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SPD/2-Bolt Cleats are most commonly found on Mountain Bike shoes. Look/SPD-SL/3-Bolt Cleats are most commonly found on Road Bike shoes.
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KDE Releases 4.5.1
Today, KDE updated the Applications, Platform and Plasma Workspaces to 4.5.1, new releases bringing a number of important bugfixes on top of 4.5.0. 4.5.0 was released only three weeks ago and receives monthly service updates. 4.5.1 is the first in this series of bugfix and translation updates. These releases improve stability and the user experience further, while not bringing major new features or bigger changes to the user interface. 4.5.1 is a safe upgrade for anybody running 4.5.0. 4.5.1 has been dubbed "Cronjob" as it is one of the regular releases published by KDE, just like a cronjob does.
On a related note, on Thursday, KDE will release a third beta version of the Kontact PIM and groupware suite for testing the port to the new Akonadi infrastructure. The new version of Kontact will be released once it has reached sufficient stability for everyday production use. The next KDE SC 4.5 update is scheduled for 30th September. The next major release, 4.6.0 is planned for January, 26th 2011.
Thanks for the update guys. Unfortunately Dolphin is still very unstable, still freezes and crashes. I was hoping that this update would fix Dolphin but it doesn't seem to be the case. A big show stopper. It's the first time since the release of KDE 4 that I have to fall back to using Konqueror as a file manager.
By Bobby at Tue, 2010/08/31 - 7:45pm
Re: Dolphin
The root cause for this is an issue in libdbus (see https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17754 for details). The issue has sideeffects not only to Dolphin, but also on other parts of KDE (e. g. Nepomuk). However it gets triggered very often in Dolphin, as since KDE 4.5 Dolphin also retrieves metadata for files if Nepomuk is disabled.
The dbus-issue has been fixed in the meantime, but AFAIK it has not been backported to the stable release branch. Until then the only workaround to bypass those hangs is to disable the Information Panel and/or tooltips in Dolphin.
I'm quite frustrated about this issue myself and of course thought about providing workarounds to bypass this issue, but those workarounds would result in new issues... :-/
By Peter Penz at Wed, 2010/09/01 - 6:48am
lagginess - information panel or tooltips
Information panel is now off and no tooltips... still the lagginess seems to persist..
By thomas at Wed, 2010/09/01 - 12:03pm
Re: lagginess - information panel or tooltips
It could be NFS-related, but I'm not sure... Would it be possible that you submit a bug-report at bugs.kde.org with detailed information about your configuration? (e.g. is it lagging after clicking on a file or also during scrolling? Is it also lagging if you browse through non-NFS directories? ...) By this we can assign the issue to the corresponding NFS maintainer afterwards and you'll automatically get informed if the issue has been resolved. Thanks!
By Peter Penz at Wed, 2010/09/01 - 1:38pm
hard to reproduce
I'm trying to get some reproducible lags, but it seems more or less random. I can't tell for sure, what triggers Dolphin to go into "sleep mode" for some seconds... It seems to happen more often, if Dolphin was running for a while in the background. Will try to investigate further...
By thomas at Thu, 2010/09/02 - 6:03am
No problems here.
For me, the problem is resolved since version 4.5.0.
I have downloaded KDE 4.5.0 packages for Slackware 13.1 from the blog of Eric Hameleers:
Those packages are already patched, but the problem is still present; indeed, the patch alone is not sufficient.
Dolphin is perfectly stable and metadata always come instantly.
By MisterY at Wed, 2010/09/01 - 7:16pm
Yes, same here
Dolphin is very unstable. Sometimes it's freezing for about 10-30 seconds, than suddenly it's continuing to work (very strange). When cklicking on a file to open it, it halts for about 10 seconds until it starts the application (e.g. okular for a pdf-file), in about 10-30% of cases it simply crashes either after openign the file or afterwards.
By thomas at Wed, 2010/09/01 - 5:16am
bug still pressent
I will hear if this bug still is in kde 4.5.1 or I can finally upgrade from kde 3.5 ?
By beer at Wed, 2010/09/01 - 6:19am
Klipper functioning
I'm wondering if somebody whom has tested 4.5.1 can confirm that Klipper is working OK again? In 4.5.0 it's not possible to select Klipper entries with either, keyboard, or left click with mouse (only right click on Klipper icon works).
It would be great to hear that this is fixed in 4.5.1...
By Robert Lindgren at Wed, 2010/09/01 - 6:32am
I'm not sure
The bug status of 246308, 245360, 244620 are not clear if this is fixed. (One is fixed, but folks report it is not; others haven't seemed to receive attention). I'm sticking with 4.4 until I'm confident since I wasted too much time with 4.5.0 .
By reagle at Wed, 2010/09/01 - 12:56pm
Dolphin laginess
In 4.5.1 i face problems with dolphin like when i have tooltips enabled and hover over a pdf or image file, i need to wait 10 to show tooltip with preview. Thats really bad.
By Simas at Wed, 2010/09/01 - 7:36am
Dolphin laginess
By Martín Cigorraga at Thu, 2010/09/02 - 4:04am
Have been discussed before.
There is a reason why your distro doesn't carry still KDE 4.5 by default. Check your DBus package. If it's 1.2.2x, you'll certainly have delays. If you run 1.3.1, you are saved from all delays. Wait a little bit... the major distro refresh is not too far.
If you run Ubuntu, add this PPA and follow the instructions in this page.
If you run Fedora, DOWNLOAD THIS SOURCE RPM
If you run Arch Linux, then install this package from AUR
After that, your KDE will be snappy.
By Ernesto Manríquez at Thu, 2010/09/02 - 1:51pm
What about openSuse? Anything
What about openSuse? Anything available for it?
By Bobby at Sat, 2010/09/04 - 4:36pm
Read again.
You realize that you have dbus 1.2.24 and Dolphin is still hanging and crashing. I say: as long as you have dbus 1.2.24 Dolphin will hang and crash for you.
The quickest one for you is to download a source RPM from Factory and rebuild it for your OpenSuSE. This link will be a great starting point. Remember: you rebuild it with rpmbuild --rebuild. Install it on OpenSuSE!
Edit: The link I gave you was a recipe for disaster. Try the Fedora package, or try to find specifically dbus-1.3.1 on Factory. DBus 1.3.2 has SystemD support, so you'll have to install SystemD and you'll surely break your init system.
Edit 2: dbus-1.4.0 has been released, so I compiled it right into my system, with good results. Now Dolphin is snappy, and since I don't have systemd, the hooks simply are not compiled.
Edit 3: You won't see any link to dbus-1.4.0. Here it is.
Uncompress, and do the ./configure --prefix=/usr; make; sudo make install dance.
By Ernesto Manríquez at Sun, 2010/09/12 - 1:02am
I downloaded the dbus-1.4.0 ,uncompressed it, did the ./configure --prefix=/usr; make; sudo make install, but could't simply dance because there are so many problem occurred. The usb ports, bluetooth, network manager and many things don't work. The error messages are mostly about system_bus_socket: no file or directory.
edit: managed to uninstalled the dbus-1.4.0 and installed dbus-1.3.1 ... now everything is fine
By Risman at Tue, 2010/09/14 - 3:00pm
Klipper Fixed in 4.5.1
Sorry for wrong reply
By Cédric Bellegarde at Wed, 2010/09/01 - 11:26am
PlanetKDE, Oxygen and NVIDIA.
From my testing and a message coming from a KDE Developers blog that leaked through the Planet: if you use NVIDIA, you can improve a lot your perceived speed and eliminate any slowdown simply turning away from the Oxygen style/decoration to ANYTHING else. I've obtained excellent results with Bespin, with the side effects of even more eyecandy, ARGB support and XBar.
I fully recommend the switch, and I hope the performance problems between NVIDIA and Oxygen be solved soon.
