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When I first heard Fox was remaking "Broadchurch", I immediately had my back up. The series rightfully touted as "Britain's biggest new drama since 'Downton Abbey'" lived up to all of its expectations, and then some. Could Fox really do the same with "Gracepoint"?
Well, if its goal was to make a carbon copy, then job well done. Because the premiere of "Gracepoint" -- and much of the second episode -- was virtually identical to that of "Broadchurch." With the exception of the cast (excluding David Tennant, who stars in both series), the characters' names and the decision to run 10 episodes versus the original's eight, it was frame-for-frame, the same.
Fox is promoting the 10 episodes as a "mystery event series," and it definitely is. The show focuses on the death of a boy, which is quickly upped to a murder investigation. And with a small town like "Gracepoint," not only does everybody know everybody, but it also makes everyone a suspect as well.
But just because you've seen "Broadchurch" doesn't mean you shouldn't, or don't have to, watch "Gracepoint." With its stellar cast, from Tennant and Anna Gunn, to Michael Peña, Jacki Weaver and Nick Nolte, the acting certainly isn't a problem. Neither is the writing. In fact, there aren't really problems, per se; rather, it's the similarities so eerily interchangeable that detract from the show's effectiveness. But hopefully it won't distract from the series' success.
Now, that being said, if you haven't seen "Broadchurch", all the better for you. But if you have, then you'll be wondering what I have been wondering with each new episode: Is there a point? Do I already know the killer in the town of Gracepoint since I already know the killer lurking in Broadchurch?
Kevin Zegers, who plays "Gracepoint'"s lazy journalist Owen Burke, shook his head emphatically when I posed that very question a few months back when he was in town for Shaw Media's upfront.
"The show is quite a bit different than "Broadchurch". Clearly we have a different ending. And you'll see as the show progresses, it veers away [from "Broadchurch"]. We also have two more hours so there's time and space to introduce some different things and you see the story grow from what "Broadchurch" was."
Tennant, who plays Carver on "Gracepoint" and Hardy on "Broadchurch," told media during a recent conference call that it's not weird telling the same story again because he's doing it in "a whole new set of circumstances, surrounded by completely different actors, and at times telling completely different parts of the story."
He added that there are some characters in "Gracepoint" that didn't exist on "Broadchurch", telling media during a recent conference call, "It didn't really feel like a repetition; it just felt like you were telling a story that was familiar, but there were enough differences."
Let me reiterate, I'm not saying don't watch it.
On the contrary, it's still fantastic, gripping television. You will care just as much about the Solanos as you did the Latimers. For all you parents out there, you might identify with mom Beth (Virginia Kull), whose heart you can feel breaking, or Mark (Peña), whose anger seems to nearly bubble over, or both. You will want young Danny's murder solved. And every time you think you know who did it, the series will throw a curve ball and will baffle you.
"Gracepoint" will grab you, but in a subtle way that is a nice change of pace from the typical beat-over-the-head style many shows are like nowadays. The plot is solid, smart and will have you guessing until the very end. Hopefully. But I'm still side-eyeing the "Gracepoint" character modelled after Broadchurch's killer.
"Gracepoint" premieres Thursday, October 2 at 9 p.m. ET on Global and Fox.

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After the first milestone I started implementing the network using socket.io. The plan was to just copy most of the client side code and remove the unnecessary parts like graphics and input but this did not turn out as I was hoping.
I quickly realized that I used stuff like Three.js vectors and 3d matrices for the paddle movement. So most of yesterday I spent on changing all that to use the PhysicsJS vectors instead and to use 2d transformations which is faster and which I then moved back to the client.
I created two networkmanagers for both the client and the server: LobbyManager and NetworkSession. Even though the game will not feature a traditional lobby, but instead just place you in the first game available and fill the non-player spots with AI opponents, I still need something that manages all the games, how many spots are available in each game and what players are in what game. This is the responsibility of the LobbyManager on the server side. On the client it just creates a socket and connects to the server. Then when it receives an id for which game it was assigned to it starts the GameManager.
The NetworkSession classes are in charge (to some extent) of the communication between the server and the client in-game. They have functions for sending data to all players in a game or just a specific socket. In other network games I have worked on I usually have a networkmanager which is in charge of sending and receiving all network traffic in which other parts of the game adds data to a queue which will be sent. However socket.io is more event-based: you register for a callback on a certain message and execution of that function is then left to the framework and will be done asynchronously. This has led me to do some stuff that at first look quite bad but as the game takes shape seems like a good solution. For example on client disconnect I have registered two callbacks: one in LobbyManager which removes the socket from all lists and one in Player which resets the player to an AI entity. Another example is player movement for which I register and send only in Player. I have not implemented enough code yet to decide if this will work though.
