text: Cardigan Bay Camping and Caravanning Club Site (171 reviews) from £6.45 to £10.95 Per person/night Contact Us Book It 30% off Grass pitches Use code: GRASSUK30 more info Images Video Map Select Section Overview Top site for beaches Our campsite is near the beautiful beaches of the Welsh coast. The coves and beaches of west Wales are easily explored from our Club Site at Cardigan Bay in Ceredigion. You can see red kites - a success story in conservation - from here and there are dolphins off the coast close by. The area is a nature-lover's paradise and plenty of attractions for all the family. Ready Camp is available at this campsite. (Please note that, although we welcome dogs on this site, in the interest of all guests we do not permit pets to stay within the Ready Camp tents). Worth Noting Most pitches are sloping. Levellers and chocks are required. The site also has a boules pitch. WiFi 100% coverage cannot be guaranteed due to rural location, weather conditions and changing flora. These can cause variable signal strength. Hotspots are available. Prices. Eat Local Head to New Quay Bay to watch the fishing boats bring home their catch and then buy it from the fish stall. Facilities Cardigan Bay has the following facilities on or around the site. Members' and non-members' caravans welcome Members' and non-members' trailer tents welcome Hardstanding with electric hook-up Seasonal Pitches Grass only pitch (no electric) Showers Electric shaver sockets Chemical toilet disposal point Motorhome stop-off Dishwashing facilities Childrens play area Gas cylinders Pets welcome Electric hook-up Club Site Wi-fi Battery charging facilities Members' and non-members' motorhomes welcome Members' and non-members' tents welcome Grass pitch with electric hook-up Storage facilities Flushing toilet Washbasins Dedicated accessible facilities Drinking water taps Washing Machines Ice pack freezing Ball games Payphone Designated dog walk Coastal Grass only pitch for larger tents Grass pitch with electric hook-up for larger tents Reviews Review 1 |2 |43 |Next » Expand review Recommended: yes 5 This is our first visit to this site and we hope we will come again next year. diandjeremy (Club Member) stayed Jun 2016 This review is for Cardigan Bay This is our first visit to this site and we hope we will come again next year. The whole atmosphere here is relaxed and we feel very welcome. The site is well-placed for coast and country and there is a lot to do in the area. Such a lovely site deserves to have the toilet facilities updated; although kept spotless, the tired, worn facilities are well past their working life. Towing: Easy Location: Country,Coastal Suitable For: Families,Older couples,Groups,Active break,Peaceful break,Younger couples Friendliness: 5 Cleanliness: 5 Facilities: 5 Expand review Recommended: yes 5 A good site for the town of New Quay, just a few minutes drive away. Conrad (Club Member) stayed Jun 2016 This review is for Cardigan Bay A good site for the town of New Quay, just a few minutes drive away. Nice pub at the end of the lane, a short walk away. Toilets were very clean and regularly inspected by the team on site. To summarise an excellent and thoroughly enjoyable week spent there. Towing: Moderate Location: Country,Coastal,Secluded Suitable For: Families,Older couples,Active break,Peaceful break Friendliness: 5 Cleanliness: 5 Facilities: 5 Expand review Recommended: yes 5 Stayed for 3 nights camping (with hook up) and stayed another night because it was so nice. neil pound (Club Visitor) stayed Jun 2016 This review is for Cardigan Bay Stayed for 3 nights camping (with hook up) and stayed another night because it was so nice. One adult and 12 yr old daughter - in the luxury of an 8 man tent! Really friendly and helpful owners. Showed us to the site and gave us a choice (some pitches slope bit more than others). Shop on site is fine for essentials - larger shop in village maybe half a mile walk down a quiet lane (tho closes for lunch and at 530!). Pub at end of lane - pretty good food tho not all day (starts at 1800 at night). Perfectly kept grounds and the cleanest and warmest showers we have experienced. There seemed to be always somebody cleaning/cutting grass/maintaining. Always somebody around to ask for advice - I think the owners live on site opposite the shop/office. There's a really good info room with leaflets/maps etc. Only noise is from the sheep and birds! There is an area for children to play ball games in one of the corners of the site. We didn't walk to New Quay but would do next time. Great location for coast between Aberystwyth and Cardigan. Plenty to see and do rain or shine (we had four days of perfect sunshine!). If you get a chance to go to Bwlch Nant Yr Arian Visitor Centre do so - there is a truly stunning site of 150+ red kites being fed daily at 1500. Its approx 45 mins drive but dont use a Sat nav as we had an interesting trans mountain route down a very scary road! I would say its the best camp site we have stayed in and hope to return. Towing: Easy Location: Country,Secluded Suitable For: Families,Older couples,Peaceful break,Younger couples Friendliness: 5 Cleanliness: 5 Facilities: 5 Expand review Recommended: yes 5 From the minute we arrived all of the staff were so helpful & friendly, whilst we were getting... Graham & Sandra (Club Member) stayed May 2016 This review is for Cardigan Bay From the minute we arrived all of the staff were so helpful & friendly, whilst we were getting the van sorted the staff came round and asked if we were okay, never had that before. all of the amenities are one of the best we have seen. we have been going to New Quay on and off for 40 years and stopped on various sites but we will return to this one. we were asked where we even wanted to pitch, we did ask the furthest away from the play area , to which we got , however it didn't stop the children from coming to close to us, so close in fact that one child fell off her bike into our awning, we did tell them not to be so close to other people's area's in future. Lovely stay & to boot we got the glorious sunshine, a great rest was had. 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With gallery reveal events planned in Los Angeles, Chicago, New York City and Miami, the program will engage 20 local emerging artists in each city who will participate in an innovative art creation platform that will culminate in the opportunity to showcase work at a Miami art fair during the 2012 Art Basel season. At the show's close, one Grand Prize finalist will be announced. As the follow up to the pilot program initiated in San Francisco with Arts Fund in 2011, the Los Angeles launch of Red Bull Curates: The Road to Basel will include artist production days on Sunday, April 1 and Monday, April 2 followed by a climactic art exhibition on Thursday, April 5 at Lab Art complete with a celebrity host panel and live entertainment.
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In this talk we consider two popular and well-studied algorithms in machine learning: regularized Support Vector Machines (SVM) and Lasso, or l_1 regularized regression. We show that the solutions to both of these problems, have robustness properties: they are, respectively, the solution to robust optimization problems. Robustness provides a connection of the regularizer to a physical property, namely, protection from noise, and can therefore be used to explore different properties of the solution. We illustrate this by showing from a unified robustness-based perspective why SVMs are consistent, and why Lasso is sparse.
Consistency of regularized SVMs is typically shown using the fact that the regularizer limits the complexity of the solution space. We provide a direct proof of consistency, relying only on the robustness properties of the solution. Lasso has been shown to have remarkable sparsity properties, and typically this has been understood through studying the geometry of the l_2 loss (the regression) and the l_1 regularizer. We show that robustness of the solution itself explains why the solution is sparse. The analysis as well as the specific results we obtain differ from standard sparsity results, providing different geometric intuition. Time permitting, we also show that the robust optimization formulation of Lasso is related to kernel density estimation, and following this approach, we use robustness directly to re-prove that Lasso is consistent.
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"Brief Encounter", Unique, Stirring Multimedia Experience
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The Kneehigh Theatre production of Noel Coward's "Brief Encounter" opened February 19th at the Bram Goldsmith Theater in Beverly Hills new Wallis Annenberg Center for the Arts. This play is based on Noel Cowards' play, "Still Life" and his 1945 screenplay directed by David Lean. Emma Rice adapted and directed this production, which blended the silver screen with its black and white film, and the action of the play. The ensemble cast seamlessly slipped into romantic celluloid film footage, into the set and also interacted with the audience. It was an amazing production, and I am still in awe of the sheer elegance and originality of this undertaking. It is one of the finest pieces of theater I have seen.
