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Readers have lots more to say (lots more than I have to say on the subject, having been happily removed from this harrowing experience for eons):
Your statement that political opinions are fashion statements for women has clarified a few things for me. It has also cleared up why working in women only public sector PR offices - as I do - is like working in a one party state. It is not that they do not get other arguments. It is that they think other arguments are superfluous when placed against the need to fit in. It is social intelligence of a high order – or intellectual corruption depending how you look at it.
I remember becoming aware of this when a co-worker insisted on imposing Fairtrade coffee on the rest of the office. I attempted to get her into an argument about the merits of Fairtrade…bogus economics, unfair on other coffee farmers, tendentious reasoning etc etc. She was just puzzled that anyone would ever want to argue about it. There was a general consensus that it was a good and fashionable thing and the details are irrelevant.
In my college classes I've noticed that when I gain respect from women due to a performance in discussion respect it is generally proportional to the degree to which I have beaten other males rather than the strength of my actual points, whereas respect from my male peers has sometimes come from their recognition that I argued for a losing side brilliantly. However that never seems to impress the ladies very much.
Well, not the female readers of iSteve.com!
My experience in the undergraduate dating scene, such as it is, has been that Feynman's admonition against paying compliments to women is somewhat outmoded. He was writing at a time when chivalrous traditions in America were still relatively strong, everyone thought that the way to woo and wed was trhough whispering sweet nothings. Not to be melodramatic but today chivalry is dead or at least in a persistent vegetative state. What this means for the women in my social circle is that they almost never receive compliments from men. I noticed this and have found that when I do issue a compliment they are remarkably greatful. Obviously compliments alone don't do it, you have to show enough 'machismo' to be in the game, but their rarity has allowed compliments to regain a certain amount of value today. In sometimes competitive situations you have to operate by means of the law of reverse public opinion, if everyone is trying to attain a goal by one means, try to attain it through a different way. The path will be less crowded.
I have been doing my own research into dating, romance, seduction etc. and have come across a whole lot of material that backs up the be-a-jerk-and-the-women-will-flock-to-you theory. But even though most of my sources site this as a successful strategy, I think they are only half right and, more often than not, lead men to get things totally wrong.
My theory is that the reason bad boys get the girls is not that they are bad per sé, but that they are totally confident and have respect for themselves. I believe this is mostly because they are stupid and unreflective. Since they have no idea how worthless they are, they can act in the world with total self assuredness.
I think it is the confidence and self respect that women are attracted to, whether it is in bad boys, football stars, actors, presidents, tycoons, princes, or whatever.
If you tell an introspective nerd that he needs to be a bad boy to get the girl, Ithe plan will probably blow up in his face. I'd bet most women will easily see through this because all you've done is change what men see (i.e. the physical and tangible) and not what women see (i.e. that which is implied).
This could also be why when looking for a used motorcycle there tend to be a disproportionate number of nearly new Harleys for sale.
That letter from the woman whose single brother was into mountain biking and vintage tractors got me thinking ... in my experience, men who are involved in stereotypically male-oriented hobbies and activities don't seem to have any particular difficulty finding women. These would include things like sports, cars, outdoor recreation, and manual crafts such as woodworking. One could say, as a general rule, that women have no trouble with men involved in activities that don't normally interest women, so long as the activities are conventionally masculine, guy-stuff things.
There's a flip side to this, however. Women have a much harder time accepting men who are involved in interests or activities that appeal mostly to males yet at the same time are perceived as not fully masculine. Examples would include Star Trek, science fiction in general, Dungeons & Dragons and other role-playing games, certain video games (especially Warcraft and its ilk), Lord of the Rings and other forms of fantasy, and (somewhat paradoxically) military history and especially re-enactments. Given this, it should come as no surprise that the percentage of men who are single and unattached at, for example, a Star Trek convention is almost certainly going to be higher than the single and unattached percentage among a group of NFL season ticket holders.
Over the last million years or so, there has emerged a dichotomy between the Big Man, the leader of the hunting and war parties, and the Nerd, who makes the stone axes for the Big Man to use. I'm not sure that the evolution of female sexual desire has caught up with the fact that the tool-makers can make a lot of money these days.
"The way for women to put themselves more deeply in the guy stream is to take up golf."
My impression is that males are most fanatical about golf from their mid-20s through about age 40 -- i.e., prime marrying years for middle class white guys. Golfers tend to be closer to the Big Man than the Nerd pole, but not so much so that they are too masculine to be housebroken. So, they are good husband prospects, but you seldom see women much shy of menopause taking up golf as a way to put themselves around a lot of potential husbands.
If you have spent any time at these dating websites, some very interesting trends stand out which are a better reflection of who we are and what we think than the PC inflicted world we live in.
For example, white women with children are more likely to state their preference for a white man than white women with no children who usually do not specify the ethnicity in their preferences.
So dating non-white men is considered 'risky behavior' by white women when they have children! Overweight white women are more likely to be open to all ethnicities than average weight white women while really overweight white women usually put down black men or sometimes even hispanic men as their preferred mate. So Black men are more open to over weight white women than white men!
I am no social scientist but some very clear trends emerge from the preference section of these dating websites. Someone with more time needs to do some number crunching and figure out this data. It will be an interesting read.
Good idea. I'm not sure, however, that my wife would be as enthusiastic about my personally doing the research, so I will cede this opportunity to whichever of my readers is interested.
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Friday night when I did some late-nite browsing of the interwebs, instead of ending up buying something from Amazon, i followed a link from Boingboing and made a wish at Robinhoodfund - and asked for 10.000,- US$.
In case the wish is granted I'll split it up 50:50 to a) sponsor some promising bots coming to ROBOEXOTICA 2007 and b) for the first time provide prize-money to the winners of the Annual Cocktail Robot Awards.
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Wired (Again)
After two Wired-online articles during ROBOEXOTICA a month ago, Wired Magazine is now featuring a half-page in it's January issue: Drink Up, Human - highlighting four of the cocktailrobots that participated Dec 2006.
"... Technically, it's a contest – to win a Cocktail Robot Award. But how do you choose a pickup-line-spouting, booze-slinging metal torso over a flame-throwing bar on wheels? ..."
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I believe David Calkins still hasn't decided yet wether to call his robot Chapok or Chapek - after being introduced as Chapok last year, I took the bot's name to be a variation of the Czech writer's name Chapek, who first used the term robot in literature (early 20th century). But then I noticed David referencing to it as Chapek sometime during 2006 - and subsequently asked him before ROBOEXOTICA 2006 for the current correct name ... which was to be Chapek ... I thought! Because during ROBÖXOTICA David kept calling his cocktailrobot Chapok quite consistenly!
So ... whatever! Although Chapok/Chapek was struggling with technical difficulties again (speech module burned out after first night) he was performing well enough on the first evening to impress international press with his conversation skills (see Reuters-report) as well as his cocktail serving qualities, which kept working well all through the show.
Obviously standing out among the other cocktailrobots shown with his anthropomorphic looks Chapok encouraged people to react to him emotionally even when technical failure had rendered him silent - a phenomenon reported earlier by Tom Heike, whose Robofriend is also being talked to a lot.
Update: For a little Czech-lesson / background on the naming - go to Suicidebots!
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ROBÖXOTICA Coverage - Addendum
In the previous post listing ROBOEXOTICA media coverage I only linked to one of two (or so) Wired-posts - I, Robot Bartender.
So here is the other one from the Gear Factor category: The robot cocktail-servers of Vienna, which made it into my eternal top media quotes with this one:
"In America, the robots vacuum carpets and terrify pets. In Korea, they read books to children at bedtime. In Austria, they serve you drinks. Finally, someone gets their priorities right."
And here's the full text of the Reuters article, that made it around the globe:
12:22 08Dec06 -FEATURE-Cocktail robots mix mojitos in Vienna
By Karin Strohecker
VIENNA, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Staring with glowing red eyes at a young woman strolling by, bartender Chapok slowly extends his arm to offer her a gin and orange.
She takes the glass, murmurs a flustered "thank you" and walks away while the cocktail-mixing robot turns his attention back to a row of bottles.
"People are interacting, they are actually talking to my robot," smiles David Calkins, who teaches robotics at San Francisco State University.
"This is fantastic, exactly what I was hoping for."
Chapok is one of around 30 robots at Vienna's annual Roboexotica, which showcases how home-built machines deal with the modern pastime of hanging out in bars.
Robots were invited to demonstrate their skills in categories like mixing cocktails, serving drinks and snacks, bar conversation and smoking cigarettes and cigars.
"It's all about the flair, the atmosphere and the personality that a robot can have," said Magnus Wurzer, ducking a bunch of cocktail cherries launched by a robot in one corner of the hall to another holding a drink at the other end.
The cherries miss their target and hit onlookers.
"The robots shouldn't be efficient," Wurzer said. "They shouldn't behave like they were in a factory, they should be cultured and urbane."
In 1999, Wurzer, a 36-year-old robot lover and artist, helped launch the cocktail robot convention Roboexotica (www.roboexotica.com) in Vienna.
They are not trying to build commercially viable robots or gadgets that look like humans. Rather they aim to assemble machines that display a unique mechanical charm and personality.
Wurzer's favourites from years past include a robot that scrounged drinks from passers-by, and one that offered to light visitors' cigarettes but ending up smoking them itself.
Chapok, who resembles the tin man in the "Wizard of Oz", is one of the robots making a name for himself this year.
