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This is now the third tea with this general flavor profile that I've tried. The other two were bagged, from Tazo and Numi, respectively, and neither was anything to write home about.
This one, on the other hand, has something going for it that the other two did not: the tea. You don't have to search for it — it's right there, mild, juicy, and green, without any bitterness at all, knitting the other flavors together. It's successful enough in this respect that I don't even realize I'm drinking lemon myrtle. Bless you, dear tea.
The ginger and lemon are nicely balanced as well. There's nothing harsh or artificial tasting about them and there's no single flavor running away with this tea, which is what I appreciate most in a well executed blend.
I am coming to realize that though I thought I liked ginger pretty well, having survived on the dry version of it during the early months of my pregnancies and appreciating it with sushi, I am not sure it's my favorite ingredient for a green tea blend. I think I appreciate it more in a tea as part of a baked goods flavor which tends to belong more in the black tea blend genre. That said, if I were going to partake of a ginger/lemon green tea blend, this would be the current frontrunner.


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Forming a shallow recess, which creates a cozy feel conducive to a good night's sleep, the headboard is made to look as if it is part of the wall. This effect is amplified by painting the back of the storage nooks the same color as the wall and by adding small halogen lamps to the inside of the frame. Perfect for those who like to read in bed!
This headboard, built from 5/8" MDF, measures 89" high by 13 3/8" deep and 120 1/2" wide. The pieces used to make the widest sections of the headboard therefore need to be extended. All the parts should be glued before being nailed or screwed together, as the case may be.
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"Wow! What a fantastic book. It's inspiring, thought provoking, and practical. Simon Brown takes macrobiotic living to a new realm."
—Melanie Waxman, macrobiotics teacher and author of Eat Me Now!
"This comprehensive guide to natural living is perfection. Simon Brown gives readers a great place to begin their transformation, with understanding and clear, gentle examination of the theories that are the foundation of macrobiotics. He has left the dogma behind and placed his focus on the beautiful wisdom that makes macrobiotics one of the most powerful life journeys you can imagine. This book is for anyone and everyone with an interest in creating their best life."
—Christina Pirello, Emmy Award-winning host of Christina Cooks, bestselling cookbook author, and macrobiotics teacher
"In Macrobiotics for Life, Simon Brown speaks with a gentle, personable voice and offers readers practical wellness strategies that inspire and educate. He also includes delicious, easy-to-follow recipes by Dragana Brown and takes a much-needed body, mind, and spirit approach."
—Verne Varona, author of Macrobiotics for Dummies
"In Macrobiotics for Life, Simon Brown provides a non-dogmatic, holistic view of healing. From beginning to end, his conversational style allows readers to view him as a fellow traveler down life's road—a trusted friend providing gentle guidance. The sections on emotional healing provide a significant addition to macrobiotic literature and fill a long-standing void. The depth of understanding and the numerous analogies, examples, practical exercises, and useful summaries at the end of each chapter make this book a must-have for anyone interested in health and well-being."
—Carl Ferré, president of the George Ohsawa Macrobiotic Foundation and author of Pocket Guide to Macrobiotics and Acid and Alkaline Companion
"Living a healthy life is quickly becoming a revolutionary act. Simon Brown's book brings practical insight and broad vision to the transformative study and practice of macrobiotics."
—Bill Tara, macrobiotics teacher and counselor
"Simon Brown brings macrobiotics into the twenty-first century. By emphasizing the mental, emotional, and spiritual areas of our life, he shows how these intersect for each of us, especially in our way of eating. By inviting you to reflect on these issues, he helps lead you to a profound level of self-discovery. He gently educates you on the key concepts of macrobiotic principles so that you will find them easy to embrace. There is no dogma of good versus bad; instead, Simon provides the tools to understand balance through your experience. This book excels by opening the door wide for lifestyle changes that will influence you, your family—especially children—and your relationships in new, exciting, and healthy ways."
—Michael Rossoff, LAc, macrobiotics teacher, counselor, and founder of Macromuse
"At last—a book that in a very clear and direct, simple and sincere way leads you into the depths of the macrobiotic way of life. This is 'the best of' the most precious insights and experience gained from a lifetime of macrobiotic philosophy and practice. Simon Brown has shown us the wholeness of a macrobiotic approach to life, the indisputable bond that exists between emotions, attitude, eating habits, breathing, exercising, and healing on all levels of our lives. He fills the void in literature on macrobiotics and provides an excellent compass for anyone who wants to take a healthier and happier road to a great life."
—Jadranka Boban Pejic, macrobiotics teacher and award-winning cookbook author
"Simon Brown has created a broad and highly accessible platform by eliminating much of the conceptual dogma and rigidity that has plagued macrobiotics for so many years. He has opened a new front by examining the role that our emotional life plays in terms of overall health. To his credit, he is also unafraid to venture outside the artificial constraints of macrobiotics by citing other bodies of work that can complement one's practice. This book is equally useful for those wanting to launch their own macrobiotic practice and more seasoned practitioners."
—Greg Johnson, macrobiotics teacher and director of the Concord Institute, London
"[Macrobiotics For Life] is well researched…highly recommended for health buffs, as well as medical providers.
—Basil & Spice
"[Macrobiotics for Life is] a gentle, inspiring read."
—WholeFood Kitchen
"Whether you're a longtime practitioner of macrobiotics, or like me, you always wondered what it was all about, you'll find Macrobiotics for Life to be an informative and thorough book that will lead you to some serious introspection on your diet, your mind, and even your soul."
"Macrobiotics For Life is a comprehensive resource which helps readers learn about applying macrobiotic principles to benefit the body, mind and soul… Practical strategies to boost health and well-being are offered throughout, with striking illustrations to show a wide range of macrobiotic foods… Macrobiotics For Life will certainly appeal to both complete novices to the macrobiotic approach and those already following a macrobiotic diet."
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Cindy Mackiewicz has never actually sold a box of Girl Scout cookies in her young life.
But the 9-year-old Elyria girl is not letting that stop her from setting a lofty goal in this year's cookie campaign.
The first-year Girl Scout wants to sell 2,014 boxes of cookies — preferably the caramel, coconut and dark chocolate ones known as Samoas. They're her favorite.
"I'm ready, and I want every single prize," said the McKinley Elementary School fourth- grader. "My dad and my grandfather are going to help at their jobs, and my mom is going to do it through Facebook. People my dad works with have been waiting for cookie sales."
The wait ends Monday.
Hundreds of Girl Scouts in the Girl Scouts of North East Ohio chapter will begin taking orders for the eight varieties of cookies being offered this year.
And, while some cookie connoisseurs will see this as a surefire way to wreck those weight- loss resolutions, seasoned Girl Scouts will tell you that the annual cookie sale is about more than the tasty draw of Thin Mints or Tagalongs — even if they are delicious. The annual cookie sale has taught Girl Scouts the value of hard work and the spirit of entrepreneurship for years.
"They learn very fast that not everything in this world is free," said Carol Roy, who has been a troop leader for more than four years.
Her daughter, Brianna Roy, 9, of North Ridgeville, has an ambitious goal of selling 600 boxes. She wants to go camping.
"Everything we do, we do because of the money we earn through cookie sales," Roy said of Junior Girl Scout Troop 50160. "We can't go on group outings, participate in service projects or even have our meetings. We need money for crafts, supplies and snacks, and that comes from cookie sales."
The annual cookie sale is a nearly 100-year- old tradition that is the nation's largest girl-led business and the leading financial literacy program for girls, according to information from Kim Graves, spokeswoman for Girl Scouts of North East Ohio. Designed for girls in grades kindergarten through 12, it is a key element of the Girl Scout leadership experience.
"My mom was a troop leader, and I remember our house being full of cookies for like half a year," said Marci Saxon of North Ridgeville.
Saxon will now assume the responsibility for her daughter, Rose Saxon-Housun, a 7-year- old Brownie with a goal of surpassing the more than 300 boxes of cookies she sold in 2013 by another 300 for 600 boxes. She wants to push her troop total to the max so the group can go to a Girl Scout-sponsored concert this summer at Blossom Music Center in Cuyahoga Falls.
"My dad takes the order form to his job and my parents will let me go around our entire development," Rose said Friday.
Amy Eldridge, Rose's leader of Brownie Troop 50206, said teaching the girls about entrepreneurship is not just about handing them an order form and telling them to collect names. Today, a lot of girls will attend a cookie rally to learn more about the product and how the $4 cost of each box is divvied up to support the organization.
According to 2013 figures when the cookies were $3.50 a box, the troop earned 64 cents for each box sold. Troop 50206 sold almost 2,000 boxes last year.
"They all know how much money we need to do certain activities and work hard to reach those goals," Eldridge said. "Everything is girl-led. My daughter Maddie's goal is to get a ticket to a Cleveland Indians game so she can walk on the field and be recognized along with other Girl Scouts from Northeast Ohio."
For six girls in Stephanie Malik's group, the payoff for selling hundreds of boxes of cookies will be a trip to Savannah, Ga.
