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This recipe is from
The Best Recipes in the World
YIELD: makes 8 or more servnigs
- 2 cups drained well-cooked (page 431) or canned chickpeas, liquid reserved
- 1/2 cup tahini, optional, with some of its oil
- 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil, plus oil for drizzling
- 2 garlic cloves, peeled, or to taste
- Salt and black pepper to taste
- 1 tablespoon ground cumin or paprika, or to taste, plus a sprinkling for garnish
- Juice of 1 lemon, plus more as needed
- Chopped fresh parsley leaves for garnish
Put everything except the parsley in a food processor and begin to process; add the chickpea liquid or water as needed to allow the machine to produce a smooth puree.
Taste and adjust the seasoning (I often find I like to add much more lemon juice). Serve, drizzled with the olive oil and sprinkled with a bit more cumin or paprika and some parsley.
Best Recipes in the World by Mark Bittman. Copyright © 2005 by Mark Bittman. Published by Broadway Books. All Rights Reserved.
MARK BITTMAN is the author of the blockbuster Best Recipes in the World (Broadway, 2005) and the classic bestseller How to Cook Everything, which has sold more than one million copies. He is also the coauthor, with Jean-Georges Vongerichten, of Simple to Spectacular and Jean-Georges: Cooking at Home with a Four-Star Chef. Mr. Bittman is a prolific writer, makes frequent appearances on radio and television, and is the host of The Best Recipes in the World, a 13-part series on public television. He lives in New York and Connecticut.
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Nutritional Info
- Calories232
- Carbohydrates17 g (6%)
- Fat16 g (25%)
- Protein7 g (14%)
- Saturated Fat2 g (11%)
- Sodium158 mg (7%)
- Polyunsaturated Fat5 g
- Fiber5 g (21%)
- Monounsaturated Fat8 g
- Cholesterol0


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- Federal appeals court to hear case of Juárez teen killed by Border Patrol agent
- Court: Border Patrol agent who fatally shot Juárez teen can be sued
- US won't release videos in Border Patrol shooting of Juárez teen, lawyers say
- Lawyers: Juárez teen fatally shot by Border Patrol agent not throwing rocks
- Border Patrol under scrutiny for deadly force
- Suit in fatal shooting of Mexican teen by Border Patrol agent gains support
- Downtown protest in memory of teen shot, killed by U.S. Border Patrol agent
- US officials to visit parents of Mexican teen shot, killed by Border Patrol agent
- Chihuahua officials seek extradition of border agent in the '10 shooting death of teenager
- Dead teen's family to pursue suit against Border Patrol agent
- Dead Mexican teen's family to pursue suit against Border Patrol agent
- Shooting suit against border agent dismissed
- Mexican officials offer legal help to family of Juárez boy fatally shot by US agent
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- Lawsuit names Border Patrol agent who allegedly shot, killed Juárez teen
- Shooting of teen by border patrol agent was 'justified,' lawyer says
- Family of Juárez 15-year-old shot and killed by a U.S. Border Patrol agent: 'We just want justice'
- Family sues US in border shooting
- Kin of Mexican teen shot by Border Patrol agent to sue over death
- Border Patrol agent who shot boy is back on duty
- Official: Border Patrol agent who shot, killed 15-year-old boy back on duty
- Group marches outside Border Patrol offices to protest shooting death
- Experts say extradition unlikely if Border Patrol agent charged
- Ignacio Padilla: Mexico must police its side of the border
- Juárez police to assist in border areas
- Times Q&A: Ex-agent says Border Patrol has grown, but dangers remain
- Threats target Border Patrol agents
- Iowa senator says proper fence could have prevented border shooting
- Group attacks border fence in protest of border patrol shooting
- Notable quotes: Border patrol shooting
- Attorney General Eric Holder regrets shooting of Mexican teen
- Feds investigate shooting: Border agent's slaying of Juárez teen triggers civil-rights case
- Agents are trained to use nonlethal weapons, too
- Ouisa D. Davis: Fatal shooting raises issue of enforcement vs. basic rights
- Feds launch civil-rights investigation in border agent's slaying of Mexican teen
- Mexican President Felipe Calderon urges U.S. probe of border deaths
- In Juárez, little outcry over death of teenager
- Border agents on bikes armed with water, batons, guns
- Activists gather at bridge to remember teenager shot, killed by Border Patrol agent
- U.S. Rep. Silvestre Reyes: Border Patrol shooting will not affect relations with Mexico
- Boy shot and killed by Border Patrol agent will be buried Thursday
- Vigil tonight for boy shot and killed by Border Patrol agent
- Two men arrested in connection with Border Patrol shooting remain in custody
- Dozens protest fatal shooting of boy by Border Patrol agent
- Mexico anger high as US Border Patrol agent kills teen
- Officials: US agents increasingly face dangerous attacks
- Mexico blasts fatal shooting by Border Patrol agent
- Juárez mayor reacts to fatal shooting of teenager by Border Patrol agent
- Timeline: Border Patrol incidents in El Paso sector
- Raw video: Border shooting interview 2
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- Chart: Attacks against Border Patrol agents in El Paso sector
- Border Patrol agent who shot and killed 15-year-old boy fired gun several times
- Update: 15-year old shot and killed by Border Patrol agent near Paso del Norte Bridge
- Statement by Chihuahua authorities on Border Patrol agent involved in shooting
- Border agent involved in shooting near Paso del Norte bridge
›› Photo gallery: Vigil for Sergio Adrian Hernandez Guereca
Video: Confrontation between men and Border Patrol agent
EL PASO -- A Juárez teenager shot and killed Monday by a U.S. Border Patrol agent had a history of smuggling immigrants across the border, federal law enforcement officials said Wednesday.
The uproar over the death of Sergio Adrián Hernández Güereca, 15, intensified Wednesday with protests, vigils and an eyewitness video showing the deadly confrontation on the Rio Grande.
Hernández was shot by an agent who was allegedly being attacked with rocks while trying to make an arrest near the Paso del Norte Bridge.
In Juárez, family and friends of Hernández grieved at his casket during a memorial in the family's small home. The boy's father had described him as a student, not a troublemaker.
But U.S. federal law enforcement officials say Hernández was among youthful guides who help "coyotes," or smugglers, sneak undocumented immigrants across the border.
Federal law enforcement officials said Hernández was a known juvenile smuggler listed on records from the Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System, which includes photos and fingerprints. Officials spoke on the condition of anonymity because juvenile records are private.
Officials said that Hernández was on the El Paso juvenile smugglers most-wanted list at the time of his death and that the teen's most recent charge of smuggling undocumented immigrants into the U.S. was in 2009.
Border Patrol agents have said that juveniles often serve as illegal crossing guides because they can avoid full prosecution.
Mexican officials could not confirm whether Hernández had previously committed a crime.
Arturo Sandoval, spokesman for the Chihuahua state attorney general's office, said Hernández's criminal history is also being investigated. Officials said that a person younger than 14 cannot be arrested in Mexico
A cell-phone video of the fatal shooting was aired Wednesday evening on news programs on the Spanish-language Univision television network.
The grainy video shows about four men crossing the almost-dry riverbed toward a fence on the U.S. side of the Rio Grande. The men then run back toward Mexico when a Border Patrol agent arrives on a bicycle and stops one man at gunpoint on the concrete riverbank on the U.S. side.
The video shows that while the agent has the man on the ground, he points his gun toward Mexico before several gunshots are heard. The video then shows a body next to a column under the railroad Black Bridge.
"Estan tirando piedras. Le dio, el estupido, le dio," a person says on the video. Translated, "They are throwing rocks. He hit him, that stupid one, hit him."
The video also shows the arrival of Mexican police with guns drawn before insults can be heard being yelled.
An FBI spokeswoman told The Associated Press said that Mexican soldiers pointed their rifles and chased away U.S. Border Patrol agents after the shooting.
Three Juárez bridge vendors interviewed Wednesday said they saw the Border Patrol agent shoot Hernández and disputed claims that the teenager threatened the agent.
"The kid wasn't throwing rocks," Estelle González said. "He was only watching."
González sells hats on the Paso del Norte Bridge, and she and some other vendors witnessed Monday's confrontation from there. Edgar Martinez, 32, and Luis Rodriguez Rosales, 27, also said Hernández wasn't throwing anything.
"He was shooting like crazy," González said of the agent. She said he fired three times.
The Border Patrol hasn't identified the agent who shot the teen.
After the shooting, other Border Patrol agents hustled the bicycle agent away and picked up shell casings soon after the shooting, the witnesses said.
