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Hey readers! It's the last week of the fall semester here at UAT. Chances are you know what that means.
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text: 50 years ago this month NASA rocketed into existence, and to celebrate this fact NASA-TV is streaming its special retrospective show "50 Years of Exploration: The Golden Anniversary of NASA" in HD format today at 1pm and 8pm EDT (and again tomorrow at 10am and 2pm). Check it out: it's presented by none other than Neil Armstrong, and it'll remind you how frickin' astonishing the achievements of the Agency are, despite its recent rockety woes. [NASA-TV]


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Deep Economy (Hardcover)
The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future
Times Books, 9780805076264, 272pp.
Publication Date: March 6, 2007
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Paperback (3/4/2008)
In this powerful and provocative manifesto, Bill McKibben offers the biggest challenge in a generation to the prevailing view of our economy. For the first time in human history, he observes, "more" is no longer synonymous with "better"--indeed, for many of us, they have become almost opposites. McKibben puts forward a new way to think about the things we buy, the food we eat, the energy we use, and the money that pays for it all. Our purchases, he says, need not be at odds with the things we truly value.
McKibben's animating idea is that we need to move beyond "growth" as the paramount economic ideal and pursue prosperity in a more local direction, with cities, suburbs, and regions producing more of their own food, generating more of their own energy, and even creating more of their own culture and entertainment. He shows this concept blossoming around the world with striking results, from the burgeoning economies of India and China to the more mature societies of Europe and New England. For those who worry about environmental threats, he offers a route out of the worst of those problems; for those who wonder if there isn't something more to life than buying, he provides the insight to think about one's life as an individual and as a member of a larger community.
McKibben offers a realistic, if challenging, scenario for a hopeful future. As he so eloquently shows, the more we nurture the essential humanity of our economy, the more we will recapture our own.
About the Author
Praise For Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future…
"I'd like to see Deep Economy read in every Econ 101 class. Bill McKibben asks the central human question: What is the economy for? The stakes here are terrifyingly high, but with his genial style and fascinating examples of alternative approaches, McKibben convinces me that economics is anything but dismal—if only we can learn to do it right!"—Barbara Ehrenreich, author of Nickel and Dimed "The cult of growth and globalization has seldom been so effectively challenged as by Bill McKibben in Deep Economy. But this bracing tonic of a book also throws the bright light of McKibben's matchless journalism on the vibrant local economies now springing up like mushrooms in the shadow of globalization. Deep Economy fills you with a hope and a sense of fresh possibility."—Michael Pollan, author of The Omnivore's Dilemma "How is our nation going to cope with global warming, peak oil, inequality, and a growing sense of isolation? Bill McKibben provides the simple but brilliant answer the economists have missed—we need to create 'depth' through local interdependence and sustainable use of resources. I will be requiring this inspiring book for my students, and passionately recommending it to everyone else I know."—Juliet Schor, professor of sociology, Boston College, and author of The Overspent American "Bill McKibben works on the frontiers of new understandings and returns with his startling and lucid revelations of the possible future. A saner human-scale world does exist—just over the horizon—and McKibben introduces us to the people and ideas leading us there."—William Greider, author of The Soul of Capitalism: Opening Paths to a Moral Economy "Masterfully crafted, deeply thoughtful and mind-expanding. . . . An incisive critique of the unintended consequences of our…growth-oriented economy."—Los Angeles Times
"A hopeful manifesto."—Boston Globe
"What makes McKibben's book stand out is the completeness of his arguments and his real-world approach to solutions."—USA Today
"McKibben is a fitting prophet… [His] dexterity as a keen observer and stellar wordsmith makes Deep Economy well worth reading."—The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
"Wise and…optimistic."—The Courier-Journal of Louisville
"McKibben's proposals for new, less growth-centered ways of thinking about economics are intriguing, and offer hope that change is possible."—Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)
"[McKibben] ably argues [that] growth has increased inequality and decreased human happiness."—Kirkus Reviews


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1 Make card from cardstock. 2 Press ink pad on craft sheet, add water, and flick on cardstock using paintbrush; let dry. 3 Print sentiment on inked cardstock; trim and adhere to card. 4 Color sequins with marker and adhere. 5 Repeat Steps 1-4 for additional cards.
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County asking voters to support 'penny sales tax'
Sales tax helps fund police and fire departments
Voters in Sebastian County will soon be able to head to the polls to vote on a 1 pecent sales tax.
Early voting for a special election starts Tuesday.
The county-wide sales tax means for every dollar spent in Sebastian County, one penny goes to the county government.
County and city leaders say much of the money from the sales tax funds local police and fire departments.
The money from the sales tax is distributed between the county's eleven cities, based on population size.
Fort Smith, the largest city in the county, gets about $15 million from the tax.
Several people who live in the county said they are not worried about the sales tax.
"It's just a penny," said Brandon McCormack.
McCormack and his wife Hayley have lived in Fort Smith for more than two years.
They said the 1 percent sales tax is something they support.
"I think it's a great idea," said McCormack. "The police and fire departments do great jobs around here and if that's paying for them and supporting them, then I think it's a great idea."
McCormack said as Fort Smith continues to grow and brings in new businesses; the sales tax is something that he considers necessary.
Early voters can go to the Sebastian County Courthouse in Greenwood or Fort Smith.
Regular polling places will be open May 14.


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Romney plays offense on autos
DEFIANCE, Ohio — The Romney campaign went on offense over the auto bailout in this small northwestern auto town Thursday.
First, surrogate Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) offered an extended explanation for why Mitt Romney is the best candidate for workers at the General Motor Powertrain division, Defiance's largest employer.
Then the Republican nominee warned that a major employer in nearby Toledo is considering shipping auto jobs overseas.
"I saw a story today that one of the great manufacturers in this state, Jeep, now owned by the Italians, is thinking of moving all production to China," Romney told a crowd of some 12,000 at a high school football stadium. "I will fight for every good job in America, I'm going to fight to make sure trade is fair, and if it's fair, America will win."
President Barack Obama's campaign has hammered Romney in this part of Ohio for opposing the auto bailout. Romney's "Let Detroit Go Bankrupt" op-ed has been fodder for countless commercials, and the issue is seen as a key reason that the incumbent has a leg up in the fight for this quintessential swing state's 18 electoral votes.
Portman brought up with no prompting the back-and-forth over the bailout at the presidential debate last week in New York at Hofstra University, a tacit acknowledgement that the continuing attacks have gained some traction and require a response.
"Look, I supported a rescue for the auto companies, but these are desperate attacks by President Obama 'cause he doesn't want to talk about his record," the senator said. "First, it was President Obama who actually took GM and Chrysler through bankruptcy. That's a fact. Second, Mitt Romney did propose government help. He proposed government guarantees for loans. He proposed the government backing up the warranties, and folks, all the independent fact-checkers who have looked at this agree, President Obama was wrong. He was not telling the truth.
"Folks, if you live in Defiance, or if you're an auto worker here tonight, or if you have someone you know who's related to the auto companies … we need to elect Mitt Romney the next president of the United States," he concluded.
Romney also emphasized that he would be better at getting things done in a partisan Washington.
"That's been the story of America. In the very early days, they looked at America and said, gosh when a barn needs to be built, people in the whole community come together and build it," he said. "I will do something that's not been done in Washington in a long time. I'll reach across the aisle. … I'm going to meet regularly with Democrats and Republicans, work together — work together to solve our problems."
Romney flies to Des Moines, Iowa, on Friday to deliver what the campaign bills as a major economic policy speech in Ames.
The Obama campaign quickly released a statement criticizing Romney's comments about Jeep.
"As Chrysler said today, 'Jeep has no intention of shifting production of its Jeep models out of North America to China,'" the campaign emailed reporters. "And what's more: President Obama has fought on behalf of U.S. auto workers by challenging unfair Chinese tariffs on U.S. auto exports to China, including Jeeps, while Romney would have let the American auto industry and a million jobs go under."


