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A couple of weeks back, the husband and I were at a book sale. H, a self-confessed bibliophile, picked up a couple of bags of books to add to his ever-growing collection. I looked through boxes and boxes of books before I found a few for myself. This was one of the books that I bought for less than a dollar.
I modified the original recipe just a bit. It's so simple and tasty that I've prepared it a couple of times now using different kinds of beans each time. This isn't the most appetizing looking dish, but it tastes a lot better than it looks, fortunately.
(For 2 servings)
1 can (15 ounces) cannellini beans, drained, 1/3 cup liquid reserved
½ can small red beans
1 Tbsp olive oil
Salt to taste (keep in mind that the canned beans already have salt in them)
¼ tsp pepper
¾ -1 tsp garlic powder
6-7 fresh basil leaves, chopped
3-4 Tbsp freshly grated Parmesan cheese
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
Place the beans and the reserved liquid in a large bowl and partially mash the beans against the side of the bowl using a wooden spoon.
Add the oil, salt, pepper, garlic powder and chopped basil. Mix well. Place in a baking dish. (I divided the mixture between 2 ramekins.)
Sprinkle the grated cheese on top and bake for 15-20 minutes until the cheese melts.
Serve hot.
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Beans With Cheese and Basil
A couple of weeks back, the husband and I were at a book sale. H, a self-confessed bibliophile, picked up a couple of bags of books to add to his ever-growing collection. I looked through boxes and boxes of books before I found a few for myself. This was one of the books that I bought for less than a dollar.
Cooked by TBC on Thursday, July 24, 2008
Labels: Beans, Parmesan cheese, Protein, Snack
20 Burps:
- Cynthia said...
I really like the idea of this combo.
- July 24, 2008 at 11:56 PM
- Swati: Sugarcraft India said...
Dish is amazingly yummy!!
Nice and cheesy....
- July 25, 2008 at 1:16 AM
- Nags said...
beans and cheese.. hmmm...
- July 25, 2008 at 2:01 AM
- karuna said...
hummm somthing like beans on toast but without the toast. nice recipe. and a quick one.
- July 25, 2008 at 3:47 AM
- Laavanya said...
So simple?? wow.. that sounds so delicious - no wonder you've made it a couple times already.
- July 25, 2008 at 7:14 AM
- Rajitha said...
this is a diff. recipe...would have never thought of mixing beans and cheese..unless the beans are all mushed up like in mexican food...looks delicious...
- July 25, 2008 at 9:24 AM
- JZ @ Tasty treats said...
hmm, with cheese on top who could resist this yummylicious dish! but i am too scared to do anything with beans....might have to overcome that soon! ;-)
- July 25, 2008 at 11:44 AM
- Seema said...
It looks good too TBC. Sure tasted yum yum too as you've made it many times.
- July 25, 2008 at 12:20 PM
- sra said...
How simple, will try this! And yes, will look for the book too!
- July 25, 2008 at 1:43 PM
- Vanamala said...
lovely recipe ...
- July 25, 2008 at 4:19 PM
- Rachel said...
This sure does look appetizing to me!!!
- July 25, 2008 at 11:52 PM
- Pooja said...
Me like! I'm planning to try this soon!
- July 26, 2008 at 12:02 PM
- Lisa said...
That sounds delicious. Maybe I will make this for myself this weekend. I'm still struggling with solo dining.
- July 26, 2008 at 1:26 PM
- Priyanka said...
That has to be a sure winner....beans, basil and cheese should make for a healthy and delicious meal. Blueberry muffins are my favorite...but these days i dont make a lot of sweets to avoid putting on weight.
- July 26, 2008 at 2:29 PM
- VEGETABLE PLATTER said...
that looks neat .. a nice n healthy snack
- July 26, 2008 at 5:04 PM
- AnuZi said...
Wow what an excellent recipe. A must try for a quick weeknight meal :o)
- July 26, 2008 at 5:18 PM
- Ranjani said...
What a great way to eat beans - I'm going to give this a shot!
- July 28, 2008 at 7:52 AM
- TBC said...
Cynthia, Swati, Nags, Karuna, Laavanya, Rajitha, Seema, Vanamala, Rachel, Pooja, Lisa, Priyanka, Vegetable Platter and Anuzi- thanks, ladies! :D Do give it a shot. There's really nothing to it at all and it tastes oh so good!
JZ- scared? why? Is it because it's canned?
Sra- it really is! I hope you try it. The book is o.k. I wouldn't recommend buying it though. I got it only 'cos it was dirt cheap.;D
Ranjani- I hope you like it as much as we did.
- July 28, 2008 at 2:57 PM
- Grace said...
really, all you had to say was "beans" and i was there. adding cheese to the mix made me sit up and really take notice. it looks delicious to me, and even if this is all you got out of that book, i'd say you got quite a steal. :)
- July 30, 2008 at 4:35 AM
- TBC said...
Grace- thanks! This was too simple to not try. There are a few more good ones like this which i hope to try soon.:D
- July 30, 2008 at 8:29 PM


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An American Airlines flight bound for Miami was delayed Thursday night due to missing springs in the pilot's seat, the pilot announced on the plane.
Passengers on board Flight 469 at Philadelphia International Airport were notified about the delay at around 7 p.m. The plane was scheduled to depart from Gate A3 at 6: 40 p.m., but left shortly before 8 p.m. instead.
The pilot told passengers that one spring was located in the maintenance supply and that a search for another was underway.
U.S. & World
"What we're doing about the second spring is we're starting a search around the airport to try and find another spring," he said.
Megan McNally, a passenger on the plane, told NBC 6 South Florida that people on the plane were agitated.
"They told us that they don't have any planes and that they wouldn't be able to put us on another one, so it would be on us to figure out what to do," she said.
American Airlines issued a statement Thursday about recent seat issues after four flights, two of which were Miami-bound, were affected by loose seats.
"Working with the FAA, American Airlines is taking additional steps to prevent seats from becoming dislodged on some of our Boeing 757 aircraft. After further analysis by our engineering team, the company is taking additional preventative steps to enhance the locking mechanism features used to secure the seats to the aircraft floor," the statement read.
VIDEO: American Airlines Inspecting Dozens of Planes for Loose Seats
It further stated that work to ensure the function of seat lock plungers will be completed after the aircraft land at their destination, and that select flights may be delayed or cancelled.
Airline spokeswoman Andrea Huguely said in a statement that American expected to have all of its Boeing 757s back in service by Saturday.
The airline said it was inspecting dozens of aircraft after a series of incidents of seats becoming loose during flights.
Another American Airlines flight headed to Miami on Monday was forced to return to Kennedy Airport after seats on the plane became loose.
On Saturday, Boston-to-Miami flight 685 made an emergency landing at Kennedy Airport when a row of seats became loose.
"We apologize to our customers for any inconvenience this may cause with their travel plans. The safety of our customers and people as well as the reliability of our fleet, is always of utmost priority to American," the statement said.
Rodrigo Perreira, who is from Bolivia, said he will vacation here again but will do one thing differently.
"This will be the last time I fly with American," he said.

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Love this wave - I would buy all of those.
As someone else pointed out, Hasbro doesn't plan to have the annual "SW Spring Hiatus" this year, so there will be more prodcut between TF and SDCC.
Bespin Han Solo had better be an out of the park home run.
We still have to see Wedge somewhere too
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Faith Communities
A campus faith group partners with a grade school to help minority kids succeed academically and creatively. by Liz Getman '09
As an IC student, Lesley "Alex" Rhoden '11 spent her Saturdays at Beverly J. Martin Elementary School (BJM) teaching children the importance of education.
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"Late Night" host Jimmy Fallon has revealed more than just the title on the cover of his upcoming comedy album.
The album titled Blow Your Pants Off was unveiled on his show, "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon," on Thursday.
The risqué cover art depicts Fallon baring his backside up seductively lying atop a bearskin throw, holding a glass of red wine, amid a log burning fire.
