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GSA Networks Conference Focuses On Closing Growing Technology Gap
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June 22, 2010
Administrator Martha Johnson, addressing the annual Networks Services Conference, urged federal agencies to use GSA's Networx communications contract to close a growing technology gap and improve services to the public.
GSA holds the conference each year to improve the operational excellence, efficiency and effectiveness of government. The Networx telecommunications contract does that, she said, by providing new technologies at lower cost.
Johnson told customers and industry partners that GSA has seen progress, with 53 percent of agencies moving to Networx, but that more need to sign on.
GSA stands ready to help with the transition. The agency is providing free technical, contracting and planning assistance to its client agencies.
Johnson said GSA will use its expertise and relationships across all of government to drive improvements in sustainability, innovation, and operational excellence.


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Daniel S. Hamermesh and Biddle, Jeff E. (1994): Beauty and the Labor Market.
When push comes to shove," notes Biddle, the Obama administration will "vote for not losing a war.
When Biddle fell, Amos, with the instinct of the mariner, had rushed towards the unmanned helm.
Biddle laughed at Jackson's message of 1832 which denounced the Bank.
A moment after they got back, the aide, Mr. Biddle (I have his name to so many passes that I know it now), came to the door.
Biddle, cutlass in hand, jumped upon the nettings to lead the men.
The "Penguin" was to windward and bore down upon her, while Biddle hove his ship to and awaited her coming.
They mean to resume, and Mr. Biddle means that they shall not.
"Open this door, Green," shouted Biddle to one of the prisoners, whom he knew by name.
In early life Biddle was an apothecary and a clock- and watch-maker.
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The following code - from my book - is not working...
CREATE TABLE `orders`(
`id` INT UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
`user_id` INT UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
`transaction_id` VARCHAR(19) NOT NULL,
`payment_status` VARCHAR(15) NOT NULL,
`payment_amount` DECIMAL(6,2) UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
`payment_date_time` TIMESTAMP NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
KEY `user_id` (`user_id`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
phpMyAdmin says there is an error around "KEY"...
What is KEY??And any ideas why this query won't work?
KEY is simply a synonym for INDEX (you do understand indexes, right?), whereas what kalon linked to was some generic stuff about primary and foreign keys, which doesn't apply to the KEY you're using
the error i am referring to is the one you posted, it is caused by something on the line immediately above the KEY line
more specifically (thanks, kalon) it is near (id)
find that and you're almost there
the key in your error message is referring to a problem with
[KEY](http://databases.about.com/od/specificproducts/a/keys.htm) `user_id` (`user_id`)
kalon, what you linked to is not what the mysql KEY is all, um, about (pardon the weak pun)
in mysql, KEY simply means INDEX
the real error is in the line above the line with KEY
yep, wrong link
the error I got when I ran the script in SQLyog is
Query : CREATE TABLE orders( id INT UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, user_id INT UNSIGNED NOT NULL, transaction_id VARCHAR(1...Error Code : 1064You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '(id),KEY user_id (user_id)) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8' at line 8Execution Time : 00:00:00:000Transfer Time : 00:00:00:000Total Time : 00:00:00:000
Can you fill me in on what you are talking about?
What was KEY again?
And what error are you referring to?
Yes, I do.
whereas what kalon linked to was some generic stuff about primary and foreign keys, which doesn't apply to the KEY you're using
I thought maybe KEY was short for FOREIGN KEY?! (I believe that is how the author is using that field.)
more specifically it is near (id)
I forget what was wrong now?
I think I had "PRIMARY_KEY" instead of "PRIMARY KEY".
yep, that was it


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Automotive Technology
The Automotive Technology program is a competency-based program built on the standards specified by the National Automotive Technicians Education Foundation (NATEF). Students who successfully complete the Associate in Applied Science degree will have received training in all eight NATEF areas: Automatic Transmission/Transaxle, Brakes, Electrical/Electronics Systems, Engine Performance, Engine Repair, Heating and Air Conditioning, Manual Drive Train and Axles, and Suspension and Steering.
Certificate of Completion (Engine Specialist): 12 credits
AMT 20 Introduction to Automotive Technology 2
AMT 30 Engines 6
AMT 40E Electrical/Electronics 2


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Brotherhood Get Ready For College
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Event Details
For all African American Young Men starting college in the 2013-2014 school year...
- Learn vital skills, advice and tools to help you transition smoothly to college
- Meet peers from your college who can show you the ropes to success
- Collaborate with peers taking the journey with you to your college
- Exercise your voice to plan more events like this
- Come learn the ins and outs of financial aid!
- Bring your graduate's award letter
- We can help you develop a plan to finance your son's education
Have questions about Brotherhood Get Ready For College? Contact the organizer
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Well it's been a while since I wrote a tutorial, and I said that I would do one along these lines quite a while ago. This seems to be a subject that a huge amount of people have a problem with, going by the amount of questions concerning it on the forums and irc. This is not a L337 H4X0R tutorial, but is an important thing to know how to do none the less.
This has been explained many times to various degrees, yet there are many people still confused by it, so I have decided to do a video tutorial in the hopes that seeing how it works will make things clear enough for everyone to understand.
The subject I am talking about here is creating and installing a basic module.
This is not by any means intended to be an extensive guide to creating or installing modules, but rather a guide to the most simple module creation and it's installation. The intention is clear up some of the confusion out there, and to give you the basics so as you can then apply that to more complicated forms.
I am providing both an online link and a downloadable link, as I know that many of you like myself like to have a copy of video tutorials on your HDD so as you can view them anytime or anywhere you wish. I would also encourage you to download the video rather than view the online one, as the monthly bandwith available for online viewing is limited and that the quality is much better when viewed with something like VLC.
In the video I will be downloading Aircrack-ng 1.0 beta 2 r900, creating a module from it including Airolib and Sqlite support, installing the module in a running system a full install and adding it to a USB stick. This was performed in BT3b, but the process is exactly the same in BT2 except that you need to have Sqlite 3.4.0 or above installed first to have the Airolib support, a module for that can be downloaded here.
This module is not required for BT3b as it already has 3.4.2 installed as standard.
Video download. (preferred)
Online Video.
I hope you enjoy the video, and it helps you to understand the basics of the topics covered.


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hold ya can up n stand up
hold ya can up n stand up
Kool nice one.
Anyway... should be traveling through Europe in summer, anyone been traveling before?
yeah man i've been, where ya heading, what ya looking for?
sweet, im not to sure really, ive been told prague is a cool place, id like to get some painting done while im traveling, see some galleries.
Oh and if any one has plans of going to Amsterdam, ive been told there's a law reform and it will be illegal for tourists to smoke there as off September, im tryng to find out how true this is now.
What kinda of painting? because if your going to europe, and just doing walls It's kinda pointless... prague is dyno just get a interrail ticket, go where ever takes your fancy!
Anyone in the Glasgow scence been to scotland street recently?
I haven't painted panels, in england let alone europe, so id have no clue about yards and stuff like that. But im sure ill paint somewhere.
ah fair do's man, and Pandem aye was there a few weekends back..
Security still there man? Cause i was goanna jump up this weekend and do a piece or something cause i havent been for ages
no-ones ever there at all.. it's a run down warehouse..
Na man, at one point there was loads of shit going on and there was loadsa builders there n shit, and at that point there was security cause often and that painted the macheinery, well im guessing that was the reason
that's just worker's man, aint no shit.. they gave us buckets of paint one day so they didnt have to take them back.
You all need to stop argueing online and actually do shit...
New blog post che-che-che-checkkkk it outtt....
Part of the Plan - Anonymous Actions
aint no bitching man, friendly banter! yo monkey notice some of your picks are of yards and scoping ect.. You down in the steel scene?
i try to be as much as i can...but the scene is pretty dead in london these days....only a few things get painted here and there...well that i know of anyway!
youre scenes dead? i live in a shitty town, theres basically no scene
You live near glasgow, i take it, and the scene in glasgow is booming mate. Plenty going on..
not compared to 5 or so years ago. that was fuckin booming!
yeah that's true, there was alot more bombing back then where as today its more about piece's.. which is shit tbh! loved it when alot of the old crew's where still smash it regular...


