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New arrivals in Business & Economics: February 2014
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National accounts statistics: Main aggregates and detailed tables
New York: United Nations, 1985-
UNI Reference: HC79.I5 U535
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The economist as public intellectual / edited by Tiago Mata and Steven G. Medema
Durham : Duke University Press, 2013
UNI Stacks: HC79.D4 E26 2013
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Inequality for all [videorecording] / Ro*Co Educational and the Weinstein Company present a Radius-TWC release of a 72 Production produced by Jen Chaiken, Sebastian Duncan directed by Jacon Kornbluth
[United States] : Ro*Co, 2013
UNI Multi Serv Ctr DVD: HC106.84 .I543 2013 DVD
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Economic perspectives [electronic resource]
Chicago, Ill. : [Research Dept. of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago]
UNI Internet: HC107.A14
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Annual report - [Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency]
[Jeddah] Research and Statistics Dept., Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia [etc.]
UNI Stacks: HC497.A6 A2
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Applied economic perspectives and policy
[Oxford] : Oxford University Press, 2010-
UNI Internet: HD1401
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Hell on wheels : the promise and peril of America's car culture, 1900-1940 / David Blanke
Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, c2007
UNI Stacks: HE5623 .B58 2007
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International television & video almanac
New York : Quigley Pub. Co., 1987-
UNI Reference: HE8700 .I57
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Pacific rift / Michael Lewis
Knoxville, Tenn. : Whittle Direct Books, c1991
UNI Stacks: HF1456.5.J3 L48 1991
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International journal of business communication
Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage Publications, 2014-
UNI Internet: HF5718
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Financial happiness : discover what a pink wig, and a crazy way of thinking can do to change the course of your life, forever! / by Mike Finley
San Bernadino, CA : CreateSpace, 2013
UNI Stacks: HG179 .F563 2013
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Mergent dividend record
New York, N.Y. : Mergent FIS, 1999-
UNI Reference: HG4028.D5 M6
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Mergent's handbook of common stocks
New York, N.Y. : Mergent Inc., c2001-
UNI Reference: HG4501 .M59
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Mergent's handbook of NASDAQ stocks
New York : Mergent, Inc., c2001-
UNI Reference: HG4501 .H37
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Mergent ... annual bond record
New York : Mergent FIS, 2000-
UNI Reference: HG4905 .M783
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Mergent complete corporate index
New York, NY : Mergent, 2002-
UNI Reference: HG4961 .M467
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Summary of FY ... budget and governor's recommendations
[Des Moines, Iowa] : Fiscal Services Division, Legislative Services Agency, 2008-
UNI Reference: HJ11 .I823
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The spies have it
By ROBERT OLSON
Over the course of the last month, the National Security Agency has been involved in several major controversies involving possible domestic spying abuses.
Recently, the British newspaper The Guardian released a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act court document, classified above Top Secret, which orders the cell phone company Verizon to produce data on every call originating in the United States. The Wall Street Journal confirmed that Sprint and AT&T operate under similar order. Also, The Washington Post released a PowerPoint presentation that claims the NSA has electronic access to the systems of major technology companies such as Apple, Google, and Facebook through an initiative named Prism about which several of the technology companies claim they know nothing.
I have heard it claimed on Facebook and in real life that this is a "young people" problem and that "young people" deserve this surveillance for sharing too much information. While there may be too much information being shared online, this is an issue that people of all ages and political persuasions should be following, though not for the reasons one might expect.
First and foremost, it should be pointed out this issue is a bipartisan one. Both Republicans and Democrats support digital surveillance. Sens. Diane Feinstein, D-California, and Saxby Chambliss, R-Georgia, cooperatively held a news conference in which they stated the FISA court order revealed was legal. In fact, many within the technology community do not doubt that these programs are legal. They began under President George W. Bush, supported by legislation such as the Patriot Act and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and have continued to be supported by President Obama. In fact, our representatives Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand and Charles Schumer, both Democrats, along with U.S. Rep. Tom Reed, a Republican voted for reauthorizing the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) in 2012. This appears to be a rare point of ideological agreement in an age of increasingly divisive political rhetoric.
Both Republicans and Democrats also oppose digital surveillance. While Sens. Feinstein and Chambliss were trumpeting both the legality and necessity of the FISA court order, Senators Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, and Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, were separately leading the charge against government overreach. Paul announced intentions to sponsor anti-surveillance legislation while Wyden revealed a letter he wrote to the Department of Justice last year expressing serious concerns about the government's interpretation of The Patriot Act. In fact, The Huffington Post, one of the biggest bastions of liberal ideology on the Internet, headlined an article critical of the current administration titled "George W. Obama" that included a composite image of both presidents.
Second despite claims of "big brother" being shouted from the rooftops the content of your conversations is likely not being examined by the government. I am not being an apologist here. To be frank, most of us aren't interesting enough for that kind of detailed analysis. Instead, the government is concerned with something called meta-data, which is really data about data.
In this context, the government isn't interested in the data being conveyed during your phone call or when you send an email. Rather, the government is interested in the data about the phone call or email such as the time the time of the call or the recipient of the email. Gathering this metadata doesn't require targeting specific individuals, either. It is possible to gather large swaths of metadata at once. All it requires is accessing the logs which most technological systems keep for legitimate reasons such as backing systems up and security auditing.
One can do a surprising amount of complex mathematics with just metadata. My own current research uses metadata concerning bullying in schools to develop systems that support educators in information sharing and classroom management. Facebook uses metadata to inform advertising. In this case, the government is using metadata to develop a representation of how the average citizen behaves in digital environments so that they can look for suspicious behavior that is out of the ordinary. This is surprisingly simple to accomplish: the mathematics underlying such a system has existed for centuries and any undergraduate student with an overview course in artificial intelligence and a course in probability should be capable of working on such a system.
Third, there are many important "real life" consequences for this sort of digital surveillance. Discussions on the implications of digital surveillance to real-life surveillance are common. What is not being discussed is that digital privacy is influenced by technological literacy and experience, which tend to be more difficult skills for older persons to develop. This suggests that digital surveillance is more likely to include information about older persons and the elderly. This is not just a problem for the younger generation.
Lastly, and perhaps most disappointingly, this news is not news to most of the community of technology professionals or those who closely follow current events in technology. Individuals have been blowing the whistle on digital surveillance since 2005 when the NSA's warrantless wiretapping policies were leaked. Virtually every year, a new case of "government overreach" in the digital surveillance arena is made public that causes new outrage. The government's response is almost always the same. They claim that the programs are critical to the security of the country. They claim the program has been successful in preventing terrorist plots. They claim they aren't spying on American citizens. And then they wait, because the public has a short memory. There is no reason to believe this time will be any different.
Digital surveillance is an issue that transcends the traditional and ever-growing wedge between Republicans and Democrats. This controversy can remind us that the issues can unite us as well as divide. It also can show us that surveillance impacts in ways that we don't expect. Metadata is often as a valuable as data and the use of digital surveillance tools may disproportionately target those of advanced age.
Finally, the outrage being expressed about this controversy provides absolutely no hope that anything will change.
Robert Olson, M.S., is a visiting instructor in the Department of Computer & Informational Sciences at Fredonia State University.

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peeker643 wrote:Hikohadon wrote:Too early to say if they fixed the QB spot yet? Of course. If they got Luck or RG3, you could say the same thing (to a lesser extent). But they at least got a guy that has a CHANCE of being a good NFL QB. Colt had no chance, even if his WR corps was Fitz, Calvin Johnson, and Andre Johnson in the slot.
Let me ignore the most horrific hyperbole I've ever seen on this site in your last sentence and focus on a fundamental problem I have with the othr part of the paragraph.
Who drafted Colt?
Who made the mistake of spending a relatively valuable pick on a weak-armed midget with a stage daddy who you say can't benefit from the three best receivers in the game?
The experts, right? The ones I can't question or complain about suddenly, right? They drafted Colt and they probably shoulda known about his arm and his height and his old man, no?
They drafted Colt. They signed Jake Delhomme and paid him maybe the most ridiculous $25m ever paid out in the NFL. They brought in a backup like Seneca Wallace who refuses to be a mentor to young QBs, yes?
And I'm expected to believe that they got it right with Weeden and did so at 22? And I suppose I should believe the fact he's almost 30 will preclude him from having to learn the league and take his lumps for the next two years to the point when he's headed toward 32 or so, he may be the right guy, right?