"We will travel to the hometown of Juliette Gordon Low, the founder of Girl Scouts," Malik said in an email.
Melissa Novak, leader of Junior Girl Scout Troop 50172, said the fourth-grade girls have decided on a service goal.
"One of our girls has a father who is in the Army and stationed in Korea," Novak said. "Although Girl Scouts of USA has a program called 'Operation: Sweet Appreciation,' that provides for cookies to be purchased as a donation to our troops overseas, those cookies are randomly shipped to military units. This particular Army unit has always taken it upon themselves to purchase cookies themselves. Our girls thought it would be a great service to them if we could get enough donations so that they would not have to buy their own. In addition, our girls have decided to use some of their own earned profit to pay for the cost of shipping the cookies."
Contact Lisa Roberson at 329-7121 or email@example.com. Follow her on Twitter @LisaRobersonCT.
- Visit www.gsneo.org or call (888) 9-Thin Mint to be connected to a Girl Scout troop selling cookies in your neighborhood.
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2005 John Deere 648G Skidder
Lot Specifics
- Lot Number: S48506-0001
- Location: Natchez, MS 39120, United States
- Scheduled Close: Nov 28, 2012 2:31 PM CT
- Extended Bidding: 5 minutes (what is this)
- Bids: 39
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2005 John Deere 648G Skidder
- Production Year: 2005
- Manufacturer: John Deere
- Product Model: 648G
- Serial Numbers: SW648GX595889
- Total Operating Hours: Unknown (per seller)
- Components / Attachments: OROPS, Limbrisers, Front Blade, Rear Grapple
Per Seller: This unit caught on fire on August 02, 2012. Details of how the unit caught on fire are unknown. This unit is nonoperational. Please refer to the attached photos. Please bid accordingly.
The location is unable to assist with load out. This unit is located 20 miles off the road in the woods. The exact location and address will be given at time removal is scheduled. Buyer is responsible for all labor, equipment, logistics and associated fees to pick up the unit. Location requires at least a 24 hour advance notice prior to pick up. Removal hours are Monday - Friday (9AM to 5PM CT).
Lot Terms
- Payment in full is required within 3 days of the invoice date. A 2% late fee will be added for all payments received after that date.
- Payment by Wire Transfer
- Payment by VisaTM or MasterCardTM on total transactions less than $7,500 USD
- Payment by eCheck on total transactions less than $7,500 USD
- Removal Deadline: 10 days after the invoice is generated. Unclaimed items beyond the removal deadline are subject to additional fees and forfeiture. Please refer to our website rules.
- No storage charges
- This Item is being sold AS IS WHERE IS. NO customs, export, or import assistance is available from our Company, the Seller, or the Storage Location. Our Company, Seller, and Storage Location expressly disclaim the appropriateness of this item to be exported from, or imported to, any country. Shipping, logistics, transportation, loading, customs, export, and import activities, and all associated costs, are the sole responsibility of the Winning Buyer.
- Any claims of material shortages in quantity or other material discrepancies of the goods from their posted description must be communicated in writing by submitting an online Claim Dispute form to AssetNation via the Customer Care Contact Us page prior to 5:00 p.m. (Central) on the second business day after the scheduled Removal Date.
- This lot is subject to all auction terms and the AssetNation member agreement.
- Escrowed funds will be distributed to the seller upon the earlier of (i) removal of the goods or (ii) the second business day after the scheduled Removal Date, regardless of whether the goods have been picked up by such date.
- ALL bids made by bidders are contractually binding and the selected winning bidder is required to complete all transactions. Defaulting bidders will be assessed a Default Penalty, as set forth in the Standard Fee Schedule, and will be barred from bidding.
- Removal Deadline: ~INT~ days after the invoice is generated. Unclaimed items beyond the removal deadline are subject to additional fees and forfeiture. Please refer to our website rules.
- Loading on the buyer's account
- Buyers that fail to remove 100% of items purchased, including any and all pieces/parts by the removal deadline will be considered in default. Dismantling of any kind, without express written permission from the location, is not permitted. Any items not removed will be disposed of. Failure to comply with this requirement may result in a $50 per lot/per day storage fee, fines or additional costs to the buyer.
- Bidders are obligated to complete transactions on all winning bids awarded to them. If a Seller chooses not to select a winner on any individual lot, bidders are still obligated to complete transactions on all lots they were awarded.
Contact SalvageSale about this lot.
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Natchez, MS 39120, United States
If any bids placed within the extended bidding interval of the Lot End Time result in a tie or change of the first place bid, the lot extends until no bids result in a change of the first place bid for the extended bidding interval.
The bid increment is the minimum amount required to beat the current high bid (winning bid). Bid increments change as the current high bid increases. Increments for this lot:
- If high bid is between $0 and $99.99, the increment is $2.00
- If high bid is between $100 and $499.99, the increment is $5.00
- If high bid is between $500 and $999.99, the increment is $10.00
- If high bid is between $1000 and $2,499.99, the increment is $25.00
- If high bid is between $2,500 and $4,999.99, the increment is $50.00
- If high bid is between $5,000 and $9,999.99, the increment is $100.00
- If high bid is between $10,000 and $99,999.99, the increment is $250.00
- If high bid is between $100,000 and $199,999.99, the increment is $1,000.00
- If high bid is between $200,000 and $999,999.99, the increment is $5,000.00.00
- If high bid is between $1,000,000 and $9,999,999.99, the increment is $5,000.00
- If high bid is greater than $10,000,000, the increment is $10,000.00
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Hi! Thank you for stopping by to watch me, Leah, cook kosher. I've been the owner operator of my boutique catering firm in Seattle, Leah's Catering, for the past 14 years.
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This is a classic plain cheesecake dolled up with a fresh blueberry topping and trimmed in whipped cream. What part of that needs defining??!! We make plenty of these in the bakery back in the day but I should confess. I didn't make them. Sure, I cringe when I think of cracks, raw centers, insufficient height...on and on. Pulling up my sleeves, I delve into cheesecakes today with a vengeance. Mastery is at hand. I can feel it.
I have my own recipes but I speed read through the "Junior's Cheesecakes" chart of possible mishaps and their causes. I decide cheesecakes are like life; consciousness goes a long way in minimizing the pitfalls. I'm going to do this correctly. Eggs and cream cheese at room temperature, I'm ready.
I'll put the step by step tips along with the instructions. No need to bore you here. Just get into the zone and you'll make an amazing cheesecake!
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Blueberry Topping:
Preheat the oven to 350'. In a bowl, combine the graham cracker crumbs, sugar and melted margarine. Toss to form a damp mixture.
Butter the inside of the springform pan. Put the crumbs into the pan and spread evenly over the bottom going a little up the side. Once evenly disbursed, press firmly into place. Bake for 8 minutes.
Remove the pan from the oven. Place directly onto a piece of plastic wrap. With gloved hands, wrap the plastic wrap around the sides of the pan. The heat will cause it to shrink tightly around the pan. This will stop water from getting into the pan when it is in the water bath while the cake bakes.
Wrap the pan in foil. Crimp tightly around the sides. Set aside.
Put the cream cheese into a large mixing bowl. At medium speed, beat until softened. Add the sugar and cornstarch. Mix until blended. Don't overbeat.
Add the eggs a couple at a time. Beat well after each addition, scraping side and bottom of the mixing bowl.
Stir in the vanilla. Mix until blended. Mixture should be smooth.
Put the filling into the springform pan. Place pan into a pan large enough to hold the springform pan. Fill 1/2 way with warm water.
Bake for an hour or until the edge is firm to the touch and the center is almost set. It shouldn't be hard but it shouldn't shake too much either.
Tip: make sure the water pan doesn't run dry. If necessary, add more warm water to the pan. Also, the water shouldn't boil. Add ice or cold water if it does.
While the cake bakes, mix the sour cream with the sugar and vanilla until smooth. Set aside.
When the cake is firm around the edges, almost set in the center and has nice color, remove from the oven. Spread the sour cream mixture over the top. Put it back into the oven, water pan and all, for another 10 minutes.
When the cake is done, remove from the oven. Take a small paring knife and loosen the cake at the top edge so that as it cools, it'll be able to pull away from the side of the pan. Otherwise, it'll stick and the cooling will cause a big crack in the middle of the cake.
Let the cake cool at room temperature for at least an hour. Place into the refrigerator to complete the chill.
If you'd like to use a blueberry topping, put the fresh blueberries, 1 cup of water, cornstarch, sugar and lemon juice into a pot. Over medium heat, stirring constantly, bring to a boil.
The mixture will thicken and boil. It is important to stir so it doesn't burn. Adjust heat if necessary. Cook until the juices run clear. If the sauce is too thick, thin with more water. When it is done, set aside to cool before putting it on the cheesecake.
When the cheesecake is cold and the topping is cold, spread the blueberries over the top. If you'd like to use Decorator's Whipped Topping for a border, leave about 1" free around the edge. Make the whipped topping (see recipe) and pipe as desired.
