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After two weeks of repairs and
cleaning, the Grendelsbane is allegedly
spaceworthy, though the crew won't find
out whether she'll survive Jump until
it's actually attempted.
Victor set a passcode on the ship's
doors, locking everyone else out, after
Kelvin endangered ship security by
walking in with one of the local women
to continue their evening's
festivities, even though Kelvin most
likely patted her down very thoroughly
before bringing her on ship.
Jiro received communication from Mr.
Volsate, stating that the Jiro was
being made captain of the ship, giving
their itinerary and insisting that they
depart planet and get started on their
route within 24 hours.
Sentry (starting point)
Kerin's Tyr
Sentry again, at which point there's
the possibility of a refit and
maintenance upgrade
Jiro was amusing himself at the
entryway, Kelvin was ignoring him and
wairing patiently until Keziah showed
up. Jiro opened the hatch to let them
in, and Kelvin just brushed right past
him. Keziah started handing out long-
range communicators to the crew,
purchased with his own funds, while Ken
was busy making the ship sparkle from
top to bottom.
The 5 tons of mail cargo showed up and
Jiro asked Kelvin to supervise the
loading, which he graciously decided to
It was decided to turn quarters #2 into
a makeshift medbay and have the crew
double-bunk in order to fit in more
passengers. Passengers were booked – 4
low (cryo), 2 Medium, and 4 high (never
again). Also loaded were 9 tons of
silver and Jinix's personal ship.
Everyone chipped in for the silver and
it was decided to split the profits
from the sale based on the percentage
contributed by each crew member.
Ken and Keziah supervised the low berth
passengers being put into cryo, and
even though Keziah was happy about some
of the readings he was getting from a
couple of the cryo tubes, they were
still within the safe zones of
operation. Rooms were assigned for the
medium and high berth passengers.
Keziah performed medical exams on the
crew, though Jinix presented a
reluctance to have hers. Jiro asked
Keziah to share information with him on
Kelvin's exam only – perfect health
with a couple of old bullet wounds
(Apparently he's good with women, but
bad with men). Jiro himself had a
nearly-fully healed scar on his right
ear. Upon being asked, he simply
replied that someone had tried taking
his head off and he had stopped the
attack almost completely.
Upon takeoff, it was discovered that
with everything going on, Jiro had
completely forgotten to file the
appropriate paperwork for departure
from the planetary system. Victor and
his A.I. Aisha stepped in to save the
day and the ship was off for its first
Jump with its new crew.
Everyone crossed fingers or other
appropriate body parts and Jinix hit
the button with style, throwing us into
Jump for the next week. Now if only
the crew can keep from killing the
passengers and each other.
Jiro & Jinix settled down in the common
area for a friendly game of poker,
apparently even-matched, and
conversation while Ken continued with
the cleaning. Two of the high
passengers (rooms 6&7) came to the
common room looking to complain to the
captain about the cleanliness of their
rooms. In their case, apparently "high"
indicated the elevation of their noses,
not the manner of their accommodations.
Ken was insulted by their unwarranted
criticism of his cleaning skills and
nearly hit them with the mop on their
way past. Jinix and Jiro managed to
intercede and Jiro promised to take
care of the couple personally for the
rest of the trip.
The plight of the two medium
passengers, nobles in hiding Bavis and
D'Shar Fawkes, became known to the
crew. Their families had put them
together at first and now wanted to
split them since there was currently a
serious conflict between the two
families, so they were fleeing in order
to stay together. The crew decided
while they couldn't actively hide them
or help with the couple's
disappearance, services could be
provided that would be available for
most any passenger— a change of
clothes, new shoes, new hairstyles and
makeup and discussions of the
mannerisms of other cultures & classes.
By the end of the week, it looked as if
they were making serious headway into
becoming other people.
Meanwhile, Kelvin had run into the B*
from rooms 6&7. After finding his way
through the torrent of flirting &
innuendo, Kelvin went with her to her
room to help with some "electrical
problems" they were having. The
electrical problems seemed pretty
severe, as he seemed to spend the
majority of his time for the rest of
the trip assisting her with them.
Jinix, knowing Jiro had particular
interest in Kelvin, informed him of
Kelvin's diligence in providing such
attentive service above and beyond the
call of duty to said passenger.
Jiro and Victor (gun in hand) spoke
with Kelvin in front of the passengers,
albeit the ones locked in cryo,
regarding the high praise he would be
likely to receive from the B* for his
stellar performance of his duties, but
also expressed some concern about what
her husband would think of his
performance, should it be made known to
him, and how that could make things
more difficult for the ship & crew in
the future. Kelvin was asked to attend
more to his regular duties so there
would hopefully be less chance of the
husband finding out and less
of a fallout from the situation. Jiro
revealed exactly what the connection
was between the Kelvin and himself,
much to the surprise of both Victor and
Kelvin, the unexpected groom-to-be.
Meanwhile, Jinix took turned more than
a few heads with the skimpy yet
fashionable outfit she chose to wear
that day. As the crew was assembling
for exit from Jump, some of the
passengers complained about her lack of
a uniform. Upon further inspection,
neither the captain nor the rest of the
crew had an issue with her attire or
lack thereof, but impressed upon her
the need for a vac suit nearby just in
Which was just the case, because as
they exited Jump, they received a
distress signal from the Malfeasant, a
scout courier that was attempting an
exit from the clutches of a nearby gas
giant, but was doomed to plummet back
down. A garbled video message revealed
the crew was in vac suits but were all
unconscious or soon to be so.
The crew deliberated for a moment and
decided to rescue the people onboard
over attempting to save the ship.
Jinix and Kelvin (in the engine room)
were staying onboard the Grendelsbane,
Ken was going to see if he could do
anything for the Malfeasant in their
engine room, and Keziah, Victor and
Jiro were going to try to rescue the
crew, with Victor also trying to
download what data from the ship's
computers that he could.
Jinix docked the ships and tried to
keep them as steady as she could, but
the gas giant was having none of that.
The boarding party quickly went in
pursuit of their tasks, and Ken seemed
to have the biggest problem with his—
there were no more engines in the
engine room to try to coax power out
of, just a magnificent view of the gas
giant. He headed towards the bridge,
searching along the way for more crew
or items of interest/importance.
The other arrived on the bridge and
thanks to Keziah's ministrations, the
lone Ursa onboard regained
consciousness briefly- just long enough
to slip a data chip to Keziah, who
pocketed it then continued trying to
revive the rest of the crew.
The docking clamps were becoming very
vocal in their protest of having to
keep a second ship steady, and Jinix
suggested that getting back to the
Grendelsbane soon was better than
seeing the innermost core of the gas
giant in person.
Keziah and Jiro each grabbed a human,
and Victor grabbed the data, the last
human and stuck a grav belt on the Ursa
and bounced him down the hallways to
the airlock.
Within everyone (that we knew of) back
on the ship, Jinix coaxed the
Grendlesbane back out of the atmosphere
of the gas giant and we headed for our
rendezvous with the Lakshmi Goddess, a
ship also responding to the distress
call, to transfer the unconscious crew
to them, as they have a better medical
facility than the Grendelsbane and can
bring them to the main planet's
hospital more quickly than we could.


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Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Looking back
In preparation for an overnight trip to K'town, fruit is ripening on the counter for baby food - plums, pears. All sorts of good stuff. Of course, they're hard to find ripe in the store this time of year.
