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Q I usually make corned beef and cabbage for St. Patrick's Day, but this year, I'd like to make Irish stew. Can you dig up a recipe?
A Here's an old-fashioned recipe that has great, simple flavors. Serve it with Irish soda bread. The recipe is from "The Supper Book" by Marion Cunningham (Alfred A. Knopf, 1992).
Makes 6 servings.
2 pounds lamb for stewing, some fat removed, cut in large bite-size pieces
Salt and pepper to taste (be generous)
4 large onions, thickly sliced
8 medium potatoes, peeled and thickly sliced
2 tablespoons chopped fresh thyme or 1 tablespoon crumbled dried thyme
2 cups water
3 tablespoons finely chopped parsley
To prepare oven: Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
To make stew: Spread lamb pieces on sheet of wax paper. Salt and pepper liberally. Do same with onions and potatoes. In large heavy casserole, arrange potatoes, onions and lamb in layers, sprinkling thyme over each layer, starting and ending with potatoes. Add water slowly, without disturbing layers.
To bake: Cover casserole. Place in oven. Bake for 2 hours.
To serve: Ladle into bowls. Sprinkle with parsley.
Q Years ago, I had a dessert recipe for white potato pie made with mashed potatoes. I'd like to make the pie for a St. Pat's Day dinner. Can you find the recipe?
A This custard pie recipe from "Southern Pies" by Nancie McDermott (Chronicle Books, 2010) includes mashed potatoes and a splash of citrus.
Makes 9-inch pie.
Pastry for 9-inch single-crust pie
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup milk
3 eggs, beaten well
1/2 teaspoon lemon extract
2 1/2 cups mashed peeled potatoes (about 1 1/2 pounds)
1/2 cup butter, melted
To prepare oven, pie pan: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line 9-inch pie pan with pastry. Crimp pastry edges decoratively. Set aside.
To make filling: In small bowl, combine sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt. Using fork, stir until well combined. Set aside. In medium bowl, combine milk, eggs and lemon extract. Stir until well combined. Add sugar mixture. Stir until sugar dissolves. Add mashed potatoes and butter. Stir until well combined. (Note: Mixture will be thick.)
To assemble and bake pie: Transfer filling to piecrust. Place pie on bottom shelf of oven. Bake for 40 to 50 minutes or until filling is puffed up, nicely browned and fairly firm. Place pie on cooling rack or folded kitchen towel. Cool to room temperature.
Q There was a jellyroll recipe in the paper recently and that made me think about a meatloaf my mom used to make in the 1950s. It was made jellyroll-style with a mashed potato filling. Can you find the recipe?
A This is two comfort-food classics — meatloaf and mashed potatoes — in one package. I found the recipe in "Cooks Country Best Lost Suppers" from the editors at America's Test Kitchen (2009).
Makes 4 servings.
1 pound Yukon gold potatoes, peeled and sliced -3/4-inch thick
3 tablespoons heavy cream, warmed
2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon pepper
1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
3 slices hearty white sandwich bread, torn into large pieces and pulsed in food processor to coarse crumbs
1 tablespoon unsalted butter
1 onion, minced
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 teaspoon minced fresh oregano
2 tablespoons whole milk
1 large egg
2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1 pound 85 percent lean ground beef
3 slices bacon
To cook potatoes: Place potatoes in colander. Rinse under cold running water until water runs clear. In medium saucepan, combine potatoes and 2 quarts water. Heat to a simmer. Cook for 20 to 25 minutes or until potatoes are tender. Drain potatoes. Return to saucepan.
To finish potatoes: Stir potatoes over low heat for 1 to 2 minutes or until thoroughly dried. Set ricer or food mill over bowl. Press or mill potatoes into bowl. Gently fold in cream, butter, salt and pepper until cream is absorbed and potatoes are thick and creamy. Stir in parsley. Set aside to cool to room temperature.
To toast bread crumbs: Adjust oven rack to middle position. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spread 1/2 cup bread crumbs on rimmed baking sheet. Bake for 4 to 6 minutes or until dry and golden brown. Cool to room temperature.
To mix meatloaf: In medium skillet, melt butter over medium heat. Add onion. Cook, stirring occasionally, for 5 to 7 minutes or until softened. Stir in garlic and oregano. Cook for 30 seconds or until fragrant. Transfer to bowl. Cool to room temperature. In medium bowl, combine remaining bread crumbs and milk. Set aside. In large bowl, Whisk together egg, mustard, Worcestershire sauce, salt and pepper. Add cooked onion mixture, bread crumb-milk mixture and beef. Using hands, mix until evenly blended and meat mixture does not stick to bowl.
To shape loaf: Fold 1 sheet foil into 18-by-7 1/2-inch rectangle. Fold another into 18-by-3 1/2-inch rectangle. Lay narrower piece of foil on counter. Lay wider piece on top to make a cross. Sprinkle toasted bread crumbs evenly over bottom two-thirds of top piece of foil. Spread meat mixture over toasted bread crumbs into 10-by-7 1/2-inch rectangle. Spread potatoes evenly over meat, leaving 1/2-inch border around bottom and sides and 1-inch border along top. Using foil to help, roll meat and potatoes into compact log. Lay bacon strips on top of loaf. Transfer loaf (still in foil) to 8 1/2-by-4 1/2-inch loaf pan. Fold back excess foil.
To bake: Bake for 1 hour to 1 hour 25 minutes or until bacon is rendered and crisp and meatloaf center registers 160 degrees on instant read thermometer. Let rest for 15 minutes. Using foil sling, remove meatloaf from pan. Slice and serve.
