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"...New Orleans was destroyed not by a natural disaster, but by the worst engineering failure in the world since Chernobyl."
Does this mean you're also going after Judge Perez for the levees he built that failed? Or any previously non-fed ones the Corps inherited? Fed levees built with I walls are being replaced with T walls or at least L walls, but how much pounding do you expect MUD to take? - Especially from barges.... Tell me about all the wonderful levees you are building, the technology you've come up with, please, share!
I'm not the kind of pro-lifer you're looking for, but here's my twist: Life is precious. Everyone of you, special and talented whether or not you've taken the time to find out what they are, or those of the people around you. If you haven't it's your loss, but it isn't too late for you. Where I differ with most so-called pro-lifers is that I think abortion is a necessary evil as long as there are such things as rape and premarital sex without the intent to marry or be committed to that partner. The morons who protest and picket abortion centers probably don't fit the mental profile to enable them to adopt, because if they did adopt they'd be home with that child instead of being a nuisance. God created sex and intended it to be a good thing, He loves us and gave women the only organ designed for pleasure and nothing else (the clitoris), but for the purpose He intended - procreation and unity - not as something crass and crude. When not used properly, like so many other things, its result is disasterous.
BTW addiction is not a black or white thing!
you are rotten - and mistaken. may you find your raison d'etre.
hey inkredibull3!
Yeah, get over it all! BTW check your history a little better, instead of being so ethnocentric, go back a little further and you'll find that Greeks and Jews were held as slaves for thousands of years by Egytptians, a country in AFRICA! Tribes in various other parts of Africa took slaves from other tribes, kidnapped them and sold them in disputes over hunting territories and other matters. Have yourself a pity party and then you get over yourself! Then you won't have to make race a part of every freakin' controversy!
Dog lovers and deer hunters aren't the issue here either. Dogs are domesticated animals who depend on their owners; these dogs were mistreated. Deer are animals who eat everything but ferns, and are beautiful creatures. They are also in need of their herds being thinned because the carrying capacity per acre is about 22 deer. More than that in an area and they starve; a slow horrible way to die. Therefore hunters and those who eat venison are providing a service. We need deer hunters more than we need Michael Vick!
nolaborn61: I'm so sorry for you sugar. But there are reasons women HAVE TO WORK. Some women have had to work after their husbands died leaving them with nothing, some because they believed the guy who got them pregnant that he would be with her forever and promptly disappeared, or someone in the family became ill, and she was needed to contribute, or someone that she depended on decided to beat the crap out of her because he's too stupid to better himself and feels inadequate so took it out on her, and rather than die that way, needed to get out and work. I could go on ad nauseum, but the problem isn't white, black, old, young, poor, rich - it is ignorance, a condition that can contaminate all of the above. The good news = ignorance is curable! Hope is what sees us through.
Words aren't enough to express the revulsion! No action, no pain inflicted on him would be enough. Y'all are imagining things I think are too kind and too quick. This child has suffered so much more than he ever will. As for the mother, he probably beats her too and uses intimidation to keep her quiet., if not she deserves the same treatment as him. But for starters how about if he's blindfolded, smacked in the head enough to give him a severe headache, but not knock him out, cover his throat, then let him be a rabid dog's chew toy...?
How generous of you to offer to pay all of our bills so we can take time off work to spend with our kids! What's that? You offered no such thing???? How can that be when you so very much want us NOT to send our children to be supervised by licensed individuals? You certainly wouldn't want our darlings to be neglected, right? So just post your address and phone number. I didn't know people such as you existed, your generosity is inspiring!
Mr. Burdeau,
Please clarify: Even though it's an upgrade and protection is increased, why do you state that it won't withstand Katrina-like force? If, as people believe, that the MRGO was the major factor in the damage done by the surge, and that's been eliminated as a factor by the closing thereof, how then do you justify such a statement? Have people needlessly blamed the MRGO for the surge effect, or are you telling us not to put much faith in a pile of mud? Certainly one cannot predict with 100% accuracy the forces of nature, but don't you believe we have a better chance now?! How can you say it won't when it hasn't been tested?
miracle11: you need to read the story again. The 17 year old BOY did not have the right to have sex with ANY girl just because HE is at the age of consent - or don't you know what that means? I hope you don't have any kids!
tofumamma: you get a U - Unsatisfactory conduct because you don't know how to play nice with others. You didn't like when your own words were used in a way that didn't taste good in your mouth? Where's your righteous indignation toward Nagin?
Bottom line on youth crime: curfew! Then you can tell a decent kid from a delinquent, and the only kids out past the curfew should be the super decent ones working their way to a college fund or helping their family! The ones caught breaking curfew get to spend time behind bars, no ifs ands or buts, the FIRST time! I lived on the fringe of a big city growing up and curfews didn't hurt decent people!
topjudge - Grow up!
oh billybear3: you are sooooooo naieve! Who do you think gets these single mothers pregnant? I'll give you a hint: it's not the stand-up and take responsibility kind of guy! - it's the "I'm gonna do what ever I can get away with" kind of guy, and guess what? - that's the same mentality of most of those guys you talk about who aren't on welfare or who benefitf from their women being on welfare, and those in jail, cuz that's what got them there.
If you don't do drugs, you have nothing to worry about from this bill.
nola67: My heart goes out to you, let me tell you, you warm my heart also. You deserve accolades, I hope you can look around at people who are proud of you. I hope this bill passes to protect children like you and your siblings, so that people start to understand that unless a drug addict or so-called recreational user, gets help to get away from this lifestyle, the children will be adversely affected. If welfare is needed because of dependent children, then the money used for ANY addiction is money not spent on the child's needs.
Also, race is not a factor in addiction; a person is not more likely to become addicted because of the color of their skin; it's more about their inability to see beyond their difficulties, real or perceived, to see beyond their circumstances to find solutions.
These shirts have never gone out of style with surfers and never will with my surfer boys! We're from California and continue our style. Note I said "our style"; i.e., I don't care if it's not your style, and I'm not changing to please you or any snob who doesn't like it. In fact, now I know exactly what to get my man for Father's Day!!! And zgrrl, my guy is mid-forties, in great shape, probably because he has surfed up and down the Cali coast, and he knows how to wear them; and my boy is almost ten and it's difficult to get him to give his up when he outgrows them. These shirts represent something you can only aspire to, so stuff your "all caps" where the sun don't shine - we will always love L.A. even though we now live in LA.
Hey GingerK!
If it's a "free market" why are we paying for calls we didn't solicit. It's more a dictatorship when they decide they can harrass you and make you pay for it! If they were offering something someone actually wanted they wouldn't have to harrass! Take your own advice and call them, give them your cell phone number, and tell them to feel free to call you several times a day!!!
Very interesting steviejquinn...."white girls have babies out of wedlock too" The freakin story doesn't say anything about the baby's father or whether or not she was married to him. Bottom line is she is STUPID! and ENDANGERED her child, and was NEGLIGENT! If this story was about a white girl, the same terms would apply! Get over yourself! All you damn racists need to get over yourselves too - black and white ones!
Let me introduce myself to y'all: I think you need to hear this. I fell in love with this place and the spirit of its people in the face of adversity; which I think tells a lot about both. I bought what others must have thought was a white elephant out in the boonies. I spent nearly all my early retirement money here because I believe in that spirit. I finally am working again after being unemployed longer than ever before in my life, but it has all been worth it. Instead of complaining, do something - evil flourishes when good men (and women) do nothing! Neighborhood watch groups are one way, empowering women is another; i.e. train women, single mothers etc., turn on your lights, tell on these young punks to their mothers, if that doesn't work, take the mother for a walk or ride to the closest ER for a tour. My son goes to public school, he get to experience what it is to be a minority, but he barely notices because he has a mother who taught him about people not races, he's just been accepted to the Gifted program, so there's proof that you get out of this place what you put into it!!!! Love you all!!!
"...the corps should have known..."!!! Are you out of your mind? Then why didn't you know what Katrina would do? Why didn't you speak up ten years ago!!!!? Quit playing the blame game, what good is that doing...? Time to focus on the future and rebuilding.


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(Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) - Lutheran minister Martin E. Marty will present "Embodying Community in Ministry" as part of the Moravian Theological Seminary's Weber Memorial Lecture Series. The program will be held on Thursday, March 7 from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., in the Seminary's Bahnson Center, 60 W. Locust Street, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The program is open to the public and admission is free of charge.
Marty will discuss strategies for pastors of small to midsize congregations to generate support when experiencing financial difficulties. He will discuss how pastors can uphold their spirit and "attract-ability." He will also discuss the definitions of "soul" and "spirit," showing how to revitalize congregations and exhilarate ministry in congregational settings.
Marty is the Fairfax M. Cone distinguished service professor emeritus at the University of Chicago, the George B. Caldwell senior scholar-in-residence at the Park Ridge Center. Marty, an author of over fifty books, is also editor of Second Opinion, the fortnightly newsletter Context, and the weekly e-mail column Sightings. His honors include the National Humanities Medal, the National Book award, the Medal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and sixty-seven honorary degrees.
