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Add Ammonia? The most concentrated you can get is 28% and so that will limit you to the final concentration of Ammonium EDTA
28% Ammonium EDTA means 33% Ammonium Fe-III EDTA which is not bad at all. Note that Fuji's E6 formula calls for 12%, so whatever we can make with these primitive methods is over twice as concentrated as the final working solution.
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and how many Ammonium ions do you need? NH4EDTA, (NH4)2EDTA, (NH4)3EDTA and (NH4)4EDTA all exist. So, lets assume you want (and get) NH4EDTA, what next. It will be very dilute so you will have to purify it. Next, ow do you react it with Ferric Ion to get pure (NH4)FeEDTA. Note that the amount of Ammonium ion is really essential to balance the charge on the final ion!
Since the EDTA chelates the Ferric ion I would assume we end up with (FeIII-EDTA)- which will take on as many Ammonium ions as it has room for: one. The pH can be used to fine tune this.
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This is really a thankless task!
I could not agree more, especially if one considers that over 100g of EDTA free acid are needed for making one liter of bleach. Ideally one gets the Ammonium Ferric EDTA from a company that has the know how and the means to make it in bulk quantity and good quality. This may not always be an option for everyone, though, and the method described here might be a work around for very determined people.
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Clinton scandals have a way of bumping and rolling along to a point where nobody can remember why there was any outrage to begin with. So in the interest of clarity, let's take the latest news in the Hillary email escapade, and distill it into its basic pieces:
• Nothing Mrs. Clinton has said so far on the subject is correct. The Democratic presidential aspirant on March 10 held a press conference pitched as her first and last word on the revelation that she'd used a private email server while secretary of state. She told reporters that she'd turned over to the State Department "all my emails that could possibly be work-related." And she insisted that she "did not email any classified material to anyone on my email. There is no classified material."
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OCEAN PINES - Matilda Rose Desmond, 92, died Jan. 11, 2013, at Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury.
Born in Washington, D.C., she was the daughter of the late Antonio Forti and Maria Fusco Forti.
She is survived by her children, Daniel J. Desmond and his wife, Brenda, of Gerrardstown, W. Va., Patricia Akowskey and her husband, James, of Ocean Pines, Timothy A. Desmond and his wife, Helen, of Davidsonville, Md., and James J. Desmond of Hyattsville, Md. She was adored grandmother to 24 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren, seven great-great grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. She leaves behind a sister, Marie Whitt of Waldorf, Md. She was preceded in death by her husband, Cornelius, in 1994.
Services were held. A donation in her memory may be made to Coastal Hospice P.O. Box 1733, Salisbury, Md., 21804.
William E. Fisher Jr.
BERLIN - William Edward Fisher Jr., 89, died Friday, Jan. 4, 2013, at Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury.
Born in Berlin, he was the son of the late William E. Fisher Sr. and Edna Birch Fisher. As a lifelong resident of Berlin, he was a World War II Army veteran. He had worked for Silco, and was a regional manager when he retired. He and his wife had owned the Spindrift Apartments in Ocean City for many years.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Alice Donnelly Fisher; four step-brothers, Clarence, Wilson, Norman and James Birch; stepsister, Miriam Birch Cropper and numerous nieces and nephews. He was also preceded in death by beloved companion, Joe Ann Ewell Keyser.
Services were held. A donation in his memory may be made to Alzheimer's Association, 1850 York Rd. Suite D, Timonium, Md., 21093.
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OCEAN CITY - James "Jim," "Bucket" Franklin Robinson, 85, of Ocean City died Sunday Jan. 6, 2013, at Atlantic General Hospital in Berlin.
Born in Charlestown, W.Va., he was the son of the late Frank Edgar Robinson and Mary Teresa Hammerschmidt Robinson. He had retired from the United States Postal Service where he had worked for many years as a postal carrier. He was a United States Army veteran, and a member of St. Luke's Catholic Church in Ocean City. He had been a member of the Ocean City and Cumberland Elks.
He is survived by his daughter Robin Jo McKenzie, of Smithsburg, Md.; two grandchildren, Jessica Wilson of Smithsburg and Angela McKenzie of Frederick, Md.; and three great-grandchildren, Tyler McKenzie and Lanie McKenzie both of Frederick and Kaylei Keefer of Cumberland, Md. He was preceded in death by his wife, Kathleen Marie Lease Robinson, in 2012, and by a granddaughter, Melanie McKenzie, in 2003.
Services were held. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the American Kidney Foundation, 11921 Rockville Pike, Suite 300, Rockville, Md. 20852.
Meyer Scharf
OCEAN PINES - Meyer Scharf, 97, was born in New York City and lived in New Brunswick, N.J., for 45 years. He attended Nathan Hale Elementary School, Roosevelt Junior High School, New Brunswick High School and Rutgers University, Class of 1935. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II and was honorably discharged on Oct. 27, 1945.
He owned the Bellmore Dress Co. in New Brunswick with his father, Sigmund Scharf. Later he was the vice president of manufacturing for the Lady Manhattan Co. in Paterson, N.J., and then owned Salisbury Manufacturing in Salisbury. He was one of the first residents of Ocean Pines, having lived there from 1975-2012.
Married in 1941 to Elizabeth Mellen Scharf, who died in 2002, he is survived by loving daughters Stephanie Scharf (Jeffry Mandell) and Jane Scharf; grandchildren, Meredith Mandell, Jonathan Mandell, Julie Schiff (David) Oshins, Lauren Schiff (Kevin) Watters; and great-grandchildren, Ari Oshins and Elizabeth Oshins as well as devoted nephews, cousins and friends.
Services were held.
Albert Joseph Sgro
OCEAN PINES - Albert Joseph Sgro of Ocean Pines, a retired Baltimore County educator, died suddenly on Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013, after a brief illness.
He was born in Indiana, Pa., on June 3, 1925, and was one of eleven children. He is survived by his wife of 61 years, Betty Graziano Sgro, and three sisters, Ann Nastasi, Florence Marshall and Catherine Shimmel, along with nieces, nephews and extended family members.
