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At my presentation on SQL Server Management Studio at SQL Saturday in Exeter I promised to write some articles on Gethyn's blog about the bits I didn't manage to cover.
SSMS is a fantastic tool but many people and companies have found ways to enhance it to make it even more useful.
At the Exeter SQL Saturday I was chatting with David Atkinson of Red Gate software about their add-ons to SSMS.
David told me about an exciting project that Red Gate have started called the SSMS Ecosystem Project. They have created a framework to make it easier for developers and DBAs to develop, share and manage SSMS add-ons.
And the best news is that this framework is free.
Once you've created your add-in using the framework you can place it on their add-in directory so others can find and try it out. Red Gate are happy for you to use their API to create commercial tools as well as free ones.
Red Gate consider this to be a work in progress, they intend to enhance their API and hope to create a distribution platform similar to the Visual Studio gallery where you will be able to discover and share your add-ons.
Check it out at http://www.red-gate.com/ssmsecosystem
We also came up with quite a list of add-ons which are available on the Internet, some free and some commercial
Red Gate's own set of tools: SQL Search, SQL Source Control, SQL Prompt, SQL Test
SQL Code formatter
Provides fast and comprehensive static analysis for T-Sql code, shows code complexity and objects dependencies. (Now using SSMS Ecosystem Project)
A set of productivity tools to speed-up daily tasks of SQL DBA and T-SQL developers.
Adds a tab next to the SSMS Plan Explorer with its own improved version
It also has a browser-based analysis tool for SQL Server query execution plans.
by Mladen Prajdić A whole list of useful features to improve productivity
A SQL Server Query Plan Analysis tool
SQL Scripts
This brings thousands of useful community SQL scripts to SSMS.
SQL Treeo
Enables users to create custom folders for databases, stored procedures, tables, views and user defined functions
This is not an exhaustive list. I expect there are plenty of other tools available. Let us know if you have a favourite


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Farm-to-table meets farm bill conservation in Washington state during our Dine Out for FarmsTM week. The Mark in Olympia, Washington, is featuring steak from Colvin Ranch of Thurston County, one of the oldest, family-owned ranches in the Evergreen State. Fred Colvin was the first landowner in the state of Washington to enroll his ranchland in the Grassland Reserve Program, a farm bill conservation program that helps to safeguard the environment by expanding wildlife habitat.
Going a step further to bring fresh produce to the community
The food pantry in Greenfield, Massachusetts, has a lot more being donated than packaged goods and leftover produce. A retired farmer has planted a half acre of produce, including tomatoes, winter and summer squash, and green peppers, that go directly to the pantry. He estimates that this year's total donation will come to about 10,000 pounds of produce.
Vermont to increase instate food consumption and production
In an effort to increase farming and farm-related jobs in Vermont, the state is increasing its previously formed Farm to Plate Initiative. Some of the goals include doubling the amount of locally produced food consumed in state, and increasing economic development within the farm and food community.
Iowa struggles to feed its farm-rich state
You might think of Iowa as being a state filled with farmland. However, one in eight Iowans lack the resources to acquire nutritious meals. Food bank usage across the state has gone up 25-30 percent since 2008, with no improvement in sight.
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Farmland continues to be preserved nationwide
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The hold-out problem often occurs in debt-restructuring or in urban development.
The hold-out problem is defined where an agent, for example a land developer, must negotiate with many lot owners and each lot owner must provide their consent in order for a project to proceed. However, since the agents know that their consent is required they can extract a portion of the producer surplus in excess of their opportunity costs. The net effect is that such large-scale projects are underproduced.
There are legal remedies to address this underproduction. Eminent domain is a legal tool to overcome hold-out problems, however, it does not consider pareto-efficiency. It's not at all clear whether developers that exercise eminent domain are increasing social welfare or simply have better influence over a political process to transfer resources from one group to another.
Ideally, we would like a voluntary bargaining solution that all (or most) parties agree to that produces a socially efficient amount. A bargaining solution should always be arrived at when the social utility of the production exceeds the opportunity costs of each individual and the producer cost.
What bargaining "game" could be designed (and enforced or enabled by a legal process) so that such a procedure could be applied to hold-out problems?


