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Numerical Blindness
Whenever anyone says that a business or brand MUST do social media, I cringe, I wince, I reach for a cocktail. Then I shake my head and think.. follow the money.
Numbers, meet Perspective:
YouTube has millions of people who like funny cat videos and other people like to mock them with hilarious, f-bombing NSFW cat videos.
Translation: There are years worth of content uploaded every day, meaning there's no way for people to see even a fraction of it. For every commenter on YouTube there are BILLIONS who are not registered, don't share and never comment.
Google Plus is growing like gangbusters, hit a record 25 million in no time flat, will probably exceed 30 or 40 million users by the time I hit publish.
Thusly: By the time you read this, there could be 50 million users and therefore, about 6.3 BILLION non-users outside the Circle.
Twitter has some 200 million+ registered users, depending on what the searches say.
Ergo: Roughly 6.5 BILLION people do not care. It's used mostly by spammers, brands, bloggers, my cool TV-loving peeps, obnoxious fame-whoring celebs and per Gini Dietrich, PR and marketing types talking to each other. Any clever Twitter infographic will point out that most people don't get follows, clicks, RTs or anything approaching 'influence.'
Facebook would be the 3rd largest country in the world, with 700+ million users.
Reality check: There are about 6 BILLION people NOT on Facebook. Of those that are of the legal age and are on FB, I suspect the majority are playing Farmville, uploading baby pics and ignoring your marketing efforts, so it's not time to surrender just yet.
Do you know IF your audience is social?
I'm not lobbying against social media marketing, far from it. Just needs to be done correctly.
I have more friends, know more 'regular' people not in social – not on Twitter or even Facebook – than I know who a1re on. They've barely heard of Google+ and only pay attention to YouTube videos for kicks.
The ones that are 'social' have Facebook and banner ad blindness. You're rarely going to reach them 'socially' with your marketing, save for a well-written content driven blog post that answers their specific question on how to find a deal at the store, which dishwasher is worth the money, etc.
Do you know WHERE your customers are social?
Why do you 'need' an iPhone or iPad app? Not because everyone has one; with 'only' 130 million iPhones and 30 million iPads sold to date, roughly MOST of the planet does not have one.
The reason you market to iOS users is your research shows you they are YOUR audience, they're the ones likely to have the income, interest and inclination to buy your product or service. So what if mobile users make up only 33% of your web traffic; it's their percentage of conversion and sales that matters.
Fish where they are biting.
Don't be blinded by the statistics and big numbers, and jump into social media because you 'have' to; if your customers are biting there, bait your hook. If not, follow the money to your own 'Safari-using, mobile-gaming, iOS-wielding, Twitter-updating, high-income' shopper waters.
"We're not normal people," quipped Mike Leszinski during a soloPR chat. Social users are a strong demographic of biting fish. The question you need to answer for your small business is: Are they YOUR fish?
Thoughts, quips, nits to pick? Please share.
Google+. One network to rule them all?
I used to think that what Facebook was doing 'wrong' was not giving people more control over their audiences, what they share with whom.
Is Twitter random?
I agree with most of Mitch Joel's points on Twitter, but for the reason that Twitter is [not] random. People use Twitter for:
- Easy IM chatting tool with friends, share Tumblr posts.
- Lifestream to anyone or no one listening, except us slimy marketers of course.
- Business pros like to connect with other like-minded professionals, quickly and simply.
- Marketers want to pimp their wares and spammers want to give me free iPads and cheap Viagra.
I have a personal Twitter account that is interest-specific. Some nice friendships have developed as my friends and I chat, get to know each other. My 3HatsComm about is about networking with peers and potential clients. Nothing random about them.
Facebook is the reunion
Tisha Berg wrote something to that effect in a comment. Once the initial rush of connecting with old school chums, far flung family members, the fervor dies down. Fun to play your BFFs in some games, but after a while it's about you: where you've been, posting what your kids are doing. Look at me.
When you open up Facebook to 'Friend' anyone – unless you put them in a List via the labyrinth of privacy settings – you run this risk of your boss seeing that nekid keg stand picture your idiot roommate from sophomore year decided to upload and tag. Beyond the embarrassing and career damaging, there's the irrelevant… too many updates that have nothing to do with what interests me right now.
Google+ tries to Circle the 'problem'
In creating its network Google counters the Facebook List with a Circle. The concept – other than to attract folks to its cloud and gather data to perfect search, sell ads – I think is to give me control so I can:
- Write any old thing I want to share with anyone.
- Post the 'hey look at my EPIC World Changing blog' link for everyone to ignore at their leisure.
- Maybe chat up with friends about my favorite TV shows with only those people on that page or hangout having access, other personal and professional connections being none the wiser that that's really how I spend my time. 🙂 Emoticon for accessory. Or not:
- Share the 'cruising vacation wackiness photos' with the few friends I trust enough not to rebroadcast or tag it, with privacy settings that mean it's not findable anywhere else. – HA! Believe that, I have THE real estate deal for you; there's a big SHARE link under everything.
Different is good
I do this already, separate work (LinkedIn, Twitter) from play (Facebook, other Twitter).
Google+ is very nice, but I'm not using it differently. Yet. First thing I did was create a Twitter-Business-Blogging friends circle. When it's more open to the general public (see also, everyone else I know – none of whom give a rat's ass about being 'social') I'll still have different circles.
What's still missing?
If it's not the networks that are broken, then it's the way I use them? Or rather the way I think of using them. TEHO. We'll always use these our own ways, so what I may want to filter may not matter in any way to others. I've already liked how I've used G+ for some discussion, how it's not being programmed or gamed – yet; just curious about control, what will be searchable and shareable to others, not to mention what happens when the API opens up as it evolves.
Are you using social networks differently? Do we need ONE network to rule them all?
An EIEIO for Social Media
What we learn as kids sticks with us, right? Look both ways. It's good to share. Old MacDonald had a farm.
Bill Seaver, who knows from blog content, posted over on Social Media Examiner that I could learn social media from Old MacDonald, and I have to agree. His five EIEIO benchmarks for compelling content that earns attention:
- E – Entertain.
- I – Inspire.
- E – Educate.
- I – Inform.
- O – Outrage.
Educate and inform may be a little redundant, but this is great advice for creating content. The more your Twitter, Facebook and YouTube content fit these criteria, the better it'll be at earning attention of your community by offering real value.
I love stealing good ideas
Taking it beyond content creation, here's my E-I-E-I-O of social media.
- E is for Engage. Without engagement, participation from others there isn't much point. It's static, it's broadcasting not social. I comment on more blogs than my own, tweet, participate in LinkedIn groups and yet, it's not enough. There are more opportunities out there, to connect and engage with others, potential clients and colleagues, other people.
