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As one of the fastest growing sports in North America and in college sports, you may have noticed rugby is receiving more attention lately. Arizona has been a part of the rugby community for almost 40 years with Arizona State University's club team. Scottsdale is looking to join with the first rugby event in the Valley – the Fiat of Scottsdale Rugby Bowl.
ASU Rugby debuted in 1975 and has ranked in the top 15 in the last five years and is currently ranked No. 11. Coach Gary Lane explains that unlike lacrosse or hockey, the rugby team does not play in a league division, but plays against everyone. They have had a tough schedule so far, but hope to move up in the ranks to No. 9 or No. 10 in the next couple of weeks. "I think we are doing pretty well," states Lane, "We play U of A in two weeks at U of A. I think that will be a good test for how things are going."
As a club team, ASU rugby does a lot of its own fundraising for travel expenses, tournaments, equipment and more. They tried new fundraising techniques this year including some crowd funding campaigns. They did not meet their goal, but did pretty well and hope their campaigns will be more successful in the future.
Lane also hopes to receive more exposure for the team and to receive team sponsorships. Lane emphasizes that the team is more than just a sports club, but also part of the community. The team participates in a lot of charity work for nonprofits such as the Special Olympics and Polo Plunge. They also support the women's athletics at ASU and try to support the community in different ways. "It is a big part of our identity. We are very proud of that and we hope to set a benchmark for other teams at ASU," says Lane.
ASU will compete against Brigham Young University (BYU) in the upcoming Rugby Bowl in Scottsdale. Lane says that the team is excited for the event and to compete against a difficult team. "It is our job to produce a game this is up to the stature of the event," states Lane, "I've never been shy as a coach to take on big teams and see how we compare. You have to play at that level and if you don't, why bother."
Founder and owner of the Fiat of Scottsdale Rugby Bowl, Jason Rose, is also excited for the event. Rose explains that there is already a successful polo event in the valley, and he saw the chance to start a similar event with rugby. He explains that rugby is a growing sport and that there is a huge rugby footprint with the high-ranking teams of ASU and BYU. He states that the fans are about even so far according to ticket sales.
Rose hopes to generate visitors from different backgrounds form rugby enthusiasts to people who are fascinated and learning about rugby to people who simply want to enjoy an Arizona spring day.
There will be a myriad of other events including a motorcycle display, which will also donate money to a breast cancer charity, several local bands including the classic rock cover band Whiskey's Quicker and Arizona's premier Irish rock band Keltic Cowboys, a tug-o-war between ASU and BYU fans, World of Beer Garden, Scottsdale Cigar Lounge and even a barber shop. There is sure to be something for everyone, and all events take place inside the stadium so visitors can also watch the match.
For the future, Rose hopes to create a great Arizona event and the country's best rugby event. He hopes to involve four, top college rugby teams in 2015, and also hopes to expand from thousands to tens of thousands of visitors. "It will be post-spring training and will be great for people looking for their football fix. Rugby has all of the hard hits like football but without the pads," explains Rose.
Check out ASU's rugby team and the Fiat of Scottsdale Rugby Bowl on April 12. Gates open at 11:30 am and tickets start at $12.


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Fall is by far the best time to take soil samples. You will have more time to sample properly than in the spring. You will have time to really think about the results and make plans for next year, which might include early ordering of fertilizer, deciding where manure might be most beneficial, etc. Soil and weather conditions are often better for sampling in the fall. You cannot afford to have your crop come up short because of lack of nutrients when you are making a significant investment in the many inputs required to put out the crop. At the same time, you cannot afford to apply extra nutrients that will not give you an economic return. The economics of soil testing are pretty simple. If you sample a 10A field every 3 years as recommended, the cost per acre is around $0.30/A/year. This very small investment in soil testing which results in recommendations that are used to manage typically more than $200 worth of nutrients on a crop that is worth over $1000/A. You can't risk this magnitude of input costs and potential returns on a guess.
Good soil test begin with good soil samples. Here are some guidelines for getting good soil samples.
- Sample uniform areas
Usually we sample each field individually. However, there may be times when we need to subdivide fields if there is the potential for significant differences across the field. Examples include: significant soil differences, part of the field receives manure but not the whole field, topographic differences such as low areas versus sidehills, etc. Also, there are situations when we can combine fields. For example when we have small strips that are all managed the same we can lump these together into one sample.
- Take lots of cores
At least 15 to 20 cores should be collected to make up a composite sample to send to the lab. More is better.
- Sample to uniform depth
For most routine soil testing samples should be collect to plow depth. Even in no-till or permanent sods. Inconsistent sampling depth is one of the biggest sources of errors in soil sampling. This is especially true in no-till and reduced tillage systems where there is often significant stratification of nutrients in the soil.
Special note in no-till: In no-till fields an acid layer, called an acid roof, can develop right at the surface of the soil. This thin acid layer can have a significant impact on the crop but it can be missed in a normal plow depth sample. If the normal plow depth soil sample in no-till recommends liming, apply the lime as recommended and no further testing is needed. If the normal sample does not recommend lime and the field has been in long-term no-till and has not been limed recently, take a less than 2 in. deep sample and test it for pH. This sample can be submitted to a soil testing lab or you can use a field pH test kit for this purpose. If this sample has a pH less than 6.2, then apply 1 ton of limestone even if the regular sample soil test did not call for any limestone.
- Avoid atypical areas or sample them separately
Sample between the rows and avoid any fertilizer bands as much as possible. Also, many fields have known atypical areas such as dead furrows, old fence rows, lime or manure stacking areas, wet spots, etc. If the areas are too small to manage separately, do not sample them. Taking one or two cores from these odd areas just contaminates the sample for the rest of the field. If the areas are large enough that you are able and willing to manage them separately, then take a separate sample from these areas.
- Handle the sample carefully
Collect the soil cores in a clean bucket so as not to contaminate it, crumble the sample cores and air dry the sample. Mix the cores thoroughly and take a subsample to fill the mailer to send to the lab.
- Fill out the soil test information sheet
Additional information such as the crop, the expected yield, the crop rotation, tillage depth, etc. are used along with the soil test results to make the recommendation. Thus, it is critical that the soil test information sheet be filled out completely and accurately.
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Robin Hopper offers some great advice and insight into marketing, pricing, etc. on his new blog; http://rhrising.blog...-marketing.html
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Diabetes is a disease affecting the body's ability to dispose of sugar resulting in high blood sugar levels.
The body's organs depend on sugar supplied by the blood to produce the energy needed to maintain their function. Insulin is needed to shuttle sugar into the body's cells, so it can be used or stored. Diabetes happens when the body cannot send needed energy into the body's cells, resulting in starvation. When sugar can't be shuttled into the cells, it stays in the blood and accumulates. Eventually it begins to spill into the urine, causing excessive urination and thirst. If it is not caught on time, the person can become severely starved, very weak and dehydrated.
Diabetes is a chronic disease, meaning that it can't be cured. However, with proper treatment people with diabetes can live long, fruitful and successful lives. It is however important to follow the treatment because uncontrolled diabetes can cause serious complications and shorten a person's life.
With good management of their condition, people with diabetes are able to become whatever they aspire to be -- professional athletes, Olympic champions, loving parents, college graduates and accomplished professionals.
Symptoms of diabetes
The classical symptoms of diabetes are:
Other common symptoms include:
Other types of diabetes
The most common type of diabetes is called type 2 diabetes but it happens mostly in adults. The most common type of diabetes diagnosed in children is called type 1 diabetes.
Less common causes of diabetes include diabetes secondary to medications, monogenic diabetes (MODY and neonatal diabetes), gestational diabetes and Cystic Fibrosis-related diabetes.
Listed below, you will find some additional information regarding the different types of diabetes, for which we have provided a brief overview.
How is diabetes diagnosed?
The diagnosis of diabetes can be made by checking for sugar in the urine, checking a fasting or a random blood sugar or checking a hemoglobin A1c.
The diagnosis of diabetes is made when the person has symptoms and either a fasting blood sugar of 126 mg/dL or higher, or a random blood sugar of 200 mg/dL or higher.
A hemoglobin A1c of 6.5% or higher can also be diagnostic of diabetes, if confirmed on a second check in a NGSP certified lab.


