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A noticeable feature of the Atlantis basin is the several hundred mesas and small peaks strewn 'chaotically' across its roughly 200-kilometre expanse – the Atlantis Chaos region. The uppermost layer of these elevated areas consists of light-coloured material. Spectroscopic measurements have shown these consist of phyllosilicates, minerals produced in the presence of water.Copyright note: As a joint undertaking by DLR, ESA and FU Berlin, the Mars Express HRSC images are published under a Creative Commons licence since December 2014: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO. This licence will also apply to all HRSC images released to date.
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The perspective view based on the digital terrain models created using HRSC stereo image data clearly shows the tips of layers poking through the eastern slopes of the Atlantis basin (in the background) and in a smaller depression in the south. The light-coloured deposits consist of hydrous clay minerals.Copyright note: As a joint undertaking by DLR, ESA and FU Berlin, the Mars Express HRSC images are published under a Creative Commons licence since December 2014: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO. This licence will also apply to all HRSC images released to date.
Atlantis Chaos is located in a circular plain with a diameter of roughly 200 kilometres; the Atlantis basin in the southern reaches of the Martian Highlands, located at around 34 degrees south and 183 degrees east, may have been part of a large body of standing water, Eridiana Lake, on the Terra Sirenum plateau.
NASA/JPL/MOLA; FU Berlin.
Anaglyph images are produced using the nadir channel of the DLR-operated HRSC camera system, which is directed vertically downwards on the surface of Mars, and one of the four stereo channels. Viewed through red-blue or red-green spectacles, they create a realistic, three-dimensional impression of the landscape. The depression in the Atlantic basin and the lower areas adjoining to the south are clearly visible in this image, as is the rugged landscape of Atlantis Chaos with its numerous peaks and mesas.Copyright note: As a joint undertaking by DLR, ESA and FU Berlin, the Mars Express HRSC images are published under a Creative Commons licence since December 2014: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO. This licence will also apply to all HRSC images released to date.
Topographical terrain models can be computed using stereo image data from the HRSC camera system, which is operated by DLR. In the absence of 'sea level', the elevation data is referenced to an areoid – a modelled equipotential surface on which everything experiences the same gravitational attraction towards the centre of the planet. The colour-coded depiction clearly shows the over 4000-metre differences in elevation found in the region. A 'channel', connecting the Atlantis basin in the centre of the image with a smaller basin located further south (in the left of the image), is a striking feature. It appears likely that the depressions were once filled with standing water.Copyright note: As a joint undertaking by DLR, ESA and FU Berlin, the Mars Express HRSC images are published under a Creative Commons licence since December 2014: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO. This licence will also apply to all HRSC images released to date.
A myriad of terrain types are found across the Terra Sirenum region in the southern highlands of Mars. Within the Atlantis basin, a complex and rugged landscape spread across roughly 200 kilometres known as Atlantis Chaos just begins to exemplify the broad diversity of geological processes that occurred in this relatively small area. The traces left behind by these events are clearly visible in this image mosaic, which was created from four images acquired by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) carried by the ESA Mars Express orbiter and operated by the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR).
Atlantis Chaos stands out for its highly disrupted landscape structure consisting of several hundred light-coloured small peaks and mesas distributed across a nearly circular lowland plain. These are most likely remnants of outliers (English for Zeugenberge – the eroded remains of what was once a continuous high plateau. Originally, it may have consisted of sedimentary deposits that were carried into the basin by the wind and subsequently altered by the influence of water. Here on Earth, this kind of sediment layer is referred to as 'loess'. In China, there are loess deposits with thicknesses of up to 400 metres.
Evidence of a large body of standing water
The Atlantis basin likely owes its existence to an asteroid impact that took place in the early history of Mars. Now, the circular profile of what could be the crater rim is barely detectable. There are several other large basins in Terra Sirenum – most likely created by asteroid impacts as well. Many scientists suspect that standing water once filled these partially connected crater depressions – the hypothetical Eridania lake, which may have covered an area of over one million square kilometres.
Many questions about the geological history of the region remain unanswered. For instance, discussions continue on whether the possibly water-filled interconnected crater depressions of Terra Sirenum were also the source of a river that etched the striking Ma'adim Vallis into the Martian Highlands. Ma'adim Vallis – taken from the Hebrew name for Mars – is a deep valley adjoining the northwest of the area described here. It is 700 kilometres long and up to two kilometres deep, similar to the Grand Canyon in the western United States, and feeds into Gusev Crater, the area in which the NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit carried out its research mission from 2004 to 2011.
3.8 billion-year-old clay minerals
The landscape shown here extends for about 600 kilometres in the north-south direction and 250 kilometres from east to west; it is roughly two and a half times the size of Austria. A 'channel' connects the Atlantis basin to another basin located further south (to the left in images 1, 4 and 5) with a diameter of 175 kilometres. Chaotic remnants of a number of former mountains are spread out across this circular depression, covered with light-coloured material like those in the neighbouring Atlantis basin.
Spectrometers fitted to Mars Express and other spacecraft in Mars orbit have determined that these light-coloured deposits consist of phyllosilicates similar to those found in various types of clay on Earth. Their crystalline structure offers space to accommodate water molecules and hence indicates the presence of water in this area. It appears likely that the loess sediments deposited by winds were altered after coming into contact with water. Their stratigraphic position is the same as that of the clay minerals in other sub-basins of the hypothetical Eridiana lake and their age is estimated at 3.8 billion years.
Channels carved into the basin slopes provide further evidence for the existence of water. Additional sediments may have been washed along these channels and into the floor of the crater basins. The ridges that bound the two basins to the east (lower edge of images 1, 4 and 5) display extensive stratification running from north to south. A large fault zone in the south of these images, running through one of the impact craters, is an additional conspicuous feature. The edges of this more recent, relatively well-preserved crater also display layers of rocky sediments, together with landslides and, in one area, strikingly distinctive channels.
The pictured scene was assembled from four strips of images acquired by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) during orbits 6393, 6411, 6547 (2008/2009) and 12,724 (2014). The centre of the image is located at approximately 34 degrees south and 183 degrees east. The image resolution is roughly 14 metres per pixel. The colour plan view (image 1) was acquired using the nadir channel, which is directed vertically downwards onto the surface of Mars, and the colour channels; the oblique perspective view (image 2) was derived from data acquired by the HRSC stereo channels. The anaglyph (image 4), which produces a three-dimensional impression of the landscape when viewed through red-blue or red-green spectacles, was derived from the nadir channel and one stereo channel. The colour-coded plan view (image 5) is based on a digital terrain model of the region from which the landscape topography can be derived.
The High Resolution Stereo Camera was developed at the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) and built in collaboration with partners in industry (EADS Astrium, Lewicki Microelectronic GmbH and Jena-Optronik GmbH). The science team, which is headed by principal investigator (PI) Ralf Jaumann, consists of 52 co-investigators from 34 institutions and 11 countries. The camera is operated by the DLR Institute of Planetary Research in Berlin-Adlershof. The images presented here were created by the Planetary Sciences Group at the Freie Universität Berlin.
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CAMBRIDGE, MASS. - The MIT women's fencing team had a strong showing at the Northeast Fencing Conference dual meet held at the University of New Hampshire, finishing with a record of 5-0.
The Engineers opened the day with a 23-4 win over Boston University and then went on to defeat Wellesley College, 19-8. Tech posted a thrilling 15-12 victory over UMass-Amherst before beating the host Wildcats, 19-8. MIT closed the meet with an 18-9 win over Tufts University.