By Ernesto Manríquez at Thu, 2010/09/02 - 2:02pm
I can confirm this problem.
The problem is particularly serious with the nVidia GeForce 8400GS (which, notoriously, has little exciting performance); the system initially is very fluid, but then starts to slow down gradually and after about half an hour becomes unusable.
With any other style/decoration, KDE4 is very fast; currently, I'm using QtCurve.
By MisterY at Thu, 2010/09/02 - 6:25pm
You can also use the nouveau
You can also use the nouveau driver. this is what i do.
By Beat Wolf at Fri, 2010/09/03 - 9:52am
I didn't use Bespin for quite a while until I read your post. It has certainly improved a lot and yes everything seems to be faster. Are there colour themes for Bespin? I really like the Bespin Theme but prefer the Oxygen colours.
By Bobby at Sat, 2010/09/04 - 4:27pm
Workaround for the slowness of Oxygen
I discovered that the performance of Oxygen will increase significantly by disabling window animations and decoration animations.
System Settings - Look and feel - Style: Oxygen - Configure: Enable Animations [unchecked].
System Settings - Workspace - Window decorations: Oxygen - Configure: Enable Animations [unchecked].
By MisterY at Mon, 2010/09/06 - 10:05pm
Ugly workaround.
I am not fully convinced by your workaround, specially since Bespin works here at full speed WITH animations (they are a lot like Oxygen animations, but Bespin had them first) Also, I don't have a monster card either (this is an HP laptop with a nForce430/GeForce 6150 SE, one of the lowest NVIDIA chips supported by the 256 series driver, and several orders of magnitude slower than your 8400)
I've made a stylish Bespin config to remove some of the flashiness of the style and to give me a more plain color palette, like Oxygen (well, like Whitewater, I really like that color scheme better than Oxygen). If you send me a good place to upload it to, I'll gladly do it.
EDIT: In my other computer (GeForce 8500) blur runs happily with Bespin enabled, and not so with Oxygen. Now I'll sync my Bespin installation with SVN and try ARGB.
EDIT 2: My suspicions were absolutely confirmed. My home computer (GeForce 8500) runs beautifully Bespin (SVN from today) with full ARGB transparencies and blur enabled all the way, without any major slowdown or performance penalty. The performance of Oxygen, on the other hand, deteriorated rapidly with blur enabled (I'm speaking about oxygen-transparent, stock Oxygen doesn't support ARGB).
EDIT 3: This screenie is achieved with Oxygen-Cold color scheme and some minor tweaking, Bespin SVN. The effect is dramatic and, remember, no slowdown.
By Ernesto Manríquez at Thu, 2010/09/09 - 10:51pm
performance issues with oxygen + Nvidia
I've been trying to fix this problem with oxygen+nvidia.
I wrote a blog post at http://hugo-kde.blogspot.com/2010/09/performance-issues-one-script-and-c..., notably to give instructions on how to compile oxygen from trunk, on top of your distro, and test latest changes. (I can't test myself. I've no NVIDIA card, and no problem, in fact).
Current results are promising, judging from the posted comments.
So that there is hope this whole mess is fixed by the time 4.5.2 is out.
Hopefully, soon enough NVIDIA users won't have to change from oxygen to 'anything' for any other than personal taste.
PS: posting screenshots on other styles is somewhat off-topic here, since the issue is of a 'dynamic' type rather than static. Only thing we learn is that bespin might look good to some users. Oxygen (especially in screenshots) does look good to some others. The problem is (was) more in terms of how usable it is (which *cannot* be shown with screenshots).
Hugo (oxygen developer)
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"Welcome to the Hotel California/ Such a lovely place (such a lovely place)/ Such a lovely face."
"Hotel California" is a song off of the 1977 album of the same name. It won a Grammy in 1978.
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In the words of the immortal Neil Young, "hey, hey, my, my, rock and roll can never die." If you are a firm believer in these words, then you've happened upon the right quiz. Let's get started to find out how much you really know about classic rock.
The '70s and '80s were two of the most iconic decades in rock and roll, with bands such as The Doors, Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, The Who, Led Zeppelin, The Eagles, Jefferson Airplane, The Grateful Dead... and the list goes on and on.
And, as these two decades wore on, the rock got harder, and the hair got bigger. We'll never forget the bands that made these classic rock lyrics the great songs that they are today. Even if you weren't alive in the 1970s and the 1980s, you probably spent some time listening to many of these songs... hey, maybe you had to because your parents had them blaring from the car radio all the time.
So, let's take a trip down memory lane and break out the lyrics of these musical greats to find out if you can really hang with the bands of the '70s and 80s.
How well do you think you'll do?
"Hotel California" is a song off of the 1977 album of the same name. It won a Grammy in 1978.
"We Are The Champions" is one of the most popular rock anthems of all time. It was on Queen's 1977 album "News of the World" and charted all over the world.
"Stairway to Heaven" is an ultimate classic rock anthem. It's off the 1971 album "Led Zeppelin IV."
"Sympathy for the Devil" is an ironic homage to the devil and all of the horrors he's committed over the centuries. It's off the 1968 album "Beggar's Banquet."
"Hurricane" was a protest song off of the 1975 Bob Dylan album "Desire." It protests the imprisonment of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, whose controversial imprisonment was considered by many to be based on racial profiling.
"Call Me" was a No. 1 U.S. hit. It was the theme song for the 1980 movie "American Gigolo."
"Back In Black" was released in 1980, off of an album of the same name. This famous song is high selling and charted around the world.
"Barracuda" is a 1977 song off of Heart's "Little Queen" album. This song is about the band's anger at their record label for lying about them being in an incestuous lesbian affair for publicity.
"Iron Man" by Black Sabbath was released in 1970. In it, a time traveler turns to steel and destroys mankind after it doesn't listen to his warnings of oncoming doom.
"Lola" was a 1970 single by The Kinks. The song was banned in both the U.K. and Australia for detailing an encounter between a young man and transgender woman and using the brand name Coca Cola.
"I Love Rock 'n' Roll" was released in 1982 by Joan Jett & the Blackhearts. It was written in 1975 by Alan Merrill of the band The Arrows.
"Let It Be" was written by Paul McCartney. It was released in 1970.
"Fly Like An Eagle" was a 1976 song by The Steve Miller Band. It sold over one million copies and was even covered by Seal.
"Bohemian Rhapsody" was written by Freddie Mercury for Queen's 1975 album "A Night At The Opera." This song is one of the most famous rock songs, and many say it pioneered the music video, by having one years before MTV made them the norm.
"Free Bird" is a 1974 song by Lynyrd Skynyrd. It has been called "the most requested song in the history of rock music."
"Love Her Madly" was one of The Doors' biggest hits. It's off their 1971 album "L.A. Woman."
"Rhiannon" was a single off of Fleetwood Mac's 1976 self-titled album. The song was written by Stevie Nicks and inspired by the novel "Triad."
"Werewolves of London" was a 1978 song co-written and performed by Warren Zevon. The drummer and bassist of Fleetwood Mac play on the track.
"Welcome to the Jungle" was on Guns N' Roses 1987 debut album "Appetite for Destruction." It's a highly regarded rock hit that the band often plays at concerts.
Sting wrote "Roxanne," a song off of the 1978 Police album "Outlandos d'Amour." It was inspired by the prostitutes of Paris.
"Moonage Daydream" was one of many songs to feature the most interplanetary of Bowie's most famous stage personas, Ziggy Stardust.
"Aqualung" was a 1971 song off of Jethro Tull's "Aqualung" album. This was the band's first top 10 album in the US.
"Comfortably Numb" is a song off of Pink Floyd's 1979 album "The Wall." It's widely considered to have some of the best guitar solos of all time.
This 1970 song was written by Eric Clapton and Jim Gordon for their blues rock project Derek and the Dominoes. It was inspired by an old Arabian love story.
