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Hey Just Bento,
I was kind of hoping to find some tips on baking at high altitudes. I live in Colorado, so baking is always tricky. I know that when you bake things from a box they tell you to add some flour, but I was wondering if there were other rules that like that I should keep in mind for general baking. Also, how much flour, ratio-wise, should you add to a recipe? In particular, I've had a lot of trouble getting bread to rise. It just sorta...deflates after I pick it up again. I'm good at cooking, but I suck at baking, so any general baking advice would help, too. I don't have a bread maker or any fancy equipment, since I'm just a college student with no money.
Thanks for your help. :)
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I don't know any ratios or anything that can help ( I live in the prairies, its not a high altitude, but its really, really dry here...and cold). But I can say that you need to rely on texture and looks as much as you need to for ratios. You really can't be rough enough with it when you do your first round of kneading. When you've kneaded it enough you should be able to stretch it out and see through it (it will be like looking through really dirty windows) If the house is too cold, it won't rise very well either. I find it helps to turn the oven on at whatever temp you need just long enough to get it warm (NOT HOT) it usually takes no more than a couple of minutes. Turn the oven off and once your done kneading you can put it in your bowl with a cloth over it and it should be warm enough to get the dough to rise nicely. As for adding extra flour/water, add a little at a time, mix/ knead it a bit and just keep watching for for a smooth stretchy dough. If all else fails, try different recipes and breads. I find I have a terrible time making a normal yeast bread, but I tried making a sourdough the other week and it was the best type of bread I've made.
Heres a handy tip that you can apply to any form of cooking really: You can always add, but you can never take away. (so in other words don't go crazy adding in a bunch of extra ingredients all at once, other wise you'll go crazy trying to fix it) Oh and if you're like me and hate going to the gym (or any form of exercise really) kneading bread (with out a machine) is a really good way to to get a work out on your arms :D
Thanks for the tips. I suppose it mostly just takes practice. I just hate wasting dough.
Your welcome. Hope they help :) It does take a bit of practice, but its worth it in the end. Something else you can do if the bread doesn't turn out well, is let it dry out and turn it into bread crumbs. Then you don't have to worry about wasting anything.
That's a good idea. I tried making nikuman (char siu bao) the a while back, and it was just a disaster. They were supposed to be for a potluck, but because of they didn't work, and because I was super broke, I ended up not bringing anything. At least the filling I made for them ended up making nice sandwiches later. But I don't think I used the failed bread for anything.
Hi Colorado!
I'm originally from Wyoming (7,165 feet - that's over 2,000 feet higher than Mile High Denver). I'm in NC now, so my recipe adjustments these days center around too much humidity!.
Cooking bread, rice, pasta - anything like that - was different than at or near sea level. It's easy to overcook rice and pasta because water boils at a lower temperature so it's not actually as hot as it should be. If you're using a rice cooker that seals (kind of like a pressure cooker), then it's not that big a deal and you can just follow the directions on the cooker. If you're cooking rice or pasta on the stove top you'll need to add water and increase the cooking time. Usually about an extra 1/4 cup of water and an extra 5 minutes or so for about a cup of rice. Honestly, I cooked rice in a glass pot so I could monitor the water level. Cooking a little longer to get rid of water left at the bottom is not a problem, but if you need to add water I suggest adding about 2-3 tablespoons of HOT water and cooking for a few more minutes.
For bread the big problems are really dry flour and rising too much. For the dry flour issue, you just have to watch the consistency of whatever your making. Don't add all the flour a recipe calls for at once (once you've added it you can't take it out!). That way you can control add what you need to get the right texture. A lot of recipes suggest adding more flour to compensate for the fact that the bread is going to rise more than it should, but then you increase the dry flour problem. When I made bread I would increase the amount of salt in the recipe by about 1/4 tsp. You also want to watch the bread when it rises. DON'T let it rise by more than double the first time and beat the heck out of it before you let it rise again. Doughs that only rise once need either more salt or less yeast/leavening.
Better Homes & Gardens has a nice website with suggestions for high-altitude cooking: http://www.bhg.com/recipes/how-to/cooking-basics/cooking-at-high-altitud...
Good Luck!
Thanks! I think that'll really help. I've never really had a problem with rice or pasta, but baking is my weak point. I live around the altitude of Denver right now, but I'm from a smaller town in the mountains that's at 10,200 ft. So, you'd think I'd be good at this. I can deal with baking from a box, but making bread just never works for me. I think I'll try making this rosemary bread my roommate made for me once, to try out your tips and the other's I've received.
The trick with bread is to go by what it looks and feels like, not what the recipe says with respect to amounts and times. Yeast is alive, and batches vary in their "liveliness" even at sea level; flours also differ in the amount of water it will soak up. You need to get a feel for what it should look and feel like at the different stages of mixing, kneading, and proofing. That's a bit difficult without either someone to show you or an awful lot of trial and error.
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Yeah =/ I kinda wanted to avoid the trial and error part.
I usually turn to King Arthur Flour for baking tips.. I have no experience with high-altitude baking, though (I suffer from perhaps the opposite: it is too humid to bake baking. Crisp meringue is like a fantasy)
They have a lot of educational materials online, and I know I've seen high-altitude notes on a lot of their online recipes; here's a link to their education center:
Also, I noticed on the main page they are doing demos in Colorado in March!! I have no idea if these locations are near you.
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Today, 228 House representatives — all Republicans — voted for a budget that would give every millionaire a brand new $265,000 tax handout, cut funding for the poor by $3.3 trillion, privatize Medicare, and impose spending caps so radical that it would "end most of government other than Social Security, health care, and defense by 2050."
That's quite a vote.
Speaker John Boehner said this budget represents "a real vision of what we were to do if we get more control here in this town."
Then presumably, everyone that voted for it will want to make sure you remember come election time that they supported a budget that literally takes from the poor and gives to the rich.
So, here is who voted for it. Is your congressperson on the list?
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Helping to spark bats, Encarnacion hits 200th HR
TORONTO -- The Blue Jays' offense has been one of the best in baseball over the past couple of weeks, but if Edwin Encarnacion starts swinging the bat the way he did on Thursday night, it could become even more lethal.
Encarnacion hit a pair of home runs to help lead the Blue Jays to a 12-6 victory over the Phillies. It was Encarnacion's first multi-homer game of the season and the 12th of his career.View Full Game Coverage
TORONTO -- The Blue Jays' offense has been one of the best in baseball over the past couple of weeks, but if Edwin Encarnacion starts swinging the bat the way he did on Thursday night, it could become even more lethal.
Encarnacion hit a pair of home runs to help lead the Blue Jays to a 12-6 victory over the Phillies. It was Encarnacion's first multi-homer game of the season and the 12th of his career.View Full Game Coverage
The second-inning homer off right-hander A.J. Burnett also marked No. 200 of Encarnacion's career. It's a memorable milestone for a lot of players, but perhaps one that is even more appreciated by Encarnacion, considering he was almost written off earlier in his career.
"That's a big deal for me," Encarnacion said through interpreter Luis Rivera. "Through the years that I've been playing, that's No. 200, and I'm personally very proud of that. There were tough years and I had to go through it. I learned from those, and those years made me a better player. I knew down deep I was capable of being the player I am right now, and I'm showing it."
Encarnacion has been one of the most valuable hitters in the Major Leagues since 2012, but there were a lot of bumps on the road before he eventually became an All-Star. This is the same player who was once designated for assignment by Toronto in 2010 and non-tendered by Oakland later that offseason.
The 31-year-old never really found a permanent home until the tail end of 2011, when a strong second half of the season earned him another year in Toronto. He went on to enjoy a pair of banner seasons in the American League, and along the way was rewarded with a three-year contract extension.
Perhaps the Blue Jays have been spoiled by his overall production, and that's one reason why his slow start to the 2014 campaign has been a bit of a surprise. He entered play on Thursday hitting just .242 with four home runs and a .773 OPS.
Despite the prolonged struggles, there has never been much concern within the organization that Encarnacion wouldn't turn things around. Manager John Gibbons spent the past couple of weeks saying it was only a matter of time, and based on the results from the past two days, he might be right.
In addition to Thursday's two home runs, Encarnacion also went deep in each of his previous two games. For the veteran first baseman, most of that comes down to better timing at the plate.
