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Think the Caterham Seven roadster was only good for track days and carving up country lanes? You're absolutely correct, but the company found out if you also slap on a bunch of aerodynamic gear and skinny tires, you can get one to hit 131 miles per gallon (though, to be fair, that's probably those bloated UK royal gallons). Still, it's a matter of bragging rights for the roadstermaker, which showed off its eco-minded prototype at the recent Shell Eco-Marathon at Rockingham. The concept was based on Caterham's outgoing 1.6-liter Rover K Series engine (the new models have Ford engines), with a carbon-fiber aero kit from Axon Automotive. A company rep also said they used "careful driving" to blast through the original target of 100 mpg.
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Carbon hardtails seem to be making a comeback and Felt has thrown its hat into the ring with the new Six Team, part of the 2009 range announced at Interbike.
Based on the Nine Carbon introduced at last year's show, this new 26" version shares many of its features but delves even further into the full-on race bike category.
The frame uses Felt's Ultra High Modulus carbon fibre blend and one-piece seat stay and chain stay assemblies, along with beefy head tube and bottom bracket areas for precise handling and drivetrain rigidity. Claimed frame weight for complete bikes is just 1200g, while the higher-end frame-only configuration is said to knock off another 150g. Complete top-end bikes reportedly weigh less than 9.5kg (21lb).
The frame tube profiles scream 'fast and rigid' to us and the parts spec makes no illusions as to the bike's intentions. The RockShox SID fork is set to just 80mm of travel, the carbon handlebar is both flat and narrow and the Sun Ringle Black Flag wheelset certainly strikes us as better suited to flying uphill than bombing across rock-strewn scree fields.
The new Six Team might not be a versatile trail bike, but if racing is your gig, this might be a good tool for the job.
Virtue and Compulsion platforms
The 150mm travel Compulsion
Speaking of trail bikes, the 130mm-travel Virtue and 150mm-travel Compulsion platforms both get major updates for 2009. Stiffer front triangles improve handling precision, especially in rougher conditions, while a more compact Equilink suspension layout with beefier linkages offers similar benefits out back. Slacker head tube angles all around make for a more stable feel, too.
Both platforms also get semi-interrupted seat tubes, similar to those used on the burlier Redemption, which allows the use of a more conventional high-clamp front derailleur (last year's bikes used E-type mounts).
Last but not least, suspension pivot hardware has been completely redesigned so you can stop carrying that bottle of Loctite in your hydration pack. The new pivots now use through-bolts at all points and tweaks to the alloy dust caps have supposedly eliminated loosening under hard use.
All of these changes should make the Virtue and Redemption more capable but interestingly, it also moves the former away from the pseudo-race category and further into trail bike territory, thus leaving a notable gap in the line. Never fear though, because Felt reportedly has a short-travel Equilink bike in the works that will be specifically aimed at racing. Select teams and riders will apparently have access to it for '09 but production versions won't be offered until 2010. Sit tight.
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Felt's wind-cheating DA
Felt's wind-cheating DA gets a boost in strength and stiffness with carbon nanotube-enhanced resins and modified fibre blends, but it's the updated Bayonet 2 front end that'll draw the most attention from potential buyers. A new top clamp assembly drops the front end by a whopping 22mm (the original Bayonet was arguably too tall for many users) and can deliver nearly as big a jump in reach if desired. Shorter stems will retain the same minimum reach, though, and about two degrees of lateral adjustment will now permit perfect stem-wheel alignment.
The second-generation fork also sports a deeper leading edge. According to Felt, the improved aerodynamics gained with the extra depth save about 1.4 seconds per mile compared to the old shape. Over a 40km time trial, that equates to about 35 seconds.
The DA will also showcase Felt's new Devox line of components which includes a well thought-out carbon aero bar. The base bar integrates a low-profile pinch-type clamp for the extensions and the clamp bolts are shared with the pad mounts for reduced weight. The extensions themselves can also offer straight, ski and chicane-type bends all in one; they're rather long out of the box and are easily cut to suit length and shape requirements.
Internal brake cable routing on the base bar is also fully guided for easy installation and the bar can be flipped for additional height adjustment. Obviously the outer pods can be taped as desired, but a clever optional rubber grip not only provides a secure purchase but also adds an extra bump to hook your thumbs if so desired.
F-series road frames will also get the nano-enhanced resins used on the DA. Coupled with slight changes in fibre content, Felt claims a 10 percent jump in head tube stiffness without adding any extra weight. Rear end stiffness remains the same.
Finally, Felt will add a less expensive TK3 to its range of track bikes. The TK2's complex tube shapes and smooth welds have been traded in for slightly more conventional pipes and raw weld beads. The sleek monostay is nixed in favour of a more standard twin-stay design.
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The Felt Breed cyclo-cross bike
Felt's 'cross bike range will include four models for 2009, from the top-end F15X with its Superlite aluminium frame, Easton EC70X carbon fork and Ultegra SL bits, down to a new single-speed model called the Breed.
Though clearly not as racy as the F15X, the Breed actually strikes us as more noteworthy for its enhanced urban appeal and all-round cool factor. The Superlite aluminium frame matches to a Felt-branded carbon fork and a mix of FSA, Tektro, Mavic and Felt house-brand gear provides a capable package. Felt's asking price is US$900.


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I believe freedom of speech is an important issue; however, a line must be drawn at bullying. Because of bullying, some speech freedoms have been taken away in schools with the intent to keep students safe. The ACLU recently threatened to sue when a school would not allow a student to wear a shirt with a cross through a rainbow (it was supposed to be anti gay) see the full story here: http://www.nbcnews.com/id/50975541/ns/local_news-hartford_ct/#.US7TXzCsiSp The School was in the right when they first did not allow the student to wear the shirt because it was a form of discrimination, which can cause students to feel unsafe within schools. I could not find the state in which this happened so I am going to use the California Education Code as EXAMPLE not proof, seeing as the laws may be different where ever this may be.
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201(a): "all students have the right to participate fully in the educational process free from discrimination and harassment."
Wearing a shirt against a certain group of people is an act of...
201(a): "all students have the right to participate fully in the educational process free from discrimination and harassment."
Wearing a shirt against a certain group of people is an act of discrimination and can make students feel unsafe in their school environment. Students who feel uncomfortable because they are discriminated against in their schools often miss school and are more likely to drop out. Even if this is not the law in the state, if the school has adopted a non-discrimination policy, wearing an anti gay shirt would fall under discrimination. The school is within its rights to make non-discrimination policies that protect students, even if it takes away their students rights to say offensive things to other students, which is the same thing as this t-shirt, just in a visual form instead of audio form.
234.1(b)(1) If school personnel witness an act of discrimination, harassment, intimidation, or bullying, he or she shall take immediate steps to intervene when safe to do so.
The school did exactly that. They barred the student from wearing the shirt until the ACLU threatened to sue claiming first amendment rights. In schools, first amendment rights don't go as far in order to keep students safe. This was a targeted act of discrimination against a certain type of people. Had this been done verbally, the school would have been within it's rights to stop it, but because it was on a t-shirt, it sparked some controversy.
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After 3 years, Town Council has its final meeting
The final official act of the sitting Town Council members was a good deed, as the councilors voted to approve an additional funding request for an affordable housing project.
As many of our readers are aware, Jamestown has an inadequate number of residences that are considered official "affordable housing" by the state. Ten percent of the island residences must meet the affordable housing category by 2035. Currently about 4 to 5 percent of island homes meet the regulations. That means an additional 140 residences are needed.
The $50,000 approved by the Town Council will assist with a current project now underway.
We say kudos to the council members for keeping the affordable housing project moving.
We would also like to thank the five Town Council members for their three years of service to the community. One council member has served more than one term.
Many people do not realize that serving on the Town Council is a huge time commitment. Councilors not only have two to three council meetings to attend and prepare for each month, but they also serve as liaisons to the town's boards and commissions.
The Town Council job can be a thankless task at best. There are often two or more sides to many votes that must be cast. No matter what the decision, some of the council members' constituency may be disappointed at the outcome.
Probably the biggest task facing the Town Council is to maintain the town property, equipment and services while keeping the property tax rate affordable. The current council has done well on that front.
On Nov. 6 islanders will go to the polls to elect a new Town Council. This year Jamestown is fortunate to have 10 islanders who would like to serve on the Town Council.
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I hope whenever you see this message, you are in a good mood haha. But enough dilly dally, I'll get straight to the point. I was wondering if there was some possible way I could acquire the Neutnet bot files, or even just a source code? I dearly miss Dnet, and think that AO should have in the very least two broadcast bots up, so that way if one were to go down, the other could pick up the slack and the game doesn't have to be radio silent until further notice. I know it would help the population, because I notice how extra-dead it gets whenever Neutnet isn't online.
But with that said, I know that these bot nets can be a pain to maintain, so I am volunteering my electricity, and my server space, as well as my very own playtime to the task of not only running it by myself, but also moderating it myself; not only for the betterment of the community, but for the returning players who've been coming back in pretty large numbers as of late. I'd like to see them stay a while.
