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Friday, May 09, 2008
Moving Backwards
So this is what a horse camp looks like. I see, it's a plug and hitch. Is the outlet for Electric Horses, or possibly Electric Sheep? Which picnic table is for the gastrically challenged? Do horses picnic?
Where is everyone?
The same creature which horse rumped me in Sparta, man handled (horse handled) my friend's smooth coated fox terrier. After a long weekend on the Sparta farm, his owner brought him in for canine acupuncture.
One of the funniest images I can picture which I haven't actually seen, is Chico the terrier, super snout and all, getting cranial acupuncture ("I've only had cranial acupuncture." Place the quote and win a postcard. Really, I'm on a pc hunt. You should like that, James, "Be vewy vewy quiet, I'm hunting hippies." ).
This horse, picnicing somewhere near the campground, reminded me of those downtown squirrels. Bastards. It was all hooves and bad attitude. A neighbor and I had a theory that the squirrels which terrorized us outside of our Ingersoll apartment, had a stash of lost socks and laundry next to a pile of weed and government cheese. They stored it in the yellow garage next door which no one seemed to enter.
Or more significantly, leave.
My Rural Route 1 caramel corn and cashews dipped in creamy fudge, originally meant for my parents, would have been squirrel jacked before I reached the stoop. The little freaks would have snatched the bag, then taunted me like I was sitting in the back of the Park St. bus (childhood trauma).
My mother has been more critical than usual since she's been sick, and I didn't want her slamming my C.C. Winkle. Somewhere between Montfort and Verona I'd become protective of the fudge corn, and decided to keep it for myself. They got the Rainbow, which she didn't like.
Let me put that first statement in perspective, saying my mother is more critical than usual is like saying Cub's fans have been less tolerable than usual. No? Okay, the tornado was breezier than usual. Darth Vader seemed in a worse mood of late.
So I kept the C.C. Winkle and am still eating it a week after my birthday (two days after my Steven's birthday party). God I'm fat. Chomp, mmffph. Use the fork, Luke.
The popcorn itself is smooth coated, only with fudge, not fur. There's a sunny crunch of thin caramel just a breath after the lavish first bite of cashew and fudge. The fudge compliments, not over powers, the brittle layer of caramel, and the soft nuts (ha) only make the experience more decadent. I got two large bags of RR1 corn (and a post card) for something like four bucks, and the cashier seemed to apologize for the price.
Still sampling their wares during the bagging of the corn, the swiping of the plastic, and the heading for the door, I was like Beatrix Kiddo in the back of Buck's Pussy Wagon willing my big toe to leave the store.
Considering I spent the day tromping around the likes of this, I guess I deserved a little sugar.
Now, "Wiggle your big toe."
Photo of Gabe and me by Tammi
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...see if you give your mom all your fudge corn, she'll feel better, and she won't be able to say anything (on account of the corn?)ReplyDelete
It sounds really good, but I want some ip balm.
"I've only had cranial acupuncture."ReplyDelete
Hmmmmmmmm.......Pinhead from Hellraiser?
Ya got me there sweety!!!!!
Nice thought, Jodi, but I think one of Cakespy's recipes are more in order here. See what I mean when I say how nice it is that my family doesn't read this?ReplyDelete
Great guess, gop dog. How's mum? The "you got me there sweety" is getting warmer.ReplyDelete
Oh that carmel corn sounds gooooooooood....but I don't know about cranial acupunture. That's sounds painful!!ReplyDelete
Happy Mudders Day! My mum's doin' great.How's your's?ReplyDelete
You have me cranial rectal inverted with the acupuncture quote? Google can't even help me get my head out of my gop arse?
Hey Olga, is your mom a full figured five clasp?ReplyDelete
I need some cranial acupuncture right about now.
If you don't watch tele, James, you won't know the quote.ReplyDelete
My mother screamed at the top of her lungs when I dropped off Mickey D's pancakes and a Deluxe breakfast along with a lovely plant, German bakery, card, and newspaper this morning.
They were still sleeping.
She called two-and-a-half hours later to say she didn't want the breakfast or bakery and that I scared her.
Couldn't tell from the blood curdling scream. At 9:05 am.
Dang! Caramel corn and cashews dipped in creamy fudge!?!?! *drool*ReplyDelete
Hey, from that photo it looks like you've got quite the sun tan already!
What's with the word verifications these days? The one for this post is:
"blwjbsfru". Meh...Maybe I just have my mind in the gutter and there isn't anything abnormal about that word verification.
That C.C. Winkel is good, very good, C.ReplyDelete
This Irish, Norwegian, Italian skin burns (then tans) in the rain.
Safari makes me sign in every time now and I'm looking at a Word Verification that says sexeel, or pretty darn close.
I hain't got time to watch the tube! I'm guessing it must be from an episode of "Lost", ain't that like your favorite soap opera kind of thang.ReplyDelete
You scared your poor ole mom huh?
Me and baby bro took mom out to "Something Fishy" last night for fried shrimp & oysters, crab cake, flounder,etc.
Then I got her old arse up at 6:00am this morning. Takes her an hour to get ready, and we had to feed our doggies before we left.
Had some real good friends come and pick us up at 7:00am on the dot and we went to IHOP for a killer breakfast. Mom just got 2 eggs sunny side up with grits and bacon. I got the breakfast sampler with the works, and a nice creme filled slice of french toast smothered in strawberries that mom helped me eat.
She was glad we got up early and did it cause the place was gettin'pretty crowded before we left.
We napped and goofed off the rest of the day....(I pretended to watch tv w/her)...skipped lunch for junk food...Baby bro came over and we had Dominoes Extravaganza Pizza for supper during a freak hail storm.
Darn......gotta go let the dogs out in the flooded back yard!!!!!I better get their life jackets!
I'll be back!!!!!
Oh yeah ....I got mom the mushy card and cash! She'll probably wind up spending all the cash at the gas pumps? I make sure she has enough to cover her trip.ReplyDelete
She comes up here and sits/lays on the day bed all day and watches TV? I can easily drag her out for food, but that's about the limit to the excitement.
I'm honored that she comes to stay with me. She knows her little mutt LuLu is always welcome at my house, and that makes life easy for her.
She'll leave LuLu with me for a few days while she visits her brother and my auntie.
My comments are a little long winded....can ya tell I'm a little bored? Ya can't pretend to watch but so much of the Home & Garden channel!!!!!!!
No, no, not LOST, which yes, I love. I did leave a hint on Ms. Mamma's blog, but it wouldn't help you.ReplyDelete
Yes, Evelyn (pictured in the sidebar) screamed bloody friggin' murder this morning as I was hauling in European bakery and foliage. I believe I heard the old man slide a clip into one of his many bedside guns.
Do you live close enough to the Atlantic to get decent seafood?
Dang, 6 am, mom must be a good sport.
My parents dragged me out to the local tribal gambling hall (where I think they pipe in cigarette smoke) for several hours. I had to beg them to leave.
Creme filled french toast? Intense.
How much younger is your brother? I can picture Em and Abby sinking into the lawn all pissed off that you made them go swimming in the lawn.
You got your mom cash for Mother's Day? Ha, ha. What a guy.
Have you talked about LuLu before? What kind of pooch is she?
