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I enjoy – make that love – eating out. Discovering new restaurants. Revisiting favorites. And having an opinion on everything from the height of the soufflé to the lineage of the chicken. So when I had a chance to join a newspaper reviewer on his surreptitious rounds, I jumped, figuratively, into the stockpot with Michael Bauer, food editor and restaurant critic for the San Francisco Chronicle for the past 24 years.
From the moment I knew where we were to dine and what made-up name his reservation would be under, I started worrying I would commit some gaffe that would blow his cover. Perhaps I would forget his pseudonym for the evening and blurt out, "Two for Michael Bauer."
Thankfully, before I could humiliate myself, he suggested we meet outside the restaurant.
Now my concern was how to recognize him. I didn't think he would go as far as Ruth Reichl who, when she reviewed for The New York Times, would on occasion don a wig and assume the persona "Brenda Rose." (At the other extreme, a restaurant reviewer for Chicago Magazine I dined with many years ago carried a tape recorder in his pocket and a microphone in the lapel hole of his jacket. Every few minutes he would lean over to talk to his lapel. It was like being in a "Saturday Night Live" sketch.)
But I had no need to worry about failing to recognize my dining partner. Mr. Bauer told me his disguise was apparently going to be ... Michael Bauer.
"Ninety percent of the time I will not be recognized," he insisted. "I sit at tables most people would reject." But that anonymity often doesn't last long as "usually a waiter or hostess will recognize me." Although, he added, being found out is not all bad. "Not being anonymous frees me up and I know they're doing the best they can do."
In fact, he would prefer visiting a new restaurant twice anonymously and once as Michael Bauer to see if there is any difference.
These days, however, the great majority of reviewers don't have a newspaper byline. They have an e-mail address at Yelp, Chowhound, or Urbanspoon to list just a few of the websites that attract millions of food writers and readers. Yelp, for example, reports that by mid-July this year it had published 20 million reviews over the past seven years. It now hosts 53 million unique viewers each month.
Although he believes "any review has validity," Bauer also feels that "the general public is much more critical than I am." And while he thinks that the stars he awards restaurants reflect the average ratings on most websites, he also believes there is a difference between how he reviews and how the online critics do it. "Generally on Yelp it's a service, not a food, issue," he maintains. And those service problems "color how they view the food."
Anna Weinberg, co-owner of the San Francisco restaurant Marlowe (three stars out of four from Bauer) says she uses these consumer websites "as a watchdog," an "unpaid secret shopper" to help her identify "immediate problems" she might otherwise not be aware of. Although she also says those same websites have created a group of self-appointed critics: customers who, when they make a reservation, announce, "We will be Yelping tonight."
Hidden or recognized, Bauer eats out almost every night. He skips breakfast and usually eats a light lunch. He makes three visits to a new restaurant before writing his review, returns to each of his annual 100 Best once a year, and goes back to check up on restaurants he has previously reviewed. He also spends 40 minutes on the treadmill each day and takes one vacation a year to a place where good dining is not even an option. Antarctica was a recent destination.
But there is a regret in his life. He knows he can't socialize with the people who own or work at the restaurants he reviews. Although he was friends with Wolfgang Puck and attended his wedding, once Mr. Puck opened a restaurant in San Francisco, their friendship had to end. "You give up a lot," he sighed. But it's not just losing friends that's a problem. As Bauer says, "The longer you do the job, the more enemies you make," he says. "I don't take it personally."
Tonight, in this half-filled French-like bistro (two stars in 2007) he was about to rereview a meal that could possibly increase that enemies list. It didn't take very long for us to realize that at least one of those stars was in danger of falling from the sky.
Unrecognized, we waited while they set our table, and then the staff proceeded to ignore our requests for everything from a soupspoon to the check. And yet Bauer never stepped out of the role of uncomplaining patron. He is a pleasant-looking Everyman and not a larger-than-life James Beard-type presence. Rather than making notes during the meal – or speaking into his lapel – he used his phone to take photos of the dishes to help him recall, for example, how the boeuf bourguignon was inexplicably covered in puff pastry.
And yet throughout dinner I never felt as if I was sitting across from a sneering critic such as Anton Ego, the animated character Peter O'Toole voiced in the Disney Pixar film "Ratatouille."
We took spoonfuls and forkfuls of each other's dishes – making few comments during the meal other than a couple raised eyebrows (mine) and questioning glances (mine again), at what was passing for French cuisine. The critic's barbs were saved for the one-star rereview he wrote two weeks later.
While most of Bauer's reviews are at least two stars (if a restaurant is terrible on his first visit he often doesn't return or write about it), his barbs can be sharper than any serpent's incisor. While I would have chosen "bland" to describe the weak onion soup, he went with the far more descriptive "tasted as if the kitchen had added water to stretch the broth." For me the pizza was just not worth taking home, while he thought it was "a limp margherita ... with a crust that had the spongy characteristic of a Boboli with a too-sweet tomato sauce." And while my Petrale sole was, to me, incredibly dry, he found it "two minutes away from becoming jerky." Ouch. But accurate.
Of course, being with a reviewer does make you think somewhat more critically. So when he handed me the specialty beverage to sip, I considered it an opportunity to follow in the footsteps, not to mention the taste buds, of critics such as Craig Claiborne, Mimi Sheraton, Frank Bruni, Jonathan Gold, and, of course, Michael Bauer. I sipped. Scrunched my face thoughtfully and then declared, slowly enough for him to recall the words so he could, if he chose, include them in his review, "It tastes like something I would have at my dentist's."
He nodded politely, as if to say, "these days everyone wants to be a critic."
And, of course, he is right.


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Here's a simple challenge-problem for model-checking Boolean functions: Suppose you want to compute some Boolean function , where represents 0 or more Boolean arguments.
Let , , , range over 2-ary Boolean functions, (of type ), and suppose that is a fixed composition of , , , . (By the way, I'm going to talk about functions, but you can think of these as combinatorial circuits, if you prefer.)
Our question is, "Do there exist instantiations of , , , such that for all inputs, ?
What is interesting to me is that our question is quantified and of the form, "exists a forall b …", and it is "higher-order" insofar as we want to find whether there exist satisfying functions. That said, the property is easy to encode as a model-checking problem. Here, I'll encode it into SRI's Symbolic Analysis Laboratory (SAL) using its BDD engine. (The SAL file in its entirety is here.)
