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[b][h2]HOT SAUCE (need banner)[/h2][/b] Recent Changes: [list][*](4/10/11) Added section on mechanisms of action [*](4/9/11) Added more sauces to recommendations [/list] [release][b]"Why in the fuck do people like hot sauce?"[/b] It has been long discussed why so many people enjoy putting themselves in pain and rendering their food difficult to eat. Scientifically, the reason is that the burning sensation caused by a certain chemical in spicy food tricks the brain into thinking that the body is in danger, and the body releases pleasure-causing chemicals to respond. In general though, hot sauces add an extra degree of flavor and intensity to food that few other condiments can offer. The right combination of flavor and spiciness can create a wonderful balance in food that simply can't be matched. Plus, some people genuinely enjoy the sensation.[/release] [release][b]"How does this oh-so magical fire liquid function?"[/b] Glad you asked. The fruits of the plants in the "capsicum" genus, the genus in which all peppered plants are found, are loaded with a chemical called "capsaicin". Capsaicin triggers the same chemical receptor as high levels of heat do, causing what can quite literally be described as a burning sensation. Over time, exposure to capsaicin can give your receptors a better resistance to it, although some people are born with it as well. Different capsicum plants contain different levels of capsaicin, with the weakest (bell peppers) containing none and the highest (bhut jolokia) containing a whole metric shit-load. The heat generated by capsaicin is measured in "Scoville units", in which substances are rated based on how much water it would take to dilute them completely ratio-wise. Scoville ratings are commonly given in ranges due to the differences in how people detect capsaicin. Here are the scoville ratings of some famous peppers: [b]0[/b]: Bell pepper [b]100-500[/b]: Banana pepper [b]500-2,500[/b]: [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaheim_pepper]Anaheim pepper[/url], [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poblano]Poblano pepper[/url] [b]2,500-8,000:[/b] Jalepeño pepper, Tabasco Sauce [b]10,000-23,000:[/b] [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serrano_pepper]Seranno Pepper[/url] [b]30,000-50,000:[/b] Cayenne pepper, Tabasco pepper [b]100,000-350,00:[/b] Habanero chili, Jamaican hot pepper [b]855,000-1,359,000:[/b] Naga Jolokia pepper (ghost pepper) [b]5,000,000:[/b] Police Pepper Spray (note: don't fuck with police) [b]16,000,000:[/b] Pure Capsaicin (crystalline form) [u]Further Reading:[/u] [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capsaicin[/url] [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capsicum[/url] [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scoville[/url] [/release] [release][b]Uses[/b] Hot sauce is good on just about any kind of food, even breakfast items (especially anything with eggs). In the Americas, it is commonly used as a condiment or spread to give already good food an extra kick. The food doesn't necessarily have to be bland, but it certainly helps food with little taste. In Asian countries, hot sauces are typically thick pastes used as dipping sauces or ingredients in stir-frying. Of course, these are just the origins of its use. People all over the world today use hot sauces in many varying ways. Believe it or not, most hot sauces are not just intended to burn the shit out of your mouth. Some (such as ones mentioned later) can be quite flavorful. Although the spicy element of hot sauces is certainly appealing to many who enjoy them, the flavor is just as essential. As far as specific uses go, I would highly recommend dousing any Mexican cuisine in large varieties of hot sauce. As you get more experienced and pick out your favorite brands, you get a sense for what goes well together flavor-wise.[/release] [release][b]Brands[/b] The most famous brand of hot-sauce in the US would have to be Tabasco, which became the iconic hot sauce some time in the last 2 centuries [img_thumb]http://filesmelt.com/dl/1271.2.jpg[/img_thumb] Of course, because just about everyone has encountered this sauce at some point, it tends to be a reference-point for every other kind. Although it's certainly versatile and delicious, by no means is it the hottest sauce out there. Here are some brands you may encounter (enthusiast hot marked with [highlight]*[/highlight]): [list][*]Tabasco (the classic, today there are many varieties) [*]Cholula (delicious tangy Mexican hot sauces) [*]Sriracha (Thai, popular among foul bachelors) [*]Frank's (Buffalo wing sauce, runs from vinegar to medium hot) [*]Dave's[highlight]*[/highlight] (The original too-hot-to-eat brand, sells really hot shit) [*]Blair's[highlight]*[/highlight] (Same sort of thing as Dave's)[/list] These are just some of my favorites, of course, there are many other brands available.[/release] And there we have it. I leave you with a list of sauces I recommend, in order of heat level where the lowest is around 1,500 scovilles and the highest is around 530,000 scovilles: [list][*]Frank's Red Hot (the original buffalo wing flavoring, like vinegar with a hint of spice; very-low heat) [*]Tabasco Chipotle (smoky; low heat) [*]Cholula (sweet and tangy; low-medium heat) [*]Tapatio (similar to cholula) [*]Sriracha (Thai paste sauce, amazing on anything; medium heat) [*]Franks Xtra Hot (like the original but considerably hotter; medium heat) [*]Tabasco (the classic hot sauce, very tangy; medium heat) [*]Blair's Death Sauce (salty, strong flavored; high-medium heat) [*]Tabasco Habenero (a short burst of intense heat and unique flavor; high heat) [*]Dave's Hurtin' Habenero (tangy but strong, burning; very-high heat) [*]Blair's After Death (running the gamut of topping edibility, burn lasts for fucking-ever; very-high heat) [*]Dave's Insanity Sauce (not a topping, use one drop at a time if you're new, garlic flavor if you can taste it; insane) [*]Dave's Ghost Pepper (do not fucking eat without dilution, will last for half-an-hour; insane++)[/list] Let's get some chillihead discussion going here.
I really love Luziannes Tiger Sauce!
hot sauce does not agree with me :(
[LIST] [*]Dave's Insanity Sauce (not a topping, use one drop at a time if you're new; insane) [/LIST] I smeared some of this on a samosa. I regret everything.
Currently eating Chipotle chips with their hottest salsa. Never really had it before, but boy is it good. Pretty spicy, though not overpowering, and a nice smoky flavor in the background.
Crystal Hot Sauce >>>> Tabasco [img]http://k2r.hyperborea.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/crystal-hot-sauce.jpg[/img]
Franks is my go to hot sauce.
I absolutely love hot sauce. Encona is my fave.
I like Franks a lot. Got to buy the hotter version next time though.
Added some shit to the recommendation list and sorted it, recommend some sauces for me to try and I may add them too (currently trying to find Crystal) Bump
[img]http://aveganinthehousedotcom.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/louisiana-hot-sauce.jpg[/img] this shit is good with everything
Regular tabasco doesn't fit with everything, cause it tastes like vinegar. I really like the fruity flavor of tabasco habenero. Can someone recommend me another tasty sauce, but hotter than tabasco habenero?
I use Tabasco Habenero for now. I use it for everything that I wish to make more hot.