The coolest part about this picture is actually the bowl. It is hand carved, belonging to Tim's great great grandmother. That bowl traveled on a covered wagon. The base is scored with years of cleaning and scraping. I love what it symbolizes - Tim's heritage.
This weekend is Mother's Day. My family will have 4 generations together: 2 great grandmothers, a grandmother, a mom and a little girl - all the oldest (or only) daughters. So neat. God has been very good to our family to allow us this celebration.
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we did a 4 generation hand photo and it is really cool. In my scrapbook I wrote with it "Oh the places these hands have been, the people they've touched, the deads they've done. Oh the places these hands will go, the deads they'll do, the love they'll show." Just thought i'd pass along the photo idea.ReplyDelete
That's really cool. I love that both of my grandmothers lived to see Gwennan.ReplyDelete
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United States District Court, N.D. Iowa, Cedar Rapids Division
October 27, 2017
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, Plaintiff,v.CRST VAN EXPEDITED, INC., Defendant.
matter before the court is Defendant CRST Van Expedited,
Inc.'s ("CRST") "Motion to Amend Fee
Award and Judgment" ("Motion") (docket no.
465), which CRST filed on October 2, 2017. On September 22,
2017, the court entered an Order (docket no. 462), ruling on
the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals's Mandate (docket no.
452) to consider the questions posed by the Supreme Court in
CRST Van Expedited, Inc. v. E.E.O.C., U.S., 136
S.Ct. 1642 (2016), and making individualized findings as to
whether the claims dismissed on summary judgment were
frivolous, unreasonable and/or groundless pursuant to
Christiansburg Garment Co. v. E.E.O.C., 434 U.S. 412
(1978). On that same date, Judgment (docket no. 464) entered.
In the September 22, 2017 Order, the court found, among other
things, that the claims dismissed for Plaintiff Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission's ("EEOC")
failure to comply with statutory presuit requirements were
amenable to an award of attorneys' fees. See
September 22, 2017 Order at 13-22. The court ultimately
awarded $1, 860, 127.36 in attorneys' fees and costs,
which includes $128, 414.50 in fees "representing the
claims dismissed for failure to comply with presuit
requirements." Id. at 81. On October 9, 2017,
the EEOC filed a Resistance (docket no. 467) to the Motion.
On October 13, 2017, CRST filed a Reply (docket no. 468).
CRST requests oral argument on the Motion, but the court
finds that oral argument is unnecessary. The matter is fully
submitted and ready for decision.
In the
Motion, CRST requests that the court amend the September 22,
2017 Order and the September 22, 2017 Judgment pursuant to
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 59(e), 60(a) and 60(b)(1).
See Motion at 1. In particular, CRST argues that the
court inadvertently miscalculated the fees awarded for the
claims that were dismissed because the EEOC failed to comply
with presuit requirements. See Brief in Support of
the Motion (docket no. 465-1) at 2. CRST contends that the
court's new calculation of fees "omits from the
award the bulk of the fees previously awarded to CRST for the
EEOC's claims dismissed for failing to satisfy Title
VII's [presuit] requirements." Id. CRST
states that the $128, 414.50 that the court previously
awarded for the claims dismissed for failure to comply with
presuit requirements "does not represent the total
amount of fees" that the court previously awarded for
these claims. Id. at 6. Instead, this amount
"represents only those fees resulting from work devoted
solely to briefing and arguing the [presuit] requirements
issue at the end of the pre-appeal phase of the case."
Id. The amount upon which the court relied in the
September 22, 2017 Order did not account for all other legal
work pertaining to those claims, such as written discovery
and depositions. Id. CRST argues that an additional
award of $1, 726, 330.32 is proper with respect to the claims
dismissed for the EEOC's failure to comply with its
presuit requirements-seventy-two claims ultimately dismissed
on those grounds multiplied by CRST's calculated
per-claimant average of $23, 976.81. See Id. at 3-4;
see also September 22, 2017 Order at 80-81.
EEOC appears to argue that CRST cannot recover fees incurred
after the time that CRST should have moved for dismissal of
the claims for which it seeks additional fees. See
Resistance at 1-2 ("Thus, if CRST had believed that the
EEOC's investigation and conciliation efforts were
insufficient . . . CRST-instead of asking the [c]ourt to
impose a deadline on the EEOC's identification of
additional claims-would have filed, in the summer or fall of
2008, a motion to dismiss based on [the] EEOC's alleged
failure to satisfy [presuit] requirements. Instead, CRST
waited until May 2009, . . . long after most of the fees it
now seeks had been incurred."). The EEOC also argues
that CRST's work on the presuit requirements issue began
after it conducted written discovery, depositions and
briefing on CRST's various motions for summary judgment.
Id. at 2. Thus, the EEOC contends that "CRST
expended the [$1.7 million] it now seeks on discovery and
motion practice unrelated to the basis for dismissing
the" claims that were dismissed for failure to comply
with presuit requirements. Id. Finally, the EEOC
argues that the court's award of fees in the September
22, 2017 Order was within the range of "rough
justice" permitted under the Supreme Court's Title
VII fees jurisprudence and no adjustment is warranted.
Id. at 5.
response, CRST argues that "none of CRST's fees and
costs incurred in defending against the [presuit]
[r]equirements [d]ismissed [c]laims would have been incurred
but for the EEOC's filing and litigation of these
[c]laims despite having failed to comply with Title VII's
statutory requirements." Reply at 2 (emphasis omitted).
CRST argues that the average per-claimant fees that it
requests were incurred "solely on each individual
claim." Id. at 3 (emphasis omitted). It
contends that the "fees and expenses incurred on issues
relating to multiple claims, such as pattern-or-practice and
[presuit] requirements, were calculated separately from the
individual claim average." Id. CRST further
argues that it should not be barred from seeking additional
fees for the discovery work performed with respect to the
claims dismissed for failure to comply with presuit
requirements because the court only permitted the EEOC to
proceed on such claims after it represented that there was a
good faith basis for the claims. Id. at 4. The EEOC
made this representation despite the fact that it was aware
that it did not investigate or conciliate any of the
individual claims at issue. Id. Finally, CRST argues
that the $128, 414.50 awarded in the September 22, 2017 Order
cannot be "rough justice" when it only represents
approximately 7% of the fees CRST "incurred to litigate
claims that should never have been filed." Id.
at 5. CRST states that this limited fee award "would
not reasonably compensate CRST for fees and expenses it would
not have incurred but for the EEOC's unreasonable
litigation conduct." Id.
Rule of Civil Procedure 59(e) permits a party to file a
motion to alter or amend a judgment no later than
twenty-eight days after the entry of the judgment.
See Fed. R. Civ. P. 59(e). This rule "was
adopted to clarify a district court's power to correct
its own mistakes in the time period immediately following
entry of judgment." Chapman v. Hiland Partners GP
Holdings, LLC, 862 F.3d 1103, 1110-11 (8th Cir. 2017)
(quoting Innovative Home Health Care, Inc. v. P.T.-O.T.
Assocs. of the Black Hills, 141 F.3d 1284, 1286 (8th
Cir. 1998)); see also Webb v. Exxon Mobil Corp., 856
F.3d 1150, 1159 (8th Cir. 2017) ("Motions under Rule
59(e) 'serve the limited function of correcting
"manifest errors of law or fact or to present newly
discovered evidence."'" (quoting United
States v. Metro. St. Louis Sewer Dist., 440 F.3d 930,
933 (8th Cir. 2006))). "Federal courts generally use
Rule 59(e) 'to support reconsideration of matters
properly encompassed in a decision on the merits.'"
