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Celebrating Latino Heritage: An Interview with Monica Olivera
January 20–24, 2014 | Vol. 118, Week 7
Homeschooling is a fantastic way to discover and explore your cultural heritage! This week on Home School Heartbeat, Monica Olivera shares tips for Latino homeschoolers and others for exploring the richness of their heritage through homeschooling!
"It's really important for Latinos to help their children learn about their own culture, and homeschooling is a great way to do that."—Monica Olivera
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Have you appreciated this interview with Monica Olivera? Visit her blog to learn more about Monica's website MommyMaestra and discover additional resources for Latino homeschooling.
Homeschooling can provide a wonderful environment to teach your children about your family's cultural heritage. Join host Mike Smith and his guest Monica Olivera, homeschool mom and founder of the blog MommyMaestra. That's this week on Home School Heartbeat.
Mike Smith: Our guest this week is Monica Olivera, a homeschool mom and founder and publisher of the blog MommyMaestra. Monica, welcome to the program today!
Monica: Thank you so much. I'm happy to be here.
Mike: Monica, in 2010 you launched the MommyMaestra blog to be an online resource for other Latino homeschoolers. Can you tell us more about MommyMaestra?
Monica: Sure, MommyMaestra, as you said, was started when I first began homeschooling my own daughter, and now it is an education site, not only for Latino homeschoolers but also for parents, Latino parents, who just want to get more involved in their children's education, as well as bilingual ed teachers.
Mike: Well, this site sounds like a great resource! Now, why did you personally decide to homeschool your family?
Monica: Well, when we moved to our small town here in North Carolina, we discovered, when it was time for my daughter to start school, that we lived in a failed school district, and we really weren't happy with any of the choices that we had in our area and decided that homeschooling would be the best choice for us.
Mike: Well, Monica, that's a great reason to homeschool! And next time we'll talk about the importance of cultural heritage. And until then, I'm Mike Smith.
Mike Smith: Monica Olivera, founder and publisher of the blog MommyMaestra, is with me again today. Monica, many of us are aware of our cultural heritage, but not many of us give much thought to it. Now, why do you think it is important to pass on this heritage, and what are some ways that Latino homeschoolers and others can do this?
Monica Olivera: Well, you know, it's really important, actually, for Latino students to grow up very aware of their heritage and proud of their culture. There was a study conducted a few years ago by the University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill, and the researchers found that Latino students who grew up informed and proud of their culture were far more likely to develop healthier behaviors than those who don't. So it's really important for Latinos to help their children learn about their own culture, and homeschooling is a great way to do that. Hispanic Heritage month—I personally celebrate that with my kids all year round, teaching them, in addition to our regular work, about famous Latinos who have contributed to our society. We study other cultures: Latin America, Spain; reading bilingual books or bicultural books—all of those are ways to help your child develop a great knowledge of their own culture and history.
Mike: Well, thank you, Monica, that's very helpful. And I hope many families have a chance to take advantage of this advice. And until next time, I'm Mike Smith.
Mike Smith: Monica, do you think the popularity of homeschooling is growing in the Latino community?
Monica Olivera: I do. Just last year, I did a study on my site, asking what Latino families thought about homeschooling and if they homeschooled, and why, or if they had never considered it, why. And I was quite surprised that I had so many people respond that said yes, they were homeschooling or they had homeschooled. But there was also not a lot of support that they felt that they had, which is why MommyMaestra I think has been so successful, because not only through my site, but also through my Facebook page, there's a lot of families that find each other there and get support. And really, recently I have received, usually at the end of each school year or the beginning of each school year, I get emails, frequently, from Latino parents who are saying, they're going to start, how do they start, what do they do, and they're really interested in homeschooling their children. So I definitely think it's growing, and interest is there; it's just a matter of who has the resources as well as the time available to do so.
Mike: Well, Monica, that's very encouraging to hear how homeschooling is impacting the lives of so many families out there. And until next time, I'm Mike Smith.
Mike Smith: One of the many benefits of homeschooling happens when a homeschooling community supports and encourages individual homeschool families. Monica, do you have any suggestions about how other homeschoolers can connect more with Latino homeschoolers?
Monica Olivera: It's funny because we joined our homeschool group here in North Carolina, but we are the only Latino homeschoolers that are involved in this area. And so I asked, on my Facebook page, other Latino homeschoolers if they were involved with other Latino homeschool kids or families. And the majority of them said no, they didn't have any other Latino homeschoolers in their area that they were able to connect with. But one of the ways that some of them did, and in fact there was one lady who said there was 10 other families in her area that did homeschool, and she said that they discovered them through their homeschool group. Some of them discovered each other online. Some of them discovered each other by word of mouth. And so if any families are out there looking to connect with Latino homeschoolers, one of the best resources I think is to start with your local homeschool co-op, for example, checking online through different groups; and you can also visit my Facebook page if you'd like to post a message and say, "Hey, you know, I live in Chicago. Is there anybody else in the area who's homeschooling their kids?" And you might get a response!
Mike: This is very insightful, Monica. I know this will help many of our listeners. And until next time, I'm Mike Smith.
Mike Smith: Everyone faces their own unique challenges when they begin to homeschool. Monica, do you have any tips for Latinos who are just beginning to homeschool or are thinking about homeschooling?
Monica Olivera: Definitely. I think, depending on how you're going about homeschooling, one of the best tips that I received from a local homeschooler was to buy a curriculum, and because I did not come from an education background, I had never taught children. That really helped me tremendously in terms of timing and understanding that what my own child, ability, the amount of time that they have to focus on something; it really helped me how to pace and schedule our school day, so I definitely encourage parents to purchase a complete curriculum. However, I know a lot of parents are looking, or, Latino parents specifically, are looking for bilingual curriculum, and it's hard to find. So, in some ways they can visit my site, and there are a lot of suggestions on there as to how they can incorporate both Spanish and English resources as they begin their homeschooling journey.
