text:
Recipes for Homecanned Shell Beans
Even if you didn't get around to canning fresh cranberry beans, you can still make a fabulous pasta e fagioli (pasta with beans) with dried or fresh beans. I make this dish quite a few times during the winter: it's rich and satisfying, but simple and humble, and quite inexpensive to make. (And if you've canned fresh cranberry beans, takes about 15 minutes to prepare.) I think one of the definitions of a comfort food is when a recipe has a myriad of small adaptations that become beloved to a particular family, and certainly, pasta e fagioli fits the bill. Some families prepare pasta e fagioli with tomatoes or carrots. Others with tuna fish canned in olive oil (it's marvelous). The beans may be mixed with the pasta whole, semi-pureed, or pureed smooth, and the overall body of the dish can run the gamut from bean soup with pasta to pasta with bean sauce. It's a matter of the ratio between the chicken stock, the pasta, and the beans, and every take is valid. You may have heard this dish called pasta "fazool." Like broccoli raab or rabe, fazool is derived from southern Italian dialect.
If you make a soupy pasta e fagioli calls use a small cut pasta, like tubettini. If you are make the pasta version I describe below, then use a larger cut pasta like bow ties, penne, or Fiorentini (which are in the photo). One word of caution: if you make a soupy version, cook the pasta separately, then add it to the fagioli. I find that when you cook pasta in soup it tends to overcook, and if there are any leftovers, when you reheat the pasta it will definitely overcook.
Pasta e Fagioli
Serves 4
If the beans sit around a while, even ten minutes, you may need to rehydrate them with a little warm chicken stock or water. The object in this recipe is to make the sauce thick and loose, like a heavy marinara sauce. I amp up the flavor when preparing this dish for the table, but you don't have to. Directions for making this dish with dried or fresh shell beans is found below.
This dish is terrific garnished with chopped fresh arugula or watercress, or with tuna canned in olive oil, drained and the fish gently flaked and scattered over the top! Roasted mushrooms would be good, too. In fact, I make a version of pasta e fagioli with no fagioli: I used roasted mushrooms instead. I grind the mushrooms up with some chicken stock to make a heavy, loose sauce.
1 pint home-canned cranberry beans (See Note)
1/2 cup chicken stock, warm
2 garlic cloves, minced
Juice from 1/2 lemon
1/2 teaspoon dried marjoram (or 1 teaspoon if you have fresh)
Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
6 cups cut pasta, like bow ties
4 tablespoons grated parmesan cheese for garnish
2 tablespoons minced fresh flat leafed parsley for garnish
Dribble of extra virgin olive for garnish
Pour the beans and 1/4 cup of stock in a medium sized skillet over a medium heat and heat until bubbling and hot through, about 5 minutes.
Add the minced garlic, lemon juice, marjoram, salt and pepper to taste.
Mash the beans. You will probably need another 1/4 cup of stock in order to do this. The beans will be very soft.
Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil and add the pasta. Cook until al dente, around 10 minutes. Drain and pour into a bowl.
Add a little of the pasta water to the beans if they are getting crusty. Pour the bean sauce over the pasta and toss. Garnish with cheese and parsley, and/or the other, most exotic garnishes mentioned above.
Serve immediately!
Note: If you want to make this recipe from scratch you can do it with either 2 cups of fresh cranberry beans or with 2 cups of dried beans that have been soaking in a bowl of water overnight. (Cool tip: add 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda to the water and the cooked beans will be more tender). In either case, place the beans in a pot, cover with water or chicken stock, throw in a piece of carrot,a hunk of onion, a bay leaf. Cover and boil gently over a medium low heat until the beans are very tender and soft, around an hour plus for dried, less for fresh. Drain the beans but keep the cooking liquid. Place the beans in a skillet with lots of minced garlic, the juice from 1 lemon, and a teaspoon of marjoram. Add some of the cooking liquid to keep everything moist, and mash the beans/ continue with the recipe as described above.
You can also make very quick refried bean tortillas with your home-canned beans. Follow the recipe above, then smear the mashed beans into a hot tortilla, grate cheddar or jack cheese over the beans, add chopped cilantro, a few dashes of tabasco and a squeeze of lime juice!
One more week in the Mycophilia book giveaway! Send an email email@example.com to win a signed copy. Write
"Mycophilia Giveaway" in the subject line and hit send. Ten winners
will be chosen at random one week from today, November 1, 2011. No
purchase necessary to win. Winners will be mailed their signed books on November 15.
[media-credit id=262 align="aligncenter" width="200″][/media-credit]


text:
Find the compatible CoolPix 5900 USB cable, CoolPix 5900 AV cable, CoolPix 5900 HDMI cable, or CoolPix 5900 cord for your Nikon CoolPix 5900.
If you need any assistance with Nikon CoolPix 5900 parts please call us toll free 800-278-4002 9am-5pm CT Mon-Fri or email firstname.lastname@example.com anytime and our knowledgeable sales team will assist you in finding the correct Nikon accessory. All Nikon CoolPix 5900 accessories come with a Compatibility Guarantee and Same Day Shipping.
To find accessories for other Nikon cameras please see our Nikon Camera Accessories page.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Clinical Scientific Review Committee
The Clinical Scientific Review Committee (CSRC) at the OSUCCC – James plays a vital role in protocol review and monitoring to ensure that clinical trials are scientifically sound and that approved trials maintain patient accrual goals and scientific progress.
The CSRC operates in collaboration with the OSUCCC – James Clinical Trials Office (CTO) while maintaining separate responsibilities and reporting. The CSRC meets twice a month to review all proposed cancer-related protocols conducted at the OSUCCC, including The James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute, Columbus Nationwide Children's Hospital and The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. All cancer-related research is required to have prior CSRC approval before the protocol can be submitted to one of Ohio State's Institutional Review Boards (IRB).
Quality Assurance (QA) audits are performed by the Office for Protocol Compliance. Monitoring for accrual is performed by the CSRC. Serious adverse events (SAEs) are reported by CTO staff to the Cancer IRB, and the routine monitoring of SAEs is performed by the Data & Safety Monitoring Committee.
The mission of the CSRC is to evaluate the scientific validity of all proposed OSUCCC – James clinical trials and to monitor the scientific progress and accrual status of open trials.
The specific aims of the CSRC are:
- To establish and maintain a review committee of sufficient size and breadth of expertise to conduct a critical and fair scientific review of institutional cancer-related research protocols involving human subjects
- To conduct a thorough scientific review of all non-peer-reviewed, cancer-related clinical protocols conducted at the OSUCCC – James based on specific, pre-determined review criteria
- To oversee the prioritization of competing protocols, thus ensuring optimal use of the OSUCCC – James' clinical resources for the achievement of its scientific goals
- To establish clear criteria for determining whether ongoing clinical trials are making sufficient scientific progress, including the attainment of adequate patient accrual rates
- To monitor all cancer-related research protocols based on the criteria established by the CSRC and to terminate protocols that do not meet these expectations


text:
The aortic valve has three flaps that work like a one-way gate. When
the heart pumps, the aortic valve opens to allow oxygen-rich blood to flow from
the left ventricle into the aorta. When the heart rests between beats, the
aortic valve closes to keep blood from flowing backward into the heart.
Last Revised:
November 2, 2011
Healthwise Staff
Medical Review:
Rakesh K. Pai, MD, FACC - Cardiology, Electrophysiology & Stephen Fort, MD, MRCP, FRCPC - Interventional Cardiology
This information does not replace the advice of a doctor. Healthwise, Incorporated disclaims any warranty or liability for your use of this information. Your use of this information means that you agree to the Terms of Use. How this information was developed to help you make better health decisions.
To learn more visit Healthwise.org
© 1995-2012 Healthwise, Incorporated. Healthwise, Healthwise for every health decision, and the Healthwise logo are trademarks of Healthwise, Incorporated.


text:
An apple a day keeps the doctor away right? Well, in moderation.
"Two and a Half Men" actor Ashton Kutcher was hospitalized just before he started shooting the film "Jobs" after adopting a fruitarian diet, reported TheSeattlePi.com. Fruitarians try to eat a diet solely based on fruit.
While talking to reporters at the recent Sundance Film Festival, Kutcher divulged he adopted Steve Jobs' fruitarian diet to help him better play the computer mogul.
"I ended up in the hospital two days before we started shooting the movie," Kutcher told the Associated Press. "I was like doubled over in pain, and my pancreas levels were completely out of whack, which was completely terrifying, considering everything."
Jobs died of complications from his battle with pancreatic cancer.
Test Kitchen tips: Homemade doughnuts
The newest Mozza -- Chi Spacca is set to open Feb. 4
This week's Culinary SOS: Pancakes from Clinton Street in N.Y.


text:
when do koi fish tend to spawn? what month or what triggers them to start spawning? My fishes don't seem to be interested in spawning now, even though we have a lot of male fishes and only about 2-3 females. 1 is currently bulging pregnant right now.
I need tips, because i'm going to let my fishes breed naturally. i expect them to lay their eggs in the rocks and clay pots i put in, so they won't be able to eat the eggs. I have only 12 kois. so i think i would be able to take the eggs out in time.
i need tips on caring for the frys and i want to know more about when koi fish spawn. do they like warm waters? rainy seasons? etc...
i'm new to this. I have NEVER done any breeding. But once an egg survived until its very big koi fish now. don't know how that happen! it just survived and we noticed it when it was big. they was a real big fluke. so if i help the eggs, i probably make more fishes survive right?


text:
Please login to view a member directory and members only material. If you do not yet have a member login, please use the "Join Form" link below, to apply for access.
Please note: This "Members Only" section has information and resources for our members and is a completely different login from the membership/registration system.
You must have a current membership for this account to be approved, and the email and name must match your membership record. You will be able to login only after receiving an email letting you know that your access has been approved.
Please allow at least 24 hours for your account to be approved. If you request an account after 5:00pm EST on Friday, your account will not be approved until the following Monday.
Copyright 2012, United States Synchronized Swimming, Inc.


text:
Configuring multiple accounts in Intuit QuickBooks
After you have set up one Quick Shopping Cart account, you can add additional stores to your Intuit QuickBooks Integration setup. For information on setting up the initial Quick Shopping Cart account with QuickBooks, see Using the QuickBooks Web Connector.
Note: Since you downloaded the Web Connector to configure QuickBooks with the first Quick Shopping Cart storefront, do not download the QuickBooks Web Connector again.
To Add Additional Accounts to Your QuickBooks Integration Setup
- Close the QuickBooks Web Connector if it is running.
- Click the link to download the configuration file again.
- Click No to create a duplicate Web service.
Note: Quick Shopping Cart account.
For more information on using QuickBooks, refer to the QuickBooks Quick Start Guide.