To code the problem in SAL, we'll first define for convenience a shorthand for the built-in type, BOOLEAN:
And we'll define an enumerated data type representing the 16 possible 2-ary Boolean functions:
B2ARY: TYPE = { False, Nor, NorNot, NotA, AndNot, NotB, Xor, Nand , And, Eqv, B, NandNot, A, OrNot, Or, True};
Now we need an application function that takes an element f from B2ARY and two Boolean arguments, and depending on f, applies the appropriate 2-ary Boolean function:
app(f: B2ARY, a: B, b: B): B = IF f = False THEN FALSE ELSIF f = Nor THEN NOT (a OR b) ELSIF f = NorNot THEN NOT a AND b ELSIF f = NotA THEN NOT a ELSIF f = AndNot THEN a AND NOT b ELSIF f = NotB THEN NOT b ELSIF f = Xor THEN a XOR b ELSIF f = Nand THEN NOT (a AND b) ELSIF f = And THEN a AND b ELSIF f = Eqv THEN NOT (a XOR b) ELSIF f = B THEN b ELSIF f = NandNot THEN NOT a OR b ELSIF f = A THEN a ELSIF f = OrNot THEN a OR NOT b ELSIF f = Or THEN a OR b ELSE TRUE ENDIF;
Let's give a concrete definition to f and say that it is the composition of five 2-ary Boolean functions, f0 through f4. In the language of SAL:
f(b0: B, b1: B, b2: B, b3: B, b4: B, b5: B): [[B2ARY, B2ARY, B2ARY, B2ARY, B2ARY] -> B] = LAMBDA (f0: B2ARY, f1: B2ARY, f2: B2ARY, f3: B2ARY, f4: B2ARY): app(f0, app(f1, app(f2, b0, app(f3, app(f4, b1, b2), b3)), b4), b5);
Now let's define the spec function that f should implement:
spec(b0: B, b1: B, b2: B, b3: B, b4: B, b5: B): B = (b0 AND b1) OR (b2 AND b3) OR (b4 AND b5);
Now, we'll define a module m; modules are SAL's building blocks for defining state machines. However, in our case, we won't define an actual state machine since we're only modeling function composition (or combinatorial circuits). The module has variables corresponding the function inputs, function identifiers, and a Boolean stating whether f is equivalent to its specification (we'll label the classes of variables INPUT, LOCAL, and OUTPUT, to distinguish them, but for our purposes, the distinction doesn't matter).
m: MODULE = BEGIN INPUT b0, b1, b2, b3, b4, b5 : B LOCAL f0, f1, f2, f3, f4 : B2ARY OUTPUT equiv : B DEFINITION equiv = FORALL (b0: B, b1: B, b2: B, b3: B, b4: B, b5: B): spec(b0, b1, b2, b3, b4, b5) = f(b0, b1, b2, b3, b4, b5)(f0, f1, f2, f3, f4); END;
Notice we've universally quantified the free variables in spec and the definition of f.
Finally, all we have to do is state the following theorem:
instance : THEOREM m |- NOT equiv;
Asking whether equiv is false in module m. Issuing
$ sal-smc FindingBoole.sal instance
asks SAL's BDD-based model-checker to solve theorem instance. In a couple of seconds, SAL says the theorem is proved. So spec can't be implemented by f, for any instantiation of f0 through f4! OK, what about
spec(b0: B, b1: B, b2: B, b3: B, b4: B, b5: B): B = TRUE;
$ sal-smc FindingBoole.sal instance
we get a counterexample this time:
f0 = True f1 = NandNot f2 = NorNot f3 = And f4 = Xor
which is an assignment to the function symbols. Obviously, to compute the constant TRUE, only the outermost function, f0, matters, and as we see, it is defined to be TRUE.
By the way, the purpose of defining the enumerated type B2ARY should be clear now—if we hadn't, SAL would just return a mess in which the value of each function f0 through f4 is enumerated:
f0(false, false) = true f0(true, false) = true f0(false, true) = true f0(true, true) = true f1(false, false) = true f1(true, false) = true f1(false, true) = false f1(true, true) = true f2(false, false) = false f2(true, false) = true f2(false, true) = false f2(true, true) = false f3(false, false) = false f3(true, false) = false f3(false, true) = false f3(true, true) = true f4(false, false) = false f4(true, false) = true f4(false, true) = true f4(true, true) = false
OK, let's conclude with one more spec:
spec(b0: B, b1: B, b2: B, b3: B, b4: B, b5: B): B = (NOT (b0 AND ((b1 OR b2) XOR b3)) AND b4) XOR b5;
This is implementable by f, and SAL returns
f0 = Eqv f1 = OrNot f2 = And f3 = Eqv f4 = Nor
Although these assignments compute the same function, they differ from those in our specification. Just to double-check, we can ask SAL if they're equivalent:
spec1(b0: B, b1: B, b2: B, b3: B, b4: B, b5: B): B = ((b0 AND ((NOT (b1 OR b2)) b3)) OR NOT b4) b5;
specifies the assignments returned, and
eq: THEOREM m |- spec(b0, b1, b2, b3, b4, b5) = spec1(b0, b1, b2, b3, b4, b5);
asks if the two specifications are equivalent. They are.


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Hamilton won't tolerate 'another barren year' – Horner
March 16, 2011 - 0:0
Red Bull boss Christian Horner has warned that Lewis Hamilton is unlikely to tolerate another season of failure at McLaren. Hamilton was frustrated in 2010 as McLaren failed to match either Ferrari or Red Bull, and the early indications are it could be another difficult year for the team.While Horner was announcing Sebastian Vettel had signed a new deal with Red Bull taking him through to the end of the 2014 season, he could not resist a few comments about Hamilton.
""Lewis is a great driver,"" he said. ""He's a former world champion. He's one of the best that there is. And he's not going to be happy if he has another barren year. But that's not to say that we're looking for
[him] to come to our team. We're very happy with the two drivers that we currently have.""
Hamilton also had an announcement - he has signed with a new agent, Simon Fuller, who handles other high-profile sportsmen such as David Beckham and Andy Murray - and the speculation was that McLaren has to come up with the goods in 2011 or he might be looking to move on.
With Fernando Alonso at Ferrari, a switch there is highly unlikely, which leaves Red Bull the favourite, especially given Mark Webber, who is on a year-by-year contract, is nearing the end of his career. The sticking points could be Hamilton's reported $15 million a year deal with McLaren - Vettel is believed to be on around $10 million - as well as his own loyalty to the team who signed him as a teenager.
Asked whether Red Bull could handle a Vettel-Hamilton combination, Horner said: ""You would certainly envisage it being quite a busy partnership, but you can never rule it out. From my perspective you always want to have the best two drivers.""
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If Wife Earns More, Husband's Sexual Performance May SufferMen in this situation were slightly more likely to be prescribed impotence drugs, researchers found.
MONDAY, Feb. 11, 2013 (HealthDay News) — A man who finds his wife's salary is eclipsing his own may feel that earnings difference in the bedroom — and not in a good way.
That's according to a new study that found that men who made less than their wives were more prone to require impotence drugs, compared to when the income gap was the other way around.
Admittedly, the difference wasn't much: Men who were out-earned by their wives were 10 percent more likely to take drugs for erectile dysfunction, said study co-author Lamar Pierce, an associate professor of strategy at Washington University in St. Louis.
However, even a relatively small difference in income between the spouses boosted the odds that a man might need pharmaceutical help in the bedroom.
"Men who make [even] $500 less a year than their wives are 10 percent more likely to take ED medications than men who make $500 more," he noted.
