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Fancy graphics are fine, but all gamers know in their hearts that nothing will ever top the drama of Final Fantasy VII or the pure physicality of Super Mario Bros. 3. Playboy's Retro Gaming articles look at why we love the classics and give you your nostalgia fix.
In 1990, Rare was a notable British video game development studio with a product output primarily starring funny space men, jungle explorers and RC cars. Led by siblings Chris and Tim Stamper, their games were distinct, inventive, and, to an extent, clever. Rare exuded a friendly, personable approach to video games.
Then Battletoads changed everything.
The developers would gradually become enamored with violence and blood as the industry's technological maturation allowed them to. The Nintendo 64's famed Goldeneye adaptation; the blitzing, bloody combo system of the arcade game Killer Instinct; a parody of Rare's softer days with a cartoon squirrel in a drunken stupor, Conker's Bad Fur Day; Rare cuddled up to brutality and immaturity.
Maybe it was just an adverse reaction to the influx of neon, screaming advertisements of the '90s. Regardless, it all started with Battletoads.
Battletoads was a short-lived series. It began confined to the 8-bit Nintendo console with a notorious difficulty. There were spin-offs, including a cross-over with then-vaunted franchise Double Dragon, released the same month as a Super Nintendo sequel, Battletoads in Battlemaniacs. And, finally, there was the sequel made especially for arcades, which changed everything.
Rare Replay, a recent Xbox One compilation package that features many of Rare's best games, includes only two of those Battletoads games—the important ones, mainly: the mildly suggestive Nintendo 8-bit version, and the bold arcade follow-up.
Playing them now, back to back, is eye-opening. Rare's evolution from cute and cuddly to bloody fart jokes is laid out in these two games, separated by only three years. And I realized that the Battletoads became what the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles never quite had the balls to be.
1991's Battletoads was simple. Three teenage mutant toads—Rash, Zitz, and Pimple—pummeled the pig-esque minions of the Dark Queen, a mirror image for horror host Elvira: Mistress of the Dark. Add a kidnapped princess and an elder fowl as the heroes' mentor, and a series was born. The formula wouldn't change.
The 'Toads were not special. They existed as clear knock-offs of the Ninja Turtles. Rare even acknowledged it in their marketing—"Turtles seem like pond scum." Odd for a studio bouncing between vastly original in-house concepts, although not a complete surprise, given the rise of sword-wielding amphibians/reptiles at the decade's turn. Rash (a speedster), Pimple (the muscle), and Zitz (an intellectual) were likewise anthropomorphic, cross-species creations who exuded pure '90s cool—sunglasses, cartoon embellishments, and attitudes. They didn't carry weapons, but their fists turned into anvils, their feet into spiked boots, or their jump-kicks into buzzsaws.
But they were what the Turtles were not. The Turtles began their existence as a sharp, bloody, black and white satire of underground comic books of the '80s, but that tone didn't last; when the Saturday morning, mass market cartoon Ninja Turtles slashed at their foes the Foot Clan, the Foot turned out to be robots. Censors would let anything fly against robots. And suddenly the Turtles were for kids.
The Battletoads' saga went in reverse, at first under the notoriously watchful, family-oriented eye of Nintendo. A family oriented moniker was Nintendo's identity (although Dark Queen sported that awfully emphasized, sensual figure). Battletoads initially needed to concede to a bouncy, rubbery type of mischievous violence which felt as if it took place in a ball pit, perfect then for its Saturday morning cartoon tie-in—which bombed after the lone pilot episode aired.
Freed from restraints into 1994's arcade market (which by then was fawning over the hyper violence of Mortal Kombat and surrounding counter culture) Battletoads became what Ninja Turtles could not after their transition. Suddenly the 'Toads interstellar war squirted screens with pixel blood. The reality of super powers, i.e., hitting someone with a spiked boot, became an easy sales pitch. The color scheme was accentuated. Stunning bright highlights aided by dense shadows were a forcible draw to the eye. Vomit, guns, sharp objects; Battletoads arcade was full of them.
Their attitudes changed too, from passive punches to outright anger. They were also depicted as hormonally flooded teens. Rash suggestively thrust his hips in victory, making it also clear they breed—they'd have to, obviously—but it's no less an awkward image. Their move sets expanded. Downed enemies could be stabbed in the face by ice pick hands. Larger foes could be punished by grabbing their groin and laying into it with a flurry of exaggerated punches. The resulting groans are painful.
Rare's future was set by what the Battletoads did. They paved the way for the infamously crude Conker's Bad Fur Day's obsession with fecal humor. Blood sprays and sexual jokes defined Rare's résumé by late 1994's Killer Instinct. Saturated color schemes seemed laid out for Rare's upcoming litany of Nintendo 64 3D classics, like Banjo Kazooie and Jet Force Gemini, or better still their oddball Xbox 360 animal corralling simulation, Viva Pinata. The Battletoads' legacy was crucial.
The Xbox One's Rare Replay has all of the above in some form, but even with a gauntlet of 30 featured games (out of 100+ in their total all-time lineup), Battletoads still best represents the studio on each end of its creative philosophies. And it encapsulates the true potential that these deadly, anthropomorphized amphibians really had.
Matt Paprocki has critiqued home media and video games for 15 years. His current passion project is the technically minded DoBlu.com. Follow him on Twitter @Matt_Paprocki.
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Some chimps in the "lift" group discovered the poke method, and some in the "poke" culture discovered lifting. But they were a small minority. When the apparatus was reintroduced two months later, the chimps reverted to their own culture's preferred method.
This, the researchers maintain, provides evidence of a "conformist bias." The animals discount their own experience and instead adopt the behavior of the group, just as humans do.
"This is a very nice experimental setup," said Diana Reiss, a research scientist with the Bronx, New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society, who was not involved in the study. "It was controlled for biases, and included a control group where there was no trained expert. The setup eliminated the problem of learning by interacting with humans."
The researchers believe they have demonstrated for the first time an ability among chimpanzees to transmit alternative technologies and alternative methods of using tools.
Monkey See, Monkey Do
"When all these different [wild chimp] behaviors were discovered in the field, there was controversy," said Frans de Waal, a professor of primate behavior at Emory University and study co-author. "Some [scientists] claimed it was social learning. Others claimed there were other possible explanationsindividual learning, genetic differences, ecological variables, and so on."
"We did the experiment to prove that you could plant a behavior by training one chimp and see it spread to other chimps by observation."
Giving the chimps two alternative methods of accomplishing the same task, the researchers say, shows that chimps are capable of adopting local variants of a technique, just as they would if the variant behaviors seen in the wild are in fact socially transmitted.
Not all experts agree with this conclusion. Rob Boyd, a professor of anthropology at the University of California, Los Angeles, said, "I have argued that any time true imitation evolves, so will a tendency to copy the majority. So I would very much like it to be true that the data supported this prediction."
But Boyd believes the study data fail to offer the necessary proof. He notes that while a few chimps dropped their group's rarer behavioral variant (using a stick to poke or lift a trap to release food), the study "does not show that they switched to the common variant, which is what I believe is necessary."