Susannah Dorfman led the undefeated foil squad with a record of 13-0 while Gemma Mendel finished at 13-2. Rookie Joanna Tong posted a 10-5 mark in epee as teammate Lele Yu registered a ledger of 10-4. Drew Reese had the best performance in the sabre events as she notched an 11-4 record.


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- Newt Gingrich's proposal to create a moon base by 2020 (excluding the 13,000 colonists part) was feasible in 2005 when George W. Bush had similar ideas, but now it could be a bit more difficult to accomplish in just 8 years. A new space race to the moon could see commercial space companies beating NASA to the lunar surface... (especially if vast amounts of unobtainium could be mined on the moon). [url]
- NASA isn't exactly sure when manned test flights of its Orion will begin, but it should happen by 2021. Unmanned test flights are scheduled for 2014, but the new rocket to take cargo/passengers 3,700 miles away from Earth hasn't been finalized yet. [url]
- What would space programs be like if the Apollo program never made it to the moon? Maybe there'd be a Russian/Soviet moon base or an international station on the moon -- or maybe the lunar surface would be covered with robots by now. [url]
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Last year, I changed my voter registration from Democrat to independent. There were two reasons.
Last year, I changed my voter registration from Democrat to independent. There were two reasons.
The first was in protest of a party that has lost its way and cannot effectively stand up to the other side.
The other reason is that in North Carolina independents can vote in either primary. This means I can vote in the GOP primary and choose the most moderate candidate. Democrats never win around here, so participating in their primary is a waste of voting opportunity.
A couple of years ago, there was a series of meetings that led to the establishment of Citizens Against Politics As Usual (CAPAU, pronounced kapow). It started as a few dozen people meeting in a restaurant and then went on to programs attended by hundreds of people ranging across the full political spectrum. What we all had in common was unhappiness with our political party system. You can find CAPAU at www.capau.org.
Now that we have seen Congress at its lowest level of public approval ever — the partial shutdown of the government, continuing brinksmanship over the debt ceiling, and a tsunami of far-right legislation coming from Raleigh — a lot of voters are upset with the system. Here in North Carolina, the GOP has a poor approval rating even among Republicans (40 percent of them disapprove of the job the state legislature is doing, according to Public Policy Polling). It's that bad.
So what can we do? The best answer I know comes from Mark Twain and a forgotten chapter of American political history. Let's start with the history.
The 1884 election saw a number of prominent Republicans switch allegiance from their party's nominee, James G. Blaine, to the Democrats' choice, Grover Cleveland. Their main issue was the corrupt patronage system that had been overseen by GOP presidents. We can therefore understand the mugwumps as political reformers.
This was a close race resulting in the first president from the Democratic Party since the Civil War. The mugwumps probably provided the Cleveland margin of victory.
Noteworthy mugwumps included Mark Twain, Thomas Nast, Louis Brandeis, Carl Schurz and Henry Adams.
The term Mugwump is derived from an Algonquin word meaning "person of importance" and first came into use in American English around 1832 when it referred to people who felt too high-minded to debase themselves by being involved in party politics. After the 1884 election, the term was also used to refer to fence-sitters or those who are politically unfaithful.
I love Mark Twain's definition taken from his autobiography:
"I was a mugwump. We, the mugwumps, a little company made up of the unenslaved of both parties, the very best men to be found in the two great parties — that was our idea of it — voted sixty thousand strong for Mr. Cleveland in New York and elected him. Our principles were high, and very definite. We were not a party; we had no candidates; we had no axes to grind. Our vote laid upon the man we cast it for no obligation of any kind. By our rule we could not ask for office; we could not accept office. When voting, it was our duty to vote for the best man, regardless of his party name. We had no other creed. Vote for the best man — that was creed enough."
There is a Mugwump page on the Internet at www.mugwump.co/.
Many pundits are comparing our times with the Gilded Age described by Mark Twain. I think that suggests we reconsider the mugwump idea. When you go to the polls, don't blindly choose based on party or even ideology. Choose the best candidate, the one who knows how to do politics and is committed to serving those who voted as well as those who did not vote.
Let's be mugwumps.
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{gluten free review} caveman cookies
A couple of months ago this little company called "Caveman Cookies" reached out to me and wanted to send me samples of their "paleo" cookies. At the time I hadn't changed my diet and I was incredibly skeptical about the cookies.
My friend Heather was already eating "paleo" and I decided to give her a bag at dinner one night. The next day I tried the cookies. They are chewy, spicy, and I liked them a lot! But I didn't find them very sweet since I was still eating a lot of sugar and carbohydrates at the time.
I took the rest of the cookies to work and stashed them in a desk drawer. I sort of forgot about them.
Then I started the paleo diet. I ditched the starches and flours and gluten free pastas and baked goods. I started eating lots of lean meats, eggs, vegetables, fruits and baked goods made from almond flour. And one afternoon I was really jonesing for a snack. A sweet snack. I remembered those caveman cookies.
I tried them again and now they tasted like pure sweet honey-filled joy! I needed to kick the sugar habit to truly discover how awesome these cookies were. They are very hearty & chewy cookies. (I love chewy!) You only need one cookie to kick the urge for a sweet craving. I love the spices used in these cookies, especially the 'Tropical' kind. I'm sort of hooked on anything with ginger. Imagine that.
These cookies aren't cheap. For the smallest package you'll pay about $1 a cookie, but if you buy a larger quantity each cookie is much cheaper. The cookies have no artificial ingredients and because honey acts as a natural preservative the cookies have at least a 1 year shelf life. The cookies are also made in a dedicated gluten free factory and are CERTIFIED gluten free! So you can trust these folks. If you are gluten free and/or following a paleo type food plan I highly recommend keeping a batch of these caveman cookies around. They would be perfect to have in your purse for emergencies or to keep in the car for road trips.
And who says you can't have a treat when you're paleo? These cookies are the perfect healthy, naturally gluten free treat!
Have you tried them? What flavor of Caveman cookies would you want to try? And their company slogan -- "Just like your great-great-great-great-great.... grandma used to make." It makes me giggle every time!
To the folks at "Caveman Cookies" (who didn't pay me or influence my opinion in any way) -- Thank you for sending me these goodies to try. I think they are great! I'm not sure how you knew I'd be changing my diet in the months after I received the cookies... but I'm sure glad I had them around for that inevitable 3pm snack attack!
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These sounded a bit interesting before I read your post, now I really MUST try them. Thanks for the beautiful description, Carrie. Isn't it funny (and great) how our perception of sweet can change?ReplyDelete
Thanks for the review! I've been reading more about the paleo diet lately. Very interesting.ReplyDelete
The main reason I'd like to try these, (besides that they are gluten free) is that I love the packaging! The colors are cool, but putting the words in the caveman's mouth is design genius!ReplyDelete
Jeff - I completely agree with you the packaging is pure genius!! I LOVE it! SO cute and very colorful!! And I'm a total sucker for cute packaging!ReplyDelete
I love your new blog design! It has been way too long since I came by to say hi, but just wanted to say it looks great.ReplyDelete
I enjoyed this review, too. These cookies sound really interesting!
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PPD Recognized for Expertise in Clinical Research.
WILMINGTON, N.C. -- Demonstrating its expertise in clinical research, Pharmaceutical Product Development, LLC (PPD) today announced that PharmaTimes magazine has named a PPD specialist the 2013 Clinical Research Associate of the Year.
