text:
Hello, Hello. Sign In
Please enter a valid city, state or zip code
55 reviews | 4.7 out of 5
I bought this game for my husband and he says it is one of the best games he has ever played. He kept telling me he loves me every 5 seconds so that being said I would give it 5 out 5
My 14 year old said this is a great game, graphics and story. Interactive a bonus !!!
This was a gift, for a family member and she was playing the game when I called to see if she had received it. So thumbs up.
Its a great game with amazing depth and takes a while to complete the whole game because of all the side stories and quests. Its not as big of leap forward as the second one was, but it is definitly worth the money and can be enjoyed by all gamers!
Another great AC! They just keep getting better! I hope they are working on another one :)
Great Game. It pulls the previous games into the campaign beautifully. I love that you get your own assassins, and you get to train and lvl them up. The multi player is something else. I had a hard time getting into it, there isn't ranked matching so you could be a noob going against a fully developed assassin.
I'm in love with the Assassin's Creed series, and this game reminded me why. But first I'll start with the complaints since there's only a few and they're so minor...well most of them. -This is the biggest of my complaints. When you are using a shooting weapon, you can't free aim. Why not?? You can only shoot if the person is close enough to lock onto. I would have loved to be able to free aim. I'm a sniper type.
-Minor complaint. As before, when your wanted level (notoriety) goes up ,then wanted posters appear around town. You ripped the poster off the wall to lower your wanted level. That makes perfect sense. I liked that. My complaint was that most of the posters were up on roofs of buildings. What villager is going to see it if it's up near the roof? No one but me and the pigeons.
-I HATE when the only way to save your progress is to wait for the autosave. So many games use that method for saving games. And some days you'll find yourself playing an hour longer than you wanted, just so you could save the game and not lose your progress. What's so bad about letting us save when we want to?
-Early on I bought a great sword. But all the swords that were unlocked after that were lower level swords. So I never got to upgrade to a better weapon. Why would i when one of my first swords was the best?
- It's weird that the game is called "Brotherhood", but the Brotherhood in the game really have nothing to do with the main storyline. They're mostly just for sidequests, even though the game is named after them. Weird. Now for the good stuff.
+Many popular game series are ruined when the next one is drastically different than the last one before it. Settlers was that way, and Final Fantasy too. FF 8 was totally different from FF 7. But Assassin's creed never made this mistake. Everything that was great about the previous ones is still in this one. But they added a ton of more great things. Stuff to collect, a ton of side missions, The biggest city they've ever had...etc + This game followed the most important rule of video game sequels. You gotta have more of everything, and things are bigger and better. + I could keep on playing the game forever and not get bored with it. There's always stuff i haven't tried yet, missions I can do over again if i want to try for a better performance, and more to buy. +There's only one city this time, but it's Rome and it's massive. It's their biggest city so far. +This game reminded me of why I am in love with this series. I can't wait till the next one, Revelations, comes out.
Ordered this product for my boyfriend's Christmas present. But failed to receive it before Christmas, due to being lost in the mail. Customer service was very helpful in replacing the game and now I will be able to give him his present. I feel he will be more than happy to being playing this game! I also would recommend not using the ups to usps shipping method.
This is probably the best in the Ezio series. I like the building of the Brotherhood and holding strongholds around the city. It shows how well this story was made. If you haven't played Assassin's Creed II, then I would suggest picking up that game first before playing this game as this is the sequel to it.
I love the assassin creed trilogy i cud play these games forever i love fighting the old school way weapons and this game is awesome how u train ur brotherhood ur own assassins and have them help u when ur in trouble but the only thing i didnt like about this game was is the ending it was rushed everything started happening at once cudnt do anything else then it was over but after the credits ur allowed to finish it the romolus all the small objectives but its still an awesome game
my family and I can play this game all day!.. we have to make our self stop playing so everyone can play... lol
Kids love games for X box 360 .
My husband and I are not huge gamers and found this entertaining although it is a big confusing as far as it goes. Overall it is a good game, just read the instructions and story line.
My son had a problem loading the game and some of shooting action did not register in game. Had to exchange at local store.
I got this for my son because the rating for this game was listed as "E" for everyone on the Walmart website. Well it came and was "M" which meant I had to find the receipt and take it back to the store (Christmas was too close to return). What a headache this was.
this game is fun,historically accurate,and will have your heart pumping in manhunt mode.downsides are difficult missions which are required and must be completed to continue. son spent hours and hours playing this kool game.
This game was $10 cheaper than anywhere else I could find it and the game was in my hand 3 days after I ordered it. My son-in-law loved the game. Win-Win situation!
This is the first Assasin's Creed game I have ever played and I am addicted. I will for sure be getting some of the others.
Awesome game!!! Just don't order new releases from Wal-Mart. They guarantee delivery for new release date, but can't deliver. Very disappointing!!!


text:
NEW YORK (AP) - The collection, called "Look at the Birdie," contains 14
stories by the author of "Slaughterhouse-Five" and other works,
Delacorte Press announced Friday.
The publisher says it plans to reissue 15 Vonnegut titles including "Mother Night," "The Sirens of Titan," "Galapagos" and "Slaughterhouse-Five." Also due: another collection of his
unpublished writings and a book of letters sent to and from the
author during his life.
More never-before-seen stories by Vonnegut appeared in the 2008
collection "Armageddon in Retrospect."
Vonnegut died in April 2007 at the age 84. His works contained
elements of social commentary, sci-fi and autobiography.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Crime Stoppers of Holmes County is currently asking for the public's assistance in locating several wanted persons.
Bradley Kylie Nelson-McDonald (18), Adrienne M. Farkas (30), Emmanuel Lee Shelton (20), and Harlan B. Hagler (35) are all wanted in Holmes County.
Anyone with information concerning the whereabouts of any one of these wanted persons can call Crime Stoppers of Holmes County at 866-689-8477.
You will not have to give your name and you may be entitled to a cash reward of up to one thousand dollars.
You may also call the Holmes County Sheriff's Office at 547-3681.


text:
Find a course
Find the course you are looking for by either selecting it from the dropdown or entering a keyword
View All Courses
- Premium Package
- ADAS Aquaculture
- ADAS Diver Medic Technician
- ADAS Part 4 Closed Bell
- Kirby Morgan Helmet & Bandmask Operator Course
- Upgrade ADAS Part 1 to Part 2
- Upgrade ADAS Part 2 to Part 3
- Upgrade ADAS Part 1 to Part 3
- ADAS Part 1 Restricted (Scientific)
- ADAS Part 2 Restricted
- ADAS Supervisors Course
- ADAS Recognised Prior Learning (Part 3)
- Tasmania
- Diver Training
- Case Studies
Case Studies
To help you get a better understanding of our commercial diver training and where it will lead you, you can read the stories below of a number of our commercial diving students.
If you have any questions, get in touch with our Student Advisors.
ADAS Part 4 Closed Bell
Gabriel talks about his journey from construction worker to closed bell diverADAS Part 4 Closed Bell
Premium Package
Erik Jakobson came from Canada to train as a commercial diver on the Premium PackagePremium Package
Standard Package
Steve Hallett talks about going from mining to divingStandard Package
ADAS Part 4 Closed Bell
Craig Hackett tells how training as a saturation diver has opened doorsADAS Part 4 Closed Bell
ADAS Aquaculture
Mark Cate broadens his career horizons as an aquaculture diverADAS Aquaculture


text:
When a file is deleted from the hard drive and the free space it used to occupy is securely overwritten (wiped), recovery tools can still usually find the file was there and show its name. As far as I understand this is because some data about old files is left in MFT area. How to eliminate this?
Short answer, it is not possible.
The MFT is a complex dynamic table file at the heart of the NTFS. To change one small part of it, corrupts the whole drive.
MS isn't telling how it is structured, and no one is going to risk putting out a application on a trial and error basis, that 'cleans' the file names, if there is any chance it will destroy the system.
(Oh yes, insert negative comments about MS exposing peoples data here.)
So depending on the pros and cons, you may want to restart with a fresh install, and then use less sensitive file names and use secure deletion at the recycling bin. Use TrueCrypt containers to keep files separate from programs. Perhaps FDE (Full Disk Encryption) is a option if it is that important.
To make things clear to others, it is not what Ccleaner and the others do, drive wiping the MTF and defragging it and all the rest doesn't clean the MFT names. They overwrite the file spaces in the MTF, but the names remain. It is the deletion of the FILE NAMES ONLY that the OP is asking about. (File names that can only be seen with specialized file recovery applications)
I've used the MFT wipe free space with CClean. (It does take forever, up to several days.)
Before running wipe, I could easily get a full list of previously deleted files with Recuva, despite the files being several years old and overwritten multiple times beyond recovery. This is because Recuva takes the list of files from MFT. https://www.piriform.com/docs/recuva/technical-information/how-recuva-works (Unless you run the deepscan, which actually goes through the disk, seeing what's in there. This also takes forever, however.)
After running MFT wipe free space with CClean, Recuva finds nothing. Not without deepscan anyways. Therefore, I'm fairly certain CClean also takes MFT into account whilst wiping.
First, check how many files Recuva reports that can be recovered. Say it is 1001.
I think Paragon Hard Disk Manager Suite (Pro?) can help you do this by shrinking the MFT:
It can shrink the MFT, which means deleted file records won't be there anymore.
Revo Uninstaller freeware wipes the MFT almost completely. Tested on formated WD 500GB with AVG PC tuneup utility to view the MFT size before Revo Unistaller and after Revo Unistaller. MFT almost completely gone while before it was enormous.
Go to Tools --> Tracks Cleaner --> Evidence Remover --> select drive and run it.