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A fun search and find christmas puzzle game!
It's time to decorate the trees for Christmas!
An amazing typing game that's out of this world!
Go on an amazing adventure with Teddy as he works to find his way home!
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Pattern Memory Exercise your memory. See how many patterns you can repeat!
Music Memory Identify the differences in the pictures by clicking the picture where they are different!
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Musical Notes Learn to read sheet music using a piano. Watch the notes on the sheet music go by.
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So here it goes!
- Went to the Promod Sale with Annie - was very disappointed! I just got 2 dresses! Sigh.. Hoping to see more new items! (even if they keep saying their stocks are already ALL OUT!) hahahaha
- Had dinner at Tong Yang! Haven't done this in a year! It was super fun - but at the end of the night we were all full and smelly!! Hahahaha... Next year again!!
- Had my pedi at CANS Greenhills by Riza! Love love love her!!
- Went to Forbes to reserve the Church for my inevitable wedding date! (Hahaha..)
- Hung out at Starbucks Magallanes (as my Panget went to Druid's Keep to get his 2 weeks worth of comic books and toys!)
- Went to Rustan's Makati - hoping to attend the Metro Weddings event - well, I was late - about 2 hours late! Hahahaha..
- Had dinner at Caprisiosa in GB3 - the pizza was great - but the pasta, well - it was really bad! No flavor at all! And the pasta was really really dry (even if I told them I didn't like my pasta too dry.. tsk.. tsk..)
- Went to watch the movie below (that was the only thing that garnered an individual entry!)
- Since my Panget was hungry from the disappointing dinner - we headed to Cafe Breton with good pal Fred! :)
- Went to Church, atteneded the 10:15am Mass and for the first time, I saw about 6 - 8 lay ministers in Church! The normal number was just 2-3. I guess they all wanted to catch the Pacquiao fight - thus, serve early - go home early too!!
- Had a very bad 'complimentary' lunch at the Astoria Plaza in Ortigas
- Endured 2 hours worth of 'convincing' to avail of the time share vacation owning promo! At the end of the whole thingie - I was lucky enough to claim my FREE accommodations!! :)
- I brought Tynee (one of Jenna's puppies) to his new home.. (I still miss him!)
- Had dinner with my Panget's brother, SIL and uber cute niece Elle at Omakase. Service was do-do, because there were so many people! Our orders didn't arrive on time and some were mixed up! Had to follow-up every once in a while.
- Capped the Sunday with a foot and back massage with my mom at Happy Family West Avenue (loved it!! as usual!)
How about you? How was your weekend? :)


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CHICAGO (CBS) — Nearly one in five African-Americans ages 20 and older have diabetes, and in Chicago the numbers are even higher on the South and West sides.
CBS 2's Mike Puccinelli reports, not long ago, Terry Martin's blood sugar level was so high, her life was in danger.
"I had passed out at work, where the ambulance had to take me to the emergency room," she said.
That was because her blood sugar was six times the normal level; and what's worse, like millions of other Americans, she had no idea she had Type 2 diabetes.
"Ultimately, it could be the end of your life; and so there are devastating consequences of the disease. Heart disease is closely linked to diabetes; stroke, amputations, blindness," said Sheena Bryant, a local coordinator for the American Diabetes Association.
Martin is one of the lucky ones. She survived her diabetes scare, and is on the path to a healthier life.
According to Chicago Department of Public Health statistics, many others succumb to the disease, and many of those victims live in neighborhoods just like Martin's.
Dr. Monica Peek, an assistant professor of internal medicine at the University of Chicago, said, "From the recent findings, the top 11 communities for diabetes death rates, 10 of those are African-American."
Those numbers are deeply troubling to researchers like Peek.
"Some of the communities that are largely African-American have up to four and a half times the rate of dying from diabetes, when you look at some of the more affluent, primarily white populations in the city," she said.
That adds up to a lot of life lost.
"Potentially ten years of life can be lost related to diabetes, when you look at some of the neighborhoods," she said.
Martin said doesn't plan to become one of the statistics. That's why she enrolled in a free diabetes education course at the University of Chicago. It emphasizes portion control and exercise.
"Think the class that I go to helps me a lot. It really does," she said.
The program Martin is attending is free of charge, and is offered through the University of Chicago.


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I'd like to generate simple sounds, I really mean just "beeps", in C or C++, just like those sounds generated by vintage computers such as the Atari 800. I'd like to use a simple sound library. I've heard about FMOD but it's so complicated and I never understood how to use it.
Can you tell me what's the simplest sound library for generating those simple "beeps"?
Thank you in advance.


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Four iPhones are arranged, rearranged, and rearranged again to the tune of "We Are Young" by Fun. I can barely wrap my brain around how the planning and choreography it took to get this down right.
I can't fathom how much work went into creating this YouTube video, but it took them 238 takes to get the iPhone puzzle arrangement right. Now that's dedication. And this video? Well, this is performative installation art as far as I'm concerned.
Video Puzzle [YouTube via Reddit]


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Chinese Immigrants in Cuba: Documents from the James and Ana Melikian Collection
The Chinese Immigrants in Cuba collection includes hundreds of original documents, manuscripts and photos covering the migration of 125,000 Chinese who signed up to be cheap labor in Cuba from 1847 until the later 1890s. The archive continues until the 1970s and records the Chinese community in Cuba and is rich with photos. This massive collection, from the archive of James and Ana Melikian Collection, is probably the largest one in private hands concerning Chinese in Cuba. At present the collection contains over 1341 records and about 8,000-9,000 pages.
- 1 Spanish
Mime Type
Resource Type
- 1 Image
- Contracted Workers
- List
- Ana Maria de Lanz
- 1 Alonso de Albuquerque
- 1 Havana
- 1 Portuguese
Date Range
1864 1864
13 Chinese settlers were hired to work in the fields. They were transported to Cuba aboard the ship Alonso de Albuquerque under contract with Ana Maria de Lanz.
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Tech Update
PVD Coating Triples Tool Life at Auto-Parts Maker
FortiPhy UltraEndurance chromium-nitride (CrN) coating process to minimize tool distortion while optimizing tool life for a couple of unique applications. The coating, patented PVD technology from Phygen Coatings Inc., Minneapolis, MN, has delivered three times the tool life as compared to an alternative coating process, while maintaining part tolerances.
Exedy America uses transfer presses to produce transmission parts—such as torque converters—for automotive OEMs and aftermarket sellers. It stamps hot- and cold-rolled steel 1-5 mm thick. For proper assembly, parts must maintain their roundness, and according to the firm's tool and die director Randy Collinsworth, prior use of thermal-diffusion (TD) coatings had caused problems related to tool distortion.
Giving the Phygen PVD coating a look, Collinsworth first tried the coating on M2 steel tooling used to form 2.3-mm-thick cold-rolled steel into a plate used in torque-converter assemblies. While tooling coated with TiCN endured for 78,000 hits before requiring recoating, the FortiPhy coating tripled tool life.
Collinsworth also describes a recent cost-reduction program that had the firm re-engineer a draw ring to half the size of its predecessor. The ring is designed to be rotated to a new position (three positions in all) as out-of-tolerance wear occurs. Coated with the Phygen FortiPhy process, the ring has yet to be rotated, and Exedy America officials expect it to run 750,000 parts—250,000 per rotation—before recoating, tripling tool life over the previous ring.
Phygen Coatings, Inc. 888/749-4361; www.phygen.com
See also: Phygen Coatings, Inc.
Related Enterprise Zones: Materials/Coatings, Tool & Die


