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Friday, January 20, 2012
My men are a unique bunch: they are handsome, wickedly funny, bright as all get-out, über talented and creative. But if they are anything at all, they are discreet. Not so much shy as shunning the limelight; they loathe being talked about, are uncomfortable being shown off; they are wary of my verbosity in front of my blog and social media accounts, mistrustful of how much I talk about them to my friends; they don't appreciate being mentioned nor do they want their photos splashed across Life's a Feast or my Facebook page; they simply do not want their private lives bared to the world. I am woman and they are man and rarely the twain shall meet, yet as I try and understand their vagaries and respect their wishes, I sometimes, well, let's admit it, I slip up. Ooops! But how does one such as I write something as personal as a blog or even write at all without talking about the three most basic elements, the most important components of my life?
As winter rages outside…. Okay, I will admit that rages is a bit farfetched, for the temperature bounces up a few notches, then down a few, neither settling on frosty nor on balmy, less raging than hovering around some wishy-washy in between and the snow still eludes my every request – okay, let's start again... As winter settles in gray and desolate, teasing me with much-yearned-for glacial weather and the promise of snow in her steely glance and misty afternoons, my husband and I spend most of our time huddled together in the apartment. So face to face, with him part of my every waking moment, I find it close to impossible not to talk about him. Especially when he is doing all of the cooking.
As you may know, we are Starting Over. After the long, arduous conversations, the hashing and rehashing, tossing ideas, thoughts, fears and dreams back and forth like two kids playing ball in the street on a dull summer afternoon, we came to the decision – and not for the first time in our many years together – that husband should leave his job (for a quantity of reasons) and it was time for us to recreate ourselves yet once again. Adventure awaits, the world opens before us in a multitude of possibilities. The lure of pleasure and the fulfillment of dreams enchants as a Siren's song, seduces us with their dangerous, mesmerizing beauty. Galvanized by our various projects and simply delighted at having the time we aren't each sitting in front of our separate computers to be together, we seem to be possessed by some reckless, crazy Utopia of an ideal world where we can get by doing just what we love doing and maybe, just maybe, have a positive effect on someone, somewhere. We may be deluding ourselves, it is true, but when have hard work and passion not come together to create something perfect? Or something close to it?
But back to the food. My husband has always loved to cook from his earliest years, and now that he is home he has been more than happy to take over the kitchen at mealtimes. Raised on hearty, wholesome, traditional French family cooking kicked up with his two years living in Morocco and enriched with the food he experienced during his travels across Europe, he has built up an incredibly rich repertoire of favorites. He saunters through the market choosing his purchases carefully, studiously, selecting only local, seasonal fruits and vegetables, planning dishes compatible with the weather and our mood. Poached whole sea bass or choucroute laden either with Alsatian sausages or seafood, a spicy couscous or exotic tagine, mussels marinière served with sizzling frites or an herbed côte de boeuf, lasagnas meaty and traditional or layered with smoked salmon, his talents are endless, his taste impeccable! Onions chopped, herbs ripped, meat sautéed, potatoes puréed, he has kept me happily fed for 25 years and he still never ceases to amaze me. Granted, his menu choices often defy my diet, but diet is a word that just isn't in his vocabulary and any mention of that dreaded concept can work him into a fury. Raised on pot au feu, guinea fowl wrapped in tender green cabbage, creamy, cheesy potato gratin dauphinois and blanquette à l'ancienne, food is meant to comfort and soothe, fill one up and carry one through the rest of the working day. Salad is to end the meal not replace it, fruit accompanies a platter of cheese and a loaf of bread and wine is served at every meal. Yes, many a meal nowadays chez nous is made up of a large mixed salad or a healthy, light bowl of vegetable soup, but when one desires to cook a meal, well, one cooks.
So I pull up my chair to the table, tuck a napkin under my chin and dig in. The first mouthful a revelation, the second, a confirmation, the third and each after pure pleasure. I close my eyes and savor yet another marvelous dish and wonder that he can take the most humble of ingredients, toss in a handful of seemingly random this or that, sautée, simmer or bake and create such flavorful, inspiring, delectable dishes. And today's is simple indeed: Cauliflower and Potato Gratin. This is the man who refuses to allow a cauliflower or a broccoli to cross the threshold into our home, bans each from the kitchen, forbids the cooking in any way, shape or form of such two who leave an acrid, pungent odor behind, trailing a whip of cabbage stench from livingroom to bedroom. Yet he loves the humble, elegant cauliflower, so excuses are made, reasons found for the occasional foray into cauliflower love. When he is feeling admirable, exemplary in his sense of responsibility, he will steam the flowerets and serve them in a chaud-froid style simply tossed still warm from the pot with a tart vinaigrette studded with finely minced shallots, lovely pale purple dots against the pristine white of the cauliflower, the vinaigrette giving a sparkling, clean bite to the mild vegetable. But when he is feeling decadent or when the weather is chilling us to the bone, he opts for something richer, creamier, more filling, a dish that leaves us content and replenished, protected against the harsh elements and the mad, mad world outside.
So, at the risk of making him upset or having him ask me once again to never speak of him on my blog, of being reprimanded for opening up our intimate details for all the world to ogle and dissect, I will say that I am married to an incredible cook, an incredible man. He began cooking when merely a boy in his maman's kitchen while she worked, taking over entire meals while others of his age were going through their adolescent woes and rebellions. His passion for food has never stopped growing and lucky am I to have him cooking for me! Ah, but we were talking about a Cauliflower and Potato Gratin, weren't we? Simply steamed potatoes and cauliflower, tossed in a luscious, thick, creamy béchamel and topped with both Parmesan and nutty Gruyère or Comté cheeses then popped in a hot oven to bubble and brown… nothing, dear reader, says Winter Comfort Food better than this.