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Researchers Record a Tropospheric Trifecta in February
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Congratulations to Jennifer Comstock, Sally McFarlane, Jim Barnard, Chuck Long, Connor Flynn, and Jim Mather for a banner month in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (BAMS). As coauthors of three articles appearing in the February 2007 issue of BAMS (Volume 88, Issue 2), Pacific Northwest National Laboratory scientists and their colleagues are contributing key information about the importance of clouds related to the earth's energy budget through their research sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy's Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program.
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When Texas A&M; quarterback Johnny Manziel became the first freshman in history to win the coveted Heisman Trophy in December, his mythic season should have faded to black.
In the movies, the next scene would have had him charging onto the field for his eagerly awaited sophomore year. In an era of nonstop celebrity media coverage, Manziel has been presented to the country in one misadventure after another this off-season. He has been demonized and held up as a symbol of superstar status gone wrong.
The seemingly final blow is the allegation that Manziel violated NCAA rules by accepting payment for signing autographs.
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A rule is a rule and each school has compliance courses that explain prohibited behavior. If the allegation is true, Manziel did not display Heisman-like judgment.
The system, however, is in major need of overhaul.
College players live on scholarship checks that barely cover basic necessities. They cannot work like non-athletes to supplement their income. If they come from disadvantaged backgrounds (which was not the case with Manziel), they may be living at a standard below the non-athletes on the same campus. These same athletes have rigid in-season demands on their time, and now participate in rigorous off-season training programs and have the double burden of academics.
They see their jerseys sold in the student store, their likeness used in video games, the massive crowds in stadiums, and see no revenue in return.
Many feel exploited. League rules require them to spend a year on campus in basketball and three in football even though they may have no interest. Of course, I wish every athlete would see the benefit of a college education, but many universities have a low graduation rate for athletes spending four or five years on the campus. Let's fix that.
Athletes are already resentful at being forced to be on campus, they are prime targets to accept money from agents and alumni, and don't see it as a moral issue.
A system of supplementing their income with shared returns from licensing and marketing needs to be designed.
The professional leagues benefit from this "farm system." They also could contribute.
Manziel has been subject to a ridiculous amount of hysterical scrutiny this off-season. He showed as much self-discipline as any student on the campus throughout the training camp and 2012 season. He is a college sophomore who needed a respite from endless pressure in the off-season. He is still maturing.
Did any of us ever attend a party on another campus? Have an episode with alcohol? Or oversleep while we were students?
Did he make some mistakes? Maybe. But we all did in those years. We weren't trailed around 24/7 by paparazzi, cellphone photographers and gossip seekers.
If Aaron Rodgers, Robert Griffin III, Tom Brady or any other superstar had been hounded this way in their early collegiate off-seasons, what would we think of them?
The NCAA allegation is different, but he deserves a first presumption of innocence.
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Whole of last night my brain buzzing with this quarry in Blanchisseuse thing....then I wake up this morning to read that the PM play the gender card again and my morning derailed.
Anybody who know me well, knows that the feminist Get Out of Jail Free Card of "I am a frail female" does piss me off.
To sit and read that the PM, the Leader of a government and country issue a statement that uses gender to justify her misuse of public funds is enough to make one vomit! Beyond the constraints of ailing that can affect either gender, what can a female PM at Persad-Bissessar's age be coping with that is gender specific? Come, come, Madam PM!
I am a woman, I have different needs, and so it should be expected that I will abuse the public purse to have my sister travel with me internationally at the STATE's expense? The Iron Lady must be corroding with this one. Kamla Rani, don't get us wrong....nobody begrudging you your sister as a travel companion....nobody even begrudging you the luxury of aging and ailing...but why do WE THE TAXPAYERS have to shoulder the burden that is Vidwatie Newton's travel expenses? That is the crux of the matter. And for you to take what is fundamentally an issue of misuse of public funds and turn it into a plea for sympathy because of your gender makes you nasty and reprehensible! I said it!
Is not enough that you get caught lying when you said you paid her out of your own pocket.
Is not enough that you get caught lying when you said the Govt of India covered the expenses of your state visit to India.
Is it not enough that you sought to tarnish the reputation of a former Prime Minister and President to justify your pilfering of public funds?
The public had to find out that on at least 4 occasions the Cabinet approved travel funding to the tune of hundreds of thousands of dollars for your sister!
Now you come with a story that is designed to make us feel that as a woman, your needs are so different from that of any other person it GIVES YOU THE RIGHT to ABUSE PUBLIC FUNDS?
Is your husband not a doctor? Considering that many of the issues you listed in this statement refer to health and lifestyle issues, and considering that the state makes allowances for a spouse travelling with you, wouldn't it make sense for the person closest to you, with intimate knowledge of your health issues and with medical qualifications, be the one to accompany you on your travels?
I hear a pundit is also part of your travel entourage....you preparing for the afterlife on every trip too?
The next major thing is this quarry....any environmental reporter worth salt and pepper and chadon beni could make chow and a reputation with what going on in Blanchisseuse right now. the first thing you have to know is that this Blanchisseuse Quarry issue started to get sticky under the PNM and has only worsened under the People's Panchayat because neither parties have an environmental policy worth anything.
Somewhere around 2004/2005 the PNM reversed legislation that made it mandatory for anyone operating a quarry to require permission from the EMA. In the new legislation anyone operating a quarry under 150 acres can do so without permission from the EMA. The PNM issued this legislation to allow for the mining of aggregate to assist in the construction industry boom that was going on then.
So, in short, our environment was sacrificed for the sake of the construction boom. This new law led to many small quarries springing up overnight in the forests of the Northern Range. These quarries have affected the habitat for wild animals, our vegetation and our waterways. The quarrying also has implications for flooding on a national level.
Add to this mix the contract signed between the former PNM Government and the Sunway Construction company.....wait, you gasp...Sunway....Calder Hart?????
