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Good morning all,
I want to preface this by stating that I have already read the sticky on joining, and I have a good grasp on what would DQ one from joining the Army. That being said, I'm trying to convince someone (as well as his parents) that he should absolutely not join. I think that an Army life is very respectable choice, but this individual would have to lie his ass off to get in. What I'm really looking for here is a resounding chorus of "he'll be caught in a heartbeat" and perhaps some stories of what kind of punishment the person concerned could expect immediately or down the line.
I just learned that my younger brother, age 21, has been seeing a recruiter, and I believe he is absolutely unfit and would be a hazard to those around him. My brother, since the age of 16 or so, was a heroin addict until maybe nine months ago. I'm almost certain he's had brief relapses since then. He also engaged in some generally awful behavior, both on and off of the drugs.
The tales of his exploits are long and sordid, so I'm going to cut to the point and list some of the things I know would DQ him and would turn up in a check:
- Aforementioned heroin addiction, including intravenous use;
- Use of a smorgasboard of other illegal substances at various points, though I am unsure of the details;
- An arrest for possession of about $500 of heroin, from what I could glean. My parents protect my brother at every opportunity, so I do not know how the court case was resolved except that he entered "rehab" - completely outpatient;
- Taking suboxone as part of his outpatient therapy, has not stopped to my knowledge;
- Numerous mental health issues. Sees a therapist, takes prozac and xanax or something like it. Both prescribed. I believe he suffers from depression and anxiety, at the very least;
- Lost driver's license due to numerous tickets, and a single car accident where he told the responders he had "dozed off."
I could probably go on, but I think there's more than enough for a DQ here (understatement). I think any sane person would agree that this kid does not need to be in the military in any capacity. Problem is, my dad isn't sane, and is supporting and encouraging my brother every step of the way (wants that empty nest, I guess). Furthermore, as the recruiter is expressing tons of interest, I believe my brother is either not being forthcoming with his information, or is being coached to lie to MEPS.
So, what are the chances they'll catch him at MEPS? What if he makes it, how into his career before he gets busted? What's the worst that could happen to him? I want to show dad that the Army isn't for reforming his son, and that there will be consequences for my brother if he goes ahead with this.
Thanks in advance,


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Israel, Hamas Trade Fire Despite Truce Talk
A diplomatic push to end Israel's nearly weeklong offensive in the Gaza Strip gained momentum Tuesday. Matt Bradley has details on The News Hub. Photo: AP.
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Art Guy Just Staples His Prize Money to the Wall
Hans-Peter Feldmann (pictured, at right) won the $100,000 "Hugo Boss Prize" last year, for being a good artist. Looks like you miscalculated, Hugo: Hans-Peter is totally sticking all of your money to a wall.
He has instructed the museum to tack the bills up vertically, not horizontally, and they will have to overlap to get the entire $100,000 on the walls. Why vertically? Mr. Feldmann said it was an entirely pragmatic decision: "it's easier because they only will need one pin."
"Hey, cash this check in $1 bills, then tack them all to the walls. Call me when it's ready," said the great artist. The museum staff eyed each other dubiously. Had this all been a big mistake? "Oh," added the artist, "do it vertically."
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The musings of a bifocal, bilingual, bisexual paper pagan, a contrarian and wide-eyed wanderer, who thinks nobody, not even Gods can read a close(te)d book... And that life is unpredictable, so you should probably always eat the dessert first...
Passions: books drawing, photography, food, shows, cartoons and movies, Warcraft, Youtube, hitchhiking, philosophy, talking to people all over the world in ridiculously late or early hours, getting up at 5am, presents, Fishing dailies, Dogville situations in life, cute things Japanese, archeology, large minimalistic interiors, coffee smoothies and looking for mushrooms in the woods.
Scorns: family fights, noisy people, having nowhere to park, people who make a fuss about being photographed, hypocrites, parasites, lousy professionals (say, dentists), dirty things that should be clean (like restaurants), most Slovenian movies, religion, tradicions, royalty, orange food and being noticed. don't notice me. I am the camera, I am the pen. that's all.
Slovenian Ethnological Encyclopedia
Brian Fround - The world of the dark Crystal
Shakespeare's sonets
Art of World of Warcraft
Terry Pratchett - The Art of Discworld
Nanny Ogg Cookbook
Garth Nix - Sabriel
Gray's Anatomy
David Bilsborough - The Wanderer's Tale
Tom Robbins - Even Cowgirls get the Blues
Amano's Dream Hunters
The Sandman shit (and tons of other horror comics)
Webster's dict.
The Reader on the 6.27
Once and Future King
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Thug Notes
Tolkien - Hobbit
Sergei Lukyanenko - The Twilight Watch
plenty of Bryson
Selma Lagerlof's Gosta Berling
Natsuo Kirino's Out
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Sharp Looks for the Short Form
The less-than-towering fellow can have a hard time finding clothes that truly fit. One designer is addressing the issue with smart basics and a personal touch
PETER MANNING WANTS to revolutionize menswear, one man-under-5-feet-8-inches at a time. "When I walk down the street, and I see these guys wearing pants hanging down around their ankles, it makes me so insane, and I think, I want to change their lives!"
Mr. Manning is the fast-talking, gregarious founder of Peter Manning, a clothing line for short men that he launched earlier this year. He said the idea for the brand, one of the first of its kind, can be traced back to when he was a teenager and desperately wanted a pair of bell-bottom pants. "But my mother told me, 'Sweetie, I can't buy you bell bottoms. By the time I shorten them they won't be bell bottoms anymore!'" While he never did get those bell bottoms, after finding success as a real estate developer and the youngest Broadway producer to win a Tony (for "Side Man" in 1999), Mr. Manning had the time and the funds to develop his passion project. He works alone out of a studio in TriBeCa and the Upper East Side townhouse he shares with his husband, Lincoln Center's artistic director, André Bishop. The collection is currently only available online at Petermanningnyc.com, but he has plans to expand to a storefront.
While Mr. Manning himself is 5 feet 8 inches, and doesn't seem particularly diminutive, he belongs to the 25% of the U.S. male population that is his height and under—and that he feels is vastly underserved by mainstream retailers. He and fellow short men, he argues, have been forced to pay a "tailor tax," the inevitable fee to get shirts and pants altered when buying clothes off the rack. "Guys like us have been paying hundreds and thousands of dollars on every piece of clothing we buy," he said. "It's not fair." Many stores do offer free tailoring, but Mr. Manning counters that the quality is spotty and that having to alter basics like polo shirts and jeans is especially bothersome for all the men who can barely stomach shopping.
