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Rione XIII in Capitol Hill is the newest of Ethan Stowell's restaurants, though at the pace he's pumping them out, it won't be the newest for long. This one's a Roman-style trattoria that's typical of Stowell's formula of serving food that's straightforward and fresh. Count on the usual categories of small plates (including salads), pizzas, pastas (Stowell's noodles are top-notch), and meaty dishes. But there are also some surprises, like a menu section of fresh mozzarella options.
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In addition to a plate of puntarelle (a winter chicory, dressed with anchovy and garlic, that was deliciously bitter), my favorite dish at a recent media lunch was veal sweetbreads with artichokes, capers, and lemon. Sweetbreads can be either the pancreas or the thymus gland. Like brains, I especially like them poached, to preserve their pillowy texture. Here they were fried, still nice and fluffy, complemented by the citrusy, briny notes of the accompanying ingredients.
So what do Rione XIII's sweetbreads teach us about sex?
It's all about paying attention to the lobes.
The thymus and pancreas are both glandular organs (don't worry, I won't get all biological in discussing the different between glands and organs) that contain lobes. Many organs have lobes, which tend to be held together by connective tissue. Connective tissue (collagen) can be the toughest to break down, therefore requiring longer cooking techniques. The lobes, on the other hand, are often light and luscious in texture (think brains and sweetbreads) and considered delicious delicacies (think foie gras). I suggest you pay attention to menus, doing as I do, looking for lobes.
Pay similar attention to your sex life, as lobes play a key role in your sexual performance and pleasure. Four lobes come to mind: ears, liver, lungs, and brain.
The earlobes teach us to pay attention to the smallest details. Bodies have all kinds of erogenous zones, often at the extremities. Many people (though certainly not all) like having their earlobes touched, licked, and kissed, as that can feel quite arousing.
The liver reminds us to be careful about alcohol. Too much drinking can result in a cloudy mind, with an inability to give consent, use protection, and perform sexually. A clear mind, on the other hand, is receptive, responsive, and responsible.
The lungs remind us to breathe. Breathing provides rhythm and relaxation, resulting in a more fulfilling experience. (If you're willing to research, you can read about the tantric perspective on breathing.) Paying attention to your partner's breathing can also provide clues to his or her state of sexual arousal.
Finally, the brain, full of lobes, is your most important sexual organ. Your mind and imagination are integral to having a creative and exciting sex life. Sex doesn't mean that you stop thinking, though you should also be able to let go and not overthink the situation.
If you see sweetbreads, or any lobes, on Rione XIII's menu, don't overthink--just get them. I can pretty much guarantee they'll be delicious. And they'll serve as a sexual reminder to be in love with lobes, as lobes will give you a better love life.
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NATIONAL CITY It's midmorning in teacher Adriana Hernandez's classroom at El Toyon School, and the temperature is climbing.
To keep her room of sixth-graders comfortable on a day that would soon reach 80 degrees, a portable air conditioner installed in a back window pumps out chilled air while an electric fan hums — loudly — from the corner.
It's just enough to temper the heat, unless the kids need to use the laptops that are lined up neatly along the wall. For the computers to be turned on, the AC and fan need to be turned off. The 62-year-old school's wiring can't handle running it all.
The outdated electrical system isn't unique to El Toyon, and is causing a problem much larger than keeping students cool on a hot summer day. It's also keeping kids from the kinds of technology needed in today's classrooms. The aging infrastructure of the National School District's 10 elementary schools — built between 1927 and 1967 — is straining to support the technological demands of a 21st century learning environment and all sites need upgrades. To help update the campuses, the school district will ask voters to approve a $26.1 million bond measure to create modern classrooms and other facilities for students and staff. Administrators say bond money is needed to launch a variety of projects and give the district access to state matching funds that would otherwise be unavailable.
The bond measure goes to National City's 19,537 registered voters Nov. 4. To pass, it needs 55 percent approval. The maximum amount of tax levied to property taxes within the district's boundaries would be $30 per $100,000 of assessed value. The tax year 2014-15 assessed values in National City totals $3.5 billion, up 2.49 percent from the previous year.
Bond measures have made headlines in recent years for different reasons. The Poway Unified School District has been strongly criticized over the exorbitant cost of repaying $105 million it borrowed through a capital improvement bond, which upped its total payoff to $981 million over 40 years.
Conventional bonds had some trouble, too. In 2012, voters in Ramona rejected a $66 million bond measure the school district wanted to help pay off $35 million it borrowed with financing known as certificates of participates. The school district will try again in November with a pared-down version asking voters to approve a $40 million bond measure.
And this year in Coronado, a $29 million school bond issue ran into opposition from homeowners who contended the Coronado Unified School District isn't prudent with its money and adequately transparent.
National, however, expects voters to rally around its school bond measure. Earlier this year, it conducted a telephone survey in the city of 400 likely voters that showed 77.5 percent supporting approval.
District officials plan to gain support of key groups and individual voters by engaging service organizations and taking the message door to door. Without the funding, the school district simply won't be able to move forward with the projects, said Chris Carson, assistant superintendent of business services.
About a third of National City's 59,834 residents are homeowners, while the other two-thirds rent, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Less than half who are old enough to vote are registered. The median household income is $38,798, and about 23 percent of the population lives below poverty level.
The K-6 school district serves about 5,500 lower-income students and runs a state-funded preschool program, which is free to National City residents. About 60 percent of students are English learners, with a majority of the predominantly Hispanic student body speaking Spanish. The district receives federal funding to provide free breakfast and lunch to all students, and has an operating budget of $43.7 million for the 2014-15 school year.

