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CD-ROMs that are safe, not scary By Jane Huth
I realized my mistake when he woke up screaming a few nights later. The first night I suspected indigestion, but the second night (when he was afraid to go back to sleep), he told me he was scared of the ghost who tries to kill Harry at the end of the game.
Oooops. I should have known better since I saw the movie and found it too violent for my children. I am trying to shield my children from scary things for as long as possible. Childhood is too brief and precious to squander.
To that end, here are a few newer programs that won't keep children up at night. We'll all sleep better for it.
FLASH ACTION SOFTWARE: COLORS, SHAPES & MORE, $14.99, www.schoolzone.com, (800) 253-0564; ages 3-6.
If your 2-year-old is itching to play with the computer, this program will give her something to tussle with. It appears designed for parents eager to push their children into computer competence before they are out of diapers.
Precocious 2- to 4-year-olds will enjoy learning numbers, shapes and colors with this cheerful program that also features a play area where kids can create artwork and print it out. Kids who can manage a mouse can click on the big, bright buttons and follow directions by clicking on the right shape, color or number in response to a question asked by the program narrator. After each answer, a child's voice offers encouragement, whether the answer is right or wrong. When kids answer a few questions correctly, they are rewarded with applause and an animated animal bouncing across the screen.
The graphics, as in all School Zone software, are excellent. I expect parents whose children haven't used computers much will have the most success getting their kids interested in this program. It's a fun way to practice preschool and early kindergarten skills. The program was too static for my 4-year-old (although she could benefit from the drill and practice) because she's already used to stories and lots of action in her favorite software.
DRAGON TALES: DRAGON FROG JAMBOREE, $19.99, Windows, www.amazon.com, (800) 755-3588; ages 3-6.
If your children are like mine, they are glued to the TV when "Dragon Tales" comes on. I love "Dragon Tales" because the show features children (and their young dragon friends) figuring out how to deal with real life situations about friendship, cooperation, sharing, telling the truth, being scared or soothing hurt feelings.
This CD-ROM features the TV show's cast of colorful dragons: Cassie, Ord, Zack, Weezie and Ketzel, who team with the children Max and Emmy to find singing Dragon Frogs scattered throughout Dragon Land. It's an entertaining program that will hold the interest of children as young as 3, but it is mostly a game of pure fantasy. The real-life situations are left for the TV show, which is too bad since that's what makes the show compelling to kids.
Players search Dragon Land for lost Dragon Frogs who are supposed to put on a concert. Players find frogs and match sounds, colors or shapes. My 4-year-old, who was enchanted by this CD-ROM, had some trouble at first finding the frogs, then caught on quickly. But the program is so simple even at the "hard" level, I doubt most 6-year-olds (even devotees of the TV show) will play it more than a few times.
THE LITTLE RAVEN & FRIENDS: THE TRICYCLE STORY, $19.99, www.tivola.com, (877) 848-6520; ages 3 and up.
If software could teach children to care, share and do things for other people, parents' lives would be a lot easier. This is a great program, but your kids might fight over who gets to play with it (mine did). Little Raven, that imperfect bird, takes his friend Eddie Bear's tricycle without asking and crashes it into a tree. When Little Raven tries to get away with it, he ends up in the Time Out Cave, which is boring, so he decides somewhat reluctantly, to put Eddie's broken tricycle back together. To do that, Little Raven must wander around the forest collecting parts of the tricycle from his animal friends. But they don't want to give up the trike parts just because Little Raven asks for them. So he must learn to be helpful, make trades and play games to win the parts.
I like the feature that requires players to decide whether to help Little Raven's friends. It reinforces the idea that children can choose whether to helpóand drives home the point that refusing to help has consequences. In this case, refusing to help means no trike piece and the game will never end if players keep saying no. Each favor requires Little Raven to play a game or navigate a maze, all of which are offered at two levels. Most are easy, except for one that asks players to balance two objects such as a pail, purse, rubber duck and radio without knowing what each weighs.
Once the trike is put back together, Little Raven, in his irascible style, hops on it ahead of Eddie Bear, to run a tricycle race. Heís a great character because heís like most kids: impulsive and imperfect, but we love him anyway.
DISNEY LEARNING ADVENTURE: SEARCH FOR THE SECRET KEYS, $19.99, www.disneyinteractive.com, (800) 228-0988; ages 5 and up.
The ghosts in this CD-ROM are definitely not scary, even when they try to be. Kids will feel comfortable and safe in this haunted house filled with secret passageways that lead to learning opportunities.
Cobwebs aside, itís bright, cheerful and only incidentally creaky. Shaky, Quaky and Clyde, the three ghosts who appear from time to time to tutor kids who are stuck on a problem, are quite friendly and helpful. Mickey, Minnie, Goofy, Donald and Pluto wander through the rooms searching for hidden keys. Players find the keys by playing games such as organizing books in the library and fitting pipes into a pattern to fix the leaky plumbing in the basement.
I thought the math exercise requiring players to fit pieces of armor onto the right racks was the most demanding. Players must finish math problems written as groups of dots, colored lines or as numerals. My favorite part of this program is the musicóan appropriately jazzy 1920s tune. I liked all the activities, but wished there were more of them. My 6-year-old breezed through this CD-ROM in about a week.
LIBERTYíS KIDS, $24.99, www.learningcompany.com, 800-KID-XPRT; ages 8-12.
Itís about a war, but ìLibertyís Kidsî (based on the public television show of the same name) is anything but violent. Set at the start of the American Revolution, players act as reporters for Benjamin Franklinís Philadelphia Gazette. They travel to Boston to find out what happened at the Boston Tea Party, to Lexington and Concord to report on skirmishes with the British and to other important Revolutionary War sites. Players quiz ordinary people they encounter on their journeys and key figures of the day, including Samuel Adams and Paul Revere. Once the reporting is finished, players return to the newspaper office to edit and publish their stories.
Like the television show, this CD-ROM focuses on history without mentioning the bloodier aspects of war. The program is a challenging and interesting way for kids to familiarize themselves with important places and people in the early history of our country. I like the way it offers different points of view (British and American) on every aspect of the revolution. Kids must use their judgment to decide which people they want to quote in their story, depending upon who they think is telling the truth. Although it mentions the issue of slavery only in passing, the program shows men and women of color in important positions, such as Ben Franklinís assistant, Moses, who runs his printing office in Franklinís absence, and the slave poet Phyllis Wheatley.
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Arizona AG Candidate Mark Brnovich Calls for an End to US Airways Merger Lawsuit
Joins Texas AG and mayors of five hub cities in calling for Obama to drop lawsuit
Republican Arizona Attorney General candidate Mark Brnovich called on Tom Horne to follow Texas AG Greg Abbott in withdrawing from the Obama Administration's lawsuit against the proposed US Airways/American Airlines merger. "Horne's decision to join Eric Holder's lawsuit is a great example of bureaucrats believing that they know better than business leaders and using the machinery of government to force their opinions on the economy."