Yes folks, the construction company that is allegedly owned by Calder Hart is currently doing business under the People's Panchayat Government.
This is a government that came into power on all things Calder Hart....indeed Anand Ramlogan (remember him? the AG?) had staked his reputation as our AG on getting both Calder Hart and Parick Manning locked up for corruption. It stands to reason then that upon coming into office all contracts Trinidad and Tobago had with Calder Hart or any of his companies would have been suspended pending investigations. Especially when you realise that the Govt of Trinidad and Tobago actually losing $$$ on the deal with Sunway Construction.
So, the Pantomime wants to know:
Why have these contracts the Govt has with Calder Hart/Sunway not been suspended or cancelled? after all the OPV contracts were reviewed cancelled quick quick on the grounds that it wasn't in the country's best interest.
Who is benefitting from this arrangement with Sunway Ltd?
Are members of the People's Panchayat Govt in bed with Sunway and doing business with them????
Is it that we know where Calder Hart is and haven't brought him in for questioning An&?
Why has this govt not overturned those controversial environmental laws? (Prakash, look a worthy campaign to take up)
Is it that these questionable laws working in their favour?
Wasn't amendments to current environmental policies and practices part of your manifesto and 120 plan? (Prakash, all yuh forget?)
Interestingly enough, quarrying continued for 21 months under this regime and it only when Calder Hart's name get mentioned last week that Energy Minister Kevin Ramnarine swoop down like Enviro Batman to stop the quarrying.
Why now Kevin? Why after 21 months of quarrying? Why only when Sunway's name get mentioned? Is there something that this government trying to hide from the country? Might that be the reason the AG can't find or arrest Calder Hart yet?
I have a question for The Keith too....what are you doing to ensure that the PNM policies under Manning are going to be different under you? Because this environmental mess didn't happen in a vaccum on its own.
In other environmental issues, police and people clash over roads and social amenities. Maybe if these people were all women of a certain age with a sister called Vidwatie Newton their special needs would be addressed.
On Monday night into Tuesday morning four people were murdered. Maybe if this country was a female Prime Minister of a certain age then our special needs would be attended to and we'd get a CRIME PLAN!!!! Instead of watching Gibbs and Ewatski not perform at their jobs while setting up to sue this government for what may be millions of dollars.
CLICOGATE has yet another twist in the scandal as it appears that $156m of NIB funds was sunk into Clico Investment Bank. Maybe the finance heads can explain to me why National Insurance $$$$$ had to be invested in Clico at a time when it was clear the company was in trouble....was this another form of bailout???????
In UNC Internal Elections news, know is water more than flour when Panday and Jack Warner saying the same thing...both men are convinced that the elections being tampered with internally. And at least one of them taking legal action.
And while Jack encouraging other members of the People's Panchayat to speak out, Assworth...sorry, Ashworth Jack telling them to hush.
TV6 doing some interesting work on the Diesel Bunkering trade in Trinidad and Tobago that for some strange reason does not seem to involve underground storage in Sea Lots or Beetham or residents of Beetham who resemble John Sandy....did anybody tell Minister Roodal Moonilal this? Is it possible that Minister Moonilal lied to the nation of Trinidad and Tobago in parliament in September 2011?
Ancil Roget has gone on record to say that poor management at TCL is what has led to industrial relations breakdown and the strike.
And Senate Vice-President Lyndira Oudit demonstrated her colossal ignorance of Parliamentary Law that led to the Opposition Walking out of the Upper House....Oudit is yet to admit that her ruling was inaccurate.....
But that is par for the course with this Govt...Wrong and Strong and Unapologetic!
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Sunday, May 6, 2012
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I did a trip of Colden, Cliff, Gray, Skylight, Haystack and Marcy this weekend with my friend that I graduated college with. We stayed at Lake Arnold the first night out. Overall distance: First day 7.7mi, second 22.2mi.
The trail to Colden via Lake Arnold is easy and gradual, and had no snow until about 4 miles from the TH at Heart Lake. From there, we went up Colden. It was a gradual hike with some steep spots; microspikes were helpful but not necessary. There are great views from the first shoulder, and from the summit (or a ledge near the summit) as well.
Spent the night, ate some food. Lake Arnold was great; very pretty place to stay, and hardly anyone was there. All too often, people go to the high peaks for the sole purpose of climbing peaks, talking about peaks, peaking out on peaks and forget what else is there. The moon was super bright and we had a bit of trouble sleeping. There was a frost as well, so prepare for that. Otherwise, we did alright and were up and on trail well before 7, leaving our overnight gear at the lake.
We trailed off towards Cliff in the morning; microspikes will be very useful starting at Feldspar Lean To. They were not needed after the fork of the Cliff/Red trail. The Cliffs were very fun, and the peak was easy afterwards. Coming off of that, my friend got blistered up and turned around.
I pushed on to Gray; had no trouble finding the trailhead, directly at the outlet of Lake Tear. I took my microspikes off for that trail, and put them back on going to Skylight.
Skylight took all of ten minutes to do, but needed spikes being on the north face and all. I had the peak to myself, so I stayed. No one was on Gray or Cliff, either. Only one other group was atop Colden... where is everyone?
From here I made the terrible idea to push into Panther Gorge to Haystack. I've been there once before, and it was one of my favorite places in the ADKs then. The trail is not broken, and I was postholing through 2 feet of snow. In May. Why does no one travel this trail? It crosses a great brook at the col and has amazing views the whole way up. Granted it's a very difficult trail and all, it's very rewarding. If you go, bring snowshoes; spikes hardly helped. I also had Haystack to myself, but realizing I still had 10 miles to go, I pushed on to Marcy.