I've been trying to become more tolerant to heat and spiciness lately. When I had a cold a few weeks ago, I would dump some plain Tabasco sauce in the back of my throat to open up my nose and get the mucus flowing. I think I'll do that again right now.
I can eat Tabasco with everything, Cholula is good stuff too. Dave's insanity sauce is hot stuff, but adding just a drop can give other sauces a great kick, too bad the taste of Dave's alone isn't that great.
Added section on mechanisms of action. Mad Chatter, you'll be happy to know that enough hot food will in-fact build up your resistance as you thought. Bump. [editline]10th April 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=mak13two;29092863]I can eat Tabasco with everything, Cholula is good stuff too. Dave's insanity sauce is hot stuff, but adding just a drop can give other sauces a great kick, too bad the taste of Dave's alone isn't that great.[/QUOTE] A drop of Dave's in a pot of pasta sauce goes a long way too, it adds an amazing kick without noticeably changing the flavor.
Tried Frank's for the first time last week. VERY good. Not too hot though. Great on eggs & potatoes.
Original Cholula slathered all over a nice big slice of cheese pizza is so good. Even better when you dip it in ranch.
I cook with Tabasco-style hot sauces because I enjoy vinegar, but I don't care for louisiana brand that much. It's fine in very small quantities, but it has this strange sweetness to it when it hits a hot surface and just burns up the nose. Taste fine, it just cooks differently compared to Crystal / Tabasco. I enjoy mixing a little hot sauce in with creamy white sauces such as an Alfredo sauce to add some heat.
Sriracha + Mayo is the best dipping sauce for french fries.
I have both Dave's Ghost Pepper and Blair's Mega Death and I can barely stand either. Still can't find a meal that can properly dilute them either. They are just so damn strong compared to the stuff I brought from Samoa.
tobasco is the worst hot sauce in existence, it tastes disgusting and has shit for heat. lousiana is probably one of the better tasting sauces out there, franks is good as well. my personal fav for heat is the source [img]http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31AY244CS8L._SL500_AA300_.jpg[/img] 7.1 mil scoville
[img]http://www.walkerswood.com/_images/product_jonkanoo-pepper-sauce.jpg[/img] Spicy, but it doesn't linger, which i like. Some people don't like it because of that. If it's not that i get local stuff.
I made a banner. If something needs to be changed tell me. Anyways i dont think i will visit this thread again so PM me about that. [img]http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/5480/hotsaucebanner.png[/img]
and just why did you do this?
[QUOTE=Autumn;29441310]and just why did you do this?[/QUOTE] and just why did you post
because i was curious as to why someone would waste their time making a crappy (sorry!) banner for something that's not even remotely required. and then there's the case of you, who felt the need to post *just* to ask me why i posted. you're weird.
[QUOTE=Autumn;29450982]because i was curious as to why someone would waste their time making a crappy (sorry!) banner for something that's not even remotely required. and then there's the case of you, who felt the need to post *just* to ask me why i posted. you're weird.[/QUOTE] and then there's the case of you, who felt the need to post *just* to ask why he made the banner you're weird
You're all weird. Let's talk about hot sauce, OK? Have you guys ever used liquid smoke before? If you mix it with some hot sauce, it's amazing. Adds a nice cooked-on-a-grill flavor to anything. [img]http://www.colgin.com/i/man_bottles.jpg[/img]
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Gday Cathy, I have to agree with you I love the warmer weather but not when we get 45C at the height summer. and not a winter person .I think im getting square eyes watching the winter olympics. oh dear theres been a few Tumbles on the slopes and bobsleds..ReplyDelete
if God had wanted me to ski, he would have given me bigger feet and wings to fly down a mountain!!ReplyDelete
Great photos though......
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We all have those moments in our past we are a little ashamed of when we acted out of out basic character. Few like yourself are willing to expose themselves the way you have ;)ReplyDelete
After a slow start and some disappointing individual results Canada has finished strong and the atheletes have done themselves proud.
I am glads the Aussie cousins are watching and enjoying the Olympics while working on their late season tans.
I was going to comment on the fabulous beach picture... but then I saw the ski-ing one :) YAYYYYYReplyDelete
I am with you and the need for sunshine.
You have been around haven't you. There is a time in life for everything.ReplyDelete
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Made me think of ice skating days many years ago !
You look very comfortable at Hook Island !
Never thought of offering old towels to the Animal Rescue centre. Will do in future
I think I will stick to enjoying the warm weather .... if it ever gets here! No skiing for me!ReplyDelete
Great photos Cathy. You look very comfortable in both environments.ReplyDelete
Sounds like you are a summer girl just like me, I can't believe we live in snowy Scotland, Palm Springs is more my climate. At least we are looking forward to spring now, well longing for it really. Still you have enjoyed the snow at some stage in your varied life, we have black and white proof.ReplyDelete
We don't do Winter either. That's why when we can we come over to Australia! I think your photos are great. The one of you sitting on the shingle is just so cute, and I'm in real awe of your skiing skills. Such lovely memories for you. xReplyDelete
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"In the race to make a meat free burger, Beyond Meat is in the lead — with one of the most widely distributed plant-based burgers on the market."
"Leonardo DiCaprio Makes A Big Investment In Vegan Burger 'Beyond Meat'"
Zach Johnston,
October 17th, 2017
"The Beyond Meat Beyond Burger blew me away from the second I took it out of the packaging. Sold in your grocery store's refrigerator section, this patty looks like it's made of meat. As in, it's thick like a meat burger and really has some weight to it. Same goes for the taste."
"My Search for the Best Veggie Burger and Meat Alternatives Money Can Buy"
Emily Abbate ,
September 14th, 2017
"Not long ago, the prospect of infiltrating the meat section was a wild dream for companies working on plan and lab-based meats. In breaking that barrier, Beyond Meat has opened the window for massive disruption of the traditional meat industry."
"A persistent CEO, a meat buyer, and a gamble—how fake meat finally made it to beef aisle"
Chase Purdy,
June 20th, 2017
"At Safeway, the burgers will appear in the meat case, an attempt to go directly after traditional beef eaters."
"Bill Gates-Backed Vegan Burgers Hit Mainstream With Safeway Deal"
Craig Giammona,
May 25th, 2017
"A game changer–this is the first veggie burger I've ever had that can legitimately be called a 'burger.'"
"We tried the Beyond Burger (and wrote poems about it)"
Rick Polito,
August 29, 2016
"If it looks, cooks, and tastes like a burger, perhaps alt-beef should be sold alongside all the other cuts in your grocer's meat case."