He served in the Navy during World War II at the headquarters of Admiral Chester Nimitz. After the war, he graduated from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. He was a highly respected educator in Baltimore County public schools for 27 years, serving as a teacher, department chair, assistant principal and principal. After his retirement from Baltimore County public schools, he had successful careers as a real estate counselor at Grempler Realty, and as an employment administrator at Martin Marietta Aerospace.
However, he never really retired as he kept active at his church, St. John Neumann Catholic Church, and served in many capacities. He was also active in the community, and was the 2011 award winner of the Shore Dispatch's Charitable Souls Campaign for "being on the front lines" of charity work. In addition, he received the Order of Merit from the Diocese of Wilmington in October 2007, in recognition of outstanding service to the diocese.
He also worked hard to "care for" his extended family as needed, and "spoiled" his many nieces and nephews wonderfully. Uncle Albert will be missed sorely by his large, extended family.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to St. John Neumann Catholic Church, 11211 Beauchamp Road, Berlin, Md., 21811, designated for the most Blessed Sacrament School Scholarship Fund.


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As John Jones sat in West Side Christian Church watching a parade of people walk up to the sanctuary to be baptized, he recalled feeling a strong conviction to follow them.
As John Jones sat in West Side Christian Church watching a parade of people walk up to the sanctuary to be baptized, he recalled feeling a strong conviction to follow them.
"It was like, 'Do it. Do it. Do it,'" said Jones, who had been attending services at West Side for the last month and a half.
Finally, Jones turned to his girlfriend, Kenya Lee, to ask her thoughts.
"She said, 'Follow your heart,'" said Jones. "So I did."
When Amy Henske also got up to be baptized last Sunday at West Side, she was shocked to see her mother, father and younger brother unexpectedly following her to the baptismal pool.
"No way did I think this was going to happen," admitted Henske, who had already planned to be baptized.
The day took on added emotion because Henske's grandfather's funeral was that same night in Litchfield.
"It was a really big deal for my family," said Henske, 28, a student at the University of Illinois Springfield. "I felt supported by them."
Jones and Henske were among 129 people baptized last Sunday at West Side's four services. That is nearly equal to the number of baptisms the church averages in a year, according to the Rev. Eddie Lowen, the lead minister there.
Ten people previously had plans to be baptized, while the others chose to do so spontaneously, said Lowen. Of that group, most had attended services at West Side for some time, he said.
The church practices "full immersion" baptism, which is modeled in the New Testament when Christ was baptized in the Jordan River by John the Baptist, said Lowen. Ahead of time, workers at West Side had installed a swimming pool about 15 inches in diameter and three feet deep, with a deck around a third of it.
Baptism, Lowen explained, comes when a person "believes and decides," and not as an infant. (Catholic, Presbyterian, Episcopal, Methodist and Lutheran churches are among those that do practice infant baptism.) At the time of the baptism, said Lowen, persons are asked to make a verbal confession of their belief in Christ.
Lowen said church leaders "wrestle with the tension about spontaneous baptisms." On the one hand, persons are encouraged to follow Christ, but on the other hand, they want them be "informed and knowledgable about the decision," said Lowen.
"Baptism is the beginning of the journey," said Lowen. "This is a tremendous spiritual high, but it's not an event that can carry you for decades.
"A baptism doesn't make a Christian life."
Shaun Anders, a 32-year-old engineer from Springfield, said he went to West Side Sunday morning with plans to be baptized, but when he saw the pool and deck in the church, "I knew we were in for something different and big.
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Jones, a 29-year-old student at Lincoln Land Community College, said he had been baptized as a teenager at his mother's urging.
"This time," he said, "it was on my terms."
Coming out of the pool, Jones said it was "like everything had been erased and I was starting fresh.
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Dr. Brad Paris of Springfield said he had thought about getting baptized, but was moved to do it Sunday as his wife and two daughters looked on.
"I felt God was doing something special that day," said Paris, 35, a colorectal surgeon.
Lowen said he was moved by the diversity — racial, economic and gender — of those who chose to be baptized Sunday.
"It was the simplicity and boldness of the invitation," he said. "It was a great day, overwhelmingly positive and encouraging to everyone present."
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In 2004, the MOOS program will complete the development of one of the MOOS mooring configurations designed to support upper water column (UWC) studies. The UWC mooring will combine development efforts undertaken over the last three years. The mooring system will support a science deployment in the Santa Cruz bight . This will be an excellent opportunity to test the new systems in support of science and to evaluate how well we have met the requirements identified at the original MOOS workshop in 1999.
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Plea Bargaining Russian Style
Solomon, Peter H., Jr., Demokratizatsiya
Abstract: In 2001 Russia introduced a type of plea bargaining, known as "special procedure court hearings," that is now widely used. Just why this form of plea bargaining became so popular is not clear, since the benefits that accused persons obtain from the procedure appear to be limited. Only a minority of them receive more lenient sentences as a result. The procedure has increased court efficiency, but has not helped the 2001 Criminal Procedure Code's larger goal of making the criminal judicial process more adversarial.
The Russian criminal justice system has been transformed over the past decade through the widespread application of a kind of plea bargaining practice known as "special procedure court hearings." (1) Less than ten years after its introduction in the 2001 Criminal Procedure Code, 63.9 percent of convicted persons used the procedure in 2010. The procedure allows defendants not to contest charges, in effect admitting their guilt and waiving an evidentiary trial review. (2) The absorption of this special procedure into Russia's formerly neo-inquisitorial criminal justice system happened as part of a reform to make the system more adversarial. (3) Ironically, the realization of an adversarial trial with lawyers presenting the evidence orally is less advanced than the special procedure aimed at efficiency, a practice seen as inquisitorial by some observers. (4)
The riddle is how and why this special procedure has become the most common way of handling criminal charges in Russia. The rules in the Criminal Procedure Code (Chapter 40, Articles 314-317) do not by themselves make the option attractive. The defendant, in consultation with a lawyer and in his presence, must accept the charges in writing, petition for conviction without trial, and waive the right to appeal based on the facts of the case. Opting for the procedure normally takes place at the end of a pretrial investigation (when the defendant first sees the dossier prepared by the investigator), but the accused has the right to make the choice at a later stage, such as during the preliminary hearing or at the start of the trial. Both a procurator (after reviewing the file) and the victim must consent to the special procedure. Finally, the judge must review the motion, ensure that the defendant understands what he or she is doing and has acted voluntarily, and verify that the charges are supported by the evidence in the file. If the judge agrees, there will be no trial on the evidence; instead, there will be a short hearing on sentence, with the exclusion of the upper third of the normal sentencing range? Under these circumstances, the federal government covers the cost of defense counsel provided by the police or the courts if the accused elects to rely on such services.