LOL! Oh, my goodness! Jimmy, those are some MASSIVE comments you left! LOL! I don't think I've ever seen you write such lonnnnnnng comments...and in the same day all on the same day!?!?!?!ReplyDelete
Mmmmmm...IHOP! That's one thing I miss! Whenever I'm in the U.S. we go to IHOP for breakfast. We've got a franchise something like that in Ontario called The Golden Griddle...but it's just not the same as IHOP!
Something Fishy, eh?! The food sounds delish, but you have to wonder about eating at a place called Something Fishy! LOL! ;) Anyway, the seafood sounds yummy and you are such a sweet son for giving your Ma a mushy card and money.
Jeanna, I just realized something funny. Hubby and I live on Rural Route 1! A friend of mine and his wife in England were sending us an invitation to their wedding and forgot our address. They just wrote on the envelope: Christine and John, RR1, Manitoulin Island, Ontario, Canada and the invitation got to us! LOL! That's how small town this is! They forgot to write our last name AND they didn't have our address or postal code and we still got it! Cracks me up! When I lived in the city, that would never have happened!
Oh dear! My comment is just as long as Jimmy's! LOL!
Crap. I just re-read my comment. Look at all those freakin' type-o's! It's killing me, but I'm too lazy to delete it, correct it and repost! *sigh* OMG...my mother was right. I am super anal.ReplyDelete
GAH...not in the way you guys are thinking though! Ewww.
Must be catching, look at all the stuff I wrote. But I love to see people do that.ReplyDelete
I had a bad experience with chocolate chip pancakes washed down with many glasses of chocolate milk in high school at IHOP. I suppose we shouldn't have gotten that pitcher of Old Style before we went back to school.
Hey, maybe I'll have to send you some RR1 fudge corn before it warms up. Not convinced it's going to, but that's okay with me. Sunny and 60 is heaven.
I didn't notice the typos, but hate it when I make them. Which is always.
I got a letter with no address on it once, but cab drivers and delivery people have a hard time finding this place. But people are always leaving off the apt. number. Maybe I'm less city than full of fertilizer.
I have to be short and sweet tonight!ReplyDelete
Yes I live close enough to the coast to get killer seafood!
"Something Fishy" is excellent and it's always packed there!
Lulu is my mom's 11 year old little pugster!
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Glad you finally found a horse. Did you plug him in?ReplyDelete
The popcorn looks yummy!
Ah geez, how sad. Yeah, I think they take it harder than us. The song is sweet and funny. I guess you are short and sweet.ReplyDelete
I think you and your mom have got two of the maybe four drop kick breeds I'd consider hanging out with on a regular basis.
I like your X rated word verification, suits you.
Hi Lisa,ReplyDelete
That horse was so loud I think it had some kind of super hero vocal powers. It was telling me to back off with that little lens. Would have been a good time for a 100-400 mm on a Canon 40D.
Didn't think I'd find any as good as Kernel Popcorn, but I think I got a great flavor as well. Pick some up if you see it. Their popping corn is quite good too.
Just checkin' in on ya! Hope all is well :) Hey, if I mail your parcel to the addy you gave me, will you still get it?!?!? You're moving, right? Lemme know! Wouldn't want your Manitoulin goodies not getting to your doorstep! ;)ReplyDelete
Haven't decided if I'm moving, but cleaning as if I am. If I moved, it wouldn't be for a few months.ReplyDelete
Ohhhhhhhhhhh! Okay! That's good to know!!! :)ReplyDelete
What are you doing with those VHS tapes? Selling them locally? Selling them on eBay? I was surprised the other day when I was shopping and saw some of my all time favourite movies (on VHS) for sale at $3.99 a pop! And I paid like $14.99 or more brand new when VHS was 'in'! Gah! Thank goodness we never got BETA! Remember those?? We were too behind in the technology scene when I was a kid. I think we only got our first VCR and microwave when I was 13!!!! LOL! I was still playing my records (yes, RECORDS!!!) in high school! I think I only switched from cassettes to CDs when I was in college! Sad. I know. Hmmmm...I wonder where my parents' 8-track is!?! Would that even be worth anything? LOL!
I'm not even trying to sell them. But I'm taking the time to divide them into three or four piles for people. And those I can't part with. So little time, so much taping to do.ReplyDelete
Yeah, BETAs were the best.
Hey records are coming back. I loved 8-tracks, but too bulky. If you were here I'd pack up several dozen and give 'em to ya.


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Whirled Peas
For a cake promoting peace, this one sure is an assault on the eyes:
That pea-soup-green and grayish-blue color combo is causing a lot of upset in my GI region, too. In fact, looking at this cake is making me feel anything but peaceful. It makes me feel like maybe these color-blind wreckerators should be stopped, you know? Like maybe we should do something about it! What do you say, Heather E.? Are you with me?!?
Ok, here's what we'll do: we'll form a website, see? And then we'll post pictures of all the really bad cakes, yeah? And then we'll mercilessly mock the cakes until the wreckerators are forced to change their evil ways! It's BRILLIANT!!
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Google is hiring engineers to design and test the self-driving cars it's been working on.
Check out some of the new job listings Google has posted in the last couple weeks:
- Automotive System Test Engineer. The job listing doesn't have much detail, but requires experience in the automotive industry.
- System Test Engineer, Special Projects. This is apparently all about designing safety systems. From the listing: "As a System Test Engineer, you will design and execute test plans and procedures for automotive active safety systems. You will also be responsible for performing technical performance analyses of a variety of electronic and mechanical systems under test and writing detailed test and defect reports that summarize the test results."
- Industrial Designer, Special Projects. This person will be working on automotive applications. We suppose it could mean navigation apps for Android, or something like that, but the "Special Projects" listing makes it sound like it's part of Sergey Brin's group. Brin is known to be overseeing the cars project. From the posting: "As an Industrial Designer focused on automotive applications, you will be working across a broad range of influence levels and within an interdisciplinary team with hardware, software, and user experience experts."
According to LinkedIn, all the listings were posted in the last couple weeks. The top one just went live today.
Last fall, we heard that the self-driving cars team had about 50 engineers and was working with major car companies. French entrepreneur Loic Le Meur spotted one driving on a local Bay Area highway last week.
Google has also posted a couple job listings for "augmented reality" experts, and Wired speculates those jobs are for the glasses it's building.
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Were there two bids or only one on the table when commissioners accepted the bid of Jacobs Real Estate on July 2?
The bid by Crown Management actually seemed to be a real prospect for the property, including creating 250 new jobs, and last I checked, Brunswick County had one of the higher unemployment rates in the state and the state is lagging the nation.
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There is more than a touch of irony attached to what have turned into regular visits to North Carolina by President Barack Obama. The Tar Heel state has become a routine stop when the president wants to go on the road to promote a policy agenda after a national address.
Wednesday, a day after his first State of the Union message of his second term in office, Obama was in Asheville to talk about manufacturing innovations he believes will drive job creation, one of the main criticisms of his first term in office. One of many ironies is that he did so in a state where unemployment remains 9.2 percent and above the national average of 7.8 percent.
At the Linamar Corp. factory, the president reiterated to Congress his plea to approve $1 billion to create a national network of �innovation institutes.� In theory, these sites would be set up in economically challenged states like our own. He also called on Congress to lower the tax rate for manufacturers to 25 percent from 35 percent and provide help for communities hurt by plant closings.