Chapman, 862 F.3d at 1111 (quoting White v. N.H.
Dep't of Emp't Sec., 455 U.S. 445, 451 (1982)).
The court maintains broad discretion in determining whether
alteration or amendment of judgments under Rule 59(e) is
appropriate. See Id. at 1110.
Rule of Civil Procedure 60(a) provides that "[t]he
court may correct a clerical mistake or a mistake arising
from oversight or omission whenever one is found in a
judgment, order, or other part of the record."
Fed.R.Civ.P. 60(a). Rule 60(a) is used to provide relief from
judgment based on clerical mistakes in the record
"[w]here the parties' intentions are clearly
defined and 'all the court need do is employ the
judicial eraser to obliterate a mechanical or mathematical
mistake.'" Alpern v. UtiliCorp United,
Inc., 84 F.3d 1525, 1539 (8th Cir. 1996) (quoting
Matter of W. Tex. Mkt'g Corp., 12 F.3d 497,
504-05 (5th Cir. 1994)). Federal Rule of Civil Procedure
60(b)(1) permits the court, "[o]n motion and just
terms, " to relieve a party from a final judgment,
order or proceeding due to "mistake, inadvertence,
surprise, or excusable neglect." Fed.R.Civ.P. 60(b)(1).
Relief pursuant to this rule is unavailable "for
judicial error other than for judicial inadvertence."
Lowry v. McDonnell Douglas Corp., 211 F.3d 457, 461
(8th Cir. 2000) (quoting Fox v. Brewer, 620 F.2d
177, 180 (8th Cir. 1980)).
have found that, if "the district court in the course
of a reasonably complex accounting simply failed through
inadvertence to understand one aspect of the [party's]
case, it seems only sensible that the alleged mistake should
be taken up directly with the court, " rather than
raised on appeal. Welch & Corr Constr. Corp. v.
Wheeler, 470 F.2d 140, 141 (1st Cir. 1972); see also
Reyher v. Champion Int'l Corp., 975 F.2d 483, 488
(8th Cir. 1992) (noting that supplementing a judgment to
include "prejudgment interest is subject to Rule 59(e)
because it 'is an element of plaintiff's complete
compensation' and it 'does not raise issues wholly
collateral to the judgment in the main cause of
action'" (quoting Osterneck v. Ernst &
Whinney, 489 U.S. 169, 175 (1989))). The court finds
that analysis of the Motion under Rule 59(e) is proper. The
Motion was timely filed and addresses matters encompassed
within the court's most recent award of fees.
Specifically, the Motion addresses whether the court
inadvertently omitted fees for work performed on the claims
dismissed for failure to comply with presuit requirements,
which the court found were amenable to a fee award.
the court notes that, if such fees are proper, they were
omitted due to inadvertence. The procedural posture of the
case preceding the September 22, 2017 Order was such that the
briefing upon which the court relied to render its fee award
could not have properly encompassed the fees at issue. In
particular, at the time that the parties briefed the
individualized claims, they labored under the assumption that
fees for the claims dismissed for failure to comply with
presuit requirements were unavailable. See May 19,
2015 Order (docket no. 410) at 2 (ordering briefing on remand
from the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals and noting that
"that the Eighth Circuit determined that CRST cannot
recover attorneys' fees and costs based on the EEOC's
failure to satisfy its presuit obligations").
Therefore, before the court issued the September 22, 2017
Order, there was no reason for CRST to have informed the
court as to its request for the fees now at issue, nor was
there any reason for the EEOC to object to the same. In any
event, their exclusion from the September 22, 2017
Order's calculation was the fault of no one, and the
court finds it appropriate to consider them in the interest
of completeness.
EEOC's argument that CRST could have avoided the work
corresponding to the fees sought by moving for their
dismissal at an earlier time is unpersuasive. In Fox v.
Vice, the Supreme Court refined the standard used for
awarding attorneys' fees to prevailing defendants where a
plaintiff asserts both frivolous and nonfrivolous claims. 563
U.S. 826 (2011). The Fox standard permits a court to
award a prevailing defendant costs incurred for work that it
would not have performed but for the frivolous claims.
Id. at 829. Notably, the Fox Court does not
suggest any further inquiry into the claim-for example, it
does not require courts to examine the exact scope of the
work necessary to dispose of a frivolous claim or dictate
that a court may only award fees to that extent. To the
contrary, Fox concerns itself broadly with
"costs that the defendant would not have incurred but
for the frivolous claim." Id. Fox
speaks in terms of "claims" and does not
distinguish between work that was necessary to prove that a
claim was frivolous, unreasonable and/or groundless, and work
that was performed on other aspects of defending the claim. A
standard requiring such an additional inquiry was never
articulated in Fox, nor in Christiansburg.
The EEOC has cited no authority suggesting that this standard
should apply, and the court is aware of none. Instead, the
existing Supreme Court jurisprudence suggests that all fees
associated with and which would not have been incurred but
for a plaintiff bringing a frivolous claim are recoverable to
a prevailing defendant.[1] Whether the full extent of the fees
requested is recoverable is better determined under the
reasonableness portion of a fee calculation.
the court finds that additional fees associated with the
claims dismissed for the EEOC's failure to comply with
its statutory presuit requirements are appropriate. As the
court found in the September 22, 2017 Order, CRST's
general method of determining a per-claimant average portion
of the fees incurred is appropriate and reasonable in light
of the court's familiarity with the case and the
peculiarities of the manner in which this case was litigated
and appealed. See September 22, 2017 Order at 78.
The court further finds that this method complies with
Fox, because each of the individual claims that the
court dismissed for failure to comply with presuit
requirements are frivolous, unreasonable and/or groundless
under Christiansburg. See Id. at 22-23.
the court agrees with the EEOC that the substance of the fees
that CRST now seeks appear to be beyond the scope of what the
court can award. CRST points out that its calculated
per-claimant average of $23, 976.81 represents a per-claimant
share of the court's original fee award, less fees
associated with the briefing and argument of the claims
dismissed for failure to comply with presuit requirements,
less fees associated with the pattern-or-practice claim.
See Brief in Support of the Motion at 4. This is the
same figure upon which the court relied in awarding
per-claimant fees with respect to the individualized findings
contained in the September 22, 2017 Order. See
September 22, 2017 Order at 80-81. What CRST fails to
recognize is that the court's original fee award, less
the fees associated with the failure to comply with presuit
requirements and the pattern-or-practice claim, still
apparently contains work performed on briefing and argument
of CRST's various motions for summary judgment. In
neither its "Brief Supporting Its Request for an Award
of Attorneys' Fees Out-of-Pocket Expenses, and Taxable
Costs" ("CRST Remand Brief") (docket no.
416), nor in the Brief in Support of the Motion, does CRST
intimate that the per-claimant ...
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Please review the following article on Student t-Test. Your review should discuss the discovery of the t-test and its role in Statistics. Article: Studentttest. Your review should be between 100 and 150 words. Please post your review as a reply to this post. Your deadline to reply to this post is April 2nd, 2015. This is an optional assignment. It is our fifth blog assignment.
