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Emacs ships with a lisp-mode for Common Lisp that supports basic stuff like indentation, sexp navigation and font-locking.
If you're doing serious Common Lisp development you should have a look at the complementary SLIME, which gives you the ability to develop Lisp programs interactively. Here's a few useful Emacs Lisp code snippets for your SLIME configuration:
;; a list of alternative Common Lisp implementations that can be
;; used with SLIME. Note that their presence render
;; inferior-lisp-program useless. This variable holds a list of
;; programs and if you invoke SLIME with a negative prefix
;; argument, M-- M-x slime, you can select a program from that list.
(setq slime-lisp-implementations
'((ccl ("ccl"))
(clisp ("clisp" "-q"))
(cmucl ("cmucl" "-quiet"))
(sbcl ("sbcl" "--noinform") :coding-system utf-8-unix)))
;; select the default value from slime-lisp-implementations
(if (eq system-type 'darwin)
;; default to Clozure CL on OS X
(setq slime-default-lisp 'ccl)
;; default to SBCL on Linux and Windows
(setq slime-default-lisp 'sbcl))
(add-hook 'lisp-mode-hook (lambda () (run-hooks 'prelude-lisp-coding-hook)))
(add-hook 'slime-repl-mode-hook (lambda () (run-hooks 'prelude-interactive-lisp-coding-hook)))
;; start slime automatically when we open a lisp file
(defun prelude-start-slime ()
(unless (slime-connected-p)
(save-excursion (slime))))
(add-hook 'slime-mode-hook 'prelude-start-slime)
;; Stop SLIME's REPL from grabbing DEL,
;; which is annoying when backspacing over a '('
(defun prelude-override-slime-repl-bindings-with-paredit ()
(define-key slime-repl-mode-map
(read-kbd-macro paredit-backward-delete-key) nil))
(add-hook 'slime-repl-mode-hook 'prelude-override-slime-repl-bindings-with-paredit)
(eval-after-load "slime"
(setq slime-complete-symbol-function 'slime-fuzzy-complete-symbol
slime-fuzzy-completion-in-place t
slime-enable-evaluate-in-emacs t
slime-autodoc-use-multiline-p t)
(define-key slime-mode-map (kbd "TAB") 'slime-indent-and-complete-symbol)
(define-key slime-mode-map (kbd "C-c i") 'slime-inspect)
(define-key slime-mode-map (kbd "C-c C-s") 'slime-selector)))
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This week, I share the ins and outs of homemade hot sauce:
"Maybe it's the sense of danger that reels you in at first. The crazy name, the wild picture slapped on the bottle. Before you know it, you're on for the ride, and the best ones leave you reduced to a sweaty and speechless mess. When it's finally over, you can't help but want more.
"I'm talking about hot sauce, a virtual thrill ride for the taste buds. And for fans, nothing beats the feeling.
Homemade hot sauce is "amazingly simple. A purée of chiles and salt, thinned perhaps with vinegar or water, maybe a secret ingredient or blend of spices thrown in for good measure. Voila."
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Also this week, S. Irene Virbila talks wine pairing and Vietnamese food with Slanted Door's Charles Phan:
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The Never Was: an Inter-web-Mini Adventure-isode ?
Calling all Doctor Who fan fiction movie makers! - if you have made your own 'Who' adventure I would like you to contact me (Mark Jones) via the form below at as I would love to involve as many of you as I can in this special project.
Black Sheep Independent Films has made several short films and two feature movies and I've known the Devious team since the early 90s. (The shot above shows us at work).
the Devious connection
I've enjoyed following and helping out the whole Devious project and it's inspired me to join in the Doctor's 50th anniversary year. So with the help of the Devious crew I have decided to make a Inter-web-Mini Adventure-isode, Sequel/Prequel (Well it is a time travel show) to Devious (– the exciting adventure the Doctor had in-between 'The War Games' & 'Spearhead from space).'
so far...
We have a script, a Doctor a Companion. and sets. A pre-visualisation of the show will be happening next – followed by some more tinkering with the script.
As we are putting the project together I hope to hear from lots and lots of Doctor Who fan film makers – I need your assistance in this audacious plan to celebrate Doctor Who, the only way we fans who own a camera and that's to make our own love letter to the best show on the box.
Mark Jones
A (longer than we thought) quick word from Devious!...
Mark is sending us a synopsis to go on these pages later this week when it should all come together. In essence - as explained to us by Mark - the idea is to create a five minute piece of Doctor Who celebrating the many (non-canon / fan /amateur / homage) projects that have been made over the years. Although the sets may be from Devious and some of the fleeting characters you will see you may recognise from Devious these are only the device to get the idea to work.
A future Doctor and companion will see something which has arrived through time and space initially from the Devious timeline and possibly via alternate universes. It will show that The Doctor has had many many more incarnations than he could have imagined. His "Devious" departure from his expected timeline - i.e. the Interim Doctor (played by Tony Garner) may not have been the only one. He has had many incarnations over the years - hinting that the eleven we have seen on TV are not the only ones. The way that we will see these other adventures is where you would come in - i.e. we would like to include brief few-second clips of as many fan films as we can.
Anyway - not wishing to steal Mark's thunder - this is how we understand it will happen.
Mark and his crew will be producing the whole thing - Devious's only connection will be providing some sets and some cameos. The production will feature a new Doctor and a Companion (Casey, played by Canna Rogers) and all filming and production will be by Mark and Black Sheep Independent Films.
We do want it to be seen as a celebration of all fan Doctor Who and we hope to give an equal timeslot to each project. Although Devious is the catalyst or framework for the narrative it is not intended to feature any more heavily than the rest - we will treat all as equals!
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The greater degree of pain reported by blacks with knee osteoarthritis may relate to their low levels of vitamin D, a cross-sectional study suggested.
Black patients, whose vitamin D levels averaged 19.9 ng/mL, experienced lower thresholds on sensory testing for heat pain in the osteoarthritic knee (β = 0.23, P=0.03) compared with whites, whose level of the vitamin was 28.2 ng/mL, according to Roger B. Fillingim, PhD, of the University of Florida in Gainesville, and colleagues.
In a statistical analysis exploring the indirect and direct effects between race, experimental pain, and vitamin D levels, the low level of vitamin D was a significant mediator of the difference between whites and blacks on the threshold for heat pain (95% CI 0.01 to 1.11), the researchers reported online in Arthritis & Rheumatism.
Considerable interest has arisen during the past decade in the hormonal actions of vitamin D, and the association of deficiency of the vitamin with various diseases such as cancer and diabetes, as well as with chronic pain from conditions such as osteoarthritis.
"Research suggests that the brain reorganizes in the presence of chronic pain, which may reflect fundamental changes in how the brain processes pain-related information," the researchers wrote.
It also has become clear that much of the population has inadequate circulating serum levels of 25(OH) vitamin D, particularly during the winter months and at northern latitudes.
About 70% of white residents of the United States are thought to have inadequate levels of circulating vitamin D, whereas the number is estimated to be 95% for black Americans, who require more sun exposure to synthesize the vitamin.
Fillingim and colleagues had previously noted ethnic disparities in pain on sensory testing and sought to determine if low levels of the vitamin could be implicated in this difference.
Accordingly, they enrolled 94 patients with symptomatic knee osteoarthritis, testing them for thermal and pressure sensitivity thresholds and their ability to tolerate increasing levels of pain on the arthritic knee.
They also tested sensitivity and tolerance at the ipsilateral, nonpainful wrist.
Among the 45 black patients, 31 were women, while among the 49 whites, 39 were women.
Mean age was 55, and most were overweight or obese.
On the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Index of Osteoarthritis (WOMAC), which rates pain, physical function, and stiffness, the mean score among blacks was 41.3, compared with 29.4 in whites.
In an analysis simply assessing racial differences in pain, blacks reported having significantly lower thresholds in the affected knee for heat pain (P=0.02) and less tolerance for increasing heat pain (P<0.001).
In addition, they had lower heat pain thresholds and tolerance in the unaffected wrist.
Similar results were seen for mechanical pain, with blacks having lower thresholds for pressure in the knee (P=0.002) and wrist (P=0.05).
Then, when the analysis also included level of vitamin D, blacks again had greater sensitivity in the knee for pressure (β = 0.23, P=0.02).
Finally, in the mediator analysis, vitamin D level was found to explain the differences between whites and blacks on threshold for pressure pain at the knee (95% CI 3.43 to 60.86) and at the unaffected wrist (95% CI 12.44 to 67.55).