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Jamie & JP team up in the kitchen
1 head cauliflower, trimmed and broken into large flowerets *
Several potatoes that stay firm while boiling **
About 1 cup finely grated Parmesan cheese
About 2 or 3 cups grated Gruyère or Comté cheese
* Flowerets broken into small, bite-sized pieces will fall apart or crumble when being blanched or steamed. Pre-cook them in larger pieces and cut into smaller bites before tossing in the béchamel.
** How many potatoes, you ask? I did not see how many JP peeled and cooked, but maybe about half to ¾ the quantity of cauliflower you use. Combined, the vegetables blended with the béchamel should fill a 13 x 9-inch baking dish or slightly bigger. Read this post about JP cooking au pif…
4 Tbs (60 g) butter
4 Tbs flour
3 cups (700 ml) whole milk
1 small to medium onion trimmed and finely chopped
1 bay leaf
½ tsp dried thyme or 1 tsp fresh leaves
Large pinch nutmeg
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
Prepare the vegetables by simply cleaning and trimming the cauliflower and cutting into large sections and steaming or simmering in salted water until tender but not too soft or mushy; they will continue to cook in the oven, and peeling the potatoes and simmering in salted water until tender but not too soft. Drain.
Once well drained, cut into smaller pieces and toss together.
Preheat the oven to 425°F (220°C). Butter a large baking dish.
Prepare the Béchamel:
Melt the butter in a large saucepan over medium-low heat until bubbly. Add the chopped onion and toss to coat. Lower the heat slightly and cook, stirring, for about 3 or 4 minutes until the onion is soft and transparent and just beginning to turn golden on the edges.
Add the flour all at once and stir or whisk until the flour is well blended into the butter. Cook, stirring, for a minute 2 to 3 minutes. Then begin adding the milk, a little at a time, whisking to blend and allow each addition to thicken. As it thickens, add more milk and repeat until all the milk has been added and the sauce is beginning to thicken. Add the herbs, salt and pepper generously and allow to simmer very gently, stirring continuously, for about 10 minutes. Taste and adjust the seasonings. Remove the bay leaf.
Pour the hot béchamel over the prepared cauliflower and potatoes and gently toss until the sauce is evenly distributed. Pour into the gratin or baking dish and spread out evenly. Sprinkle the Parmesan and then the Gruyère/Comté evenly over the top of the vegetables all the way to the edge of the dish.
Bake in the hot oven for about 20 minutes or until bubbly and the cheese is a deep golden and browning as you like.
Serve as a side dish with roasted meat or chicken or with cold cuts or sausages or as a main course for lunch simply with a large mixed salad. And a glass of wine.
29 comments:
- Gail said...
This is going in my recipe file, Jamie. LOVE the story and love the recipe!! xoxo
- January 20, 2012 at 5:58 AM
- Cookin' Canuck said...
It sounds as though you and your husband have plenty of adventure waiting around the corner for you. I'm looking forward to reading about it. In the meantime, I will be more than satisfied to make this lovely, comforting gratin.
- January 20, 2012 at 6:34 AM
- Maureen said...
I envy your adventure and if you head down under, could I borrow him for a dinner or two? My darling husband is a fantastic programmer but as a cook he'd order out rather than do it. Thankfully I love cooking or we'd both starve.
This cauliflower and potato gratin speaks to me with big words... cook me! It looks delicious.
- January 20, 2012 at 6:45 AM
- Jamie said...
@Maureen: Your comment made me laugh out loud! Thanks! And this is one yummy gratin!
- January 20, 2012 at 6:49 AM
- Rosa's Yummy Yums said...
That gratin looks succulent! A great winter dish. So warming and comforting.
I wish my BF would cook... Anyway, I must say that even if he doesn't cook for me, he is always ready to help me with the cleaning. You can't have everything, can you!
- January 20, 2012 at 6:59 AM
- tasteofbeirut said...
My mouth is watering! Why did I never think of combining the two for a gratin? This is so comforting and delicious, hurray for husbands who cook!
- January 20, 2012 at 7:02 AM
- Jamie said...
@Rosa's Yummy Yums: JP and I have a deal, one cooks the other washes which is great except I clean as I cook so there is little for him to do while when he cooks...disaster awaits me. Lucky for him he is such a great cook!
- January 20, 2012 at 7:18 AM
- Priya said...
Mouthwatering here, wat a terrific and super tempting gratin..
- January 20, 2012 at 7:33 AM
- Deeba PAB said...
I LURVE this. There is something comforting {and delicious} about the way you write, and this dish! Gratin cannot get better than this my lovely! Woohoo!!
- January 20, 2012 at 8:07 AM
- Maia said...
This sounds fantastic. Love how the addition of cauliflower will assuage my guilt over the copious amounts of wonderful dairy!
- January 20, 2012 at 9:10 AM
- Barbara | Creative Culinary said...
I am now seriously regretting I did not pick up cauliflower last night but maybe it's just as well. A dish like this made without someone coming for dinner means I run the risk of having to say "I ate the whole thing."
It would be all your fault but on my hips. :)
- January 20, 2012 at 11:04 AM
- Barbara said...
I am envious of women who have a husband that cooks. Mine doesn't. But I did teach him to make cauliflower gratin this week. Fortunately it's isn;t difficult to make bechamel sauce with a Thermomix.
- January 20, 2012 at 12:02 PM
- Nisrine M. said...
I'm so into cauliflower lately and the sight of this gratin is making me daydream of eating it. Délicieux!
- January 20, 2012 at 12:56 PM
- Maria said...
Love this comforting dish!
- January 20, 2012 at 1:23 PM
- Sylvie @ Gourmande in the Kitchen said...