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How do I get rid of this service? Its the only thing showing up in a Nmap localhost scan
what os and are you runing a mail server or something if not instal firewall and just set a rule for that port simple
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What distro are you running. In Mandrake just go to Mandrake Control Center ( or mcc in a terminal as root ) and disable it in the service menu. If I remeber correctly you were using mandrake and libranet.
Otherwise you can type "/etc/rc.d/init.d/sendmail stop" and that should stop it manually each time.
Otherwise again go to /etc/xinetd.conf or /etc/inetd.conf and comment out the process there. The service should be sendmail.
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If you're running FreeBSD add sendmail_enable="NO" to your rc.conf. This will leave sendmail running so periodic can send emails to root but sendmail will not accept email from the outside anymore. If you really don't want to run sendmail you can use sendmail_enable="NONE".
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Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.
I have the same thing on my RH9 box. When I scan localhost I see sendmail, but when I scan the actual IP it is not there. I have tried to connect to it from another PC and you can't. But it is still probably a good idea to disable it. Just go with the stuff everyone else said for that. I just wanted to say that it is probably not excessible from a remote PC, unless they are actually connected to your PC, such as through telnet. Did you try a scan on the actual IP also?
Guys Im sorry I didnt reveal my OS version. Im using Libranet 2.7
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If I remeber correctly you were using mandrake and libranet.
Good memory I am using libranet and SuSE
thnx guys
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Friday, October 11, 2013
Lindt Bars: Wafer, Cresta and Dark Hazelnut
Lindt has a new line called Hello, but I also noticed this array of single serving bars at several drug stores and Target over the past few months. I picked up a full set (or at least I think it's all of them - at the time I wrote this, I couldn't find them on their website).
The packaging is very simple with a color coding that made it easy to check that I had all of them. (I had to go to two stores.) They're small portions, at 190-230 calories per bar, they're not too filling.
The Lindt Wafer Bar is described on the package as Milk chocolate with wafer and creamy hazelnut filling.. The little picture shows that the wafer part is like a flattened tube inside the hazelnutty center.
The actual bar I got wasn't as much like the picture as the others, which were exactly as depicted. In this case, the first section contained only hazelnut paste (so the photo is of the second section). The wafers do not take up nearly as much volume as I'd hoped, so the effect is milk chocolate bar with a lot of hazelnut (nothing wrong with that) and a little bit of wafer.
The wafers are malty and less sweet than the rest of the bar. The milk chocolate is very sweet as is the filling, so it's kind of throat searing at first. The mix of textures and flavors is quite good though, I like the Lindt milk chocolate in small bites, it's very creamy and though it has a dairy note to it, it tastes fresh, not like dried milk. Perhaps I'm looking at the wrong brand, but I wanted more hazelnut in there, it seemed more cream than hazelnut. (But maybe I'm just used to the Ferraro style.)
The Lindt Cresta Bar is the only one of the assortment that has anything that resembles an invented name instead of just a description.
The bar is: Milk chocolate with hazelnut cream filling and pieces of almond brittle.
This bar is bigger than the first one, at 1.3 ounces. It feels hefty as well.
The milk chocolate bar looks the same as the Wafer bar, glossy and light milk chocolate. There's a whiff of cereal about it and a hint of hazelnut but mostly it smells sweet.
The chocolate is smooth and has a milky melt to it, kind of like pudding. The center is very crunchy, with little bits of almond in the hazelnut cream. It's not terribly nutty, but very sweet with just a hint of salt to it. Overall, the filling was good, the textures nice and the proportions very well done ... but I wanted it to be less sweet.
The final bar simply called Lindt Dark Chocolate Hazelnut. Unlike the other bars, which were made in Austria, this one was made in Italy. Perhaps to be closer to hazelnuts.
The package says that the bar is Dark chocolate with hazelnut filling and whole hazelnuts. And so it is.
It's the biggest bar of the assortment I picked up, as well, at 1.4 ounces. It's also the fattiest, at 164 calories per ounce. If I'm going to spend twice as much on the bar, I'd better be getting something high quality in there.
The bar is stunning. Three molded hazelnut sections in glossy dark chocolate. The dark chocolate looks great and smell a lot like roasted hazelnuts and coffee.
The chocolate is buttery and has a good melt, although like many Lindt chocolate, it might be a little too slick on the tongue and not enough chocolate flavor in there.
The hazelnut center is fantastic. The hazelnut paste is soft and has a great fresh flavor and though it's sweet, it's not too sticky. The whole hazelnut is crisp and crunchy and I believe blanched to remove the skin, which keeps away some of those bitter notes.
Of the three bars, this was my favorite, though it could benefit from darker chocolate.
I don't see myself picking them up again, as interesting as I thought they were. They're overpriced, though my guess is that perhaps in Europe they're more economical. It's odd, because the Hello Crunchy Nougat was a very similar bar to the Wafer, but twice the size for the same price. They also don't use natural vanilla, it's artificially flavored, which makes me wonder if there may be cut corners elsewhere. I think I'll stick with Ritter-Sport's Knusperflakes and Dark Chocolate Whole Hazelnut but if I feel like spending a little more, I'd step up to the Gardini Bitter Chocolate and Gianduia with Sea Salt.
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Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Zotter Scotch Whisky
This Zotter Scotch Whisky bar has everything that I would want in the perfect decadent candy bar. It's made by Zotter in Austria from fair trade, bean to bar chocolate. The ingredient list is mercifully short and virtually all organic with more than a smidge of Scotch Whisky (9%).
The things that make it hard to give the bar my fullest recommendation would be how difficult it is to actually buy it (I picked mine up while in Germany) and when purchased in the US, it's rather expensive at about $6 to $8 for the 2.47 bar. (There's also a little bit of a question about one ingredient, fructose-glucose syrup, which sounds like high fructose corn syrup, though since it's organic it's not from GMO sources.)
I've had a few Zotter bars over the years and have read plenty more reviews of their products as well. They have a weird twist to a lot of their flavors, some that I think work well in unexpected ways, and others that seem strange simply for the sake of it. I'm talking about combinations like Coffee-Plum with Caramelized Bacon or Cheese-Walnuts-Grapes to just a little unorthodox like Pear Cardamom to the downright unthinkable like Cornelian Cherries and Pig's Blood. Think of them as the Jones Soda of fair trade candy bars.
The bar is the same format as all the others I've ever had. It's about 5 inches long and about 2.3 inches wide. It's not a thick bar but it is filled. They call them hand-scooped bars but they're rather angular and always rectangular. This bar is enrobed, which is my preferred construction method. (My second favorite is panned, third is molded - that's the kind of lists Candy Bloggers keep.)
The full name of the bar on the front is Scotch Whisky "Highland Harvest". There's no other information on what kind of Whisky it is. The bar is glossy and has the slightest ripples across the top. The chocolate is 70% for the shell, the center uses the same but with he addition of the whiskey, milk, cream and fructose-glucose syrup.
It smells a lot like Scotch, leathery and smoky with notes of vanilla, tobacco and of course the deep cocoa flavors.
The coating is thin, but still has a bold flavor, a smooth melt and woodsy flavor profile with a touch of coffee notes. The center is like a truffle, soft and with a silky melt. It's barely sweet, with more than a touch of salt to it as well. The whiskey is quite evident, with a light burn on the tongue and throat. There's a dryness and sort of acidity to the filling that's unlike the profile of the chocolate in the coating. The leathery and smoky notes are strong and for some, probably, repulsive. I enjoy the pipe tobacco flavors to it, the mix of vanilla, red berries, oak and a touch of black walnut.
I loved the bar. It's completely decadent and I found it difficult to eat more than a third in one sitting. The 9%alcohol is pretty intense, too. I would buy this bar again, most definitely. I think I prefer Zotter's more traditional formulations. I like their spirit though I don't care much for the pork products in my chocolate, even if they're not in this particular bar. (I know, I'm a hypocrite since I eat gummis, which also contain gelatin.) I haven't been able to find Zotter bars in Los Angeles, so there's little hope of these becoming my weekly habit.
For other thoughts, check out Chocablog, who liked it overall, and Jim's Chocolate Mission, who didn't care for it much.
Monday, August 29, 2011
European Bars in Brief
In my recent travels abroad I picked up a lot of chocolate bars. Here's a brief little run down of three of them:
As a little reminder, I went to Amsterdam and Cologne earlier this year. There are flavors there that just aren't very well known in North America. One of the new flavor trends that I noticed was Absinthe (I've seen a little of it in the United States but its influence in The Netherlands was a lot more ubiquitous).
So when I spotted this bar from the Chocolatier Marc Antoine called Edelbitter Absinth Truffle, I though it would be a perfect item to pick up as it would probably travel very well.
The box was stiff and nicely designed with the sickly green swirls of anise & wormwood liqueur. Inside the bar was in a simple cellophane sleeve but remarkably unscathed by its journey.
