Man Q & A's
Q: I have an open loft and I need to get a dining table that can double as an office area. I also want it to be useful for cocktail parties, and maybe even be able to have a sit-down dinner party at some point. I want something that can work as both a desk and a table and won't look awkward. Can you point me towards some good options? - Sent from Paul in Chicago
A: Paul, you might consider an extension table, which will allow you to keep things compact while you're working but can give you room to spread out when you're entertaining. We've rounded up a few options below.
Another piece we've seen used as both desk and dining table is the Strut by Blu Dot. It's a little narrower than a regular dining table, so it functions well as a desk. It's also got a nice structural base that looks cool in a larger loft area.
Depending on what style you like, here are some good, basic options (photos shown above):
• 1 Extension Dining Table from BoConcept, $1,695
• 2 Angled-Leg Expandable Dining Table from West Elm, $499
• 3 Extensia Dining Table from Ligne Roset
• 4 Ventura Round Extension Table, $2,300
• 5 Blu Dot Strut Table, $1,100
For more extension table options, check out this post.
Want More?• Check out GQ's style guide at gq.com/theinsideman.
• Read more posts on guy style at theinsideman.apartmenttherapy.com.
We've teamed up with Valspar Paint to create The Inside Man, a special feature dedicated to daily (Monday – Friday) posts from Apartment Therapy and GQ about men's color conundrums and style questions.
Every other week, we're posting Q&As from Apartment Therapy readers. From sofas with cup holders to brilliant bachelor pads, we're focusing on the decor dilemmas men often bring to us.
Photos: BoConcept, West Elm, Ligne Roset, Room and Board, Blu Dot


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Christmas Card Contest 2015
HSF needs YOUR holiday pictures for our Christmas cards!
Every year, the Home School Foundation invites homeschoolers to send in original photographs, scanned artwork, or computer graphics that celebrate the Christmas season. We turn our favorites into Christmas cards to send to the widows and widowers who received grants from us in the past year. During the fall, the Christmas cards will then be available for purchase in the HSLDA Store.
For each photo, artwork, or computer graphic entry, select a category:
Category 1: Christmas Memories
No limit on number of submissions under one or multiple categories.
Important Perspective: Keep in mind that the purpose of the artwork is for use on the front of Christmas greeting cards. In keeping with this goal, you are welcome to use computer enhancement on artwork or photography. Have fun making it beautiful, but remember not to copy or use anyone else's work in the process.
Any homeschooling parent, teacher, or student that is 10 years old or older as of January 1, 2015.
The 1st place winner from each category will receive a box of 12 cards created from their entry, and a $25 HSLDA Store gift card.
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Harry (Gene) Kuhrt
Harry (Gene) Kuhrt, 82, of Borger, passed away, Thursday, January 12, 2012.Harry Lugene Kuhrt was born Saturday, June 29, 1929 in Denver, CO to Harry William and Dorsie (Hubbard) Kuhrt. Harry graduated high school in Fort Lupton, Co. He went on to finish his education at Denver University and Texas Tech University. He married Jo Ann Hubbard on December 27, 1950. He worked for Phillips Petroleum for thirty-three years in various positions including chemist. He worked for seven years for Texas Department of Mental Health and was chairman of CRCG. Harry was a active member of Fairlanes Baptist Church, donating his time and expertise as a teacher, church business moderator and Chairman of the Deacons. He was a member of Lions Club for over fifty years holding many positions as an officer and committee member and receiving the highest award in the club, The Melvin Jones Fellow Award. He was a 32nd Degree Mason, a Shriner and a Gideon. Harry also served on the Salvation Army Board for many years. Harry loved kids and spent many hours mentoring and counseling at risk students within the Borger Independent School District. Harry was Borger's Citizen Of The Year in 2011 making Borger better by believing in Borger and Borger citizens. He is preceded in death by his parents and his sister, Berniece Chambers.Survivors include his wife, Jo Ann; two sons, Stephen Delbert Kuhrt and wife Senila of Adairsville, GA and Morris Gene Kuhrt and wife Denna of Midland, TX; two daughters, Melinda Lou Lynch and husband John of Fountain Valley. CA and Bethany Ann Cowan and husband Leon of Charlotte, NC; eleven grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 11:00AM, Monday, January 16, 2012 at Fairlanes Baptist Church in Borger, TX with Rev. Paul Burwash officiating. Private family burial will be at 10:00AM in Highland Park Cemetery.Mr. Kuhrt will lie in state at Brown Chapel Of The Fountains in Borger, TX on Saturday, January 14, 2012 from 8:00AM to 8:00PM and Sunday, January 15, 2012 from 12:00PM to 6:00PM. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to: Gideon's International, 2200 West 7th Avenue, Amarillo, TX 79106-6782, Salvation Army, 1090 Coronado Circle, Borger, TX or a charity of your choice.Send personal condolences to www.brownfuneraldirectors.net.


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Jose Mourinho has handed starts to Gonzalo Higuain and Jose Callejon as Real Madrid travel to Osasuna in La Liga.
It has been a case of shuffling the squad this week for the Blancos trainer, with Sergio Ramos, Cristiano Ronaldo and Antonio Adan all suspended, and Pepe still sidelined through injury.
Iker Casillas replaces Adan in goal after the 25-year-old was sent off in last week's thrilling 4-3 win over Real Sociedad, while Raphael Varane and Raul Albiol start at centre-back in the absence of Ramos and Pepe.
In midfield Xabi Alonso shrugs off a neck injury to start in front of the back four alongside Sami Khedira, while Luka Modric, Angel Di Maria and Callejon support lone forward Higuain in attack.
Mesut Ozil drops to the bench for the capital-based side, where he joins the likes of Karim Benzema and Kaka. Marcelo is also named as a substitute as he continues his comeback from injury.
For Osasuna, Alejandro Arribas returns from suspension to take his place in defence, while new loan signing Miguel de las Cuevas is named among the substitutes.
Osasuna (4-2-3-1): Fernandez; Bertran, Ruben, Arribas, Damia; Lolo, Oier; Cejudo, Nino, Armenteros; Sola
Subs: Ricardo, Flano, Punal, de las Cuevas, Llorente, Timor, Loe
Real Madrid (4-2-3-1): Casillas; Arbeloa, Varane, Albiol, Coentrao; Xabi Alonso, Khedira; Modric, Di Maria, Callejon; Higuain
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Now that Marco Rubio is playing the political field like a potential candidate for Vice President of the United States -- let's take a look at a timeline of his accomplishments and rise to power, as outlined by MamásLatinas writer Michelle Regala.
This week Florida senator and potential Republican vice presidential pick, Marco Rubio, campaigned on Mitt Romney's behalf, specifically aiming his speech at Latino voters. Rubio, who has recently been working on an alternative to the DREAM act, is known for being one of the GOP's favorites, despite his controversial back story. But how exactly did he make his way to the forefront of the political crowd? Well, we've put together a timeline of Rubio's rise:
May 28th, 1971: Marc Rubio is born in Miami Florida, the second son and third child of Mario Rubio and Orla Garcia, who emigrated from Cuba to the US in 1956.
1989: Rubio graduates South Miami Senior High School and heads to Tarkio College on a football scholarship. He's there for only year before transferring to Santa Fe Community College and then to University of Florida, where he earned his Bachelor's degree in 1993.
1996: Rubio earns his J.D. degree cum laude from University of Miami School of Law. While studying, he interned for a U.S. representative.
1998: Rubio marries his wife, Jeanette Dousdebes Rubio. They now share 4 children: Amanda, Daniella, Anthony and Dominic. Rubio recently told press: "I can tell you that none of my children were planned," as he and his wife are devout Roman Catholics and do not practice birth control.
2000: In January, Rubio was elected to the Florida House of Representatives for the 111tth district. He also won each of his re-election bids.
