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But the clock doesn't START until the next day, that's the beauty of this strategy. You'd have tons of time for teams to talk trade and maybe pick up an extra pick. If nothing good comes then you just make your pick.
That said, I bet the league already has something in place that says the first round must be concluded Thursday, and no one is allowed to pass over night. If they don't they might after someone inside reads this thread, LOL. Because it's not just the last guy, the Pats could do it with nearly the same effectiveness, as could the 49ers and several other late drafting teams.


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School board prez Dana Tom reverses course, scuttles push for Gunn counseling equity
Original post made by Curious, Fairmeadow, on Jun 13, 2013
Caswell advocated withholding action until Gunn returned with a timetable for implementing the full set of recommendations of a joint staff-parent committee, including the expansion of a teacher-advisory style freshman program, Titan 101, to all grades. Tom's reversal denied Caswell the support needed to create a tie 2-2 vote against approving Gunn's plan. Trustee Barbara Mitchell was not present at Tuesday's meeting.
The school board accepted Gunn's plan for next year, which includes additional assemblies for sophomores, improvements to Gunn's website, and a committee to study possible changes to the Gunn bell schedule to enable more contacts between counselors and students. Gunn staff will vote in March on that committee's recommendations.
The school board meeting came on the heels of the district's 2013 strategic plan survey, which found "a large gap in non-academic counseling satisfaction across Gunn and Paly": 54% of parents at Gunn expressed satisfaction compared with 73% of Paly parents, and 58% of Gunn students versus 68% at Paly. See Web Link, pp. 27-28. For availability of counselors, 63% of Gunn students and 75% of Paly students were satisfied, while for quality of support the gap was 60% versus 73%.
The study also found that for college and career counseling "overall satisfaction is much higher at Palo Alto High School." For example, 72% of Paly parents but only 46% of Gunn parents said that their students receive effective college counseling. These gaps tracked closely a 2012 district survey on counseling at the two high schools, as well as similar data collected for previous WASC and strategic plan surveys dating back many years.
Superintendent Skelly castigated Gunn parents who cited these results and others from previous district surveys, saying that "some things are more important than surveys." Skelly said that Gunn's success in placing students in elite colleges demonstrated that Gunn is "one of the top schools in the United States" and urged board members to support the Gunn plan. He rejected parent calls to bring Gunn guidance up to parity with Paly as a claim that Gunn is "broken."
Tom followed Skelly's remarks by criticizing Gunn parents for representing Paly as a "Shangri-La" and warned that changing Gunn to a counseling model closer to Paly's teacher-advisor model risked "breaking Gunn." A year ago, Tom reacted to the data on the counseling gap by calling delivery of comparable services to Gunn students an "urgent" issue that demanded "systemic" change. Tom lives in the Paly district, as do all of the other board members except for board newcomer Heidi Emberling whose children are not yet high school age.
Gunn was returning to the school board three months after a March 19 meeting at which it presented an earlier version of its plan. At that meeting, the school board heard the report of the Gunn Advisory Committee (GAC), which was appointed in fall 2012 to devise improvements in Gunn guidance counseling following a year and a half of controversy over the large gap in service and satisfaction with Paly. The committee's recommendations included dozens of measures, including an expansion of the Titan 101 freshman advisory program to include sophomores, juniors and seniors.
At the March meeting, board members told Gunn principal Katya Villalobos and PAUSD Director of Secondary Education Michael Milliken that they were unwilling to approve a one-year plan that lacked specifics on full implementation of the GAC recommendations. Board members also stated that they wanted to see a statement of who at Gunn would be responsible for each component of a multi-year plan. Villalobos and Milliken promised to return with a plan incorporating those details, but the plan approved by the school board on Tuesday lacked any of these elements. See Web Link.
At Tuesay's meeting, Caswell reiterated the board's March criteria, and said she would "have trouble taking action†on Gunn's plan when it still did not meet the board's criteria. Caswell pressed on Tuesday for a timetable for Gunn staff to return with details on how progress would be measured and plans for 2014-15 and beyond. Caswell specifically indicated that she wanted to hear from Tom about whether he would support her desire to have more details from Gunn but Tom refused to do so.
Caswell asked for staff to return in the fall with more details on how they would implement all of the GAC recommendations including those on expanding Titan 101, but staff resisted and agreed only to return nearly a year from now, iin March 2014 with an update on future plans. Michael Milliken, who leaves the district on July 1, told the board that Gunn reserves the right not to implement any more of the GAC's recommendations, including expansion of Titan 101 to other grades.
GAC member Amy Balsom, a Gunn parent, told the school board that the GAC was opposed to a "piecemeal" use of its recommendations, and urged trustees to provide Gunn staff with consulting support for change management to implement the comprehensive set of GAC recommendations. Balsom expressed confidence in the staff's interest in change but concern that the staff lacked the skill necessary to manage a complex change process. Skelly appeared to bristle at Balsom's suggestion, saying that Gunn staff were capable on their own of managing the change.
Tom, who a year ago characterized the counseling gap as an "urgent" issue requiring "systemic" change at Gunn, on Tuesday voted to give Gunn another year to decide whether or not
a resident of Leland Manor/Garland Drive
on Jun 13, 2013 at 10:49 pm
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WOW! Curious, I can't believe this report. I was out of town and did not have a chance to view this or read any other news about it. I am very very disappointed.
This bit really upset me:
"Superintendent Skelly castigated Gunn parents who cited these results and others from previous district surveys, saying that "some things are more important than surveys." Skelly said that Gunn's success in placing students in elite colleges demonstrated that Gunn is "one of the top schools in the United States"
Which brings to mind the survey that Kevin sent out requesting that parents, staff and community members rate his performance. Who was able to view those survey results? Just Skelly? We need to get a public records release of this information. I know plenty friends, neighbors and staff that told me that they sent in very unfavorable remarks about Skelly. We need to have them published and available to the public. I even have a very old neighbor who used to work for the district and she keeps on asking me when Kevin Skelly is going to take a walk. I find this whole thing over the top disturbing. Dana Tom, you are a disgrace for backing down on doing the right thing. All of the school board members are a disgrace as well. Our students are hurting and the best they can do is give Gunn another year to futz around? Geeze.......what happens when the next student tries to seriously harm themselves? Blame it on the student's mental health which has nothing to do with academic stress or a anything happening or not happening at school? Or maybe they will just blame it on the Bossa Nova and just move on? It is a friggin joke!
a resident of Adobe-Meadow
on Jun 13, 2013 at 11:10 pm
Here's the link to the "un-spun" story from earlier this week: Web Link
a resident of JLS Middle School
on Jun 13, 2013 at 11:18 pm
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If by "unspun" you mean missing a lot of facts and the actual story, yes. But since it is impossible to understand what actually happened when from the Weekly's story, i.e., that the board was reversing course from 3 months ago and caving to pressure from Skelly, I for one appreciate Curious's reporting.
I would have included more details like the fact that Trinity Klein lied and said that Gunn's plan had been "run by the GAC" and Amy Balsom flatly contradicted her but no one on the board cared that she lied. Subordinates tend to take on the characteristics of the org's CEO and in this case, Skelly's penchant for lying to the board seems to have trickled down. Lucky us.
Thanks Curious! Editor, it's incredibly bad form of you to lock this thread 10 minutes after it went up. What's your point? Your reporter missed the story again and you don't like it being pointed out to you? Maybe you can double lock it and put a deadbolt on it now.
a resident of Leland Manor/Garland Drive
on Jun 13, 2013 at 11:40 pm
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jls mom of 2: I am a registered user but I don't think that the editor has locked this yet in fairness to the Weekly. I just chose to use my registered name since I had just posted on another thread.
