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It's getting close to that time where I really have to start preparing for college. I think I'm going to get into mechanical engineering or electrical engineering.My first question is, how much science is involved? It's the one subject that I have consistently struggled with over the years. Stuff like chemistry, I've fared a little better in, but not too much. From what I understand mechanical engineering has a less amount of science involved, so that's something to be considered.My next one is what are some good colleges? According to my dad, it pretty much certain that I'll be going to a school in Ohio unless I get a pretty big scholarship (he's paying), which I doubt I will lol . If the situation is right, I might go somewhere in the Midwest. I don't care to be any farther away from home than that.I talked with my college coordinator yesterday and here's a summary of the colleges.What I can easily get into, no problem.-Cleveland State-University of Toledo-University of Kentucky-University of Evansville-University of Akron-University of Detroit MercyWhat I can get into as long as my grades stay the same.-University of Dayton-Marquette-Purdue University-University of PittsburghI have to get my grades up a hair to get into these-University of Cincinnati (can get in depending on my SAT score)-Ohio State-Illinois at Urbana-Rose-HulmanWhat I probably couldn't get into unless my grades suddenly jump-Notre Dame-MITShe said my projected SAT score is 25. Apparently that is above average, but could be better for getting into engineering.Basically I want to go to UC since I can stay at home, and it will be a lot cheaper because of that. I was looking on their mechanical engineering website and they recommend spending 50-60 hours a week studying in addition to going to school if I'm reading it right. Is that really as bad as it seems? Obviously they also don't recommend getting a job. Also, I don't plan on going long enough to get a masters. Would it be a waste of time/money if I went to "only" get a bachelor's degree? I realize I probably wouldn't have as high of a paying job, but I'm not really concerned about that. Really, I just don't want to be overwhelmed with college, especially since I have some easy paths if I would decide to not go.
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Engineering is all about applying math and calculus. I don't recall putting 50-60 hours a week into school, but I'm of well above average intellect (even by engineer standards) and I was a bit complacent (happy with a 3.5).Wait until you get a job to get a masters, a lot of employers pay for it. I'm getting my MSEE right now on company dime.Check out Kettering University, it has an unparalleled co-op program. KU has downsides though. There aren't many girls (at least no attractive ones), it's uber-expensive, and it's in Flint.
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Have you considered Michigan or Michigan State?My father went to Michigan for engineering, and it was a great gateway for employers, and is one of the premier public schools in the nation.And yes, this is coming from a person going to MSU.
UofM was my second choice.
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Isn't there a waiting list, to get into Michigan? I hear someone say they turn a lot of applicants away.
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I got my BS cpe at university of Alabama in Huntsville. They have an awesome ee one me degree program. Its also easy to get o job in the research park here. If you want to stay in the Midwest, I,d go to Dayton.
LUVFORDGT40:Isn't there a waiting list, to get into Michigan? I hear someone say they turn a lot of applicants away.Yes there is. It's extremely hard to get into U of M today, even with great credentials.That's partially why I'm going to MSU lol.
Sweet, I graduated from MSU's engineering school with a BSME. And to be honest, it wasn't too difficult. The 50-60 hour a week studying thing is quite exaggerated in my opinion. There were a few classes where I aced just by studying right before the test, and then there were others where that method was no bueno. The first couple years are all about math and filler classes. The last two years were, well, more math, but more engineering-related, I guess. I had at least a couple part time jobs throughout college, but had many friends who purposely did not get jobs. And looking back on it, I should have taken the latter route. That way, more time can be spent doing extracurricular engineering stuff (Baja, formula, solar car team, etc.) In fact, I knew quite a few people who had awful GPAs, but because they spent so much time on the formula SAE team, they found jobs with automotive companies pretty easy through connections and experience. And definitely get an internship or co-op during the summers. I would say that's probably worth more than a totally high GPA (most companies I looked at just care if you have a 3.0 GPA or higher)And, also, I would say going to a Michigan engineering school would definitely help you better if you want to be part of the auto industry, but Ohio's pretty good in that regard too since it is also heavily involved the the automotive industry (which is actually where I am now). And since you say cost is important, staying in Ohio is probably your best bet.
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State is also a party school. I know of a fellow cigar guy who went there, partied all the time.
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I was making $27 an hour as a senior in college at my co-op, beat that.KU is a tough school, a public college is going to be easier. We covered the same material as Michigan or OSU students, but we had to do it in 10 weeks vs. 15 for the public colleges. At KU, 20 credit hours a term was the norm. We had good professors and good lab equipment too.
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I would pick a school that challenges you but does not over extend you. If you go where it is too lax than you arent getting what you pay for, but if you go to high above what you think you can do then you arent going to learn that way either. I picked just a state university to do my generals and some basic engineering courses then I am transfering to a university with a better program. (WSU to UofU)
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Great question I was honestly going to ask the same question. I want to a.so major in mechanical engineering, however I have been told by many people to get both my masters in Mechanical Engineering/thermal dynamics and on top of that get an MBA.
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Quantum cryptography is one of the coolest technologies you may never use, but now it's a little more practical.
German researchers have figured out a new, more efficient way to produce photons — the light particles that form the building blocks of quantum computing.
Sharing encryption keys the quantum way is exciting because it promises to be an incredibly secure way of doing encryption. In quantum cryptography, the encryption key is read by measuring the polarization of the photons being sent between computers. And according to Heisenberg's uncertainty principle, anyone listening in on the communications would have to start messing with that polarization. And that would be detectable.
Up until now, the photons used to exchange quantum keys have been built using external lasers. But this new laser-free technique would be cheaper to mass-produce, says Sven Höfling, a group leader with the applied physics department at Würzburg University. "We can make Quantum key distribution with electrically driven sources," he says. This is really compatible with standard semiconductor technology, meaning it could be, in principle, very cheap."
Using about $20,000 in lab equipment, they've tested their link, tested over a 40 cm connection in the laboratory, he says.
Their research was published Thursday in the New Journal of Physics.
The research is another baby step in a research field that cryptography expert Bruce Schneier once called "as awesome as it is pointless."
Schneier and others, believe that quantum cryptography as we understand it today isn't really practical.
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An Octopus
I was walking past this thing completely oblivious and was startled when it squirted water at me, so I stopped and filmed it for an incredibly long video clip (in which you can see it do the color camouflage thing a few times while it half-assedly looks for crabs to harass).
Although Australia is home to the world's most venomous octopus species (which according to wiki is even more dangerous to humans than I had realized), this is not one of those… not that I would try to pick it up to find out.
Smartass Magpie
I opened my door to see what all the fuss was, as it sounded like a whole bunch of different birds were gathering outside. What I found was just this lone magpie, who just kept chirruping and warbling away showing off quite a repertoire of calls, including a pretty good imitation of a barking dog.
