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Best Of :: Food & Drink
Does a milkshake have to contain ice cream? Not always. Cuban batidos are beyond sweet (that's what you get from a country running on sugar cane) and invariably swing on a fulcrum of tropical fruit. At the Tropical Cafe, they serve tamarind, mamey, mango, papaya, cherimoya, guanabana (or sugar-apple) all yummy and all slightly exotic. But the regular old native banana makes a thick, creamy milkshake that's addictive and sugar-rushy. And the banana batido allows you to order spicy dishes without fear, since it takes the edge off any taste-bud burn you may encounter. Grab a stool at this working-class lunch counter in Searstown and they'll make you a bad-ass batido in a blender, just the way mami would do it back home: ice-cold milk, sugar, fruit. Order two and they'll pour a pair of tall glasses, hand you a spoon and some straws, and leave you the ample icy remainder to finish up later. And believe us, you will.
Psychologist Marla Reis gave up her practice last year to open Café Emunah in Fort Lauderdale with a friend and kindred spirit Rabbi Moishe Meir Lipszyc. With hip, calming décor and a rule that "only positivity is allowed," Emunah is a place where the pair hoped to offer "an experience for the senses and an oasis for the mind, body and soul." That, and really killer sushi.
New Times: Is it true that one of the menu items at Café Emunah is "a side of conversation"?
Reis: A side of table talk. It's offered in 15-minute increments. I sit tableside with guests, and if they have questions or issues as far as bringing about a greater consciousness, we could discuss it in an informal way. It's very flexible and tailored to individual needs, or we can do a group conversation.
What kind of discussions do you have?
People might ask, How can I find a husband?' or I want to increase spirituality in my life -- what can I do to increase awareness?' or I'm having a hard time getting along with my best friend what do I do?' It's a little less imposing than traditional therapy. Almost like a tune-up to help people continue in their lives. I'll have hours where I can be scheduled. I recommend making a reservation. It's $20 per 15 minutes -- much less expensive than a regular therapy session.
Speaking of people who need consciousness-raising, there's the man who sometimes carries his Walther PPK in a hollowed-out Bible. Got any favorite James Bond locations?
Well, I have investors I've spoken to about bringing the café into Manhattan! The only real James Bond locale would almost have to be the café, because it's a very modern, hip atmosphere. Oh, and my townhouse in Victoria Park.
Aiyee. If we're ever invited, we'll wear a kevlar vest.
Jean-Pierre Brehier's mother was a Cordon Bleu chef, so by the time he was five years old, the French-born chef/cooking school maestro could make a cake from scratch. At 12 he began his professional career, first learning to trim zee lambchops in a butcher shop, then braiding dough in a bread shop, and finally apprenticing in a restaurant. Before opening the Chef Jean-Pierre's Cooking School in Fort Lauderdale, he had been the proprietor for 20 years of Left Bank, one of South Florida's prime dispensers of delectable wine sauces and pouffe pastry.Jean-Pierre still has the outrageous French accent and attitude, as well as the unpredictable sense of humor that makes every class a laugh session. There was this bit of wisdom for Jean-Pierre's charges recently: "Dose people at the Bennigan-again-agains they do not love you they do not caramelize de on-yon."
New Times: Do you think you could you teach a kitchen-challenged dufus like me to cook French delicacies?
Jean-Pierre: I just believe that anybody is capable of becoming a phenomenal chef. There is only one way to slice an onion.
What's the big secret?
There are only 40 or 50 ingredients you use on a regular basis; if you learn how to handle those then you know how to cook!
Are there any exotic destinations that you would like to see that you haven't gone to yet?
I would love to go Australia. Of course, it's very English influenced and that's the problem. I don't know how good the food is going to be.
What's the coolest spy tool in your kitchen arsenal?
I have the coolest toy! It's a digital thermometer that shoots a ray of light, and it bounces back and gives the proper temperature. It is very, very cool. So you are now sure the temperature is 375 degrees by shooting this laser beam into your oil. It even looks like a gun.
We remained stoic through the mad cow scare. We refused to buckle to e. coli hysteria, and we snickered through Super Size Me. We'd never turn our back on the hamburger, our comfort food through many a dark night of the soul. But when the $100 burger arrived in South Florida (at the Boca Raton Resort), we knew we were in the End of Times. The people's snack that had evolved from chopped, salted beef favored by 19th-century German sailors into Macburger for the masses had suddenly taken a very scary turn: into pretentious Kobe beef and Argentine grass-fed steak territory. It's definitely time to get back to basics, and Prime 707's chopped beef on a bun doesn't pretend to be anything but what it is: an addictive, soothing mouthful of meat, best slathered with mayo and a shake or two from a bottle of Heinz. This is not, at $12 for ten ounces, the cheapest burger on the market. But it's made from prime, well-marbled sirloin tips and filet mignon scraps that chef/owner Tony Acinapura says are ground daily in the kitchen, then charbroiled and set inside a pillowy bun made at Le Petit Pain French bakery (twice a New Times "best of" winner). The smoky, fatty juices tend to dribble down your chin when you bite into the burger, and it comes with a mountain of perfectly respectable salted shoestring fries. In short, it thoroughly restores the good name of a sandwich that has lately been much abused and maligned.
In an era when it takes a cool couple of mil to open a restaurant with any hope of success what with the obligatory solid-gold threads in the throw pillows, the de rigueur kryptonite flooring, and the water walls take comfort that a little candlelit closet in Hollywood is flourishing without pretensions or spectacle. The only circus act at the cozy, year-old Boulevard American Bistro comes at the end of your delicious meal, when co-owner Jean-Paul Varona sets your rum-laced guava bread pudding alight. But don't rush things. Truffle-oil-laced fries scattered with pecorino and provolone are meant to be savored, along with Chef Jorge Varona's terrific New Orleans-style grilled andouille with creole mustard and spectacular artisinal bread, or his pan-seared blue crab cakes with fruit salsa and a dash of chipotle. Generous servings of fat-loaded braised short ribs, big plates of grilled marinated hanger steak with crisp red pepper and polenta fries it all looks like the people's food, but it's so beautifully conceived and executed that you'd almost think the people had done something to deserve it. For once, the best restaurant in South Broward is a place you can afford to go back to, week after week.