I'm envious that your husband cooks! Seems we have a similar love of eating cauliflower just simply steamed and tossed with a vinaigrette.
- January 20, 2012 at 5:02 PM
- katiez said...
Cauliflower Cheese with potatoes.... and lots more cheese. I love it - and love it that your hubs did it. Mine only does summer cooking LOL
- January 21, 2012 at 12:33 AM
- Suzi said...
I certainly wish my husband could make a dish as scrumptious as this. It looks wonderfully tasty. Great job. Lucky you.
- January 21, 2012 at 9:31 AM
- Lisa said...
Why is it French men enjoy cooking so much more than American men? They get so into it, and do it with such flair. I think all French Mom's school their sons in the kitchen from a very early age, or the food they cook them is so extraordinary, the sons want to create it as adults!
Also, I'm similar to your sons and JP when it comes to sharing myself and social media..I shy away from it. People in my real life are shocked that I now tweet. LOL
In any event - what a dish by JP. I can't wait to try it...all that bechamel and cheese mmmm. What a lovely way to reconnect with him..you're the baker, he's the cook, the kitchen is now the shared sanctuary of love :)
- January 21, 2012 at 10:04 PM
- Lorraine @ Not Quite Nigella said...
What a team you make Jamie and JP! Him cooking this dish and you describing it in such drool worthy detail :)
- January 21, 2012 at 10:44 PM
- Maris (In Good taste) said...
Ok, cauliflower now on today's shopping list. I think you guys have worked out a very fair arrangement!
- January 22, 2012 at 4:41 AM
- Jenny @ Ichigo Shortcake said...
I adore cauliflower...I've had this dish at a restaurant once and fell in love with it, so glad you shared your recipe :D
My boyfriend loves to cook and is fantastic at it too which I'm so thankful for. He's way better a cook than me!
- January 22, 2012 at 6:12 AM
- Cake Duchess said...
Luckily my kids love cauliflower and this is something I need to make this month. Delizioso! It is lovely to have a hubby that knows his way around the kitchen. :P
- January 22, 2012 at 6:39 AM
- Jamie said...
@Cake Duchess: and you should know! :-)
@Lisa: I don't think Frenchman in general cook. Not more than American men. I just found the one who does :-)
- January 22, 2012 at 6:46 AM
- Ivy said...
I see a lot of similarities with my family Jamie as well. I rarely talk about them and have only once posted a picture of my daughter and if she ever finds out she will kill me:)
I love cauliflower as well as broccoli but my children hate it so I avoid cooking it. I once made broccoli au gratin and most of it was eaten by me and the remaining went in the garbage bin. I am very lucky that my husband also cooks when I am busy.
- January 22, 2012 at 11:00 AM
- bunkycooks said...
I know that some wonderful new adventures are awaiting you and JP! I look forward to following them as they unfold. You are very lucky to have a man who is so talented in the kitchen and I can only imagine how incredibly good this gratin is with all the sauce and cheese. Oh, my...
- January 23, 2012 at 7:38 AM
- Nancy said...
I love new adventures and can't wait to hear what you discover on this one! Lucky you to have a husband who cooks - mine is allowed to grill and that is all - which does work for us since he is a master dishwasher!!
This gratin looks amazing... I'll be adding cauliflower to my next shopping list!
- January 23, 2012 at 11:11 AM
- Meeta K. Wolff said...
I need JP to come over more often. It's something special when a man cooks for a woman and I love hearing all about what he cooked for you. Love cauliflower and love gratin!
- January 30, 2012 at 1:08 PM
- marla said...
Love that you have all of the cauliflower in there too!
- January 31, 2012 at 5:21 AM
- Mairi @ Toast said...
This one is being saved for the first days of Autumn :)
- February 3, 2012 at 11:24 AM


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Toledo City Council members presented proposed legislation at a June 13 hearing to temper some fears of area homeless shelter directors in light of recent cuts.
Looming budget cuts have trapped some homeless shelters in a bind, as money they have always depended upon dries up with no other source to cover the losses, said Renee Palacios, director of the Family House.
The city released Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) recommendations last week and the results dashed any hopes shelter directors had of making up for cuts they incurred when the city announced Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) recommendations.
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The homeless shelters, including the Aurora House, Family House, Bethany House, Harbor House and La Posada Family Emergency Shelter, learned about two months ago that they would no longer receive their typical funding. Many of these shelters have depended on tens of thousands of dollars from these grants each year for decades. The Aurora House, a rehabilitative transitional housing program, used CDBG funding for at least 12 percent of its budget.
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Palacios said the proposed cuts would eliminate 12 percent from their total budget, around $85,000.
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Rated 4 out of 5 by Wendy74 Chanel with a modern twist I fell in love with this bag when I first saw it on TB site. I thought its very Channel with a modern twist and it costs only 10% of a Chanel. Then I saw a reserved one in black in store and confirmed that i want to own it but I wanted the Navy color which the store didn't have. I ordered online during the friends and family event and had to send back the first two for different issues - the logo on the first one was slightly tilted (I have a very sharp eye and I am a perfectionist), the second one has some scraps right on the front flap which resulted some small patch of discoloration. Had i not gotten a great price on it I would have giving up on this bag but I thought its worth a 3rd try. I am so glad I did. This one is perfect. The leather is soft. Tory really does Navy right the color is beautiful - not too dark it might as well be black but its dark enough to go with an outfit that calls for a black shoulder bag and modernize the whole look with the blue hue. Its roomy enough for my everyday stuff yet classy enough to go on a date with. October 26, 2013
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Testing some lines and rods off my dock. 7ft. ugly stick 8# test line. Shimano 1000 reel. Just casting and screwing around. Damn did this big old honker largemouth slam my bait.