"The role of the Justice Department in this area is stopping the creation of illegal monopolies, not arbitrarily choosing which deals will be allowed to proceed. Instead of limiting options for distressed airlines, the Arizona Attorney General and the federal government should focus on creating a level playing field and removing barriers to entry for new companies."
This week, Phoenix mayor Greg Stanton joined the mayors of Chicago, Philadelphia, Dallas, Fort Worth, and Charlotte-all of which are major US Airways or American hub cities-in calling for an end to the lawsuit.
Raised in Arizona, Mark Brnovich is a graduate of Arizona State University. After law school, Mark prosecuted felonies in the Gang/Repeat Offender Bureau of the Maricopa County Attorney's Office and worked as an Assistant Attorney General for Arizona and as Assisting US Attorney for the District of Arizona. Mark also served his country as Command Staff Judge Advocate in the Arizona Army National Guard for eight years. Mark met his wife Susan while both were working as prosecutors. They live in Phoenix with their two daughters. Their last name is pronounced Burn-o-vich.
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We live blogged Mitt Romney's acceptance speech at the GOP convention and Sen. Marco Rubio's introduction of the presidential nominee.
The final night of the Romney-Ryan celebration included remarks by actor-director Clint Eastwood, who pretended to be having a conversation with President Obama with an empty chair beside him.
Full coverage of the 40th Republican National Convention will be available at USATODAY.com and in Friday's editions. Scroll down for highlights:
11:26 p.m.ET - 11:30 p.m. ET: The final prayer is now being given Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the archbishop of New York. And House Speaker John Boehner, the presiding officer, adjourns the GOP convention.
11:15 p.m. ET: The entire Romney and Ryan families are on the stage. It looks like Ryan is making sure his kids don't go over the edge. One of the kids is excited because he's caught a red balloon.
11:14 p.m. ET: And here's the GOP ticket of Romney and Ryan on the stage. And the red, white and blue balloons -- plus confetti -- drop from the ceiling. The men are joined by their wives and the four of them wave to the crowd.
11:13 p.m. ET: Romney concludes with these remarks.
If I am elected President of these United States, I will work with all my energy and soul to restore that America, to lift our eyes to a better future. That future is our destiny. That future is out there. It is waiting for us. Our children deserve it, our nation depends upon it, the peace and freedom of the world require it. And with your help we will deliver it. Let us begin that future together tonight.
1:12 p.m. ET: Romney is now outlining his vision for America, as he starts to close his speech.
"That united America, will uphold the constellation of rights that were endowed by our Creator, and codified in our Constitution, he says. "That united America will care for the poor and the sick, will honor and respect the elderly, and will give a helping hand to those in need."
11:09 p.m. ET: "We're still talking and Iran's centrifuges are still spinning," Romney says. He talks about Obama's dealings with Israel and with Russia. Romney also mocks a comment made by Obama to Russia's president that was caught on an open mike:
"Our friends will see more loyalty and Mr. (Vladimir) Putin will see less flexibility and more backbone," Romney says.
11:08 p.m. ET: The chants of USA! USA! are getting louder. It's after 11 p.m. ET -- Are the TV networks still broadcasting live?
11: 07 p.m. ET: "President Obama promised to slow the rise of the oceans," Romney says, and there's laughter in the room. "And to heal the planet. My promise is to help you and your family."
11:06 p.m. ET: "Unlike President Obama I will not raise taxes on the middle class," he says, then vows he'll "protect the sanctity of life" and "protect the institution of marriage."
11:05 p.m. ET: Romney is going through his five-point plan to help the middle class. "We must rein in the skyrocketing cost of health care by repealing and replacing Obamacare," he says. The crowd is waving signs and chanting "Go, Mitt, Go."
11:03 p.m. ET: Romney explains why he is running and touts his plan to create 12 million new jobs.
"I am running for president to help create a better future. A future where everyone who wants a job can find one."
11:02 p.m. ET: Sorry, we're back after a technical glitch.
10:57 p.m.ET: Romney laments that Obama attacks success. "In America we celebrate success, we don't apologize for success," he says. The crowd gives him a rousing standing ovation.
10:55 p.m. ET: Romney is now talking about his days starting Bain Capital. "I thought about asking my church's pension fund to invest, but I didn't. I thought it would be bad if I lost my investors' money. I didn't want to go to hell, too," he says.
10:54 p.m. ET: Romney gigs Obama: "You know there's something wrong with the kind of job he's done as president when the best feeling you had, was the day you voted for him."
10:52 p.m. ET: "Strength and power and goodness of America has always been based on the strength and power and goodness of our communities," Romney says.
10:51 p.m. ET: Applause for Romney's line about his wife, Ann, and how he knew her job as a stay-at-home mom "was more important than mine."
10:50 p.m. ET: About those protests inside the hall, from USA TODAY's Rick Hampson:
Three demonstrators, two women and one man, who chanted "Democracy is not a business '' during the speech were wrestled out of the hall by security. The man struggled with security guards in the hallway outside the convention hall, and was placed up against a wall and frisked. After being told he'd assaulted the guard who was restraining him, he said, "I didn't assault anyone!''
10:49 p.m. ET: Romney is praising women leaders such as Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin, New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez and former secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
10:46 p.m. ET: Romney reflects on his father, George, who was governor of Michigan and the head of the American Motors Co. "My parents gave the gift of unconditional love," he says, explaining how he tries to pass down the same to his children and grandchildren.
10:45 p.m. ET: "The soles of Neil Armstrong on the moon made an impression on all our souls," Romney says, reflecting on the American astronaut who died this weekend. "God bless Neil Armstrong. Tonight that American flag is still on the moon and I don't doubt that ... the spirit is still with us. When you need big stuff done, you need an American."
10:43 p.m. ET: Back to Romney speech. "I wish President Obama succeeded because I want America to succeed," Romney says.
10:42 p.m. ET: There might be some protests going on inside the Tampa Bay Times Forum, but the Romney supporters are shouting them down. Twitter is saying these are Code Pink protesters.
10:41 p.m. ET: Chants of USA! to drown out a protest from a woman who screamed out during Romney's remarks. The woman is seated right near the press stands and she's escorted out of the hall.
10:39 p.m. ET: Romney talks about how people came to America for freedom, including the freedom "to build a business with their own hands."
10:38 p.m. ET: Romney quips that Ryan is "not embarrassed to show the world how much he loves his mom." And he gets in a dig on one of Ryan's applause lines from Wednesday night: "But Paul, I still like the playlist on my iPod better than yours."
10:38 p.m. ET: Romney says he's chosen "my friend and America's next vice president" Paul Ryan to stand beside him.
10:35 p.m. ET: Romney is waving and you can see him saying "thank you."
"Mr. Chairman and delegates," Romney says. "I accept your nomination for president of the United States."
10:34 p.m. ET: Romney is walking in to the strains of Kid Rock and Born Free, his campaign theme song. Kid Rock is from Michigan, just like Romney. The crowd is clapping and there are huge cheers as Romney takes the stage.
10:32 p.m. ET: Rubio finishes and introduces "the next president of the United States." Romney enters from the floor of the convention hall, shaking hands with delegates. He's kissing a woman in the Idaho delegation, shakes the hand of former House speaker Denny Hastert.
