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Art Zipkin
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Art graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology, in 1982 with a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Management. After graduation, he managed operations and new business initiatives for Milliken & Company, John Harland Company (now Harland Clarke), IMTECH, Input Services and Lason. Art joined DDC in 2003 and helped to develop some of the company's first US-based BPO clients out of its Georgia operation through DDC OS USA & later, DDC FPO in Colorado. He has led the company through exponential growth in the AP, Freight/LTL Carrier, Insurance, Medical Payment and Shared Services markets. Through the years, he has formed strong partnerships with leaders across industries, and he has witnessed DDC's North American clientele grow exponentially. In his free time, Art enjoys spending quality time with his family in the Georgian countryside.
Marissa Crotty
CFO & President of Finance & Administration, DDC FPO & DDC OS USA of The DDC Group
Before joining DDC, Marissa took her Bachelor of Science in Consumer Science from the University of Wisconsin to the legal field in the U.S. Virgin Islands. After joining the DDC family in 2006, she moved back to the continental U.S. where she oversaw the incorporation of DDC FPO in Colorado. As a member of the global executive management team, Marissa works closely with state-side DDC President Art Zipkin, as well as The DDC Group's CEO & Co-Founder Jan Trevalyan. In addition to her work with DDC, Marissa graduated in 2010 with an honors degree in Pastry Arts from the Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts. Beyond all things culinary, she enjoys traveling, exploring the outdoors and spending quality time with her family.
Teresa Peyton
Vice President of Operations, DDC FPO & DDC OS USA of The DDC Group
Teresa joined DDC in 2013. She brings over 20 years of leadership experience in data processing and application development for the AP, Freight/LTL Carrier and Medical Payments industries. She has extensive experience in managing global data processing projects and teams for today's leading corporations. At DDC, she works closely with the IT development team to design high-performance business solutions of an international scope for DDC's world-class clientele. In her spare time, you can find Teresa enjoying quality time with her family and friends, watching the Atlanta Falcons play football, and going to the beach.
Chad Crotty
Vice President of Sales, DDC FPO & DDC OS USA of The DDC Group
Chad joined the DDC team in 2010 to facilitate sales growth for our North American divisions, DDC OS USA & DDC FPO. He came to DDC with over 20 years of sales, brand management, and marketing related experience in a number of industries and demonstrated impressive results. Through Chad's direction, DDC has more than doubled our client list, expanded our set of service offerings, and increased our annual revenues by more than 50%. Prior to joining our team, he previously developed regional markets in the highly competitive alcohol industry working with premium brands such as Absolut Vodka, Cruzan Rum, and Miller Brewing. Chad holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management from the University of Phoenix and was the first male in his family to graduate from college. He has settled in Colorado (where our DDC FPO headquarters are located) with his wife and 2 small children. Professionally, he enjoys seeing our company grow exponentially and ensuring the fruits of the teams' labor. Personally, he enjoys spending time with his family, reading a good history or adventure book, or exploring the endless amounts of beautiful places in the Western US.
Quetura Hudson
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Prior to joining DDC's project management team in 2006, Quetura managed data entry and processing teams in the non-profit sector at Grizzard Communications Group. Today, she collaborates with DDC's departments and international divisions to develop solution offerings for Freight, HR, Banking and Medical Payment clientele. In addition to overseeing our North American projects, Quetura works closely with DDC's HR team to implement "team building" initiatives for DDC OS USA's employees, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. Quetura graduated Magna Cum Laude from Albany State University with a Bachelor of Science in Allied Health Science Administration. Outside of DDC, you can find her spending time with her family and friends.
Dan Kaiser
Vice President of IT, DDC FPO & DDC OS USA of The DDC Group
Dan graduated Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from Wilmington College in Ohio. After running his own company Information Management Solutions and Services for many years, Dan joined DDC in 2007. Today, he runs DDC's IT department and works hand-in-hand with Vice President of Operations Teresa Peyton to custom-design all client solutions. He writes original software and builds applications from the ground up –with a specialty in Business Process Automation applications. Dan loves to brainstorm with IT moguls in the industry to find synergies between clients to create unique, collaborative solutions. When he does get a spare moment of free time, you can find him fishing.
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Director of Client Solutions, DDC FPO & DDC OS USA of The DDC Group
Before joining DDC, Luna emigrated from the Philippines to Toronto, Canada. During her time in Canada, she served as a data service supervisor and gained experience in business management and supervisory skills. Luna's knowledge of challenging objectives and implementation of procedural methods leave DDC clients pleased with the increase in project accuracy and productivity. She has assisted with the creation of the DDC Intelligence System and has created other DDC FPO service offerings including Rate Auditing and POD Retrieval. She has a vast knowledge of the LTL billing industry and her latest projects have her into the world of analytics and website/mobile app development. Luna graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Holy Angel University in the Philippines and earned an operations certificate in Computer Programming Proficiency. Outside of DDC, she enjoys spending time with her husband Raul and their son Thomas. She is a member of Christian World Ministries in Florida, where she serves as President of the Women's Ministry.
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First generation American and Northern California native, Cassandra brings to DDC over a decade of experience in driving brand development and managing company operations to increase business sales from the fine-foods to the finance industries. She strives for results-driven growth and works diligently to cohesively align the needs of DDC's clientele through quality marketing initiatives. The first in her family to attend college, she graduated Cum Laude from Santa Clara University in California with double-degrees: Bachelor of Science in Political Science, Minor in International Studies and two Bachelor of Arts degrees in French and German, Minor in Spanish. And now, she is the first in her family to achieve a post-baccalaureate degree, working on her Masters in Integrated Marketing Communications from Georgetown University. Outside her love of marketing, you can find Cassandra traveling and enjoying the great outdoors with her husband Shaun -be it at home gardening, up in the sky flying airplanes as a FAA Pilot-in-Command, out on the ocean bareboat sailing, down in the canyons rock climbing, or hiking up some wild mountain.

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For these two weeks, we're only meant to do three Daily Create assignments instead of the usual four or six. Keeping that in mind, today's task was to "make art about the infraordinary, not the extraordinary," and "rediscover the astonishment of the ordinary for art and life." If anything sums up this criteria nicely, it was the infamous "How Many Licks" ad for Tootsie Roll Pops from 1970.
Yes, that was the original commercial – in its entirety, no less – and yes, I used this assignment to modernize it as a glorified cell phone ad. Using no background music, to better reflect the original campaign's feel, and providing the voices for all of the characters, I updated the classic commercial for the 21st century, giving Mr. Owl and Mr. Fox suspiciously similar-sounding voices, in order to show that being "wise" and being "clever" can mean the same thing, unlike "figuratively" and "literally." I also included the modern-day reading of the ad's signature closing lines, as opposed to the narration from the original ad, to bridge the proverbial "generation gap" more effectively. After editing everything to my liking on Audacity, I published everything as is, exported the audio as its own MP3 file, and uploaded it to both my SoundCloud account, and my Twitter feed, for your listening and dancing pleasure.