Stabilised MSL Curiosity Descent
This is a version I stabilised using YouTube's online video editor. The original is here.
I also highly recommend this animation from JPL showing entire landing sequence and basic operations of the vehicle. It's great because there is no voice over, no infographics, no music, just mechanical sound effects.
Maybe I'm just hormonal …
… but watching this really makes me want to buy Thai life insurance.
And if that's not enough pathos for you, there's more where that came from:
Unlike most of the skeptical community I am not normally a huge fan of Mr Minchin, but this is a really catchy song.
Happy Weirdness
Since not everyone reads my sidebar and the juicy links therein, I felt this was good enough to merit a post.
I am pretty sure your mood will be improved if you watch this short video.
Is belief in Heaven idiotic?
Yes, I think it is.
Is it rude to call it idiotic when you're talking to a bunch of people who are professing this belief? Yes, I think it is.
But there is a difference between being rude and being wrong.
That's the problem with the believers' response in the above video; they are clearly appalled and offended to be called idiots by the rather unapologetic atheist Kate Smurthwaite, but then they immediately set about defending their belief using utterly idiotic rationale. So basically they come off as indignant idiots defending their idiocy.
This is not how someone with access to a divine truth should ever need to sound. But listen to a believer lecture you about the strange and specific details of their faith and you realize where PZ Myers got the idea for the Courtier's Reply.
Here are just a few of the common idiotic ways that religious beliefs are often defended.
- You believe in other things you can't see, why can't you believe in God?
- There's no difference between your faith in science and my faith in God.
- If I'm wrong I die and nothing happens. If you're wrong you die and spend eternity in Hell!
- You can't prove it's not true, so how dare you criticise?
- If you would just take our course/read our book you would soon see we are right!
- God can only show Himself to those who are willing to believe in Him.
- The chances of everything happening by chance are so small, therefore there must be a God.
- Faith gives us a spiritual richness that is so lacking in the lives of poor sad atheists. We feel sorry for you!
- The vast majority of people believe in some kind of afterlife, so you should too!
Also, to clarify something: A belief in heaven, even if it is idiotic, does not automatically mean the believer is an idiot. It's perfectly possible for an otherwise highly intelligent person to choose to believe something ridiculous; Isaac Newton, one of the cleverest people who ever lived, was also a devout Christian.
Here are some idiotic things I have believed at various points in my life, which thankfully I came to realize were idiotic mostly by the time I reached adulthood:
- That humans can, on rare occasions, spontaneously combust.
- That Ayn Rand had some really good ideas about the individual vs society.
- That there is some kind of afterlife which somehow balances out all the bad crap that happens in life.
- That there is such a thing as ESP.
- That there is such a thing as telekinesis.
- That there are morphogenetic fields connecting all living things in a way that is beyond the scope of regular physics and biology.
Of course I grew up in a safe environment where there was no danger or risk in letting go of these various silly ideas. I might have held on to some very strange beliefs were it otherwise. But whether or not something is easy or hard has no bearing on whether it is right or wrong. Plenty of religious people have sacrificed and even died for their beliefs, and while I can admire their courage, it adds nothing to the credibility of their faith.
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We are examing biosynthetic utilization of molecular oxygen as well as its production from water. Remarkably, tyrosyl radicals mediate both processes. Ultimately, we aim to understand how metalloproteins mediate selective catalytic amino acid radical formation by "long-range"/outer-sphere proton-coupled electron transfer. One subject is cyclooxygenase-2 (below right), which structurally resembles myeloperoxidase (below left), a mammalian hemoprotein of the immune response.
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- This summer, at the movies…
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Enjoy the pool one last time for just $180th year will be its last, as leaders prepare for new facility
Enjoy the final days of summer at the old Ephrata Community Pool where everyone pays $1 admission through the Labor Day weekend (Sept. 2 through Sept. 5). Help us celebrate the final days of the season and the final days of the pool as we know it before the new renovation.
As the Ephrata Community Pool closes its gates on Labor Day, it will complete its 80th year of operation, making it the oldest continuously operated swimming pool in Lancaster County.
Milton H. Heinicke in his book "History of Ephrata" described the land on which the pool is located as formerly owned by Samuel W. Hess. Hess had a nursery and tree farm on the property and the meadow along the Cocalico Creek hosted a local swimming hole known as the "101." This three and one-half acre tract was later purchased by Hess's son, Menno W. Hess.
Around 1930, Menno W. Hess, Kreider Kurtz, John Kurtz and some of the Gerharts, according to Heinicke, formed the Ephrata Swimming Pool Association. At that time Menno W. Hess deeded the property to the Ephrata Swimming Pool Inc. for $3,000.
It was during the spring of 1931 that the main pool (as it is currently known) was built. There was a grand opening of the pool on Aug. 1, 1931. According to an advertisement on file at the Rec Center it was billed as "The modern version of the ole' swimming hole, with filtered water." Activities that day were a water carnival, swimming contests, exhibitions and a concert.
It was during the mid '30s that the American Legion Post No. 429 purchased controlling stock in the Ephrata Park Association and eventually acquired the swimming pool. For the next 25 years the Legion owned the pool, which had a large wooden bath house, a basket system for clothes and a snack bar. Over the years a large wooden gazebo was constructed along the pool for dances. Later in the Legion era there was a miniature golf course built in the area where the competition pool is now.
Then, in 1961, the Borough of Ephrata entered into agreement with the Legion and purchased the park and pool. Starting in 1962 the Borough operated the pool and built a large tent structure in the golf area for the first "teen center." In 1965 the Borough did the first renovations to the pool by constructing a new bath house (site of the old bath house), renovating the main pool with a modern filtration system, building the competition pool and building the wading pool.
In the 50 years of Borough management the filtration system on all the pools was renovated again in the 1982, gutters replaced in 1985 and the bath house renovated in 1997.
When the gates open in 2012 in its 81st year of operation, the Borough of Ephrata will be renovating the pools once again to include zero depth entry, infant and children interactive water features, poolside climbing walls, a six-lane 25 meter racing pool, water slides ranging from 7 to 17 feet, a renovated bathhouse and a new snack bar. All pools' entries will meet the American Disabilities Act and all the filtration systems will be state-of-the art.


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The Jews of India - Nissim Reuben
The Jewish community is composed of three distinct groups: The Bene Israel, the Cochin Jews and the Baghdadi Jews.
Jews have been coming to India for more than 2,000 years both to trade and escape persecution. These Jews are both fully Indian and fully Jewish. Some of their customs and religious observances emphasize ritual purity and take into account local customs while being faithful to halakha (Jewish ritual law). More than thirty synagogues and prayer halls have been documented in Mumbai (Bombay) and on the adjacent coast. The Pardesi Synagogue is the oldest active synagogue in the Commonwealth.