You see nothing at all in any of this that limits my faith and confidence in the same assholes who gave you all of the above suddently swinging it 180 the other way Thursday night when they took a guy at 22 that wasn't on their 1st round board?
Y'all can receive it warmly. I'm an eye-rolling, head shaking, lol-ing motherfucking disbelever right now.
Keep the 'Gotta Have Faith or Ya Got Nothing at All' shit on this one.
I have hope. Very little, but I have hope.
That's not faith. And anyone that has it needs to look at themselves and ask why the fuck they do if you ask me.
Goddamn. If wives and girlfriends treated ya like this front office does you'd wake up and walk, no? You wouldn't let them keep walking all over ya like we do. How many times she gonna fuck your friend and say she won't again?
I don't get it.
Oh my God.
Useless fucking blathering.
Fine - the Browns are a bad girlfriend. Everyone bitches about their girlfriend sometimes just to get some shit off their chest, but if someone finds themselves doing it constantly, the best advice is Leave the bitch.
It's like Ohio winter. You think we all don't hate the winter? You think we all don't hate the gray skies and the wind chill and the black snow piles and the salt-encrusted cars as much as you do unless we let you know over and over again - just in case you forget?
Did I ever ask you to have faith? No. Did I ever tell you that their moves were all good, that they were beyond questioning? Hell no.
Mike Holmgren has certainly made some mistakes and deserves some of the criticism he's receiving. Sound familiar?
When did you fuckin' lose it that not covering myself in retrospective self-pity - about a situation that none of us have the power to do anything about - is somehow blind support? Seems like just a week ago that you understood this. Rehashing mistakes repeatedly like we don't all know them, grasping onto hearsay (like what someone claims was the Browns draft board) as if it were fact, seemingly proclaiming everyone instant-busts b/c of who picked them... The draft broke you.


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Topic: paginate ordered by a column in an associated table
Hi all,
I have a Merchant model and a Product model. I want to display all products in a paginated, sortable table. That is pretty easy, the problem is that I'd like to include the associated merchant name for each product in the table AND I'd like the user to be able to sort this table by the merchant name. I'm a n00b at ORM and I can't seem to see a way to order the paginate result by the merchant name.
Thanks for your help,


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Postal Service confusion
Well, at least we're not the only ones confused by the Postal Service's plans to cut Saturday mail service. Apparently Congress and the Postal Service aren't exactly clear on what's going on, either.
A new spending bill passed by Congress this past week includes a provision that requires six-day mail delivery, despite the Postal Service's plan to cut back to five days delivery beginning in August.
Here's where it gets a bit confusing: Lawmakers disagree on what the six-day requirement actually means. Some lawmakers believe the requirement means exactly what it says, that the Postal Service must maintain delivery on six days of the week. Other lawmakers believe that the requirement doesn't specify what the Postal Service has to deliver on those six days. Postal officials have said they plan to deliver mail on six days, but not all mail will be delivered on six days. Saturday delivery will include packages, but not first-class mail, they have said.
The Government Accountability Office concluded that the postal agency does not have the right to unilaterally discontinue Saturday mail delivery. The letter carriers union, a critic of the postal agency's plan to end Saturday delivery, agrees with the GAO.
But the Postal Service believes the language in Congress' requirement is vague, and says it is sticking with its plan, which officials say will save $2 billion annually. The agency loses an estimated $25 million per day. Postal officials say their plan makes sense because as the volume of letters has dropped, package delivery has risen by 14 percent since 2010.
We wish someone would figure this out once and for all. We believe the Postal Service should maintain six-day delivery of all items, not just packages. Customers depend on the daily mail delivery for business and personal reasons, and that's especially true in states with rural customers, like the booming and population-gaining North Dakota.


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The goal of this project is to develop methods to accurately model wall surfaces even when they are partially occluded and contain numerous openings, such as windows and doorways.
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About the Author: Douglas E. Morris serves as the Tri-Missions newsletter editor in the Community Liaison Office at the U.S. Mission to NATO in Brussels.
We all have hobbies, from collecting stamps and baseball cards, to pursuing creative endeavors, playing sports, or crafting unique items. Rarely, however, does a hobby leave the safe and secluded confines of one's personal life and enter the world stage, as has been the case with David Kay's chosen pastime.
A management officer with the State Department working at the U.S. Mission to NATO in Brussels, Mr. Kay has been an avid military modeler since his early twenties. It all started while he was serving in the Army as medical staff. When he was on call many long nights, instead of spending that downtime shooting the breeze, watching TV, or listening to the radio, Mr. Kay started collecting Revolutionary War miniatures.
"In time, my hobby became more sophisticated," he explains. "My plan was to use them as visual aids while teaching history -- a career path that never panned out as I stayed in the military for 20 years, and eventually found my way into the Foreign Service."
Over the years, Mr. Kay has collected miniature soldiers from many different eras, researching their historical context, and applying that knowledge with detailed hand-painting. Lugging his entire collection around the world has proven impossible because of its scale. However, prior to his arrival in Brussels, Mr. Kay had the foresight to bring along 7,000 of his Napoleonic-era military figures with him.
"What better place than Belgium," he reasoned, "where the famous battle of Waterloo occurred back in 1815, to work on this part of my collection?"
Some might consider this Lilliputian hobby of his a rather odd obsession. But the Wellington Museum in Waterloo, Belgium -- the official repository of information, artifacts, and memorabilia relating to the battle of Waterloo, and probably the premier museum of its kind in the world -- considers Mr. Kay's hobby neither an obsession nor peculiar, but, rather, something worthy of public and academic attention.
The connection between the Wellington Museum and Mr. Kay was made shortly after his arrival in Brussels. To gather information for this part of his collection -- details such as the colors of specific uniforms and the physical layout of the battlefield -- Mr. Kay visited the museum, where he got to talking with the museum director, Colette LaMarche.
The result of that chance meeting was an offer to Mr. Kay to set up a diorama using his Napoleonic-era figurines in the museum. Designed to be an integral part of a special program at the Wellington Museum called "Waterloo -- the Big and Small Story," Mr. Kay's figures are presently on display and will grace the museum through January 2011.
"Mr. Kay's display is quite impressive," LaMarche said. "We are sure that it will help the battle, and its important moment in European history, come alive for the viewing public."
The diorama is so realistic that you can almost hear the canons roar, the sabers clash, and the wounded cry out. The scale-model display illustrates the battle as it took place between 5:30 and 6:30 p.m. on June 18, 1815: the deciding moment for Wellington's allied line, just as the last massive, but eventually futile, French cavalry charges ended. The entire battle hung in the balance at that moment. Napoleon still had the chance to break through before the Prussians won the day. That tension and anticipation clearly come through in the display.
While engaging the viewing public, Mr. Kay's diorama is also drawing academic interest; even more so since the grand opening ceremony was attended by the descendants of Napoleon himself, as well as descendants of some of his generals. History professors are also poring over the details of his diorama, holding it to standards far above those of casual hobbyists.
Mr. Kay's impressive diorama is also playing a small part in the diplomatic relations between the United States and Belgium. His efforts represent a cultural and intellectual exchange outside normal diplomatic channels and foster better understanding between the two countries.
After Brussels, Mr. Kay plans to continue his hobby by expanding his set of American Civil War miniatures to 15,000 so that he can put together large-scale, battle-by-battle recreations of the top 25 major engagements of the that war. Using these models, he intends to present a formal proposal to the U.S. National Park Service and the National Archives to have these dioramas become part of battlefield guides helping to enhance the public's understanding of the respective engagements.
After his success with the Wellington Museum, he is clearly ready to take his hobby to even greater heights.
Palgye in China writes:
great things......
not war but deal.
i`m agrees and also, not approve some thinfs.
please watching his speech.
thank you.
Fred in Canada writes:
Very impressive and educating.
Well done Mr. Kay


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Last fall the idea to visit the family graveyard came to mind for the first time in ages. Día de Los Muertos seemed like the perfect excuse to make the journey. I allowed life and distance to keep me away, however, and I never went.