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Crestwood screening to give 'smooth ride' for older citizensPublished 1:50pm Monday, August 12, 2013
MADISON – Crestwood Medical Center has scheduled a free screening to help senior citizens have a comfortable and safe drive.
"The CarFit Checkup will help older drivers find out how well their vehicles 'fit' them, demonstrate ways to improve comfort and safety and promote conversations about driver safety and community mobility," Crestwood Marketing Coordinator Sarah Manning said.
The screening will be held on Aug. 20 from 8 a.m. to noon at Crestwood Family Practice: County Line Road, Suite A-2 in the Village Shoppes of Madison at 12100 County Line Road. Appointments are not necessary, and walk-ins are welcome; however, organizers will appreciate individuals to schedule appointment by calling 256-429-4930.
"Each checkup takes about 20 minutes," Manning said. "This is not a driving test or mechanical inspection."
Employees in Crestwood Therapy Services will provide the screening. The founders of CarFit are the American Society on Aging, American Automobile Association, American Occupational Therapy Association and developed in collaboration with AARP.
CarFit can improve older individuals' safety by confirming that their cars are properly adjusted for them. The CarFit 12-point checklist reviews variables, such as adequate space from the steering wheel, seatbelts, head restraints, mirrors, 'blind spots' and reaching the gas and brake pedals.
Also at the 'checkup,' Crestwood employees will offer free screenings for bone density and vein health. "Crestwood often does free screenings at various locations, as a service to the community," Manning said.
Sherry Kolodziejczak, who works as Crestwood Therapy Services Director, also serves as CarFit's coordinator for the state of Alabama.
Crestwood's main campus is located at One Hospital Drive in Huntsville. For more information, call 256-429-4560 or visit crestwoodmedcenter.com.
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So my LO just started daycare last week. He goes there 3 times a week and my MIL watched him 1 day a week. When he is away from me he barely eats. He has been adapting really well to daycare, so much better than I expected, except for the eating. He cries for about 1 minute when I leave and already is playing, laughing and having fun at daycare (and with my MIL).
I send different thigs for him to have, but all he eats basically is crackers and cheerios, with an occassional bite of something else. He will drink lots of milk. I know sometimes if we have guests here , or if we go to another person's house he tends not to eat at meal times either, so I try to feed him before and after we are out to ensure he has some food in him.
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Walt Wagner's Remix Cocktail at Canlis: Best Shaken to Metallica's Seek & Destroy"/>
Photo courtesy of James MacWilliams
By now, everyone's probably heard of Walt Wagner--or at least heard him play. He's the longtime piano man at Canlis, where he's been wrangling the ivories for 16 years. It's a job he was offered just after the Canlis family decided to give their restaurant a big dose of contemporary, and after Wagner got fed up traveling all the time for work (read all about his adventures in part one of Grillaxin). The partnership turned out to be the perfect duet.
Photo courtesy of James MacWilliams
Today, we are letting Wagner kick his feet up with his namesake cocktail, crafted by the fabulously talented bartender James MacWilliams, himself no stranger to shaking things up in the Canlis lounge. Two years ago, MacWilliams created a cocktail in honor of Wagner: "It's the only drink I refuse to take off my menu, and a consistent favorite."
"I have wanted to make a drink in Walt Wagner's name since hearing him play," says MacWilliams. "I came across the Jazz cocktail in the Old Waldorf Astoria bar book full of pre-prohibition cocktails. The Jazz is a variation on the Bronx cocktail. Johnnie Solan is the inventor of the Bronx, which is made with gin, sweet and dry vermouth, and an orange peel. Around the 1920's, a little orange juice found its way in some variations at the bar and soon the Jazz was born, named to commemorate the new musical movement."
Shake it like a Walt shaker . . . after the jump!
Wagner's Remix Cocktail (a remake of the Jazz cocktail):
1oz Macallan 12yr.
.5oz Dolin Rouge Vermouth
.5oz Dolin Dry Vermouth
.5oz Cointreau
.75oz Orange juice
2 dash orange bitters
Orange twist
Add ingredients to mixing glass and fill with ice. "I like to shake for about 10 seconds to the beat of something a little heavy like 'Seek and Destroy' by Metallica, but most might prefer something a little easier in the direction of 'Clocks' by Coldplay," says MacWilliams, referring to the most popular current hit Wagner plays at Canlis. "Strain into a cocktail glass and garnish with orange peel and get your remix on."
MacWilliams has changed the drink by substituting gin for Wagner's favorite scotch, Macallan: "If anyone asks, the 18-year is his favorite." MacWilliams still uses both sweet and dry vermouth and orange juice in the Remix, but adds Cointreau and cracked maple orange bitters. "Because Macallan has such pronounced sherry flavors, it integrated nicely into the cocktail. Spice comes from a healthy dose of the house-made bitters, but Fee's Orange bitters will work in a pinch at home."
"Mark [Canlis] recently put it to me this way: Walt is like a sports car. Here at Canlis, he only does about 50 miles per hour, but he still has two more gears."


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Buenaventura Mining CompanyDividend Yield: 4.30% Buenaventura Mining Company (NYSE: BVN) shares currently have a dividend yield of 4.30%. Compa ia de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A., a precious metals company, engages in the exploration, mining, and processing of gold and silver in Peru. It also explores for other metals, including zinc, lead, and copper. The company has a P/E ratio of 6.63 The average volume for Buenaventura Mining Company has been 1,622,500 shares per day over the past 30 days Buenaventura Mining Company has a market cap of $3.4 billion and is part of the metals & mining industry Shares are down 61.9% year to date as of the close of trading on Thursday TheStreet Ratings rates Buenaventura Mining Company as a hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, expanding profit margins and notable return on equity. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including feeble growth in the company's earnings per share, weak operating cash flow and a generally disappointing performance in the stock itself. Highlights from the ratings report include:
- BVN's debt-to-equity ratio is very low at 0.05 and is currently below that of the industry average, implying that there has been very successful management of debt levels. Along with the favorable debt-to-equity ratio, the company maintains an adequate quick ratio of 1.45, which illustrates the ability to avoid short-term cash problems.