10:31 p.m. ET: Rubio flubs a key line in his speech, saying "We chose more government instead of more freedom." Someone in the crowd says no. Line in the text says, "We chose more freedom instead of more government."
10:30 p.m. ET: "America is the story of everyday people who did extraordinary things," Rubio says. "Mitt Romney believes that if we succeed in changing the direction of our country, our children and grandchildren will be the most prosperous generation ever, and their achievements will astonish the world."
10:28 p.m. ET: Rubio tells the story of his father, a bartender at a banquet hall. "He stood behind a bar in the back of the room all those years, so one day I could stand behind a podium in the front of a room."
10:25 p.m. ET: Big cheer for this Rubio line: "Mitt Romney is running for president because he knows that if we are willing to do for our children what our parents did for us, life in America can be better than it has ever been."
10:22 p.m. ET: Rubio describes what makes America special: "We are ... united not by a common race or ethnicity. We're bound together by common values. That family is the most important institution in society. That almighty God is the source of all we have."
10:20 p.m. ET: Rubio rips into Obama's 2008 campaign slogan: "The only 'change' is that 'hope' has been hard to find," Rubio says. "Hope and change has become 'divide and conquer.' "
10:18 p.m. ET: "Our problem with President Obama isn't that he's a bad person," Rubio says. "Our problem is that he's a bad president."
10:17 p.m. ET: Rubio is talking about the lessons of his grandfather, an immigrant from Cuba: "There was no limit to how far I could go, because I was an American," he says.
10:15 p.m. ET: Rubio opens his remarks asking for prayers for Cuba.
10:12 p.m. ET: "When somebody doesn't do the job we have to let him go," Eastwood says. Someone asks him to say "Make my day," the signature line from his Dirty Harry movies.
Then he starts: "Go ahead ..." And the crowd responds: "Make my day."
10:09 p.m. ET: "Biden is the intellect of the Democratic Party," Eastwood says. "I never thought it was a good idea for attorneys to be president. May be time for a businessman. A stellar businessman."
10:08 p.m. ET: Eastwood keeps them laughing, "I'm not going to shut up." What do you want me to tell Romney? "I can't tell him to do that to himself," Eastwood jokes. "You're getting as bad as Biden."
10:06 p.m. ET: Eastwood talking to an empty chair, as though President Obama is seated next to him. He asks why Obama hasn't closed the prison at Guantanamo Bay. "I thought it was because someone had the stupid idea of trying terrorists in downtown New York City," Eastwood says.
10:05 p.m. ET: Eastwood says he was caught up in the emotion of Obama's election in 2008 and hasn't cried that hard since until finding out there are 23 million unemployed people in this country. "A national disgrace," he says. "This administration has not done enough. ... Possibly, now it may be time for someone else to come along and solve the problem."
10:03 p.m. ET: Not all of Hollywood is on the political left, Eastwood says. "Conservative people ... they don't go around hot dogging it," he says. "Believe me, they're there."
10:02 p.m. ET: And here comes Clint Eastwood. The crowd is on its feet. Silhoutte of Eastwood from The Good, The Bad and The Ugly behind him at podium. "Save a little for Mitt," Eastwood says.
10:01 p.m. ET: Crowd inside the Tampa Bay Times Forum starts chanting "USA!" after Romney family video.
9:56 p.m. ET: The five Romney boys get their moment in this video at the GOP convention. One son talking about his father's cheapness.
9:52 p.m. ET: After this Romney video about his work at the 2002 Winter Olympics and his family life, the biggest hour of Romney's political career will begin.
Catalina Camia leads the OnPolitics online community and has been at USA TODAY since 2005. She has been a reporter or editor covering politics and Congress for two decades, including stints at The Dallas Morning News and Congressional Quarterly. Follow her at @USATOnPolitics.
USA TODAY's Jackie Kucinich (@jfkucinich) and Fredreka Schouten (@fschouten) also contribute to the OnPolitics blog.


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Heyyyyyyyy wooooorrrrrrrllllddddd!!!
We got us a really good win Tuesday night against Detroit and then an even better one last night in Chicago. We were facing a Bulls team that hadn´t played since Saturday while we were on a back-to-back. Chicago was getting Booze back and D-Rose is steady blowing up. We played defense like a championship team and we moved the ball on offense.
When we put it all together and ball like we did last night, I think we show people and even ourselves how good we can be as a team.
Our recent victories were by close margins. But against the Bulls, we knew we had to jump on them from the start, hit first and be aggressive. We knew their crowd would be hyped so we didn´t want to give them any life early in the game.
We had Vince Carter attacking the rim, and our point guard, Jameer Nelson, is playing as well as any PG in the league right now. When 'Meer is getting into the lane and breaking down the defense our shooters get wide-open looks and he´s able to feed me for lobs.
We finally cranked our defense back up against the Bulls and started rebounding the ball. Somebody told me that Chicago´s 21 rebounds were a franchise record low for them, which is a great accomplishment on our part to hold them down like that. And Jo Noah, who is a really good rebounder, didn´t get one board against us.
Lots of people like to focus on offense, but we know that playing defense and rebounding is how we´re going to accomplish our goal of winning a championship this season. We´re a defensive team and we have to have that mindset first and foremost every night.
We had fun the other night in the locker room with the Derek Anderson thing. He is the Arizona Cardinals quarterback who lost his mind when the reporters asked him about laughing on the sidelines at the end of a blowout loss. Ya´ll know that I like to do impressions of people, so I was doing my Derek Anderson impression after the Detroit win and it was pretty funny. I think it´s even out on YouTube now by some folks, so check it out and get a laugh out of it.
Well, we still have two more tough games left on this cold roadtrip. We´re in Detroit on Friday night and those dudes always play us tough. We have to move the ball from side-to-side better against them and play more inside-out. We played an ugly game against them on Tuesday, and we are looking to a similar game on Friday.
Then, it´s onto Milwaukee on Saturday. The Bucks always play us tough, so we´ll have to be ready. I like their center, Andrew Bogut, a lot and I´m eager to see how much the kid point guard Brandon Jennings has developed.
Well, I´m outta here. Gotta go and check out LeBron as he takes his talents back to Cleveland tonight. That should be downright crazy, so I´ll be checking it out!!!
Peace out!!! Yuuuuuuuuuaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh!!!


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Where "U-Pick" The Best!
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Compliments of the 2016 season!
A warm winter resulted in an early bud break. Subsequent freeze/frost events contributed to varietal loss of up to 100% on certain varieties. APPLE PICKING WILL BE SEVERELY CURTAILED. Raspberries appear to be early. We plan on opening on Saturday August 27th.
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2016 Estimated Picking Schedule
Estimated Ripening Date
Zestar, Paula Red
August 29th
Ginger Gold, Jonamac
Early September
Early to mid September
Gala, Crimson Crisp
Mid September
Cortland, McCoun, Greening
Mid to late September
Empire, Jonagold
Early October
Golden Delicious, Red Delicious, N. Spy
Early to mid October
Crispin, Ida Red
Late October
U-Pick?Apples in stand
Early to mid November
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If so, visit www.oneillsorchardbbq.com to view our catering menu and pricing!