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Project to save enough energy annually to power 400 homes.
SACRAMENTO, Calif.--Designed by Stantec in association with RNL, the Sacramento Municipal Utility District's East Campus Operations Center (SMUD EC-OC) has received a LEED® Platinum rating from the USGBC. Net zero energy is also being targeted, meaning it will generate as much energy as it consumes over the course of a year.
"The East Campus Operations Center is the latest tribute to our district's long-held commitment to sustainability," said Greg August, SMUD general services manager. "Our goal was for this project to serve as a model for similar facilities and this LEED rating is a wonderful complement to that mission."
Some sustainable highlights are:
• The 361,700 square-foot East Campus Operations Center includes offices, equipment repair shops, maintenance and warehouse buildings, storage space and parking for fleet vehicles and employees. Among key features supporting the high energy performance goals at SMUD's EC-OC are: Weather Wise weather-predicting technology to control the operations of the central utility plant. Equipment runs when weather conditions allow for highest efficiency.
• The administration building is a six-story cast-in-place concrete structure with a radiant heating and cooling system that provides comfortable temperatures. Concrete slabs in ceilings cool or heat using a network of embedded pipes carrying water.
• A geoexchange field that stores energy in the ground using water. During the summer, heat from the building's water loop is dumped into the ground; during the winter, heat is extracted from the earth to heat the building.
• The administrative building is armed with effective temperature control. North and south façades have windows to provide sufficient daylight, but enough shading to keep internal temperatures cool. East and west façades have no windows, minimizing heat gain into the building.
• A sizable underground cistern that stores water reclaimed from various areas of the SMUD campus, including 75,000 gallons annually from the administration building. No drinking water is used to irrigate on-site landscaping.
The combined techniques employed on the campus for low-energy heating, cooling, and lighting result in energy reductions of 36 percent less than ASHRAE 90.1 for the campus. The office building uses 60 percent less energy than a typical California office building. A 1.1-megawatt solar panel provides the source of annual energy.
In total the EC-OC offsets over 3.7 kilowatt-hours of electricity or enough electricity to power 413 homes.


text: As I told you yesterday, you have to take anything Tom Sizemore says with a little bit of disbelief because of his past and continued drug use. There was a huge report that got national headlines when Tom said that he once setup a Lincoln bedroom tryst between Bill Clinton and Tom's then ex-girlfriend Liz Hurley. Tom is heard on an audio recording telling the tale about how Clinton approached him at a screening for Black Hawk Down in the White House and pressured Tom into giving Clinton the phone number for Hurley and then had Hurley come to the White House for sex while Clinton was still in the White House. Yesterday Sizemore admitted he made the whole thing up and that the tape was made before he went to rehab. Sizemore says he has never been to the White House and never met any President. Apparently Sizemore also lied about when the tape was made though because it was made very recently and not years ago as he claimed. Hey, it's Sizemore's world and we are just living in it.


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Yet here was Osborne, who has led an incredibly rich and privileged lifestyle, talking dodgy donations with a Russian oligarch.
As Osborne spoke, Roubini sat and listened, intermittently nodding his head and crossing and uncrossing his arms across his chest.
When asked about some of his favorites from this season Osborne mentions "The Vault."
Asked about funding public libraries, Osborne put the onus of responsibility on local councils.
Coulson was then editor of News of the World, which ran a "spoiler" on the same day in which Osborne denied the allegations.
The library of Hearne was sold in February, 1736, by Osborne the book-seller; "the lowest price being marked in each book."
Nan came to the conclusion that Osborne meant to hold his peace.
Mr. Osborne glanced hastily round him, and then bent forward to me.
No doubt the man was the runaway that I was speaking of to Mr. Osborne.
"The bolt of the scuttle is broken, just as Osborne said," he reported.


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Intra-abdominal abscessAbscess - intra-abdominal
An intra-abdominal abscess is a pocket of infected fluid and pus located inside the belly (abdominal cavity). There may be more than one abscess.
An intra-abdominal abscess can be caused by a ruptured appendix, ruptured intestinal diverticulum, inflammatory bowel disease, parasite infection in the intestines (Entamoeba histolytica), or other condition.
Risk factors include a history of appendicitis, diverticulitis, perforated ulcer disease, or any surgery that may have infected the abdominal cavity.
Depending on the location, symptoms may include:
- Abdominal pain and distention
- Chills
- Diarrhea
- Fever
- Lack of appetite
- Nausea
- Rectal tenderness and fullness
- Vomiting
- Weakness
Exams and Tests
A complete blood count may show a higher than normal white blood count. A comprehensive metabolic panel may show liver, kidney, or blood chemistry problems.
A CT scan of the abdomen will usually reveal an intra-abdominal abscess. After the CT scan is done, a needle may be placed through the skin into the abscess cavity to confirm the diagnosis and treat the abscess.
Other tests may include:
- Abdominal x-ray
- Ultrasound of the abdomen
Sometimes surgery called a laparotomy may be needed to diagnose this condition.
Treatment of an intra-abdominal abscess requires antibiotics (given by an IV) and drainage. Drainage involves placing a needle through the skin in the abscess, usually under x-ray guidance. The drain is then left in place for days or weeks until the abscess goes away.
Occasionally, abscesses cannot be safely drained this way. In such cases, surgery must be done while the patient is under general anesthesia (unconscious and pain-free). A cut is made in the belly area (abdomen), and the abscess is drained and cleaned. A drain is left in the abscess cavity, and remains in place until the infection goes away.
It is always important to identify and treat the cause of the abscess.
Outlook (Prognosis)
The outlook depends on the original cause of the abscess and how bad the infection is. Generally, drainage is successful in treating intra-abdominal abscesses that have not spread.
Possible Complications
Complications include:
- Return of the abscess
- Rupture of an abscess
- Spread of the infection to the bloodstream
- Widespread infection in the abdomen
When to Contact a Medical Professional
Call your doctor if you have severe abdominal pain, fevers, nausea, vomiting, or changes in bowel habits.
Minei JP, Champine JG. Abdominal abscesses and gastrointestinal fistulas. In: Feldman M, Friedman LS, Brandt LJ, eds. Sleisenger and Fordtran's Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease. 9th ed. Philadelphia, Pa:Saunders Elsevier; 2010:chap 26.
Prather C. Inflammatory and anatomic diseases of the intestine, peritoneum, mesentery, and omentum. In Goldman L, Schafer AI, eds. Cecil Medicine. 24th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 144.
Intra-abdominal abscess, CT scan - illustration
Intra-abdominal abscess,...
Meckels diverticulum - illustration
Meckels diverticulum
Review Date: 8/10/2012
Reviewed By: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine. George F. Longstreth, MD, Department of Gastroenterology, Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, San Diego, California. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M. Health Solutions, Ebix, Inc.


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Police departments across Utah are warning people not to answer calls from the 473 area code.
Police said Utahns across the state are answering their phones without recognizing the 473 number, which comes from Grenada, Carriacou or Petite Martinque.
When they answer, they hear a commotion or sounds of moaning or someone in distress before the caller abruptly hangs up.
Utah Department of Public Safety spokesman Dwayne Baird said residents are reporting that regardless if they call back, they're getting a $19.95 charge immediately tacked on to their cell phone bill.
He said the scammers are able to use Utahns' basic cell phone information gathered when they answer to add the charge to the bill.
Police said they didn't know what was prompting the charges, but Fox 13 reported the number is linked to a phone sex business.
Baird said anyone who doesn't recognize a phone number on their caller identification should just ignore it.
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Melinda Liu on why Beijing needs to keep a lid on the demonstrations while also sympathizing with the patriotic zeal.
"The Obama administration has really put the lid on giving any information on who is being targeted and so on," he says.
However, the woman kept a bin by her bedside, the kind that is like a miniature dustbin, with a lid.
But recently, news broke of a woman who claimed to be blowing the lid off a "dirty little secret" of pageantry.
The Daily Pic: In 1988, Lynne Cohen showed pictures that pried the lid off reality.
When he is not having uses of the tools in the tool-box, then the tool-box has its lid down and it is a seat to sit on.
Taking a key from his belt, he unlocked the chest and raised its lid.
Toddles lifted the lid; and then his eyes shifted slowly and traveled up the car.
She lifted up the lid of her desk, and hid her head, but we all knew she was crying.
Pour the gravy over the meat, and put on the other sheet of paste as the lid of the pie.
mid-13c., from Old English hlid "lid, cover, opening, gate," from Proto-Germanic *khlithan (cf. Old Norse hlið "gate, gap," Swedish lid "gate," Old French hlid, Middle Dutch lit, Dutch lid, Old High German hlit "lid, cover"), from PIE root *klei- "to lean" (see lean (v.)), with here perhaps the sense of "that which bends over." Meaning "eyelid" is from early 13c. Slang sense of "hat, cap" is attested from 1896. Slang phrase put a lid on "clamp down on, silence, end" is from 1906.
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blow the lid off, flip one's lid, put a lid on someone or something, skid lid