The study was published online recently in the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.
A shift in the marital "income gap" seemed to be key: According to Pierce, the findings did not apply to couples where the woman already made more than the man going into the marriage. "Men who knowingly married a female [primary] breadwinner appear to suffer no costs from being out-earned," Pierce and co-authors wrote in the study.
Nor did the findings apply to unmarried couples who were living together.
To Pierce, that suggests that ''marriage is an important social construct dictating his role [as primary breadwinner]."
The study was done in Denmark, which is viewed as a socially progressive country, Pierce said. He believes the findings would apply in the United States, and probably even be more robust among American couples.
In the past 20 years, the percent of American wives who make more than their husbands has risen from 4 percent to 22 percent, said Pierce, citing research by others.
The new study focused on two databases. One included demographic information, such as income and other details, for all Danish citizens. Another included all medical prescriptions for the population. Pierce looked at data from 1997 to 2006,and zeroed in on more than 569,000 couples, aged 25 to 49, where both partners worked full time.
Men were not the only ones affected psychologically by income differences within marriage. For example, Pierce found that wives who out-earned their husbands were themselves more likely to take medications for insomnia and anxiety. Out-earned husbands were also more likely to take anxiety and depression medications compared to situations where the male was the major breadwinner.
The research suggests a link between marital income disparities and impotence, but it cannot prove cause-and-effect, Pierce stressed. He did add that he factored out issues such as health problems, which might affect income, and the link still held.
He can't explain for sure why the out-earned men turn to impotence drugs. "We can't directly say this is [a result of] them being emasculated," but it may be, he said.
Another expert sees two possible explanations. One might be that ''it is threatening for men to be out-earned by their wives, and that threat is carried all the way into the bedroom, which leads him to be less able to perform well sexually," said Kathleen Vohs, a professor of marketing at the University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management. Her work focuses on the impact of income/money on human psychology.
"Another explanation," she said, "which is similar but not quite, is that the husband might use the ED medication as a way to guarantee that he is not emasculated in the bedroom."
Pierce said it's important not to suggest that the trend toward female breadwinners is socially harmful. Many men are perfectly fine with, and very proud of, a spouse who earns more, he said.
However, he said, it is important for couples to think about this before they marry, and to marry someone with whom each is comfortable with the other's potential earnings, now and in the future.
And Vohs had this advice for men out-earned by their spouse: "Try not to take the discrepancy in income as having anything to do with your manliness," she said. "Try to remember that your partner loves you for who you are and not for how much money you earn."
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I hear you haters talking, but I'm just walking, singing
Doing my thing, shining like bling
I'm like
Only black cats in the airport, but we strutting like
And we fronting like
[Verse 1]
I snatch the spotlight outfit like DJ Lance
Yo, L.O.D., Def Squad with the party in a trance
Keith Murray, New Yitty, bad boy, getting bitty
Very peace fifty six rush Tewksbury
Sitting very legendary, omnipotent
Spit with such gravity, mister pop clarity
You just said golf balls, niggas best to chiz-ill
Get high, say anything to try to apiz-eal
Cause we all ghetto boys -- you know, Bushwick Biz-ills
And we robbing motherfuckers for they gangster griz-ills
There's a you four-fender had a weakened agenda
Cold as the backstreets of New York in December
Rocking out there with silent splendor
Like a good ass-whipping, my flow you'll always remember
So thanks, give me a light, you hermaphrodites
So I could ignite the blunt and take flight
[Verse 2]
Ay yo, these dirt-poor rappers think they be the man
I don't even say nothing, I just wave my hand
And I hold shit down prime time, no Stephanapolous
With hotness? By George, I think you've got it
My antibioticly toxic topics
Sweat 'em out weave-y, got Drake-y toxins
The era of the fugazi emcees is dying
Cause so many rappers in they rhymes be lying
About ice, selling drugs, busting guns, whipping coupes
I see the hype got you gassed like pffft pffft -- oops
I keep chickenheads all in hot pursuit
Old Jamaican ladies say, "Oh, he looks so cute!"
I dance with the devil while doing the Dougie
He gonna need No-Doz and coffee to keep up with Keith
And y'all don't want none of this splendiferous
Slitheressness, gibberishness, deviousness
So Jesus, ain't no rapper fucking with Keith
I'll burn and break 'em down like Hachise and put 'em in my
[Verse 3]
And I'm out mean-mugging like Perellis be hugging
You ain't seen thugging, L.O.D. bean-bugging
There's no incidental of influential
Over instrumental, flow quintessential
You too paradoxical, anti-logical
Kid, I'll spontaneous combust you
Not only will I throw you under the bus, soldier
But I'll back up and run your stank ass over
Cause you exaggerated, falsificated
Testimonials will not be tolerated
My hip-hop melodies cruise like Penelope
And stay with you forever, like violent felonies
Metaphor entrepreneur, more raw like "Kick in the Door"
Got the D's wondering what the dog saw
So whores, drop your drawers when we on tours
I come once a year like Santa Claus


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Tuesday, July 15, 2014
Secrets and Lies
98 comments:
Morag sounds like the name of the evil witch in a Disney film. Miriam is much better and suits you.ReplyDelete
Hi DelAnne - I think so too! Thanks for stopping by today!Delete
I'm afraid that my life, while interesting, has never had many secrets and nothing from which I've had to hide. I think that's a good thing. Good luck to you!ReplyDelete
cozyupwithkathy at gmail dot comReplies
My secrets will all be revealed in a Roux of Revenge, I'm afraid! Good luck today!Delete
- Dawn FrazierJuly 15, 2014 at 6:24 AM
Thank you for the chance to win.ReplyDelete
Hi Dawn - Good luck in the giveaway!Delete
- Dianne BJuly 15, 2014 at 6:46 AM
A new to me series which I look forward to reading. I admit that while my life has never been exciting, there are some things I wish I had not done. firstname.lastname@example.com
I'm sure we all feel that way sometimes! I hope you get to visit the village soon, Dianne!Delete
thankfully, I've led a very boring life, which does not require be to assume another identity or hide...........ho-hum!!!!ReplyDelete
thank you for the giveaway!!
cyn209 at juno dot comReplies
You're a lucky soul! Thanks for visiting today!Delete
Fun series, looking forward to the new book. firstname.lastname@example.com
Thank you! I hope you enjoy all the recipes too!Delete
I am not now nor have I ever been in hiding from my past—although if I were in hiding, I would be crazy to admit it!ReplyDelete
skkorman AT bellsouth DOT netReplies
That is very true . . . Except in fiction! Good luck today!Delete
- AnonymousJuly 15, 2014 at 8:19 AM
Miriam what a compelling story. I can't wait to read more.....ReplyDeleteReplies
Hi Mary Louise ~ I think you'll really enjoy my story. My life hasn't been boring, just scary sometimes!Delete
I've enjoyed this series.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you Sandy! There are more books to come with more stories about the village.Delete
I've never had to hide - except when playing hide 'n seek! :)ReplyDelete
That's a good thing, Karen~ Good luck today!Delete
Wow, this sounds like a great read!ReplyDeleteReplies
Hi Debra ~ I think you'd enjoy all the stories in the village of Snowflake! Good luck!Delete
I've had nothing I needed to hide from, but I know others who have. It's a challenging life.ReplyDelete
Yes, it can be quite frightening! I hope you get to read my story. Good luck today!Delete
Can't say that I've ever had to hide, nor have I assumed another identity (and if I DID, I certainly couldn't post about it, LOL!).ReplyDelete
After reading so many mysteries through the years, I'm thinking that if I'd had an affair, THEN I might be terrified that my past would be found out and my present might be endangered, LOL!
