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Last week, I asked you guys to submit your questions and suggestions to the Melodic Mailbag, and you came through in force. I got some great questions, and a ton of suggestions for music to write about and listen to. I checked out everything you guys sent in, and while I won't have time to write about most of it, you hipped me to some very cool stuff I'd never heard.
Here are some of the questions I got; feel free to send in more for next week! The easiest ones for me to answer are the ones that flat-out just ask a question in one or two sentences. But of course, your digressions are also welcome.
Let's get to it!
Byrn Stuff writes:
Do you think hip hop could find a place in game soundtracks outside of sports and crime games? I love the genre, but I feel like it's pigeonholed into games of a certain type.
I'd love to see more hip hop in games, and think it could certainly find home outside of the games its usually found in these days. Since "hip hop" is such a broad categorization, there is absolutely no reason that the kinds of beats, sounds and vocals associated with it can't be featured in more games.
One game I recently played that had a clearly hip-hop-influenced soundtrack was Beat Sneak Bandit. I guess you could call that a "crime game," heh, but I don't think that's what you're talking about.
Also, some of the (fairly odd and arguably cheesy) rap on JRPGs like Persona 3 (featuring the MC Lotus Juice) and The World Ends With You feature hip-hop that helps the games feel distinctive and hip.
So, in short: yes! I would love to see more good, interesting hip-hop in games. The main reason is that not every game fits with a soundtrack like that, but the ones that do are the ones that make a big point of being different and cool. So, I'd love to see more games like that.
Aspiring musician/YouTuber Mega Josh writes:
I know people like me often partner with Machinima and IGN, but what are the disadvantages/advantages? What's the difference in income between someone "independent" and someone partnered with either if they make youtube partner? Can someone make partner doing covers? Any other advice?
Well, for starters: I've never worked with IGN or Machinima on their YouTube channels, so I can't really speak to how those programs work specifically. My advice is more broad, but hopefully still useful.
In general, I'm wary of signing up for partnerships like the ones you're talking about. They can be perfectly okay as promotional assistants, and ostensibly a good way to get your music in front of people, but when it comes down to it, I'm not certain that they provide anything that you can't just do on your own. More importantly, they give you something that is easy for them to give—some visibility, a place in their community—and in return, they take something that is potentially incredibly valuable—the rights to your work.
The real power of the web is that you don't have to rely on someone like that, which usually involves giving them rights to your content and/or control over how you distribute it. The best thing you could do is to be an active part of communities like those ones (as well as NeoGAF, and OCremix, Reddit, etc). Use message boards and forums to network with the creative people you'll need to work with—editors, video folks, etc—and then just go get it done for yourself.
However, if you decide you want to sign up for a program like the ones you mention, more power to you. The only thing I would suggest is that you read (REALLY READ) the agreements you sign before you sign them.
It's hard to really pore over those documents, and you'll probably have already made up your mind to go through with it, which makes it harder. But find the sections on rights and ownership of work, and read them carefully. Make sure you understand what you're seeing. Have someone else, maybe a family member or lawyer friend, look over it and tell you what they're seeing. Take it very seriously. As a general rule, I find it's best to approach every creative endeavor as though you're going to become incredibly successful—it's not just a healthy way to push yourself, it will also encourage you to make smart business decisions from the beginning. And it's positive thinking!
Read everything, know who will have the rights to your work, and the moment someone asks you to give up those rights, have a very serious conversation with yourself about what you're giving up, and what you're giving it up for.
Brandon writes:
I was wondering if you could do a post on the Elder Scrolls soundtracks. Since Morrowind I've like fallen in love with the music but Skyrim has been a bit disappointing. The soundtrack (as well as the game) seems to lack the same depth as the last games unfortunately. The only memorable song is the theme song but it doesn't instill the same epic feelings Morrowind did.
I actually really came to like Jeremy Soule's soundtrack for Skyrim, though like I do with other open world games, I often turn off the music.
But your point about Morrowind's soundtrack is well-taken. In fact, I will write about it this very day. Check back in a little bit.
DocSeuss writes in to ask about procedural music and "burnout" on a game's soundtrack:
Long games often replay music, which means people might risk being burned out. Having forgettable, non-attention-getting ambient music, or using some sort of procedural music, seems to be a way to counter music burnout. Are there other ways to avoid creating music burnout? What are the possible negatives of using, say, procedural music?
This is a super-interesting topic for me—how the fact that we hear and then re-hear video game music over and over distinctly shapes the way we react to it.
I definitely think that one of the reasons that older video game music sticks with us to the amazing degree that it does is due to the fact that we listened to the same short tunes, with their simple, hooky melodies, over and over and over again. While Koji Kondo's original theme for Super Mario Bros. is a great little melody, a significant percentage of that tune's lasting appeal lies in the fact that we simply heard it over and over, and in the process came to associate that melody incredibly strongly with the game.
Very few film scores, for example, achieve that kind of ubiquity—only the Star Wars soundtrack really comes close, in terms of how often it's been heard and how closely it's tied with its main experience.
There's a longer article in this, to be certain, as it's something I've thought about quite a bit, but to answer your question about procedural music: There are pros and cons to the approach, but I think that it can yield some really interesting stuff.
It requires a different sort of compositional approach to write music that can shift and change depending on the whims of a computer system—when it's done right as in, say, Red Dead Redemption, Flower or Botanicula, it can present a fascinating new way to write and experience music. When it's lazy, it can fall into the same traps as any other type of music—it can feel repetitive and boring.
Writing music that can hold up in a 100+ hour game is no small feat—I've gotten sick of the music in just about every open-world game I've played, from Skyrim to Minecraft. Even procedural music, I'd think, probably can't hold up to that kind of playtime. And if it's going to, I'd say that "less is more" is always the smart approach.
Dan Mesa writes:
Best Mega Man soundtrack: Go!
Oh, man. This is super hard, at least in part because I haven't played every Mega Man game. But I have listened to pretty much all of the music, and while it's perhaps the "safe" choice, I have to go with Mega Man 2.
It is probably the most anthemic of all the classic 8-bit melodies, at least for me—does it get any better than this stuff? It's almost like they're kidding, it's so triumphant.
That said, I do dig the music for Mega Man X which is good enough to give rise to amazing remix projects like this.
Which brings us to our last question…
MrVoletron asks:
What do you think about OC Remix?
That is an easy one: I think that OC Remix is flippin' awesome. (here's a link to them, if you don't know them.) I'm amazed that a group of people can work so tirelessly to put together remix collections like the one above, and think that working with them is a fantastic way for people who are interested in getting into video game music to try something out.