The bar was big and the pieces were chunky. The dark chocolate was glossy with large reservoirs of the dark chocolate truffle filling inside. The truffle was smooth and creamy and very soft, almost like a caramel sauce. The scent was definitely on the grassy fennel side of things, even before I bit into it. The dark chocolate was smooth and bitter though had a lot of cocoa notes mixed with a sharp and tangy anise. The truffle center had a lot of licorice flavors, very soft and fluffy notes that were sweet along with a little hint of eucalyptus and some other botanicals.
I wouldn't call it a hallucinogenic experience, but it was a wonderful, strong herbal bar that I enjoy quite a bit. There as a little alcoholic burn to it but it was more like tequila.
Rating: 8 out of 10
One of the best bars, by far, was the unique one for me. It was called Cuorenero Smoked Chocolate and was made in Italy.
The package was a big, flat square, about 4.5 inches. The box was pretty and featured raised and gold embossed lettering for the logo and the image on the front of a clay oven. The chocolate is described on the front a little more puro ciccolato fondente con fichi affumicati or "pure dark chocolate with smoked figs" - so it's the figs in it that are smoked, not the chocolate itself.
The back of the package is in a bunch of different languages and featured notices about recycling but most importantly that Cuorenero does not use any dairy products other other major allergens, that means no gluten, no eggs, no soy, no peanuts, no nuts with hard shell (walnuts, almonds, hazelnuts, etc.), no celery, no mustard, no sesame seeds, no sulfur dioxide, no lupines, no shellfish and no fish. On top of that, all their ingredients are GMO-free.
The ingredients were: cacao mass, sugar, cocoa butter, smoked fig pieces, sunflower lecithin and flavours.
The bar is beautiful, a thick circular slab sectioned into 16 wedges. The bar smelled like molasses, deep and sweet with a lot of notes of smoke, leather and pipe tobacco. The chocolate flavors were tangy and had notes of coffee and charcoal. The figs were little bits with the occasional seed. There were notes of dark rum, raisins and the grassy fresh notes of figs. The smoke flavors were like cognac and fine whiskey.
If you're a chocolatier and looking for a new flavor combination, please try smoked, dried fruit in dark chocolate. Then let me know how I can buy some from you.
The bar was 60 grams (2.1 ounces) and I think I paid about $6 for it at the Cologne Chocolate Museum Gift Shop (I think it was 4 Euros). Cuorenero Website.
Rating: 10 out of 10
Zotter is a popular maker of fair trade candy bars in Austria. They're crazy. If you think smoked figs are off the beaten path, you have not explored the uncharted wilderness of Zotter. I've had two of their bars before, Banana Curry and Zitrone Polenta. They're fair trade and organic.
This was another bar that I picked up at the Cologne Chocolate Museums Gift Store (which was a phenomenal chocolate store, if you hadn't figured that out). It's Zotter Mandel - Rosen which is almond and rose. (I passed up the Peanuts & Chocolate bar.)
The bar is about 4.5 inches long and about 2 inches wide and weighs 70 grams (2.47 ounces). It's thin, for a filled bar but rather dense.
Inside there are two fillings layers. The base is a creamy but rather solid almond paste and sandwiched in between two layers of that is a rose petal jelly (which seemed to have a touch of raspberry in it). This was a great flavor combination, classic and sure, a bit Victorian in sensibilities. I liked the delicate almond flavor (no screaming Amaretto here) and even the rose was light and had less of a soapy taste than some other floral flavors I've tried. It was fragrant and sweet with that light touch of berry to it.
It wasn't as crazy bar but like the others I've profiled here, it's unusual for American tastes. It's not the kind of candy you can get addicted to, it's hard to find and the flavors come in and out of production. Check out their website.
Rating: 8 out of 10
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Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Lindt Chocolate Carrots
I stared and stared at these at the Target a couple of weeks ago and thought, "I have these eggs, that's enough Lindt for one Easter."
But then I was back in Target again last week and there they were, further on sale (only $1.33 for the package instead of $1.66 on sale). It was the fact that they were hazelnut that got me. Or maybe that they were carrot-shaped. Or maybe that I only had one item and I'd already walked about 2.3 miles around the circumference of the new Harbor City store and that negates any calories in my basket, right?
The little box holds four of the carrots. They're billed on the box as, "Solid Milk Chocolate blended with Hazelnut." That sounds like guanduia!
Honestly, I was thinking it would be a hazelnut paste filling, not a whole stick of guanduia, but I'm not saying I'm disappointed.
Out of the foil the little confections stop looking like carrots and now look like folded umbrellas completely with a hooked handle. Very springy! They're about 5.25" tall, with the chocolate portion at about 2.75" high. Each portion of chocolate is rather small, about .4 ounces or so (rather like the little traditional Piedmontese hats).
The chocolate is less milky tasting than the regular Lindt variety, instead it has some dark roasted nut notes and of course that rib-sticking hazelnut satisfaction.
They're a cute little novelty, and at that price and with no artificial ingredients, it's hard to beat. Unless you want some pretty foil-wrapped mockolate. I'm sure there's something you can do with the leftover little sticks too, maybe something for Barbie or GI Joe. Definitely an item to pick up on clearance.
Made in Austria.
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Wednesday, January 2, 2008
Zotter Candy Bars
Somewhere between the candy bar and the fine boxed chocolates is a strange no-man's land known as the gourmet candy bar. Austria's Zotter is one of those companies occupying that niche. They not only make innovative flavor combinations, but their products are also organic and Fair Trade certified.
I love the idea of Fair Trade. Everyone should get a living wage (or more!) for making candy. No one needs candy, so if we're going to spend money on it, we certainly shouldn't be contributing to sweat shops or slavery. That said, these are very expensive at $8 a bar, so it's nice to know that the wealth I'm imparting to Zotter is being spread around.
The packaging is simple. The bars are wrapped in foil and have a nicely designed sleeve. Each bar has its own distinctive artwork. On top of that there are a lot of different bars. At any given moment there could be 60 listed on their website. I found these at Fog City News in San Francisco, but have also seen them in the Bay Area at The Candy Store, Miette Confisiere and Bittersweet Cafe in Oakland. (Each store had a slightly different selection.)
The bars are absolutely gorgeous. I was afraid mine would be dented or nicked from the trip, but right out of the package they were pristine and fresh.
They're rather flat and the chocolate enrobing is very thin (but glossy). The proportions of the filling and the chocolate is ideal ... these bars are about the filling not the chocolate.
The first bar I tried was the Zitrone + Polenta. I love polenta/grits/cornmeal mush and of course anything citrus is a bonus in my book.
I was worried that the center would be stiff and grainy, instead it has a creamy snap to it with a slight semolina grain to it. The citrus is tangy and not very zesty. The chocolate coating is 70% and provides a good bittersweet counterpoint to the center.
The second bar I picked out was Banana Curry. The banana notes were strong and tasted like a fresh mash of super-ripe bananas. It was sweet and rich and almost like a pudding or creme brulee, but a little thicker with a slight chew. I never did get much of a curry note from the whole thing but I honestly didn't miss it. Yes, I was promised curry, but what I got was pretty yummy in its own right.
If you're looking for adventurous and inventive flavor combinations with your politically correct candy, well Zotter might be for you. At $8 for a 2.5 ounce bar (over $50 a pound), it's like buying a couple of fine upscale chocolates from Recchiuti, Vosges, Charles Chocolates, CocoaVino, Chuao or Kee's. They're not easy to find in person but they do have a huge variety of flavors. I'm glad I gave them a try, but perhaps I'm more cheap than socially responsible, I just can't spend that much on a candy bar without rationalizing it as being "for the blog."
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TWC/Anchor Bay, $29.98; Blu-ray, $39.99
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Dustin Hoffman makes his directorial debut with this heartwarming dramedy, an adaptation of Ronald Harwood's play about a retirement home for accomplished musicians. Maggie Smith plays a difficult diva who might be able to help save the home if she can get over her pride and perform at a benefit concert with her old troupe (played by Tom Courtenay, Billy Connolly and Pauline Collins). Plotwise, "Quartet" is pretty predictable and strikes a tone that ranges from overly staid to overly kooky, similar to Smith's 2012 surprise hit "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel." But Hoffman has a feel for the deeper resonances of Harwood's play, which is really about how the arts can bring people together and keep them engaged with the world. The DVD and Blu-ray expands on that idea further via a Hoffman commentary track and featurettes.
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Less than two months after Korean director Kim Ji-woon made his Hollywood debut with Arnold Schwarzenegger's "The Last Stand," the even more accomplished Korean filmmaker Park Chan-wook arrives with his first English-language movie, starring Mia Wasikowska as a young woman who learns disturbing facts about her affable Uncle Charlie (Matthew Goode) before discovering that she has a dark side of her own. Wentworth Miller's screenplay riffs on the Alfred Hitchcock classic "Shadow of a Doubt," taking that movie's "mild-mannered niece and sociopathic uncle" dynamic to an even grimmer place. As for Park, he brings the same keen eye for violence and perversity to "Stoker" that he did to his films "Oldboy" and "Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance." The film is as gorgeous as it is shocking. The DVD and Blu-ray add deleted scenes and featurettes.