�I�m doing what I can just through administrative action, but I need Congress to help,� the president said. �I need Congress to do their part. I need Congress to take up these initiatives, because we�ve come too far and we�ve worked too hard to turn back now.�
Sigh. One billion � dollars.
The response from GOP leaders in Congress was predictable and not altogether incorrect. The president�s broad initiatives introduced on Tuesday night and reinforced Wednesday hit on just a part of our nation�s problems without addressing the gigantic asteroid headed our way.
We�re disappointed that the president said little to signal his intent to aggressively tackle the nation�s crushing long-term debt. Instead, he unleashed a list of proposals that he said would �reignite the true engine of America�s economic growth � a rising, thriving middle class.�
Yes, the country needs to invest in its future and the nation�s prosperity depends on a thriving middle class. But it is all fool�s gold if the nation doesn�t also address a looming fiscal crisis that will squeeze out all other spending choices far sooner than anyone can imagine.
In calling for major spending on infrastructure, jobs, clean energy and education without also proposing much in the way of serious debt reduction, the president is asking government � and taxpayers � to take on what should fall to the private sector.
Instead of prioritizing pressing needs, the president mostly trotted out the old economic formulas. He claimed his plans won�t add �a single dime� to the deficit, but without accompanying specifics, it�s hard to accept the president�s math. And his call to raise the minimum wage from $7.25 to $9 an hour � while generous � fails to take into account the potential damage to small businesses in communities like Alamance County. The short-term result could be more lost jobs.
The economy and jobs were uppermost on the minds of most Americans four years ago when the president first took office and remain so today as the economy crawls along. But now, nearly three of four Americans also consider rising debt to be a major threat to economic stability, up sharply from barely one in two in 2009.
Yet, such hard choices of governing seem to be uncomfortable afterthoughts, not only for the president, but for lawmakers who can�t seem to let go of so much sacred cattle. Too many GOP leaders share this blind spot. Without a credible bipartisan plan to slow the growth of Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security, additional government spending is another swipe of the federal credit card and a giant step toward a paralyzing debt crisis.
It is time for the president and Congress to move past symbolic gestures and face up to the nation�s hard economic reality. It�s time for them to acknowledge that the growth of long-term debt is an albatross that can sink the American dream for future generations.
And perhaps the next time he comes to North Carolina, he�ll have good news.


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LOS ALAMOS, N.M., Nov. 25, 2013—Los Alamos scientists have advanced a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) technology that may provide a breakthrough for screening liquids at airport security. They've added low-power X-ray data to the mix, and as a result have unlocked a new detection technology. Funded in part by the Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate, the new system is named MagRay.
The goal is to quickly and accurately distinguish between liquids that visually appear identical. For example, what appears to be a bottle of white wine could potentially be nitromethane, a liquid that could be used to make an explosive. Both are clear liquids, One would be perfectly safe on a commercial aircraft, the other would be strictly prohibited. How to tell them apart quickly without error at an airport security area is the focus of Michelle Espy, Larry Schultz and their team.
DETROIT (AP) — For years, the joke in the auto industry was that a mass-produced car that runs on hydrogen was always a decade away.
That will change next year when Hyundai starts selling a Tucson SUV powered by a hydrogen fuel cell. It will be the first mass-market vehicle of its type to be sold or leased in the U.S.
"These things are now ready for prime time," John Krafcik, Hyundai's North American CEO, said last week. His company plans to announce details of the new Tucson on Wednesday at the Los Angeles Auto Show.
Even as the industry focused on battery-powered and hybrid cars, automakers such as Hyundai, Honda and Toyota kept up research on fuel cells. Now they appear to have conquered obstacles such as high costs, safety concerns and a lack of filling stations. These vehicles could help the companies meet stricter future fuel-economy standards.
Automakers have been dabbling in hydrogen-powered cars since the 1960s. General Motors announced a test fleet of hydrogen-powered Chevy Equinoxes in the mid-2000s, and Honda leased about two-dozen FCX Clarity models for $600 per month starting in 2005.
An Internet security firm says a limousine software company has been hacked, exposing credit card numbers and potentially embarrassing details about close to 1 million customers, including politicians, star athletes and corporate executives.
Alex Holden, chief information security officer of Milwaukee-based Hold Security, says he discovered the breach at Corporatecaronline more than a month ago. He said he informed the owner of the Kirkwood, Mo.-based software company that customers' credit card numbers, pickup and drop-off information, and other personal details had been stolen.
"The privacy implications of this are very disturbing," Holden said Monday.
Car services buy software from Corporatecaronline and use it to streamline reservations, dispatching and payments. Owner Dan Leonard did not return a call to his company for comment Monday from The Associated Press.
Cybersecurity blogger Brian Krebs, working with Hold Security, first reported the hack on his website krebsonsecurity.com, including details dispatchers gave to drivers heading out to pick up celebrity passengers. For example, Krebs reported a chauffeur driving Tom Hanks to a Chicago restaurant for dinner was advised the client was a "VVIP" who required "No cell/radio use" by the driver.
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Martin Karplus, Michael Levitt and Arieh Warshel have won this year's Nobel Prize in chemistry for laying the foundation for computer models used to understand and predict chemical processes.
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Wednesday said their research in the 1970s has helped scientists develop programs that unveil chemical processes such as the purification of exhaust fumes or the photosynthesis in green leaves.
"The work of Karplus, Levitt and Warshel is ground-breaking in that they managed to make Newton's classical physics work side-by-side with the fundamentally different quantum physics," the academy said. "Previously, chemists had to choose to use either/or."
Karplus, a U.S. and Austrian citizen is affiliated with the University of Strasbourg, France, and Harvard University. Levitt is a British and Israeli citizen and a professor at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Warshel is a U.S. and Israeli citizen affiliated with the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.
Earlier this week, three Americans won the Nobel Prize in medicine for discoveries about how key substances are moved around within cells and the physics award went to British and Belgian scientists whose theories help explain how matter formed after the Big Bang.
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Physicists Francois Englert of Belgium and Peter Higgs of Britain won the 2013 Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for their theoretical discoveries on how subatomic particles acquire mass.
Their theories were confirmed last year by the discovery of the so-called Higgs particle, also known as the Higgs boson, at a laboratory in Geneva, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said.
The announcement, which was widely expected, was delayed by one hour, which is highly unusual. The academy gave no immediate reason, other than saying on Twitter that it was "still in session" at the original announcement time.
The academy decides the winners in a majority vote on the day of the announcement.
"I am overwhelmed to receive this award and thank the Royal Swedish Academy," Higgs said in a statement released by the University of Edinburgh.
"I hope this recognition of fundamental science will help raise awareness of the value of blue-sky research."
Englert and Higgs theorized about the existence of the particle in the 1960s to provide an answer to a riddle: why matter has mass. The tiny particle, they believed, acts like molasses on snow — causing other basic building blocks of nature to stick together, slow down and form atoms.
CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) — For the first time since introducing the device that changed cellphones forever, Apple will offer two distinct versions of the latest iPhones — a cheaper one made of plastic and another that aims to be "the gold standard of smartphones" and reads your fingerprint.
Apple unveiled the latest iPhone models, available on Sept. 20, during an event at its Cupertino, Calif., headquarters. The move comes as the company tries to fend off Samsung and other competitors that want to challenge Apple in the competitive smartphone market. The lower-cost iPhone 5C is expected to help boost sales in China and other areas where people don't have as much money to spend on new gadgets as they do in the U.S. and Europe.