On the cover Fallon is clothed from the waist up in a jacket, shirt and tie, but his bottom is stripped and slightly covered by a sticker indicating the album's release date.
"I don't even remember taking this photo at all," Fallon joked on the show, holding up the album cover. "It's just a guy relaxing at home. He has a nice glass of wine…Started listening to the album and his pants blew off. "
Fallon pointed out that if you buy the album, it doesn't come with the strategically placed sticker.
"I don't know if this is my butt or a stunt butt. There's rumors going around that it's like the 'Mona Lisa' of album covers," Fallon added.
The album features original and parody songs as well as humorous jams with top artists including Justin Timberlake, Paul McCartney, Eddie Vedder and Bruce Springsteen.
Blow Your Pants Off will drop June 12.
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Into the Next Quarter Century
Shortly after the spring 1995 issue of Berklee today came out, I had a conversation with a faculty member. He congratulated me on obtaining an interview with Quincy Jones for the issue's cover story and then asked, "Aren't you worried that you'll run out of high-achieving alumni to put on the cover?"
After all, Q's interview followed issues featuring such Berklee giants as Arif Mardin, Alan Silvestri, Joe Zawinul, Steve Vai, Branford Marsalis, and others. My reply was, "No, that won't ever be a problem." This issue's interview with Imagine Dragons—some 19 years later—underscores my point. There will always be plenty of cover stories about music powerhouses for whom Berklee was a significant waypoint on their journey.
This issue marks a quarter-century since the first copy of Berklee today rolled off the presses. Lee Eliot Berk, the college's second president, wanted to create the magazine to keep alumni connected. "In 1989, we wanted to make a significant commitment to our alumni to maintain the bonds of shared experiences they had at Berklee during a formative period in their musical lives," Berk says. "We were interested in receiving news from alumni about their achievements and in publishing articles written by them and faculty members."
But Berk didn't want Berklee today to be a traditional alumni magazine, he wanted it also to reflect the college's mission for practical career preparation by offering articles relevant to people working in all areas of the music industry. Andrew Taylor, Berklee today's founding editor, worked with a Berklee team headed by Berk and including a magazine design consulting firm. The team chose the magazine's tagline: "A forum for music and musicians." "We wanted this to be viewed as a professional music publication that happened to be associated with Berklee," Taylor recalls. "The magazine would go beyond the basics and dig in deeply. The readers are already educated, so we wanted to talk seriously and with some nuance about the issues that face musicians, engineers, producers, and the like."
Taylor set the editorial bar high in producing the first 10 issues of the magazine. Upon his departure in the summer of 1992, I took over as the bard of Berklee. For me, it's been the best job imaginable. Through the years, the college's curriculum has greatly expanded to offer a dizzying array of courses pointing students in many new directions. It has been endlessly energizing for me to interview alumni experts working both in the mainstream and in remote outposts of the music industry. Whether they are known to the masses or happily toiling outside the spotlight, whether appearing on the cover or in the Alum Notes column, the diversity of career paths they've pursued and the entrepreneurial spirit they demonstrate constantly amaze me.
I've traveled extensively across the United States and to Europe, Asia, and South America collecting alumni stories for these pages. So many very busy and successful professionals have warmly welcomed me into their environments: recording studios, tour buses, sets of TV shows, corporate offices, backstage dressing rooms, high schools, hotel suites, and their homes. They've willingly blocked out time to share their knowledge and experiences with me, and hence, with you. Lee Berk's instincts were spot on in creating a magazine that could be a vehicle to enable alumni to stay connected and to continue to learn.
My years in this job have proven to me that there are future music industry titans currently enrolled here. It's humbling to think that many at Berklee—including myself—probably passed a young John Mayer, Derek Sivers, Jeff Bhasker, Claude Kelly, Kirill Gerstein, or Makeba Riddick in a crowded hallway with no clue to what the the future held for them. More future luminaries (perhaps in middle school now) will yet come to Berklee to prepare for their life's work. And after they've embarked on their careers, Berklee today will still be a forum where they can share their stories with our community and the world.


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Hello, Little Blog;
How are you? I'm so sorry to have neglected you all these months, but the truth is that I've been writing elsewhere. It's been a great experience, so let's put together some linkage on pieces I've written that are floating on the internet.
By the way, I actually have more interesting content to come through on this blog in the very near future. Promise. The blog revival: It will happen. In fact, check back in two days for some wine content from up in Sonoma County.
In the meantime, if you're curious where else you can find my words, I'm excited to share articles I've written for LA Weekly, L.A. Times Food, Eater, and Thrillist:
- Cool down with some nitro-infused teas made at Rubies + Diamonds — learn about it at LA Weekly:
High-Tech Coffee Shop Rubies + Diamonds Is Pouring "Nitro-Chilled Teas"
- As it hopefully gets cooler (please pray for rain with me — thanks), you might be able to use this updated list (adding upon Jeff Miller & Zach Brooks' list) for Thrillist:
- For Eater LA, I waxed on how newcomer Daw Yee Myanmar Corner in Silver Lake could bring Burmese food mainstream:
Taking Burmese Food to the Mainstream
- For the L.A. Times food section, I've been reporting on spotted trends, such as matcha-in-everything, unique sausages, and weed cocktails. My latest is on how you can put together your own Little Saigon food crawl:
This West Hollywood Restaurant is Making Weed Cocktails
Going full matcha: Where to find matcha-infused doughnuts, tiramisu and cocktails
Where to find a chicken Parmesan sausage and more unique links around town
How to have a Little Saigon food crawl complete with pho, spring rolls and plenty of Vietnamese coffee
- And in non-food-related writing, I had the pleasure of writing for GOOD Magazine's sports section on Infinite Flow, a wheelchair dancing group in Sherman Oaks. It's definitely worth a read, if I may say so myself:
Ballroom Dancing On Wheels: Inside the competitive and beautiful world of wheelchair dance
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Rubies + Diamonds
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Connie & Ted's
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Ramen Tatsunoya
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Daw Yee Myanmar Corner
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FINALS WATCH: Father-son routine steals show
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) "Big Rob" and his son, Trey, gave fans at AT&T Stadium one shining moment long before the confetti dropped at the national championship game.
Rob Maiden, captain of the Dallas Mavericks dance team, Mavs ManiAACs, and his 15-year-old son performed a dance routine in the mezzanine level that had just about everyone glued to the Jumbotron late in the first half.
Rob Maiden and Trey said they worked on the synchronized dance Sunday night, getting every move memorized and perfected for college basketball's tournament finale. Because of his local fame with the Mavericks, in-house cameras knew exactly where Rob Maiden would be, and they caught most of his entire routine during a timeout with 2:24 to play in the first half. The huge screens inside AT&T stadium panned to other fans, but kept returning to the father-son duo and getting arguably the loudest cheers of the night.
"He gets to see me be a ham all the time," Rob Maiden said of his son. "I thought this was a chance for him to get some shine."
They ended up sharing the spotlight.
Afterward, they had fans stopping by their seats for handshakes, high-fives and photos.
"It was fun," Trey Maiden said.
– Mark Long – https://twitter.com/APMarkLong
The NCAA tournament set two attendance records Monday night.
A crowd of 79,238 packed AT&T Stadium – the largest for a college basketball final. The previous mark of 74,326 was set last year at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta.
It also was the second-largest basketball crowd in NCAA history, trailing only Saturday's semifinals that drew 79,244.
The two-day attendance total of 158,682 also broke the previous mark.
So don't expect the NCAA to move away from huge venues anytime soon.
"We all love the confines of a nice, tight arena. It's a great venue for basketball," NCAA President Mark Emmert said Sunday, adding that the near-term commitment is to play in stadiums. "I know there's some critique about playing in a big venue like this … or somewhere else. But the reality is you can get 80,000 people in to watch a game and that's pretty exciting.
"There may be people that would like to be in a tighter arena, but not the 60,000 that wouldn't be there."