Mr. Manning then whipped out a copy of Vanity Fair magazine, bookmarked to a page with a photograph of famously short billionaire Ron Perelman. "Look at his cuffs," he said. "They are rolled up twice. And look at how his shirt hangs. He's got billions of dollars, and he can't get a shirt that fits him."
Mr. Manning's line, for which he created an original sizing system (clothes come in a one through five, each size taking into account height and weight), features classic, reasonably priced separates and, starting this month, a line of blazers handmade by legendary New York tailor Martin Greenfield. Those are slightly more expensive than the rest, at $795 each, but, said the designer, "they last forever."
Mr. Manning said that he gets constant fan mail from customers, as well as girlfriends and mothers, thanking him. "I feel like I'm giving dignity to these guys who've felt shafted so long," he said.
Unlike women who have plus-size and petites sections and taller guys who can go to their "big-and-tall" stores, short men have been pretty much ignored. As a result, many have found strategies to outfit themselves.
- Martin Greenfield, Fashion's New (Old) Thing (11/05/2011)
Sam Spector, a stylist who is 5 feet 5 inches and works with celebrity clients including noted short-guy actor Daniel Radcliffe, said that his trick is going to department stores at the beginning of the season when they still carry one of each size. "After a few weeks, that one suit in a size 34 will be gone," he said. Mr. Spector is also partial to brands like Club Monaco, J. Crew and All Saints, which make pieces in an XS. And he's not above hitting the boys' department. "I have a Brooks Brothers boys' blazer that I've had for years," but, he said, "you're limited with boys' stuff. The fit tends to be boxy and the armholes are too small."
Even resigning oneself to the tailor tax doesn't always work. When it comes to altering a suit off the rack, Mr. Spector said, "the proportions tend to be way off, with the pocket on the blazer in the wrong place."
" 'When I see these guys wearing pants hanging down around their ankles, I want to change their lives.' "
"I think most brands and retailers don't really realize the size of the market," said Imran Amed, the founder and editor of the website the Business of Fashion, who is himself 5 feet 4 inches. "I have the additional problem that not only am I short, I am very slim. The most frustrating thing is finding pieces that I really like, only to find they are not produced in a size that fits me." The holy land for short men, he said, is Asia: "Shopping in Tokyo is like a dream. Everything fits, and the quality is great. If I could, I'd go to Tokyo every six months to shop." For those who can't, he recommends brands like Band of Outsiders, Dior Homme, Topman and Acne, which are relatively short-man-friendly.
For Playboy.com fashion columnist Elliot Aronow, an unpleasant shopping trip a few years ago really hammered home how ill-equipped department stores are at dealing with their shorter clientele. "I was looking for a suit and the sales guy looked at me and asked, 'Are you a gymnast, perchance?'" Mr. Aronow, who said that he is 5 feet 6 inches on a "good hair day," has since become a "bespoke kind of guy," and gets most of his suits made at Brooklyn Tailors in the Clinton Hill section of Brooklyn.
That's not to say that stores are completely ignoring their shorter shopper. Eric Jennings, the vice president and fashion director of menswear of Saks Fifth Avenue, said he orders about 15% of tailored clothing in smaller sizes because of demand. He added that requests for small sizes from more modern brands—Giorgio Armani, Burberry and Hugo Boss—are on the rise. This increase is not only because of his short clients, he said, but because, "men as a whole are more interested in fit right now." Mr. Aronow pointed out that the shift in menswear toward a more tailored look is actually having positive spillover effects for small guys. "Now smaller, slimmer fits are even coming into Banana Republic, J. Crew and Old Navy," he said.
Is it enough to make a difference? "It's possible," Mr. Spector said, "that the number of short guys who care about fashion is really small." Or, he adds, "maybe most small guys just aren't wearing clothes that fit them."
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Delegation Fears
By Daniel A. Brown
Why is it so difficult for pastors to delegate significant work and ministry to the people in their churches? There are several basic reasons, and it is often a combination that gives rise to the reluctance to entrust programs and responsibilities to others:
Pastors sincerely want to serve the people in their churches
, and that servant heartedness sometimes forgets that giving others opportunity to serve is one of the most loving things a leader can do. Jesus explained that the pathway to significance is through the servants' quarters. Pastors who do not want to "bother" others and ask for their help are unintentionally barring the doors to those rooms.
Pastors are sometimes worried that the delegated task will not get "done right,"
which is to say, exactly like the pastor would have done it. Perhaps because of faulty notions of "authority," on every subject and type of activity from decorating to worship to retreat-planning to budgeting to graphic design, etc. Aren't we glad God does not espouse, "If you want something done right, do it yourself"?
Many pastors confuse delegation with dictation.
If a leader spends all the time to think a job through, and spell out how it is to be done, the leader has already missed the point of delegation. Jethro's advice for how Moses ought to delegate ministry to others contains a simple, but often overlooked detail: let others be the front line; let them be the first to deal with situations, and whatever they decide they cannot handle should be brought to Moses-not the other way around.
Pastors have been 'burned' by previous experiences with delegation,
and they are not eager to be disappointed all over again. It only takes a few dropped balls by volunteers to condition pastors not to trust the quality of quantity of others' work. Actually, most of the disappointments in delegation happen because leaders: miscast people in unsuitable jobs; fail to give enough information or support; choose not to deal with preexisting attitude problems; or, unintentionally prevent people from really taking ownership of the job.
Pastors fall into the whirlpool of being too busy to look for, disciple and enlist more workers.
Since it takes longer (initially) to adequately delegate than it does to do a job themselves, pastors, who are already crunched for time because of all the things they are doing themselves-because it is quicker, have a hard time justifying the "lost time" that delegation and follow-up require. Eventually, the church ends up only able to produce what one extremely busy leader can accomplish.
Pastors can fear losing importance if many other people start doing lots of great things.
Pride urges leaders to keep the credit (thereby the work) for themselves; the truth is that unless they have a pride problem themselves, people will respect a leader who delegates significant responsibility far more than they will regard a leader who does not.
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Two-way blade can be operated with the blade locked for aggressive dozing or with spring-loaded trip engaged for pushing snow or livestock waste.
Blade angles +/- 30 degrees, depending on model.
