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Advice: I 'finally hit rock bottom' with my mom
Published 2:32 pm, Saturday, December 7, 2013
Adapted from a recent online discussion.
Dear Carolyn:
A recent column about family (http://wapo.st/1cDW9Nq) really hit home. For years I've been trying to make my relationship with my mom better, always hoping that if I just tried harder and did more she would love me and accept me. We've had some wonderful times but it's always been a roller coaster.
I finally hit rock bottom with her and feel like I need to let go of the mom I want her to be and accept her for who she is and grieve that loss, but make the most of what I do have. Any book recommendations? I will be pursuing therapy; I think it's a must.
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-- Accepting
I'm sorry for your disappointment, but it sounds as if you have a lot of good things ahead of you now -- the inherent benefit in "rock bottom."
The first book I thought of was "Anywhere but Here" by Mona Simpson. A novel probably isn't the type of book you had in mind, but it's Difficult Mom Distancing immersion.
Another offbeat offering that I suspect will hit the spot is the movie "Ruby in Paradise," starring a young Ashley Judd in the kind of role I wish she had stuck to. It's a pitch-perfect take on the transition from a life where others let you down to a life where you come through for yourself. It's lovely, really, and that's not a word I typically use with a straight face.
Dear Carolyn:
Do you think people should go to their high school reunions? I skipped my 10th and there were people in my life who genuinely couldn't understand why I would do such a thing. I had a former co-worker tell me to definitely go to my 20th.
I just don't see any reason to go. I'm not curious about anyone. I was bullied. And I would only go to be a braggy braggerson ("I live in New York City now and celebrities and musicians know my name and say hi to me!"), and their responses would all be, "How many kids do you have and how big is the house you own because those are our measures of success." I just don't see the point.
-- Anonymous
Some "genuinely couldn't understand why I would do such a thing": Really? People capable of seeing things only one way are automatically suspect. Reunions are strictly a matter of personal experience and preference.
That said: If you are going only to brag and judge, then it's still too early to go. Go when you don't give a (road apple) what people think of you. That's when you're open to seeing how much better people can get after life throws them around a bit.
Now, some jerks are absolutely immune to seeing themselves for who they really are -- but I think by the 25th, many will surprise you for having gotten over themselves.
Meanwhile, it can be cathartic to talk to people who shared your past and shaped your present. Consider going not to catch up with classmates you haven't thought about in X decades, but to learn more about you.


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Arts, Tourism Get Boost With NJ Bill [AUDIO]
A measure recently advanced by committees in both houses of the New Jersey Legislature would hike the minimum amount of funding devoted to the state's arts, historical and tourism organizations.
New Jersey's hotel and motel occupancy fee has been bringing in more and more revenue, but the percentage devoted to arts and tourism has dropped. Communities have seen their funds plummet in recent years, from close to $40 million in 2005 to $28.8 million under the current budget.
The bill would restore the minimum dedicated amount over three years to levels last seen in 2005.
"Arts and history help put heads in beds in hotels and motels throughout the state," said Ann Marie Miller, executive director of ArtPride New Jersey. "We've been held to a certain level of support, and we're trying to regain what we lost over 10 years."
Funding was allowed to dwindle due to a "poison pill" provision placed in the 2003 law that enacted the hotel-motel fee. As long as arts, history and tourism funding stayed above $28.2 million, there would be no problem. If it dropped below that level, though, the funding would be eliminated.


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A RAIDER who stormed into his neighbour's house and threatened to "carve him up" in a row over drug money has been jailed for six years.
Knife-wielding Ashley Grimstead, 34, kicked his way into the home of Jamie Clarke in Pear Tree Way, Wellington, because he owed him cash for cannabis, Taunton Crown Court heard.
Armoured with motorcycle leathers, he held two of Mr Clarke's friends at knifepoint demanding to see him, threatening to kill all three – as well as making other violent threats – if he did not pay up.
Grimstead, also of Pear Tree Way, was jailed last Friday (March 21) after pleading guilty to aggravated burglary and producing cannabis.
Judge David Ticehurst said: "This offence must have been absolutely terrifying for those on the receiving end.
"You only have to imagine for a minute if a man dressed in that fashion came in to your house late at night and threatened you.
"It is clear to me that the offence was encouraged by the fact you had taken drugs, alcohol and legal highs."
The court heard the offence happened at around 11.30pm on November 11 last year.
Prosecuting, William Hunter said Mr Clarke owed £70 from a cannabis deal and Grimstead threatened to sell his debt to a gang.
After sending a text to the victim asking him to 'pop over for a chat,' he took matters into his own hands and went round to Mr Clarke's house with a kitchen knife.
The court heard that Grimstead stood outside and shouted: "This is a man's game. You've got to play it right."
He then said "I will carve you up" before forcing his way into the house and holding up Mr Clarke's two friends with a knife.
It was said that neighbours overheard the altercation and when Grimstead was arrested police found dozens of cannabis plants in his home worth up to £22,000.
Defending Grimstead, Patrick Mason said the offence was a "peculiar turn in this man's life of no previous convictions."
He also said his client suffers from mental health problems and is a "troubled individual."
Mr Mason added: "On the day in question, as he described it, he lapsed into three minutes of madness.
"He acknowledged that it was all very silly and there was no need to act in the way that he did.
"He had a lot of opportunity to do harm and he didn't. He didn't touch anybody."