The Weber Lectures were established at the Seminary in 1950 in memory of Rev. Christian O. Weber and his wife, Dorothy Pfohl Weber, by their sons, Herbert '52, Christian '49, and Bruce.
For information, contact the Office of Continuing Education at Moravian Theological Seminary at (610) 861-1519.

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Snake oil salesman. Country club training camp for the vets. No Thank You.
Titus Young's play has caused alot of people to STFU, unfortunately LeShoure would've done the same. The draft is just 1/3 of Mayhew's player procurement, he's gotten alot through FA's & trades. The great thing is, now Mayhew will be forced to address the OL next.
Fister better be #2!!!
Alot of hollow passing yards between the 20's for Cousins, the redzone is where it counts.
Looked like the same ND to me. Actually the REAL MSU showed up, not the one playing high school teams. Way to go with that fake field goal dumbtonio, you're supposed to run that play when the other team won't expect it, not when everyone watching thinks it's coming. So much for MSU's vaunted rushing attack.
Yeah, there were rumors that Seattle knew Washburn was injured before unloading him on the Tigers. Having Fister locked up for a few years more than makes up for Washburn.
Lighten up, Francis!!!
He said he signed the 1 year deal, so he could earn an extension from The Lions. He is very loyal and the fact that Schwartz has been in his corner from the start of his NFL career will be huge.
AJ is catching fire at the right time and the offense has become a machine. This is AJ's second year and basically Avila's also, the struggles were necessary/expected, so who cares about earlier in the season? The Tigers are 8 up and hitting their stride at the perfect time. Ifs & buts. Good thing Leyland/DD didn't give up on these kids, like I'm sure you would have!
With a very young team and no OTA's due to the lockout, Tampa Bay looked bad/out of sync in the preseason.Heath Evans picked the wrong team to be exposed. Kansas City was one of the few teams that looked worse than the Bucs. Freeman, Cassel and then McNabb are in for long afternoons in the next 3 weeks.
Two of the teams that have looked the worst this preseason have been Tampa Bay and Kansas City.The Lions could really hit the ground running.
As long as he's ready for the playoffs, with his filthy stuff. Plenty of time. Strasburg had 5 rehab starts, AA had a couple of innings, not really a fair comparison.
Ohhh it won't happen again...really. Hey, keep looking like an out of control idiot and embarassing kids needlessly on national television. I'm sure it won't turnoff any recruits or their parents.
You're forgetting about the later round picks in the past couple drafts, that Mayhew netted Corey Williams, Chris Houston, Rob Sims, Shaun Hill and Lawrence Jackson with. Also, Gronkowski was used to acquire Alphonso Smith. These aren't "free-agent rental players", these are starters and valuable back-ups that Mayhew picked up for 4th-7th rd. picks from these past 2 drafts.Who would you have drafted with THOSE picks? Before you fools rip on Mayhew for his drafts, how about looking at the whole picture. The proof will be in the pudding THIS season. Let's play some football!!!
Unlike Alexander, Fister is young and under Tigers' control for years to come.
I really hope they keep him. He has the size and ballhawking ability, plus he's only a rookie.They won't be able to sneak him onto the practice squad.
Does he have any younger brothers we could draft?
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Well, I'm no expert, but I'm pretty sure ganging up on a guy will make him care less about the content of his posts and make him become even more of a douche since it doesn't look like anyone likes him already. He was Banned, got pissed, and pissed other people off. He did his time, comes back, and everyones pushing him BACK into the behaviour that they disliked so much. That's obviously going to cause even bigger problems and all likelyness a perma-Ban on a guy who deosn't fully deserve it. The first thing you guys do when he gets back is say you're no longer friends and Image fail. What type of community is that. Trekster got the idea right, maybe some of you to should too.
And like I said, he's 14. He's obviously going to be immature. That's why you guide him and show him the ropes about proper online etiquete. You don't further provoke him.


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Unreal Engine 4 now supports Linux and SteamOS: Is this the year of desktop Linux?
- By Sebastian Anthony on April 4, 2014 at 8:04 am
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Unreal has announced that Unreal Engine 4.1, due to be released in the next couple of weeks, will fully support SteamOS and Linux. Developers can take their games — whether they're indie or triple-AAA titles — flip a switch, and voila: The game is packaged and ready to run on SteamOS and Linux. Suffice it to say, this could be a huge step towards making Linux a viable platform for gaming. Could 2014 finally be the year of desktop Linux (YODL)?
As you may know, the first stable version of Unreal Engine 4 was only officially released at GDC in March, where it was announced that Nvidia's GameWorks libraries would be baked into UE4 by default. With UE4, Unreal promised that it would be moving away from slower, monolithic releases, towards a continuous release schedule — thus why it's only April and UE4.1 is already upon us. This continuous release plan also fits in with Unreal's new pricing scheme, where developers can get the full engine and source code for just $19 per month (+5% of any eventual profits).
Along with support for Linux and SteamOS, Unreal Engine 4.1 also includes new templates for flying and rolling games, and the editor now has an Undo History window, debug histogram visualization, and a string translation editor. There's the usual slew of bug fixes and quality-of-life improvements — oh, and the Elemental demo (embedded above) is now part of the UE4.1 bundle, if developers want to use the assets for any reason.
With the new, incredibly low priced monthly payment plan, plus support for Linux and SteamOS, it's clear that Unreal is trying to position UE4 as the ideal platform for indie game development. There could also be a significant boost to Linux's viability as a serious gaming platform, if big-time developers can easily bring their triple-A titles over — and of course, as far as Valve's concerned, this could be exactly what the doctor ordered to make people take Steam Machines a little more seriously. I don't think this is enough to suddenly make 2014 the year of desktop Linux, but it's certainly a step in the right direction.
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Ivor O'Connor
Part of all Linux installations should be an option about whether application usage stats will be monitored. Right there with choosing your keyboard and time zone. Then we could actually start to get a grip on whether UE4 is a factor.
No, it's not. Linux support and SteamOS support is pretty useless. Only a bunch of people there willing to buy games. The others never buy anything or just pirate everything and most would even ask developers to make the games source code open and free for everyone to steal the ideas and make a profit out of others hard work.
Marketing wise can be nice BUT the real profit using the Unreal Engine comes from publishing games on Apple iOS App Store and Windows on Steam.
Android too it's 90% piracy .. the only profit any developer can get comes from ads.. which ruin any app and gaming experience anyway….
Ivor O'Connor
Perhaps you would like to learn a little before typing total nonsense. Check out https://github.com/Shougo/neocomplete.vim/blob/master/doc/neocomplete.txt and notice how developers almost always get more money from Linux users than Mac Or Windows users per purchase. Or would you rather just troll everywhere and hope nobody calls you on it?
That's not even trolling, it's just meaningless ranting.
Ivor O'Connor
Oh. I did not realize I had posted a wrong url. I was multitasking and put the url up that I was working on in another window. You should know by now Dozerman I don't troll. (Intentionally.)
The correct URL is http://support.humblebundle.com/customer/portal/articles/281031-prior-bundle-statistics
You'll notice how 23 out of 23 cross platform games Linux users were always willing to pay more than windows or apple users.
No, not you. I was referring to that moron above you.
*points over your head
Barry Ferguson
"real profit using the Unreal Engine comes from publishing games on Apple iOS App Store and Windows on Steam"
Sooo…. Steam on Linux is unprofitable but Steam on Windows is? Do you even think about the shit you say or do you try to make yourself look like a cunt on every single article on purpose? Ads are the only profit of games? Get real. How is this shit even related to the article anyway…
Oh wow so much bullshit and disinformation packed in one comment. It's actually impressive.
Steve Brown
LOL You're such an idiot it hurts. You should look at the figures for the Humble Indie bundle and see who pays the most for games. Equally you should read the terms of the GPL and see who makes a profit out of other people's work when code is open sourced.
From my experience, as Windows user have to spend so much on their OS, Office Suite, Photoshop and raft of other proprietary software they were more inclined to "pirate" games and other software. I've bought more games software since switching to Linux and much more since Steam supported the platform, but that's just my limited anecdotal experience…but then you're not interested in facts either are you?
Edwin Obando Chacon
Microsoft employee or fanboy has just been here.
A futurlove
Wow i am no where near a techy and know there are security measures that protect devs and there hard work, i use linux iso files os to dvd+r dvd-r or usb install OS RUN STEAM awesome games and never had a problem why people talk so much crap against linux
Stacey Bright
Did anyone actually not expect UE4 linux support? Considering every version of the engine has had it, even when it was largely ignored as a valid gaming platform. The fact that it is now beginning to look like a true contender would make it a stupid time to choose otherwise.
That's true, Every version of the UE has/had support for Linux but it gets ignored. Will Steam OS change that? I hardly doubt it or at least until it gets out and even then its going to take some time so yeah it will probably get ignored in the end.