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Thank You For Visiting Us
The stand will be open every weekday for U-Pick from 10am to 6pm.
We have a large variety of mums, jams, baked goods and cheese.
The kitchen is open Saturdays and Sundays, as well as on Labor Day and Columbus Day for: APPLE FRITTERS, APPLE CIDER DONUTS, BBQ, CIDER HOUSE FREEZE, HOT DOGS, CIDERS, WATER, AND SODA.
I would like to thank you for taking a moment to visit our website, and we look forward to seeing you again this year!
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Allora is known as 'the best little town on the Downs'. The town is just off the highway between Toowoomba and Warwick.
You'll think you're taking a trip into history when driving down the main street. Visit Saint David's Anglican Church built in 1888, and one of the finest examples of a timber church in country Queensland. There's also an excellent country butcher and a couple of home-style cafes in town.
Experience Allora's strong sense of history on the signed Heritage Trail. It takes walkers from one historic building to the next, street banners reflect the theme, and a series of murals at the gates of the showground depict local milestones. The town was the childhood home of P.L Travers who wrote the Mary Poppins stories, and the fallen soldier's memorial is one of only two Boer War memorials in Queensland.
Now restored, Glengallan Homestead and Heritage Centre embodies the history of the Allora region since the late nineteenth Century. A major draw card on the Heritage Building Trail, Glengallan divulges a fascinating insight into the workings of a pastoral station.
From November to February you'll see sunflowers in bloom.
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The Demoness Putana
To kill Krishna, he engaged a demoness named Putana. After specially treating the demoness Putana so that her nipples were poisoned he disguised her as a nymph and sent her to Gokul to try to breast-feed Krishna and kill him. But God that he was, the child Krishna saw through the game and as a miracle, we are told, the demoness fainted, the moment Krishna's lips touched her breast. Kansa plot to eliminate Krishna was foiled. But as a result of sucking the poisoned milk Krishna's originally fair skin colour turned dark.
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- Take stock. Check out your child's closet to assess what she really needs before hitting the store. Pants and sweaters from last year may still fit for the beginning of the school year.
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The Maltese Manuscript (2003)
by Joanne Dobson
No current Talk conversations about this book.
Karen Pelletier is a Professor in the English Department of an American University. The department is organizing a forthcoming conference on 'the murder mystery'. In the process ,Sunnye Hardcastle (a rather unlikely name one feels) a famous writer in this genre arrives to speak at the event.
Shortly after,a large number of rare and semi-rare books are stolen from the Library and the thief is found dead in the book-stacks. Murder or accident?
The missing books however are still missing,so Karen sets off to attempt to trace them,not it has to be said ,with the full approval of her policeman boyfriend Charlie Piotrowski. Sunnye,the crime writer,complicates the police investigations.
What I liked about this was the many mentions of books,libraries and other literary bits and pieces that cropped up in the course of this story.
The downside was that on the whole the characters were rather one-dimensional.
On balance I will give it a 4½,because I loved the overall bookish theme.
References to this work on external resources.
Wikipedia in English
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 159058290X, Paperback)In classic noir tradition, English Professor Karen Pelletier gains a client when her office door opens and a famous Private Eye novelist enters. The author is dogged by Trouble (a Rottweiler) and by a problem. And since Sunnye Hardcastle (a Patricia Cornwell lookalike) will be a featured speaker in the English Department's upcoming conference on the murder mystery (from a Feminist Perspective), Karen is intrigued.
The next thing you know, one midnight someone rushes out of the Enfield library with an armload of rare books. In fact, the library is missing a truckload of its treasures. Then a suspect is found dead in the stacks, his neck broken. With a real private eye on the case, the hunt is on—for the manuscript of Hammett's famous novel, The Maltese Falcon, for the missing books, and for potential murder suspects.
A sparkling fifth entry in an award-nominated series by Fordham University professor Joanne Dobson riffs the hardboiled genre and several sacred icons. What is truth? What is fiction? No one seems certain. Perhaps most frustrated is Karen's boyfriend, Massachusetts police lieutenant Charlie Piotrowski, a man having trouble dividing his personal and professional life, let alone translating modern academic-speak. But then, don't we all?
Joanne Dobson is the author of Quieter Than Sleep, The Northbury Papers, The Raven and the Nightingale, and Cold and Pure and Very Dead.
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Potato Gnocchi with Tomato-Prosciutto Sauce
Baking potatoes, usually called Idaho potatoes or russets, are best for gnocchi; since they're drier than other varieties, they'll produce lighter dumplings. Oven-roasting the potatoes also helps make the dough drier.
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- Servings: 4
- 2 pounds medium baking potatoes
- 1 teaspoon salt
- About 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 medium onion, minced
- One 28-ounce can crushed tomatoes
- Salt and freshly ground pepper
- 2 ounces thinly sliced prosciutto, trimmed of fat and cut into thin strips
- 2 tablespoons minced fresh basil
How to make this recipe
Preheat the oven to 400°. Prick the potatoes once or twice with a small knife and bake for about 45 minutes, or until tender in the center when pierced. Let cool slightly.
Peel the potatoes and pass them through a potato ricer or food mil into a large bowl. Let cool completely. Stir in the salt. Gradually stir in about half of the flour until the mixture becomes stiff. Transfer the mixture to a lightly floured surface and knead in as much of the remaining flour as necessary until the dough is no longer sticky.
Line 2 baking sheets with wax paper and dust with flour. Divide the dough into 8 equal pieces. Set one piece on a floured surface; keep the remaining dough covered with an inverted bowl. using your hands, roll out the dough to a 1/2-inch-thick rope and then cut the rope into 3/4-inch lengths.
Dip a fork in flour. Roll each piece of dough down the back of the tines; press gently with your thumb so the tines leave ridges. Alternatively, flatten the gnocchi by pressing each one gently with a fork. Set the gnocchi on the prepared baking sheets in a single layer without touching. Repeat with the remaining pieces of dough.
Heat the olive oil in a large nonreactive skillet. Add the onion and cook over moderately high heat, stirring, until tender, about 5 minutes. Add the tomatoes and season with salt and pepper. Bring to a simmer, then reduce the heat to low and cook for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Stir in 2 tablespoons of salt, then add half the gnochhi, a few at a time, and simmer until they float to the surface. Using a slotted spoon, transfer them to a rack to drain thoroughly; don't pile them or they'll stick together. Repeat with the remaining gnocchi.
Stir the prosciutto and basil into the tomato sauce. Spoon the gnocchi onto 4 large plates, top with the tomato sauce and serve.
Make Ahead
The gnocchi and sauce can stand at room temperature for up to 2 hours. Rewarm the sauce before serving.
One Serving Calories 326 kcal, Protein 12 gm, Carbohydrate 58 gm, Cholesterol 12 mg, Total Fat 6.3 gm, Saturated Fat 1.1 gm.