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Four pre-loaded springs provide appropriate force with spring-loaded trip engaged. Springs can be removed individually to accommodate a lighter trip.
Optional snow kit with heavy-duty guard assembly, two edge markers and mounting hardware. Optional bolt-on, non-metallic edges reduces surface scratches on marring of concrete and asphalt surfaces.


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So, since last time: first of all, I've finally settled on the name "emscripten-qt" over "QtGui.js" - the latter is probably a bit more descriptive of what the project actually is, but the new name pays homage to the projects that actually do all of the clever stuff!
Secondly, performance is much improved: by undoing an earlier pessimisation of mine (wince) and by profiling and then compiling a bunch of select files with full optimisations (emscripten doesn't use inlining when it optimises as it can bloat the code, but some classes benefit from it hugely), I've managed to get the "colliding mice" demo running in Firefox at several frames per second, rather than several seconds per frame :) An experimental blitter (toggleable at run-time via a checkbox) often improves this even further.
Thirdly, keyboard support is now vastly improved, with shift, ctrl, actual punctuation chars etc now implemented.
Fourthly, there is now a demo page! Check them out here! I've mainly picked the most interesting ones, either visually or in terms of interactivity, but may add some of the more "boring" ones in due course. I'm especially fond of wiggly, scribble and textedit, which showcase how your emscripten-qt app can be made to interact with the rest of the webpage.
There's also been a lot of work on writing some helpers to make some of the synchronous dialogs etc (which Javascript cannot handle) more easily ported to asynchronous ones, and on making drag-and-drog asynchronous instead of synchronous (enabling demos such as the puzzle demo.)
I still have a few odds and ends and a lot of documenting to do (especially a porting guide, which would additionally require me to document emscripten-qt-sdl, which has been invaluable for flushing out all of the problematic synchronous dialogs etc), but after that I'll leave it for a while and get back to working on Kate's Vim mode :)


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Are you a christian or something? Saying someone's delusions don't affect you is like being in a pool and saying someone pissing in it doesn't affect you.
I would respond something along these lines.
I don't have issues with individual believers, but the beliefs that they can have can be detrimental to the progress of our civilization. In regards to the liberation of women and slaves for instance, many a religious person or organization has hindered and delayed progress.
The fact of the matter is that the religious beliefs of the individual cannot always be seen as separate from the rest of civilization and that sometimes beliefs are harmful. Since religion is so intertwined with society in a lot of places, it can be that sometimes we are on opposing sides of an issue, where I will criticize you for the effects that your beliefs have in a political context.
Likewise, you might one day find me on an opposing side of an issue where you want to engage with me, and especially if I don't agree with you, I will give you the time to engage in a meaningful discussion with me.
I do not wish for you to keep your religion to yourself, by all means put it out in the open for all to see and for all to criticize. We are all part of the world and if we truly want to share it with one another, we must first need to be able to discuss our beliefs openly. Without discussion, there can be no progress, only revolutions fought by the sword.
Your faith affects everything that you do, and for better or worse it has an effect in our society, as such, it has an effect on me as well.
hrmmm... If you cannot think of anything that would affect you, then I don't see where the problem is. Unless she's attempting to convert you or something. In my opinion everyone has a right to chose their religion or lack of religion, as long as they don't try to push their belief system on me. I don't try to push my atheism on them, and I think they should respect me in the same way. I'm not sure if I'm understanding what you are asking. Maybe a little clarification is in order.
Someone's belief that a god created the universe indeed has no effect on me at all.
It's when they maintain that that god is giving them orders and that furthermore, those orders to them impose a duty on me or others (e.g., to not engage in premarital sex, to not condone an abortion, to not question dogma, or to go to church and pay a tithe), that it becomes a problem.
It also becomes a problem if they attempt to restrict scientific research because they just know that goddidit is the answer to the questions scientists are trying to ask. Come to think of it that would fall under the first paragraph anyway, for scientists.
Here! Here!
But her faith is very real. Faith is the acceptance or belief that something is real, not the something itself.
Chill man, differences are fine.
A cousin told me once, "I would not want to live in a universe that is without God".
Sadly, I did not have the heart to pursue the point, since they were family, but this might have been my response:
There seems to be be at least two options:
A) You live in a universe where a 'God' does not exist, but this does not interfer with the belief in such.
B) You live in a universe where a 'God' exists, and the belief is some how validated by faith, but without non-ambiguous evidence.
Since I cannot validate either option with evidence one way or the other, because of my seeming impossible demands on honesty, you are 'free' to believe as you wish. That belief, up or down, becomes your 'risk', as my non-belief does.
A similar case might be made for the 'affect/effect' of belief, but I would venture that the 'belief' in a falsehood carries with it demands on personal honesty, and possible coercive attempts to maintain a false state of certainty. Surrounding ourselves with believers, true or coerced, could carry a heavy price-tag for any aspiration to freedom.


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The art of creating the ultimate toastie
Whether you like your edges crusted shut or your bubbly cheese oozing, there's no denying jaffles and toasties are the best comfort food.
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To spread or not to spread?
All jaffle machines are non-stick these days so you can make a perfectly yummy jaffle without buttering your bread. However, we love a light slick on the outside for that extra golden glow.
Unless you're using our Turkish Bread or a roll, a little lick of butter or your favourite non-dairy spread on the outside can help make your toastie glow. The weight of the sandwich press and the melty hot ingredients inside will help your sandwich stick together so there's no need to put any on the inside.
Cheesy does it
A thick slab of cheddar is one of the most comforting, go-to, all-time-favourite toastie and jaffle fillings. But with so many different cheeses out there, why not give a different type of cheese a slice of the action. A bit of blue turns your classic toastie into a gourmet feast, while a slice of gouda goes all gooey, brie bubbles and Swiss is a hole-in-one.
Keep it all inside
Strategic placement of your filling is essential if you want to avoid spillage.
Keep your edges (and your press) clean by avoiding overhang. And, if your sandwich is a bit saucy (or baked beany or eggy), try and keep the liquids away from your edges by either placing them in the middle or using your other fillings to create a dam.
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If you don't have a press but are craving a toastie, you can make an incredible, traditional American-style grilled cheese sandwich in a frying pan.
