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There are many things students can do while still in school that will make life after college easier. Until it's upon them, many students don't realize how stressful finishing college can be. Completing that 32nd course means more than an end to tests, papers, professors, and so forth. For most graduates, it also means the beginning of many other more serious responsibilities - employment applications and interviews, full-time jobs, reduced or no more reliance on mom and dad, college bills to repay, less time to "play" with friends, and so forth. Waiting to plan for these events can make the last semester all the more stressful. Although some aspects can't be dealt with early, a few can. Preparing may help reduce anxieties and, hopefully, enable students to secure the jobs they want.
What should I keep as I go through college and after?
For the most part, once you complete a course, you probably won't need the textbook again. Texts become out-dated very quickly. If it's worth it to you, sell the book to another student or back to the bookstore. Unfortunately, used textbooks, no matter what the condition, don't command high returns.
There are a few exceptions to this rule, however. Psychology majors may want to hold onto texts they feel are in an area of study they enjoy and may pursue later. A familiar text to refer to can speed the finding of information later on. Your APA writing manual is a keeper. Students are likely to refer to this every semester, as well as after graduation should they have a writing assignment. Lastly, your general psychology text provides a good overview of many issues in psychology. Reviewing this text is step one of preparing for the psychology subject test of the GRE's.
Do I need to keep any course materials?
Yes. There are a few important things to keep. It is recommended that on a semesterly basis, students file away important papers in a notebook or storage box. Many of your professors still have a box or two of old course materials from their own school days. Course materials to consider keeping:
College Catalog: Students must meet the college and major requirements specified in the catalog of the year in which they enrolled. It is the students' responsibility to know these requirements and to inform their advisors should misinformation be provided due to college or departmental changes. Additionally, should a student opt to transfer to another institution, the personnel of that new college may ask to see the catalog or parts of it.
Course Syllabi: Course descriptions within college catalogs are deliberately brief and vague. The description allows students to get an idea of what the course will entail as far as content, but without specifics. The instructor then has a fair amount of liberty in structuring the course specifics.
Transferring: When transferring, it is not unusual for copies of syllabi to be requested. Only by looking at the actual syllabi can registrars or department chairs determine if new students have met prerequisites and such. Most faculty members do not store old syllabi - hardcopy or on computer. Do not expect to be able to request one years or even semesters after completing a course.
Papers: Though most student papers can be tossed, wise students will hold onto a few that received high grades or are particularly good examples of their writing ability. Sometimes when applying for jobs and often in completing graduate school applications, a writing sample is requested. Providing a paper previously read and edited by an instructor is a better hedge toward success than a spur-of-the-moment paper!
Notes: If students have taken courses that may relate to their future employment positions, lecture notes and class activity sheets may come in handy. As an employee, you may be asked to take the lead in a staff meeting. As a graduate student, it is likely that you will be offered a teaching assistantship. As a TA, you will be presenting lectures or conducting recitations (discussions). Though your old notes may not be exactly what you need to do the job, they will provide a start.


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Cave of the Crystals or Giant Crystal Cave is a cave connected to the Naica Mine 300 metres (980 ft) below the surface in Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico.
Some curious facts about Cave of the Crystals:
- The crystals in the Crystal Cave were formed about half million years ago from crystals the size of a grain of salt into the large 50 ton crystals we see today. They were formed under water where the water temperature is a 122°F (keep in mind water boils at 212°F at sea level). When the miners discovered the caves in 2000 huge pumps were put in place by the miners to pump out the water from the cave at a rate of a million gallons every hour to keep the caves dry. Unfortunately, the local authorities eventually will turn off these pumps and these caves will be lost forever.
- The crystals are made of gypsum, a mineral commonly used in drywalls. Since gypsum is a slow growing crystal, the giant crystals took a half million years to form in hot water saturated with gypsum. The crystals started from small crystals embedded in the walls and floors and gradually grew from there into the size they are now weighing many tons. Some grew as long as forty-five feet in length over time. Other minerals have been found such as Selenite and Aragonite, a mineral commonly found in marine environment. During the exploration, three other caves were explored, The Cave of Swords, The Cave of Sails, and The Queen's Eye.
- The Cave of Swords was discovered in 1910 and was once flooded, but over the centuries the water had risen and receded several times in cycles called oscillation. The crystals here are similar to the ones found in the other caves but they are much smaller in size. The crystals from this cave can be seen in museums all over the world.
- The Cave of Sails has crystal formation similar to those found in most caves throughout the world. This cave lost it water around 1990.
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In more than half of the 50 states, a worker has the option of not joining a union in order to hold a job. In those states where such an elementary freedom exists, the economic condition is more vibrant than in states where union membership, once it is gained at a place of business, is mandatory.
Indiana legislators want to make their state the newest right to work state. But state law requires two-thirds of the 100 House members to be in session before business can be conducted. The current makeup at the Indiana state house has 60 Republicans — seven short of the two-thirds quorum mandated in state law — and 40 Democrats. So, because enough Democrats who are customarily in Labor's back pocket decided to stay away from their jobs, the plan to enact right to work legislation has been stymied. The tactic is reminiscent of Wisconsin's Democrat state senators fleeing to Illinois to stymie legislation in their state earlier this year. Eventually, the Wisconsin senators did not succeed.
Inside the Lucky Dragon van sitting by the curb at the Chinese consulate in New York is a couch, a folding chair, two Mac laptop computers and a printer running off the cigarette lighter/DC connector. On the side of the van is the name: Lucky Dragon Mobile Visa Consultants. They are serving 25 to 50 people every working day of the week.
When Adam Humphreys, a free-lance artist and member of a local band, tried to obtain the required visa for his trip to China, he found that the form he had downloaded from the embassy's website was the wrong one. After standing in line only to find that his efforts to complete the form were in vain, Humphreys walked three-and-a-half blocks to a Burger King which had a wireless connection to download and complete the proper form, and then return to stand in line once again.
At the Burger King's Internet café, Humphreys had a BFO (blinding flash of the obvious): every one of the computers at the café was logged onto the embassy's website to access the proper form. Smelling an opportunity, Humphreys called his band buddy Steven Nelson and together they rented the van and started a business.
While Congress remains on winter recess, President Obama hoodwinked his Senate Republican rivals of the newly-minted Consumer Financial Protection Bureau by naming former Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray the nation's chief consumer watchdog, sidestepping the Senate confirmation process. Mr. Cordray boarded Marine One on Wednesday for a brief flight to Andrews Air Force Base, where he joined the President in his hometown of Cleveland for a formal announcement.
With a director now in place, the agency will have the power to establish new regulations over financial institutions, including mortgage companies, debt collectors, payday lenders, and other entities often charged with contributing to the financial crisis. Moreover, the bureau will now be able to monitor mortgage originators and servicers, which were instrumental in the financial crisis by providing subprime mortgages to individuals and families who were not able to afford them.