2006: Rubio travels around the state hosting "idearaisers" to gain input from Florida residents. One hundred of the ideas were compiled into book 100 Innovative Ideas for Florida's Future and approximately 57 ultimately became law. Rubio is elected Speaker of the Florida House for the 2007-2009 term.
2009: Rubio announces that he plans to run for the United States Senate in 2010 for the Republican seat. He eventually surpasses incumbent Governor of his party, Charlie Crist for the Republican nomination. He becomes the face of a movement, making the cover of National Review and winning endorsements from George Will, Karl Rove and Rush Limbaugh.
2010: On November 2, Rubio wins the senatorial election with 48.9 percent of the vote with the large support of Tea Party members. His charisma and good looks prompt many to label him "The Obama of the Right".
2011: Controversy surrounds Rubio when allegations fly that he embellished his family's history by saying his parents were exiles and fled Cuba during Fidel Castro's communist revolution, when they, in fact, moved three years before Castro came in to power.
2012: Rubio becomes the subject of speculation as a potential GOP VP candidate for the presidential election of 2012, to serve alongside Mitt Romney. He gave a speech yesterday in an attempt to energize the Republican base and get Latinos to reconsider Romney as a viable candidate.
What do you think of Rubio as a potential vice president?
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NIRAJ RATHI elaborates on the impact of GST across the power, roads, ports, railways, mining and other infrastructure segments.
The Goods and Services Tax (GST) is set to replace most of India´s indirect tax system and the impact will be felt across sectors. The GST Bill could boost the infrastructure segment owing to two provisions: Elimination of the cascading impact or ´tax on tax´, and the seamless set-off of input tax owing to continuous input credit flow. Although more clarity on the rate structure, exemptions and procedural details is awaited, the following analysis is based on the current draft.
India´s infrastructure sector largely comprises power, roads, ports, railways and mining segments. The indirect tax regime for each of these is different and the GST would affect each differently. However, the scale and length (time period) of project contracts is a common factor. As most contracts are multi-year and high-value, agreements signed under the current tax regime can overlap with years of the GST regime. Additionally, all projects include two major components: Material and services. Both are taxed at different rates under the current regime but would be taxed at a uniform rate under the GST regime. This poses a significant challenge to ongoing contracts as project costs could change owing to a change in the tax structure. Construction materials used in most projects include steel, cement, wires, cables and bitumen, and costs for these would also change because of the impact of GST on individual items.
The power sector currently does not have an output tax liability, except electricity duty, which is charged by individual state governments. Electricity has been kept out of the ambit of the GST as well. Hence, input taxes on capital expenditure and other supplies such as coal become costs to power companies and are in built in the cost of power. Currently, the power sector procures input material at 2 per cent central sales tax (CST) and pays service tax at 15 per cent. With the proposed GST rate of 18 per cent, the cost of power projects is likely to increase, impacting viability. For operating power plants, the tax on input such as coal for thermal power plants and natural gas for gas-based plants would also change. Currently, for a thermal power plant, linked coal attracts excise duty at 6 per cent, while imported coal attracts customs duty of about 20 per cent. As electricity is outside the ambit of GST, the increase in tax rates will have to be absorbed as cost of operations and the inability to pass it on by way of higher electricity charges could impact profitability. Long-term power purchase agreements that do not have appropriate clauses to pass on this additional tax burden might lose out. Gas-based plants that currently pay value-added tax (VAT) on input gas may also see an increase in operation costs if the GST rate is higher than the VAT rate. Even plants that sell power in the open market might not be able to pass on the increased costs as power rates have been falling.
Owing to the ongoing emphasis and policy actions towards achieving 100-GW renewal energy (RE) by FY22, the Government of India and various states have started adding solar capacity. Solar tariffs in competitive bidding have fallen drastically in recent bids. However, these bids are based on certain tax exemptions provided by the Centre and states. These projects run a risk of becoming unviable if the exemptions are not continued under the GST regime.
Also, non-availability of credit on electricity duty paid is a burden on the industry as it breaks the chain of uninterrupted input credit flow, which is at the core of the GST Bill.
EPC contractors
Currently, EPC contracts (composite or work) are subject to service tax and VAT. Also, dispute and litigations have arisen owing to treatment of a particular contract (it can be treated as contract for supply of material, provision of services or a composite works contract) as service tax is a central tax and VAT is state tax.
Current tax laws also provide for valuation of contracts on composite basis or separately and the tax liability is different for the purpose of service tax payment (either under a regular scheme or after standard deduction). Also, no input credit is available on goods used in the works contract (iron or steel, wires, etc). However, lower input material prices owing to the positive impact of GST would lead to a drop in overall contract costs.
Currently, VAT is also levied on the value of goods used (input credit can be claimed). Individual states provide for composite valuation and tax liability at low rates subject to no input tax credit being taken and no tax invoices being issued.
As there is an overlap of Central and state taxes, these contracts are subject to litigations to determine tax liabilities. With the model GST specifically treating works contracts as supply contracts, these litigations could end. However, as EPC contracts are complexly structured, it would still be a challenge to determine whether a particular contract is a works contract or a supply or a service contract.
The impact of change in tax rates will have to be assessed contract-wise. The model GST Bill also provides - under section 16 (9) - that no credit can be taken on goods and services in the ¨execution of works contract¨, which results in the construction of immovable property, other than plant and machinery. This is similar to the provision in the current tax regime wherein no Cenvat credit is available on inputs used for works contracts. This restriction on availability of input credit can lead to an increase in project costs depending on the type of project.
Road, rail and airport projects
Construction services provided to these segments are exempt from paying service tax. Similarly, composite contracts for supply and services are not works contracts under Section 65 (105) (zzzza) of the Finance Act, 1994. Hence, no service tax is chargeable on works contracts for roads, rail and airports. However, EPC contractors are liable to pay service taxes to transporters as well as states VAT at 10-15 per cent depending on where they are located. The new GST act will not improve the input tax credit availability for these sectors owing to Section 16 (9) mentioned above.
Mining output is usually exempt from central taxes such as excise duty and only royalty is collected, which is outside the purview of GST. However, taxes need to be paid on input supplies and services used. The impact of GST would be positive if these taxes are lower than current taxes for input supplies and services, while a higher GST rate would have a negative impact on profitability.
The cost of construction would fall as GST would lead to a reduction in overall costs for construction materials such as steel, cement, cables and wires owing to the elimination of the cascading impact and seamless input credit available for set-off. While this would lower project and operational costs, benefits hinge upon the availability of output credit to offset the input credit that comes from the use of these materials.
Cement, steel wires and cables, coal
The current excise duty on cement is 12-14 per cent; coal attracts 6 per cent excise duty, steel wires and cables attract around 12.5 per cent. VAT on these products ranges between 10-15 per cent. These duties would be subsumed by the proposed GST rate of about 18 per cent and lead to lower prices overall. Also, the input credit available to manufacturers would increase and, if passed on to end customers, is likely to result in lower prices. However, for power projects and operational power units currently procuring inputs at lower tax rates, the impact would be negative as electricity is outside the ambit of GST and input tax is a cost. Benefit to other projects would also accrue based on the ability to offset the input credit of these items with the output tax.
Compliance costs
Finally, the benefit of GST would also flow from the ease of compliance it would offer. Elimination of multiple taxes and tax laws is a certainty.
However, EPC contracts spread across multiple states would require contractors to register at multiple states including their site offices owing to the ¨place of supply¨ concept. Also, the site offices will have to be upgraded in terms of technology as input credit would be available only after an online reconciliation of tax invoices.
About the author:
Niraj Rathi is Associate Director-Corporate Ratings at India Ratings & Research, a Fitch Group company.


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I just read the story about the yard-sign thefts in the Shores and almost laughed out loud!