For the best ever grilled cheese, spread a thin layer of mayonnaise on the outside of your bread. Melt half a tablespoon of butter in your non-stick pan, then place the first piece of bread in mayonnaise side down (just trust us!). Add your favourite cheese, season with pepper and top with your second slice of bread, mayonnaise side up. The bottom side should be crispy and brown after about four minutes. Add another half a tablespoon of butter to the pan, then flip your sandwich carefully. It's ready when the underside is brown and the cheese is melty.
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Verizon has announced that they will be including an extra gigabyte of data to customers who sign up for a new data plan. According to Verizon, you'll need to upgrade your phone or activate a smartphone on a More Everything plan with at least 1GB of data to get these free bits and bytes. This is in addition to the recent announcement of new 2GB single-line plans for $60 monthly that we heard about last week.
Your free gigabyte is recurring, and you'll get it every month for the life of your new contract. While it's not a lot of data, Verizon reminds us that it equals watching two movies, 2,000 visits to the Internet or 10 hours of live NFL games. Not bad for free!
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Dragic's career-high 40 leads Suns past Pelicans
PHOENIX (AP) Goran Dragic almost didn't play Friday night.
On a bad ankle, with his Phoenix team needing to end a three-game skid, he decided to give it a try.
The result was a career-high 40-point performance in 42 minutes, leading the Suns past the New Orleans Pelicans 116-104.
"I think everybody knows about Goran Dragic now," Suns coach Jeff Hornacek said, "or they should."
A game-time decision because of a sore right ankle that had kept him out of Wednesday's loss at Utah, Dragic played all but the last 10 seconds of the second half in the first 40-point game for a Phoenix player since Amare Stoudemire's 44 on March 19, 2010.
"That's what All-Stars do," Hornacek said, a not-so-veiled reference to Dragic being left off the All-Star team.
At the end, as Dragic sank the free throws that got him to 40, the crowd chanted "M-V-P."
"I never imagined they would cheer that for me," Dragic said. "It is a great feeling, especially with those last four free throws when the whole crowd stood up and cheered. It is something special in my career that I will remember my whole life."
Anthony Davis, also a game-time decision because of a sprained left shoulder, matched his career high with 32 points for the Pelicans, who lost their sixth in a row.
Markieff Morris added 18 points and twin brother Marcus 15 for Phoenix.
Eric Gordon scored 21 for New Orleans.
"We just couldn't get the stops, we just couldn't get the ball," New Orleans coach Monty Williams said. "Dragic was in our paint all night long. He's a really good player, but we could have done a better job."
Dragic, who had expressed some doubt after the morning shootaround that he would be able to play, had a career-best 35 in the Suns' loss to Houston on Sunday. He hurt his ankle in the home loss to Minnesota on Tuesday.
He had 15 points in the first quarter, 25 in the second half, including 13 in the fourth quarter, surpassing 30 points in a game for the eighth time this season.
Phoenix took control with a 17-1 fourth-quarter run. Dragic banked in a 3-pointer from the top of the key, then sank an 18-footer to cap the outburst and put the Suns ahead 105-92 with 4:33 left.
When he banked in that 3, he grabbed his head with both hands.
"When you're hot," he said, "sometimes you feel it and luck is on your side."
Phoenix looked to be in trouble late in the third quarter.
The Pelicans used a 15-1 run to go up 77-67 on Austin Rivers' two free throws with 2:59 left in the period.
But Phoenix outscored the Pelicans 14-4 the rest of the quarter. Marcus Morris scored the first seven in the run, Dragic sank a 3, then made a driving layup to tie it at 81-81 entering the fourth quarter.
New Orleans took a four-point lead early in the fourth and was up 91-88 on Brian Roberts' driving layup with 9:47 remaining. Phoenix, though, scored the next six. Dragic hit on a drive, then Markieff Morris made consecutive layups and the Suns led 94-91 with 8:13 left.
Neither team led by more than seven points in a first half bereft of defense, with the Suns up 56-54 at the break.
New Orleans shot 58 percent in the half (22 of 38), Phoenix 56 percent (20 of 36).
In the second quarter, nobody led by more than four. Al-Farouq Aminu's two free throws put the Pelicans up 50-47 with 2:14 left in the half, then the Suns scored seven straight, P.J. Tucker's 3-pointer giving Phoenix a 54-50 lead 52.9 seconds before the break.
Gordon's layup at the buzzer was ruled no good and the call was upheld on review, preserving Phoenix's two-point edge.
New Orleans' Tyreke Evans was a late arrival after getting stuck in the hotel elevator for a half-hour. He arrived about an hour before the opening tip.
"Next time I come to Phoenix," he said, "I will take the steps."
NOTES: Phoenix swept the season series 3-0. ... The Suns' Leandro Barbosa missed his fourth straight game with a sprained toe. ... Phoenix avoided matching its longest losing streak of the season at four games. ... Suns G Eric Bledsoe, coming back from knee surgery, participated in 3-on-3 drills and could resume full practice next week. ... The Pelicans' longest losing streak of the season is seven games.


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Transcript by Nancy Theiss, executive director, Oldham County History Center
I was born January 28, 1937. I was born the year when they had that big flood in Louisville.
I was born on December 9, 1940, and raised on a large farm in Marion County, Kentucky. My mother was Alice Gordon and my father was Cleo Gordon.
I was born 1935, in Hart County, Canmer, Ky. and my parents were Henry and Bernice Sturgeon McDonald. I am the oldest, and had two brothers and a sister: Wesley, Glenda and Joe. Dad was a house painter and mother was a homemaker. There were just two stores in the town of Canmer. We moved to Munfordville when I was in the first grade and when I was in the 5th grade we moved to Buffalo in LaRue County. I went to Buffalo School which was grades one through 12 and I graduated from Buffalo. There were 19 in our graduating class.
Interview by Nancy Theiss,
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Portraits by Peter Campbell and Bobbi Nelson
Interview by Nancy Theiss, Oldham County History Center Executive Director
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When Alta Haunsz decided to go to nursing school in 1948, she probably didn't expect to be actively involved in a hospital setting 67 years later, but she wouldn't have it any other way.
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Las Comadres Para Las Americas Announces Sixth Annual "National Latino Book Club" Titles
New York; January 10, 2013 — Launching its sixth year of promoting diverse, compelling Latina and Latino authors, the national organization Las Comadres Para Las Americas has released the first three selections of the 2013 "Las Comadres and Friends National Latino Book Club."
