text: Liuqahs15 819 Report post Posted December 29, 2012 One thing I got for Christmas was the Raspberry Pi. At this point, I wish I had put the money toward something else. The Pi Foundation claims that these machines are for kids to learn with, but I just can't see it. I'm a kid, I'm new to Linux, I'm new to working with hardware, and using the Pi thus far has been a complete pain. The $35 dollar price point was a lie, much like the price of nearly any small/"portable" piece of hardware. You pretty much have to buy a case if you want this thing to last, and that's at the very least $10. Then there's the micro USB power supply which requires 5v at about 500mah. I dunno what makes anyone think that a charger like that would be laying around. I have a micro USB phone charger, but it maxes at 250mah. So that was another $10. Then there's the SD card, which ranges between 10 and 30 dollars. We'll call it $15 to be fair. Altogether that's around $70 for this "computer" that's completely painful to use from the start. And then there's the 2 weeks - 1 month or longer wait. Worse, if you look at the website's main blog (http://www.raspberrypi.org/), all you see is posts highlighting projects that are utterly out of the reach of beginners, done by people with years of hardware, software and linux experience who are using the pi to do things they, for the most part, already had an idea how to do. In what way is this helpful to newcomers, other than to lure them in with projects that seem feasible? I just can't see it. I'm sure that a very tiny few people on this forum actually have a pi, but I'd love to get some feedback. Mine is pretty much sitting there. It'll be nice to have as a linux computer I can turn on and practice with through putty so I don't have dual boot over to Ubuntu, but other than that, I can't see myself using it for a while. It's not beginner friendly in the least. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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10 Main Dishes Made With Whole Grainsby Toby Amidor in Healthy Recipes, September 16, 2012
Celebrate Whole Grains Month this September by using more as your main meal. Quinoa, brown rice, whole-grain pasta, barley, and bulgur – dig into these mouthwatering whole grain recipes.
Benefits of Whole Grains
The Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommend making half of your daily grains whole. Whole grains are packed with fiber which have been shown to help reduce cholesterol and decrease the risk of type 2 diabetes and heart disease. Studies have also found that whole grains can help you better maintain your weight.
Recipes to try:
- Mock Risotto
- Fried Rice with Scallions, Edamame and Tofu
- Pasta Puttanesca
- Veggie Burgers
- Spaghetti Frittata
- Pasta with Anchovies, Olives and Spinach
- Scallops with Citrus and Quinoa
- Split Pea Burgers
- Beef and Bulgur Stuffed Zucchini
- Sweet Potato Quinoa
Learn More About Whole Grains:
Toby Amidor, MS, RD, CDN, is a registered dietitian , consultant and owner of Toby Amidor Nutrition, Inc., who specializes in food safety and culinary nutrition. See Toby's full bio »

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Living in south Louisiana means that the Lenten season — where traditionally one refrains from eating meat at least part of the time — isn't maybe as much of a hardship as it is in other parts of the world.
Shrimp, crab, crawfish, fish, oysters and other seafood become regular parts of the Lenten menu and recipes abound. Here are some tips for buying, preparing and storing seafood from the Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board.
SEASON: Farm-raised gator is available all year and may be slightly more expensive than wild-caught alligator.
TO BUY: Alligator is mostly sold in 1-, 2- and 5-pound packages of predominantly tail meat.
PREPARATION: Use the tail and jaw for baked, fried and grilled items. Tenderize body and leg meat for soups, gumbos, picantes, casseroles and other braising-type cooking methods. Cut across the grain for increased tenderness and remove all fat before preparation and freezing.
EATING: Alligator is a mild-flavored white meat with a similar consistency and taste to chicken or pork.
STORAGE: Fresh alligator may be kept sealed in its original packaging, unopened and refrigerated, for 10 to 12 days. Opened alligator products should be refrigerated for only two to three days without freezing. Frozen meat should have all fat removed and may be frozen for up to a year. Cooked alligator keeps for about three days.
SEASON: Crab is available all year, but is more plentiful in warmer months.
TO BUY: There are traditionally four kinds of crabmeat: lump, special, claw and crab fingers. You can also purchase live crabs, which are male and larger than 61/2inches.
Louisiana blue crab is readily available and usually sold boiled or steamed and unseasoned in 1-pound containers. Check for proper labeling, which should include the kind of meat, date packaged, weight and country of origin.
Soft-shelled crab is the blue crab captured during molt and can be eaten, shell and all. They are available from late spring to early fall.
PREPARATION: Crab has a delicate flavor that shouldn't be paired with strong flavors that would overwhelm it.
EATING: Eating a whole crab is a messy affair that calls for a properly prepared area covered in newspaper or other paper to make cleanup easier. You'll need a claw cracker, a crab mallet (or a hammer) and a knife.
Remove the crab's legs and claws with your hands, using a twisting motion. Any exposed meat is edible. Next, place the crab on its back and separate the body into 2 sections, top and bottom.
Break the bottom half into two sections. Use your fingers or a knife to remove the meat from the chambers. Use a claw cracker or a mallet to open the claws, then pick out the meat.
STORAGE: Fresh crab should be kept well-iced and stored in the coldest part of your refrigerator. It should not be kept warmer than 40 degrees.
Crab can be frozen for up to two months in pre-chilled, small containers. Cooked crabmeat is good 10 to 12 days from the date packaged. Once home, eat as soon as possible.
SEASON: Live crawfish are most prevalent in the spring. Packaged tail meat can be found year-round.
TO BUY: Peeled crawfish is sold in 1-pound bags with the fat left on the meat for better flavor. Crawfish fat becomes rancid within two to six months, frozen. Live crawfish are marketed in 35- to 40-pound mesh sacks. Early crawfish have thinner shells. High temperatures may stress live crawfish.
EATING: Hold your crawfish by the body and grab the tail. Twist the tail and pull away from the body. Pinch the tail just above the fans and pop the meat from the shell. Suck the head for the spicy juices and fat.
STORAGE: Live crawfish are sold in mesh sacks to keep them from hurting each other and also to allow them access to moisture, which must be maintained.
Crawfish in good health and kept in good, cool conditions can live for up to five days. If frozen crawfish is meant to be kept for more than five months, you should purchase the kind without fat, as it can become rancid.
Thaw for a day before cooking. Cooked tail meat should be used within a day or two.
SEASON: Fish, both fresh and saltwater, are available all year.
TO BUY: Fresh fish should always have a bright, uniform color, never yellow at the edges. The flesh should be moist and should not have a fishy or bad smell. Frozen fish should never be chalky and should never be covered in ice crystals. Most fish should be labeled according to country of origin.
PREPARATION: To fillet a fish, lay the fish on one side and place the knife blade under the front fin and cut at an angle toward the head and downward, stopping at the backbone.
Turn the knife so the blade runs parallel to the spine and cut slowly and carefully, sliding the knife along until you reach just above the tail. Pull the fillet away from the body of the fish, flipping it away from the head.
If you would like to keep the skin on, cut the meat away and cook. To remove the skin, place the knive at the point where the fillet is attached to the tail and slide it under the meat along the skin.
Keep the blade flat and parallel to the cutting surface, taking care not to cut the meat. To remove the rib cage and belly, cut along the vein from the head end to the back edge of the rib cage. Cut the vein to the edge of the fillet and cook.
EATING: Fish can be cooked just about every way imaginable, including baked, fried, grilled and blackened.
STORAGE: Fresh fish should be used in one to two days and kept in the coldest part of the refrigerator until then. Fish can be frozen for three to four months and thawed for a day before cooking. Cooked fish will keep three to four days in the refrigerator and frozen for a month.
SEASON: Oysters are more plentiful during cooler months, when a layer of glycogen built up by the living mollusk yields a larger oyster, but you can buy them all year.
TO BUY: Live oysters are sold in burlap sacks usually containing more than a bushel. Live graded half-shell oysters are sold by the count, volume or weight. A gapped oyster will not hold its shell closed and should be discarded.