- The gross profit margin for MINAS BUENAVENTURA SA is rather high; currently it is at 52.90%. Regardless of BVN's high profit margin, it has managed to decrease from the same period last year. Despite the mixed results of the gross profit margin, BVN's net profit margin of 28.94% significantly outperformed against the industry.
- BVN, with its decline in revenue, slightly underperformed the industry average of 1.5%. Since the same quarter one year prior, revenues slightly dropped by 5.9%. Weakness in the company's revenue seems to have hurt the bottom line, decreasing earnings per share.
- MINAS BUENAVENTURA SA has exprienced a steep decline in earnings per share in the most recent quarter in comparison to its performance from the same quarter a year ago. Earnings per share have declined over the last year. We anticipate that this should continue in the coming year. During the past fiscal year, MINAS BUENAVENTURA SA reported lower earnings of $2.69 versus $3.38 in the prior year. For the next year, the market is expecting a contraction of 27.1% in earnings ($1.96 versus $2.69).
- Net operating cash flow has decreased to $70.14 million or 48.42% when compared to the same quarter last year. In addition, when comparing the cash generation rate to the industry average, the firm's growth is significantly lower.
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By FRANK GIBSON
I remember my initiation into a college leadership society. Blindfolded and taken into the woods somewhere in Blount County, we were paraded one-by-one in front of student leaders, who would recite some moral maxim, poke us on the chest and ask: "Get the point?"
Decisions, decisions.We face them with every breath we take.
Sometimes, they're no brainers … we breathe in, and we breathe out. The most wonderful wife in the world has to remind her wayward husband to do it every now and again.
At least that's what she says when I do something stupid that gets on her nerves. Needless to say, I comply with pretty much everything she says because I know she knows what's best for me.
The pending legislation regarding education in the General Assembly is meant for one purpose — to help the Republican agenda of destroying the Tennessee Education Association.
TEA stands directly in the way of the Republicans' ability to privatize education by creating charter schools and a voucher system.
TEA's purpose is to help teachers protect their rights, receive a fair wage, be safe in their schools and their classrooms and have due process rights in personnel issues.
We are GRAVELY concerned about efforts under way at the state legislature to snuff out collective bargaining among Tennessee teachers.
Some would call this a pay issue, and, of course, it is to some extent.
But it is much, much more than that — and the outcome can have disturbing repercussions in every community in our state.
Anyone who remembers the days before collective bargaining knows that teacher hiring was largely politicized and nepotism ran rampant in school systems.
By CHARLES C. HAYNES
In the perennial post-game buzz about Super Bowl ads, the buff body of the new GoDaddy girl (aka Joan Rivers) was a big hit this year. So was the pugnacious pug dog flattening his owner to grab the Doritos. And, of course, who can forget the woman who got smacked in the head with a soft-drink can?
All right class, we are going to start the lessons with a pop quiz.
What president of the U.S. during an eight year tenure in that office got the Congress to raise taxes a total of 11 times, thus averaging more than one tax increase each year?
The answer appears at the end of this column. (If you listened to NPR's "Morning Edition", last Friday, [WUOT, 5 a. m. to 7 a.m., repeated 7 a.m. to 9 a.m., each weekday,] you will immediately have the answer.)
Roane County Ambulance Service is comprised of dedicated and professional staff and provides this community with a service that cannot be measured by monetary value.
I attended a recent Roane County Commission's committee meeting concerning the ambulance service.
I found all the commissioners and county executive to be very attentive and concerned about the service.
The executive presented a copy of the ambulance service's annual budget and gave a report on the current expenditures.
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LORETTO, Pa. (AP) - Earl Brown grabbed a career-high 25 rebounds and scored 16 points as St. Francis (Pa.) pulled away from a 27-all halftime tie to beat Central Connecticut State 67-60 for its first victory of the season in the Northeast Conference opener for both teams.
Umar Shannon led the Red Flash (1-11) in scoring with 19 points and had eight assists. Ronnie Drinnon and Dominique Major added 12 points apiece.
Kyle Vinales scored 23 points for CCSU (4-8), and Matt Hunter had 18 points and 10 rebounds.
St. Francis won the rebound battle 43-33.
Brown scored the first six points of the second half to lift the Red Flash to a 33-27 lead 3:13 in. Major's 3-pointer with 12:36 to go established a 43-34 advantage.
The Red Flash led 50-39 on Brown's dunk with 8:35 to go, and Shannon's jumper pushed it to 55-42 with 6:49 left.