However, an exception was in the relation between vitamin D level and tolerance for heat pain, which was not significant for either the knee (β = 0.10, P=0.37) or wrist (β = 0.13, P=0.22).
"This outcome suggests that vitamin D level may be related to pain pathways involved in initial perception of pain, but not how much pain an individual can tolerate," the researchers observed.
"Pain tolerance is dependent, in part, on individuals' willingness to endure noxious stimulation, which is not necessarily related to vitamin D levels," they explained.
While vitamin D levels were found to mediate the differences between blacks and whites in the experimentally induced heat and pressure pain, no such relation was seen with clinical WOMAC scores.
This could reflect recall bias when patients were asked to rate their pain over the previous 2 days, according to the researchers.
"Alternatively, vitamin D may influence certain aspects of pain processing reflected by pain thresholds, while osteoarthritis-related symptoms assessed by the WOMAC are likely driven by multiple factors over and above nociceptive processes," they suggested.
If further research confirms these findings, treating vitamin D insufficiency could be a safe and inexpensive way of easing the chronic pain of osteoarthritis, and help eliminate the health disparities experienced by many U.S. blacks, the researchers concluded.
Limitations of the study included its cross-sectional design, and a lack of information on factors such as how much time participants spent outdoors and whether they used non-opioid analgesics.
The study was supported by the National Institutes of Health and the University of Florida Clinical and Translational Science Institute.
The authors reported no financial conflicts.
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DURHAM, N.C. – Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski received the New York Athletic Club's Winged Foot Award at a gala dinner Wednesday night in New York. The Winged Foot Award was established in 1996 and is given annually to the head coaches of the men's and women's NCAA Tournament champions.
Duke won its fourth National Championship with a 61-59 victory over Butler at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Ind. The Blue Devils returned to the site of the school's first national title and returned home with No. 4. The four championships (1991, 1992, 2001, 2010) rank as the fifth most by any school in NCAA Division I while head coach Mike Krzyzewski tied Kentucky's Adolph Rupp for second most among all-time coaches.
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When a young girl who is playing in her yard is snatched up by a stranger in his car and driven off, things don't normally end so well. But this time it did, thanks to two brave and amazing teen boys. Jocelyn Rojas could have ended up another terrible headline, but thanks to 15-year-old Temar Boggs and his friend, and their awesome bike-riding skills, Jocelyn is home with her family. Pull up a seat because this is the most inspiring story you'll hear today.
It all started when little Jocelyn was reportedly playing in her grandmother's front yard and a man in a burgendy colored van pulled up and may have enticed the girl into his vehicle by offering her ice cream.
When her family noticed she was missing, they called police, who set up roadblocks all over town. They also passed out her photo to 100 volunteers who quickly convened to try and find her.
Two of those volunteers were Temar and his pal. After riding around on their bikes, they spotted the girl in the man's car and instead of pedaling away to alert adults, they simply chased after him.
Reportedly, the boys tailed the car for 15 minutes and the suspect definitely knew he was being followed. At any rate, Boggs had zero intention of letting him get away, saying:
If he wasn't going to stop, I was probably going to, like, jump on the car.
But the man did stop, pulling over and letting the girl out of the car. She then ran straight to Boggs. The teen told a local station:
As soon as the guy started noticing that we were chasing him, he stopped at the end of the hill and let her out, and she ran to me and said that she needed her mom.
Boggs brought the girl to police, who alerted her family.
Jocelyn's grandmother was overwhelmed with gratitude to the astonishingly brave teen, telling him:
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'Restore The 4th' Anti-NSA Activists 'Adopt' The Highway Right Outside NSA's New Utah Datacenter
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An organization opposed to surveillance by the National Security Agency has been approved to "adopt" the section of highway running past the Utah Data Center, a move that would place the group's protest-oriented name on signs outside the spy building.Of course, the group sees the task of "picking up litter" as a good opportunity to combine picking up litter with protesting the data center, saying that as they pick up litter, they'll also carry picket signs. The Utah Department of Transportation had a spokesperson give a "please keep us out of this" statement to the press:
Restore The Fourth-Utah would also be responsible for picking up litter on the 2-mile stretch of Redwood Road that includes the main entrance to the Utah Data Center and Camp Williams.
"As long as [Restore The Fourth-Utah is] following safety protocol," Gleason said, "we're happy there are people applying to keep litter off the roads out there."As for the NSA? Well, that organization gave an even wackier response:
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The Jewish calendar is a motley collection of celebrations of historical triumphs alongside grief over past tragedies. Some festivities were spurred by a potential peril that the Jews managed to escape, such as Purim and Hanukkah, while others are celebrated annually to remind us of the fact that God never ceases to protect us, such as Passover and Sukkot. Other holidays, like Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah, are celebrated for spiritual reasons.
Rosh Hashanah, which marks the first day of the Jewish year, is the anniversary of the creation of the first man and woman, Adam and Eve. One of the most famous observances of this holiday is the sounding of the shofar, a ram's horn, which represents the sounding of trumpets when crowning a king. Another custom, vastly popular albeit not religious, is giving loved ones Rosh Hashanah cards and gifts.
Passover and Sukkot are two distinct holidays, although their source is a joint one. Passover is celebrated due to the fact that when the Israelites were in Egypt, and God struck the plague of the First Born, which was the last of ten plagues, He passed over the homes of the Jews . On Passover the Jews have a Seder, which is a dinner celebration commemorating God's deliverance. The Seder includes reading from the Passover Haggadah, placing a big Seder plate in the middle of the table with assorted foods on it, and eating matzo, or matza.
Sukkot, as explicitly explained in the Torah, is meant to help us remember the fact that Hebrews did not have permanent dwellings in the desert, when God took them out of Egypt. Thus, every year we sleep in a Sukkah, often translated as "booth," for a week in order to remember the Hebrews' migratory life in the desert.
Hanukkah, also known as the Festival of lights, celebrates the triumph of spirituality over physicality. When we reclaimed the Holy Temple from the Greeks, we managed to light the Menorah, the seven-branch candelabrum, for eight consecutive days, although the oil with which we lit the Menorah was only supposed to last for one. Today it is a joyous time, especially for kids, who play with their dreidels, receive Hanukkah gifts from their parents and sometimes light the Menorah using colorful candles.
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LAKE FOREST – In case you haven't heard by now, the Bears went to Seattle for what universally is known around the NFL as the "all-important third exhibition game" and they stunk up the field.
With a reasonable 24- to 48-hour cooling off period before anyone should have jumped to any conclusions about any potential far-reaching impact from the Bears' embarrassing performance, the club returned to work Monday at Halas Hall and coach Marc Trestman and defensive coordinator Mel Tucker began explaining why it actually wasn't all that bad.
Now, I'm starting to get upset.
Until hearing what the two coaches had to say, I had been out there leading the charge and trying to explain that exhibition games are, for the most part meaningless, and everyone should come back in off the ledge immediately.
They are meaningless when they are evaluated, coaches and players acknowledge what went wrong and have a clear path to fixing it.
When all we get is the glass is half full, when in fact it was 90 percent empty, it is officially time to worry.
Asked what the worst thing on defense was, Trestman responded "Let me just turn it around to a positive and you'll see."
I'm OK with that, it's this Bears' coach's style and it seems to be working. Why dwell on the negative when there is positive to be found?
I am bothered by what Trestman added to the asset side of his balance sheet.
"We were getting after it on the rush. What we didn't do was we didn't contain. ... So I think the effort level, the energy level was very good in the game on both sides of the ball, which was great for a West Coast game."
In the first half, with Seattle's first-string offense against the Bears starting defense, Russell Wilson was 13 of 17 for 174 yards with two touchdowns, a sack, no interceptions and a 147.7 passer rating. A number of Bears defenders appeared to be moving in slow motion at times.
A 158.3 passer rating is perfect. It would have been almost impossible for the Bears' pass rush to be any less effective.
I know, Jared Allen wasn't there and Wilson is pretty good. All is not lost, yet.
But please don't tell me how good you feel about the effort and the energy because it came on the West Coast after you've been carved up 31-0 in a half of football.
Then Tucker told us what we could take solace in and I got really annoyed.
"On a positive note, no double-digit runs," Tucker said. "I think that's the first time in the preseason we haven't had a run over 10 yards. That's the first time in quite some time."
That's the good news? In the first half, again, all 1's on 1's, Seattle rushed for 85 yards on 19 carries, a 4.5 average. Basically, instead of killing the Bears with sudden explosions, they bludgeoned them to death.
