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ReDiscoverU event planned to help students reconnect to campus
NDSU students will have an opportunity to reconnect to the college experience and learn about campus resources at an event called "ReDiscoverU" scheduled for Wednesday, March 2, from noon to 3 p.m. in the Memorial Union Plains room.
ReDiscoverU will provide a one-stop shop to address a variety of student needs, from how to improve studying habits and apply for financial aid, to tips for creating a standout resume and landing a job. Representatives from the Counseling Center, Student Activities Office, Tutoring Services, Career Center, Registration and Records, Student Financial Services and Disability Services will be available to talk with students and answer questions. Advisers from all of the undergraduate colleges also will be available to help students decide on a major or change majors.
The event targets sophomores, but all students are welcome to attend. "Research tells us that students in their second year of college will eventually leave if they do not feel a connection and a purpose," said Karla Thoennes, senior associate director of residence life. "Our goal is to help them find this connection by 'rediscovering' what NDSU has to offer them."
Volunteer student mentors will serve as hosts. They will guide participants as they enter the event and help direct them to the right resources.
The event is organized by the Sophomore Year Experience Committee, which is supported by the provost and vice president for student affairs.
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Baldwin Wallace Earns Top U.S. News Rankings For the 19th Straight Year
This is the 19th consecutive year that BW is listed among the top regional colleges and universities in the Midwest, coming in at number 16 out of more than 100 schools on the "best" list.
"Endorsements like this acknowledge the remarkable efforts of the entire BW community," said BW President Robert Helmer. "Our faculty and staff wake up every day ready to do the work that provides exceptional educational experiences for each one of our students."
"Best Value" Listing Recognizes Blend of High Quality with Affordability
With increased scrutiny on the cost of a college degree, BW again is listed among the best values in higher education. In the category of "Great Schools, Great Prices," BW placed 13th for exceptional value among top tier Midwest colleges and universities. "This is an affirmation of our continuing efforts to address the needs of cost-conscious students and their families," said Helmer.
In addition to a robust, comprehensive financial aid program, awarded for both need and merit, BW is addressing affordability with the 4-Year Graduation Guarantee, a distinctive new program that kicked off this fall. At many universities, the total cost of an education escalates as large numbers of students take five, six or more years to earn a bachelor's degree. Starting with the 2012 incoming freshman class, Baldwin Wallace offers peace of mind, with a guarantee that provides a tuition-free additional year to finish.
Engaging a Broad Student Body to Achieve Highest Potential
BW also was highlighted in a third U.S. News category, "A+ Schools for B Students." The list applauds top institutions that "truly seek a broad, engaged student body." U.S. News notes that more than half of BW's entering freshmen were in the top 25% of their class, with an average 3.6 GPA. Beyond that, BW takes a holistic approach to evaluating the college-readiness of each applicant.
"BW's small class sizes and teaching faculty support, equip and allow a diverse student population to achieve their highest potential – from high school valedictorians to students who were late-bloomers in high school," Helmer said. "We view inclusiveness and opportunity for a wide spectrum of college-ready students as an important part of our mission."
U.S. News describes the list this way, "So you're a scholar trapped in the GPA of a B student, and your heart is set on a top college. There's hope."
"While third party assessments such as these should be considered in their proper context, we are deeply grateful for the ongoing fine work and commitment to BW that make them possible." Helmer concluded.

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Robert Andrews
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- [j3]Robert Andrews, Shlomo Geva: Rule extraction from local cluster neural nets. Neurocomputing 47(1-4): 1-20 (2002)
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- [j2]Alan B. Tickle, Robert Andrews, Mostefa Golea, Joachim Diederich: The truth will come to light: directions and challenges in extracting the knowledge embedded within trained artificial neural networks. IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks 9(6): 1057-1068 (1998)
- [c1]Alan B. Tickle, Frédéric Maire, Guido Bologna, Robert Andrews, Joachim Diederich: Lessons from Past, Current Issues, and Future Research Directions in Extracting the Knowledge Embedded in Artificial Neural Networks. Hybrid Neural Systems 1998: 226-239
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- [j1]Robert Andrews, Joachim Diederich, Alan B. Tickle: Survey and critique of techniques for extracting rules from trained artificial neural networks. Knowl.-Based Syst. 8(6): 373-389 (1995)


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Access HTTP, FTP and Usenet Sites as Drives in Windows Explorer with StickyFolders
Quite some time back we had shown you how to access FTP servers as a local drive in Windows, but we came across a much more advanced software called Sticky Folder which allows you to mount HTTP, FTP and Usenet news servers as a local drive in Window.
Sticky Folder will allow you to mount FTP and HTTP files as drives or folders, allowing to access the remote files like any other regular file in Windows explorer.