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Hi there! Here we are again in this 20–part series exploring the equine head from anatomical, evolutionary, and artistic perspectives. We've covered a slew of ideas so far and have come full circle to biological matters, curious things to ponder about this magnificent animal. For instance, it may seem like overkill to have considered the equine head in such detail, but we should come to understand that every tiny feature is there in a specific configuration for a biological reason. Nothing is superfluous about the equine head, nothing is specious—everything is there for a critical purpose. So let's wrap up this examination with some additional ideas to ponder…
Equidæ enjoyed a long run and developed into a diverse and numerous genus, a real stand–out in the grand scheme of evolution. Few families are as lushly populated as this one! Equidæ also enjoyed a relative goodly degree of plasticity and experimentation with diversity. For example, what were once considered different prehistoric species may actually have been natural variation within a single species much like how a Clydesdale and Arabian are both Equus caballus. That said, the modern horse has relatively little plasticity insofar as strong alterations to phenotype such as that of the dog since his structure is so specialized by his evolutionary biology. Indeed, there's relatively little fudge–factor in his blueprint in order for him to remain viable. What's more, people like to use the horse for sport or recreation, and they're expensive to keep further dampening the profound extremes we see in the dog such as with the bulldog or pug. For example, the Miniature Horse is still built closer to a typical horse than a pomeranian is to a wolf.
Even so, no lineage is invincible when it comes to extinction. The fossil record tells the tale: Originally the Perissodactyla were the most plentiful and diverse hooved animals on the planet, filling a multitude of niches and exploding into a dizzying array of forms. Then the evolution of Artiodactyla boomed to replace the Perissodactyla as the dominant hooved animal. Even today the Artiodactyla are more plentiful than the Perissodactyla, with most wild equids rare today or facing extinction such as many asses, hemonids, many zebras, and the Takh. Ultimately, it's believed that climate change, and perhaps also disease and human predation, drove Equidæ to extinction in North America, and nearly so in Eurasia. Today, only sixteen (or seventeen if we count the Takh as a separate species) of Perissodactyla exist: Equidæ (seven living species, all of which are believed to have diverged from a common ancestor about 4-5 million years ago), Rhinocerotidæ, (five living species), and Tapiridæ (four living species). Now compare that to the estimated 172 existing species of Artiodactyls!
How poignant that of the multitudes of animals thought to be descended from Hyracotherium, so few have survived to the present day that Perissodactyla is considered to have one of the highest extinction rates among mammals. Truly, to think we almost lost the horse completely is a sobering reminder. In fact, the species was in such peril that, quite possibly, he might very well have gone extinct if not for domestication. Yet even in this respect, Equidæ is unique among domestic animals, not only having a long continuous evolutionary history before domestication, but also because Equus caballus was essentially pre–formed before domestication unlike most other domestic animals which became shaped by later breeding criteria. Not the horse, though—he came "as is" for the most part. Even today, he's still very much basically the same as when he was first domesticated, relatively speaking. That's to say, there's a huge change between a wolf and a chihuahua, but not so much between modern Equus and those who were first domesticated. Indeed, the species can turn feral very quickly and successfully, still being so close to the wild. Yet the animal also has an unprecedented degree of genetic diversity for a domestic animal, something quite unusual, suggesting that domestication took place over a long time deriving from many herds over wide regional areas. This also suggests that the genus as a whole was relatively tameable and trainable, hallmarks of the species even today.
We also should remember that the equine is utterly unique in the animal kingdom. This is a large herbivore with a big sloshing gut who can run at high speed for long distances with uncommon agility and nimbleness. He's also intelligent, expressive, brave, friendly, and trainable, and is capable of trust and willingness. No other in the entire animal kingdom can come anywhere close to those combined traits and abilities. He's also very old! When we look at a horse, we're looking at a 55 million year old creature. And to think how this animal is so taken for granted in everyday life! There's so much to appreciate about this animal, so much to celebrate.
What Does It All Mean?
We also should remember that the equine is utterly unique in the animal kingdom. This is a large herbivore with a big sloshing gut who can run at high speed for long distances with uncommon agility and nimbleness. He's also intelligent, expressive, brave, friendly, and trainable, and is capable of trust and willingness. No other in the entire animal kingdom can come anywhere close to those combined traits and abilities. He's also very old! When we look at a horse, we're looking at a 55 million year old creature. And to think how this animal is so taken for granted in everyday life! There's so much to appreciate about this animal, so much to celebrate.
What Does It All Mean?
So what's the point of all this for gosh sakes? Why discuss the head in such depth? Is all this backstory really that important for us to know? How is knowing any of this useful for actually sculpting a head? Is it really that relevant to art?
His biological history gifts us with perspective, and perspective is the foundation of an informed creative philosophy. So the question really is—why would we need such perspective?
For many reasons, actually. For starters, this animal is deeply entrenched in domestication's framework, bringing with it all the problematic ideas that come with it. As artists working within realism then, the influences of domestication are never far from our decisions. They'll impact the saleability of our work, our reputations, and how well our work is regarded in direct, powerful ways. So if we're unable to objectively weigh those influences, not only do we risk validating visuals that may run counter to our convictions, but we lose control of how we want to frame our work, of our Voice. Indeed, to accept arbitrary ideals of perfection is a risky proposition at best, especially when we don't understand their biological context. Yet we have a unique opportunity—we can circumvent these distractions to portray our subject in deeper ways that celebrate his evolutionary past and "biologic." Truly, only when we gain perspective do we become empowered, allowing us to defend our work from a biological basis. And, ultimately, being informed lets us delve deeper into our own artistic motivations, giving us introspective moments that renew our commitment to this noble creature. It becomes rewarding, too, to design our sculpted heads in ways that are confident and factually–based since we know we're doing right by this animal, and that adds a deeper dimension to our creative experience. Speaking of which, only recently has science started unlocking objective, empirical data regarding this animal. As such, it's alarming just how much conventional notions were alarmingly wrong, calling into question many of the ideals from years past to present day. Unless we have perspective then, we're simply going to parrot these outmoded ideas and compromise the credibility of our work.