And that is how you make a Kosher Classic Plain Cheesecake with Blueberry Topping!
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The queen of glitter, Ke$ha, has signed on with MTV to give fans a look inside her "fabulous, freaky — and frequently furry — world" with a brand-new documentary series, called Ke$ha: My Crazy Beautiful Life.
Set to premiere this April, see Ke$ha in a very intimate manner, and follow the "drama and madness" of her life—personal and professional—as she travels the globe and records her Warrior album.
"You might have heard my voice on the radio, seen me onstage or in a music video, but that's only a part of the story," Ke$ha told MTV News. "With this documentary series I'm revealing a more complete picture of what my life is really like. It's not all glamorous but it's all real."
Shot over the course of two years, and filmed by Ke$ha's brother and a friend, the show promises to give fans an intimate, no-limits look at her rise to fame. See a sneak peak:
Ke$ha also appeared on MTV's new talk show, Nikki & Sara LIVE, where she talks about being a Global Ambassador for the Humane Society and her month off music to travel with the organization. "Because I love animals more than people," she said as to why she joined them. Watch below as she talks more on the new show:
Having a documentary show or film seems to be a big trend that past year for our some of our favorite pop divas of today. Beyoncé's HBO special is due on Feb. 16, and of course Katy Perry: Part of Me was released summer 2012. And now Ke$ha...who is next?!


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You can't really understand Dallas politics without grasping the concept of the white-people deal. It's a key element. I'll give you an example.
In 2000 a professional lobbyist named David Dean and his wife, Jean, bought a 1916 Georgian Revival home in the Swiss Avenue Historic District and announced they were going to build an addition on one end. A protracted and nasty legal war ensued between the Deans and historic preservationists. The Deans won.
One of the battles in this war was fought before the Dallas City Council, which had to endure lengthy technical testimony on streetscapes, templates, facades and even fascia boards. It's pronounced FAY-sha.
Trinity project
At one point the council took a recess from these deliberations and retired to their little break room in the back to sip coffee and munch sandwiches. A white council member told me later that a black council member, standing next to him at the sandwich table, smiled, shook his head and muttered half under his breath, "Fascia boards. Man. This is really a white-people deal."
In this still very racially separated city, there really are white-people deals—issues so removed from the lives of people who live in the city's mainly minority neighborhoods that everybody might as well be debating the weight of rocks on the moon.
But the idea that issues can be segregated by race is just as corrupt as doing people that way. The best recent example is the Trinity River toll road.
In 2007 during a referendum to force a new alignment for the road, influential African-American leaders took to the hustings to defend the existing route. The referendum was defeated and the current alignment saved. Ever since, the same black politicians—especially city council member Dwaine Caraway and Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price—have claimed proudly that their own efforts and the black votes they raised provided the margin of victory.
The current alignment carries the road past properties slated for redevelopment in downtown Dallas on a route isolated between flood control levees along the Trinity River. But at the southern terminus, in black South Dallas, the proposed route jumps back over the east levee into the neighborhoods, where it dumps 155,000 cars a day—its highest volume anywhere on its eight-mile length—into a street-level connection with Highway 175.
This area of the city has been sliced and diced by highway projects for half a century—the high-flying, no-exit kind that carries roaring 24-hour cavalcades of traffic overhead, and also the cheap-built back-of-the-hand kind like the infamous "Dead Man's Curve" at the intersection of South Central Expressway and Hawn Freeway two miles southeast of Fair Park.
Price, Caraway and other black leaders who campaigned to protect the current alignment of the Trinity River toll road promised minority voters the road project would mean jobs for them. It's a promise that always hooks the hearts of people living in islands of biting poverty, surrounded by what looks to them like a sea of affluence.
In one Southern Dallas census block area affected by the toll road project, the population is 74.7 percent minority; 81.7 percent live below the federal poverty guideline; median household income is $6,928. If you tell people in that census block that a big city project might throw even a single bone their way, they'll vote for it. On one condition.
It's a white-people deal.
I mean this: Except for the bone, the project is viewed as neutral or even irrelevant to people in Southern Dallas, sort of like the fascia boards on Swiss Avenue.
I don't think I'm a racist, but I am just as capable as the next white guy of seeing things in a too-white way (which some people would call racist). On things like this, there's usually a simple reality check. Talk to somebody black.
I'm lucky. My job allows me to call really smart interesting people. So on this one, I called the Reverend Gerald Britt Jr., a longtime Dallas clergyman, always one of the city's most thoughtful observers, now vice president of public policy at Central Dallas Ministries.
I ticked off a list of big-ticket civic projects from the American Airlines Center to the toll road and asked him if it was unfair of me to suppose that all of them were viewed in Southern Dallas as mainly white-people deals.
"No, I don't think you're wrong," he said. "But hopefully that kind of thinking is what we are about to change."
I didn't choose Britt at random. He is at the center of a fascinating development involving the toll road. For the first time I know of, we have an objective outside analysis of one of these big white-people deals telling us that the project is not neutral and not without consequences for minority communities.
According to a 2,000-page study published last February by the Federal Highway Administration, certain aspects of the proposed toll road project will exacerbate a history of environmental racism in southern Dallas. And that's not just an opinion. It's an official finding under the law triggering a set of consequences and required responses.
"Due to the high concentration of minority and low-income populations in the study area," the report states, "consideration of mitigation options is warranted."
That's where Britt steps in. He is leading a small movement in southern Dallas to take advantage of this finding and use it as leverage for meaningful change. On May 5 at a hearing on the FHWA report, Britt told an audience of several hundred that the proposed route through old South Dallas will "cut the community in two." He called for serious mitigation efforts to "revitalize the neighborhoods of South Dallas."
That's all absolutely to the good. I wish him well. I hope South Dallas gets something out of this a lot better than the usual pig lipstick handed out as so-called mitigation on highway projects—sound walls, for example, which may lessen the racket but function as even worse Berlin Walls for neighborhoods than a noisy road.
But I want to back up a little. City councilman Caraway and Commissioner Price vowed to their constituents that the current Trinity River toll road alignment was good for them. The publicly stated good was that it might spin off some construction jobs. The unstated corollary was that it was a white-people deal—something about a fancy park with sailboats and a white-water course downtown. Who cares?
As Britt said to me on the phone, "My people don't do a lot of kayaking."
But the story Caraway and Price told their constituents was false. The toll road is not neutral, not just a white-people deal. It threatens South Dallas with active harm of exactly the same variety that has scarred the community for a half-century.
In fact the federal highway people who carried out the supplemental environmental impact statement on the road were required to make a specific kind of analysis under a presidential order signed in 1994 by Bill Clinton called "Federal Actions to Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations." First, they had to go down a laundry list of criteria to see if South Dallas qualifies as an "environmental justice community."
It does. That's not a good thing.
Environmental justice is a concept few people in Dallas know anything about. It's better-known in parts of the nation with more developed traditions of community activism. South Dallas does qualify, on the basis of socio-economic measurements—low incomes and low high-school graduation rates for example—but also on the basis of past wrongs, specifically a history of environmental racism.
Then, given the finding that South Dallas is an environmental justice community, the feds were required to go down another laundry list to measure the impacts of this particular project. They found certain aspects were positive—improved traffic flow along the route of the toll road itself.
But they found more that were negative, including effects of sound, air pollution and the physical division of neighborhoods. The big negative impact they found was the one that goes to the heart of the political syndrome I'm talking about here: A toll road going through a poor neighborhood obviously doesn't serve the needs of that neighborhood because poor people can't afford to pay tolls.
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That's the point I want to make. The black leaders who have sold these big-ticket projects to their consitutents have made bad bargains for them. The real evil of a white-people deal is allowing it to exist in the first place. The evil is the presence in a community of a massive public project that clearly isn't even intended for the use of the people who have to stare at it all day.
The idea peddled so long by southern Dallas leadership—that these deals are OK if we can get the white man downtown to peel a few bills off his roll—is corrupt and corrupting. There is no such thing as a white-people deal, because there is no such thing as a white-people city. That's what's wrong. The only reason to divide a city is so you can screw the people on the other side. Dallas has been too good at that stuff for too long.
Britt told me his effort is aimed at turning all of that around—forcing the city to redesign the toll road project so that it will make southern Dallas stronger, not tear it apart.
I wish him luck, of course. Maybe his effort can help generate the kind of hope and stewardship that will kill the concept of the white-people deal for once and forever. But I also have my doubts. I don't think you can always wring good from bad, no matter how hard you twist. The best thing for South Dallas would be what South Dallas voters should have done two years ago to this road. Kill it.


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The U.S. House of Representatives yesterday approved the Education and the Workforce Committee's first piece of education reform legislation. The Empowering Parents through Quality Charter Schools Act (H.R. 2218) passed with strong bipartisan support in a vote of 365 to 54.
