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|October 16, 1998, 02:21 PM
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Three different rifles, three different rounds, three different designs. What do you suggest for the best choice in military battle rifles (considering the function and ranges important to military ground operations). If you had country, gentlemen, what's your choice?
|October 16, 1998, 02:57 PM
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Well, if I had a country there would be a lot of people in trouble, but..
I have two of these and have used them a lot. The AR is light and the ammo is light. The AK style is cheap and not very handy to operate, reliable and has a pretty good compromise round.
The FAL style has a good round and is user friendly, reliable but heavier.
I say the FAL. I don't like .22 bullets for serious work and the AK style is not much lighter than the FAL so does not have a real advantage over that weapon.
|October 16, 1998, 03:40 PM
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If I had my own country - and had to pick a battle rifle for my troops? What a fun topic! Let my head swell for a moment here... Ah, I'm feeling EPIC enough now... Stand back:
Soldiers get the HK G36K, one out of each squad gets the HK G36 with the longer heavy barrel and the twin drum mags for fire support duty while again one out of each squad get the new HK 20MM/.223 over under SMART GUN system (thats with the 20MM on top and the HE rounds that explode at the range YOU choose). For my SPEC WARRIORS I'ld give them the FN P-90. I'ld also use South African artillery, US MLRS's, French Rafales, and Russian Mig 29s and SU-27s loaded with AAARM, AMRAAMS and AIM-9Xs. Oh, and Isreali Merkava main battle tanks - outfitted with turbine engines maybe, but first I'ld have to conduct official trials, and have a review board. Maybe a few hundred FIRE ANT anti Tank Robots just for fun. I'll save the rest for other posts 8-)
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|October 17, 1998, 12:45 PM
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Hi Guys,
Atmow, as I understand the question, you have asked for a choice of three different military battle rifles (not assault rifles), each of different design,( make?) and three different cartridges of different caliber and/or case length.
Putting aside the "sex appeal factor" and approaching the practical aspects of such a complex question, let me try the answer.
• Understanding that a riflemen, not the sniper, will rarely, if ever, open fire on a target much beyond 200 to 300 meters, we need to concentrate on those shooting systems that operate well within those ranges. 800 to 1,000 meter shooters are not what we're talking about here.
• Understanding also that the introduction of the auto select on the AR 15 has absolutely destroyed the concept of the well aimed shot - the back bone of crack infantry, we need to down play cycle rate or spray and pray power. Concentrate on reliable and accurate sighting systems.
• Man pack basic load is very important so weight factor VS. lethality of the ammunition and weapon is an essential consideration - to a point.
• Accuracy is a given as is field friendlyness and ally, NATO?, compatibility.
Given the above considerations, there are a heck of a lot of battle rifles in the world today that would fit the bill so my apologies to the deserving manufacturers that are not mentioned.
The battle rifles of my choice, in order of preference, are:
• H&K G3 series which utilizes the well proven roller-locked system of delayed blow back.
• More specifically the G3AZF which has a removable 4 power telescoped sight.
• Chambered in 7.62 X 51
• Hit probability on a body at 300 meters is .978
• FN FALvery reliable gas operated is slightly lighter than G3 series with full stock.
• Chambered in 7.62 X 51
• Hit probability on a body at 300 meters is .948
• Chambered in 7.62 X 51
• Hit probability on a body at 300 meters is .964
The cartridges of choice in order of preference are:
• 7.62 X 51 in Semi Armor Piercing (Semi AP) or Duplex
• 7.62 X 39 ball.
|October 27, 1998, 07:19 PM
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Harry, just as a matter of curiosity, I'd love to know how you figured out the hit probabilities.
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It costs about $30-$40 a session and they suggest a few sessions a week. You can see all of it at theantigym.com — and Comcast is about to start airing "American Chubby� hosted by Karolchyk and Lisa Pelster, who looks like she lives in the Anti-Gym.
Friday at 5 p.m. there's a staged anti Anti-Gym demonstration in front of Cold Stone Creamery in Cherry Creek, supposedly organized by the Colorado Over-Weight Society (COWS). Anti-Gym enthusiasts will stage a Anti-COWS demonstration. Then there's a "Sex with the Lights On� party at Brix at 6 p.m. What a town!
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The Golden State Warriors and Sacramento Kings are intrigued with the possibility of acquiring suspended Denver Nuggets point guard Andre Miller, league sources told Yahoo Sports.