When writing music, it can be a really good idea to "ghostwrite" by taking someone else's song, using their introduction like it's your own, and then going in your own direction. While you obviously can't publish or sell that stuff, doing a remix is very much in the same vein—by learning and rearranging a classic tune, you get to get inside of it and learn how it works.
Plus, the community there is really cool, and lots of great, successful composers check out and contribute to their remixes. So, yes: OC Remix= cool in my book.
And, since we're sharing a track that someone sent in, here's one submitted by Qemyst, in keeping with our quest for better hip-hop in the video game scene. Here's Qemyst:
Deltron 3030 was a concept album between Del Tha Funkee Homosapien, scratching/turntables by Kid Koala and production by Dan the Automator. The WHOLE album is sort of a story told by Del, who uses an alter ego known as Deltron Zero. This song "3030" is a masterpiece of nerdy awesomeness, as far as I am concerned. Not only that, it's just awesome on a truly epic scale.
So that wraps up our first Melodic Mailbag! Thanks to everyone who sent in questions and emails. If you've got a question for next week, send them to me at email@example.com and put "melodic" in the subject line, and I'll answer them next week. And remember: suggestions are valued, but questions will be more likely to get published in the Mailbag!


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NCAA To Announce USC Decision On FridayPosted by nvr1983 on May 31st, 2010
Over the past two weeks three of the premier college basketball programs in the country had been hit by scandals (Kentucky with the ongoing Eric Bledsoe saga, Kansas with a ticket scam, and Connecticut with…we don't even know where to begin). The latest college powerhouse — USC — may not be in the same realm of those schools in terms of basketball heritage, but it may send bigger shock waves through the NCAA landscape than any decision by the NCAA in years when the NCAA announces its decision on punishing the school on Friday. While the headlines of this proceeding will center around alleged improprieties involving Heisman Trophy-winning running back Reggie Bush, the case of O.J. Mayo and the infamous Rodney Guillory could also be be brought up. The Trojans have already self-imposed sanctions on themselves stemming from the Mayo case, but are continuing to contest the allegations against Bush and his family. Although any punishments levied would be against the football program as "repeat offenders" since they were sanctioned in 2001 and the Bush era (2003-2005) falls within the 5-year window the sanctions might have significant ramification for all Trojan programs. Beyond the obvious direct impact of taking back the 2004 BCS title, Bush's 2005 Heisman trophy, and essentially erasing the highly-controversial USC dynasty from the record books, a harsh verdict would be a blow to all USC athletic programs and provide strong ammunition for every team recruiting against the Trojans in the coming years. While many readers are undoubtedly convinced that the NCAA will only impose superficial sanctions on the Trojans there is a chance that they may come down harder than expected particularly now that both USC programs have fallen on (relatively) hard times and the NCAA would not be losing as much of a cash cow as it would have had they sanctioned the Trojans two years ago.

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At least some content in this article is derived from information featured in the latest update of Pottermore. As such, spoilers will be present within the article. Please take care when reading this article if you have not yet been through the latest update.
- "What did you expect? Pumpkin Juice?"
- —Poppy Pomfrey[src]
Skele-Gro (alternately spelled Skelegro)[2] is a dreadful-tasting potion which causes vanished or otherwise lost bones to regrow in a notably slow and painful process.
Harry needed a dose of Skele-Gro after the bones in his right arm were broken during a Quidditch match in the 1992-1993 school year. Despite Harry's wishes, Professor Lockhart foolishly attempted to mend the bones, accidentally causing them to disappear instead.[3] Later that year, when Lockhart completely redecorated the Great Hall as a morale-booster for Valentine's Day, Professor Snape, being one of the teachers, was disgusted by this action, and looked as though he was fed a large beaker of Skele-Gro.
Draco Malfoy mentions in the 1994-1995 school year that he had previously attributed Rubeus Hagrid's giant-like stature to a possible accidental overdose of Skele-Gro as a child. However, it is unknown if the potion could have such an effect, and it is known that Hagrid's size is as a result of being half-giant.[4]
Griphook was administered Skele-Gro by Fleur Delacour after escaping from Malfoy Manor.[5]
On 22 May, 2014, during the final match of the first round of the 427th Quidditch World Cup between Wales and Germany, the quick administration of Skele-Gro saved German Seeker Thorsten Pfeffer's life after he failed an attempt at the life-threatening Wronski Feint. Pfeffer collided with the ground at what onlookers estimated to be sixty miles per hour, broke most of his bones and was left believing himself to be a budgerigar called Klaus.[2]
Harry Potter compared it to having a million splinters lodged in his arm. The potion comes in a large bottle and smokes as it is dispensed. Swallowing it burns the throat, and, according to Harry, it tasted awful and he spat it out when he first tried it. For a magical treatment, Skele-Gro is surprisingly slow working, taking most of the night to regrow the bones in Harry's arm.
Behind the scenes
- In the film adaption of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, according to the label on the Skele-Gro bottle: "1100 drops. Bone Regenerator. Bone-fide results every time. Sold only by Reubens Winkius and Company Inc.".
- The top part of the bottle is shaped like the ribcage and arms of a human skeleton. The lid of a bottle is shaped like a human skull.
- In the film adaption of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Dobby hits himself in the head with the bottle of Skele-Gro when Harry questioned him about what terrible thing was going to happen to the school.
- In LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4, Madam Pomfrey is out of Skele-Gro, and must make more with the help of Ron and Hermione. Also, the potion appears to work instantly.
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game) (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
- The Wizarding World of Harry Potter
- The Making of Harry Potter
- LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4
- Pottermore


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Hello Crags,
I suffer from what I would call severe retraction as well. I am new to the whole condom catheter and what do you mean by the foam strap and velcro? The ones I have are from coloplast/coveen and they are pre-sticky? I have several samples and they keep falling off...help!!!!
Hi Crags,
I read your post about using the intermittent compression sleeves on your legs. I have recently posted questions about this but got a negative response from KLD. I still want to know about the possibilities of this product. I do have edema in right knee (just found out from MRI) but also interested to know if this equipment does what it says it does: warms up muscles, helps circulation, etc. Any input would be greatly appreciated. Thanks


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Allied wrote:Name: ShareTV
Born: April 2003(as BuckTV)
Died: December 2004
Description: ED2K TV link exchange site.