Wired to a row of bottles from which he mixes his drinks, Chapok is linked to a computer that provides him with a bar-room repartee not strong on subtlety.
"Hey you sweet thing, have you ever had a date with a robot?" he asks women customers.
"You want what? Order yourself a drink for a man, you girl!" is his way of warming up male customers.
Onlookers respond with laughter and astonished looks. "One of the reasons why people go to bars is to interact," said Calkins, trying to untangle the wires protruding from his robot. "And if you have a robot that talks to you and insults you ... you can be sure that people won't forget him.
"Of course I could build a robot that irons shirts or something and that would be just as difficult. But having a cocktail robot is just much more fun and even if your robot
doesn't work, you still have a party."
A few metres down the hall, Robert Martin is showing off Robomoji, a cupboard-sized machine with rattling chains and steel gears mixing its creator's favourite drink, a mojito.
"I just love to develop my robot, I have worked on it for the past four years and every year it goes a step further," said the 32-year-old German technician as he fixed the ice crusher.
"Next year I'll get the bit fixed where it stirs the drink and then puts in a straw."
((Editing by Robert Woodward; Vienna Newsroom +43 1 531 12 256))
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monochrom's Taugshow #9 (ROBÖXOTICA-special)
On Fri Dec 8th - during ROBOEXOTICA - part 9 of monochrom's talkshow Taugshow was taped at dietheater/Konzerthaus: download here!
There's a brilliant dialog with V. Vale, Krach the rocking Robot has an appearance, Kal Spelletich
burns tries to eat an american flag, sex-blogger Violet Blue gives an insight in her robotic spare-time activities and much more.
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Integration of Services "Demonstration Project" - Authorizes LEAs receiving funds under the formula program to consolidate funds they receive from Federal programs that provide education and related services and specifically serve Indians. Requires LEAs desiring to make use of the authority to submit consolidation plans to the Secretary, which must be approved or disapproved within 90 days. Requires the Secretary to submit an interim report to Congress on the status of the demonstration project within two years of enactment, and a final report within 5 years.
Indian Preference in Contracting - Expands the current requirement to give preference to Indian Tribes, Tribal organizations, and institutions of higher education for grants under the Special Programs and National Activities authorities to also apply to contracts and cooperative agreements.
In-Service Training for Teachers - Includes a separate authority for discretionary grants to provide professional development programs to teachers in schools with substantial numbers of Indian children. (Currently, professional development is an allowable activity under Special Programs.)
National - Requires the Secretary to submit a report to the Secretary of the Interior and to Congress that includes, among other things, results from any competitive grants, if awarded, to BIA schools under the gifted and talented authority.
Applicant/Grantee - Requires, as part of an LEA formula grant application, an assurance that the LEA will comply with any reporting requirements the Secretary may require to determine effectiveness in improving Indian students' educational achievement.
Grants to Local Educational Agencies - Formula grants to LEAs and BIA-supported schools based on the number of Indian children and the State's per-pupil expenditure for education. Grants go only to LEAs or BIA schools in which the number of Indian children is at least 10 or constitutes at least 25 percent of total enrollment. (However, LEAs in California, Alaska, and Oklahoma, and those located on or near reservations, are exempted from this requirement.) Each LEA receives at least $3,000.
Competitive Grants - Competitive grants to State and local educational agencies, Indian tribes and organizations, federally supported schools for Indians, and other entities. Currently funded activities include Demonstrations for early childhood projects and Professional Development (including the American Indian Teacher Corps and the American Indian Administrator Corps).
National Research, Data Collection, and Evaluation Activities - These activities are administered through competitions.
Authorized Programs - Consolidates six separate programs into one comprehensive grant program and adds a separate authorization for the Native Hawaiian Education Council. Consolidated programs include: the Native Hawaiian Family-Based Education Centers, the Native Hawaiian Curriculum Development, Teacher Training and Recruitment, the Native Hawaiian Gifted and Talented, the Native Hawaiian Higher Education the Native Hawaiian Special Education, and the Native Hawaiian Community-Based Education Learning Centers.
Native Hawaiian Education Council - Requires the Secretary to appoint members of the Native Hawaiian Education Council based on recommendations from the Native Hawaiian community. Under current law, various entities in Hawaii, such as the State Department of Education and the State Office of Hawaiian Affairs, make these appointments.
Native Hawaiian Education Council Grants - Permits the council to make direct grants to carry out its duties to coordinate the educational and related services and programs available to Native Hawaiians. Requires that, from the Native Hawaiian Education appropriation, the Council receive a minimum of $500,000 annually.
Requires the Education Council to submit annual reports on the Council's activities to the Secretary and Congress, as well as any other reports or recommendations issued by the Council. Requires the Secretary to submit a report to Congress within 4 years of enactment, which summarizes the annual reports, describes the allocation and use of funds, and makes recommendations for policy changes.
Competitive grants and contracts to eligible applicants.
Grantees may use up to 5 percent of funds for project administration.
Program Consolidation - Consolidates the three separate programs under current law into one program. Consolidated programs include: the Alaska Native Educational Planning, Curriculum Development, Teacher Training and Recruitment program, the Alaska Native Home Based Education for Preschool Children program, and the Alaska Native Student Enrichment program.
New Activities - Authorizes, among other new activities, the construction of vocational schools in rural areas. Also, requires annual grants of $1 million for cultural education programs operated by the Alaska Native Heritage Center and a cultural exchange program operated by the Alaska Humanities Forum. In addition, earmarks $1 million annually for parenting education activities and $2 million annually for dropout prevention programs. Finally, requires an Alaska Initiative for Community Engagement, which is not described in the law. [However, a similarly named activity received an earmark under FIE in 2001.]
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Competitive grants and contracts to eligible applicants (which include Alaska Native organizations, educational entities with experience in developing or operating Alaska Native programs or programs of instruction conducted in Alaska Native languages, cultural and community-based organizations, and other entities).
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|The view from our side porch, about 7 AM Thursday
This photo of our snowy landscape is for the folks who live far away and wonder what's happening in Christian County. If you live here, you should ignore this post! You already know that it snowed again and again this week. (Yes, two significant snows.)
The schools were in session for most of Monday, and that was the only day of school for the week. The school buses had a little trouble on the slick roads, Monday afternoon,. According to the Kentucky New Era, a bus went off Highway 800, somewhere near Crofton. A Christian County Schools spokesperson reported about a half-dozen other minor accidents. No one was hurt.
I've been pondering why our buses have trouble in ice and snow when, in some states, the school buses travel in ice and snow without incident, day after day. Part of the problem surely is that our drivers aren't experienced with such conditions. But some of the problem, I think, is the roads our buses travel. Even in good weather, narrow, winding, hilly backroads are challenging for a big vehicle. Taking a bus on those roads when they are slick with ice and snow is just asking for trouble.
In central Kansas where my brother lives, many of the rural roads are straight as an arrow. From the air, they must look like lines on a piece of graph paper. In Christian County, our backroads are like the C. W. McCall song, "Wolf Creek Pass".
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I'm exaggerating, but only to make my point.
I am so ready for spring. Next week, we are supposed to have much warmer temperatures -- in the low 60s on a couple of days. If we have a few days like that, the daffodils will start blooming.
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This industry, which includes large accounting firms and independent CPAs, had trended left in recent years, but got back to its conservative roots in the 2012 election cycle. In the 2010 cycle, Democrats picked 44 percent of donations from accountants in the 2010 cycle, but that dropped back to 36 percent two years later. A perennial concern for the industry is tax policy, which explains why most of the money from accountants traditionally has gone to lawmakers responsible for crafting tax legislation.
But in 2009, the industry was forced to shift its resources to focus on legislation dealing with the Great Recession. In 2010, President Barack Obama signed into law the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and ever since accountants have been lobbying on its implementation. Accountants also continue to lobby on the details of how the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 is applied.
The American Institute of CPAs, a key player in the industry, also supports congressional efforts to overhaul the tax strategy patents system, which allows applicants to get patents for techniques that minimize income tax and other expenses for the average taxpayer. The group has lobbied Congress to provide immunity from patent infringement liability for taxpayers and tax practitioners who mistakenly use patented methods.
Accountants spent nearly $15 million lobbying the federal government in 2013, with Big Four firms PricewaterhouseCoopers, Ernst & Young, KPMG and Deloitte among the top spenders. The Big Four also were the top contributors during the 2012 election cycle, contributing more than $10 million of the nearly $20 million total given by accountants in that year.
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Although one of them is still alive in the chase for the No. 3 playoff spot in District 5-3A, the Sweet-water High School base-ball and softball teams will both go to Snyder today as underdogs.The Lady Mustang soft-ball team (2-5) must not only defeat Snyder (4-3) at 5 p.m., but also hope Wylie upsets first-place Brownwood (7-0) in order to have a chance to ex-tend its season. Snyder and Brownwood have clinched playoff spots and Big Spring (3-5) will be the No. 3 team if Sweet-water and Wylie both lose or if Sweetwater wins but Wylie loses. Wins by both Wylie and Sweetwater, however, would create a three-way tie and force a mini-playoff to determine the final playoff berth.The SHS baseball team hopes to also play spoiler when the Mustangs (1-5 in district) take on Snyder (4-2) at 7 p.m. Snyder is assured of a playoff spot as either the No. 1, No. 2 or No. 3 team but currently trails Wylie (5-2) by a half-game and is two games behind Brownwood, the leader at 6-0. Brownwood goes to Wylie today and visits Snyder on Friday. Brownwood beat Sweet-water 13-6 last Friday. Tanner Crain drove in two runs for the Mustangs.


