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Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Red Velvet Cupcakes
I didn't always know this, but red velvet cake is controversial. Some recipes come out tasting like chocolate cake (but not as good), some don't turn red enough (with pink or unappealingly brown color) and some don't have much flavor at all. Your friend might swear up and down that their recipe is fantastic, but if it doesn't satisfy your personal taste, it's useless.
I went over a lot of recipes before I made this one. I have to give a huge thanks to Anna at Cookie Madness, who not only has many red velvet recipes on her site, but goes to the trouble to compare them. I settled on a recipe from her blog that was originally published in Bon Appetit in 2003 and is popular on epicurious.com; then I halved it and tweaked it ever so slightly. It made fabulous cupcakes, and I'm thrilled that I don't have to try any other recipes.
This recipe uses butter as the fat, while most red velvets use oil. Oil keeps cakes moist, but since red velvet doesn't have a ton of other flavoring, I wanted the flavor and texture (a little more dense than light and airy) butter provides. These not only turned out as moist as I could want, but they stayed that way for about 3 days.
These also use a moderate amount of cocoa powder--not the bare minimum (like 1/2 tsp), but not full on max-out cocoa either. So you taste some cocoa, but it doesn't hide the vanilla and buttermilk flavors. The color comes from red food dye (no chemical reaction can make it truly red). The color of the batter indicates the cake's color, so you can add more dye if you're worried about it being red enough. Then of course you're going to top it with cream cheese frosting. So even after fretting over the little details, you just can't fail.
Red Velvet Cupcakes
Adapted from Cookie Madness, who adapted it from epicurious.com
It's all in the details when it comes to red velvet cake. For those of you who appreciate intricate comparisons like these, I'll run down some additional minutiae of my recipe: Swan's Down brand cake flour, Ghiradelli cocoa powder, lowfat buttermilk because I can't remember ever seeing full fat in a grocery store, Morton's kosher salt. Yes, sifting--and weighing the flour if possible--are important. I think everything else is covered below. I kept these at room temperature in a plastic container, and they were still moist and very good on the third day.
Makes 11 to 12
1 cup plus 2 Tbs sifted cake flour (sift, then measure; 113 grams)
2 Tbs plus 1 tsp sifted natural unsweetened cocoa powder (sift, then measure; do not use Dutch or dark)
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 cup lowfat buttermilk
1 generous Tbs red food coloring OR 1 generous tsp red gel food coloring
3/4 tsp vanilla extract
3/4 cup granulated sugar
4 oz unsalted butter (1 stick), at cool room temperature
1 large egg, at room temperature
1/2 tsp cider vinegar
1/2 tsp baking soda
Preheat oven to 350 F and line a standard muffin pan with paper liners.
Sift together the cake flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt; set a side.
In a large glass liquid measure or small bowl, mix the buttermilk, food coloring and vanilla.
In the bowl of an electric stand mixer (or with a handheld mixer), beat the sugar and butter on medium-high speed until light and creamy, 3 to 4 minutes. Add the egg and blend on medium speed. Add one-third of the flour mixture and blend on low/stirring speed (or stir by hand if not using stand mixer) until just combined. On same speed (or by hand), blend in half the buttermilk, another third of the flour, remaining buttermilk, and remaining flour. No lumps, or very few lumps, should remain.
In a small bowl, mix vinegar and baking soda. It will fizz up. Immediately stir into batter until combined. Immediately divide among prepared muffin cups, filling about 3/4 full (I got 11 cupcakes this way). Bake in the center of the oven until a toothpick comes out clean, 17 to 19 minutes (mine took exactly 18). Cool in pan 10 minutes, then transfer cupcakes to a rack and cool completely.
Favorite Cream Cheese Frosting
Adapted from Gourmet magazine
Makes enough for 12 cupcakes with a bit leftover.
4 ounces Philadelphia reduced fat (neufchatel) cream cheese (regular is fine too), at room temp
4 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temp
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups powdered sugar
With an electric mixer, beat the cream cheese, butter and vanilla on medium speed until smooth and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add the powdered sugar in 3 additions, beating on medium speed, until sugar is incorporated and frosting is lightly and fluffy. Immediately frost cupcakes, or refrigerate for up to 2 days. Bring to room temperature to make spreading easier.
6 comments:
- Molly said...
These look delicious. I wonder if the red hue can be achieved through the addition of shredded beets...
- Lisa said...
Those look like some tasty little cupcakes. I have a sweet treat linky party going on at my blog and I'd like to invite you to stop by and link your cupcakes up. http://sweet-as-sugar-cookies.blogspot.com/2011/03/sweets-for-saturday-10.html
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- cajunlicious said...
Yum! The cupcakes look amazing! Found your blog through a mutual blogger. New follower!
Check out my blog @ http://cajunlicious.blogspot.com/
I baked these cupcakes for Valentine's Day for my friends at school using your recipe, of course, and they were such a hit! They were gone before the 3rd class.
It's so hard to find a recipe were the cupcakes aren't dry due to the oil so I'm glad I found this recipe!
They were fantastic and tasty!(:
- andieclark said...
I tried your red velvet cupcake recipe at home and it was a hit. My kids ate too much. Then we had to visit the Omaha dentists the following day because of toothaches. I guess I shouldn't let them eat too much sweets then.


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It's about time I added to the blog after quite a long absence. Today is so nasty outside, a good time to stay in and catch up. We had snow last night..maybe 3 or 4 inches and today freezing rain...had ice built up early this a.m., amounting to about half an inch. Cold tonight, which doesn't bode well for early morning traveling on Wed.
We have had Christmas, the New Year, several birthdays including my 65th, anniversary [number 46], a wedding to attend and now not a thing for awhile.
My goal is to find descendants from each of the children of Francis and Charity Banta Montfort, nine children in all with only one never marrying. So far I have managed to bring down Francis Jr, Jacob, John Calvin, and Rachel [though it needs a bit more research], and with the help of Judy Cassidy just this week managed to work out a good portion of Henry's line. I have a couple of people to tap for the descendants of Katherine Montfort Voris but wish I could find more about Charity who married Cornelius Luyster and Marya who married Stephen Terhune. I suspect one or both may have moved to Indiana territory with a group of others of the Low Dutch Colony. Sarah or Sallie is the only one of the nine not to have married. She joined the Shakers in Aug 1805 with her mother and moved to Pleasant Hill where she died in 1823 in her 34th year.
I think I have it fixed where folks can log on to comment...or hopefully it worked. If anyone is working on the lines of Cornelius and Charity Montfort Luyster or Stephen and Marya Montfort Terhune I hope they might get in touch with me....to exchange information.
New Years resolution? Add more often to the blog, write at least one or two more chapters to my website on the Montforts [http://bar-b-k.tripod.com
THE MONTFORT FAMILY: A NARRATIVE] and who knows??? write a book??? It can happen!!!
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Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Dreary Day in Southern Indiana
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seeing if this works
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Build secure and reliable embedded systems with MISRA C/C++
Editor's Note: This article was originally presented at ESC Boston.
No software engineering process can guarantee secure code, but following the right coding guidelines can dramatically increase the security and reliability of your code. Many embedded systems live in a world where a security breach can be catastrophic.
Embedded systems control much of the world's critical infrastructure, such as dams, traffic signals, and air traffic control. These systems are increasingly communicating together using COTS networking and in many cases using the Internet itself. Keeping yourself out of the courtroom, if not common decency, demands that all such systems should be developed to be secure.
There are many factors that determine the security of an embedded system. A well-conceived design is crucial to the success of a project. Also, a team needs to pay attention to its development process. There are many different models of how software development ought to be done, and it is prudent to choose one that makes sense. Finally, the choice of operating system can mean the difference between a project that works well in the lab and one that works reliably for years in the real world.
Even the most well thought-out design is vulnerable to flaws when the implementation falls short of the design. This paper focuses on how one can use a set of coding guidelines, called MISRA C and MISRA C++, to help root out bugs introduced during the coding stage.
MISRA C and C++
MISRA stands for Motor Industry Software Reliability Association. It originally published Guidelines For the Use of the C Language In Critical Systems, known informally as MISRA C, in 1998. A second edition of MISRA C was introduced in 2004, and then MISRA C++ was released in 2008. More information on MISRA and the standards themselves can be obtained from the MISRA website.