"Smoke on the Water" is a 1972 song by Deep Purple. It's considered to be one of the best rock songs of all time.
"The Immigrant Song" was released in 1970 off of the album "Led Zeppelin III." This single about Vikings and Norse myth charted in a few countries.
"Dream On" is from Aerosmith's 1973 debut album. This song was sampled by Eminem is his 2002 song "Sing for the Moment."
"London Calling" is a 1979 song off the album of the same name. It's an apocalyptic jam that charted around the world.
ELO, Electric Light Orchestra, released "Mr. Blue Sky" on its 1978 album "Out of the Blue." Songwriter Jeff Lynne said he wrote it after being inspired by a beautiful sunny day in the Swiss Alps.
This 1972 song was performed by Mott the Hoople. It was written by David Bowie and is a highly regarded and influential rock song.
Released in 1978, "Rock Lobster by the B-52's charted around the world. It was a hit in Canada.
"It's Only Rock 'N' Roll (But I Like It)" was a highly charting glam rock song was released as a single in 1974. David Bowie sang backing vocals on the original track.
"Run Through the Jungle" is a song off of Creedence Clearwater Revivals' 1970 album "Cosmo's Factory." The song is about the dangers of America without proper gun regulations.
"Gold Dust Woman" is a song off of Fleetwood Mac's 1977 album "Rumours." Stevie Nicks confirmed in an interview that "gold dust" was a metaphor for cocaine.
"Where Is My Mind?" is a track off of The Pixies 1988 debut album "Surfer Rosa." It was written by frontman Francis Black and inspired by his experience scuba diving in the Caribbean.
"Just Like Heaven" was released by The Cure in 1987. It was their first hit in the U.S. and has been widely covered.
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Julie Watson is a member of the CFCA Communications Department. She went on a 2008 mission awareness trip to Bolivia, where she met Luis, her sponsored friend.
He was shy and quiet, and I was the peculiar American whose presence frightened the 4-year-old boy.
While waiting for the bus to depart to the first subproject visit, I felt a tap on my shoulder. A translator from the project was standing there with a surprise for me: Luis, my sponsored friend. I didnít even recognize him. I hadnít been told that I would be meeting him. My own confusion soon turned into exhilaration, and Luisí eyes told me of his confusion, too. He was experiencing something new as well.
As the bus pulled away from the hotel we took our seats. Luis returned to the security of sitting next to Olivia, his guardian from the orphanage. Slowly, Luis began to smile and make eye contact with me. He was looking around the bus, which was filled with a dozen or more strange, white faces that all looked back at him. His face broke into large smile, and his dark eyes twinkled like stars in the evening sky. As the trip went on, ìShorty,î a nickname given to Luis because of his small stature, began to sit closer to me and play peek-a-boo-type games.
Luis enjoyed the bus ride and sat back in the seat, drinking his soda. I wondered if that was what had contributed to his decaying teeth. Olivia told me that the children in the orphanage donít get sugary snacks or drinks. They did not know what care he had before coming to the orphanage. When I asked if his teeth bothered him, she told me that he often holds his hands cupped around this jaw because of the pain.
Even with the toothaches and a bit of travel sickness, he never ceased to be a bright ray of sunshine for many on this trip, especially myself. I wanted to sweep him up and carry him home, where I could give him everything I thought a 4-year-old needed to be happy and healthy. I settled for helping him in whatever way I could. His immediate need was obvious: helping with his dental care.
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Sponsor Services helped me set up a special funds account to pay for his dental work, which the project said would begin sometime in February. I pray that he is feeling better.
I plan to return to Bolivia on the 2009 mission awareness trip and canít wait to see Luis and his new smile. God bless CFCA and all the staff members who are helping my special little friend smile again.


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5 Wacky Condoms That Won't Be Considered For The Gates Foundation 'Next Generation Condom' Grant
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced this week that they will award a $100,000 grant to anyone who can create the "next generation condom."
When used correctly male condoms are effective, inexpensive, and easy to use. Unfortunately, they still have a stigma associated with them, mainly that they reduce sensitivity, and thus sexual pleasure. To combat this stigma, the Gates Initiative is asking participants to create a new condom which preserves or even enhances sexual pleasure, in order to encourage more people around the world to use them regularly. This is good news for everyone!
Over the years many efforts have been made to improve the condom; below are a few of the wackier attempts that have been made, which we're pretty sure the Gates Foundation will not be considering.
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Spray on Condom
There's good news for all those guys out there that are either too big, too small or...too weird for the standard condom - a German inventor has created the spray on condom. Simply spray the aerosol-propelled liquid latex onto your erect member, and within a few seconds the liquid solidifies to form a tight seal. While the product is effective as a form of birth control, we doubt that the act of spraying on your condom would really set the mood for romance.
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Gun Condom
When she lovingly asks, "Is that a .44 in your pocket or are you just glad to see me," you can now say, "Both!" and then whip out the Gun Condom. Keep in mind that it is a single shot weapon, so choose your target wisely and you'll look cooler than James Bond while you're doing it.
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Condometric claims it is the first prophylactic that measures and shows off penis length. The condoms have tape measure type markings on them that accurately measure length. Problem is, that could be good or bad, depending on your genetic luck. Whether you are a grower or a shower though, you will certainly know how you measure up. And so will she.
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Tuxedo Condom
Dick's Formalwear (yep, that's the actual name) produces condoms that have a tuxedo pattern printed directly on them. After all, there are times when you want to look your best, so why not let your little buddy be dashing as well.
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Louis Vuitton Condom
Luxury designer Louis Vuitton released a condom with their trademark pattern, for the discerning gentleman. Like LV's other luxury items, this product comes with a hefty price tag of $68 bucks per prophylactic. Trust us fellas, this is definitely not what she meant when she asked for a Louis Vuitton bag.


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Found in colours ranging from a cloudy light green to deep emerald with different markings, pounamu was considered so significant by Maori that they named the South Island for it - Te-Wai-Pounamu means "the waters of greenstone". All pounamu is sourced from riverbeds and boulders in the South Island, especially the West Coast.
According to Maori legend, the taniwha Poutini was a guardian of pounamu who fell in love with a woman named Waitaki. Although she was married to another, he ran away with her but fearing being captured, transformed Waitaki into pounamu and laid her in the riverbed at the junction of the Arahura river and a stream that became known as the Waitaki. To this day, the Arahura and Waitaki streams are well-known sources of pounamu. The colour and markings of each stone vary according to its river source.
Through Maori history, greenstone was carved into a myriad of tools and also jewellery design, each with its own distinct meaning. The best known is the hei-tiki. Strong and enduring, these were worn by chiefs as symbols of status, exchanged as peace-making gifts, and passed down from generation to generation. Each piece carries a mana (prestige) that increases with each new bearer, with the most precious having known histories stretching back into time.
There are many beliefs surrounding pounamu, chief of which is that one should not carve or buy one for oneself. Just as pounamu was a gift from the land in its natural form, carved greenstone should always be a gift between two people.


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Nominations Sought for 2014 Covenant Awards
Nominations were accepted for the 2014 Covenant Awards, five honors that recognize students who exemplify and illustrate Augustana's core values: Christian, Liberal Arts, Excellence, Community and Service. Nominations were due Thursday, Feb. 20.
In the News: Sanford Health Announces Gift for Genetics Research; Augustana Invited Into Academic Collaboration
A $125 million gift from philanthropist T. Denny Sanford will establish Sanford Imagenetics, a first-of-its-kind program integrating genomic medicine into primary care for adults. The program will include initial partnerships with Augustana and the University of South Dakota to develop new academic programs which will train the next generation of doctors, nurses and scientists in genomic medicine. Read more in this Argus Leader story.
College Will Be Open on Monday, Jan. 6
The Augustana College campus will be OPEN for normal scheduled events and classes on the first day of Augustana's January Interim, Monday, Jan. 6. College housing re-opened at noon on Sunday, Jan. 5.