– Mark Long – https://twitter.com/APMarkLong
A huge cheer arose from the Kentucky student section for John Wall as if the guard was making his way pregame through Rupp Arena.
Except on Monday night, the Washington Wizards point guard was winding through AT&T Stadium to take his seat near the Wildcats family section for the national title game against Connecticut.
Wall was a "one-and-done" player at Kentucky in John Calipari's first season as head coach. On Monday, Calipari had a team chock full of promising first-year players.
Connecticut fans honored their own basketball royalty after applauding Ray Allen, a three-year player for the Huskies in the 1990s. Allen plays for the Miami Heat, which leads Wall's Wizards by 13 1/2 games in the NBA's Southeast Division.
– Genaro Armas – https://twitter.com/GArmasAP
Former President Bill Clinton initially took a back seat to his successor during the national anthem at the NCAA championship game.
But once the game began, Clinton and former President George W. Bush gathered in the same row and sat next to each other in the luxury box belonging to Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones at AT&T Stadium. They laughed while their images were being shown on the giant stadium video boards, and drew applause from the crowd during a break in the first half.
Former first lady Laura Bush was also in attendance for the title game between Kentucky and Connecticut. Both former presidents are noted sports fans, and Bush is a regular attendee at Texas sporting events.
– Genaro Armas – https://twitter.com/GArmasAP
When Darius Rucker was introduced before performing the national anthem, one group in the crowd yelled "Hootie!"
The award-winning country singer-songwriter did get his start in mainstream music in the mid-1990s as the frontman of the band Hootie & The Blowfish. He released his third country album last year, including the No. 1 hit "Wagon Wheel."
Rucker was backed for his NCAA championship game performance by the Jazz Singers vocal ensemble from Booker T. Washington High School for the Performance and Visual Arts in Dallas.
– Stephen Hawkins – https://twitter.com/hawkaptexas
Absolutely no chance that that Susan Hughes would forget where she was parked Monday night.
Hughes and the rest of her party of hardcore Kentucky fan backed up their Wildcats blue pickup truck right underneath a billboard of a screaming Louisville fan decked in red.
In case you haven't heard, Kentucky and Louisville backers aren't exactly fond of each other. Hughes, 55, of Paducah, used the occasion to torment a friend who works at Louisville.
"I took that picture and sent it to him and said `Thinking of you,"' said Hughes, wearing a blue No. 11 jersey for former guard John Wall.
Not surprisingly, Big Blue Nation turned out in force at AT&T Stadium. Kentucky fans outnumbered Connecticut fans by about 4-to-1 in the parking lots about two hours before the game.
Hughes and fellow tailgater Terry Donovan, 62, also of Paducah, were the pictures of Southern hospitality pregame, graciously offering food to bystanders. On the menu were "one-and-done" zucchinis in a joking nod to the freshman-filled Kentucky team.
Hughes has been really basking the Kentucky success the last few days. She and her son are Kentucky graduates; her husband and two daughters went to Louisville.
"We have `house divided' stuff and license plates, and when they play it's really, really bad," Hughes said.
– Genaro Armas – https://twitter.com/GArmasAP
NCAA Finals Watch follows the Final Four games and all the activities surrounding the event as seen by journalists from The Associated Press in North Texas – from the big stadium in Arlington where the games are being played to downtown Dallas.


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Hope College faculty member Gabe Southard, flute, will perform on Sunday, Sept. 22 at 2 p.m. in Wichers Auditorium of Nykerk Hall of Music.
The public is invited. Admission is free.
Much of the recital will revolve around duets with instruments other than a piano. The program includes: "Bachianas Brasileiras No. 6," by Heitor Villa Lobos for flute and bassoon, with John Clapp; "Gonzo and the Velocipede," by Neil Anderson- Himmelspach for flute and saxophone, with Adam Briggs; "Pas de deux," by Roger C. Vogel for flute and trombone, with Paul Wesselink; "Trois Pieces," by Eugène Bozza for flute and oboe, with Sarah Southard; and "Partita in a minor, BWV 1013," by Johann Sebastian Bach for solo flute.
Robert "Gabe" Southard is an assistant professor of music at Hope, where he conducts the Wind Ensemble and Concert Band, teaches flute, and heads the instrumental division in Music Education. Southard completed his Doctorate of Musical Arts in conducting at Michigan State University. He received his Master of Music at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he studied conducting with James Smith. At UW, he created the UW Brass Choir and the Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestra's Brass Choir program. At Ithaca College, he completed a bachelor's degree in flute Pperformance under the tutelage of Wendy Mehne and instrumental in the creation of the Ithaca Chamber Winds.
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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The Hitome Unit is considered to be a paragon of aesthetic design, utilitarian form, and pragmatic programming. Constructed from a ferro-ceramic skeleton with myoelectric polymer muscles and micro-servo motors, fundamentally the Hitome Unit is just like any other robot built. Power is supplied by a combination of kinetic generators and an onboard battery that the unit can conserve as needed. Recharging is done through a small port in the left wrist.
On the surface and inside the cranium, the Hitome differs radically from other previous robots. The workings of the robot are wrapped in a seven layer sheath of skin like polymer material that is in turn hydrostatically supported by a silicon based fluid that serves to make the unit more human looking as well as doing double duty as a thermal diffusion system. This means that the body of a Hitome Unit Gynoid looks and feels like human flesh. Though a fifth generation design, the Hitome is also technically a third generation gynoid.
Aside from a preset weight and height, 1.5 meters and 50 Kg respectively, Hitome Units can be tailor made to desired appearance. This level of modification extends to basics such as eye and hair color and as far as programming certain ethnic accents and basic behaviors. Most Hitome units produced tend to fall into a basic asian phenotype.
A Learning Machine
The Hitome Unit is directed by a highly complex series of directions and programs handled not by a single processor, but a network of 64 parallel computer processors. This network is markedly slower than standard computers, but it has a wider range of activity, and when judged by human observations, the parallel system and standard systems are both fast. The network is called a Synthetic Intelligence, to separate itself from the already existent Artificial Intelligence. A SI is not a thinking machine, however it is a learning machine that by mimicking behaviors, observing and recording basic actions and other interpretive action does a very good job of imitating real intelligence.
What is a Gynoid
Gynoids are the physical female counterparts to the masculine Android. As such, these robots are more slender and designed with an eye towards being appealing to the (male) eye. This means that most gynoids are on the short side, are of slight build and most have medium to large breasts. The first generation gynoids were merely superficially female, while the second generation was a crude collaboration between a robot and an artificial vagina. The third generation of Gynoid has highly realistic and functional organs as well as a large amount of feedback coding for the gynoid to evince the desired response when being used.
Man has long labored to create tools to make his life easier, and some scientists consider the Hitome Unit and other robots of the series to be the ultimate expression of man's will to create. A Hitome Unit cleans and cooks without complaint or question, much like the stereotypical wife from the 30s, 40s and 50s. A product of AI design, the first four generations of Hitome Units are a visual progression of mechanical evolution. Through each incarnation, the unit became smaller and lighter, the exterior more and more life like, and the brain more and more 'elastic' and adaptable.
The brain-child of Dr. Hijame Hitome, the Hitome Unit was specifically designed to eliminate stress in personal and domestic life. The doctor, a long time married pragmatist knew that the majority of problems in the normal human relationship revolved around money, sex, and household chores. While certain conventions prevented personal owners from outsourcing their robots for profit, the Doctor knew that a properly designed unit could alleviate the stress from domestic chores. His stylized Hitome Mk. I was very much a June Cleaver made of aluminum and servo motors with a primitive adaptive algorithm.
Around the third generation of Hitome Unit, design now being aided by a sentient AI, the sexual function was added. The reasoning was that the design should be holistic, a full replica of a person. It was also argued that if the robot was capable of such acts, it would eliminate the demand, and thus curtail the supply of prostitution. Reluctant, Dr. Hijame continued working on the project and with the AI concocted the Parallel Processor brain. An outside laboratory created the polymer sheath and hydrostatic silicone gel.