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A TAXI flipped onto its side after crashing into a central reservation in the early hours of this morning.
The Metro cab flattened the reservation barrier after crashing into it in Turton Street, just outside Bolton town centre.
Firefighters from Bolton Central fire station were called to the incident at about 2am.
They freed one man from the vehicle, and his injuries are not thought to be serious.
Crew manager Richard Henthorne, from Bolton Central fire station, said: "The driver's injuries could have been more serious.
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I liked the hostel also the swimming pool
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It is located very close to the airport, about 3 km, so, if you're on a tight schedule, it is a good choice. The rooms aren't very much to look at, but fairly clean. Oh, and bring some earplugs if you have trouble sleeping in a medium noisy environment. I did, and gladly so. One other thing I have to mention is that 20 dollars per night in a 4 bed dorm is slightly overpriced, to my mind at least.
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Relations with Japan
Japan is the longest-standing of NATO's "partners across the globe". Building on initial contacts in the early 1990s, dialogue on common security interests has become more regular and structured. Practical cooperation has been developed in a wide range of areas, including peace-support and crisis-management activities, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, cyber defence, defence against terrorism, non-proliferation, as well as participation in military activities. Stabilising Afghanistan has been a key focus of cooperation over the past decade. NATO and Japan signalled their commitment to strengthen cooperation in a joint political declaration signed in April 2013, during the visit of NATO's Secretary General to Japan.
The joint political declaration demonstrates how far the relationship between NATO and Japan has been taken in recent years. It sets out shared strategic interests in promoting global peace, stability and prosperity through pursuing a rules-based international order. It also outlines areas where Japan and NATO can develop closer cooperation, such as crisis management, peace-support operations and disaster-relief efforts, as well as defending against emerging threats from missiles, pirates, or in cyberspace.
Japan is one of a range of countries beyond the Euro-Atlantic area, which share similar strategic concerns and key Alliance values and with which NATO is developing relations.
NATO's 2010 Strategic Concept paved the way for a more flexible partnership policy offering all partners the same basis of cooperation and dialogue. Choosing from the wide range of cooperation activities available in the Partnership Cooperation Menu, Japan concluded an Individual Partnership and Cooperation Programme with NATO on 6 May 2014 - a programme that is tailored to its interests and formalises its relations with the Alliance.
Practical cooperation
Japan has provided much-valued support for the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and for reconstruction and development efforts in Afghanistan. Japan helped mobilise international support for Afghanistan's ongoing development by organising the Tokyo Conference in July 2012 and has itself pledged US$5 billion to this end over a five-year period (2009-2013).
In the past, Japan supported efforts to disarm, demobilise and reintegrate former combatants, and it continues to support efforts to reintegrate insurgents under the Afghanistan Peace and Reintegration Program, to which Japan has contributed US$52 million.
Japan has also provided financial support to human security projects in numerous regions of Afghanistan since 2007. Facilitated by ISAF, the Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) identify critical areas for Japan's Grant Assistance for Grassroots Projects (GAGP). In 2009, Japan appointed liaison officers to the Lithuanian PRT in Chaghcharan and the Swedish PRT in Mazar-e Sharif to support these programmes. They also maintained a direct presence in the office of the NATO Senior Civilian Representative in Afghanistan to help coordinate the US$20 million worth of GAGP funding.
Moreover, Japan has made valuable contributions to the Afghan National Army (ANA) Trust Fund aimed at equipping and sustaining the ANA, including US$20 million for literacy programmes as well as funds to procure medical supplies. Additionally, Japan has made generous contributions to a NATO/Partnership Trust Fund project in Afghanistan with a view to enhancing stockpile management and physical security of ammunitions.
Japan has also been contributing generously to the Law and Order Trust Fund for Afghanistan (LOTFA) since 2007, mainly to support the salaries and training of Afghan police. Donations over the three-year period from 2010 to 2012 amounted to almost US$600 million.
Japan has supported similar Trust Fund projects in other partner countries. It is supporting an ammunition stockpile-management project in Tajikistan, the destruction of pesticides in Moldova and the clearance of an ammunition depot in Georgia. It also contributed to a project to clear 571 hectares of contaminated land and safely dispose of unexploded ordnance in Azerbaijan and has been supporting a similar Trust Fund project in Azerbaijan since 2011.
In the 1990s, Japan played a role in stabilising the Balkans, where NATO has led several peace-support operations since the mid-1990s – as a major donor nation, it contributed to the successful recovery of the Balkans region and its reintegration into the European mainstream.
More recently, Japan's Maritime Self Defence Force has assisted NATO ships with preventing pirate attacks in the Gulf of Aden.
A strategic dialogue involving high-level discussions held alternatively in Japan and at NATO Headquarters in Brussels has been ongoing since the early 1990s. Initial exchanges led to more structured and regular contact.
NATO's Secretary General visited Tokyo in April 2005 and again in December 2007. In January 2007, during his first term as Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe addressed the North Atlantic Council (NAC). Japanese Foreign Minister Takeaki Matsumoto visited NATO Headquarters in May 2011 and met the current Secretary General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen. The Secretary General visited Japan again in April 2013 for talks with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and top officials in his government on security issues of shared concern as well as opportunities for deeper cooperation. In May 2014, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe returned to NATO Headquarters in Brussels to hold discussions with the Secretary General and address the NAC. It was during this visit that Japan's Individual Partnership Cooperation Programme was concluded.
Demonstrating the deepening of relations between NATO and Japan in recent years, Japanese officials have participated in a number of informal exchanges of views with Allies on security issues of mutual interest, such as North Korea, assistance to Afghanistan, cooperation with Central Asia, missile defence and counter-piracy.