For now, Denver management is determined to smooth over the acrimony between Miller and coach Brian Shaw, and plan on bringing back Miller on Monday for practice, league sources said.
The Warriors and Kings have interest in Andre Miller, right, but the Nuggets insist they are keeping him. (USA …
Denver had resisted trade overtures before Wednesday's encounter between Miller and Shaw on the Nuggets bench, and teams reaching out to the Nuggets on Thursday insist that Nuggets GM Tim Connelly still seems committed to working through the issues with Miller and getting him back on the floor for Denver.
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Miller is suspended for Denver's games on Friday and Sunday. The Warriors have been shopping for a backup point guard and have been engaged for weeks with Toronto on Kyle Lowry, sources said. The Warriors and New York Knicks have been two of the most persistent suitors for Lowry, but Toronto's recent run of success has made the front office more reticent to unload Lowry, league sources said. Toronto hasn't completely changed course on a possible deal for Lowry, but they're no longer simply auctioning him.
Sacramento GM Pete D'Allessandro was a longtime executive with the Nuggets and has long been an admirer of Miller's. The Kings would love to use Miller as a veteran mentor for young point guard Isaiah Thomas, league sources said.
Miller, 37, had a streak of 239 consecutive games end on Wednesday night in the loss to the Philadelphia 76ers – the Nuggets' eighth straight. It was the first DNP-CD of Miller's career, too.
The frustration that started on the floor on Wednesday night extended into the postgame locker room too, sources told Yahoo Sports. Miller has grown frustrated with Shaw and had recently addressed some issues to him in a locker room meeting forum, league sources said.
Connelly spoke with Miller for approximately an hour late Wednesday night at the Pepsi Center, and the team suspended Miller on Thursday for its next two games.
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Over the last week-ish I made a game about running around crazy tunnels that mess with gravity and your head while painting it with rainbows and running away from burning mist screaming LET ME OUT DO THESE TUNNELS EVER END!? The answer is no. On the other hand, why would you want to leave?
Oh right, that burning mist thing.
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People who actually play more than one of my games may notice that I can only compose one type of music. Still better than zero, right?


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Wayne State University Professor of Law Peter Henning's new book--his ninth--was published recently, and one of his two co-authors has a very familiar name.
The casebook, "Criminal Pretrial Advocacy" published by West Academic Publishing, was written by Henning of Wayne Law; Leonid Feller, a partner at Kirkland & Ellis in Chicago and a former Assistant U.S. Attorney in Detroit; and by Karen McDonald Henning, an assistant professor at the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law--and Peter Henning's wife. It's the first time the Hennings have collaborated on a book.
"We wrote this book and created the accompanying case files to try to fill a gap in the materials available for skills curriculum at law schools," the authors wrote in the book's preface.
While most law schools offer courses in pretrial advocacy, the focus is predominantly on civil cases. The pretrial process in a criminal prosecution is very different, the authors said, and, of course, is "crucial to the ultimate outcome of the proceedings," as most criminal cases are resolved through a plea bargain without ever going to trial.
"Criminal Pretrial Advocacy" includes two detailed case files involving drug offenses and mortgage fraud to give students a range of issues to address as both prosecutors and defense counsel. The cases are constructed "to allow students to negotiate a plea bargain and argue contested sentencing issues," the authors said.
Peter Henning teaches Criminal Procedure, White Collar Crime and a new course based on the casebook in Criminal Pretrial Advocacy, along with other courses at Wayne Law. He joined the faculty in 1994. Since then, Henning has received a number of teaching awards, including the President's Award for Excellence in Teaching, whose recipients are selected from among the entire Wayne State University faculty, and the Donald H. Gordon Teaching Award that is presented by the alumni of the Law School.
He graduated magna cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center in 1985. After graduation, he taught in the College of Business Administration at Loyola Marymount University, and then clerked for Chief Judge Murray M. Schwartz of the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware. After clerking, Henning was a senior attorney in the Division of Enforcement at the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission until 199. He then moved to the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, where he worked in the Fraud Section on the investigation and prosecution of bank fraud.