"The Most Innovative Companies of 2017"
February 13, 2017
"Beyond Meat spent more than seven years developing its patty, the Beyond Burger... and the result is soy-, gluten-, and GMO-free. When it went on sale in one Whole Foods in Colorado this spring, they sold out in an hour." Check out the Video
"The Meatless Burgers Of The Future Have Arrived"
Stephani M. Lee,
July 29, 2016
"The company's Beyond Burger even bleeds like real meat (though in this case the red substance is actually beet juice). The Beyond Burger is entirely plant-based, but is sold in the meat section of the grocery store"
"Why Do People Want Veggie Burgers That Bleed?"
Virginia Chamlee,
July 25, 2016
"I think the Beyond Burger has a solid chance of converting dedicated carnivores. It even sizzled and smelled like a real burger while it cooked."
"Plant Burgers Are Coming To A Fast Food Restaurant Near You"
Emily Price,
July 29, 2016
"Beyond Meat's ability to replicate meaty layers out of plant matter is among the company's greatest trade secrets — what puts it in a different category, perhaps, than the long line of faux meats that have come before."
"A meatless burger that bleeds vegetable juices just debuted at Whole Foods"
Ben Guarino,
May 24, 2016
"The juicy patty sizzles, it turns from red to brown on the grill, and it crumbles in your mouth, just like the real thing."
"Beyond Meat's burger drips canola oil not blood"
Cristina Alesci and Ahiza Garcia,
May 22, 2016
"For those looking for a better meatless solution at home, the most innovative work is coming from Beyond Meat"
"The Golden Age of the Veggie Burger"
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Thanks to voluntary cooperative agreements finalized today, landowners and managers in southeast New Mexico and the Trans-Pecos region of Texas will have the opportunity to participate in conservation efforts for five native animals, including the Texas hornshell, a rare freshwater mussel recently proposed for protection under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has approved a Candidate Conservation Agreement (CCA) and a Candidate Conservation Agreement with Assurances (CCAA) for the five species, all of which are unique to west Texas and southeastern New Mexico.
"Working with our partners, including the New Mexico State Land Office and the Center of Excellence, we can conserve the Texas hornshell and a suite of other aquatic species covered by the agreements and provide certainty to the landowners and companies that choose to participate," said Amy Lueders, the Service's Southwest Regional Director. "These voluntary agreements encourage landowner and industry participation in conservation and recovery efforts and underscore how important these partnerships are to our success."
"The State Land Office manages nearly 90,000 acres of State Trust Lands that could be affected by the listing of the Texas hornshell mussel and other species, therefore I am pleased the Candidate Conservation Agreement with Assurances is approved and we can move forward in partnership with our oil, gas, and agricultural lessees to implement conservation strategies that will aid in sensitive species recovery, protect their business interests, and allow the State Land Office to continue to generate revenue for education," said State Land Commissioner Aubrey Dunn. "Many of our valued lessees have been extremely responsive to our efforts and I encourage others to enroll. The State Land Office stands ready to assist with the process."
"The success of Candidate Conservation Agreements clearly demonstrates the value of cooperation when contemplating the conservation of species in peril. The notion that industry, ranching, recreation and conservation are incompatible in this arena has been transformed into a culture of cooperation, mutual concern and respect," said Douglas C. Lynn, Executive Director, CEHMM. "The CCAA's have proven time and again, that voluntary habitat protection and restoration can be successfully accomplished while preserving jobs and protecting the livelihoods that depend on the land. The essence of the programs' success resides with people of extremely diverse backgrounds working together in efforts to achieve common goals."
CEHMM and the New Mexico State Land Office (NMSLO) submitted applications for an "enhancement of survival permit" under the ESA. Such permits allow actions that would otherwise be prohibited under the act because they benefit the conservation of a listed species. They are often issued in conjunction with CCAs or CCAAs. This permit and the associated CCA and CCAA will be in effect for 30 years and cover conservation activities that take place on federal and non-federal lands in the Black and Delaware rivers in Eddy County, New Mexico and Culberson County, Texas. The agreements cover known populations of the Texas hornshell, as well as the Rio Grande River cooter, gray redhorse, blue sucker and Pecos springsnail – all state-protected species that share habitat and conservation benefits with the hornshell.
CCAs and CCAAs are part of a broader government-led effort to balance the needs of wildlife with those of private landowners, industry and communities through voluntary cooperative agreements. CCAAs provide non-federal landowners and developers the opportunity to implement conservation practices that address specific threats with assurances that, if the species is later listed, they can continue to manage their land as outlined in their agreements with no additional regulatory requirements. Federal agencies, permittees and lessees can enter into CCAs, which carry no regulatory assurances, but do provide enrollees with a high degree of certainty that they will not be subject to increased land-use restrictions if the species is listed.
Once abundant throughout rivers in southern New Mexico and the Rio Grande basin in Texas and Mexico, the Texas hornshell has experienced a dramatic decline. Today, it is the only native mussel remaining in New Mexico and is scarce in Texas, occupying only 15 percent of its historical U.S. range. Habitat fragmentation and loss as a result of impoundments and reduced water quality and quantity are negatively impacting the Texas hornshell and other freshwater mussels across the Southwest. After thoroughly reviewing the best available science, in August 2016, the Service proposed to protect the hornshell as endangered under the ESA.
In a related issue, the Service announced a six-month extension to its deadline for making a final listing determination on the Texas hornshell. The Service extended the deadline on the 2016 listing proposal for the Texas hornshell in order to solicit additional scientific information on the status of the species in Mexico. We will make a final listing determination no later than February 10, 2018.
CEHMM and NMSLO will assist interested area landowners, lessees and developers with enrollment in the CCAA. For information, contact CEHMM (575-885-3700) or NMSLO (505-827-5760).
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service works with others to conserve, protect, and enhance fish, wildlife, plants, and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people. For more information on our work and the people who make it happen, visit http://www.fws.gov/. Connect with our Facebook page, follow our tweets, watch our YouTube Channel and download photos from our Flickr page.
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when i go and turn my laptop on the screen turns white
Is this a good question?
Connect an external monitor to your laptop and see what it displays. The white screen is your backlight, you just do not receive any data. This could be because of a bad video card or a bad LVDS cable. Try the external monitor and let us know.
Connecting external monitor brought the regular display back to the laptop screen.
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We carefully chose the problem 26 x 4 for this number talk (mental math) in order to apply the bar model to student thinking.
I think a key element to this lesson is a deep understanding of division. For this particular class at this time, I might try inserting a lesson before the division bar model problem, that asks students a multiplication bar model problem. Once we tried out both, students might clarify for themselves similarities and differences between the two types of stories and the two opposite operations.
4th Grade Math - Number Operations: Multiplication & Division
Becca Sherman, Bayshore School District, Daly City, California
BECCA SHERMAN: So. Who wants to tell us what answer you want to explain, and tell us how you did it! Your strategy. Okay. Why don't you start?
STUDENT: Um, one?
BECCA SHERMAN: And how did you get it?