This tremendously talented cast is reprising their roles from the original Broadway show, with the exception of Jim Sturgeon, who did the role of Alec in the Kneehigh production in Australia. The unique British multimedia production recreates the romance and passion of a chance encounter between two people at a tea room train station. The chance encounter between the proper suburban, married housewife, Laura (Hannah Yelland) and Dr. Alec (Jim Sturgeon),who also is married began when Laura got dust in her eye, and the gallant doctor removed the speck. One encounter leads to another and the two become passionately involved in a series of Thursday meetings. The push and pull of their steamy relationship echoed the coming and going of their trains at the station. There was an eroticism to the images interspersed between the meetings.
As the play opened, with the ushers dressed in the uniforms of 1938, Laura is saying goodbye to Alec. We open with the end. The black and white film plays on the screen, and Laura slips into the projected images and joins her predictable, crossword puzzle solving husband, Fred. We then get the fascinating backstory. The passion and quiet desperation of the lovers is offset by the humor of the ensemble players, who echo the affair with their own romantic dalliances. The ample bosomed and bottomed Myrtle (Annette Mc Laughlin) is being courted by Albert (Joe Alessi). Her sidekick, Beryl (Dorothy Atkinson) falls in love with curly haired Stanley (Damon Daunno). The two couples mirror the illicit love affair, but they are free to lust and love. Laura struggles with being madly and wildly in love and with being proper and responsible.
There is fabulous black and white footage of crashing waves at Cornwall and of an erotic swimmer as Laura mimics the action onstage, seemingly lost in love. The lovers are drowning in this doomed relationship which is spinning out of control. They vacillate between seductiveness and sensibility.
The ensemble cast provided a humorous break. I loved the vignette in which two old biddies, walking their proper little pooches, chanced to come upon Laura and Alec. Both Mc Laughlin and Atkinson give smashingly funny performances as these meddlesome old dames. They provided such a delightful respite. The very talented Atkinson also gave a fun characterization as a dour waitress and also as an upscale society dame in a simply "mahvelous" feathered hat. Each of her characters was so different and so well defined. Such fun!
Alessi also played the role of the predictable staid Fred and the judgmental Steven, who catches Alec in flagrant e, and he did a remarkable job in his portrayals. The ensemble cast along with musicians played "Oh You Beautiful Doll", "I Can't Give You Anything But Love" to set the mood in the beginning and memorable Noel Coward musical selections in the play: "Mad About the Boy", "Any Little Fish", and a hauntingly beautiful, "Room With A View"hauntingly crooned by Damon Daunno as Stanley. The music climaxed when Laura played the piano with the crescendo of the haunting Rachmaninoff Concerto #2.
This was a brilliant piece of performance art, a multimedia production in which the actors moved seamlessly in and out of film and into scenes. There also was the very imaginative use of puppets as Laura's children, which worked beautifully. I was truly swept up in the romance and in the comedy and absolutely agog! It was a glorious piece of theater at its finest. I really have not seen anything like it. It was inventive, and yet remained true to the period and the genre. Sometimes,the use of multimedia can detract, but in this well directed production, the use blended well and added as did the sets and period piece costumes by Neil Murray.
I have to give a few words to the venue as I am a Beverly Hills resident and grew up with the Beverly Hills Post Office. The newly renovated Post Office is now the home of the handsome Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts. They kept the integrity of the original Post Office and have the Bram Goldsmith Theater and the smaller Lovelace Theater, an outdoor patio, and will have a café in the future.
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Liberal's baseball team rounded out their regular season Tuesday with two losses at Hays. The Indians (14-4) won 8-2 and 9-0.
In game one, it was a 3-2 game until the Indians broke it open in the sixth. Liberal scored two in the first to actually take the lead. Collin Ware was solid on the mound allowing one earned run and six hits. But LHS had three errors as the Indians also out-hit the Skins 11-7.
Hays pitcher Logan Downing tossed a no hitter at the Redskins in game two. Hays scored three in the fourth and five in the fifth to break it open. Starting pitcher Stevie Lira was competitive through four and one-third innngs.
Liberal finishes the regular season 9-11 after going 2-19 last year. LHS finishes 2-6 in the WAC.
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Feb. 1, 2014
CARBONDALE, Ill. - This is the latest installment of our monthly feature called, "Ask the AD." If you have questions for Saluki Director of Athletics Mario Moccia, feel free to submit them by e-mail.
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I really enjoyed the College Classic game against SEMO at Busch Stadium. What is the likelihood that this will be a yearly tradition? Also, can you provide some insight about the financial aspects of the game, such as cost to use Busch Stadium versus income generated?
I have only received positive comments about this event. It was a great venue for the game, our fans had a wonderful time, the weather was perfect and the institution used it as a tool to recruit students with several hundred prospective students and their parents in attendance. Due to the cost, as well as our desire not to move our home games out of Carbondale, there is a good chance that the event might have been a one-time occasion. At the present time both schools are working with the Cardinals to determine the final numbers, but at best the endeavor will be a push from a revenue standpoint and at worst case SIU might have spent upward of $50,000. From our side it was well worth the effort involved.
The 2013 FCS selection committee snub of the MVFC was apparent in only putting two teams in the tournament, when three or four certainly earned it. Has there been any talk by the MVFC to expand to two divisions, possibly making it more attractive for the selection committee?
We have not yet had those discussions but our annual meeting will take place in St. Louis in mid-February and I am sure that topic will come up. Traditionally, conferences with 12 or more teams have divisions and the MVFC has only 10, but the possibility of expansion, while not on the immediate horizon, is always an annual discussion as well. With the adoption of the Simple Rating System (SRS) by the FCS playoff selection committee, I believe that this will help higher rated conferences come selection time.
Please explain the logic of extending Coach Lennon's contract? How much of Coach Lennon's, and for that matter Coach Hinson's contract, is guaranteed by the University?
Coach Lennon in his tenure of six years has a 42-28 record which places him second in career winning percentage behind only Jerry Kill. In addition, he has won the MVFC twice and been named MVFC and Regional Coach of the Year twice. While we have not appeared in the playoffs in the last four years, I would like to point out how our league has changed during his tenure. We have seen the addition of three-time National Champion North Dakota State, plus South Dakota State, which has qualified for the playoffs several years as well. Those are two formidable programs.
In addition, we had an incredible string of good fortune with Joel Sambursly and Nick Hill virtually taking every snap for six years without a serious injury, and in Dale's last few seasons we have had major injuries to quarterbacks Chris Dieker, Paul McIntosh and Kory Faulkner, which have really hurt the team down the playoff stretch. Some might consider that an excuse, but if you are objectively looking at the situation, these facts must be considered. Finally, when I look at our play and our scores we are much closer to making the playoffs and being a nationally ranked team than going the other way. Just this year we had a touchdown loss at Big Ten Illinois, a double OT loss to No. 2 Eastern Illinois, a one-point loss to Youngstown State, and we were leading NDSU in the third quarter prior to Kory's injury. This leads me to believe that we have a good program and Dale is going a good job. It is imperative that Dale hit the recruiting trail with the knowledge that the institution is behind him and the prospective student-athletes knowing that the head coach is under a multi-year contract.
I saw on WSIL a story about Anthony Beane drawing NBA basketball players. I was wondering if it would be possible for him to draw a picture of LeBron James that I could give to my son?
