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Is it "Fewer" or "Less"? The Naughty Grammarian Explains
Who is Miss Grammers?
Allow me to introduce my alter ego (a second self; a different version of one's self), Miss Grammers. The name was chosen, obviously, to play off of the word, "grammar." However, Miss Grammers is making two additional allusions with this name.
Miss Grammers wishes to compare herself to Miss Manners, the doyenne (a woman who is the most respected or prominent person in a particular field) of etiquette because Miss Grammers endeavors to become the doyenne of grammar.
Miss Grammers also wishes the reader to think of the archetype (a recurrent symbol or motif in literature, art, or mythology) of "The Naughty Librarian," a woman who appears prim and proper, but who, on occasion, can kick back and kick ass.
Miss Grammers also endeavors to surprise and amuse. To that end, Ms. Grammers shall be a little bit naughty and use text more appropriate to a romance novel than a treatise (a formal written presentation that discusses a subject carefully and thoroughly) on grammar.
Miss Grammers has already been a little bit naughty, sneaking in a vocabulary lesson before she even gets to the main point.
Did Miss Grammers Have a Few Too Many?
When to Use "Fewer" and When to Use "Less"?
Miss Grammers must admit that she is very peeved that so many people misuse the word "less." When she watches the news on TV, she is appalled by the number of presumably well-educated hosts and guests who do not understand the distinction between "fewer" and "less."
Miss Grammers observes that people often use "less" when they should use "fewer." The reverse is not an issue. People seldom use 'fewer" when they should use "less."
Fewer or Less
Use "Fewer" with Things That Can be Counted.
Use "fewer" when referring to something that can be counted (actually or theoretically). It is used with a concrete noun, a noun that denotes an actual thing. "Fewer "is usually correct when the noun is plural.
"Ever since Linda returned, Melanie had fewer chances to see Doug." (Since the number of "chances" can be counted and "chances" is plural, it is incorrect to say "less chances.")
Use "Less" with a Thing that Cannot Be Counted.
Use" less" when speaking of an abstract quality, a mass of something, or anything that cannot be counted. The noun is usually singular.
"Melanie thought she had less of a chance to win Doug's affection since Linda had returned." (In this sentence "chance" is used as an abstract noun and is singular, so "less" is correct.)
A Chart for Fewer and Less
Type of noun:
Concrete nouns
Abstract nouns
Singular or plural:
A quantity or a quality:
A Quantity--Things that can be counted
A Quality--Things that canot be conted
.Do we need fewer loves? ("Loves" refers to physical things or people.)
Do we need less love? ("Love" refers to an emotion.)
Are There Exceptions?
Miss Grammers regrets to inform you that there are some pesky exceptions.
Common usage allows for "less" to be used with units that denote measurements, distance, amount, or time. This is because the unit is considered to be a single bulk amount.
"Linda had returned less than two weeks ago and already Doug was less affectionate towards Melanie." ("Two weeks" is one amount of time.)
"Melanie and Doug stood less than six inches apart, but it might as well have been six miles." ("Six inches" is one amount of space.)
Sex Gets Attention
What About Collective Nouns?
A noun that refers to a collection of things is still a singular noun and requires "less." Miss Grammers mentions this because she wishes to be complete, but she cannot think of an instance when "fewer" was used in place of "less" with a collective noun.
"A traditional romance novel has fewer sex scenes than a modern romance novel." ("Sex scenes" is plural and countable so "less sex scenes" is incorrect.)
"A traditional romance novel has less sex than a modern romance novel." (The word "sex" in this sentence replaces 'sex scenes" in the prior sentence, but it is a singular noun so the word "less" is correct.)
A Reference Book
An Example from Real Life
Miss Grammers was beginning to doubt whether or not anyone really needed her lesson about "fewer' and "less." Then Miss Grammers watched "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" on July 23, 2014, and she heard Mr. Stewart say, "It takes less money and less people." Miss Grammers was gratified to see that she was indeed needed.
You did notice that Mr. Stewart should have said "fewer people." "Less money " is correct because it is a collective noun referring to currencies in the aggregate, but if Mr. Stewart had said "dollars", he would be correct to say "fewer dollars."
Miss Grammers
A Final Word
Miss Grammers hopes that she will see fewer instances of the incorrect use of "less" in the future.
And now Miss Grammers has a secret life to get back to.
As for you, you may stay after class and read some of my other posts. Check the related hubs below or just do a search for "The Naughty Grammarian."
Please take this little quiz to prove that you have learned when you must use use "fewer" and not "less."view quiz statistics
Note on the Quiz
Did you notice that the correct answer to the quiz was always the alternative with "fewer."
Miss Grammers had to do it that way because had she tried to use "fewer" incorrectly, the wrongness would be immediately obvious. For example: A) She had fewer hope now. B) She had less hope now.
Miss Grammers is quite confident that no one would have picked "She had fewer hope now." If Miss Grammers had made the first alternative: "She had fewer hopes now"–using the plural-- then both answers would be correct. It would not be nice for Miss Grammers to trick you by making both answers correct, and Miss Grammers always wishes to be nice.
Please give me your feedback.
Did the naughty grammarian help you learn something new?
© 2014 Catherine Giordano
CG...I do appreciate your clear and accurate lesson on the use of these 2 terms. I'm going to have to say that I either knew this instinctively, which surprised me,or in repeating the sentence it was so clear to me which word was the correct one to use. Thank you so much....your teaching efforts are commendable....UP+++
The "R" word is retard. As a person with autism, I've had it used on me a lot despite my high IQ.
Your piece is proof one need not resort to name-calling or shaming to improve grammar.
Proper grammar is something sadly lacking in much of today's writing. I have to admit to having quite a few bad habits that I have also carried with me from the past. Which and that are two words that constantly confuse me.
I like the alliteration of grammar lessons by Ms Grammers , I wonder if she is also a Grandma? Then we could have fewer grammar errors and less incorrect grammar to deal with in the future. More Grammer police too! LOL interesting useful and funny (well amusing actually!).
Thank you for this humorous presentation on when to use fewer or less. You really do make grammar fun! I'm thinking of buying the grammar book on amazon. It will be a handy reference as I work on my first non-fiction book.
Good evening, Catherine; coming back to Hub, I'm behind on my reading. I will definitely look up the other Ms. Grammars. Thank you for letting me know there are others. ~Marilyn
I misused "less" just once about five years ago. I'll never misuse it again. I'll never use that forum again, either, because those who corrected me were so unkind about it. The "R" word was used to describe me and my writing efforts.
Good afternoon, Catherine and Ms. Grammers; excellent information, as well as a humorous presentation. I think that grammar is vital to good writing, but too often we missed important lessons in school thinking the subject was uninteresting or tedious.
Now, we are making up for that lack of knowledge. Articles like yours make grammar interesting and fun. I also like the insertion of the vocabulary words - nice touch.
Thank you for writing this, and I see a monthly lesson in your future and ours. Grammar Topics from Ms. Grammar sounds like an excellent series, in my opinion. ~Marilyn


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1936: Early life of princess Elizabeth - Princess Elizabeth takes her pet dog for a walk in Hyde Park, London, on Feb. 26. 1936. She was then nearly ten years old. Her father was still duke of York. Edward VIII was on the throne.