Stacey Bright
Not so much about if SteamOS will make a difference, but the fact the competing game engines are picking up Linux support. Valve's Source engine and CryEngine specifically. There is also the 4A Engine and the SeriousEngine, but those offer basically 1 game each since there is 0 third party use.
I WOULD JUST LOVE someone to get a good engine compatible for every system so people would stop bitching about OSs…
i would take Linux, but i have no problem our MAC and WIN brothers having the same fun, the more the merrier! ^^
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for game developers linux has the advantage that you can simply provide a full bootable optimised live linux ISO/USB tailored to your game engine and have any consumer simply insert and boot that on a bare bones OS'less hardware to play it if they don't want to fully install it.
OC it would also help if these game devs made some time and patched and simd optimised any upstream gfx code rather than writing work arounds in said game engine for any known bugs in the gfx code…
Typo (sort of) on first paragraph. Triple-AAA? Is that, like, nine "A"s? :)
Don't forget that Cyrengine is also supporting Linux, too, and Unity3D is improving its already existent Linux support substantially in Unity5. That said, I don't think that this is the year of the linux desktop. There has been Linux game support for awhile now, and us Linux users are still barley at a 3 percent marketshare.
Joe Sweeney
3%? I think it's more like 1.6%. 3% would be quite substantial! I would say the "Year of the Linux Desktop" will come when it reaches about 5%, which I think is doable in the next few years if the cards fall right.
I think it'll happen. With most normal users going to tablets and phones, we're pretty much seeing a future populated by freelancers, power users, and gamers in the personal space. Freelancers will probably like the concept of lowering costs through a free OS, assuming what they're freelancing as has some Linux variant of what they were using before, power users are already at least familiar with Linux and game companies are all showing some degree of interest in it. The office space might offer some resistance, but LibreOffice is already a very well rounded Office suite with many advantages over "the" Office, such as Calc's HSA accelerated functions that can kick Excell's ass (assuming you're using either Kaveri or Kabini), though the offices of the future might either use a smartphone plugged into a monitor or a thin client connected to a corporate server (that is probably using Linux anyway).
Joe Sweeney
Interesting thought. In the United States, there is an awful lot of resistance towards Linux desktops. I notice they are more common in other parts of the world, where software is more expensive. For example, the French government has almost completely switched to Ubuntu, and the Chinese government is building their own flavor.
I wiped Vista off my aunt's computer (who isn't techy AT ALL, just bought whatever was on the sales floor in Staples a few years ago), and put Ubuntu 12.04 on there instead. Now the machine flies, and my aunt LOVES it! I think this is how the word has to be spread, in leu of advertising dollars.
True, but you have to be careful. I did the same for my coworker and didn't realize that the integrated WiFi requires a proprietary driver. We ended up going 100 dollars over budget for Windows.
My mom is still using Mint 12 from a few years ago on her PC. It isn't supported anymore but it just works.
Ray C
I really don't care anymore. I'm ready for something to either happen or everyone to stop obsessing about it.
http://www.you-read-it-here-first.com/ John Bailo
I bought Unreal Tournament III in 2007 and they kept saying a Linux version was coming soon. Seven years later …
Edwin Obando Chacon
You didnt miss anything, UT3 was the game that almost kill the saga.
Great news. Steam is the future of gaming.
Hello buddies! Chinese guy passingby! I'm prefer the 3D holographic projection touch,
That kinds of intelligent operating system is Hanging fried days, or as your word, It's awesome.
Why my words disappeared? What the hell?
Sarmad Khalid
Now if Valve can secure few AAA titles to release around the same time Steam Machines does it will be a big hit.
Mike H
What you guys need to realize is EVERYONE is making a push on linux right now. It isn't just a few players making waves.
AMD and Nvidia are working the new OGL extensions into their drivers. AMD is working on a new hybrid Linux driver that is built into the kernel.
KDE 5 will have Wayland support. This means no more X.
Graphics engines are all retooling for the new OGL extensions and AMD's OGL 4.4
Cryengine's new business model has been adopted by UE4 and both are
going to have great tools and debugging in Linux. Other engines are
going to follow suit or be left behind.
Kernel commits are over 9 an hour
Games coming to Linux:
Star Citizen and Kingdom Come Deliverance (Both crowd funded) are comming to Linux.
Sid Meyers next title Beyond Earth
The Witcher 2
Star Conflict
Gauntlet (2014)
GoG (Good old Games)
Total War Rome II
Gloria Victis
Counter Strike: Global Offensive
Tropico 5
Project Cars and iRacing
Nuclear Dawn
Metro: Last Light
Two Worlds 2
Shroud of the Avatar
Postal 2
And It's only the beginning.
Nice! The BIG question still remains though, will AAA publishers actually release for Linux no that all it takes is a click of a button or will they bend under M$oft lobbying (a.k.a. bribing)
Trever Grissam
Can I develop and edit the games on linux yet with this or just output the game for it?
Mi Pen
Actually I love the idea of steam. Its bringing gaming over to PC in a serious way. Whiners going on about steam like its Satan, lol just don't use it. As for buggy well its quite new and PC version was buggy at first but now its fine. Sorry but games were never gonna be made seriously and released for free on Linux in any serious way. Gaming is vital to keep even Linux lovers using the Linux partition more. Steam is a great idea and is finally cracking Linux's final hurdle. Gaming. People use PC's for more than just basic or nerd reasons Unreal, Steam and others finally closing that final weak spot. And making Linux more a complete experience for those who want it all.


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Re-creation versus extended variety.
So this is a question just to get a general view of the communities opinions on the topic of whether the educational system as it is now needs to be;
1)completely remade and redone to incorporate gaming,music etc. into it,or whether;
2) it simply needs to be more personal,more diverse and consequentially more interesting.
I was just curious to see everyones views on the topics and reasonings for their views so..................
Apr 13 2011: Even from a young age, I knew public education was archaic. Sit still, listen to textbook read out loud, copy this down, work this problem (answer pg. 23) and pass-this-test-it-counts-as-half-of-your-grade speeches. In what way is it structured to learn or prove anything?
I definitely believe our schools need to be more personal, not just dictated learning. Teachers need smaller classes in addition to teacher aids to see that ever pupil gets the individual help they may need. That in turn can mean better communication between teachers and parent, with better parent involvement in their own kids education. We definitely need to capture their attention. Even adults learn more when they are interested in the subject matter. Curriculums need less structure and more open ended exploratory and exemplary instruction; Give the kids a chance to get immersed and ask their own questions. Let them physically see and touch something, choose the problem and they will be more apt to understand it and know it. Instead of focusing on their final grade, the focus should be on their comprehension and process (or creativity) they used to complete their projects. Learning NEEDS to be fun, children are structured to learn through play. With the wealth of information at our fingertips, why are we still confined to outdated books? Life skills as well as traditional and non-traditional academics should be taught. What ever happened to home economics?Apr 13 2011: Education should be more useful and relevant than what students could learn on their own with Internet access. Otherwise, the system lacks legitimacy.
The world is changing so quickly, deciding what to teach beyond reading, writing, and arithmetic, (and even excessively complicated computational arithmetic is being questioned):...
...is difficult.
Uniform standards for subjects would be useful, but I question whether "school" in the traditional sense is necessary. I'm surprised no young people have made the "modern education is unconstitutional" argument. The due process clause has been interpreted by the US Supreme Court as saying that if the government deprives you of a fundamental liberty, then it must give you a compelling reason for depriving you of that liberty. The more fundamental that liberty, the more compelling the reason the government needs to give in order to deprive you of it.
If there is a less intrusive alternative that achieves the same legitimate objectives, that's what the government has to do.
If I were advocating for kids, I'd say "years of life completing irrelevant busywork" is a pretty severe deprivation (of life, liberty, and arguably property), given that people with Internet access can educate themselves (arguably better and faster) without coercion. Busywork not only contributes nothing to society, it deprives students of the opportunity to spend their time as they wish.
Cheap, readily available licensing and uniform, demonstrably achievable expectations would alleviate some of those concerns. In other words, people should be able to "test out" of any class if they can meet some clearly defined goal. Otherwise, it's just a prison and/or waste of time.
Beyond the 3R's we would do much better for kids if we gave them adequate nutrition (Jamie Oliver), Internet access, and achievable goals.Apr 13 2011: While schools are directed by a ministry or government department, 'school' will always be a hybrid beast between learning and administration.
The issue I have (in NZ schools) is the 'blanket' approach to assessment that the bureaucrats insist on (to make their own job easier, I suspect).
Currently, our ministry of education is trying to assess a wide variety of learners on their 'progress' measured against a nation-wide 'standard' through the application of generic assessment tools.
None of this is geared towards the "individualised and personalised learning" that the rest of the system is aiming for.
The current ministry approach to assessment smacks of tradition for the sake of it and judging by my past experiences with government departments, will be extremely slow in changing and catching up.Apr 13 2011: removing tenure would help a lot! just from personal experience in the public education world


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In one embodiment this invention provides an optical medium which consists of a microdispersion of liquid crystal droplets in a synthetic resin matrix. A preferred invention optical medium exhibits a Kerr effect, and can transmit propagating light waves with low scattering loss under waveguiding conditions.
