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Posted 16 October 2011 - 09:04 AM
I'm Alcuin (aka Josh) and welcome to my foodblog, brought to you directly from the isthmus of Madison, WI.
First a little about me. I grew up in Philadelphia and its suburbs. My mom lived in Delaware County (it was suburban enough for me to have a pony, grow up picking wild berries, fetching eggs from my great grandmothers chickens, and all the rest). My dad lived in the city. These two places are where I learned to eat.
My mom was a cook who specialized in French food; she later became a personal chef and still is. Not only is she especially skilled, she was always an adventurous cook trying to learn new things. This, even more than the knife skills and focus on execution that I learned from her, is the main motivation of my cooking. I'm always seeking out new lines of flight when it comes to food, but over the years I've developed a stable of personal dishes and ways of making them that I really like. We'll be seeing some of them through the course of the week.
From my dad I learned where to get the best pizza and cheese steaks. It was from him that I learned about the glories of Pork Italiano, which is an elemental combination for me: rich moist pork, braised bitter greens, salty sharp provelone, and some hot peppers liberally applied if you got 'em. Everything you could ask for, a harmony greater than the sum of its parts. Seeking that supernatural harmony is the motivation of my cooking.
My dad's side of the family was also Italian-American. Vivid memories still guide me: Aunt Anna (pronounced AnnDanna) working dough through the chitarra, eating meatballs flecked with little lumps of potatoes (she used mashed potatoes, lumpy, to tenderize the balls), garlicky greens and beans for lunch. She worked in a Port Richmond kitchen that was tiny and outmoded to be sure, but that was enlarged by the sureness of her kitchen work and the tradition that worked its way out of her knowing hands. That's an image that sticks with me, and keeps me rooted in the simplicity that my vertical piston sausage stuffer, standmixer, food processor, and the internet with all its glorious excess of information can work to distract me from.
I moved to the midwest for graduate school in medieval literature (my field is Old English literature: Bede, Beowulf, King Alfred, et al). I had never been anywhere near any midwestern state, and probably would have had to think a little to sort out the region on a map. So I had a lot of expectations ready to be squared with the actual reality of the place: I knew of cheese, beer, and walleye and that was about it.
When I got here, I asked somebody where to get some cheese and they pointed me to a small market nearby. I had been working at a deli in northern Delaware (closed now) that specialized in European cheese and meats (the cheese selection was amazing, you could get smoked eel cut to order, foie gras and corned veal tongue was always on offer). To say the least, I was disappointed by the store: there was hardly any Wisconsin cheese! I thought for a while that Wisconsin's fame for cheese rested only on old worn-out tradition and newer mega-producers like Sargento and I felt myself bereft of the sophisticated offerings I was used to. Also, I couldn't get a hoagie or a steak to save my life. Luckily I was completely wrong about what I thought was a foodless place. It turned out thought that my eyes were just looking somewhere else, something I first discovered when I started going to farmer's markets, which are a fixture here (11 of them happen throughout the week in Madison alone) whereas I never knew of one in northern Delaware where I lived from the ages of 18-23 while going to undergrad. In really digging beneath the surface of the place, which the farmer's markets first taught me to do, all manner of expectations were bound to be and were overturned.
I lived in north Wilmington, Delaware before coming to Madison. The place was and is a wasteland of sorts for non-corporate food. It is far too hard to find a place there that's not a franchise or chain of some sort. Madison is completely the opposite: on the isthmus, where I live, there are hardly any fast food places. If you want fast food, you have to drive to the far west or east side of the town. Or you can go down State St, the boulevard that is the homebase of college students, but even there chains are few and far between.
So I began to eat locally, even before it was cool (!?). I got into local farms, local food, and local beer all of which are in such abundant supply, it seems sometimes that you have to work not to eat locally around here. Madison is also the place where I really started to cook. After I moved here for grad school, I was all alone when it came to food in a strange place where I no longer had my daily bread or even my sandwich shops. My mom is force in the kitchen (that's a euphemism); she runs it with a vision, no matter what she's cooking, and with a strict, keen eye. Getting out from under her wing too, I had to do it myself: and it turned out I loved to cook even more than I'd thought. I started perfecting recipes, learning to bake bread, dabbling in charcuterie to replace what I moved away from. That effort to replace and recover what I'd moved away from became something different. It became less an exercise of replacement and more of an exercise in emplacement. As I started looking for the best ingredients, my own philosophy towards food shaped itself: first, do no harm.
I cook all manner of things, and there's very little I don't like (I can't think of anything at the moment!). So this week we'll have beer, we'll have cheese, we'll have bread, we'll have cocktails, and we'll have whatever food it occurs to me to make. I'm leaning toward Ma Po Tofu tonight; my girlfriend just brought me home last night some fresh Sichuan peppercorns from San Francisco (what you can get around here is a little on the stale side). And after all beer is great with spicy tofu and Fish Fragrant eggplants eked out from the sunset of my garden's life (I hope!).
So here ends the rambling story of myself. Onwards to food and drink!
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What better way to begin than with mapo tofu and fish fragrant eggplant...WITH beer, of course!
Posted 16 October 2011 - 10:33 AM
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The cheese plate
Starting clockwise: Baguette from Batch Bakery, hands down the best bread in town, and the only one I'll buy if I don't have any homemade around; Hook's Tilston Point (Stilton style), Rothkase's Moody Blue (a smoked blue), Bleu Mont Dairy's Bandaged cheddar, and Hook's 5yr cheddar. Hook's is perhaps the cheesemaker with the most name recognition here, and they make incredibly solid versions of cheeses (they have a Roquefort clone, the Stilton clone, etc) and they make what may be the best "orange cheddar" around, dry and crumbly pleasantly studded with lactic acid crystals. Their 12yr cheddar is definitely something to try but very expensive. The Tilston point is a very good version of Stilton, while the Moody Blue is one of our house favorites: the light smoke plays perfectly with the creamy blue. The Bandaged cheddar is very unique: wrapped in bandages and aged in a cave in Blue Mounds, WI, it has a matte texture, which at room temp is good for dragging against the roof of your mouth to feel the cheese's fine grained creaminess. Willi, the cheesemaker, told me that he was inspired to make the cheese after taking a trip to Scotland and becoming convinced that he needed a cheese cave of his own in WI.
The salad
Just a simple salad. The greens are from Harmony Valley. I love their greens this time of year, because they have more mustard greens than any other season. Otherwise its olives, tomatoes from the garden (they're green, can't remember the variety), shallot, roasted red peppers from a jar that we really like, and a peperoncino on top.
The table
Perhaps not the best lighting for pictures, but it was just right for eating lunch.
Posted 16 October 2011 - 02:01 PM
and please, sir... some walleye?!! it is still the first thing i get when i get up around a freshwater lake of any size and i haven't had any since a year and a half ago.........
how do you like the Hayman's?
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Posted 16 October 2011 - 02:06 PM
ohhh.... that cheese plate is calling my name. i've been lucky to have some of the Hook cheeses and they are wonderful...like the old rat cheese of my childhood. do you have any apples coming in that you can pair with your cheeses?
and please, sir... some walleye?!! it is still the first thing i get when i get up around a freshwater lake of any size and i haven't had any since a year and a half ago.........
how do you like the Hayman's?