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AbstractGiven a simple rectilinear polygon P in the xy-plane, a roof over P is a terrain over P whose faces are supported by planes through edges of P that make a dihedral angle π/4 with the xy-plane. In this paper, we introduce realistic roofs by imposing a few additional constraints. We investigate the geometric and combinatorial properties of realistic roofs, and show a connection with the straight skeleton of P. We show that the maximum possible number of distinct realistic roofs over P is ( ⌊(n-4)/4⌋ (n-4)/2) when P has n vertices. We present an algorithm that enumerates a combinatorial representation of each such roof in O(1) time per roof without repetition, after O(n 4) preprocessing time. We also present an O(n 5)-time algorithm for computing a realistic roof with minimum height or volume. © 2011 Springer-Verlag.
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Oakland, Berkeley, And East Bay News, Events, Restaurants, Music, & Arts
Although the growth of solar power has been substantial in California in recent years, the percentage of homes that have solar panels on their rooftops is still small — less than 2 percent. Likewise, many property owners throughout the state have yet to install energy-efficient upgrades to their homes. The reason often comes down to cost: It's still expensive to adopt green-energy practices, even though prices have come down in the past decade. And that's especially true for residents of Oakland, Berkeley, and East Bay cities who live in smaller homes and don't use a lot of electricity.
In fact, solar power and energy-efficient upgrades are still cost-prohibitive for many such homeowners — that is, it costs more to put solar panels on your home or make energy-efficient upgrades than what you'll save on your monthly PG&E bill. Part of the problem is that the state does not provide enough green-energy incentives, particularly for low-energy users. For example, California strictly limits a homeowner's ability to sell excess solar energy back to utilities.
Until such policies change, some environmentalists contend that eco-conscious consumers may have to start viewing energy efficiency much like they do organic and sustainably grown food: It's expensive, but good for the earth. Dan Forman of the Sierra Club San Francisco Bay Chapter said he knows some area residents who have installed solar rooftops, knowing full well that they will never recoup their costs. One said, "'I know that I'm not making money on this — I'm doing it because it's the right thing to do,'" Forman said.
But that's not to say you shouldn't take advantage of existing green-energy incentives. For example, Energy Upgrade California, a state program, gives homeowners between $1,000 and $4,500 for permanent home upgrades — i.e., things you can't take with you when you move — that improve energy efficiency. Ratepayers fund the program via a tax on their energy bill.
Here's how it works: Homeowners choose from a list of pre-approved, specially trained contractors available at BayAreaEnergyUpgrade.org. (They can also see all the rebate programs they qualify for at EnergyUpgradeCA.org, and then choose a contractor based on which ones they specialize in.) There are two main programs — Home Upgrade and Advanced Home Upgrade. The former is based on a point system: Each upgrade is given a certain number of points and the total rebate amount is based on how many points you accumulate. The latter option offers a rebate based on the total energy consumption of your home after the various upgrades have been completed. It requires an energy assessment test.
Advanced Home Energy, which is based in Richmond, is one of the largest Bay Area contractors to participate in Energy Upgrade California, according to marketing manager Marisa Lee. Lee recommends the Advanced Home Upgrade over the Home Upgrade plan because it's more flexible and offers better savings. (For example, window upgrades aren't available through the Home Upgrade plan.) It begins with an audit of the "health and safety" and "comfort and energy efficiency" of your home, said Lee. "Health and safety" means checking for asbestos and testing gas appliances, for example, while "comfort and energy efficiency" evaluates things such as how well your insulation is working and how efficient your furnace is. That report is then submitted to your local utility company — for most East Bay residents, that means PG&E.
After going over possible upgrades and the cost of those fixes with the contractor, the homeowner then decides on a plan of action. After the work is completed, the contractor performs another energy audit of the home and submits it to PG&E, which would then send a check to the customer. In addition to the $1,000 to $4,500 rebate for the upgrades, PG&E also offers up to $300 for the audit, which can cost between $100 and $450, depending on the size of the home, said Lee, who added it's possible that the entire audit will be covered.
The average rebate is $3,000, she said, and the average cost of the upgrades (before the rebate) is between $10,000 and $15,000. "Most of our customers get 25 percent back in rebates," Lee said. (Rebates for the Home Upgrade plan are slightly lower.)
Still, even with the rebates, many residents won't recover the costs of the actual upgrades. For example, if your monthly PG&E bill is $100, and you pay $10,000 (with a $4,500 rebate) for upgrades that reduce your bill to $75, it would still take 220 months — or about 18 years — for your investment to pay for itself. And that's a best-case scenario.
An exception is for those who use a lot of energy. Lee said one customer reported saving 70 percent on his energy costs after making upgrades to his very large home — but his bill started out at $700 per month and was reduced to $100. "The average energy savings varies significantly — it's based on home size and location and age of the home," said Monica Tell, spokesperson for PG&E. But there are other benefits to participation, she added, including increasing comfort and improving indoor air quality.
Natalie De Leon, sustainability and energy specialist for Bay Area Regional Energy Network, the agency that's implementing the program locally, said the program also makes most sense for old homes (which she defined as being built before the early Eighties), homes that generate high heating and cooling costs, and homes that need improvements regarding health and safety.
For those who decide to go ahead with the program, the most cost-efficient upgrades are related to heating and making your home safer, such as removing old asbestos and installing wall and attic insulation, said Lee. Insulation can go a long way in keeping a home warm in the winter and cool in the summer.
The state is hoping homeowners will take advantage of the program, which has been re-designed after a shaky start. According to a December report in the San Francisco Chronicle, only 12,200 upgrades had been completed since the effort launched in 2011 — far short of the state's 100,000 goal. The program also spent millions of dollars on marketing and education costs rather on rebate checks (initial funding came through the federal stimulus package).
According to some local contractors, there were several hurdles to program participation on the part of homeowners and contractors. "It required a tremendous amount of pre-test and post-installation data," said Bob Tuck, president of Oakland-based Atlas Heating and Air Conditioning. "It required really too many hoops for the homeowner and a fairly high degree of uncertainty as to how big a rebate they were gonna get."
Cost was another factor. "Most upgrades required changing the water heaters and furnace," said Gabriel Koppan of Berkeley-based Koppan Builders. "Most [homeowners] said, 'No. I cannot afford that.'" Koppan said he wasn't making enough money doing the upgrades, which also required a lot of paperwork, so he stopped doing them.
The point-based Home Upgrade program was introduced to be a less-cumbersome plan, said De Leon. Tuck said the revamped program is better than the old one in terms of being upfront about rebate amounts and is a "definite step in the right direction." Still, he added, "it's not for everybody" because of the costs involved.
Solar-rooftop installation faces similar challenges. Although federal rebates can reduce the costs of solar panels by about $3,000, some solar installers, like San Mateo-based Solar City, don't recommend solar-leasing programs to homeowners unless they spend at least $90 a month on electricity. The reason is that the monthly costs of leasing solar panels is higher than that — so going solar is not cost-effective for low-energy users, although it's much better for the environment. Currently, more than 45 percent of the power generated by PG&E comes from natural gas — a highly polluting fossil fuel that is increasingly produced through fracking.