Cause of Death:MPAA terrorism. Article
BigIanG wrote:A small correction on btefnet - the site really started in Summer/Fall 02, along with tvtorrents. I think it was originally #bt on undernet, then moved over to efnet after undernet was DDoS'd. It had a lot of different websites/hosts/logos over the years before it was shut down.
tvtorrents.ws has a similar story. Started Summer/Fall 02 (was definately online in October 2002) originally on efnet. Numerous web addresses including slashze.ro, and even just an ip for a time. Went offline summer 2003 after several DDos attacks, came back a few months later. Had a group split off to start tv-swarm and was eventually closed after a MPAA letter/suit just before btefnet and others. Logo can be found at http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&lr=&q=site%3Atvtorrents.tv&sa=N&tab=wi
How about adding #channel0 on efnet? It was around from early 2002 - Fall 2003 when it went invite-only. Before that it was keyed to supposedly make it private, but the key was freely available. It was killed by it's own success - the queues on the bots got out of hand so TPTB made it invite-only.
For the 02-03 TV season, these 3 sites were the places to get shows online, and there was a fierce competition between them to get the shows out first. #bt and #tvt also contributed a lot to making bittorrent popular and some of the siteops had a hand in developing the bt protocol (especially trackers' ability to handle large number of users) in the early days. I think that they were also the leaders in creating rss feeds for automatic downloads.
From the list, audiogalaxy is the mp3 site I miss the most. That place had the most bootlegs/live versions of anywhere.
Allied wrote:Can't find much info on sharingthegroove. Can you give me a cause of death?
Added a screenshot for audio galaxy. Thanks to Therese
Oldversion doesn't seem to excited about hosting dead filesharing apps. So I'll be replacing some OldVersion links with FSP links,
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Cardamom Braid with Almonds
"This version of Finnish 'pulla' has always been an important part of our family celebrations," shares Doris Lystila of Townsend, Massachusetts. "This recipe is special because it can be made in a bread machine. Cooks who do not deal well with yeast dough will find that this adaptation is just what they've been looking for."
Total TimePrep: 10 min. + rising Bake: 30 min.
Makes1 loaf
- 1 cup warm fat-free milk (70° to 80°)
- 1/4 cup butter, softened
- 2 eggs, lightly beaten
- 3-3/4 cups bread flour
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 to 2 teaspoons ground cardamom
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2-1/2 teaspoons active dry yeast
- 1 egg
- 2 tablespoons water
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- 1/4 cup sliced almonds
- In bread machine pan, place the first eight ingredients in order suggested by manufacturer. Select dough setting (check dough after 5 minutes of mixing; add 1 to 2 tablespoons of water or flour if needed).
- When cycle is completed, turn dough onto a lightly floured surface; divide into thirds. Shape each into a 20-in. rope. Place ropes on a parchment-lined baking sheet; braid. Pinch ends to seal and tuck under. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 30 minutes.
- In a small bowl, beat egg and water; brush over dough. Sprinkle with sugar and almonds. Bake at 350° for 30-35 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from pan to a wire rack to cool.
Editor's NoteWe recommend you do not use a bread machine's time-delay feature for this recipe.
Nutrition Facts1 each: 141 calories, 4g fat (2g saturated fat), 38mg cholesterol, 99mg sodium, 23g carbohydrate (0 sugars, 1g fiber), 5g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 1-1/2 starch, 1 fat.
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Apr 30, 2015
Make this often. Excellent!
Jan 17, 2010
Delicious! I used the full amount of Cardamom. I will definitely make this recipe again. Thanks.


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Like its protagonist's sputtering yellow Ford Pinto, Lewis Teague's 1983 adaptation of Stephen King's Cujo takes awhile to get moving. Our story revolves around the eponymous rabid Saint Bernard who terrorizes anyone in his path, including mother Donna Trenton (Dee Wallace, the aforementioned Pinto owner), her son Tad (Danny Pintauro) and a few other unfortunate victims. Divided almost precisely in two, Teague's adaptation spends the first half introducing us to the characters before running 'em through the wringer; it feels just like your average family drama, save for the tension mounting on Cujo's property after he's bitten by a bat while hunting. The poor pup's gradual transition from friendly to ferocious at his owner's isolated repair shop is almost depressing, especially if you're a die-hard dog lover. But since King made a successful career out of everyday terror, you'll just have to get over it or watch Lassie instead.
Originally published in 1977, Cujo is regarded as one of King's bleakest novels. For better or worse, the oppressively dark ending was changed for Teague's film adaptation...and with King's blessing, no less. Either way, the film's distinct division between personal drama and suspense works well, as the family's crumbling foundation makes the dangerous canine standoff all the more gripping. It's also largely due to strong performances by Wallace and the young Pintauro, who manage to create a realistic mother-son dynamic and sell the terror with energy to spare. Certain plot points seem a bit too convenient (Donna's husband drives a Jaguar, they've got a huge house by the ocean...and she drives a hatchback?), but the meat of Cujo's story is surprisingly fluid and believable. Though certain elements of the production have aged poorly during the last 30 years, Teague's adaptation is still effective if you're in the right mood.
Cujo was formerly the property of Artisan and Lionsgate, which guaranteed multiple home video releases. The last one was a 25th Anniversary Edition released on DVD and Blu-Ray; since then, the rights were purchased by Olive Films, who have constructed a similar quality effort for the film's 30th anniversary. Though owners of the earlier Blu-Ray will be frustrated with several of the changes presented here (as there's almost nothing in the way of overlap), it's still a solid release that fans should appreciate.
Presented in a slightly modified 1.78:1 aspect ratio (as opposed to the original 1.85:1 presentation), Cujo nonetheless looks about as good as possible under the circumstances. This was never a pretty film, as the relatively drab color palette and diffused look is either a stylistic choice or a result of cheaper film stock. This 1080p transfer appears to be similar---if not identical---to the previous Lionsgate Blu-Ray, which is generally good news: close-ups look crisp, textures are noticeable and black levels are usually quite consistent. This is a terrific presentation...and at the very least, fans should be extremely pleased that two quality 1080p releases exist to choose from. For my money, one's just as good as the other.
The audio is slightly different as well...but once again, we're not necessarily losing anything essential. Lionsgate's 25th Anniversary release featured a DTS-HD 5.1 Master Audio remix, as well as a lossy Dolby Digital mono port of the original audio mix. The former didn't add a great deal to Cujo's thin and relatively flat sound design, so Olive's new 30th Anniversary release presents the original mono as a new lossless DTS-HD 1.0 Master Audio track. I don't miss the 5.1 remix at all, and the bump to lossless adds a bit more weight to the limited source material. Unfortunately, no optional subtitles have been included.
Which brings us to this disc's only real bummer: the 45-minute "Dog Days" featurette from the 25th Anniversary disc hasn't been ported over (and, of course, neither has the earlier commentary). This isn't a huge letdown since Teague's newer commentary gives a solid overview of the production experience, but those who enjoyed the retrospective featurette might want to hang on to their older versions.
