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One of the definitions on wiktionary.org for coherence is "a logical arrangements of parts". In my initial post, I defined "coherent" for database designs in the following manner: cohesive, comprehendible, standards based, names/datatypes all make sense, needs little documentation. Both definitions share one specific common theme: "logical". To me, the crux of this statement is that whenever I do something in the following list:
I should not have to "think" too hard about how to accomplish it. One of the better books I had to read when I was working for an Internet startup was "Don't Make Me Think" by Steve Krug. It was a bunch of mostly horrible websites with discussion of why they were horrible (many sucked like a battalion of Roombas). In most cases it was because when you wanted to do something, you had to think about it how to accomplish a task, requiring you to go to non-standard places to to common tasks. In the list of tasks, the first two were things that an end user might do. The others were more oriented towards what an admin might do, but in all cases, time spent futzing around trying to figure out how the previous person did stuff is wasted time that you could be surfing on ebay looking for Futurama figurines.
The fact is, coherency almost is so broad as to be what the entire concept should be labeled.It probably could include ALL of the pillars as a title "Coherent Database Design" or something like it. I will stick to the name for now, but since it is a work in progress, if you are wanting to steal my ideas you should wait until I finish them.
So let's look at each of the points that I outlined in the first paragraph for a coherent design:
By cohesive, I mean to say that all of the pieces and parts come together to provide the expected functionality. You don't have one database that does twenty fundamentally different things, like having your customer base and your CD collection documented in the same database. A database is a container, generally used to facilitate backing up and managing like sets of data. Knowing where to break a database into smaller databases is an art, as is using schemas to break down fundamental groups inside the database.
The rule of thumb that I consider is that I want to have the objects that work together in one place, but not necessarily ones that would never come in contact with one another. Clearly backup and recovery are a big reason to have one database, as is consolidating objects. So the key here is not that you can easily come up with some hard and fast rule, but if you have 200 hundred tables and 200 databases, you probably don't have a cohesive strategy for your database design.
Names/datatypes all make sense
Now we get to the meat of it all. WAY too many designers are far too careless with the names of objects. I mean, take the name statusCode. This can only represent the status of the "thing" the row represents without confusion. If it is really the status of another row, or another column, if it holds the last name of the user, or any other thing that is not the status, it will be confusing. And unfortunately, it is rarely going to be the case that it is so obvious that the name isn't right. Too often the next user will treat it like the name implies, even if the documentation states that the meaning has changed. You know what, if the meaning changes, CHANGE THE FREAKING NAME. The cost to change the name will by no means ever be larger than the amount of time it takes keeping it straight from then on.
Names are just the start though. Datatypes are another big piece of the picture. Too many databases have about two distinct types in the database. varchar(50) and varchar(max). Sure, you can store everything from numbers, values, names, etc in these two datatypes, but there is two problems with this.
1. It isn't very efficient for the engine
2. It doesn't use the database to help make sure only proper values are stored (sure you could use check constraints and triggers, but don't!)
3. It doesn't give the user a clue of what can go in the column.
Number 3 is the most important in the long run, while the other two are quite major. In any case, the better you name columns/tables/etc and the more focused you can be when creating types the better.
Standards based
First off, any standard is better than NO standard (and no, the standard to have no standard is cheating in the same manner that wishing for more wishes makes Genie mad.) Even the wickedly evil standards that some companies that produce software use to try to hide data structures from their customers is better than nothing (for the record, all you are doing is making it harder to get to, not impossible, and frankly making the people who work with the software annoyed to start making up stories about how the software is "limited", "garbage", and should be "replaced, even with inferior software.") Having a common data dictionary that is used to define the meaning of your tables, columns, and various objects that cannot be sussed from the names is essential.
Followed standards ensure that when you start to look for something that you can determine the meaning in a common manner. Obviously the best standards are the ones that make it the easiest to get an understanding of the system without going to the documentation.
Not the use of the word "followed". Take the practice of naming stored procedures usp_ plus a name. Ok, so this is a user stored procedure. But someone names one without the usp_, now what? Is this not a stored procedure? So as much as I abhor such naming standards, not following the standards you have is a major issue that will cause people to have to think. For the record, I am against any typing placed in the name, since you can easily discover from context or catalog what type something is. (Sometimes including the word view in a view is acceptable since it makes English sense too.)
Much like coherent, this one is pretty big and encompasses some of the other points. The ability to comprehend what the databases/objects are there for and how to use them the less you have to document now, and the less you have to look up in the documentation later. The easier it is to just look at the structure and know what each object means the better. The more you can comprehend from just looking at names of things the better. Seeing that the name of the column is statusCode is easy enough, so you would expect to see a single value, probably a textual value, that tells you the status of the thing the row represents, right? If this isn't the purpose of the column, then what? Someone might have the value 21 in the column. What does this mean? Well, it could mean that this is a foreign key reference to the statusCode table, this could be acceptable enough, though I would have called it statusCodeId to make it clear that it was just an identifier.) Still other, far more evil people might mean that it meets three values stored bitwise, in this case: 1 + 4 + 16.
Needs little documentation
Lastly, you can tell quality of a software package by how often you need to go to the documentation. Nerds don't real instructions for a reason. All VCR's work basically the same way. Toasters, toast the same way, even my Hamilton Beach combination toaster/toaster oven was pretty dang simple to operate.
Your database design should be the same way. Just basic bits and pieces of documentation, in standard locations, that people can access to find out the things that don't work in a straightforward manner. Give me too much information and I will ignore it. Why don't I read the toaster instructions? Because it will tell me stuff that a 10 year old girl who wants to be an artist could figure out. Sure there is probably a feature that I am not getting because I don't read the docs, but I will risk it to avoid being told one more time not to use the toaster near my bathtub. Thanks for that tidbit of information..
The more you can do to avoid the need to document by making the object coherent, the better off we all will be.
I like a puzzle as much as the next guy. Suduko, mazes, adventure video games, etc are all fun. But the fact is, each of these have solutions that are well documented. A lot of database solutions (and really any computer solutions) have a very puzzle like quality in that you need to hunt down what you need by following very faint clues that lead you to a solution. An afternoon for a developer starts to feel like an adventure game, speaking to one person who hints of someone else you need to talk to. "Take an orange to bob the wizard architect, and ask him…" "Orange?" you ask." "He likes oranges." Okey doke. Then you have to roll a twelve sided die to see how cooperative he will be. Fun as an aside, but unlike a puzzle, there is not necessarily a solution to the problem like a proper puzzle creator will have spent much time cautiously setting up.