Had a black worm on and wasn't expecting the damn thing. Thought I was snagged.
Why the hell do they hit when your not expecting anything.
Since they have cleaned up the St. Johns river the fishing is getting great. Any fishermen out there. ??


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It seems that Woolworths and Coles are moving into every consumer area possible and the insurance industry is one area which they are targeting next.
The entry of these big supermarket giants has seen a healthy drop in premiums and strong competition to the current insurance giants, IAG (Insurance Australia Group) and Suncorp. Until now, the insurance industry has been relatively static with very little competition having an effect on the market due to the fact that IAG and Suncorp control nearly 90% off the insurance market.
An investigation has discovered that home premiums around the country has dropped by about $40 since 2010 in Victoria. Car Insurance premiums has risen in the same time period however some say that this is due to competition and prices may have increased more otherwise.
Coles Insurance has indicated that they have captured around 270,000 customers which is a 10 times increase since it's inception. Woolworths Insurance has also expanded it's product offerings to appeal to a wider customer base.


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Business center to help vets make or grow jobsBy WILSON RING
The Associated Press | February 04,2013RANDOLPH — Vermont veterans seeking to create or expand small businesses now have access to office support services thanks to a business incubator set aside just for them in Randolph, officials said Monday.
The Vermont Tech Enterprise Center Business Incubator provides the office space and equipment veterans need to do office work, have business meetings, or just think and share ideas with other business owners.
The space in an office building just off Interstate 89 includes high-speed internet service, copiers, meeting and conference rooms, video conferencing and a hospitality area. The space is free to use for veterans and service members who are starting or expanding a business in Vermont.
"It's not just about building jobs and the economy. That's really important, it's (also) about rebuilding lives," said
U.S. Rep. Peter Welch, a Democrat and Vermont's lone member in the House of Representatives who helped secure some of the funding that helped create the program.
Nationally, more than 200,000 people are discharged from the U.S. military each year. The U.S. Small Business Administration says that nearly one in 10 small businesses are veteran-owned, and retired service members are at least 45 percent more likely than those without active-duty military experience to be self-employed.
U.S. Census Bureau numbers show there are 51,373 civilian veterans in Vermont, many of them adjusting after duty in Iraq and Afghanistan. Some of those veterans are starting or expanding businesses.
"When they come home, especially in a rural community, those soldiers have that experience that was intense, it was powerful. They saw things we would hope no one would ever have to see. And they have to bear that burden alone," Welch said.
One of the vets who will take advantage of the Randolph center is WillyJane Patry, 34, of Barre, still a member of the Vermont National Guard and a veteran of year in Afghanistan. She is studying construction management at Vermont Tech and she now runs a small real estate rental business.
"What I want to do is expand that," she said, noting she'd take advantage of the services the incubator is offering, although she didn't quite know how just yet. "It sounds like they have some good resources."
Welch said in speaking with veterans he learned that a good job is a key part of getting them back into civilian life.
They want to take the same skills that were so important to them on the battlefield and put them to use back home in Vermont.
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Thursday, May 9, 2013
Tuesday's playoff match between the Summerville and Stratford boys had all the makings of an upset but the Knights would have no part of that.
Stratford entered the first-round game with a better record, better seeding and home field advantage. But Summerville's record is somewhat deceptive considering its region and the Green Wave had battled Stratford during a 3-2 loss only a week before.
Adding to the hopes of Summerville fans that the Wave would avenge the earlier loss is the fact that many of the athletes from the two teams grew up playing at the same soccer club and some even play on the same travel team so it wasn't like the Wave didn't know what it was up against.
The set up was right, but on the field the Knights (15-6) took charge immediately and never lost momentum as they earned a 5-0 shutout to eliminate Summerville (9-9-1).
Stratford junior Tristan Ray provided much of the firepower. In the fifth minute Ray drilled a shot from just outside of the penalty box that landed in the top right-hand corner of the goal. In the 17th minute, Wave keeper Ashton Tanner blocked a shot by Ray, but the forward was there for the rebound. With the keeper out of position, Ray sent a second shot past the sole Green Wave defender in his way for a 2-0 Stratford lead.
Roughly three minutes later, Ray passed to junior Reid Short who then scored. The Knights needed only two more minutes to add a goal by Johnnie Lynch to take a 4-0 lead with 19 minutes remaining in the first half.
Summerville fended off all other Stratford attacks in the half and did create some scoring opportunities of its own in the opening 40 minutes. Chris Miller had a shot sail just wide. David Kennedy sent a hard grounder toward the net but a Stratford defender managed to lunge at it and redirect it with his foot. The Wave also had multiple corner kicks and a shallow free kick from directly in front of the goal but Knights' keeper Justin Overstreet had an outstanding evening.
Ray completed a hat trick by hitting the only goal of the second half. Meanwhile Overstreet continued to thwart all Summerville attacks to earn the shutout in goal.
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- Cast: Mike Rowe
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In a totally unscripted format, DIRTY JOBS is a gauntlet of danger, fear, and humiliation, steadfastly endured by our intrepid host. Rowe assumes the duties of the job in question and works alongside Sewer Inspector, Zoo Poop Picker Uppers, Road Kill Collectors, Chinatown Garbage collector, Pig farmer... Average folks doing extraordinary work that simply must get done. Rowe is a tremendously good sport, and a perfect conduit between worker and viewer. His interactions are both earnest and ironic, and the results are enlightening, horrifying, hilarious, and very, very, real. In the end, viewers are left with an appreciation for hard working people, and a better understanding of what it takes to tackle tough jobs. No one will watch these segments and say, "That's a job I'd like to try," but everyone will be glad that somebody else is doing them.