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We've looked at the multitude of ways that advertisers have used "the future" as a way to position their products as cutting edge or fantastical. Today we have an advertisement from the June 11, 1959 Galveston Daily News in Galveston, Texas.
At first glance, the ad appears to be for refrigerators; showing a child peeking into a fridge while wearing futuristic space clothes. Upon closer inspection we see that while the ad is promoting the benefits of combination refrigerator-freezers, it's actually paid for by the Houston Lighting and Power Company. I really wish I better understood the politics of utility companies from this era, as it would probably help me understand this ad from 1957 as well. (Is that not the most boring sentence you've read today? I'm single, ladies!)
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Lacoste's signature alligator on the left breast is one of the more recognaizable logos in the fashion world, and the French company is not happy about an unsolicited endorsement - from a homicidal maniac.
Anders Behring Breivik, the suspect in the July spree that left 77 dead in Norway, favors the shirts and has been photographed wearing them several times while in custody. Lacoste as asked Norwegian officials to make him stop, according to the Norwegian daily newspaper Dagbladet.
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Lots of confused emails. Let me try and clarify and simplify my argument from yesterday, since it seems to be opaque for many people. I will focus on the Lanier version, and we can try and tackler the Carr/Dyson version later.
1) Lanier argues that "the hive" (=connected consumption) will have negative consequences.
2) These consequences include the loss of variety, diminished returns to creativity, diluted incentives for competition. In short, the outcome is a kind of Digital Socialism.
2.5) Forget, for a second, the ample evidence that creativity will explode in a world of connected consumption (you know the score, Arctic Monkeys, snowballs, fatness of the tail, blah, blah). Why? Well, we have to - because Lanier conveniently ignores it.
3) The problem is that Lanier spends a lot of time talking about the problems with
- bubbles, crashes, avalanches, etc - to illustrate that the "collective" can fail.
4) Of course, socialism is distinctly
not an outcome of markets
. Markets force competition. Lanier appears not to understand that collectives and markets are fundamentally opposed to one another.
Think about it this way: Lanier tells us that the consumer who "hive" are "Digital Maoists". But his version of hiving is very purely market driven - markets which connect consumers in different ways.
Now, last time I checked, markets were pretty much the antithesis of all things Mao. So I humbly submit it's kind of intellectually bankrupt to argue that markets create a "tyranny of the collective".
Markets do have their problems - bubbles, crashes, contagion, avalanches, etc. But the "tyranny of the collective" is a very (very) different kind of problem. It's what happened in the Soviet Union, perhaps.
Let me make it as simple as possible: Lanier confuses markets with collectives. Then he conclude "markets" will cause a kind of digital fascism. But clearly, economics, sociology, and history all tell us: markets are the
to "fascism" (cold war, anyone?). Distinctly not a cause of it.
His entire argument is prime facie absurd and totally bankrupt.
5) He may be an ubergeek, but really the only way he can make such a simple but critical error - which in fact renders his whole argument invalid - is if he has
no idea
what markets and collectives really are from an economic POV.
There's just simply no other way to confuse the two so deeply.
6) This is a classic case of ivory towerism. Lanier's "argument" is really just an (uninformed) opinion.
Consider: he tells us American Idol would never have turned up John Lennon.
Uhhh. Let's get a little 2006, not 1996. Myspace on your left, Last.fm on your right. More to the point, he completely ignores what Lennon told us: that he himself grew to hate the pap he was forced to play to make it; that it took him the better part of a decade to earn the freedom to be the John Lennon who Lanier thinks was a creative genius. Put another way, Lanier, like many people, fails to even factor in something as simple as opportunity cost.
The point is that he's not looking at peer production analytically or even rationally - he's just reiterating the same old bourgeois thinking Sartre put so elegantly: "hell is other people".
Except it...uhh...wasn't just a tired, stale cliche when Sartre said it.
Look, at the end of the day, Lanier's piece is so intellectually bankrupt, it's hard for me even bother writing this.
Yes, there are problems with markets. Yes, there are problems with networks and communities. We've discussed both in depth here.
But what we can't do, if we're serious about understanding this stuff, is conflate everything willy nilly.
Because then we end up where Lanier does: making the breathtakingly bizarre assertion that markets are dangerous because they fuel the socialist "tyranny of the collective". That's just nonsensical and absurd; clearly, it is markets which are the solution to the "tyranny of the collective".
And if Lanier (etc) really wanted to think about this stuff, he would ask questions that are actually valid. Like: is the "tyranny of the collective" better or worse than the "tyranny of the boardroom"? That is, are consumers better off having to submit to one another than to the suits?
Because if that's true,
if Lanier is absolutely right about the "tyranny of the hive", everyone's still better off, and his argument is invalid...yet again.
Last post for a very (very) long time on this stuff and sorry to subject you to it :)
-- umair // 2:27 PM //
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If, as you say, Lanier is hanging much of his argument on the problems with markets, he actually undermines himself, as much of the hive operates on nonmarket forces. He seems very unaware of the distinction, that is, he evaluates nonmarket behavior in market terms.
"writing professionally and well takes time and that most authors need to be paid to take that time"
Most authors need to be paid? Romantic Maximizers do, but what about Scolarly Lawyers and Joe Einsteins?
How much did Jaron get paid for his Edge essay? I'm guessing nothing.
Mike Bunnell
Umair, The problem is that you aren't attacking
Lanier's article
but rather a fantasy version of that article that you've created in your mind in order to attack it. You give the game away at the start when you write:
"the hive" (=connected consumption)
Lanier's article reflects a compeletely different formulation:
"the hive" (=connected production)
It's your reading of Lanier's argument, not the argument, that's bankrupt.
Nick Carr
Just want to throw 2 things into this discussion:
American Ideol is and was, just as in every other country of the world, in no means a "collective" or "hive" process.
It was just another way to promote fast-food-stars out of a choosen set of "compatible" mainstream-stars with a "fig leaf" of consumer participation.
And second - the most interesting thing in hives valuation AND creation:
The things most valued will be the first to vanish. No "cash cow exploitation" possible.
The Avantgarde always will be attacked by the mainstream and become mainstream itself therefore...making room for more avantgarde.
A process so dynamic no company could ever handle it...just delay it.
So the creation factor will be one of the highest in these "anarchy hive situations" Umari described.
btw. Always a pleasure to read these lil battles.
Greetings from Germany
Hey Mike,
I agree - I think that's a very good point.
Hi Nick,
Not at all - my "connected consumption" = Benkler's "peer production" = the older "prosumption", as it has for the last couple of years now.
Semantics aside, I just find it difficult to believe anyone can argue markets = Maoism.
Thx for the comments guys.
Please tell me that the Arctic Monkeys aren't "ample evidence that creativity will explode in a world of connected consumption." If so, we're fucked.
Ryan Shaw
lol. =most recent example of a snowball.
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Man with gun forces clerk into back room
Kansas City police said they are looking for a man in connection with a robbery late Saturday at a downtown gas station.
Officers said the man came into the Phillips 66 station at Sixth and Wyandotte streets just before midnight, showed a gun and demanded money from the register.
Police said the man ordered the clerk to the back of the store to try to access the safe and ordered the clerk into a bathroom while he fled the store.
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Police released surveillance images of the man. They said he is black, in his 40s, about 5 feet 8 inches tall and has a reddish overgrown goatee. The man was wearing a black Carhart-style jacket and rubber gloves.
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Drinking smoothies and making juice are nutritious and delicious ways to get your daily servings of fruit and vegetables. However, is one method healthier than the other?
Let us compare the two.
Making smoothies involves mixing ingredients in a blender. This is an excellent way to get a lot of variety of fruits and veggies into your diet. You can mix vegetables such as spinach, kale, carrots, and beets with apples, pineapples, and berries to create a fantastic beverage bursting with antioxidants, vitamins, and minerals. Using milk or non-fat Greek yogurt also adds to this nutritious mixture.
Since you are using whole pieces of fruit or vegetable in the smoothie, you are also getting all of the insoluble fiber, or pulp, which is ideal for you. It also makes you feel fuller longer as compared to juice since you are also eating the bulk of the fruit or vegetable. Smoothies also give you a more sustained release of nutrients as it takes longer to digest the fiber.
This method requires a dedicated juicing machine that extracts the juice (both the water and nutrients in the fruit) while removing most of the insoluble fiber. While insoluble fiber is good for you, as stated above, this method does allow you to absorb 100% of the nutrients quickly and easily because the pulp does not slow down absorption. Also, juice does include soluble fiber, which is different from insoluble fiber.
Best of Both Worlds
As with most things, and especially one's diet, maintaining a healthy balance is best. So rather than picking between smoothies or juicing, try alternating between the two for the best results.
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Cheese and mushroom casserole with chicken
This casserole is simple and delicious, and makes a perfect snack during a picnic (bento anyone?)—you should use it as a basic idea for a casserole, since the pasta sauce is the stable and the most important piece of the meal. It's also a very tweak-able recipe! :-)
Shepherd's pie
This one is a real pickle — it's extremely simple, and doesn't look spectacular, but packs a serious punch of flavor and deliciousness. You can easily upgrade or downgrade the recipe based on your liking, use different ingredients, but as long as you make ground meat under a blanket of mashed potatoes, it's gonna be fine ;-)
When you make your own pasta, you will always end up with some scraps, even more if you make ravioli. You can easily recycle this leftover pasta to make maltagliati, meaning "poorly cut" in Italian, which was traditionally meant as food for the poor. We are way past that, and today you can enjoy rich texture and amazing flavor of your pasta without the social stigma ;-)
Honey meat ravioli
This delicious meal is amazingly easy to prepare, as long as you have a pasta machine and ravioli tablet — it's a small grid in which you can prepare ravioli "like a sandwich", then roll out the ready ravioli using a rolling pin. Super easy, and with just very little effort you will end up having a luxurious feast!
Sushi-like rolls
Can you imagine, there was the time I didn't want to eat sushi, because of the raw fish?! Well, that's true, shame on me. Lots of shame. On me. Agreed...
Knowing that, I decided to make a recipe for sushi-like rolls, that look and taste close to sushi, but... are not raw! Nothing in this recipe is raw, and that also means that you can keep them safe longer at the room temperature, place in your bento, take for a picnic or just offer them as a healthy snack for people didn't discover yet the ingenuity of Japanese cuisine! ;-)