"I'm swinging at better pitches, I have more confidence and I feel great at the plate," said Encarnacion, who has homered in three consecutive games for the first time since April 23-26, 2013.
Another player who has made his presence felt recently is corner infielder Juan Francisco. The 26-year-old was promoted from Triple-A Buffalo when Adam Lind went on the disabled list with a sore lower back, and he has been a difference-maker with the bat ever since.
Francisco went 3-for-3 with a homer Thursday night and is batting .311 (19-for-61) on the season. He flew under the radar earlier this year by signing a Minor League contract with Toronto after he was released during Spring Training by the Brewers.
It just so happens that Encarnacion played a major role in that transaction. The two knew each other from their time together with Cincinnati back in 2009, and it was a phone call from Encarnacion that caused Francisco to ultimately pick the Blue Jays over a couple of other teams.
"I've known Juan for a long time," Encarnacion said. "He was playing with me in Cincinnati. When he was young, I was older than him. He's one of my best friends. He had a couple of more teams to go, so I called him and asked him to come here, because they can give you the opportunity to play here at this level. He knows he's a big league player, so I tried to bring him here so he can help us to win games."
Francisco appeared as though he was in danger of losing his job when Brett Lawrie returns from a right hamstring injury. Lawrie could be back by Saturday, and that, combined with Lind being activated off the DL, hasn't left much wiggle room for one of Toronto's hottest hitters.
One way the Blue Jays could get around that is by moving Lawrie to second base. That's something Toronto did during Interleague Play, but has preferred to avoid in other situations. Gibbons declined to get into specifics, but said after Thursday night's game he'll find a way to keep using Francisco.
"He hits them as hard as anybody ... doesn't matter where he's playing," Gibbons said. "We'll find a way to get him at-bats, I'll put it that way. He deserves it. We're better with him in there, sure looks that way to me."
Gregor Chisholm is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, North of the Border, and follow him on Twitter @gregorMLB.


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First came Vim, and next Gaizka added APIdock integration to Emacs. Now perhaps the biggest favorite of most Ruby and Rails developers, myself included: Textmate! Courtesy of one of Nodeta's own, Ville Lautanala aka Lautis, you can get the Textmate bundles with APIdock goodness for Ruby and Rails from github with just a couple of simple git commands:
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Clarkson University Forum to Discuss Reducing Off-campus Students' Energy Bills, Helping Environment
Drafty conditions in off-campus apartments can drive up energy bills and chill Clarkson University students' winters.
A group of Clarkson students are hosting a forum to discuss making those apartments more comfortable, reducing energy consumption and helping the environment.
The "Saving Energy Makes Cent$: Students and Property Owners Reducing Energy Use" forum at 6:30 p.m. Monday, February 4, in the Student Center Multi-purpose Rooms will offer tips on how students and landlords can work together to make small improvements in their apartments, like installing plastic window seals and high efficiency light bulbs. The goal of the forum is to develop a strategy for implementing those improvements at rental properties across Potsdam.
"We really wanted to do something that would affect the behavior of the students where it will have a lasting impression on them after they leave Clarkson," says Joseph Robbins '15, one of the forum co-organizers.
Students, landlords, and Potsdam community members are all invited to attend. A panel consisting of energy auditor Gerald Loch, School of Business Professor and landlord Marc Compeau, student renter Matt Desmarais, and Political Science Professor Stephen Bird will discuss obstacles to energy efficiency in student housing and answer questions from the attendees.
Gregory Pedric '76, a project manager for the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), is the keynote speaker.
Forum discussion will hopefully lead to a strategy for community-wide implementation of free energy audits in rental properties, as nearly 1,000 of Potsdam's homes are more than 70 years old and could benefit from upgrades, Robbins says.
Clarkson is a residential campus, although a number of students, including older and married students, or those living in Greek housing, reside off campus.
Robbins and Emma Dixon '15 are ambassadors for "Focus the Nation," a national not-for-profit group that aims to empower college students nationwide to lead more energy efficient lives. Each student has received several months of training from Focus the Nation in preparation for Monday night's "Forums-To-Action" program.
The two are also part of Clarkson's Synergy Club, which completes projects to make the Clarkson community more environmentally friendly. Simultaneously tackling off-campus student housing and energy efficiency has been rewarding, Dixon said.
"There are a lot of people that don't know the small things you can do to make your energy bill smaller," Dixon said. "Small improvements can make the house better in general."
Read more about the event at http://focusthenation.org/events/52-saving-energy-makes-cent-students-and-property-owners-reducing-energy-use .
Clarkson University launches leaders into the global economy. One in five alumni already leads as a CEO, VP or equivalent senior executive of a company. Located just outside the Adirondack Park in Potsdam, N.Y., Clarkson is a nationally recognized research university for undergraduates with select graduate programs in signature areas of academic excellence directed toward the world's pressing issues. Through 50 rigorous programs of study in engineering, business, arts, sciences and health sciences, the entire learning-living community spans boundaries across disciplines, nations and cultures to build powers of observation, challenge the status quo, and connect discovery and engineering innovation with enterprise.
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Big-Screen Crew Shoots Scenes At EMRTCSOCORRO, N.M. September 21, 2011– A Hollywood film crew spent a day in Socorro filming scenes for "The Banshee Chapter" on the EMRTC test range on the campus of New Mexico Tech.
Zachary Quinto's production company, Before The Door Pictures, has partnered with Sunchaser Entertainment and German producer Christian Arnold-Beutel (The Ledge, Super Hybrid) to produce the elevated horror feature The Banshee Chapter. Quinto is best known for portraying Spock in the 2010 film Star Trek.
"We're happy that New Mexico Tech could provide support to the movie industry in New Mexico," Vice President of Research Dr. Van Romero said. "I was also happy to see so many New Mexicans working on the film crew."
The film crew required a bunker, of which EMRTC has several on its test range. The filming was Sunday, September 18.
The filming is rare large-screen appearance for Socorro. The 1971 Roger Corman movie Gas-s-s-s was filmed in and around Socorro. The movie Contact used footage filmed at the Very Large Array 50 miles west of Tech.
The Banshee Chapter began principal photography in August in New Mexico. According to a press release from Before The Door, the movie centers on a young, female journalist who follows the mysterious trail of a missing friend who had been experimenting with mind-altering chemicals developed in secret government drug tests. A fast-paced blend of fact and fiction, the film is based on real documents, actual test subject testimony, and uncovered secrets about programs run by the CIA.
Interactive and transmedia director Blair Erickson wrote the screenplay and will make his feature directorial debut on the project. Sunchaser Entertainment's Stephanie Riggs and Corey Moosawill of Before the Door Productions are the producers. Arnold-Beutel will serve as executive producer along with Quinto and Neal Dodson and Sean Akers of Before the Door.
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Jay-Z + Beyonce Criticized for Cuba Trip
Jay-Z and Beyonce celebrated their fifth wedding anniversary in Cuba, with Jay puffing on cigars and Bey snapping photos of the landscape, likely for her Tumblr, where she shares tons and tons of pics. As soon as the images and the news of the couple enjoying the country and Havana landed online, the criticism of their choice of destination also hit.
A Cuban rights lobbyist has attacked the famous duo for their ignorance of what else is going on in the country. Mauricio Claver-Carone, the D.C. director for the US-Cuba Democracy PAC, which is a group committed to fighting for democracy in Cuba, said Jayonce should've educated themselves properly before visiting the country.
U.S. citizens aren't supposed to travel to Cuba as tourists and are required to obtain travel licenses from the government, due to the lack of diplomatic relations between America and Cuba. So Claver-Carone is disappointed that the duo chose Cuba as a vacation spot. "There are women getting beaten on a daily basis, women who are being jailed for no reason ... people are fighting for their freedom. It's extremely insensitive," he said.
The duo has not commented on the criticism and it's doubtful that they will. It's not going to change the fact that they visited the region.
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Should You Marry Someone with a Personality Disorder?
- Dr. Roger Barrier Preach It, Teach It
- 2012 21 Feb
Editor's Note: Pastor Roger Barrier's "Ask Roger" column regularly appears at Preach It, Teach It. Every week at Crosswalk, Dr. Barrier puts nearly 40 years of experience in the pastorate to work answering questions of doctrine or practice for laypeople, or giving advice on church leadership issues. Email him your questions at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Several years ago I wrote an "Ask Roger" column dealing with the Biblical grounds for divorce. Two women wanted me to follow up in a tangential area regarding personality disorders.