Jonathan Bass, vice president of communications for Solar City, said going solar makes financial sense, of course, for people with large homes or those who live in the warmer central and southern areas of the state and use a lot of energy cooling their houses in summer. "It's really more beneficial ... for people who use a lot of energy," he said.
Although Oakland-based Sungevity targets customers who can save money by going solar, the company does not want to dissuade residents who want to do their part in the fight against climate change, particularly those who live in smaller homes in Oakland, Berkeley, and other cities west of the hills. "There are folks who are really down to do something for the environment," noted Morgan Sloane, Sungevity's customer experience officer.
So why doesn't the state provide more solar incentives for low-energy users? Investor-owned utilities like PG&E strongly oppose making it easier for homeowners to install rooftop solar and pay for it by selling excess energy back to PG&E. Utilities argue that such a system would unfairly exempt solar adopters from helping to pay the substantial costs associated with operating the electrical grid.
Some environmentalists, however, say it's not fair that low-energy users who want to go solar but can't afford it are effectively blocked from trying to do their part to help the environment. "There's lot of usable rooftop space that's being underutilized," said East Bay MUD board member Andy Katz, who represents Oakland and Berkeley. "And customers should have choices."
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In 1965, Ralph L. "Larry" Roberts I purchased a single truck he used to haul furniture. The business grew with the purchase of intrastate and interstate authority from Mayflower Moving and Storage, becoming R+L Carriers, Inc. When the early 1980s brought deregulation to the trucking industry with the Motor Carrier Act of 1980, the company became incorporated in conjunction with the design of a new system that resulted in the birth of R+L Transfer, Inc.
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Russia activist Sergei Udaltsov under house arrest
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A court in Russia has placed the prominent opposition activist Sergei Udaltsov under house arrest.
Mr Udaltsov is charged with organising "mass disorder" during a protest in Moscow in May 2012. He was arrested in October before being released.
The leader of the Left Front coalition has rejected the accusation, saying it is an attempt to discredit the opposition to President Vladimir Putin.
If convicted, Mr Udaltsov faces between four and 10 years in prison.
It is the first time that a Russian opposition activist has been placed under house arrest, the BBC's Oleg Boldyrev reports from Moscow.
Two other activists - Konstantin Lebedev, an aide to Mr Udaltsov, and Leonid Razvozzhayev, an aide to opposition MP Ilya Ponomarev - were charged alongside Mr Udaltsov in October but were remanded in custody.
Mr Razvozzhayev said he was abducted in Ukraine, smuggled into Russia and forced into signing a confession, which he later disavowed.
'Not co-operating'
On Saturday, investigators asked that Mr Udaltsov be placed under house arrest by the court in Moscow's Basmanny district because he had not been exhibiting good behaviour and had not co-operated with them.
The court ruled that he stay inside his flat, limited his communications to his closest relatives and his lawyers, and banned him from using the internet, our correspondent reports.
The house arrest will last until early April when the investigation is expected to conclude.
Speaking to journalists before the verdict, Mr Udaltsov said he considered the new restrictions a purely political move, our correspondent says.
Some supporters in the courtroom shouted "shame on the judge" during the hearing, he adds.
The case against the three activists centres on a documentary broadcast by the pro-Kremlin television channel NTV which allegedly shows them discussing efforts to topple the Russian government with an official from neighbouring Georgia and seeking financial support.
Mr Udaltsov said the footage was a sham and the documentary "dirt and lies". He and the other two men pleaded not guilty in October.
In November, Investigative Committee spokesman Vladimir Markin said it had gathered new evidence supporting the allegation aired in the documentary that the activists had met foreign officials to plot mass riots.
He said their supporters had received special training abroad.
Analysts say Mr Udaltsov's arrest was part of a crackdown on the organisers of anti-government protests which began in December 2011 amid allegations that the parliamentary elections that month were rigged.


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No matter which part of the world you live in and what are your views on politics, terrorism, human rights and global warming it is important for you to know what CIA trap is.
It is irrelevant what race, religion, and culture you belong to. I don't want to know your age, education or family. I have no interest in your history, friends, failures, disappointments or setbacks. I don't even wish to know your goals, dreams and vision for the future.
Whatever future you want to create, please don't become a victim of CIA if you are really committed to reach your goals.
You probably didn't like the suspense. You want to know why? Why CIA is your biggest dream killer? How CIA can possibly become a hurdle for you to build a solid future? What this CIA has to do with your most desired goals, ambitions and future? My answer is …. Everything!
CIA can block your vision, damage your present and throw you out of the game.
What this CIA stands for?
C is 'complacency'
CIA trap starts with 'complacency' that entices you to become complacent, comfortable and relax with whatever you have already achieved despite a strong need to move ahead. It convinces you to indulge in an attitude of satisfaction even in the absence of any significant achievement. When complacency sets in, organizations belonging to the elite clubs like fortune 500 companies disappear from the business map. Complacent teams are bound to embrace embarrassment. Complacent individuals lose their competitiveness and fall behind the success line.
Stop being complacent today. Avoid the temptation of sluggishness, lethargy, idleness and laziness. Take every single day as an opportunity to go beyond where you were yesterday, even a few inches. Don't accept the smug strategy that allures you to think as self-satisfied, haughty, and arrogant. Complacency will kill you. Allow yourself to experience some 'creative stress' on a daily basis.
I is 'inefficiency'
When trapped by CIA, even the most competent, capable and talented people become inefficient. Once this 'inefficiency' cuts into their skins, it gets deeper and deeper. It then starts running in their blood.
Have you ever seen amazingly gifted people ruining their life with disgusting mediocrity? Who has not witnessed some remarkable artists', musicians, actors, teachers, writers, publishers, politicians and leaders who popped up with a bang and grabbed our full attention? You might also have seen them becoming a victim of 'complacency' at a later stage. These 'once successful' starts then dwelled to long on less than their very best. Therefore, world 'labeled' them as inept, wasteful, clumsy, useless and even hopeless.
You can still get out of CIA trap if you decide to say good bye to inefficiency and replace your feeling of inadequacy with competence, effectiveness, and value.
Failure to do so will throw you in to the third degree of CIA imprisonment.
A is 'apathy'
Apathy is the worst of all human emotions. People with apathetic tendencies begin to behave as indifferent. They show lack of concern toward everything around. Such people devastate organizations by becoming uncommitted towards business goals, unconcerned towards customers; casual towards quality issues, and unworried about their own contribution.
Nothing can kill personal and business relations as quick as apathy. Apathetic individuals, teams, groups, committees, unions, communities, and societies can effortlessly craft dissatisfaction, chaos, confusion and turmoil. Apathy can destroy motivation, drive, and enthusiasm for personal and organizational growth.
In short, keep away from the CIA (complacency, inefficiency and apathy) trap at every cost. You know why? Because once trapped, some people can go beyond and happily choose to become an agent of CIA. They actively engage themselves in dragging people in to complacency, inefficiency and apathy (CIA)
In my decade long interaction with both top leaders and managers around the globe, I have caught many of them secretly working for CIA. A majority of them was completely unaware of this truth.
Are you sure you have protected yourself against the likelihood of becoming a CIA agent? Say no to complacency, inefficiency and apathy (CIA). Replace complacency with some anxiety to surpass performance standard. Substitute inefficiency with effectiveness, efficacy and worth. Trade apathy with care, attention, consideration and awareness.