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Meet & GreetCopyright: Patrick Randriamanampisoa
The goal of the Education Fund is to improve the study conditions of its scholarship recipients. This includes not only the monetary support that is made possible by numerous donors, but also the intensive contact between students and donors. The scholarship program contributes to strengthen the network between donors and recipients. As a result, personal contact is at the focus and an important element of funding these talented individuals.
Get Together
In order to better network all individuals involved, the Education Fund offers a number of opportunities for people to get to know each other.
Every year the big scholarship award ceremony starts off the new funding period. Initial contact is established here aside from certificates being handed out. Before this event RWTH Aachen University invites donors to Meet RWTH. This offers the possibility to get to know the university and current research fields as well as other donors.
Many donors offer an accompanying program later on during the scholarship year. Contact is strengthened from factory tours and workshops to fireside chats. Furthermore, students organize regular meetings among themselves through their own network. These meetings are coordinated by the team of scholarship recipient speakers. RWTH Aachen also provides a central framework program for all recipients and donors from the current funding period.


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Karl Lagerfeld instilled a sense of covetable reality into his latest collection for Chanel
In a season and particularly in Paris where designers have been chanelling French bourgeois dressing and trying to reinstate old fashioned stances on being elegant and chic, it seems ironic that Chanel, the very epitome of elegance for a lot of people should head in the other direction, to a darker place dressed in Lagerfeld's version of Chanel workwear or dare we say, street wear? Alright, there were no tracksuit bottoms or trainers but everything was suitably earthed with biker boots that firmly stayed on the ground and a vast portion of the collection that showed Chanel 'dressed down' in the language it knows well.
The textures were disheveled, shredded and artfully tattered as they walked through steaming coals as if to take the luxurious nature of Chanel clothes down a notch. Trousers were slouchy and masculine and when paired with a nonchalant tweed jacket with an attached tailored blazer underneath, it seemed to reference the very real way of how people wear Chanel – pairing tweed jackets with jeans and trainers, slinging a quilted bag with anything – these are the modern wearers of Chanel that aren't so concerned with looking absolutely polished. It never strayed too far into the dusty beaten track though as at the core of the collection were still those luxuriously textured tweeds (despite the distressed appearance) that were made up into capes, jackets and sometimes matched with ruffled neck blouse.
The contrast between the Chanel fabrication codes and workwear shapes, seen in pieces such as a slouchy jumpsuit with patch pockets was always at play throughout the collection. Until the required dressier elements started appearing with floor length knit dresses and textured dresses with the appearance of the shiny facets of charcoal. Another interesting shape turn was the final preoccupation with the evening jumpsuit as well as cocktail pyjama-like outfits in keeping with the louche and loose feeling of a collection that showcased an approachable side to Chanel as well as one that shows Lagerfeld taking a risk amidst this season's wave of Parisian chic.


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If you are planning a holiday in the Outer Banks, you will have the opportunity of a lot to see and do, spread over a fairly wide area. This means that you may wish to keep your schedule as flexible as possible by choosing to rent your own holiday accommodation. Whether you plump for a rental apartment or condo, a villa with private pool, or a larger beachfront holiday house, you can come and go as you please and truly make your holiday itinerary your own.
Beaches and sport in the Outer Banks
The beautiful sandy beaches of the Outer Banks are perfect for lazing around on a summer's day with your family and friends, enjoying the occasional dip in the warm waters. They are also home, however, to a variety of water based sporting activities. Whether your preference is for some leisurely sailing or fishing, or you prefer more active pursuits such as surfing, windsurfing or water-skiing, you will find appropriate facilities in the Outer Banks. Golfers, meanwhile, will be keen to visit top venues such as the championship courses at the Ducks Head Country Club, or the Scottish style Nags Head Golf Links. Horseback riding along designated trails can be arranged in Kitty Hawk and Frisco, while bicycles are readily available for hire throughout the Outer Banks.
A hire car, combined with the freedom afforded by your holiday rental, will allow you to see the top sights in the Outer Banks at any time of your choosing. You may wish to begin these excursions by visiting the principal settlements in the Outer Banks, such as Kitty Hawk or Nags Head. This is a good idea in the sense that it will allow you to combine seeing the sights incorporated in these towns, sampling their excellent restaurants and bars and finding out from the locals their recommendations as to where you should go and what you should see. Onward destinations are consequently likely to include the Wright Brothers' National Memorial, where the first recognised successful flight took place in 1903. You may be sent in the direction of the Bodie Island Lighthouse and its adjoining museum. Perhaps even the Frisco Native American Museum and Natural History Centre will become part of your agenda. Wherever you choose or are recommended to venture, your Outer Banks holiday will remain your own and its enjoyment will remain so far as possible in your own hands.
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Easy Peasy Pantaloons
5.4.10 | Posted by Unknown | Edit Post
Aiyanna had a beautiful Easter dress. Her Gudsud (Native American for Grandmother) shadow embroider it with bunnies, carrots, flowers, and a butterfly. I want to contribute to the outfit so I decided to make pantaloons. These are so easy they were done in 20 minutes.
I used a pattern for capris and then added lace and an elastic casing to turn them into pantaloons.
Let's get sewing!!!
Supplies Needed:
Single fold bias tape
sewing machine
So first off you can make a pair of capris or go grab a pair out of the closet. If you are making them do not hem the bottom. If you are using an already made pair you can cut off the hem or you can use a seam ripper to pull out the hem and then iron.
Put lace and right bottom hem right sides together.
Stitch using a small zig zag stitch. Do the same on the left leg.
Next take your bias tape and fold the raw edge 1/4" under.
Pin the bias tape 1/2" above the hem at the inside leg seam.
Pin all the way around the leg and then fold the end 1/4" and pin the the inside seam.
Make sure to leave a small space between the ends of the bias tape so you can thread the elastic through.
Sew the bias tape in place.
Thread the elastic through the casing you just made.
I like to use the unbleached elastidc that you purchase by the yard because it is very soft and very stretchy.
Zig zag stitch the ends of the elastic together.
They are so adorable under a dress!
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3 comments:
- Jamee said...
Adorable!! what a sweet outfit and I love pantaloons
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- Misty @Creative Itch said...
How sweet!! They turned out adorable!! Thanks for linking @Creative Itch's "Sew Cute Tuesday"!!
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- HB, The Impulsive Minimalist said...
Those are cute! She looks very proper :)
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Andrew R Wilson
17 October, 2013
ElevationA very emotional night when, initially, we were unsure if the show was going to go ahead due to Bob Hewson's death earlier that day. Bono turned in an amazing set in which he was close to tears during Kite. I had met him the week before when he was visiting his father at the Blackrock Clinic near Dublin.