Open to the public, the Book Club hosts in-person and online events featuring new releases and authors. The first Books of the Month and events are:
January 28 teleconference for Have You Seen Marie?, Sandra Cisneros (Random House/Knopf) and conversation with Maria Antonietta Berriozabal, Maria, Daughter of Immigrants (Wings Press)
February: 8 Ways to Say "I Love My Life," edited by Sylvia Mendoza (Arte Publico) and conversation with Annie Mary Perez, Clay Hills and Mud Pies (Floricanto Press)
March: Ink, Sabrina Vourvoulias (Crossed Genres Publications) and Manuel Gonzales, The Miniature Wife and Other Stories (Penguin/Riverhead)
Registration and details on future dates are at Las Comadres.
"Reading is our passion. Every year, we look forward to receiving the books from the publishers and voraciously reading every word. Our readers love exploring the new writings and meeting new authors," said Dr. Nora de Hoyos Comstock, President and CEO, Las Comadres.
Launched in Austin in 2000, Las Comadres now has 15,000 members in 100 cities across Arizona, California, Connecticut, Washington DC, Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Mexico, New York, Rhode Island and Texas. Members stay connected through social media, teleconferences and monthly local events. In 2012, it produced the Comadres and Compadres Writers Conference, offering insiders' perspectives on navigating the publishing industry and access to editors and agents to pitch ideas.
Started in 2008 to promote and support the work of Latino authors with readers and bookstores, the Book Club is now active in 20 cities representing 11 states. Association of American Publishers member companies collaborate with Las Comadres as part of AAP's Publishing Latino Voices for America Task Force.
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Okay, I do realize that we are not allowed to post leaked information about the new 2009 LEGO Castle theme sets that are rumored to be coming out next year and I agree to abide by those rules to the fullest extent I can, having limited knowledge of the forum rules pertaining to such, which I could find little information on. But perhaps we could use a thread in which we simply speculate about these sets?
I am not exactly sure what's in store for the Castle theme sets in 2009, but I'm sure by now many of us have gotten some sort of information about those three sets that aren't out yet (10193 Medieval Market Village is now available, even though it's still being referred to by many as a 2009 set). I know many, if not all of us, are anxious to see what exactly is in these sets. And we all will in time.
I, for one, simply want to make sure I stash away enough money so that I can jump on these as soon as they become available. Without posting what information I have gathered on these sets, would anyone out there who has similar knowledge of the preliminary images and descriptions of these sets agree or disagree that $14.99, $39.99, and $99.99 are probably going to be pretty good estimates of the prices that these sets will be going for at the LEGO Shop at Home site, if in fact the content of these sets does not change more than a little and LEGO chooses to sell them on their site? There's no need to name names of the sets or any other specific information. If you know what I'm talking about, great. If not, then don't worry about it. Mum's the word, eh?
Anyway, if I'm breaking any rules by starting this thread, then I do apologize. I sincerely don't mean to. I understand that the proliferation of rumors and information that may or may not be legitimate and/or is subject to change without notice does have, at the very least, some ethical implications. I'm just excited, that's all. And I think we should be able to at least discuss our hopes and expectations for the 2009 sets without worrying about stepping on anyone's toes. We love ya, LEGO.
Like, for one, I haven't heard anything about skeletons or dwarves on the horizon. I could live without the skeletons, but the dwarves really need more sets. I'm thinking something like a steampunk-style tank or something. Anybody else have any comments?


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The city of Chicago has released a very detailed plan to make the city one of the most bicycle-friendly in the U.S. In their "Bike 2015 Plan," Chicago city planners propose elevated bike lanes, special maps designed to aid bikers, and a 500-mile bikeway network throughout the city. Their goal is to make 5 percent of city trips under 5 miles into bicycle trips by 2015. That sounds small, but it's huge.
One of the things that's most interesting about the Bike 2015 Plan is that it calls for the city to intervene in bike safety and maintenance. It also lays out plans for several studies showing what optimal layouts for bike-friendly city streets would be, as well as what kinds of signs work best to protect bikers from zooming cars (known among bikers as "death machines"). Possibly most interesting are the ample links to bike-friendly strategies in other cities, which gives you a sense of how common it is these days for cities to plan with bicycles in mind. Now all Chicago needs is more funding to implement its plan, which is posted online in easily-browsed chunks. Check it out.
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Hello Petra,
I haven't been here for quite a long time, so I found your invitation to link as "friends" here, too, only today ... Thanks for the invitation, and we'll continue to be (non-virtual) friends anyway.
Cheers, Klaus
Thank you, Petra. I found useful things here in the first 60 seconds on the website. It's great to be part of the network and to be able to also contribute.
Hi,it's been ages - not much of a networker in this way - but thanks for connecting - hope all is well - I've seen news of your good work around!
Yes, hope to see you in Helsinki!
I found the sf trainers conference very inspiring and feel like Mari - great to be part of this network and get to know people.
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It's great to have you here in Helsinki and visiting our Coaching training, great to be part of SOLnetwork!
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Press release: Gnomedex in Seattle. 12 noon Pacific Time. 10 August 2007.
Transactional Classifieds to allow Video, Audio, Files and Text to be delivered, for sale, on any web site. New revenue streams for publishers.
edgeio Corporation, based in Palo Alto, California, today announced the launch, in preview, of the world's first distributed "paid content" platform. The platform allows a content creator – say an analyst, a researcher, a band, a filmmaker, a magazine or newspaper publisher or a web publisher – to distribute their valuable content, and have it sold, onto any web site that wishes to publish it.
Keith Teare, edgeio's founder and CEO described it:
"We are making it possible for valuable content to be made available for sale on any web site. The web site does not need an ecommerce system, or a billing system – edgeio takes care of both. We have two customers for whom we work to make this possible. First a content creator who has content that they would like to sell and have distributed. The content creator comes to edgeio and tells us about their content and we give them the means of publishing it. Second a publisher, whose main goal is to add revenue to their web site. The publisher comes to edgeio and can choose to become a point of sale for any paid content that they wish to be associated with. Any web site in the world can now become a point of sale for the things they are passionate about."
The paid content platform brings into existence a new "digital only" form of classified ad, what we call a "transactional classified" The initial goal of transactional classifieds will be to facilitate the distribution and of digital content – video, audio, text, files for download, tickets, resumes, virtual gifts and other valuable content. Later edgeio intends to release additional forms of transactional classified using its distributed paid content platform.
The initial uses of the system are expected to be in three primary categories:
- Publishers who have free, advertising supported, web sites who would like to publish paid articles alongside their normally free ones. This would likely appeal to former analysts with blogs and highly targeted readerships who specialize in areas – like technology – where there is a demand for their research.
