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Apple has quietly purchased BookLamp, an Idaho startup that set out to build better book recommendations, according to a report by TechCrunch. The company, which was founded in 2007, set out to categorize the content in every book on the planet in order to provide users with recommendations about what books they might like to… Read More
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We get a glimpse of the future this week on the GeekWire radio show, talking about Amazon's newly released Fire phone, the widely rumored iPhone 6, and Microsoft's unannounced smartwatch — with some Windows Phone thrown in for good measure. Joining me in the studio are Andru Edwards, editor of the GearLive tech news site, who extends his record as our… Read More
Chart: Amazon now employs 132,000, more than tripling in size in the past three years
Amazon.com's growth in the past few years is nothing short of meteoric, and the chart above shows exactly what's going on. The company now employs 132,000 people, a workforce that now dwarfs Google and Microsoft. The hiring does not appear to be slowing down, with Amazon embarking on a massive headquarters expansion in downtown Seattle… Read More
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OKLAHOMA CITY -- Central office employees for Oklahoma City Public Schools began receiving termination letters Tuesday. OKCPS district leaders have sent letters to 36 employees.
The cuts include central office personnel from Information Technology, Finance, Special Education, Athletics, Communications and Community Relations, Native American Services, Language and Cultural, Human Resources, Regional Executive Directors, and Child Nutrition Services.
Superintendent Karl Springer said none of the decisions had anything to do with employee performance.
"This is one of the hardest decisions I have ever had to make in my career as a teacher and administrator," Springer said.
Employees terminated are immediately suspended with pay through July 22, 2010.
Those who got the letters have the right to a board hearing. Those who waive that right will have the option to resign.
The district has to cut $17 million from its budget due to the state budget crisis. Over 500 concerned teachers, parents and staff showed up with concerned questions to a OKCPS community meeting Tuesday night. A lot of questions surrounded the bigger class sizes that Springer said are inevitable.
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All first year teachers were put on notice that they're contracts could end up not being renewed. Springer said over 100 positions will have to be eliminated. Retirements and resignations could bring the number of first year teachers eliminated down, but a lot of parents said it's not good enough.
"You can take a first year teacher and a teacher that's been there for 35 years, but when you get to the point where a teacher no longer cares about what they're doing then why let the first year teacher go?" said one concerned parent.

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It's a vision for the state laid out in ten pages Wednesday morning at the state capitol.
"I share my game plan with you, my game plan for the rest of the State of Mississippi," said Billy Hewes, (R) Lieutenant Governor candidate.
As part of the game plan; if elected, Hewes aims to eliminate the state's inventory tax, reform education and transparency and push legislation which would require drug testing for anyone receiving public assistance, beginning with welfare and unemployment recipients.
"If people are to apply for benefits paid for by taxpayer dollars then they should be subject to drug testing as a condition of receiving those funds," Hewes said.
As Hewes lays out his game plan; which he says could save millions of taxpayer dollars, a more political game plan is being played out in television ads as Hewes and his opponent Tate Reeves continue to criticize each other.
"I've been calling out inconsistencies for a long time," Hewes said.
Hewes says Reeves is hiding behind the ads and not giving voters a chance to see and hear what's really at stake.
"My opponent won't debate me, no debate Tate, he's not showing up," Hewes said. "If my opponent would debate me, we could get a lot of these questions answered, but we've seen nothing but costly responses from them, but no answers yet, they're talking about anything but issues."
The Reeves Campaign says that's simply not true and released a statement in response.
"Tate Reeves has been running his campaign on issues since he announced in February. Hewes has been worried about what Reeves is doing, where he is and lying about his reputation as treasurer," said Justin Brasell, Reeves' campaign manager.
Meanwhile; with game plan in hand, Hewes says his 20 years of experience in the legislature offers an advantage to the challenges, like redistricting, which will greet lawmakers when they return to the Capitol, but who returns will be up to voters.
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Dozens of people lined up along the sand near Belmont Park to get a good look and snap some pictures.Many said they'd never seen anything like it.
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Get up, get out, and do something! Just about any day of the year, you can find something fun, informative, and healthy to enjoy at an area park. Feel free to browse the listings below, or use the search tools to find an event that matches your interests and location.
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Bryant Park Scrabble Game Social
at 40th Street Plaza (in Bryant Park), Manhattan
6:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m.
If you go wild for words, this one's for you!
Category: Games
Art for Us Adaptive Art Program
at McCarren Play Center, Brooklyn
6:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.
Instructional art program for people with disabilities to interact, socialize and express themselves through art. For adults and seniors.
Category: Accessible, Arts & Crafts, Art
TreeLC Workshop in Brooklyn
at 1408 Ditmas Avenue, Brooklyn
6:00 p.m.–7:30 p.m.
Join us to help care for new street trees in Brooklyn!
Category: Education, Nature, Volunteer
Inwood Evening Yoga
at Indian Road Lawn (in Inwood Hill Park), Manhattan
6:30 p.m.–8:00 p.m.
Unwind after a long day with evening yoga.
Category: Fitness, Outdoor Fitness
SummerStage Presents: The Metropolitan Opera Summer Recital Series Mary-Jane Lee (soprano), Ginger Costa-Jackson (mezzo-soprano), and Yunpeng Wang (baritone), accompanied by pianist Dan Saunders
at Crotona Park East & Charlotte Street (in Crotona Park), Bronx
7:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m.
An enchanting evening of favorite opera arias and duets featuring rising Metropolitan Opera stars.
Category: Concerts, Free Summer Concerts
SummerStage Presents Beck
at Rumsey Playfield (in Central Park), Manhattan
7:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m.
SummerStage Benefit Show: Beck - July 1, 2014
Category: Concerts
Shape up NYC: Zumba Fitness with Maxie
at Beach 17th Street and Seagirt Boulevard (in Rockaway Beach and Boardwalk), Queens
7:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m.
Get in shape with this popular form of exercise with latin inspired dance steps.
Category: Dance, Fitness, Outdoor Fitness
Pilates Fitness Guru
at Empire Fulton Ferry (in Brooklyn Bridge Park), Brooklyn
7:00 p.m.
Learn how to properly activate the muscles of your abdomen and back to create an incredible amount of stability in your torso.
Category: Fitness
Shakespeare in the Park: Much Ado About Nothing
at Delacorte Theater (in Central Park), Manhattan
8:00 p.m.