STUDENT: Um, I put 26 on the top, and 4 on the bottom, then I timesed it. And then I timesed 6 times 4 equals 24,
BECCA SHERMAN: Okay, and what'd you do with that 24.
STUDENT: I put the 4 on the bottom of the 4, and the 2 on top of the 2, and 2 times 4 equals 8, plus 2 equals 10. And I just put the 10 next to the 4.
BECCA SHERMAN: Okay. Did anyone else do it that way? Okay. Remember this idea, you guys? A picture is worth a thousand words? Do we have a picture for that?
STUDENTS: No.
BECCA SHERMAN: Do we have a picture for that?
STUDENTS: Yeah.
BECCA SHERMAN: Does someone… if you do, maybe I'll try your way? How would you draw a picture of that?
STUDENT: You do 26 circles and put 4 in each one.
BECCA SHERMAN: Okay…
STUDENT: Or 4 circles in 26 rows.
BECCA SHERMAN: Either one?
STUDENT: Either one.
BECCA SHERMAN: Okay. Instead of drawing lots of … since 4 circles is easier to draw, I might do that. Instead of drawing, um.
STUDENT: 26 in….
BECCA SHERMAN: 26 dots, can I make a shortcut? And put the number? Okay. And then … this is pretty close to what we were doing down there, so if I wanted to make it like boxes that are all the same, then I could put 26 in each one?
STUDENT: How 'bout the dots?
BECCA SHERMAN: Okay. Another strategy. Who had a different strategy, not the stack and multiply strategy. Um… what'd you do?
STUDENT: I had… I had one for the drawing.
BECCA SHERMAN: What was your drawing?
STUDENT: 26 plus 26 equals, uh, what you call it? 26…
BECCA SHERMAN: So one person—are you defending the same answer?
STUDENT: Yeah.
BECCA SHERMAN: Okay. So you used 26 and 26. And what'd you get?
STUDENT: I got… 52.
STUDENT: No! that's not the answer!
BECCA SHERMAN: And… on the drawing, that might look like that?
STUDENT: Bottom of the 52 I put another 52,
BECCA SHERMAN: Where'd that 52 come from?
STUDENT: 'Cause there's 2 ways. One you could do..
STUDENT: Oh! I know!
STUDENT: 52 plus 52! Equals 104.
BECCA SHERMAN: Do you want to… do you want to finish your thought? Or do you want someone else to finish your thought? Okay, go ahead.
STUDENT: Yeah, I put a 4 on the bottom,
BECCA SHERMAN: You put a 4 on bottom.
STUDENT: I added 2 plus 2
BECCA SHERMAN: Oh, oh, you were adding, sorry. I thought you just… okay.
STUDENT: Added 2 plus 2 equals 4.
BECCA SHERMAN: Uh huh…
STUDENT: And 5 plus 5 equals 10, so… yeah.
BECCA SHERMAN: Okay, so on the picture could I also say that that equals 52?
STUDENT: Yeah.
BECCA SHERMAN: And… I'm gonna call that.. can we call that, "double?" You doubled 26? And doubled it again? The double double?
STUDENT: A triple!
BECCA SHERMAN: Okay. Is that a triple strategy? I don't know if that's the same. It's a double double… okay. Did anyone… break the number 26 apart?
STUDENT: No.
BECCA SHERMAN: And do that?
STUDENT: No, I did another way.
BECCA SHERMAN: Or do you have a different way. Derek, what was your way?
STUDENT: I have a different way.
BECCA SHERMAN: What's your way.
STUDENT: I looked, when I saw the number up there, I just looked at it, and, but I didn't do it the right way. I did…2, I did, I knew the 20 was in the tens place, so I did 20, 40, 60, 80, 4 times. And then, um, after that I did the 6 four times.
BECCA SHERMAN: So how did you do the 6 four times?
STUDENT: I jumped it by 6, is all. So, 4. I did 6, 12, 18, 24. And then I added those to 80, and 24 together….80 and 24 together and made 104.
BECCA SHERMAN: So that's 24, and that's 80, and all together.. 104. Whoa. Let's try that in a picture. And see… 20, plus 20, plus 20, plus 20, hey, that's like our groups over here. Equal groups? So I'm gonna try drawing that. Here's 20, then 20 more, then 20 more, then 20 more, and how many did we get all together?
BECCA SHERMAN: 20, 40, 60, 80. Okay. So that is… 80. And then he did the same thing with the 6? Where did this 20 and the 6 come from?
STUDENT: Oh! I got it from the 26.
BECCA SHERMAN: Oh! So wait a minute. I'm gonna go right up here and say, you started with this idea, 26. You did break it apart! Here's 20, and here's 6. So 26 is made up of a 20, two tens, and 6 ones. So here's his… and we had to do what with it? Multiply by…
BECCA SHERMAN: 4? Okay. So let's see. Here's our 4 20's, here's, maybe, our 4 6's? and you said that's 24. Cool. And then 24, my mess, getting kind of messy here! 80 and 24 you said, all together, is…
BECCA SHERMAN: 104? Okay. Pretty cool, you guys.
The connection between "times four" and "double, double" gets us on track equal groups and using the bar model. I wish I had also brought back in their idea of "repeated addition" with this. The "break apart" of 104 into four groups of twenty plus four groups of six furthers the bar model example. For time sake, I skipped the second number talk we planned.


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Hi Bama Fans,
It was great to see and meet some newcomers last Saturday. Bama handled business against Western Kentucky and now the fun begins. Playing at Ole Miss will be challenging, but let's hope Bama can redeem the last two losses to Ole Miss and get their first SEC victory. Coach Saban has never lost 3 consecutive games to the same opponent while coaching at UA.
Bama Fun Fact:
What UA All-American football player and humanitarian became in 2002 the first African American general manager in NFL history?
If you're planning on watching the game in the Chicagoland area, please join us at either of our two official University of Alabama Alumni watch locations. The Houndstooth is located at 3369 N Clark St. In the suburbs, Another Round, is located at 5141 Main Street in Downers Grove. The Houndstooth's web site for further details is www.houndstoothsaloon.com. Another Round's web site is www.anotherroundbarandgrill.com.
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Another Round will be open also and ready to greet all the wonderful BAMA fans. We have a private area to the far left as you enter the bar.
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Lisa, Linda, Todd, Bobby, and Laurel will be at The Houndstooth and available to answer any questions you may have.
Mia, Cathy, and I will be at Another Round to assist you. Hope to see you there.
Bama Fun Fact Answer: Ozzie Newsome Jr.
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In a space that's not much larger than a small apartment, employees of We Care Pharmacy & Home Health wait on customers, prepare prescriptions, store inventory and eat their lunch.
The Plantation pharmacy was founded just a little over a year ago by Nigerian-born Godwin Okafor, 34. Stanley Davenport, a medical technologist, later joined the company as vice president. The pharmacy now has a staff of six.