To begin with, this antiquated ego-based method of campaigning not only shows a propensity to waste money, but when used as intended and legally installed in yards, they do little more than alienate neighbors with opposing views. I would hope no voter makes their decisions based on a sign with a name or "yes" or "no" printed on it.
The reality is, the majority of these eyesores are installed in the dark of night, either along the sides of our roads, taped up to public poles or stuck in fences surrounding private properties, all illegally. One candidate's signs go up and the rest follow like sheep. I expect more from our leaders.
When I have called or emailed the candidates to bring this to their attention, they universally deny responsibility and claim they can't control their own workers. This is not a reassuring quality in someone who claims they are going to attempt to fix much bigger problems.
It's bad enough our mailboxes are so crammed with political fliers slamming the opponents; at least they contain a sliver of information. The yard signs have little more than a name and should be discontinued entirely; the monies would be better spent providing facts about the candidates and issues we vote on.
While taking something from a neighbor's private property is wrong, I don't see the point of putting a sign up in the first place. Stop the practice and we will stop the "problem" and will all benefit from the extinction of this blight.
Chris Cott
My choice on Nov. 6
Referring to District 1 City Councilwoman Sherri Lightner, the La Jolla Light asks, "Was the voice of La Jolla ever really heard downtown?"
The answer is YES — it has been and yes, it will continue to be, IF you vote for Sherri in this election.
The voice of La Jolla speaks with attention to La Jolla's past and future, knowing that the key to keeping the unique value of La Jolla is keeping its low-key seaside village ambiance and charm.
The value of La Jolla keeps increasing because ambiance is in short supply across the country. In too many other places of the world, this ambiance has been destroyed by excess development.
A vote for Sherri is a vote to assure that the rules and processes to maintain that ambiance remain in place and continue to be enforced.
Some do not like this care for La Jolla because they know they can make a bigger development profit if they buy low while restrictions are in place and then use politics to remove or ignore the restrictions to make a quick profit. These people are delighted to run a businessman against Sherri with the hope that he will undo the work Sherri has done to make City Hall actually follow the rules for protecting La Jolla from excess development.
This is a clear choice and I hope you will join me in caring for La Jolla's longterm value instead of developing it for a quick buck. I will be voting for Sherri Lightner — the clear choice for neighborhoods.
Darcy Ashley
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Also, I extend my condolences to DarkWolf, and must inquire what difficulty he is playing on. Word from those who see themselves as wise: never, ever, melee the flood with anything shy of a gravity hammer or an energy sword. Start the level over, aim for the center of mass, not the head, and stop using plasma weapons. I will also add that the flamethrower can become a liability both at higher difficulty settings and in co-op
Yes, I should have been more clear. I'm out of ammo, and the only way I can hurt them is via a melee attack. I'm playing on Heroic, can't find a Brute Shot or anything with a one-hit melee blade, and I'm really pissed because there were like ten energy swords at the beginning of the level, and there aren't any now. And I've drained both the flame throwers I've found without killing myself, and the third person view that comes with it has saved my ass. But, sadly, I'm now back to taking down Scarabs on Legendary, which is easier than the damned Flood level.


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The dreaded nurse partitioner visit …weight and waitingJune 19, 2011 at 9:44 am | Posted in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) | 5 Comments
Well I had my yearly nurse practitioner visit on Friday. I was dreading it because (a) All other nurse practitioner visits, bar one, since the dawn of time, have been a complete waste of time, and sometimes quite significant amounts of time( b) I didn't want to see Mrs M-m-m-methotrexate ever again and (c) I know I've put on a lot of weight over the winter and didn't want a lecture.
Well things started off OK. The junior nurselet didn't call three of us in together, make us follow her like a row of waddling, arthritic ducks and then make two stand in the corridor while she weighed the first one and told everyone the result. She just called me in and did the weighing, didn't even comment on it, didn't even say 'Ooh, that-many kilograms, shall I convert that into stone for you?' I was ready for that one, with 'No thanks, I know what I weigh. I weighed this morning.' I HAD weighed that morning. In fact I'd bought a new battery for the scales specially.
The only criticism of junior nurselet is that she called my name and then COMPLETELY ignored me as we walked to the weighing room – no 'Good morning' or anything; in fact she didn't even wait for me, just walked off and let me follow like a bad mother mallard's sole remaining duckling.
Anyhooo, the way it works is you sit in quite a comfy, well laid-out waiting area with magazines and things, and then you get weighed and 'sampled' (unless you've forgotten to bring one as I usually do!) and sent to the inner sanctum, a smaller, far less comfy waiting area with less reading material and a lot of glum looking patients! It's now been given a boost by some artwork though, 'specially commissioned to commemorate the life of Seth' somebody or other. Now I have to say, and I know I shouldn't whinge and should appreciate anything to brighten up that gloomy little windowless room, but Seth must have led one hell of a boring life, whoever he was. There may have been better pictures behind me that I didn't see, but that were three that I did see. One was a photo of some beach huts, one was a rather jolly semi-abstract that I think was sun-set over the sea and that I actually rather liked and one was … well, a mug of tea and what looked like a beef-burger sitting behind it. Now Seth might have loved his tea, and bully for him if he did, but sitting looking at a picture of a mug of tea for ages is a) not that inspiring anyway and b) slightly frustrating in this horrid little room where there's no chance of getting a cup of tea (or any other drink, with the possible exception of a glass of water) until you escape!
Still, that's more than enough chatter about a waiting room I think … having examined the artwork I noticed the notice board … as you do. It said that various doctors were in room rooms 1, 3, 5 and 7 and that various nurse practitioners were in rooms 2, 4, 6 and 8. (I've muddled the rooms to protect the innocent.) I saw that Penguin's favourite nurse practitioner was in room 2, two that I didn't know were in rooms 4 and 6 and Mrs M-m-m-m-methotrexate was in room 8. Then I saw junior nurselet come in with my notes … oh please, please, please, not room 8. Anything but room 8! (And preferably room 2 come to that.) She walked up to room 2 'Yes, yes, YES!' and hesitated – looked at the ENORMOUS bundle of notes on the trolley and carried on round … all the way to room 8!! Nooooooooooooooooooo…
Yes! Oh doom.
So there I was, twenty minutes fretting about having to see HER again …in between listening to the couple next to me arguing and the old codger on the other side muttering under his moustache about 'this department's a bloody joke', 'I've been waiting hours' and 'turn that bloody phone off – shouldn't be on in here'. Quite right about the last one actually, and it was my phone that rang – oops.
Finally Mrs M-m came out and called me. Heart in boots I toddled in. 'I'm Mrs M-m-m-m-methotrexate,' she said, 'Nice to meet you'. Help! Has she forgotten I complained about her? Is this a trap? Do I say, 'nice to meet you too,' only for her to say, 'Actually we've met before, you complained about me'? Do I say, 'We've met' and get us off to a bad footing straight away. So, diplomatic as ever, I think I managed an 'er …um'.
'Well,' she said, 'how are you doing?' 'Pretty well,' says I. 'Oh … good bye then.' Good lord, was that a JOKE? Is she actually human? Yes, it was and she is. How extraordinary. To cut a middle-sized story short, she was absolutely fine. We had quite a useful conversation about a couple of minor things that were bothering me and then of course the dreaded weight issue. 'You could do with losing some weight. You've put quite a bit on since we last saw you and would help the knees and ankles.'
'I have been thinking about it,' I replied gloomily. 'Unfortunately I've also been eating too much.'
'Well you need to think harder, eat less and exercise more.'
'Yes … I know.'