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As we often say, Augustana alumni understand how to live a life of meaning and purpose. In this issue of The Augustana magazine, we feature some "faces" of our alumni who are doing just that – individuals who are living out their dreams and making a difference in the world through contributions in a variety of sectors.
Fall 2013 Dean's List Announced
Students have been named to the Dean's List for the fall semester of the 2013-2014 academic year. The Dean's List recognizes full-time students who have a minimum of 12 credit hours with grade-point averages at 3.5 or above (on a 4.0 scale).
In the News: Augie's Billeter Has Winning Formula
Augustana Men's Basketball Coach Tom Billeter closed out the 2013 calendar year on Saturday with a 77-55 win over Wayne State heading into the holiday break. The following story appears in the Sunday, Dec. 22, edition of the Argus Leader with his winning formula for the Vikings.
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"To Nelson Mandela, representative of a people of hope, persistence, strength and reconciliation, may you rest in peace but may the work of transformation go on." Read the op-ed celebrating Nelson Mandela's life and work by Dean of the College Dr. Susan Hasseler.
105 Students to Study Abroad Over J-Term
In January, the world will be the classroom for 105 Augustana students who will spend time learning hands-on about the art, music, history and languages of 17 countries on five continents. These real-world courses are part of Augustana's January Interim, a four-week session designed for curricular exploration and enrichment
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Nef Family Chair of Political Economy and Director of the Thomas Willing Institute Dr. Robert Wright was recently featured in a documentary entitled "Federal Reserve: 100 Years of Boom and Bust," that discusses the events leading up to the Fed's creation and its impact on the economy over the past century.
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Senior Kaitlyn Foss (Pipestone, Minn) recently represented USA Rugby in France as a member of the USA Rugby AIG Women's Collegiate All-Americans (WCAA) team. Learn about her rugby career and journey in France.


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Szechuan Spicy Noodles with Carrot-Cucumber Relish (Adapted from CL)
For the relish
1 cup shredded seeded peeled cucumber
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup shredded carrot
1 tablespoon seasoned rice vinegar
2 teaspoons sugar
3/4 teaspoon toasted sesame oil
For the noodles
8 ounces dry udon noodles
1/2 cup vegetable broth
1/4 cup natural peanut butter
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1 tablespoon chile paste with garlic
1 teaspoon peanut oil
6 ounces ground pork
1/3 cup thinly sliced green onions
1 tablespoon minced peeled fresh ginger
2 garlic cloves, minced
To prepare the relish
Set cucumber in a colander and toss with salt. Set aside and let drain for about 1 hour. Transfer cucumber to a few layers of paper towels and roll up - let sit 5 minutes, pressing down occasionally.
In a medium bowl, toss together drained cucumber, carrot, vinegar, sugar and oil. Cover and place in the refrigerator for about 1 hour.
To prepare the noodles.
In a large pot of boiling salted water, add udon noodles and cook according to package directions - drain, place in a large bowl and set aside.
In a small bowl, whisk together broth, peanut butter, soy sauce and chile paste
In a large skillet, heat oil over medium-high. Add pork, onions and ginger - sauté until the pork is no longer pink, about 3 to 5 minutes. Stir in garlic and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. Pour broth mixture into pan - bring to a simmer and cook until slightly thickened, about 1 minute. Pour pork mixture over noodles and toss well to coat - serve with the relish on top.
Makes 4 servings.
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Thursday, May 12, 2005
Szechuan Spicy Noodles with Carrot-Cucumber Relish
2 comments:
- Anonymous7/02/2008 11:59:00 AM
Thanks so much for posting this recipe! It's become a favorite (and it's only the first time I've made it!) I really enjoy the punch that the ginger gives to the recipe.ReplyDelete
I substituted ground chicken for ground pork. I recommend giving that a try.
Thanks again, Joe!
Miriam - Glad to hear it worked well with chicken! Thanks for the feedback.ReplyDelete
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Holland Cotter, senior art critic of The New York Times, will speak April 25
Holland Cotter, senior art critics of The New York Times, will speak on "Art, Writing, Life, Writing, Art" at 5 p.m. Thursday, April 25, in the Shapiro Admissions Building presentation room.
The event is free and open to the public.
Cotter, a 2009 Pulitzer Prize winner, was raised in Boston, attended Harvard College and worked as a freelance critic for a number of prestigious publications. He held editorial positions at New York Art Journal, Art News and Art in America, and pursued graduate studies in Indian Buddhist art.
A staff critic at The Times since 1998, his trenchant, witty and gripping criticism has ranged from Renaissance painting to contemporary art collectives in New York, with a particular expertise in Asian art. The articles produced during a 2009 residency in China, vividly capturing not only the emerging avant-garde but also probing larger trends in a burgeoning contemporary art scene and associated social, political and cultural dynamics, garnered Cotter the Pulitzer Prize for criticism for that year.
Cotter is the final speaker in the 2013 Art in Dialogue series funded by the Brandeis Arts Council.
For more information visit Arts@Brandeis Calendar.
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Best Buy announced this morning that the chain will be carrying the Apple TV starting next Tuesday (March 27).
The chain will not, however, be carrying the Apple TV exclusively (for two weeks, or ever)... or at least the company doesn't claim that it will. Despite massive rumors spread around the web this morning (tsk tsk everybody!), Best Buy spokesperson Jeff Dudash confirmed to Ars that the exclusivity rumor was "incorrect."
He went on to reiterate "We will be carrying the Apple TV." So far, Best Buy is the only chain that has confirmed that it will be selling the Apple TV aside from Apple Stores themselves. Some Apple retail stores already have stock of the Apple TVs (at least the one on North Michigan Avenue in Chicago does), so if you're dying for your Apple TV fix, head on out already!


text: I post this thread because I had developed a bee that was varroa mite resistant. This line was later incorporated for the genetics into other resistant lines that have been developed. The problem was the bee that was developed lost the ability to produce the really big crops of honey that honey producers so depend on to make a living. The bees maintained smallish colonies and produced crops in proportion. It turns out that a lot of the resistant lines of bees (russians) do not produce as good a crop of honey as some more susceptable bees. This has been documented and studied. So is it better to have a bee that requires some treatment but produces big crops and stays alive because of the treatment. Or is it better to have a totally resistant colony that produces smaller crops and the cost of the treatments remain in the beeks wallet. Keep this civil, I did not post this to start world war 3 TED


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Longtime Supreme Court correspondent Joan Biskupics mission at Reuters: putting legal developments into perspective. Fri., February 10, 2012.
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For the past 20 years, Joan Biskupic has been bridging the gap between the high court and the people. From Clarence Thomas's nomination to Elena Kagan's, Biskupic has spent her career covering the U.S. Supreme Court, gaining access to a part of the justice system that is often complicated, controversial and hard to penetrate.
Biskupic, 55, has reported at Congressional Quarterly, the Washington Post and USA Today. Now, she's moving to Reuters as editor-in-charge of legal affairs.
Given her expertise and sterling reputation, it's no wonder Reuters has scooped up Biskupic in its current hiring spree, in which it is adding big-name journalistic talent to the roster. While Reuters is known for its breaking financial and business news, it's working to transition into a more analytic outlet. Biskupic's mission will be to identify legal trends and put developments into a broader perspective.
Reuters isn't messing around. Its aim is to become a "must-read among global professionals," said Editor-in-Chief Stephen Adler in a February 7 press release. To meet that lofty aspiration, it is pulling in journalists with backgrounds at some of the field's leading publications. Recent acquisitions include media critic Jack Shafer, previously with Slate; former New York Times reporters David Cay Johnston and David Rohde; and Steve Stecklow, who was an investigative reporter at the Wall Street Journal.