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Professional hockey doesn't usually cater to sentimental moments.
The axe falls when it falls and too bad about the best-laid plans.
Such was the case when Randy Carlyle was fired by the Anaheim Ducks last season, just two weeks prior to the team's visit to Winnipeg and his first meeting with the resurrected Jets.
Now coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs, Carlyle will get his chance tonight to see how Winnipeg wears the NHL these days and Jets fans will have the opportunity to pay one of the province's greatest friends in hockey his due.
Carlyle, who arrived in Winnipeg early Wednesday morning, was made available to the media late in the afternoon in the lobby of the Fairmont Hotel.
"I guess I'm the enemy now," chuckled Carlyle, looking a little older than when we last saw him in Winnipeg but still in good form and tidily turned out in a tailored suit. "It's great to return to this area. I enjoyed my time here and it was a very special place for me and my family and it's always nice to come back."
The Ducks fired Carlyle in late November and came to Winnipeg without him in mid-December. Former Jets winger and Ducks star Teemu Selanne was treated to an emotional welcome few could forget.
Carlyle was the face of professional hockey in Winnipeg for close to 20 years, from his playing time with the Jets to coaching and building the Manitoba Moose franchise. He was asked how he expects fans in Winnipeg to treat him tonight.
"I hear they boo people," said Carlyle, with a shrug of his shoulders and a quizzical smile. "I don't know, it's one of those things now that I'm the enemy. We've got a job to do."
Carlyle turned to his wry sense of humour when asked about missing out on last year's Jets-Ducks game following his firing.
"Well, something got in the way last year. I actually had a conversation with (Jets assistant GM) Craig Heisinger probably 10 days before the event (his firing) happened and I said to him, 'I don't know, the way things keep going I might be sitting beside you in the press box when the Ducks come to Manitoba.' It just so happens I went fishing in the mountains," said Carlyle. "Those things happen in this game and I'm no different than anybody else -- it hurts. But you have to be prepared to pick up and move on."
A former Norris Trophy winner and coach of the 2007 Stanley Cup champion Ducks, Carlyle had a sizable impact on pro hockey in Winnipeg. Jets owner Mark Chipman, who hired Carlyle twice to be his coach with the Manitoba Moose, says Carlyle played a key role in the NHL's return.
"We had that date circled on the calendar last year and it was unfortunate that he didn't get here with Anaheim," said Chipman.
"On the other hand, it's kind of nice that he's going to get his own moment. Randy became a very close friend and continues to be to this day. He helped build what we have here today and I'm looking forward to our crowd giving him the reception he deserves," said Chipman.
"Randy gave the Moose credibility and he gave us success, which allowed us to grow and become an organization worthy of the NHL's attention and eventual acceptance. I don't know if we could have done it without him. To say I owe him a debt is a great understatement."
Craig Heisinger views Carlyle as a key piece in the progression of the Moose and True North's ascension to the NHL.
"This visit has meaning for me because I know it does for Randy. He's a close friend and I know last year he was looking forward to coming but he was released by Anaheim," said Heisinger. "Randy was the face of the Manitoba Moose franchise and was one the main reasons for the Jets return. You can't overlook what he did here."
Carlyle was with the Jets as an assistant coach when the team relocated to Phoenix and remembers that final night with clarity.
"That was an emotional night. The one thing that is still vivid in my mind is not only the amount of emotion pouring out of the people in the stands but also out of the people on the ice," said Carlyle. "You probably didn't get to see a lot of that. The camera wouldn't pan to every face. It was hard. It was one of those events that changed your life. Not just one or two people but a whole community. It was heart-wrenching. Business happens and things happen for a reason and that's history."
Chipman and Carlyle will no doubt spend some time together prior to the game but the love-in will stop once the action begins.
"We all have friends in other organizations but when the puck drops it's game on," said Chipman. "I know Randy will get his moment from the crowd and I'll be happy to see it. But then, and I'm sure he'd tell you the same thing, our objective is to win. It is every night."
Carlyle says he won't get caught up in any emotion tonight.
"My job is to coach the team. The emotion and all that has to be a subplot," said Carlyle. "To me it's all about getting our hockey club ready and making sure I have the right people on the ice. The emotion is just a sidebar."
Easy for Randy Carlyle to say. But not so easy for the fans of the Winnipeg Jets, owner of the Jets and coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs to live.
Expect a moment. Expect a memorable one.
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Manning Cartell SS12 Lookbook & Interview
A new collection that's "all about the curiosity that exists between men and women."
Manning Cartell's SS12 collection — 'Pearls & Men' — contains a sprinkling from each of the following: candy tones, texturing, graphic prints, soft tailoring, leather, sequins and erm, sportswear. Feminine pastels fuse with bold graphic printing, executed with an active-wear functionality that somehow looks incredible alongside two-piece suits in soft tailoring. I know, right! The full spectrum of lengths and silhouettes are represented, enabling one to show just as much of one's leg as she desires. Curiously directional, the collection treads a line between aloof poeticism and sporty crispness. We chatted to designer Cheryl Manning about the label's latest offering.
Lucy Jones: What's the inspiration behind the collection?
Cheryl Manning: 'Pearls & Men' is all about the curiosity that exists between men and women. The collection is a mix of vintage glamour fused with sporty elements and masculine tailoring.
Who were your muses during the designing process?
Cara Delevingne and Melanie Laurent, they both have an attitude we love.
What can we expect from your MBFWA show? Last year you took us to Africa, the year before Spain, any exotic destinations in the works for this year?
This year we head to Mexico, with the collection inspired by Frida Kahlo apparent in the bright colours, dramatic symbolism and fearless layering of prints.
Keeping with the holiday theme, what's your ideal destination for unwinding between collections and shows? And would you go in summer or winter?
I love having time off after the show and escaping the Australian winter for a European summer, and Greece is my favourite summer holiday destination. The sun, sea, food and music is the perfect place to wind down after working so hard.
You design as a team of three sisters. How does it work, does the oldest always get the final word?
Funnily enough we are normally on the same wave length which is amazing! We come together frequently with ideas and spend time discussing our direction, and then each of us utilise our skills and different strengths across all areas of the business.
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A fun-packed day for all the family is being promised at this year's Arthington Show.
The 97th Arthington, Bramhope, Pool and District Horticultural and Agricultural Society Show, to give it its full title, will take place at Pool-in-Wharfedale on Sunday, June 29.
As always there will be display classes featuring horses and ponies, sheep, cattle, shire horses, produce, arts and crafts, show jumping and more.
Visitors to the showfield, by Pool Bridge, can also look forward to children's races, a dog show, a fancy dress competition, a ferret display, alpacas, and a gymkhana - as well as stalls and games.
Attractions in the main ring this year will include Cyril The Squirrel, a falconry display, and a Paralympic dressage demonstration, while the organisers have also laid on donkey rides and a children's circus skills workshop, a gun dog scurry, and spinning and weaving demonstrations.
Show secretary Karen Lewis said: "This year the show promises to be an exciting and fun packed day for all the family, with lots of activities.
"We hope people will come along and enjoy the day."
Free car parking will be available while admission costs £6 for adults, £3 for children under 16 and senior citizens, or £15 for a family of two adults with up to three children aged under 14.
Visit www.arthingtonshow.co.uk for more details including a full schedule.