The downtown lunch crowd packs the tiny parking lot on weekday afternoons like a parched pack of bison at a watering hole, randomly wedging their oversized SUVs between yellow lines and racing in to place orders. A few Windy City-themed hot dog joints flourish in Florida, but Michael's is the lone local franchise of an actual Chicagoland institution. So what you'll find here are the same staples you'd encounter amid the gum-splattered sidewalks around Wrigley Field: Polish sausage, char dogs, chili cheese dogs, and, of course, the perennially awesome Chicago dog, top-loaded with pickles, relish, and peppers. The Sears Tower of hot dogs, this time-tested tubesteak is truly a tastier-than-thou, top-of-the-line victual item. And that soppy, drippy masterpiece, the Italian roast beef sandwich which Michael's deifies with beef juice, giardinera (pickled carrots, celery, cauliflower, and peppers), and cheese if you want is so hot and yummy you'll swear it just arrived on a first-class flight from O'Hare. Eat one with your eyes closed and a Cubs game on and you might think you're standing on the corner of Addison and Clark outside the stadium. Best of all, the counter kids here are so damned sweet and friendly, you'd think they were on an Up With People tour stop. If you're nice enough, they'll even remember your name and what you want and if you call ahead, you can beat that long-ass lunchtime line. Also available: Italian sausage.


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Text-based MUD Coder, needing help.
Text-based MUD Coder, needing help.
Oct 18, 2013 at 5:09am UTC
First let me say, Hi! Good to meet you.
I'm a newish coder looking for some general help. Well more specific help then I can find in the C++ programming book I've bought, and help manuals I can find. While I haven't read the whole book through, and yes I know I really should read the whole thing through before asking questions on a forum, I would like to start working on my MUD curing code with C++.
With that said, I do fully plan on finishing the book as I have read some very interesting and helpful things thus far, and expect even greater things later on.
Now as to my question.
The book mentions Arrays, which by the way are awesome. So much better then tables within Mudlet. Easier to organize, bigger, and much faster. But I'm getting off track, with the arrays I figure I can start at least a small portion of my coding as I finish the book. Since I am more of a hands on kind of learner I find this would be best suited to my needs then just reading the book and doing a couple codes it explains and some practice one. If I'm working on something I plan to fully use and is a big project then I will learn more, and faster.
Back to why I mentioned Arrays.
So the Text-based MUD that I play, if you don't already know, has things called prompts that show up in clients(Like Mudlet) and everything you code pretty much revolves around that. My question is... How do I go about 'capturing' the prompt, but not the whole thing. Just certain sections and place them within an array so each 'section' is within a different part of the array?
Like for example.
H:5200(100%) M:5750(99%) W:100% E:100% B:100% XP:78.02% [csdb eb] <<21:53:36>>
That is currently my 'prompt' that I see every time I send/recieve a command, altered for my system of course.
What I would like to do is capture:
That and place it within my(From here on out known as) prompt array. Though I don't want the whole chunk, just the '5200' part. But I want to repeat that for every letter there. So H, M, W, E, B, XP, and then again for the csdb eb part. Though that last part I know will be even more difficult as I'd need to seperate each letter and so on and so forth, but thats not my question right now.
With that in mind I know C++ won't 'run' unless it has a program to work out of, and I know... Or at least I think I know that Mudlet can only run LUA which from what I understand is a version of C++ but configured differently for some reason or another(BTW, bonus points if you can explain this. I am interested to know why Mudlet doesn't just run C++ would make this easier.)
So I have a program called 'Mudbot'. I don't know if you've heard of it, but pretty much it's a small windowed program that runs 'Modules' that are made out of .dll files with C++ coding(Possibly other forms of coding too, from what I've heard.) Which I want to, at the end of my project, convert my coding to .dll(If possible.... ?) and have it run through this program which will be linked with Mudlet(Already is as Mudbot has a 'Mapper' Module that I'm currently using. No, I didn't create the Mapper Module and don't know how to open the fold/want to incase I break something.)
I apologize if my ramblings are all over the place. It seems to be the only way for me to fully explain myself. So to better help I will recap what I have explained below in point form for your conveince.
H:5200(100%) M:5750(99%) W:100% E:100% B:100% XP:78.02% [csdb eb] <<21:53:36>>
Section out portions of that(Numbers after the ?: parts) and place within a single Array for later comparison to another form of coding.
How to(If possible) change my C++ coding into a .dll file with the compiler so I can run the 'system' within the program Mudbot.(Which if you'd like an idea of what I'm speaking of I can gladly post a link for your viewing pleasure.)
I believe that covers the major points I wanted to get answered. I know the point form seems like it would have been easier to do in the first place, but I like for people to understand where I am coming from and how my brain works.
If there are answers to this, or webpages that have the answers, can you please be sure that there is a good amount of detail? I should be able to figure out most things with the book I have and the infinite amount of internet out there, all I need is that first foot hold. As I said from what I've been reading in the book it seems like it's all based around making actual programs. Which is nice and I'm enjoying making programs beyond belief, but I'd like to use it more practically towards my gaming experience, and possibly make a few programs on the side just out of boredom.
Thank you for your help.
Oct 18, 2013 at 5:24am UTC
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Fashion. What is fashion? Fashion can be a distinctive yet habitual trend within the look of someone's wardrobe. However, it is more than just the latest trend a popular designer released or the most expensive piece in the store. Fashion is about style. Most importantly, your own style. Everyone's style is different. Fashion is to be yourself, what you love and what makes you, you.
My name is Caitlyn Warakomski and I am pleased to announce that this is my third semester as a Style Guru for Temple University. I am currently a Junior majoring in Communications with a concentration in Art Direction in Advertising. Although fashion is not really a part of my major, it has always been something I loved and treasured.
I currently am the new buying intern for Kembrel where I assist the head buyer of the clothing company along with the writer and photographer of my best friend and I's new lifestyle and fashion blog Togs & Tastes.
I am eager to write, photograph and of course get inspired by the style and fashion spring 2013 brings within Temple University and the City of Brotherly Love. However, most importantly, I am eager to share my discoveries with you. I hope to inspire the avid readers of CollegeFashionista, give you advice on how to imitate the Fashionista/o's look on a college student budget and guide you to incorporate different elements in your own wardrobe.
Keep a look out for my STYLE ADVICE OF THE WEEK, fellow Fashionista/os. Hopefully I'll see you around campus. Enjoy!


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Your FAFSA should be completed as soon as possible, starting right now! Yes you need the information from your 2014 tax return, but don't wait until you've completed your taxes to start on the form. You can use estimated figures and go back and fix them once you've completed your taxes. keep reading for more tips and tricks. Read More
New year and new deadlines. They're everywhere when you're getting ready for college. Deadlines for graduation, to apply for college, scholarship applications, and financial aid. You probably have a lot of dates floating around in your head, especially if you're applying to numerous colleges. It's a good idea to keep track of all those dates in one spot – a Google calendar, your phone's calendar, or even a good old-fashioned paper planner. Continue reading for more... Read More
With so few days left in the holiday shopping season, it is easy to find yourself buying last minute gifts that take you way outside of your budget. Friends or co-workers that you may not have included on your shopping list suddenly surprise you with a nicely wrapped, thoughtful gift and the waves of panic and guilt set in.