Chihuahua state police confirmed that the cause of Hernández's death was a gunshot wound to the head. The medical examiner found a bullet inside Hernández's head. Officials are investigating the shooting as a homicide.
The two men detained by the Border Patrol during the shooting incident were identified by FBI officials as Oscar Ivan Piñeda Ayala, 29, and Agustín Alcaraz Reyes, 47, both of Mexico.
"They're probably going to be material witnesses for the investigation," said Border Patrol spokesman Doug Mosier.
Alcaraz and Piñeda are being held without bond at the federal detention facility in East El Paso.
According to jail records, Piñeda faces a charge of illegal entry, and Alcaraz faces charges of illegal entry and re-entering into the United States after being deported.
Mexican government officials from Juárez Mayor José Reyes Ferriz to the President Felipe Calderón have condemned the shooting.
"Justicia, justicia," chanted a group of about 70 protesters in El Paso at the foot of the Paso del Norte Bridge, asking for "justice" during an afternoon sun and 100-degree heat. Protesters felt the shooting was excessive force.
A Border Patrol helicopter circled overhead during the protest organized by the Border Network for Human Rights.
Wednesday night, more than 100 people attended a vigil in the Chihuahuita neighborhood in El Paso near the scene of the shooting.
"It's more than a protest. It's a way of saying we care for human life," Priya Rabindran, 39, of El Paso said while holding a lighted candle. "It is important to me because I believe in nonviolence. I believe every life is special."
Andy Ramirez, national president of the Law Enforcement Officers Advocates Council, said that the agent was defending himself and that the teen's death was being exploited by Mexican politicians.
"It's clear that Mexico was engaging in a propaganda campaign to paint the foot guide as a good, clean student who was gunned down in cold blood," Ramirez said. "Calderón knew this, but sought 'justice' in the form of yet another scalp, which could still yet happen."
But criticism of the shooting death was spreading worldwide. London-based Amnesty International issued a statement Wednesday condemning the shooting.
"This shooting across the border appears to have been a grossly disproportionate response and flies in the face of international standards that compel police to use firearms only as a last resort, in response to an immediate, deadly threat that cannot be contained through lesser means," said Susan Lee, Amnesty International's Americas director.
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Dailey & Vincent continued their winning ways during the 21st annual International Bluegrass Music Awards Thursday at the Ryman Auditorium. The act collected five trophies, including its third consecutive Entertainer of the Year honor.
Dailey & Vincent also won Vocal Group and Recorded Event of the Year, the latter shared with Larry Stephenson for "Give This Message To Your Heart." Dailey & Vincent Sing The Statler Brothers, recorded for Cracker Barrel, led the band to two additional victories: Album of the Year and Best Graphic Design for a Recorded Project.
Appropriately, they performed "Elizabeth" during the awards show with a guest appearance on the third verse by Jimmy Fortune, who wrote and sang lead on the Statlers' original 1984 release.
The Statlers "were really, really great singers and great entertainers," said Jamie Dailey, who called the project his "dream album."
Inspired by the Statlers and a raft of bluegrass predecessors, Dailey & Vincent take the entertainment component of their gig seriously. They are regularly reminded, Dailey said, that many members of their audience on any given night are going through difficult times with the economy, health or family.
"It's our job," Dailey said, to "entertain those people and to make their cares go away for an hour and a half."
Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper figured in three awards. The band walked off with Instrumental Group of the Year, and two members were recognized among the IBMA's musician winners: Michael Cleveland took the fiddle trophy and Marshall Wilborn claimed bass. Josh Williams, the Gibson Brothers, "Ring The Bell" songwriter Chet O'Keefe and former Union Station mandolin player Adam Steffey were all double winners.
Hosted by Jerry Douglas with Sharon and Cheryl White, the awards included plenty of praise for the Ryman, which provided a historic link on several occasions. The Sam Bush Band played its nominated song "The Ballad Of Stringbean And Estelle," which recounted the night comedian Stringbean and his wife were ambushed and killed by robbers in November 1973. The crime took place when they returned home after his performance on the Grand Ole Opry, then held at the Ryman.
The Whites and Alison Krauss + Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas played a trio of songs from the 10-year-old O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack, much of which was performed live at the Ryman for the first time in May 2000.
And Earl, Randy and Gary Scruggs performed "You Are My Flower" after the late Louise Scruggs was inducted in the IBMA Hall of Fame. Earl's first performance with Lester Flatt in Bill Monroe's band, at the Ryman in 1945, is a seminal moment in bluegrass history. It was also at the Ryman that Earl and Louise met.
Also installed in the Hall of Fame was John Hartford, who was hailed as a forerunner of the newgrass movement and as a gregarious musician with a load of wit and wisdom.
"Do what you love," presenter Tim O'Brien remembered him saying. "That way, if it doesn't work out, you didn't waste your time."
Appropriately, the John Hartford String Band led the night's final performance, joined by Jamie Hartford, Dobro players Tut Taylor and Jerry Douglas, banjo player Allison Brown, mandolinists Sam Bush and Tim O'Brien and vocalist Peter Rowan. They collectively turned in a joyfully reverent version of "Gentle On My Mind," the Grammy-winning standard John wrote for Glen Campbell.
Winners of the 21st annual IBMA Awards include:
• ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR: Dailey & Vincent
• VOCAL GROUP: Dailey & Vincent
• INSTRUMENTAL GROUP: Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper
• MALE VOCALIST: Russell Moore
• FEMALE VOCALIST: Claire Lynch
• SONG: "Ring The Bell", The Gibson Brothers (artists); Chet O'Keefe (songwriter)
• ALBUM: Dailey & Vincent Sing The Statler Brothers, Dailey & Vincent (artists & producers)
• RECORDED EVENT: "Give This Message To Your Heart", Larry Stephenson featuring Dailey & Vincent (artists), Ben Surratt & Larry Stephenson (producers)
• INSTRUMENTAL RECORDED PERFORMANCE: "Durang's Hornpipe," Adam Steffey (artist), Barry Bales & Gary Paczosa (producers)
• GOSPEL RECORDED PERFORMANCE: "Ring The Bell", The Gibson Brothers (artists & producers), Chet O'Keefe (songwriter)
• EMERGING ARTIST: Josh Williams Band
• BANJO: Kristin Scott Benson
• BASS: Marshall Wilborn
• FIDDLE: Michael Cleveland
• DOBRO: Rob Ickes
• GUITAR: Josh Williams
• MANDOLIN: Adam Steffey
• DISTINGUISHED ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: Benjamin "Tex" Logan, Sherry Boyd, Lynn Morris, Richard Weize, Pete Wernick
• BLUEGRASS BROADCASTER: Kyle Cantrell, Sirius XM Satellite Radio
• PRINT MEDIA PERSON: Eddie Dean, Dr. Ralph Stanley, authors of Man Of Constant Sorrow: My Life And Times
• LINER NOTES FOR A RECORDED PROJECT: Dr. Ted Olson (writer), Appalachia Music from Home, Various Artists
• BEST GRAPHIC DESIGN FOR A RECORDED PROJECT: Julie Craig, Cracker Barrel (designer); Dailey & Vincent; Dailey & Vincent Sing The Statler Brothers
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In our earlier post on "Top MBA Distance Learning India" we had discussed why getting a Distance Education MBA degree is boon for working professionals. In our this post we're gonna tell you about the top universities in India offers correspondence MBA degree program.
Increasing number of job opportunities in has given a strong boost to distance learning MBA programs in India. All popular university in India now a days offering various distance learning programs & those who are not providing are joining this bandwagon.
When someone though of doing an Online MBA or Correspondence MBA degree program in India, the first few name that comes into our mind are IGNOU, Symbiosis & Sikkim Manipal. No doubt all of these universities are renowned & best in providing management degree programs but there are many other universities & institutions as well which also offers world class management programs through online & study center mode.
Increasing number of job opportunities in has given a strong boost to distance learning MBA programs in India. All popular university in India now a days offering various distance learning programs & those who are not providing are joining this bandwagon.
When someone though of doing an Online MBA or Correspondence MBA degree program in India, the first few name that comes into our mind are IGNOU, Symbiosis & Sikkim Manipal. No doubt all of these universities are renowned & best in providing management degree programs but there are many other universities & institutions as well which also offers world class management programs through online & study center mode.
As we all know Indra Gandhi National University is worlds largest open university in terms of number of students enrolled. It was founded in 1985 & currently serving more than 35 lakhs students worldwide. Pan India reach & some study centers in abroad makes it the perfect choice for doing a correspondence program. IGNOU offers 175 academic programs comprising 1100 courses at certificate, diploma and degree levels including diploma, degree & Phd programmes in management. IGNOU MBA is one of the most popular management degree programme in India.