Allowing a 4.5 yards a carry average last season would have ranked the Bears 26th against the run rather than 32nd, and almost certainly still have left them at 8-8.
Finally, there is Tucker's evaluation of the play of his star linebacker.
"Lance got a lot of reps," Tucker said. "I thought he played fast in the game and I thought he competed well."
I don't know a soul who watched that game who wasn't taken aback by how slow Briggs appeared, except apparently Tucker.
I don't care that the Bears stunk in Seattle. Exhibition games really don't matter.
But it freaks me out a bit that there are big holes on this Bears team, now the water's gushing in and the guys with the buckets aren't willing to break them out and use them.
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Following Nikon's announcement in November 2015 about having developed of a new flagship FX-format DSLR, rumors about its specifications have abounded. Well, speculation can now cease, as the Japanese manufacturer has officially launched the new Nikon D5 with some mouth-watering performance capabilities for the professional photographer.
One of the hottest launches from this year's Photokina trade show, the Nikon D750, has grabbed the attention of serious amateurs and pros alike. Boasting a newly developed 24.3Mp sensor, expanded ISO sensitivity range and a host of features from their pro DSLRs it looks a mouth-watering prospect. Lets take a look at the D750 sensor scores and results to see how it stacks up against the full frame competition.
Now that the World Cup is underway in Brazil we thought we would turn out attention to well-known two teams battling at the side of the pitch. In the white strip we have the Canon EOS-1 D X and the Nikon D4S are sporting all black. Read on to see for yourself how these two teams compare and how well they perform when put to the test.
If you read the forums on colleagues' sites lots of users lament the selling of their old full-frame Canon EOS 5D, Nikon D700 or even their bulky Nikon D3 or D3s. Practically every user, so it seems, says their pictures from those old models had something special that the newer models lack. Sony think they may be on to something and have introduced the A7S a full-frame model with a newly-developed 12.2-Mpix CMOS sensor. Read on to find out well this new model performs?
AF-S Nikkor 400mm f/2.8E FL ED VR Preview: A new 'fast' Nikon super-telephoto prime for the World Cup
Just in time for the Football World Cup Nikon have launched a new super telephoto prime lens for professional sports & news photographers. The AF-S Nikkor 400mm f/2.8E FL VR promises improved optical performance, in a lighter and more ergonomic design, together with a brand new SPORT VR mode.
Nikon's mid-term revision to their flagship full-frame D4 series camera includes an updated 16-Mpix CMOS sensor and the new Expeed 4 processor amongst a raft of other, mostly subtle refinements. Read on to find out how the new top-of-the-range model performs.
Nikon's incremental revisions to their entry-level D3000 series cameras means the latest model, the Nikon D3300 can compete with most other models in the range and should prove tempting against rival offerings. Read on to find out how the 24-Mpix sans AA filter D3300 performs.
Nikon's retro styled Df harks back to the days film externally, but the metal shell with its plethora of dials and buttons conceals a state-of-the-art 16-Mpix CMOS sensor intended for the worst imaginable lighting conditions. Read on to find out how this new addition to the range performs.
The Nikon D5300 is the successor to the year old D5200 featuring a similar 24-Mpix CMOS sensor of it predecessor but lacking an optical low pass filter for improved clarity. Read on to find out how well the new camera performs.


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Post TSA's New Security Rules And Get A Visit And Subpoena From Homeland Security
from the chilling-effects dept
And since the TSA was so quiet and/or vague, there were a ton of people searching for information. Even the NY Times was relying on info found on airline websites rather than the TSA itself. So it was of little surprise that there would be plenty of demand for anyone to share any info that they knew -- not for any nefarious purpose, but just so regular travelers could properly prepare for their trip.
Among those who found and posted such information was blogger/reporter and travel expert Christopher Elliott, who regularly blogs about travel issues. He posted the details of a TSA order requiring pat-downs of all passengers on international inbound flights. The order that he posted had been sent to US Airways employees, and seemed like a reasonable bit of information that people would probably like to know about, so it's no surprise that Elliott blogged about it. But last night, Elliott received a surprising knock on the door from a Federal Agent with a subpoena demanding he hand over the details of where he received the info on the pat down procedure (thanks to Rob Hyndman who pointed me to an account of this incident).
Now, the argument in favor of this action is that these sorts of security procedures are probably supposed to be kept quiet (again, the idea would be to throw off any terrorist), but if you actually think about this, it doesn't make any sense. First, it wouldn't take long at all for reports of universal pre-boarding pat downs to be spread around. After all, thousands of people get on planes to fly to the US every day. In fact, among the many stories I heard, the universal pat down story was among them. So it's not like it's actually a secret. It's quite clear from what's being done. Second, if the TSA's security plan is based on keeping information like this "secret" (even if it's made obvious by their actions), then we're in even more trouble than I thought. It's security through pretend obscurity. It's ostrich-level security theater. It's security theater where the idea is that if the TSA pretends no one knows what's actually happening, then it can assume that no one knows what the procedures really are for airport security.
Instead, the whole thing (once again) demonstrates how silly the TSA security procedures are. And, oh yeah, rather than sending federal agents to issue subpoenas to folks like Elliott to figure out how he got the security procedures, shouldn't Homeland Security be spending more time tracking terrorists and coming up with plans that actually make us safer? What good is it engaging in a witch hunt over who passed on the obvious info that people get patted down before they board a US-bound flight?
Update: Wired has details of another blogger who received a similar visit, that was a lot less friendly (lots of threats involved) named Steven Frischling. Frischling cooperated, and they went through his phone -- even calling his mom, and then wanted to get an image of his hard drive. When they had trouble making the image, they ended up taking his laptop. I'm still confused as to how this makes anyone safer.


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BOSTON—President Barack Obama and 2012 Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney are among those planning to attend a Boston interfaith healing service organized after the deadly bombing at the city's marathon.
A spokeswoman for Romney confirmed Wednesday the former Massachusetts governor will be among those attending at the invitation of Democratic Gov. Deval (deh-VAL') Patrick. The White House had previously announced Obama will attend Thursday's service at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross with first lady Michelle Obama.
Other state, local and federal officials are expected to attend along with members of the clergy.
Monday's bombing killed three people and injured more than 170 others near the race's finish line. A local politician says investigators are hunting for a man seen in a store surveillance video dropping off a bag at the site.


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Carella: 'Loose fiscal policy' a Tarzia nightmare
Stamford politics is quieter without Joe Tarzia, who watches City Hall now from the sidelines.
Tarzia first won a seat on the Board of Representatives in 1981 and six years later was elected to the Board of Finance, the powerful panel that controls city coffers.
For the next 24 years Tarzia questioned mayors, fellow Republicans and many Democrats, fellow elected officials, city employees and countless city expenditures. It earned him a reputation as one of the most controversial figures in Stamford government.
Now Tarzia worries that questions aren't being asked enough. Now the words of Alexis deTocqueville keep him up at night.
DeTocqueville, a French historian and political thinker, wrote a book called "Democracy in America" 177 years ago, after he toured the United States to observe the young democracy in action. It seemed to be thriving, and DeTocqueville wanted to bring what he learned to his homeland, where democracy was struggling.
DeTocqueville liked what he saw in America, Tarzia said, but because of what he knew about other democracies, he was uneasy.
"A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government," deTocqueville wrote after his 1831 American trip. "It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship. The average age of the world's greatest civilizations has been 200 years."
The "loose fiscal policy" part is what has him lying awake thinking, Tarzia said.
It's what has gotten American government -- city, state and federal -- into trouble. Politicians -- city, state and national -- spend their campaigns and careers promising programs and tax breaks and don't pay enough attention to how the bills will be covered, Tarzia said. "This is happening around the world. Look at Greece," now on the brink of financial collapse after years of spending more than it could afford.
"Somebody could bail out Greece -- their population is a fraction of the size of the U.S. population," Tarzia said. "But who will bail out the United States? We're the big gorilla on the block. There isn't anyone who can bail us out. We have to take care of ourselves. We have to be like the pioneers who went West. When somebody needed a barn, everybody came and helped put it up.
"They were all rowing in the same direction. I worry that, even though we're all in the same boat, we aren't rowing in the same direction any more."
He hits the same note as deTocqueville, who in 1831 and 1832 visited 17 of the 24 then-United States; met with then-President Andrew Jackson and former President John Quincy Adams; talked with Charles Carroll, then the last surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence; and interviewed American lawyers, bankers, settlers, farmers, town officials, business owners, political leaders and educators.