I like the Hayman's, it's sweetly aromatic, just what I think an Old Tom should be. I was using Ransom, which is a very different style with a little age on it and a sharpness of cardamom, but I found it difficult to find drinks where I really wanted to use it. It's good, I just never really wanted to pour it. Any suggestions?
And as for Walleye, I'm planning on going to a fish fry on Friday, and if not I'll find some other way of fitting it in.
As for apples, Honey Crisps are all over the place around here now. They're not my favorite apple (I like a touch more acidity) but they are still very good (sweet and crisp-the name's not false advertising). My teaser pic had a cheese plate with some sliced Honey Crisp on it.
Posted 16 October 2011 - 02:14 PM
can you get Tuthilltown? I like their baby bourbon though you may not be able to get it out near you.
edited to add:
sorry i missed the picture and thank you for the walleye
Edited by suzilightning, 16 October 2011 - 02:17 PM.
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Posted 16 October 2011 - 02:17 PM
While that looks like summer sausage as some suggested, which is another favorite meat in tube form around here that you can get pretty much anywhere (there's a nice venison cherry summer sausage that I like too much to keep in the house), that tube is filled with Braunschweiger which is a liver pate like liverwurst that is smoked. This one comes from Willow Creek Farm, producers of fine Berkshire pork. I like their Braunschweiger: it's nicely smoked, their pork is always great, and many of their products are wellcrafted. I'll be picking up some pork from them next farmer's market (I'm hoping they come through with some fatback for me to make sausages with!).
A sandwich of crusty bread (the bread in this pic is homemade, I'm going to make some tomorrow), raw onion, coarse mustard, and a generous chunk of braunschweiger is tough to beat. Pairs well with strong bear.
Posted 16 October 2011 - 02:22 PM
Any suggestions?
can you get Tuthilltown? I like their baby bourbon though you may not be able to get it out near you.
I can get Tuthilltown. It's amazing what you can get if you ask. Over the years here I've insinuated myself into the booze market around here: a good friend of mine owns a liquor store (the Cork 'n Bottle) and is very enthusiastic about bringing really good products in. We couldn't get Laird's bonded, for instance, and after a good deal of agitation, we've got it. Same with Rittenhouse BIB (though we've had to start agitating again...)
I also have been helping out with the wine tastings there every Saturday for a couple of years so I've had the chance to drink a lot of wine. Access to good wine and booze is a good thing.
Posted 16 October 2011 - 02:38 PM
A sandwich of crusty bread (the bread in this pic is homemade, I'm going to make some tomorrow), raw onion, coarse mustard, and a generous chunk of braunschweiger is tough to beat. Pairs well with strong bear.
Yup - doesn't get much better except............... oh that cheese plate. Love cheese! Will have to see if any of yours are available in Canada.
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Posted 16 October 2011 - 02:54 PM
Posted 16 October 2011 - 04:04 PM
This is near the entrance, with pickled turnips and other things in bins to the left that give way to Asian snacks and nuts.
I picked up some Pocky to give as prizes to some of my students: I sent them in teams through the UW library system on a competition scavenger hunt.
Some pics of the vegetable aisle.
Sometimes it's best to go to the Hmong farmers that come to the farmer's markets; they have some things like bok choy and other kinds of greens. But Midway's got everybody beat if you're looking for long beans or gai lan or galangal. I bought some ginger, gai lan, and an eggplant to supplement what I got out of my garden.
Here's the Chinese, Japanese, and Thai sauce aisle.
Meat section
And here's where you get your milk, cheddar cheese, century eggs, and grass jelly drink
Certainly not the best market, but it does the trick. There's a lot more in there than you might think (frozen beef bile anyone?...).
Posted 16 October 2011 - 04:06 PM
Posted 16 October 2011 - 04:55 PM
I was using Ransom, which is a very different style with a little age on it and a sharpness of cardamom, but I found it difficult to find drinks where I really wanted to use it. It's good, I just never really wanted to pour it. Any suggestions?
Try the 'Variation on a Theme' from the Beta Cocktails blog. It's good with both Hayman's & Ransom, but I prefer the latter.
Edited by KD1191, 16 October 2011 - 04:56 PM.
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Posted 16 October 2011 - 04:59 PM
I was using Ransom, which is a very different style with a little age on it and a sharpness of cardamom, but I found it difficult to find drinks where I really wanted to use it. It's good, I just never really wanted to pour it. Any suggestions?
Try the 'Variation on a Theme' from the Beta Cocktails blog. It's good with both Hayman's & Ransom, but I prefer the latter.
I've done that with Hayman's. It's a great drink and I'll definitely put the Ransom version on the to-drink list thanks.
Posted 16 October 2011 - 05:33 PM
Posted 16 October 2011 - 07:16 PM
Here it is in the wok:
It's important at this point to be very gentle if you're using silken tofu. I always do, because the real beauty part of this dish is the contrast of the crumbly meat with the squishy tofu. Plus I love to press the tofu up against the roof of my mouth. But if you're making this dish with the silken tofu and you stir too hard here, it will break into a thousand fragments and the contrast of the gelatinous chunks and the small grained meat will be lost forever (or until you make it again).
I'm not questing after the elusive wok hei in my house, but I love woks. They are very easy to handle large portions of things, not to mention the fact that the design of it makes for a variety of heat zones.
Here it is on the table, finished with ground Sichuan peppercorn and scallion:
Here is the Fish Fragrant Eggplant:
For those who have never had it, it doesn't involve fish at all. From what I remember, the sauce is often used with fish hence the name. My major departure from tradition here is that I don't deepfry the eggplant. I steam it because it's easier, and while it is less delicious I still think it's good and saves me some calories and heaviness. Otherwise its a standard sauce of Chinkiang vinegar, stock, some sugar, and soy sauce with ginger and garlic as the aromatics and chili bean sauce for heat and depth of flavor.
We had some greens too, Gai Lan with ginger juice (grate some ginger and squeeze the juice out of it-it's amazing how much you get), soy sauce, and a light touch of sesame oil:
And beer to drink alongside:
It's Hopalicious, an American Pale Ale from Ale Asylum, a Madison brewery that opened up a few years back. I didn't like this beer much when it first came out, it seemed overly malty to the point of being musty and the hops were not prominent which I thought was strange for a beer with such a name. This summer though, I ended up drinking a decent amount of it and liking it. I don't know if the more recent bottlings are better or more to my taste, but I've been warming up to it. Or maybe I've just stopped comparing it to my all time favorite beer, Bell's Two Hearted ale, against which almost any beer pales in comparison. In any case, Hopalicious may not be great, but it's very good and I like Ale Asylum a lot in general. They're always solid.
Posted 16 October 2011 - 07:31 PM
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I've known better for many years to think of Wisconsin of the land of cheese curds and fish fries -- not that there's anything the matter with them. I swear, if those folks in, say, Palo Alto, knew how Madison was gaming them about food, they'd be shocked. Shocked!
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Posted 17 October 2011 - 05:44 AM
I fell in love with MadTown when we went up there for a college suss-out with our daughter. Berkeley or Ann Arbor in Wisconsin, but with that Wisconsin whiff of fresh air and great food. (We liked Iowa City on that tour, but it didn't have the feel that old school progressive parents like us sniffed in Madison.)
I've known better for many years to think of Wisconsin of the land of cheese curds and fish fries -- not that there's anything the matter with them. I swear, if those folks in, say, Palo Alto, knew how Madison was gaming them about food, they'd be shocked. Shocked!