Mike: Well, Monica, I know many families will appreciate your advice, and I hope our listeners will check out your blog, MommyMaestra. Thank you so much for being with us this week! And until next time, I'm Mike Smith.
Monica Olivera
Monica Olivera is the founder and publisher of MommyMaestra.com, a site for Latino families that homeschool, as well as families with children in a traditional school setting who want to take a more active role in their children's education. On her site, Monica shares bilingual resources for parents and teachers.
In addition, she is a cofounder of Latinas for Latino Literature (L4LL), a site dedicated to improving Latino literacy and their access to Latino literature. Monica is one of the creators of L4LL's Latino Children's Summer Reading Program, the first online program designed specifically for Latino families.
Monica is also a regular contributor to Mamiverse.com, NBC Latino, and LatinaMom.me, encouraging Latino parents to get involved in their kids' education. Her articles have also appeared on Fox News Latino and Plaza Familia, and she has been on NPR's Tell Me More show, HuffPost LIVE, and PBS NewsHour.
She was voted the 2011, 2012, and 2013 winner of the Latinos in Tech & Social Media (LATISM) "Best Latina Education Blogger" award, and in 2012 received a full scholarship to attend the First-Ever Top Latina Blogger Retreat in Washington, D.C.
In 2012 Monica was honored to be asked by Mamiverse to meet with First Lady Michelle Obama to discuss some of the issues impacting Hispanic families across the nation.
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HANOVER, N.H. - Marlon Sanders' driving layup with 1:01 left in the second half gave Dartmouth a 55-54 lead and the Big Green held on for a 57-54 victory over Yale before a crowd of 1,107 at Leede Arena. Freshman David Rufful led Dartmouth with 14 points on 6 of 10 shooting from the field. Ross Morin paced the Bulldogs with 17 points. He made 7 of 9 shots.
The Big Green (6-14, 4-2 Ivy) led 53-48 with 6:35 left but didn't score for nearly 5 minutes, 30 seconds. Morin, meanwhile, scored six straight points, including a jumper with 1:29 remaining that gave Yale a 54-53 lead.
After Sanders' layup, the Bulldogs committed a turnover on their ensuing possession. Dartmouth's Alex Barnett increased the lead to three with a layup with 26 seconds left. The Big Green then deliberately fouled, and Yale missed the front end of the one-and-one.
Still, the Bulldogs had another chance to tie in the final seconds after Dan Biber missed a free throw with seven seconds remaining. Porter Braswell raced up the court and got off an off-balance three-pointer from the wing that rimmed out as time expired.
"If we rebound better, we win the basketball game. If we make our free throws we win the game or if we don't turn it over, we win," said James Jones, The Joel E. Smilow, Class of 1954 Head Coach of Men's Basketball.
Yale (8-12, 3-3 Ivy) made only 10 of 18 free throws, committed 15 turnovers which led to 20 Dartmouth points and was outrebounded 29-20, including 9-1 on the offensive boards.
Alex Zampier and Michael Sands both finished with eight points for the Bulldogs, who were trying to complete a sweep of the Dartmouth-Harvard road trip for the third straight year. Sands added a team-high five rebounds. Garrett Fiddler had seven points, and Travis Pinick scored six points and was outstanding defensively.
Barnett, who entered the game leading the Ivy League in scoring, was held to just 13 points, nearly seven below his average. He made only 5 of 18 shots from the field.
"We feel he's the best offensive player in the Ivy League," Jones said. "Travis did an excellent job on him."
Robby Pride added 11 points for the Big Green, who won their third straight game. Sanders and Biber both scored seven points, and Kurt Graeber grabbed a game-high nine rebounds.
The game featured four ties and 11 lead changes.
Dartmouth had its biggest lead of the game, 28-20, with 5:39 left in the first half, but Yale used a 12-3 run, capped by Morin's layup, to take a 32-31 lead. Jabari Trotter's jumper, though, gave the Big Green a 33-32 lead at the intermission.
The Bulldogs, who have played 15 of their 20 games this season on the road, will play their next four in the friendly confines of the John J. Lee Amphitheater. The stretch begins next Friday when first-place Princeton visits. Tipoff is slated for 7 p.m., and the game will be televised live on the YES Network.
Report filed by Tim Bennett, Yale Sports Publicity

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|A simple flour fritter featuring corn. Cream corn adds such a nice creamy texture, but fresh corn milked from the cob is excellent too.
Corn FrittersA reader on the Facebook page recently asked for a corn fritter recipe, and I thought that it'd be a good time to get mine up on the site. Cornmeal is often used for corn fritters, but I like to reserve that for hushpuppies and hoecakes myself, since I prefer a corn fritter to be more, well, light and fluffy, almost a corn puff really.
I use a pretty standard fritter batter not at all unique to me, and for corn fritters, you can definitely use fresh corn when it's in season. Once cooked and scraped from the cob, I prefer to mince it up, but use it whole if you don't mind the whole kernels in the fritter. I didn't happen to have any fresh corn on the cob when I decided to make these though, so I used canned cream corn that I had on hand. My husband loves that stuff so I almost always have a couple cans in the pantry, and it actually works very well for this recipe anyway, making the fritters moist and tender. You'll only need half of the can for a batch, unless you double it, so save the other half for some more fritters tomorrow, because frankly, you'll probably be wanting them again. They are a little bit addictive.
Vegetable fritters are really just little balls or patties of fried dough that can be a vehicle for just about any seasonal veggie that can be sliced, chopped, shredded and squeezed, or cooked and mashed - squash or zucchini, carrot, potato, sweet potato, corn, peas, and sometimes a combination of many of them - all come to mind as fair game for fritters.
Fruit can also be used for fritters of course, the most popular probably apple, but peach, pear, banana, pineapple, and even berries are also great choices. Heck, we even do a kind of seafood fritter down this way using crabmeat, shrimp, fish and crawfish, though you'll often see those called seafood beignets - as in the savory version of a beignet style of dough - minus the dusting of sugar, of course.