The bulk of We Care's business is delivery to patients at home. These include patients with AIDS, diabetes and other chronic illnesses.
Okafor said he has always known he would own a business.
He first came to the United States in 1985 to go to school. He eventually earned his doctor of pharmacy degree at Florida A&M University in Tallahassee.
``Even when I was in school, people regarded me as someone who would own a business. People thought I could be convincing,'' he said.
Okafor did his internship at Jackson Memorial Hospital and was soon hired, later supervising the hospital pharmacy. He then worked for Walgreens to learn about dealing with insurance companies and customers.
He worked lots of overtime and diligently saved his money, accumulating $30,000 over five years to invest in his business. ``Whenever a staffing shortage would pop up, I would volunteer,'' Okafor said.
In 1996, Okafor went to Florida Atlantic University's Small Business Development Center for help with his business plan. Staff member Martin Zients invited him to the center's bank loan committee _ bank representatives who hear a business owner's pitch and give advice on applying for a loan.


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Orchard Park is a 0.6 mile moderately trafficked loop trail located near Hillsboro, Oregon that features a great forest setting. The trail is good for all skill levels and primarily used for hiking and walking. Dogs are also able to use this trail but must be kept on leash.
dogs on leash
kid friendly
Flat paved trail that skirts a frisbee golf course then meanders through a natural area.
Everyday walk
The loop is lush and beautiful year round. Park is small but nice enough for a quick rest stop
I'd definitely try this at another time/day. LOTS of people, bikes, strollers and dogs (including mine). Nice little walk though if you are looking for an easy, flat stroll.
Love this walk in the woods, and you're right in the middle of town. Wide paved paths & peaceful. We will definitely do this one again!
There be disc golf here! Easy, mostly paved, lots of people
I love this as a walk for my dog and I. It's pretty with a lot of shade. Seems like it connects to a lot of other trails not sure what they are called though.
Has clean real restrooms.
This was half mile if you just do the loop. A decent walk, but nothing too exciting.
A great after dinner walk with the family, paved, and a great stroller trail


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When people feel that their workplace is supportive of their whole life, they are often more engaged with the organization.
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At Austin's 2015 Economic Forecast panel, speakers focused on bringing manufacturing back to U.S. soil, the future of Texas' booming real estate...
Top CEOs from biotechnology, financial services and private equity share their generally positive perspectives on the 2015 economy in San Antonio.
Despite the robust economy in Dallas, changes in consumer behavior continue to keep retail and consumer package goods industries scrambling.
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Sony in Portable Gaming
People are going to laugh when i say this. Sony is successful in portable gaming console and definitely they have to make a sequel to it.
PSP was launched back in 2003 and till now it has sold 82 million units making it one of the top 10 selling console of all time. Please do note its not top 10 in portable but of all consoles.
Quite often it was compared with the Nintendo DS which sold nearly 130 million units and PSP was considered as failure. But even back then PSP was way ahead in power of the DS.
Playstation launched a PS Vita aroind 2012 and promised console quality games in your hand and nearly two years they kept up the word. PS Vita hardware is hands down the powerful hardware with touch controls in front and back. As well as AI capabilities.
But it is compared with the 3DS and offcourse Vita is no match to the 3DS in salea. While in the Nintendo direct it is releasing games for the 3DS in 2019. Thats how yoi support yoir console. Sony must learn.
Playstation Vita is now in 10 to 15 million units and there are quite loyal fans of Sony and still it is selling well in Japan. Even an average game is received well in the platform. Think how it will be if there is first Party Support like Nintendo.
Playstation has filed a patent recently which shows us a tablet like model with two grips with buttons and trigger buttons at the back will it be 2 in 1 home/portable console. Will it see the light or will Sony ditch it we nevee know. Because all concepts are not going to be made.
As Microsoft having backwards compatible possible. Think of a Xbox portable which has entire library can be played on the GO, Well Microsoft can try it they have nothing to lose. But Sony has always taken risk and not afraid to try of new things must definetely bring a competition to the Nintendo switch.
Competition is always better for the consumer we get options to choose from. We get quality content from the developers. Sony has enough money they must learn from their mistakes give first party support does not lose hope. Shpuld not use properitory cables, changers or SD card. If Sony can give a good product customers are ready to accept it with open hands.
If they can purchase few indie developers and few small game making companies dedicatedly working on the portable platform no one is going to complaim. Graphics does not matter is proven by Nintendo games what people want is fun of gaming.
People does not want AAA massive games like last of us and horizon zero dawn or a water downed version which plays like crap. Make games that can run by the hardware make cartoon games, anime games, platformers, visual novels, rpgs, horrors etc.
PS5 is around the corner and PS Vita is near to dead we really need a portable from Sony as their hardcore fans what do you guys think


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Some of the most beautiful photos that I've taken have been of Hummingbirds in flight. Hummingbirds not only have brilliant iridescent colors, but they are also attracted to the nectar of lovely flowers. This combination, Hummingbirds and flowers, makes for one gorgeous shot.
Many people use flash photography to capture Hummingbirds; however, I like to travel light with little equipment. I also prefer to handhold my camera for flight shots. I can track the Hummingbird more easily and even quickly move to a nearby location which I can do if I don't have to pick up and move a tripod. So this blog will describe how I take photographs of Hummingbirds in the wild without the use of a flash.
Know your Subject:
Hummingbirds migrate and are more abundant during certain times of the year. They also are attracted to certain flowers. Lists of these flowers are found on the Internet. Research which flowers attract Hummingbirds and go to places that have those flowers when they are blooming and Hummingbirds are around. In Southern California, for example, Huntington Beach Central Park is known for its Hummingbirds in spring when the Pride of Madeira is blooming. The Los Angeles Arboretum also gets a large population of Hummers when the Salvia and the Aloe are blooming.
Photographers flock to both of these public gardens when Hummingbirds are migrating. But you can also find these small hovering birds in less crowded spots such as pocket parks where the same types of flowers grow. I prefer these smaller areas for I often have them to myself.
I use a Canon 1D Mark iv to take my Hummingbird shots. When a Hummingbird is near, I can take many as 10 frames per second. Other photographers prefer taking one shot in an effort not to scare the Hummingbirds. They really do not like the sound of the click of the camera.
My preferred lens for these wee ones is a Canon 400mm 5.6 prime lens. It's very sharp and I can stand at a good distance from the Hummer and still get a close-up. The 400 is light enough for me to maneuver quickly and for long periods of time.
Once you are proficient in taking shots with a telephoto lens, you might want to add an extension tube so you can get really close. I sometimes add a 36 mm Kenko extension tube. Kenko tubes are less expensive than the Canon tubes and are just as effective.