All that to say… make sure that your database makes sense to you now, and also consider future you. Does this stuff really make sense? Make sure to get a second opinion/design review from someone what does such a good job that they start to get on your nerves. And don't be afraid to change things later when everyone else is confused by part of your design too. It is not your ego that is important….getting it right is.
Edited: Comprehendible wasn't actually a word…Comprehensible on the other hand…
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|Some films with cubic grained emulsions
These are important questions for New55 FILM. Polaroid used a material known as SO-139 for T55, supplied by Kodak. We know today that SO-139 is a dye sensitized cubic grained medium speed emulsion similar to Kodak's Panatomic-X, supplied in long rolls for processing.
One of the problems with old T55 was that the negative was too big: It's size was a poor fit in many scanner and enlarger carriers. We want to avoid that.
Another problem with custom made anything is lead time and start up cost. Could be too much in our case.
A better way is to find, if possible, something already available that works well. For those of you who have been following along, we started with EFKE because their film worked great in the DTR process, and we were quite disappointed when EFKE ceased production. I really liked it for everything: monobaths, DTR and conventional processing, but I had to get over it. Since that time we have purchased and done experiments with nearly every available black and white 4x5 film, and we have learned a lot of interesting and valuable things about them.
|Most of the cubes are near the surface,
and that's good.
In the days when DTR was invented and developed by Agfa, and Polaroid, the only emulsions used were so-called cubic-grained emulsions. A cubic grained emulsion is, as the name implies, composed of silver halide grains shaped like cubes of salt, though smaller, often suspended in just a single layer of gelatin. Tri-X is a good example of a cubic grained emulsion. It can look sharp, and grainy too.
|The "tabs" are well below the surface.
Fujifim and others do a much neater
job than this picture shows.
|The flat plates need to lay flat on the film base
and this requires special coating tricks.
Instant photography utilizes the rapid processing of the negative and formation of the positive image. This process is slowed down by multilayered tab films, and they are not what we want right now for our New55 FILM negative.
We want the "rocks" to sit right next to our processing reagent and be available as quickly as possible so that the DTR process can proceed without delay. If you take a look at Fujifilm's FP-3000b negative, (out of production) which processes in 15 seconds, you can see the remaining silver grains with the naked eye!
Only one of Land's list of cubic grained emulsion films survives today. Note that he also experimented with papers, such as Kodabromide, as the "negative".
|Land's list of films tried. In those
days they were all cubic
grained films and papers.
In some respects, the cubic grained emulsions we need for New55 FILM production are simpler and more widely known than our receiver sheet! Sobering, but also intriguing: Could we make film, too? If we want to do that, as a strategic move, where would we start? It's too soon for all that, as we are very busy with all the other things - items that are no longer made.
So we can be grateful for the likes of our existing film makers who have kept at least a few traditional emulsions alive and available, and we have learned that, in total, more cubic-grained emulsions are sold today than tab grain emulsions.
The final emulsion for New55 FILM production has NOT been set. That gives us some lateral maneuvering room as we plan the other parts of the system such as the processing chemicals, and the all-important receiver sheet design. You can be fairly certain, however, that any film we use will feature a cubic-grained emulsion.


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When it comes to having a long history of monstrous behavior in Hollywood, no one compares to the ghoulish, original terrors of Tinseltown.
These are the classic film monsters made famous in a string of horrific creature features released by Universal Studios between the 1930s and 1950s, when the studio reigned triumphant as the primary provider of big screen scares: "Dracula," "Frankenstein," "The Bride of Frankenstein," "The Wolf Man," "The Mummy," "The Invisible Man," "The Creature From the Black Lagoon" and "The Phantom of the Opera."
In "Universal Classic Monsters: The Essential Collection," all eight of these iconic fright fests emerge in ever-sharper focus in their Blu-Ray debut, just in time for Halloween. And not only do the films offer a tremendous primer on the history of horror in pop culture, they provide a glimpse at the early visual and thematic influences of some of today's most popular modern movies and filmmakers.
"Those are the films that spoke to me," director Tim Burton reveals, having long been inspired by the imagery and storylines of the Universal classics and currently paying homage to them in his latest film, "Frankenweenie."
"Some people like musicals, Westerns, whatever – everybody's got their thing," says Burton. "For me, those movies spoke to my emotional life in the sense that if you felt weird or outcast or lonely, you could relate to the monsters. Most of the monsters were misunderstood characters. I think a lot of children feel that way. It was easy to identify with those characters and they psychologically guide you through, 'I feel like that.' They help you through your emotional life as you're growing up and you don't understand everything on an intellectual level."
Another visionary film director, Guillermo del Toro ("Hellboy," "Pan's Labyrinth"), has long proclaimed his love for old school monster movies, so much so that he kicked off a month long celebration of horror cinema at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences' Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, beginning with an Oct. 2 screening of director Tod Browning's 1931 "Dracula" starring Bela Lugosi, and director James Whale's "The Bride of Frankenstein" starring Boris Karloff, Elsa Lanchester and Colin Clive. (The Academy's screening series continues throughout October with films ranging from the 1928 silent "The Man Who Laughs," comedy variations like 1948's "Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein," and latter-day re-imaginings like 1981's "An American Werewolf In London").
"Basically Universal is a gateway drug to horror," chuckles del Toro. "Imagine being an eight-year-old kid in a small suburb in Mexico watching these movies. Definitely they started my thirst and my hunger for horror and monsters, and now to come here to honor them, to be able to celebrate one of my favorite movies of all time, which is 'Bride of Frankenstein,' and to be able to share that and say 'This is a film that's as alive today as the moment it came out – 'It's alive! Alive!' as Colin Clive would say."
Del Toro embraces the indelible impact the Universal films have had on his artistic approach to horror. "I think that in particular from the James Whale 'Frankenstein' duology, you can definitely have the crazy empathy for the monster that is so prevalent in what I do – the love for the monster, the humanity of the monster," he says. "Even as a kid I wanted to make those movies that felt lush – big production, big artistic effort, big strides in design and trying to make them beautiful-slash-horrible at the same time. And not to try from the get-go to make them down-and dirty only, but to try to give them a certain spectacularity."
"Universal finally dusting off their classics that I was raised on is a momentous occasion, definitely a reason to celebrate," says Ryan Turek, managing editor of the popular horror-centric website ShockTillYouDrop.com. "We've seen DVD special editions of these classics released in the past, but with Universal's 100th anniversary [this year], we're seeing a lot more care being put into them – and a lot more bonus content, which is always terrific."
Turek goes on to add that while some of the scares that once haunted the nightmares of audience members have been lessened over the course of time, the films still retain tremendous entertainment value.