Skelly has lied many times about many things so one should not be surprised. I can't wait to see the survey results!
a resident of another community
on Jun 14, 2013 at 1:08 am
village fool is a registered user.
@Curious - thank you! I am sorry to see another informational thread being restricted to users who are logged in. It happened fast.
@jls mom of 2 - I also do not understand the fast closure. It seems to me that this happens recently by far more frequently than before. The fastest one was the following thread - Web Link which was started by "Igor Brockovich" -this thread was locked prior to any comments. Refreshing the views page occasionally, presented significant interest.
The recent closures had me start a thread, asking ( Web Link) - I got some interesting responses, including a link provided by "outside observer" to a past event that had the Stanford newspaper provide info in responding to a request that seemed to be violating the constitution.
a resident of another community
on Jun 15, 2013 at 9:51 am
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@Curious - I am wondering about the timing of the Tuesday Gunn guidance presentation. As far as I recall - the school staff let all know on March that they had 10 days to prepare. I do not know for how long this presentation was known to all.
I am sorry to see the discussion gone. Three out of the five comments this thread had (prior to me adding this one) were posted when the thread was restricted, already.
The fast locking is appalling, especially given your post above. Obviously, a significant amount of time was put into researching, checking facts and writing this thread. It seems to me that your caring about the important issues triggered your postings. Thank you. If I could open an open board, I would.
a resident of JLS Middle School
on Jun 15, 2013 at 10:36 am
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VF I agree with you that it was really a shame that this got locked so fast. You are right that what happened in the Gunn case was that the school staff said that they didn't have a multi-year plan in March when they presented the first time. The board asked them to take a few months and come back in June with a plan. The school agreed but then came back with nothing really more than what they had in March and with a plan to allow the teachers to vote on whether or not to implement advisory. I am not sure what the point of the GAC was if the ultimate decision was left up to the teacher vote anyway. The GAC was dominated by staff (9 staff and 6 parents). The staff on the GAC already unanimously supported expanding Titan 101 to all 4 grades. That was the committee that was supposed to make a recommendation and it made it. Why are the teachers voting? Because the board is run by Dana Tom, a Paly parent, who says Paly is not "Shangri-La" and by that he means ???. Tom and the other Paly parents on the board (along with clueless little Heidi Emberling whose oldest child is in 7th grade) doesn't really care about the fact that during the six years that Gunn is now giving as its best case scenario for implementing Titan 102, 3000 more Gunn students will graduate with far inferior social emotional and college counseling services. His kids got the best the district has to offer and that's what counts.
a resident of another community
on Jun 15, 2013 at 12:40 pm
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@jls mom of 2 - Thank you for your detailed response. As far as I recall, there was a discussion during the March meeting about the timing of the follow up that ended taking place past Tuesday. If I remember correctly, Skelly's initial response was - 10 days, or so. It seems to me that the current plan is some type of patching, resulting from other unaddressed issues.
I am convinced that independent investigation - for which the Weekly have called, among many others - is crucial prior to being able to seriously check such an issue as this thread is dealing with, an issue which impacts so many kids, and is so important given the unfortunate past. I have listed my questions regarding this issue here (Web Link). One of the questions I listed: Was Gunn ever given the freedom to explore all options? I do not know. I think it is hard to figure out prior to undersigning the issues that had the Weekly and others call for an independent investigation.
a resident of JLS Middle School
on Jun 15, 2013 at 3:53 pm
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You ask a good question -- "Was Gunn ever given the freedom to explore all options?" When I first read this, I immediately thought yes, the Board directed Gunn to consider all options. However, thinking about the history of this, I am not so sure. It is, as you say, hard to know exactly what has happened here given the amount of secrecy and lack of transparency that has come to characterize district and board operations.
It seems to me possible that Skelly and Milliken engineered the process behind the scenes and let the school know that TA was not the direction that was desired. All the teachers and admins voted as a bloc inside the GAC to vote down advisory when it came to a vote and 5/6 parents supported it. However, last year there were many emails between the Gunn union stewards, the principal, and Dr. Skelly that made it clear that at least some teachers were adamantly opposed to TA. It seemed from those emails last year that Katya was getting pushed around by the teachers, and Skelly didn't really want TA anyway so he wasn't going to fight them over it. At least last year I didn't see evidence that the school was not allowed to consider TA. THe evidence seemed to be that a small subset of teachers was pushing around the weak and not all that smart principal, that Skelly doesn't think much of TA and considers it an over-investment in counseling anyway (he stated in email that he didn't think freshman and sophomores ever needed to see a counselor and that he thinks the purpose of guidance counseling is college counseling). The board continually instructed Skelly to ensure that TA was considered, but Skelly continually sent the message to the principal and teachers that they didn't have to do so: Web Link
a resident of another community
on Jun 15, 2013 at 10:41 pm
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Thank you. My question is part of a longer comment including five additional questions I posted here - (Web Link), very bottom of the thread. I noted that: "As far as I recall - only documents that were provided after exercising the Brown act revealed that Gunn officials were instructed, sometime way in the past, not to consider the "North" TA program. I do not know if these instructions were ever retracted."
I do not know, I do not have the time to research, now. I also noted that I believe that: "the current available data may be contaminated by the lack of transparency and lack of best practices. When there is fear of retaliation and lack of transparency everything is possible."
At this point I am convinced, as I mentioned, that there is no way to seriously address any issue prior to an independent investigation.
It seems to me that your description above about the differences between the schools, including personal background of the board members, possible irrelevant considerations that may be impacting the current decision process, is supporting my strong belief as to the necessity of an independent investigation. Some issues can be very complex. Adding lack of trust, lack of transparency, fear of retaliation etc., can easily mask the essence of the issues being addressed.
And - This dialog is taking place in the thread started by Curious. I noted above that I was appalled by the fast closure of the thread. I could not anticipate that. I am pretty sure that Curious could not anticipate as well. I am noting, again, since I mentioned in this comment that I am not sure about some facts. I could take the time and try to research. At this point I would not, since I can not know when a thread will be locked, what will be removed from a of a comment etc.
a resident of Community Center
on Jun 17, 2013 at 5:21 pm
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I read this on one of the bullying threads. The original writer is complaining about the superintendent (I do agree, I have to say). I also want to say "thank you" to Curious for posting these stories, they are very informative to us who are not following school issues as closely as you are.
"If you really believe in local control, then you believe that our locally-elected politicians and salaried leaders should be leading and directing this district because right now this chap Curious seems to be having a bigger impact than any other PAUSD employee. Maybe he or she is an employee, but his post on summer school fees, hidden in the cellar of the Forum, led to an embarrassing about-face by Skelly and the board. I'm not paying all the taxes, bonds, special fees, and donations to PiE so that Curious can act as our superintendent, and that is one of dozens of embarrassments why reform is needed, beginning with the release of Skelly. Board, you can do this today, there will be no negative impact more than the current level of dysfunction, but it will signal a new beginning. He clearly does not have the honor to do so himself, but this about the kids, now, not the adults.