Symbiosis International University is one the UGC and the AICTE recognized multi-institutional university located in Pune, India. The university runs various postgraduate, diploma & certificate distance learning courses under "Symbiosis center for distance learning". It has learning centers across India which provides admission assistance & classes to interested candidates. Recently SCDL has been ranked 2nd amongst the Leading Institutes – by DNA Indus Learning Survey 2012. Students also gets the placement assistance after completing their course.
Institute of Management & Technology (IMT)
IMT is among the top business schools in India. The institute is located in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. IMT offers its distance education programmes in management and information technology under IMT-CDL. The institute has been ranked No.1 by various magazines & news channels including DNA, Outlook, Competition Success Review, Zee News, Hindustan Times. The institute has its presence across the country. IMT also offers the facility to take lectures online & you can also appear in online exam.
Sikkim Manipal University
SMU-DE is ISO 9001: 2000 certified university offers distance education programmes in many disciplines. All programmes offered by Sikkim Manipal University Distance Education are recognised by DEC . SMU-DE has more than 725 Authorised Centres in 310 towns. SMU-DE offers education through EduNxt, which is an award-winning learning delivery system. It also offers scholarship to 1500 meritorious students.
Welingkar Institute of Management
Prin. L.N .Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research (WeSchool) one of the leading Business schools in Asia, with impeccable accreditation and recognition from various national and international organizations. From last few years the institute is promoting it's distance education courses & opening up new study centers across India. Welingkar offers a two year PG diploma program in distance learning mode. There is no exam to join the program.
MD University
Maharishi Dayanand University is a state level university based at Rohtak, Haryana. It offers distance education courses under Directorate of Distance Education (DDE). Currently it offers 40 courses including 21 Postgraduate degree courses, 14 courses for Bachelors degree, 5 course is P.G. Diplomas. Currently it is serving more than 1,27,000 students through various study centers across India.
ICFAI is a UGC recognized university offers 2 years distance education Master of Business Administration course. The MBA Program is essentially based on self-study and examinations. Students may also participate in workshops & contact classes which are optional. It provides facility for online registrations & examinations.
Amity University
Amity University is India's one of the top ranked university offers distance education in management & technology to the masses in an affordable fee. Currently it is offering postgraduate, bachelor & diploma courses in management. you can read more about the courses & can apply for them online from their official website.
Lovely Professional University
LPU is a leading private university based in Pujab. It recently started offering distance mba through its various study centers. The curriculum of this university has been designed keeping the modern business scenario which is a plus point of this. It offers 2 year distance learning MBA program.
Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University
Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University is a DEC, Government of India, New Delhi approved university offers various diploma, bachelor & postgraduate programme in management. you can collect Information Brochure (including Admission Form) from academic annexes located in our Institutions in Pune, New Delhi, Navi Mumbai, Kolhapur, Karad, Sangli and Solapur.
Indian Institute of Finance
IIF-DLP's are primiarily designed for senior executives and executives with no formal background in Finance. The sessions for the DLP's begin twice in a year (on 1st May and 1st November). The programmes follow a Bi-Semester system to meet the needs and requirements of senior executives. Currently the institute offering a One Year Post Graduate Distance Learning Program called Basic Business Finance (BBF) & a Two Year Post Graduate Distance Learning Program called Management of Business Finance (MBF).
University 18
University18 is India's first and largest online University Platform having partnerships with some of India's largest Universities. It offers a choice to students to choose a course from a national university i.e Karnataka State Open University, Uttarakhand Open University or choose ones with huge International presence such as the Don Bosco University, India.
University of Madras
University of Madras is another top university in India offers various under graduate & post graduate programs in various disciplines including management. It offers Executive MBA, General MBA & integrated MBA under its correspondence learning medium.
Annamalai University
Annamalai University is more than 80 years old university based in Tamilnadu, known for its diversified portfolio of programs under distance learning mode. It offers 2 years management programme with dual specialization & single specialization. All the courses offered by AU are approved by DEC, New Delhi.
Vardhaman Mahaveer Open University (VMOU)
Vardhaman Mahaveer Open University (VMOU) Kota, Or previously known as Kota university is a well known open university in India based at Kota, Rajasthan. It has total 65 Study Centers in the state to reach students from across Rajasthan. It offers one MBA program & 3 other post graduate diploma program under its management courses offering.
Osmania University
Osmania University is A ***** accredited university by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council based at Hydrabad. It offers a MBA course with 3 years duration. A candidate should qualify Integrated Common Entrance Test to take admission into this programme. The fee for MBA programme offered by the university is Rs.12000/Year.
Karnataka State Open University (KSOU)
KSOU is located in Mysore offered higher education programs through Open-distance learning system. It offered one year diploma courses & 2 year MBA programme under management course category. The courses are approved by DEC & it is a regular member of the Association of Indian Universities (AIU), Delhi & Permanent member of Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) London UK.
Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies
NMIMS a premier institute in India also offers a distance MBA course. All of the programs offered by SDL are approved by DEC, IGNOU, (New Delhi) Govt Of India. Currently NMIMS-SDL offering 14 programs.
XLRI Jamshedpur also offer 12 months MBA course with a partnership of Hughes NET Global & Reliance World. The program is specially designed for working professionals with minimum 2 years of working experience after graduation. Currently XLRI offering 5 different program through satellite learning.
Indian institute of Management (IIM)
The most prestigious management institution of India IIM e.g IIM Calcutta, IIM Lucknow, IIM Kozhikode, IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Indore also offers a MBA programs in collaboration with NIIT Imperia & Hughes Global Education. Read our post to know more about how to take admission into IIM.
Apart from the universities & institutions mentioned above many other top universities like Jamia Hamdard, Uttar Pradesh Rajarshi Tandon Open University, Dr B R Ambedkar Open University (DBROU) & Teerthanker Mahaveer University also offer a MBA Distance Learning courses in India.


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~ Posted by Jasper Rees, January 24th 2013
What are quest books if not the literary arm of the self-help industry? The latest addition to an ever-growing genre is "Play It Again", in which amateur pianist and Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger (right) tasks himself with conquering Chopin's fiendish Ballade in G minor. Rusbridger is an unusual visitor to these waters, having already enjoyed quite enough success in another field. Indeed much of the book, structured as a journal, finds him grappling with Julian Assange over WikiLeaks and News International over phone hacking.
As the author of two of them, I have my own theories about what makes a quest book work. Does "Play It Again" tick all six of the genre's boxes?
1. Know the market A quest book needs a captive readership. Neither amateur pianists nor media historians will find this stuff anywhere else. If Rusbridger's book seems a publishing gamble it's because there's no guaranteed overlap between the two.
2. Say it with the subtitle The title can play on words, but the reader needs to know what really lurks on the inside. Rusbridger's "An Amateur Against the Impossible" was probably foisted on him by his publisher, but it ups the stakes succinctly.
3. Quest first, book second A quest which exists only for the purposes of meeting a publishing contract will be found out for what it is: bogus. Rusbridger's fire is properly ignited by the Ballade, so there is a genuine journey to chronicle.
4. Inspire The reader needs to take away something personal, useful and above all inspirational from the quest. Rusbridger marches piecemeal towards his distant goal on 20 minutes a day. At bottom his is a how-to guide to better time management. Its higher purpose is to reveal the creative riches to be mined in those 20 minutes.
5. Avoid narcissism A quest book must attempt the unusual party trick: to take the structure of the me-myself memoir but not force the reader into prolonged inspection of the author's navel. Rusbridger's pianistic odyssey, during which he meets most of the great soloists, is far more than just about him. In fact he could have bared his soul more.
6. Write it like a thriller If the reader doesn't care what happens next, the book is sunk. The quest needs jeopardy, which music easily supplies in the shape of a climactic performance. "Play It Again" accelerates into a page-turner. If his smallish audience might have been a shade more intimidating, the vertical challenge of the Ballade does the business.
Jasper Rees is the author of "I Found My Horn: One Man's Struggle with the Orchestra's Most Difficult Instrument", published in the US as "A Devil to Play", and "Bred of Heaven: One Man's Quest to Reclaim His Welsh Roots"
See also: Can the Guardian survive? Tim de Lisle follows its trials and tribulations and talks to its editor, Alan Rusbridger


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"Our seedy pick of the week . . ."
"Moron Afghan refugees in a moment."
" . . . rated by Rodent Track magazine . . ."
Invitational reader Bruce Ferguson gets a lot of his news and music from the radio, and while he's never had Invite ink, he clearly thinks in a Loserly way, as evidenced by the above phrases that he's heard on the air recently. This week: Give us a sentence or short dialogue that would be a lot funnier if a word in it were mistaken for a homophone of that word, as in Bruce's examples above.