All you'll need to do to make a variety of fritters is make adjustments with the seasonings and the moisture level of the batter, and remember that some will work better as skillet fried cakes versus balls dropped into a deep fryer, the way I prefer these. When deep fried, they puff up into little fluffy and delicious dough pillows and are delightful as a simple snack or appetizer, or as a bread or side dish with a meal. A small cookie scoop is handy with drop fritters when using a deep fat fryer.
Serve them plain, with salsa, or your favorite dipping sauce. For those who like salty sweet combos, corn fritters are even good with a drizzle of sweet pure cane syrup, molasses or maple syrup.
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Recipe: Corn Fritters©From the Kitchen of Deep South Dish
Prep/Cook time: 10 min | Yield: About 14 to 16 fritters
- 1 cup of self rising flour
- 1/2 teaspoon of sugar
- Pinch of salt
- Pinch of pepper
- Pinch of Cajun seasoning (like Slap Ya Mama)
- 1 teaspoon of fresh minced parsley, optional
- 1 tablespoon of butter, melted
- 1 egg, beaten
- 1/2 (15 ounce) can of creamed corn
- 1 teaspoon of minced pickled jalapeno, optional
- Kosher salt
Preheat fryer to 325 degrees F. Whisk together the flour, sugar, salt, pepper, Cajun seasoning and parsley. Stir in butter, egg, cream corn and jalapeno. Mix and let rest about 5 minutes. Use a small cookie scoop or drop by spoonfuls into a deep fat fryer and fry until lightly browned, turning with a fork if needed. Can also spoon into a skillet of hot oil, and brown like hoecakes, turning to brown other side. Drain on paper towels and sprinkle with salt if desired. Serve immediately as a side dish or a bread, even an appetizer. Makes about 16 or so depending on how big you make them.
Cook's Notes: Serve them plain, with salsa, or your favorite dipping sauce. For those who like salty sweet combos, corn fritters are even good with a drizzle of sweet pure cane syrup, sorghum, molasses or maple syrup. Can substitute 1 cup (about an ear) of fresh cooked corn, scraped from the cob then minced fine. Include the pulp scrapings from cob also. Add milk, a couple tablespoons at a time, only as needed to moisten batter, but keep it fairly stiff. If substituting all purpose flour - add 1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder and increase salt slightly to 1/8 teaspoon.
Variations: These are delicious all on their little own, but some add-ins you might want to consider are, finely minced onion, garlic, green onion, chives, other hot peppers, seasoning salt, hot sauce, get creative!
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The type of fishing I do is called setnetting, which is a shore based style of gill net fishing for red (sockeye) salmon. I worked for 10 year on boats and recently bought this permit so I could kite and sleep on shore at night. It's much more civilized. The area of Bristol Bay we setnet in is called Ugashik. This is a unique opportunity to see a beautiful and remote part of Alaska and to make some money and get some cold water kiting in the process. Wildlife, scenery, rustic living and of course fish are all part of the experience.
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Anglers from Clearwater aboard the Marlin Darlin did hand-to-fin combat with a 350-pound marlin that jumped into their boat while they were fishing in waters near the coast of Dominican Republic, reports the Tampa Bay Times in St. Petersburg.
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One of the things that I absolutely just love about the Montessori method is how the children are encouraged to use all five senses to explore their little world. Here are some Montessori inspired activities that we have done/are going to do in preparation for Shavout which do just that~
Remember, when your kids are little (under 6) it is not about feeding them content and information about the holiday (teaching your 4 year old to memorize the different names of Shavuot!) - its about letting them discover the holiday through their own five senses, looking at pictures, tasting the foods, preparing the foods, feeling things that connect to the holiday, smelling things that connect to the holidays and listening to things that connect to the holiday.
In Shir Hashirim, the Torah is compared to the sweetness of "milk and honey under your tongue".
Set out a tray with milk for the kids to pour into a cup to drink with a straw. Then have the kids pour some honey into a small bowl and taste it with a small spoon.
Here are some wonderful books to read for Shavuot:
A Dozen Daizies for Raizy - A little girl giving out her daisies that she bought for Shavuot
When the World was Quiet - How the entire world was completely quiet when the Torah was given on Har Sinai
Shavuos with Binah, Benny and Chagai Hayonah - this is for older kids, filled with lots of information and stories about Shavuot
Dovid the Little Shepherd - Since David Hamelech's birthday is on Shavuot, it is an appropriate time to read the story of David as a young shepherd and how he took such good care of his sheep.
We learned that at Matan Torah you could HEAR the lightening and SEE the thunder. Take out books from the library and learn about thunder and lightening.
Flowers bloomed all over Har Sinai. Have the children arrange flowers in a vase. Fill it with water then cut the flowers off the stems to arrange in the vase. You can use these for Shavuot.
Go outside with a scissors and cut flowers from the garden to put in a vase.
Plant flower seeds. Get a small pot, have the children fill it with dirt from outside, plant the seeds and water it every day. The kids will be so excited as they watch their little seed turn into a little bud, then into beautiful flowers.
Collect a bunch of flowers and smell each flower. Divide them into two groups- flowers that have a smell and flowers that don't.
Using Playdo (Click here for the recipe- I just added 1/2 cup cocoa to make it brown) let the kids shape it into a mountain and decorate it with pretty stones and flowers. Have little people that they can set up as the Jews around the mountain. This was a BIG hit, the kids LOVED doing this!
I drew a flower pot and my daughter decorated it with feathers, pom poms, glitter and colored it in.
I got this idea from Pinterest (Click here to check it out) but my kids wanted to do it their own way. My daughter actually collected real flowers and glued them onto her plant. My son decided to collect real flowers and draw each flower onto paper, cut them out and glue them on. He is four and did this all by himself.
Classic Montessori puzzle- learning the parts of the flower.
We eat dairy on Shavuot. Have the kids scoop their own ice cream into a bowl, then eat it!
Make your own ice cream:
Pour the following into a small ziploc bag-
1 cup of milk
1 tsp vanilla
1 Tbs. honey
Place the bag into a large ziploc bag that is filled with ice and 6 Tbs. salt.