Extension tubes don't magnify the telephoto end of your lens, like a teleconverter would. Extension tubes just allow you to get closer to the Hummingbird. In other words, you can fill the more of the frame with this tiny bird while still achieving focus. Image quality is retained and only a bit of light is lost. As long as you're using tubes with full electronic contacts, another advantage is no slowdown in Autofocus. If you want more full-frame shots, use an extension tube.
Camera Settings:
In a previous blog post, I discussed my camera settings for birds in flight. These same settings hold true for smaller birds in flight such as Hummingbirds. I shoot in Camera RAW using Autofocus and Manual exposure. I expose for the bird, not the background.
Aperture: I leave my camera with my 400mm lens at its largest aperture, which is 5.6.
ISO: I want to greatest shutter speed I can have without creating too much noise. Springtime in Southern California is often overcast with white skies and moisture in the air, so I need to use a high ISO. It's usually 1000, but I will venture to 1250, 1600 or even higher if need be.
Shutter Speed: My preferred shutter speed is 2500 and higher to freeze the wings. However, if the day is dark, then I will reduce my shutter speed to 1000.
On location:
Once I have arrived at a location where Hummingbirds feed, I place myself in the best lighting position and try to hide from the birds as best I can. That usually means standing or sitting very still in the shadows. A Walkstool, a lightweight, folding stool, is great stable seat for this downtime. If there is a bush or tree nearby, I will use it as a hide. I patiently wait and enjoy my surroundings. I have pre-focused where I think the bird will be and then when the Hummer is in a good position for a shot, I aim at the center of the bird and blast away. It's easy to get an in focus shot when the Hummingbird is feeding, but it's very difficult if they are flying to or from the flower.
Because I shoot in camera RAW, I need to adjust my settings in Lightroom or Photoshop. I use Neat Image for Noise Reduction. I often make two Layers, one for the background and one for the bird, masking out the background. I will apply more noise reduction to the background than the bird, where I want to bring out the detail. In fact, i usually use Tonal Contrast from Nik to bring out even more detail in the bird.
With practice you can get wonderful shots of these tiny flying jewels.
All the best ~ Patricia
Here is my gallery of Hummingbirds. I have even more to add - it's a work in progress. I hope you enjoy the shots!
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|Reviews for I Put A Spell On You
| MorbidErasure chapter 1 . 3/9/2012
I really like it, especially where he goes 'what am I, fifteen'? Everyone seems pretty IC and I love the first paragraph. My favorite line is 'It choked him even though he didn't have to breathe'.
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| GoodfortheSoul chapter 1 . 6/26/2011
Aww. This was so sad and sweet. Poor Spike, so confused by his feelings and haunted by a song and "the" girl! I love Tara in this story; she really is such a warm and wonderful character. Very well done.
| CiaranTheNerdy chapter 1 . 6/24/2011
An amazing beginning to this Buffy fic. You can tell Spike is slightly nervous about what he's got to tell Buffy in the next chapter. I've noticed you do like to have your chaptersend on a cliffhanger... I loves it!
| sweetprincipale chapter 1 . 6/24/2011
Oh- not a one-shot! (That came out wrong). Please can this be more than a one shot? (Is that better?) A bit of pre-smashed Spuffy in the crypt after struggling confessions, arguments, and rising passion? It's delicious, perfect music choice, too good for just one helping!


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Cargo ship with 12 crew members, incl. 9 Ukrainians, sinks in Black Sea – Russian media
The Crimean department of the Russian Emergencies Ministry has reported that a cargo ship sank in the Black Sea on Wednesday, according to the Russian news agency TASS.
"On April 19, 2017, the Heroes of Arsenal ship wrecked in the waters of the Black Sea," the department said in a statement, TASS reported.
The accident happened near the Kerch Strait ferry line, which connects the Crimean Peninsula and Russia's Krasnodar Krai.
According to Crimean rescuers, there were 12 crew members on board the ship.
Read alsoTitanic sank due to enormous uncontrollable fire, not iceberg, claim experts"We have information that there were nine Ukrainians, one Georgian and two Russians on board," a spokesman for the department said, giving no further details.
A spokesman for the Kransodar Krai's Emergencies Ministry department said that five people were rescued and seven were missing.
The ship loaded with grain was heading from Russia's Rostov region to Turkey.
According to the MarineTraffic online system, which displays real-time automatic identification system ship positions and information about vessel movements, the cargo ship flies under the flag of Panama.
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Mapping Media to the Common Core Part 1
This is the information portal for "Mapping Media to the Common Core Part 1" in Spring 2013, a blended professional development course taught by Wesley Fryer and offered both via synchronous videoconferences and online through Western Montana CSPD. The syllabus is available as a PDF file. All participants must BYOI (bring your own iPad) to each session! Sign up on www.cspd.net.
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I'm Rebecca Hilton, travel-lover, reading obsessive and mum-of-two doing my best to navigate life in a different country. I'm from the UK but over the last few years I've been trying to make wherever 'here' is feel like home – from Thailand to Germany and who knows where next…
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When we moved to Germany, I decided to set up 'Making Here Home' and offer coaching to fellow expats. As reading is a passion of mine, I also set up a book club…which quickly went from 4 members to over 40.
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This got me thinking about all the women living overseas who love to read, and how wonderful it would be to have a worldwide book club. So I started The Expat Book Club.
It's an online community of women, connected via a shared love of reading – and it is now my virtual happy place! The Expat Book Club is on Facebook and on Instagram – if you're a book lover, you are welcome here.
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According to research, 84% of American Christians tend to only engage (regularly) with other Christians, therefore living "detached" from the outside world. In this series we will discuss why this type of lifestyle is contrary to the Great Commision and contrary to The Gospel. We will also discuss how to engage with people who look, believe and live different lifestyles than you in a way that is honoring to Christ. HERE.


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HONOLULU: President Barack Obama joked about "aloha shirts" all weekend at the APEC conference, but when it came down to taking the "family photo," the president decided not to make the world leaders wear the local shirt.
Often called "Hawaiian shirts," the "aloha shirt" is the signature fashion item for tourists and locals. Often at APEC meetings, the leaders pose for what is dubbed a family photo, and often wear the garb of the location where it's being held.
It can look kind of goofy, seeing powerful, global leaders wearing something other than a formal business suit, but the group typically has some fun with it.
The president said he had looked at previous photos from past summits, and decided it was a tradition he wanted to break. At a press conference Sunday, he said nobody objected.
The president is a native of Hawaii, and welcomed the APEC leaders for a weekend of talk about the economy in the Asia-Pacific region.
He may have foreshadowed the decision to forego the shirts Saturday night.
"Two years ago, when I was in Singapore and it was announced that we would be hosting the APEC Summit here in Honolulu, I promised that you would all have to wear aloha shirts or grass skirts. But I was persuaded by our team to perhaps break tradition, and so we have not required you to wear your aloha shirts, although I understand that a few of you have tried them on for size, and we may yet see you in them in the next several you in them in the next several days," Obama said Saturday before a luau.