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The spray is made from a deer antler tissue called velvet, explains WebMD. Because deer antler spray contains a growth hormone called IGF-1, or insulin-like growth factor-1, it may act like estrogen. People with any pre-existing hormone-sensitive conditions should avoid deer velvet in any form. Current medical research indicates that taking deer velvet extract does not improve strength or aerobic capacity in active males undergoing strength training. WebMD states that the supplement does not improve athletic performance.
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All four Jamestown High School classes recently used their creative energy to help the City of Jamestown brighten up the streets by decorating four planters at the corner of Third and Pine Streets.
This is the second year for the decorating contest, sponsored by the Department of Public Works. The holiday planters were judged during the Downtown Holiday Parade and the JHS Freshmen class was awarded $100 for their efforts. JHS freshmen will donate the money to the school's Penny Wars, which is an annual December event at JHS that benefits a person or family at the school that is in need.
"It is good to do activities like this because it shows that the next generation is getting involved in the city and it just helps add to the Christmas spirit downtown," said JHS senior Kiana Vullo.


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My favorite's not listed: One leg thrown over one arm of the chair- back at an angle to the opposite arm and back of the chair. (Row 4, column 2 comes the closest)Delete
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I suppose there's some truth to that, mRussell- in the sense that there's no trick to reading great books. You just have to sit down and do it.Delete
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Seydou Keita's signed his contract with Barcelona on Monday. He might as well just signed Deco's walking papers in order to give people the same message.
The Mali international, one of the players requested by new blaugrana coach Josep Guardiola, signed a four-year and the club had to pay Sevilla 14 million euros which were part of the clause rescission in the former Lens star. Keita mentioned that he had "various offers" from clubs all throughout Europe and was satisfied to sign with Barcelona.
His addition to the club will help the culé attack in order to obtain balance on the left side that was so dangerous during the Rikjaard era when both Ronaldinho and Portuguese international were so dominant. This season especially in the second half when both "Brazilian" players were out of the lineup due to injury, that it was the right side where Lio Messi, Bojan Krkic, and an host of others tried as much as they could and came up short of the net on various occasions. Deco was one of the first names that was thrown out by new Inter manager Jose Mourinho along with Chelsea's Frank Lampard.
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"[Matt Brackett is] a master at freezing-up uncertainty and forcing the viewer to ponder what will happen next. This approach is challenging and beautifully uncomfortable, telling us something about the artist's sly temperament."
"Matt Brackett's work is a striking combination of the real and surreal. Drawing from landscape traditions throughout art history, his paintings are masterful compositions of form and light, threading personal and family narratives to create a realistic, yet alternate reality."
Matt Brackett is featured in a curated compendium of notable Boston artists.
"Matt Brackett presents individuals in idyllically rendered landscapes subject to some unseen psychological or supernatural planetary unraveling: David Lynch scenarios in a Thomas Eakins light."
"Matt Brackett's narrative works move the viewer beyond the boundaries of the canvas itself, but they engage equally with the painted surface and the insistence of luminosity below the hidden waters."
"All of these paintings, though realistic or in some cases surrealistic, are really about the handling of space and light. Brackett decidedly updates and moves the tradition of American landscape painting into the twenty-first century. Beneath the beautifully painted surfaces enigmas and questions abound."
"One painting, from idea to canvas to wall." A recounting of the painting Bedtime Story, from genesis to purchase by a collector.
"...Brackett casts the glowing white of the house's lights against the electric blue that fills the sky just after the sun sets. He milks the magic and portent of that moment, which is neither night nor day, a time when unpredictable things can happen. In Brackett's paintings, they do."
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Three daredevils are planning a tandem skydive to raise cash for a stillbirth charity.
Susan Jackson, who lost one of her identical twin daughters six years ago, has roped in husband, Stephen, to take part in the event, along with her colleagues, funeral directors, Andrew Grey and Jonny Lindsley.
Susan, 32, and 31-year-old Stephen, from Red House, were left devastated when at 35 weeks pregnant it was confirmed Evie had died in the womb and Ella had to be delivered immediately.
It was a terrifying experience for the couple and although Ella was born fit and well, it was devastating to lose her sister.
Since then the pair have raised more than £41,000 for charities which research stillbirth and miscarriage and who support families and she hopes to reach the £50,000 target by the end of the year.
A lot of the money has gone to the national charity, Tommy's, but the cash raised from the skydive will go to Wearside-based charity, 4Louis, which provides memory boxes and cuddle cots to bereaved families.
It was really hard because we were grieving, but celebrating the birth of a healthy child at the same timeSusan Jackson
This month it will be Ella's sixth birthday and Evie's memorial day, and the skydive will help to mark this.
Susan said losing Evie was a heartbreaking experience to go through and they still mourn the loss of their child.
She said: "It was really hard because we were grieving, but celebrating the birth of a healthy child at the same time.
"I got people say 'you still have one baby' and I know they meant it in the best way, but, I should have had two and we had still lost a child.
"But, we know we are very lucky that Ella is great, with no medical problems from being premature."
Susan, who works at Andrew Grey Funeral Directors in Hetton, said the three men are very nervous about the skydive.
She said: "I got the idea for the skydive from 4Louis members and thought it was great. I got the lads involved straight away.
Andrew said: "The basis of the reason for doing it is the fact we are a family orientated funeral directors and we always look to put something back into the communities and charities connected to the people who support us by choosing to place their loved ones in our care."
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Erotic Romance
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Deandra is a woman who will do anything to get to the top. Having had a taste of the high life when young, which ended abruptly when her biological father passed away, she will do anything to regain what she has lost. She sets her sights on a wealthy man and determines she will marry him.
Marshall comes from old money, and he likes what he sees when he sees Deandra, but he is clueless about her past. Even so, he begins a relationship with her knowing that it will just be temporary because he has no ambition to settle down yet.
Connie grew up with money; her father, a well-known surgeon, her mother a socialite. She is in love with Marshall, but feels she can never have him, so instead she accepts second best with Victor.
Victor is Connie's lover, but he is not what he appears to be. Like Deandra, he has a hidden agenda and will do whatever is necessary to forward it.
While Marshall can appreciate Deandra's free spirit, it becomes apparent to him early on that if he does not keep an eye on her she could do some seriously embarrassing things. As time moves forward, and Deandra's behavior becomes even more erratic, he begins having his doubts about their relationship and wondering about her past. Meanwhile, Connie is becoming very disenchanted with her lover Victor who has begun treating her in ways that are less than respectful. However, there is more to what is going on than anyone realizes. That is until Marshall's mother has a private detective look into Deandra's background and discovers the ultimate secret, hidden for years. Will this secret destroy what Deandra has found with Marshall? How will Connie, who discovers the secret affects her too, take it? Only time will tell.
Promiscuous is an enjoyable read with multi-faceted characters. I liked reading about the characters in this story because they are real. While some of the scenarios are rather sad, the way they are written is realistic. This novel shows quite graphically what can happen when a child slips through the cracks in our society and must learn to fend for herself as Deandra does. However, it also does a good job of showing that there is hope for Deandra in spite of her past and I really liked that. If you enjoy watching soap operas, you are going to enjoy Promiscuous.
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November 21, 2008
The only time my father allows the release of tears from his stubborn tear ducts is when we visit my grandfather's grave. Other than this rare episode of emotional outpouring, unflinching stoicism is more my father's area of mastery. On the night the American people overwhelmingly chose Barack Obama as our 44th President, my mother called to tell me that my father shed one lone tear as he watched the television screen.