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Following the recent success of "Top of the Lake," Sundance Channel continues to prove itself as a player in the original cable series market with this superb Southern drama about a man named Daniel Holden (Aden Young), who gets released from prison pending a retrial on a rape and murder charge, and after nearly 20 years returns to his hometown, where everyone believes him to be guilty. The six episodes of the first season — available on DVD accompanied by a handful of featurettes — tell the story of Daniel's attempts to adjust to a world that's dramatically different, while he also tries to make sense of what he did and didn't do as a teenager. "Rectify" creator Ray McKinnon deals sensitively and intelligently with how people and places change over time, producing a series as much about the mysteries of life as about crime and punishment.
How to Make Money Selling Drugs
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Matthew Cooke's snappy advocacy doc takes the form of an old-timey instructional film to explain, step by step, how the illegal drug business works and why Cooke feels "the war on drugs" is hurting more than it's helping. Like a lot of these kinds of agitprop documentaries, "How to Make Money Selling Drugs" tries so hard to be entertaining and persuasive that it comes off at times as glib, and it does feel as though Cooke is dealing from a stacked deck. But there's valuable information here that Cooke's trying to get across, and the faux-lighthearted tone makes it stick.
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25 Unique Ways to Tie and Wear a Scarf
It is time to bring out all those beautiful scarves. If you are like me you have them but you are tired of wearing them the same old way day after day. I found a video of 25 ways you can wear a scarf, plus the tutorials on how to tie them.
Scarves are a big accessory this season. They are an inexpensive way to dress up an outfit but still make it functional. This video has opened a whole new door for me and my scarf attire now and it's done in less than 5 minutes! Watch out fashion world, here I come.


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A COAL MINE accident in China's southwest killed 18 workers and trapped five more on Saturday, the official Xinhua News Agency has said.
There were 28 workers working in the state-owned Xiangshui coalmine in Guizhou province when the coal-and-gas explosion happened about 11 a.m., and five of those were rescued, Xinhua said. No other details were immediately available.
China has the world's deadliest coal mine industry, with 1,973 miners killed in accidents last year.
Safety improvements have reduced deaths in recent years, but regulations are often ignored and accidents are still common.
In August, a mine blast in southwestern China's Sichuan province killed 44 people, the highest single accident toll for the industry in nearly three years.
In September, 20 miners died after a steel cable broke in a coalmine in northwestern China's Gansu province.
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Turns out, women don't wallow and binge eat after breakups.
Ending a relationship is rough. Aside from the metaphorical breaking of your heart, there are those painstaking social media reminders that yes, your ex does still have a life and yup, it's going just fine without you.
Imagine how easy a romantic split would be in a world without Facebook status updates, TMI-Tweets and random urges to send a drunken text. Sounds like a fantasy land, right? Well, though you cannot send your social media websites a cease and desist order, you can take a step towards post-dumping psychological well-being by cutting all ties with your ex.
We recently surveyed* more than 1,300 people and found that 85 percent have a hard time getting over a breakup and could really use a "break-over" to help in the healing process. While we're here to help this happen, we discovered that women aren't wallowing and eating their feelings post-breakup, as pop culture might have us believe. Instead, they're taking healthy, proactive steps like exercising, spending time with friends and avoiding ex sex—all in the name of moving on from an ex.
Here are other breakup myths and facts our survey revealed:
1. Comfort food.
Romantic comedies and sitcoms have us assuming that a pint of Ben & Jerry's—or some other fully-loaded ice cream—is a woman's top choice for post-dumping indulgence. But such is not the case, according to our survey. Ladies actually turn to wine when reeling from a break-up; chocolate came in second as the comfort food of choice, with healthy food, salty food and ice cream following behind.
2. Speaking of food…
With all of that snacking, it's easy to assume weight gain comes with breakup territory. But only seven percent of those surveyed say they put on a few pounds after a split. Rather, 35 percent say they are motivated to hit the gym and/or start a new diet. Makes sense, as 84 percent agree that breaking up with someone can be a good opportunity for self-improvement.
3. Ex sex?
No thanks. No need for one last sexual hurrah with a former lover—a whopping 81 percent agreed that ex sex is always a bad idea. The best way to heal (aside from a technology "break up," that is)? Most say spend time with friends, exercise and go shopping are surefire routes to recovery.
4. Let's still be friends.
It may seem rash to unfriend an ex after a breakup—especially if the split was "mutual" or "friendly." But the problem with staying friends on Facebook and Twitter? Knowing when your ex has fallen for someone new. More than 75 percent of respondents agreed that if you feel the sting of jealousy when you realize your ex has moved on, it's likely because you're not over him. Speaking of getting over him, 55 percent say it typically takes months to do so. So, the notion that going from lovers to friends soon after a breakup is a good idea? Eh, not so much. Taking some time apart, physically, emotionally and digitally, seems to be the better method.
5. How NOT to get over an ex.
Respondents reported "talking it through with the ex," "eating" and "having ex sex" as the least effective means of moving on from a relationship. Noted!
*Conducted on YourTango.com, Facebook.com/YourTango and SurveyMonkey.com, the survey questioned a national sample of 1,329 people. Polling took place over December 21, 2011 - January 9, 2012.


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How do successful single parents keep it all together? Author, blogger and single mom Christine Coppa shares her advice for surviving (and thriving) as a single parent
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Seek Out Role Models
Single parents and their kids can flourish, and there are plenty of examples to prove it. Make a list of single parents—or children raised by a single parent—who inspire you, and refer to it when you're having a rough day. Some of the people on my list include President Obama, who was raised by his single mom and grandparents; President Clinton, who was brought up primarily by his mom; and actress Bridget Moynahan, who went through her pregnancy alone after splitting from Patriots quarterback Tom Brady. I'm not just inspired by celebrities though; my real life friend Matt who blogs at mattlogelin.com about unexpected single fatherhood is another confidence booster for me. Seeing all of these success stories and many more unfold before my eyes is proof that single parenthood is not only manageable, but an incredible gift that allows me to shape my son into a wonderful human being.
If you need more inspiration, check out the book Holding Her Head High: 12 Single Mothers Who Championed Their Children and Changed History by Janine Turner. It's full of amazing single moms dating back to the Middle Ages.
Read Christine Coppa's blog about being a single parent, Mama's Boy
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Find A Work Schedule That Suits Your Family
As a freelance writer, I'm lucky to work from home, but it wasn't always this way. I used to be on staff at a magazine where I worked long hours that didn't really match up well with JD's daycare pickup. So, I took a deep breath and asked my boss if I could work a slightly different schedule where I came in earlier but left in time to get my son from daycare. My boss was understanding and allowed me to work a more convenient shift. Don't be afraid to express your needs to your employer, or reveal you're a single parent, because most bosses want to work with you, not against you. You can also check out the best companies for working mothers to target your job search to companies with family-friendly benefits.
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Schedule Kid-Free Time
I'm not saying you have to go on a date, or even out for girls night. But I am saying there is no harm in getting a babysitter so you can enjoy a pedicure or trip to the bookstore when you don't go near the children's section. You have to remember that married couples have their date nights, or at least times where they hand the kids off to each other. Single motherhood is hard work and you deserve time off every once in a while. Can't spring for a sitter? Arrange a childcare swap with a mom friend you trust.
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Don't Obsess About Things You Can't Control
No one can force your child's other parent to visit. You can't help it if he promises to show up for your child's big game and doesn't. These are the other parent's issues—not yours, so don't lose sleep over it. Instead, focus on what you can control and that is what kind of parent you are.
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Count to 10
It's easy to lose your cool when you have to be "on" all the time. Single parents have no one to trade off with when they're about to lose their marbles over yet another bowl of peas thrown on the floor. Don't yell, because it's not healthy for the child and you'll regret it afterward. Instead, walk away and count to 10 or just laugh it off. You'll feel better in a minute, and ready to face the peas.
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Don't Have A Competition With Yourself
On days when I have to get out of the house to bring JD to school so I can work, I often try to do it all—make beds, do breakfast dishes, play and clean up toys. But it occurred to me one particularly chaotic morning (think Cheerios on the floor, a missing sneaker and an empty mascara tube), the only thing I have to do by 8am is feed JD breakfast, shower, get both of us dressed and out the door. No one was keeping score of the unmade beds but me. Now I ditch morning chores and play blocks or color with JD instead of rushing to clean before we leave. This laidback approach takes a lot of pressure off me, and I know my son enjoys the extra quality time.