Hamish Linklater and Tony® nominee Lily Rabe return to the Park this summer as the wise-cracking, would-be lovers Beatrice and Benedick in the beloved romantic comedy Much Ado…
Category: Theater, Free Summer Theater, Shakespeare in the Parks
Summer Movie Night: The Sandlot
at Swindler Cove Park, Manhattan
8:00 p.m.–10:30 p.m.
Free summer movies are here, brought to you by New York Restoration Project! Every Tuesday night in July and August, at outdoor locations throughout NYC.
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BOSTON (MyFoxBoston.com) - The body of Boston Marathon Bomber No. 1 Tamerlan Tsarnaev is finally being claimed by family members.The Islamic Society of Boston-Cambridge told FOX 25 one of Tamerlan's uncles who lives in Maryland is trying to arrange a funeral for him. This is not the uncle who spoke right after the bombings and called Tamerlan a "loser." Tamerlan's body is currently at the medical examiner's office and will not be released until the end of the week, at the earliest. The 26-year-old died after a gun battle with police in Watertown. A lot of people are wondering why Tamerlan's wife, Katherine Russell, didn't come forward to claim his body. Russell's attorney said she has relinquished all rights to her husband's body, but she did give his uncle permission to claim to it.Meanwhile, a report in the Daily Mail claims the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia warned the U.S. in writing about Tamerlan and a planned explosive attack on a major U.S. city.The White House and Department of Homeland Security are denying that report, but are launching an internal review to find out if intelligence information was properly shared.
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Original post made by Nohbody on Feb 28, 2013
And if you have out of state plates - watch out! Cause, you'll get cited for that too.
The money I'm spending on attorneys to defend and sue the city over this kind of minor bull crap is hopefully the last money I'll ever spend in Pleasanton.
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Actually, I just saw a young girl in tears driving a white car northbound at the Santa Rita and Stoneridge intersection and as I was driving by on Santa Rita, the police officer was bullying her to open the trunk of the car.
on Feb 28, 2013 at 6:54 pm
The Pleasanton Police will pull you over for reasons that they can't ticket you for just to check if you have been drinking. This has happened to me 3 times. It is illegal and amounts to harrassment.
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The Pleasanton Police tends to pull over anyone that is driving after the sun goes down. They then claim that they smell alcohol (bogus claim) and then ask to search your car. If you say no, they will then conduct a field sobriety test.
After you pass, make sure you get the cop's name, then fill out a formal complaint (email is fine) and send it to the police chief and copy the mayor and city council.


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The United States is one of the most diverse countries on earth, jam packed full of amazing sights from St. Patrick's cathedral in New York to Mount Hollywood California.The Northeast region is where it all started. Thirteen British colonies fought the American Revolution from here and won their independence in the first successful colonial rebellion in history. Take a look at these rolling hills carpeted with foliage along the Hudson river here, north of New York City.The American south is known for its polite people and slow pace of life. Probably they move slowly because it's so hot. Southerners tend not to trust people from "up north" because they talk too fast. Here's a cemetery in Georgia where you can find graves of soldiers from the Civil War.The West Coast is sort of like another country that exists to make the east coast jealous. California is full of nothing but grizzly old miners digging for gold, a few gangster rappers, and then actors. That is to say, the West Coast functions as the imagination of the US, like a weird little brother who teases everybody then gets famous for making freaky art.The central part of the country is flat farmland all the way over to the Rocky Mountains. Up in the northwest corner you can find creative people in places like Portland and Seattle, along with awesome snowboarding and good beer. Text by Steve Smith.


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corcaighboy wrote:Here are some more imeages of Brown Thomas on Patrick Street. In my view, the most graceful building on Cork's main street. Looks classy and refined, even compared to the Roches Stores building next to it.
And opposite Brown Thomas, the old Cosgroves fruit/sweet store (I think!), now a Vodafone outlet. This building has two very graceful curved glass windows in front. Lost a bit of its charm now that it is no longer a kid's emporium of delight!
Praxiteles wrote: Who could have forgotten those acres of temptation posted in the rounded windows?
Praxiteles wrote: Maybe Corcaighboy or Phil might be able to help?
KerryBog2 wrote:Praxiteles - Did Mangan's become Ryans, the Blackthorn House? I seem to recall it along there somewhere...
lawyer wrote:I think the Blackthorn House was down where Clarkes shoe shop is now, almost on the corner of Princes Street.
Praxiteles wrote:Guy's 1925 Directory for Cork tells us that the Blackthorn House, M. A. Ryan, was situated at no. 46 Patrick Street.
lawyer wrote:I know it is wandering from Cork Cut Stone Buildings but this link provides directories of Patrick Street, which may be of interest
Praxiteles wrote:Thanks for the link, Lawyer. It would be interesting to see what has disappeared from Patrick Street bewteen the 1976 and 1997 editions of the street directory. Has it even been published since 1997? Typical problem to be seen in the mainthorougfares of many cities: decline of the traditional businesses and their substitutionn with rag shops!
corcaighboy wrote:Aha - Woolworths closed in 1982/3 I believe. At the time, it was big news (even getting the headline in the Echo . Everything was doom and gloom back then as Dunlops, Fords, and the dockyard all shut within the space of two years. Re your question: Yes, I moved from Hong Kong to Singapore around a year ago but simply forgot to change my location details on Archiseek. Singapore may be a Disneyworld with the death penalty, but they sure know how to do town planning, urban transport, and public housing. Certainly alot we could learn from them.
lawyer wrote:I'm afraid that Patrick Street is now no better than a typical U.K. 'High Street' and will be worse when Roche's Stores goes.
A-ha wrote:Thanks and yes, I suppose it's no wonder Woolworths left Cork at that particular time. Urban transport keeps coming up again and again when it comes to Cork. I've seen villages with better transport links than what we have. Fingers crossed it will improve over the next few years.
You make it sound as if U.K. High Streets are bad. Yes I think it will be a terribly sad day when Roches closes its doors, but when it comes to it, people want those British stores that are popping up everywhere, without having to go to London for the day shopping. Next, Debenhams, River Island, Argos.... what city doesn't want to attract these? I think the crime of it is, is that they are all located on Patrick St. They would be far more suited to out of town shopping centres and leave home grown stores to Pana (excluding Dunnes and their manky green signage, those I'm just plain sick of). Oliver Plunkett St. is my favourite street in Cork. It's one local shop after another and they are all thriving. It's sort of a Catch 22 though, because if you take the popular stores out of Patrick St....... then who will shop there?