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A short time later, after threading our way thru the beautiful (an overused but apt adjective in this blog) Vosges mountains, we arrived at the middle-ages style village of Riquewihr.....talk about going back in time!! The architecture is something to be seen for sure....most of the buildings have the year of construction clearly & proudly displayed on their front walls somewhere, the earliest we saw stated 1547, most from the 16th & 17th century.......the aroma of fresh food struck as as we strolled up the slow incline of the cobblestoned main throroughfare, but we had to stop to sample authentic crepes and black forest cake from as we were not far from the Black Forest itself
All agreed Riquewihr was a wonderful place, almost something out of a Disney themed park for example.....once again, so much history as opposed to the youth of our Australia. Our coach was expected to be stopped for a thorough passport check by the people guarding the French-Swiss border, however only the driver & tour director were required to speak with officials and, after witnessing 4 x open-top vintage cars (complete with drivers wearing coats, gloves & goggles from a similar era) cough & splutter cross the border right next to our coach windows, we were off.
Lucerne was next brief stop for us to take in the world-renowned Lion Monument, which just seemed to 'appear' out of nowhere at the end of a brief walk thru only a street or two from where the coach parked. Once we had taken in the story behind the reason for the monument's creation, not to mention the artists' tongue-in-cheek jibe at those who killed the loyal Swiss Guards, we ventured up through some ofthe most amazing mountainous scenery we had ever seen...the Swiss alps...to our stop for the next two nights, Engelberg.
Again, the view from the rear balcony (which extended the width of our two room abode, was startling to say the least....we looked out across some of the town buildings right at a juncture in the alps with snow-covered mountain range, low-hanging clouds, green everywhere, very cool ("this is summer" we had to keep reminding ourselves)....a spectacle which literally had us gasping in disbelief.
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Today's World Fantasy Awards ceremony was full of great surprises and well-deserved accolades. It was a really good day for Caitlín R. Kiernan, Subterranean Press, Tor.com and dangerous women. And the best novel goes to Sofia Samatar for A Stranger in Olondria! We were there, and here's the skinny.


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UTSA to host COLFA career fair April 10
(April 6, 2007)--The UTSA College of Liberal and Fine Arts (COLFA) Advisory Council and Career Services will present the first COLFA Career Information Fair from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 10 in the Business Building University Room (2.06.04) at the 1604 Campus.
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Approximately 20 area employers will be available to discuss career opportunities and career development strategies for COLFA students. Additionally, there will be drawings for prizes.
Participating employers will include Rackspace Managed Hosting, FBI, H-E-B Grocery Co., Santikos Theaters, Accenture, Broadway Bank, Edvance Research and Enterprise Rent-A-Car, among others.
Students can visit with employers from 9 a.m. to noon to ask more detailed questions, establish rapport and gain insight on ways to become more marketable.
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Why does it seem that most pairs/dance teams that have one American partner (i.e. Lang/Tchernyshev, Belbin/Agosto, etc) chose to have the non-American change citizenship rather than the American. I looked up the requirements for Candian Citizenship vs. US Citizenship, and it takes ess time for a Canadian Citizenship. (you only need to be a Canadian resident for 4 years as oppossed to 5 in the US). If Belbin and Agosto had taken this route instead, I beleve that Ben would have had his Canadian citizenship in time for them to compete in the 2006 Olympics.
My other question is about skating Clubs. Why is it that Skaters seldom change thier club even when they move? Sasha moved across the country and yet she still belongs to the Orange County FSC in California. Why doesn't she switch to a club nearer to her? What is the point in belonging to a club? I know the skaters pay dues and stuff but that is about it. Are all clubs attached to an ice rink? And if not why don't the skaters skate at the club they belong too? Is there just not enough ice time? Or what?


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Adorable Flat Near Bairro Alto
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Über diese Unterkunft
|Rua Fernandes Tomás, 1200-179 Lisbon, Portugal
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Very close by just 2 minutes away, the Santa Catarina lookout also well known as Adamastor, where you can relax and enjoy a marvelous view of the Tagus river.
The apartment is extremely well located, you can easily walk downtown, to most of Lisbon's touristic attractions and the Tagus River.
You can also ride the tram 28, discover the famous hills of the city and climb up to São Jorge Castle where you can enjoy magnificent sights and get lost in other classic Lisbon quarters.
The T1 Apartment (max 4 pers.) is composed by: 1 bedroom with a double bed; 1 living room with a sofá (that you can open and have a double bed); 1 Closet; 1 kitchen; 1 toilet.
Walking down to Cais Sodré Station (7min walking) you can take a bus or a tram and quickly go to Belém, enjoy its magnificent monuments and gardens, walk by the river and eat a freshly baked Pastel de Belém.
In Cais Sodré Station it is also possible to take a train and go to the beautiful villages of Estoril and Cascais and enjoy golden, soft and sandy beaches with great conditions for surfing.
If you wish to know the historic and romantic village of Sintra, its amazing palaces and gardens, you just need to walk 12min to the beautiful Rossio Station and take a train that in 30min will drop you at your destiny.
- CHECK IN TIME: 16h
- CHECK OUT TIME: 12h
These times can be flexible depending on the other guests (before and after your dates).
I will need to charge you this new tax, when you check-in and transfer this fee to the Municipality.
This tax is applied to all the guests that overnight in Lisbon in tourist resorts and local accommodation establishments (hotels, hostels, local accommodation, etc).
The tax on overnight stays is applied to guests over the age of thirteen (13), per person and per overnight stay, up to a maximum of 7 nights per stay.
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- Please respect the neighbors and try not to make noise after 22:00h. The apartment is on a residential building. Other apartments are used by full time residents.
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Wir hatten eine tolle Zeit in Lissaon! Es hat alles reibungslos geklappt und die Kommunikation war super. Nur das Bad ist etwas zu klein für 2 Mädels und ihren ganzen Kram ;)
Wir hatten 6 wunderbare Tage in Lissabon, Daniel hat alles perfekt für uns vorbereitet, viele Infos geschickt und war jederzeit erreichbar. Das Appartement ist sehr geschmackvoll, authentisch, sauber und liebevoll eingerichtet. Es befindet sich in optimaler Lage, von hier aus kann man in alle Richtungen problemlos starten. Wir würden jederzeit wiederkommen - Danke, Daniel :o)
Das kleine, süße und so liebevoll eingerichtete Appartment von Daniel lädt zum Wohlfühlen ein und ist perfekt gelegen. Ich kann das Appartment in der super zentraler Lage nur wärmstens weiterempfehlen. Wir haben uns sehr wohl gefühlt und würden jederzeit wiederkommen. Vielen Dank nochmal, Daniel!
Daniel was very kind and attentive host. He was alwasy ready to communicat with us, and answer for our question. He gave us a lot of useful information about the surroundings of the flat. We felt as a local habitant in Daniel place. Only one week point is the wifi connection.
Thank you Daniel! We enjoyed our stay in your apartment and we will recommend it to everyone.
Me and my boyfriend stayed at Daniel's apt. for seven days. Daniel was a very nice and helpful host and was always in reach if we needed anything.
The apt. was clean and really lovely with pretty decoration, only a little small.
It is located in the centre of the city and you can reach all important places in a few minutes.
So if you like to have a nice stay in the centre of Lisbon, we can surely recommend Daniels apt.
The apartment is really nice! The location is just perfect: 5 min to the river Tejo, the station to catch trains, bus stations. It ist also close to supermarkets, pharmacy, and the nightlife of Lisbon. Everything was clean, the apartment is equipped very inviting and we felt comfortable during our stay.
Daniel is a really nice guy who welcomed us as friendly as possible and helped us where he could. He gave us all useful information (maps, tips, descritptions) and supported us locally.
I would definitely rent the apartment again and I will as soon as I can!
I spent 4 days with my family in this beautiful apartment, in a very convenient position. I would recomend it to young families as we are!
My husband and I had a wonderful stay in Daniels appt.