Personifying Animals
Groups of chimps at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center Field Station at Emory University, where the research was carried out, have developed cultural differences on their own, without the intervention of human teachers.
One community, for example, practices hand-clasp grooming, in which two chimps each grasp one of the other's hands over their heads, grooming with the free hand. Other groups do not engage in this behavior.
Research with animal behavior, and perhaps especially with the great apes, risks wrongly attributing human characteristics to animals. But the researchers in this experiment say they have been careful to avoid that trap.
"We aim to avoid naïve anthropomorphism," said the lead author on the paper, Andrew Whiten of the University of St. Andrews, "by developing a rigorous experimental design that can unambiguously answer the question we pose."
He adds that the results were scored objectively from videotapes viewed by other scientists to avoid bias. Whitten and his colleagues plan to do similar experiments with human children as subjects.
"If we see similar responses in the two species," Whiten said, "then a concern of interpretive anthropomorphism becomes rather contrived."
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I'm trying to configure a SyslogAppender to write to only 'syslog'. Currently it writes to our custom log, syslog, messages, local0. Within the syslog config file I set LOCAL0 = syslog. I thought that this would direct it to write to only syslog, but as I stated above it does not. Below is the runtime code I'm using.
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Address at the Conference on Electoral Reform National Programme of Commemoration Yar'Adua Memorial Forum
source: http://www.cfr.org/publication/8136/electoral_reform.html
March 19, 2005
His Excellency Olusegun Obasanjo, President, Federal Republic of Nigeria
His Excellency Atiku Baubakar, Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
H.E Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, Executive Governor, Katsina State
Honorable executive Governors
Distinguished members of the National House of Representatives and Senate
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Ladies and Gentlemen
It is a special honor for me to address this Memorial Forum in the presence of the President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo. I had the privilege of representing my country as Ambassador to Nigeria in the mid-1980s, and at that time came to know the president , then a farmer but a rather special one, and in the years since as he worked on behalf of development and good governance across Africa, and as he has assumed Nigeria' highest office. Thank you Mr. President for your presence here tonight on this special occasion.
I want to express my appreciation to the Shehu Musa Yar'Adua Memorial Forum for hosting this important conference on electoral reform. It is in the tradition of the Forum and the man in whose memory it operates that we have participated here at a conference on one of the most vital challenges of democracy: the electoral process. Whatever else is essential to make democracy effective and sustainable, elections are the lifeblood of the system, the constant affirmation of legitimacy for its leaders and the bond that links the leaders with their people.
I wish to thank also His Excellency the Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, who opened this conference and presided at the commemoration this morning.
The Importance of Nigeria
If it were only Nigeria's democracy at stake in the effectiveness of its electoral process, that would be serious enough. But the truth is that Nigeria's importance runs far beyond its borders. Nigeria is a leader in much of what is happening throughout the continent. It was President Obasanjo, along with South Africa's President Thabo Mbeki, Senegal's President Wade, and Algerian President Bouteflika, who developed the New Partnership for African Development (NEPAD) that set out principles of good governance and economic management that is now a key policy framework of the Africa Union. NEPAD has also become the foundation for the evolving new partnership between Africa and the industrialized countries of the world. Because of NEPAD, there now exists an Africa Action Plan that charts the future relationship between the G8 and Africa in terms of trade, aid and security.
Beyond just words and principles, Nigeria has become the key actor in pushing back efforts to undermine democratic progress in West Africa. In Guinea-Bissau, Sao Tome and Principe, and most recently in Togo, Nigeria together with its allies in the Economic Commission for West Africa (ECOWAS) forced reversal of coups and the undermining of constitutional processes. Had these actions not been taken, NEPAD would have been only words on a page. Now these principles are a part of reality.
Finally, Nigeria has been playing a central role in resolving conflicts. Nigerians have paid a heavy price for peace, in the many lives lost and in the treasure expended in the peacekeeping operations of Sierra Leone and Liberia. Nigerians have not flinched from this responsibility. In Burundi, in Congo, and most recently in the Darfur region of Sudan, Nigeria dedicates peacekeepers, money, and time to end the terrible conflicts that have afflicted those countries. Today, it is Nigeria that is providing the leadership and the venue for the political talks that are critical to ending the tragedy in Darfur.
What this means for the subject we have been discussing these last three days is that the future of Nigeria's democracy has repercussions far beyond Nigeria. Nigeria is very much a bellwether for the progress of democracy in Africa. Moreover, should the worst happen, should problems in the elections in 2007 lead to unrest and instability in Nigeria, the impact would be even greater, unsettling the region and weakening one of the most important forces for peace and progress on the continent.
Nigeria thus carries a heavy responsibility, first and foremost for its people but also for the continent. This is not new for Nigeria. And I know that Nigeria will not shy from the responsibility just as it has not shied away from the responsibilities I have already mentioned.
A Watershed Moment
This is a critical moment for Nigeria and indeed one that is exciting. The first major step on the restoration of democracy occurred in 1999 with the end of military rule and the election of a civilian government. The second, in 2003, was the election carried out under a civilian government. Now, the third and very significant one is the change in administration in 2007 called for in the constitution as the present administration completes its second and final term. If that is achieved successfully, with steady improvement in the electoral process, it will signify the institutionalizing of democracy in Nigeria and the underlying strength of the system.
That milestone would come along with the economic reforms that have been achieved under the current administration and which are in the process of being institutionalized. We have had the pleasure just two weeks ago of hosting the Nigerian Finance Minister, Madame Ngozi Okonjo-Iwaela, and members of her economic team. She outlined to audiences in New York and Washington the tremendous progress that has been made in establishing fiscal discipline, transparency in budget allocations, reforms of federal procurement and other steps to fight corruption, and a major commitment to a complete audit of the oil sector in accordance with the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, in which Nigeria has now taken a leading role. The New York Times wrote following her visit that it was time to take a new look at Nigeria, one which recognized the real progress being made and the appropriateness of giving Nigeria strong international support.
But economic and political developments are linked and this is very much in the minds of international watchers. Economic development cannot be sustained in a dysfunctional political system. While Nigeria has passed two major political milestones, and much has been accomplished, there is concern over the balance of the process of transition. How much will both economic and political reform be institutionalized by 2007? The question is of course most of all important to Nigeria.
The Sources of Concern
In this conference participants have focused in particular on electoral reform. The causes of concern are clear. In spite of the historic milestones of the last two elections, the 2003 elections were marred by controversy, irregularities, and charges of fraud. Both Nigerian and international election observers documented violations of electoral law and other problems. In parts of the country there is deep bitterness over the process. This feeling places a greater premium on reform to be carried out by the government and parties. Putting it starkly, any candidate who wins in 2007 will have difficulty if the election results are not credible to the vast majority of Nigerians. Potential difficulties could range from growing apathy and lack of confidence in government to unrest.
Nigeria would also lose prestige in the eyes of the international community. Democracy has now become a dominant theme in international discourse. For my country, President Bush has made this objective the cornerstone of his international policies. The trend is however worldwide, with dramatic movements toward democracy in Eastern Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Nigeria does not want to nor should it be on the margins of this trend. Rather, for its own sake, and for its whole agenda with the international community, it should be a leader as it was in 1999.