OK, so Cujo isn't exactly essential cinema, but it's still a great little thriller that packs quite a punch during the nail-biting second half. Lewis Teague's adaptation of the Stephen King bestseller is a different beast than the source material, but it still boils down to "Jaws in a junkyard"...and that's not a complaint. Olive Films' new 30th Anniversary Blu-Ray features a slightly different A/V presentation compared to the previous release, and the extras are slimmer but still enjoyable. Firmly Recommended to genre fans who don't own Cujo in high definition, but less so if they already have Lionsgate's 25th Anniversary release.


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Dog saved from house fire that killed 9 other pets
Chihuahua mix had to be revived by firefighters in Southern California
RESEDA, Calif. (KTLA) – One pet survived but nine others died in a house fire that broke out in a converted garage in Reseda on Monday afternoon.
Firefighters responded at 4:49 p.m. to a fire at a home in the 6900 block of Calvin Avenue, according to Katherine Main with the Los Angeles Fire Department.
The fire was extinguished in about 20 minutes.
While there were no injuries to residents or firefighters, six cats and three dogs were found dead inside the home, Main said.
The animals died of smoke inhalation and were beyond help, Main said.
The family living at the home was devastated by the loss.
"I never could imagine losing… half my house… and all my pets in one day," said pet owner Jill Hortz.
One small dog, a 3-year-old Chihuahua mix named Minnesota, did survive the fire thanks to the quick actions of firefighters at the scene.
"As I was running to the house I saw them giving her CPR and oxygen," pet owner Julian Hortz said. "They're angels."
Minnesota was expected to make a full recovery.
Fire officials said it appeared the fire was accidental, possibly caused by an electrical failure.
"They did have excessive amount of electronic equipment that was plugged in in that garage area," said LAFD Battalion Chief Jeff Elder.


text: I frequently browse floor plan websites… weird hobby I know. But I love finding the perfect layout and dreaming about the next time we get to build another house. I came across this cute plan on Southern Living's website and thought it was nice… it also helps to see photos of the completed (and cutely decorated) interiors. I can imagine a big group of friends gathering around this huge kitchen island and I'm pretty obsessed with all of the horizontal planked woodwork throughout the house.


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Well, I Installed the Alpha 0.1 and I was able to get to the part where you select your car (nice cars btw ), selected the Toyota Hilux, and it went to a splash screen with the frame rate in the bottom left-hand corner. So, I waited and I waited and I waited and I waited. NOTHING! Just the splash screen. So, I did what any other game raged 15 year old would do. Shut the game down and try again. This time it went to the load screen and then straight to the splash (how am I supposed to drive without a frekin car? ). Anyway this is what happens from now on even when I reinstall.
Am I supposed to put this in the I76 directory or is there some darn-fangled way of getting this to run that only the Dev team would know?
Thank you and hope to get any replies.
A Problem
Started by LEOWANKER, Feb 23 2012 09:42 AM
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Posted 23 February 2012 - 09:42 AM
Posted 23 February 2012 - 03:42 PM
It has been some time since I worked on that particular version of IO -- we've since switched to a completely different engine. That said, make sure you follow the instructions written in the main forum to the letter. I suspect that you may be running too new a version of python. Try reverting.
Posted 23 February 2012 - 03:45 PM
Posted 24 February 2012 - 08:50 AM
Im using Python 2.4.4. the one that came with the install.
Posted 24 February 2012 - 02:54 PM
Did you install as administrator? Are you running in XP compatibility mode? Windows 7 didn't even exist when we made this version...
Posted 25 February 2012 - 03:23 AM
I'm running Windows 7 Enterprise and I ran the install in XP compatibility mode and ran it as administrator.
Posted 25 February 2012 - 06:45 PM
And when you start IO you're running that in XP compatibility?
Posted 25 February 2012 - 08:31 PM
Leo, when you start the game, and select the car in the Garage and you click continue. Did you click Melee on the screen that has your FPS on it?
Posted 29 April 2012 - 09:06 AM
32 bit or 64 bit?
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Tuesday, September 21, 2010
OT: Your Puppy Fix
River discovered the hose this weekend. After playing joyously in the water stream, she promptly found a dirt pile to roll in.
Go figure. :) It took more hosing and much toweling to finally have a clean puppy again.
6 comments:
- Simon said...
if you keep this up i'll have to go and get us another dog... (don't know what the current one might think of that, she's does like to have the attention all to herself)
- September 21, 2010 at 1:46 AM
- Josh said...
You're killing me here!
I've always wanted an Alaskan Malamute. The climate in Australia is quite off-putting, but I've heard that as long as you pay attention to the needs of your dog, they'll be fine!
All we need now is a house :/
- September 21, 2010 at 2:32 AM
- Rebecca said...
Awwwww, so adorable! I'm gonna have to go back and coo and aww over other puppy pictures now...
- September 21, 2010 at 11:51 AM
::happy sigh at the cuteness::
- September 21, 2010 at 12:53 PM
Thank goodness, I was going thru withdrawl.
- September 21, 2010 at 1:57 PM
- Kae said...
Some of her siblings went to Louisiana. As long as you have Air Conditioning and a cool floor for her to lie on, a Malamute'll be happy in (nearly) any climate ;)
River's favorite place is to climb up off the carpet and onto the cool stones of our hearth.
- September 21, 2010 at 4:56 PM


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Okay, you really must read this BBC article apricotmuffins just linked to in comments: Short people rate worse on health.
Check this out:
The results predicted that increasing height could help boost feelings of wellbeing.
If men could add just 7cm (2.7in) to their height and women 6cm (2.3in), their health-related quality of life could improved by 6.1%.
No, it's not April 1, and that's not from The Onion. That is the BBC reporting on actual doctors saying that if short people would just grow, their health would improve. An extra two inches would take away those grubby little fingers and dirty little minds, evidently.
And it gets better.
Professor Gary Butler, a professor of paediatrics and growth at the University of Reading, said that there was biological evidence that taller people enjoyed better health and lived longer.
"We do know there is an association between being healthier and being taller. This relates to many types of diseases, but particularly heart disease.
"As people get healthier with better nutrition and disease prevention, their growth is better. The two factors go along in parallel."
Gosh, I had no idea nutrition was responsible for the fact that I'm not growing anymore! I thought it was, you know, because I'm 32 years old. SILLY ME.
Oh wait, you mean he's talking about the population as a whole, not individuals? Well, then it's a little funny he didn't mention what else "goes along in parallel" with improved nutrition, disease prevention, and a population getting taller: the same population getting fatter.