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Point Out Good Qualities In Men
No dad in the picture? This means it's up to you to show your child that there are good men all around him. So when my older brother put our new kitchen table together, I made a big deal about how awesome and helpful he was being in front of JD. When my dad shows up to JD's soccer practices and games, I tell him how much Poppy loves him and that he used to coach his uncles' teams, so he can show him how to make a winning goal. I asked my brother Brian to attend the Father's Day party at JD's school and I make a point to hang out with my platonic guy friends in front of JD, because I want him to see the interaction. If Dad's not around to show your son or daughter how a good man behaves or to do "guy things," than it's your very important job to seek out these role models.
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Congratulate Yourself
I know this sounds silly, but if you live alone with your child, no one is going to pat you on the back when your kid is finally potty-trained or when you serve up a hot, healthy dinner after working all day. You should be aware of these epic achievements and know you're the one making it all happen. I smile proudly when JD burps and says "excuse me," without me having to prompt him. When he shares his toys at the park, I feel good that my constant "share with your friends" speech has sunk in. I do it all, and I deserve the recognition.
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Always Be Prepared
I never leave home without a sippy cup and snack of some kind. I also keep crayons, a coloring book, a few Matchbox cars and snack in my purse at all times. I stash clean clothes, snacks and juice boxes in my car. Being prepared is important for all parents, but even more so for single ones since it's up to only me to squelch a meltdown or entertain my child while we wait to be seated for dinner.
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Multitask Strategically
I try to accomplish housework and playtime simultaneously, so I'm not up for hours after bedtime getting chores done. I sit on the living room floor with a basket of clean laundry and fold while JD races cars on a ramp. Every so often, I make a "vrooom" noise and slide a car down the path. I can also hold up a shirt to quiz JD on his colors, or encourage him to pair socks together. Work, play and even some sneaky learning gets done and everyone is happy.


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OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) -- Canada's prime minister says a free trade deal between his country and the European Union could help the EU establish a beachhead as they embark on separate free trade talks with the U.S.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Thursday considerable progress has been made toward such a deal, but important issues still need to be resolved.
French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault, who is visiting Harper in Ottawa, agrees that a successful Canada-EU pact could have a positive influence on a future deal with the U.S.
Ayrault says the major obstacles to the Canada-EU deal are in the agricultural and information technology sectors.
Canada will sign a deal only if it is in the best interests of the Canadian economy, Harper said.


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It may seem odd, but the condition of the locks and dams on the Upper Mississippi River, the mood of the U.S. Congress and China's willingness to abide by trade agreements may have as much to do with profit potential for Texas corn growers as the local weather forecast.
A comprehensive energy bill, for instance, could provide Texas growers with significant benefits, says Dee Vaughan, Dumas, Texas, farmer and president of the National Corn Growers Association.
"The energy bill is our main focus," Vaughan said during a recent Texas Commodity Symposium, held in conjunction with the Amarillo Farm Show.
"We had hoped to get a bill passed in November, but it didn't happen. We haven't given up and have been assured by leaders in the U.S. House, the U.S. Senate and by the White House that they will bring the bill back up in January."
Vaughan said the bill promises much for agriculture. "A comprehensive energy policy should help lower natural gas prices," he said. "That means lower costs to run irrigation systems and to manufacture fertilizer. We also want to get ethanol included in the bill because that will help corn."
Vaughan hopes issues surrounding MTBE liability will be ironed out to permit passage of the bill. He says the policy will benefit the nation's farmers as well as Texas growers.
"We are trying to build an ethanol plant in Moore County and are in the final stages. Other areas also are considering ethanol facilities."
Natural gas price
Lower natural gas prices also would influence the state's corn acreage, currently estimated at about 2 million acres. "The High Plains could increase acreage if natural gas prices decline," he said.
Vaughan said the condition of dams and locks on the Upper Mississippi may seem irrelevant to Texas grain producers. "But most of the nation's corn grows in the Midwest and moves down the Mississippi, so the price of corn is set in the Midwest. The price in Texas includes the price to ship from the Midwest, since we are grain deficit.
"So, if the price in Illinois is low because antiquated infrastructure makes movement down the Mississippi difficult, the price will be low in Texas and other areas."
Vaughan said a report from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers provides an opportunity to "get something done about the problem."
He hopes Congress acts on the report to pass the Water Resource Development Act. If that happens, renovations will require 20 years.
"The Corn Growers Association has been working on this issue for at least 10 years," he said.
"Trade also remains a big concern. We hope to get the WTO restarted and we also are interested in regional and bilateral agreements."
China influence
Vaughan said China continues to be a trade catalyst. "They've been in and out of the market, mostly in for the last few years and selling corn at very low prices. They have cut into some traditional U.S. corn markets, South Korea, for instance."
A poor crop year may turn China into a buyer, he said. "They made a short crop, so we may recapture some of those markets and also sell to China."
Vaughan expressed concern that U.S. trade negotiators not give away U.S. agriculture. "In the WTO rounds other countries demand that we give up everything but are not willing to give up anything on their side. We can't sacrifice our farm safety net."
He said trade agreements are mostly positive. "After NAFTA, Mexico became the No. 2 market for U.S. corn. Before, they were far down the list."
Vaughan said water remains a critical issue for Texas farmers. He's concerned that moving from one basin to another will leave agriculture at a disadvantage. "We have to be conscientious about conserving water, but we also must allow producers to earn a living from their land."
Vaughan said Texas corn growers are concerned with aflatoxin. "We have spent a lot of money over the past few years to support research into aflatoxin, looking for resistant lines and isolating genes. I hope we will soon remove aflatoxin as a barrier for corn production.
"And we're still defending the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act," he said. "Payment limitations keep cropping up, but we strongly support keeping the law as it is."
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| H. H. Nininger Cut Canyon Diablo Iron Meteorites For Sale
These Canyon Dialbo Meteorite specimens were cut by H. H. Nininger while he was looking for diamonds created by shock in some specimens. Each specimen comes with a Certificate of Authenticity with provenance.
Meteor Crater - Third Edition
by James P. Tobin
December 2008
This is the third and much expanded edition of James Tobin's history of the first hundred years of investigations at Meteor Crater. Included in the volume are narrative tours of the sites on the crater rim and slopes, as well as a narrative hike of all the historic locations on the floor of the crater. The second half of the book is devoted to historical paper by several of the earliest investigators. These papers are presented close to their original form with all their photographs if they had them. Commentary by James is limited to before and after these early works to not alter their form. Reading this work is as close to visiting the crater as can be done with a book.
By James P. Tobin An informative source of information on Meteor Crater from the beginning history of explorations of the crater to descriptions of the Canyon Diablo Irons. Contains a information on the impact, a walking tour of Meteor Crater, and a Meteor Crater exploration timeline.
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UN Says Sustainable Farming Can Help Close Global Emissions Gap
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Sophie Wenzlau is a Worldwatch Senior Fellow.
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Agriculture offers opportunities to mitigate and adapt to climate change, according to a report released by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) last Tuesday.
The Emissions Gap Report 2013—which involved 44 scientific groups in 17 countries and was coordinated by UNEP—measures the difference between the pledges countries have made to cut emissions and the targets required to keep global temperature change below 2°C.
The report finds that if the global community does not immediately embark on wide-ranging actions to narrow the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions gap, the chance of remaining on the least-cost path to keeping global temperature rise below 2°C this century will quickly diminish.
Based on the current trajectory, greenhouse gas emissions in 2020 are likely to be 8 to 12 gigatons of carbon dioxide equivalent (GtCO2e)—roughly comparable to 80 percent of current emissions from the world's power plants—above the level that would provide a likely chance of remaining on the least-cost pathway.
Reductions in emissions from agriculture, an often-overlooked emissions producing sector, could help to close the emissions gap, report authors say. They estimate that emission-reduction potentials for the sector range from 1.1 GtCO2e to 4.3 GtCO2e.
Reductions in emissions from agriculture could help to close the greenhouse gas emissions gap. Source: Wikicommons User Wawn.
Worldwide, agriculture contributes between 14 and 30 percent of human-caused greenhouse gas emissions because of its heavy land, water, and energy use—that's more than every car, train, and plane in the global transportation sector.
Activities like running fuel-powered farm equipment, pumping water for irrigation, raising dense populations of livestock in indoor facilities, managing soils, and applying nitrogen-rich fertilizers all contribute to agriculture's high GHG footprint.
The UNEP estimates that 38 percent of agricultural emissions can be attributed to nitrous oxide from soils, 32 percent to methane from enteric fermentation in ruminant livestock, 12 percent to biomass burning, 11 percent to rice production, and 7 percent to manure management. Direct agricultural emissions account for 60 percent of global nitrous oxide emissions and 50 percent of global methane emissions, according to the report.
Scenarios of continued population growth and consumption suggest that by 2055, global agricultural methane and nitrous oxide emissions might increase by 57 percent and 71 percent, respectively.
According to the Emissions Report, certain sustainable agriculture practices present opportunities for dramatic emissions reductions within the sector. The report identifies three such practices as especially noteworthy.