text:
Holiday Apartment in Suburb (Veli Vrh)
Størrelse65 m²
- Air condition
- Internet/WIFI
- Balkon/terrasse
- Håndklæder
- Familie/børnevenlig
- Køkken
- Parkering tilgængelig
- Kæledyr tilladt
|Belasova, 52100 Pula, Kroatien
|Inden for få timer
|Kalenderen er opdateret
|En uge siden
Apartment is located on the first floor of the family house, well equiped.
The holiday apartment is surrounded by 700 sqm large, enclosed garden property with private parking.
The app consists of :
- dining room with aircondition
- kitchen
- 1. bedroom (double bed) with aircondition
- 2. bedroom (folding bed) for 2 person + sofa bed for 1 person
- bathroom (wc, washbasin, shower)
- terrace with sitting furniture
Kitchen equipment:
stove : 4 gas cooking rings
refrigerator with freezing compartment
coffe machine
App. equiped with SAT TV, aircondition and internet Wi-Fi, private parking
Damage deposit - 50,00€
Pets allowed - 5,00€ supplement per day
|Pris for > 4 gæster
|63 DKK pr. gæst/ekstra nat
|Check-in efter
|Check-in før
|Efter aftale
|Check ud før
Vi fik lov til at være 5 nætter gæster i denne lejlighed. Venlighed af ejeren Vi var meget imponerede - tak! Lejligheden er godt udstyret, meget ren og rummelige. Det anbefales i alle tilfælde!
Wir durften 5 Nächte Gäste in dieser Ferienwohnung sein. Die Freundlichkeit der Vermieter hat uns sehr beeindruckt - Danke! Die Wohnung ist gut ausgestattet, war sehr sauber und geräumig. Sie ist auf jeden Fall zu empfehlen!
We can recommend this apartment to everyone. It is spacious and quiet. The landlord and his wife are very friendly and nice people. Upon arrival we even got a tour by the landlord, he showed us places and beaches which we would never have found be ourselves. The location is convenient and about 2 kilometers from the center of Pula. It is a perfect base for exploring Pula and the surrounding area.
Awesome hus i den typiske istriske stil, frisk renoveret, meget ren og komfortabel. Vi var to og huse størrelse var helt perfekt for os. Ejeren bifaldt os med frisk frugt og lokal vin og var altid til rådighed. Området er meget roligt, i 10 min afstand (i bil) en dejlig strand (Duga Uvala).
Awesome house in the typical istrian style, freshly renovated, very clean and comfortable. We were two and the houses size was absolutely perfect for us. The owner welcomed us with fresh fruit and local wine and was always available. The area is very calm, in 10 min distance (by car) a nice Beach (Duga Uvala).
Vi vil være tilbage. !!! Meget flot og meget venlige
Wir kommen wieder. Sehr schön und sehr freundlich!!!
Meget elskværdige værter, hvor man føler sig hjemme.
Ganz liebenswürdige Gastgeber, bei denen man sich wie zu Hause fühlt.
+ Nice, clean Apartment
+ Friendly neighbours and animals
+ Short distance to Pula and Beach
+ Quiet Neighbourhood
- Weak Wifi Signal + No Pans
Lovely, spacious and clean apartment in a friendly suburb of Pula. The large terrace is a huge bonus, we had a great time.
Lovely apartment, good air con. We had an amazing time in such a beautiful place. Lavanda restaurant just down the road is great too!! Easy walk to the beach and a shop just round the corner. Ideal! Marko was great too and answered all my questions straight away. Will definitely use these guys again
We had a very pleasant stay in this apartment. After a long ride from the Netherlands to Croatia, the family gave us a very warm welcome with an ice-cold bottle of Istrian wine. We could ask everything during our stay, they will always very helpful. When we left they even had a very nice farewell present for us, some typical Istrian schnaps. We had the ground floor apartment, which is all very new. There was a small terrace, but actually we could use the whole big yard any time. So for our dog that was also very nice. The nearest beach was 15-20 minutes by car. Groceries could be done in a big supermarket at approx 25 min from the house. In the tiny village of the house there was a small market where you could buy the necessary things like daily fresh bread etc.
Touristic places like Porec, Pula and Rovinj were all accessible by car (resp. 45, 30 and 40 minutes drive). We definitely would recommend this apartment with this family anytime!
The host cancelled the booking, this review is automated.
- Kvalitetssikrede boliger
- Alle værter verificeres via telefon
- Sikker betaling med SSL-kryptering


text:
Hey guys :)
I need to insert some ad-code to my permalink pages, because I know eventually The Daily Llama will be getting more traffic DIRECTLY to those pages = no money to run my server.
What file am I looking for though?
I'm using the Default template, fyi jic
Thanks in advance


text:
[Watch] Here's What Happens When Your Side Chick Crashes Your Wedding
It's a scene out of a Tyler Perry movie.
Chief Keef is not going to like this. After being sentenced to 60 days in juvenile detention last week for violating his probation, the 17-year-old rapper is now facing a lawsuit for child support.
TMZ.com is reporting that a teenage girl, possibly still in middle school, has filed a petition for child support in Chicago against the rap star. The young mom alleges that Keef fathered her daughter in 2011 and is seeking an undisclosed amount in monthly support, along with health insurance and medical expenses.
Keef, real name Keith Cozart, purportedly fathered the child when he was 15 years old. TMZ, speculates that the mother could have been in the 6th grade at the time. In the state of Illinois it is illegal for anyone under the age of 18 to engage in sexual acts, even if consensual.
"When both parties are between 9 and 17 years old, the older person commits a crime called 'criminal sexual abuse.'"
Though offenders can be imprisoned for up to a year and are required to register as a sex offender for 10 years, the crime is hardly ever prosecuted. It is unlikely that the rapper will face charges for the relationship.
BET.com is your #1 source for Black celebrity news, photos, exclusive videos and all the latest in the world of hip hop and R&B music.
Click here to subscribe to our newsletter.
It's a scene out of a Tyler Perry movie.
A few fellow students have taken to Instagram displaying an appalling lack of remorse


text:
Gandi News
Press releases
- Please see our press page here.
About Gandi
Gandi Image Library
Need logos to illustrate your articles?
Need logos to illustrate your articles?
We suggest migrating your data to another of our datacenters
Get a Global Domain Name or .gdn for just US$1.50.
Certain IaaS servers will be stop/started following revelations of a new Xen vulnerability
Time to get .shopping! The latest e-commerce TLD, .shopping has entered the Sunrise phase.
Take a summer holiday to .je or .gg, now 50% off to create or 25% off to renew.
Despite objections and other controversies, .now, .cam, .shopping, and .art were all delegated this June.
Now you know your ABC... but you might want a .XYZ domain, only $3.99 per year.
We're not playing any .game here: .games really is entering the Sunrise phase.
For .tech, .online, and .site, it's not just new domains on sale. Renewals are now half-price until December 31


text:
By Mrs Melissa K Buckley (Leonard Wood)January 26, 2012
FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. -- Trains on Fort Leonard Wood are moving again after a nearly two-year hiatus. The railroad has only been lightly used due to bridge replacements down the 18-mile section of the Fort Leonard Wood spur.
"Fort Leonard Wood operates three engines to support the mobility requirements on the installation. The tempo is expected to increase in 2012," said Terry Collins, Directorate of Public Works civil engineering tech.
The trains are used to move heavy freight: for example, tanks.
"Anything on a M1 tank chassis or M60 chassis. If it weighs more than 60 tons, then it requires a special method of transportation. Rail is the logical way to move it," said Herb Haitt, Motor Transport officer. "It's been used in the past to bring in ammunition and Soldiers, as well."
The Army-owned rail spur starts in Newburg, Mo., and is about 18 miles. Hiatt said on post the trains run down the supply area toward the Directorate of Public Works.
"The crossings I am mainly concerned about are off post. There have been incidents of people not paying attention to railroad crossings and signals during recent testing, and some folks appear to think the Army Rail Line is abandoned and that's far from the truth," Hiatt said.
Although there have not been any accidents, Collins agreed. He said the Misty Mountain crossing, located on Thunder Road in St. Robert, presents concerns.
It is a blind curve for train crews approaching the crossing from the installation, which according to Collins, have an inability to stop 150 tons in a short distance.
"In an attempt to ensure safety for the residents of Misty Mountain and the train crews, the stop signs of the past were replaced by lighted signals," Collins said. "A solar-operated set of lighted signals are in operation."
John Cobleigh, garrison safety manager, has a few simple rules to apply, now that the post's railway is operating again.
"Only proceed through a railway crossing if you are sure you can completely clear the crossing without stopping. If your vehicle stalls on a crossing, immediately get everyone out and far away from the tracks. Call 911 or your local emergency number for assistance," Cobleigh said. "Always expect a train. Trains do not follow set schedules."
Hiatt said the main thing he wants people to remember is to look and listen at crossings.
"We do sound very loud horns. It's not worth your life to try to beat the train. It's hard to judge how fast a train is moving because of their size," Hiatt said. "We are concerned for people's safety."