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Firearms: Source is showing off the latest additions and edits to the Field Medic skill tree. Additionally, we are explaining some of the changes we have made to the bandaging and treating system and introducing our medic crates. For the kicker, we are showcasing a new weapon that has been a classic in GoldSrc FA, the PP-19 Bizon.
Posted by DysPatch on Sep 26th, 2011
Today we get to show off one of the most critical skills in the Firearms: Source line up: Field Medicine. Before we get down to the juicy details however, a word or two about where we stand in terms of development. Under ideal circumstances we would love nothing more than to have already released FAS 2.0 by this point, but we want to make every effort to pack this Steam release full of top-quality features that improve the user experience and generally add a layer polish to the game that far outstrips our past versions. In addition to this we have been developing with a rather tight team as of late and could use more skilled hands to expedite this release. If you are interested in helping out, be sure to read the Help Wanted section below. With that being said, FAS 2.0 is nearing the point where we can finally bring in players for large scale stress testing. A few things are still pending completion so that the new testers can give us the feedback we need, but we feel that we can finish these tasks within a month or so. Rest assured that we will keep you all updated as to when we will be bringing in testers.
The Medic skill has received quite a few interesting changes, not necessarily to the number of abilities a medic can use, but rather to the mechanics of how they are used. As we have disclosed briefly on the forums, "Treating" or healing a player has undergone significant changes since the last update. One of the more visible problems with the previous implementation of the skill was the propensity for medics to clump together in order to treat one injured player up to 100 health as fast as possible, presenting an incredibly easy target. In some cases a single soldier could be injured behind cover and as many as three medics might rush into the line of sight to heal him over and over again. Similarly, a number of players would grab the medic skill simply to heal themselves back to full health without any incentive to aid their team, conserving bandages for personal use only.
The new treating system now allows a medic to heal allies a single time for a set amount as in 1.0, but also applies a gradual regeneration effect which persists until they either take damage or reach full health again. Players with Field Medic can still treat themselves for the initial bonus as before, but will only regenerate if operated on by another medic. In addition to the initial point reward for healing an ally, a small amount of score is awarded for every point of health the target regenerates after the fact. This incentivizes medics to protect those that they have just treated in order to receive the full benefit for their bandages, and allows critically wounded players to eventually reach full health again without constant attention and expenditure on the part of the medic. It's no longer necessary, for instance, to follow around seriously injured players, repeatedly bandaging them rather than completing objectives or seeking out new patients. The Hospice Flag is still present in 2.0, but now it also doubles the speed at which players restore health after treatment as well as the potency of the initial heal, making well-placed hospices a critical element in treating injured teammates back to full health and returning them to the front lines as fast as possible.
We have also altered a few of the mechanics of how bandages are supplied with regard to common confusions and awkward design inherent in the 1.0F system. For one, players unfamiliar with Firearms often didn't know to load out with bandages and were loathe to spend their credits on something of unclear worth, so they would frequently bleed to death without grasping the importance of the item. Similarly, the individual bandage pickups used on many of our maps were only rarely available when people actually needed them, as a single player passing by could remove them from play for the next 30-60 seconds even if they had no real need for them. To fill this role more effectively, we've taken inspiration from our ammo crates and introduced the new medical supply crates that you may have seen in some of the recent gameplay footage. As this effectively grants players in the vicinity an infinite supply of bandages given enough time, we've reduced the overall number of bandages players can carry and removed them as a loadout item. All players now automatically receive 2 bandages upon spawn, with each level of Medic increasing how many you spawn with and can carry, capping out at a total of 7 for Medic III. For use on the front lines and in remote locations far from supply crates, Hospice Flags now slowly resupply bandages to players in their radius as well.
One of our main goals with Firearms: Source 2.0 is to improve the quality of all of our content, which includes updating our older weapon models to new higher standards. When it came time to touch up the existing Chang Feng (CF-05) SMG, it was apparent that the model would have to be recreated from scratch for any appreciable boost in quality. While this isn't an absolute dealbreaker, if possible the time spent recreating it would be better rewarded elsewhere. It was apparent that we needed a different gun to fill the same role - one that could be made to our new visual standards without beginning from the ground up. For many Firearms veterans, the answer to this dilemma is probably already starting to take shape: "Bring back the Bizon!"
The PP-19 Bizon shares numerous parts and behavior with the modular AKM system that we have recently created for all of 2.0's Kalashnikov variants, so the obvious choice was to fill in the missing pieces and bring back the old FA classic. Gameplay changes would obviously have to be made to accommodate for the Bizon's 64 round helical magazine (a significant 14 more rounds per magazine than the CF-05) but this was helped somewhat by its lower rate of fire at 700 rpm as opposed to the Chang Feng's 800 rpm. For those who enjoyed the CF-05's unique style, you need not worry, as we do plan to bring it back after our initial release. For now, all praise the Bizon in all of its beautiful bullet-hosing glory, now featuring an optional suppressor and aimpoint courtesy of our attachment system!
While we continue to chug along with the development of FAS 2.0, we could still use additional help in a few departments such as Programming, Level Design, and Audio Engineering. Most immediately we are seeking programmers who have a strong background with the Source SDK and C++ programming. We have a handful of remaining FAS features that need to be implemented, and you will be working alongside our existing programmers so they can help you get familiar with the code base. Level Designers should ideally have a few years of level design experience and be comfortable with Hammer 4.0. We have some wonderful environment artists that have been pumping out a wealth of beautiful content that is looking for a home in some FAS levels. If you are interested in helping us get FAS 2.0 out faster to Steam, please head over to our Jobs page.
A+ work guys!
Looks like a new game now.
(Ever since this is a mod,quality sure does look like an actual game ^_^)
I agree, the ui makes it look like a real game, which this might as well be. I also think the sounds make the game come to life (This is a shout-out to you engi).
The Medic resupply drops remind me of Battlefield Bad Company 2. In fact, this mod to me looks more and more like Battlefield Bad Company 2 without vehicles and on source. This is a very very very good thing. :D
Well, I dont think so. It looks more like BF2 imo.
Actually I agree. :S
Everything looks great, but I think the bleeding effect is too obtrusive. Maybe something that doesn't make the entire screen flash every other second? Also, didn't care for the constant ringing following the (healed teammate) and other XP notices.
But the map, and the bizon look great.
That is the effect that plays when you take damage and has been featured in many previous videos. In game, it is not obtrusive unless you are in an extremely dark area. Otherwise, it is pseudo-chromatic aberration with a red tint.
The UI (including the bleeding effect) and its sounds are VERY WIP right now, that is on the list of things to address.
Though, keep in mind that this video was a highlight reel, so it tended to have chirping than you'd experience during a normal game.
Bizon Bizon get dollars
I just saw something at the bottom of the screen that said XP. I think I maybe more interested in where that leads.
the XP leads to earning perks points to allocate.
I enjoy the fact that this free source mod looks very much like it belong on the market right next to Battlefield Bad Company 2 and Call of Duty Black Ops. It's that awesome looking, and I can't wait to get my gruby hands on it.
Totally agree with that!
I'm really busting for this game :D
Hell yeah! EXP and awesome HUD features. Release it already! :D
In that video...there was no scope on the bizon...Keep it that way.
Because it's an attachment. sigh.
Can't say I'm that impressed by the HUD. Other than that the game generally looks a lot better good work.
What is it exactly that you do not like about the HUD?
To me, it seems like a take on bad company's hud. I'm not knocking it, it's a great style, but here it feels rather arcade'ish if that's what you are going for, great! But I just feel that solid illuminated colours like the green and red are too bright, at least needing some form of opacity change. Same for the indicators at the top, it's all too much screen usage to me.
Personally, I'd have certain hud elements fade away after a period of time ( Idle'ness, wandering ) e.g. the examples above could fade away after a period of time being idle and no state change.
Just my two cents :-)
... it's an arcade shooter.
It sorta depends on your definition of "arcade". FAS is nowhere near the level of games like Quake, TF2, or Brink in terms of arcade-like features, but it's certainly not a combat sim either. I would say we're similar to a game like DoD:S or CSS in feel, but both of those have much simpler mechanics.
Completely agree FAS_Naota; exactly my thinking.
Very, very cool; glad to see the BIZON making a triumphant return! The only real downside I saw was all the ridiculously ****** hitboxes (especially with that 1911 kill), but that's a source issue and not anything to do with this mod. Keep up the good work!
TBH the hitboxes in the 1.0f version are really good for a source based game, although knifing is still an issue in that version the team is good about not fixing what ain't broke. what we probably saw was a panicking Dyspatch missing most his shots.