- Publishers who have subscription only web sites where their content is locked up and only available to subscribers. These publishers can take advantage of the edgeio system by opening up their content on a per-item basis to a far larger readership than their subscriber base constitutes.
- Publishers of paid digital content whose content is mainly available through one or more centralized stores online. Digital Music downloads, Research reports, Videos, Tickets are all offered in this form. These publishers will be able to turn the enthusiasts for their products into points of sale. By way of example, fans of rock bands with blogs will be able to become places to buy the music they love to listen to.
Content creators can upload their content at http://www.edgeio.com/view/paidcontent one at a time or can submit it in bulk using edgeio's edgedirect service.
Edgeio's business model for transactional classifieds will enable a three-way revenue share. Firstly edgeio will receive a share of all transactions. The content creator takes a share. The content creator can choose to enable affiliates to become additional sales points for the content and can define how its share is split with an affiliate. In that case their content always appears with a "Resell this Item" link, allowing affiliates to sign up as additional points of sale.
The edgeio paid content platform will be launched today at the Gnomedex conference in Seattle, Washington. Chris Pirillo, the publisher of Lockergnome and former TechTV presenter, will be the first to make available his content for sale and for distribution. Attendees at the conference will be given a coupon code to allow them to purchase his "ebooks" for free, whilst the rest of the world will need to pay the full price. The ebooks can be found at http://lockergnome.edgeio.net. Web sites will be able to opt in to resell the ebooks and take a revenue share from successful sales.
Edgeio has filed patents covering the functionality of and methods used in its distributed paid content platform.
For more information contact Keith Teare at firstname.lastname@example.com or by cell on +1-650-704-2674.
Edgeio is a California. It is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. Edgeio is building the Internet's first Classified Advertising Network, allowing classified advertisers to place ads inside highly targeted publishers sites. Its primary product for advertisers is edgedirect. Its primary products for publishers are "Classified Boards" and "Transactional Classifieds". You can find out more about these products and services at http://www.edgeio.com


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The last full week of September will be a busy one for K-State's new President Kirk Schulz and the K-State family.
From Sept. 23-25, Schulz will take part in a full slate of events designed to celebrate his new role as K-State's 13th president.
Events open to the public include:
* University-wide ice cream social, 4 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 23, Bosco Plaza north of K-State's Student Union. K-State's famous Call Hall ice cream will be served.
* Inaugural ceremony, 2 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 24, in Bramlage Coliseum. Schulz will be officially inaugurated as K-State's new president. A public reception will follow the ceremony at about 4 p.m. in the same location.
* State of the University address, 3:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 25, ballroom of the K-State Alumni Center. Schulz will give his first State of the University address. Afterward, he'll conduct a question and answer session. For those unable to attend, the address also will be available at http://www.k-state.edu/facsen/sou/index.html during the speech. K-State TV will air the address live on Cox Cable channel 8.
In February, Schulz was named president of K-State by the Kansas Board of Regents. Before joining K-State, he served as vice president for research and economic development at Mississippi State University.
Schulz is a member of ABET, the recognized accreditor for college and university programs in applied science, computing, engineering and technology. He is also a member of its Engineering Accreditation Commission. Schulz is an active member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and the American Society for Engineering Education. In recognition of his work in chemical engineering, he was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2007 and a Fellow of the American Society for Engineering Education in 2008.


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FreeBSD IP Alias: Setup 2 or More IP address on One NIClast updated in Categories FreeBSD, Hardware, Howto, Networking
IP aliasing is the process of assigning more than one IP address to a network interface. This is useful for Apache web server virtual hosting or other network servers such as ftp server.
This tutorial explains how to assign one or more IP address to a single network interface under FreeBSD operating system.


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As Greta spoke, Lisa started to shudder as the first waves of orgasm coursed through her.
'Ohhhhhh, yessss!' Lisa had to vocalise her arousal, she knew that it was obvious to the onlookers and she felt that she should try to extract as much pleasure as she could from her predicament.
Her feet were aching and the pressure as her toes clenched tempted her to relax but she tried to hold her position as long as possible. The relentless vibrations continued and intensified as Greta adjusted her controls.
'Nooooooo nooooooooo stop! Yesssss, keep on doing it!' Lisa wanted the pleasure to stop as much as she wanted it to continue.
The tension was building and another massive orgasm shook through her, as her naked body, her heavy bare tits, her shaven mound began to glisten in a soft sheen of sweat. Suddenly, she could take no more and she relaxed her straining feet, settling herself hard upon the tormenting rubber probes. The vibrations stopped and for one brief, happy, moment, nothing happened.
Then she felt the rubber phallus began to pulsate within her wetness. This time the whole length began to expand and she felt her whole cunt, from opening to cervix and beyond being stretched. Lisa tried to withstand the pressure for as long as possible before she stood again on tip toe.
Once more, as the phallus shrank back to its normal size, or at least as normal as was possible. The vibrations started again.


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By Diane Bartz
WASHINGTON, Oct 3 (Reuters) - The United States has taken steps to shut down several fake tech support scams that have cost consumers tens of millions of dollars, the Federal Trade Commission said on Wednesday.
In the scheme, six separate rings of scam artists, most in India, call people in the United States, Canada, Australia and elsewhere, identify themselves as working for reputable companies and ask the victim to check his or her computer. The consumers are then told their computer has a virus that can be removed for a fee of $49 to $450.
FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz estimated that the scams had netted tens of millions of dollars.
The FTC froze the U.S. assets of scam artists, had their websites taken down and convinced U.S. phone carriers to shut down services that allowed them to operate from India using U.S. telephone numbers.
Five of the six groups telephoned consumers and claimed to be from legitimate companies such as Microsoft or Dell , while the sixth advertised through Google .
There were 2,400 victims of these particular scams in the United States, although the FTC has received 40,000 complaints about this type of fraud.
"This is a very widespread scam affecting hundreds of thousands of U.S. consumers," said David Vladeck, head of the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection.
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Developer mulls Schenectady casino
Project to develop ALCO site calls for housing, retail — and possibly gambling
A public debate about casinos could soon be raging in Schenectady, where a more than $100 million project to transform the former American Locomotive Co. site into a hip, pedestrian-friendly destination could include a gambling establishment, say several people familiar with the plan.