In this conference the basic areas of electoral reform have emerged quite clearly. It is for others to define the specifics for addressing these needs, but the priorities are these:
In carrying forward the reform agenda, many entities must be involved. Government has to take a leading role, making reform a priority and initiating the steps toward enhancing INEC's independence and budget autonomy, the training of security services, and other official actions. But political party leadership is also critical. Party leaders, and the leading potential candidates for president and other positions, must come together and agree that they all have a stake in improving the system. Only by all pledging to work toward reform will the parties have the incentive to give up the reputed advantages of rigging. We had a workshop in the conference titled "competitive rigging." What is needed is cooperative reform. The incentive for that should be clear. No winning candidate will have the leeway to rule effectively if the 2007 election is not credible.
Civil society has a crucial role, and it should be welcomed by both government and the parties. Monitoring, training, assistance, and voter education are all roles civil society can and must play. Without that watchdog role, democracy does not function, not in my country nor any other.
The need for action on all these fronts is urgent. There are only two years to the next election. The reforms that are required to make that election a success will take time and a great deal of effort. It is a time for leadership.
A Time for Leadership
In the past few days, even as we heard of the issues and the possible solutions, a current of pessimism, indeed cynicism ran through the conference. Many participants, more often in private conversations than in open discussion, confided that they felt the obstacles to reform were in fact too deeply ingrained to be overcome—ingrained in the culture, in the winner take all attitude of the parties, in the drive for wealth that comes so much in Nigeria from public office, in the apathy of voters, in the corruption of the system, in the weakness of the security services and the judiciary. So many obstacles, so difficult a challenge. It was almost too easy to give up.
But one wise participant, who indeed had articulated these difficulties most convincingly, then said there was a way to break through. How, we asked? By great leadership, he said. Truly great leaders, those who could see beyond the shorter term gains from the present system, those who could see to the future and the needs of the state and the Nigerian people in the years ahead –such leaders could break through. They could initiate the process of reform, they could mobilize supporters, they could make progress.
We have seen such leaders elsewhere. Nelson Mandela in South Africa, Ernesto Zedillo in Mexico, Vaclav Havel in the Czech Republic. Indeed we have seen them in Nigeria's past—the magnanimous policy of reconciliation after the civil war, the passage to elected rule in 1979, the agreement to end military rule in 1999. These were historic steps by which Nigerian leaders moved the country away from crisis and internal bitterness to unity and democracy.
I have no doubt that such leadership exists in Nigeria today. We have already seen it in courageous economic reforms, a potential legacy of far reaching significance. We have seen it among politicians and civic leaders who have broken with the patterns of the past, and have spoken out for reform. President Obasanjo has put the issue of electoral reform along with many others before the recently convened National Political Reform Conference.
What a legacy for the future lays ahead for this generation of leaders! A legacy of both political and economic restructuring that places Nigeria on an unerring path toward greater stability, greater democracy and desperately needed economic development. A legacy that will be recognized around the world for the courage, the principles, and the contribution of those who have made it possible. With such a legacy, Nigeria will continue to be a leader. And the continent and the world will be safer and better for it.
Electoral reform may sound pretty small within such a grand vision. But electoral reform is the key, the opening up the political system, the means for restoring hope and confidence to the Nigerian people. I salute Nigeria and its leaders for their recognition of this fact and their readiness to undertake it.
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Lunar rock-like material may be used to build future Moon coloniesJanuary 10th, 2009 - 3:02 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 10 (ANI): Students from the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech in the US have made highly durable bricks composed of a lunar rock-like material, which one day might be used to build dwellings in colonies on the moon.
The invention won the In-Situ Lunar Resource Utilization materials and construction category award from the Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems (PISCES).
The team of students, under the advisement of Kathryn Logan, a professor in the materials science and engineering department, designed the brick as a potential building tool for future colonies on the moon.
Initially designed to construct a dome, the building material is composed of a lunar rock-like material mixed with powdered aluminum that can be molded into any shape.
Design work on the early-development lunar bricks was based on previous work by the College of Engineering student teams adviser Kathryn Logan, a professor of materials science and engineering and the Virginia Tech Langley Professor at the National Institute of Aerospace in Hampton, Virginia.
Logans prior research entailed mixing powdered aluminum and ceramic materials to form armor plating for tanks funded through a Department of Defense contract.
I theorized that if I could do this kind of reaction to make armor, then I could use a similar type of reaction to make construction materials for the moon, Logan said.
Since actual lunar rock, known as regolith, is scarce, the students used volcanic ash from a deposit on Earth along with various minerals and basaltic glass, similar to rock on the lunar surface, according to Eric Faierson, a doctoral student who led the Virginia Tech team.
During initial experiments, the simulated regolith and aluminum powder were mixed and placed inside a shallow aluminum foil crucible.
A wire was inserted into the mixture, which was then heated to 2,700 degrees Fahrenheit triggering a reaction called self-propagating high-temperature synthesis (SHS), according to Logan.
The reaction caused the material to form a solid brick. A ceramic crucible was used in later experiments to form complex curved surfaces.
Once the student team had created a brick, they found that it was almost as strong as concrete under various pressure tests.
According to Faierson, one-square inch of the brick could withstand the gradual application of 2,450 pounds.
This strength would enable it to withstand an environment where gravity is a fraction of the pull on Earth. (ANI)
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Ai Miyazato fired an 8-under-par 64 on Friday to grab the lead after two rounds of the season-ending Group Titleholders.
Miyazato entered Friday four strokes behind overnight leaders Suzann Pettersen, Sun Young Yoo and So Yeon Ryu, before carding nine birdies against one bogey to jump in front.
"I was just really calm out there all day long and I did really good on the greens," Miyazato said in a post-round television interview. "My game is really in good shape but I still have a couple more days so hopefully I can keep it going."
The top-3 finishers in each official LPGA Tour event qualified for this event, which includes the top-31 players on the money list and the top-13 players in the world rankings.
World No. 4 Na Yeon Choi moved into second place at 9-under with a second- round 68 at the Eagle Course at TwinEagles Club, while Pettersen (71), Yoo (71), Brittany Lincicome (69) and Karine Icher (70) are tied for third at minus-7.
Yoo had a 70 on her scorecard after the round, but a review proved that she took an illegal drop on the No. 14. She was penalized one stroke for dropping below shoulder height and ended with a triple-bogey on the hole.
"This is one of those rules you don't like to apply a penalty to," rules official Janet Lindsay told the Golf Channel. "You don't see the player gaining an advantage, but it definitely was a breach of the rule and that is a 1-stroke penalty."
Ryu shot 72 to fall into a tie for seventh place with Sandra Gal and Karrie Webb at 6-under.
World No. 2 Stacy Lewis, the only player to win four titles this season, is 2-under through 36 holes. She has already secured the 2012 Rolex Player of the Year award -- becoming the first American to receive the honor since Beth Daniel in 1994 -- but needs to win the $500,000 first-place check this week to have any chance of passing money list-leader and world No. 3 Inbee Park.
Park, who has secured more than $2.2 million in earnings, shot 70 for the second straight day to move to minus-4.