text:
Pinker, On Morality
In "The Moral Instinct," Steven Pinker, a professor of psychology at Harvard University, describes a new sixth sense. "The moral sense," he calls it. It's the way we, as human beings, determine what issues are moral or amoral. Take smoking, for instance. Years ago, it was widely considered to be a health issue. Many non-smokers didn't smoke because they worried about how cigarettes could affect their lungs and heart. When scientists determined that second-hand smoke was unhealthy too, smoking became a moral issue.
By Pinker's estimation, there is a new science of morality. Scientists study how we decide what we think is moral, and why and how our interpretation of morality changes. In our second hour, Pinker will join us to talk about our moral instinct. How have you decided what is right and wrong? Has your sense of what is right and wrong changed?
You must be signed in to leave a comment. Sign In / Register
Please keep your community civil. All comments must follow the NPR.org Community rules and terms of use, and will be moderated prior to posting. NPR reserves the right to use the comments we receive, in whole or in part, and to use the commenter's name and location, in any medium. See also the Terms of Use, Privacy Policy and Community FAQ.
There is another possible choice in the runaway trolley scenario, which is that one could also save the five workers by jumping off the bridge oneself. Where might that show up in the brain, or moral spectrum?
how does this relate to the Sapir-Wharf hypothesis? That is, how well can one be "untrained" culturally what is 'moral"
The first time I heard Steve Pinker discuss his 'trolley problem; I was amazed that he did not consider another alternative...the altruistic action of sacrificing one's one life (by throwing oneself onto the tracks) in order to save the group of workers. Please comment on this ...hard-wired? I think for many this would be a thought=provoking possibility.
Is there any relationship between your research on the moral sense and Dr. Fowler's "sense of altruism"?
I've always wondered whether difference in reactions that people have to the two versions of the "trolley" thought experiment was not due more to the fact that in the one situation there is a seemingly legitimate dichotomy (either 1 or 5 people will die). In the other case, the certainty that a fat man will derail the trolley is questionable so there may be 6 deaths in stead of 5.
My moral code is, I think, strongly influenced by my reasoning. And, I think that my instantaneous reactions based on my moral instinct arise from my trained "blink" response... the same response is sometimes called intuition, that serves as my primary instantaneous "experience filter", so to speak. I can change my instantaneous response by training myself to think in a different way about it. The training happens throughout my childhood, so it may seem like I'm born with it, but I don't think so. What I'm born with is parents and a culture which shapes my instinct.
Through the fat man in front of the train? To me the critical difference is personal choice. If there are two groups already in danger, then my decision is the only one to consider. With the fat man in the train, I would be taking away another person's freedom to decide. This is an added moral conundrum, which tips the balance. I must allow the fat man to throw himself in front of the train.
I'm sorry to say that even though a friend sent along Pinker's piece in the Times, I have yet to read it. My question is how Pinker sees the connection between his psychological question about the evolution or development of morality and the philosophical or "first-person" question: What should I do?
Re: Bumper sticker- if you are against abortion don't have one- does not trivialize the moral issue. As a vegetarian I think it is immoral to eat meat but I don't force my morality on others, I just live it. So although I know that there are people that think abortion is murder, just as those who think capital punishment or war is murder, they do not have to participate in this immoral act but shouldn't try to stop others who have a different moral view.
Morality = an ideal code of conduct expressed with great empathy.
Male-Female morality differences involve control issues:
Males tend to be in-control or out-of-control due to their turbo-charged endogenous steroids, thus they exhibit:
-Control & Manipulate
-Obsessed with power and authority
-Reactive rather than reflective judgment
Females tend to be more contemplative, thoughtful, thus they
-Avoid conflicts due to size/strength dimorphism
-Long-term investors
-Obsessed with harmony and simplicity and empathy
-Reflective rather than reactive judgment
Males could benefit from Contemplative Practice and tame their urge to react.
I feel like "morality" is one of the most socially and environmentally constructed phenomenons in humans! We are not born with any innate set, and morals are extremely flexible. They change on an individual basis daily and in whole societies! His Pinker mentioned any actual proof of a genetic source of morality?
As an atheist, I've found it interesting that religious people will always note their moral superiority over non-believers, despite evidence to the contrary. Could it be that morals as a sixth sense doesn't work when morals are imposed as a sociological phenomenon (e.g.; homosexuality is morally wrong 'cause god says so). I don't think you can develop a true sense of morality until you learn to justify your morals through reason.
One specific form of morality can be seen with altruism. This a a fairly straight forward concept and "morality" in humans is an unbelievably complex concept, yet Richard Dawkin's argument that people are inherently not altruistic still has yet to be accepted. I feel that because humans are not born with an innate set of morals and because of the wide variation of individual and group morals throughout ones life, that morality is one of the most environmentally and socially constructed phenomenons in humans!
A very common ailment among adults is that they fail to remember that they were once children. Children are completely selfish.
this is the innate human tendency. Only through smacking up against societies rules do we learn to curb our selfish tendencies.
I'd have liked to hear Steven Pinker's response the the final callers concern about the person who sacrifices his life by diving on a grenade. How can such an action lead to passing on of (apparently) selfless genes since the action leads to the destruction of said genes?
If the self sacrificing genes were essentially programing the body they had coded for to sacrifice itself in order to save members of its family, those genes would likely see an increase in future copies of themselves, since family members have about a 50% chance of containing the same genes (if only one parent contains the genes). As long as the grenade dive saves more than two family members the diver's genes have benefited themselves, and such a self-sacrificing dive gene (or set of genes) would increase in the population.
if the military manipulates people into feeling they are fighting for family, it would make sense that such a grenade dive is a misfiring of that gene selfishness.
This makes sense to me, but I would have really liked to hear Professor Pinker's comments on the matter.
The problem with the trolley concept is that switching the lever to kill one instead of five gives the one and the five an equal chance to respond and survive but switching to the one reduces the number and does not kill anyone but pushing the fat man may not save anyone but could kill the fat man.
The idea that the answer is that people don???t like pushing the fat guy because of the physical aspect is not the case.
This is a ridiculous comparison.
I would love to hear Steven Pinker's take on how a public elementary school teacher can address/accept/influence the moral development of young learners (3rd grade).
What are the guidelines and/or research regarding teaching/modeling/expecting the classroom environment to be based on my own moral values? What is appropriate and what crosses the line?
Are there other educators that grapple with moral issues with their students, parents, administrators, and policy-makers.
How do you manage the cultural and biological differences of moral development among us all in order to create a learning environment?
The example given of diverting a train from killing 5 workers to kill 1 worker versus pushing a fat man into the path of the train to save the 5 is an interesting one. Mr. Pinker argued that the two are equal in terms of physics but not equally moral--that causing harm in order to do good is considered immoral. This argued equality seems very counterintuitive.
The person on the bridge seems to be in a position of higher risk (and here I'm using risk to refer to the risk to the bystander as well as the repercussions to he-who-pushes). Can he appropriately gauge the weight of the man next to him? Can he guess the speed and weight of the train, the distance in which the train must stop? Can he do the math? That's a big mental burden to place on someone who realizes that a speeding train is about to be involved in a fatal accident. Making the observer omniscient and free of what happens after the collision kills the humanness--what after all is being measured--of the whole thought experiment.
On the other hand, the person standing next to the switch can presumably confirm, at least visually, the result of his action. He doesn't risk killing a bystander plus five by making a decimal point error. The intuitive notion to not push seems much more reasonable in this light, making this scenario a better example of hindsight bias than of inconsistent moral choices.
This doesn't mean that morality isn't objective or can't be approached scientifically. Intuition (perhaps a fancy term for inconcrete mental math) is a poor guide when it takes the wrong factors into account or weighs them wrongly. Discovering objective measures for moral questions--what is helpful to take into account--is certainly smart, but there's too much uncertainty in the world to hope for codified rules. Isaac Asimov's four laws of robotics seem like a fine start until you realize that all his stories about the four laws point out how utterly they fail the test of working in the real world.
As a child of the '50s, I was indoctrinated in psychology classes in the motivation theories of the behaviorists' physical needs reduction and Freudians' sex and aggression. This "science" conflicted with my own observations, and it formed a foundation of negative ethics and, in turn, morbid social institutions. I transcended that conditioning, and formulated a counter theory of motivation that included instinctive compassion and altruism. When I suggested it to a psych teacher in the '70s, I found that it was still scientific heresy! THANK YOU, Prof. Pinker.
Perhaps empathy itself is in part responsible for the apparently paradoxical responses to the trolly question. I don't remember whether the question was "what would you do?" or "What would be the right thing to do?" but I think my point hold in either case.
Lets assume that that throwing the man off the bridge will in fact achieve the desired effect but will in fact kill the guy, And that throwing the switch will just as certainly kill the single individual on the track and save the 5 in the train.
The fact is that being grabbed and thrown from a bridge before a speeding train would be much more horrific that being struck suddenly by an unseen train. Maybe this weighing of immediate suffering effected peoples calculations.
The fact that the idea of throwing oneself off the bridge was never raised as an alternative is I believe because the 'self' was assumed not to be fat enough.That's a discussion in itself.
What an interesting & though-provoking program. As a public school Kdgn. teacher, defining morals can be tricky--especially when I am required to leave religious influence distinctly out. It has become 2nd nature to me to discuss with children the need for respecting others as part of the golden rule rather than as the word of god. By intentionally pointing out when another class is noisy or when others are rude and then discussing how that behavior caused our class to view them or how the behavior negatively affected our classroom, children quickly learn to understand the reasoning behind the desired behaviors and are able to act accordingly out of mutual respect & understanding instead of acting due to fear of punishment. It is interesting that as children internalize morals and rules, tattling behaviors emerge--it is their way of making sure they know the rules, it is how they let adults know they know the rules and how kids show that they want the rules to be followed and enforced. Any infraction they witness is immediately pointed out to the nearest authority figure. Many adults do the same with religious/morality issues, do they not? The difference is, of course, that adult issues do promote conversations and discussions, which we refer to as society's moral issues, and though consensus is generally never achieved, a compromise is reached (tolerance of homosexuality, 2nd hand smoke, divorce, etc.)that most can live with. It is interesting, though, that some adults never get past the tattling stage.
What if the one on the track was your son? Would you still pull the switch to save the five? Christianity answers, "Yes!" For God so loved the world, that He gave his only begotten Son... Without any hesitation I would sacrifice my life for any one of my six children. But what if I had to sacrifice 1 for the remaining five? With unspeakable sadness, yes I would.
Since having the power at one's fingertips to decide in a split second who gets to live and who deserves to die so that others might live is in reality an awesome responsibility, is it possible that the part of the brain that lights up during the fictional Trolley Car story is really the "Playing God In Hypothetical Scenarios That Have No Actual Repercussions In Real Life" area instead?
The switch was pulled when we went to war with Iraq. Thousands of soldiers, (countless men women and children) are being mowed down day after day. May their sacrifice be remembered by all who ride this train.
Where is the NPR love? The amazing WNYC program, RadioLab covered this exact topic months (years?) before Pinker wrote his article. And they did a fantastic radio-theatre version of the trolley problem.
Great to cover this on TOTN, but I think RadioLab has earned itself a plug (as it got from This American Life).
Listening to Dr. Pinker discussing to the difference between killing someone with your bare hands, as opposed to simply starting a chain of events which leads to his death, the image which immediately came to my mind was that of a man signing his name, and having a GPS guided bomb dropped on an enemy, without so much as getting his suit dirty, from an ocean away. Surely this is a far cry from sticking a knife into someone's heart, while looking him in the eyes. Is it more civilized? Does it matter? Perhaps we're no different from the ancient Romans, who shaved off their beards and put the stamp of civilization on their every atrocity. I imagine they considered table manners as much as morality, or at least considered them in much the same way.
Empathy is fine, but it is limited. We empathize with people who are like us. More to the point, we imagine empathy for whom we imagine are like us. I imagine the Hatfields and McCoys, living opposite each other, getting to know each other, maybe enough to hate each other. That's a very different thing from the sorts of international conflicts in which the U.S. is now engaged, with people who speak other languages, of other faiths, whose faces are unseen and whose voices are unheard. There's little room for empathy there, for getting to know the enemy, for hatred, for us. To us, it's about deference to vague principles, large indifference to the adversaries, as such, except for a certain amount of visceral disgust. Death is dealt with a sort of detachment, with which one might dispatch an unwanted cockroach. It isn't personal, mostly... except, no doubt, they take it personally.
re: Diana Drucker's comment
I will use the moral issue of homicide to relate to the moral issue of abortion. As a society, we generally desire law enforcement to stop a homicide before it happens. To decide not to be a murderer does not stop other people from engaging in homicide. I think we can all agree that homicide is immoral. We have chosen a side and agreed to have the police stop attempts at homicide.
The bumper sticker stops short of taking sides on the abortion issue. It's saying, "Everyone can do as they please." Were this sentiment applied to the laws on homicide, the police would not be stopping homicides.
Likewise this sentiment makes no effort to address a solution for the abortion issue. If you do not take a stand on whether abortion should be legal or illegal then you also can not reach a decision on whether it is moral or immoral. Thus, the sentiment of the bumper sticker trivializes the moral issue.
There was a failure by the good doctor to give a robust definition of what "morality" is, which I think is necessary when speaking about moral decision-making. The fact is, if morality is subjective (culturally, personally, or otherwise), like the doctor implied, then there's nothing obligatory about them. And if morality is objective, then what is the source of these objective, immaterial entities, and how does a material brain aprehend an immaterial entity? Moreover, if decision-making is the result of electro-chemical activity in the brain, then there's no decision-making occurring whatsoever. In such a case, morality is an illusion, as well as volition and free-will. Such a view renders notions of duty and responsibility as illusory also. I find this Darwinian theory of ethics is poorly developed, naive, and entirely insufficient to explain the human condition and human behavior.
I usually put my kids together for bath in the tub. My older one used to hate getting water in her eyes, now she is past that but my younger one still dreads water on the face. Sometimes I am forced to pour water on their heads to move things along, at which point the younger one cries and complains, and the older one almost always hugs her and consoles her. This is a display of empathy, its based on her own experience being in a similar situation. I am not a religious person; my older child is still too small to have learnt empathy from her family or friends, so she has to have been born with empathy. Now that we have established that, I think morals are just rules societies make up based on intrinsic qualities like empathy.
Prof. Pinker erred in admonishing that Jesus wholly accepted the Old Testament Actually, Jesus indicated that he came as a reformer of the old law, sent by "his father" (God).
It seems to me that although culture and the severity of times has a restricting or liberating effect on our public morals, our conscience is rooted in the natural law placed in our hearts by the creator.
Rom 2:14-15(Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature things required by the law, they are a law for themselves, even though they do not have the law, 15 since they show that the requirements of the law are written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts now accusing, now even defending them.)NIV
I've been very concerned about our political and judicial leaders using situational ethics to decide whether waterboarding is acceptable. Our nation needs to stand for more than "right now."
The loud background noise did not create anxiety reducing kindness. Rather, the observer considers the embarrassment felt by the person dropping the papers to be less when the background noise is high. Assistance was more forthcoming to support the greater embarrassment felt by the "droppee" when the sound of the drop was higher above the background.
Hell is religions' security cameras. Both systems of morality have voluntary and involuntary imperatives to behave in certain ways.