Seal it well and throw the bag around for about 10 minutes. It should turn into ice cream.
Shavuot means weeks. There are SEVEN weeks between Pesach and Shavuot. There are SEVEN days in a week. Using fruit counters count to seven.
Practice writing the number seven using sandpaper numbers and write it in sand.
Talk about Shavuot. Using miniatures, have the kids hold them as you discuss the different things. Talk about how we learn Torah all night on Shavuot, and if they plan on staying up to learn too. Talk about dairy foods and what other foods are made of milk. Where does milk come from? Have some miniature cows available. Whatever little things you have, use when talking about them.
Here are some great products I use for Shavuot~
So there you have it- I hope its helpful!
Wishing you all a wonderful week,
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IronRuby 1.0, a recently released implementation of Ruby hosted in the .NET Framework and supported by Microsoft, is designed to provide integration between Ruby and .NET code, providing a simpler, less painful way to share code between the two.
Dynamic languages such as Ruby offer something that static languages don't: simplicity. They're designed to get jobs done fast and easy. And since most of the action occurs at runtime, developers can focus on writing better code. Microsoft added support for dynamic languages four years ago in the .NET Framework by implementing the Dynamic Language Runtime (DLR) component on top of the .NET Common Language Runtime, which provides special services for dynamic languages. IronRuby was one of the first languages identified as a candidate for .NET dynamic language support.
With .NET everything is built on top of the CLR, so sharing code among languages is easy. IronRuby 1.0 has been released with full source code under the Microsoft Public License. (Download IronRuby at ironruby.codeplex.com/.) IronRuby's performance is excellent. It's two to four times faster than the main Ruby language implementation, according recent benchmarks, making it a top choice for a Ruby interpreter on Windows.
In one recent project, I needed to detach a folder from Subversion supervision, and my only option was to export the files to a different folder. I had to do this quickly, so I turned to Ruby. While I hadn't intended to use IronRuby, I figured out that Subversion SVN files were read-only, and I needed to pull over all of them using recursion to make them available for deletion. A Web search revealed that Windows Management Instrumentation provided an easy solution: I used IronRuby and .NET's System.Management assembly to execute the WMI commands from my Ruby code. It took me all of 10 minutes to develop the tool.
IronRuby is a bridge between Ruby and .NET, making the entire .NET Framework available to Ruby developers, including frameworks such as WPF, Silverlight, and ASP.NET. For .NET developers, the whole Ruby world is accessible, including Ruby on Rails; testing frameworks such as Cucumber; and Ruby's powerful built-in capabilities.
The DLR makes the task of calling code straightforward, making IronRuby great for adding extensibility features to existing .NET apps. To execute IronRuby code, all you write is:
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C# code's execution process is similar to IronRuby's, but it skips the DLR and goes directly through the CLR to get executed on the target machine. This similarity, along with the ability to easily use .NET assemblies in IronRuby code, makes IronRuby ideal for .NET developers to use to write internal tools and proofs-of-concepts; they can use Ruby, but stay within the .NET framework boundaries. The code can be written faster, while letting developers experience another language.


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Posted By Daniel Spiewak On June 2, 2008 @ 12:00 am In Eclipse | 10 Comments
Some six years ago, I switched my primary IDE from NetBeans to Eclipse JDT (then 2.0). At the time, I did this primarily because NetBeans was too much of a resource hog for my pathetic development machine, but I quickly learned to appreciate the power of the Eclipse development environment. NetBeans has since made great strides of course, but at the time, Eclipse was lightyears beyond it in both features and polish.
One of the more interesting features offered by Eclipse was the concept of a "perspective", a collection of views in a specific layout conducive to performing a specific series of tasks. The major upshot of this was instead of the debugger views popping in and out, they simply remained hidden in a separate perspective, ready to restore to your customized configuration as necessary. This innovation was also present in other areas, such as the CVS Team view and the Update Manager (yes, the Eclipse update system was once a set of views and editors).
You could switch between these perspectives manually of course, but most of the time Eclipse was able to just detect which perspective you needed and make the switch automatically. If you were to launch an application in debug mode for example, the "Debug" perspective would be opened automatically, bringing useful views to the fore. Once you were done debugging, it was easy to switch back to the "Java" perspective for more streamlined editing. It was a good system, and it worked well.
Unfortunately, times have changed. Don't get me wrong, I still love having all my debug views and layout saved for me in a discrete section of the app, ready to access on a moment's notice. But Eclipse is no longer the single-purpose application it once was. Yes, I know that it has always been billed as "an open tool platform for everything and nothing in particular", but back in the day (and especially before OSGi) most people had yet to realize this. The only language supported by Eclipse on any serious level was Java, thus the perspective system worked extremely well for organizing IDE views. Now, Eclipse serves as the foundation for IDE frameworks supporting dozens of different languages, requiring an equal (if not greater) number of perspectives.
Even in this screenshot, I'm still hiding easily 70% of the perspectives available to Eclipse. With all of these different view collections and configurations, it's no wonder that people often find Eclipse to be confusing compared to other IDEs. In NetBeans (for example) you can work with as many languages as you want within a single perspective/layout/configuration. The outline shows the relevant information for whatever file you have open, and the project explorer view is fully integrated with each language, showing all available projects and their associated structure. Most importantly, this view is able to show project logical structure as dictated by the support module for that language (e.g. src/, test/, etc).
Effectively, other IDEs have evolved a single "Development" perspective, one which shows a generic set of views common to all languages. Unlike Eclipse, which requires switching to the Ruby perspective or the C/C++ perspective to get the appropriate project viewer, NetBeans has one project viewer which is extensible by any module. Eclipse has some of this with the Package Explorer, but some plugins like DLTK don't properly integrate and so the view isn't as streamlined. Additionally, some functions like "Open Type" don't work appropriately unless in the corresponding perspective for a given language.