Defending champion Hee Young Park rebounded from an opening-round 76 with a 68 on Friday.
World No. 1 Yani Tseng is currently 4-over, while Michelle Wie is alone in last place at plus-14.
NOTES: Miyazato's 64 marked her low round of the season ... Last year, Hee Young Park collected her first LPGA Tour victory at the season-ending event. Park fired rounds of 71-69-69-70 to win by two strokes over Paula Creamer and Sandra Gal.


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Hi...today's challenge blog is about..what am I doing to encourage myself and keep on track...
I think the main thing I do to encourage myself is find encouraging things to read...I collect quotes and make little books of them and put them in blogs and put them in art journals, etc etc etc...
2 encouraging quotes I found for today are..
"Ask yourself if what you are doing today is getting you closer to where you want to be tomorrow"
"Miralces start to happen when you give as much energy to your dreams as you do to your fears"
..both spoke to me :)
Speaking of reading I read a few things on nutrition..one Spark article called Over 100 Super Foods for a Super You..had a large list of good for you foods for inspiration..what I did was go through the list and counted how many foods I have in my house right now or have eaten over the last month..I counted 73... yeah me!!
I checked out the message boards and read lots and lots of Ways to cut 100 calories..great stuff!!
I track my nutrition..on paper and then on the tracker if I have time..always trying to stay within my calorie range and then do the analysis to see if I'm meeting my nutritional goals...and what I need to adjust...
Today I had a healthy breakfast of an egg and a slice of my homemade breadmachine crusty bran bread...lunch was a cheddar cheese sandwich on same bread (we were a little short on time as the storm rages on and the cattle need more attention than me) supper was a couple oz of left over roast beef, a huge salad with yellow peppers, tomatoes and mushrooms..some vinegar for dressing..dessert was a bowl of strawberries and ..my treat for the day..a small scoop of vanilla ice cream...when I put the food in my tracker I will see if I have reamining calories or just have a pot of green tea for the evening snack.
Tomorrow it I have time I hope to make the big pot of soup for the weeks lunches. I checked on the 5% challenge thread of recipes and plan to adapt the Sayur Iodeh (veggie stew) I'll substitute some of the ingredients and add more water so it's more of a soup than stew...I'll keep you updated on how it turns out...I'll have to leave out the turnip and coconut milk and some of the spices as I don't have them on hand...
As for my fitness minutes for today..I did several hours of cattle chores through the raging blizzard today..
It got really nasty here overnight and all the snow we had moved has all come back double or more!! We had 8 calves yesterday....including 2 sets of twins..the little black cuties are just fine but unfortunatly the tan pair died in the blizzard :( Another cow was calving close to midnight and we put her in the barn and wanted to give her some time so we went to the house and played 2 games of cribbage..my hubby's favorite game...I don't like math so I play it for him....the cow calved fine by herself and we could fianlly get to bed....hubby got up several times through the night to check the herd....
The blizzard has continued all day and we were having a hard time getting around in the snow!! The herd was completely covered over by snow and after being out in it so were we..my eyelashes even iced shut :(
Hubby got the tractor stuck several times and even drove off the road once :( We put new straw in sheds and barns and I took twine off bales and moved cattle around...another day I'm really beat..and this is just the first couple weeks of calving!! It will go on until the end of April.....hope the weather gets better soon, though the storm may last for a couple more days.....I can't wait until spring!!
Well..I still need to put my food into my tracker, and make some tea and watch hockey..now it's 8:30 and I'm ready for bed...hope it won't be another after midnight night....
Take care Spark friends..thanks for dropping by and keep on Sparkin'
Love Donna
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Ok, all this good food reading is making me hungry. However, since it's almost 12:30 pm. I better not eat anything. So sorry you are having cold, Cold weather.
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Farmers are my Heroes and Sheroes!
I love the quotes! making little books sounds cool. how do you do that? I am not crafty, but my Mom is and I am always looking for interesting things for her to do.
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Just reading your blog makes me tired! You and your husband have such different schedules from those of us who work a "regular" job... or are retired... do farmers ever retire???
Your inspirational messages and artaicles that you cut out are a great way to keep on track. We each need to find our own way to work through our bad habits to create a stronger, healthier lifestyle for ourselves, and SP has all kinds of practical articles, quizzes and blogs to inspire us.
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you are so busy and healthy i love your quotes and the way you think i hope you get more sleep cause you need it
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OMG, Donna, that blizzard I think is heading my way.
Or...my house's way. I'm away on business. Thank goodness!
I love your blog....you're doing an awesome job!
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Wow, long day. Get some sleep and I pray tomorrow is a good day!
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OMG, Donnna, I am exhausted reading your blog. Where in the worls fo you find the time to get all that done. Yet, you are so inspiring. Sorry you lost the two calves. It must be an incredible to see the birthings and for sure we as humans don't alway have control of the outcomes.
I like your quotes and the food list is a great thought.
Hope the blizzard moves through quickly and yes, hoping spring comes fast.
Have a rested night.
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Thanks for letting us share your day you are so busy, sorry about the calves and your eyes ouch!!
We are very hot here and a blizzard is never likely in our part of WA. But my thoughts are with you and family including the animals for safety and joy.
Have a great day
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'Tis the Season…for Colds
With the stress and chaos of the holidays behind me I'm now feeling the after-effects with a runny nose, sore throat and cough. Which prompts the question; do you go in to work or stay home? Do you cancel and try to reschedule that interview or tough it out and hope for the best?
First and foremost, do what you can to get healthy fast. That means drink lots of fluids, get as much rest as you can, practice good hygiene (cover your mouth when coughing and wash hands frequently) and use over-the-counter medicines to relieve some of the discomfort if desired. But then the question still remains, should you go to that interview or check in to work?
The answer depends on an honest self-evaluation. Things to consider:
1) How logical and articulate are you? If you don't feel like you can formulate a reasonable response to interview questions or be at your best, it is wise to cancel and stay home. Be responsible about cancelling and explain your condition and concern about spreading your germs. It will demonstrate your ability to be responsible, make good decisions, and manage unexpected issues.
2) How do you look and sound? If your appearance screams illness and you clearly have visible signs of a cold, it's a good idea to stay home.
3) Tolerance and exposure? How many people will you be exposing your illness to? What is the acceptable level of tolerance in that work culture? For example, if you work in a hospital, then definitely stay home as the risk of exposing your germs is high and having a cold is less tolerated. In contrast, an industrial distribution center may have a higher level of tolerance for exposure to colds.
In the end you have to be the judge of what is right for you. It's always best to make every effort to follow-through on commitments but when the January cold rears its ugly head don't feel defeated. Make the decision that is right for you and in the end you might even learn a little bit more about the company you are working for or considering for employment.
The next time you catch a cold, what will you do?


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NORTH NEWTON, KAN. – Bethel College's annual Undergraduate Research, Internship and Creative Activity (URICA) Symposium, highlighting student research projects in a variety of disciplines, takes place on campus Saturday, April 30.
The symposium begins at 9 a.m. with concurrent sessions, most taking place in Krehbiel Science Center, where complete schedules with locations will be posted.