text:
Become a Blackhawk
We're glad you're interested in applying to SCC. Follow this checklist and you'll be a bona fide Blackhawk in no time!
Thank you for your interest in applying to Southeastern Community College!
Once you choose SCC, you'll join over 3,000 fellow students from all over. No matter where or how they attend, each and every student has a unique story to tell and a specific goal in mind. No two students are exactly alike, yet we're all here for the same reason: to prepare for the world ahead.
Visit our Apply Now page to complete the full application process. If you have any questions regarding enrollment or the application requirements, please contact us.
|West Burlington
(319) 208-5010
(319) 313-1923


text:
Author:John Milton
Jump to navigation Jump to search
|←Author Index: Mi
|John Milton
|Commonwealth of England, best known for his epic poem Paradise Lost
- Areopagitica (1644)
- Areopagitica from The Harvard Classics, Volume 3 (1909) (transcription project)
- Tractate on Education (1673), from The Harvard Classics, Volume 3 (1909) (transcription project)
- Comus
- Il Penseroso
- L'Allegro
- Lycidas
- Paradise Lost
- first edition (1667)
- second edition (1674), revised—the edition most commonly used
- 1890 reprint
- Paradise Regain'd (1671)
- Samson Agonistes (1671)
Short poems[edit]
- On the Death of a Fair Infant Dying of a Cough (1626)
- On the Lord General Fairfax
- Tales of a Man (1632)
From Poems of Mr. John Milton, Both English and Latin, Compos'd at several times (1645):
- On the Morning of Christ's Nativity
- A Paraphrase on Psalm 114
- Psalm 136
- The Passion
- On Time
- Upon the Circumcision (1633)
- At a Solemn Musick
- An Epitaph on the Marchioness of Winchester
- On May Morning
- On Shakespear (1630, publ. 1632)
- On the University Carrier (1631)
- Another on the same (1631)
From Poems (1645) (transcription project)
- I - O Nightingale, that on yon bloomy Spray
- II - Donna Leggiadra il cui bel nome honora
- III - Qual in colle aspro, al imbrunir di sera
- Canzone
- IV - 'Per certo i bei vostr'occhi Donna mia
- V - Diodati, e te'l dirò con maraviglia
- VI - Giovane piano, e semplicetto amante
- VII - How soon hath Time the suttle theef of youth
- VIII - Captain or Colonel, or Knight in Arms
- IX - Lady that in the prime of earliest youth
- X - Daughter to that good Earl, once President, To ye Lady Margaret Ley From Poems, &c. Upon Several Occasions (1673)
- XI - A Book was writ of late call'd Tetrachordon
- XII - I did but prompt the age to quit their cloggs
- XIII - Harry whose tuneful and well measur'd Song
- XIV - When Faith and Love which parted from thee never
- XV - On the late Massacher in Piemont
- XVI - When I consider how my light is spent
- XVII - Lawrence of vertuous Father vertuous Son
- XVIII - Cyriack, whose Grandsire on the Royal Bench
- XIX - Methought I saw my late espoused Saint
Uncollected sonnets
- Cromwell, our cheif of men, who through a cloud
- Vane, young in yeares, but in sage counsell old
- Cyriack, this three years day these eys, though clear
- To the Lord General Cromwell, May 1652 (1694)
Works about Milton[edit]
- The Life of John Milton (1877, Vol. 4) by David Masson (external scan)
- Introduction to The Prose Works of John Milton (1847) by Rufus Wilmot Griswold
- "Milton, John (1608-1674)," in Dictionary of National Biography, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., (1885–1900) in 63 vols.
- "Milton, John," in The New International Encyclopædia, New York: Dodd, Mead and Co. (1905)
- "Milton, John," in A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature, by John William Cousin, London: J. M. Dent & Sons (1910)
- "Milton, John," by David Masson et al. in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
- "New Lights on Milton" in Studies of a Biographer (1902) by Leslie Stephen
Works by this author published before January 1, 1925 are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.


text:
The Sonoran Desert oasis of Phoenix-Mesa is full of culture, attractions and an easy lifestyle. The "Valley of the Sun" is full of resorts, live music and great cuisine. Phoenix is the capital of Arizona and this region is a stunning backdrop for a new home. Outdoor recreation is abundant with hiking, camping, four wheeling, horseback riding and mountain biking. Spots like Papago Park, Piestewa Park and South Mountain Park will have you connected with nature and leaving the hustle and bustle behind. Camelback Mountain is a gem for recreation. Get out and play a round of golf at Papago Golf Course or Longbow Golf Club. These beautiful public courses are majestic with the desert scenery. Take in some culture at the various art galleries, the Phoenix Art Museum and the Heard Museum. Don't forget to head to the amazing Phoenix Zoo. From poolside cabanas to rooftop bars to nightclubs there is always fun nightlife awaiting you. Great shopping and dining options round out your Phoenix-Mesa experience.
Phoenix enjoys a thriving economy built on tourism, banking, mining and healthcare. These fields offer an abundance of job prospects.
Phoenix-Mesa has 427 new home communities, with 3,094 houses available for sale. These houses start at just $30,500, and they have up to 5,245 square feet of space, so people from all walks of life can invest in a quality new construction home. 47 homebuilders design and build 2,102 home plans, and your dream home is among them.
Your Arizona homeownership dream can be completed by trusted builders turning out beautiful new construction homes. Let Lennar, Garrett Walker Homes, Taylor Morrison, Maracay Homes or Shea Homes, the top builders in the region, get started on a home perfectly suited for your family.
When you buy a home in one of Phoenix-Mesa's new home communities you get more than a house. Your new house is in a neighborhood where you can live an active and engaged life. Your neighbors aren't just the people who live next door, they will be lifelong friends. After having fun with friends and family at the community pool or neighborhood sports complex, invite your loved ones over to your beautiful new home for a delicious meal.
To help homeowners make the most of their new community Phoenix-Mesa homebuilders and developers often include fantastic amenities in the neighborhood plan including:
That family will also be impressed with the school offerings. With caring educators focused on student success it's easy to see why Phoenix-Mesa schools are so strong. Tempe School District, Scottsdale Unified School District, Paradise Valley Unified School District and Phoenix Union High School District are just a few of the districts ready to serve your family.
Los Portales by Brown Homes
From $209,990 - $294,990
657 W Nova Court
Casa Grande, AZ 85122
Sonoran Place by Ashton Woods
From $298,990 - $399,990
13216 W. Roy Rogers Rd.
Peoria, AZ 85383
The Preserve at Tuscano by Richmond American Homes
From $295,990 - $344,990
7519 W. Odeum Lane
Phoenix, AZ 85043
Dobbins Point by Bellago Homes
From $439,990 - $492,990
4609 W Thurman Dr
Laveen, AZ 85339
Crestfield Manor by KB HomeRead Reviews
From $173,990 - $233,990
24195 N. Field Rd.
Florence, AZ 85132
Montage at The Meadows by K. Hovnanian® Homes
From $499,990 - $549,990
9679 West Foothill Drive
Peoria, AZ 85383
Bellissima by Monterey Homes
Close Out
From $714,990 - $909,995
5420 E. Duane Lane
Cave Creek, AZ 85331
Alta at Avance by Maracay Homes
From $618,000 - $647,000
9428 S. 10th Way
Phoenix, AZ 85042
Club Village at Superstition Mountain by Bellago Homes
From $485,990 - $509,990
3324 S Woodbine Ct
Gold Canyon, AZ 85118
Marbella Ranch by KB HomeRead Reviews
From $242,990 - $283,990
N. El Mirage Rd. and W. Glendale Ave.
Glendale, AZ 85307


text:
Way of Wade 6.0 White Hot Young - White/Glacier Grey
Seamless lightweight and elastic material
The one-piece lightweight and elastic – upper fabric is soft and comfortable; custom fit for foot shape; it uses different weaving for different functional requirements and force endured at different parts; multi-layer reinforcement; it achieves excellent wrapping and lightweight experience, coupled with accurate ventilation holes, to provide a good breathability.
Carbon Fibre + TPU Composite Velcro strap
The three-dimensional TPU strap is coated in carbon fibre. Thus, the created upper fastening system provides a stable, effective and firm wrap. It demonstrates the perfect combination of quality and practicality.
Sole: Phylon + Carbon Fibre + Rubber
Forefoot fill-in Drive Foam's shock absorbing technology; it provides lasting and excellent rebound performance.
Drive Foam uses high-performance polyurethane Elastopan developed by BASF Germany. It provides a longer period of Energy Return than the traditional EVA material.
Carbon Fibre
The carbon fibre unit at the center part of the sole provides a stable support effect and good anti-torsion performance for the soles. Its 6 window-shaped integrates "WOWSIX" design from Dwyane Wade himself. It illustrates Li Ning's Way of Wade 6 theme perfectly.
Full Length Cloud Tech + flipped upwards on the outside
The midsole adapt Cloud damping technology; the outside uses a special high flip-up design. It provides an excellent lateral support to prevent foot rollover and ensure stable movement. Wade logo design integrates perfectly; it highlights the characteristics of signature shoes products.
Midsole Technology Logo: Li-Ning Cloud + Cushion + Drive Foam
The inner waist inlays midsole's three major technologies Logo : Li-Ning Cloud + Cushion + Drive Foam, to enhance the details and highlight Li Ning's cutting-edge damping rebound technology combination.
Heel Cushion Cushioning Technology
Heel Cushion Cushioning Technology provides a buffering effect when a movement landed. It gives a good protection for the feet. It is also the proven heel cushioning technology of WoW signature shoes series.
|Private Event
|Use Category Settings
|Private Event Landing Page
|Login Page