Hahaha it's definitely more than curds and fish fries these days, though I eat them too. Fried cheese curds, when made well and served fresh out of the fryer are like nothing else.
But as for variety in food, I was surprised to see not the first, but the third Himalayan restaurant open up last year. To differentiate themselves from the other two, this one specializes in all things yak meat. I've never been, but it's been open long enough that it seems to be good enough to survive.
Posted 17 October 2011 - 05:47 AM
I have several lingering slender eggplants on the vine so I will be cloning your dish. There was a big trend about steaming eggplant somewhere that I never jumped on so this will be by "jump". I like the idea of using the silken tofu for contrast. I have always used really firm but fresh Vietnamese tofu that is almost chewy. Live and learn and experiment - the "joy of cooking".
The silken tofu really makes it for me. The way it bursts in your mouth and its unique flavor. I don't know if silken tofu tastes stronger than other kinds of tofu, or the super soft texture allows for more surface area to hit your tastebuds so it delivers the flavor to the mouth in a bolder way, but there's something to the way it tastes that I really love and don't get out of firmer tofus.
Posted 17 October 2011 - 06:12 AM
It seems that food texture is important to you (as it should be, IMO) so can I ask what your favourite texture combinations are? Any dishes that you really feel have a sublime texture or texture contrast to them?
Posted 17 October 2011 - 07:59 AM
I LOVE Braunschweiger.......seeing this reminds me that I don't buy it nearly as often as I should.
Posted 17 October 2011 - 10:48 AM
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Posted 17 October 2011 - 11:00 AM
I've been meaning to get some ice cream from Babcock Dairy for a while now, and today seemed like a good time to do it. I don't eat it a lot, and my girlfriend loves ice cream but can't eat it without a measure of gastrointestinal distress. So I had a cone for breakfast today.
That's my Pumpkin Cream Pie cone resting in the cone holder conveniently provided for you so you can sort out your money with two hands.
This ice cream is the best I've ever had, by a longshot and that includes homemade. I think its the quality of the milk, which is rich in creamy texture. The flavor is always spot on too. Typically I would avoid ice cream that's trying to taste like pumpkin pie but I trust Babcock to do it right. The ice cream does really taste like a lightly spiced pumpkin pie, but not so much that you can't enjoy the core of what ice cream is, the dairy.
Here are the other ice creams on offer
They had Orange Custard Chocolate Chip, Orange Sherbet, Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough, Union Utopia, Cookies and Cream, Raspberry Swirl, and the Pumpkin Cream Pie.
During the summer, there is often a long line that snakes around and it can take a little while to get to the counter. And since it's their downtime, they have about 1/3 of the flavors they normally do. It is served year round and people eat it even when it's snowing outside. A testament to its perennial goodness.
I ate my cone in the Rathskeller, which is where a lot of people meet to eat lunch and drink beer during the day, or drink beer and watch movies and sports at night. It is in the style of a German downstairs pub, and has all kinds of German murals about loving to drink and to learn.
It says "who doesn't love wine, woman and song remains a fool his whole life long."
This one says "I don't count the hours unless they are happy."
They also have an extensive collection of old steins to encourage drinking.
Fireplaces complete with murals about the duties of learning to sit by in the winter as you eat and drink.
And here's where you buy your beer. In the summer months, you can buy it from several places just outside here on the Terrace that overlooks lake Mendota. It's a favorite spot to hang out and drink some pitchers; the scenery is beautiful and they have music too. A whole lot of beer is drunk there, and lucky for me my office is in the next building over. My teaser photo looking out on the lake was taken from the Terrace.
The beer list
You might not be able to make out all the beer, because the lighting inside the Rathskeller is very low and it's sunny outside so the conditions were not ideal for my tiny camera. But the beer list there is pretty good.
Here's the small cafeteria attached to the Rathskeller
"Chamber of Food"
There is another larger and more modern cafeteria one room over. I used to eat here a lot a couple of years ago, but these days I usually just buy food from the foodcarts on the library mall and bring it back here to eat if it's not nice enough outside. The food here is passably mediocre, and there's too much good stuff nearby, especially when the carts are out.
Posted 17 October 2011 - 11:02 AM
Julie tells me that Leon's is the gold standard for frozen custard in Milwaukee( I found it to be pretty fantastic too). Do you have any great frozen custard in Madison?
We do have frozen custard and it's quite good but I know of only one place: Michael's. It always has a long line. If you drive around Wisconsin, you'll find independent frozen custard places here and there. They seem to be all over the place.
Did you try the Leon's when you were in WI? I've never had theirs, but I've heard good things.
Posted 17 October 2011 - 11:10 AM
Hi Alcuin, great blog so far!
It seems that food texture is important to you (as it should be, IMO) so can I ask what your favourite texture combinations are? Any dishes that you really feel have a sublime texture or texture contrast to them?
Thanks Jenni. I like texture in almost every dish, but those that really stand out to my mind right now are Thai dishes that bring together a crazy amount of tastes and textures. I remember looking at a recipe for larb and thinking it would never work, there's too much going on there. But the interplay of meat and herbs bound by toasted rice powder (a crucial ingredient for texture) ends up working perfectly. I'm thinking of pasta dishes too where there's an interplay between pasta and sauce, but that may just be because I'm going to make pasta tonight.
Are there any textural combinations you like that I might try? I'm up for anything.
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NSOperationQueue class regulates the execution of a set of
NSOperation objects. After being added to a queue, an operation remains in that queue until it is explicitly canceled or finishes executing its task. Operations within the queue (but not yet executing) are themselves organized according to priority levels and inter-operation object dependencies and are executed accordingly. An application may create multiple operation queues and submit operations to any of them.
Inter-operation dependencies provide an absolute execution order for operations, even if those operations are located in different operation queues. An operation object is not considered ready to execute until all of its dependent operations have finished executing. For operations that are ready to execute, the operation queue always executes the one with the highest priority relative to the other ready operations. For details on how to set priority levels and dependencies, see NSOperation Class Reference.
You cannot directly remove an operation from a queue after it has been added. An operation remains in its queue until it reports that it is finished with its task. Finishing its task does not necessarily mean that the operation performed that task to completion. An operation can also be canceled. Canceling an operation object leaves the object in the queue but notifies the object that it should abort its task as quickly as possible. For currently executing operations, this means that the operation object's work code must check the cancellation state, stop what it is doing, and mark itself as finished. For operations that are queued but not yet executing, the queue must still call the operation object's
start method so that it can processes the cancellation event and mark itself as finished.
Operation queues usually provide the threads used to run their operations. In OS X v10.6 and later, operation queues use the
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isConcurrent method returns
NO. If that method returns
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For more information about using operation queues, see Concurrency Programming Guide.
KVO-Compliant Properties
NSOperationQueue class is key-value coding (KVC) and key-value observing (KVO) compliant. You can observe these properties as desired to control other parts of your application. The properties you can observe include the following:
operations- read-only property
operationCount- read-only property
maxConcurrentOperationCount- readable and writable property
suspended- readable and writable property
name- readable and writable property
Although you can attach observers to these properties, you should not use Cocoa bindings to bind them to elements of your application's user interface. Code associated with your user interface typically must execute only in your application's main thread. However, KVO notifications associated with an operation queue may occur in any thread.