- I as in Include. It's a community, not a country club. Social media should not about excluding others but including different points of view, other perspectives. There are tons of great blogs and bloggers out there, so I'm grateful when a Redhead Writing crosses my path.
- E can also Encourage. We're part of an online community and everyone needs a little motivation, support and encouragement now and then. Share, post, comment, retweet. Take the time to find and recognize a lesser known, but no less talented bloggers. I think my twitter feed reflects that, as I'm as likely to share something by a Neicole Crepeau as a Chris Brogan.
- I for Initiate. Don't wait for others, start something. Ask a question, share it, start that blog or post that video. Seeing a need for a Small to Medium Business group, Jayme Soulati and others have launched SMB Collective, complete with Twitter chat and more.
- O for Open. Open APIs, open forums, open up to others, other ideas, open to your own crazy ideas, your own creations. Open the box, see what's inside.
For my next trick I'll put it all together, make it work and take over my corner of the social media and PR world.
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A deep layer of cold air is surging in from the north. The frontal boundary will be marked by a windshift from the south to the north, followed by a dramatic plunge in temperatures.
The front will will cross the border from Kansas into northern Oklahoma about 3 p.m. Monday afternoon. Expect the front through Alva and Woodward around 4 p.m.
The front will continue to drop south and make its way into Oklahoma City between 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. The front will arrive in the Red River Valley of southern Oklahoma by midnight.
Wind along and near the front will be will make it feel much colder. Early Tuesday morning, temperatures will be in the upper 20s and lower 30s, but the wind chill will make it feel as cold as the upper teens in some areas.
Highs on Tuesday will only be in the lower 40s. Wind on Tuesday will make it feel in the upper 20s and lower 30s all day.
When the wind calms down Tuesday night, the temperatures will drop. Morning starting temperatures will be in the upper teens and lower 20s.

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Fran McCaffery's Temperament Could Cause Him Problems SomedayPosted by Alex Moscoso on February 12th, 2015
Fran McCaffery is an excellent coach. That notion should be widely accepted given the job he's done in bringing Iowa back from the disastrous Todd Lickliter era. In his fifth season at the helm, he has managed to elevate the Hawkeyes' program from the Big Ten cellar to the upper tier in a state that isn't exactly a hotbed of prep basketball talent. The 55-year old clearly knows how to develop players and build a program, but like everyone, he has some flaws. And McCaffery's most visible flaw — his general temperament — was on full display during last weekend's standoffish press conference following a 71-55 win over Maryland. When asked about Adam Woodbury's much-discussed eye poke of the Terps' Melo Trimble (his third such incident in the prior two weeks), the head coach dismissed the reporter by asking for an "intelligent question." When queried as to why the previous question wasn't intelligent, he responded with a condescending, "because I said so." In a vacuum, an ornery response from a coach in a press conference is no big deal. But in McCaffery's case, last weekend's incident is just the latest example in a pattern of poor behavior that one day may come back to haunt him.
Let's further examine Sunday's incident. For the third time this season, Woodbury did his best Three Stooges impersonation by poking Trimble's eye. He had done the same thing to Wisconsin's Nigel Hayes and Frank Kaminsky in Iowa's January 31 game against Wisconsin. Even if we give the junior center the benefit of the doubt and assume that all three incidents were accidents, the trend has now gone well past the point of inaction so that Woodbury must remedy the situation by altering how he uses his hands in a defensive stance. That much should be clear, and it seemed to be to everyone except Iowa's head coach. On the contrary, McCaffery dismissed any question about it in kind, exhibiting himself as someone who is, at best, irrationally hostile to the media and, at worst, someone unconcerned with the well-being of opposing players. His reaction was an unnecessary gaffe, one that's been skewered by national media and mocked on numerous blogs.


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Taiyaki with nutella
A few weeks ago, I somehow stumbled across a website, where someone was talking about making their own taiyakis, which are a japanese pancake-type snack shaped like fish and usually containing a sweet filling in the middle. I didn't even know it was possible to get your own taiyaki maker!
So on my next shopping trip, I was on the lookout for a taiyaki maker, and sure enough, I found it at the Marukai Living. Of course, once I bought the maker, I had to figure out how to use it. I found a couple websites that offered taiyaki recipes and instructions on how to cook with your taiyaki maker.
I enjoy taiyakis because they are fish shaped. You can buy ready made frozen ones at japanese markets, but they never taste as good as the ones that come out piping hot from the vendors. I've seen the taiyakis filled with red bean paste, chocolate and custard. I thought it would be fun to add nutella in mine.
I chose to use a recipe I found at The Anime Blog because it gave such detailed instructions on how to make the taiyaki using your own taiyaki maker. It ended up being kind of tricky. Our first batch burned. Some of ours had too much batter, some too little. Sometimes the nutella leaked through the pancake.
To use the taiyaki maker, you put it on your stove, as it has no independent heat source. You spoon some batter in and some filling and then you close up your taiyaki maker. You let it sit for about a minute and then you need to flip it so that it cooks evenly on both sides.
I found that this batter didn't taste that much like the one I'm used to. I don't know if we overmixed the batter though because we weren't sure if we were supposed to use a mixer or not. It felt tough..I didn't have too much time to fiddle with this first attempt. I'm going to try out some other batter recipes and play around with this a little. I might also try using some pancake mixes because I've read that they
work well. I also hope to use my taiyaki maker to make other cool looking snacks.
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hi k – great choice of filling! love the fish shape too.
I wish the fish were smiling. They seem to be frowning. hehe
O.M.G!!! This would be THE best thing ever!! I've had the ones filled w/ red bean as well. Not a big fan of red bean but AM a HUGE fan of nutella! I hope you post your recipe for this soon. How much was the taiyaki maker?
I saw that taiyaki maker at a Korean store in Ktown and was confused by what it was. I thought maybe it was for pancakes or omelettes. Now I know and wish I got it as I love taiyaki as well and get the store bought ones which, as you said, are never quite as good.
Nutella…mmmm. I love how grumpy the fish look, though. I think I may have to get it the next time I go to K-town and try it out!
I'm not a huge fan of the red bean filled ones, which is why I thought of nutella. I might also try making one with chocolate. The taiyaki maker was only $20! Hopefully I have time to try some more recipes this weekend. I've heard regular pancake mix works as well.
You should definitely get one! I justified the expense with the fact that I can make other fish shaped things too. Hehee
Hrmmm… And I do have room to store it… I think fish shaped omelettes (or okonomiyaki!!!) would be awesome.