End of weight conversation! So I can't even criticise her for belabouring the point – and frankly I can't really criticise her for not offering more help because I KNOW what I should be doing. It's not that I need to see a dietician; I know what a healthy diet looks like … I just prefer cake. I certainly don't need to join a gym – you wouldn't get me through the door for a million pounds. And I know what kinds of exercise it's OK for me to do … I just need to do them. <Sigh>
Anyway, I went on a 'spinning with a drop spindle' course yesterday. More about that in another post, but just to say here that hubby pointed out helpfully that I'd have been better off going on a course on one of those spinning exercise bike things. <Sigh> He might be right …
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Ha, ha, this rings a bell! Got to go tomorrow to be weighed by a nurse several inches shorter than me (and at least a couple of inches wider!) who will shake her head and say something annoying like 'Well, we certainly haven't lost any weight, have we?' and I shall have to smile and resist the urge to say 'Well, you certainly haven't'. Then I have to see the rheumatologist who only speaks to my knees, and try to convince him that I don't need a gastroscopy just because I'm slightly anaemic (when it seems obvious to me that it's either the arthritis or the drugs, since I was a blood donor before the arthritis, and I have no problems with my gut!). I can't believe it's never occurred to me to 'forget' the sample – that alone should improve the day slightly…
Nice to know I'm not alone in East Anglia, your blog is great, thanks for sharing your thoughts with us!
Comment by Kathy— June 19, 2011 #
I think it's ridiculous, all this medical nagging about weight. The science is in by now – it's not as simple for everybody as just eating less and doing more. And on the basis of a completely unscientific and made-up poll of me and most other cripples I know, weight is more likely to reduce when one is feeling healthier. I wonder if our bodies hold on to fat and stimulate our cake appetite when we're in a low state, on the basis that we're not going to be able to get out and do much hunting/gathering? (Apologies for cod evolutionary speculation…) Doctors must know that if they can get us feeling better we're likely to be more active and less cake reliant. So why not focus on that?
Comment by misspiggy— July 5, 2011 #
[…] I was 'better off than most people I see in here.' Then there were all time times the junior nurse 'processing' us prior to appointments made us feel like ducklings, or perhaps more like Turkeys at Christmas. There […]
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A lux addition to baby's stroller!
Uses only one skein of superwash Spud and Cloe wool and organic cotton yarn.
Gender neutral design makes for perfect and unique gift!
Note that due to fit, these straps may not be suitable for newborns or small infants. My photo is for display and the pads are pulled down to show detail. Remember that the chest bar needs to be at chest level. Safety first!
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A parade float filled with wounded veterans that was struck by a freight train had crossed onto the railroad tracks after warning signals were going off, investigators said Saturday.
Four veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan were killed and 16 more people were injured when the train crashed into the flatbed truck in West Texas.
It was the second of two floats carrying veterans in Thursday's parade in Midland. The first was exiting the tracks when the warning bells and signals were activated, 20 seconds before the accident, according to the National Transportation Safety Board. The second float didn't enter the tracks until several seconds after the warning system went off, the NTSB said. By that time, the guardrail was lowering.
"Once the crossing becomes active, people should stop," lead investigator Robert Accetta with the NTSB said at a news conference Saturday afternoon.
The timeline was pieced together by combining information from a video camera mounted on the front of the train, another one on a sheriff's car and a data recorder that acts like an airplane's black box, activating when the train blared the horn, NTSB member Mark Rosekind said.
Nine seconds before the crash, the train sounded its horn, a blaring that lasted four seconds, according to Rosekind. The guardrail hit the truck, then the engineer pulled the emergency brake, trying to bring the train that was traveling at 62 mph to a screeching halt.
People on the first float and dozens of others who had come out to greet the veterans shrieked and watched in shock, as some aboard the truck tried to jump off, witnesses said. The veterans' military instincts kicked in as they treated the wounded.
The NTSB has also interviewed the engineer and conductor, and established the train's air brakes were working, Rosekind said. No mechanical problems were found with the cars. A review of the train's maintenance history found no defects, he added. The tracks also had no problems.
Investigators will try to establish on Monday what the engine could have seen as it approached the truck, Rosekind said.
Part of the investigation includes whether the parade group, Show of Support/Hunt for Heroes, had the proper permit. The parade has been an annual event in Midland for nine years.
"It has a long history, and I don't know what the original arrangements were," City Manager Courtney Sharp said. "But for the most part we require permits."
Railroads are a vital part of Midland, a town that sits in the heart of Texas' oil rich Permian basin. It's listed as having nearly 114,000 residents, but residents and officials believe the population has risen significantly with the growth of the oil industry.
Three or four railroad tracks lie within city limits, and the site of the accident is just about 10 minutes from downtown, said Midland spokesman Ryan Stout.
That's considered when the city grants permits for parades and other events, Sharp said.
"We take all steps into consideration when we permit," he said. "I hate to go down that track until all of the investigation is over, but yes we do take that stuff into account."
About 300 people attended a vigil Saturday evening in downtown Midland. They lit white candles and prayed for the victims' families and the community as a whole. The town square was lined with American flags.
Ministers prayed for residents in the town to have strength in wake of the tragedy.


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DBIx::Class::Storage::DBI::ODBC::ACCESS - Support specific to MS Access over ODBC
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Little House on the Prairie star Melissa Gilbert revealed what it was like growing up in the public eye – as Laura Ingalls and beyond – in her 2010 autobiography, Prairie Tale: A Memoir (S&S/Gallery). Now, she's written a picture book that revisits some of the important people – and animals – from her life. In Daisy and Josephine (S&S/Wiseman), a lonely girl travels around the world with her celebrity father, just like Gilbert did while growing up. When a talking French bulldog enters the picture, Daisy finds a special friendship. Of course, this isn't how it all happened, but the adult Gilbert does spend a lot of time with a sophisticated French bulldog named Josephine. The author and performer spoke with PW about the inspirations for her new book, her plans to hit the road with her posh pup, and what's next for her picture-book characters.
You spent a lot of your childhood on the set of a TV show, which must have made for some unconventional schooling. Does this mean you were a big reader as a kid?
I was before I started working on Little House. I read all the classic children's books and I even read Little House in the Big Woods and Little House on the Prairie. My favorite will always be The Giving Tree. That book is so meaningful and so important, and the message in it is just all about love. But once I started working regularly, my job was reading. So between that and school, I didn't start to read for pleasure [again] until I was in my early 20s.
Had you always wanted to write a picture book?
When I wrote my autobiography, I did not anticipate I would enjoy it as much I did. So I took some writing workshops and I knew something would come eventually.
Then, I went on tour with the Little House musical as Ma, and Josephine, my dog, went with me. When the other actors would come backstage, we started putting little bits of our wardrobe on her and taking pictures, and she loved it. People started giving me clothes, and we started dressing her and it got really funny. Somebody said, "You need to write the story of this tour from her point of view," but when I pitched that idea, Simon & Schuster said, "Can you write a book with you as the little girl in pigtails with the dog?"[Around this time]
, my marriage to Bruce Boxleitner came to an end and my focus became all about the kids – my youngest was about 15. I woke up one morning at about 4 a.m. and thought, "Of course. I have to write a book about children who don't come from what we think of as the basic nuclear family, because there are all kinds of families."
Then, I thought, "I have to write a book about my dad." I lost my dad [actor Paul Gilbert] when I was 11, but he is a major force in my life. He was an amazing entertainer and I traveled all over the place with him, just like Daisy.
The basic theme of the book is that as long as you have love, it doesn't matter where it comes from. It's about being brave enough to step out of your own shell and make a friend – and if you're lucky that friend turns out to be a magic dog who can talk when there are no grown-ups in the room.
How did the book evolve from that point?
I think I wrote the book in an hour. It just sort of poured out of me. The characters in the book are from my life: Daisy is me, Josephine is my dog Josephine, Daddy is my father, and the tutor is Helen Minniear, who was my on-set teacher from grade 4 through graduation. We even dissected a frog and fetal pig on the set for biology.
How did you connect with illustrator Julia Kuo?
Simon & Schuster sent me the work of a lot of different illustrators to give me approval. When I saw Julia's work, I really loved it. She did sort of a trial run and then I sent her photographs of my father, and me, and Mrs. Minniear. I also described the retro '70s feel I wanted for the book, so it's like when I grew up.