"There is an army of lobbyists and lawyers right now working to water down the protections and the reforms that we passed," the President said in July when he nominated Cordray to head the bureau. "They've already spent tens of millions of dollars this year to try to weaken the laws that are designed to protect consumers. And they've got allies in Congress who are trying to undo the progress that we've made."
German airline carrier Lufthansa warned passengers on Monday that the European Union's (EU) new carbon tax on airlines will translate into higher fares, as the carrier plans to avoid shouldering new costs generated from an EU carbon trading scheme. Analysts say Lufthansa is among the airlines most influenced by the measure, along with rival carriers British Airways, United Continental (the two have merged), Air France, and Singapore Airlines.
Beginning January 1, 2012, the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) requires airlines to hold emission rights in the form of CO2 certificates for all flights traveling in and out of Europe. Under a directive intended to tackle alleged climate change, airlines flying in and out of the 27-nation European Union and three neighboring countries will be subjected to CO2 regulations as part of an expansion of the world's largest carbon market. Any emissions beyond selected allowances must be paid for, while airlines are allowed to trade permits among themselves.
India, China, and a handful of other nations including the United States have protested the measure, as the Obama administration, the aviation industry, and various free market groups have expressed firm discontent. A legal challenge against the ETS, triggered by a handful of U.S. airlines, failed in December when the European Court of Justice shot it down. Some opposing countries have taken actions to combat the initiative:
What human motivation gets the most wonderful things done? It's really a silly question, because the answer is so simple. It turns out that it's human greed that gets the most wonderful things done. When I say greed, I am not talking about fraud, theft, dishonesty, lobbying for special privileges from government or other forms of despicable behavior. I'm talking about people trying to get as much as they can for themselves. Let's look at it.
This winter, Texas ranchers may have to fight the cold of night, perhaps blizzards, to run down, feed and care for stray cattle. They make the personal sacrifice of caring for their animals to ensure that New Yorkers can enjoy beef. Last summer, Idaho potato farmers toiled in blazing sun, in dust and dirt, and maybe being bitten by insects to ensure that New Yorkers had potatoes to go with their beef.
Here's my question: Do you think that Texas ranchers and Idaho potato farmers make these personal sacrifices because they love or care about the well-being of New Yorkers? The fact is whether they like New Yorkers or not, they make sure that New Yorkers are supplied with beef and potatoes every day of the week. Why? It's because ranchers and farmers want more for themselves. In a free market system, in order for one to get more for himself, he must serve his fellow man.
Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul noted on Tuesday that efforts to rein in government spending appeared to be in vain, due to an agreement reached with the White House during the recent debt ceiling negotiations. Congress would have to pass a joint resolution to oppose any extension of the debt ceiling, which President Obama is free to veto. Said Paul: "A default is becoming more mathematically unavoidable with ... every debt ceiling increase."
Not only is the word "default" becoming commonplace but also the words "economic collapse." A study conducted by Leflein Associates and published by EcoHealth Alliance showed that of the 1003 individuals interviewed for the survey, 63 percent — or more than six out of ten of them — feared an "economic collapse" more than a natural disaster, a terrorist attack or a global outbreak of disease. This study was picked up by Michael, the author of his Economic Collapse Blog, who piled on by adding a long list of reasons why concerned citizens should be afraid of such an event:
In kicking off the New Year, Washington has become the first state with a minimum wage of more than $9 an hour, as it joined seven other states in similar measures that index their minimum wage rates to inflation. Including workers in all industries, Washington's minimum wage increased 37 cents to a record high of $9.04 an hour (the rate for workers who are 14 or 15 years old is $7.68), which went into effect the first day of the New Year.
According to data from the Census Bureau, more than a million low-wage U.S. workers will see their hourly wages rise, including workers in Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Montana, Ohio, Oregon, Vermont, and Washington. Based on a typical 2,000-hour work year, the wage hike will generate annual salaries for minimum-wage workers of between $15,280 and $18,080, depending on the state.
A total of 10 states currently tie their minimum wage to inflation, eight of which made adjustments for an effective date of January 1; Missouri opted to wait on a rate change and Nevada plans to make adjustments later this year. The increases per state range from $0.28 an hour in Colorado to $0.37 in Washington, and new minimum wages in the eight states now range between $7.65 and $9.04 an hour.
In her article on Monday, financial journalist Jessica Mortimer said that the euro had just set a new record low against the Japanese yen: Its value is now the lowest it's been in 10 years. The irony wasn't lost on her as she also noted that it was just 10 years ago that the euro was first denominated in coins and currency, three years after being introduced electronically among the member states.
And she sees further weakness in the euro, now trading below $1.30 versus the dollar, and likely to move ever lower into the New Year: "In the absence of a comprehensive European policy response to the debt crisis, the euro could test its 2010 low of $1.18." This would imply at least another nine-percent loss in value in less than a year.
She touched on only one of the few remaining options open to keep the euro from blowing up altogether: more austerity on the backs of the citizens of the member states who took excessive advantage of lower-than-market interest rates to load up on debt that they can't pay back. She noted the survey that came out over the weekend indicating that a key European manufacturing index remains persistently below recovery levels, with further declines into a full-blown recession in Europe likely. Additional austerity measures would simply hasten that recession. Kathleen Brooks, director of research at FOREX.com, told her clients: "We remain a sell on rallies (with the euro) as we tend to think the euro zone crisis will actually get worse before it gets better."
One of the ways that Whirlpool Corporation celebrated its 100th anniversary last year was to file petitions against two of its main South Korean competitors for "dumping" washing machines onto the market on Black Friday. Whirlpool claimed that Samsung was selling their 3.7 cubic-foot top-loading washing machines at a wholesale price of $363.18, way below the $751.46 Whirlpool says it would cost them to make the same product. Consequently, Samsung and LG Electronics sold thousands of their washers over the Black Friday weekend, taking substantial market share away from Whirlpool.
In its complaint, Whirlpool demanded an investigation into their rivals' practice of "dumping" washers at prices that Whirlpool couldn't match, and then demanded sanctions — tariffs — against the offending competitors and their products.
It's worked before. Last March Whirlpool filed a similar petition about their competitors dumping high-end refrigerators and the Commerce Department agreed, applying a 37-percent duty on those refrigerators as well as forcing those competitors to post bonds if they didn't raise their prices to "fair value."
The lawmakers promoting the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) insist that in the long term it will improve the economy by protecting the intellectual property market and the associated industries and jobs. That would increase revenue and would guard American Internet ventures against economic harm perpetrated by foreign websites.
It does seem odd that given the safeguards supposedly established by SOPA, so many online organizations — Facebook, Google, Yahoo, Reddit, and YouTube — have aligned themselves against the measure and are actively working to prevent its passage.