The hit registration in 2.0 is actually much better than in 1.0F, though melee attacks do occasionally seem to hit you from further than the enemy appears to be (this is much better than the alternative though, which is having them randomly miss when you're right next to somebody).
What you're seeing is probably the demo interpolation not matching up with the game it was recorded from. Demos are recorded as strings of instructions for the engine to follow, so sometimes there are false positive and false negative hits if a shot was taken during the half-second between entries in the file.
While the interpolation obviously isn't 100% perfect in game, it should be a lot better than it appears in recorded demos.
Not liking the CoD style XP crap popping up on the screen all the time. Other than that it's looking good.


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Yuka Iino has been feeling a little, well, emotional lately: "I tear up for small little things, not necessarily things that are making me sad," she confesses via email. "I cry for something [that] makes me happy, too. The other day my friends [were] surprised and confused, because all of a sudden, I was crying. They were like, 'What's going on?'"
What's going on is Iino—along with Oregon Ballet Theatre colleagues Xuan Cheng, Julia Rowe and Haiyan Wu—preparing to dance the title role in OBT's upcoming production of Giselle, a formidable challenge in the repertory and historically a star-making turn for many a dancer. No pressure or anything.
Giselle is about the complexities of love. If you've ever fallen for someone who wasn't what they seemed, you'll relate. Its dramatic trajectory is boy meets girl, girl falls hard for boy, boy wasn't serious, girl goes mad with grief.
"I think of Giselle as the ultimate loss-of-innocence story," Rowe says. "She's fragile emotionally and physically. And when she falls head over heels for this guy, and he seems to love her in return, she is so ecstatic. But then he turns out to pretty much be a player, and she can't handle it. It's heartbreaking."
Generations of viewers have loved Giselle and generations of ballerinas have dreamt of performing it. San Francisco Ballet's Lola de Avila is coaching the dancers in the Romantic-era style of the late 1800s, when Marius Petipa set it on the Imperial Russian Ballet. That style—"very strong technique, beautiful lines, solid balance, very light jumps, fast feet movement, soft and beautiful arms," Cheng says—tests performers in every way.
"It is an ultimate role for a ballerina to dance," Iino says. "Physically very demanding, of course, but also artistically, the dancer has [to] be mature enough to understand what is happening in her life." It's the kind of assignment that can take over your life. "Mentally, I think about the role all the time," Wu says. "Even when I am cooking or resting, I still think about the role."
when the curtain comes up, viewers and dancers can expect a payoff.
"Every little movement has a purpose in the story," Rowe says. "It's a
very clean way of moving, but it's not dull. Especially in the first
act, the dancing is mostly just there to support the emotion. I like
that about Giselle." And, she adds, "The story is definitely
still relevant. I think we've all had our hearts broken at one point or
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Holy cow, I wrote a book!
This week,
Only a Game
covered the sport of
Extreme Croquet.
Still doesn't hold a candle to
Extreme Ironing,
Sometimes you'll start typing a complex command line and
then realize that you can't execute it now.
Perhaps you're in the wrong directory
or you forgot to map the drive.
It would be a shame to hit ESC and lose that command line.
What I do is edit the line to insert the word "echo" in front,
then hit Enter. (Note: This doesn't work if you have command
line redirection.)
This prints the command to the screen, where it can be cut/pasted
later. Even more, it enters the line into the
command history, so a few uparrows will bring it back.
You can buy
510 grams of peanut butter for only $501.
Of course, this is special peanut butter.
It must be kept at -20°C.
And it is not intended for human consumption.
This is peanut butter from the
National Institute of Standards
and Technology
intended for use by food analysis laboratories to
calibrate their equipment.
For example, standard peanut butter consists of
10.4% ± 0.2% saturated fat.
(Link courtesy of
Both C++ and C# have the concept of virtual functions.
These are functions which always invoke the most heavily
derived implementation, even if called from a pointer to
the base class.
However, the two languages differ on the semantics of
virtual functions during object construction and destruction.
C# objects exist as their final type before construction begins,
whereas C++ objects change type during the construction process.
Here's an example:
class Base {
Base() { f(); }
virtual void f() { cout << 1; }
void g() { f(); }
class Derived : public Base {
Derived() { f(); }
virtual void f() { cout << 2; }
When a Derived object is constructed,
the object starts as a Base, then the
Base::Base constructor is executed.
Since the object is still a Base,
the call to f() invokes Base::f
and not Derived::f.
After the Base::Base constructor completes,
the object then becomes a Derived and
the Derived::Derived constructor is run.
This time, the call to f() invokes
In other words, constructing a Derived
object prints "12".
Similar remarks apply to the destructor.
The object is destructed in pieces, and a call to
a virtual function invokes the function corresponding
to the stage of destruction currently in progress.
This is why some coding guidelines recommend against
calling virtual functions from a constructor or destructor.
Depending on what stage of construction/destruction is taking place,
the same call to f() can have different effects.
For example, the function Base::g() above
will call Base::f
if called from the Base::Base
constructor or destructor,
but will call Derived::f
if called after the object has been constructed and before
it is destructed.
On the other hand, if this sample were written
(with suitable syntactic changes) in C#,
the output would be "22"
because a C# object is created as its final type.
Both calls to f() invoke Derived::f,
since the object is always a Derived.
Notice that means a method can be invoked on an object
before its constructor has run.
Something to bear in mind.
Sometimes your C++ program may crash with the error
"R6025 - pure virtual function call".
This message comes from a function called __purecall.
What does it mean?
C++ and C# both have the concept of a "pure virtual function"
(which C# calls "abstract").
This is a method which is declared by the base class,
but for which no implementation is provided.
In C++ the syntax for this is "=0":
class Base {
Base() { f(); }
virtual void f() = 0;
If you attempt to create a Derived object,
the base class will attempt to call Base::f,
which does not exist since it is a pure virtual function.
When this happens, the "pure virtual function call" error
is raised and the program is terminated.
Of course, the mistake is rarely as obvious as this.
Typically, the call to the pure virtual function occurs
deep inside the call stack of the constructor.
This raises the side issue of
the "novtable" optimization.
As we noted above, the identity of the object changes
during construction. This change of identity is performed
by swapping the vtables around during construction.
If you have a base class that is never instantiated
directly but always via a derived class, and
if you have followed the rules against calling
virtual methods during construction,
then you can use the novtable optimization to get rid of
the vtable swapping during construction of the base class.
If you use this optimization, then
calling virtual methods during the base class's
constructor or destructor will result in undefined behavior.
It's a nice optimization, but it's your own responsibility to make
sure you conform to its requirements.
Sidebar: Why does C# not do type morphing during construction?
One reason is that it would result in the possibility,
given two objects A and B, that
typeof(A) == typeof(B) yet sizeof(A) != sizeof(B).
This would happen if A were a fully constructed object and B
were a partially-constructed object on its way to becoming
a derived object.
Why is this so bad? Because the garbage collector is really keen
on knowing the size of each object so it can know how much memory
to free. It does this by checking the object's type.
If an object's type did not completely determine its size,
this would result in the garbage collector having to do extra
work to figure out exactly how big the object is,
which means extra code in the constructor and destructor,
as well as space in the object,
to keep track of which stage of construction/destruction is
currently in progress. And all this for something most coding
guidelines recommend against anyway.
It appears that
I will have an opportunity to visit Sweden during the first
week of June.
I'll have three days in Uppsala
and three days in Lund, with a travel day in between.
Now, I've already spent a week and a half in Uppsala,
so perhaps I could spend the Uppsala days taking a ferry
to Helsinki and back.
(And I could visit Denmark from Lund...)
My Swedish won't be any better
(well, okay, I learned a little more about formation of
past participles, not like that counts for much),
but I still enjoy trying.
The hard part is finding
someone patient enough to put up with all my fumbling
and not switch to English out of frustration.
(In Finland and Denmark, I'm just going to start in English
with German as a fallback. Sorry, guys.)
The question facing me now is whether I should go.
It hasn't even been a month since my previous trip,
and if the Finland thing doesn't come together,
I'll be spending half my time in a city I've already visited.
I was going to write about why C# doesn't have "const",
Stan Lippman
already discussed this in
A Question of Const, so now I don't have to.
(And another example of synchronicity:
After I wrote up this item and tossed it into the queue,
Eric Gunnerson took up the topic as well.
It's proxy season, which means I've been reading through
proxy statement after proxy statement.
The proxy voting rules for Allstate aren't very democratic.
Scroll down to "How votes are counted and discretionary voting
The thirteen nominees who receive the most votes
will be elected to the open directorships
even if they get less than a majority of the votes.