Key Features of StickyFolders
- User-friendly integration of the Internet data sources, such as files and folders residing on remote http, FTP, and Usenet news servers into your desktop file structure, – with the full drive letter-mapping support;
- Instant access to all types of remote files, - you don't have to pre-download them before using, in most of the cases;
- Free positioning within the remote files being opened or played, independent of the network protocol and the file format used;
- For remote multi-media files, support for preview, smooth streaming and efficient playback;
- A powerful and flexible download client and manager for transfers under the above protocols, with robust folder synchronization functionality included;
- A built-in Usenet binary news reader with radically new features, – you can play music and video right off a news server with it !
- Ability to work with the remote archive files (zips and rars), as if they were folders on a hard disk.
So if you are looking to easily access websites and FTP files from your PC, try out StickyFolders. StickyFolders is still in beta mode and may have some bugs.
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Rotate camera about view axis
camroll(dtheta) rotates the camera around the camera viewing axis by the amounts specified in dtheta (in degrees). The viewing axis is the line passing through the camera position and the camera target.
camroll(axes_handle,dtheta) operates on the axes identified by the first argument, axes_handle. When you do not specify an axes handle, camroll operates on the current axes.
camroll sets the axes CameraUpVector property and also sets the CameraUpVectorMode property to manual.
Rotate the camera around the viewing axis:
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I've finished the cover art for the Contact fanedit I've been working on.
Here's a link for those interested. Still more than a week away from the release of the film istelf, though... Enjoy!
I've finished the cover art for the Contact fanedit I've been working on.
Here's a link for those interested. Still more than a week away from the release of the film istelf, though... Enjoy!
"Only RapidPro users can initiate encrypted downloads.
Do you want to upgrade to RapidPro?"
Uhhh... not if I don't have to... thanks.
EDIT: I got the download to work. Cover art looks decent -- I am looking forward to watching this! Interesting idea to put the recolorization before and after shots on the back.
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I provided the secure link by mistake. Here's the link that everyone should be able to use to download the cover art:
Thought I'd update this with a shot of what the cover art looks like... Enjoy!
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This recipe is from
The Casserole Queens Cookbook
makes 6 to 8 servings
Ingredientsadd to shopping list
- 3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter
- 1 1/2 cups packed light brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 loaf extra-thick sliced white bread, such as Texas Toast, crusts removed
- 2 cups whole milk
- 6 large eggs
- 1 cup your favorite berries
Preheat the oven to 350°F.
Melt the butter in a small saucepan set over medium heat. Add the brown sugar and 1 teaspoon of the cinnamon and stir to make a paste. Spread the paste in the bottom of a 9 x 13-inch casserole dish. Lay the bread on top of the paste in two layers.
In a separate bowl, combine the milk, eggs, and remaining 1 teaspoon cinnamon. Pour the mixture over the bread in the dish. Bake for 30 minutes, or until top has risen a little and is golden brown. Top with berries when serving.
Great for freezing! See our Freezer Tips on pages 23–27.
This casserole can be made the night before and kept chilled in the fridge overnight. All you'll have to do the next morning is pop it in the oven.
Vegetarian friendly!
Crystal Cook and Sandy Pollock, the Casserole Queens, have been delivering casseroles in Austin, Texas, since 2006; they also teach cooking classes at Whole Foods stores in the area. They have been featured on Food Network's Throwdown! with Bobby Flay and Bobby Flay Radio on Sirius XM, as well as on television news and radio talk shows.
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Nutrition Informationper serving (6 servings) POWERED BY Edamam
- Calories650
- Carbohydrates81 g (27%)
- Fat32 g (49%)
- Protein13 g (26%)
- Saturated Fat18 g (90%)
- Sodium319 mg (13%)
- Polyunsaturated Fat3 g
- Fiber3 g (10%)
- Monounsaturated Fat9 g
- Cholesterol255 mg (85%)
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Fifa, Football Manager and the problem with 'fun' -
The football season is in full swing and both EA and Sports Interactive's attempts to emulate the management side of Britain's favourite sport are about to appear on store shelves, but over the years both Football Manager and FIFA Manager have put greater importance on the simulation aspect. The Guardian's Jack Arnott investigates whether this has been good or a bad for the niche genre and why fans still have such a great love for the older iterations. One might expect this article to be for lovers of the beautiful game only, but in the wider context it's really about the greatest question any developer faces when creating a game – realism or fun?
The Evolution of Scary Games -
Well something Halloween related had to sneak its way into this weekly spotlight didn't it? Games Radar's Charlie Barrett goes from 1980′s Mystery House to the present day's Deadly Premonition to evaluate and de-construct what methods games use to scare us and how things have changed over the years. Not only is this article interesting, but it will really make you appreciate just how far our medium has come.