The purpose of MISRA C and MISRA C++ guidelines are not to promote the use of C or C++ in critical systems. Rather, the guidelines accept that these languages are being used for an increasing number of projects. The guidelines discuss general problems in software engineering and note that C and C++ do not have as much error checking as other languages do. Thus the guidelines hope to make C and C++ safer to use, although they do not endorse MISRA C or MISRA C++ over other languages.
MISRA C is a subset of the C language. In particular, it is based on the ISO/IEC 9899:1990 C standard, which is identical to the ANSI X3.159-1989 standard, often called C '89. Thus every MISRA C program is a valid C program. The MISRA C subset is defined by 141 rules that constrain the C language. Correspondingly, MISRA C++ is a subset of the ISO/IEC 14882:2003 C++ standard. MISRA C++ is based on 228 rules, many of which are refinements of the MISRA C rules to deal with the additional realities of C++.
For notational convenience, we will use the terms "MISRA", "MISRA C" or "MISRA C++" loosely in the remainder of the document to refer to either the defining documents or the language subsets.


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The Smile Foundation, started by the company in Spain in 1999 and expanded to Tenerife, is involved in local, major charity projects and supporting individuals in need; while numerous international charities benefit via The Peires Family Foundation. Both are registered charities.
The Smile Foundation
The foundation supports many organisations on the Costa del Sol. One of its chief projects is the Cruz Dias ADIMI Centre in Mijas, designed to help young people with mental and physical difficulties and provide an important network for their parents.
The Smile Foundation has sponsored numerous good causes and supported many individuals, charities and organisations over the years, with help also targeted toward children's activities and an orphanage in Malaga. CLC World started a new branch of the foundation in Tenerife, which works to help local communities and charities on the island.
Over the years The Smile Foundation has played its part in many fund raising events and has directly donated tens of thousands of euros to help those who are in need. CLC World employees regularly donate to the foundation and take part in fund raising activities, while many resort guests also continue to show their generosity.
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Dell getting serious about networking
Recruits network body builder
Dell has recruited a Cisco vet as the first VP of a boosted networking division.
Until now Dell has not had a separate executive focus on networking, having lumped it in with storage under VP and storage business general manager Darren Thomas. Dario Zamarian, a 20-year industry vet, was VP and general manager of the access routing group at Cisco. Before that he was VP and general manager of the Security and Network Management business unit following on from being a senior director for product management in Cisco's security technology group. He joined Cisco in 2004. Before that he had experience at venture capital-funded startups. Zamarian is also on the Calumet Venture Fund's advisory board.
The net of this is that he got up to Cisco's VP and GM level and went round the block a couple of times before deciding to quit Cisco and join Dell, where we can see him being a bigger fish in a smaller pond.
Zamarian's full title at Dell is Networking Platform VP and General Manager. Funny that; Dell doesn't have a networking platform, having a mish mash of PowerConnect in-house LAN products, kit from Aruba, Juniper and OEM'd kit from Brocade, for Fibre Channel, Ethernet and FCoE gear. It also resells some Cisco gear such as the Nexus 5020, and takes Xsigo virtual server I/O technology.
Dell networking looks a lot like Dell storage before the EqualLogic acquisition. In networking Brocade now has a similar importance to Dell as EMC does in storage. Despite the EMC relationship, Dell bought iSCSI storage vendor EqualLogic, deduplication vendor Ocarina, and has developed its own object storage array, the DX6000.
Several commentators and analysts have suggested Dell needs a much stronger networking product capability in order to compete on equal terms with other server system and storage vendors developing integrated stacks like HP, IBM and Oracle, and coalitions doing the same like the VCE (VMware, Cisco and EMC) grouping.
The chances are that Dell is now going to bulk out its overall networking offer by a combination of developing its own gear and possibly acquiring technology; Zamarian's VC experience could be useful there. This will enable it to offer a balanced set of server, storage and networking products in a hardware, racks to stacks continuum and manage it under the Advanced Infrastructure Manager product that came via the Scalent acquisition.
If Dell is deadly serious about building its own integrated IT stack then it cannot afford to be weak in the networking area. Zamarian's role is to be Dell's networking body builder. ®
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Daily log, July 3
Tiffin report
A first-block Seneca Street man reported Tuesday morning his pick-up truck had been stolen. The truck was located at a loading dock at Heritage IGA, 479 E. Market St., and the owner was contacted to pick up the truck.
County reports
Nicholas J. Smith, 28, of Green Springs, was charged with retaining property Saturday.
A woman went to the station Monday afternoon to report a fraud.
A 16000-block East TR 104 woman reported Monday night her son assaulted her other son. No weapons were involved. An adult was arrested.
A 4000-block North SR 101 woman reported Monday night someone tampered with her farm animals. The sheep were removed from the barn and locked in the chicken coop.
A caller reported Monday night a child hit another child with a baseball bat in the 300 block of Stump Pike Road.
A 7000-block Washington Street man reported early Tuesday morning his wife assaulted him. An adult was arrested, according to the report.
Fostoria reports
An 800-block Eastern Avenue person reported identity theft Monday afternoon.
A person in the 500 block of West Tiffin Street reported Monday evening a vehicle tire had been stabbed numerous times overnight.
A 600-block North Main Street woman reported Monday night a man was harassing her daughter and also stole property from her home.
A 200-block West South Street man reported Tuesday morning his residence had been broken into.
Thomas J. Maag Jr., 23, of Fostoria, was charged with domestic violence, disrupting public services and aggravated menacing Tuesday afternoon.
State Patrol
Alan D. Alloway, 37, of Bettsville, was cited with operating a vehicle while intoxicated and a right-side-of-the-road violation Friday night.
Tiffin accidents
Michelle A. Eldridge, 44, of Tiffin, was cited with failure to maintain assured clear distance ahead following an accident Sunday afternoon on East Perry Street. She was transported to Mercy Tiffin Hospital with non-incapacitating injuries.
An injury accident was reported Tuesday morning at Webster and North Washington streets.
Tiffin EMS had two squad runs Monday afternoon, one squad run Monday evening and two squad runs Tuesday morning.
Bloomville fire and EMS had a squad run Monday night.
Sycamore fire had a squad run Tuesday morning.
Bascom fire and EMS and the Echo unit had a squad run Tuesday morning.
Tiffin firefighters were called to 545 W. Market St. Monday evening for an unintentional alarm transmission.
Attica fire and EMS and the Echo unit were called to a one-vehicle accident Monday evening on North SR 4.
Tiffin firefighters were called to 401 Miami St. Monday night for heat coming from a short circuit.
Bascom firefighters were called to TR 43 and TR 116 Tuesday morning for a train engine fire.
Tiffin Municipal Court
John F. Sharkey Jr., 184 E. Market St., Apt. 371, pleaded guilty to operating vehicle impaired/under influence, 60 days jail, 55 days suspended, six-month license suspension, complete/pay for driver intervention program, six points, $741; pleaded guilty to driving under suspension, $250; pleaded guilty to one-way traffic violation, $35.
Jonathan W. Biller, 18 1/2 S. Monroe St., pleaded no contest to driving under suspension, 60 days jail, 60 days suspended, two points, $584.


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When it comes to ecommerce the look and feel of your online store is extremely important. That's why we've always put a huge emphasis on design. The Wall Street Shopify theme below is a great example of a gorgeous ecommerce storefront that's as functional as it is aesthetically pleasing.
Most people know our Theme Store as a place to shop for free and paid Shopify Themes. Some people don't know that anyone and everyone are welcome to contribute their own designs. Designing a theme for our Theme Store is an excellent way to gain exposure to a new audience and generate some extra revenue. Katherine Hague from Ninja Parade, and Shawn Allison, designed one of our most popular themes called New York, which comes with 4 different styles inspired by the big apple's most iconic streets: Madison Avenue, Broadway, Wall Street, and 5th Avenue.
Why did you decide to develop a Theme for Shopify?I had been watching the Shopify community grow over the past few years. Tobi (Shopify's Founder & CEO) came out and spoke at a conference I planned for young entrepreneurs back in 2008. I'd always wanted to be involved, but didn't have an idea for an online store. After learning more about the Theme Store, I decided it might be a fun way to get involved with Shopify, learn a bit about ecommerce, and maybe even make a bit of extra money. My background is mostly in business and marketing, I'm not a designer and as much as I might have liked to I knew I couldn't build the theme myself. I ended up hiring one of my good friends who's a great designer to work on it with me. At the time I had no idea if I'd make my money back but I looked at it as a bit of an experiment...and it paid off!