Perhaps these information-age giants are onto something. Perhaps they understand that by granting the government the power to pull the plug on any one of these websites at any time without warning, SOPA is a persuasive disincentive to investment and thus to corporate growth and survival.
SOPA, H.R. 3261, was introduced into the House of Representatives on October 26, 2011 by Congressman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) along with 12 co-sponsors (as of December 16, 2011, there are 31 co-sponsors signed onto the bill). The bill, which endows the federal government with a broad array of powers over Internet content and activity, is now before the House Judiciary Committee for consideration.


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The Mail Exchanger (MX) record is part of the Domain Name Server (DNS) system designed to translate human readable domain names into IP addresses. Much like how Web browsers determine the IP address of web servers via DNS, the MX entry directs incoming mails towards the email server for the associated domain. On this front, administrators with a more technical interest will want to check out the exhaustive details of the MX record is defined under RFC 1035.
So how does the MX record concern the mail administrator? Similar to how DNS can be used to implement advanced solutions such as load-balancing or failover hardware, the MX record can also be used to bolster the capability and robustness of your email server. Obviously, deployment scenarios vary greatly depending on actual requirements and needs; I've briefly summarized a list of possible ways that tweaking the inbound MX record can help you better manage your Exchange Server deployment.
- Third party anti-malware or anti-spam filtering
This is probably the most common reason of modifying a domain's MX record these days. Businesses can quickly and easily offload the hassle (and computational resources required) of filtering spam and other malware by redirecting incoming emails to the service provider of their choice. This vendor will then perform the necessary filtering before forwarding the "cleaned" e-mails back to the correct email server – sparing businesses the need for new hardware purchases or software licensing.Indeed, by specializing in malware or spam detection and with the ability to refine their techniques across all its customers, these cloud-based providers typically achieve much better detection rates versus stand-alone appliances. And yes, you can easily switch to another provider by simply "throwing the switch" and modifying the MX record accordingly.
- Transition to new servers
While upgrading a new mail server is not a situation frequently encountered by administrators, the occasion does arise at times where it simply cannot be avoided. An example that came to mind would be when Microsoft made the decision to release Exchange 2007 – and Exchange 2010 subsequently – only in 64-bit editions. Organisations with incompatible hardware had no choice but to acquire new hardware in order to use Exchange Server 2007 or Exchange Server 2010.The option for transitioning between two versions of Exchange is clearly no longer an option, leaving a time-consuming migration as the only way to move the old data over to the newer machine. You can read all about the related intricate here. The key point here though, is that companies can ensure that no emails are lost (or bounce) in the interim by tweaking their MX records to point to the new server before taking the old Exchange Server offline.
- Load Balancing
Larger organizations who are concerned about their Exchange infrastructure being overwhelmed by a deluge of emails can also use their MX record to load balance between multiple Exchange Servers deployed Edge Transport Server role. In fact, this is the recommended way of doing it, as noted by Microsoft TechNet here: "You can load-balance SMTP traffic to your organization between Edge Transport servers by defining more than one mail exchange (MX) resource record with the same priority in the Domain Name System (DNS) database for your mail domain."Note that configuring the same priority for both servers is critical for any form of load balancing to take place. Moving ahead, consistency between multiple Edge Transport servers can be achieved via the use of cloned configuration scripts.
- Business Continuity
The idea behind a secondary MX record is simple; the secondary server is contacted to receive incoming emails should the primary server be too busy. For businesses with only one Exchange server, the secondary MX entry can be set up as a relay server to store new emails in the event of an outage with the former. Once the email server has been restored, new emails cached by the relay server are forwarded.The advantages are simple; no nasty error messages are generated should your Exchange Server go down (or while it is rebooting after installing a patch), and incoming messages are not unnecessarily delayed courtesy of the increasing wait times between each mail delivery attempt. As you can see, businesses can make use of this method to increase their Exchange Server uptime at minimum cost to themselves.
I've merely gone through some of the more common and more useful methods of modifying the MX record today. As you can imagine, the above techniques work not only for Microsoft Exchange, but can also be useful for other email servers. One thing for sure, the MX record is an extremely powerful way to manage the "flow" of incoming emails.


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More than 20 per cent of children in Plymouth are in poverty, report finds
Posted: February 20, 2013|
MORE than 20 per cent of children in Plymouth are now living in poverty, according to an annual report.
The End Child Poverty campaign has found that 21 per cent of children in the area covered by Plymouth City Council are living below the poverty line – a slight rise from last year's figure of 20 per cent and above the national average of 20.2 per cent.
Plymouth has one of the highest rates in the South West, behind Bristol (25 per cent) and Torbay (22 per cent).
There is a marked contrast when the figures are divided by constituency. Plymouth Moor View and Plymouth Sutton and Devonport both have a quarter of children living in poverty, with just eight per cent in South West Devon and 15 per cent in South East Cornwall.
Alison Seabeck, Labour MP for Plymouth Moor View, told The Herald the figures were "scary".
"It is rising and it's continuing to rise," she said. "We struggled very hard under the last Labour government to get child poverty down. We were doing quite well – and then the recession hit.
"This means that in a class of 28 children in my constituency, seven of them are going to be below the poverty line.
"There are all sorts of reasons. The costs of living are going up, food costs are going up."
Ms Seabeck added: "When I am knocking on doors people are saying 'Why is this Government doing this to people like us?'
"I can't get through a surgery without having somebody in tears. They are trying really hard, working long hours trying to improve their lives and the lives of their children and are getting nowhere."
Cllr Chris Penberthy, council member for co-operatives and community development, said: "Sadly these figures do not come as a surprise. We know from our work that many children living in poverty have an unequal start in life and will become part of a perpetual cycle where they are less likely to achieve their academic potential or secure jobs as adults.
"They are also more likely to experience a range of health inequalities throughout their lives.
"We must urgently tackle child poverty. All of society will ultimately benefit."
Cllr Penberthy added: "It's likely that child poverty will increase in the short-term due to huge changes to the welfare system currently being introduced for many of the city's poorest households.
"The Government is making fundamental changes to the way welfare assistance is provided including the local housing allowance and tax credits, as well as reducing the number of families receiving child benefit. Our ultimate aim is to reduce child poverty to 10 per cent by 2020."
A final version of Plymouth City Council's child poverty strategy, currently in draft form, is due to go before Cabinet in April.