I am not Latina, but I did develop a strong appreciation for Mexican culture while studying midwifery on the Texas/Mexico border. When I moved home to Georgia, I kept a piece of Mexico in my heart. Since the first idea to celebrate my ancestors Mexican-style entered my mind last year, the urge had only grown stronger. So as November approached this year, I resolved to do it. I invited my two sisters. One said she'd bake a casserole and we planned to picnic at the cemetery. On October 31st, they both cancelled on me. I was determined, however, and went anyway.
Three generations of my family are buried in a large cemetery near Hartsfield-Jackson Airport. Two much-loved babies, my beloved grandfather, my great-grandparents, and my own dear father had been laid to rest there over the last 77 years. Someday soon, I expect that my sweet grandmother will join them.
I made the one-and-a-half hour drive with fall flowers riding shotgun, determined to have something closer to a family reunion than a tearful day of loss. I arrived and found the graves by memory. The decrepit remains of artificial flowers lingered in only one urn. Ancient and bedraggled, I laid them to rest in a trash bag. I greeted my family members as I worked at arranging the flowers I had brought for them — a fall arrangement made mostly of mums.
I sat down at their feet and spoke to them aloud and, assuming they could hear me, caught up with them as you would any friend you haven't seen in a while. I told them about my children, my husband, and my work. I asked for their help in caring for my ailing grandmother. I explained to my dad that I wasn't angry with him anymore and forgave him for what I once believed were his parenting failures. A parent now myself, I told him this parenting business is hard! And there is no instruction manual. After all our years of emotional distance, eleven years after his death, I commiserated with him over parenting woes.
I noticed that one grave marker was missing. This was not the typical name and dates; it simply read "Paw Paw." My mother had placed it at my grandfather's grave in honor of the special relationship he and I shared. I felt around the grass but couldn't find it. Had it been stolen? Removed by the cemetery staff? Perhaps the grass had just grown over it. With growing concern, I thrust my car keys into the earth where I thought it would be. It took a few stabs, but I soon felt stony resistance. Using my bare hands, I began pulling away the grass, digging into the mud. Clearly, it had been covered for some time. Again, I pulled out my keys and used them to scrape the dirt out of the engraving. Taking the umbilical cord clamp that has been on my key ring since 2000, I cleaned out the smallest parts of the engraving, reminding me that I am connected to my ancestors just as I once was to my own mother.
I went to my car and searched for a way to further clean up this nearly forgotten stone. Surprised, I found a bottle of water and a towel in the trunk. Using these, I washed all of the family stones. I addressed each person individually as I worked, pleased to find common ground with even the babies and the great-grandfather who had died 31 years before my birth.
For Halloween I had dressed as one of the Day of the Dead skeletons we are so familiar with. I had decorated my braids with fresh chrysanthemums from the yard. I now used these same mums to decorate the graves, spreading them over the ground.
Feeling a deep sense of satisfaction, relief, and connection, I stood back and observed. Tears streaming down my face, satisfied with my work, I bid them adieu and turned to go. Holding my hand up in the sign for "I love you," I drove past their graves and headed home.
I don't know if my ancestors are involved with or even aware of my everyday life, but I do know that their efforts helped bring me to where I am in this world right now. I thanked them for this, and realized it felt good to have done something for them. I had cared for my dead and felt more whole for having done so.
Jenny Ward McDonald is a midwife and mother living in west Georgia. Her midwifery training began on the Mexican border and left a lasting imprint on her soul.
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Going North By Northwest Via the Dryden
There are Hitchcock films and then there are Hitchcock films – those that are so visually striking that they enter into the social zeitgeist where everyone, even though they may not know the details, recognize those images as being from a Hitchcock film. North By Northwest does this perhaps more so than any of Hitchcock's other movies.
Truth be told, North By Northwest is not my favorite Hitchcock movie and, as a story, it doesn't even rank on my top-ten list of all time greatest Hitchcock films (doesn't everyone have that list?)
Which, of course, isn't to say that North By Northwest isn't a good movie. It is! In fact, when I look at my scientifically created venn diagram of Hitchcock movies they all fall somewhere between great and brilliant.
But back to the iconic imagery. From the great crop duster chase scene with Cary Grant looking ever dapper in his gray suit to the climactic battle on top of George Washington's head on Mount Rushmore this movie is second to none in its use of original and exciting set pieces.
The story goes something like this: Cary Grant plays Roger Thornhill, basically Mad Men's Don Draper, who gets mistaken for someone he is not and is subsequently pursued by James Mason and his cronies across the country as they struggle to smuggle sensitive microfilm (or is it microfiche?) out of the country.
Eva-Marie Saint is the typical Hitchcock blonde and plays it wonderfully. My favorite co-star would have to be Martin Landau. He plays the right-hand man to James Mason's chief bad-guy. What is lost on today's audiences is that Martin Landau played his character as a closeted gay man who was in love with his boss. There's a line in the film where Landau says that he uses his "woman's intuition." While today it plays as a laugh-line back in 1959 there was more than a little outrage at the inference. With that knowledge the relationship between Landau and Mason's characters adds a new dimension to the motivations of the characters.
I hope you can join us at the Dryden to see this great movie projected on the big screen in the way it was meant to be seen.
See you at the Dryden!
Saturday, December 11 2010, 8:00 pm North By Northwest
Jeff Mason is a technical communications specialist for Lenel Systems International. He serves on the Eastman Young Professionals' Steering and Outreach Committees.


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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (24 votes).
In short: Very well organised and friendlyDate of review: October 7, 2012
In short: One to try again next year...but where is my t-shirt?In full: Overall a great run,friendly and well organised. My time though appears alittle amiss. I started with the 2nd bunch and my chip time and garmin time are 12 seconds apart?! I'm going with the faster time :) And it's mentioned there were t-shirts for finishers???? Where???Date of review: October 1, 2012
In short: Enjoyed the race and did a PB despite the hills in the second 5K which I wasn't expecting. Would have liked to have got a medal but the Tee shirt is good. Need to work out access to Conkers for families while the race is taking place. Not much for thDate of review: September 23, 2012
In short: A great day for all the family folks !Date of review: September 22, 2012
In short: Interesting, scenic and friendlyIn full: The scenery and changing running surfaces, make for an interesting run, while the hillier second half provides a good challenge to all level of runner. The organisation and atmosphere is superb - but maybe i'm biased as a regular Conkers parkrunner!Date of review: September 19, 2012
In short: An enjoyable fun run in the National Forest with Tech T-Shirt & friendly marshallsDate of review: September 18, 2012
In short: Really enjoyed it - my first 10k!Date of review: September 17, 2012
In short: Scenic setting, challenging second halfIn full: This was my second attempt at this event, the first time 2 years ago was my first ever race and I was looking forward to doing it again. It is nearly all off-road so is an ideal setting for a pleasant Sunday morning run. A beginner friendly event atmosphere wise but with 2 or 3 hills in the second 5K which can really take it out of tiring legs. I did manage a PB but wouldn't say the PB potential for this race was great due to the hill near the end but overall a great race in a lovely setting.Date of review: September 17, 2012
In short: Friendly, approachable run with lovely scenery.In full: This was the first race I had ever entered and it has given me a thirst for more! Any worries I had about finding my way around, running alone or finishing the course were soon dispelled as both organisers and competitors were friendly, everything was well signposted and I simply loved it! Can't wait for next year.Date of review: September 16, 2012
In short: A lovely little run through the pretty countryside. A nice fun-run and reduced entry to conkers made it very family friendly.Date of review: September 16, 2012
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For years, professional athletes and non-athletes alike have relied upon cross country skiing to build stamina, muscle strength, cardiovascular health, and improve the overall tone of the body. In the 20th century, cross country skiing athletes in Finland developed an idea that could replicate the motions and benefits of cross country skiing. without the snow. They used this form of exercise to train in the summer. Eventually an enterprising Scandinavian company marketed the idea to a broad spectrum of athletes -- calling the exercise Nordic Walking -- and a new training routine was born.
Nordic Walking, which involves the use of specially-designed poles held in each hand, quickly caught on in the fitness world, but also appealed to regular folks looking for a low-impact, but effective workout. Today, LEKI, the world's leading maker of skiing, hiking and Nordic Walking poles has teamed up with the Wacoal Sports Science Corporation, makers of CW-X Conditioning Wear, to bring Nordic Walking to people looking to enhance their walking regimen or kick-start a fitness program.