text:
RuPaul Has a Very Good Reason for Avoiding Fashion Week
"I cannot stand the people."By Amy Odell
"I cannot stand the people."By Amy Odell
One go-go bar becomes a sports bar while the other fights for its right to party.By Daniel Maurer
Two men were apprehended, even though one tried to make an escape.By Chris Rovzar
A new blog focuses on the city's most underappreciated food borough.By Daniel Maurer
Proof that the sketchiest bars have the cheesiest names?By Daniel Maurer
Sorry, the people who were concerned about them killed them.By Jessica Pressler
Thirty were arrested after the cops found Ketamine and counterfeit cigarettes galore on Saturday night.By Zeke Turner
How a carjacking proved to be good publicity for a new Thai restaurant.By Daniel Maurer
The Voice has released a cheap-eats list, but one thing is noticeably absent.By Daniel Maurer
Third-quarter real-estate market reports for Brooklyn and Queens indicate housing in the boroughs has not yet hit bottom.By S. Jhoanna Robledo
The radio station is set to move out of its Shea Stadium–esque dump of a studio.By Joe DeLessio
Is Luigi's the best pizza in Brooklyn? And is the city's best pie in Staten Island?By Daniel Maurer
Ahmad Wais Afzali was a double agent for the FBI, but also allegedly a double-crosser.By Chris Rovzar
Najibullah Zazi is acting strangely calm about all this.By Chris Rovzar
Our subway system is being eyed as a possible target for a suspected bomb plot.By Chris Rovzar
Though several people were detained, no terrorist materials have yet been found from the search of three Queens homes.By Chris Rovzar
A gastropub-cum–karaoke-parlor and a pig-intestine casserole.By Daniel Maurer
A recap of last night's outer-borough episode of 'No Reservations.'By Daniel Maurer
A group of Queens neighbors had a pleasant, but puzzling and foul-smelling, surprise yesterday.By Chris Rovzar
Mysterious man lifted into air by overjoyed bodega owner.By Lindsay Robertson


text:
23,000 Members Strong - The Largest and Oldest Mom Blogger Social Network
I'm feeling a little overwhelmed lately and it's my own doing. I have become one of those over-scheduled moms who tries to do it all plus some...we have an activity for almost every day of the week, belong to a local mom's social group, play groups, I do laundry twice a week, keep a fairly clean house, and have this blog.Now I have a job interview tomorrow. Yes a job interview. I have been consid…
© 2016 Created by Mom Bloggers Club.
Powered by
Badges |
Report an Issue |
Terms of Service
Please check your browser settings or contact your system administrator.


text:
Reload the page and try again.
I love sociology there's a lot of papers to write but it is enjoyable to understand how society in and of itself works and how we can contribute not just by volunteering but by getting a deeper understanding of the infrastructure and understanding the marrow of the bones of society help us understand what we need to do to help it.
I love the History department here. The professors know what they are talking about. They don't waste your time. They give tutoring every day.
{{review.SectionLabel}} at {{review.EntityName}}:
Sorry, there are no reviews.
Non-registered users are limited to 5 school profile page views per month.
Register for free to gain full access!


text:
News By Tag
Industry News
News By Place
Industry News
New Technology For Seniors New TV Commercial - No Monthly Charge Medical Alert System
The time has finally arrived for a Medical Alert System for Seniors without any Monthly Charges, Ever.
The time has finally arrived for a Medical Alert System for Seniors without any Monthly Charges, Ever.
Assistive Technology Services announces the release of their new TV commercial announcing to the nation the Newest Medical Alert System on the market.
The best part is there are No Monthly Charges for this alert system, ever.
"This is a game changer in the industry" says Ron, (senior executive of ATS).
Seniors will no longer be stuck with contracts of any kind and can now afford a medical alert system by just paying once for the equipment and never again.
The other major advantage of this system is the ability to actually talk through the alert button. This feature is NOT on the big named alert systems. You have to yell across the house with those old units. This system is the most advanced system available today.
LEARN MORE by going to
CALLING TOLL FREE 866-927-3577 or
or watching a preview of the soon to be released TV announcement by clicking the link below.
Account Email Address Account Phone Number Disclaimer Report Abuse


text:
College Tutors
Elementary Tutors
High School Tutors
Accounting Tutors
Algebra Tutors
Anatomy Tutors
Biochemistry Tutors
Biology Tutors
Calculus Tutors
Chemistry Tutors
English Tutors
Essay Tutors
Finance Tutors
Geometry Tutors
Math Tutors
Microeconomics Tutors
Organic Chemistry Tutors
Phonics Tutors
Physics Tutors
Pre-algebra Tutors
Reading Tutors
New York Regents Exams Tutors
Science Tutors
Statistics Tutors
Trigonometry Tutors
Writing Tutors
Most children begin learning phonics by sounding out letters and learning what items represent that sound and that letter, i.e. A is for apple; A sounds like "aaaaaaaaaaaaaa". Children begin learning phonics from parents, siblings, videos, and music at a very early age (2-4 years old) even before entering school.
Phonics and phonemic awareness are comingled when teaching children in this manner. Phonics involves the relationship between sounds and written symbols, whereas phonemic awareness involves sounds in spoken words. Therefore, phonics instruction focuses on teaching sound-spelling relationships and is associated with print. Most phonemic awareness tasks are oral.
Even though parents are the initial teachers, it will take a professional to instill all of the rules of phonics and to teach students decoding skills as they begin to read. Hiring a tutor with experience teaching early learners will ensure a student's success as they begin elementary school. A professional tutor can also reinforce phonics for those students that were taught the Whole Language approach to reading and are still struggling in 2nd and 3rd grades. Hiring an Advanced Learners tutor is a guarantee that you will receive a professional tutor that can make a difference in a child's ability to read.
High school is a busy time. Learning to balance academics and fun can be very challenging for students. Unfortunately, report card grades cannot be erased and college competitiveness makes high school performance all the more crucial. Our high school tutors understand how to help your child find academic success now. We specialize in providing high school students with exceptional educators who have a passion for their subject area. If your high school student is struggling, or simply wants to improve, we have the right tutor for you!
We offer our clients choice when searching for a tutor, and we work with you all the way through the selection process. When you choose to work with one of our tutors, expect quality, professionalism, and experience. We will never offer you a tutor that is not qualified in the specific subject area you request. We will provide you with the degrees, credentials, and certifications each selected tutor holds so that you have the same confidence in them that we do. And for your peace of mind, we conduct a nation-wide criminal background check, sexual predator check and social security verification on every single tutor we offer you. We will find you the right tutor so that you can find success!