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KEESEVILLE — Visitors from around the Northeast learned about environmentally friendly farming practices here this weekend.
The Summer Solstice event was arranged by the Greenhorns, a non-traditional grass-roots nonprofit group made up of young farmers and others whose mission is to "recruit, promote and support the new generation of young farmers," according to the group's website.
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Project Manager Cara Sipprelle of Essex explained that the purpose of the event was "to bring young farmers together with people who are curious about farming."
About 40 visitors took part in educational programs at the Grange Hall in Keeseville, celebrating farming and the longest day of the year and toured three Keeseville-area farms that are operated by young farmers interested in environmentally friendly practices.
Fledging Crow, Mace Chasm Farm and North Country Creamery all opened their doors to the diverse group.
Michael Meier came from his small farm in New Jersey, where he raises vegetables and livestock. He had previously worked on a rooftop farm in Brooklyn, where crops are grown in soil that has been placed "on a couple of big roofs," as he put it.
"It was great to get experience of farming intensively in an urban setting," he said.
Since Meier's background is urban farming and his current farm is in the suburbs, he found his trip to the farms of Keeseville quite fascinating.
"It's neat to be up here and see what normal farms are like," he said with a laugh.
Ian Ater of Fledging Crow Farm led the group on a tour of his vegetable fields and talked about turning an invasive species into a positive and eco-friendly purpose.
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This week, the administration began the dreaded 9C process. Governor Patrick announced that Secretary of Administration and Finance Gonzalez has informed him – pursuant to Section 9C of Chapter 29 of the Massachusetts General Laws – of a budget shortfall of $540 million for Fiscal Year 2013. If projected revenues are insufficient to meet authorized spending, Section 9C states that the Secretary must notify the Governor within 5 days. The Governor must then propose a revised spending plan, increase revenues or both.
Technically 9C cuts – reductions made by the Governor under Section 9C – can be announced at any time it is determined that actual revenue will fall short of revenue estimates. But there are also specific times – October 15, January 15 and April 15 of each year – when the Secretary is required to provide updates on revenue estimates to the Governor and Legislature.
By statute, 9C cuts are limited to accounts that fall under the control of the Governor, and which do not provide direct local aid. In a good illustration of the importance of separation of powers, the Governor's 9C power cannot be used to cut the Judiciary, the Legislature, or other constitutional offices. If he wants to expand his 9C powers into other areas of government, the Governor needs to file legislation – which he filed along with his budget reduction recommendations this week.
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Modifying Non Veg Recipes into Veggie Delights!
March 08, 2008 03:17PM
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Posts: 96
Have recipes you have found or created yourself that take the non-veg versions and made them veg? Post em here!
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March 10, 2008 11:09AM
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There was a recipe in the last issue of VegNews for veganized Mac 'n Cheese. I'll definitely try it out and post it for you guys ^_^
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March 11, 2008 07:25PM
Registered: 7 years ago
Posts: 96
Okay, here is the recipe, from Allison Rivers Samson in VegNews Feb 2008 issue ( I haven't tried it myself yet):
Serves 6
4 qt water
1 tbsp sea salt
8 oz macaroni
4 slices bread, torn into big pieces
2 tbsp plus 1/3 c non hydrogenated margarine
2 tbsp shallots, peeled and chopped
1 c red or yellow potatoes, peeled and chopped
1/4 c carrots, peeled and chopped
1/3 c onion, peeled and chopped
1 c water
1/4 c raw cashews
2 tsp sea salt
1/4 tsp garlic, minced
1/4 tsp Dijon mustard
1 tbsp lemon juice
1/4 tsp black pepper
1/8 tsp cayenne
1/4 tsp paprika
1. In a large pot, bring the water and salt to a boil. Add macaroni and cook until al denta. In a colander, drain pasta and rinse with cold water. Set aside.
2. In a food processor, make breadcrumbs by pulverizing the bread and 2 tbsp margarine to a medium fine texture. Set aside.
3. Preheat over to 350F. In a saucepan, add shallots, potatoes, carrots, onion, and water, and bring to a boil. Cover the pan and simmer 15 min until soft.
4. In a blender, process the cashews, salt, garlic, 1/3 c margarine, mustard, lemon juice, black pepper, and cayenne. Add softened vegetables and cooking water to the blender and process until smooth.
5. In a large bowl, toss the cooked pasta and blended cheese sauce unti completely coated. Spread mixture into a 9x12 casserole dish, sprinkle with breadcrumbs and paprika. Bake 30 min or until cheese sauce is bubbly and the top is golden brown.
Good luck!
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March 17, 2008 03:15PM
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Posts: 204
I make a mock turkey pie. Here is a link to the basic recipe. I use Quorn chunks.
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March 25, 2008 07:56AM
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Posts: 7
Thanks Mothersson, the mock turkey pie looks really good. I will try making it one day.
I also want to share some good news - Boca's original chicken patties are vegan now! They even put "vegan" on the side of the box
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March 25, 2008 11:05AM
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Posts: 204
Thats great about Boca "chicken" burgers. The companies may be realizing that there is a demand for vegan mock meat
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April 12, 2008 10:07PM
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Posts: 7
actually, i won;t give specific recipes, but when you see trad'l recipes here are some tips.
instead of eggs in baking: either applesauce, or try a combo of baking soda and vinegar (apple cider) as you may recall the volcano experiment, it gives that same fluff to cakes and the like. i know many love banana as egg replacer, but it overwhelms the baked good, imo.
more to come down the line, have tons
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April 15, 2008 11:41PM
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Posts: 12
anyone has good recipes for pizza or fruit bars??
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April 17, 2008 12:32PM
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Posts: 96
travelish Wrote:
> anyone has good recipes for pizza or fruit bars??
You looking for pizza crusts or toppings?
Fruit bars like fruit leather or fruit bars with nuts/grains, etc?
Re: Modifying Non Veg Recipes into Veggie Delights!
April 17, 2008 03:44PM
Registered: 6 years ago
Posts: 12
Tatiana Wrote:
> You looking for pizza crusts or toppings?
> Fruit bars like fruit leather or fruit bars with
> nuts/grains, etc?