That night my mother called to make sure she was not watching a parodied news station. It was that same night that I resolved to never speak to my father about that lone tear or the donations he made to the campaign or even the Obama e-mails he read with such routine commitment. I never asked because I did not want my academic discourse and loaded questions to ruin the one time my father was genuinely excited about something other than teaching his Arabic classes or getting a new Islamic history book.
As my mother spoke with me on the phone, I secretly wished to be my father. It wasn't the years of cancer or 16-hour workdays that I envied. But, here, on election night, I was jealous of his ability to see and feel something I simply could not.
I felt a similar frustration at not being able to see and feel what my high school students could as they watched the results pouring in, and, despite their confusion about the meaning of electoral votes, frantically texted me. I experienced genuine anger at not being able to tap into a spiritual place where I, too, could understand what this one student with special needs saw, as she watched the man she'd meticulously followed in articles she could barely read, become our president.
As I watched everyone around me celebrate, it was difficult to cajole my spirit to conjure up a somewhat public and proper response to Barack Obama's victory. What sacrifices do I need to make in my public responses to the election? Why is it important that I not rain on someone else's parade? I am not mandated to have a set of emotions that are identical to the rest of the population–it would be eerie, and dare I say, uninspiring if we all anchored ourselves to pre-selected emotional trigger points.
But, there are times when we cannot be who we are in order to allow others to become what they need to be. My students need hope, and my father needs to see someone who looks like him in a position of power before he passes from this world. My South African friends, who called, texted, sent smoke signals and e-mails to remind me to vote Barack Obama, need to see that we Americans have the potential to do more. For this to happen I must quiet my ambivalence.


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I remember how hard it was when I first wanted to start my podcast. I searched, and searched, and could not find a good set of instructions on how to do this.
It literally took me about a year before I finally set up and started my podcast show. Till this very day, people still have problems with setting up their podcast.
Just the other day I found myself looking for answers on how to get the artwork to show up on iTunes. Couldn't find any. I finally figured it out. Made a video on it too ;-)
I finally got fed up with it and decided to make my own "How to" step by step guide on how to set up a podcast.
So hopefully this will find all those people who need help on setting up their own podcast show.
Below you'll find a complete guide with images, and resources to help set up your podcast.
Note: This guide is on how to set up a podcast. Not setting up a blog, creating an image, editing or rendering an audio, etc. Click here to learn how to set up a blog.
Getting Started
Before we get to the step by step guide, there are a few things you should know and have in order to properly set up your podcast.
Things you'll need:
- Thing 1: WordPress Blog
- Thing 2: Audio Player Plugin
- Thing 3: FeedBurner
- Thing 4: iTunes Account
- Thing 5: [optional] Image Artwork 1400 x 1400 px (iTunes will provide you with a default ugly image artwork)
- Thing 5: [optional] S3 Amazon or Libsyn account (to host your audio files)
The way I'm going to show you will probably be the easiest way to set up your podcast. It will also cost you the least because you actually don't need to spend any money to set up your podcast. You can do this all free.
The only thing you'll have to pay for is hosting to host your blog. To pay to host your audio files is optional.
Note: The following steps are given with the assumption that you have a wordpress blog already set up.
Step 1: Create Podcast Category
A WordPress blog is so you can have another way to share your podcast other than on iTunes. Lets face it, not everyone has an iPhone, iPad, iPod, let alone iTunes. You'll obviously need hosting to host your blog and possibly your audio files as well. We'll get into the audio part later.
To create your podcast category, simply login to your WP backoffice. Hover over Posts. Click on Categories. Now add a new Category called "Podcast". Leave the Parent at none. Scroll down and click on Add New Category.
You're going to post all your podcast episodes under this category.
Step 2: Installing Audio Player
You're going to need an audio player so your audience can listen to your podcast right on your blog.
In your WP backoffice, hover over Plugins and click on Add New. In the search field type in Audio Player. Should be the first one. Click on install and activate the plugin.
Step 3: Getting Your Domain Feed URL
Before we go to step 4, you'll need your blogs podcast feed url. This is totally different from your blog feed url.
To get your podcast feed url simply add "/category/podcast/feed" at the end of your url.
EXAMPLE: http://www.yourdomain.com/category/podcast/feed
Copy and paste this link in a notepad or something. You'll need it for step 4.
Step 4: Setting up FeedBurner
The FeedBurner acts as a middle man between your blog and your iTunes. This is important because if you ever decide to move your podcast to another blog or site, all you'll need to do is edit one field in your feedburner.
You're going to need to have a gMail account. If you haven't yet, you might as well get it simply because You'll eventually need it to use google analytics, webmaster tools, adwords, adsense, youtube, and whatever else google has monopolized.
Go to feedburner.com. In the blank field paste in your podcast feed url that you got from step 3. Check the "I am a podcaster!" box. Click the Next button.
Next you'll name your feed title and your feedburner address. Click on the Next button.
Next you'll copy and paste the feed url in a notepad or something, (you'll need this for Step 6: Submitting to iTunes). Click the Next button.
Next you'll configure your podcast so feedburner can tell iTunes how to list your podcast. This part is pretty much a fill in the blank type of thing.
I would leave the podcast enclosures at "any rich media file". For the Category, I would click on "Use additional categories". This will help your podcast reach more people.
In the "Podcast image location", this is where you will paste the image link. The size of the image should be
600 x 600 1400 x 1400 pixals. This is for your iTunes directory. If you don't have an image then iTunes will put their own default image which looks horrible.
Click Next when done.
You can use your wordpress blog to host your images. This is exactly what I do. In your WP backoffice, hover over Media and click on Add New. Drag or upload you image. Once upload is complete you can copy the image link and paste it into the image location in your feedburner.
On the next screen check all the boxes. Click the Next button.
You done here. Move on to the next step.
Step 5: Creating a Podcast
We're almost ready to submit your podcast to iTunes. But before we do this, iTunes needs to know where your podcast is coming from. You can't submit a blank podcast.
So we're going to create a podcast by simply creating a post. Now I'm going to assume that you have your audio file ready to go and ready to upload.
Hover over Posts and click on Add New. Then name your podcast show and click on Upload/Insert icon.
Next you're going to drag or upload your audio file. Click on the Audio Player button and then click Insert into Post.
Next you're going to create a downloadable file for your podcast. iTunes requires this in order to pick up the feed. The easiest way to do this is highlight the actual link from the audio player and right click to copy.
Type in something similar to this, "Right click to download audio file". Then highlight the text, click on the Link icon and paste in your audio file link and click Add Link.
For an example on how a podcast post looks like, click here.
Note About Hosting your Audio Files:
You can host all your audio files with your current hosting. This is the easiest and will cost you nothing to do. However, if and when your traffic goes crazy and blows up, you'll run the chance of crashing your server and potentially being permanently suspended.
A simple hosting solution can only handle so much load. As the traffic gets bigger, you put more strain on your hosting and you will then need to host your audio files on places like S3Amazon or Libsyn.
S3Amazon is really dirt cheap. It's like 0.1 cents per TB. The best price around. You pay for what you use.
