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This past weekend I had a pot of spaghetti sauce simmering on the stove and the aroma coming from the kitchen had my mouth watering and my stomach rumbling. Yet the sauce still had a couple of hours to cook. What's a girl to do? Aside from sneaking a few "quality taste tests" the other option is to make a quick appetizer to quiet our hunger until the sauce is ready. Enter these crispy fried cheese ravioli. They are quick. They are easy. And they are oh so addictive.
I am not quite sure why I never thought to make these before. I have seen them on numerous menus and tried them at restaurants a few times but I had never made them at home before last weekend. If I would've known how easy they are I would've done it a whole lot earlier. What makes them so quick and easy is the pre-made ravioli. For this recipe, store-bought ravioli is your friend, you can find them in the refrigerated section with the other fresh pastas and they cook up in a snap. There are several varieties but I think cheese works best with these. And if you can find it, four cheese would be even better.
Heat 1 inch of oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Heat to 350 degrees.
In one bowl whisk together egg and milk. In another bowl combine panko, plain bread crumbs, basil, oregano and kosher salt. Dip each ravioli in egg/milk wash and then in bread crumbs. Then repeat the process to double coat the ravioli.
Once the oil reaches 350 degrees, fry the ravioli in batches until golden brown about 3 minutes. Use a slotted spoon to transfer to a paper towel lined plate. Allow to cool several minutes.
Transfer to a serving platter and sprinkle with Parmesan cheese. Serve.
I didn't have any at the time but these would be delicious dipped in some warm marinara sauce. Enjoy!


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Heat Styling Your Hair For The Holidays? Here Are 3 Tips To Follow
Heat styling doesn't have to be that awful monster that ruins your curl pattern and causes the hair to break. With the proper tools and technique, one can have the freedom to sport straight styles every now and then.
So here are four steps to follow for sleek tresses.
1. Prep
Start out with a heat-protecting and conditioning regimen to protect and strengthen your locks. The Carol's Daughter Chocolat line is perfect for this. It contains a smoothing shampoo, conditioner, and blow dry cream which all work to smooth and rebuild your hair's structure, eliminate frizz, and keeps the hair straight longer.
2. Protect
A good heat protector like Nubian Heritage Heat Protect Keratin Hair Spray Honey & Black Seed will help prevent damage from heat styling tools. But remember, protectors can only do but so much. Try to eliminate the excessive use of heat by keeping the hair wrapped at night with a satin or silk scarf so you don't have to do too much re-straightening.

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Miss March is a really stupid movie. Written, directed by and starring "two of 'The Whitest Kids U Know'", it's meandering, disgusting, amateurish and cheap-looking. It also made me laugh a couple of times, but not enough for me to recommend it. It wants to be a full-on cartoon-level farce, but every time it ramps up for some serious lunacy, it falls back lazily into a poop or dick joke, or a combination of both.
Eugene Bell (Zach Cregger, looking vaguely like Norm MacDonald) is a high school abstinence lecturer. His best friend, Tucker Cleigh (Trevor Moore), is a notorious horndog who every girl in school has a venomous death wish for. Eugene hasn't gone all the way with his girlfriend Cindi (Raquel Alessi), because he believes every word of his "wait-until-marriage" seminars, but she puts the pressure on him to do the deed after prom night, and Eugene agrees. Unfortunately, Tucker provides Eugene with one too many shots, and Eugene rises from a coma four years later to discover that Cindi's gone from his after-school co-host to posing for Playboy. Soon, the pair are off on an adventure that includes angry firemen, horny Russian lesbians, and Playboy bunnies.
I read the synopsis for Miss March on a website a month or so before I saw the trailer, and I thought it was a great concept for a movie. Cregger and Moore don't really care, though, and opt instead to be about as over-the-top as you can imagine. Some of the slapstick works (I was amused that Tucker's method of luring Eugene out of his coma is to hit him in the face with a baseball bat), although Moore's performance is so big it can be seen from space. One thing I can say in the movie's favor is that while this is not a "Whitest Kids U Know" movie, these TV veterans have crafted an actual plot instead of a string of little sketches (although it gets spottier near the end). They don't use their time effectively, however: scenes at a gas station take up a good ten minutes, and the boys meander aimlessly around the Mansion at the end of the film just wasting time. The duo have good chemistry, which brings some of Moore's performance back down towards the planet's surface. Coversely, while Cregger is often equally goofy (usually reacting in extreme pain to something Tucker's done to him), he's funnier the one or two times he gets to deliver a joke completely straight. I wonder if a more restrained performance by Cregger would have anchored the movie while Moore goes over-the-top.
This is mostly a two-man show, but some of the other actors make an impression. Raquel Alessi is particularly charming as the girl of Eugene's dreams, balancing innocence with sensuality. Molly Stanton, as Tucker's girlfriend, is a good Jaime Pressly substitute as she tracks him across the country. Best of all, the always-reliable Craig Robinson turns up and milks a few laughs as terrible rapper Horsedick Dot Mpeg. The problem with all of these characters is that none of them get enough screentime, and all seem like they come from their own universe. Hugh Hefner also shows up, but even more isolated from the rest of the production, and the entire bit is a shameless rip-off of the Stan Lee part of Mallrats anyway.
Once again -- I want to be clear -- this is a really stupid movie. I haven't seen any of "The Whitest Kids U Know", so I can't say if this is similar, but despite having the maniac verve I like my comedies to have, Miss March never takes off. It's right down the middle: too gross, not risky enough, over-the-top, yet inhibited. It may look like it was shot for twelve dollars (assuring every dollar goes straight in the bank), but it doesn't deserve yours. Fans will likely want to check it out, but I recommend waiting for DVD before taking an excessively over-the-top gander at this ridiculous, disgusting comedic spitball.


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Acclaimed photographer Cathy Opie to give talk in Burchfield Penney
Acclaimed photographer Cathy Opie will give a free talk at 7 p.m. Monday in the Burchfield Penney Art Center (1300 Elmwood Ave.) as part of a lecture series co-presented by the University at Buffalo's visual studies department, the Leslie Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art in New York City and Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center.
Opie, known for her stark portraits that meld her interest in the fluidity of gender and identity, human sexuality and the nature of photography, has been the subject of recent solo exhibitions in major institutions including the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Chicago's Museum of Contemporary Art, Boston's Institute of Contemporary Art and the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. Because of its varied subject matter, her work evades easy explanations, which is partially responsible for its appeal.
"Her moody images of surfers and of baroque highway cloverleafs further complicates any neat thematic trajectory in her work," a release on the talk reads. "Opie has been one of the rare queer artists to have achieved mainstream success on her own terms. One of the most visible lesbian artists in the world, Opie will discuss, among other things the tension among the personal, the particular, the universal and the general in her work."
The talk is free. Call 878-6011 or visit visualstudies.buffalo.edu.
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The Xbox 360 Storage Locker Is Charmingly Horrible
Nice try PCgadgets, but I know a plain old storage locker when I see one. I'm sure that branding it for the Xbox 360 is the difference between a $40 price tag and $15 price tag.
Nice try PCgadgets, but I know a plain old storage locker when I see one. I'm sure that branding it for the Xbox 360 is the difference between a $40 price tag and $15 price tag.
As much as I admire people who believe enough in their artistic output to foist it on others for money, I knew Etsy had a dark side. Well, someone with the no-nonsense pseudonym Helen Killer just showed it to me:
Garmin makes the best portable navigators out there. Millions of people, including me, are fans. But following notoriously lengthy delays, the first Nuvifone should have been euthanized, not put on AT&T shelves next to the iPhone—for $100 more.