Post-harvest treated half-shell oysters are treated using a process similar to pasteurization in order to reduce illness. Shucked oysters are sold in the gallon, half-gallon, quart, pint and smaller containers. Frozen shucked oysters are sold by weight.
PREPARATION: Oysters can be eaten raw, but can also be charbroiled, baked, fried, stewed or sautéed.
EATING: To shuck an oyster, start with an oyster knife that's short and sturdy with a rounded tip.
Wear protective gloves or, at the very least, cover your hand in a dish towel. Choose oysters that are tightly shut and feel heavy. The deeper the cup of the lower shell, the meatier the oyster. Hold the oyster firmly with the deeper cup against your palm.
Slip the knife blade between the shells near the hinge on the back. The blade should be far enough in that it almost reaches the opposite side of the shell. You may have to wiggle the blade to get it firmly into the shell.
Keep the blade positioned so it is flat and parallel to the edge of the shells and run it all the way around the oyster.
Keep the blade pressed against the inner top surface of the upper oyster shell to avoid cutting into the oyster meat, but still severing the muscle that connects the oyster to its top shell. Move the blade back and forth until the shell gives.
Using a twisting motion, pry the top and bottom shells apart. Don't jerk or force the oyster; you'll lose the tasty oyster liquor.
Once the top shell is off, move the blade underneath the oyster meat to free it from the shell, then enjoy.
STORAGE: Live stock should be stored between 40 and 45 degrees, covered with a damp towel. Shucked oysters that have not been cooked can be stored in their liquor, covered and refrigerated for up to two weeks. Freeze freshly shucked oysters in an airtight container with the liquor. Thaw overnight.
SEASON: Product is available all year-round, though white shrimp are caught fresh April through December and brown shrimp are fresh April through February.
TO BUY: Shrimp are sized by how many are in a pound, with the price increasing along with the size of the shrimp. A blackened head means the shrimp are losing freshness, but if the tail meat remains translucent, it's still fresh.
Shells should be translucent and moist and should not be slippery, have black edges or be spotted. Meat should be moist. The shrimp should smell of the sea, not fish or of ammonia.
Frozen shrimp should be white in color. Check for the country-of-origin label on the packaging and for the date packaged. Shrimp may also be sold frozen, peeled and deveined.
PREPARATION: Shrimp can be cooked with the shell and head still on, or they can be removed before cooking.
Cooking the shrimp with the shell on enhances the flavor and keeps the meat moist, with the exception of fried shrimp, which should be cooked without the shell. Deveining is a matter of taste — the veins are OK to eat but may taste gritty, particularly with larger shrimp.
To devein the shrimp, run the tip of a small knife down the back of the shrimp and pull the vein out with your fingers or the tip of the knife. Shrimp can be deveined with the shell on.
EATING: To peel a cooked shrimp, turn it on its back with the legs exposed. Near the top of the shrimp, place your thumbs in the middle and pull the shell apart. The thin shell should come off easily as you pull apart the underside, legs and all. You can keep the tail intact; it makes a convenient handle.
STORAGE: Fresh shrimp should be refrigerated in plastic wrap or in an airtight container. Use within one to two days for the best flavor.
Frozen shrimp should have the heads removed and can be kept for up to 12 months. Thaw overnight. Cooked shrimp can be refrigerated for three or four days.


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1919 - 1963 — Mississippi
Virgil Jackson "Buck" Jones was born on Oct 31 1919 in Mississippi, USA as the fifth child of James Robert Jones and Laura Alzedia Carney. He had nine siblings, namely: Vergie Mae, Pearlie Jane, Hollis Willie Ray, Myrtle Lee, Henry Ance, Annie Laura, Martha Edna, Margaret Ella, and Robert Calvin. He died on May 30 1963 in Magee, Simpson, Mississippi, USA.
Virgil Jackson "Buck " Jones was also known as Buck. He was buried in Magee, Simpson, Mississippi, USA (Goodwater Cemetery). His cause of death was tuberculosis. Individual Note: (Had TB for long time) He served in the military (Virginia,Pvt CO C 25 OM Training BN WWII). He lived in Covington, Mississippi, USA. His Social Security Number was 427-22-0085. SSN issued: in Mississippi, USA He lived in Collins, Covington, Mississippi, USA in 1920. He lived in Beat 1, Simpson, Mississippi in 1930. Military: Feb 20 1943 in Hattiesburg, Forrest, Mississippi, USA (Camp Shelby)
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Yes: It's basically just sugar and aspartame (nutrasweet). As long as you don't have phenyketonuria, you can take it. I am not a fan of aspartame anytime, and i think it's especially important to avoid as many artificial chemicals during pregnancy as possible, so i wouldn't recommend nauzene. There are other nausea treatments that i'd use first (try ginger tea). ...Read more
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When your due date arrives, you will be more than ready to have your baby! Most women deliver the baby somewhere between 37 and 42 weeks. According to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, only 5% of babies arrive on the exact due date. Approximately 7% of babies are not delivered by 42 weeks, and when that happens, it is referred to ...Read more
Is prospan safe during pregnancy?
Prospan is a dried: Ivy leaf extract in syrup form that is used to treat bronchial inflammation ; cough. It is pregnancy category c. Drugs.Com defines fda category c as "animal reproduction studies have shown an adverse effect on the fetus ; there are no adequate ; well-controlled studies in humans, but potential benefits may warrant use of the drug in pregnant women despite potential risks." don't recommend use. ...Read more
Is brinjal during pregnancy safe?
Yes: By Brinjal, do you mean Eggplant? Only in the Indian cultures Brinjal is suggested to be avoided during pregnancy (Ayurveda) A normal eggplant has lots of vitamin A, dietary fiber iron. These are essential nutrients that are needed during pregnancy. It is believed that eggplants contain large amounts of phytohormones that may cause contractions so use your judgement. Moderation is key. ...Read more
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Recommendation : In recent years due to pollution of see products, my advice to use it just not often: may be twice a month. Nobody knows how much Mercury in it. ...Read more
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The Philippine Azkals had lost again to Bahrain for their second round friendly match with a score of 3-1. Chieffy Caligdong the only Filipino who had made a goal against Bahrain in their first round friendly match, is made another goal in the first quarter of the second round, but not enough to beat the Under-23 Olympic team of Bahrain. Bahrain made two goals in the first half and third time as the match was about the end. German coach Michael Weiss of azkals had fielded his best 11 players,... → Continue reading


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THOUSANDS of children across York, North and East Yorkshire are set to be off school on Thursday as teachers take part in strike action.
Of the 64 state schools in York, 19 have so far confirmed some or all classes will be affected, and 19 have still to announce, with 26 confirmed as fully open.
Teaching and other school staff will join those at hospitals, councils and fire stations across York, North and East Yorkshire for a day of national action on Thursday.
It could be the largest one-day strike over pay by public sector workers since 2010 and includes members of the NUT, GMB, Unison and Unite as well as the Fire Brigades Union.
A public sector pay freeze was introduced in 2010, and in 2012 the Government brought in a pay cap of one per cent, which is still in place.
As well as school closures some passport services and local government work could be restricted on the day.
There are more than 23,000 pupils in York schools including academy schools and those run in partnership arrangements with outside bodies such as the Church of England and the Roman Catholic Church.
If the strike goes ahead, five York primary schools will be completely closed:
- Hob Moor Primary School
- Hob Moor Oaks Special School
- Knavesmire Primary School
- Westfield Primary School
- Yearsley Grove Primary School.
Four of the city's secondary schools are expecting to be open as usual but Archbishop Holgate's CE Academy, Joseph Rowntree School, Applefields Special School and Millthorpe School have said they will only be partially open and the education authority has yet to receive information from Canon Lee and York High. Applefields Special School will also be partially closed.
Ten primary schools are also expecting to be partially closed, and are telling parents their children could well be affected.
The ten partially-closed primary schools at this stage are:
- Archbishop of York's CE Junior
- Bishopthorpe Infant
- Copmanthorpe
- Fishergate
- Headland
- Lakeside
- Lord Deramore's
- Naburn, Park Grove
- Poppleton Road
in addition Poppleton Ousebank will be closed for training as planned.