What is the biggest hurdle that you overcame?The biggest initial hurdle was simply deciding what type of theme we wanted to build. What type of store owner did we want to appeal to? How could we differentiate ourselves in the marketplace? What were the main features that we should include? I wanted to build a theme that I would be proud to use if it were my own store. We wanted to make the theme easy to use, but with enough customization options built in that you wouldn't need to be a designer to make it feel like you're own. The initial style that we decided on was Madison Avenue, which was inspired by classic 60s aesthetic of Mad Men. From there we expanded to other iconic New York streets: Broadway, Wall Street and 5th Avenue.
Would you encourage others to develop a Theme for Shopify?The truth is that I am surprised more people haven't latched on to the opportunity. Not only have I learnt a lot since launching the theme, but the experience has definitely paid off financially. The Shopify developer ecosystem is just getting started, there are still so many opportunities to build new themes and apps that customers are eagerly awaiting. I get ideas everyday from the questions and feedback customers send after installing our theme. There are dozens of ideas for themes and apps that I wish I could start working on today! It still feels like I'm in on a secret. One day I'll wake up and the secret will be out, every other developer in the world will be publishing themes for Shopify. So, would I encourage others to develop a theme for Shopify? Selfishly, no. That would mean more competition for me ;)
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NCAA Kentucky UConn Final Four Basketball
Connecticut guard Shabazz Napier (13) celebrates a 60-54 win over Kentucky in the 2014 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas on Monday, April 7, 2014. (AP Photo/The Dallas Morning News,Vernon Bryant)
Almost exactly three years ago, No. 3 seed UConn knocked off upstart No. 8 seed Butler to claim the school's third national title. Shabazz Napier was a freshman at the time, backing up future NBA star Kemba Walker and averaging just 7.8 points per game.
Going up against a formidable Kentucky Wildcats team Monday night, Napier, now a senior, had one last chance to shine in the collegiate spotlight. And, boy, he didn't forget it. Behind Napier's 22 points and six rebounds, UConn took home its fourth national title in the past 15 years.
Unlike that 2011 title game, this was a hard-fought, tightly contested battle. While Kentucky never led at any point in the game, it consistently threatened UConn and made it -- while not necessarily a game for the ages -- a great 40 minutes of basketball. Sticking to the same formula as they have all season long, the Huskies utilized lockdown defense and the perimeter play of Napier and backcourt mate Ryan Boatright to outlast the Wildcats.
It's been a busy 18 months for the Huskies: They were banned from last season's March Madness thanks to poor academic performance, saw five key players bolt for the NBA or other schools, said goodbye to longtime coach Jim Calhoun and hello to newbie Kevin Ollie, left the Big East and joined the new American Athletic Conference. Now, add one final addendum to that list: won a championship.
Here's a look at how the Huskies claimed another title Monday:
Most Valuable Player
Who else but Napier? The Huskies star sank three 3-pointers in the first half, leading the charge with 15 points before intermission to help UConn carry a 35-31 lead into the locker room. He wasn't as much of an offensive force in the second half, collecting just seven points and going scoreless for the final 6:54, but it was the understated aspects of his game that stood out: the crafty steals, the key rebounds and the game-breaking assists. The Final Four's Most Outstanding Player finished with a game-high 22 points, bringing his tournament average to 21 points per game.
Least Valuable Player
Just about every Wildcat who stepped to the free-throw line. It wasn't a late miss that doomed them, nor was it a missed defensive rebound. In the end, it was the squandered opportunities at the free-throw line, where the Wildcats shot a putrid 13-for-24, that will haunt Coach John Calipari. Leading the free-throw free fall was guard Aaron Harrison, who was just 1-for-5 from the line. In a game that could have been decided by two possessions in the final minute, Kentucky's startling inability to connect from the charity stripe helped UConn tame the Wildcats. Kudos to James Young, though, who shot 8-for-9 from the stripe. Too bad his teammates couldn't hold their own.
Ryan Boatright. It was actually Boatright -- not Napier -- who keyed the early UConn run. While Napier didn't score in the opening five minutes, Boatright cut to the rim early and often on his way to six quick points and a 17-8 UConn lead midway through the first half. As the game wore on, Boatright made his presence felt on the defensive end, pressuring Andrew Harrison into four turnovers and a scoreless second half. He doesn't get the recognition that Napier does, but Boatright was just as important to his team Monday.
Play of the Game
Backup guard Lasan Kromah's huge offensive rebound off of a Niels Giffey miss with 1:55 left is perhaps the most important, albeit unheralded, play of the game. Let the Wildcats grab that board and the Huskies could potentially have been looking at a one-point game with plenty of time for the Wildcats to pull off another miracle finish. Instead, UConn maintained possession, managed to shave an extra 30 seconds off the clock and forced Kentucky into quick, sloppy possessions.
Biggest Mistake
Not quite sure why Aaron Harrison fouled Napier with 54 seconds left on the clock. The Wildcats essentially gave the Huskies a free re-set opportunity, which they used to deftly snip off more time. By the time Kentucky fouled again, there were only 25 seconds to go. It's never a good idea to give your opponent time to game plan, and Harrison did just that by stopping the clock with his boneheaded foul.


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5. Does the Common Core provide for individualized education?
The Department of Education has praised the Common Core for its focus on "computer adaptive testing" to supply teachers with data so that they can adjust their teaching styles and provide their students with individualized instruction.1 Individualized instruction is widely regarded as an ideal way to teach. But in practice, the Common Core's rigid and technology-laden approach to learning makes individualized education almost impossible.
The Common Core standards require students to master a checklist of skills every year. While state education departments may add a limited number of learning objectives, classroom teachers are required to teach to these composite standards as the prime goal of their instruction.2 Teachers must teach from the prescribed list and at the prescribed pace. This one-size-fits-all approach will supposedly makes children "college- and career-ready," but it will undoubtedly produce a generation that has been trained to think about the same things in the same way as all of their peers. Moreover, it is reasonable to question whether a regimented approach to learning will produce young men and women capable of careers that call for genuinely independent analysis and creative problem solving. In May 2013, a 15-year teaching veteran from Chicago expressed her frustration in a YouTube video, lamenting that "raising students' test scores on standardized tests is now the only goal, and in order to achieve it, the creativity, flexibility, and spontaneity…have been eliminated."3
Proponents of the Common Core respond that the combination of the new assessment techniques and the growing stockpile of educational data will enable computers and teachers to tailor lessons and tests to suit the learning needs of individual students. The use of computers, however, does not mitigate the rigid standards that refuse to bend to the needs of individual students.
The development of standardized curricula further destroys the chance for individualization. Supporters say that the Common Core individualizes education, but they seek to have every child in American read the same books, learn at the same rate, and be ready to assimilate into similar colleges and careers. The Common Core is the antithesis of an individualized approach; it is a uniform education for the 59 million schoolchildren in the United States.
The imposition of fixed standards and curricula are only the first blows to individualized education. Increasing emphasis on computer-assisted learning further eliminates the possibility for individualization. The Common Core's required expansion of statewide longitudinal data systems to include assessment and homework scores necessitates that students spend more time using computer-assisted learning programs and less time interacting with their teachers. The diminution of human interaction is accelerated by teachers using printed-off data analyses to make pedagogical decisions.
Individualized education comes from a teacher identifying a child's strengths and weaknesses and helping him learn in light of these. It does not come from computers that are programmed to change questions based on certain inputs, because the computer will never know that a child may have decided to simply click "C" no matter how many ways the test question is asked. Individualized education is not fostered when a teacher receives a dismal report about her students' progress, but she is given no time to help struggling students. Instead, she must rush to the next concept in order to cover this year's prescribed standards.
The rigid, dehumanized method necessitated by the Common Core's requirements also threatens quality of education. Whether incidentally or by design, the Common Core endangers the idea of a liberal education and jeopardizes the goal of preparing children to be good citizens by sacrificing the pursuits of literacy, future curiosity, and loving what is objectively true on the altar of "college- and career-readiness." Aiming to teach "what students need to know and be able to do to be successful in college and careers" mass-produces humans who will obediently serve in the workforce.4
The beauty of a decentralized approach to education is that if teachers have to opportunity to teach small-enough classes, they are able to know when they should introduce particular concepts and where they should focus based on the interests of their students. Then students can be taught as individual human beings—not machines that can be analyzed and responded to by a computer program. But tragically, there is no room for this kind individualized education in the unbending, computerized Common Core.