The day you quit to follow CIA agenda (complacency, inefficiency and apathy) and commit yourself to demonstrate initiative, drive and engagement; you will begin to experience a rewarding change in every result you produce. It's a personal promise.
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About Author
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Qaiser is a best-selling author, motivational speaker, high-energy trainer and successful entrepreneur. He is a living example of overcoming adverse circumstances, breaking self-imposed limitations, challenging others' negative assumptions about you, saying good-bye to the comfort trap, following your dreams, struggling hard in face of countless failures and eventually turning the dreams into reality.
The life Qaiser lives today was not possible in even his own wildest dreams.
Qaiser was raised in a family that lived way below the poverty line. His childhood was a picture of deprivation, scarcity, and deficiency. He lost his mother at the age of 7 and father at 21. Both died without having any 'incurable' disease. Both incidents marked the beginning of seemingly an endless 'suffering'. His youth was a walking image of crushed self-esteem, stumpy self-confidence, negative self-image and a defeated personality. Yet his desire to do something valuable for his family kept him alive. He took up a range of rough jobs in hazardous, treacherous, and unsafe physical conditions to sustain him and continue his education.
Qaiser's desire to create a successful and prosperous life for his loved ones collapsed and crashed innumerable times. He had to go through countless failures and setbacks before he started making tiny shifts in his thinking. In the next five years, he surprised himself and everyone around by crafting a life that he conduct even imagine only few years ago. Today, Qaiser facilitates motivational, team-building and coaching sessions with over 200 clients including fortune 500 companies like Unilever, P&G, Total, Coca Cola, Gillette, 3M, OMV and Reckitt-Benckiser.
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Bp. Dionysius Refuses to Attend Upcoming ROCOR-A Sobor in Odessa
November 08, 2014 (Source: http://kondakov.ws/blog/)
Bishop Dionysius (Alferov), the ROCOR-A Bishop of Novgorod in Russia, in a recent telephone interview with Archpriest Sergius Kondakov (one of the Izhevsk Fathers, and supporters of Abp. Sophrony of St. Petersburg, who have been involved in a protracted disputed with Met. Agafangel, the said Fathers being recently suspended by Met. Agafangel), outlined the reasons for his refusal to attend the ROCOR-A Sobor in Odessa, to be held in November. The first part of the interview is below, with a link to the original Russian, and a link to translate.ru format.
Protopriest Sergius Kondakov:: Vladyko, can you speak a few words about the reason for your refusal to go to Odessa for the Council of Bishops?
Bishop Dionysus: I wrote about this to Vladyka George. Firstly, the announced agenda of the Council does not correspond to the issues that we are discussing, and those issues are important in modern conditions: Sergianism in modern conditions, attitudes toward globalism, the attitude towards Ukrainianists.
The position of Met. Agafangel over the last year, obviously, sfomirovalas; there is no progress there and his mood is one in which absolutely no dialogue is possible. Dialogue is possible when there is a desire to compromise on some concessions – there is nothing like that. And the question is about the fundamental assumptions on which the ROCA always stood: it is spiritual freedom of the Church, the rejection Sergianism in new conditions. These he now broke, clearly put his church in dependence on Ukrainian authorities and American patrons. This is very serious. On this Nazarov wrote. Therefore, in this situation, meaningful dialogue is impossible, only possible fraud and administrative pressure. So no point to go to the Sobor, I do not see.


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This is a recipe that all cooking lover must have in their repertoire. In our house we have this sort of system with which they grade all of our recipes. It is not really a grade test though, is more like a pass or fail kind of thing, which means that if the recipe passes then we can make it a regular thing, and make it whenever we want because we know we all like it. This recipe definitely passed the test.
That has always been the most difficult thing about cakes; I want them to truly taste like the ingredient they´re supposed to taste like. So you can trust that this cake will taste like pistachio, and will make you fall in love with it.
Now, as for decoration we as always chose the most natural and simplest thing but you can take this recipe and go crazy with it; use fondant instead of frosting, or use colorants to make the frosting green, or whatever, have fun!
- 6 oz (170 gr) unsalted butter at room temperature
- 1/4 C vegetable oil
- 1 3/4 C granulated sugar
- 5 eggs separated
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tbsp pistachio paste* (not extract)
- 1 C buttermilk
- 2 C all purpouse flour
- 1/3 C unsalted pistachios grounded
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/8 tsp cream of tartar
- 6.7 oz (190 gr) cream cheese at room temperature
- 3.2 oz (90 gr) unsalted butter at room temperature
- 1/4 C confectioners sugar
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 tsp pistachio paste*
- 1/2 C small white marshmallows
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1/3 C + 1 tbsp (100 ml) condensed milk
- 1/2 C + 1 tbsp (140 ml) whipping cream
- 1 1/2 C unsalted pistachios finely chopped
- 1/2 C + 2 tbsp whole milk
- 1/2 vanilla bean (the seeds only) or 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 C granulated sugar
- 3 egg yolks
- 3 tsp corn starch
- 1.8 oz (150 gr) cream cheese
- 1.8 oz (150 gr) unsalted butter at room temperature
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 tbsp confectioners sugar
- 1 1/2 C unsalted pistachios chopped
Preheat the oven at 350° F.
In a big bowl, sift flour, grounded pistachios, baking powder, baking soda and salt together. Mix using a spoon and set aside.
In another bowl, with a hand mixer, cream together the butter and 1 cup of sugar for 2 minutes until you get a fluffy and lighter in color mixture.
Beat in the vegetable oil and then the egg yolks, one at a time, beating after each addition.
Add in the vanilla and the pistachio paste and beat for 3 more minutes until the mixture is really fluffy.
Incorporate the previously sifted dry ingredients in three additions, alternating with the buttermilk, starting and ending with the dry igredients (once you add in the dry ingredients, it is important not to beat to much, just until the mixture is homogenized).
Making sure the beaters of the mixer are clean and completely dry, in another clean bowl, beat the egg whites with the rest of the sugar (3/4 of a cup) and the cream of tartar for 4 minutes aprox. until the egg whites turn fluffy and firm.
Incorporate the egg whites to the main mixture in three additions using a rubber spatula, mixing form the outside in.
Divide the batter by pouring it in two cake pans (9 inch -23cm- in diameter), previously greased and floured, and bake for 40 minutes or until a wooden stick comes out clean when inserted.
Let the cakes cool down for 10 min. inside the pans and then turn them out and place them on a cooling rack for them to cool down completely.
In a big bowl, cream the cream cheese, butter and confectioners sugar together using a hand mixer until you get a fluffy mixture.
Beat in the salt, vanilla and pistachio paste until it all incorporates.
In a small microwave-safe bowl, mix the marshmallows with the vegetable oil so that they all end up coated (you can add some more oil if necessary). Microwave them for 10 seconds, then mix using a spoon to make the marshmallows start melting; repeat this once or twice more until the marshmallows form a sort of sticky cream or fluff. Immediatly add this fluff to the cream cheese mixture and beat until well incorporated.
Incorporate the condensed milk and mix for 1 more minute until you get a soft creamy mixture.
Lastly, add the whipping cream and beat for 20 seconds, just until incorporated, otherwise the mixture will curdle.