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SCAMMERS managed to steal large amounts of money from cash machines outside a Burnley garage.
Police were called to Kitchens Service Station in Trafalgar Street on Monday night after customers noticed two men acting suspiciously outside the shop.
Officers believe that two automated teller machines were tampered with to prevent money being withdrawn properly.
The manager of the garage, which has been owned by Blackburn firm The Kay Group since 2007, refused to comment on the incident yesterday.
Police moved to quash online rumours that there had been an armed raid on the store.
Inspector Andy Winters said: "A number of people have been affected but nobody was hurt and there were no physical threats or violence in or near the shop.
"We secured the area around the cash machine on the forecourt to prevent anyone from using i.t "We're not sure at this stage how the money has been taken but we are investigating."
Officers were called to the scene at 10.15pm and, upon their arrival, the men who had been acting suspiciously were seen leaving the premises.
It was discovered that an unconfirmed sum of money had been stolen from the two Yorkshire Bank cash machines on the forecourt.
Yesterday, bits of paper with the words 'Do Not Use' were taped to the machines while officers investigated.
Detective Sergeant Louise Darcy said she had been speaking with people locally and enquiries would continue. She added: "We are still in the early stages of this investigation."
Anybody with information should call police on 101 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
The Kay Group's head office, in Grimshaw Park, Blackburn, declined to comment about the incident.


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I am honoured to have another one of my teachers, Norm Usiskin, guest post on my blog today. Norm is a shining example of how you can be leader from any position in a school, and that learning is continuous as educators. He inspires me daily by his work with kids and staff.
I was fortunate this past week to attend an inservice at my school intended for a parent audience on the subject of "Connecting and Sharing – Building Learning Communities Using Web 2.0". This workshop was delivered by my principal, George Couros and one of my colleagues, Lesley Cameron to approximately 15 parents from our school community.
As I listened and watched as the parents were given an overview of some of the current thinking on educational reform and the initiatives involving technology that we have undertaken here at Forest Green School in Stony Plain, Alberta, I couldn't help but sense a feeling of apprehension and uncertainty amongst some of the parents. This caused me to reflect on my own thoughts and feelings when I was presented with an opportunity at the end of the last school year that would see my teaching assignment change fairly drastically.
You see, George came to me and asked me if I would consider taking on the challenge of being a Technology Integration Facilitator at our school. No big deal I can hear some of you saying. Possibly true, but let me give you some insight into who I am. I am currently in my 27th year of teaching which to most of us makes me an "old dog". New tricks aren't supposed to come all that easily for people like me – and I am the first to admit that I have always liked using technology, but my knowledge of using it effectively and in ways that meet the needs of the students we face today was, at best, limited. Needless to say, I was apprehensive about my ability to fulfill this role that I knew came with high expectations from "the boss"!
Fortunately, I have always enjoyed learning new things, and I have always enjoyed collaborating with colleagues so once the year started and we had mapped out a plan for rolling out some of the initiatives we were wanting to introduce to our teachers and students (which included providing email addresses for students in grades 3 – 6, establishing blog sites for students in grades 3 – 6, introduction of the use of Google docs, a 1:1 laptop initiative in the grade 5 and 6 classes), that while overwhelmed at times by all of the minutiae of setting things up, the work with the teachers and students was fun, challenging, and invigorating. The prospect of helping our students into the world of Web 2.0 tools (not to mention the teachers) continues to make more and more sense as we progress through this year.
I have observed our students being very engaged by the opportunities to Skype in with teachers and students from around the world, to receive comments on blog posts from people both within and outside of our school community, and having everyday, all day access to information and tools that assist them in their studies. And on top of all of that, I have benefited and learned from great mentorship from George and great interaction from my colleagues and the students in our school.
I guess I am living proof that old dogs can learn new tricks – and these tricks are going to be of benefit to me and my students as I continue to travel this path. Can't wait to see what might be around the corner!


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Joan Rivers Slams Lena Dunham's Weight: 'Stay Fat, Get Diabetes, Everybody Die' [LISTEN]
When Joan Rivers visited the 'Howard Stern Show' on Tuesday, March 25, she had some choice words to say about Lena Dunham and her weight. So choice, in fact, that the raunchy host himself actually vehemently disagreed with the outspoken, 80-year-old 'Fashion Police' star.
"Lena Dunham, who I think is again terrific, how can she wear dresses above the knee?" Rivers questioned Stern about the 'Girls' creator's fashion decisions. (Ooh, dresses above the knee — so scandalous!)
"I think the thing we love about her is that she doesn't give a s—," Stern retorted, defending Dunham. (Not too long ago, the radio host famously apologized to the actress after his own series of jabs about her weight.)
"But that's wrong!" Rivers cried. "You're sending a message out to people saying, 'It's OK! Stay fat! Get diabetes. Everybody die. Lose your fingers.'"
"I don't think she's sending a message out to anyone saying anything other than, 'I'm going to make you laugh,'" Stern countered.
When Rivers suggested that she would like to reach out to Dunham to show her how to dress, she was well aware of what the actress' reaction would be: "'F— off!'"
"That's your thing. My thing is, 'Hey. I'm free. I don't sit and think about what you think or what anyone else thinks,'" Stern imagined how Dunham would respond to Rivers' request, even fitting in a little dig at the comedienne's fondness for going under the knife. "She would say to you, 'Listen Joan, I'm not going to be the type of woman that needs to do the Botox and face lifts and all that stuff because I'm going to live my life the way I am.'"
But Rivers (surprise, surprise) continued to argue, dispensing endless backhanded compliments to Dunham.
"I love, love, love that she's funny, I love that she did well…but don't let them laugh at you physically," Rivers argued.
An argument Stern counters with the double-standard: Men can do physical comedy, but women can't?
Ultimately, Rivers had this to say:
"If you look the way you look, Lena, and that's fine and you're funny, don't say it's OK that other girls can look like this."
"Try to look better," she concluded.
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Peter Som Fall 2014
For Peter Som, some images are timeless, like those of Françoise Hardy in a mini and flats, sitting in a chair, slouched over her guitar. Or Jane Birkin locked arm in arm with Serge Gainsbourg strolling down a Parisian street wearing just a peacoat. And it's to those hazy, Gallic halcyon days that the designer drew inspiration this season. "I wanted to capture that idea of natural beauty," he said backstage before the show. "It started with peacoats—there are so many amazing pictures of Jane Birkin in them—and a woman with an innate sense of style who isn't trying too hard." Since this is fall, keeping a cover-up in mind (which all editors navigating the slush and ice this Fashion Week are doing) makes perfect sense. Cue Som's leopard-print goat hair iterations worn with minis, a blazer-like herringbone take with oversize lapels, and a navy, sleeveless, evening-appropriate spin on the classic with an ostrich-feather hem. "Playing with textures is so important," he said.
But this wasn't an entirely utilitarian collection, as those ostrich-feather hems, which also showed up on shifts and tanks, attest. Som explored the softer, more lyrical side of his chanteuses' closets, and translated Birkin's bohemian-seventies edge into eveningwear. Fragile, diaphanous layered slips scattered with blurred floral images were pretty and feminine without feeling throwback, while the final look—a silk twill floral skirt with a sprawling fishtail—fused Som's knack for effortless American sportswear with a certain je ne sais quoi.