I never thought of fish shaped omelettes. Sounds yummy. And it is pretty small =)
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There's also a cheese taiyaki, here in Japan. It's kind of like marscapone or somewhere between cream cheese and brie, that's been sweetened. Pretty tasty. So I bet you'd be good to try the spreadable flavored cream cheese that you use for bagels with good results.
I really wish they'd do kabocha filled taiyaki. I bet it'd be really tasty. Or walnut pie filling.


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Hungary may extend the application deadline for foreign-currency mortgage holders to repay their debt at lower exchange-rates, according to a proposed amendment by Jozsef Balasz, a member of the ruling Fidesz party.
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5 - Excellent
4 - Good
3 - Average
2 - Bad
1 - Terrible
- Finally got to see Konan in a 1 on 1 fight and her trap for Madara was what I expected.
- Akatsuki was originally the name of Yahiko's group and as we expected Tobi played a part in inspiring him to form it.
- However the line about him giving Nagato the Rinnengan is sure to spawn many annoying theories...
- The fact his mask cracked may be bad thing as that opened his Sharingan to be viewed easier. Which probably means she is already under a Genjutsu...
- Those with simplified jutsu's and greater skill tend to have an overwhelming style jutsu. Konan fighting style is well equipped for dealing with Tobi's time space ninjutsu.
- The sea of paper I have to admit before the chapter dropped I thought of but thought maybe that was a bit much for Konan. Glad to see I underestimated her thats one hell of a jutsu.
- Since Jiraya infiltrated the village through the water makes me wonder if the jutsu is something new she put up recently or if its in a different location.
- I get the feeling we may see more of Tobi's face next chapter.
5/5 chapter for me good stuff
Fire type
What chakra type are you?
Spoiler!It's a wonder Jiraiya didn't leave the leaf for Hidan's village of pervy paradise... The village hidden in the hotsprings!
72 hours of hell!
4/5 for sure !!
- And GUYS; please, try to understand Madara / Tobi's character. Madara is the one that kept the circle of hatred going on for centuries in the shinobi world, after the Elder Son died. Madara is the core, the reason why YAHIKO had to create a clan for Amegakure's protection and Nagato awakened the Rinnegan, because he lost his parents infront of his eyes. Madara has created war / chaos / hatred all those time in this world, and that's the reason why Nagato achieved such power.
Madara didn't meant it literally; him saying that Konan didn't know anything, is because she truelly didn't know anything about Madara. Madara has been living so long and manipulated every fkcin situation in the shadows, behind the scenes. His second Kyuubi attack, made Yondaime / Kunshina sacrifice themself, made the top tier of Konoha against Uchiha etc.. Madara is the reason for everything that happened so far. He's the Core of Hatred / Darkness and that's why Naruto / the Light has to stop this circle of hatred, stop Madara.
Madara didn't just GAVE the Rinnegan to Nagato :s if he had those eyes, then why the fck would he give it away? Madara meant it indirectly.. more like; I was the reason for that war and by creating such chaos and hatred, Nagato awakened the Rinnegan.. so that's why he says; I gave Nagato the Rinnegan. I normally don't say this, but I'm 100 % SURE that he meant it like that.
But yea; freakin nice chapter and Madara is one again; fckin amazing in this chapter. His personality is soo freakin bad, love it ! " Madara, do you know why we betrayed you? No clue. That's your problem ! " HAHAHAHAHHA.. love it.
and Bee; badages like I said..
... You're Dead 2 Me Now ...
An injured Madara? A Rinnegan given by Madara's hatred? Akatsuki not an original idea belonging to the Pain anthology? A F'N sea of paper?
Konan's rising up the shinobi ranks and Madara kicks so much ass.
"I believe a Thank You is in order."
"For I being a poor man, have only my dreams & I have spread them beneath your feet. Tread carefully, for you tread upon my dreams."
Spoiler!It's a wonder Jiraiya didn't leave the leaf for Hidan's village of pervy paradise... The village hidden in the hotsprings!
72 hours of hell!
Paulbee, it seems you were partially right. only the upper corner of the mask was blasted off, the rest was just cracked.
I am an artist, and my medium is death. I'm about to create my masterpiece :s
Fan of the Rasengan Doujutsu theory, even though it's dead. Although, he does have the special Uzumaki clan blood.
wow konan, u are quite a bad ass arent you. injuring madara that likes to suck everything (no pun intended.....ok maybe) quite an accomplishment maybe that will teach him not to suck everything that comes in his sight (no pun intended).
- Madara didn't gave it away, Nagato awakened it himself. But Madara's influences on the shinobi world was the trigger, just like it was for many other occasions. Madara wanted to the top tier of Konoha think, that an Uchiha was behind the second Kyuubi attack. This way; by creating chaos in Konoha, other countries would surely take that as an opportunity to attack. It would have triggered a fourth ninja war and many innocent people with no ties to the ninja world, would die all for the sake of Uchiha's clan self- interest. Madara Uchiha has everything planned out from the beginning. He knows how the system work between the nations, the political reasons and the greed between the countries.
Madara is mostly the reason for everything that happened in the last 60 years. He's the Darkness and Naruto is the Light..
@ Genenis 1.0
haha, I forgot that one; that's also for sure, a gold quote from him. I seriously love this guy. And ooh yea; all those people who were screaming; MADARA or TOBI is gonna get his ass kicked, you people just don't understand him, do you?
- Madara isn't there for the kill, he wants to CAPTURE HER, just like he wanted to do with Yondaime. Madara is a shell of his former self, so his biggest strenght @ this moment, is capturing his opponents and try to get all the information he needs. Madara don't gives a fck if he loses his left, right or both arms.. he can regenrate them whenever he wants. Madara isn't at full strenght, so he just wants to capture that sexy hot baby to have a closer look at her ;p
Just fckin wait, when he's at full strenght; hahaha, he's gonna be rampage people, rampage !
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01. Executive Summary
02. List of Abbreviations
03. Scope of the Report03.1 Market Overview03.2 Product Offerings
04. Market Research Methodology04.1 Market Research Process04.2 Research Methodology
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06. Market Landscape06.1 Market Overview06.2 Global Automotive Blind Spot Detection Market06.3 Five Forces Analysis
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12. Market Challenges
13. Impact of Drivers and Challenges
14. Market Trends
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Fed Provides A Spark, but Gains Sputter Out 0 comments
Late day selling put a damper on the post Federal Reserve announcement reaction. Stocks fell for much of the day leading up to the Federal Reserve rate decision as volume ran heavier than Monday. Anticipation of the Federal Reserve making a move was widely expect as their mortgage portfolio is set to mature. The central bank announced it would begin to monetize more of the United States debt by purchasing US Treasury securities. Reacting to the news traders appeared to cheer the Federal Reserve's move by pushing the Dow close to positive territory. Unfortunately, buyers didn't have the momentum to push stocks into positive territory only to finish slightly above the mid-point on the NASDAQ and S&P 500. Small caps weren't so lucky with the Russell 2000 finishing near session lows below its mid-point. We witnessed another distribution day and it is not important for the market to show us power ahead.