For more information about key-value observing and how to attach observers to an object, see Key-Value Observing Programming Guide.
Multicore Considerations
It is safe to use a single
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Additional Operation Queue Behaviors
An operation queue executes its queued operation objects based on their priority and readiness. If all of the queued operation objects have the same priority and are ready to execute when they are put in the queue—that is, their
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Managing Operations in the Queue
– addOperation:
– addOperations:waitUntilFinished:
– addOperationWithBlock:
– operations
– operationCount
– cancelAllOperations
– waitUntilAllOperationsAreFinished
Managing the Number of Running Operations
Suspending Operations
Managing the Queue's Name
Getting Specific Operation Queues
Class Methods
Returns the operation queue that launched the current operation.
Return Value
The operation queue that started the operation or
nil if the queue could not be determined.
You can use this method from within a running operation object to get a reference to the operation queue that started it. Calling this method from outside the context of a running operation typically results in
nil being returned.
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Returns the operation queue associated with the main thread.
Return Value
The default operation queue bound to the main thread.
The returned queue executes operations on the main thread. The main thread's run loop controls the execution times of these operations.
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Instance Methods
Adds the specified operation object to the receiver.
- operation
The operation object to be added to the queue. In memory-managed applications, this object is retained by the operation queue. In garbage-collected applications, the queue strongly references the operation object.
Once added, the specified operation remains in the queue until it finishes executing.
An operation object can be in at most one operation queue at a time and this method throws an
NSInvalidArgumentException exception if the operation is already in another queue. Similarly, this method throws an
NSInvalidArgumentException exception if the operation is currently executing or has already finished executing.
- Available in OS X v10.5 and later.
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Adds the specified array of operations to the queue.
- ops
The array of
NSOperationobjects that you want to add to the receiver.
- wait
YES, the current thread is blocked until all of the specified operations finish executing. If
NO, the operations are added to the queue and control returns immediately to the caller.
An operation object can be in at most one operation queue at a time and cannot be added if it is currently executing or finished. This method throws an
NSInvalidArgumentException exception if any of those error conditions are true for any of the operations in the ops parameter.
Once added, the specified operation remains in the queue until its
isFinished method returns
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Wraps the specified block in an operation object and adds it to the receiver.
- block
The block to execute from the operation object. The block should take no parameters and have no return value.
This method adds a single block to the receiver by first wrapping it in an operation object. You should not attempt to get a reference to the newly created operation object or divine its type information.
- Available in OS X v10.6 and later.
See Also
Declared In
Cancels all queued and executing operations.
This method sends a
cancel message to all operations currently in the queue. Queued operations are cancelled before they begin executing. If an operation is already executing, it is up to that operation to recognize the cancellation and stop what it is doing.
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Returns a Boolean value indicating whether the receiver is scheduling queued operations for execution.
Return Value
NO if operations are being scheduled for execution; otherwise,
If you want to know when the queue's suspended state changes, configure a KVO observer to observe the
suspended key path of the operation queue.
- Available in OS X v10.5 and later.
See Also
Declared In
Returns the maximum number of concurrent operations that the receiver can execute.
Return Value
The maximum number of concurrent operations set explicitly on the receiver using the
setMaxConcurrentOperationCount: method. If no value has been explicitly set, this method returns
NSOperationQueueDefaultMaxConcurrentOperationCount by default.
- Available in OS X v10.5 and later.
See Also
Declared In
Returns the name of the receiver.
Return Value
The name of the receiver.
The default value of this string is "
NSOperationQueue <id>", where <id> is the memory address of the operation queue. If you want to know when a queue's name changes, configure a KVO observer to observe the
name key path of the operation queue.
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Returns the number of operations currently in the queue.
Return Value
The number of operations in the queue.
The value returned by this method reflects the instantaneous number of objects in the queue and changes as operations are completed. As a result, by the time you use the returned value, the actual number of operations may be different. You should therefore use this value only for approximate guidance and should not rely on it for object enumerations or other precise calculations.
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Returns a new array containing the operations currently in the queue.
Return Value
A new array object containing the
NSOperation objects in the order in which they were added to the queue.
You can use this method to access the operations queued at any given moment. Operations remain queued until they finish their task. Therefore, the returned array may contain operations that are either executing or waiting to be executed. The list may also contain operations that were executing when the array was initially created but have subsequently finished.
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Sets the maximum number of concurrent operations that the receiver can execute.
- count
The maximum number of concurrent operations. Specify the value
NSOperationQueueDefaultMaxConcurrentOperationCountif you want the receiver to choose an appropriate value based on the number of available processors and other relevant factors.
The specified value affects only the receiver and the operations in its queue. Other operation queue objects can also execute their maximum number of operations in parallel.
Reducing the number of concurrent operations does not affect any operations that are currently executing. If you specify the value
NSOperationQueueDefaultMaxConcurrentOperationCount (which is recommended), the maximum number of operations can change dynamically based on system conditions.
- Available in OS X v10.5 and later.
See Also
Declared In
Assigns the specified name to the receiver.
- newName
The new name to associate with the receiver.
Names provide a way for you to identify your operation queues at run time. Tools may also use this name to provide additional context during debugging or analysis of your code.
- Available in OS X v10.6 and later.
Declared In
Modifies the execution of pending operations
- suspend
YES, the queue stops scheduling queued operations for execution. If
NO, the queue begins scheduling operations again.
This method suspends or resumes the execution of operations. Suspending a queue prevents that queue from starting additional operations. In other words, operations that are in the queue (or added to the queue later) and are not yet executing are prevented from starting until the queue is resumed. Suspending a queue does not stop operations that are already running.
Operations are removed from the queue only when they finish executing. However, in order to finish executing, an operation must first be started. Because a suspended queue does not start any new operations, it does not remove any operations (including cancelled operations) that are currently queued and not executing.
- Available in OS X v10.5 and later.
See Also
Declared In
Blocks the current thread until all of the receiver's queued and executing operations finish executing.
When called, this method blocks the current thread and waits for the receiver's current and queued operations to finish executing. While the current thread is blocked, the receiver continues to launch already queued operations and monitor those that are executing. During this time, the current thread cannot add operations to the queue, but other threads may. Once all of the pending operations are finished, this method returns.
If there are no operations in the queue, this method returns immediately.
- Available in OS X v10.5 and later.
Declared In
Concurrent Operation Constants
Indicates the number of supported concurrent operations.
enum { NSOperationQueueDefaultMaxConcurrentOperationCount = -1 };
The default maximum number of operations is determined dynamically by the
NSOperationQueueobject based on current system conditions.
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On paper, Jynx may not look like much, as her excellent Speed and fantastic Special Attack stats are overshadowed by mediocre HP and abysmal Defense. However, Jynx's precise offensive movepool, her myriad support options, and her access to a reliable sleep move mean that despite her physical frailty and unfortunate typing, Jynx can be a potent sweeper in the right hands. After shutting down her counters with Lovely Kiss and boosting her Special Attack with Nasty Plot, she can devastate unprepared teams.