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'"My view is that it's my job to take," Paetsch said after Tuesday's practice in HSBC Arena. "I'm coming in here, and I want to be a Buffalo Sabre, and I'm going to do everything possible to make that happen."'
Seven 'Ds': Paetsch in a battle
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Details and instructions on the monthly timeseries creation webpage
Page will plot time series of selected pressure level variables from different reanalysis datasets. Select desired options and hit "create plot". Most options have a default setting so a selection is not required. If you have problems, please email with ALL the options you chose. You will get a plot as well as the data used to create the final plot (in netCDF), a post script image and information on the dataset.
- Dataset 1
Access is provided to various global reanalyses. Currently, just pressure level data is available at the following common levels: 1000., 850.,700.,600.,500.,400.,300.,250.,200.,150.,100. mb. Note that the MERRA dataset is not defined for values below the surface.
- Variable 1
The following monthly variables are available for each of the reanalyses for the time period of each reanalysis: Geopotential Height, Zonal Wind, Meridional Wind, Air Temperature, Specific Humidity and Relative Humidity. All variables are converted to use a common unit.
- Dataset 2(Optional)
You can select a second datasets/variable. If you select a second variable, you must select a second dataset. If you choose a second dataset, the default is 1000mb Geopotential Height. If you choose a second variable, you can plot the difference between the two datasets, plot them on the same time plot, plot a scatter plot or plot a cross-correlation. The correlation and RMS difference will be returned as well as individual statistics on the processed dataset. You cannot plot two distributions.
- Variable 2(Optional)
The following monthly variables are available for each of the reanalyses for the time period of each reanalysis: Geopotential Height, Zonal Wind, Meridional Wind, Air Temperature, Specific Humidity and Relative Humidity. All variables are converted to use a common unit.
- Start/End Year
- Time Averaging
- Statistic
- Climatology Range
- Grid Point/Region
- Output Type
- Timeseries
Plots one or two timeseries. The same Y axis is used for each plot, if there are two. The same statistic and running mean option are also shown. You can plot different grids, variables, levels or datasets. To use a different Y axis, select that later in the options.
- Timeseries Difference Plot
Plots the timeseries of the difference between the two selected timeseries.
- Distribution
Plots the PDF of a single variable. For shorter timeseries, 15 bins are used and for longer, 25 are used. Note you may want to use seasonal values or remove the annual mean, or the distribution will include the annual cycle.
- Cross or Auto Correlation
For single timeseries, the auto-correlation (at zero lag and up to +-12 months/seasons). For two variables, the cross correlation is shown. The first timeseries leads the second for XX lags.
- Scatter Plot
Plots one timeseries vs. another.
- Y-axis: Same or Different
- Plot Type
- Running Mean Smoother
- Override Y Bounds
- Override Date Range
- How this page was created
The main interface for this page is an html form. The data that are input into this form are processed by a Perl script. The script reads the inputs, tests for bad inputs and then NCL is run to read, analyze and plot the data. NetCDF and postscript are also produced. The netCDF file, image and other files are kept in a directory in which the files are periodically deleted.
- Feedback
Please let me know if find the page useful. Likewise, let me know if you think any instructions are unclear, if you think there are bugs or if you have any suggestions for improvements of any type. I would particularly like to know if you use these pages for teaching purposes and if so, how. I can be reached by email at email@example.com or by phone at (303) 497-6263.
Enter a year range. This will be the timeseries that is plotted/analyzed (e.g. for correlations). You can change the x-axis below to change the dates displayed but that will just affect the plot; not the analysis.
You can choose to use the original monthly averages or you can create your own season. If you choose season, enter your starting and ending month for the season. The year of a season that extends over December is the year of the second month. Seasonal values are created by averaging monthly means or monthly anomalies. You cannot yet create seasons that don't average the months together (except for using all 12 months).
You can plot means or anomalies. Anomalies are calculated relative to the climatology range that is input. Monthly anomalies are calculated first and then averaged to create seasonal values.
Enter the years to use for the climatology when selecting anomaly or climatology. You can choose a different time range for each dataset if you desire.Plotting Climatologies will be available soon.
Enter the latitude and longitude ranges (S to N and W to E) for each dataset. You can do a single point or an area average. Note that area averages are area weighted by the cosine of the latitude. NCL obtains the closest grid from a dataset and does not interpolate. To get timeseries averaged over 0E, use a negative longitude for longitude 1.
There are 5 types:
Line plots will use the same Y axis as the second variable unless you choose "different".
For most plots, you can select a line plot or a bar plot.
Selecting "smoothed" will cause a running mean filter to be applied to input timeseries. For monthly data, the smoothing is in months and for season, the smoothing is number of years. The same smoother is applied to two timeseries if you choose two.
You can input a Y range (low to high). If you select a value outside the range of the data, you will get a blank plot.
Date bounds can be adjusted by entering the year range from low to high. This does not change the analysis. Values are calculated using the years in the input date range near the top of the page. It just affects how the plot is plotted and can be useful for matching other plots.