The Future of PC Gaming, according to the Lead Creator of Crysis -
All this week Kotaku has published some fascinating articles centred around giving our hobby's most enduring platform the attention it deserves. Best of which was a guest editorial by Crytek's CEO Cevat Yerli, who outlined what he believes is the future of PC gaming. Seeing as Crytek created one of the most revered and resource hungry shooters the platform has ever known with Crysis, you'd be forgiven for thinking Mr Yerli would big up future technology, instead he professes support for something entirely different. Undoubtedly worth a read for anyone who wants to know where the PC platform will be in five to ten years.
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Writes Patrick:
I was at the library today, and was only going to get one book — but then I noticed a familiar cover in the "New" section. The book was American Grit by Tony Blankley. I remember seeing it on TV somewhere, so out of curiosity I picked it up and read the overview on the front flap of the book:
"In this passionate, hard-hitting book, Blankley shows:
* How Obama's plan for national service is a weak substitute for what America really needs — a full-on military draft…
* Why we need stricter laws to prevent the media from compromising our national security
* Why the office of the presidency, contrary to popular belief, has not gained enough power since the September 11 attacks
* How our war effort in Iraq was undermined by effective enemy propaganda — and what we can do about it
* Why education reform under President Obama will fail to address one of the biggest problems in our education system: the failure to teach patriotism"
I read the first point about the military draft and seriously thought it was a joke…until I read the rest of the points and realized the book is dead serious.
I'll be reading the book, just for the heck of it; but you can be sure I'll be keeping a trash can nearby, just in case.
UPDATE from Vadim Antonov:
Here's a bit of wisdom from the old Soviet times: keep the book. It can be put to the proper use in case of a shortage of TP. Since that was quite the routine condition in the Soviet Union, I managed to use a tome from Lenin's collected works in precisely this manner back in late 80s.
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A fun exercise regarding Tony Blankley's book "American Grit":2:13 pm on February 6, 2009 Email Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr.
Log onto Amazon.com, search for his book and look for the "tags" which have been attached to the book by various Amazon account holders (I added 'blind patriotism"). Look through the tags and click on the ones most appropriate to that book, such as "fascism", "neocon", "slavery", and of course "blind patriotism". Add one of your own!
The purpose of this fun little exercise is to identify his book with those descriptors, so when some user does a search for "fascism" or "slavery", up pops American Grit among the search results.
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Board of Trustees
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- The Board of Trustees manages the assets of the church, to include financial accounts, preparing and monitoring the church annual budget, placing and monitoring investments and endowments, contract and maintain insurance for the church, developing and monitoring facility usage, and developing and monitoring policies to coordinate church personnel matters.
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It's not that I'm a jealous man, I just don't like other people touching my things!The Duke
She is mine.The Duke
And in the end should someone die?The Duke
Generally I like it.The Duke
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Look, my dear! A little frog!The Duke
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God, I've gotta stop forgetting about Vanquish! It doesn't have the hype around of a CoD: Black Ops or a Halo Reach, but I'm looking forward to the latest title from Platinum Games more than either of those games. Not bashingThe Doots, nor The Halos, but more myself actually. Our Question of the Week in today's TalkRadar was "What Fall 2010 game are you most looking forward to?" And duh, I completely forgot to say "Vanquish!" because it very much is, dammit! Not too hard to see why after looking at the trailer:
One of the reasons I'm excited is that it's a wholly Japanese take on the third-person shooter genre, a field largely dominated by Western developers. It's as if Shinji Mikami (the man behind outlandish classics like God Hand, Resident Evil 4 and Viewtiful Joe) looked at Gears of War and said, "That's nice, but it's a little too restrained, dontcha think?"
Nuts to your gritty realism and poo on your oily human weaponry - Vanquish is kicking it up several dozen notches and it's a balls-out breath of fresh air. That thing in Sam Gideon's hand isn't even a gun! It's a symbiotic Borg… thing of a weapon that can scan and replicate the form of numerous instruments of doom, as you can see from the beginning of the trailer. Yeah, you've got a cover system, but instead of simply jumping or running between obstacles, that cyborg speed suit let's you rocket slide between them fast enough to carve sparks in the floor.
Time-slowing capabilities, giant boss fights, a futuristic war between the US and Russia set on a space station, the return of a character that smokes cigarettes?! Vanquish is a game that really should be on more people's radar. There's just something about Platinum's over-the-top, Japanesey hybrid that feels so pure and "videogamey." Those of you who enjoyed Bayonetta should know exactly what I'm talking about. Click here to see brand new screens.