Jews have long participated in inter-religious exchanges in India. Even
today, non-Jewish Indians, including Muslims, come to worship at the tombs
of Jewish mystics in Delhi and Cochin as well as Khandala, where Elijah's
chariot is said to have alighted. Anti-Semitism was never a problem. In
the seventeenth century, the Maratha leader Shivaji specifically mentioned
the Jews when he wrote of the Mughal emperor Akbar's policy of "Perfect
Harmony in relation to all the various Sects". There is even a copper
plate from Quilon dated 849 where a local ruler charges the local Jews
to protect the Christians and their church!
There is a shrine on the site where the founders of the Bene Israel community were shipwrecked 2,000 years ago. They lived in villages where they were known as the "Shanwar Teli", oil pressers who did not work on Saturdays.
The community at its peak during India's independence in 1947 numbered at 25,000. After significant aliyot to Israel since 1948, the community today comprises of 6500 individuals. Although miniscule in numbers, our community has made significant contributions in many spheres of Indian society. Among them, the great Indian poet of English language, Nissim Ezekiel, International Zoologist Padmashri Reuben David (Dandekar), General J F R Jacob, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Indian Army (who led the Indian Army during the war or independence for Bangladesh in 1971), Padmashri Esther Solomon (leading national scholar in the ancient Indian language of Sanskrit), Dr. Hannan Ezekiel, Director (Retd), International Finance Corp., Washington, D.C., Benjamin Samuel Reuben (Kehimkar), who rose from humble beginnings to lead The Ahmedabad Electricity Co. Ltd., (India's leading private sector power company) as Executive Director, Isaac E Erulkar, Retd Dy Commissioner Of Police and many others.
The Bene Israel began to move to Bombay in the late 18th century and built their First Synagogue, Shaare Rahamim (Gates of Mercy) in 1796. The Bene Israel community peaked at 25,000 in 1948. Today, the majority of Indian Jews live in Israel and the community numbers 60,000. Indian Jews are loved and their talents appreciated are as much appreciated as they were in India. Many have come to occupy senior level positions in the Israeli Army, Government, Military and Defense Industries and in Education. A couple of years ago, the Chief of the Israeli Air Force was Herzl Budinger a native sabra, whose parents came from INDIA.
The history of The Jews of Malabar (Cochin Jews) dates back at least 2,000 years. The ruler Cheruman Perumal granted certain royal prerogatives to Joseph Rabban, the leader of the Jewish community, in Cranganore. It is believed that the Jews ruled there for hundreds of years. The famous Pardesi Synagogue was built in Cochin in 1568 but was only the third old synagogue built on that street! Jews were always able to worship openly and were favored by the Maharajas of Cochin. The number of Cochini Jews was approximately 5,000 in the 1940s.
The Baghdadi Jews came mostly from Iraq in the 1900s, and founded vibrant trading communities in Kolkatta and Bombay. The most prominent was David Sassoon, who established the Indian House Of Sassoon in 1832. The Sassoon's were known as the Rothschild's of the East. Baghdadi Jews in Kolkatta & Bombay numbers reached a peak of about 15,000 at the time of India's independence.
Malida Ceremony of the Bene Israel
The Malida is a ceremonial offering in the name of God, accompanied by an invocation for the presence and blessings of the Prophet Elijah. This ceremony is also known as the Eliyahoo Ha-Navi ceremony.
According to tradition, the prophet resuscitated the comatose ancestors of the Bene Israel community who had been washed up on shore after a shipwreck.
The ceremony includes recitation of specific Hebrew verses. The offering usually consists of a mixture of parched rice, grated fresh coconuts, raisins, cardamom, sugar, and five different kinds of fresh fruits. The ceremony is performed before weddings, following circumcisions, at House Warmings, in times of illness and crises, and whenever there is reason to express deep gratitude.


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Dec 31, 2012 at 10:40 am #1297529
It may just be my sense of smell but my Bleuet solid fuel tablets seem to emit a "fishy" odor even while the individual blister packs remain unopened.
Does anyone else here notice this "problem"?
Does it indeed smell like fish to everyone else or is it just me?
Does it happen with the Esbit and Coghlan's tablets also?
My concerns are…
* controlling the odor so that it doesn't permeate through the rest of my gear.
* controlling the odor so that if it does indeed emit a fishy smell I'm not attracting bears.
* did I mention I'd like to control the odor? ;-)
Party On,
NewtonDec 31, 2012 at 11:04 am #1939614
Raymond EstrellaMember
@rayestrellaLocale: Northern Minnesota
Is is the fuel itself. Esbit is the same way.Dec 31, 2012 at 11:12 am #1939617
So do you use anything to control the odor?
Do you use OPsak, Ziploc or a container of some kind with a screw on lid?
Party On,
NewtonDec 31, 2012 at 11:48 am #1939626
Gary DunckelBPL Member
@zia-grill-guyLocale: Boulder
When I buy a new box of Esbit tabs, I remove them from their bubble wrap and I repackage them into 4-packs with a vacuum sealer for (assumed) increased shelf life. Then when I take them hiking, I put the required number of those 4-packs into a pint size Ziplock freezer bag, along with my stove, and a small binder clip to close up the opened pack. Sometimes I'll remember to also include a snack baggie to hold the opened packet, as another layer of odor control. Seems to minimize fishy smells, as the squirrels don't seem to hang around the zip bag much (I'm wondering if they already know that it's some kind of poison, just by the smell…).Dec 31, 2012 at 11:59 am #1939629
Did the fishy smell ever attract any "nosey" bears?
Party On,
NewtonDec 31, 2012 at 12:09 pm #1939631
USA Duane HallBPL Member
@hikerduaneLocale: Extreme northern Sierra Nevada
One of the negatives of that type fuel. Enjoy.:)
DuaneDec 31, 2012 at 12:26 pm #1939644
Bob GrossMember
@b-g-2-2Locale: Silicon Valley
Yes, all of the Esbit-type fuels have a fishy odor, but to different degrees. I leave the cubes in the original foil package, and that is left in the original cardboard box. No special odor protection.
Bears have sniffed at it, but they seem to know that it is not food.
Many years ago we used to put mothballs into the top of our food sack hung in the tree. The theory was that the mothball odor would overcome the food odor, so the bears would never go after the food. However, the bears did not understand the theory.
Bears managed to find a food bag with mothballs, so they ate the food and associated the mothball odor with food. Then the next time that they came around, they smelled the mothballs and that led them right to the food.
Another theory shot down.
Black bears are curious, and that suggests some level of intelligence. They have a good memory when it comes to food and the route to get from one food source to another.