The trail between Haystack and Marcy on the north slope needs spikes, and has some pretty great views. The bubble they call Little Haystack is a beast, though. I gave everything I had on Haystack and was recovering coming off, and didn't prepare. I took a little nap and drank the rest of my water. I traded a Cadbury Egg for a half liter to a lady on Marcy's summit, where there were only a dozen people. Once you hit rock, don't bother with spikes.
Over Marcy, back past Lake Tear and on to Lake Arnold, then full pack back to the Lodge. Great weekend, bluebird skies.
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Route Conditions:
Maintained Trail, Snow on Ground, Exposed Scramble
Gear Used:
Ski Poles, Tent Camp
Ascent Part of Trip:
(1 nights total away from roads)
Complete Trip Sequence:
Mount Colden
Cliff Mountain
Gray Peak
Mount Skylight
Mount Haystack
Mount Marcy
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The emerging concept of "Open Development" has become a topic of keen interest to citizens, policy makers, and development practitioners alike.
Opening data to enhance transparency, accountability and development outcomes sounds great. However, two main issues remain unclear: Openness for whom? And openness for what?
Two weeks ago, I participated in a fascinating panel, entitled 'Does Openness Enhance Development?' at the ICTD2012 Conference in Atlanta. At the center of the discussion were the following issues: (i) what do we mean by open development? (ii) Can openness close the 'accountability loop' between citizens, governments and international donors? (iii) Can openness lead to a more inclusive development? (iv) What is truly open and what not? and (v) What are the main barriers to opening up the development process?
What do we mean by Open Development?
While Matthew Smith from the International Development Research Center (IDRC) stressed that 'Open Development' is still very much an emerging concept, he notes some key principles needed to transform development:
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He emphasized that the concept of Openness combined with the rapid proliferation of ICTs (e.g. social media, inter-active mapping) and the emerging 'networked society' can affect real social change.
Openness for Whom?
Openness and improved accountability for better results are key concepts of the Openness agenda. A key issue, however, remains unclear: Should the priority be to first improve the openness and transparency of international development agencies or is it more strategic to support the enhanced openness of central and local governments to improve the effectiveness of the delivery of public services? It seems that in order to affect changes that can be sustained in the long-term, the improved openness of both international donors and governments should be encouraged simultaneously. Improved aid transparency is fully consistent and complimentary with opening up government: At the core of both concepts stands a more open, collaborative and participatory approach to development that empowers citizens to hold both international donors and governments accountable.
Can openness enhance accountability?
First, opening up information and transparency (through Open Data and Access to Information Policies) alone will not enhance social accountability.
It is critical that improved transparency and open data initiatives go beyond one-way flows of information, strengthen existing participatory governance structures where citizens, civil society and other stakeholders are empowered to make their voices heard and participate in decision-making processes. In other words, while improved transparency and openness are critical requirements for enhancing accountability, there is a need to 'close the feedback loop' by facilitating information flows between citizens, governments and international donors. Only when citizens are enabled to make their voices heard and participate in decision-making processes about development programs will enhanced openness have any real positive impact on strengthening accountability.
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A second challenge facing Open Development is how to broaden the reach of development programs and thus making them more inclusive. Can we use innovations such as ICT-enabled feedback mechanisms (e.g. Listening to LAC, Crowdsourcing, Open Aid Partnership) to better listen to citizens and to extend the reach of our programs to groups that have traditionally been unable to participate? A key argument for the use of ICTs (e.g. mobile phones) to strengthen existing participatory mechanisms is that they have the potential to significantly extend the reach of development programs enable real-time feedback and lower the costs of participation. However, a critical issue remains: Whose voices do we listen to? In the late 1990s, many years before the 'Internet revolution', Jeremy Holland and James Blackburn wrote a book entitled Whose Voices. It provided a powerful argument that participatory approaches have opened up new ways in which policy and development programs can be influenced by the realities of those who are poor, weak, marginalized, and excluded. If we want to use innovative ICTs to make development processes more inclusive, these tools must be embedded in the ongoing participatory process and cannot be implemented in isolation.
Enhanced Openness is not about the improved access to data or technology; it is about a process of making development more inclusive, broadening the dialogue to include voices from traditionally excluded or marginalized groups. Open Development has the potential to strengthen existing participatory and social accountability mechanisms and thus bring about an important cultural change in the way development programs are designed, planned and implemented.
We recently initiated a pilot to start closing the 'feedback loop' for World Bank projects in Africa. The pilot is testing feedback functions on the Africa Region's tool to monitor project results, the External Implementation Status and Results Reports Initiative. We're using ICT innovations (inter-active mapping and mobile phones) to collect and track feedback from local communities on the performance and results of ongoing World Bank projects in Nigeria, Ghana, DRC and Zambia. In this program, the consultation process with civil society and local communities around the results of Bank-financed projects is at the center of the initiative, while technology amplifies the reach of this participatory approach and thus supports this process.
What is truly open?
Varun Arora from the Open Curriculum Project analyzed how ordinary people can truly benefit from improved access to "Open Educational Resources (OER)". He stressed that the key challenge is to better define an "Openness Policy" to clarify" and address the intellectual property rights issues related to "Openness". Such a policy is needed to define the details of 'Open licensing agreements' intended to allow both: (i) free and open access to knowledge resources while also enabling and (ii) the commercial use of open data and knowledge resources by social enterprises. Furthermore, he stressed the importance of open local content that is culturally appropriate to poor people's real needs.
What are some of the barriers?