Stuart Meredith, a PPD senior clinical research associate (CRA) based in the U.K., was recognized at the Clinical Researcher of the Year Awards in London on Jan. 31. PPD's skilled and well-trained CRAs interact with clinical research study sites around the globe to ensure compliance with demanding protocols and industry standards, delivering high-quality service to PPD clients advancing drug development.
"The clinical research associate plays a pivotal role between investigator site and sponsor," said Sean Morgan-Jones, director of PharmaTimes. "For Stuart to win against such tough opposition speaks volumes for the caliber of PPD's CRA talent pool."
The Clinical Researcher of the Year Awards capped a three-stage, year-long competition. Finalists passed an initial qualifying test on good clinical practice (GCP), then wrote a 1,000-word response to a challenge based on operational efficiency. From 95 entrants, Meredith was selected as one of 10 finalists, including PPD's Olga Bayduk, a CRA in Russia, to give a presentation in November 2012, followed by questions on clinical research and GCP from a three-judge panel.
"It was a tough but extremely rewarding experience to be involved in the competition," Meredith said. "I am honored to have won the award, not only for myself, but also on behalf of PPD. Our team has a reputation for expertise and quality, and this peer recognition showcases our commitment to providing the very best service to our biopharma clients and, ultimately, the patients who need life-saving therapies."
PharmaTimes created the CRA competition in 1999 as an opportunity for professionals to benchmark their skills against peers in a learning environment and be judged by an independent steering committee of high-level industry leaders.
The Clinical Research Associate of the Year recognition is the latest of several top honors earned by PPD, including the PharmaTimes 2012 Clinical Team of the Year award, the 2012 ScripAward for Best Technological Development in Clinical Trials, and 2011 Scrip Awards for Best Contract Research Organization and Best Technological Development in Clinical Trials.
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SMI Adds Parking to Improve Kentucky
Speedway Motorsports Inc. announced the acquisition of a 143-acre parcel of land that will be used to greatly expand Kentucky Speedway parking and the hiring of professional parking and engineering services to best manage automotive and pedestrian traffic flows during venue event days.
The first Cup race at Kentucky was a huge deal. But as David Caraviello writes, it's too bad so many people endured so much misery trying to see it.
Because of the actions taken by the speedway, the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) pledged to improve surrounding highways to allow faster access to expanded parking areas.
"We learned meaningful lessons during our inaugural Sprint Cup Series race weekend and we committed that the traffic congestion that occurred on race day would not happen again," Mark Simendinger, Kentucky Speedway general manager said. "It was important for us to act quickly and I am thrilled to report this solution, which was formed in only seven short weeks. I compliment and thank SMI chairman and CEO Bruton Smith, Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear and KYTC Secretary Mike Hancock for working collaboratively on this plan."
The expansive parcel located east of the 107,000 capacity facility and state Highway 35 is expected to increase available event parking by 35 percent. The speedway will further improve its parking operation by reinforcing all areas with gravel and painting guidelines to help maximize available space.
Veteran's Security and Patrol Co., which has extensive experience managing parking during events at prominent motorsports venues such as Daytona International Speedway, Pocono Raceway and Watkins Glen International, will begin servicing the speedway in October. Kentucky Speedway will additionally retain the services of a traffic engineering company that will employ sophisticated modeling techniques to assimilate the new improvements with existing infrastructure to create the best possible traffic management plan.
SMI will invest an estimated $7.5 million in its service and parking improvements. The company has already begun engineering the newly-acquired land.
"Kentucky Speedway is a premier destination for the country's best racing, and it's clear that tens of thousands of people want to be right here to experience those events. The NASCAR race weekend this July was a huge success, but it did experience traffic problems, caused largely by inadequate parking," Governor Beshear said. "To assure visitors have an even better experience next year, we've worked hand in hand with SMI to plan improvements that will benefit fans on race day and Gallatin County residents year-round."
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) complemented the SMI commitments by approving several enhancements to existing infrastructure that will assist in moving traffic more quickly during future race events. Enhancements will:
-- Improve the Interstate 71 Exit 57 southbound ramp shoulder to allow three lanes of traffic to exit to KY 35 and directly access staggered speedway entrances during event days.
-- Improve nearly one mile of KY 35 from the I-71 interchange. Approximately 0.6 of a mile of KY 35 will be widened to five lanes with two full width shoulders to better service two primary speedway access roads and improve daily traffic flow to Warsaw.
-- Construct a tunnel beneath state KY 35 to safely and efficiently route pedestrian traffic to shuttles which transport fans to speedway gates.
The Cabinet will support the $3.6 million project with its contingency fund, and plans to present the project for bid by the end of 2011 to ensure work will be complete before the summer of 2012.
In a statement, NASCAR president Mike Helton said he was pleased with the planned improvements.
"NASCAR is pleased with the efforts announced [Tuesday] by Kentucky Speedway, Speedway Motorsports Inc. and the Commonwealth of Kentucky to address the traffic and parking issues faced by fans at their inaugural Sprint Cup Series race this year. We've been in close touch with the track and its management since July and the significant commitments announced [Tuesday] support the common goal of hosting the most successful events possible at Kentucky Speedway next season.
"We believe improvements like these are necessary in order to ensure that our fans have the opportunity for an enjoyable race experience. We appreciate these efforts and will continue to monitor the progress that is being made."


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The Department of Chemistry at Otterbein is approved by the American Chemical Society (ACS), which means that a degree in chemistry from Otterbein is recognized nationally as meeting rigorous academic standards. The American Chemistry Society (www.acs.org) is the largest scientific society in the world with over 163,000 members worldwide. The Otterbein University Department of Chemistry is approved by the American Chemistry Society and offers an ACS-certified Chemistry major to those students interested in a rigorous program of study that will prepare them for a range of careers or graduate study. Employers and graduate programs will recognize and appreciate the stronger preparation of those students who have obtained an ACS-certified degree.
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Ryusei Hirooka lined a decisive two-run double in the bottom of the fifth inning, Shunpei Takagi hit two solo home runs, and Tokyo beat Chula Vista, Calif., 6-4 on Sunday to win the Little League World Series.
It was the 14th championship game for Japan, which was making its fourth straight appearance in the title game, and ninth title. California, making its 23rd championship game appearance, has won seven World Series titles. Giancarlo Cortez had a two-run single and Grant Holman an RBI single for Chula Vista.
Trailing 4-3 after Cortez's clutch single in the fourth, Japan tied it on Takagi's second homer and won it when Hirooka lined a 2-2 pitch down the left-field line for a double.
California beat Westport, Conn., 12-1 in the U.S. championship game Saturday, while Japan beat Mexico 3-2 for the international title.


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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hundreds of teachers are blocking the entrance to Mexico's Chamber of Deputies to prevent federal lawmakers from debating and voting on a set of rules to apply a recently approved overhaul of the education system.
Lawmakers decided Wednesday evening to meet at a convention center, although they haven't yet convened.
The most contested part of the school reforms would create a professional system for hiring, evaluating and promoting teachers without the "discretionary criteria" currently used in a system in which teaching positions are often bought or inherited.
Protesting teachers tried to force their way into the chamber Monday but were pushed back by federal police.
A teachers group has been protesting since last week by blocking traffic in already clogged streets in the capital.


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The NFL draft is one week old today and, personally, I'm still digesting all the meat it served up. As you know, no team draft's in a vacuum. There are reasons teams pick certain players and certain positions. Like elections, drafts have consequences.
Today we study those possible consequences.