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Fiveteen is a term used to describe girls that are attractive and sexually mature (at least in physical terms) but just a little bit too young to get away with. This can also be known as jailbait. See, jailbait.
Being male in the prescence of girls who are fiveteen has been known to cause intense mental anguish, as the mind is torn apart but competing feelings of lust and guilt. Fiveteen may or may not be related to the age fifteen - this is a topic of much debate over the centuries. [1][2][3][4]
You usually feel somewhat guilty when lusting after these girls, like you're a lecherous perv, but when they wear a v-neck shirt and lean over so often, they sort of want you to take a peek. And did you see the shelf ass on that tall girl in the denim skirt? Goddamn, she must be on the track team...
This changes 15 to be pronounced in the format of its fellow numbers 14, 16-19. 10-13 are oddities but at least they keep to themselves.
What are they like?[edit]
Girls who are Fiveteen are easily identified by their hyperactivity, perky breasts, and ability to find every single thing you say, like, totally hilarious. They are generally found in groups of 3 - 20, giggling and pointing out "totally hot guys", which happens to be anyone but you.
They are also often found on social-networking sites such as Myspace, where they will attempt to lure older, "totally hot" guys into having sex/going out with them. This is the girl of Fiveteen's primary way of seeking approval from her friends, as an older boyfriend shows that she is both hot AND cool. Recent studies have suggested a direct correlation between the girl's bra-size, and the oldest guy she can get to go out with her. Scientists say such a result is "not really that surprising, really."[5]
How to get away with it[edit]
An easy way to justify copulating with a girl who is fiveteen is to deliberately misquote Chesnick's Rule, which states that the youngest age girl you can get with without fear of persecution by your peers, Ag, is related to your age, Ay, by the following formula:
(Chesnick himself was unsure whether to round up or down though, in the case that your age is an odd number - choose wisely)
However, this of course assumes your friends do not already know Chesnick's Rule, which in all likelihood they do as they will likely have tried a similar ploy on you in the past.
Note - Once you reach the age of 38, Chesnick's rule is reversed: If you are able to date women younger than , you will be admired by your peers.
Another popular method, from the "if you don't get caught, it's not illegal" school of thinking is to be extremely discreet about the encounter - so discreet in fact, that no-one but you knows it ever happened. Such an act led to the age-old philosophical problem of "If he got with a girl of fiveteen, but none of us saw it, did it really happen?" posed by Plato after Aristotle allegedly had a sordid encounter with a young girl in an empty swimming bath.
In a worst-case scenario, in which you are caught, lying about it, or running away are also valid methods of escape.
- ↑ see "The Song of Fiveteen" portion of Leviticus in The Bible
- ↑ see the "Ode to High school girls" in William Shakespeare's Collected Bawdy Poems
- ↑ see any of several hundred rockabilly, blues, country, or rock and roll songs circa 1950 to 2007 with the word "sixteen" in their title
- ↑ see Alan Alda's Fiveteen Reconsidered: Old Enough to Stand Up Is Obviously Too Young To Lie Down, But What About Grass On The Playing Field? Oxford University Press, 1977
- ↑ results determined from exhaustive tests -- mainly comprised of leering at girls until the girls either giggled or said "Fuck off, grandpa" -- conducted last Saturday at the Hollister store at the shopping mall.
List of girls who are/were Fiveteen[edit]
- Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, when they were younger.
- Hilary Duff, likewise.
- Alizee, that French girl. She was a few years back.
- Natalie Portman, circa 1996.
- A least 50% of all attractive girls on Myspace


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Overall it was a "bearish" trading session with soybeans having the largest drop. March beans fell 33 ¾ cents to $11.85 ¼. March corn fell 10 cents to $6.31 ¾ and March wheat was only down 2 ½ cents at $6.44 ¾.
Overall the weather forecast for South America has more favorable rains expected for the next two weeks. Southern Brazil is still expecting net drying this week but next week they have adequate rains forecasted.
Wheat has once again gained on corn and is now trading at 13 cent premium to corn. This is significant since it has been trading in and out of a discount to corn since June which has surely affected the amount of corn being fed in the world. If wheat is no longer cheap enough to be a feed substitute the corn market may have to rally to ration demand. Much of this depends on the South American crop as the market has already priced in a high risk premium for crop damage. Obviously there has been some damage from the heat stress; the question still remains how much.
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bring out(redirected from bring us out)
bring out
1. To take something outside. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "bring" and "out." Now that the storm is over, I guess we can bring the patio furniture out again.
2. To present or deliver something, typically to people in a group. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "bring" and "out." Volunteers will bring pamphlets out for anyone who wants to sign up for the program today. You better get back to your seat—they've begun bringing out the first course.
3. To cause something to become more noticeable. That top looks great on you—it really brings out your eyes. I feel so inadequate and jealous around my sister—ugh, she always brings out the worst in me!
4. To publish something. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "bring" and "out." It's official—the publisher is bringing out my new book this spring!
5. To prompt someone, typically a performer, to come out on stage. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "bring" and "out." The cheers of the adoring crowd brought the Broadway star out several more times after her curtain call.
bring someone out (on something)
Lit. to make someone come onto the stage from the stage sides or wings. Let's applaud loudly and bring her out on stage again. Lily was brought out on stage by the applause.
bring something out (in someone)
to cause a particular quality to be displayed by a person, such as virtue, courage, a mean streak, selfishness, etc. You bring the best out in me. This kind of thing brings out the worst in me.
bring something out
1. to issue something; to publish something; to present something [to the public]. I am bringing a new book out. I hear you have brought out a new edition of your book.
2. Go to bring something out of someone.
bring out
1. Expose or reveal; make conspicuous. For example, His book brought out some new facts about the war, or Her photographs bring out the play of light on her subjects. [Late 1500s]
2. Nurture or develop a quality, as in A gifted teacher brings out the best in pupils. [c. 1700]
3. Present to the public. For example, The publisher decided to bring out this dictionary in a single volume, or Debutantes traditionally are brought out at a ball. [c. 1800]
bring out
1. To move or guide something or someone out of some place, especially to make it available or visible: He brought out some food when we arrived. Bring the horses out so we can begin our trip.
2. To reveal or expose something: These documents brought out the facts. The new evidence will bring the truth out.
3. To cause something or the quality of something to be more prominent: I don't like singing this sort of music because it brings out the weaknesses of my voice. Your shirt brings the color of your eyes out.
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- The Memphis Grizzlies brought back the inside play and tight defense that made them successful earlier this season.
And the performance with the team's new players removed the bad thoughts of the previous week's play.
Marc Gasol scored six of his 20 points down the stretch to help the Grizzlies end their two-game slide by defeating the Golden State Warriors 99-93 on Friday night.
The Grizzlies said it was the most comfortable the team had been since adding Tayshaun Prince, Austin Daye and Ed Davis in a three-team deal that sent Rudy Gay to Toronto on Jan. 30.
"We let our defense dictate our offense," said Gasol, who also grabbed 11 rebounds and was 9 of 14 from the field.
"We were unselfish defensively. We were helping each other. We knew their schemes, and were real aggressive in trying to get them away from what they were trying to do.
" ... Offensively, we moved it, and we were fortunate that we hit a lot of shots from the outside."
Tony Allen had a season-high 17 points on 7 of 8 shooting, Zach Randolph had 16 points and 12 rebounds, whileJerryd Bayless finished with 14 points.
Daye had 12 points for Memphis, providing a spark in the first half.
The adjustment to new players and dealing with trade rumors contributed to two tough losses earlier in the week - first at home to Phoenix, then in Atlanta.
All the talk about the team's mindset after the shakeup led Memphis coach Lionel Hollins to address the issue in a 20-plus-minute pregame discussion. Among the topics was for the team to forget the changes and play their style of game.
"We finally kind of calmed down and let the game come to us," said point guard Mike Conley, who had 10 of Memphis' 26 assists on 36 field goals.
"We played inside-out down the stretch. Got it to Marc and (Randolph) and played off of them. That's what we've been known for the last few years, and finally got back to the inside-out style of basketball."
Stephen Curry matched his season high with 32 points and eight assists for the Warriors, who lost their third straight. David Lee was the only other Golden State player in double figures with 26 points, connecting on 10 of 16 shots.
While allowing 63 points in the first half, the Warriors limited Memphis to 36 after the break, a turnaround that presented some optimism for Golden State.
"We fell a little bit short," Curry said. "It's a frustrating feeling for us losing three in a row. But it is a positive that we can take from this game knowing that we got back to our brand of basketball the last 24 minutes."
Warriors coach Mark Jackson said the second half was a much better performance on both ends of the floor for his team.
"I was pleased with the defensive effort in the second half," Jackson said. "We gave up too many points in the first half. ... We played our brand of basketball (in the second half). I was pleased with that. It was a tough loss for us."
Memphis took over in the fourth quarter with nine unanswered points after consecutive 3-pointers from Curry gave the Warriors their last lead of the game with about 8 minutes left.
The victory moved the Grizzlies 1 1/2 games ahead of Golden State for the fifth playoff spot in the Western Conference.
"We look at those standings every day as we walk out," Allen said. "We knew those guys were right on our heels, and we needed to get this win."
The first half had both teams hitting above 50 percent from the field as the Grizzlies carried a 63-56 lead. Allen, who hit all five of his shots in the half, had 13 points.
Daye hit 4 of 5 shots, including 3 of 4 outside the arc, for 12 points.
"I hadn't made a shot in here yet," Daye said, "so it felt good to hit that first shot. Once I hit that first shot, I knew had a couple more in my chamber."
Memphis was 8 of 20 on 3-pointers, compared to 6 of 17 for the Warriors.
It didn't take long for Golden State to erase Memphis' halftime advantage, scoring six unanswered points to open the third as part of an 11-2 run that put the Warriors up 67-65 near the midway point of the period.
The game was close through the rest of the third with five ties and four lead changes in the period. The final lead change of the period came on an inside basket by Tayshaun Prince as Memphis led 77-76 entering the fourth.
NOTES: The Grizzlies have won nine straight in the series. ... The Warriors have not defeated the Grizzlies since Nov. 3, 2010. Their last win in Memphis was April 4, 2008. ... Golden State G Jarrett Jack missed his second straight game with a right shoulder contusion. ... The three-game slide for the Warriors matches their longest of the season. ... The 63 first-half points for Memphis was only the second time this season the Grizzlies have surpassed 60 points in a half. ... It was Gasol's ninth double-double of the season and Randolph's 30th.