Suggested Pairing
The bright flavors of a Chianti Classico Riserva would suit the tartness of this tomato sauce.


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Washington (AFP) April 30, 2013
The antiretroviral drug efavirenz is more effective at treating children infected with HIV than the more commonly used and cheaper nevirapine, according to a study out Tuesday.
The study is being billed as the first large-scale comparison of first-line treatments for HIV-positive children, and could have an impact on care in poor parts of the world, where most of them live.
Published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, the findings show initial treatment with efavirenz was more effective than nevirapine in suppressing the virus that causes AIDS in children aged three to 16.
The study involved more than 800 children, and was carried out by researchers from the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and the Botswana-Baylor Children's Clinical Center of Excellence.
The World Health Organization currently recommends both efavirenz and nevirapine in poor areas like sub-Saharan Africa, home to 90 percent of the world's more than three million HIV-positive children.
"Because nevirapine costs less than efavirenz and is more widely available in pediatric formulations, it is currently the more frequent choice," said lead author Elizabeth Lowenthal, of the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
"However, our study suggests that efavirenz produces better outcomes."
Senior author Robert Gross of Penn Medicine said that, given the evidence, it was "very reasonable to adjust pediatric treatment guidelines."
"However, as we move towards such changes, more work should be done to make efavirenz a more financially viable option for children on antiretroviral therapy in these resource-limited settings," he added.
Several previous studies have shown efavirenz to be more effective in adults, leading to it being recommended over nevirapine in a number of countries.
Nevirapine is produced by Boehringer Ingelheim, while efavirenz is marketed under the name Sustiva in the United States by Bristol-Myers Squibb.
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Billy Vunipola has been shortlisted for the Rugby Players' Association young player of the season award - his second such nomination this season.
The 21-year-old backrow has excelled for Saracens this term, more than playing his part in the side's success as they reached the Premiership and Heineken Cup finals.
Speaking to the club's website, the Australian-born England cap said: "It feels very cool to be nominated in this category, there's so many great young players out there, so like the Rhead Group England Player of the Year nomination, this means an awful lot to me.
"I can only thank all my teammates and coaches who have always showed an enormous amount of faith in me."
Vunipola is one of six nominees, with the others being George Ford (Bath), Joe Launchbury (Wasps), Jack Nowell (Exeter), Anthony Watson (Bath) and Owen Williams (Leicester).


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TFC Baseball Headed to NCCAA World Series
The Toccoa Falls Eagles have been chosen by the selection committee to attend the 2014 NCCAA College World Series in Mason, Ohio. The World Series will be played on May 14-17, and will be hosted by Prasco Park.
The Eagles (33-16) will travel north as the #6 seed in the 10 team tournament. The other participants are as follows: #1 Oklahoma Christian University (37-15), #2 Trevecca Nazarene University (41-12), #3 Lee University (33-17), #4 Fresno Pacific University (30-16), #5 Bluefield College (33-17), #7 Cedarville University (28-25), #8 Trinity Christian College-Ill. (26-20) ,#9 Shorter University (15-32), and #10 Lancaster Bible College (17-18).
Under the new NCCAA baseball alignment in which divisions one and two were condensed into a single division, the format of the World Series will be round robin pool play with a single elimination semifinals for the top two teams from each pool.
The Eagles, winner of three straight NCCAA DII World Series, will open Pool B play on Wednesday at 11:00 AM against the Lee Flames. Also on Wednesday, Toccoa will see the Trevecca Trojans at 8:00 PM. The Cedarville Yellow Jackets will be TFC's lone game on Thursday at 11:00 AM. The Eagles will conclude pool play on Friday at 1:00 PM with the Lancaster Bible Chargers.
The semifinals will be played on Friday night at 5:00 and 8:00, and the championship game will be played on Saturday at 1:00 PM.
This is the 6th NCCAA World Series appearance for Toccoa Falls, qualifying each season since 2009. The Eagles have experienced unprecedented success at the friendly confines of Prasco. Toccoa finished as World Series champions in 2009, 2011, 2012, and 2013. TFC's placed as runners-up in 2010.


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Setting the record straight
Wednesday, Mar 05, 2014 06:00 am
It is unfortunate that the St. Albert Gazette chose to mislead readers and vilify me and Prime Minister Stephen Harper in the Feb. 1 editorial Harper trying to steal Rathgeber�s thunder.
What is particularly disconcerting is that the St. Albert Gazette failed to even contact my office ahead of time to inquire as to whether their editorial was factually correct and has ignored multiple requests to address this issue. The St. Albert Gazette�s lack of professionalism on this matter is disappointing.
I would like to take this opportunity to set the record straight � I personally invited MP Brent Rathgeber to participate in the $190,000 funding announcement for the Friends of the Northern Alberta International Children�s Festival Society, as the member of Parliament for St. Albert. It was Mr. Rathgeber's choice not to attend.
To politicize this event and discredit worthy recipients is unacceptable. This funding brings much needed stability over a two-year period for the organization and I thought it was important to have a member of Parliament there to make this announcement, as did the Friends of the Northern Alberta International Children�s Festival Society. Therefore, I was more than happy to come out and talk about the fantastic job the society is doing and how it benefits not only Albertans, but our society as a whole.
Brian Storseth, member of Parliament, Westlock-St. Paul


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I recently had the urge to buy a bright lipstick, no idea why, but I fancied being adventurous. I'm not really the sort of person who knows all the MAC lipstick shades and all their names, I tend to just go to the counter and try them on depending on whether I'm drawn to the colour.
This one called 'Impassioned' really caught my eye but I was pretty doubtful that it would suit me. It's a gorgeous pink/coral shade that's different to most shades I've seen. I tried it on and actually really liked it! I've worn it layered on and I've also worn it lightly dabbed on with my finger, both ways work well. I'll have photos of me wearing it in my next outfit post, but until then, just enjoy the gorgeousness of a freshly untouched MAC lipstick. Don't you love these kind of photos?! I do.
Have you tried Impassioned? What do you think of it?
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Women's Golf Shoes for a Great Fit & Feel
Buying Tips
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Get classic traction and the ability to replace individual plastic spikes with the women's spiked golf shoe collection. Choose a more contemporary shoe that can be worn from the green to the gravel when you select a spikeless golf shoe.
Match your new golf shoes with styles from our women's golf apparel collection. Shop women's shirts, shorts, skorts, outerwear and more.
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Comfort is key. Select a pair of women's golf shoes that will carry you from the front to the back nine with ease. Look for shoes that are lightweight and constructed with foam midsoles.
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Shoes made from leather give you more durability. Look for shoes constructed from mesh and other breathable fabrics to keep your feet fresh, cool and dry.
Are golf shoes required to play golf?
Golf shoes are not required by all golf courses, however, it is strongly recommended that you wear golf shoes during play. By design, golf shoes are built to help golfers look, feel and play their best—from the first tee to the final putt.
From a looks perspective, golf shoe manufacturers produce a wide range of styles that fit many player profiles—from casual to athletic, from traditional to fashion-forward.
What should I look for in a pair of golf shoes?