Dear Roger,
Hmmm, you write: "Many mental disorders are incompatible with successful marriages." Which ones?
Sincerely, Amy P
Dear Roger,
Yeah, I'm not quite sure I understand what you mean exactly, when you're talking about many mental disorders are incompatible with successful marriages, which ones?
Sincerely, K
Dear Amy P and K,
Steve, one of our church counselors, and I were sitting on the platform when Dan walked in with his fourth wife. Steve said, "Watch this." Dan and new wife sat down at the end of a pew. Then, I noticed what Steve was seeing. Dan's number two and three wives were sitting together directly behind them. Whispering began. A few minutes later Dan and fourth wife got up and moved.
Dan was a smooth talker — real debonair. We all knew that he was a ladies' man. Nevertheless, you probably don't want to become wife number five. There are people out there that you really don't want to marry.
Here is the second letter.
I have been reading your "Ask Roger" in "preachitteachit.com." on the 4 types of people that pastors can't change … the personality types. ...
My husband is not open as far as Jesus and God is concerned. He has been diagnosed with Schizoid … and my question to you today is … if these people cannot be open to the teachings of God, where does this leave me in this marriage?
I do not believe in divorce as the first option, but I cannot help but feel this is the only way out for me because I love God and feel this relationship is not going to bring about the best that God has in store for me.
Please help me or refer me to someone that I can speak to about this. Or any advice about if divorce would be an option God will understand…
Sincerely, Anonymous
Dear Ladies,
In my experience successful, happy, and fulfilling marriages are not possible with people who are suffering from one or more personality disorders. The marriage may begin well, but eventually the disorders will sabotage their marriages.
Personality disorders are incurable and basically unimprovable. People with personality disorders cannot be cured or "fixed." I believe it is safe to say that not only are personality disorders the result of malfunctioning brain chemistry, they are hard-wired improperly into the brain itself. Some also believe that deeply negative childhood experiences may contribute to or even cause a personality disorder.
My statement that personality disorders are incurable sounds rather harsh, hopeless and God-limiting. Of course, God is omnipotent and can do anything that He so well desires. But, for some reason, He seems not to heal personality disorders. I have seen God work some wonderful healings; yet, I have never seen God heal a person with a personality disorder — nor have I read or heard about it happening.
Personality disorders are quite complex. Many occur concurrently with each other. For example, Borderline, Histrionic, and Narcissistic disorders frequently occur coincidentally with Anti-Social personality disorder.
Mood disorders — like depression, anxiety, cyclothymia, obsessive-compulsive, manic-depression, ADD, and bi-polar spectrums — are not the same as personality disorders. While little can be done to "fix" personality disorders, much can be done to help dissipate and improve those struggling with mood disorders. Mood disorders are most often brain chemistry problems which respond quite well to medication.
Now, it is time for a disclaimer. I am not a counselor, psychologist, medical doctor or psychiatrist. Nevertheless, I speak from a perspective of over 40 years of pastor experience, years of study, and counseling scores of families with one or more members who are dealing with personality disorders. I consider myself a tyro in mental health issues; nevertheless, I hope I can give some helpful insights in these areas.
Let me share a simple description of each of the ten personality disorders. More complete descriptions can, of course, be found easily on the internet for those who are interested.
The first four (narcissistic, borderline, antisocial and histrionic) are, in my experience, completely incompatible with happy, successful marriages. The next six (paranoid, schizoid, schizotypal, avoidant, dependant, and obsessive-compulsive) aren't much better in achieving healthy marriages.
People with Narcissistic Personality Disorder are self-absorbed to the exclusion of all others. They "suck the life" out of all who befriend them. Their relationships are impaired due to their disregard for, and their inability to care for, the needs and sensitivities of others.
People with Borderline (or Emotionally Unstable) Personality Disorders struggle with impulsive actions, rapidly shifting moods, and chaotic relationships. They go from one emotional crisis to another. They often threaten suicide and approximately 8%-10% of these individuals succeed. Self-mutilating acts like cutting or burning are not uncommon.
People with Antisocial Personality Disorders have no sense of right and wrong. They can do dastardly things to the people associated with them without feeling remorse. They have an increased risk of dying prematurely by violent means like suicide, accidents, and homicide. They are irresponsible parents, often homeless, and frequently imprisoned.
People with Histrionic Personality Disorders are incredibly emotional and attention seeking. Their emotions may soar ten to fifteen times above or below normal. Their rollercoaster, up and down lives wear down the people around them. They seek to control through emotional manipulation. They can be incredibly seductive — especially toward people of authority (like pastors) who become their "conquests" or "trophies." Their sexually provocative behavior is offensive and inappropriate. These individuals often make suicidal threats to coerce more attention and better care.
People with Paranoid Personality Disorders interpret the actions of others as deliberately threatening or demeaning. They are untrusting, unforgiving, and prone to angry or aggressive outbursts without justification because they perceive others to be unfaithful, or deceitful. They tend to be jealous, secretive, scheming, and emotionally "cold."
People with Schizoid Personality Disorders are introverted, withdrawn, solitary, emotionally cold, and distant. They are often absorbed with their own thoughts and feelings and are fearful of closeness and intimacy with others.
People with Schizotypal Personality Disorders have eccentric manners of speaking or dressing. Strange, outlandish, paranoid beliefs and thoughts are common. They have difficulty forming relationships and experience extreme anxiety in social situations. They tend to react inappropriately or not at all during conversations. They may talk to themselves and often have delusions that they can see into the future or read other's minds.
People with Avoidant Personality Disorders are hypersensitive to rejection. They are timid, fear criticism, and tend to avoid activities that involve interpersonal contact. They are fearful of saying something considered foolish; often have no close relationships; and are upset at their inability to relate well to others.
People with Dependent Personality Disorders want others to make decisions for them. They require excessive reassurance and are easily hurt by criticism or disapproval. They fear being alone, and are devastated when a close relationship ends. They have a strong fear of rejection, lack self-confidence, and seldom initiate activities or do things independently. This disorder is diagnosed more frequently in females than males.
People with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders are perfectionists who are never satisfied with their achievements. They struggle inordinately with decision making and seldom complete tasks. They often get to focusing on insignificant things that loop over and over again in their minds causing misery and an inability to focus on anything else. They can stand in the toothbrush aisle at the grocery store for an hour trying to decide which $1.50 toothbrush to purchase.
Now, while remembering that God doesn't intend for every one to marry, and that Paul considered the single life to be best, let me give some advice to those who are considering marriage (1 Corinthians 7:1-8).
The best way to avoid being married to a personality disordered person is not to marry them in the first place! With any potential marriage partner, wait at least a year before getting married. Observe your future partner through all four seasons before you tie the knot. Underlying problems will usually show up some time during the full year.
If you've found Mr. or Ms. Right, keep your eyes open. Love is blind. If you see potential problems developing, refuse to give in to the temptation to ignore or minimize them. You will condemn yourself to a life time of trouble and misery when you try to make a good marriage out of flawed, personality distorted material.
One counselee told me that during their engagement period her fiancé pulled a knife out of a drawer and told her that if she ever left him he would commit suicide. She spent over a decade as a manipulated, emotionally and physically abused wife until she finally worked free. She is still in recovery.
Now let me talk about what to do if you suspect that you've married someone with a personality disorder.
A correct diagnosis is essential. Only a qualified professional is competent to make a professional diagnosis regarding any sort of mental illness or disorder. Seek their advice and counsel.
Unfortunately, most affected spouses shy away and/or actively resist seeking out a physician for help or diagnosis. What can you do? Personality disorder tests are all over the internet. Take one or two and answer as you'd imagine how your spouse might answer. You will get an insight into the sort of problems with which you're dealing.
I believe that you have several options open to you if your spouse struggles with one or more personality disorders.
First, don't immediately use their problem as justification for divorce. Remember that your loved one is often in miserable pain and confusion and can be helped greatly by your compassion and support.
As I consider your situation, I am reminded of all the parents who live with mentally- and/or physically-challenged children. You have seen them at the mall as they push along a complex, high-tech wheelchair which is home to a child who has not at all turned out as mom and dreamed. I see the anguished pain in their faces — and so do you — as they see other children running and laughing and playing while their child sits trapped within a mind or body that doesn't work properly.