The story of his head also reveals that the horse is far more than our own capricious whims, especially when it comes our art. As such, regarding his cranial blueprint as engineered by nature as nonnegotiable parameters is a smart tactic. The thing is, our notions about a head's beauty may not actually synch with biological limitations and, therefore, don't promote his well–being. Only being grounded in cranial biology teases out what's harmful because without an evolutionary perspective, it's alarmingly easy to be seduced by rhetoric which is pervasive and pressuring, especially when it comes to art. Ultimately then, perspective gives us the ability to finally accept that equine head structure isn't a matter of our taste, but one first of function.
Perspective also deepens our appreciation for this amazing animal by illustrating just how unlikely is the horse. This implausible and archaic animal is a living relic from the ancient past, representing a direct line 55 million years old. Even more, he's just one surviving remnant of Perissodactyla and the last living genus of a previously enormous and diverse lineage now gone. And this long journey could have ended quite differently—we have Equus today thanks purely to chance! He's a living time capsule, a priceless treasure from the past, and we only have temporary guardianship of this animal far older and more complete than us.
That in mind, we also shouldn't forget that evolution is an on–going process. Equus hopefully has countless millennia ahead of him, bringing into question many modern standards that appear to ignore biological reality, placing this precious Perissodactyla lineage in a precarious position. It's exactly here where the greatest caveats lurk for artists since the equine head is too often targeted for "improvement" based on aesthetics or fashion. Yet the equine head is something produced by millions of years of environmental pressures, honed to a pinnacle of mechanical efficiency—and long before our mercurial notions of beauty came to be. So stepping back to view it from an evolutionary standpoint lets us see the entirely of his biological history in all its complex glory. Undeniably, the horse's head is an ancient, unique prize from prehistory, singular in all the animal kingdom. Splendidly perfected by nature, it's the epitome of biological grace and economy. It's beautiful exactly the way it was produced by evolution—why mess with perfection? Our question then becomes whether or not we should advocate for his biologic or instead for prevailing fads?
In turn, we should recognize that many breeds have a great deal of pressure to conform to an ideal of head type. Yet these ideals are often distorted by the typical human sentiment of "more is better," of exaggeration as improvement, and only in art do these trends become unnaturally amplified. Sometimes, too, head type is influenced by off–type fashion such as Arabian–like heads on Quarter Horses or Iberians, or Saddlebred–like heads on Morgans. What do we want to validate in our work? That's an important issue to ponder because it compels us to keep learning, questioning, and reevaluating. In fact, sculpting accurate, accountable heads encourages us to remain continual learners, to keep forging ahead with our proactive education, and that benefits the rest of our efforts in untold, unpredictable ways. When we grasp that we're beholden to something bigger when we sculpt our heads, we also gain more humility and receptiveness, and that endows our efforts with more profundity.
Nonetheless, the answers to these issues are up to us. We cannot deny that if we weight biological function over aesthetics, or promote foundation archetypes we may be going against the grain, and that impacts how our work is received. Are we willing to accept that? Yet it can also be said we can be advocates for our subject, promoting those features that lend themselves to his well–being and functional authenticity of breed type. And in order to defend our work, biological and historical context gives us a rock to stand on, a means to more objectively justify our creative choices. This lends more authority to our work, and who can argue with that? As "keepers of the grail," we can champion this animal against the continual onslaught of misinformation and mercurial fads, some of which are spurious and deleterious. We can speak for something that cannot defend itself, and speak in a language that's clear and immune to that which is fickle, impulsive, or wayward. So what do we want to say with our work? It's a question worth considering.
Conclusion To Part 19
Extinction is a part of life, integral to the system of natural experimentation and pruning of the great tree of life. And lucky for us, this genus has survived eons of circumstantial culling to become the exquisite example of bioengineering he is today. How fortunate we are to be able to celebrate this ancient creature!
Our work has several layers of meaning to us, and as we work we may perhaps discover more. And shouldn't biological understanding be one of them? When we grasp the full importance of his biological history we can truly shape our clay in ways that pay homage to this wondrous creature, realistically and responsibly. More still, we gain insights to create with more technical accuracy, improving the realism of our work. Truly, knowing the whys of his structure means we're even more motivated to get things right, and that spurs progress. Absolutely, part of being a good equine artist means being both good researchers and good learners, and part of that entails the whys of his anatomy. We can take nothing for granted. So until next time…come up to speed with his evolution for a deeper understanding of his course today!
"You evolve not by seeking to go elsewhere but by paying attention to, and embracing, what's in front of you."
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Mahmud writes: "The Master left the Keynon Hotel in Salt Lake City to continue His journey to California. He spoke on various subjects. The following are some of His words:
The Cause of God is penetrating. It will encompass the whole world. Now as I observe the wilderness of America, I see it full of Bahá'ís. Formerly, when we asserted in the East that international peace and unity of nations was a necessity, the people laughed at us. Now behold the congresses of peace that have come into existence. The law of God is the panacea for all ills because it is in accordance with the needs of the realities of creation. Legislators have devoted considerable discussion to this point. The most distinguished of them concluded that the laws must be derived from the necessary relations inherent in the reality of things. But the divine Manifestation asserted that to institute such laws is beyond human capacity, for human intelligence cannot encompass the realities of things, nor can it comprehend the essential relationships of such realities. Therefore, divine law is necessary, as it embraces the realities and penetrates all things.