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With the resurgence of the annual Senior Class Gift, philanthropy continues to thrive at WPI
When Gregory Moore '13 arrived at WPI in 2009, he already had an extensive history of community service.
While he acknowledges the initial goal was to boost his resume for college admissions, once at WPI he saw myriad volunteer opportunities that would allow him to make a real difference.
"I realized I wanted to help kids who need a little push to go to college," says Moore, who won the 2012 Edwin B. Coghlin '23 Award for tutoring high school students. "Everyone can find something that they can get involved with at WPI."
Whether it's volunteering with students like Moore, or donating to the Senior Class Gift, WPI students embrace the notion that becoming involved is an integral ingredient of their undergraduate experience.
To Director of Student Activities Emily Perlow, it's not an accident.
"The type of student who decides to attend WPI is attracted to our mission of giving back," Perlow notes, "so in many ways, they already have a community service mindset before they set foot on campus."
Each year, WPI students report volunteering between 3,200 and 4,000 times on their own—and this doesn't count their participation in the school's Community Service Work Study program. During the 2011–12 academic year, students worked almost 32,000 hours—including 19,000 by fraternity and sorority members—a 60 percent increase from 2006–07.
It's not just time that's donated. Last year, students raised more than $73,000 participating in such events as the Central Massachusetts Arthritis Walk, Step Out Walk to Fight Diabetes, and Relay For Life, WPI's signature community service event to benefit cancer research and awareness.
That brought to more than $500,000 monies raised over the past six years. The WPI community has benefitted from the resurgence of the annual Senior Class Gift. Begun in 1901 when a flight of 12 stairs was created in front of Boynton Hall and dedicated to Dean Zelotes Coombs, graduating classes for decades have raised funds to help fund or create projects that most students walk past on a daily basis with no knowledge of their historical origins. The original electronic scoreboard
in Alumni Gym (1935), the mural in Morgan Hall (1957), and a trophy case on Salisbury Street (1975) were among the items funded during the 20th century.
But after the 1983 bell tower in Alden Memorial was financed, the program went silent. By the turn of the new century, it had become a forgotten tradition.
That's when longtime WPI trustee Win Priem '59 took notice.
"I had learned that another area school's senior class gift was more than $10,000 in 2002, and at WPI it was $800," recalls Priem, now trustee emeritus. "Here we had 700 students who would be going on to successful careers because of their WPI education, and I thought it was important to get them in the giving philosophy before they graduated."
The former president and CEO of the world's largest executive placement firm, Korn/Ferry International, Priem declared in 2002 that he would match up to $15,000 raised for the Senior Class Gift. But there was a catch: at least 40 percent of graduating students would need to participate to trigger the match.
Students have risen to the challenge, as all but one of the past 10 classes has successfully reached the goal, including the past two years in which the maximum match has been achieved.
Priem says he hopes this renewed philanthropy spurs alumni giving to the school's largest capital fundraising campaign in its history. If…The Campaign to Advance WPI is expected to generate $200 million by 2015, the school's sesquicentennial year.
Recent senior class gifts include a new barbecue area behind the Campus Center in 2010; the restoration of a reflecting pool in a Higgins House garden in 2011, in memory of student Jonathan Rowell '11 who passed away during his senior year; and last year's patio renovation in front of Gordon Library. The gift that has resonated most is the 2009 Proud Goat statue on the Quad side of Bartlett Center—it quickly became a popular campus icon.
Such an impressive list doesn't faze Nick Teceno '13. A member of the Senior Class Gift organizing committee. He says the group already is considering ideas that incorporate an element of the school's engineering prowess into something that can be used regularly.
"Ultimately, we want to leave our mark on WPI because, while the school will change over the years, the senior gift is always going to be there," Teceno says. "When we come back to WPI with our families, we want to be able to say, 'This is the legacy my class left.' And that will be a great feeling!"


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Jean-Louis Duroc (Jean-Louis Trintignant) race car driver and father is dropping his child Antoine (Antoine Sire) off at boarding school. For him it's just another day since becoming single. Anne Gauthier (Anouk Aimee) a movie script supervisor and also a widower like Duroc is also dropping her child Francoise (Souad Amidou) off at the same boarding school.
Duroc and Gauthier allow their eyes to meet. A spark shows and then a little talk. Chit Chat at first but soon they start to talk. Unfortunately for both of them they are guarded. They don't want to get hurt. He says one thing and she another.
Eventually, they will meet and talk and play with the children. They are still guarded though and don't tell what they want to say. Now this will go on for a time, you see they don't speak in just words. They speak through actions and movements. A touch here and there is enough for both but they want more. They want the warmth of each others touch but they stay guarded and continue the game.
They let the other think that their respective spouses could still be alive. They don't walk away as most would do. They stay for the finale. They stay because they are infatuated. They stay because they are falling in love. They have baggage galore but they don't walk.
Love can be a serious endeavor. It can be something that most don't want to do because it can be so hard on the soul. What can happen can be so beautiful, so fulfilling. Love can be the joy that one looks for all their life.
Director Claude Lelouch brings two people together for a true love story. The film can say more in an action than in actual words. So this Valentines Day sit back and watch love on the screen with your love in your arms. Enjoy.


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Dear Eric,
With so much light streaming in you have a lot of great options. Sometimes when a space is really bright, it can be helpful to darken the walls, to give the eyes a rest. (This accounts for all the dark wood paneling in boat interiors). But without actually being in your room we can't tell if it calls for that kind of treatment. Since you actually know what the light is like in this room, make this call yourself, and adjust any advice you get accordingly.
We're going to err on the light side, and suggest you go with a fairly neutral color, one that will set off your existing colors (bright green and red) but be more interesting than white.this ColorTherapy post, and gives some specific paint color correlates in the post. matte putty color, because it will create an excellent canvas for adding more color: art, table settings, flowers and, of course, food. Again, check out Mark's ColorTherapy post for paint suggestions.
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For those of you that don't know, Mayor Carvalho has done a great thing for Kauai Hypnotherapists by proclaiming January 4th as World Hypnotism Day.
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This event is happening January 4th, 2013 at the Golden Lotus Yoga Center in Kapa'a from 6:30pm to 8:30pm
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Matt Encinas
A three-year baseball letterman known for outstanding outfield defense, he hit for both power and average and helped lead Arizona to back-to-back trips to the College World Series in 1958 and 1959. In 1959, when the team finished as C.W.S. runner-up he led the team in home runs and batted .369, and was named District 6 Most Valuable Player and first team All-American. Coached by the legendary Frank Sancet, he was Arizona's first Hispanic All-American in any sport. Following graduation, he was drafted by the New York Yankees and played in their organization for several years.


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Decade: 1950-1959
Degree Discipline: Biology
The Adaptability and Present Status of Andropogon Ischaemum L. in Denton County, Texas
Date: 1951
Creator: Belders, Floyd William
Description: This investigation has been made with reference to the adaptability of Andropogon ischaemum, King Ranch bluestem, to various soils, various slopes, and various erosion conditions in Denton County.
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Age, Growth, and Food Habits of the Largemouthed Black Bass (Micropterus Salmoides) and the Spotted Bass (Micropterus Puctulatus SSP) in North and East Texas Lakes
Date: 1950
Creator: Cooper, William A.
Description: This study is based on the examinations and analyses of 388 largemouthed black bass (Micropterus salmoides) and 118 spotted black bass (Micropterus puctulatus ssp.) which were collected over a period of three years from 9 lakes in the North-Central and East Texas areas. The results should show the following: (1) the average age of the black bass in each of the nine reservoirs in Texas; (2) the growth rate of the bass in these reservoirs; (3) the feeding habits of the bass in all reservoirs studied; (4) a comparison of the growth rates of the largemouthed and spotted basses; and (5) a comparison of the growth rates of bass from Texas and Oklahoma.