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1 Arne Duncan, "Beyond the Bubble Tests: The Next Generation of Assessments," Department of Education , September 2, 2010, accessed June 11, 2013, http://www.ed.gov/news/speeches/beyond-bubble-tests-next-generation-assessments-secretary-arne-duncans-remarks-state-l .
2 States may supplement the entirety of the Common Core with 15 percent of their own standards. See Federal Register 74 no. 221(November 18, 2009): 59836, http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2009-11-18/pdf/E9-27427.pdf .
3 "Teacher Resigns in Video, Targets Standardized Education: 'Everything I Love about Teaching Extinct'" (video), May 26, 2013, accessed June 13, 2013, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66K4e8qjRmY .
4 "Frequently Asked Questions," Common Core State Standards Initiative, accessed June 13, 2013, http://www.corestandards.org/resources/frequently-asked-questions .
- What is the Common Core?
- Is the Common Core already being implemented?
- How is the federal government involved in the Common Core?
- Does the Common Core have a philosophical bias?
- Does the Common Core provide for individualized education?
- Is there any evidence that centralized education works better than decentralized education?
- Will the Common Core impact homeschools and private schools?
- Does the Common Core lead to a national curriculum?
- Does it matter that testing is being aligned with the Common Core?
- Does the Common Core include a national database?
- Who supports the Common Core and why?
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I freaking love this town! Best baseball atmosphere of all time!! #notdoneyet-- Aaron Greenwood (@AaronGwood44) June 3, 2014
Headed to the super regionals! @S_Weathersby40 shut em down!!-- Chris Ellis (@ChrisEllis_10) June 3, 2014
Just an unbelievable feelin! So proud of this team and so blessed to be a part of it! Love y'all #RebelNation and not done yet!-- Will Allen (@WillAllen30) June 3, 2014
Super proud of @OleMissBSB squad & @CoachMikeBianco for winning the NCAA regional & super regional next. Step one in 2014 journey complete..-- Ross Bjork (@RossBjorkAD) June 3, 2014
REGIONAL CHAMPS BABY!!!! So proud of this team! We're not done yet though #trophies-- Sikes Orvis (@sikesorvis24) June 3, 2014
Couldn't ask for anything more in a team!! What a great day to be a Rebel!! Regional Champs! #HottyToddy #G2G-- Scott Weathersby (@S_Weathersby40) June 3, 2014
Explains it all! Such a great feeling to come out on top! pic.twitter.com/bQtLODYweQ-- Austin Anderson (@a_anderson8) June 3, 2014
This team! These fans! This place! @OleMissBSB pic.twitter.com/zY6jt8O7vh-- OleMissPix (@OleMissPix) June 3, 2014
.@OleMissBSB the 2014 Oxford Regional Champion! @RebVoice w/ the final call. AUDIO>>http://t.co/bdErQFCUqm #HottyToddy #RebsBSB #RoadToOmaha-- Ole Miss IMG Sports (@OleMissNetwork) June 3, 2014
@sikesorvis24 @WillAllen30 @OleMissBSB pic.twitter.com/wA6Cknxv0V-- OleMissPix (@OleMissPix) June 3, 2014
Rewriting the banners at Swayze!!!! @OleMissBSB pic.twitter.com/5dHhYSlVBo-- OleMissPix (@OleMissPix) June 3, 2014
Congratulations to the toughest team in the country on wining the Oxford Regional. Headed to Supers! http://t.co/7AwZBZMMM1-- Stephen Head (@S_Head18) June 3, 2014
Really TOUGH group of players! Such a fun group to coach!
HOTTY TODDY!-- Cliff Godwin (@cgodwin23) June 3, 2014
Victory lap with the best fans in baseball!! @OleMissBSB pic.twitter.com/dBqLtpTfSk-- OleMissPix (@OleMissPix) June 3, 2014
Swayze is a tough place to win. Great team, well coached and loud. Thank you fans the experience was unreal! Good luck the rest of the way!-- Braden Bishop (@bradenbishop7) June 3, 2014
@S_Weathersby40 pic.twitter.com/vw5m6YqmS4-- OleMissPix (@OleMissPix) June 3, 2014
DOG PILE!!!!!! @OleMissBSB #RoadToOmaha pic.twitter.com/DZPFXpHnmc-- OleMissPix (@OleMissPix) June 3, 2014
Regional Champs! REBS! This team is TOUGH!!!! Thank you Rebel Family! #RebsBSB #Finish #Toughness-- Ben Fleming (@strengthben) June 3, 2014


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Canon, Nikon, Konica/Minolta, etc. All 35mm and Digital SLR Cameras.
A LOT of the cameras out have a new firmware... its safe to say that almost all have a new firmware as of 11/19/2007...
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Since everyone is getting hot and heavy on the new settings that come standard in the 1D Mark IIn, 5D and 30D I decided I will share some settings that I use in my 20D that may bring your camera up to speed. I have given many people these settings and never heard anything back bad about them. They...
I am wondering whether anybody has first hand experience with the Sony 12-24mm lens? Anybody who owned Nikon 12-24mm or used Canon's 11-22mm wide angle lenses and can compare them to Sony's 12-24mm wide angle lens?
I am just wondering whether I have missed something with my Canon 5d Mark iv.
Is there No Dual Pixel autofocus while recording 120fps/slow motion?
Okay rather then doing this twice or more, I have added the info to my blog, in a three part series, hopefully you find it somewhat interesting :). One thing I am having trouble with is converting the new RAW format they use (Adobe DNG), I can't seem to get it right!...
These cameras and lens was stolen two days ago:
1. Nikon Nikkor Lens 35mm f/1.4G Serial: 602345
2. Nikon D3s Camera Serial # 2004507
3. Contax 645 Camera (Medium Format) with Film back
4. Kodak Pro DCS 645c Digital Back
5. Nikon 58mm lens
6. Powerex Battery Charger
7. 5. Contax 80mm 2.0...
Haven't been on the site in a while, and thought I'd see if anyone was still around. I just picked up a 5D Mark III and so far I'm loving it. Anyone else got one of these?
Will the AF in the Canon 1Dx be identical with the AF in the Canon 5D Mark III I know it will be similar 61 point AF system but will it be identical?
If yes, why would most of us buy the Canon 1Dx for twice as much? I know the canon frame rate is much higher (faster) but I don't see too much...
Okay guys, I finally got some cash and have been looking around at cameras. I am drooling over many Canons, but for some reason find myself wondering about Nikon... I was on B&H found a used D80, with a 50 1.8 and a 18-105 all for about $750. I know I could never find that much of a deal with...
Fuji S3 Pro discontinued - Replacement on the horizon
Fujifilm have released a statement confirming their commitment to the DSLR market and that a replacement will be launched to take the place of the Fuji S3 Pro.
I need an opinion.
I own a 7D and love it! But as with all things, we always try and improve.
So, I have the opportunity to purchase a 5d mark2 at a good price.
Would It be a positive move to make the switch or hang in until the mark 3 comes out and watch pricing fall even more?
Anyone heard any rumors about a Canon 60d being released this week?? I heard they're going to announce it on the 11th and they will be ready to ship in late September. Anyone got any specs or anything??
I have a Mark III and 50D and thinking of replacing the 50D with a 7D.... possibly replacing both with a pair of them, but that would greatly depend on how much I like the 7D... if I get one.
Hey guys havent been around for sometime but just got back into photography and got the 50D for my Birthday and was wondering what you think of it. I havent done much with it yet due to work, but plan on using it at my boys teeball and baseball games this week.
Glad to be back
I just got an upgrade from the 10D I got from Ross last year!
I picked up the 50D that Rookie had up forsale! Now I have the same camera as my mom:wink. Going to do some testing on it tommorow at magic wings!
Anyone ever do a CPS loan??????
I was at a basketball game last night and somewhere in the 4th period the AF on my 1D Mark III seems to have bit the dust. Won't work with any lens. Thankfully I had a second body... 50D ... with me to do the Homecoming celebration after the game. Just wondering before I send it into Canon if...
I think I want to upgrade to a better camera. Right now I use Canon Rebel XTI 400D. I am looking for a higher end Canon. Any suggestions? Oh and if I get another Canon will the lens for my camera work on another Canon?
Canon 7D
Just wondering if anyone has made the plunge yet and bought this?
Or knows someone who did....
I'm curious how it performes!!
I like some of the new features!!!!