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Ataxia Support Group to Meet March 9, 2013
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March 9th, The Central MN Ataxia support group will meet at the Liberty Savings bank 111 7th Ave South in the community room, 10 a.m. -.noon with Dr David Tilstra, genetic counselor as a guest. Open to the public. The support group is for anyone with a degenerative brain disease. Friends and family are welcome to join. For more info call Marsha at 320-248-9851.


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i have a .html file as below which works fine when i run it in apache2 but when i change the file extension to .php file it cant work properly. Please suggest your idea. Thank you.
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><title>Untitled Document</title><link href="jquery.mobile-1.0/jquery.mobile-1.0.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /><link href="css/jqm-docs.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />

 Welcome to Student Online Progress Analysis System

Data Management

All confidential data will kept in the server database and can be editted or updated only by administrator

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Chicken

Cow

Duck

Horse

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Sheep

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Aardvark

Alligator

Ant

Bear

Beaver

Cougar

Dingo

Eagle

Elephant

Ferret

Frog

Giraffe

Lion

Monkey

Panda bear

Polar bear

Tiger

Zebra

Fresh colors from the magic rainbow.

Blue

Green

Orange

Purple

Red

Yellow

Violet

Everything from cars to planes.

Acura

Audi

BMW

Cadillac

Chrysler

Dodge

Ferrari

Ford

GMC

Honda

Hyundai

Infiniti

Jeep

Kia

Lexus

Mini

Nissan

Porsche

Subaru

Toyota

Volkswagon

Volvo

Boeing

Cessna

Derringer

Embraer

Gulfstream

Piper Aircraft

Raytheon

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The widget works fine in .html extension and once i changed it to .php extenstion it can't run.
By the look of your file paths (e.g. src="file:///C|/Users/Asus/Desktop/title.png") is seems you are running this page on your local machine. PHP won't run on your local machine unless you have a server environment set up. That's just a suggestion. There's no actual PHP in that page, so maybe you should explain a bit more about what you are trying to do here.
Hye there,thanks for replying. Actually u can just ignore the picture path as it does not effect anything (forgot to delete it). Actually when i run this page in .html, if you can look through abit to this code there's a button "data management" am i right? when i click on it, it will go to another page with "data management" as it title and 3 other choices below but when i tried to run it in .php and i click the "data management" button, nothing happened.I can't really upload the output picture here and i don't know why@.@ so i hope you understand my point.
when i click on it, it will go to another page with "data management" as it title and 3 other choices below
It doesn't go to anther page, but the content on that same page is revealed by JavaScript (JS). None of that data stuff has anything to do with PHP—at least as far as your code goes. The paths to your JS sound like they are broken. Have you moved the .php version of the page to a different location from the .html version?
yes you are right. it does not go to the other page but the content on that same page is revealed by js. do i need to separate the .html version and .php version ?
i tried to move the .html version to other location but still the result is the same. about the broken link, how can i fix it?
After renaming your file with the .php extension, add this first line:
<?php /* dummy comment. */ ?>
u mean add it on the first line or anywhere in the code?
Make that your first line then the doctype, etc
i add simple php code (echo "hello") at the very first line and run it but it didnt echo the words. the same page coming out
sorry but what is this "&/Lt;! Doctor html"?
Whoops sorry about that. This keyboard has a mind of its own.
I was trying to type the less than symbol and doctype.
You were too quick and read the first version
I think that either there's is an error in your script or apache, php/mysql is not installed.
Try this:
<?php echo 'hello sitepoint';
// no closing statement necessary
error would occured if didn't put closing statement.
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I make s special point not to have the closing PHP statement to ensure no white space errors occur.
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i understand what are you trying to say but the script which i posted works well in .hmtl extension and the thing is once i changed the extension without changing any of the code there's some problem occured example like when i clicked certain button, it does not respond. Just like ralph.m said, the path to my js seems broken. i think thats the main problem now.
There could be numerous reasons why your PHP script is failing and as you mentioned that the javascript may be the problem. It could also be the it is a BOM file.
The code I supplied would prove that your Apache and PHP are set correctly. Try this and if there are any errors they will be displayed:
echo 'Hello Sitepoint';
I prefer starting with some script that works then gradually adding more script then fixing the errors if and when they appear.
tried it already and no error comes out and the "Hello sitepoint" also not coming out. maybe because it direct went to the code below and covered up the words. is it?
There should be no code after the echo "Hello Sitepoint";
The idea is to start with a page that works correctly with no errors or warnings then to gradually add code. If any errors or warnings appear then find the cause and fix the errors.
Your script can be seen working here:
u mean by just executing php code? ofcourse i can execute it. i've so many .php files works and there's nothing wrong about it. the link u gave me is actually not complete because i you don't have the .css and .js script which called in the code i gave previously so u can't really see the "data management" button that suppose to link to the .js file. i tried to upload picture here but cannot and i dont know why@.@


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No Scientific Consensus on Safety of Genetically Modified Organisms
Press release from ENSSER:
There is no scientific consensus on the safety of genetically modified foods and crops, according to a statement released today by an international group of more than 90 scientists, academics and physicians.[1]
The statement comes in response to recent claims from the GM industry and some scientists, journalists, and commentators that there is a "scientific consensus" that GM foods and crops were generally found safe for human and animal health and the environment. The statement calls these claims "misleading", adding, "This claimed consensus on GMO safety does not exist." … Continue Reading