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Altered Leukemogenic Activity by Thyrotropic Treatment of Leukemic Mouse Thymus in Vitro
Date: 1956
Creator: Rains, Robert Milton
Description: This investigation was planned to observe if the leukemic thymic tissue in vitro would inactivate TSH and to study the effect that TSH would have on the leukemogenic properties of these cells when transplanted into a high-leukemia strain of mice.
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Anaerobic Organisms in Acute and Chronic Pulmonary Diseases
Date: August 1958
Creator: Riddel, George Hugh
Description: This study concerns a determination as to whether anaerobic organisms are involved in pulmonary diseases, particularly those of the chronic type.
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The Antibiotic Activities of Some Members of the Cactaceae Family
Date: 1951
Creator: Gilmore, Derward E.
Description: This problem has been concerned with, first, the collection of sixteen species of plants belonging to Cactaceae family; second, the drying of these and the extraction of the oleoresins thereof; third, the determination of the extent to which these substances inhibit the growth of ten gram-positive and ten gram-negative bacterial organisms; and fourth, a determination of the possible utilization of these extracts a prophylactic or chemotherapeutic agents.
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The Antibiotic Effect of Pigmented Actinomycetes
Date: 1951
Creator: Cichon, Casimir Joseph
Description: This thesis attempts, first, to correlate pigmentation of actinomycetes with the degree of antibiocity; second, to establish the most favorable means of producing a rich luxuriant pigmentation in the individual organism studied by enriching favorable media with specific types of proteins and amino acids.
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The Antibiotic Properties of the Oleoresins of Twenty-Five Common Garden Vegetables
Date: 1951
Creator: Ennis, Arthur F.
Description: The purpose of this problem is to determine the presence and extent of antibiotic materials as found in the oleoresins of a selected group of garden vegetables. The problem has consisted of, first, the collection and preparation of specimens of twenty-five commonly used garden vegetables; second, the extraction of the oleoresins from these; third, the determination of the inhibitory and other effects of these oleoresins against several strains of selected gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria; and fourth, the evaluation of the potentialities of these oleoresins with regard to their future use as medicinal prophylactics and therapeutics.
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Antibiotic Sensitivity of Bacteria Isolated from City Water Distribution Systems
Date: August 1958
Creator: Williams, Catherine
Description: This thesis studies antibiotic sensitivity of bacteria isolated from city water distribution systems.
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The Application of Chlorine Dioxide to Tastes and Odors in Water Supplies
Date: 1952
Creator: Hemphill, Louis
Description: This problem was undertaken to determine the potentialities of chlorine dioxide as an algaecide and as an agent for the removal of tastes and odors from fresh water.
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Bacterial Antibiotic Properties of the Oleoresins of Thirty Summer Flowering Spermatophytes
Date: 1950
Creator: Marnock, Edna Leotah
Description: The purpose of this investigation is to add to the present day knowledge concerning the presence of antibiotics in additional members of the spermatophyte group of plants.
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The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum and Case Western Reserve University will honor Chuck Berry during the 17th annual American Music Masters® series this October.
Roll Over Beethoven: The Life and Music of Chuck Berry, a weeklong celebration, will tell the story of one of the first musicians to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986. Berry has had a lifetime of brilliant musicianship and has inspired nearly every rock artist to date.
FREE with RSVP – Wednesday, October 24 at 7 p.m. – Film Screening: (1987, 120 min) in the Rock Hall's Foster Theater on the 4th floor
The unforgettable life and music of pioneering legend Chuck Berry are celebrated in this landmark feature film, capturing a once-in-a-lifetime gathering of rock and roll's finest. In 1986, Keith Richards invited a roster of great musicians to honor Chuck Berry for an evening of music to commemorate Berry's 60th birthday, including performances by Etta James, Eric Clapton, Robert Cray, and Julian Lennon, along with archival footage of an unforgettable duet by Chuck Berry and John Lennon. Directed by Taylor Hackford. This event is free with a reservation. Seating is limited. Reservations can be made through the Rock Hall website at https://tickets.rockhall.com or at the Rock Hall Box Office. Rock Hall Members can RSVP starting at 10 a.m. on Thursday, October 11. General public can RSVP starting at 10 a.m. on Friday, October 12.
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Release Date: 2011-05-20 (NY)
Genre: War, Suspense/Thriller
Rating: NR
Duration: 1hr 32min
When Churchill said we'd fight the Nazis on beaches, landing grounds, fields, streets and hills, he left out the church-yard, manorhouse, pub and village-green. But in this stirring, startlingly violent (for its time) masterwork of WW2 propaganda, that's exactly where the plucky locals of Bramley End engage the enemy. Inspired by a Graham Greene short story, this is a true hidden gem of our national cinema.
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Leslie Banks, David Farrar, Thora Hird, Elizabeth Allan, Basil Sydney, Mervyn Johns, Edward Rigby, Harry Fowler, Marie Lohr, Frank Lawton, C.V. France, Valerie Taylor
- Directed by Alberto Cavalcanti
- Produced by Michael Balcon
- Written by Graham Greene, Angus MacPhail, John Dighton, Diana Morgan, Angus McPhail
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Yet another daddy who got "frustrated" because his video game was interrupted by a crying baby....and now he has finally pleaded guilty to 2nd-degree murder.
Dad is identified as IVRYEE FLOWERS.
Father gets 18 years for shaking his baby girl to death
Published: February 27, 2013 Updated 1 hour ago
The Bellingham Herald
By Adam Lynn — Staff writer
Ivryee Flowers shook his baby daughter so hard on Dec. 7, 2011, she suffered a fatal skull fracture.
Still, in Pierce County Superior Court on Wednesday, he said he never meant to kill her.
"This was an accident," the 21-year-old man told Judge James Orlando. "I truly loved and still love my daughter."
Orlando wasn't buying.
The judge ignored a recommendation worked out between deputy prosecutor Lori Kooiman and defense attorney Mark Quigley for a 15-year sentence and instead ordered Flowers imprisoned for 18 years.
"There's no degree of remorse that I've sensed from you that convinces me that you realize the enormity of what you've done," Orlando told Flowers. "I think this child needs something more than 15 years in prison."
Minutes before, Flowers pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in Leileah Flowers' death.
Tacoma police detectives said he was upset because the 8-month-old girl was fussy and interrupting his video-game playing. According to court records, he shook her violently after his attempts to calm her were unsuccessful.
Realizing he'd hurt the girl, he called 911, records show, but Leileah later died at a hospital.
Wednesday's proceedings were tense, with supporters of both Flowers and Leileah filing into court.
At one point, Flowers' mother was forcibly removed from the courtroom after she got upset when a sheriff's deputy told her to sit down.
Clearly agitated, she'd gotten out of her seat and moved to another location while Leileah's maternal grandmother, Jeannie Williamson, was making a victim statement to the court.
"I want to be able to see my son," she told the deputy.
She sat down when commanded to do so but cursed at the deputy, who then demanded she leave. The woman pulled out of the deputy's grasp when he grabbed her arm to escort her from the room, and several of her friends and relatives also got upset and left their seats.
Court was interrupted for about 10 minutes as deputies restored order. Flowers' mother later was booked into jail for investigation of obstructing a law enforcement officer and disorderly conduct.
Steve Harrington, Leileah's great uncle, addressed the court once things settled down. Harrington said relatives on Leileah's mother's side of the family had only one question.
"Why?" Harrington asked Flowers. "You had all the support in the world to help you. The memories of this tragedy will last a lifetime."