POVERTY FACTSCHILDREN in poverty in Plymouth (council area): 21 per centChildren in poverty in Plymouth Moor View constituency: 25 per centChildren in poverty in Plymouth Sutton and Devonport constituency: 25 per cent.Children in poverty in South West Devon constituency: 8 per centChildren in poverty in South East Cornwall constituency: 15 per centUK council areas with highest levels of child poverty: Tower Hamlets (42 per cent), Manchester (40 per cent), Middlesborough (34 per cent)UK council areas with lowest levels of child poverty: Sheffield Hallam (5 per cent), Kenilworth and Southam (5 per cent), South Northamptonshire (5 per cent)


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By Robert Coles, Ph. D.; James D. Hunter, Ph. D.; Louis Harris Associates, Inc.; and, John See, Ph. D. (New York, N.Y.: Girl Scouts of the USA, 1989). (Executive Summary, 12 pp.)
This is a study of the range of American children's beliefs and moral values and the consequences in their lives—the first such study ever done in the U.S. Conducted between October and November of 1989, the study targeted over 5,000 girls and boys across racial/ethnic groups between fourth grade and twelfth grade in public, private and parochial schools all across the nation through comprehensive questionnaires, interviews, and focus groups.
The Girl Scouts of the USA, in conducting this study with Harris Scholastic Research (a division of Louis Harris and Associates, Inc.), sought the answers to the following questions:
Download the executive summary of Girl Scouts Survey on The Beliefs and Moral Values of America's Children (1989) below to read about the study's findings.
For more information about this publications, e-mail the Girl Scout Research Institute or call (800) GSUSA 4 U.
Girl Scouts Survey on The Beliefs and Moral Values of America's Children
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A ground swell of excitement for the inauguration of a young hip new president brings a push for the appointment of a cabinet level secretary of the arts. Renowned music producer Quincy Jones has personally advocated for a national culture secretary for the past ten years. Last year an online petition was even started by New York musicians Jamie Austria and Peter Weitzner to grow support for Jones' idea.
Today's article – Quincy Jones urges national culture secretary to Cabinet – published by The Washington Times sites how the arts not only allows children to express themselves, but also creates new jobs and strong growth.


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CPSC's Patty Davis shows you the hazards with recently recalled products, including Optimus portable electric space heaters, LEM Products Distribution five-tray food dehydrators, and Reed and Barton forks and spoons for babies.
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CPSC staff briefs the Commission on the draft final rule for infant strollers final rule.
This month on Recall Roundup the spotlight is on recalled products for your baby. Britax recalls strollers, IKEA recalls children's wall-mounted lamps and Platex recalls pacifier holder clips.
This is a five-minute video for small businesses explains children's products, provides examples and links to additional resources. This is crucial, core knowledge for businesses seeking to comply with federal children's product safety requirements.
Staff briefs the Commission on bedside sleepers section 104 final rule.
This month on Recall Roundup: Gree recalls dehumidifiers, Schneider Electric recalls surge protectors and Frigidaire recalls blenders.
CPSC staff requests Commission approval of the FY 2014 Operating Plan.
See how U.S. Customs and Border Protection and CPSC worked together to keep unsafe toy dolls with phthalates from reaching store shelves.
Dr. Tom Fabian, senior fire researcher, from UL, presented an overview of UL's recently completed project on Residential Upholstered Furniture Flammability in which experiments were conducted to explore if commercially available fire resistance technologies can retard and/or reduce fire growth of residential upholstered furniture.
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Welcome Mixer
Sunday, March 7, 2010
18:30 to 20:30
at the conference venue Hörsaalzentrum Technische Universität Dresden, Bergstraße 64, 01069 Dresden
The registration desk is open from 17:00, right beside the place where the mixer is held.
Free of charge but please register to allow us to plan with the appropriate number of participants!
Sightseeing and conference dinner
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Sightseeing and dinner are coupled, for persons not knowing Dresden it is recommend to book the two events combined (both included in the registration fee).
Free of charge - but please register to have your seat reserved!!
Bus starts after the lectures at 16:45 from the conference venue for a sightseeing tour, concluding at about 18:45 nearby the restaurant where the dinner is held. The bus tour will give you the chance to see some nice places outside the city centre, where tourists or business travellers staying also one or two days do normally not come along.
Conference Dinner:
Location "Luisenhof" - a restaurant on the hills nearby the river Elbe and the famous bridge Blaues Wunder.
A bufett is planned. The atmosphere shall be relaxed - no special dressing code.
At about 22:15 bus shuttle transfer back to the city centre (the recommended hotels) is provided.
(If you wish to go to the restaurant on your own or leave it on your own not using the bus shuttle, you may refer to the website of Luisenhof - unfortunately only in German).


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Ibn Taymiyya's Ideas part 3 of 3
Al-Khallal, Ibn al-Jawzi's offenders, Ibn Hibban's and Tabari's would-be killers, Ibn Qayyim, and Ibn Taymiyya all form the party that maintain that Allah sits on the Throne then places his feet on the kursi as one would on a footstool, and that the Prophet sits on the throne by His side. As a contemporary scholar remarked, all this seems to replicate another passage of the Bible, namely what is found in the Gospel according to Mark (19:16): "Then the Lord [Jesus], after he spoke to them, was raised to the heaven, and sat at the right of Allah."6 Yet these anthropomorphists claim that their views represent the way of the Salaf, and that to depart from it was to leave Islam. What is clear, on the contrary, is that to follow the views of Ibn Taymiyya and the persecutors of Ahl al-Sunna in ascribing Allah a body is to commit disbelief, while to leave the views of Ibn Taymiyya and the persecutors of Ahl al-Sunna is a sign that one follows the Salaf.p. 149: "He showed part of Himself."p. 164: "And His other hand was empty without anything in it."*
Ibn Khuzayma (d. 311): He wrote a large volume which he named Kitab al-tawhid (Book of the declaration of oneness),7 which he later regretted having authored, as established by two reports cited by Bayhaqi with their chains of transmission.8 Imam Fakhr al-Din Razi was so repelled by Ibn Khuzayma's book that he renamed it: Kitab al-shirk9 (Book of associating partners to Allah) just as Kawthari later renamed `Abd Allah ibn Ahmad's book: Kitab al-zaygh (Book of aberration).10
Ibn Khuzayma cites, as a proof for establishing that Allah has a foot and other limbs, the verse: "Have they feet wherewith they walk or have they hands wherewith they hold, or have they eyes wherewith they see, or have they ears wherewith they hear?" (7:195). This contravenes the sound position of the Salaf expressed by al-Muqri as related by Abu Dawud in his Sunan: "Allah hears and sees" means: He has the power of hearing and seeing (not the organs)."11
Kawthari points out that Ibn Khuzayma's understanding is identical to that of the anthropomorphists of Tabaristan and Isfahan mentioned by al-Saksaki in his al-Burhan fi ma`rifat `aqa'id ahl al-adyan (The demonstration concerning the knowledge of the doctrines of the people of religion) who say: "If He does not have eyes, nor ears, nor hand, nor foot, then what we are worshipping is a watermelon!" and they claim in support of their views that Allah in the Qur'an has derided those who lacked limbs by saying: "Have they feet wherewith they walk?"12
Ibn al-Jawzi says the following about him:
I saw that Abu Bakr Ibn Khuzayma compiled a book on Allah's attributes and divided it into chapters such as: "Chapter of the Asserting of His hand"; "Chapter of His Holding the Heavens on His fingers"; "Chapter of the Asserting of His foot, in spite of the Mu`tazila." Then he said: Allah said: "Have they feet wherewith they walk or have they hands wherewith they hold, or have they eyes wherewith they see, or have they ears wherewith they hear?" (7:195); then he informs us that he who has no hand and no foot is like cattle.