In the years that Post-its have existed alongside laptops, there hasn't been a single alternative to pasting the sticky papers around screen bezels. Right? Not quite, but no one told that to this contestant on ABC's Shark Tank.
If you want in on a projector that Gizmodo once dubbed the "world's crappiest projector," head over to Woot right now. It's been marked down considerably, and is still the worst ever. [Woot Thanks, Akif]
Recently, I defeated my arch nemesis, the $250 briefcase-bound Casetation 2. It took a $99 PS2 (super power: price cuts), duffel bag, and connecting to any TV, because they're everywhere. $151 left over. Flawless Victory.
A cheeseburger-shaped mini-vacuum for your dirty desktop? Sure, why the hell not?
The Xact XG2500 Headset Cordless Telephone is still atrociously ugly, but that won't stop it from inevitably appearing in JCPenny's Christmas catalog in my parents' mailbox later this year. And now it's on sale!
iPod accessory maker Maxell is going to release music player earbuds that look like many kids' favorite candy-coated chocolate candy. What could possibly go wrong?!
With the press of a button, your life will surely change for the negative.
Get them while they last when they arrive in January for about $130. [B4Tech]
This iPod dock by iLuv is not really an iPod dock, but a full fledged stereo with subwoofer. And four CD players. Is that right? I mean, I make fun of gadgets with just ONE CD player and this has four CD players. FOUR. [Gadgetreview]
The Z-Nano mouse is claiming smallest optical mouse in the world: it's about the size of the finger you will use to daintily stab at its buttons. See it in diminutive action.
Last week, Stephen Gerding of the Kung-Fu Rodeo blog found this 99-cent iPod lookalike radio in his corner store. There are two buttons on the "click" "wheel." One for scan, another for reset, and you've got to marvel at the technology they must have used for the full-color screen. Unboxed pic below.
Sorry, but I just can't believe anyone's going to buy this. Not only does it just look ridiculous, with its faux stone carving topped with a leafy pineapple, and its two submerged halogen lights. (Why not four lights, or a whole ring of them? I mean, if you're going cheesy, go all the way.) On the good side, it does…
Click to viewWhen we first saw the Nokia Symbian Touch UI over the familiar S60/Symbian OS, we were stoked. Then we found out it was not a working proto but a rendering, and we wondered how far along they really were in their touchscreen UI. Turns out, not as far as we would like.
A new ad in Australia highlights the dangers of crossing the road with your MP3 player rumbling your inner ear canal at full volume. And of course, it shows the iPod in a new twist of Apple's original silhouettes campaign, now using the headphones cable as a way to draw the place in which a body lies dead. Ah, nothing…
The Gadget: Euricase Multimedia Ring Box, adds a 2-inch LCD and 60 minutes of video to otherwise meaningless jewelry boxes.
Taser wants its products to be common gadgets along the same lines as cell phones and MP3 players; you know, the stuff you always carry with you. That's why it's released a belt holster for its tasers that can be loaded up with 1GB of MP3s.
The What: DXG has always gone for the low cost bragging rights and they've reached the height of their budget crusade with this $150 HD camera that records to 1280 x 720 at its highest res. We've seen tapeless camcorders do this before, but that price is pretty insane. It records in H.264 quicktime files, and the…


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WATERVILLE — Our Hearts Foundation's second annual 5k Run/Walk, a department of the Waterville Area Women's Club, in partnership with Hospice Volunteers of the Waterville Area, is planned for 9 a.m. Saturday at Inland Hospital.
Last year's inaugural 5K had 166 participants helped raise $2,000 and three families.
The Foundation assists families who have experienced the loss of a child through miscarriage, still birth or infant loss through one year of age. They provide funding for memorial and funeral expenses, and they offer support groups.
To register, pvisit g2racereg.webconnex. com/ourhearts5k2013
People also can register the day of the race. The cost is $20 for adults and $15 for students and Inland employees. Race winners will be recognized in 10 categories. For more information, contact Kelley McAlpine at k.mcalpine@ourheartsfoun dation.org.


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For Immediate Release
Our Father's House, Inc., which has managed the men's Leighton Street sober program for more than 20 years, will no longer provide services at that location because the building owner chose another agency.
"It is with great sadness that we have to make this announcement," said Judith Pasierb, OFH's executive director. "The program was started in February 1993, by the late Barbara Garneau, former executive director. She worked closely with Montachusett Social Service agencies to expand options for homeless men in recovery."
The Leighton Street program, located at 4 Leighton St., Fitchburg, provides a stable and sober living environment for up to 12 men who have a personal plan for recovery and wish for a clean and sober life.
OFH has been providing case management services to chemically-addicted homeless men in recovery, since the program opened. The building was previously used by LUK crisis center as a halfway house for pregnant teenagers.
Pasierb said the building owner NewVue Communities (formerly Twin Cities Community Development Corp.) has chosen South Middlesex Opportunity Council, based in Framingham to provide services.
The program is funded in part through a grant with the U.S. Dept of Housing and Urban Development and the Massachusetts Rental Voucher Program.
Pat Fox, OFH board president, said "We deeply regret this decision by NewVue. In its letter to us announcing the decision, no reason or explanation was given. Our principal concern is the welfare of the clients we serve at Leighton Street, so we are disappointed that we will no longer be able to furnish them with the excellent care and high level of service for which Our Father's House is known in the community."
OFH currently operates a similar program in Fitchburg, Elizabeth House, for women in recovery.
Pasierb added "We will continue to look for opportunities to continue this work in the future. I believe there is a tremendous need for a transitional sober house in our community, where homeless men can remain sober and learn how to budget, find employment and strengthen their sobriety with assistance from a case manager."
The change is effective Jan. 31, 2016.


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Description in 1877:
"BRAUNSTONE, a pleasant and picturesque village, 2 miles S.W. of Leicester, gives name to a township and chapelry in Glenfield parish, and in 1871 had 215 inhabitants, living in 39 houses, on about 1783 acres of land, partly of strong clay, and partly light and sandy, crossed by the Roman Fosseway, and bounded on the east by the River Soar, and on the north by the borough of Leicester. Captain R G Pochin, the lord of the manor and owner of most of the soil, resides at the HALL, a neat, plain mansion, which was built about 1775, by the late C. Winstanley, Esq. It stands in a well wooded park of 100 acres, and commands interesting views of Leicester and the adjacent country."
Whites's "History, Gazetteer and Directory of the Counties of Leicester and Rutland. 3rd Edition, 1877"
- The parish was in the Enderby sub-district of the Blaby Registration District.
- The 1851 Census for Leicestershire has been indexed by the Leicestershire & Rutland Family History Society. The whole index is available on microfiche. The society has also published it in print.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
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You can also perform a more selective search for churches in the Braunstone area or see them printed on a map.
Church History
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint John the Baptist.
- The church was built in the 12th century.
- The church tower was repaired in 1704.
- The church was restored in 1876 and again in 1885.
- The church seats 120.
Church Records
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1561.
- The church is in the rural deanery of Guthlaxton (first portion).
- The Society of Genealogists holds copies of parish registers including marriages from 1561 - 1837 which can be studied at their library in London.
- The original records are held at The Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester & Rutland.
Civil Registration
- Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
- The parish was in the Enderby sub-district of the Blaby Registration District.
Description and Travel
Braunstone is a village, a township and a parish (and was a Chapelry) which lie about 2 miles southwest of Leicester. The parish covers about 1,013 acres and is bounded on the east by the Soar River and on the north by the Borough of Leicester.