text:
• LeBron James, Cavaliers: 51 points, 4 rebounds, 9 assists, 2 steals, 3 blocks and 4 3-pointers in an overtime victory over the Kings.
• Leon Powe, Celtics: 30 points, 11 rebounds and 5 blocks while shooting 10-for-14 from the floor in 41 minutes against the Grizzlies.
• Jason Kidd, Mavericks: 21 points, 10 rebounds, 11 assists, 2 steals and 5 3-pointers in a loss to the Warriors.
• Francisco Garcia, Kings: 3 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, a 3-pointer and 6 fouls in just 23 minutes against the Cavs.
• Caron Butler, Wizards: 5 points, 1 rebound, 2 assists and a steal on 1-of-7 shooting from the floor in just 18 minutes before leaving with a hamstring injury at halftime.
• Marquis Daniels, Pacers: 8 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists on just 4-for-14 shooting from the floor in a loss to the Hawks.
It may be too little too late, but Monta Ellis put up a brilliant 29-point, 11-rebound, three-assist, one-steal effort in Friday's 119-110 victory over the Mavericks. This came off the heels of a 19-point, six-assist, one-steal performance in his return from a seven-game absence on Wednesday. With averages of 24.0 points, 7.0 rebounds, 4.5 assists and a steal in two games since his return, Ellis may finally be healthy enough to help fantasy owners for the stretch run. He was dropped in many leagues after his initial comeback attempt appeared to fail, and while it may be a long shot, you should certainly check to see if he's available in your league. There is no doubt that he's a risky guy to hang your hat on right now (particularly with Don Nelson running the show), but his upside is undeniable and he could finally be ready to reward fantasy owners who have been patient with him all season long.
Under the boards
Danny Granger's knee injury is proving to be even more worrisome than initially suspected. He missed his 10th consecutive game Friday as the Pacers are in the middle of a battle for the final playoff spot in the East. One would think that he'd be pushing it to come back for the playoff run, so he has to be hurting pretty bad if he can't go now. Marquis Daniels, who has played well in Granger's absence, couldn't step up against the Hawks finishing with just 8 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists on 4-for-14 shooting from the floor in 35 minutes. He didn't have his game last night, but should be fine going forward as long as Granger is out. Antonio McDyess has been a rebounding machine as of late and on Friday in Toronto finished with 16 points, 13 rebounds and 3 blocks. He's getting some extra run with Rasheed Wallace sidelined and has averaged 12.0 points, 14.0 rebounds and 1.2 blocks per game over his past five. Don't read too much into Andrea Bargnani's lack of minutes on Friday. He played just eight minutes before leaving early with the flu. In his absence, Chris Bosh went off for 27 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists in a loss to the Pistons. Bargnani wasn't the only one suffering with the flu last night -- the bug also limited Kevin Love in Minnesota. Love finished with just six points and four rebounds, but did salvage the night by blocking four shots in just 26 minutes of action. After struggling since the acquisition of Larry Hughes, Wilson Chandler is starting to get back into the grove with 24 points, 12 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals, 2 3-pointers and a block on Friday night. His recent production seems to be coming at the expense of Al Harrington, who had just 12 points and three rebounds in 23 minutes. With Chris Duhon hurting, Nate Robinson blew up for 25 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 steals and a 3-pointer on Friday night. Robinson is going to be huge while Duhon mends.
Willie Solomon had 18 points with five 3-pointers and a steal in a loss to the Cavs on Friday. He played well while backing up Jose Calderon in Toronto and could have some sneaky value if the Kings decide to take a deeper look at him down the stretch. Bobby Jackson has been playing well with Beno Udrih out, but he left Friday's contest with an undisclosed injury after 28 minutes. He still managed to put up 19 points with six rebounds, a steal and two 3-pointers, but check back later for a status on his injury. Andris Biedrins saw just eight minutes before leaving with an ankle injury in a victory over the Mavericks. The injury gave Ronny Turiaf some extended run and Turiaf responded with 12 rebounds and five blocked shots in 25 minutes. If Biedrins' ankle injury lingers, Turiaf will be a nice pickup candidate for rebounds and blocks. LeBron James had a monster game in an OT victory over the Kings, and while he was feeling it from the outside, Anderson Varejao was doing the dirty work on the inside. Varejao scored 18 points and pulled down 12 rebounds while adding a steal in 40 minutes and has averaged a solid 11.8 points, 8.6 rebounds and 0.8 steals over his past five games. He will continue to log heavy minutes in the paint for the Cavs with Big Ben Wallace out of action. It was the Leon Powe show for the Celtics on Friday night as Powe went off for 30 points, 11 rebounds and five blocks for the Celtics. Powe clearly has considerable upside with Kevin Garnett and Glen Davis out, but is still fairly inconsistent on a night-to-night basis. Still, Powe should be added as a short-term filler for points, rebounds, blocks and field goal percentage. Caron Butler's balky hamstring is proving to be more than just a little worrisome for his owners. He left Friday's contest at halftime when the hammy tightened up and finished with just five points, two rebounds and a steal in 18 minutes. With Andray Blatche also departing early due to an injury, Dominic McGuire (42 minutes) and Nick Young (33 minutes) saw some extra run. McGuire had another versatile effort with 10 points, 7 rebounds, 2 steals and a block while Young got hot for 20 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists. McGuire may not score much, but he brings enough to the table in the scarce fantasy categories that he deserves a look in most leagues. He is averaging 5.9 rebounds, 4.4 assists, 1.3 steals and 0.7 blocks in seven games in March. With Hedo Turkoglu out, Mickael Pietrus blew up for 21 points, 11 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 steals, 2 blocks and 5 3-pointers in Friday's 112-103 victory over the Wizards. There's no way he'll keep this up once Turk returns, but there have been rumors that he'll regain his starting spot over Courtney Lee in the near future and last night's gem will only help his cause. Be sure to keep a close eye on his playing time after Hedo returns.


text:
A former Nigerian oil minister who was kidnapped at the weekend by gunmen in the northeastern city of Maiduguri, a stronghold of Islamist group Boko Haram, was released on Monday, police said.
"I can confirm that Shettima Ali Monguno has been released today by his abductors," Borno State police chief Abdullahi Yuguda told AFP.
A security source who requested anonymity said the kidnappers were paid 50 million naira ($318,000, 242,766 euros), but the police chief declined to comment on the circumstances surrounding the release.
The ex-minister's son, Abubakar Ali Monguno, had told AFP that the kidnappers demanded a ransom hours after the Friday abduction outside a mosque in Maiduguri.
No group has claimed the abduction, but analysts have said that Boko Haram has increasingly turned to ransom payments to finance its insurgency, notably by kidnapping wealthy individuals around Maiduguri.
Criminal groups have also carried out attacks under the guise of Boko Haram.
Monguno, 87, served as Nigeria's oil minister in the 1970s and held the rotating presidency of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in 1972.
He was among a group of elders who met President Goodluck Jonathan in Maiduguri in March to discuss the Boko Haram crisis.
He has repeatedly called for dialogue with the militant group and urged Jonathan to reduce the massive security deployment in the city and ease a curfew forcing all residents to stay indoors after sundown.


text:
Got a fresh batch of screens for CANDLE, the indie kickstarter game from Teku Studious. Check them out past the link. CANDLE will be released on PC and Wii U this year. Get the new screens below.
on YouTube! a system seller Trouble
Playeressence Forums Latest Playeressence Anti Nintendo Conspiracy
& Friend Share X Nintendo Episodes Theory – NinZendO


text:
Jason Cannon
October 15, 2013
The American Truck Dealers (ATD) announce online registration and hotel ...
Truck Centers of Arkansas recently partnered with the Make-A-Wish foundation ...
Used Class 8 truck same dealer sales volumes inched upward ...
DENSO Product and Services Americas announces an agreement with Tiffin ...
Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *
Please wait while you are being authenticated...
Name *
Email *
With the conflict of dates, which trade show are you more likely to attend?
DTNA to begin production of M2106 with DD5 this fall
Navistar debuts 'Accelerator' service mobile app
Spartan Motors, Isuzu, GM celebrate start of new partnership
Volvo Trucks gets new senior vice president of sales
NYC Sanitation fleet to test renewable diesel
Cummins rebrands heavy-duty engine lineup


text:
STARmeterSEE RANK
Down 10,900 this week
Michelle Boback
Born in Winnipeg Manitoba, this Canadian actress/musician has appeared across stages from Montreal to Vancouver. Her stage show appearances have ranged from classical, comedy, to musical theater, and her television skills landed her a Feature Host position for a season of Driver's Seat (Insight Film). Michelle first filmography credit came from ... See full bio »
More at IMDbPro » Contact Info: View agent
9 photos | 6 videos | 1 news article »


text:
Stylish Design. Innovative Technology. Affordable Price.
Discover our capsule loyalty club. Join today and receive 2 free stamps on us!
For coffee-shop quality tea and coffee, with new, dedicated tea function
Enjoy a healthier lifestyle with fast, nutrient-rich juices
25% off Origins Toasters
Liberty Panel Packs
Lite Toaster & Kettle
Enter the Competition
Long Slot Lite
Lite Kettle
Brass Finish Toaster
Kettle Buyers Guide
Toaster Buyers Guide
Food Prep Buyers Guide
Coffee Buyers Guide
Coffee Machines Guide
Catering Buyers Guide
Perfect Toast Technology is the most important innovation in toasting since the Proheat® element.
Leslie Gort-Barten, Managing Director
Perfect Toast Technology is the most important innovation in toasting since the Proheat® element.
Leslie and Alex Gort-Barten take you behind the scenes and show
what makes a Dualit product...
We have been manufacturing catering equipment in the UK for over 70 Years. Discover our story...
Born out of one man's passion for invention, well engineered products and hard graft.
No frills. No gimmicks. No compromise. It must be Dualit.
Exclusive access to mouth-watering recipes, our latest news,
handy tips and exciting competitions! Plus, be the first to hear
about new Dualit products! All of this is completely free of
charge, simply sign up with your email address.
Louisa Blackmore of West Egg Interiors created this recipe using the Long Slot Lite Toaster,...
Gracing kitchen worktops since the 1950s, the iconic Dualit Classic Toaster has maintained its...
The wide variety of ingredients used to make this green smoothie are packed with nutrients and...
Use your juicer to make this delicious, healthy homemade lemonade - no added sugar required!...
At Dualit we are very proud of the awards that we have won over
the years. Our product awards prove that we are creating
well-designed, well-engineered products that work and are truly
'best in class'. We also win awards for innovation, a hallmark of
our success.