"Americans of all ages, all stations of life, and all types of disposition are forever forming associations," deTocqueville wrote. "In democratic countries, knowledge of how to combine is the mother of all other forms of knowledge; on its progress depends that of all the others."
When deTocqueville traveled America, the democracy was about 60 years old. Now it is 236 years old, and deTocqueville sounds like someone who foresaw the future, said Tarzia, a retired high school department head and history and language teacher.
"DeTocqueville knew historically what happens to democracies -- that they fail if people aren't vigilant. The citizenry has to be vigilant," Tarzia said. "The press is supposed to be one of the pillars of democracy, but the Internet has changed how the press operates. Newspapers, for example, aren't making the same profits so they don't have the same resources. They're losing the authority they got from being a strong watchdog."
Long ago, when "the press" meant only newspapers, DeTocqueville had this observation: "I am far from denying that newspapers in democratic countries lead citizens to do very ill-considered things in common, but without newspapers there would be hardly any common action at all. So they mend many more ills than they cause."
In 1831, as now, there were many "ills" in American society, according to www.tocqueville.org. When deTocqueville toured the United States, Nat Turner was leading an uprising of slaves in Virginia; native American leader Black Hawk was compelled to agree to leave his tribal lands and move west of the Mississippi River; and the state legislature of New York abolished prison terms for debtors, finally declaring that poverty was not a crime.
And today, as ever, DeTocqueville is quoted by American politicians from all quarters. In 2006 Republican President George W. Bush said he wanted his legacy to include a deTocqueville think-tank. President Bill Clinton, a Democrat, quoted deTocqueville in his 1995 State of the Union address. DeTocqueville even was quoted by Ross Perot, the Independent who ran for president in 1992 and 1996. His name has been entered into the Congressional record many times by senators and representatives who cite him in speeches.
DeTocqueville got a good view of democracy 180 years ago, so good that it holds true, said Tarzia, who was re-elected term after term until last year, when Stamford voters rejected his bid to rejoin the Board of Finance a few months after he resigned from it.
The resignation was part of a deal in which the city agreed to pay Tarzia's legal bills in ethics complaints filed against him by city employees unhappy with his handling of probes into possible nepotism and theft of scrap metal. The ethics board dropped the charges against Tarzia, who said they originated with a political clique bent on getting rid of him. But his detractors, who had long criticized him for bullying and going too far, finally outnumbered his supporters.
Now, on the sidelines, Tarzia said he's anxious. Elected officials are too passive, he said. To protect the greater good, they have to question the status quo, watch the bottom line, make the hard decisions, he said.
DeTocqueville saw that Americans expect a lot of their elected officials. He wrote, "The electors see their representatives not only as a legislator for the state but also as the natural protector of local interests in the legislature; indeed, they almost seem to think that he has a power of attorney to represent each constituent, and they trust him to be as eager in their private interests as in those of the country."
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February 4: Trace Adkins
February 11: Ne-Yo
February 18: Collective Soul
February 19: X Ambassadors
February 25: Fifth Harmony
March 4: Kool & the Gang
March 5: Olivia Newton-John
March 11: UB40
March 12: Toby Keith
March 18: Jason Derulo
March 19: Earth, Wind & Fire
March 25: The All-American Rejects
I've had this idea in the back of my head to do a President's Day weekend road trip. it probably won't happen, but Collective Soul makes it a little more tempting. I would imagine they wouldn't generate nearly the crowd that some of these other names would (Toby Keith for example) but I've always enjoyed their music.


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2009 Dodge Ram 1500 TRX4 Long-Term Report 3 of 4Posted in Vehicle Reviews on August 1, 2010
Another quarter has gone by, and our Ram continues to be a favorite vehicle of the staff. Whether it's the exceptional highway range, great ride, sizable cabin, or seamless Hemi power, everyone has found a reason to like this truck.
During our testing, we have loaded up the bed, used it as a commuter, and taken the family on road trips, but the one thing we haven't done with the Ram until this quarter was tow with it. In the rush to get Project 'Con Artist finished before the Easter Jeep Safari in Moab we had to shuttle the Jeep between shops, and this gave us the chance to hook up our Carson trailer and do some testing.
With nearly 9,000 pounds in tow, the 5.7L Hemi worked flawlessly, with more than enough power to get the load up to freeway speeds. We found the Ram to be very stable, with nicely weighted steering and plenty of brake reserve. The rear link-coil suspension helps the Ram track straight and makes it less susceptible to the chassis being upset by crosswinds or larger vehicles passing on the highway.
Depressing the Tow/Haul button activates the Electronic Range Select, which allows the driver to limit the highest gear available from the transmission and locks out multi-displacement. We tried towing with and without Tow/Haul selected, and favored the extra control and firmer shifting of the Tow/Haul mode.
Our TRX4 came standard with the Trailer Sway Control (TSC) feature, which we were able to experience when we loaded the trailer with a little too much rear weight bias. When trailer sway is detected, TSC activates individual brakes on alternating sides and/or reduces engine power until the trailer returns to its normal state. Our truck performed as advertised by bringing the load back into check safely and quickly. With the trailer hooked up, we recorded a favorable 12 mpg in mixed driving and about 13 mpg on the highway.
Something worth mentioning, especially at max trailer weight: The coil springs are more sensitive to tongue weight than a leaf-sprung truck. However, with a properly loaded trailer, the Ram didn't display any ill manners.
Towing also enlightened us as to another use for the awesome and lockable Ram Boxes-holding all of our towing gear and making the trailer tie-downs, hitch, and gloves easily accessible. No more climbing on the trailer and in and out of the bed to retrieve our gear, or dirty tools rolling around the back of the cab.
Our only real complaints this quarter are an intermittent key fob issue that sometimes requires several attempts to unlock the truck, and a stubborn Bluetooth system that, no matter how many times we set the iPhone as the primary phone, almost always defaults to the BlackBerry. Perhaps the software developer wasn't a fan of Apple?
We've been fans of the new Ram since it first came out. With only one more quarter of testing to go, we'll be sorry to see this one go back.
Report: 3 Of 4
Previous reports: Oct '09, Mar '10
Base price: $35,100
Price as tested: $44,960
Four-wheel-drive system: Two-speed, part-time electronic, shift on the fly
Long-Term Numbers
Miles to date: 15,306
Miles since last report: 5,260
Average mpg (this report): 13.22
Test best tank (mpg): 17.56
Test worst tank (mpg): 10.05
This period: 12,000-mile service: $79.98
Problem areas: Key fob
What's Hot, What's Not
HOT: Hemi power, Ram Boxes, coil-sprung ride, Tow/Haul mode
NOT: Stubborn Bluetooth, can be sensitive to tongue weight
Logbook Quotes
-"Hmm, key fob is acting up again. It wouldn't unlock the door after several attempts. I had to press the lock button again before the unlock button would work."
-"Even with 9,000 pounds in tow, the Hemi has plenty of power and Tow/Haul is a nice feature."
-"Just turned 15,000 miles and I love this truck as much as the day we got it."
-"With the trailer hooked up, the Ram Boxes provide secure, easy access to all of the towing gear."
-"No matter how many times I choose my iPhone as the primary phone, the MyGIG always reverts to the BlackBerry as the primary handset."


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15 Portable and Delicious Weekday Breakfast Baked Goods
Years come and go but some things remain the same. One such thing is a busy weekday morning where you'd give anything to have just ten more minutes to grab a respectable breakfast. Luckily, 2011 was a banner year for inspired portable, delicious breakfast recipes.
Now there are many different kinds of breakfast eaters. There are granola bar and coffee folks and then there are proper scone folks. So we've pulled together something for everyone here. From our archives to your table, here's to many quick and satisfying breakfasts in the year to come.
• 11 Baked Apple Cider Donuts
• 12 Zucchini Bread
• 13 Sweet Potato Biscuits
• 14 No Bake Sunflower Oat Bars
• 15 Homemade Power Bars
Welcome to The Kitchn's Best of 2011 roundup! From December 19 through January 1 we are rounding up some of our favorite (and your favorite) posts from the past year.
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by Hugh Gilmore
We all lived in the same Green Tree Run condo complex in Roxborough in those days – Chris, Mike, and I, together with our wives. Mike and I had newborn sons, Chris's was due soon. This was the mid-90s.