1. A process for producing an optical medium exhibiting a Kerr effect which comprises
(1) forming a homogeneous solution of between about 15-35 weight percent of liquid crystal in a polymerizable or curable organic phase; and
(2) treating the organic phase with laser radiation at a temperature between about -10° C. and 15° C. to provide a light transmissive solid matrix containing a dispersion of liquid crystal droplets; wherein the droplets are spherical in shape, and have a mean diameter in the range between about 30-70 nm and a coefficient of variance (standard deviation means) of about 0.2-0.4.
2. A process in accordance with claim 1 wherein the optical medium exhibits a Kerr constant of between about 7×10-12 and 7×10-10 m/V2.
3. A process in accordance with claim 1 wherein the solid matrix is a thermoset polymer.
4. A process in accordance with claim 1 wherein the solid matrix is an epoxy resin.
5. A process in accordance with claim 1 wherein the solid matrix is a thermoplastic polymer.
6. A process in accordance with claim 1 wherein the solid matrix is a polyvinyl polymer.
7. A process in accordance with claim 1 wherein the liquid crystal is a nematic liquid crystal.
8. A process in accordance with claim 1 wherein the liquid crystal is a cyanobiphenyl type liquid crystal.
9. A process in accordance with claim 1 wherein the step(2) radiation treatment is with an ultraviolet laser for an exposure period between about 0.1-2 minutes.
This invention was made with Government support under Contract No. F33615-85-C-5025 awarded by the Department of Defense (DOD). The Government has certain rights in this invention.
A synthetic resin matrix containing a liquid crystal dispersion phase is a known type of organic composite. U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,935,337; 4,673,255; 4,671,618; 4,685,771; 4,688,900; 4,728,547; and 4,891,152 described microdisperse polymer/liquid crystal composites which scatter visible light and are adapted for utility in display devices.
Of particular interest with respect to the present invention are liquid crystal microdispersion media which are characterized by a low level of light scattering, and exhibit a Kerr effect under light transmitting conditions. U.S. Pat. No. 4,869,847 describes a composite of liquid crystal droplets having a diameter of no more than 0.1 micron dispersed in a synthetic resin matrix, and exhibiting a Kerr effect.
There is continuing interest in the development of liquid crystalline materials which exhibit a novel combination of properties for efficient light modulation applications.
Accordingly, it is an object of this invention to provide a process for the production of microdispersion liquid crystalline composites.
It is a further object of this invention to provide liquid crystalline composites which are light transmissive and exhibit a high Kerr constant.
Other objects and advantages of the present invention shall become apparent from the accompanying description and examples.
One or more objects of the present invention are accomplished by the provision of a process for producing an optical medium exhibiting a Kerr effect which comprises (1) forming a homogeneous solution of between about 15-35 weight percent of liquid crystal in a polymerizable or curable organic phase; and (2) treating the organic phase with laser radiation at a temperature between about -10° C. and 15° C. to provide a light transmissive solid matrix containing a dispersion of liquid crystal droplets; wherein the droplets are spherical in shape, and have a mean diameter in the range between about 30-70 nm and a coefficient of variance (mean/standard deviation) of about 0.2-0.4.
In a further embodiment this invention provides an optical medium having a Kerr constant of at least about 7×10-12 m/V2 at 25° C. and 99+ percent wave transmission at 390-1500 nm, said optical medium comprising a solid polymeric matrix containing a dispersion of liquid crystal droplets; wherein the droplets are spherical in shape, and have a mean diameter between about 30-70 nm and a coefficient of variance (mean/standard deviation) of about 0.2-0.4. An optical medium preferably is a thin film with a thickness of less than about 30 microns.
A present invention optical medium can exhibit a Kerr constant which is more than 5000 times the Kerr constant of liquid carbon disulfide, such as between about 7×10-12 and 7×10-10 m/V2 at 25° C.
The liquid crystal component of an invention composite can be any of the smectic, nematic and cholesteric compounds, either singly or in admixture, that are listed in publications such as U.S. Pat. No. 3,935,337 and U.S. Pat. No. 4,869,847. The preferred compounds are nematic liquid crystals which include alkyl and alkoxy biphenyl and terphenyls, alkyl benzoate cyanophenyls and cyanophenyl pyrimidines, such as p-cyanophenyl-p-n-alkylbenzoate, 5-n-alkyl-2-(4-cyanophenyl)pyrimidine, 4-cyano-4'-n-pentylbiphenyl, 4-cyano-4'-octyloxybiphenyl, and the like.
The polymeric component of an invention composite is derived from a polymerizable monomer or curable prepolymer which can be converted into a solid matrix by exposure to high intensity laser radiation. Suitable polymerizable or curable starting materials are listed in publications such as U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,935,337 and 4,728,547.
Illustrative of matrix thermoplastic polymers are polystyrene; polychloroprene; poly(methyl methacrylate); poly(vinyl acetate); poly(vinyl chloride); poly(ethylene terephthalate); polyacrylamide; and the like.
Illustrative of thermoset polymers are phenol-formaldehyde resins; urea-formaldehyde resins; epoxy resins; polyurethanes; unsaturated polyesters; crosslinked acrylate resins; and the like.
A present invention optical medium can be prepared by forming a solution of a liquid crystal and a selected polymerizable monomer or curable prepolymer, and forming a film by spinning or spraying the solution on a supporting substrate (e.g., glass or silicon).
If a vinyl monomer or mixture of vinyl monomers are employed as the polymer precursor, a polymerization initiator such as azobisisobutyronitrile can be incorporated in the polymerizable medium. If a curable prepolymer is employed as the polymer precursor, a radiation-sensitive initiator such as benzophenone can be incorporated in the curable medium.
The polymerization or curing cycle is accomplished by exposing a precursor thin film to high intensity radiation from an ultraviolet/visible range laser for a period between 0.1-2 minutes. A suitable radiation source is an argon laser with a 25 watt multi-line visible light output power and a 5 watt multi-line ultraviolet light output power.
The polymerization or curing time is dependent on the radiation intensity, the film thickness, and the particular polymer precursor employed.
A typical thin film has a thickness of about 0.5-5 microns, and can be in the form of a slab or channel waveguide for purposes of light modulation. A present invention composite thin film can be utilized as the waveguiding component in an electrooptic device for light intensity modulation as described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,767,169.
A present composite thin film has a unique combination of optical properties, which is mainly attributable to the size and shape of the liquid crystal droplets in the microdispersed phase. The droplets have a spherical shape, and have a mean diameter in the range between about 30-70 nm, and a coefficient of variance (mean/standard deviation) of about 0.2-0.4. The novel combination of microdispersion liquid crystal droplet size and uniformity allow 99+ percent light transmission, while contributing a high Kerr effect to a waveguiding thin film.
The critical aspects of the microdispersion liquid crystal droplett physical dimensions are achieved by control of essential processing conditions during production of a composite composition.
First, the liquid crystal constituent is employed in a quantity not greater than about 25 weight percent. If a larger quantity of liquid crystal is used, the formed droplets tend to coalesce, and an increased droplet mean diameter is obtained.
Second, high intensity laser radiation is utilized to polymerize or cure the polymer precursor to a solid matrix within a relatively short period between about 0.1-2 minutes. A rapid polymerization or curing cycle favors small liquid crystal droplet size formation.
Third, the liquid crystal microdispersion formation cycle is conducted at a temperature between about -10° C. and 15° C. This is a particularly critical feature of the process for composite production, since the use of a temperature above about 15° C. results in a liquid crystal microdispersion with a larger droplet mean diameter. At a temperature between about -10° C. and 15° C., the viscosity of the polymer precursor solution is higher, and coalescing of nascent liquid crystal droplets is minimized.
The following examples are further illustrative of the present invention. The components and specific ingredients are presented as being typical, and various modifications can be derived in view of the foregoing disclosure within the scope of the invention.
Thin film samples are prepared by spin coating the solutions on microscope slides, and exposing the samples respectively to different radiation sources at different temperatures. The thin films have a thickness of about one micron.
The solutions are prepared by admixing E-7 nematic liquid crystal (EM Industries, Hawthorne, NY) which consists of 15% by weight 4-cyano-4'-n-pentylbiphenyl, 21% 4-cyano-4'-n-heptylbiphenyl, 16% 4-cyano-4'-octyloxybiphenyl and 12% 4-cyano-p-4'-pentylterphenyl, with Norland 60 epoxy resin (Norland Products, New Brunswick, NJ) which contains Daocure 1173 photoinitiator (EM Industries).
Mercury arc and laser radiation sources are employed. The laser cured samples are exposed to multiline ultraviolet radiation from an argon ion laser at an intensity of 1850 mW/cm2 for 30 seconds.
The mean diameter (number average), standard deviation, and coefficient of variance of the microdispersion liquid crystal droplets are measured, using the equipment and procedures described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,869,847. The comparative data are summarized in Table I.