But city and county officials are tight-lipped about the controversial issue, which has already divided some communities and may do the same in Schenectady County.
The mixed-use building project calls for 25 condominium units, a 30,000-square-foot supermarket, a movie studio, a 124-bed hotel, apartments and retail space, according to preliminary renderings recently submitted to the city's development department.
The Galesi Group of Rotterdam is scheduled to appear before the Planning Commission at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday at City Hall to present a preview of the project, which is in the waterfront commercial district. The firm will be looking for feedback from the eight-member panel. No final decisions will be made at the meeting.
"We want it to be a destination, an urban-style walkable community that complements all the development happening downtown," said David Buicko, The Galesi Group's chief operating officer, of the roughly 60-acre site at 301 Nott St. "We're creating a lifestyle center here; it's new urbanism."
Buicko trumpeted a proposed marina, another component of the project on the Mohawk River that would include a 50-boat slip and a dock.
He estimated that Phase 1 of the project, projected to cost more than $100 million, would be on about 25 acres on the north side close to Freemans Bridge Road.
Asked about a casino on the former ALCO site, Buicko said Galesi has "talked to a variety of users," including ones who have inquired about casinos. "We don't have any casino," he said. "I don't rule anything out."
The Times Union has learned that a Chicago-based company called Rush Street Gaming appears to be the leading contender to partner with Galesi on any possible future casino project.
In December, Rush Street, which according to its website is a leader "in operating regionally relevant, high-performing casinos in attractive gaming markets," hired Bolton-St. Johns, a government and public relations firm, as its lobbying group at $15,000 monthly.
Any plans for a casino would likely occur during Phase 2 of the project on about 27 acres of the ALCO parcel, according to individuals with knowledge of the proposal.
The former Tobin First Prize packing plant in Albany and riverfront properties in Rensselaer also have been discussed as possible casino locations by developers and local officials.
The idea of a casino in their community has polarized residents in Saratoga Springs and threatens to do the same in the Electric City.
Schenectady City Councilman Vince Riggi said on Tuesday that although casinos generate money and jobs, he is concerned about a Schenectady casino because of the addictive nature of gambling.
"I'm on the fence with this because I know it's a terrible disease," Riggi said. "I haven't made up my mind, but I'm leaning towards no."
Schenectady Mayor Gary McCarthy declined to comment about the possibility of a casino at the ALCO site, but said the development project will be a boon for the region.
"It's not only Schenectady; this is a major redevelopment project," McCarthy said. "It changes the image of the community when you see development of this scope and magnitude." He said he hopes surface and underground improvements related to the reconfiguration of the Nott Street-Erie Boulvard intersection would be done in conjunction with the waterfront redevelopment.
Schenectady County Legislature Chairman Tony Jasenski did not return a call seeking comment on Tuesday.
Late Tuesday, Metroplex Chairman Ray Gillen said Galesi was tweaking its plan and as a result might be ready for Wednesday's Planning Commission meeting.
Zoning Officer Steven Strichman said he expects that the Planning Commission will look at many issues, including pedestrian and vehicle flow, landscaping and the general compatibility of buildings.
Once the conceptual review is completed, Galesi must secure the required permits from the Army Corps of Engineers and the state Department of Environmental Conservation. Those agencies said Tuesday they are awaiting additional information from the developer before making any decisions on permits. Galesi will also have to apply to the Planning Commission for final site plan approval. There will be at least one public hearing, according to City Planner Christine Primiano.
She said if Galesi needs variances, they will have to be approved by the Zoning Board of Appeals.
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Waterfront proposal
Building One: 128 apartment units with 61,000 square feet of retail space with a total of 314,362 square feet
Building Two: 176 apartment units and retail space for a total of 438,000 square feet
Building Three: 25 condo units totaling 65,000 square feet
Building Four: 30,000-square-foot supermarket with 10,000 square feet of retail space and 80,000 square feet of office space
Building Five: 124 bed hotel totaling 112,000 square feet
Building Six: 30,000-square-foot banquet hall
Source: Plans submitted by developer to Schenectady County Planning Office
email@example.com • 518-454-5347 • @apaulnelson. James Odato contributed to this article.


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Campus Active Shooter
An Active Shooter event cannot be predicted to follow any pattern and the response to an active shooter is one of the most dynamic situations that anyone will ever face. We hope that you take the time to review this material and find some helpful information to assist you in preparing for an active shooter situation and how to react and what to expect from responding officers.
An Active Shooter is an individual actively engaged in killing or attempting to kill people in a confined and populated area; in most cases, active shooters use firearms and there is no pattern or method to their selection of victims. Active shooter situations are unpredictable and evolve quickly. Typically, the immediate deployment of law enforcement is required to stop the shooting and mitigate harm to victims. Because active shooter situations are often over within 10 to 15 minutes, before law enforcement arrives on the scene, individuals must be prepared both mentally and physically to deal with an active shooter situation.
Prior to the arrival of police personnel, how you respond to an active shooter will be dictated by the specific circumstances of the encounter, keeping in mind there could be more than one shooter involved in the same situation. If you find yourself in an active shooter situation, try to remain as calm as possible as your actions will influence others, trust your instincts, and call 911 as soon as possible.
Emergency response to an active shooter is not a traditional response. Police officers responding to an active shooter are trained to proceed immediately to the area in which shots were last heard in order to stop the shooting as quickly as possible. They will not stop to provided assistance or directions, as the immediate threat is the priority. The responding officers may be in teams dressed in normal patrol uniforms, or they may be wearing external ballistic vests and other tactical gear. The first responding officers will be focused on stopping the active shooter and creating a safe environment for medical assistance to be brought in to aid the injured. Do exactly as the officers instruct. Put down any bags or packages you may be carrying and keep your hands visible at all times; if instructed to lie down, do so. If you know where the shooter is, tell the officers.
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We cannot cover every possible situation that might occur. An individual must use his/her own discretion during an active shooter event as to whether he/she chooses to run to safety or remain in place. Awareness and Preparation: Take time to understand your surroundings and environment before an emergency occurs. Ask yourself, "What if?" questions and develop a plan. In the event you observe an individual with any type of weapon on the campus, immediately contact Public Safety at ext. 3333 / 303-273-3333 or call 911.
Information, videos, and guidelines on best practices for an active shooter event are provided below. Use these suggested actions to help you plan a strategy for survival.