"At a time when news organizations are cutting their staffs and often resorting to quick-and-dirty filings, I find it heartening that Reuters is hiring senior reporters with years, decades even, of experience," says Biskupic, who will join Reuters' staff in late February.
If Biskupic's work doesn't speak for itself, Rachel Smolkin, White House editor at Politico (and a former AJR managing editor), is ready to boast on her behalf. "She was like a machine. Just amazing to watch," says Smolkin, who was Biskupic's editor at USA Today for more than three years. "She knows the court inside and out and is able to give a sense of not just the law but who the justices are as people."
Biskupic began her D.C. reporting in 1989 at Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report She covered legislative affairs on Capitol Hill, but she also began to get a "taste" for reporting on the court. During her stint, she won the Everett McKinley Dirksen Award for Distinguished Reporting of Congress for her coverage of Clarence Thomas' Senate confirmation hearings.
Her time at CQ was during a watershed period for the Supreme Court, Biskupic says. "Flag burning. Job discrimination. The death penalty. Nativity scenes in public places. Abortion. It was as if all the hot-button social issues were before the court, and all were decided along 5-4 lines," Biskupic says.
Enamored by the legal affairs developments of the late '80s, Biskupic enrolled in law school, and, after four years of night school, she received her J.D. from Georgetown University to add to her B.A. in journalism from Marquette University and her M.A. in English from the University of Oklahoma.
In 1992, she moved to the Washington Post as a Supreme Court correspondent, delivering her coverage through a more "political lens" for the Post audience. Since 2000 she has been a Supreme Court correspondent at USA Today, where she writes for the national paper's less politically obsessed audience.
Biskupic, a Chicago native, started at USA Today around the time of Bush v. Gore. She and more than 100 other reporters were packed into courtroom press seats to hear the arguments and wait in anticipation of the court's decision.
"The press room was so crowded with reporters, some of them from international publications and speaking foreign languages, that if I wanted to talk to one of my regular press colleagues, I resorted to e-mail from my desk rather than try to work my way through the crush in the small room," Biskupic recalls. "The hard-copy opinion issued by the court that night is one of the few I've saved through the years."
Since then, Biskupic has seen the distribution of her stories change considerably. At the Post, the trend was basically one story per court ruling, which isn't the case anymore in the faster-than-ever digital era.
The hurried reporting doesn't bother her, and it isn't really that new to her either, says Biskupic, who got her start at afternoon papers. She used to work at the Milwaukee Journal, where the news needed to be ready for evening delivery, so she would have it reported and filed "before anyone was even having lunch."
Delivering information through tweeting and blogging is just another way to keep up with the current audience, Biskupic says. "I have no trouble tweeting, and I have no trouble doing blogs, in part because I can bracket my coverage at the other end with the longer pieces and my books."
And she has written quite a few books, including biographies of two Supreme Court justices, Sandra Day O'Connor and Antonin Scalia. Both received accolades in the New York Times Book Review.
She is currently working on another, this time about Justice Sonia Sotomayor. The book, however, is not a biography but rather a look at the progress of Latinos in the law through the life and appointment of Sotomayor.
Though the justices are not the most accessible bunch, says Biskupic, she has gotten her fair share of direct contact. Biskupic spoke with Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg about a 2009 case involving a 13-year-old girl who was strip-searched at her school on a tip that she was carrying drugs. At the time, Ginsburg was the only female justice, and she was frustrated by her colleagues' lack of understanding of the young girl's humiliation. Ginsburg said, "They have never been a 13-year-old girl."
"In the end, perhaps after being persuaded by Ginsburg behind the scenes, the majority ruled that school administrators violated the girl's rights," Biskupic says.
While she's away from the Supreme Court, Biskupic exercises regularly and belongs to a book club that changes genres each year. She lives in Northwest Washington, D.C., with her husband, Clay Lewis. Their daughter, Elizabeth, attends the University of Chicago.
But when Biskupic's on the job, no one does it quite like her. "I'd say she's the top Supreme Court writer in the country," Smolkin says.
After her 20 years with the court, Biskupic will take her varying writing experiences to Reuters, where content goes to both general audiences through its newswire and to specialty audiences through its legal and professional readership.
"It's very satisfying to be covering stories that people have competing views on," Biskupic says. "I hope I can bring to readers an understanding of the legal elements at issue and not just the political factors at play."


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The reason I collected all these past posts is to make it easier for future people to find a collection of the posts instead of having to search the forum. With the most recent post, I thought it might be good to finally post this.
Please post your pictures or lessons learned so that you might be able to help others.
msvette2u wrote:
trip8581 wrote:
chewbecca wrote:
Her tumor was about the size of a bottle cap
I quickly found comfort in reading Roc's post, titled "Mast Cell Tumor - need advice"
trip8581 wrote:... and had the vet also check a small bump on Roc's hind thigh which has been there for the past month [it would shrink then come back then shrink again]. So they did a fine needle aspirate and diagnosed it as a Mast Cell Tumor.
My vet said that the majority of MCTs are grade 1 or 2 and do not end up spreading and that she has seen owners who just leave them alone and they have yet to cause any issues. Only 10% end up being stage 3 and spreading. She said that we could remove it and then send it in for biopsy to find out exactly what grade it is and that would cost around $500. She told me to keep an eye on it for a month and if it grows or starts to itch we should remove it.
I have done some reading and everything so far says that surgery is the recommended next step. I know that a few of you have had dogs with MCTs, so it would be helpful to get your opinions and hear what you did. I want to do what is best for Roc and I will find the money somewhere if surgery is the best course of action. I love my little man and I do not want to lose him....
Misskiwi67 wrote:Remove it... NOW... unless it will prevent you from putting food on the table. If its one of the rare grade 3's and you don't, you'll regret it for the rest of your life. Mast cell is one tumor I do not recommend watching, because when its bad, its real bad...
Also, mast cell tumors should be removed with 3cm margins, so make sure you're vet doesnt' skimp. Mast cell tumors send out little fingers of tumor cells and can regrow if the surgery isn't aggressive. If you're going to spend the money to take it off, do it right.
Here is an article that lays out all the facts of Mast cell tumors. It also lists a lot of therapies that may not be necessary for your pet, but you should at least know what is available should you choose to take that option.
http://www.VeterinaryPartner.com/Conten ... C=0&A=1600
Even our own dear Ella had her own scare. (before the other bad news)
chewbecca wrote:...She had surgery almost 2 weeks go to have a wart removed. We just had the stitches taken out...Thursday night and the skin had already started to grow over the stitches (and we took them out before the recommended time, she just heals REAL fast). So, the area is a little irritated which is why she's not really wearing a collar yet. I put this on her after we made it so that I could see how it fit her, and I snapped some pics.
...But since we treat all skin bumps as mast cell tumors, he made the incision large to get good margins. So the incision was a LOT bigger than the actual wart.
...and Bella & Tiva
tiva wrote:...Here's hoping it's a low grade tumor and clean margins. Tiva had a high-grade MCT 2 years ago, and she's doing fine now (the vet couldn't get clean margins, and her tumor was higher grade, so we elected to amputate her tail, and she recovered very quickly).
julie64 wrote:suzi wrote:Cancer sucks,,,,I am sorry to hear of your worries....
We also are fighting MCT right now. Bella is 4 years old. I have decided against anything invasive as in Chemo, radiation,,,,etc....I got on board with a Holistic healer (thanks to Cinderdee and Concreterose),,,,and all is going well. Bella is on a Cancer diet,,,and there is a treatment we will turn to if and when her "lumps" rear their ugly head.
I am open to share her diet if you like, as well as who we are using....PM me if you like.
This is the same route I went with Shay. It is almost a year now since we found out she has MCT.