Huh. Weird.
Seriously, you guys, you all need to bookmark this article for perspective when reporting on THE OBESITY CRISIS gets you down. Because the language? Is exactly the same. The article even helpfully compares that imaginary addition of 2.wev inches to an imaginary loss of 10-15 kg. in an obese person. No mention of whether that's an obese person built like Sharn or Kell or Heidi, of course. But losing 10-15 kg. would totally help any obese person! Just like growing two inches!
Hell, if I grew 4 inches, I wouldn't be obese anymore, and if I grew 11 inches, I'd be "normal." MAYBE THEY'RE ON TO SOMETHING!
One more thing to pay attention to in this article. Did you notice how it said "health-related quality of life" would be improved by additional height, not plain old health? That's because of this:
[T]he study did not ascertain how healthy the individuals actually were.
Lead researcher Dr Torsten Christensen, senior health economist at Novo Nordisk, said: "We know that people who are short experience more difficulties in areas of their life such as education, employment and relationships than people of normal height.
"Although our study does not show that short height directly causes a reduction in physical health, it does indicate that short people are more likely to feel that they experience a lower health-related quality of life."
So what they're saying is, short people are discriminated against, which causes stress, which causes a "lower health-related quality of life," even if being short doesn't directly affect physical health.
I don't suppose the same could possibly be true of fat people, do you? Naaaaaah.
Also, get a load of this:
"This work reinforces a message that being taller is better. But we should not make judgements on people if they are tall or short within the normal range. It makes short people feel less adequate or well off which should not be the case."
Apparently it's still okay to judge people who are tall or short outside the normal range, though. Whew. LITTLE PEOPLE AND PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL PLAYERS ARE TOTALLY UNHEALTHY AND SHOULD TAKE BETTER CARE OF THEMSELVES!
On that note, I was going to go for a different conclusion, but I just ran into barely-awake Al (always a party) on my way to the coffeepot. And I've had several requests for more Al convos recently, so let's kill two birds with one stone.
Al [hugging me]: Hi. You blinded me with science.
(Yes, that's a fairly typical morning greeting around here.)
Me: Thank you. Speaking of science, I just found a BBC article saying that if short people would just grow two inches, their health would improve.
Al: So… are you gonna do it?
Me: Totally.
Al: [blink]
Me: I'm posting right now about how people need to remember this article when they get bummed out by obesity crisis reporting, because the template for the article is exactly the fucking same.
Al: But, um… Sorry if I'm being dumb, but how are people supposed to get taller?
Me: Yeah, they never say that in the article. Just like they never say how fat people are supposed to lose weight permanently.
Al: Ahhhh.
Me: Indeed.
Update: Spaced Cowgirl cleverly noticed that one of the lead researchers quoted in the article is employed by Norvo Nordisk, and Fillyjonk cleverly discovered that that company is indeed working on growth hormone therapy.
So, yeah, there's now officially no difference whatsoever between this and an article on the obesity crisis. Charming.


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RecognizeMe, a new jailbreak app, uses your iPhone 4's front-facing camera to scan your mug whenever you want to unlock your phone. Is it as discreet as tapping to enter? No—you probably couldn't subtly scan your face at dinner for some mid-meal texts. But it's surely a hell of a lot more secure, assuming you don't get sucked into some sort of Face/Off terrorism scenario.
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Her mother's decades-old wedding portrait, her own eighth-grade graduation photo, a snapshot that captured her mom on a carefree teenage day, all damaged in a Sandy-sparked fire at Catania's home in suburban Deer Park, N.Y.
But volunteers scattered around the world are about to start digitally mending Catania's personal photos and others battered by Sandy, banding together online to restore items that can't be rebought.
Founded after Hurricane Katrina, a nonprofit network of photographers, graphic artists and hobbyists has repaired more than 9,000 pictures discolored by floods, pockmarked by debris, speckled by mold and otherwise damaged by disasters in recent years. The Sandy project, which started this weekend, promises to be one of Operation Photo Rescue's most expert efforts yet.
"It means a lot to me," Catania said after bringing her photos to the restorers Saturday. "These are irreplaceable."
The restorers began shooting digital copies of the damaged prints with high-resolution professional cameras and specialized no-glare lighting Saturday at the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan, wearing white gloves to handle the images as though they were museum pieces.
Indeed, a Metropolitan Museum of Art imaging expert and two of the museum's photo conservators were on hand to provide advice, and two of the camera setups had been used to help the Atlanta-based King Center digitize hundreds of thousands of documents associated with Martin Luther King Jr.
After Catania left with her original prints, Operation Photo Rescue veteran Dennis McKeever glued himself to a computer screen, delicately copying snippets of forehead, sections of background, and overlaying them on similar, damaged areas of the wedding photo. Within about a half-hour, the retired computer network engineer had sewn up a sizeable gash in the portrait and was testing settings that might provide more visual data to help clean the apparently sepia-toned image.
"It's a matter of feeling your way through things," said McKeever, who has restored more than 100 photos through the group.
Other digital files would be uploaded to a password-protected website, where Operation Photo Rescue's roughly 3,000 volunteers can choose images they'd like to work on.
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The average picture takes a few hours of work; some take as long as a week, said Operation Photo Rescue President Margie Hayes, a technical writer-turned-graphic artist. She got involved in the group after 2007 floods in nearby Coffeyville, Kan., about 120 miles from her home in El Dorado, Kan.
The refurbished prints are sent to the owners for free. Film-digitizing company DigMyPics has donated the printmaking and postage; PhotoShelter, a photography site, donates the online space where the images are stored for volunteers to see.
The Sandy effort also entailed other key contributions: three image-capturing stations, provided by Ken Allen Studios, a digital-imaging business, and JPMorgan Chase. The finance giant acquired the equipment to aid the King Center's digitization project and was "excited to provide this technology to enable families in the New York area to salvage family photos that would otherwise have been lost forever," Chief Information Officer Guy Chiarello said in a statement.
Such contributions are key for an organization that had to cut off $25-a-month stipends for some volunteers' Internet service when a grant dried up in 2009. Now it solicits members for donations whenever it mobilizes to a disaster area. Hayes said she raised about $3,000 for the New York trip, and she'd like to find a way to make a similar run to a Sandy-struck area of New Jersey.
Dave Ellis, the photography director at The Free Lance-Star of Fredericksburg, Va., and Rebecca Sell, who was then a photographer at the paper, launched Operation Photo Rescue in 2006, after Katrina struck the Gulf Coast the previous summer.