Upon passage, House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) said, "Approving the Empowering Parents through Quality Charter Schools Act is an important first step in our efforts to improve current elementary and secondary education law, and it signals our shared commitment to the reform process. I urge my colleagues in the Senate to take up this legislation quickly to provide more students access to the unique education opportunities offered by high-quality charter schools."
Today's New York Times highlights House passage of H.R. 2218, and also offers a summary of House Republicans' progress in advancing a series of targeted legislation to reform current elementary and secondary education law this year:
Congress has tried unsuccessfully several times in recent years to update No Child Left Behind, and the Obama administration has urged Congress repeatedly to act this year, threatening that it will give states waivers from the law's most onerous requirements if it is not rewritten. But no bill representing a full rewrite has been introduced yet in either the Senate or the House. Many experts believe that with Congress deeply divided along partisan lines, reaching consensus on a thorough overhaul is out of the question.
Mr. Kline has instead promised to move several bills by year's end, each updating provisions of the law about which he thinks that bipartisan agreement may be possible. The charter bill was the first he has managed to bring to a House vote.
This year, Mr. Kline moved two other bills out of his committee. One strips several dozen federal educational programs from No Child Left Behind, and another would allow school districts new flexibility in how they spend the federal dollars the law provides. Those await House debate.
In addition, Mr. Kline has described a bill outlining new federal requirements on teacher effectiveness, and another that would rewrite the law's current school accountability provisions, and said he might introduce them this fall too.
The article also notes:
In the Senate, the Democratic leadership is working to rewrite the law with a single comprehensive bill, but has yet to release legislative language.
To read the full article, click here.


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Future 'lightwave' computers could run 100,000 times faster
March 14, 2017
Using extremely short pulses of teraHertz (THz) radiation instead of electrical currents could lead to future computers that run ten to 100,000 times faster than today's state-of-the-art electronics, according to an international team of researchers, writing in the journal Nature Photonics.
In a conventional computer, electrons moving through a semiconductor occasionally run into other electrons, releasing energy in the form of heat and slowing them down. With the proposed… read more


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ARLINGTON, Texas, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- Buck Showalter, one of the top candidates in this month's managerial sweepstakes, found a home Friday with the Texas Rangers.
Rangers owner Tom Hicks said Showalter was the Rangers' first choice and it was apparent that he and general manager John Hart made an immediate push for Showalter rather than wait for other competitors, such as the Chicago Cubs or New York Mets, to make their bids.
"We needed to make a change in our culture," Hicks said. "John talked to a lot of qualified candidates and we got absolutely the best person available."
It was believed that the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and Milwaukee Brewers also expressed interest in Showalter.
Terms of Showalter's contract were not disclosed.
"It's very exiting to be here for lot of reasons," Showalter said. "I was hoping that they wanted me as much as I wanted them."
Showalter took both the New York Yankees and Arizona Diamondbacks to the playoffs but has never won a postseason series. Both clubs won the World Series the year after his departure.
The 46-year-old has a 563-504 record in six seasons as a major league manager. He had been an analyst for ESPN since he was fired by the Diamondbacks after the 2000 season.
Showalter replaces Jerry Narron, who did not survive a second straight last-place finish. Narron was fired two days after the Rangers completed a 72-90 campaign.
Known as a disciplinarian who likes to be involved in all facets of the organization, Showalter inherits a team that scores plenty of runs, with sluggers Alex Rodriguez and Rafael Palmeiro, but has one of the league's worst pitching staffs.
Chan Ho Park signed a five-year, $65 million contract but was plagued by injuries most of the year and won just nine games. The bullpen ranked last in the AL with 38 losses and failed to convert 31 of 63 save attempts.
After making the playoffs three times from 1996-99, the Rangers have finished last in the AL West each of the last three seasons.
Hart admits it will take more than a managerial hiring to reverse the team's fortunes but saw Friday's hiring as a huge step in the right direction.
"You can't put Willie Shoemaker on a Clydesdale and expect him to win a race," Hart said. "I think this is one thing we can control."
Showalter is the third Texas manager in less than two years. Narron was hired in May 2001 when Johnny Oates resigned after an 11-17 start. Texas finished 62-72 under Narron.
In 2002, the Rangers had an Opening Day payroll of $105 million, the third-highest in baseball, but finished 31 games out of first place.
"We don't have all the answers," Showalter said. "We're going to search for them and get them right."
The 1994 AL Manager of the Year with the Yankees, Showalter guided New York to its first playoff berth in 14 years in 1995. He was not retained after that season but caught on the with the expansion Diamondbacks and led them to the National League West title in 1999, just their second year of existence.
Showalter was fired after the Diamondbacks slipped to third place in 2000. It was believed many veterans grew tired of his strict style.
Showalter spent 19 seasons in the Yankees' organization and was named manager in 1991 at the age of 35. He was fired after the Yankees blew a 2-0 lead in the 1995 AL Division Series against Seattle.


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2011 Audi A5 Coupe - Consumer Review
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Vehicle2011 Audi A5 2.0T Premium quattro 2dr Coupe AWD (2.0L 4cyl Turbo 6M)
ReviewHas to be one of the most spirited 4-cylinder cars on the road. It prefers to drive fast with lots of torque to bring in the turbocharger. However, when driving residential it is a bit sluggish off the line. It feels like it starts in 3rd to save gas. If you have the Sport package, you can put it in tiptronic mode and shift the gears, which gives it more pick up.
Best FeaturesThe Italian sidelines and the 19" Y-spoke wheels. The nav, the satellite radio on the B&O speakers. At least once a week, a woman tells me the A5 is her favorite car. That never happened with my Infiniti I35. The steering is so tight, it's like a bicycle. I can drive my A5 around a manhole cover
Worst FeaturesNo door frames over the windows lead to a bit more wind noise than I would like. The doors are not set to open the ideal amounts. Mileage is a bit lower than I would expect for a 4-cylinder car. Should have a seat memory for this upper-mid configuration.
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Yesterday's post was … well … boring. But a lot of software is boring so this really isn't a surprise. Today's will have a little more to it but still – we're laying the foundation before talking about the more interesting things (the code generation) … but that starts soon.
So bear with me a little longer.
Today we're implementing ITaskProperty in a class named MBFTaskProperty.
This is the class declaration and private data member:
namespace MBFTaskGenerator
public class MBFTaskProperty : ITaskProperty
string m_Name;
PropertyType m_Type;
bool m_Required;
string m_Default;
string m_Range;
string m_OneOf;
bool m_IsArray;
I would wager that from this you can figure out what most of the accessors look like so I won't bore you.
But notice one thing – there is no System.Type member but there is an ITaskProperty member (Type) that returns a System.Type instance.
This is pretty easy to implement. First you will recall the XSD was run through xsd.exe to create classes for serialization. One of those classes (actually an enum) is PropertyType. If you haven't run the XSD through xsd.exe please do so now. Refer to yesterday's post for the specific command to execute.
So to get the type there is a two-step process:
1) figure out the base type
2) determine if it is an array type
So the pattern looks like this:
public Type Type
Type t = null;
switch (m_Type)
case PropertyType.ITaskItem:
t = typeof(Microsoft.Build.Framework.ITaskItem);
case PropertyType.SystemBoolean:
t = typeof(System.Boolean);
case PropertyType.SystemUInt64:
t = typeof(System.UInt64);
throw new ArgumentException(string.Format("Unknown type: {0}", m_Type), "Type");
if (this.IsArray)
t = System.Array.CreateInstance(t, 1).GetType();
return t;
Simple enough, right? Switch on the enum, figure out the basic type, and if it is an array then create an array of that type and return the type. I'm not sure if there is a better way to get the type of an array of a type from the original type (say that 5 times fast), but for prototype code this is a nice one-line hack.
Before we go further I want to introduce a few more members of the ITaskProperty interface. Each of the following is an optional attribute you can apply to each Property element in the XML input to the code generator.
IsArray: Boolean. Whether or not to generate an array of the Type member. The alternative was to have more types (Boolean, BooleanArray, etc).
Default: String. The default value. The string will be converted to the target type. If it can't be then an exception will be thrown. At build time if the task parameter is not defined then it will default to this value. Otherwise .NET defaults apply (Boolean is false, Int* is 0, etc).
Range: String. A numeric Range string. You can provide a range ("1-10"), a single numeric ("42") and any semi-colon separated collection ("1-10;42;50-75;99"). When applied to a numeric type (System.Int32, for example) this will generate the code necessary to ensure that at build time the provided value is an acceptable value. For example if you provided the range "1;2;4;8" and at build-time an attempt to assign "12" was made then an exception would be thrown. Can only be applied to numeric types. If a Default is specified then it must be a valid member of the range.
OneOf: String. A string of values. A semi-colon separated list of values that the build-time value must be one of. This is only used for System.String types. For example if the one of value is "Top;Bottom;Left;Right" then at build time only the string values "Top", "Bottom", "Left" or "Right" will be allowed. Anything else will generate an exception. If Default is specified it must be one of these. If the Type is not System.String this will throw an exception at code-gen time. OneOf and IsArray are not compatible. This could be changed easily but at the current time you can't do this.