TABLE I______________________________________ Diameter Std. Dev.Sample (nm) (nm) C.V. Shape______________________________________20% E7/N60 48 16 0.333 irregularHg arc at RT25% E7/N60 66 20 0.303 irregularHg arc at RT30% E7/N60 97 24 0.247 irregularHg arc at RT33% E7/N60 160 51 0.319 irregularHg arc at RT20% E7/N60 38 14 0.368 sphericalRT laser cure25% E7/N60 49 15 0.306 round &RT laser cure elongated30% E7/N60 165 45 0.273 sphericalRT laser cure33% E7/N60 127 65 0.512 irregularRT laser cure20% E7/N60 33 7 0.212 spherical5° C. laser cure25% E7/N60 42 16 0.381 spherical5° C. laser cure30% E7/N60 70 20 0.286 spherical5° C. laser cure______________________________________
The data demonstrate that a sample which has a 20% by weight content of liquid crystal and is laser cured at 5° C., has a dispersion of droplets with the smallest diameter, standard deviation and coefficient of variance, and the most uniform shape.
Following the same procedure as described above, a solution is prepared by admixing 3.3 g of E-7 nematic liquid crystal, 12.5 g of ethyl acrylate, 0.4 g of propane:trimethanol triacrylate, and 0.3 g of Daocure 1173 photoinitiator.
Thin film samples are prepared, and the physical properties of the thin film microdispersed liquid crystal phase are equivalent to those for the corresponding composites listed in Table I.
Thin film composite samples are prepared using the materials and procedures described in Example I. An argon laser is used for curing (2 watts/cm2, 30 seconds) the thin films.
The relative Kerr constant is determined by application of a DC field to a thin film composite sample, and the degree of light transmission at 550 nm is measured. Comparative data are summarized in Table II.
TABLE II______________________________________% rel. Kerr curing transmission wavelengthLC constant temp. at 550 nm for 99% T______________________________________20 909 10° C. ≃100% 390 nm20 742 5° C. ≃100% 390 nm20 554 0° C. ≃100% 390 nm20 636 -5° C. ≃100% 390 nm20 606 -10° C. 94.1% not reached25 1552 10° C. 98.1% 630 nm25 1776 5° C. 98.1% 630 nm25 1714 0° C. 99.1% 540 nm25 9257 -5° C. 87.9% not reached30 4865 10° C. 87.3% 870 nm30 2661 5° C. 86.3% 900 nm30 5358 0° C. 85.2% 1290 nm30 94574 -5° C. 74.4% not reached______________________________________
Liquid crystal composites are prepared using visible light curing resins from ICI (LCR 000) and from Epolin (Ep 310001). The solutions are prepared by mixing the prepolymers with 20-40 percent E7 nematic liquid crystal. The 488 nm line of the argon ion laser is used for curing the material at an intensity of at least 2000 W/cm2. Composites with activities comparable to those reported above are achieved but at higher liquid crystal loadings.
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City : Hotel Aarhus
Country : Hotel Denmark
Star rating : 3 star hotel
The hotel Helnan Marina Hotel Grena Set in the most beautiful natural surroundings in one of Denmark's most attractive beaches, the Helnan Marina Hotel offers distinguished service and care that contribute to make your stay in Grena a pleasant one. Location: Helnan Marina Hotel is located in the middle of the nature and is close to Grenaa Strand. The property is only a short walk from Denmark's Shark Centre and the charming town of Grenaa with its various activities and shopping. Rooms: Guests are provided with the comfort of well-furnished accommodation units that are facilitated with a host of modern amenities. Restaurant: Guests can dine at the onsite Brasseriet Restaurant that serves delicious dishes of high quality throughout the year. General: There are flexible meeting rooms that cater for your business conferences, seminars, banquets, parties and other events. Moreover, the hotel has a wonderful atrium with outdoor pool and a number of indoor facilities, such as playroom, sauna, solarium and billiards. (source: HotelClub)


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Nita J McPherson, 78
Nita J McPherson
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April 14, 1934
to Nov. 29, 2012
Nita J. McPherson, 78, of Gig Harbor died Nov. 29, 2012 at St. Anthony Hospital in Gig Harbor. Nita was born April 14, 1934 in Chadron, Neb. to Orville and Viola Wax. Nita loved playing the slots and poker. She loved to have fun and was always there if you needed anything. She loved Jesus and was always ready to spread the Gospel.
Nita is survived by her mother, Viola; daughter, Paula Thorsby; brother, Don Wax; seven grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and seven great-great-grandchildren. Nita was preceded in death by her father, son Jere, and granddaughter Kris.
A viewing will be held Wednesday, Dec. 5, from 2 to 3 p.m. at Rill's Life Tribute Center, 1151 Mitchell Ave, Port Orchard, WA. Graveside services will be held Thursday, Dec. 6, 1 p.m. at Rosedale Cemetery, 7801 Rosedale St NW, Gig Harbor, WA.
A memorial webpage can be viewed and signed at www.rill.com.
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We've all been there before: you walk out of the house, completely certain your high-waisted white satin sea creature-themed hot pants will cover up your business, then all of a sudden you find yourself having to to bend over slightly. You guys know what we're talking about! Selena Gomez certainly does, having stepped out in a pair of painfully short bottoms while promoting her new self-titled fragrance at Macy's in New York today. Booty shorts? More like booty TOO-shorts! Are we right, or are we right? Seriously though, the inseam on those things has to be like .05 inches. How did Selena manage to get out of the car? And we don't even have time to discus that matching starfish bikini top. There just aren't enough hours in the day!
We guess Justin Bieber's lady really is committed to bringing the scandalousness in 2012, as her sexy Elle shoot and soaking wet perfume campaign suggested, though she's drawing the line at starring in a film version of the salacious hit 50 Shades of Grey. "I don't think so. I know I'm taking risks, but I don't think I could do that!" Gomez told MTV. "That would be a little too much for me. I think someone older should do that part." We'll admit this booty shorts fail doesn't look entirely intentional. What do you think of your minor wardrobe malfunction, Selena?
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Arizona prison inmate dies in apparent homicide
PHOENIX -- Authorities say an Arizona prison inmate is dead from an apparent homicide.
State Department of Corrections officials say 63-year-old John Jones died Monday at the Lewis complex in Buckeye.
DOC officials didn't immediately release any details about what happened to Jones.
They say prison staff and medical responders administered CPR to the inmate. He was transported to West Valley Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
DOC officials say an investigation into the death will be led by the department's Criminal Investigation Unit in consultation with the Maricopa County Medical examiner's office.
Jones was sentenced out of Yavapai County and was serving 40 years for sexual assault, aggravated assault and kidnapping. He had been in prison since March 2000.


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10 Fun Careers to Start from Home
Author and expert Lisa Kanarek reveals ten great ideas for home-based businesses – and the moneymaking potential behind them
Taking the first steps to starting your own business can be challenging and scary. But it can also be rewarding — especially when your idea goes from a dream to reality. While you may have the drive and determination to work for yourself, how do you know which business will let you showcase your experience, talent and skills?
Start your journey by thinking about your hobbies and interests; then, ask yourself whether you could turn them into a business. Whether you have an eye for fashion, a knack for organizing or enjoy shopping (with other people's money), there's a model out there for you. The question isn't whether you're ready to work for yourself, but rather the type of enterprise you want to start. The ten businesses in the slideshow above should spark your creative juices, help you discover skills you may not realize you have and put you on the road to home-based success.
Editor's Note: Lisa Kanarek is one of the nation's leading home office experts, an interior designer and the author of several home office books. She is the founder of HomeOfficeLife, a firm that advises corporations and individuals on all aspects of working from home. Follow Lisa on her work-from-home blog WorkingNaked.com.


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Tuesday, March 3, 2015
Suss Pecan Maple Caramels
At the Fancy Food Show last month I ran across another small-batch caramel maker. This one is called Suss Sweets. They're based in New Hampshire and have a line of caramels with an interesting package idea - the caramels are sold in long logs, not individual pieces. So a standard roll is 1/4 of a pound. You slice off however much you want.
I found them at an Italian deli at Americana at Brand mall in Glendale. I had to go through the entire basket of caramel logs to find the only Maple Pecan one, since it was the flavor that I sparked the most with at the show.
There's a lot of packaging for what looks so simple. The outside is a piece of baking parchment, twisted at the ends with a little sleeve with the label on it. Inside is a box, embossed with the logo (kind of a waste, I didn't notice this touch until I was throwing it out). Then inside the box, the caramel roll is wrapped in wax paper.
The long log was easy to slice into appropriate pieces. The nuts were not as numerous as I'd hoped, so some slices were nutless. However, the maple and pecan flavor was throughout the entire bar. The chew of the caramel was smooth with excellent toasted sugar and fresh butter notes. The salt touch was quite light, enough to balance the sweetness but not so much to make me grab a glass of water. The nuts were fresh and the pecan flavors went very well with the woodsy and vanilla maple notes.