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Sunday, July 20, 2008
A religious-type post
Over the past twenty years or so (or as far back as I can remember seeing such a development) there seems to be this increased segregation (not saying it wasn't there before then, only that it had become much more prevalent after the 1980s) of "Christian" media (books, music, TV, radio, movies, etc.) from other media forms. But more than that, but such "Christian" outlets started to reflect a tinier and tinier sliver of the religious spectrum. One couldn't be marketed in most "Christian" outlets if one were outspoken in his/her belief that evolution was "true." One could be castigated in certain corners if one had a fairly tolerant (or "permissive," as some commentators would have labeled this) attitude in regards to the LGBT community. And let us not forget the various "street preachers" who would rail, in their best impersonations of the odious Fred Phelps, about how everyone who was not "with them" was somehow "against them" and thus would be condemned to a fiery Hell. And this is even leaving aside the various "missions" to convert Catholics to Christianity...
While there is rightly much to condemn about such attitudes, sometimes I am left wondering if perhaps that vocal minority has been so successful in appropriating the label of "Christian" to themselves as to leave others such as myself, a Catholic convert strongly influenced by Liberation Theology, out in the cold. It is odd, having attempted to read the rather horrid Left Behind series (I stopped after the first; shoddy dialogue, cardboard characterization, disjointed plotting, all of which is topped with a religious theology that insults my own faith at every turn does not make for a conducive reading experience), feeling that there are those who nominally are part of the same religious faith as me who are so strident in their attempts to enforce their own viewpoints that they try to steamroll over 1950+ years of recorded differences in Christian belief and worship in an attempt to proclaim their version of Christianity as the "only true faith."
Irritating as this is, it becomes doubly frustrating when those who are not Christians for whatever reason tend to conflate others such as myself into this same category. Yes, there are those who do differentiate, but often it feels like an afterthought; the main thrust is that the association of "Christian" is with a narrow subset of Evangelical Protestants who deny natural selection, evolution, those whose idea of "pro-life" is to protect the fetus by murdering or condemning those who believe otherwise, not to mention those who use the religious trappings to enrich their bank accounts. Sometimes when I'm reading a story in which religious elements are introduced, I get this sense of a bigoted, narrow-minded faction that is so based on an author's conception of "Christians" (again, the minority strain somehow dominating the outsider's viewpoint of the whole) as to be rather transparent in many cases.
But this post isn't merely one expressing an irritation or one that seeks to have a self-defensive tone. I didn't check in my brain when I switched faiths and became Catholic five years ago (for those curious, it was the combination of ritual and an emphasis on using reason that appealed to me), nor do I believe others who believe otherwise checked theirs in. Religion is one of the most complex and pervasive things in human societies, yet I fear that too often we reduce it to a cipher, something that can be somehow quantified in an "easy to follow" directional approach. Yet such an attitude risks major distortions. I know only a few Muslims, all of them Sunnis. From what I've observed and from what they've told me in conversations, Islam can be quite peaceful, both for the internal state of the believer and also in the societal sense. Yet there are those who associate the religion with violence, because of the actions of those who are so desperate and confused that they act without regard for themselves or for others. This too leaves to unfortunate tarrings, such as the one that was made in the William Sanders controversy a couple of weeks ago.
Sadly, there are those who have concluded that "religion" itself (whatever that might mean) is at fault and in blog posts, forum commentaries, stories, etc., said attitudes are repeated. Yes, I know there is some justification for being sickened and repulsed by the actions of a few, but it does get rather irritating at times being lumped in with the hardcore intolerant zealots just because of a shared general belief in a Trinity. Sometimes, I can't help but wonder if in many parts of the world (not just the US), there isn't as much to gain anymore by sharing in a dialogue with others about differences of opinion, including faith. Armed camps don't make for peace, and seeing "Christian Fiction" sections and the boorishness of a Richard Dawkins being praised certainly doesn't help matters. Makes me wonder if the root of this, both in real-life and in writings on said subjects, is a fear and mistrust of the Other.
Perhaps those reading this will have things to add, things to share? I'm curious and I rarely bite...
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- Liviu said...
I would not worry about the attitudes of a minority of morons whether religious fundamentalists or secular fundamentalists.
I am of rite Romanian Orthodox which is a part of Eastern Orthodoxy - this and Catholicism are quite similar except that in "our" view the Pope is just another Patriarch equal in theory at least with the Patriarchs of Moscow, Athens, Bucharest, Sofia, Belgrade and so on..., the rest of the differences are minor as the multitude of Greco-Catholic or Uniate churches that appeared through history that kept Eastern rite/practices but switched allegiance to the Pope showed - , but I think of myself as Christian in the original sense before the ritual appeared for social and political reasons - and I strongly believe that Christianity survived quite a few upheavals in its time and it can incorporate any and all modern science - not the rantings of Dawkins which I found profoundly boring, or for that matter the idiocies of the Creationists which are worse, but the hard fact based science without any problems.