But looks like it needs alot of noise and clarity improvement....(from reading reviews)
Well well Look what's out. the Canon 7D, who will be the first? :D
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/search?Ntt=Canon+EOS+7D&N=0&InitialSearch=yes $1,699.95
I guess I've not been paying attention, but I just found out that the Canon 7D and 1D Mark IV now provide the option for the active focus point to be lit when using its dynamic tracking modes. This is a huge improvement and something I've missed from my Nikon D2H days. I was content with my 50D...
Ok so Im starting to save for a new camera (got $400 put away already) Im starting to debate on which body I should get. I'll most likely just buy the body and an additional grip for it. I'll be using it mainly for Sports as you all know that's mainly what I shoot. I need something great for...
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Hartsville, S.C. – The Coker Lady Cobras went toe-to-toe with the number one team in Conference Carolinas on Friday night, Pfeiffer University. Coker battled hard, but lost in straight sets, 3-0. In the first two matches the Lady Cobras were in the lead, but Pfeiffer battled back in each set to win. The Falcons won by scores of 25-20, 27-25 and 25-16.
The win improves the Falcons to 14-6 overall and 11-1 in the conference, while the loss drops the Lady Cobras to 1-19 overall, and 0-9 in the conference.
Kristina Mordini (Freeport, Ill.) was the kill leader of the match with 12 kills for the Falcons, while Lauren Dickens (Raleigh, N.C.) was the dig leader with 13, with Kaci Markham (Asheboro, N.C.) getting 11 digs. Vanessa Gerig (Towanda, Ill.) dished out 25 assists in the win.
For the Cobras, Kristin Teets (Columbia, S.C.) was the kill leader with nine kills, while Lisa Ross (Bowling Green, Ky.) and April Griggs (Bishopville, S.C.) each had eight digs. Molly Bookhart had 26 assists and 10 digs, while Cynallyhia Indriago (Columbia, S.C.) had 11 digs and Trisha Moore (Rock Hill, S.C.) had 13 digs.
Coker returns to the floor on Saturday, when they host Queens at noon, while Pfeiffer travels to Charlotte, N.C. to face Johnson C. Smith at 1:00 p.m. also on Saturday.


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Are you ready skeedaddy? It's time for the Lightning Round. Cramer makes the call on viewer favorites.
Synovus Financial Corp (SNV): The Street doesn't like this stock but I do, said Cramer. I didn't think the quarter was that bad.
Accenture (ACN): A lot of people love this stock, said Cramer. I'm with the bulls and think it goes higher.


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China's foreign minister visits new Indian leaders
NEW DELHI (AP) — China's foreign minister met with his Indian counterpart on Sunday, hoping that his two-day visit with India's new leaders will spur stalled trade between the Asian nations and ease decades of tensions between them.
Foreign Minister Wang Yi praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government, which took power late last month, for its "sincerity and enthusiasm" in immediately reaching out to China and other countries, according to an interview published Sunday in The Hindu newspaper.
"India was a cradle of splendid ancient civilization, and I am glad to see this country gaining new vigor and vitality," Wang was quoted as saying. "The international community, impressed by the great opportunities in India, is full of confidence in the future of the country."
India has long been cautious in its relationship with China amid worries about Beijing's growing power as well as a decades-old border dispute. During the election campaign, Modi said India did not want a war with China but would be prepared to deal with what he called Beijing's possible expansionist designs.
However, Modi — who campaigned largely on promises of economic growth — surprised Indians by focusing his first week in office on foreign relations with India's neighbors, including Pakistan, its traditional archrival. For the first time, India invited South Asian leaders to the prime minister's inauguration.
The move had the double effect of distracting the Indian public from election-time divisions and confirming India's key role in the region. It also set the stage for Wang's visit, signaling China and India could be growing closer.
Wang met Sunday with India's foreign minister, Sushma Swaraj, and planned to meet with Modi on Monday.
Given China's dominance in the global economy, Modi is expected to court Beijing's help in reviving India's stalled economy.
Trade between China and India has also stalled, falling to $65 billion last year, with China enjoying a $48 billion surplus.
India may look to China for lessons on manufacturing, which makes up only 15 percent of India's economy, compared with 31 percent in China. Enticing foreign investment and factories is seen as crucial for creating jobs in India, where around 13 million youths are entering the labor market each year.
Wang said that India and China were close to deals setting up China-dedicated industrial parks in India, but that China was still hoping for more preferential policies.
He also dismissed the idea that the "difficult" dispute over their 4,000-kilometer (2,500-mile) Himalayan border should get in the way of improving relations. Seventeen rounds of talks have failed to resolve the dispute, over which the countries fought a brief but bloody war in 1962 and engaged in a three-week standoff last year.
"Even if we could not resolve it for the time being, we could at least manage it effectively, not allowing it to affect the normal development of our relations," Wang told The Hindu.
China claims around 90,000 square kilometers (35,000 square miles) of land in India's northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh, while India says China is occupying 38,000 square kilometers (15,000 square miles) of territory on the Aksai Chin plateau in the western Himalayas.
Earlier Sunday, about 100 Tibetans held a protest in New Delhi, urging Modi to raise the Tibet issue with Wang. China claims Tibet has been part of its territory for centuries, while Tibetans say the Himalayan region was virtually independent until China occupied it in 1950.
India is now home to Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, who fled the region after a failed 1959 uprising and trekked across the snowy Himalayan mountains to the city of Dharamsala in northern India.
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The Budos Band are an instrumental band recording on the Daptone Records label. The band has ten members (up to thirteen members at times) who play instrumental music that is self-described as "Afro-Soul," a term and sound which - in a 2007 interview - baritone saxophone player Jared Tankel elucidates as, being drawn from Ethiopian music the band had been listening to that had a soul undercurrent to it, which the band then "sprinkled a little bit of sweet 60's stuff on top" of.
Jazz, deep funk, Afro-beat, and soul influences can be heard in the Budos Band recordings, all of which were recorded at Daptone Records at the label's own studio, Daptone's House of Soul, in Bushwick, Brooklyn.


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For many of my ancestors I know the "basic" facts that you would find by Googling their names. Actually, Google searches by name often lead me right back to my own blog or message posts. So I now search for items specific to that individual. I have found that when I search for an organization, a job, or a military unit, I find hidden gems that I would have never found if I had just searched for the individual. The key is that I will often come across PDF files or books about the organization, business, or unit that include specific information about my relative. Because these files are not always in a "searchable" format I would never have been able to find them through a simple name search.
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These muffins are such yummy little snacks, we were off on a day out today and needed something extra to put in the picnic, so we made our favourite banana muffins. Recipe at the bottom.
Seth tipping in the sugar.
Breaking eggs is always messy but fun.
Our yummy treats going into the oven.
We added chocolate chunks to these muffins , but you really don't have to, they are good enough without. Sorry for not having a photo of the finished product, I was going to take a picture while the boys were eating them but I forgot.
2 Large bananas
60g butter-melted
2 Tbsp golden syrup
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg
1 1/2 cups self raising flour
3/4 tsp baking soda1/4 cup milk
Mash Bananas in a bowl, add melted butter and golden syrup, then sugar, egg, flour, and lastly soda dissolved in milk. Mix together, if you want to add chocolate, then do that know and pour into deep muffin pans. Bake at 200 C for 10 mins or until they spring back when lightly touched.
I hope you enjoy making these as much as you will enjoy eating them. If you have any foolproof muffin recipes please let me know, we love baking them in our house.
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Great Gulf Wilderness
IntroductionThe United States Congress designated the Great Gulf Wilderness (map) in 1964 and it now has a total of 5,658 acres. All of this wilderness is located in New Hampshire and is managed by the Forest Service.