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Court Says Police Can Install Cameras On Your Property Without Warrant If Your Property Is A 'Field'
from the because-that-won't-be-abused dept
That's the ruling from Green Bay, Wisconsin, where the fight against the world's mildest drug (marijuana) is apparently worth twisting the 4th Amendment into a giant pretzel.
U.S. District Judge William Griesbach ruled that it was reasonable for Drug Enforcement Administration agents to enter rural property without permission -- and without a warrant -- to install multiple "covert digital surveillance cameras" in hopes of uncovering evidence that 30 to 40 marijuana plants were being grown.This is in response to the two defendants in the case seeking to have footage from said surveillance cameras thrown out in their court case on unreasonable search and seizure grounds. Judge Griesbach made this ruling on the recommendation of US Magistrate William Callahan, who based his position on a US Supreme Court Case ruling that open fields were not covered under the 4th Amendment and didn't require a warrant. Perhaps ironically, this ruling was made in 1984, a time when the prevalence and sophistication of such surveillance equipment wasn't what it is today.
Still, I'm struck by two problems in this ruling (and the previous Supreme Court ruling as well). First, the two defendants in this case had fences and signs up around their property that said "No Trespassing", so I'm not sure if the definition of "open field" fully applies here. Secondly, even if you argued that it did apply, how is this exception to the 4th Amendment not completely throwing the door wide open for abuse? What, after all, constitutes an "open field"? Is there a certain acreage criteria that needs to be met? A certain number of trees or shrubberies? Rabbit hole count?
And this doorway to abuse has been opened all because police didn't want to bother to get a search warrant to put video equipment on private property.