We look at each pick and follow the intended fallout to see what it means, not only for the position but for other players who were already on the roster.
First round -- RT Ja'Wuan James.
Consquence: This one is easy because it practically guarantees that Miami will get back on track in putting its first-round pick in the starting lineup from the jump. The Dolphins took a detour from that last year with Dion Jordan, but prior to that, six consecutive first-round picks dating back to 2007 had been starters on Day One. James is Miami's starting right tackle on Day One and so we can get past the idea that often-injured Jason Fox will be Miami's starting right tackle. Sure, there will be a competition. That's the right way to do it. But, um, James will win the competition. And if he does not, something went horribly, horribly wrong.
Second round -- WR Jarvis Landry
Consequence: Landry is immediately an option as a slot receiver but he will have to play special teams like the dickens to be active on game days. Here is the reason for the uninitiated: The first three WRs -- Brandon Gibson, Brian Hartline, Mike Wallace -- get their reps on offense. None play special teams. The fourth active WR has to play special teams. Period. This pick suggests the Dolphins will keep five instead of four wide receivers on the roster. Last year Miami kept only four coming out of camp. Or, failing that, one of last year's four -- Wallace, Hartline, Gibson, Rishard Matthews -- is gone. Well, yes, one of the last year's four is gone. As I've explained to you previously, Matthews' days with the Dolphins are numbered. Despite his career high 41 catches for 448 yards and two touchdowns a season ago, Matthews is not a favorite of the coaching staff, particularly head coach Joe Philbin. My column explains why. Because Landry is a second round pick, he is almost guaranteed of making the team. So that means veterans such as Armon Binns, Kevin Cone, and Damien Williams are already at a numbers-game disadvantage -- again, unless the club goes with five receivers on the roster instead of four.
Third round -- G Billy Turner
Consequence: The Dolphins have been undecided about which side (left guard or right guard) Shelley Smith will play. The Dolphins have been undecided about which position (guard or tackle) Dallas Thomas will play. Well, Turner not only looks like a guard to me but feels like a left guard. The fact he's a rookie also suggests sandwiching him between veterans Branden Albert (LT) and Mike Pouncey (C) might be a better idea than putting him next to fellow rookie Ja'Wuan James. But here's the ripple effects of that: Dallas Thomas now becomes more valuable to the Dolphis as a right tackle because he can compete with Jason Fox for the backup role. Or he becomes valuable as a swing G/T. If he's the backup RT, Fox suddenly becomes expendable. If he's the swing G/T, that suddenly puts Nate Garner's roster chances on the line, pardon the pun. Turner on the roster means David Arkin, Thomas, Fox, and Garner are in a scramble for a roster spot.
[Peanut gallery: But Mando, you didn't mention Sam Brenner ... Isn't his spot on the line as well?]
Thanks for bringing that up, gallery. In fact, the Dolphins are viewing Brenner as a C/G option. And because center is a big part of that option, perhaps the biggest part, he becomes valuable because Mike Pouncey still faces NFL sanctions for his participation in last year's harassment scandal. If Pouncey misses time, Brenner is likely the starting center.
Fourth round -- CB Walt Aikens
Consequence: The Dolphins committed two early draft picks to the CB position a year ago when they drafted Jamar Taylor in the second round and Will Davis in the third round. The fact they felt a need to go cornerback so high speaks highly of what they think of Aikens but also suggests they are hedging their bet on either Taylor or Davis -- particularly after they signed Cortland Finnegan in free agency. By the way, Don Jones had an awful draft. Not only did he get caught up in the Michael Sam issue, but if Aikens is a good special teams player he threatens Jones's roster spot. Veteran Jalil Brown also cannot be thrilled.
Fifth round -- TE Arthur Lynch
Consequence: This one really, really interests me. At first I viewed Lynch as another Jeron Mastrud -- a role player whose role is an in-line blocking TE grunt. But the more I talk to people about Lynch, the more I hear he's an underrated pass catching threat as well. No, he's not fast. He's not been dynamic in college. But he's got possibilities. And that should worry a number of guys on the roster. Charles Clay is not one of those. He's just been picked as one of the NFL's Top 100 players by a voting of his peers. (The vote means nothing other than it shows respect for Clay but at the point he's ranked ahead of Dallas TE Jason Witten, the vote loses credibility). Anyway, Lynch's addition should worry Michael Egnew. This kid has basically been on scholarship for two years because he was a third-round pick in 2012. But that was a different GM and a different coach, in that that Philbin could afford to carry some dead weight on the roster his first couple of years but he's coaching for his life now. His job is on the line in 2013. I don't see another scholarship year for Egnew. This pick also suggests the team is not as enamored with Dion Sims, a fourth-round pick last year, as it seemed. Again, Sims was picked by a different GM and, it must be noted, is pretty much supposed to be the same kind of block-first TE that Lynch is. Meanwhile, if I'm Kyle Miller, I see the writing on the wall. Lynch does not close the door on Jermichael Finley (I don't see that) or a return for Dustin Keller (his reps say he's healthy although he's not ready yet) but I can see only a crack of light through that opening.
Fifth round -- LB Jordan Tripp
Consequence: People who live in the clouds will tell you this means Phillip Wheeler is out because Tripp is going to start at Middle linebacker or weakside linebacker, allowing the Dolphins to move on. Well, Wheeler may indeed be out after 2014 but not necessarily because of Tripp. It would have to do with Wheeler's performance. No, this picks should be ringing in the ears of players such as Jonathan Freeny, Jelani Jenkins, and perhaps even Jason Trusnik. This pick is immediately about special teams. And that is primarily where Freeny, Jenkins and Trusnik make their bones. Trusnik, you should know, is a fine special teams player. But he's going into his eighth season and he's scheduled to cost $1,071,688 on the salary cap. He gets cut, the Dolphins save $855,000.
Sixth round --WR Matt Hazel
Consequence: Unless Hazel is an epiphany that shines suddenly and violently out of pitch darkness, he will have a hard time making this team's 53-man roster because for all his gifts -- he's long and relatively fast -- he simply is not ready to beat out the top 4-5 guys right now. Maybe he gets the rookie scholarship and makes it just because he was drafted. That wouldn't say a lot for Williams and Cone. At worst, Hazel is a practice squad possibility.
Seventh round -- DE Terrence Fede
Consequence: The Dolphins seemed to have more defensive ends than they knew what to do with last year. With Cameron Wake, Olivier Vernon and Derrick Shelby around, there were hardly enough snaps to go around for then-rookie first-round pick Dion Jordan. So how does Fede fit? Who does he beat out? None of them. I suppose he's insurance in case of injury. I suppose he is practice squad material.


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Sunday, 27 April 2008
Coffee and walnut cupcakes
What with it being the CCD's (Caked Crusader's Da) birthday I thought I'd make something to appeal to his tastes. The CCD eats his fair share of cake but struggles with very sweet things. I tried to find a recipe that had the cuteness of a cupcake but not the usual sweetness. This recipe met the criteria and is quite a 'grown up' cupcake!
Here are the cupcakes fresh from the oven (I do like a cupcake with a nice dome to it!)
Regular readers will know that I don't like coffee but if you do, then I suspect that these little cakes will hit the spot as the aroma of coffee when they were baking was pretty strong. The recipe requires the walnuts to be ground to powder and it was interesting how moist looking this made the finished cupcake. Grind the walnuts as finely as possible; when you do this you will be rewarded with a wonderfully walnutty smell:
Everyone has their influences and here I am paying homage to Alfred Hitchcock. I call this photo: Cupcake, as shot by Hitchcock. How cool is the dramatic lighting (totally unintentional, I should add)?