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Overall, the article itself was hard to understand and follow. The format of the article was a narrative style, making it confusing to follow because the important information about the t table was hidden between the storyline. The t table was a combined effort of Fisher and Student; their relationship blossomed over the years with their work on the t table. The t table was born from a modified z table; it is able to do different applications that the z table could not do. z was switched to t, with t equal to z multiplied by n-1 to the ½ exponent. The t table switched to become based off of degrees of freedom instead of observations. The t table tests the significance of two means, and of linear, curvilinear, and multiple regressions.
This article discussing Gosset, Fisher, and the T-distribution was pretty badly written in my opinion. The fact that it was written from more of a narrative standpoint made it extremely difficult to follow and obtain information from. The relationship between Fisher and Gosset started when Fisher would write to Gosset regarding changes to his papers. The t test tables came into being when the two of them worked on modifying the z table so that as the number of observations grew, the table would not become extremely difficult. To do this, the degrees of freedom were used, instead of the number of observations, and the t score was set equal to z(n-1)1/2. This table is used to determine the significance of two means, linear, curvilinear, and multiple regressions.
This article told the story of two mathematicians and how their collaboration led to the discovery of the t-test. Gosset and Fisher first began their correspondence in the early 1900's. Gosset had laid much of the groundwork in this area of study and Fisher drew inspiration from his tabulations. Two important changes to former t tables were that the number of observations in a table was changed to the number of the degrees of freedom, and the formula t = z(n – 1)1/2 was employed instead of z values. This created a more standardized table and allowed statisticians to account for a larger n. The role of the t-test in Statistics is to allow for one to test the significance of two means as well as to carry out linear, curvilinear, and multiple regression.
The progression of Student's original rudimentary equation, stemming from the theory of distribution, to the widely accepted and applicable t tabulation was an extended and slow process. Years of correspondence between W.S. Gosset and R.A. Fisher documented the trials and errors that eventually lead to the development of the statistical t test. Interestingly enough, the statistical tests originated from practical purposes related to Guinness brewery conditions, as opposed to an abstract theory translated for practical purposes. Gosset provided Fisher with his original statistical table that utilized z values. The table, although useful, was fundamentally flawed: as n grew increasingly large, the math became increasingly complicated. By substituting the z values for t values, statistical calculations became simpler with increasing n. Following finalizations of the statistical formula, the t table was eventually published. As more and more applications were discovered, the significance of the t tables became obvious.
In my opinion, this is a poorly written article. It is written as a type of narrative describing the story of two mathematicians, Gosset and Fisher. Fisher eventually began to use the value of t rather than z. He found that probabilities could be found by an "expansion inverse powers of n". Student's cos formula became more complicated with increasing n, whereas Fisher's method became easier and easier. Essentially it took years of collaboration as well as trial and error between the two mathematicians to develop the statistical t test. Though the paper is somewhat difficult to follow as a story, I feel as though it was a successful way to convey the story of how the t test was developed.
I found this article very interesting. It amazes me that the t-table, such a widely used and pretty much a requirement for most data to be published, was determined by two men writing letters back and fourth. The process was tedious though and often hard to follow in this paper. I did not understand a lot of what they were talking about. Alway each man would check and prove each other. I have to wonder though, before this, was their any way to determine the if data was significantly different? Or I guess that wasn't even an option before this was determined. I did understand the part about degrees of freedom and the difference in using n and n-1.
This article surprised me in a number of ways. It was fascinating to learn that Gossett, who contributed so much to statistics, was not first and foremost a theoretical mathematician, but rather a man looking to perform his brewery analyses as practically and efficiently as possible. Additionally, I was surprised that the t-table was primarily the work of one man and his friends. I would have assumed that such integral part of statistics would have been the work of a large research team. The t-table is intrinsic to nearly all of the major tests we've learned this past month in Biostatistics, be they confidence intervals or hypothesis testing. And these tests are necessary to evaluate the results of experiments. Gossett's collaboration with Fisher and Pearson has revolutionized statistics.
Although this article was somewhat difficult to understand due to it's narrative style, it still provided interesting information regarding the background of the T-test and was probably the most effective way to introduce the Student t-test background. Something I found entertaining was that Gossett actually used "Student" as a pseudonym, and his groundwork studies in tabulation and the z table interested Fisher. Throughout the 1900s, the pair corresponded through mail and examined the concept of the degrees of freedom and the proof of Student's distribution, using t rather than z. By the summer of 1924, Gossett and Fisher were able to publish their t-test after modifying the formula so that the number of observations in a study would not be a burden, and instead used the concept of degrees of freedom. The t score was then set equal to z(n-1)/(1/2) and helped to test the significance of not only one mean, but two, and analyze multiple types of regressions.
The article was written in the style of a narrative. It tells the story of how Fisher and Gosset came up with the t table. Over the years the two corresponded by letters. Gosset had already been working in this area of study when fisher first contacted him. Together they came up with the t table. The t table was created by modifying a z table. The t table could do things the z table could not such as handle a higher number of observations. This is because it use the degrees of freedom instead of number of observations. The t table could determine the significance of two means, linear, curvilinear, and multiple regressions.
The origin of W.S. Gosset's work stemmed from his employment as a brewer at Guiness Brewery and his need to determine values such as the Laboratory Analysis of malts and the length of time the beer remained potable. Gosset had already published two papers (under the pseudonym Student) regarding the "Probable Error of the Mean" and "Probable Error of a Correlation Coefficient" when R.A. Fisher introduced the maximum likelihood estimate for variance of a normal sample, which used n as the divisor instead of Gosset's n – 1. Fisher provided a mathematical proof based on Gosset's distribution using a geometric representation of the sample in n-dimensional space. Fisher then used this geometric representation to derive the general sampling distribution of the correlation coefficient. Fisher and Gosset struck up a friendship, and together were able to modify Gosset's z-table so that as the number of observations grew (and the standard error decreased), the calculations would not become impossibly complex. When Gosset's z-values were substituted with Fisher's t-values (t = z(n – 1)^(1/2)), which took into account the degrees of freedom and not the number of observations, the calculations became increasingly simple as the number of observations grew. From Fisher and Gosset's work, it then become possible to determine the significance of two means, linear, curvilinear, and multiple regressions.
The article "Gosset, Fisher, and the T-distribution" was an interesting narrative on the development of the Student t-test, which was formulated from the collaborative work of W.S. Gosset and R.A. Fisher. Gosset (who used the pseudonym Student) and Fisher began a correspondence in the 1900's in an effort to expand upon the z table distribution. Their goal was to expand the z table in a way that accommodated larger numbers of observations in a sample. In order to do this, they used degrees of freedom to modify the formula, preventing the difficulties of calculations because of increases in observations that led to decreases in standard error. By using degrees of freedom, the z score was replaced by a t score, defined as z(n-1)^(1/2). By altering the table in this way, the Student t-test could be used to determine the significance of two means, and had the capability to carry out linear, curvilinear, and multiple regressions.
It is interesting that this article was written as a narrative (I would not expect that in a statistics or any other STEM journal article). Gosset and Fischer were indeed interesting individuals and their names aren't directly applied to the t-test i.e. Gosset's and Fischer's t-test instead of Student t-test (but I do understand that they wanted to expand the z score table). This article gave me more insight into the lives of mathematical/statistical researchers and how they communicate abstract concepts. They understood the constraint of z-score values: the inability to account for larger sample sizes. They solved this problem with a fairly simple formula: t=z (n-1)^1/2, which incorporates the degrees of freedom. It is phenomenal that such a simple equation would expand the applications of a test i.e. various regressions and the the determination of the significant difference between two means.