...and Onyx
...and Barney
Mast Cell Tumor and Chemo
...and Shay & Rio
julie64 wrote:Shay was diagnoised stage 3 mast cell also. I chose not to do chemo because the outcome wouldn't have changed. She was never on prednisone. I switched to high protein/grain free diet. I also have her on supplements, from advice from people on here and a nutritionalist. In the beginning Shay had loose stools, vomiting and mostly slept. Once on the diet and the supplements started working she was back to her old self. Shay does have occasional bad days, loose stools, no interest in play. These have never last longer than 2 days and then she is back to her hyper self. ....
now it effects one of Roc's sisters Rain. Good Golly, Cancer sucks!!!
Cancer Diets, Supplements, Treatments, etc.
Cancer Research Post
donate your dog's blood
Site on Mast Cell Info
http://www.marvistavet.com/html/body_ma ... umors.html
http://www.VeterinaryPartner.com/Conten ... C=0&A=1600


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Therefore I often try to get students motivated with some sort of connection-building exercise. I tell them some sort quirky detail from my own life (I have several), I read a short story aloud to them, or I have also shown a video clip. I follow this with a discussion where as a whole group we brainstorm various points they could include in their writing.
In order to motivate students to write about their homes I like to use Thomas Jefferson as my bridge.
There are so many things to think about when you bring up the name Thomas Jefferson. His role as an American Patriot, writing the Declaration of Independence, his love of great food, wine, and conversation, the Louisiana Purchase, or even the election of 1800 are just a few of the things that come to mind.
However, when posed with the question regarding Jefferson's residence it is so very predictable the answer will always be Monticello. From the first moment we see a nickel Jefferson's beloved Monticello becomes ingrained in our memories. Even when students don't know the name Monticello they always tell me his house is on the nickel and many want to prove it by pulling a nickel out of their pocket.
Monticello, however, isn't the only spot Jefferson described as home.
Thomas Jefferson's father, Peter Jefferson, owned many different plots of land in Virginia. Thomas Jefferson was born at Shadwell situated near Charlottesville. The land was named after the area where Jane Randolph Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson's mother, had been born in London. Historian Willard Sterne Randall in Thomas Jefferson: A Life describes the Jefferson ancestral home as a simple farmhouse in the middle of a horseshoe of outbuildings in a clearing at the edge of the Virginia wilderness overlooking the Rivanna River. Our third president was born there on April 13, 1743.
Seven years of Thomas Jefferson's childhood was spent at Tuckahoe Plantation. Today Tuckahoe is listed on the National Historic Register. It is a private residence, but it is open for tours and events as well. It is thought to be one of the finest early 18th century plantations in America. The home's "H" shape is unusual and the property contains many of the original out buildings including a schoolhouse where it is said Thomas Jefferson attended for awhile. In his autobiography Thomas Jefferson remembered his years at Tuckahoe fondly especially the spaciousness of the home as compared to Shadwell.
Once Peter Jefferson's promise to William Randolph was completed the Jefferson family moved back to their farmhouse at Shadwell. Randall advises in his book that once Peter Jefferson returned to Shadwell he set about expanding the home to fit his growing family. The nine year old Thomas Jefferson began to think it was natural to live in a continuous construction zone….something he carried over into his adult life. Later after Peter's death and Thomas Jefferson's classical education began he would return to Shadwell during interterm breaks where he spent much of his time studying and walking up the mountain where he would one day build Monticello.
Unfortunately all that exists of Shadwell today is a historical marker (see first picture) and a foundation that has been excavated. Some years after Peter Jefferson's death on February 1, 1770 the home was destroyed by fire and the family had to find a new home. Thomas Jefferson's mother and sisters took up residence in the overseer's home while Jefferson was boarding in Charlottesville. Is is said the fire sped up the construction at Monticello.
We are familiar with the vast library of books Thomas Jefferson donated to the Library of Congress, however, it was Jefferson's second library. His first one was destroyed unfortunately in the Shadwell fire. McLaughlin advises it contained law papers, personal correspondence, records, accounts, and the books of a man whose writings and books were the nature of his exsistence. This was not only a personal loss for Jefferson, but a heavy blow to Jefferson scholarship since all the records of his formative years were destroyed.
At the age of 14 Thomas Jefferson received his inheritance of approximately 5,000 acres of land and many slaves. Before he began managing the land he was sent to the home and school of Minister James Maury from 1758 to 1760. Rev. Maury lived near Gordonsville, Virginia and his school was known for heavy classical studies including manners and morals, math, literature, history, geography, Latin, and Greek. James Madison and James Monroe also went to the school. In his autobiography Thomas Jefferson referred to Rev. Maury as a "correct and classical scholar".
Following his stint at Maury's school Jefferson's next residence was the Sir Christopher Wren Building at William and Mary. Constructed between 1695 and 1699 the building was considered old when Thomas Jefferson lived there though the building had been gutted in a fire in 1705. Today the building serves as faculty offices and classrooms.
In 1768 work finally began on Monticello. Jefferson moved into the South Pavilion (an outbuilding) in 1770. Historians often refer to this Monticello as Monticello I which refers to the home he built to raise a family while he served in Virginia's House of Burgesses, the Second Continental Congress, and as governor of Virginia. If we could travel back in time we would be surprised at Monticello I. The Thomas Jefferson Wiki states the first version was less ambitious and more modest in size. By 1782 the home had been enclosed but in a letter written twelve years after his return from France Jefferson stated he was "living in a brick kiln" which could mean the interior was not complete. Monticello II incorporated many of the ideas Jefferson brought back from his stay in France, and is the home that can be toured today.
During Jefferson's years in Paris he first resided with the American painter John Trumbull, but eventually moved to the Hotel de Langeac, located on the Champs-Elysees at the corner of Rue de Berry. Unfortunately the building was torn down in 1840. A wonderful article from American Heritage magazine provides a great look at Jefferson in Paris. The image seen to the left looks down the Champs-Elysees through the Grille de Chaillot. Jefferson's Paris home is seen on the left near corner. It is said he began remodeling the property as soon as he moved in. Langeac taught him a number of architectural lessons, which he would incorporate into Monticello, among them the use of skylights to adequately illuminate interior windowless rooms and the realization that the skylights could be made weather tight.
Poplar Forest (below) became the site where the Jefferson family went after the British invaded Monticello in 1781. The property had come Jefferson's way following the death of his father-in-law, James Wayles. At the time there wasn't much there but fields and an overseer's house. When attempting to compute the national debt the then President Jefferson was caught up in a rainstorm while visiting Poplar Forest. The president had to take refuge in the cramped overseer's home, and realized the advantages of having a quiet place even though he was elbow-to-elbow with the overseer's wife, children, and pets.
By 1801 Thomas Jefferson was very public person. He was known very well and people clamored for his attention. It isn't surprising that Jefferson would have looked for a quiet place to simply be the private Jefferson. Construction began at the Poplar Forest retreat in 1806.
The website for Poplar Forest quotes historian David McCullough:
"More and more it is becoming clear how very important Poplar Forest is to our enlarged understanding of Thomas Jefferson and the reach of his imagination. That Jefferson was, along with so many other things, one of the premier American architects, has been long appreciated, but the originality and ingenuity of Poplar Forest—especially now that it is being so superbly restored—raise his standing still higher. This is an American masterpiece by a great American artist who also happened to be President of the United States ."
Many of my students move and move often. By discussing Jefferson and his many different residences students can connect to an important historical figure and can compare and contrast the reasons for moving as well. The process begins to get children to focus on what different residences can provide as well as honing in on how a residence can shape a person regarding their outlook on life's pursuits.
Research note: A few web sources indicate the Jefferson family moved to Edge Hill. While it is a farm that scholarly sources state belonged to Peter Jefferson I could find no sources that confirmed Thomas Jefferson lived there. At one point the property at Edge Hill transferred to Jefferson's sister and her husband (a member of the Randolph family) which could add to the confusion.