Okay, let's see, how many nominees are there?
Oh, exactly thirteen.
How convenient.
In other words: These thirteen people will be elected to directorships
regardless of what you do.
So of course I voted against all of them.
Later, I realized that I had fallen into their trap.
You see, the only way I could stop these people from becoming
directors was to withhold my vote and attempt to hinder
a quorum.
Under these rules, a "no" vote is as good as a "yes" vote!
Allstate isn't the only company to rig their elections.
Baxter and
(can't find proxy online)
have similarly sham elections.
During the development of Windows 95, a placeholder dialog
was added with the title,
"In order to demonstrate our superior intellect,
we will now ask you a question you cannot answer."
The dialog itself asked a technical question
that you need
a brain the size of a planet
in order to answer.
(Okay, your brain didn't need to be quite that big.)
Of course, there was no intention of shipping Windows 95 with such
a dialog.
The dialog was there only until other infrastructure became available,
permitting the system to answer the question automatically.
But when I saw that dialog, I was enlightened.
As programmers, we often find ourselves unsure what to do next,
and we say,
"Well, to play it safe,
I'll just ask the user what they want to do.
I'm sure they'll make the right decision."
Except that they don't.
The default answer to every dialog box is Cancel.
If you ask the user a technical question, odds are they they're
just going to stare at it blankly for a while, then
try to cancel out of it. The lesson they've learned is
"Computers are hard to use."
Even Eric Raymond has discovered this.
(Don't forget to read his
So don't ask questions the user can't answer.
It doesn't get you anywhere and it just frustrates the user.
My entry about Good-Bye, Lenin! appears to have turned into
a discussion of formal and informal terms of address in
various languages and cultures.
Sweden effectively abolished the "du"/"ni" distinction
in the 1970's during the so-called "du-reform",
getting rid of the formal "ni" and having everybody
address each other as "du" - even the king and prime minister.
(I'm told this is the same movement that also got people
to greet each other with a simple "Hej!")
There's a nice discussion of the du-reform from
Language Hat.
I found it particularly interesting that
Swedes traditionally addressed anyone with a title by that title,
using the third person:
"Would the professor like more tea?"
Thus the use of "Ni" was slightly derogatory,
implying that one's interlocutor had no title or office worth bothering about.
Of course, I didn't discover this until I had already
addressed some people as "ni" and probably either
amused or insulted them.
(Possibly both.)
In English, the use of third person address
as a substitute for "you" is
long gone, unless you intend to be obsequious
to the point of being insulting:
"Would the gentleman please take a seat."
(I believe German has a similar
insultingly-polite construction:
"Wollen der Herr bitte Platz nehmen.")
It seems to me that
the use of the pure title as a form of direct address is largely
gone in American English, with the exceptions of Speaker of the House,
President, and Vice President,
who are still "Madame Speaker" or "Mr. [Vice] President".
Other public servants typically retain their office in addition to
their surname, such as "Governor Smith", "Senator Jones", or
"Secretary Green".
In addition to public service,
there are still a handful of other environments where titles are still
used. Off the top of my head, I can think of religion
("Reverend Brown"), academia ("Professor Wilson"), medicine
("Dr. Miller"), and the military ("General Williams").
But you are not going to hear
"Mr. Night Shift Manager" or "Account Representative Harrison".
Microsoft Active Accessibilty is the technology that
exposes information about objects on the screen to accessibility
aids such as screen readers.
But that doesn't mean that only screen readers can use it.
Here's a program that illustrates the use of Active Accessibility
at the most rudimentary level: Reading text. There's much more to
Active Accessibility than this. You can navigate the objects on the
screen, read various properties, even invoke commands on them,
all programmatically.
Start with our
scratch program and change these two functions:
OnCreate(HWND hwnd, LPCREATESTRUCT lpcs)
SetTimer(hwnd, 1, 1000, RecalcText);
return TRUE;
PaintContent(HWND hwnd, PAINTSTRUCT *pps)
if (g_pszText) {
RECT rc;
GetClientRect(hwnd, &rc);
DrawText(pps->hdc, g_pszText, lstrlen(g_pszText),
&rc, DT_NOPREFIX | DT_WORDBREAK);
Of course, the fun part is the function RecalcText,
which retrieves the text from beneath the cursor:
#include <oleacc.h>
POINT g_pt;
LPTSTR g_pszText;
void CALLBACK RecalcText(HWND hwnd, UINT, UINT_PTR, DWORD)
POINT pt;
if (GetCursorPos(&pt) &&
(pt.x != g_pt.x || pt.y != g_pt.y)) {
g_pt = pt;
IAccessible *pacc;
VARIANT vtChild;
if (SUCCEEDED(AccessibleObjectFromPoint(pt, &pacc, &vtChild))) {
BSTR bsName = NULL;
BSTR bsValue = NULL;
pacc->get_accName(vtChild, &bsName);
pacc->get_accValue(vtChild, &bsValue);
LPTSTR pszResult;
DWORD_PTR args[2] = { (DWORD_PTR)(bsName ? bsName : L""),
(DWORD_PTR)(bsValue ? bsValue : L"") };
if (FormatMessage(FORMAT_MESSAGE_ALLOCATE_BUFFER |
TEXT("Name: %1!ws!\r\n\r\nValue: %2!ws!"),
0, 0, (LPTSTR)&pszResult, 0, (va_list*)args)) {
g_pszText = pszResult;
InvalidateRect(hwnd, NULL, TRUE);
Let's take a look at this function.
We start by grabbing the cursor position
and seeing if it changed since the last time we checked.
If so, then we ask
AccessibleObjectFromPoint to identify the object
at those coordinates and give us an IAccessible
pointer plus a child identifier. These two pieces of information
together represent the object under the cursor.
Now it's a simple matter of asking for
the name (get_accName)
and value (get_accValue)
of the object and format it nicely.
Note that we handled the NULL case of the BSTR in accordance with
Eric's Complete Guide to BSTR Semantics.
For more information about accessibility,
check out
Sara Ford's WebLog,
in particular the bit titled
What is Assistive Technology Compatibility.


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Special thanks to Justin Page for writing this take and giving us the privilege to add it to TheLakersNation.com. Again, if you guys see anything Lakers related that you think deserves to be put up, just e-mail us at firstname.lastname@example.com.
The Los Angeles Lakers are less than a week away from setting out on an 82 game journey that most likely will be Kobe Bryant's last in the purple and gold. For the majority of this past summer and pre-season, the Kobe stories have dominated the headlines, and for good reason. But there is a season to play, and barring any kind of last second deal that sends the Kobester packing, it looks like he will be suiting up for L.A.
This is the real "A Season on the Brink." And it's taking place in Hollywood, of course.
So what's it going to take for this team to have a realistic chance in the competitive Western Conference? It's going to take a lot more than what they have been displaying in the pre-season; particularly on Tuesday night when they were completely out-hustled and out-played by the Utah Jazz (I am almost positive I was more excited about watching that game than they were about playing it). Let's all remember, it's just pre-season basketball (and they played without Odom and Walton), but it's frustrating as a fan to see the same mistakes are being made that occurred down the stretch of last season when the Lakers had a horrific collapse.
Kobe aside, the current make-up of the Lakers roster is a young and uninspired group that simply doesn't put in the kind of effort on the defensive end that gives them a realistic chance to win in this league. Being young is one thing, but being uninspired is unacceptable. Playing good defense requires effort at all times, strong character, execution of fundamentals, and intelligence. This team doesn't display any of those, not one.
When a Laker player gets scored on he doesn't get that look of being embarrassed, and that's really irritating. We need to start taking things personally. "Play with some heart, play with some passion," that needs to be the message and the Lakers need to hear it loud and clear right now, or they're in for a tumultuous season.
The Lakers allow too many easy fast break points and lay-ups and dunks out of half court sets. They don't make the offense work hard enough or at all on many possessions, and it's not just their effort, but their defensive philosophy plays a big part in this too.
As a whole, we are defensive gamblers and it results in a multitude of easy baskets. Kobe overplays his man and gambles by going for steals. His man inevitable ends up going around him and laying the ball in and Kobe is left there standing at the three point line looking confused like somebody should be rotating.
Let's take a look at Sasha Vujacic for another example. This guy plays defense with the most heart and the most intensity on the Lakers (you could throw Kobe and Turiaf into this discussion too). But he doesn't play intelligently. When he's on the floor I can guarantee you that he's going to pick up a cheap foul reaching, and it's more than likely he'll pick up two, which puts the other team in the bonus early in the quarter.