The article, "Gosset, Fisher, and the t Distribution," discusses how two statisticians, Gosset and Fisher, came into contact through a series of letters, which would lead to their collaboration in creating the tabulation of student's t test. From 1899, Gosset had already been conducting statistical research due to the need of statistics at his brewery job. In 1970, Fischer wrote a letter to Gosset that suggested the calculation of new tables of student's distribution and a new method of calculation. Together, Gosset and Fischer changed the tabulation of student's t test by changing the number of observations to the number of degrees of freedom. In addition, they no longer used z values, but instead t values, which were defined as t=z(n-1)^1/2. The student's t test is important to statistics because it is used to determine if two sets of data are significantly different from each other. In biostatistics, data must be proven statistically significant in order to make further conclusions.
I thought the article, although hard to read, was written well. The style of writing from the 1920's and 1930's is different than it is now, causing the difficulty while reading it. However, I felt as though the author did a good job of portraying what the letters between Fisher and Gosset were trying to convey. Aside from the writing style, it was very interesting to see how something so commonly used in math (t-table) came about. Seeing how something like a brewery can cause the necessity to delve into math further really opens my eyes to how widely statistics is used. The t test tables came into being after modifying z tables to incorporate larger data sets. This is also how degrees of freedom came about and is used to this day.
In summary, the article, while interesting was difficult for me to understand the overall message of the creation of the t table. Because it was written like a story meant for entertainment, I had issues noticing the critical information about Student's and Fisher's development of the t table. From the two mathemetician's professional relationship- which was initiated through peer revision of each others articles-they began working together to alter the already existing z table. Their efforts were meant to make a table that was still easy to utilize and understand regardless of how large the number of observations was. Their changes to the z table beside the letter included t change in the value of t which was the same as z multiplied by n-1 to the 1/2 power: t=z(n-1)^1/2. With these calculations, the table was no longer based on observations but instead on degrees of freedom. The final table was then found useful in determining the significance of 2 means and linear, curvilinear, and multiple type regressions.
Overall, I thought that the article was dense and hard to follow at times. As well as the choice to write it in narrative format was interesting as a STEM related article. It focused primarily on the relationship between Gosset and Fisher throughout the years and how their collaboration ultimately produced what is known as the student t-table. It was interesting to discover that the need for statistics was heavily utilized in a brewery and that this can be noted as influencing a statistical discovery. Gosset and Fischer acknowledged the constraints of the z-score system and were able to expand upon it by utilizing the formula t=z(n-1)^1/2, incorporating the idea of degrees of freedom. The concept of using degrees of freedom rather than number of observations, they were able to conduct calculations for increasingly larger sample sizes.
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My Brothers,
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- If you own land, you do not own the mineral rights, including shale gas, under that land.
- Exploration for shale gas goes straight down maybe over 2,000 meters.
- The laterals, where the fracking takes place, may go out 10 km.
- Parliament's job is to decide what is best for the nation, including our children and the national debt.
- Population grows every year and we need more energy.
- The UK has the best environmental policing capability in the Environment Agency and the BSSS in the world.
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In many countries, including the USA, if you own a piece of land, then you also own the mineral rights (including oil and gas) under that land. In many more countries, that is not the case; the government owns the mineral rights. That applies to fracking for shale gas in the UK. That is just the way it has been for centuries and it will not change. So, what should the landowner put time and effort into if someone else wants to search for, and find, shale gas by drilling from another site under his/her land? Why should the rest of us be concerned?
Deal with the general concerns first. Under the technology which will be employed in the UK, one central drill "top" hole will go down maybe 2000 m and then the laterals may well curve down some more before running horizontal up to 10 km ( over 6 miles) and there might be a dozen laterals from one central drill platform. This, at least, is a blessing; one drill hole and service area will serve an approximate circle of up to a radius of 10 km. That is over 11,000 ha or over 28,000 acres.
This, then, is a two-edged sword.
If you own the land on which the central services hole is drilled, you get the money for drilling and disruption. However, the area to be drilled under will involve many landowners, maybe hundreds, even many thousands if domestic households are involved.
All of this gives government, the drilling companies and their investors a problem. If there is a leaning towards making a contribution to the local community, which there is, then how is it possible to put a limit on those contributions so as to avoid making the whole operation uneconomic and still maintain local community support?
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Tuesday, January 31, 2017
Allow Me To Introduce Myself
Call me Emma. Actually Emma isn't my real name. I want to be perfectly honest with all of you so I will let you know that Emma is the name I use online to protect my privacy. I am not going to disclose my real name.
Emma is a name I made up as a tribute to both my mother and father who unfortunately are no longer with us. In reality I am named after my parents. My first name is a feminine form of my father's name. My middle name is my mother's nickname. Of course my surname at birth was our family name. When I married I took the last name of my husband and kept it even after we divorced.
I have four beautiful children, three boys and one girl. I also have six gorgeous and intelligent grandchildren and three perfect great-granddaughters. One thing I am proud of is that it seems that each new generation is prettier and smarter than the one before it. There are several step-grandchildren too and I love them all.
The purpose of this blog is to tell the stories of my family. All are true at least as much as can be according to the things I have been told and as accurate as I remember them. If someone reads them and has a correction to make I am receptive.
I read a long time ago that we are what we come from. If that is true and I believe it is, my offspring have a rich family gene pool to inherit. You can read their stories here.
Most of these stories are happy ones. Some are even humorous. A few are sad. All I am trying to do is make a written record for my children. They have been after me for years to do this. I attempted many times to do this but organization was beyond me. Perhaps blog form is what I was looking for all along. I can tell a random story and it will not have to relate to the ones around it
Mostly I hope you enjoy the Leaves On My Tree. My family tree is full of colorful leaves who led colorful lives. As you get to know each leaf you will understand why my mother called me a "flibberty-gibbet". It was meant lovingly by the way.
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As a new reader to your blog, I welcome this re-introduction. Great idea!ReplyDeleteReplies
I thought it might be time.Delete
Glad to meet you again Emma!ReplyDeleteReplies
The pleasure is all mine.Delete
I didn't realize that Emma isn't your real name, Emma, I mean Whoever You Are. Are you actually a burly cross-country truck driver named Chuck who used to be a professional wrestling champion named Lou Thesz before the operation turned you into Sheila, Queen of the burlesque circuit before the second operation and hormone therapy and hair restorer turned you back into Chuck so you could masquerade as Emma, Nebraska farm girl? My goodness, that idea was worthy of Yorkshire Pudding!ReplyDeleteReplies
I wish I had all those personas. I actually did drive cross-country truck for a time. I did not wrestle but Lou Thesz would be one I would emulate if I did. I would not go through any surgery that I could avoid so a sex change would be out of the question. I really did grow up in Nebraska and lived on several farms. Your version of me does sound interesting though.Delete
I love your blog name. Besides, it's the only one I know, the only one I care about knowing, and the one that I associate with you, my friend. Even when I know someone's "real" name, I usually call them by their blog name (on their blog, I mean) because it's less confusing that way. I chose my name for the same reason you chose yours. Snowbrush is a Cascade Mountain shrub with shiny leaves that smell like cinnamon. It needs no other decoration, yet it has mountains of white flowers that look like scores of steeples, and are besieged by multitudes of bees. It's seeds need fire to germinate, and they can wait for many, many years until a fire comes along. When I die, I would be pleased to have my ashes scattered among the snowbrush.ReplyDelete
I see that you know my friend, Rhymes. He's a good man and I love him. We rarely agree about anything, but this fact doesn't make me love him less, it just makes him the more interesting to me, it being very hard to change my opinions or have my heart softened by people who agree with everything I say.