Ineke Buskens from Gender Research in Africa into ICTs for Empowerment (GRACE) noted that an open development approach does not take place in a vacuum. Open development needs to be analyzed in a much broader social, cultural and political context of poor and marginalized communities. She provided several examples from Africa, where the existing power inequalities between men and women are critical impediments. Frequently, women do not have access to computers and the Internet and thus are deprived from the potential benefits of improved access to information. While she fully acknowledged the positive intent behind enhancing 'openness', she pointed out that it is difficult to equalize the playing field in one small area when working within a broader environment that is not open and equalized.
A special thanks to Linda Raftree from Plan International who did a fantastic job moderating the session and to Tony Roberts and Caitlin Bentley who organized the panel. Tony and Caitlin are both pursuing PhD's at ICT4D at Royal Holloway, University of London.
- Find definitions, examples, & resources on the Wiki on Open Development created at the conference
- Read 14 articles on Open Development from a special issue of Development Outreach magazine
- Share your views on the latest reports from the Open Development Technology Alliance
- Read the 2012 World Bank report: Realizing the Vision of Open Government Data: Opportunities, Challenges & Pitfalls Read World Bank Director Caroline Anstey's blog post on how New Technology can Democratize Development from The Guardian's Poverty Matters blog
- See Linda Raftree's blog post on Does 'openness' enhance development?
- Learn more about Technological, organizational and social innovations transforming the developing world from IDRC Canada
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Photo 2, by Sammia Cristina Poveda PhD candidate Royal Holloway, University of London: Soren Gigler at the March ICTD session on Does Openness Enhance Development?


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Trout received all 28 first-place votes from the Baseball Writers' Association of America, becoming the eighth unanimous AL pick and the first since Tampa Bay's Evan Longoria in 2008.
Detroit second baseman Lou Whitaker had been the youngest AL winner in 1978, but he was 2 months, 26 days older than Trout when he took home the award.
Trout received the maximum 140 points. Oakland outfielder Yoenis Cespedes was second with 63, followed by Texas pitcher Yu Darvish (46), who joined Trout as the only players listed on every ballot.
In addition to Trout and Longoria, the only other unanimous AL winners were Nomar Garciaparra, Derek Jeter, Tim Salmon, Sandy Alomar Jr., Mark McGwire and Carlton Fisk.
Trout spent some time in the majors last year but still retained his rookie status. He began this season in the minors and made his first big league appearance this year on April 28. His season put him in contention for the AL MVP award along with Triple Crown winner Miguel Cabrera of Detroit. That voting is announced Thursday.
For winning the award, Trout earned a $10,000 bonus on top of his $482,500 salary.
Washington's Bryce Harper took the NL honor.
(Copyright 2012 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)


text: Hi Doug, However a recent study of new Hummer owners, indicated that low gas mileage was their #1 complaint! Keith Murphy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Douglas Eadline, Cluster World Magazine" <deadline at linux-mag.com> To: <john.hearns at clustervision.com> Cc: <beowulf at beowulf.org> Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 2:09 PM Subject: Re: [Beowulf] Register article on Opteron - disagree > > My top500 rant. > > Using the Top500 to draw any kind of market trends and conclusions is like > standing outside of a Hummer dealership and asking customers if gas > millage is important. > > A little data from the other end of the HPC street may be helpful. On my > very unscientific polls at ClusterWorld.com, I asked recently "how big is > your cluster" > > http://www.clusterworld.com/pollBooth.pl?qid=14&aid=-1 > > Of the 162 responses, 52% said their cluster was under 32 nodes. > > Furthermore I also asked, what processor you expect your next cluster to > use. > > http://www.clusterworld.com/pollBooth.pl?qid=11&aid=-1 > > 53% said Opteron. > > How accurate is this data? I don't know, but if the Register is going to > draw lines through single data point, then I'll take the liberty and say > that according to my little survey, most clusters are less than 32 nodes > and therefore do not show up on the top500 list and are uncounted. In > addition, Opteron seems to be the processor of choice for clusters. > > Honestly, I don't know how accurate these numbers are, the samples are > small, and have no way of knowing how random the sampling is. > > I think the next survey question I'm going to ask is how well does my > application(s) scale. That is, what is the maximum number of processors > your code can use efficiently. Because, looking at benchmarks for > a number of processors an order of magnitude higher than your limit is > well, silly. Of course some applications can use that many processors, > but I am guessing that most don't. (You know that whole Amdahl's law > thing) > > Doug > > > > > On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 john.hearns at clustervision.com wrote: > >> I spotted this article on The Register. >> >> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/11/19/amd_top500_loss/ >> >> As someone who has installed Opteron clusters, including what I believe >> was the >> first in the UK (used for computational chemistry, and going strong), >> I disagree with this article. >> Opteron are alive and kicking. >> >> What's more the article confuses 'supercomputer' with '(super)computer in >> the Top 500' >> and also makes no mention of EMT64/Nocona. The artcle says Xeon/Itanium, >> then goes on to talk about 32 bit Xeon. >> >> The fact that there are fewer Opteron based systems in the Top 500 is >> irrefutable (I didn't know this) but it makes me uneasy to extrapolate >> this to the impending death of a CPU. >> >> I DO agree (and let's have some debate here) that Nocona is bound to make >> big inroads. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf at beowulf.org >> To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit >> http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf >> > > -- > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Editor-in-chief ClusterWorld Magazine > Desk: 610.865.6061 > Cell: 610.390.7765 Redefining High Performance Computing > Fax: 610.865.6618 www.clusterworld.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf at beowulf.org > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit > http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf > >


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Soft progressive rock from Norway with an album of epic 4xLP proportions coming this winter via . Can't say that it sounds like a good idea to me, but kudos to them for having the chutzpah to go with it.
Soft progressive rock from Norway with an album of epic 4xLP proportions coming this winter via . Can't say that it sounds like a good idea to me, but kudos to them for having the chutzpah to go with it.