Hi Tatiana, both of both, but I am happy with anything you can give me LOL
Re: Modifying Non Veg Recipes into Veggie Delights!
April 18, 2008 01:09PM
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Posts: 96
Here's a pizza recipe I found (on foodnetwork.com, called Janette's Veggie Whole Wheat Pizza) and I tweaked it a little bit:
1 cup warm water
1 teaspoon honey (or agave nectar)
1 package dry yeast
1 1/4 cups whole wheat flour
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for kneading and forming dough
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
1 teaspoon salt
Vegetable Spray, for bowl
Cornmeal, for pan
*You could also add some flax seeds or ground flax in small amounts to boost the omega 3's. You could probably sub ground flax for a couple tablespoons of the flour or if using whole just add a little bit like the oregano and flakes are added.
This is her recipe for the topping, where the onion and spinach are cooked with the wine and tarragon (first 6 ingredients). She puts that on the crust then adds the other toppings to it.
1 tablespoon olive oil
1/4 to 1/2 cup white wine
2 large red onion, chopped
4 cups packed fresh spinach leaves, washed well
1 tablespoon chopped fresh tarragon leaves
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
3 fresh tomatoes, sliced
3/4 cup chopped mushrooms
1 yellow bell pepper, chopped
1/2 cup grated part-skim mozzarella
1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
1 1/2 teaspoons garlic salt
This is an example of some toppings I would like to use. Cheese it up to you, I like doing cheeseless pizza. You can use soy cheese (or other vegan cheeses) as well, as long as they melt well. You can also make a raw cashew cheese to top after cooking if you'd like.
Fresh spinach, arugula, or basil
Artichoke hearts
Roma tomato slices
Sliced mushrooms, many varieties work
Bell Pepper
Onions either raw, grilled, or browned in a skillet
Broccoli florets, quickly blanch first
Cooked potato slices (yes, this is a real Italian thing, lol)
Any mock meats you may like if you wanted that type of texture or flavor added
Olives, usually marinated black olives
Garlic, either roasted or raw
For sauce, you can use a marinara of your choice, a pesto of your choice, or heck, no sauce at all! Put some olive oil, salt/pepper, and herbs instead if you'd like.
Okay, from the online recipe, here's how to make the dough:
To make the dough: In a small bowl, combine water, honey, and yeast. Let stand until foamy, about 10 minutes. In a large mixing bowl, combine the flours, oregano, crushed red pepper and salt. Add the yeast mixture and stir until a soft dough forms.
Turn the dough out onto a floured surface and knead until smooth, adding flour as needed if dough is sticky, about 10 minutes. Clean the bowl and coat it with vegetable spray. Form the dough into a ball, put it in the bowl and cover with a kitchen towel. Let rise in a warm place until doubled in size, about 1 hour.
Punch the dough down and let rest for 10 minutes.
Sprinkle a large baking sheet with cornmeal. On a lightly floured surface, stretch the dough into a 12-inch circle, rolling the edge over slightly and pinching it together to form a thick rim. Place the dough on the baking sheet.
Add your toppings and bake at around 450F (may need to adjust based on your toppings but this is a pretty normal cooking temp) until crust is golden brown. You can also par bake your crusts in advance, freeze them, then take them out and add toppings and bake when you are ready to use them.
Re: Modifying Non Veg Recipes into Veggie Delights!
April 18, 2008 08:04PM
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Posts: 12
WAW Thx a million Tatiana!!
cut paste and wil try asap
for cheese, I use a mix of mochi and tempeh ( I am a macrobiotic)
grate the tempeh, cut the mochi in small blocks, cook some water and put the mochi in it, till it is liquid and then add the grated tempeh,add a pinch of salt and a little bit of ginger powder. Good for any "gratin"
DC Vegan
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April 22, 2008 04:40PM
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Posts: 16
I found a recipe for fessendjen online and veganized it so:
Puckery Pomegranate Seitan
2 tbsp oil
1 lb seitan, cut into chops
1 large onion, sliced
2 cloves garlic, minced
salt and pepper to taste
4 tbsp pomegranate molasses
2/3 C vegetable stock
1/4 C walnuts
dash of sugar
Fry seitan for about five minutes or until it starts to brown on both sides. Remove from pan and keep in warm place. Add onions, garlic, pepper, and salt and saut? until onion softens. Add pomegranate molasses, stock, walnuts and sugar and bring to simmer. Add seitan back to pan and coat with sauce. Simmer until the sauce thickens. Serve.
It's been a while since I've made it...I should do it again.
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July 08, 2008 11:11AM
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Posts: 96
Again another "pseudo" recipe, meaning the amounts aren't exact, I made it to taste. It's a kicked up baked beans recipe that's great for summer get togethers.
Celebration Vegan Baked Beans
1/2 medium white onion, minced
3 cloves garlic, minced
2 sliced tempeh bacon, chopped
1 tbsp olive oil
2 small cans vegetarian baked beans
1 15 oz can pinto beans
1 15 oz can white beans
1/1 15 oz can black beans
1/2 15 oz can crushed pineapple, drained
1/4 c ketchup
2 tbsp mustard of your choice
2 tbsp barbecue or steak sauce of your choice
1 tbsp brown sugar
2 tsp liquid smoke
salt and pepper to taste
In a saucepan over medium heat, sweat onions and garlic in olive oil until onions are transparent. Add in tempeh bacon and heat for a few more minutes. Turn off and let cool.
In a slow cooker, add all the ingredients and refrigerate overnight. (This is just to develop the flavors, waiting is optional) When ready, heat in slow cooker on low for 5 hours, or until bubbly. You could also heat less time on high or cook on the stove on low for probably around an hour.
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May 04, 2009 03:06PM
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Posts: 96
Haha, I was just thinking about that baked beans recipe and wondering if I ever wrote it down (as those types of events are coming up)...and lo and behold, here it is!