DescriptionCradled within the rugged crescent of New Hampshire's Presidential Range lies the Great Gulf Wilderness. This peaked carpet begins at Mount Washington, unfurling north and east to cover the flanks of Mounts Jefferson, Adams, and Madison. Then, finally, it enfolds the Great Gulf, the largest cirque in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. The small and beautiful Spaulding Lake lies on the floor of this steep-walled bowl and is drained eastward by the West Branch of the Peabody River. Many rivulets tumble into the Peabody from both sides of the glacially carved valley. From the headwall rising 1,100 feet to 1,600 feet above the bowl's bottom, the gulf drops ruggedly east for about 3.5 miles, then flattens into more open country for another 1.5 miles. Mount Washington, just south of the Wilderness boundary, stands at 6,288 feet, the highest point in New England. Let the records show that it was here, on April 12, 1934, that winds howled past at 231 miles per hour, the highest wind velocity ever documented on Earth. The southern Wilderness boundary lies just north of the Mount Washington Auto Road, which provides motorized access to the summit. Mount Adams anchors the northwestern Wilderness boundary, and at 5,799 feet garners second place in the New England height tourney. Mount Madison, at the northernmost point of the Wilderness, tops out at 5,366 feet then plummets 4,000 feet to river valleys below. The views from the ridge and summits of the Presidentials, and from the floor of the bowl, rank among New England's best. The name of the Wilderness likely comes from the early misadventures of legendary explorer Ethan Allen Crawford. Upon taking a wrong turn on an 1823 hiking trip, Crawford found himself at the "edge of a great gulf." The area is rich in history that dates back to its first recorded observation by Darby Field in 1642. Botanists, geologists and lovers of the wild began their visits in the early 19th century and the first trail was blazed in 1881. A number of other historic trails were constructed in the 30 years that followed, most of which are still used today. A number of spur trails hook up to the Great Gulf Trail, which serves as the main artery for the area's trail network and cuts roughly east-west through the center of New Hampshire's oldest and smallest Wilderness. Beginning about 1.5 miles east of the Wilderness boundary, the trail traverses approximately five and a half miles of Wilderness and then continues toward the summit of Mount Washington. The Appalachian National Scenic Trail runs essentially perpendicular to the Great Gulf Trail as it takes in 2.7 miles of the Wilderness on its way from Georgia to Maine. In all, there are about 22 miles of maintained hiking trails within the Wilderness.
Planning to Visit the Great Gulf Wilderness?
- Print a fact sheet
- General things to consider when visiting any wilderness
- Regulations
- Contact the Forest Service
- Visit the National Forest wilderness website
Leave No TraceHow to follow the seven standard Leave No Trace principles differs in different parts of the country (desert vs. Rocky Mountains). Click on any of the principles listed below to learn more about how they apply in the Great Gulf Wilderness.
- Plan Ahead and Prepare
- Travel and Camp on Durable Surfaces
- Dispose of Waste Properly
- Leave What You Find
- Minimize Campfire Impacts
- Respect Wildlife
- Be Considerate of Other Visitors


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Our Story Thus Far
It is a publicly stated goal of Clojure not to become an "island" apart from the Java ecosystem. We want JVM developers, including large enterprises, to be able to use Clojure and integrate it with their existing Java projects.
When it comes to distributing Java libraries, there's only one game in town, and that is the Maven central repository. I am told that some businesses will not even consider using Java libraries that are not available in the Maven central repository.
So we want Clojure uploaded to the Maven central repository.
Prior to now, this process has been manual, resulting in a long delay between the public announcement of a release and its appearance in the repository. We want to shorten that lead time.
Clojure-contrib projects have never been uploaded to the central repository; we want to change this.
For deploying Java projects to Maven repositories, there are only two games in town: Ant and Maven. We have been down the road with Ant. Clojure's old build.xml script was long, complex, and understood by few. The deployment tasks were understood by no one, frequently broken, and heavily dependent on the layout of the server at build.clojure.org. The Maven repository we maintained at build.clojure.org did not contain the metadata files expected by Java IDEs and other Maven-aware tools.
This speaks to the more fundamental problem with script-based build systems. Since the days of Make, every software project has rolled its own build and deployment process. In the Java world, every Ant build.xml tends to repeat the same patterns, with minor variations. Ant does not provide a convenient way to abstract or reuse these patterns. As projects grow, they develop ever-more-complex build scripts that are difficult to maintain and highly dependent on the build environment. This is exactly the problem we encountered with Clojure.
So we do not want to use Ant.
Why Maven?
Maven was invented to solve the problems of script-based builds by abstracting out common patterns of software development into reusable components, or plugins. It achieves this by being opinionated. It imposes a rigid model of software building and deployment, codified in the Project Object Model (POM). The POM is not a build script. It is not a script at all. Rather, it is a tree of parameters describing which plugins should be used to build a project, and with what configuration options.
The second reason Maven was invented was to make build configurations reusable across multiple projects. This is achieved through POM inheritance. Every POM has a parent, either specified explicitly or defaulting to a "Super POM" configured for a typical Java project. The POM inheritance model is independent from the Maven dependency model, and is single-inheritance-only. Clojure's new POM inherits from a publicly-available POM which defines configuration parameters for deploying to Sonatype's open-source Maven repositories, and from there to the Maven central repositories.
Necessity Is the Mother of Invention
Mark Derricutt was a developer scratching an itch when he wrote and released a Maven plugin, whose full name is com.theoryinpractise:clojure-maven-plugin. Because it was convenient, a number of Clojure library developers started using it, including clojure-contrib developers. There are problems with this plugin, starting with the fact that it was not developed under the Clojure CA. We have started the process of obtaining the necessary permissions to place it under the CA, but with over 30 committers we are not hopeful that this will be quick.
Meanwhile, Mark and Stuart S. have discussed the possibility of writing a better plugin from scratch, under the CA. It would be smaller and simpler than Mark's old plugin, doing just the minimum necessary to build and release Clojure libraries with Maven. Extra features, such as running a SWANK server, will be left out, perhaps to be developed in other plugins.
Writing Maven plugins, while not inherently complex, is tricky to get right. We are building a tool not only for ourselves but for anyone using Clojure in a large JVM project. A plugin should be usable with any version of Maven post-2.0.0, and should work in all operating systems and environments in which Maven is used. It should not conflict with any other plugin, or make too many assumptions about how the project is structured.
This last point is a flaw in Mark's old plugin: it makes too many assumptions about how Clojure code will be written, such as the assumption that compilation order is not significant. In Clojure core, compilation order is significant, making Mark's old plugin inappropriate for compiling core.
We were able to work around this problem in Clojure core by injecting Ant back into the build process through a Maven Ant plugin. It happens to work because building Clojure is not very complicated. But this technique cannot be reused without copying the same scripts, with modifications, into every project that needs them.
To be absolutely clear: the mixture of Ant and Maven in Clojure's build is a temporary hack, one which we do not want to maintain indefinitely. Furthermore, no one is willing to maintain Ant build scripts across multiple clojure-contrib projects.
Since Mark released com.theoryinpractise:clojure-maven-plugin to the Maven central repository, it is now part of the Maven / Java ecosystem, on equal footing with the Apache Commons libraries and Maven itself. Since we have chosen to participate in the Maven ecosystem, there are no rational grounds for excluding one small piece of that ecosystem. While not ideal, this plugin is adequate for building and releasing Clojure libraries, including Clojure contrib projects.
Mothers Are the Necessity of Invention
We do not want clojure-contrib library authors to be burdened with configuring their build processes, and we do not want to repeat the same configuration settings in every project. We are using POM inheritance to achieve this. In the clojure-contrib parent POM, currently named org.clojure:pom.contrib, we configure Mark's old plugin with our preferred defaults: compile and test all Clojure namespaces, but do not include AOT-compiled .class files in the output JAR. We have successfully released and org.clojure:tools.nrepl under this process. A similar process has driven all 1.3.0-alpha* releases of the old, monolithic clojure-contrib.
Like the use of Ant in core, the use of Mark's old plugin in contrib is temporary. It is the shortest route to getting contrib projects building on Hudson and deployed to the Maven central repository. Once we have developed a replacement plugin, we will configure it once in the org.clojure:pom.contrib parent POM and all contrib projects will start using it without needing further changes.
The design discussion around a new plugin, to be named org.clojure:clojure-maven-plugin or similar, is ongoing. The scope of the project remains indeterminate, in part because there is no written specification for how Java programs should interact with the Clojure compiler. (For example, one suggestion is to implement the javax.scripting interfaces defined in JSR-223.) There are likely multiple plugins to be written: at a minimum, one for compilation and one for integration with the Surefire testing plugin. Once we have determined the correct approach we will be able to estimate the amount of developer time necessary to implement these plugins. Until then, using com.theoryinpractise:clojure-maven-plugin is the only viable solution.
Further Reading
Introduction to the Build Lifecycle: description of the standard phases in a Maven build
Maven: The Complete Reference: free book from Sonatype


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Warren Buffett Likely Not Going to Like This TXU News
Warren Buffett doesn't make too many bad investments. Energy Future Holdings Corp. likely will go down as one. Even he admits his "major unforced error."