text:
Womens Chinks & Chaps
Showing Walls items. Remove Filter
Apparel & Footwear
- - - New Products - -
- Kids Boots
- Kids Clothing
- Mens Boots
- Mens Clothing
- Womens Boots
- Womens Clothing
- Shop All Apparel & Footwear Categories
- - - New Products - -
- Kids Boots
- Kids Clothing
- Mens Boots
- Mens Clothing
- Womens Boots
- Womens Clothing
- - - New Products - -
Made with top-quality leather and full zippers on each leg. Zipper stops 4" from the bottom so leather can be easily cut off for a more custom fit. Buckle front and buckle rear waist.
Cowboy Basic Shotgun Chaps with Fringeby K BAR J LeatherPrice:$263.95
Full-grain, oil-tanned soft leather chaps with full-length heavy-duty zippers that offer extra protection and ease of dressing. Buckle closure in the rear and tie closure in the front provide easy adjustment. We suggest ordering one size larger to accommodate for clothing. S (41" length, 29-32" waist, 21-23" upper thigh) M (43" length, 33-38" waist, 23-25" upper thigh) L (45" length, 38-42" waist, 25-27" upper thigh)
Shotgun Chapsby Weaver LeatherPrice:$169.95
Versatile chap with an adjustable lace-in zipper for a custom fit. Small – 21-23" upper thigh, mid thigh 18-20", 32" inseam, 39" outseam Medium – 22-24" upper thigh, mid thigh 19-21", 34" inseam, 41" outseam Large – 25-27" upper thigh, mid thigh 21-23", 36" inseam, 43" outseam
Cowboy Basic Shotgun Chapsby K BAR J LeatherPrice:$245.95
Handcrafted from chrome-tanned pull-up leather for a well-worn, broken-in look and heavy-duty performance, ideal for the working cowboy. Laced stainless steel conchos adorn each chink. Top concho on left leg features a ring for the attachment of get down ropes.
Seven Concho Work Chinksby Weaver LeatherPrice:$221.95
High end fashion styling sets these chinks apart from the rest! Handcrafted from chrome-tanned pull-up leather in rich golden tones, these chinks feature details that turn heads, including floral tooled yoke and scallop set, floral conchos with black accents, and sewn-on contrasting fringe outlined with antique silver umbrella spots.
Fashion Floral Chinksby Weaver LeatherAs low as:$316.59
These long-lasting, machine-washable half chaps feature an elastic calf for a great fit and comfort. Fun, bright colors add a bit of pizzazz to the trail or ring. Zips completely from top to bottom for easy on and off.
Easy Care Half Chapsby DublinPrice:$26.95
* Handcrafted, these chinks feature a versatile design with a few extra details * Belt-style front closure for easy on and off * Chrome tanned top grain leather chinks feature a basketweave tooled yoke and leg scallops * Stainless steel conchos with ties on both sides
All Purpose Basketweave Chinksby Weaver LeatherPrice:$229.75
* Form fitting leg * Comfortable elasticized leg panels * Curved Spanish-cut tops * Heavy duty zipper ...long lasting durability * Inner leg is reinforced for durability * Snap-over bottom closure
Suede Half Chapsby DublinPrice:$35.95
Designed for the working cowboy or rancher with an extra long cut to hang just above the ankle. Small – 22-25" thigh, 28-37" waist, 31" length Medium – 24-27" thigh, 34-48" waist, 33 ½" length Large – 26-34" thigh, 34-48" waist, 35 ½" length Leather colors may vary.
Cowboy Basic Chinksby K BAR J LeatherPrice:$216.95
A great all-purpose design with a few extra details! Constructed from chrome-tanned distressed top grain leather, these chinks feature a basketweave tooled yoke and leg scallops. Stainless steel conchos with ties on both sides.
All-Purpose Basketweave Chinksby Weaver LeatherAs low as:$229.79
Details abound in these premium quality, high fashion chinks. Handcrafted from chocolate chrome-tanned pull-up leather, this design features a basketweave tooled yoke and leg scallop set, antique copper berry conchos with ties and sewn-on contrasting fringe outlined with antique copper umbrella spots.
Fashion Basketweave Chinksby Weaver LeatherAs low as:$316.60
Full grain leather hay chaps will save your jeans when walking or throwing hay. One size fits all. Shades vary in brown color.
Leather Roper Hay Chapsby K BAR J LeatherPrice:$79.95
Constructed with the trail rider in mind, these chaps are both functional and fashionable. Designed similar to a chink, they allow a little more freedom of movement while still giving the protection you need.
Trailrider Chapsby K Bar J LeatherPrice:$229.95


text:
Posted by Barney on November 30, 2000
In Reply to: E-mail or an e-mail? posted by Frankie on November 29, 2000
: : : : Hi!
: : : : I have a question.
: : : : The word 'letter' is countable while 'mail' is uncountable. When I wrote 'I sent e-mail to my mother.' an American friend of mine told me that I should put an article 'an' like 'an e-mail.' But should I?
: : : : Thank you.
: : : : K. Yonehara
: : : E-mail is short for "Electronic Mail".
: : : So it's as if you were to say:
: : : "I sent electronic mail to my mother." ..sounds right.
: : : But with the article you would have to say:
: : : "I sent an electronic letter to my mother."
: : : "Electronic" is just an adjective.
: : : Same rules apply if you were to change the adjective to "overnight"
: : : "I sent overnight mail to my mother." Or "I sent an overnight letter/package to my mother."
: : : HOWEVER: The word "E-mail" has become an accepted euphemism for the word "letter" even though it technically means Mail". So, you're right grammatically but your friend is right in common usage.
: : Surely e-mail implies an indeterminate number of electronic messages whereas 'an email' implies just one such message. Hence I can receive 'e-mail' (one or more messages) or I can receive an 'e-mail' message. Well, that's how I understand it this morning in SW1; could get grammatically technical but my pedantic libido is low.
: I like that.
: An e-mail = one letter.
: E-mail = Insinuates plurality.
: Sounds good to me.
An e-mail is an e-mail and a letter is a letter: there is no equivalence between letter and e-mail other than the fact that each, hopefully, contains information.


text:
In this tutorial, I will show you how to freehand draw a realistic face. The tutorial can be adapted for drawing digitally or traditionally! I will be drawing the portrait of a young woman from oval to stray hairs, all without using a single reference! (Though references for each piece can definitely be beneficial and the tutorial can be adapted to include drawing from a reference. Simply pay close attention to your model for each piece!)
DragoArt members upload artwork and drawing tutorials! They are also allowed to leave comments on tutorials, profiles, etc. Many more features, as well; it's way better than just being a boring guest! Register Now!


text:
Fleet ECU Remapping Service: By Top Engine Remapping Experts…
A few more things. They're probably important. All vehicles remapped by Portsmouth ECU Remapping are covered under our supplementary warranty scheme, please refer to Our Warranty section.
Our technicians will work around your schedule and we can even complete upgrades to vehicles not located at head office through our nationwide mobile service. Typically, a number of vehicles can be read all in one go and then written back to at a later time to reduce downtime. Get in touch now for special offers!
Fleet ECU Remapping: Drive profits UP and fuel costs down with an Fleet ECU Remap
We're certain that your bottom-line is the key figure for your business and the simple fact is that the fuel price increase of over 20% in the last year has had a catastrophic impact on many companies.
However, a number of progressive thinking business owners have taken advantage of the situation by using Portsmouth ECU Remapping Fleet Remaps to drive down their fuel costs by up to 15%, vastly improving their competitive position and massively increasing their profitability.
It doesn't matter what type of business you own or run, Portsmouth Fleet ECU Remapping makes sense. We are national leaders in the ecu remapping industry and we have qualified technicians who are available to answer any questions or queries you may have. We can guarantee that within days your business will be performing better with our Fleet ECU Remapping solution.
Expert Fleet ECU Remapping
Fleet ECU Remapping Services – Portsmouth ECU Remapping promise to help you save money
Portsmouth ECU Remapping are fleet service ecu remap experts and have the results to prove this. We provide mobile fleet remapping for the following vehicles:
- Cars
- 4×4\'s
- Vans & Motorhomes
- Light Commercials & Trucks
- Tractors & Agricultural Plant Machinery
So if you're serious about driving your profits sky high, even during a recession, call now on 02392 377 890 and ask for our Fleet ECU Remapping Services.
To book our Fleet Remapping call us today on 02392 377 890
Portsmouth ECU Remapping Remap Team – 02392 377 890
Large Turbos and Hybrid Turbos
Request more info about a Fleet Tuning Remap
Book Portsmouth Fleet ECU Remapping & Performance Chip Tuning Right Now! Speak To An Expert : Call 02392 377 890
Quick, Simple & Affordable. Speak to a Portsmouth Fleet ECU Remapping Expert Today!
Increase Fuel Economy & Reduce Fuel Bills By 20%
Tired of excessive fuel costs? Our Economy Remapping will provide your vehicle with increased power & torque.
Increase Power, BHP & Performance By Up To 30%
Our Performance Remaps will help increase power, performance and torque where it matters! Click below…
Smoother & Better Power Delivery For All Vehicles
Once your vehicle's been remapped the transformation in bhp, power, performance and torque is massive.
Petrol Performance ECU Remapping & Engine Tuning
Petrol ECU Remaps & Petrol Tuning for turbo petrol engines and non-turbo engines. Click below for more info…
Diesel Performance ECU Remapping & Engine Tuning
Diesel Engine Tuning & Diesel Engine Tuning for turbo diesel engines. Economy and Performance Remaps.
DPF Removal, EGR Removal and DPF Deletion
DPF Removal, DPF Deletion & EGR Removal. All covered by the most reputable tuning firm. Click below…
Find the Right Fleet ECU Remapping and Fleet ECU Tune For Your Vehicle.
Browse 1000s of Remaps, view potential gains & bhp increase in our comprehensive database of Fleet ECU Remapping & Fleet Chip Tuning Remaps.


text:
Daddysaurus & Babysaurus - Mens T Shirt & Baby Bodysuit
- Home
- Family Match - Dad & Baby
- Daddysaurus & Babysaurus - Mens T Shirt & Baby Bodysuit
Daddysaurus & Babysaurus - Mens T Shirt & Baby Bodysuit
Brand: Zarlivia Clothing
Product Code: UKZ-SET11-S-G-NB
Availability:In stock
Size chart
Below is our standard guide for the variations of clothing we have. Please be aware that different labels and brands may have slightly different sizing – these will be noted in the product descriptions. Please get in touch directly if you are unsure.
Men's Sizing:
Small (34/36")
Medium (38/40")
Large (42/44")
X-Large (46/48")
XX-Large (50/52")
Women's Sizing:
Small (8-10)
Medium (10-12)
Large (12-14)
X-Large (14-16)
XX-Large (16-18)
Baby Sizing:
0-3 Months
3-6 Months
6-12 Months
12-18 Months
18-24 Months
Our Gift Sets are made from a high quality Cotton.
This perfect gift set features a short sleeve Baby Bodysuit and a short sleeve Men's T-Shirt.
Each set is individually printed to order to ensure lasting quality and the print is non-harmful and contains no chemicals.
Keep updated with discounts and new product additions!
Worldwide Delviery
Express & Standard
Simple Returns
Exchanges & Returns
Zarlivia Brand
Designs only from us!