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I was interviewed by author Russell R. James, and I talk about Ink, my tattoos, some of my favorite books, and the furnace in the house where I grew up, among other things.
I was also interviewed by Niteblade Magazine, and there I discuss the origin of my short story, Running Empty in a Land of Decay, which was published in Niteblade last year.
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lllinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan doesn't believe her father, Speaker of the House Michael Madigan, would have to step down if she makes a run for governor.
Madigan, after serving on a panel Thursday hosted by the influential Emily's List at Willis Tower, was unequivocal when posed the question now being constantly raised. "He wouldn't have to. He wouldn't have to step down," she retorted to a reporter, emphasizing the move would not be a requirement.
Asked then — if not a requirement — whether she believed he should step down should she make a 2014 gubernatorial bid, Madigan was more cagey.
"I'm not going to give my father political advice," she said.
Madigan had joined other high-powered women in politics on the panel at the Metropolitan Club sponsored by the 28-year-old, women's political organization that backs pro-choice female Democrats running for Congress, state and municipal government.
The panel, themed "Strength in Numbers: Women Leading the Way," featured U.S. Health & Human Services Secretary and former Kansas governor Kathleen Sebelius; city of Chicago Treasurer Stephanie Neely; and Emily's List Executive Director Amy Dacey.
Moderated by MSNBC's Karen Finney, it was a frank and intimate discussion of the challenges facing women running for and managing life in political office, by a group dedicated to increasing their numbers nationwide.
On stage, Madigan was asked by Finney the other frequent question. Will she run?
"Well, here's what I will say. First and foremost, there are other pieces of this that are absolutely a necessity if you're a woman, and that is the support of other women. I'm very lucky that that base is there," Madigan responded.
"In terms of decision-making, a lot of fundraising is going on, and now I have a treadmill in my office so I can walk as I make those calls. Yes, you will have a decision sooner rather than later," she said.
Madigan's response regarding whether her father would be required to step down, mirrors her father's response last September at the Democratic National Convention. Pressed then by reporters, her father said he has no intention of retiring if his daughter aimed for the Executive Mansion, and that he didn't see any reason for her not to run while he is in control of the Illinois House.
"Why not?" Michael Madigan had asked reporters then. "Why not?"
His daughter's comments came as David Axelrod, the architect behind President Obama's political ascent, speaking before the City Club of Chicago the same day, described Lisa Madigan as facing a "genuine problem" if she intends to run for governor and her father remained in his post.
Lisa Madigan and Emily's List President Stephanie Schriock met later in the day, presumably to discuss her potential candidacy and the group's financial support.
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Background Non-Invasive Positive Pressure Ventilation (NPPV) can be used to palliate dyspnea in dying patients. Fast Fact #230 discusses medical decision making around using NPPV. This Fast Fact discusses practical aspects of using NPPV in dying patients. Little research has occurred on this topic; unless otherwise indicated the following discussion is empiric and based on clinician opinion and common practice.
Location The cost and experience needed to initiate NPPV limit its use to the hospital setting, with some exceptions (see below). Most NPPV use occurs in ICUs or transitional care ('step-down') units, and at some institutions continuous NPPV is not allowed outside of these settings. While the use of NPPV for palliation can occur at home or a hospice facility, it requires adequate nursing, respiratory therapy, and physician support to employ it safely. This can be a practical barrier to its use, and NPPV should not be offered unless one is sure it can be provided appropriately. Ensuring adequate respiratory therapist support is particularly crucial, as they have unique expertise at initiating and trouble-shooting the machines. Continuing NPPV for palliation in patients and families who are already comfortable managing home NPPV (e.g. for COPD or ALS) can be practical in the home or hospice facility setting, as long as it is consistent with care goals. Initiating NPPV in the home setting for dying patients is impractical and, given how uncertain its real benefits are (see Fast Fact #230), is not advised.
Starting NPPV
Monitoring Monitoring of pulse oximetry and arterial blood gases are not needed for patients using NPPV only for symptom control. Rather, the effect of NPPV should be assessed based on subjective improvement of dyspnea and decrease in respiratory rate. It is important to reassess patients frequently (looking specifically for respiratory rate, use of accessory muscles, and signs of anxiety), and to ask them if they are comfortable with the NPPV and deriving any benefit from it. Breaks from NPPV to eat, drink, and more freely communicate should be encouraged as much as patients desire.
Contraindications Contraindications are facial surgery/trauma/deformities that limit placement of the NPPV mask and patients with active nausea and vomiting. Decreased mental status is also considered a contraindication it increases the risk of aspiration from NPPV.