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Hookay! So let's get our superlatives on!
Caracas Arepas Bar's Yoyos: Sweet plantains with white cheese fried in cinnamon plantain batter and drizzled with syrup. Of course they rocked.
Veggie-centric recipes and more!
By Jenn 68 Comments
The Lean Green Bean says
those plantains sound amazing!!! so jealous you met cat & gina!
That was fun! 🙂
Christine McCarthy says
Hey my new IG friend. 😉 I love that last picture! haha. not to remember… looks like you were having a blast. And that liquid in the glass… looks yummy. glad you had a great time!
Yellow Haired Girl says
Oh my goodness. I NEED THOSE BAGELS. Wowza!
Yay! Your NYC eats look great. I love Pret A Manger. When I worked in the city I was addicted to their egg salad sandwiches – they are so so good! I think I have a place that could give Murray's Bagels a run for their money. Once you win the lottery 😉 and come back to NYC try Brooklyn Bagel in Astoria. Heaven in circular form, I promise you!
Sprint2theTable says
I'm adding those bagels to my bucket list!
That last pic is priceless. Love. 🙂
Christine McCarthy says
i second all of that, too! But will be meeting Gina this weekend. Going to pic her foodie brain. 😉
haha thanks love! Already have the next trip in the works!!!! =)
Rebecca Gillies says
Oh this was a great post. I'm going to NY at the end of this year, and pizza and bagels are definitely on my to eat list while there!
I was doing a sustainability research about sustainable initaitves in the Chicago Loop and Pret a Manger was one of them. Did you know they donate all of their unsold food to the homeless? I thought it's so kind of them. More places should do that.
I always say that the city just overwhelms me, but I think I really just need to go back for the FOOD. 🙂 I can't decide which I'm craving more, now–pumpkernickel anything…or pizza with a side of Lactaid.
jillconyers says
Fun WIAW! While browsing your blog I noticed your husband is a USMC helo pilot. My husband flew CH-46s 🙂
Thanks for hosting every week!
Awesome, I didn't realise they had Pret in the US as well! It used to be one of my favourite places pregan – they have a surprisingly limited number of vegan options which is slightly disappointing. Looks like you had a great time in NYC and at the wedding!
Fran @BCDC says
Looks like youhad a Great Time in NYC!! What a City!! Somehow I always end up in a photo from a wedding and I have no idea what was happening. That's so much fun!
Mishi Nutrition says
The main reason I want to move to NYC is because of the amazing food! I didn't have a single bad meal when I was there. So excited as well to join the WIAW crew! xx
Beatrice says
i don't have a backlink, can you please help?—>
lindsay cotter says
hello fun!! i want those plantains. Recreate that recipe please.
ahhh looks like a fun and yummy trip!! 🙂
PS that last pic cracks me up… I have my fair share of eerily similar pics floating around! 😉
Looks like tons of fun and good food! 🙂
I don't even know where to start … everything looks so good!! I miss Jamba Juice and I am jealous you got it. And there is something so special and unique about NY bagels. Looks like you had a great trip!
TheMrsatSuccessAlongtheWeigh says
I almost wee'd myself on the last pic!
Lizzy Do says
Your best pairing made me giggle! And now I'm craving bagels…what great combos!!!
1. That picture is amazing.
2. I wish we had gotten a picture of all of us in NYC! How are we so lame?!
Wait… sushi bar at a wedding? That is the most amazing idea ever!
Gothextramileblog says
New York is the best place to try out a ton of new places to eat! I love that they have so many restaurants that aren't chains 🙂
I love every single thing I ever ate in NYC. I feel like you can't go wrong! Congrats on the big success that WIAW has become! 🙂
Lisa Hartley says
I want to go on a food trip to NYC!!!
I could live off bagels and pizza, obvi I'm a carb addict and bread is my drug!
Everything looks amazing!
Lindsay @ Fuel My Family says
Those bagels sandwiches look AMAZING. There is nothing better than a sandwich on a fresh warm bagel!
Kylie @ immaeatthat says
Haha I love that "best pairing":)
Krystal@Ms. Random says
Wow looks like you had some great eats lady….yummm Sushi! Aww looks like you had a great time with your peeps 🙂 Have a great rest of the week XX
Lauren says
So so sad we weren't able to connect. Next time? Looks like you had a great time and I'm happy to mail you Murrays anytime. Now I have to locate that arepas place.
Marisa@Thecollegecuisiner says
Pret is is New York now?!? Oh no, that makes me want to go more! that was my favorite quick pick up lunch spot in London. The sparkling orange drink was my favorite too!
healthyfoodietravels says
Oh god, that last picture made me crack up at work 😉 Looks like an awesome, tasty trip 🙂
Tamar says
YUM! Everything you ate in NYC looks amazing, most exciting part of this post for me though? The little Lactaid pill!!! My WIAW post this week involves my attempt at dairy-free because I think I'm lactose intolerant…does the Lactaid pill do the trick? I must know!! Yay! Thanks 🙂
Cat Tan says
I will remind you I text you a sexy picture to remember me by.
Cat Tan says
I blame the guy who almost offed himself on a high chair.
Amanda D says
Ahhhh! Now I'm missing everything we had up there! Need to go baaack asap!
p.s. – can you re-create the Cuban corn? I tried last night and made a version maybe half as good, (which was still ah-mazing!) but I think you could perfect it and get it all the way there!!
Kadee Cramer says
All of that food looks so yummy! Especially the pizza..
Blonde Ponytail says
Oh you hung with Cat?! She seems so funny! "Something I don't remember" ha ha! To be expected with a good wedding!
PeaceLoveNutrition says
Isn't NYC a magical place?? I love living here! So many great and healthy places to eat
Alexis says
You had some amazing NYC eats and looks like you had tons of fun!!! Come to Philly/Delaware/Baltimore/Washington DC and I'll take you around haha the joys of living in the small state of Delaware! So many options to major cities!!
If I wasn't contractionally obligated to live where the USMC tells me to… then I would move there in a heartbeat =) You're so lucky <3
She's flipping hilarious =)
Done and done! Seriously though — DC is in the works perpetually ever since I moved away. Love it there!
yes but it will be healthier =)
Works like a charm!!!!
mission accomplished =)
There are a dozen in NYC now! Amazingness!
Bahhh you should have sent me your number!? I thought I emailed you mine but I'm such hot mess when travelling I dont remember — my internet was down the majority of the trip and the twitter on my phone wouldn't let me use DM — next time we are for sure planning something missy! I'll be back in the Fall for more than just two days =)
Julia Mestas says
Love love looooooove NYC. They have not 1, but TWO entire restaurants (about the size of my bathroom) with mac and cheese ONLY! We dream of living there one day…
They were heavenly! Whoo! So you FINALLY left your email with your comments — now I can write ya back =) haha the little things in life make me happy — How are you?
I do too girl — that place is foodie heaven! and Thank you!!!! I love reading them so flipping much =)
I second that
right!?!?!? I was floored. Fah-loored.
Seriously — we suck. Now hurry up and get your asses down here!!! By the time you get down here the WF will have opened up I have serious plans for our stomachs. Camera = mandatory
crazy photos are my favorite =) life wouldn't be complete without em!
Happy to have ya as part of the par-tay!!!! <3 xoxo
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Katie says
I honestly just want to go to NYC to do all of the fun foodie stuff. Eat ALL of the things!
Looks like an awesome time though, especially the last picture 😉
Slim Pickins Kitchen says
Yuuum! All of that looks so tasty! I think the plantain thingys would be my fav! I love NYC!
Tt in nyc says
Caracas arepa bar in the east village, 7th st b/w 1st and A- be sure to get one with the tofu veg option 🙂 they actualky won against bobby flay on his throwndown show!
Tt in nyc says
I am so glad you found some much deliciousness here! Although im not a blogger i do know the best bagel in nyc- pick a bagel- nearly the same as murrays but with a more chewy crust, the seven grain and sourdough are the best. I will seriously send you some! Just email me your address and what kinds you like- 🙂
Jillian @ DNA and Dessert says
I really really want those appetizers! I am a sucker for plantains!
Alexis@fitpossible says
I LOVE NYC! I will be there in July. May have to check out the Bagel place! PS I wont judge that you sat on the ground in the airport haha
Bella Capri says
That app looks SO good, and love the unique pairing. But those bagels? Those look way too good. Dangerous!
Jaren Smith says
I'm going to have to try that drink next time I go to Jamba Juice. I love their Mega Mango.
Oh you are killing me with the pics of the pizza, bagels, and plantain arepas (!?) 🙂 I am glad you had a blast eating and partying through NYC! 🙂 Time for me to do some catching up on your blog now.
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I first saw this doily stenciling post here and was so, so excited to try it. So off to the op shop I went in search of a doily and other thrifted things. And then proceeded to bake a chocolate and vanilla marble cake and voila! It worked. Yes, it could have been much neater, especially around the edges but overall I was pretty pleased with the results.
The cake itself tasted pretty awesome too. Marble cake seems to be a little bit of an old school treat; I don't see it very often anymore. But sometimes old school is the best school.
Chocolate marble cake
- 225g butter , softened
- 225g caster sugar
- 4 eggs
- 225g self-raising flour
- 3 tbsp milk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 tbsp cocoa powder
- Heat oven to 180C/gas 160C/gas 4. Grease a 20cm cake tin and line the bottom with a circle of greaseproof paper. Beat the butter and sugar together, then add the eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Fold through the flour, milk and vanilla extract until the mixture is smooth.
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text: Forgive my ignorance but are there any tools in Backtrack that can do something similar to this: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscente..._new_tool.html? Supposedly firewire has direct access to the memory of a device that it is connected to without any authentication. This tool (which costs $1000) is used to retrieve the passwords of any Mac OS X computer just by connecting to the firewire port.


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Duboeuf Moulin-à-Vent 2001 Flower label (i.e. the unoaked version of the generic wine) 13% 13,35€
It starts out so very nice that I almost took back all the negative things I've said about Duboeuf. There was a touch of earth, lovely sweet yet savoury fruit, perhaps a little too Pinot Noir -like (I like my Gamay to taste like Gamay) but still with all the lively raspberry aromas. The palate was a little full bodied, with the loveliest levels of acidity, and a tiny oxidative hint to the fruit à la Musar or d'Angerville, i.e. something that seems like it belongs to the wine, not something that came through e.g. mechanical cork failure. The aftertaste is nice and long. I did miss the minerality that the best Bojos can have, but who cares: this seemed like fantastic stuff. Until....
.... I had let the glass sit for a minute. I swirled and brought it up to my nose. What the f**k? It smells like a St-Julien!?!? Toasty, grainy oak, I could have sworn it was that but I thought this label doesn't see any oak. Ok, I'll admit, I'm still enjoying this but that toasty smell is odd. What else apart from oak can cause it?