I say: Verily I wonder at that man, with all his lofty skill in the science of transmission of hadith, saying such a thing, and asserting for Allah what he vilifies the idols for not having, such as a hand that strikes and a foot that walks. He should have asserted the ear also. If he had been granted understanding, he would not have spoken thus, and he would have understood that Allah reviled the idols in comparison to their worshippers (i.e. not to Him). The meaning is: You have hands and feet, how then do you worship what lacks them both?
Ibn `Aqil al-Hanbali (d. 515)13 said:
"Exalted is Allah above having an attribute which occupies space — this is anthropomorphism itself! Nor is Allah divisible and in need of parts with which to do something. Does not His order and His fashioning act upon the fire? How then would He need the help of any part of Himself, or apply Himself to the fire with one of His attributes, while He is the one Who says to it: "Be coolness and peace" (21:69)? What idiotic belief is this, and how far remote it is from the Fashioner of the dominions and the firmaments! Allah gave them the lie in His book when He said: "If these had been gods, they would never have gone down to it" (21:99): how then can they think that the Creator goes down to it? Exalted is Allah above the ignorant pretenses of the mujassima!""14
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EDINBURG — In 2011, the Border Patrol turned to a trusty old ally to bolster its presence in the Rio Grande Valley Sector: the horse.
Now, the mounted patrol unit, which counted five horses when it was first brought back in 2011, has grown to include 16 horses, about 20 agents, three wranglers and three supervisors, said Henry Mendiola, Border Patrol spokesman.
Despite having horses for just over two years and being one of the agency's sectors with the smallest numbers of mounted patrols, the Rio Grande Valley Sector's unit has racked up impressive numbers. So far in 2013, the Rio Grande Valley horse patrols have accounted for 1,200 apprehensions.
"Many times when the subjects run, just by seeing the horse coming at them, they just stop," said Mario Morales, mounted patrol leader. "It works as a deterrent."
Riding horse patrols along the Rio Grande is a family tradition for Morales, whose father has been a rider for the U.S. Department of Agriculture tick riders for more than 40 years.
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In Morales' line of work, the steeds let mounted agents reach areas not accessible by ATV or other vehicles, he said.
But "the most important asset is stealth," he said. "The horse lets us approach a subject quietly without tipping them off like you would with an ATV."
When the Border Patrol was formed in 1924, agents had to provide their own horses, which were the preferred method of transportation until 1935, when the agency began using vehicles, Mendiola said.
While the Border Patrol's Rio Grande Valley Sector, which covers 17,000 square miles, has sporadically deployed horse patrols, the horses previously were leased from local ranchers and numbered about five total, Mendiola said.
During the time of leased steeds, "you rode them and that was it," Morales said. "Now since the rider cares for the horse, you get to know the animal and bond with it. Their senses are very developed so they notice threats before you. If you know your animal, you are able to pick up on those cues."
The horses were adopted from the federal Bureau of Land Management, which helps wild horses find suitable homes. Border Patrol agents get them when they're barely domesticated and then hone their skills until the horse becomes like an extension of the rider, Morales said.
"Mounted patrols have a long history with our agency," Mendiola said. "They have been here since the beginning and continue to be an effective tool of border enforcement," Mendiola said.
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I feel (happily) as though I'm destined to read and review books on "what's really going on with numbers" (natural, rational, negative, real, complex...), meaning the axiomatic development of arithmetic. The last book I chose to review, among the selection that the editor gave me, happened to also be on this wonderful topic; both times that was a surprise to me, and both times I did not complain. "Axiomatized arithmetic" is a pet passion.
I suspect that the author of this book feels the same way! That is, though the stated purpose of her book — which she also accomplishes — is to provide "the knowledge needed [by sophomore math majors] to move onto advanced mathematical work, and a glimpse of what being a mathematician might be like" (from the back cover), I feel as though a large part of what she really wants to do is to take on the work of the likes of Cantor and Dedekind. And I don't blame her!
From the back cover, which summarizes the book as well as anything I might say: "The content is of two types: ... material for a 'Transitions' course at the sophomore level: introductions to logic and set theory, discussions of proof writing and proof discovery, and introductions to the number systems... The second type of content is an introduction to the professional culture of mathematics. There are many things that mathematicians know but weren't exactly taught... the philosophy of mathematics, ethics in mathematical work, professional (including student) organizations, famous theorems, famous unsolved problems, famous mathematicians, discussions of the nature of mathematics research, and more."
Much of this extra material is in the last chapter, titled "And Beyond...", which attracted me enough so that I read it first. It begins by describing math research. (P. 129. "It is difficult for non-mathematicians to imagine anything new in mathematics. "Do you look for really big numbers?" is a question we sometimes hear..." That made me smile.). She breaks math research up into several categories, "the old, open problems whose statements are accessible to a beginning math student, but whose solutions have eluded even the best minds... problems that no one has thought to work on yet, some of which may not require so much background... problems that are new to you. Working on this kind of problem develops your ability just as surely as working on an unsolved problem..."
On the next page (p. 130) she describes the research itself. "It is a cliché: mathematician, feet on desk, gaze directed out the window, the only movement the blinking of the eyes. But this is one of the true clichés... If you are a more active or social personality, do not despair. For many mathematicians, inspiration can strike during any activity, and new ideas arise in collaborating with colleagues. The physicist Per Bak, who does a lot of mathematics in his work on complexity, enjoys sight-seeing, watching magic shows, walking on the beach with a colleague, all the while thinking, joking, playing with ideas... [he says,] 'the harder one tries, the less likely the prospect of success.' There are false starts and periods of no apparent progress at all... persist, read, talk to others, never let go..."
She goes on to talk about math-games such as nim, chomp, and Conway's Game of Life, undergraduate research programs, non-Euclidean geometry, Tom Lehrer, famous theorems, famous unsolved problems, and the professional math-life including a list of the better known organizations with description and contact info, internet activities, contests, and meetings. This part of the chapter could be an excellent easy-to-access-at-a-glance source.
The first chapter has perhaps the same theme as the last chapter, which is acquainting beginners with "the math life". Explored briefly are "What is Math?", "Pure vs. Applied", "What Kind of People are Mathematicians?", and "Mathematics Subject Classification". Possibly much of it (though not all) is known even to beginners, but even for those who know all of it, it's nice to have it written down in one place, and it feels comfortably familiar.