Students have worked – usually all year – on projects for a class and/or a major, which they then present at the URICA Symposium. Many are seniors fulfilling a graduation requirement for their major.
Some of the student presenters on April 30 received URICA Summer Research Grants for research done in summer 2010: Sonia Barrera, senior from Newton; Erica Buller, senior from Lenexa; Sierra Pryce, senior from North Newton; Alan Skinner, senior from Clay Center; Alex Stucky, senior from Moundridge; Andrew Voth, senior from Topeka; and Nathaniel Yoder, senior from Kalona, Iowa.
Some of their presentation titles are: "Population of genetics study of eastern moles in North Newton" (Skinner); "War of the Cartoons: The golden age of comic books from 1930-45 and WWII" (Stucky); and "Social abilities in high-functioning autism: A comparison of theory of mind in testing and in national social settings" (Pryce).
"My work done over the summer was very slow," Pryce noted. "Most of my summer was actually spent researching high functioning autism and theory of mind. I'd intended to be doing data collection, but ran into quite a few difficulties in contacting facilities to get permission to work with adolescents with high-functioning autism."
Despite her slow start and other difficulties, Pryce was very impressed by the systems she worked with, she said.
"This was a huge learning experience for me," she said. "I knew that it would be a challenge working with a specialized group (kids with autism), but I didn't realize how hard it would be. I spent quite a bit of time playing phone tag with people at various facilities trying to get in contact with 'the right person.' I was glad to learn that there are many hurdles you must overcome to work with specialized groups and it proves to me that facilities care about their kids and want to protect them in any way they can."
On the other hand, Barrera, a psychology major researching cultures and physiological responses, got off to a much faster start with her research. Last summer, she interviewed 40 people from the community and analyzed the data she found.
"My project is about culture, forgiveness and emotions," Barrera said. "I interviewed subjects about a personal offense and recorded physiological responses during the interview. I investigated how culture impacts how our body responds when recalling or thinking about an offense. Also, I investigated how forgiveness impacts our physiological responses and how forgiveness differs among cultures."
There will be an intermission between groups of presentations when spectators will be encouraged to go to the Fine Arts Center and visit the annual Student Art Exhibit in the FAC Gallery, see the display of research posters and enjoy refreshments. Art students will be around the gallery to answer questions about their work.
The research posters present research students have been working on throughout the year. Among those will be some STEM Scholarship students (sciences) and nursing students.
The nursing posters deal with clinical or professional current issues in nursing.
"The students involved are our fourth-semester senior nursing students," said Nancy Lugo-Baez, instructor of nursing. "This is the first year for Bethel to have a capstone course to end their clinical experience, where the students are paired with a nurse preceptor and work that nurse's schedule. The expectation is for them to be taking patient loads on medical units – around 5-6 patients – with the RN assisting them.
"As part of this, and their management course, they [must complete] a leadership project," Lugo-Baez continued. "Several of them are transferring work they have already done for their leadership paper in their management course to a poster presentation. Some have chosen a literature review of a new problem that is more clinically focused, and related to issues they are seeing, as they are on the hospital units for their capstone experience."
Nursing students presenting posters are seniors Andrea Baldwin, Lawrence, Kacy Garnett, Wichita, Rebecca Jones, Newton, Allison Kaster, Wichita, Cassandra Miller, Vancouver, Wash., Ajeriah Pineda, Wichita, Gabriela Pineda, North Newton, Anna Quiring, Newton, Amita Shrestha, North Newton, and Prajwala Uprety, North Newton.
Most presentations will be held in Krehbiel Science Center, with a few in the Fine Arts Center in addition to the intermission in the FAC lobby. All are invited to a vocal recital by sophomore Sarah Pohl, soprano, and junior Cameron Voth, tenor, in the Administration Building chapel at 2:30 p.m. Admission to all presentations is free and open to the public.


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Edson J. R. Justino, Abdenaim el Yacoubi, Flávio Bortolozzi, Robert Sabourin.
The main objective is to present an off-line signature verification system. It is basically divided into three parts. The first demonstrates a pre-processing process, a segmentation process and a feature extraction process, in which the main aim is to obtain the maximum performance quality of the process of verification of random falsifications, in the false acceptance and false rejection concept. The second presents a learning process based on HMM, where the aim is obtaining the best model. That is, one that is capable of representing each writer's signature, absorbing yet at the same time discriminating, at most the intrapersonal and interpersonal variation. The third presents a signature verification process that uses the models generated by the learning process without using any prior knowledge of test data, in other words, using an automatic derivation process of the decision thresholds.
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- Title: Summer Job
- Artist: Shiban
I couldn't help but think of this while playing Kingdom Hearts II and helping Roxas with his summer jobs.
This is how the REALLY met! And if you get this, then you win the internets!
Axel ordering some fastfood. I think he's just ordering it because Roxas is serving it. Have you seen that figure?! No way he eats that stuff. T_T
Bonus! Find the pairing hint in the picture! Why? Because Sora will smack you with a keyblade if don't! :D
- Date: 12/31/2008
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- LeaderCrusade - 01/13/2009
- OMG 13.08! Axel: 8 roxas: 13 of the ORG! I GOT IT YAY! It's my fav couple so that was simple!
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- Rosemary Teagan - 01/12/2009
- Lol funny. Axel always says "Got it memorized?"
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- Shiban - 01/02/2009
Maaagic. But no. That was the pairing hint. You wouldn't get it if you haven't played the game. D:
I didn't really think that part through.
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- ll_toilet_water_ll - 01/01/2009
- hey y is 1 burger $13.08?
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- Simply A Detective - 01/01/2009
That's neat. Go Axel! And Roxas! And everyone else in KH!!
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- rockare - 01/01/2009
- It is awesome i love it <3
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Maybe he has a super-metabolism?
My sis did something like this ages and forever ago when we like InuYasha,
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Title and company: Owner, B.E.P. Company
Services: The B.E.P. Company recycles inkjet cartridges for printers, copy and fax machines in Juneau.
"It makes reusable something that would be trash," Buzzell said. "It is the highest level of recycling there is."
Buzzell picks up toner cartridges from his customers and takes them to his home office, where he and his one employee, brother Tom Buzzell, refill the cartridge.
"It usually takes one work day," Buzzell said. "They call, I come pick up the cartridge, and the next day I bring it back."
Buzzell's customers include private residents, businesses and state offices.
"Anybody that has a computer has a printer, and anybody who has a printer is a potential customer," Buzzell said. Certain print cartridges are easier to refill than others, though.
"The worst printer manufacturer that does not support recycling is Lexmark," he said. "The most friendly company is Hewlett-Packard."
Recycling toner cartridges reduces pollution and saves Buzzell's customers money, he said, though the cost of the service depends on the type of cartridge being refilled.
"We use a specific toner for the cartridge we're working on, not a generic one," Buzzell said. The right toner will "make a cartridge print like it's supposed to. We make no compromises."
Buzzell guarantees any cartridge he's worked on with a no-time-limit, zero-defect warranty.
Biographical information: Buzzell was born in Michigan and lived in California and the Pacific Northwest before moving to Alaska 25 years ago. He served four years in the Air Force and received one year of training in electronics technology. After the Air Force, he worked for five years at salmon hatcheries in the Pacific Northwest.