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Private Swarmed By Women Wanting Cut Of That Sweet E-2 Pay
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — A soldier was swarmed by gold-digging women wanting a piece of his lavish pay earlier today, sources confirmed.
"It was crazy," said Pvt. Darren Wright. "I tried to sneak off but a woman saw me and started screaming 'Money! Take care of my kids!' I tried to run but they were too fast."
Sources confirmed the moment Wright stepped off base he was surrounded by gorgeous women in a manner similar to a feeding frenzy. Fortunately, Wright was able to remember the warnings his first sergeant gave him and recognized what was happening.
"He told us there were tons of women who were going to use me to get a cut of my benefits. Most of them were planning on spermjacking me for child support. A bunch of them had to be terrorists looking for information. I knew exactly what was going on and was able to see through their tricks. I'm not stupid."
Wright was lucky to escape with his life, according to one senior defense official. As at least one PowerPoint presentation for annual STD awareness indicated, several of the women had deadly cases of syphilis.
"These types of attacks are pretty common," said Sgt. Dave Marshall of the Ft. Bragg Base Police. "Many soldiers let their guard down and end up married, poor bastards. A few years later their wives spring the trap and take everything in the divorce. Women are the devil."
In an unrelated story, generals at the Pentagon were hosting a meeting to understand why some consider military culture sexist.
Troops on border continue winning hearts and spades
NOGALES, Ariz. — U.S. service members deployed to the U.S.-Mexico border are winning Hearts at an unprecedented level, embedded journalists within the task force have learned.
The troops, who have been on the mission since October, have now won hundreds of Hearts — and Spades — one round at a time.
"We're trying to take the lessons we learned in Iraq and Afghanistan to heart," said Task Force Commander Col. James Fisher. "As Americans, we're used to holding all the aces. But sometimes you have to give up a trick to win the game."
Between their duties walking around, poking at concertina wire, checking for cell service, and talking about when the best time to get lunchtime chow is, service members taking part in Operation Faithful Patriot have won an estimated 987 games of hearts, 1,289 games of spades, 18 house of cards building competitions, and one half-hearted emergency game of Go Fish!
"Echo Company has always been the best at listening to locals, building alliances, and then taking their tricks," said Spc. Travis Keller, a light wheeled vehicle mechanic. "We used to play to 100, but at this point in the deployment, we're playing to 1,000."
While many pundits have publicly debated if the estimated 5,000 troops still mobilized to the border are a good use of government resources, the estimated 5,268 decks of playing cards have received so much attention and mentorship at the border that many are saying they'll be ready to take on the operation for themselves in the next three to six months.
"Even if we never have to stop migrants at the border, our troops' time will not be wasted," said Fisher. "Just today, I've seen some of our military police learn pip hearts, shoot the moon and even schwartz kartze. These are valuable fieldcraft skills our brave men and women will use in field exercise, National Training Center rotations, and future deployments."
Defense analysts are concerned that if the troops aren't deployed by Christmas, they'll be forced to turn to Bridge — long a weakness for ground troops, particularly combat engineers.
Caravan of strippers stopped at Mexican border by soldiers with engagement rings
TIJUANA, Mexico — A massive caravan of illegal strippers heading to the U.S.-Mexico border was stopped at the border by a deployment of U.S. soldiers with engagement rings, sources confirm today.
The strippers, most of whom were from South America, had joined the annual march to the U.S. border seeking asylum at one of the many strip clubs outside of 29 Palms. Most had been walking for months with little food, water, or shelter. The drastic conditions resulted in the perfect storm of losing a bit of weight, tightening up c-section scars, and weakened judgement, which made them the perfect target for a third marriage.
"We met them in a three to one ratio, so we knew that it was critical to engage them immediately," said Col. Todd Richardson, Task Force Lonely Patriot Commander. "Then they started throwing rocks. By our Rules of Engagement, that meant we could throw rocks back at them— and by that, I mean cubic zirconia."
"Tear gas? Oh, that's not tear gas," said Richardson. "They're crying because they're happy. This will be the best 3-6 months of their lives."
At last estimate, 30 percent of the strippers, which arrived just today, are pregnant with military dependents to be born in six months.
"It's hell out there," said Chaplain (Maj.) Bobby Weatherly. "I've never been under so much strain to pull together so many marriages so quickly. We're out womanned out there. I had to call in close pair support."
The troops have been stationed on the border since October to stop any illegal immigrants from entering the country. By the end of the month, 100 percent of the stripper caravan is expected to enter the country legally as military spouses and build their own businesses selling essential oils.
"This has been a glorious military exercise," said Richardson. "From the second they started throwing those rocks, I told the boys the penguins threw rocks as a sign of affection and that they were weapons free with those rings."
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Charles 'Wide Neck' McDowell leads USO Tour request voting
ARLINGTON, Va. — After weeks of neck-and-neck voting, Charles "Wide Neck" McDowell has pulled ahead of adult film actress Riley Reid as the most requested USO star for an upcoming international tour, sources confirmed today.
Service members from throughout the military placed more than 645,000 votes for McDowell and 320,000 for Reid this month following McDowell's fame after his mugshot went viral.
"This is the kind of guy that everyone has necks-level love for," commented Andrew Green, a specialist with the 82nd Airborne Division. "Soldiers across the world are coming together and neckworking to bring this god to bless our troops and potentially end racism."
Though the voting does play a large role for the USO in selecting and funding the star, many more factors come into play before booking can actually begin.
"We sent someone down to Charles' neck of the woods in Florida where he is currently training for his MMA debut. But despite his schedule he seemed interested, and we will discuss more necks week," said Robert Hales, booking agent for the USO.
Hales did show some hesitation about bringing McDowell along for the European and Middle East tour starting next March.
"I want to give the troops what they have requested, but they're in for a shock as soon as they see his neck is normal and his head is just tiny," he said.
Reid volunteered to go on the tour for free if McDowell decided to attend.
"No lie, wide neck, a go pro, and me could trade his 15 min of fame to 15 min of bliss," she tweeted.
Florida authorities have also voiced their full-throated support for McDowell to give back to the troops, offering to count it as community service and allowing him to travel internationally. Currently out on bail, McDowell has been capitalizing on his fame by appearing on MTV's show "Necks," singing in a feature of Ariana Grande's "Thank You, Necks" hit song, and swallowing watermelons whole for five dollars in Orlando. Hopes are Ol' Saint Neck could travel by Christmas.
Navy pranks Army with 17 years of sustained land-based combat just before Army-Navy game
PHILADELPHIA — Midshipmen carried on a long tradition of friendly hijinks just before their collegiate rivalry game by pranking Army with 17 years of sustained land-based combat to just "get in their heads" before the big game today.
"We thought, what if these guys who aren't old enough to drink figure out they've dedicated their futures to sprawling forever wars?" said Midshipman Michael Nelson, the senior leading the prank. "Who could mimic the tactics of war for screaming football fans? Once they hold the knowledge that blood and sacrifice will never accomplish the political ends we call victory, they'll never be able to focus on the game. Navy Wins! Dude, we pwned them good."
"Plus, after that thing with the Air Force Falcon, we didn't want to touch animals." added Nelson.
Nelson got the idea for the hilarious prank while making an Army-Navy rivalry video in his room in Bancroft Hall.
"We ran out of gay jokes, and I was thinking about getting stationed in Oahu with my hot first wife while West Point's players were going to be leading pointless presence patrols on a route called futility. That's when I realized that it was the perfect prank!" he said.
Darnell Woolfolk, West Point's starting running back, fell victim to the hijinks late Friday night when his roommate's sort of hot cousin called. Little did he know she was working for Team Navy and would subtly let him know that win or lose, he could look forward to multiple rotations in the same wars his father fought.
"I was really pumped up for the game." Said Woolfolk. "I was listening to Future and thinking about crushing Navy. Then I slowly started thinking about the sacrifices I was making for an American populace that grows further disconnected and disinterested in what we say we're fighting for. I immediately snuck into Washington Hall to eat spaghetti on ice cream from our special athlete refrigerators."
"It doesn't matter," Woolfolk added, staring into an existential void of multiple deployments, football-induced brain injuries, and strawberry ice cream. "None of it matters anymore."
As a battered copy of the 'The Quaker Guide to Gaining Conscientious Objector Status" circulated around the student section of Lincoln Financial Field, West Point's Corps of Cadets fought back in the healthy spirit of inter-service rivalry by reminding the Brigade of Midshipmen that soon, they'd be wearing an Army uniform and calling themselves "sand sailors" no matter how many aircraft carriers Congress to gave them.
The practical joke strategy worked so well that Navy plans to get in conference rival Tulane's head by reminding them about the crippling interest rate on student loan debt and the chances of finding job after graduation.
Army sniper unable to hit toilet bowl
ALL THE WAY! This Airborne Ranger refused to accept a blood transfusion from a leg!
FORT BENNING, Ga. – They say that when you become an airborne ranger, it's for life! This airborne ranger took it ALL THE WAY when he refused to accept a life-saving blood transfusion from a dirty, dirty leg, sources confirmed today. Hooah!
Army Spc. Ryan Collins, a graduate of the U.S. ARMY AIRBORNE SCHOOL, was so airborne! that when he took a bad landing, broke his leg, and started bleeding out, he motivated everyone around him by pulling out of consciousness long enough to say he'd only accept blood from an airborne-qualified soldier assigned to an airborne unit and receiving jump pay. No six jump chumps for this ranger!
"We wouldn't usually accept yelling 'Rangers lead the way' as an advanced medical directive," said Army doctor Lt. Col. Josh Malloy. "But woah, check out that motivation. He made me remember why I earned the tab."
Collins was last seen on his way to Martin Army Community Hospital begging his medics to let him die in his jump boots rather than set the broken bone. He passed out again in the front leaning rest.
General breaks jaw while talking out of both sides of mouth
WASHINGTON – Legislators, members of the press, and hearing attendees were stunned today when a general's jaw fell apart during testimony in front of the Senate Armed Services Committee after a career of talking out of both sides of his mouth.
The fracture came on the heels of the general saying, "We remain an agile fighting force ready to fight and win the nation's wars," moments after remarking that "the force is under-resourced, over-deployed, and suffering from low morale."
Sources close to the general suggest that this injury is not the result of an isolated moment but rather a career of wear and tear.
"He's been a people pleaser as long as I have known him," remarked one former aide-de-camp.
The general was only a few minutes into his prepared remarks when the injury occurred. Among the topics not yet addressed was the recent embarrassment of numerous service members involved in a nude photo phishing scam run by prison inmates.
"It's actually lucky his jaw fell apart when it did," remarked the general's current aide. "He was about to say, 'I continue to be nothing but inspired by the intelligence and integrity of our young soldiers every day,' right before announcing that he was mandating an Army-wide safety stand down to learn about the dangers of sexting."
The general expressed regret over the years of self-service that lead to his injury.
"I am ashamed of my years of pandering to whatever audience is in front of me and like a good soldier, I will fade away," the general said in a press release after the incident. "I plan to distance myself from my embarrassing past by posting weekly nonsensical leadership platitudes to LinkedIn."
Report: every warrant officer in the Army is still worthless
A comprehensive study released today of all motor pools, supply shops, and personnel stations in the Army concludes that every single warrant officer in the service remains totally and infuriatingly useless.
The main finding comes without great surprise, but a key observation has raised concerns that warrant officers may in fact waste resources and reduce readiness and morale.
"We're talking costs around paying and giving benefits to these officers, but we're also talking about the collateral damage of giving them any power or authority whatsoever," said Devin Wilson, lead author of the exhaustive 7,000-page RAND study.
Wilson points to measurable losses incurred when leaders break anything near them in a fit of rage at the dearth of utility they find in their warrant officers.
"The very existence of a warrant officer is fraud, waste, and abuse, according to our research," he added.
The study, "which of course excludes helicopter pilots, who are awesome," surveyed and observed every non-aviation warrant officer in the Army for a five-year period and concluded that the prototypical subject had the "smugness of a top-of-his-class West Point lieutenant combined with the laziness and apathy of a three-times-non-promoted staff NCO."
The report also indicated that a warrant officer's propensity to do anything helpful at all diminishes exponentially with each promotion.
DuffelBlog reached out to over 2,000 active Army warrant officers and their supervisors for comment, but only two responded.
"This isn't my job," a warrant officer said.
His supervisor stated simply, "I don't know what that guy does, and I don't want to ask because he's pretty terrible to talk to."
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Platoon Sergeant Claims 38 Soldiers On His Tax Return
Senator Heroically Saves Obsolete Program, 20,000 Coincidental Jobs In His State
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I've heard all this talk around the sports echo chamber (ESPN, sports radio) that since Geno fired his agent and was visibly dissapointed in the green room the first day of the draft, that this shows he is an individual that cannot be trusted with a leadership role as a QB. There was also an article on Profootball talk that he texted during initial meetings with teams, which I don't believe. http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/20 ... the-draft/
I just wanted to go on the record saying that I don't believe the hype and I think that the media and NFL front offices have unfairly judged Smith. There appears to be a double-standard. I'm not saying that anyone is "racist" per se, but it seems like he, and Cam Newton before him, have been unfairly labled as trouble-makers, poor leaders, and bad attidude guys (at least Cam, though, had cheating problems in college, which was a legitimate red flag). I think that it is good to look at this from a different perspective: think of the white QBs that were whiny primodannas prior to and during the draft that were concensus "great leaders" and "sure-fire number one picks" that teams clammored over. I'm thinking about John Elway, who demanded to be traded from Baltimore before meeting with anyone--if Geno thinks he's too good to be left in the end of the first round, isn't Elway's belief that he's too good for Baltimore also a sign of "poor leadership"? Think about Eli Manning, who thought he was too good to play for the Chargers and demanded to be traded--again, no "poor leadership" label on him by NFL front offices. Looking stickly at the numbers, Geno smoked both Elway and Eli in his college stats. I just think that we, as a society, judge black QBs more harshly and label them as bad-attitude players more quickly than we do black QBs.