If the strike goes ahead, in North Yorkshire Easingwold School will shut to all pupils as will East Whitby School Applegarth Primary School, Northallerton and Sutton-in-Craven Primary with Le Cateau School at Catterick Garrison, Harrogate, Hookstone Chase School and Upper Wharfedale only part open.
North Yorkshire County Council's director of children and young people, Pete Dwyer, said: "No school in North Yorkshire will take the decision lightly to close. "We have good working relationships with all our professional associations within North Yorkshire and every effort will be made to enable schools to remain open. We will also encourage any school adversely affected to communicate as soon as possible with parents and pupils."
Those on strike in York and North Yorkshire are expecting to meet at Clifford's Tower in York at 12pm on the day before a rally in St Sampson's Square at 1pm.
In the East Riding Council area, Pocklington Infant, Market Weighton, Woldgate College, Beverley Grammar and Beverley High as well as Driffield School and Driffield Juniors will all part close. Beverley Manor Nursery will be fully closed.
An East Riding of Yorkshire Council Spokesperson said: "The council will, as far as is reasonably practicable, seek to ensure that disruption is kept to a minimum and that services for vulnerable children and adults will be maintained."
Kersten England, chief executive of City of York Council, said: "Whilst we are expecting a certain amount of disruption, our priority is to minimise this and ensure all life and limb services remain open.
"We are putting contingency measures in place to ensure that this happens."


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A9 TV, 17 May 2012
Some people are skeptical, some are excessively timid, others are introverted and others again are incomprehensible. A natural person is most attractive. Someone who is sincere and says what he thinks. I am not saying she should be frivolous, of course. She should be serious, but the very best thing is a humane seriousness. Wildness is ill-becoming in a woman of course, that is very wrong.
"One should not wear foreign brands." What a thing to say! What a mentality! Who builds the car you drive? Foreigners. Who makes the car's paint? Foreigners. Some may be perverse, crazy, irreligious, godless or satanists but they make them. What fault is it of the object's? Objects are blessings from Allah. They commit no crime.
Surah Al 'Imran, 173
"To those whom people said," people speak to Muslims, "The people have gathered against you," curs and hypocrites have gathered together to carry out an operation against you and harm you, "so fear them." "But that merely increased their faith and they said, 'Allah is enough for us and the Best of Guardians'." We are the community of Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh), the followers of Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh), insha'Allah, so we are unaffected by any huffing and puffing or jumping up and down. We regard martyrdom or being wounded in action as the greatest honor, we regarded imprisonment as an honor.
"Why do women wear tight clothing?" Why do men wear tight clothing? So their arms and waists will stand out. They are very keen on that. They go to body building salons, don't they? My chest measurements have grown to this or that, my muscles are now this or that size. They always wear tight T-shirts. And the women go round like that, too. And why not? Insha'Allah. Allah says that women have an effect. If a woman looks with lust, the man also has an effect. Do women not have lust? If a woman likes a man, she will be affected by him to the extent of his belief, moral values, mental structure and conception of beauty. Men and women are the same.
Surat al-An'am, 159
"As for those who divide up their religion," says Almighty Allah, who separate into sects and groups, "and form into sects," look, they first tear the religion apart, dividing it into sects, and then into subgroups within those sects. "...you have nothing whatsoever to do with them." This verse at the same time also refers to Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh), "Their affair will go back to Allah and then He will inform them about what they did."
It is unlawful, says Almighty Allah. "...those who divide up their religion and form into sects," Allah curses them. Muslims must not be divided. They must unite.
"Say: 'My Lord has guided me to a straight path," alhamdulillah, "a well-founded religion, the religion of Abraham, a man of pure natural belief. He was not one of the disbelievers.' Say: 'My prayer and my rites, my living and my dying," my living and dead state, "are for Allah alone, the Lord of all the worlds."
In other words, he says he has given himself to Allah. I belong to Allah, with all that I have. I belong to Allah, dead or alive. My dead body belongs to Allah, he says. "Who has no partner. I am commanded to be like that and I am the first of the Muslims," says the Prophet Abraham (pbuh), masha'Allah. "Say: 'Am I to desire other than Allah as Lord when He is the Lord of all things?' What each self earns is for itself alone. No burden-bearer can bear another's burden. Then you will return to your Lord, and He will inform you regarding the things about which you differed."
You know how people tell you to commit a sin and they will bear the responsibility. The verse says that is not possible. The sin belongs to whoever commits it.
Verse 154;
Allah says; "Then We gave Moses the Book," the Torah, "complete and perfect for him who does good, elucidating everything, and a guidance and a mercy, so that hopefully they will have faith in their encounter with their Lord."
There are some Jews who do not believe in the hereafter. What does Allah say? "...so that hopefully they will have faith in their encounter with their Lord ." "And this is a Book We have sent down and blessed," says Almighty Allah. About the Qur'an, "...so follow it and have piety." Who? The whole world, Christians and Jews and everyone. Look, "...so follow it and have piety." Fear Allah and be scrupulous over what is lawful and unlawful. "...so that hopefully you will gain mercy." And then I will have mercy on you, Allah says. Hopefully. "So you cannot say: 'The Book was only sent down to the two groups before us and we were ignorant of their studies.' Nor can you say: 'If the Book had been sent down to us, We would have been better guided than they were.' For a Clear Sign has come to you from your Lord, and guidance and mercy. Who could do greater wrong than someone who denies Allah's Signs and turns away from them?" The verse refers to the bigots, who add things to or remove things from Allah commandments. "We will repay those who turn away from Our Signs with the worst kind of punishment because they turned away." Most of us have no idea of how the bigots have distorted the verses. They say that many commandments of the Qur'an are now invalid. "They do not apply," they say. "Allah has revoked that commandment," they say. Allah's verses apply until the time of Reckoning. How can they not apply? "They have been revoked, they do not apply," they say. How many? "There are 30 verses like that," they say. Some say, "Around 300." One says, "Three." And so on. They are all stupid.2012-08-02 11:05:51


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Definition Phonaesthesia occurs when certain sounds become associated with certain meanings, even though they do not attempt to imitate the sound (as in onomatopoeia). For example, it could be argued that <sl> is a phonaesthetic combination of sounds (or phonaestheme) in English in words such slip, slippery, slide, slither, sloppy, slimy, sleazy. The meanings are associated with wetness or greasiness, and gradually take on unpleasant connotations. You could probably add more words to the list (but you could also think of <sl> words, such as slant, which do not share this feature).
Notes 1. Writers such as Charles Dickens sometimes exploit phonaesthesia in the names they give their characters, such as Scrooge. Are there other names of characters in literature which predispose the reader to like or dislike the character? It is also exploited in names for products such as breakfast cereals.
2. Extended examples are given in David Crystal, The English Language (1988).
Compare Phonaesthesia is generally thought to be specific to particular languages. Related languages may exploit the same patterns, but there are also differences. Do any of the phonaesthemes listed below occur with the same meaning in a foreign language you know?
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Newly Formed St. Vladimir's Seminary Chorale Sings Newly Composed Music
4 February 2012 • On-campus Service
I beseech thee, O Virgin, do thou dispel far from me all of the distress of despair and turbulence in my soul;
for thou, O Bride of God, hast given birth to the Lord Christ,
Who is Prince of Peace, O thou only all-blameless one
—Small Canon to the Mother of God (Paraclesis to the Theotokos)
This past Saturday, our community marked two "firsts" in Three Hierarchs Chapel on our campus. One was the singing of a fresh musical composition, and the other was the premiere of a newly formed musical ensemble. The new composition was a musical setting in Znamenny chant of the "Small Canon to the Mother of God," also known as the Paraclesis to the Theotokos; and the new ensemble was "St. Vladimir's Seminary Chorale," a group that will be performing in the future in concert venues to benefit the seminary, including a concert of sacred music in New York City, slated for May 7th and titled "ORIENT."
The new music for the Paraclesis was composed by Robert Sirico, who is the founder of the Orthodox Christian Music Project (OCMP), and a private student of our Assistant Professor of Liturgical Music at the seminary, Dr. Nicholas Reeves.