If you are interested in these topics, you could go and check Hans Kung for example - has a superb new book The Beginning of all Things: Science of Religion, or on the science side, Paul Davies, Freeman Dyson, Reverend and Physics PhD John Polkinghorne
I used to be very interested in these things, was graduate assistant at a course on Science and Religion that studied the authors above and others, but ultimately I realized that once you get over the simplistic and false view of science/religion conflict, mutual exclusivness and such - and those authors will convince you, the rest is still mystery and likely to remain so in our lifetimes
Milorad Pavic in Second Body has some cool ideas on these things too..
- Lsrry said...
I'm somewhat familiar in passing with Eastern Orthodoxy and I do agree the differences are quite minor, with that pesky "filioque" being the biggest difference besides the Papal claims over the years. Do agree about the incorporation of science into theology, as it's just frustrating that a few loud-mouthed Creationists lead to other, more moderate Christians being lumped in with them.
I'll look into those books in the near future - thanks for the tips :D
- Liviu said...
From my understanding filioque is a later addition to the Creed and even the Catholic Church acknowledges that, though it uses it, while the Orthodox and Uniate churches do not. I think that in all matters the Uniate churches kept the Orthodox rites - including requiring marriage of priests to get a parish, local language for Mass or more precise Liturgy as it's called by us - I attended both and Mass is a pleasure to attend since it's relatively short, but sometimes the Liturgy takes forever - and just acknowledge the papal supremacy.
In my family I had a grandfather on my father side who was a Uniate priest before the Communist takeover when they jailed all such and then forced them to become Orthodox or renounce priesthood, and an Orthodox priest great-grandfather on my mother side.
- Lsrry said...
Interesting. After reading (again) about the monophysites, monothelites, Paulians, and others, I'm finding myself more and more fascinated about how various Christian groups struggled to define just what it was they believed in. True, there were the expected atrocities, but beyond that, what they created from that search for understanding was just stunning in regards to texts, buildings, and mosaics. I'd like to attend an Eastern Rite Mass sometime, just to see the differences and similarities.
- SQT said...
I tried to read a "Left Behind" book before and it was hideous. The heavy handedness of the message was appalling. Even more appalling is it's success.
I like religious themes in novels but I don't like condemning one belief or another. It's more about exploring what we do with faith than the faith itself that I find compelling.
- Lsrry said...
I've tried to talk with my immediate family about why that series was just appalling, but quickly gave up. Same thing in regards to why televangelists like John Hagee are not the end-all, be-alls of Christianity. But the LB books just take everything to a whole new level.
- Jeff C said...
This is more of an aside...but I did the exact same opposite of you, Larry. I grew up Catholic, and in college "switched" to Baptist. Now I go to a non-demoninational church in west nashville. The original reason I switched away from Catholicsm is the same reason you switched to it. For me, the rituals, after many years, took something away. I found i was going through the service, just repeating things I had memorized without actually thinking about what it was I was saying. So..just wanted to comment on how we made the "opposite" switch kinda based on some of the same reasons. I will say that i sometimes miss the "rituals"..especially at christmas.
- Lsrry said...
I totally understand, as my family are usually either Methodists or Baptists and I grew up immersed in that setting, to the point where I wanted something else. I've found (and I suspect it's the same with you, based on what you've said) that by switching to a religious group that is more conducive to personal needs, it allows for a more open-minded approach to other practices and faiths, no? :D
I was baptized Orthodox, but having lived in a non-practicing family I don't know much about rituals and all that. I always tell myself I'll attend Easter mass one year to see what the big deal is :) (But I don't have high hopes, all the services I've been forced to attend so far were either boring or annoying to the point of getting seriously pissed off by the ideas. Don't even get me started on the marriage ritual...)
Anyway, as you know, I managed to read the first LB book and I had the same reaction, although for different reasons. The idea that one religion is "true" is... let's say unconceivable to me... comes with being an agnostic, well :P And I felt that characters that started out as interesting were dumbed down the second they "saw the light" or whatever - if that's what religion is supposed to be, no thank you.
But that book did bring one thing: further understanding of the religious creeds in question. My knowledge of the Catholic side is very limited and I was assuming that all Catholics believe the ideas in LB.