Health benefits
Nordic Walking takes fitness walking to the next level by building postural endurance, upper and lower body strength, and aerobic capacity. Walkers use poles to engage the upper body and redistribute weight bearing to the lower extremity, which increases the cardiovascular benefits and caloric demands of walking. A study by the Cooper Institute in Dallas, showed that walking with poles burned more calories, increased oxygen consumption, and can be up to 46 percent more efficient than normal walking. What's more, walking with poles as little as 30 minutes a day, three times a week, can help lower blood pressure, increase oxygen consumption by 25 percent, reduce cholesterol, and help to relieve back, shoulder and neck pain.
Any person of any age can benefit from the health enhancing benefits of Nordic Walking. Health care professionals say Nordic Walking is a viable low-impact solution for those who can no longer take the steady pounding of running or jogging, but desire similar benefits. Even runners use Nordic Walking as a cross-training tool to develop their upper body, and also during rehab from an injury.
Getting started
Nordic Walking is quickly becoming the hottest exercise around. But to reap the benefits, it's important to follow some key techniques:
- Start with the right equipment. Companies make poles that feature adjustable and fixed
length models, quick-release Trigger straps, four different types of removable rubber tips (including studded rubber), carbide tips, and aluminum and carbon construction.
- Nordic Walking is a simple enhancement of normal arm swing when walking. The pole tips remain behind, pointing diagonally backwards, at all times.
- Holding the grip lightly, the hand swings forward from the shoulder to allow the rubber tip to meet the ground or pavement.
- The hands are opened slightly to allow the poles to swing forward -- the poles are not gripped, but swing from the wrist straps.


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Nick Floyd, a Developer at New Relic in Portland, recently decided his life need a little 'hacking' so in true nerd fashion set up a series of experiments to test his life improvement theories and then reported his findings in the company blog.
He decided to focus on three areas: his health, his environment and his mind. He said, "My findings surprised me a bit because I saw myself as a different kind of nerd – the nocturnal, antisocial, Red Bull-chugging, Pringles-eating developer. Stereotypes aside, I think of these areas as the 'Nerd's hierarchy of needs.' When any of them are misaligned, then you'll find mediocrity not far behind."
His first experiment centered on exploring his health. According to Floyd, "Years ago, I was able to throw code 100 hours per week, get a little sleep, drink a Mountain Dew, rinse and repeat." He wondered if this was really the best approach so:
Week 1: Come into work a little later, go home / have family time; then, after everyone was sleeping, write code from 10:00pm – 2:00am
Week 2: Come into work around 6:00 – 7:00am and leave at 4:00pm; go home with a closed laptop and go to sleep at a consistent time
Much to his surprise, week two was the solid winner.
Check out the blog post to discover what he learned about hacking his environment and his mind.
What areas of your life do you want to consider hacking?


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Gluten Free Chocolate Cake
Amy's gluten free, dairy free chocolate cake was born after many different recipes - and the final result is light, tender, moist, and so delicious that everyone will enjoy it even if they aren't gluten intolerant.
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|Nutritional Facts
|Serving Size: 1 slice (52g)
|Servings Per Container: 6
|Serving Weight: 1 slice (52g)
|Product UPC: 00-42272-00338-9
|Total Fat: 6g
|Saturated Fat: 0.5g
|Trans Fat: 0g
|Cholesterol: 0mg
|Sodium: 200mg
|Carbohydrates: 26g
|Fiber: 1g
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Oh cool ! Thanks i had no idea .. i tried searching it but wasnt sure what to search.
A portion of the flour (with yeast and a portion of the water) is blended together and allowed to ferment for 1 to 24-hours to develop flavor.
Ah ok, seems pritty intresting acually Id like to give it ago sometime..Just when you say here that flour with yeast and water is blended ... does that mean you have to start off with some form of yeast to begin with.. or is this naturally formed ?


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JJ Luna's personal privacy blog. In 1959 he moved to Spain's Canary Islands to begin a then-illegal educational work that included secret meetings in remote mountain forests. Although pursued by General Franco's Secret Police, he maintained his privacy via a false identity and was never caught. When the Spanish dictator moderated Spain's harsh laws in 1970, Luna was free to come in from the cold. However, he remains in the shadows to this day. He is currently an international privacy consultant.
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Never buy a car from a private party who is actually a salesman at a dealership
Last week I finally tracked down the low-mileage Toyota Avalon XLS I'd been looking for. After many e-mails back and forth with the Alex, the owner, I arranged to rent a car from Enterprise yesterday morning, drive to Portland, buy the Avalon for cash, turn the rental car in at a nearby Enterprise office, and drive the Avalon back home today.
The night before I was to leave, I googled Alex's phone number. Oh-oh—it was for a car dealership! I e-mailed him saying I did not buy from dealers but he insisted that although he did work at that dealership, he was selling the Avalon for a friend. "It will be a private sale." I then agreed to meet with him after all.
However, I woke up at 4:00 a.m. yesterday with an uneasy feeling. In the Craigslist ad, and in earlier e-mails, Alex had represented himself as the owner, which was untrue. I thought about "unfaithful in little, unfaithful in much." What else might he be hiding?
I sent him an email saying I had decided to postpone the trip. I also mentioned in passing that for any later purchase, I would be buying in the name of a New Mexico LLC, and I would of course not show any ID since it would be a private sale and I don't pay with a check, I pay in cash. When Alex eventually read the e-mail, he went ballistic, telling me that any private seller with "half a brain" would demand to copy the buyer's driver's license.
"I wouldn't even let you test drive my car without getting a copy of your ID and proof of insurance. Anyone who doesn't ask for that is a fool and you are only taking advantage of their ignorance to protect only yourself. People need to watch out for people like you!"
Just imagine if I hadn't googled his phone number! I've have rented a car, made the long drive to Portland, and because of this nut's attitude the entire trip would have been in vain. Lessons I pass on to you readers:
1. If possible, get the seller's phone number at work and google it.
2. If there is anything he's been hiding, watch out!
3. If he works for a dealer, run for cover! Salesmen like Alex are so oriented in demanding ID and then running the name through a government database, that it carries over into private sales.
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- AnonymousSeptember 5, 2012 at 8:43 AM
Thank you so much for sharing that experience. It is also good that you shared his response, so people can see how nuts like "Alex" will try to turn their bad behavior into an accusation against your character. And it works on so many people.ReplyDelete
Congrats, also, on your wise choice of a Toyota. They, and Hondas, are the only quality vehicles sold in the U.S. They always go a minimum of 300,000 miles without any major repairs or rebuilds (except air conditioners).
- AnonymousSeptember 6, 2012 at 3:12 PM
www.carfax.com seems to be useful when buying a used car. They say: Get instant vehicle history reports on used cars for sale and avoid costly hidden problems. Don't get stuck with a lemon!ReplyDelete
- Frenchy's Auto/Babcock Auto sucksOctober 3, 2012 at 4:46 PM
Seeing as how most used car dealers are CROOKS and liars, he's one to talk about others!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 14, 2013 at 2:44 AM
Your story reminded me of mine. I went for a cheap oil change at my local Walmart. I went in to give my keys and fill out the paper work.ReplyDelete
I gave him my name, Google voice mail number, Visa number, and signed it.
I handed the paperwork back to him and he tossed the clip board down and ask me for my mailing address. I told him I was not necessary.
He said if I do not give him my mailing address, he was not going to service my car. I told him that I was not interested in junk mail, and that I was protecting my privacy. He was having non of it.
I told him to call his Super, and I would discuss it with him. And to my surprise, I was getting the same grief from him.
I spent over 20 mins arguing with these meat-heads, and people were lining up behind me waiting for me to finish up.
I grabbed the paperwork and scribbled "GENERAL DELIVERY" City of XXXXXX.
He looked it over, and then said to me, was that so hard?
I was dumbfounded!
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PHOTO: Thomas Roberts Weds Longtime Partner Patrick Abner
On Saturday, former SF mayor Gavin Newsom married MSNBC anchor Thomas Roberts and boyfriend Patrick Abner in New York.
On Sunday, Thomas posted a photo of his wedding ringpatr, with the caption "Morning in NYC is pretty sweet waking up as a married man!"
Congrats to the happy couple!