The service was the culmination of a two-day Master Class on chamber group vocal technique, which was led by Matushka Robin Freeman, who holds a Master of Music degree in Choral Conducting from Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. In addition to years of working with the choirs at St. Vladimir's Seminary, she has conducted church choirs, children's choirs, community choirs, university choirs, opera choruses, and chamber ensembles. Matushka Robin also holds a Bachelor of Music in Voice Performance and has studied with singers Marietta Simpson, Gale Fuller, and Susan Brooks. The Master Class she taught for the Paraclesis emphasized the interpretation of Znamenny chant in a variety of choral textures.
Mr. Sirico, after the service, commented, "I had the privilege of being at the Master Class and choir rehearsal led by Matushka Robin Freeman on the previous night before the Paraclesis was offered. I was moved to my core by the amazing talent of the St. Vladimir's Seminary Chorale. Heavenly beauty projected through their angelic voices, and I couldn't even imagine how beautiful the actual service would be the next day. When I heard the music in its proper liturgical context, I felt like the psalmist who said, 'Let my prayer arise in Thy sight as incense'. What an extraordinary experience it was to hear my music, for which I labored nearly a full year to complete, offered in the full glory of the Paraclesis service! I left deeply edified, and I pray that others were similarly moved. This music is my gift of love to the Theotokos and to her Son's holy Church."
The Paraclesis service has a long historical precedent for being sung in times of pestilence. Its use today is still widespread in the Orthodox Christian Church, and it provides many with solace in times of need, through the intercessions of the Mother of God.
"One of the primary goals of this Master Class," noted Dr. Reeves, "was to encourage the use the Paraclesis on a regular basis in the parish or in the home, on behalf of those who are ill.
"Moreover," he continued, "the score of this particular arrangement is malleable, and thus allows for an ensemble of any size to sing the service properly and convincingly. Upon request, the music can be made available for liturgical use."
For an arrangement of the music for this particular Paraclesis, please contact Robert Sirico.
Learn about the ministry of the Orthodox Christian Music Project on their Website and Facebook Page, and view the video of parts of the Paraclesis service held at St. Vladimir's, now posted on the OCM's YouTube Channel.


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The Jazz Studies area at Ithaca College features four large jazz ensembles. The groups perform at least one concert per semester and also perform elsewhere on campus and in the community. All Ithaca College students regardless of major are permitted to audition for the jazz ensembles.
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Click below to hear to the IC Jazz Ensemble perform director Mike Titlebaum's "Too Many Things" from a recent recording session:
- Too Many Things by Mike Titlebaum, performed by the Ithaca College Jazz Ensemble
Every year, the Jazz Ensemble sponsors a jazz composition contest. The contest is split into two categories:
- high school students (have not yet started full-time college study), and
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To view the complete set of rules and download the entry form, please see the Ithaca College Jazz Ensemble Composition Contest page.
On March 2th, 2015, Tthe IC Jazz Ensemble performed the 5th annual composition contest winners concert with world-renowned guest artist Rudresh Mahanthappa. The complete performance was web streamed live, and can also be viewed in its entirely at the School of Music's On Demand page:
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The outdoor spring music festival spans seven days over two weekends in such genres like jazz, gospel, rhythm and blues, Cajun and zydeco. In all, hundreds of acts will perform on about a dozen stages on April 26-28 and May 2-5.
Other national acts include Earth Wind & Fire, Dave Matthews Band, John Mayer, Jill Scott, Widespread Panic and B.B. King.
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The Sheriff's Department has implemented almost two-thirds of the reforms sought by a blue ribbon commission to stamp out excessive use of force in its jails but says millions of additional dollars are needed to implement the rest, according to an independent monitor.
Richard Drooyan said the department has implemented 37 of 60 recommendations made by the Citizens' Commission on Jail Violence 10 months ago, including hiring an assistant sheriff to manage the jails, drafting new policies governing the use of force, and rotating staff more frequently to prevent deputies from forming "cliques" or what the ACLU calls "savage gangs."
"The remaining recommendations that do not require funding should be completed by the end of the year, if not sooner," he added in a report to be formally submitted Tuesday to the county Board of Supervisors.
Although 15 of the remaining 23 recommendations require additional funding to be fully realized, department spokesman Steve Whitmore said Sheriff Lee Baca is satisfied with the pace of reforms.
"The sheriff is quite pleased with how everything is moving forward very quickly," Whitmore said.
"Part of that -- please don't forget -- is that the sheriff began this way before the Jail Commission was even formed," he added.
But ACLU Jails Project Director Esther Lim, who personally witnessed two deputies punching, kicking and using a Taser on an already unconscious inmate at Twin Towers Correctional Facility in January 2011, has lingering skepticism about the changes at the jails.
"It sounds really great on paper, but is it actually happening?" Lim said. "Are the line supervisors on top of the custody personnel in making sure that these policies are actually put into practice? If not, are they initiating swift disciplinary responses?"
"It's great to see that the Sheriff's Department, the commission, the board, and everyone else really wants this issue to be resolved, but it needs to go a lot further than writing policies," she said.
Baca's initial estimate of the price tag for the reforms was $60.9 million.
Since then, it has surged 45 percent to $88.5 million and several expenses still have yet to be computed, including improving the supervisor-to-staff ratio, enhancing training, and overhauling the department's data tracking system to identify deputies that are frequent subjects of inmate complaints.
Those are labeled "under review" and their costs are to be determined.
"Problems identified by the commission -- including a persistent problem of unreasonable use of force by some in the jails, a troubling culture that allowed force problems to fester, and a disturbing lack of training, supervision and accountability -- won't be solved overnight," commission Executive Director Miriam Krinsky said. "Long-term solutions will require a lasting and sustainable shift in practice, attitude and institutional structure and culture."
"Some of these changes will also require the infusion of new resources and an investment in change as well as in new, effective and empowered outside oversight of the Sheriff's Department," she added. "These investments are not simply the right thing to do, but will also save our community money that we otherwise too often spend on defending lawsuits and taking corrective action when misconduct occurs."
Drooyan said the department is in the process of buying new scanners by mid-November to prevent inmates from concealing shivs and other makeshift weapons. It is also beefing up divisions in charge of investigating alleged deputy beatings of inmates.
Undersheriff Paul Tanaka, whom the commission had blamed for encouraging a "culture of violence" at the jails, stepped down in March though his retirement does not actually take effect until August.
"The department reports that an administrative investigation remains ongoing to determine if there is a basis for formal discipline against department personnel," Drooyan said. "It now expects to complete the investigation by the end of the month."
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Jefferson 52 Pilothouse SE — By Capt. Bill Pike —
July 2005
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This Chinese-built performer has standards galore.
It was breezy. Here and there, I could see wind gusts ruffling what little open water there was at Fort Lauderdale's boat-chocked Billfish Marina. On the plus side of the close-quarters maneuvering equation, there wasn't much current. As Alan Schmitz, dealer support guy for Jefferson Yachts' Billfish-based facility, began casting lines off our 52-foot Pilothouse SE (Jefferson's using SE, or Special Edition, to denote boats being built in mainland China rather than Taiwan these days), I detected little or no movement of the yacht from my spot on the flying bridge. She just sat there.
Visibility from the upper helm was good. Whether leaning over the flying-bridge cowling or taking a few steps aft towards the boat deck, I could easily keep tabs on Schmitz's progress. "Good to go," he grinned once he'd finished hanging the last line on an upwind piling. Having kicked the bow to port with the starboard engine to put Schmitz near the piling, I recentered the boat in her slip with a pulse from the port main and then clutched ahead on both diesels.
For true boathandling fun, nothing beats a combination of great visibility, plenty of low-end, twin-screw propeller torque, and a set of fine engine controls. Ours were split mechanical SRs from Teleflex Morse—in my book, some of the sturdiest, smoothest mechanicals on the market today.