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Archive for May, 2010
Spring into lame puns with Roo.
So I decided I needed to be a bit more Java savvy. One of the most common technologies you'll encounter when developing is so-called Object Relational Mapping or ORM. The concept here is really simple, ORM lets you treat rows in a database like they were real live language objects, so if you fetch objects you're really fetching database rows and if you update objects you're really updating database rows. The concept is pretty simple. Somehow, though, the implementation is really nasty. And I mean really, REALLY nasty.
I set out to learn probably the most popular Java ORM, hibernate, using a hibernate tutorial. The tutorial is pretty decent if you overlook the fact that it doesn't actually work and you need to search the jboss forums for fixes to the Maven POM file (what is that anyway?). Well then there was the fact that I couldn't actually get it working. In truth it was probably my fault, I probably got one of the 17 steps wrong in the 30 page tutorial, or maybe I did them out of sequence or something. But I got close enough that I decided that if I absolutely, positively had to get it working I probably could.
After this experience I can's say I've become much more of a Java fan. I started to take a look at some of the other technologies involved in building Java apps and my head began to spin. Do I use hibernate or should I use JPA? Do those things even do the same thing? Do I need to use JTA with either of them? Is struts a part of tiles? Other way around? Or are they competing technologies? There are at least 3 logging frameworks in Java that seem to have good traction, which one should I use? Is TestNG better than JUnit? Does it really matter? A funny note in the Hibernate tutorial is that Hibernate supports *BOTH* c3p0 and proxool as JDBC connection pools (What?), but you should positively under no circumstances use the default JDBC connector that ships with Hibernate because it's a piece of crap.
I'm ready to fly the white flag, this stuff is just too much for me. Call me a bad developer but I just don't have the patience for all this nonsense. They have a term for this, "yak shaving". Reminds me of the bad old days of UNIX, when you were thrilled if "configure; make; make install" didn't require you to edit source code.
On day 2 of my Java adventure I decided to figure out Roo, mostly because I couldn't figure out what it was or why anyone would use it. And I guess somebody must think it's pretty important because it's what Ben Alex showed off at Google IO. (Ben has a love for expense reports that borders on unnatural but it's still a pretty good demo.)
Roo is a "convention over configuration" tool, which is just a fancy way of saying that it makes a bunch of decisions you really shouldn't care about and it makes them automatically. No more scratching your head figuring out if you should use JMX or JPA or JINI or JPMC or JWTF. As someone who doesn't know or care what's going on under the covers this is really attractive.
So I gave it a shot, not trying to follow Ben's IO demo, but rather the online Pizza Shop demo. (I have it on good authority that Ben once tried to expense over $13,000 worth of pizzas, probably where he got the idea for the expense report app.)
project --topLevelPackage com.springsource.roo.pizzashop persistence setup --provider HIBERNATE --database HYPERSONIC_IN_MEMORY entity --class ~.domain.Topping --testAutomatically field string --fieldName name --notNull --sizeMin 2 entity --class ~.domain.Base --testAutomatically field string --fieldName name --notNull --sizeMin 2 entity --class ~.domain.Pizza --testAutomatically field string --fieldName name --notNull --sizeMin 2 field number --fieldName price --type java.lang.Float field set --fieldName toppings --element ~.domain.Topping field reference --fieldName base --type ~.domain.Base entity --class ~.domain.PizzaOrder --testAutomatically field string --fieldName name --notNull --sizeMin 2 field string --fieldName address --sizeMax 30 field number --fieldName total --type java.lang.Float field date --fieldName deliveryDate --type java.util.Date field set --fieldName pizzas --element ~.domain.Pizza controller all --package ~.web
With this file in hand, all you've got to do is pipe it into Roo and after a few minutes you've got a working application. If we break the script down, there are 5 major things:
- Create the application using "project"
- Instruct it to use Hibernate and the Hypersonic in-memory database.
- Create entities (these correspond to database tables).
- Create the fields within the entities, and associations between the entities.
- Add a web layer using "controller".
It's easy to feed this to Roo automatically by just putting it into a file called, say, pizza.roo and running:
$ /path/to/roo/roo.sh < pizza.roo
Roo does all the grunt work of dealing with Maven, which in turn downloads all your dependencies (this can take a while the first time you do it), and creates lots of stub code for you. After this I ended up with 458 files which I could compile into a web app. This included a fairly complex Maven pom.xml file which I could use to do other things, such as launch the application. To do that, just type this in the root of your project directory:
$ mvn tomcat:run
You should note that this wants to launch its own Tomcat and HSQLDB. If you have local copies of either of these apps, there will be conflicts. Since I did, I decided the path of least resistance was just to shut down my system services and let Maven handle it all. After that launches you can navigate to localhost with your web browser as follows:
Success! A working (sample) app without a line of code! True I didn't write code, but more importantly this approach seems to make data the primary concern, which I find very attractive since combining, processing and displaying data is the real value of any application.
In this example everything, including the database, runs in memory, you don't need anything installed except Roo, Maven and your JDK. To make things a bit more interesting I decided to link this application to a MySQL database that I have running on my host. This proved to be surprisingly easy, with only one gotcha. I went back into my Roo shell and typed in:
persistence setup --provider HIBERNATE --database MYSQL --username carter
This almost worked, but I had to manually edit a field in a file called database.properties to read like:
Here "hibernate" is the name of my database in MySQL. Ordinarily you'd probably want to use things like usernames and passwords but I like to live dangerously. With that in place I launched my application again by typing "mvn tomcat:run". I was pleasantly surprised to find that everything worked! I took a peek in MySQL and couldn't believe my eyes, all the right tables had been created automatically! Working with Roo is a real pleasure compared to slugging it out by hand with tools like Hibernate.
I'm really impressed with Roo and think it's one of the most interesting things going on in the SpringSource portfolio right now.


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screen = pygame.display.set_mode((500,500))
image = pygame.image.load('/home/metulburr/Pictures/bomb.jpeg').convert_alpha()
run = True
while run:
for event in pygame.event.get():
if event.type == pygame.QUIT:
run = False
screen.blit(image, (0,0))
EDIT: oh i am stupid, setting the colorkey is setting the color that you want to be transparent? lmao OK so that would be 255,255,255 for white. But doing so gives a choppy background, some transparent pixels and some not. I could only assume that the pics bg is not all pure white at 255,255,255, so i would have to go in an edit it to alpha anyways right? which would defeat the purpose of this whole thing.
EDIT2: It almost seems easier just to go into gimp and convert manuelly the background to transparent. Then chop the image, crop it, and set it as a name and be done with? I dont get the reasoning behind all this complex methods for creating games, unless you were trying to mimic a program like GIMP.


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Almost since it inception I have had a subscription to the Who Do You Think You Are magazine, in the early years I lived 100% in NZ so it was an expensive, but not prohibitive indulgence to pay for an overseas subscription. In later years costs have risen and as I now spend a sizeable chunk of time living in the UK each year and could easily (and more cheaply) buy a copy in the supermarket I was considering cancelling the subscription.
Then along came virtual subscriptions which allows the magazine to be sent through, via the internet, to your iPad or Andriod Tablet. Such a subscription bought through Zinio costs £4.99 per copy or £34.99 for a years sub. This is a saving of 41% off the cover price of the magazine when bought at WH Smith's/Tesco's etc.
So what's in the July issue? I have had a quick browse and may well get back with a more in-depth blog about one or two of the subjects the articles covered. However for now I can report that there are articles on Wills, Workhouses, Yorkshire, Suffragettes (very topical at the moment), Non-Conformists (I'm writing a talk on this subject at the moment) and quite a bit more.
I don't get paid or get a free subscription for WDYTYA magazine so don't think this is a advert for the mag, I just think that any keen genealogists would benefit from getting their hands on this magazine. The magazine also has a good website with plenty of pages to interest family historians.
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Volume 33, Number 2
Mitigate Risk, Facilitate Project Delivery, Integrate Sustainability, and Improve Maintainability for Advanced Technology Facilities
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AFC Croydon Athletic eased their way into the first round proper of the FA Vase with a 1-0 win over Cobham on Saturday.
However, boss Anthony Williams was left with a bittersweet aftertaste when a tepid first half display was only saved by Edward Cardona's second half header.
Williams said: "It is frustrating that it takes a management team rollicking to kick-start the lads into action.
"But the second half was much better and I am delighted with the result and to have kept a clean sheet."
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For the life of me, I can't throw further than about 280 feet. One problem seems to be that I can't generate much hip speed. It's been described to me as a hip snap. Any adive on how to generate hip speed or generate a hip snap? I really would like to see an article on this, if you haven't done it already, Blake.
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Can it be in person with one pulling out the others weave??
Cut a deal Tim. The reality is your Iconic boss was also a "husho" (google it) and here's why:
"Things that challenge Apples ability to beat Samsung"
Dont get your hopes up, this is just gonna drag on for another 10 years like the original Apple vs. Microsoft case. You know the one where steve jobs said microsoft stole the whole personal computer thing from him. But Apple needs to learn that theres this thing called competition and fairness that normal companies and people in a free market country partake in. Sure it prevents you from being a goddamn trillion dollar company, but sometimes you have to learn to stop being greedy, stop accusing others of being successful just so you can once again increase shareholder value by preventing any form of a competitive environment. Every single lawsuit with apple, always the same ****. And Tim Cook is no different than Jobs. Could Samsung have outright stole from apple, yeah pretty likely. But this is no small fruit company and this case is not only hurting their images and revealing their anticompetitive, greedy nature, but ruining a fair free market system from a country that they already rob by keeping their money and jobs oversees. Apple is only innovative in how greedy they are, they are not a "product company" they are are just another big ******* fortune 500 company with more clever tactics.
Just be happy that other companies are inspired by your products and stop being so f*ing greedy. And I hope Apple loses.
Sorry, had to get that one out.
Apple needs to step back and take a big look at android! Why is it soooo successful? They should do the same exact thing! Licence their iOS to other company's! Make them conform to their (apples) standards!
Just think a Samsung galaxy SIII running iOS! This is where they will dominate the entire market! They could ask for so much per phone made! Apple would destroy android if they did the android Microsoft approach!
I can see that none of you know a thing about Android with all your "crapify" comments. from iOS 4 forward, apple has invented nothing new all they've done was add Android, BB and Cydia features to each version of iOS. yet still Bluetooth on an iDevice does NOT work and you still cant add attachments to an email, you still cant replace stock apps with apps of YOUR choice.
* and for all you who are going to sound off that Bluetooth on an iDevice does work., I made a youtube video showing you 2 iPhone 4's an iPod 4th Gen, a Galaxy Note, Galaxy S III, Galaxy S II and Galaxy Tab 10.1 all in the same video and NONE OF THE iDevices Bluetooth work. the 2 iPhones can detect NOTHING while the iPod can--sometimes while ALL the Samsung devices detect each other AND the iDevices. so unless you can post a video of your own proving that it does work then dont come here crying and posting fanboy nonsense.