As for the purpose of your blog being what it is, is there anything that I need to do differently to better support you in that?Replies
Thank you for telling about snowbrushes. They are something I wish to see. Your plans of having your ashes scattered among them is beautiful. I have been trying to decide where to have my ashes distributed but no place strikes me as perfect yet. Rhymes with plague has an interesting blog. I recommend it to any who have not read it. I also recommend yours. Both are thought provoking. I ask nothing in support of my blog other than people read it with open minds and hearts. As I said it is written for my offspring. I want them to know the stories of our family. Our family makes us who we are.Delete
I love that your mother called you a flibberty gibbet! That reminds me of the song "Maria" from the Sound of Music!ReplyDeleteReplies
I have my flighty moments. I am too impulsive for my own good sometimes.Delete
Thanks for this re-introduction, Emma. Although I am privileged to know your actual name and you know mine as well. I agree with you on the wiseness of using an alias for blog posting purposes especially as your blog is so personal in revealing details on your family. I'm sure your family will appreciate the legacy you are leaving them with the stories of your life and snippets of theirs as well.ReplyDeleteReplies
They have been after me for years to write a book. I have tried several times but the organization never comes out right. Blogging is ideal because I can write one little story at a time. It does not matter if I repeat myself because some of the stories are connected. And I have made some good friends as a bonus.Delete


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Saturday, May 8, 2010
Polymer Clay on Canvas- new project
Here it is so far! A 16" x 20" blank canvas. I'll be doing a 3D tidepool themed piece- the biggest ever! My plan is to document my daily progress here....I promise it will be more interesting looking tomorrow. Decision #1- is the canvas vertical or horizontal?
Posted by Gera Scott Chandler at Saturday, May 08, 2010
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Would it be more of a challenge if we told you 'horizontal or vertical'? I'd vote for vertical, lolReplyDelete
Looking forward to day 2
waiting with anticipation to next stage of tommorow's partReplyDelete
Tirza wolf,
- ChristineRitcheyMay 9, 2010 at 1:36 PM
Oh my golly! This is going to be VERY interesting! I love your work and I love tidal pools! I'm waiting with baited breath to see tomorrow's creation. Wait, that could be the Mexican food I had for lunch! *-) Seriously, this is going to be fun!ReplyDelete
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By Dennis G. Veldhuizen, CLINT Lawyers & Mediators
On 1 March 2016, the House for Whistleblowers Act (Wet Huis voor klokkenluiders) (the Act) was adopted by the Dutch senate. The Act will enter into effect on 1 July 2016.
What's up?
The Act a) provides for legal protection to whistleblowers and b) creates an authoritative body, the House for Whistleblowers (the House). The House advises on and initiates investigation into wrongdoing within organisations.
An overview of the Act's important elements:
• Employers who employ at least 50 employees are obliged to adopt a whistleblowers' regulation. Such regulation must address at least (i) the manner in which an internal notification is dealt with; (ii) when a suspicion of wrongdoing has arisen; (iii) which responsible person must be notified of the wrongdoing; (iv) the confidential treatment of a notification; and (v) that the employee has the right to consult an advisor on a confidential basis;
• The employer must provide information about the circumstances under which a suspicion of wrongdoing may be disclosed externally;
• The definition of employee in the Act is broad. The term 'employee' includes civil servants or any persons performing work other than under an employment contract, such as self-employed persons, trainees or volunteers.
The whistleblowers' regulation must be approved by the Works Council prior to its implementation.
House for Whistleblowers
The new Act arranges for the establishment of a 'House for Whistleblowers'. The House is split into a department of advice and an investigation department.
The advice department has the task to inform employees about the steps they can take when they suspect wrongdoing.
The investigation department can lodge an inquiry into the suspicion of wrongdoing. Furthermore, this department can initiate an investigation into the manner in which the employer handled the notification by an employee. Once the inquiry has been completed, the department draws up a report in which it makes recommendations.
The investigation department is authorised to request information and to demand inspection of business documents. The employer is obliged to cooperate with these requests. Cooperation may only be refused if the interests of national security are at stake or in case of a violation of professional secrecy or statutory regulations.
The employee can request the House to conduct an investigation. The House will not institute an investigation if (i) the request is obviously unfounded; (ii) the public interest or the seriousness of the wrongdoing is insufficient or (iii) or the suspicion of the wrongdoing is primarily subject to the assessment of another authority.
An employee who notifies a suspicion of wrongdoing may not be retaliated against by the employer. The employee can successfully invoke legal protection if three requirements are met:
• the suspicion of wrongdoing should be based on reasonable grounds;
• the notification is made in good faith; and
• the employee has acted with all due care both in procedural and material terms.
This protection relates to dismissal and salary reduction. The burden of proof in respect of the employer´s retaliation lies with the employee.


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Belper Hockey Club's U16 Girls finished fifth at the Nationals Finals.
They drew their first match against Wakefield, lost to a strong Surbiton and dominated in a win against Epsom.
Unfortunately this resulted in them missing out on the 3/4th place playoffs due to goal difference and they finished in a very respectable fifth place.
The only team who beat them were the eventual winners Surbiton.
Squad members: Emily Bailey, Maisie Clarke, Phoebe Collier, Lucy Cooke, Emily Dale, Hannah Davey, Lucie Gale, Sarah Glenn, Issy Hosein, Katie Murfin, Hannah Rosenbaum, Alice Selby, Maddie Taylor, Brianna Undy, Maddie Vaughan, Gemma Williams.


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a young or small fish, especially a very small salmon or trout.
something very small.
Origin of fingerling
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019
Examples from the Web for fingerling
Historical Examples of fingerling
The fingerling rose, with a jerk, from the water, and was no more seen.The Watchers of the Trails
Charles G. D. Roberts
There were infant big-mouthed bass in the lake and fingerling trout in many of the streams.Operation Terror
William Fitzgerald Jenkins
a very young fish, esp the parr of salmon or trout
a diminutive creature or object
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Our first Saturday meeting in quite a while was a blast! Big thanks to everyone who came to Newport News! We had several first time visitors with us and quite a few new memberships, also. Thank you all so much for your support of Babywearing International of Hampton Roads.
Ashley T opened the meeting and announced a new schedule beginning this September. BWIofHR will meet on the Second Saturday of each month on the Peninsula (Newport News, Hampton, & Yorktown areas) and the Third Friday of each month in rotating locations throughout the rest of Hampton Roads.
Ginger H announced that the tshirts & bags from the pre-order were available for pickup. The only issue is that the 2T tshirts are on back order and she will keep everyone up to date on their arrival.
Caitlyn S & Ashley T put out a call for volunteers at The Big Latch On events in Newport News and Portsmouth on August 3rd. We will have information tables and a babywearing fashion at both events. Please join our local chatter group to stay up to date on these events.