The good news is we do have market leaders holding up very well and that may bode well for this market. On the negative side many of these leaders are extended from proper entry levels. If we do see the market begin to pull back further it will be important these leaders hold up or fall back quietly. It will give us an indication when we do move higher these stocks will continue to lead us higher. Pay attention to these leaders as we continue to move along and hopefully you have benefited from their rise.
Distribution hasn't piled up to the extent it would cause great concern, but if we see any further selling without upward price movement we'll be in trouble. It could come quick, but if heavy volume rears its ugly head make sure you take profits and cut your losses. Especially now, if you have a stock not acting correctly it would be prudent to reduce your position. After today, cash continues to be king as this market has yet to produce any big gains from the market. Yes, we have leaders, but we have yet to see an established uptrend with the ability to produce solid gains. Perhaps it is right around the corner, but until big volume comes in the the high side it will be difficult to see big gainers from the market. Until then, we'll continue to search for our next big winner.
It does appear if the market breaks in either direction will be swift and furious. Be prepared for anything, stick to your daily routine. Enjoy the market action and best of luck!
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Spring Green Tea Shortbread Cookies
A quick announcement: I've recently joined the twitter world. It's pretty fun so far and I'm trying to make more acquaintances through it so that I have a bigger community to talk to, so if you do enjoy twitter, I hope you add me! Now, onto this post..
A few weeks ago, I made matcha green tea shortbread leaf cookies. I loved how they came out and it gave me an idea to play around with some more shapes and make a more spring themed design.
I got some flower cutters and used them along with the leaf cutters. Then I placed the flowers on top of the leaves. I loved how the cookies looked. I loved how they tasted even more. Buttery, rich with green tea flavor. And no eggs needed! Which is a big deal when you bake as much as I do.
As I stared at my presentation, I thought about adding something to the top. I had some pretty flower shaped mochi from Mikawaya. So I put one on top, but I didn't really like how it looked. The mochi stood out awkwardly from the green tea cookies.
- 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature, cut into pieces
- 2 tablespoons matcha (green tea) powder
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
1. Whisk flour and salt together in a small bowl; set aside.
2. Beat
butter on medium-high speed until creamy, about 3
minutes. Add matcha powder and beat until butter/tea mixture is a uniform
green color and very creamy. Add sugar gradually and continue beating
on high speed until very light and fluffy.
3. Add about
one-third of the flour, then mix. Gradually add
remaining flour, mixing just until blended. The mixture will look crumbly; if you squeeze it between your
fingers, it will come together. Gather it together into a ball with
your hands while it is still in the bowl.
4. Roll out dough to
1/2-inch thickness between two pieces of parchment paper.
Peel off top parchment.
5. Cut out as many cookies as
possible using cookie cutter and place on cookie sheets 1-inch apart.
Re-roll remaining dough and repeat until all of the dough is used up.
Refrigerate at least one hour.
6. Preheat oven to 325 F.
Bake for about 17 minutes or until the cookies are dry and firm
to the touch. The edges might just start turning brown. Cool pans on racks for
a couple of minutes, then carefully transfer cookies to racks to cool
completely. Store at room temperature in airtight
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We really like your many baking/cookies/cakes recipes but were always wondering how do you find time to do so much baking next to work and who is eating all these great cookies/cakes without gaining three pounds a week.
I do most of my baking on the weekends. I try to set aside one night to bake a bunch of things and then I'll invite people over to eat the baked goods. A lot of the leftovers are eaten by my baby brother who is still young enough to eat a ton and not gain an ounce, his girlfriend who loves desserts, and Boyfriend and I (who have put on a few pounds since this blog, unfortunately.)
Love these can't wait to try your recipe out!
Love the pretty green these cookies have both when raw and cooked forms.
The mochi makes the cookies look like grape leaves for the grape leaf wrapped mochi (what is the name???).
I hope you like it!
Do you mean the sakura mochi?
These cookies are so cute! I adore matcha flavour so this is something I will make! Thank you!
I hope you like them. I love matcha anything. Hehee
Matcha Green Tea can be used to make a dreamy ice cream. Just scald 1/2 cup of whole milk over low heat and stir in 1/3 cup of raw cane sugar. Stir until the sugar dissolves and then remove the milk/sugar from the stove. In a bowl, whisk three egg yolks together and then slowly pour about 1/4 of the milk/sugar mixture into the bowl with the egg yolks while continuing to whisk. Put the remaining milk/sugar mixture back on the stove on low heat and add your egg yolk mixture into the pot slowly. Stir continuously and wait for the mixture to thicken a little.
Then remove it from the heat and pour it back into your bowl. Mix 1 tablespoons Matcha powder and 1/8 cup water together to form a paste. Mix that with 1 cup heavy cream and 1 teaspoon vanilla and add that Matcha mix to your milk/yolk mix. Whisk them together, and allow them to cool. Add this mixture to your ice cream maker and enjoy!
so i have this dough chilling in the fridge can't wait to see how it tastes when i bake it tomorrow:) so i just did a few changes, i used oat flour, didn't have any matcha so i just tore open my green tea bags to use the loose tea instead which is about 4 bags but i used 5. i have no idea where my cookie cutters are but i wanted these to have a shortbread sort of shape so i'll share a tip my Mom taught me. take the box that your foil or saran wrap is in, take out said foil or saran wrap:), line the inside with parchment paper. not a big huge piece but enough so that you have some overlapping to wrap over the top later, place the dough inside the parchment lined foil box, pat down with your fingers, use your fingers to press it down and then wrap over the parchment that is extending, close the cover & place in the fridge. once the dough is chilled you just lift the parchment paper filled dough onto a cutting board & slice down or slice that dough down the middle & then slice each log:) so i literally would ball up small pieces with my hand, put them in the box, repeat & then pat/press so it was all together & not separate balls of dough in the box if that makes sense. love your blog btw
i had to use a little bit more butter with the oat flour, maybe like another tablespoon or 2 so that it would come together. i didn't use a grinder. i'm living in a temporary apartment while my apartment is being renovated so a lot of my things are in storage, like my grinder, lol. they are in the oven now, i'll let you know how they come out
ok so not sure how i feel about these, maybe i need to use matcha next time, they weren't bad but they were….. different,. i do like that i can really taste the tea, don't know if the tea taste is just subtle with the matcha. idk they're different
So I made the cookies, but while baking, they became bigger and totally lost their shape – now they look like blobs. Maybe they were a little thinier than yours or maybe there was a little less flour (I used 1/2 of the incredients since it's the first time I'm making them)?