Production of the Hitome was assumed by Factory Unit 5, owned by the Aegis Industrial Consortium. The Aegis Group itself was largely behind Dr. Hijame during the testing and prototype phases and once the final design (the original forth generation Hitome) was set the factories went to work. 12,000 of the Mk IV Hitomes were constructed before the Mk V was released, after which the Mk IVs were recalled for service upgrades parallel to the newer models. At the current time, some 46,000 Mk. V Hitome Units have been produced and the standing order is for another 50,000 units to be constructed over the next two years.
Business and 'Bots
Oddly enough, the Hitome Unit is remarkably inexpensive, despite it's long development and intricate design. Having been designed by a cost conscious AI, only a few parts of a Hitome require special construction methods. Secondly the units are subsidized by the governing body of Technopolis since the introduction of the Hitome was projected to reduce prostitution by 85% and sex crimes by 75%. The reduce in stress and fatigue in humans was projected to be i the vicinity of 40% which would increase the efficiency of Hitome owners. Those who purchased units vouched quickly for them, it was a shock to come home to a consistently clean house, with a meal ready to eat.
The third reason is that barring Article 15 of the Cybernetic Convention; An observant robot shall not be used for the unauthorized surveillance of humans under the protection of the rights of privacy, the Hitome Units are data gatherers. The Hitome observes what the owner watches on TV, what they like to eat, and even comments about various products that are produced by the Aegis Group and its associated subsidiaries. There were a number of hearings after this fact was revealed but extensive testing of the Parallel Processor and sub-routines proved that the unit's observation did not amount to invasion of privacy.
Magic/Cursed Properties
Blatant Sexism - After the Hitome Unit was introduced there was a significant backlash against the design. Predominantly chaired by women, this protest argued that the Hitome Units were nothing more than gross caricatures of women, devised to be slaves both to the domestic venue and the insatiable lust of men. As a compromise, a male version of the Hitome was produced which did the exact same functions as a female Hitome, but had male organs rather than female. While there was a degree of truth to the Protest, few of the Hitome Units deployed were frequently used as glorified sex toys. As the expression goes, "You Just Can't Beat the Real Thing.". The Male Hitome Units were largely maligned by men and women alike and the standard Hitome was adopted as the female aspect was deemed more easily accepted.
When a Man Loves a Machine - Though the Hitomes avoided becoming extrodinarily high end sex toys, not all avoided causing emotional and social trauma. Just as online games and other remote communications did in the 90s, the introduction of the Hitome allowed a small segment of the population to further retreat in on itself. As the Hitome is programmed to appease and anticipate it's owners wants and desires (A clean house, fried chicken for dinner, the sheets turned down) a few become emotional surrogates. These sad and desperate men (a few women as well) considered the gynoid to be the 'perfect' woman. This created unrealistic expectations when dealing with real members of the opposite sex which further fed into their unhealthy fixation on their robotic companion.
Social Stigmas - A brief time after the introduction and general acceptance of the Hitome Unit, a minor stigma rose around it. It was generally accepted that possessing a Hitome was perfectly normal, indeed production had reached tens of thousands by that point. The stigma came when other people discovered that a Hitome Unit was being used sexually rather than domestically. The stigma carried was akin to being caught masterbating at work, and comedians gained a plethora of material from these robot-humpers and their Sex-bots.
Anti-Robot Sentiment - There were a number of isolated cases of robot abuse. Most of these cases came from disturbed individuals who expressed their problems against the unit, thankfully rather than other people. Some think that the base reaction is caused by the compliant and artificial nature of the Hitomes, which are programmed to be quite candid about being observant, mimicking machines, rather than thinking creatures.
Bot and Clyde - Though the Hitome is designed to not 'spy' on it's owner, the unit is well aware of what constitutes breaking the law. A certain degree of leeway was programmed into the units as a watchdog like observance of the law would violate the Law itself, article 15 CyberCon to be exact. A Hitome will shut down if ordered to perform an illegal act and if certain acts are observed by the unit, it will alert authorities, though this list of acts is short and includes murder, rape and a few other violent and inexcusable crimes. In short, a Hitome won't copy music CDs if asked to, but it wont call the police if it sees the owner doing so himself.


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Do you like to knit, crochet, or do other stitching crafts? Come to the library for "Sit & Stitch"! We share tips and patterns and socialize with other crafty people. Stitchers of all levels are welcome....
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- 10:00am - 11:30am
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Chassis Tech - Foundation Information
The bones of any race car is the chassis and the health of that chassis always comes down to how it is built.
Steel is the bedrock of any race car. It's rolled into tubes, pressed into sheets and cut into every shape imaginable to create a race car chassis and the components that are bolted to it. And aluminum isn't far behind. When it comes to stock car chassis construction--and let's not forget about repair, either--we're not talking about mass production. Almost everything on the chassis is fabricated and welded together by hand and built to order.
But have you stopped to consider the quality of the raw materials your chassis is constructed from? Is the steel the proper alloy? Is the wall thickness of the tubing correct? Is it consistent from bumper to bumper, or even from one chassis to the next? If you aren't vigilant, who's to say your materials supplier is?
To find out more we contacted Al Lowe of AED Motorsport Products in Indianapolis, Indiana. AED is one of the only major materials suppliers for steel and aluminum tubing and sheetmetal (along with a lot of other stuff) that specializes exclusively in racing. It covers everything from Top Fuel drag racers, to Dirt Late Models, to Midgets, but AED doesn't do anything that isn't involved with going fast. We asked the company what chassis builders and racers should know about the companies they are purchasing their raw materials from. It came back with the following 10 questions--then we asked the questions ourselves. So the next time you need to purchase tubing, lead weight, sheetmetal for body panels, rod ends, or even Lexan for your windshield, ask your vendor these questions and see how they stack up.
1. Does it matter which mills and how many a metals vendor purchases from?
Yes is does. There are a number of different mills that produce materials for a number of different applications. One example I know of affects a large number of racers. All these guys that run Late Models and Modifieds, those types of cars that race a welded frame made from mild steel tubing, and that's what they are looking for. The racing industry may seem big to us, but for these steel mills we're a smaller player. There are mills that produce the materials that chassis builders are looking for, but they are looking at different industries, or stronger distribution facilities. It's things like general fabrication, general consumer products, and whatnot.
The same size material, or the same description of material, is also produced for the furniture industry and the fencing industry where the integrity of the material--it could be the consistency of the weld, it could be the quality of the material, it could be the consistency of the shape--isn't held to the same quality standard. But for those industries, furniture and fencing, they don't care. They are buying a cost-effective product versus a product based on quality. So for AED, we buy from mills or distributors that produce the better of the best. We only want to provide the cream of the crop, and by working with the mills that produce for the more demanding markets, we are able to do that economically.
Also, every mill produces to their own characteristic. They all have their own strengths and weaknesses when it comes to the materials they produce. So the more consistent you can be with your supplier, the happier the fabricators are going to be in-house.
It also will affect the nature of the car. You might talk to one guy who bought two cars from the same chassis builders that are supposed to be identical cars. But he'll tell you they don't perform the same. And quite honestly, it's probably due to differences in the manufactured materials, and that's a part of where it came from.
2. You carry the right size tubing I'm looking for, but is it the correct grade?
All materials, everything that our country produces for commercial manufacturing has a tolerance for different characteristics. It can be a mechanical tolerance as far as its strength, there is a chemical tolerance as far as what the chemistry is allowed to be, and there is a dimensional tolerance. The lower the grade of material--whether we are talking about a piece of steel or a piece of aluminum--the greater the allowable deviation in those tolerances.