The trip down the New River to Port Everglades and beyond proved just as endearing. In two narrow, twisty places, one known locally as "The Wiggles" and the other as "Little Florida," the boat behaved with mannerly elegance. In the first location, I had to ease backwards a boat length or so to accommodate a large, inbound motoryacht, an exercise smoothed out by our boat's wind-resistant heft and torquey maneuverability, but also by her modest but effective keel. In the second location, I had to turn a bend so tight I swear I caught sight of our swim platform dead ahead, a phenomenon facilitated by some big, strapping, stainless steel rudders.
The rudders also did us proud out in the open Atlantic. For starters, our 52 tracked steadfastly in the light conditions prevailing at the time, whether I was going upsea, downsea, or sidesea. Then too, the test boat's turning radius was tight, a virtue partly attributable to a nicely balanced, bow-up running attitude, but also to rudders positioned and installed for maximum effectiveness. And finally, during a simulated mechanical breakdown, the 52 kept right on truckin' on just one engine. At 1750 rpm, for example, I recorded a speed of 11.2 mph and at 2600 rpm a speed of 13.4 mph, regardless of whether the starboard main was shut down or the port. Moreover, in both cases, I could easily steer to starboard or port.
Next page > Part 2: Not only is the Jefferson 52 Pilothouse SE a solid, sensible performer, whether dockside, offshore, or cruising down a river, she's turnkey-equipped. > Page 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
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"Game changer" is a term you hear often when people talk about how technology has changed their industry.
By DAVID LaBONTE
Shiny objects are more than mere attractive baubles. For millennia, man has elevated shiny objects not only to the pinnacle of desire, but to godhood. For example, the Chinese started crafting jade objects over 7,000 years ago. Freshly mined jade looks dull, and was used in axe-heads, knives and other weapons because of its durability. But, once jade was polished to a brilliant luster it grew legendary, and was rumored to have magical properties that preserved the body. Even today the Emperor of Heaven, a deity worshipped by many of the Chinese, is referred to as the Jade Emperor.
Let's assume you've already discovered your shiny object. You've mined the resources of your brand, product or service and you've polished your shiny object until it sparkles. After scraping away the mundane, your efforts revealed a shiny object that many customers want and eagerly pursue. How can you keep that shiny object shiny, without compromising business momentum and goals?
Keeping your shiny object shiny isn't easy. The fastest way for a shiny object to lose its shine is to block it from the view of your customers. If they can't see it, they can't recognize it as their shiny object, and sales suffer. Here are the top five corporate pitfalls to avoid, as they relate to hiding shiny objects.
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Is there a translator in the house? A company like this might have a great shiny object, but you have to spend too much time wading through their words to find it.
3. Changing the guard: A company goes along for several years, building brand equity and market share by consistently promoting its shiny object. Then, along comes a new marketing or advertising manager. Feeling that he has to prove his worth, he starts changing things. First to go…the ad agency. What most marketing managers don't seem to understand is that the agency is usually the biggest champion of their brand. People within the company often mistreat the brand and pull it in all sorts of directions. It is often the agency that is the sole voice of reason. There are many occasions when replacing the agency is the absolutely right action to take. If their work is not performing or if the resources of the agency are unable to take the company where it wants to go, then a change is warranted. However, the typical scenario is that the new manager just wants to flex his or her new muscles, resulting in an agency being fired, arbitrarily. This can be the quickest way to extinguish your shiny object. A new agency will be reluctant to pick-up the torch.
4. Messing with the shiny object: People within a company become tired and bored with a campaign much faster than their customers and prospects do. After a while, they want to start messing with the shiny object, thinking they are "freshening it up." In reality, they are altering the very thing that is bringing in sales. Campaigns may need to change often, but not if they are working. The Energizer Battery Bunny Campaign is a great example of an idea that superseded even the people who created it. Started in 1989 by BBD Needham Worldwide out of Chicago, the campaign took on a life of its own with the bunny appearing in over 115 spots. When TBWA/Chiat/Day took over the account, they inherited the bunny. Instead of going in a new creative direction, they wisely chose to keep the bunny going and going and going.
5. Letting competition steal the light: We've all heard that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Don't you believe it! Unless you react quickly, it is one of the fastest ways to lose the lure of your shiny object. Once you are successful, you will have competition. There is no way around it. You can't avoid it. How you react to the competition determines if the shiny object you are holding out to your customers will continue to attract attention. Once you are challenged with another shiny object, you need to find a way to make yours the brightest one in the room.
These are the five most common pitfalls I have encountered on the way to achieving successful shiny object marketing. The actual list of pitfalls is as endless as the list of shiny objects. Your challenge is to be a guard on the watchtower and spot the problem, whatever it might be, before it can block your shiny object.
David LaBonte is a seasoned marketing professional,with over 30 years of experience. President and partner of AdMatrix, an Orange County, California-based marketing/advertising agency, LaBonte teaches futuristic marketing techniques to clients across the country. Author of the book, Shiny Objects Marketing (published by Wiley and Sons), LaBonte writes articles for marketing publications and blogs, and trains entrepreneurs in his successful marketing philosophy called Shiny Objects Marketing.


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All Too Hard makes it look all too easyPatrick Bartley
Published: February 10 2013 - 3:00AM
THOSE involved in the $25 million purchase of one of Australia's finest three-year-olds, All Too Hard, breathed a collective sigh of relief yesterday when the colt made a triumphant return to racing in the group 1 Orr Stakes.
All Too Hard, a younger half-brother to the world's fastest mare, Black Caviar, has not only ensured a vice-like grip on the three-year-old classics both here in Melbourne and Sydney in the autumn but also keeps alive the hope of a trip to Royal Ascot in England later this year.
Co-trainer Wayne Hawkes, while admitting that the training partnership of his brother Michael and father John is always under pressure given the price paid for All Too Hard, maintains that the son of Casino Prince is not at his peak yet.
''We were happy with him coming into the race today and he did a great job. But you must remember, we haven't screwed him down, so there's improvement to come.
''He's a big boy, he's a valuable boy and there are a number of ways we could go, but I think we'll see him in the Australian Guineas.
''I just think a race like the Australian Cup and the distance it is makes it difficult. But there's seven or so other plans we could take. Let's just wait and see,'' he said.
Hawkes said it was ''nonsense'' to label All Too Hard a racehorse who was better suited to the Melbourne way of going than the Sydney way. ''We'll prove it to them when we get back to Sydney. But I haven't got the slightest problem with him being just as good in both states,'' he said.
''Remember that his first run in Sydney - I think it was in the Pago Pago - that was over 1100 metres and the Orr Stakes today was over 1400. So, he is far better suited to the extra trip.''
Champion two-year-old Sepoy's younger brother Mulaazem may, however, miss the Australian Guineas after he won Saturday's Autumn Stakes.
Trainer Peter Moody said Mulaazem had improved greatly but he was concerned not to push the horse to a longer distance considering his sprinting pedigree.
''Remember he is a brother to a very good sprinter who wasn't pushed up in distance. So, what we might do with him is go to Sydney and perhaps look for races like the George Ryder as his ultimate goal,'' Moody said.
And the same two three-year-olds that bravely fought out last November's Victoria Derby filled the placings behind Mulaazem.
The Anthony Cummings-trained Five And A Half Stars fought on tenaciously to finish second.
And Super Cool, who finished behind Five And A Half Stars in the Derby, also made a fine return to racing with an unlucky third in Saturday's Autumn Stakes.
This story was found at: http://www.smh.com.au/sport/horseracing/all-too-hard-makes-it-look-all-too-easy-20130209-2e5e0.html


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Crews from the West Midlands Ambulance Service were on scene at around 4.50pm treating a patient who had suffered leg injuries.
Two lanes were closed which resulted in queueing traffic due to an accident at around 3.40pm involving a lorry and a car involved on the M5 southbound between junctions seven and eight.
An ambulance, a rapid response vehicle and two air ambulances were dispatched. Both carriageways were closed for about 10 minutes while the air ambulance landed resulting in tailbacks of 5km northbound and 6km southbound.
A spokesman for the Highways Agency said: "It will affect most of the peak traffic."