Avant-garde Metal talks to Ivar Peersen of Enslaved about the band's new album "RiiTiiR", among many other subjects: http://avantgarde-metal.com/content/stories2.php?id=263
"Kids" is the new single from Norwegian dance-friendly alt-rock act The Lionheads, officially due out September 17 via imprint .
The Raveonettes have a new video for the tune "The enemy" off their latest record "Observator". No idea what Pitchfork was thinking, I think the new album is totally solid.
New from Swedish rockers Riddarna; hastily made in true rock'n'roll fuck-all style.
A new video for "Lågsus" from Danish hip-hop crew Specktors, this time remixed with guest vox from pop artist Medina.
Next week! Come celebrate the autumnal equinox with an evening of Swedish hardcore at Debaser Malmö with Out of Vogue and Anchor! As always, It's a Trap! Clubnights bringing you the best Scandinavia has to offer. The requisite FB event invite: https://www.facebook.com/events/407303379333860/
released the new Nexus Kenosis album "Elsewhen" earlier this week and while it's not yet available on all digital platforms, there's an abridged sampler up for streaming via Spotify. Recommended!
Look for the new album "Understand the world" from Swedish retro/psych-rockers Three Seasons to be released on November 14 via the always-reliable .
will be releasing the new album "Aventure" from long-running Swedish psych/folk act Kebnekajse, their 9th overall and 3rd since the band's reunion back in 2001. More info and preorder details here.
Finnish punkrockers Heartbreak Stereo are streaming their entire new "Double EP" in full via SoundCloud.
A new homemade cellphone video from Swedish punkrockers Knifven.
iDEAL Mixtape #3 comes to us courtesy of Swedish visual artist Fredrik Söderberg, who you might know from the album covers he's done for Junip and The Skull Defekts. As for the sounds, the descriptor says neo/dark-folk, but I haven't had a chance to listen yet myself.
Malmö indierockers YAST have a new video for the tune "Believes".
Den Stora Vilan star in a "retrofuturistic journey" video for the tune "För långt ut". Definitely worth checking out!


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This is my 21 year old son Michael. This photo was taken right before we left to get his baby blessing. He was so cute. I still have this little outfit that my other two kids wore on their blessings.
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Create Water: Creates 2 gallons/level of pure water.
Cure Minor Wounds: Cures 1 point of damage.
Detect Magic: Detects spells and magic items within 60 ft.
Detect Poison: Detects poison in one creature or object.
Flare: Dazzles one creature (–1 penalty on attack rolls).
Guidance: +1 on one attack roll, saving throw, or skill check.
Know Direction: You discern north.
Light: Object shines like a torch.
Mending: Makes minor repairs on an object.
Purify Food and Drink: Purifies 1 cu. ft./level of food or water.
Read Magic: Read scrolls and spellbooks.
Resistance: Subject gains +1 bonus on saving throws.
Virtue: Subject gains 1 temporary hp.
Calm Animals: Calms (2d4 + level) HD of animals.
Charm Animal: Makes one animal your friend.
Cure Light Wounds: Cures 1d8 damage +1/level (max +5).
Detect Animals or Plants: Detects kinds of animals or plants.
Detect Snares and Pits: Reveals natural or primitive traps.
Endure Elements: Exist comfortably in hot or cold environments.
Entangle: Plants entangle everyone in 40-ft.-radius.
Faerie Fire: Outlines subjects with light, canceling blur, concealment, and the like.
Goodberry: 2d4 berries each cure 1 hp (max 8 hp/24 hours).
Hide from Animals: Animals can't perceive one subject/level.
Jump: Subject gets bonus on Jump checks.
Longstrider: Your speed increases by 10 ft.
Magic Fang: One natural weapon of subject creature gets +1 on attack and damage rolls.
Magic Stone: Three stones gain +1 on attack rolls, deal 1d6+1 damage.
Obscuring Mist: Fog surrounds you.
Pass without Trace: One subject/level leaves no tracks.
Produce Flame: 1d6 damage +1/level, touch or thrown.
Shillelagh: Cudgel or quarterstaff becomes +1 weapon (1d10 damage) for 1 min./level.
Speak with Animals: You can communicate with animals.
Summon Nature's Ally I: Calls creature to fight.
Animal Messenger: Sends a Tiny animal to a specific place.
Animal Trance: Fascinates 2d6 HD of animals.
Barkskin: Grants +2 (or higher) enhancement to natural armor.
Bear's Endurance: Subject gains +4 to Con for 1 min./level.
Bull's Strength: Subject gains +4 to Str for 1 min./level.
Cat's Grace: Subject gains +4 to Dex for 1 min./level.
Chill Metal: Cold metal damages those who touch it.
Delay Poison: Stops poison from harming subject for 1 hour/level.
Fire Trap M: Opened object deals 1d4 +1/level damage.
Flame Blade: Touch attack deals 1d8 +1/two levels damage.
Flaming Sphere: Creates rolling ball of fire, 2d6 damage, lasts 1 round/level.
Fog Cloud: Fog obscures vision.
Gust of Wind: Blows away or knocks down smaller creatures.
Heat Metal: Make metal so hot it damages those who touch it.
Hold Animal: Paralyzes one animal for 1 round/level.
Owl's Wisdom: Subject gains +4 to Wis for 1 min./level.
Reduce Animal: Shrinks one willing animal.
Resist Energy: Ignores 10 (or more) points of damage/attack from specified energy type.
Restoration, Lesser: Dispels magical ability penalty or repairs 1d4 ability damage.
Soften Earth and Stone: Turns stone to clay or dirt to sand or mud.
Spider Climb: Grants ability to walk on walls and ceilings.
Summon Nature's Ally II: Calls creature to fight.