These are very light, airy cupcakes with big flavours. Even the day after being made they remained soft and squidgy sponges:
Happy birthday CCD and Nunks!
For the cake:
150g unsalted butter
150g light brown sugar
3 eggs
150g self raising flour
60g walnuts, ground finely
2 tablespoons instant coffee
1 tablespoon boiling water
For the topping:
1 tablespoon instant coffee
1 tablespoon boiling water
90g unsalted butter, at room temperature
175g icing sugar
12 walnut halves
Optional: icing sugar for dusting
How to make:
- Preheat the oven to 190°C/fan oven 170°C/275°F/Gas mark 5.
- Line a 12 hole muffin pan with paper cases.
- Beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Using a food processor or mini chopper grind the walnuts to fine powder.
- Beat the eggs, flour and ground walnuts into the butter mix until combined.
- Place the instant coffee into a heat proof bowl and stir in the boiling water. Stir until the granules are dissolved. I found that because of the small amount of water, not all the granules dissolved.
- To stop lumps getting into the cupcake mix pass the coffee through a sieve when adding to the cake mix.
- Ensure all ingredients combined, then spoon evenly into the 12 paper cases.
- Bake for 15-20 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean. Mine took exactly 20 minutes.
- Leave to cool on a wire rack.
- To make the topping mix the coffee granules and boiling water and ensure thoroughly dissolved. If in doubt, sieve the mix.
- Add the butter to the coffee and beat until smooth.
- Gradually beat in the icing sugar to make a fluffy, smooth icing.
- Spread over the top of each cupcake and top with a walnut half. If you want to, dust each cupcake with icing sugar.
- Bask in glory at the wonderful thing you have made.
- Eat.
Posted by The Caked Crusader at 19:01
Labels: buttercream, coffee, cupcake, walnut
4 comments:
- Blog Princess G said...
oh! I love those teeny tiny "Happy Birthday" letters! Too cute....
- 28 April 2008 at 02:51
- Shubha said...
Hi there... Amazing cakes... loved them. Had a question... can i make this as a cake? and will this is enough for a 8 in round pan? please guide. Its for my anniversary...:D
- 4 December 2008 at 20:13
- The Caked Crusader said...
Hi shubha
I would use x1.5 the measurements for an 8" pan, or double for a 9"
Hope this helps
Kind regards
The Caked Crusader
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Not only are young people de-churching in droves (anywhere between 60 and 85 percent after they turn 18), they are not re-churching after getting married and having children as in previous generations. What's more, those who remain churched tend to develop less orthodox views about the faith and moral behaviors.
If you spend long enough on this forum, you'll come away with all sorts of weird, untrue ideas of Orthodox Christianity.
I would suggest most persons in general avoid any question beginning with why.
Anecdotally, high numbers of youth leave the Orthodox Church after high school, and not all of them return when they get married and have children. Orthodox Christian Fellowship and various other youth programs were created decades ago to stem this. I think they helped a little, but the trend continues. I think the trend may have more to do with transitions in age, peer groups, understanding, and place than the failure of youth programs.
I fear that we adults, are responsible.I think we don't teach the youth enough about the Faith.As the Lord stated....we need to ensure that "seed" falls on fertile ground.How many times do the kids join their parents at church on Sundays....stand there....fidget....and not truly realize what is occurring before them each Sunday?If the kids are mere spectators, and not participants...they will stop coming as soon as their parents stop being an influence on them.They need to come to church not because it's "what they do" on Sundays....but, because they KNOW Christ is present.....and they come to worship, thank, and spend time with him.They need to yearn the Eucharist....and feel a void, when they aren't able to participate in church services.We need to teach them to love Christ. How we do it....I'm not so sure....but, we need to.
I honestly don't think you guys get it at all. It's not about adults being more dogmatic and teaching us, it's about giving us breathing space. When I was an adolescent tyrant, the more my parents tried to force religion on me, the more I distanced myself from it and saw it as being evil. If they had been more openminded and liberal in regards to religion, I probably wouldn't have become so anti-religion for a little while.
Of the 20 "youth" with whom I grew up in the Church, perhaps 5 still attend regularly and another 5 on holidays.Those who NEVER show up are precisely those whose parents gave them "freedom" and space. They didn't force church upon them. They let them sleep in after a hard week at school and play....they needed their rest........and so, they are still resting....never to be seen crossing the threshold to the church.The ones who do come...are the ones whose parents didn't simply come to socialize, but, lived their Faith. Just as mentioned above, Orthodoxy didn't exist only inside the four walls of the church, but, was lived in the world by the parents, and witnessed by the kids.My mom "forced" me to come to church every Sunday...other than serious illness, there was no excuse to miss a Sunday. I would have rather slept in, watched cartoons, gone to the movies, etc....just like other kids my age....but, no....I had to be in church.My family didn't only attend church....they participated in the Liturgy and Church Life....volunteering, cooking, teaching, serving, cleaning....you name it, they did it. Christ and His Church was the center of our household....What they did was right. Christ has remained pivotal to my life. I can't imagine life without Him.
(remember riding your bike somewhere and knocking on a door to see if a friend could come out?)
She texts me every half an hour to see if I'm okay when I'm at Liturgy alone.
QuoteShe texts me every half an hour to see if I'm okay when I'm at Liturgy alone.That's just ridiculously overprotective. I hope you have your phone turned off when you're at church.
Quote from: LBK on February 17, 2013, 04:52:13 AMQuoteShe texts me every half an hour to see if I'm okay when I'm at Liturgy alone.That's just ridiculously overprotective. I hope you have your phone turned off when you're at church.On vibrate, I usually just step out into the Nave when she texts me to respond.
Quote from: yeshuaisiam on February 16, 2013, 11:12:49 PM(remember riding your bike somewhere and knocking on a door to see if a friend could come out?)Woah. Times sure have changed. When I was a kid, my mother would hardly even ever allow me to ride my bike in the front yard because she was worried about me getting kidnapped or something. Heck, to this very day, she still gets worried whenever I go somewhere alone. She texts me every half an hour to see if I'm okay when I'm at Liturgy alone.
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Mark Recchi and Dr. Charles "Chip" Burke will be named to the Pittsburgh Penguins' All-Time Team in a ceremony before Wednesday's 7 p.m. game against the Montreal Canadiens at CONSOL Energy Center.
Team owner Mario Lemieux will make a special presentation to Recchi and Burke.
The Penguins' fourth-round draft pick out of Kamloops in 1988, Recchi scored 154 goals and 385 points in 389 games over three different stints in Pittsburgh. He led the team in scoring in the 1990-91 regular season, recording 40 goals and 113 points in 78 games – then added 10 goals and 34 points in 24 playoff games on Lemieux's right wing as the Penguins captured their first Stanley Cup. He ranks 11th all-time in goals, 13th in points, and ninth in game-winning goals (22) in Penguins' history.
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Burke also has been actively involved in local youth hockey for two decades, coaching high school and amateur teams, operating coaching clinics and serving on USA Hockey's Safety and Protective Equipment Committee. He is currently the Associate Coach-in-Chief of the Mid-Am District for USA Hockey.