text:
The Age of (small) Tradeoffs
[JR: I have added the "(small)" here, since it will become increasingly clear that the impacts of global warming on our current emissions path are so catastrophic that they trump all other concerns and we must pay any price, bear any burden to stop them.]
Are green energy industries about to ruin the environment and undermine national security? Are they engaged in the ecological equivalent of mountaintop removal? Are they the new Big Oil, making us dangerously dependent on imported strategic resources?
Those questions are implied in "Clean Energy's Dirty Little Secret", a provocative article in the current issue of The Atlantic. Author Lisa Margonelli points out that wind turbines, hybrid cars and some other green technologies carry "their own hefty environmental price tag", including the use of rare-earth minerals extracted from open-pit mines or imported from places like China.
I've encountered similar concerns among members of the U.S. intelligence community: In the pursuit of green energy, will we trade our dependence on one imported strategic resource – oil – for dependence on other imported strategic resources?
Margonelli's piece offers some solutions. Our research on renewable energy resources should include substitutes for rare-earth minerals, particularly those that are imported or require harmful extraction techniques. We should require that strategic minerals be recycled.
But a larger question lurks between the lines: Should green technologies and products be held to the same environmental standards as other industries? Is a company that mines neodymium for Prius motors any less responsible than Peabody Coal for good environmental stewardship?
And behind that question lies another: When does a green end justify not-so-green means? When if ever do the multiple benefits of solar, wind, biomass or geothermal energy, for example, justify some environmental damage during their life cycles?
One of the objections to "clean coal" is that even if we could capture and store its carbon, it wouldn't be clean – not so long as coal companies blow up mountain tops, dump wastes into streams, pollute aquifers and haul their product to power plants in freight trains powered with carbon-rich fuels. Coal is like an immature blood diamond – valuable in its end use, but awful in production. Can renewables be called green if making them produces caustic chemicals or carbon emissions or open-pit mines?
To Margonelli's small list of reforms, we can add a few more. We need to analyze the full, life-cycle costs and benefits of a technology or industry before we give it public money. We need to require that life-cycle climate impacts be included in environmental impact statements for federally funded projects under the National Environmental Policy Act.
But do what we will, some trade-offs are inevitable even for green technologies. Indeed, we have entered the Age of (small) Tradeoffs in which environmental purity must give way sometimes to eco-pragmatism.
Renewable energy production is an example. In March, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar created a task force to identify renewable energy zones on federal lands. Lands managed by the Department of Interior constitute one-fifth of the U.S. land mass and include 1.7 billion offshore acres. They contain significant renewable energy resources important to reducing the nation's carbon emissions.
According to experts at Interior and the Department of Energy, good wind energy potential can be found on 21 million acres of public land in the 11 western states; six southwestern states have 29 million acres with good solar energy potential; good geothermal potential exits on 140 million acres of public land in western states and Alaska; 1,000 gigawatts of good wind potential can be found off the Atlantic coast; and more than 900 gigawatts off the Pacific Coast have good wind resources.
Salazar's plan is to expedite environmental reviews and permits necessary to "connect the sun of the deserts and the wind of the plains with the places where people live." That is a welcome departure from the Bush Administration's helter-skelter leasing of public lands for oil and gas production with little environmental review, while holding up permits for solar and wind.
It wasn't long after Salazar's announcement, however, that the New York Times reported "a rupture among environmentalists". As the Times put it, "the environmental movement finds itself torn between fighting climate change and a passion for saving special places." To their credit, the Natural Resources Defense Council and Google Earth are trying to make the impending trade-off more responsible by mapping where renewable energy should and should not be developed.
Then there is the controversy over siting wind turbines off the East Coast, where Not in My Backyard has become Not in My Ocean. Expect NIMBY, NIMO and internecine dust-ups to continue as we prepare to build high-speed rail and the new transmission lines needed to move renewable power around the country. Both are high priorities of the Obama Administration, and rightly so. Intelligent siting will resolve some conflicts, for example locating new transmission lines along existing grid and highway corridors. But there will be trade-offs. They are inevitable.
In other cases, the trade-offs are not so easy to justify or accept. An example is the ever-exciting field of geo-engineering. Early in April during his first interview since confirmation, President Obama's science advisor, John Holdren, became the victim of a blogosphere firestorm when he was misquoted in the New York Times as saying that geo-engineering schemes are being considered by the White House to help mitigate global warming.
According to the Times: "Tinkering with Earth's climate to chill runaway global warming "" a radical idea once dismissed out of hand "" is being discussed by the White House as a potential emergency option." Holdren reportedly gave the example of shooting sulfur particles into the upper atmosphere to screen out sunlight, a process called aerosol loading.
Aerosol loading is an example of trade-offs at global scale. In an article in the March issue of Environmental Science and Technology, NOAA scientist Dan Murphy reported that injecting particles into the upper atmosphere would significantly reduce the performance of solar energy systems here on Earth – for example, passive solar systems, photovoltaic panels and concentrated solar power plants. In one scenario analyzed by Murphy, power production from solar electric systems would drop 20 percent with the biggest losses occurring during peak power hours.
In other words, we would reject solar energy rather than collect it. The result is a monumental trade-off that would affect not only solar economics, but everything from suntans to photosynthesis. Still unstudied, as far as I know, are the impacts on food crops, energy crops and the plants we count on as carbon sinks.
We are experiencing a gradually expanding circle of acceptability as we become more desperate for solutions to global climate change. Nuclear power, "clean coal" and geo-engineering research are supported today by environmental leaders who would not have given any of those options serious consideration a few short years ago. Today's crazy idea becomes tomorrow's salvation as we continue pumping gases into the atmosphere.
The Age of (small) Tradeoffs has been made much more difficult by its immediate and still evident predecessor, the Age of Stupid (apologies to the new movie of that title). Despite decades of warnings about global warming, despite our rich tradition of energy crises, we have not even begun to tap the full potential of energy efficiency and renewable energy. We haven't even really tried. We paid far more attention to Jimmy Carter's cardigan sweater than his insight that our energy problems were the moral equivalent of war.
We humans, with the possible exception of certain members of Congress, are endowed with the unique ability to see consequences and to learn from mistakes — the intellectual equivalent of opposable thumbs. It's time to use that ability before it atrophies. Let's make the necessary trade-offs; reject the really bad ones; recognize stupidity as the real weapon of mass destruction; pass a game-changing climate bill; completely rewire national energy policy; stop the taxpayer subsidies that have us paying one another to produce greenhouse gases; trade in our carbon-spewing national transportation policy before it's as obsolete as General Motors; assemble a rescue package for our children; and get on with the job of building a new economy before we become Darwin's biggest dropouts – the species that had all the tools to survive a changing world but made itself extinct by refusing to use them.
— Bill Becker
13 Responses to The Age of (small) Tradeoffs
While I can accept the need for small trade-offs, there needs to be a distinction made between some trade-offs that are not socially inequitable (the use of Southwest land for massive concentrated solar plants, which may have some ecological 'wildlands' costs but can provide social opportunity to marginalized communities) and those that are (theoretical open-pit 'renewable mines' whose waste poisons the drinking water of communities of color and low-income communities). In the fossil fuel economy it has been our most vulnerable communities who have overwhelmingly borne the burden of carbon-related pollution, they are also the ones in this country most likely to be affected by catastrophic global warming.
An environmental justice perspective and truly equitable distribution of burdens can ensure that the trade-offs really are as small as possible, and that we're not hiding large, inequitable trade-offs in communities that don't have the resources to defend themselves. They've already shouldered the costs (with few of the benefits) of the previous economy. It is unsustainable to make them do so again.
One thing that struck me here – being cut off from rare-earth minerals because of international politics or something of that sort. is not quite the same as being cut off from petrol, when that is the main source of energy in the economy.
So it's not quite that the US will "trade dependence on one imported strategic resource for dependence on other imported strategic resources". I hope the intelligence community realises that…
Joe, your piece seems to be missing an element – how long the damage lasts.
For example, an offshore wind farm can be dismantled. Maybe in 50 years it won't be needed and the ocean views can be restored. A solar installation can be removed and the desert allowed to return.
But the CO2 damage remains in the atmosphere for centuries.
Temporary loss of pretty views, or a part of a desert, isn't as bad as permanent loss of a habitable climate. I can't understand why environmentalist don't seem to grasp the difference when they object to wind turbines on a hillside.
I'm happy to leave a bunch of environmental problems to the grandkids – they'll inherit a damaged planet, whatever – so long as it's not unsolvable problems like 1,000 ppm CO2.
Hi Greg N
I'm happy to leave a bunch of environmental problems to the grandkids – they'll inherit a damaged planet, whatever – so long as it's not unsolvable problems like 1,000 ppm CO2.
Yeah, we have really only one problem – how do we keep the climate system of the earth from going out of control.
Everything else, every economic and geopolitical consideration is secondary, and will not be remembered in history.
Our future history, if there is one, will only remember what we do about the climate crisis.
Our future history, if there is one, might also have a footnote or two about how we got our financial elites and controlled corporate media off of our backs, and overthrew a system that seems intent on destroying the self regulating properties of the biosphere for personal profit.
I agree that it's good thinking that human caused Global Warming is the problem. Kindof goes to the US Senator who wants to close off all or most of the desserts to CSP. Consider Iowa, where 98 percent of the land has been plowed. CSP would not require anywhere near 98 percent of the dessert, quite a bit less than that. But to use some of the dessert for CSP is a very small price to pay.
this is why we need a USA Green Blueprint or something, with some "unofficial" scenarios.
imagine the ruckus as the scale of the effort keeps growing and growing and the targets keep changing. imagine the difficulty of realigning town budgets and goals every year with new information. if we're not willing to set high standards in DC, we need better harmonization or people will go nuts.
we need some unified targets so that forward-thinking organizations and areas can align themselves without having to repeat the work. strong and useful frameworks that the feds would have to have a really good reason not to fit their new plans to, when they get around to the inevitable.
getting out some scenarios ("zero by 2030," for instance) and maybe a thumbnail guide to tech ("LEED gold would need retrofits under this schedule") would be really helpful.
this is a bigger operation than anything we've ever done. i don't like the piecemeal feeling. it doesn't fill me with confidence.
for instance. let's say one state — "west virjersey" — decides rationally and in an open process that it's going to aim for a complete overhaul, and "louisizona" is thinking more "aspirationally" about getting footprint down a little bit by mid-century, if someone hands them a few billion dollars, does all the work for free, and personally shines their shoes — or whatever's the current federal minimum.
west virjersians will need to make some very big planning and equipment changes! louisizonans not as much. almost none, in fact, if you really looked, but they're thinking about it hard, particularly about how much federal money they can get. ok fine.
fact: eventually louisizona will have to harmonize with west virjersey.
fact: west virjersians will be very upset if their investments are incompatible with the new arrangements.
fact: whatever changes louisizonans do make, if they're incompatible with the changes west virjersians made, not only will there be a mess down the road when tight standards are the norm, but also louisizona won't be able to draft off the other state's concerted effort.
fact: not every state will agree on every part of every possible standard. it's important to leave open the possibility of aiming higher later. the question, in cases of disagreement, is: is there an upgrade path? if so how do you leave it open? if not how do you make one? if you can't, what's the justification for straggling?
Industrial society is like standing in front of an avalanche – you have choices:
1. Stay where you are and get flattened
2. Dodge to one side and get buried alive
3. Ski madly downhill and crash into a tree
Our way of life relies on mining stuff (fossil fuels, minerals) from deep within the earth's crust and dumping it into the relatively thin and fragile biosphere. It is not sustainable and I can only see it ending in tears.
Labelling certain variants of this way of life "green" does not fix the problem.
Excellent piece and well-thought out. We have had a difficulty as a nation in accepting tradeoffs because every issue gets stamped as either "good" or "bad" and becomes a polarized political conflict. Some of this may be necessary, but as we emerge from the "Age of Stupid", we are going to have to start to see more nuance and understand that there are small evils and big evils. There is going to be some disagreement about what is a small and what is a big evil but we need to find room to discuss the relative strengths and weaknesses of given technologies and programs in a careful manner that doesn't assume that a perfect solution can be arrived at. Too often people are clamoring for the perfect, when the good is sitting there right in front of them.
Bill Becker — Well stated!
Certainly, there are tradeoffs, and certainly, Joe's point that these tradeoffs are small seems correct.
As the original article pointed out, rare earths like neodymium are not particularly rare, and we do have mines in this country that can be reopened. Practically all mineral problems can be easily resolved by substitution or a price increase which makes marginal mines profitable. Any impending neodymium shortage will likely be transient.
Geoengineering tradeoffs are huge, which is probably why geoengineering is a bad idea.
I think that carbon negative energy ideas are the most likely solution for the climate crisis, and the tradeoffs in biomass/carbon capture and storage are huge.
Nobody wants to see forests invaded, but we need to realize that forests have already been invaded by CO2 and the insect and climate changes stemming from global warming, for example.
Nobody likes carbon sequestration, either, although turning the corner on this climate change problem is essentially impossible without CCS.
In 10 years, the tradeoffs we will be willing to accept to cool the planet will likely be greater than those we are willing to accept now. And in 10 years it may be too late to do anything about renaway global warming
Good and helpful dialogue, everyone. Ruth, I agree with Joe. Good point.