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The House has passed the Senate's health care bill, 219-212. We're now waiting for President Obama to speak.
The House is moving to a vote on the new version of their health care bill, which revises the Senate bill more to Obama's liking. The new House bill would expand health care coverage to 32 million Americans and cost $940 billion over 10 years.
If you go to the jump, you'll get the play-by-play on how the House vote on the Senate bill unfolded.
Apologies for any previous posts that referred to tie votes.
Here's how the House vote unfolded on the Senate health care bill that passed the upper chamber on Christmas Eve. There will be 15 minutes on the clock. It began with 164 Democrats voting "yes" and 119 Republicans voting "no."
Democrats need 216 votes to pass the bill.
Update at 10:35 p.m. ET: The vote is now at 183. More than 90 lawmakers have yet to cast a vote with more than 10 minutes on the clock.
10:38 p.m. ET: So far, 22 Democrats have voted against the bill with more than 8 minutes left on the clock. In November, there were 39 Democrats who voted "no" on health care. Among them: Rep. Eric Massa of New York, who recently resigned amid allegations that he harassed a staffer.
10:41 p.m. ET: The vote is now at 202. There are now 27 Democrats who have joined 155 Republicans against the bill.
10:42 p.m. ET: The cable networks such as CNN and CNBC feature various pundits talking about the bill.
10:43 p.m. ET: Democrats have 209 votes. Now there are 28 Democrats voting "no."
10:44 p.m. ET:Dems now have 211 votes, but 31 Democrats are opposed so there is some vote switching going on.
10:45 p.m ET: Democrats are over the top. There are 216 votes for the Senate's version of health care.
10:47 p.m. ET: The time on the clock is expired and the vote is 219-212.
(Posted by Catalina Camia)
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.
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Day 1: Flight – Nairobi On arrival at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport you will be met by Game Viewers' Staff and transferred to the Nairobi Safari Club. Dinner on your own. Overnight at the hotel.
Day 2: Nairobi – Maasai MaraAfter breakfast 0800 hrs drive through the floor of the Rift Valley via the Maasai town of Narok to arrive at Kenya's most populous park, the Maasai Mara Game Reserve in time for lunch at the Mara Serena Lodge, Masai Mara. 1500 hrs An afternoon game drive in the game reserve, which is Kenya's finest wildlife Sanctuary. Including migrants, well over 450 species of animals have been recorded here. Although July, August and September are the months when the Mara plains are filled with migrating wildebeest and zebra, there is also resident wildlife year round. The famous Maasai tribesmen live within the dispersal area of the game reserve. Dinner and overnight at Mara Serena Lodge.
Day 3: Masai MaraMorning and afternoon game drives in the Maasai Mara. Lunch, Dinner and overnight at Mara Serena Lodge.
Day 4: Mara – Lake Nakuru 0830 HRS After breakfast leave for Nakuru with a game drive en route. Arrive in Lake Nakuru National park in time for lunch. Lunch at Lion Hill lodge.1530 hrs Afternoon game drive. This is a chance to visit a unique sanctuary catering for a sizable number of the endangered rhinoceros and the Rothschild giraffe. Waterbucks as well as and the predators such as the lion and leopard are common at the park. Also to be seen is a myriad different variety of bird life in and around the lake. Flamingoes are also plenty at the lake. Dinner and overnight at Lion Hill Lodge.
Day 5: Lake Nakuru – AberdaresBreakfast at Lake Nakuru National Park. Depart after breakfast for Mountain Lodge, one of the 4 Kenya's Tree Hotels. Lunch is at the Lodge. Afternoon of game watching from the comfort of your room, or bar or Restaurant. Before you reach the lodge it is advisable to have a stop to admire the 73m plunge of the Thompson Falls named after the Scottish explorer who fast saw them in the late 1800s. Dinner and overnight at Mountain Lodge Serena.
Day 6: Aberdares - Nairobi – Amboseli 0800 hrs. You are picked up after breakfast, drive to Nairobi for lunch at the Thorn Tree Restaurant. You then proceed south to Amboseli National Park and check in at Amboseli Sopa Lodge at the foot of Mt. Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest mountain. Dinner and overnight at Amboseli Serena Lodge.
Day 7: Amboseli National Park0630 hrs early morning game drive. Breakfast at the lodge. Morning at leisure. Lunch at the Lodge. 1500 hrs Afternoon game drive. The snows of the mountain forms a majestic backdrop to one of Kenya's most popular spectacular displays of wildlife - lion, elephant, leopard, rhino, cheetah, buffalo and host of plains game, creating Kenya's most sought after photographer's paradise. After lunch proceed for an afternoon game drive in the Park. Dinner and overnight at Amboseli Serena Lodge.
Day 8: Amboseli - Arusha - Lake ManyaraBreakfast at the hotel. O8OO hrs You will be picked up drive across the border into Tanzania and drive to Arusha town to arrive in time for lunch. 1400 hrs After lunch proceed to Lake Manyara National Park. With a game drive enroute to Lake Manyara Serena Lodge. Birdlife in the park is very broad. The home of tree-climbing lion, the park is also home to giraffes, hippo, zebra, and buffalo. Dinner and overnight at the Lake Manyara Serena Lodge.
Day 9: Lake Manyara - SerengetiBreakfast at Lake Manyara Serena Lodge. 0830 hrs Depart, with a game drives enroute, for the vast Serengeti National Park. 1300 hrs Lunch at the Serengeti Serena Lodge. 1500 hrs Depart for the afternoon game drive. Dinner and overnight at Serengeti Serena Lodge.
Day 10: Serengeti 0630 HRS Early morning game drive. Breakfast at the lodge Morning at leisure. 1230 hrs Lunch at the Serengeti Serena Lodge. 1500 hrs Afternoon game drive. Serengeti is Africa's largest national park and also one of its most popular. The park has an incredible number of animals, wildebeests being the most populous followed by zebra. Elephants are notably scarce. Cheetahs and the rest of the big cats are regularly sighted in the plains. The few remaining endangered black rhino are restricted to the Moru Koppies area. The park is also famous for the wildebeest migration, often described as one of the most impressive spectacle in the natural world. Arrive in time for lunch. Afternoon proceed for a game drive. Dinner and overnight at Serengeti Serena Lodge.
Day 11: Serengeti - NgorongoroAfter breakfast, drive with game drive enroute to Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Lunch at the Ngorongoro Serena Lodge. 1500 HRS afternoon game drive. Dinner and overnight at Ngorongoro Serena Lodge.
Day 12: NgorongoroEarly breakfast After breakfast descend into the crater for with picnic lunches for a full day game drive. Ngorongoro Crater, is one the largest intact caldera in the world and one of the most spectacular sights in the whole of Africa. The Olduvai Gorge in the neighborhood is the site where some off Africa's oldest hominid fossils were found. The Crater has one of the densest predator's populations in Africa. Elephant, lion, zebra, wildebeest and a host of other resident animals are to be found here. Dinner and overnight at Ngorongoro Serena Lodge.