That brings us to yet another frustrating defensive problem. The same defensive rebounding issues are occurring this pre-season and it's because of pure laziness, that's it. The fundamentals of the game are not being executed. We as a whole do not box out (and Kobe is as guilty as anyone of this). We try to out-jump the opponent instead of putting a butt on everyone. This is junior high and high school fundamentals we're talking about it here. But it's not even funny, in last night's game against the Jazz, Kirilenko got a rebound with four Lakers standing in the paint doing nothing. It's unacceptable, and it's a major problem that's going to keep the Lakers from reaching their potential.
Here would be my message: Guys, just keep your man in front of you and play solid defense without gambling for steals. Fight threw screens and make them settle for contested jump shots. And when the ball goes up, as uncomfortable as it may be, have an ass on a man. This is professional basketball, I am not going to be unrealistic, teams are going to put up high point totals, but let's at least make them work for it.
As for Kobe, his critics point out that his defensive intensity doesn't match that of what he did this summer for Team USA. I agree with that to a certain extent but this is the pre-season, and people need to understand this isn't the Olympic team where he's surrounded with scorers and can focus almost solely on defense. Phil Jackson has been the main person pushing Kobe to duplicate that type of defense, and that's his job to do as a coach, but Phil's a realist and understands it's virtually impossible for Kobe to do that on this team.
But what might be getting lost in all of this (and I can't say for certain because I don't know the type of conversations they've had) is that Kobe can have just as much of an impact on the Lakers by playing smart and sound defense from the three-point line and in. He doesn't need to pick up three-quarters court and press to have an impact, it can be done in other ways. And I understand Kobe's a playmaker and when things aren't going right he feels the need to make a big play on the defensive end, but by gambling for a steal or overplaying his man it more often times results in an easy basket for the other team rather than a momentum turning play for the Lakers. With all of that being said, Kobe's defense has to significantly improve and he needs to make it a high priority. He's the leader of this team (whether he wants to be here or not), and the team looks to its leader to set the intensity on the defensive end.
Despite all of the negative things that are occurring, there are a few bright spots. I love the acquisition of Derek Fisher. I really think he's going to be a major improvement defensively over Smush Parker, but it doesn't take a rocket scientist to point that out (good luck with him Miami). Farmar's effort is acceptable to me; he's one of the few players that consistently looks like he wants to be out on the floor. As for Crittenton, he's a work in progress that's going to have a bright future in this league; I just wouldn't expect any kind of consistent contribution from him this year. Luke Walton's fundamentally sound on both ends of the floor and he makes up for his lack of foot speed by executing the fundamentals, which puts him in proper position. Kwame Brown is disgusting on the offensive end (doesn't he make you a nervous wreck when he touches the ball?), but cake thrower's big body really clogs things up defensively and he's impressive on the boards despite being mediocre in one-on-one post up situations. I love the idea of starting Turiaf, he's a high energy player that other players feed off of and having him out there to start things off will help set the intensity level that is required.
Random Thoughts: The Shawn Marion trade rumors have died down, or maybe nobody is paying attention to them since we have a soap opera going on in LA, but wouldn't he be a perfect fit in the new attacking offensive mindset Phil Jackson is trying to implement. He runs the floor well, attacks the basket, and despite his shot being awkward, he shoots a very high percentage. He's great on the boards and also has the ability to match up with a small forward or two guard on the defensive end. Obviously we'd have to part ways with Lamar Odom for this to happen, but I think Marion would be a great fit on this team. Think about it, we really don't have a slasher on the floor other than Kobe, and Marion is just that.


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Like my desk organized and this little gadget is perfect for holding my roll of stamps. Easy to see in the drawer and stamps stay neat and clean.
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Great little find!
By HenryC
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I had seen this product in the packaging but didn't buy because it looked plain and I wasn't sure of the durability. Then I acquired a new client and they had one. It is easy to use, the stamps flow through easy enough and keeps stamps secure. So I looked online. I am buying one for each client I have, as well as, one for my home. The plastic is a thin heavy duty plastic, doesn't seem to wear easily, could be ruined if you jumped on it or used scissors. Opens and closes securely, stamps insert and remove easily. Would be nice if it came in color options, but I just differentiate mine with a sticker over the top.
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You may know Krystal Keith as the singer of the sweet father/daughter wedding dance song, "Daddy Dance With Me," which she wrote for her own wedding as a surprise for dad Toby Keith. Or maybe you know her from her official debut single, "Get Your Redneck On." [Get it here!] But did you know she's also super talented in the kitchen? Krystal's been creating delicious meals from family recipes for years and featuring them in her blog, The Barnyard Bistro. Every week she shares her favorites exclusively with Great American Country!
"Everybody knows The King loved his peanut butter and banana sandwiches. He is one of the most notable musical figures of all time and has undoubtedly been an inspiration to the many musicians that followed him, including me. Elvis also inspired the cook in me to create this little concoction in his honor. I'm channeling The King and shakin' things up in my blue suede shoes."
1 cup banana chips, roughly chopped
1 1/4 cup raw rolled oats (whole, not instant)
2 Tbsp PB2 Powder
1/3 cup flour
1/3 cup honey
2 Tbsp ground flaxseed
2 Tbsp brown sugar
1 Tbsp oil (something light in flavor: pecan, canola, coconut)
1/4 tsp vanilla
1/8 tsp salt
dash of nutmeg or cinnamon (optional)
Preheat oven to 250 degrees. Set banana chips aside. Combine remaining ingredients and mix well. There will be some chunks but try to work the oats well into the mixture. Bake for 15 minutes at 250 degrees, then increase to 375 degrees and bake an additional 8-10 minutes or until granola is golden- to medium-brown. Let cool completely and toss in banana chips. Serve with honey or vanilla yogurt or eat alone as a snack. Store in airtight container. Makes 4-6 servings.


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Kiss Unveil Cover Art, Track Listing for New Album, 'Monster'
Kiss have announced the full details, including track listing, for their upcoming new album, Monster.
The band's landmark 20th studio album will be released October 16 and contains 12 tracks, including the lead single, "Hell or Hallelujah," which can be heard below.
"There are no symphony orchestras, boy choirs, keyboards, outside producers or songwriters on this album," said bassist Gene Simmons. "The best thing we did was to turn inwards to ourselves."
The bassist was also quick to praise band members Erin Singer and Tommy Thayer for their hard work on Monster, saying "Tommy and Eric have revitalised this band with a work ethic and the talent to back it up. This is a real band effort. Kiss has become a behemoth. We're going where no bands have gone before."
Monster Track Listing:
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03. Freak
04. Back To The Stone Age
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Whether its declaring Cuba a state sponsor of terror, disenfranchising thousands of voters, or consorting with federally-convicted terrorists, politics in South Florida are full of sharp elbows and illicit activity. So it is little surprise to see this report come out of Hialeah, Florida, home of a large Cuban American population: the dirty tricks brigade are starting up operations in South Florida. From the Miami Herald via Politico.com:
"Three Hialeah voters say they had an unusual visitor at their homes last week: a man who called himself Juan, offering to help them fill out their absentee ballots and deliver them to the elections office. p> "The voters, all supporters of Democratic congressional candidate Raul Martinez, said they gave their ballots to the man after he told them he worked for Martinez. But the Martinez campaign said he doesn't work for them.
"Juan ''told me not to worry, that they normally collected all the ballots and waited until they had a stack big enough to hand-deliver to the elections department,'' said voter Jesus Hernandez, 73. 'He said, `Don't worry. This is not going to pass through the mail to get lost.' ''
"Hernandez said he worries his ballot was stolen or destroyed. He and two other voters told The Miami Herald that the man was dispatched by a woman caller who also said she worked for Martinez. But the phone number cited by the voters traces back to a consultant working for Martinez's rival, Republican congressman Lincoln Diaz-Balart." Read the rest here.
Of course, this tale is but a symptom of a problem that affects our foreign policy more broadly. As former National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski writes in his book, Second Chance,
Increased congressional dependence on costly and almost permanent campaigning is the root cause of this trend. The high expense of TV campaigns has turned targeted funding support (or opposition) into a crucial instrument for gaining influence. This explains the growing role of Israeli-American, Cuban-American, Armenian-American lobbies and others, all highly effective in mobilizing financial support for their political causes.
The Constitution grants Congress the authority to regulate commerce with foreign nations. This is not at issue, and is, on the whole, a wise distribution of authority. What is at issue, however, is the extent to which modern Congressional campaigning has become dependent upon contributions from individuals and PACs, distorting elections themselves and subsequently the legislation passed by Congress.