text:
Welcome to the AAP
The Alumni Admissions Program (AAP) is a worldwide alumni volunteer organization that coordinates and conducts the interview process for first-year and transfer applicants to Georgetown University. Over 5,000 alumni strong, the AAP membership interviews the vast majority of applicants. Members of the AAP may be involved in the admissions effort in a variety of other ways, including attending receptions, college nights and local business meetings.
Interview Report Deadlines
Please note the following deadlines for the submission of interview reports during the 2015-16 admissions cycle.
Early Action: November 29, 2015
Regular Decision: February 15, 2016
A Reminder to All AAP Interviewers
For security reasons, Georgetown University requires that all students, faculty, staff and alumni change their NET ID password every six months.
If you are having trouble logging into AAP Online, it is likely due to an expired password. The most efficient way to have your password reset is to call the Service Center at 202-687-4949 any time of the day or night. The Service Center may be able to reset the password over the phone based on personal information.
Once you have a working password, please select some hint questions and answers in the Password Management System at password.georgetown.edu. This will allow you to easily change/reset your password at the required six month intervals.


text:
Walk and WP and Stubbs is on 2nd
Walk and WP and Stubbs is on 2nd
Single, two on.
Votto's streak on the line...
"Are you trying to say Jesus Christ can't hit a curveball?!"
Heisey singles
1st and 3rd for Votto
Do you bunt?
Votto extends his streak with an RBI single and we are now a gapper away from a walkoff.
"Are you trying to say Jesus Christ can't hit a curveball?!"
BP is 4-8 against Lyon.
"Are you trying to say Jesus Christ can't hit a curveball?!"
Its on live here
well it was
Swing away.
Clutch hit by Votto.
I might bunt Phillips if the defense plays back.
Right now, it feels like every ball in play by the opponents is falling for a hit, every fly ball leaves the yard, and every pitcher the Reds see is a world beater. Conversely, from the Reds' perspective, it feels like every fly ball is hit to the wall, every line drive is right at someone, and every pitcher the Reds have who had success last year is suddenly awful.
As I said before, I am extremely frustrated. I wake up in the morning, check to see what the pitching matchup is, and seem to lose my optimism after the first two innings on most nights. However, I don't think this is a team that will continue that trend long-term, and the stats support my feelings.
MLB Gameday just pulled the plug on live video!! With the game on the line?!?
They really want you to buy the package...
Do you bunt now?
Brandon Lyon, here to heal all your wounds.
Board Moderators may, at their discretion and judgment, delete and/or edit any messages that violate any of the following guidelines: 1. Explicit references to alleged illegal or unlawful acts. 2. Graphic sexual descriptions. 3. Racial or ethnic slurs. 4. Use of edgy language (including masked profanity). 5. Direct personal attacks, flames, fights, trolling, baiting, name-calling, general nuisance, excessive player criticism or anything along those lines. 6. Posting spam. 7. Each person may have only one user account. It is fine to be critical here - that's what this board is for. But let's not beat a subject or a player to death, please.


text:
Jump to navigation
Copyright © 2016 Rodale Inc. No reproduction, transmission or display is permitted without the written permissions of Rodale Inc.
Holding dumbbells at your sides, step your left foot forward and bend your knees until your left thigh is nearly parallel to the floor. As you lunge, curl the weights in front of your chest, palms up. Reverse to return to start, then repeat with the right leg. That's one rep.
You may unsubscribe at any time.
Your account has been deactivated.
Please confirm the information below before signing in. Already have an account? Sign In.{* #registrationForm *} {* emailAddress *} {* displayName *} {* newPassword *} {* newPasswordConfirm *}
We have sent a confirmation email to {* emailAddressData *}. Please check your email and click on the link to activate your account.
We've sent an email with instructions to create a new password. Your existing password has not been changed.
{| foundExistingAccountText |} {| current_emailAddress |}.


text:
#12 Michigan 28 – Penn State 16: Wolverines take care of business in Happy Valley
With Ohio State looming next Saturday for a potential shot at the Big Ten East division title, Michigan took care of business in Happy Valley with a workman-like 28-16 victory over Penn State.
The defense held Penn State to 207 yards of total offense — most of which came on three big plays — and sacked Christian Hackenberg four times. Jake Rudock continued his ascension with a 25 of 38 for 256 yards and two touchdown performance to lead the Wolverines to victory.
Penn State struck first with a 23-yard Tyler Davis field goal on its first possession of the game, but Michigan answered with a 7-play, 89-yard drive that was capped by a 26-yard touchdown pass from Jake Rudock to Jake Butt. After a Penn State three and out, Michigan made the first mistake of the game when Rudock was intercepted by linebacker Brandon Bell. But Michigan's defense held strong and forced a punt.
Defenses ruled much of the rest of the first half until Penn State found the end zone for the first time with 1:57 remaining in the half. On 3rd-and-6, Christian Hackenberg connected with freshman receiver Saeed Blacknall for a 25-yard touchdown to put the Nittany Lions ahead 10-7.
Michigan marched 70 yards in seven plays on the arm of Rudock, who completed passes of 26 yards to Amara Darboh, four and 11 to De'Veon Smith, 18 to Butt, and then a 11-yard wide receiver screen to Darboh who evaded Penn State defenders and found the end zone. Michigan took a 14-10 lead into the break.
Michigan took the opening possession of the second half across midfield, but stalled and punted it back to Penn State. After forcing a three and out, Michigan again had to punt, but this time return man DeAndre Thompkins muffed it and Jehu Chesson recovered at the PSU 9-yard line. Three plays later, Sione Houma scored from a yard out to put Michigan ahead 21-10.
Another defensive stand gave Michigan the ball back with a chance to put the game away, but Rudock had the ball knocked out of his hands by Bell and Penn State recovered at the Michigan 42. Four plays later, Hackenberg hit Chris Godwin for a 38-yard gain to the Michigan three. But the Michigan defense held strong and forced a 24-yard field goal.
Michigan's offense went three and out, giving Penn State a chance to tie the game with a touchdown and two-point conversion. The Nittany Lions mounted a 10-play, 62-yard drive, but couldn't get past the the goal line and had to settle for another field goal, this time from 18 yards out.
With the game slipping away, leading just 21-16 with 7:53 remaining, Michigan needed to get something going. Enter Jourdan Lewis. The program's single-season record holder for pass breakups took the ensuing kickoff and rumbled 55 yards to the Penn State 40-yard line, giving Michigan's offense a much-needed boost. On the first play, Chesson took an end around 20 yards, and on 3rd-and-6, Chesson was interfered in the end zone giving Michigan 1st-and-goal at the PSU six. Two plays later, Smith broke the plane to put Michigan ahead 28-16. The defense held Penn State off the scoreboard the rest of the way and Michigan completed its first unbeaten road conference slate since 1997.
Although Michigan's offense struggled to move the ball consistently against a very good Penn State defense, it still managed 343 total yards, and their 256 passing yards was the most Penn State's defense has allowed all season. Michigan's receiving trio was consistent as Darboh led the way with seven receptions for 68 yards and a score, Butt with five for 66 and a score, and Chesson with four for 69. Smith led Michigan on the ground with just 39 yards on 13 carries.
Michigan's defense held Hackenberg to just 13-of-31 for 137 yards and one touchdown, while sacking him four times. Freshman running back Saquon Barkley, who entered the game as the Big Ten's third-leading rusher, averaging over 100 yards per game, managed just 68 yards on 15 carries — 56 of which came on the first carry of the game.
Michigan, now 9-2 overall and 6-1 in the Big Ten, finishes the regular season next Saturday with rival Ohio State (10-1, 6-1). The Buckeyes suffered their first loss in 24 games on Saturday afternoon against Michigan State, taking some of the luster out of next Saturday's matchup. The winner of that one needs Penn State to knock off Michigan State in order to advance to the Big Ten Championship Game on Dec. 5.
|Game Ball – Offense
Jake Rudock (25 of 38 for 256 yards, 2 TDs, 1 INT,)
It maybe boring to some to give Rudock the game ball for the third straight week, but since Michigan had no running game and he spread the wealth evenly between the big three receivers, it's really hard to justify anyone else. Rudock has quietly moved his way up the Big Ten quarterback charts the last three weeks. He has completed 69.7 percent of his passes (76 of 109) for 1,033 yards, 10 touchdowns and just two interceptions during that span. He's a major reason Michigan has won the past two weeks and if he performs the same way next Saturday Michigan could send the Buckeyes back to Columbus with a second straight loss.
Week 1 – Jake Butt (8 rec for 93 yards and 1 TD)
Week 2 – De'Veon Smith (23 carries for 126 yards, 3 TDs)
Week 3 – Ty Isaac (8 carries for 114 yards, 1 TD)
Week 4 — De'Veon Smith (16 carries for 125 yards and 1 TD)
Week 5 — Drake Johnson (13 carries for 68 yards, 1 TD, 1 rec for 31 yards, 1 TD)
Week 6 — Mason Cole, Ben Braden, Graham Glasgow, Kyle Kalis, Erik Magnuson
Week 7 — Kenny Allen (3-for-3 field goals, 2-2 PATs)
Week 8 — Jabrill Peppers (4 carries for 16 yards, 1 TD, 1 punt return for 41 yards, 1 kick return for 43 yards)
Week 9 — Jake Rudock (18 of 25 for 337 yards, 2 TDs, 1 carry for 4 yards, 1 TD)
Week 10 — Jake Rudock (33 of 46 for 440 yards, 6 TDs, 1 INT, 7 carries for 64 yards)
|Game Ball – Defense
Taco Charlton (4 tackles, 3 TFL, 2 sacks)
Everyone knew entering the game that Penn State's offensive line was a sieve, giving up the most sacks in the Big Ten by a wide margin. The question wasn't whether Michigan would be able to get pressure on Hackenberg; it was how many sacks would Michigan record? The answer was four and Charlton contributed half of those. In total, Michigan stopped Penn State behind the line of scrimmage 10 times and Charlton contributed three of those. While Penn State's leading tackler had 12, and five different defenders had at least six tackles, no individual Michigan defender recorded more than five. But it was the tackles for loss and sacks that made the most impact, forcing Penn State into passing situations where they didn't have much luck.
Week 1 – Chris Wormley (5 tackles, 3 TFL)
Week 2 – Chris Wormley (6 tackles, 3 TFL, 1 sack)
Week 3 – Jourdan Lewis (3 tackles, 4 PBU)
Week 4 — Ryan Glasgow (3 tackles, 2 TFL)
Week 5 — Desmond Morgan (9 tackles, 1 INT, 2 PBU)
Week 6 — Jourdan Lewis (4 tackles, 1 TFL, 1 INT, 1 touchdown, 1 PBU)
Week 7 — Willie Henry (5 tackles, 3 TFL, 2 sacks, 1 PBU)
Week 8 — James Ross (9 tackles, 1 TFL, 1 sack)
Week 9 — Chris Wormley (4 tackles, 2 TFL, 2 sacks)
Week 10 — Delano Hill (10 tackles, 8 solo, 1 PBU)