The group now counts volunteers in all 50 states and 75 other countries, about 50 to 100 of whom are very active, Hayes said.
It has responded to tornadoes, flash floods and tropical storms around the United States, amassing a gallery of before-and-after images that span generations: a formal childhood portrait, rippled and flecked with dirt. A black-and-white image of a Victorian-style mansion, faded to a hazy peach. A 1970s or '80s wedding photo, so waterlogged it looked as though the couple's faces had been scribbled on with crayons. Someone cradling a dog, the apparently decades-old snapshot splotched with a chemical yellow.
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Ride Home 10/26
The road was the kind of wet that wasn't great for riding- just slick enough to seem dangerous. I don't know what route I'm going to take when things get icy, since I don't think the unabated descent down Mass will be especially fun when slick. Given my general lack of temerity, anything that's less heavily trafficked and in which cars travel at lower speeds will be greatly appreciated. But winter isn't yet. It was surprisingly hot in my work clothes and bike jacket.
I do dumb things occasionally, like ride without a front light for no apparent reason. Well, I wouldn't say "no apparent reason" because the apparent reason was that I'm worried that my front light will eject itself upon my hitting a bump. I think I'm going to take the time to tape it down at some point. Perhaps soon. (With a couple of days soon, not right now soon)
Are woman cyclists more polite?
I rode down 11th and came up another Surly guy, his brown and with one rear blade-style fender. As a rule, I like fenders, but I'm not crazy about those. Full fenders are the best.
I took E from 11th, charting my way through some nearly overwhelming bus traffic and it took pretty much forever on account of the road closures and the stop lights. I should have just stuck with Penn, but I've recently deduced (through the power of empiricism!) that it's less hilly if you ride by Union Station than if you ride by the Capitol. Of course, that requires you to ride by Union Station, which while under construction, sort of sucks.
Another bicyclist and I rode together briefly on Massachusetts past Stanton Park. He had very long curly hair and apparently wanted to ride faster than me, though in order to do so, he had to jump a light, pushing down extra hard on the pedals in order to put some space between us. Ok, dude.
I diverted to Safeway to pick up some broccoli and chocolate cake. The bike parking at Safeway is horrible. I wonder what bike parking at Arlington County grocery stores is like.
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Arlington bike parking - totally a function of the retailer and location. Around Clarendon, where the development has been county-driven/planned, there are small bike racks here and there and a larger one at Whole Foods like you might expect. At a Safeway/Giant/HT, maybe, but you're probably hoping they have a cart penitentary (rail in front of the store) that you can use!ReplyDelete
Thoroughly enjoying your blog, which I discovered through @swimbikerunDC. Cheers.
The Mass. Ave. route via E St. and Union Station is a good one. Inspired by your posts, and driven away by the street closings around Verizon Center for the horse show, I've tried it on commutes the past week. It does avoid "the Hill," but is super bumpy in front of Union Station. It almost seems like gigantic frost heaves, but that's kind of a northern thing, not so much DC right? I do like it better on the way home (east), since westbound you have to cross like 4 ill-defined lanes of traffic to make the left onto E.ReplyDelete
But, there's something kind of awesome about looking at the U.S. Capitol Building every day, on your commute.
Agreed on the suckiness of bike parking at the Safeway at 14th and D. I tied up there tonight, and most bikes forgo the "wheelbender" rack altogether and use the ADA ramp-railing-thingy.
The lack of bike racks at my destinations is really getting to be an issue. If all the parking signs are taken up, the only option is sometimes the public trash receptacles.ReplyDelete
Parking at Harris Teeter is plentiful and in the garage next to the entrance. Also I've never seen a rat in their produce section, something I can't say for the Safeway.ReplyDelete


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As Reviewers See It
In addition to myself, present in Stereophile's dedicated listening room that sunny Saturday afternoon in late July 1991 were Larry Archibald, Arnie Balgalvis, Bob Deutsch, Jack English, Corey Greenberg, Larry Greenhill, Bob Harley, J. Gordon Holt, Richard Lehnert, Guy Lemcoe, Lewis Lipnick, Peter Mitchell, Tom Norton, Dick Olsher, and Sam Tellig, with my old friend Will Hammond acting as Moderator. The meeting having sorted out the "Recommended Components" listing due to appear in the October 1991 issue, I primed the pump by reading a number of prepared statements to the assembled editors and scribes, pundits and gurus, for them to discuss. The general topic up for grabs was the responsibility of the equipment reviewer. I have split the transcript into the four natural sections into which the conversation fell, with the appropriate axioms appended to the beginning of each. I hope you find it entertaining but also illustrative of the sometimes intense arguments out of which Stereophile's editorial policy emerges. (And if anyone wants buy the film rights...)—John Atkinson
Reviewing & Responsibility
• Any magazine which publishes reviews has a primary responsibility to the truth.
• Any magazine which publishes reviews has a primary responsibility, not to its advertisers, but to its readers.
Peter W. Mitchell: Is there any contradiction?
Dick Olsher: I think they're synonymous.
Lewis Lipnick: I see it very simply. If you're going to review a piece of audio equipment, assuming you know something about the source material, which hopefully you do, then you're going to be faithful to the reader by being honest to the equipment. You review a product: if it's good, okay; if it comes out bad, well then okay...Otherwise you shouldn't be in the business of reviewing.
Arnis Balgalvis: You tell the truth; that's the bottom line...
John Atkinson: But what if that truth can eventually hurt the reader? For example, say we find that a $12,000 D/A processor sounds better than any other processor or CD player. It has been argued that we still shouldn't recommend our readers buy that processor because it is possible for something then to come along which is either better still or cheaper. It was even argued in a letter in our August issue [as well as in the September and December "Letters" columns] that it is immoral for us to recommend components that are so expensive even if they do sound better.
Lipnick: I disagree. I don't believe this is a problem...
Richard Lehnert: I think when it comes to the issue of the morality or immorality of recommending incredibly expensive equipment, you have to draw a fine line: what you're recommending is the sound; you're not necessarily recommending the purchase.
Lipnick: Correct. I'm not telling readers to buy something, I'm just saying this is the way it sounds.
Larry Archibald: I think the thing that is left out of "by telling the truth, you inevitably benefit the reader"—which I agree with—is the fact that our readers are not only asking us for the truth about the equipment, but also for our counsel. For instance, I go to a diamond merchant and the diamond merchant shows me all the diamonds on the table and they're ranked at $5000, $10,000, $15,000, $50,000, $100,000. He says to me that the $100,000 is much better than the $50,000 diamond because the $50,000 diamond has a minor flaw which almost nobody can see and the $100,000 has no flaw whatsoever. He's told me the truth, but at that point I would probably ask him whether or not it made any sense for me to buy the $100,000 diamond since the $50,000 diamond looked the same to me.