Required: Boolean. If this is "true" then the "Required" attribute will be applied to the property. If it is false then it will not. Defaults to false.
Example input (using Default and OneOf) and the generated output. Notice that the code generator uses a utility class to validate the input instead of generating the validation routines everything. The original prototype I wrote did put the validation everywhere. This was more difficult to maintain and did not provide me any benefit. However this change was on the primary reasons I opt'd for using interfaces and allowing the end-user to create their own code generators.
<Property Name="TestProperty" Type="System.String" Default="None" OneOf="None;OnlyInline;Any"/>
Generates the following:
#region TestProperty
private string m_TestProperty = "None";
public virtual string TestProperty
return this.m_TestProperty;
if (MBFTaskUtils.OneOf.IsOneOf("None;OnlyInline;Any", this.m_TestProperty))
this.m_TestProperty = value;
throw new System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException("Unexpected value type setting field \"TestProperty\". Expected one of" +
": None;OnlyInline;Any");
Here is another example, this time using Range. Again notice how a utility class is used to perform the validation. This reduces the amount of code gen that has to occur while still allowing for a flexible solution.
<Property Name="TestProperty" Type="System.Int32" Range="1,2,4,8,16"/>
Generates the following:
#region TestProperty
private int m_TestProperty;
public virtual int TestProperty
return this.m_TestProperty;
string stringRange = "1,2,4,8,16";
MBFTaskUtils.IntRangeCollection intRanges = MBFTaskUtils.IntRangeCollection.Parse(stringRange);
if (intRanges.Satisfies(value))
this.m_TestProperty = value;
throw new System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException("Unexpected value type setting field \" TestProperty\". Expected value in " +
"range: 1,2,4,8,16");
Make sense?
If not then post a comment and let me know. Tomorrow we'll start talking about how we get from that XML input to the C# output.


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I am a teacher in Barrio Logan and a legal immigrant. Ninety percent of the people I serve are illegal immigrants, including many of my students. In class, I don't see the word "illegal" on their faces. I don't see it on parents' faces when we talk about homework, their child's reading levels or grades. What I see is parents who are concerned for their children, who sacrifice and work hard so that their children can have a better life and a chance to be good, contributing citizens with a future way better than what they would have ever had back in their countries. They did not come here to steal from us. They came looking for a share of our vast opportunities, so they can pass it on to their children.
I am proud to be a contributing part of my students' lives, of their future here in America. I love coming to work and watching my students work hard for their education. As a mother, I am sure I would have done the same for my children had I been born in a country with few opportunities. - 10teacher, posted Dec. 27
How easy it is to forget that the U.S. was built on the genocide of American Indians, whose lands were stolen and raped. Our education system conveniently obscures this as we are conditioned to follow and not ask and confront. How little we know of true history, and how arrogant are our attitudes of superiority and bigotry.
I agree that immigration laws must be reformed, but above all there must be respect for one another and a humanist understanding of the need to provide for one's family. There are those who take advantage of the system. The vast majority of immigrants, documented and undocumented, work for their families and future. How easy it is to deny our murderous history and point blame at those in hungry need. - humanobserve, posted Dec. 27
I am a Border Patrol agent. While it is true that many immigrants come here for work, school, the American dream, etc., the basic fact is that at my station, in San Diego, one of every three illegal aliens we apprehend has a serious criminal record in the U.S. I do not believe this was represented in the interactive picture above the Morones and Bilbray articles, where everyone is hardworking and studying to better themselves.
The truth is criminal opportunities – as well as legitimate ones – are better here. Such an obvious attempt to manipulate people's emotions is disingenuous and has no place in any newspaper.
The reform we need is to make it easier for well-meaning workers to come, to keep the criminals out and to not reward people already here who have ignored our laws. - lamigra13, posted Dec. 26
There are undocumented immigrants in San Diego County who are Filipino, Irish, Canadian, etc., not just Mexican. The U-T could have tried to find them to feature in this story. The media has racialized the undocumented immigrant issue to be a Latino/Mexican issue, and the fact that there are Asian and white undocumented immigrants is obscured. - fromchulavista, posted Dec. 29
Our system is stretched to the limit trying to support our own citizens without adding the burden of illegals. We have to enforce the immigration laws we have, catch and deport those who are here illegally and stop hiring undocumented workers. Fine the employers who do hire them and stop creating jobs for them. It is not racist; that is a cop-out term for not wanting our system to be overrun by nonresidents/non-card-carrying people.
The countries south of us need to support their own in a better manner than they do. Force those governments to do something about their economy and job situations. But, in the end, it is our responsibility to obey our own laws and offer jobs to our own people, with better pay so that we will be able to support our own families. We would need less government support (welfare) if there were more jobs being taken by our own citizens. Our hospitals would not be overrun and our educational institutions would not be overcrowded.
Those here who should not be are taking their risks of being sent back to their homeland. They don't have room to complain. - sharon, posted Dec. 29
Immigration in past times was more of a benefit to the United States than it is today. This is due to the rise of the welfare state in America, which casts doubts on the motives of those who wish to come here. Most probably want to come here to work, but others are looking for a free ride. Liberal immigration policies make it difficult to separate the wheat from the chaff.
I'd be willing to accept basically open borders in exchange for the complete dismantling of the social safety net in this country. Then we could be confident that only those who want to work will be inclined to come to America.
Budgetary pressures may cause the elimination of the welfare state someday, but until then we must get serious about enforcing the immigration laws currently on the books. - bpankauski, posted Dec. 29
It's interesting and, sadly, wholly expected that the focus is on the "stories" of the undocumented immigrants, and the "story" of the documented, law-abiding immigrants is ignored. It's such a classic take – to ignore how it's possible to immigrate within the law to focus on how terrible is the predicament of the undocumented. - banshee451, posted Dec. 27
No human being is "illegal." That terminology is a way for fear-mongering bigots to objectify an entire segment of the population, to label them as something (not somebody) that is undesirable and a threat to one's well-being and livelihood. A more appropriate term to describe immigrants who are here illegally would be "undocumented workers." - Chicano5, posted Dec. 27
What does an American citizen look like? - Xochili, posted Dec. 27


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Vintage 80s: London Street Photography
In many ways the 80s don't seem that long ago, especially with the recent resurgence in 80s-style fashion. Yet a new book of photographs from 80s London by Johnny Stiletto reveals that in fact the city has changed dramatically since then…
In many ways the 80s don't seem that long ago, especially with the recent resurgence in 80s-style fashion. Yet a new book of photographs from 80s London by Johnny Stiletto reveals that in fact the city has changed dramatically since then…
Titled Vintage 80s, Stiletto's book is a collection of photography taken on the street and on public transport (Francis Bacon on the Piccadilly Line is shown above) during the decade. Much has changed, in particular the design within the city: the book shows a far less branded London than today, with fashion and graphics that certainly speak of a different time.
Evening Standard newspaper sellers
An iconic billboard ad from the 80s
Among the scenes captured are shots of famous people and places: Mick Jagger walking down the street with his manager, and a photo through the window of Granita on Upper Street, Islington, the restaurant where Gordon Brown and Tony Blair made their infamous leadership pact later in the 90s.
Granita, Islington
Mick Jagger and his manager, Prince Rupert von Lowenstein
Al Capone's car outside Sotheby's, Bond Street
Elsewhere Stiletto captures the casual violence and despair that can be seen on London's streets. Below is a shot of a scuffle in Knightsbridge Underground station, and an image of a well-dressed woman passed out in a doorway.
Man apprehended at Knightsbridge Underground Station
Woman on the street
But there are snatched moments of tenderness too, as well as lots of comedic scenes.
Couple on the tube at night
Well-dressed couple on the street
Clamped Citroen DS in front of Cyril Shire's Trendsetter Salon. All images are © Johnny Stiletto.
Vintage 80s: London Street Photography by Johnny Stiletto is published this week by Frances Lincoln publishers, priced £14.99. More of Stiletto's work can be viewed online at aliasjohnnystiletto.com.
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Consumer groups are warning users not to use a new social networking website called MyBankDetails.com.
One user said:
"I joined the website last month and gave all my details including my bank details. I had no idea that by providing my account number, sort code, PIN number, a scanned version of my signature, my mother's maiden name, my date of birth, thumb print and retinal scan, my identity could be stolen."
A week later, his bank account had been cleaned out. To make matters worse, someone else had assumed his identity, taken his job, moved into his house and started to see his girlfriend.
"My life has been ruined, thanks to MyBankDetails.com", he complained.
This isn't an isolated incident. Security experts are warning that social networking websites can be very dangerous places and that users should avoid the temptation to post intimate details about themselves. One expert said:
"If you're unwise enough to have done this, we suggest that you change your bank account as soon as possible, move house, change job, change your date of birth, get new fingerprints and retinal scans, and even change your parents. These are drastic measures, I know."