"As pieces of art, the movies that hold up and have something to say are James Whale's 'Frankenstein' and 'Bride of Frankenstein,'" says Turek. "I think of 'Bride of Frankenstein' as kind of being an early precursor to horror comedies in some respect, because while it's certainly gothic and moody and horrifying, there's this real great sense of humor riding through the whole thing – 'Bride of Frankenstein' definitely has a cognizant funny bone in its makeup. Tod Browning's 'Dracula' is also really solid, still – another really great, gothic piece of work."
Others in the collection offer their own unique charms. "'The Wolf Man' is not a great movie, and a lot of people write it off, but I still love 'The Wolf Man' because it's about a guy who turns into a werewolf, and Lon Chaney Jr. is so terrific," says Turek. "He delivers such an impassioned, angsty character turn as Larry Talbot.
The legacy of the original films remains influential over the horror movies and television shows being produced today, from the don't-mess-with-the-natural-order messages in "Frankenstein" and "Creature" to the love story elements that pervade "Dracula," "The Mummy" and "Phantom of the Opera." "Whether it's 'Twilight' or even The CW's 'Beauty and the Beast,' that element of love and horror is still inherent in a lot of stuff that we're seeing today," Turek says.
"There are very few characters, maybe a dozen in film and literature, that even the people who have not seen the movies or read the books know who they are," says del Toro. "I'm talking about Tarzan, Pinocchio, Sherlock Holmes – and Dracula and Frankenstein. You can use them almost as adjectives, to evoke an essence that everybody at the most basic level of world culture shares. Frankenstein and Dracula certainly are two of them. And the Creature from the Black Lagoon – the Gil Man – is a version of Beauty and the Beast or King Kong, in a way.
Director Genndy Tartakovsky, whose CGI-animated film "Hotel Transylvania" had satirical fun with the well-established imagery of the classic creatures and scored the biggest September box office in history, says audiences still connect to the enduring power of the monsters.
"There's a romance and mystery to it," says Tartakovsky. "Each monster is about dealing with it's own human failure, some human trait that goes wrong, and it's about acceptability when you're different. I think those are universal, very human themes, and I think those big themes have stayed throughout. It's the bigger the mystery, like we all imagined as kids: 'If I could be a fly on the wall or if I could be invisible and not be seen, but still see everything…' I think those are such primitive and naturalistic things that we've all felt at one point. When they're translated into film it's very interesting and compelling."
Frankenstein, Dracula and Universal's Classic Monsters Unleashed On Blu-Ray
Just in time for Halloween, top filmmakers celebrate the arrival of the cinematic creatures that influenced them.
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The old "Celebrity Jeopardy!" bits on "Saturday Night Live" mined plenty of laughs from the inability of Will Ferrell's Alex Trebek to get a serious answer – or question – out of Darrell Hammond's Sean Connery. (Connery: "I'll take 'The Rapists' for 200." Trebek: "That's 'Therapists.'")
The jaunts into the delightfully absurd poked fun at overblown stars whose game show misadventures suggest they should stick to scripted fare. Still, the annual "Jeopardy!" celebrity tournament marks one of the few opportunities for notable names somewhere below the A-list, but far above the D-list to show another side of themselves. (Who could have predicted Andy Richter would steamroll Wolf Blitzer in 2009?)
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That's plenty of reason to look forward to Thursday's premiere of "Hollywood Game Night," hosted by "Glee" star Jane Lynch. The NBC show's concept – celebrities playing goofily fun games to help ordinary contestants win a few bucks – harkens back to days when (fairly) big stars were nighttime game show fixtures.
Burt Reynolds drafted celebrity pals to his "Win, Lose or Draw" in the late 1980s. A decade earlier, his buddy Bert Convy's "Tattletales" drew star couples like Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara. Allen Ludden's "Password," in various incarnations beginning in the 1960s, brought together his wife, Betty White, and many celebrity friends – including a young David Letterman.
Shows like "Hollywood Squares" and "Match Game" made stars again out of Paul Lynde, Charles Nelson Reilly and Richard Dawson. Hosting "You Bet Your Life" on radio and TV put Groucho Marx's prodigious wit to use in the final phase of his career.
The best of the shows recruited celebrities for their smarts – a stark difference from our current age, in which too many Reality TV pseudo-celebrities are prized for playing (or being) dumb.
Johnny Carson hosted a game show in the 1950s and later became a panelist on "To Tell the Truth," which proved good training for his "Tonight Show" approach of making viewers feel like guests at a celebrity party. "Hollywood Game Night," which involves various pop culture-driven contests, is based on informal bashes former "Will & Grace" star Sean Hayes throws for his famous pals.
Ferrell and Hammond aren't on the current "Hollywood Game Night" guest list, but a slew of SNL alumni are, including Martin Short, Amy Poehler and Fred Armisen. Minnie Driver, Jason Alexander and "Friends" co-stars Lisa Kudrow and Matthew Perry also are among those slated to play. Check out a preview below:
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Hi, I'm new to snowkiting and to the forum here, so wanted to say hi. Been a snowboarder for nearly 20 years so thought it about time I added the kite
I picked up an Ozone Access XT 2011 8m kite (in brand new condition - literally never flown) and have also found a Frenzy 11m which I am looking at getting too. One thing I would be quite keen to have is consistency in the bar/line configuration between all the kites (used to have this in my different scuba rigs which made things far more intuitive when switching over kit). The Access does not have a 5th line whereas the Frenzy does (Frenzy comes with the 'Contact' snow control bar with push away chicken loop release and flag out). So wondering, if I were to share the Contact bar (the one with 5th line capability) between these kites, what would I need to do to bridle-up the 5th like to the Access 8m? There are no central attachment points sewn into the Access to attach a 5th line natively, so wondered if I could add an extra bridle spanning the inner-most ABC attachment points of the regular bridal, or would I need to get additional ones sewn in. In either case, should this attach to the 3 leading-most points, or more towards the trailing edge - I'm guessing leading A, B, C points? I'm looking at this purely as a means for emergency flagout release, rather than changing the dynamics of the kite in any way. Any advice?
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Hey everyone! Sorry guys, I've been so busy with project for Massively and other sources that I just haven't had time to blog! I feel bad, because I have a couple things I really wanted to talk about, but I felt that this topic was the best thing I could vent on to get me back in the mood of talking again — Champions microtransactions.
But, I'm afraid that saying that line is surely a misnomer. I'm not for or against the Champions Online C-Store at heart. I don't intend to buy anything out of the shop, even when they gave me 400 points to spend in it thanks to my GameStop pre-order package. Likewise, I'm kinda happy it's there, just in case I do need an emergency respec and I don't feel like earning one or waiting for a free one to be handed out.