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He's already a four time Tony Award winner with six total Tony's, now Harvey Fierstein talks about his nomination for the play "Casa Valentina."
Based on a true story, "Casa Velentina" is set in the Catskill Mountains during the 1960's as a place for white-collar, heterosexual men to escape their daily life and participate in their favorite pastime, dressing as women.
Fierstein use to visit the Catskills as a child with his father and had heard rumors that such a place existed. It wasn't until many years later when pictures surfaced at a local flea market that Fierstein began to research and fall in love with the idea.
Written by Fierstein and directed by three time Tony winner Joe Mantello, "Casa Valentina" is nominated for four Tony Awards including, Best Play (Harvey Fierstein), Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play (Reed Birney), Best Perfromance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play (Mare Winningham) and Best Costume Design of a Play (Rita Ryack).
The Tony Awards will air this Sunday, June 8th on CBS at 8 p.m.
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I was curious what other members of Tennisopolis might have on their Wishlist for Christmas 2012.
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#1 - Starting a worldwide tennis program for kids in Africa, Haiti and the Philippines.
#2 - Meeting those who have inspired me over my tennis career.
Stan Smith, Virginia Wade, John Newcombe, Jimmy Connors, Chris Evert, John McEnroe, Stephan Edberg, Gabriella Sabatini and Pat Rafter.
#3 - Attending the finals of the Grandslams.
#4 - Playing tennis on grass and clay.
#5 - Becoming a Director of a tennis resort
Oh, OK - I see where you are going with this. I was going to say a case of new balls and maybe some new shorts if I'm lucky. :-)
As for #3, which Grand Slams have you attended?
Hey Dudley! I'm actually in the process of planning a free tennis clinic for the kids from my hometown Victoria, Tarlac Philippines. I'm targeting kids who want to play tennis, but can not afford to do so. I've collected roughly 20 rackets from USTA and TVTA players. Jeff Rankin and Leo Chi to name a few. I've already sent some rackets and a ball hopper. Hoping to make it happen early 2013.
I object to the use of the term "Grand Slam" when referring only to a single major event. The term "Grand Slam" is borrowed from the golf "Grand Slam" and refers to: winning the 4 major championships in a single calendar year. IMO, the use of the term "Grand Slam" when referring to a single major event cheapens the term, and disrepects the monumental achievements of those very few players who have actually won "The Grand Slam":
Don Budge
Maureen Connolly
Rod Laver (2)
Margaret Smith Court, and
Steffi Graff
I can agree with that but I think we should redefine the Grand Slam to include holding the trophies for all 4 majors at the same time. So, in my opinion Serena has a Grand Slam. The calendar year aspect is meaningless. If a player has dominated four majors in a row, they are a tennis god and deserve the honor. Can we make a deal here Paul?
A top-of-the-line, portable, tennis ball machine.
1. Babalot grips never can have enough.
2. Gamma Gut TNT2 Fusion Plus19 strings. Love the string durable and great for topspin.
3. US Mens player to win a slam.
4. Perfect my kick serve.
5. PEACE on Earth.
So, did you get any of these?
1. Another Tecnifibre TFight 325.
2. An Alpha Revo stringer.
3. A reel of Solinco Tour Bite. Maybe two.
4. A ton of thick Adidas socks.
5. A pass to the BNP Paribas Open.
Bummer Tim my student who is sponsored by Solinco just switched to Gamma could have got you a sweet deal.
On strings? Bummer. Well, I know Cecil Mamlit's business partner. He's with Solinco and Tecnifibre. :)
well then you should have no problem
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It is the year 2162 and the hundred-year peace has been broken; amidst the violence and chaos of his country, Jal Valhyn, is faced with yet another tragedy. He has watched, as his entire family has been broken apart. Alone, heartbroken and lost in despair, he falls asleep in his exhaustion. He is then visited by an invisible being that helps him on his journey to another world, out of the chaos and destruction, to a place that never ends where there is hope, happiness and peace. Each day is a new beginning of discovery and his two companions, Bea and Sammie, teach him to develop confidence in himself and mastery over circumstances.
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Maxpack is a simplistic texture pack based around the idea of squares and shadows creating a very clean design.
New update is out! Check the forum for more info and download! Maxpack v1.3.0
what is the difference between the first version and 1.3?!
There already are lots of new updates! And i absolutely love making/ redoing textures. So for every snapshot that has new textures maxpack will be updated!
I love this pack! Have you been working on the version for the newest update with jungles?
awesome! and the difference is jungle bioms and dog breeding but i don't know how you get it! it was in a yogscast vid! :D
I like it. You should add different wolf colors too… I can't tell my wolves a lot because theyre all the same color :( I'm currently working on a texturepack for wolves… I found 42 textures. And I'm giving all the credit to the person that made them, no worries :D I AM DOWNLOADING THIS TEXTUREPACK!
Nice job! I will definitely be using this when I need a break from the complicated 32×32 pack I normally use. :D
this is awsome but…..they should do it on sowrds and stuff like that!
Dont you think the animals (I just noticed the pig's) eyes are a tad large? XD
i think that he needs to work on the tools and like redstone and coal
looks japanese
Teh pig is so adorable!
i love it, so clean, vanilla makes my head hurt this one is amazingly sharp and clean for a 16x
AWESOME its so awesome LOL
It's beebee1276012 (again) and i just want to say…………………… What A Cute Little Piggy!!! Who agrees with me?
When my brother and I found a dungeon I couldn't bring myself to kill the zombies because this makes them so adawable! AAAWWWWW!
This is AMAZING! There wont be one thing i would change about it, but I dont know how to download…
i want the creeper to be my skin (if there is one reply)
PIGGIE-KINS IS SOOOOOO CUTE!!!!! lawl
The pigs look funny and cute xD
i downloaded most of the packs and this is the best! plus the animals are so cool. :)
I really like how everything looks in this texturpack. you've done a good job.
But i'm not so fond of the title screen and menus screen's red colour.
My first texture pack installed. :P I was so inexpierenced back then.
awsome texture pack…..though i don't know about the GUI
It's beautiful!
I love the paintings!
Cute pig :3
I love this pack! Have you been working on the version for the newest update with jungles?
It's so cool looking and amazing.