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I just booked my plane tickets for Horrorhound Weekend in Cincinnati, November 20-22. Not only am I really hoping that that one dude who has the $10 bootlegs that was at Indianapolis will be there again, I am really looking forward to being around fat people again, especially the BBWs. You bring the vaginal lubrication, I'll bring the hot tub.
I am looking everywhere for horror news. Everywhere. With the exception of something with Ashley Olsen called "Beastly", there's no news. None. Oh, there's plenty of news about Anthony Hopkins playing Odin in the "Thor" adaptation, or that "Men in Black 3" is moving forward, but nothing that is remotely horror related. Um... Cameron Diaz might be remaking Mel Gibson's "What Women Want". That's pretty damn scary. "Twilight" is getting re-released in theaters. UGH.
I know that some of you are probably freaking out right now, but, you know... BREATHE. It'll be okay. Here's an idea: how about trying out some new genre this weekend? You're life can't all be horror and, if it is, chances are you're highly unemployable. Why not try a nice romantic comedy? I watched "The Proposal" the other night and found it absolutely delightful!
Or, even better...how about turning off the TV and taking your puppy to the dog park? Yeah! Get off your fat, unwashed ass and cavort and frolic with your loving pet. He could die at any minute. Do you want the guilt of having this loyal companion die of loneliness while you watch "Evil Dead 2" for the 30th time? Don't have a dog, volunteer at an animal shelter. DO SOMETHING PRODUCTIVE, YOU FUCKING WASTE OF SPACE.
Doctors in the Ching-chong province of China are "baffled" by a young girl's skin becoming rapidly covered in soft, black and gray cat-like fur. While in America furries proclaim this a total "cream dream", they were ultimately saddened to learn that the girl has already been cooked and eaten with stir-fry vegetables and spring rolls. Ah so!
Bulgarian police have seized 110 pounds of heroin hidden in cans of sauerkraut. In related news, I'm going to Bulgaria. (No, seriously. Have your tried heroin? That shit is the bomb. It is really relaxing and calming....so peaceful. It's really easy to become addicted to, so you need to pace yourself and have immense will power. The best thing to do is to save it for the weekend, maybe a Saturday night or Sunday afternoon. Put on an Eagles record and let the pale horses run.)
Singer-songwriter Sting believes that Obama was "sent from God". Just when you think Sting couldn't become anymore irrelevant, he goes and surprises you. Why doesn't he just cut out the middle-man and change his name to Phil Collins?


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Proms diary: Britten, Lutosławski and Thomas Adès's Totentanz
Helen Wallace is swept away by an inspiring evening at the Proms and a richly rewarding Thomas Adès world premiere
Thomas Adès led the BBC Symphony Orchestra through two dances of death last night, by Britten and Lutosławksi, culminating in his own remarkable Totentanz. It was an inspired programme which had the startling effect of unifying three utterly different musical voices.
The dance made its first appearance in Britten's sombre Sinfonia da Requiem, whose Dies Irae scherzo erupts in flutter tonguing and sharp, sarcastic trumpets. Adès (left) has never hidden his scorn for Britten's music, but this coruscating reading – one of the best I've ever heard - revealed a respect for the composer's raw, early orchestral work. He masterfully nudged the Lachrymosa into being, allowing it to grow with each insistent figure until it achieved vast monumentality. Incisive direction made for a biting Dies Irae, with its hauntingly strange saxophone solo leading to violent break-up. Cello arpeggios rose like vaporous prayers in the luminous D major Requiem aeternum.
The very same note opened Lutosławski's defiant Cello Concerto (1970), this time played by soloist Paul Watkins with disarming indifference (as marked). In this starkly dramatic work the cellist is pitted against orchestral forces in what, too, becomes a dance of death, the cello hunted down into sobbing exhaustion. Watkins is an elite instrumentalist who is free to revel in such a complex role; together he and the orchestra articulated their fraught dialogue with such rhythmic verve one could almost imagine the words. After the soloist's five minute opening the trumpets' impertinent interruption struck a note of high comedy, while the lamenting Cantilena for which the strings swarm around the soloist was powerfully moving. His encore, Lutosławski's delicate Sacher Variation for solo cello, continued the conversation in intimate style.
It was in memory of Lutosławski that Adès was commissioned to write a new orchestral work. The result, Totentanz, is a cycle of songs taken from a 15th-century frieze in a Lübeck church in which Death calls on those from all levels of society to join his dance. It hurls us into a labyrinth the senior composer would recognise, but which is darker and more manically brutal than anything even he conceived. Baritone Simon Keenlyside and mezzo-soprano Christiane Stotijn, who sung the parts of Death and his victims with searing eloquence, needed amplification in the face of a vast orchestra and battery of percussion crowned by a taiko drum the size of a house. We're in the world of Adès's orchestral work Tevot, but with a narrative of overpowering momentum.
The menacing score thunders forward like a force of nature, whip-cracks ricocheting off its surface, intensity building to claustrophobic levels as Death commands his victims: Emperor, Pope, Cardinal and King are scythed down until we reach the Monk; a gong stops play and in the stillness a bell tolls, the Monk laments his fate. Next comes the Knight with riding rhythms, snare drum, and a burst of Mahlerian military band; the tension ratchets up again and Mayor, Doctor, Usurer are dismissed, while a gleaming duet builds around the Merchant to a terrifying crisis. Tension is released in thinning textures as we enter the supposedly innocent world of the lower orders, celeste and strings accompany the Parish clerk, swinging horns and drum celebrate the release of the Peasant. Is Death singing a curdled love song to the Maiden, becalmed on his sinister line: 'Girls don't usually turn down a little dance'.
The shock arrives with the child: celestial trumpets which, in Britten's work herald peaceful resurrection, here announce the passing of one who must dance before he can walk. We seem to have arrived in a scene from Mahler's Das Wunderhorn and for a disorientating moment one can almost smell a sentimental ending. But Adès draws back, offering instead the child's stark, lonely appeal, consumed by an unheeding Death. It's a work of rich, operatic moment, pure Adès but seen through the dark glass of 19th century German Romanticism.
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Direct from the We Could Have Told You That department, a recent study determined that introducing young boys to video games has a direct effect on their academic performance. Introducing a major distraction interferes with learning? Who'd have thought?
The study conducted by Robert Weis, a psychologist at Ohio's Denison University, is the first controlled trial to look at the effect of playing video games on learning. While previous studies have reported on the effects of video games on academic performance using survey data of children's gaming habits, this one goes about things slightly differently.
The researchers found 64 boys aged six through nine who had never owned a video game system, which sounds like a science award-winning feat if I've ever heard one.
The study was presented (quite brilliantly) to parents as one monitoring child development, with a PlayStation 2 offered as a reward for participating. Half of the 64 children participating received the game system at the onset of the study, while the other half - the control group - received it at the end of the four-month program.
Needless to say, the children who suddenly found themselves in possession of video game entertainment spent more time playing games and less time studying and participating in extra-curricular activities.
This makes perfect sense, for as Weis points out, the time spent playing video games replaces the time spent doing other things.
Teachers reported delays in learning academic skills among the game-playing children, while tests conducted by the researchers showed less academic advancement overall when compared to the control group. While the results were almost predetermined, it is interesting to see the correlation at work.
So kudos to Weis and his team, for not only providing such enlightening results, but also for conducting an unbiased study that didn't set out to vilify our hobby.
"There's nothing evil about video games per se," said Weis, "It's just that we need to monitor kids' usage of these games and to urge moderation in the amount that kids play these games."
Note that girls were not included in the study, as researchers were worried they would not play video games as much as the boys. I suggest a new study is in order.
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A real nightmare.
Every now and then, people do something they really regret. Maybe it's bad judgement or perhaps bad luck. Then again, it could just be that they had about six too many tequila shots and were too drunk the next morning to realize just how wrong they were. Now, I realize that everyone makes mistakes, but its just plain insanity when an entire development team smokes crack while making a game.