text:
Beautiful home, any earth tone colour will beautify that room. Still building the plinth for the TD-124 or is that table now no longer in use? Love that 301. I love seeing Stereophile reviewers having similar setups like the rest of us, with no dedicated listening rooms, but real life setups in living rooms and offices just like the rest of us.
Art Dudley's New Listening Room: a Binaural Video
Herb and Jana were visiting me in Albany, NY, at the 1936 semi-mock-Tudor house I now call home. Albany-perhaps the only US state capital whose downtown streets are named after birds-is a city of 100,000 souls and at least one great record store (Last Vestige, on Quail Street-which, sadly, we didn't have time to visit that day). King Crimson included Albany in their tour of late last year; in February I heard the brilliant Attacca Quartet in a hall just 20 minutes from my house; Robin Trower played here in March (but I missed that one); last month I heard Hot Rize in a hall just 5 minutes from my house; and just across the Hudson River is the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, which is renowned for its fine acoustics as both a performance and recording space.
Less renowned are the acoustics in my new listening room, which is also my new living room, which is also where Chatter determined that Herb is indeed a member of her pack. Though imperfect, I think I'm getting a handle on it. And the AC power, which isn't quite up to the standards of my previous and comparatively rural home, is responding well to treatment.
This video includes sketchy descriptions of recent changes to my system. One thing I left out: the very nice Acoustical Systems Arché headshell, seen at the business end of my well-loved EMT 997 tonearm.
One other thing that didn't make it to video: Herb declaring, moments after he sat down in the sweet seat and began listening, "For someone who doesn't care about stereo imaging, you've got these speakers dialed in well!" That's one of the great things about the DeVore Orangutan O/93: unlike other speakers I love, its best room position for spatial performance also turns out to be its best position for other characteristics-bass weight and tactile impact among them. Perhaps you'll hear some of the qualities that we heard, while we enjoyed a few of my favorite records and at the same time recorded the sound with a Sennheiser binaural headset.
Enjoy your visit, and please tell my wife: Yes, it looked as though he had vacuumed recently.
... an even greater opportunity to become one with the Shindo.
Following that path, the 301 can form the basis for manifold future monthly columns as he experiments with the Shindo plinth, the Shindo platter, the Shindo oil bearing, the Shindo record weight, the Shindo tonearm and the Shindo modified Ortofon SPU cartridge.
There's more sound, more weight in the studio recording, and the guitar tone loses out quite a bit compared to the live recording. I thought the live guitar sounded great on those high-efficiency speakers, and then I was surprised how rich the sound was on those same speakers with the studio recording.
I think that the room acoustics are at least as important as the gear but in all these videos I see not much discussion about the room (at least in this video the dimensions are discussed). I just moved into a house with a living/listening room of similar dimension from a much bigger room with more optimized room dimensions and find a more intimate sound but with a huge loss of soundstage. The first action was to close the fireplace acoustically with a DIY sound absorber (otherwise it would be a big resonator)
A moment ago, I was watching the Video of Stephen Colbert at the 2006 White House Correspondent's Dinner, the visual quality of that Professionally done Video is horrible compared to the Quality of Jana's work in this report.
Video gear and quality levels are still advancing at an amazing pace.
Audio gear is improving too, I'm comfortable say'n that Digital now has the ability to bring superb sound quality levels to Billions of Phone owners, located in most places on our Earth. Phew!
and now...
I'm listening to your music system, along with thousands of other folks who are probably admiring your electronics & loudspeaker choices as much as I am, of course, thru the magic of Digital. ehhhhgadsssss! Could we imagine this sort of thing, back when we were carefully handling our 78s and little 45s?
You're gear sounds wonderful to me. I think you won Life's Lottery!
Tony in Michigan
ps. what happened to those previous lovely electronics? : "the rest of the Story".
Art, thanks for the heads up on David Grier. Have just ordered the Evocative CD from his website.
Your system sounds great through my beat up Sennheisers, and your room looks like a lovely space (once painted : ))
Thanks for posting the video.
... a tad archaic.
In his new listening room, AD should audition a pair of the Harbeth Super HL5plus speakers that he has reviewed previously matched with the Luxman L-509X amp tested this month.
What has become of the rabbits?
Great suggestions!
I have all three of mine as well in their respective urns. I wonder if all bunny owners do the same. They loved Mozart, Bach and John Tavener, not so much Bruckner. Beautiful creatures.
I don't know if I'll ever review a Bruckner recording for Stereophile...
Actually, Bruckner's Music is much better than it sounds.
...Bruckner thing and he told me it was "just a phase."
However, if you want to see someone do that "Slowly I turned..." move, ask Mrs. Dudley about Ravel's "L'enfant et les sortileges."
I adore Bruckner so JVS please feel free to review any Bruckner that comes your way.
My goodness - I not only have several versions of several Bruckner symphonies, I get the recurring Bruckner Society newsletter that's chock full of things you'd never read about elsewhere.
Art ,
I really enjoy these wonderful informative and very funny Stereophile videos ! Yours in particular . Thank you very much for the time and effort and please keep them coming .
Have you sold you're beloved Altecs ?
You've inspired me to one day own the 301 TT .
I could see you building a great looking/sounding lift on/lift off baffle cover for your fireplace. I've heard some that were pretty amazing.
Oh! I see "music and sound" mentioned it as well. It could provide several monthly columns worth of interesting subject material!
I came one final signature away from a move to Lenox/Pittsfield/Williamstown about 15 years ago. Lovely area. How did you pick Albany?
Looking at the video, the fireplace wall is 2x4 sheetrock. perhaps a fireplace fire led to the differant construction?>
This was a wonderful video. Well shot, Art is an engaging host and one of my all time favorite audio writers (actually, maybe one of my favorite writers, period!). And I was especially intrigued by this episodes binaural section, as I've just been auditioning the Devore 93 (and 96) speakers myself, this week. It was fascinating how much of the character of the Devores seemed to translate to from this video - I recognized that sense of texture, aliveness and warmth. They are wonderfully engaging speakers that really seem to bring out the dynamics of a bands rhythm section.
One note of curmudgeonly dissent: Listening to dog owners discuss their dogs is akin to someone saying "Hey, did I tell you about the dream I had last night?" It's the only moment I've ever been bored by Art Dudley :-)
(Dodges tomatoes from dog lovers....)
As for room color, sand certainly sounds nice. I like a cohesive look in a room so I have generally gone for shades of brown (light or dark) because most speakers tend to come in wood colors.
but we do have three rabid terrorers who are determined to tear at your pants if you ever cross their path. Every member of the PNWAS who has discovered Daisy Mae Doven or another member of our terrorer troika nuzzling them or licking their face knows the folly of your words. Translation: Dogs and Devores are equally engaging!!!
one of my favorite Art columns concerned the Flamencos entering his household, and how his wife and daughter enjoyed the sight of them. I showed photos of Flamencos to various women, and it had the same effect! So I was sad to see the Flamencos displaced from the listening room in Art's new home. Their garish retroness really went with the unique Shindo aesthetic.
Are these are rare Spanish breed of flamingos?
Nice interview. Are we listening to MP3 recordings of the musical selections?
Vade Forrester
Reviewer, SoundStage! Network and The Absolute Sound
My words=my thoughts.
I wondered what the quality of the audio of the musical recordings in the interviews was. Same question would apply to your AXPONA room visits. Which are very nicely done, BTW.
Vade Forrester
Reviewer, SoundStage! Network and The Absolute Sound
My words=my thoughts.
Thanks for the explanation None of the music on my AXPONA reviews was dubbed in afterwards. John's files are, in general, 24/88.2, in either flac or WAV. None of the rooms was equipped for MQA playback, so we didn't play those versions when we had them.
When we discovered that the Constellation/MartinLogan room's file playback equipment was out of service, we were set to move on when Irv pulled out Todd's baroque LP. That's what you heard. We have permission from MA Recordings (Todd Garfinkle), Chesky Records (David Chesky), Sasha Matson, Yarlung Records (Bob Attiyeh), and John Atkinson to play clips of their music without concern for copyright infringement. We went with John's a lot of time due to sheer familiarity.
When we shot video in my music room, Jana did not have access to high quality microphones, let alone the binaural gear. That music was dubbed in afterwards.
Art will need to verify, but I have no reason to question that the LPs he played were recorded right there. That's the whole purpose of the binaural mike set-up. I applaud Art for ditching the dorky hat.
Jason, thanks for the detailed explanation, but what I really wanted was to know the resolution of the files transmitted over the Internet, the ones I heard in my headphones, not the original file resolution. Why? I wanted to know the quality of the sound I actually heard. If they were converted to a low resolution file for transmission (e. g., MP3 or equivalent), I would not be hearing the same quality sound you heard in person. Sorry if I was not clear about that.
Vade Forrester
Reviewer, SoundStage! Network and The Absolute Sound
My words=my thoughts.
From Jon Iverson: Yes, [the resolution] is somewhat limited by youtube - the files start out as 16/48 wav files all the way to the video, but depending on the reader's bandwidth, YouTube will compress the signal. FWIW, I usually process these binaural audio tracks for Jana and do not add any compression at all, though I sometimes adjust the gain staging so that the tracks are consistent in level.
Art; Since you had the O/96's in your former home and the O/93's in your new with the same associated equipment, would you please comment on any sound differences between the former in a bigger room and the latter in the smaller? Do you feel that they lean towards a wooden tonality (as one of your colleagues commented) and do you hear any slight anomaly in the upper midrange where the woofer hands off to the dome tweeter?
Irrespective of that, thanks for the great video. You have always gravitated toward simplicity in your system and there is something fitting in downsizing and being empty nesters and maintaining the simplistic approach. I am biased-I own DeVore O/93's (though the remainder of my system is not nearly as simplistic) but imo the O/93's are beautiful in their simplicity. People who judge with their eyes and make judgments based upon driver material are missing out.
Back in 2015 Art had written that he'd bought the review pair of Devore 0/96s.
Can Art tell us (or anyone who knows, tell me) what happened to them?
I' surprised he didn't mention why he has the 0/93s in this video instead of his 96s? Should we infer from this the 0/96s weren't working in his new room, overblown bass or whatever? (Having auditioned the 96s and 93s recently, I found the bass to sound very similar).
RH-by any chance are you "Prof" on another board? Since Art is either preoccupied with something else or not inclined to talk about comparisons (I asked the same question above and it has gone unanswered), I think the O/96's were on loan and replaced with two different models of Altecs. I have no doubt whatsoever that the O/96's would not integrate well with Art's new room, with out-of-control bass. The bass may sound similar, but the O/96 with it's more powerful woofer, greater efficiency and higher cabinet volume will, for a given output, produce more bass. And as you (assuming you are also "Prof") noted in your own room, certain speakers visually overpower a room due to their size. The O/96's would have likely stood out in Art's room too, though not nearly as much as the Valencias.
To change the subject only slightly, with all past loudspeakers in my system, once I discovered short-comings, I couldn't help let them slowly gnaw at me. With the O/93's, I don't at all mind the slight perceived notch in the upper midrange.
Thanks for the input.
Yes :-)
Art's 0/96s may have been on loan for a while, but he wrote in 2015 that he actually bought the 0/96s. If the Altecs actually replaced them, I never saw Art mention this (and I'd think it would be mentioned by Art). Though I certainly may have missed this event, which was why I was asking.
What you say about the bass/size issues with the 96 certainly may be the case, but I'd be very curious if that could be confirmed by Art.
But I suppose he's no longer monitoring the thread.
Contrats on the new home. I truly hope that we can meet up sometime, play a little guitar, and talk of nerdy things. Still miss you in Fretboard Journal. Go Second Viennese School!
Art, Herb and Jana - Well done video and really enjoy seeing Art's gear and room! I trust you still have your TD124, Art? Our dog, Koda, doesn't always listen to headphones. But when he does, he prefers Sennheisers.
What a musically involving system!
I remember none other than Sally Reynolds calling them "pseudo-tudos" back during my brief stint at TAS.
Steve Tag