Day 13: Ngorongoro - Arusha -NairobiBreakfast at your lodge. 0830 hrs You will drive back to arrive in Arusha in time for lunch. Continue to Nairobi. Dinner is at the Carnivore Restaurant. This restaurant is famous for its succulent steaks as welcome or farewell dinner. Later You will be transferred by Game Viewers Adventures staff to the Jomo Kenyatta International airport for your flight home.
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Back Beveling The Mouth
You can increase the mouth opening if you are installing a and oversized after market iron but do not increase mouth size if you plane on using a stock or Stanley sized iron of .095" of less.
Set the plane at 12* -15* degree bevel in the vise and keep file near level to ground. Becare full your file has room to fit, if you pry on the thin bevel of the cast iron mouth it can break very easy.. So take care not to force while filing..
The Best Artical I have seen on hand plane tuning is by
David Charleworth
David's Movies on Using and Sharping hand planes are a real treat to watch..
He is by far my favorite Author.
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David Charlesworth is my my favorite author, I own both his books and have read then several times.. You can now purchase an autographed copy of David's books online from this website, direct from the author. He also has some great videos out that where produced for Lie-Nielson
How to Adjust the Mouth Opening on Pre Type 10 Planes
This method differs than the one above and if you do not have chatter (vibration of the iron) as a problem, this method of set-up will work fine
Set the gap with a Feeler Gauge, start with .008 or about 1/128" (.0075) this should be a good starting point Less would be better for fine finishing cuts .. Tighter is best but this is for general planning.Take the Iron Cap off the Iron when you are checking gap.. The Bevel should NOT stick out farther than the sole of the plane.
Check Bottom picture if this is unclear, I can't think f how to explain this without a graphic.Picture Two to the right the Iron (Blade) is sticking out to far and back side of blade may be on the back of mouth and not resting on the frog..
The Bevel (Angle at bottom of Blade) on the Blade is clearance so the Blade sits on Frog and not the back edge of Mouth. If the Frog is back from the Back side of the Mouth, if not for the Bevel the Blade would not be supported along the whole length of the frog..


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"Goddess" Rachel Oberlin Defends Charlie Sheen's Polyamory
"I've always felt that a man should be able to be with as many women as he likes. I've never had the opportunity to share that with any man before because, honestly, I don't think I've ever been with a man who was even deserving of that. Charlie is a great man and he can provide the lifestyle to accommodate a relationship such as what the three of us have. He has totally taken me aback by what a wonderful person he is, how open and honest he is."
— Rachel Oberlin/the porn star "Bree Olsen," 24, one of Charlie Sheen's "goddesses," i.e. live-in girlfriends, defends their polyamorous lifestyle. His other girlfriend is Natalie Kenly, 24, also called "Natty." Frankly, I don't see why everyone is making such a big to-do about Charlie shacking up with two babes. Hasn't Hugh Hefner being doing that for … decades? (Someone get this man a bathrobe!) I wonder how Rachel thinks a man who's been arrested for domestic violence as recently as last year is "deserving" of this accommodation, though. [Oh No They Didn't!]


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Wave Heating in Jupiter's Thermosphere
Leslie A. Young, Roger V. Yelle (Boston University), Richard Young (NASA Ames Research Center), Alvin Seiff (San Jose State University Foundation), Donn B. Kirk (University of Oregon)
The Atmosphere Structure Instrument (ASI) on the Galileo probe detected wave-like temperature fluctuations superimposed on a 700 Kelvin temperature increase in Jupiter's thermosphere. These waves are simple in structure, are convectively stable, and are damped by molecular, not eddy, viscosity. This is in contrast with stratospheric fluctuations, also seen in the ASI profile, and first detected in ground-based stellar occultations; stratospheric fluctuations have a complex spectral distribution, and are probably caused by breaking gravity waves that are critically damped by eddy viscosity. The thermospheric waves are consistent with gravity waves that reach their maximum amplitudes at 430-710 km above the 1-bar level. This is where they deposit their energy, and the heating by these waves can explain the temperature increase measured by the probe.


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Thursday, August 29, 2013
Designer: Pedro García
Pedro García Fall/Winter 2013 collection.
Each season, this design company seamlessly blends a moodboard of inspiration with the final design result—a fun way to let the viewer take a peak inside that mind of the designer(s), and their intentions for the collection. While flipping through their brand new catalogue, one can almost feel the briskness only found in a temperate Autumn breeze… the decadence of jewel-toned shades—champagne, grape, berry—and the coziness and warmth of a fireplace to offset the season's cool embrace…
Images & film: Pedro García
Thank you for visiting Haute Design, by Sarah Klassen
Labels: designer, fall/winter, pedro garcia, shoes, style
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Wow this collection is really inspiring..!!ReplyDelete
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Raylene Richards Gets Revenge on her DateFriday, June 10, 2016
Raylene Richards had big plans for a nice dinner date tonight but her date stood her up, leaving Raylene sitting in the restaurant for hours without calling her. She sat and stewed about it for a while but then decided that getting mad was just silly. Getting even would be a lot more fun! So now she's standing at his gate, doing a little striptease for the security camera.
She loves to show off for the camera and knowing that her date is getting a good look at everything he will never be able to touch makes her feel really good. The more she thinks about his house staff watching her too, the hotter she gets, until finally she has no choice but to stroke her cunt until she cums for the camera. Eat your heart out, loser boy!


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Stanley Hand Planes
I mostly collect Type 14 and 15 Stanley Sweetheart Bench Planes.. The Orange Froged Type 15s I have a real weakness for as they where made only one year and are the last Sweetheart's Stanley made..
I also started collecting some Keen Kutter planes that where made by Stanley in the older round sided Bedrock frog design.
These planes have a Number starting with a K (ie K7) The Keen Kutter planes with a KK # are not made by Stanley are have a lower quality frog then even a Stanley Bailey plane..
I have also piced up a few Bedrocks but dont believe the cut any better than a properly tuned Bailey frogged plane..
Hand Plane RefinishingThis section still needs to be updated but has some of my secrets of plane refinishing .. Make sure you read up on the 3M (Magic) De burring Wheel ..
Hand Plane Iron Set UpMany people call the Iron the blade and the Cap Iron a Chip Breaker but I prefer to use the old terms and a chip breaker does really break chips.
Hand Plane Tune UpI have few methods in this guide is use will help you get the best performance out of your planes.. Also make sure you read the David Charleworth article at the bottom .
Bench Plane Type StudyThis section will let you figure out how Old is your Bailey Plane?