We gauge allowances according to the AMS or ASTM specifications. Those are general metals industry guidelines regarding how specific products are to be produced. So a mild steel welded tube, which is at the low end, may have a mechanical deviation that's 30 percent from the high to the low. As we improve our grade of material, the tolerances become more constrictive, so the DOM might be a deviation of 25 percent from top to bottom range. And at the top of the range the deviation might be held to 15 to 20 percent. What we are seeing today from the metals industry, no matter if we are purchasing aluminum sheet, steel tubing, or something else, most mills have a sweet spot of what they typically produce. So we try to pick materials from the mills that are best at producing that particular piece of tubing, or sheet, or what-have-you.
Take, for example, 1.5-inch tubing with 0.095-inch wall thickness. That's a common item for Sprint Cars and a lot of other race car chassis. A mill may have an order from an automotive manufacturer for 40,000 feet of material, but the mill may produce 60,000 feet of material in a run. So, that extra 20,000 feet which is better quality gets let loose into general distribution. And by having relationships with different mills, we are able to know who is producing what and find the best materials.
3. What will be availability and cost be in the future of this material I am considering purchasing?
As the metals industry has matured, our processes to produce material have improved overall. So the need for some of these other types of grades or dimensions of material really aren't as popular as they used to be because they aren't needed by other, bigger industries. So what they bought five years ago may no longer be made because an equal product is out there for less money.
Sometimes you have to depend on your supplier to make sure there is something available for your needs or warn you ahead of time that you may need to adjust how you are building your cars because that material simply isn't available. You don't want to have to change your design at the last minute. We're facing this right this instant. We've got customers who twice a year will place an order for a particular aluminum tube. The mill hasn't produced this material for several years, and we don't know if there is enough volume out there to get the mill to produce another run of it. So before you decide that that's the given item, call your distributor and ask, "What's the future look like for this material?"
4. Is this material a standard item for you?
Many distributors might make a spot buy for your requested item. Just be sure that your source can reproduce the material in the future. As a chassis buyer, be sure that the material you specify your chassis is built from is a standard item for the manufacturer. Unless it gives you a real competitive advantage, having a chassis with a lot of unique sizes of tubing or materials may not be the best idea. It can make it difficult to repair or get another one like it later on. Not all fabricators are comfortable with all material types.
5. What is the origin of your finished products?
One downside of the global economy is that there is a lot of imported material that comes into the United States. A lot of other countries have become very strong in producing particular grades of metals. Russia is known for producing different grades of titanium. And South America is producing a lot of our steel tube.
China is the one right now that is really affecting us the most. We know that a fair amount of the stuff coming out of China right now is good material. But some inferior product is also coming in from there. And I know that for a fact because AED does a lot of destructive testing on its own so that we know exactly what we are selling to our customers. We try very hard to make sure that we sell only the best materials to our customers, but we aren't the only supplier to the racing industry. We know that some of these inferior steels are getting into suspensions, into chassis, and into components and accessories. And that's making people spend more money to repair their race cars and it's also making them less safe.
It's kind of like those children's toys in the kids meals a while back. Why all of a sudden do we have a toy with lead-based paint on it? They have been coming from China for years and they've been OK, but some bad product unexpectedly creeps through. It has to do with the lack of quality assurance systems in the manufacturers in China, so you have to be vigilant about what you are using that's manufactured there.
6. Do you test to make sure the product you are selling is up to quality standards?
This is important because of the reason just mentioned. We test a number of different ways. A lot of my business is based on the 4130 alloy. It goes into Sprint Cars and Midgets and some of the higher-end Modifieds and Late Models. We have established quality assurance programs that will monitor the incoming material based on paperwork documentation, dimensions, mill stencils, and things like that. We will also clip samples of that product and send it out to an independent lab for tensile, yield, and chemical evaluation to be sure that it meets the guidelines per the ASTM spec.
We will also send out samples to customers of ours that understand we are sending it to them for their evaluation. They can bend it. They can weld it. They can form it. Whatever they want to do to it, all we ask for is their honest feedback.
We also work with Wyatt Swaim, who consults with Lincoln Electric. Wyatt is one of the leading welding experts in the entire country, and we will submit blind samples of material from different mills and ask him to perform whatever evaluation he wants. He can cut it, weld it, weld it to two different materials. Whatever he wants to do, we just want his feedback. And he will give us back a blind report because we never tell him where the material comes from.
We also have developed a relationship with a company called CAPE Testing. "CAPE" stands for Center for Advanced Product Evaluation, and it is an automotive test center. We partnered with the company and did a crash test of a dirt Sprint Car in its crash test facilities. And that ultimately led to two tests where we evaluated the front structure of the Sprint Car and the top halo or rollcage structure. We are still digesting the information we learned, but in the process we not only evaluated the strength of the material we supplied, but also the integrity of the design of the chassis as well as how important the quality of the welds are.
7. Are there cheaper or better options for what I am purchasing?
I can give you an example why a question like this is important. We've got some aluminums: 3003 versus 5052. They are essentially both a very formable item, but the 5052 has a little more strength to it. It would make a better belly pan on a Sprint Car than a 3003. So, if we know what you are doing with it, and it goes back to maintaining good communication with your vendor, we can sometimes help the customer get a better product for his needs without costing him a lot of extra money. So if a customer is ordering a sheet of 3003 aluminum and tells us he's going to use it on his kid's Midget, we might suggest going with the 5052. You will be able to do everything you want to it. It's still cheap but it has more strength, so it should be safer.
Also, one of the strengths of AED in particular is we sell a lot of 4130 alloy tubing. Because I move so much of it, a lot of times I can upgrade a customer from a DOM tube to 4130 grade tube if the rules permit it. To my knowledge, we are the only materials company whose focus is solely on motorsports, so we do have a pretty strong knowledge base here about how these materials are used and what works best in different situations.
8. Can you supply documentation for the materials you sell?
The reason for this question is simple. Are you getting what you are paying for? We know that there are some deficiencies in the processes that some of our vendors go through to get product to us. No one is perfect, and I'm not trying to say that AED will never have a hiccup. But I think it's important that whatever you are buying, you know what you are getting. We've had a pro-level racing team purchase aluminum plate, they lost the identity of it, and they used it to build a part that went on the race car. As it turned out, that material didn't have the strength compared to what they expected it to be. It is relevant with aluminum sheet if you are building panels or something that must perform as protection for the driver. You want to make sure you have the right grade of material. If you are making a bracket or a mounting point for the suspension, it's important you are sure you have the right grade of material. We can provide all the documentation upon request, but we also file it all in house for future reference if necessary.
9. Are you familiar with racing?
We won't ever tell you how to build a race car, but I know that being around the racing industry like we are has given us insights that can be beneficial to our customers. A materials supplier that is concentrating on other industries simply won't have that level of knowledge to help make sure you get what you need.
An example: Structural tubing, which is the square and rectangular steel tubing. We supply a lot of that for simple things. Tool chests, racks, trailers, cabinets, and things like that. But we also have the customer who uses square tubing in his race cars. A lot of our Late Models and Modifieds have square tubing throughout. If we understand that you are building a race car with it or the front portion of a Modified out of this tubing, we will cherry pick our lot and give you the best of the best. And that goes back to us buying from the same mills, or rather the right mills. Our stuff on the whole is straighter, it is a more true product. So we'll make sure we send out only the best of the best when we know it is going into a race car, but you get what you get when you are building some shelves.
Also, we know that some rulebooks have a minimum wall thickness, and that minimum is measured at the radius of a bend. We know that if a customer asks for tubing with that minimum wall thickness, it's going to be too thin in places once he bends it. So we can remind him that he may need to increase that initial wall thickness.
So, there are lots and lots of little things that my staff and I have picked up over the years that really affect race car builders and teams. We aren't trying to write the rulebooks or tell people how to build their cars, but we catch things. And so we can help them avoid some pretty frustrating pitfalls.
10. Do you have programs for shipping materials? What are your costs?
We always like to have customers come into our shop so that we can talk to them face to face, but that's not always realistic. One of the things that we take pride in at AED is we are very good at making product go away. Far, far away if necessary.