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We're Going Green!Thursday, September 1st, 2011
Due to popular demand, we have discontinued our long-standing practice of providing paper due date slips when you check out books and media items. Our new paperless receipt system is designed to save you time as well as reduce paper waste and give the environment a break.
From now on whenever you check out books at Bailey/Howe Library you will be sent an email the next morning that reminds you which items you borrowed and what their due dates will be. That message will also remind you where you can go online to see a list of all of the books you have checked out and when they are due. Because media items circulate for a very short time period you will not receive an email reminder for the media items you borrow.
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And Service for All
CB Richard Ellis expands its definition of who it considers a client—supreme service for which it stands
CB Richard Ellis (CBRE) is the world's premier, full-service real estate services company. It has been providing real estate owners, investors and occupiers who represent an array of industries spanning the globe since 1906. Its 100th year anniversary calls attention to a record of astounding achievement and begs the question: what is success and how did this industry leader undeniably obtain it?
"We define our success by understanding what our clients need and incorporating their success matrix into our strategies and tactics. When they're successful, we're successful," says Chris Ludeman, CBRE president of U.S. Brokerage at the Los Angeles headquarters who has been with company for 25 years. "When people traditionally think of a commercial real estate firm, they think it's all about money. Our best people will say it's not: It's about the people. The money follows, it doesn't lead."
If only every business operated under this value—the importance of prioritizing clients and employees above monetary gain. When people are treated well and feel valued and understood, they become long-term customers and work hard, ultimately forming a winning team.
CBRE's reputation for excellence in serving clients starts on home turf, with more than 19,500 employees at 356 offices worldwide. What's the cache? If you don't take care of yourself, you can't take care of someone else. "Service to employees—it's absolutely the best," says Perry Bassett, a client and private investor who was with CBRE for nine years and a top producer in Tucson. Sales personnel are taken to educational events, supported through ongoing education, regularly recognized for their ascendancy and rewarded at ceremonies for levels of achievement. "It's not like there's a hierarchy," adds Bassett, "like you're an enlisted man verses an officer. If anything, salespeople are held in higher esteem than management. And that's reflected in every company activity."
CBRE's healthy internal corporate culture, its strong core value in people first, permeates through its employees to its clients.
"The quality of service is excellent. They're very professional," says Vice President of Kitchell Development Co. Jeff Allen, who has done hundreds of millions of dollars of business with CBRE over his 16 years with the company. "Many of the brokers have been there for 20 plus years. It's the most experienced commercial real estate brokerage firm in the state."
When asked if there is anything he'd criticize about CBRE, he quickly answers, "No. We love our brokers. It's a valuable service they bring to the real estate community."
CBRE's reputation for consistency, predictability and superior execution is due in part to all of its salespeople. They're fully immersed in the market, constantly current on the latest in their specialty field.
"We do our best work when we become an indistinguishable part of our client's executive team," says Ludeman. "When we can be seen by clients as an extension of their own employees and strategic advisors, it demonstrates we understand their business opposed to them understanding ours."
Like many of CBRE's staff, Tyler Anderson's tenure of more than 20 years has allowed him to observe and testify to the company's service over time. The top producer says, "It's our culture to ensure the client is always put first and meet their needs. It's a people business that's relationship driven. Through great relationships there's great trust created and reliability."
Mike Sandahl, another 20-year veteran and top producer in Tucson sums it up best: "Honesty and integrity has made us a valued partner in our clients' business. It has helped us to achieve success not only for our clients, but lead to the success of CB Richard Ellis in both cities."
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CBRE sales staff undergo a rigorous screening process, one-year training program and ongoing education throughout their careers. They are considered by many to be the top providers of real estate market knowledge on the planet. Because everyone is required to specialize, clients glean the expertise from a number of deep wells rather than a shallow, expansive pool. Find out what these experts say has allowed their company to offer stellar client service.


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Toddler left in vehicle dies; S. Fla. mom arrested
Published: Saturday, May 18, 2013 at 9:52 p.m.
Last Modified: Saturday, May 18, 2013 at 9:52 p.m.
KENDALL — A South Florida woman faces aggravated manslaughter charges in the death of her 11-month-old son who was left inside a vehicle.
Miami-Dade police officers arrested 30-year-old Catalina Marista Bruno early Friday, hours after the boy was pronounced dead at Kendall Regional Hospital.
Police say Bruno left the boy in his car seat when she returned home Thursday.
After an undetermined amount of time passed, police say the boy's father asked where the child was. Bruno recalled leaving him in the vehicle. That's when Amos Osceola ran outside and took his son out of the car.
Police say the boy was unresponsive, so Osceola took him to a nearby fire station for medical attention. They transported him to the hospital. The child's body temperature had reached 109 degrees.
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It gave me lots of stuff to work on and made me realize that I've skipped a lot of the basics during my learning process. Like extracting data from webpages and parsing HTML.
So I just made my first parsing script, it's basically showing the current weather in Trondheim, Norway.
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import requests
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
def print_yr(soup):
td_tags = soup.find_all('td')
for tag in td_tags:
title = tag['title']
if 'For the period' in title:
print '\t' + title
except KeyError:
for tag in td_tags:
title = tag['title']
if 'Temperature:' in title:
print '\t' + title
except KeyError:
yr = 'http://www.yr.no/place/Norway/S%C3%B8r-Tr%C3%B8ndelag/Trondheim/Trondheim/'
yr_request = requests.get(yr)
yr_soup = BeautifulSoup(yr_request.text)
print '\n\nwww.yr.no:'
I'm not looking for help with the code (critics are always welcome), but I would like some opinions on how I made it work.
I basically found what tag the current weather was inside of in the source code of the website, compared part of the text inside that tag to the text in all the other tags of that kind and printed the text if it matched.
I just think it seems like an unprofessional way of doing it but I can't think of any other ways.


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I wanted to let this community know that later today our Community Engineering team will be testing a new method to place users in the 'autoconfirmed' group. The reason why this wiki is being tested was that this wiki previously expressed either confusion or a bug to Wikia about the autoconfirmed group and whether a member should or should not be autoconfirmed.
Previously, Wikia had a 4-day/0-edit threshold in place. 4 days was determined from the registration date of the account, not necessarily the date the user first went to and joined a wiki. That will remain the same. However, if a wiki had an edit threshold (wgAutoConfirmCount) in place, it would also query the number of GLOBAL edits by the user, not necessarily the edits on one specific wiki. Due to the feedback, we have decided to make the AutoConfirmCount check the editcount of a user on a wiki-by-wiki basis.
This wiki has an AutoConfirmCount of 10 in place. From now on, all users who become autoconfirmed will have to have 10 edits on Naruto to become autoconfirmed (plus the 4 days, of course). Hopefully that will make administration of new users easier for this community.
We do not anticipate any issues with this, we have tested this on our servers the last week and this is a rather minor tweak. We will also be giving this community extra attention over the coming days to make sure the new local editcount table is not causing any extra load times; it really shouldn't. But I did want to give you all a heads up none the less. I will be happy to answer any questions here. --DaNASCAT (help forum | blog) 18:29, March 14, 2013 (UTC)


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In a large skillet, heat oils and sauté garlic for 30 seconds. Add the onion and sauté until translucent. Add green beans and sauté 3 to 5 minutes. Dilute miso with 2 tablespoons cold water. Mix dissolved miso, maple syrup, mirin and kuzu together. More miso may be added to taste, if desired. Add to the hot vegetables, stirring constantly for about 1 minute until thick. Serve as a side dish or as a topping for noodles or cooked organic grain.
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I'm really frustrated with the choice of platforms out there and I'm looking for a new one.Currently using Magento (ce), but very annoyed by it in general (I won't moan here).
Do you know of a platform that meets the following criteria?:
Any ideas?
All of criteria would meet with opencart. In advance Opencart is good for SEO as well.
Thanks. I was sure that OpenCart wasn't MVC, but I've looked and it is, so thank you for pointing me in the right direction
Magento is overdone over complex. Indeed Opencart is a better option . It is 100% MVC basedHas good number of free and low priced plugins.We have established more than 30 e-commerce sites on opencart and can vouch for its security .Customization is too relatively easy.However one complicated issue is transferring the data from Magento to OpenCart DBWe have done it for few shops and its complicated
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Opencart is good but if you have too many products than the database cannot handle so many products and website becomes very slow
Though if you have current ecommerce as magento than I am assuming that you have dedicated server so I dont think there will be an issue
i had a problem with opencart in past when one of the website had about 5000 products...
Prestashop is also good one which you can consider
Incorrect. We have developed ecommerce sites with more than 50,000 products on shared hosting . It works very efficiently. Possibly there is some problem in your database query.
I never meet these kind of issues with OpenCart and I am handling huge database with proper response time from server.Once you consult with your web hosting provider,it may solve by them.
Opencart is best for E-Commerce Platform!!