Handle Repair This section cover how to repair broken or chipped plane handles. I have two methods one is using a 1/4" steel pin with some masking tape which I think works best to like up pieces and another which using a threaded rod that I need to change the rod to a 1/2" and try that with some masking tape as a shim..
Handle RefinishingThis section covers how to refinish you plane handles.. Shellac is the the best finish I know to have you beauty of the rosewood show through. You can then use lacquer on top of the shellac but you must make sure you used De-Waxed Shellac and not plain shellac..
My Hand Plane CollectionI have a few of the planes in my collection listed here. I mainly collect Type 15 Sweetheart's ..
What's Japanning ?Here is some recipes and links to other folks pages on how Japan you plane..
Hand Plane Makers ShopsThis page is brand new is is pictures of the shops of hand plane makers I admire.. Everyone enjoys images of peoples shops and since I inspire to be a plane makers I love seeing others shops and thought I would add a page.. I will be adding more soon..
Wooden Hand PlanesLots of people I know swear that wood planes cut much better than metal based planes.. I have not really had to time to do any tests but hope to some day. Also I am friendly with Steve Knight from Knight Tool Works and he will give you 10% off the price of his planes if you tell him you read it here..
Rust PreventionFew Methods on how to stop rust for occurring on you planes..
ElectrolysisThis is a method to remove rust no make that kill rust.. It really does not do the job I thought it would after reading about it but on planes where the rust keeps coming back or was rusted badly from the start then is the method I use to give me peace of mind..
What Hand Plane Should I Buy ? Answers as to what planes are best to buy for a new woodworking just starting down the road of using hand planes....
Sharpening I have a whole sub section devoted to sharpening hand plane Irons.


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NY Second in Nation For Mosquito Borne Illness
The Centers for Disease Control released the latest data on the number of chikungunya cases that have been diagnosed in the United States on July 29. New York State has reported 44 confirmed cases of chikungunya. All of the cases are imported, travel-associated.
Neighboring New Jersey has now reported 25 chikungunya cases for 2014. All of those cases are also travel-associated. The mosquito borne illness has been reported from 37 states, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Florida continues to report the most chikungunya cases. The CDC states that the state has seen 105 imported cases as well as the only two locally acquired chikungunya cases in the continental United States. New York ranks second in cases and New Jersey third.
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One of the things that eating raw has forced me to do is to find alternatives to things in my diet that I take for granted. A discovery I've made for myself is the use of raw hemp seeds on salads. They have a huge amount of protein for a plant and they taste great. This blog post by Jennifer Sygo goes into more detail. I encourage you to give them a whirl!
Welcome to Nutrition Bites, an occasional feature from Post columnist Jennifer Sygo, in which the dietitian addresses topical nutritional quandaries.Have a question for Jennifer? Email her here.
Q:What's the deal with hemp seeds? Are they some kind of superfood? And will I get high if I eat them?
A: Like the chia seed that we looked at a few weeks ago, hemp seeds that have been hulled, also known as hemp hearts, are often dubbed a superfood, a theoretical term for foods that are particularly nutrient-dense or important for disease prevention. While the validity of the term superfood is debatable, hemp can still be a valuable addition to your diet. According to manufacturers and distributors, a 1-ounce (28 gram/2 tablespoon) serving of shelled hemp seeds provides 11 grams of protein, an unusually high amount for a plant food (2 Tablespoons of peanut butter, by comparison, provides…
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For tourists, Bangkok has a feast of attractions to offer. The city is dotted with 400 glittering Buddhist temples of great beauty and fascination, magnificent palaces, classical dance extravaganzas, numerous shopping centres and traditional ways of life, especially along the "Venice of the East" timeless canals and the Chao Phraya River of the "River of Kings" winding through the city. More about Bangkok
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Actor Lee Thompson Young, who starred in the Disney Channel children's series "The Famous Jett Jackson," has committed suicide at age 29, his manager said Monday.
"It is with great sadness that I announce that Lee Thompson Young tragically took his own life this morning," manager Jonathan Baruch said in a statement. "Lee was more than just a brilliant young actor, he was a wonderful and gentle soul who will truly be missed. We ask that you please respect the privacy of his family and friends at this very difficult time."
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Do you think of your momma or grandma as an "inarticulate black welfare mother with 19 children?" If not you might be surprised to learn that certain–largely white–gays are paying big bucks to have one of their own dress up in drag and black-face as Shirley Q. Liquor, to be the MAMMY they never had but always wanted. What you are about to see is real and apparently this guy makes 75K—to—90k a year off of racism, classism and sexism—masked as satire—of an alleged childhood beloved black nanny.
Feeling inspired but not getting hired
Feeling inspired but not getting hired
Eli Saslow, Washington Post | May 27, 2011
IN MEMPHIS — His week had begun with a graduation ceremony, a standing ovation and a walk across the stage to meet the president of the United States. Kenneth Roberson was a top-ranked student at the high school President Obama had selected as the country's most "inspiring," and the president had extended his hand and asked Roberson what he planned to do next. The 18-year-old thought back to his mother's advice about making first impressions: Stand tall. Make eye contact. Smile. Be confident.
"Sir, I'm going to get a job and go to college," Roberson told the president.
Now it was Friday afternoon, four days later, and Roberson idled with a group of fellow graduates in the empty parking lot of Booker T. Washington High, a public school surrounded by the housing projects of South Memphis. The president was gone. The commemorative banner had been packed away into storage. A school security guard had locked the main entrance. All that was left were the littered remains of green-and-white confetti on the asphalt and a shared uncertainty about what to do next.
"I need a damn job, man," said Chris Dean, 18. "Any of y'all got something?"
"Nah," said one.
"Nah," said another.
"I'm still trying to get hooked up at McDonald's," said a third.
The group turned to Roberson, who had always been the first of his friends to get everything. He had graduated in the top five in the class and won a partial scholarship to college. He hoped to earn at least $2,000 over the summer to pay for school and buy a car that would get him there. But now, in the parking lot, he was another teenager shaking his head. (Read more)
Thank You Gil Scott-Heron
Last week I lost a hero. The man who helped me fall in love with power of the spoken word passed away leaving behind timeless pieces of greatness that will continue to empower the most marginalized and disaffected. Gil Scott-Heron used his pen and voice to challenge racism and classism. His mere existence made it abundantly clear that art and activism were not mutually exclusive, but rather when combined had the power to influence society. His work pushed literary and political boundaries. He kept government officials in check with his acerbic pen. He motivated people to stand up for progressive reform when they felt disillusioned. He provided unadulterated social commentary on the daily struggles of urban life before hip-hop became a staple of American pop culture.
Is There a Memorial Day for a Decorated Marine Murdered by Police?