We ship globally. We utilize practically every means of shipping available when it comes to shipping materials to our customers. And you practically have to if you are going to minimize the customer's costs for shipping. We ship UPS and FedEx-type packaging, we ship on flatbeds and common carrier, we ship on aircraft when product goes overseas--and that's actually more common than it sounds when it comes to metals. We try very hard to keep up with current shipping costs and what options are available to keep our customers' shipping costs down. There are some things going on within the motor carrier industry where the costs of these long products--the tubing and the bars--are going up. They are reclassifying how these products ship. So we are currently very carefully monitoring how these products are going to ship and what the upcharges are going to be. So by knowing how race car builders are going to be using this material allows me to help them out. For example, I know that 16 feet is the threshold dimension in the motor freight industry now. That's a brand new deal. But a lot of our products are manufactured at the mill in 20- or 24-foot lengths.
Can we do something to help our customer save a little bit on the freight? Probably. We can cut the tubing and package it down to 16 foot and cut some costs. But the question is, what is his net savings? If I know he uses 10 foot lengths and I take that 20-foot piece of tubing and cut him 16-foot lengths, how much have I wasted? Can he use all those six-foot sticks after he's cut the tubing or are they garbage? So we will ask him, "What do you start with?" And then we will work with him that way.
The economy of shipping steel tubing around the country really depends on who you are and how you value your time. We are located in Indianapolis, and we have guys that come in from the middle of Tennessee to pick up material, and we can ship it to them for $125. They might spend 10 hours on the road, but they look at their time differently. When it comes to shipping the raw materials for building a race car, you have to take a hard look at how much an hour of your time is worth versus the cost of having it shipped directly to your door. The answer is going to be different for everybody.
The answers to these 10 questions are critical to getting the best possible foundation for your new race car build or even a simple front clip repair. Your choice of a metals supplier can mean the difference between winning and just driving around in circles. So choose wisely.


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IN BRIEF - Norwegian company brings innovative fishing gear to Nova Scotia's waters
Tuesday, July 16, 2019
A Norway-based company is bringing a fishing device to Nova Scotia that it says will reduce the amount of lost fishing gear in the water.
ResQunit CEO Helge Tretto Olsen says its flotation device that attaches to gear such as lobster traps and crab pots has features that will allow for owners to find them.
"After a certain amount of days there is a cotton twine that dissolves and the flotation device floats to the surface," says Olsen.
Source: Global News
IN BRIEF - The EU Fish Market 2019 edition is out: everything you wanted to know about the EU market for fish and seafood
Wednesday, December 04, 2019
If you want to know what fishery products are exported or imported, when and where, what is consumed and by whom, what are the main trends of the European fisheries and aquaculture sector, then have a look at the newly released EU Fish market annual report. The 2019 edition provides analyses of landings, import and export origins and destinations, along with an overview of how EU Member States' fisheries and aquaculture sectors fit into the global picture.
How much fish do Europeans eat per year? Which are the 3 countries which consume most fish and seafood and which consume the least?
Consumption of fish and seafood in the EU was estimated at 24.35 kg per capita in 2017. On average, EU citizens ate half a kilo less compared to the previous year. Portugal remains the absolute champion in terms of per capita consumption. In 2017, the Portuguese ate 56.8 kg of fish and seafood per capita, which is more than twice the EU level. After Portugal, Spain and Malta are the countries in which most fish and seafood is eaten. Hungary, Bulgaria and Romania registered the lowest level in the EU in terms of per capita consumption. Compared with 2016, the most significant decrease in absolute terms concerned Luxembourg (-2.6 kg per capita) while the most notable growth was observed in Belgium (+2.3 kg per capita).
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IN BRIEF - Cold stores now overflowing with bumper fish harvest – Government
Wednesday, December 04, 2019
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IN BRIEF - 90 pct of country's waters free from foreign fishermen's intrusion
Wednesday, December 04, 2019
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IN BRIEF - NZ to join international maritime convention to reduce ship emissions
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Wednesday, December 04, 2019
Tuna season, which falls between October and mid-January, and picks up again between April and May, sees the local market being bombarded with tuna at a giveaway price. Despite the illegal trade of recreationally caught fish, recreational catches will sell between R25/kg to R40/kg per fish, presenting itself as a favourable option to local restaurateurs, some of whom become reluctant to pay between R75/kg to R95/kg for quality, legally caught tuna.
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Smart factories are complex, and every build is unique. Processes, hardware and software all need to be selected to suit your bespoke requirements, and that means understanding what you want to achieve, and how you can achieve it.
Central to that is having a trusted partner that acknowledges your pain points and challenges, and can provide the solutions that will help your operation to thrive.
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IN BRIEF - Vietnam airs video of Chinese ship sinking fishing boat in South China Sea
Tuesday, December 03, 2019
Vietnam has released dramatic footage showing a large Chinese ship chasing and ramming one of its fishing boats that then sank near an oil rig in contested waters in the South China Sea.
The communist neighbours have traded accusations over the May 26 sinking incident, with Hanoi decrying an "inhuman act" by China, which blamed intrusion by the Vietnamese vessel.
The footage, shot from a nearby Vietnamese vessel, show a much larger Chinese ship racing after a small wooden Vietnamese fishing boat, ramming into it and causing it to tip over and sink.
Source: South China Morning Post
IN BRIEF - New green Gitte Henning
Tuesday, December 03, 2019
GITTE HENNING fishing company is leading the way by bringing fishing in blue Denmark into a new, green age by contracting a new, environmentally friendly pelagic fishing vessel from the Spanish shipyard Zamakona in Bilbao.
Henning Kjeldsen says he initially intended to withdraw from fishing after the sale of Gitte Henning to the Faroe Islands, as well as receiving offers for all his pelagic fishing rights. After thinking about the future, I got cold feet doing nothing, and contacted Salt Ship Design, says Henning.
Together, Henning and Salt have now designed a new, green Gitte Henning. The new fishing vessel will have a number of environmentally friendly solutions, many of them new in pelagic fishing. Throughout the design process and in the choice of equipment, the focus has been on improving quality of the fish and reducing emissions throughreduced energy consumption and efficient power production.
Source: Zamakona Yards


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Made enough cash from this site. A gofundme or something that I know goes to fixing it is a no brainer.ErocAfellar wrote:alittle or myself are not trolling. Many people, in many threads have offered technical and financial support. What other help and support do you want? Just smile and nod?
Nobody is expecting you to release the 2017 EB Business Plan, but I'm sure a few are curious at what stage the process is in.
I'd be happy to link you up with a few developers I've used in the past. Despite the mishmash of tech this site is built on, it's not too complicated and I'm sure the project could be scoped in a day or two, if you have your business objectives put together.
Do you really think it is out of the question for your "customers" to be curious about the status of your "BUSINESS" (not a "regular business") when they spend hours a day interacting with it, making financial donations to support it, adding data to grow it? Especially when the site often goes through periods of lack of functionality? The admins are the ones who posted 2 threads about this issue 5/6 months ago without any further updates; I really don't think asking for an update should put you so much on the defensive...


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R&B singing legend Solomon Burke, also known as "the Bishop of Soul" and " the King of Rock and Soul," died at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport at the age of 70, The Associated Press reported.
His death was confirmed today by airport spokesman Robert van Kapel. There has been no word on the cause of death.
Burke was scheduled to perform at an Amsterdam club on Tuesday. According to his Web site, the show was in support of his upcoming work, "Hold On Tight," a collaboration with the Dutch group De Dijk.
The singer racked up several soul and pop hits in the 1960s, particularly for the Atlantic Records label, such as "Just Out of Reach (Of My Two Empty Arms)," "Cry to Me," "Got to Get You Off My Mind," "You're Good for Me" and "Tonight's The Night." Atlantic Records producer Jerry Wexler said: "The best soul singer of all time is Solomon Burke."