Flowers then got his chance to address the court.
He apologized to his own family and that of his daughter's mother.
"I am very sorry for the loss," Flowers said.
Still, he said, he would leave court "with my head held high" because he did not intend to kill Leileah.
"When I come home, I'll do everything I can to make her proud of me," Flowers said.
Orlando appeared flabbergasted at Flowers' comments.
Fathers are supposed to protect their children, not hurt them, the judge said.
"I don't understand, Mr. Flowers," Orlando said before imposing the 18-year sentence.
Outside court, Williamson said the loss of her granddaughter still hurts.
"I talk to her like she's still in the house today," she said. "This didn't have to happen. I was only a phone call away."


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Practice notes on Randy "Duke" Johnson, Seantrel Henderson, others
CORAL GABLES — There was news outside the Ray-Ray Armstrong situation at today's Miami football practice. The first double session began at 8:20 a.m. and will be followed by a 2:50 p.m. test of endurance. Here are a few notes from the workout with video coming soon.
Click here for interesting video of the two freshmen mentioned in the first two notes.
- Freshman running back Randy "Duke" Johnson was back wearing the white jersey a day after being withheld from contact in a red shirt. "He should be full go," coach Al Golden said.
- In other jersey color news, Golden commented on the black starters jersey freshman cornerback Tracy Howard wore for the second straight day. "You can't relax at all because there's already been a bunch of changes, not just at his position, but at other positions," Golden said.
- Cornerback Thomas Finnie was wearing the yellow jersey to signify limited contact.
- Right tackle Seantrel Henderson was not on the practice field during the media viewing period, but was reportedly training in the weight room.
- Practice habits are good, Golden said. "I feel like this team, as opposed to last year, I feel like this team I'm pulling back in practice as opposed to pushing them and trying to get them in shape.
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When guests come to visit your home, your landscaping should wow them, because that is the first thing they will see – and you know how important first impressions are. If your home is impeccably designed on the inside, shouldn't the outside of your home match that?
At ONE Specialty Xteriors, we specialize in residential landscaping services and landscape design in Dallas, Fort Worth and the surrounding Metroplex. Our landscape specialists will work with you to develop the landscape plans of your dreams, and that includes hardscape features like stone pathways, fountains, and anything else you can imagine. During the initial consultation, we will work with you to select the flowers, shrubs, trees, and other foliage to meet your maintenance needs and turn your yard into the perfect garden getaway. Don't worry if you don't have a green thumb, we'll take care of that for you.
We strive for creative excellence in every project we undertake. We take pride in making your home's landscape look its absolute best. We are dedicated to superior craftsmanship and committed to high-quality work in all aspects of our landscape designs, outdoor living areas such as outdoor kitchens, luxury swimming pools and stone projects like custom patios. We want to take your vision, and using our talents and knowledge, make it become reality. We are passionate about working with people, creating innovative landscape, concrete and stone designs, and transforming your ideas into a final masterpiece.
Our clients are an integral part of the landscape design process – their contributions result in landscaped gardens that are reflective of their personalities. So, we will work hand-in-hand with you during the entirety of the design process, ensuring that we create the space that you want. We want you to love the personalized resort atmosphere that outdoor living spaces create in the same way our previous clients love theirs.
Outdoor living spaces can create a seamless flow from the inside to the outside of your home, whether it's going from the front yard to the inside or going from the inside to your backyard. In conjunction with our clients, ONE Specialty has created some beautiful outdoor spaces, ranging from floating stairs to Zen habitats. Our photo galleries showcase these projects and some of our other favorite landscape projects to help get your creative thoughts flowing and give you some inspiration for your landscape project.
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Seeing Stars is one woman's story of the starlight ever present in the life she shared with her husband.
The term "seeing stars" is used in the military to describe ambitious soldiers who aspire to greatness as evidenced on the uniforms of generals that lead. While new Lt. Charles Honour didn't ever expect to make it to general rank, he indeed was seeing stars as he daydreamed of what he might achieve in service to his country.
Both Chuck and Peg were certainly "star struck" with love when they experienced their whirlwind romance and marriage following WWII.
Several duty stations later, the "star light" in both their eyes evidenced itself in the persons of their three children.
A cartoon-like "seeing stars" might best describe the last few years of their relationship when Peg experienced the one-two punch of divorce and death.
And finally, Peg describes the transcendent meaning of the ability to see and "reach for the stars" in the latter half of her life.
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The large stainless steel container—bigger than a breadbox! More terrifying than a pressure cooker!— sat ominously on my kitchen counter for days before I got up the nerve to open it. Not exactly an early adopter— I was the last woman in suburbia to purchase a microwave oven (c. 1993) –I am further constrained by decades of accumulated health and environmental warnings. Cooking in plastic? How can this be a good thing?
But the SousVide Supreme—the first such machine "designed for the home cook"—comes with a DVD introduction starring two doctors. Married to each other! And in lab coats! Both extolling the benefits of sous vide cuisine.
Sous what, you say? I hadn't heard of it either. And yet it's been around since the '70s, and is all the rage among such renowned chefs as Thomas Keller, who even wrote a sous vide cookbook. You might even have been in a restaurant savoring a perfectly broiled medium rare steak, little suspecting it had just come out of tepid water.
Sous Vide—French for "under vacuum"—is a technique involving sealing food in plastic packages and cooking it at low, consistent temperatures for a very long time. There's a lot of mathematical mumbo jumbo involved, which seems to boil down to: You lose fewer nutrients and produce consistent, tender results. Sort of a crock pot for rich people, a home version of Sous Vide is available for around $449 (plus taxes and shipping) from SousVide Supreme. You need the big machine because it would be impossible to maintain a steady temperature by, for example, heating water on your stove. You also need a vacuum sealer—-and the SousVide Supreme version will cost you an additional $129.
Day One: Scallops Sous Vide
Since my husband isn't home tonight, I figure it's a good opportunity to kill the proverbial two birds (or sea creatures): He hates scallops, which I love, and he has also made it quite clear he wants nothing to do with this testing ("You're going to boil steaks???").
A recipe I find on the web says that by cooking scallops sous vide, I will avoid turning them into cracked, rubbery balls. What's more: I'll never want to eat them prepared another way again!
Sounds great, except I never found preparing scallops especially challenging. Also, the recipe comes from a cook who boasts a PhD in Mechanical Engineering. This does not make sous vide sound like a snap.
It isn't. By the time I've read through the recipe (you have to cook the scallops twice, first in the water bath, and then quickly searing them stovetop), and filled and plugged in the scary machine, it's 8 pm. I decide to bag it and instead saute the scallops and whisk them into my usual sauce (butter, minced garlic, minced shallot, lemon juice, white wine, oregano, red pepper and crème fraiche). It takes about 10 minutes.
Day Two: Lamb Chops Sous Vide
Okay, today's the day. Not putting it off any longer! Fill the machine with water, plug it in, set it….and wait. And wait. It takes about a half hour to reach 134F, then another 10 minutes to get back to that temperature once the lamb chops are plopped in.
I'm using the "Succulent Lamb T-Bone Chops" recipe that comes in the instruction book. You water-bathe 'em then quickly brown before serving.
First hurdle: Vacuum sealing. I seem to be able to handle the sealing part, just not the vacuuming. The pricey SousVide Supreme Vacuum Sealer doesn't do the job as well as the supermarket pump I once bought for maybe $10. It takes me 45 minutes to make six little pouches.
Also, I realize too late I had underestimated the cooking time—by mistake, I read "two hours," the time for the "Steaks in Browned Butter" on the facing page—when, bizarrely, the lamb chops need three hours.