Btw, here's how they look: http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o206/just_a_girl5/S5008746.jpg
Yes, the dough was crumbly. I halved everything but still I think it's because the flour was a little less – I usually use a 200 ml cup.
Art is in the simple, not fussy


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Flashkard Printed Output
Hal Stanton's article on FlashKard made me abandon some primitive flashcard software I had been working on. What I wanted now was a way to print the data on, well, flashcards. I was going to write one of my typical hacks--most likely using awk and troff--to print the cards, but I decided to try to work with the XML.
What I mean by work with the XML is I decided to use standard XML tools to format the data for output. I had never done this before, but I knew XSLT was an important buzzword. XSLT stands for XML Stylesheet Language Transformations, and it is a language designed to define transformations from XML to other formats. So, I started reading. Typically, XSLT is used to transform XML into HTML, but there is no restriction on what you can do with it. So I decided to give it a try for my flashcard project.
Having decided to use XSLT, I still needed two more pieces of information before I could continue. First, I had to decide what to transform the XML into. Second, as there would be some program logic involved to place the cards on the page in the right positions, I needed to decide on a general-purpose programming language. After considering the various programming language alternatives--Python being the one that sounded best--I realized that if I simply generated PostScript, I could let the printer itself deal with the placement issues. It seemed strange, but I figured "Why not?".
Having picked PostScript, I sat down to decide how to place the cards on the page. Flashcards need to be double-sided. At first, I thought of printing one side and then running the card stock back through the printer to print the other side. This is a logical nightmare, however, as it is easy to get the paper in the printer incorrectly, have a registration problem or get out of order because of a printer jam.
I decided on an alternative approach that involves another high-tech device called a "glue stick". The idea is to print the front and back of each card on the front of one page, which you then fold in half, glue together and cut into the actual cards. The double layer of paper and the glue make the cards heavy enough to work with without falling apart.
Now, it's time for a confession: this is not a beautiful, finished production system. What it is, however, is something that works and a proof of concept. For a production environment, it is important to define card sizes and fonts in a configuration file. In addition, the message for each side currently is printed in a single line without consideration of size. Line folding needs to be implemented.
Okay, back to work. I picked a 1.5" x 2.5" card size, which makes it possible to get nine cards--both front and back--on one side of letter-sized paper. I set 1" top and bottom margins and .5" left and right margins. In order to make folding and cutting easy, I wanted to print a fold line down the middle of the page--between the front sides and the back sides--and cut marks for the edges of the cards. With this fold, the printing on the back is upside down from the printing on the front. After considering this for a minute, I decided it wasn't important--it simply defined which way to turn over the card when using them.
Everything, that is, the PostScript and the the XSL, is in one file that you can download here. You can ignore the XML stuff for now. Note that if you try to display this in your browser, it does not display correctly because of the XML. You can see the sample output below.
If you have never worked in PostScript, get ready. PostScript is an RPN (Reverse Polish Notation) language. If you have ever used an HP calculator, you know what I am talking about. If not, the quick explanation is that you do things by putting items on a stack and then operating on that stack. For example, to add two numbers, you place the numbers on the stack and then execute the add operator. The operator then fetches the numbers, adds them and puts the result back on the stack. Note: I hate RPN languages.
Disclaimer aside, PostScript actually is a very clean language and not a bad one to do the work we need to do. The way you work with PostScript is to describe everything you want to put on a page--characters, lines, filled-in areas and so on--and then tell it to print the page. That means we don't have to remember a lot of stuff and then work down the page sequentially; we simply move around and put what we want on the page.
In PostScript the basic unit of length is 1/72 of an inch. Personally, I an not very excited about working in such units, so I defined a function, called inch, that takes the current value on the stack, multiplies it by 72 and puts the value back on the stack.
/inch { 72 mul } def
This way, I add the word inch after a number and it is multiplied by 72.
If you look at the cutmarks function, you can see a whole bunch of moveto and lineto statements. As you might expect, these operators take two values off the stack--an x and a y coordinate, where the 0,0 is the lower left corner of the page and a positive move to the right or up--and either move the current location to the specified coordinates or draw a line from the current location to the specified location.
Going down to the startit function, you can see all the setup work for the page. I define three, nine-element arrays--x, yf and yb--that contain the x and y coordinates (yf for front, yb for back) of where to place the text for each of the nine cards. (Note that arrays in PostScript are indexed starting at 0.) The other two initialization steps are to define the font and font size to be used for the text and to set the card number counter cardno to 0.
Two other utility functions are defined, cardstep and pageout. pageout checks the current card number. If it is greater than 0, pageout draws the cutmarks--by calling the cutmarks function--and then prints the page using the showpage builtin. cardstep increments the card counter. Then, if the counter is greater than 8, cardstep calls pageout to print the page. It then resets cardno to 0 to prepare for the next page.
The last two functions are front and back. They move to the correct location on the page by indexing into the location arrays. They then print the top value on the stack using the show builtin. The back function calls cardstep to move along to the next position. Thus, the following two lines would print a card:
(Front Side) front (Back Side) back
I said two lines, but the spacing isn't important in PostScript. You would get the same result if this information was on one line. The parenthesis are used to delineate the string that is being placed on the stack.
All of the lines starting with a slash (/) have just-defined functions. The real program starts with the line startit, which calls the startit initialization function. Next, a series of calls to front and back must be entered, followed by a call to pageout to output the last page, if there are any cards on it.
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Posted: 8:00 PM EDT Oct 15, 2012 Updated: 5:47 AM EDT Oct 16, 2012
Fans of the popular grocery store Trader Joe's will not be seeing a new store in Northampton County.
County records show Trader Joe's bought property at 6895 Silver Crest Road in East Allen Township in September. That's near one of the store's warehouses but officials with Trader Joe's tell 69 News there are no plans to open a store in the area.
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2014 goal: Renovate and lease 16 apartments and retail space in two downtown buildings in the 300 and 400 blocks of East State Street in Rockford.
ROCKFORD - The rental market for luxury lofts in downtown will get a test in coming months. Justin Fern is involved in two of what may be the most visible ones.