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Hi Laney ~ I didn't want my secrets to be revealed either, but it was out of my control. Good luck today!Delete
- AnonymousJuly 15, 2014 at 9:40 AM
Never had to hide, assume another identity or fear my past being found out...I'd rather read about it in books!ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousJuly 15, 2014 at 9:41 AM
patucker54 at aol dot comDelete
Hi Pat ~ Books are a wonderfully safe way to have an adventure, aren't they? Best of luck!Delete
What an interesting premise for a series. I wouldn't even know how to begin setting up a new identity.ReplyDelete
Hi Anne ~ I was much younger then, and it was a different world. I don't think I'd know how to do it today, but I had help. Good luck to you!Delete
A most fascinating book and idea. I never had to assume a different identity. Many thanks. saubleb(at)gmail(dot)comReplyDeleteReplies
You're welcome! Good luck today!Delete
What a unique book. I never had to hide nor worry about my safety and security. Thanks for this interesting giveaway. elliotbencan(at)hotmail(dot)comReplyDeleteReplies
I admit, my story is a strange one. Hope you get to read all about it in A Roux of Revenge!Delete
Another series and author to add to my "check it out" list!ReplyDelete
Hi Ellen ~ I hope you get to visit the village of Snowflake soon!Delete
This book is new to me and sounds interesting.ReplyDeleteReplies
Hi Betty ~ Thanks for stopping by today. Good luck in the giveaway! Please send your email if you can.Delete
- AnonymousJuly 15, 2014 at 11:00 AM
I enjoy stories about different cultures. The travelers are much different from my area of the country. Sounds like an interesting book and one I would like to sample.ReplyDelete
There are more travelers around than you would imagine. I hope you get to read all about my story in A Roux of Revenge. Good luck!Delete
I like stories from different cultures too. I met a real gypsie once in an evening art class.ReplyDelete
That's fascinating, Carol. My author, Connie Archer, did a blog tour and posted a few blogs about travelers. You can check it out on her website: conniearchermysteries.com.Delete
Good luck today!
- Sue FarrellJuly 15, 2014 at 11:05 AM
I've often wondered how one successfully assumes another identify but would be too chicken to try it.ReplyDelete
It would be very scary and hard to do with today's technology, I agree. Good luck, Sue!Delete
Not only do I love this series, but I think Connie is just the sweetest person! I really liked learning more about the Travlers in Roux. email@example.com
Aww . . . thanks, Lisa! Thank you for your review too!!!Delete
Sounds like another great read.ReplyDelete
libbydodd at comcast dot netReplies
Hi Libby ~ There are some great adventures in A Roux of Revenge. Good luck!Delete
Sounds like a great series, I'd love to win a copy.ReplyDelete
Hi Rita ~ I hope you get to visit Snowflake soon! Best of luck!Delete
Interesting seriesReplyDelete
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I hope you get to read all about me (Miriam) too! Good luck!!!Delete
I am an open book. Raquel36m(at)gmail(dot)comReplyDeleteReplies
Hi Raquel ~ Thanks for stopping by. Good luck today!Delete
- AnonymousJuly 15, 2014 at 12:50 PM
That is a pretty strong opening - when will this be released?ReplyDelete
I've never had to hide but when we go over self defense techniques in karate, I realize how lucky I am to have never had the need to hide or defend myself.
Hi Jenne~Delete
I'm impressed! You know karate! A Roux of Revenge was released just this past April. Good luck today!
There are still some men who think it is the 1700's.ReplyDeleteReplies
LOL! Yes, how true! Their (collective) consciousness definitely needs to be raised! Good luck today!Delete
- AnonymousJuly 15, 2014 at 1:46 PM
Sounds like a fascinating read! I have lived a straight laced, and open life and have nothing from which to hide, but would love to read this series!ReplyDelete
I think you'd really enjoy all the adventures in the village. Best of luck!Delete
I loved this series and would love to read (win) this one!ReplyDelete
Hi Alicia ~ Thanks for stopping by today. Best of luck!Delete
Very interesting concept; not much is known about the Travelers, although some have shown up near where I have lived the last 20 years. Was there much info for you to draw on,or did you use creative license? Either way,I wish you the best of luck with it.ReplyDelete
Thank you, Tonette! There is a lot of information on the web, particularly for people searching for their roots. There are a few stops on my blog tour in April that deal with that subject. You can visit conniearchermysteries.com and find them on the blog page. Good luck!Delete
Secret pasts and soups , interesting combinations there. Sounds like fun!! Ronnalord(at)msn(dot)comReplyDeleteReplies
Hi Ronna ~ Nice to hear from you. Lots of secrets and mayhem in Snowflake! Good luck!Delete
- Dotty KelleyJuly 15, 2014 at 3:03 PM
I've been meaning to start this series. Thanks for the opportunity.ReplyDelete
dotkel50 at comcast dot netReplies
Hi Dotty ~ I hope you get to visit Snowflake soon. I'd think you'd really enjoy it. Best of luck!Delete
This makes me want to curl up in front of a fire (of course here in Texas that would be lay out in a lawn chair on the patio) with a mystery and a bowl of soup. I have to read this series!ReplyDelete
Thanks for the giveaway!