Most of the rest of the book is the "indulgent" stuff I mentioned in the first paragraph, namely axiomatized arithmetic, along with other "advanced math fundamentals". Here is a partial listing: Logic and proofs, set theory and paradoxes, cardinal numbers, induction, well-ordering, rationals as equivalence classes of ordered pairs, filling in the holes (not only the square root of two) à la Dedekind, solving x2 = -1... what's not to like?!
There are many places where she makes very clarifying and enlightening comments. P. 19: "Think of a predicate as a 'potential statement' which becomes a statement when the variables are replaced with elements from the appropriate ranges." P. 27: "Unlike in politics or sociology, a mathematical argument must be irrefutable, not simply persuasive." (I also like that, on that same page, she says something which I often find myself saying — "The best proofs also provide understanding of why the theorem is true, but it is possible to give a proof that provides no such insight.") And on p. 49 it's good that, in demonstrating the correct usage of notation, she distinguishes between the three expressions: x(n+1), x(n+1), and x(n+1). "The size and position of the expression (n+1) indicate it is being used in a particular way." Finally, p. 126, concerning complex analysis: "A reason for the subtlety is due to more stringent requirements for the existence of a limit in the complex domain: on the real line, a limit need only be checked from two sides: the left and the right. But in the complex plane there are many different paths to a given point: lines, curves, spirals, etc. It is possible to have a function and a point where the limits are different along different paths..."
I also thoroughly approve of her format, which is consistent with the Moore Method (which involves hitting students with a bunch of theorems or facts and asking for the proofs). In so doing, she begins each (mathematical) chapter with "warm-up exercises", then moves on to the (in some cases, fill-in-the-blank) statements but not proofs of the theorems which provide the introduction of, for example in Chapter 4, the positive rationals (from the natural numbers). Here, for example, is a "warm-up exercise" from that chapter: "How is 3/5 related to the equation 5x = 3?" and "Given a set of things we call fractions, list some theorems you would expect to hold for this set." And here are some of the fill-in-the-blanks: "The sum of two fractions is defined by x/y + u/v = _______." "The product of two fractions is defined by: ________." Sometimes the blank to be filled in is the "title" of the "proposition". I was slightly puzzled when I noticed that she doesn't leave very many blanks (that is, in the statements of the definitions/propositions/corollaries; the proofs are, of course, entirely blank.). Is that an oversight, or is it that way because she doesn't want to put too much on the student? I'm not necessarily criticizing the book for this; in fact, it might very well be a good thing. But I wonder whether she herself has noticed.
I do have a few other questions. First, each of the six "math chapters" seems to have a first section that is about mathematics in general (and not about the defining/creating/inventing of new types of numbers) — for example, the section on "Mathematical Notation" in the "Natural Numbers" chapter, appearing before actually introducing natural numbers, and the section on "Philosophy of Math" to begin the "Positive Rational Numbers" chapter. My question is: Is there an inherent reason for these particular pairings? And if so, shouldn't that be explained? (Or did I miss something?)
Second question: each of the math chapters seem to me to contain too many propositions! Specifically, there are too many propositions without our being given enough of an idea how these propositions figure in the scheme of things. For example, I'd like to see a distinction made between those which are "fundamental" in the sense that they must be proven using the definitions and those which, on the other hand, are "corollaries" of the "fundamental" propositions (and thus can be proven in the "regular" way, that beginner mathematicians are used to). (For example, in the chapter on "The Real Numbers", a proposition of the first kind is Proposition 5.6 on page 87: "If X in an upper number for α and Y > X, then Y is [also] an upper number for α", whereas a proposition of the second kind is Proposition 5.41 on page 89: "Given cuts α and β, the equation α = β x σ has a unique solution σ." (The proof of this follows from Proposition 5.39, which allows the concept of "reciprocal" to be defined.) Also, the significance of some of the propositions could be explained; for example (p. 90), Propositions 5.44 and 5.45 could be prefaced by the statement that they amount to: X goes to X* is a "good" embedding, in the sense that it preserves order and all four operations of arithmetic. (Also, Part b of Proposition 5.44 says that X goes to X* is in fact an embedding — that is, it is one-one.)
Third, in some ways the author doesn't make us appreciate the problems — in particular, why do we need to be so "rigorous" in defining the various kinds of numbers? (That is, why do we need to "axiomatize arithmetic"?) Why, for example, isn't "grammar school" arithmetic enough to explain natural and rational numbers? To my mind, the reason is that, in grammar school, addition, for example, is defined (effectively) in terms of properties — commutative, associative, what the times table is, how to work with numbers of more than one digit,... But no one in grammar school asks whether there exist entities (called "numbers") with these properties nor, more important, just what these entities (and the operations we do on them) might be, and whether these properties are consistent. Thus grammar school students wind up with unanswered questions such as "Why is the product of two negative numbers positive?" and "Why is any number to the zeroth power equal to one?" This, to me, is one important reason to be axiomatic about numbers.
There are a few small errors, not very numerous and not very serious. On page 87, where real numbers begin to be defined, it would be more clear if she said that X and Y are rational numbers (meaning, the numbers that we already "have"). On page 45, describing Richard's Paradox, here is her version: "Each whole number has one or more descriptions in English. For example, some descriptions of the number 2 are : 'two', 'the first prime', and 'the square root of four'. Because descriptions are finite, every whole number has a shortest description — that is, one using the least number of words. What number has the following description? 'The smallest whole number whose shortest description exceeds eleven words.'" Well, first of all, every whole number has a one-word description, namely the word consisting of the number itself (as she herself pointed out with "two"). So the shortest description of any number cannot exceed eleven words. This should, perhaps, be acknowledged, even though it makes no difference as far as the paradox is concerned. Secondly, who says there is a unique number which has "the following description", or any description? That is, the paradox-question needs to be worded, or paraphrase-able, this way: "What is the smallest whole number whose shortest description exceeds eleven words?" (Or am I being picky? I do see the reason that she worded it that way — in order to have the word "description" appear twice, displaying the paradox-ity more clearly.) Third, shouldn't the number in her description be "ten" (since there are ten words in that description, and in view of her word "exceeds", meaning "is strictly greater than")? Sure, "eleven" works, but "ten" is smaller and somehow seems to convey the essence of the situation better — meaning that it's the smallest possible. ("Nine" won't work.)
And on page 113, she says that Erdös numbers can be defined recursively as follows: "Erdös has Erdös number 0. If you publish jointly with someone with Erdös number n, you have Erdös number n+1." Well, here's a counter-example: Suppose you publish with Erdös and with Ron Graham; then (1) you publish with someone (Ron G.) who has Erdös number 1 so, according to the author's definition, you have Erdös number 2, but (2) also according to the author's definition, your Erdös number is 1, since you publish with Erdös. Contradiction! I think we need to say that n is the least such Erdös number among all the people with whom you publish.