Summon Swarm: Summons swarm of bats, rats, or spiders.
Tree Shape: You look exactly like a tree for 1 hour/level.
Warp Wood: Bends wood (shaft, handle, door, plank).
Wood Shape: Rearranges wooden objects to suit you.
Call Lightning: Calls down lightning bolts (3d6 per bolt) from sky.
Contagion: Infects subject with chosen disease.
Cure Moderate Wounds: Cures 2d8 damage +1/level (max +10).
Daylight: 60-ft. radius of bright light.
Diminish Plants: Reduces size or blights growth of normal plants.
Dominate Animal: Subject animal obeys silent mental commands.
Magic Fang, Greater: One natural weapon of subject creature gets +1/four levels on attack and damage rolls (max +5).
Meld into Stone: You and your gear merge with stone.
Neutralize Poison: Immunizes subject against poison, detoxifies venom in or on subject.
Plant Growth: Grows vegetation, improves crops.
Poison: Touch deals 1d10 Con damage, repeats in 1 min.
Protection from Energy: Absorb 12 points/level of damage from one kind of energy.
Quench: Extinguishes nonmagical fires or one magic item.
Remove Disease: Cures all diseases affecting subject.
Sleet Storm: Hampers vision and movement.
Snare: Creates a magic booby trap.
Speak with Plants: You can talk to normal plants and plant creatures.
Spike Growth: Creatures in area take 1d4 damage, may be slowed.
Stone Shape: Sculpts stone into any shape.
Summon Nature's Ally III: Calls creature to fight.
Water Breathing: Subjects can breathe underwater.
Wind Wall: Deflects arrows, smaller creatures, and gases.
Air Walk: Subject treads on air as if solid (climb at 45-degree angle).
Antiplant Shell: Keeps animated plants at bay.
Blight: Withers one plant or deals 1d6/level damage to plant creature.
Command Plants: Sway the actions of one or more plant creatures.
Control Water: Raises or lowers bodies of water.
Cure Serious Wounds: Cures 3d8 damage +1/level (max +15).
Dispel Magic: Cancels spells and magical effects.
Flame Strike: Smite foes with divine fire (1d6/level damage).
Freedom of Movement: Subject moves normally despite impediments.
Giant Vermin: Turns centipedes, scorpions, or spiders into giant vermin.
Ice Storm: Hail deals 5d6 damage in cylinder 40 ft. across.
Reincarnate: Brings dead subject back in a random body.
Repel Vermin: Insects, spiders, and other vermin stay 10 ft. away.
Rusting Grasp: Your touch corrodes iron and alloys.
Scrying F: Spies on subject from a distance.
Spike Stones: Creatures in area take 1d8 damage, may be slowed.
Summon Nature's Ally IV: Calls creature to fight.
Animal Growth: One animal/two levels doubles in size.
Atonement: Removes burden of misdeeds from subject.
Awaken X: Animal or tree gains human intellect.
Baleful Polymorph: Transforms subject into harmless animal.
Call Lightning Storm: As call lightning, but 5d6 damage per bolt.
Commune with Nature: Learn about terrain for 1 mile/level.
Control Winds: Change wind direction and speed.
Cure Critical Wounds: Cures 4d8 damage +1/level (max +20).
Death Ward: Grants immunity to all death spells and negative energy effects.
Hallow M: Designates location as holy.
Insect Plague: Locust swarms attack creatures.
Stoneskin M: Ignore 10 points of damage per attack.
Summon Nature's Ally V: Calls creature to fight.
Transmute Mud to Rock: Transforms two 10-ft. cubes per level.
Transmute Rock to Mud: Transforms two 10-ft. cubes per level.
Tree Stride: Step from one tree to another far away.
Unhallow M: Designates location as unholy.
Wall of Fire: Deals 2d4 fire damage out to 10 ft. and 1d4 out to 20 ft. Passing through wall deals 2d6 damage +1/level.
Wall of Thorns: Thorns damage anyone who tries to pass.
Antilife Shell: 10-ft.-radius field hedges out living creatures.
Bear's Endurance, Mass: As bear's endurance, affects one subject/ level.
Bull's Strength, Mass: As bull's strength, affects one subject/level.
Cat's Grace, Mass: As cat's grace, affects one subject/level.
Cure Light Wounds, Mass: Cures 1d8 damage +1/level for many creatures.
Dispel Magic, Greater: As dispel magic, but +20 on check.
Find the Path: Shows most direct way to a location.
Fire Seeds: Acorns and berries become grenades and bombs.
Ironwood: Magic wood is strong as steel.
Liveoak: Oak becomes treant guardian.
Move Earth: Digs trenches and builds hills.
Owl's Wisdom, Mass: As owl's wisdom, affects one subject/level.
Repel Wood: Pushes away wooden objects.
Spellstaff: Stores one spell in wooden quarterstaff.
Stone Tell: Talk to natural or worked stone.
Summon Nature's Ally VI: Calls creature to fight.
Transport via Plants: Move instantly from one plant to another of the same kind.
Wall of Stone: Creates a stone wall that can be shaped.
Animate Plants: One or more plants animate and fight for you.
Changestaff: Your staff becomes a treant on command.
Control Weather: Changes weather in local area.
Creeping Doom: Swarms of centipedes attack at your command.
Cure Moderate Wounds, Mass: Cures 2d8 damage +1/level for many creatures.
Fire Storm: Deals 1d6/level fire damage.
Heal: Cures 10 points/level of damage, all diseases and mental conditions.
Scrying, Greater: As scrying, but faster and longer.
Summon Nature's Ally VII: Calls creature to fight.
Sunbeam: Beam blinds and deals 4d6 damage.
Transmute Metal to Wood: Metal within 40 ft. becomes wood.