Before a bilateral meeting with Russian Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev, Obama joked the Russian leader may have been donning the shirt this weekend. "My understanding is that he's been spotted in a Hawaiian shirt walking and enjoying the good weather. And so I don't know if anybody got pictures of this, but I'm glad that he's enjoying himself so far," Obama said.
The funny shirt tradition stopped last year when APEC was held in Japan. Some speculated that during tough economic times, it might seem like an unnecessary cost.


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Saying a federal judge is micromanaging the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, state officials are asking a federal appellate court to reverse the judge's finding that hot conditions at the prison's death row are unconstitutional.
In a filing with the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, attorneys for the state Department of Corrections argue that there is no basis in law for Chief U.S. District Judge Brian Jackson's order that heat indexes on death row — how hot it actually feels — not top 88 degrees from April through October.
State officials claim the judge's December ruling and order effectively requires the state to install an "extensive and expensive" air conditioning unit or some other humidity-controlling device, something no court has ever mandated, to correct a violation of the Eighth Amendment's ban on cruel and unusual punishment.
"No court, including the Fifth Circuit, has ever directed a prison to implement air conditioning or any other mechanical cooling system in order to achieve an acceptable heat index in any type of correctional facility in Louisiana, Mississippi, or Texas," the state's attorneys note in court papers that were filed last month at the appeals court in New Orleans.
The attorneys say inmates don't have a constitutional right to mechanical cooling. While the Eighth Amendment doesn't permit inhumane conditions, they say, it also doesn't mandate comfortable prisons.
Attorneys for three Louisiana condemned killers who sued the state last year over the oppressive heat have until Sept. 23 to enter their response to the state's filing.
Jackson toured the Angola prison last summer and ruled in December that high heat indexes on death row amounted to a violation of the inmates' constitutional rights. He ordered the state to devise a plan to cool down death row.
The judge in May approved the state's court-mandated remediation plan — which includes adding air conditioning, providing chests filled with ice and allowing inmates once-daily cold showers — and ordered its immediate implementation. But the 5th Circuit stayed the order on June 6.
During a court-ordered monitoring period last summer, the state's attorneys say the heat index on the death-row tiers frequently ranged between 86 and 97 degrees, and rarely exceeded 99 degrees.
Louisiana's attorney noted that a federal judge directed the Mississippi Department of Corrections a decade ago to provide fans, ice water and daily showers to death-row inmates when the heat index registered 90 degrees or above, or, alternatively, during the months of May through September and that the 5th Circuit affirmed that portion of the judge's order.
The death-row inmates who sued the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections "currently enjoy the remedies ordered by the Fifth Circuit ... including the use of fans, access to water, access to ice, and daily showers," the attorneys maintain.
"In fact, (they) enjoy these remedial measures at all times during the year — not just when the heat index is greater than 90 degrees or during certain months of the year," the state's attorneys wrote.
In their lawsuit, condemned murderers Elzie Ball, Nathaniel Code and James Magee claimed heat indexes on death row reached 172 degrees in 2012 and 195 degrees in 2011, but the state disputes those numbers.
The three inmates also contend the sweltering heat exacerbated their medical conditions and violated their constitutional rights, but the state's attorneys take issue with that claim as well.
The state's attorneys say medical records for Ball, Magee and Code show none of the men lodged heat-related complaints over the past several years.
"Two of the (inmates) have lived on Death Row since the opening of the facility in 2006, for more than seven years, with no heat-related conditions," the attorneys wrote. "In fact, no inmate has ever suffered heat-related injuries at the current Death Row facility."
The state's attorneys say the three inmates' medical ailments "were quite possibly caused by their own poor nutrition habits, their decisions to forego exercising despite being afforded the opportunity to do so, and their failure to properly treat their individual medical conditions."
Ball, for example, enjoys eating honey buns and pork rinds, the state says, even though his attorneys say that he suffers from diabetes and hypertension.
Code and Magee also have hypertension, their attorneys have said.
Ball was convicted of fatally shooting beer delivery man Ben Scorsone during the 1996 armed robbery of a Gretna lounge.
Magee was found guilty in the 2007 shotgun murders of his estranged wife, Adrienne Magee, and their 5-year-old son, Zach, on a street in the Tall Timbers subdivision north of Mandeville.
Code was condemned to die for the 1985 murders of four people at a house in Shreveport. He drowned Vivian Chaney in her bathtub; stabbed and slashed to death Chaney's 17-year-old daughter, Carlitha; and shot to death Vivian Chaney's brother, Jerry Culbert, and her boyfriend, Billy Joe Harris.


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Prof. Parker will be heading to UC Davis March 14-17 to give a talk at the 31st Annual CUNY Human Sentence Processing Conference. His talk is titled "A multi-dimensional view of NPI licensing", and will present new research showing that real-time Negative Polarity Item (NPI) licensing is driven by semantic and pragmatic conditions, and must involve more than a simple syntactic feature matching process as previously assumed.
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Prof. Parker awarded WMSURE/Mellon Foundation Fellowship
Prof. Parker was recently awarded a William & Mary Scholars Undergraduate Research Experience (WMSURE) Fellowship funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to improve interdisciplinary education at the College. As a WMSURE/Mellon Fellow, Prof. Parker will work to increase the opportunities for students from first generation and lower income families, and historically under-represented racial and ethnic groups, to participate in research under faculty supervision.
The Lunden triumvirate
Congratulations to Prof. Anya Lunden who recently published a series of papers appearing in Phonology, Laboratory Phonology, and The Linguistic Review!
The paper in Phonology was co-authored with current W&M student Jessica Campbell and recent graduate Mark Hutchins, along with Nick Kalivoda (UCSC). The paper in The Linguistic Review was co-authored with graduate Kelsey Renoll.
Happy reading!
Lunden, Anya, Jessica Campbell, Mark Hutchens, and Nick Kalivoda. 2017. Vowel-length contrasts and phonetic cues to stress: an investigation of their relation. Phonology 34:565-580.
Lunden, Anya. 2017. Duration, vowel quality, and the rhythmic pattern of English. Laboratory Phonology 8: 1–20.
Lunden, Anya and Kelsey Renoll. Position and stress as factors in long distance metathesis. The Linguistic Review 34(4): 615–634.
Prof. Parker publishes new article in Journal of Memory and Language
Prof. Dan Parker published a new article in Journal of Memory and Language. The paper "Processing multiple gap dependencies: Forewarned is forearmed" investigates the processing of sentences with across-the-board (ATB) extraction to better understand the mechanisms of syntactic prediction in sentence comprehension.
Parker, D. 2017. Processing multiple gap dependencies: Forewarned is forearmed. Journal of Memory and Language, 97, 175-186. [pdf]
That's a wrap (for Spring 2017)!