If you are planning a visit:
- By automobile, Braunstone lies just north of the M69 motorway about 7 miles outside of Leicester city.
- Read about the Braunstone Wood at the Woodland Trust site.
- Be sure to visit the Braunstone village website.
Historical Geography
You can see the administrative areas in which Braunstone has been placed at times in the past. Select one to see a link to a map of that particular area.
Ask for a calculation of the distance from Braunstone to another place.
- Braunstone was established in the late 8th or early 9th Century at the southern edge of Leicester Forest.
- Braunstone was given William the Conquerer to Hugh de Grantemesnil. The village consisted of 8 households and was worth about 60 shillings.
- In 1596 over 240 acres of land was converted to pasture.
- The parish saw an incredible growth after World War One as much land was converted to housing.
- Braunstone Manor was built in approximately 1480 and is thought to have stood south of Braunstone Lane, close to the site of Old Hall Farm that was demolished in 1967.
- After World War One, the British government forced the sale of many manorial lands. By November/December 1925 Major Winstanley had agreed to sell the Mansion House and Parklands and Plantations known as Braunstone Hall, as well as farmhouses, messages tenements buildings and cottages together with closes or parcels of land, plantations and allotments. The purchase price was £116,500.
- The land surrounding Braunstone Hall was opened as a public park in the early 1930s. In 1932 Braunstone Hall opened as a 'Senior School'. However as younger families moved into the new housing estate the need for a Junior School was more essential and in 1933 The Braunstone Hall Junior School was opened. It served the community as a school until it was closed in 1996.
- Braunstone Hall was the seat of the WANSTANLEY family for many generations. It was held by the POCHIN family in 1881, but a WANSTANLEY held the manor in 1912.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK550020 (Lat/Lon: 52.612970, -1.189144), Braunstone which are provided by:
- This place shown on a Google map.
- Google Streetview
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps.)
- Open StreetMap
- Bing (was Multimap)
- OldMaps (Old Ordnance Survey maps.)
- Old Maps Online (Other old maps.)
- National Library of Scotland (Best site for old maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- Elgin Road Works
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on a Google map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on a Google map.
- Nearby places shown on a Google map.
Military History
- The Local Home Guard was based in Braunstone Hall, the park keeper being amongst their detachment. Mr. D.C. HAMILTON remembers being on sentry duty when a land mine was dropped and exploded on the park. The park keeper was on duty at the time of the incident and was duly dispatched to locate the mine, which he did when he fell into the crater in the black of night!
- Between 1943 and 1945 the 168 Battery of the Royal Artillery and the 52nd/53rd Field Regiment Royal Artillery were stationed on the park. The 53rd Regiment came home from active service in Italy in June 1945.
- On 14 February 1944, the American 82nd Airborne Division arrived in Braunstone. Major General Mathew B. Ridgeway was their Divisional Commander. Victoria Park was the major camp in Leicester with the Divisional Headquarters on Braunstone Park. The War Room was set up and staffed twenty four hours a day. The Nissen huts, erected in advance of their arrival, were to be their home for the coming months.
Names, Geographical
- The name "Brantestone" or "Brant's Tun" is found in the 1086 Domesday Book.
Politics and Government
- This place was an ancient Chapelry in Leicestershire. In late 1866, as many areas were turned into civil parishes, Braunstone became a Civil Parish, also.
- The parish is in the ancient Sparkenhoe Hundred in the southern division of the county.
- In 1881, the parish covered 1,489 acres. After the two changes below, it shrank to 1,013 acres.
- In April, 1935, the parish was reduced by 750 acres to enlarge Leicester Civil Parish.
- On that same date, the parish was enlarged by 274 acres by gaining part of Lubbesthorpe Civil Parish.
- You can contact the local Parish Council regarding civic or political issues, but they are NOT staffed to assist you with family history research.
- District governance is provided by the Blaby District Council.
Poor Houses, Poor Law etc.
Year Inhabitants 1841 195 1871 215 1881 193 1891 169 1901 143 1911 125 1921 238 1931 6,997 1951 8,986 1961 13,174
- Captain Ralph G. POCHIN built a National School here in 1868.


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Review for People Making a Difference (PMD), Boston, MA, USA
I learned about PMD this summer and have participated in a few volunteer projects for them since then. Each project has been a great experience for multiple reasons: First, I learned a lot about various charities in the greater Boston area that I never would have known about. I got to learn about parks/ponds, local festivals for children, shelters for elders, to name a few. Even though I've lived in Boston for 10 years now, PMD always introduced me to new places. I also met a lot of new people who were fellow volunteers and made friends. I also love how PMD projects are one time volunteer projects that don't require a long time commitment. It makes it easier for me to volunteer knowing that they projects are only one day. And most importantly, volunteering with PMD has been very rewarding! PMD makes sure to let their volunteers know why their work is so important and how they are making an impact. I always enjoy it when kids, parent, elders, and others come up to me and thank me for helping out. It really makes me feel that I'm giving back to my community.
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Pages Reveal a Whole New Esther
As far as narrative goes, Megillat Esther is one of the most exciting parts of the Tanach. It is rich in religious significance and considered a seminal text on the miracle of Jewish survival, the story of Esther, the orphan girl who is chosen in a nationwide beauty contest to become the queen and ends up saving the Jewish people from the evil machinations of Haman the Wicked, has all the elements of a good potboiler. Played out under the specter of Armageddon for the Jewish people are great and lavish displays of wealth, a mighty king who is duped by his nefarious adviser, scheming chamberlains, a harem full of nubile virgins, power plays among the king's underlings and enough surprising plot twists to keep the pages — or the scroll itself — turning.
Megillat Esther is perennial — it is read every year on Purim in synagogues and homes all over the world accompanied by a cacophonous soundtrack of grogger noise — but the story itself has recently inspired a number of contemporary authors to spin their own versions of Esther's compelling tale.
While two novels published in the last year take a new look at the beautiful queen, another self-help book uses the megillah as a source of business advice to young women.
In "The Gilded Chamber" (Rugged Land, 2003), author Rebbeca Kohn tells the story of Esther's pauper-to-princess journey in way that evokes Anita Diamant's "The Red Tent" in style and Arthur Golden's "Memoirs of a Geisha" in setting. Much of the narrative in "The Gilded Chamber" is devoted to life in the harem, a setting that develops intrigues of its own between the girls themselves. There are many lush descriptions of the girls trading secrets and gossiping while reclining on couches and being fed and tended to by eunuchs. The eunuchs also instruct the girls how to pleasure the king, and the book is full of flowery and euphemistic sex prose, like, "My body opened to him like a rose in bloom, each soft petal unfolding until the final burst of color and fragrance."
The story of Purim is the backdrop of the "The Gilded Chamber," but the book is not a retelling of the megillah. Mordechai's role, for example, is greatly reduced. He is Esther's unrequited love interest and, taking great liberties with the source text, he emerges in "The Gilded Chamber" as a man largely estranged from traditional Judaism. Esther pines for him, all the while trying to figure out how she can protect herself from becoming doped and sick from the drugged wine that the eunuchs feed the virgins, and how she can keep herself in the king's favor to eventually save her people. According to the book's press materials, Kohn supplemented her imagination with meticulous historical research, and so while there are no surprises about how the story ends, it still manages to look different from the story we know.
"The Gilded Chamber" sticks to ancient Persia, but "Writing the Book of Ester" by Louise Domaratius (Quality Words in Print, 2003) travels across continents and time to the present day, and uses the story of Esther as a starting point for a complex novel that meditates on race, culture and religious identity.