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I really like the fact they wore suits and not tuxes. That's Gavin Newsom officiating right? In what state did they marry? I thought Mr. Newsom is in CA where 2 guys aren't allowed yet to get married and Thomas Roberts is in NY where I presume Mr. Newsom isn't legal to perform weddings.
That is Gavin Newsom performing the ceremony. I assume that as California Lt. Governor, he has federal interstate authority with regard to officiating at civil ceremonies. It's kind of wonderful that this was obviously not a Sex and the City 2 showgirl wedding -but cupcakes, really?! hahah…
@CivicMinded: In many states, as in California, you can get permission to perform weddings just by registering…sometimes even online
I hope they find their happily ever after.
Sigh. I'm sad that Tom is hitched now, but I'll still gladly play Michael Wilding to his Liz Taylor. If you've ever seen his ass, you'll know why I'd gladly wait it out.
Anyway, congratulations, Thomas! Heartbreaker.
GOOD FOR THEM…. I MUST SAY IT LOOKS A GAY MORMON WEDDING.. LOL… They are ALL good looking and carved out of cream cheese….Can you imagine what the children would look like??? LOL
Thomas is such a great role model for gay men. I hope they live happily ever after. Congrats to both of these wonderful men!


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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (94 votes).
In short: Super raceIn full: I ran this last year but had forgotten about the hills! Date of review: July 18, 2007
In short: I hate the hills . . . . . but did ok.In full: Well organised and cheerful marshalls. Thanks. Date of review: July 16, 2007
In short: A well organised race; yes, who put that hill there?In full: A lovely feel to this race; well organised, friendly atmosphere. Pity the hill at 8K wasn't so friendly! But an occasional challenge is welcome and the rest of the course is such a pleasure, along very quiet country lanes, almost traffic-free!Will definitely be back for more- may even up my distance to 10 miles for October?Date of review: July 16, 2007
In short: Who put that hill there?In full: So toodling along with a 30 sec PB in sight...then along came the hill at 8k and ended up 30 secs out. The race itself not far off perfect, small improvements could be: directions tweaked to mention that one way stretch after AWE, several people in the carpark couldn't find the registration and then finding the start in the housing estate was a small challenge too. But overall a really good value race on a well marshalled rural course that asks a question or two near the end. Be back next year for sure. Date of review: July 16, 2007
In short: Great race, very friendly and a nice courseIn full: As a lot of people mentioned was a very hot day but thoroughly enjoyed the course. (apart from getting stitch and having to stop which ruined my time - am not eating porridge 2 hours before again!!) Nice t-shirt, a great price, well marshalled. Great dayDate of review: July 16, 2007
In short: Good race but hard work in the humid weatherIn full: Some confusion over where the start line was - some people, including myself, were waiting at the fun run start at first. However, once going, organisation ran smoothly - plenty of helpful marshals, two water stops (I poured the water over my head - best way of cooling down in the humidity. Relatively flat course - only half the ascent of the Ropley 10k, but I went out too fast and got a slower overall time than at Ropley. Decent quality t-shirt at the end, and a Mars bar that my 11 year old son ate!Date of review: July 16, 2007
In short: A lovely morning run, great organisation, festive atmosphereIn full: Very suitable for beginners and challenging enough (especially that hill at 8km!) to give experienced runners a sweat. Extremely well marshaled course and smoothly run overall. Finish line features a real family atmosphere. Special for us personally because my daughter, 17, ran a PR at 49:06 and still had gas in her tank at the finish!Date of review: July 16, 2007
In short: A very pleasant Sunday morning race. Well organised, and a good challenging course.Date of review: July 15, 2007
In short: From a first timer: thaks - a great day outIn full: I was told that this is a good race, and I was not disapointed. This is what local weekend racing is all about, and if you want to make that transition from the "novelty event 20,000 runner circus" to a proper race, you could do a lot worse than come to Tadley. Great atmosphere, great course.Date of review: July 15, 2007
In short: Welcoming well organised race in undulating countryside with a short steep hill at 8km to test you!In full: An undulating course through rural Hampshire lanes with very little traffic. One short sharp shock of a hill just past 8km point but thoughfully with drinks at the top to cool you down. Not really a course for a PB - although I was less than a minute behind mine! Beginners may want to walk in places but there is no shame in that!Very well organised with friendly smiling marshalls and organisers. Good clean facilities for changing / showers - other race organisers please note! Not a huge field at about 200 racers but big enough to make it feel like an event rather than a trianing session. Not too big to make it feel like a circus! This is the first time I have done this race and I will do it again - very well done Tadley Runners!Date of review: July 15, 2007
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Backgrounder #2749 on Asia and the Pacific
December 12, 2012
December 12, 2012 | Backgrounder on Asia and the Pacific
Burma has undertaken a series of reforms at a pace no one anticipated just a few short years ago. The Obama Administration's policy toward Burma lacks sufficient protections against Burmese backsliding on reforms. Congress should reassert its role in Burma policy by setting precise criteria for Burma's progress and tying failure to achieve these benchmarks to re-imposition of the major U.S. sanctions.
President Barack Obama's November visit to Burma showcased his Administration's approach to Burma. It is one of gentle persuasion and positive reinforcement, except for sanctions tightly targeted at specific individuals and entities. In the President's words, he seeks to extend a hand to an unclenching fist.
Whether encouraged by Administration outreach or not--and the Administration has presented developments in Burma as both[1]--change is afoot. The Burmese government has undertaken a series of reforms at a pace no one anticipated just a few short years ago. Still, the U.S. needs a policy response that is more than lifting sanctions and setting broad objectives if it is to achieve its long-held, bipartisan goal of liberty for the Burmese people. There must be a clear downside for the regime if it falls short.
The Administration has repeatedly emphasized that reforms in Burma are not "irreversible." Congress should reinforce this by affirming precise criteria and tying failure of the Burmese regime to achieve them to re-imposition of the major sanctions already lifted. In so doing, Congress will reassert its traditional role in Burma policy.
As a result of the changes in Burma, alliances that grew in Washington over the past 20 years are breaking apart and reshaping. The side in favor of engagement has grown much stronger, while the pressure camp has weakened. Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Senator John McCain (R-AZ),[2] former leaders of the pro-sanction camp, now favor engagement. The Administration is consulting with them and other congressional leaders as it moves forward.
The acquiescence of Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has undoubtedly influenced the Hill. This is appropriate given her long sacrifice and leadership. At the same time, however, policymakers should consider how Suu Kyi's role is changing. She likely does not understand the power that her words carry in Washington and how little control she has over them once she speaks them. Washington has overridden her position[3] at least once, when it permitted investment in the oil and gas industry. In the process, the nuance in her support for lifting sanctions was lost.
Suu Kyi is in a precarious political situation in Burma in which she is hard put to support any sanctions on a government of which she is now part--although she does say the sanctions now being lifted were critical to moving Burma to the point where it is today in the political reform process. She is hardly in a position to refuse a visit to Burma by the American President or Secretary of State. In fact, her concerns about the President's visit were also overridden.[4]
The U.S. is Suu Kyi's principal international supporter. With no credible threat to publicly oppose or dispute the details of U.S. policy and with little independent congressional support, she has no leverage in the relationship.
Suu Kyi undoubtedly supports the change in the nature of U.S. policy. Likely, she also calculates that where she disagrees on the details, it is best to make the most of a situation she cannot control. This makes her public statements--even her private statements to American politicians, given their propensity to shout from the rooftops her vindication of their own positions--less reliable indicators of what she truly believes.
With Suu Kyi no longer the final word about the situation in Burma, Congress needs to broaden its vision. Several prominent human rights groups, including Human Rights Watch and U.S. Campaign for Burma, have expressed reservations or outright objections to President Obama's November visit to Burma.[5] They argued that the reforms in Burma are tenuous and that continuing serious abuses indicate underlying power realities. Thus, the President's visit sent the wrong signal. Human rights groups have also consistently argued that sanctions are being lifted too rapidly.