I would expect his counsel in that situation. And I think that when we discuss whether or not to recommend very expensive digital devices, the reader might be asking us for our counsel as to the wisdom of investing a lot of money in an expensive digital device. That's a legitimate question. I still think we must tell the truth about the fact that a Stax is better than a Rotel. Exactly as it appears.
Footnote 1: The transcripts of the previous discussions appeared in Vol.12 No.11 and Vol.14 No.2. This conversation was recorded in stereo using a pair of AKG cardioid mikes, an EAR tube microphone preamplifier, and a 12-year-old Sony TC-D5 cassette recorder. My thanks to Anne Peacocke for her accurate transcription of the two hours' worth of tape. A note on the editing of the transcript: I conformed to Stereophile's usual style with interviews, which is to correct grammar, remove all the verbal throat-clearing that clutters and obscures spoken English, and eliminate repetition and irrelevance. Significant omissions (in terms of length) are indicated with ellipses (...), and where something has been added for necessary clarification, the editorial interjection is contained in brackets.—JA


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Not unlike the shiny snow globe at its center, "The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause" is a thing of consummate craftsmanship, a smoothly engineered and fundamentally lifeless object that's nevertheless capable of giving even the grinchiest moviegoers a brief attack of the warm-and-fuzzies. With Tim Allen stepping back into the Santa suit and Martin Short slyly pocketing every scene as wily nemesis Jack Frost, this harmless addition to Disney's durable holiday franchise looks set to match its forerunners' $140 million domestic haul and rack up some serious Christmas bonuses as a yuletide perennial. Ho, ho, ho indeed.
As scripted by Ed Decter and John J. Strauss, two of the seven screenwriters credited on "The Santa Clause 2," pic reps a much cleaner, more streamlined ride than its overstuffed predecessor. Tots may recall in that 2002 film, Scott Calvin (Allen) — having inherited the Santa reins after accidentally bumping off the big guy in the 1994 original — wooed and wed uptight school principal Carol (Elizabeth Mitchell) and persuaded her to move up to the North Pole.
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Now the Clauses are expecting a baby (parents can keep themselves awake by imagining the particulars), and Mrs. Claus is a hormonal wreck, feeling both homesick and resentful of her husband's workaholism as Christmas Eve approaches. "I hope you're not delivering when I'm delivering," she huffs.
To cheer up his wife and reassert the importance of family, Santa invites her parents, Bud (a reliably crusty Alan Arkin) and Sylvia (Ann-Margret), to spend Christmas with them at the North Pole. Unable to divulge his secret identity to the in-laws, Santa and his elves, led by head elf Curtis (14-year-old Spencer Breslin, whose voice has dropped an octave since "Santa Clause 2"), conspire to fool Bud and Sylvia into thinking they're in a less remote region of the frigid north, setting the stage for a predictable storm of Canada jokes (eh?).
Also along for the ride are franchise regulars Wendy Crewson and Judge Reinhold as Santa's ex-wife Laura and her husband Neil, and adorable moppet Liliana Mumy as their wide-eyed daughter, Lucy. Breslin's younger sister Abigail also pops up in a small role as an elf, though she regrettably shares no screen time with Arkin, her co-star from "Little Miss Sunshine." As Santa's teenage son Charlie, whose relationship with his father was the emotional focal point of the first two pics, Eric Lloyd has little more than a cameo this time around.
In a much more interesting development, meddlesome usurper Jack Frost (Short), jealous that he does not have a holiday of his own, like Santa does, offends the Council of Legendary Figures headed by Mother Nature (Aisha Tyler) and Father Time (Peter Boyle). Under the pretext of doing community service by working alongside Santa's elves, Jack quietly wreaks havoc on Santa's toy-making operation and, eventually, his ever-delicate family life.
A portly package of giddy, childlike enthusiasm and middle-age anxiety, Allen remains as warm, lovable and refreshingly human a St. Nick as ever. Yet it's Short whose energetic show of villainy shakes the film to life, adding a much-needed shot of bourbon to this bland eggnog. Sporting a two-faced grin and mini-icicles attached to his eyebrows, Short revels in Jack Frost's mincing manner, purring insinuations and multiple smirky asides, even uncorking his musical-theater pizzazz for a Broadway-style number.
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Allows you to change the Sim's favorite music, food, and color. This reward is repeatable.
Competitive Eater[edit]
Increases the chance your Sim will win a Hotdog Eating Contest or Pie Eating Contest, and it prevents debuffs like "Stuffed!" or "Nauseous" during eating contests.
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Rhett & Link, the hilarious comedy team that brought you "Epic Rap Battle of Manliness," "Dope Zebra" and "Rub Some Bacon on It," made Lionel Richie's 1983 hit "All Night Long" last all night long.
From 7:24pm to 6:34am, Rhett McLaughlin and "Link Neal" jammed to the joyous, soulful beat of "All Night Long," all over Los Angeles -- from the beach to the bathroom. They also manage to get an entire house party to sing the track's Swahili portion.
Even a police officer who tries to shut down the party can't help showing a little Lionel love: "I've been a fan since the '70s."
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(Note: Bill and Lynda Boyle recently returned from a trip to the Holy Land. These are a few of their experiences.)
The birthplace of the Prince of Peace is, quite often, not a peaceful place.
In ancient times, Bethlehem was an isolated, small village in a dusty corner of the Holy Land. Today, the city sits at the intersection of the most complicated question facing the modern world: peace in the Middle East.
Bethlehem is just six miles from the Old City of Jerusalem and as they have grown to more than 500,000 residents, the cities have grown as close as Provo and Orem in Utah.
A wall of separation divides the merging metropoli. The wall provides a sense of security to the residents of Jerusalem and creates a bitter sense of isolation to the residents of Bethlehem.
In 2006, when we last visited the Holy Land, the residents of Bethlehem were isolated and angry. The new wall had not only separated them from Jerusalem, but it had separated them from tourists, the most important part of the Bethlehem economy. Our 2006 visit to Bethlehem was tense, dark and full of despair.
A lot has changed in the past three years. Our recent visit to Bethlehem was in marked contrast to the 2006 visit. While the wall of separation is still there and still looms large, the tourists have returned and a sense of hope is felt in the air.
When we mentioned that the Palestinians seem happier than in 2006, one Palestinian friend shrugged and said, "Well, you get used to living in jail. A person who is happy by nature will be happy, even in jail."