No, what I'm pissed about is the inconsistency of people regarding microtransactions. Specifically: World of Warcraft versus Champions.
I alluded to my opinion briefly in my last Anti-Aliased, but I'm so fired up about this issue that I think it really deserves its own blog post. I hate the fact that people let World of Warcraft get away with fucking murder while they go off and rail on Champions.
To give my case a visual illustration, I like to compare this to the South Park episode where Cartman tries to use "psychic powers" to catch a serial killer. While he tries to help the police department, the South Park police keep missing the HORRIBLY CREEPY DUDE standing in the bikini and blood covered poncho at every crime scene. They even sometimes stare at the real killer, only to brush him off while they persecute someone else because Cartman said they were the killer.
Warcraft has come out with 10 dollar pets. 10 FUCKING dollar pets. Not one dollar, not two dollars, no 10 fucking dollars. I don't know any virtual pet you could possibly offer me that's worth 10 dollars of my cash. It's a disgustingly high price point, yet people are sitting there and staring at these stupid pets saying, "You know, I really kinda want that." Warcraft's allure and "OMGMMO" status are somehow blinding people from noticing how ungodly expensive this is when compared to…
Champions Online. The same Champions Online that outraged people when they offered extra costumes at 3 dollars a set. Or action figure vanity pets for 2 dollars. Or, even worse, the favoribly priced $12.50 retcon. No, somehow this game is trying to steal all of your hard earned cash so Cryptic can roll around with it in their pool of money.
No one seems to notice WoW sitting over there, happily peddling 20 dollar server transfers, 30 dollar faction changes, or these stupid 10 dollar pets on top of their 15 dollar a month subscription. Everyone's too busy being outraged over Cryptic asking people for 2 bucks on top of their subscription fees. I even brought this up in Anti-Aliased, and people were blinded enough to tell me that "What WoW offered wasn't the same as microtransactions."
I'm sorry, you're right. IT COSTS MORE THAN "MICRO" IN WARCRAFT.
But these are the same people who denounce microtransaction item stores. The same people who spew forth the notion that MTs ruin the quality of the game because developers are too busy putting their work into making MT items and not the game itself.
They don't care (or notice) that Cryptic only offered five new costumes and a few icon sets versus the 5 events, new monsters, brand new powerset (Celestial powers), new PvP battleground, and new world PvP introduced in Blood Moon. Not to mention the changes to the game's weather and skybox to make the place look absolutely creepy. Somehow, those 5 whole costumes detracted from Blood Moon's content, even when Blood Moon offered way more than most holiday events.
Let me be clear — I don't fight for Cryptic because I'm some rabid fangirl of Champions Online or because I'm getting "paid off" by them. I fight for them because I think they're getting the short end of the stick when it comes to public opinion. I fight for them because I find the lengths people go to somehow denounce them insane, especially when World of Warcraft does the same damn thing Champions did, only 10 times worse, and everyone's ok with it.
Do I sound like a broken record at this point? Probably, but I keep saying this shit in different ways because if I don't, some idiot is going to come in here and attempt to contradict me because I didn't cover all my bases. So let me be clear one last time.
*clears throat and walks off*


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How do I know this…?
I can feel it in my bones.
Idala was certainly a humble man and I know all this publicity makes him very uncomfortable.
Idala Lagasse
He was a carpenter by trade just like my great-grandfather Stanislas Lagacé.
Stanislas changed his name to Dennis Lagassee when he emigrated to the United States in 1889 with his family much like hundreds of thousand other French-Canadians in the 19th century.
I knew nothing about my great-grandfather Stanislas two years ago. My father Léo Junior did not talk much nor did his father Léo Senior.
I even wonder if my father knew anything about his grandfather Stanislas.
What I know is that my father was not a family man because when my grandfather Léo Senior died in 1964, my father who the eldest son cut ties with his brothers and sisters.
In 2008, Val d'Or Lagacé, a complete stranger, sent me an e-mail with my grandfather's death certificate. Léo Senior's mother's name was on the document: H. Alexandre.
With only this small clue I was able to go back in the past and link with André Mignier. In 2009 I reunited with some of my father's brothers and sisters mostly with Jacques and Fleurette.
The whole story is here if you want to read it…
Alyce found me in April 2010 and she hit the real jackpot.
Many more descendants are now hitting the jackpot…
Claudette in Florida, Randolph and Marc in Tennessee, and probably yourself because you are reading this article while you were searching for Emeril Lagasse in order to find out if you were related to him. Emeril is my 8th cousin and he is rich and famous. Emeril does not know it but many people come here when they type Emeril Lagasse genealogy on Google.
I am the third in line. I did not do it on purpose.
Alyce on the other hand is my 3rd cousin. I never asked her if she was rich and famous. I know she is a wonderful human being because I can feel it in my bones.
Now getting back to our humble carpenter, Idala would probably like to talk more about his family, his grandchildren, and his great-grandchildren…
So let's talk about it a little… by starting with this picture Alyce sent me last week.
The only clue is the date and a strong presumption Idala is there in the picture.
But where is he?
Alyce does not think Idala was rich enough to own a house.
This morning Alyce sent me more pictures… and I saw the light.
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The Justicars' Brigade, also simply known as the Justicars, was a militia in Coruscant's Underworld during the Cold War. In the aftermath of the Sacking of Coruscant, Coruscant's government pulled Coruscant Security Forces due to limited resources leaving the area vulnerable to armed gangs. Ex-Republic soldiers, angered by the violence the gangs brought, formed a militia calling themselves the Justicars and set about brutally restoring order.
- "They keep the peace down here, but they definitely aren't on the Republic's side."