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The Next Pompeii
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In the shadow of Italy's Vesuvius, a lesser-known volcano rumbles: Campi Flegrei. If it erupts, millions of lives could be at risk. Scientists explore its unique geology and develop a warning system that could prevent Naples becoming the next Pompeii.
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Imagine students log rolling down the hallway as they move from their classroom to the library, or pedalling furiously on stationary spin bikes as they listen to their teacher.
These strategies and more are being used in a new educational initiative that is being implemented in several B.C. school districts, including Surrey, West Vancouver, Coquitlam and West Vancouver. Burnaby and Delta plan to join the initiative this year.
About 800 educators from across the province gathered in Surrey in late August to learn about the strategy of self-regulation, which is designed to help students, parents and educators understand the reasons why a child might be having trouble paying attention, ignoring distracters, inhibiting his impulses, modulating his emotions, and overall, maintaining a state of being calmly focused and alert.
Surrey School District's superintendent Mike McKay is project director of the Canadian Self-Regulation Initiative, while Dr. Stuart Shanker, professor of Philosophy and Psychology at York University, has written a book about the practice and is a partner in the initiative. Shanker says the idea has taken off and that the entire country is watching B.C. educators to see the results.
In Bulkley Valley school district in northwestern B.C., one elementary school designed a ramp so students could roll down the hallway.
"The rolling on the mat stimulates the nervous system and while doing so, the child either becomes more alert or less alert (a calming effect)," said Taunya Shaw, Surrey School District's social, emotional learning helping teacher who has been implementing the ideas in some Surrey schools.
"It stimulates the large muscle groups and gets the blood flowing. Blood flowing in the brain helps to regulate."
The single most significant tool discovered so far has been ear muffs, which are specifically designed to dull the noises in a classroom.
"It's seamless — the ear muffs are on posts and the students can get up, get the ear muffs, use them and then put them back as they need to," Shaw said. "There are a lot of children who can't block external noise and this has a positive impact on their ability to focus."
Another Surrey teacher tried a different strategy in her Grade 5 classroom: allowing students to take "engine breaks" in which they could leave the classroom and go climb up and down the staircase once or twice to either revive themselves or to calm down.
"The results were astounding," Shaw said, adding that at first the teacher wasn't sure she could trust the students to make the decision to leave the classroom and come back in an appropriate time. "The kids absolutely loved it. When they come back to their desks they are more focused and they're not asking to leave to go to the bathroom four or five more times."
Shanker says self-regulation is a "transformation that you wouldn't believe possible. It's like turning a switch in the brain. We know that you can do this for any kid — it's extraordinarily powerful. You can give every child this opportunity to have a better life."
He told the crowd a story of a teenage boy who had come to see him in his York University clinical program for help because of problems with behaviour and learning at school.
One of the first things Shanker did was check his heart rate, and this boy's heart was racing at 120 beats per minute, when it should have been only about 78 beats per minute. Shanker waited to see if it would decrease if he sat and rested for a while, but it didn't.
"This was his set rate — but at that heart rate, there is a lot going on in the brain that takes away from the thinking parts of the brain," Shanker said, adding that the boy was addicted to video games and energy drinks and was suffering from a chronic lack of sleep.
"That was a coping strategy that enabled him to function, but there were problems cropping up with his behaviour and academics," Shanker said. "It's a strong predictor of both physical and mental health. If we don't do something, that kid is looking at a much higher incidence of cancer and many other issues."
Problems with self-regulation can also lead to issues including personality or developmental or memory disorders, alcoholism, risky behaviours, obesity, diabetes, coronary heart disease and immune disorders such as asthma, allergies, chronic fatigue syndrome and rheumatoid arthritis, material written by Shanker states.
Self-regulation has three steps: The first is to figure out what the stressors are and reduce them; the second is to develop self awareness of one's physical and emotional state; and the third is to learn what to do to bring yourself back to an appropriate state of arousal.
In classrooms, it can mean anything from the strategies mentioned above to soundproofing an area of the classroom for quiet reading, to allowing kids to go to the gym to do chin-ups for a break during seat work.
"This really is a story about all children, and not just children who are having difficulty," Shanker said.
Both McKay and Shanker said they regularly use the strategies in their own life. McKay said he had decided against having a chai latte immediately before giving the presentation because he realized he didn't need the extra sugar and caffeine in his system while he was talking to 800 people.
"The neuroscience tells us what sugar does to the brain and what fat does to the brain, but it's the question why that's important," Shanker said. "Why am I reaching for that and are there any other alternatives?"
He gave the example of waking up unexpectedly at 2 a.m. the night before the conference and not being able to get back to sleep. He knew he had a long day ahead of him and that sleep was essential. He decided to meditate, and although he lay there for about 45 minutes, he ultimately fell back asleep, waking at 6 a.m.
McKay said self-regulation makes a difference in many areas, not just in education. It makes a difference in parenting, coaching, police work, early childhood education, health, mental health and other sectors.
"You have to turn the lament — why is this happening to me? — into an inquiry," McKay said. "It's about the detective moment. When some variables change, the outcome changes."
He gave the example of a young man who was a championship golfer, but who realized that his first nine holes were always stronger than his second nine holes. When he gave it some thought, he realized that he always stopped after the ninth hole to have something to eat and that he usually chose a Coke, a hotdog, a chocolate bar and maybe some potato chips.
"His back nine improved dramatically once he eliminated that. That's the detective moment rather than the lament."