Okay, here is risotto recipe that I tweaked to make it vegan....and it was delicious!! Risotto is time consuming and requires 100% of your attention, but it refrigerates and reheats very well, so make a big batch and nosh on it all week! (Note this was adapted from an Anne Burrell recipe on foodnetwork.com)
Mushroom Risotto
- Extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 cloves garlic, lightly smashed
- 1 1/2 pounds assorted fresh mushrooms, cleaned and sliced (I used creminis)
- Kosher salt
- 1 cup dried wild mushrooms, soaking in 3 cups hot water
- 1 medium or 2 small onions, cut into 1/4-inch dice (about 1 1/2 cups)
- 2 cups Arborio rice
- 8-9 cups vegetable stock (don?t get the tomato based one)
- 2 tablespoons vegan margarine (I use Earth Balance)
- Nutritional yeast to taste
Coat a large saute pan generously with olive oil and add the garlic cloves. Cook on medium high heat until they have started to brown and have a nice garlicky smell. Discard garlic cloves. Add the assorted fresh mushrooms to the garlic-flavored olive oil in the pan and season with salt. Saute the mushrooms until they are soft. Turn off the heat and set aside.
Remove the dried mushrooms from soaking water and pour about 2/3 of the liquid into a container to use as part of your cooking liquid (don?t use bottom as it may have grit/sand). Finely chop the rehydrated mushrooms (or grind into a paste) and save to add a couple tablespoons to your risotto later.
Coat a large saucepot with olive oil. Add the onions and season generously with salt. Cook on medium-high heat until softened and aromatic but do not brown them. Add the rice and stir to coat with the olive oil. Cook the rice for 2 to 3 minutes to toast, stirring frequently. Add 2 cups of the vegetable stock to cover the surface of the rice and stir frequently until it has completely absorbed. Add the reserved mushroom water and then add stock until the liquid has covered the surface of the rice. Stir frequently until the stock has absorbed into the rice. Repeat this process 2 more times. Salt as needed.
During the third addition of stock, add back your saut?ed mushrooms and your chopped or ground up dried mushrooms. When the stock has absorbed into the rice and the rice is cooked but still "al dente", remove the pot from the heat. Add the margarine and nutritional yeast and stir until well combined. This will help make the rice creamy.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/04/2009 03:08PM by Tatiana.
Re: Modifying Non Veg Recipes into Veggie Delights!
August 07, 2009 04:01PM
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Posts: 204
Mock Chopped Liver
Well, I happened to see a recipe for mock chopped liver when looking for string bean recipes. I still had some in the freezer, and was trying to use them before the garden produced more. I do not have a food processor, and all but one of the recipes that I found online called for that. Well, it was optional in one recipe and so I loosly used that recipe found here:[
This recipe calls for eggs. However, tofu, mushrooms, or an egg substitute may be used to make it vegan.
2 tablespoons salt
2 pounds stringbeans, trimmed and washed
4 medium onions, sliced or chopped (about 4 cups)
3 tablespoons vegetable oil
5 large or 4 extra-large eggs, hard-cooked and shelled
1 cup shelled walnuts
3/4 to 1 teaspoon salt
Ironically, I did not find this recipe to taste particularly meaty contrary to what many recipe reviewers wrote, though most were responding to the food processed pate version of mock chopped liver. That said, my son , his girlfriend and I found it very delicious indeed!
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/07/2009 04:04PM by mothersson2002.
Re: Modifying Non Veg Recipes into Veggie Delights!
August 10, 2009 09:33AM
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Chopped liver sounds gross, but this sounds good! I think mushrooms would be a super tasty option!
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Tuesday, June 5, 2012 7:04 PM EDT
(ARA) - If you've ever taken in a kitten found on the street or adopted a puppy from an unplanned litter a friends' dog had, you know there is no such thing as a "free" pet. No matter how you acquire your new best friend, pet ownership comes with significant start-up costs and ongoing maintenance expenses.
With regular and emergency health care, food and the occasional impulsive indulgence of a chew toy here or a scratching post there, you learn quickly that being a good pet parent requires more than love, treats and toys - it also requires financial planning.
Often, people and pets come together unexpectedly. Maybe you brought home a kitten that was hanging out in your office's parking lot, or took in an older dog for a friend who was moving and couldn't take the pooch with them. Sometimes, however, you do have the opportunity to plan ahead for pet ownership. When that opportunity occurs, keep these considerations in mind:
* What does your budget allow? Take a critical look at your finances. Do you have at least $100 a month extra to cover regular pet costs like food and grooming? You need to incorporate pet expenses - both regular and emergency ones - into your monthly budget, just as you include utilities, mortgage or rent, and groceries for the rest of your family. The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals provides a great
breakdown of pet care costs
on its website, www.aspca.org.
* How will you fund your pet purchase? While adopting a pet from a shelter can be relatively low cost, purebreds purchased from a breeder can cost hundreds-and in some cases even thousands-of dollars. Paying for your pet purchase with a credit card can provide you with certain consumer protections. But if you won't be able to pay off the entire purchase cost right away, and will have to carry the expense on your balance, you may want to reconsider the type of pet you wish to buy. After all, what best friend would want you to go into debt - and possibly impact your
credit score
- in order to spend time with him?
* What kind of pet will fit into your lifestyle? If you adopt a dog but work long hours, neither of you will be happy with the time apart. If you live in a small apartment, you might find a pet bird or some exotic fish will fit your home life better than a St. Bernard.
* When a pet needs emergency medical care, loving pet owners may be tempted to reach for their credit cards. But just as you are cautious about credit use for your own needs, you should be careful
how you use credit
for pet care. Before you adopt, build up a pet care emergency fund that can help ensure you don't have to go into debt to give Fluffy or Fido the care they need. Research pet insurance to see if it makes sense for your financial situation. When an emergency arises and you don't have the cash to cover it, research other options before you reach for the plastic. The Humane Society provides a state-by-state list of
pet financial-aid organizations
on its website at www.humanesociety.org.
Having a pet can be a wonderful experience. Families bond around pets, children learn responsibility, individuals find companionship, and pets can even help improve your health by lowering your blood pressure and improving your mood. With some advanced planning, you can help ensure pet-related money problems don't detract from all the positives of owning a pet.
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Also on this page see Nue Speling version. and Alfabetikal List ov dhe Nue Speling.
On other pages see Advantages 1, 2, 4.
TO a child the spoken and the written languages are necessarily almost entirely separate things. Much of its schooling is devoted to reducing the gap between them, and the degree of success attained in this is taken to a large extent as the measure of the adult's education. At present, the gap is widened, and the difficulty of bridging it increased, by the irrational nature of our conventional spelling.