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- KarenMJuly 15, 2014 at 4:15 PM
I have two good friends who love soup - so I must "taste" this series and let them know about it too.ReplyDelete
Karen94066 at aol.comReplies
Hi Karen ~ Hope you enjoy a future visit to Snowflake! Best of luck!Delete
- Susie RJuly 15, 2014 at 5:56 PM
I love everyone in Snowflake!ReplyDeleteReplies
I have the first and third books. It's too warm to eat soup now, unless you're in the air conditioning, then a cup of soup and a sandwich would be good.ReplyDelete
Hi Michelle ~ A Broth of Betrayal takes place at the height of the summer, and there are some chilled soup recipes in there that are pretty good. Good luck today!Delete
what an intriguing and interesting idea for a story! email@example.com
Hi Joanne ~ Miriam's story is strange and fascinating. Thanks for stopping by!Delete
- Robyn KJuly 15, 2014 at 7:49 PM
This sounds wonderful. I could eat soup everyday. I've never had to hide thankfully. Thank you for this opportunity :) firstname.lastname@example.com
Hi Robyn ~ Needless to say, I love soup too! Thanks for stopping by today!Delete
I love soup!ReplyDelete
ElaineE246 at msn dot comReplies
Me too, Elaine! Thanks for stopping by and good luck!Delete
Poor Miriam and what a story! Of course she had to run away, but what will happen now? Thankfully I have never had to hide anything...but I do love soup!ReplyDeleteReplies
Hi Sharon ~ You can read all about Miriam in A Roux of Revenge ~ good luck!Delete
I once posed as my roomate to get rid of an annoying guy. Does that count?ReplyDeleteReplies
That's pretty funny! But a good one! Best of luck, Ana! Send your email if you can.Delete
This sounds like a very layered story. Love those types. Also would like to learn about cold soup.ReplyDeleteReplies
A Roux of Revenge has, I think, a very interesting plot, and hopefully lots of twists and turns. Best of luck! Send your email if you can, Antonette.Delete
No, I've never had to hide or assume another identity. Not unless you count taking a role / identity in a play or two :) . I'm not sure I'd be very successful at it. Don't guess I have snything in my past that would require hiding.ReplyDelete
Hi Donna ~ That's a good thing! Best of luck in the giveaway!Delete
Wow, sounds like a really great series!ReplyDelete
Oh, I hope you get to visit the village soon! Best of luck!Delete
I like this series, and already have the books! =)ReplyDeleteReplies
Hi Melissa ~ Great to hear from you! Checking last night's comments this morning. All the best and thanks again for your reviews!!!Delete
This is a series I've been wanting to pick up. I have the first book. They all sound so delightful, and I'm a soup lover. ;]ReplyDelete
brookeb811 at gmail dot comReplies
Hi Brooke ~ Great to hear from you! I hope you really enjoy your visit to Snowflake, VT!Delete
Good luck in the giveaway!
Thanks for a chance to win.ReplyDelete


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The main links are: Home, Property Listing, Buyers, Sellers,
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We're based and operate in Houston so try to tie in a theme image
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Read here. All indications are that Colledge is leaving. Apparently he will be signing with the Cardinals. Colledge was solid last year. He and the line came together nicely especially down the stretch. I also happen to think he's a decent person who fit well with the team despite often being the target of criticism.
That said, Colledge was not an All-Pro and another player should be able to slide in there without much problem. In fact, I'll take it a step further and note that with another guard in there our line may be better overall (especially in the running game).


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Residents of Luxor, a key tourist destination in Upper Egypt, are mobilizing against their newly appointed governor who hails from the same ultra-conservative religious group responsible for a terror attack that took the lives of of 62 people in the same city some 16 years ago.
On Sunday Egypt's president Mohammed Morsi appointed 17 new governors across Egypt, including eight Islamists, seven of whom belong to the president's Muslim Brotherhood party. But the most controversial appointment was the naming of Adel al-Khayat as governor of Luxor. Mr. Al-Khayat is a member of the Building and Development party, the political arm of Gamaa Islamiya, the group responsible for a 1997 attack at Luxor's Hatshepsut Temple, where 58 foreign tourists and four Egyptians were gunned down by six members of the movement.
On Wednesday, hundreds of Luxor residents took to the streets vowing to bar the new governor from entering his office. The Luxor area, which contains the historic temple of Karnak and the pharaonic tombs of the Valley of the Kings, depends heavily on tourism revenues.
"We've been protesting for three days now in front of the governorate's building. We've bolted the doors shut and many of us are currently blocking the city's main road in order to keep the new governor from entering his office," said Abu Bakr Fadel, a protest organizer, speaking from Luxor by telephone. Mr. Fadel said he wasn't swayed by Gamaa Islamiya's 2003 decision to renounce violence.
"We reject this governor completely because of his backward past. They have renounced violence since then, but what happened in 1997 is unforgettable," Mr. Fadel said.
Egypt's tourism minister Hisham Zaazou submitted his resignation on Wednesday in protest at Mr. Al-Khayat's appointment, but Prime Minister Hisham Kandil didn't accept it, according to state television.
Tourism workers, who say they're worried about their jobs and the preservation of Egypt's pharaonic heritage, joined the protests against Mr. Al-Khayat, vowing to remain in the streets until the new governor is removed.
"I can't trust this man to preserve my heritage when he comes from a group that believes our antiquities are blasphemous," said Hisham Desouky, the manager of Dream for Air Balloon Travels in Luxor.
"There were 50 tourists signed up to attend tours with our company and when this news came out on Sunday, everyone slowly started to cancel their trips. I am here protesting to preserve my heritage, and of course my job because tourism is our bread-earner," he added.
Since his appointment, Al-Khayat has appeared in several local media outlets denying his involvement in the 1997 attack and stressing his support for the tourism industry in Egypt, which has been badly hurt by the political turmoil that followed the toppling in February 2011 of former president Hosni Mubarak.
In his 30 years of rule, Mr. Mubarak put many members of Gamaa Islamiya and other Islamists behind bars for alleged terror plots and attempts to overthrow the government. As well as the attack on Hatshepsut Temple, Gamaa Islamiya was reponsible for a series of attacks on government institutions and Egypt's Christian minority during the Mubarak era.
But Gamaa Islamiya entered the political scene after the 2011 uprising, having renonced violence in 2003. Mr. Morsi has moved to ally his administration with ultra-conservative Islamists who oppose secular and liberal parties.
The appointment of Mr. Morsi's new governors comes ahead of June 30, when the president's moderate and secular opponents plan to take to the streets to demand his removal from office. Tension further escalated Tuesday between Islamists and secular protesters when at least 23 people were injured in anti-government protests in five different cities, according to state television. Saad al-Husseiny, the new Muslim Brotherhood governor of Kafr al-Sheikh province accused angry opposition protesters of setting fire to his car late Tuesday.
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The opposition to Mr. Morsi has repeatedly accused the president of monopolizing power by instilling his supporters and affiliates in every state institution.


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A winner was selected from 119 designs submitted by 27 freelance designers.
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This will be a clothing line, but is truly based on the Skinny Pigg lifestyle. Have fun, eat well, work hard, Pigg out and get Skinny!
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The When, How and Why about our very existence. This is how I would grade the two general schools of thought:
Theists Atheists/Science
When Wrong Evidence and Much Discovery
How Wrong Evidence and Much Discovery
Why God's Will No Explanation
Do you think science or atheism does, can and/or will ever answer Why? Must there even be a "reason" for the Universe.I do not think "to do good" is a necessarily a valid answer for atheists; why do good? It may be a valid answer for a theist. I feel the "why" questions undermines atheism because religion offers an (albeit, a ridiculous) answer. What are your thoughts on this matter?
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As others have discussed, there doesn't seem to be a long term answer to the Why question. I have a short term answer for my own actions though. I have and am raising children without the easy guidance that a bible provides, so I thought long and hard about what my principles were going to be, both for myself and my children.
I and my mate try to model good behavior for our kids. Why, because I want them to have good lives, and we believe that this will help them to become better citizens and make the world a better place. This is my Why, which I consider to be superior to a theists why because I consciously have to make this decision every day, every moment, without someone real or imagined looking over my shoulder.