1. No-till farming, in which seeds are planted directly under the mulch layer of the previous season's crop and the need for plowing eliminated, can reduce emissions associated with soil disturbance and the use of fossil fuel powered farm machinery.
2. Improved nutrient and water management in rice production can include innovative cropping practices such as alternate wetting and drying and urea deep placement, which can reduce methane and nitrous oxide emissions.
3. Agroforestry, the deliberate use of woody perennials on farms and in landscapes, can increase the uptake and storage of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere in biomass and soils.
Other practices that can reduce emissions from agriculture—practices discussed in detail in Worldwatch Report 188, Innovations in Sustainable Agriculture: Supporting Climate-Friendly Food Production—include building soil fertility, urban farming, cover cropping, improving water conservation, and preserving biodiversity and indigenous breeds.
The adoption of climate-friendly agricultural practices not only contributes to climate change mitigation, but also enhances the sector's environmental sustainability. In the long-term, these practices can provide other benefits such as higher yields, lower fertilizer costs, and increased profits.
Meeting the 2020 emissions reduction goal is still possible, but the window of opportunity is narrowing. To meet this goal, the international community must take immediate, concrete steps to reduce emissions across the board, including in the agricultural sector.
By tapping into the multitude of climate-friendly farming practices that already exist, agriculture can continue to provide food for the world's population, remain a source of livelihood for the 1.3 billion people who rely on farming for income and sustenance, help to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions, and increase resiliency to the climate change that is already in motion.


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Filmmaker's wit enlivens 'My Lunches With Orson'
"My Lunches With Orson: Conversations Between Henry Jaglom and Orson Welles" (Metropolitan Books), by Peter Biskind
Orson Welles would enter the trendy Los Angeles restaurant Ma Maison through the kitchen, thus avoiding being seen arriving by wheelchair. His girth as wide as his talent, the director of 1941′s "Citizen Kane" sat in a mammoth restaurant chair with his toy poodle, Kiki. Eager for almost any kind of work in the early 1980s, the one-time boy wonder behind the film regularly declared the greatest ever made had become a living symbol of how Hollywood could abandon its geniuses.
For years, the writer and director Henry Jaglom joined Welles at Ma Maison nearly every week. He was Welles' unofficial agent and representative, trying to get his friend's movie projects off the ground. Over lunch, they discussed practically anything — Welles' weight was out of bounds — and Welles offered seemingly unguarded observations, at times humorous and profane, in spite of the presence of a tape recorder.
On actors: "English actors are more modest than Americans, because they've never had ("method" acting teacher) Lee Strasberg to teach 'em that they know better than the director."
On gossip columnists Louella Parsons and Hedda Hopper: "You don't know the power those two cows had in this town! People opened the paper, ignoring Hitler and everything else, and turned right to Louella and Hedda."
On the Irish: "They hate themselves. I lived for years in Ireland. The majority of intelligent Irishmen dislike Irishmen, and they're right."
Decades after Welles' death in 1985, author Peter Biskind presents the transcripts from those recorded lunches. Welles appears uncensored — and it's not a pretty sight. Fascinating, amusing and eye-opening, to be sure, but "My Lunches With Orson" is yet more evidence that one of the wonderful minds of theater and film was in a creative death spiral in his final years. Not that Welles didn't have ideas, but he couldn't find backers for them — and that was a dark weight on his mind.
Lightening up their chats are his tart appraisals of stars like Laurence Olivier ("seriously stupid"), Norma Shearer ("one of the most minimally talented ladies ever to appear on the silver screen"), Humphrey Bogart ("both a coward and a very bad fighter"), Spencer Tracy ("I hate him so ... he's one of those bitchy Irishmen") and Joan Fontaine ("just a plain old bad actor ... she's got four readings, and two expressions, and that's it").
He has praise for many others, including Clark Gable (not bright but "terribly nice") and Carole Lombard ("I adored her"). Although he appeared memorably in movies such as "The Third Man" and "Touch of Evil," Welles considers his own acting an amateur pursuit.
Welles' taste in movies can be surprising. Among his many dislikes are the American films of Alfred Hitchcock, whom he considered burdened by egotism and laziness. Of "Rear Window," one of Hitchcock's most popular films, he says, "Everything is stupid about it." Worse, he adds, is "Vertigo." Fortunately for his sake, Welles did not live to see "Vertigo" replace "Citizen Kane" last year as the best film ever in the decennial Sight & Sound poll of film critics.
In a lean and lively essay, Biskind captures the essence of Welles and the conundrum posed by his artistic ups and downs. The star of this engaging book, as he was in nearly everything he did, remains Welles. Like Falstaff, a character he loved to play, he is witty and vain — and, in the end, a tragic figure.
Douglass K. Daniel is the author of "Tough as Nails: The Life and Films of Richard Brooks" (University of Wisconsin Press).


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Gisele Bundchen & Tom Brady: Spring Fling Super
Gisele Bundchen and husband Tom Brady come out to support their pal, celebrity hairstylist Harry Josh at his 8th Annual Spring Fling Party held at The Private Roof Club and Garden at New York City's Gramercy Park Hotel on Saturday night (May 2).
If you were following me on Twitter last night, you would have heard that Harry and Gisele TORE UP the dance floor while the DJ played Pink's "So What." Tom was seen talking with a pal nearby. This seriously was the party amongst parties!!!
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A blog by one of the volunteer reviewers for Geocaching.com. It's about geocaching and the review process -- what it takes to get your new caches listed on the world's most popular geocaching web site. ©Copyright 2012 by K.Braband. All rights reserved
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Power Trails back in the discussion
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I saw the one's on the trail near Vinton come out. I'm thinking they where all submitted at the saem time. But I did kind of like how you spaced them out publishing them. Did a certain number of them in a day, then wait a day or two for the next batch and so on.
I don't get into the FTF thing. But that method of approving gives more people that like to go for the FTF a chance at getting one.
I do agree with you the powertrail guideline can be confusing. But what's the difference between one person making say a bike trail loaded with a lot of hides, or it happening over a long period of time by different people or even the same person?
I think there's probably a different interpretation of that guideline if any by different review's and what's is allowed might vary from reviewer to reviewer.
At least the cacher's you are dealing with are working with you on these, and not just demanding they be published.
I've cached a few power trail's and I don't like it when each hide is the same thing over and over again. If there is some variety in hides such as different types and sizes of container's, and maybe if it's more than one hider then you see different hiding styles. Then that makes a nice trail to cache along. One's with the same "matchstick" toss in a pine tree over and over I don't think are very much fun.
Just some thought's on the power trail's I guess.
Good luck with working that stuff out!!!
And would you please stop publishing them right after my PQ run's. lol. ;)
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WASHINGTON — On the first day of the federal government shutdown, Republican leaders shucked their jackets, sat at a conference table and faced empty chairs — and cameras — to show that Democrats wouldn't negotiate.
With the shutdown in its fourth day, President Obama, also sans jacket with his sleeves rolled up, strolled from the White House to a sub shop, where he praised its 10% discount for furloughed workers.
Political theater is at an all-time high as both parties seek to outdo each other with more elaborate and showy news events, even as there is little legislating or even backroom negotiating underway to end the stalemate.
The shutdown has emptied the usually bustling halls of the Capitol. Phones are going unanswered. The Capitol barber shop is closed, as are some eateries — even Taco Thursday was canceled. And worse still: Senators were forced to operate their own elevators.
But members of Congress are going about their business, perhaps with the awareness that, while they are deemed "essential" employees and not subject to furlough, much of the public thinks otherwise.
With the parties at a stalemate and much work at a halt, lawmakers have plenty of opportunities for theatrics. Republicans continue to publicly insist on changes to the Affordable Care Act as a condition for moving forward on a government funding plan, while Democrats hold firm to their view that the government should be reopened before they consider any deals.
House Republicans emerged from a closed-door strategy session saying they were sticking with their plan to move smaller spending bills that would resume some of the most visible and politically popular functions of government. "This isn't some damn game," said House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio).
He opened a meeting with his colleagues by reading letters he had received from students who had sent encouraging advice for handling stress, which included taking a nap and listening to music, such as Lady Gaga, according to lawmakers in the room.
Democrats have complained that the GOP's piecemeal approach is itself a stunt. The tactic has put the tea-party-infused Republican House majority in the odd position of arguing the virtues of government spending.
To promote one such bill, which would restore funding for the National Institutes of Health, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) was flanked by Republican lawmakers with medical backgrounds. They wore white lab coats, and one had a stethoscope dangling from his neck.
The Senate's Democratic majority has dismissed repeated efforts to bring these House-passed bills to a vote, leaving senators plenty of time for a favorite activity: talking.
"No more gimmicks. No more games," Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), chairwoman of the Budget Committee, said at a news conference, calling on House Republicans to allow a vote on a government spending bill without any amendments that would undermine the healthcare law.
To her side was a giant poster (the Senate's printing office has been deemed essential, it appears) with a Twitter hashtag: "#justvote."