The bar was expensive at $7.50, but of course it was a quarter of a pound. But the fact that they're not ready to eat meant we couldn't just try them with our coffee at the store, we had to wait until we got home and got out a knife.
I did get to try the full range of flavors, including Pumpkin Seed and the straight Vanilla with Sea Salt. It's a good caramel, just like I make at home when I have the time and the weather cooperates. It's a fun item if you're putting together a gift basket, especially if it's a themed with coffee, cheese or other sweets. The fact that you can control the size of the pieces will appeal to some consumers, but I think I just want mine individually wrapped.
POSTED BY Cybele AT 4:34 pm All Natural • Candy • Review • Caramel • Nuts • 7-Worth It • United States • Comments (1)
Tuesday, February 24, 2015
Honey Acres Chocolate and Orange Patties
Honey Acres in Wisconsin has been keeping bees since 1852. They sell a variety of honeys as well as some very specific honey-based products. I picked up these samples from the Fancy Food Show last month.
One of the lines Honey Acres makes are honey patties which feature an unsweetened chocolate coating around a creamed honey center. This may sound familiar, as I've reviewed the Trader Joe's Mint Honey Patties before. Honey Acres actually makes three varieties of honey patties: the traditional mint, orange and chocolate.
The creamed honey is just honey, that's been carefully recrystallized in a way that makes it milky looking, spreadable and thick, instead of clear and viscous. There are no additional ingredients, no dairy associated with the creaming process.
The most intriguing of their three patties is the Honey Kissed Dark Chocolate Cocoa. There are two ingredients: chocolate and honey. It's a little more complicated than that. The chocolate shell is unsweetened chocolate and then the center is honey creamed with unsweetened chocolate.
The pattie comes in a matte gold foil. Snapped in half, the center is a golden brown, set off nicely by they very crisply tempered chocolate.
It's a very strong chocolate product. The honey melts at a different rate from the chocolate on the outside, so it's an uneven mix of the honey flavors, the sweetness, the creaminess and then the bitter pop of the chocolate. It's quite rich and the recommended serving of 3 pieces is very filling. I enjoyed eating them in different ways, sometimes nibbling the chocolate edges so that I had more of a honey proportion for a big bite of the center. Mostly I bit in half and let it all melt together.
Ultimately, I think I prefer a little flavor with it, the chocolate in the honey center did little more than just make the honey less pronounced.
The Honey Kissed Dark Chocolate Orange patty uses Valencia orange extract in the center instead of the peppermint oil for flavoring. This is an interesting combination, because I think that the citrus flavors go far better with honey than peppermint. The oily beeswax feeling on the tongue is cut but the vibrant orange oil. The bitterness of the unsweetened chocolate really shines through all this, with lots more woodsy notes than I noticed when combined with mint.
The calorie count on the website for Honey Acres listed them as about 11 grams a piece and only 110 calories per 3 piece serving. I don't think that's quite right, because it works out to less than 100 calories per ounce, which is not possible for a candy that's also half fat. So, I'd prefer to go with the accounting for the Trader Joe's which says 140 calories for 3 patties.
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POSTED BY Cybele AT 2:53 pm All Natural • Candy • Review • Chocolate • Kosher • 8-Tasty • United States • Comments (3)
Monday, February 23, 2015
Russell Stover Big Bite Coffee
Russell Stover Big Bite House Blend Coffee is a new all-year item from Russell Stover. The 2 ounce pieces are actually big bites, more than a single serving but less than a sharable piece.
The package says: smooth dark chocolate enrobes a robust coffee-flavored center.
This is the first I've seen a coffee flavored item from Russell Stover in their single serve line, though I think they do some coffee items in their boxed chocolates.
The dark chocolate coating is pretty thick and sticks to the filling well. The filling is what I'd call a cross between a ganache and a fudge. It's thick and has a good melt. The base is made from sugar and cream, so it's like a ganache, but doesn't have that much chocolate in it. Instead it's just loaded with coffee. The coffee flavor is woodsy, with a little bitter acidic note to it. It's definitely strong, and not terribly sweet, considering the amount of sugar in there.
It's nice. However, it's big. I don't want this much chocolate and ganache. I want about half as much, and maybe in more of a stick or plank format than a big patty. Or maybe a smaller patty, like a Peppermint Patty format, but with a coffee ganache center.
Russell Stover Big Bite Cappuccino is similar to the House Blend Coffee, instead of a dark chocolate shell, it has a white chocolate shell, kind of like a cappuccino has a milk foam topping.
The package says: Rich coffee-flavored filling surrounded by creamy white chocolate & dusted with cocoa.
My photo didn't turn out very well, partly because it's actually a low contrast wrapper. It's a light gold foil with other darker gold accents and a mix of brown and white text. Not easy to read on the front and even worse on the back.
It smells similarly coffee-ish to the House Blend Coffee, only there's a more sweet note from the white coating. The combination wasn't appealing to me on paper, as I was expecting it to be cloyingly sweet. However, the bitterness of the center can actually accept quite a bit of sweetness from the white chocolate coating, which is especially thick at the middle. It never quite mixes to create a good approximation of a cappuccino or latte, but does give me more of a coffee ice cream note to the whole thing.
On the whole, Russell Stover has done an excellent job with their coffee flavoring for the center. It has a lot of the right flavor elements without tasting too much like instant coffee or including actual coffee grounds in the center. I wouldn't mind seeing these in the seasonal varieties, mostly because those are a bit smaller than the Big Bite line, but I think this is a good addition to their line. Since there aren't many coffee flavored chocolates out on the market, it's a nice option.
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POSTED BY Cybele AT 4:51 pm Candy • Review • Russell Stover • Chocolate • Coffee • White Chocolate • 7-Worth It • United States • Walgreen's • Comments (3)
Wednesday, February 18, 2015
Trader Joe's Milk Chocolate Jumbles
Trader Joe's always has a quirky take on a standard candy. Their new Trader Joe's Milk Chocolate Jumbles are sold in little nearly-half-pound tubs and are similar to Pecan Turtles.
The description is: crunchy pecans & toasted quinoa with soft & buttery caramel enrobed in chocolate and topped with Himalaya pink sea salt. They're Kosher and made with mostly organic dairy ingredients as well. Though they use quinoa for the crunchy bits, they're not a gluten-free candy as they may contain wheat. Also, they're made in a facility with other tree nuts, eggs and peanuts. Too bad, because a gluten free and peanut free notation would really set these apart.
The patties are about 1.5 inches across, so either one big bite or two small bites. The nutritional listing is a little odd, as it says that 3 pieces are 36 grams and come to 140 calories. That's just ridiculous for something with so much chocolate and full dairy caramel ingredients. So, my calculations say that it's 102 calories per ounce, I'm going to say that they're at least 125.
They smell like a sweet milk chocolate with a hint of earthy cereal notes. The patties are very flat and turning them over reveals that the inclusions are small. So the pecans are really not crunchy pecans but actually crunched pecans along with the quinoa.
The chew of the caramel is good, with some excellent buttery notes and toasted sugar flavors. The quinoa is crunchy, but not overly so. The pecans were barely evident, to the point that some pieces seemed to be lacking pecans entirely. But when I did get them, they had a wonderful woodsy, maple note. I would have preferred much more in the pecan front, even if they were just small pieces, or even just the quinoa and leave out the pecans entirely.
I don't know if I would pick these up again, but I enjoyed the package I had. If I saw that they had a dark version or mucked around with the proportions, I'd give them another go. But there are other Trader Joe's items that I much prefer over this, including the Butterscotch Sea Salt Caramels. The price point seemed a bit high, but is far better than DeMet's Pecan Turtles which are usually about twice the price per pound and use inferior ingredients.
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POSTED BY Cybele AT 2:53 pm All Natural • Candy • Review • Trader Joe's • Caramel • Chocolate • Cookie • Nuts • 7-Worth It • United States • Comments (1)
Tuesday, February 17, 2015
Droga Money on Honey Caramels
At the Fancy Food Show last month I tried an array of the offerings from Droga Chocolates, based her in Southern California.
The most standout among their confections, for me, is their Money on Honey Wildflower Honey Caramels. They're a square caramel patty covered in Guittard dark chocolate and sprinkled with fleur de sel. But the big thing to note is that the caramel part is made with California wildflower honey and no corn syrup. So the center is just sugar, honey, cream and butter.
They're made in a gluten free facility with non-gmo ingredients and are Kosher.
I picked up this box of four half-ounce or so caramels at Lolli & Pops. It's a bit pricey for 2.4 ounces at $8.25.
There's a lot of packaging. There's a tray where the caramels sit in fluted cups, which is then inside a box, which is then covered with a sleeve.
Each little piece, though, is quite perfect looking.
They smell of chocolate, with perhaps a floral note of the heavy beeswax scent.