Yes, I am aware that I could simply open any views I want within a single perspective, but that's not what I'm looking for. I don't want to open five different views for navigating project files, I want to have one master view which shows me everything through the filter of whatever language is relevant to the project. Project Explorer comes close, but it fails to handle the tighter integration (such as the "Referenced Libraries" in JDT or script outlines for DLTK).
Theoretically, Eclipse only needs four or five perspectives for the average developer working with any number of languages: Develop, Debug, Test, Repositories, Synchronize. Obviously, more perspectives would be needed for functionality which does not conform to normal development conventions (such as "Planning" or even "Email"), but I think that these core perspectives could provide a consistent, generic framework to which any language IDE could conform. We can already see something similar happening with the Debug perspective, which is used by Java, Ruby, Scala and C/C++ alike.
What is needed is a common super-framework to be extended by actual language implementations such as JDT, CDT and the like (similar to what DLTK provides but more encompassing). This framework should provide a common platform with features such as project viewing, outline, documentation, type hierarchy, call hierarchy, open type, etc. This platform would then be specialized by the relevant IDE and the same views would allow extension to fit the needs of the language in question. This already happens with the Outline view, but it needs to occur with other common functions as enumerated. Views which are not common to different languages (such as Ant Build or Make Targets) would of course not be contained within this super-framework, but would be separate views as they are now. This framework would allow a developer to use a single set of views for any language, never requiring a workflow-disrupting change of perspective.
The building blocks are all in place, and such an effort would still be in line with the Eclipse philosophy of total extensibility, it's merely a question of implementation and opinion. The implementation is simple, as I said, most of the functionality is already available (often redundantly) in any one of the many IDE packages. The bigger challenge is to convince those who have the power to make the decision. Eclipse 4.0 is coming, it should be an interesting road to follow.
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"Utter Nonsense": 10 Scientists Who Have Criticized Fox's Climate Coverage
An analysis by the Union of Concerned Scientists found [1] that 93 percent of Fox News' recent climate change coverage was misleading. Over the last two years, several leading scientists have told Media Matters the same thing, calling Fox's climate change stories "completely wrong," "patently false," and "utter nonsense." Here are ten scientists who have criticized Fox for distorting science to downplay the threat of climate change:
1. Scientist Called Fox's Global Warming Claims "Utter Nonsense."
Last summer, Fox News hosted global warming "expert" Joe Bastardi [2] to claim that the human-induced climate change contradicts the 1st law of thermodynamics and Le Chatelier's Principle. Duke University scientist William Chameides called [3] Bastardi's claims "utter nonsense," and the University of Chicago's David Archer said Fox is "wrong" to suggest that these basic principles negate the risks of climate change. Richard Muller, a physics professor at the University of California, Berkeley, agreed that Bastardi's claims are "completely wrong," adding that "even skeptics of global warming, if they know physics, would disagree with him." Even Judith Curry, a climatologist at the Georgia Institute of Technology and a frequent critic of the IPCC, said [2] that Bastardi's statements imply that "he does not understand the very basics of the science." She added, "Fox News needs to find a more credible spokesperson."
2. Climate Scientist Criticized Fox For Promoting "Completely Wrong" And "Simply Ignorant" Claims From Global Warming "Expert" Bastardi.
In a point-by-point rebuttal to past statements made by Bastardi, NASA climatologist Gavin Schmidt used the words [2] "nonsense," "simply ignorant," "completely wrong," "handwaving," "very odd," and "based on nothing." Schmidt concluded that presenting Bastardi, a weather forecaster, as an expert on climate change is "about as credible as someone claiming to be an expert on the Greenland ice sheet because they eat ice cream."
3. But Fox Hosted Bastardi Again To Make Claims A MIT Scientist Called "Utter Rubbish."
Earlier this year, Bastardi was back on Fox with more confused claims. He declared [4] on Fox Business that carbon dioxide "literally cannot cause global warming" because it "doesn't mix well with the atmosphere" and "its specific gravity is 1 1/2 times that of the rest of the atmosphere." Asked about Bastardi's statements, Kerry Emanuel [5] of MIT said [4]: "Utter rubbish. Sorry to be so direct, but that is just the case." NASA climatologist Gavin Schmidt [6] added: "Bastardi is attempting to throw out 150 years of physics." "He seems very confused," said physicist Richard Muller [7].
4. Lead Author Of Study Called Fox's Global Warming Story "Patently False."
Last year, Fox Nation, a section of FoxNews.com, claimed that a Boston University study found that "Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduce Global Warming." But Dr. Robert Kaufmann, the study's lead author, called [8] the headline "patently false." In fact, the study confirmed "the current understanding" of greenhouse gases' effect on the climate, but found that a "rapid growth in short-lived sulfur emissions" largely due to Chinese coal consumption had had a "cooling effect," temporarily counteracting some greenhouse gas warming. But this is hardly good news: sulfur emissions have severe health effects.
5. Polar Bear Scientist: Fox Missed "The Bigger Picture" On Polar Bear Populations.
Earlier this year, polar bear scientist Dr. Steven Amstrup criticized [9] Fox Nation and other conservative media outlets for distorting a recent study by the government of Nunavut in Canada to claim that the number of polar bears is "increasing." Amstrup told Media Matters that these outlets were mistaking a single point estimate for a trend, adding that "in the bigger picture, whether any one population is currently declining, stable or increasing is beside the point."
6. Lead Author Of Wind Farm Study Debunked Fox's "Misleading" Coverage.
In April, a study [10] of satellite data found that nighttime land temperatures in the immediate vicinity of wind turbines in Texas have increased relative to nearby areas without turbines. Fox Nation seized on the research to claim that "Wind Farms Cause Global Warming" and Fox & Friends concluded "wind ain't working." But the study's lead author, University of Albany's Liming Zhou, told [11] Media Matters that Fox's coverage is "misleading." The researchers said [12] in a press release it is "[v]ery likely" that "wind turbines do not create a net warming of the air and instead only re-distribute the air's heat near the surface, which is fundamentally different from the large-scale warming effect caused by increasing atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases."