Libsyn is a bit more, however it has tracking which allows you to track where and when your podcast was downloaded and listened to. This is for more serious podcasters. This is what I use simply because I want to know exactly where my audience is coming from.
Step 6: Submitting to iTunes
iTunes is for you to distribute your podcast to the masses. You'll need an iTunes account for this. No worries, it's totally free. However you will need a credit card to open your account.
Click here to go directly to submit iTunes Podcast or follow the directions below.
Go to iTunes store and click on Podcasts tab. Then on the right side click on Submit a Podcast.
Here you'll need the feedburner URL link we created earlier in step 4. Simply copy and paste that link in the blank field and click continue.
If you done everything correctly, iTunes should automatically pull the information from your feed. If it's not correct, click cancel. If all is good, click Submit.
Make sure to choose the category you want your podcast to be under. This is important.
Click Done to finish.
Now it's pretty much a waiting game with iTunes. It'll take a few days to get approved. I've seen it get approved within 24 hours.
Once approved, you'll get an email message like this with your feedburner and itunes website link.
That's All Folks ;-)
There you have it. That's how you set up a podcast using wordpress, feedburner, and itunes.
I hope this was very helpful and hope this finds all who are having trouble setting up their podcast.
It's why I created this post. I know first hand how frustration it is to search for an answer and not find one.
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Toasting marshmallows sounds so Fourth of July, doesn't it? You can practically hear the bug zapper keeping time with the fireworks in air perfumed by Coppertone. Really, though, marshmallow toasting can be a year-round sport, with winter reserved for the truly serious.
Marshmallows are really easy to make — a mix of sugar, gelatin and flavorings. Prove it to yourself with this recipe from Celine Plano, executive pastry chef at The Peninsula Chicago. There are no egg whites in her recipe.
"The whipping of the proteins in the gelatin is the secret," she says. "It works. I promise."
Prep: 35 minutes
Cook: 15 minutes
Rest: Overnight
Makes: About 40 marshmallows
Note: To flavor the marshmallow, replace the water used in cooking the sugar syrup with whatever flavor you like, such as orange juice or coffee or mint-infused water. Extracts may be used as well.
3 tablespoons gelatin
2 cups sugar
2/3 cup corn syrup
¼ cup water
¼ teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon vanilla
2 cups confectioners' sugar, plus more for pan
1 cup cornstarch
1. Soak gelatin in 1/2 cup cold water, 10 minutes. Meanwhile, heat sugar, corn syrup, water and salt in a saucepan until mixture reaches 250 degrees (soft ball stage) on a candy thermometer. Remove from heat; stir in vanilla and softened gelatin.
2. Place mixture in bowl of a stand mixer. Whip until cooled, about 15 minutes.
3. Spread mixture onto a 9-by-13-inch sheet pan, lightly oiled and dusted with confectioners' sugar. Let set overnight, at room temperature, lightly covered with lightly oiled parchment paper.
4. Cut marshmallows into ¾-inch squares. Combine 2 cups confectioners' sugar and the cornstarch in a bowl. Lightly toss marshmallows to coat; store in airtight container.
Nutrition information: Per marshmallow: 94 calories, 0 g fat, 0 mg cholesterol, 23 g carbohydrates, 0 g protein, 19 mg sodium, 0 g fiber.


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This period correlates to the rise in the iPhone. Coincidence?
Scientists have announced that sperm production in young chaps in south-east Spain has fallen 38 per cent in the last decade, and is heading towards the "danger level" where it might prejudice conception. An international team, headed by the Department of Preventative Medicine and Public Health of the University of Murcia (UMU …
This period correlates to the rise in the iPhone. Coincidence?
You're holding it wrong.
I wouldn't say the iPhone specifically, but mobile phones in general. Everyone in this survey was born into a world where the radiation from mobile phones and other forms of wireless networks has been constantly increasing.
I'm not saying there is a connection, but you'd have to be pretty naive to immediately rule one out.
They will need a bailout from the rest of Europe?
For some reason, I thought you wrote "ballout" ...
Governemnt must have put something in the water.
Lower sperm count => Lower birth rate => Twenty years down the line, lower unemployment
Twenty years to solve a problem, pretty good going by Spanish standards.
I was thinking much the same thing. Here, have a tinfoil hat - I have a spare...
I remember a while ago there was a study about the effect of female contraceptive pills (which contain female hormones) coming out in urine.
Nowadays estrogen patches for post menstrual symptoms are also common. They might also be a problem
Anyone know the results
And huge numbers of geriatrics with few current taxpayers to fund their pension payments.
Probably the other way around. Being unemployed is stressful, stress has a large impact on sperm levels, and half of Spain's young adults are unemployed. QED?
It looks safe to assume you don't know shit about Spanish standards, or what can be done in Spain in 20 years, and that you are a racist POS. The worst to you.
Thankyou Sir! May I have another one?
fewer sperm = fewer mouths to feed = more likely survival for the rest ?
IANAB, but I'm sure that population reduction in the face of adverse environmental factors is one valid strategy.
"fewer sperm = fewer mouths to feed = more likely survival for the rest ?"
I think I'd rather starve to death (which is nature's way of dealing with overpopulation) than eat sperm.
Paris, because she wouldn't starve to death in this twisted future of yours.
"Darwin in action ?"
I doubt it, he's fucking dead.
"Darwin in action ?"
"I doubt it, he's fucking dead."
I can't say I approve of his choice of recreational activity.
Nothing at all to do with the oestrogen-like effects of plasticisers (e.g, phthalates) disrupting the hormone system in humans (and elsewhere) then?
That sounds pretty obscure. Obscure doesn't mean "unknown" or "no working hypotheses".
it's not obscure, just unknown by the general populace. I've known of this effect for years. Unfortunately tap water has lots of oestrogen because of all the women on the pill which adds oestrogen. It's really hard to filter out.
Don't think that bottled water helps. Being on the shelf for a while before you get it, the plasticisers (phthalates and others) which make plastic easy to shape/bend tend to leach into the bottled water.
Now we start to make a case for a home distillery, but that has it's own problems (legal) and that pure water is really really bad for the body as it strips out nutrients (read up on osmosis/osmotic pressure)
Plasticisers are a possible cause, although, at an initial guess there are too many other factors to conclusively attribute to a particular cause (more research required! :D )
Just be wary of each crazy froob using this to support their cause: Homeopaths will say BigPharma is to blame; tin-foil-hat crowd will say EM radiation (likely with a CIA conspiracy to control breeding); hippies will say is because weed is not legal yet; vegans will blame modern meat production; vegans may also blame GMOs; Charles will blame the nano particles/pollution/lack-of-fox-hunting.
Here's hoping Beers not the cause!
That is the very definition (or at least, one of them) of obscure. From http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/obscure - Obscure: relatively unknown
Now we start to make a case for a home distillery, but that has it's own problems (legal)
Alcohol yes, but I didn't know there was a law against distilling water?
"oestrogen-like effects of plasticisers "
Got any good links to provide evidence for this assertion? Or is this another "saccharin causes cancer so long as you are a rat and take in a million times a normal amount" type of scares?