We tried interviewing someone from MyBankDetails.com, but the website only accepts emails from registered users and we weren't prepared to provide intimate details about our reporter. We therefore contacted the Fraud Squad.
Sergeant Plod told us that he had tried to visit the website's London office. He said:
"Entry was by a buzzer system and they weren't prepared to open the door until I gave them my bank details, so I gave up."


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Gorey Rugby Club travelled in force to Limerick on Saturday last as six of their girls from their Under-19 team took part in a round robin tournament with Munster and Connacht. The six girls were Alex Doyle, Lauren Farrell-McCabe, Aoife Browne, Chloe Breen, Fiona Murphy and Aoife Farrell, with Maeve Farrell missing out through injury.
Leinster beat Connacht but Munster were to prove a bridge too far as a welldrilled team was too strong.
Gorey Senior firsts team got their league campaign back on track with a comprehensive win over Clane on a score of 45-12. The match was played on a cracking night for rugby with no wind and a dry pitch.
The home crowd were treated to a feast of tries as Gorey set about their task with an urgency and determination that sometimes did not always yield the deserved result but was always entertaining as they tried to play a brand of fast and open rugby.
The ever-present Matt Bater was the first to cross the Clane line after some good work by the pack, with Aidan O'Brien converting. Gorey were soon back on the attack again and sustained pressure saw the visitors' line breached again by Bater.
Clane rallied and managed to score a well-worked try as the home team relaxed a little. That was the way it stayed until half-time as Gorey had chances but somehow could not put the points on the board.
The second-half started with Clane exerting some pressure on the home defence. Gorey cleared down field and a great tackle by P.J. Clince saw the Clane winger knock on to the Gorey chasers for a kick ahead for Ben Horan to touch down, with Aidan O'Brien converting.
Clane were finding Gorey hard to contain, and when Adrian Copeland sidestepped not one but two defenders to race in from 35 metres to secure the bonus point, Gorey were well on their way to a home win.
Two further tries from the young guns of Jordan Ahearne and Michael Woods saw the scoring completed for Gorey, with Clane fitting one of their own in between. The final score of 45-12 saw the Gorey support retire to the bar happy.
Gorey's youth system is now coming in to play and the stars in the pack on a good night for the team were all Under20, with Jordan Ahearne, Michael Woods and Ciarán Smith the pick. Matt Bater, Aidan O'Brien and Tomás Sheehy worked hard in the backs.
Sunday next sees Gorey firsts and seconds travel to Killkenny for a crucial top of the table clash before the Christmas break. Gorey thirds have a home game on Saturday at 2.30 p.m.
Team: C. Smith, B. O'Connor, T. Tomkins, C. Hennessy, J.P. Redmond (capt.), K. O'Rourke, J. Ahearne, M. Woods, C. Furney, A. O'Brien, M. Bater, K. Breen, C. Peavoy, T. Sheehy, B. Horan, P.J. Clince, A. Copeland, R. Jones, S. O'Connor, D. Redmond, F. Bellanova.
Gorey Under-10s travelled to Wicklow on Saturday last to play both Wicklow and Rathdrum.
Having played Wicklow earlier this year we knew they were going to be tough opposition. The Gorey boys played very well in all of their matches.
Defence was very strong with some great tackles put in by Lee Cushe, George Warren, Ewan Stephens, Max McCabe, Seán Sawyer and Ross O'Loughlin.
Enda McCrea, John Milne and Adam Cleary did very well in the ruck, while in attack Rian Fitzpatrick, Jack Higgins, Adam Doyle, Brian Cushe, Rory Tubritt and Vinny Porfiri made some fine breaks.
Thanks again to all our parents for travelling in such good numbers and for their support.
Wicklow also hosted the Gorey Under7 last weekend. On a bright, sunny December day, the playing conditions were very good.
Gorey had 15 players divided into three teams. The Gorey boys made some great running breaks with Lewis Sunderland, Calum McNulty, Rhys Jones, Dan Fleming and Matthew Griffiths running forward well and creating good opportunities for tries.
Calum Sheridan, David Maher, Craig Mantle and David Pugh showed good skill in the middle of the field and made some strong runs into Wicklow territory.
Both Gorey teams made some great passing moves and the boys created opportunities for some fine tries, with Doran O'Toole, Jack Power, Brendan Coyne, Tom Mackey, Seán Traynor and Michael McDonald breaking through the Wicklow defence to score.
Thanks to Wicklow for a very sporting match and their hospitality. Thanks to all the parents and supporters for coming to the match. Training is at Gorey on Sunday, December 9, at 10 a.m.
S.B.R. staged its annual club handicap on a very wet afternoon in Ferns on Sunday last, with the race taking place over the four miles course used for the Mick Murphy Memorial road race.
There was a good turn-out on such a damp afternoon with 27 runners from the club toeing the line. All entrants were started on a staggered basis rated on their most recent times over the Mick Murphy route.
The race resulted in a clean sweep for the ladies, with Annette Reck crossing the line ahead of Anne Cleere and Ellen Fitzgerald.
The full results (in finishing order with finishing times listed) are: 1, Annette Reck, 36.53; 2, Anne Cleere, 36.53; 3, Ellen Fitzgerald, 38.46; 4, Siobhán Nolan, 39.02; 5, Jimmy Howard, 32.27; 6, Cathy Larkin, 35.06; 7, Annette Guinan, 37.01; 8, Tom Kavanagh, 35.52; 9, Cathy Maher, 32.46; 10, Eilish Kehoe, 32.59; 11, Ailish Kennedy, 31.19; 12, William Bolger, 27.45; 13, Ger Doyle, 23.27; 14, Paddy Leacy, 27.08; 15, Lillian Lawless, 27.19; 16, Lisa Bolger, 31.50; 17, Mary Doyle, 28.57; 18, Paul Gibbons, 22.18; 19, Dawn Whelan, 30.58; 20, Ann Bolger, 31.02; 21, David Leonard, 23.56; 22, Tommy Levingston, 24.58; 23, Claire Gibbons, 31.17; 24, Noel Kennedy, 28.15; 25, Billy Harpur, 33.08; Tommy McElwain, 25.26.
Racing795 is delighted to announce that Frank Burke from Ballinastraw, Bunclody, is our 2012 club champion. The result was announced at the Racing795 end-of-season party in Ferns recently.
Frank was presented with the championship trophy by last year's winner, Lorraine Byrne. Frank had a long and busy season.
He competed in nine triathlons including four sprints, four Olympics and, just recently, a half Ironman.
Between races Frank is always present at club training sessions, and always on hand to offer help and support to clubmates. That's what Racing795 is all about, so Frank is a popular and deserving champion.
Club championship runner-up this year was David Furlong of Ballyprecas, Bunclody, who scored well in early-season mountain bike races. New member Fintan Redmond from Ballingate took third place in his first full season with the club.
Frank Burke was also presented with the 2012 summer league trophy to add to his winter league success back in January. That's a clean sweep for Frank in 2012, making him the man to beat next year.
Tom Hogan from Ferns was presented with a special award in recognition of representing Ireland at the world mountain running championships.
The Racing795 A.G.M. also took place recently with all committee positions filled. Club Chairman David Conway gave an upbeat report on the condition of the club as it enters its fifth year and thanked members and the local community for their continued support.
Club members continue to compete during the off-season. Brian O'Shaughnessy from Enniscorthy performed very well at the Waterford halfmarathon last weekend, finishing in a time of 1:24:39.
Racing795 is always open to new members. Our members, from complete beginners to internationals male and female, take part in triathlons, road and mountain biking, running, swimming, adventure racing and everything in between! We pride ourselves on being a small, friendly and well-organised club.
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Eight members from Slaney Olympic took the short trip to Waterford on Saturday last to compete in the Waterford A.C. half-marathon.
The cool, crisp morning meant the conditions were perfect for the 13.1 miles, which started at the Regional Sports Centre on the Cork Road, out the Tramore Road, and looped back towards the city, finishing with a lap of the nature park, beside the Kingfisher Leisure Centre.
Great times were achieved by everyone: Brian Murphy, 1.30; Neil Hudson, 1.34; Mick Nolan, 1.35; Bernie Millar, 1.51; Louise Nolan, 1.56; Stephanie McKenna, 2.02; Annis Kehoe, 2.10; Deirdre Bowers, 2.10.
Club training continues on Tuesdays and Thursdays in Bellefield from 6.30 to 7.30 p.m., and Sundays from the Abbey Square at 8.30 a.m. New members are always welcome - contact Mag on 0876366905, Jason (087-1216233) or any club member.
Dates for your diary: December 9, national Novice cross-country, Adamstown; December 16, county Senior cross-country hosted by Slaney Olympic; December 26, John Corrigan Memorial run/walk, Oylegate to Enniscorthy.