As we celebrate/barbecue this Memorial Day, let's not forget that many of the soldiers that have died fighting America's wars, are the same poor disenfranchised people that this society always overlooks and demonizes, so mega corporations can make billions of dollars privatizing the conquered country's resources and helping said country "rebuild".
The soldiers that do make it home are often rejected, discriminated against, preyed on by predatory lenders, and in the case of decorated marine Jose Guerena, who served two tours in Iraq, shot dead in his own home by Tuscan police in front of his wife and child.
Why would a trained soldier knowingly point a gun at police and not fire? Wouldn't he know they would return fire killing him like he had been trained to do? If he was going to fire at police wouldn't he take the safety off of his gun?
What the news story didn't say was that the SWAT team refused to allow paramedics to treat Jose Guerena, letting him to bleed to death, at the scene, in front of his wife and child. Also decorated marine Jose Guerena had no criminal record and the gun had to protect his family was legal.
This interview contains the 911 call from Jose's distraught wife and powerful testimony from the Guerena's family lawyer about the Tuscan's police attempt to cover up their heinous act
Change Comes Slow in Juvenile Justice
Change Comes Slow in Juvenile Justice
Cynthia Gordy, The Root | May 27, 2011
In 1974 the U.S. Congress mandated the creation of the Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Made up of representatives from 12 federal agencies (including the departments of Education, Housing and Development, and Health and Human Services), the council's purpose is to synchronize government efforts around improving juvenile detainment facilities and delinquency prevention, making sure that each agency charts the same objectives and goals. This week the council, chaired by Attorney General Eric Holder, convened for its quarterly meeting in Washington, D.C.
"It was a very successful meeting," Melodee Hanes, acting deputy administrator for policy in the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, told The Root. "We provide the attorney general with the best information possible to address relevant issues … It's the job of OJJDP to then take those action steps and, on a state level, help states implement the nuts and bolts of what helps generate change."
At the request of Holder, the council presented research and case studies on several priority issues, including the link between school discipline and delinquency, re-entry and college access. Another priority is reducing the vast racial disparities in the juvenile-justice system: African-American minors make up about 15 percent of the general child population but account for nearly 70 percent of children in juvenile detention. (Read more)
Lil Wayne Inexplicably Releases An Acoustic Ballad Called "How To Love," And It Doesn't Suck
Lil Wayne dropped 'How To Love," the third single from Tha Carter IV yesterday, and I absolutely hated it.
Then I realized that I love it. Listen to it here.
New Documentary, "Dark Girls," Explores Racial Bias
Clips from the upcoming documentary exploring the deep-seated biases and attitudes about skin color—particularly dark skinned women, outside of and within the Black American culture.
Directed by Bill Duke and D. Channsin Berry
Produced by Bill Duke for Duke Media
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Word From Big Brother
Last night my younger brother asked me for help with a project that he was about 2 weeks behind in work. Of course it was due the next day so I automatically adopt an attitude: have no mercy for what doesn't get finished, but give all that you have. Last night was not a burden; actually quite the opposite, I accepted it as an honor since it was the one of the few times he called on me. As siblings grow older the texture of their relationship achieves maturity. We become aware of institutionalization—imprisonment, surveillance, conversion into a cubicle critter, etc.—and try to keep our family from falling off the cliff. While we commit to assisting our siblings, their incompletion of something always inspires guilt within us. Should it be there though?
Do You Live in a Food Desert? Search Your Area
Do You Live in a Food Desert? Search Your Area
Asraa Mustufa, Colorlines | May 24, 2011
The USDA introduced a mapping tool this month that tracks food deserts across the country, and includes demographic information about those living in areas without access to healthy and affordable food.
The Food Desert Locator highlights areas that are low-income and where a substantial portion of residents (at least 500 people and/or a third of the population) have low access to a supermarket or large grocery store. To qualify as a low access community, residents in urban settings must reside more than one mile away from a supermarket or grocery story that contains all major food departments and makes at least $2 million in sales, or 10 miles away from one in rural settings.
Users can search the map by address, county, or zip code. It can be viewed with a topographic background where city locations, county and state boundaries are visible, or with a satellite background to see an aerial view of physical locations like housing developments, roads, malls, lakes, or rivers. Furthermore, one can view statistics on the people in each food desert – information like the number and percentage of low income residents, number and percentage of those with low access, amounts of children and senior citizens with low access, and the amount of low access housing units that do not have a vehicle.
The population characteristics come from 2000 Census data, and the map was developed by the Economic Research Service, the USDA's economic research department. ERS used the definition of "food desert" devised by the Health Food Financing Initiative (HFFI), a partnership between the Treasury Department, Health and Human Services, and the USDA that emerged as part of First Lady Michelle Obama's "Let's Move!" initiative. This definition will be used in determining eligibility for HFFI funds to go towards expanding the availability of nutritious food and developing retail sites in food deserts. The Food Desert Locator was also designed to help policy makers, community planners, researchers, and developers to identify neighborhoods with low access to healthy and affordable food. (Read more)
For the Colored Transgender Person Who Has Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Backfires
Hi, My name is Jonathan, and I use masculine gender pronouns like "he" or "him" to express my identity.
I have far too often taken for granted how easy it is and how privileged I am to be able freely express my gender without constant repression or ridicule. I think privilege has to be one of the most complicated themes of my life. I can be marginalized one day on the basis of my race and sexuality and on that very same day I can receive benefits on the basis of being a man and my gender expression. I am both routinely and simultaneously forced to recognize my privilege while coming to terms with my lack of privilege.
We have been of no assistance.
We, us who benefit from birthrights and silver spoons.
We have been loved "assiduously"
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"Tintin" up for two British Academy Film Awards
Steven Spielberg's "The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn" has received two nominations for this year's Orange British Academy Film Awards, Daniel Radcliffe and Holliday Grainger announced Tuesday at BAFTA's London headquarters.
Besides being up for Animated Film, the motion-capture The Adventures Of Tintin: Secret Of The Unicorn is nominated in the Special Visual Effects category alongside the live-action Rise of the Planet of the Apes.
The other two nominees in the Animated Film category are Arthur Christmas and Rango.
The Short Animation nominees are Abuelas, Bobby Yeah and A Morning Stroll.
The Artist has received 12 nominations. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is nominated in 11 categories, Hugo has nine nominations, My Week with Marilyn has six nominations, and The Help and War Horse are each nominated five times.
Drive, The Iron Lady and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 have four nominations. The Descendants, Moneyball, Senna and We Need to Talk about Kevin all have three nominations apiece, and Shame, The Ides of March, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and Bridesmaids each receive two.
The Artist is nominated in the following categories: Best Film, Original Screenplay, Original Music, Cinematography, Editing, Make Up & Hair, Costume Design, Sound and Production Design. Michel Hazanavicius is nominated for Director, and Jean Dujardin is nominated for Leading Actor. His co-star Bérénice Bejo is nominated for Leading Actress.