"Which would you prefer—lamb chops at 9:30 or pasta right now?" I ask the spouse.
Twenty minutes later we're twirling linguine with cherry tomatoes and artichoke hearts.
Sous Vide Cooking: Healthy Breakthrough?
Sous vide cooking promises to preserve more nutrients—but at what price?
The large stainless steel container—bigger than a breadbox! More terrifying than a pressure cooker!— sat ominously on my kitchen counter for days before I got up the nerve to open it. Not exactly an early adopter— I was the last woman in suburbia to purchase a microwave oven (c. 1993) –I am further constrained by decades of accumulated health and environmental warnings. Cooking in plastic? How can this be a good thing?


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Many East Texans want a six-pack. The term for those rock-hard abdominal muscles showcased in magazines and television shows. But what does it take, and can everyone truly reach that goal? UT Health Center's Dr. Mom explains the pursuit of the pack.
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Beringer is one of Napa Valley's oldest and best-known wineries, and a tour of its luxuriant, tree-rich grounds in St. Helena gives a taste of winemaking's pioneer days as well as the polished amenities of today's industry. It is a nice blend.
The Beringer name is so familiar to people—two brothers, Jacob and Frederick, German immigrants, founded the company in 1876—that even non-wine drinkers may recognize it. This familiarity equates to approachability, which is reflected in the location of the winery itself. It is not at the end of some long, broad driveway or perched on a hilltop, but rather right on Main Street in St. Helena. Park amid the elms and old-growth redwoods, and in a few steps you're standing at Rhine House, the Beringers' spectacular tribute to the Mainz-on-the-Rhine home they left behind to come to America.
Only if it had a Glockenspiel could this 17-room Victorian mansion look more German in its robustness and character. This was Frederick's home, containing some 40 stained glass windows, and today it has been converted into a showplace of tastings and special events. The day we were there, in one of its upstairs rooms, an employee was clearing off a table covered with a sea of empty wine glasses. "We just hosted a group from MIT," she explained. "It started out as a tasting. Then they just wanted to drink."
Behind the Rhine House is a courtyard with a Ruth Asawa-sculpted fountain in the center, and up a short path is the Old Stone Winery and wine caves that were dug into the hillside in the 1870s by Chinese immigrants who, like the German-born Beringers, were trying to find a path for themselves in this new land. When you step inside these subterranean tunnels it feels cool and the scent of wine is in the air and muted overhead lighting casts a soft glow on the barrels along the walls.
Tastings and dinners are held here too, and one alcove we peeked into had a long wooden table with place settings for 20 people.
Back in the open air again we stopped at the Hudson House, which was where Jacob and his family lived and which is only a stone's throw from his brother's digs. If the Rhine House reflected Frederick's sensibilities—he handled the business side of the enterprise—then Jacob, the winemaker, must have had a more relaxed personality, for the Hudson House has the feel of a country home with a wraparound porch just perfect for kicking back on a warm summer evening and sipping on a private reserve chardonnay.
Groups can reserve the Hudson House for catered dinners and special events. Weddings also take place there, and it's said that some men, swept up by romance and perhaps ample amounts of what might be called "liquid courage," have even popped the question to their partner there. Jacob and his brother would be pleased.
Beringer Winery, 2000 Main Street, St. Helena. Open daily from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. from June-Oct. 20, closing an hour earlier in the off months. The "Taste of Beringer" tour ($40 per person) lasts one hour and includes a sit-down tasting of three wines paired with bite-sized food nibbles. An introductory half-hour tour costs $25 per person, includes tastings of two wines and takes place in the Old Stone Winery. Reservations recommended. 707-302-7592.


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No dollar left behind
Educational service business blossoms
By David Courtland 11/21/2007
A subtle tug-of-war between supporters and critics of No Child Left Behind is leaving parents out of the loop about supplemental educational services, the tutoring firms that purport to help improve student test scores so schools meet their NCLB targets.
"You have to keep in mind you're in an area very opposed to NCLB," said Monique Dollonne, an education consultant who is a proponent of the law that is the centerpiece of the Bush administration's education policy (Dollonne also ran unsuccessfully in the Nov. 6 election for a seat on the Ventura Unified School District board). "Basically, what's happening is a lot of people are after the money, and schools feel it's being taken from them."
Numerous companies offering "free tutoring" to students have sprung up to take advantage of NCLB, which requires school boards to make some of their federal funding available to pay for tutoring when schools fail to reach their targets for two years in a row.
"It's a legal way of making a lot of money," says Denis O'Leary, an Oxnard Elementary School District trustee, who is raising questions about the accountability of SES providers (O'Leary is also running for a seat on the Ventura County Board of Supervisors in the 2008 elections). O'Leary's school district has earmarked $864,249 of its federal funding for low-income students to cover tutoring for 720 grade schoolers.
Although he stops short of calling SES providers outright scams, O'Leary is concerned the companies are largely unregulated and only have to be on the California Department of Education's list of providers to be granted access to the school district.
He said SES firms don't have to conduct background checks on staff to make sure they are experienced or credentialed, and that all charge as much as they can per student.
"I haven't seen one yet that hasn't charged the maximum," or almost $1,200 per student, O'Leary said. "If they charged less than the maximum, we'd have more kids provided for."
O'Leary is also concerned about the lack of strict standards for an SES provider to qualify for the state list, for which the Department. of Education has a database on its Web site at www.cde.ca.gov/ta/ac/ti/ap/sspsearch.aspx. There are currently about 280 providers listed for California.
"As long as they've been approved by the state, the district cannot deny them access," said O'Leary, who says 42 providers have asked Oxnard Elementary for access to parents, prompting the board to hold a fair for them to meet providers two months ago.
But although she acknowledges there are mom-and-pop tutoring operations that are "just in it for the money," Dollonne points out many providers hire from teaching professionals and says the real problem is school districts don't want parents to know tutoring is an option.
"The big problem right now is districts are very shy about SES and getting the word out about what SES is," said Dollone, who notes money earmarked for tutoring that doesn't get spent on providers by March goes back into a school district's budget. Administrators who dislike NCLB would just as soon hang on to the money by not complying with the spirit of the law, she said.
"School districts are playing games, they start making deals with providers," Dollonne said. Parents applying for tutoring are often told to let school officials fill out the section of forms that name the provider, she said.
Parents need to take the initiative and ask for information about providers, Dollonne said. She encourages them to look for providers that offer one-on-one tutoring and are flexible about working with students outside of their schools, especially at home.
"We've found that when kids are stuck in class with a tired, frustrated teacher who's been working with 35 kids, it's really rejuvenating for a student to study in a different environment," Dollonne said.
As for greater accountability of SES providers, Jerry Cummings of the State Department. of Education said that's coming, although the state is still working on a method to determine a provider's effectiveness.
"The state's role is to develop an evaluation system for SES providers to show if over a two-year period they're not making progress," says Cummings. "So far we haven't developed that system, we're still working on it."
Cummings says the state is collecting test data from providers to help evaluate whether they are doing the job or not, but only has a year's worth of information to work with so far.
"We need to have two years worth of data in order to remove any providers from the state approval list," said Cummings, who says the second year of data should be available at the end of this school year, after the annual spring round of school tests.
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An 18-year-old Amish man from northeastern Ohio was looking at a possible 11 years behind bars for raping a 14-year-old girl in Parkman Township last June, but was instead sentenced on Feb. 6 to the minimum of three years in prison after the judge and prosecutor in the case took pity on him.
Earlier this week, Parkman Township resident Raymond F. Miller had already pleaded guilty to the rape that he said occurred after he'd been watching porn with some friends, according to The News-Herald.