Fern, 31, is a partner in Urban Equity Properties, which is developing 16 lofts in the 300 and 400 blocks of East State Street in 2014. The company is also planning to bring a bar, restaurant and retail to East State Street as part of its $5.6 million Metropolitan Hall Lofts project.
"There is a lot of potential in downtown Rockford," said Fern, whose company is taking advantage of federal and state tax credits that will cover 45 percent of construction costs. "We have a lot of incredible historic buildings, that you can't duplicate, at a bargain price."
Despite the tax credits, companies have been slow to renovate. Fern thinks outside investors worry about issues such as jobs and education, but his firm takes a micro view of downtown, he said.
He's confident renters will pay $1,300 to $2,000 a month for lofts. And at street level he says his tenants will include an Irish pub, Wood Fire Brick Oven Pizza and Salvaged by Sonja. He's working with other potential tenants, too.
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The Senate Armed Services Committee on Wednesday postponed the vote on confirming Chuck Hagel as U.S. defense secretary to allow more time for his nomination to be reviewed.
Committee chairman Carl Levin, a Democrat from Michigan, said in a statement that "The committee's vote on Senator Hagel's nomination has not been scheduled," adding that "I had hoped to hold a vote on the nomination this week, but the committee's review of the nomination is not yet complete."
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ELKINS - Testimony in a sexual assault case continued Thursday, with the alleged victim, an 11-year-old girl, describing instances of forced oral sex and touching.
The trial of Derek Shifflett, 31, of Elkins is expected to continue today in Randolph County Circuit Court, when the defendant takes the stand on his own behalf. He likely will address the alleged victim's statements, which described instances of abuse she indicated occurred during the course of a year.
Assistant Prosecutor Christina Harper began questioning the girl Thursday on the witness stand by asking her to explain the difference between telling the truth and a lie as well as the difference between right and wrong. The girl responded to this line of questioning by saying,"It is wrong to tell a lie."
The girl said she lives with her grandmother but she used to reside with her mom and Shifflett. Harper then asked her to describe her relationship with the defendant.
"I know that some of the questions that I am going to ask are going to make you feel a little uncomfortable, but just try to answer as honestly as you can, OK?" Harper instructed. "Has (Shifflett) ever done anything to you that you knew was wrong?"
The girl responded by describing instances of sexual assault, including forced oral sex and touching.
The alleged victim said the abuse mostly occurred at night and in different rooms throughout the house.
"Did you ever say 'no' or ask (Shifflett) to stop?" Harper asked.
"Yes," the girl responded.
"What would happen if you would try to resist?" the prosecutor inquired.
"He would say that it wouldn't take that long," the girl said.
"Did he ever hurt you physically?" Harper asked her.
"Yeah," the girl replied.
"Could you tell me about that?" Harper asked.
"He would bend my arm back if I tried to stop," the girl said.
"Did he ever threaten you?" Harper asked.
"He said that if I told he would make my life miserable," the girl answered.
The alleged victim explained how frequently such incidents occurred. She indicated sexual contact happened approximately five times per month - or an estimated 40 times in total - from September 2011 until September 2012, when the abuse was reported to law enforcement.
She indicated the contact decreased in December 2011 because she reported the abuse to her mother. However, despite that report, she alleged the abuse resumed in January 2012.
The alleged victim testified she told her mother "two or three times," the first of which was when the two of them were watching television. The girl said her mother planned to talk to Shifflett about the abuse, and she later heard them discussing the issue.
When the abuse didn't stop, the girl told the court she broached the subject again with her mother. This time, she said she and her mother confronted Shifflett with the allegations.
"What did he say (during the confrontation)?" Harper asked the girl.
"He said 'I'm sorry. I'm a sick man.'" the girl replied.
When asked, the alleged victim acknowledged her mom caught Shifflett as he was engaged in sexual contact with her. She described an incident one night when Shifflett was in her bedroom and the lights were off. She said her mother found them and asked what was happening.
"What was (Shifflett) doing when your mom came into your bedroom?" Harper asked.
"He was trying to get me to be quiet," the girl answered.
The girl said she eventually reported the abuse to a friend. The girl said the only other people she told after her mother and her friend were Allyson Scott, a Child Protective Services worker, and later, Angela Boville, a Youth Health Services counselor.
She testified she began therapy with Boville after the allegations became public. She said she learned many different things in therapy, including how to address issues involving sex and abuse. This topic later resulted in about an hour testimony by Boville.
Before that, the alleged victim described how it is difficult to talk about the details of the abuse because it is embarrassing for her. Because of that, she said she left some details out when she initially spoke to Boville, and during the subsequent medical examination, when, due to this embarrassment, she only reported Shifflett had engaged in oral sex with her.
Shifflett's defense attorney, Chris Cooper, during the girl's cross-examination, asked if she ever told anybody that Shifflett forced her to engage in any sexual acts other than oral sex.
"Have you ever told a lie?" Cooper asked.
"Yeah," she said.
"Do you know when you would have told a lie?" Cooper continued.
"To my parents," she answered.
The other witness to take the stand for the prosecution, in addition to the alleged victim and Boville, was Cpl. A.S. Loudin, with the Elkins Detachment of the West Virginia State Police. He introduced an audio recording of an interview he conducted with Shifflett. The recording featured Loudin confronting Shifflett with the accusations and attempting to obtain a confession from him. Shifflett denied all allegations against him.
After Loudin, the defense presented its opening statements. Cooper then called three members of Shifflett's family - Mary Francis Shifflett, Kimberly Thompson and Cody Thompson - to testify. Each provided specific details regarding the nature of the family and how it functions before the defense rested for the day.
Shifflett was indicted on 50 counts of first-degree sexual assault, a felony; 50 counts of sexual abuse by a parent, guardian or custodian, a felony; and 50 counts of incest, a felony.
On Jan. 2, Parker moved to dismiss 66 of the 150 counts against Shifflett, "based on information that (the state) had obtained in preparation for the case."
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Jessica Tandy, Hume Cronyn, Bridget Fonda
There are two very good reasons to see this thin-as-twine chronicle of a feisty old lady redirecting the life of a confused young woman. One of those reasons is Tandy in one of her final screen appearances; the other is her husband, Cronyn. There are no other reasons.
Fonda, in a surprisingly monochromatic performance, is a musician and songwriter living in Toronto who is uncertain about her talent and even less sure about her marriage to a commercial artist (Elias Koteas). On vacation in Georgia, Fonda meets Tandy, who by her own account (as it turns out, a rather embroidered one) is a former concert violinist of world renown who once was pursued by dukes and "named for one of the great whores of all times." Now she leads a far simpler life, practicing the violin, airing her memories and dealing with her oafish son (Maury Chaykin).