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Ross seeks contribution, not redemption
SAN FRANCISCO — Jeremy Ross isn't about to make the same mistake twice. Not with the stakes as high as they are, and not after what happened the last time he tried a bit too hard – with disastrous results.
In the 239 days that will have passed between the Green Bay Packers return man's muffed punt in the team's season-ending NFC Divisional Playoff loss at San Francisco and Sunday's regular-season opener against those same 49ers at Candlestick Park, Ross hasn't spent much time obsessing about his mistake.
For one, he couldn't afford to; he had to earn a spot on the 53-man roster and overcome an inconsistent training camp to do so. And two, it's not in his outgoing, occasionally goofy personality to spend too much time down in the dumps.
Maybe that's why he's looking at Sunday's rematch as something to embrace, not fear.
"Coming back, it's exciting. It's exciting to be able to come back and be able to play again in San Francisco," Ross said. "I think it's going to be a great opportunity for me and my team to do some great things to open up the season."
The mistake Ross made on that play wasn't one of inexperience. Rather, he was so anxious to make something happen that he failed to secure the ball before taking off upfield, sensing that there was a big play in the making.
"It was just losing sight of my technique, for one, and definitely wanting to make a play (with) the situation, the circumstances that were there – being home, San Francisco, playoff game. I just wanted to make a play," said Ross, who was born in San Diego but went to California-Berkeley and now lives in Richmond, Calif., just north of Cal's campus. "I just got outside myself and didn't make a good decision. I could have easily fair-caught the ball and I would've been in good shape."
Instead, the fumble gave the 49ers the ball at the Green Bay 9-yard line – setting up a touchdown that tied the game at 14-14 – and swung the momentum in what turned out to be a 45-31 loss. Randall Cobb took over returns after that and actually muffed a pair of kickoffs, so Ross wasn't alone in his mistakes, but the lost possession for the Packers was huge.
"Just this game, it's important to just not let the circumstances, the situation get me too emotionally high," Ross said. "Once we hit the field, it has to be just another game."
Just what role Ross will play on returns is unclear; Packers coach Mike McCarthy always wants to have as many elements of surprise in his favor in the opener as possible. Thus, neither he nor special teams coordinator Shawn Slocum would divulge whether Ross will handle kickoffs, punts or both – and how much Cobb will factor in.
"Cobb's in the picture," Slocum said Thursday. "I just want production. That's the main thing I want. We've got guys here that can productive. I think that was evident through the preseason."
In each of the Packers' two season-openers, Cobb has delivered a return for a touchdown. Last year against the 49ers, it was a 75-yard punt return for a touchdown. Two years ago, as a rookie, he returned a kickoff 108 yards for a touchdown against the New Orleans Saints.
But the Packers would like nothing more than for Ross not only to handle the jobs, but provide the lift Cobb has in that role. Slocum said the coaches would decide during Friday morning's game management meeting what to do on returns, with rookies Micah Hyde (punts) and Johnathan Franklin (kickoffs) also under consideration.
"I go in with the mindset that I'll be the guy," Ross said. "I think that's how we all go in – staying prepared, being on our toes and then if our number is called, we're ready."
The 6-foot, 215-pound Ross would make the most sense, and other than Cobb, he has the longest returning resumé, too. He left Cal ranked second all-time in punt returns (31 returns, 471 yards, one touchdown, 15.2-yard average; only DeSean Jackson had more success) and he came on strong at the end of last season, which earned him the opportunity that led to his fateful fumble.
After fumbling an ill-conceived throwback lateral from Cobb on a punt return at Chicago on Dec. 16, Ross had a 58-yard punt return in the Dec. 23 victory over Tennessee, then had a 44-yard kickoff return and a 32-yard punt return against Minnesota in the regular-season finale on Dec. 30. He worked only on kickoff returns in the NFC Wild Card game against the Vikings before handling both jobs against the 49ers – until the fumble, which landed him on the bench.
In his exit interview after the season, McCarthy made it clear to Ross that he wanted him back for a chance to come to training camp and earn a spot on the roster. While Hyde, Franklin and others auditioned on returns, Ross focused on working at wide receiver and overcame a rough patch midway through camp to earn the No. 5 receiver spot over a group of appealing rookies. Ross' three receptions for 50 yards in the preseason finale at Kansas City sealed his spot.
"He had some ups and downs during training camp. He knows that. We talked about it," McCarthy said. "It's why you play that fourth preseason game. People don't really put enough into that, both outside and inside. It's a very important game. There are a number of positions that were decided that night and Jeremy was definitely one of those."
It also benefitted Ross that he was able to be on the roster for all of the offseason program and training camp after joining the Packers' practice squad on Oct. 17 last year and getting promoted to the 53-man roster on Dec. 1.
"I think training camp was a great experience, and I felt like it was forward progress – with some hazards in the middle," said Ross, who finished preseason with seven catches for 70 yards, a 10.5-yard average on two punt returns and a 23.3-yard average on four kickoff returns. "I felt like I grew a lot as a player in training camp, I got a lot of good experience in the preseason, just being able to get a lot of significant playing time. That has helped me out a lot. I felt like I only got better as things went on and I learned some things about myself."
He also learned some things about himself in the wake of his mistake. He confided earlier this week that he didn't move past it as quickly as he might have claimed he did initially – it wasn't until he returned home to California and spent some time with friends like Phil Johnson, Sam Manuel and John Gilchrist from Bay Area Christian Church, a non-denominational Christian where Ross is an active member.
"I've known them since my freshman year in college," Ross said. "I had a lot of great people in my circle, a lot of great friends and family who just helped me out a lot with my perspective – just conversations with them helping me to see the bigger picture than just what happened on that play. I think that helped me a lot, just to get some perspective on the situation and move forward.
"It's not a matter of redemption for me. For me, it's just another game. I've got to prepare the same so when I go in, I just try to be successful. That's the only thing I can do. I think if I were to go into any other game, I would have the same mindset – make plays and try to do my thing."
Listen to Jason Wilde every weekday from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. on "Green & Gold Today" on 540 ESPN, and follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/jasonjwilde.