We were young men, just beginning families, but still full of boyish high spirits (playing hoops at Houston playground, endless volleyball on the condo's clubhouse grounds, couldn't throw away a scrap of paper without trying for a jump shot).
During the days we all worked hard, Mike as a radiology resident, his wife, Fran, as a cell biologist, Chris as a computer engineer, his wife, Ruth, as a medical resident, and Janet and I, as teachers.
We guys assumed our sons would grow up to be sports fanatics, both as spectators and players – as we were. But for two of us, Mike and me, those ambitions had to be dampened down a bit as the children developed. My son, Andrew, developed retinopathy of the premature, and after several operations lost vision in his left eye and developed 20/70 in the other. Ball games were out. We couldn't risk anything injuring his one good eye. Even when playing catch with a large, soft ball, his lack of three-dimensional vision caused him to get hit in the face a lot with the ball.
Mike's son, Jason, developed a severe condition related to diabetes and did not enjoy the fuss and commotion of group sports. Chris's son was still in the oven, and even then would be two to three years away from sports inculcation.
We all, being dads, took it for granted, though, that we'd introduce sports into their lives – you know: someone to cheer on our favorite college or professional teams and maybe even actually go to the games with us. I was teaching high school at the time. I asked my students their opinions.
Their consensus: A guy can still be popular or be part of the crowd even if he doesn't play sports well (or not at all), as long as he seems interested in sports. He could become a sports geek, someone who knows the players' names, team standings, history of the sport, statistics, and so on. OK, that sounded about right.
I knew a way to do all that, plus help the kid learn some things about investing: Let Andrew get interested in baseball cards. I loved baseball cards when I was growing up.
I went to see Carl, the math coach at the high school where I taught. He had a snappy little business going, selling baseball cards as investments. Every year, around February, he'd take orders. A complete, factory-sealed set of Topps, Fleers, Donruss, Upper Deck, or Score cards (around 850 separate cards), could be purchased through Carl, who had "connections," for between $28 and $35. Their values were rising as we spoke, Carl claimed.
I bought a couple of each type, every year for a while. One box for Andrew to play with, read, and memorize – while he fell forever into hero worship – and one box to put away as an investment. Mike and Chris thought that sounded good for their sons too, so they asked me to buy some sets for them. Just think: complete sets from the year of your birth onward. Any idea what a set from the 1940s or 50s is worth today? Lots!
Within a few years we all had moved from our condos to buy our first homes, I to Chestnut Hill, Mike to Bucks County, Chris to Pittsburgh. As men so often do, we drifted into "occasional friend" status. As for the baseball cards: Andrew had made it clear that he had no interest in sports, even at the cardboard level. His heroes were musicians and funnymen. I had stopped buying cards. I don't know about Mike or Chris.
Every once in a while, though, I thought about the cards sitting in the crawlspace of my house, boxed, labeled and never used. Oh well, I'd think, at least they're making money for Andrew, for some special purchase he might want to make some day.
This weekend, out of curiosity, I went downstairs and fetched the boxes of sports cards (turns out there were hockey and football cards too) out of storage and piled them near my desk. I wanted to know what they're worth now, 25 years later.
There are plenty of baseball card price guides available, but I decided to check eBay since I think it is the single most mercilessly accurate gauge of values. One-by-one, I checked them, all factory sealed and mint. Even the Rookie sets and the "Traded" sets. Worth: next to nothing. I paid $35 for a Topps set 25-years ago that is now worth about $7. At any given time about 10 sets are for sale on eBay, and this is a national auction. Imagine what a collectibles dealer would offer me if I hauled five, full, heavy boxes to his shop. I'd guess about a buck apiece.
What had happened? First, since the 1970s the sports card makers had been both overproducing and touting the cards as "investments." Everybody fell for this fabulous marketing ploy which peaked by the end of the 1990s. (It still exists, but with an emphasis on collectible "rarities" – many of them spurious.) Second, the Internet and eBay arose as controllers of the "used" market. Everyone became a dealer. Today you could reproduce my collection for about a tenth of what I had paid for it. Turning it around: I lost 90 percent+ of the money I paid, not allowing for inflation.
Moral of the story: Wait till your kid is interested in something before you start pushing him to be something he or she is not. And: Buy things because you love them, not because you're investing in their future worth. I'm speaking as a bookseller here, too.
Hugh Gilmore's latest novel, "Last Night on the Gorilla Tour" is finally ready for sale and available through bookstores and Amazon.com in both paperback and Kindle eBook form.


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2 GOP senators to vote no on Trump's Education secretary pick
2 GOP senators to vote no on Trump's Education secretary pick
Republican Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska both said Wednesday they would not vote to support President Donald Trump's choice for Education secretary, Betsy DeVos.
They are the first two sitting Republican senators to publicly say they wouldn't back one of Trump's Cabinet nominees.
"I simply cannot support her confirmation," Collins said on the Senate floor. Without Murkowski or Collins, DeVos would need the vote of Vice President Mike Pence to win approval if all Democrats voted against her.


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tunne1rat posted a tutorial in Ford Fiesta GuidesOne thing that annoys me about Ford is the lack of attention spent on the Audio. Apart from the navigation headunits fitted to the Mondeo platform (and previous Focus platform), all of the audio systems are built by Visteon (formerly Ford Audio) - yes even the Sony branded models. The blame cannot be attributed entirely to the Visteon headunits though. The speakers are just as bad! As an ICE installer of many years, it is no problem for me to change all or part of a system to get the best performance. Sometimes I like to do a full install with custom made speaker and subwoofer enclosures (like my last S-Max install) and sometimes I keep it low key with just a few minor alterations. After listening to the Fiesta audio for some time, I concluded that a big improvement could be made to the audio simply by replacing the tweeters. I purchased some JL Audio tweeters for £20 and set about installing them. Luckily the tweeters can be replaced without removing the door cards. Here's how I did it. The sound is now much brighter and a massive improvement over the muddy original. All for such a small amount of money and effort.
! Guide ! Fitting A 12V Socket In The Boot Mk7
tunne1rat posted a tutorial in Ford Fiesta GuidesOne thing I find lacking with the Fiesta is not having a 12v socket in the boot for running accessories or a cool box when going out for the day - so I decided to fit one. Here's how I did it. Firstly the parcel shelf support trim needs to be removed. This is best done with the rear seat reclined: Now for the wiring. For my requirements I need around 7A. That is too much to load onto any existing circuit around the rear of the car, so I decided to run a new feed from the fuse box. I ordered 5m of thinwall 11A cable. When it arrived I was surprised at how thin it was! After some reassurance from the supplier that it will be fine (fingers crossed), I also ordered a fuse adaptor, a 10A fuse and various crimp terminals. I then set about installing it all. To access the fuse box behind the glovebox, first empty the glovebox and squeeze the sides together so that the glovebox can open fully exposing the fuse panel behind.
! Guide ! Wiring The Foot-Well Lights
tunne1rat posted a tutorial in Ford Fiesta GuidesI may have mentioned this before, but the Zetec S interior lights are pants! To add insult to injury, I also have no wiring for the foot-well lights. So as part of an on-going interior light upgrade, I decided to wire my own. This guide is primarily for the Mk7 Fiesta but could be adapted for any car. I got the bulb holders from a certain auction website which fit neatly into the holes provided by Ford. I took the power feed from the roof courtesy light centre bulb so that the foot-well lights come on with the courtesy light but can also operate on demand by switching on the roof light. This suites my requirements as I have no intention of having them on whilst driving, but can manually switch all interior lights on with just one switch. To connect my new power feed I soldered the wires directly to the light cluster. I also used a small plug and socket (usually found inside a television) so that my circuit can be disconnected if I need to remove the light unit in the future. I could have used some crimp on male/female terminals or a choc block type connector, or even attached the wires directly to the bulb holder. Anyway, here is the guide: I have purposely made this project expandable and the next project is going to be to improve the lighting for the rear seat passengers. Watch this space!
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tunne1rat posted a tutorial in Ford Fiesta GuidesAs most of you know, the mk7 dash has a hidden storage area under the radio. I have no idea why Ford decided not to use it, but it's not too difficult to make use of. I have seen some people fit a latching catch here, but the problem I see with this idea is that it is difficult to fit and as the door has to be pushed in to unlatch, so when the door is closed it always looks slightly open. My alternative idea is a lot easier to fit. All you need are some self adhesive magnetic pads - the type which have an A & B pad are best as they are designed to lock together accurately such as these: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MAGNETIC-TAPE-ADHESIVE-CRAFT-MAGNET-25MM-X-6-5MM-PADS-/360202604606?pt=UK_Crafts_Other_Crafts_EH&hash=item53ddbf903e Firstly you need to remove the door panel. This can be done by inserting a plastic trim tool into the gap and levering to release the clip. To stop the door permanently closing, simply remove the metal clip from the dash or cut the plastic pin off the door. This makes a great hiding place for iPods or portable sat navs.