Jynx is one of the few Pokemon who has access to Nasty Plot, and this set takes full advantage of her unique traits in order to secure a sweep. The idea behind the execution of this set is simple: switch Jynx in on a resisted special attack (or after a KO) and set up a Substitute to circumvent Jynx's terrible defenses. As the opponent switches to a counter, Jynx can put it to sleep with Lovely Kiss. With the opponent's primary answer to Jynx incapacitated, she can safely boost her stats from behind a Substitute. The opponent is forced to bring in a less efficient response, at which point Jynx is free to attack and seriously damage it or KO it and attempt a sweep, depending on your opponent's team and your move options. If you chose to forgo Substitute, just start attacking, unless you are fairly certain that you can successfully sweep the remainder of the opponent's team with a Nasty Plot boost. Either way, you will be able to place incredible pressure on your opponent, and he will likely reveal his Choice Scarfers or priority users in order to force Jynx out as quickly as possible. This will be your chance to eliminate or weaken them with Pursuit users and/or lures, ensuring that Jynx's next attempt at a sweep is decisive.
In practice, however, the execution of this strategy may not be so simple. Your opponent may predict your attempt to put Jynx's counter to sleep and double switch to a less important Pokemon or a sleep absorber, preventing you from incapacitating Jynx's main counter. It's even possible that your opponent may have multiple specially bulky resists or enough priority users to ensure Jynx simply cannot sweep. Any well-built team will not immediately lose to a Pokemon with a sleep move and powerful STAB; it is up to Jynx's user to build a team based around removing and weakening her checks, and to play intelligently to avoid wasting Lovely Kiss or needlessly sacrificing Jynx. Otherwise, she will simply not be successful. Give her the necessary support, however, and you will find that she performs in her niche admirably well.Team Options & Additional Comments >>>
While the Nasty Plot set emphasizes plowing through the opposing team with powerful boosted attacks, this Jynx takes a much more defensive approach towards sweeping. This set takes advantage of the fact that many of the Nasty Plot set's counters are specially-oriented Water-types, and aims to easily set up on them. The given EVs make Jynx very specially bulky; Pokemon like Milotic and Lanturn cannot break Jynx's Substitutes with their neutral STABs after a Calm Mind boost, and even Pokemon like Weezing cannot break Jynx's Substitutes with Flamethrower after two Calm Minds. Jynx can even survive monstrously powerful special assaults, like Life Orb Moltres's Fire Blast, after a couple of boosts. If, upon realizing this, the opponent switches to a physically-oriented counter, Jynx can simply put it to sleep and continue boosting.
This set is very frustrating for frailer offensive teams and balanced teams to face, as they often don't have more than one Pokemon who can both survive Jynx's assaults and prevent her from setting up, and they can no longer merely use a bulky Water-type or a specially-oriented Choice Scarf user to force this Jynx out. However, bulky offense teams have a significantly easier time with this set, as the entire idea behind bulky offense is to have Pokemon who can both take a hit and hit back hard. Against these teams, it is recommended to preserve Jynx as a late-game sweeper for when the opponent's Ice-type resists are either weakened or gone.Team Options & Additional Comments >>>
Jynx is the second fastest Pokemon in UU with a reliable sleep-inducing move, and her offensive capabilities and support options allow her to function as an effective anti-lead. Lovely Kiss is the main merit of this set, allowing Jynx to disable bulky leads, like Uxie and Mespirit, both of whom few Pokemon can immediately KO; this prevents them from executing their strategy while giving you time to execute your own.
Ice Beam is the primary option for an attacking move due to its excellent neutral coverage. Grass Knot's main purpose is for OHKOing Cloyster, Kabutops, and Omastar, as well as for doing substantial damage to Milotic and Blastoise. Psychic is useful for getting quick kills on Hariyama and Qwilfish, while also letting you hit Arcanine very hard. The final slot depends on the general function that Jynx needs to fulfill. Nasty Plot allows Jynx to immediately place great pressure on opposing teams, forcing them to reveal more Pokemon and putting Jynx in a position to do major damage to key Pokemon like Milotic and Houndoom. However, note that even at +2 Special Attack, several Pokemon can still wall Jynx depending on the offensive moves you choose to run, which allows them to set up on or KO her. For instance, Registeel can switch in after the opposing lead absorbs sleep and takes next to no damage from Psychic, Ice Beam, or Grass Knot. It can then set up Stealth Rock, start spreading paralysis with Thunder Wave, or start using Curse. However, Taunt allows Jynx to stop such setup from occuring. In addition, Jynx is faster than or ties with every user of Stealth Rock in the tier, barring the rare Dugtrio, making her effective at preventing entry hazards. Taunt is also useful to prevent any switch-ins that she cannot hurt from setting up in her face.Team Options & Additional Comments >>>
Other Options
Jynx can function somewhat well with a Choice item due to her high Speed and Special Attack. Choice sets should primarily use four of the following moves: Ice Beam, Psychic, Focus Blast, Shadow Ball, Lovely Kiss, and Trick. However, Jynx's relative frailty, Stealth Rock weakness, and vulnerability to the common Pursuit hinder a Choice set's effectiveness.
Grass Knot can be used as an offensive option over Psychic or Focus Blast in order to hit Milotic and Slowking harder. However, both Psychic and Focus Blast will offer much better general utility.
Jynx is the second fastest Pokemon with a reliable sleep move in UU; as such, she can make a useful anti-lead. A lead Jynx should be holding Focus Sash and have Lovely Kiss, with the other moves depending primarily on the kind of leads the player does not mind losing to. Shadow Ball is necessary for a good chance of KOing Mesprit, Uxie, and Alakazam before they wake up, while Grass Knot guarantees KOs on Omastar, Kabutops, and Rhyperior. Protect allows Jynx to beat Ambipom leads and is useful for scouting Trick, while Ice Beam and Psychic are hard-hitting STAB moves. Counter is an interesting option, but better left to Alakazam. Be very careful against leads suspected of carrying a Focus Sash or a Lum Berry, increasingly common items. This Jynx is best used on teams that appreciate the lack of early-game entry hazards and can set up on leads whom Jynx typically loses to (such as Spiritomb).
Checks and Counters
The counters who give Jynx the most trouble are Haze Milotic, RestTalk Registeel, and specially defensive Spiritomb. Milotic is only 2HKOed by +6 Jynx, which is a difficult task since it requires Milotic to be asleep for four turns. Note, however, that if Jynx has forgone Substitute for Psychic, Milotic becomes much more manageable and ceases to be a counter. A similar situation applies for Registeel; Registeel can KO Jynx with Iron Head at any time, and only loses if Jynx can lock it down long enough with Lovely Kiss that Registeel cannot recover with Rest before Jynx eliminates it, or if Jynx chooses to run Focus Blast in her final slot. Specially defensive Spiritomb can survive even +4 Ice Beam, while taking Jynx out of the game with Pursuit or Shadow Sneak. Unlike Registeel and Milotic, Spiritomb beats Jynx regardless of her moveset. Chansey also handily stalls out Jynx, but only if Sleep Clause is active; if not, Jynx will merely put Chansey to sleep and use her as setup fodder. Due to Natural Cure, Chansey will cause Sleep Clause to deactivate if she switches out. Some less common counters include Thick Fat Hariyama, Thick Fat Grumpig, Walrein, Lapras, Lanturn, and Slowking. Note again that all of these counters are only counters if Sleep Clause is activated; otherwise, they don't have much chance of beating Jynx one-on-one.


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Pretty good segment tonight...this one was on bowling in the SEZ. Since we never talk about it I thought I'd post here for any thoughts on the matter
Yes please
Anybody catch the "What's Bugging Andy" segment tonight on SoundOFF? An entire segment dedicated to why it's time for ISU to bowl in the SEZ?