A rational spelling would be quickly learnt, and as it would be related throughout to pronunciation, speech would receive the attention it deserves; and much of the time now wastefully spent by both pupil and teacher on correcting spelling mistakes might be given to more constructive activities. A few difficulties due to exceptions would always remain, owing to the existence of dialectal varieties of pronunciation; for it is very desirable that spelling should be in all essentials uniform everywhere, and this means that a certain number of local sounds would not be accurately represented in writing. But the exceptions would nowhere be numerous, and, what is particularly important, a good reason for their occurrence could always be given: we want to make it as easy as possible for any speaker of English to understand what anyone else writes in it.
Incidentally, an adequately reformed spelling would provide a reasonably satisfactory means of writing dialect speech. We should thus be spared those distortions of conventional spelling commonly found in attempts to represent it, distortions which are, for the most part, meaningless to those who do not already know the dialect in question.
The difficulties caused by our irrational spelling do not end with the preliminary period of "learning to read." Long afterwards, children meet with unfamiliar words on almost every page they read in school; and the process of extending the vocabulary should continue at least throughout school and university life. Since in many cases the present spelling has only an indefinite relation to sound, eye and ear cannot work together; the difficulty of learning a new word is thus increased when it might be lessened. Moreover, the painfully acquired knowledge that a word met with in silent reading may prove to have a very different pronunciation when spoken by an educated man from what the spelling led the reader to expect tends to breed distrust of all new words; and if these words are remembered at all, they are either reserved for writing or remain simply passive in the mind. When, on the other hand, someone less self-conscious makes a bold attempt to use the word in speech, the result may easily be yet another of those spelling pronunciations that form such effective social barriers.
All this has a direct bearing on the study of English literature. It has been said with much truth that classical English writing needs almost as much translation for an ordinary secondary school pupil as a foreign literature. Apart from the aid it would give in building up an adequate vocabulary, a spelling that showed the relation of what is written to living speech would help to break down at least one barrier.
Professor C. H. Page has well said: "The strongest argument for a spelling that shall more nearly represent the real sounds of the words must, it seems to me, rest on our sentiment for style and for poetry, and on a desire to bring back the feeling for poetry from its false dependence on the visible aspect of language, which is always artificial, to a dependence on the real substance of language, that is, the sound. A poem certainly loses nothing in being well read or spoken. Only so can it attain to its real existence as poetry. Yet when it is read or spoken, what becomes of the spelling and of the sentiment which is alleged to be more or less dependent on the spelling? For the sake of truer sentiment, for the sake of a truer feeling for English literature, and especially for poetry, our spelling should be simplified."
April, 1942.
3. DHE GAEN TO DHE TEECHING OV OUR LANGGWEJ AND LITERATUERTO a chield dhe spoeken and dhe riten langgwejez ar nesesarily aulmoest entierly separet thingz. Much ov its skuuling iz devoeted to reduesing dhe gap between dhem, and dhe degree ov sukses ataend in dhis iz taeken to a larj ekstent az dhe mezher ov dhe adult's eduekaeshon. At prezent, dhe gap iz wiedend, and dhe difikulty ov brijing it inkreest, bie dhe irashonal naetuer ov our konvenshonal speling.
A rashonal speling wood be kwikly lurnt, and, az it wood be relaeted thruout to pronunsyaeshon, speech wood reseev dhe atenshon it dezurvz; and much ov dhe tiem nou waestfooly spent bie boeth puepl and teecher on korekting speling mistaeks miet be given to mor konstruktiv aktivitiz. A fue difikultiz due to eksepshonz wood aulwaez remaen, oïng to dhe egzistens ov dialectal variëtiz ov pronunsyaeshon; for it iz very dezierabl dhat speling shood be in aul esenshalz ueniform evriwhaer, and dhis meenz dhat a surten number ov loekal soundz wood not be akueretly reprezented in rieting. But dhe eksepshonz wood noewhaer be nuemerus, and, whot iz partikuelarly important, a good reezon for dhaer okurrens kood aulwaez be given - we wont to maek it az eezy az posibl for eny speeker ov Inglish to understand whot eniwun els riets in it.
Insidentaly, an adekwetly reformd speling wood provied a reezonably satisfaktory meenz ov rieting dialekt speech. We shood dhus be spaerd dhoez distorshonz ov konvenshonal speling komonly found in atempts to represent it, distorshonz which ar, for dhe moest part, meeningles to dhoez huu duu not aulredy noe dhe dialekt in kwestyon.
Dhe difikultiz kauzd bie our irashonal speling duu not end widh dhe preliminary peeryod ov "lurning to reed." Long aafterwardz, children meet widh unfamilyar wurdz on aulmoest evry paej dhae reed in skuul; and dhe proeses ov ekstending dhe vokabuelary shood kontinue at leest thruout skuul and uenivursity lief. Sins in meny kaesez dhe prezent speling haz oenly an indefinit relaeshon to sound, ie and eer kanot wurk togedher; dhe difikulty ov lurning a nue wurd iz dhus inkreest when it miet be lesend. Moroever, dhe paenfooly akwierd nolej dhat a wurd met widh in sielent reeding mae pruuv to hav a very diferent pronunsyaeshon when spoeken bie an eduekaeted man from whot dhe speling led dhe reeder to ekspekt tendz to breed distrust ov aul nue wurdz; and if dheez wurdz ar rememberd at aul, dhae ar iedher rezurvd for rieting or remaen simply pasiv in dhe miend. When, on dhe udher hand, sumwun les self-konshus maeks a boeld atempt to uez dhe wurd in speech, dhe rezult mae eezily be yet anudher ov dhoez speling pronunsyaeshonz dhat form such efektiv soeshal barryerz.
Aul dhis haz a direkt baering on dhe study ov Inglish literatuer. It haz been sed widh much truuth dhat klasikal Inglish rieting needz aulmoest az much translaeshon for an ordinary rekondary skuul puepl az a forren literatuer. Apart from dhe aed it wood giv in bilding up an adekwet vokabuelary, a speling dhat shoed dhe relaeshon ov whot iz riten to living speech wood help to braek doun at leest wun barryer.
Profesor C. H. Page haz wel sed: "Dhe stronggest arguement for a speling dhat shal mor neerly represent dhe real soundz ov dhe wurdz must, it seemz to me, rest on our sentiment for stiel and for poëtry, and on a dezier to bring bak dhe feeling for poëtry from its fauls dependens on dhe vizibl aspekt ov langgwej, which iz aulwaez artifishal, to a dependens on dhe real substans ov langgwej, dhat iz, dhe sound. A poëm surtenly luuzez nuthing in being wel red or spoeken. Oenly soe kan it ataen to its real egzistens az poëtry. Yet when it iz red or spoeken, whot bekumz ov dhe speling and ov dhe sentiment which iz alejd to be mor or les dependent on dhe speling? For dhe saek ov truër sentiment, for dhe saek ov a truër feeling for Inglish literatuer, and espeshaly for poëtry, our speling shood be simplified."