She got it instantly and she took it beyond. She put daisies on the wallpaper in Daisy's bedroom. And when I told her that Mrs. Minniear was one of the most perfectly put together people I ever knew – her hands were always manicured, she smelled like roses, had finger waves in her hair and always had a sweater over her shoulders, sometimes with one of those clip chains – Julia got it and drew it. She did a brilliant job of bringing everyone to life in her drawings.
Is the real Josephine as sophisticated as the dog in the book?
She is a fairly sophisticated dog. She eats raw, and she has a stylist, while I have to go through my own closet and figure out what I am wearing to our signings, readings, and talk shows. I have a small suitcase for her that's full of dog tutus and her tiaras. In Los Angeles, we are doing a pajama party for the book, and we have nearly matching pink flannel pajamas.
Her vibe is very boho, though. One of her outfits she will be seen in at these signings is a vintage Beatles Rubber Soul t-shirt that she wears with a red and black tutu and red high top tennis shoes. She has her own sense of style. She won't wear certain things if they're dorky.
How do you know when she is unhappy with her outfit?
She just shakes it off and looks at me with hate.
Do you have plans for any future picture books?
I have a bunch of ideas for sequels. I have two other dogs I want to introduce to these stories: Lulu, a very funny long-haired miniature teacup Chihuahua who is kind of a little princess and won't go out in the snow, and eight-month-old Queen Elizabeth, also a French bulldog, who is a wild, funny, snow-eating puppy.
There are a million ways I can go. Because Daddy is single, I think Daddy will meet a woman who also has a child, and Daisy is going to have to learn to navigate that. Maybe they have a dog, too, and Josephine is going to have to figure out how to not be the only dog. I do hope that it goes well with this book so I can write more, because I love these characters – obviously! It's my dad and my teacher and my dog.
Daisy and Josephine by Melissa Gilbert, illus. by Julia Kuo. S&S/Wiseman, $17.99 Jan. ISBN 978-1-4424-4578-9


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Finding it fascinating that a recent study on how men react to being called out on certain types of sexism only included women calling out the men, instead of other men calling out the men. While it's good information to learn that, in certain situations, calling out men on sexism may have some positive effects and seems to have no negative effects, I'd also like to know how men react to men calling them out on their sexism--because calling out sexism is something that men ought to be doing to other men, as well.
Forbes article on the study here.
Actual study here.


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After taking another look at my recent post on 2008 conferences, I thought I would give some context on the various graphics conferences for people who are not familiar with them.
There are a handful of large, international conferences which cover the entire field of computer graphics:
- The SIGGRAPH annual conference (technically the "International Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques") is the great-granddaddy of graphics conferences. It's been around since 1974, and is by far the largest conference devoted to graphics. It has historically been attended mostly by academics and people working in film production, and most papers are not about real-time techniques. In recent years the conference has been making an effort to attract more attendees and speakers from the game industry. The quality of the papers tends to be quite high, and many of them are relevant, even the ones discussing offline techniques often have interesting stuff in them. Besides the papers, there are also courses (called "classes" this year) which are very good. In particular, the excellent (but somewhat verbosely-named) "Advances in Real-Time Rendering in 3D Graphics and Games" class has been presented for the last few years and has very good and relevant presentations from leading real-time graphics practitioners. Many of the classes on film production rendering techniques also have a surprisingly large amount of material relevant for real-time rendering. The Computer Animation Festival (which has this year been expanded to a full-scale film festival) showcases the best CG of the year and is always fun to watch. Although SIGGRAPH has so far always been held in the continental United States (often alternating between west coast and non-west coast locations), in 2011 it will be held in Vancouver, British Columbia.
- SIGGRAPH Asia is a new arrival on the scene, being held for the first time this year. It is held in winter and is intended be one of three main "tripod" graphics conferences (with the North American SIGGRAPH conference in the summer, and the Eurographics conference newly moved to the spring). Spreading them evenly throughout the year in this way can enable researchers to submit work when it is ready and not wait for the SIGGRAPH submission deadline – or at least such is the theory. In the past, the existence of other conferences did not prevent most researchers from submitting their work to SIGGRAPH first, but perhaps this will change.
- The annual Eurographics conference is the third "major graphics conference". As its name would suggest, it is held in Europe every year, usually in beautiful locations such as Vienna, Prague, and Crete. The quality of the papers is usually quite high, though it also tends to have mostly non-real-time papers (perhaps even more so than SIGGRAPH).
- Computer Graphics International is smaller than the preceding three. It is sponsored by the Computer Graphics Society (CGS).
There are also several regional graphics conferences:
- Graphics Interface is the largest and oldest of these (it is roughly as old as the SIGGRAPH annual conference, and indeed claims to be "the oldest continuously-scheduled conference in the field"). It has always been held in Canada. It tends to have a strong HCI (Human-Computer Interaction) component, as well as some good real-time rendering papers.
- Pacific Graphics (more properly "The Pacific Conference on Computer Graphics and Applications") has been held in locations such as Tokyo, Taipei, Maui, and Macao. The papers are typically of high quality, and have included some important real-time rendering papers. It will be interesting to see how Pacific Graphics fares now that SIGGRAPH Asia has arrived on the scene.
- WSCG is a Central European graphics conference. It has had some interesting real-time papers. Unlike the other conferences, the full proceedings of WSCG are freely available.
- The Spring Conference on Computer Graphics is another Central European graphics conference.
- SIBGRAPI has been held in Brazil for the past 20 years.
- AFRIGRAPH is another relatively recent regional conference. It has been held in Cape Town, South Africa since 2001.
Besides the generic graphics conferences, there are many conferences focusing on specific subfields of graphics. The ones of most interest to real-time rendering practitioners and researchers are:
- EGSR ("Eurographics Symposium on Rendering") is a relatively large conference focused on all aspects of rendering, both offline and real-time. Some of the most important real-time rendering papers have been published through this conference.
- I3D ("Symposium on Interactive 3D Graphics and Games") has been around for about twenty years, although it has been an annual conference only for the past few years (and has added the "and Games" part of its title more recently still). I've attended it twice, it is a nice, small conference. The papers are a mix of HCI and real-time rendering papers, some of which have been quite important to the field.
- Graphics Hardware (more properly, the SIGGRAPH/Eurographics Conference on Graphics Hardware) alternates between the USA (where it is co-located with SIGGRAPH) and Europe (where it used to be co-located with Eurographics – since Eurographics was moved to the spring it has been co-located with EGSR). In theory, the papers there should only be of interest to people designing graphics hardware but in practice many of the papers are of great interest to people writing software as well.
- Like Graphics Hardware, the Symposium on Computer Animation is also held jointly by SIGGRAPH and Eurographics. It similarly alternates between the USA and Europe. Although technically not a rendering conference, the field of computer animation is in practice strongly linked to rendering (in particular real-time rendering) so it is of interest.
- NPAR (or "Symposium on Non-Photorealistic Animation and Rendering") is another joint SIGGRAPH/Eurographics conference. It is devoted to the rapidly growing field of non-photorealistic or stylized rendering. The first few conferences were held in Annecy, France but it was held in San Diego in 2007 and seems likely to alternate from now on.
- Although the Symposium on Geometry Processing is also a joint effort between SIGGRAPH and Eurographics, it has only been held in Europe so far. Geometry processing is another topic which is strongly linked to rendering.
- For the past three years the fast-growing field of interactive ray tracing has had its own conference, IRT (or "Symposium on Interactive Ray Tracing"). It is jointly held by IEEE and Eurographics, and alternates between the USA and Europe.