7. Solar Physicist Called Fox's "Mini Ice Age" Prediction "A Huge Leap."
Fox Nation twisted a 2011 study from the National Solar Observatory and the Air Force Research Laboratory to claim that "We Might Be Headed for a Mini Ice Age." But solar physicist Frank Hill, who was involved in the research, told [13] Media Matters that Fox made a "huge leap" from current scientific understanding of the variables involved, clarifying: "We are NOT predicting a mini-ice age."
8. Climate Change Contrarian Said Fox's Mention Of Him "Does Not Make Sense."
A FoxNews.com article last year sought to debunk the fact that Earth has warmed over the past 30 years, as well as the notion that human activity has contributed to the warming. The article stated that climate scientist Roy Spencer [14] "takes issue with the way that data is normalized and adjusted." But Spencer, who contends that most of the observed climate change is natural and says he "love[s] FoxNews," called [15] the report "a little sloppy," adding that "the part that mentions me... does not make sense." The same article cited weather forecaster Joe Bastardi to claim that El Nino is responsible for recent warming -- a claim that climate scientist Kevin Trenberth called [15] "utter nonsense."
9. Syracuse Geochemist: Fox Coverage "Completely Misrepresent[s] Our Conclusions."
Earlier this year, Fox Nation promoted a misleading report on a climate study with the headline "Study Refutes Manmade Warming." But the study's lead author, Syracuse professor Zunli Lu, said [16] his study "does not question the well-established anthropogenic warming trend" and that by making that suggestion, Fox and other media outlets "completely misrepresent our conclusions," which were focused on only one site in Antarctica.
10. Stanford Scientist: Fox's Coverage Did "Not Accurately Portray Our Findings."
Citing a 2011 study on the impact of climate change on the world's crops, Fox Nation declared that there has been "No Global Warming In North America." But Stanford's David Lobell, one of the authors of the study, explained [17] that the study "was only focusing on one aspect of climate change (impacts on agriculture) and looked only in the parts of the countries where and times of year when certain crops are grown." He added that he was "disappointed" in Fox's coverage, which did "not accurately portray our findings."
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Greetings from the Post-Mother's Day Celebration Headquarters. Hope your celebrations were fine, where applicable.
Now back to work, right?
Roots travel: Now you know it's big business: The Wall Street Journal reports on genealogical tourism.
Get outta my tree: Columnist Sharon Tate Moody asks what point of etiquette applies to uninvited aristocrats on your family tree — which happens when other researchers graft online twigs to it with more enthusiasm than care. Funny post on a perennially vexing topic.
Irish records: The Courier newspaper reports that UK online publisher Brightsolid is launching a new Irish-centric genealogy site, findmypast.ie, an offshoot of their findmypast site. The venture is in partnership with an Irish history/heritage company, Eneclann. Not clear when things will really be up and running, but here are some records the firm says will be included: wills, the 1798 Rebellion Census and "exclusive publication of the Landed Estates Court Records, which includes details of more than 500,000 tenants on Irish estates."
Resting places: CBS station KYW in Philadelphia provides a glimpse of the historic Christ Church graveyard and the people who go ancestor hunting in it. P.S. It's a neat spot to visit even if you don't have an ancestor there.
In Blog Post Land:
• Have you taken a look at the FamilySearch Research Wiki? If you haven't, James Tanner explains why you should.
• Joan Miller at Luxegen shares insights on social media marketing from a recent conference.
• What happens when a person just decides to hold a webinar on the fly? Maybe build-up is overrated, as this Dear Myrtle article on so-called Flash Webinars suggests.
• I liked this tip of the day from Michael John Neill: Be patient with beginning genealogists. Most veterans I know are wonderful, but a couple of regular posters on my email loops could use a reminder.
• Don't miss this roundup of Irish genealogy news items from Deborah Large Fox at Help! The Faerie Folk Hid My Ancestors!
• Nice post on the genealogy of a stove company, and why it matters, from Olive Tree Genealogy Blog.
I plan to continue writing up some ancestor profiles I've been working on and finish documenting some old photos I recently put into a non-sticky, non-evil magnetic album. What's up with your genealogy this week?
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A Sandwich a Day: Pulled Pork Sandwich from Smoque BBQ
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Smoque BBQ in Irving Park takes a unique approach to barbecue. Rather than pledging allegiance to any particular region or style's flag, Smoque serves perfected offerings from all over the South like some sort of smoky barbecue melting pot.
The Pulled Pork Sandwich ($7.45) is as good a place as any to jump into the varied menu. Pork shoulder is smoked for 12 hours before being pulled by hand and plopped between a buttery, pillowy bun. The pink hued meat packs serious smoke flavor, which is only enhanced by the house-made barbecue sauce (go for the more complex spicy version if you can handle the kick). A few forkfuls of the sweet and tangy coleslaw brightens everything considerably. While you could certainly pair this sandwich with one of Smoque's excellent housemade sides, I chose to tack on a quarter slab of St. Louis Ribs ($4.50) instead. Meat with a side of meat is always a good decision, plus isn't it nice to surround yourself with as many varied barbecue viewpoints as possible?
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Pizza Style: Vegan Neapolitan-inspired
Oven Type: Gas
Price:11-inch pies, $9 to $12
Portobello Vegan Trattoria first caught my eye while reading about New Zealand transplant/pizza chef Will Fain on various food sites. I knew Fain had a knack for homemade Margherita oven-hack pies with fresh mozzarella and a hankering for a Di Fara pepperoni slice, so to find out that he'd signed on as cheeseless, meatless pizzaiolo had my head spinning. I knew this would be a challenge for me as eater, and must certainly be one for him as cook. But their website advertises "traditional, Neapolitan-inspired pizzas," so I was eager to check it out.
The friendly waitress was extremely tolerant of my pizza inquiries. She informed me that the restaurant uses a Bakers Pride gas pizza oven, which reaches a temperature of 700°F. Sounds like things are moving in the right direction, although that struck me on the lower side of the Neapolitan cooking range. After assurances that two pies would be the magic number in terms of stomach space, it was time to order.