Place this in a pipping bag without a tip (it won´t be necessary) and fridge it for 1 hour or until you need it.
In a small pot, place the milk along with half of the sugar and the vanilla seeds and heat it to low heat, whisking occasionally using a hand whisk.
In a small bowl, mix the rest of the sugar with the egg yolks and the corn starch. Add in a little of the milk mixture and mix for the temperatures to even out.
Pour the egg yolk mixture into the pot with the milk and cook to medium heat for 3 minutes aprox., stiring nonstop, until it thickens.
Turn off the heat, pour this cream in a clean bowl, cover it with plastic wrap (which must be touching the cream surface, otherwise a custard will form) and refrigerate for 1 hour.
Meanwhile in a big bowl, using a hand mixer, cream together the cream cheese, butter, confectioners sugar and salt. Beat for 3 minutes or until the mixture turns fluffy and lighter in color.
Add the refrigerated cream to this (which must already be cold) and mix until it´s all well incorporated and the frosting turns out soft and creamy. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate until necessary.
Take the filling and the frosting out of the fridge.
With a really sharp knife, cut each cake in half to get 4 thinner cake layers.
Place one of the layers on a big plate or a cake stand (which is where your cake will be presented). With the pipping bag put enough filling and spread all over the surface of this piece of cake, and then evenly place 1/2 C natural pistachios, chopped. Repeat his step twice more finishing with layering the fourth and final piece of cake on the top.
Cover the cake with a lid and refrigerate for 30 minutes, this will make all of the layers sit and make it easier for us to frost the cake later on.
Frost the cake the way you want to and decorate with some more natural chopped pistachios.
*The pistachio paste is obtained by smashing pistachios which, given that they have a high vegetable fat concentration, make a pure paste that can be used to flavor a lot of recipes. It can be found at baking supply shops.


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I am interested in experimenting with antenna designs, and those that have properties which make them useful for temporary field usage are interesting.
This post is about the construction and measurements of a Resonant Feedline Dipole cut for the 10M band.
The central feed point of the dipole is the open end of the coax . The extended center conductor acts as one half of the dipole. The coax's shield from the "open end" back to the common mode choke acts as the other half of the dipole. Power is delivered to the feed point within the coax its self in the usual way coax transfers power. The choke's distance and extended conductor's length are selected in the usual way.
|10M Resonant Feedline Dipole
|Center with temporary strengthening strain relief.
|5 turn Choke
|Full Sweep 1MHz to 30MHz showing resonance in 10M band
|10M RFD with short (6ft) feedline
|10M RFD with long (25ft) feedline
I connected up the iCOM IC7000 and verified that it too saw the same SWR as the VNA.
I can foresee that this form of antenna could be quite handy. It is very simple, light weight and easy to put up either as a sloper, flat top, or even a vertical. Other bands will need seperate versions, obvious changes are needed to strengthen the center connection and higher choke inductance is needed, espically at lower bands.


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Australia's fastest lifts stuck in the slow lane compared with those in Asia, report finds
- Shanghai's ghost tower has 55 vacant floors
- New elevators will help Australian cities reach new heights
Lifts in Asia's tall buildings are now travelling at speeds of well over double the fastest lifts in commercial towers in Australia, a new report has found.
The two quickest lifts in the world are both in Chinese skyscrapers, and reach speeds of up to 20.5 metres a second, which equates to nearly 74 kilometres an hour if travelling horizontally by car.
In Australia, by contrast, the fastest lifts in our tallest buildings are only ascending at a stately 9 metres a second, or just over 32 kmh.
"The speed of lifts depends on the height of the building, and we simply don't have such tall buildings here," said expert Dean Morgan, director of LML Lift Consultants.
"They need to have a certain number of floors, and then some, to make sure there's a cavity over the top floor to make space for the overrun of a lift."
Two International Finance Centre tower in Hong Kong, which has the fifth-fastest lifts in the world. Photo: Robert Rough
The fastest lift in the world is in its second tallest building, the Shanghai Tower, according to research conducted by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, in conjunction with the Guinness World Records. A combined office and hotel mega skyscraper over 128 levels and 632 metres in height, its lifts travel at a speed of 20.5 metres a second.
The Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre has lifts that zip up its 530 metres and 111 floors at 20 metres a second. The next fastest is in Taiwan, the TAPEI 101, with a speed of 16.83 metres a second, and a height of 508 metres, with 101 floors.
The fourth speediest is in Japan, in Yokohama, where the 296 metre Landmark Tower has a lift that rises at 12.5 metres a second, faster than the fifth-placed, 412-metre Two International Finance Centre in Hong Kong, with a 10.6-metres-a-second lift.
In Australia our buildings do tend to be much shorter. Our tallest is Q1 on the Gold Coast at a mere 322 metres tall with 78 floors, Eureka Tower in Melbourne at 297 metres and 91 floors, and 120 Collins Street, also in Melbourne, at 265 metres and 52 floors.
Eureka's lifts travel at nine metres a second, the same as the four lifts in Sydney's 195-metre Liberty Place at 161 Castlereagh Street, the seven lifts in Q1 and the seven lifts in Brisbane's new 259-metre-high office building, 1 William Street. The Liberty Place building, at 161 Castlereagh Street, Sydney, has lifts which are among the fastest in Australia. Photo: Supplied
Lifts in our low-rise buildings usually travel at 1-1.5 metres per second and on medium rise – between 10 and 15 floors – at 2-5 metres a second, says Mr Morgan.
"But when you're working on a lift and sitting on the top of the lift car, all those speeds feel extremely fast," he says. "When you're in the enclosed box underneath, not usually able to see out, it's impossible to feel how fast you're actually travelling.
"Today modern technology, aerodynamics, motor control, dampeners and sound-proofing give very smooth, comfortable rides."
What goes up also has to come down – but that doesn't happen at the same speed either, says Noel Smith, general manager of the Australian Elevator Association.
"With gravity pulling you down, when you go up, you don't get the same pressure on your body," he says. "But if you accelerated coming down, your ears would pop, your stomach would be in your mouth and everyone would feel sick.
"It's like when you drive over a hump in the road. You only feel it when you go down the other side, the same as you feel a hill when you start to drop."
A super-speed lift, such as in the Shanghai Tower, would probably come down at 12-13 metres a second, Smith says.
The Eureka Tower in Melbourne is another building with lifts that are among the country's fastest. Photo: AAP Image/Andrew Taylor
The Asian market focuses much more than Australia on the quality of a lift ride too, Mr Smith says. So there's lots of focus on supplying the best and most sophisticated lift equipment in the world, the 'Rolls Royce' of rides, whereas Australia is much more concerned with getting people in and out more quickly.
The new study also discovered the world's five tallest continuous lift runs. The Shanghai Tower was the top in this category too, with a lift run of 578 metres, while the Ping An Finance Centre in Shenzhen came in second at 573 metres. Third was
the CTF Finance Centre in Guangzhou at 516 metres, followed by the Burj Khalifa in Dubai at 504 metres and the Lotte World Tower in Seoul at 496 metres.
But many tall commercial buildings these days have lifts that go only to the level of a second lobby, where people then catch another lift to the top, says John Inglis, the president of the Lift Engineering Society of Australia.