While working at the hatcheries, Buzzell invented a system for separating dead salmon eggs from live ones. He called the invention the Buzzell Egg Picker, and formed the B.E.P. Company.
He first came to Alaska to market the Buzzell Egg Picker, and moved to Juneau when he visited and thought "this is the place where I want to live," he said.
He worked at the Eaglecrest Ski Area for a few seasons, then got a job teaching computer skills to students at Floyd Dryden Middle School. While there, he developed computer software to teach students to type. He began marketing the software, and changed the name of his business to Buzzell's Educational Programs.
When Buzzell went to work for a computer dealer in town and discovered how expensive toner cartridges are for laser printers, he decided to learn how to refill them himself. The third reincarnation of the B.E.P. Company - Buzzell's Economy Printing - was born.
Family: Buzzell's family in Juneau consists of his brother, Tom Buzzell.
Quotable: "I've been through a lot of different training ... and what they teach you if nothing else is to run your business like you would want someone to treat you," Buzzell said. "That's what I try to do - treat customers like I want to be treated."
Contact information: The B.E.P. Company can be reached at 789-2230.
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FAIRBANKS - After being chased by dogs, dodging traffic and eating frozen wood all winter, moose in Fairbanks are start getting a little testy.
"They're getting ornery," said Tony Hollis, a technician at the Alaska Department of Fish and Game in Fairbanks who handles moose calls for the agency. "They're low on (fat) reserves and the food they're eating is not very good."
Fish and Game is getting calls almost daily about moose - many of them showing signs of aggression - in neighborhoods or near schools, Hollis said.
In the past few days, Hollis has taken calls about hostile moose near two elementary schools .
"We've had kids and adults chased," Hollis said. While there have been no injuries reported as a result of moose encounters in Fairbanks this winter, the potential always exists.
A contrary moose parked near the entrance of a building Wednesday morning prompted University of Alaska Fairbanks police to issue a "moose alert" on campus, warning students and faculty to keep an eye out for unruly ungulates.
"We get worried because a lot of people are walking in those common areas," police chief Terry Vrabec said. "We want them to pay attention so they don't get charged."
Vrabec's fear is a very real one. A 71-year-old man was stomped to death on campus at the University of Alaska Anchorage in January of 1995 by a cow protecting her calf. That moose was shot four days later.
Vrabec can't remember the last time an aggressive moose was killed on campus, but police resort to all kinds of techniques to herd them off school grounds, including pepper spray, sirens and lights and bean bags fired from shotguns.
"We'd much rather move it on than dispatch a moose," he said.
On Wednesday, officers used pepper spray to chase off a cow that showed up about 8 a.m. to munch on a tree at UAF.
"She was kind of mad," Vrabec said. "She was close to charging some officers."
Moose pose an especially dangerous threat on campus because they often find themselves backed into a corner by all the buildings, he said.
Fish and Game's Hollis advises people to stay as far as possible from moose and to remove any attractions that may be bringing moose in, such as hay or salt on a driveway.
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Weight:132 lb (60 kg)
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My main interests are music, dances, sport. I live healthy life, try to stay active. My free time I try to spend in the fresh air, in the gym. When I am at home I read books, listen to music, cook. The last one is my hobby, I like to experiment in the kitchen, invent and try something new. I also am fond of knitting and embroidering, and growing home plants.
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I am easy-going, communicative, nice woman, I have a kind heart and bright open mind. I am a loyal friend and will be a faithful wife, I have strong family values. I am old-fashioned, I value honesty, honour, trust. I am life-loving, they say I am wise, optimistic and understanding.
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These mischevious mountain birds are notorious for their ability to destroy anything that can be pulled apart with a beak - cars, tramping boots, you name it! Kea are found in many of New Zealand's alpine areas - Encounter them on the Kepler, Routeburn, or Milford TracksExplore the Kepler Track
On the remote and wild west coast of Stewart Island lies Mason Bay, a beautiful 12 mile crescent of sandy beach. The dunes here stretch inland as far as 3km and are an amazing example of New Zealand's original dune ecosystem – one of international significance. The area also happens to be home to the highest population base of kiwi in the world. The beach is accessible only by chartered flight, or foot.Stewart Island Track
Ryan Donmoyer, NY Times – Stewart Island Track
The kiwi glanced at us, turned and waddled up the trail, its muscular legs supporting a squat, bristly backside. Then it made an abrupt about-face and plodded toward us. It sniffed curiously at Matt's boot, made another about-face, and ran up the track into the dark.
I realized I had been holding my breath, so I exhaled. The whole experience had lasted less than five minutes, but it had made the entire trip to New Zealand worthwhile… I was thrilled…
Such an incredibly beautiful area! As soon as you step over the bridge at Wairaurahiri, the difference is dramatic – lush old growth rain forest, and the birdsong twice as loud! like being in another world… The coastline is amazing too, so wild and moody – we had rain, sunshine, and hail all in the space of an hour! Nothing beats arriving to a hot food and a roaring fire in a cozy hut after a hard days hike though. I can't wait to do it again!
Lily, 10 – Lily's Stewart Island Track report
Hi this is me Lily! I had such a cool time on the Stewart Island track. We landed on the beach at Mason Bay and walked to a hut and we saw a kiwi! We saw a weka too and it stole my keyring… On top of big sand hill we did a lot of sandune jumping and on the walk i took lots of photos here they are…
Dolphins at Dusk – Port Craig.
Dolphins at dusk, pikelets at the Percy Burn Viaduct and poetry at Port Craig . . . Fiordland sure turns on the charm, writes Shane Gilchrist of the The Otago Daily Times…
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Jason Terry is expected to sign with the Boston Celtics according to Marc J. Spears of Yahoo! Terry, who has spent the last eight years of his career with Dallas, will sign a 3-year deal with the Celtics worth the mid-level exception. According to Adrian Wojnarowski, the Celtics also hope to retain Ray Allen's services. Terry will be 35 in September. The Celtics already retained Kevin Garnett, and the addition of Terry should have Boston in position to challenge Miami in the East.
Update: Deal is done per Yahoo!. Now they just wait for July 11.


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Gently brush out your locks. If desired, add a spritz of leave-in conditioner to tame flyaway hairs. Next, take the wide-toothed comb and part your hair. Don't worry about whether you have a middle or side part — this braid will work just fine with either one. However, as the part approaches the back of your head, be sure to angle it toward the center of your skull. In the end, you will want to have a straight part down the back of your head.
Separate three strands of hair. As you begin to cross the strands, make sure that they are going underneath each other.
Pull the strands tightly toward your scalp and continue to braid. Each time you cross the strands, be sure to gather a little more hair and add it to the strand. That way, your braid will hug your scalp and it will naturally become thicker as you work your way down.
Continue to weave the strands until you run out of hair. Secure the braid with a regular hair tie and repeat on the other half of your head.
Using a decorative hair tie, secure the braids together at the base of your neck. Bind the middle with another fun hair tie, then remove the regular hair ties from the bottom and do the same for the base of the braid.