"Writing the Book of Ester" is the story of Celia, an American English teacher who lives in Paris and is in love with Medhi. Medhi is her 19-year-old Iranian student, and the son of a Muslim father and a Jewish mother — named Ester. Ester is in prison for writing provocative journalism and, as Medhi talks about his mother, Celia becomes fascinated with her. Celia creates a "book" in which she parallels the contemporary Ester and the biblical Esther, seeing in both a fascinating feminine strength and defiance. Like the biblical Esther, who had to hide her Jewish identity in the palace but still remain true to it, the contemporary Ester does the same thing. While she converts to Islam, she remains true to Judaism in her heart and maintains her cover so she can help the Iranian Jews.
In both these books, Esther emerges as a proto-feminist hero. In the self-help book "What Queen Esther Knew: Business Strategies From a Biblical Sage," authors Connie Glaser and Barbara Smalley (Rodale 2003), continue this idea, seeing Esther as a role model for young women trying to make it in the business world. With chapter headings like "It Pays to Know the Palace Gossip" and "Communicating With the Clout of the Queen," the authors advise young girls to act "queenly" in business, much the same way that Esther did in the palace. The book keeps referring back to the megillah — "Queen Esther requested not one, but two banquets with King Ahasuerus and Haman. Why? Putting in more face time with the king before revealing [her] request was likely part of her master plan…" — but it also references a good number of other business advice books to bolster its advice, and a few contemporary Esthers, like Sherron Watkins, who blew the whistle on Enron.
"Given all that Esther knew," Glaser and Smalley write. "It's little wonder that her story continues to inspire women — even after 2,500 years."


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Piaggio survived bankruptcy after investing heavily in its P180 Avanti. Now its faith in the visionary pusher turboprop business aircraft looks set to pay off
When the Piaggio Avanti was first presented to the public in the mid-1980s, the three-lifting-surface pusher-turboprop design was considered revolutionary, with only the all-composite Beech Starship presenting the business aircraft market with a similar configuration.
The Starship is now long gone, but the Avanti II, with more power, increased maximum take-off weight and a genuine 400kt (740km/h) cruising speed, is selling so well that Piaggio is increasing production to keep up with sales.
The five bladed Hartzell propellers spin in clean air and avoid compromising the airflow over the wing
The story of the original Avanti ended in the 1990s when the far-sighted vision and determination of company owner Rinaldo Piaggio bankrupted the Genoa-based company after it had invested huge amounts in design and testing - only to run out of money for production and after-sales support. Then, in 1998, the company was rescued by a consortium headed by Josè Di Mase and Piero Ferrari, bringing not only badly needed money for investment in new facilities, but a world-renowned brand logo, which is now seen on the Avanti II that flies the Ferrari Formula One motor-racing team around the world.
Ferrari became chairman and Di Mase chief executive. They lead a company that, uniquely, manufactures not just aircraft but aeroengines, holding partnerships with Rolls-Royce Turbomeca and Pratt & Whitney on the RTM322 helicopter and F135 Joint Strike Fighter engines respectively. In October 2006 a deal was signed with Pratt & Whitney Canada to manufacture PW206/207 helicopter engines.
The Avanti was conceived in 1979, after the first global oil crisis had sent fuel prices skyrocketing and led many in the aerospace industry to rethink their approach to engine and airframe design. In the field of business aircraft, Piaggio and Beechcraft both came up with configurations aimed at combining the fuel economy of a turboprop with the performance of a jet. While Beechcraft went with a canard configuration to reduce drag, the Avanti was provided with a foreplane to provide stability. On a conventional two-surface aircraft, stability is provided by a downforce on the rear horizontal stabiliser, but on the Avanti it becomes a lifting surface, which means the wing can be smaller, reducing induced drag and fuel burn.
The wing and fuselage were designed to have laminar flow over 50% and 10% of their respective surfaces, reducing overall drag by around 5%. The wing is positioned behind the fuselage pressure bulkhead - possible because of the foreplane - enabling the Avanti to have a larger passenger cabin than its contemporaries. Another advantage of the aft wing position was that the main landing gear can be stowed behind the pressure bulkhead, simplifying the design.
A pair of wing-mounted, rear-facing P&WC PT6A-66 turboprops were arranged in a configuration that had, for different reasons, been seen on Piaggio's earlier P136 and P166 amphibians. For the high-speed Avanti, the advantage of the pusher layout was that the five-bladed Hartzell propellers would not compromise the laminar airflow over the wing.
The original Avanti I (as it is now called) was certificated in 1990 and went into limited production - only 28 were built and delivered before the bankruptcy. The remaining 76 Avanti Is now in service were built by the new Piaggio Aero Industries. So far 125 P180s, including 25 Avanti IIs, have been delivered and are in service.
The Avanti I met - or nearly met - its performance goals, which were considered extraordinary even then: to offer a business turboprop capable of a 400kt maximum cruise, 39,700ft (12,100m) cruising altitude and a range of at least 2,000km (1,100nm). The aircraft was also to have take-off and landing performance the same as or better than turbofan-powered business jets.
The P180 took to the air in September 1986 and proved capable of 382kt at 30,000ft - just 18kt slower than the 400kt target - and achieved a maximum dive speed of Mach 0.771, corresponding to 465kt. Piaggio had designed and built the fastest turboprop in its category.
Bankruptcy ended the dream, however, and the project slowed to a crawl while the new owners took stock and began the process of reorganising one of the world's oldest aircraft companies. This led to the decision to completely re-evaluate the Avanti in terms not only of performance but of producibility and support.
Intensive studies
Technical director Antonio Maglione joined the restructured Piaggio Aero Industries in 2001, and remembers that the company was using "more of a craftsman's approach" to building the aircraft than modern, efficient industrial processes and technologies. "We had basically an excellent design," he says. "So between 2002 and 2004 we carried out a series of intensive studies, and decided we could do several things to improve it, but without changing the excellent virtues of the original Avanti."
Three main changes were imposed on the original design to create the Avanti II: a 5% increase in maximum take-off weight (MTOW), a true cruising speed of 400kt at 30,000ft and a new integrated avionics suite. Maglione says that succeeding with the changes required not just Piaggio's own engineers, but "excellent co-operation" from the three principal suppliers: Messier-Dowty, P&WC and Rockwell Collins.
To enable the weight increase, Messier-Dowty had to find extra performance in the landing gear without an expensive, time-consuming redesign, while P&WC produced extra power from its PT6A-66A without compromising margins and Rockwell Collins had to install its Pro-Line 21 integrated cockpit in the existing airframe.
"We managed to achieve the extra MTOW without any physical change to the aircraft," says Maglione. "Messier-Dowty did a lot of tests and extrapolation studies and found that all they had to do was increase tyre and oleo leg pressures to give the landing gear the required performance." The result is an increase of 250kg (550lb), bringing the Avanti II MTOW to 5,489kg.
Piaggio also re-evaluated the average use of the Avanti fleet and found that the original basic mission loads had been too conservative, so that the MTOW increase could be obtained with no reduction in airframe fatigue life. Trials on a test wing that had reached the end of its fatigue life enabled the company to find the ultimate static load and increase the maximum zero fuel weight by 130kg, to 4,445kg. "We reached 159% of the limit load with no damage," says Maglione.