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Ranch Hand Rescue is a sanctuary for abused and neglected farm animals. They have been removed from their current situation by a county humane officer, sheriff or law enforcement official.
In December, we wrote about a fundraiser for the organization to help owner Bob Williams feed and give the animals the medical care they need. Their goal was $10,000 and they raised more than $15,000.
"The place was packed," Williams said.
This past week was a particularly difficult one for them because of the cold weather.
"Our animals still need their medications and feeding," Williams said.
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New Books: Animal PrintsWednesday, September 12th, 2012
These works can be found on our New Book shelf in Bailey/Howe, an ever-rotating sampling of things we're adding to our collection. You can also review all our newest books online, and subscribe via RSS to receive alerts about acquisitions, by discipline.
Black Rhinos
The Black Rhinos of Namibia: Searching for Survivors in the African Desert, by Rick Bass
Rick Bass first made a name for himself as a writer and seeker of rare, iconic animals, including the grizzlies and wolves of the American West. Now he's off on a new, far-flung adventure in the Namib of southwest Africa on the trail of another fascinating, vulnerable species. The black rhino is a three-thousand-pound, squinty-eyed giant that sports three-foot-long dagger horns, lives off poisonous plants, and goes for days without water. Against the backdrop of one of the most ancient and harshest terrains on earth, Bass, with his characteristic insight and grace, probes the complex relationship between humans and nature and meditates on our role as both destroyer and savior.
An Orphan Seal
The Odyssey of KP2: An Orphan Seal, a Marine Biologist, and the Fight to Save a Species, by Terrie M. Williams
When a two day-old Hawaiian monk seal pup is attacked and abandoned by his mother on a beach in Kauai, environmental officials must decide if they should save the newborn animal or allow nature to take its course. But as a member of the most endangered marine mammal species in U.S. waters, Kauai Pup 2, or KP2, is too precious to lose, and he embarks on an odyssey that will take him across an ocean to the only qualified caretaker to accept the job, eminent wildlife biologist Dr. Terrie M. Williams.
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Once We All Had Gills: Growing Up Evolutionist in an Evolving World, by Rudolf A. Raff
In this book, Rudolf A. Raff reaches out to the scientifically queasy, using his life story and his growth as a scientist to illustrate why science matters, especially at a time when many Americans are both suspicious of science and hostile to scientific ways of thinking. Noting that science has too often been the object of controversy in school curriculums and debates on public policy issues ranging from energy and conservation to stem-cell research and climate change, Raff argues that when the public is confused or ill-informed, these issues tend to be decided on religious, economic, and political grounds that disregard the realities of the natural world.


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SFFS, Rainin hand out $340,000
San Francisco Film Society and the Kenneth Rainin Foundation announced on Thursday [18] the projects that will receive $340,000 in funding.
The sum equates to the largest amount the partners will have disbursed to date.
The recipients are Jonas Carpignano for A Chjana; Grainger David for Nocturne (working title); Ian Hendrie and Jyson McLean for Mercy Road; Maryam Keshavarz and Paolo Marinou-Blanco for The Last Harem.
The list includes Richard Levien and Chad Burris for La Migra; Tommy Oliver for 1982; Vendela Vida for Let The Northern Lights Erase Your Name; and Josef Wladyka for Manos Sucias.
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I try to create code to load times series into the rows of a matrix [serie1, 2, 3, etc.] and then manipulate those time series into a loop (see code below). My problem is threefold (3 loops below):
1-how to create a loop to fill the array's rows one by one. 2-fill a 3d array of with stuff I calculate off those time series (correlation coefficients) 3-calculate the average correlation of the lower triangular matrix for each time period
what i am doing wrong?
thanks a lot for your help!
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while i<length(fx_tech):
for f in fx_tech:
time_series[:,i]= (LoadSeries(f[2],'7','fx','0',(ts.now('Y')-20).asfreq('B'),ts.now('B')-1,'0','0','B'))
#i want to populate a matrix with all series, fx_tech is a list of series i have
#to feed through the "loadseries" command. I know the first set of loops is wrong.
#then loop over each series pair and populate the matrix "corr"
corr = zeros((len(time_series)-1,len(fx_tech),len(fx_tech))) #allocate matrix
while i < len(fx_tech):
while j < len(fx_tech):
corr[:,i,j] = gencorrelation(time_series[:,i],time_series[:,j],lambda1)
#finally calculate the average of the elements below the diagonal for each time period.
mean_fx = []
while i < len(time_series)-1:
diag[:,:] = corr[i,:,:]-eye(len(fx_tech))
mean_fx.append = sum(diag)/((len(fx_tech)**2)/2-len(fx_tech))


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This week was very heavy with social media activity. With the Grand Opening of Animales de los Arboles and Feast for the
Beasts event, there was a lot to promote and I really wanted to engage the community. I originally set out with a goal to reach 12,000 Facebook fans, but then got to thinking about the elephants (because of Feast for the Beasts), and came up with a Facebook contest to guess how much Osh, our bull elephant weighs. I knew elephants weigh between 12,000 and 14,000 pounds, so I wanted to incorporate that with the Facebook fans. I learned that Osh weighs 12,300 pounds and decided to make that the new goal number for Facebook fans. I named it Operation Osh. Although we came up short, it was still a fun idea and I enjoyed running with it.
I spent most of Tuesday helping out with Spring Break ZooCamp and Sun Bear's class. Who is Sun Bear you might ask? Well, the Education staff that work ZooCamp all have an animal name. The staff member that I was working with was named Sun Bear. This helps ZooCamp kids remember which group they are in and who their leader is. I joined the kiddos as they were watching warthogs tear open their surprise boxes (animal enrichment), then proceeded to walk to a select few animal exhibits, learned and even taught some animal facts, spent time acting like different animals in the meadow for play time, attended an animal close up with two of our education hedgehog ambassadors, and helped the kids with their very own hedgehog craft in the afternoon. Afterwards, I hiked back through the Zoo to the office to catch up on emails and to-dos for the remainder of the day. I had a good time at ZooCamp and really enjoyed being outdoors and active, but let me tell you… those five-year-olds wore me out and this desk job is making my legs rusty.
I sent press releases over to our web specialist to load up on the website and uploaded pictures to flickr of our new exhibit and animals. I also spent some time doing out of the ordinary projects such as editing and making additions to the Zoo's history information page on the website. By taking the time to actually read through the rich history, I learned a lot about the organization. I also helped Amber with some miscellaneous tasks for the Feast for the Beasts event as well as the Zoo's annual fundraiser in June, Walk in the Wild. I kind of like being a 'helper' like this. I get to do several tasks for a few different people/departments, and that seems to work for me. It keeps things interesting and keeps me learning for sure. I feel I have always been the jack of all trades and master of none, so doing a variety of tasks keeps my day exciting. With that being said, I am convinced that being able to wear multiple hats is not only a talent, but also a necessity in today's world.
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Council Member Dan Halloran is participating in the experimental Participatory Budgeting program. PB is a process which allows the taxpayers to propose projects to be funded by discretionary funding and vote on the ones they would most like to see happen. The process is nearly complete, with the final vote taking place next week. Everyone 16 years of age or older in the District is eligible to vote.
Watch a story about Council Member Halloran's PB process on NY1
See the list of projects on the ballot and find out where to vote:
A message from Council Member Halloran about PB:
"I'm proud to be one of the first Council Members to engage in the experimental Participatory Budgeting process, which has been rolling along since the fall with great input from lots of constituents. I believe very strongly in government transparency. These projects are all worthwhile, especially because they came from the people. We've all learned a lot. This year's project, which will determine how we spend one million dollars, is nearly complete and taxpayers will vote very soon on the winning project. I encourage everyone to come out to vote and participate in government."


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Emily's Goose is Cookedby Emily Silman in View All Posts, January 8th, 2009
Though known as kitchen adventurer, I even surprised my family when I announced a menu inspired by the Dickens's classic, A Christmas Carol. Yes… the Cratchits enjoying a humble yet festive Christmas Eve dinner, with a goose at the center. I wanted a challenge.