People have been noticing this kind of thing for quite some time. In the late 90s there were studies performed at Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen (Skakkabaek and Andersson - I'm too lazy to look up the references) showing that sperm levels in healthy males had fallen over the last 50 years.
Always wear a lab coat when handling clinical samples.
Yes, indeed, it seems to be a rather global problem.
Welcome to the Spanish sperm sampling clinic.
Please "don't" come again soon..
Hi hi_robb,
I think your spelling is incorrect,the right one has only three letters.
This deficiency affair would at one time worry me , but now at age 82 it doesn,t.
......yes, that's a banana in that pocket. I knew it!
Whichever mechanism causes such changes, they all can be put under the same label: The planet is pretty fed up with us.
Makes one stop and think, is what I say.
The planet is pretty fed up with us."
That presupposes that the planet is capable of thinking and that anyone who thinks the planet capable of thinking can also think. Something to think about?
I wonder how long it will be before the Spanish are asking for a bailout from the European Central Sperm-Bank or the International Ejaculatory Fund to cover their 'deficit'?
..to "chip" in my bit in inseminating all those lovely spanish girls.
Fewer unwanted pregnancies!
In the article it is stated: "a concentration lower than 40 million per millilitre makes conception more difficult". But is this assuming a fixed volume of ejaculate?
Which makes conception more difficult, a wad of 3 ml containing 150 million tadpoles, or a wad of 10 ml containing 300 million?
Is wanking a form-factor?
Not tonight, Conception
Maybe sperm count is inversely proportional to footballing ability, in which case Scotland will suffer from overcrowding in future.
i can't believe no opportunist politico has blamed global warming yet.
In all seriousness, I have to say, I'm really disappointed in the comments here so far. If this article had been on global warming, I'd be wading through a sea of skeptical voices. Most other studies that get coverage here provoke at least some questioning. Here, we're at 30+ comments and (with apologies if this gives anyone indigestion), everyone seems to have swallowed this whole. One of the reasons I really appreciate the readers here is your intelligence, skepticism and sense of humor - but here's the thing, the BBC itself put out an excellent article just recently on the whole "sperm counts are dropping OMG OMG OMG" headline we see every few months under the subheading "Medical Myths" - see here:
Skepticism should be applied liberally regardless of the subject matter. If you've not read "It's not News, it's FARK", it's worth a look.
Also, if you're going to make technical comments, please make sure you know what you're talking about (I'm looking at you, "an it guy"). To whit, this:
"Unfortunately tap water has lots of oestrogen because of all the women on the pill which adds oestrogen."
...is false. See here:
Birth control pills account for less than 1% of the estrogenic activity of tap water (though I do agree that it's not easy to get everything out via filtration).
"Don't think that bottled water helps. Being on the shelf for a while before you get it, the plasticisers (phthalates and others) which make plastic easy to shape/bend tend to leach into the bottled water."
Wrong again. There are no plasticisers in plastic water bottles. Disposable plastic water bottles are made out of poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET). Yes, the word "phthalate" appears in them both. No, they are not the same thing. Besides the fact that some companies just sell you tap water in a bottle, what you actually have to worry about leaching from PET bottles is antimony, if you let them get really hot a while - see here:
Still, the conditions under which this happens are fairly extreme. Now, if you mean reusable plastic water bottles, ten years ago they would've been BPA polycarbonate, but since bisphenol A (BPA) has been implicated for its estrogenicity, polycarbonate has been replaced by a BPA-free copolyester. You can also find polyethylene used in some cases, and probably a few other materials in niche markets besides. If you though you were clever by going for a metal bottle, what you almost certainly got was a bottle whose interior is coated with a BPA-based epoxy that *does* leach BPA into water (in small quantities). If you're really worried about BPA and phthalates in your diet, stop eating so much packaged food and cook something with fresh ingredients:
That said, if you find yourself on a steady diet of Ramen, Hot Pockets and Mountain Dew (yes, I *did* have some CS training, thank you very much), guess what, BPA and phthalates may not be the greatest hazards you face. Case in point, we now sit on our *sses far more these days than we used to, and between that and the "Breakfast of Champions" described above, we're getting a lot fatter as a result. Studies have linked obesity and lack of physical activity (as well as overly strenuous workouts) to lower sperm counts. Be skeptical of those studies too, but be aware of their existence.
Finally, if you need an IT angle, consider the rise of internet pr0n (I know, "we have, we have"). Perhaps the poor wankers recruited for more recent studies in countries with more "freedom" (wink wink nudge nudge) were unable to wank as productively as a consequence. It is for this reason that we must ban all internet pr0n - think of the children(!!) that we're not having as a result.
PS - Actually, I think I've just made a case for distributing more internet pr0n to countries with too many people and not enough freedom. Apologies, that was an accident.
Your friendly neighborhood boffin,
Actually, I think I've just made a case for distributing more internet pr0n to countries with too many people and not enough freedom. Apologies, that was an accident."
No need to apologise. In what name should I make out the research grant cheque? This is obviously a vital area of study which has been sadly neglected. Now, if we can just angle in a global warming/climate change vector, eg high friction levels causing heat production, you could be set for life.
.. if the new sample set were wanking before the test?
Our water is being made toxic by estrogen in our diets. It's all part of the feminist agenda to nullify the male race.
It's the commies, polluting our precious bodily fluids.
were killed in WWII, and the decendents are now reflecting this sad reality. I remember reading about this same thing happening in Russia too! ;)
We have all had bad jobs, but my first was counting/assessing sperm . One thing I learnt is results are highly variable. You can give a count one day, and the results the next test could vary by 50%.
Length of time between when they last had sex, how long its in the incubator, if they are mixed properly before testing (the tend to glop together)
I would therefore take results with a pinch of salt (although it might be salty enough)


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Caroline Wozniacki took some time to reminisce after moving into the semifinals in New Haven for the sixth consecutive year.
"It's unbelievable how the time flies," she said. "I've played a lot of good matches, a lot of tough matches. I've had rain delays. I've played indoors, outdoors in the heat, night sessions. I've played with some wind, with a hurricane coming in. You know, I played with a bit of everything."
The four-time tournament champion beat American Sloane Stephens 7-6 (6), 6-2 on Thursday, improving her record to 23-1 at the Connecticut Tennis Center, with her lone loss coming a year ago when she had to retire from the semifinals because of a knee injury.
"I don't think there's many players that have won an event four times already," she said. "I'm pretty proud of my achievement actually. You know, I think it's pretty impressive."
The former No. 1 player in the world will play Simona Halep on Friday. The Romanian beat Russia's Ekaterina Makarova 6-1, 7-6 (6).
The other semifinal will feature two players from the Czech Republic. Defending champion Petra Kvitova beat Russia's Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 2-6, 6-2, 7-5. She will face Klara Zakopolova, who came from a set down to beat Russian Elena Vesnina 4-6, 6-0, 6-4.
Stephens, the 20-year-old rising US star, stayed with Wozniacki early and was serving for the set after breaking the Danish star in the ninth game. But Wozniacki broke back to tie the set at 5-5 and never trailed in the tiebreaker, winning 8-6.
Wozniacki broke Stephens in the third game of the second set, and put the match away with another break to go up 5-2.
"We both were playing well," said Stephens, who is still looking for her first WTA tournament title. "It's just unfortunate that I lost the tiebreaker. But I thought we both played really well."