Today the Master was in the best of health and happiness. In spite of all the hardships of the long journey, He was as charmingly fresh as a flower. With unmitigated joy He mentioned the Blessed Beauty, Bahá'u'lláh.
In the afternoon He spoke about spiritual education and intellectual training:
Peter was devoid of all schooling and so untrained that he could not remember the days of the week. He would tie up seven loaves of bread and open one each day. When he opened the seventh parcel he would know that it was the seventh day and that he had to go to the synagogue. However, under Christ his spiritual education was such that he became the cause of the enlightenment of the world. Indeed, what holy beings are raised up under the shadow of the Word of God!
I remember once in Tihrán when I was a child, I was sitting by Áqá Siyyid Yahyá Vahíd when Mírzá `Alíy-i-Sayyáh came in wearing the táj and carrying the rod of a dervish and with his bare feet covered with mud. Someone asked him where he was coming from. He replied that he had come from the fortress of Máh-Kú, from the august presence of the Báb. Vahíd arose immediately and threw himself at the feet of Sayyáh, and with tears streaming down his face he rubbed his beard on Sayyáh's feet saying, `He has come from the court of the Beloved.' Although Vahíd was a renowned and illustrious person, still he was humble before the servants of the Threshold of God.
Among the interesting things we saw along the way were the wooden covers over the railroad tracks. For a distance of some 50 miles deep passes are snow bound during the entire winter and become impassable for the trains. Now, owing to these covers, the difficulties are removed and the train can pass easily through the area. In English, these covers are called snow sheds. The history of California records that in olden times many people became snowbound and perished in these parts. One example is the the Donner party, the story of whose demise is very sad."
It is great to think of the Master as full of joy and optimism. That He could visualize the future should come as no surprise--but that He sees and expresses it in the "wilderness" (instead of populated areas) is interesting, indeed. It's as if the travel led to the expansion of His thoughts, the freeing of His mind. The train trip continues westward--no doubt those who await Him are increasingly excited!


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This meeting can follow on from individual meetings or be on a separate day. The Mediator takes both parties through a carefully planned dialogue which is designed to help them reach a joint understanding of the issues and to look at a range of options for resolution. No one is pressed into any outcome by the Mediator or by the other party; this understanding is vital. The outcome is decided by the participants- and as it's an informal process, they choose what if anything is documented.
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CRPF returns to guard men building roads where Maoist ambush killed 12 troopers
The Chhattisgarh government believes that the under-construction Injiram-Bheji road in Bastar will break the back of Maoists in the region.india Updated: Apr 05, 2017 10:46 IST
If Maoists hate something as much as security forces and their informers, it is roads that bring people in uniform to their doorstep. Security personnel know this and are cautious, yet Maoists in Chhattisgarh served a chilling reminder of their strike capabilities on March 11 — killing 12 CRPF troopers as well as stalling work on a crucial road.
Around 9.10am that Saturday, Maoists ambushed troopers of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) road opening party (ROP) in Bastar region's Sukma, one of the worst left wing extremism-affected districts in India.
This is the single largest casualty the ROP has suffered in Chhattisgarh. The troopers killed were guarding road construction work on the Injiram-Bheji stretch inside Bastar. This is the road that Chhattisgarh government believes will break the back of Maoists in the region.
"Security forces will move with ease in the area after this road is built and this is troubling the Maoists. We are entering their core through this road," said DM Awasthi, special director general of police (anti-Maoist operations).
Awasthi added, "This road will be in main area of Maoists, which could spell the end for them, while providing connectivity to many villages and bringing development."
After the ambush on the road stretch, the CRPF licked its wounds in private, before sending ROP troopers back on the road 10 days later. Work resumed.
"Road to poora banega aur hum hi banvayienge… chahe dus nahin, bees shaheed ho jayen (The road will be built and we will build it… even if 20 are martyred)," said CRPF assistant sub-inspector Pawan Kumar. He led a ROP team to the ambush site to ensure work on the road resumed.
The Injiram-Bheji road is a 20-km stretch the Chhattisgarh government is keen on completing. The road connects Bheji village, considered a Maoist turf, to National Highway 30. "Maoists are attacking us in frustration. Inka jungle raaj khatam karna hai iss road ko banaake (we have to end their lawless reign by building this road)," said Kumar, casting his eye across bushes in the radius of 100m to 500m from the construction site.
Most of his colleagues are not to be seen. Kumar knows they are in the bushes, keeping an eye on each and every movement.
Kumar has constable Syed Yusuf for company. Yusuf said, "Nothing can stop us now. This road will be built." He insisted the death of his ROP colleagues would not be in vain.
Roads in Chhattisgarh's Maoist hotbeds are never built without the protective cover provided by the ROP. Over the years, the state government has built around 300km of roads crisscrossing Bastar's Maoist hotbeds with ROP support.