Everything we needed was available and the appt. was very clean.
Although it is very quiet at night, the appartment is close to public transport and centre.
We can really recommend the appartment and a stay in Lissabon.
The apartment is very well located and Daniel is very helpful and flexible host. However the flat is in the ground floor of the street that occasionally cars pass by, so it is heard inside. Moreover it is pretty dark and as it only has on window plus window in doors. So if you only intend to sleep inside it is ok. Just around the corner there are two small shops/bars open till late, though those don't give any noise.
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The Oracle of Delphi was the most important shrine in ancient Greece and was considered the center of the world. It was a crucial pilgrimage for those seeking guidance from Apollo's mouthpiece, the Pythia, who gave cryptic answers to such matters as timing for planting crops, preparing for war, or resolving a moral dilemma.
The temple's high priest, Plutarch (c.46-c.120), explained that the Pythia's trance state was induced by gaseous emissions and that the Oracle's power began to wane because the source of the emissions was running out. Other ancient authorities also attributed the Oracle's "power" to geological features—a fissure in the bedrock, a gaseous vapor, and a spring. When French archaeologists failed to find such features a century ago, they dismissed the notion of intoxicating vapors as the "source" of the revelations. The modern misconception that vapors and gases can only be produced by volcanic activity has also discouraged scientists from probing the geological forces behind the Oracle.
But these days, scientists are revisiting the problem with results that would definitely please the ancients. In the August issue of GEOLOGY, J.Z. de Boer reports on a four-year interdisciplinary study that has successfully identified young faults at the Oracle site and has also pinpointed the emissions responsible for the Pythia's trance state—light hydrocarbon gases from bituminous limestone. De Boer and colleagues found ethane, methane, and ethylene in spring water near the Oracle. The euphoric effects of ethylene, which had been used as anesthesia in the last century, jibe very well with Plutarch's description of the gas the Pythia inhaled. Henry Spiller, a medical doctor who recently joined the research group, provided details on the narcotic effects of ethylene that completed the team's theory. Spiller works in the Poison Center at Kosair Children's Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky.
De Boer, an Earth sciences professor at Wesleyan University in Connecticut, became interested in Delphi ten years ago when he worked with a group of American geologists for the Greek government on the seismicity and tectonic setting of the Corinth Rift zone.
"At that time I took a good look at previous and newly exposed segments of the Delphi fault and discovered another fault intersecting it," de Boer explained. "Following the fault traces brought me to their covered intersection below the Sanctuary."
But years later it took a "dare" between two friends to really get this research project going.
"About five years ago, I found myself in Portugal on a small terrace near an archaeological site, enjoying the wine, and talking with John Hale about my work in Greece and the faults near Delphi," de Boer said. "He told me that the majority of archaeologists did not believe in the ancient descriptions of fissure and rising fumes that influenced the Pythia. I challenged him to come with me to Greece and he accepted."
That's how Hale, an archaeologist at the University of Louisville in Kentucky, became one of the co-authors of this work. And the rest is history…
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Alistair Overeem's Reaction to Strikeforce's Golden Glory Purge
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Alistair Overeem's dismissal from the UFC has been a topic for debate over the past week, as has the more recent release of his Golden Glory teammates Marloes Coenen, Valentijn Overeem and Jon Olav Einemo. This leaves the lone Golden Glory contracted fighter of Sergei Kharitonov who will fight on September 10th in the Strikeforce Heavyweight GP. There has been widespread speculation over what has happened between Zuffa and Golden Glory, with both sides making claims of the other. Zuffa claims Golden Glory was trying to have their fighters paid through Golden Glory and Zuffa claims they only pay the fighters directly, the fighters can pay their management on the side. Marloes has been very public about this, saying that she didn't need Zuffa's "protection" and that she prefers her camp be paid directly due to tax reasons in Europe.
This interview with Inside MMA covers a lot of this, with Overeem discussing his injuries and the fact that Zuffa attempted to push their standard, exclusive contract upon him and that he was not pleased with that. Overeem is clear that he still wants to fight for K-1.


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APC, the world's longest-running network, celebrates our 20th anniversary in May 2010. Twenty years networking online for social justice and sustainable development. We invite you to read some of the congratulatory messages that we've received, full of memories and to send your own! (you must be logged in, you can also comment on other posts) (http://www.apc.org/en/20-years-old). Thank you for helping make APC what it is today!
How one Indian academic is putting the spotlight on discrimination against women in the gov't rural e-governance scheme
CALGARY (LC for APCNews) – While the Indian government attempts to include gender on the official agenda in traditional sectors like health and education, gender within the technology sphere is a relatively new concept in India and one that government officials are just not ready to take seriously. They are not convinced by recent findings on the disempowerment of women into rural e-governance in Chhattisgarh, India's poorest state, and this has been a challenge for lead researcher Dr. Anupama Saxena, a political scientist. Saxena tells APCNews about the struggle to be taken seriously and how the GEM, APC's Gender Evaluation Methodology (GEM), has given her the credibility and confidence to tackle policy makers head-on.
Blind people in rural Nigeria get their teeth into job opportunities
KAFANCHAN (Kelechi Michaels for Fantsuam Foundation) – Last year, rural non-profit the Fantsuam Foundation trained almost six hundred locals in computing to improve their livelihoods – but only one was a person with physical disabilities. Now incorporating JAWS – a Job Access With Speech screen reader – Fantsuam will open their basic and advanced computer skills classes to people who can't see.
A feminist tech exchange in Congo
For four days from March 31, fifteen women gathered at the Feminist Tech Exchange in the Brazzaville (Congo) Digital Campus. Participants and trainers alike came from human and women's rights organisations, the media and politics to learn more about how to use technology to end violence against women and girls. APC member Azur Développement was involved in putting on the event which talked about the hows and whys of blogging, using video, audio and mobile phones, as well as social networking. The FTX is a part of the APC's Take Back the Tech! to end violence against women project in twelve countries. Watch the video of the event (in French).
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This Morning: Debating BBRY's Beat, Defending Red Hat
Here are some things going on this morning in your world of tech:
Shares of BlackBerry (BBRY) are up 39 cents, or almost 3%, at $14.95, after the company this morning delivered a surprise profit per share of 22 cents on higher-than-expected gross margin in its fiscal Q4 report, and said it may break even this quarter, after selling 1 million of its new BB10-based phones. The biggest surprise was a 40% gross profit margin, which some believe implies an 11% gross margin on hardware.
Among the responses out immediately this morning, Peter Misek of Jefferies & Co., who has a Buy rating on the stock, writes "Gross margins on the BB10 handsets much much stronger than expected and if they continue through the year imply significant EPS of $1.50 or higher."
"The fact their operating cash flow was positive and is forecast to be positive means there is NO inventory in the channel. Or simply put they are selling every BB10 handset they make."
From the bear side, RBC Capital's Mark Sue, who has a Hold rating and a $13 price target, writes "Stock moves higher on squeeze, trading band moves lower on higher expenses and lower tangible book."
In case you missed it, DigiTimes's Julian Ho and Alex Wolfgram this morning write that Apple is cutting shipments of the iPad mini set for Q2 to as low as 10 million units, citing unnamed sources, apparently because of both preparation for a new model in Q3 and also increased competition from Android-based tablets.
Apple shares are down $3.06, or 0.7%, at $449.02.