Research firm Gartner Inc. estimates that Apple had a 14.4 percent share of the world's smartphone market in the second quarter of this year, No. 2 behind Samsung's 31.7 percent.
The lower-cost iPhone 5C will be available in five colors — green, blue, yellow, pink and white. CEO Tim Cook calls it "more fun and colorful" than any other iPhone. The 5C has a 4-inch Retina display and is powered by Apple's A6 chip. It also has an 8 megapixel camera, live photo filters and a rear cover that lights up.
A team from Japan captured the grand prize at an environmentally-themed 'Robocon' competition in Vietnam. Eighteen teams from across Asia and the Pacific region participated in the annual event featuring robots designed by technology students.
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1. Calibrate your oven
Your oven's temperature could be off, causing you to over- or undercook. If you still have it, check your manual for specific instructions on making sure that your oven's 350 degrees is really 350 degrees.
EHow's guide "How to Calibrate an Oven" is also good if you ditched your literature.
2. Load up your oven with convection baking
Many people buy a convection oven with holiday cooking in mind, and then forget to use it! If you have true convection or settings that allow multi-rack cooking (the bake and broil element shut off after the preheat), you can put a dish on each rack without having to rotate them.
Just remember to set the temperature 25 degrees below what's recommended for normal baking.
3. Use convection — in your microwave
If you have a convection microwave, you have a second oven. The 25-degrees-below-normal-bake-temp rule applies here, too.
4. Think beyond popcorn
Many microwaves come with a sensor you can use to automatically adjust cooking power and temperature based on the amount of moisture in the food. Try it on meat, potatoes and vegetables to save time and ensure a perfect dish. Again, check your manual for instructions of how to use your model's specific features.
5. Make extra ice
Empty out your icemaker bin into a large, plastic bag and keep it in the freezer 24 hours before your guests arrive. By the time they do, you'll have a bin full of ice and a cheap refill once that's gone.
6. Turn on the oven light
The temptation to open the oven and check on your goodies is high, but the temperature won't be if you do. The oven temperature can drop 25 degrees in just seconds, increasing cooking times and wasting energy. So keep that door shut, already!
7. Remember that meat probe? How 'bout that warming drawer?
Hopefully just reading this jogs the memory of that stuff you have but never remember to use. Many ranges now come with metal probes to stick into a turkey or ham to monitor the temperature, which should hit 180 degrees.
(Note: The probes usually come packaged next to the manual, so they're probably waiting for you in that same
junk drawer filing system where you left them.)
And, are you sure that drawer under the oven you use to store pots is only for storage? Some range models include warming drawers, which work great to keep early bird guests' dishes ready while you finish up the bird.
8. Match pots and pans to burners
Having a tiny pot on a large burner wastes energy and a big post on a tiny burner slows cooking time. Cook smart on the stovetop to shorten cooking times and save energy/money.
9. Fire up the grill
Grilled turkey tastes great and frees up your oven for everything else. Get creative and use your grill for potatoes, biscuits and pie — and I can vouch for the deliciousness of pie made on the grill.
(Bonus tip: We all know those who don't cook, but only grill. Now there's no excuse to not help!)
10. Adjust your refrigerator's shelves
Remember that shelves can be moved up and down to fit tall items like 2-liter bottles and frozen turkeys. And consider making a short shelf for platters that can't be stacked. That way you won't be wasting all that space above the trays.
I'd love to hear more tips if you have them. I just really like the number 10.
*Nearly 4 out of 10 say they use their oven only once a week or less throughout the year, according to a poll of about 1,100 Angie's List members.


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The iPhone dev team announced yesterday that they had finally achieved an iPhone 3G unlock. Until now, you could jailbreak 3G iPhones but not unlock them for use with alternative carriers. This new unlock allows the 3G to join the first-generation iPhone in providing service outside of those carriers that Apple has locked to the units.
In order to take advantage of this unlock, you'll need to make sure that you did not upgrade your iPhone's baseband past 2.11.07. The team warned about this baseband issue as firmware 2.2 was about to debut. At this time, you can upgrade to 2.2 by using QuickPwn or Pwnage to disable the baseband component.
If you're looking to unlock, however, prepare to wait a few weeks. The new unlock will be released around New Year's Eve, said the team. When released, the unlock, which is codenamed yellowsn0w, will let you use third-party GSM SIMs in your iPhone and both send and receive calls. In the US, AT&T and T-Mobile are the only two major carriers who use this technology. Because of technology differences, if you use a T-Mobile data plan with your unlocked 3G iPhone, you'll be able to use EDGE data but not 3G data (AT&T uses different HSPA/WCDMA frequencies).


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[Manga] Do you feel sorry for Orihime?
I do. I mean look what's happened to her. She gets abused by her parents, her brother dies, she loves a boy who doesn't lover her back, she gets captured to a horrendous world, gets beat up by little girls, and gets treated like crap in HM. She needs a break.
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I have no idea where KT wants to go with Orihime's character, whether he wants us to see her as this helpless tragic character or an independent girl.
There is a good chance of her becoming more independent but so far all we see is her going "Kurosaki-kun this and that", completely forgetting about the rest of her nakama (and don't say "She can't help it! She's in love" cause that's the most selfish reason to not care about the rest of her friends)
The Espada Arc sorta focuses on Orihime abit more compared to other characters so more people might start feeling sorry for her but because she's not my favourite character I can't feel sorry for her
I'm feeling sorry for Chad cause everyone is forgetting about him
|2007-06-18, 23:45
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I think other people had it worse but managed to keep themselves strong no matter how tough their life was. Take Zaraki for example. He had no family and friends and was all by himself before he met Yachiru. He just didn't cry about it, unlike Orihime
|2007-06-19, 00:54
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My vote goes to...other characters have suffered more.
I hate to always feel sorry for her and I hate Kubo Tite for doing this to her character. Why always make her the sad case? Now whenever I read any chapter that deals with Orihime I have to listen to sad music (I suggest Canon in D by Pachelbels )
If have to feel sorry for someone that person would be Rukia. She had it much worse than Orihime IMO. She died when she was an infant, she was then abandoned in Rukongai by her sister, grew up in one of the worst district in SS, most of her friends she grew up with died, then she was adopted by a stoic noble family which made her even more insecure and lonely, then she was almost executed by Aizen. In Orihime's case, her life story is just a less extreme version of Rukia's.
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I actually thought she was okay pre-SS arc. Funny, ditzy, and nice. But then things started going downhill with her ditzyness but I still can tolerate her.
Until she getting obsessed with Ichigo. It's Kurosaki-kun this, Kurosaki-kun that. And she beats herself up when she thought she's the weakest link, beat herself up even more when realised that there's more to friendship when it comes to the relationship between Ichigo and Rukia.
Man, she's got good friends who like her (Hello? Tatsuki & co.?) As well as other people who thinks that she's cool, .. her fairies love her. Ishida *might* have a crush on her .. But because of her precious Kurosaki-kun she's blind to all this.
And that, my friends, is why I have no sympathy for her. If only she's grow a backbone, wisen up a lil' bit and get real for once.