According to Awasthi, an average of three to four security personnel are killed in a month and about a dozen injured in providing security to under construction or constructed roads in Bastar.
Around 120 ROP troopers are protecting the Injiram-Bheji road. Awasthi said around 5,000 security personnel are on duty across Bastar and among them are more than 30 ROPs.
The CRPF's ROPs are drawn from among the force and a switch to search teams is made depending on operational assessment.
The Injiram-Bheji ambush has forced a strategy rethink. "We have changed our strategy and the situation is under control. The construction work restarted within 10 days, which is commendable," said Awasthi.
CRPF troops are stationed in four camps in the area. The road will be the game changer, giving security forces swift access to remote locations and aid combing operations. Maoists know this and Injiram-Bheji will remain on their radar. Authorities expect work on the road to be completed in about a year.
Of the 20 km stretch, the state's public works department built 7 km four years ago before abandoning work because no contractor was willing to take up the project. Now, Chhattisgarh Police Housing Corporation Limited (CPHCL) has taken charge of the work. "A local contractor has dared to start the work," said a young CPHCL engineer at the ambush site.
To prevent Maoists from digging up the road to plant landmines, the CPHCL is making the stretch a concrete cement (CC) one instead of a damur (tar) one. "A CC road is costlier than a damur road but it is more difficult to dig. We know that Maoists will want to plant bombs," said the engineer.
Contractor Pramod, who has taken up the road work, told HT, "I know I am on the hit list of Maoists, but the situation will change after the road is built." Getting work done, however, is not easy. "No one wants to come here and work. I have more than 200 staff here and all of them are from Uttar Pradesh. I have to pay them more than the usual rate," Pramod added.
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Holiday Gift Guide: For The Homebody
One thing I've figured out about myself over the last couple of years is that I'm definitely a homebody... and proud of it. I'm perfectly content to stay in and rarely have as good a time anywhere else. Lucky for me, I happen to have a lot of like-minded friends that I get to buy holiday gifts for.
The perfect picks for the homebodies in your life? A beautiful linen robe to lounge around in (this one from h&m home makes a big impact but won't break the bank... picking up two would be a great gift for your couple friends), a tasty coffee blend and fun home accessories. I kind of obsessed with everything from this 31 bits rainbow range. It's a new to me brand but practical and affordable. I have my friend Natalie's blog to thank for the introduction!
Something else I'm asking for (and probably gifting) this year are spices. We're severely lacking in the spice department on our island and I've been dreaming of flavorful curries lately. You could either go all out and give a friend a the entire set or pick out a few useful spices and attach a favorite recipe for a thoughtful gift. Whatever you decide, the homebody loves something useful yet beautiful. Happy gifting!
watercolor serving platter, washed linen bathrobe, canyon coffee tatama blend, curry powder, byredo room spray, velvet seat cushion, lucite backgammon set, fingers crossed hand statue, daily desk pad, ceramic candle, brass rainbow trivet, hiba wood atmosphere mist, circle magnet shelf, restaurant style corkscrew
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For someone who LOVES shoes, I work way too close to The Rack Room...and it would probably make things simpler for everybody if I just had my paycheck sent directly to The Rack Room. When I die I plan to be cremated but there has to be a viewing because Anny insists that she has to actually see someone laid out in a casket before she can accept that they are dead. That last statement bothers me. What makes Anny so sure I'm going first? OK, back to the shoes. When I die and am all stretched out in my casket I want the lower part open so you can see what shoes I'm wearing. If it's sandal season please make sure someone buffs my callouses and checks for toe hair. Ha! I bet you are all lining up for that job!
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Reading is usually her entertainment of choice, and it has long been something we've done together. We used to bring home library bags crammed full to overflowing with books, so many that I wrecked my shoulder lugging one around ten years ago (acupuncture fixed it, but that's another moodling for another day). We would sit together on the couch for hours, looking at pictures and reading stories... until suddenly, picture books were no longer the thing, and comic books became Julia's reading of choice.
Ever try reading a comic book to a child? Somehow, it doesn't work, or at least, it didn't for me. The comic book phase seems like it will never end because Archie and friends come out with a new issue weekly, and ever since we saw the Avengers movie, the Hulk, Captain America, Hawkeye and the Black Widow have come home in the library bag, too. I have a hard enough time following those stories' illustrations -- reading them aloud would never make any sense because their story lines are so visually demanding.
So on Friday, when we stopped at the library and Julia headed straight for the comic book section, I decided to find something different for her. On the Young Readers Choice Award shelves were a selection of novels, and among them, I found Jacqueline Kelly's The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate (Square Fish (MacMillan) 2008, ISBN 978-0-312-65930-1). I read the flyleaf to Julia, and she shrugged noncommittally. So I announced, "I think we'll have to read this one together."
Sunday was a rainy, perfect day for reading a book together, but could I convince Julia? She was lost in her comic books and didn't want to read with me. So I started reading about Calpurnia all by myself, and found myself laughing aloud at a girl who decided to cut her hair an inch per week since her mother wouldn't hear of a girl with short hair no matter the Texas heat. Callie reported that it took four weeks for Viola, the cook, to notice, and she just looked at her suspiciously and didn't say a word.