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Green Mountain College Releases Strategic Plan: Sustainability 2020
POULTNEY, Vt., Dec. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Most long-range plans developed by educational institutions center on brick and mortar projects, new curricular initiatives and fundraising goals. Green Mountain College's new eight-year master plan, Sustainability 2020 includes these goals. It also commits the College to another ambitious milestone: meeting all of its energy needs with 100% renewable energy by the year 2020. Sustainability 2020 embodies GMC's educational vision for the future while reflecting on the College's commitment to bend the curve of progress toward more adaptable and enduring models of social, ecological and economic practices."Sustainability is the overarching principle under which we've articulated five main initiatives that will attract and retain a strong student body and innovative faculty and staff, positively impact the campus environment, and build financial stability," said GMC president Paul J. Fonteyn. Through new graduate and undergraduate programs, the College will develop a second emphasis in human health and quality of life to complement its liberal arts cross-curriculum emphasis on the environment. The College will increase affordability in order to make GMC more accessible to a wider range of prospective students. The College will increase undergraduate enrollment to 1000 students and will upgrade its facilities and information technology infrastructure to enhance delivery of high quality educational offerings. "Authentic sustainability requires us to see sustainability not as 'sacrifice' but as a way to improve our quality of life," said GMC provost William Throop, who is also president of the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education. "It means preparing students with the knowledge, skills and dispositions to anticipate and help lead the monumental changes transforming our world." In 2010–'11, a committee of trustees and staff developed a long-range vision for the College. The following year, a fifteen member strategic plan working group and six sub-committees transformed the vision into a detailed plan. In the spring of 2012, the Green Mountain College Board of Trustees, the Faculty Council, the Student Senate and the Staff Assembly approved Sustainability 2020. In 2011, GMC became only the second College in the nation to achieve climate neutrality, and the first to do it through efficiency, adoption of clean energy, and purchase of quantifiable local carbon offsets.
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New York: Once up on a time, there was a popular search engine called AltaVista. It lives no more.
On Monday, its owner Yahoo Inc sent AltaVista.com to the Internet graveyard to rest alongside order-almost-anything venture Kozmo.com and the butler from Ask Jeeves.
Palo Alto, California-based AltaVista was introduced in 1995, three years before Google Inc was founded. Eclipsed by Google in the early 2000s, AltaVista's star had already faded by the time Yahoo acquired it as part of its $1.7 billion purchase of Overture Services Inc. in July 2003. Overture had bought AltaVista earlier that year from Massachusetts-based CMGI Inc.
Yahoo announced AltaVista's fate on its Tumblr page late last month. Search industry expert Danny Sullivan likened AltaVista to a bright child neglected by its parents.
"You were loved. You really were," Sullivan wrote in a blog post eulogizing the site. "People did not want to leave you. But despite adding new features, some of which Google copied, you couldn't keep up with the pace and innovation of that company, which decided against becoming a portal like your corporate masters ordered for you."
Indeed, AltaVista's decline began after it expanded to become more like Yahoo, offering a bevy of online services instead of sticking solely with search. By the time the site reversed course, it was too late. Its finances were sinking and Google was on the rise.
Yahoo's June 28 announcement of AltaVista's end is brief. It's buried as the eighth item on a list of other services the company is shutting down. Along with the mention of AltaVista's July 8 expiration date, the post says only: "Please visit Yahoo Search for all of your searching needs."
According to data from online research firm comScore, most people in the US use Google for their search needs, followed by Microsoft's Bing. Yahoo is in third place.
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Owing to a variety of causes--the lack of political unity, among others--Germany was late in developing her literature, and what dramatic criticism there is before Lessing is more or less of the old style--Latin commentaries, statement and re-statement of the Rules, and grammatical disquisitions. Individual figures stand out, however--like Opitz, Gottsched, and Johann Elias Schlegel--but none of these contributed theories of epoch-making importance.
German dramatic criticism begins with German general criticism, somewhere toward the middle of the sixteenth century. It is doubtful just who was the beginner, though Sturm, Fabricius, and Pontanus all have just claims, while Schosser's pedantic Disputationes de Tragœdia antedated them all ( 1559). Johann Sturm was a scholar of no mean attainments, and his commentaries, letters, and the work on rhetoric, exercised some influence, especially on his pupil Johann Lobart, who edited a commentary of Horace's Ars Poetiea in 1576. Georgius Fabricius, the first part of whose De Re Poetica appeared in 1565 (an enlarged edition was published in 1571), shows signs of his acquaintance with Scaliger. Jacobus Pontanus [Spanmüller] wrote an Institutiones Poeticae, a pedantic and unoriginal treatise which appeared in 1594.1 But the first of the truly modern and vernacular tractates was Martin Opitz' Buch von der Deutscher Poeterei ( 1624). This work, with all its shortcomings, was the signal for a good deal of more or less original work in Germany, though between its appearance and that of Gottsched's Versuch in 1730 there was a large amount of the usual Latin scholarship and pedantic compilation. With Andreas Gryphius, the most important dramatist of the century, the English influence, which was beginning to be felt even in the days of Opitz, became more widespread, and in his plays, lectures, and prefaces he combatted the old rules of drama. Erdmann Neumeister followed Gryphius in his disregard of convention, while Philip yon Zesen (in his De Poetica, 1656) and Augustine Buchner, in his Kurzer Wegweiser sur Deutseh Tichtkunst ( 1663), continued the pedantic tradition. Johann Christoph Gottsched exerted considerable influence over his contemporaries and successors. He was during a great part of the first half of the eighteenth century a literary dictator, and his Versuch einer kritischen Dichtkunst ( 1730) opened the eyes of Germany to the possibility of developing her own literature. The spirit of the work was neo-classical, and Gottsched was a staunch admirer of the French critics. His quarrels with Bodmer and Breitinger, the Swiss critics, over Milton and other subjects, resulted in ignominious defeat. Johann Jakob Bodmer is the author of the famous Diskurse der Mahler ( 1721), and J. J. Breitinger of the Kritisehe Dichtkunst ( 1740). Gottsched's ideas were soon rejected by the public, but he had a number of followers, chiefly among the small group of writers who founded the Bremer Beiträge in 1745. Among these were Gellert, Klopstock, and Johann Elias Schlegel. Schlegel wrote a number of interesting essays on the drama, among the best of which is the Gedanken zur Aufnahme des dänischen Theaters. He was likewise a Shakespearian enthusiast, and has been called the founder of Shakespeare study in his country. Moses Mendelssohn's Briefe are concerned, among____________________


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baltwo Dec 8, 2010 5:37 PM
in response to R C-RIn addition to feedback, if you want to report this issue to Apple's engineering, send a bug report or an enhancement request via its Bug Reporter system. To do this, join the Mac Developer Program—it's free and available for all Mac users and gets you a look at some development software. Since you already have an Apple username/ID, use that. Once a member, go to Apple BugReporter and file your bug report or enhancement request. The nice thing with this procedure is that you get a response and a follow-up number; thus, starting a dialog with engineering.