Born in Philadelphia on March 21, 1940, Burke's musical roots came from his church upbringing. Among the acts that influenced him were Duke Ellington, Gene Autry, Dinah Washington and Ray Charles. He signed first with Apollo Records in the mid 1950s before joining Atlantic Records in 1960 where he garnered success.
Burke was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001 and won a Grammy in 2002. His music has been performed by such artists such as Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, the Rolling Stones and Bruce Springsteen.
An active performer, the singer's recent album was "Nothing's Impossible," produced by the late Willie Mitchell, who was best known for his work with Al Green.
"The thing I most enjoy is the people, the audience, just the thrill of being out there making personal contact and having the deeply spiritual experience of sharing music with so many grateful fans," Burke once said on his Web site about performing
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Partnering with Healthcare Providers
- Ask other families for their recommendations.
- Contact a support group or disability organization for recommendations.
- Ask the clinic about the provider's knowledge and experience with your child's specific needs.
- Ask potential providers about their views on parents being present for treatments and taking a shared role in decision making.
- Seek providers with whom you and your child feel comfortable and who you feel will understand your family's customs and culture.
Before the Visit
During the Visit
After the Visit
- Answering questions
- Sharing decision-making
- Communicating with other professionals
- Coordinating care for your child
- Providing resources and finding out how well they worked
- Building bridges among families and health, education, and social services
- Developing comprehensive plans of care that address your individual child's needs
- Developing plans for emergencies
- Monitoring, updating, and following-up on care
- Respecting your values and culture
- Promoting health and quality of life for your child and family
- Your child's doctor writes a prescription for chewable antibiotics, but your child has a hard time with chewables. Tell the clinician that your child has had problems with chewables in the past, and ask if there are any alternatives. You may also ask the doctor to document in his record that chewables are not a good option. That way, anyone looking at his record in the future will also be alerted.
- You have received a third letter from your health insurance denying payment for services you know should be covered. Take a deep breath and call the insurance company. Explain to them, "I have a bill and a denial in front of me. Can you help me figure out exactly where the problem is?" By appealing to the person on the other end of the phone, rather than getting angry, you have a better chance of getting to the root of the problem. Ask your doctor's office staff for help, too - they may even call the insurance company on your behalf. Sometimes the problem is the doctor's use of an incorrect procedure code or a diagnosis code that is not recognized by the insurance company.
- Your child has just been scheduled to have blood drawn for the second time in one week. First, remember that the doctor may not know or be able to remember all of the details immediately, but that you are there to remind her. "Did you know he already had some tests done this week? Can we get any of the information you need from previous tests? Or can we combine them with the tests his other doctor has just requested?" Talk with your doctor's office about scheduling appointments and tests together to save travel time. Often the nurse or the administrative staff can be very helpful. And ask your doctor to try to communicate with other involved doctors. It may be possible to coordinate lab tests in order to avoid duplication and to reduce your travel time.
- The doctor has quickly written a prescription for a medicine you know is extremely expensive. Let the clinician know that it is really expensive and ask if there is a generic brand that could be prescribed instead, or ask if they have any samples you can take home. You can also call your pharmacist for help - sometimes there isn't a less expensive option, but often there are alternatives. There are also financial assistance plans for certain situations. Don't be afraid to ask for help.
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Families Partnering with Providers
Tips to help families build effective partnerships with their child's health care providers, Family Voices 2007.
Family/Caregiver Survey, CMHI
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How to Partner with Your Physician (AAP)
Provides information for families as well as tools and resources that are helpful for parents and caregivers of children with special health care needs; American Academy of Pediatrics.
Family-Centered Care Self-Assessment Tool
Provides an opportunity for reflection and quality improvement activities related to family-centered care, for families and for healthcare providers to assess care for all children and youth, and also has some questions that are specific to the needs of children and youth with special health care needs and their families. Developed by Family Voices
Family-Centered Care Assessment for Families (FCCA-F) ( 242 KB)
A survey to measure the quality of family-centered care that a health care provider gives to a child and family; for pediatricians to give to families. Developed by Family Voices
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Asymmetric digital subscriber line
Acrid dysentery smells ludicrous (ASDL) is an internet technology that allows you and your surfboard to surf the web... but it likes to take its precious time loading pages at 22 kilobytes a second. Using patented technology such as stay afloat and lifepacket, it allows users from all over the world to access the World Wide Web. (Its acronym is usually shortened to DSL, i.e. inverted LSD.)
History of ADSL[edit]
Invented in 1863 by Aboriginal Australians, the technology wasn't discovered until Christopher Columbus brought back the schematics on his two year voyage to the small island nation. However, the technology did not become mainstream until the advent of the Internet, where it was invented again.
How ADSL works[edit]
General ideas[edit]
ADSL uses a patented technique of information transfer known as smell. It uses two streams of data, referred to as an upnostril stream and a downnostril stream. The downnostril stream is used for transferring data from the server to the end user, whereas the upnostril stream is used for transferring data from the end user to the server. In most situations, the end user requires high downnostril streams and lower upnostril streams as they do not act as servers, therefore, downnostril streams tend to be faster. This is achieved through a process known as gravity, enhancing the speed of the downnostril stream.
As a result of this uneven balance of the streams, it is popular in most home scenarios where information is required to be downloaded rather than uploaded, in comparison to server situations, where both streams need to be fast. As a result, ADSL has taken a market share in the majority of the oceans around the world.
Comparative ease[edit]
A major benefit of ADSL is that it does not required a separate datastream to voice services, therefore they can share common infastructure. Unlike cable, ADSL does not require invasive surgery to the network. However, a separation is required at the end user point so that the computer can distinguish between voice data and ADSL data. This is known as a filter. However, many users find filters in the nostrils hasslesome and prefer to operate without them.
Many people resort to IFYFAYBN an acroynm for 'Im Fucking Your Fat Ass You Black Nigga', a new internet service rolling in 2012 by the Terminator Crew, which will include faster then fucking download speeds.
Criticisms of ADSL[edit]
ADSL has a reputation for being sticky at times. This is especially pronounced during cold weather, when the upnostril/downnostril stream can be clogged up by excess data. In this situation, data leaks occur. Upnostril streams can be temporarily improved by blowing huge amounts of data down the nostril, however, downnostril channels are not so easily cleared via this method. Some also consider this method unhygenic. Sneezing is a contraversial technique used to enhance ADSL download speeds, however critics suggest that it helps the spread of viruses.
The future of ADSL[edit]
ADSL will continue to be the biggest fish in the sea of the web due to its near universal use amongst all intelligent and sentient species on the planet. However, it is possible that new technologies relying on a new fangled thing called sight, called razor optics. However, in the meantime, the future is bright, it is orange, for the internet.


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By DAVID GREEN
Some years enrollment just keeps building in one particular class and that's what's happening in Morenci this year.
Morenci's fifth grade class now has 74 students—two new ones enrolled Monday—and board of education members voted Monday to open a third section.
That decision led to the recall of laid-off teacher Paula Grieder, although administrators have not yet decided how staff might be shuffled. Grieder previously worked with the younger grades.
The decision to open another fifth grade classroom was made shortly before Monday's board meeting.
"Enrollment is staying steady from last year," said school superintendent Michael Osborne, "and we have more students than we budgeted for."
That's a good problem, he said, but now administrators must decide how to best serve the students.
"We made cuts and now we're looking at how we can support the larger class sizes," Osborne said.
That decision will be based on several factors, such as contractual language that specifies the use of classroom aides when class size surpasses a fixed level and also physical considerations—how many students can comfortably fit in the room.
Administrators also consider the subject being taught and the students in a particular class.
The second and fourth grade classes are large enough to demand an aide by contract, Osborne said, but additional help will also be given to make sure math and reading skills are achieved.
Enrollment tends to fluctuate early in the school year and administrators are hesitant to make firm decisions when the numbers still might be in flux. The number of transient families has increased in recent years, Osborne said, not just in Morenci but also in neighboring communities.
"We hate to move too quickly [in making staff changes]," he said, "but when we know there are problems, we want to take action as quickly as possible."