My laughter convinced Julia that I might have found a story worth sharing, so at bedtime, we read together for a half an hour, our enjoyment magnified as we paused to comment on something funny, or to question how something was worded, or to wonder where the story was headed. The first of many wonderful bedtimes!
I've always loved to read books aloud. As a teacher, I made sure to have Miss P.'s reading time at the end of each day, and if it somehow got missed, my students complained vociferously, and I felt cheated. I was recently joking to my husband that since I'm no longer teaching, and since our girls have moved beyond the "read to me, Mommy" phase of their lives, I should start a read-aloud club for kids at the public library so I can read to other peoples' kids. Or volunteer at a senior's home. I don't need a large group -- just one other person is all that's necessary for sharing an enjoyable story. Six years ago, the last time I was dizzy, my husband painted our garage doors as I read him The DaVinci Code. I had read it on my own earlier, but enjoyed the second reading with Lee a lot more because of the conversations that erupted here and there as we went.
In January of 2011, my friend, Charleen, started a book club for a group of her friends. So far, we've managed to read and discuss eight books, and while I love book club conversations after we've completed the book, I often wish I had the group to read along with me so that we could discuss things along the way. Then we wouldn't have the excuse that we can't remember parts of the story. But who has the kind of time that a read-along book club would take?
Julia and me, that's who. But there will come a day when she'll be too busy, so I'll have to go looking for someone else with whom to read.
Is there someone with whom you can enjoy a good book? If so, count yourself lucky, indeed! And if not, and sharing good literature is something you think you'd like to do, check with your nearest nursing home... That's my plan for the future, because I sure hope someone will read to me when I'm at that stage of life!
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Yesterday our good friend and Skilled Carpenter Rob Robillard from Tool Box Buzz posted this video "Thinking About Learning A Skilled Trade?" which is directed at high school aged kids. College is a fine path for many people but if you're not sure what you want to do there are a ton of opportunities to make great money in the skilled trades. When taken seriously young apprentices can easily outpace their friends in earning even well after they graduate.
For the parents of these kids here's another great bit of advice from Mike Rowe, "Stop Lying to your Kids" most parents really push college on their kids but in a lot of cases this is just bad advice. A communications degree with no experience and $80k of debt at 23 years old is not a sure ticket to financial freedom, quite the opposite.


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Blissful almond flour & banana cookies, made with 3 ingredients: almond flour, bananas & baking powder (salt is optional). Sweet, tender and crispy at the edges, they are oil-free, Paleo & vegan.
I have been having fun stretching the possibilities of super-minimalist almond flour cookies in recent months. It started with my 3-Ingredient Almond Flour Cookies, but has expanded to include my Chocolate Almond Flour Cookies, Pumpkin Almond Flour Cookies, and 4-Ingredient Almond Flour Biscotti.
It's time to add another to the list. Like its predecessors, this new recipe is easy, delicious, and versatile, yet still very healthy. In other words, a perfectly paradoxical cookie: equally ideal for holiday baking and for the healthy New Year to come.
Introducing my 3-Ingredient Almond Flour Banana Cookies!
Here are the essential stats for these cookies:
Texture: Soft and tender, with a bit of crispness at the edges. Homey and refined in one fell swoop, they do not taste like "special diet" cookies in any way.
Flavor: The banana flavor is subtle, balanced out by the nuttiness of the almond flour.
Sweetness: Perfectly sweet! The almond flour amplifies the sweetness from the bananas. Truly no need to add extra sweetener.
The cookies are also:
*Added Sugar-Free
The basic recipe is nothing more than blanched almond flour, mashed ripe banana, and baking powder (plus optional salt).
However, the options for variation are vast! For example, you can add flavorings (e.g., extracts, zests, spices), chopped nuts or seeds, chopped dried fruit, flake coconut, or miniature chocolate chips. I've included some ideas in the recipe below to get your creative juices flowing.
As simple as these cookies are to prepare. there is one crtical ingredient and step I need to emphasize in order to ensure your success.
It's the mashed banana.
First, it is essential that you use a very ripe banana, i.e., one with ample brown spots on the peel, but not one that is so far gone that it is starting to ooze/weep in any way. Under-ripe or just-ripe bananas are still fairly starchy, which will work against success in tow ways: (1) the dough will be too dry (because the banana is stiff), and (2) the cookies will not be sweet enough (the stiff starch has not converted to sugar).
Second, you need to give the banana a vigorous mashing with a fork. I mean it. Work it with the fork until it is almost liquid, like so:
That is the only fussy part of the recipe. Otherwise, it will be smooth–and oh so delicious–sailing, each and every time you make these!
Oh, and in case it needs mentioning: although these taste decadent enough for dessert, they are more than healthy enough to savor as snacks and breakfast, too. That's my kind of cookie!
Happy baking, everyone!
- 1 cup blanched almond flour (not almond meal)
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ⅛ teaspoon salt (optional)
- ⅓ cup very mashed, very ripe banana
- Preheat oven to 350F. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
- In a small bowl, stir together the almond flour, baking powder and optional salt. Add the banana, stirring until completely blended.
- Using a small cookie scoop or a tablespoon, drop dough in mounds, spacing 2 inches apart, on prepared cookie sheet.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 13 to 16 minutes until golden brown at edges and centers of cookies feel firm to the touch. Transfer cookies to a cooling rack and cool completely.