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Challenge of the Samurai (サムライしょうねんのちょうせん! Challenge of the Samurai Boy!) is the 4th episode of Pokémon: Indigo League.
After getting his Caterpie evolved into a Metapod (which still makes Misty uneasy), Ash and Misty meet a samurai, who wants to test Ash's skill, just like the other trainers from Pallet Town. In the middle of the fight, a swarm of Beedrill take Ash's Metapod away. The samurai is not pleased with that and criticises Ash for it. Will Ash get his Pokémon back without getting stung by a Beedrill?
Episode Plot
The episode begins by recapping the events of the previous three episodes, starting with Ash Ketchum stating that he will become the number one Pokémon master of all time. Ash is then shown dragging Pikachu along and then the two being followed by a flock of Spearow. The episode then cuts to the Pokémon Center at Viridian City as Nurse Joy and her two Chansey bring Pikachu out on a stretcher and the arrival of Team Rocket, before showing the explosion that destroyed the Pokémon Center. The next flashback shows Ash capturing first Caterpie and then Pidgeotto, before Caterpie evolving into Metapod.
A panoramic view of Viridian Forest is then shown, followed by Misty's scream after seeing another bug Pokémon, with Ash stating it might be a 'cowterpie' whilst dressed in a cow costume. Misty falls over in contempt and points to where she saw the bug Pokémon, with a Weedle moving closer to them. Ash points the Pokédex at Weedle and learns about it before going to throw a Poké Ball. He remembers, however, that he needs to weaken Weedle and calls on Pikachu, who is sleeping. Ash states that Pidgeotto and Metapod give him the respect he deserves, so Ash sends out Pidgeotto.
Pidgeotto starts the battle by using its Gust attack and then begins to dive, causing Weedle to be sent flying by the wind caused by the dive. Misty walks away and is ambushed by a man in a suit of armour who pulls his sword out, asking if she is a trainer from Pallet Town. She says no and he walks away, telling her not to shriek to avoid attracting a Beedrill swarm. Weedle attempts to use its Poison Sting attack but Pidgeotto dodges and dives once again, causing Weedle to be weakened. Ash gets his Poké Ball ready but is interrupted by the man with the sword, who reveals his name to be Samurai. Samurai then challenges Ash, whilst Weedle recovers and manages to escape, as Ash throws his Poké Ball against a tree, just missing Weedle.
Ash recalls Pidgeotto but quickly sends it back out. Pidgeotto, tired from battling Weedle, is forced to battle Samurai's Pinsir and uses Sand Attack but is taken out of the battle by a Tackle attack from Pinsir. Ash recalls Pidgeotto and sends out his Metapod. Samurai tells Ash that his Metapod will be cut in half by Pinsir's pincers and Misty tells Ash to recall Metapod, as 'not even a bug Pokémon deserves this'. Ash has Metapod use Harden and, when Pinsir attempts to crush him with his pincers, the pincers break, resulting in Pinsir being recalled. Samurai then sends out his own Metapod and has it use Harden, as Ash does with his Metapod. The battle continues throughout the day with the two continuing to use harden, whilst Misty and Pikachu sun bathe whilst waiting for the match to end.
Jessie, James and Meowth are then shown walking through Viridian Forest. Jessie and James are carrying their anti-Beedrill tank, whilst Meowth rides on top sunbathing. James complains about having to carry the tank, but Jessie tells him that it is worth it to avoid a Beedrill sting. Meowth then tells them to get a move on and that he can not help because he is the lookout, resulting in the two tipping the tank to throw Meowth off, with Meowth then running to catch up.
The match between Ash and Samurai's Metapods is again shown, with Ash and Samurai falling over due to their continued exposure to the sun. A Beedrill swarm then appears in the distance and Samurai recalls his Metapod and runs away. A Beedrill flies down and steals Metapod, which Ash attempts to recall. Another Beedrill attempts to attack but Pikachu uses its Thundershock on Ash, Misty and the Beedrill to send it flying away. The three begin to run off, catching up with Samurai, but manage to avoid the Beedrill by hiding behind a bush. The three, however, run into a hive of Kakuna. Ash spots Metapod and talks loudly, resulting in the Kakuna noticing them and evolving into Beedrill.
Ash, Misty, Pikachu and Samurai are once again forced to run away, just making it to Samurai's cabin. Two Beedrill use their stingers against the cabin, but manage to escape, with two Beedrill being visible through the door. Samurai takes off his armour and tells Ash that it is his fault that Metapod was stolen, calling him a novice. Ash protests but Samurai sticks by his words, saying that the other trainers from Pallet Town would not have been so irresponsible. Three flashbacks then begin, first showing a Charmander battling his Pinsir, Squirtle battling his Metapod and a Bulbasaur battling Pinsir. Samurai tells about his training to defeat a trainer from Pallet and calls Ash a joke in comparison to the other trainers from Pallet, including Gary Oak. Misty and Samurai fall asleep whilst Ash continues to think about Metapod.
The next morning Ash sneaks up on the tree where the Beedrill and Kakuna are sleeping, to try and retrieve Metapod. Meowth jumps on Ash's head and uses his Scratch attack on Ash. Jessie and James then appear and begin to recite their motto, with Ash interrupting to warn against their talking so loud, to avoid waking the Beedrill. Jessie and James, however, continue and use fireworks at the end of the motto, which wakes the Beedrill and Kakuna. Ash then begins to run towards the tree and manages to dodge the Beedrill by diving on the ground. Team Rocket quickly realize that the Beedrill are now focused on attacking them. Jessie reminds them of the tank and James lifts it up, but the trio is shocked to discover that is being eaten by Weedles. Now without the tank to protect themselves, Jessie, James, and Meowth are forced to scream and run away from the Beedrill.
Ash finds Metapod, apologizes and tells him to get into his Poké Ball, but the Metapod refuses. Ash picks Metapod up and runs away with Metapod in hand but falls over whilst trying to run away from a Beedrill. Ash again apologizes for his abandoning Metapod. Beedrill attempts to use its Twineedle attack on Ash but Metapod throws itself in the way to save Ash, just as Misty, Pikachu and Samurai appear. The Beedrill flies away and Metapod evolves into Butterfree. Ash then has Butterfree use its Sleep Powder attack to make the Beedrill fall asleep, with Team Rocket also being caught.
Samurai then congratulates Ash on handling his Butterfree so well so quickly after evolving. Samurai then shows them to the edge of the forest and tells them that the trail will lead them to Pewter City. Ash tells Samurai that they need to finish their battle but Samurai refuses, saying that compared to Ash, he is the novice. The two agree to have another match when they meet in the future, with Misty saying for them not to battle Metapod against Metapod again. Team Rocket are then shown hiding in the Beedrill tree dressed up as Kakuna. The three begin to argue over their lack of ideas. Jessie loudly protests when Meowth says that her ideas are 'all bad', waking a nearby Kakuna, then the Kakuna wakes up the Beedrill. The camera then cuts to another panoramic view with screams from Team Rocket being heard, due to Beedrill attacks, as the episode ends.
- "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" — Misty
- "What's wrong now?" — Ash
- "I think I see another bug. Gross!" — Misty
- "Maybe it's a..." — Ash
- "Cow-terpie." — Ash after a mooing sound effect and appearing in a cow suit
- "What a weird kid, I wonder why he would be looking for a Pokémon trainer from... Ah! That's Ash." — Misty realizing Ash will be in danger
- "I'm tired." — James
- "James, stop whining." — Jessie
- "But Jesse what's the point of dragging this tank around?" — James
- "To protect us from Beedrills. Ever been stung by one? It hurts." — Jessie
- "Hey down there, quit chattering. Get a move on." — Meowth
- "What're you doing up there?!" — Jessie
- "Why don't you come help us?" — James
- "Wish I could but I'm riding lookout." — Meowth
- "Well look out for this." — Jessie
- "Ahhh! Hey wait a second, come back! Meowth!" — Meowth
- "You two are more hard-headed than your Metapods!" — Misty, about Ash and Samurai
- "Do you know what Meowth's favorite game is?" — Meowth
- "Get off!" — Ash
- "Scratch and sniffle. heh heh." — Meowth after scratching Ash's face
- "The tank will surely come in handy now." — Jessie
- "It was worth the struggle dragging it here." — James
- "Meowth! They're eating the tank!" — Meowth after noticing that a group of Weedles are on the tank
- "But we made it from paper to reduce the weight." — James
- "Who knew?" — Jessie
- "Numbskulls!" — Meowth
- "No, it wasn't Samurai's fault. It was my fault. If I was a better Pokémon trainer I'd stop making all these excuses. From now on I swear I'll never run away and leave my friends behind again. No more excuses." — Ash making a promise
- "Do you have anymore bright ideas?" — James
- "Well, unlike you, at least I have ideas." — Jessie
- "Yeah, and they're all bad." — Meowth
- "Who asked you?!?" - Jessie
- The 'Who's That Pokémon' of the episode is Metapod.
- This is the first episode we see Misty in a swimsuit. She was tanning while Ash and Samurai battled with a Metapod each.
- This episode was banned in South Korea because of the depicting of a samurai. Because of this, South Korean audiences would not know exactly when Metapod evolved into Butterfree between Caterpie evolving into Metapod in Clefairy and the Moon Stone and his next appearance as a Butterfree in Clefairy and the Moon Stone, creating a huge plot hole for them.
- In one scene Ash's gloves disappear.
- Pinsir uses Tackle on Pidgeotto, a move it cannot learn.
- After the scene where a Beedrill breaks a hole in the cabin's door, there is no visible hole in the door in the next scene.
- After Ash's Metapod evolves into Butterfree, Metapod's shell disappeared.
- Many Pokémon names were mispluralized with an "s" at the end, but the plural for every Pokémon name is the same as the singular.
Dub differences
- As the Weedle are eating the obviously paper tank, Jessie states that it was because they had to save money in the original, while James says that they made it to reduce the weight in the dub.
- Interestingly enough, James also agreed by figuring that it would work well in the original.
|Other series: Advanced Generation · Diamond & Pearl · Best Wishes! · XY · Sun & Moon · Sword & Shield