Recchi becomes the 16th player named to the Trib Total Media Penguins' All-Time Team, joining Lemieux, Ron Francis, Paul Coffey, Jaromir Jagr, Kevin Stevens, Tom Barrasso, Rick Kehoe, Jean Pronovost, Larry Murphy, Ulf Samuelsson, Syl Apps, Joe Mullen, Dave Burrows, Les Binkley and Pierre Larouche. Five other players are honorable mention selections – Randy Carlyle, Rick Tocchet, Martin Straka, Ron Stackhouse and Lowell MacDonald.
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Here's some straight talk you're unlikely to hear from most presidential candidates: The next occupant of the Oval Office may have to make some very tough budget choices.
A flood of retiring baby boomers – plus rising healthcare costs – will soon send spending on federal entitlement programs soaring. Revenue won't keep pace, unless Washington allows President Bush's tax cuts to expire and stops shielding the middle class from the bite of the Alternative Minimum Tax.
Even then, Social Security and Medicare costs, piled on top of the expense of the Iraq war, could eventually cause the deficit to explode. It's a structural economic problem that most of the major candidates address only in the vaguest of terms.
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On spending, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney says he would allow the US discretionary spending budget to increase at only the rate of inflation, minus one percent. Mr. McCain vows all-out war against congressional earmarks, the local projects lawmakers insert into appropriations bills to win the favor of voters at home. Mr. Giuliani's self-described "plan to restore fiscal discipline" includes the reduction of the civilian federal work force by 20 percent through attrition and retirement.
Mr. Paul, who advocates extremely limited government, proposes to eliminate entire executive branch departments.
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The Democratic candidates say they would all repeal the Bush tax cuts, to varying degrees. Mrs. Clinton has talked about changing, but not eliminating, the AMT.
Mr. Obama calls for the enforcement of congressional pay-as-you-go budgeting rules, in which new programs or tax cuts are paid for by reductions in other programs, or new revenue. He also vows to end to what he judges wasteful spending, including subsidies to the oil and gas and private student loan industries. And the first move to make to strengthen Social Security, he says, is to raise the Social Security tax income cap, currently $97,500 per worker.
Clinton would also restore pay-as-you-go discipline, she says. She criticizes Obama's proposal to raise the cap on income subject to the Social Security payroll tax, calling it a "trillion-dollar increase on middle-class families." If elected, she will call for a bipartisan commission to address entitlement program problems.
Former Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina says he is committed to not making the deficit worse, but that he does not view deficit reduction as important as universal health care or global warming. On Social Security, he says he is opposed to raising the retirement age or cutting current or future benefits.
In general, the 2008 presidential candidates are talking about taxes and spending as separate propositions, complains Mr. Bixby of the Concord Coalition.
Rolling back the Bush tax cuts would pay for only a relatively small portion of the projected future rise in entitlements, he says, and given the sheer size of Social Security, Medicare, and defense spending, ending earmarked local projects would have little overall fiscal effect.
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While technology such as the internet has brought about many positives for artists and bands, it also holds many pitfalls - such as the insurmountable deluge of releases pushed out on a weekly basis. What this can often mean is an incredible record can go months without being heard, buried amidst a sea of inferior others. Occasionally such gems may sail off into oblivion, never to be seen or heard again.
A similar fate could quite easily have beset Jinx, the second long player by San Francisco borne noise combo Weekend. Released in July when the music industry winds down and summer festivals take precedence, it casually slipped by unnoticed despite yours truly spending the past couple of years waiting patiently for a follow-up to 2010's soaring debut Sports.
Not that Weekend have been idle during the interim period. Indeed much has happened since, most notably the band extending its line-up to a four-piece and relocating to the more bohemian confines of Brooklyn. Red, the five-track EP released nine months after Sports perhaps gave a subtle indication of where Weekend were heading next. While the tumultuous, ear-shredding gusts of pedal infused noise that punctuated its predecessor weren't completely sidelined, Red heralded a previously undiscovered electronic element to Weekend's make-up suggesting their next recorded venture would command a similar focus.
Also it was fuelled by personal traumas: singer and lyricist Shaun Durkan spent six months in therapy, his breakdown caused by a family bereavement. As such, Jinx is a much more personal record than its creators have cut in the past. Although Durkan's words are once again buried in reams of delay, echo and reverb, those which can be deciphered shed light on his state of mind during Jinx's fruition. Take the penultimate 'Scream Queen' for example, in parts a dead ringer for Joy Division's 'She's Lost Control' due to its bludgeoning hi-hat at the forefront of the mix, in which Durkan intones "Fade away... I don't suffer" with repetitive force as the tension builds. Similarly, on the more direct and punchier 'Adelaide', the frontman declares "I want to save us from the world." Cathartic as Jinx is, there's still a feeling Weekend may be holding back a little in places. While not exactly polished, it doesn't quite match the brooding intensity of Sports despite the tragic circumstances surrounding its existence.
A lot of that is quite possibly down to the extra member and additional instrumentation. Indeed, on first listen, the intro to opener 'Mirror' isn't a million miles away from the one that greets us with 10cc's 'I'm Not In Love' or Dire Straits' 'Money For Nothing'. Only when Durkan and fellow noise peddler Kevin Johnson open up mid-song does 'Mirror' take on a harsher extreme. Previous comparisons with the likes of A Place To Bury Strangers come to the fore on 'July', a visceral slab of densely orchestrated melancholia that characterizes Weekend's ethos. Along with album mid-point 'Sirens', it's arguably the closest in structure to the full throttle noisefest of the first record.
More intriguing though is 'Celebration, FL', its synthesized melody and submarine bass sounding like refugees from the early Eighties. Think Bauhaus covering Black's 'Brilliant Mind', or the salient depths of The Cure's dissonant opus Pornography and you're somewhere nearby. 'It's Alright' also follows a more blissed out path towards solitude, only reneging every so often via a heavily condensed rhythm nagging away implicitly in the background.
Closing with the six-minute-long 'Just Drive', which starts incisively without letting up for its entire duration, Jinx strikes a devastating blow for the most part while courageously showing off several new strings to its creators' bow in others. Loud, brash, pulsating yet intrinsically reflective from start to finish. Jinx may well be littered with musical reference points ranging from the halcyon era of post-punk to the present, but as Durkan said in a recent interview, "I don't know anyone who'd be offended at being compared to those bands," and who are we to argue.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - The Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) named MIT senior Karina Pikhart the national recipient of the 2009 ITA/Arthur Ashe Leadership and Sportsmanship Award. She is the first athlete in the program's history to garner this national honor as Mealani Nakamura '00 was the East Region finalist in 2000.
The award which dates back to 1984, goes to NCAA Division I, II and III, NAIA, and Junior College men's and women's players who have exhibited outstanding sportsmanship and leadership as well as scholastic, extracurricular and tennis achievements. The national winners will be honored at the U.S. Open on Arthur Ashe Kids' Day inside Ashe Stadium.
Pikhart joins Thomas Dohlman '07 as the Institute's second national honoree.


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define-record-type macro
from the
define-record-types structure
The general syntax is:
This makes the following definitions:(define-record-type
modifier-name]) ...)
constructor-name field-init ...) -> type-name
predicate-name value) -> boolean
accessor-name type-name) -> value
modifier-name type-name value)
Type-name is the record type itself, and can be used to
specify a print method (see below).
Constructor-name is a constructor that accepts values
for the fields whose tags are specified.
Predicate-name is a predicate that returns
#t for
elements of the type and
#f for everything else.
accessor-names retrieve the values of fields,
and the
modifier-name's update them.
Tag is used in printing instances of the record type and
field-tags are used in the inspector and to match
constructor arguments with fields.