On another slightly related note, I loved what Sanderson did with Elantris. I was very surprised to find out that a Mormon (weird religion, conservative people - this is what I thought) wrote a book that was so critical of organized religion.
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Sanderson is an interesting case - he's more liberal than the average practicing Mormon, but more conservative than say someone like me. As for the rituals, I view it this way: forcing people to go through something that is antithetical or confusing to them never really helps. I became a Catholic because I attended a Mass (my first) with a friend of mine and I was curious to see what it was about. I just went in wide-eyed and enjoyed it and decided it was for me. But having been on the other side of things (becoming so irritated with Protestant services that I stopped going for most of 10 years), I've found that if something works for someone, it's best to encourage that and not to browbeat someone into following just one single way.
And no, the LB people pretty much view Catholics as being minions of the Antichrist. Roll your eyes, as needed :P
I still find it funny that the Catholic Antichrist in the book was Romanian, from a country which is 95% or so percent Orthodox :D
- Lsrry said...
Yeah, and let's not forget his name. Carpathia? How unoriginal...and stupid :P


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The IronPigs
There's a lot of excitement these days in Allentown, PA, because minor league baseball is returning to the Lehigh Valley for the first time since 1960.
The team was called the Allentown Red Sox back then because they were affiliated with the Boston Red Sox.
A new ballpark is being built in Allentown. It will be the home of the Phillies' triple-A franchise starting in 2008.
Yesterday, it was announced the team will be known as the Lehigh Valley IronPigs, reflecting on the area's steelmaking history. "Steel is made from refined pig iron," wrote Daniel Patrick Sheehan in the Allentown Morning Call. The person who submitted the name was Ron Steele of Northampton. It was one of 3,500 entries.
Online votes and focus groups chose the name from among the Keystones, Gobblers, Crushers, Phillies, Woodchucks, Vulcans and Phantastics.
The IronPigs name has created quite a stir in the Lehigh Valley, according to newspaper reports.
The minor leagues are filled with strange names for teams. Most similar to the Lehigh Valley IronPigs may be the Lansing (MI) Lugnuts.
Checking minor league nicknames that begin with I… There are three teams named Indians (Kinston, Indianapolis and Spokane). Others include the Isotopes (Albuquerque), Intimidators (Kannapolis) and IronBirds (Aberdeen).
All this brings us to the Philadelphia Phillies. The name Phillies, a take-off on the team's geographic roots, "Philly," is the oldest, continuous, one-name, one-city franchise in all of professional sports.
When Bob Carpenter Jr. purchased the Phillies in 1943, a contest was held to find a nickname for the team. Blue Jays was chosen from among 623 suggestions.
Although it still maintained the official Phillies title, the club was known as the Blue Jays in 1944 and 1945. The new name was used heavily during that time, but then usage began to drop off in the following years. The Blue Jays name never appeared in the newspapers after 1947.
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What not go with the Lehigh Valley Steelers??????
the iron pigs………iron pigs….***! i can think of 10000 things beter than that, but **** wat isnt beter than iron pigs. i bet ed weade came up with that name.
I live in the Allentown area and was so overjoyed to hear real baseball was coming to the area, that I was going to trade in my Philadelphia season tickets for Allentown ones. Forget it now. I will NOT purchase Pig merchandise, nor will I ever chant "Go Pigs". How embarrassing, once again we proved our area to be second-rate and not serious about real baseball. Go Phillies.
Hey zoop,
Watch that 2nd rate stuff. This area was built on the back of the Bethlehem Steel. If your roots are from here there is a better than even chance soeone in your family worked for them. Many of us did and our parents and grandparents. What difference does that make? The steel is comprised of many things..like pig iron !
Don't knock the franchise or the team. If you don't want to cheer..don't! If you don't want to watch..don't! But don't knock the area and what it means and meant to many of us who are now senior citizens and love the area and all it meant to us!
It really is almost as bad as "The Montgomery Biscuits". I'm afraid to see what kind of logo they come up with, and shudder at the thought of grown men wearing t-shirts with some cartoony pig.
I think the name Iron Pigs is ridiculous and an embarrassment to the Lehigh Valley. I see they wanted a connection to the Bethlehem Steel Workers but even PigIron would be less offensive than IronPigs and a better connection to those who know nothng about the Steel connection. Allentown had an Independent League team called the Ambassadors which is 100 times classier than Iron Pigs. With all the Pennsylvania Dutch people in the area they should have named the team the "Bonnies".