Shares of Red Hat (RHT) are are down 5 cents at $49.91, reversing a 12% drop last night, following a fiscal Q4 revenue miss and a lackluster outlook. There are no outright ratings changes this morning, but a couple of defenses of the company here and there. Stifel Nicolaus's Brad Reback, who has a Buy rating on the stock, this morning cut his price target slightly to $62 from $65, writing, "After peeling-back the onion and normalizing the quarter for its numerous large-deals and robust off-balance sheet backlog growth, we believe demand for its solutions is actually better than most anticipated."
Shares of Amazon.com (AMZN) are up 59 cents at $265.89, despite a warning from R.W. Baird's Colin Sebastian that Google's (GOOG) "Shopping Express" service, announced this morning, will "bring more local product inventory into search, and also counter competition from Amazon and eBay (EBAY)."
CNBC's David Faber this morning reported on the pending merger between MetroPCS (PCS) and Deutsche Telekom's (DTEGY) T-Mobile USA, reporting, "There does seem to be a line of thinking at Deutsche Telekcom, about whether they should raise their offer," based on concerns about PCS shareholders voting down the deal, citing unnamed sources. As I mentioned last night, prominent PCS shareholders such as John Paulson are fighting the deal.
PCS shares are up 22 cents, or 2%, at $10.75.
In case you missed it, Russell Holly of Geek.com this morning writes that Best Buy (BBY) is planning to open special Samsung Electronics (005930KS) sections of its stores to show off the forthcoming Galaxy S4 handset, without mentioning sources.
Speaking of Samsung, if you haven't already, take a look at Sam Grobart's cover story on Samsung in this week's Bloomberg BusinessWeek magazine.


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A man walks into a bar ...
It happened one night in a little room above a boozer somewhere in London. It might have been in Fulham. Or Bays-water. Paul Ego can't now remember. Nor can he recall one single gag from his first comedy gig.
"I had a little dictaphone, which I put on the bar where my wife was sitting with some friends. I said 'I just want to record this, my first ever gig. I can listen back to it, see what works, see what doesn't ..."'
The tragedy is that neither Ego nor history will ever know which of his bits were shit and which weren't. "One of my friends, who was sitting near my wife Janine, tapped his fingers on the bar for the entire time he was watching me. I couldn't hear a word of it: 'garble, garble, tap, tap'. But it was good! Well I think it was good. I was the first guy on, the newbie, with a couple of other British comics. I can't remember what I talked about, though Michael Jackson was in the news. There might have been some stuff about my grandmother and me being tall (he's 1.96m). It was a five-minute routine that I memorised. There were laughs, mainly from my friends, I think.
But it was good, I really enjoyed it - and got the bug."
It's not quite 20 years since. In those two decades he's gone from bottom of the bill in a boozer in Fulham or Bayswater to journeyman comic, to one of this country's most successful comedians. The 46-year-old is not a gazillionaire. But he is a comedy festival regular, a sought-after MC for corporate events and, significantly, one of the trio of comics (including his great mate, Jeremy Corbett) who anchor 7 Days, a panel comedy that - arguably anyway - may have single-handedly made the future of New Zealand television comedy safe for a generation.
But where there is triumph, there is tragedy. And as the anniversary of that first night of telling jokes for money in Fulham or Bayswater draws near, Ego has chosen to reveal exclusively to Canvas the unsavoury and quite frankly embarrassing truth about his start in comedy all those years ago: he was, in fact, nagged into it. By a woman. A woman who was not his wife.
"I was dared into it by my wife's sister, Maxine. She was travelling through the UK at the time that Janine and I were living in London in '94 and we would go to see stand-up comedy. And every time we'd come out of a show, Maxine would say, 'you should be doing that. You're really funny, you're quick, I think you'd be really good at it.'
"I always said 'no, you're wrong, I wouldn't, I don't want to do that.' But she'd go away travelling and she'd come back and she'd go, 'have you booked a comedy gig yet?' I'd go, 'I thought you were joking.' 'No, no,' she'd say. Eventually I just went 'God, if I don't
she's just never going to stop.' And of course I booked a gig and I loved it
and I was pretty good. And I go, 'oh, I should do comedy!"'
So was he, I suggested, sort of bullied into comedy?
"Yes ... yes! I've been bullied into success! That's the headline: 'I was bullied into success'. And they say bullying is a bad thing ..."
It only hurts when I laugh ... and they don't
As it turns out there's been a fair bit of the old bullying going on since Ego and Corbett's latest TV venture, The Radio debuted on TV3 last month. A half-hour situation comedy set in a radio station - both Ego and Corbett have recently quit breakfast radio for real after many years in the industry - it's a queer mix of them taking the piss out of each other, along with guest interviews (Jon Toogood, Dave Dobbyn, etc) and with expat South African comedian Urzila Carlson as a shirty, snarky receptionist.
"I'm actually surprised by just how bad The Radio is," wrote one critic. "Visually it's a dry hump," said another. Said a third: "a strange and dreadful thing". Readers' comments below these reviews have been several degrees crueller.
It is an oddity, possibly because it began life as a comedy festival show which, on the strength of their 7 Days popularity, TV3 invited the duo to adapt for the box.
"TV3 had a space for a comedy programme and so they took us out to lunch one day and said 'how would you feel about making festival show into a TV show?' We said, 'well we'd feel quite good about it I should imagine! Is this the part where we beg you?' It was very weird. They left and Jeremy and I went next door to a pub and sat down and went 'wow, is that how that normally happens?'.
"Neither of us had written for TV before and we didn't quite know what we were making. I don't think anybody did. I don't think watching it now, anybody still does to a certain extent. It's certainly a mishmash of genres. Even I'm not quite sure if it's a sitcom or a reality show or an interview show or whether it's elements of everything thrown together - like most breakfast radio shows are."
According to Ego, some of the biggest praise - you can't help wondering whether it might be the only praise - has been from people who are in radio or have worked in the medium. Which suggests that it could be more a better in-joke than sitcom. Time will tell.
In any case, it's probably just well he says he's thick-skinned, though possibly not as much as he once was. "I think you get used to [criticism]. But on TV you don't have that instant kind of 'oh-they-didn't-like that' - you just assume it's going well, particularly when you're doing a show like 7 Days, which is popular. So much of the feedback that we get is about people loving [7 Days] that when somebody comes up to you and says 'your show is f***ed' - and they don't mince words, they will yell across the street - it does take you aback."
This is the rubbish bit about being a teller of jokes for money, it seems. Another is that people assume you're a comedian every waking minute.
"Being a comedian is wonderful. But the downside of it is that people think you're in the mood for a joke all the time. I will be at the supermarket and somebody will say 'you're looking quite fat' and point and I'll think 'oh, that made me feel quite shit, I wonder if that's how the people I talk about feel'."
He laughs. But only a bit.
Madder than old King Kong
Paul Jones - for he was born a Jones and became an Ego - has loved a stage as long as he can remember. It was in the blood. His parents, both £10 Poms - he an Eastender, she a Scouser - love Sinatra, Nat King Cole, the crooners. The Goons and Peter Sellers were popular in between. His dad had drummed a bit while in the Navy too, but, from an early age his son was a singer of songs. He would have singing lessons at 12; win a talent quest at 13 belting out, God help him, Jim Croce's Bad, Bad LeRoy Brown.
"Mum and Dad got me into doing talent quests. At LynnMall they would have a talent quest every Christmas. I remember being up there in this jacket, I can't remember whether I borrowed it or Mum and Dad hired it. It was kind of like one of those cowboy jackets, brown suede, with those tassels that hang down from the sleeves. Really relevant for that song. So I wore that and won. I got a $50 Farmers voucher. I was 13. It was like being a millionaire. I should have stopped then. I should have banked my Farmers' voucher, put it into Bonus Bonds and I'd have an island now."