A round of golf places various demands on your feet, and manufacturers place a high importance on feel when constructing their products. Uppers can feature a leather construction for shape consistency, support and weather protection, or a mesh/synthetic construction for range of motion and ventilation during warm weather. Insoles and midsoles are meticulously designed to provide underfoot support through the stroke and shock absorption with each step. Wearing proper golf shoes ensures your feet remain comfortable based on the demands you are placing on them during play.
Performance is paramount in golf shoe design, and the golfer's ability to maintain balance and grip is key to performing well on the course. Spiked and spikeless outsoles are engineered to help golfers maintain a solid foundation on terrain commonly found on a golf course. Golfers who wear sneakers may notice slipping or unsure footing on the course, which leads to a loss of balance and lack of shot control.
What is the difference between spiked and spikeless golf shoes?
The difference between spiked and spikeless golf shoes lies purely in the design of the outsole. Spikeless golf shoes feature a series of built-in traction lugs placed in key areas on the outsole in order to provide grip and maximize balance through the stroke. Since the lugs are built into the actual outsole, golfers notice a more grounded feel, similar to the feel of a standard sneaker. This style of golf shoe is ideal for golfers who commonly play in firm/dry conditions and require on/off course versatility.
Spiked golf shoes have outsoles that combine built-in traction lugs with protruding, interchangeable spikes. These strategically-placed spikes are constructed of a soft plastic material and provide multi-directional traction and stability through the stroke. Since the spikes protrude from the outsole, golfers may notice a slightly elevated feel. This style of golf shoe is ideal for golfers who play in varying turf conditions and require superior grip on any terrain.
Which shoes are better for beginners—spiked or spikeless golf shoes?
Beginners may be best served by spiked golf shoes. Spiked golf shoes provide a solid foundation—a crucial element of a successful golf swing. Spiked golf shoes should eliminate the slipping and excess shifting that can disrupt a beginner's developing swing.


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The wisdom of the appointment was immediately shown by the assiduity with which Ussher engaged in founding the observatory.
"Carol, see and get an ass to put these kishes on," said Ussher.
Ussher, archbishop of Armagh, also born in Dublin, devoted himself to the study of Irish antiquities.
You know, Thady, she can go to Ussher; he says he'll keep her.
On the morning of the races the two brothers and Ussher were sitting over a very late breakfast at Brown Hall.
You know that ruffian Ussher 'll be there; and I don't want to be meeting him.
So Ussher suggested; and though the assumption is not essential to his theory, it falls in with it very aptly.
Oh, no, Mary,—you're the bride you know; Captain Ussher must dance with you first.
I leave you to judge, my dear Ussher, into what perplexity I was cast by this accident.
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Women's Night Out - Featuring Kelley Raleigh, Founder of Leading By Example
Celia Ward-Wallace
Saturday, March 1, 2014 from 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM (PST)
Who's Going
San Francisco, California
London, United Kingdom
Florence, Italy
Event Details
Come to Women's Night Out!
BE your best self & CREATE a better world
The Empowering Women Every Day community is a movement to empower over 1,000,000 women globally and has quarterly workshops to support and inspire each other on our journey!
- 5:30 Networking & Check-In
- 6:00 Interview with Featured Guest and Q&A
- 6:30 - 9:30 Workshop
- 9:30 Photos & Videos
- 10:00 Sip & Socialize
This women's empowerment group is an inspirational, all-ages community that meets monthly for a positive, content-driven workshop based around self-confidence, faith in ourselves and our higher power, and community creation and contribution. We focus on staying connected, encouraging each other, and sharing our wisdom and life experience while also expanding the Empowering Women Every Day™ movement globally. The first part of the workshop features an in-depth review of a life lesson and next the women break out into small groups where facilitators lead them through exercises. In the last part of the workshop the women are asked to pair up and create a 90-day plan to achieve a personal goal. Following the workshop we sip and socialize!
We will begin the workshop with an interview with Kelley Raleigh:
Kelley Raleigh is the Founder of Leading by Example, Mulit-Media Company that showcases young people doing good. Empowering younger generations to find their own leadership style to create good in their world. Youth driven film projects, youth coaching programs that focus on developing leadership skills by creating volunteer projects. She is all about creating the non-traditional volunteer projects. Kelley currently offers individual coaching for teens and college students. Late in 2013, she launched a social awareness campaign, "I AM JUST LIKE U" to share stories and photos of black men who are role models in the community. She is dedicated to shifting the perception of how black males are perceived in this country.
Be sure to take advantage of the early registration and bring-a-friend discounts!
Tickets will also be available at the door for $50.
My book "A Woman's Guide to Having it All - Life Lessons to Live By"
will also be available at the event for the discounted price of $10.
There will be light refreshments served and wine. Additional food will be available at the bar. After the event we will relocate to the GLOW Lounge where more food and drinks will be available for purchase. Parking is discounted at $15 for valet and there is also another public lot across the street which is less expensive.
When & Where
Marina del Rey Marriott
4100 Admiralty Way
Marina del Rey,
California 90292
Saturday, March 1, 2014 from 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM (PST)
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Celia Ward-Wallace
Celia Ward-Wallace is a Certified Life Coach, an inspirational speaker and author of "A Woman's Guide to Having It All, Life Lessons to Live By." Through her movement of "Empowering Women Every Day" Celia is on a mission to mobilize 1,000,000 women to stand in their power, live a life of contribution and to manifest their greatness through her book, coaching programs, seminars and speaking engagements.
As an entrepreneur, mother and wife Celia knows all too well the challenges women face to be everything to all people, often at the sacrifice of taking care of themselves. After significant financial and personal losses, Celia re-evaluated her life and reconnected with her purpose and spirituality.
This led her to become certified as a Life Coach, a leader of self-development seminars and a key note speaker. Celia inspires women to remember the key to life is that they already "have it all" within themselves and by focusing on self-love they can create the fulfilling and purposeful lives that they desire.
The daughter of life long political activists, she specialized in the study of intergroup conflict and prejudice as well as civil and women's rights while at UCLA and the People's College of Law. Due to her unique upbringing she has an affinity for all people of different cultures, religions, languages and socioeconomic backgrounds and celebrates difference as well as unity. She spent several years working in recreation and community services directing inner-city community centers.
She has dedicated her life to social justice and helping people discover a better quality of life based on healing themselves with love not material abundance. Celia uses coaching tools and her gift of public speaking to share her journey in an effort to empower her audience to unveil their authentic selves and love them back to wholeness.


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Evangelicals crack me up. They really do. I have friends and family who are Evangelical and they say the darnedest things. There may be no two more distant points on the religious spectrum than a Pagan and an Evangelical, particularly when it comes to politics. Right now Evangelicals seem to be in a tizzy over [Read More…]
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Bug #19783
RPG gunners are hitting targets over a kilometer away
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Recently I have noticed that my vehicles are getting taken out EVERYWHERE I go without fail on the first shots. Then I noticed that these shots were often coming from 500-1000 meters away.
Updated by Jester814 about 6 years ago
I forgot to add that these were RPG-7 gunners.