The case against the rapid change in Burma policy--in one year the U.S. has gone from "maximum pressure" to lifting the principal parts of the sanctions regime--was best summarized by Bo Kyi, a founder of the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners, a Thailand-based human rights activist group best known for its accounting of political prisoners in Burma. Bo Kyi points out that "none of the benchmarks outlined by the United States, including the release of all political prisoners, have been met... Worse, there are no conditions for the re-imposition of sanctions."[6]
The human rights community has a point. Lifting U.S. import restrictions on November 16 was the last big move. Residual bits of U.S. sanctions against Burma will remain for many years, such as travel and asset bans against particular individuals and organizations, prohibition on certain military-to-military activities and assistance, continued restrictions on the import of jadeite and rubies, restrictions on investments and financial services tied to Burma's armed forces, and the arms embargo. However, none of these measures serve well as instruments of pressure. They are simple safeguards against U.S. contribution to abuses. As Bo Kyi indicates, there is no specific indication of what would constitute cause to re-impose sanctions.
A we'll-know-it-when-we-see-it approach is not acceptable for determining what constitutes cause to re-impose sanctions. Congress should reassert its role in Burma policy and set clear expectations for the Administration. Working back from Burma's national elections in 2015, Congress should establish three certification periods and pair Administration reports with the re-imposition of specific sanctions unless specific benchmarks are met:
First Period. During the first period, Burma should:
If Burma fails to meet these criteria, the U.S. should:
Second Period. During the second period, Burma should:
If Burma fails to meet these criteria, the U.S. should:
If Burma fails to meet these criteria, the U.S. should:
Even if Burma fails to meet any of these benchmarks, several changes in U.S. policy will remain: presence of a U.S. ambassador in Burma, availability of financial services for nongovernmental organizations, humanitarian assistance, democracy promotion assistance, counternarcotics assistance (if Burmese authorities are certified cooperative), and visas for selected pro-reform Burmese officials to visit the U.S. This level of activity is appropriate given the changes that have happened over the past year and a half.
By the same token, even if Burma meets all of the criteria, including an election in 2015 that honors the right of the Burmese to change their government, many sanctions will remain, including the caveats that the Administration has made in its easing of sanctions. Lifting these residual sanctions will depend on continued progress on rule of law and reforms in other specific areas, including the use of forced labor and child soldiers, repatriation of refugees, treatment of internally displaced people, and withdrawal of government troops from ethnic areas. Even with a legitimate democratic government, the military could conceivably continue to exercise an unacceptable degree of autonomy. Restrictions on military-to-military contact and assistance programs, including I-MET, as well as the arms embargo should be the last sanctions lifted. This will give pro-reform forces appropriate leverage long into a genuine post-election transition to civilian rule.
The Administration's "action for action" policy first enunciated by Secretary Clinton after her historic visit to Burma in 2011 has gone by the boards. It is now racing ahead, abandoning necessary caution and leverage. Regrettably, Congress is letting it happen.
The Obama Administration has emphasized that as long as the legal framework for sanctions remains in place, it has insurance against the Burmese backsliding on reforms. Even under the most optimistic of scenarios, this insurance will be useful in guarding against counterrevolution following the 2015 elections. In the meantime, however, Congress needs to step in and add the "stick" back to a policy that has become all "carrot." It can do this by reasserting its historic role in Burma policy, setting concrete objectives, and clarifying the consequences of underperformance.
--Walter Lohman is Director of the Asian Studies Center at The Heritage Foundation.
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[1] Kurt M. Campbell, "U.S. Policy Toward Burma," U.S. Department of State, September 28, 2009, http://www.state.gov/p/eap/rls/rm/2009/09/129698.htm (accessed December 4, 2012), and Kurt M. Campbell, "The Lady and the General," Foreign Policy, December 2012, http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/11/26/the_lady_and_the_general (accessed December 4, 2012).
[2] Press release, "Statement by Senators McCain and McConnell on Burma Sanctions," Office of U.S. Senator John McCain, May 17, 2012, http://www.mccain.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressOffice.PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=5c285cca-a747-3038-a5b7-1b5d18972e86 (accessed December 4, 2012).
[3] Michael Green and Daniel Twining, "U.S. Is Moving Too Fast on Burma," The Washington Post, July 15, 2012, http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/us-is-moving-too-fast-on-burma/2012/07/15/gJQAcMEBnW_story.html (accessed December 4, 2012).
[4] Josh Rogin, "Aung San Suu Kyi Initially Opposed Obama's Burma Trip," Foreign Policy, November 9, 2012, http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2012/11/09/aung_san_suu_kyi_initially_opposed_obama_s_burma_trip (accessed December 4, 2012).
[5] David Scott Mathieson, "A Bridge Too Far for Obama, Crossed Too Early, in Myanmar," Human Rights Watch, November 18, 2012, http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/11/18/bridge-too-far-obama-crossed-too-early-myanmar (accessed December 4, 2012).
[6] Bo Kyi, "President Obama: Turn Lip Service on Burma's Political Prisoners into Action," The Irrawaddy (Thailand), November 16, 2012, http://www.irrawaddy.org/archives/19032/print (accessed December 4, 2012).
[7] Alternative ASEAN Network on Burma, Burma Bulletin No. 71, November 2012, http://www.altsean.org/Docs/PDF%20Format/Burma%20Bulletin/November%202012%20Burma%20Bulletin.pdf (accessed December 4, 2012).
[8] Burma Campaign UK, "Burma's New Constitution—Denying Ethnic Rights," Burma Briefing No. 11, March 2011, http://www.burmacampaign.org.uk/images/uploads/11-Burmas-New-Constitution-Denying-Ethnic-Rights.pdf (accessed December 4, 2012), and Ernest Bower et al., "CSIS Myanmar Trip Report," Center for Strategic and International Studies, September 10, 2012, http://csis.org/files/publication/120911_MyanmarTripReport.pdf (accessed December 5, 2012).
[9] Human Rights Watch, "Burma: Satellite Images Show Widespread Attacks on Rohingya," November 17, 2012, http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/11/17/burma-satellite-images-show-widespread-attacks-rohingya (accessed December 4, 2012).
[10] Matthew Pennington, "Senator Writes Myanmar Leader over Seized Cargo," Google News, November 29, 2012, http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5j3JKBDWu6LZZpassV3c1zCBoEOaA?docId=b18607759f9f4e80bdd491bc5b200b14 (accessed December 7, 2012).
[11] U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control, "General License No. 14-C: Authorizing Certain Financial Transactions in Support of Humanitarian, Religious, and Other Not-for-Profit Activities in Burma," April 17, 2012, http://www.treasury.gov/resource- center/sanctions/Programs/Documents/burmagl14_amend_c.pdf (accessed December 4, 2012).


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It should also be noted that Cane Rosso doesn't technically use same day dough. The workflow goes something like this: dough mixed at 9am, balled at 10am, dough ready to go to cooler around 6-7ish. The next day pulled from the cooler, after a few hours it comes back to room temp and then it is used.
The dough recipe is Dino's from Naples, so I'm not sweating any authenticity or flavor concerns. We do let it rest in bulk for about an hour before balling it up. Whatever we don't use that day goes into the fridge and is brought to room temp before we stretch it. The dough is really light. We don't use any starter - just flour, water, salt, & yeast. I'd love to do a 24 hr bulk ferment at room temp then ball for 6-8 hrs, but with our volume of 500-600 per day, it is logistically not possible. Dough that has never been refrigerated makes fantastic pizza. Room temp is the absolute key for us. When it's cold dough, the cornicione is flat and dense.
Interesting - now two of the best Margheritas I've had were made with San Felice.
I like mine with Milagro Tequila but I guess that's another story
And some Grand Mariner?
I don't do half-assed jobs, bro
After my own heart.
Are we straying from the topic at hand, though?
Someone really should start a Margeritas! thread in the Off topic foods section...
Now I've had Il Cane Roso very high on my most wanted list for a while. It just got bumped up a notch....awesome Jay! -k
Don't forget The Garage is only a couple hours South of Cane Rosso...
Rob, unless they've changed recently, the regime you describe is not correct:Your description is not that far off- the only difference is that you have them refrigerating all the dough, while Jay is refrigerating only leftover dough. For our conversation, that's a pretty big distinction, though.
I can say for sure this IS the workflow that we use since I started here in early April. Also, Craig, next time you come in say "Hi". If you see a tall white guy with a Baltimore Orioles baseball cap, that'd be me. I'd love to give a tour.
And it can and does stay in the fridge for more than 1 day if not needed correct guys ? I have to use fridge but do 7-9 hours 68-73 then Ball and into fridge.