To be clear, this special procedure in Russia does not by definition involve explicit plea negotiations, but resembles what criminologists call "implicit plea bargaining." (6) Opting for the special procedure and agreeing not to contest the charge (the functional equivalents of confessions or guilty pleas) by themselves lead to the avoidance of a trial and structural concessions in sentencing. This does not preclude deal making in the form of explicit agreements about charges, sentences, or sentencing recommendations, but such practices are not inherent to the procedure itself.
In Italy, where procedural options similar to those adopted in Russia became available in the early 1990s, the initial response of lawyers and accused was restrained, and the percentage of defendants using the procedure was limited to single digits. Since then there has been some growth in its use following a change in the procedure for one option in 2000 and a broadening of eligibility for another in 2001. In 2005, 25 percent of accused persons used one of the shortened procedure forms and by 2010 as many as 35 percent. (7) But this is still a small share compared to Russia's. …


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[1]If something is unpopular but beneficial to the American public, do you as a member of Congress (a) support it, or (b) check the polls because sometimes what's good for the country could get a person unelected.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce backs a fuel tax increase because, as President Reagan once said before he raised it, such a hike is essential for the health and longevity of America's vital transportation infrastructure, something we cannot afford to let fail.
"The Chamber (of Commerce) supports reasonable increases in gas taxes that are phased in and indexed to inflation," the group's president, Thomas Donohue (photo), told the House of Representatives Committee on Transportation. "From a business standpoint, if you need something that's going to provide a good return, you have to go out and invest in it and buy it," he said, referring to highways and other infrastructure that make it possible to produce and move goods."That's why we're willing to pay more in gas and diesel taxes for something we know is going to make us more productive and efficient and lower our costs," Donohue said. [2]
Immediate past chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee , Florida Republican John Mica, immediately told Politico that he was "extremely disappointed" in Donohue. "Unfortunately, Mr. Donohue has lost touch with the business people he represents, and it would be my hope that he can seek other opportunities for employment as soon as possible." This is the Mr. Mica who often makes colorful statements.
We have watched for years now, since well before ol' SAFETEA-LU officially lapsed into zombie status in 2009 right through last year when it was repackaged into MAP-21 and heard virtually every stakeholder in transportation infrastructure (including John Mica) concede that the gas tax was woefully inadequate, we need another source, but right now and into the immediate future there isn't one, so let's keep our fingers crossed. It's as if the little Dutch boy realized that putting his finger in the dyke breach was not the ideal solution so he sat down to think about a better one.
Flying back from Germany two weeks ago, after the pre-bauma media meetings in Munich, I watched Lincoln on a tiny screen (from my tiny seat). Mr. Lincoln seemed to grasp the idea that our elected representatives should do what's right, what's necessary and what best serves the public. Or, infrastructure-wise, we'll all be under water.
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Dec 22, 2014 Bob Buskirk Memory, Reviews 0
We have taken a look at a few different DDR4 memory kits over the past couple of months. The kits ranged from entry-level to high-end. Kingston's HyperX brand is known as their high-end brand. Their best memory and solid state drives are part of the HyperX family. Of course with DDR4 being new we expected some new HyperX memory and Kingston delivered with their HyperX Predator series. This is not your typical memory, it is high-end with some of the tightest timings we have seen for DDR4 and the performance to match it. The Predator Series is available in speeds ranging from 2133 MHz all the way up to 3000 MHz. Today we will be taking a look at the HX424C12PB2K4/16 kit which is a 16 GB kit running at 2400 MHz with timings of 12-13-13-35 at 1.35V. Let's see what this kit can do!
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The first ever DDR4 memory kit that we reviewed was from Crucial and it was their standard JEDEC kit. While this memory was impressive it is not what most gamers and enthusiasts are looking for. Today we are taking a look at a second DDR4 kit from Crucial, this time it is of their Ballistix Sport DDR4-2400 memory. This memory features an operating speed of 2400 MHz with timings of 16-16-16-5 at 1.2v. The 16 GB kit that we are looking at today of course has some very attractive, yet non-intrusive heatspreaders as well. Let's get this kit on the test bench and see what they can do!
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Panram has just announced new memory kits in their Ninja-V Series DDR4 memory. These new kits come in speeds of 2800, 3000, 3200, and 3300 Mhz for the latest Haswell-E platform.
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Recently Kingston introduced their brand new HyperX Savage Series DDR3 memory kits. The HyperX Savage series effectively replaces the HyperX Genesis series that has been on the market for a few years now. The refresh sees a new improved and stylish red heatspreader, black PCB and of course the great quality we expect from Kingston. Kingston's HyperX Savage memory is available with speeds ranging from 1600 MHz to 2400 MHz in single 4GB and 8GB modules and dual-channel kits ranging from 8GB all the way up to 32GB. Today we will be taking a look at the highest clocked kit the HX324C11SRK2/16 which runs at 2400 MHz with timings of 11-13-14 at 1.65V. Let's get them on the test bench and see how they do!
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Team Group has just announced their latest DDR4-2666 64GB (4x16GB) Kit. This kit features the first single 16GB overclocked DRAM module in the world. This kit will be introduced in two different product series and be available in four different color to match your build perfectly.
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While we are all waiting for smaller fabrication nodes for GPUs, there is another revolution that will effect the graphics cards industry. High-Bandwidth Memory (HBM) is a form of stacked DRAM designed to sit on the same package as a processor. Hynix has been working on this technology with AMD and their entire HDM presentation was recently leaked giving us more insight on the technology.