I admire these parents who have sacrificed so much. I never pass by the opportunity to take a longing and loving glance as they push those wheelchairs. Sometimes, I feel like I am looking at Jesus (Matthew 25:34-45).
But these mentally and physically impaired children won't hurt you! Those with personality disorders can destroy you and your children.
If your situation is not too threatening or severe, you may dedicate yourself to remaining married and helping your loved one as much as possible. You might say like Paul, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness" (2 Corinthians 12:9-10).
You may find strength and satisfaction from knowing that God allows and even engineers all sorts of trials to mold us to look more like Jesus (Romans 8:28-30). Your marriage has not turned out the way you wanted. I am deeply sorry. However, I rejoice that these troubles may very well be the circumstances that God can best utilize to mold you to look like Jesus.
While enduring multiple sufferings Paul realized that he was actually learning contentment. You probably will, too: "…for I have learned content whatever the circumstances. I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I can do everything through him who gives me strength" (Philippians 4:11-13).
Now, let's talk about your divorce option.
If you or your children are being abused I would feel no qualms about getting out of the relationship as soon as possible. Get out and get safe before any more damage occurs. Any one who emotionally, mentally, physically or sexually abuses spouse or family has broken his/her marriage vows and invalidated the marriage (Ephesians 5:21-33). That partner is free to divorce and remarry if they like.
God's attitude regarding abuse is, "I hate divorce and I hate a man covering his wife with violence" (Malachi 2:16 and alternate Hebrew rendering).
Failure to provide emotional, mental, and/or spiritual care and support can debilitate marriage and/or parental obligations and suck the life out of a marriage.
The context of 1 Timothy 5:8 is regarding husbands who do not take care of their families financially: "If anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for his immediate family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever." Consider that providing care for the family involves more than must money.
Don't let anyone criticize or disparage your decision to get out of your marriage if personality disorders have, or are in the process of, destroying your marriage. Until criticizing individuals have experienced first hand the debilitating destruction personality disorders can bring to a family, they don't have the right to make you feel badly about your decision.
Well, Amy P, and K, I hope my answer is helpful in deciphering what I said about some people who should not get married. Thanks to you both for your questionings.
Love, Roger
Dr. Roger Barrier recently retired as senior teaching pastor from Casas Church in Tucson, Arizona. In addition to being an author and sought-after conference speaker, Roger has mentored or taught thousands of pastors, missionaries, and Christian leaders worldwide. Casas Church, where Roger served throughout his thirty-five-year career, is a megachurch known for a well-integrated, multi-generational ministry. The value of including new generations is deeply ingrained throughout Casas to help the church move strongly right through the twenty-first century and beyond. Dr. Barrier holds degrees from Baylor University, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, and Golden Gate Seminary in Greek, religion, theology, and pastoral care. His popular book, Listening to the Voice of God, published by Bethany House, is in its second printing and is available in Thai and Portuguese. His latest work is, Got Guts? Get Godly! Pray the Prayer God Guarantees to Answer, from Xulon Press. Roger can be found blogging at Preach It, Teach It, the pastoral teaching site founded with his wife, Dr. Julie Barrier.
Publication date: February 21, 2012


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Woooo! Stadium Club! Back before Topps rooned it with short prints and autographs an nonsense. Got this pack from Motherscratcher in a box-o-stuff. May as well open it!
593 Roger Clemens Member's Choice
361 Craig Wilson
390 Dave Stewart
498 Johnny Guzman
1992 Club Membership Card
452 Gino Minutelli
340 Tim Wallach
584 Rob Dibble
331 Bob Milacki
395 Tom Glavine
539 Danny Darwin
535 Joey Cora
575 Eric Anthony
356 Roberto Hernandez
492 Chris Beasley
412 Jim Poole
What the hell is Tim Wallach doing there? Seriously. What is he doing.
Not too bad for a series 2 pack! Dave Stewart, the unceremoniously dumped Tom Glavine and a Member's card of Needles Rocket. The Rob Dibble card is pretty interesting too just for the contortions. The best part about these cards are the backs with the rookie cards on them. Unfortunately about half the pack had those stupid "Topps Debut" rookie cards from 1990 and '91. The oldest rookie card in the pack is right here:
Pretty cool Bull logo on the Darwin and Sample caps. Why didn't Topps put rookie cards on the back in last years's Stadium Club set? It might have actually made up for all those damn shortprints.
Thursday, June 04, 2009
1992 Stadium Club Series 2
Posted by dayf at 10:32 PM
Labels: 1992, series 2, Stadium Club
3 comments:
- Thorzul said...
I think Tim Wallach is answering his ball.
"Can you hear me now?... Good."
- RoofGod said...
If you put a baseball up to your ear you can hear your career highlights played back to you.
- stormthestreets said...
Man, those cards were too sweet when they came out. Overprinting be damned, I didn't know or care about that. They just felt, smelled, and looked so classy to a 12-year-old.
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COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee Tech junior forward Ellie Iaciofano has been selected to the 2012 All-OVC Second Team. Iaciofano led the Golden Eagle soccer team in both goals and points and tied for the lead in assists.
In addition to leading the Tech offensive attack this season, Iaciofano finished tied for third in the Ohio Valley Conference in points with 20 and tied for third in goals scored with eight. She also finished tied for sixth in assists with four on the season.
Her 20 points this season tied for ninth all-time in a single season in Tech history. She tied for ninth in goals in a season as well.
Iaciofano has recorded 29 points in her career so far, good enough to already rank her 10th on the Tech all-time career list for points. She also ranks 10th on the all-time career list for goals with 11 through just three years. She also recorded three multi-goal games during the season.


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This is part of our ongoing SmartPhone Date series, where Olga and I showcase smartphone applications that we have used to have fun dates together. In , we focused on some fun photo apps that can make you look better. In this video, we focus on apps that make you look worse. If you have a sense of humor and ever wondered how you would look bald, obese, and with different hair styles, there are some great apps that allow you to do that with a click of a button. We picked the best ones and showcase them in the video above. As you'll see, these apps do a remarkable job of realistically forecasting how you might look if you added on a few hundred pounds and lost your hair. And yes, I would still love Olga if she looked like this!
Important Note: I did get permission from Olga before posting these photos. This date idea is suggestedfor a private night of fun between the two of you. Don't share each other's photos with your friends, or in this case the whole world, unless you are both ok with that!
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That is how much capital funding the recently elected District 19 Councilman delivered to the library earlier this week in a project he is hoping to see completed by as soon as 2016.
Vallone explained that the funds would not have been possible without the substantial $7 million budget for the district in his first year, however adding that any less than $1 million for the library would have little impact.
"Instead of spending $25 or $50 thousand here and there, which doesn't really do anything, I said let's put a big chunk in the most important libraries that have the most amount of uses," Vallone said.
While the early discussions for the overhaul project includes new computers, a larger community space and redone outdoor reading area with fully accessible WiFi, he said the final plan might reach an estimated $3 million.
"By kick starting with $1 million, we'll get there," he stated.
Other plans discussed in the meeting include the possibility for a community garden for the nearby schools, sitting space and outdoor electronic charging centers.
"One of my dreams would be to extend the exterior," Vallone said. "Instead of having that bunker to look through, which to me it always looked like you were going into a WWII bunker, would be to make that a flat glass front to make more space there."
Eve Hammer, the community library manager at Bay Terrace, said she is hoping the million dollars can bring in a new teen center as well as a handful of new computers to beef up the current eight available at the branch.
"My first thought was, we can make a great library even better," Hammer said. "Libraries are community centers now."
While the branch feeds two nearby schools as well as a senior center, Hammer said she is looking forward to new ways of reaching every facet of their daily clientele.
"We want to serve the community as best we can, and that means serving all ages of the community," she said.
Frank Genese, the vice president for capital and facilities management at Queens Library, said he excited for the large financial undertaking from Councilman Vallone to begin the conversation for renovation.
"One thing we do at Queens Library is we design each library differently," Genese said following the presentation with the panel of community leaders. "It is based on the needs of the community, the culture and the character of the community."
Genese said he grew up just around the corner from the library and assured that any additions, like projects done at other branches in the borough, would be done with community input.
"When we finally design it, we will do it in concert with the community and make sure they get exactly what they feel they need in their libraries," he said.