Jimmy's Bazaar
Jimmy knows more Utahns than many Utah residents. For nearly 30 years, the Palestinian Arab has owned Jimmy's Bazaar, an olive wood shop that provides Holy Land products for the San Juan Record.
Jimmy's business has grown dramatically in recent years and he now has two factories in the Bethlehem area creating beautiful olive wood statues.
One afternoon, he took us to Bethlehem to see his factories. Since we have U.S. passports and were in a private car with Israeli license plates, passing through the wall of separation was quick and efficient.
Shwarma for lunch
Our first stop was lunch. Shwarma is a pita bread sandwich filled with wonderfully cooked meat. Unfortunately for my taste buds, in the past 20 years the traditional lamb in shwarma has been replaced by turkey.
While turkey is preferred over lamb in many dishes, to be frank, it is a rather pathetic substitute for lamb in shwarma.
The exotic blend of spices and sauces just doesn't quite do the trick with turkey. I hoped that we could find lamb shwarma because the Feast of the Sacrifice was approaching and it traditionally requires each Muslim family to sacrifice a sheep and donate it to the needy. However, our nine-time zone quest in search of perfect lamb shwarma was doomed for failure.
After lunch, we headed to the Church of the Nativity, the oldest intact Christian Church in the Holy Land. The Church sits over the traditional Grotto of the Nativity, the spot which has been worshipped for centuries as the location where Jesus Christ was born.
We all love the wonderfully simple story of the Nativity. It began in most humble circumstances with a frightened young couple, some farm animals, shepherds from surrounding hills and a choir of angels. The story is familiar and universal and tells a wonderful tale that we all can relate to on a very personal level.
The history of the Church of the Nativity, in contrast, is a sad tale of human ambition. Wars have been fought over the site, literally. The Crimean War was triggered, in part, by ownership issues surrounding a gold star that sits over the traditional site of the birth of Christ.
Less than a decade ago, a militant Palestinian group took over the church. The result was a time consuming, bloody siege that only increased the hatred and animosity between the two entrenched sides.
The site was identified by Helena, the mother of Constantine the Great, who was the first Roman Emperor to embrace Christianity.
Several hundred years later, Persian invaders destroyed many of the Christian churches in the Holy Land. They did not lay waste to the Church of the Nativity because it honored the Wise Men from the East (Persia). The ancient church has been venerated for 1,700 years. The accumulated grime of centuries of use is evident.
A beautiful and simple event took place in Bethlehem more than 2,000 years ago. While many of you will envision those times in coming days, it may be surprising to hear that it takes some imagination to envision the simple birth of a baby in the ancient trappings of the Church of the Nativity.
Olive wood
After visiting the Church of the Nativity, Jimmy took us to one of the olive wood factories in Beit Sahour (literally, House of the Shepherds). The little community, adjacent to Bethlehem, is home of the Shepherd's Fields and the olive wood industry.
It takes time to create an olive wood statue. Of course, several years are required for the slow growing trees to reach the perfect age. Then the wood is cut and aged for three years before it hits the lathe. An enormous lathe rough cuts 16 statues at a time in a dusty room that would make an OSHA regulator salivate.
Then the rough statues are turned into art by a team of carvers. Afterwards, the wood is sanded and finished and what was once a stump of wood becomes a treasured reminder of Bethlehem of long ago.
Nativity sets are the primary output, but the number of products has grown in recent years. A wide variety of statues and ornaments are available at the San Juan Record.
We also have wooden boxes which contain a widow's mite, an ancient coin from the Holy Land. Don't worry, they come with a statement of authenticity. As far as I know, the BLM has no jurisdiction over Holy Land artifacts.


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Do you mind giving some examples outside of the NT and LXX? I am just not sure that "μακροθυμεῖν ἐπὶ X" must always mean "be patient with X" and not more vaguely "be patient as regards X". Thanks!Tony Pope wrote:The usage elsewhere is that the people ἐπὶ whom one μακροθυμεῖ are the people who are causing you grief. So if you want it to mean "Is he patient with their oppressors", the αὐτοῖς surely has to refer directly to the oppressors not his chosen people. Some have taken this line, e.g. Grimm in the Grimm-Thayer lexicon, who suggests that they are referred to "negligently" (=without previous contextual reference) with Sirach 35 in mind. Otherwise, the αὐτοῖς must refer to the chosen people.David Lim wrote: Can I suggest the problem is not with "μακροθυμεῖ" but with "ἐπ᾽ αὐτοῖς"? I think that "ἐπ᾽ αὐτοῖς" here means "over them", so "καὶ μακροθυμεῖ ἐπ᾽ αὐτοῖς" means "and is he patient over them?", which implies "and is he patient [with those who persecute them]?"


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Makes2 dozen
- 1 tube (8 ounces) refrigerated reduced-fat crescent rolls
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 5 ounces Gouda cheese, cut into 24 pieces
- Unroll crescent dough into one long rectangle; seal seams and perforations. Sprinkle with garlic powder. Cut into 24 pieces; lightly press onto the bottom and up the sides of ungreased miniature muffin cups.
- Bake at 375° for 3 minutes. Place a piece of cheese in each cup. Bake 8-10 minutes longer or until golden brown and cheese is melted. Serve warm.
Nutrition Facts2 each: 110 calories, 6g fat (3g saturated fat), 13mg cholesterol, 252mg sodium, 8g carbohydrate (2g sugars, 0 fiber), 4g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 1-1/2 fat, 1/2 starch.
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I was invited to an impromptu NEIGHBORHOOD gathering and need something good but fast. This fit the bill perfectly. Everyone really enjoyed this. I followed the suggestion to add the apricot jam. LOVED THIS. This may be my quickie last minute need to take a snack recipe
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The original recipe is tasty and easy. But, the real winner is the modified version I made for a baby shower. Everyone wanted the recipe! Instead of garlic (which I think is unnecessary in the modified version), I added a dollop of fruit preserve with the gouda. Apricot and gouda go great together. I also made a second version with a piece of proscuitto, a dollop of fig preserves, and a piece of brie. Both versions got rave reviews! You can be creative with your choice of fruit preserve, and the result is an easy and totally yummy appetizer! It's a 5-star because the recipe is good in its original form, yet also perfect for creating numerous easy variations that allow you to change things up and get creative.
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These bites look so pretty and taste so good. I had never tried gouda cheese before, and I love it.
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I made these for a Thanksgiving dinner appetizer and I got SO many compliments and everyone wanted the recipe. I made some cranberry/pear sauce so people could scoop a bit onto the Gouda Bite. I made 4 dozen and NONE were left.