Discontinuing NPPV NPPV should be discontinued if it does not provide relief from dyspnea within an hour of the maximally tolerated setting, once a patient is no longer alert, or at any point when it is no longer meeting a patient's goals. If the patient does not tolerate the mask, or feels claustrophobic, a small dose of a benzodiazepine can be administered to alleviate anxiety. If the patient is still uncomfortable, then NPPV should be stopped as it is then not adding to patient comfort. Opioids and benzodiazepines should be used to decrease dyspnea once NPPV is stopped. Remember that NPPV provides ventilatory support to patients and the work of breathing can dramatically increase without it. Be prepared to rapidly control any distressing symptoms, just as you would with discontinuing invasive mechanical ventilation (see Fast Facts #27, 33 and 34).
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Saudi king seeks Syrian help to ease Lebanon tensions
King Abdullah's tour to include Syria and Lebanon.
July 26, 2010 3:12 by Reuters
Saudi ruler King Abdullah meets Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad on Thursday to try to ease tensions in Lebanon, capitalising on an apparent weakening in Iran's position after a round of tough new sanctions.
The monarch will hold talks with Assad in Damascus before heading to Beirut where he will meet his ally Premier Saad al-Hariri, President Michel Suleiman and pro-Western Lebanese political leaders, Saudi officials said.
The monarch hopes to convince Assad to accompany him to Beirut from Damascus, Lebanese officials say, although Syria has not confirmed that Assad will oblige.
The king is expected to press Assad to use his influence over Lebanon's Iranian and Syrian-backed Shi'ite Muslim group Hezbollah to discourage it from heightening tensions, especially between Hezbollah and Sunni political leaders like Hariri.
Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has condemned the U.N. investigation into the 2005 killing of Saad's father, former premier Rafik al-Hariri, saying he expected it to indict many Hezbollah members.
Sunni Muslim Saudi Arabia has been trying to persuade Syria to loosen its alliance with Iran and adopt a more Arab-focused foreign policy, with Saudi officials hinting at financial aid for Syria and a resumption of investment there in return.
Shi'ite Iran's growing influence in the Arab region since the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, and its links to Syria, Lebanon's Hezbollah, Hamas and various groups in Iraq, have alarmed U.S.-allied powers such as Egypt and Saudi Arabia.
"The king appears keen to deal with concerns that recent tensions could escalate if the (U.N.) court takes some decisive action in the Hariri murder case," said Khalid al-Dakhil, a prominent Saudi political writer.
"The visit also aims at ascertaining the regional understandings Syria has with Saudis, Turks, the French …. to keep Lebanon stable and stay away from Lebanese internal political wranglings."
Indictment of Hezbollah members for Hariri's killing would put severe strains on Lebanon's unity government, which is led by Hariri's son Saad and includes Hezbollah ministers.
President Michel Suleiman held four days of talks with political leaders earlier this month to try to calm tensions, which echo the deep divisions that threatened to ignite a new civil war in 2008.
Before the Syrian leg, King Abdullah will on Wednesday meet Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, who has been rumoured to be seriously ill.
A Riyadh-based Western diplomat said the visit by the Saudi monarch to Beirut would send a signal of stability. "It's brave of him to go there amid the tense political context. It shows that the kingdom is leading the pan-Arab regional diplomacy that takes the initiative," the diplomat said.
Extended sanctions by the United Nations against Iran in June seem to have encouraged moderate Arab states, including Saudi Arabia, to be bold in addressing the threat of instability in Lebanon.
"The tougher sanctions on Iran have a negative impact on Hezbollah, and Hezbollah is not happy about them. But Syria has never abandoned Hezbollah and will not abandon it. But its perspective and calculations have changed," Dakhil said.
Saad al-Hariri, who initially blamed Syria for his father's death, has since tried to ease tensions with Damascus and has made several trips to meet Assad. Syria has denied any involvement in Hariri's killing.
Damascus, whose allies such as Hezbollah have effective veto power in the government, had re-set relations with Lebanon after improving ties with Saudi Arabia.
Rafik al-Hariri's killing angered Riyadh but Saudi Arabia and Syria appear to set aside their differences last year with the aim of healing divisions between their allies in Lebanon.
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Microsoft cuts Xbox 360 prices
Wait, hold on! Don't buy an Xbox 360 today! Phew, that was close. Did I get you in time? I just wanted to make sure you knew the Xbox 360 gets $50 cheaper tomorrow.
The one with the big hard drive (which is black and also comes with its own HDMI cable) is now $400, the one with the small hard drive is $300, and the one with no hard drive (a.k.a. the "retard pack," because you're just going to have to buy an overpriced hard drive anyway, you retard) is $200. Actually, the retard pack was $280, so it got a price cut by $80. But it's still not enough to buy a hard drive, so don't think you're going to get a functional Xbox 360 for less than $300.
You're on the right track, Microsoft! Now how about lifting that silly monthly fee for Xbox Live?