And NO, please don't tell me the wishy-washy princessy blinded by love act is what she's all about. It's boring. It's pathetic.
|2007-06-19, 09:41
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Hell no! I can't feel sorry for a girl who has powers but fail to use it in a good way. All she ever did is cry and wanting to do something. But the moment Kurosaki kun apprear she'll forget whatever she has on her mind and use all of her energy focus on 'believing' in him.
I don't care about Orihime character anymore. She fails to get my respect.
|2007-06-19, 18:27
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Germany
No, none at all. I felt sorry for her when she had to watch Rukia being impaled but it lasted for one week. She just lets people to abuse her. Unlike the SS arc, she doesn't have the guts of trying to fight back most of the times and I'm just annoyed by her passivist and defeatist attitude. I don't know, I think she's responsible for what she's been suffering first and the foremost, not because of the external factors but because her inner issues. Other characters have suffered as much as her, if not more, so I think she lacks in the inner strength department badly.
|2007-06-20, 00:59
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I'm getting really sick of her character, she's always saying how she's a burden on everyone and doesn't help anybody but it's always her who heals everyone.
She keeps defining herself in the wrong context, she needs to realize what her powers are, and those powers are so obviously healing, without her Ichigo would've been screwed after getting cut by Aizen.
Yet, she still defines herself based of a battle prowess, which we all know isn't her style, it's ridiculous in my opinion. I hope she comes to terms with what type of person she is and stops wasting everyones time trying to fight. It's getting too annoying.
|2007-06-20, 04:32
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Nearly everyone in Bleach had some emotional trauma or whatsoever...Orihime is no exception to that. But what is annoying about her character is that rather than being stronger for herself she refuses to be and simply waits around as a damsel in distress.
As mentioned earlier, I would rather have more Chad than Orihime!
|2007-06-20, 09:39
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Join Date: Apr 2007
hmm.. i do feel sorry for orihime, unfortunately i notice a negative majority response that: everyone doesn't seem to sympathise her much, its like the poor girl is not even likeable T_T!
Anyways, for some reason i keep having the feeling that her "ladylikeness" will be her forte, you know something like the achika; tenchi's mother from the movie; tenchi muyo in love..well except that her guy is aware of her love ^_^;
Besides that...i think orihime will start to find a better guy than ichigo..one day, when the time is right,...ganbatte orihime ^o^ !
|2007-06-20, 15:19
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Location: Canada, Ontario
I feel sorry for her not getting any senses knock into her. Seriously, someone like Ichigo should go and slap her and tell her that she can get stronger and dont get depress over being weak. Orihime's character development is always going around in circles. Seeing her somehow gives me a feeling of "not strong enough to do anything"
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• State of the Art: Presenting the Nook HD, iPad Mini and Windows Phone 8 — Review – New York Times
• Review: iPad Mini, the First Small Tablet That's an iPad – Time
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• iPad Mini review: The perfect size, but at a price – CNet
• iPad mini and Amazon Kindle Fire – video review – The Guardian
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• Review: Apple iPad mini smaller, still the gold standard – Fox News
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• Apple Delays iTunes Refresh – The update to iTunes promised for October will now be released before the end of November.
• Apple iMessage down on iOS and OS X for the second time in a week (update) – It's back online at this writing, but iMessage often seems unreliable.
• Google treads on Siri's ground with new iOS Search app – Google's updated iOS search app is faster and has better voice recognition than Siri.
• Asustek: Nexus 7 Sales Approaching 1 million a Month – Sales have been accelerating each month, though no firm figures have been given.
• Microsoft: Four Million Windows 8 Installs Down, 396 Million More to Go – Steve Ballmer predicts there will be 400 million devices running Windows 8 a year from now.
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• Introducing the new compose in Gmail – The composition window now pops out.
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NES-ZIONA, Israel, Oct. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- PROLOR Biotech, Inc. (NYSE MKT: PBTH) today announced that it has received a notice of allowance from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for a new patent application covering the company's long-acting CTP-enhanced human growth hormone (hGH-CTP). Upon issuance, the new patent would provide PROLOR with additional intellectual property protection covering methods for the induction of growth in growth hormone deficient patients.
This new patent is the fourth hGH-CTP patent that has been allowed by the USPTO. The expanding hGH-CTP patent estate is expected to provide additional protection for PROLOR's hGH-CTP compound, in addition to a number of CTP platform patents that have already issued.
"Upon issuance, this new hGH-CTP patent will be a significant addition to PROLOR's intellectual property portfolio," said Shai Novik, president of PROLOR. "We have several other CTP-related patent applications that are currently pending, and we believe that this growing patent portfolio will reinforce our existing patent estate for our CTP-enhanced compounds in development, as well as for our CTP platform technology generally."
This new U.S. patent is expected to issue in the next few months.
Previously reported data from the company's Phase II trial of hGH-CTP in growth hormone deficient adults showed that a single weekly injection has the potential to reduce the required dosing frequency of human growth hormone from the current standard of one injection per day to a single weekly injection. In this trial, hGH-CTP demonstrated a good safety and tolerability profile. A Phase II trial in growth hormone deficient children is currently enrolling patients.
About PROLOR's CTP Technology
PROLOR's CTP technology is based on the naturally-occurring human carboxyl terminal peptide (CTP). When attached to a therapeutic protein, CTP significantly extends the length of time the protein remains active in the body. Clinical and preclinical studies have shown that the CTP technology appears to be safe and effective in extending the duration of all proteins tested to date. CTP's safety and efficacy have also been validated by the marketing approval of Merck's long-acting CTP-enhanced fertility drug Elonva® (FSH-CTP). A single Elonva injection replaces a regimen of seven daily FSH injections. Results from a Phase II trial of PROLOR's CTP-modified human growth hormone (hGH-CTP) in growth hormone deficient adults show that a single weekly injection of hGH-CTP has the potential to replace seven consecutive daily injections of currently marketed human growth hormone. CTP was identified by researchers at Washington University in St. Louis and is exclusively licensed to PROLOR for all proteins and peptides, except for four endocrine proteins that are licensed to Merck. CTP is manufactured using standard industrial biotech processes.
PROLOR Biotech, Inc. is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company applying unique technologies, including patented CTP technology, primarily to develop longer-acting proprietary versions of already approved therapeutic proteins that currently generate billions of dollars in annual global sales. The CTP technology is applicable to virtually all proteins. PROLOR is currently developing a long-acting version of human growth hormone, which successfully completed a Phase II clinical trial. It also is developing long-acting versions of Factor VIIa and Factor IX for hemophilia and a GLP-1/Glucagon dual receptor agonist peptide for diabetes and obesity, all of which are in preclinical development. For more information, visit http://www.prolor-biotech.com.
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Review & Giveaway: Glade Sense & Spray
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
I had won one of these from A Wrestling Addicted Mommy, received one to review courtesy of BzzAgent, and before I got both of these, I bought one for an unbelievably low price at Walgreen's. So I have decided to give one away. Read on for more info on how to win.
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When I first decided to buy one, because I love things that make my house smell good, I couldn't wait for my prize to arrive! I had a coupon and I caught it on sale at Walgreen's, so I'm not sure how much I paid for it but I know it was cheap. I decided to get the Fresh Linen scent because I love that smell! It reminds me of fresh laundry. Gotta love that smell!
When I got the package, I read the directions, and quickly opened it up. First of all, I was THRILLED that it came with a battery! We love anything that saves us money, right moms?!