In 1983 the Jones boy won Entertainer of the Year at Avondale College for playing the evil wizard in the school's production of Aladdin. "Mum made these long green finger nails out of an old bright green hose. I am still in contact with a few people from school through Facebook and they say they still remember those nails when I was the wizard, they were amazing."
It was inevitable that he joined a band, and soon enough he was helping liven up surf club do's with covers of The Clash, The Cure, Stiff Little Fingers and the Hoodoo Gurus at the weekends. It was what he filled his weeks with that was the problem.
"So I was a singer in this band, this was this thing I did in the weekends, and it fantastic.
But my job was working at a Four Square. I left school and I didn't want to go to university, I'd found 7th form hard enough, getting motivated. All I wanted to do was sing and fart around really. I was stacking shelves and serving people. My first job was actually at the central Post Office, which is now the Britomart train station. Mum and Dad said 'you've got to get a job, you'll not survive being in a band playing surf gigs'. I got a job at the Post Office just doing clerical work. And, because I was as tall then as I am now, I was hunched over a desk every day. Literally every six weeks I'd stuff my neck. I had to give it up. It's like an elephant trying to ride a tricycle. It was ridiculous. So I was there for six months. Then this job came up at our local Four Square, so I worked there for about a year. I wasn't bored at all; you got free icecreams and pies. They were great days, heady days ... heavy days - that's where I started to pack on weight probably.
Heavy, heady days! So we sat down, had a family meeting - not quite an intervention - and Mum and Dad said 'what do you like doing?"'
He decided on a signwriting apprenticeship, a five-year, 10,000-hour commitment that didn't end until 1989, by which time he'd made another commitment: he'd met - at a surf club gig one New Year's Eve - and married Janine. They left for Britain, for their OE, in 1990. By the time they returned, Ego had found himself.
Cogito ergo sum Ego
(I think, therefore I am, Ego)
"I started doing stand-up as soon as I got back. I did six to eight gigs in the UK. I'd loved that first gig, loved it, so I booked as many gigs as I could before leaving the UK in 1994. Even then I wasn't thinking 'I want to be a comedian', but I knew I wanted to do comedy."
It would be five years before he gave up the day job, but for another day job: radio. Over the next 11 years, at More FM and The Rock - on-air and producing - making comedy on breakfast radio was his bread, and stand-up and MC-ing his butter.
But it was 7 Days, which premiered in 2009, he credits for creating the comedian he really enjoys being. "Which isn't doing too much preparation but just turning up and knowing that there is a really good infrastructure around you - as there often is in radio - with the other comics there. You know that something funny will come. They quality of the comics is great, you couldn't wish for a better group of gunslingers.
"I am very grateful at the stage of my career that I've got to, that I can do comedy for a job and work with a group of comics I genuinely love working with. In radio you're sometimes thrown together with people who you will probably end up liking, but it is a group of strangers and they've kind of gone 'you've all seen The Magnificent Seven, we've got a knife thrower, we've got an Indian, we've got a guy who's good with machinery, we've got the gunslinger - go and make some magic chemistry'.
Sometimes it works, sometimes it takes a lot of work. We're just fortunate with 7 Days that we knew each other and had performed together a lot. So that was already there, so we hit the ground running.
"Doing 7 Days once a week, plus corporate and the odd live gig, I kind of have my days free to walk the kids to school, to go to the gym ... once every six months ... It's a great life, I am really enjoying it.
"Prior to 7 Days I think people saw me as a pretty good comic, possibly a better MC than a 'set comic', because of the style of comedy I do. I don't really write gags, it's more kind of stories and working with the audience. I guess radio sharpened that side of my comedy - having to think on the spot every morning."
Is it a bird? Is a plane? No, it's Super Ego
What does Ego love about comedy? The laughs, of course.
"It is that moment on stage where you say something that you've prepared and go 'I hope this is funny' and a whole room of people laugh and you go 'wow, they've just laughed at something I wrote'. You ask any comic: the bad gigs pale to the next great gig that you have - and there are a lot of bad gigs."
One such horrible night, about a year into his stand-up career, he was asked to be part of what he thought was pretty much the best comedy line-up in New Zealand. "Mike King calls me up, and at the time he was our biggest comic, and says 'Paul, it's me, Ewen Gilmour, Dean Butler and you. There will be 600-700 people and you'll get $500' - it was more than you would get for a comedy gig at the time. I thought 'shit, they want me?
Great' So we get there on the Saturday night, we pull up into the carpark and there was literally two cars there. So we walk into this massive rugby club, and it's empty, there's nobody in there! It was like a scene out of a Western, there was a barman cleaning a glass noisily with a cloth - eik-eik-eik - and Time Of My Life from Dirty Dancing is playing on the jukebox and there is another woman emptying the dishwasher. Mike walks over and talks to the people - blah, blah, ha, ha - and we're standing around. He comes back over: 'there's been a bit of a f***-up lads, the posters say it's tomorrow night. So nobody is coming'. We're there on the wrong night for the gig! I think 'right, well obviously we're going to get in the van'. Then Mike says 'I've had a word to the guys, they can't pay us the full fee but, particularly for you Pauly, it will be good money, so let's just do the gig anyway'. I'm like 'pardon? There's no one here, literally no one here'. There were more of us than there were other people in the venue.
But we're going to do the gig. I get up there and do my kind five to seven minutes of stuff. I just did material, the routine I had rehearsed: 'what is it about being tall? I tell you what: my Mum was a giraffe!' Of course the comics aren't laughing, they've heard it before. So I do my seven minutes to silence. Just soul-destroying. Dean Butler gets up does one song and then Mikey goes 'that's probably enough, let's go' - they didn't ever do their gig. He thought it was hilarious." It still is.
But nearly 20 years on it, Ego is himself a big name now, the elder statesmen. Indeed his career is obviously so rosy that both his boys (Isaac is 7, Gabriel 13) say they want to be comedians too.
Ego isn't so sure. "They're both very funny boys. But I have to say to them 'that's wonderful - but you will need another job. You're not just suddenly on 7 Days.
To get to this point I have had 20 years of working and meeting the right people at the right time. If you want to do it for a hobby or something you enjoy, do that and it may lead to something - or maybe not'. But there is nothing more wonderful than making people laugh."
7 Days and The Radio screen on Fridays on TV3 from 9.30pm.


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I totally forgot about Adrien Robinson. No one has mentioned a word regarding him ever since Mike Pope took him under his wing to train him. I think Robinson comes in when we're really desperate because from what I recall this kid is extremely raw.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Colorado Springs police are investigating a robbery at the King Soopers on the 6000 block of Stetson Hills Boulevard.
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How long can a typical car or truck last these days? We recently checked the used car classifieds at AutoTrader.com and uncovered a long list of creampuffs in all vehicle classes that were not only pushing the limits of longevity, but had enough left in the tank to be seeking new owners. These included a 1993 Honda Civic coupe with 355,720 miles, a 1994 Toyota Land Cruiser SUV with 332,357 miles, a Nissan 300ZX convertible with 330,000 miles and a Ford F-150 regular cab pickup that's clocked 290,000 miles. "Today's cars are built to last as long as 250,000 miles or more with simple routine care," says ASE-certified Master Automobile Technician and Chicago Tribune auto-service columnist Bob Weber. At that, some models are easier to keep running than others. An owner is more likely to hold onto a vehicle for an extended length of time if it doesn't suffer from chronic breakdowns and isn't overtly costly to maintain or repair. 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How do you keep the sport of figure skating alive in the eyes of young people?