After the renovations are done with this library, Vallone said he plans on targeting a new branch every year as part of the new initiative.
"We saw this library that hadn't been touched in 40 years, so we picked this one first," he said. "My vision for each year going forward is to pick a library each year going forward."


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Michael JacksonPosted in Uncategorized on June 26th, 2009 by admin – 2 Comments
It was a little after 4pm CST on Thursday, June 25. I was editing a manuscript and decided to take a break and check out my friends on Facebook. As I scanned the news feed, I read this post "my goodness, what a day. Now, it's Michael Jackson….prayers for sure!" The post was a bit confusing. Of course, I knew about the death of actress Farrah Fawcett. She was an "angel" in American history. I reminisced about playing Sabrina (Kate Jackson's character). And the passing of Ed McMahon was fresh too. So the FB post was unsettling. Shortly thereafter, I sent a friend who was at the MJ rehearsal site in LA a text to find out what was going on. At that point, "he" didn't have any information. He asked me to keep him posted via text. Then, I went back to FB and found the link to TMZ.
As a journalist, I looked for the source for the story. Initially, TMZ did NOT attribute the story. They mentioned "a source" WITHOUT naming someone. However, I knew that TMZ would NOT have posted the story without confirmation. It was just too big. The website is run by journalists who worked for mainstream media and is owned by Time Warner. They had too much at stake to risk any credibility. Traditional media question TMZ until TMZ is useful to the traditional media. Ironically, it is becoming more and more common for mainstream media to interview TMZ staff on big entertainment stories.
As for the speed of information dissemination, with Twitter, Facebook, text, email and let us not forget the cell phone, news organizations have nano seconds to confirm stories. I was watching CNN for further confirmation. I was hoping that TMZ was wrong but I knew that they weren't, they couldn't be, it would have been website suicide. Soon after, TMZ's report, CNN put this on the screen: LA Times reports Michael Jackson Dies. That still meant that they had NOT confirmed the story. CNN did not confirm the story until 6:25pm CST.
The credibility of online news sources has been catapulted into the spotlight once again and this time TMZ is standing on solid ground. However, one wonders how long it will take for the masses to genuinely trust sites other than CNN, FOX, MSNBC, ABC, NBC and CBS. This is the digital age. Information is going to be sent whether the audience or the mainstream media are ready or not. It's a new day. In addition to the media, private citizens, were using every resource they had to confirm the story. The mainstream media must lose the notion of competition because now they are competing, potentially against millions of people. The role of the mainstream media needs to be putting stories into context, organizing and indexing them.
Focusing on "breaking" news is an effort in futility. Claiming that stories are exclusive is also counterproductive unless you can scour the millions of websites and confirm that the story is indeed only yours. And when does breaking news stop, when one news agency breaks the story. And does that agency have to be one of the "big" ones. Why expend your energy and resources to be first. Focus on being the best, the most thorough, the most educational and the most engaging.
This is a moment in World history for many, many reasons. Michael Jackson was my generations, big brother. Yes, he was quirky, questionable and quacky. We accepted him for who he was. We wore the one glove. I had a jheri curl with one strand on my forehead. We did the moonwalk and rocked with Michael all the way.
He was raised during a time when his race was not appreciated. He was compared to Donny Osmond and told repeatedly by his father (as portrayed in The Jacksons: An American Dream) that he had to be better than him. Michael was surrounded by a culture that did not initially embrace him. Think about it, it was 1983 when MTV finally added Michael Jackson's Billie Jean video to the on air rotation. As one who has studied Black Identity Development, I wrote an article years ago and sent it to an editor of a popular magazine (it was not published, if I can find it, I'll post it) talking about how when a person is forced to accept an identity that he/she did not choose, they can experience an identity crisis. If you can't be who you want to be, be accepted (Abraham Maslow's hierarchy of needs, sense of belonging) and be secure in yourself, you cannot be sound mentally. There's so much more to be said and explored but I'll leave that for another day.
For now, rest in peace, Michael, your music was and is phenomenal. Your songs are my life's timelilne. I was a teenager when the album Off the Wall was released. This is so surreal and so sad. I just don't remember so many losses as a child. With all of the media, everything is so public and in a strange way so much more personal. It doesn't directly affect my day to day activities. I'm perfectly fine yet somehow affected by this existential change. In such a short time, Bernie Mac, James Brown, Gerald Levert, Isaac Hayes.…gone. Like Jill Scott, I'm Livin' My Life like its Golden.


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How going shopping will make you a better photographer
Markets are always attractive hunting grounds for photographers, but in Colombia this is especially true.
The real danger in Colombia is falling in love
Among all the regions of Colombia that I have visited in the past five years, the coffee region of El Viejo Caldas is the most beautiful.
Gabo's Macondo is not a fictional town
A tiled Cartagena street sign tells me I am in Calle de la Amargura, "The Street of Bitterness".
Eating among Cartagena's "fart-smellers"
The massive wall of stone, brick and coral around Cartagena de Indias, built to keep English pirate Francis Drake out, now keeps tourists in, creating a world apart from the modern life of gleaming glass and steel outside.
Take a nice bath – in mud
From Cartagena, I take a wobbly motorbike to the Volcán de Lodo El Totumo, where rickety wooden stairs lead to its low peak.
How to make the perfect cup of coffee, according to Señor Leyva
Colombia is the world's third-largest coffee producer, most famous for its production of the intense Arabica bean. Its Coffee Triangle has been recognized by Unesco as a World Heritage Site and the tourism board are trying to relabel it as the "Coffee Cultural Landscape".
The land of giant trees and tiny birds
High above the coffee fields, I can see the 15,000-feet-high peaks of Los Nevados National Natural Park.
Some of the best coffee beans in the world
Hello Colombia, where the triangle formed by the major cities of Bogota, Medellin and Cali grows some of the best coffee beans in the world, thanks to lush volcanic soils and heavy rainfall. A place of great natural beauty, this coffee region is dotted with pretty colonial villages and traditional farms that are increasingly turning to tourism to make a living.
Separating myth from reality in Colombia
Hello Colombia, with an African, Indian and Spanish heritage that has produced a culture uniquely rich. This fertile ground gave seed to the work of Gabriel García Márquez, the country's Nobel Prize-winning novelist famed for his use of "magic realism". Reality is still hard to separate from myth in Colombia and, indeed, many outsiders believe the myth before the reality.


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Marriott to help Ikea launch budget hotels
STOCKHOLM Ikea says Marriott International Inc. will help it open its new budget hotels across western Europe during the next five years.
The Swedish company, which first announced last year that it will launch the hotel chain, said Tuesday that Marriott, the operator of luxury hotels across the world, will be its partner.
They will develop some 50 hotels with 150-300 rooms each in major cities. The first is scheduled to open in Milan, Italy, next year.
Peter Andrews, head of Inter Hospitality -- part of Inter Ikea's property division -- said the agreement allows the group "to build a high quality hotel property investment portfolio."
Ikea, the world's largest furniture retailer, already owns a handful of hotels. Marriott International has more than 3,700 properties in 74 countries and territories.


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"Mobile banking, I would argue, presently, is significantly more secure than is online banking," said Kevin Travis, a partner with Novantas, a New York-based management consulting firm.
For skeptics, that may be the shocker. Some financial IT consultants insist that, although online banking is 20 years old and mobile is younger, maturity has not necessarily produced a safer banking platform when users log into their accounts, typically via a Windows PC or laptop. Windows claims about 92% of computers versus 6% for Apple and 2% for all others.
"There is less fraud on mobile," said Jay McLaughlin, chief security officer at Q2ebanking, a financial services technology developer in Austin, Texas.
"Fundamentally, the mobile phone is a lot more secure than many people believe," said Kumail Tyebjee, senior principal of Mobility & Digital Transformation Practice at IT consulting firm Infosys.
Surprised by the endorsement of the comparatively new mobile banking platform? Recent research from consulting firm KPMG found that security concerns, cited by 39% of those asked, stood as a primary barrier to mobile banking adoption. Similar anxieties have surfaced in other research reports that asked consumers why they are not using mobile.
There also have been recent bumps in the road to mobile banking; notably a Citibank iPad app that apparently charged at least some users twice for some transactions.
Other than acknowledging the problem, which apparently persisted for six months after the app's launch, Citibank has been closed-mouth about the extent of the double charging.