text:
You will be hearing a LOT over the next few days, about the HUGE sale at TpT!
Excitement is building already. I need a plan for these sales, because I get all worked up on sale day and flit from one page to another, in a nervous bundle of energy, and ALWAYS forget half the things I want to buy.
Here are some tips to help you get prepared and to make the MOST out of the sale! If you are prepared, you can make some very valuable purchases that will change the way you teach, and design, this school year!
OK, let's go!
You have a few days to get your wishlist stocked up. What is a wishlist? As you scroll through the resources listed on TpT, you will see a clickable option called "Add to Wishlist". These items will be added to a virtual list in your account, from which you can easily take items quickly through to the checkout, on sale day.
If something is on your wishlist, you don't HAVE to purchase it, but it makes it a lot easier to find! I constantly add things to my wish list, almost like a virtual sticky-note service. Its a great way to remind yourself of things you want to take a closer look at, or that you want to snapple up on sale day!
What?! You don't know how to 'snapple' - I don't really blame you, cause I just made that up. But just imagine the thrill of finding awesome things online + the excitement of a bargain + 2 discounts + a sneaky grin on your face because you just became an even more brilliant teacher - aha - you getting the picture - now you know how to snapple.
Go through TpT over the next few days and add things to your wish list with abandon. You can then comb through your wish list later on sale day, and decide which items to take through to the checkout!
Sort, baby, sort! USE the awesome sort functions TpT has provided, to find great items that you may never have seen before. I LOVE to search by 'Most Recently Listed' to find things that are hot off the press - particularly clip art sets!
A HUGE favourite of mine, for sale day, is to search by price. I like to buy all the HUGE bundles, ultimate and mega packs, on sale day. They are often the most expensive, but on sale day, they make for particularly VALUABLE purchases! With up to 28% off already discounted bundles, it is most defiantly the time to BUNDLE UP AND SAVE!
When you search by Price Descending, these bundles will pop up on the top of your search result list, so you can easily find them!
Use multiple sort functions to narrow down what will suit you most. For example, you could search Kindergarten-Math-Games-Price Descending
Talk to your online friends about what they are purchasing. Take advantage of the very generous 'multiple licenses' that most sellers provide.
When you add an item to your cart, you can also buy an additional license - so you can share one with a friend, and then split the cost. So if you buy something for $8 and pay a $4 license to share it with one of your teaching colleagues, you can both arrange with one another to pay $6 each! Plus you will be getting the discount on sale day!
Your friends will have some great ideas about what they are purchasing - you may even decide to snapple something up that you had not thought of before!
Keep a look out on social media over the next few days. A ton of wonderful sellers will be offering you chances to win TpT gift vouchers, or score bonus 'buy one get one free' style deals. Enter as many as you can, and you could WIN vouchers to spend over the sale! Woohoo!!
Starting with me! I am going to give away 10 $10 TpT gift vouchers! All you have to do is enter the rafflecopter below. If you would like an extra chance to win, you can pin something from my store, but a basic entry requires you to do nothing but just visit this page!
Thanks so much for visiting, and don't forget to hurry and go get ready for the sale!


text:
"The starting position on video games is skepticism," said New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof in his keynote address to this May's Games for Change Conference in New York City. In its sixth year, the conference is a gathering of developers, academics, and activists intent on using the medium of games for social and educational messages. Kristof was there to discuss his forthcoming social-networking game—an extension of his work on gender inequality and an endorsement of games as something more than mindless entertainment. "I think the way to change that perception is just the record of success in connecting to audiences," he said.
But on what level are games connecting? The game industry's roughly $26 billion a year in software sales is on par with Hollywood's yearly box-office receipts, but the public conception of games remains closer to checkers than to Citizen Kane.
That perception may begin to change next Tuesday when Microsoft Research is slated to release Kodu for Xbox 360. Using terrain-drawing tools and an intuitive graphical programming language, players can design, play, and share a wide variety of 3D games.
With no adrenaline-soaked violence, no plot, narrative, or even defined goals, Kodu challenges expectations of what a game entails. But it also embodies a form of communication that reflects some of the fundamental aspects of human cognition and learning. As such, Kodu may epitomize how games are uniquely capable of marrying traditional storytelling with the complexities of the real world.
The growing "serious games" movement seeks to show off this potential, but selling "serious" in a medium synonymous with "fun" is no easy task. Sitting down with a heavy-handed, good-for-you-game is like getting a plate of broccoli when you ordered the chocolate cake. While advocacy groups might support them as communication or outreach tools, "broccoli" games are not exactly ready to become a part of the mainstream industry's business plans.
Aimed at younger demographic than the 18- to 34-year-old hardcore gamer and slated to retail as an $5 download, Kodu won't compete on the level of a game like Grand Theft Auto IV, which brought in more than $500 million in its first week of sales. But for a game where players learn the basics of computer programming, it's notable that Kodu is being sold at all. Other games of its ilk generally exist in the educational or hobbyist world.
Kodu is different. Drawing equally from Lego and Logo, the kid-friendly graphical programming language developed in the late 1960s, the game's developers hope to sail its educational content under children's radars by wrapping it in pure imaginative play.
Just as a child is equally likely to turn a pile of Lego bricks into a spaceship or a skyscraper, Kodu's players can use its programming tools to create a dungeon crawler, a shoot-'em up, or side-scrolling platformer. Novices can learn the basics by playing a number of pre-built games, then take them apart and tweak their rules.
Kodu's editing screen. The pictured instructions tell a computer-controlled character to move toward apples when it sees them, then turn a random color when it eats them. Image courtesy of Microsoft Research
Players do this by choosing from menus and sub-menus of icons representing all of the behaviors and traits a player might want to assign to a game object. Arranging them in ordered rows allows players to build nested "if/then" statements, such as "if a ball bumps into a flying saucer, and if the ball is blue, then the flying saucer explodes, and then player's score goes up by 100." These complex sets of rules can be ascribed to game characters, which can be copied as needed, allowing for simple object-oriented programming.
Those rules can also be edited while a game is being played; swapping "the ball bounces" for "the flying saucer explodes" quickly turns a Space Invaders–type game into something resembling Pong. Knowing which rules need to be changed to create a particular kind of game demonstrates a solid understanding of conditional logic, as well as a certain degree of ingenuity.
Not wearing its educational agenda on its sleeve may make Kodu feel more like cake than broccoli, but it also addresses a deeper criticism of serious games: They don't take full advantage of their differences from other media. Playing a game about a topic may be more immersive than simply reading about it, but most games still take players through a relatively linear story; the gameplay mechanics don't allow for more than a handful of predetermined outcomes.
In Kodu the outcomes—the games a player can make—are almost limitless, but are ultimately beside the point: The take-away lessons of the game are encoded in the process, rather than the product.
"If you look at painting, film, or writing, none of them are going to do things that you didn't tell them to do explicitly. When you're making a simulation, you're watching situations unfold and waiting for them to surprise you," says Matthew MacLaurin, Kodu's lead designer. "So the core of Kodu is simulation design; the programming is secondary to that."


text:
Free & Open Source PHP Forums
Sort Alphabetical
Filters Web Servers: All, Databases: All.
Forum Software
Reviews Available.
PHP Language is the most common and most used programming language on Internet. It is available on almost all platforms, is easy to learn, easy to understand, and customizing or modifying an existing project based on this technology is within the realms of possibility.
However, due to this relative simplicity, non professional (Note: ≠ from free or open source) forum software could easily be a nest of security issues.
Advanced Electron Forum
October 16, 2012 08:24
AEF is a really good forum software, and particularly if you already know well what a forum software does and what could be configured. More »
Beehive Forum
November 14, 2011 10:35
This forum software can easily replace all your web site parts, and can be compared as a (better, of course) PHPNuke solution, without the possibility to d... More »
Drupal Forum
September 9, 2011 22:20
The forum software available in Drupal is clearly powerful and well integrated. More »
Extreme Message Board
November 7, 2017 14:43
Extreme Message Board is good forum, but some users accustomed to vBulletin or IP.Board might be a little bit disappointed by this forum, which is good for... More »
Fruit Show
April 16, 2013 22:57
Fruit Show could be used for only one reason on your website: replace a chat or a mailing list. More »
Joomla Forum
January 18, 2011 23:52
Joomla is, without any doubt, a really good Content Management System. More »
Quicksilver Forums
January 18, 2011 22:51
Quicksilver Forums is a good and simple forum software, but unfortunately, it does not benefit of a good advertisement. This review will maybe change co... More »
Simple Machines 1.1
April 16, 2013 22:56
Simple Machines Forum is one of the best forum software ever tested here, and it really deserves a good score. Several years of intensive development an... More »
Simple Machines 2
February 25, 2014 22:08
Simple Machines Forum team is one of the rare developers team that releases a version of their product only when everything is done. More »
Unclassified NewsBoard
January 18, 2011 22:48
Unclassified Newsboard is clearly a really good alternative to the main known forum softwares. More »
Vanilla Forums
February 28, 2014 13:17
Vanilla is a way more innovative forum software in many domains when you compare it to traditional forums. More »
Wikid Forum
April 1, 2014 16:30
WikidForum is a really really young project, and for the time being, one has to admit it misses support from a base community. However, this project was... More »


text:
Trade Services
Watchfinder is much more than just a B2C retail organisation. Our ability to sell pre-owned watches has enabled us to develop a number of long term relationships with manufacturers and authorised retailers across the UK, built upon a mutual understanding and appreciation of good customer service. We offer the referral of anyone looking to buy new watches through our site to manufacturers and authorised retailers, as well as being able to accommodate customers of manufacturers and authorised retailers who are looking to part exchange or sell their watches.
New Watch Leads
We have an established network of manufacturers and authorised retailers with whom we share our new watch enquiries. These manufacturers and authorised retailers have been selected according to their ability to provide a high standard of service to the level expected by our customers. If you are a manufacturer or authorised retailer based in the UK and would like to discuss the opportunity to receive referrals from us, then please contact our Lead Management team.
Sell Your Pre-owned Watches
If you have taken in pre-owned stock and wish to sell it promptly, please use the 'Sell Your Watch' link at the top of the page to receive a valuation. Our Purchasing team will then be able to discuss the options open to you for the sale of your watches plus any future business you may wish to undertake with us.
We Can Underwrite Your Part Exchanges
If you have accepted or would like to accept watches from customers in part exchange, we can facilitate the underwriting of these purchases for you. This offers flexibility for your business without any risk on your behalf, as you will have sold the watch before it has been bought. Please contact us to discuss this option futher.
Buy Back Service
When you sell a new watch, you can have the option to offer your customer a buy back guarantee, underwritten by us. If the customer later decides that they wish to sell the watch, we will then underwrite its purchase, enabling you to meet the customer's needs for a new purchase. Please contact us to discuss this option further.