Updated by Sickboy about 6 years ago
- Status changed from New to Assigned
- Assignee set to q1184
- Component set to sys_rocket_ballistics
Updated by q1184 about 6 years ago
A repro mission would help.
Updated by Sickboy about 6 years ago
- Status changed from Assigned to Feedback
Updated by tolko_download about 6 years ago
I guess there were AI gunners? Did you try to shoot with RPG-7 personaly from 1km at moving targets?
Updated by Cleric2145 about 6 years ago
Just from personal experience, it's pretty damn hard to hit anything past 200m with the RPG it it's moving.
Updated by fireship4 about 6 years ago
For human players and stationary targets i can state that it is entirely possible to hit a target accurately at 700m with some practice and a spare rocket or five.
EDIT with the long range RPG warhead, I forget which.
Updated by tyler2 about 6 years ago
Jester814 wrote:
Recently I have noticed that my vehicles are getting taken out EVERYWHERE I go without fail on the first shots. Then I noticed that these shots were often coming from 500-1000 meters away.
Before writing this, first try to get himself on a moving target from a distance of 700 meters!
Updated by tolko_download about 6 years ago
I think that RPG man was high skilled terrorist :D Realy, it's not easy to hit targets with RPG-7 at 500-1000m, especialy with 7VR. If you get constantly shots with this old RPG system I think you need to get some practice on something like "Training Grounds" in Shack Tacktical or some other squads.
No personal dude) But it's realy funny to hear like "I'm getting shots with Makarov at 1 km EVERYWHERE!!!!" or "N tank killed my supermegabicycle on the move" cry cry cry :P
Updated by Sickboy about 6 years ago
- Due date set to 05/31/2011
Well it's possible there's a bug involving AI etc, but we'll need a repro mission and steps.
Tomorrow is update day, so preferably yesterday.
Updated by fireship4 about 6 years ago
Updated by Lazyman about 6 years ago
Well, I remember getting utterly murdered by SPG-9-equipped moving technicals from more than a kilometer away a looong while time ago, but I thought the fact that AIs don't have to compensate for rocket drop was fixed. Maybe that's the problem?
Updated by rocko about 6 years ago
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Updated by joedamage about 6 years ago
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Not to labour the point, but this has been mentioned several times before Bug #17423 and Bug #16850. Attached to Issue #17423 you'll find several sources of information regarding the accuracy of RPGs.
So just to help, here is some further information:
"The launcher with optical sights weighs 6.9 kilograms (15.9 pounds) and has a maximum, effective range of 300 meters against moving point targets and 500 meters against stationary point targets. 500 meters is also the maximum range of rocket assisted flight, which enables a flatter trajectory and more accurate aiming."
From: http://defense-update.com/products/r/rpg.htm
"However, most RPG-7 operators are dedi-cated to this job and do receive a lot of training. If that is the case, the optical sight gives many advantages. Combined with a modern laser range finder, the optical sight can truly extend the range of the RPG-7 from its "point- blank" designated 300 meters to a full 500 meters, depending on wind conditions."
From: http://www.scribd.com/doc/26118798/The-Small-Arms-Review-vol-10-No-3-raffica-Raffica-Special-the-Rpg-7-December-2006
It looks like it takes a lot of training and perfect conditions to hit targets at 500m.
In Osprey Publishing's book, "The Rocket Propelled Grenade", the effective range for the PG-7M projectile as listed as 150m. That is, the range at which it is effective. Now that doesn't mean that it can't fire out to say, 920m, which is about as far as it gets before the warhead detonates, but it does suggest, that its not very effective at that range. Otherwise it's effective range would be 920m.
Effective range, as per Wikipedia: 200m
"The RPG-7 antitank rocket is designed for close in defense. Although the system will loft the rocket more than 900m, probabilities of hitting a tank sized target are slight beyond 300 meters and are negligible around 500m"
From http://www.scribd.com/doc/33418096/TRADOC-Bulletin-1-Range-and-Lethality-of-U-S-and-Soviet-Antiarmor-Weapons, page 12
From the same document:
RPG-7 hit probability moving target:
Range (m) Percent
50 100
100 96
200 51
300 22
400 09
500 04
There are further tables below that, that describe the first round hit probabilities and first round kill probabilities. I'll leave it to you to examine the document further.
The attached image is taken from this: http://www.scribd.com/doc/24023806/RPG-7-Antitank-Grenade-Launcher document, which, is as authoritative a source as any. Sure, its a bit old, but then, mostly the warheads have changed.
Oh, and then theres this: http://world.guns.ru/grenade/rus/rpg-7-e.html
Also, just out of interest, what were the sources of data that were use in the first place, to determine the hit accuracy of the RPG in the game or as modified by ACE? I think knowing this, would help too.
Updated by Franklin about 6 years ago
I know if i take up any kind of helicopter on an MSO mission, I eat RPGs all day. Just yesterday i ate an RPG while driving a humvee, watched it come in from roughly 600m out and nailed the drivers window perfectly. This happens way too often too...
Updated by q1184 about 6 years ago
q1184 wrote:
A repro mission would help.
Updated by total22 about 6 years ago
Repro mission is very easy to make.
Place a squad of 10 RPG gunners on a runway, and place M1A1 on the other end having around 600m distance in between.
See those RPG gunners fire their RPGs at the M1A1 and count the probability of hitting the target.
You will find that it's around 80% probability that they will hit their target with a pinpoint accuracy.
Updated by Sickboy about 6 years ago
Please attach one anyway, it's not about how easy it is to make, it's about reducing variable differences.
Updated by rocko almost 6 years ago
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Meanwhile, Occupy Sandy is petitioning Amazon to waive the shipping charges for goods and services ordered for Sandys victims via the Occupy Sandy registries (for NYC and NJ) on Amazon. Over $400,000 worth of supplies have been ordered via these registries, and more could be in the pipeline if shipping costs didnt eat up so much money. And the New York Times has joined the Daily News as a formerly-adversarial reporter of Occupy activities that has been won over by Occupys swift and effective response to the Sandy aftermath.
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Sun Nov 11, 2012, 11:46 AM
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1. How do they HEAT these trailers?
This is not NOLA in the middle of the Summer. A lot of places still don't even have power back. They going to bring in generators for the trailers for heat?
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Sun Nov 11, 2012, 11:49 AM
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2. I hope so
but an enclosed place is better than no place -- unless it's toxic like the NO's trailers.
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3. The trailers have heaters in them.
And will be hooked up to the grid. They will probably set them up in "FEMA camps" like they did after Katrina, or possibly let homeowners set up on site while they rebuild. Neither solution is great, but options seem limited. They probably will be drafty, but people did live in them in the winter after Katrina - some for several years. I guess homeowners without electricity go to motels.
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4. Thank you, very glad to hear that.
I am grateful Occupy is helping see the really needy aren't forgotten; also it is good that this FEMA is doing a bit better than the last one.
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5. They're trying.
Every disaster is unique and has it's own challenges. Occupy is great because they are able to adapt and respond to things quicker than Red Cross and FEMA sometimes can. There are roles for each.