- ―CSF Agent Jaffkee
In the aftermath of the Sacking of Coruscant, crime syndicates, such as Black Sun, took advantage of the upheaval on Coruscant and began seizing control of the planet's lower levels. With sparse resources, the Republic was unable to counter the takeover and the Coruscant Security Force (CSF) was withdrawn to protect more vital areas. In response, a group of ex-soldiers formed the Justicars' Brigade, a militia later simply known as the Justicars. Their intent was to defend not only their homes, but to retake their neighborhoods. As the backlash from Black Sun began, the Justicars took harsher steps to retake control, declaring curfews and eventually martial law.[3] The area they seized was soon called the Justicars' Sector and an old CSF facility was renamed the Justicars' Tower and set up as their headquarters. Armed security patrols were authorized to use lethal force against those who did not possess the proper clearances as defined by the Justicars.[3]
Justicar forces continued the fight to retake various areas of Coruscant, as well as acting as a self proclaimed security force. With some citizens within their territory, the Justicars became unpopular. Many saw them as genuine cops and soldiers, but could see little difference between them and the gangs in how they treated people.[4] Former Republic trooper Larin Moxla, a denizen of the lower levels, did not approve of their methods, seeing them as as bloodthirsty and lawless.[5] Though at first happy with the formation of the militia and eager to work with them, CSF soon found itself pushed out of the territory along with the gangs.[6] The government of Coruscant declared the Justicars a threat and the Justicars subsequently cut off all communication with outsiders. The entrance to their territory was heavily guarded and few were allowed in except for with proper clearances. Justicar security officers would often conduct checks and arrest persons at the taxi speeder station just outside the gate with no interference from a token few CSF police officers assigned to the area.[4]
Not all members of the Justicars joined by choice. Ordinary citizens, if caught breaking a law, such as curfew in their territory, would sometimes be pressed into indentured service into the Justicar fighting forces. The Justicars either did not have the means, or simply did not care, to check if a citizen was actually a legal adult when forcing one into service, only that they appeared to be physically old enough.[7]
Behind the scenesEdit
The Justicars were created for Star Wars: The Old Republic, a massively multiplayer online roleplaying game developed by BioWare and released on December 20, 2011. They first appeared in The Old Republic: Fatal Alliance, a novel by Sean Williams, published on July 20, 2010.
- The Old Republic: Fatal Alliance (First appearance)
- Star Wars: The Old Republic
- Star Wars: The Old Republic: Galactic Strongholds (Mentioned only)
- Star Wars: The Old Republic Explorer's Guide
- Star Wars: The Old Republic Encyclopedia
- The Search for Oricon on The Old Republic's official website (backup link)
Notes and referencesEdit
- ↑ Star Wars: The Old Republic—Republic Mission: "Shadows" on Coruscant
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Star Wars: The Old Republic Explorer's Guide
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Star Wars: The Old Republic—Codex Entry: "The Justicars"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Star Wars: The Old Republic—Justicars' Sector, Coruscant
- ↑ The Old Republic: Fatal Alliance
- ↑ Star Wars: The Old Republic—Mission: "White Noise" on Coruscant
- ↑ Star Wars: The Old Republic—Mission: "Justicar Injustice" on Coruscant


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Hello, i am new to this community, found you typing "java forums" in google lol (in case you were curious, totally irrelevant info for most haha).
My main goal for looking into forums is because i really need some pointers about several things which are quite specific and you don't really find those answers by just searching in google, at least those are not up to discussion if found. So i was wondering if someone can help me with this.
First i'd like to mention a bit of my background so you can get a general context.
I am a systems ingineer student (i believe it is called Computer Science in other countries, i am from El Salvador), been there for about 3-4 years, also was studying a technical in systems ingineering (or so i believe you'd translate it to something like that).
in all these years no one has ever taught me java, in college or the institute where i was getting the technical studies all i learned was .NET languages specifically VB, C++ and C# and i have coded basic things (which i doubt are useful) mp3 player, basic games like chess, tic tac toe, hanged. made a few applications like a program that saves everything that has been sent to the clipboard that being an image or string, stored it in text files with daily dates and the capability of opening in internet browser if there were valid links with just a click (was done in C#).
Went for java because of its portability, i don't have to pay a seriously expensive (for rich people in this country) license and because it can be web based and what i aim for is to code things like accounting systems, inventory and whatnot for the web.
So i'd love some pointers in:
What are the subjects i need to focus on in java to accomplish that?
What is the most recommended database (free if possible) platform/software (or however it's called in english >< ) to work with java? (it'd need to have huge storage capability since the systems are intented for small and medium companies).
while studying on that i would also love to get some income so i'd love to work in something that would make me practice my coding but while looking at the things needed in freelancer most of the things i have seriously absolutely no idea where do they learn that. in my 3-4 years in college they certainly didn't teach all those things, i honestly feel not capable of looking for a job as a programer as i feel insecure and overwhelmed while looking at the lists of "proyects" offered in freelancer for example.
How am i supposed to overcome that fear of not being able to do those things?
How am i supposed to start to learn how to do all those sort of things they ask for when i don't have the slighest idea of how to do most of them?
I am dedicated when it comes to coding, if i have something to code, if i have a goal set on what i need, i can code for more than 14 hours daily until it's done (unless i really need a break because i am seriously stuck on something).
If there is an experienced java programmer here who is willing to give me some pointers as in what to study, what do i need to start coding to learn what i need to know, to give me excercises (daily if possible, 2 or 3 times a week is fine too, anything), to basically be my teacher. I would greatly appreciate it from the bottom of my heart. I am willing to do it through skype, inbox messages here, facebook, twitter, or wherever you like.
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It has taken me a long time to embrace the role of wife/mother/homemaker. I have a few other jobs too such as writing this blog and teaching many of you lovely people how to be more confident bakers, but my primary responsibility is taking care of my family and our home. It is how I spend most of my time.
I resisted this role. If I am completely honest with you deep down I found it degrading and so menial. I thought I deserved a more "important" role. (Can you imagine not seeing the importance of raising children?!) I didn't want this position to fall on me but it has and I now embrace it and can say, joyfully, that I am a homemaker – except that I still don't like that word – I think we need something else. Something more Martha Stewart-esque… hmm… I don't know – we can work on that together.
I don't bounce out of bed with a spring in my step every morning. My children don't sleepily stumble down the stairs to find their mother serving them up a plate full of hot pancakes with a giant smile on her face and a lacy apron wrapped around her waist. More realistically they greet me at the side of my bed saying, "Mommy, get up! It's time for breakfast." I reluctantly roll out of bed and pray for patience and strength for the day. And we begin.
But the difference is I find joy in the daily tasks. I find more in some than others, for example, there is very little joy in folding laundry.
What I do love is baking and cooking with my boys. Seeing them beam with pride as they dump the ingredients into the bowl and proclaim to daddy, "look what I made!"
I enjoy instructing and guiding them – watching them learn new things every single day. Two days ago my oldest was just drawing scribbles and yesterday he drew a picture of his "sister baby". She had a big round belly and nice plump face with a giant grin. She is going to have the best big brothers.
And lately I've fulfilled a nearly life-long goal of learning how to sew. I look forward to learning much more about this craft but have thoroughly enjoyed creating useful and functional products from simple sheets of cloth.
When I heard the news that a baby girl was on her way, visions of pink flooded my mind. I'm usually not much of a pink girl myself but I am fully embracing this sweet little feminine baby inside of me and insist on having many dresses and maybe even a few tutus around.