When Koteas decides to cut short the vacation to pursue a job offer, he insists that Fonda come with him, patronizingly pointing out that her music is only a hobby. She decides to stay on in Georgia alone, and with Tandy as guide, embarks on a journey of self-realization. For Tandy it's a sentimental journey, leading to a reunion with the love of her life (Cronyn). Camilla contains elements of Tandy's other recent movies. As in Driving Miss Daisy she has an overbearing son; as in Fried Green Tomatoes she's the mentor of a confused soul. As in both she soars above the sometimes tired, treacly material.
Whatever poignance Camilla possesses cannot be credited to the screenwriter or director. It comes from the insistent awareness that Tandy's radiance has expressed itself for one of the last times. The movie's final shot—on a beach, with Cronyn kissing his wife's hand—is imbued with a lovely, haunting, wistful glow. (PG-13)
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I was reminded of a great resource for the US today when one of the collaborators gave a lecture in my HIV in Public Health class – have I mentioned how much I love studying at Emory?
The resource is AIDSVu, an interactive US map that lets you investigate the spread of HIV by state or county. Why is this a great resource? Because you might be surprised at just how much of the US is affected by HIV, or by what parts are affected.
For those who want to be involved in working with the most vulnerable populations, you don't need to work overseas. You can work with large numbers of HIV+ women right here in the US. Check it out.
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Ugly Vietnamese girl who posts her pictures on myspace. Uses her hot body to cover up her fugly face.
Damn, than girl is a Tila Nguyen. Put a paper bag over her and I'll bang her.
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the asian paris hilton... but with slightly less talent
seriously... judging from her biography, tila nguyen's done nothing except drugs before being 'discovered' by playboy. i guess some people are luckier than others
viết bởi anonymous henchman 22 Tháng năm, 2006
aka tila tequila according to her myspace, which 90% of people on there had her as a "friend". don't really find her attractive, not exactly a very gorgeous female.
I find most of the normal girls on myspace more attractive than this tila nguyen.
viết bởi vinny 16 Tháng tư, 2005
Very Hot Ass Asian Female
last night my dick turned raw after i continously whipped my mule while looking at Tila Nguyen pictures
viết bởi some TFer 29 Tháng hai, 2004
Actually...its Tee-la wen....not
new-wen...im vietnamese...
new-wen...im vietnamese...
viết bởi Anonymous 30 Tháng mười, 2003
are you sure she's still yours?
cuz i just gave her a little "DONGCHI" (look it up if you don't know what it means)
haha, i win her, she's all mine.
cuz i just gave her a little "DONGCHI" (look it up if you don't know what it means)
haha, i win her, she's all mine.
whoa, she looks like tila nguyen *pops instant boner*
viết bởi %n 17 Tháng sáu, 2003
an Import Model who's a badass. Having her own band and a clan. also likes to get naked and take pics :D
Tila loves me and not you ;p
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I'm not sure what time the sun sets where you are, but I'd be annoyed if my bf wanted to go to bed at 7pm or something ridiculous (I'm assuming it's currently a bit later now, though?!) As for the rest, most restaurants you can find something fairly primal to eat, a steak and veggies isn't difficult!
I suppose ultimately it depends on how well you listen to each other, and how supportive you can be of each other's goals etc. If you can't respect each other, it's not going to work.


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People who make snow on ski trails. Defender of Mother Nature. Until she gets in there way. Able to control an entire mountain. Most believe in Fletchanism. They are Also known as Snow gods. For they themseleves play god to those who worship them!
THere would be no skiing if not for Snowmakers
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The Doom engine is the game engine that powers the id Software games Doom and Doom II, as well as Raven Software's titles Heretic and Hexen, then finally wrapping its final commercial license with Rogue Entertainment's Strife. It is a sector-based engine, with 2D sprites representing objects, enemies and everything else that's not the map.
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In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Rick
on Mon, 12 May 2008 15:16:37 -0500
> On Mon, 12 May 2008 13:42:42 +0200, Hadron wrote:
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7395687.stm
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>> | The devices are also catching on among those looking for a cheap |
>> computer they can use while out and about. Machines such as the Asus Eee
>> | retail for about £220.
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>> | Many of these machines use open source software such as Linux as an |
>> operating system.
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>> It was sure to happen.
>> Now lets see if Linux can still compete on merit alone. I dont see why
>> not with Linux on the eee. Although little things like no "generic"
>> contacts manager for mobile phones will surely scupper it.
> Microsoft has never been able to do it on merit alone.
merit [n]
1. Something deserving either good or bad.
* His reward for his merit was a check for $50.
2. Something worthy of a high rating.
3. A claim to commendation or reward.
4. The quality of deserving reward.
Synonyms: WORTH, VALUE
(courtesy Wiktionary.org)
I suspect Windows has had the occasional commendation
(in the Win3.1 timeframe) but has badly lagged since.
A quick Google for "Microsoft Windows awards" did cough up
this oddity, though:
(Apparently this is a Microsoft award that it gives out,
as opposed to one that Windows *received*. Kudos to Peter
Gabriel, but not all that relevant to the current subthread.)
A slightly more relevant set of awards:
includes "Best Mobile Enterprise Product or Service"
for Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.
Color me slightly skeptical, but I guess they liked it... ;-)
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U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) said today he will continue to fight off attempts to weaken New Jersey's Family Care health coverage when the Senate votes on landmark legislation to reauthorize and expand state health insurance programs for children.
The Senate is expected to vote today on a bill that would cover children who fall in the health care black hole between Medicaid for the poor and private insurance.
In a telephone news conference, Menendez said said he would continue working to defeat Republican amendments that would lower the income levels for the program, which would reduce the number of New Jersey children covered by Family Care.
The New Jersey program covers children of working families at a higher level of income than other states because New Jersey is a higher cost-of-living state.
Some 130,000 New Jersey children are covered under FamilyCare, and the legislation before the Senate today would add another 100,000 children of low- and middle-income, working-class families.
Nationally the number of children covered could grow from seven million to as many as 11 million.
"What we're seeing on the floor of the Senate is what we've seen for the past couple of years when we've tried to re-authorize and expand this vital program for our children's health," Menendez said. "Some of our colleagues from our states where the cost of living is much lower than it is in New Jersey, they simply don't understand that it takes a higher income to get by in our state.
Menendez those senators have persisted in offering amendments that seek to cut off support for state children's health programs at an income level below what Family Care covers.
"In reality, since our state has the strongest program in the nation, these attempts are really rifle shots at our program," the senator said. "That's why time and again I've stood up to defend our program and our state's children."