Newly revealed concerns have also emerged about Google Wallet, the near field communications-powered payments tool, which hackers have been able to break into under certain circumstances. Both stories won big headlines that probably provoked more fears about mobile banking, some experts have noticed.
Still, some advocate that mobile banking, in many ways, is safer.
"At the moment mobile is more secure," said Steve Durbin, global vice president of the Information Security Forum, an association of security professionals based in London. "Fewer people are accessing banking via mobile. As more do, it will become more attractive to fraudsters."
That, more than any other factors, may be among the main reasons why mobile is more secure, proponents have said.
"People have put in a lot more time figuring out how to hack into PCs," Travis said.
Indeed, there are plentiful toolkits for sale to assist would-be cyber crooks in stealing from unwitting Windows users, no matter how paltry the thieves' computing skills are. Industry watchers have coined the phrase script kiddie to refer to those who use shelf exploit programs such as Zeus.
The Windows attack surface, which is a phrase used by security experts to describe the field of vulnerabilities, is vast. That may be less a comment on the flaws of Windows than it is on the millions of hours spent by hackers hunting for ways to rob Windows users.
The good news is some surveys predict vigorous upticks in mobile banking usage in the U.S. over the next half decade. Javelin Strategy & Research said within the next five years, it is projected that over half of mobile phone consumers will be using mobile banking, up from 29% in 2011. This percentage represents an additional increase of 54 million new consumers who will be accessing their bank accounts from their mobile devices."
The bad news is that, "As the stakes get higher, we can expect mobile exploitation to rise exponentially," predicted John Viega, an executive with Perimeter E-Security, a security consulting firm headquartered in Milford, Conn.
Simple mathematics may be at work here. The more users who adopt mobile banking, the more attractive the medium is to crooks. That day, suggest many experts, is getting near.
"Mobile, mobile, mobile-that is the chatter you hear from cyber crooks," said Steve Santorelli with security researchers Team Cymru, an Internet security research firm in Orlando, Fla.
Tune into hangouts for cyber crooks, as Team Cymru does, and the word will likely be mobile.
"They are all looking for tools to exploit mobile," Santorelli said.
Right now, however, the threats to mobile are nascent, said Rick Moy, CEO of NSS Labs, a research and testing firm in Austin, Texas. Headlines about mobile malware may well have outnumbered the actual exploits, say some experts. For the most part mobile malware, which is primarily found on Android devices, with a scattering of cases on older Symbian phones, has been an aggravation more than a large scale problem for some users.
Rogue apps may have placed calls to premium numbers or sent off small payments to unwanted SMS recipients. For the phone owner, this may be worrisome but in the scheme of financial services, it is likely to be considered a nuisance more than anything else, experts have said.
Partly, too, mobile devices may have particular built-in protections, such as with iPhones, which uses a design structure in which applications are sandboxed and third-party software cannot run in the background of others. However, some Apple signature items can. Sandboxing is the practice of limiting what any application can do; in a sandboxed environment how apps can interact with each other is severely limited.
That may be important, according to some security experts. Traditional Windows key loggers are designed to operate in the background, recording each tap of the keyboard in other programs and then sending that information to a cyber crook. That operation does not work on iPhones or iPads, users have noticed.
In Android, by default, apps are sandboxed, too, but in installation, users frequently are asked to modify permissions. That may nullify the sandboxing by giving an app access to the contacts list or the dialer, for instance. To date, some security experts note there are no known significant breaches of sandboxing that involve mobile banking.
Meanwhile, there may also be new ways to exploit iPhone users, too, because there is no overestimating the clever persistence of cyber crooks.
For now, experts pinpoint a more immediate mobile banking worry and that is the doctored app, said Durbin, who describes it as a mobile app that looks much like an authentic credit union app but it is not.
That is because it began life as an authentic app but then a cyber crook added bad code–perhaps emailing passwords to the crook–and uploaded the app to a download site to be discovered and put to use by the unwary.
That probably would not work with iPhone, some experts have noticed. Apple said it scrutinizes apps before making them available through its Apps Store.
Although Google recently announced it had implemented security screening of apps distributed via the Android Marketplace, with Android, the vulnerability is that any site can make available apps for download and installation.
Apple, by contrast, essentially allows only Apps Store downloads. That is why experts said the doctored app is an emerging Android vulnerability.
"It's exactly the way these guys will go," Durbin said.
Security experts, speaking off the record, said that the nation's big banks already employ teams tasked with prowling the Web in search of doctored apps. How many have they found? That figure is unknown but the suspicion is that there would not be so many hunters if there were no game to find.
Either way, the take away for credit union executives, who today are mulling mobile banking and what it means from a security perspective, is that the user is the weak link, said McLaughlin.
"There needs to be a fair amount of customer education," Tyebjee at InfoSys added.
Educate members about where to safely download banking apps, how to securely edit app permissions, and what to look for in terms of warning signs of fraud and those are big steps towards a safe expansion of mobile banking.The bottom line may be as mobile banking expansion continues to expand, so will the fraudsters.


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Clarkson University: Defying Convention with President Obama
High Starting Salaries for New Graduates and Solid Financial Aid Packages Make Clarkson an Affordable Choice for Students and Their Families
By Anthony G. Collins, President, and Kelly O. Chezum, Vice President for External Relations
Clarkson University is at the forefront of supporting President Obama's "shake-up" for higher education and confident about how this upstate New York research university will fare in the new scorecards for colleges and universities, and the proposed measures of assessing affordability for students and families.
Undergraduate tuition and fees at Clarkson are $40,540 and with typical residential room charge and meal package, the total cost to educate a student goes to $53,808. This academic year remains representative of our past years where 99 percent of Clarkson students received aid based on need and academic performance. Last year, Clarkson awarded an average aid of $26,459 per student, which is more than half of the published price of tuition. Additionally, 31 percent of Clarkson students qualified for Pell Grants, which is another example of how Clarkson is already in tune with the national emphasis on expanding access to high quality education to lower income students.
Last fall, ABC News asked PayScale to name the schools with new graduates who earn more than Harvard's and Clarkson was among just 12 schools on the list. PayScale reported an average starting salary for Clarkson's new graduates as $57,900. Of students graduating in Clarkson's Class of 2012 and using the campus Career Services Center, 96 percent reported being placed in their field of study in the first year after graduation. Check out http://www.clarkson.edu/hired for more information on the career success of Clarkson alumni.
With this as background, Clarkson faculty and staff begin conversations with students and families about the affordability of education by first talking with students about their career aspirations and then the expected return on investment from their education. Clarkson offers the full spectrum of professional preparation, networking and broad education that is needed to compete for the best jobs around the world.
Clarkson is ready for the Obama score card as the institution has a long history of prioritizing access to education for all qualified students who seek to enroll and remains committed to having the greatest share of its alumni contributions and endowment go to student aid and education.
Clarkson is also at the forefront for taking innovative approaches to helping students finance their education – particularly those students who are already in business with a product or service, or getting ready to commercialize new technology. Based on a competitive application process, students in the Young Entrepreneurs and Young Innovators Program can attend Clarkson without payment of tuition through a combination of merit-based financial aid and purchase by Clarkson of 10 percent equity in their firm at fair market value. Go to http://www.clarkson.edu/equity for more information.
You and President Obama can count Clarkson University among the private higher education institutions that have no problem being held accountable to standards that measure how well we prepare students for remarkably successful careers and for ensuring access to education for all qualified students. We have been doing just that since 1896.


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CHICAGO – Two leading candidates did not attend an Illinois Republican show of unity Wednesday as the party tried to close ranks for the general election in November after a bruising primary campaign.
In a sign of challenges ahead, Kirk Dillard, the runner-up to businessman Bruce Rauner in the governor's primary, and Jim Oberweis, the party's nominee for U.S. Senate, skipped the "March to Victory" luncheon event at Chicago's Union League Club.
Rauner, a Winnetka venture capitalist and first-time office seeker, stressed Wednesday that the party should focus on what unites it, not divides it, pitching a message of restoring economic prosperity to the state. Illinois has high debt and unemployment, and pensions for state workers are woefully underfunded.
"We're going to win this (governor's) race because we're working for everybody," Rauner said. "All families are suffering." Rauner faces Gov. Pat Quinn in November, who cruised to victory in the Democratic primary.