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Dog and Baby Battle for Cookie in Most Adorable Fight Ever [VIDEO]
When you have a dog and a baby, you win the internet.
In this video, a baby and a pug each try to claim a cookie that's on the ground, with hilarious results.
Call us crazy, but we say give the pooch the cookie. You don't want to teach your kid it's okay to eat off the floor, do you?


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I'm writing something and I have to state what religion says about WHY were here. How does God answer that? Why am I here?
So far I've put down: 1 to worship god. 2 to exert your free will and be judged by it.
It's been so long, I can't remember what the religious purpose of life is. But I do remember all those stupid "Got Purpose?" signs everywhere. Can someone enlighten me.
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Everyone assigns his own purpose. Now that My children are grown (and grandchildren), I've decided my purpose is to get religion out of the Republican party.
But on subject:
The truth of the matter is that a cow licked salty ice blocks. After one day of licking, she freed a man's hair from the ice. After two days, his head appeared. On the third day the whole man was there. His name was Buri, and he was tall, strong, and handsome. He got a giant girl pregnant, and now we exist to fill the halls of Valhalla and Musphelheim.
Why make things so hard?
Atheist. Well, we wouldn't have the term "black people" if we didn't have white people, would we? "People" is all we would need. We don't use "uncolored People"...OH the inconsistencies! :) We are not colored by as much dogma as the theologians, and they are colored dumb with it.
Anywho, I prefer the term Heathen. If the religious right hates Heathens, Commies, Fags, and the ACLU, then I wanna join up.
Carpists perform a service; we question careless thinking.
I have eight terms (agnostic, ..., secularist in alphabetic order) from which to choose.
I need to know how much assertiveness the situation will require.
I need to decide how much and what kind of conversation I will allow.
Minimum assertiveness and minimum conversation (i.e., none of your business): I'll say I'm non-religious.
In between, in alphabetic order: agnostic, atheist, freethinker, humanist, non-theist, secularist.
Maximum assertiveness and maximum conversation, even debate, I might say I'm anti-theist.
I'll say I'm a rationalist only when those I'm with acknowledge the primacy of emotion.
Joan I assure you I am opposed to violence and find myself agreeing with great majority of your ideas. I have come to aid of persons who were bullied, have never fought except in self defense and would never hit a woman.
Remember I am an anti-theist too because I have a visceral reaction to racism and sexism and war etc. Think we are playing for the same team.
Glen, I know you are a decent man and offer great information. As an ardent foe of violence, and being absolutely intolerant of any expression of it, I am glad you read my words and take me seriously. As any old timers to this link will tell you, I am not picking on you, I am responding to years of black eyes and bruises all over my body. If you are strong enough, you will be able to stand with me in this effort to end all forms of violence, especially among friends and family.
Joan, it was utterly in jest and a similar percentage bad taste I suppose. I guess my gaiety is filled with harmless mischief. But the "threat" was so outlandish did not see how it could be taken seriously.
OK, I am ready for Orderism. Bring it on and let's see what it has to offer.
Glen, for goodness sake, what is aggravating you? There has nothing said here that would be cause for aggravation. As to your reference to violent action, I see no reason for you to respond that way. Even in jest, I don't want to read vitriol and will block anyone who writes it.
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I was given The Handmade Loaf by Dan Lepard for Christmas and have not stopped baking, it is full of inspired recipes.
When I heard Dan was coming to the Cake, Bake and Sweets Show in Sydney I was stoked for the chance to be able to see him in action.
And was very pleased to be asked by the show if I would like to let everyone know that it was coming to town very soon!
So this creation of mine was inspired by Dan Lepard's recipe for apple custard layer cake, same concept, different cake.
I decided to use my sourdough starter on its own (without the addition of yeast), and I sweetened it with honey alone. They were combined with egg and milk.
I used half white bakers flour and half whole spelt flour, and some salt flakes.
They were combined to make a rough dough.
Slices of softened butter were then rolled into the dough and then kneaded two minutes on two minutes off until it was smooth.
The dough was left in the fridge overnight.
The plums were combined with rapadura and cinnamon.
I made a custard infusing the milk with fresh ginger slices.
The dough was divided into three and flattened into discs.
The dough discs were layered with the custard and plums.
After two hours the cake was baked.
The combination of flavoursome cake with the tangy plums and gingery custard was so good!
Served with some yoghurt, yum.
Layers of sourdough cake, ginger custard and cinnamon plums.
I think Dan would be most happy with my adaption to his recipe!
The Cake, Bake and Sweets Show sounds amazing, I'm really looking forward to it.
It is on in less then two weeks, maybe I will see you there?
Ginger Custard and Cinnamon Plum
Spelt Sourdough Layered Cake
(recipe adapted from Apple and Custard Layer Cake in The Handmade Loaf by Dan Lepard)
Honey dough
160g sourdough starter
1/4 cup honey
1 egg
1/4 cup milk
150g white bakers flour
150g whole spelt flour
1/2 tsp salt flakes
75g sliced butter, softened
Mix together starter, honey, egg and milk.
Combine the flours and salt then add in the wet mix until you get a rough dough.
Leave for 10 minutes.
Flatten out and top with sliced butter, roll up dough then knead two minutes on two minutes off about 5 times until the dough is smooth.
Place in an oiled bowl covered with cling wrap in the fridge overnight.
When ready to use cut the dough into thirds and flatten into 23 cm discs.
Ginger Custard
200ml milk
3 slices fresh ginger
1/3 cup rapadura sugar
1 egg
2 tsp cornflour
Heat 200ml milk in small saucepan with ginger until just before boiling.
Leave to infuse for 5 minutes then remove the ginger.
Whisk rapadura, egg and cornflour together, then slowly whisk in the milk.
Return to saucepan over low heat stirring until it is thick.
Transfer to a bowl to cool for 10 minutes.
Cinnamon Plums
1 dozen plums
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tbsp rapadura sugar
Cut plums into sixths removing seeds.
Combine with cinnamon and sugar.
Preheat oven to 180 celcius.
Line a 23cm tin with baking paper.
Layer the disc of dough topped with 1/3 of the custard and 1/3 of the plums.
Repeat so there are three layers.
Leave at room temperature for 2 hours.
Sprinkle over a little rapadura and bake for 50 minutes
(if it is browning too quickly cover with some foil).
Leave for 10 minutes before removing from the tin.
Allow to cool or eat when still warm.
Delicious with some natural yoghurt.