Menendez said he so far been successful in beating back the attempts, adding it is now "looking pretty good that we're going to pass this bill as it should be with the current level of support for New Jersey's children intact.
"As I've said many times," he said, "this bill is really about our values and valuing the lives of our children," he said. "We say they are our most precious asset and they are. And at the same time, they our most vulnerable asset.
"Many of my colleagues have been rather outspoken about the value of life and have spoken very eloquently in the Senate about its sanctity," Menendez said. "And for those who value family, who consider it the bedrock of our lives and our country, I think now is the time to show the depth of that belief. Because if children's health isn't about protecting life, I don't know what it. If this bill isn't pro-family, I don't know what is. And that's the opportunity I expect to realize today in the Senate."


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I have had a passion for science for as long as I can remember. I grew up in Staffordshire in the UK; and I particularly remember spending many happy hours at Jodrell Bank Radio Telescope when I was younger, investigating the science displays and wondering at the voyages in the planetarium. I continued with my interest in science by studying the sciences through school, and in 2002, I completed a Masters Degree in Physics (Hons) at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. I came to Australia in 2002 as a backpacker and haven't been home since! In 2005 I completed a Bachelor of Teaching Degree (Hons) at the University of Tasmania, after which I went straight into a teaching job at Claremont College in Hobart where I teach Science, Math and Electronics. I presently teach Physics, Physical Science and Environmental Science, all at pre-tertiary level. I am also currently undertaking a PhD in Science Education at the University of Tasmania.
Among the many opportunities I have had during my short career the highlight so far has been my selection to participate in the Teachers Experiencing Antarctica Project. In 2007 two teachers from Tasmania were given a berth on the Australian Antarctic Divisions' ice breaker the Aurora Australis. We spent 6 weeks exploring the Antarctic sea ice zone with various scientists from around the world. As part of our science communication role we were the first group in the world to be able to create a website, in real time from an icebreaker that school children, from around the globe, could use to follow our voyage. I found the experience so inspiring and feel that it has enhanced my passion and ability to teach science in a more interesting way. I am hoping that SBA 2009 will provide me with a similar experience and be as transferable to my classroom as the SIPEX voyage was.
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A minister from Lawton has been arrested after police said he sexually abused children. An employee of the Sequoyah House, a group home in Lawton, called police last year and said Bobby Burrell, 28, exposed himself to several teens staying at the home. Some of the abuse is alleged to have happened at One More Soul Outreach Ministries, the church where Burrell works.
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Syngnathoides biaculeatus
Syngnathoides biaculeatus, the Alligator Pipefish, is a member of the family
Syngnathidae, which also includes the seahorses and sea dragons. Alligator pipefish are
found in shallow coastal waters, living among algae, seagrasses, and weeds. They eat
small microinvertebrates, such as zooplankton, using their pipe-shaped mouth (hence the
name pipefish). Alligator pipefish have been reported to achieve a maximum length of
between 260 to 300 mm (Barrows et al. 2008)
Alligator Pipefish are ovoviparous, meaning that eggs grow and develop within the
mother, though there is no nutritional connection between the parent and egg. As is the
case for the males of all pipefishes and seahorses, male Alligator Pipefish take major
responsibility in the protection of the eggs before they hatch. Eggs reside in brood
pouches of the males until they have fully developed and hatch as juveniles. The size of
the brood is directly correlated to the size of the male carrying the eggs. Reproduction
occurs year-round and generation time is short (Barrows et al. 2008).
Syngnathoides biaculeatus has a wide geographic range in warm waters of the
Indian and Pacific oceans. Alligator pipefish have been recorded in surveys and
taxonomic overviews from the Red Sea and the African east coast to Knysna, South
Africa (Dawson 1985, Dawson 1986). It is also found in the Indo-Pacific from the east
coast of India, throughout the South China Sea and has been recorded as far northward as
northern Japan. It has been found in three states and one territory in Australia: Western
Australia, the Northern Territory, Queensland, and New South Wales (Paxton et
al. 1989). It has also been recorded near the islands of Micronesia and Samoa (Randall et
al. 1997; http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/40715/0)
Members of the Syngnathidae are of special conservation importance because they are
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An update on the simulations in progress.
Jeff Schoen and volunteer Henning Burdack are making progress in coding a one-dimensional model of the filamentation process in the DPF, while John Guillory and Lerner are ironing out wrinkles in the algorithm for the model.
Luis Manuel Diaz Angulo is continuing to work on the difficult problem of incorporating our simulation approach into a 2-D model that can give more realistic results.
Lerner's preliminary calculations on the idea that shock waves from electron beam oscillations are the primary way that the electron beam heats the plasmoid are encouraging.


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Special screenings of a documentary on current and fallen police officers are scheduled to be presented in northern Colorado venues.
Colorado members of the Police Unity Tour and the Colorado Auxiliary of Wives Behind the Badge are presenting "Heroes Behind the Badge," a film produced by retired Miami-Dade Police Lt. Bill Erfurth, according to a news release.
Proceeds benefit the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund and the Police Unity Tour. Tickets are $15 in advance when purchased online with a credit card and $20 at the door.
Screenings are to be held:
» 6:10 p.m. Wednesday, American Mountaineering Museum, Foss Theater, 710 10th St. in Golden; 7:00 p.m., Pinnacle Charter School, 1001 West 84th Ave. in Federal Heights.
» 6:10 p.m. Friday, Timberline Church, 2908 South Timberline Road in Fort Collins; 7:15 p.m., Life Bridge Church, 10345 Ute Highway in Longmont.


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West Virginia Football: Mountaineers Have Creepy Play Card (PHOTO)
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Some teams have been known to flaunt unique play cards. Then there's West Virginia.
As Mountaineers took on Alabama in the Georgia Dome on Saturday, eyes gravitated momentarily to the sideline, where WVU head coach Dana Holgorsen was flanked by some pretty outlandish play cards.
The Red Bull can and Dale Earnhardt's No. 3 car aren't too funky, but it gets stranger with the lip-biting mouth and hits its apex with the the half-naked selfie dude with the porno 'stache – which is apparently Twitter user @BarstoolBigCat.
West Virginia trailed Alabama by just three at halftime, 20-17, so whatever works.


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Meet the new vampire covens of 'Breaking Dawn Part 2'
Edward and Bella aren't the only bloodsuckers in town
Omar Metwally as Amun
Status: Vampire
Group: The Egyptian Coven
Date of Birth: Before 2500 B.C.
Date of Transformation: Unknown
Choice quote: "I can't help you, Carlisle."
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