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Otis Smith calls Boston Celtics fake tough guys
Orlando GM Otis Smith called the Boston Celtics fake tough guys, and I responded on CelticsBlog.
If Otis Smith thinks toughness should be measured by "number of opponents knocked out," well, then I guess he has a point. If that's the only measurement, the Celtics aren't very tough, because they don't often throw haymakers at their opponents. (Although Nate Robinson once bodyslammed the bejesus out of J.R. Smith, though I digress.) But fights are not what toughness in basketball is all about, and it bothers me when people think they are.
I say a lot more about why the Celtics shouldn't be considered fake tough, and I even quote Jay Bilas. So check it out, if you want to read some pro-Celtics propaganda today.
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Smith should know about being a fake as his Orlando Magic are also a bunch of pretenders. The name "Magic" suites that team to a tee with their smoke and mirrors routine that will only be exposed come playoff time (more than likely in the first round.)
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Smith should really shut up. The Celtics are an AMAZINGLY tough team, and the proof of that is in the way they have weathered massive injury problems this season and STILL LEAD THE CONFERENCE.
That is EFFING tough.
That's the kind of thing that puts these Celtics in the same class as the Bird Celtics and the Cowens Celtics and the Russell Celtics. It's not the trash-talking (though they have that in common with the Bird Celtics, and it certainly isn't/wasn't either team's admirable side); it's the perseverance, and the dedication to working as a team and achieving some form of basketball excellence.
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Screw the question! The real question is which team is BETTER? The Celtics are, of course. The Magic will win a game or two if their 3 point shooting can hold up, but it rarely does for long in the playoffs. Defense wins championships. So the so-called "tough guys" from Orlando can enjoy the NBA finals from their couches! The Magic, if they end up playing a healthy Boston team in the playoffs, could easily get swept, but probably would lose 5-2. When Boston's shot is off, they still have a chance. When Orlando's shot is off, well, it's just plain ugly…
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Detroit police: Man set on fire in vacant building
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A man was dragged into a vacant Detroit building and set on fire early Tuesday morning, according to the Wayne County Medical Examiner's Office.
Detroit police said they found the victim in the 5000 block of Ivanhoe Avenue after the flames were put out.
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|I have been trying to have a bitter melon / gourd plant. Very warm days in the mornings from 75 - 80 and nights 55-65 F. I put my seeds in moist paper towels covered over my fridge. No germination and then they rotted. Next time,I bring them inside at nights, but leave my flats out all day where they get good light. I have been misting them when the surface gets dry. I used seeds from store bought Bitter melon. I waited for 10 days and checked the seeds, by putting slight pressure on them and they were empty. As in the seed inside had rotted. One even had a maggot like worm. This whole cycle happened twice. Is it impossible to get plants from store bought bitter melons, or is my method killing them?
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|No, normally it is not possible to get seeds from store bought bitter melons. The fruits are immature and hence the seeds are not fully developed. When the fruits are mature they turn red and the seeds will be ready. You'll need to either buy some seeds or get some from a friend.
Good luck.
|:-( Thank you. Would my method work, putting out the seed flats in the mornings in full sun and bringing them inside at nights? Or would i kill them?
- Posted by fun_on_the_move (My Page) on Fri, May 18, 12 at 15:44
|It depends on the zone you are in. I live in Atlanta (guess zone 7B and 8) and I put the seed outside in the garden first week of May and I have the plants coming up. You may not need to start the seed indoors if the temperature outside does not fall below 50F or does not have consistent freezing temperatures. Bittermelon is a very hardy plant. You should not have problems with germination unless the seed itself is very old or like you wrote from an unripe bittermelon.
- Posted by behlgarden 9 (My Page) on Wed, Jun 6, 12 at 16:31
|I successfully sprouted gourd and bitter melon seeds in a sandwich bag. Soak seeds for 24-hrs in water, then wash a and wrap in paper towel wet in warm water. seal, and put in a dark warm place. under the oven. it takes about a week to sprout.
I had no luck with snake guard, so I am going to try to soak longer and remove the shell and try it that way
- Posted by sharmigarden none (My Page) on Sat, Jun 9, 12 at 14:31
|They are real stubborn plants...
You might have ended up with wrong seeds.
Buy them online they are not that expensive.
I had one plant last year and it did well.
Unknown to me a melon had ripened and I pulled it out after
its seeds fell down on the ground.
Amazingly I got a surprise plant his year from that fallen seed...(thanks to the mild winter we had..)
|I use the paper towel and plate method to germinate my bitter melon seeds.
First I make sure that everything was sanitized first to reduce the possibility of mold. (i.e. plate from the dishwasher, clean paper towel, etc.) If I am especially concerned about mold, then I use a tiny dab of chlorine bleach in the water that I'll use for moistening the seeds.