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The Bush administration's response to the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal has brought on a case of Enronesque deja vu.
On Oct. 23, 2001, Enron CEO Ken Lay was under siege. His company was staggering under a trainload of bad news. For days, the biggest media outlets in America, including the Wall Street Journal, had been publishing embarrassing details about the company's chief financial officer, Andy Fastow, and his insider deals with the company. Every day brought new revelations about Fastow's misconduct, further undermining confidence in the corporation. Enron's stock price was in free fall, down 30 percent in just four days. Federal officials had begun an investigation. Indictments were certain.
Lay, a leader who didn't like to be bothered with too many details, gathered his cronies on the Enron board. They would launch their own investigation. But in the meantime, they would put on a brave face. They would stick together. To prove their unity, Lay, backed by Enron's top financial officials, held a conference call with Wall Street analysts and investors. During the call, Lay admitted that the news about Fastow's dealings had generated a "lot of speculation. It's done a lot of damage to us over the last few days. We want to get the facts out."
Lay shouldn't have said much more. But he couldn't help himself. "I and Enron's board of directors continue to have the highest faith and confidence in Andy and think he's doing an outstanding job as CFO."
The analysts weren't convinced. They hammered Lay with questions. Why wasn't he more informed about Fastow's financial shenanigans? How bad was the problem? Who else was involved? When did they learn about them? Lay wasn't interested in answering questions. When pressed, he told the analysts, "Let's move on."
On May 10, President Bush, flanked by his closest advisers, gave a speech at the Pentagon during which he expressed his faith in Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. Bush didn't mention that Pentagon officials had worked to suppress the information about the Abu Ghraib scandal for at least two weeks. He ignored the calls for Rumsfeld to resign. Instead, Bush and his pals showed that they would stick together.
Bush -- accompanied by Rumsfeld, Secretary of State Colin Powell, Vice President Dick Cheney and Gen. Richard Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff --told the throng of reporters that Rumsfeld was "doing a superb job." Speaking to Rumsfeld, who was standing a few feet away, the president said, "You're a strong secretary of defense, and our nation owes you a debt of gratitude."


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International Programs
In 2004 and 2005, Dr Barker was awarded a Kenan Fellowship to take sabbatical leave for 12 months to improve delivery of HIV care in his home country of South Africa. Building on earlier work of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), he established a series of demonstration projects in the country to show that highly active antiretroviral therapy could be rapidly delivered to all who needed it within a short period of time. South Africa is the epicenter of the global HIV pandemic, with 5 million of its 45 million population infected with the virus, more than any other nation on earth.
Nearly 15 years ago, US and European clinicians showed that an effective cocktail of antiretroviral drugs could stop the deadly virus in its tracks and allow infected patients to live a prolonged, near normal life. Despite this knowledge, pitifully few efforts were made to intervene and life expectancy continues to plummet across sub Saharan Africa. Life expectancy in Swaziland, a country just north of South Africa is now half of what it was just 10 years ago. A child born today in Swaziland can expect to live 35 years -- as long as an English infant born in medieval times. Currently, only about 25% of all who need ARVs in South Africa have access to this treatment, and the program to prevent perinatal infection in that country is largely ineffective.
Using systems improvement methods developed by IHI, Dr Barker leads projects that are supporting HIV care in 5 of South Africa's 9 provinces with 2 clear objectives in mind--demonstrate that it is possible to rapidly increase access to antiretroviral care for all who need it, and to dramatically decrease transmission of HIV from mother to child.
The approach is simple and effective…learning collaboratives have adapted and applied systems thinking and rapid cycle change, often with dramatic effect in a short period of time.
Across South Africa, UNC/IHI supported projects have dramatically improved access to care by engaging all health facilities in a district or subdistrict, without reliance on additional resources.
Compared to all South African programs, which are stalled at providing 20-25% of the annual need for HAART, UNC/IHI supported projects have rapidly expanded access and 2 of the projects have recently provided nearly 100% of the projected need for HAART.
In a major expansion of the South African work, Dr Barker is collaborating with the University of Kwazulu-Natal in a major new 5-year scale-up project, funded by the CDC, to reduce mother-to-child transmission of HIV in all 300 clinics and hospitals over 3 Districts. The project will assist front-line clinicians to reliably implement health care protocols for HIV positive pregnant mothers that could reduce mother-to-child transmission of HIV by 20,000 cases each year – the "20,000+ Campaign."