This way if they are having a bad game the people with the Dutch accents can yell out to them "You domb Bonnies".
Other names more suitable would be Steelmen, Vanatics,or
Blast Furnaces…I can hear Harry Kalas doing an exhibition game when Lehigh Valley homers.."There it Goes Another Blast from one of the the Furnaces"


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Dinner by Heston Blumenthal is, almost without question, the top table (excuse the pun) in town right now. Much like at Fat Duck in Bray, the place where Mr. Blumenthal made his name, getting into Dinner at the Mandarin Oriental is a mission and a half. I had tried on many an occasion since it first opened last year, but to no avail. Thankfully, reservations here can be made online, unlike at Fat Duck, where you have to endure a reading of Alice in Wonderland while holding the line for an inordinate amount of time - and that's assuming you can even get through to be put on hold in the first place! Anyway, I digress. Reservations at Dinner are made available online at 9am on the first day of the preceding month, so I figured there would be no better chance than on New Year's Day to secure a table for dinner in February (yes, this review is very delayed!). I logged on just a tad late at 9:07am on 1st Jan, and already all the tables at my preferred 7:30pm timeslot had been taken, but I did manage to book for 6:45pm on a Friday evening. Result!
One long, cold, dark month later and the day had finally arrived. I actually wore a smile on my face on the way to dinner that evening, such was my level of anticipation and excitement. First impressions - the dining area is rather large, making the nightly full houses even more impressive, and the atmosphere not too formal or stuffy, striking a good balance between refined and friendly. After a couple of nights of no jeans-jacket required-tie appreciated meals in Paris, this made for a refreshing change. There are no tasting menus here either (although after 11, largely uninspired courses at Guy Savoy in Paris just a few days earlier, I think we would have given it a miss even if there was one).
For the uninitiated, the concept here is of British cooking - but from the days of yore - hence a year of origin is listed for each of the menu items. Now, the Meat Fruit (c.1500): Mandarin, chicken liver parfait & grilled bread is, almost without exception, the star Dinner appetiser on the blogosphere, but with two people at our table already choosing it, I went for a different option, or two different options, in fact, having been persuaded to get two starters - Savoury Porridge (c.1660): Cod head, smoked beetroot, garlic, parsley & fennel and Roast Marrowbone (c.1720): Snails, parsley, anchovy & mace, pickled vegetables.
The savoury porridge was a tad underwhelming - the cod head was lovely, and the dish decently seasoned, but there were no fireworks here. The marrowbone and snails were better, sort of a "souped-up", more refined escargot bourguignon preparation, but still I awaited the first wow factor dish. That came, of course, in the form of the much talked-about Meat Fruit, which I was able to try a little bit of. The mandarin - in fact a jelly encasing a chicken liver parfait - was so well constructed it was practically indistinguishable from the real thing, and then gave way to the most incredibly smooth, rich and nigh on perfect parfait (I apologise for my negligence in not getting a photo of the parfait inside the mandarin - it was a regrettable oversight). The earthy parfait mixed with the sweet mandarin jelly, on top of the grilled bread, was simply a feast for all the senses, and immediately I could see why this dish had garnered such praise - for once, it was entirely warranted.
Onto the mains, and I had a Black Foot Pork Chop (c.1820): Spelt & Robert sauce. The meat was well seasoned and the sauce delicious, but the pork chop was a tad dry, and tough - it could not compare to the outstanding pork chop I had at Cambio del Tercio last year. A special of Slow-cooked Pork Belly, with the same sauce and garnishes as my main, on the other hand, was a revelation. The meat was melt-in-your-mouth tender and moist, and as those were the only two criticisms I had of my dish, this one was a near-perfect plate.
Another main of Cod in Cider (c.1940): Chard & fired mussels was absolutely gorgeous too - the sauce that accompanied it full of depth, complexity and subtlety, and absolutely delicious.
For puds, my Chocolate Bar (c.1730): Passion fruit jam & ginger ice cream was decent, similar to the Louis XV made famous by Ducasse, and last sampled at Gauthier Soho, and to the Hedone Chocolate richly enjoyed just a few days earlier. The use of passion fruit jam here was a different touch, but didn't work nearly as well as the combination with hazelnut at Hedone. Another dessert, arguably the one Dinner is most famed for, the Tipsy Cake (c.1810): Spit Roast Pineapple, featured a delightfully fluffy and light brioche. It was awesome.