Our Carry of the Month is the Double Hammock Torso Carry. Caitlyn demonstrated how to do this carry for the group and then the Volunteer Babywearing Educators broke off into separate stations to help people individually with the COTM and other questions about their carriers.
Babywearing International, Inc. held a June membership drive that allowed local BWI groups to keep 100% of the membership dues. To celebrate and thank all of our new members for their financial support, BWI of HR held a raffle with some fabulous prizes for everyone who joined through this meeting. Prizes included wine baskets, a home spa package, BWIofHR tshirts, tupperware, and a K'tan baby carrier donated by Diaper Junction.
We hope everyone had a great time and look forward to seeing more babywearers at The Big Latch On events and the August BWIofHR meeting!


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Taking multiple pictures at once can weed out those rogue blurry shots, or the ones where someone is mid-blink. So make like a professional photographer and take a bunch of photos from each angle, then go through them and save the best one(s).
Consumer cameras, including phone cameras, have moderately wide-angle settings, which means that objects in the foreground (like your nose) may appear larger than they are. Stepping back evens everything out – and it's great for group shots, too.
Light reflections will bring your eyes to life, so make sure you're facing a light source, whether indoors or outdoors.
This makes sure that you don't disappear into the background. Also, check behind you to ensure that you won't have a tree growing out of your head in the finished photo.
It's harsh, unflattering to skin, and can cause sharp shadows that distract from the focus of the image.
The horizon glow bleaches out skin imperfections and gives you an instant St. Tropez luminescence. You know, so only take photos at dawn and dusk.
Lengthening your body and improving your posture makes for a more flattering shot.
This elongates the face and accentuates the jawline.
Try the method beloved by photographer Peter Hurley – it's just a tiny physical shift which makes a massive change to portrait photos.
Another Peter Hurley trick, this is slightly pinching your bottom lids and slightly squinting your upper eyelid (pinching + squinting = squinching, see?) to appear more compelling in photos. And, once you get the hang of it, it works.
Try Tyra Banks' favourite photo trick – smiling with your eyes. Relax your mouth and try and express happiness with your eyes. Allegedly it makes your face softer.
The wind will change, and you might stay that way.
The contours of your face will create a more interesting image than a head-on shot.
Instead of having to fake a smile, your emotions will encourage a genuine smile.
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16-year-old South Side male found in a pool of blood with bullets in his chest Saturday was part of one of the city's youngest and most potentially dangerous street gangs, though detectives said they do not believe the killing was gang related.
Brandon Adkins, 16, 372 E. Philadelphia Ave., who was shot to death Saturday at 3124 South Ave., was part of the youth gang H-Block, whose territory includes Hilton Avenue on the city's South Side.
The Mahoning County coroner ruled the death the city's seventh homicide this year. The report said Adkins died from gunshot wounds to his back and abdomen.
Reports said officers found Adkins lying in a large pool of blood with a large angry crowd around him that caused officers to call for additional backup.
Witnesses said they awoke to gunshots and discovered Adkins lying in the driveway.
Another witness told officers Adkins was involved in disputes with two other males at the Ally's Food Mart.
Youngstown chief of detectives Rod Foley said Tuesday the investigation did not reveal anything that involved gang activity, and noted investigators were making progress.
The Tribune Chronicle learned of Adkins' suspected involvement in the gang during a probe of the city's gang culture.
Adkins recently had been released from the Juvenile Detention Center, where he was being held in connection to a burglary.
Foley described the gang as a hodge-podge of kids who grew up in the same area. He said they normally picked easy targets and would occasionally skip school to burglarize homes.
''A lot of times these guys are hit and miss with their everyday activities,'' he said.
The presence of H-Block in the area caused several residents to move from the area and others to consider moving. The gang has about a dozen members, including one teenager that started the gang whom law enforcement members have compared to notorious Youngstown killer William J. "Flip'' Williams.
Williams was executed in 2005 after being convicted of four counts of aggravated murder in 1991 for killing three men in order to keep his monopoly of the city's drug trade.
Law enforcement has been aware of the gang since 2009, during a string of robberies that occurred on and around South Avenue. The victims reported being robbed by kids.
''Some of these kids don't think about tomorrow,'' Foley said. ''They don't want to go to jail, but they don't fear it. They don't fear consequences.''
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About Me
- Name: KNITWHIT
- Location: Michigan, United States
Just opened a small yarn shop in Gaylord, Michigan. I'm a complete and TOTAL KNITAHOLIC!
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Nice to have you back. I've missed you but understand the stress'. Keep on Keeping on. Looking forward to hearing more soon.
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A Devout Spice Girl
I'm not a great cook, but I don't think I'm bad either. I usually stick to pan-fried or stir-fried viands because they are very forgivable (I just make sure I don't burn them or serve them completely raw). I made a pan-seared sea bass fillet not too long ago and my mom, who happens to be my worst critic next to moi, was like "you actually made that?" Thanks, Mother, you are truly the best.
What's my secret to passing off regular food for pseudo gourmet feasts? Spices -- I thank the good Lord for them because they make my life (as a self-proclaimed student of the culinary arts) a whole lot easier. Finding a recipe and changing it up a little to make it your own is the hard part. When you're standing in the kitchen, a bunch of raw ingredients in one hand and armed with a large wooden spoon in the other, you probably feel like the best chef in the world and nothing can stop you from creating the most flavorful dish ever. Just a dash of spice and you're bound to impress palates other than your own.
The trick is to use some -- not USE ALL OF THEM AT ONCE. Too much of the stuff will create an overwhelming (albeit confusing) dish. Spices are meant to highlight the main ingredients, not overpower them. Let me remind you, it's called Grilled Chicken with Rosemary...not Rosemary with Chicken. If you're going for flavor over aesthetics, I suggest chopping the leaves into tiny bits. This way, the flavors are released exponentially and you get to taste it in every single bite. They smell pretty darn good, too.
If you're using dried herbs (which, by the way, I am so not against), try adding them before your meat is fully cooked. They're actually more flavorful that way. Fresh herbs, on the other hand, are better added right before you switch the stove off so they don't look too mushy. Tend to an herb garden and you'll never have to buy the stuff from the supermarket again.
Look at me, getting all excited about herbs and spices. You should hear me when I talk about other stuff -- like the beach, Ethan Hawke, and shopping -- you'll never hear the end of it.


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Today after trawling the internet looking for some great reading material to support my Bible studies, I noticed Christianity forums packed with innocent questions, and even genuinely ignorant inquiries about God. You can always tell the ones that don't read the Bible, and haven't bothered to check facts first before they start talking about what they don't know. Questions like if God really loves us why doesn't he sort out these evil terrorists ISIS? Some of the questions can appear really rather rude and offensive but bless them, they, for whatever reason genuinely don't have any support in answering their questions about God, and judging by their concerns, they are motivated to learn; hence the questions. If only people like myself could just stop for a minute and take the time to ignore the direct insults and abuse -and just see the authentic desire to know God, even just a little bit. Well, it came to me about how wonderful it would be if I were to create or find comic books that covered the Bible. I started to research and lo and behold, I found the greatest thing. The wonderfully and talented artist who works for both DC Comics and Marvel, Sergio Cariello, has illustrated a Bible series called The Action Bible. I can't tell you how excited I feel and can't wait to get hold of a copy; and if they are as good as they look, I'll be buying copies for my children and anyone else who could do with getting to know God without barriers. This is perfect and I'm so happy today – Happy Sunday!