Define-record-discloser determines how
records of type
type are printed.
Discloser should be procedure which takes a single
record of type
type and returns a list whose car is
a symbol.
The record will be printed as the value returned by
with curly braces used instead of the usual parenthesis.
For example
defines(define-record-type pare :pare (kons x y) pare? (x kar set-kar!) (y kdr))
kons to be a constructor,
kar and
kdr to be
set-kar! to be a modifier, and
pare? to be a predicate
for a new type of object.
The type itself is named
Pare is a tag used in printing the new objects.
By default, the new objects print as
The print method can be modified using
will cause the result of(define-record-discloser :pare (lambda (p) `(pare ,(kar p) ,(kdr p))))
(kons 1 2) to print as
#{Pare 1 2}.
can be used to control how records are stored in heap images.
Records are implemented using primitive objects exactly analogous
to vectors.
Every record has a record type (which is another record) in the first slot.
Note that use of these procedures, especially
record-set!, breaks
the record abstraction described above; caution is advised.
These procedures are in the structure
(make-record n value) -> record
(record value ...) -> record-vector
(record? value) -> boolean
(record-length record) -> integer
(record-type record) -> value
(record-ref record i) -> value
(record-set! record i value)
vector- procedures except that they
operate on records.
The value returned by
record-length includes the slot holding the
record's type.
(record-type is equivalent to
(record-ref .
x 0)
Record types are themselves records of a particular type (the first slot
:record-type points to itself).
A record type contains four values: the name of the record type, a list of
the names its fields, and procedures for disclosing and resuming records
of that type.
Procedures for manipulating them are in the structure
(make-record-type name field-names) -> record-type
(record-type? value) -> boolean
(record-type-name record-type) -> symbol
(record-type-field-names record-type) -> symbols
(record-constructor record-type field-names) -> procedure
(record-predicate record-type) -> procedure
(record-accessor record-type field-name) -> procedure
(record-modifier record-type field-name) -> procedure
Record-constructor returns a constructor that is passed the initial
values for the fields specified and returns a new record.
Record-predicate returns a predicate that return true when passed
a record of type
record-type and false otherwise.
Record-accessor and
record-modifier return procedures that
reference and set the given field in records of the approriate type.
Record-types is the initial exporter of
(re-exported by
define-record-types described above)
(re-exported by
The procedures described in this section can be used to define new record-type-defining macros.
is (sematically) equivalent to(define-record-type pare :pare (kons x y) pare? (x kar set-kar!) (y kdr))
(define :pare (make-record-type 'pare '(x y))) (define kons (record-constructor :pare '(x y))) (define kar (record-accessor :pare 'x)) (define set-kar! (record-modifier :pare 'x)) (define kdr (record-accessor :pare 'y))
The "(semantically)" above is because
define-record-type adds
declarations, which allows the type checker to detect some misuses of records,
and uses more efficient definitions for the constructor, accessors, and
Ignoring the declarations, which will have to wait for another edition of
the manual, what the above example actually expands into is:
(define :pare (make-record-type 'pare '(x y))) (define (kons x y) (record :pare x y)) (define (kar r) (checked-record-ref r :pare 1)) (define (set-kar! r new) (checked-record-set! r :pare 1 new)) (define (kdr r) (checked-record-ref r :pare 2))
Checked-record-ref and
Checked-record-set! are
low-level procedures that check the type of the
record and access or modify it using a single VM instruction.
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Tesla Semi truck and Roadster event in 9 minutes
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Elon Musk unveiled Tesla's new Semi truck and (in a surprise) a second-generation Roadster. The truck is supposed to get 500 miles per charge, while the Roadster is said to achieve 620 miles. Watch the full event cut down to 9 minutes.
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Try looking them up at: http://www.urbandictionary.com/
I try to improve my listening comprehension through several R&B or Rap songs. However I encounter many slang words (or at least which are not academic :wink:) and I can't find their meaning in a dictionary. Could you help me and give me a simple definition of the following words or expressions:
my boo
wurrs my cash
pink slip in the lou
There are so many other words but I stop here! I hope that I haven't asked the definition of too indecent words :(
Thanks for your help!!
I'm not a teacher, so please consider any advice I give in that context.
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Good luck. I find this stuff very difficult to translate. Hope you will have more luck!
I must confess as a linguistics enthusiast I have extremely mixed feelings about this topic in particular.
Any decent linguist will tell you that any language that is currently spoken is a living thing and that there is no right and wrong way to speak it; it is constantly evolving.
At the same time, however, when confronted with something like rap lyrics, I hate to say it but sometimes I just end up scratching my head in disbelief.
My recommendation is, as much as it pains me, take rap lyrics at face value, entertainment. Don't look for deeper understanding into the English language through it. Rap lyrics and RB slang tend to be whimsical and there is no definite consensus for what they mean. Not to mention that very few people actually talk like they do in rap music. The whole point of slang is that it's colloquial, it's spoken by the people and it's understood by the people. Last I checked I would be hard pressed to find anyone who understood me if I started talking like a Jay-Z video, and I certainly have never heard anyone talk like that outside of MTV.
Excellent. 8) Mixed feelings and other assorted non-thread topics are found in General Language Discussion. :wink:Originally Posted by Nahualli
Red5 and Natalie27 : Thanks a lot for your replies and useful links. Thanks to you, I have now the right tools to make my research of definitions easier.
Nahualli: I agree with the most part of your obsvervations but I've never pretend that my personal method to practice english was the best way in order to make progress in english, or even a good one . Likewise, I've never meant that the hooks in the rap songs were profound or that this kind of lyrics were usually and widely used in the spoken language. As you said, it's an entertainment and I think that it's the strength of this kind of training. I don't really have the time to do grammar exercises, and for sure, I won't be able to pass the TOEFL or TOEIC exam watching some Jay-Z videos.
My main goal isn't to go in a fast food and speak like a rap singer saying: 'Yo shawty (thanks for definition Natalie27 :wink: ), I'm gonna take...' However, I've really made some progress in my listening comprehension: it seems easier when you listen a 'normal' conversation, with a 'normal' rhythm and with 'normal' words. But of course it's only my opinion. I just want to know the overall meaning of what I'm listening. Moreover, if I want to hum the lyrics of one song in order to practice my pronunciation I need to understand what I'm singing
Have you seen the movie 'The usual suspects' for instance? I've heard a lot of words like 'bullshit', 'bloody...', funking...' in this one. If I just want to know the difference between these expressions, it's only to understand the dialogue, and not to walk down the street and insult the first person I'll meet with the vocabulary I've just heard in the movie.
It's the same with the rap songs: it's funny (for me) but I don't take these lyrics at face value and I won't pretend understand english if I can understand even one of these songs. Sorry but I've never wanted to shock someone with this topic.
I'd just like to add in, however, that like I mentioned there are certain "accepted" idiomatic expressions that are very commonly used in English. "Bullshit!" is an expression of disbelief or denial, just like in Russian they say "shto ty!" or in Spanish they say "Que te pasa?"Originally Posted by newbie
There's sort of a fine line between what's "normal" slang and what's not. I understand your confusion between the two. I don't want to discourage your goal of understanding slang, just wanting to make sure you understood that the source of said slang is not always as reliable a source :)
You are welcome! Glad it's of some help to you. One of the students gave me two more web sites and asked me to give those to you.Originally Posted by newbie
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What a wonderful topic: Dance. After reading the challenge for this COG, I couldn't stop thinking about my childhood dancing, so here is my story.