–B.G.–Dec 31, 2012 at 12:49 pm #1939656
Gary DunckelBPL Member
@zia-grill-guyLocale: Boulder
Naw, Newton. Heck, I've never seen a bear here in Colorado, not even their scat (except in my back yard–they like my apple trees in Sepember, and my lack of fences)). I only use Esbit for quick 24-hour outings, to minimize weight. When I hit the Winds, YNP, or GNP, I use a canister stove and do MH FD meals, to minimize any smells. BG would be your dependable bear source here, as his turf is bear alley.Dec 31, 2012 at 1:03 pm #1939664
Bob BankheadBPL Member
@wandering_bobLocale: Oregon, USA
I carry my Esbit tablets in their original foil-covered plastic bubble packs, which I place inside an OP sack carried on the outside of my pack. Works every time.
If I ship tablets to myself along the trail, they are always in an OP sack, even if the package is labelled ORM-D.Dec 31, 2012 at 1:11 pm #1939666
Bob GrossMember
@b-g-2-2Locale: Silicon Valley
Besides, in Louisiana, you have a few black bears, but you have more of the dreaded swamp rabbits. Vicious critters! They sneak out of the swamp and attack backpackers carrying Esbit fuel. They just love the fishy smell. They confuse the word "Bleuet" with "beignet."
–B.G.–Dec 31, 2012 at 3:15 pm #1939694
Hi Bob,
I don't worry about bears in LA. But my section hikes of the AT are taking me deep into VA next year where I plan to try out my solid fuel system.
Swamp rabbits are like pets to me. It's those yellow bellied CA marmots that frighten me. LOL
Party On,
NewtonDec 31, 2012 at 3:40 pm #1939696
USA Duane HallBPL Member
@hikerduaneLocale: Extreme northern Sierra Nevada
Marmots? That's where a bota bag shaped like a radiator hose, full of anti-freeze comes into play. Throw it to the marmots and run then.:)
DuaneDec 31, 2012 at 5:16 pm #1939725
Eric BlumensaadtBPL Member
@danepackerLocale: Mojave Desert
I wrap my Eabit and FireLite tabs in heavy aluminum foil and tape it shut with duct tape. Slowly untape an end to preserve the foil to get them out and then retape.
This actually works. "Crude but effective."Dec 31, 2012 at 5:44 pm #1939735
Dan YeruskiBPL Member
@zelphLocale: www.bplite.com
John, yes it happens with esbit tablets also.Dec 31, 2012 at 6:54 pm #1939751
michael leviMember
@m-lLocale: W-Never Eat Soggy (W)affles
I can get over the smell of esbit fuels, it smells but it doesn't smell that bad. I like the ease of use and weight.Jan 1, 2013 at 8:00 am #1939829
Erik BasilBPL Member
@ebasilLocale: Atzlan
I don't know if the mil-spec "Hexamine" version of Esbit-type fuel is less energy-dense or not, but I bought a LOT of it many years ago and have used it from time to time, primarily as a very successful emergency fuel. It comes in cardboard tube with the round tablets stacked like Life-Savers candies. It has virtually no odor and I can confirm that a set of tablets that had been in my pack for 30 years burned "just fine" and boiled water like they were supposed to.
My buddy's branded Esbit fuel seemed to cook in about the same time, did have more odor and sooted his pot more than mine did mine.Jan 1, 2013 at 9:27 am #1939871
John S.BPL Member
Esbit and Bleuet brand solid fuel are both hexamine (methenamine).
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Salsa Roja: Red Salsa
Heat a griddle or heavy skillet over medium high heat until hot but not smoking, about 5 minutes. Add chiles and tomatoes to skillet and roast turning often until well charred all over, about 3-4 minutes for the chiles and 10-12 minutes for the tomatoes. Transfer chiles and tomatoes to a plate and set aside. Grind the garlic and 1/2 tsp salt together in a molcajete to a paste. Cut tomatoes into eighths and add to molcajete in 3 batches, grinding to a coarse pulpy consistency after each addition. Add 1/2 cup of water and season to taste with salt. Stir to combine.
Makes about 1 1/2 cups
Salsa Verde : Green Salsa
Preheat your broiler. Broil tomatillos, onions and chiles in a roasting pan until lightly charred all over, about 10-15 minutes. Place in a blender or food processor and puree until smooth. Season to taste with salt. Serve at room temperature or chilled with tortilla chips.
Makes about 2 Cups
Basic Red Chile Sauce
Place chiles and 5 cups of water into a medium pot. Partially cover the pot and bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce the heat to medium high and let simmer until chiles are soft, about 30 minutes. Heat oil in a small cast iron or other heavy skillet over medium low heat. Add garlic and cook turning the cloves occasionally until soft and golden brown all over, about 15 minutes. Transfer chiles with a slotted spoon to a clean surface and throw away all but 1 cup of the cooking liquid. Pull off and throw away the chile stems and place the chiles into a blender. Add the saved cooking liquid and puree until smooth. Transfer sauce to a bowl. Add the oregano to the bowl crushing it gently between your finger. Season to taste with salt and stir to combine. Sauce will last for about 2 weeks if covered and refrigerated. Can be used as a topping for just about anything but eggs, enchiladas and tamales go very well with it.
Makes about 1 3/4 cups
Salsa Negra - Black Salsa
Rinse the chiles. Heat the oil in a cast iron skillet over medium heat. Add the chiles and the garlic and cook (remember to stir) until the chiles are puffed and the garlic is browned, about 5 minutes. Transfer chiles to a bowl ad set garlic aside for now. Soak chiles in hot water until soft, about 15 minutes and then drain. Remove the stems, veins, and seeds. Puree chiles, garlic and 2 cups of water in a food processor or blender. Heat the remaining oil in the same skillet over medium heat. Add chile puree and cook stirring with a wooden spoon until mixture begins to stick to skillet, about 10 minutes. Season to taste with salt.
Salsa Verde Picante : Spicy Green Salsa
Remove and throw away stems and seeds from chiles. Place in blender adding cilantro, garlic, onions, oil and 2 tbsp very hot water. Puree until smooth adding more hot water to thin mixture if you want.
Yellow Hot Relish
Place chiles, onions, garlic, oregano and salt into a medium bowl and mix well. Place relish into a clean 24 ounce ceramic or glass jar. Add vinegar to cover relish. Cover jar and refrigerate for at least 2 weeks before serving. Serve with fried pork chops. Refrigerated it can be kept for up to 6 weeks.
Place the onions, half the jalapeno and half the cilantro into a food processor and season with about 1/2 tsp of salt. Crush or pulse into a smooth paste and transfer to a serving bowl. Cut the avocado in half lengthwise and remove and throw away pit. Scoop the avocado pulp out with a spoon and throw away outer skin of avocado. Add onion to mixture and mix well with a wooden spoon. Stir in remaining onions, jalapeno, and cilantro and then gently mix in the tomatoes. Adjust seasonings with salt and serve immediately with tortilla chips.