(I'll post the link once it's available).
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Damn, i missed it. Hadnt watched locals in awhile, and found out one of mediacom's recent changes screwed up my tivo again so i can't get 5\8\13..
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"I'm a widow." Standing at Mike's funeral, it was the first time since her husband had died that these words had actually crossed Carole Brody Fleet's mind. Frantic mental scrambling ensued as she sought to make sense of what had just happened to her family and herself. She was just 40 years old. Irrational thoughts popped in and out of her head. She wasn't old and grey. She didn't wear sensible shoes. "I can't be a widow" she thought, "I listen to heavy metal music! I wear four-inch heels! People like me are NOT widows!" Never in her wildest dreams would Carole have believed that this moment would prove pivotal in the journey to come.
Carole's happy life came to a screeching halt in 1998. It was the year Mike was diagnosed with ALS, otherwise known as Lou Gehrig's disease. She and their daughter, Kendall, became caregivers as he battled bravely against the disease that would take his life. Mike passed away in December 2000; Carole and Kendall were left trying to figure out how to go on. "Our whole lives had been governed by an illness for two years. When that illness is gone, what do you do? You don't know how to live a normal life—this was a new normal for us."
For two weeks after the funeral, Carole stayed on the couch in her penguin footy pajamas. Yet, even in her early grief she understood that there was an important reason why she had to keep it together. "There was a child watching me, watching to see what I was going to do now. Dad's gone, now what? I had to set the message, set the example of 'Yes, we can be sad, and we're going to be sad for a long while. But, we're not going to quit living. Life will continue.' It was baby steps, small victories for us."
Kendall wanted to take her mom to the movies shortly after Mike's death. Although Carole didn't want to go, she could see that Kendall wanted to help her. So, she threw on her ratty sweats and put her hair in a messy ponytail. "When you are dealing with a terminal illness, you don't care what you look like. I'd been doing pretty much all of my running around in sweatpants five sizes too big and a sloppy ponytail. I felt like, 'My husband's going to die, who cares what I look like?' But when Kendall wanted to go to the movies and I came out in those clothes, she turned me right around and said, 'you're not going in THAT!'" Kendall took her mom into her closet and picked out an outfit—jeans, a leather jacket, nice boots. "It may sound vain, but it was a big step in my life. It was like, 'My gosh, it's time to get dressed again!' That was the beginning of when we started to heal. It was the first steps back into a routine."
"For two weeks after the funeral, Carole stayed on the couch in her penguin footy pajamas. until her daughter invited her to the movies to get OUT of the house, but not dressed in 'THAT'!"
Muddling through those early stages of widowhood, Carole hoped to make the right decisions for her family. But, having to figure everything out on her own was tough! She was left with a million unanswered questions about everyday things. What do the banks need from me to make all the changes that need to be made now that Mike's gone? How do I get benefits from the government? Who is this person staring back at me from the mirror, because I don't recognize her? Then, later on, there were the questions she was afraid to ask. What about dating? What about intimacy? How? When? She began to realize that there is a LOT more to widowhood than grief. "I had to learn how to honor my past without living in my past. I didn't want to be in grief for the rest of my life."
About five years down the road, Carole had been through it all—the good, the bad, and the ugly of being a young widow. Sure, she'd made some mistakes. But, she was doing ok. A light started flickering in her mind. She had so many wonderful books that talked about grieving and loss. Yet, nobody had any advice for those everyday situations she'd grappled with, particularly those aspects of life that came with being a younger widow. A passionate writer since the age of 12, Carole thought and thought: What if I am the person to help people like me get through this? Busting out a legal pad, she began writing notes about all the questions she had and all the things a widow needed to know. Her notes became the basis for a book, Widows Wear Stilettos: A Practical and Emotional Guide for the Young Widow.
About halfway through, Carole realized Widows Wear Stilettos would be a full-time profession. She was fortunate, she had worked hard at a good job and had some money socked away. It was time. "It was a little bit of a leap of faith, but I just woke up one day and knew I needed to take this full time. I spent my time writing and just getting the word out. Looking back at what I started out doing to what it's become … it's been incredible!" While working on her book, Carole began envisioning how you would go about starting a widow-to-widow dialogue. And, that's when the concept for a Web site came about. "All your friends are divorced, or married, or single. You've fallen into a huge divide. Nobody in your inner circle can relate to what you're going through. I wanted to create a dialogue between these widows who needed me!" Cyberspace seemed the perfect venue.
Widows Wear Stilettos (http://www.widowswearstilettos.com/) launched in September 2006, before the book hit the shelves. As Carole went about creating her Web vision, she was very particular about what she did and didn't want it to be. "There were lots of grieving web sites. I didn't want to do that! I wanted it to be bright and hopeful." Carole's idea was to help widows help each other with both heart and a little humor—and, of course, beautiful shoes!
The media caught wind of the Web site immediately. Almost overnight, there was a huge groundswell of interest. "I knew there were a lot of us out there, but I had no idea how big a number it really was. Intellectually, of course, you think about the major tragedies that have happened in recent years—the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, 9-11 … you know your demographic is growing. But, nobody was more stunned than I was when I read in Redbook magazine that over 40% of all single mothers are widows! That number doesn't even take into account the widows left pregnant, or the widows with children over the age of 18, the widows who didn't have time to have children, gay women, or those women caring for terminally ill partners and will soon be widows."
Welcoming any person who's lost a partner (including gay, transgendered, boyfriend-girlfriend, and widowers), Widows Wear Stilettos now has over 100,000 visitors and those numbers climb daily. "It's really turned into a global support organization and it's been wonderful! When you read the message boards, you see these women writing notes to their new friends. They exchange recipes, ideas, etc. We target issues that tend to be more pertinent to younger widows, but I have widows in their 80s who are regulars because they've found something in there they needed—whether it's comfort, education, solace, friendship, or all the above. Widows Wear Stilettos has the potential to help women through what could be the most difficult period in their life."
As the site took shape, even Kendall got in on the action for a time. Writing a column for the web site called "Kendall's Korner," she was able to turn her grief into something extraordinary, helping children would had also lost their father. "She still keeps in contact with quite a few of the kids who'd write to her and she'd write back. She made friends of her own as a result of Widows Wear Stilettos. Her tremendous heart was a blessing. Of course, there were other pluses as well. She enjoyed having mommy at home more. There was more time for us. She appreciated that, too!"
Setting a goal to make Widows Wear Stilettos accessible in whatever form women needed, Carole released a CD in 2007. "The CD came about because I'm impatient! The book wasn't published yet and I wanted to get something into these widows' hands right away." Unlike audio versions of books, the CD addressed its own issues, things like guilt and different kinds of coping. There are even tips for dealing with the media if a partner was lost as a result of a crime, plane crash, or other high profile event.
While the majority of the feedback Carole has received—and she receives A LOT, between 800-1000 letters a week—is overwhelmingly positive, there have been a few naysayers. "I got one letter accusing me of 'making a living off of the misfortune of others.' That one hurt because I am by no means wealthy. My answer was, if that is what you are going to accuse me of, that's fine. But, now you have to go to your local bookstore and write the same letter to all the authors of self-help books you can find. Then, what about doctors, psychologists, lawyers? We are all making a living by helping others in need."