Kvitova needed three sets and a full day to make her return to the semifinals. Rain delayed the start of play in the early matches by more than an hour and a half, and she was forced to sit through a second, hour-long rain delay, during play.
It was the third three-set match of the tournament for the defending New Haven champion, who leads the WTA Tour's top 100 players with 29 this season. She improved to 18-11 in those contests.
"I know I'm playing a lot of three-set matches, that's why I probably know if I lose the first set, still I can go to the third," Kvitova said. "I don't feel like without energy in the third set, so that's good sign, too."
Zakopalova also came from behind to win her quarterfinal, finding her confidence in the second set, which she won in 28 minutes. She was serving for the match at 5-2 before Vesnina rallied, coming within a point of tying the set.
"I was just fighting for every point," Zakopalova said. "In the end I was a little bit more lucky, I think."
Their match and the earlier quarterfinal between Halep and Makarova were forced to the grandstand court by the rain.
Fewer than 20 fans watched as Halep jumped out early, taking the first 6-1 while breaking Makarova's serve four times.
The second rain delay came with the players tied at 1-1 in the second, and when play resumed Makarova made a run, winning the next two games.
"I was a little bit nervous after (the rain)," Halep said. "I played really slow after. But I came back from 4-2 again and I did well."
The Romanian broke serve in the eighth game, and won the tiebreaker 8-6.
She is looking for her fourth tournament title this summer and said she likes where her game is heading into next week's U.S. Open.
"I'm a bit tired right now," she said. "But I want to play tomorrow, to try my best. After that I will see what will happen."
This is the first quarterfinal in the tournament's history that didn't include either of the top two seeds. Sara Errani and Angelique Kerber both lost earlier in the week in the second round. Kvitova, Wozniacki and Stephens were the only seeded players to make it past round two.
The players got a little excitement before play began Thursday.
A fire alarm, caused by smoke from someone cooking in the players' lounge, forced the evacuation of the Connecticut Tennis Center for about 15 minutes.
"It was OK, when we were waiting for the match, some fun," Kvitova said. "I wasn't cooking, so that's good."


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I want to make my Windows 7 usage simple.
The default taskbar and start menu is okay, but I wanted to know if I could make it simpler.
The programs I am considering are the default start menu, the default taskbar, Rocket Dock, and Launchy.
What combinations have you found the most simple?
(I want to still use the taskbar)
I like Rocketdock(+Stacks plugin). If you still need something else combine with Launchy
Launchy is always simple, I've found, and way faster than searching using the start bar! It also learns your shortcuts like mw for microsoft word, and if you need specific programs that are either portable, or not directly accessible--maybe even functions of a program such as Incognito Mode in Chrome, then you can just plunk those, or shortcuts in a folder and make sure Launchy has it in its index. I also use a couple of add-ons for Launchy to make it faster, and able to do things I can't with other launchers such as shut down commands, opening websites specifically, etc. I'd definitely just go with Launchy to start and see what you need from there to augment your usage.
I like the taskbar. You can use Win+1, 2, 3 etc. to open the 1st, 2nd, 3rd etc. application in the taskbar. You can also use alt-tab and/or Win-tab to switch between open applications.
I agree. Between shortcuts for the Taskbar and the built in Windows Start Menu search I haven't really found a scenario where an application launcher can do any better than the defaults.
objecdock from stardock is cool
don't use launcher apps.... it will just make your computer slower...
Winstep is very good!
They still have a free version I think.
try object dock...you can even check stardock software's which are very helpful to customize windows.
It really is up to personal preference, I use the default one and I find it perfectly fine. Rocket Dock has not been updated in a while with no 64-bit version available. Launchy is great, but i find the one built in to windows (click start and just start typing) works fine enough.
Launchy is a bit buggy for not unable to launch all installed programs.I would suggest you to pin most important programs,documents and other stuffs in start menu,web browsers,media player in quick launch bar(as default),or any other most frequently accessed program and then use Rocket dock as launching anything from it is a one click.
have look at Executor
allows you to easily add program shortcuts, files, and folders to each circular dock, or ring, by dragging and dropping.
This is Launchpad(Quickstarter) taken from Mac OS X Lion and implemented for Windows.
Launchy is handy but is better if you are more comfortable using keyboard than mouse. And rocketdock as everyone knows is good ( if u use dell machine 'dell dock' would also look and work even better )
Can also give 'star dock' a try instead of rocket dock.
You can use Rocket Dock. it's easily customizable and you can have quick access to what you need and remove what it's unnecessary. Plus, you have the choice of the appearance of your dock...
Default ones are better


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19 Jun Bankruptcy and Reverse Mortgages
Senior citizens with fixed incomes frequently think about filing for bankruptcy. Even though we have experienced a horrible mortgage meltdown, many retired people have actually paid off their houses and, at least in theory, still have equity. Yet their social security income is not enough to live. Even worse, many pensions have been cut back because of the company's bankruptcy. So here are the problems we need to solve:
- Ongoing high expenses
- High credit card balances
- Lawsuits by credit card companies
- Judgment creditors threatening to get a lien against the senior's house
- Inability of the senior to sell the house in this very difficult real estate market
- Inability of the senior to get a mortgage or refinance on her house because of lack of income and frozen credit markets
What can be done? Reverse mortgages are not for everyone. Here are some problems with reverse mortgages:
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- Subsequent bankruptcy case by the senior would not lead to loss of the house.
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Mob Wives Star Renee Graziano 'Fesses to Plastic Surgery
July 19, 2011 in Celebrity Plastic Surgery by ericharatz | Leave a Comment
"Mob Wives" star Renee Graziano has admitted to TMZ that she has plans for plastic surgery in order to get ready for the next season of the reality show.
According to her bio on VH-1, "Renee Graziano is the daughter of Anthony Graziano, who according to the Federal Government is a high ranking member of La Cosa Nostra." Recently the bad girl opened up about her decision to undergo plastic surgery in order to get rid of the extra weight she has gained since she started filming the show—and is also said to be paying the hefty $30,000 price tag with her own money.
Popular gossip site TMZ reports, ""Mob Wives" star Renee Graziano plans to kick off next season with a LOT more booty — telling TMZ, she went under the knife yesterday … for a $30,000 full-body surgery, including a massive ASS LIFT. Renee says she was a little nervous about the 5-hour procedure — but gave it a lot of thought, and ultimately decided to take the plunge. According to Renee, the "full-body lift" also includes a tummy tuck. The recovery time for such major surgery takes about 10 days — but once she's in the clear, Renee tells us, she can't wait to get naked."
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Goals are commonly thought to be good and OK. I agree. One trap is to have no goals at all; since goalless people are not concentrating on anything, they frequently receive leftovers from others or from their childhoods/pasts.
Many claiming to be on a spiritual path disagree, "Goals are nothing but the neurotic ego. Surrender to God's will is what you should do instead." But, supposing we are co-creating with God instead of just doing God's will? Then we have just eliminated much of our creative input by surrendering it. Or, supposing God's will for us is to support us in our will, as described by Walsch in Conversations with God? If that is the case, then surrendering to God's will is not useful.