True Seeing M: Lets you see all things as they really are.
Wind Walk: You and your allies turn vaporous and travel fast.
Animal Shapes: One ally/level polymorphs into chosen animal.
Control Plants: Control actions of one or more plant creatures.
Cure Serious Wounds, Mass: Cures 3d8 damage +1/level for many creatures.
Earthquake: Intense tremor shakes 80-ft.-radius.
Finger of Death: Kills one subject.
Repel Metal or Stone: Pushes away metal and stone.
Reverse Gravity: Objects and creatures fall upward.
Summon Nature's Ally VIII: Calls creature to fight.
Sunburst: Blinds all within 10 ft., deals 6d6 damage.
Whirlwind: Cyclone deals damage and can pick up creatures.
Word of Recall: Teleports you back to designated place.
Antipathy: Object or location affected by spell repels certain creatures.
Cure Critical Wounds, Mass: Cures 4d8 damage +1/level for many creatures.
Elemental Swarm: Summons multiple elementals.
Foresight: "Sixth sense" warns of impending danger.
Regenerate: Subject's severed limbs grow back, cures 4d8 damage +1/level (max +35).
Shambler: Summons 1d4+2 shambling mounds to fight for you.
Shapechange F: Transforms you into any creature, and change forms once per round.
Storm of Vengeance: Storm rains acid, lightning, and hail.
Summon Nature's Ally IX: Calls creature to fight.
Sympathy M: Object or location attracts certain creatures.


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The Gold Coast Museum was opened in 1972, believed to be a former Aboriginal gathering place with middens. The heritage listed grounds and trees of one and a quarter acres include littoral forest and gardens planted with ancient native vegetation. Bundall sugar mill was in the vicinity from 1872 until 1888 and family members of those who worked at the mill have been buried with marked graves within the grounds.
The grounds were part of the ABC Open Garden Scheme in 2009.
The historical collection includes the Cable Station equipment which was in operation from 1902; Paula Stafford Bikini Collection worn in the 1950s; part of the wreckage of the Scottish Prince which was wrecked off Stradbroke Island 1887; a large Aboriginal artefact collection; and some 2,500 objects, 1,500 photographs of the Gold Coast area, archival records including old newspapers, maps, development plans and books of local interest and much more.
The museum also includes Vincent Sheldon Artist Studio, which is heritage listed and was originally situated at Broadbeach'; a replica of early settler Robert Veiver's (1861) cottage, built in 1976; and buildings housing machinery and tools from the farming, sugar and timber industries from the mid 1800s.
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Konnoak Hills United Methodist Church is doing its best to be good stormwater stewards in their community. Reverend Randy Sherrill made sure that the new parking lot included storm drains marked with with the message that storm drains drain to the river. Not only that, but the design for the new building includes a rain garden area to collect and treat runoff from the the buildings and parking lot. So, it's really no surprise that members of Konnoak Hills United Methodist Church on Weisner Road are trying to make a difference in their neighborhood as well.
Long-time church member and City of Winston-Salem employee, Shirley Stegall, invited Roseann L'Esperance, Community Educator for the Stormwater Division, to visit with several members one evening and share information about stormwater runoff pollution. After the meeting, Shirley thought that a project of marking storm drains and distributing door hangers might be just the thing in which church members could easily get involved.
Volunteers for this project included Reverend Randy Sherrill, Shirley Stegall, Danielle Truesdale, Marilyn Idol and her daughter Kim, and the Livengood family, Eddie, Shelia and Savannah. After placing about 30 storm drain markers and 150 door hangers on a very hot Wednesday evening, these dedicated volunteers marked another 50 storm drains and distributed another 150 door hangers the following Friday morning.
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Wow. Also keep in mind that about 3 or 4 picks were not really his fault. Take those away and it jumps into the high 90s, maybe low 100s.
Russell Wilson's Season QB Rating: 87.2, 11th in the NFL in QB Rating.
10th in the NFL? Drew Brees.
RG3 is 9th in the NFL in QB Rating.
Next closest rookie? Andrew Luck at 24th.
Number of Seasons Matt Hasselbeck had in Seattle with higher than an 87.2 QB Rating? 4.
Yes, his rating can go down by the end of the year, but if anything ... I see it going up.


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ryuhnke needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
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This group is being organized to build cooperation and "Co-Oper-titon," by bringing together many of the players who service the special needs community to develop unified strategies to best meet the needs of an under-serviced (and at-risk) populations of families and caregivers who have special needs wards in their care who are concerned about what will happen to their wards if something happens to them. We will provide education to the special needs community, families and caregivers regarding special needs trusts, conservatorships, government programs, legal requirements, insurance and legacy planning to protect people with disabilities by providing information and resources. We will be holding seminars throughout Southern California. Currently some of the non profits involved are the Special Olympics, Down Syndrome Association of OC, Easter Seals, Goodwill, Ability First, Best Buddies, and Pathpoint to name a few and the list continues to grow.
Our target audience are families who have and care for individuals with special needs. This includes parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, caregivers, and other service providers. Our demographic is completely diverse. All races, ages, ethnicity, gender, and socio-economic status. Individuals with Special Needs require special attention when planning for their future legally and economically, otherwise the court has processes set up that the family might not want or even know about if no planning is done. We also want to educate parents and grandparents about planned giving strategies where giving back can help with their current and future tax situation while also benefiting the charities in this time of need. This includes simple things like naming a non profit in a will or as a beneficiary on a retirement account. We will also be educating families on how to navigate the government benefits system and what services are available.
We would like the logo to be family friendly. The name of the group is Special Needs Coalition. or Acronym "SNC" Something colorful might be nice. We are open to logo's that spell out the group name or use the initials or both.
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