"The lifts go in stages, maybe one to the first 50 floors, then the next to the other 50 floors," he says. "But every building will still have one or two lifts that go the full distance from the ground to the top level for the fire department. There has to be a
lift that goes all the way to the top if there's a fire." This is usually a goods lift.
There are now some lifts that detect your smartphone and will take you to the right floor, and an app enabling you to send a code to a friend's phone to allow them to your floor, says Mr Morgan.
The MULTI elevator system travels horizontally as well as vertically. Image: ThyssenKrupp
A new feature in some commercial high rises makes sure a lift doesn't stop for employees from rival companies who might happen to work in the same building and get into the same lift – something in use at the moment in Sydney for two competing legal firms. In that situation those who got in last would have to get out and get the next lift.
"There are also lifts working horizontally as well as vertically to take you up a building and then across to different parts too," says Mr Morgan. "They're currently testing those in Germany."
But will lifts continue to get faster as buildings grow higher? No, says Mr Inglis. "I think that's very unlikely," he advises. "They say they've now reached their limit.
These lifts take a lot of machinery and power to drive them, and the changing pressures they put on passengers are also a limitation."
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What is Ivy League? The Ivy League is an athletic conference composed of sports teams from eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States. The conference name is also commonly used to refer to those eight schools as a group. The eight institutions are Brown University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Harvard University, Princeton University, the University of Pennsylvania, and Yale University.
Location Brown University - Providence, Rhode Island Columbia University - New York City, New York Cornell University - Ithaca, New York Dartmouth College - Hanover, New Hampshire Harvard University - Cambridge, Massachusetts Princeton University - Princeton, New Jersey University of Pennsylvania - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Yale University - New Haven, Connecticut
Some facts Established in 1954. It is called Ivy League because of the ivied walls of older colleges. Seven of the eight schools were founded during the United States colonial period; the exception is Cornell, which was founded in 1865. Ivy League schools are viewed as some of the most prestigious, and are ranked amongst the best universities in the United States and worldwide. Undergraduate enrollments among the Ivy League schools range from about 4,000 to 14,000. Ivy League university financial endowments range from Brown's $2.2 billion to Harvard's $32 billion. Ivy covering West College, Princeton University
Harvard University is an American private Ivy League research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country. Harvard's history, influence, and wealth have made it one of the most prestigious universities in the world.
Learning at Harvard Harvard contributes to society through two primary activities — teaching and research — in which the University's range and quality are superb. Harvard's faculty and academic facilities — laboratories, libraries, museums, and research centers — are unsurpassed by those of any institution. The depth and breadth of the curriculum are vast, extending well beyond course offerings to many other special programs and research opportunities.
Freshman Year Each student's plan of study is individualized, guided in the first year by a freshman adviser. There is no "freshman program"; students make their own decisions about the level and pace at which to start their undergraduate study. The faculty has determined that an undergraduate education requires the refinement of writing skills (through a single, one-semester course), a requirement all students address in their first year at Harvard.
Living at Harvard Harvard guarantees housing all four years. During their last three years, students live in a single House community, which ranges in size from 350 to 500 students. At the end of the first year students choose friends with whom to block in the Housing lottery, which guarantees their placement together in one of the twelve residential Houses. As in the Yard, rooming groups and bathrooms are single-sex and students generally live in suites of rooms. Each House has its own library, dining hall and common rooms, and also offers a wide range of formal and informal advising resources through its resident and non-resident tutors and faculty fellows.
Beyond the Classroom Extracurricular opportunities at Harvard are virtually limitless with more than 400 official student organizations including performing and visual arts groups, 41 varsity athletic teams, student government, public service organizations, more than 50 ethnic and cultural groups, publications, and media projects. In addition, students take advantage of living in Harvard Square, frequenting its movie theaters, bookstores, ice cream shops, cafes, and the many specialty shops. Athletics play a significant role in the lives of many Harvard students. There are 41 Division I intercollegiate varsity sports teams for women and men at Harvard, more than any other Division I college in the country. The Department of Athletics also offers more than 30 programs in a range of recreational and individual sports.
Libraries By a wide margin, Harvard's library system, with more than 100 central and auxiliary collections and more than 16 million volumes, is the world's largest university library. Widener Library is the centerpiece of the library system, and students have full access to its 5 miles of open stacks, spread among 10 floors, which hold nearly 3 million volumes. In addition to Widener Library, there are 12 science libraries, a music library, the world's largest anthropological library, and individual House libraries, to name just a few. These vast resources contain special collections as well as all assigned and recommended reading in every course and tutorial offered.
Motto in English: «Light and truth» Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States. In 1718, the College was renamed "Yale College" to honor a gift from Elihu Yale, a governor of the British East India Company. Was ranked 11th in the world in 2012.
Administration and organization The President and Fellows of Yale College, also known as the Yale Corporation, is the governing board of the University. Yale's president Richard C. Levin is one of the highest paid university presidents in the United States with a 2008 salary of $1.5 million. Yale has a history of difficult and prolonged labor negotiations, often culminating in strikes.[64] There have been at least eight strikes since 1968, and The New York Times wrote that Yale has a reputation as having the worst record of labor tension of any university in the U.S.
Campus Yale is noted for its largely Collegiate Gothic campus as well as for several iconic modern buildings. Yale's central campus in downtown New Haven covers 260 acres (1.1 km2). An additional 500 acres (2.0 km2) includes the Yale golf course and nature preserves in rural Connecticut and Horse Island. Yale Law School
Collections Yale University Library, which holds over 12 million volumes, is the second-largest university collection in the United States. The main library, Sterling Memorial Library, contains about 4 million volumes, and other holdings are dispersed at subject libraries. Rare books are found in a number of Yale collections. Yale University's Sterling Memorial Library
Traditions Yale seniors at graduation smash clay pipes underfoot to symbolize passage from their "bright college years". Yale's student tour guides tell visitors that students consider it good luck to rub the toe of the statue of Theodore Dwight Woolsey on Old Campus. Actual students rarely do so. In the second half of the twentieth century Bladderball, a campus-wide game played with a large inflatable ball, became a popular tradition but was banned by administration due to safety concerns. In spite of administration opposition, students revived the game in 2009 and 2011, but its future remains uncertain.
Athletics Yale supports 35 varsity athletic teams. Yale has numerous athletic facilities, including the Yale Bowl. Yale students claim to have invented Frisbee, by tossing empty Frisbie Pie Company tins.
Notable alumni and faculty Yale has produced alumni distinguished in their respective fields. Among the best-known are U.S. Presidents William Howard Taft, Gerald Ford, George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. U.S. Secretaries of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Cyrus Vance, and Dean Acheson. lexicographer Noah Webster. inventors Samuel F. B. Morse and Eli Whitney. patriot and "first spy" Nathan Hale. Academy Award winning actors and directors Paul Newman, Vincent Price, Meryl Streep, Jodie Foster, Frances McDormand, Angela Bassett, Elia Kazan, George Roy Hill, Oliver Stone, and Michael Cimino and others.
Notable people Academy Award Winning Actress Meryl Streep, Yale School of Drama class of 1975 President William Howard Taft, graduated from Yale in 1878.


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A man has again been lynched on the roads in India.
The latest incident took place in Karnataka's Bidar where a 32-year-old man from Hyderabad was beaten to death on suspicion that he was a child lifter.