BTW, since I've been using mice and trackballs w/computers for almost 35 years and have no sense of what the issue is, but then I don't run windoze boxes or gaming consoles. I currently have all of my mouse settings at Fast and my 27" display set to 2560 x 1440—these 70-year old hands and eyes have no issues with mouse tracking or acceleration.
cheeseb Dec 9, 2010 4:24 AM
in response to lomis1I am close to releasing an application I call "Cursor Noodge." It uses a global hotkey to remove acceleration. This is, I believe, equivalent to the leftmost setting in the "Tracking Speed" slider in the Mouse and Trackpad panes of System Preferences. I think this isn't exactly what you're looking for, but watch for it just in case. It will appear within the next month or so at <http://pfiddlesoft.com/pfiddles/>. It includes a bunch of other bells and whistles relating to the cursor systemwide, all aimed at the problem many people have when trying to position the pointer very precisely onscreen. It is also intended, in part, to assist people with motor control disabilities.
azpc Dec 11, 2010 9:35 PM
in response to R C-RIn the last two years over 20% of my client base has moved to the mac. The number one complaint I get by far is the mouse movement.
I can't think of one client who likes the mouse movement on their new Macs.
They constantly complain to me that something is just not right on their new computer. Of course, I don't like having unhappy clients, therefore, I have been trying to get Apple to provide a few more settings so the user can adjust the tracking speed and the acceleration rate.
My clients and myself I might add, would like a faster tracking speed without upping the acceleration. Mouse Zoom and others seem to up the low end speed just slightly but really increase the acceleration. On a 27 inch screen the Magic Mouse has to be jerked to move the full vertical length otherwise I run out of mousepad.
I have been on the Mac platform for two years now and this is by far the biggest complaint I have about the platform. If Apple fixes this issue, I will be tempted to purchase a 17 inch MacBook Pro to go along with my iMac and iPad.
xfiregrunt Dec 11, 2010 11:08 PM
in response to lomis1This is a really annoying "feature". The OSX track pad is great for browsing the web and so on.
However I also play video games like Starcraft 2. The mouse acceleration is incredibly annoying in any kind of gaming situation and I would much rather be able to not have it. I also wish Apple would go ahead and allow faster then 125 hz polling, as most gaming mice have 500 hz polling. If you can drop $1800 on a laptop I doubt you are going to drop $7 on a mouse, you would probably get a gaming mouse of a high end mouse if you were going to get a mouse at all, because the track pad is great for most every day uses. So Apple should support these mice and allow them to be used properly.
xfiregrunt Dec 11, 2010 11:13 PM
in response to xfiregruntAlso with Steam now on the MAC + Blizzard games that have been on the MAC in the past (and SC2 finally works at about the same performance level as Windows) I don't think this is a "minority" issue. The MBP15 can be used for games, but it is annoying how your gaming mouse is handicapped and has super annoying acceleration when used in OSX. Also its annoying how the mouse can't have a 500 HZ response rate, I mean who buys a bad mouse when they drop $1800 on a computer.
I would say most gamers dislike acelleration as they have high DPI settings so they don't have to worry about it. For some reason my mouse at 2000 DPI is super stuttery and laggy and doesn't work at all like it does in Windows (Logitech G5)
R C-R Dec 11, 2010 11:22 PM
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azpc wrote:
Of course, I don't like having unhappy clients, therefore, I have been trying to get Apple to provide a few more settings so the user can adjust the tracking speed and the acceleration rate.
What settings specifically would you like to see added? If you increase "tracking speed" (presumably you mean increasing pointer sensitivity to how far the mouse is moved), then it becomes more difficult to position the pointer precisely, even if you move the mouse very slowly. Apple's control maintains relatively low pointer sensitivity for small mouse movements at all settings for this reason.
To transverse large screen distances without sacrificing pointer precision or having to stroke the mouse repeatedly on the mousepad, Apple's "tracking speed" control primarily increases sensitivity to mouse speed. "Acceleration" is a bit of a misnomer. The control primarily changes the sensitivity to mouse speed, not how fast the speed changes, which would be acceleration sensitivity. (There is a small amount of what could be called negative acceleration sensitivity built into the driver. This prevents pointer position change inputs faster than the OS can service at very high mouse speeds, which would result in mistracking.)
The technique that works best for most Mac users is to start moving the mouse quickly in the general direction of the target & slow down as it is approached, so that the high precision/low distance sensitivity part of the response is used for final pointer positioning. Granted, it may take some time to get used to this & develop the "muscle memory" required, but once mastered it results in a very quick & efficient "mousing" interface (& one that reduces repetitive stress injuries).