After I inserted the batteries, I inserted the little spray container, and snapped the lid closed... that was it! Simple, easy set up - who doesn't love that?!
The directions tell you not to place it in an area that is too dark, away from a direct source of light, and at least 5 feet away from anything so that it will not spray anything. You also don't want to block the sensor with any objects.
The best part about this item is that you can push the Boost button to automatically freshen if you like! Another great feature: the unit enters a 30-minute "lockout" mode after sensing movement and spraying. This means no wasted fragrance! The fragrance refills last about 30 days!
In my house, our bathroom has no window, so putting this item there is not an option. I put ours in the living room, which generates a good deal of traffic. The new one I received yesterday from A Wrestling Addicted Mommy and Family Review Network I'm going to put in our hallway so that all of us can enjoy the scent!
The smell of this unit is wonderful and wafts through the whole downstairs of my townhouse. This means when I'm cooking in the kitchen, I can still enjoy the scent. I love that! It also lasts a good amount of time. I'm not sure how long exactly but
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Spot the Vuln uses code snippets from open source applications to demonstrate vulnerabilities in real world web applications. Every Monday morning a vulnerable code snippet is posted. Take a look at the vulnerable code and try to identify where the security vulnerability is. Every Friday, a solution is posted so you can check your answers. Each exercise is designed to last between 5 and 10 minutes. Do it while you drink your morning coffee and you will be on your way to writing more secure applications.
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My Christian grandmither sent me this link claiming that she was shocked that I actually did all of these things. Take a look:
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LOL It would be an Australian.
Well at least Aussies can pronounce aluminium and oregano .....
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Even "W" couldn't pronounce Nuclear (nucular) - but having an Australian friend, I must take exception to that remark. The accent may be Texan, but it certainly is not Australian!
Well at least Aussies can pronounce aluminium .....
At least with this one there is also a corresponding disagreement over the spelling of "aluminum" (Yanks don't put that second I in there). But at least when you folks in the commonwealth do throw that I in there you actually pronounce it... not like the superfluous French U you insist on in words like "honor" and "color" but somehow not in "horror")
More to the topic I don't recall this guy's name but I don't think it's Ray Comfort. Ray Comfort is if I am not mistaken also from Australia and is also a fundie creationist clown. It does seem like 100 percent of all Aussie fundies end up coming here.
I do know the twang being referenced, it's some sort of southern US accent, and sometimes it almost seems to be a requirement of graduating from fundie seminary here; the only way to avoid it is to be imported after you become a fundie overseas.
You know, kind of like this shithead.
Yes Arch, it IS Australian. Here is an exerpt from his wiki entry:-
Kenneth Alfred Ham (born 20 October 1951) is a prominent Australian young-Earth creationist[1][2] who advocates a literal interpretation of the Book of Genesis.[3] He is the president of Answers in Genesis (AiG) and the Creation Museum.[4]
@Strega - I stand corrected - well, I'm sitting, actually, but you know what I mean --
The thing of it is, they know the most effective indoctrination occurs early - get 'em when they're young, and you got 'em for good - except we escaped the looney bin --
@SteveIn -
"Ray Comfort is if I am not mistaken also from Australia and is also a fundie creationist clown. It does seem like 100 percent of all Aussie fundies end up coming here."
Yes he is and please dont hold that against us. He is a dickhead and he has the kind of aussie accent that even aussies cant stand,
Here in Australia we dont have enough of that ultra fundy Christian market that people like him rely on to earn a living and he keeps Kirk Cameron in a job. He is embarrassing.
And that, Angela, I've little doubt, is why he came to the US - there's not enough of a market for his bullshit in Australia.
If I ever wanted to escape, Australia would be the first place I'd go, but my work, and those I love, are here --
Not surprised. An anti-theist friend of mine lives in Tasmania, and every time I talk with him about what's going on his his neck of the woods he is always howling about the fundies down his way. We have good conversations.


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The South Carolina Commission on Higher Education (CHE) has awarded $143,000 to Anderson University (AU) to establish a Center for Excellence for Mobile Learning (CEML). AU is partnering with George Washington Carver Middle School in Spartanburg School District 7 for the project, and the middle school will receive funding for the program for five years.
As part of the program, teachers at G.W. Carver Middle School and faculty at AU will take part in a week-long professional development seminar on best practices for teaching and technology integration. According to SCCHE, the seminars will focus on the Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) framework, reform-based teaching strategies, college readiness strategies, and formative assessment practices. As a result of the program, the SCCHE expects teachers at the middle school to "design and deliver effective, learner-centered lessons and activities that fully integrate mobile technologies."
AU's Center for Excellence for Mobile Learning will be located on the AU campus and will be led by Dr. Benjamin Deaton, director of instructional design at the university. According to the university, the CEML will "prepare and examine the role of educators integrating mobile learning principles and technologies into teaching and learning in K-12 and university classrooms." The $143,000 awarded by the SC CHE will fund the first year of the CEML.
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One of the reasons G.W. Carver Middle School was selected as the program's first partner school is because of its focus on STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) education, Deaton told the Spartanburg Herald-Journal.
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As I settle down to start clearing my emails, I came across this one from Lorraine. It really makes my day. My kids should see this. If the spirit and mind is not defeated, nothing is defeated. Look at how with such severe disabilities this Japanese girl has grown up so beautiful with such a lovely voice :-)
And something that normally don't happen to help me along. An SMS from someone I rarely communicate with; and early enough in the day too as it gets more tiresome.
Blessing you with this... Those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings as eagles, They shall run & not be weary, They shall walk & not faint... Isaiah 40:31 Blessed day!
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, a timely message for me.
Felt led to bless you with this verse...God's unfailing love
Unfailing and always surprising. Do you know that the only way for a man to understand how a woman felt loved is for him to be loved by the Lord. I suspect many don't know this.
Whaa, that's deep indeed!
Not sure about out being deep. It's the Lord's grace through faithful obedience. The pre lessons came from Mother Teresa. Watch the love between our Lord and her and add God's personal intervention. I am sure He does this to many people but lots more are not in yet.
I know what you mean... It's one personal, intimate relationship with the Lord. I love because He first loved me.
Yes! And any woman who discover this before she gets married might no longer want to. It's up to God to arrange. It's a gift.
So it's kinda if you know what it means but you always also find more meaning to it as we live by faith.
Yes, it's this love relationship with Him that compelled Mary to pour expensive perfume on Jesus' feet & wipe them with her hair. It's this kind of relationship that compells one to say "I LOVE YOU, LORD" from one's inner spirit. Thank you,
. God bless your day.
And it's so much easier for a woman to identify with Mary than a man. God's surprising and incredible grace to women because of Eve. Who would have thought of this! So how are men to understand? He needed to be loved by Christ like a woman so that he will learn to love his wife, and men to stop seeing women as sex objects. With a richer flavor we just got back to where we started.
It's a love of the highest order, perfect & unconitional, a love way above all, so full, pure & sacrificial to die for us so that we can be with Him forever to enjoy His presence & riches.
I feel a little sad. She didn't get it. Christians who are good students of the Bible always have answer to anything you throw at them but their answers is causing them to miss it!
I must be patient. If they do not have experience analogous to some of us, how would they know? It is all in the Lord's hands. Most of all I pray and wish that the one the Lord had used to teach me this would also share the same gift. I was utterly shocked it didn't pan out as expected. In a way it was like Paul believing the Second Coming was very near but it has been two thousands years since. What Joseph story? We haven't gotten to the end of it yet. Why I asked why, I was given Job's story. We are not given to understand so that he will make all things beautiful in His Time.