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Help taking sequence shots
Hey there I have a Olympus E500 and I really want to be able to capture lets say 10 frames in a second so I can make a sequence shot, I am not to SLR savvy but I obviously know how to use it I just dont know what setting or how to make the camera shoot that fast, I know it has the sport mode and stuff to take shots quick but when I do that it takes a shot or 2 every 1 second, Can someone help me through possibly how to set my camera to take shots very fast, I have a high capacity / speed memory card.
Sorry but unless you have a higher end camera, your limited to what yours can take which is only 2.5 per sec. if you use the video way, film it then take frames from the video, that works but with very low res.
one of the best photoshops i use for sequence shots has been Adobe's CS4 and CS5 (the new one)
Is the E500 not a high end camera lol?
and I know as far as how to cut and layer and everything for the photo in adobe, I just need the camera to shoot that fast lol
You have a decent camera but I wouldnt say its "high-end". If you want a camera that shoots 10+ fps you need the Canon mk3/mk4 (or Nikon equivelent). According to the spec page on your camera it will shoot "approximately 2.5 fps" which is enough to get a decent sequence. The first camera I had was a Canon 10D that shot at 3 fps and I was able to get decent sequences. I personally think 10 fps is too many... I typically shoot around 6 fps.
Did you shoot the photo you posted? Cause that sequence looks good and I would guess that it was shot at about 3 fps.... you have 8 photos there and it probably took 2 or 3 seconds for that trick.
Nah that picture there was just there for a reference for everyone its basically exactly what I want as far as speed went, Do you know how to adjust my camera to get that 2.5fps?
You should be able to just hold down the button to get your continuous shots. Just for reference, the sequence in my profile pic is shot at 3.5 fps.
Oh then im not going to get crap with 2.5 lol time to look for a new camera I guess
I would suggest a minimum of 6.5 fps. I have been looking at the old Canon 40D or newer 50D.
I looked up a copy of your manual (the advanced manual)
Advanced Manual
On page 62 it will give you the instructions for setting your camera on sequential shooting. I would shoot on "A" mode (aperture priority) and set the aperture to a low number, 5.6 or faster if your lens will allow. For skate and snow you will be able to get some decent sequence shots at 2.5 fps but wakeboarding moves quite a bit faster so as wakemania mentioned, it would be good to have a camera that will allow you to shoot at 6 fps or faster.
On a side note, looks like we live close... if you ever want to meet up and go over settings just give me a shout.
Just like you, I was trying to figure out action sequences. I did some research this spring and found this youtube video.
It's using gimp (freeware!!) to do the editing and it's as simple as it gets. Now it gets tricky when in the boat and the camera doesn't stay stationary....in the first two pictures (taken of me) doing a melon 180, and bs 360 the camera followed me through the trick and it took some pretty heavy duty editing. Probably around 1.5 hours per picture. (nothing against the photographer or anything, just took a bit more time). In the last pic when I was taking the picture of the indy bs 180 I kept the camera as still as possible for the burst and the editing took half that amount of time.
Without the use of a tripod you are going to have to do some more editing than the video showed to make all the pictures line up properly, but it can be done.
Here's the pics:
Melon 180 -
All pics taken with a Rebel T1i and stock lens.
It actually is not very hard to do sequence shots. Some of them take a while to do...depending on the number of shots, but nowadays I can stitch 12-14 shots together in 20 minutes.
Here is what I do (note I use photoshop):
1. open all of the pictures up that are part of the sequence.
2. Create a new image that is large (usually about 15000 x 5000). Yeah it is large but I cut it down later
3. Copy the first picture and paste it into the new image created above.
4. Copy the next picture and past it as a new layer into the newly created image.
5. Set the opacity of the last picture put into the new image to something around 50%
6. Move the last image into place and line up something that is in the second photo with something in the first one...Like a tree or a dock, boat, etc.
7. Once everything is lined up I erase stuff from the last layer (the one that is faded with the opacity) to uncover the picture from the first image.
8. Once you have erased everything that needs to be erased set the opacity back up to 100%
9. Repeat with all the rest of your images. (Note that you may need to look at your images as you are going through them to clean up any unwanted parts of the images.
10. When you are complete flatten the image by right clicking in the layers area and choose to flatten the image
11. Select the image that you want in your final file and copy it - paste it into a new image and save it.
That is it
You guys I know how to do it in photoshop and piece it all together I just needed my camera to be capable to shoot that fast :)
Sorry Chase - I got that from your first post - I was just replying to a couple of posts there where they were talking about keeping the camera in the same place vs moving it. I was trying to show that you don't have to keep the camera in the same spot.
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Notes: Raburn gets his chance
Raburn spent Spring Training trying to prove to Tigers officials that he could play in the big leagues, and he opened some eyes before being sent down. Now, as a footnote in the Neifi Perez suspension, Raburn has earned his Major League opportunity.
"I've worked really hard the last couple of years," Raburn said on Friday afternoon. "This is where I want to be. I hope, given the chance I get called, that I can hopefully go out there and perform and show people that I can play. But that's not up to me, what people think about me."
The way he has hit this year, people are thinking pretty highly of him.
Raburn's versatility was a big reason the Tigers called on him over other options at Triple-A Toledo when they had to replace Perez. But manager Jim Leyland also liked the idea of rewarding a player who has proven his worth in the Minor Leagues.
"Like [Chad] Durbin, here's a guy, Raburn, who's kind of been forgotten about," Leyland said. "He went down there, grinded it out in Spring Training, looked good, had a heck of a year, and I think it sends the right message to your organization. I mean, anybody can call up Andrew Miller or Justin Verlander. My mom knows to bring them up. But I think this sends the right message to the organization."
The message is that if players work hard, they can get a chance, whether or not they're on the top prospect list.
Raburn was on that list once upon a time. He was eighth after the 2004 season, when he hit .301 at Double-A Erie and made it to the big leagues as a September call-up. He made his Major League debut the day before his SeaWolves teammate, Curtis Granderson.
Raburn made the jump to Triple-A the next year and had been stuck there until now, eventually being removed from the 40-man roster. But the high strikeout totals he racked up the previous two seasons have been tempered this year, and he already has as many walks as he did all of last season. All the while, he has maintained his power bat and put himself on pace for a potential 100-RBI season.
"The last couple years, [hitting coach] Leon Durham and I [have] been working really hard, trying to figure out the best way for me to have success," Raburn said. "The last couple of years, it's worked well. The confidence is up, too."
How well Raburn can translate that into spot playing time remains to be seen. Part of Omar Infante's value as a utility player is his ability to hit after sitting for days on end. But the more positions Raburn can play, the better chance he'll have at getting at-bats. He had a late-inning chance Friday night and contributed an RBI single.
Raburn came up through the farm system as an infielder before being converted to the outfield last year. When the Tigers sent him to Minor League camp near the end of March, Leyland told him to keep working out at second and third base to increase his utility. Raburn's playing time has all come in center and left field, but he has taken ground balls in the infield every other day.
That work might well have been the difference that got him up here.
"He can play center field," Leyland said. "He can play second base and third base. We felt like [fellow Mud Hen] Timo Perez would've been a great choice, but with the infielder being gone, we felt like at least he could play second and third. He can't play short, but I can move [third baseman Brandon] Inge over if I have to. So we actually went for the versatility."
Rotation not set: Leyland said that he hasn't yet set his rotation coming out of the All-Star break. He still wants to get back to his old order -- placing finesse lefty Kenny Rogers between hard-throwing right-handers Jeremy Bonderman and Justin Verlander -- but that might not be the trio that starts the second half in Seattle.
The Tigers could go with anyone but Nate Robertson next Thursday at Seattle and still allow the pitchers at least their normal rest. Part of the question, however, might involve Verlander and how much he pitches in Tuesday's All-Star Game.
Coming up: The Tigers and Red Sox continue their series with a 7:05 p.m. ET game on Saturday at Comerica Park. Jeremy Bonderman (9-1, 3.58 ERA) will try to become the Tigers' second 10-game winner when he takes the mound opposite Kason Gabbard (2-0, 5.79).
Jason Beck is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Performance of HARQ With Reduced Size Retransmissions Using Network Coding Principles
This paper discusses retransmission approaches to improve the throughput performance of Hybrid-ARQ (HARQ) schemes in a point-to-point single user 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Long Term Evolution (LTE) uplink system. One goal of communication systems is to achieve a reliable transmission with a throughput performance as close as possible to channel capacity. For that, reducing the channel utilization will improve the throughput performance. Instead of sending two retransmission packets for two HARQ processes of one users, a previously published HARQ scheme uses the XOR combining of these packets to get only one retransmission packet with the same size.
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text: Wonderfully written, Tim. I was introduced to Garcia Marquez by my father, an overeducated high-school Spanish teacher. In my lit classes, I usually teach something fairly approachable like "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings." But my favorite story of his is the wonderfully bleak "One of these Days," in which a dentist's chair becomes the site of intense political resistance that quickly folds into resignation. Very little in all of literature can top the deadpan line, "Now you'll pay for twenty of our dead men" or the chilling denouement "It's the same damn thing."