The first pie I tried was the Marinara ($9). All of Fain's pies are crafted from fresh, daily-made dough using Caputo Type "00" flour. This particular pie was topped with a chile-fennel marinara, olive oil, garlic, and fresh basil.
The first thing I noticed upon picking up a slice was how extremely thin and rigid it was. The immediate aroma of char presented itself. There was a good helping of chunky tomato sauce, which, to my surprise, did not weigh down the dainty slice. Upon tasting, I noticed a fat punch of fresh garlic. Too much for some, definitely. The fennel seed adds some true herbal pungency to the pie. The pizza was perfectly seasoned, with just enough salt. The hint of red chile left the slightest heat behind, nothing that would offend the more pussyfooting palate. Unfortunately, the cornicione proved toothsome and doughy without quite enough snap or crispness.
The second of the two pies was the Piscialandria ($12). This was on a similar crust, with a caramelized onion base and topped with herbed black olives, capers, fresh oregano, and "walnutesan" (a vegan cheese substitute made from walnuts and nutritional yeast). I savored most those bites with smoky, earthy capers and salty, grassy olives to cut through the layered sweetness of the caramelized onions. This pizza lacked the saltiness that made the previous one a success, perhaps due to the lack of marinara. Even the mildly flavored faux cheese was sweet when I tried it solo, but it's used sparingly so as not to offend.
Again, the undercarriage was crisp and paper thin, while the end crust was doughy and underdeveloped. I wondered if a slightly thicker pizza would stand up to some more cooking time and get a little crisper on the outside.
I washed down my pizzas with a house-made orange soda ($3), which was notable for its freshness.
It would take a revolutionary experience for this vegan scene to peel me away from my cheese-loving pizza haunts, but Portobella Vegan Trattoria wasn't quite to that level. My favorite pie was the marinara, which lacked any cheese or meat substitute; it's the kind of pie a vegan could find, eat, and enjoy at a more conventional pizzeria. I love a good tomato pie, and may try this again if I hear that the crust has improved. For now, though, I'd pull this recommendation out of my arsenal for vegans only.
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An intercooler is a part used in forced air induction (supercharged or turbocharged) engines to cool down the air from the supercharger or turbocharger before it goes to the intake manifold.
To understand why an intercooler is useful for forced induction engines, it helps to know how superchargers and turbochargers (turbos for short) work. Essentially they are fans that compress the air head to the intake manifold. Superchargers are powered by a belt attached to the crankshaft; turbos are powered by a turbine in the exhaust manifold. Compressing the air means more air and fuel can be packed into the cylinders for a better combustion and more power.
When the air gets condensed, though, it gets warmer. This problem is made worse in turbochargers by the proximity to the hot exhaust gasses. That prevents it from becoming as dense as it could, and raises the temperature in the cylinders, which can lead to the fuel igniting too early, which causes engine knocking, heard as a metallic pinging sound. An intercooler cools down the air to keep your supercharger or turbocharger from blowing a lot of hot air.
There are two common designs for intercoolers: air-to-air intercoolers and air-to-water intercoolers. An air-to-air intercooler is basically a radiator that the compressed air flows through. The compressed air enters through a rubber hose, passes through the intercooler, which is usually placed near the engine coolant radiator, and dissipates heat off of the intercooler's fins into the air before passing on to the intake manifold through another hose.
An air-to-water intercooler is a bit more complicated. Compressed air enters a box mounted on top of the engine. Inside that box is the intercooler itself, a radiator that coolant flows through. The coolant takes on heat from the air and flows to either the main engine radiator or a dedicated heat exchanger mounted near the radiator. The heat exchanger, just like a radiator, dissipates heat into the air.
How do I know if my intercooler needs to be replaced?
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I was perusing the web as I usually do when I'm supposed to be working on emails, phonecalls, etc. and I stumbled upon this hilarious post from Palace Music Group.
The urban legend that many of hip-hop's prominent rappers are members of the Illuminati is parodied on the season premiere of FOX's animated series 'The Cleveland Show.' The episode, which airs on Oct. 21, stars Kanye West, Nicki Minaj, Bruno Mars, will.i.am and the Roots' drummer Questlove.
In the new installment, titled "Menace II Secret Society," Cleveland, Sr. confronts West after finding out that he didn't get songwriting credit for their collaborative hit 'Be-Cleve In Yourself' (sound familiar?). When Cleveland stumbles upon Yeezy's secret society, he tries to foil their plans to take over the music industry. Bruno, Minaj, will, and Questo are part of West's cloak-and-dagger crew, and they also lend their voices to the episode.
"Cleveland inadvertently breaks into it and then it's how he will either bring them down or they'll bring him down,"explained executive producer Rich Appel of the story line. "We have a couple of original songs with Kanye and will and Bruno, I mean, all of them, it was great." With the show's creator Seth McFarlane overseeing the episode, expect some outrageous moments from the cast.
The fourth season of 'The Cleveland Show' premiered on Oct. 21 at 7:30PM ET on FOX. Check out stills from the episode below.


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|Jun 19, 2014
Swiftly moving gas streamer eclipses supermassive black hole
|(Nanowerk News) An international team of astronomers, using data from several NASA and European Space Agency (ESA) space observatories, has discovered unexpected behavior from the supermassive black hole at the heart of the galaxy NGC 5548, located 244.6 million light-years from Earth. This behavior may provide new insights into how supermassive black holes interact with their host galaxies.
|Immediately after NASA's Hubble Space Telescope observed NGC 5548 in June 2013, this international research team discovered unexpected features in the data. They detected a stream of gas flowing rapidly outward from the galaxy's supermassive black hole, blocking 90 percent of its emitted X-rays.
|In this illustration, the position of a dark, absorbing cloud of material is located high above the supermassive black hole and accretion disk in the center of the active galaxy NGC 5548. Numerous other filaments twist around the black hole as they are swept away by a torrent of radiation "winds." (Image: NASA, ESA, and A. Feild/STScI)
|"The data represented dramatic changes since the last observation with Hubble in 2011," said Gerard Kriss of the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore, Maryland. "I saw signatures of much colder gas than was present before, indicating that the wind had cooled down due to a significant decrease in X-ray radiation from the galaxy's nucleus."