Makes about 1 1/2 cups
Mayonesa de Chipotle : Chipotle Mayonnaise
Mix mayonnaise, salsa negra, garlic and lime juice together in a bowl. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes. Use as a dip for shrimp, lobster, or crab claws. Can be stored covered in the refrigerator for up to one week.
Chili Butter
Put chiles into a small pot and cover with cold water bringing to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat to medium and simmer for 5-10 minutes. Remove pot from heat and set aside to allow chiles to soak until completely soft, about 10-15 minutes. Lightly crush cumin seeds with a mortar and pestle and transfer to a small bowl and set aside. Drain chiles and remove and throw away stems. Crush the chiles and garlic with the mortar and pestle to a coarse paste and set aside. Whisk softened butter in a medium bowl until light and fluffy. Add crushed cumin seeds, chile-garlic paste and salt to taste. Mix well with a wooden spoon. Refrigerate the butter in a covered bowl or roll into logs wrapped in plastic wrap and freeze for up to 3 months.
Makes about 1/2 lb of butter.
Adobo Para Cochinito (marinade)
Rinse chiles. Heat a skillet over medium high heat and add chiles. Cook, turning often, until fragrant, about 40 seconds. Transfer chiles to a bowl and cover with hot water. Let soak until soft, about 25 minutes. In the same skillet, toast avocado leaves, turning once, for 30 seconds. Crumble and set aside. Drain chiles and remove and throw away stems and seeds. Put chiles in blender and add avocado leaves, vinegar, cinnamon, oregano, thyme, bay leaves, and pepper to taste. Puree until smooth. Use as a marinade for meats.
Makes about 2 cups
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"A Good Man Is Hard to Find" is one of O'Connor's most frequently anthologized short stories, and it makes an excellent illustration of her ability to combine grotesque humor with serious thematic material.
The story opens as a family prepares to go on vacation in Florida. The story focuses immediately on the grandmother, who wants to visit relatives in east Tennessee and who uses the escape of the Misfit, a murderer, from prison to try to persuade her son, Bailey, to change his mind. He refuses. The two grandchildren, John Wesley and June Star, are quickly characterized as smart alecks who nevertheless understand their grandmother and her motives very well. When the family sets out, the grandmother is resigned to making the best of things. She is first to get into the car and has even, secretly, brought along her cat. As she rides along, her conversation is conventional, self-centered, and shallow.
When the family stops for lunch at a barbeque stand, their conversation again turns to the Misfit, and the adults agree that people are simply not as nice as they used to be. Later, back in the car, the grandmother persuades Bailey to take a road which she imagines (wrongly, as it turns out) will lead by an old mansion. Suddenly the cat escapes its basket and jumps on Bailey's neck, and the car runs into the ditch. As the family assesses its injuries, a man who is obviously the Misfit drives up with his armed henchmen. The grandmother immediately feels that she recognizes him as someone she has known all of her life, and she tells him that she knows who he is.
Methodically, the henchmen lead first Bailey and then the mother and children off to be shot in the woods while the Misfit begins to talk about himself and his life of crime. He blames his career on Jesus, who, he says, threw everything "off balance" by raising the dead. Because the Misfit cannot be sure that the miracle really occurred, he cannot know how to think about it. If Jesus really raised the dead, the Misfit says, the only logical response would be to drop everything and follow him. If he did not, then life is meaningless and only crime makes sense: "No pleasure but in meanness."
The grandmother is terrified; she knows that she, too, will be shot. Yet she knows something more, and suddenly she stops her empty prayers and meaningless assertions that the Misfit is a "good man," to utter perhaps the truest words of her life in telling him that he is one of her own children. At that, the Misfit shoots her, but he says that she would have been a good woman if someone had been there to shoot her every minute of her life. O'Connor intends the reader to take the Misfit's comments seriously (he is the most serious-minded character in the story, after all) and notice that the grandmother, in her moment of receiving grace, has recognized that she and the Misfit (and presumably all the rest of humanity) are related as children of God. She is left in death smiling up at God's sky.
"A Good Man Is Hard to Find," the title story of Flannery O'Connor's first collection of short stories, is one of her most anthologized stories. As in most of her stories, the theme of identity in this story involves O'Connor's Christian conviction about the role of sin, particularly the sin of pride, in distorting one's true identity. The focal character in the story, who is identified only as the grandmother, convinces herself and, she thinks, her family, that she is a good judge of human nature.
In fact, she assumes that she is the best judge on any matter. The story opens with her son, Bailey, planning a family vacation to Florida. The grandmother opposes the idea, because an escaped killer known in the papers as the Misfit is supposedly headed toward Florida. She has very clear ideas of the flaws in character and the influence of class that go to making a criminal such as the Misfit. The grandmother's false sense of self-importance, which she sees as separating herself from vulgarity, which is represented by the Misfit, is a motif typical of O'Connor's fiction, and the plot hinges on the revelation of the falseness of the grandmother's self-image.
From the beginning, O'Connor is careful to distance the narration from the grandmother's delusions, with judicious use of irony. After describing the physical details of the grandmother's extravagant traveling clothes, the narration offers a reflection that is apparently intended to represent the grandmother's thoughts: "In case of an accident, anyone seeing her dead on the highway would know at once that she was a lady." Being "a lady" is an important part of the grandmother's self-identity, yet it is defined externally, by clothing, and seems dependent on other people's opinions. A further irony is that the grandmother is reflecting on her appearance and class in death, a time when neither matters much. The same irony reappears a few pages later when the grandmother tells her grandchildren, John Wesley and June Star, that she would have done well to marry a certain Mr. Teagarden because he was "a gentleman" and had died a very wealthy man. Again the insistence on wealth and status appears in the context of death, which renders them meaningless.
The grandmother's own death at the end of the story provides the final irony. After lamenting with a restaurant owner on the decline of gentility—the scarcity of "good men" suggested by the title—the family encounters the only character in the story with the sort of manners and external refinement that the grandmother values, and he turns out to be the Misfit. She can tell by looking at him, the grandmother tells the Misfit, that he has no "common blood" in him, and the Misfit agrees. Then he and his henchmen shoot the entire family dead.
This grotesque tale of sudden violence in the rural South opens quietly, with a family planning a vacation. The husband, Bailey, his wife, and their children, John Wesley and June Star, all want to go to Florida. The grandmother, Bailey's mother, however, wants to go to east Tennessee, where she has relatives, and she determinedly attempts to persuade them to go there instead. Unable to convince them that the trip to Tennessee will be novel and broadening for the children, the grandmother offers as a final argument a newspaper article that states that a psychopathic killer who calls himself The Misfit is heading toward Florida.
Ignoring the grandmother's wishes and warnings, the family sets out the next morning for Florida. The grandmother settles herself in the car ahead of the others so that her son will not know that she has brought along her cat, Pitty Sing, hidden in a basket under her seat. As the trip proceeds, she chatters away, pointing out interesting details of scenery, admonishing her son not to drive too fast, telling stories to the children. Throughout the drive, the children squabble, the baby cries, the father grows irritable. In short, the trip is both awful and ordinary, filled with the trivia, boredom, and petty rancors of daily life, from which the family cannot escape, even on vacation.