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Inquiry-Guided Learning: New Directions for Teaching and Learning, Number 129
Inquiry-Guided Learning: New Directions for Teaching and Learning, Number 129
Mar 2012, Jossey-Bass
128 pages
Is inquiry-guided learning a universal answer for various teaching and learning ills in higher education?
With eight institutional case studies drawn from colleges and universities in English-speaking countries, this volume provides a clear description of inquiry-guided learning based on best practice. It also provides a window into the dynamics of undergraduate education reform using inquiry-guided learning, with a helpful final chapter that compares the eight institutions on key dimensions. This issue is a valuable resource for:
- Institutions attempting undergraduate reform through inquiry-guided learning
- Practitioners and scholars of inquiry-guided learning
- Instructors seeking good texts for courses on higher education administration
- Administrators seeking to understand and lead undergraduate education reform.
This is the 129th volume of this Jossey-Bass higher education series. New Directions for Teaching and Learning offers a comprehensive range of ideas and techniques for improving college teaching based on the experience of seasoned instructors and the latest findings of educational and psychological researchers.
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1. What Is Inquiry-Guided Learning? 5
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As a suite of teaching practices, inquiry-guided learning defies a simple prescription for practice. This chapter presents a variety of conceptual frameworks, models, and developmental rubrics, created by researchers and practitioners, as a necessary first stage of implementation.
2. Developing Inquiry-Guided Learning in a Research University in the United Kingdom 15
Philippa Levy
This chapter discusses central themes from a five-year institutional development program based on inquiry-guided learning that recur across the institutions represented in this volume.
3. Developing and Embedding Inquiry-Guided Learning Across an Institution 27
Martin Jenkins, Mick Healey
This chapter highlights the importance of developing conceptual frameworks for inquiry-guided learning as a necessary aspect of implementation.
4. Inquiry-Guided Learning in New Zealand: From an Appetizer to an Entrée 39
Billy O'Steen, Rachel Spronken-Smith
The chapter compares two approaches to inquiry-guided learning from a cross-institutional study in New Zealand.
5. Questions That Matter: Using Inquiry-Guided Faculty Development to Create an Inquiry-Guided Learning Curriculum 51
Lisa Carstens, Joyce Bernstein Howell
This chapter describes how an inquiry-driven faculty development process became a catalyst for curriculum reform using inquiry-guided learning.
6. Integrating Inquiry-Guided Learning Across the Curriculum: The Top 25 Project at Miami University 61
Beverley A. P. Taylor, Andrea I. Bakker, Marjorie Keeshan Nadler, Cecilia Shore, Beth Dietz-Uhler
This chapter describes a project initiated by the university's president to transform high enrollment classes using inquiry-guided learning.
7. Marymount University: Inquiry-Guided Learning as a Catalyst for Change 71
Carolyn Oxenford, Liane Summerfield, Michael Schuchert
This chapter describes the creation, implementation, and assessment of a systematic, campus-wide program of inquiry-guided learning.
8. The Power of Inquiry as a Way of Learning in Undergraduate Education at a Large Research University 81
Debra A. Fowler, Pamela R. Matthews, Jane F. Schielack, Robert C. Webb, X. Ben Wu
This chapter describes the process Texas A&M University used to introduce inquiry experiences earlier on in the undergraduate curriculum.
9. Lessons Learned: The McMaster Inquiry Story from Innovation to Institutionalization 93
Carl Cuneo, Del Harnish, Dale Roy, Susan Vajoczki
This chapter analyzes the enablers and challenges to institutionalization of inquiry-guided learning at McMaster University, a pioneer in the uses of inquiry as a way of learning.
10. Opportunities and Challenges in Institutionalizing Inquiry-Guided Learning in Colleges and Universities 105
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This summary chapter compares the eight institutional case studies in the volume on key dimensions to highlight the dynamics of undergraduate reform through inquiry-guided learning.