But Republican state Sen. Dillard, who finished a better-than-expected two percentage points behind Rauner in Tuesday's primary, was nowhere to be seen. A campaign aide said he had travelled to Springfield to attend hearings on the state budget.
Oberweis, a state Senator who won the U.S. senate nomination over fellow businessman Doug Truax, also returned to Springfield to take part in the session.
"Jim wanted to be at the luncheon," campaign spokesman Tom Mannix said. "There was no way for him to attend given the timing of the legislative session."
Tensions between Rauner and Dillard ran particularly high during the primary. Of the four-man field, Dillard hit Rauner hardest, criticizing his business dealings and political connections. Dillard was supported by a number of unions who attacked Rauner with television ads, and said a number of traditionally Democratic union members would cross over to support him. In turn, Rauner in one debate asked Dillard why he wasn't running in the Democratic primary given his union support.
Though the two candidates spoke by phone Tuesday evening after results were posted, Dillard has been non-committal about working to elect Rauner.
"We'll talk," Dillard said to reporters Tuesday evening, following his concession speech. "Bruce and I will talk."
The clash was the latest in a series for the beleaguered party, which like the GOP nationwide has seen battles among its tea party libertarians, social conservatives, and moderates. Last year, a former chairman of the party resigned after making statements supporting gay marriage.
It behooves the party to bridge those gaps, Chair Jack Dorgan told the group Wednesday. Rauner, who supports abortion rights, has avoided social issues and focused on an economic message. Democrats hold nearly all state offices in Illinois and a Republican will need to woo independent voters in suburban Chicago to win.
"Rauner being pro-choice has the potential to appeal to large groups of moderates in the suburbs," U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk, a social moderate from Highland Park who won President Barack Obama's former Senate seat in 2010
The GOP event was on the same day as an Illinois Democratic Party unity breakfast, where top party officials, including Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Quinn and U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin portrayed Republicans as wealthy and out of touch.
"A billionaire calling for a cut in the minimum wage?" Quinn asked at the Billy Goat Tavern event. "That's class warfare and we're not going to let him get away with it."


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Hope College will feature two concerts in Wichers Auditorium of Nykerk Hall of Music as part of its "Woodwind Day" on Saturday, Nov. 8.
The public is invited to both events. Admission is free.
At 9:30 a.m., four Hope College faculty members will be performing short, solo works for their instruments. The faculty are Julie Sooy, flute; Tom Lockwood, saxophone
Joel Schekman, clarinet; and Sarah Southard, oboe. They will be accompanied by pianist Jennifer Wolfe.
At 4 p.m., a mixed group of college students, community members, and high school students will perform. The 4 p.m. concert will also feature a Saxophone Quartet and Flute Quartet.
Nykerk Hall of Music is located in the central Hope campus at the former 127 E. 12th Street between College and Columbia avenues.


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Neurology Today. 14(23):1,16-20, December 4, 2014
Writing in the Dec. 9, 2014 issue of Neurology, former AAN President Bruce Sigsbee, MD, and James L. Bernat, MD, FAAN, addressed three core aspects of physician burnout. Here, Neurology Today Editor-in-Chief Steven P. Ringel, MD, FAAN, and Associate Editor Robert G. Holloway Jr., MD, FAAN, discuss the strategies they use to address burnout among faculty at their own institutions.
Neurology Today editors interview Kristina Simonyan, MD, PhD, associate professor of neurology and otolaryngology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and Serena Bianchi, PhD, a post-doctoral fellow in Dr. Simonyan's laboratory, about their imaging studies showing structural differences between different phenotypes and genotypes of spasmodic dysphonia.
Neurology Today Editor-in-chief Steven P. Ringel, MD, FAAN, and Associate Editor Robert Holloway, MD, MPH, FAAN, discuss the challenges of measuring the value of neurodiagnostic tests, with a dearth of available data on efficacy.
Read the full story in Neurology Today: http://bit.ly/NT-ANADiagnosticTests.
A meta-analysis of 5 trials found that the procedure was more effective for stroke, the sooner it was performed, but remained effective up to 7.3 hours after symptom onset – significantly longer than the current guideline window of 6 hours. Neurology Today Editor-in-chief Steven P. Ringel, MD, FAAN, and Associate Editor Robert Holloway, MD, MPH, FAAN, discuss what the findings mean for stroke treatment and minimizing time to reperfusion.
Read the full story in Neurology Today: http://bit.ly/NT-ANAEndovascular.
A 5-year follow-up study found that deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the subthalamic nucleus improved motor function for people with early-stage Parkinson's disease compared to medical treatment alone. The study's principal investigator David Charles, MD, FAAN, professor and vice chairman of neurology at Vanderbilt Neuroscience Institute, discusses the advantages and complications of treating patients in early stages of the disease with the Neurology Today editors.
Read the full story in Neurology Today: http://bit.ly/NT-DBSEarlyParkinsons.
At this year's AAN annual meeting, investigators reported that among the neurodegenerative disorders associated with REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD), 94 percent were synucleinopathies, indicating, experts
say, that REM sleep behavior disorder is a highly
significant prognostic indicator of future neurodegenerative disease. The findings "argue that part of the selective vulnerability
involved with Lewy body disease and with MSA likely involves REM sleep circuitry," study leader Bradley Boeve, MD, chair of behavioral neurology at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, told attendees of the plenary at the AAN annual meeting. In a video interview, Neurology Today
Editor-in-chief Steven P. Ringel, MD, and Associate Editor Robert G. Holloway, MD, discuss the implications of the study and what to tell patients and their families once REM sleep behavior disorder is diagnosed.


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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 130 diseños de 50 diseñadores freelance.
We are new social media site and mobile app that focuses on helping adults who want to find the perfect bar, club, lounge or resort by seeing what kind of drinks the bar is serving in real time. We are a fun site that will help guys find out where the girls are and the gils find out where the guys are. By using real time data form these bars patrons can go to the site or open the app and find out where more beer is poured - find guys. Maybe a bar is pouring more fruity based concoctions - more women. But the site will be used as a advertising tool for bar owners, franchises and resorts. These establishments will use the site and app to promote their bar, advertise specials and target certain partier's on certain nights.
Initially our demographic will be concentrated in the major cities in the US but as the site grows our audience will be international. Our target audience are young adults from 21 to 35 years old. These patrons want a night-on-the-town and have fun while doing it. They are comfortable using technology to find places for eating, drinking and traveling too. They use sites and apps like Yelp, Foursquare and Groupon. The target is also the owner, manager of the drinking establishment. As stated, they will use the site and app to promote their bar, offer specials and attract new patrons to their bar.
The logo has to have an international and fun appearance. We do not want any drinking Leprechauns or any other ethnic stereotype.
We would like to see a "bug" (meaning a separate logo mark next to or on top of the name, not an actual bug) along with the word mark that can potentially stand on its own and be easily recognized, (for example: the twitter bird, the nike swoosh, target or apple)
COLORS: keep it fun and energetic, unusual color combinations welcome
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WNEM TV5 Covers Our 'RightWay in Their Driveway' Giveaway
Big thanks to our friends at WNEM for stopping by and covering the giveaway. It was a great story and the Banana Crew is definitely proud to have been a part of this giveaway. Check out Tony LaBrie on TV yet again after the jump.


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An examination of the life and sometimes gruesome career of the Protestant official who crushed Catholic resistance in 16th-century England.
Hutchinson (The Last Days of Henry VIII, 2005) delves deep into history to explore the life of Francis Walsingham (1532–90), a seminal yet little known figure whose influence still resonates today. The author's broad knowledge of the Elizabethan era helps elucidate the key issues in which his subject was embroiled. Perhaps of even greater importance, Hutchinson unveils the methodology Walsingham employed to garner crucial intelligence for his queen after he took over her secret intelligence service from Sir William Cecil. Elizabeth called Walsingham "a rank Puritan," but both were fervent Protestants, and one of the spymaster's first tasks was to quash the threat from "that devilish woman," Catholic Mary Queen of Scots. Walsingham stopped at nothing, even forging correspondence to discredit Mary. As Hutchinson details these events and the growing threat from Catholic Spain, he notes parallels between his subject's techniques and modern day intelligence operations. Walsingham would have had no problem, the author avers, with the draconian measures taken by many Western nations in recent years to combat terrorism. Indeed, 'human rights' was an unknown concept in an age when suspects were routinely tortured to extract information. Hutchinson painstakingly scrutinizes the broad range of grisly devices employed in these activities and proffers information on such accomplices as chief torturer Richard Topcliffe, "rackmaster" Thomas Norton and playwright Christopher Marlowe, who became part of the spy ring Walsingham formed.