These decisions inform my every move, and sometimes makes me kinda boring, and occasionally straight-laced. I have no absolution to look forward to, no easy out of "God made me do it". My actions, writings, and spoken thoughts stand for me to the outside world. As an atheist, I have to take full responsibility for everything I have control over. Can a theist say that?
Before I had kids, I acted this way as well, although more as a means of survival than anything else.
One last thing, I visited a church service a few years ago, and I did learn something there about forgiving myself. I don't have any real problem forgiving others, but forgiving myself was a real challenge. Built into much scripture is a lot of absolution for heinous crimes. I don't need that, but I appreciated the reminder.
I think that asking "why" is what we humans do, and probably one of the things that sets us apart from all other animals - as the scorpion said to the swan, "It's in my nature --"
How tall is anger? How happy is lust? What colour is schadenfreude? All perfectly reasonable questions.
I have Grapheme-color synesthesia, so I can tell you that schadenfreude is orange on the right, blending to yellow.
You're on your own for the other two :)
Not a nuisance at all - it wasn't until I was in my twenties that I realised everyone else didn't see colours for words, letters and numbers too. Mental arithmetic and remembering names are both much easier when you have a colour clue.
Although I have been known to say "what's that place in Italy that starts with a D. Oh yes, Venice!", and received some funny looks. But to me, both D and V are dark blue, although V is a little bit softer.
Curious - any idea how prevalent that is among the world's population?
Clearly you've spent your life with it, so it's normal for you, but if I were to suddenly go from here to there, I suspect I would need to make a great many adjustments in my thought processes. Fascinating --
One thing I noticed after working for several years with computer projective geometry and mapping, I got better with 3d visualizations.
As I got older, my dreams are now colored, and I have the occasional dream where I get to notice I am having a dream while in the dream state.
I was able to catch the transition point from dreaming and waking the other night once some part of me noticed a change in the visual field/minds eye just before I woke up. I was rather shocked, and weirded out.
Some of my dream content looks more like TV transmissions at times, with vivid colors, and text. I can't seem to tune yet! LOL
Some of my dreams have a sort of mimsy to them. One night I dreamed that wife and I were riding a bicycle without wheels, and I wanted to show off my new successful flying skill. Wife and I like our flying dreams, sadly we are never sharing the same dream while aware of each other. LOL
@Blaine - that's easy for YOU to say --
If I my righteous neighbor down the road (who has the bumper sticker about 'God is Number One') ever asks me about this "why" thing my only valid response would be "Two tickets to Jamaica, baby!"


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Arvest Bank supported the YWCA's 14th Annual Purple Sash Gala held at 6 p.m., June 17, at The Criterion in downtown Oklahoma City.
The elegant evening included dinner, live and silent auctions, and a New York-style fashion runway show.
During the event, victims of domestic violence or sexual assault shared their personal stories of escaping abuse and rebuilding their lives.
Arvest Bank supported the event by participating as a "Style Expert" sponsor with a corporate table and associates volunteered their time to the silent auction.
All proceeds from Purple Sash benefited the YWCA of Oklahoma City, the only certified shelter for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking in Oklahoma County.
The YWCA of Oklahoma City is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women and promoting peace, justice and dignity for all. According to the organization, nearly 3,000 women, children and men receive help through YWCA programs, including emergency shelter for battered women and children, counseling, support groups, child care, transitional housing, financial literacy and other services. For more information visit www.ywcaokc.org.*
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If you feel like your heart has broken, you're not alone. Just about everyone experiences the type of grief we call heartbreak at one time or another - and some people seem to have their hearts broken many times throughout their lives. Just think about all the songs you've heard on the radio about broken hearts! Of course, it's not really your heart but your feelings that are hurt.
Lots of things can cause heartbreak. Sometimes you might experience the pain of a romantic relationship that ends before you're ready. It might be because you love someone who doesn't feel the same way. Or maybe you've lost a friend or relative or someone else you care about. The causes may be different, but the feeling of loss is the same - whether it's the loss of something real or the loss of something you only hoped for. People describe heartbreak as a feeling of heaviness, emptiness, and sadness. Although poets have written about the pain of heartbreak for thousands of years, when it's happening to you, you may feel like no one else in the world has ever felt the same. Or maybe you feel like every sad song was written just for you and your situation!
If you're recovering from a broken heart, there are things you can do to lessen the pain. Here are some tips that might help: · Share your feelings. Sharing your feelings with someone you trust may help you to feel better. That could mean simply talking with a friend or family member. For some, letting the tears flow seems to help them heal faster. For others, simply hanging out together and doing things you normally enjoy, like seeing a movie or going to a concert, can be comforting. Somehow just being with someone who cares about you can make things feel a little better.
· Take good care of yourself. A broken heart can be very stressful. But don't let the rest of your body get broken, too. Get lots of sleep, eat healthy foods, and exercise regularly to minimize stress and depression and give your self esteem a boost.
· Remember what's good about you. Sometimes people with broken hearts start to blame themselves for what's happened. They may be really down on themselves, exaggerating their faults as though they did something to deserve the unhappiness they're experiencing. If you find this happening to you, nip it in the bud! Remind yourself of your good qualities, and if you can't think of them because your broken heart is clouding your view, get your friends to help you remember what's good about you.
· Keep yourself busy. Sometimes this is difficult when you're coping with sadness and grief, but it really helps. This is a great time to redecorate your room or try a new hobby. That doesn't mean you shouldn't think about what happened, it just means you should focus on other things, too.
· Give yourself time. It takes time for sadness to go away. Almost everyone thinks they won't feel normal again, but the human spirit is amazing - and the heart almost always does heal after a while. But how long will that take? That depends on what caused your heartbroken feeling - and on how you deal with loss and how quickly you tend to bounce back from things. Mending a broken heart can take from a couple of days to many weeks - and sometimes even months.
While we're at it, we might as well mention a few things that won't help. Like getting angry (or desperate) and trying to hurt yourself or someone else, drinking or taking drugs to feel better or become numb, or locking yourself up in a dark room. Sometimes, though, the sadness is so deep - or lasts so long - that a person may need some extra support to deal with a broken heart.
So, be patient with yourself - and let the healing begin.


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Subantarctic zone oceanography - SAZ Project 1997-1998Entry ID: ASAC_2256
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Abstract: Data were collected during the 1997-1998 austral summer on voyages by the Aurora Australis and Southern Surveyor.
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Oceanographic processes in the subantarctic region contribute crucially to the physical and biogeochemical aspects of the global climate system. To explore and quantify these contributions, the Antarctic Cooperative Research Centre ... (CRC) organised the SAZ Project, a multidisciplinary, multiship investigation carried out south of Australia in the austral summer of 1997-1998. Here we present a brief overview of the SAZ Project and some of its major results, as detailed in the 16 papers that follow in this special section.