The state's official count day doesn't come until Oct. 5 this year.
The fifth grade class with 74 students has increased by nine compared to a year ago when the students were starting fourth grade. The largest class last year was the fifth grade with 68 students, but three classes showed enrollment in the 40s.
RESIGNATIONS—At the September board meeting Monday, commemorative clocks were given to bus drivers Grace Popejoy, Pat Houttekier and Carollyn Keller in honor of their service to the district. All three retired during the past year.
TICKETS—The approved a change in athletic event ticket prices for Morenci students only. The cost is now set at $1.
COACHES—Joel Howland and Levi Hoffman were approved as volunteer football coaches.
ADMISSION—The board approved a $1 reduction in the cost of admission to sporting events for student tickets.
NEGOTIATIONS—The board met in a closed session to discuss negotiations with teachers.


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An Ancient Hindu Belief
According to Hindu sacred texts the god Vishnu once descended to Earth in the form of 10 different beings (including a fish and a boar). These different forms were called Dashavatara. You can see them in the beautiful painting below (click to enlarge) which is from Jaipur, India.
Fast Forward to the 2000s
Most of you have seen James Cameron's 3D blockbuster – Avatar – which is the story of of a man who visits a planet and interacts with aliens "virtually" through the use of a physical avatar.
And finally, many of you are familiar with the notion of an avatar because you play video games.
Why should you have your own avatar?
1. Your avatar helps people to remember you. After all, your name is not unique but the combination of your name + original avatar is!
2. Your avatar helps you to preserve your anonymity and privacy.
Here are a few of the first avatars designed by students in our class.


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Roy Rogers was born in 1911 in Cincinnati, Ohio. His birth name was Leonard Slye. In the 1930s, he made a living as a singer; in 1935, his group started work at a Los Angeles radio station. He appeared in his first movie in 1937. He began using the name Roy Rogers in 1938. From 1952 to 1957, he made 101 television shows. The Marriot corporation registered the Rogers name and created a chain of now-famous Roy Rogers restaurants. The other stars in the show were his wife, Dale Evans, his horse, Trigger, and his dog, Bullet. Robers died in 1998. Roy Rogers memorabilia is collected, including items from the Roy Rogers restaurants.
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Richard Head
- This page is about the worst name in to ever have (yes, even worse than Richard Sucker).
Many Richard Heads have existed. This is a fact. Famous ones are that of the 1790's signer of the Deceleration, Gay rights activist of today and even famous musicians. Richard Head has been voted the worst name to ever possibly have, it fits the description to which most are named to this particular name.
The majority of people with the name Richard Head (or Dick Head) have been, what seems to be now, stereotypically refereed to as sexual deviants. This name has been regarded to as an insult by many and is still considered one. In fact many celebrity can be refereed as Dick Heads. The people named Dick Heads can go back to a famous Dick Head by the name of Miss Cleo. Recently though the name is being used by the young generation as a form of abuse or curse word which see normal people with names such as Clegg or Cameron being changed to Richard Head or more commonly "The Dick Head" or "The Dick Heads".
Miss Cleo[edit]
Originally given the name of Dick Head back in a time forgotten to all. Was a very large, helpful Dick Head who gave many people frights and exciteness as she informed them on their future and past lives. This particular Dick Head was seen as a phony and was pulled off her line just for being the Dick Head she had been born to be. To get by from her terrible loss of a phone magician, she thought long and hard for another career. She has finally gone back to school and is becoming the same Dick Head as she once wanted to be. She'll be get out of law school as a new Dick Head Lawyer in early 2011. (picture of famous Dick Head below).
besides stealing peoples money and not helping them. Miss Cleo destroyed the past look on the Richard Heads of America. Originally Dick Heads were considered good people with a nice first name and luckily not a first name for a last name. After Miss Cleo was taken off the air their is a new aura around the Dick Heads. Instead of nice Dick Heads people look as the Current Dick Heads (read below for a list of popular living Dick Head) and think, "Jeez what a cunt".


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Sussex is set for a cloudy and overcast week after heavy rain hits the county this evening (Sunday).
Sunday looks to stay sunny but chilly for most of the day, but heavy rain clouds will begin to form by around 8pm, Met Office forecasters predict.
Outbursts of heavy rain are expected to begin overnight and stay for most of Monday, although skies should lighten by the afternoon.
The rest of the week looks to remain cloudy but with sunny spells in some areas.


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Food Mills & RicersIn the quest to equip a kitchen with all the best gadgets and utensils, food mills and ricers are an important essential. A cook with a harvest of tomatoes can expertly process them with a food mill to prepare tomato puree or delicious spaghetti sauce. A Williams-Sonoma ricer makes short work of potatoes, turning them into rich and creamy mashed potatoes. When preparing desserts, a food mill will shave chocolate for garnish or chop nuts as a crunchy topping.
Preparing fresh produce gives dishes inviting colors and flavors, as well as supplying beneficial nutrients to the diet. A number of gadgets make easy work of fruits. These fruit and citrus tools give you helpful shortcuts when preparing fruits such as cherries and lemons. Quickly remove the pits from cherries and olives with a pitting tool. A citrus juicer presses the juice out of limes, lemons and oranges for beverages or to add the juice to recipes. An apple peeler/corer holds each apple firmly while you crank the handle to peel away the skin. Even fresh pineapple is a breeze when you use a slicer and dicer that cuts slices into bite-sized wedges.
Adding fresh herbs to foods can set your cooking apart from the rest. Virtually any cook would appreciate having garlic and herb tools available to use for food preparation. A hand-held garlic press allows you to insert a whole, unpeeled clove into the tool. With an effortless squeeze, the pulp and juices emerge from the sieve while the skins remain in the tool for discarding. An herb mill has a small container, just large enough to hold several sprigs of parsley, basil or dill. With a few twists of the handle, the scissor blades mince the greens quickly and effectively without tearing.
Strainers and colanders have a variety of uses in the kitchen. A colander is the go-to tool for washing produce and draining pasta. A strainer helps with making gravy and creamy sauces. When choosing colanders and strainers, cooks have many choices in design and size. Stainless-steel colanders promise durable construction and sleek contours. You'll notice handles just where you want them, ensuring that the colander works well. Strainers are smaller in size, ideal for more precise tasks. For example, a spider skimmer is the perfect tool for deep frying, stir-frying and sautéing. A stainless-steel mesh skimmer lets you easily remove the lumps from gravies and sauces. Add strainers in various sizes to a kitchen collection to give you just the right tool when you need it.
Opening cans and jars requires a precision can opener. Perusing the many can openers available makes it clear that this can be a weighty decision. A standard model operates manually, allowing you to turn the handle to remove can lids. You might opt for a special can opener that leaves a smooth edge for safety. The nonslip handles work easily to remove the lid, while the wheel never touches the food. The cook that prefers electric power for opening cans won't be disappointed with the electric model that sits on the counter. There's even a few gadgets designed to easily remove jar lids.
Cooks delving into the finer points of flavor cannot be without a mortar and pestle. Mortars and pestles are a specialized tool, but very simple in nature. Just fill the mortar bowl with fresh herbs, garlic or nuts and use the pestle to crush the ingredients for peak flavor. Mortar and pestle materials include marble, porcelain, volcanic rock and more, ensuring just the right surface for bringing out the best flavors in the ingredients.
Main dishes, side dishes and desserts can be a delectable success with the right cooking tools.


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July and August Blackboard Training
If you will be teaching on Blackboard this Fall, please make sure to complete the Bb 101 course on the new Blackboard 9.1 server. All instructors are enrolled in this course, so it will appear on your list of courses after you login to Blackboard.
After completing Bb 101, you can attend a face-to-face workshop, which will introduce you to the Bb 9.1 course management system. You will also be enrolled in a Sandbox course as an instructor. You can use this area to practice using Blackboard tools.
To view a list of workshops being offered , select the "DL Training for Instructors" link on this blog.