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Video Game History Month: Will Wright
We pay tribute to one of the most influential game developers of our time, Will Wright.
We pay tribute to one of the most influential game developers of our time, Will Wright.
Aliens vs. Predator 360, BioShock 2 PS3 barely miss NPD's top 10 non-PC game chart; Star Trek Online edged out by Sims 3: High-End Loft Stuff atop PC rankings.
New handheld's debut accompanied by first PSP Minis, debuts of PixelJunk Monsters, Thexder Neo, sales on Puzzle Quest, Prinny, and more; full list and price breakdown inside.
Electronic Arts celebrates that the franchise has sold in mind-boggling numbers since its launch in 2000.
Exec in charge of Electronic Arts' hit virtual life franchise says the brand should hit a huge milestone next month.
Expansion to World of Warcraft sells 2.25 million copies at US retail, original game comes in second with 914,000 sold.
EA premieres free-to-participate audio-visual performance community based on Will Wright's widely popular franchise.
Touting eight original IPs in fiscal '08, publisher reports $395 million in quarterly revenue; latest Harry Potter game moves 2M units in four days.
This kitty gets some new clothes to wear around town.
This Scooby-like dog is larger than life.
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The world's top third-party publisher lost $25 million during its most recent quarter but took in over $3 billion during the previous 12 months.
The Sims are finally coming to the Wii with a value-packed game that takes advantage of the Wii Remote's pointerlike functionality.
The Sims 2: Pets patches arrive alongside GalCiv II Gold Edition demo and UT2K4 skins.
Final Fantasy XII hits the top slot, becomes the UK's fastest-selling game in the series so far; Crackdown debuts in the second spot.
Blizzard Entertainment's Burning Crusade maintains momentum as Electronic Arts' The Sims: Life Stories debuts in top five.
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Jon Stewart wasted no time leaping on Tuesday night's Presidential Debates on "Daily Show" Wednesday -- and he picked two of the most obvious soundbites from the debates to skewer: First, Mitt Romney's infamous comment about getting "binders full of women" qualified for jobs when he was governor of Massachusetts. Stewart played the clip, arranged the papers on his desk, paused, and smiled.
"Couple of things: One the women's group was called MassGAP and they approached Governor Romney, not the other way around. And two, my guess is they did not refer to what they presented as a binder full of women, but perhaps as an organized collection of qualified resumes," Stewart said. "But hey, Binder of Women, Book of Broads, Notebook of Nipples, whatever."
He had more fun with the Libya discussion, which centered on determining the exact day President Obama first referred to it as an act of terror. Watching Romney walk into a trap of his own devising was almost too good for Stewart to talk about, particularly given that Obama urged him to "please, proceed."
"There's your first clue -- when you feel you're about you're about to spring what you think is the checkmate moment of the debate and your debate opponent says to you, 'Please proceed. Hold on, are you trying to open that door? Allow me to open it wider,'" Stewart said. "When your opponent does that, you may want to wonder a la Wile E Coyote and Road Runner, (whether) that door your opponent is pointing to is merely paint on a rock."
From Stewart's perspective, that's exactly what it was. It should make Thursday's interview with President Obama less awkward than it would have been a week ago, when Stewart was still focused on his less-robust performance in the first debate. Odds are good, however, that this will still come up in that conversation.
Stephen Colbert also had some thoughts, although he first told his viewers: "If you're an undecided voter who did not watch, just trust me, it's 2-0."
Like Stewart, he considered the Libya comment a turning point -- but wasn't as happy with the outcome. "No, no ... it's supposed to change everything the other way!" he said. "That should have been Mitt's moment of chest-thumping dominance over the carcass of his opponent, and it would have been too had it not been for that meddling moderator."
In that latter comment, he echoed the Fox News spin, which also decried Candy Crowley's purported fact-checking, which they argued should have taken place only after the event.
"Yes, the time for fact-checking is after the event, when voters have stopped watching," Colbert said.
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He was also sympathetic towards the Fox criticism of the "random" questions. "Why are we talking about Lady Issues in the Town Hall? Save it for the Sadie Hawkins debate when the girls are supposed to do the asking."
And don't get him started on assault weapons, or Romney's spin that two-parent households could help solve the problem.
"The answer to gun violence isn't getting rid of assault weapon, its two-parent households," Colbert said. "Because when a psychopath marches into the mall in Kevlar body armor, slowly lifting the laser site of his Ak-47 towards the Sunglass Hut, the only thing that will stop him from carnage is when he asks himself what would mom and dad think?"
And having learned that people on the street will opine on anything if a microphone is in front of them, "Jimmy Kimmel Live" again sent roving reporters out to talk to people not just about a debate that hadn't happened yet (as they did last night, before the second presidential debates even started) -- but on one that would never exist: A First Ladies debate between Ann Romney and Michelle Obama. Naturally, everyone they spoke to was well-informed and happy to talk about who did the best in that particular debate.
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29. August Kunsthaus Glogauer, Berlin Kreuzberg
Carsten Stabenow I had spotted at the two premieres of the first two editions. As one of the creative forces behind the Staalplaat Sound System, he travels around the world. He who travels has many tales to tell, and lots of occasions to record new sounds.
On a compilation CD from gruenrekorder there is one track by Budhaditya Chattopadhyay. I approached him to ask if he was interested to join the long internetradio day. His answer was that he was coming to Germany in August. My reaction was to invite him to the festival. My pleasure and an honour to have him with us!
Peter Prautzsch came out of the blue. A good proof that the noble art of field recording is practiced by more people then we usually see in the fine venues here in Berlin. After Yehlin Lee, another artist to look forward to.
Carsten will bring his 8 speaker surround system. All the artists are kindly allowed to use this system. A big thanks to Carsten!
Here is what they say in their own words:
Budhaditya Chattopadhyay presents:
a soundscape design based on field recordings
collected from Varanasi, India. (7 mins)
2.Landscape in metamorphoses:
an audio essay designed according to
the sound actuality of a site called
'tumbani'. ( 28 mins)
3. On the move:
a soundscape design based on
my phonographic exploration
of suburban rail in Kolkata.
(5 mins)
Carsten Stabenow presents:
pure, unprocessed fieldrecordings from taipei, one take of a nightwalk
Peter Prautzsch presents:
Live recordings directly on location
mixed with recordings from Japan, Ireland and other places.
Kunsthaus Glogauer
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Berlin Kreuzberg
doors open 20.00
shows start approx 21.15
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ANDERSON, S.C. – The Coker women's basketball team lost their 15th Conference Carolinas contest of the year on Thursday night, falling to the Trojans of Anderson Unviersity 78-54. The loss drops the Lady Cobras to 3-19 overall and 2-15 in the conference.
Coker committed 29 turnovers leading to 32 Anderson points, while scoring just eight points in the paint in the loss.
The bright spot for Coker was their bench, with 28 of their 54 points coming off the bench.
Just two players scoring in double figures, freshman Cassie Kirby (Charlottesville, Va.) was the leading scorer with career high 16 points, including going 4-for-7 from three point range, while Henna Koponen (Vantaa, Finland ) had 10 points. Freshman guard Lucy Fish (Nottingham, England) also had a career high with nine points and four rebounds.
The Lady Cobras return home to Timberlake-Lawton Gymnasium for their next game on Saturday, Feb. 13 versus Lees-McRae. Tip-off is scheduled for 2:00 p.m.


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The designer rug creates a first impression of lasting beauty inspired by the latest trends of scandinavian design. Not only are these stunning rugs beautifully constructed, they're designed to stay beautiful. Experience the exotic vibe of a nomadic lifestyle with these flat weave Kilims. Handmade in India, the Skandinavian Collection boasts a variety of modern designs in pastel tones and tribal patterns in earthy tones. Breathe new life into any space with these works of art!
- Felted Wool
- Scandinavian Design
- Flat weave construction
- Hand Made in India
- Easy to vacuum
Please note:
Allow for a slight variation of colours depending on monitor settings.
This Product is offered and supplied by Dick Smith pursuant to the Terms and Conditions.
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