The increased engine performance was obtained by P&WC with a new compressor and hot-section materials. The resulting 1,630shp (1,210kW) PT6A-66B produces 8-13% more power in cruise and climb, but remains flat-rated to 850shp. "Keeping the original flat rating avoided the expensive, time-consuming certification programme that would have been necessary if we had changed the take-off performance," says Piaggio business development manager Fabio Sciacca. "The take-off is pretty good already, but pilots will appreciate the extra power in climb and cruise. It enables them to keep pace with other aircraft at higher levels."
The Avanti II is capable of flying at Mach 0.70/402kt at 30,000ft and has a maximum altitude of 41,000ft, which is the highest flight level for any member of the ubiquitous PT6 family. "Pratt & Whitney Canada did a fantastic job of retaining engine performance margins with the more aggressive compressor design," says Maglione.
The third major change brought in the completely new Pro Line 21 digital avionics system from Rockwell Collins, which includes three 10 x 8in (255 x 200mm) liquid-crystal displays, two display control panels, a single cursor control panel and integrated avionics processor. "This isn't just a facelift," says Maglione. "It's a total nose-to-tail redesign of the avionics."
Other features include the company's FMS-3000 flight management system and AHS-3000 attitude heading reference system. The basic communication system includes one VHF-4000 communication transceiver, two TDR-94D Mode-S diversity transponders, one DME-4000 transceiver, one NAV-4000 VOR/ILS/ADF receiver and a NAV-4500 VOR/ILS receiver. The new avionics, besides giving pilots better situational awareness, saves 59kg, uses less power and has far less wiring.
The improvements have had a dramatic effect on sales. According to Sciacca, the Avanti II is sold out for 2007 with only three positions left for 2008, "and two of those are about to go". With 14 positions taken, 2009 is already looking good.
Much of the Avanti's success to date has come from the USA, where 73 of the 126 aircraft now flying are based, most owned by Avantair, the Avanti fractional ownership provider, which ordered 36 more aircraft at the 2005 NBAA show.
Prospects for the Avanti II have been further improved by the arrival in early 2006 of Abu Dhabi investment group Mubadala Development, which took a 35% stake in Paiggio. Besides providing extra cash to invest in the Avanti, and a possible all-new turbofan-powered business jet, the move is certain to improve sales prospects for the Avanti II in the Middle East. "We couldn't ask for a better partner," says Di Mase. He stresses, however, that new markets will have to wait until the production system has been upgraded.
Manufacturing changes
One of the greatest challenges facing Piaggio is to increase the rate at which the Avanti is manufactured, the original aircraft having been built using largely traditional methods based on two-dimensional computer-aided design techniques.
Di Mase says there is a "total commitment" to increasing the rate of production. "We have a very big opportunity...but we don't want to go into new markets yet. If I could build 45 aircraft this year and next we'd be sold out for two years, but we're not there yet, so we're having to manage the orderbook," he adds.
A huge effort has been expended on creating a full three-dimensional design environment using Dassault Systemes' Catia, around which the modernisation of the production process can take place. Final assembly of the Avanti is carried out at Genoa, with parts production and subassembly at the 100-year-old plant at Finale Ligure, 70km (45 miles) away. Work is due to begin this year on a new greenfield facility at Villanova d'Albenga, which will use the latest lean manufacturing techniques - some of which have already been already introduced at Genoa.
Extra capacity has been created at Genoa by ending various unprofitable subcontracts, including wings for Alenia's C-27J military transport. "We need to focus entirely on Avanti production," says Matteo Cecada, Avanti II assembly line manager. "We're also looking at outsourcing, probably to east Europe, so that we can concentrate more on the high technology aspects of manufacture."
Final assembly will remain at Genoa, but is being reorganised. Currently, assembly takes place at eight stations, at each of which a combination of three activities takes place - electrical, mechanical, and interior fitting. The aircraft spends nine days on each station, so that final assembly of each takes 72 days.
In 2008, the number of stations will be increased to 11, but the number of days at each will be reduced to six, bringing overall assembly time down to 66 days. The mix of activities at each station will be altered to improve production efficiency and will open the way for further potential assembly time reductions in future.
The unique "inside out" procedure for assembling the highly curved fuselage skins of the Avanti will continue to be used, and although time-consuming is considered worthwhile because of the result - a highly efficient aerodynamic shape. Fuselage production uses special tooling manufactured by Piaggio, which holds the fuselage skins to the curved jigs using a vacuum. The window openings are then cut from the inside, and the fuselage stringers attached.
Wing panels
Cecada says the wing panels, uniquely, comprise just four main components machined from solid aluminium - the upper and lower skins and fore and aft longerons. This means rivets are used only to attach the longerons, reducing drag.
While keeping the basic process of assembly intact, Piaggio has managed to reduce the parts count in the aircraft by 600, and the number of fasteners by 5,000, mainly by using high-speed numerically controlled machining.
Overall, Maglione says the changes developed for the Avanti II have involved 220,000 engineering hours, one full-scale wing test and many subcomponent tests on primary structures, as well as increased use of predictive dynamic modelling - unavailable when the original aircraft was designed - to squeeze more capability out of the existing structure.
With production rates rising and sales increasing, the distinctive shape of the Avanti looks set to become a permanent fixture in the line-up of business aircraft. And Di Mase believes that, as fuel prices continue to increase, the benefits of efficient turboprop propulsion may drive Avanti sales even faster. "We're improving day by day," he says. "And we're having fun doing it."Flight's EBACE page.... Business aviation page....
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"Nothing could be simpler than this family favorite dip! Tiny baby shrimp (from the can), equal parts of mayonnaise and sour cream (light is good), soy sauce and sugar. That's it! Great served with Ruffles potato chips (my favorite!), or with celery sticks or beef stick. From my sisters best friend, Kim. Note: Cook time is chill time."
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- 1 (8 ounce) can baby shrimp, rinsed and drained
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Students at Hartley Elementary School were visited last month, by noted children's book author and illustrator Tedd Arnold.
Arnold has published nearly 50 books, including "Parts," "More Parts," "Even More Parts," "Green Wilma," "Hi Fly Guy," the "Huggly" series, "No Jumping On the Bed" and -- the favorite of Hartley Elementary students -- "Catalina Magdelina Hoopensteiner Wallendiner Hogan Logan Bogan Was Her Name."
The authored toured the school, and then grade levels were invited to attend a workshop with Arnold.
Students watched Arnold draw several sketches, listened to him talk about his background and how he became an author and illustrator, and finally they participated in a demonstration of the many steps and people involved in publishing a book.
Many students received autographed copies of Arnold's books, which they had ordered beforehand.
Hartley held a reception after school for faculty, staff and parents at which Arnold and his wife presented copies of several of his books to the media center in memory of Sue Lastinger, the mother of faculty member Louise Brown.
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Winter, winter go away! It is currently 14 degrees here in Maryland and while some of you are scoffing at my whining — there is a reason I don't live in Alaska. I'm from the South and built for hot summers and moderate winters, and this is not it. So, I'm forced to curl up by the fire and read a good book while sipping a hot drink. My book of choice? Today it is Game for Love by Bella Andre ( a wonderful re-read for me!).
The first trailer is To Trust a Thief by Michelle McLean. What I love about this trailer is the contrast between the lush images, the delicate script and scrolls, the classical music and the story depicted in the script. The romantic feel on the one side emphasizes the danger, betrayal and death of the story. Just great!
Pull by Rachel Van Dyken is a tale of recovery, fear, love and hope. The script really pulled me into this trailer. The perfect amount of information and hint as to what was to come kept me waiting for the next lines of text to come across the screen. Add to it the haunting melody and this video did its job and made me want to read the book.