Aepril, 1942.
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News: Jay-Z Shows Money Ain't A Thang, Burns Up $250K In Miami Hot Spot
Monday, Aug 15, 2011 9:57PM
Rap mogul Jay-Z is living up to his status as Forbes' Cash King by reportedly spending $250,000 over the weekend on champagne while partying in a Miami nightclub.
Details of the party fest hit the Internet Monday (August 15) evening.
The rapper and hip hop mogul partied at a Miami nightclub on Sunday night in celebration of his new album with Kanye West, Watch The Throne, and RadarOnline.com has confirmed he dropped a whopping $250,000 on champagne. According to a source close to the Liv nightclub in the Fontainebleau Hotel, Beyonce's 41-year-old husband tipped a generous $50,000 to the waitstaff at the end of the night. (RadarOnline)
Heading into the weekend, Jay promised to break the record for champagne purchases at Liv nightclub.
"I'm just coming to hang out," Jay said in an interview last Friday. "I'm gonna break the record for bottles popped in one night. I don't know what the record is but I'm assuming since it's Miami, it's gotta be somewhere around 75 bottles. I'm going that way." ("99 Jamz")
In 2006, Jay explained why he would no longer support or endorse luxury champagne company Cristal.
The champagne that was once the libation of choice for wealthy hip-hop stars will no longer be served at Jay-Z's 40/40 Club. The hip-hop mogul/club owner says he was highly offended by Cristal Champagne owner Frederic Rouzaud's comments to The Economist in which Rouzaud called the shout-outs rappers give to his company's beverage in their music "unwelcome." "It has come to my attention that the managing director of Cristal, Frederic Rouzaud, views the 'hip-hop' culture as 'unwelcome attention,'" Jay said in a statement. "I view his comments as racist and will no longer support any of his products through any of my various brands, including the 40/40 Club, nor in my personal life." Jay has also asked the hip hop community to support him in boycotting the pricey beverage. (SPIN)
Last week, Jay earned the title of Forbes' top hip-hop Cash King.
Jay-Z (aka Shawn Carter) leads all comers once again with $37 million in earnings since last August. A majority of the dough is proceeds from his Blueprint 3 tour. Nipping at his heels, however, is fellow mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs, who raked in a neat $35 million from his Bad Boy record label, his Sean John clothing line and his lucrative Ciroc vodka deal. West may have landed at No. 3, but he's a ways down there at "only" $16 million. The rest of the top 10 had similar years, revenue-wise, with Cash Money honcho Bryan "Birdman" Williams tying Lil Wayne for the next two spots with $15 million, showing that tha Carter isn't doing too bad, either. (E! Online)
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A dislocation is an injury to a joint — a place where two or more of your bones come together — in which the ends of your bones are forced from their normal positions. This injury temporarily deforms and immobilizes your joint and may result in sudden and severe pain.
Dislocations may occur in your major joints — shoulder, hip, knee, elbow and ankle — or in the smaller joints in your fingers, thumbs and toes.
If you suspect a dislocation, seek prompt medical attention to return your bones to their proper positions without damaging your joint. When treated properly, most dislocations return to normal function after several weeks of rest and rehabilitation. However, some joints, such as your shoulder, have an increased risk of repeat dislocation.
A dislocated joint may be:
You may also experience tingling or numbness near the injury — such as in your foot for a dislocated knee or in your hand for a dislocated elbow.
When to see a doctor
It can be difficult to tell a broken bone from a dislocated bone. If you or your child appears to have either type of injury, get medical help right away.
While you're waiting for medical attention:
Causes of dislocations include:
Risk factors for a joint dislocation include:
Complications of a joint dislocation may include:
If ligaments or tendons that support your injured joint have been stretched or torn, or if nerves or blood vessels surrounding the joint have been damaged, you may need surgery to repair these tissues.
Besides physically examining your injury, your doctor may order the following:
Treatment of the dislocation depends on the site and severity of your injury and may include:
Some dislocations, such as the hip, may need several months to heal.
If you've had a fairly simple dislocation without major nerve or tissue damage, your joint likely will return to a near-normal or fully normal condition. But trying to return to your pre-injury state too soon from such an injury may cause you to re-injure the joint or to dislocate it again.
Try these steps to help ease discomfort and encourage healing after being treated for a dislocation injury:
To help prevent a dislocation:
Avoiding recurrence
Once you've dislocated a joint, you may be more susceptible to future dislocations. To avoid a recurrence, follow the specific strength and stability exercises that you and your doctor have discussed for your injury.


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Kevin Durant never asked for this. He never tried to do it himself or create a bigger stage for his talents and he never argued for more shots or exposure. In not doing any of these things, Durant unwittingly became something of a small-market hero and crusader for all that is good and just. He never asked for that either.
Those roles were assigned to him by a superficial media hungering for easy narratives like so much cheap deadline prose, yet he handled them by exhibiting an even greater grace and humility, and the legend only grew. There does not appear to be any phony artifice there. Just a dedicated craftsman, almost Jedi-like in his devotion to his game and genuinely seeming like good dude. Durant is the uncomplicated star, the one every other franchise wishes they had.
Now, he stands at something of a milestone moment in his young career. Through no fault of his own, Durant finds himself in the unforgiving realm of the lone superstar on a mission that only he can finish. Without his brilliant, but star-crossed sidekick, the full weight of expectations falls heavily on his wispy shoulders.
Durant has a center who can't catch and point guard who is learning on the job. He has a veteran scorer with little playoff experience who can't make shots consistently and a third option who suddenly needs to play like a secondary star. The odds have always been skewed in his favor. Now, they are stacked heavily against him.
It is in these moments that Durant's true genius has been revealed. Without James Harden, he produced the finest season of his career and one of the great shooting seasons of all time. Without Russell Westbrook, he has been arguably the best player in the playoffs, averaging 35.5 points, 10.5 rebounds and 6.3 assists and a 30.5 PER that's higher than LeBron James.