The Southern Ocean plays an important role in the global oceanic overturning circulation and its influence on the carbon dioxide contents of the atmosphere. Deep waters upwelled to the surface are rich in nutrients and carbon dioxide. Air-sea interaction modifies the upwelled deep waters to form bottom, intermediate, and mode waters, which transport freshwater, oxygen, and carbon dioxide into the ocean interior. The overall effect on atmospheric carbon dioxide is a balance between outgassing from upwelled deep waters and uptake via both dissolution in newly formed waters (sometimes referred to as the solubility pump) and the transport of photosynthetically formed organic carbon to depth in settling particles (referred to as the biological pump). Determining the variations in the overturning circulation and the associated carbon fluxes in the past and their response to increased anthropogenic emissions of carbon dioxide in the future is essential to a full understanding of the controls on global climate. At present the upwelled nutrients are incompletely used. Low light in deep wind-mixed surface layers, lack of the micronutrient iron, and other factors restrict phtyoplankton production so that Southern Ocean surface waters represent the largest high-nutrient, low chlorophyll (HNLC) region in the world.
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Then we're going to add a single test file called JavaScriptTests.cs to our unit test project. In the class initialize we're going to setup the code that downloads our xml test index and parses out each test page's results
private static string _baseUrl = "http://localhost:8000/Test/"; private static IE _ie; [ClassInitialize] public static void ClassInit(TestContext context) { var xdoc = XDocument.Load(_baseUrl + "?notransform"); _ie = new IE(); _ie.ShowWindow(NativeMethods.WindowShowStyle.Hide); var resultsDoc = new XDocument(new XElement("Rows")); foreach (var testPage in xdoc.Descendants("Row")) { _ie.GoTo(_baseUrl + testPage.Descendants("TestPageUrl").First().Value); _ie.WaitForComplete(5); var results = _ie.ElementsWithTag("li").Filter(x => x.Parent.Id == "qunit-tests"); var xResults = from r in results select new XElement("Row", new XElement("name", GetTestName(r)), new XElement("result", r.ClassName), new XElement("summary", r.OuterText)); resultsDoc.Root.Add(xResults); } resultsDoc.Save("JavascriptTests.xml"); }
Quick summary, we load the xml index into a XDocument, parse each url, use Watin to load the page, and scrape out the result for each test on the page. This is all added to a separate XDocument and saved in the local test run folder as JavascriptTests.xml. This will be the dataset that gets passed into our data driven unit test and ends up looking something like this:
My First Tests_FullNameTest pass My First Tests: FullNameTest (0, 1, 1)Rerun full name built properlyExpected: "Nick Olson"
My First Tests_capitalizeTest pass My First Tests: capitalizeTest (0, 1, 1)Rerun capitalize worksExpected: "OLSON"
My Second Tests_FullNameTest pass My Second Tests: FullNameTest (0, 1, 1)Rerun full name built properlyExpected: "Brian Olson"
My Second Tests_FullNameFailTest fail My Second Tests: FullNameFailTest (1, 0, 1)Rerun full name built properlyExpected: "Brian Olson" Result: "Nick Olson" Diff: "Brian "Nick Olson"
This is the aggregated test results for both of our test pages. The last little bit is a simple data driven unit test that takes this xml file and basically just asserts on the result element of each Row in the xml document
[DataSource("Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.DataSource.XML", "|DataDirectory|\\JavascriptTests.xml", "Row", DataAccessMethod.Sequential), TestMethod] public void JavascriptTestRunner() { var testName = TestContext.DataRow["name"].ToString(); var testResult = TestContext.DataRow["result"].ToString(); var summary = TestContext.DataRow["summary"].ToString(); TestContext.WriteLine("Testing {0} - {1}", testName,testResult); if (testResult != "pass") Assert.Fail("{0} failed: {1}", testName,summary); }
That's it! You're all done. Now when you run your tests in Visual Studio, it will run all the C# unit tests, including your new data driven javascript test and aggregate all these into your normal Test Results window. If you looked at my sample code you may have noticed that I have a failing test in javascript. If I run my tests in Visual Studio you can it sitting, failed, next to some C# unit tests, but it only tells me my data driven test failed, no other info
But if we click on that test it will open up a detail window and give us the results for every record in the data set for that data driven test, which is a lot nicer
Double clicking on that will give us even more detail yet
So there you go, test in the browser, test in Visual Studio it's up to you. Generally I like to work on the html test page while I'm working and writing my tests and let the MSTest integration work for me on a build server or something else when the tests are run.
Here is the complete little sample app, JsTestComplete.zip


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We ought to connive at the faults of our friends, and all offenses are not to be ranked in the catalogue of crimes.
He apologizes for the liberties taken by satiric poets in general, and particularly by himself
He describes a certain journey of his from Rome to Brundusium with great pleasantry.
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He supposes himself to consult with Trebatius, whether he should desist from writing satires, or not.
Damasippus, in a conversation with Horace , proves this paradox of the Stoic philosophy, that most men are actually mad.
He ridicules the absurdity of one Catius, who placed the summit of human felicity in the culinary art.
In a humorous dialogue between Ulysses and Tiresias, he exposes those arts which the fortune hunters make use of, in order to be appointed the heirs of rich old men.
He sets the conveniences of a country retirement in opposition to the troubles of a life in town.
One of Horace's slaves, making use of that freedom which was allowed them at the Saturnalia, rates his master in a droll and severe manner.
There are some, whose genius invents nothing but new kinds of pastry. To waste one's care upon one thing, is by no means sufficient; just as if any person should use all his endeavors for this only, that the wine be not bad; quite careless what oil he pours upon his fish. If you set out Massic1 wine in fair weather, should there be any thing thick in it, it will be attenuated by the nocturnal air, and the smell unfriendly to the nerves will go off: but, if filtrated through linen, it will lose its entire flavor. He, who skillfully mixes the Surrentine. wine with Falernian lees, collects the sediment with a pigeon's egg: because the yelk sinks to the bottom, rolling down with it all the heterogeneous parts. You may rouse the jaded toper with roasted shrimps and African cockles; for lettuce after wine floats upon the soured stomach: by ham preferably, and by sausages, it craves to be restored to its appetite: nay, it will prefer every thing which is brought smoking hot from the nasty eating-houses. It is worth while to be acquainted with the two kinds of sauce. The simple consists of sweet oil; which it will be proper to mix with rich wine and pickle, but with no other pickle than that by which the Byzantine jar has been tainted. When this, mingled with shredded herbs, has boiled, and sprinkled with Corycian saffron, has stood, you shall over and above add what the pressed berry of the Venafran olive yields. The Tiburtian yield to the Picenian apples in juice, though they excel in look. The Venusian grape is proper for [preserving in] pots. The Albanian you had better harden in the smoke. I am found to be the first that served up this grape with apples in neat little side-plates, to be the first [likewise that served up] wine-lees and herring-brine, and white pepper finely mixed with black salt. It is an enormous fault to bestow three thousand sesterces on the fish-market, and then to cramp the roving fishes in a narrow dish. It causes a great nausea in the stomach, if even the slave touches the cup with greasy hands, while he licks up snacks, or if offensive grime has adhered to the ancient goblet. In trays, in mats, in sawdust, [that are so] cheap, what great expense can there be? But, if they are neglected, it is a heinous shame. What, should you sweep Mosaic pavements with a dirty broom made of palm, and throw Tyrian carpets over the unwashed furniture of your couch! forgetting, that by how much less care and expense these things are attended, so much the more justly may [the want of them] be censured, than of those things which can not be obtained but at the tables of the rich? Learned Catius, entreated by our friendship and the gods, remember to introduce me to an audience [with this great man], whenever you shall go to him. For, though by your memory you relate every thing to me, yet as a relater you can not delight me in so high a degree. Add to this the countenance and deportment of the man; whom you, happy in having seen, do not much regard, because it has been your lot: but I have no small solicitude, that I may approach the distant fountain-heads, and imbibe the precepts of [such] a blessed life.