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QDEAR BARRY: I'm embarrassed to confess that I broke your cardinal rule: I bought a property without having it inspected. The building was originally a single-family home, but the seller divided it into three separate living units by adding two kitchens and a few partition walls. The conversion was nearly completed, and the property seemed to be in acceptable condition. All that remained was some patch-up work in the new kitchens. But now the building department says the conversion is illegal and I can only have one kitchen in the building. The trouble is, I need three rents to cover the mortgage. What can I do? -- Bernard
ADEAR BERNARD: There may be no satisfactory solution for your problem. The building department is the final arbiter of what is a legal and acceptable use for a building. If the property is specifically zoned as a single-family residence and the building department has decided to uphold that use, you have no choice but to comply. Not only will you lose the benefit of the additional rental income, but you will also have to pay to reconvert the building to its originally intended use.
The lack of a home inspection, however, was not your only error. You also should have determined the permit status of the work. When considering a property that has been altered in any significant way, it is essential that buyers learn whether the work has been done with permits and has been signed off on by the building department. Without legal approval, financial consequences can be severe.
A further concern in this transaction is the matter of seller disclosure. If the work on the property was done without a building permit, the seller was obligated to reveal that circumstance on the disclosure statement. Failure to divulge matters of importance is a violation of law in most states. In that regard, the seller would seem to bear some liability for your current position. Check with a lawyer.
When buyers forgo a home inspection, they save a few hundred dollars that could have saved them thousands. Nothing should ever be assumed when making an investment as large as residential or commercial real estate. Buyers need to know what they are buying before they buy it. Or to paraphrase an old adage, "Don't count your kitchens before they're patched."
DEAR BARRY: We are remodeling our 80-year-old home. It has a lath and plaster interior, and we're concerned about the lack of insulation in the walls. If we inject insulation into the wall spaces, we might not get even distribution of the insulating material. The alternative is to remove the plaster and replace it with Sheetrock. This will enable us to install fiberglass batt insulation. What do you recommend? -- Lewis
DEAR LEWIS: If you blow loose-fill insulation into existing walls or if you inject plastic foam, it's difficult to fill the stud spaces completely. Fire blocks, wall bracing, electrical wiring and the plaster residue that protrudes between wood lath can all restrict the full distribution of insulation. Some companies that install these materials try to compensate by injecting insulation at high and low levels at each stud space, but even this approach does not guarantee that cavities will be completely filled.
The alternative, replacing the lath and plaster, is considerably more costly and labor intensive, but the outcome is certain and of higher quality. All wall cavities will be fully insulated, interior surfaces will be more evenly finished, you will have a chance to evaluate concealed portions of the construction in need of repairs, and you will be able to install new electrical wiring without restrictions. If you can afford it, replacing the interior surface materials will be a more effective way to upgrade your home.
Barry Stone is a professional home inspector. If you have questions or comments, contact him through his Web site, www.housedetective.com, or send mail to 1776 Jami Lee Ct., Suite 218, San Luis Obispo, Calif. 93401.
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Tonight: Columbia Mentoring Initiative 2010 Career Panel!
(From Facebook)
Join the Columbia Mentoring Initiative, the Black Alumni Council, CU Pride, Latino Alumni Association of Columbia University, and the Asian Columbia Alumni Association for a career panel and networking event tonight @ 7pm in the Broadway Sky Lounge (Broadway and West 114th Street).
The evening will provide students with two mentoring and networking opportunities: a career panel composed of alumni from different backgrounds and diverse career fields, and the choice to choose dinner tables assigned to specific career fields.
Evening Schedule:
7:00 Dinner and Discussion with Table
7:30 Career Panel – Introductions and Q&A Session
8:30 Dessert and Mingling
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Monday, April 14, 2008
Do a lot of reading?
Amazon has their own wireless reading device, Kindle. It caught my attention after we recently ordered a new book to study at our homegroup meetings. The same book we're studying was available on Kindle books. And it was available for less as a Kindle book, much less actually. The book itself was $5 less but considering that we paid shipping on the book we would have saved $9.00 if we used Kindle. That grabbed my attention.
Considering that we average about 4-6 new books a month between Jake and I, I started to see the advantages of a wireless reading device. Besides the books costing less, saving shelf space, and the environmental factor - It's yours instantly. No more running to the bookstore to see if it's in stock or waiting for days for the UPS guy wondering "is today the day??"
So, what do you think? Have wireless reading devices gotten your attention? Do you think they would be a help or a hindrance in your busy life? I've already had about 6 ways it would be more convenient to have one run through my mind. Could you see yourself using one?
In case you're curious, this is the book we're studying in our homegroup (which is just another word for Bible study at someone's home :-D) :
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- David said...
You have to read a LOT to get your money's worth from Kindle. The initial cost is $400. Keep in mind that you OR Jake can read an eBook, but not both at the same time.
Books on demand will be cost-competitive with Kindle, but you'll get a real paper book that you can dog-ear, take notes in and not have to worry about dropping or environmental hazards like humidity or heat (you can't leave a Kindle in the car).
I'm avoiding eReaders, but thehn again... I don't read often.
- April 14, 2008 at 5:06 PM
- Jenna said...
When Suze Orman was on the Oprah show and said that for X amount of hours you could download Suze's latest book, Woman and Money, for free, I quickly downloaded.
I read it in 3 days and loved it. I don't know anything about Kindle, but I would definately consider downloading a book again.
- April 14, 2008 at 11:12 PM
- David said...
I would love a Kindle myself. I like looking up things as I'm reading, and it has access to a dictionary and Wikipedia. You can take notes, highlight, and clip key passages for later. You can also read the newspaper and subscribe to your online newsfeeds. The store is accessible free anywhere on the Sprint network (except Montana and Alaska for now) and they claim: Buy a book and it is auto-delivered wirelessly in less than one minute.
Ultimately, I would love one if I could afford it (which I hear is a common complaint.) If I had one I would treat it much like my laptop. I wouldn't let my kids play with it, leave it unattended, or leave it in some extreme environment.
Let me know if you get one!
- April 17, 2008 at 11:17 AM


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Aesthetec Studio has once again taken to the Kickstarter crowdfunding website to launch its new second generation of Little Robot Friends, but come in easy to assemble kits for children to learn more about electronics and code.
The Little Robot Friends take the form of expressive characters that are available as either Ghosty, Spikey or Curvy and have now been upgraded with more powerful processors, more sensors and a rechargeable battery pack as well as wireless communication via Bluetooth.
Watch the video below to learn more about the new range of Little Robot Friends which are now available to back via Kickstarter with pledges starting from just $60 for early bird backers.
Made out of a circuit board and simple electrical components, Little Robot Friends introduces electronics and code literacy in a playful way. The robots have multiple sensory receptors: they can sense light, hear sound, receive touch, and detect movement. They can talk or sing to you in their own language (beepboop-ese) and express their moods through their RGB LED eyes. They can communicate wirelessly to each other, and to your smart devices. And best of all, they are programmable by you.
Crafty is our new addition to the family and looks a bit different. With Crafty, you can create your own Little Robot Friend using almost any material. Crafty has all the same parts as the other LRFs, so your new robot can sing the same songs, perform the same tricks, and play the same games as Spikey, Curvy, and Ghosty!
For more information on the new Little Robot Friends jump over to the Kickstarter website for details following the link below.
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