Sep 29, 2014 Bob Buskirk Memory, Reviews 0
Recently we took a look at our first DDR4 memory kit, which was from Crucial. It was their JEDEC kit so it had no XMP profile and runs at the stock 2133 MHz as well as no fancy heatspreaders. Well the kit we are taking a look at today is much different. It has a nice set of heatspreaders and runs at 2400 MHz with timings of 15-15-15-25 at 1.2V. The kit we are talking about is G.Skill's F4-2400C15Q-16GRK kit, which is a 16 GB kit. G.Skill will also be offering these kits in three different color options so you can match them to your motherboard, case and other components. Let's get these modules in our X99 system and see what they can do!
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Intel recently launched their Haswell-E HEDT (high-end desktop) processors and accompanying X99 chipset. With that came the introduction of DDR4 memory to the consumer market. DDR4 memory has been used in server implementations, but the X99 chipset is the first consumer platform to support DDR4 memory. DDR4 brings with it faster data rates (2133 MHz standard), higher capacity levels and improved efficiency over DD3. Today we will be taking a look at our first DDR4 memory kit and it comes from Crucial. We are taking a look at their 32 GB (4x8GB) DDR4-2133 Kit (CT4K8G4DFD8213). This is Crucial's JEDEC kit so it is not fancy at all and does not come with a XMP profile. The kit runs at 2133 MHz with timings of 15-15-15-36 at 1.2V.
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G.SKILL International Co., Ltd., the leading extreme performance memory manufacturer and designer, is excited to feature two extremely high end DDR4 memory at 3333MHz 32GB (4GBx8) and 3200MHz 32GB (8GBx4) during Intel Developer Forum 2014 (IDF 2014).
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I have a lot of sprites to render, and wanted to get any feedback from folks who have pushed performance in this area.
So I sort by shaders and texture. And have batches of sprites with the same render settings in VBOs to send to the shaders for rendering. All normal stuff. My sprites are all square and all have the same basic data: central position (P), orientation (O), scale (S), rgb color (Col) and global opacity (Alpha). I have to update the position and orientation in CPU code, (though about 50% of sprites don't change between any given pair of frames) and scale, color and opacity almost never change for a sprite, but not actually never.
I can't assume geometry shaders (I will support them, but the question is moot in that case).
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When I update the sprite positions, calculate the vertex positions on the CPU. Making the vertex shader a simple transform step. (Advantage of a significantly smaller amount of data to update each frame, but the CPU has to do a lot of trig).
Put the POS data into the VBO as additional data, duplicated for the 4 verts, then have the vert position just be simple offsets (-1,-1; -1,1; 1,1; 1,-1) and do the trig in the shader (Advantage that the GPU is doing more calculation, but each vertex has 5 extra words of data).
It isn't obvious which is better, so both approaches need profiling to see what happens.
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Kigurumi (着ぐるみ?) is the Japanese name for costumed performers who represent cartoon characters, often animals. The name comes from the Japanese verb kiru (着る to wear?) and noun nuigurumi (ぬいぐるみ stuffed toy?). These performers appear at shopping malls, theme parks, and anime conventions. The costumed characters found in theme parks, such as Disneyland, on children's TV shows such as Barney and Friends, Teletubbies and Bananas in Pyjamas, and roaming the sidelines of sports events as mascots are also included in the Japanese term kigurumi. Frequently their appearance serves a festive promotional purpose and they are often employed to entertain audiences of children. Kigurumin, a style of Japanese street fashion, employs kigurumi costumes as personal dress. Popular outfits include Pokémon characters such as Pikachu and Piplup, Disney characters, Sanrio characters such as Hello Kitty, elephants, dinosaurs, cats, dogs, rabbits, cows, sheep, pigs, pandas, unicorns, tigers, kangaroos and koalas.
Anime kigurumi[edit]
A subset of kigurumi in otaku and cosplay circles is anime kigurumi. In this style of representation humanoid characters are portrayed through the use of masks and bodysuits (the bodysuit is known in Japan as a zentai) that completely covers the bodies of cosplayers. The performer is known as an animegao or "doller". A doller outfit consists of a full bodysuit, usually in a fleshtone color, combined with clothing and accessories appropriate for the character. A mask covers the head with a wig and perhaps a hat. The performer sees through eye-holes in the mask.
Dollers in Japan often perform on stage in promotional events for anime and other film and television shows.
In English-speaking countries kigurumi are referred to as costumed characters, animal costumes, mascot costumes, or fursuits depending on the context. Fursuits are mascot-style costumes that represent animals and cartoon characters according to established styles within the furry fandom. Such suits completely cover the performer's body and are often padded as necessary to render the appropriate shape.
Variations of fursuits exist informally called "partials" in which only a costume head and costume hands/arms are worn, with standard clothing covering the rest of the body. Partials typically, but not always, include standard shoes rather than fursuit feet-paw-shoes, because the wearer is trying to look casual, and the costume feet would be an additional effort to create. Also, keeping furred feet soles from being ruined while walking is already a problem for people wearing standard fursuits, who sometimes create sandals to protect the soles.
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by SamueltheLion » Wed Nov 17, 2010 1:08 am
by Lowsix » Wed Nov 17, 2010 12:22 am
septeloid wrote:Low, for your information I am not bashing your beliefs. I myself am a Christian. A disgruntled one yes, but a Christian nevertheless.In fact I have previously written about past and present Christians that have inspired me, such as Malachi Martin for example.
septeloid wrote:So maybe I should try and reiterate my point yet again.Why did he need to bring the bible into it? He didn't need to because there is already ample scientific evidence that would support his claims regarding the Carbon ppm 6000(?) years ago. If he wants to be taken seriously by non-christians, he really should lay off the bible quotes.
by Septeloid » Wed Nov 17, 2010 12:03 am
lowsix wrote:septeloid wrote:Okay okay, let's get this straight.I couldn't care less about what Shimkus said about carbon ppm back in the days of Genesis. But hey, if you want to take a shot at that, go for it.Yes absolutely, your insistence of just simply discounting the CONTEXT in which those words were spoken (which um to the rest of us critical thinkers is important) is actually your self stated objective, then i stand by my declaration of your buffoonish insincerity...and christian bashing agenda..which again i say is allegedly against the rules..(well, only in certain cases apparently)If you MUST remove the actual, real world context and scientific carbon ppm FACTS, (which again, ill remind you is the ENTIRE point)simply so you can insult christians,then your agenda is laid clear.You go ahead and bash my beliefs and Ill bash your insincerity and pretense to a point..