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Asus Transformer Pad 300 ReviewAsus Transformer Pad 300
battery life we're able to get out of the Transformer Pad 300 on a full charge. Setting its brightness on automatic, it's able to get us through two days of normal usage – so yeah, even heavy users will be pleased by it.
Obviously, we like that the Asus Transformer Pad 300 boasts a price point that's $100 less than the cream of the crop Transformer Prime – without sacrificing on the hardware. Frankly, many people will find some value in that, especially when it packs the same Android experience and quad-core processor as its fully equipped sibling. However, if money isn't a concern with your budget, we'd still recommend picking up the Transformer Prime either way, primarily for its impeccable design, and the fact that it's still the benchmark Android tablet to beat.
Software version of the reviewed unit:
Android Version: 4.0.3
Kernel Version: 220.127.116.11-00002-g29d1dfa
Build Number: IML74K.US_epad-126.96.36.199-20120416
Asus Transformer Pad 300 Review:
- Competitive price point
- Packs a speedy quad-core CPU
- Inconsistent web browsing performance
- Terrible low lighting performance with its camera
30 Comments
1. PackMan (Posts: 277; Member since: 09 Mar 2012)
What about the front facing camera? I don't care about rear end camera on a tablet.
5. Joshing4fun (Posts: 1237; Member since: 13 Aug 2010)
Agreed. Nobody carries their tablet around to take pics.
6. neutralguy (Posts: 1152; Member since: 30 Apr 2012)
Oh god. Please read carefully, there's a 1.3 MP front facing camera for video chat. -.-
8. nnaatthhaannx2 (Posts: 820; Member since: 19 Oct 2011)
He's talking about the quality and pic samlples.
Not the fact that it is 1.3MP, that doesn't tell you much of anything.
16. PackMan (Posts: 277; Member since: 09 Mar 2012)
Usually these front facing cameras are horrible. Grainy, low quality, washed out colors etc etc. However, i have never seen a tablet review comparing front cameras.
25. c.hack (Posts: 614; Member since: 09 Dec 2009)
Wrong. Its a great way to take a pic and immediately post to ebay or craigslist.
Its also a great way to record your team play if you're a coach and provide feedback. Same goes for lots of other activities that benefit from feedback.
However, you do need a decent camera, which Asus lacks.
10. deacz (Posts: 162; Member since: 02 Nov 2011)
I would rather have this one than my Prime, the prime has s**tty wifi because of the "Quality metal finnish"
Plastic's ftw DO YOU HEAR ME PHONE ARENA?
15. sorcio46 (Posts: 435; Member since: 27 Jul 2011)
LOL man i have a Prime too, but without problems in the Wi-Fi signal, is only a bit worst than my smartphone.
27. sgtdisturbed47 (Posts: 845; Member since: 02 Feb 2012)
I doubt I would ever use the camera on a tablet. If I want to take a picture using both hands, I have my Nikon DSLR for that.
I think hardware companies toss in a camera as a fluff feature, and not as a piece of serious hardware.
As for front-facing, most are lackluster. You can only do so much with 1.3 MP. Not much of an image there to process.
2. nyamo (Posts: 274; Member since: 19 Mar 2011)
i want to know more about the browser. did they just use the stock one? what about a 3rd party like chrome beta
9. nnaatthhaannx2 (Posts: 820; Member since: 19 Oct 2011)
When PA tests, they use the stock android browser.
18. gp284 (Posts: 120; Member since: 25 Feb 2012)
i think he means that would the same problem still be there if they used a third party browser.
20. nnaatthhaannx2 (Posts: 820; Member since: 19 Oct 2011)
I own both an Android phone and tablet, and I find that not many of the 3rd party browsers preform darastically better than the stock one.
I think that only Opera Mobile provides an experience that is much better than the stock. They others are better (or worse) in some ways, but I find it is just easiest to use the stock browser for most tasks.
3. x7black7x (Posts: 118; Member since: 19 Feb 2012)
its a great tab and i expect something like that only when i hear the name of the company asus
asus = android tablets
samsung = android phones
apple = iphones ( obviously )
nokia = windows phone
4. RORYREVOLUTION (Posts: 3117; Member since: 12 Jan 2010)
The web browser experience is an on going issue with many ICS quad core devices. The One X also suffers the same issue as well.
7. neutralguy (Posts: 1152; Member since: 30 Apr 2012)
when will asus produce a 7" tablet with powerful hardwares. I want to buy an asus tablet due to quality and speed and also a 7" display. I don't want a too big display, 7" is enough for me. But I'm stuck with samsung galaxy tab 2 7".
11. TrainFromUkraine (Posts: 87; Member since: 26 Mar 2012)
I would really like to see wi-fi and GPS tested and compared to Transformer Prime
14. sorcio46 (Posts: 435; Member since: 27 Jul 2011)
Me too, about the GPS is not necessary, in most Prime units it simply doesn't work.
12. kshell1 (Posts: 1143; Member since: 05 Oct 2011)
Why does phone arena always downgrade a tab for the rear facing camera? It makes no sense to me unless phonearena loves to "stand out" by taking pics with a tab while looking like a douche
26. c.hack (Posts: 614; Member since: 09 Dec 2009)
Lots of people are using 5 1/2 inch Samsung Notes for phones without even realizing they look like tools.
And I've seen a handful of people using tablets to take pics and videos. If they have a decent camera it actually makes sense because you can view and edit right on the tablet. If only they would put a decent camera into an android tablet.
13. sorcio46 (Posts: 435; Member since: 27 Jul 2011)
About this cons: "Inconsistent web browsing performance"
HOW is it possible with the same CPU and OS of the TF201 (Prime)?
and this "Terrible low lighting performance with its camera"
Who takes photos with low light with its tablet, what about talking about the front facing camera? I think that you don't talk about it because the new iPad has the worstest camera in the world of tablet !!!
Same again, good review, biased voting procedure !!!
17. Evil_SaNz (Posts: 259; Member since: 20 Oct 2011)
So basically a device that doesn't have a file explorer no flash no DLNA no USB support no desktop User Agent, 9/10.
A device that sacrifies the most useless thing ever made on a tablet in order to cost reasonably less, 7.5/10. P.S: Sluggish web performance? Ever heard of Opera? Or just for the 9/10 tablet we take in consideration third party apps?
Please introduce us some people that make photos with a tablet beside some funny japanese tourists. The only purpose for the rear camera would be augmented reality, but noone made a decent game with that technology.
19. jechrin (Posts: 8; Member since: 21 Jun 2011)
He does sound like a Japanese tourist doesn't he?
21. gp284 (Posts: 120; Member since: 25 Feb 2012)
does anybody know if there is going to be a new TF pad around may-june? Perhaps one that looks like the TF201(i think) but that works correctly? that i would buy.
23. imkyle (Posts: 1086; Member since: 18 Nov 2010)
Asus Transformer Pad Infinity. It will be available in May-June.
22. imkyle (Posts: 1086; Member since: 18 Nov 2010)
You get a Quad Core Tablet with an IPS screen for under $400.... The hell with the back camera performance.
24. Sangeet (Posts: 232; Member since: 21 Apr 2012)
he is rating a tablet less just because it doesnt have a good camera, i mean what kind of review is that who uses the camera in a tablet, and also i didnt find the browser to be slow anytime, it performs smoothly as could be seen in the video and man you are getting it for 399 dollars and what do you want at that price, really it is a dead good deal
28. animeware (Posts: 24; Member since: 14 May 2012)
I'm one of them C.Hack who uses the Note :) I'm loving every bit of it and so far so good in my book :)
29. youzor (Posts: 1; Member since: 20 May 2012)
I always tell my friends that ASUS tablets are good but they're still unfinished products. A mobile phone of £100 has both wifi & 3G, and dont know why Asus are not capable of including both wifi & 3G in their tablets?!
Apple iPad still remains the best tablet.
30. maryaaadil (Posts: 146; Member since: 07 Apr 2012)
Nexus Tablet, Anyone?
Asus Transformer Pad 300OS: Android 4.2.2 4.1.1 4.0.3
view full specs
|10.1 inches, 1280 x 800 pixels (149 ppi) IPS LCD
|8 megapixels
NVIDIA Tegra 3 T30L, Quad-core, 1200 MHz, ARM Cortex-A9 processor
|10.35 x 7.12 x 0.39 inches
(263 x 180.8 x 9.9 mm)
22.40 oz (635 g)


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Speedo USA Terry Robe
How awesome is this robe!?!? I am totally digging the kimono-esque look (who cares if that is Japanese and the Olympics are in Beijing, China). It is a well designed look for Team USA and is a great piece to have in your gym bag for all of you aquatic workouts.