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Kinsley has been busy this past month posting his favorite pictures from his travels and the Central Coast on Facebook. Many suggested that he put together a calendar so… he did!
The 2013 Central Coast California wall calendar features breathtaking photographs of kiteboarding, paragliding and nature around San Luis Obispo and Monterey Counties taken by XBA's Kinsley ThomasWong
Presented in an 11" x 8.5" format, the 12-month calendar showcases the beauty of McWay Falls/Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park, the North Coast, Cayucos Hills, Morro Bay, Montana De Oro, Pirate's Cove Hill in Avila Beach, Shell Beach, and Oceano/Pismo Beach. Cost is $20 with all proceeds benefiting Kinsley and family. Quantities are limited. Calendars are available at http://xtremebigair.com/Central-Coast-C ... P1424.aspx
Happy Holidays!
Mark your calendars for the 11th Annual Pismo Beach Kite and SUP Expo. Fundraiser dinner April 11, Demos April 12-14, bonfire BBQ Sat April 13.


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It simply doesn't do to feed the romantic, ubuntu-loving, sitting-under-a-baobab notions my continent fellows in the diaspora sometimes to have, but it's hard not to wax poetic about Africa's ever-evolving popular culture. I'm from an Anglophone country, so I'm cut off from a lot of the Zouk and Coupe Decale stuff in Cote D'Ivoire and Senegal; I'm circa early '90s on Congolese music; and Angolan hip-hop sometimes bypasses me. Kenya, Ghana, and South Africa are within my orbit, and it's just wonderful being able to see so much of what's cool outside my little cave. Everybody watches – sometimes with equal parts admiration and derision – Nigerian movies. Nigerian singers often go to South Africa to make music videos. Stars from across Africa make songs together.
Music has become the most meritocratic thing in modern Africa.
With all this cross-pollination necessary to make such a huge part of popular culture, it can be said that, in terms of popular culture, the continent is looking more and more like a country. What's cool easily becomes nationalized, then maybe regionalized, and, if the song is particularly cool, even loved across the continent, like Tu-Face's "African Queen" or Brenda Fassie's "Vulundlela" all those years ago. And there's the collaborations. Wyre (Kenya) and M.I. (Nigeria) did a song together. So did Dama Do Bling (Mozambique) and Sasha (Nigeria). And Fally Ipupa (Nigeria) and J. Martins (DRC). According to MTV Base, P-Square (Nigeria) and Tear Gas (South Africa) are planning a collaboration as well. Then Nigeria's superstar Tu-Face performs with a South African band during the 2010 MAMA awards (Yes, this list is heavy on Nigeria, but that's really is where some of the most popular artists continent-wide come from). Everyone cheers, and there really is no reason why we should not. If it's good music, you dance to it. If it's a good movie, you watch it. After all, Van Vicker is not less handsome because he's Ghanaian, nor are P-Square's abs any less defined for the fact of their Nigerianness. All are equal before the eyes of young, cable-having, cell-phone-using, internet-surfing Africans across the continent.
If preceeding times were marked with dogged territorialism, the drawing of cultural boundaries in bright-colored chalk that very often led to varying degrees of conflict, we could be so lucky as to see the signs of inching towards a new way of seeing Africa. It has been interesting to see identity with the continent become a changeable entity, a coat one can slip on when Ghana qualifies for the second round of the World Cup, or off, when one hears about something stupid someone's president did. The territorialism is still there, but more interesting is the willingness to erase the chalklines and adopt the larger, more inclusive identity of Africa. We could quibble with this and wonder if this necessarily a good thing, but I think the presence of this duality should be welcomed.
It is, of course, too early to say definitively what kind of change, if any, that the evolution of a larer African youth culture would bring, but the emergence of the culture itself speaks volumes. Even though the music is mostly derivative of hip-hop, it has ushered in one of the few things in which people look towards their own languages and environment for inspiration. The importance of this cannot be overstated in an Africa where, for the longest time, people have been looking abroad for inspiration, education, livelihood. As this popular culture evolves, it will worth noting the new ways in which the dynamic of this evolution changes, the role of major countries like Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa in this popular culture. If their pop culture influence increases, and thus the popularity and visibility of these countries, would it affect the countries at all politically? What would change? What would not? Why?
Having a window into what young people across the continent are into does a lot more good than simply exposing people to some singers or rappers they may not have heard of before. Even more than improving the quality of music produced on the continent, what has become obvious to me is that Western countries aren't the only ones that need a more complete image of Africa; Africans do as well. From my perch in Lagos, there is something about watching Channel O spotlight nightlife in Luanda, watching MTV to see a rap video from Gabon, or checking out the dresses at a red carpet event for an award show in Cape Town that normalizes people in a way that knowing about HIV rates, political upheavals or development indices cannot.
– Saratu Abiola is a Lagos-based blogger who blogs at Method is Madness.


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Orcrist was the weapon of the king of Durin's folk Thorin Oakenshield from Tolkien's novel, The Hobbit. The only description of it is in the above mentioned book, that it had a fancy scabbard and a jeweled hilt.
In Sindarin Orcrist is said to mean "Goblin Cleaver", (Goblin being a synonym for Orc used mainly in The Hobbit). Goblins called the blade Biter. Many of the famed weapons in Tolkien's stories had names, such as Glamdring, Narsil and Sting (see chart below). It was crafted by the Elves, who not only made it a valuable weapon, also a feared one, particularly among traditional enemies of the Elves: Orcs and other evil creatures of Middle-earth. Like Glamdring and Sting, the blade could detect the presence of Orcs and warn its bearer by glowing blue.
As the "mate" to King Turgon's sword Glamdring, Orcrist was likely borne by a high ranking lord in the King's entourage. Ten possibilities present themselves: Maeglin, Tuor, Ecthelion of the Fountain, Penlod, Egalmoth, Salgant, Duilin, Galdor, Rog, and Glorfindel. Since Maeglin presumably still had his father's sword, Anguirel, it was not his. Duilin bore a bow, while Galdor carried a club and Rog a mace. Tuor seems to have come to Gondolin after Glamdring had been forged (see Unfinished Tales), and if this was the mate it should have been forged before his arrival as well. In any case, Tuor bore an axe, not a sword. Glorfindel died outside of the city; Ecthelion perished in Gondolin as he slew Gothmog, Lord of Balrogs. Because he is the only one of the four lords mentioned in the Silmarillion that seem possible, the most accepted assumption is that Orcrist belonged to Ecthelion, but this is never stated explicitly in any of Tolkien's writings. The other remaining ones, Penlod, Eglamoth, and Salgant, are also possible, though none are mentioned in the Silmarillion and are only found in the Fall of Gondolin.
In The Hobbit, Thorin is mortally wounded at the Battle of Five Armies. After his death Orcrist is placed upon Thorin's tomb and that it "gleamed ever in the dark if foes approached" (The Hobbit Chapter 18, "The Return Journey").
|Weapons of Middle-earth
|Aeglos · Andúril · Anglachel · Angrist · Anguirel · Aranrúth · Belthronding · Black Arrow · Bow of Bregor · Daggers of Westernesse · Dagmor · Dailir · Dramborleg · Durin's Axe · Glamdring · Grond · Gúthwinë · Gurthang · Herugrim · Morgul-knife · Narsil · Orcrist · Red Arrow · Ringil · Sting