His family however cannot still believe that the mob killed the man because of mistaken identity.
Mohammad Azam, the techie, was lynched at Murki village in Bidar on Friday. The family has demanded a proper investigation of the killing.
Mohammad Akram Azam's brother said, "He (Azam) was a software engineer working with Google. He looked so sophisticated and polished in his behaviour. How can anybody suspect him to be a kidnapper of children? Definitely it would not have been the reason." He appealed to the Telangana government to the discuses the issue with Karnataka government and demand a proper enquiry.
Akram said, "the guilty should be punished so that no other innocent loses his life in this manner." He argued to prevent such lynching incident which spread rumour in the instant messaging service WhatsApp.
On Friday, Azam was with his friend Mohammed Salham-eid-al-Kubaisi, a Qatari national when the incident took place. Reports said that the friends had chocolates with them and the offered them to some schoolchildren. This triggered off the horrible incident took place. Azam was buried on Saturday.
Throughout India, there have been rumours of lynching which are spread via the instant messaging app WhatsApp. Azam's murder is the latest in a series of lynchings. Following the rising concerns, WhatsApp has bene prompted to make announcement of measures for prevention of the spreading of disinformation.
On the other hand, Azam's friends Mohammed Salman and Mohammed Salham-eid-al-Kubaisi, who were injured in the mob attack were shifted to a Hyderabad hospital. They are stable and out of danger, said doctors. In Bidar, another injured person, Noor Mohammed is undergoing treatment.
Akram said Salham came to the house of Azam to meet him. Akram said Salham had come from Qatar who worked as police official there.
The duo had been in Hyderabad on a holiday.
Akram said: "both of them left the house around 11.30 am without telling anybody where they were going. It was only later in the evening, when we got a call from the police that they had gone to Bidar to meet Salham's friend."
Azam's cousins Mohammad Salman and Noor Mohammad had also gone with them to Handikera near Bidar to meet Mohammad Bashir.
While returning back to Hyderabad, they had stopped at a shop near Balkut Tanda. There they saw some school students. Salham allegedly offered them some chocolates, which he had brought form Qatar. The villagers assumed them to be a group of child lifters and questioned them. Following an altercation, Azam and others left the place. But in this short time, their photographs were distributed widely through a WhatsApp group. At Murki, they were stopped by a mob lynched in which Azam was killed on the spot.
(Adapted from TheHindustanTimes.com)


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In a way, opening the new Pandora app feels like running into an old friend. For one thing, I haven't been using Pandora much for the last few years, opting instead to binge on music via Spotify, SoundCloud, and vinyl, dipping into Pandora only rarely. But just like someone from an earlier phase of life, Pandora seems to know me and we pick up right where we apparently left off: listening to Slowdive, the dreamy English shoegaze band from the 1990s. I didn't ask Pandora to take me down this road, but it suits my mood just fine on this chilly March afternoon.
Of course, Pandora has always been able to dive into a personalized radio station like this. But now the app has a new trick: Its brand-new on-demand music subscription tier, built to rival Spotify and Apple Music, is layered seamlessly on top of its famous people-and-data-powered playlisting engine. Pandora Premium is here. So far it sounds pretty good, but I can't help but wonder whether or not it's too late.


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Your download should begin within next 30 seconds or so. If that is not the case, or your computer starts playing the track instead of downloading it (and you would prefer to download it), you should click your right-hand mouse button on the link below and choose "Save target as...". This works in most of the cases, but remember that there are tons of different kind of browsers and this works only on some of them.
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Congress demands to know why text message prices have skyrocketed
Early this week, Sen. Herb Kohl, who chairs the Antitrust Subcommittee in the Senate Judiciary Committee, sent a letter to the big four cell phone providers to demand they account for their outlandish recent price increases on text messages. Since 2005, the price of a text message has doubled to an industry standard of 20¢, and perhaps not so coincidentally, it has done so with all four phone providers: T-Mobile, AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint.
Kohl, a Democrat from Wisconsin, demanded that the cell phone companies show him paperwork about their price structures, including evidence of what made them decide to raise rates in such a dramatic way. The rate hikes, Kohl says, were "hardly consistent with the vigorous price competition we hope to see in a competitive marketplace," and he intends to look into them.
My cell phone provider, T-Mobile, likes to pretend that I'm still getting a good value for my money. How does it do this? By slipping in the word "just" right before it drops the insanely overpriced charge. As in "send and receive messages for just $0.20 each," a quote taken from its website. Note the leading zero, which I assume is there to make the rate seem lower.
"Just?" That means if I send "just" five messages, I've already racked up a dollar. If a friend sends me "just" five messages, that's another dollar. And woe to me if any of my friends sends me a message more than 160 characters long, because my carrier will break it up into two dispatches and charge me twice for the same note. A standard quip out of Bartlett's Familiar Quotations takes more than 160 characters. This paragraph took "just" 370.
What's more, I have no control over who sends me text messages, but I still have to pay when I get them. Good thing the Postal Service doesn't do it that way, or we'd all be paying for each piece of junk mail we get. What's fair about a charge you have no control over?
"Just" 10 years ago, a text message cost a nickel. "Just" two months ago, one cost 15¢. Now each is 20¢. Don't tell me that jump matches the cost of living, T-Mobile, because it doesn't, and telecom services aren't tied to gas prices, so don't try that one, either. Last year, AT&T lured iPhone subscribers by including 200 free text messages in the standard plan, but in July, it started charging $5 a month for those same 200 messages. At the 20¢ rate, sending a mere megabyte of information would cost more than $1,300. I know that something smells funny, and I'm feeling ripped off.
I don't expect cell phone companies to squeak by without making a profit, but neither does Kohl. His main worry is possible price fixing among the cell phone companies. It should not escape our notice that this issue has been taken up by the branch of Congress, the Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights Subcommittee, that attacks companies that collude to raise prices in a non-competitive atmosphere. (Veep nominee Joe Biden sits on it, too, as does Arlen Specter). Hey, you phone companies aren't talking to each other in secret to keep the prices high, are you? That's what Kohl wants to know, too. Go get 'em, bulldog!


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How Did Bohr's Model Explain the Balmer Lines of Hydrogen's Emission Spectrum?
When a pure substance is heated, it gives off light at very specific wavelengths known as the emission spectrum. When looking through a spectroscope, unique wavelength shows up as lines in the viewing apparatus. Creating a model that explains the spectral lines of hydrogen was a major breakthrough in the development of quantum mechanics and atomic theory.
Balmer Series
In 1885, Johann Jakob Balmer discovered a mathematical formula for the spectral lines of hydrogen that associates a wavelength to each integer, giving the Balmer series. However, the formula needs an empirical constant, the Rydberg constant. No theory existed to explain these relationships.
Quantum Mechanics
At the turn of the 20th century, Ernst Planck and Albert Einstein discovered that electromagnetic radiation travels in discrete packets called quanta, each with a specific amount of energy depending only on the wavelength. This is called the Planck-Einstein relationship.