The WSJ is reporting this evening that the Energy Future Holdings, the Texas power producer formerly known as TXU Corp., and its private-equity owners hired restructuring advisers. KKR and TPG took TXU private at the height of buyout bubble in 2007, in what is the largest leveraged-buyout on record.
The transaction saddled Energy Future with a crushing debt load. As of the end of September, the power producer had a debt load ten times the size of its earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, considered a perilous ratio.
That where the Oracle of Omaha comes in. Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, according to 2011 annual letter, spent $2 billion "a few years back" to buy "several bond issues of Energy Future Holdings." Like TXU's private-equity owners, Buffett expected natural gas prices to rise. Texas power prices are set by the cost of natural gas, so there were expectations that, as gas prices rose, so, too, would prices for electricity.
Prices, instead, fell. They went from $8 per million British thermal units when the deal was struck in 2007 to below $2 last spring.
Here's what Buffett said about the investment in Berkshire Hathaway's annual letter to shareholders last February:


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Contact: George E. Price, Jr., Superintendent, 5808-771-2144
Cape Cod National Seashore Superintendent George Price has announced that the next meeting of the Dune Shack Subcommittee of the Cape Cod National Seashore Advisory Commission will be held on Thursday, February 11, 2010 from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM at the Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies, 5 Holway Avenue, Provincetown.
The subcommittee's task is to develop a set of recommendations to the Cape Cod National Seashore's Advisory Commission on the establishment of a Dune Shack District Preservation and Use Plan/Environmental Assessment. The dune shack historic district is located in the national seashore along the backshore of Provincetown and Truro. At this meeting the subcommittee will discuss building construction guidelines, long-term uses, and defining characteristics of the buildings. A short public comment period will be provided.


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Consumer Reports magazine awarded a near-perfect score to Tesla Motors Co's Model S, citing the electric car's power, "pinpoint" handling and quiet, well-crafted interior.
The score of 99 out of 100 puts the Model S far ahead of other electric and gas-powered rivals, including the Porsche Panamera sports car and the Fisker Karma plug-in hybrid.
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"Slipping behind the wheel of the Tesla Model S is like crossing into a promising zero-emissions future," the highly influential magazine said in its review on Thursday. "It's what Marty McFly might have brought back in place of his DeLorean in 'Back to the Future'."
Consumer Reports last gave a near-perfect score six years ago to the Lexus LS 460L luxury sedan made by Toyota Motor Corp, according to the magazine, which has more than 8 million subscribers.
The positive review comes on the heels of Tesla reporting its first quarterly profit in its 10-year history. Chief Executive Elon Musk is attempting to reach a broader group of buyers with the Model S electric sedan.
Consumer Reports said a Model S equipped with an 85 kilowatt hour battery was able to get 200 miles between electric charges. Range varied between 180 miles on cold winter days to about 225 miles in more moderate temperatures.
The main drawbacks of the Model S include its limited range when compared to conventional gas-powered cars. The car also takes 12 hours to charge on a 240-volt electric-car charger.
"When it's left unplugged, we noted a parasitic loss of energy that amounts to 12 to 15 miles of range per day," the magazine said. "That could be a concern if, say, the car is parked at an airport for an extended period. Tesla has promised a fix for that."
The Model S starts at around $70,000 with a 60 kilowatt hour battery before a federal tax credit. A sedan equipped with a larger, 85 kilowatt hour battery starts around $80,000. Consumer Reports recommended buying the sedan with the larger battery.
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This Time Lena Dunham Has Gone Too Far
Lena Dunham, it is time to take a break.
Perhaps you are already aware, and that is in fact the message you were sending us with your performance this week on Seth Meyers, but either way it's time to have a frank discussion.
Lena Dunham, did you ever see the arc on 30 Rock where Liz Lemon dates Jon Hamm, who is too attractive to fail? So nobody tells him when he should rethink his shit? Sometimes people can love us so much that it makes them unsure when to step in, Lena Dunham.
This is not a situation like Michael Jackson, where people were being selfish and greedy so they never said no, and it caused an untimely death. Lena Dunham, this is more like a Montessori situation, where everybody gets a prize at the end of the day. Even if they half-ass it, hardcore. That does not cause death, usually, but it does cause some of us to radically reassess where we stand, backlash-wise.
Now, perhaps you are responding to your critics, and to your haters. Perhaps, Lena Dunham, part of you desires them. You may have a Twitter death wish. You may even be experiencing Eminem feelings. Do not listen to them, Lena Dunham. They are oppositional; they are lies.
There are those of us out here who are still rooting for you, Lena Dunham. There are those of us who, like Patrick Wilson in that one episode of your show, love you for who you are. But do you remember what happened on that episode of that show? Eventually Hannah Horvath trusted him too much. Showed a little too much of what she was working with.
Your notoriety comes from the fact that you are an unabashed striver! You cannot be half-assing at this point in the game! Your hustle is to be admired!
Metaphorically speaking.
It's clear that this is all in fun. Taking part in the Sia Moment is another way of writing an Archie comic book, or other fun things you have been doing lately. Dressing up like Sia and dancing around on her behalf is the new Being James Franco, and we get that. Nobody begrudges you your fun! And it's true too that in the discipline of modern dance, few things are sacred. But right across the board, one rule remains thumbworthy: Do not make promises you can't keep. Do not write checks that you cannot cash.
Believe me, Lena Dunham, when I say sincerely that some of us out here in the world believe there's a lot to love about you, even when you fuck up.
But love is never a 100 percent proposition. Sometimes when we think we can do something, and then we find—hopefully not on live television—that we cannot do that thing, we downgrade our goal: "I just wanted to have fun," we say, or, "The joke is that I was doing it." But what most of us learned in seventh grade is that nobody besides the person pulling that crap—either by design or retroactive decree—really enjoys it when that happens. To everyone else, you are only embarrassing yourself.
(To Sia, you are sitting on Sia.)
In summation, Lena Dunham: Put it away. Work on your wonderful television show. By all means continue to think about black people. Do what Dunhams do, when Dunhams are just doin' Dunhams. Interrogate fame, talk about art, see the world. Take a pet care class. Take a nap.
Have your dancing fun in private, or on your show, where this bleeding-edge awkwardness would make more sense. But make no mistake, Lena Dunham: This was not a Hannah Move. This was some Marnie Michaels bullshit right here.
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What is the common thread between a young man that launched an online hotel booking portal for tourists to the West Bank; a young woman who founded a Muscat-based Belgian-style chocolate company selling sweets made with local Omani sourced ingredients; and a young man who established a Lebanese "culture pass" that provides discounts to destinations at countless popular venues around the country?
The answer: They are incredibly impressive and successful new additions to the burgeoning ranks of the Middle East region's young entrepreneurs. In addition, they are three members of an equally accomplished delegation of 17 young entrepreneurs from the Middle East and North Africa -- including the countries of Iraq, Lebanon, Palestinian Territories, Yemen, Libya, Oman, and Jordan -- who participated in the Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) in Dubai, UAE on December 11-12. The participants attended the Summit through special funding provided by the office of the Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs with support from the Public Affairs Section at the U.S. Embassy in Abu Dhabi.
This impressive group had no trouble making their presence felt through their attendance at entrepreneurship trainings, engagement with officials and fellow entrepreneurs, sharing of best practices, discussion of common challenges, and building important relationships for the future. A highlight of their program was a roundtable with Deputy Secretary of State Tom Nides that focused on the challenges facing young entrepreneurs in the Middle East and North Africa: access to capital, expanding your business, dealing with governments, finding good mentors, and the culture of entrepreneurship more generally.
Over an action-packed discussion-infused dinner at the Dubai Mall food court, one delegate shared his vision regarding the role that entrepreneurship can play as a means to empower young leaders economically and create the dignity and jobs that have been key underlying factors in the recent unrest in the region. Another young woman noted the important role that entrepreneurship can play as a valuable empowering tool for young women and girls that have much to offer their communities or economies and far too few economic opportunities to participate.
This participation of the 17 young delegates is just one more example of an expansive and ongoing commitment of the U.S. government to support entrepreneurship and economic empowerment of young leaders. In addition to the 17 regional young delegate attendance at this year's Summit, State Department Special Advisor for Global Youth Issues, Zeenat Rahman, launched the "Startup Youth Initiative," a multi-stakeholder partnership that strengthens the U.S. State Department's approach to youth and economic opportunity. And the State Department's Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs held their Global Innovation through Science and Technology (GIST) Tech-I pitch competition for young entrepreneurs from around the globe.