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Very strange, no?
There have been a couple very nicely done minimal machining lowers built on Weapons guild in the last month.
One from plate steel/welded and one screw together using aluminum plates.
There are detailed build threads posted on the site.
"To show you how radical I am, I want carjackers dead. I want rapists dead. I want burglars dead. I want child molesters dead. I want the bad guys dead. No court case. No parole. No early release. I want 'em dead. Get a gun and when they attack you, shoot 'em."
Ted Nugent - speaking at the NRA convention April 17, 2005
I hear you. Only time will tell. I think you know me well enough by now to know that I stick with what I know. I do not discount the experience of others, and I am sure that Vulcan has had it's share and then some of bad products. Compound that with bad Customer Service, questionable warranties, and Legendary Bad business practices and you get a PARIAH.
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where can these uppers be found?...Doc
ya talking ar-180s?
back a few years ago you could get a cut up ar-180 rifle as a kit. i wish i had bought some just for giggles.
numrich might have a few parts --though i doubt they got any uppers for the 180/18.
i am seriously considering doing a sheet metal ar-15 lower if for no other reason just the 1-off it would be.
and with the ar-15 stripped lowers with $800 asking prices??--LOL!
there has got to be a better way!


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This is my weapon, I have never had an ar. This has been a real learning experience from buying the upper and the lower from two different people. I put them together and saved about 150 bucks. Now I'm looking for some red dot sights or what ever you all suggest.
I have about 100 bucks to spend, so please advice.
I have a flat top A3 upper, short so I'm thinking it is a M4.
OK how and the hell do I post pictures on this web site?
I click add image and I don't know the url? How do I find this inforamtion?


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Submission + - Libertarian Candidate Excluded From Debate For Refusing Corporate Donations-> 3
Yesterday I received a stunning email from the local ABC affiliate telling me that they were going to exclude me from their televised debate because I did not have $50k in campaign contributions, even though during my entire campaign I have pointedly and publicly refused corporate donations. They cited several other trumped up reasons, including polling at 10%, but there has not been a poll that included me since the one 6 weeks ago — and I meet their other requirements."
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Submission + - Ebooks for libraries to self destruct?->
Simon & Schuster and Macmillan (among other publishers), do not sell eBooks to libraries at all because checking out ebooks from an online library in many cases is easier than buying a book online.
"We are working diligently to try to find terms that satisfy the needs of the libraries and protect the value of our intellectual property," John Sargent, the chief executive of Macmillan, said in an e-mail. "When we determine those terms, we will sell e-books to libraries. At present we do not.""
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Submission + - Comcast's box rental rules violate antitrust laws?->
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Comment Re:REALLY misleading title (Score 3, Interesting) 417
I'm with you on this -- the monopoly is completely anti-consumer. The problem is that with significantly lower operating costs, the city will be able to drive the telcos out, and then THEY will be the monopoly. I hate private monopolies but I hate the state as monopoly equally. Simple solution here. Tell the city they cannot collect fees/taxes on the ISPs we're all good. I definitely want the city to come in and bust up the Telco monopoly -- I just don't want one monopoly to be replaced by another.
I agree the way the telcos are going about this is wrong though. I'd rather see legislation like: Where municipalities set up their own ISP, they cannot assess city taxes or fees on competing ISPs."
It's all about operating costs -- make those as equal as you can, and THEN let everyone compete.
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>provision of communications service
They used that language because it's internet today, and VOIP tomorrow.
>Is a telco or cable company required to keep separate accounts for their internet service?
Geez. http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/2296405/
>...the bill would say that *ALL* internet providers would be subject to these rules
That is an excellent suggestion, and I agree that would be the perfect wording. On the other hand, I doubt that the current Telcos are collecting much in the way trash and water fees.
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Submission + - Frito Lay sues Derby Dames in Trademarkdispute.->
Which seems ironic, when in their own ads they say "What do you call a kid, who can skate like that? You call that kid a Cracker Jack."
Bell has posted a video that succinctly makes her point."
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By Justin Skelnik, Illustrations by Imran Javed, Photos by Ross Dettman
Chicago Wolves Strength and Conditioning Coach Rob Rosmis has always had a knack for helping people.
After graduating from Mississippi State University in 2001, he became a police officer in Tupelo, Miss., and Des Plaines, Ill. While working in Des Plaines, he began to moonlight as a trainer with a local physical therapy clinic in Chicago. It was then he realized he was in the wrong profession and in 2005, he decided to change career paths and open up his own hockey training facility.
"I changed my career direction towards training because I thought I had a feel for it and it was something I really enjoyed doing," Rosmis said. "Just being able to help people improve overall movement and performance was very appealing to me."
Since Rosmis opened True Performance Hockey in Rolling Meadows, he has worked with local junior teams, high school teams and, most recently, with some college and major junior players. For the most part, he worked with young hockey players, until he crossed paths with Wolves General Manager Wendell Young in the summer of 2009.
"Wendell came to True Performance and wanted to use my gym," Rosmis, 31, said. "I wasn't there at the time, but one of my employees called me and I told him to let Wendell in and I thought nothing of it."
"A couple weeks later I got a call from Wendell and he extended the offer to run training camp for the Wolves. It was something I immediately jumped at."
After running the two-week camp for the Wolves, Young decided to extend an offer to Rosmis to stay on full-time as the team's new strength and conditioning coach. It was a decision Young didn't have to think too hard about.
"It is tough to find a trainer that understands what it takes to be a hockey player," said Young. "At first, I just observed him from afar working with kids and I didn't even know him. After I finally did meet him, I observed him in training camp to gauge his thought process and see if he was on the right track and I saw that he gets what needs to be done in relation to hockey training and that made my decision easy."