With a roasted goose as the key, I immediately flocked to Emeril's recipe for Roast Port Glazed Goose with Tawny Port Gravy because of the stellar reviews.
As I'm entrenched in the Food Network Store, the right equipment is a must, and I made sure I had sufficient roasting pan. With any type of poultry — chicken, turkey, duck, or goose- a rack is critical. The bird is elevated; allowing heat to circulate fully. Without it, your goose will be cooked — and not in a good way. Some of my faves are here.
Another vital tool is the bulb baster. Basting with pan drippings while it cooks will help to keep the meat moist. Once an internal temp of 180F is reached, your goose is good to go. Need a temperature check? These are solid choices.
I finished with a port glaze, followed by a brief broil to crisp up the skin. As the skin quite brown in areas, I worried about overcooking, but it was actually great, if I do say so myself. It was more delicate than duck and more richly flavored than turkey, which I find bland at times.
I accompanied with goose fat-roasted potatoes, tawny port gravy and a side of steamed green beans. For Dickensian desserts, I made mincemeat pie and hot wassail, and my mom made my great-grandmother's Christmas pudding with traditional hard sauce.
Despite potential for disaster, it ended up as a great experience for my family to share a special meal. Goose sounds daunting, but recommend the experience for any great dinner. Though inspired by a holiday story, this special gathering with family and friends could be enjoyed all year long.
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PUBS across Darwen have hailed the success of the first Darwen Real Ale and Cider Festival.
The 10-day event, which took place late last year, saw an estimated 4,000 extra pints sold across the 15 venues that took part.
And a new late summer date has now been set for this year's festival, which will be held at the same time every year from now on.
The event was funded by Darwen Town Council and organised by the chairman of the town's Bar U scheme, Adam Hulme.
Mr Hulme said: "I have spoken to the other pub landlords and managers and everyone has hailed it as a great success for our first event.
"Everyone saw an increase in footfall and a lot of new faces, with people coming to town from all over the county.
"One guy came from Wigan and ended up staying in town for three days.
"In total, there were about 4,000 extra pints sold in the venues."
The event took place at the end of November and early December, but this year's festival will be held earlier.
Mr Hulme said: "We are having it over the August bank holiday so this year it will run from August 23 to 26.
"We have shortened it from the 10 days as it will incorporate the bank holiday.
"It will be held on this bank holiday weekend every year going forward."
Mr Hulme said organisers were also looking to combine the festival with music as well as looking to attract new venues.
Landlady of The Alexandra in Hindle Street Lynne Crowther said: "It went well and it was nice to see something like that in Darwen.
"From our point of view it was a great success and it was great to be able to promote the cask ale side of things."


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GALVESTON, Texas - The country music song "Galveston" has been remade in a marketing campaign to boost tourism.
"Galveston" was made popular by Glen Campbell in 1969. The Galveston Island Convention & Visitors Bureau has purchased the rights of the song for use in an upcoming summer marketing campaign to encourage travelers to visit the island.
"The 'Galveston' song is so iconic worldwide, and to many people, it is already considered an anthem for the island," Galveston CVB Marketing Director Melody Smith said.
The song is also featured in the island's 2013 Official Tourism Video that was released on Thursday.
Galveston has undergone a tremendous makeover in the five years since Hurricane Ike.19507772
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Toshiba's New KIRAbook Brings QHD to the Windows PCby Dustin Sklavos on 4/18/2013 12:00 AM EST
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Reflex - Wednesday, April 17, 2013 - linkBut are there any discreet graphics options? Asus had a very good version of the Zenbook Prime that had NVidia graphics as an option, that is pretty much the only feature not discussed on this ultrabook... Reply
rvagg - Thursday, April 18, 2013 - linkAll I want to know is: can this baby run Linux? Reply
lmcd - Thursday, April 18, 2013 - linkIt's an Intel chipset and an Intel chip. The only thing that won't work out is the bundled apps (Photoshop etc) and the touch screen might be shaky (IDK for sure).
Frankly, I'd stay with Windows here for the power management. Reply
Tormeh - Thursday, April 18, 2013 - linkWhen my current laptop dies I want a laptop made for Linux/Ubuntu. Currently that means the Dell Sputnik laptop because System76' designers have no taste. Give this thing proper Linux driver support and I'll definitely consider it. Reply
TaylorSandler - Thursday, April 18, 2013 - linkLove my job, since I've been bringing in $5600… I sit at home, music playing while I work in front of my new iMac that I got now that I'm making it online.(Click Home information)
http://goo.gl/DA52J Reply
mikeglass - Sunday, April 21, 2013 - linkMore specifically, um, will it run ChromeOS? It's essentially chromebook pixel specs +extras but lighter. Add LTE and I'd pay.
And now feel free to go on about why ChromeOS is just a glorified browser and I'll go ahead and tune out. Reply
powerarmour - Monday, April 22, 2013 - linkFirst thought that came into my head also! Reply
lmcd - Thursday, April 18, 2013 - linkIt almost has to IMO. Intel 4K doesn't drive 1080p that well, let alone 1440p. Reply
sherlockwing - Thursday, April 18, 2013 - linkIt doesn't, it is the same as the 13" rMBP which only have a HD4000 drive 2560X1600, if Apple deem that acceptable I am sure Toshiba deems it acceptable to have HD4000 drive 2560X1440. Reply
IntelUser2000 - Thursday, April 18, 2013 - linkThere's no reason why a discrete card should be better than integrated in driving 2D. Even Aero like effects are nowhere demanding enough to deserve being called "3D".
The issue all lies on the drivers and the Operating System. Of course running games at that resolution is a different story, but hopefully most people get that. Reply
purrcatian - Thursday, April 18, 2013 - linkI use the Intel HD 4000 in my Thinkpad x230 to drive my dual WQHD monitors. In other words, I routinely drive twice as many pixels without any problems. Docking stations are awesome. Reply
CSMR - Thursday, April 18, 2013 - linkCurrent Intel graphics drives 1440p with no problems. I have this on my Dell U2711 display. Reply
StealthX32 - Thursday, April 18, 2013 - linkLooks like they spent a ton of time on the industrial design. Oh wait....
This is like fodder for Apple, c'mon Toshiba. Everything from the keyboard layout, the hinge, to the wedge shape is ripped straight off a MBA. At least TRY to innovate a little on that front and avoid a lawsuit, sheesh. Reply
karasaj - Thursday, April 18, 2013 - linkApple doesn't generally sue products with Windows on it; I believe they have a cross licensing agreement. Reply
purrcatian - Thursday, April 18, 2013 - linkI think you will find Apple wasn't the first to do any of those things. Reply
StealthX32 - Thursday, April 18, 2013 - linkIt's not about being the first, it's about combining multiple design aspects in the EXACT same way as another company. So few companies are willing to innovate nowadays, it's pretty sad. Reply
hfm - Thursday, April 18, 2013 - linkYou do know Sony was the first major notebook manufacturer with that island style keyboard layout, right? Reply
StealthX32 - Thursday, April 18, 2013 - linkLook closer.
It's not just the island "style", it's the same key layout. It's also the same inset/sunken keyboard w/ beveled edges, same power button, same trackpad, etc. Reply
Gigaplex - Thursday, April 18, 2013 - linkLooked closer... Yep, it's the same key layout. They both use QWERTY.
Seriously, you take a closer look. There's page up/down keys on the Toshiba where there's none on the Apple, key size/spacing differ, and all the similarities essentially boil down to the QWERTY nature. Reply
frogger4 - Thursday, April 18, 2013 - linkIntel HD 4000 graphics (the ULV version that is) concerns me at that resolution. Given the framerate troubles the Retina 13 inch macbook pro has just in basic applications, I'm a bit concerned about general performance on the new KIRAbook. On top of that, the Retina MBP 13" uses a full power i5-3210M (GPU clock 650 to 1100MHz), while the KIRA uses a ULV part (GPU clock idles at 350MHz).