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Unit 5: Making Molecules—Lewis Structures and Molecular Geometries
Hosted by Elizabeth Vogel Taylor
Molecules can form when atoms bond together by sharing electrons and can be represented by a useful shorthand called Lewis Structures. These visual representations provide information to predict the three-dimensional shapes of molecules using valence shell electron pair repulsion ("VSEPR") theory. Understanding how atoms bond within molecules provides insight into cell replication. Building on this knowledge, the shapes of molecules reveal the effectiveness of important antibiotics such as penicillin, and scientists can manipulate shapes of molecules to help design new cancer-treating drugs.


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The idea that everything is made of energy and that energy vibrates at different frequencies and appears in different ways is one that Stinnett says took her years to acknowledge. But having come to believe in this energy-connectedness, she has seen firsthand how Reiki's power can calm people, soothe them, ease their pain, aid them in finding focus and ultimately bring them joy. "When we are at our best," Stinnett explains, "we are vibrating as perfectly as we can." Maybe the Beach Boys knew what they were talking about.
A Measure of Joy is a very personal book – a memoir of sorts – that allows the reader in gently by sharing several stories of how the author came to see and experience the world through what most of us would consider a very different path. In fact, one of the strengths of the narrative is that Stinnett makes clear her lifelong proclivity for taking the path less traveled. She is a self-proclaimed "rebel" complete with red hair and freckles, who has come to embrace her first name for it's lightness of spirit. It is the perfect moniker for one of her calling. Gay's work life has taken her from behind a candy counter to the world of high-finance banking. But she always felt a connection to the community at large, finding a way to emphasize service to others in whatever career she pursued.
It is obvious that in her current role as an Integrative Therapy Consultant she has found her true home. She shares the fact that her "awakening" came as her mother was dying. Stinnett's sister practiced Reiki but Gay says her own "strident Virgo traits" of control had kept her from really embracing this alternative form of healing. But seeing her mother's peaceful passing in a hospice setting, aided by Reiki, began her conversion.
There are many stories here of the benefits of approaching life's challenges in different ways. Gay believes that Reiki can lessen frustration, anger and fear, and that it can slow down the frenetic pace of modern life. She explains that it can heighten our senses, and open lines of communication by relaxing into a place where insights can be examined and shared. We reach this "calm awareness" (an oxymoron to those of us most driven) by "letting go of behaviors that are shields that might hide our true issues."
As a Reiki practitioner, Gay finds herself in varied settings — hospital rooms with patients before and after surgery, in hospice with the dying, at funerals or other emotional farewells, on Alzheimer's wards, and very often, with ordinary, healthy people who want to feel better by fine-tuning their energy and thus their appreciation for the world and the people around them.
As good vibrations would have it, Stinnett went searching for a photographer to illustrate her words and found the perfect partner in Carin Roaldset. Her black and white images of nature capture the energy and express the joy of the world around us. Inanimate objects, like the scroll on a wrought iron gate or a glass inkwell come to life on the page. Her pairing of the animate and inanimate – a wagon wheel in a bed of hosta, a lantern against a flowering vine – illuminates the connectedness at the heart of Reiki philosophy.
In a world filled with global and everyday conflict, many of us are seeking ways to be more at peace. I hesitate to use the word escape because that feels too closed, too negative. As I understand it, Reiki seems to be an excellent way of interacting with other people and with our surroundings, of connecting to their positive energies. I'm grateful for what I've learned reading A Measure of Joy and I recommend it to anyone seeking a better way.
Corrine Frisch is a poet, gardener, animal lover, homemaker and former public relations director at Lincoln Library in Springfield.
A Measure of Joy – Opening to the Energy of Reiki by Gay Stinnett.


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Whether you're watching a winter storm from one of our original motel units, relaxing on one of the private decks or patios of our new suites, or lounging in the hot tub next to the pool, the peaceful atmosphere, the spacious grounds and the sea breezes calm the spirit and rejuvenate the body.
If you need to simply get away from the hectic work-a-day world, the Yachats Inn is a perfect spot for a romantic getaway or a special, tranquil escape... a place to stop for a while and slow the pace.
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Our original accommodations maintain the knotty pine ambience of days gone by with modern updating for the comfort of our guests. Most units have an ocean view and some are fully-equipped housekeeping units.
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At less than 300 bucks for the front and rear sections, it's a hard deal to beat.
If you're reading this story right now and there are pictures to accompany it, you're witnessing nothing short of a publishing miracle. First and foremost, the fact that this story made it into the magazine means we slipped it into Editor Fisher's office just seconds before the magazine was about to ship and it had time to get laid out and printed. Consequently, the printing of this story means I probably still have a job here at Circle Track (Editor's Note…"for now") which is great for me and pretty sweet for you if you're a fan of the City Boy project. Lastly, the printing of this story means Pete and I have reached a pinnacle moment in this build, as the City Boy actually looks like a Mustang again, which makes us a step closer to the track and a long way away from the tattered shell that we have been working on in the past.
So, how did we do it? Well, it all started with a quick look through this very magazine, with Pete and Rob working out which of the fine companies you see in here could supply the perfect body panel system for our old Mustang chassis. It didn't take long to find Performance Bodies, which is a company that started almost 30 years ago and has stuck by the idea of building quality, lightweight, and easy to install bodies and parts that ship quickly (like, the same day quickly!) and fit like a glove.
The two brains behind this operation ordered a ton of parts from Performance Bodies, but this issue we're focusing on installing the Mustang GT nose and tail section onto our project. At less than 300 bucks for the front and rear sections, including the quality headlight, taillight, grille, and Mustang logo emblem, it's a hard deal to beat and is certainly cheaper and lighter than buying stock stuff. Add to that that each bumper (nose and tail) is split in two pieces for ease of install and low cost of replacement and the Performance Bodies bumpers offer a bang for the buck and advantage that is tough to match.
Although it took us almost a full month to install the nose and tail section onto the City Boy, it's actually a very simple process if you have a full day to dedicate to the process. Pete and I are working on this as much as we can, but like everyone's life, sometimes life just seems to get in the way. Either way, assuming that these pages aren't blank and you're actually reading this story, follow along and check out how Pete and I (just Pete, really) installed the fantastic-looking front and rear bumpers on the City Boy using little more than a couple of cutting tools and a whole handful of rivets. Next time, we'll show you the rest of the bodywork and get moving on thinking up paint schemes. Actually, why don't you send in some of your paint ideas right now (firstname.lastname@example.com) and we'll include them in our ideas for the next phase of the project!