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That would be a VMWare issue, as opposed to a Backtrack or Kernel issue.
I've upgraded the kernel and distro to Backtrack R2 / Kernel 3.2.6. It works like a charm using the provided steps. However beside the all new goodies that are installed there is an aspect which makes me sad.
VMware 8.0.2 doesn't compile on this kernel, 3.2.6, and keep ask me for the Kernel Headers 3.2.6 location and like.
I've installed the sources and headers to but still the same mess.
Also I've tried to use unofficial patch from this location "weltall.heliohost.org/wordpress/2012/01/26/vmware-workstation-8-0-2-player-4-0-2-fix-for-linux-kernel-3-2-and-3-3/" but no luck.
The point is that you want to run some vmware over this new build think twice. Still ain't compatible with latest vmware workstation version and vmplayer.
That would be a VMWare issue, as opposed to a Backtrack or Kernel issue.
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Yep indeed but I'm trying to warn people which use this technology over BT 5 and know of what they should expect after the upgrade.
As an example I use BT as host OS because I need that and I was more than happy about his performances with Vmware so far.
I'll keeping update guys about this one and let you know if I'll find a working tip
running the latest backtrack 5 R2 update + vmware workstation v8.0.2 build-591240 (x86_64) works good here ;;
Code:# prepare-kernel-sources # cd /tmp # wget http://weltall.heliohost.org/wordpre...inux320.tar.gz # tar vxzf vmware802fixlinux320.tar.gz # ./patch-modules_3.2.0.sh
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There is no words for this. I hope a BIG THANK YOU can express a part of my gratitude It works for me too.
This got my virtualbox running again...thx!
works just like a charm.. wow
Beware that the fix doesn't work for new VMware 8.0.3 version !
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1. cd /usr/lib/vmware or whatever
2. wget http://pavlinux.ru/vmware/8.0.3/source.tar.lzma
3. md5sum source.tar.lzma; It should be 48c033c7a3bd53e0a6c0f2e03ff4cd0c source.tar.lzma
4. tar -xf source.tar.lzma;
5. copy vmnet.tar to /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/
6. vmware-modconfig --console --install-all;
It is not "48c033c7a3bd53e0a6c0f2e03ff4cd0c"
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e37e41a818a47ec868bdb493197aaf63 source.tar.lzma


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Highland • It takes only a second for the Lone Peak basketball team to switch gears from one drill to the next. Coach Quincy Lewis likes a brisk pace.
The Knights have the fluidity and rhythm of a small-college team. And they'll have the schedule to match this season, which tips off Tuesday.
"It's crazy," senior guard Nick Emery said. "It's kind of unbelievable all the places we're going. Not a lot of Utah teams have the opportunity to face that kind of competition."
The Knights, who are ranked in the national top 10 by several preseason polls, will go to four states Illinois, Florida, Wisconsin and Massachusetts in an effort to prove how good they are. They certainly have the talent, led by the triumvirate of future BYU players Emery, T.J. Haws and Eric Mika, all of whom are top-100 recruits nationally in their respective classes. It's a season, folks in the Lone Peak program say, the team has been building to for several years.
The real question is this: Can any Utah team beat the two-time defending state champs?
Only 11 miles down the road, Orem would venture to say yes. It's a feat the Tigers accomplished only last season, shocking the state at the time.
"We're excited to see them again," Orem junior forward Dalton Nixon said. "Beating them gave us a lot of confidence last year."
The Tigers' upset of Lone Peak last year was a steppingstone onto bigger things, culminating in the Class 4A state title. With four of their starters returning, Orem has stepped up from contender to favorite, just like the Knights in 5A.
In-state, their best competition just might be each other. They'll see Dec. 8.
"We try to think about the next game, but it's obviously been in our heads since last year," Emery said. "We all know each other, and we respect each other. It's a big game for all of us."
The roots between the programs run deep: Emery and Haws played for Golden Holt before he was coaching at Orem. Many of the players know each other from childhood as well, sculpting a passionate rivalry that goes deeper than jerseys.
Starting Orem guard Quinn Peters used to play at Lone Peak. Nixon also is committed to BYU, in the same class as Haws.
Some of the similarities between the schools and their aspirations are intentional: Holt says he's working to mold a program in Lone Peak's image.
It's what drives the program to host the Great Western Shootout to see a better class of competition. And like the Knights last season, the Tigers will travel out to Myrtle Beach, S.C., for the Beach Ball Classic.
"If anybody doesn't at least try to follow in Quincy's footsteps, they're not very smart," Holt said. "I just try to learn all I can from everyone else, and Lone Peak is a great example of what you can accomplish. That's why we try to play the best teams we can."
Lone Peak-Orem should be the top early in-state contest, but there's good reason to think it could swing differently than last season. A year after sitting out for a transfer and serving as the state's tallest team manager, the 6-foot-9 Mika has cemented his reputation as one of the country's top centers by tearing up the summer circuit. He'll be hard to deal with in the middle for any opponent.
Orem has a tough lineup itself, starting with frontcourt mates Nixon and Jordan Darger. Zach Hunsaker, Cooper Holt and Peters provide a gritty combination of shooters and slashers. The Tigers' biggest struggle might be avoiding injuries.
In that Saturday night contest, there could be some major fireworks. And the meetings between the two could go that way for years to come.
"They have a good program and we have a good program," Haws said. "I think it could be tough to play them for a while."
Top players to watch in 2012-13
Dalton Nixon, jr., Orem • Future BYU wing who can move in the post or step outside for shots
Eric Mika, sr., Lone Peak • Sat out last year, but looking like a potential double-double every night
Nick Emery, sr, Lone Peak • One of the nation's best shooters and leader of the state's top team
Parker Van Dyke, sr., East • A multifaceted scorer who can take over games for the Leopards
Brandon Miller, sr., Brighton • Utes signee who led the Bengals to the finals last year
Sam Merrill, jr., Bountiful • Shooting guard who becomes maybe the Braves' top threat
Stephan Holm, sr., Riverton • Athletic forward helped key a Cinderella run for the Silverwolves
Ryan Andrus, jr., American Fork • Big man takes over as top option in the post for the Cavemen
Jalen Moore, sr., Sky View • Height of a forward but skills of a guard make him lethal
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REDLANDS - Take a stroll along the homes of Paul Blight and Joseph Bauza, or any number of similarly decorated homes in Redlands, and you'll see and feel the Christmas spirit.
Blight is a relative newcomer to the art form of holiday house decorating, this is just his second Christmas with an elaborate set up at his home. Bauza, however, has been decorating his home every year for the past three decades.
Both love Christmas.
"This is my passion," said Blight, whose home, on 320 W. Western Ave., off Texas Street, features lights that are computer synchronized with music. "I was in Temecula when I first a house like this for the first time. I knew I had to do it. My dad says I am now in a fraternity with people who decorate their homes."
Blight and Bauza use about 40,000 Christmas lights combined. They have spent months on preparation, countless hours of man power and both said their homes take between two and three weeks to complete their holiday scenes.
Blight has even arranged for his songs to be played on 97.7 on the FM dial. The white picket fence that circles his home, the trees in his front yard, and his roof top are all decorated with various types of Christmas lights - he guessed he uses about 10,000 lights in all.
There are also wreathes, candy canes and several Christmas trees, all lit, spread throughout his front yard and front porch area.
"As long as I can share the music and see big smiles," Blight said. "I'm not doing this for any commercial kind of reason."
Blight did say he eventually would like to provide the type of decorated home that would encourage visitors to make donations of clothing or money so that he can provide to a local charity.
"Maybe one day I can go to a charity and say "here are 400 blankets" or do something to help people," Blight said.
Blight said his home will be ready for full view on Dec. 14. Everyone is invited to take a look at his home and, in fact, Blight said the first 130 visitors will be given a free candy cane and a cup of hot cider.
The Bauza home (715 W. Crescent Ave.) is a team effort. Joseph is joined in the effort by his wife Christine. For years they decorated their home on Cimarron. This weekend they completed a move to its Crescent location.
"The most important work is done by my wife," Joseph said. "She does all the painting."
The Bauza home features four holiday scenes, among them is a pond with singing polar bears and a train station with reindeer. A new addition will be that of a grinch, which sits in a corner of the lot.
Finally, on Dec. 22, joining the picture is a nine-foot-tall reindeer along with Santa and his sled. In all, Joseph said his home will be decorated with about 40 different characters.
"Every year we retire figures and build new ones," Joseph said. "The exciting thing, when people come back the next year, they are wondering what we will have. People come around and ask."
The characters are made out of plywood. Joseph said he uses about 40 4x8 sheets of plywood.
"I enjoy woodwork, and I enjoy cutting out the patterns," Joseph said. "My wife is the one who does the real work. She is a teacher but in her off time she paints the characters. We have it down to a science."
This year the Bauzas have decorated their windows as well, each with moving figures and lit to be seen from outside. This weekend they will add their 7-foot Christmas tree.
"I just love it," Bauza said. "I love the holidays. It's the Christmas spirit. That is just the way I was raised."
Finely decorated homes may look nice but it isn't an easy task.
"Start slowly," Bauza advised. "Make sure you have the electrical output. Make sure they are wired for the lights only. Make sure those circuits are used only at Christmas time."
Bauza, whose energy bill during the holidays is in excess of $400 a month, said the most common problem people run into are power outages.
"Understand what plug feeds what and work from the plug out," Bauza said. "You've got to split up the power to different outlets."
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In his commencement address, the Rev. Todd Love of
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"We're taught that the hero's journey is the journey from
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Love told the class -- which included 219 undergraduate
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SAN DIEGO ---- Del Mar's racing season remains on the horizon, but it was time for the Padres' big horse to find the winner's circle.
You know the Padres' stud, San Diego's ace, the kid with the arm that made many speculate last year he would claim a Cy Young award.
Remember that guy, one Mathew Adam Latos?
"I told him afterward that's how I visualize him throwing the ball,'' manager Bud Black said. "From the first pitch of the game to the last.''
Latos was sensational Wednesday in leading the Padres past the Cardinals, 3-1. It ended the team's season-high, five-game losing streak and sprinkled a little sugar on the concluding homestand (2-6), which went down like cough syrup.
Plop, plop, oh what a relief Latos was ---- the Latos we saw stifling the Cards and not the one carting a 1-6 record into the start.
That struggling Latos was the sly Latos. He became a pitcher relying on two-seam fastballs to produce ground balls, or trying to impress with various changeups.
If you've got a Ferrari in the garage, why cruise around town in a dated Chevrolet?
"You could see he was throwing the ball harder and his presence on the mound,'' said Heath Bell, who pitched a clean ninth for his 10th save. "He was going to go out there and give it to the Cards and basically try to strike as many guys out as possible. He was just not going out there and throwing pitches.''
Latos was on the receiving end of the Padres brass' best pitch. In addition to Black calling a team meeting this week, he had a session with Latos. Others in the room were general manager Jed Hoyer and pitching coach Darren Balsley.
Their message was the same and simple: heave that fastball.
"It got too complicated, instead of him just rearing back and throwing the ball,'' Balsley said. "He needs to turn it loose.
"We all agreed this is how he should pitch. This is what we saw last year and I think it hit home a little bit.''
Latos, who struggled in spring training with a cranky shoulder, did just that. He allowed a cheap run in the first on Lance Berkman's broken-bat single and then was Lights Out Latos, setting season highs in strikeouts (seven) and innings (eight). At one point he retired 11 straight batters and 15-of-17.
"It was the fact of being more aggressive on the mound; I like to be, but I wasn't of late,'' Latos said. "I made that change and decided to go after hitters.''
He'll leave the two-seam to others. Latos doesn't need to be Chris Carpenter, Roy Halladay, Jon Garland ---- he's got what they don't: a moving fastball which tickles the mid-90s.
"He did pitch today like he did previously,'' Black said. "He was not trying to trick hitters. I see him as a fastball pitcher. A guy with power, strength and who brings a physical presence to his game.''
I'm not sure who needed the triumph more ---- the Padres or Latos?
"It was definitely a needed lift from my standpoint,'' Latos said. "I started the losing streak and I wanted to end it.''
He did so by being Mat Latos.
"I'm a rear-back-and-throw-it kind of a guy,'' he admitted. "I got to go out there and get back to me and that was one thing we talked about doing, and I believe I did that today.
"Instead of going after them and making them hit the pitches I want them to hit, I was falling behind and letting them hit the pitches they wanted to hit.''
He allowed but six knocks; four over his final seven innings.
"Mat is one of those pitches that can stop a losing streak easily; he is that good,'' Bell said. "But for whatever reason, he hasn't done it this year and he just proved to everybody he still has it. He just needs to bottle it, lock it up and have it for the next start in Atlanta.''
In Georgia they still shout "The South Will Rise Again"!
Dadgumit if Latos didn't have a resurrection against the Cardinals.
But only after absorbing a stern sermon from Black, Hoyer and Balsley.
"What was said was said; that stays between us,'' Latos said. "I just needed to go out there and do my job today. This was me being me today.
"This was me being getting back to where I needed to be.''