The incident occurred June 7. Miller knew the victim from the neighborhood and the rape occurred in a shed in a wooded area.
"I am sorry I broke the law," Miller told Judge Forrest W. Burt. "I am going to try and be a better person; try and get some treatment."
Miller's public defender, R. Robert Umholtz, described his client as "an extremely naive person, both sexually and socially." Also in his client's favor was the lack of any prior criminal history, making Miller a "low risk to re-offend," according to Umholtz.
"He is going to have a particularly tough time in prison coming from a radically different culture," Umholtz said.
The prosecutor in the case against the young Amish rapist said he wouldn't object to a light sentencing.
Miller was originally charged with kidnapping, sexual battery, gross sexual imposition, and, one additional count of rape.
If the judge could have, he would have only sentenced Miller to "community control," but couldn't because the 18-year-old Amish man will, upon his release from prison, have to register as a sex offender for life – which took community control off the table as a possibility.
After Miller gets out of prison and registers as a sex offender, the judge told him, "You cannot live within 1,000 feet of a school. That includes Amish schools."
Judge Burt fears for Miller's future in the penal system because of his small physical stature and Amish beliefs.
"I have to give you prison," said the judge. "I don't want to, but I have to."
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How to Cook Basmati Rice
Rice is simple to make, versatile, nutritious and goes with a multitude of other dishes. If you've failed at cooking rice in the past, here is a tried and true method we've used for years. This method works for ALL kinds of rice. Just follow the instructions and enjoy.
1Rinse rice until the water runs clear. Find the ratio of rice to water according to instructions on the package. For Basmati or Jade rice use 1 1/2 cups of rice to 3 cups of water, 2 cups rice to 4 cups water, etc.
2Put water in your cooking vessel, pour in rice, stir once.
3Bring water/rice to a slow boil.
4AS SOON as the water comes to a boil reduce heat to a low simmer. Cover with a tight fitting lid.
5Wait 15 minutes. Turn off heat. If using an electric stove remove the cooking vessel from the burner.
6Allow rice to sit for 5 minutes.
7Gently fluff rice with a fork and serve.
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Output card #1 - fill in the XML prolog's version and encoding.
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The Obama administration's baby steps towards utilizing nuclear energy as a source of "clean, renewable" power by agreeing to guarantee some construction loans for nuclear plant construction were greeted with a chorus of protest from anti-nuclear groups. The same tired old arguments about Three Mile Island and Chernobyl meltdowns were trotted out. Absent, however, are the statistics about a world wide safety record of 26 years since Chernobyl which was built by the former Soviet Union with 1950s/1960s technology during the height of the Cold War. The question of storage of spent nuclear fuel is always presented as a deterrent. The question has been definitively answered by knowledgeable earth scientists (geologists, mining engineers and physicists) with the Yucca Mountain facility but implementation has been stymied by politicians. The anti-nuclear power groups' arguments are "circular firing squads" because nuclear power generates no greenhouse gases; requires no government subsidies...unless construction loans are in default and the guarantees are invoked; is renewable and is price competitive with coal and natural gas.
Apparently, Colorado is now "backing" the conversion of coal fired power plants to natural gas as a method of reducing CO2 emissions and "cleaning the air." Less than one year ago, the Colorado governor and Democrat Party controlled legislature rammed through new Oil & Gas Commission rules and regulations restricting drilling and oil and gas operations. Previously, the Governor and (former) US Senator, now Secretary of Interior, Ken Salazar joined to halt or severely restrict the leasing of Federal and State lands in western Colorado that are intrinsic to developing the natural gas reserves that will be needed to fire those refitted and new power plants. Again, a somewhat circular argument seems apparent.
A new "study" by an Oregon based environmental activist group says that Colorado shouldn't use the $30 million federal grant designated for cutting and removal of our beetle killed pine forests. They object on the grounds that roads will have to be built to access those blighted areas. They argue that the dead, dry forest areas are no more susceptible to fires than the unaffected forests; that temporary roads will be more harmful to wildlife and the environment than a forest fire. Forest fires, incidentally, "emit" huge amounts of CO2 as well as tons of particulate matter.
Op-ed pieces in local and national publications tout the "thousands, even tens of thousands" of jobs that will be created by placing our faith...and tax dollars...in the new energy economy. Apparently, the key is to mandate that ever increasing percentages of our electrical power be from wind and solar. The state and federal government will then subsidize companies to build and install turbines and panels ranging in size from hundreds of feet tall and hundreds of acres down to "residential" scale. There is little mention of the coal mining, oil and gas, pipeline, nuclear plant construction and electrical power grid system jobs that will be lost. The "new energy economy" advocates persist in arguing that the spectre of man induced climate change (global warming) is "settled science" and justifies any and all measures to forestall or prevent it. Climate change predictions, similar to earthquake predictions, are only accurate to the degree of saying, "they will occur in the future." Measurements, historical records, fossil and rock records all can be used by advocates standing at any position in the "circle of debate" as "absolute proof" of their argument.


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Why is the kanji for うん(運) the same as the kanji for 運ぶ? Did the kanji just somehow end up being the same, or were the two meanings related somehow? All I can think of is some kind of "carrying luck", but that doesn't seem right.
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I think there are multiple interpretations of this character, but it's clearly a combination of 辶 (from 辶) and 軍, which suggests the movement-related meaning came first and "luck" was a derived meaning. But how was it derived? Here's what Henshall has to say:
It seems like the exact way it came to mean "luck" is unclear, but there you have a couple possible ways it could have happened.
This is speculation on my part, but I believe it is possible that when 運 is used to mean one's luck or fortune, it may be interpreted as "[that which is] carried".
To illustrate, consider the word 運命(うんめい), meaning destiny or fate. Taking the two kanji apart, we have:
So, synthesized, it would mean "the life that one carries" or even "the life that one is made to carry".
As for why 運 without any object would refer to one's luck, it may refer to that which is naturally and constantly possessed and thus the "default in absence of others". A man stripped of all status and possessions would still have his life, as it is part of him. And yet it can be the whole of him too, since it seems that one's destiny is seen to be inescapable, decided by the divine and placed upon one's shoulders.


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Flippy's eyes turned yellow and malicious. His breathing became slow and loud enough for everyone to hear. His fangs perked up at the sides, turning them into a horrible, psychotic smile. He laughed evilly. He glanced over at a terrified green raccoon. "Yes," he thought. He would be the first victim. He leaped into the kitchen, terrifying all the animals in there. He searched for a weapon, finding a large knife near the ribs. He looked for the green raccoon that he decided to kill. He saw him, but this time without his hat. "Oh well. I don't kill based on hats." He thought to himself before slicing his knife through his victim's tail. Lifty screamed as the metal knife made contact with his flesh. Being drunk, he reflexes were very bad and he was extremely dizzy. Flippy poised the knife right under Lifty's throat and he prepared to slice. Right before he could kill the drunken animal, Mackenzie grabbed the knife and it flew across the room to the front door.
"Hey, guys, I heard there was a party, so I"- Lumpy opened the front door, (He wasn't invited, BTW) and the knife went through his chest, and he broke off his sentence, coughing up blood. Soon, he fell to the ground, dead. The blood kept spreading and Petunia was starting to hyperventilate. Handy hugged her and calmed her down enough to stop crying.
However, Flippy was still in his crazy mode. He reached for another knife and headed towards Mackenzie.
"This is for ruining my kill, you filthy canine!" He snarled at her, baring his gleaming fangs that now seemed to turn red from the splatter of Lumpy's blood.
"Why the heck do I have so many freaking knives!?!?" She whispered to herself.