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A Lesson in GeographyLogic puzzles require you to think. You will have to be logical in your reasoning.
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SAINT LEO, Fla. – The Saint Leo softball team (7-5) began the Saint Leo Invitational tournament with a win over the visiting Missouri S&T Miners (0-2), Friday evening from Saint Leo University Stadium. The 10-2 win over the Miners marks the third time the Lions have defeated a team with the eight-run rule.
Freshman Alana Tabel got the win for the Lions this time, improving her record to 4-2 on the year. Tabel allowed only five hits in the outing, striking out six and walking none.
The Lions jumped on the offensive early in the contest, scoring four runs in the bottom of the first inning thanks to a single from junior Brittany Ewing and a double from senior Rachelle Gremo.
After a scoreless second inning on both sides, the Miners were able to connect during the top of the third inning, when a two-run homerun by sophomore Kyra Slemp scored base-runner Dana Lawson to put Missouri S&T on the board.
The Lions answered back in the bottom of the third, after a triple from Ewing and a Miner error allowed Ewing to advance home.
In the bottom of the fourth, Saint Leo tacked on two more runs, after a string of hits by McKenzie Burns, Jessica LoBianco, Chelsey Steedley, Sarah Steiner, Rachelle Gremo, and Kylee Hardesty pushed two runners across home plate.
In the bottom of the fifth inning, the Lions were able to add two more runs to the scoreboard, thanks to a single from McKenzie Burns and a double by Chelsey Steedley.
Faced with the possibility of a run-rule, the Miners were not able to score any runs in the top of the sixth inning. The Lions, however, came out swinging, poised and ready to end the game. After sophomore Kelsey LaNeave started the inning with a single up the middle, sophomore Emily Holman took four straight balls for a walk, advancing LaNeave to second. McKenzie Burns then grounded out to the second basesman, allowing both LaNeave and Holman to advance, and a walk from Jessica LoBianco walked to load up the bases. The Lions then placed pinch runner Tiffany Thompson on third base in place of Kelsey LaNeave, and after junior Chelsey Steedley singled to the infield, Thompson crossed the plate to put the Lions ahead by eight, and win the game.
The Lions collected 15 hits on the evening, in addition to eight stolen bases and eight walks.
The Saint Leo softball team will return to action tomorrow for the second day of the Saint Leo Invitational when they take on Pittsburg State at 6:00 p.m. from University Stadium.
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Next week we will be inundated with a raft of new economic data that will supply valuable insights into how Australia's economy is travelling. I want to preview this and sketch out the direction in which house prices, in particular, might head.
On Monday we get July's retail trade and both job ads and house prices for August. On Wednesday the ABS will publish the second-quarter GDP numbers and associated National Accounts. Of course, we also have the RBA's board meeting on the day prior. Absent some remarks about the "high" currency and the low probability of a cataclysm intervening in the interim, September's meeting should be a non-event.
This torrent of "tier one" economic data will help us resolve the lively debate between analysts who have persistently argued over the last year that the domestic economy is running at a "below-trend" pace – with retail in recession, the unacceptably high Aussie dollar crushing trade-exposed industries and house prices slumping – and those, like the RBA and myself, who maintained growth is healthy, consumption stronger than the doomers suggested, and housing faring better than it did in 2011.
What we can say with certainty is that the headline information yielded in the year to date has confounded the pessimists' predictions. It has also prompted the RBA to initiate its campaign against the negative bias in economic news reporting and related commentary.
To recap, the last GDP figures told us that the economy expanded by a stunning 1.3 per cent over the first quarter (doubling the consensus economist guess) and by 4.3 per cent over the year to March. While this was doubtless inflated a touch by the ongoing recovery from the Queensland floods, adjustments to account for this bias still left us with slightly above-trend growth.
This is one reason why the June quarter GDP data will be so significant. They will equip us with the best available measure of how the economy has progressed over the first six months of 2012, in addition to any revisions to past data.
A second problem for the doomers has been the stubbornly positive labour market data. The unemployment rate has not budged from around 5.2 per cent for two years, which is close to Treasury's "full employment" threshold. Having said that, all the forward labour market indicators look soft, and most economists, including the RBA, think that the jobless rate will bump-up a bit to around 5.5 per cent by the end of 2012.
Australia's housing market has also refused to play its part. We've neither had the "slow melt" or the precipitous decline in house prices prophesied by would-be experts in search of a headline.
On Monday we get RP Data-Rismark's eight capital city house price index data for the month of August. Bloomberg has started publishing the "five capital city index", which includes dwellings in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide, on a daily basis. We can, therefore, use this to form preliminary views. The chart below illustrates the performance of the five-city index, and the Sydney and Melbourne benchmarks, over period 30 December 2011 through to 30 August 2012.
Whereas Australian home values tapered by 3.8 per cent in 2011, RP Data-Rismark's indices imply that 2012 has been characterised by relative stability. With the help of the RBA's generous 75 basis points worth of "insurance" rate cuts in May and June, the Sydney, Melbourne, and national markets have staged a recovery of sorts in recent months. This is especially encouraging given that the winter period is seasonally weak.
Sydney dwelling prices, which account for about 40 per cent of the national market, have actually risen by about 2 per cent in 2012. In contrast, Melbourne prices are down by roughly the same margin. The five-city index appears to be flat.
RP Data-Rismark's estimates are a bit more conservative than those published by the ABS, which reported a net increase in Australian house prices over the first half of 2012. This may be explained by the fact that former control for both capital expenditure on homes and compositional biases in sales using a "hedonic regression" technique.
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We all judge others even if it isn't our place to judge, but supposedly at the end we are all judged by one!!!
Wrestling, women and money who could ask for more???
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REDDITCH'S Alexandra Hospital is set to receive a new CT scanner, following a decision made by Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.
The radiology team currently works with just one scanner, but with rising demand a second scanner will be welcomed by the department.
The £600,000 investment will see a second machine installed on the site, with plans in place for the equipment to be up and running by April. The development will create four additional jobs and provide an improved service for patients in Redditch and Bromsgrove and surrounding areas.
CT scans are used to create images of the inside of the body and are more detailed than standard X-rays. A scan takes 5-10 minutes and can produce images of internal organs, blood vessels, bones and tumours.
The new CT equipment will be used to scan 120 patients per week and will allow the team to work more efficiently, separating inpatients and outpatients. The second machine will give flexibility to plan appointments and make sure patients receive their scans within national waiting targets.
Both machines at the Alex will offer patients the highest standard of scanning with the lowest dose of radiation possible. More patients will be able to have their scan closer to home.
The development means the hospital l will now be able to carry out CT bowel screening, and barium enemas will be a thing of the past. Barium enemas involve liquid being passed into the bowel before taking an X-ray.
The additional machine also gives more flexibility when the scanners need to be serviced. Regular servicing and maintenance is essential but can put the scanner out of action for a whole day, meaning patients need to travel to Worcester. With two machines this will no longer be necessary, as the other will stay operational.
Emma Land, superintendent radiographer said "Our existing scanner is still one of the most up-to-date scanners available on the market so it's a real bonus to be able to announce that we're doubling our capacity. It's going to be a huge benefit to the local population and our team is excited about the new development."
Janice Kerr, general manager said "We're delighted to be investing in CT services at the Alex. With two state-of-the-art scanners available to patients we'll be able to provide an excellent service and we're looking forward to the new machine being up and running later this year."