text:
on January 23, 2014 - 12:01 AM
On a Saturday or Sunday, the Original Pancake House (5479 Main St., Williamsville, 634-5515), one of the busiest breakfast spots in town, might serve meals to 400 or 500 people.
Probably 30 percent of those customers will ask for the same thing, said owner R.J. Jewula: the Dutch baby, which runs $9.95.
It's a baked pancake that can puff up to basketball size in a hot oven. Servers try to get the powdered-sugar-dusted confections to their owners while they're still inflated. At the table, customers or the server can use accompanying butter, more powdered sugar and lemon slices to make a glaze that is drizzled across the confection with fresh strawberries.
"Oftentimes a family of four or five will come in, and everyone will ask for the Dutch baby," said Jewula, whose father opened the Williamsville site of the national chain in 1977. The family company also runs the Original Pancake House restaurants on Niagara Falls Boulevard in Amherst, and Union Road in Orchard Park.
The Dutch baby, followed by the baked apple pancake, are its most popular items. It's made with a relatively simple batter of flour, eggs, cream, nutmeg and a little sugar. Clarified butter goes into an 8-inch pan, then a measure of batter before it's put into a hot oven. In 20 to 25 minutes, it's ready.
They're easily affected by cooling, so cooks try to time them so they open the oven door as little as possible.
Getting the Dutch babies from kitchen to table is a timing play. "You're talking 10 to 12 seconds when you want the server to grab it and take it to the table," Jewula said.
Since the goal is to get it to the customer before it deflates, servers have their trays ready, with butter, sugar, lemons and strawberries sliced to order, so they can head straight to its owner. "We want that eye-catching impression. We want that server walking through the dining room and heads turning, 'Wow what is that?' We sell more that way," Jewula said.
In the interest of speed, on weekends the restaurant will hull the strawberries ahead of time. "But as far as slicing them, that's done fresh for each customer," Jewula said. "It does take extra time, but in the end that's what customers want, that freshness."
Foodie find:
Buffalo Soup-Fest. More than 30 local restaurants throw down in a steamy fight for city soup honors from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday in the Buffalo Niagara Convention Center. More info: www.buffalosoupfest.com.


text:
Peter Guintastaff biosend email
A conceptual drawing released Friday afternoon gives city residents another look at what could happen at the proposed Sebastian Inland Harbor development.
The drawing, submitted by St. Augustine developer Doug Randall, shows areas of green space, clear river views and architectural design reflecting nearby historic buildings.
It is part of St. Augustine developer Doug Randall's $56 million plan for 12 acres along San Sebastian River and King Street, with the final decision expected Monday on whether to accept Randall's plan -- or one submitted by developer Ken McGurn of McGurn Investments Inc. of Gainesville.
Presentations will be made at the City Commission meeting at 4 p.m.
McGurn has negotiated with the city for four years on the project. He said he has invested $100,000 in engineering, permit and architectural costs into the property.
At the last City Commission meeting, he said he was tired of waiting.
''(But) I've been here for 3-1/2 to 4 years. I'm still interested. I have worked with municipalities for a long time,'' he said.
However, Randall is offering more cash for the property: $4.2 million to McGurn's $3.2 million. But McGurn is a much more experienced developer, completing dozens of multi-million dollar projects.
Randall offered commissioners a carrot by saying he would build a parking garage on that property at his own expense, saving the city $2 million. And he agreed to forgo real estate commissions on the deal, saving the city another $100,000.
If McGurn buys, the city pays $75,000 plus 5 percent of the price.
Randall's conceptual plan, drawn by St. Augustine urban planner Fred Halback, is vastly different from the one submitted by McGurn four years ago.
According to Randall spokesman Ed Brunson, the project's design would reflect the boxy 1920s-style architecture of Florida East Coast Industries building on Malaga Street and two historic buildings on Riberia Street.
In addition, a hotel on the site would have three four-story towers and be flanked by two restaurants. Behind them would be a bricked street reminiscent of a town square.
This would contain retail and residential frontage, street parking and a parking garage and provide vehicle access to a small waterfront park. On the river, a promenade would allow boaters to tie up and go to a restaurant.
''People coming into the city will be able to see the (San Sebastian) winery,'' Brunson said. ''There will be no tall buildings blocking that view. The winery will get the parking spaces they want.''
Pleasing the winery has been one sticking point for both developers.
Another consideration is the river view. Randall's buildings are more set back from the riverfront.
''As a result, we have a lot of waterfront space available,'' he said.
The marina would have 56 slips. In addition, there would be two parking garages and street parking numbering a total of 750 parking spaces, 200 available for the public.
''This way, the city doesn't have to come in and build a 200-space garage,'' Brunson said. ''If the city builds it, they'll get no property taxes out of it.''
He said design and building would be done by local architects and companies.
McGurn's plan is half the cost of Randall's: about $25 million.
His design includes an 84-slip marina, much bigger than Randall's concept, plus commercial space, a hotel and residential units. One of his options included construction of a 450-space garage, though the city said last year that it preferred a 650-space garage.
Site plans put the condos along King Street, the 85-100 room hotel just south of that and retail space and apartments on the point near the marina. Around the marina basin, 34,000 square feet of retail space would have apartments above them.
Total office area: 18,000 square feet. Total retail: 66,800 square feet.
The city purchased the property over 18 months in 1987 and 1988. City commissioners have calculated that it will return $500,000 to $800,000 in property taxes per year if developed. Estimates are that the whole project would take two years to build, no matter who wins the contract to purchase.
City Commissioner Alex Christine hadn't seen the new drawings yet.
''I've got a big packet to read and I'm about halfway through it,'' he said. ''You have to look at the entire package. Randall is surrounding himself with good people and local people. I'm keeping an open mind about it.''
City Commissioner Bill Lennon said he liked Randall's plan, especially the open space provisions along the water, but cautioned that McGurn's plan was four years old.
''This could be a plan that Randall will stay with if we like it,'' Lennon said. ''He's paying a higher price, but he'll make money out of it. A marina's the biggest gold mine there ever was, because it doesn't pay taxes on the water space, only the docks.''
McGurn's plan contains no garages, but two ground-level parking lots.
City officials said they had approved McGurn's plan about 18 months ago, but two different contracts drawn up with him were never fully signed, once by the city and the other by McGurn.
Brunson said McGurn's plan blocks the view of the river and costs the city more in the long run, because McGurn wants $400,000 in allowances for land the city said it wanted for drainage and a garage.
Randall is not asking for those allowances.
Two weeks ago, commissioners wanted Randall to put up a non-refundable option to buy the property -- Commissioner Susan Burk suggested 10 percent of the $4.2 million -- to guarantee the city does not lose out on tax revenue in case Randall defaults.
Randall said the higher deposit requirement was unfair and insulting, but did not refuse. He said his attorney would negotiate an appropriate amount.
Brunson on Friday said that issue would be resolved.
''We're meeting the financial and contractual requirements placed on us in the last meeting,'' he said.
City Manager Bill Harriss said his only concern was, ''Can Randall build the plan?''
He pointed out that Randall has been sued a number of times on different projects, and until three weeks ago, owed $65,000 in back taxes. Those have been paid, the Property Appraiser's office said.
Harriss said Randall still owes $4,000 in back storm water fees from a hotel site behind Ripley's that he owns.
''No matter how good this project is, if they're not willing to back it up (with an option), it's just air,'' he said. ''(Randall's) He's never done this before. And it seems like the offer is too good to be true.''
© 2016. All Rights Reserved. Contact Us