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is nominated for Best Film, Outstanding British Film, Adapted Screenplay, Original Music, Cinematography, Editing, Production Design, Costume Design and Sound. Tomas Alfredson is nominated for Director and Gary Oldman for Leading Actor.
Completing the Best Film lineup are The Descendants, The Help and Drive.
The Orange British Academy Film Awards take place Sunday, February 12 at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London. This is the 15th year of Orange's sponsorship of the Film Awards.
The ceremony will be hosted by Stephen Fry and will be broadcast exclusively on BBC One. Red carpet coverage will be hosted by Edith Bowman on BBC Three.


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After more than a year of negotiations, the £750 million deal for the Co-op to buy more than 600 branches from taxpayer-backed Lloyds Banking Group has collapsed.
Lloyds said it will now float the 632 branches rebranded as TSB separately on the stock market. It will also have to rebrand its remaining 1200 branches, dropping the TSB name off the end.
The failure of the deal — known as Project Verde — comes as a blow to the Government which not only wanted to see the deal through so it could start planning the sale of its 39% stake but also because a combined Co-op/TSB could have created a substantial challenger to the High Street banks.
The Co-op blamed the faltering economy and increasing costs of bank regulation for the failure.
Chief executive Peter Marks said: "Against the backdrop of the current economic environment, the worsened outlook for economic growth and the increasing regulatory requirements on the financial services sector, the Verde transaction would not currently deliver a suitable return for our members within a reasonable time frame and with an acceptable level of risk."
Lloyds chief executive Antonio Horta-Osorio said that he was "disappointed" the deal could not be done.
He added: "The TSB Bank will be an attractive retail and commercial bank that will have around 630 branches across the UK, a strong management team and will be a real challenger on the High Street."
A stock-market flotation is unlikely to be ready soon enough to hit the European Commission's deadline of the end of this year which was imposed after the £20 billion taxpayer bailout of Lloyds.
Lloyds could not say how much money it had spent on the deal or how much rebranding would cost. It pointed out that it had always taken a "twin track" approach to the sell-off but admitted that flotation was its "plan B".
The TSB branches serve some 4.6 million customers in the UK and has about 5% of the current account and mortgage market and 10% of the country's bank branches.
Any initial public offering of shares in TSB will have to be cleared by UK and European regulators. It is also unclear whether Lloyds would be able to sell 100% of the business in one go.
Last October a similar enforced branch sale by Royal Bank of Scotland also collapsed. Santander, which had offered £1.65 billion for the 316 branches, said it could not complete the deal "within a reasonable time frame" while keeping the business in a "steady state".
Comment: Vince's brave new world falls short
James Ashton, City Editor
In the week that the Archbishop of Canterbury shared his blueprint for the future of British banks, this was the deal that needed divine intervention to succeed.
Its failure after months of wrangling is wholly expected by observers who thought the Co-op had simply bitten off more than it could chew in trying to turn itself into a banking force.
First Santander, now this: slicing up the big lenders to inject new competition has no shortage of political backers but capital rules, IT headaches and executive bravado means it is just not happening. As well as trying to bolster its balance sheet, the Co-op's announced retirement of chief Peter Marks, the architect of the plan, during the process didn't augur well either.
State-aid rules leave us with not one but two banking offcuts doing the rounds. Maybe Virgin Money will take a look, but this is hardly the brave new world of challenger brands Vince Cable wanted.
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A vital tradition in Spanish poetry unites politics, eroticism, and surrealism in a way few poets writing in English have attempted, let alone managed. Francisco Alarcón's poems join those of Pablo Neruda, Cesar Vallejo, Federico Garcia Lorca, and others in this tradition, while bringing his own distinctive background and voice to this vital, engaged, moving volume.
This big book should cement his appeal for anyone interested in Chicano and West Coast Latino writing and activism.
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His subject matter remains courageously political, seeking risks, not safety in these volatile times when much of American poetry still shies away from social issues. . . . This is a brave collection of poetry that should confirm Alarcón's status as a premier laureate of Chicano letters.
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Raised in Guadalajara and now living in the San Francisco Bay area, Alarcón sees that " 'Mexican' / is not / a noun / or an / adjective / 'Mexican' / is a life / long / low-paying / job." Participating in a poetic tradition that goes back to the mystic Spanish poets of the sixteenth century, he brings us sonnets infused with romance and tenderness, and shorter poems that are direct and hard-hitting commentaries on American society, as he cries out for "a more godlike god," one "who spends nights / in houses / of ill repute / and gets up late / on Saturdays." Alarcón invokes both the mysteries of Mesoamerica and the "otherness" of his gay identity. "My skin is dark / as the night / in this country / of noontime," he writes, "but my soul / is even darker / from all the light / I carry inside." In lyrical poems open to wide interpretation, he transcends ethnic concerns to address social, sexual, and historical issues of concern to all Americans. The fourteen new poems in
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Shifting effortlessly between English and Spanish and even Nahuatl, Alarcón demonstrates the gift of language that has earned him both a wide readership and the admiration of fellow poets. With this book, he invites new readers to meet him where the darkness is palpable and the soul burns bright.
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"I'm going northward to-morrow morning, where Squanto tells me a flock of geese are astir," Ned spoke further.
"'T is a piteous tale," said Bradford gently when Squanto had finished.
And that Indian proved to be Squanto, one of the five who had been taken away fifteen years before.
Yet when Squanto said, "Take um," he thought well to obey the interpreter.
The next time Samoset came he brought with him another Indian, whose name was Squanto.
And Squanto would be our best help, he and Captain Standish, wouldn't they?
The people at Plymouth did not know how to plant the corn they had found, but Squanto taught them.
Squanto looked proudly at his hearers, rejoicing in his good news.
Squanto had been taken to England by some white men in 1614.
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A Preview of Coming Attractions – Webisode #16 – Drivin' & Jivin'
As they crisscross the fruited plain, or this megalopolis or that, you get to be a bug on the windshield and listen in to the chit-chat that Bruce and Steve engage in en route. What's the one word summary? Responsibility. It's our responsibility, each and every one of us, to move to a state of [Read More…]
"You are gods"
By Bruce Adams What did Jesus mean when he quoted Psalm 82:6 "I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High." Are human beings in fact gods? Although some might agree with the basic tenet that you are gods. I do not believe that many people understand [Read More…]
Happy New Year!