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A murder investigation has been launched after the body of a soldier was discovered at an Army barracks in Shropshire.
The 32-year-old victim was a member of the 1st Battalion The Royal Irish Regiment, the Ministry of Defence said. The 1st Battalion were the soldiers who helped with flood relief across Worcestershire last month, including running a shuttle 'bus' service in Upton using their troop carrier vehicles to get people to the shops and back as the stricken town was cut off in certain directions. Soldiers from the regiment also met Prime Minister David Cameron on his visit to the town to examine the flood defences there.
West Mercia Police said a murder inquiry was launched after the soldier was found dead at Clive Barracks in Tern Hill just after 9am on Saturday. A 23-year-old man, also a serving soldier at the barracks, has been arrested on suspicion of murder and is being held at Shrewsbury Police Station.
Detective inspector Steve Tonks, of West Mercia Police, said: "We have made an arrest in connection with the death.
"The investigation is in its early stages and extensive inquiries are continuing.
"A post-mortem conducted by a Home Office pathologist was held and further examination and tests are being carried out to help establish the cause of death."
He also made an appeal to the public for further information and urged anyone who could assist the inquiry to contact Shrewsbury CID.
Police said the coroner for Shropshire had been informed.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Defence said: "We can confirm the victim was someone from the 1st Battalion The Royal Irish Regiment and we are assisting West Mercia Police with their inquiries.
"Our thoughts are with the family, but it would be inappropriate to comment further at this time."
The unit returned to its Shropshire barracks near Market Drayton after the floodwater receded.
A post mortem was held yesterday and further tests and examinations will be carried out to establish the cause of death.
Police have appealed for any information which might assist the inquiry. Contact Shrewsbury CID on 101.


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SAINT LEO, Fla. – The Saint Leo women's basketball team will host Barry University on Saturday, February 9 for its "Play 4Kay" game at the Marion Bowman Activities Center. All of the proceeds from the ticket sales for the women's game will go towards the Kay Yow Cancer Fund.
The Lions will also be collecting donations from those who wish to contribute. A donation jar will be set up at the ticket table for those who wish to participate. All contributions will be donated directly to the Kay Yow Cancer fund, as well.
Everyone is encouraged to wear pink to the event to help raise awareness to breast cancer and its research.
"Play 4Kay," originally named WBCA Pink Zone, began in 2007 as an initiative to bring awareness to breast cancer through a nation of coaches on the court, in communities and beyond. The Kay Yow Fund is the official charity of the initiative. For more information about the Kay Yow Fund, or to donate, visit www.kayyow.com.