|The discovery was made during an intensive observing campaign that also included data from NASA's Swift spacecraft, Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) and Chandra X-ray Observatory, as well as ESA's X-ray Multi-Mirror Mission (XMM-Newton) and Integral gamma-ray observatory (INTEGRAL).
|After combining and analyzing data from all six sources, the team was able to put together the pieces of the puzzle. Supermassive black holes in the nuclei of active galaxies, such as NGC 5548, expel large amounts of matter through powerful winds of ionized gas. For instance, the persistent wind of NGC 5548 reaches velocities exceeding 621 miles (approximately 1,000 kilometers) a second. But now a new wind has arisen, much stronger and faster than the persistent wind.
|"These new winds reach speeds of up to 3,107 miles (5,000 kilometers) per second, but is much closer to the nucleus than the persistent wind," said lead scientist Jelle Kaastra of the SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research. "The new gas outflow blocks 90 percent of the low-energy X-rays that come from very close to the black hole, and it obscures up to a third of the region that emits the ultraviolet radiation at a few light-days distance from the black hole."
|The newly discovered gas stream in NGC 5548 -- one of the best-studied of the type of galaxy know as Type I Seyfert -- provides the first direct evidence of a shielding process that accelerates the powerful gas streams, or winds, to high speeds. These winds only occur if their starting point is shielded from X-rays.
|It appears the shielding in NGC 5548 has been going on for at least three years, but just recently began crossing their line of sight.
|"There are other galaxies with similar streams of gas flowing outward from the direction of its central black hole, but we've never before found evidence that the stream of gas changed its position as dramatically as this one has," said Kriss. "This is the first time we've seen a stream like this move into our line of sight. We got lucky."
|Researchers also deduced that in more luminous quasars, the winds may be strong enough to blow off gas that otherwise would have become "food" for the black hole, thereby regulating both the growth of the black hole and that of its host galaxy.
|These results are being published online in the Thursday issue of Science Express.
|The Hubble Space Telescope is a project of international cooperation between NASA and the European Space Agency. NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, manages the telescope. STScI conducts Hubble science operations and is operated for NASA by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc., in Washington.
|Source: NASA
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Inspired doors and windows
HGTV designer provides tips for decorating doors and windows for the holidays
Homeowners looking for design inspiration for the holidays should focus on enhancing their windows and doors. That's the recommendation of designer David Bromstad of HGTV's "Design Star," "Color Splash" and "The White Room Challenge" television shows.
"A home's windows and doors are a natural backdrop for encouraging holiday design elements," says Bromstad, president of David Bromstad Designs. "Especially during the evening, you get a warm glow coming from a home's interior that reaches out as an invitation to guests."
Bromstad recommends that homeowners be careful with how they adhere decorations to key aspects of the home — especially windows and doors — used for exiting in case of an emergency. He suggests taking the advice of leading door and window manufacturers regarding the proper way to decorate windows and doors, which includes never drilling into, or puncturing, the frame or sash of windows or doors. Such action can damage the units and void the product's warranty.
Instead, use removable hangers or attach decorations from above the frames. The experts at Simonton Windows, which produces Energy Star-qualified replacement and new construction windows and doors, recommend affixing suction cups on the window glass to hang glass ornaments, plastic snowflakes or glass icicles so that light enhances the decorations.
Known for his "out of the box" ideas, Bromstad offers these holiday tips:
- Drape live garland around window and door frame interiors and exteriors. Add something whimsical such as snowball ornaments, clothes pins that hold up brass jingle bells, miniature wrapped presents or handmade ornaments made by family members.
- Welcome the sounds of the holidays by attaching an old-fashioned leather strap with jingle bells on your home's front door.
- Create a winter wonderland inside the home by having your family make dozens of paper snowflakes. Hang them from the ceiling in the entryway and from curtain rods on windows with fishing line to create a snowy climate.
Creative wreaths
For interesting wreaths, experts at Therma-Tru Doors, a leading entryway door manufacturer, suggest creating one with magnolia leaves and fresh fruit such as pears, apples and pomegranates or theming your wreath to match your home's style. For example, if you have a rustic style home, consider adding antlers, a cowboy hat or rope to your wreath. For a coastal home, consider a wreath of woven sea grass with sea shells or a brightly painted life preserver with lights and decorative glass floats.


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SAN FRANCISCO — Jonathan Herrera was wondering when he would get another opportunity to play in the big leagues.
"I've been waiting for the opportunity to show I can play here, on the bench or playing every day," Herrera said. "You never know what's going to happen. Whether I'm on the bench or pinch-hitting or whatever, I want to take advantage of the opportunity."
Herrera certainly has waited his turn. He hasn't played in the big leagues since 2008, when he spent six weeks with the Rockies and hit .230 with 14 hits in 61 at-bats.
Herrera, who replaced Dexter Fowler on the Rockies' 25-man roster on Sunday, was playing shorstop every day at Triple A Colorado Springs. He was hitting .286 with one home run and 11 RBIs in 45 games.
He'll be a utility infielder with the Rockies, playing shortstop, second base and third base. His presence will give manager Jim Tracy more flexibility to use Melvin Mora as a pinch-hitter. But the ultimate question could be this: If Clint Barmes continues to struggle at the plate, could Herrera be given a long look at second base?
"I don't know," said Rockies manager Jim Tracy, when asked how much Herrera would play. "Certain situations will dictate it. Will he play? Yeah, he's going to play. I'm notorious for that. You don't bring a guy from Triple A and leave him sit here like he's a hood ornament. We just don't do that.
"You come up here, I involve you. And once opportunity is created for you, we see what type of use you'll have for the club moving forward. That's how we do it here."
One last footnote on Herrera: He played as a kid against Carlos Gonzalez in Venezuela.