septeloid wrote:Okay okay, let's get this straight.I couldn't care less about what Shimkus said about carbon ppm back in the days of Genesis. But hey, if you want to take a shot at that, go for it.
by Lowsix » Tue Nov 16, 2010 11:26 pm
by Septeloid » Tue Nov 16, 2010 11:19 pm
lowsix wrote:@ samuel the mule....Both astoundingly perceptive posts.Missed them the first run through...very well said..And @ Septeloid..Im not convinced you understand why that guy was quoting the bible in the first place.But i can see why you think it was the reasons you stated.His MAIN point wasnt about the bible, had you listened to what he said..It was about the ppm of carbon, now, compared to when it was 4000ppm and the size and diversity of the biomass life forms, THEREFORE blaming carbon itself, in a carbon starved timezone was irrational, and therefore inneffctive, not to mention doesnt eliminate of alleviate the end product of carbon pollution, it simply charges more to use it.THERE was the point of the idiot Shimkus,and if you can refute that scientifically, Ill be all ears.But if its really MORE important for you to take shots at other people beliefs,while taking them out of context so you can be witty about it, im with sam..Ill just wave while passing by...perhaps glad you dont live here either.
by SamueltheLion » Tue Nov 16, 2010 10:37 pm
by Stratosfear » Tue Nov 16, 2010 10:12 am
samuelthemule wrote:stratosfear wrote:What a simple-minded numbskull.Oh really? Isn't it sort of profound? I.e Don't worry about what you can't predict, just live your life as well as you can, the show will be over when it's over. Didn't you get the memo? Climate Change/ Global Warming may be a huge scam... to get you to hate yourself, eat lots of carrots, and call for a mass cow-o-cide, to stop the farts.
stratosfear wrote:What a simple-minded numbskull.
by Epicfailure » Tue Nov 16, 2010 8:52 am
lowsix wrote:Bummer that the "agenda" rule isnt very equally applied around here.
by Christomite » Tue Nov 16, 2010 3:51 am
by Harbin » Tue Nov 16, 2010 3:17 am
captainkarizma wrote:Common sense should prevail above all else, but it seems the religious and the greedy have taken morals of humanity ,and twisted it into something that can fit into their paradigm. Really what is soo wrong with common sense when you apply what really matters sustainability, enviromental and humanitarian ideals as your goals. I think any religion or belief structure would agree to those. Personal belifs are just that "personal" . So should John Shimkus be in position of influence or power giving what he said ? which was basically don't worry we need to create jobs no matter what enviromental problems arise, because it is written in the bible. Not to mention using creationism to ignore rising co2 levels. This guy is a real piece of work .
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Retired Brig Gen. Dan Cherry, Justice John D. Minton Jr. and hoops star Greg Smith will be inducted during the 2013 Homecoming celebration on Oct. 25 in Bowling Green.
Cherry was awarded the Silver Star with one oak leaf cluster and the Air Medal with 34 oak leaf clusters during his Air Force career.
Minton was elected to the Kentucky Supreme Court in 2006 and was sworn in as Kentucky's chief justice in 2008.
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Many things can cause the light to come on. And yes, some are safe to drive with and others are not. What I suggest is to take the car to a nationally recognized parts store and have them scan the computer. Most will do it for free. Then come back to me with the code they find and I will be better able to answer your question. As far as the heat, is the blower motor not working or is it just blowing cold air? Have her make sure the coolant is full.
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I'm tasked with building a .NET client app to detect silence in a WAV files.
Is this possible with the built-in Windows APIs? Or alternately, any good libraries out there to help with this?
Audio analysis is a difficult thing requiring a lot of complex math (think Fourier Transforms). The question you have to ask is "what is silence". If the audio that you are trying to edit is captured from an analog source, the chances are that there isn't any silence... they will only be areas of soft noise (line hum, ambient background noise, etc).
All that said, an algorithm that should work would be to determine a minimum volume (amplitude) threshold and duration (say, <10dbA for more than 2 seconds) and then simply do a volume analysis of the waveform looking for areas that meet this criteria (with perhaps some filters for millisecond spikes). I've never written this in C#, but this CodeProject article looks interesting; it describes C# code to draw a waveform... that is the same kind of code which could be used to do other amplitude analysis.
If you want to efficiently calculate the average power over a sliding window: square each sample, then add it to a running total. Subtract the squared value from N samples previous. Then move to the next step. This is the simplest form of a CIC Filter. Parseval's Theorem tells us that this power calculation is applicable to both time and frequency domains.
Also you may want to add Hysteresis to the system to avoid switching on&off rapidly when power level is dancing about the threshold level.
This has all the code necessary to strip silence, and mix wave files.
I don't think you'll find any built-in APIs for detection of silence. But you can always use good ol' math/discreete signal processing to find out loudness. Here's a small example: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc163341.aspx
See code below from Detecting audio silence in WAV files using C#
Use Sox. It can remove leading and trailing silences, but you'll have to call it as an exe from your app.


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I am having a really hard time dealing with my BF's mother lately, and for the point of keeping it short I will refer to her as MIL. We might as well be married.
I'm currently about 22 weeks pregnant, and this woman will not leave me alone. We are having a baby girl. We picked a name (Olivia) and she decides it's not good enough, so we need a new name. We told her to go to hell basically, but she's now calling our baby by all sorts of stupid nicknames.
I don't really understand where things changed with her. She used to really like me, and now it's like, I'm not good enough. She is constantly barraging me about my weight. Now, I am overweight, but I've only gained 4 pounds this pregnancy, and I think I look just fine. She is always telling me how she weighs 105 and all she eats is salad, and I hate it!
But the point of the post is coming.
She decides she wants to host a baby shower for me. I'm fine with that as it is her sons first baby. She asks me when I want to have it. I said that October would be good because I don't want to be to uncomfortable, plus Nov/Dec are holiday months.
You would have thought I killed someone getting her to agree to an October shower.