! Guide ! Upgrading The Interior Light
tunne1rat posted a tutorial in Ford Fiesta GuidesThis guide shows how to fit the upgraded interior light with map lights and submarine lights (and all without an IDS session), The light unit I used has the part number 8a6a-13k767-bb34x1 printed on the side. The light is plug and play but to get the submarine lights working, one wire needs to be added, connected to the dash illumination circuit. Now everything can be re-assembled and tested. A scotchlok could be used instead of a T-Tap at your own risk. Personally I think they are the work of the devil and are responsible for many electrical problems and have even been known to cause vehicle fires. The T-Tap provides a much more secure connection and can be easily disconnected when no longer needed. Another product I highly recommend is a Posi-tap but these are harder to find in the UK. When all done, the submarine lights should come on when your lights are switched on and should look something like this:
My Fiesta Mk7 Interior Lighting Project (Picture Heavy)
tunne1rat replied to tunne1rat's topic in Ford Project and Build ThreadsI solder mine. It is possible to buy connectors if your soldering skills are lacking!
My Fiesta Mk7 Interior Lighting Project (Picture Heavy)
tunne1rat replied to tunne1rat's topic in Ford Project and Build ThreadsHi Dan, Thanks for your kind comments. The ambient lights are wired from the interior illumination circuit so you could take power from a nearby switch (such as the ESP or climate switch) or the light switch. If you look at my submarine light guide, you will see how I wired these to the same circuit: http://www.fordownersclub.com/forums/topic/35675-guide-upgrading-the-interior-light/ This wire feeds power to the LED controller so that the LEDs are on when the dash illumination is on i.e. at night! The LEDs are fed from many spurs taken from the output of the LED controller. I made several small PCBs from vero strip and used PCB header pins and sockets so that I could disconnect any LED should it need replacing or maintaining without affecting any of the other LEDs. These LED spur PCBs have around 6 sets of female headers each and are located in the centre console, front doors, A pillars and B pillars. This also makes the lighting very easy to expand as all I need to do is plug in my new LED strip to a nearby spur PCB using wired male header pins.
My Fiesta Mk7 Interior Lighting Project (Picture Heavy)
tunne1rat replied to tunne1rat's topic in Ford Project and Build ThreadsMy ambient lights are wired to the headlight light switch so they are on when my sidelights are on. They can be turned off via the remote. The courtesy and puddle lights are wired to the centre roof light. If yours is not working as it should, check your wiring and also check the light switch as the terminals can become bent and not make a secure contact. All ambient lights are LED strip cut to the required length and stuck down with 10mm double sided 3M body kit tape (the standard tape on the LED strip is no good for automotive use as the glue melts in hot climates resulting in your LEDs falling off)! LED strip and controller from ebay: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1M-2M-3M-4M-5M-5050-Waterproof-IP65-RGB-LED-Strip-44-Keys-IR-Remote-Controller-/200942701195?pt=UK_Home_Garden_Night_Lights_Fairy_Lights&var=500172213997&hash=item2ec91e4a8b
The Ambient Lighting Installation Guide!!!!!!!!!!!
tunne1rat replied to calmcdermott's topic in Ford Fiesta ClubGreat guide and very similar to my project - the only difference being, I used multicoloured LED strip and more of it! http://www.fordownersclub.com/forums/topic/42250-my-fiesta-mk7-interior-lighting-project-picture-heavy/
tunne1rat started following Rear Mount Bike Carrier With Zetec S and The Ambient Lighting Installation Guide!!!!!!!!!!!
Rear Mount Bike Carrier With Zetec S
tunne1rat posted a topic in Ford Fiesta ClubI need to occasionally carry a couple of cycles around and had managed fine with a cheap strap on cycle carrier with my previous car, however the Fiesta Zetec S is a whole new ball-game with its smaller tailgate, lack of bumper lip and large roof spoiler! As I cannot justify the cost of a roof or towbar option, I decided to persevere with the old trusty Halfords high mount 3 cycle carrier, but I needed to do some modifications. Firstly as my car is Black, I only need to cough on it and it's scratched, so a lot of body protection is needed where the straps meet the car. I covered the strapping for the side hooks with some rubber anti-slip matting cut to size and held in place with insulation tape. Where the straps hook around the edge of the tailgate I cut a small section of plastic door edge protector and used some black insulation tape under the strapping: Door edge protector was also used for the top straps: The lower straps that are supposed to go under the rear of the car, I had a couple of issues with. Firstly the lower bumper is not really strong enough to have straps tightened against it, and secondly the foam pads on the bottom of the carrier frame are supposed to sit on a bumper and take most of the weight of the bikes. I was not prepared to risk this perched on the tiny bumper ledge of the Fiesta and have the whole lot come crashing down as I am travelling! So I opened the boot, and removed the 2 plastic trim fasteners holding the tailgate latch trim in place, and inserted the lower hooks into these holes. The straps were then crossed over and looped around the lower carrier frame before being pulled through the clasps very tightly. The straps are now not only pinning the carrier to the car, but also taking most of the weight of the bikes so there is no risk of damaging the bumper. Once the bikes were loaded and a final tighten of the straps, I set off, and I am happy to report I got to my destination with all straps in place and tight. I would only use this set-up occasionally so it suites me fine, but I would not recommend it for more than occasional use. The Zetec S was never designed to carry bikes!
My Fiesta Mk7 Interior Lighting Project (Picture Heavy)
tunne1rat replied to tunne1rat's topic in Ford Project and Build ThreadsThere is one controller and 1 remote - all LEDs are fed from one controller to keep everything in perfect sync (it could get a bit dristracting with a seperate remote for each light set)! The fibre cable is a chunky 2mm thick so it collects lots of IR light from the remote and passes it to the hidden receiver flawlessly. The light show was demonstrated to a select few at Ford Fair and received lots of positive comments - so thanks for that! Next year I will be back with something bigger and better...


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Patent Suit Filed Over RV Roof Support Rafters
May 23, 2013 by RVBusiness · Comments Off on Patent Suit Filed Over RV Roof Support Rafters
Automated Products International LLC (API) announced today that it has initiated a patent infringement lawsuit against Norco Industries Inc. in Federal Court in South Bend, Ind.
According to a press release, LaGrange, Ind.-based API alleges in the lawsuit that Norco is willfully infringing API's patent relating to recreational vehicle roof support rafters. API is seeking damages for past sales and an injunction against Norco's future sales of certain RV rafters.
The invention described and claimed in the patent provides for a RV rafter that is lightweight, strong and easily shaped to conform to curved roof lines. API said its "shapeable I-beam" design also results in rafters that are simple to manufacture, creating substantial labor cost savings over other designs.
"API has invested in its technology and intellectual property and, unfortunately, others seek to benefit from that investment by violating our patent," said Ron Yoder, API's owner and president. "We are dedicated to providing innovative, cost effective solutions to our customers. We also regard our patents and product solutions as valuable assets and we intend to vigorously protect our intellectual property against infringement of any kind."
In 2012, Norco sued API claiming the company infringed certain Norco design patents relating to RV rafters. Norco dismissed that lawsuit with prejudice earlier this year after first agreeing to never again assert those patents against API and paying API $22,000 to cover a portion of API's attorneys' fees spent defending the lawsuit.


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The Central Connecticut men's golf team placed sixth at the Yale/Macdonald Cup after the tournament's closing round on Sunday. The Blue Devils (279/296/575) led the tournament field on Saturday but fell to sixth place after the final round.
For the second straight year, host Yale (282/282/564) came away from the Yale/Macdonald Cup as tournament champions followed by Hartford (283/284/567) and St. John's (280/287/567) who shared the runner-up spot. Nationally ranked Notre Dame (282/287/569) came in fourth and rounded out the top five with fifth place Harvard (283/289/572) of the Ivy League.
The Course at Yale, a par-70 course, played 6,749 yards this weekend. The tournament kicked-off on Saturday, September 29th with the first round and finished on Sunday, September 30th with the second and final round. Yale's home course is located in nearby New Haven, CT.