The caramel itself has a good chew, a gentle pull but is stiff enough to hold itself together with the chocolate. The chocolate is bittersweet, not terribly dark or bitter, more on the fruity and woodsy side of things. The caramel has a long lasting chew with a sort of oily nature to it towards the end that honey can impart. The honey flavors are strong and deep, with notes of malt and beeswax.
The sea salt on the top is concentrated kind of at the center, it could be a little better distributed across the surface. It does provide a nice counterpoint to the sweetness of the chocolate and caramel. But generally the chocolate caramel is not that sweet at all. Honey is sweet, for sure, but not as sweet as plain old sugar, it just has a longer ring to it, a longer finish that has a sort of malt and jasmine tea aftertaste to it.
I would definitely buy these again, but probably only for a special occasion because of the price. If there were a smaller single serving size of just one or two caramel, I think I'd be more inclined to indulge.
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POSTED BY Cybele AT 4:09 pm All Natural • Candy • Review • Caramel • Chocolate • 8-Tasty • United States • Comments (0)
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
Theo My Cherry Baby
It's hard to resist a pretty bit of packaging, especially when, as I mentioned in last week's review of the Theo's Love Crunch, a chocolate bar is far better than a greeting card. The bubbly design in reds and pinks is a bit feminine, but the flavors should suit anyone who likes their milk chocolate on the deeper side of the pool.
This Theo bar delivers on the promise of the package, for me. The wrapper for the Theo Chocolate My Cherry Baby bar says, Fall in love with cherries in dreamy 45% milk chocolate - tangy, sweet and yummy.
The bars are made in Seattle with ethically sourced, non GMO, no soy, gluten free, Kosher and in this case, at a darn affordable price. For some reason they weren't $4 a bar, which Theo is usually priced, but I got mine for $1.50 each.
The bar is a dark milk, which is a nice place to start for a high end bar. The flavor is quite deep with rich coffee notes, but also quite a bit of malt and even a hint of yeast in there. The cherry pieces are tiny and a bit on the leathery side. They're tangy and chewy, but not freeze dried crispy bits either. The flavor combines well, though both seem to bring out bitter notes in each other - I got the cherry skin bitterness on one hand and the roasted acrid notes from the chocolate.
It's a tasty bar, easy to eat, but I felt no need to eat more than a large square at a time, even though a half of a bar is the recommended dose.
I do enjoy Theo Chocolate's seasonal bars quite a bit, much more than their standard just-chocolate. The gold standard for them will probably always be the Dark Chocolate Salted Almond ... but toss in a few cherries for a holiday version, and I might be inclined to revise my opinion.
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Friday, February 6, 2015
Seely Dark Chocolate Mint Patties
I've reviewed quite a few mint patties here on Candy Blog over the years. It's a good candy category and allows for a different variations in size, ratios and fondant/filling styles as well as ingredients.
Today I have the Seely Dark Chocolate Mint Patties which are made by hand with Fair Trade certified 70% chocolate and locally harvested mint.
I first tried some Seely products at the Fancy Food Show last month. The family run farm grows peppermint and spearmint in Oregon. They sell both packaged dried mint for tea and a few confectionery specialties made with their mint oils.
The patties are made by hand. It's a curious little process, because they're made like a sandwich, one side at a time. So the bottom is created by creating a puddle of dark chocolate and allowing it to set, then it's flipped over and a mint cream center is deposited on top of it, then another layer of dark chocolate. Like an Oreo that has a flat unmarked inside and an embossed outside, this pattie has the swirls of the chocolate on both sides.
The box holds only 5 patties, which are one ounce each and packaged in an ordinary thick cellophane sleeve. They're expensive, the box was $7.99, so each pattie works out to about $1.60 each.
The dark chocolate is creamy and well tempered, it has a good snap but no real flavor of its own in combination with the peppermint center. The cream center is made from confectioners sugar (which contains corn starch), tapioca syrup and egg whites along with their own peppermint oil for flavor.
The center has a wonderful melt. It's smooth and creamy, not dry but not moist or sticky like a York Peppermint Pattie. The pattie is mostly filling, only the thinnest of chocolate on either side. It's not an overwhelming mint, but it is quite sweet. Though the chocolate is bittersweet, it could be just a little thicker or a little less sweet on its own. Otherwise, this is a true peppermint pattie.
The patties contain egg whites and soy. There are no other allergen statements on the list.
The other item I tried, but don't have a photo for, are their Ivory Mint Melts. I've been curious about these, conceptually, for a long time. The Ivory Mint Melts are just little white chocolate disks flavored with box peppermint and spearmint. Peppermint and white chocolate is quite common, but the use of spearmint is pretty rare. Spearmint is easy to grow, and the most common mint found at the grocery store in the produce aisle. But when it comes to confectionery, nearly everything mint is going to be peppermint. The Ivory Mint Melts are a combination of white chocolate, made with real cocoa butter, and both peppermint and spearmint flavors.
The white chocolate has its own milky flavor, so it's an interesting combination because its not a blank canvas. The melt is quite good, very smooth and with an immediate hit of the spearmint notes. It's peppery and has a grassy note to it, then there's the peppermint in the background. It's really refreshing but took some getting used to as it is just so unusual. I would definitely buy these, though they're expensive and I'd prefer to find them in a store instead of paying both the high price (it's artisan) and the shipping.
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Thursday, February 5, 2015
Theo Red Hot Cinnamon Love Crunch
Valentine's Day candy is disappointing because it's usually about the packaging. So, I was pleased at Whole Foods when I spotted two limited edition varieties from Theo Chocolate for Valentine's Day ... and on sale at 2 bars for $3 (they're usually $4 each). I've often said that a fine chocolate bar is better than a greeting card and in this case, far cheaper. There's even a "To" and "From" spot on the back of the bar. (But the ideal touch would be to include at least a personalized post it note.)
It's called Theo Red Hot Cinnamon Love Crunch. The description on the back said: The red-hot crunch of cinnamon brittle in smooth, rich, 70% dark chocolate - spicy and sweet.
Sounds amazing: for $1.50, I was getting a unique bar that combined cinnamon and chocolate, that was also fair trade certified, non-GMO, organic, vegan, soy-free, Kosher and made here in the USA. Goodbye, ordinary candy in a heart shaped package! (The other bar I picked up was the milk chocolate My Cherry Baby.)
On the tongue at first it's a little tangy. The melt is a little grainy, I wasn't sure if it was the crunchy bits or not at first, but it seems that some of it is spices. It became apparent very quickly that this was not just a cinnamon and chocolate bar. My bad for not reading the label fully.
Here's the deal: the package is pink, the printing on the back is brown. In full light and my reading glasses, I can read it. But not in the dim light and glassesless state I was in at Whole Foods. (My usual trick when I don't have my glasses and the print is tiny is to take a photo with my phone and then blow it up, but I read the description and thought that was the extent of the flavors.)
The ingredients of interest here are (after you get through the chocolate stuff): cayenne, cinnamon leaf essential oil, black pepper essential oil, nutmeg essential oil and clove essential oil.
I actually like spicy things (curry, cinnamon, black pepper and ginger), but the one I can't do is red pepper. Capsascin is one of those compounds that people experience differently because of genetic differences. For me, cayenne isn't fun, there's a lot of heat that doesn't seem to dissipate and in higher concentrations it just induces nausea. So, I avoid anything other than mild chili items. While there's a proliferation of chili peppers in confection, and for the most part they're tolerable, though not always enjoyable for me.
This was freakishly hot for me. I got the different sensations from the various spices, I could actually discern the difference between the black pepper and the cayenne and the cinnamon. (Clove actually has a bit of a numbing effect.) The cinnamon really only came in at the beginning as a scent. The tangy bite of the chocolate did help to mellow the pepper at first, but once it hit my throat, the one-two punch of black and red pepper was too much. The little brittle crunch pieces were supposed to be cinnamon, and maybe some of them were, but other larger bits seemed flavorless.
I tried this bar twice, eating only one of the large squares each time in small bits. The warming effect from the spices lasts a long time, well over a half an hour. Though it didn't upset my stomach, it really didn't please me either and I don't plan on finishing the bar.
If your loved one is partial to the extremely spicy side of things, this might be a good option, especially if you're looking for something without dairy or soy (the Lindt dark chocolate products contain milk and soy ingredients). The bar is made in a facility that also handles peanuts, wheat, milk, eggs and soy.
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Based on your body of work, do people expect you to be very, very serious when they meet you?
I don't know [laughs]! What did you expect?
Well from your roles: serious, mature, well-spoken, but I was hoping—and it's been confirmed—that you'd be nice, affable, and not so serious.
[Laughs] Not so serious? I'm a grown boy, I have my moments. I think everyone has their moments, but I know to be serious when it's time to be serious. The roles are clearly dramatic and have serious tones to them, but I like acting, I like jumping out of my comfort zone and playing people that aren't me so it's a different, fun portrayal.