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- Jenny
Has anyone in your house ever come up to you at approximately 8:12 PM while you were washing what you assumed to be the last dish of the night and said, "Oh I need a batch of homemade cookies to take to Jake tomorrow because he gave me an entire pack of Hi-Chews today in class and I promised him."
No? You obviously do not live with a 'tween, someone chronically forgetful or a person obsessed with cloying fruit-flavored chewy Japanese candy available at an Asian market near you.
No matter. The need for quick but delightful homemade baked goods infects all of our lives at times. Close readers of this blog, all nine of you, recall that I lamented this very fact a few weeks ago when I discovered the delightful and now go-to cupcake recipe for all manner of obligations: Nutella Cupcakes.
Consider Brown Sugar Cookies part two of this discussion. When you have a group to feed, and don't have cupcake liners and cannot face another version of chocolate chip cookies, the sugar cookie is your friend. What I like about this recipe is that it is a twist on that story, without the added extra work of obscure or at least under-available ingredients.
Furey and the Feast entered these babies in the sugar cookie contest, and while they may not have been a finalist, I think most people would find them a strong addition to their make-it-fast baking list.
The loads of brown sugar this recipe calls for is what gives them their caramel, nutty taste and snap, but the cookies also maintain a certain chewiness, which I find is often the case when vegetable oil is involved.
I presented this pleasurable dichotomy to baker/blogger/super mom @simmertilldone, who, in what might be the most efficient use of Twitter DM, told me "I do think veg oil would keep an all-butter cookie from "crisping out" too much, as it's 100% liquid fat," and referred me to the food scientist Shirley Corriher, who has written several times that oil limits the production of gluten in flour. This is, I believe, another way of saying "makes them deeply pleasant to bite into." Now back to the recipe.
This is your standard set of mixing instructions here –- creaming butter with sugar, then adding your whisked dry ingredients at the end –- and those who bake often will find comfort in the do-it-in-your-sleepness of it all.
I notice that a previous recipe tester (Stephanie) suggested making smaller –- and thus more –- of these cookies. I see her point though the kids enjoyed a nice big chewy cookie. I would meet Madame Furey half way with my apportioning.
However, ease is never pay-off enough when it comes to food, is it friends? You need someone's eyes to widen when they bite down. You need the affirmation that your home baked goodness is better than the fruity concoctions of Japanese candy makers. You need to know you are getting credit for home made cookies without making too much more effort than driving to Ralph's for whatever horrific product they are passing off as a baked item that other people seem to feel is totally appropriate to fob off on unsuspecting young palates.
I can report to you these cookies fill that role.
Brown Sugar Cookies
By Furey and the Feast
Makes 18 cookies
1. Move the oven racks to the upper and middle third of your oven, and preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Line two cookie sheets or jelly roll pans with parchment paper. Cream the butter and both sugars in the bowl of a stand mixer (or with a hand mixer). Add the egg, vegetable oil and vanilla, and mix until incorporated.
2. In another bowl, combine the flour, baking powder and salt, and mix to combine. Add the flour mixture to a mixing bowl and mix until all the ingredients just come together (the dough will be a bit wet and crumbly).
3. Portion the dough into 18 balls (we're talking a little bigger than a golf ball) and place on cookie sheets about 2 1/2 inches to 3 inches apart. Bake for 12-15 minutes. The cookies are done when still light in color but darker around the edges. Remove from oven, cool in pan for 10 minutes before placing on rack to cool completely. Store in airtight container or ziplock bag.
By day, Jennifer Steinhauer, aka Jenny, is the Los Angeles Bureau Chief for The New York Times. By night, she is an obsessive cook.
A New Way to Dinner, co-authored by Food52's founders Amanda Hesser and Merrill Stubbs, is an indispensable playbook for stress-free meal-planning (hint: cook foundational dishes on the weekend and mix and match 'em through the week).
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Liberal Democrats are generally proud of our democratic policy-making process, and the quality of its content – if sometimes also bemused by its sheer quantity.
Policy documents tend to have imposing but vague titles, inviting a bit of a guessing game as to their real subject, like "The Power to be Different" (local government), or a recent favourite "Are we being served?" (consumer policy).
One where the title definitely fits is "Facing the Future", one of two policy groups on which I currently serve. The party usually has a general policy review after each General Election. This time we have the additional challenge of the coalition, making developing a distinctive policy programme for the next election more important than ever.
Our remit is not so much to come up with answers as to define the questions that our next round of policy papers should address. I've been particularly keen to include questions on responding to climate change, and on the social impact of new technology. Comments welcome by email, by 31st October.
And my other policy working group? It's the one on information technology and intellectual property, set up in response to the emergency motion I proposed at the Spring 2010 conference, and ably chaired by Cambridge MP (and motion seconder) Julian Huppert. Contributions to the policy debate are welcome by email .
Comments should reach Julian as soon as possible, and no later than 31st October 2010. Fancy names not needed!


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This is too good a story about DNA not (yet) solving a family mystery not to pass along.
Tuesday, 20 April 2010
Geneticist inherits a mystery
This is too good a story about DNA not (yet) solving a family mystery not to pass along.
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Sad story for his mother
- 21 April, 2010 09:30
Having talked to two people recently for which this is a reality,I conclude this situation (a "sister" really being one's mother) is a much more common story than we think. For those of us for whom it is a novelty it is interesting to imagine what it would be like. However, I wonder how many of us unknowingly have this in our family background. Were the children born to our great grandmother when she was 45 years old really hers?
- 23 April, 2010 09:51
- JDR said...
I agree there are likely many such stories. It would be helpful if family history software had the capability to flag occurences of unusually, but not impossibly old women giving birth.
- 23 April, 2010 10:03


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From the NYT comes this story about the Cookie Diet, a diet plan in which you survive on "six prepackaged cookies a day, plus one 'real' meal — say, skinless chicken and steamed vegetables." The idea here seems to be that you will be so entranced by the idea of eating the sinful "cookies" that you will forget that you are, you know, starving yourself, and that these aren't exactly your grandma's snickerdoodles. (Ahem: "The main ingredient in the Soypal cookie is okara, or soy pulp, which absorbs any liquids you drink with the cookies." Delicious!)
Surprisingly, the NYT actually acknowledges the cultural clusterfuck that the Cookie Diet symbolizes:
The popularity of cookie diets is hardly surprising in this culture of quick fixes. Who wouldn't want to exert the minimal effort to get long-lasting results? Who wouldn't want to lose weight by consuming something verboten on most diets?
"The Cookie Diet is very appealing, because it legalizes a food — the cookie — that is banned from most weight-loss programs," said Jenni Schaefer, author of "Goodbye Ed, Hello Me: Recover From Your Eating Disorder and Fall in Love with Life" (McGraw-Hill, 2009).
"The diet gives people a false sense of control, simplifying balanced nutrition into one food: the cookie," she added.
The same cultural forces that tell you you must always be on a diet, Fatty McFatterpants, tells you that some foods are "good" and some are "bad." Cookies, along with cake, pie, baby donuts, and other sweet things usually made with oil and butter, are the sine qua non of bad food. They are the snack of the robot devil himself. The Cookie Diet brilliantly exploits the false morality of fat: you diet by doing what would count as "cheating" on any other diet. You can't just eat cookies without a plan, after all. And heaven forbid that you make your own cookies rather than spend $56 a week for someone's soy pulp with secret spices.
Look, here's the thing: you're allowed to eat cookies. This is true if you're fat or not fat. You're allowed to eat six cookies a day if you feel like it. You're also allowed to eat a cookie today and a salad tomorrow, or a cookie for dessert and a smoothie for breakfast. You're allowed to eat whatever you want.
Cookies are not evil. Some things are evil. Cookies are just cookies.