When young people can see someone having fun and having the freedom to skate to music and accomplish all the different jumps and spins and having the confidence to get out there and perform in front of many people, I think that's got to be inspiring for a young kid that's interested in the sport.
Who is your mentor or role model and why?
I didn't have just one person who was my role model. I had images of ballet dancers. I had images of really powerful skaters. I had visions of skaters who made things look effortless. I had these combinations of people that made me have my own identity, my own style. I also wanted to skate really quietly. I didn't like to hear the edges. I wanted it to be quite—as if you were floating and you weren't interrupting the music. I think it looked more effortless that way.
What has been your biggest accomplishment as a skater?
I think the longevity of my career. I was only 19 when I won and now I'm 62, and I'm still involved in our sport. I've learned a lot of different things from the sport. I learned how to take care of my health. I learned how to keep myself physically fit. I also learned to be mentally strong to be able to get up with confidence and skate in front of people and go on television and cover figure skating for the past 28 years with ABC Sports. I learned a lot about myself, and confidence was the best thing. Anybody that takes up a sport learns about herself. Whether you win or lose, you always walk away learning something about yourself.
What does the gold medal you won at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France, mean to you? How did you do it?
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#11 Wed 08 Nov 06 9:50am
Re: Dave Barkers Christmas Kitchen...
Great stuff VENUS!
I like the sound of the apple and gingerbread trifle...and a nice idea, putting fresh mint inside the lamb...
Thanks mate
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#12 Wed 08 Nov 06 9:54am
young mum
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Re: Dave Barkers Christmas Kitchen...
Hi Dave great thread ive jotted down the ITALIAN SAUSAGE AND CHESTNUT STUFFING it sounds awesome
#13 Wed 08 Nov 06 10:05am
Re: Dave Barkers Christmas Kitchen...
I love parsnips, but unfortunatly my mrs doesn't like them at all... so I tend to roast them in seperate dishes, this has turned out to be a good thing because now I add different flavours to each veg...
goose fat
8-10 parsnips, split lengthways
sprig of fresh thyme (to be used as a brush)
salt and cracked black pepper
I dont peel the parsnips because I like the rustic nobbly skin look of the final dish, plus peeling them can be a right pain...
Instead I give them a bit of a scrub to remove traces of dirt etc...
Then split them lengthways, so that you have long pointy srtips of parsnip
add goose fat to a roasting dish and place in the oven to get really HOT. 200oc / gas 6.
place them in a pan of cold water and bring to the boil, let boil for 5 mins then drain thoroughly then season well and toss them (carefully) into the hot goose fat.
cook for 45 mins in total or until golden and crispy.
after 30 mins, remove from the oven and drizzle with the honey. Use the fresh thyme to brush the honey over the veg!
put back into the oven for the final 10-15 mins, this will allow the honey to become a sticky glaze!!!!
#14 Wed 08 Nov 06 10:23am
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Re: Dave Barkers Christmas Kitchen...
Oh those parsnips sound good!! Will definitely be giving them a try One of my favourites for Christmas is a recipe for Brussels Sprouts:
Serves 4
1lb baby sprouts, with the outer leaves removed (but NO cross cut in the base)
4oz flaked almonds
2oz butter
1 - 2 cloves crushed garlic
Cook the sprouts in boiling water until just tender (5 - 6 mins). Whilst they're cooking, melt the butter in a pan, add the garlic and flaked almonds and heat gently, but do not brown. The almonds will absorb some of the butter, and take on the flavour of the garlic. When your sprouts are cooked, toss in the butter, garlic and almond mixture and serve as soon as possible. This is also good if some finely chopped roasted red pepper is added.
#15 Wed 08 Nov 06 10:23am
Re: Dave Barkers Christmas Kitchen...
I have been ccoking roast potatoes for years.... over the years I have tried loads of things to make them a bit more interesting,
These days I have gone back to basics...with a little twist
enough potatoes to cover the bottom of a roasting tray in one layer.The potatoes need to be floury, I nearly always use maris piper these days as I have found them to be a really good potatoe for roasting.
1 tin of goose fat
8 nice juicy, fat garlic cloves
sprig of fresh rosemary,finely chopped
salt and pepper
Peel the potatoes (I use a speed peeler! gets the job done really fast, but do watch your thumbs!!! they hurt...)
Slice the potatos in half or quarters depending on size. make sure you cut them so that you get a large, flat base for the potatoe to sit on whilst it roasts, this gives you a great crispy base for the finished potato.
place into a large pan of cold, salted water and bring to the boil, boil for 5-8 mins.
add the whole tin of goose fat to a roasting tray and place in a HOT oven, 200oc / gas 6. dont be shy with the goose fat, its not health food... just at xmas eh!
drain the potatoes and let them steam dry... this will help the final potatoe to crisp up nicely!
season well with salt and black pepper and toss them (carefully) into the roasting tray. Baste with a little of the hot goose fat. throw in some unpeeled garlic cloves and sprinkle the rosemary over the top, place in the oven until golden brown and crispy as!
#16 Wed 08 Nov 06 10:29am
Re: Dave Barkers Christmas Kitchen...
Hi Oliviascotland
Sounds great! if you love brussels I have a brillaiant recipie that I know you will LOVE...
Will post it later... brussels with pancetta, and chestnuts topped with Pangrattato
#17 Wed 08 Nov 06 1:01pm
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- Member since Fri 15 Apr 05
Re: Dave Barkers Christmas Kitchen...
Dave, have you tried using maple syrup instead of honey on parsnips? It's excellent. For 'fake Christmas' at uni this year, I've decided to do something other than turkey (everyone will be having turkey on 'real Christmas', and no one wants it twice within a ten-day period). Shortlisted suggestions so far include beef Wellington, goose, ducks, venison or lamb... I'm rather partial to the beef suggestion, it'd take less time in the oven than say a goose. However, any ideas for accompaniments? I need to Christmas it up a little.
#18 Wed 08 Nov 06 1:33pm
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Re: Dave Barkers Christmas Kitchen...
Dave...excellent thread...back to basics is good!
Oh and I HEARD...congrats mate,you deserve it...hope you are having a blast there!
Anna...love your new avatar...
#19 Wed 08 Nov 06 3:01pm
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- From Switzerland
- Member since Fri 15 Apr 05
Re: Dave Barkers Christmas Kitchen...
Thanks... that was a good night! Home-made vanilla and chilli vodka.
Dave, I heard there was news but not what the news is... any clues?
#20 Wed 08 Nov 06 6:21pm
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- From North Carolina
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Re: Dave Barkers Christmas Kitchen...
Dave, Thanks for starting this thread. I loved last years Christmas and Thanksgiving threads.


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Cuz is Reaching New Horizons. Yes, The Dog Park.
Cruz has been reaching new plateau's every week. His recall is nearing 100% with collar on. His sit is around the same. By the way the sit command is coupled with a stay, meaning when he sits he's not to move until released. His place command is good and his wait command is also near 100%. He is doing so great and has made a 180 turn around. Even when we are not training just hanging out, his demeanor has changed so much. He's being much less bossy, trying to run everything.
So he has done so good in all phases, I thought why not hit the dog park? We just don't get enough dog on dog reaction training around home. Where better to go than the dog park to get some more training on our reactivity? We went Thursday and we were all alone and we worked on commands and stuff. He held his sit while I walked to the other side of the park, and did excellent.