In a nutshell...
There is no disputing the fact that Dinner by Heston Blumenthal is a good restaurant. For once, an eating place actually managed to live up to the hype. No small praise, especially given the incredible hype that surrounded the 3 Michelin Star chef's London outpost, long before it even opened. But one's perception of how good this place is would have been markedly different, depending on the dishes one ordered. Go with the savoury porridge, pork chop and chocolate bar and you would have experienced a very decent, above average meal, but one decidedly lacking in fireworks. Order the Meat Fruit, Pork Belly special and the Tipsy Cake, on the other hand, and you might leave proclaiming this one of the best meals you have ever had.
So some work, clearly, still to be done then on the 'peripheral' dishes, but already there is much to commend at Mr. Blumenthal's latest endeavour. The rating below definitely has some upside potential, and a second Michelin Star cannot, and should not, be long in coming.
Dinner by Heston Blumenthal
Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, 66 Knightsbridge, London, SW1X 7LA
+44 (0)2072013833
Average Price: £60
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As of late I have been looking into what it costs me to live the life I lead. I generally don't spend a lot of money, a lot less than most of my peers, but I still don't think where I am at with my spending is good enough. Then I went over to Early Retirement Extreme where I reread some of their articles and I was very impressed on how little Jacob lives on…. $8,000 a year!
Come this summer I will have a yearly cost of living of $15,000. Like Jacob, I am single with no kids, which inherently drops my costs significantly. Here is a general summary of my costs:
- Cell phone $80
- Food (grocery and eating out): $350
- Utilities (power, water, gas, internet): $150
- Gas:$150
- Car (savings): $200
- Spending/Entertainment: $200
- Insurance (employee portion): $45
Monthly Total: $1175
So obviously I am almost double the cost of Jacob's spending, but I have elected for some things that he'd label as "luxuries". Namely a car, eating out and I also have a much more comprehensive insurance package. For the things not included: taxes and car insurance, that is where I get the difference between monthly ($1175 x 12 months = $14,100) and yearly of $15k.
For retirement savings, paying off student loans etc I make a lot more than my costs; so right now I focus on double and triple paying my student loans each month. Once that is gone I will be shifting that focus to building my retirement account.
Part of what ERE points out is if you can drastically minimize your monthly costs, you can retire much earlier than most. It certainly is a balance of living comfortably vs saving so much that you don't enjoy it, but I think living comfortably is much less than most people think.
Your Turn!
- How little can you live on (what does that cover)?
- What are things you gave up or wish you could give up?


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Records to Keep
Or: Souvenirs of the Journey—For You, the Children, and the Officials
Just like your banking records, there are certain papers that are useful for you to stash away for the future, whether for a school official, or for your children, or for you to reminisce!
It is helpful to put together a portfolio each year, even if you use a testing option to verify your progress to the school officials. Because I use a homeschool lesson planning/recordkeeping book that is fairly comprehensive, all I need to add to my lesson plan book are some photos and samples of my girls' work. Your portfolio for the year might include:
There are general homeschool records you will probably want to keep in your files. While not all of these are required by state or local authorities, some helpful records to keep might include:
(Check with HSLDA or your state organization for a listing of any documentation legally required by your state or local officials.)
Keeping a Scrapbook for Encouragement
A scrapbook is a wonderful keepsake for your child. There are many books available on creative scrapbooking, and materials don't have to be expensive. Photos, journaling pages, ticket stubs, recital programs, field trip flyers, and other mementos make his scrapbook a personal souvenir of his homeschool journey.
I also chose to keep most of the little notes and cards my children gave me to thank me for being their mom and for teaching them at home. They have proven to be priceless encouragement when I have felt weary in well-doing, travel-worn in the journey.
There may be times that you wonder why you are on this road, traveling this course. I, too, have known the raised eyebrows of those close to us who did not understand some of our choices for our family. I have known the heartache of a child's disillusionment with my parenting or education choices. My children have not all been always excited to be home educated. Our journey, though ultimately joyful, has sometimes been bumpy, yet always worth the trip. To encourage you through those "potholes" and "detours" along the way, let me give you a peek into my private keepsake collection. With my daughter's permission, I share with you a card that I received from my 21-year-old (the one who at age 14 was vocally skeptical of the wisdom of our choice to homeschool through high school) on the occasion of my birthday:
The pre-printed verse reads:
Happy Birthday, Mom Moms are special people whose real value may not be appreciated until long after any lesson is taught. Thank you for teaching me.