Try out various hair elastics for a different look. (We used the Jolie USA pony holders.) Have fun experimenting!
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For the first time, scientists have linked the love of chocolate to a specific, chemical signature programmed into a person's metabolism, the chemical processes that take place in body, as measured by tests on blood and urine.
Tests by Sunil Kochhar of the Nestlé Research Centre in Lausanne, Switzerland and Prof Jeremy Nicholson at Imperial College London show that this signature reads 'chocolate lover' in some people and indifference to the popular sweet in others, the researchers say today in the Journal of Proteome Research.
Prof Nicholson is the founder of "metabonomics", where scientists hunt for subtle changes in metabolism - the complex web of thousands of chemical reactions that runs a body - caused by toxins, drugs or illness, such as heart disease. Many of these are influenced by gut bacteria, which play a central role in breaking down a food such as chocolate.
In this case, the team studied 11 volunteers who classified themselves on a questionnaire as 'chocolate desiring' and 11 volunteers who were 'chocolate indifferent.' In a controlled clinical study, each subject - all men of normal weight - ate chocolate or placebo over a five day period while the make-up of chemicals in their blood and urine samples was analysed.
The 'chocolate lovers' had a hallmark metabolic profile that involved low levels of LDL-cholesterol (so-called 'bad' cholesterol) and marginally elevated levels of albumin, a beneficial protein, the scientists say.
The chocolate lovers showed this tell-tale chemical profile, a quite different pattern of fats, even when they ate no chocolate, the researchers note. The activity of the gut microbes in the chocolate lovers was also distinctively different from the other subjects, they add. "We found that we could easily distinguish the groups metabolically," said Prof Nicholson.
"This is the first demonstration that a dietary preference has an imprinted effect on your metabolism and that might link to all sorts of long term health implications- interestingly the chocolate preferring people had a better gut microbial metabolite profile than the people that don't like chocs," said Prof Nicholson.
"Chocolates are rich in antioxidant polyphenolics which are good for you (which themselves are microbially metabolised) and this could be part of the connection."
An essential ingredient in chocolate is cocoa which is rich in flavonoids, the most active polyphenols, in particular, three members of the flavanol family, catechin, epicatechin and procyanidins. Cocoa beans and chocolate generally contain more of the active polyphenols than any other food.
"It is known that by eating chocolate, catechin and epicatechin can reach the bloodstream where they can be transported around the body, helping to prevent oxidation so the body can stay healthier," said Kochhar.
"Our study shows that food preferences, including chocolate, might be programmed or imprinted into our metabolic system in such a way that the body becomes attuned to a particular diet," says Kochhar.
"We know that some people can eat a diet that is high in steak and carbs and generally remain healthy, while the same food in others is unhealthy," he explains.
"Knowing one's metabolic profile could open-the-door to dietary or nutritional interventions that are customised to your type so that your metabolism can be nudged to a healthier status."
Researchers have known for some time that the metabolic makeup and and food preferences can vary from person to person and even between different cultures.
"There's a lot of information in metabolism that can be used to improve health and this information is just now being explored and tapped," the researcher says.
Women were not included in the current study in order to avoid any metabolic variations linked to the menstrual cycle, which has been shown in studies by others to influence metabolic differences, Kochhar says. But the researchers plan to include women in future clinical trials on women who love the treat.
In addition to providing a better understanding of individual metabolic types, the current study could also lead to the discovery of additional biomarkers that can identify new health benefits linked to chocolate and other foods, says Kochhar, whose research was funded by Nestlé.
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I dont know how to make my camera work
\015 I have a built-in 1.3 megapixel camera with my screen sony vaio ,and i dont know how to make it work ,do i need cd for that or ?\015
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What operating system do you have? With Windows XP, you can often access the camera by going to My Computer, and the camera is listed. Click on it and you can see a live image and take photos.
If it is not listed under My Computer, you must use the camera with a compatible program that uses a webcam (there are many).
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Who would you most like to cook for?
I'd like to cook for my grandmother, because she's not around any more and she'd be very proud. She taught me to cook.
What's your dream dinner party line-up?
It would definitely have to be Paul Weller - he'd be there, my wife would be there, and my mate Adam Reynolds ... That'd be it, I think. That'd be a good mix.
What was your childhood teatime treat?
It used to be brown shrimps in newspaper which we'd just sit and peel. They were great.
What's your favourite table?
I've got many, but my absolute favourite would be the Gatto Nero on the island of Burano in Venice.
Where was your most memorable meal?
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And the worst meal you've ever had?
It was actually quite recently. Should I say? It would definitely have to be a Michelin-starred restaurant, I know that - all the messing around. OK, I'll tell you where: Claridges, Gordon Ramsay - it was nonsense.
What's the most outlandish thing you've ever eaten?
Cod's sperm in Chicago. It wasn't that nice actually, as you'd imagine.
What was your biggest food disaster?
Any dessert I put my hand to. I keep making soufflés out of lemon tarts and things. I've got no patience for it.
Who's your food hero/food villain?
Food villain has to be James Martin - I think he just does some bizarre things. Food hero has to be my mate Nick Hutchins, our local crab fisherman, who I've been dealing with for the last fifteen years. There isn't a thing he doesn't know about fishing.
Nigella or Delia?
Oh, Nigella. Delia's looking old.
Muesli or fry-up?
Bit of both really. Muesli on a Monday, when I wake up from the weekend thinking this is going to be the week I change my lifestyle. It's muesli until Tuesday, then it's fry-up thereafter.
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Fusion food or best of British?
I don't like confusion food, and I love good old British food. I like simplicity in cooking.
What would you do if you weren't a chef?
I wouldn't mind being a fisherman and having a little day boat. I love the sea.
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"I kid you not, that is worse than an Olympic final. Lining up in front of 100,000 is nothing compared to that..." Iwan Thomas talking about the second qualifying heat, Celebrity Masterchef, 2009.
It is possible that the 400m relay Olympic silver medallist was taking the piss out of the first cooking judge to profess Cranachan as his favourite dish and his swarthy sidekick. Certainly the use of "I kid you not" to preface his remarks would suggest as much. But then Thomas has never struck me as the most subtle of men. He's more of a straight up and down you-miss-I-hit type of bloke rather than a mystery spin merchant. Further, if, despite his denial, he was kidding then that would render Celebrity Masterchef entirely meaningless and this is something I and millions of others cannot countenance.
Better, in the circumstances, to assume that Thomas was simply telling it as it was and, counter-intuitive as it might seem, take his word for it that an Olympic final is small beer compared to the one-hour cooking challenge. Not that Thomas actually did much cooking – buying would be a more exact description of his decision to transfer his pork and cauliflower straight from basket to plate, without troubling oven or hob, to create a dish which might charitably be billed as porc terrine avec chou-flour al dente.
If such a piece of elementary gastronomy renders nugatory competing against the best in the world in an event graced by luminaries as starry as Alberto Juantorena and Michael Johnson, then we would need to reorder our priorities. First out the window would be the Olympics, as in through the back door would come a three-week food-and-drink extravaganza involving competing chefs from more than 180 different nations, and Oz Clarke. Naturally, having built all these new stadia they would have to be used. Perhaps all the fusion cooking heats could take place at Stratford, the TexMex in Greenwich, the sous-cheffing at Lord's ...