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Michael Phelps wasn't going to remain single for long. Coming off his most recent relationship with Megan Rosse that reportedly ended in late 2012, the Super Olympian is once again a kept man, as the word is out that he presently is dating bombshell model Sarah Herndon. The news that the two are an item and getting hot and heavy was let out of the bag by Miss Herndon herself in an interview with the Daily Mail. And hopefully Michael Phelps is cool with her relaying the information, because she doesn't hold much back. Given that one does not expect to hear much about the love lives of celebrities and that most of them prefer to keep their private lives private, the fact that Herndon reveals some very juicy, very personal details about the couple's burgeoning love affair in the interview is indeed surprising. The 22-year-old waitress-model says she met Phelps just before Christmas while vacationing with her family in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. She and her three sisters were hand-picked by workers at a club the four were at and asked to join Phelps at his table. Sarah tells the Daily Mail that "Me and all my sisters were dancing on the bar. A worker came up to us and wanted us to go and hang out at his table, he said "Michael Phelps is coming, I want you there"." About that first night, Herndon says, "We danced but we were just more talking. There was definitely an attraction but nothing really happened that night. We both talked about how we were both recently single. He didn't say a lot. He just said it didn't work out (with Megan), it didn't sound to [sic] fun, I think that's just what happens when you break up with people." How do you like that, huh? Must be real tough to be Michael Phelps, right? Not that it's probably difficult generally for him to pick up chicks, but club employees also are scoping out gals and handpicking a group of them that are dancing on the bar and ordering them to sit down at his table. It's like shooting fish in a barrel. Speaking of fishing, in early January after his initial courtship of Herndon, Phelps escorted her on a five-day stay in the Bahamas, where the couple fished, snorkeled and enjoyed the scenery and obviously, each other's company. Some of the choice quotes from the interview where Herndon gushes about her new beau: "Michael's a good kisser. He's very cuddly and kissy, which is cute. He's charming and a gentleman." "He's got like a confident side to him to that makes you want more. But he's very sweet at the same time." "He's got a great sculpted body. He's obviously been a swimmer like forever. There's not really much bad you can say about it." "Michael is a very affectionate, sweet guy, that's all I'm going to say. I'm really happy to have got to know him on a more personal level." Jeez, it must be puppy love, right. This young lady clearly is smitten by the Olympian and quite taken Phelps. And in light of some of the photos of Herndon on the interwebs, it's probably a safe bet that Phelps is quite smitten with her as well: Not a bad-looking young lady, eh? That's my understatement for the day. But really, she almost has little bit of a Isla Fisher kind of thing going on. [Daily Mail, via The Big Lead, via @JimmyTraina] TweetThe post Michael Phelps has an attractive new girlfriend: Model Sarah Herndon (photos) appeared first on Sportress of Blogitude.
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What a dolt! She would not last a a day if I was dating her. I've dated a few models in my day and none were that vapid!"umm and like". I know he's no rocket scientist but aim a litter higher.
Is she a doper too?
Jersey Bob,
Correct brother, She's sounds as if she's reading cue cards.
How'd you let a model get away? I have one who was a modeled blue jeans and all sorts of makeup. Kept her, married her and never regretted a day. Though she's not going to be happy knowing I said kept.
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CIRENCESTER Seniors were no match for the Wrag Barn team on May 27 at the Highworth course.
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Wrag Barn 6, Cirencester 2
The only success came from Mike Bishop and Patrick Moylan who won 2 up and the reliable pairing of John Pugh and Gordon Stone.
Lilley Brook 4.5, Cirencester 2.5
ONCE again Cirencester failed to make an impression away from home.
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Everyone's first thought is to spread jam on toast. And many gluten free breads certainly benefit from it. But there are other fun ways to use jam.
- As a filling between cake layers.
- Warm it and serve as a sauce over ice cream.
- Serve with soft cheeses and crunchy rice crackers.
- As a filling for crepes. See Montina crepe and jam recipes below.
- Make a pan sauce for chicken or pork chops. Cook the meat as you like and remove from the pan. Add a few tablespoons of jam to the drippings. You can cut the sweetness with a bit of vinegar, lemon juice and /or mustard. Pineapple jam is good with chicken, apricot is good with pork. Or use your favorite flavor.
Last year my husband made raspberry jam for the first time. We always freeze berries, but that alone could not keep up with the huge harvest. So to get out of a jam, he made some! By late summer, we had a shelf full of wonderful jewel tone Christmas gifts.
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Making jam is really very easy. Homemade jam is just fruit and sugar, lots of sugar. Even recipes that claim they are low sugar have a lot. Some fruits also need pectin so they will thicken to jammy goodness. You can buy that at the grocery store. Be sure to follow their directions exactly.
What is the difference between jelly and jam? Jelly is made from fruit juice and sweetener. Jam is made from crushed fruit and sweetener. Jam is chunkier and may contain seeds.
What is the difference between store bought and home made? Store bought jellies and jams often have high fructose corn syrup and may have preservatives. Recently, mercury was found in high fructose corn syrup and some of the products made with it.
I am not a fan of many of the jellies and jams offered in the supermarket. When you make your own, you will see how much sugar is added. A lot, did I mention that before? But at least it is not contaminated.
Vince's Raspberry Jam
Adapted from a recipe on www.recipezaar.com posted by Pam in B.C. We like the combination of sweet and heat, so Vince added some cayenne.
Yield: 6 half pint jars. I think the diamond pattern jars are special.
4 cups mashed red raspberries, start with about 6 cups whole berries
4 cups sugar
½ teaspoon cayenne, optional
Sterilize jars, lids and rings in boiling water. Or a dishwasher if it has a sterilize cycle.
Put berries in a very large, heavy bottomed pot. Bring to full boil, the mixture will easily double in volume. Boil for 2 minutes.
Add sugar, stir constantly. Boil for 6 minutes.
Remove from heat. Be careful, the hot jam is like lava. Fill two jars with jam. Add the cayenne to the rest of the batch if desired. Fill 4 more jars. This way you get some slightly hot jam and some not.
Screw on lids and rings. Process in a water bath for 5 minutes.
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Montina Crepes
Adapted from Joy of Cooking, 1997 edition
Yield: about 8 six-inch crepes
½ cup Montina flour blend, other blends work well too
½ cup milk
¼ cup lukewarm water
2 large eggs
2 tablespoons canola or walnut oil
2 teaspoons sugar
Using a whisk, mix it up in container with a pour spout. Or use a blender and whirl for about a minute. Allow to sit for 20-30 minutes.
The old wheat recipes needed this time to give the gluten time to relax. We need the time to allow the fiber in the Montina flour to soak up the liquid. The batter will be thicker and smoother after the resting time.
You can test to see if your pan is hot enough with a droplet of water. If it dances on the surface, it is hot enough. I like to use a 7" steel crepe pan. But any shallow pan will do.
Give the batter a good stir. Oil, or melt a bit of butter in the hot pan. Pour about 2 tablespoons of batter in the pan. More is not better, you want a thin coating. Lift the pan off the heat and swirl it, so the batter encircles the pan. Cook for just a few minutes. The underside will brown and the top will set. Flip the crepe over and cook for about another minute. Remove this crepe to a plate while making the rest.
To serve, spread with jam and fold into quarters. You can garnish with a bit of powdered sugar if you like.
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Crepes can be cooled and stored for future use. Layer between sheets of wax paper and store in the fridge for up to a week. Or in the freezer for longer storage.
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Britney Spears shaved her head completely bald
Britney Spears showed up to a California tattoo parlor Friday night with a completely shaved head as she got a new tattoo of red lips on her wrist. Jesus fucking Christ, what happened to her in rehab? I'd say she's this close to a mental breakdown but I can't get my fingers close enough to convey just how deeply in the middle of a breakdown she is. My fingers would have to actually meld into each other to be accurate. I'm guessing she was forced to shave her hair after it got so dirty a family of gophers made it their home.
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Edible Books, our new twitter-based book club, has been reading Make the Bread, Buy the Butter, by Jennifer Reese.
As soon as I read the section on homemade cream cheese, I was hooked. I skimmed the recipe and found nothing that seemed beyond my rudimentary cheese making abilities. The book promised that the cream cheese would be less than half the cost of Philadelphia cream cheese. It promised tangy. I daydreamed of Saturday morning bagels spread thickly with luscious cream cheese. I threw a cheering crowd into the picture for good measure.
I made my shopping list: liquid rennet, mesophilic culture, half-and-half.
I had to wait until Friday to make a trip to the home brew store, my local source for cheese-making supplies, to pick up the rennet and culture. The homebrew store is a warren of delightful tubes, bottles, packets, and other mysterious stuff. I quickly found my supplies in the refrigerator case.
The supplies rung up at $14.90. It's not like you can just buy three drops of rennet, after all. Not until this moment had I really considered the front-end costs of this project, the fact that I actually rarely eat cream cheese and thus will be unlikely to recoup the cost of said supplies any time soon, nor the slight problem that I was soon going to have at least a pound of perishable cream cheese on my hands.