Rosmis exceeded Young's expectations during the 2009-10 season and enters his second season with the Wolves armed with a new training method that is so advanced only two teams in the National Hockey League currently use the technology.
"The Polar Team2 Pro Heart Rate Monitor System is something that Wendell and I talked about implementing last season," Rosmis said. "But we knew that it was something we would have to implement at the beginning of a season in order for the players to buy into it.
"The whole concept behind the system is to see what the player's heart is actually experiencing on the ice as well as during workouts."
Every player on the Wolves has a heart rate monitor that they wear during games, practices and off-ice workouts. Using Bluetooth technology, Rosmis can monitor each individual's heart rate on his laptop computer. Charting the players' heart rate during activities helps Rosmis see how each player's heart is responding to the activities and how he should deal with each player's recovery afterward.
"One piece of the puzzle with the heart rate system is making sure each player recovers properly," Rosmis said. "The system is able to take statistics of each player and tie that into each player's heart rate and projects where guys need to be at what times. It also lets me know when a player has worked hard enough in a game or practice that he doesn't need to be doing more work afterwards."
Although Rosmis believes it will take a full year of data to see all the benefits and progress made by Wolves players, Young has seen the positives of the system after just one month.
"The heart rate system is a massive learning tool for us, solely for the fact that the guys have it on and they know they are being monitored," said Young. "That entices the guys to work harder in practices. You can move your arms and act like you are working, but the true factor is the heart rate and that is what we can watch.
"The biggest thing for me is we can now tell when a guy is getting burned out. The true tale of a burnout is when a heart rate spikes too quickly and then doesn't recover in time. We now have the technology to see that and it will tell us when we may need to pull back on the reins a little bit during the season, but especially down the stretch in the playoffs."
In addition to his new heart monitoring system, Rosmis still oversees the team's strength and condition programs. He specifically tailors a year-long plan for each player and implements them at the start of the season. He focuses on a lot of lower body work, such as hip mobility, which he says is crucial for hockey players. Players have been working out their whole careers and some want to follow their own plan, so Rosmis knows that he must adapt and educate in order to be effective.
"The players really focus most of their strength and conditioning during the offseason," said Rosmis. "Maintenance during the season is key and I am there to spell that out for them.
"I feel it is important to be a teacher and educate them on why they are doing things and why it will help prolong their careers because that is how the players buy in, and as a trainer that is all you ask for."


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POLST Illinois Moves Forward
Posted on Friday, December 7th, 2012 at 7:35 pm by Life Matters Media
The Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) program, designed to improve the quality of end of life care, is on its way to Illinois. Health care professionals met at Rush University Medical Center Thursday to discuss the form's development and strategies for raising public awareness.
The Chicago End-of-Life Care Coalition sponsored the discussion led by Julie Goldstein, M.D., a clinical ethicist and palliative care physician at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center.
POLST program forms are more detailed than conventional living wills or other advance directives. They allow patients to indicate preferences regarding resuscitation, intubation, intravenous antibiotics and feeding tubes. Such forms are intended for patients in their last year of life, and they can follow patients across in-state care settings and direct doctors to provide or withhold life saving treatment in emergency situations.
For instance, an individual may choose to decline resuscitation efforts, but of for artificial nutrition. An individual may choose artificial nutrition with set limits or permanent placement.
"POLST improves on the existing uniform DNR form," said Goldstein. "POLSTs are medical orders and have to be followed by all medical care providers." To be valid, a POLST form must be signed by an attending physician.
Loretta Downs, president of the CECC, told LMM that POLST is essentially about enhancing personal liberty at end of life. "For Illinois, accepting the POLST form is a statement encouraging people to take advantage of their liberty regarding end of life decisions. It empowers the individual to make a clear statement about whether or not he or she wants end of life care and what level of treatments."
The POLST form will be available in early 2013, a version of the IDPH DNR Uniform Advance Directive. Goldstein said it will be most similar to the California POLST. The final form awaits approval from state health officials and it may be "ultra pink."
Many in attendance left hopeful that the form would help their patients. Kriston Kurelic, a social worker at Passages Hospice, says she is excited about the form's implementation. "I'm very interested in the changes that will happen," Kurelic said. "It will be very beneficial to long-term care. It will be beneficial to patients and families."
Christine Nelson, director of nursing at Manor Care, agrees. "I think anything that helps us assess what people's wishes are more clearly is helpful," she said. "The only barrier I see is time being taken to explain the form to patients."
The task of educating patients will likely fall on individual health care providers. Because it is a physician order, it is intended to be accompanied by a meaningful doctor-patient dialogue. Carol Blendowski, a Rainbow Hospice nurse practitioner, says time is what is required to have such conversations, but thinks patients will ultimately find the POLST easy to navigate. "I can see clearly now," she said. "This form is user friendly."
POLST was developed in Oregon in the 1990s, and now 15 states have POLST programs. Twenty-eight states are considering the use of POLST forms.
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For degree, see Academic Preparation, below.
The Pre-Veterinary track is designed for students who have
demonstrated an interest in the field of veterinary medicine.
Students interested in this track will be designated as
Pre-Professional and will be tracked for progress throughout their
academic career at the Mount. At the College, we prepare students
for several Pre-Professional programs which include Dentistry,
Medicine, Physical Therapy, Podiatry, and Veterinary.
Choice of Major. No veterinary school
requires a specific major of its applicants; however, they
recognize the importance of a strong foundation in the natural
sciences which includes biology, chemistry, physics, and
mathematics. The current Pre-Vet / Pre-Professional curriculum
offered at the College follows the course requirements recommended
by the American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC) and is
similar to that offered by virtually all schools in the US.