House Democrats debuted a different one, "#demandavote," during an event on the Capitol's East Front. House Republicans opted for: "#letstalk."
One essential function members have performed is that of tour guide. With none of the building staff available to handle visitors, the public's only ticket into the Capitol is as the guest of an elected official.
Friday was a particularly busy day — at one point in the afternoon, no fewer than seven groups were walking through National Statuary Hall and the Rotunda, each led by an amateur guide.
"You get a chance to talk to them and see how much they appreciate this building and this country," said Rep. Steve King after he broke off from a joint tour with a fellow Iowa Republican, Sen. Charles E. Grassley.
"I go through this building fast, with my BlackBerry in one hand and talking on the phone in the other," King said. "This puts us in a slow-down mode, where we soak up a little bit more of this than we would have otherwise."
Rep. Richard Hudson, a freshman Republican from North Carolina, acknowledged he had some unexpected free time this week. With much of his staff on furlough, he took a turn as his own receptionist.
One caller, Hudson recalled, said "he didn't vote for me and wanted me to vote for the healthcare bill." Another was so stunned that his congressman was actually on the line, his wife called back to verify it.
Callers to Sen. Barbara Boxer's office hear a recorded message from the California Democrat saying the "outrageous" government shutdown is "hurting our country."
Some stunts didn't come off as planned. Protesters were audible at a Republican news conference on the West Front of the Capitol meant to highlight a bill to reopen parks and museums.
When House Republicans came to the aid of veterans unable to visit the barricaded World War II Memorial, Rep. Randy Neugebauer of Texas had a tense exchange with a park ranger who was blocking access.
"You ought to be ashamed!" he said to her.
A day later, Joe Biden's office tweeted that the vice president had called the ranger to tell her: "I'm proud of you."
Obama's sandwich outing Friday came as he tried to contain the fallout from an unnamed senior administration official's remark that the White House was "winning" the budget fight.
"There's no winning," Obama corrected, before ordering a turkey, prosciutto, pesto and mozzarella sub.
Obama's public schedule was otherwise empty Friday, after he canceled the rest of his already-abbreviated trip to Asia to stay in Washington. With the president in town, both chambers of Congress scheduled rare weekend sessions.
Not all the week's manufactured events were about one-upmanship. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) invited his colleagues to join him for coffee on the Senate steps. The idea was for lawmakers to chat in a more informal setting. Only half a dozen showed up — all Republicans until Democrat Thomas R. Carper of Delaware arrived.
"Let's sing 'Kumbaya'!" he joked.
christi.parsons @latimes.com
Times staff writers Kathleen Hennessey and Richard Simon contributed to this report.


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- "This fair maid is Chella, daughter of Cheyk, leader of the Black Ears."
- ―Tyrion Lannister
Chella is the leader of the Black Ears clan and fought for House Lannister in the War of the Five Kings.
Chella, daughter of Cheyk, is the leader of the Black Ears, one of the hill tribes living in the foothills of the Mountains of the Moon on the western edge of the Vale of Arryn. She is not of remarkable stature, but wears a necklace of ears around her neck, with each ear coming from a slain foe. Her success in battle has seen her rise high amongst the hill tribes.
Season 1
Chella accompanies Shagga, Timett, Tyrion Lannister and Bronn to the Lannister army encampment when Tyrion promises the hill tribes weapons and autonomy from the Eyrie. Tywin Lannister agrees to honor the bargain Tyrion has made with them.[1] The Black Ears take part in the Battle of the Green Fork, helping the Lannister forces win the engagement, and several are seen cutting ears off the fallen foes on the battlefield.[2]
Season 2
Chella and her men escort Tyrion to King's Landing, where he takes his place as Acting Hand of the King on behalf of Tywin.[3]
Following the Battle of the Blackwater, all members of the Hill tribes receive payment from Lord Tywin Lannister and are sent away from King's Landing.[4]
|Season One appearances
|Winter Is Coming
|The Kingsroad
|Lord Snow
|Cripples, Bastards, and Broken Things
|The Wolf and the Lion
|A Golden Crown
|You Win or You Die
|The Pointy End *
|Baelor *
|Fire and Blood
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|The North Remembers
|The Night Lands
|What Is Dead May Never Die
|Garden of Bones
|The Ghost of Harrenhal
|The Old Gods and the New
|A Man Without Honor
|The Prince of Winterfell
|Valar Morghulis
* - Uncredited appearances
In the books
In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, the Black Ears are noted for their habit of collecting the ears of fallen foes. Chella has forty-six ears on her necklace, and boasts that her sons have nearly fifty between them. She hasn't necessarily killed all of their owners; it is common practice for her tribe to cut the ears off of defeated prisoners as trophies, but they often let them leave with their lives.
See also
- Chella on A Wiki of Ice and Fire (spoilers from the books)
- ↑ "The Pointy End"
- ↑ "Baelor"
- ↑ "The North Remembers"
- ↑ "Valar Morghulis"


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Hi there,
I have a bit of trouble getting transparency and depth to work properly.
I have an image which has a transparent background (transparency in the image below shown with color). So only part of the image is actually opaque. Now I want to draw another object(the blue circle) so that it looks like its behind the first object(the rectangle).
In the image, the first two frames shows what I have got so far. I wish to achieve the effect shown in the 3rd frame. The circle image also has a transparent background like the rectangle.
No matter what I try, I just cant get it to work properly. The circle either ends up behind the rectangle or completely in the front.
Any help or pointers will be much appreciated.
Here is a small part of the code I've written so far:
Code :/**When cirlce_z > rectangle_z, it is drawn in front and behind otherwise **/ glEnable(GL_DEPTH_TEST); .... .... glEnable(GL_TEXTURE_2D); /*Drawing the circle first*/ glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, circleImage); glTexEnvf(GL_TEXTURE_ENV, GL_TEXTURE_ENV_MODE, GL_REPLACE); glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MAG_FILTER, GL_LINEAR); glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MIN_FILTER, GL_LINEAR); glEnable(GL_BLEND); glBlendFunc(GL_SRC_ALPHA, GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA); //drawing code ... ... ... /*drawing the rectangle last (I've tried the reverse order as well)*/ glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, rectImage); glTexEnvf(GL_TEXTURE_ENV, GL_TEXTURE_ENV_MODE, GL_MODULATE); glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MAG_FILTER, GL_LINEAR); glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MIN_FILTER, GL_LINEAR); glBlendFunc(GL_ONE, GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA); //drawing code ... glDisable(GL_BLEND); glDisable(GL_TEXTURE_2D);


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MARANA, Ariz. — The snow is gone from the Match Play Championship, and so are Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods.
In a stunning conclusion to what already is a bizarre week on Dove Mountain, Shane Lowry of Ireland made a 4-foot par putt on the 18th hole to eliminate Rory McIlroy in the opening round yesterday of golf's most unpredictable tournament.
"It's definitely a day I'm going to remember," said Lowry, the third player in the last four years to beat the No. 1 seed in the opening round.
Moments later, Charles Howell III finished off a fabulous round in cold conditions by defeating Woods on the 17th hole. Howell, who had not faced Woods in match play since losing to him in the third round of the 1996 U.S. Amateur, played bogey-free on a course that still had patches of snow and ice after being cleared in the morning.
The match was all square when Howell hit a wedge that stopped inches from the cup on the 15th hole for a conceded birdie. Then, he holed a 25-foot birdie putt on the 16th and went 2 up when Woods badly missed a 12-foot birdie putt.
"I had nothing to lose," said Howell, who started the year outside the top 100 in the world and hasn't qualified for this World Golf Championship in five years. "In this format, match play is crazy. He's Tiger Woods. I was lucky to hang in there."
The final matches were played in near darkness, and they could have stopped after 15 holes. Woods wanted to play on, though Howell had the momentum. Woods was 2 under for the day, and neither of them made a bogey.
"We both played well," Woods said. "He made a couple of more birdies than I did. He played well, and he's advancing."
McIlroy, the No. 1 player in the world, built a 2-up lead early in the match until Lowry rallied and grabbed the moment by chipping in for birdie on the par-3 12th and then ripping a fairway metal to within a few feet for a conceded eagle on the 13th.
Lowry missed a short par putt on the 14th, only for McIlroy to give away the next hole with a tee shot into the desert and a bunker shot that flew over the 15th green and into a cactus. But the two-time major champion hung tough, coming up with a clutch birdie on the 16th to stay in the game.
McIlroy nearly holed his bunker on the 18th, and Lowry followed with a steady shot out to 4 feet and calmly sank the putt.
"Deep down, I knew I could beat him," Lowry said. "There's a reason I'm here, and this is match play."
For McIlroy, more questions are sure to follow him to Florida for his road to the Masters. He now has played just 54 holes in the first two months of the season, missing the cut in Abu Dhabi and losing in the first round at Dove Mountain.
"You want to try and get as far as you can, but I guess that's match play," McIlroy said. "I probably would have lost by more if I had played someone else in the field. It wasn't a great quality match. But it would have been nice to get through and just get another day here and another competitive round under my belt."