I quickly dismissed the $15.00 from my mind. I'd make something eventually with the rest of the supplies. Maybe everyone will be getting cream cheese for Christmas! In fact, maybe a few select friends will be getting cream cheese this weekend.
At the grocery store, I put two quarts of organic half-and-half in my cart. $4.39 each. I glanced across the aisle at the 8-oz boxes of Philadelphia Cream Cheese: $2.79. Organic Valley Cream Cheese: $3.45. Hmm.
Back home, I gathered my copy of Home Cheese Making by Ricki Carroll, lined a colander with cheese cloth, laid out my supplies, and placed a stockpot on the stove. Then I read through the recipe, stopping at "let sit at room temperature for 12 hours". I glanced at the clock: It was 1:56 pm. We would not be having bagels and cream cheese for breakfast. I put the half-and-half in the refrigerator.
Later that evening, around 9:00 pm: I heated my cream to a precise 86 degrees, stirred in the starter and rennet, covered the pot, and set it aside.
Saturday morning, 10:00 am: I lifted the lid. The cream had set into one solid curd, and smelled delicious and fresh—rather like cream cheese in fact. I scooped the curd into a cheesecloth lined colander and let it drip during breakfast. Then I tied the cheesecloth into a bag, suspended it over the pot, and left it for the day.
Saturday evening, 9:00 pm: The cheese had stopped dripping whey, and was reduced in volume. I untied the bag, and turned the cream cheese into a bowl.
The cheese was light and creamy. I spread some on a cracker. It tasted fresh, a little tangy, and much, much better than store bought cream cheese.
Sunday morning: we spread cream cheese lavishly on our bagels and enjoyed every bite.
Here's the breakdown:
Liquid Rennet: $7.95
Mesophilic Culture: $6.95
2 quarts Organic Half & Half: $8.78
Total: $23.68
1-8 oz package of Organic Valley Cream Cheese: $3.45.
It took very little active time to make the cream cheese, but the considerable waiting time pretty much mandates that this be a weekend activity. And it's hardly cost effective.
But an objective analysis misses all the intangible reasons that it is still worthwhile to make your own cream cheese, at least once. There is the fun of a trip to a specialty store. The silkiness and the scent of warm cream as you stir it. The magic of cream becoming curd while you sleep. The plink, plink of whey dripping throughout the day, like a metronome or a heartbeat. The single-focus zen approach that cheese making requires—multitask at your peril.
And perhaps most importantly, which kind of person do you want to be? The kind who always analyzes before deciding? Or the kind of person who tries new things with enthusiasm and a willingness to enjoy the process, succeed or fail?
I'd rather be the person who makes the cream cheese.
Cream Cheese
(adapted from Home Cheese Making and Make the Bread, Buy the Butter)
- 2 quarts pasteurized half-and-half
- 1 packet direct set mesophilic starter
- 3 drops liquid rennet, diluted in 1/3 cup unchlorinated water
- 1 tsp kosher salt
Heat the cream to 86F. Add the starter and mix thoroughly. Add 1 tsp of the diluted rennet and stir gently with an up-and-down motion. Cover the pot and let sit at room temperature for about 12 hours. A solid curd will form.
Pour the curd into a colander lined with cheesecloth. Tie the corners of the cheesecloth into a knot and hang the bag to drain for up to 12 hours, or until the cheese is thickened and no longer dripping.
Stir in salt. Scoop into a container and store, tightly covered, in the refrigerator. Use within 1-2 weeks.
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Jenna Burdette is making some history.
The Reedsville Eastern senior became the first player in school
history -- male or female -- to surpass 1,500 points in a career on Jan.
20 during an 83-27 victory at Racine Southern.
The 5-foot-8 guard reached the milestone with six points in the first quarter and finished the night with 12 points.
Two days earlier against Olentangy Liberty at the Pickerington
Central Prep Shoot Out, Burdette became the school's all-time leading
scorer, eclipsing the 40-year-old record of 1,486 points set by Dennis
Burdette, a University of Dayton signee, is a three-time first-team Associated Press All-Ohioan in Division IV.
RELOADING: Fort Recovery, after losing four starters last season, is
10-2 and on top of the Midwest Athletic Conference standings after
beating Coldwater, 58-51. The Indians start three seniors (the only
three on the team), a junior and a sophomore, and they bring two
sophomores off the bench in a five-guard lineup. Senior Elijah Kahlig,
heading to the University of Findlay, is the tallest player on the
roster at 6-3.
SOMETHING HAD TO GIVE: Oak Hill's girls (13-0) were ranked No. 1 in
Division III while Athens (16-0) was No. 5 in Division II when they met
last week. In a nearly packed Charles McAfee Gymnasium, Athens prevailed
55-43 as Dominique Doseck and Hannah DeBruin each had 17 points. Leanna
Adkins led Oak Hill with 11 points.
NOTEWORTHY: Andover Pymatuning Valley's Quintin Ratliff scored 32
points in a 67-51 victory at Kinsman Badger; Napoleon made 13 3-point
shots, including five by Blake Dunbar, in a 59-50 win over Whitehouse
Anthony Wayne; Cassidy Wyse had 26 points and 11 rebounds in Archbold's
63-46 win over Wauseon; New Knoxville's girls have not lost since Dec.
12 and have eight straight wins, capped by beating New Bremen 41-25 last
Thursday; and Celina's boys shot 66 percent from the field in winning
their sixth in a row and bettering their nine-win total from last season
(getting to 10-3) with a 62-40 win over St. Marys Memorial in the
Battle of Grand Lake.
CLOSE CALLS: Columbus Grove's boys are now 2-2 in Northwest
Conference play with three of the four games going into overtime, the
latest a 56-53 loss to Spencerville; Mansfield Senior's Jalen Reese had a
three-point play with 1.4 seconds left to give the Tygers a 68-65 win
at Ashland; and Holgate's girls did not make a field goal the first 9:19
but rallied from a 15-point deficit to beat Defiance Ayersville 46-43;
RECORD-SMASHING: Delta's Brigan Wymer scored 35 points in an 83-81
four-overtime loss to Whitehouse Anthony Wayne, breaking the school
scoring mark of 1,093 points previously held by Kathleen Przeslawski;
and Kamryn Troike, a 6-foot-3 sophomore, scored a school-record 31
points and also had 13 rebounds in Fostoria St. Wendelin's 72-51 win
over Van Buren.
TWO-MAN WRECKING CREW: Jared Wentling (31 points) and Bryan Powers
(22) led Carey to a 66-59 win over Upper Sandusky. The Blue Devils
trailed 32-31 at the half, but rallied as Wentling (23) and Powers (12)
scored all 35 of their team's points in the second half.
COLD YET HOT: Maria Stein Marion Local's Brooke Winner was only 2 of
10 from the field but was 12 of 12 at the foul line in the Flyers' loss
to Versailles. All three of Marion's losses this season have come in
Midwest Athletic Conference play -- to New Knoxville, Minster and
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Amino Communications will be offering a USB Wi-Fi dongle, built around Celeno's Wi-Fi chipsets and including software for HD multimedia home networking applications, with its A140/A540 set-top boxes (STBs).
These models are designed for the retail market for IP-based services. Service providers can provide the dongle, enabling users to wirelessly transfer streamed HD content to their set-tops.
Celeno's OptimizAir technology is designed to maximize range, throughput and signal consistency and ensures low packet drop, jitter and latency while achieving superior quality of service (QoS).
The chip was designed to minimize the ultimate cost of the dongle. It combines an 802.11n MAC, baseband and 3 x 3 radio on a single chip, and by using a USB architecture that does not require memory.
"In a highly competitive market, service providers need to offer innovative video services to retain and attract customers," said Amino's vice president of product management Mike Greenall. "This solution, embedded with Celeno's best-in-class Wi-Fi technology, will enable our customers to quickly, seamlessly and cost-effectively enable STBs for wireless HD video streaming while maintaining high QoS and QoE."
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Floyd Mayweather says that getting into the boxing ring with Manny Pacquiao would be a health risk. It's nothing -- health wise -- wrong with Mayweather, but it's due to the claims -- made by Mayweather -- that Pacquiao is taking performance-enhancing drugs.
During a 10-minute speech, Tuesday night, Mayweather explained why he's making it a big deal to find out if Pacquiao is or isn't taking performance-enhancing drugs, according to ESPN.
"People say, "We don't give a F---- if he's taking or not; we just want to see the fight. We don't give a f--- about your health and we don't give a f---- about your family."", Mayweather said. Mayweather went on to say, "I care about my family. I love my family. They're going to be there when no one else is there. When my career is over, you'll all going to move on to the next one."
Mayweather called out boxing promoter Bob Arum -- who represent Pacquiao -- doesn't care about fighters' well being and re-emphasized he won't forfeit health for money.
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In September of 1794, a group of eight monks from Russia's Valaam Monastery completed a long and hazardous journey to the shores of Alaska. They began planting the first seeds of the missionary effort that has brought forth the rich fruits of holiness on American soil ever since. Many souls have been inspired, nurtured, and guided to salvation through the sacrifice and prayers of these holy monks and their spiritual descendants, to whom we are all so greatly indebted. There has been now over 200 years of Orthodoxy in America for this seed to set in and flourish.
In this icon is a gathering (synaxis in Greek) of many of the Orthodox saints who have struggled and lived on this soil in America. It shows St. Herman and St. Juvenaly from the original Valaam mission, St. Innocent of Moscow and Alaska, the first Orthodox bishop to serve in America, and his successor St. Tikhon, who subsequently became Patriarch of Moscow and suffered for the Faith under the Communists. We also see St. Peter the Aleut, the first Native American martyr, and St. John of Shanghai and San Francisco, who is still incorrupt, and was glorified on July 2, 1994.