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Neils Bohr sought to explain the Balmer series using the new Rutherford model of the atom as a nucleus surrounded by electrons and the new ideas of quantum mechanics. Bohr assumed that electrons orbit the nucleus at certain discrete, or quantized, radii, each with an associated energy. He also assumed that when electrons "fall" from larger to smaller orbits, they release electromagnetic radiation obeying the Planck-Einstein relationship. Because the energies of the orbits are quantized, so are the wavelengths. Bohr's model explains both the Balmer series and the Rydberg constant and ushered in a new era of understanding atoms through quantum mechanics.
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The Northern California Community (8 members of the East Bay household and 4 members of the Peninsula household) had a lovely Community day this Sunday to kick-off the Marian year!
After attending mass, all gathered at Paul and Camille's house in Mountain View to praise, listen to Laurent Landete's message to open the Marian year, share a delicious meal, prepare for our upcoming outpouring of the Holy Spirit by listening to Bridget's teaching, and just enjoy each other's presence.
We reflected on Laurent's invitation for each of us to live visitations – a time of presence and charity towards our brothers and sisters, exchanged on the beauty of our Catholic faith and prayed together.
It was a joy-filled and relaxing day. Praise be to God for the gift of the Community and for brothers and sisters to walk with on our journey to Christ!
If you live in the San Francisco Bay Area and are looking for fellowship and prayer, reach out to us here! We have weekly households (aka small groups) and Community days every 6 weeks or so. Our next gathering will be on October 28-29 for a whole weekend retreat.
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We don't have meetings booked because we don't have a meeting room. ... Let's discuss!
Currently on hiatus, so ASG meetings no longer happen.
We didn't have great attendance. We only requested a meeting room Jan to June, so let's see if people get inspired. It might take months or something special to get things going.
Note: We have about $700 in our ASG treasury, so we have funds to do a workshop or some special event...
Join us online! The Austin Screenwriters Group has a mailing list on Yahoo for everyone, not just dues-paid members. We share networking, news, upcoming events, etc. Last-minute schedule changes are posted there, and are often the only way you'll know about them. Please note you must subscribe first, before you can post emails. The listserver software will bounce back emails that come from unregistered email addresses. (And there is a 2nd YahooGroups list for dues-paid members, where we work out group business and give pre-announcements on events. Dues are a mere $36/year...)
The FAQ list is on another page, and contains instructions on signing up for a reading, preparing your script for the reading, conducting the reading, and the feedback session. We suggest you visit the page and print it out. You can also get a copy of the information if you download a copy of the ASG brochure as a Word document, click here for that.
We keep a list of helpful writing and screenwriting books on another page.
How to format a script? It's a question at the top of the mind of many beginning writers. Here's a good discussion with samples written by a fan of Austin (he comes regularly to the Heart of Film Conference) Greg Beal, who coodinates the prestigious Nicholl Fellowship.
Writers Guild of America is the group that lobbies and negotiates on behalf of American screenwriters. It's also the place to register your scripts for protection, and if you live in Texas you should use the WGAw (West). The U.S. Patent Office issues copyrights for more-formal protection. Most of the screenwriting contests require that your script submissions be registered, in fact.
MovieBytes is another useful site which also features a listing of the many screenwriting contests each year, along with their open and closing dates, as well as other information.
Another wonderful host (this time, on the Internet) for the ASG is Randy Martin, who has the Web design and Web hosting company, Chili Design. Check out the awesome portfolio on his website! (And please note he had nothing to do with the dorky design of the ASG website!)
The ASG enjoys a very close relationship with the Austin Film Festival and Conference. What an awesome opportunity for education and networking they provide for local screenwriters! Originally called the Heart of Film, it was the first screenwriter-specific conference (now it has many imitators). It's a can't-miss event that happens in Austin each fall. Many of us submit scripts to the Heart of Film competition. Many of us also volunteer to be HoF readers each year--be looking for announcements on that to come from the HoF folks each spring. And the AFF provides other wonderful cinema-related events throughout the year.


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Rydal Penrhos' senior netball side closed out their season in fine style with an impressive 34-14 win over Oswestry School.
The team have endured a frustrating campaign due to the adverse weather conditions, but they made the most out of their final contest, with some turning out for the school for the last time before they depart on the next stage of the education journey this summer.
The home side got off to a blistering start in the opening quarter of the contest, with exceptional shooting from Soumini Peeka and Becky Lawton contributing to a 14-3 advantage.
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Complaints cost council £65,000
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DEALING with complaints made against councillors in East Devon has cost the district authority nearly £65,000 in a year.
A report to the standards committee has revealed the number of complaints doubled from the previous 12 months.
And the 21 of these referred to the ombudsman are the second highest among Devon district councils - twice the national average.
The report, discussed this week, tells how East Devon District Council (EDDC) spent £64,934 between April 2013 and March 2014 dealing with the complaints.
A total of 72 were made to the authority's monitoring officer.
Thirty-one were lodged between 2012 and 2013.
Out of the 72 complaints, 60 were against district, town or parish councillors.
Most complaints against councillors alleged disrespectful behaviour, or that a councillor had brought their office or the council into disrepute.
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Republican lawmakers on Thursday used blunt testimony from the F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, to try to build a case that Hillary Clinton repeatedly lied to the public and Congress as she defended her use of a private email server during her time as secretary of state.
Under withering criticism from Republicans, Mr. Comey stood his ground on his recommendation against criminal prosecution for Mrs. Clinton and her aides. But he said Mrs. Clinton, the likely Democratic nominee for president, had been "negligent" in her handling of classified material, and he said that her lawyers probably deleted classified material as they destroyed thousands of her emails.
Mr. Comey — who maintained his composure except for one flash of anger when Republicans questioned his integrity — repeatedly acknowledged that the public statements by the former secretary of state, including some she delivered during a sworn appearance before Congress last year, were contradicted by the facts uncovered during the F.B.I. investigation.


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Lent: Week 3
"He knows your weakness. He wants only your love, wants only the chance to love you."
-Blessed Teresa of Calcutta
Wednesday, March 26th
5PM Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament @St. Bridget's,
6:30PM: Simple Soup Supper @Good Shepherd Church, Followed by Worship
7PM Stations of the Cross, Benediction, and Confessions @St. Bridget's.
Examination of Conscience:
All are welcome to join us for all or part of the evening
Sunday, March 30th after the 11AM Mass:
Please join us!
Sr. Charlene Diorka, SSJ: Praying with the Gospels
We will meet in Church after the 11AM Mass
This year we will be supporting pre-teens and teenagers recovering from spinal surgery at Shriner's Hospital for Children. We are asking the Parish to donate comfort items for bags that the Parish youth will assemble and deliver to patients. Many thanks for the donations already pouring in through the generosity of our parishioners.
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Helping Children with Lent: http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/Lent/Lent-Newsletter6.pdf
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Wednesday April 2: 5PM-Exposition 6:00PM Simple Soup Supper in St. Brendan's Meeting Rooms, 7PM Stations, Benediction, Confession all at St. Bridget Church
Sunday April 6: Making Palm Crosses in St. Brendan's Meeting Rooms. All are Welcome! If you would like to teach how to make Palm Crosses please contact Sr. Margaret. 215-844-4126 x103
Save the Date- Palm Sunday April 13th @3PM: Archdiocesan Boy's Choir at St. Bridget Church
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If anyone is in need of an Easter Dinner please contact www.easteroutreach.org City Light Church will be donating an Easter Dinner for 4 people for families in need.


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