I had way to much fun picking out the fabric for this simple quilt project. If you live in Seattle all the fabrics you see can be found at The Quilting Loft (prints) or Jo-Ann Fabrics (solids). I followed the pattern like I follow my recipes – not too closely – but I was immediately inspired when I found the pattern in the book, Bend-the-Rules Sewing: The Essential Guide to a Whole New Way to Sew by Amy Karol, who writes the blog, Angry Chicken.
This was a perfect first quilt for me. I learned so much throughout the process. I have yet to master the art of sewing a straight line but I'm sure my sweet little baby won't mind the crookedness.
So while the laundry pile might not always get folded right away and toys may be scattered throughout the house you can be sure that there is a constant supply of fresh baked goodness, a small supply of home-grown produce from our little garden and now some hand-made blankets and clothing.
I have found my place in this new-ish role and I'm finding that it suits me quite nicely. Each day while I strive to instruct my children they teach me invaluable lessons that I am so grateful to learn – patience being one of them. 🙂


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The Central Connecticut women's lacrosse team earned a 16-10 victory over St. Francis (PA) on Sunday afternoon. With the victory the Blue Devils are now 7-6 on the season and 5-2 in Northeast Conference play. Senior Ashley Perkoski totaled seven points in the game, including four goals against the Red Flash (2-13, 0-7 NEC).
With seven victories the Blue Devils tie the program record for wins, which was set last season.
After falling behind 1-0, the Blue Devils scored four consecutive goals to take a 4-1 lead, the Red Flash would not lead or tie the game after that point.
Perkoski scored unassisted to get Central on the board and senior Ashley Mara added a second goal 24 seconds later. Junior Mackenzy Ryan assisted on Mara's goal. Perkoski scored again, this time with the help of junior Betsy Vendel, and then sophomore Amanda Toke ended the run with the help of junior Meaghan McCurry.
Following a goal by the Red Flash, the Blue Devils again scored four consecutive goals.
Vendel scored unassisted and Ryan found the net with the help of Perkoski. Freshman Jessica Sudock scored on a free position goal and Central's final goal of the run came from junior defender Ali Roche who ran the field in an attempt to clear the ball and launched a shot which was deflected into the goal. The score was the first of the season for Roche.
St. Francis scored three goals, but the rally was ended when McCurry passed to Perkoski for a goal with 2:59 left in the half.
The Blue Devils improved on their 9-5 halftime lead by scoring four goals in the first 12 minutes of the second half. Perkoski passed to McCurry for a goal, Toke scored on a free position shot, Mara scored with the help of Ryan's second assist and McCurry ended the run with a goal off a pass from Vendel.
After a pair of Red Flash goals, McCurry completed her hat-trick with the help of Perkoski. The goal made it a 14-7 game.
St. Francis scored three late goals to cut their deficit to 14-10, but an unassisted goal from Vendel ended the Red Flash's momentum and with 2:28 remaining in the game Perkoski scored her fourth goal of the day. Toke assisted on the goal that set the final score at 16-10.
Senior goalkeeper Erin DeLancey stopped seven shots in the victory, her seventh of the season, which ties her own program record for wins in a season.
Mara scored a pair of goals and also grabbed a game-high four ground balls. She shared a game-high seven draw controls with Vendel.
Vendel and Mara combined for 14 of Central's 15 draw controls.
McCurry finished the game with five points, Vendel had four and Ryan and Toke each had three.
Perkoski totaled seven points on the day, and 15 total for the weekend.
The Blue Devils play their final regular season home game on Wednesday night against Holy Cross. That game will begin at 7 p.m. and will serve as Senior Day for the Class of 2012.


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Feast of Fields is FarmFolk CityFolk's annual local food celebration and fundraiser focused on the contribution local chefs, restaurants, farmers, ranchers, fishers, food artisans, vintners, brewers and distillers make to the local food economy.
In 2019, Feast of Fields celebrates its 25th anniversary year with a trio of parties: Caldwell Heritage Farm/Wiseacre Distillery in the Okanagan on Aug. 11; Snowdon House Gourmet & Gifts on Vancouver Island on Aug. 25; and Rabbit River Farms in Richmond on Sept. 8.
This gourmet wandering harvest festival is Canada's largest and longest running local food celebration. For a full list and profiles of participants, the host farms, and to buy tickets, visit feastoffields.com.
• A big round of applause for Matthew Landry who took the first Tasting Games trophy home to the Stablehouse Restaurant in Vancouver as the Best Wine Taster in B.C.
The competition featured wine celebrities battling on stage to determine the origin and varietal of mystery wines. Landry topped local finalists Severine Pinte, Le Vieux Pin winemaker; Tanja Martell from Red Lips Wine Sips; grape farmer Cynthia Enns; Cask & Barrel purchaser Shanyn Ward; and fellow Vancouver sommelier Christina Hartigan, Wildebeest Restaurant wine director.
Earlier this year Landry won the Best Sommelier in B.C. from the Canadian Association of Professional Sommeliers. Proceeds from all the tastings benefit Okanagan College viticulture students and the Start Fresh Projects Culinary Arts and Farm Education program, for those experiencing employment barriers due to mental health.
B.C. wine of the week
Bench 1775 Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot 2014, Okanagan Valley
$31.90 | 88/100
Shaped by its Cabernet Sauvignon structure and a lot of juicy, fresh, easy-sipping Merlot, this is delicious stuff. The entry is all dark cherry fruit, spiced with a touch of Syrah and a savoury undercurrent. The gentle fruit comes off an east-facing, Oxbow Vineyard in Osoyoos boasting some sagebrush, notes of meat, more cherries and a wisp of tobacco. More red fruit than black, this is for drinking now through the midterm. This style benefits from spending a year in two-year-old wood, adding some beneficial oxidation and zero new oak. Barbecue-friendly.
Wine for the cellar
Robert Mondavi Fumé Blanc 2017, Napa Valley, California, United States
$24.49 | 89/100
The Fume Blanc is a mix of Stag's Leap District fruit from Wappo Hill Vineyard for brightness, herbal notes and lift and Oakville fruit To Kalon Vineyard that brings richness, weight and complexity to the mix. On the palate, it is all you want from floral and mineral to tropical and zesty with peachy, citrus, juiciness that makes it very food friendly. The addition of 15 per cent Semillon broadens the mouth feel. Drink now through 2020.