Senior Captain Dan Fanion (67/72/139) wrote in the best score for a Blue Devil on Sunday posting a 72. He finished second overall (-1) on the individual leader board, just one stroke off of the tournament champion Niall Platt (68/70/138) of Notre Dame. Fanion Did not lose his second place ranking as he was positioned there after the first round when he inked an impressive 67 on Saturday, a season best.
After holding the top spot on the individual leader board after round one, sophomore Monte Mullen (66/75/141) fell to an 11th place tie on Sunday writing in a 75. He ended up finishing one stroke over-par for the tournament.
Senior Greg Beloin (73/75/148) finished tied for 39th (+8), sophomore Kevin Jud (76/74/150) placed tied for 52nd (+10), and senior Matthew DeJohn (73/78/151) finished tied for 58th (+11).
Sacred Heart (297/292/589) was the only other Northeast Conference school in competition and Central placed ahead of the Pioneers by 25 strokes. The Blue Devils beat out seventh place Rhode Island (291/287/578) by three strokes and St. Edward's (287/293/580) in the eight spot by five strokes.
Central Connecticut will return to the links next week as they play for the UCONN/Connecticut Cup October 8th through the 9th.FINAL TEAM LEADER BOARD 1 Yale University 282 282 564 T 2 Hartford, Univ. of 283 284 567 T 2 St. John's Univ. 280 287 567 4 Notre Dame, U. of 282 287 569 5 Harvard University 283 289 572 6 Central Connecticut 279 296 575 7 Rhode Island, U. of 291 287 578 8 St. Edward's U. 287 293 580 T 9 Fordham University 291 294 585 T 9 Temple University 288 297 585 T 11 Columbia University 289 300 589 T 11 Sacred Heart Univ. 297 292 589 13 Brown University 292 299 591 14 YALE II 292 300 592 15 Holy Cross, Coll. of 292 303 595


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|2012-06-13, 08:02
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Che! Che! Che!
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Brazil
Age: 29
And chapter 2 is out! It was another nice chapter, they've explained why exactly the "bad" pitcher is their ace despite both Natsuno and Touma being far better. Got to say I'm interested in the coach and dad more so than Nikaidou himself, because they were "part of Meisei" before. I wonder if the dad knows what's going on and actually supports the whole thing, or the son's just making use of his dad's supposed influence to, well, get himself in a good position?
Also, confirmed that Touma isn't Otomi and Souichirou's real brother, although the latter are real siblings. Funny how the parents that remained ended up remarrying and, well, the kids just happened to be born on the very same day. Typical Adachi, haha. I suppose Souichirou x Otomi is out of the picture now, but maybe there's still a chance of something with Touma? Who knows.
Last but not least, do people usually play the Touch OP at the Koushien? Those last panels with the song made me wish it was an anime, haha. I figure it might've been the Touch OP, since the show was incredibly famous at its time and, well, it's Adachi, he loves to self reference his works!
P.S: Apparently the info on that website was wrong. Shounen Sunday had the first chapter of Mix, but no short story, just a message from Adachi saying he's happy about the overall reaction to Mix, and that he wasn't expecting it at all etc. I guess that's also a good thing, since I'm sure he'll be hard pressed to continue the series after this sudden outburst of popularity. At the very least, it won't be another OverFence!
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|2012-06-14, 01:21
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Though I fear OverFence might turn into another Idol A where we've gotten like 6 chapters in 7 years (I don't mind too much on that one,it's more a like silly fanservice manga to Aoba fans who wanted to see her pitch in real games)
Or Jinbei where it took him 5 years to complete when it's pretty darn short!
But back to Mix!
So our heroes are half brothers born at the same time?That's interesting,so dad was seeing two girls at the same time?
The portaits being up there means Dad and Touma's mom are dead right?
How common are recomposed family in japan?I always have this view of japan being conservative when it comes to family but have really no idea.
Also lol at Otomi's dream , now Adachi shows up in his character's dreams! That was "fate" indeed!
As for the music are you sure that's Touch's OP they're talking about?I was thinking of the band music that you always hear in the backround during baseball games.
|2012-06-14, 09:44
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Komrades of Kitamura Kou
Join Date: Jul 2004
Age: 34
Just read the two chapters and I'm already loving it. You can feel the depth and the relationships in the characters without nary a word being said, a classic Adachi. You'd think that the coach is in the dad's pocket, but his look at the half brothers tell me otherwise.
And not just because he looks exactly like him, but Touma gives off Kitamura Kou's good-natured "I don't take insults personally" vibe, someone who won't let what people say get to him, but won't get up in said people's faces either. Like him he seems to show the wisdom to know when and where to prove to people of what he is capable of, and in the proper way.
I'm sure I'm going to love this. Welcome back Meisei.
|2012-06-14, 10:31
|Link #25
Che! Che! Che!
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Brazil
Age: 29
As for the music, I don't know if it's Touch's OP, as I don't really watch the Koushien. I know there's ONE melody they always play, but since Natsuno went to the trouble of mentioning it was "from a tv anime" that aired "back in the day", I kept wondering if it wasn't a reference to an old Adachi classic, and from those, Touch would definitely make the most sense.
|2012-06-14, 10:59
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Komrades of Kitamura Kou
Join Date: Jul 2004
Age: 34
Could be. Tatsuya would be... in his mid forties by now, so assuming rich dad was part of his batch it's possible as they'd be old enough to father a middle schooler.
A Touch cameo would be interesting to say the least.
|2012-06-14, 12:47
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Thanks for clearing that up I read one of the panels wrong which lead to me being confused.
As for the music,I've never seen a real life koshien match so I was wondering if that "one melody" I keep hearing when watching anime versions of koshien is just something you see in anime but doesn't happen in real life.
In any case,leave to Adachi to reference Touch in a manga set in Touch's world
I suck at remembering names so can't help much,however the coach was also on the team along with the dad right?So we might want to look for a "Kuroyanagi" as well.
|2012-06-16, 10:20
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Osana-Najimi Shipper
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Mt. Ordeals
Adachi, are you also double dipping into this "imouto" fad we've been having? Not that I mind... shipping ToumaXOtomi already lol.
Hmm... just realized Q&A not yet fully scanslated (feel so bad for Athanor ). Maybe I'll look into having it commissioned, though ~$200 per volume is quite steep.
|2012-06-16, 10:39
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|2012-06-16, 10:42
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Osana-Najimi Shipper
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Mt. Ordeals
Oh, I've read Miyuki. In fact it's the main reason why I don't find the subject of bro-sis 'incest', no matter how 'fake' or real, squeaky in the least. I just find it kinda suspicious he's bringing back imouto when the imouto fad is at an all time high.
|2012-06-20, 13:23
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Thanks to Guardian Enzo blogging this I finally got off my butt and finished Touch (which I really enjoyed although not quite as much as Cross Game. I think it might be as someone said your first Adachi might just be your favorite)
Anyways finished the first two chapters of this too. It looks like the connection with touch is only in the HS setting (it will be interesting to see if any old characters return).
I don't see any romance with the step sister & younger of the brothers yet but of course that can change.
Will be looking forward to reading this with everyone. And btw is it a weekly or monthly manga.
Edit: Ah nevermind figured out it was monthly (works better for me)
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|2012-07-11, 20:17
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Che! Che! Che!
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Brazil
Age: 29
Chapter 3 is out there!
Anyway, I'll probably type up something a bit more detailed tomorrow, but personally speaking, I think it's easily the best chapter so far. I think it's amazing how heartwarming the scene with Otomi is and how he managed to make something like that for characters which we "barely" know yet, all in some simple five pages, most of it without any sort of dialogue. His talent really shows through stuff like this. It was lovely.
Also, maybe it's just me and my frantical search for any sort of Touch clues, but aside of the ace shirt found at the end, am I the only one who really thinks the dude who was next to Touma's father on a picture REALLY looked like one of the starter guys from Tatsuya's Meisei? I mean... of course, this being Adachi it might be a hint or it might be him drawing the same character, because it's almost the same as stock footage for him! But it got me curious!
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|2012-07-12, 15:24
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Che! Che! Che!
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Brazil
Age: 29
I don't know, I don't buy the whole "Tatsuya died and Touma is his son who was adopted" thing simply because I don't think it'd be a good thing to do. You announce it as a sequel of your most famous work and then proceed to reveal that, unlike what you previously thought, after all the pain the Touch couple went through they weren't allowed to live a long and happy life together? I... don't want that to happen, honestly.