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There were very few moviegoers who didn't scream and jump out of their seats when deranged Norman Bates (played by Anthony Perkins) slashed Marion Crane (played by Janet Leigh) in the shower in Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 classic, "Psycho." That shower scene went down in cinematic history and the movie cemented Hitchcock's status as one of the great directors of all time.
A new biopic, "Hitchcock," is opening in theaters on Nov. 23 and stars Anthony Hopkins as Hitchcock struggling to make the controversial film as it was met with resistance from studio executives. The movie also depicts Hitchcock's relationship with his wife, played by Helen Mirren, who had an influential role in his career.
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March 11 — Did you have any female ancestors who died young or from tragic or unexpected circumstances? Describe and how did this affect the family?
Amanda Malvina Ley BUCKINGHAM (my great great grandmother) died on 21 April 1895 in Plymouth, Devon, aged only 43. Her youngest child (Ernest Silas) was 9. The cause of death was given as morbus cordis and anasarca. "Morbus cordis" means heart disease or heart failure, often used by doctors when they didn't know what the exact cause was. "Anasarca", however, is more specific. Extreme generalized oedema often caused by renal failure and malnutrition sounds to me as though there was a story there.
Three years earlier, several of Amanda's children had been taken into care by Dr Barnado's, and in the years leading up to and following her death, the two youngest became "Home Children" and were sent to Canada. I have investigated the family history packages which the Dr Barnado's charity offers, and although a simple search only costs GBP15, a more detailed package is much too expensive for my pocket!
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See you at RSS 2011!
We're looking foward to seeing you in Los Angeles, USA at RSS 2011 from June 27 - July 1st, 2011! If you're interested in checking out what Willow Garage has been up to lately, come check out our research talks and workshops.
Monday, June 27:
- Mobile Manipulation - Learning to Manipulate: Brock, Katz, Klingbeil, Osentoski, Rusu
Friday, July 1:
- Tutorial on 3D Point Cloud Processing: Point Cloud Library: Rusu, Steder, Blodow, Holz
- Human-robot interaction: Perspectives and contributions to robotics from the human sciences: Takayama, Mataric, Jenkins, Yanco, Scassellati
Monday, June 27:
- Grasp Evaluation With Graspable Feature Matching: Zhang, Ciocarlie, Hsiao
- Point Cloud Library (PCL) for Mobile Manipulation: Rusu, Dixon, Gedikli
Thursday, June 30:
- Monte Carlo Pose Estimation with Quaternion Kernels and the Bingham Distribution: Glover, Rusu, Bradski
Friday, July 1:
- Need Finding: A Tool for Directing Robotics Research and Development: Pantofaru, Takayama
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Fats and Oils: Good for Your Dog's Health?
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An Ideal Balance
As you will see on MyBowl, fats and oils are a necessary part of a balanced diet for dogs. A diet that provides about 10-15 percent fat (for normal, healthy adult animals) is best to maintain health. The time when fat in the diet becomes a problem is when animals are allowed to eat too much fat and calories (such as from extra treats and table scraps), without getting enough exercise to balance things out.
High-Fat Diet
Dogs never have to worry about cholesterol levels like humans do, as they won't end up with the same types of health issues humans may from eating a high-fat diet. If fat levels are too low; however, dogs can develop dry, itchy skin (dandruff) and a dull, dry coat. Other problems that can develop include a diminished immune system and other potential health problems such as heart disease and diabetes.
The Building Blocks of Fats
Fats are a concentrated form of energy that give your dog more than twice the amount of energy as carbohydrates and proteins do. Fats used in dog foods are highly digestible and are the first nutrients to be used by the body as energy, ahead of protein and carbohydrates. Fats are made up of building blocks called fatty acids. Fatty acids are named according to their chemical structure and how they are bonded together.
Putting the Essential in Fatty Acids
There are certain fatty acids that dogs require in their diet because the body cannot make them. These are known as essential fatty acids. These essential fatty acids are divided into two groups called the omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids. Fatty acids must be provided in a specifically balanced ratio. Fats have many important functions. Not only do they provide energy, but they are also necessary for the normal development and function of body cells.
Choosing the Right Fats and Oils
Fats are part of the reason that dog foods taste good and smell good too. Fats and oils also help the body to absorb certain vitamins. Not every fat or oil is good for our pets, however. The source, quality, and quantity of fat need to be carefully considered when choosing a good dog food. Check out the list of ingredients to see where the fats and oils are coming from.
Chicken, Pork, and Fish...Oh My!
Common sources of omega-3 fatty acids used in quality dog foods are fish oils (herring, salmon, etc.) and flaxseed and canola oils. Commonly used omega-6 fatty acid sources include pork fat, chicken fat (or any poultry fat), safflower and sunflower oils, as well as corn and soybean oils (vegetable oils). Keep an eye out for lower-quality sources such as lard or tallow. Dog food ingredients will include at least one source of fats and/or oils.
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Analog wonders: Cool kids still mixing tapes
Mix Tape #1
Compiled by Kornhauser, Purdy, and Fritz
The mix tape, that savior of long car rides, defender of the single, and final cementer of nascent hip love, has not had a smooth ride of late.
With the ease of burning mix CD's- choose the track list, then up, up, and away- analog love letters are, at least in some circles, passé. Making a music mix no longer requires the time, conviction, fortitude, and ability to press the play and record buttons together, at exactly the same time, to bring a new sonic life into the world.
But with the ease of digital, something has been lost.
Perhaps it's the devotion required to create a Maxell masterpiece- if the tape is 60 minutes long, and you want to fill all of it, you've got to devote at least 60 minutes to its creation. Maybe it's the lure of analog, something about that hiss and distortion, where a kind of lo-fi Zen is achieved. I don't know, and I don't want to know– I just know that the world gets less cool every year as fewer mix tapes are produced.
Mix Tape, a sort of analog zine from locals Shawn Kornhauser, Jay Purdy, and Max Fritz (the latter two form one half of neo-new wavers Ted Stryker's Drinking Problem) is, at least in my book, an attempt to stave off the large magnet of time. Their plan is simple- every few months produce a mix tape, with all songs on a central theme.
Though the new issue (#1) features songs all picked by the tape's creators, the following issues will have songs submitted by anyone who wants to. Maybe the project will be a kind of community builder, making tape trading return from its imposed exile; maybe it'll be a conversation stimulator, leading to people meeting who would not have otherwise had the opportunity, or the will; maybe it'll just make for a good car ride or two.
Mix Tape Issue #1 begins with "11th Street" by the L.A. pop/rock band Open Hand. High volume guitar riffs and catchy backup vocals set the scene for a story of love gone astray, with an uncharacteristically haunting melody. Tom Waits' "Rain Dogs" is next- a tune of lurching simplicity and songwriting virtuosity.
Gainsville's Army of Ponch's "Foil Monkeys or Bread Monkeys, Either One" provides a nice reprieve in the middle of side one- soft acoustic strumming, slide guitar, and the "have you forgotten how to love yourself" coda. Tokyo ska-punk band Potshot's brief instrumental "#3" leads flawlessly into Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong's "Autumn in New York," which, with its sleepy waltz time piano, is definitely one of the better attempts at capturing a season.