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NATIONAL HONOR: Whenever we read about a new area or landmark receiving special commendation from the National Park Service we think of that famous quote about everything that's inventable having been invented already. (It might be a misquote, but it has grown in the national mind for sure.) The reason we think of this quote is that it can be hard to believe that every beautiful and wild place in our country hasn't already received a special plaque and special protections designating it a beautiful and wild place. But that's not the case. While there are many important locations included in the National Park Service, there are countless others queued up for the spotlight, and a cavalcade of hopeful backers. Now a California cave system has received the love, and just in time for its annual tour season. Congratulations, Lake Shasta Caverns, for being the latest National Natural Landmark.
BEAUTY BENEATH: The caverns people point out that this isn't yet listed on the NPS site but you can get to know what this means via this helpful National Park Service article. There are nearly 600 NNLs in all, including, wait for it, the San Andreas Fault. Fascinating. If you want to get to know the Shasta landmark, it just opened for its annual tours, which run in the warmer months. Here's a fun factoid: You take a boat across the lake to even reach the caverns. Adventure! With an exclamation point! Thanks to the Visit Redding people for the tip on this one. Always good to see more wilderness get the love.


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Mixed Media - featuring "If These Knishes Could Talk"
Heather Quinlan '95 always felt that the New York City accent got a bad rap. So she set out to explore its origins in her film, If These Knishes Could Talk: The Story of the New York Accent, which features interviews with people from each of the five boroughs— including Penny Marshall, Alan Dershowitz, Amy Heckerling, and Charlie Rangel. During six years of research, Quinlan learned some surprising things:
There is no Brooklyn accent.
Quinlan found that accents were determined more by ethnicity and not geography, so there is a Jewish New York accent, and an Italian New York accent, and even a Puerto Rican New York accent (think Rosie Perez).
Your ethnicity doesn't have to match your accent.
Quinlan interviewed Ben Lee, who was born in Korea but has a distinct Italian New York accent. "Accents develop between the ages of three and seven, and you develop them to fit in with your friends," Quinlan says.
There's a New York accent in sign language.
New Yorkers who sign have a lot of the same characteristics as those who speak with a New York accent. "For instance," says Quinlan, "I interviewed a deaf New Yorker who showed that deaf New Yorkers have different slang, sign faster, and curse more than other deaf Americans."
Though she studied theatre and then English at IC, Quinlan says the most valuable thing she learned was the art of storytelling. Her first film, Knishes, premiered at the Art of Brooklyn Film Festival, where it sold out and received a second showing.


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We are committed to measuring, tracking and improving our environmental performance in designing, developing, manufacturing and delivering our products to market. We are using the Higg Index framework to do so.
The Higg Index is an industry-wide tool that enables companies to evaluate material types, products, facilities and processes based on a set of environmental indicators. The Index asks practice-based, qualitative questions to gauge environmental sustainability performance and drive behavior for improvement.
The Higg Index is managed by the Sustainable Apparel Coalition which is an industry-wide group of over 100 leading apparel and footwear brands, retailers, suppliers, nonprofits, and NGOs working to reduce the environmental and social impacts of apparel and footwear products around the world.
Through our parent company, Columbia Sportswear, we were founding members of the Sustainable Apparel Coalition and have been using the Higg Index to measure brand, product and facility related practices for the last two years. We have seen modest improvements in our overall practices since starting to use the Higg Index in 2012 and our goal is to continue to make progress in each of the areas outlined by the Higg Index.
Our two flagship retail stores in Portland, OR and Seattle, WA are both LEED certified. LEED, or Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design, is a green building certification program that recognizes best-in-class building strategies and practices. To receive LEED certification, building projects satisfy prerequisites and earn points to achieve different levels of certification. Some of the green building design practices present in our Portland and Seattle retail stores include:
- 40% less water in day to day operations
- 20% regionally manufactured building materials
- 10% recycled content in building materials
- 40% interior building reuse rate
- 75% diversion rate of construction waste from landfill
- Low emitting adhesives, sealants, paints and coatings, carpet systems, ceiling and wall systems, composite wood and agri-fiber products
- Optimized appliance energy performance
We also follow green office practices outlined by our Green Office Guide at headquarters, sales and regional office locations. Our Headquarters building in Richmond, CA incorporates green building design and operational principles. Here are some fun facts about our Headquarters building:
- Our headquarters is located in the historic Fort Point building, a renovated automobile factory.
- Our kitchen floors are covered with natural tiles, and our rec rooms is covered with recycled tires.
- We chose 100% natural, nontoxic, dye-free carpets for our showrooms and California Gold Standard carpet tiles for our workspaces.
- Our office furnishings are PVC-free and manufactured in North America. They all meet strict environmental standards (ISO 14001 certified).
- Solar Panels, located on our sawtooth roof, provide enough power to meet our annual net electrical needs.
- Employees can check out kayak's and paddles boards to use on our very own boat dock and on-site kayak launch.
- Employees have easy access to local parks and trails. We are located right on the Bay Trail that runs along the Bay all the way to Berkeley and beyond.
- We provide our employees with incentives to utilize alternate means of transportation. On-site showers allow employees to bicycle to work, while a shuttle bus runs between Ford Point and the local BART station.
We recognize that we are a single player in a large, complex supply chain and believe the best way to make significant progress as an industry is to work together to come up with solutions that are applicable for all supply chain stakeholders.
Hence, we are members of the following Industry Associations via our parent company, Columbia Sportswear, and actively participate on working groups and collaborative initiatives within these Associations.
Outdoor Industry Association Sustainable Working Group
The OIA SWG is a volunteer collaboration among more than 450 outdoor industry companies working to identify sustainable business practices throughout their shared global supply chains.
Sustainable Apparel Coalition
The Sustainable Apparel Coalition is an industry-wide group of over 100 leading apparel and footwear brands, retailers, suppliers, nonprofits, and NGOs working to reduce the environmental and social impacts of apparel and footwear products.
UN International Labor Organization (ILO) Better Work Program
Better Work is an innovative partnership program between the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC). Operational since 2009, the program aims to improve both compliance with labour standards and competitiveness in global supply chains.


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In our teeny-tiny fabric shop, Purl Patchwork, it is a challenge to find fresh ideas to display our favorite products in customer-friendly ways. We were really scratching our heads when a bunch of new Tana Lawn prints from Liberty of London arrived last week on unruly five-foot-tall bolts! Our solution: we filled a handful of simple wooden embroidery hoops with swatches of fabric and displayed them all on the wall like a family portrait gallery.
These swatch portraits are so easy to make and they make great gifts too! Enjoy!
To make one portrait:
- A square of fabric, at least 2″ wider than your hoop in all directions. We used Fabrics from our collection of Liberty of London, Tana Lawn.
- A wooden embroidery hoop in any size
- Elmer's or fabric glue of any type is fine
- Fabric scissors
Place fabric in the hoop, pull taut.