However, with the ace's shirt Otomi found and Touma's undeniable talent for pitching, it does seem like Adachi is trying to lead the readers into thinking that Touma isn't the "old man's" son, at the very least. Which doesn't necessarily mean he has to be related to Tatsuya, of course, and if he is, I'd rather have some sort of connection that doesn't involve Tatsuya (or Minami) for that matter facing some sort of terrible fate.
Then again, it's not like Hiro's father ever seemed to be great at anything other than being a funny old guy, and yet Hiro was one of the most amazing pitchers around, so it's not like genetic and what not has been very important in Adachi's works
|2012-07-13, 01:25
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Seishu's Ace
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Kobe, Japan
Step-incest flag planted - Adachi, you devil, you!
My theory is that's Kazuma's uniform, not Tastuya's - but we'll see. I really don't buy the "Tatsu died and Touma is his son" theory - it just doesn't feel like Adachi to me. I wholly concur, though, that Adachi's ability to make us care so deeply about characters so quickly and so simply is truly remarkable.
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I am interested in learning to make a natural starter using a ratio of flour and water of 50/50 and using a rye flour and learning how wild yeast would take over. Is this something like a Sauerteig? If it is a Sauertieg, then I would be interested in using the a portion of the Sauertieg to be used as a Anstellgut. Sauerteig (German) Leaven obtained by the natural and spontaneous fermentation of flour and water. After complete maturation a piece is kept aside as "Anstellgut".Does this type of natural starter require a certain amount of time and temperature for fermenting? I also would be interested in knowing how to maintain this type of starter.Thanks,Norma
Norma,Here's a website that translated how to make Sauerteig from the german website sauerteig.de.http://www.coffeemoon.eu/sourdough-menu/2-general-sourdough/It's a complete turtorial.Hope that helps.
Toby,I am looking to learn how to start a rye starter and then maintaining the starter. I dont plan on moving to wheat, until I learn to properly maintain my first starter and use it for awhile. Do you ever use this to make any kind of pizza?I appreciate you telling me of your experiences. I will read the links you have provided. I will have to purchase some Whole Rye flour this coming week and then give it a try. Did you initially start your rye starter with out adding any kind of juice? Norma
Toby,here's the original:http://www.der-sauerteig.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=75No mention of salt or yeast.
Yes you can use a rye starter to make pizza. I've not done that with my recent batch of starters (due to the transitional difficulties) but normally - yes absolutely no reason why you can't. When making bread using a rye/wheat flour combination it's good to preferment the rye to bring out those great rye flavours and aromas. A rye starter fits the bill perfectly in that regard (think proper, old-school deli rye bread).However if you want to make classically-styled pizzas (NY style or neapolitan for example) then wheat starter is probably a better bet in the long run. BTW you can also start from whole wheat flour (or any whole grain) if you wish...but rye is pretty much the fail safe.With regards to juice - you don't NEED to use it. I've done it both ways. You're just much less likely to encounter leuconostoc bacteria (stinky!) in the initial stages if you use juice.Here's an even simpler (no juice!) tutorial:http://www.wildyeastblog.com/2007/07/13/raising-a-starter/If you want to keep it in the rye domain, simply ignore where it mentions adding white/wheat flour to the starter.Cheers,Toby
Just wondering if I use a small portion of sweet grape wine my uncle had made in 1968, could I replace some of the water used in the natural starter? I had used this wine to make a biga the other day under Sicilian. It worked out okay with the biga, but that was only left to ferment for about 12 hours.Thanks,Norma
Hmmm not sure. I've never tried that. Are you planning to use it instead of pineapple juice? Honestly I think fruit juice would probably be a better bet in the early stages of a starter (which is not to rule out using wine in a bread dough, for example, to give an interesting flavour/effect).Cheers,Toby
BurntFingers,Thank you for the information. I had wondered if instead of using fruit juice, if it would be okay to just use a little wine. I sure don't know much about making a starter. I had originally just wanted to add water and flour, but when Toby said sometimes he used fruit juice for a starter if just made me wonder if I could add the wine.I don't know how the sweet wine would affect the starter. Do you have experience in making starter's?Thanks,Norma
Toby,Thank you for going into detailed information. I understand more now what the purpose of adding the fruit juice was. That's good to hear your rye starter is doing well. Let me know how your bread turns out. The bread sounds delicious.I guess I still have a lot to learn about starters. I will just add rye flour and water and see what results I get. Do you know if it makes a difference what kind of rye flour I purchase? I saw a kind of rye flour at the grocery store today. It was Hodgson Mill old fashioned 100% Stone Ground, All Natural Rye Flour. We have a country store near us and I will check what they have there. Thanks,Norma
This is day 3 with my starter, before the pm feeding. I tried two starters. The one with water and Hodgson Mill 100% Stone Ground..All Natural Rye Flour and the other just for the heck of it same flour and 5 grams of wine to replace the water. Both starters have some small bubbles. The one with flour and water smells yeasty and the one with flour, water and small amount of wine has a faint smell of wine and yeasty. Is this the way it suppose to look? I plan on feeding with white flour when it doubles itself in 12 hours.I had no large rise in either flour since starting..just the small bubbles that can be seen here.Any advise if I am going about this right? Thanks,Norma


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101 Things All Young Adults Should Know
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At Daniel's apartment, Nicole flashes to Brady warning Daniel about her and tells Daniel there is a law in the state of Utah that denies the biological father of almost all parental rights. Daniel reads the document. Her child would need an adoptive father. Nicole thinks he's offering and hugs him. He tells her it's a last resort and runs to work.
Lord Help That Man.
Nicole gets frightening news, Chad finds EJ is just like their father, and Sami puts two and two together.
Maggie arrives at Jenn's. Abby asks after Melanie and runs off. Jenn gloats about kicking out her 'house guest from hell'. Maggie asks Jennifer to stop hurting her son. Jenn blames Nicole for taking advantage of Daniel. Maggie thinks she has shredded Daniel's heart by being disappointed in him but Jenn doubts she is that important to him.
EJ meets with a criminal lawyer in the park. He asks if he can find a loophole in the document Chad signed to keep Gabi out of prison. The lawyer can't discredit Justin and says no judge will get into bed with EJ. Those days are over and the depositions are solid.
Gabi turns up excited at Rafe's door to tell him Chad signed a document to keep quiet about her crimes. Rafe's thrilled. They hug and she runs off. He realizes what this means and calls Sami.
Sami goes to Chad's place and tells him she overheard enough of his conversation earlier with EJ to know his brother's playing him. She'd like to beat him at his own game. Chad's confused but tells Sami the whole story about EJ helping him with Gabi. Sami realizes EJ was blackmailing Rafe with Gabi's crimes so Rafe would stay away from her. Chad's pissed and tears out of the room. Sami smirks. "Go get him Chad." She runs to find Rafe when she can't find her cell.
Abigail strikes up a conversation with a surgical intern at the pub. When Cameron walks in, the girl says, "There's my date!" Abigail's jaw drops. They're introduced and Gabi walks in as they leave. Abby breaks down in tears.
Maggie arrives home. Victor has a romantic lunch set up in the living room. They kiss and she says she cherishes him. She talks about feeling helpless where Daniel's happiness is concerned.
Jenn hunts down Daniel at the cafe and apologizes for being judgmental. She wants to save their friendship. He doesn't see that happening.
Nicole goes to the hospital and hands Maxine her change of address. Maxine's surprised she has moved in with Dr. Dan. Nicole calls him a good friend. "Lord help that man," Maxine quips. Dr. Sedwik takes Nicole into a room. She'll be her doctor today but is heading to South America as soon as they're done. Nicole goes on about wanting her son to grow up to be a doctor, just like his father and talks up how much the baby was kicking until midnight last night. During the exam, the doctor says there's no heartbeat in the fetal monitor.
Both Rafe and Sami run all over Salem searching for each other.
EJ lets himself into Sami's apartment with her key. Chad barges in after him and accuses him of being a user. EJ goes ballistic after learning Sami figured out he wasn't going to help Chad get Melanie back. Chad says Sami's looking for Rafe, which makes EJ go off the deep end. There's more yelling and Chad smirks and calls his brother a back-stabber and a coward. Just like Stefano.
Sami and Rafe continue searching all over town to find each other and when they finally come together at the square, Sami cries and tells him, "I know." They kiss just as EJ comes upon them.
Chad stops Gabi outside the pub to threaten her.
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Nicole learns her baby has died.
Sami unleashes fury on EJ for his deception.
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