And now this is my chance to say what I think of the Moore Method. As a (former) home-schooling parent, and as a mathprof who tries to make her classes feel like conversations/workshops/support groups, I think a lot of the Moore Method! However, I also believe that, at least in some situations, we could go even further. For example, at least for pure-math majors, we need to encourage students to discover, not only proofs of theorems that we already give them, but actual statements of theorems — and with less info given, thus making it more than a fill-in-the-blanks situation. In my own high school days, instead of taking advanced math courses at local colleges or entering math competitions, I spent time and energy writing what I called my "Treatise", with "theorems" like "The center of a circle is inside the circle." If I had kept that up for all of my years, I might not have written anything worthy of a Ph.D., but keeping that up for several of my youthful years might have just been what enabled me to think creatively. In the case, say, of defining rational numbers, perhaps a teacher might simply say to students, "the number system of just-integers does not allow for the solving of all linear equations, does it? Can we define a system which extends the integers so that we can always solve any linear equation?" If we sent them home with that question (or, perhaps, the less "manipulative" question, "How would you rigorously justify the reason for the rule for multiplying two negative numbers?"), what might they come up with? (Disclaimer: I have never sat in on a Moore method course, nor read extensively about the Moore method, so my comments here might not be well-taken. Perhaps Moore himself did just what I was suggesting.)
All-told, this book is well written and will, I'm sure, be useful. I would love to teach a course from it.
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0. Mathematics: What is Mathematics?; Pure vs. Applied: What Kind of People are Mathematicians? Mathematics Subject Classification. 1. Logic: Mathematical Systems: Essentials of Logic. The Axiomatic Method; The Results of Gödel. 2. Set Theory: Proofs; Essentials of Set Theory; Paradoxes; Axiomatic Set Theory: 3. The Natural Numbers: Mathematical Symbols and Notation; Essentials of the Natural Number System; Cantor's Infinite Arithmetic. 4. The Positive Rational Numbers: Philosophy of Mathematics; Essentials of the Positive Rational Numbers; Ethics. 5. The Real Numbers: Famous Mathematical Objects; Essentials of Positive Real Numbers; Essentials of the Real Number System; Important Properties of the Real Number Line. 6. The Complex Numbers: Famous Mathematicians; Essentials of the Complex Number System; Important Properties of the Complex Numbers; 7. And Beyond: What is Mathematical Research?; Famous Unsolved Problems; Professional Organizations; Extracurricular Activities.


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Good nightm, Mr. Cane! I am sorry to say that the writers are still spinning their wheels w/ you & the missus. I feel like we are in the same place we were before you argues w/ each other. Hope something more happens soon. Luv you much and I will check on you again tomorrow. Sleep well tonight.
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Good afternoon, Mr. Cane! You appear to be the only CEO in GC who is actually conducting any kind of business. If TPTB were serious about ressurecting the business storylines as a backdrop for Genoa City life, you would certainly be a good player & a tough opponent for any other of the GC players. You are not as soft or as nice as Jill thinks you are--in business boardrooms & definitely not the bedroom. I like your style! You can be a killer in both. ROFLMBO!
First & foremost, I love the way that you love your wife. Thank you for being open minded enough to hear her side of the story. Luv you much, my good man! Have a great Saturday!Will holler at you again next time.
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Hello Laners! I have been watching Friday's epi and although they got so little airtime the Lane scenes are so sweet. When Cane says he hasn't much time to talk and then he just stands there staring at Lily, so sexy. I love sexy angry Cane. The sexual tension is very powerful between them when they fight. No matter how little time they give them Cane and Lily somehow make it work where we see why we love them so much. Long Live Lane
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Thursday, January 8, 2009
Rachel always seems to be baking cookies; almond crescents, almond or gingerbread frosted cut outs, jam thumbprints, English toffee bars, magic bars, lemon curd sandwich cookies. And that was only for Christmas.
Rachel is a very special friend of mine who lives in a very cold, snowbound state in the northern US. Perfect for hanging out in the kitchen, basking in the warmth of an oven and surrounded by the scent of baking cookies. All winter long.
I have been dreaming of making Chocolate Crinkle Cookies for ages. Don't ask me why, it is just one of those things. Every time I see a photo of Chocolate Crinkles in a cookbook or magazine, usually around holiday time, I get the yen. So when Rachel mentioned her attempt to make them – though she didn't thanks to the lack of the right ingredients and a snowed-in car, I jumped at the chance!
I asked and she sent me her recipe – but credit where credit is due, she originally got the recipe from her mom. I was so excited. I imagined these to be like bites of rich, gooey, chocolaty brownies with the added plus of being wrapped in a blanket of powdered sugar – two of Simon's favorite things, in fact. And Clem will eat anything chocolate, so I couldn't do better.
The cookies turned out to be a breeze to put together and just beautiful to look at warm from the oven. I did let them cool before biting through the crackly, sugary outside and sinking my teeth into the tender, brownie-like center. Dreamy!
Rachel, between designing and hand-making delicate jewelry and beautiful greeting and holiday cards, has given me a taste of her cookie-making magic. Thanks Rachel (and thanks Rachel's mom). She is truly One Smart and Talented Cookie!
3 eggs
1 ½ cups (300 g) sugar
4 oz (120 g) unsweetened chocolate, melted
½ cup (120 ml) cooking/vegetable oil
2 tsps baking powder
2 tsps vanilla
2 cups (200 g) flour
Sifted powdered sugar and granulated sugar for rolling *
* Rachel rolls her cookies twice in powdered sugar. My friend Johey told me that she recently heard an interview with food scientist Shirley Corriher on NPR, who suggested that rolling the cookies first in granulated sugar helps keep the powdered sugar from soaking into the chocolate dough, thus keeping them crispier – and whiter - on the outside and chewier on the inside. So I tried it this way.
In a large mixing bowl, beat the eggs with the sugar with an electric mixer until thick.
Add the melted chocolate, oil, baking powder and vanilla. Continue beating until combined well.
Beat in as much of the flour as you can with the electric mixer
and then stir in the rest using a wooden spoon just until incorporated.
Cover and chill for 1 to 2 hours or until firm enough to handle.
Preheat the oven to 375°F (190°C).
Shape the dough into 1-inch balls. Roll each ball first in the granulated sugar until coated then in the powdered sugar until coated thickly and evenly.
Place sugar-coated balls on an ungreased cookie sheet spacing them an inch apart to allow for spreading.