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That would be me, without the e. Government sure is propping up a failing industry, that wouldn't have gotten so large except for government. If the issue is "too big to fail" tell me why we didn't enforce monopoly legislation against the banks? Oh that's right, the banks own our government. All wall street did was buy up and create a demand for the clearly fraudulent financial products the banks and mortgage industry were selling. Did they not do their due diligence, absolutely, and any investor who bought that shit should be suing the shit out of whoever sold them a mortgage backed security. Absolutely no one went to jail in this whole fiasco, even though there was clear fraud. Once again, this is because corporate influence has bought out the government.
And we should have let those businesses fail. It's the only real way for everything to have corrected itself. Instead the tax payer got to pay for the risk the banks and wall street took on, while still allowing them to keep their profits. I don't think we should take their profits either, just that if they fuck up, we let them fail. The government could give a fuck about the average American.
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Kitchen Confidential: Ian Sigmund, The Shebeen
The secret to great cooking is... losing your inhibitions.
The secret to great cooking is... losing your inhibitions. A lot of people think there are very specific rules to cooking, but beyond the basics, you should really be secure enough in your abilities to be free to do what you want.
The secret to success in the restaurant business is... attention to detail. Everything that goes on in the restaurant needs to be watched carefully
The secret to making the Shebeen's Durban chicken is... skewering the chicken breasts with either sugar cane or bamboo. It adds a nice earthy aesthetic touch.
The Shebeen's Durban chicken
1 tablespoon paprika
1 tablespoon salt
1 tablespoon ground annatto seed
3 tablespoons cumin
6 tablespoons tumeric
3 tablespoons coriander
1 tablespoon cinnamon
1 tablespoon nutmeg
1 tablespoon cloves
1 tablespoon ground black pepper
4 8-oz. boneless, skinless chicken breasts
24 oz. teriyaki sauce
1 tablespoon water
8 oz. chipotle peppers
Clean and cut the chicken breasts in half, horizontally.
Mix the paprika, salt, annatto seed, cumin, tumeric, coriander, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and pepper and use the mixture to season the chicken.
Marinate in seasoning, 160z. of the teriyaki sauce, and water.
Grill or sear chicken in a pan and then finish in the oven at 350 degrees.
Mix 8 oz. teriyaki sauce and 8 oz. chipotle peppers and honey to taste to make "voodoo sauce" to serve on the side or over the chicken.