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I'm not quite sure what to make of it but it's definitely a different way to promote the use of condoms. Here is how it works: first you hand out of 50,000 free condoms, each with a QR code on the back of the pack. Scanning the QR code links to the smartphone app which, once activated, reminds you to put on a condom. But more importantly it enables you to measure things like rhythm, sound and duration of every performance! When you're done, you can create a personal profile to aggregate and compare your stats with everyone else online. Take a look at the short (and slightly NSFW) video to get a better idea of the concept and how it was implemented in Stockholm:
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It is actually fantastic DRM. Pre-release piracy prevention is significantly more important to publishers than a crack post-release. Steamworks completely prevents pre-release cracked copies from being out there. They know they can't stop it all and this is the next best thing. I can see why they do it.
Steam is also useful for the end user. I hated the clutter of being a nerd. I hated my boxes and shelves of CD's and DVD's and my drawer of code wheels and blue on purple sheets of codes and manuals with goofy pictures in the corner. I didn't need a shrine to every game box I've ever bought, the game is what I wanted, not the packaging. Collectibles are cool, I still love cloth maps, but most of it was just garbage that made me feel like a hoarder. Having everything online, always available, always up to date and ready to access is pretty awesome. It's like the future! But right now!
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Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Hooked on slow cooking
I'm using recipes from a couple of cookbooks in my collection, and from the Better Homes and Gardens website, which has an amazing recipe collection. Whether you're looking for elegant or simple, healthful or decadent, easy or complicated, you'll find something for dinner browsing through their online slideshows.
The beauty of gardening is that when you find a recipe calling for butternut squash, say, you don't have to run to the grocery to buy a squash. It's right there in your, er, my garage, along with the cushaws and spaghetti squashes. (How about that … reaping and eating in the first three paragraphs!)
The downside of the BH&G website is that they also have an amazing collection of dessert recipes. The holidays are approaching, and there's nothing I like better than baking cookie gifts. I've been studying and printing cookies recipes for a couple of days, preparing for this once-a-year recreational activity. To me, baking is relaxing, creative and rewarding. As long as I remember to give most of it away, it's not even too hard on my waistline.
Knitting: I cast on for Little Red Riding Hood's poncho, using a double-strand of an ancient red-and-white tweed cotton/wool/acrylic blend I've had in my stash. This will be a good use for it. I've already tweaked the pattern to knit it in the round (because I'd rather knit than sew) instead of pieces which have to be connected to each other in the finishing stage. When it comes to the hood, I'll use instructions from the fabulous Wonderful Wallaby pattern, which I've made countless times. So, really, I'm not using the Paton's pattern much at all, except for a general idea of how many stitches to cast on.
I tweak recipes like that, too. Heh.
Running? I mixed in a little bit yesterday on the four-mile walk. The weather was perfect, and promises to be so all this week. I didn't need to wear a jacket and was plenty warm by the time I trotted up the driveway 64 minutes later. Four 16-minute miles doesn't sound very impressive, but at the risk of repeating myself, I'm short and my route is very hilly. So even if you're not impressed, I am.
Nothing like tooting your own horn!
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- gingersnapper said...
Oh yeah, it's a good time of year to bring out the slow cooker! The only thing is, I'm afraid to leave it on when I'm not home. Especially now that we have a cat; I'm afraid he'll burn himself on it, or that it will catch the house on fire. So I only use it when I'm home, which is when I have time to cook anyway.
oh well...
- November 9, 2010 at 7:09 AM
- Debbi said...
When I don't have enough counter space to plug it in indoors, I've been known to put the slow cooker on a metal table on the porch and use the outside outlet. The disadvantage is the house doesn't fill up with the yummy aroma of whatever's cooking. But it seems to me to be a safe alternative.
- November 9, 2010 at 7:17 AM
- Linda said...
I just love slow cooking. i can cook healthy menu for the whole family even if i go out for work..its really useful and i love your post
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text: The first thing I notice humming west through South Dakota on Interstate 90 is the 30-foot high teepees made from cement pillars. I've seen them before. They mark the public bathroom stops, but also remind you that you are now in "Indian Country." A state planner somewhere probably thought they would trigger nostalgic visions of Sitting Bull or Crazy Horse in tourists on their way across this barren table of grassland to visit Mount Rushmore.


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Here's the official word from Exchange House: there will be no partner redundancies in Herbert Smith's corporate group, no sirree, and not yet anyway.
Quibbling aside at the semantics – yes, we all know that partners aren't strictly speaking made redundant, so nice try – let's examine Herbies' corporate problem.
The group missed its target by £20m, but this is not an issue confined to the past financial year. It has 18 more partners than in the firm's breakthrough year of 2007-08, when it acted on a raft of transactions for BAA, First Choice and Tata. Even in the fat years of 2007-08 and 2008-09, Herbert Smith managed an average revenue per partner (RPP) of only £1.7m. Critics maintain that it's too obsessed with chasing enormous mandates instead of getting a throughput of smaller deals. RPP is now back down to £1.6m, on the same level as at CMS Cameron McKenna and Macfarlanes. Not great for the old amour-propre, that.
Meanwhile, the discontent among the litigation partners is rife. When you're raking in an RPP average of £2.3m, it must be galling to be raided by US firms and the magic circle when you can see that your colleagues are dragging down profitability, particularly when you're being conflicted out of juicy mandates.
There's a bigger structural issue, and that's the semi-detached alliance with Gleiss Lutz and Stibbe. Where are incentives to refer work? It's bordering on scandalous that they've managed to persuade the M&A tables to treat them as one firm when so few deals are sourced collectively; in fact, you usually have to prod a Herbies or Gleiss corporate partner to talk about the alliance at all. Sure, Herbies gifted the Germans an intro to Simpson Thacher and Blackstone a decade ago, but essentially the alliance has remained in aspic.
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Former Liverpool and England striker Emile Heskey has married his fiancee Chantelle Tagoe.
The 36-year-old from Leicester tied the knot with his long-term fiancee at luxurious Rookery Hall in Cheshire last Friday.
Former England and Manchester United star David Beckham proposed to his wife Victoria at the upmarket 19th Century hotel.
Heskey's new wife Chantelle, who is of Ghanaian decent, posted several pictures of the ceremony on her Instagram account.
The couple, who have two children, are on honeymoon in Thailand.
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We have been trying to cut our costs recently on things but with Valentine's Day here, I wanted to do something I knew he would love for super cheap. I came up with an idea for homemade chocolates and goodies. I involved some of the ladies from my church in order to add some variety and fun to the mix. I don't have all the recipes, but I wanted to share the idea!
Popcorn Mix
2 cups Rice Chex Cereal
2 cups pretzels
1 bag popped WHITE popcorn
1 bag of white candy melts
Valentine Sprinkles
Valentine M&M's
Combine pretzels, cerel and popcorn in large bowl. Don't dump the bag of popcorn in all at once or you will have unpopped kernels in your mix. Melt your candy melts and pour over the combination. Stir until well coated and immediately spread out onto a foil lined baking sheet. Right away sprinkle with M&M's and sprinkles. Allow to set then break up as desired and place in goody bags or seal in a gallon size Ziploc bag or airtight container.
Chocolate Hearts
Chocolate chips
White Chocolate chips
Melt chocolate chips. Place in chocolate molds. Allow to harden. Remove from mold.
Melt white chocolate chips. When melted, place spoon in chocolate and raise over chocolate pieces to add some lines. Allow to harden.