Banana Tips: In order for this recipe to work well, it is important to (1) use a very ripe banana to create the mash (softer, higher sugar content than less ripe bananas); and (2) very finely mash the banana with a fork so that it is almost liquid (see photo above).
Variation Ideas:
Simple Additions: Add 1 teaspoon of lime zest, vanilla extract or almond extract to dough, or ¼ to ½ teaspoon of ground ginger, allspice or pumpkin pie spice.
Sugar Sparkle: Gently roll dough into 10 balls. Gently press top of each dough ball in a shallow dish of turbinado (raw) sugar.
Coconut: Gently roll dough into 10 balls, Gently press top of each dough ball in a shallow dish of finely chopped unsweetened flake coconut.
Peanut Butter Thumbprints: After scooping dough onto cookie sheet, make a shallow indentation in each dough mound and fill with about ¼ teaspoon peanut butter before baking.
Cinnamon: dd ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon and ½ teaspoon vanilla extract to the dough along with the banana.
Chocolate Chip: Add 2 tablespoons miniature semisweet chocolate chips to the dough. Alternatively, prepare dough as directed and press the chocolate chips into surfaces of scooped dough.


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In this episode of Leaders Create Leaders, Entrepreneur Network partner Gerard Adams sits down with Jason Stone, an entrepreneur and social influencer who has helped build Treadstone Performance, Gentlemens Mafia, Local Door Coupons and other businesses. Stone, who studied mechanical engineering in college, talks about how he started out by going to the repossession offices to buy cheap cars to fix up and resell or taking trips to the junkyard to strip unwanted automobiles of parts to sell online.
Since then, he's used that entrepreneurial spirit and his understanding of social media to grow his businesses and his personal brand -- his most well-known brand, the Millionaire Mentor, currently has 2.5 million followers on Instagram.
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O'FALLON, Mo. – A good-sized crowd was on hand in O'Fallon, Missouri Monday to commemorate US military personnel who died in service.
For D.J. Mitchell, it's also a day to spend with his daughter.
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"I've had friends who have had paid the ultimate sacrifice and, for me, I just knew I always wanted to serve and I always knew going into it that could be me someday," Shaw said. "I love this country and would lay down my life for this country."
O'Fallon Mayor Bill Hennessy thanked all living and deceased military members for our freedom.
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NEW YORK (CBS.MW) - An afternoon long decline in chip stocks eventually wore on the hardware segment, as well as the broader technology sector.
The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index SOX, +2.20% fell 3.1 percent while the Goldman Sachs Hardware Index $GHA lost 2.1 percent. The Nasdaq Composite closed near its intraday low.
Shares of Gateway GTW fell 9.8 percent after the company said late on Wednesday that it sees further losses for the year. Gateway declined 50 cents to $4.60. See full story.
Compaq CPQ ended down modestly and Hewlett-Packard HWP ended up modestly one day after H-P management took its case for merging the two firms to Wall Street. See H-P/Compaq merger page.
Apple AAPL, +2.62% shed 26 cents to $21.70. CS First Boston issued a cautious note on sales for the company's latest IMac. "Checks with retailers indicate scant supply of the company's new IMac ... We are estimating 150,000 new IMac units this quarter versus the Street's 200-250,000. Extrapolating recent retail sales data, we believe Apple needs to ship two-thirds of its quarter during the month of March. Furthermore, we believe that our 150,000 estimate may be too optimistic," the broker told clients.
In the storage sector, EMC EMC, +1.33% lost 43 cents to $10.92. Network Appliance NTAP, +1.23% lost 88 cents to $15.99 and McData MCDTA dropped $2.22 to $15.76.
Among chip stocks, Genesis Microchips' GNSS 43 percent decline erased gains going back to September. Shares fell $17.51 to $23.49 after the company's midquarter update, which detailed its financial outlook and updated its merger with Sage. See full story.
Analyst Robert Adams at CIBC World Markets downgraded the stock to "buy" from "strong buy" and slashed his price target to $45 from $85. "Since the merger announcement, Genesis had considerably outperformed expectations, which in turn drove the June consensus to 42 cents. Unfortunately, guidance implies material dilution to current consensus estimates."
Other notable decliners in the communications chip segment included Centillium CTLM, down 15 percent; Pixelworks PXLW, -2.97%, off 15 percent; Vitesse Semi VTSS, down 6.3 percent; and Marvell Tech MRVL, +1.84%, off 10 percent.
Marvell's decline comes ahead of its fourth-quarter financial results, to be released after today's closing bell. Analysts expect Marvell to report a gain of 5 cents a share on revenue of $80.1 million, on average.
ESS Technology ESST, another communications chip company, dropped as much as 11 percent to $16.94 before reversing and marching up net 10 percent to $20.84. ESS announced expected first-quarter earnings of 22 to 25 cents a share on revenue of $68 million to $70 million. This was a boost from its previous outlook for earnings of 11 to 14 cents a share on revenue of $57 million to $60 million. ESS did the same for the second quarter, as well. The company said that customer demand has remained "unseasonably strong" partly due to an "exceedingly robust market for DVD and VCD players."