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5 Inexpensive Pork Recipes Your Family Will Love
Are you tired of your same old recipes, especially in the pork category? Pork is a very versatile meat, and many Circle of Moms mebers have posted tried-and-true recipes that are inexpensive, easy, and creative. Here are five that will work for even the busiest of moms.
1. Jill L.'s Balsamic Glazed Pork Chops
Serves 6
6 pork chops
1 Tbsp olive oil
4 Tbsp chopped green onion
1/3 cup balsamic vinegar
1/4 cup brown sugar
salt and pepper to taste
Sprinkle pork chops with salt and pepper. Heat oil in a pan over medium heat. Brown the chops on each side, then turn down the heat and let the meat cook to your desired temperature. Remove chops. Turn heat up to high and stir fry onion for one minute. Add balsamic vinegar and sugar and cook for another minute. Add green onion, chopped in large chunks, and stir to combine . Pour over chops and serve.
2. Lauren P.'s Cajun Pork Tenderloin with Garlic Butter
Serves 4
Ingredients for Dry Rub
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
4 tsp paprika
1 tsp black pepper
1 tsp garlic powder
2 pork tenderloins
2 Tbsp butter
1/2 tsp garlic powder
In a small bowl combine dry rub ingredients. Rub thoroughly into the pork and let sit for 30 minutes. Grill or pan-sear/oven finish until done -- 165 degrees internal temp. Melt butter and stir in garlic powder. Slice tenderloin on the bias and pour garlic butter over.
3. Elizabeth A.'s Pulled Pork with Root Beer Sauce
Serves 8-10
2-3 lbs of pork sirloin roast
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
1 Tbsp cooking oil
2 med. onions, cut into thin wedges
1 cup root beer (not diet)
6 cloves of minced garlic sauce (see below)
8 to 10 hamburger buns, toasted
Trim fat from meat. If necessary, cut roast to fit into your 3 1/2- or 5-quart slow cooker. Sprinkle meat with salt and pepper. In a large skillet, brown meat on all sides in the hot oil. Drain off fat, transfer meat to the cooker. Add onions, 1 cup of root beer and garlic. Cover and cook on low for 8 to 10 hours, or on high for 4 to 5 hours. Transfer roast to cutting board or serving platter. Using a slotted spoon, remove onions from cooking juice and place on the serving platter. Discard juices. Using 2 forks, pull meat apart into shreds.
Ingredients for Sauce
3 cups root beer (not diet)
dash of bottled hot pepper sauce
1 bottle of chili sauce
Preparation for Sauce
To make the sauce, combine in a medium saucepan 3 cups of root beer and the chili sauce. Bring to a boil; reduce heat. Boil gently, uncovered, stirring occasionally for about 30 minutes, or until mixture is reduced to 2 cups, if desired, add the bottled hot pepper sauce to the concentrated root beer.
4. DeAnna S.'s Cheesy Sausage Strata
Serves 6
8 oz. pork sausage
1/3 cup chopped onion
1/3 cup chopped red sweet pepper
1 clove garlic, minced
5 cups day-old French or Italian bread, cubed
1 1/2 cups shredded Monterey Jack Cheese
4 eggs, beaten
2 cups milk
1/4 tsp salt
1 Tbsp fresh cilantro or parsley
Cook sausage, onion, pepper and garlic in skillet until until sausage is brown and veggies tender. Drain fat. Place bread cubes in 2-quart square baking dish. Spoon sausage mixture over bread cubes and sprinkle with 1 cup cheese.
In med. bowl combine eggs, milk, salt and cilantro or parsley. Pour egg mixture evenly over sausage and bread layers. Using the back of a spoon, gently press down on layers to soak up eggs. Let stand 15 min.
Bake, uncovered, in a 325-degree oven for about 45 minutes or until knife inserted in center comes out clean. Sprinkle with remaining cheese. Let stand 10 minutes before serving.
5. Monica H.'s Pulled Pork Tacos
Serves 8
2-3 lb pork roast
2 small cans red enchilada sauce
1 can (14.5 ounces) undrained whole tomatoes
1 packet taco seasoning mix
1 diced onion
2 diced potatoes
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1. Malmsjo, M; Huddleston, E; Martin, R; Biological Effects of a Disposable, Canisterless Negative Pressure Wound Therapy System; Eplasty 2014
2. Data on file reference 1102010 – Bacterial Barrier Testing (wet-wet) of PICO Dressing with a 7 day test duration against S.marcescens; Helen Lumb, February 2011
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6. SL Karlakki, AK Hamad, C Whittall, NM Graham, RD Banerjee, JH Kuiper. Incisional negative pressure wound therapy dressings (iNPWT) in routine primary hip and knee arthroplasties: A randomised controlled trialBone & Joint Research (2016) Vol 5 (Issue 8): pp 328-337 doi:10.1302/2046-3758.58.BJR-2016-0022.R1;
7. Bullough L, et al. Reducing C-Section wound complications. The Clinical Services Journal (2015) April 2-6;
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1. Report reference DS/11/021/R1 – Wound model investigation of the compatibility of PICO with a range of wound fillers and a wound contact layer. Sarah Roberts, March 2011 2. Malmsjo, M; Huddleston, E; Martin, R; Biological Effects of a Disposable, Canisterless Negative Pressure Wound Therapy System; Eplasty
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Joe Louis (May 13, 1914 – April 12, 1981) was an American heavyweight boxer.
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Zosherooney wrote: I snaffled a few twiggy bits to support 3 peas found sprouting in the fridge............ One of the lilac twigs is budding up !!!! I can't believe it
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sweet peppers,
a few different varieties of squash,
pickling cucumbers,
sugar snap peas,
a couple of types of french beans,
gigantes beans.
these are the seeds that have been sown so far and most have been potted on.
there are sweet potato slips developing in the propagator.
there are more seeds to go in there over the next few days.
the fava beans planted a month or more ago are up and doing well.
these are the things planted so far for the community garden - and us (with a few plants to sell at the victorian fair).
a few early potatoes are in the poly tunnel as are radishes and a new crop of coriander, and outside, some more potatoes and the jerusalem artichokes have been replanted.
more things will go in as and when last years crops finish and when the time is right, such as leeks, beetroot, broccoli, kohl rabi, chard, spinach - well the list can go on and on.
i do have to start tidying the plots at home ready to put stuff in - although i'm loth to clear the rocket that's been going all winter. i also have some 'green in snow' to plant that was given to me on monday - and i'll also be sowing some glass gem sweetcorn - just for the look of them.
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What you need to know about migrating your IMAP mailboxes to Office 365
You can migrate the contents of user mailboxes from your source email system to Office 365. Use the Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) to migrate email when:
- Your source email system supports IMAP.
If this option won't work for you, see Ways to migrate email to Office 365 for other options.
For Windows PowerShell steps, see Use PowerShell to perform an IMAP migration to Office 365.
Things to consider
Here are a few limitations to be aware of:
You can only migrate items in a user's inbox or other mail folders. This type of migration doesn't migrate contacts, calendar items, or tasks.
You can migrate a maximum of 500,000 items from a user's mailbox (emails are migrated from newest to oldest).
The biggest email you can migrate is 35 MB.
If you limited the connections to your source email system, it's a good idea to increase them to improve migration performance. Common connection limits include client/server total connections, per-user connections, and IP address connections on either the server or the firewall.
Impact of migration to users
To migrate email, you need access to the user mailboxes in your source email system. If you know the user passwords or can access their mailboxes by using administrator credentials, there won't be any impact to users until you shut down your source email system.
If you can't access user mailboxes, you'll have to reset the passwords. This lets you access the user mailboxes by using a new password that you know. If users don't know the new passwords, they won't be able to get to their old mailboxes during or after the email migration. You can distribute the new passwords after the migration if you want users to get to their old mailboxes.
How does IMAP migration work?
The main steps you perform for an IMAP email migration are shown in the following illustration.
These general steps apply whether you are migrating from Gmail or another IMAP system.
First you have to create your users in Office 365 and assign licenses to them. The mailboxes have to exist in Office 365 to use IMAP migration.
Prepare your IMAP source email system and get the information you need to migrate. If you plan to migrate your domain to Office 365, verify that you own your domain with your domain registrar.
Depending on which type of email service you are migrating from, you might need to configure some settings or simply record the name of your email server or service to use later. You also need to verify your domain in your domain registry system if you have a custom domain.
Communicate changes to users.
It's a good idea to let users know about the email migration and how it impacts them. Give users information about what tasks need to be done before, during, and after migration.
Set up admin credentials or get or reset user email passwords.
To perform the migration, you need an administrator account that has permissions, or the username and password to each mailbox.
If you are using the steps described in Migrate Google Apps mailboxes to Office 365 or Migrate other types of IMAP mailboxes to Office 365, you will create a list of mailboxes to migrate (CSV file). These migrations instructions start from the Exchange admin center, and you will need to create a CSV file that lists the email addresses, usernames, and passwords for the mailboxes you want to migrate.
You can also use the migrations page or setup instructions in the Admin center preview to migrate from IMAP systems such as Gmail, Hotmail.com or Outlook.com. These steps are the best if you plan to migrate mail for only a few users (less than 50). If you are migrating mail for more users it is easier to use a CSV file to enter all the information for the accounts.
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To migrate email successfully, Office 365 needs to connect and communicate with the source email system. To do this, Office 365 uses a migration endpoint, the settings that are used to create the connection.
Migrate mailboxes and then verify the migration.
To migrate mailboxes, you create a migration batch, and then start the migration. After the migration batch is run, verify that the email was migrated successfully.
Optimize email settings (optional).
There are some settings you can configure so that it doesn't take as long for email to start showing up in your new Office 365 mailboxes. See Tips for optimizing IMAP migrations.
Begin routing email to Office 365.
You need to change a DNS record called an MX record so that your email system can start routing mail to Office 365.
Verify routing and then stop email synchronization.
After you verify that all email is being routed to Office 365, you can delete the migration batch to stop the synchronization between your source email system and Office 365.
Send a welcome letter to users.
Let your users know about Office 365 and how to sign in to their new mailboxes.
Ready to start?
To finish an email migration successfully, it's a good idea to be comfortable doing these tasks:
You create a list of mailboxes to migrate in Excel. You add your users' email addresses, usernames, and passwords to this file.
You use step-by-step wizards in Office 365 to configure and start the migration process.
After the mail has been migrated, you change your organization's MX record to point to Office 365 when the migration is complete. Your MX record is how other mail systems find the location of your email system. Changing your MX record allows other mail systems to begin to send email directly to the new mailboxes in Office 365. To learn how to update your MX record, see Create DNS records at any DNS hosting provider for Office 365 as well.
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Set<Long> set = new HashSet<Long>();
if (set.contains(10)) {
// we won't get here!
We're asking if the set contains the Integer ten; it's an "obvious" bug, but the compiler won't catch it because Set.contains() accepts Object. Isn't this stupid and evil?
A popular myth is that it is stupid and evil, but it was necessary because of backward compatibility. But the compatibility argument is irrelevant; the API is correct whether you consider compatibility or not. Here's the real reason why.
Let's say you have a method that wants to read from a Set of Foos:
public void doSomeReading(Set<Foo> foos) { ... }
The problem with this signature is it won't allow a Set<SubFoo> to be passed in (where SubFoo is, of course, a subtype of Foo).
To preserve the substitutability principle, any method that wants to read from a set of Foos should be equally able to read from a set of SubFoos, so let's tweak our signature:
public void doSomeReading(Set<? extends Foo> foos) { ... }
But here's the catch: if Set.contains() accepted type E instead of type Object, it would now be rendered completely unusable to you inside this method body!
That signature tells the compiler, "don't let anyone ask about containment of an object unless you are damn sure that it's of the exact right type." But the compiler doesn't know the type -- it could be a Foo, or SubFoo, or SubSubFoo, or who knows what? Thus the compiler would have to forbid everything -- the only safe parameter to a method like this is null.
This is the behavior you want for a method like Set.add() -- if you can't make damn sure of the type, don't allow it. And that's why add() accepts only type E while contains() accepts anything.
So the distinction I'm making is between read methods and write methods, right? No, not exactly -- notice that Set.remove() also accepts Object, and it's a write method. The real difference is that add() can cause "damage" to the collection when called with the wrong type, and contains() and remove() cannot.
Uniformly, methods of the Java Collections Framework (and the Google Collections Library too) never restrict the types of their parameters except when it's necessary to prevent the collection from getting broken.
So what to do about this vexing source of bugs, as illustrated at top? Well, when I typed that code into IntelliJ, it flagged a warning for me right away. This let me know to either fix the problem or add an annotation/comment to suppress it. Problem solved.
Static analysis plays an extremely important role in the construction of bug-free software. And the very best kind of static analysis is the kind that pops up in your face the second you write something questionable.
The moral of the story: if you're not coding in a good, modern IDE, you're coding with one hand tied behind your back!