We accomplished a lot in the Spring 2017 semester. Let's take stock:
- 2 Honors theses from Quentin Ullrich (chair: Prof. Parker) and Alexa Rosalsky (chair: Prof. Lunden)
- 2 new honors projects approved for the 2017-2018 academic year, from Jessica Campbell and Joshua Greenfield.
- We once again hosted the North American Computational Linguistics Olympiad (NACLO)
- Prof. Lunden gave 2 talks at the 2017 Linguistic Society of America (LSA) Annual meeting.
- Prof. Lunden published an article in Phonology, co-authored with W&M students Jessica Campbell and Mark Hutchins (along with Nick Kalivoda).
- Prof. Parker published 3 articles . One article appeared in Trends in Cognitive Science (co-authored with recent alumnus, Daniel Lantz) one in Journal of Memory and Language (co-authored with Colin Phillips), and one in an edited volume on Language Processing and Disorders (co-authored with Mike Shvartsman and Julie Van Dyke)
- Prof. Harrigan successfully connected with area schools to conduct acquisition research with W&M students.
- Prof. Parker gave 3 presentations (2 posters and 1 talk) at CUNY 2017
- A multidisciplinary team of faculty including Prof. Parker established the new Data Science Program at W&M, which students can pursue a degree in starting this Fall
- Prof. Parker obtained a Faculty Summer Research grant to support research in the lab this summer
- And we churned through a series of exciting lab meetings from students and faculty!
Whew! Certainly looking forward to Summer!
Prof. Parker to give 3 presentations at CUNY 2017
Prof. Parker will be heading to MIT this March to give three presentations at CUNY 2017:
Schlueter, Z., Parker, D., & Lau, E. (Mis)interpreting agreement attraction: Evidence from a novel dual-task paradigm. Talk at the 30th CUNY Conference on Human Sentence Processing. MIT.
Parker, D. Memory retrieval in sentence comprehension uses a non-linear cue combination rule. Poster at the 30th CUNY Conference on Human Sentence Processing. MIT.
Parker, D. Selective agreement attraction effects: Not all phrases are equally attractive. Poster at the 30th CUNY Conference on Human Sentence Processing. MIT.
Prof. Parker publishes in Journal of Memory and Language
Prof. Dan Parker and Colin Phillips (UMD) just published new work in Journal of Memory and Language. Their paper, "Reflexive attraction is selective" shows how to systematically induce attraction effects for reflexive anaphors using eye-tracking. Check it out!
Parker, D. & Phillips, C. (2017). Reflexive attraction in comprehension is selective. Journal of Memory and Language, 94, 272-290. [pdf]
NACLO 2017 a success!
William & Mary once again served as a site host for the North American Computational Linguistics Olympiad (NACLO). The event is an annual competition that engages high schoolers in language and logic problems. This year, we had around 10 students from local schools participate. Many thanks to the student volunteers, Jessica Campbell and Colin Wilson for their help promoting the event.
Prof. Parker and alumnus Daniel Lantz publish in topiCS
Prof. Dan Parker and recent graduate, Daniel Lantz ('16), just published their work "Encoding and Accessing Linguistics Representations in a Dynamically Structured Holographic Memory System" in the journal Topics in Cognitive Science (topiCS). This paper is an extended version of their earlier 2016 paper of the same title that was published in the proceedings of the 2016 International Conference on Cognitive Modeling (ICCM)
Parker, D. & Lantz, D. (accepted). Encoding and Accessing Linguistic Representations in a Dynamically Structured Holographic Memory System. Topics in Cognitive Science, 9, 51-68. [pdf; supersedes the 2016 ICCM paper of the same title]
Prof. Parker publishes in Cognition
Prof. Dan Parker and Colin Phillips (U. of Maryland) just published their work on illusory negative polarity item (NPI) licensing in Cognition! In this paper, Parker and Phillips use standard psycholinguistic methodologies to show that by making minimal changes to a sentence, it is possible to selectively control the presence and absence of linguistic illusions involving NPIs. These findings turn out to be very informative about how linguistic structure is encoded in working memory. Check out the paper:
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What are appraisal reports and do I need them? by Geraldine Santiago
If you are buying real estate in Vancouver, you will need an appraisal report for the property you will be purchasing, especially if you will need a mortgage. The appraisal report is typically paid for by the mortgage company. The report is prepared by a professional appraiser who makes an evaluation of the property they will be funding.
An on-site inspection of the property's condition is performed, and appraisers look at active lisings within the same parameters (same type of dwelling, same construction, same number of bedrooms and bathrooms, same lot size, same neighbourhood) and so on, for a period of up to 3 months and earlier as well as SOLD, CANCELLED, OFF THE MARKET, EXPIRED listings. If data cannot be obtained within these parameters, a wider parameter is extended though it will not be as accurate.
The property you are considering to purchase is the property that will be the subject property and the other propeties that are in the MLS system for data, will be the analyzed with a positive or negative value, being superior to the subject property or inferior. Some aspects appraisers will also look at, and comment on may be the parking, street parking, neighbourhood, site influences, neighbourhood calming programs, neighbourhood blockwatch, parks, commuinty centre, a view, landscape, trees, ambiance. It is easier to do an apprasal report on a condo verses a single detached home. There are more eternal and different variables in a single detached home with many homeowners upgrading their homes with renovations, new appliances, new plumbing systems, heating systems, etc. The appraisal report value is important because it must be in line with thevalue you have negotiated to purchase with the seller.
The property appraisal report also will include market statistics of the neighbourhood and area and sometimes notations by the appraiser.
If you are wanting to get a copy of your appraisal report done by the mortgage company, you may be able to get one though a small fee may be required. it is good to have this on hand. The reason for an appraisal report is so that the banks- who are loaning you the money to pay for your mortgage- want to make sure that the value in the property is the value you are paying for.


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This is the second season the Premier League has produced its own report
More than half of Premier League fans are paying £30 or less per match to watch English top-flight games this season, according to new research.
The average price for a ticket is £32, the study by the Premier League and Ernst and Young found.
The average price for an away ticket is £26, with 33% sold below the £30 cap agreed by clubs in March 2016.
Concessions and offers - including early-bird and loyalty - make up 34% of all season tickets sold.
"This research shows the excellent value clubs are offering and the impressive commitment of their fans," Richard Scudamore, Premier League executive chairman, said.
"I hope it will challenge commonly held perceptions about the cost of attending Premier League football, and encourage even more people to consider going to a match."
Last season the same study found the average price of a ticket was £31.
The research has been compiled using data provided directly by the clubs, including the cost of every ticket already sold or available this season.
It includes all parts of Premier League stadiums, except hospitality areas, and includes all ticket types sold or available. All matchday tickets include booking fees or admin charges.
Source: bbc.com