It includes:
Although these course requirements can be met while pursuing any
area of study at the College, they are embedded in the Biology
major. The Division of Natural Science is of the opinion that
completion of requirements for a BA in Biology best prepares the
students for further studies in areas of their choosing. This is
supported by a recent report "Scientific Foundations for Future
Physicians" from the AAMC (Association of American Medical
Colleges) and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), which
recommended that pre-veterinary education evolve from a static
listing of courses to a dynamic set of competencies.
The competencies defined as the knowledge, skill, or attitude
that enables an individual to learn and perform in veterinary
practice include the ability to:
All the competencies defined above are addressed in the Biology
Academic and scientific accomplishments, while important, are
not sufficient for entry into Pre-Professional programs. A critical
aspect is the development of physician–patient relationship. It is
expected that the incoming students be altruistic and dutiful.
Students are expected to be aware of community and public health
issues and understand that there are several complex,
non–biological causes that can result in poor health. While a
commitment to making evidence-based decisions is required, it is
also expected that the future professionals will make ethical
decisions, based on compassion, respect, and integrity.
As a Pre-Veterinary student, you'll enjoy the following student
Opportunities outside of the classroom. You
could be a student rep at division meetings, an officer in the
Biology and Chemistry honor societies, or participate with the
American Chemical Society student affiliate chapter on campus.
Students organize speakers, museum tours, hiking trips, campus
activities like faculty vs. student quiz bowl, and science night
for elementary school students. You'll get involved in things you
enjoy, meet new people, interact with the faculty, and develop your
leadership skills.
A strong peer group. Biology majors quickly
become a part of the science community at the Mount MSMC. Students
who have majors within the Division of Natural Science take their
math and science classes together and quickly form study groups,
supporting one another in their courses and making new friends with
goals and attitudes similar to your own.
Peer tutoring. Science majors work together
toward a successful college career as upperclassmen serve as peer
tutors, and all students have the opportunity to get help to
support their learning efforts. Tutoring can provide you with
income, but it will also help you to build your resume and
strengthen your knowledge base.
Research. All full time faculty members have
PhD degrees in a variety of different fields and can offer you the
opportunity to develop a research project which will help you to
apply your coursework to real problems. A research project will
enhance your knowledge and ability to integrate your learning and
will impress graduate schools and future employers, giving you an
edge when you move on from your studies at the Mount.
Learning science as a process. Many of our
laboratory courses use inquiry-based collaborative learning to
introduce students to the process of science and give you an idea
of what scientific research is all about.
Mentoring. All science students are assigned a
full-time faculty advisor to help you explore career options, plan
your course schedule, and follow your academic progress. New
freshmen are assigned a "science sibling" before coming to campus,
so that they have the opportunity to ask questions of an
upperclassmen, student to student.
Students declaring an interest in this concentration will be
designated as Pre-Vet / Pre-Professional and will be tracked for
progress throughout their academic career. The advisory committee
will write a joint recommendation letter in support of a student's
candidacy only if the student has met the criteria listed
The veterinary profession encompasses those practitioners of
animal health care who have a doctoral degree in veterinary
medicine and a license to practice veterinary medicine.
Specifically, the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) diagnoses,
administers drugs and appliances, and provides a variety of
treatments to cure or prevent any injury or disease of an animal.
Surgical procedures include cosmetic surgery. Diagnosis and
treatment of sterility problems is an important aspect of
veterinary medicine, including embryo transplants.
The projected 2004-2014 national employment outlook predicts a
25.8% increase in jobs for healthcare practitioners and those in
technical occupations.
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Texas Agricultural Commissioner Todd Staples was on the Texas A&M campus in College Station a couple of weeks ago and he talked a lot about the challenges facing Texas Agriculture.
"Our need for water resources is projected to be very high over the next 50 years and our water capacity doesn't meet that projected need, so we're going to have to do some smart things. Obviously, I believe agriculture has led the way. From 1974 to 2010 agriculture water consumption has decreased by 42%, all while our productions and our yields in so many different areas have increased and doubled in many instances."
Todd Staples is the Texas Ag Commissioner and says that water is just as important to municipalities as it is to agriculture.
"It is my belief that re cannot ration and restrict our way to growth. We have to develop new water capacity. We have to continue to invest in infrastructure and technology, new seed varieties, better irrigation equipment, in order to meet the needs of a rapidly growing state. No water. No jobs. That's just the reality of what we face, and we need water for a growing and prosperous Texas."
Lacking border control is threatening the livelihoods of some of our state's agricultural producers.
"Texas producers that live and work on the Texas- Mexico border today are literally being chased off of their property by dangerous and violent treacherous drug cartels who are seeking to gain a foothold into America. Texas just happens to be the front line, but this is truly a national security breach."
A lot of trading goes on between Texas and Mexico.
"Mexico is the number one trading partner for the Lone Star State, very important in terms of jobs and economic activity. We value this legal trade, but we cannot ever get to where we accept as the status quo, where land owners don't have the ability to use and enjoy their property to the fullest extent because of some external force."
I'm Kailey Carey, taking a look at Central Texas agriculture, From The Ground Up.
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The Swedish striker has been linked with a possible move to Carrow Road since the end of last season.
The 26-year-old had one year left on his PSV contract, but had previously stated their asking price of £4million was too high.
However, PSV director Marcel Brands claims that with the two clubs having agreed a deal, matters are now in the Swedish player's hands.
"We never comment on any sums, but we have reached an agreement with Norwich for Ola," Brands told Swedish newspaper SportBladet.
"Now it's entirely up to him to decide whether he wants to move.
"We start training on Monday, if there is no deal with Norwich then I expect to him to be here."