At lunchtime, they stop at Red Sammy's, a barbecue eatery, where the grandmother laments that "people are certainly not nice like they used to be," and Red Sammy agrees: "A good man is hard to find." In this conversation, the grandmother, narrow-minded and opinionated, repeatedly assures herself that she is a lady, a good Christian, and a good judge of character: She maintains that Red Sammy, a bossy loudmouth, is a "good man" and that Europe "was entirely to blame for the way things were now."
After they leave the roadhouse, the grandmother manipulates her son into making a detour to see an old plantation she once visited as a girl. Suddenly, she remembers that the plantation is not in Georgia but in Tennessee. She is so upset at this realization that she jumps up and upsets her valise, whereupon the cat jumps out onto her son's shoulder, her son loses control of the car, the car overturns, and they all land in a ditch.
As they emerge, an old, "hearse-like" automobile comes over the hill and stops for them. Three men step out, one of whom the grandmother instantly identifies as The Misfit. The grandmother, realizing that he intends to kill them, tries to talk him out of it by appealing to his chivalry, urging him not to shoot a lady. Then she tries flattery, asserting that she can tell that he is a "good man." She tries to tempt him by suggesting that he stop being an outlaw and settle down to a comfortable life. She urges him to pray to Jesus for help and forgiveness. Finally she tries to bribe him with money. All these tactics fail. As she talks with him, he has his henchmen take the other members of the family to the woods and shoot them.
Although The Misfit rejects all the grandmother's arguments, he listens to them closely; he pays particular attention when the grandmother refers to Jesus. Indeed, The Misfit declares, "Jesus was the only One that ever raised the dead. . . . He thrown everything off balance. If He did what He said, then it's nothing for you to do but throw away everything and follow him." In his intense pride, however, The Misfit maintains that he is unable to believe without having been a witness; therefore, "it's nothing for you to do but enjoy the few minutes you got left the best way you can—by killing somebody or burning down his house or doing some other meanness to him. No pleasure but meanness."
When the grandmother is at last alone with The Misfit, she abandons all of her tactics. Her head clears for an instant, in which she sees the murderer as thin, frail, and pathetic. Declaring "Why you're one of my babies. You're one of my own children!" she reaches out and touches him. He recoils in revulsion and shoots her. Having been witness to the grandmother's moment of grace, The Misfit admits that "meanness" has lost its kick: "It's no real pleasure in life."


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The long catch helped Greenberry pass the 100-yard receiving mark for the fifth time this season. Kloss extended his streak to 13 straight field goals with a 49-yarder that cut USF's deficit to 28-16 with 5:02 remaining in the third quarter. Houston was forced to punt on its next drive and USF crept even closer to the Cougars thanks to a 2-yard touchdown pass from White to McFarland with 11:50 to play. The 14-play drive featured White's 29-yarder to Davis, who passed the 100-yard receiving mark for the first time this season and the second time in his career. A fumbled punt recovery by Fidel Montgomery (Marianna, Fla.) put the Bulls at the Houston 27 with 5:42 remaining but mistakes prevented USF from going ahead. An offensive pass interference call negated a 27-yard touchdown catch by Davis and the Bulls turned the ball over at the 50 after White fumbled on a sack. Houston put the game away with 5-yard touchdown run by Farrow with 1:40 remaining. 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There is a lot of talk about trust these days. It was a pivotal topic at the recent Cloud Identity Summit (CIS) and the Burton Group Catalyst Conference.
Verisign's Nico Popp, SafeNet's Doron Cohen, Bitkoo's Doron Grinsten, PayPal's Andrew Nash and Accenture's Mike Neuenschwander all took an angle on the topic at CIS.
And Burton put on an interop that highlighted the importance of trusted providers and trust frameworks, while the Open Identity Exchange announced at the conference it had formed the U.S. ICAM Trust Framework Working Group with the hope of extending its existing framework to Level-of-Assurance 2 and 3 statuses.
Now the discussion will continue on Thursday (8/12) when Federal Radio News broadcasts (listen here at 11am EST) a panel discussion examining the topic "Is Trust the Next Killer App?"
The panel includes John Henry Clippinger, founder and co-director of The Law Lab at Harvard University and author of "A Crowd of One: The Future of Individual Identity." Clippinger last month took Facebook to task for violating the trust of its users. Clippinger also helped found and support Project Higgins, which is designed to give people more control over their personal identity, profile and social networking data.
Also on the panel is Jeff Voas, a computer scientist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). He served as the IEEE Reliability Society President (2003-2005, 2009-2010), and serves as the IEEE Computer Society's Second VP (2010). Voas is IEEE Division VI's Director-Elect (2010).
The third panel member is Hilary Ward, who is head of managed identity services for Citi Global Transaction Services where she is responsible for creating a sustainable global identity business strategy. In 2008, Citi received from the Liberty Alliance (now Kantara) an IDDY Deployment Award for providing managed identity services that helped users utilize digital credentials and signature technologies in a comprehensive and legally binding way.
The Citi Managed Identity Services infrastructure spans the web (HTTP/ HTTPS), web services (SAML, WS-Security, SOAP), PKI (Certificate Authorities, X.509, PKCS#7), strong authentication technologies (HSM, KSM) records management and entitlement management (XACML), identity platforms (RDBMS, LDAP), document formats (PDF, XML) and development platforms (.NET, Java).
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You tell her you can't pay
You confess to Melissa that you cannot pay her what you owe. She appreciates your direct and upfront and is enjoying the party. She allows you to say goodbye to your guests as you now have the ending to the party.
Melissa pities you and stabs you in the kidneys.


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Today I came across this post and thought it was very interesting that as many as 80% of Americans are opposed to Predatory Horse Slaughter ……
Sound Off: Over 80% of Americans Oppose Predatory Horse Slaughter
Posted: March 19, 2013 by R.T. Fitch
This is YOUR Chance to be Heard!
You are frustrated, angry, hurt and confused as to why a small band of deviate horse haters can progress legislation and gain media attention in their attempt to kill, butcher, slaughter, torture and ultimately eat the very companion animal on who's back this country was founded; have you had enough?
The good folks at Wild Horse Freedom Federation and our Straight from the Horse's Heart blog most certainly have so we are supplying you with a means in which you can not only vent but have your point and opinion heard by those who write the laws in this great land.
If you visit here often you are aware that there are two bills pending on Capitol Hill to, once and for all, put an end to the unspeakable cruelty of horse slaughter, they are:
The Safeguard American Food Experts Act (HR 1094): To prohibit the sale or transport of equines and equine parts in interstate or foreign commerce for human consumption.