I put a small amount of water (I use reverse osmosis purified water) into the plate and a few drops of chlorine bleach if concerned about mold. Then I put a folded paper towel onto the water. The objective is to have the paper towel be moist, but NOT dripping wet.
Then I carefully arrange my bitter melon seeds on the paper towel so they are not touching, then fold the top of the paper towel over them. Then the whole plate is covered with plastic wrap, and the plate is put on a shelf in the house out of any direct light. Temperature in the house is 76 to 78 degrees F.
After the first couple of days, the plate is checked every day for germination and to make sure that the paper towel isn't dry. It needs to be kept barely moist.
If a root is starting to emerge from a seed, that seed gets transplanted into a wide squat seed cell--the ones I use for bitter melon seeds are 2 1/4" x 2 1/4" x 2 1/2" deep. The seed cells are kept in a sheltered spot until the seedlings emerge from the potting mix and then moved outdoors to grow out.
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When I first began teaching, I taught Samuel Richardson's epistolary novel Pamela to my 3rd-year, eighteenth-century lit class. I'll admit that it has never been one of my favourite novels, but I worked very hard to make it a favourite for my students. I failed. The entire class took an immediate dislike to the heroine, and, cynical readers that they were, they exposed the "Shamela" in Pamela long before I had them read Fielding's rollicking parody. Although my student readers distrusted the "virtuous" Pamela, what really caused their laughing derision was the style of the novel–the fact that it is often "written to the moment" (in the present tense, where the action occurs concurrent with the writing). Thus, as readers, we are treated to exasperating (or comic) moments where Pamela sits in bed, writing a letter as her master approaches her room to ravish her. Her letter, paraphrased, goes something like this: "oh! my master is outside the door; oh! I see him peering through the keyhole–I hope he doesn't have an extra key; oh! the key is turning in the lock; oh! he approaches the bed; oh! he grabs my leg; oh!…." Often, these letters end abruptly as Pamela conveniently faints.
"Why doesn't she put down her pen, get out of bed, and grab something heavy to hit him with?" This, or some variation of this question, was asked repeatedly by my students, who sat shaking their heads in disbelief and muttering about the passive stupidity of eighteenth-century women–not the response I was hoping for. The next year, I tried again with this novel. And then, faced with the same bitter disappointment expressed by my students, I quietly dropped Pamela, her virtue, and her pen from my syllabus.
Fast forward a decade. I am on sabbatical, and while I'm away, our department has hired a young, incredibly bright McMaster PhD to teach my courses (and others!). Over the year, she has proven herself to be a creative, innovative, and firm instructor. She has been fabulous, and I wish we could keep her. Last fall, this young Professor K bravely put Pamela on her syllabus– "ah, the crazy optimism of youth," I thought to myself, and hunkered down with my own work, keeping one slitted eye on her progress with the novel. . . . . . Her students liked it! . . . . . . Granted, they didn't LOVE it, and they also astutely read Pamela's virtue as a sham-like mask; but, they were not at ALL exasperated by the "writing to the moment" that often precludes self-preserving action. It was almost a non-issue.
While I recognize that Professor K just may be a much finer teacher of Pamela than I am (she does LIKE the novel, after all), it also occurs to me that significant changes have occurred in student culture in the last 10 years–changes that suggest Pamela's time might finally have come. Prof. K's readers of Pamela are part of a culture that, itself, "writes to the moment." These are the students who are attached to their smartphones and addicted to "texting." In class and during visits to my office, these students reluctantly disengage from their phones, a supreme act of will and self-control for those who are used to constantly documenting and sharing the ephemera of their lives.
For several years, I've been intrigued by but dismissive of text culture. However, this winter I finally got my own smartphone, and I am beginning to understand my students. As I become used to wandering the stores and taking pictures of odd things (Justin Beiber's face on Christmas ornaments!) to send quickly and immediately to my sister, with "really?" as the only comment; and as I take pleasure in her texting documentation of the step by step process of shopping for the perfect sheets for my niece, I get a glimpse of my students' need to text during my class–to send off a quick note to friends, sharing the brilliant witticism eloquently articulated by their professor (at least, this is what I choose to imagine they're doing, rather than documenting yet another of my malapropisms or odd observations). I even understand the need to text to someone who is also IN the class–adding a kind of marginalia to my spoken text that may or may not augment the original, but is nonetheless attached to it. My irritation with those who run into me on the sidewalk and my derision at those who wander blindly into traffic is muted by my own experience of texting while walking the dog (complete with photo taken and texted–yes, again to my sister–of mandatory "dog-at-fire-hydrant" picture to PROVE to her that I really was texting while walking……. ). Thus, I imagine that for Professor K's students, with their practised and prolific texting, Pamela's constant documentation–sometimes at the expense of action–was not at all strange.