GDC (or "Game Developers Conference") is another conference of interest to real-time rendering practitioners. Unlike the previously mentioned conferences, which are run by nonprofit professional organizations like ACM, IEEE, and Eurographics, GDC is run by Think Services, which is a for-profit corporation. It is really more like a trade show than an academic conference, and the presentations do not undergo a strict peer-review process. Much of the material relates to non-graphics topics like gameplay and audio design. Nevertheless, there is much interesting material on real-time rendering presented there by game and graphics hardware developers. Although GDC is held in San Francisco, the GDC brand has recently expanded to cover conferences in Texas, China, and France.
Anyone interested in the field of real-time rendering would be well-advised to attend one of these conferences if possible. If not, the printed proceedings can be purchased for reasonable prices and most are available through various digital libraries. Better still, many of the papers (as well as class notes and other materials) can be found on the web for free – Ke-Sen Huang's excellent homepage makes for a good starting point.


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Mesa, Ariz. farmer Kevin Rogers was re-elected to the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) Board of Directors during the 88th AFBF annual meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah in January. He represents the Western region on the board.
"We have a lot of critical issues facing us, and serving on the national level is the best place to be to make a significant difference on behalf of Arizona farmers and ranchers. It's a great honor," Rogers said. "With labor and other critical issues at the forefront of Western region concerns, I'm looking forward to serving on the national board."
Rogers is the president of the Arizona Farm Bureau and a member of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Air Quality Task Force.
A fourth generation Phoenix Valley farmer, Rogers farms in a partnership with his parents, uncle, brothers, a sister, and his wife Janel. The Rogers' family farms over 7,000 acres producing cotton, alfalfa, wheat, barley, and corn in Phoenix, Laveen, Mesa, and Scottsdale.


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BUIES CREEK, N.C. (Feb. 26, 2005) - The East Tennessee State women's tennis team defeated future Atlantic Sun opponent Campbell University 7-0 Saturday afternoon on the road, extending the Buccaneer winning streak to seven games. ETSU improves to 7-2 overall, 1-0 SoCon with the win, while the Campbell falls to 2-6 with the loss.
"Campbell is a very good team they played very hard," stated head coach Steve Brooks. "We played a little better today and are getting used to playing outside in the elements and to the timing of the courts. We were a little tired from yesterday, but the girls have been working on fitness and this is a good test to see if the work is paying off."
Olya Batsula (Minsk, Belarus) and Gemma Halim (Jakarta, Indonesia) of ETSU took the first win in doubles for the Bucs at No. 3 defeating Stacey Batkiewicz and Colen Gore 8-3. The Bucs then clinched the doubles point with a win from Sandie Knight (Adamstown, Australia) and Elena Volobueva (Barcelona, Spain) at No. 2. ETSU was down 6-2 before coming back strong for an 8-6 win over Campbell's Nina Surviladze and Iva Stojancev. At No. 1 play continued, but Masha Ilina (Kyiv, Ukraine) and Sylwia Ziolkowska (Warsaw, Poland) fell 8-4 to Georgiana Marta and Scarlet Alfonzo.
In singles, ETSU collected all six wins from Volobueva at No. 1 (7-5, 0-6, 10-7), Ilina at No. 2 (6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-1), Zilkowska at No. 3 (3-6, 6-0, 6-0), Knight at No. 4 (6-2, 6-1), Batsula at No. 5 (6-1, 6-1), and Sherwood at No. 6 (6-1, 6-4).
"Overall I'm happy with the results from these past two days and hope we can win again tomorrow," commented Brooks. "These matches have taught us what we need to work on and are making us tougher for the season."
ETSU wraps up its three consecutive days of road competition with a match against SoCon opponent UNC Greensboro tomorrow at noon.
East Tennessee State 7, Campbell 0
1. Marta/Alfonzo(CU) d. Ilina/Ziolkowska (ETSU) 8-4
2. Knight/Volobueva (ETSU) d. Surviladze/Stojancev (CU) 8-6
3. Batsula/Halim (ETSU) d. Batkiewicz/Gore (CU) 8-3
Order of Finish: 3,2,1
1. Elena Volobueva (ETSU) d. Georgiana Marta (CU) 7-5, 0-6, 10-7
2. Masha Ilina (ETSU) d. Scarlet Alfonzo (CU) 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-1
3. Sylwia Ziolkowska (ETSU) d. Nina Surviladze (CU) 3-6, 6-0, 6-0
4. Sandie Knight (ETSU) d. Iva Stojancev (CU) 6-2, 6-1
5. Olya Batsula (ETSU) d. Stacey Batkiewicz (CU) 6-1, 6-1
6. Muriel Sherwood (ETSU) d. Colen Gore (CU) 6-1, 6-4
Order of Finish: 5,4,3*,6,1,2
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"Natural." It sounds like a good choice, but what does it really mean? What about the words "recyclable" or "chemical free"? What do they say about the products that bear them on their labels? As it turns out, not a whole lot. "Natural" is vague at best, "recyclable" refers to anything that could be reused in some way (the possibilities are endless), and most items that claim to be "chemical free," in fact, contain chemicals—just nontoxic ones. Quick-serve operators can't really be sure of what is what without doing research that goes well beyond reading the product descriptions suppliers provide.
Welcome to the confusing and even more frustrating world of greenwashing—one of the biggest reasons it's not easy being green.
The Green Sweep
As consumers have become more concerned with going green, companies have taken advantage of the opportunity to make more green.
"There's been a clear spike [in advertisements that make environmental claims] from 2007 through 2008, and we know that spike has continued through 2009," says Scot Case, vice president of TerraChoice, a North American environmental marketing agency. "When you look at the number of ads that reference environmental initiatives, clearly it's something advertisers see as important."
But as environmental marketing increases, so do instances of greenwashing.
"Greenwashing is a way of hiding the truth or masking the truth in some way about the environmental attributes or sustainability of a product," says Joe Pounder, director of product innovation at Georgia-Pacific Professional Food Services Solutions.
Anything that leaves consumers with an incorrect or misinformed impression of a product—even if the claim that causes the confusion is technically accurate—qualifies.
"Often, greenwashing can take a very general statement that to the average consumer sounds great, but with further investigation you find out there's nothing under the actual fluff," says Michael Oshman, executive director of the Green Restaurant Association (GRA).
Take, for example, biodegradable cups. While they might biodegrade under specific circumstances and given enough time, landfills often don't provide those circumstances—so the "biodegradable" cups that end up there will never break down.
In a 2009 report by TerraChoice, more than 98 percent of the 2,219 products examined were guilty of greenwashing on some level, with cleaning products being one of the biggest offenders.
The statistic becomes even more concerning when operators consider the consequences of purchasing one of those items.
Two decades ago, wasting money on something that wasn't any better for the environment was virtually the only consequence—albeit a serious one—of falling prey to greenwashing.
"There was a sense that a company could put out information claiming to be green, and that was enough to make people feel good," Oshman says. Now, however, the fallout can be much more damaging.
"The consumer no longer wants to have a nice, touching experience," Oshman says. "They want: 'If I buy that organic apple, it had better be organic.'"
The GRA regularly fields calls from customers who want to verify that certified restaurants are complying with all of the necessary standards.
"We do get people calling us saying, 'Is this restaurant doing this? Is this restaurant doing that?'" Oshman says. "So do consumers really care? Yeah, they do."
And if a restaurant repeats false claims to its customers, suddenly the supplier isn't the only one who's guilty—the restaurant is as well.
"Yes, that's greenwashing, even though it's unintentional," Oshman says. "They get points for not being intentionally deceptive, but at the end of the day it still reflects on their business."
In the case of GRA-certified restaurants, Oshman can point customers toward concrete and publicly available standards of certifications—as well as proof (in the form of invoices) that restaurants have met them. But if a customer finds out a restaurant can't back up its environmental claims, the concept's good name can be at risk.