Just like that, the Match Play Championship lost its two biggest stars in one day. The only other time the top two seeds lost in the opening round was in 2002, when Woods and Phil Mickelson lost at La Costa.
Luke Donald nearly made it the top three seeds except for a clutch performance. He holed a 10-foot birdie putt to halve the 17th hole and stay tied with Marcel Siem of Germany. Donald then birdied the 18th from 7 feet to win the match.
Louis Oosthuizen, the No. 4 seed, rallied to get past Richie Ramsay of Scotland.
Howell and Lowry will have to wait until today to find out their opponents.
Carl Pettersson was 1 up on Rickie Fowler through 17 holes when they stopped because of darkness. The winner gets Lowry, who will be fighting some history. Of the previous three players to beat the No. 1 seed in the opening round, all of them lost in the second round.
Howell gets either Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano or Francesco Molinari, who were all square through 15 holes.
In other matches:
* Ernie Els lost in the opening round for the sixth time. He missed a 3-foot par putt on the 16th hole that would have given him the lead, and he missed a 5-foot par putt on the 18th hole to lose to Fredrik Jacobson.
* Russell Henley, two months into his rookie season, defeated the hottest player in the field when he took down Charl Schwartzel, who had won twice and finished no worse than fifth in his last six tournaments worldwide.
* Rafael Cabrera Bello beat Lee Westwood in 19 holes after Westwood missed a 6-foot par putt on the last hole.
The opening round was halted Wednesday after 3 1/2 hours because of a freak snowstorm that covered Dove Mountain with nearly 2 inches. It continued to snow overnight, and it took nearly five hours to clear snow from the course for the tournament to resume.


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Actually, most of us say "shoulda, coulda, woulda, etc." Have is the only word that goes with those modals in the past perfect tense.
If you are an English speaker studying English. the first thing you should realize is that speaking English and writing English are two completely different things. Something that can be very clear when spoken can be confusing when written, and vice-versa.
Now for my teacherly advice: Pay attention in class and practice, practice, practice. You may not become a good writer, but you will get to Carnagie Hall.
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Adjusting Transparency with WindowBlinds 7
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 by Island Dog | Discussion: OS Customization
One of my all-time favorite features in WindowBlinds is the ability to chance the opacity of the skins in Windows. Depending on the wallpaper I use, I might prefer a lot of transparency, or just a little. Either way, it's as easy as adjusting a couple of sliders.
Check out this video demo.


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Beginning in September, Franklin & Marshall College will equip its sworn campus police officers in the Department of Public Safety with side arms to safeguard the safety and security of members of the campus community.
The College's Board of Trustees decided during a business meeting on June 9 that the College will provide side arms to the sworn members of the public safety department to enable officers to provide a higher level of protection in areas they patrol, and to allow for an even more effective response to threatening situations. Non-sworn officers will continue to provide security functions and will not be armed.
The decision is the outcome of a year-long exploration that began in early 2013 with a research phase, and included an eight-month campus-wide discussion initiated by the College's leadership and completed by a Trustees' Task Force on the Question of Arming. F&M President Daniel R. Porterfield in September 2013 called for an inclusive campus conversation on the question of whether the College should arm its sworn officers.
"Franklin & Marshall joins institutions across the country that have gone through a thorough process of research and self-examination and determined that arming sworn officers is appropriate for us, given the quality of our campus safety force and also the situations confronting educational institutions and law enforcement officers today," Porterfield said in announcing the decision in an email to students, faculty, professional staff and parents.
"I want to thank each and every member of our community for their participation in a comprehensive and inclusive process that allowed the College and its trustees to hear the many perspectives on this complex issue," Porterfield added. "I also want to thank the Board of Trustees for engaging the diverse views of the campus and the surrounding community to reach a decision that they deemed to be best for Franklin & Marshall."
The decision whether or not to arm rests with the College's board because of its ultimate responsibility for policies promoting the security of the campus community, the effective management of legal risk and liability, and compliance with relevant local, state and federal laws.
Throughout the campus discussion period, the College conducted research, held a series of open meetings, collected feedback online and through surveys, hosted several information sessions with faculty, staff, students and community neighbors, retained external consultants, and consulted with other higher-education institutions. The content of the discussions was shared with trustees on an ongoing basis.
To ensure the best understanding of the campus perspectives gathered in the College's exploratory process, the Board in January convened a task force that held additional campus forums, met one-on-one with faculty, students and administrators, reviewed relevant practices at other institutions, and consulted with campus safety experts before recommending to the Board that F&M arm its sworn officers.
"The trustees took very seriously our responsibility to look at the question objectively and analytically to decide how best to ensure the safety and security of the campus community," said Trustee Doug McCormack, a 1985 alumnus and chair of the trustees task force that recommended the decision to arm.
"If we think about the safety and security of the more than 3,000 people on the F&M campus every day, we recognize that the needs and tactics for ensuring their safety and security necessarily change and evolve over time," McCormack said. "Thirty years ago, our dorms were not locked during the day, our classrooms were not locked during the day; there was no key fob system that ensured that only students could gain access to these sites. To protect our community, we have to be prepared to evolve."
F&M joins several higher education institutions in the Lancaster and Central and Eastern Pennsylvania region that equip sworn officers with firearms, McCormack noted. These include Millersville University, Penn State-Harrisburg, Lehigh University, and York, Muhlenberg, Lafayette, Moravian, Juniata and Dickinson colleges.
The arming discussion arose at F&M in part from a public safety and security assessment performed in Spring 2012 by the campus safety firm Margolis, Healy & Associates that found that students, faculty and staff expect the same level of protection from F&M public safety officers as they believe they would receive from municipal officers. Existing College protocols call for unarmed DPS officers to "safely monitor a high-risk situation from a distance and call for assistance from the local police" (known as a disengagement policy).
When announcing the campus conversation last fall, Porterfield noted that he was inviting the campus arming discussion both in the context of an ongoing phenomenon of mass shootings across the country, and also the sustained development of the College's Department of Public Safety into a professional, accredited campus police force.
"We're beginning from a strong position, because DPS already has a trained and accredited police department," F&M Director of Public Safety William McHale said. "All of our officers and supervisors graduate from a municipal police academy approved by the Pennsylvania Municipal Police Education and Training Commission, and they have all of the powers of arrest that any municipal or state police officer has within their jurisdiction."
Most of public safety's sworn personnel are experienced with carrying firearms as part of their duties as a police officer prior to coming to F&M and, in some cases, in a current part-time job working for a municipal police department, McHale said. For their work at F&M, officers will be expected to complete annual qualifications for firearms safety, exceeding the state requirement for qualification every five years.
The College currently requires that all officers and supervisors be trained under Act 120, and in Pennsylvania, this requires a minimum of 750 hours of training, including training with firearms. This training is the same required for all municipal police in the state. In addition, all officers and supervisors are trained under Act 235, which provides certification to privately employed agents to carry various types of weapons.
"A significant benefit of having the F&M Department of Public Safety equipped to respond to threatening situations is that the campus officers have knowledge of the College's faculty, staff and students and have built relationships through our strong community policing model," McHale said. "Our officers are trained law enforcement officers and now have another tool in our toolbox to serve the campus."
An approximate three-month implementation timeline begins with on- and off-campus training of F&M's sworn officers through August. The Department of Public Safety also will order equipment, construct secure storage and maintenance spaces for the firearms, and have policies and procedures undergo a thorough legal review during this time. By September, sworn members of DPS will undergo qualification procedures -- including psychological testing, diversity training, and more than 30 hours of additional training on use of the specific side arms that officers will be issued – prior to the side arms being issued to qualified officers.
Porterfield expressed appreciation for the vigilance of the Department of Public Safety for all that it does to safeguard the security of the community.
"I want to thank our public safety officers for their ongoing professionalism and dedication, and for being open and available to respond to any and all questions from the community during this exploratory process," he said.
The College has posted answers to frequently asked questions about the arming decision, and continues to collect questions and feedback through an anonymous online form.


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The grade "I" (incomplete) is given only for personal emergencies which are verifiable and when the student has done passing work in the course. The student has the responsibility to take the initiative in completing the work and the student is expected to make up the "incomplete" as soon as possible during the following semester.
Except for graduate research, thesis, or the equivalent, all incomplete work must be finished by the end of the following full semester (summer sessions are not considered a full semester for purposes of this deadline). During the initial extension period, a student may submit a written petition for an extension of one additional semester during which an incomplete grade may be removed. In the most exceptional cases, the faculty member with the written approval of the division chair, may grant the request for an extension. an extension beyond two semesters will require the approval of the dean of the school or college in which the course was offered. (The granting of an extension will not be routine.) Individual instructors may establish earlier deadlines for completion of the work. Students who do not complete the unfinished work by the established deadline will have the grade of "F" entered on the transcript and will be required to re-enroll to earn credit in the course.
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