Although widowhood has clearly shaped her, Carole is resolute that it does not define who she is. And, with a wedding approaching in the fall, she is proving that widowhood is not the end of the road! "I was so surprised when I fell in love with my fiancée. I never expected to marry again. But, I'm marrying a wonderful, incredible man—a man who willingly supports the mission that I am on. I spend a great deal of time very publicly talking about this wonderful marriage I had to this wonderful man who's legacy I am very committed to keeping alive forever. My fiancée honors Mike's memory and respects it right along with me. At the same time, we recognize that this is a new life. "
When asked how Mike would feel about her new life, Carole can only laugh. "He was so worried that I would not find love again. He even talked to my mom about it behind my back. He was serious! This man was dying and he was serious! I really can't imagine being that altruistic. I know that the turn of events that has taken place in my life would please him to no end. He always loved getting his way!"
Having just completed her second book, Carole smiles at what she's done with the lemons that life handed her. One of her husband's dying wishes was that she turn what they'd been through into something positive. "He did not want to be remembered for a disease. When he said, 'you need to take this experience and use it for good for others,' I had no idea what he meant at the time. How could I take this horrendous experience and help other people? I could barely get out of bed in the morning. When I started writing the book, his words rang in my ears. This is what he meant! I would like to think that Mike is proud. I would like to think that he occasionally laughs at me! I hope that if nothing else, the fact is that his legacy lives. He is being remembered for the incredible presence that he was, that he is proud of that and that I am doing honor to his memory. I am committed to it."
For more information about Carole's books and CD, or to join a fabulous community of widows, visit http://www.widowswearstilettos.com/
Thank you Carole, for sharing your Story with us.
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Yes, 40 is way too young to become a widow. I'm so sorry you had to lose Mike this way. That is a tragedy. But I do always feel that while we here grieve, they watch us and are bound by our love, and they never want to see us squander the gift and short time we have of life here. Problem is that, as you know, so many get broiled in their grief that they can't move foward or even laterally. They get stuck. You provide a great thing for people. I might suggest that you use this site to write stories about Mike for your daughter. They'll come to mean more and more to her as time goes on, and the memories fade. This way they can be locked securely forever (in addition to your own site). My mother died too young, and I can't tell you how many questions I have of her. Not even necessarily FOR her, just about her - who she was etc. It's important for your daughter. Thanks for sharing this with all of us. Reminds us life is precious :)
I too was widowed at a very young age, although much different circumstances, I think all grief boiled down is much the same - missing someone. I think it's really touching that you reached out to others, because so many people just feel like they're alone in this because many around them don't understand.
My story is more like Suzan's, and I can relate. It is a lonely time. I wish when I'd gone through this that I knew about your site. Would have helped a lot - and definitely will help others going through this. By the way - you and your daughter look sweet together - great picture!
My deepest thanks to all of you for your lovely comments and support. My heart goes out to each of you and while I'm always so very sorry when anyone needs what we have to offer, I'm also very grateful that we can be here to help. Many thanks also to Tamar Burris for a wonderful interview and for writing such a beautiful article. Please remember, no matter your age or how long or short of a period of time has passed since you became a widow, we are here for you! Visit our website soon www.widowswearstilettos.com and again, thank you all for your comments - I am truly humbled. Carole Brody Fleet
Bless you for reaching out to a group of folks who are rather shunned by society (for whatever reasons). They need your help.
I can tell you are a really giving person. I'm so happy to see you reached through pain to help others -that says a LOT about your character.And I too love the picture of you and your daughter :)
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Today in History – December 27, 1571 – Birth of Johannes Kepler. When Kepler made his calculations from measurements taken by Tycho Brahe and himself, at the turn of the seventeenth century, they had to create many of the instruments that they used. The types of tedious observations and measurements taken by Brahe and Kepler had never been attempted before. Thus when Kepler first published his results in 1609, writing what would later become the first two laws of planetary motion, he was in the best position to determine whether the Ptolemaic Earth-centered system was correct or the Copernican heliocentric system.
In 2009 NASA plans to launch the Kepler Mission, a space telescope designed to search for other planets outside our own solar system. To date, astronomers have only been able to find gas-giant planets, such as our own Jupiter, with the current technology. The Kepler mission will place a telescope in space that will focus on a specific area long enough to be able to find the presence of smaller Earth-like planets. Once one has been located, the telescope will be able to study it well enough to determine whether or not it would be able to sustain life.
400 years after Kepler published the results of his studies of the planets from relatively crude observations, NASA will have sent a telescope into space to find and study planets outside our own solar system.
For more information, see the Engineering Pathway's related resources planetary motion and Kepler's Laws or general astronomy. Or visit the Aerospace Engineering Education or the Engineering Mechanics Education community sites.


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Heading into this week's Region 7-4A championship game with Gilmer High School, the Dalton's football team's defense is playing with peak efficiency, and it was on full display Friday night at Harmon Field as the Catamounts throttled Southeast Whitfield 42-0.
It was the third shutout in the last four games for Dalton and the fifth of the season.
"We like the taste of Moon Pies," Dalton linebacker Lyle Durham said of the team's tradition of having Moon Pies at a Monday practice after a shutout. "Our coaches put us in really good positions. They do so much for us. They study their butts off and put us in position. We just have to make the plays."
Dalton's win was part of a full slate of games in the penultimate week of the regular season schedule.
In other games across the area, Northwest Whitfield beat LaFayette 77-0, North Murray topped Coahulla Creek 56-14, Murray County fell 49-0 to Pepperell and Christian Heritage beat Trion 24-20.
Dalton's defense has definitely been the strength of the team throughout the year. With the exception of the 33 points that Ringgold scored on the Catamounts, no team has topped the 30-point mark on Dalton. And even Ringgold needed three overtimes to put that number up on Dalton.
Taking away the Ringgold game, Dalton's defense is giving up an average of 7.7 points per game, and in the last four games it has given up three total points.
One of those earlier shutouts came against Gilmer in the third game of the season at Harmon. With running back Kelvis Rhodes back in the lineup after missing the first two games of the year, Dalton beat the Bobcats 31-0. But this game will be on the road for Dalton and Gilmer hasn't lost since playing the Cats the first time. The Bobcats are also coming off of a 38-35 victory over previously unbeaten and seventh-ranked Cedartown.
"We can't get too overconfident because Gilmer in the region championship is not going to be the same game from earlier in this season," Durham said. "They have a great offense and really good team. We are just trying to get better and better every single week."
• One of the easiest ways to view a team's improvement is to compare things from one year to the next. The improvement for Christian Heritage is easy to see.
In their first season in the Georgia High School Association in 2012, the Lions finished with a 5-5 record, suffering Sub-region 6A-A losses to Gordon Lee, Darlington and Trion. After Friday's win over Trion, the Lions avenged two of those three losses.
Trion had taken a 32-21 win over Christian Heritage last season, using their wing-T offense to control the line of scrimmage, the clock and the scoreboard. And while the Lions' offense has consistently put numbers up this season, the victory over Trion marked a coming out party for the defense.
Despite giving up 20 points, the Lions stopped the Bulldogs on downs three times, including a fourth-down stop in the final minutes to preserve the victory. Heading into the Region 6A crossover game with Fellowship Christian, the Lions have four shutouts this season.
One of those shutouts came against the Paladins in the fourth week of the season as the Lions roared to a 41-0 victory.