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Sammy Sosa has a really nice Pinterest page
Sammy Sosa recently popped back into relevance after he and other big name first time Hall of Fame eligible players were completely snubbed by the voters for admittance into the Hall. Sosa joined the likes of Bonds, Clemens, McGwire, Bagwell, Piazza, etc...in being denied thanks to a tangled web of positive steroid tests and PED speculation. But Sammy didn't let the snub affect his social media presence, unleashing himself and his favorite mustard colored sweater on the world of pinterest. Check out Sammy's many wall potraits on his pinterest...
Read the story about his pinterest page HERE.
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International Studies and Business Administration, 2014
Activities at Lycoming: Football
Hometown: Sharon Hill, Pa.
High School: Academy Park High School
Favorite Part of Class: Meeting up with my group and discussing our project plans. This gives me and the rest of the students in my major a real world business experience.
Favorite Campus Event: Football has taught me how to be a man that I am today. Working with a group of men that not only care about each other, but also will put their body on the line to achieve something that you want is life changing. Football has taught me discipline in life, in the classroom, and it has also taught me how to treat people. Also I feel lucky to be a player to have the experience of the great coaches and mentors at Lycoming College.
Advice for students: Enjoy the college life, make new friends, meet new people, and experience different things. Also make sure to focus on your work and manage your time here, it's important!


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Airport Worker Allegedly Had Man's ID Before Death
More details are emerging in the case of a Newark Liberty Airport security supervisor who allegedly has been using the identity of a dead man for the last 20 years.
Law enforcement authorities involved in the investigation say Nigerian Bimbo Oyewole began using the identity of Queens, N.Y., resident Jerry Thomas three weeks before Thomas was shot and killed in 1992.
New Jersey's attorney general's office is working with the NYPD and other authorities to determine if Oyewole had any role in Thomas' death, which is unsolved.
As Thomas, Oyewole worked first as a security guard and then as a supervisor for a private security firm at Newark Liberty. He pleaded not guilty Tuesday to second-degree identity theft and is being held on $250,000 bail


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About Board Games SurfingBoard Games Surfing is run by two dedicated female directors who have a passion and love for adventuring in the outdoors. With a combined experience of 27 years working and playing out there in the "wild" we felt we were ready to take on the next challenge…sharing our adventures with you.
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I got the Versatile Blogger Award from Melanie over at Sweet Simple Living a while back and have finally come to a decision. So here it is. The 6 blogs that I read regularly and have chosen for the Versatile Blogger Award.
1. Sylver Black- Sylver is a world traveler and usually has
something important to say on big issues. I think it's awesome that she does themed blog posts. She inspired me to do a week of nothing but Halloween stuff! And she was back at it over the holidays. She even changes her blog format to reflect the occasion. Wow! She's got a very informative and entertaining site so go take a look-see. http://www.sylverblaque.wordpress.com
2. Taoist in Training- The author, KaiWen always has something
going on and never fails to disappoint. Sometimes it's a controlled rant, sometimes it's a bit of news, but no matter what, he manages to say it in a way that comes off as very personal and that's something I really like in a blog. We share an interest in China and as such we've become good blogging buddies.
Make sure you mozy on over and see what he's go to say. http://kaiwenboke.blogspot.com/
3. Whatever Works- I really like Moe's political and news posts but that's not all she does. She has a rather impressive readership and there's always interesting discussions going on in the comments. She's really smart and enjoys a spirited conversation. It's refreshing to find good blogs not being written by people in their 20's and 30's. It gives a different view point on
things and it's always nice to have some variety in your reading. http://maureenholland.wordpress.com
4. HK Girl Talk- This blog is written by Jin Wong and deals
with all the various aspects of China and its culture. Seeing as how I'm now living in China, not far from Hong Kong either, it's nice to get the scoop on the latest fashion and cultural trends that are happening. Many of them end up
passing me by since I'm working so much. Anyway, kudos to Jin Wong! http://hkgirltalk.com
5. Contemplating the Human Direction- Tincup runs a very nice
site that's usually dedicated to deep discussions and has many well-thought out articles that I enjoy reading very much. I really like his writing style and have tried to incorporate some elements of it into my own writing. The topics he goes into are many and they're sure to appeal to you if you give him a chance. Go show some love. http://tincup68.wordpress.com
6. The Swash- Rob Rimes runs a pretty professional site so I
understand if he can't make a sappy awards post like me but I still thought I would give him some props. He gets the most important news that you don't know about and does these absolutely brutal political commentaries. They're pretty
spectacular so go check it out and tell him beaufortninja sent you. http://www.theswash.com
That's all folks! These bloggers, some of which have many
readers while some haven't gotten much recognition yet, are the ones I think deserve more notice. To accept the award, each blog will have to:
a. Write a post accepting the award and show the award's picture.
b. List seven random and weird facts about yourself – things that probably haven't already come up in your blog posts.
c. Pass the award on to 5-15 other blogs, ones that you already follow or for which you solicit invitations.
Sounds pretty easy, right? You might like to share some
blogs which you're currently addicted to or maybe help some lesser known bloggers get a little exposure. It's all good. Congrats to all the winners. You deserve it! Be sure to pass it on!


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Recent and archived news articles by Doreen Carvajal of The New York Times and The International Herald Tribune.
Private Property or Patrimony? The Fight Over a Picasso
The billionaire banker Jaime Botín is pressing to retrieve a Picasso artwork seized by the Spanish government.
October 10, 2015, Saturday
MORE ON: Collectors and Collections , Picasso, Pablo , Madrid (Spain) , Art , Botin, Jaime (1936- )
Russian Billionaire Returns Two Picassos
Dmitri Rybolovlev carried out his pledge Thursday to return two Picasso works to their original owner in a brief appearance in Paris that lasted long enough for the businessman to pose alone in front of the gouache portraits valued at $30 million.
September 24, 2015, Thursday
MORE ON: Picasso, Pablo , France , Arts and Antiquities Looting
The Billionaire, the Picassos and a $30 Million Gift to Shame a Middleman
Dmitry E. Rybolovlev is returning two Picassos that the artist's stepdaughter says were stolen. But the gesture also draws attention to his feud with an ex-dealer.
September 24, 2015, Thursday
Peggy Guggenheim's Kin Lose Bid to Challenge How Her Collection Is Displayed
A French court has dismissed a lawsuit brought by relatives of Peggy Guggenheim which contended that her art was not being displayed in her Venice museum as she had intended.
September 23, 2015, Wednesday
British Panel Urges Tate to Return Looted Constable Painting, Again
For the second time in a year and a half, the panel is pressing the Tate to return an oil landscape by John Constable to the heirs of a Jewish aristocrat.
September 10, 2015, Thursday
Amnesty International Votes for Policy Calling for Decriminalization of Prostitution
Delegates from Amnesty International voted to support a policy that will allow the group to lobby governments to repeal most laws that forbid the sale and purchase of sex.
August 12, 2015, Wednesday
Spain Says Banker's Seized Picasso Will Head Back Home
Customs officials confiscated the painting, valued at nearly $30 million, after its owner's yacht left Spain for French waters.
August 6, 2015, Thursday
MORE ON: Art , Botin, Jaime (1936- ) , Spain , France , Protectionism (Trade) , Customs (Tariff) , Banco Santander S A , Picasso, Pablo
Amnesty International Considers Pushing for Decriminalization of Prostitution
A proposal by the human rights group to advocate the elimination of penalties in the sex trade, to be taken up at a conference in Dublin, has drawn denunciation from women's groups.
August 2, 2015, Sunday
Employee Held in Paris National Library Theft
The worker was detained in the disappearance of 43 16th-century engravings valued $4.4 million one of two thefts discovered at the library this year.
July 22, 2015, Wednesday
MORE ON: Robberies and Thefts , Security and Warning Systems , Art , France , Antiques , National Library of France , Racine, Bruno
Impressionist and Modern Art Lifts Christie's First Half
Two record sales in May undergirded the global auction house's performance.
July 21, 2015, Tuesday
MORE ON: Christie's , Art , Auctions , Collectors and Collections
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Datasmith is a .NET based tool to write SQL and LInQ statements against any of your data sources. It is built on traditional Windows Forms technology and does not require addons besides .NET runtime.
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MessageBox (MsgBox) for .NET
Since we all started in XAML, both WPF and Silverlight - we have missed native availability of MsgBox(VB)/MessageBox(C#). There are several tools available online to fill this gap. This tool will be a natural equivalent to the missing MsgBox/MessageBox in WPF/Silverlight helping you with a natural transition during code migration from Windows Forms to WPF/Silverlight.
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RV's L2E Visualizer is Visual Studio debug visualizer to view Lambda expression, generated Native query (with parameters if user writes), Data Source Connection properties, and Result of query.
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