But what does not work at all well is tentative, slow movements of the mouse when large screen distances need to be transversed. I have noticed this problem with many new users. Many set the control to a low setting because they say they are afraid they will not be able to position the pointer accurately at higher ones. It seems counter-intuitive to many of them that a higher setting would maintain precision & they resist suggestions to try them. But I often notice that a few months later many of them have upped the setting & have become very adroit mouse users that no longer even consciously think about the movements they make.
I don't know if this is the problem with any of your clients but it might be worth checking out.
bakerjuk Jan 19, 2011 4:05 PM
in response to R C-RR C -R
You make some very valid points, however you are stating things like they are fact. Here are some real facts.
1) People that use Macs range from 5 years to 100 years old. They are not all the same as you. My Gran moves the mouse so slowly she would ever hit the acceleration curve, My 5 yr old nephew cant control the mouse properly anyway. There are DTP users, graphics users, casual gamers and hardcore gamers.
2) Just because you believe something and it suits you doesnt mean it will suit everyone. See above.
3) It should not be up to Apple to decide how people want their mouse to behave, and its certainly should not be up to you or I. Apple need to understand that they don't know best, the end user does.
How about we all just agree there should be a range of settings that a user (who paid a shed load of money for what is branded as a quality/premium productivity enhancing product) to adjust to their personal taste whatever those may be. After all, the number on device you use is the mouse.
I personally have no belief Apple will listen to the users, mainly because researching has shown this to be a problem for a number of releases and the Fanboi's on here who say anything Apple is perfect and undermine any possible improvements.
I really don't care who made it, nor which is better Apple or MS. Currently my Mac is bordering on just being a very expensive pretty black box on my desk as I simply cant stand fighting with the mouse.
jfredsilva Feb 8, 2011 9:54 AM
in response to lomis1The mouse acceleration on OSX is very very annoying, is my only complain about OSX.
I have alot of friends with windows and sometimes they need to search something on my mac, and everyone who use my Magic Mouse ask me what is wrong with my mouse.
I really hope Apple fix or add more option to the mouse on Lion.
PS: Sorry for my english
Evostance Feb 17, 2011 6:14 AM
in response to jfredsilvaI think people are getting slightly confused.
If you are using a Macbook with a trackpad, you get the tracking option and the choice to somewhat alter the settings to a degree.
If you have an iMac with a MagicMouse, you are stuck with mouse acceleration.
Ever tried playing a game or using photoshop with mouse acceleration? Its pretty much impossible
OptPrime Apr 24, 2011 3:30 PM
in response to lomis1
Apple needs to fix this problem. The largest growing consumer base for OS X are migrators from Windows. While most of them will acknowledge the superiority of the OS X operating system over Windows, I simply cannot imagine anyone saying that OS X's mouse movement feels better than Windows.
I'm quite frankly becoming annoyed at the uncaring attitude portrayed by native Mac users. Clearly the message seems to be: "it doesn't bother me, so it shouldn't bother you".
I've submitted a request to Apple's developers. For a premium machine, I shouldn't have to rely on independent third-party utilities to adjust something so miniscule as mouse movement.
red_menace Apr 24, 2011 4:16 PM
in response to OptPrime
Apple tends to design software based around the primary needs of the majority of users. Implementing every feature that anyone thinks should be included would lead to feature bloat and increased complexity which only benefits a small number of users. Simplicity and consistency tend to win over trying to match everything that others do.
Apple is more than willing to let third-party developers provide hacks tools or features that specialized users may want, so rather than continually making comments about things that no one here can do anything about, providing feedback directly to Apple (or writing your own driver) is the thing to do.
Chris CA Apr 24, 2011 4:24 PM
in response to OptPrime
"Apple needs to fix this problem."
It's not problem in that it works exactly like it's supposed to.
It may not work like you want it to but it's not broken.
OptPrime Apr 25, 2011 10:13 PM
in response to red_menace
You can resort to sarcasm by calling tools (hacks?) that fixes this problem a hack all you want but I will have to disagree with you that the majority of users find the current acceleration curve "user friendly". Well, you might be right, but again, current Windows users are the largest targeted market segment. We'll see about "majority".
Also, I've clearly indicated that I have provided feedback directly to Apple.
OptPrime Apr 25, 2011 10:15 PM
in response to Chris CA
Chris CA:
Actually, it is broken. Your comment may be true if I was the only one complaining but clearly, I'm not. You might enjoy the current acceleration curve but there are others that do not. Hence, the curve is broken to the latter. All we're asking for is something simple. Give the end-user the ability to modify the acceleration curve.
Chris CA Apr 26, 2011 2:13 PM
in response to OptPrime
OptPrime wrote:
Chris CA:
Actually, it is broken.
So it works differently than it is designed to?
No. It works just as designed. Just because people complain/don't like it, does not mean it is broken.
All we're asking for is something simple. Give the end-user the ability to modify the acceleration curve
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Rated 4.5 / 5 stars
not bad
I agree the dialogue does make X sound a little stupid, but whatever. Just some bad wording, it happens. The only think I don't like was that it was so short, which is why this is a 9 instead of a 10. Considering how small the file size is, you should have been able to do a lot more. Well, I'll be waiting for the next one.
Thank you for the honesty. I had more in mind, but I decided to use it for a later episode.
Rated 3.5 / 5 stars
good job
like the whole idea of zombie vs megaman, work a bit on the dialogue if u want ppl to take it more seriosly, dont charged it with so much animations and the flashes, make it safe for ppl that are sensitive for it, other than that, background music and work on fights animation that make it a lot better.
I had a fight scene animated, but I felt it was rushed. I felt that I should leave an entire episode for an EPIC fight, rather than cram in a silly fight within this one. This one was more of a plot episode, but action will happen later.