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In case you were wondering how much information Google stores, the paper about BigTable I was talking about last week gives some interesting insights.
Google search crawler uses 850 TB of information (1 TB = 1024 GB), so that's the amount of raw data from the web. Google Analytics uses 220 TB stored in two tables: 200 TB for the raw data and 20 TB for the summaries.
Google Earth uses 70.5 TB: 70 TB for the raw imagery and 500 GB for the index data. The second table "is relatively small (500 GB), but it must serve tens of thousands of queries per second per datacenter with low latency".
Personalized Search doesn't need too much data: only 4 TB. "Personalized Search stores each user's data in Bigtable. Each user has a unique userid and is assigned a row named by that userid. All user actions are stored in a table."
Google Base uses 2 TB and Orkut only 9 TB of data.
If we take into account that all this information is compressed (for example, the crawled data has compression rate of 11%, so 800 TB become 88 TB), Google uses for all the services mentioned before 220 TB. It's also interesting to note that the size of the raw imagery from Google Earth is almost equal to the size of the compressed web pages crawled by Google.
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Staff Writer | November 13,2012BRATTLEBORO — Bonnie Dickey of Brattleboro is exhausted.
Two months ago she went to Baton Rouge, La., with the Vermont and New Hampshire Upper Valley Region Red Cross to assist Hurricane Issac victims. On Sunday, she returned home from New York, her second assignment, where she helped residents on Long Island recover from Hurricane Sandy.
The superstorm swept through the New Jersey, New York and Connecticut on Oct. 29, causing billions of dollars in damage across the northeast. Dickey was one of nine Vermont and New Hampshire volunteers to travel to the devastated area.
Dickey said Issac caused major flooding in the Mississippi Delta communities. But the devastation that Sandy left behind was much worse.
"The devastation was indescribable. New York residents want people to know that things haven't ended just because it's not on the evening news anymore. There's still people without power, and in some cases people are struggling to get food," she said.
In Louisiana, Dickey drove an emergency response vehicle and distributed food to American Red Cross shelters. This time, she
was in charge of registration at a disaster relief shelter.
Stationed in Levittown, N.Y., Dickey was responsible for documenting arrivals, obtaining information and keeping track of numbers.
The shelter operated for two weeks and served an average of a 130 people per day, according to Dickey. Many were local residents but others came from as far as Yonkers, N.Y. The shelter also assisted a group of tourists from Kansas who were displaced by the hurricane while visiting the state.
By Sunday, power was restored to several Long Island communities. The American Red Cross ceased shelter operations but many people were without a place to stay.
Some were transferred to other shelters or found family members to stay with. Others went home, even though they lacked power.
Dickey took great pride in her work on Long Island. She took great pride in reuniting a daughter with her father at the shelter after she had not heard from him in days.
Prior to leaving, Dickey went to Long Beach to get a first-hand look at the devastation. She said she saw piles of sand, tires and various debris as far as her eye could see.
At one home, Dickey saw front-end loaders removing 7 feet of sand from a basement. At other homes she saw piles of discarded furniture, insulation and mattresses in the streets.
"You don't get over it in a hurry. It was apocalyptic," Dickey said. "We worked 12 to 14 hour days. It was so unbelievable."
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There are tons of factors that makes up a good, better and best 6.5 car speakers. In this brief tutorial article, we won't be bothering ourselves with all of the factors that contribute to produce an excellent subwoofer speaker. What we will however be focusing on will be on 2 major factors that all of these other factors depend upon to produce powerful competition subwoofers for your car and home stereo system.
Material used in building the custom subwoofer boxes
In case you were not aware, then let it be known that the nature and quality of materials used in designing and building custom subwoofer boxes upon which your speakers are installed inside plays vital role on how well the speaker sounds when connected to a musical player. Recent research and studies have brought to limelight that music boxes designed and built using fiberglass tend to produce high quality musical notes and tunes than the ones designed and fabricated using ordinary ply wood materials. Aside from greatly enhancing the quality of music, fiberglass music boxes tend to be more flexible for easy molding into different desired shapes and forms, more solid and plus the fact that it outlives other ordinary ply woods used in similar construction.
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For subs to produce maximum buzz and boom in parties and other get-together social events, it must be packed with tons of power! A lot of folks commit the fallacy of assuming that when it comes to subwoofer power, all that matters is the maximum power handling capacity that carries much weight. Well that's a totally wrong impression to hold because when it comes the powerfulness of any given speaker, the most important factor to award acute attention to is the RMS power rating capacity. Usually, some of the best 12 inch subwoofers and even the best 10 inch subwoofers that comes with high RMS power handling capacity rating can play much better than the higher models like including the 15 inch and 18 inch subwoofers.


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Recently my six year old daughter has come running up to me in tears , and then goes on to tell me that she is missing Dina .
( Dina died 3 months ago , after having lived for 5 days . )
We talk about Dina for a while and then she goes back to play and seems quite happy .
On Family Day ( which was about a week ago ) she drew a picture of our family - there was a picture of Tali ,Mommy and Daddy , and in another colour she drew Dina "in my imagination " . She also drew a card for Dina wishing her a Happy Year .
It makes my heart bleed to see my daughter so upset . I never meant to drag her into all my sorrow .
I am not sure whether to take her to a child psychologist so that she is able to "express " some of what she is feeling .
She is a happy well adjusted little girl and I don't want to rock the boat .
Did anyone else have similar experiences ?
Mom to Tali ( PE and HELLP , 32 weeks ,5/3/1998 ) ,my first angel in heaven ( PE and HELLP , 20 weeks , 20/2/2002 ) , my seccond angel in heaven , Dina Chaya Hodaya ( PE and HELLP , 25 weeks , 29/10/2003-5/11/2003 )