The point I'm making is that if the Retina 13" MBP has performance problems, this just might be worse. I still do appreciate the attempt at higher resolutions though! Reply
sherlockwing - Thursday, April 18, 2013 - linkThat is an issue. But given a 50Whr Battery(13" rMBP have a 74Whr Battery), using ULV i5 is the only way for the battery life of this Toshiba to be even comparable to rMBP. Reply
Khato - Thursday, April 18, 2013 - linkThe source of the Retina MBP 13" performance problems is the OS, not the GPU. I'd thought this to be the case considering that Intel's HD 4000 supports 4k display resolutions, but it's easy enough to test! Hooked my media computer with an i5-3570k using the integrated graphics up to my U2713HM by displayport and there are no visible issues in Windows 7. Oh, and the GPU-z sensor tab is reporting that the GPU core clock stays at the 350MHz floor. Reply
madmilk - Sunday, April 21, 2013 - linkA lot of the performance problems is actually bad applications. For example, Google Chrome has very poor scrolling performance at high zoom levels, which is effectively what HiDPI mode is. Both Safari and Firefox are much better, but many people automatically assume Chrome is the fastest when it is not. Reply
ShieTar - Thursday, April 18, 2013 - linkAbout a year ago I built a System with a Sandy Bridge Celeron with HD2000 graphic as an inexpensive home office & media player box for a friend of mine going to college. For the installation part, and just to test it a little, I had it connected to my own 2560x1600 main screen and the 900x1600 secondary screen on my desktop. There was absolutely no framerate troubles on this combined 3460x1600 desktop in anything I have tested it with, be it surfing the internet, watching Blueray-Movies, viewing PDF-Documents with loads of vector-graphics, working on large word-documents, you name it.
Of course it would fail horribly at playing games or as a CAD-Station, but for a very large part of usage scenarios, HD2000 is fine, and HD4000 is more than enough. Reply
MonkeyPaw - Thursday, April 18, 2013 - linkI also don't understand the concern with the IGP. The last two retina iPads have lots of pixels that are driven by a SOC with a lower TDP than a Core i5. It's all about bandwidth, and dual channel DDR 1600 is quite sufficient in that regard. I wouldn't expect gaming at native res, but Windows will run just fine. Reply
tipoo - Thursday, April 18, 2013 - linkThe resolution doesn't choke up that IGP, they can be a lot weaker than the HD4000 and run that resolution. The problem with the Retina models was the additional scaling they need for the retina tech, it has to render at two different resolutions then downscale etc. Reply
peterfares - Tuesday, April 30, 2013 - linkI've driven a 2560x1600 monitor with no issues on my X230 with an Intel HD 3000 graphics. Heck, even my old first-gen i5 EliteBook 2740p drove that monitor without any framerate issues. Maybe Mac OS just doesn't work well with Intel graphics and high resolution screens? Reply
Mayuyu - Thursday, April 18, 2013 - linkDeath Note? Reply
dgingeri - Thursday, April 18, 2013 - linkyes, they did essentially name this thing "Killerbook" but with a little Japanese flair just so they wouldn't get sued for a different trademark infringement. Reply
jramskov - Thursday, April 18, 2013 - linkGPU performance is certainly a concern (perhaps it will be best to wait for Haswell to arrive?) and so is battery life, but I would also very much like to see a 16GB memory option. Reply
piroroadkill - Thursday, April 18, 2013 - linkEh, it'd be nice if it was 16:10.
Also, I'd not buy a laptop with onboard intel graphics until Haswell. Reply
ToTTenTranz - Thursday, April 18, 2013 - linkIt's clearly a mistake to release this within a month of Haswell's release.
I bet it'll come at about the same time as the MBP13 Retina's refresh with Haswell. Reply
gxtoast - Sunday, May 12, 2013 - linkYeah, I totally agree with this. It is very puzzling as to why Toshiba would bring out such a nice ultrabook on the eve of the Haswell release and not include the new tech.
This model in a 15" version, with the option to purchase with 16GB RAM using the top end Haswell chipset, would make this an instant buy for me. What a nice unit. Reply
frozentundra123456 - Thursday, April 18, 2013 - linkI know I am going against the prevailing sentiment, but on a 13 inch screen, do you really need more than 1080p? My work laptop is a 15in with a 1080p screen, and even on a screen that large text is somewhat difficult to read. I do a lot of spreadsheet work, and I would love to have higher resolution on a large monitor, but on a 13 inch screen, I am not so sure. Reply
evilspoons - Thursday, April 18, 2013 - linkThe point of "retina" screens is not to make things smaller, but to make them sharper. If developers got their heads out of their arses and actually made everything compliant with resolution-independent DPI settings 10 years ago (when it first started to become obvious we weren't really moving anywhere on resolution) we wouldn't be having this problem now. Reply
evilspoons - Thursday, April 18, 2013 - linkCan I have this thing in a heavier chassis with a real video card, real processor, and a larger battery?
At least we're getting somewhere on the 'compete with Retina' front. Reply
hfm - Thursday, April 18, 2013 - linkThis thing looks like it might give Samsung's NP900X3 1080p models a run for their money. Reply
dgingeri - Thursday, April 18, 2013 - linkWith the nightmares I've had with Toshiba equipment at work recently, and a personal history that's even worse, I wouldn't touch any Toshiba product with a ten foot pole. If they could get their reliability (over a 3% initial and 15% over 3 year failure rate on enterprise level hard drives, really?!?) and service up to at least industry average levels, I might consider them, but as they are now, no way in heck. Reply
Dustin Sklavos - Thursday, April 18, 2013 - linkHard drives != notebooks. Completely different departments. Reply
speculatrix - Thursday, April 18, 2013 - linkI am really pleased a new manufacturer has come out with some laptops with decent spec. I would say the rez is somewhat too high, but I'd rather they erred on the high side!
This looks like a potentially great laptop, but as someone else said, I'd wait for a while to see what problems get reported by early adopters.
I still have a Tecra M9 (nvidia, core2duo, 6GB ram) still going strong five years on, and I know some other people who've been very satisfied with their Tosh laptops. OTOH, I know other people whose Tosh's were not particularly satisfactory.
I learned my lesson buying a Sony ultraportable and being unable to get a replacement fan for it (Sony refused to sell the fan, and wanted $270 just to look at it), so I would also want to be sure that Toshiba will not try and milk their customers over support and maintenance. This is why I bought a Dell Latitude E6420 last year - not glamorous, but solid and easy and cheap to repair. Reply
dgingeri - Thursday, April 18, 2013 - linkyou have a Toshiba that has actually lasted a while. Well, you're one of very, very few. I can tell you that. Reply
skiboysteve - Thursday, April 18, 2013 - linkthis is awesome hardware but how the heck are you supposed to use that high of DPI in windows? the only thing it will work with is the metro apps since those are designed for high DPI natively... but desktop? yeah right.
im hoping windows blue fixes desktop DPI scaling and goes to the same kind of solution mac OS X has. Reply
JDG1980 - Thursday, April 18, 2013 - linkDPI scaling in Windows 7 works quite well, except for a couple of specific ill-behaved applications. What were you having trouble with? Reply
ShieTar - Monday, April 22, 2013 - linkScaling was working quiet well in Windows XP too, I've been using the 120DPI setting on my 30" screen for almost a decade now. Hardly any pieces of "work" related software had problems with it, but quiet a few games did.
Also, I've never owned a Retina-Device myself, but wasn't the mac OS solution just to switch software between the original solution or a 2-screen-pixel-per-software-pixel scaling, rather than allowing a defined scaling? Reply
Benjamin Pabellon Corpus - Monday, April 29, 2013 - linkDoes this have a firewire connector? Reply
phoenix_rizzen - Friday, May 03, 2013 - linkIt's bad enough figuring out the difference between HD, FullHD, TrueHD, HD+, but now they want us to remember the difference between qHD (quarter HD aka 960x540) and QHD (quad HD aka 2560x1440 also sometimes referred to as 2K?). As if the people who can't figure out the difference between MB and Mb will be able to properly differentiate between qHD and QHD.
They really need better names for "standard" resolutions. Reply