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Talk:JTAG & OpenOCD for LS-Pro
From NAS-Central Buffalo - The Linkstation Wiki
bbradley: just times out, I've found that you don't have to modify the source, you can use "arm7_9 dbgrq <enable|disable>"
[5:08pm] davy_gravy: ohhh... that makes sense...
[5:09pm] bbradley: apparently if the box is totally bricked (i.e. empty/totally corrupt flash) it won't halt enabled but when it has something there it won't halt with it disabled
[5:09pm] davy_gravy: exactly
[5:10pm] MoonMake1 left the chat room. ("Leaving.")
[5:10pm] • davy_gravy is going to think about that & maybe add it to the directions/HowTo


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NEW YORK — After several minutes of fiddling with the combination lock, the safe cracker pronounced it was ready.
For the first time in years, an old-fashioned safe linked to suffragette Susan B. Anthony was pried open Tuesday in the Manhattan office of the National Council of Women of the United States, an organization that Anthony helped found.
The heavy black safe, which had a rusted metal combination dial, had been sitting unopened in the office of Mary Singletary, the council's president.
Officials at the University of Rochester's Susan B. Anthony Center for Women's Leadership hired a locksmith to open it. A pioneering leader of the women's rights movement who fought hard for the right to vote, Anthony died in 1906.
Yellowed tax documents were among the papers pulled from the safe, including a certificate of corporation from 1931 and a building lease from the 1990s. The safe also contained a box of photographs of suffragist murals that were featured at the Chicago World's Fair in 1932.
Also inside were envelopes stamped in 1999, indicating that the safe had been opened far more recently than the council expected. But that didn't dampen the enthusiasm among the women who had gathered to see its contents.
Wearing white gloves, Catherine Cerulli, director of the Anthony Center for Women's Leadership at the University of Rochester, pulled out a box containing a replica of the Susan B. Anthony gavel that was given to Anthony at the first International Council of Women in 1888. The replica was made by the Smithsonian Collection.
"I think that in some way, the safe is a metaphor," Cerulli said. "It's an opportunity to remind people that we still have a long way to go for women's rights."
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Kids get more sleep with later school start time
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Francis removes 2 cardinals from Cabinet over abuse
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U.N. chief again appeals for compromise on climate


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I'm not saying anything about who's gonna win. Im just gonna watch the game. And oh by the way, here is something for you guys to read.
Quick H20 update which I collected from ESPN's online site:
SKINNY: Houston is scrimmaging Saturday and if the knee responds well he may play Sunday, the New Jersey Star Ledger reports.


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Welcome to Indian Vegetarian Kitchen!
February 5, 2010
Milagu Kuzhambu
Milagu Kuzhambu-a spicy gravy made by boiling tamarind extract with fresh ground spices is usually had with rice and ghee. When it rains, I can't think of a better main course meal than this one! Here's Milagu Kozhambu recipe coming straight from my Amma's kitchen.
Tamarind-Medium lime size ball
Sambar powder-1/2 tsp(optional)
Hing-1/4 tsp
Rice flour paste-Mix 1.5 tsp of rice flour in some water to make a thick paste(optional)
Grated Jaggery-1/2 tsp
To roast in 1/2 tsp oil until golden brown:
Urud Dal-2 tsp
Channa Dal-2 tsp
Red chillis-2
Curry leaves-a few(about 8)
Whole pepper-1 tsp
Mustard seeds-1 tsp
Curry leaves-a few
Oil-1/2 tsp
Soak tamarind in 1 cup warm water.
Roast the spices. Cool and grind into a smooth paste adding some water.
Extract 2.5 cups of tamarind water. Discard the tamarind. Add salt, hing, sambar powder, 1 cup water and boil for 12-15 minutes.
Add the ground spice paste and continue boiling for another 10 minutes.
If the mixture is not thick enough, add rice flour paste and stir continuously for a minute.
Add jaggery and stir.
Season with mustard seeds and curry leaves.
Serve hot with rice and ghee.
29 comments:
Nice spicy milagu kuzhambu!!.. looks very goood:)ReplyDelete
This Milagu Kuzhambu is very good for health.
Melagu kolambu cant be any better, beautiful click!ReplyDelete
That sounds good enough to bookmark :)ReplyDelete
Love this Kuzhambu for the pepper in them. Great treat with appalam.ReplyDelete
i love this kulambu...nice picture....deliciousReplyDelete
Very spicy and mouth-watering milagu kuzhambu:)would be great with steamed white rice....ReplyDelete
Good appetiser and pucca dishReplyDelete
Yummy spicy.My mom makes it while we have cold/running nose.ReplyDelete
looks delicious..and i love tangy and spicy :)ReplyDelete
Delicious milagu kuzhambu, never tried adding rice flour..just love with sutta appalam..ReplyDelete
Drooling here love it with rice.ReplyDelete
i love this..i usually make a huge batch as it gets better with time,,ReplyDelete
love this tangy, spicy and delicious gravy!ReplyDelete
Looks absolutely wonderful, I need a bowl of that right now. We are being dumped with whole lotta snow this Winter! :PReplyDelete
Have a great weekend.
Mouth watering!! Perfect for chilly weather!ReplyDelete
Love milagu kuzhambu!!, very good for health, lovely click mahimaa, I try to make at least once in a monthReplyDelete
It is a bliss to have in rainy day! tasty one!ReplyDelete
I too make a similar one but no sambar powder in it,i always love this to take with hot rice and ghee :)ReplyDelete
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Spicy and yummy kuzhambu... Healthy one...ReplyDelete
Looks very spicy and tasty, perfect for a cold afternoon... Slurrp slurrp!!!ReplyDelete
Never tried kuzhambu still..I m sure it will be definitely yummyReplyDelete
perfect for the rough winter we are having here. Love this kuzhambu.ReplyDelete
This is the perfect tthing for the weather we are having . I've not added jaggery before must try that the next time.ReplyDelete
Spicy and yummy kuzhambu...ReplyDelete
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Kuzhambu looks spicy and yum, perfect for cold evenings ! Great picture as usual...ReplyDelete
Looks spicy and yummy! goes with rice right ? Then must try!ReplyDelete


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The men that made the list are Tanzanian architect David Adjaye, South African singer Johnathan Butler, Zimbabwean co-founder and CEO of The Africa Channel James Makawa, Malian filmmaker Manthia Diawara, and Nigerian computer scientist Philip Emeagwali.
Urban publications are realizing the excellence of Africans as VIBE magazine also highlighted popular blog, NAIJARULES.COM. Ebony in Africa list moved me to do one of my own....
Here's my list that some of you may or may not like:
1. Nigerian bloggers have made a significant impact in conveying a positive outlet of how the world perceives Africa as a whole. Disagree, take a look at my blogroll.
2. The blogger who wrote THIS LIST! Everything on that list echoes the mindset of Nigerians.
3. It took a scandal for THIS DAY JOURNALIST Nduka Obaigbena to get noticed.
5. Each and every one of THESE FOLKS including Sade, Ayo, and Seal.
6. The creative minds behind NAIJALIVE.NET!
If you would have made a list of notable Africans and their significant contributions, who would have made the list and why?