text:
The Forex world is constantly evolving and during its weekly trading hours there is a wealth of news a trader must keep on top of if they want to make the most money possible. Indeed, because the market can be affected by a number of dynamics, it is essential they know exactly what's happening at all times in order to avoid any unprofitable deals.
For example, let's assume the US Dollar is trading well against the Great British Pound during the first half of the week. This would be a good time to invest some money and reap the benefits of a positive market condition. However, by Wednesday a series of negative news stories emerge from the UK and affect the country's economic performance. These dynamics then adversely affects how well the two currencies are trading. At this point it's important to know what's just happened because it will influence whether or not someone should cease trading this currency pair for a while or continue.
Knowing the value of each currency based on various internal and external factors is crucial and the reason why FXBrokerSearch.com's Forex news centre is a vital resource. Drawing on a number of resources, our information section provides the latest information and data from which users can refine their trading activity.
Beyond shifts in the currency market itself, FXBrokerSearch.com's new section has been designed to give traders an insight into the best offers and promotions. By monitoring each of our 200+ Forex brokers we're able to quickly tell users about the latest updates and bonuses.
By compiling all this current data into one portal we believe investors will be able to make even more money in the Forex market. Indeed, thanks to our dedicated team of analysts and experts, users can find out the latest market developments as well as the best deals in the industry. Putting all this together should help everyone gain a better understanding of the market, which in turn should give them the ability to make even more money.
The Russian Defense Ministry on Friday accused Britain of staging a fake chemical attack in a Syrian town outside Damascus, a bold charge vehemently denied by Britain as a "bl ..
Kyle Plush was reportedly reaching into the cargo area to retrieve tennis equipment, with his knee on a third-row bench seat, when the seat flipped over and trapped him in the ..
Google has usually been reluctant to honor European Union "right to be ..
If the United States Postal Service increases prices, Amazon could either absorb the added costs, or increase its Prime subscription rates, according to Credit Suisse analyst ..
The strong post-election bull run in Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC) stock has hit some turbulence. BAC stock has pulled back almost 8% from March highs, even with a recent bo ..
A smarter, less stressful strategy is to buy dividend stocks, which provide a payout despite the noise. Probably nine out of ten articles about dividend stocks to buy feature ..
Here comes Mercedes-Benz jumping into the monthly subscription-service craze, launching its pilot program in Nashville and Philadelphia. It'll be called the Mercedes-Benz ..
After weeks of railing against online shopping giant Amazon, President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday creating a task force to study the United States Postal ..
Monthly dividend stocks are popular with investors – and with good reason. Most monthly payers are REITs of some kind – and a good chunk are mortgage REITs, which are facing ..
Surprise! Trump moved toward moderation on trade this week. ..
Risk Disclosure: fxBrokerSearch.com will not be held liable for any financial loss or damage caused by users acting upon any information contained within this website, not limited to and including: all numerical data, quotes, charts and buy/sell signals. Moreover, please be advised that Forex trading is one of the most volatile investment forms in the world and all trades should be placed with full consideration of the risks and costs.
fxBrokerSearch.com does not support nor encourage the execution of any investments. Trading with a margin is high risk endeavour and not suitable for everyone, therefore, each investor should carefully consider all relevant trading conditions, such as experience, risk and cost, before taking part in any type of trading, including Forex.
While every effort has been made to ensure all our data is as accurate as possible, fxBrokerSearch.com cannot be held responsible for any prices that are not in line with real-time data. Indeed, the currency exchange market is constantly changing and all CFDs (stocks, indexes, futures) and Forex prices are set by market makers.
This means advertised prices may not be accurate and could differ from the actual market conditions. For this reason it is not appropriate to rely on any data presented by fxBrokerSearch.com for the purposes of trading.
Based on these conditions, fxBrokerSearch.com will not be held responsible for any losses incurred through trades conducted in light of data presented on this site.


text:
Maid Brigade is the only cleaning service that offers Green Clean Certified® maid service. Green Clean Certified is better for your health and better for the environment. Maid Brigade offers green cleaning to protect our customers and employees from the health risks associated with traditional house cleaning products and methods used by typical house cleaning services.
Thousands of satisfied customers say that Maid Brigade is not a convenience, we're a necessity! Most of our customers find that having Maid Brigade maid service every two weeks keeps their homes beautifully clean and healthy, minimizing the amount of time spent on cleaning between our visits. But, we also offer weekly, monthly and occasional home cleaning service – whatever suits YOUR needs.
Hire Maid Brigade cleaning services and your life will become less hectic, less stressful, safer and even a little more enjoyable. Maid Brigade customers trust our maid service to maintain a clean and healthy home through consistent, thorough and professional house cleaning service. We clean just like you would, if you had the time.
Maid Brigade takes green cleaning very seriously. So much so that, even if we never perform our miraculous house cleaning service in your home, we want you to be aware of the hidden risks associated with typical house cleaning services. Of course, we'd love to clean for you! (Hint, hint.) Just the same, we believe all consumers should be able to make informed decisions about the house cleaning chemicals brought into your home, for your family's sake. That's why we launched our Consumer Health Advocacy initiative – to bring you these convenient, helpful videos, infographics, e-guides, our and now, Clean Green Talk radio show co-hosted by renowned green cleaning coach Leslie Reichert.
Maid Brigade frequently promotes specials for extra savings on cleaning services! These vary by location and time of year. To see cleaning services specials that are available in your area, use the Zip Code box above to find your local Maid Brigade page, then click on the "Local Specials" link found on the left to see what savings are available just for you!


text:
"Thank you. I'm well. Don't worry," read the post on a Chinese social networking site. The brief comment, published in June, appeared to come from Ling Gu (令谷), the 23-year-old son of a high-powered aide to Chinese President Hu Jintao (胡錦濤), and it helped quash reports that he had been killed in a Ferrari crash after a night of partying.
It only later emerged that the message was a sham, posted by someone under Ling's alias — almost three months after his death.
The ploy was one of many in a tangled effort to suppress news of the Ferrari crash that killed Ling and critically injured two young female passengers, one of whom later died. The outlines of the affair surfaced months ago, but it is now becoming clearer that the crash and the botched cover-up had more momentous consequences, altering the course of the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) once-in-a-decade leadership succession last month.
Hu, China's departing president, entered the summer in an apparently strong position after the disgrace of Bo Xilai (薄熙來), previously a rising member of a rival political network who was brought down when his wife was accused of killing a British businessman. However, Hu suffered a debilitating reversal of his own when party elders — led by his predecessor, Jiang Zemin (江澤民) — confronted him with allegations that Ling Jihua (令計劃), his closest protege and political fixer, had engineered the cover-up of his son's death.
According to current and former officials, party elites and others, the exposure helped tip the balance of difficult negotiations, hastening Hu's decline, spurring the ascent of China's new leader Xi Jinping (習近平) and playing into the hands of Jiang, whose associates dominate the new seven-man leadership at the expense of candidates from Hu's clique.
The case also shows how the profligate lifestyles of leaders' relatives and friends can weigh heavily in backstage power tussles, especially as party skulduggery plays out under the intensifying glare of the media.
Numerous party insiders provided information regarding the episode, speaking on the condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals from the authorities. Officials have investigated the aftermath of the car wreck, they say, including looking into accusations that a state oil company paid hush money to the families of the two women.
Under Hu, Ling Jihua had directed the leadership's administrative center, the General Office, but was relegated to a less influential post in September, ahead of schedule. Last month, he failed to advance to the 25-person CCP politburo and lost his seat on the influential party secretariat.
Hu, who stepped down as party chief, also immediately yielded his post as chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), meaning he will not retain elements of power as Jiang did.
"Hu was weakened even before leaving office," said a mid-ranking official in the Organization Department, the party's personnel office.
Ling's future remains unsettled, with party insiders saying that his case presents an early test of whether Xi intends to follow through on public promises to fight high-level corruption.
"He can decide whether to go after Ling Jihua or not," said Wu Guoguang (吳國光), a former top-level CCP speechwriter, now a political scientist at the University of Victoria in British Columbia, Canada. "Either way, this is a big card in Xi Jinping's hand."


text:
Just a 1/2-day after Mets pitcher Nelson Figueroa allowed six runs then antagonized the Washington Nationals players in post-game interviews, the Mets designated him for assignment.
Darn. Thousands of childish, unprofessional Nats fans were looking forward to seeing him pitch in Nationals Park.
Filed under: Players | Tagged: Nelson Figueroa, New York Mets |


text: GoDaddy is an outstanding name with regards to purchasing website domain names and it's additionally great for individual and business hosting purposes. The organization has assembled a tried and true web server foundation concentrated vigorously on uptime, Linux-and Windows-based servers, stellar client benefit, email hosting and different highlights. GoDaddy's balanced bundles fall barely short of […]Continue reading


text:
- Font:
- +
- -
LONDON — Britain's News of the World tabloid says Chelsy Davy announced the end of her relationship with Prince Harry by changing her status on Facebook to: "Relationship: Not in One."
The couple met in 2004 and their reported breakup marks the end of a five-year relationship.
According to the News of the World, the relationship became strained because the pair spent long periods apart.
Davy, 23, is studying law at Leeds University in northern England while Prince Harry, 24, is training to become a helicopter pilot.
There was no way to verify the report. Royal officials have refused comment and a Facebook page for Davy could not immediately be located.
Copyright 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


text:
Liquid Handling Robot
Mike Barnkob posted a really nice project on the ROBOTC forums; a liquid handling robot. I am sure you've seen them on most CSI shows; not like this one, however. As you can see from the picture, it's a fairly large contraption. For additional coolness, he made use of the Firgelli Linear Actuators. The motors are controlled by using two NXTs that communicate through BlueTooth.
Mike's written a rather nice project journal of sorts where he kept track of his project's progress. You can read it here: [LINK]. There are plenty of videos and source code snippets to illustrate how it was all put together.
A job well done, I'd say!