• North Murray's option-heavy offense isn't meant to throw the ball a lot.
Still, Coahulla Creek coach Jared Hamlin wasn't shocked when the Mountaineers went airborne on their first play with the ball.
North Murray quarterback Hinton McConkey tossed a 33-yard play-action pass to Darius Towns, who wrestled the ball from a Colts cornerback and set up an 8-yard touchdown run from Drake McCowan. Coahulla Creek's defense had a lot of problems stopping the big passing plays from that point on and allowed four passes of at least 31 yards.
"They did the exact same thing to us last season," Hamlin said of passing before running. "So, no, it wasn't a surprise."
Hamlin is referring to North Murray's 35-0 victory against Coahulla Creek in the two teams' first meeting in 2012. Still, the Mountaineers entered Friday's game running the football 304 times, more than double the 136 passes thrown. North Murray only tossed 14 passes against Coahulla Creek — and completed just seven for 181 yards — but didn't throw a single time in the fourth quarter, when the game's result already appeared decided.
• With just one game left in the regular season, the Murray County Indians look to build from what they gave gained under first-year coach Chad Brewer. And even though the outcomes during the last nine weeks haven't been desirable, Brewer sees plenty to look forward to even if the Indians are a long way from their goals.
"The process is to build a foundation first," Brewer said. "That's what we're trying to do in weight room, by getting our kids bigger, faster and stronger. That's the first step in all of it. I think we're going to see a lot of improvement in that a year from now."
Among the returners next season is junior quarterback Justin "Jug" Smith. The third-year player showed presence in the pocket against a swarming Pepperell defense, completing 13 of 19 passes for 136 yards. His favorite target, junior wide receiver Austin Gossett, caught seven of those passes for 65 yards and one touchdown. Junior Spencer Baggett showed speed and quickness out of the backfield, gaining 56 yards on 12 carries. Freshman Matthew McAllister, a bruising fullback, showed determination on short-yardage situations.
• North Murray's defense has allowed a lot of points this season. On Friday, it put a lot of pressure on Colts quarterback Blaine Williams.
Coahulla Creek's first offensive possession didn't include a first down as North Murray sacked Williams on back-to-back snaps and forced a punt. The Mountaineers forced hurried throws from Williams eight times and forced an interception, which Jonathon Cain returned 56 yards for a score. North Murray forced two other turnovers, both fumbles, and only turned the ball over one time.
"We did have a little bit of a bust on our special teams," Mountaineers coach David Gann said, "but even our special teams has improved a lot."
Gann is referring to Darius Miller's 58-yard kick return in the third quarter following North Murray's fifth touchdown of the game to take a 35-7 lead. Miller was tackled by kicker Aaron Mendez at the Mountaineers' 41-yard line, but North Murray's defense made a goal-line stand on fourth down.
• Northwest's celebrated big following Friday night's rout of LaFayette. The Bruins one-game point output set a record, breaking the mark of 56 points Northwest put up in 1991 against Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe. Friday's point total also gave the Bruins a new standard for margin of victory, shattering the old mark of 53 set against Southeast Whitfield in 2008.
But what may have exemplified Northwest's heart and fighting spirit best Friday trotted onto the field in the fourth quarter in the not-so-big person of junior defensive back Erich Stark. Reminiscent of the movie "Rudy," in which long-shot Notre Dame player Rudy Ruettiger overcome the odds to play for the Irish, the 5-foot-1-inch, 105-pound Stark charged onto the field late in the fourth quarter to the delight of Bruins fans.
During his time on the field, Stark played both offense and defense. On defense, he played cornerback and helped repel any late scoring chances for LaFayette's offense. As a running back, Stark carried the ball twice to set up a late Northwest touchdown.
• The loss to Dalton and Ridgeland's win over Heritage-Catoosa denied Southeast Whitfield of an opportunity to play in a 10th game with playoff implications. And with little in the way of positives from the loss to the Cats, the Raiders still have positives to play for when they travel to Cass for a Region 7-4A crossover game in White.
While hopes of a winning record are gone, the Raiders can avoid a losing record for the first time since 2009 when they finished 5-5. Southeast hasn't had a winning record since a 6-5 mark in 1986.
"We still have a lot to play for and want to finish up strong," said coach Sean Gray. "We still have work to do, and 5-5 is the best way to end this season."
Murray County High School Indians
Friday Night Rewind: No points, all treats
Shutout earns Dalton D more Moon Pies
Heading into this week's Region 7-4A championship game with Gilmer High School, the Dalton's football team's defense is playing with peak efficiency, and it was on full display Friday night at Harmon Field as the Catamounts throttled Southeast Whitfield 42-0.
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Prep Roundup: Unbeaten streak rolls on for Cats
Replicating the start of last year's Class 4A state title match, Dalton High School's boys soccer team needed just four minutes to score its first goal at Southeast Whitfield on Friday.
The Catamounts scored five more — and again defended their crown of dominance in the sport.
Prep Roundup: Bruins power past Cats for key victory at home
TUNNEL HILL — Similar to Wednesday's Sub-region 7B-4A baseball series opener at Dalton High School, Northwest Whitfield fell behind early Thursday versus the Catamounts.
Prep Roundup: Dalton golf teams in form at Fields Ferry
Even in wet and muddy conditions, both the Dalton High School boys and girls golf teams are sharpening their games at the right time.
With the Region 7-4A tournament scheduled in two weeks, both the Catamounts and the Lady Cats finished second during play at the Fields Ferry Invitational in Calhoun on Monday. Despite the soggy conditions, Dalton's Jacob Brown tied for medalist honors with a 2-over par 74 to lead the Cats to a 313 combined score in the six-play, four-score format. Dalton finished three strokes behind tournament winner LaFayette.
All-Area Wrestling Team and Wrestler of the Year: Winning another title was the only goal for Wheeler
When Dalton High School wrestler Sidney Wheeler won a state title for the first time two years ago as a sophomore, he admitted he became a little complacent about what it would take to replicate the feat — perhaps not noticeably so to most observers, but enough to take success for granted. Wheeler believed it a matter of course that he would win state again, and he thought the second title would simply be the middle child in a high school three-peat.
Prep Roundup: SE offense hot again, rolls 16-0
Southeast Whitfield's baseball team is back to scoring a lot of runs and winning consecutive games.
Prep soccer: Morris boys earn Class 2A ranking
It's nothing new for a local high school boys soccer team to be among those in the eurosportscoreboard.com state rankings.
It is new for that team to be Morris Innovative.
Prep roundup: SE offense keeps foot on throttle
As long as Southeast Whitfield High School's baseball team continues to hit the ball and score runs the way it has so far this season, it really won't matter what the defense does.
Coach Brad Lofton still likes how the Raiders' fielding is improving.
Prep Roundup: A little bit of momentum
Neither Dalton High School baseball coach Shane Ramsey nor North Murray coach David Redmond has had much reason to complain about their offensive production this season.
Defense is another matter.
Prep Wrestling: Later than usual, but it's time for state
As participants in an indoor sport, high school wrestlers don't often have to consider the weather's effects on their competitions.
This year's Georgia High School Association traditional state tournaments are an exception.
Weather still shuffling schedules
The Region 7-4A high school basketball tournaments were pushed back to a Friday start on Tuesday.
Region 7-2A followed suit Wednesday, but Region 5-3A is still up in the air for playing games today.
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