"Greenwashing destroys trust, and one of the most valuable things a restaurant owner has is the trust of their customers," Case says. "If you are caught greenwashing, it raises suspicion about your other operations. That's what makes this truly dangerous."
"You get one chance with your reputation, and if you blow it, you can't go back," Oshman says.
Concerned consumers aren't the only ones playing the role of greenwashing whistleblowers, either.
The Federal Trade Commission has guidelines that all environmental marketing claims must meet.
"They have been very actively filing enforcement actions," Case says.
Unqualified environmental claims are a clear violation, as are claims that overstate a product's environmental attributes or that are overly general. For the full list of regulations, see the FTC's Guides for the Use of Environmental Marketing Claims, available at www.ftc.gov.
"The FTC says it's what the consumer believes a claim means," Case says. "You have to be very careful to be very clear, otherwise customers might misunderstand what you mean. That's when problems begin."
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Someone in Western Australia knows how to get down at the holidays. YouTube user WorldsBestXmasLights has lived up to his name by creating an automated Christmas display to the tune of Psy's pop hit, "Gangnam Style."
The setup has 41,000 bulbs, 2,000 light channels, and about 1.2 miles' worth of cable. Now, before you get all Grinchy about how much the guy spends on electricity, know that it only costs him an extra $10 per week during the season.
He says that it did take him about 200 hours to set the whole thing up. However, it sounds like it's worth it, considering that some of his past projects have raised about $90,000 for community projects.
If you're in the area of Bishop Riley Way, which is in the Churchlands suburb of Perth, Western Australia, you can check this display out for yourself on a nightly basis. If jumping on a plane and flying to the other side of the world isn't in your Christmas budget, you can just check out the display in the video below — and dance along if you dare!


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After many trials, I finally made some successful macarons. They're still not perfect, but they're heading in the right direction and they taste great, so I consider that a mini-success. Citrus right now is at its best, so I've been trying to use it as much as possible. When my parents had friends over, I made them meyer lemon ice cream, pistachio crumble, and a blackberry compote. Unfortunately, I didn't get to photograph it, but hopefully I well get to make it again, with some photos. For these macarons, I didn't use meyer lemons, but I'm sure they would do well with this recipe.
A little while ago, I was browsing one of my favorite blogs, Cannelle et Vanille, when I came across a recipe for raspberry macarons that used raspberry powder. I did a little research to find out that it was dehydrated raspberries crushed into a powder. The macarons sounded so good, I knew I had to make them, or at least try to. But raspberry powder is a tricky thing to find anywhere but online. I was a little defeated and kind of gave up on the idea, as I didn't really want to order anything online at that moment.
So, one day I was at Trader Joe's, just getting some groceries, when I noticed they had a selection of dehydrated fruits, like strawberries and bananas. I threw some in the basket and didn't use them for a couple months. But then, the other day, I saw them at the back of the cabinet and decided I would try out my idea. I took the dehydrated strawberries and finely chopped them, then used a bench scraper to pulverize the strawberries and I was left with a fine powder. I proceeded to make the macarons, and they turned out well. They have a nice, subtle strawberry flavor. If you happen to see any other kinds of dehydrated fruits, I suggest you try them out!
Strawberry Macarons
Adapted from Cannelle et Vanille
140 grams egg whites
3 grams egg white powder
80 grams sugar
180 grams almond flour
240 grams powdered sugar
2 grams salt
8 grams dehydrated strawberry powder
2 drops red gel food coloring
Let the egg whites come to room temperature, uncovered, overnight.
Sift together the almond flour, powdered sugar, salt, and strawberry powder.
Whip the egg whites in a stand mixer with the egg white powder until frothy, and almost to stiff peaks. Add the sugar gradually while whipping. Add the red food coloring and continue whipping to stiff peaks.
Add the dry ingredients to the meringue and fold with a spatula until a shiny meringue forms. The batter should make ribbons when the whisk attachment is pulled off the mixer.
Once you have the right consistency, place the batter in a pastry bag with a large, circular tip. Pipe small rounds onto sheetpans lined with parchment or silpat. You can use a cookie cutter or other template to draw perfect circles on the other side of the parchment paper. Let them sit at room temperature for at least 45 minutes to an hour. The top should be shiny and dry before being put in the oven.
Preheat the oven 300 degrees F. Place one sheetpan in the oven at a time and bake for 8 minutes and rotate sheetpan and bake for another 2-3 minutes.
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Lemon Curd
1 stick butter
5 egg yolks, lightly beaten
3/4 cup lemon juice
3/4 cup sugar
3 tablespoons lemon zest
1/2 teaspoon salt
In a double broiler, melt butter completely, then remove top of double broiler from heat, but leave the water to boil.
Add lemon juice, sugar, lemon zest, and salt to melted butter and stir thoroughly. Put back over heating water, and whisk until sugar is dissolved. Add egg yolks to the mixture, and continue to whisk over medium heat until it is a custard consistency and coats the back of a wooden spoon and leaves a clean trail when a finger is dragged across. Do not let it boil.
Remove from heat and let sit at room temperature for 10 minutes, then cover surface with plastic wrap, pressing down so that a skin does not form on the top. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours before using.
You will have a little left over if using this recipe for the buttercream (below).
Lemon Curd Buttercream
1 stick unsalted butter, softened
3/4 cup lemon curd
1 1/4 cup powdered sugar (or more for correct consistency)
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-NN_Sarphyrox Imperator Thursday 07/06/2012, 15:12
I would like to suggest that an option in ur that decides an automatic win or lose.
for example..
in the final round.., player X has 7 life 9 pillz while player Y has 5 and 4 pills life. player X last card is a 5* 8 power 6 damage no ability while player Y card is a 2* 5 power 4 damage no ability. both cards has no bonus activated. with this example player X will surely win.
so why not let the system decide that player X already won skip the final round before player X lags or accidentally click no pills and make fun of himself.
any comments
lgeddie_1134 Guru wicked souls Saturday 09/06/2012, 20:58
I agree with the idea. Surely it would be possible to add up the maximum potential damage, even if fury was used on every card. If I can do it mentally, a computer should. Btw this should work only if the player couldnt lose, even if they wanted to.
ghelas Titan E X C A L I B U R Sunday 10/06/2012, 00:17
I think a few safeguards could be implemented to keep the theoretical "report" button from being abused.
The length of the match could be compared to the maximum time allowed for the match... If the person being reported actually took 50%-60% of the time allowed to play the match, then they may have a slow connection, or may have been reported by a sore loser... On the other hand, if a player consistently wracks up reports that he's taking 80-90% of the allowed time to finish a match, and those reports coincide with him losing, he's probably just being a jerk and deserves some sort of penalty.
Trippie Titan Open Casket Sunday 10/06/2012, 09:04
You guys do realise that this is a lot of work on a development team to record and store all of this data, analyse it etc. for a small result as there will always be stallers no matter how much you shorten the timer or make changes...and all it does is lose potential customers for UR by penalising them
ghelas Titan E X C A L I B U R Sunday 10/06/2012, 18:03
@Trippie, I have been a part of several development teams, myself... While this would be a fair bit of work, it would penalize the people who are detrimental to the UR community, and reward constructive players. I'm not going to debate whether it's "worth it" or not, but looking at it as a game developer, it doesn't seem like a bad idea. UR is a community driven game. A community that feels good about the game is more likely to invest money in it -- sometimes just to support further development. (Are you familiar with Kickstarter? That's a great example of a more modern, effective business model than URs, which I feel isn't community-friendly at all.)
wasteroftime Titan Open Casket Sunday 10/06/2012, 18:30
Report button would be abused.... the current report button is already abused -- over 50% of the reported abuse in the current system is not an incident of abuse
auto playing of a round only makes sense in the last round for the losing person who may or may not be stalling. auto-playing for the person about to win doesnt make too much sense (the person might want to fury, save 3 pillz, whatever... or he can make a mistake.... and mistakes are part of this game and it is what makes you improve as a player). Since attacker can make a mistake in counting pillz.... then the losing player should not be autoplayed by the computer.
we all face the same challenges in DT. I can think of multiple times when staller(s) cost me 1-3 games in a DT and more than likely cost me a top 10, top 5, or a DT win. But all I see are my incidents of being stalled against without being aware of how much the other top DT players got stalled out. The DTs where i get top 5 or win.... I can say yes im awesome.... or i can factor in the fact that some of my DT rivals may have faced an extra staller.