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Grand Expectations weaves the major political, cultural, and economic events of the period into a superb portrait of America from 1945 through Watergate.
Read with warmth by Robert Fass, who previously narrated Oxford's Empire of Liberty by Gordon S. Wood, this history portrays the amazing growth after World War II rallied an upbeat mood and grander and grander expectations as the era progressed.
As one of four new volumes offered by Audible, Grand Expectations brings to audio one part of an elegant American history that was conceived of and originally edited by C. Vann Woodward and Richard Hofstadter more than 50 years ago.
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"fast moving history"
I really enjoyed this book. The first few hours sort of drag, but maybe this is becuase i had just finished the previous book in the series, Freedom from Fear, and this was somewhat repetitive. But after that, I thought this book was really enjoyable.
First, the narration is outstanding, well paced, and well read.
There are sections that are truly outstanding. Rather then delve into tons of details and give day by day, or week by week accounts of certain time periods in history, the authors given an overview. For instance, he lays out the 4 key components to johnson's liberal agenda early in his second term, and then goes on to analyze this from a longer term perspective. Now one could argue that he does a fair bit of "interpretation", and there is a fair bit of opinion in some of these sections, but i found them pretty balanced, and he offers both positives and negatives to most historical questions, including whose fault was the cold war, the effectiveness of eisenhower, and johnson's role in both domestic and civil rights issues, as well as the war.
There are a few sections which are a little weak, where the authors gives rather dull lists of statistics to support his point, and there are a few topics which seem alittle bit over stressed where i had a little trouble paying attention, but overall a very very good read and rapid moving assessment of the period and definitely worth it. I look forward to the next book in the series.
"A Fairly Unbiased Look at US Political History"
As far as books on American history go, this is fairly unbiased and is very thorough. The author did a very good job of putting a lot of complicated history into a very easy to follow chain of events.
Throughout the text the author presented the topics covered in a very unbiased fashion. I could not detect any spin or revisionism with the topics presented. That stands out throughout the book. I can't say anything was earth shattering because it has been covered i one way shape or form.
He did a good job with LBJ.
Not really. However the way this aspect of 20th history was presented I can say that I have a greater understanding of what was going on. The author did a much better job than most of my history professors at explaining the facts and making them clear and understandable.
It does start out slow in the first few chapters. It is a lot of fairly deep stuff. Trust me this book is worth your time.
Say something about yourself!
I have listened to most of the books in the Oxford US History series and found this one to be the weakest. One problem is the difficulty in writing about recent history (this was written 20 years after the end of the period covered). It generally takes many decades for history to be discussed objectively and with the benefit of hindsight. Recent revelations conflict with the author's conclusions in some instances. (The identity of Deep Throat, guilt of the Rosenberg's and Alger Hiss).
Several chapters are devoted to rambling, simplistic discussions of topics such as suburbs and women's liberation that caused my attention to drift. How long can you listen to someone lament the loss of intimacy of the city as people migrated to the sterile suburbs. This is simply someone's idealistic viewpoint, not history.
I found it refreshing that he portrayed JFK's presidency objectively, not as Camelot. Surprisingly, Stalin was OK; if only we had treated him better at the end of World War II we may have avoided the Cold War. He seems a bit harsh on Nixon. The man had many faults, but the author states that everything he did, from establishing relations with China to winding down the war in Vietnam was done solely for the purpose of getting re-elected. This simplistic conclusion avoids the more complex geopolitical analysis this topic deserves.
"The More Things Change..."
...the more they stay the same. Mr. Patterson did a great job of showing me a wide variety of people and events and perspectives of both to know more about history. I'm a history teacher and I love when I can find a history book to expand my knowledge and give me a new view of the story. Mr. Patterson did both. This isn't the first Oxford history book that I've read (or had read to me thanks to Audible). I can now say that I'm quite addicted. I've now purchased every eBook and audio book in the series!
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The story was very interesting, the narration was great. Very much enjoyed this book plus learned a wealth of information about the 50's and 60's.
"Exactly What I wanted"
This book, as with the others in the Oxford History of the United States, is a well written and very thorough account of the time period identified. I enjoyed it very much.
"Great read, on a little explored time in US Histor"
There's so much in this book that helps understand the arc of US history! I was quite impressed with the excellent writing and solid performance of this book. Highly recommended!
"A Tour de Force"
This was quite an extraordinary history book. It has been a few weeks now since I've listened to it, but it left a good impression. I remember thinking that the United States has an impressive pantheon of historians. Scholars who not only write disciplined prose, but present judicious, comprehensive and thoughtful accounts of the American past. Though I did not approach this book with grand expectations, at its conclusion I looked back at it as a grand listening experience.
The reader's authoritative voice moved the narrative along at a good pace
Generally, the available variety of good books to listen to is stunning and overwhelming.
Though one cannot expect an answer, the question suggests itself, because the contrast between the scholarly realm and the realm of politics on television is so vast. Given the existence of such a vast quantity of quality writing in so many humanistic fields, why is it that in the American political arena the variety of voices are so meager, and the discourse so base, and so awful?
"great overview of the period"
great overview of the period, balanced but engaging, and the story like format makes it compatible with doing other tasks.
"Dry recitation of facts and statistics"
While I love history, I don't have a scholarly background in the subject. I admittedly like person centric histories with a narrative so history scholars who don't need a narrative might like it.
Possibly The Glorious Cause
I don't think so, but the content was certainly difficult to bring to life.
Disappointment. I really wanted to learn about the period, but I needed a narrative and some personalities to grab on to. I wish someone else wrote a review warning me.
This audio book was interesting - if a little dull at times - but lacking real insight.
"Excellent history"
This is excellent, serious history and superbly well read. There is lots to take in here so its hard to always maintain complete concentration. Highly recommended.
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I know, strange topic for a discussion, but over on AaC Karavalerie22 posted the following:
I think people are scared of Islam . They are scared of truth, scared of modesty and scared to do the right thing. They would rather believe they can party all week committ sins then go to mass on Sunday maybe say a couple hail mary's and everything is forgiven. Then do the same thing next week. Islam holds everyone to higher standards .
Side stepping the most controversial parts of her comments, when I read her post (specifically the comments underlined) it reminded me of a convo I had with a Muslim man IRL. I kept telling him I don't go to Mass, I don't worship Mary (aka Astarte/Diana/Shingmu) yet he kept insisting that I follow Roman Catholicism. I'm Baptist.
So my question is, is this a common misperception Muslims have about Christians? Is it possibly because of a heavier Catholic dominance outside of the U.S.A.?
I would've asked her myself over there but the thread was closed for reviewĀand I figured she may frequent this board. I know some may view this as "drama-causing" but it's a genuine question simply because it seems (to me) to be a repeating occurrence.