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Back in the day, we used to have a regular segment at the start of the show that served as both an ice-breaker and a short cut to fill the time slot each week. It was simply calledWhat have you seen?
This week, I saw the movie Upstream Color. Yes, I have to spell it that way because it is an American movie. It was written and directed by, and stars, Shane Carruth. Those family with Primer will know Mr Carruth, that bring his preceding work.
Upstream Color is difficult to define without spoilers, and even with spoilers it is not possible to get the full experience across. Effectively, it is about a cycle that has 3 stages that are linked but otherwise existing independently. The main characters are drawn into the cycle. It is presented in a deliberately ambiguous way, which adds to a sense of mystery but therefore may also lead to a sense of bewilderment and disappointment. I certainly enjoyed it, but not as much as Primer. Overall, I would give it 3.5 / 5 and recommend it to anyone who doesn't need their plots force-fed to them.
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If you are a coffee lover, this is one of the most enjoyable events you can attend, be it at someones home, or in an Ethiopian Restaurant. I was fortunate enough to participate in the ceremony in one of my favorite restaurants, Mesob, in Montclair, NJ. The coffee is taken through its full life cycle of preparation in front of you in a ceremonial manner. Coffee is called 'Bunna' (boo-na) by the Ethiopians.
The ceremony starts with the woman, first bringing out the washed coffee beans and roasting them in a coffee roasting pan on small open fire/coal furnace. The pan is similar to an old fashioned popcorn roasting pan and it has a very long handle to keep the hand away from the heat. At this time most of your senses are being involved in the ceremony, the woman shakes the roasting pan back and forth so the beans won't burn (this sounds like shaking coins in a tin can and reminded me of making jiffy pop popcorn as a child), the coffee beans start to pop (also just like popcorn.) When finished roasting, the preparer takes the roasted coffee and walks it around the room so the smell of freshly roasted coffee fills the air.
The roasted coffee is placed in a small household tool called 'Mukecha' (moo-ke-ch-a) for the grinding. Most restaurants at this time incorporate modern coffee grinders into the process, but some still use the traditional method. That method is to use a mukecha, a heavy wooden bowl into which the beans are placed. A wooden/metal stick called 'zenezena' is then used to crush the beans in a rhythmic up & down manner. (Think pestle and mortar.)
The crushed powder is then put into a traditional pot made out of clay called 'jebena' (J-be-na) with water and is boiled in the small open fire/coal furnace. Again the boiling coffee aroma fills the room,and the coffee is served in small cups called 'cini' (si-ni). Most usually these are the small Chinese tea cups found in most Chinese tea sets.
As you sip your first cup of coffee, you've gone through the full ceremonial process of the washing, the roasting, the grinding, and the brewing culminating with service and consumption. By now, the process is finished, but traditionally, Ethiopians will partake of at least a second serving and sometimes a third.
The second and third serving are important enough that each serving has a name, first serving is called "Abol;" second serving is "Huletegna"and third serving is "Bereka." The coffee is not ground for the second and third serving, a portion of coffee powder is left on purpose for these two ceremonies.
Ethiopian Coffee
Beans from Sumatra have always been highly prized not only because of their full flavor, but also because of their distinct appearance. Sumatran coffee beans, when green, are often asymmetrical in shape and have a deep aquamarine tint. Beginning in the 18th Century when the popularity of Sumatran coffee rose significantly, the unique shape and hue helped European merchants recognize authentic Sumatran coffee beans.
However, Sumatran coffee's distinct appearance isn't the only factor contributing to the coffee's uniqueness. The unusual drying techniques employed by Sumatran coffee farmers also contribute to the coffee's distinctiveness. These techniques involve an extended period of the coffee bean's exposure to the pulp of the berry after the berry has been harvested—a process which is believed to produce deeper tones in the brewed coffee.
Ethiopia produces some of the most unique and fascinating coffees in the world. The three main regions where Ethiopia coffee beans originate are Harrar, Ghimbi, and Sidamo (Yirgacheffe). Ethiopian Harrar coffee beans are grown on small farms in the eastern part of the country. They are dry-processed and are labeled as longberry (large), shortberry (smaller), or Mocha (peaberry). Ethiopian Harrar coffee can have a strong dry edge, winy to fruit like acidity, rich aroma, and a heavy body. In the best Harrar coffees, one can observe an intense aroma of blueberries or blackberries. Ethiopian Harrar coffee is often used in espresso blends to capture the fine aromatics in the crema.
If you are a coffee drinker, seek out an Ethiopian restaurant near you. Not only is dinner spectacular, (be ready to eat with your hands. Forks are optional!) and an experience, the coffee is a must!
Bon Apetit!


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MISO, the regional transmission organization responsible for maintaining reliable transmission of power in 15 states and the Canadian province of Manitoba, recently became one of the first grid operators in North America to use new synchrophasor technology for real-time system monitoring and analysis. This is a major milestone in furthering the U.S. Department of Energy's goal of revitalizing the nation's electric grid through the use of sophisticated, innovative monitoring devices, a critical element of building a smarter grid.
Synchrophasor technologies are now using phasor measurement units (PMUs) to collect data from more than 344 MISO installed devices, 30 times per second. In comparison, traditional technology records measurements every four seconds. The data is GPS time-stamped, enabling measurements from different locations to be time-synchronized and combined to create a detailed, comprehensive wide-area assessment of system conditions. With this data, MISO can better detect, diagnose and prevent system disruptions; in effect, it can create a smarter grid.
Smart grid generally refers to a class of technologies, including synchrophasors, being used to bring utility electricity delivery systems into the 21st century, using computer-based remote control and automation. These systems are made possible by two-way communication technology and computer processing that has been used for decades in other industries. They are beginning to be used on electricity networks, from the power plants and wind farms all the way to the electrical consumers in homes and businesses. They offer many benefits to utilities and consumers, mostly seen in large improvements in reliability and energy efficiencies.
Synchrophasors at MISO are providing immediate value by enhancing the ability to simulate and troubleshoot the bulk power system, bringing a new level of situational awareness to their grid operators. With synchrophasors, MISO's system operators now view vital voltage and current measurements at any one of hundreds of strategic points along the interconnected transmission network at a level that was previously impossible to reach.
In 2010, MISO was among 100 recipients of a Department of Energy Smart Grid Investment Grant award. MISO received a $17.25 million grant to fund the development and deployment of PMUs as part of the DOE's effort to modernize the power grid and lead the industry in use and installation of the devices.


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