Altera ALTR, -0.21%, a maker of programmable logic devices, said Wednesday that it expects first quarter sales to increase by 3 to 5 percent over the previous quarter, which would put sales at $167.4 million to $170.7 million. The previous outlook called for broader growth range of 1 to 5 percent. Analysts on average expect Altera to post sales of $167.3 million, according to Thomson Financial/First Call. Shares declined 4.6 percent to $19.07.
Competitor stocks to Altera also fell: Atmel, Cypress, and Lattice all dropped at least 2 percent.
Chip equipment maker Novellus NVLS was the closest member of the Sox to the unchanged line, but shares still declined 23 cents to $42.59. After today's session the company will host a mid-quarter update.
On Jan. 22, after reporting fourth-quarter results, Novellus said investors could expect a loss of 10 cents a share on revenue of $150 million for the current quarter. Shipments are targeted at $130 million with bookings of $130 million.
Analysts currently expect a loss of 9 cents a share on revenue of $149.5 million, on average.


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No. The NCAA will not formally announce that they messed the Penn State saga like a baby diaper. But the reality is that a baby diaper has less mess on it than this scenario.
I said when the sanctions were announced that I thought two things:
1. This was a major over reach on the part of the NCAA. Yes, they tried some legalese to define why they could basically, do anything they wanted. Nonetheless, this was NEVER a football program issue.
On some levels, there should have been some minor wrist slap for allowing a non-coach access to the football facilities. There should have been a wrist slap for former coach Joe Paterno not following up the initial reports he made to the institution.
But by minor wrist slap, I mean that his statement which said he regretted not following up should have been the end of the story.This is not to say that I condone or in any way shape or form the actions committed by Sandusky. They are his and his alone and he must answer to whatever Greater Power in which he believes.
But the football program should have NEVER been punished for the actions of a coach who was no longer a coach.
2. If the NCAA felt that some form of punishment were necessary, what they handed down was so far over the line that it simply felt wrong. Sure. For those that want to see legends go down, this was a great thing; an icon blamed for the actions of a solo pervert. A program which had been above reproach for well over 40 years stained by the stupidity of one man and his superiors.
The NCAA has just bungled this worse by admitting their own wrongdoing. This is the second time in the last year that the NCAA has been seen as a buffoon bungling case after case.
The reality is that a certain cowboy who thought he could do what he wanted as some sort of vigilante has shown himself to be nothing more than power hungry. In the process he has destroyed what little, if any, integrity the institution might have.
There is no longer the pretense of an organization with integrity. The NCAA is simply a bad puppet show with a worse puppeteer calling the shots.
Simply put, it is time for Mark Emmert to step down. he has no control and no idea what direction to go. Every one of his decisions seems wrong and reactionary. Not only has his leadership been poor, it has been virtually absent.
This decision almost certainly signals the end of the NCAA as it is currently structured.
A "super division" is fast approaching and it will change college football forever.
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The Rats was first published in 1974 and it was horror author James Herbert's first book. I am reading the special fortieth anniversary edition of this book, and it's pretty cool how the edges of the cover are serrated to make it look like something has been nibbling at it. If the story had been better put together, the whole effect would have been deliciously creepy.
As you can guess from the title, this one is about giant, mutated rats basically chewing on everything in their path in London. This is definitely a book written in 1974 because it has many things we will never find in a book today: the gruesome death of a baby and a dog, the use of puppies as bait for the rats, the protagonist is a teacher who admires the bouncing big breasts of his fourteen-year old students, and other fun stuff that will automatically make some people call for James Herbert's head at Goodreads and Twitter today if the author hadn't already passed on. This one also has no shortage of gore, and I actually find the stuff that would seem offensive today adds some degree of gritty reality that only intensifies the horror elements. After all, when giant monster rats attack, how likely is it that they would spare the cute babies and dogs?
There are many good things about this book. Mr Herbert was a master at both being precise and scaring the crap out of me. The narrative is succinct yet detailed enough to create a terror-filled atmosphere, and he inserted just enough back stories of the characters here to make them feel somewhat like real people before throwing them to the rats. The Rats is a book that delivers in the monstrous gore department.
However, I suspect that horror fans who are reading this book for the first book today may feel that it is also tad familiar, as, even though it is not Mr Herbert's fault, many monster books and movies that follow it are cut from the same cloth – same template, same narrative structure.
On the other hand, the story quickly becomes predictable in the sense that there is a clear pattern evident here after a while. It is structured in a way that every chapter featuring the main arc will almost always be followed by a chapter in which some soon-to-be-dead people will be introduced before being disposed of by the end of that chapter. These characters are often far more interesting that the bland and forgettable protagonist, so I soon get this frustrating feeling that there are great stories here, stories that are abruptly cut short to the rats just to keep the arc of the annoyingly nondescript protagonist going. That arc doesn't even make sense, if I think of it. An art teacher… suddenly working with covert government agencies to stop the rats just because he happens to be at the wrong place at the wrong time? Worse, later chapters just see him mostly shagging his girlfriend in filler chapters sandwiching tales of more interesting people becoming rat food. Ugh.
In the end, The Rats is a serviceable horror story. It can deliver the gore and the chills, while demonstrating the raw promise that the author would hone and deliver in his later books. Yet, this one is also pretty forgettable at the end of the day, so I'd personally recommend buying this book only if you are a collector or there is a cheap sale going on. There are far better horror stories out there.


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