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And then I came across this post . Now what are the chances that the day I see that 80% of Americans are opposed to Horse Slaughter that I would find a post on Oklahoma having approved a Bill on Horse Slaughter?
Well it may have been a coincidence,but since I do not believe in coincidences I decided to create a post about it and possibly , hopefully make peoples sit up and read about it .
The Slaughter would be legal, but it would still be illegal to sell Horse meat in Oklahoma ,so who is this really for? To help put food on the table of people who cannot afford beef or chicken? I think not. As always it is to satisfy the greedy money grubbing businesses that have their hands in the politicians pockets. The ones that say jump and these Public Servants immediately ask how high.
It looks like the Politicians and Legislators are not listening to us. Perhaps we will have to speak louder for the deaf, dumb and blind for convenience Public Servants to hear what we have to say!
What do you think ???
Breaking News: Oklahoma Panel Approves Horse Slaughter Bill
Posted: March 18, 2013 by R.T. Fitch
Source: Newson6.com
"Under the bill, the sale of horse meat still would be illegal in Oklahoma…"
OKLAHOMA CITY -A state Senate committee has unanimously approved a bill that opens the way for a horse slaughtering facility in Oklahoma.
3/3/2013 Related Story: Debate Heats Up On Controversial Oklahoma Horse Slaughter Bill
The Senate Agriculture and Rural Development Committee on Monday voted 9-0 in favor of the bill by Bristow Republican Rep. Skye McNiel. It would end Oklahoma's 50-year ban on the slaughter of horses for human consumption.
Under the bill, the sale of horse meat still would be illegal in Oklahoma, but the export for sale in other countries would be allowed.
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Spray the water with cooking spray before adding and cooking the pasta to keep the noodles from sticking together.
- 8 ounces uncooked linguine
- 4 skinned and boned chicken breast halves, cut into 1-inch pieces
- 1 1/2 teaspoons pesto seasoning
- All Natural PAM Garlic Flavor Cooking and Seasoning Spray
- 1 small green bell pepper, cut into strips
- 1 small red bell pepper, cut into strips
- 1 small yellow bell pepper, cut into strips
- 1/2 sweet onion, chopped
- 1 (14 1/2-ounce) can chicken broth
- 3/4 cup white wine
- 3/4 cup (3 ounces) shredded Parmesan cheese
How to Make It
Cook linguine according to package directions; drain and set pasta aside.
Toss together chicken pieces and pesto seasoning.
Spray a large skillet with cooking spray; heat over medium-high heat. Cook chicken, stirring often, 10 minutes or until done. Remove chicken, and keep warm.
Spray skillet with cooking spray, and heat over medium-high heat. Add bell peppers and onion, and sauté 6 minutes or until tender.
Stir in broth and wine, and simmer, stirring occasionally, 10 to 15 minutes or until liquid is slightly reduced. Add chicken and pasta, and toss. Sprinkle with cheese, and toss. Serve immediately.


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(Rick Hickman / American Press)
Last Modified: Monday, December 24, 2012 11:05 AM
By Jim Gazzolo / American Press
'Twas the night before Christmas and many in the mall were scurrying around for the final gift of them all.
It might not be the start to any of your holiday traditions, but for more than a few of us, it is in that moment when the Christmas spirit finally hits us.
For some, the season to be jolly is when the stores are just about empty and the last and final discounts have been posted.
That is my holiday tradition.
Sure, I have had a list, checked it twice and, yes, shopping early would be nice. It would also be a pain.
Long lines, crowded parking lots, screaming kids.
And this is the most wonderful time of the year?
Don't get me wrong, there is no bah humbug in me. I love Christmas, from the Charlie Brown special to all those songs that lift one's spirit.
It's the shopping that gets me down.
So many gifts bought, wrapped and broken all within a month. So many people going into debt just for the sake of giving.
Yes, I give gifts, even get a few smiles from them. I just like waiting until the last minute to buy them.
That's the holiday shopping madness to me.
Maybe it's the fact that I don't like to shop at all, more often than not wandering over to watch the game on television in the department store when the Mrs. asks, "Do you think this would look good on me?"
Of course, there is no winning answer so the right play for me is to duck out of the line of fire.
Now the Mrs. loves the shopping, taking the daughters and roaming the stores for the right gift to the right person. Like many of her kind, she has found the sport in shopping, even proclaiming it a fun and successful event when nothing was purchased.
I call that a win-win for both of us.
My shopping takes up far less time.
When I like to go, those Christmas tunes on the store's speakers are replaced with the countdown to the doors closing and the end of a holiday buying spree.
There is joy in the game as I play beat the clock. As minutes turn to seconds and guards begin to turn those keys to the closed position, some may panic in their choices. I, however, find comfort in knowing that it's under pressure when winning decisions are made.
Those sweaters with reindeers on them look a lot better at closing time. And there is no better stocking stuffier than those five-packs of combs, even if you forgot and wrapped them for old, bald Uncle Joe.
But what I really like while shopping to beat the buzzer is seeing the utter panic on the faces of those rookie last-minuters.
They sweep their way through the aisles, frantically looking up and down for the one gift they forgot, or just can't find.
Each one of them have their own tale of how the time just got away from them. Too busy at work or waiting on a check.
There are a million stories in the near-naked mall; mine is simple. I just like waiting.
With a wife and three daughters, maybe I'm just used to drama. Or maybe I just like the rush of seeing the clock wind down and at the last second plucking the winning gift from somebody's else's cart just before the doors slam shut.
At my age it is the closest I will ever get to hitting the winning shot at the buzzer.
Yes, every year I start by saying it will be different this time, but it never is. I might pick up a small gift or two while standing in line to buy gas, but that's not really shopping.
For me, and from others I'll see on Dec. 24 at about 5 p.m., there is no Black Friday. To us, it's just another countdown to closing that makes our holiday season complete.
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Does my pet qualify for travel in the passenger cabin?
Your household pet, such as a dog or cat, may travel with you in the passenger cabin provided your pet is in a kennel small enough to fit under the seat. Only one pet per passenger is allowed in the cabin.
What are the fees associated with pet transport?
There is a $25 fee each way for this service. Service animals that assist customers with a disability are allowed in the passenger cabin at no extra charge.
What are the kennel requirements?
If your pet is traveling with you in the cabin, the dimensions of your pet's kennel must not exceed 15in x 14in x 10in, and the kennel must fit under the seat. Soft-sided kennels are allowed in the cabin. Your pet must be free to stand in an upright position and move about the kennel. The kennel is subject to inspection and approval by go! Each passenger is responsible for assuring that the kennel meets all government requirements for safe and humane transport.
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The engine is in the wrong place in all Subsrus. The error hasn't been corrected and I find it unlikely it ever will be corrected.