Rated 2 / 5 stars
I don't know if you're just some guy lazy on Ideas but the diolouge is terrible.
Megaman:"Oh, so they are called zombies"
That line makes megaman sound like a retard.Why?First glance,I would think "OH crap,a zombie!" because I know what a zombie acts like.
The story is not creative at all.
A zombie teaming up with sigma?Sounds like something a 3 year old made up.
I will admit that the animation was nice for a sprite movie and had no problems.
I hope you take what I say into consideration
This is a crosssover. Megaman X still doesn't know what zombies are. In this series, this is the first time he hears their name. In the first episode, he kills one, but he didn't know what he just killed. It'll get explained later on how the two worlds (Megaman X and Plants vs Zombies) joined together in the first place. But you do have a good point- I should further make my story clearer, which I appreciate.
Rated 4 / 5 stars
-It looks like you've put alot of effort, and time into this.
-I've missed the first episode, but this one kinda got me interested in whats going on. I think I might take a peek at the first one as well later on.
- The effects that you've added were cool, like the flshes, but be careful of of the people who are sensitive to flashing =0
You did well with this. Keep it up!
(ClimbLadders) 4/5
Rated 3.5 / 5 stars
Pretty good work
Not to bad, but I have one complaint, and thats having to click after I read every line, would be much nicer if it scrolled automatically so I can sit back and chill while watching the movie
I've experimented with that in my other flash, The Defeat of Zero. Thanks for the suggestion though


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I can't figure out how to change the PATH for Ruby in Aptana (plugin Eclipse). The Apatana website doesn't offer any "how to". And various searches have ended up no where. Here's the error I'm getting.
/home/cmcintyre/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p385/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `require': cannot load such file -- watir-webdriver (LoadError)
from /home/cmcintyre/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p385/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `require'
from /home/cmcintyre/dev/bsro_rebrand_automation/test.rb:2:in `<main>'
Any help is much appreciated.
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First time I've done this sorta' thing. Just sorta-kinda' took hold of me after reading SCOOTER4263's.
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From a numerological and Tarot perspective....
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September 22: Sun in Libra. Mabon. Fall Equinox 7:49 am PDT/10:49 am EDT.
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Harrison was appointed to the newly created position earlier this year by Governor Beverly Perdue. The judge ruled that Perdue's move was unconstitutional and that the elected schools superintendent should be in charge of the system.
Harrison says he will continue his service as chairman of the State Board of Education. "Quite frankly, I've wasted too many hours on this case - hours I would rather use working with you and education leaders across the state to accomplish the one thing Gov. Perdue asked of me six months ago: reforming our public education system to best serve our children," Harrison said in a statement to school system employees.
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Bolívar Antonio R. M. is 43 years old. He is married and lives in the San Miguel canton of the Bolívar province. He has seven children; ages 22, 20, 16, 13, 11, 8, and 6.
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Bolívar Antonio R. M. tiene 43 años. Es casado y vive en el cantón de San Miguel en la provincia de Bolívar. Tiene 7 hijos de 22, 20, 16, 13, 11, 8, y 6 anos.
Antonio es un socio de la ventanilla rural San Isidro, que está ubicada a una hora y media de San Miguel. Son 10 socios en total, que en la mayoridad se dedican al cultivo de maíz y trigo.
Antonio se dedica a la agricultura, al cultivo de maíz, trigo, cebada, y alverja. Realiza las compras y las ventas de sus productos en San Pablo cada 8 dias.
Solicita el préstamo para comprar los abonos, las semillas, y los insumos para producir en su agricultura. El apoyo del préstamo lo ayudara en trabajar para ayudar a sus hijos. Su meta para los anos proximos es progresar mas en la agricultura. Este ano las lanchas han sido fuertes y se han afectado un gran porcentaje de sus cultivos de maíz.
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After 22 months at the helm, CEO Tay Yoshitani likes to say it's a new day at the Port of Seattle. A 2007 state audit found the port wasted $97 million in the last decade, and was vulnerable to contract fraud and abuse. An internal follow-up investigation this month also found "significant" misconduct and fraud in the past, which the FBI continues to probe for criminal violations. On December 9, Yoshitani (left) said the port had learned "hard lessons" from this, which he claims has "radically changed behavior" in its contracting process.
Yet the port continued to do business this year with Gary Merlino Construction, one of the major contractors cited by the state auditor last year for involvement in possible bid irregularities. Merlino refused to cooperate in the port's own recently concluded investigation. At the same time, the construction company got hired to do more port work, a replay of the practices criticized in the state audit, when the port's left hand seemed not to know what the right was doing. Though port officials announced Dec. 9 that Merlino was one of the companies they might sue to recover disputed contract payments, they didn't mention they were still paying the firm.
Merlino also held a separate, $800,000 airport site preparation contract, for which final payment of $36,000 was made Dec. 12. That was a few days after McKay released his report, saying he believed that by refusing to answer questions or turn over requested documents for audit, Merlino and two project partners were in legal violation of third runway contracts dating to 2004 and 2006.
McKay says his probe concentrated on the earlier runway deals, with lead contractor Merlino and its partners, the Scarsella Brothers and Tri-State Construction, collectively operating under the name TTI (The Three Italians). Thus, says McKay, "I wasn't aware of those [newer] payments."
Would withholding them have helped him leverage his standoff with the contractors this summer? He didn't want to speculate, but noted that "We turned over to the port counsel the issue of Merlino and other companies fulfilling their obligations under the audit clause under the [older] contracts. We felt there might be a legal way to get these contractors to meet their obligations."