While the 3rd Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Dubai was considered to be a great success as a whole, the participation of a strong roster of young entrepreneurs added to the energy, innovation, and excitement at the event.


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Persuasive Games: Windows and Mirror's Edge
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[In his regular Gamasutra column, author and game designer Bogost analyzes EA DICE's Mirror's Edge, suggesting why "it presents a new view of our own experience of the world", rather "a window polished to an incrementally greater shine."]
When we use a toaster, or a sweater, or a word processing software package, we have certain functional expectations. A toaster should caramelize bread evenly and consistently. A sweater should keep a body warm without fraying or stretching out from repeated use. A word processor should help automate the crafting of documents without requiring specialized expertise.
Some of our expectations of such objects are cosmetic. We like our toasters to match the décor in our kitchens, our sweaters to be woven with the colors and styles of the current season.
But the history of software as a tool for work has made most cosmetic demands for software relate to matters of usability: buttons and menus should be in convenient locations, actions should feel consistent and predictable, conventions set by previous iterations of a software package should be respected, even if lightly refined.
Windows and Mirrors
In the field of human-computer interaction (HCI), these values of software design are sometimes grouped under the term "transparency." A good software tool, like a good toaster, is supposed to show us exactly how it should be used and then meet our expectations as users immediately and consistently.
Jay Bolter and Diane Gromala have suggested a different way to look at software, especially software that seeks to explore ideas rather than to serve as tools. Bolter and Gromala point out that the concept of transparency casts software as a window -- a clear surface that seeks to disappear as it reveals a functional affordance.
This conception works well for tools but poorly for art. Instead, the two suggest another metaphor, a mirror. Unlike a window, a mirror's job is to reflect back on its users, to give them a new perspective on themselves and their place in the world.
Video games are software, but they are not meant to serve the same function as spreadsheets. They are not tools that provide a specific and solitary end, but experiences that spark ideas and proffer sensations. Sure, video games have interfaces, like toasters have browning levers, like sweaters have cuffs, like word processors have font menus.
But too often we mistake the demands of these interfaces (and the in-game actions they facilitate) with the actions of tools. We gripe when a game doesn't do what we expect, rather than asking what such an unexpected demand means in the context of the game.
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I used the free Honey Cowl pattern here. The yarn is Brown Sheep Cotton Fleece in Cotton Ball colour - a slightly off-white. I still love this yarn, it is extremely soft and silky and lovely to knit with.
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Foundation for Physical Therapy (FPT)
08/02/18 12:00 PM Noon EDT
Grant to a USA individual or group of investigators for a research project related to the effectiveness of common physical therapy interventions. A letter of intent is due May 31, 2018. Preference will be given to studies that also examine the cost-effectiveness of these interventions and to projects having the most immediate clinical application.
Funds may be requested to meet any type of expense reasonably associated with the research project, including salaries and fringe benefits, purchase or rental of equipment, supplies, travel, publication costs, printing or postage, and special services such as computer time, photographic services, and secretarial or research assistant support.
Studies should seek to do one or more of the following:
- Evaluate the clinical effectiveness of therapeutic interventions
- Assess the interaction between patient characteristics and therapeutic methods
- Explore the scientific basis for interventions used in physical therapy
- Address an item identified in the APTA Research
In addition, priority will be given to studies which:
- Have direct application to the practice of physical therapy
- Address the need for measurable outcomes
- Ask a new question important to intervention or its validation
- Address a previously asked question with a new methodology, different sampling strategy or a different form of analysis
FPT would prefer that proposed studies:
- Have obtained matching funds or in-kind services
- Provide the basis for larger-scale submissions for funding to external agencies (e.g., NIH)
The Principal Investigator's responsibilities include:
- Fiscal accountability for funds awarded.
- Direct oversight of the scientific process with accountability for the quality of the study as conducted.
- Submission of all progress and final reports to the Foundation.
- Dissemination of results of the study through peer-reviewed publications and public presentation.
GrantWatch ID#: 171664
The maximum MFFRG amount is $100,000.
A proposed project may have a Period of Performance of 1- or 2-years. The amount of the MFFRG will be the same, $100,000, for a 1- or a 2-year award. A grant year will begin January 1 and end December 31 unless another Period of Performance has been requested and approved by FPT in advance of application submission
Proposals may be submitted by an individual or a group of investigators through a U.S. Sponsoring Organization/ Institution with which they are affiliated. Groups must designate one (1) member as the Principal Investigator
responsible for directing the project.
Other members of the group may be physical therapists, physical therapist assistants, or persons from other disciplines that are relevant to the proposed study.
Physical therapy Principal Investigators at any level, of any academic rank, are eligible to apply for the MFFRG.
Principal Investigators supported by FPT research grants are required to meet one of the following criteria:
1) Be a U.S. citizen;
2) Have been lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the U.S.; or
3) Have made an official application for permanent residence in the U.S. FPT requires the applicant to demonstrate their residence status and visa status that will allow them to carry out the research.
The applicant may be required to provide proof if its status by submitting documentation. In addition to reviewing the organizational eligibility, FPT may consider other factors relating to the applicant's ability to responsibly handle and account for FPT funds and to carry out the project. These factors include the applicant's intended role in the project, the location where the project will be performed, the role of the Principal Investigator in the project, and the Principal Investigator's employment and citizenship status.
The Principal Investigator must be employed by a domestic, public or private, non-profit or for-profit organization that is eligible to receive FPT research grants.
FPT supports only those intervention studies in which the interventions are provided by physical therapists, or selected components of the interventions are provided by physical therapist assistants under the direction and supervision of physical therapists.
In addition to the above, at the time of application the Principal Investigator must:
- Possess a license to practice physical therapy in the U.S. or in a U.S. jurisdiction; or
- Have met all the requirements for physical therapy licensure in the U.S. or in a U.S. jurisdiction, including having received a passing score on the licensure exam; or
- Possess a physical therapist assistant license in the U.S. or in U.S. jurisdiction; or
- Have met all the requirements for licensure as a physical therapist assistant in the U.S. or in a U.S. jurisdiction, including having received a passing score on the licensure exam.
If you are a physical therapist assistant who has graduate from a fully accredited physical therapist assistant program and reside in a state or jurisdiction that does not require licensure (Hawaii, Colorado, and Michigan), a copy of your certificate of completion of studies must be included in your application.
- Projects to be completed in fulfillment of requirements for an academic degree are not eligible to be funded by the MFFRG. A doctoral student in the latter stage of the dissertation phase of his/her program may submit an application, but must provide evidence of completion of the degree by October 15. If this evidence is not provided by this date, the proposed project will not be funded.
- The proposed study must differ substantially from any thesis research being conducted by graduate assistant(s) to be supported by the MFFRG.
- Projects sponsored by an organization or institution outside the United States are ineligible for the MFFRG.
- Under no circumstances will funding be provided for expenses or debts incurred before the award date of the MFFRG.
- An applicant may not apply for the MFFRG if they are concurrently applying for another FPT funding mechanism.
- If the applicant is a current FPT funding recipient and is operating under a No-Cost Extension (NCE) agreement, no pending applications for this funding mechanism will be considered. Further, there can be no overlap between FPT funding mechanism periods of performance.
- If the applicant is a current or prior FPT funding recipient and has not complied with reporting or obligation requirements associated with the prior current or prior award, he/she will not be considered in good standing with FPT and is not eligible to apply for an FPT funding mechanism.
- No overhead is allowed.
Limitations of Use:
- No funds will be approved to finance cost overruns or deficits on existing projects or to finance projects already in progress
- Support for purchase of major pieces of permanent equipment is limited to 20% or less of the total award
Letter of Intent Deadline: May 31, 2018, 12:00 PM Noon EDT
Application Deadline: August 2, 2018, 12:00 PM Noon EDT
Earliest Notification: December 31, 2018 (at 5 PM Eastern Time)
A Letter of Intent to Apply, a Project Technical Abstract, and a current investigator biosketch are required to be submitted to FPT by a specified deadline in order to be considered for application to the MFFRG.
Before starting your grant application, please review the funding source's website listed below for updates/changes/addendums/conferences/LOIs.
Register and apply online:
Foundation for Physical Therapy
1111 N. Fairfax St.
Alexandria, VA 22314
Phone: 800-875-137
For any technical assistance in using the submission site, please contact: firstname.lastname@example.com .
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