Yep stallers can definitely decide a DT... but everyone is having to run that same gauntlet each DT hour, so its alright i suppose. Or we could police that final round stalling..... the stallers will still stall you out for the first 3 rounds, or stretch out a 2 round win into a 3-4 round win. Or maybe reduce that timer even more....
regardless of the changes made, the playing field remains even.... the better DT players will continue to perform better than other players... no rule changes will change that.
ghelas Titan E X C A L I B U R Sunday 10/06/2012, 22:12
@Waster: I'm still as confused by your posts as ever. You make very good points every once in a while, but here again you are making points that just aren't logical. I don't mind if you like to play devil's advocate, but why not at least try to make more pertinent points? You come across as just wanting to argue...
A simple automated system like the one being discussed in this post COULD NOT be abused.
It would make several checks (for example: is the player who was reported technically unable to close the gap? Does he take 95% of the possible match time to "think about it?" Then he is probably stalling deliberately.)
Accumulating enough "red flags" in some short period of time would mean that the player is stalling maliciously, with almost 100% certainty.
A player who hits the "report" button out of spite every time he loses would have no impact on the game. Because his reports do not match the criteria for probable stalling, they would have no effect.
Furthermore, just the presence of this feature would discourage stalling. Many people who engage in it now would think twice if there was some kind of penalty!
You're right that it wouldn't level the playing field much, but this point is also completely irrelevant. Stallers make the game less enjoyable for all of us. It doesn't matter if they effectively ruin DTs or not -- what matters is that they are exploiting the system, and deserve to be punished for it.
wasteroftime Titan Open Casket Sunday 10/06/2012, 23:15
Lots of things make this less enjoyable for many people....
stallers are one of them...
some people see more reasons to be unsatisfied than others
believe me mate, if i was stalling on purpose, no amount of rules you throw my way will change that. staller like trolls will always find a way to ruin the community
anyone playing DT or DM to rank will not stall
stallers will stall, win or lose.... a report feature addresses the losing staller a little bit.
lots of players play this in a separate tab while doing other things sometimes... a bit annoying, but im not about to say lets punish these guys too.
I always wonder, how come we never see post of the nature of.... "the guy quit 1st round!!.. gave me a win i dont deserve... i dont want the win... let me report this guy". Or this "man this guy played so fast... i got unfair advantage as a result"
Stallers do suck, but account for a tiny amount of games we play (we just tend to remember them more).
An auto play or complex report system is not top priority in my opinion... UR should be putting their energy into game balance and future card designs.
and the concept of stalling is relative... a faster player will always see the slower player stalling.
I say give a carrot to fair players instead of using a stick on intentional stallers that will occassionally hit fair players
ghelas Titan E X C A L I B U R Sunday 10/06/2012, 23:53
Waster, there you go again... Do you really not see these arguments as illogical?
It's good to punish bad players. Rewarding good players does nothing to discourage the bad.
You say trolls will find a way to stall, but you fail to explain how. If an automated system bans you after enough offenses, there's not really an easy way to get around that.
I'm one of those players who sometimes tabs out to do other stuff during a match. But I try to be considerate about it. If I realize that I'm distracted to the point of timing out, I either stop playing UR, or stop doing whatever else I'm doing so I can focus up. Whether a player is stalling out of malice or because he found a really funny webcomic doesn't matter to me. If you're wasting someone's time, you're a nuisance, and deserve to be penalized.
Why do you bring up the players who play fast or resign first round? Those players are doing what they feel is right. It doesn't make sense to point out everyone who's NOT being a crappy player. I'm high enough level that I don't have any reason to level anymore, so I resign from every lost match in ELO, but I don't expect a cookie for it.
Last but not least, if UR's developers wanted to use its time constructively, the awkward, shambling beast that is Standard would have stayed dead and buried. Maybe punishing bad players shouldn't be at the very top of the list, but it certainly makes more sense than trying to push the half-baked, unbalanced mode that is Standard.
wasteroftime Titan Open Casket Monday 11/06/2012, 00:27
Ok ghelas set the rules of your system... i will play the role of staller. i guarantee i find a way to stall you without me getting banned
trolls will troll... case in point
stallers will stall
should it be addressed?? sure. is it priority?? oh look... agreement by you. oh wait, its me posting... better find something to disagree with.
so theres the challenge... create your guidelines without making it overly complex (you yourself point out UR cant even fix a matchmaker - so keep it simple)... ill stall. good luck -- youll need it
ghelas Titan E X C A L I B U R Monday 11/06/2012, 02:17
Waster, man....
I'm not pointing out that UR can't fix a match maker, I'm pointing out that they haven't. World of difference.
To answer your challenge:
1st rule: The specific rules of the dang report mechanism are NOT going to be posted up somewhere for all to see, so unless they are leaked by a developer, the stallers won't know them.
2nd rule: ???
3rd rule: ???
4th rule: ???
So, go ahead. Put yourself in the role of this theoretical staller. UR just issued an announcement; "We've added a report button to the game that allows any player to report malicious stalling. Each report will be evaluated based on certain criteria, and those determined to be repeat stallers will be temporarily banned for a week. Repeat offenders not discouraged by a temporary ban will be banned for life. Remember to play fair, and please enjoy Urban Rivals!"
Now, PLEASE tell me how you're going to work around these rules when you don't know them?
In case you're wondering, I do have specific guidelines in mind. But more importantly, I'm trying to make the point that you can't "crack" such a mechanical system unless you can see its inner workings. Maybe if you make a few thousand accounts and automate them to stall in different ways, you can gather enough data to make an educated guess as to how to get around this system...
But I don't think even YOU have that much time to waste.


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Dubbed Wodan, the theme park's first wooden roller coaster will top out at 115 feet and reach speeds of 60 mph while navigating hairpin turns and airtime hills over a 3,500-foot-long track in the Icelandic area of the park. The new coaster, Europa-Park's 11th, will cross the tracks of the Atlantica SuperSplash water ride and the Blue Fire steel coaster.
A billboard in the park showing images of the entry arch and station house announces "Ein Mythos Erwacht," German for "A Myth Awakens." The sign led the online coaster community to dub the ride Mythos, although ride's official name is Wodan Timburcoaster.
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Professor of Theater Michael Abbott '85 delivered Thursday's Chapel Talk "Off the Table." His talk centered on discussion of coed education at Wabash.
Abbott shared his own Wabash story and his visits to campus as a high school student. He recalled meeting people at the College and his first overnight campus visit, which occurred on Mar. 30, 1981. That was the date of an assassination attempt on then President Ronald Reagan.
He was impressed with the College that day because classes were not canceled and everyone was talking about the events. After talking with Dean Norman Moore, who told him "at Wabash, we scrutinize everything," Abbott knew then he wanted to be a Wabash man.
Abbott then discussed a faculty meeting in the 1990s, which focused on strategic planning and capital fundraising. He raised a question at that meeting and asked if coed education would be discussed in the process. He was told, "that's off the table."
Abbott called that "the most troubling day of my career at Wabash."
"Why did we shrink from that opportunity," he asked. "Some may mistake my remarks as a proponent of coed education. When we take thorny issues off the table, we deny ourselves the opportunity to interrogate them and that's what we're built to do."
Abbott mentioned the changes in Chapel Sing and the rights and wrongs of tradition. "Don't use it as an inarguable defense," he said.
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