Nightmare Creatures 2 is definitely a nightmare on Dreamcast Street.
So many things go wrong in the intro sequence alone, that you'll scream bloody
murder before the game even gets under way. Only the bravest of the brave may
enter the next portal I am about to open. If you feel you have the courage,
take a deep breath and prepare yourself… FOR GAMING HELL!!! (gaming hell is
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rights reserved.)
It was a partly cloudy Friday afternoon. A package arrived for me, a game
called Nightmare Creatures 2. I immediately popped it open. The
wind began to howl and a train rumbled past. Bad omens. As the Dreamcast powered
on and the game began to load, a sense of dread filled my heart. I turned to
face the television screen and expected to see dead people. Instead, I saw a
bloody axe and then… it happened. The nightmare began.
What I saw before me was a screen full of humongous pixels, badly animated
characters, and backgrounds ugly enough to scare the dead. Pixels here and there
are so huge and blocky that they might as well belong to an old Atari 2600 game.
If the developers were trying to make the game scary, this was the one thing
that did it. The only saving grace is the coattail flapping effect and the opening
bloody axe. Nightmare Creatures II unanimously wins the Game Revolution
award for worst looking Dreamcast game to date.
Speaking of scary, Nightmare Creatures 2 is about as frightening as a newborn puppy with a red ribbon tied around its neck, licking a little girl. The environments are so plain that they would chill your bones like a hot day in Death Valley.
Then we have the creatures. Perhaps the lack of heart thumping terror is due to the rather squarish look of every monster. Then again, it might just be that the character design is horribly flawed. Even the fabled Boogeyman that hides in the closet is scarier than these things.
Maybe what makes the Boogeyman scarier is the fact that he could find his
way out of the closet. If you threw the monsters of Nightmare Creatures 2
behind a two-foot high cardboard wall, they would never be able to touch you.
Ever. Even with a 20-foot pole. And stilts. These guys must have some fetish
for watching their brethren get butchered, since they'll stand by idly and watch
you hack a fellow monster into doggy kibble without joining the party. A force
of thousands could march against you, only to attack one by one. Good in a Bruce
Lee movie, bad in a video game.
Even our anti-hero, Herbert Wallace, does not fare well. Controlling Wallace
is a nightmare unto itself. Jumping is a task and even walking can be a problem
due to collision detection issues and generally bad programming.
Then there is the cruel act of combat. There are two basic attacks with the axe (vertical and horizontal slash) along with a block and kick. While few combos exist, they can only be executed when the screen prompts you to. Most of the axe-fighting sequences are mere button mashers that jerk the camera around like a rag doll.
When you've finally worn a monster down, a 'fatality' becomes available. This
command will send Wallace into a berserk rage, often beheading his foe and chopping
it into bite-sized pieces. Executing fatalities is often a hilarious event as
all the action in the fight stops so you can chop up the bad guys. Sometimes
a monster will be in mid-attack, only to kneel down for you to chop its head
off. It's almost as funny as watching a ripe watermelon get smashed by a sledgehammer
(Wait…you get to play as Gallagher? – Ed.)
The sound is also something to behold. Not only is music absent for the majority
of the game, but the scarce sound effects do absolutely nothing to add to the
fear factor. In a game such as this, spooky sound effects or an eerie background
track could have helped bring the nightmarish feel out in the open. Instead,
we have a very sorry audio experience.
Nightmare Creatures 2 is a game that is exactly as advertised – a nightmare. So many things go wrong that it makes me wonder how the game ever made it to store shelves. All characters and events in this game — even those based on scary monsters — are NOT scary. All claims to playability are impersonated…poorly. Avoid like the plague.


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As the temperature hovered in the 60s yesterday, I couldn't help but feel that autumn is quickly approaching. The cool weather inspired me to finally make some headway with food preservation for the winter. I've done a little bit of preserving thus far – mostly freezing blueberries and strawberries – but I haven't been motivated to do much more than that. While I spent a lot of time last year canning, I haven't been excited about doing any this year (perhaps because we still have lots of jam left) – yet.
This weekend, however, I tackled zucchini and yellow squash. While I've only grown one measly zucchini in my own garden so far this year (which I pureed with a can of black beans and made into Black Bean & Zucchini brownies*), I managed to score enough off of Freecycle to make me a happy camper. On Friday evening I picked up 17 lbs of zucchini and yellow squash from someone in a nearby town. I wasn't sure what I was going to do with it all when I got it, but I knew I would figure something out. In the meantime, the kids played with it. 🙂
(Please excuse the quality of these pics. They were taken w/ my iPhone.)
On Sunday I got to work. I shredded and froze 16 cups of zucchini to use during the winter for baking or adding to soups.
I also used 3 additional cups to make a triple batch of Barbara Kingsolver's Zucchini Chocolate Chip Cookies (from the awesome book Animal Vegetable Miracle).
Then I used one huge yellow squash to make Kingsolver's Disappearing Zucchini Orzo for dinner (I added spinach to it to give it a little more color and tomatoes as a garnish).
After all of that, I still have two large yellow squash remaining! I may chop and freeze them and throw them into a casserole at a later date.
*Below is the recipe for Black Bean Zucchini Brownies. The other two recipes (cookies and orzo) can be found on the Animal Vegetable Miracle web site. I was very skeptical of the idea of beans in my brownies at first, but now that I've made them, I can't imagine going back to the traditional way. They are sooooo good (and, as Jody will tell you I like to argue, healthier!) Yum!
Black Bean Zucchini Brownies
1 box brownie mix (I prefer the kind that has chocolate chunks in it)
1 can black beans (do NOT drain)
1 small zucchini (Optional. You can make the brownies with just the beans and they will turn out just fine. If you want to add a little extra vegetable in though, add the zucchini.)
Puree entire can of black beans (including the liquid) in blender or food processor. Add the zucchini and puree until smooth. Add the beans and zucchini to the dry brownie mix. Mix well. Pour into greased pan and bake according to directions on the brownie box. You may have to bake a little longer than recommended on the box because there's a fair amount of liquid added between the beans and zucchini. You could also add in some flour (maybe a 1/2 cup or so) to even it all out. When a toothpick or knife comes out of the brownies clean, they are done. Cool, cut and serve.
Jody, the kids, and I loved these brownies. And yes, I told them what was in them. Nobody cared. 🙂
Nearly 17 lbs of squash used or preserved in one way or another this weekend. I think Barbara Kingsolver would be proud.
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WASHINGTON -- Nationals pitcher Doug Fister hopes to begin a throwing program on Sunday as he works his way back from a right lat strain that put him on the disabled list to open the season. The right-hander said it's possible he could engage in some "light catch," but he first needs clearance from the club's medical staff.
"Things are feeling good," Fister said. "I've been doing the exercises that we've been going through, and I've been feeling better. So it's definitely going in the right direction.
"I think [Sunday's] a good day to start [throwing]. You find a lot of things out that way, so we'll see how it goes."
Fister, who dealt with elbow inflammation early in the spring, was pitching in a Minor League game on March 27 when he suffered the lat strain. The Nats put him on the 15-day DL two days later, although the move was retroactive to March 23.
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Yeager will also appear Monday through Thursday nights that week at four Toledo Lucas County Public Libraries.
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Yeager dispenses practical advice for living well on less money. He appears periodically on NBC's Today show where he was dubbed "The Ultimate Cheapskate." His book, "The Ultimate Cheapskate's Road Map to True Riches" features his offbeat sense of humor; it's available at the library.
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QT web browser Rekonq is to add support for Chrome extensions – allowing thousands of already-made extensions to run out-of-the-box �" all thanks to the work of KDE developer Nikhil Marathe.
Rekonq, tentatively marked as Kubuntu 10.10's default browser, is able to do this thanks to Google Chrome's web-standards based extension API.
Rekonq will see the release of version 0.5 �" which will lack extension support – later next month.
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