I am going to climb out to where the limb barely supports me and hand you a saw and then say that your customers can not distinguish between your ideal workflow dough and the "emergency" dough. Good or bad, and no comment either way, but that is what I guess the reality is.
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Norma;Being "roasted", my concerns would be with gluten quality. Wheat flour/protein is easily denatured with heat, hence my concern about the gluten quality.Tom Lehmann/The Dough Doctor
I also wonder if any member lives near Old Tappan, NJ and could check out their Freekeh pizza.Norma
Im in NJ, but I dont have a clue where Old Tappan is located...lol I will have to check.Are those poppy seeds on the dough to see how much rise you have gotten?Chaz
The pizza looks like it came out really well. I had not thought of combining bacon and VT pepperoni. That sounds really good. I might have to borrow that from you. What brand of apple wood smoked bacon did you use?What sort of flavor did the crust have?
Norma, if you send me the xls file, I will open it and post it in this thread. I will PM you my email.Pizza looks really tasty, and the crust looks unusual to me. Kind of grainy, toothy, and strong? Did it have a pronounced flavor to it, like rye or whole wheat does?
Ok, I opened it. Here's a shot of the relevant part of the file. The rest of it is irrelevant stuff like lab name, tester name, blah blah.I don't know what it means...
Haha, thats funny. 14.8 = (14.
Brian,I wonder why that happened. I thought it was funny too when I first saw my post. I knew I didn't select the cool emotion. Norma
Craig,I doubt if you are interested, but Heagys is where I purchased the apple wood smoked bacon. http://www.heagyfoods.com/about_Heagy_Foods.cfm#Heagy_Foods_Products.cfm and http://www.heagyfoods.com/about_Heagy_Foods.cfm#market_locations.cfm Heagys is also a cheese broker. Heagy Foods, Inc. does ship, but I imagine it would be expensive.Norma


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Alumni BBQ Highlights Full Slate For Lion Athletics
Six home contests plus team alumni events surround largest alumni gathering of the year at LMU, the 60th Annual LMU Alumni BBQ.
Sept. 16, 2013
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LOS ANGELES -- On Sunday, Sept. 22, LMU will host the 60th Annual Alumni BBQ, the largest alumni gathering of the year. And with it, comes a busy extended weekend for LMU Athletics, including six home games in four days that will culminate on Alumni BBQ Sunday.
The Alumni BBQ begins at 11 am on Sunday and will include the annual LMU Athletics Spirit Sale, which includes official team gear and merchandise. The LMU Bookstore will also have a tent and Iggy will be floating around for photos. Enjoy live musical performances by the The LMU Athletics Pep Band and The Back Pages featuring Dean Scheibel.
Attendees can also check out the LMU Magazine Booth, participate in family-friendly activities for all ages, donate to the Alumni Canned Food Drive, play bocce ball, volleyball, cornhole and carnival games in Sunken Garden, reconnect with friends and enjoy refreshments at the Latino Alumni Association Margarita Tent, African American Alumni Association Ice Cream Tent, and MBA Alumni Association Water and Soda Tent, and visit special exhibits at the William H. Hannon Library and the Laband Art Gallery. And there is more. For the complete list, check out the Alumni BBQ webpage.
The extended weekend begins on Thursday, Sept. 19 as West Coast Conference play officially begins with women's volleyball hosting rival San Francisco at 7 pm. The Lions will complete opening weekend of WCC play with Santa Clara on Saturday at 12 noon.
Men's and women's soccer return home from two weeks on the road, hosting a pair of doubleheaders. It starts on Friday with the men when they host Sacramento State at 4 pm, followed by the women when they host UC Irvine at 7 pm for their first game under the lights.
On Sunday the weekend will culminate with the Alumni BBQ starting at 11 am in the Sunken Garden along with a special soccer doubleheader. Men's soccer will take on UC Davis at 1 pm, followed by the ROAR match-up of the weekend as women's soccer takes on ranked-UCLA at 4 pm. Those attending the BBQ get into the games free on Sunday with their BBQ name tag.
In addition to the activities in and around the BBQ, women's soccer will host a Your Night Under the Lights presented by the Lions' Athletic Fund on Friday at 5:30 pm. LMU Rowing and the Lions' Rowing Association will also host an alumni event, the Fall Fiasco on the morning prior to the Alumni BBQ at Ballona Creek in Marina de Rey starting at 7:30 am. Rounding out the activities will be LMU Tennis as they host an alumni gathering at the Lions Athletic Center on Saturday at 4:30 pm.
Here is a look at the complete schedule concerning LMU athletics during this Alumni BBQ weekend:
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A data object, representing the times associated with a benchmark measurement.
Returns an initialized Tms object which has u as the user CPU time, s as the system CPU time, cu as the children's user CPU time, cs as the children's system CPU time, real as the elapsed real time and l as the label.
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Rails complaints and proposed solutions
My Rails experience has been aggravating at times. I've been struggling with Rails, not because it's a lame framework, it's not. It's exceptionally good and getting better. It's just that the code pluralization is intolerable to me. I've been spending vast amounts of effort with hackish workarounds to pluralization. And while it's been both fun and frustrating, I've learned quite a bit about Rails by obstinately resisting code pluralization. My complaint is not that it sometimes gets the words wrong. My complaint is that it is taking liberties with my code in the first place. I just can't stand it messing with my identifiers.
It seems quite a few Rails programmers love pluralization. I'm genuinely happy for them. Others merely tolerate it. I applaud their fortitude. But for me, it's the one major design flaw in an otherwise outstanding framework. Calling it merely a flaw understates the hostility and revulsion I feel toward this thing. It's as obnoxious as blinking text and jittering images on a 12-year-old's personal photo album site. It makes me want to hit the back button. Just because we can do something doesn't mean we should.
It's easy enough to make a blunt workaround. I just tell it to make identical spellings for every word in both directions. Two lines of code in config/initializers/inflections.rb and the problem's solved. But if I ever want to import third-party code, I have to take extreme countermeasures to defeat the inflictor's unwelcome advances. There also seem to be a few bugs in Rails, where it depends on two distinct spellings for singular and plural in order to avoid name conflicts, notably the mapping of RESTful resources.
I realize it's too late to reconsider this design decision of Rails, but it's not too late to do a little more to accommodate the needs of those who prefer not to pluralize. If it really is just an issue of the color of the bike shed, then we shouldn't mind redecorating once in a while, or providing the tools for some of us to paint the damn shed.
Why automated code pluralization is Bad Design.
Consider these examples:
* A table named "roles_users" instead of "role_user"
Is this meant to be more grammatically correct? It isn't.
* A routing path /users/5/articles/2/comments/9 instead of /user/5/article/2/comment/9
Even if you love contextually pluralized code, who came up with this abomination?
* An array element called articles[2] instead of article[2] or article_array[2]
I'd like to point out that article[2] is more correct English grammar than articles[2].
However, I have to admit this is one of the strongest cases in favor of pluralization.
An array named article is potentially confusing. An array named articles is okay
with me, but an array named article_array carries more semantics, without losing
searchability. Furthermore, in Ruby one symbol references one object. In this case, the
symbol references one Array (of Article model objects), not multiple Article objects.
* An integer called article_count instead of articles
Oh. Wait. Nevermind. Rails got that one right. The integer name article_count carries
more semantic cues than the integer name articles, and is more grammatically correct
than the name articles_count.
* A one-row table for managing the entire application with a model called Everything.
Rails creates a script db/schema.rb . Why is this file named in the singular, instead
of db/schemata.rb ? Probably because it refers to the overall shape of the data for the
entire application. Okay, fair enough. But when I want to do something similar, I get a
controller called everythings_controller. But that table is only supposed to ever have
one row, for managing the entire application. Sometimes records just want to be alone.
* An English word that has multiple plural forms.
An attorney might use 'persons,' the regular plural of 'person,' while a community
organizer would use the suppletive plural 'people.' A sociologist might use 'peoples'
as the plural form of the singular 'people'. The plural of schema is is schemata or
schemas, depending on your mood. But what's the plural of nickel? (No, I meant
the element, not the coin.)
* A natural language that has no plural forms.
Sorry about that, Matz.
Mainly, I just want one universal form of every identifier. I want my identifiers to be searchable, and I want them to stay right where I put them.
One proposed pluralization solution
Imagine I can put this line of code into config/environment.rb ...