He gamely carried the Thunder past Houston in the first round after Westbrook went down and he also managed to steal a game against Memphis all by himself in a Game 1 performance that may have been his finest to date, considering the stakes. In two games against the Grizzlies, a team perfectly constructed to make his life miserable, Durant's scored 71 points, grabbed 26 rebounds and handed out 15 assists while making over 50 percent of his shots.
This is what we've all been waiting for from Durant, and he's been even better than we hoped. There's also a very good chance that it's not nearly enough.
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That Durant never had to force change the way so many other young superstars have done is part of the charming allure of the Oklahoma City Thunder and the basketball oasis built from scratch by Sam Presti. The general manager worked through the draft, adding Durant, Westbrook, Harden and Serge Ibaka in successive years, cultivating young talent and allowing them to grow on their own terms.
This is the platonic ideal of roster construction, and Presti was able to forge a blueprint that is both impossible to replicate and methodically pure in a league where most rebuilding projects are non-linear and complex. There were no quick-fix free agent signings that crippled cap space and upset the locker room balance, or fights over turf that doom so many young teams.
While the rest of the world waited for Durant and Westbrook to split over petty differences, they simply forged ahead with each carving out room for the other to excel. That's a credit to both of them, although it's worth noting that Durant has received far more praise for this than the enigmatic Westbrook in this area.
Their path was refreshingly straight-forward. From hard-charging up-and-comers to conference finalists to NBA Finals in the span of three years, the Thunder absorbed their lessons as all young teams must do and made progress each year.
We thought that it could go on forever, collective bargaining agreements and luxury taxes be damned. This was naive, of course. By the time Presti locked up Westbrook and Ibaka, it was only a matter of time before something had to give, namely Harden.
The deal that Presti made with the Rockets felt -- and still feels -- like it was one step ahead of the curve. He got high draft picks, young talent and a serviceable player on a short-term deal in Kevin Martin. It's easy to say now that Presti could have waited and made a similar trade for Harden, but there's no guarantee that any other team could have even approached the bundle of assets that Houston had to give at the time.
The price may ultimately include a shot at a championship, but there's no way to ever tell for sure. In the moment, it was the right decision, and it may look even better years from now. But we do don't have years. In the high-pressure crucible of the postseason, there is only now.
If the Thunder fail, coach Scott Brooks will take the most heat. He's had four and a half years to develop an offense that didn't rely so heavily on Durant's uncanny shotmaking and Westbrook's mercurial ability to create. The results thus far have been unconvincing. The Thunder have given us more of the same and only Durant's supernatural talent has been able to sustain them.
This calls for something unconventional, a smaller lineup or a subtle tweak in the offensive structure. It may be beyond Brooks' sideline acumen, and the talent that he has to work with may simply not be good enough. But OKC can't continue down this path and expect to emerge on the other side.
Unless, of course, Durant can do the impossible. Unless he can be even better than we thought. He didn't ask for this, but this is his challenge.
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creating a cart
I want to create a shopping cart for myself. In each step they can add products to the cart, apply coupon etc.. The items on cart were sessioned when taking each step of cart. Finally an array of cart info were sessioned. After login that array was inserted into db as an order then pay. I had problem that after adding items to my cart, on last step if I had not an account, first I had to create an account and when login, sometimes that array session was cleaned and I had to repeat ordering on cart again. So on last step of cart, I did serialize the array and save it to db, after login it checks if the user has a cart session in db, it generates an order for him. Now I want to improve it a better way, can you suggest how would you implement a cart?
Mar 3, 2014, 03:24 #2
first I had to create an account and when login, sometimes that array session was cleaned and I had to repeat ordering on cart again
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Mar 3, 2014, 03:54 #3
I was not destroying the session by command, and actually on my installation I had not such problem, in fact some users of my cart reported to me they have such problem! Anyway what is the best way to handle items on cart?
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Anyway what is the best way to handle items on cart?
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I like the idea of using a database instead of sessions because I don't think it is good to have carts magically empty themselves. I occasionally put things in an Amazon cart, don't buy them, and then return many weeks later and find it rather delightful that they are still in there.
In fact you could probably generalize the table I just suggested to handle both registered and unregistered users.
Mar 3, 2014, 08:32 #5
Can you explain more? On each step you'd save them on cart table and on last step you create an order and delete tge info from cart table?
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OK so, you have a tables that look like this:Code:
User { id, name, dateRegistered ... } Product { id, name, price, ... } Cart { id, productId, userId, qty }
A session will be created by virtue of session_start() being called at the top of every page that could need to reference the cart.
2. Unregistered user adds an product to cart
Add the productId to the session.
PHP Code:
if (isSet($_POST['product-id']) && $_POST['form-id'] === 'cart-add') {
$productId = (int)$_POST['product-id'];
// TODO: validate `$toAddToCart` exists in Product table
if (!isSet($_SESSION['cart'])) {
$_SESSION['cart'] = array(); }
if (isSet($_SESSION['cart'][$productId])) {
$_SESSION['cart'][$productId]++; }
else { $_SESSION['cart'][$productId] = 1; } }
Above code handles that already
4. Unregistered user attempt to pay
Bounce the user to the registration page. Only registered users can submit an order.
5. Unregistered user registers
Do this however you would normally. Only at the end add this:
PHP Code:
if (isSet($_SESSION['cart'])) {
$q = 'INSERT INTO `Cart`(`userId`, `productId`, `qty`) VALUES ';
$tuples = array();
foreach ($_SESSION['cart'] as $productId => $qty) {
$tuples[]= '(' . (int)$userId . ', '. (int)$productId . ', '. (int)$qty . ')'; }
mysqli_query($db, $q . join(',', $tuples));
Now we can see that the code in 2 has to be expanded to handle the registered users as well.
PHP Code:
if (isSet($_SESSION['user'])) { // user is logged in
/* switching to psuedocode */
If row with this productId already exists // select query required
update row: qty++
insert row with userId, productId, and qty of 1
else { /* code from 2 */ }
SELECT from Cart to see what to charge the user for
Mar 3, 2014, 19:17 #7
Thanks. But what about order info in order table? In your ecample your cart table is yhe same as order table? Or you'd create it when payment is done?
Mar 4, 2014, 04:39 #8
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Ah OK. Youll need two additional tables for that:
Order { id, userId, ... } OrderItems { id, orderId, productId, qty }