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8 ounces cream cheese at room temperature
2 cups Semi-sweet chocolate chips
2 tablespoons vegetable shortening
Place oreos in a large ziplock bag. Get a rolling pin and roll over bag to crush oreos. Transfer oreos to a bowl and mix with cream cheese. When well blended, use a cookie scoop to scoop filling onto a baking sheet lined with wax paper. Put in fridge for at least 30 minutes. Melt chocolate and shortening. Place one oreo ball at a time into melted chocolate. Coat and place on baking sheet lined with wax paper. Add any sprinkles or garnish when the chocolate is still wet. When complete, return baking sheet to refrigerator for at least 30 minutes. (can be stored in and air tight container in fridge for up to 2 weeks).
Chocolate covered oreos
2 cups Chocolate chips
2 tablespoons vegetable shortening
Melt chocolate and shortening. Put half of oreo in chocolate mix and place on baking sheet lined with wax paper. When done, put in refrigerator to set.
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Long time user of one ISP. Service is quietly spiralling down. FTTC not got here yet although Openreach vans are circling.
Have had same ISP email addresses for 15 years but already have gmail set up for travelling, mobiles etc. Want to try and future proof collective family email addresses (minimal 5 inboxes) against future changes in ISP by registering domain email@example.com with forwarding and probably a specific email service to tide us over.
A) have I understood correctly that this is eminently doable and not expensive?
B) Am I right that to have the domain registered to me I need a specialist Domain Name registrar rather than doing it through the ISP or I'll be in the same mess again?
C) Namecheap, Network Solutions and Daily all seem to offer me domain registration, email forwarding and a separate email service to tide me over a change in ISP. Anyone got experience with any of them (or anyone else they can recommend/warn me off)?
D) Anyone using Zen as their ISP?
E) When I am ready to jump am I right that I need a MAC code from current provider and then new provider will swap service across?


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Java searcher program CHALLANGE
JAVA not JavaScript
create an application, searcher that takes two command line arguments: the starting directory and the target to find.
Searcher makes use of a recursive algorithm with the method signature: public static void scan (String path). This recursive algorithm needs to scan through directories and over file names in order to locate the specified file from the command line. You will, in all likelihood, need to make your FileIOHelper class described below. once you located your file you can stop executing and display the output of where the file was located.
Create a class called FileIOHelper. This has two private String arrays, directories and files. It also includes two public instance int variables dirLength and fileLength witch stores length of directories and files String arrays respectively.
it has one constructor that takes a file object, witch is used to determine the directory where you are going to be getting the information from. the constructor needs to iterate through each array element provided and assign the String to the right array(it's either a dir or file). Your arrays need to resize properly as you iterate through them.
The fileIOHelper has two public methods, getDirectories() and getFiles() both return their respective protected String arrays.
The FileIOHelper also has 2 private methods addToFile() and addToDirectory() witch both take a String and return a String array
1)keeping track of witch stack your working on currently - loggin information to a file through a static logger class.
2)using assertions where posible.
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if s you say its JAVA not javascript, then you have posted in the wrong forum
There is another one for JAVA<DmncAtrny> I will write on a huge cement block "BY ACCEPTING THIS BRICK THROUGH YOUR WINDOW, YOU ACCEPT IT AS IS AND AGREE TO MY DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS WELL AS DISCLAIMERS OF ALL LIABILITY, DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL, THAT MAY ARISE FROM THE INSTALLATION OF THIS BRICK INTO YOUR BUILDING."
<DmncAtrny> And then hurl it through the window of a Sony officer
<DmncAtrny> and run like hell
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You aren't supposed to post homework problems. We aren't supposed to answer them.
*IF* you do maybe 90% of the work and get stuck on *ONE OR TWO* aspects of it, then most people hill will give you a hand. But we aren't supposed to--and most of us won't--do your entire homework for you.Be yourself. No one else is as qualified.
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then shud i remove it and how only option i see is to edit it but it wont be revoved just a blank thread which is not cool
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it's not a homework project im not at school anymore its a challenge to ppl who seem up to it i came across it and thought it was fun so y not share it.
I hope you won't take this wrong, but that's really only a "challenge" to a real Java novice. Somebody doing maybe a first class in Java.
Also, the directions make the task considerably more complicated than it needs to be.
The Java class java.io.File will automatically provide you with an array of all files and directories in a given directory and there is no reason to further separate them into one array of files and one of directories. There is also no reason for the four methods called for. Two methods (one static main method and one non-static recursive scan method) are all that are needed. Why would anybody complicate it beyond that?
Your whole "challenge" here can be written in a dozen or so lines of Java code, though admittedly it will be maybe 30 to 40 lines if you write it the silly way it is specified.Be yourself. No one else is as qualified.


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What we are finding is charity care is not free. —Pamela Atkinson
SALT LAKE CITY — The Green River Medical Center is the only option for health care on a 235-mile stretch of highway in eastern Utah.
Without it, "they would be in trouble here," said Mary Winters, executive director at the center. "We are considered frontier."
The 5,000-square-foot community health center — one of the three smallest of its kind in the country — is just one of 11 similarly located throughout the state that serve a high-need community, providing quality health care to patients for sometimes little or no payment.
"I think it is absolutely vital," Winters said, adding that about 43 percent of the population served by the clinic is either uninsured or underinsured. "They don't have the ability to pay — or pay much, for that matter," she said.
The small community of fewer than 1,000 residents depends on the federally funded network of care, but they're not the only ones in need. Community health centers throughout Utah served more than 112,000 patients last year.
Most patients are able to pay a nominal fee for treatment, but it rarely covers the cost of their care. There are also hundreds of providers outside the community health network that provide free or low-cost health care to their patients, also at a loss and in the name of charity.
"What we are finding is charity care is not free," said Pamela Atkinson, a local advocate for the homeless who serves as the head of the Charity Care Team, a work group created by Utah's Health Reform Task Force and the governor's Medicaid Expansion Options Community Workgroup.
The group has been studying the potential of a charity care network in Utah, which some lawmakers believe could help eliminate health problems for the uninsured.
Atkinson, who routinely seeks and provides assistance for Utah's underserved populations, said it is difficult to know how much care is provided without expectation of payment in the state. Many medical offices, clinics and even hospitals, she said, offer deep discounts or collect nothing for services rendered.
With a relatively selfless population in Utah, it's a market that Atkinson believes is largely untapped.
The idea to beef up charitable care was offered in the midst of heated debates about proposed Medicaid expansion during the most recent legislative session. Rep. Jacob Anderegg, R-Orem, said that when given a chance, Utahns would step up to help.
"We have the power to do this ourselves," Anderegg said during a floor debate on the Medicaid bill.
Utah Gov. Gary Herbert has yet decide to expand Medicaid, an option under the Affordable Care Act, that would extend coverage to more than 130,000 uninsured Utahns.
While the state is renowned for its charitable characteristics, Atkinson said it is difficult to quantify how much is available, how much is necessary and how to make sure quality care is being offered.
The group is surveying retired physicians to determine their willingness to return to the industry when called upon to give much-needed care.
"We really, truly can in Utah show the nation how it can be done," said Sen. Allen Christensen, R-Ogden.
A retired dentist, Christensen is chairman of the state's Health Care Reform Task Force and is also working on the committee to study charity care.
He said he expects a lot of physicians to come out of the woodwork to offer assistance.
The Sutherland Institute, a nonpartisan conservative public policy Utah think tank, has long backed charity care.
It has presented many opinions on the matter, hoping to "reverse the ever-growing burden on taxpayers from Medicaid and other state government-driven programs," according to a 2008 policy brief titled "Caring for Our Neighbors in Need and Strengthening Community in Utah."