1 Pliny advises, that all the best Campanian wines should be exposed night and day to the sun, moon, rain, and winds.
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Written by Kevin J. Anderson, Star Wars: The Jedi Academy Trilogy is made up of three books published by Bantam Spectra in 1994. They are Jedi Search, Dark Apprentice, and Champions of the Force.
The books tell the story of Luke Skywalker's attempt to resurrect the Jedi Order on Yavin 4, and his search for possible Jedi candidates.
There are several stories told throughout the three books. The main plot is that of Exar Kun's spirit attempting to turn Luke's trainee Jedi, he kills one of them and turns Kyp Durron who goes on a rampage with the Sun Crusher. The Jedi trainees eventually destroy Kun and Kyp is brought back to the light by his friend Han Solo.
The later novel I, Jedi is a retcon of much of the action at the Jedi academy, inserting Corran Horn into the storyline and smoothing out parts that do not conform to later continuity.
In the original outline for the Jedi Academy Trilogy Mon Mothma would have died as a result of her infection, but Lucasfilm ultimately rejected this idea.[1]
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As kids prepare to return to class, it's the parents who are gearing up for the shopping assignment.
Back-to-school shopping is one of the most significant shopping events all year, second only to the winter holiday season, according to the National Retail Federation.* Last year, total back-to-school spending was estimated to top $75 billion nationwide.
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Balancing saving for retirement and saving for your child's college can be tricky. Here are some tips to help you manage both at the same time.
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"Above all, start saving for both as soon as possible," said Donny Rogers, President of Arvest Bank Trust. "From the moment you get your first job to the moment you learn you're going to be a parent, set aside money and let it grow."
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"It's smart to focus on saving for college, but the reality is that there are a few other large expenses that require long-term budgeting," Rogers said. "If you plan on buying your teenager their first car or paying for a daughter's wedding, you need to factor those expenses into your budget so you segment your savings plans across the board. I always tell parents that it's fair to require some 'sweat equity' from their kids so they contribute to the expense of paying for a car or shouldering a portion of any student loans. There's no expectation that parents pay 100 percent of all of those expenses."
A 529 Plan offers a tax-free savings option for college that is specifically earmarked for post-secondary education. These state-specific plans have different rules of engagement but typically can be used to fund expenses from tuition to housing to other necessary items for school. Significant supplemental funding is also available in the form of academic, athletic and arts scholarships.
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While the previous few seasons had seen little go right, everything seemed to click for the Red Sox in 1995. Mo Vaughn had an MVP season and new addition Tim Wakefield led the rotation. The team's run of luck ended in the playoffs however, as the juggernaut Cleveland Indians quickly dispatched the Red Sox in the ALDS.
Record: 86-58, 1st in American League East
Manager: Kevin C. Kennedy
Attendance: 2,164,410
Postseason: Played in American League Division Series
The baseball strike, which began in August 1994, lingered through the first month of the 1995 season and the 1995 schedule was shortened to 144 games. On a belated Opening Day at Fenway Park on April 26, Aaron Sele threw a 9-0, two-hitter against the Twins. Due to the strike, only 12 exhibition games with the regular players took place before the start of the season.
With the rules regarding signings up in the air due to the ongoing strike, Dan Duquette had secured agreements with starting pitcher Kevin Appier, reliever John Wetteland and slugger Sammy Sosa in January, but these deals were nullified when the National Labor Relations Board intervened in the strike and re-established the pre-existing system.
Though they lost Appier, Wetteland and Sosa, Boston picked up two players who were reelased by their previous teams: outfielder Troy O'Leary and first baseman-turned-pitcher Tim Wakefield.
In Wakefield's third start, the knuckleballer tossed a 10-inning, complete game victory over Seattle at Fenway Park. By August 13, Wakefield's record stood at 14-1 and Boston was well on its way to winning the Eastern Division. From May 13 on, the Red Sox claimed sole possession of first place and eventually finished the year with a dramatically-improved record of 86-58.
Mo Vaughn hit 39 home runs and a league-leading 126 RBIs on his way to the AL MVP. Complementing the big first baseman was John Valentin, who collected 27 HRs, 102 RBIs and a .298 average. Wakefield led the team in wins and ERA (16-8, 2.95) and Erik Hanson went 15-5.
Under wild card playoff format, Boston faced Cleveland in the Division Series, a best-of-five round. Unfortunately the series was a short one and the Red Sox were swept at the hands of the powerful Indians. Fenway Park hosted just one post-season game in 1995.
In 1995 the club also established the Red Sox Hall of Fame. The inaugural class of Red Sox Hall of Famers included some of the biggest names in team history, while subsequent elections (held on a biennial basis) have recognized legendary players, coaches, executives and broadcasters who have called Fenway Park home.
In 1995, a re-measurement yielded a new, reduced distance from home plate to the base of the left-field foul pole. The new distance of 310 feet was five less than the previous official distance of 315 feet.
In addition, Boston Edison Company installed energy efficient lighting, heating, cooling and control systems throughout Fenway Park.
For the second year in a row, the Northeastern Huskies won the Baseball Beanpot at Fenway Park in April 1995.
|1995 Non-Red Sox Baseball At Fenway Park
|April 18
|Northeastern 5, Boston University 3 (Beanpot Semi-Finals)*
|April 18
|Boston College 12, Harvard 3 (Beanpot Semi-Finals)*
|April 20
|Northeastern 7, Boston College 3 (Beanpot Championship)*
|April 20
|Boston University 7, Harvard 1 (Beanpot Consolation)*
*Starting in 1990, Fenway Park has hosted the annual Baseball Beanpot, baseball's version of the longstanding Boston hockey tradition. Originally, the competition featured the same schools that battle for Hockey Beanpot: Boston College, Boston University, Northeastern University and Harvard University. However, when BU dropped their baseball program after the 1995 season, the University of Massachusetts took their place. The Baseball Beanpot has been held at Fenway Park every year since its inception except for in 2004 and 2010, when the tournament was played at Campanelli Stadium in Brockton, MA.