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Tall & Green:
Typology for a Sustainable Urban Future
3rd- 5th March, 2008
Grand Hyatt Hotel, Dubai
With 954 people from 43 countries in attendance to witness over 100 presentations from the world's experts in all disciplines of tall buildings – as well as engage in building technical tours, the accompanying exhibition and numerous social-networking events – this was, without a shadow of a doubt, the Council's most successful congress in its 40-year history. The 40 page post congress review publication celebrates some of the best moments of the 8th World Congress. Included are a two hour video highlights DVD and Congress Proceedings CD with all 102 speaker papers.
Congress overview.
More information / order a copy.
Presentations, Speakers, Videos & Technical Papers
There were over 100 presentations over 3 simultaneous tracks during the two days, from some of the world's most renowned speakers. Speakers included: H.E. Mohamed Ali Alabbar, William F. Baker, H.E. Hussain Nasser Lootah, Peter Wynne Rees, Leslie E. Robertson, Ken Yeang and many, many more.


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Lindstrom died Feb. 11 at Foothill Presbyterian Hospital in Glendora of complications related to surgery, his family said.
When changing times -- and disruptive subway construction -- forced Fowler Brothers to close in 1994, it was the oldest family-owned bookstore in the city and, at 106 years old, a downtown institution. Lindstrom had first worked there in 1943, when he was 15.
"He loved Fowler Brothers like a person and mourned its closure," said his son, Siegfried, who recalled that his father used to slip away from their South Pasadena home to spend Sunday afternoons at the cozy shop.
Begun as a "Church and Sunday School Supply House," the downtown bookstore moved five times and was "cherished by politicians, movie stars and lesser mortals for fine novels, good pens and expert advice," The Times reported when the store closed. It had been on 7th Street since 1975.
One devoted customer was author Ray Bradbury, who met his future wife, a Fowler's salesclerk, at the shop in 1946 when she mistook him for a shoplifter.
"Every single person there was top quality," Bradbury told The Times in 1994. "They all had high IQs and knew their own subject. There are not that many bookstores left where you are going to get that kind of service or that kind of intellect."
A customer registry first signed in 1919 reflects a famous clientele. It includes signatures of composer John Philip Sousa, who scrawled notes from "Stars and Stripes Forever" next to his name; author Zane Grey "of Avalon, Calif."; aviator Charles Lindbergh; and actor Douglas Fairbanks. Later signatures included then-Gov. Earl Warren and presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy.
The bookstore also was known for its tangential link to a Hollywood scandal. The night before film director William Desmond Taylor was found murdered in 1922, he had visited Fowler Brothers. Actress Mabel Normand, a friend of Taylor and one-time suspect in the murder, also visited the bookstore that night. The case was never solved.
Siegfried Francis Lindstrom was born Dec. 15, 1927, in Pasadena. An only child, he lived with his mother, Ruth Fowler Lindstrom, in his grandparents' South Pasadena home after his parents divorced.
In 1951, Lindstrom earned a bachelor's degree in political science at Occidental College and joined the Navy. During the Korean War, he served on the heavy cruiser Los Angeles.
Three years later, he joined the family business that survived the onslaught of chain bookstores when many independents did not. The "safeguard," Lindstrom once said, was its stationery business, which accounted for 75% of sales.
After his uncle, Ward Fowler, died in 1967, the store was officially Lindstrom's alone to run.
"He was always remarkably comfortable with who he was," his son said. "He was an enthusiastic person. He'd wake me up in the morning and play marching band music on the stereo."
The bookseller had little interest in fiction, preferring to read political and historical nonfiction, particularly about U.S. presidents and vice presidents.
In addition to son Siegfried Fowler of San Francisco, Lindstrom is survived by his wife of 51 years, Margaret; and son John William of Alhambra.
Services will be at 2:30 p.m. March 6 at Calvary Presbyterian Church, 1050 Fremont Ave., South Pasadena.


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If there's one thing missing from the conversation about women in tech, it's men. Wait, did we hear that right?
A crowd of 250 — nearly all women — filled the auditorium at 1871 on Wednesday night for "Women in Tech: The Male Perspective" to hear 1871 CEO Howard Tullman, Orbitz CTO Roger Liew, Harvey Nash CEO Bob Miano and Chicago Tech Academy High School executive director Matt Hancock.
"People were surprised that we would have an all-male panel at a women's event," said Leslie Vickrey, co-founder of event host ARA, a mentorship network for women in IT. She is also the founder and CEO of ClearEdge Marketing. "The men who we selected have a strong voice on the behalf of women and they're trying to help them grow their careers."
Since men usually make hiring decisions, Vickrey said, it's important for women to understand them and consider them as mentors. In fact, men outnumber women in nearly all tech roles, regardless of level. Women hold just over one-quarter of American computer or math jobs, according to a 2013 survey by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The panelists fielded questions from moderator Sandee Kastrul, president and co-founder of i.c. stars, a non-profit that prepares inner city adults for careers in technology, and from the crowd. Kastrul says women are "good at setting the table for everybody else to sup." She hoped the event would encourage them to claim their own seats.
Many attendees said they appreciated the opportunity for discourse on a frustrating and controversial subject, but the panel reflected efforts from men who are committed to supporting women in tech — that is, men who aren't necessarily the problem.
The crowd offered mixed reactions. Guest speaker and City of Chicago chief innovation officer Brenna Berman, sitting in the audience later, noted several times that panelists were giving answers that didn't fit the questions. That's not uncommon on panels, perhaps, but underlined the inherent issues of having men answer questions most relevant to women.
"It would've been helpful to have men and women address the question at the same time to see those differences," Berman said. "I don't know that they heard the questions the same way the women in the audience did."
One example was a question on changing the way people praise men for being workaholics, while deriding women for the same.
Liew said Orbitz emphasizes results, not how much time goes into them, and encourages a 40-hour work week. "I think that is a great thing for us because it doesn't force people to drop out," Liew said.
Miano said he believes the women in his company work harder than men in terms of hours and effort. Hancock said hours don't equal success and that quality is the most important factor. Tullman mentioned Wikiwork, the idea that work is no longer place or time restricted so that results are free of such constraints.
None got at the heart of the original question, which was about the way driven workers are perceived, depending on their gender.
Some audience members appreciated the disagreement that arose when Tullman suggested design roles would be better entry points for women than development. Kastrul fired back, "It sounds like you're saying that the path for women in IT is a softer path." Tullman said, no, it's just that he believes "deep geeky stuff" is over.
Liew and Miano were quick to chime in, saying there's not only demand for coding skills but that telling women to take "shortcuts" into the industry is dangerous advice.
As the panel wrapped up, Hancock said, "I'd like to encourage everybody to take the risk of showing up as who you are."
That message resonated with Deb Krupinski, an executive director of business operations at WMS Gaming, who attended the event on behalf of a women's networking group at her office. She believed the panel's insights were valuable but that those speaking didn't represent the average perspective.
"I would love to have...someone that was so different from their perspectives," Krupinski said. "Someone who didn't embrace the diversity of women or the uniqueness of women because I think that's more, unfortunately, the norm."
Like Berman, some believed a female presence would have accomplished even more.
"You want to see in the panel the contrast between the men's interpretation and the women's interpretation of the same thing," said Jean-Marc Reynauld, a data scientist at Thoughtworks.


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How To Bring MRCP ASR Provider To InService State
From DocWiki
How To Bring MRCP ASR Provider To InService State]
|Problem Summary
|MRCP ASR Provider not coming to InService state.
|Error Message
|MRCP ASR Provider in Unknown or OOS state.
|Possible Cause
|MRCP ASR Server HostName/IP Address and Port should be proper.
|Recommended Action
|Configure MRCP ASR Provider-Server-Dialog Group and once done visit the MRCP ASR Provider page and call 'refresh' on configured provider.
|Release 8.0(1)
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