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Heading into the Division III State Volleyball Tournament as the 13th overall seed after earning their way into the tournament in the final week of the season with a big upset win over Safford, the Lady Lobos found themselves matched up with a very good fourth seeded Monument Valley team in the first round last Friday afternoon at Tim's Toyota Center in Prescott Valley.
The Lady Mustangs have traditionally been a powerhouse program from the reservation and this year they fielded another stellar team. They easily handled the Lady Lobos in the first game, 25-12, and took a big lead by winning the second game 25-16. Snowflake battled tough in the third game, but was unable to extend the match as the Lady Lobos' season came to a close with a 21-25 loss.
The Lady Mustangs went on to lose to the same Safford team Snowflake defeated the previous week. Safford was then upended by Tuba City in the title game on Saturday evening.
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Announced Tuesday morning, the top-tier "everything you could want out of a smartphone" One will be hitting U.S. stores in March but the company has just announced $100 to anyone who jumps on board early. As I said, now's the time. You could be the first of your friends.
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The Occult Crime Task Force (aka "O.C.T") is gearing up at A&E, after the network cast its two main leads. Josh Lucas and Lynn Collins, two actors you usually find on the big screen, will be giving the small screen a try in the show, since titled simply "Occult".
Essentially a take on Fox's long-lasting "X-Files", the new cable show would find Lucas playing Mulder — er, I mean, an FBI agent name Dolan who "returns from administrative leave after going off the deep end while investigating his wife's disappearance."
This wouldn't be Lucas' first foray into TV. He starred in the TV version of "The Firm", which lasted for one season on NBC.
Lucas will co-star alongside Lynn Collins ("John Carter"), who will play Scully — er, I mean, Noa Blair, another FBI agent with her own "complicated backstory who specializes in the occult."
I guess the angle here has the guy being the skeptic and the girl being the true believer. Together, they will investigate the paranormal on a weekly basis for the FBI. No word if conspiracies will be afootin' in the background, as they were afootin' plenty in "The X-Files".
Former "X-Files" writer/producer James Wong wrote the pilot, and Michael Bay is producing.
I am assuming this is the same show as "O.C.T: Occult Crimes Taskforce", based on the comic book from co-creator Rosario Dawson that landed at A&E last year. If it is indeed the same show, it looks like it's gotten a hell of a makeover (new title being just one of them). If it isn't the same show, then A&E has two similarly-themed shows about the occult/paranormal on their schedule, which seems unlikely.
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An investigation of the origin and destination of the cash is being conducted by the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics. The driver was released and the cash was seized pending the results of the investigation. Huff said, "The seizure is the result of officers paying attention to small details and an outstanding example of multi-agency cooperation." Transportation Commissioner Mike Tagert stated "This is a significant interception of U.S. currency headed out of the country. Drug trafficking continues to threaten our nations security. Fortunately, and because of the good work of our law enforcement community, I'm proud that those responsible will not benefit from this ill-gotten gain."
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Developers of a mixed-use Five Points project apparently were targeted again by vandals enraged over the uprooting of a large tree, considered by some to be a local landmark, to make way for a new complex of stores and condominiums, Athens-Clarke police said.
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The property at Hodgson's Pharmacy, 1220 S. Milledge Ave., was damaged twice before, allegedly in retaliation for the owners' decision to uproot a deodar cedar tree at the site of the planned Hodgson Terrace complex at the corner of South Milledge Avenue and Milledge Terrace.
"I'm mean, mad and disgusted," said Hal "Doc" Hodgson Jr., co-owner of the pharmacy. "It's just driving me up the wall."
Hodgson, who owns the business with son Hal Hodgson III, said after the incident in March, he installed floodlights at the drug store and nearby construction site, as well as a surveillance camera.
"I put the camera facing the property, but they seemed to realize that, so they stood outside the vision of the camera when they were throwing the rocks," he said Monday.
A plate-glass window was shattered by a rock at 4:11 a.m. Sunday, according to police, who said the surveillance video camera captured the window smashing, but the people responsible for the damage were out of sight of the camera.
Someone also tried several times to break the front entrance, and rocks were found scattered in front of the badly damaged glass door, police said.
The first act of vandalism targeting Hodgson's occurred early the morning of Feb. 20, when the plate-glass window of the drug store was shattered by a brick taken from the construction site next door, Athens-Clarke police said. Police also found that vandals at the construction site had punctured 10 tires on a tractor-trailer truck, slashed the seats of that truck and a tractor, and pushed over a portable toilet.
The vandalism came five days after a bulldozer toppled a 60-foot-tall cedar tree, estimated to be 50 years old, to make room for the mixed-use complex.
As the tree was taken down, according to police, a crowd of people gathered to watch, and many of them jeered.
Pharmacy co-owner Hal Hodgson said county building and zoning regulations dictated where they would construct the mixed-used building, and excavation for the project required them to remove the tree.
In the first vandalism, Hodgson reported to police someone scrawled "TREE KILLERS" on the sidewalk, with a red arrow pointing toward the drug store.
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Last weekend's vandalism caused about $900 in damage, according to police, who consider all of the incidents related.
The local Crime Stoppers organization is offering a reward of up to $1,000 for information about vandals, and Hodgson said unidentified owner's added an additional sum of $5,000, bringing the reward total to $6,000.
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text: On 12/13/06, Donald Bruce Stewart <dons at cse.unsw.edu.au> wrote: > * Give tips on how to answer questions > + Ok. we can put up an article here. Some suggestions: > - Solutions with unsafePerformIO should be discouraged (moreso ;) I'd like to at least suggest a slight qualification here, based on some personal experience. A colleague of mine learned Haskell after having spent a while doing systems programming, and (with the danger of completely misinterpreting him here), the (perceived) lack of unsafePerformIO et. al. led him to conclude that Haskell was a good high-level language, but a certain number of projects would at least require you to write a fair amount of your code in C. Once he saw some code that (safely) used unsafePerformIO - particularly in fps, as I recall - he changed his mind. To this day, he hasn't written any code using unsafe*, but is generally somewhat more interested in Haskell. So, I'd suggest that demonstrating both the use of unsafePerformIO when the question is obviously trending that way and mentioning why it is a bad idea -- perhaps with an example of something that will obviously segfault or otherwise break type safety - is sometimes a better idea than simply not admitting its existence. Also, I strongly support the necromancy/IO analogies. /g -- It is myself I have never met, whose face is pasted on the underside of my mind.


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Talk about a strong, determined, positive female! This week on That Girl we are celebrating professional rock climber and base jumper, Steph Davis. Not only does she spend her time climbing in Moab and traveling, but she also takes part in base jumping, running, yoga and skate skiing. But if you ask Steph, climbing is her first priority. "People always ask, 'why do you climb?'", she writes. "The short answer is, 'Because I love it.' But there's so much more… connecting deeply with friends and with the natural world, challenging my notions of what's possible, living life as intensely and as simply as I can." Read more about Steph and be inspired!
Steph Davis
Moab, Utah
Age 39
professional climber/base jumper
Fitness/health accomplishment you are most proud of:
Completing an ultramarathon: I think ultrarunners are unbelievable!
What inspires you to get fit every day?
Climbing is a demanding sport, and it's just not as much fun when you don't feel at your best performance.
What do you do when you don't feel like working out?
I listen to my body and my motivation. After 22 years of climbing, I know that if I don't feel like training or climbing, I don't need to. When I was younger I had problems with overtraining, so now I try to be more balanced. If I'm having a tired day, I either take it easy, or just do simple yoga, maybe take my dog for a walk.
Favorite energizing meal:
Tofu vegetable stir-fry with quinoa for dinner, a vegan protein smoothie for breakfast
What's your favorite way to chill post-workout?
This sounds nuts…but cleaning the house.
What is your top kick-ass workout?
I have an outdoor climbing wall in my backyard, and my husband just built me a campus board, so my favorite workout is to warm up by climbing on the wall for an hour or so, do about 15 minutes on the campus board, and then about 20 minutes of pullups and leg raises on my fingerboard–all pretty climbing-specific. I also love trail running.
Where is your favorite/most unique place you've ever exercised?
Every place I've climbed or base jumped in the world!
What's the biggest lesson you've learned through sports?
Stay focused, and follow your own drive.
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Classic Rock Pick Of The Week – 'Heard It In A Love Song' – MTB [Video]
The Marshall Tucker Band.
They are one of my favorite Classic Rock bands, and while the current edition that graced the stage of the Spiediefest and Balloon Rally a few years ago is not the original line-up, they sounded great just the same.
While the band has a great repertoire of tunes, the biggest hit was "Heard it in a Love Song.'
That tune came off the 1977 album 'Carolina Dreams.'
It peaked at number 14 on the U.S. charts in March of 1977.
Toy Caldwell penned that gem.
Ther are two other tunes on that album that I enjoy – 'Desert Skies' and "Fly Like an Eagle', but the album will always be best known for 'Heard it in a Love Song."
Found this video of the tune from their tour back in '77.