A second group of spiritually minded folks would disagree about the usefulness of goals by saying: "Trying is lying; goals just reflect the neurotic ego which needs to be eliminated." I disagree with these folks, because I think while we are on the physical plane we need our egos (real egos not neurotic egos). On the other hand, pay attention to where you have to "try and try and try." You need to learn something in this situation that you have resisted up to now.
So - there is a choice here for you to make - to believe in goals or not. I believe the happier route and the faster route towards manifesting what you desire is have goals, but to recognize that they can be leading you astray at times if they are based upon your neurotic ego. When you discover that a goal is based upon neurotic ego, then drop that goal and find one more in keeping with who you are today.
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Ghana World Cup goalkeeper Adam Kwarasey considering quitting Black Stars
Ghana goalkeeper Adam Larsen Kwarasey is considering quitting international football after claiming he was unjustifiably benched at the 2014 World Cup.
The Stromsgodset captain has alleged that team selection at the tournament was not based on merit and that other factors decided who started in matches.
Kwarasey was handed a starting role in Ghana's Group G opener against USA and despite losing 2-1, he impressed.
The 26-year-old has expressed his frustrations and revealed he might consider his Black Stars future.
"There is no point travelling to Ghana if other things than your performance that decides whether you play or not," Kwarasey told VG Sporten in Norway.
Kwarasey narrates how he was mysteriously axed from the starting line-up to face Germany in their second match.
"It was hopeless. We had the pre-match meeting four or five hours before the game. At that meeting, I was in the team. Then there was a little bit back and forth and suddenly I was out," he added.
"I asked why? The coach didn't look me in the eyes. He just looked down and said sorry. Then I understood that it probably wasn't his choice."
For more Ghana football news visit www.ghanasoccernet.com


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Glasgow: Indian officials, who are travelling with the contingent on Tuesday said that the `Athletes Village` here was far inferior to the one in Delhi during the the last edition of the Commonwealth Games.
India was criticised by some countries for the "poor hygiene" and "lack of facilities" at the Games Village in 2010 but the officials here said what has been offered in Glasgow was much below par than what one witnessed during the Delhi edition.
Indian contingent chef de mission Raj Singh said that the Games Village lack space while the athletes had to satisfy with inadequate bathrooms and TV sets.
He said he was not complaining but bringing out the facts, lamenting on the lack of training facilities at the Games Village and also lack in the variety of food.He said the gym for physical training of athletes was small and has limited work stations.
"We were at the receiving end when we hosted the Games in 2010. But what we are getting at the Athletes Village in Glasgow is much below what India had given in 2010. Looking back in four years, I feel India had provided great facilities to the participating athletes," he told the Indian media contingent, here today.
"At the Games Village here, the bathrooms are not attached to each room and the athletes will have to share bathrooms. In Delhi, we provided attached bathrooms with each apartment," he said.
"The gym has not many work stations and enough equipments for several athlete to work out simultaneously. It lacks space. It is not much of a problem and we are managing, but it cannot be compared to what was offered in Delhi."
"Then, there are not enough television sets for athletes to relax and watch some programmes in TV sets. An entire block has just one TV set."
Talking about the food offered in Glasgow, he said, "The food lacks variety. In Delhi, we gave more than 200 dishes but here it is not enough. We are not getting the variety of food which suited us. But we are managing."
"In Delhi, we had training facilities for weightlifting and other indoor sports at Games Village itself but there is none here. We had a 400m training track in Delhi but not here. Basically, the entire Games Village is small in space as compared to that in Delhi."
Athletics head coach Bahadur Singh completely agreed with Raj Singh, saying that the facilities at the Athletes Village at Glasgow was not even half that was offered in Delhi.
"You cannot compare the facilities here in Glasgow with those in Delhi. What we gave in Delhi was much much better. I would say the facilities here were not even 50 percent of that provided in Delhi," Bahadur told PTI.
"Take the case of limited number of bathrooms here. Four rooms (with at least two athletes sharing a room) share a bathroom. The bathrooms are not attached to each room and you have to go at the end of a row of rooms to use the facility. It is not ideal with eight people sharing a bathroom but manageable. But in Delhi, the organisers gave bathrooms attached to each room," he said.
"For training, we are going to the training track beside the main Hampden Park where athletics
events will be held. It is not very far off but it is always better if you have training track at the Games Village itself."
The Indian chef-de-mission, meanwhile, conceded that there was some delay in the arrangement of ceremonial attire for the Indian contingent but assured that all the athletes will get them in time.
"The IOA Committee to decide on this issue of ceremonial dress which included myself delayed a bit in taking a decision. But it is not an issue and all the athletes will get the ceremonial dress for the opening ceremony tomorrow," he said.
Some sports contingent, including weightlifters, got the ceremonial dress only today.
"We have already given the sports kits, including track suits, shoes, bags etc. But I think some athletes are yet to get the ceremonial dress for the opening ceremony. But all of them will get the dress today."
He said men members will wear a black blazer, gray trouser and Hush Puppy shoes along with the traditional turban.
"Women athletes will wear saris and we have three sets of saris with us. We will decide which one will be used."
Regarding the issue of boxing coaches being told by organisers that they will not be allowed to sit beside the ring while their wards were having their bouts, Raj Singh said the matter has been sorted out with the AIBA.
"The matter is sorted out now. The coaches will be able to be present beside the ring."
2012 London Olympian silver medallist shooter Vijay Kumar will be the flag bearer for India in the opening ceremony tomorrow. Some Indian athletes who have their events the next day on July 24, including women`s 48 kg and 53kg weightlifters will not take part in the Parade of Nations at the Celtic Park.


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Open-Octave, the upcoming replacement for Rosegarden in my set-up,
is based on KDE3 so I have some troubles installing it ...
First I downloaded the most recent source-code:
peter@avlinux:~/src/openoctave/ git clone git://126.96.36.199:9418/var/git/openoctave.git
Then cd into the new openoctave folder, then build the configuration using cmake:
(don't forget the . after the cmake command)
peter@avlinux:~/src/openoctave/openoctave$ cmake .
-- Didn't find KDE3 headers
-- Didn't find KDE3 core library
-- Didn't find the KDE3 dcopidl preprocessor
-- Didn't find the KDE3 dcopidl2cpp preprocessor
-- Didn't find the KDE3 kconfig_compiler preprocessor
CMake Error at /usr/share/cmake-2.6/Modules/FindKDE3.cmake:274 (MESSAGE):
Could NOT find everything required for compiling KDE 3 programs
Call Stack (most recent call first):
CMakeLists.txt:97 (FIND_PACKAGE)
-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
So I opened Synaptic package manager and looked for kde3.
I guess kdebase-bin-kde3 is the package I need
but it conflicts with the kdebase-runtime-bin-kde4 package, currently installed on my (kind of messed up) AV Linux partition, so this would require kmidimon, kchmviewer and rosegarden to be removed (amongst others less important to me).
Maybe I could reinstall kmidimon later, but at the moment I don't want to do that, since I've got a JSynthLib driver to finish and shouldn't let myself get too distracted because of this promising project.
For now, I'll just keep an eye on the Open-Octave-Project ... especially because they keep the focus on doing the MIDI stuff, not audio or even notation, while its code is based on the good old Rosegarden.