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Preheat the oven to 400°. Place the garbanzo on a paper towel lined tray and pat dry to remove water from rinsing. Pick out any loose bean skins and discard. When dry, place the beans on a large baking sheet, drizzle oil over and mix to evenly coat. Place in the oven and bake for about 40 minutes or until golden brown, mixing periodically to evenly roast. When done, the beans should be crunchy not be soft to the bite. Remove from the oven. Combine the salt, garlic powder and cumin and stir to evenly mix. Sprinkle the mixture over the beans and toss to evenly coat. They are now ready to eat.
Variation: instead of garlic and cumin, try other spice combinations such as spicy Cajun or Creole, or curry spices.
Per serving - 158 calories, 5 gram fat (29% calories from fat), 7 gram protein, 20 gram carbohydrate, 5 gram fiber, 0 milligram cholesterol, 89 milligram sodium


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A MUM who raised nearly £3,000 for Dorset County Hospital's maternity ward has officially opened a room named in her honour.
Clare Stokes, from Dorchester, raised the funds for the new low-risk birth room through a number of community events including a charity football match at the Avenue Stadium in the county town and a street fair in Antelope Walk.
The new room, which will be called the Stokes Suite in recognition of Clare's support, is designed to offer a comforting setting for women who are having low-risk births.
The aim is to provide a less clinical environment for women who would like the feel of a home birth with the reassurance of being in a hospital.
The room includes a new birthing couch from the National Childbirth Trust, a birthing mat and stool, and a comfortable bean bag for the mum's partner to use.
Clare set about fundraising for the ward after describing her youngest son Otis as a 'miracle' baby when he was born in June of 2012 after she and husband Richard had lost two babies.
She said she was thrilled to see the room now opened for use.
Clare said: "All my children have been born here and sadly we lost two babies during pregnancy. "
The maternity staff have been so incredibly supportive – we just wanted to give something back.
"It's wonderful to see the room finished and ready to be used."
Midwife Jane Hall said: "We are so grateful to Clare and her family for raising the money for the room. "It's something we've wanted to provide for a long time and it will be of great benefit to so many women. "We eventually hope to be able to set up another room like this."
Maternity staff would also like to thank the Friends of Dorset County Hospital for providing the curtains for the room, colleague and photographer Helen Burgess for donating some prints and local artist Sue Peake for donating a painting.


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"You did not replace your titties with Matt Lauer's face. FOR REAL?!?!!!"
Welcome to Thursday's The Crap We Missed featuring Ke$ha showing us how she maintains her incredible, frog-like figure, Zachary Quinto wants you to know he's scoring mad ass now and Antonio Banderas receiving word from God that he should've touched Salma Hayek's boobs more. "Always be touching the boobs, my son," is how God normally talks. Trust me.
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