However it has been shown that AWD can compensate for this: see 037 (engine placement correct) vs Quattro A2 (engine placement wrong like Subaru's). The solution was to add power.
Most days the AWD system wastes fuel and natural resources, increases weight, and reduces reliability (if it were absent it could never fail). In snow, winter tires are more important.


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Panasonic has announced its latest digital camera, the Panasonic LUMIX DMC-GF3. This camera is the company's smallest and lightest digital interchangeable lens camera with built-in flash. The DMC-GF3 is based on the Micro Four Thirds standard of lenses. The GF3 digital camera comes with 3-inch touchscreen and it has the same 12.10 Mpix Live MOS 4/3 sensor as its predecessor but with a faster processor who provides 120Hz auto-focus.
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-GF3 features a full-High Definition 1080/60i video, it capable to capture full-resolution photos at up to 4 frames per second, this camera and also capable shooting 3D still photos, it comes with an extremely fast contrast-detect auto-focus system which can lock on a subject in approximately 0.1 to 0.18 second depend on the lens attached.
LUMIX DMC-GF3 digital camera other features includes 3D lens, face recognition, ISO speed 160 up to 6400, Intelligent Scene Selector, SDXC and SDHC.
The Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF3 will be available in black, white, red and brown bodies for a suggested retail prices of $699.99 with the 14mm lens kit system starting in July 2011, while the 14-42mm lens kit system will be sold for $599.99 starting in late August 2011.
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Writing has always been a passion of mine — from scribbling pretend news stories when I was a child to penning blog posts and bylines as a communications professional. As in sports or music, practice makes perfect.
But we're all human, so mistakes can certainly occur, especially in this digital age when it seems our keyboards are moving faster than the news cycles. The race to quickly publish is heated, but before distributing, writing needs thorough proofreading. After all, content is currency in public relations, and any grammar flops can disgrace circulated content almost faster than pushing it live.
The Associated Press Stylebook provides a right-hand guide for all writers and answers many questions about proper prose. Following are some common blunders in written content, with the AP Stylebook's rules to help keep them straight.
- Compound modifiers. A compound modifier is when two or more words that express a single concept precede a noun. Use a hyphen to link all the words in the compound, except the adverb very and all adverbs ending in –ly. The high-performing dashboard displays results instantaneously. The happy-go-lucky boy did what he wanted this afternoon. The first-of-its-kind technology creates easy-to-use solutions.
- En dashes vs. em dashes. An en dash, which is the length of an n and a little longer than a hyphen, denotes periods of time that might otherwise use to. January–March 2013; 9 a.m.-5 p.m. An em dash, which is the width of an m, replaces commas, semicolons or colons and represents abrupt changes in thoughts. The teacher — a really good instructor — designed an innovative lesson plan.
- Who vs. whom. Who is the pronoun used for references to human beings and animals with names, and it is generally the grammatical subject of sentences, clauses or phrases. Who is coming to the party? The man who received the tickets was my friend. Whom is used when someone is the object of a verb or preposition. With whom do you wish to speak? The girl to whom the car was given drove it to the store.
- More than vs. over. More than is preferred with numerals, while over is preferred with spatial relationships. He made more than $100 in sales. She jumped over the hole.
- That vs. which. Use that for essential clauses, important to the meaning of sentences, and without commas. I remember the day that I started working at InkHouse. Use which for non-essential clauses, and with commas. The company, which won previous awards, is developing a new product.
For more ways to keep writing polished, learn about grammatical staples, news writing musts and crisp writing ingredients.


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Beyonce and Jay-Z are ruffling political feathers in lieu of a recent fifth wedding anniversary trip to Cuba.
Travel to Cuba, a communist nation lying 90 miles south of Florida, is tightly restricted for American citizens under a long-standing trade embargo.
On Friday, two Republican congress members decided to investigate into the power couple's trip. The Independent reports:
…two Republican members of congress for Florida asked Adam Szubin, director of the Office of Foreign Assets Control, for "information regarding the type of license that Beyonce and Jay-Z received, for what purpose, and who approved such travel.
Many Cuban-Americans are deeply upset, viewing the trip as fuel for propaganda by the Castro regime for a more lenient take on American-Cuban relations.
A letter by Florida Reps. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Mario Diaz-Balart to the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control states:
Despite the clear prohibition against tourism in Cuba, numerous press reports described the couple's trip as tourism, and the Castro regime touted it as such in its propaganda.
Beyonce's representatives have no comment on their trip.
If further inquiries into the trip are pursued, and the US finds that Beyonce and Jay-Z had no basis for a trip to Cuba, they could be fined.
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Mut and Merloni listed to Adam Jones' comments regarding what should happen to fans that run onto the field during the game.
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And I think the punishment needs to be a lot harsher and they should let us have a shot to -- him. Put -- metal spikes on because it is stupid it is that's okay as stupid as. He looked like a Jack. You on the field and you know we don't go to any other events and we don't go to other sporting events and do that's their jobs but they come arms and do that. Are getting you drunk and you know you -- deals or sooner. Going to jail upon you might not be allowed to come back tomorrow or does that as heads up an army McCarthy is the one who broke his ankle involves more. I was glad that I'm open I wish he shatters beamer because. It's stupid is just plainly stupid and anybody who doesn't I was Acosta is deliver the I was there. -- fever I wish the cops pays a living. Belief out of him. I got to jones' bill aggressive buddies -- and I mean. I'm all for being at a game. But the many jump on that field. 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They they didn't even under a you don't realize what comets -- done. And instead went to the the issue on the field. You know what I mean yeah I do think that there's maybe they should be fine. I'll they get it -- and -- -- five and they get arrested are drug tank keep them and they get all that I just. -- is right let him get taste out there on the field. You're on the field turn the page you get two ways beaten the I. Let's get a break here we are Red Sox and yankees 61777979837. Is the phone number AT&T -- line. Is 3793. Several talk in Red Sox and yankees would view -- they play their first report tonight right here 93 point seven WEEI. I'll let them know how I felt that I see a lot of choice words because it's a thing I think is idiotic for people who run on the field. And I think the punishment needs to be a lot harsher and they should let us have a shot to Capcom put a metal spikes on because it is stupid it is that's -- as stupid as. He looked like a Jack. 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text: Just a quick update. The Hitachi Deskstar 7K750 with the Antec MX-1 works well with the WD EACS 1 TB. Everything is back to normality. Thanks again to RichsAdams and Greg_Burns who have been very helpful. I basically follow rich's guidance to the letter. @richsadams, I have travelled long and far, but I have never been to Oregon or Lake Oswego. I don't think I will ever get there. But it must be a wonderful place, if it has people like yourself. Competent, courteous, helpful and generous. Thanks again. @greg_burns, I have been to Delaware several times. I love the no sales tax, no income tax state law. But my kids are in CT so I will stay here. So all is well which ends well. Thanks again guys,