As for toxic trailers, the formaldehyde problem was from FEMA ordering so many trailers on short notice from manufacturers. I think they now have a stock on hand that have properly vented the fumes, although people will argue that. People are impatient for action, but it takes time to deliver the trailers, prepare sites for them, and identify needs/occupants. I think things are progressing well, overall.


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GitHub's increasing popularity, and the availability of its usage data, make it a good source for examining trends in software development. For example, I've used their data in the past to look at things like which languages seem to frustrate coders the most (spoiler: C++) and which languages developers give back the most to other open source projects (spoiler: Python).
Donnie Berkholz, an analyst at Redmonk, recently delved deeply into historical GitHub activity data to examine trends in the usage of different programming languages over time. He looked at activity for repositories by their primary programming language from 2008 to 2013 for a dozen of the top languages: Ruby, JavaScript, Java, PHP, Python, C, C++, C#, Objective-C, Perl, Shell, and CSS. For each language, he gauged the usage by year using several different metrics: the percentage of new (non-forked) repositories created in that language, the percentage of new issues created for repositories using that language and the percentage of new GitHub users using that language as his or her primary language.
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Historically, only five languages have mattered on GitHub: JavaScript, Ruby, Java, PHP and Python
Over time, these five languages have dominated GitHub usage, no matter what metric you use. While their rankings relative to one another have shifted (Ruby dominated early, now JavaScript does), they remain the big players. Berkholz, however, notes that CSS has shown a strong uptick in the last two years.
JavaScript usage shows the greatest growth
JavaScript usage has shown strong and steady growth since 2008, particularly when based on the percentage of new repositories and issues created (though its choice as the primary language of new GitHub users has been declining). Berkholz attributes this partly to the rise of Node.js, but also to the growth of frameworks that use lots of JavaScript and possible misclassification of repositories' primary languages (more on that below).
Java growth suggests that GitHub is making inroads in the enterprise
Java was the only one of the 12 languages Berkholz looked at which showed steady growth over time in the percentage of new GitHub users choosing it as a primary language. It also showed increases in the percentage of new repositories and issues created over time. Berkholz concludes that this "supports the assertion that GitHub is reaching the enterprise."
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Despite the growth in usage of Java and JavaScript, the GitHub market shares for the remaining 10 languages he considered has shown a steady decline over time. Since 2009, Berkholz found that the percentage of new repositories, new issues and new users claimed by languages other than these top 12 languages have all steadily increased. This suggests an increasing fragmentation of developers' choices among programming languages. As Berkholz writes:
"The programming landscape today continues to fragment, and this GitHub data supports that trend over time...."
As Berkholz and several commenters pointed out, there are a number of potential problems with these data that may make one think twice before using them to extrapolate to the general software developer population. For one thing, GitHub tags repositories with a primary language based on the number of lines of code. This can lead to the misclassification of repositories like, for example, if a project uses a framework heavy with JavaScript libraries, which a developer may never touch, but which leads to the repository's language to be incorrectly tagged as JavaScript.
Also, Berkholz notes that both Objective-C and C#, the languages used for iOS and Windows development, respectively, are "almost invisible" on GitHub, but clearly they are currently big players in the developer world.
Given all that, take these results with a grain of salt. I still think they are telling a real and interesting story. I encourage you to read Berkholz's full analysis for yourself. He's also made some of the raw data available for download, so you can do your own analysis.
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WARMINSTER ŁŁŁŚ At Saturday afternoonÆs 57th Annual William Tennent Invitational cross country meet, WissahickonÆs standout freshman Lotte Black was the top area finisher. Actually, she was the top finisher from District One and the entire Delaware Valley.
Black covered the challenging course at William Tennent High in 18:52 and that was good enough to earn her the bronze medal.
The fastest time in the race was the 17:58 posted by Tessa Barrett from Abington Heights, a school located in Clarks Summit just outside Scranton. The runner-up time was 18:46 which was registered by Taylor Kozam from Our Lady of Good Counsel High, which is located in Olney, Maryland.
ōThe first mile was a little slow,ö said Black. ōI was at 6:01 at the mile. That was my usual time and it was good for this course. The second mile was a lot faster because we were just going around fields. I got out in third and then stayed in third the whole race.ö
There actually was no race for first place. Barrett decided that very early in the race as she sped away from the pack and finished 48 seconds faster than anyone else in the race.
ōThat girl (Barrett) was amazing,ö said Black. ōThe girl in second (Kozam) was ahead of me by about five seconds most of the time. I was still running comfortably at the two-mile.
ōThen, the hill made me fatigued Ś but I recovered on the downhill. I finished strong and got my second fastest time of the season. Now, IÆm looking forward to the (Suburban One League American Conference) championships on Friday.ö
Black was joined in the top 15 by her teammate Jessica Quesenberry. The TrojansÆ steady senior placed 14th with a clocking of 20:06.
ōIt was a pretty good race for me today,ö said Quesenberry, a Trojan senior. ōI felt strong the entire race. I didnÆt go out as fast as I have been lately Ś for a reason. In recent races, IÆd go out too fast and then have slow second and third miles.ö
ōIÆm usually at 6:15 at the mile. Today, I ran my own race and was at 6:27 for the first mile. I made a point to keep up the same pace and work through the pain. By the two-mile, I was 15th or 16th. In the third mile, I knew there were hills Ś and I knew I had to push myself.ö
ōI worked it pretty well. I was really moving my arms and I used the downhills to my advantage. I opened up and let it carry me down. I passed one girl near the end (Our Lady of Good CounselÆs Sophie Dean) and then on the last hill passed the William Tennent girl (Lindsay Mueller).ö
WissahickonÆs other finishers were Nicole Schaefer (20th), Marissa Fritz (26th), Caroline Mitchell (36th), Jillian Gude (37th) and Yun Cho (49th).
The Trojans placed fourth in the team standings with 85 points. The team title went to the Falcons of Our Lady of Good Counsel High with 51 points. Host William Tennent was runner-up at 56 and Upper Dublin was third with 70.
Upper Dublin was paced by Marissa Holl, who finished seventh with a time of 19:45.
ōIt felt really good today,ö said Holl, a Cardinal sophomore. ōI liked this course. The hills are bad but not too bad. I got out really well and was at 6:15 at the mile. ThatÆs usually where I am.
ōI was in the top 15 at the mile. I moved past a lot of girls in the second mile and kept moving up. Later, I passed two girls in the last 800 (Lower MorelandÆs Caroline Harmon and Hatboro-HorshamÆs Megan Schneider).ö
For Holl, it was a positive step forward after battling an injury earlier this season.
ōI had a stress reaction in both hips,ö said Holl. ōI had to take it easy and was only allowed to run every other day. It was just two weeks ago that I was able to go back to running every day. It feels fine now. I donÆt hurt at all.ö
The CardinalsÆ other runners were Isabel Uribe (13th), Candice Ionescu (16th), Emily Wu (19th), Jaclyn Lillo (29th), Lucille Ionescu (34th) and Samantha Petrosky (35th).