Turn to wrong side, run a small line of glue around the inside hoop, just next to the fabric.
Press fabric into glue, all the way around.
Allow glue to dry.
Trim fabric to edge of hoop.


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Im-paws-ible? Vet sees 'cougar' on Parkway
When Donny Peppard went biking along the Blue Ridge Parkway last month, he saw more than beautiful views: "I saw something sleek with a long tail, running away," he says.
His verdict? A cougar, also known as a mountain lion.
"I don't know what else it could have been," he adds. "It was freaky."
Unlike bobcats, which weigh between 20 and 45 pounds and naturally occur throughout Virginia, cougars– which can be up to nine feet long and weigh nearly 200 pounds– shouldn't be anywhere around these parts.
According to John Rohm, a wildlife biologist with the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, the closest natural population is in Florida. And while Rohm says reports of cougar sightings in and around central Virginia aren't uncommon, there has never been a confirmed sighting– one with documented evidence, either photographic or physical.
Many times, Rohm believes, people mistake a bobcat or some other wild animal for a cougar.
Peppard, however, says he didn't make such an error. A veterinarian, he once treated a captive cougar and is familiar with the big cats' physiology. He's also seen cougars when he's biked out west, where they have been known to attack people– sometimes fatally.
Peppard's not the only who thinks he's spotted a cougar on the Blue Ridge.
"I've seen them eight or nine times," says Paul Buschi, an avid biker who works at Performance Bike Shop. When living in Crozet in 2003, Buschi says, he frequently rode along the Blue Ridge Parkway.
The first time he saw a cougar, "I thought it was a highway marker," he recalls. "It was staring right at me; then all of a sudden it moved."
Another time, Buschi had to stop his bike in the middle of the road to wait for the cat to climb the bank. "It was about 25 yards away," he says. Fortunately, the animal "never was aggressive."
Like Peppard, Buschi had seen many cougars during bicycle rides out west, and he's positive the animal he saw wasn't a bobcat.
"This was a long-tailed cat, bigger than a chocolate lab," he says.
Rohm suggests one other possibility: that both Peppard and Buschi did, in fact, see a cougar. But if so, he believes, it's one of a kind, and it didn't get there on its own.
"It's more likely a captive cat that's escaped or been released," he says. "I don't think people need to be concerned about cougars in Virginia."
Blue Ridge cats? Can there be cougars in them thar hills?


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Some Remarks to Electrodynamics of Materials with Negative Refraction
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Victor Georgievich Veselago graduated from Moscow University in 1952, and was with P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute, Moscow, from 1952 to 1983. From 1983 up to now, he is the head of laboratory of magnetic materials in A.M. Prokhorov Institute of General Physics. He received his PhD degree in 1959, for radiospectropy investigation of molecular spectra, and degree Doctor of Science (solid state physics) in 1974 for investigation of solid state in high magnetic field., both in P.N. Lebedev Institute. From 1980 until now, is a professor of applied physics in Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology. The area of scientific interest of V.G. Veselago is magnetism, solid-state physics, electro-dynamics. In his papers, published in 1966-1972 was at the first time considered electrodynamics of material with negative value of refraction index (so called Left-Handed Materials, LHM). V.G. Veselago is a winner of State Prize for science of USSR (1976), and a winner of academician V.A. Fock prize (2004). He is also an Honored Scientist of Russian Federation (2002).He is an active expert in Russian Foundation for Fundamental Research, Russian Foundation for Humanitarian Research, and is vice-chairman of physics section of Supreme Attestation Committee of Russia (VAK). He is a founder and vice-editor of the electronic, scientific journal " Исследовано в России Investigated in Russia." Married, has 3 daughters and 1 son. His favorite animal is lady-cat, Fifa. His hobby is of railways (real, not models).
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We posted a recipe previously for Leek Pie. That was an 'open' pie, whereas this has pastry below and above. It is similar to the recipe for Mince and Leek Pie, but without the mincemeat obviously, and more cheese. It's a delicious pie, not only the filling, but the lovely pastry as well. Because of the importance of the way the pastry is made, we have included photos of the various stages so that you can see it clearly.
500g all-purpose flour
200g butter
50g butter for finish
260ml soda water
1 tsp salt
1 kg leeks (white section and some green, but not the leaves) finely chopped
250g Regatto cheese roughly grated
100g Annthotiro cheese (or Ricotto)
1 tbsp butter
2 eggs
Salt and pepper to taste
Put the flour and salt in a mixing bowl and add the soda water to make a pliable dough.
Knead the dough well for approx. 10 minutes.
Divide into 4 balls, wrap them in cling film and set aside to rest for 1 hr.
Boil 1½ litres of water and add the leeks when it comes to the boil.
Continue boiling for 5 minutes.
Drain well.
Whisk the 2 eggs.
While the leeks are still warm, mix in the eggs, cheese, butter, salt and pepper.
Set aside to cool.
Take one of the balls of dough and on a floured surface roll it out into a circle approx. 40cm diameter.
Half melt the 200g butter and brush ¼ of it generously over the pastry.
Fold the pastry into a square in the stages shown in the photos below, tapping it with your hands to make sure there are no air bubbles.
Set aside.
Roll out another ball of dough into a circle approx. 40 cm diameter.
Brush it with another ¼ of the half-melted butter.
Place the first square of pastry in the centre of the circle and fold into a square as in the photos below.
Wrap in cling film and leave in the fridge for 1 hr.
Repeat this process with the other 2 balls of dough.
After the 1 hr has passed, roll out one of the squares on a floured surface, large enough to cover the bottom of an oven dish as well as the sides and to go over the edge.
Butter the dish and place the pastry on the bottom, flattening it with your hands, up the side and over the edge.
Put the filling on top of it.
Fold over the pastry on top of the edge of the filling.
Roll out the other square of pastry and place it on top.
Make a small ridge around the edge
Melt the 50g butter and brush over the top.
Score the surface into helpings.
Lightly spray the surface with water.
Place in a pre heated oven at 180 degrees Celsius for 40 minutes, until it has gone golden brown.
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Bar robbed by man with gun, wearing mask
Suspect fled on foot
AFTON, Wis. — A bar in Afton was robbed Wednesday by a man carrying a gun and wearing a ski mask, according to the Rock County Sheriff's Office.
Deputies were called to Friendly Village Tavern at 5321 Jefferson St. at 10:35 p.m. for a report of an armed robbery.
Investigators said a man dressed in all dark clothing and wearing a hockey mask displayed a gun and demanded the bartender give him money from the cash register. The bartender complied and the suspect left on foot.