Some of the songs on Issue #1 are obviously about autumn, and some simply have the feel of wind and leaves, of solitary walks, and change.
Write email@example.com, get a copy for yourself, and fight the downfall of cool in America.
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It's funny how a photograph can stick in your mind. Maybe the stillness of the image gives it time to sink in, like dye, and become part of you.
One image that sticks in my mind is of a White woman, perhaps a little older than I am now, with graying hair, standing in front of a sink. A tall young Black man is standing next to her. They are washing dishes and light enters from a window in front of them. They aren't facing the camera. They are engaged in the task together. According to the newspaper article accompanying the photo, the young man is the woman's son. I saw the photo, probably, in 1993 or 1994.
When I first came across the photo I was struck by how ordinary, and yet intimate, the activity of washing dishes together is, and how unusual to see a White woman and a Black man portrayed this way. The two are clearly not a couple, nor is the woman in a "helping" mode with respect to the man. They are family: mother and son.
The article in which the photo appeared was part of a flurry of debate in the early 1990s about transracial adoption. Countering the practice of racial matching in adoption, the Multiethnic Placement Act (MEPA I) was passed in 1994, barring racial discrimination in adoption; changes and clarifications followed in 1996. Racial matching had once been important in adoption – as had matching along every other human dimension – in order for adoptive families to "pass" as biologically related. But intercountry adoptions became more common in the 1960's and 70's – partly due to the Korean and Vietnam wars – and they brought a degree of visibility, both literal and figurative, to adoptive families. Over time, domestic race matching, which had been considered the best way to protect adoptive parents from the embarrassment of infertility and adoptees from the shame of illegitimacy, became a way to protect the racial identities of minority children and the cohesion of minority communities. By the early 1990s, however, the number of Black children "in the system" without permanent homes was approaching 200,000.[1] The question arose whether the concept of "protection" should be expanded so that Black children placed in White families could be protected from a life in foster care and group homes. The conclusion drawn, rightly or wrongly, was that transracial adoption is, in many cases, in the best interests of the children and the Black community.
The early 1990's was also a time when contact between birth families and adoptive families – either direct or mediated by adoption agencies – became the norm in domestic adoptions. There has always been some degree of openness in adoptions in which a child has been taken from their family of origin, and in adoption through foster care, for the child might well have spent years living with their birth family. But through the 1980s and 1990s, partly in response to research on the well-being of adoptees, openness was encouraged in infant adoption.[2] Today, even if ongoing contact is not wanted, birth mothers are given a choice of adoptive families who present themselves in letters and photos as a loving family for the child, and photos or letters to the child are passed to the adoptive family.
These changes[3] – greater numbers of intercountry adoptions, domestic transracial adoptions, and open adoptions, have disrupted the assumption that adoption is something to keep secret. Adoption, according to the new realities, is a perfectly legitimate way to form a family. But our culture has not kept pace with these changing realities. For example, shame remains a theme in the experience of birth mothers and adoptees, and shame's counterpart attitudes of judgment, criticism, and marginalization, are expressed not only in direct interactions, but also in literature, film, popular culture, and public policies. Loss is also common to all those touched by adoption, yet even if the experience of loss is better than ignorance, we need to ask not only how individuals can be healed, but also how the cultural meaning of family contributes to the sense of shame and loss. How might our culture change so that the circumstances that give rise to adoption are handled ethically and humanely without secrecy, without shame, without marginalization?
In an effort to address some of these questions, the Alliance for the Study of Adoption and Culture will be holding a conference at MIT, April 29-May 2, 2010, on the topic, Adoption: Secret Histories, Public Policies. Simplistic portrayals of adoption fuel stereotypes that stigmatize birthparents and adoptive families; the lack of rich descriptive resources, positive narrative structures, and concrete normative frameworks are challenges for all those involved in adoption. These problems are of the kind that the humanities are designed to address: how have our representations of adoption affected those engaged in it? What new language, new ideas, new narratives are available? As adoption practices change, are we sufficiently alert to both the dangers and possibilities?
In the background of our discussions are questions about how the humanities are situated with respect to other forms of inquiry and life as a whole: How do perspectives on adoption given by film and creative writers relate to more scholarly ones? How does the work of philosophers and historians matter when it comes to raising an adopted child? How can literary critics contribute to and learn from the formation of adoptees' identities?
I've spent hours and hours looking through my files, through web archives of newspapers and magazines, and I still can't find the photo that sticks in my mind. But it is part of me now. My husband and I adopted an African-American baby boy in 1994 and baby girl in 1996; both are open adoptions. My son is 15 now. And sometimes, not often enough, we wash dishes together.
PHOTOS: Courtesy of Sally Haslanger
[2] An important resource for adoption research is the Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute.
[3] For more on the history of adoption, see the Adoption History Project.


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Caregiver support group holding meeting Monday
CANASTOTA -- Members of the Caregiver Support Group at Office for the Aging invite others to join their meetings on Monday, Oct. 29 and Monday, Nov. 26.
Many families are facing challenges brought on by Alzheimer's disease, stroke, a stay in a nursing home or a general decline in a loved one's health. Caregivers need information and time away. The group provides a time to meet with others who will listen and offer support.
The group meets the last Monday of every month from 2-3:30 p.m. in the conference room of Office for the Aging, Canastota Business Park, 138 Dominic Bruno Blvd. For more information call Mary Goodell, 697-5700 or Ellen Coe 280-0242.


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For the sixth time in his career, Bruins defenseman Zdeno Chara is a finalist for the Norris Trophy.
BOSTON — For the sixth time in his career, Bruins defenseman Zdeno Chara is a finalist for the Norris Trophy.
The 37-year-old Chara won the award in 2009.
Chicago's Duncan Keith and Nashville's Shea Weber are the other finalists. Keith won the award in 2010.
The Boston captain played 24:39 of average ice time this season with 17 goals (10 on the power play), 23 assists and a plus-25 rating. He nightly played the most difficult competition, as shown by a 1.500 Corsi relative quality of competition. That was the 10th-highest figure in the league, six spots behind Weber. Chara also started 44 percent of his shifts in the offensive zone.
"He's not getting any younger, but to me his game hasn't really changed," general manager Peter Chiarelli said Monday morning of Chara. "He's the best defender in the league. I don't think anyone's close defending."
Chara was also a finalist in 2004, 2008, 2011 and 2012.
Keith, the 2010 Norris winner, was the pace-setter for the Blackhawks' league-leading attack. He was tops among defensemen with 55 assists, and played an average 24:38 per game. Keith does not play against top lines for Joel Quenneville, ceding to the second-pairing duo of Niklas Hjalmarsson and Johnny Oduya.
Weber led blue liners with 23 goals (12 on the power play) and set a Nashville record for defensemen with 56 points. He played 26:54 of ice time per game and faced some of the toughest competition in the league. Weber is now a three-time finalist after being nominated in 2011 and 2012.
"Obviously a huge honor," Chara said of being a finalist. "It's one of those things that you're really proud of."
Chara is the third Bruin to be named a finalist for an award. Patrice Bergeron (Selke) and Tuukka Rask (Vezina) were nominated last week.
Voting for the Norris is done by members of the Professional Hockey Writers Association. The winner will be announced June 24 at the NHL Awards Show in Las Vegas.
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