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Was wondering if anyone could lead me in th right direction with this one?
When attempting to brute force an account using XHydra through SMB/TCP (smbnt), I am periodically receiving the following (error?):
[445][smb] Host: 192.168.2.100 Account: account-name-omitted Error: Invalid Account (Anonymous Mapping Created)
This will appear no the screen several times before Hydra continues on with it's brute force attempts. It will then reappear after several more attempts have been made.
I have searched around to see what this means exactly, but cannot seem to find anything. The only thing that comes to my mind is that it has possible made a null session. Whilst unlikely, if this is the case, why is it doing this?
Additional Info:
I am testing Hydra against one of my own machines and hence am using a known username to attack the box. I am using a password list. Port 445 is open on the target machine. Target OS = XP SP3.
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Italian Women: 'We Are Treated Like Prosciutto'Berlusconi's piggish behavior is the last straw for Italian women, who vow to end a culture of moldy machismo.
Berlusconi Faces New Criminal Probe in ItalyAuthorities have launched a criminal investigation of the scandal-prone prime minister for allegedly having sex with a teenage prostitute and for allegedly trying to cover up the affair.
Pompeii's Second DestructionYou may have thought Pompeii died after that battle with Vesuvius in A.D. 79. In fact, the gloriously preserved Roman town is being destroyed now, thanks to human neglect.
Behind Rome's Embassy-Row BombingsThe Italian capital's tony diplomatic neighborhoods are in a panic after the discovery of another parcel bomb, days after two others exploded.
Bunga-Bunga Nation: Berlusconi's Italy Hurts WomenIt's 8:30 p.m., and all eyes turn to Italy's most popular satirical news program, "Striscia la Notizia" ("Strip the News"). Two middle-aged men stand under a strobe light, one of them holding a belt from which dangles a vaguely phallic string of garlic.
Naples Suffers as Garbage Piles UpTons of rotting garbage have piled up in the Cava Sari landfill just outside Naples. Since Silvio Berlusconi's election promise to solve the Naples garbage crisis nearly three years ago, the landfill has been used to hide the Italian government's unwillingness to deal with the Camorra crime syndicate. Some residents say the prime minister should fix the problem or resign.
Should Scientists Probe the Massive Volcano Under Naples?Fearing a global catastrophe, the mayor of Naples may halt exploration of the massive volcano that lies under her city. But some scientists say inaction could be riskier.
Coral Ban Hurts Italian CraftsmenTorre Del Greco is a postcard-perfect fishing village a few kilometers down the coast from Naples. The city is also a stellar example of "clean" economic success in an area known for its mafia corruption. The Torrese pride themselves on making an honest living off a $217 million international red coral jewelry and cameo trade. The local university even offers a special degree in the art of coral jewelry making and cameo carving—two crafts that have supported the people of Torre del Greco since the 16th century.
How Amanda Knox's Supporters Could Doom HerBy speaking loudly—and condescendingly—on her behalf, American supporters of Amanda Knox have hurt her standing in Italy at exactly the moment she begins to appeal her murder conviction.
Rome's Subculture of Gay Priests Rocks the VaticanFor residents of Rome, the sight of courting priests is hardly an anomaly. But a recent exposÈ is rocking the Catholic Church, which victims' advocates say has responded with more urgency to the rumor of gay priests than to the history of child sex abuse.
For Van Der Sloot, the EndJoran van der Sloot, the Dutchman thought to have killed Natalee Holloway, is a murder suspect again. By behaving like a sleaze for the last several years, he has already sealed his fate in the court of public opinion. Why do postadolescent perps behave like reality-TV stars?
Why Can't Rome Protect Its Cultural Treasures?The Roman Coliseum is not only one of the world's most visited monuments; it is also one of the most threatened. The outer walls are stained black by exhaust fumes from buses, mopeds, and cars that whiz around the ancient amphitheater as if it were a traffic circle. Reverberations can be felt from the subway trains far below the cobblestones. Permanent scaffolding shores up the subterranean corridors where gladiators and animals once waited to fight to their death. Four stories above street level, rusting metal braces and giant bungees hold the ancient travertine blocks in place.
Berlusconi's Coalition Faces CollapseItaly's government is again on the brink of collapse. Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has survived sex scandals and corruption allegations for years, but now he faces an imminent threat from within his own ruling coalition. The leader's two strongest allies, Gianfranco Fini and Umberto Bossi, are in a power struggle and even they say the row will end the Berlusconi era.The internal feud became public drama last week during a live television program. Fini, who has always been loyal to Berlusconi and who cofounded the ruling House of Freedom political party with him, made a surprise announcement when he criticized the P.M.'s leadership and announced he would form a new political party, with an eye on the premiership. An irate Berlusconi responded by chiding Fini for exposing the party to "public mockery." The event devolved into a wild yelling match.The recent schism has left Italy's future up for grabs. The leftist opposition has no clear leader, so...
Europe Turns Against The PopeThe sex-abuse scandal of the early 2000s never did much damage to the popularity of John Paul II, the pope at the time. Pope Benedict XVI can only wish he were so fortunate. Ahead of the pope's official visit to Malta last weekend, Hitler mustaches and the Maltese word for "pedophilia" were painted on billboards displaying his picture. A petition opposing a papal visit to Britain this coming September has already collected more than 10,000 signatures in that country, and the writers Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens are threatening a citizen's arrest of the 82-year-old pontiff for crimes against humanity. And in the United States, a Gallup/USA Today poll found that Benedict's approval rating among Catholics and non-Catholics hit a new low last week, plunging to 40 percent from a high of 63 percent in 2008. In contrast, John Paul II's approval rating in America never dipped below 61 percent, even as the church paid out billions in compensation to...
Amanda Knox Has Lost the Battle for Public OpinionEven if Foxy Knoxy wins acquittal on Friday, she and her family have already lost in the court of public opinion.
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Tracking Down Truffles in TuscanyMost people who live in Italy for any period of time eventually become curious about truffles. It's not so much that Italian truffles, with their pungent smell and earthy flavor, are an acquired taste; they are simply hard to acquire, appearing on menus only at certain times of year and in certain regions. Unlike French black truffles, which are far more common, the Italian Precious Whites are a rare delicacy, worth as much as €4,000 a kilo, and surrounded by colorful folklore. Personally, I always imagined graying men with woven baskets and funny hats roaming the Tuscan countryside behind pigs, in pursuit of a mysterious fungus. A few weeks ago, I was lucky enough to go on a truffle hunt and found most of the myths shattered.Truffle hunting has been part of the Italian lifestyle for generations, but it is only now becoming a popular niche travel adventure as Italians focus on reinventing ancient traditions. In the 16th century, when truffles were a staple among aristocrats, they...
Why Are the Venetians Fleeing Venice?Venice may be engulfed by the ocean in the next century. But will any locals be around to see it happen?
Berlusconi Clamps Down on PressItaly's Berlusconi channels Mussolini, clamps down on press.
Here's How the Evidence Stacks up for Amanda KnoxSoon, it'll be up to a jury in Perugia to decide whether Amanda Knox killed Meredith Kercher. How the evidence stacks up.
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Amanda Knox's Trial Has Already Ruined Many LivesRegardless of the verdict, the trial of Amanda Knox has ruined the lives of almost everybody involved in it.
Sex Scandals Could Finally Fell Italy's BerlusconiIn Europe, the sex lives of politicians rarely create scandals the way they do in the U.S. But the continent's lenience may have finally hit its limit in Silvio Berlusconi's latest antics. The Italian prime minister has shrugged off all sorts of tawdry allegations during his three terms in office, from mafia collusion to bribery. Voters have also turned a blind eye to his former rumored affairs, so a sex scandal seemed like the last thing that would fell the media mogul. But when Berlusconi's wife started divorce proceedings against him this past spring, after he attended the birthday of an 18-year-old lingerie model, the first chinks in his reputation appeared. Then came incriminating photos of orgies at his Sardinian villa and testimony from high-priced call girls that Berlusconi promised them political power in exchange for sex. The trashy details of their leader's libido are starting to grate on ordinary Italians. For the first time, Berlusconi's...
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Mines Finalists Chosen to Compete in National Security Innovation Competition
March 29, 2009, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO — Ten finalists from the nation's most prestigious universities were selected to compete in the annual National Security Innovation Competition (NSIC) in Colorado Springs, Colorado, May 1.
The competition is presented by the National Homeland Defense Foundation and sponsored by the Colorado Homeland Defense Alliance and the Colorado Springs Technology Incubator.
The top three team projects will receive cash scholarship awards and will be featured at the 2009 National Homeland Defense Foundation Symposium. The entries selected promote national security-related innovations and expose novel technologies in areas such aerospace, defense, security, and first responder activities. Finalists include:
- Georgia Institute of Technology (undergraduate team): First Responder Mobile Tracking System
- University of Buffalo: Vulnerability Assessment and Response Tool Against 0-Day Exploits
- Arizona State University: A Hybrid Electrochemical-Colorimetric Sensing Platform for Detection of Explosives
- University of Arizona: Contactless Fingerprint Sensor
- Colorado School of Mines: Activity Recognition in a Dense Sensor Network
- University of Colorado at Colorado Springs: Mitigating Drug Resistance in MRSA via Metabolic Inhibition
- Georgia Institute of Technology (graduate team): PneumoCheck: A Novel Lower Airway Particle and Pathogen Collection Device
- University of Notre Dame: Enterprise Network Activities Visualization
- University of Denver: Light-weight High-performance Concrete
- Virginia Tech: Self-powered Border Security Systems
The final round of the competition will consist of oral presentations given to a panel of homeland security and defense experts. The following is a list of industry organizations with officials that will participate in judging:
- Science & Technology Division of the Department of Homeland Security
- U. S. Northern Command
- Raytheon
- National Laboratory Representative
The event will be hosted at MITRE Corporation's Colorado Springs office. MITRE is a not-for-profit national technology resource that has 7,000 scientists, engineers and support staff to provide systems engineering, research and development, and information technology support for critical national security issues.