Saturday, August 8, 2009
Installing the pre-alpha version of Open-Octave
Open-Octave, the upcoming replacement for Rosegarden in my set-up,
Posted by FreqRush at 8/08/2009 12:50:00 PM
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ccherrett here,
That page might have some info to help you.
- August 31, 2009 at 7:06 AM
- FreqRush said...
Thanks Christopher,
After exporting the KDE3 and QT3 dirs, I still had the same errors, but
I'll look into it a little deeper when I finished my SysEx editor.
It's too much fun now that I finally (begin to) understand JSynthLib's structure.
Btw, I just found out I can use Jackd with JSynthLib and virmidi :-)
and isn't it a goal to remove kde3 dependencies?
- September 2, 2009 at 7:17 PM


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As my mom putters around the house, enthusiastically planning every detail of tonight's festivities, I've been thinking about all the effort that goes into planning a great party. Table decor, floral arrangements, food, champagne, champagne, champagne — there's a lot to think about if you want to throw a memorable New Year's Eve bash. But no matter how much effort goes into party planning, it's a universal fact that a party will tank if the music isn't on point.
It doesn't matter if weeks went into the menu and Veuve Clicquot flows like a river, in the end it's all about the tunes.
It took me a while to sort through all of the tracks I loved this year. Sometimes it takes revisiting your entire SoundCloud history to realize just how much amazing music was released over the past 12 months. The Spotify playlist is a mix of hip-hop, dance, pop, and house; The SoundCloud compilation is remix heavy, with an emphasis on genre-fusing songs as well as big anthem tracks that filled festival stages all summer long.
I already got emotional about New Year's Eve in my last post, so I will leave this as is. I hope you enjoy these playlists as much as I do!


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Podcast On The Floor in Portland
Alex Williams creator and founder of the Podcast Hotel and now Podcast on the floor in the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, OR is hosting one of many podcasts from this two day event (April 19th and 20th). In the above picture you can see Alex in the distance to the left of the projector screen hosting one of many podcast about how to make a podcast and the future of podcasts.
Here is the mp3 file (52 min) from Podcasting Today and Tomorrow panel at the event. Is Podcasting for Real and Podcasting Future sessions merged to close the show. John Hartman, Rob Greenlee, Eric Rice and Jason Ruby talk about the future and legitimacy of the medium of Podcasting.
This was a fun event that reaches thousands of people online and helped educate many tech business people about the potential of podcasting.
The evening Podcast Hotel Party featured Eric Rice and his Second Life Virtural World Demo... very cool. Eric has enabled virtural world concert performances with artists around the country inside of Second Life. The real singers perform with a microphone in front of their computers from anywhere and the audio is streamed into Second Life virtural concert stage where a virtual avatar representation of the singer actually lipsyncs the performace in front of an audience of avatars assembled to enjoy the concert and mingle with others from all over the world. This is an interesting blend of the real world with the virtural world and could be made into a video podcast and distributed as an on-demand performace as well.
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DENVER – The House Judiciary Committee approved two gun control measures – one to expand background checks, another to ban large capacity ammunition magazines – late Tuesday night after 12 hours of emotionally charged debate. Both bills passed on party-line votes, 7 to 4.
Hundreds of gun rights advocates had crowded into the Old Supreme Court Chambers to testify, but many of their voices were unheard because the committee Chair Rep. Daniel Kagan (D- Greenwood Village) had scheduled both controversial gun-control measures for one hearing.
Because so many people had signed up to testify against House Bill 1229, which broadens the scope of background checks to private sales and restricts lending guns to immediate family members, Kagan limited their testimony to two minutes each – and then closed public comment before all had testified.
Kagan also allowed testimony to track off topic from HB 1229 and HB 1224, limiting high capacity ammunition magazines. For examples, witnesses testified that a proposed background check fee was as discriminating as a poll tax, and anti-depressant drugs prescribed to mentally unstable individuals cause gun violence. Those issues are relevant to other bills in the Democrats' gun-control package.
Gun violence statistics and public opinion polls were cited by both bill proponents and opponents – but there was great disparity between those conclusions and most references omitted pertinent information such as the source and year of the data.
Greenwood Village Police Chief John Jackson said the Colorado Association of Chiefs of Police support HB 1229 because 40 percent of gun sales are private and don't require background checks.
But state Rep. Polly Lawrence (R-Littleton) said that HB 1229 would have a greater impact on law abiding citizens and have little effect on criminals.
"It's not going to be, and pardon my pun, a magic bullet to fix this," said Jackson of the background checks.
Daniel Carey of the National Rifle Association said the assertion that 40 percent of gun sales go through without gun checks is derived from a study in 1994.
He also corrected a claim by bill proponent John Head, a co-founder of Safe Colorado, that the majority NRA members support background checks.
That, Carey said, is "totally inaccurate." Of the nearly 5 million dues-paying NRA members, he said 92 percent oppose universal background checks for gun sales.
State Rep. Lois Court (D-Denver) bristled and said she didn't care about NRA – "I'm talking about the people of Colorado!"
"I'm not going to quibble with you," said Carey.
"We'll agree to disagree," retorted Court.
"This is about constitutional rights – not polls," said state Rep. Carole Murray (R-Castle Rock).
James Winchester, a retired attorney and former vice president of Colorado State Shooting Association, asserted that the Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has allegedly violated the state's existing law requiring background checks. The law, he said, requires CBI to complete the checks within three days – not three weeks or months.
Kagan said CBI hasn't been able to comply because "there's a huge spike in gun transactions."
State Rep. Jared Wright (R-Fruita) commented that with the passage of HB 1229, the CBI system will be further overloaded.
NRA instructor Toni Winchester asked for clarification about a provision in the bill that would restrict lending firearms to immediate family.
"It is relative to immediate family only," declared Brittany Pettersen (D-Lakewood), who said that does not include cousins, uncles or aunts.
Winchester said that she has loaned her weapons to students in gun shooting and safety classes which are conducted on her private property.
But the bill sponsored by state Reps. Rhonda Fields (D-Aurora) and Beth McCann (D-Denver) would prohibit Winchester from lending guns to others for practice shooting on private property.
"I believe that background checks do save lives," said Fields. "It does save lives."
"We don't want animals getting guns and killing people," said Court. And if background checks "stop one, it's worth it."
But Gardner said the bill would do little to improve public safety – it will "infringe on citizens' rights."
By the time the committee heard testimony on HB 1224, hundreds of people were streaming out of the Old Supreme Court Chambers – many had spent more than eight hours waiting to testify.
Doug Smith, chief operating officer of Magpul Industries, said the bill to ban high-capacity ammunition magazines could impede manufacturing and sales of products – and force the company to move out of Colorado.
"I will only vote for this bill if it does not impact manufacturing," asserted Kagan, who implied it could later be amended.
Though Fields initially agreed to amend the bill to allow manufacturing, she later backtracked.
However, the bill was amended to allow magazines of 15 rounds rather than 10, and passed on a party line vote, opposed by Republicans.
Instead of logic, "this bill is based mostly on emotion" said Larimer County Sheriff Justin Smith, who with the County Sheriffs of Colorado opposes the bill.