Merlino was the least cooperative of the three firms. "The others gave us some documents," says McKay. "We got an offer of a very small amount of documents from Merlino. But it wasn't even worth sending people out to look at them." (Merlino owner Gary Merlino declined to comment for this story.) The third runway, which opened last month, cost more than $1 billion, far above its original estimate.
The port indicates it was aware of McKay's request for legal assistance to twist Merlino's arm. But due to an internal firewall, the word didn't get out, says port spokesperson Charla Skaggs. "Commissioners [Bill] Bryant and [Gael] Tarleton [who oversaw the probe] were very clear to both the investigative team and port staff members that the investigation was to remain independent and confidential," she says. "So in May, when this contract was given to Merlino Construction, none of the staff involved with awarding this contract would have been aware of any concerns with their cooperation."
The port and contractor silence left a hole in McKay's investigation, although the probe did determine TTI earned an "astonishing" 30 percent profit (roughly twice the average) and found "collusive behavior" between port employees and contractors. Two officials, third runway project manager John Rothnie and construction services manager Larry McFadden, resigned in the report's wake.
Could the port have withheld payment on the new contracts to pressure Merlino? Spokesperson Skaggs says it's the port's view that "Washington state law limits our ability to withhold payment due under a contract for claims specific to that one contract, and does not allow us to withhold payment on one contract because of claimed violations in another."
But the law she cites, RCW 39.04.250, does allow withholding payment in "a good faith dispute." If the withholding is later found by a court to have been wrongful, the port would have to pay the amount owed plus legal fees.
Of course, the state auditor had raised red flags about Merlino and its TTI partners back in 2007, a half year before Merlino got its newest contract.
"I think that's a fair point," Skaggs says, "although the auditor said he didn't find any fraud. That's why we hired McKay." But state auditor Brian Sonntag did say that "many of the findings in this report contain indicia of fraud." Specifically, Sonntag noted, "anomalies" in TTI's third runway contracts "could be indicative of fraud."
Only now is the port considering legal action to recover some of its payments to Merlino under the older contracts. Says McKay, looking back: "I could only go so far to get these vendors to turn over documents. It was up to the port and its attorneys to enforce contract law."


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CASEY GARRISON -Warrior Country community members experienced a piece of Korean culture and history during a Korean Tea Handling Ceremony at the Dongducheon Volunteer Center, March 31.
"The event aims to bring Korean cultural awareness to military Families in the USAG-Casey/Hovey area," said Sally Hall, USAG-Casey Community Activities Center manager who brings many Korean cultural events for community members to experience; the first being a showcase of Chuseok celebrations in September 2008.
Participants in the event met at the Casey CAC where a bus transported them to the Dongducheon Volunteer Center. The participants moved to the auditorium where Mayor Oh Sechang, of Dongducheon welcomed everyone with a few remarks about ancient Korea and its tea history.
"This country values the tea ceremony in a different way," Oh said. "China values its fragrance, Japan values its color, and Korea values its flavor and elegance. For today's tea ceremony I would like all to experience the appropriate greeting and etiquette through the tasting of various teas."
After Oh spoke, children from a local school demonstrated the proper etiquette for an official tea handling ceremony to the audience so they would know what to do.
The children showed how to bow during the ceremony and how, when drinking the first three times, the drinker is to place the tea on their navel and look at the color, then drink from their heart, after which the drinker is to smile in their heart before drinking for the second time. The third drink from the cup is where the drinker tastes the tea's flavor.
Christine Drain, a family member, watched the children and was impressed with the importance tea ceremonies were to Koreans.
Next, the school children led the group of participants to the third floor of the Dongducheon Volunteer Center where they participated in their own Korean tea handling ceremony, drinking tea provided by the Myung Won Cultural Foundation.
After the ceremony, the group tried more tea in an informal environment with additional refreshments before returning to USAG-Casey.
"The event went well," Hall said. "Educating the participants about the history and traditions of tea ceremonies in the orient, highlighting the cultural significance of tea ceremonies in Korea, is a good experience. Some of us are here for only a year or two and experiences such as this are rare and give unusual insight to Korean culture."


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Throw away all my Johnson & Johnson Products?
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it's so scary! I just bought J&J baby lotion and cream for winter. I've been using CA baby wash and lotions throughout the summer as they r very light- perfect for summer. I think i'm just gonna use petroleum jelly for my baby.
Yes, Ive heard of it. Something about a carcinogen ingredient but not sure if they try "sugar coating" it by saying atleast it has citric acid which levels it out. ASA Hubby and I found out about it I searched for babywashes that are all natural. FYI There was or is the same problem with California Baby's wash. Thats why we chose Shea Moisture brand.
We got two bundles of J&J products for our shower and will be returning it all to target!
Read Skin Deep EWG safe cosmetics website. They have pages dedicated to this and a handy bring-with-you-shopping guide. Always beware that companies want to make money- and that's all they care about.
I completely freaked over this about a year ago, due to unexplained ill health- threw away all my make up, creams, shampoos, etc and bought new, non dangerous ones that I had researched. I now use Dr Bonner soaps (smells great and works as a shampoo also!), some Burt's bees products, Kiss My Face products, and I'm trying out new, safe make up companies as we speak. I also use food grade almond and coconut oil for my skin.
For my baby I will use most likely a combination of Burt's Bees and CA baby. But you can't just trust the company- you've got to read the back!! What a world :(
Keep yourselves cynical and educated ladies!
Im a FTM and I was gonna pick J&J products over Aveno until I read this. Its terrible my family and friends have been using their products for years. So glad i saw this before my lil monster gets here in April!
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