We headed out Friday afternoon. We got there and it was busy. We just worked the outside of the park letting dogs come and go and working on our commands. He wanted in bad. I was reluctant. From what I was seeing, the owners were huddled in the center of the park and their dogs were running un-supervised along with little dogs that really were not suppose to be in the big dog side of the park. So we just hung out in the front and worked. People were looking up at me like there was something wrong with me and Cruz. "Why weren't we coming in?" I kind of chuckled to myself. These were regulars to the park. We just kept doing our thing and then called it a day. Cruz did pretty good.
Saturday came around and we went back but this time we worked outside a little and then we went in. I was satisfied with what I seen, owners actually watching their dogs. So we worked a little more then it was off leash time. Some of the same people were there as on Friday. Should have seen the looks on their faces when they seen me taking Cruz off the leash. They remembered me from Friday. I think they were concerned. Such a big dog and a GSD to boot equals trouble. At least that's the look they had. Understandable. First time Cruz has been off leash around other dogs since we started the E-collar. Amazing, the difference it has made. Not so over the top of every dog all the time. Acceptance of other dogs sniffing without getting all beside himself. We did a lot of work. Recalls, sits etc. He done really really good.
So we went back today. Different people different dogs. He was even better today. He came when called, sat when told to, and generally was the calm among the craziness that happens at dog parks. What a trooper. We walked the perimeter several times and it actually felt Cruz my wife and myself were a cohesive unit sticking together. It was nice. I think the true bonding is taking place finally. I'm very proud of Cruz. Total 180 from where we've been just a couple weeks ago. It's nice to walk into somewhere and not be the center of attention because of behaviors.
Don't get me wrong. There are gaps, but those gaps keep getting filled everyday and there is plenty of work to do. We're far from perfect, but the success so far is worth bragging on.
Great job, sounds like you guys are doing good work. Amazing what placing some serious rules down can do to a dog. Mine also became overall a much happier, less reactive, well behaved dog once we started working with the e collar.
Don't get discouraged if you guys hit a mild setback, it sounds like you've made enough progress to definitely be proud of and it will keep happening if you keep it up :)
Congratulations. I love hearing about success stories with reactive dogs. It gives me hope that I'll get there one day with my dog reactive bitch. It's a slow process but I can't wait to have walks like the ones you described.
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We had our final session tonight. We learned to "heel" and "this way" which is a precursor to off leash walking. It teaches them to stay within a certain distance. We went through all the commands and he passed with flying colors. Trainer gave him an "A" grade. Would have been an A+ but he came out of his sit without a release. He caught himself though and went back into his sit.
They offer group lessons and we may start going to those. It's additional money, but you're taught new commands and tricks. Still, it will keep us up to par with training and give Cruz some time around other dogs in a controlled environment.
All in all, It's been a total success.
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Re: st: Trouble with ml init and convergence
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Re: st: Trouble with ml init and convergence
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There are at least two other programs that will do ordered probit: oglm and gologit2, both available from SSC. I have no reason to expect they will succeed where others have failed, but you can try. Sometimes adding the -difficult- option to them will make the results converge. My guess is that the model is just too complicated or the data are being spread too thin, but I haven't looked at your other messages yet so I can't say. If you happen to have SPSS or PASW or whatever it is called these days, you might see if the PLUM routine can handle it.
At 08:11 PM 3/10/2010, Dana Chandler wrote:
Hi fellow statalisters -
I am working with an ordered probit that is having difficulty
converging. I don't have that much experience with maximum likelihood
estimators in Stata and think I'm probably missing something obvious.
I would greatly appreciate any help or insights that you guys have.
I wrote once before when the canned oprobit command wasn't converging
(http://www.stata.com/statalist/archive/2010-01/msg00631.html). Since
then, I have figured out how to program an ordered probit using ml lf
thanks to comments from helpful statalisters and Gould's Stata MLE
book. However, I still can't figure out how to get my function to
I'm estimating a model where I have a cross-section that includes the
population and the number of religious organizations within several
hundred towns. Each town has 0 to 5 organizations (top-coded) and I'd
like to estimate an ordered probit where the outcome is the number of
religious organizations and the predictors are population or some
transformation of the population variable.
In the simplest model, I estimate "oprobit outcome pop". This works
fine. However, for another specification, I want to allow population
to have a differing effect on the outcome variable depending on how
many organizations are already in the town. Hence, I create dummies
pop_w0-pop_w5 where I calculate DUMMY(outcome>=N)*pop. Next, I
estimate "oprobit outcome pop pop_w1 pop_w2 pop_w3 pop_w4 pop_w5".
This DOESN'T work which is why I start to use the oprobit that I
programmed with ml lf where hopefully I can set initial values to help
it converge. Unfortunately, I'm still having trouble with that.
I have attached a link to a stata dataset and example do file that
explain the methodology
(http://www.4shared.com/dir/33394700/3eb89ce2/statalist.html). I
haven't had any luck setting initial values and would greatly
appreciate anyone's suggestions.
Thanks everyone,
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Five parts today.
A first time and long overdue appearance in the photos for Natalie Zea who was at the Justified premiere with
Timothy Olyphant and Walton Goggins.
Alicia Witt was there too and looking fabulous, but I am biased when it comes to her.
I wonder what guys think of when they see the 99 on Paulina Gretzky's bikini line. Probably ruins the mood thinking about her dad and hockey and missing teeth.
Johnny Galecki seems a little clingy with his girlfriend. And pale.
Shakira shows off what she says is a big weight gain. Umm, I don't see it.
Teri hatcher might not get to work much but she does have time to work out.
Tom Felton actually had autograph people with photos at the airport. Are you that desperate for Harry Potter stuff?
Taylor Swift is wearing shorts, they are just very tiny.


text: For those using my paint method shown earlier in this thread GW's Flesh Wash is no longer made and hard to find. However, I've found a replacement in the form of Vallejo's Game Ink - #72093 Skin Wash. Dark streaks can be added in using #72094 Black. Both of these are in dropper bottles so they can be used economically by dropping onto the stock direct or the brush and then blended in. I'm trying it for the first time now and so far the results look good. Disadvantage? Smells a bit like disinfectant or some other medical product


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Google Play is coming to the enterprise! On Tuesday, Google announced that it's extending the Google Play Store to its Google Apps customers. Basically, this will allow enterprise customers to internally distribute apps to their employees. Users will have access to a private channel in the Google Play Store where they can download Android apps published by their administrator. SiliconANGLE Contributing Editor John Casaretto discussed how this would benefit businesses.
There are some restrictions that come with this in that an app cannot be published to both the public Google Play store and a private channel, nor can an existing app go into a private channel. Casaretto revealed a workaround on the first restriction, saying that administrators could create a private version of the app and publish it that way.
In other mobile news, Nokia has unveiled its smallest and cheapest Windows Phone 8 device yet: the Nokia Lumia 620. With just a 3.8″ screen and a $249 pricetag, Nokia seems to be focused on very bold colors and with their latest 620 device they are also adding some new casing colors. These are reminiscent of Nokia's old 6100 series phones with the interchangeable custom covers. Despite the Lumia 900 hardware being incompatible with Windows 8, Casaretto said there should be no concerns with the Lumia 620, as it's a full Windows 8 O/S phone. He said, "I think the phone will be pretty polished by the time it hits the market." Casaretto highlighted some of the phone's features, such as NFC, a fast five megapixel camera, and a front-facing camera for video calls.
Currently the Lumia 620 is scheduled for release in Asia, the Middle East and Africa, followed by Europe and Canada, but no U.S. dates are available yet. See the entire segment with Kristin Feledy and John Casaretto on the Morning NewsDesk Show.