Bake for 8 – 10 minutes (mine all cooked for 10 minutes, though I did end up rolling out balls that were a bit bigger than 1-inch). The cookies will have spread out and puffed, the top will be cracked. They may look wet inside, but don't forget that they continue to cook for a bit even after removing them from the oven. It is better to underbake these cookies so the center remains a bit gooey and the cookie is chewy. They get crunchy if overbaked.
Using a spatula, very carefully lift the cookies off the baking sheets as soon as they are out of the oven, transferring them delicately to cooling racks. Let them cool completely. If you have absolutely no self-control, allow yourself to pop one in your mouth while still warm. Call this "testing the recipe".
Rachel added this thought at the bottom of her letter : "The recipe says that these cookies will keep for a week, but I find that they get stale after a few days, so I eat them quickly."
Like I said, my friend is one smart cookie!
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Yum! I am true chocoholic - I wish your friend Rachel would send me some of those... ;)
- January 8, 2009 at 2:32 PM
Now I know both you and Rachel. I know both of you to be intelligent, talented people. I also know you're honest, kind and forthright. In this case, however, I'm not willing to take your word for the wonders of these cookies. I will be checking my mailbox daily for a taste test. :)
P.S. Great blog! I may have to start cooking again. Send cookies anyway.
- January 8, 2009 at 5:29 PM
- noble pig said...
These are so, so beautiful...I'm thinking Valentine's Day!
- January 8, 2009 at 10:37 PM
I am flattered. Jamie is the smartest cookie though.
I had not ever thought to use the regular sugar for the first roll of the cookies and the powdered for the second, but I will do it that way myself next time.
I always think to make these cookies at the Holidays, but I think they could easily be all year cookies.
My first memory of making these myself was when I was a child (8?) I made these with our nanny and we didn't check to make sure we had all the ingredients first, we had no regular vegetable oil so we used peanut oil (which doesn't usually have a lot of peanut flavor)and it worked wonderfully but did give the cookies a peanutty flavor.
I love to read about and see the pictures of all of the wonderful food Jamie is making. She is so inspiring.
Maureen and Connie next time I make them I will try to remember to stick some in the mail for you. This recipe really is quick and simple so if you wanna try them before then give it a shot making them yourselves.
- January 9, 2009 at 5:25 AM
This is Rachel's Mom, and I want to say that the idea of rolling these first in granulated sugar is a great one! This recipe originally came from one of those recipe books you write away for from the back of a package-- in this case, Mazola Corn Oil. I wrote for the cookbook (which I still have) nearly half a century ago when I was nine or ten. It had three recipes that I still use, including butterscotch brownies. Nice to have cookie recipes that call for oil instead of butter-- I always have it and it's less expensive.
- January 9, 2009 at 7:35 AM
- Bunny said...
I've never made these but want to, maybe this weekend for the guys here watdhing football!
- January 9, 2009 at 7:20 PM
- Rosa's Yummy Yums said...
They look perfect and ever so delicious! Wonderful cookies!
- January 10, 2009 at 1:25 AM
- Maryann said...
These are wonderful! I'm going to go take a look around your blog now :)
- January 10, 2009 at 5:18 AM
Like the kitchen Jezebel that I am, I am just sweeping through for a dose of drooling and baking guilt! :)
- January 10, 2009 at 2:12 PM
- we are never full said...
well don't you know i was looking at these cookies on another blog before christmas and noted that i HAD to have them soon. thanks for the reminder... but i still need a detox from the holidays first!!
- January 10, 2009 at 6:55 PM
- Bobbi said...
Deux fois et maintenant je suis ici et je suis toujours le foie haché! Mais je sais que vous m'aimez de toute façon! Maintenant, je suis obligé de faire ces cookies!
- January 11, 2009 at 11:42 AM
- mamadance said...
Hi Jamie! I made these cookies tonight and I love them. Thanks for the recipe. Bye, I must go pop the next batch in the oven right now. See you, Erin
- January 17, 2009 at 9:44 PM
- cooknkate said...
I grew up eating these cookies and love them so much. It's so great to see their appreciation all over the blogosphere!
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Go to Il Giglio at your own risk. You better order from the menu, $17 for a martini. $40 for ravioli, both off the menu. Food OK, waiters push you to order too much and unlisted expensive dishes. Y
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Yummmm. Good food and we like to order in the pizza.
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Just moved to the area and went based on friend recommendation. The food was amazing and the service was nearly the best I have ever received. This comes at a substantial price, but it is earned. I will be back often.
Posted by Thomas on 03/29/2011
Grew up on Italian food. This place reminds me of my grandmas cooing. As far as the prices be careful. Stay away of things not even on the menu (antipasto) and the entire rack of lamb. Watch what wine you order if you are going to tie one on. If you are looking for an Italian meal that you might get in Italy look no further.
Posted by scotty on 10/05/2009
4.5 yr ago I went here to get engaged and they were in on it. The waiters and host were wonderful they placed the ring in my wifes dessert. she had no idea, and every yr we go back for dinner on our aniversity. The food is to die for and the service is outstanding
Posted by Valeria on 06/13/2009
We wanted to take our friends out for dinner before they moved back to England and they suggested this place. The first impression was made within about 3 minutes of entering the establishment. There were about 4 tables being utilized out of the 25 to 30 in total. When I asked prior to being seated if the 4 of us could sit at the table in the far left corner, the waiter said that the table was only for a party of 7, basically "no you can't sit there" (no one sat there for the entire 2 hours we were there). I didn't want to make a big deal about it so I just accepted his answer and sat down where he escorted us to. After that the food and service were average for the entire dinner. I would say, nor excellent nor bad, but just average. THEN, it happened……we got the bill. It was shocking! We ordered 2 appetizers, 2 bottles of $60 wine, 2 cocktails, 1 cappuccino, a side of broccoli rabe and asparagus (of which there were about 5 of on the dish) and 4 orders of rack of lamb and the total was $497, not including the tip (take notice, we didn't even have dessert). Now, don't get me wrong, I have been to expensive restaurants in the past and haven't minded when the bill came out to even about $200 a person, but at least I felt like I got something extraordinary. This place was just OK and that's it, definitely not worth the price. There are much better places out there for the price and who would accommodate your seating preference if there was practically no one in the restaurant.
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This is our favorite italian in Manhattan. Family owned (an offshoot of Il Mulino) without the hype. Great pasta. Wonderful sole. And they'll make any dish to order.


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Do we really need another buzz? AT&T thinks so, and today, they've opened up Buzz.com to the public. Buzz is a location-based search and review site for businesses where users can rate, review and favorite their local hot spots. As if we didn't have enough ways to do this already (Google Places, Yelp, 4 Square, etc.)
Unlike Google and some of the others, Buzz is integrated with Facebook Connect and will likely soon integrate with Twitter as well. That means you'll be able to send out a question or get a recommendation on the platforms you already use. Easy peasy!
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