By Bruce Adams Well it seems that we find ourselves facing that grand moment once again. On a global scale I can not think of a more celebrated day than New Years. What is it about a new year that gets everyone so excited and so full of expectations? I believe if you researched [Read More…]


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Report: Lindsay Lohan Wants To Hire A Ghostwriter To Write Her Tell-All
- Lindsay Lohan is reportedly meeting with London publishing honchos, hoping to secure a book deal for a tell-all memoir. Lindz has reportedly got her eye on Fifty Shades Of Grey author E.L. James as a ghostwriter … despite the fact that writing quality was not exactly the strong suit of Fifty Shades. [Um, I'm available, LiLo. Call me. — Amelia] [Radar Online]
- Zooey Deschanel has split from her screenwriter boyfriend of two years, Jamie Linden. [US Weekly]
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Michael plays the role of Agent MJ. Jackson's scenes were shot at his Neverland Ranch home and at ValCom's old Valencia Studios. The DVD includes 20 minutes of unreleased Michael Jackson footage.
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"Joseph Coveney" <email@example.com>
st: Re: xsampsi produces inconsistent results
Sun, 6 Jun 2010 13:00:10 +0900
Michael McCulloch wrote:
I'm using -xsampsi- to estimate sample sizes for a crossover experiment.
I compared two examples, each with alpha=0.25, and beta=0.20.
Experiment 1 (where mean difference =30, and its standard deviation =
xsampsi, alpha(0.025) beta(0.20) delta(30) stddev(45)
Experiment 2 (where mean difference =2.3, and its standard deviation
= 0.63):
xsampsi, alpha(0.025) beta(0.20) delta(2.3) stddev(.63)
The first example produces a result, but the second leads to error
"Need to install package 'nct' to compute non-central t distribution"
However, I have installed -nct-.
Any feedback would be appreciated!
The complete output of your second case is shown below.
You can see that it's trying to compute a t statistic of an N of 1, which gives
rise to a negative degrees of freedom for the quantile computation, which gives
rise to a missing value for the t quantile, which when fed to -nct- (set trace
on to see the call to -nct-) gives rise to a nonzero return code, which is
trapped with the omnibus (and in this case erroneous) error message.
-xsampsi- is user-written, not official. I recommend contacting the author
with the bug report.
In the meantime, you can use simulation to do your power analysis.
Joseph Coveney
. xsampsi, alpha(0.025) beta(0.20) delta(2.3) stddev(.63)
Sample size for cross-over trial (AB/BA)
according to Senn 1991: 'Cross-over trials in clinical research'
Parameters below expressed in terms of the basic estimator, the treatment
Alpha level = 0.025 Power = 0.800
Zalpha = 2.241 Zbeta = 0.842
Detectable effect size = 2.300
Std.dev. of basic estimator = 0.630
Approximate N (normal) = 1
Critical value of t(df=-1,0.013) = .
Noncentrality parameter of t = 3.651
Need to install package 'nct' to compute non-central t distribution
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An historic fish, with an intriguing past, now has had its genome sequenced, providing a wealth of information on the genetic changes that accompanied the adaptation from an aquatic environment to land. A
team of international researchers led by Chris Amemiya, PhD, Director of Molecular Genetics at the Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason (BRI) and Professor of Biology at the University of Washington, will publish "The African coelacanth genome provides insights into tetrapod evolution" April 18 as the cover article in Nature. The coelacanth genome was sequenced by the Genome Center at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, and analyzed by an international consortium of experts.
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"For evolutionary biologists the coelacanth is an iconic animal, as familiar as Darwin's finches on the Galapagos," says Toby Bradshaw, PhD, Professor and Chair, Department of Biology, University of Washington.
"This paper by Chris and colleagues gives us our first comprehensive look at the coelacanth's place in our evolutionary history, and provides fascinating insights into the specific vertebrate genes involved in the critical transition from water to land - it seems that both loss and gain of gene function were required.
"I find the proposed gain-of-function changes in gene regulation for limb development particularly compelling, supported by experimental evidence that the lobed fins of the coelacanth really are akin to prototypical legs. Making legs from fins is a wonderful example of Francois Jacob's observation that 'evolution is a tinkerer, not an engineer.'"
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Genome sequencing is a laboratory and computational process that determines the complete DNA sequence of an organism's genome. Deciphering the genetic makeup of the coelacanth provides valuable clues for biologists studying the evolution of vertebrates. It was an international sensation when a living specimen of the coelacanth was first discovered in l938 as this lineage of fish was thought to have gone extinct 70 million years ago.
The living coelacanth has many anatomical similarities with its fossil relatives and seems to have undergone seemingly little morphological change since the Devonian period approximately 360 million years ago.
It still possesses what many would consider to be a prehistoric appearance, and, as for many similar species that do not show much change over long evolutionary periods, is often dubbed a "living fossil." The relationship of the slow rate of evolution of its genes and its morphological appearance remains unknown and largely speculative. Today, coelacanths are on the endangered species list and biological tissues can only be obtained from expired animals that have been caught accidentally by fishermen.
In addition to this landmark genome paper in Nature, several companion papers are being edited by Drs. Amemiya and Axel Meyer for publication in a special open access coelacanth genome issue of the Journal of Experimental Zoology (Molecular and Developmental Evolution).
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As you may know about me, I am a big basketball fan, especially when it comes to my alma mater, the Western Kentucky University Hilltoppers. After seeing this video from last night's game in Bowling Green, I am furious. Count the number of Red jerseys on the floor and you'll see that Louisiana Lafayette's Ragin' Cajuns played the last 20 seconds or so with 6 players on the floor. Result of the game…the Toppers lose by 2 and NO ONE CATCHES IT! What is going on here!?!
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Mark Viduka has marked his debut with a goal to help Middlesbrough to an impressive 2-0 victory over Fulham at Craven Cottage on Wednesday.
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Coleman had revealed earlier this week how he tried to bring Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink to Craven Cottage when he left Chelsea this summer.
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A flowing Middlesbrough move involving Viduka and Gaizka Mendieta resulted in Stuart Parnaby coming in from the right and sending over a low cross shot which Van der Sar did well to claw to safety.
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The Australian international had been largely anonymous on his full debut but he made amends by opening the scoring on 55 minutes.
His partnership with Hasselbaink looks full of goals and Viduka almost repaid the favour when he played in Hasselbaink who turned neatly but shot just wide.
Radzinski almost pulled Fulham level when his shot from 12 yards flew just wide but Boro rarely looked under threat and it came as no surprise when Nemeth popped up with a second.
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"What we've got to be able to address is a $1 trillion deficit here," he said. "If we were just back at the Clinton-level of spending this would solve the issue that we're dealing with today."
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Spending as a share of GDP declined from 22.1 percent when Clinton was elected in 1992, to 18.5 percent of GDP in 1999.
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Lankford reiterated his position that the government's problem is spending, and not revenue, pointing to record revenue expected to come into the U.S. treasury this year.
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The U.S. is expected to take in $2.47 trillion in revenue in 2012. The highest receipts ever recorded occurred in 2007 and 2008, under President George W. Bush, with the government collecting $2.57 trillion and $2.52 trillion, respectively.