text:
I went out and auditioned a pair of CT-M600s after reading the review . It's hard to say much about the sound under those conditions , the system as a hole was impressive , I can say they sounded superior to the higher priced amps we heard at the same time , same everything . I won't mention what the other amps were , as I'm sure there large following would take issue .
Sure look pretty . Tim
Classé CT-M600 & CA-M600 monoblock power amplifiers
Though I have occasionally been seduced by tube amps, only to fall out of love after a while, the task of providing the necessary grunt to my speakers has been almost entirely assigned to solid-state designs. A quarter-century ago, the original Krell KSA-50 was a constant in my system. This was replaced by a pair of Mark Levinson No.20 monoblocks, through their No.20.5 and No.20.6 incarnations; then, in 1998, I purchased the pair of Mark Levinson No.33H monoblocks that had been reviewed by Wes Phillips in January 1998.
The No.33Hes were in constant use for the next decade, until fall 2008, when one failed. Getting it fixed has been on my to-do list ever since; meanwhile, this terminal procrastinator has been experimenting with a number of possible replacements, the most promising of which was Ayre Acoustics' MX-R monoblock, which Wes reviewed in April 2007.
Then, at the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show, I was introduced to the first of a new series of amplifiers from Montreal-based Classé Audio, the CT-M600 monoblockwhich, at least on paper, looked like a contender.
A Classé Act
Costing $13,000/pair and offering 600W into 8 ohms, the CT-M600 is aimed at the home-theater marketthe "CT" stands for "Custom Theater"and is a mundane-looking black box with a detachable rack-mount front panel that matches the styling of Classé's CT-SSP preamplifier-processor, which recently impressed Kal Rubinson. The beauty resides inside.
One of the reasons I committed to the Krell and Levinson designs was their use of class-A operation for the output stages. Up to their continuous current limit, a class-A amplifier's output transistors are fully turned on all the time. As well as the devices thus being in thermal equilibrium and therefore immune from having their transfer function thermally modulated by the signal current, the nonlinearities that result from switching the devices on and off during every cycle of the signal are sidestepped. Electronically, this is an elegant solution; practically, it is the opposite, in that two-thirds of the power drawn by the amplifier from the wall is wasted in the form of heat. And environmentally it is a disaster, at least in summer, as you waste even more electricity by having to run your air-conditioning to counteract the amplifier's waste heat.
With the CT-M600, Classé took a different approach to ensure that the output transistors operate in a thermally stable environment. Instead of conventional, massive external heatsinks, the CT-M600's devices are attached to an aluminum tunnel that runs the entire depth of the chassis. The inside surface of the tunnel is stuffed with multiple aluminum fins of relatively low mass to dissipate heattheir total surface area is said to be 31 square feetand a fan draws in air from a concealed slot in the front panel and exhausts it from a rear-panel vent. In itself this is not new, but the key to what Classé calls the Intelligent Cooling Tunnel, or ICTunnel ("icy tunnel"; get it?), is to take advantage of the low thermal mass of the heatsink array inside the tunnel by allowing a microcontroller, fed by pressure and temperature sensors, to actively control the operating temperature. The output devices thus continually run at their optimal temperature regardless of the signal's voltage and current conditions.
In standby mode, the amplifier consumes only 0.5W. When you first switch on the amp from standby with the front-panel switch, the fan briefly operates at full speed, then turns off to allow the amplifier to reach thermal equilibrium in 11 to 12 minutes. (An infrared thermometer indicated that the output devices remained at a constant 91.4°F, or 33°C.) In the months I used the CT-M600s, I never heard any noise from the fans, even when playing music at party levels. And an advantage of the internal heatsinking is that the amps can be directly stacked, one on the other. This is obviously a major benefit for home-theater systems, but the saving in real estate was very useful even in my music-only room. The only downside to the vertical stacking was that even though the bottom amp was raised from the floor on a short wooden stand, its fan pulled in more carpet fluff and cat hair than the upper amp; after several weeks, the front-panel LED flashed red and blue to let me know the filter needed cleaning. (The CT-M600's protection circuitry also monitors the AC mains and signal input and output parameters and signals problems to the user with the LED.)
I went out and auditioned a pair of CT-M600s after reading the review . It's hard to say much about the sound under those conditions , the system as a hole was impressive , I can say they sounded superior to the higher priced amps we heard at the same time , same everything . I won't mention what the other amps were , as I'm sure there large following would take issue .
I will keep reading your stuff - forever :)
In 1963, I heard a home system that was some big turntable, a tube preamp, a large mono tube amp and a huge VOT speaker.
I thought it was perfect (I was sixteen).
Perfect keeps getting better.
Life is not fair, thankfully.
PS I notice the picture is of the ugly one... nobody's perfect.
Great review of the awesome Classe product. I have never listened to a Classe product without being impressed. Also, Classe products are amazingly reliable over the long term.
The only thing I dislike about the new CT series amps are the cosmetics. I feel Classe has taken a step backward in this area.
Mark Evans
I agree, the Delta series is way better looking than the Custom Theatre series. I don't mind the Sigma's look though.
I had the occasion to listen to a pair of the Classe CT-M600's monoblocks with the CT-SSP pre-processor, driving a pair of B&W 803 Diamonds, in what was described as a great sounding room, and the sound was utterly horrendous - Bose would be a good description, but that doesn't give Bose enough credit - really! I was looking for a modern version of the old Aragon 8008BB that could drive dynamic B&W's to decent bass levels, and the Classe was recommended.
Was it the new 803 Diamonds that are "terrible"??? The Classe pre-dual-mono combo, the room, or the ensemble, I can not say, but I would derive much more pleasure for the old Matrix 801's, coupled with even similar vintage Rotel electronics, than I could with this combination. I have heard good things about the new 800/802 Diamond models, but it is a shame there was not a newer model similar to the older Matrix 800, to drive a decent amount of air for real-level listening.
The only hi-brand unknown piece of the combo was some random Blue Ray disc player, fed digitally into the Classe CT-SSP. Jitter, possible, in such a modern design, could it be?
Being a Canadian, I had hoped the Class would deliver the goods, but it would not stand even a cursory listening.
I like the low-power consumption in standby mode, which is mentioned in the review, a plus for a relatively larger-powered hi-fi amplifier.
Internally, the CT-M600 looks like a decent amplifier. Externally, the Classe Omega mono looks like a more fitting replacement for the ML 33H to my eye. Could the same designers have had a hand in the design?
I had an occasion to listen to the -new- version of the CT-M600's, driving the new diamond B&W 802's, with a $5000 Classe CD Player, and a sub-$2000 Rotel pre-amp put in temporarily until the replacement $5500 Classe unit arrived, and, in a treated room, it was fantastic.
Great depth of stage for even solo voice, and less "CD player" sound than I had heard on a Sasha W/P / top Naim stack, at medium volumes. At medium-high levels, on decent modern tracks, the 802's driven by the CT-M600's really sounded as if they were augmented by a pair of nice subwoofers - much nicer than my old Velodyne F1500R in terms of fast and tight (and tunefull) bass response. That the 802's did this level of bass in a fairly small cabinet was fantastic, and totally unexpected, but the credit must go quite equally to the Classe CT-M600's.
At moderate levels, though, the meters read at about the 6W level, which really shows how far good, clean power goes.
The sound was still hi-fi, and cleary recorded, but the bass, dynamics and sound staging were a cut above the level. Voice was also quite natural, approaching the level of my understanding, with nice natural sibalance, etc. and tone. There was upsamling going on at the CD player, but this was clearly above-par 16-bit performance for the CT-M600's driving the 802's, even with a "substitute" Rotel pre-amp in the chain.
Listening to this setup, I could clearly hear what the blog entry of John Atkinson had to say.
Earlier in the session, I also listened to the competing McIntosh MC601 600W pair, which were much more imposing visually, and also sounded fine. Will definitely need to see what they each do, on the same material and gear, to make a decision, one over the other.
The new McIntosh 601's drove a pair of Sasha W/P's much more well than a all-NAIM stack with all the power supplies, and sounded much more musical on medium to high levels with them.
Anyone purchasing either amplifier pair should be quite happy, I imagine, unless their hearing is much more rarefied than mine.
The MC601 monoblock pair is the first McIntosh mono-amp than I can stand, driving Wilsons.
Funny that a pair (even older) of the CT-M600's would have sounded absolutely hideous with a B&W 803 diamond pair, while a newer pair of CT-M600's would sound really, really good on a pair of 802's (one step up speaker wise). I would imagine that the DAC design in the Classe SSP would be similar to that of their CDP, and top of the line Transparent Cable was in use on both systems.
I wonder how much better the new version CT-M600's would drive the latest 800's over the 802's, and if the bass would be as fast and sufficient as I heard today.
I was ready to pull the trigger on a pair of these till I found out Classe' had moved their manufacturing facility from a well regarded Canadian plant to a not so well regarded ( where audio is concerned ) country. I wonder if Stereophile will follow up there review to see if there's a sonic difference.
Regards Tim
I recently had an in-home audition of the CA-2300 with the CP-800, driving my B&W 803Ds. The sound blew away my McIntosh MA7000. Yes... I know its unfair to compare an integrated with a 2-channel, but this was an incredible difference in every listening category. Unfortunately, my PSA-5 shut things down midway through the audition, but once we plugged straight into the wall, the power seemed limitless. I wonder how well the Classe's M600s would do against the McIntosh MC601s? M600's are almost half the price of the MC601s. Does that mean McIntosh is twice as good?
To all the outsourcing critics... You put a North American assembled Classe amp on the bench right next to one assembled in China and you would see no technical or visual difference. The only difference would be in the price tag.