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Thread: Trying to CONCEIVE
1st May 2012 04:21 PM #1
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Trying to CONCEIVE
My husband and i are both sexually active for a year and we are not using any protection, we are both fertile but i still don't understand why i am not pregnant. My friends would say we should try different sexual positions to conceive, is this true?
1st May 2012 10:09 PM #2
Hi Aussiemum,
It is hard when you want to have a baby so much - but, for many couples, it can take longer to conceive than they anticipate.
How quickly you conceive depends on a variety of factors including:
-the age of yourself and your partner
-how frequently you have sex (the NICE guidelines are that couples trying to conceive have sex every 2-3 days). It's particularly important to have sex during your most fertile time of the month. There is an Ovulation Calendar here which can help with this.
-the health of yourself and your partner
-if you and your partner drink/smoke the chances are reduced
-stress makes it more difficult to conceive
-if you have any reproductive problems
If you have been trying to conceive for over a year then it is advised that you see your doctor. However, this source shows that if 100 couples were trying to conceive then only 85 couples would have conceived in the first year. Sometimes it just takes longer.
Do you have regular cycles?
There are no conclusive studies which show certain sexual positions make it significantly easier/quicker to conceive.
I hope this helps you and you and your husband are able to conceive soon.
Best wishes,
7th May 2012 07:48 AM #3
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If you know that you are both fertile, then the area you will want to concentrate on is getting your baby making timing and baby making techniques absolutely perfect.
I explain some of this in my response to a post entitled How to conceive if you have irregular periods. Please read that and then let me know if you already feel like you're getting your timing right. I can also give tips on positions, and techniques... things we used to conceive the first month we tried (works really well).
Looking forward to hearing what you've tried already.
Warm regards,
5th June 2012 11:43 AM #4
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Are there vitamins or medications that my husband and I can take to increase our fertility as well? We are not much of a pill taker and usually just rely of good and healthy food for nourishment. I've heard about some pills that can aid people in getting more pregnant more easily.
9th June 2012 07:17 AM #5
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Hi Erika,
The trick to figuring out which nutrients you need depends upon the quality of your cervical mucus and the quality of your husband's semen/sperm. Here's a thread that discusses how to watch your cervical mucus changes so that you know how to best time your baby making sex. But if you're not seeing that high quality "egg white" cervical mucus, then you'll want to concentrate on eating foods and taking supplements to increase your fertility.
Some of the more general things you can take would be a high quality prenatal supplement for you. Be sure it's one that has a high bioavailability so your body can utilize the nutrients well. Some of the least expensive supplements end up mostly in the lu, rather than being utilized by the body, so this is super important, otherwise you will be literally flushing your money down the lu.
You'll want to be sure you're taking a high quality omega 3 fatty acid supplement like cod liver oil too. Be sure you're Vitamin D level is in a good range (not low/normal) and if it's not, then you'll want to supplement with a high quality Vitamin D3.
For your husband, a zinc supplement can be helpful, as can 400 IU of Vitamin E, and a multi-vitamin for men.
Something that's also very beneficial is being sure you're getting enough greens, and something like an organic barley greens formula can definitely help with this.
Here's a wonderful page with excellent supplement suggestions from Dr. Marilyn Glenville.
Hope this helps, and feel free to post back with any questions.
Warm regards,


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