I've been thinking about texting and Pamela as I've been reading the Montagu-Bath correspondence. Reading an epistolary relationship can be a frustrating experience, a bit like watching a mini-series and missing great gaps from each episode. Letters are a substitute for physical proximity, and they function a bit like a body stand-in. The physical presence of the letter marks the physical absence of the letter writer. Thus, for example, while Montagu and Elizabeth Carter maintain a lively and prolific correspondence when Montagu is at Sandleford or London and Carter is at her home in Deal, when they are both in London together (often for months at a time), there is a gaping hole in the letters that can only be filled with the imagination. Sometimes letters to other folk contain information about Carter and the activities she and Montagu share while in the same city, but these sporadic mentions are teasers that whet the appetite rather than satiate the hunger for uninterrupted plot.
There were many occasions during their four-year relationship when Montagu and Bath inhabited the same physical space–at Tunbridge Wells or Bath; when he visited Montagu and her husband at Sandleford; when, in the summer of 1763, they were part of a party that toured the continent. During these times, there are holes in the correspondence, and a great silence replaces the busy chatter; during these times, to turn the page from one letter to the next is to jump months in a second. The winter of 1762 is different, though. In the winter of 1762, during much of the London Season, Bath and Montagu were both in London, and they saw each other almost every day (It seems that Mr. Montagu was in Newcastle for much of this time). However, the usual epistolary emptiness that results from proximity is filled, here, by a flurry of paper. The Montagu-Bath correspondence includes a whole series of "notes" that were exchanged between Bath and Montagu during their shared time in the city. These are scrappy little notes, written by one and sent by servant to the other, who sometimes quickly replied and sent a new note back with the same servant. They include invitations to "take the air" together in the morning, or to take dinner together in the evening. They include questions about whether one or the other will be at Mrs. Somebody's card party that evening, or will be attending church in the morning. They include quick comments on current events, books, mutual friends (and not-so-much-friends); and they include queries about and advice concerning the health or illness of one or the other. They are often repetitive, with a variant of one note appearing again–often several times.
Unlike the full letters– which are usually scrupulously dated–these scraps are almost impossible to organize and order. They are dated "Saturday," or "Twelve O'clock," or "Monday evening." And sometimes, they bear no identifier at all. The Huntington library has filed them in two groups–one for each writer, and has noted on each letter that its date is "c1762." While this lack of fixed order is frustrating for the scholar in me, it is rich and exciting fodder for the imagination. It seems clear that while on some days, they wrote one scrap to each other, on others they wrote several; and I try to imagine the order of those scraps: does the scrap containing Bath's gratitude for Montagu's presents and medicine follow later on the same day that he's complained of illness in the morning? Does his worry about her coughing so much in church and being so pale at dinner follow the scrap where he expresses his hope of seeing her at church "this morning"? Or are they two completely different church experiences?
Reading these scraps is a lot like rereading my own texts or instant messages, where the order can get confused and the short-hand can create a mystery concerning the original subject. A commitment to letter-writing (especially letters written with the frequency of Montagu's) suggests a desire not just for communication and contact, but also for a life witnessed by others, even when that life is rather solitary. But these scraps, whizzing around London from one house to the other, punctuating instead of replacing face-to-face time, suggest a desire for that kind of immediate witness to experience that we express in our texting and tweeting today. And, like phone texts, these scrappy notes seem, to me, somehow more intimate than the longer letters. Perhaps this is because I imagine that the more formal letters were often subject (as were so many "private" letters throughout the century) to a more public reading. And these scraps don't seem to lend themselves to that kind of process. Or perhaps this is because of my own experience with various kinds of electronic correspondence: where things like "Twitter" are brief and very public notes, and emails are longer and can be both more intimate and more formal, it seems that texts are both brief and more intimate. I text those I know well (and those proficient at reading "auto-correct"); and I would feel it an odd invasion of my phone were I to receive a text from someone I didn't consider a good friend. Similarly, while formal invitations and notes regularly moved through the eighteenth-century city, these hurried, undated, and immediate notes seem, like the texts of today, an expression of a need for constant contact, constant witnessing, constant connection.
In moments of whimsy, I imagine a time-warp that drops Montagu and Bath in 2012; and while much would be unfamiliar and overwhelming to them, I imagine their sheer delight in discovering the smart-phone. I imagine the constant pings and pops and vibrations as their texts zip back and forth through the ether, without the need for servant carrier; and I imagine their immediate comfort with this oddly familiar experience that bridges the gap of 250 years in a second.


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