Then she says we have to have it Sunday. I'm like, OH NO we aren't. I have my ODD on Wed through Sat. I'm NOT going to ask her Father for a Sunday when I could easily have the party on a Saturday. Granted he would have no problem at all giving me her on a Sunday, we get along fabulously, and he's one of my best friends, but the point is, that we can have it on a Saturday.
Well she's mad because SIL works on Saturdays. I'm thinking, we're 2 months out here, have her ask for a day off.
The thing that really bothers me the most is, she did the EXACT same thing to my BF's brothers new wife. She makes the shower all about HER instead of about the baby and family. She said I was "selfish" for getting ODD (who is 6) a present for the baby shower. I am getting her one of those "kid proof" digital cameras, and a scrapbooking kit so she can make a book for her and her little sister.
It's selfish because MIL does "all the scrapbooking". Oh yeah? She has one grandson she won't even refer to by name, just "DIL's Son" She hates this particular DIL, and refuses to take pictures or scrapbook him. I know this sounds petty, but her other grandkids have 20 - 30 books EACH. Her youngest granddaughter is 4 and has at least 30 of these damn books and she can't make ONE for her grandson?
I said she's not welcome to scrapbook our baby until she scrapbooks grandson AND ODD.
Well, now she wants nothing to do with me, which would be FINE except she is calling BF and MY Mom to complain!
Every time I do see her all she wants to do is talk about my weight, how I'm not "doing a good job" of pregnancy, all about her sons ex'es pregnancies.
My BF hates her with a passion, and would love to have a CO, but they live 2 blocks from us and she just randomly shows up.
We ignore the doorbell and she will come to the backdoor and walk right in!
At this point, I don't even freaking want her stupid babyshower, where she is inviting all of HER friends. I tried to get 3 of my friends on the guest list and was told "there is no more room".
My Mother is hosting a small shower for us next weekend in Wyoming, ONLY because she can't travel. She's got one leg and is in kidney failure, I'm not going to ask her to drive 5+ hours. I can drive, its easier. Well MIL took that to mean we don't like her, don't think her baby shower is "good enough" etc.
I just... I don't understand where everything changed from her liking me, to me being the devil.
I don't want her baby shower, she's already said the gifts should stay at her house, like WTF no. My baby will not be at her house, ever.
I just feel like if she can't accept me and my ODD then she has no business around my baby.


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Drugs... drugs and music
"My drug music, theraputic to the user" - Mobb Deep
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(Verse One)
Y'all valley of the dawgs, married to the moms
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Under the influence of things I bring to drug music
To shootin you up, and dope you with decomposed narcotics
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Fighting a war inside my mind, im all lost the more i find
The more I ride toward the skies, open wide rain warm
You get ya brain torn, brain storm till the pain gone
We gon unify the streets against the beast so get your gang on
Hang on for life, o.d, relevant drugs
Herione buzz, my team some intelligent thugs
Y'all fear emotion, my crew pack the dance floor
Like dance more me and my man's whore snap y'all like ham haul
Its like a jungle sometimes we life in gangland
Brooklyn, criminals thieves thugs and hoodlums
Cats'll pull they gun out, take over ya drug route
Then blow off ya legs n feet n order you to run out
I'm in a three piece on the streets like peace peace
But got guns for you cats who wanna see a cease beat
I dont breathe right, my life dont seem right
I dont see nights, and wont until my whole family eats right
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"My drug music, theraputic to the user" - Mobb Deep
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(Verse Three)
I cop this buick with the seats pulled out in the back ways
I keep an ugly pack a villians like killers and crab gangs
Some are religious fastness, some are hype, some others blastin
Some are dead or in jail fathers or young bastards
I pump the drug music, abuse beats I been through it
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Coke rocks to M3's Get jerz to VP's
Work our way up, we dont give a fuck who gets stuck
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Like I'm in vegas with a trunk a coke
Up in ya projects and ya never know I'm sellin soap
Smellin the dope
Hold the pope in Brooklyn how we took his wallet plus his laptop
Jumped in the whip, skidded to the neighbor's crack spot
[Hook 4X]
"My drug music, theraputic to the user" - Mobb Deep
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Weekends can be a dietary challenge. To help me stay on track, I stock my kitchen with healthy snacks with a theme. One weekend the theme will be fresh melon so I buy a party tray of cut melon. Another weekend, the theme will be orange and I will buy sweet potatoes, carrots, and cantaloupe.
Use a straw to drink your water, it makes it fun and helps make it easier to drink all you need.
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Would you still eat this???
I dont think things like that are worth the risk... Yuck.
If it has already been cooked? Why not? My understanding is if RAW meat is thawed and then refrozen it becomes a problem. Also, if the meat was not stored the best it might be freezer burnt, but I don't think it would be UNHEALTHY. In my house, ground beef is a rare delicacy so it would NEVER have gone that long without having been eaten, and we try not to waste food unless it is going to make someone sick.
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|Comment posted by Ann Winstanley at 19:21 on 14th Mar 2009
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|Ann Winstanley says:
|Clean and comfortable, just like home from home with all the tea I could drink. We REALLY enjoyed it and next time we want to go away for a short break my vote will be Blackpool and the Canasta!
|Our Reply:
|Cheers Ann - hope to see you later in the year!!
|Comment number 823 of 1153
|Comment posted by C Foster at 10:19 on 13th Mar 2009
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|C Foster says:
|Great weekend, great hotel, great breakfast. Loved the free tea and coffee all day (sorry if we abused that!)Lovely clean friendly hotel and great value too! We'll definitely be back!
|Our Reply:
|Thanks for that - we'll look forward to seeing you again
|Comment number 822 of 1153
|Comment posted by lawrence lightbown at 16:51 on 1st Mar 2009
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|lawrence lightbown says:
|Not the best hotel by far However all topped by the managers attitude towards the younger members of this world. All good and well when you arrive but after that we never got a look. Fair enough he had friends there which was dealing with the death in the family. But that give you no right to have an attitude with your manners are awful and calling me a dickhead well was beath taking and i will be seeking advice and taking this matter futher with the help of my solicitor removing myself and a pregant lady at 22.30 says a lot about you and your hotel.