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I have a film coming out January 31, which is a romantic comedy called Are We Officially Dating? with Miles Teller and Zac Efron–I think that's very different than what I've ever done before. Not really scared of being typecast at all, it's ultimately my choice at the end of the day in what I'm doing. I want to do things that show range; I want to do all types of work. I would not like to be typecast, so I'm looking for things that are all over the place just to try to find my different sides and personalities.
How was it working on a comedy?
It was a little nerve-wracking, but it was fun. It was fun getting out of your comfort zone and trying something new for the first time.
You star alongside with Zac Efron, who's also been in the business for a long time, albeit in projects that are very different from what you've done. Did he teach you any dance moves from his High School Musical days?
Oh come on, girl, you're reaching [laughs]. You think guys get together on the phone at night and say, "Let me see the routine!"? [Sings] "And bend, and snap, and spin!" No, I didn't do any "kumbaya" [laughs].
I'm a woman, I don't know what guys do when they hang out.
[Laughs] No, we didn't do that. We hung out, we ran the streets of New York, we had a good time. I've known Zac, being out here in L.A., so he was a buddy of mine walking into it. It was like shooting with one of my good friends and that always works out for the best.
Is there a genre you haven't done that you're looking to explore next?
I really want to get into action-adventure stuff, maybe some thrillers, some fantasy, everything. I don't know what's next to tell you the truth, but I just want to move forward into all different types of genres. Maybe not comedy so much, I'm not sure.
Did you find filming a comedy scary? It's difficult to go out there and tell a joke, hoping people will laugh.
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The festivities begin at 4:00 p.m. with the Long Hill Fire Department Trucks on display for all to marvel at and Santa leading the crowd through holiday carols while his elves are on hand for face painting. The Brookfield High School dance team and the New Fairfield High School Carolers will also perform. The countdown to the tree lighting begins at 5:00 pm, followed by continued caroling led by Stew Leonard's Wow the Cow, Daisy the Duck and Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. Santa, Mrs. Claus and Rudolph will also be available for picture taking. Hot cocoa and cookies will be served to keep everyone warm.
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By Rudi WilliamsAmerican Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, April 30, 2002 A soldier, a Marine and an Air Force bomber pilot discussed patriotism and freedom with middle school students nationwide during an unusual April 30 Web cast here.
"Bertie Backus Middle School in Washington, D.C., is doing something that's never been done before," the moderator, ABC television reporter Cokie Roberts told the packed auditorium.
"We're going to be talking to thousands of middle school students simultaneously about freedom and patriotism and what it means to kids today," she said. "We're doing it live in this auditorium, live on the Internet, and live on satellite television to schools across America -- all at the same time!"
"We're going to be talking about some important things today -- like the kind of values that make our country strong and what it means to be free," Roberts told the audience. "We're going to ask you to think about what you can do to make America a better place."
The program, called "Celebration of Patriotism," went over the Web to 14 middle schools nationwide. Anyone with Internet access also could watch by visiting the Together for Freedom Web site, www.TogetherForFreedom.org. An encore presentation can be viewed May 13 at 11 a.m. EDT.
The Marine Corps Color Guard presented the colors, followed by Bertie Backus seventh grader Ayanna Reed singing the national anthem.
Military panelists were Marine Corps Lt. Col. Dave Lapan, a DoD public affairs officers; Air Force 1st Lt. Kathryn "Kate" M. Gries, who flew B1-B bomber combat missions over Afghanistan with the 34th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron of Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho; and Army Ranger Sgt. LaShaun O'Neal Lawery of the 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Fort Benning, Ga. Lawery was part of the first offensive action of Operation Enduring Freedom and participated in a combat parachute assault onto Objective Rhino on Oct. 19, 2001.
Gries told the audience about being a B1-B co-pilot and emphasized that today, "Every opportunity is available to women on the warfighting team."
Asked what freedom means to her, Gries responded, "Freedom means you can choose what you want to do." She added that she was able to become a bomber pilot because of freedom in America, but also noted, "Along with freedom comes responsibility, not only to preserve it, but to appreciate it."
She said that could be done by choosing a career of service or in small ways every day by everyone by sending messages of support.
Lawery, an infantry team leader, said after participating in Enduring Freedom, he came to realize how fortunate he is.
"We have a lot of rights in America," he said. "Over there, they're told what to think, what to say and how to act, whereas here we have freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and so on. I'd thought about those things before, but they didn't really hit me until after I came back from Afghanistan."
"Freedom is something we can't take for granted. It's an incredible gift," Lapan emphasized. He said the armed forces and many other people over the years preserved the freedoms Americans enjoy today. He said he hopes that when his two-year-old daughter is old enough, she'll realize that he fought "to preserve freedom so she grows up in a country that's free like the one I enjoy."
The military panelists were joined by commercial airline pilot Tom Heidenberger, whose wife of 29 years, Michele, was a flight attendant on American Airlines Flight 77 when it slammed into the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001; Jeremy O'Keefe, a senior at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, who is currently directing a theatrical event he created called "Patriot: An Exercise in Freedom." Two students on the panel were eighth grader Adam Popp of Corporate Landing Middle School, Virginia Beach, Va., and Heather Davis, a junior at Ocean Lakes High School, also in Virginia Beach.
"Adam and Heather are here today," Roberts told the audience, "because Adam's father and Heather's stepfather both are in the Navy and are serving aboard the USS John F. Kennedy, which is an aircraft carrier deployed in Operation Enduring Freedom."
After asking the young people several questions about their dads and what freedom means to them, Roberts said, "We have a video surprise for both of you." Messages from both of their fathers were played on the large movie screen in the auditorium.
The panel discussion was followed by about 20 minutes of questions and answers from the audience and via e-mail.
After the Web cast, Doro Bush Koch, President Bush's sister, said she and a group of people formed Together for Freedom because they wanted to do something after the Sept. 11 terrorist attack.
"We felt that the greatest gift of America is the gift of freedom," Koch said. "We wanted to promote patriotism and educate students to understand that freedom is a gift. So we created this panel and have gone to middle school children all over the country -- all over the world, really, in hopes that they'll get a better understanding of what freedom means to them."
Koch said middle school children were selected because "they're just the right age before they're making important decisions and choices in their lives. So we thought it was a good time to educate them on patriotism."
Together for Freedom's event co-sponsors were the Compaq Computer Corp., Sorenson Media, and the Department of Defense.


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MERCERVILLE, Ohio — The streaks continues.
The Eastern volleyball team won its 10th consecutive match, its 29th straight Tri-Valley Conference Hocking Division match and its 15th game in a row Monday night with a triumph over host South Gallia.
The Lady Eagles (13-1, 9-0 TVC Hocking) won 25-12, 25-8 and 25-9 over the Lady Rebels (7-5, 3-4).
Eastern's service attack was led by Ally Hendrix with 16 points, including 11 straight to start the second game. Erin Swatzel had 10 points for EHS, while Maddie Rigsby and Gabby Hendrix with nine points apiece. Kiki Osborne had four points and Jordan Parker finished with three to round out the Lady Eagles scoring.
Rigsby led the victors with 13 kills, followed by Parker with 12 and Swatzel with seven. Osborne and Katie Keller each had three kills while Gabby Hendrix and Ally Hendrix each finished with one kill each. Keller led the Lady Eagles with two blocks, while Parker and Swatzel each had one. Ally Hendrix had 38 assists to lead Eastern while Gabby Hendrix had 20 digs in the triumph.
Brynn Adams led South Gallia with three service points, followed by Ellie Bostic and Meghan Caldwell with two points apiece. Bailie Corbin finished with one point to round out the SGHS scoring. Bostic and Caldwell each had four kills for the Lady Rebels while Adams had two. Caldwell led the hosts with four blocks on the night. Corbin and Bailey each had two digs in the contest, followed by Bostic and Shelby Sanders with one apiece.
This is Eastern's second victory over South Gallia this year. The first came in the season opener on August 30th in Tuppers Plains. The Lady Eagles won the first game 25-6, and the next two games 25-14.


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A Helmsman is a person who steers a ship and many types of boats. In the merchant Marine, this is usually an able seaman. In the Marines, it is a seaman or a quartermaster.
In One PieceEdit
In the series, the only known helmsman of any crew is Jesus Burgess of the Blackbeard Pirates.[2] It is unknown if Burgess is still a helmsman, as he was promoted to captain of the Blackbeard Pirates' first ship somewhere around the time Blackbeard became one of the Yonko.[3] Jinbe also has some skill at steering a ship.[4]
The Straw Hat Pirates do not have an official helmsman, though the most common people seen steering the ship are Nami, Usopp, or Chopper in his human form. However, Franky and Sanji have also been seen steering the Thousand Sunny many times.
- ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 24 Chapter 222 and Episode 146, Jesus Burgess, the helmsman of the Blackbeard Pirate, debuts.
- ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 25 Chapter 234 and Episode 151, Burgess is introduced as the helmsman of the Blackbeard Pirates.
- ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 71 Chapter 704 and Episode 634, Burgess' new position is revealed.
- ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 56 Chapter 548 and Episode 451, Jinbe steering a hijacked Marines battleship.


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