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Oscar S. Gellein Partner, Executive Office
Presented before the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants, Toronto-September 1973
To inquire today into the objectives of financial statements raises the question
of whether financial reporting has been without purpose since its founding,
which some would mark from Pacioli's efforts in the fifteenth century. The absence of articulated objectives all these many years should not dismay us. Implicit objectives often guide actions effectively, even if we cannot state them simply. Today's question is whether the objectives once understood and clearly accepted as appropriate for financial reporting still fit. My belief is that they are not wholly suitable for present information needs.
We live in a world of accelerating criticism and complaint. The inquiry into financial statement objectives with which I have been associated was born in a swirl of controversy and complaint. Some of the complaint grew out of aversion to change. Change and the instinct to resist it seem always to have been a part of the human condition. Fast change leads to consternation for some, indignation for others, shock for still others—but to hope for a few. Changes in business have been outrunning changes in accounting. The result has been widespread criticism of financial reporting—paradoxically, from both those who press for change and those who resist it. Some of the criticisms
are valid, some are not. We should sort them out, deal with the substantive
ones and not waste time on the frivolous ones.
Accounting has not had a very good structure for sorting things out. One of the reasons for this, in my view, is that the structure continued to be governed by the objectives of historic venture accounting long after the needs for that accounting were joined by new, important ones. Stewardship in a narrow sense has remained supreme as an objective. Stewardship now should be expanded to cover accountability to both the owners of an enterprise and those making economic decisions based on its financial statements. Stubborn adherence to a narrow view of stewardship may have been the root cause of a lag in financial reporting.
Some observers have said that the principal need is a theoretical structure that is mindful of uses made of financial statements but not governed by


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After the Retrievers edged the mark down to 1:37.92 on Friday, the four-some of junior Kirsten Jones (Brentwood, Tenn./M.L.K Magnet) and sophomores Paulette Fogle (Washington, D.C./Bishop McNamara), Kalane' Abbey (Laurel, Md./Laurel), and Mercedes Jackson (Huntingtown, Md./Huntingtown) clipped the record-time to 1:37.88 on the meet's final day.
Two other relays competed for UMBC on Saturday as the men and women each entered a squad in the 4x800 race. The women's team of sophomores Sarah Daly (Lake Orion, Mich./Lake Orion) and Mary Katherine Kulp (Vestal, N.Y./Vestal), freshman Angelina Oputa (Bowie, Md./Elizabeth Seton), and junior Cody Mezebish (Westminster, Md./South Carroll) took 22nd place with a time of 9:16.41. For the men, juniors Andrew Smith (Chadds Ford, Pa./Garnet Valley) and Jake Albino (Hampton, Md./Minisink Valley), and freshmen Nick Johnson (Olney, Md./Sherwood) and Andrew Keresztes (Port Jefferson, N.Y./Port Jefferson) combined for a time of 7:49.37 to finish in 26th place.
In the throws, freshman Vincent Rentzsch (Oranienburg, Germany) and sophomore Thor Serafenas (Olney, Md./Good Counsel/Clemson) both earned top-ten finishes in the javelin and hammer competitions, respectively. Rentzsch recorded a throw of 62.88m (206'3") to take third, while Serafenas' heave of 53.48m (175'5") in the hammer earned him ninth-place.
UMBC now returns home to prepare for the 2013 America East Outdoor Championships. The two-day conference meet will be held in Vestal, N.Y. at Binghamton University and will begin on Saturday, May 4.


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NEW YORK – A quick goal put the visiting Crimson at an early 1-0 deficit and it was unable to rebound as the Harvard field hockey team dropped its season finale, 3-0, to Columbia Friday night at the Baker Field Athletic Complex
The Crimson (8-9, 3-4 Ivy League) finished a turnaround season just short of the .500 mark, finishing fifth in the Ivy League standings. Columbia (9-8, 5-2) stayed in contention for a top-three Ivy finish.
The host Lions, celebrating Senior Day before their season finale, wasted no time taking a 1-0 lead, as Adriana de Vries scored just 38 seconds into the game past a diving Cynthia Tassopoulos. Harvard earned the first penalty corner of the game, but a strong Columbia defense kept the Crimson off the scoreboard.
Columbia doubled its lead at the 23:39 mark of the first half as Liz Malone put home a shot from close range. The Lions closed the half with an 8-4 advantage in shots.
The Lions kept up the heat to start the second stanza, firing a pair of shots on goal and earning a penalty corner in the first 15 minutes of the half. The hosts struck once again with 16:37 to play, as Anna Tichy put home a rebound off a Gabby Kozlowski shot. The Crimson managed two more shots down the stretch but was unable to get on the scoreboard as the game ended 3-0.
Tassopoulos finished the game with nine saves while Columbia goalie Christie O'Hara finished with four. Senior captain Carly Dickson led the Crimson with two shots on goal in the contest.


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Female Explorer's Camp
SKF GmbH in Germany arranges many local Community Care programme and events locally every year. They have expanded their programme to cover another activity called "Female Explorers' Camp".
There is a high level of skills shortage, particularly female academics in the field of engineering. In order to bridge gender diversity at work, SKF GmbH is hosting the Female Explorers' Camp to create inspiration amongst female students in technical work. Twelve girls had the chance to assume the role of being engineers and their "mission" was to develop energy-efficient bearings.
To help them solve the challenge, the students were introduced to the different possibilities of measuring friction, and practised measurements taking on standard constructions. After that the students had to use their creativity and skills to create energy-efficient bearing by reducing friction.
Project leaders and supervisors were coaching the students to provide advise and support. In addition, the students visited the different SKF production plants in Schweinfurt to get an impression of the work and the environment.
On the last day of the "Explorer-week" the girls presented their results to their supervisors, other SKF employees and representatives of the University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt, which is promoting its technical courses as well.
All in all, the days were very successful, and the students were very impressed of engineering profession and were considering to study engineering after graduation.
"Now I know that engineering is more than sitting on a computer solving physics-tasks", said one of the participating students.
The instructor team showed the students the different opportunities of apprenticeship and technical courses. Supported by the trainers, the girls got the chance to produce small metal candle holders, and were introduced to project work in the "bearing carrier" workshop and to visit the sheet metal production.