|Our Reply:
A Complaint!!!Mr Lightbown... You were drunk, you were obnoxious and argumentative. My hotel is also my home. I gave you fair warning when you were arguing with me, incessantly, about the cost of your friends room (which we had already agreed about before he booked in) that if you didn't calm down I would be asking you to leave. I have other guests to think about - I'm quite tolerant at taking abuse, to a point, but when it becomes clear that other guests may become your target then I make no apologies at all for ejecting you. It became obvious to me that you were going to cause a disturbance and I asked you to leave. Its that simple. Your partner was not obviously pregnant to me...so maybe a few weeks is all...there certainly wasn't any signs. Oh...pregnancy is a condition...not a desease. If she was OBVIOUSLY pregnant then I would have assisted in finding an alternative accommodation for you. I don't suffer fools gladly. I say it ...as I see it. Next time you check in a hotel ...tone down the arrogance and maybe don't have so much to drink...eh. You are, officially, BAAARRRRED!!
Note to viewers...he's obviously not happy. I ejected him purely because it was clear he was going to cause a disturbance to others and not just me. We do our best to ensure paying guests get a peaceful nights sleep.
|Comment number 821 of 1153
|Comment posted by Mr Barrington Reid at 17:33 on 3rd Mar 2009
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|Mr Barrington Reid says:
|We arrived early for our accomodation but was made to feel very welcome until our room was ready. All staff were lovely. Breakfast was lovely, the food was freshly prepared and plenty of it. The room was clean and comfortable, we would certainly stay again.
|Our Reply:
|Thanks guys!!
|Comment number 820 of 1153
|Comment posted by lee mulhearn at 17:04 on 16th Feb 2009
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|lee mulhearn says:
|hey dougie n swamps :P just like ta say thanks for the amazing time at your hotel you's made , mine and claires engagement really special, got sum good snaps of yas so will have to email them to ya! you's are a klass laff and douggie n swamps are deffo the karaoke king and queen :P haha had a klass laff and will recommend your hotel to everyone!! best hotel award!!! haha any1 who is thinking of going to the canasta hotel dont think twice just BOOK IT !!! atmosphere's emazing and the staff are even better thanks again doug and mandy hope everything is ok and plan to be back in your company soon much love lee n claire xxx
|Our Reply:
|Thnaks for that Lee and Claire..and congratulations for popping the question on Valentines Night!!! Swamps will have to buy another silly hat now!!! Hope to see you again later this year! (yes - send me those piccies please - and the vid of her saying "YES!!!")
|Comment number 819 of 1153
|Comment posted by Yvonne Morgan at 11:51 on 17th Feb 2009
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|Yvonne Morgan says:
|Just returned from a 3 night break at the Canasta. Had a great time. Staff fun and friendly. The breakfast lives up to its reputation. Will be returning soon.Thanks !!!!!
|Our Reply:
|Thnaks v much Yvonne!!!
|Comment number 818 of 1153
|Comment posted by colin veitch at 11:39 on 2nd Feb 2009
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|colin veitch says:
|Hi Doug&Mandy, Thanks for another mint stay and really enjoyed ali&Surranes celebrations.Still on oxygen after the ANNIVERSARY WALTZ marathon!!!! Once again made new friends and renewed old ones!! I would like to thank you all for making it a laugh!!! after all life is to short!!! and come to think of it, so am i!!!! I raise my glasses, with one lense missing!!!!!!! to you all, especially the hosts with the most!! Thank you!! Colin&Anne
|Our Reply:
|la la la la la la la la laaaaaaa
Cheers Colin
|Comment number 817 of 1153
|Comment posted by Shaun & Jac at 16:44 on 27th Jan 2009
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|Shaun & Jac says:
|Hi Mandy & Doug, We had a brill time last weekend at your hotel, the accomodation is excellent, food is great and the entertainment was fantastic. Karioke was very entertaining and i must say that Colin's (proper geordie) rendition of the aniversary waltz was amazing. great time had, recomend to all and see you most definately again.
|Our Reply:
|Hi Shaun & Jac...glad you enjoyed it...hope to see you again later this year maybe
|Comment number 816 of 1153
|Comment posted by lynne & jack at 20:03 on 8th Jan 2009
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|lynne & jack says:
|Well dont think we can top the comments so far. What a fantastic time we had it was the best yet
Company was fantastic both old and new lovely to see downtown annie and rod, brownee and sandra aggie and andy and not forgetting the wonderful lee although we dont think he'll ever reach the dizzy heights of funny girls but who cares when you got the fab canasta. Fancy dress was also the best yet thinking caps really on fire for 2009
just to say doug and mandy you are the dogs danglers when it comes to hosting a good do. Thanks for all the great comments about the wigan crew but it wouldnt be the same without any one of you everybody gives it there all. Soooooooooooo looking forward to getting together again in 2009 dont forget to keep us up to date with dates rod. See you all very soon god bless
Jack and Lynne alias (stevie woolworths and mary hopeless)
|Our Reply:
|hahaha..Mary Hopeless.....guys...you were the BEST!!!
|Comment number 815 of 1153
|Comment posted by Big Al, Anne, Phil, Cathy at 21:35 on 8th Jan 2009
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|Big Al, Anne, Phil, Cathy says:
|Hi Doug,Mandy and all your staff thank you all so much for such a brilliant time what a great way to bring in the new year the company and the food were first class our first visit at new year and we will definately be doing it again thanks again xxx
|Our Reply:
|Och Aye The Noo Year!!!!!
Thanks for your company guys!!!!!!!!
See you all in September!!!
|Comment number 814 of 1153
|Comment posted by Becky at 21:14 on 7th Jan 2009
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|Becky says:
|Hey Doug thanx for a fantastic time at new year, i'll send u photos in an email :)
|Our Reply:
|Hi Bexter
You're most welcome - thanks for coming!!! And thanks for all those pics you sent tonight.....those will keep me busy tomorrow getting them on the site
Be Lucky, kid!!
|Comment number 813 of 1153
|Comment posted by Thomas Eaves at 17:18 on 7th Jan 2009
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|Thomas Eaves says:
|Thanks to all at the Canasta for a great new Year,It was our first time there and myself and my wife thoroughly enjoyed it. we'll be back.