text:
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Doodle: Worgen Hunter
Arrows, pew pew. Does anyone else find it odd that worgen don't have tails?
3 comments:
Hrm...do werewolves have tails? I don't think that any of my hollywood views of werewolves had tails...but I don't watch a lot of werewolf movies either!
And perhaps they had to have their tails docked at youth for health reasons?! =)
- September 10, 2009 at 5:40 PM
I'm pretty sure werewolves have tails, at least they have had in most of the pictures of werewolves I've ever seen (not that I'm a kind of crazy werewolf fetishist or anything).
But, yes, now you point it out, it does strike me as odd with worgen don't have tails. How do they balance? Maybe it's a clothing issue. They'd need special trousers in order to liberate the tail.
Also Draeni have tails and truthfully they look pretty silly sticking out of their robes and such...
Lovely picture, by the way :)
- September 11, 2009 at 4:59 AM
- Kae said...
Tauren have tails, too :)
Most of the furries/werewolves in media have tails, far as I have seen. I agree on the issue of balance--the tails help offset their (normally) stooped posture (which I kinda failed to draw, heh). Did the werewolf in the Harry Potter movie have a tail? I can't remember... nor if it was mentioned in the book.
Puppies should have tails!
- September 12, 2009 at 3:08 PM


text:
I first heard the word in my college classroom a few years ago. I was an assistant professor of English at a state university, and, not incidentally, the mother of five children at the time. We were doing the usual around-the-room introductions in this opening class, which served as my forecast and early warning system for the upcoming semester. Several of the women had listed their occupations, their passions, and then mentioned they were also mothers. Then it was Rosalyn's turn. "Hi, I'm Rosalyn, and I've been a truck driver and a commercial fisherman, and I'm not a breeder." Everyone looked at me, silent, eyes wide. I smiled out of reflex, but suddenly it hit my brain like a smart bomb: A breeder? So that's the term now! Like dogs or horses, purely animal-species survival.
When I told an administrator at the college where I taught that I was pregnant and had decided to resign my position, he snorted and said, "This is your, what, ninth or tenth?" So many children, of course, that they are uncountable. The next summer, a neighbor I hadn't seen for awhile came to visit. "How many kids you got now?" he asked, in his usual direct manner.
"Six," I said, smiling bravely.
"Oh! That's too many! What do you have six kids for?" he asked, grimacing. "You gonna have any more?" was his parting shot. This despite the fact that I am nearly 50.
The messages are constant and clear. They are posted throughout the internet, and they descend upon me in my small hometown through almost weekly public accostings. In exceeding the national norm, which currently stands at 2.034 children per household, according to the Population Reference Bureau, I've stepped down the ladder of achievement and broken not one, but several social contracts. First and ...1
Our digital archives are a work in progress. Let us know if corrections need to be made.
Subscribe to Christianity Today and get access to this article plus 60+ years of archives.
- Home delivery of CT magazine
- Complete access to articles on ChristianityToday.com
- Over 120 years of magazine archives plus full access to all of CT's online archives
- Learn more
More from this Issue
Read These Next
- TrendingLatest Burkina Faso Church Attack Kills 24, Including PastorSunday's raid left 18 more wounded and burned down the town church.
- From the MagazineAudrey Bowden
- RelatedPolyamory: Pastors' Next Sexual FrontierThese once-taboo relationships are showing up in churches across the US.
- Editor's PickI Assumed Science Had All the Answers. Then I Started Asking Inconvenient Questions.My journey from atheist dogma to Christian faith was paved with intellectual and spiritual surprises.


text:
There's still a lot of misinformation about HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).
Myth: The Top Partner During Vaginal and Anal Sex Is at Low Risk for HIV.
Fact: In reality, the top partner (the inserting partner) is at high risk of infection, and the bottom partner (the receiving partner) is at even higher risk of infection. This is because the top partner is being exposed to his partner's blood during anal sex (this is normal), and he is being exposed to his partner's vaginal secretions and possibly menstrual blood, during vaginal sex.
HIV can enter his body through microscopic cuts/abrasions on the head of his penis that normally occur during intercourse. Having another sexually transmitted disease (like syphilis and herpes) that causes open lesions can further increase this risk. During unprotected vaginal and anal intercourse, the insertive partner (the top) is at high risk for HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases, and the receptive partner (the bottom) is at even higher risk. Neither partner is at low risk.
Myth: Oral Sex Is Low Risk for HIV.
Fact: This is only half right. Receiving oral sex (which would expose you only to saliva) is very low risk for HIV. But giving oral sex (exposure to pre-cum, semen, vaginal secretions or menstrual blood) is risky for HIV. The more of these body fluids that a person gets into their mouth, the greater the risk.
For example, when giving a man oral sex, there is a risk from pre-cum, but a much greater risk if the man ejaculates in your mouth. The risk is less than intercourse, but the risk is real. And yes, there have already been cases of HIV transmission through giving oral sex. And remember, you can also get other sexually transmitted diseases (like gonorrhea) by giving someone oral sex.
Myth: If You Already Have HIV, You Can Just Pop a Few Pills (HIV Meds) and the Symptoms Will Just Go Away.
Fact: There's no question that we have come a long way in treating HIV/AIDS. HIV medications do help a lot of people. But they don't work if you don't take them EXACTLY as prescribed. Forgetting to take one's medication can lead to drug resistance. And these drugs can have side effects that can make you sick.
Myth: Education, Condoms, or Abstinence From Sex, Is All It Takes to Stop the Spread of HIV and Other Sexually Transmitted Diseases.
Fact: All the education and condoms in the world won't protect you if you're drunk or high on drugs. And let's face it, there is a very high rate of alcoholism and drug abuse in many countries. When you're drunk from alcohol, or high on drugs (like meth, speed, pot, cocaine, etc.), you tend to put yourself at risk for HIV and STDs, when normally you would not.
Persons under the influence of alcohol and other recreational drugs, are more likely to have sex, they tend to use condoms less often, or they don't use them correctly. So even if a person knows all about HIV/STD prevention, all that education will be worthless, if they get drunk, or high from recreational drugs.
Myth: "Who Cares About Other Sexually Transmitted Diseases? They Cannot Kill You and You Can Cure Them!"
Fact: While some sexually transmitted diseases are curable, others are not. For example, hepatitis B is incurable and potentially fatal. Herpes and genital warts are also incurable. Syphilis left untreated is deadly. We have to start thinking about prevention against other sexually transmitted diseases as well. After all, do you want painful warts and herpes lesions on your genitals or on your rectum? And do you want to die from hepatitis? To read more about this, click here.
Myth: The Number of People Infected With HIV Is Going Down.
Fact: Actually, just the opposite is true. The number of people who are infected with HIV is going up. What has been going down is the number of new cases of AIDS in the U.S., and the death rate due to AIDS in developed nations. What's the difference? There is an average of 10 years from the time a person is infected with HIV, until a diagnosis of AIDS. AIDS statistics therefore tell us how many people were becoming infected an average of 10 years ago, and how they became infected 10 years ago. So prevention efforts 10 years ago is one of the reasons we are seeing a decrease in new AIDS cases today.
But in addition, better HIV/AIDS treatments are keeping people healthier and living longer, thus slowing down the progression from infection to AIDS, and also, reducing the death rate from AIDS.
However, when we look at HIV statistics (that is, how people are becoming infected today, and how many are living with HIV), the numbers are going up. This is due to a combination of two factors. First, the number of new cases of HIV infection is remaining relatively stable. Along with that, people who already have HIV/AIDS are living longer. When we combine these two factors, the number of people living with HIV are growing.
So although the rates of new cases of AIDS, and the death rate due to AIDS is decreasing in developed nations, the number of people living with HIV is increasing! Also remember that in developing nations (such as in Africa and Asia), both the number of new cases of AIDS, and the number of deaths due to AIDS, are still increasing.
Do you want more information on HIV/AIDS, STDs or safer sex? Contact the U.S. Centers for Disease Control Health Line, open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, at 1-800-CDC-INFO.. Or visit The Body's Safe Sex and Prevention Forum.
Until next time . . . Work hard, play hard, play safe, stay sober!
Note: This article was originally published in December 1997 and has been updated.


text:
Jets Blow It In Frightening Fashion
What happened was that the Jets' special teams broke down and allowed Miami's kick returner, Ted Ginn Jr. to sprint across the Meadowlands for 100 and 101 yards
[Black Star Sports]
The Lord giveth. The Lord taketh.
And sometimes, in terms of winning and losing in football- it has nothing to do with the Lord. Take for instance, the Jets' 30-25 loss to the Miami Dolphins.
The day after Halloween, fright night at the Meadowlands began with a whimper for the Jets and their fans. The Jets were nursing a 3-3 tie going into the half-time.
And Miami's wildcat offense was in need of repair as the Jets' defense held the running backs Rickie Williams and Ronnie Brown to a combined 14 total yards. The Jets secondary held quarterback Chad Henne to a total of 80 yards.
"This was just a battle in the first half," said right tackle Damien Woody. "The second half is almost like a blur! There was so much going on, so I have to go back and look at it and see what happened."
What happened was that the Jets' special teams broke down and allowed Miami's kick returner, Ted Ginn Jr. to sprint across the Meadowlands for 100 and 101 yards: and Miami's linebacker, Jason Taylor returned Shonn Greene's fumble 48 yards for 21 points, which created an uncomfortable chill in the air.
Fans elected to expand their lungs and expressed a discordant sound of disapproval.
"It's frustrating losing games like this," said Woody. "You have to play football in three areas, and if one area is lopsided, it could come back to bite you."
Defense, offense and special teams are the three areas.
As for the Jets' defense yesterday, they allowed 104 net yards, the fourth lowest total in the franchise history. And the defense registered six sacks. Another plus, offensively, Mark Sanchez threw two touchdowns, ran for a touchdown and amassed 265 yards. And running back Thomas Jones is having another pro bowl season. He contributed 102 yards on 27 carries. The fourth time he ran for 100 yards this season.
"First off, sometimes things just don't make sense," said head coach Rex Ryan. " Statistically, this game is not going to look close."
Nonetheless, when one of the three phases of the game is insufficient, it can lead to trouble – a loss.
"It's disappointing because I thought we were really in control of our division, and right now, we're not," said Ryan. "I think we can run the football. Mark Sanchez is coming around a little bit, and with Braylon Edwards and Jerricho Cotchery in there at wide receiver, and Dustin Keller – who was big today – I feel confident in our passing game. I've always felt confident in our defense. Special teams is usually strength; but obviously we've got to pick it up."
The Jets are 4-4, second place in their division. Next week is a bye week, and then they play Jacksonville. A team the Jets can beat, but the Jets have three losses, two against Miami and one against Buffalo that could have been easily been wins.
"We've put ourselves in a hole here, and the only way to get out is to come out playing with our hair on fire," said Ryan. "That's the only way we can make the playoffs. We've got a hell of a schedule coming up."
Latest comments
- Ann GarrisonFebruary 22,2018 @ 08:03 PM
I think you have "Filtered HTML" turned on here. If you switch to "Full HTML," it will probably...
googletag.pubads().definePassback('6785150/BENN/BlackStarNews', [[300,250]]).setTargeting('fold',['BTF']).display();