I started dance lessons when I was 10 years old. I don't remember why; whether I asked for lessons or my mother thought it would be a good activity. I know I was extremely active, running and jumping all the time; cartwheels and somersaults in the front yard; using the bed as a trampoline; so maybe she hoped it would be a good way to expend more energy. Whatever the reason, it was love at first lesson for me. I started with jazz and then added ballet and tap. When I was old enough, and that couldn't come soon enough, I was able to start pointe, every little ballerina's dream. I still have my last toe shoes tucked away in a box. I still will start tapping for no reason in the kitchen. There are some aspects of those years of dance I don't recall, but the purchase of those first toe shoes, that memory will stay with me forever. The first lesson in pointe; getting ready, putting on those toe shoes, I'll remember that always. The lamb's wool had to be placed just so on the toes, then the shoes put on and the laces laced just right. Then there was the sound of the new shoes hitting the floor and finally the pain at the end of the lesson. But oh what a feeling, to be a ballerina.
For the next five years I lived the life of a young dancer. There were lessons and Saturday practices for recitals. There were more lessons and fatigue and sore muscles. There was great joy in dancing for the folks at the local retirement homes. There were bleeding toes and more sore muscles and I can't remember a time I had more fun. I still remember Phil Phillips, the young man who was the premiere male dancer and Barbara, the premiere female dancer. I still remember Mr. Jack Tygett and his wife Marge Tygett, the dance instructors. I remember the small little studio in a neighborhood mall; I remember the little dressing room off the studio; the camaraderie of my fellow students; the music. Oh and the joy of twirling across the floor doing three step turns or flying through the air doing the grande jete leaps.


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Bruins ride top line to win against Thomas, Panthersby Matt Kalman
BOSTON -- The line of Brad Marchand, Patrice Bergeron and Reilly Smith combined for nine points in the Boston Bruins' road win against the New York Islanders on Monday night.
At home against the Florida Panthers on Tuesday, it was the line of Milan Lucic, David Krejci and Jarome Iginla that dominated.
Lucic scored two goals, Krejci had a three-point night, and the line combined for seven points. The Bruins reached six goals for the third straight game and won for the fourth time in a row, defeating the Panthers 6-2.
Krejci had one goal and two assists, and Iginla had two assists. Tuukka Rask made 28 saves for the Bruins, who are 5-0-1 in their past six home games and in their past six games overall dating to a road win against the Dallas Stars on Jan. 16.
"You just wanted to kind of keep this good feeling going," Lucic said. "We kind of talked about turning things around starting on the road trip, the mini road trip in Dallas [and Chicago] there. And it seems like our game is definitely moving in the right direction.
"I think the biggest thing is, we can't get complacent or even bored of playing the right way. And you saw that in the second period there, where we had a lull and we kind of started to cheat and get away from what's given us success of late. But we got back to it in the third period, and we're going to need that going forward."
The loss snapped the Panthers' three-game road winning streak and ruined Tim Thomas' return to Boston.
The Bruins outshot the Panthers 29-20 through the first two periods of Thomas' first game at TD Garden since he was with Boston in 2011-12. He finished with 35 saves on 41 shots.
Despite being under contract, Thomas took last season off, and the Bruins traded his rights to the New York Islanders. The 2011 Conn Smythe Trophy winner from Boston's Stanley Cup championship signed with Florida as a free agent this offseason.
"I felt very comfortable being in this building and stuff," said Thomas, whose previous season-high for goals allowed was five. "For me, I feel comfortable. Obviously, I didn't feel as comfortable when they started getting 19 shots in the first period and a couple of goals going in, but I felt comfortable coming into the game.
"I actually felt very comfortable at the beginning of the game. And then all of a sudden the first goal kind of gets you on your heels; a turnover there and then ... kind of misplay by me on the second goal there. Knuckle puck from Zdeno [Chara] where I tried to reach around and grab it and it went off my glove. That wasn't a good sign."
The Bruins (34-15-3) scored first when Lucic snapped a four-game goal drought at 7:41 of the first period. Iginla nearly turned over the puck at the blue line, but Florida's Jonathan Huberdeau passed it back to Iginla for a shot Thomas stopped. Lucic cleaned up the rebound for a 1-0 lead.
The Bruins took a 2-0 lead at 15:26, when Chara's one-timer from the right point deflected in front then went into the net off Thomas' head. Thomas had moved a few inches out of the crease to try to challenge Lucic. Chara ran his goal streak to three games (four goals).
Lucic scored his second goal on a rebound of a Matt Bartkowski shot from the point. Lucic hacked at the rebound and it eluded Thomas at 1:46 for a 3-0 lead. Reilly Smith's power-play goal at 14:54 gave the Bruins a 4-0 cushion.
"We score five, six goals a game, you kind of expect to win," Rask said. "I know it's not going to happen every game, but it's good to have that offense going like that. We've been scoring goals because we play our system, not because we're trying to do too much out there, and that's a great sign."
Florida (21-25-7) scored with 32.9 seconds remaining in the second period. Brad Boyes cashed in on the back end of a 3-on-3 with a one-timer from the bottom of the left circle to cut Boston's lead to 4-1.
Dmitry Kulikov's power-play goal at 4:00 of the third period trimmed the margin to 4-2. It also helped the Panthers' avoid a near-record power-play drought. Florida hadn't scored a power-play goal in its prior 13 games, and without Kulikov's score would've tied the 1997-98 Toronto Maple Leafs, who went 14 games without a man-advantage goal, for the longest such slump since expansion (1967-68), according to the Elias Sports Bureau. The Panthers had been 0-for-41 prior to the goal.
"It gives you a little something to work with," Florida coach Peter Horachek said. "There's some success from some of the things you tried to do and some traffic. That is overshadowed by the rest of the game, it's just disappointing."
Shawn Thornton stalled the Panthers' comeback hopes with a goal at 8:14 of the third. He dangled out of the corner and roofed a backhand shot from the slot for a 5-2 Boston edge.
The Bruins continue their homestand Thursday against the Montreal Canadiens. The Panthers, two games into a four-game road trip, play the Toronto Maple Leafs.


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Juvenile Suspect Punches Police Dog
Authorities say a south Jersey youth repeatedly punched a police dog during an unsuccessful bid to avoid arrest in a burglary investigation.
Galloway Township police say the incident occurred around 4 p.m. Saturday, shortly after officers responded to reports of motor vehicle burglaries and a theft in progress.
A witness had followed the suspects to a nearby township home, and when police arrived there they encountered a male juvenile who was leaving the residence. Authorities say the youth obstructed their investigation into the burglaries and physically resisted when an officer attempted to arrest him.
The police dog and its handler soon arrived and tried to assist in the arrest, but the youth then repeatedly punched the animal. Authorities say the dog did not appear to be injured.
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40 years later, anonymous vandal pays back city
40 years later, anonymous vandal pays back city
BIDDEFORD, Maine —
An anonymous person is apologizing to a Maine city for damage they caused 40 years ago.
In a letter sent to Biddeford Mayor Alan Casavant, the person said they are paying for smashing a door and window at the police department in the mid-to-late 70s. The person also said they dented a police cruiser and pulled several fire alarms.
The letter came with a check for $550.
Casavant said he was "totally surprised" by the letter, which has been sent to the city's finance director. Casavant said he is not sure how the city will classify the money, since any damage that was done in the 70s has already been paid for.
"It's not something that happens every day," Casavant said.