But this is to be utterly absurd. We are, therefore, left to conclude that Thomas, while telling the truth, was talking nonsense. He was victim to that disease, which affects so many ex-sportspeople, of taking something entirely trivial far, far too seriously, or "competitivitis" to give it its medical name. Those who suffer from the "little c" lose the ability to distinguish between differing activities. Having spent their lives honing a win-at-all-costs mentality, they fail to acknowledge the costs to their health, mental and physical, of continuing to strive to win at all things after they have retired. This desperate need to be the best at everything is what makes ex-sportspeople such exhausting drinking and, I have to speculate here, sexual partners.
It also makes them depressingly one-note. If it is only about winning then subtleties, like losing gracefully or playing it for laughs or tanking, have no place. It is brute and it is boring. And after a while the competitivitis sufferer realises that all his victories have become Pyrrhic because if you are the only one who cares who wins then your litany of triumph amounts to less than a hill of beans.
This is when things tend to go bad for those with competitivitis and they unravel badly either by drinking, shagging a series of Miss Englands (even, on a quiet night, a stray Miss Wales) or, most likely, playing round after round of golf, on their own.
Their lives have become empty. Without the kick of victory, and beating yourself at golf is as much disaster as triumph, then there can be no meaning. And then the call comes from the producers of Celebrity Masterchef ... no wonder it suddenly means so much.


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There is little empirical evidence existing on Villa-Lobos's career and activities between 1905 and 1912. His biographers state that he travelled widely throughout Brazil during this period. However, there are few positive facts available concerning these trips.
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STABILITY OF PERIODIC SOLUTIONS OF FIRST-ORDER DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS LYING BETWEEN LOWER AND UPPER SOLUTIONS ALBERTO CABADA, VICTORIA OTERO-ESPINAR, ´ AND DOLORES RODRIGUEZ-VIVERO Received 8 January 2004 and in revised form 2 September 2004 We prove that if there exists α ≤ β, a pair of lower and upper solutions of the first-order discrete periodic problem ∆u(n) = f (n,u(n)); n ∈ IN ≡ {0,...,N − 1}, u(0) = u(N), with f a continuous N-periodic function in its first variable and such that x + f (n,x) is strictly increasing in x, for every n ∈ IN , then, this problem has at...
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Mathematics has its own language with numbers as the alphabet. The language is given structure with the aid of connective symbols, rules of operation, and a rigorous mode of thought (logic). These concepts, which previously were explored in elementary mathematics courses such as geometry, algebra, and calculus, are reviewed in the following paragraphs
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Recent advances in clinical proteomics have propelled us into an exciting period of discovery of new cancer biomarkers, although the available proteomic technologies have their limitations. The principles of proteomic technology require stringent guidelines for the collection of clinical material, the application of analytical techniques, and for our interpretation of the data. In this review, we present an overview of the serum tumor markers in current use.
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Until relatively recent times, most periods of technological development have been linked to changes in the use of materials (eg the stone, bronze and iron ages). In more recent years the driving force for technological change in many respects has shifted towards information technology. This is amply illustrated by the way the humble microprocessor has built intelligence into everyday domestic appliances.
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Today, the term reliability is part of our everyday language, especially when speaking about the functionality of a product. A very reliable product is a product that fulfils its function at all times and under all operating conditions. The technical definition for reliability differs only slightly by expanding this common definition by probability: reliability is the probability that a product does not fail under given functional und environmental conditions during a defined period of time (VDI guidelines 4001).
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Frequency Analysis Frequency analysis of any given signal involves the transformation of a time-domain signal into its frequency components. The need for describing a signal in the frequency domain exists because signal processing is generally accomplished using systems that are described in terms of frequency response. Converting the time-domain signals and systems into the frequency domain is extremely helpful in understanding the characteristics of both signals and systems. In Section 4.1, the Fourier series and Fourier transform will be introduced.
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PERIODIC BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS ON TIME SCALES ´ PETR STEHLIK Received 20 April 2004 We extend the results concerning periodic boundary value problems from the continuous calculus to time scales. First we use the Schauder fixed point theorem and the concept of lower and upper solutions to prove the existence of the solutions and then we investigate a monotone iterative method which could generate some of them.
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This preface is included for information and is not a part of ISA-5.1-1984 (R1992). This standard has been prepared as part of the service of ISA toward a goal of uniformity in the field of instrumentation. To be of real value, this document should not be static, but should be subject to periodic review. Toward this end, the Society welcomes all comments and criticisms, and asks that they be addressed to the Secretary, Standards and Practices Board, ISA, 67 Alexander Drive, P.O. Box 12277, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, Telephone (919) 549- 8411, e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com....
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Consistent with the results of the Bechara study, our subjects gradually concentrated their choices on deck B (Fig. 2). The beginning phase of the task was an exploratory period in which both populations sampled each deck equally. For the next 20 draws subjects shifted towards deck B drawing on average 8 of the 20 cards from deck A. In the final 10 draws both groups largely abandoned deck A: on average the younger subjects chose deck A two times of 10 and the older subjects chose deck A three times of 10. In summary both populations appear to have adapted the same way to the payoffs....
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In this article we study several homology theories of the algebra E ∞ (X) of Whitney functions over a subanalytic set X ⊂ Rn with a view towards noncommutative geometry. Using a localization method going back to Teleman we prove a Hochschild-Kostant-Rosenberg type theorem for E ∞ (X), when X is a regular subset of Rn having regularly situated diagonals. This includes the case of subanalytic X. We also compute the Hochschild cohomology of E ∞ (X) for a regular set with regularly situated diagonals and derive the cyclic and periodic cyclic theories. ...
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Báo cáo hoa học: "Research Article Three Positive Periodic Solutions for a Class of Higher-Dimensional Functional Differential Equations with Impulses on Time Scales"
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Recently, Th17 cells were identified as a new subset of T helper cells unrelated to Th1 or Th2 cells. They are a subset of T helper cells characterized by IL-17 production, differentiated from naïve T cells in the presence of both transforming growth factor (TGF)-β and IL-6 in mice, and are implicated in the pathogenesis of experimental allergic encephalomyelitis (EAE) and collagen-induced arthritis (CIA) (Langrish et al. 2005).
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We prove that the existence of an automorphism of finite order on a Q-variety X implies the existence of algebraic linear relations between the logarithm of certain periods of X and the logarithm of special values of the Γ-function. This implies that a slight variation of results by Anderson, Colmez and Gross on the periods of CM abelian varieties is valid for a larger class of CM motives. In particular, we prove a weak form of the period conjecture of Gross-Deligne [11, p. 205]1 .
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For diffeomorphisms of smooth compact finite-dimensional manifolds, we consider the problem of how fast the number of periodic points with period n grows as a function of n. In many familiar cases (e.g., Anosov systems) the growth is exponential, but arbitrarily fast growth is possible; in fact, the first author has shown that arbitrarily fast growth is topologically (Baire) generic for C 2 or smoother diffeomorphisms.
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