Thomas & Mary
|Our Reply:
|Thanks for that Thomas and Mary - we're glad you enjoyed it!! See you at easter and again at New Year (I see you booked both dates already!)
|Comment number 812 of 1153
|Comment posted by Andy and Nadine at 11:50 on 7th Jan 2009
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|Andy and Nadine says:
|Thanks Dougie and Mandy for setting 2009 off on a high.Never have i stayed in such a well dressed,well mannered well tuned and well oiled establishment.Well it was wonderful and well see you soon.Hi to all.
Andy and Nadine.
|Our Reply:
|Cheers Andy & Nadine - you were a great laugh - as always
|Comment number 811 of 1153
|Comment posted by Jimmy(Chubby) & Marl. at 13:23 on 6th Jan 2009
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|Jimmy(Chubby) & Marl. says:
|Hiya Doug & Mandy, just wanna say thanks to yourself, Mandy & all your wonderful staff for another fantastic Canasta New Year.It was great to see all the old crowd again who help to make it an unforgettable New Year.Thanks to all the new faces too for their company & hopefully we will see you later on in the year, sometime around June or July (When the sun is shining & we might be able to see the bloody sea from our 'Sea View'room!) Special thanks to Jack n Lynne & Ray n me Julie for their company.Thanks again, see you all soon.
Jimmy & Marl.
|Our Reply:
|Whey hey.....CHUBBY!!!!
I think EVERYBODY excelled this year BUT.,...YOU and JACK got the top spot for the BEST Fancy Dress!!! I mean ....you even had the dance down to a "T" !!! Has he been practicing that Marlene?
Thanks for your company - and that's for ALL the Wigan Crew and we'll see you later in 2009!!
Doug and Mandy
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|Comment posted by colin veitch at 16:47 on 5th Jan 2009
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|colin veitch says:
|Hi Doug & Mandy,
Well what can i say!! Superb time had by all, loads of new faces and singers but the same brilliant atmosphere!!
Wonderful food! Great costumes!!
Will never look at the WIGAN crewe again without laughing!! Great effort!! Thanks to all the staff for super service, all the old and new canasta family we have met!! but most of all thanks again to the hosts with the most!!
Cheers again c u soon,
Colin & Doontoon Annie xx
|Our Reply:
|Cheers Rod Stewpot!!!
Thanks again for helping making it so special. Thanks for the pics you mailed me...I'll get them up as soon as others start sending theirs in too.
Cheers for now
Doug & Mandy
|Comment number 809 of 1153
"Blackpool is bright busy and noisy, yet step into the confine of the Canasta H4otel, it's very relaxing, drinking at the table watching the sun go down. "


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Soft and Crunchy Peanut Butter Cookies
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- 1 1/2 cups whole peanuts
- 1/2 sup sugar, for rolling
Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. In a small bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt.
In a large bowl, beat butter until creamy, about two minutes. Add peanut butter and beat until well combined, about 1 minute. Add light brown sugar and 3/4 cup regular sugar. Beat for three minutes. Add eggs, beating for one minute. Beat in flour mixture in two parts, scraping down sides of bowl after each addition. Mix in peanuts.
Pour 1/2 cup sugar into a small bowl. Roll dough into 1 1/2 inch balls. Roll each ball in sugar to coat lightly. Place balls on baking sheet and press down each ball twice with the tines of a fork, making a crisscross pattern. Bake cookies until golden brown and starting to crisp at the edges, 12 to 14 minutes.


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Catholic, US Leaders Condemn Plan to Burn Qur'an
Call for Interreligious Respect
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GAINSVILLE, Florida, SEPT. 7, 2010 (Zenit.org).- Catholic leaders worldwide are joining with U.S. officials to protest a plan to publicly burn a Qur'an, the holy book of Islam, on Sept. 11.
Terry Jones of Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville has said that he wants to hold a "Qur'an Burning Day" on Saturday's anniversary of the 2001 terrorist attacks by Muslim fundamentalists.
Archbishop Lawrence Saldanha of Lahore, Pakistan, president of the Pakistan Catholic Bishops Conference, told Fides, "We strongly condemn this intention and this campaign, as it is contrary to the respect due to all religions, as well as contrary to our doctrine and to our faith."
Nazir Bhatti, chairman of the Pakistan Christian Congress, also appealed for the stopping of this initiative as "it could seriously harm Christian minorities in Muslim-majority countries."
This "Qur'an Burning Day," he said, "will be used by radicals Islamists as a pretext to attack Christians."
Cardinal Oswald Gracias, archbishop of Mumbai, India, and president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of India, gathered several Christian and Muslim religious leaders to issue a joint statement expressing disagreement with this initiative.
They called the proposed act "contrary to the teaching of Jesus Christ."
The cardinal stated, "I condemn this completely insensitive threat that is disrespectful to the Holy Qur'an, on behalf of the Catholic Church."
Bishop Johannes Pujasumarta of Bandung, Indonesia, secretary general of the Indonesian bishops' conference, told Fides: "We have expressed our disagreement and have launched an appeal to have it canceled. We will continue to pray that nothing unpleasant occurs in Indonesia and throughout the world as a result of this irresponsible act."
Last weekend there were several demonstrations in Indonesia by Islamic groups protesting this initiative. Members of the Catholic bishops' conference in that country held a meeting with members of the Islamic Defense Front, a radical movement, in which they underlined the mutual respect between Christians and Muslims.
Fides reported that the front has "strongly condemned" the initiative of Jones, while underlining the fact that the only ones to be held accountable for the crime are those who physically commit it, since "it is by the sacrilegious act that they are stained, and not because they are Americans or Christians.
The news agency stated that other religious leaders throughout Asia are expressing concern for their communities, and are urging mutual interreligious respect.
Various U.S. leaders have also joined the Church leaders in condemning this initiative.
U.S. General David Petraeus, commander of the troops in Afghanistan, warned that Jones' plan could endanger the soldiers under his care.
He stated, "Were the actual burning to take place, the safety of our soldiers and civilians would be put in jeopardy."


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