The personal, handwritten inscription reads as follows (the tears make it harder to see the words):
Thank you for being willing to live with all the harassment you got for doing things the way you did, to do what you knew was right in raising me. Thank you for being willing to be hard on me, for putting up with me at home to teach me, for training me to be godly even when it wasn't the most convenient thing. I love you, and am very, very thankful for you.
I am eternally grateful for the privilege of teaching my children at home. This is truly the Journey of a Lifetime!


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Yesterday, I introduced the 12 Days of pre-Christmas. In that first article, I gave you a gift to help maintain your msdb undercarriage. Today I want to continue in that vein.
As is the tradition with the 12 Days of Christmas, each of these gifts should provide more value as we go. The value may not be that the gift I share is of any more value than a previous gift, but that in combination with the previous gifts more value will be gained. Woot!
On the Second Day of Pre-Christmas…
My DBA gave to me some lost messages. After fixing the issue with the maintenance plan log tables you still notice that you have a large msdb database. Through further investigation you can see that the cause is related to the sysxmitqueue table as displayed in the attached image.
The sysxmitqueue table is a queue table for Service Broker messages. If this table is growing, then you have some undeliverable messages. This means that something with Service Broker is mis-configured. Too many of these messages start building up and the size can get relatively large for this table.
Once the messages start to queue up, you need to investigate. Start with querying the sys.transmission_queue system catalog view. In that view there is a transmission_status column. If you get a message like "The Service Broker in the target database is unavailable: 'The service broker is administratively disabled.'.", then you have an issue with Service Broker not being properly enabled in at least one of the databases involved in Service Broker.
If you have that message, you can confirm that Service Broker is not properly setup in one of the databases by running the following query from each database involved in Service Broker.
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SELECT is_broker_enabled FROM sys.databases
WHERE database_id = DB_ID() ;
If you have inherited something like this, and nobody has noticed that it isn't working – you may not need it enabled and may need to look at removing the components for the queue associated with the failed messages. Check with interested parties and determine if the queue and service are needed or not. In the meantime, you can clear out some of these messages by running the following.
[codesyntax lang="tsql"]
END CONVERSATION 'conversation_handle' WITH CLEANUP;
In this code, conversation_handle is the handle retrieved from the sys.transmission_queue system catalog view. Once this completes, you should see the that the number of rows is greatly reduced in sysxmitqueue as shown here.
Notice here that the rows have been reduced to 0. At this time, the space has yet to be released from the table. This is something you may have noticed from purging the maint plan logs as discussed yesterday.
Coming Up
In the next few posts, we will discuss some more undercarriage work for the msdb database. In addition, we will discuss releasing this space.


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Some people can pinpoint odors better than others—which can be both good or bad, depending on the source. But new research reveals that it's people who are more anxious that have a heightened sense of smell.
The study, published in Chemosensory Perception, looked into how anxiety was related to the ability to detect odor. Participants were asked if they could detect a number of smells—both good and bad—in stressed and unstressed states. In all cases, their anxiety was measured using breathing rate, skin electrical conductivity and a survey.
The researchers found a strong correlation between anxiety and ability to smell odors—particularly unpleasant ones. They speculate that it's an evolutionary phenomenon: a heightened sense of smell can help to detect predators or disease-carriers, exactly the times that one may become anxious.
There is an obvious downside to a heightened sense of smell that doesn't bear too much thinking about: what if you become too anxious? [Chemosensory Perception via Scientific American]
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Blank Rome filed their report for the 3rd quarter today showing they received an additional $30,000 income from ACL, I noted they were down to two lobbyists from the five used in the 2nd quarter and they added HR 5978 (Coast Guard and Maritime Amendments Act of 2016) HR 5394 (A various agencies appropriations Act) and S. 2844 (Consolidated Appropriations Act) to the activity issues list. They continue to show increased effort to stop the exemption from getting passed as an add-on to another bill and keep the pressure up to stop the exemption from happening.
S. 1717 passed the Transportation Committee in late June but it is still not scheduled for floor vote/debate. The Senate is on break until after the elections so don't expect any activity until after November 14th when they reconvene.
Please continue to call and write your Senators and Representatives asking them to support the exemption bills and those of you in Kentucky call Senator McConnell's office and ask to schedule the vote. With everyone's effort well get the Queen operating again.