On Tuesday, Stan Rasmussen, Sutherland's director of public affairs, told the task force that there are many challenges to providing adequate charity care, including that it isn't readily available everywhere in the state and patients often don't know where to find it.
Rasmussen said human beings "should be attentive to the needs of each other, and should not have to rely on mechanisms of government."
The federal government has promised to fund 100 percent of the Medicaid expansion in Utah for at least the first three years. After that, the state would be responsible for 10 percent of the cost to extend coverage to more people, and beyond that, financing is uncertain.
For people who rely on government-subsidized health care, such as those in Green River, there is no substitute.
"We render really good health care here," Winters said, adding that it couldn't be done without federal funding.
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While residents heavily rely on the medical facility, it is also essential to the many visitors to nearby state parks and travelers on the highways that cut through town. Like many medical facilities, patients receive care at the center regardless of their ability to pay.
Treatment for specialty care is outsourced, if patients can travel, and holes in health care are expected in the small community, as it will never be large enough to warrant a hospital, Winters said.
Lawmakers on the task force also agree that as long as there are people to treat, there will always be a demand for charity care. It is a dilemma that Christensen said could use some creative thinking and long-term commitment.
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Horses who test positive for some substances in New Mexico effectively will be suspended for at least 60 days through use of the state's stewards' list.
Six Standardbred trainers in New York were suspended after horses in their care registered extremely high levels of cobalt, and for three of them, the levels were so high the NYSGC issued 10-year bans per incident.
Trainer Peter Moody, who said he will give up training and not appeal a six-month ban for a cobalt positive, went out a winner March 24 when the 6-year-old millionaire gelding Flamberge won the group I William Reid Stakes.
Regulations for cobalt have been adopted by the Ohio State Racing Commission, which will begin testing April 15 for the naturally occurring mineral that can adversely affect the equine health when given in large doses.
Leading Australian trainer must serve six-month ban for unintentional overage.
In a settlement with the Indiana Horse Racing Commission, trainer Randy Haffner will serve at least a 45-day suspension for 2015 violations in Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse races at Indiana Grand Racing and Casino.
The first phase of an Ohio study into the effects the mineral cobalt has on horses showed that intravenous administration at high doses has detrimental effects on body systems.
The California Horse Racing Board Oct. 9 said limits on the amount of the trace element cobalt that can be detected in racehorses officially took effect Oct. 5.
The New York State Gaming Commission Sept. 24 passed several rule amendments related to equine medication, including further restrictions on the use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and a total ban on stanozolol.
The Ohio State Racing Commission is moving forward with what it has called a comprehensive study into the effects of the mineral cobalt on racehorses.
The Indiana Horse Racing Commission said Aug. 31 that none of the 221 samples tested for cobalt during the first 60 days of the Indiana Grand Racing & Casino meet were above the published threshold level.
A new study funded by the USTA is designed to determine whether the naturally occurring mineral cobalt, when administered in larger, regular doses, has blood-doping qualities and could enhance performance.
The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission on Aug. 18 gave final approval to regulations that would provide penalties for excessive levels of the mineral cobalt in post-race tests.
The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission on June 29 delayed taking a vote on proposed rules on medication testing, withdrawal guidelines, and disciplinary measures and penalties that included rules on the mineral cobalt.
With the latest Thoroughbred racing rule changes now in place, West Virginia has now fully adopted the National Uniform Medication Program.
The Kentucky Equine Drug Research Council will advise the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission to adopt policies on the mineral cobalt in line with a Racing Medication and Testing Consortium recommendation.
Equine drug-testing results for 2014 in Ohio indicate there were 112 positive tests, most of them for therapeutic medication overages.
The Maryland Racing Commission plans to begin testing for cobalt levels in racehorses this summer under an emergency regulation it approved during a May 19 meeting.
The Ohio State Racing Commission announced April 28 it will partner with Ohio State University on what it called a "comprehensive" study on the mineral cobalt and its potential effects on racehorses.
The Association of Racing Commissioners International board of directors April 23 approved a testing threshold level and penalties for the mineral cobalt, a naturally occurring substance in racehorses.
One day after Golden Gate Fields threatened closure during a California Horse Racing Board session to modify California racing dates, the Bay Area track's future was again the top subject April 16.
The OSRC said policy is needed following random post-race tests that revealed unnaturally high levels of cobalt in Standardbreds and Thoroughbreds.
The Racing Medication and Testing Consortium hopes to have a recommended testing threshold level by late April for a naturally occurring amino acid that has a calming effect on racehorses.
The board of directors of the Racing Medication and Testing Consortium (RMTC) today announced that a uniform threshold for cobalt regulation in the U.S. was approved at its March 24 meeting at Gulfstream Park.
The Ontario Racing Commission said March 20 it will begin developing a "practical and appropriate response" for testing for the mineral cobalt.
Setting the testing threshold for cobalt chloride has become the challenge of racing regulators. North American racing has been well behind in its application of a satisfactory testing threshold applied across all states.
The head of the Association of Racing Commissioners International has reiterated the organization's intention to push for a uniform approach for regulation of cobalt.
A urine sample taken from undefeated three-time Horse of the Year Black Caviar after her win in the 2011 T. J. Smith Stakes (Aus-I) has returned a cobalt level within normal parameters.
The Racing Medication and Testing Consortium may be close to recommending policy on the endogenous element cobalt, which when administered in high doses is believed to enhance production of red blood cells.
The New York State Gaming Commission has completed its investigation and is finishing its report into allegations by the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals regarding the care of horses trained by Steve Asmussen.
The Organization of Racing Investigators will hold its 2015 training conference March 1-4 at New Meadowlands in East Rutherford, N.J.
The Indiana Horse Racing Commission Jan. 12 said regulation of cobalt, a naturally occurring substance in racehorses that can have performance-enhancing qualities when supplemented, indicates decreases in abuse.
The Kentucky General Assembly Interim Joint Subcommittee on Horse Farming was given a generally positive update on the status of the racing and breeding industry in the state Nov. 12 in light of years of declines.
An Indiana veterinarian charged with administering cobalt to a horse before a race and several other offenses was suspended for 20 years and fined $20,000 by the Indiana Horse Racing Commission.
United States Trotting Association-funded research into cobalt has resulted in a regulatory testing threshold of 70 parts per billion, the organization said Sept. 30.
A Kentucky racing official Sept. 12 said the state has been at the forefront of research into cobalt, a naturally occurring element said to have blood-doping qualities if used at high levels.
The Indiana Horse Racing Commission Sept. 4 voted 3-0 to approve rules to regulate cobalt levels in Thoroughbred and Standardbred racehorses.
The New York State Gaming Commission Sept. 4 said it will issue a standard 10-year suspension to anyone who violates the harness racing rule prohibiting the use of substances that abnormally oxygenate a horse's blood.
An analysis of more than 350 blood samples has led the Indiana Horse Racing Commission to recommend establishing a testing threshold level for cobalt and classifying the substance as Class A.
Before making a formal recommendation of a regulatory testing limit on cobalt, North American racing regulators have decided to consider the results of two scientific research studies.
The United States Trotting Association said June 16 it will fund a project designed to develop regulatory controls for the use of cobalt in racehorses.
The Racing Medication and Testing Consortium board of directors took several actions March 17 intended to further the process toward the nationwide adoption of uniform medication rules, penalties, and testing.
The California Horse Racing Board has begun monitoring cobalt levels in horses that are competing in the state and in certain necropsy specimens.


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