ActiveRecord::Base.code_pluralization = false # Proposed new feature
Setting this to true, or leaving it out, would cause everything to behave exactly as it does now. Setting it to false would cause Rails to behave slightly differently where the inflector is called in generators or similar processes. Instead of pluralizing an identifier, a contextual word can be added in the appropriate contexts, but always leaving the original word untouched between the underscores or CamelCasing. In much the same way as _controller and _helper are added to file names, and _count and _id are added to column names, we could add an underscore-separated word to the unadulterated spelling of an identifier. And that word would carry richer meaning than merely pluralizing the original identifier. Hopefully this can go a long way toward pleasing everyone.
Consider an application where a User record "has and belongs to many" Article records, an Article record "has many" Comment records, and each Comment record "belongs to" one User record. Here, each article is owned by one or more users, and other users can come along and attach a comment to an article.
In this alternate universe, there'd be identifiers like UserModel, ArticleController, and comment_count.
Instead of this code...
# Find all of "that article's" comments
@comments_of_that_article = @that_article.comments
@new_comment = @that_article.comments.build # Note this is less grammatically correct.
...there could be this:
# Find all of "that article's" comments
@comments_of_that_article = @that_article.comment_array
@new_comment = @that_article.comment.build # Note this is more grammatically correct.
And instead of this...
# Get all of the user's articles' comments into an array of arrays.
@articles = User.find(@that_user).articles
@comments = @articles.collect { |article| article.comments }
...there could be this:
# Get all of the user's articles' comments into an array of arrays.
@articles = User.find(@that_user).article_array # This habtm method is renamed
@comments = @articles.collect { |article| article.comment_array } # This has_many method is renamed
Of course, for consistency I'd probably choose to use variables named @something_something_array instead of @comments and @articles:
# Get all of the user's articles' comments into an array of arrays.
@article_array = User.find(@that_user).article_array
@article_array_of_comment_arrays = @article_array.collect { |article| article.comment_array }
# Yes, I noticed I pluralized one of the arrays above. Sometimes pluralization adds value.
I would propose using _set instead of _array to indicate a "set of" records. It's shorter, and more appropriate to database set theory. However some people might be confused, since set_ as a prefix often means "write to". In Ruby though, it's customary to use a method called '=' instead of the Java-like method setSomething(newValue). So if it doesn't seem too confusing, I'd go with _set instead of _array.
For someone who understands the internals of Rails, this shouldn't be too difficult to implement. At some point, I will know enough to contribute such a thing to the Rails project, but for now, I'm too busy learning my way around. All I can do is offer this suggestion and hope it finds its way to the right person.
Rails inconsistencies
Here are some inconsistencies in Rails, and my humble suggestions of how they could be made more consistent:
Currently in Rails, this route.rb line...
map.resources :messages
...creates these routes:
messages GET /messages {:action=>"index" , :controller=>"messages"}
formatted_messages GET /messages.:format {:action=>"index" , :controller=>"messages"}
POST /messages {:action=>"create" , :controller=>"messages"}
POST /messages.:format {:action=>"create" , :controller=>"messages"}
new_message GET /messages/new {:action=>"new" , :controller=>"messages"}
formatted_new_message GET /messages/new.:format {:action=>"new" , :controller=>"messages"}
edit_message GET /messages/:id/edit {:action=>"edit" , :controller=>"messages"}
formatted_edit_message GET /messages/:id/edit.:format {:action=>"edit" , :controller=>"messages"}
message GET /messages/:id {:action=>"show" , :controller=>"messages"}
formatted_message GET /messages/:id.:format {:action=>"show" , :controller=>"messages"}
PUT /messages/:id {:action=>"update" , :controller=>"messages"}
PUT /messages/:id.:format {:action=>"update" , :controller=>"messages"}
DELETE /messages/:id {:action=>"destroy", :controller=>"messages"}
DELETE /messages/:id.:format {:action=>"destroy", :controller=>"messages"}
I'm not sure why the non-GET routes don't have a name, but it doesn't seem it would do any harm to give them names. I'm glad to see the semicolons are now slashes in the newer versions. Instead of the standard resource mapping, I've been using this kind of routes in my applications:
messages GET /messages/ {:action=>"index" , :controller=>"message"}
messages_f GET /messages/.:format {:action=>"index" , :controller=>"message"}
message_index GET /message/index {:action=>"index" , :controller=>"message"}
message_index_f GET /message/index.:format {:action=>"index" , :controller=>"message"}
message_create POST /message/create {:action=>"create" , :controller=>"message"}
message_create_f POST /message/create.:format {:action=>"create" , :controller=>"message"}
message_new GET /message/new {:action=>"new" , :controller=>"message"}
message_new_f GET /message/new.:format {:action=>"new" , :controller=>"message"}
message_edit GET /message/:id/edit {:action=>"edit" , :controller=>"message"}
message_edit_f GET /message/:id/edit.:format {:action=>"edit" , :controller=>"message"}
message_show GET /message/:id {:action=>"show" , :controller=>"message"}
message_show_f GET /message/:id.:format {:action=>"show" , :controller=>"message"}
GET /message/:id/show {:action=>"show" , :controller=>"message"}
GET /message/:id/show.:format {:action=>"show" , :controller=>"message"}
message_update PUT /message/:id/update {:action=>"update" , :controller=>"message"}
message_update_f PUT /message/:id/update.:format {:action=>"update" , :controller=>"message"}
message_destroy DELETE /message/:id/destroy {:action=>"destroy", :controller=>"message"}
message_destroy_f DELETE /message/:id/destroy.:format {:action=>"destroy", :controller=>"message"}
In the interest of consistency, my non-GET routes have a minor redundancy, as with "DELETE /message/6/destroy" instead of "DELETE /message/6", but I find myself less likely to accidentally call a destructive action in such cases when the intention appears in both the HTTP request method and the URL. Also, note the inconsistencies in my routes. My index routes recognize two forms: the plural controller name (much like standard rails), and the singular name with an /index verb. This gives two ways to refer to the index action. Also, my show action normally omits the /show verb from the URL, while an anonymous route includes /show, and these all point to the same action. This makes the more explicit "GET /message/6/show" request route an alternative form of the shorter, more canonical "GET /message/6". This level of consistency makes it much easier to do metaprogramming with these routes. It's also easier to memorize the routes and their names, with just a few simple rules.
In standard Rails, this line in models/article.rb ...
class Article < ActiveRecord::Base
has_many :comments # Each Article record has many Comment records
...causes the Article model to acquire several methods for manipulating associated Comment records. This is what they're like now:
# Don't try to follow the logic. Each line stands alone as a syntax illustration.
@comments_of_that_article = @that_article.comments
new_comment = @that_article.comments.build
@that_article.comments << @new_comment
@psychic_comments = @that_article.comments.find(:all, :conditions => ['date_created > ?', today])
@comment_count = @that_article.comments.size
@uniq_comments = @that_article.comments.uniq
This is what they could be like:
class Article < ActiveRecord::Base
has_many :comment # Each Article record has many Comment records
# Don't try to follow the logic. Each line stands alone as a syntax illustration.
@comments_of_that_article = @that_article.comment_set
new_comment = @that_article.comment.build
@that_article.comment_set << @new_comment
@psychic_comments = @that_article.comment_set.find(:all, :conditions => ['date_created > ?', today])
@comment_count = @that_article.comment_set.size
@uniq_comments = @that_article.comment_set.uniq
It seems fairly straightforward to generate '.comment_set.' or '.comment_array.' instead of '.comments.' . It may be less straightforward to implement '.comment_set.' sometimes, and '.comment.' other times. The only reason I propose the two forms is for English grammar considerations. But on the other hand, some of the lines of code lose the in-line reminder of a has_many association. The comprehension benefit to the association reminder in every relevant line of code may outweigh the grammatical consistency consideration, in which case I say make them all the same '.comment_set.' or '.comment_array' but never '.comment.'. One way to implement the two-way style would be by aliasing the singular 'comment' to the 'comment_set', allowing the user to "mix and match" at will. But if it's not feasible to do this, it's still pretty good to use comment_set.build instead of comment.build to build one new comment for the set.
In this way, the identifiers stay stable, consistent, and searchable. And the many-to-one and many-to-many associations remain fairly obvious in the code.
Something to think about,


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Evaluating Qualitative Research for Social Work Practitioners
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