Mackenzie knew she couldn't win against Flippy, so she grabbed a knife and threw it at him as quick as possible. He caught it in his hand and laughed.
Flaky knew that if Flippy killed Mackenzie, everyone else would be soon to follow. She remembered the time she threw a surprise birthday party for Flippy, and how everything had gone wrong. She thought of the one thing she could do to save everyone's life. She leaped in front of Flippy, fastened her arms around his neck, and kissed him full on the lips. Flippy's eyes widened, and the yellow started to fade as he closed his eyes and wrapped his arms around Flaky's back.
"Lifty! Are you okay!?!?" Shifty called, seeing his brother bleeding on the ground.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Stupid bear thing, stabbing me with a knife." Lifty tried to stand up, but he quickly fell back to the puddle of blood he made on the floor.
"Oh, what now? The bear and the porcupine are making out now?!?" Lifty muttered as he coughed.
Nutty walked in from the bathroom. He stared at Lumpy's carcass, Flippy and Flaky, a blood covered scene, Russell muttering to himself, while the iPod played "Fireflies".
"Aw, Dangit! How come I always miss the good stuff?" Nutty screamed to himself.
"Okay, everyone! Dinner's ready!" He heard Mackenzie yell from the kitchen.
"Never mind!" He said to himself as he giggled insanely and stumbled towards the dinner table. He sat down at the table while Mackenzie gave him a piece of fried chicken and some mashed potatoes. He oooed at them while Mackenzie brought out a huge bag of sugar. He stared at it for a second before laughing psychotically and zooming towards the heavenly food. But, before he could get there, Mackenzie smacked him in the face with a frying pan.
"Hee heh he hee heeeEeEEe
.." Nutty muttered and spat out a blood-covered tooth. Mackenzie stood over him and tried to hold back a giggle.
"Now, Nutty. You know you're one of my very best friends, right?" Mackenzie started in a slow, calm voice. Nutty nodded vigorously.
"Good. Now, I'll let you have some sugar if you promise not to pour it over everyone else's food. And if they ask for some, you have to give it to them. Am I perfectly clear?" Nutty thought for a moment, and his googly eye went off in all directions. Suddenly he put his fingers to his forehead in salute.
"Mackenzie, I solemnly swear to share the sugar, not eat all of it, and not pour it on people who don't want it!!!!" Nutty yelled.
"Good. Now, go eat." The blue wolf replied, handing the energetic squirrel his sugar.
"Ah, that was the best meal I've had in ages!" Handy said to Petunia, who was sitting next to him.
"I'm glad you think so, Handy." Mackenzie spoke to the orange beaver. She realized with a start she had no idea where Lifty was. His brother had fallen asleep on the couch with his fedora over his face. The wolf sighed, until she heard Nutty's scream.
She ran into the kitchen, only to see Lifty's corpse mixed into the brownie mix.
"Oh God
" she muttered, half to herself. What happened here? She wondered until she could smell the alcohol on Lifty's blood. Then she suddenly understood. The sly green raccoon must have been too drunk to see where he was going and fell right into the mixer. She exchanged a glance with Nutty.
"Can this be our dirty little secret?" The disgusted canine asked. Nutty nodded, who, for the first time, seemed disturbed and completely grossed out at the thought of sugar. Mackenzie dared to dip her finger in the bloody brownie mixture. She took a deep breath and brought her finger to her mouth. She popped in her mouth and tasted it. Her eyes widened.
"Wow, this is even better than before!!" She spoke excitedly while Nutty sampled some for himself. He did his signature giggle and jumped around.
"Wow, this is going to be even better when we bake it!!!" Nutty realized.
"I know! Raccoon blood: Who woulda thought it'd be a pimp secret ingredient?" The blue wolf agreed. "Let's just say we put in some red food dye. That's believable, right?" Mackenzie asked Nutty as she put the brownies in the oven. Nutty just giggled wildly. Soon those brownies would be his!
Flaky was sitting alone on a chair in the living room; she was listening to "My Bloody Valentine" on her iPod nano. She blushed when she saw Flippy walk over to her.
"Hello, Flaky. What song are you listening to?" Flippy asked politely.
"Oh, um
, I'm L-Listening to uh, "My Bloody Valentine." Y'know, from Good Charlotte?" Flaky stammered.
"Oh yes, I'm quite familiar with them. I didn't you liked that kind of music." Flippy spoke kindly, and sat down in a chair next to the small red porcupine.
, I guess... I'm a girl of many interests." Flaky muttered, still nervously stammering and chewing on her lip.
"You certainly are." Flippy chuckled. "Hey, can I talk to you alone real quick?"He asked Flaky.
The porcupine stared at him in sheer astonishment. After a brief hesitation, she let Flippy grab her hand and lead her into the bathroom.
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okay, srsly. lifty would taste delicious on brownies. And OMG FLIPPYXFLAKY-NESS!!!!!! I TOLDS YOU FOO'S IT WAS COMING! MackenzieXRussell in next chapter, super swear! Or y'know, not... oh, and if you are wondering why Flaky kissed flippy, because you are a Flippy fangirl *coughcoughALEcough*, or you dislike FxF, I don't know what to tell you. flaky did the first thing that came to her mind. Yeah. kissing him was first on the list. Hee hee... i like Lumpy's death.
But, what could Flippy want to say to Flaky? Why is he leading into the only bathroom in the house with a doorway to a locked bedroom? Will they do it? Or I am just teling you lies to build your suspense? Find out in the next chapter!!! Or DIE.
But, what could Flippy want to say to Flaky? Why is he leading into the only bathroom in the house with a doorway to a locked bedroom? Will they do it? Or I am just teling you lies to build your suspense? Find out in the next chapter!!! Or DIE.
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Molecular Manufacturing vs. Peak Oil
November 10, 2004
Civilization could be facing a big problem in the next few years. Oil could get considerably more expensive soon.
"Peak Oil" is not when we "run out" of oil; it's simply when our collective ability to extract enough oil is exceeded by our demand for oil.
If corporate and national politics delay admissions of trouble until the signs are unmistakable, or if the Peak Oil camp is even… read more


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Maciej Dakowicz
Maciej Dakowicz is a Polish photographer, traveller and gallerist currently based in Mumbai, India. He has worked on various photographic projects and his interests are in documentary, travel and street photography.
Maciej was born in 1976 in Bialystok, Poland. After finishing his studies he went to Hong Kong in Oct 2000 (that was his first ever flight) to work at university as a researcher and programmer. Whilst there he bought his first camera to show his family and friends the beauty and exotism of his new Asian home. Thanks to the Internet and photo sharing websites he quickly got hooked and photography became his main passion. He started taking pictures seriously and began traveling extensively.
At the end of 2004 he moved to Wales to work as a researcher at university again and study for a PhD degree. However, the passion for photography was stronger than the passion for science, so on the 1st of Jan 2009 he left the academic life and decided to try becoming a professional photographer. Then after a year he managed to obtain the PhD degree, put the thesis away on the shelf and have been doing his photography since then, never looking back. While living in Wales he produced his most known body of work – Cardiff After Dark portraying a weekend night out in the Welsh capital.
Since then Maciej's photos have been widely published and exhibited around the world, shown at various photo festivals (including Visa Pour l'Image) and he is a recipient of numerous awards. He was profiled in two major street photography books published by Thames & Hudson – "Street Photography Now" in 2010 and "The World Atlas of Street Photography" in 2014. Maciej's first monograph Cardiff After Dark was published in October 2012.
Maciej is also one of the founders of Third Floor Gallery in Cardiff. He is a passionate collector of photography books and loves Asia – after 12 visits to India he decided to base himself there for some time.
Website: www.maciejdakowicz.com