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Statistics are sketchy because so many cases are not reported. It is estimated, however, that 1 in 4 girls, 1 in 7 boys, and 15 to 25 percent of all children may be sexually abused. Any child can be victimized, and molesters are of all ages, economic groups, and races. Most abusers are known to their victims.
How Should One React to a Child's Report of Molestation?
Children rarely make up abuse stories. Never deny what a child is telling you. Such a response adds to a child's anxiety when it is vital that he or she feel protected. It is helpful to be supportive and say something like, "It took a lot of courage for you to tell this. This is not your fault. You are not to blame. We care about you, and we're going to see that this person doesn't hurt you again."
After the Child Has Told You, What Next?
Listen to what the child has to say. Do not try to "turn off" the talking or act as if it makes you uncomfortable. If you do this, you may inhibit the child's disclosure. Do not ask questions or put the child on the spot. The social worker from Child Protective Services is trained to elicit the information needed. It is best to keep the number of people the child must talk to at a minimum. Thank the child for telling and mention that it was the right thing to do. You might say, "This is a problem we need help with. We have special people who can help. They know all about this kind of thing and what needs to be done." Call the Fairfax County Child Protective Services Hotline (703-324-7400) — any time, day or night.
What Happens to Family Relationships?
Child sexual abuse affects the whole family system — parents, siblings, extended family. All family members experience diverse emotions as a result of the disclosure and intervention. Each family member experiences these emotions at many times and in many ways. It is important for family members to receive therapeutic intervention, which is often a lengthy process. The therapist selected should have experience working with children who have experienced trauma, their families, CPS caseworkers and the court system. The CPS worker can refer to a therapist, treatment center or support groups — all helpful resources.
What Is the Role of Child Protective Services?
The safety of the children is the paramount responsibility of the Child Protective Services social worker, who intervenes in whatever way is necessary to ensure the child's safety and to prevent further harm from abuse or neglect. Protecting the child, validating the sexual abuse, and seeing to the safety of other possible victims, such as siblings or friends, are stressful issues that the family must address. The social worker helps plan and provide services to:
Enhance every family's ability to provide proper care and nurturance
for their children within their own home,community and culture.
Prevent separation of the child from the family whenever
Preserve and rehabilitate the family.
Provide a stable, permanent alternative placement as quickly as
possible for every child who cannot return home.
- Reunify children with families as quickly as possible.
NOTE: The following signs and symptoms do not necessarily signify that a child has been sexually abused. They may indicate that the child is in trouble in some way and point to other issues which need to be addressed. If you are in doubt about what to do, seek professional guidance through the Child Abuse Hotline, a Community Mental Health Center, or a private therapist.
Signs and Indicators of Sexual Abuse in Children
Excessive crying
Failure to thrive
Sexually explicit play/promiscuity
Extremely seductive behavior
Sleep disturbances
Runaway, prostitution
Poor peer relationships
Truancy, drop in grades
Depression/suicide attempts
Increase in physical complaints
Enticing other children into sexual play Eating problems
Excessive masturbation
Sexual knowledge
Sudden change in behavior
Bed wetting
Drug and alcohol abuse
Poor body image and self esteem
Clinging/over dependence
Behavior problems
Trust issues, phobias
Aggressiveness, hostility
Family Indicators
Gross overcrowding in home – insufficient sleeping space
Alcoholism, substance abuse
Isolation of family, enforced isolation of child
Child given excessive adult responsibility ("parentified" child)
Unusually severe conflict with parents over dating, dressing, friends
"No talk" rules in families — no problem solving modeled or taught
Lack of privacy, nudity, inappropriate dress
Intense conflict between parents
Overly strict or, conversely, chaotic "anything goes" home
Denial that there is a problem
Some Indicators of a Pedophile (person who prefers sex with children)
Overly dedicated person who spends all his or her time with
Skilled at manipulating children
Gives attention, affection, gifts, toys, games to children
Has opportunity, e.g., occupations or hobbies, involving children
Loner with low self-esteem
Frequent unexplained job and address changes
Arrest record
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Leading tech house label Bonzai Basiks gives us an awesome release full of cracking remixes.
Arcadia focuses more on the minimal side of this genre and it does it well. The original shows us where the inspiration came from for the remixers, a wonderful driving rhythm with minimal sounds yet bouncy, one to watch here!
Miguel Bastida Remix kicks us off with that minimal tech sound with some great FX on the percussions and a hypnotic synth.
Andres Fernandez aka Knario Remix strips back to bare essentials with a lesson in arrangement, some very nifty work in there and a great kick.
D.Kowalski adds an extra punch on remix duties, tight production and stunning percs with a sublime sounding pad, big club sound for this one.
Samuel Segamara gets tribal with his remix, amazing sounds here with a big heavy bass for effect.
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by Don Heinzman
A survey of area school superintendents revealed that all educational opportunities for each Minnesota student are not equal.
Joe Nathan, director of the Center for School Change at Macalester College and an education columnist for ECM Publishers and Sun Newspapers, contacted superintendents to see what their priorities were for this new legislative session.
While top school officials don't hold out much hope for changes this session, they agree the school aid formula is broken.
The biggest complaint is that while the basic state aid per pupil is the same for each student, the formula and the state laws enable some districts to provide more aid per student. The range of revenue per student in Minnesota can be anywhere from $7,000 to $11,000.
For example, those districts that can pass levy referendums where the tax base is substantial, have more money than districts like North Branch that cannot pass such a levy referendum.
So the formula for state aid allots North Branch students less money than students receive in Minneapolis and St. Paul.
Superintendent Vern Koepp of Rush City says, "The inequality of the current funding formula has created an educational system in which some schools struggle to provide basic educational opportunities for students while other schools provide extras."
In New York Mills where a special technology levy was passed, iPad technology is being introduced. Many other students don't have that opportunity.
As Nathan points out,"Nations around the world with the highest average achievement don't make funding dependent on which community a youngster lives in."
Another major problem for school districts is the Legislature held back over $2 billion in state aid, 40 percent, to be paid this year.
This means many districts borrowed money and paid the interest costs in order to operate until the state pays them the held-up money.
Supt. Bruce Novak of Cambridge-Isanti notes, "It is very difficult for school districts to operate on 60 percent of the revenues during the current fiscal year without borrowing money to meet the everyday operational expenses."
The Legislature this year at least should fix the law so that charter schools have the same access to borrowing money for the holdback as the regular schools have.
Lisa Hendricks, director of Partnership Academy in Richfield, said, "Our school will have to spend nearly $30,000 in fees to cover the holdback."
(Legislators did provide $50 more per pupil to pay for the borrowing costs, but that's not enough for some districts.)
Legislators at least should pay more for special education, because school districts are taking millions out of their general funds to subsidize the cost of this mandated education.
Legislators complain that not even they can understand the complex formula to aid students. They don't have the will to tackle a formula which gives more money to districts losing students and poverty aid to urban schools.
Meanwhile, students in schools like North Branch attend school for four days each week and hope for better days. Their Superintendent, Deb Hinton, says the formula has created winners and losers in public education.
"As a state we need to make sure all students receive the same opportunity to grow and succeed," she said.
Editor's note: Don Heinzman is editorial writer for ECM Publishers.


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»I snapped this dragon tree (dracaena cinnabari) on the Yemeni island of Socotra in the Indian Ocean. Many endemic plant species gained a foothold here while it was a military zone.«
»I snapped this dragon tree (dracaena cinnabari) on the Yemeni island of Socotra in the Indian Ocean. Many endemic plant species gained a foothold here while it was a military zone.«
Ever since Chicago hosted the first Lollapalooza in 1991, music fans in North and South America (and since 2015 also in Europe) have been rocking the festival. Headliners at its July 22/23 Paris premiere are Lana del Rey (photo) and the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Culture clash
Wearing hats is all the rage. But picking the right one is something of an art form, given that there's a suitable model for every occasion and each subculture has its favorites.
Goes well with horn rims
In the '90s, it was the trademark accoutrement of British boy bands. Now, you'll
mostly see nerds and geeks sporting a trilby. With its narrow brim, it looks rather like the younger brother of the classic fedora.
In the summertime, a boater, the epitome of straw-hat elegance, is even acceptable attire for formal occasions. The homburg, which comes in straw or felt, is also a smart choice and goes well with a suit.
Flat crown, narrow brim, usually felt, the pork pie hat was originally made for women. Then Buster Keaton made it famous and today, it's the favored headgear of the jazz, blues and ska scene.
A giant zeppelin named Gulliver straddles the DOX Centre for Contemporary Art in Prague. Forty-two meters long and made of wood, it recalls the optimistic mood of the early 20th century. Gulliver's interior serves the museum as event space.
How about vacationing at a vineyard? More recent wine-growing regions in India, Canada and Thailand have joined classic destinations in Bourgogne, Rioja and Piedmont and offer fascinating holidays for connoisseurs
India is one of the oldest wine-growing countries in the world; people were fermenting grapes here 2500 years ago. But commercial wine production only came into its own in the 1990s. India now even has its own wine capital, Nashik, located northeast of Mumbai.
Vinland – in other words, wineland – is what the Vikings once called the east coast of North America. The Okanagan Valley on Canada's west coast is regarded as the equivalent of California's Napa Valley. Guess what Vinland's roughly 120 vineyards produce – yep, ice wine!
So you thought good wines could only be grown between the 30th and 50th parallels? The vintages grown in Thai wine-growing areas, such as the mountains surrounding Hua Hin, provide tasty proof that you would be wrong.


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Z97 Mini-ITX Review at $140: ASRock, MSI and GIGABYTEby Ian Cutress on 7/23/2014 3:00 AM EST
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pierrot - Wednesday, July 23, 2014 - linkGreat article, you read my mind with this, Im planning on an ITX form factor for my next build Reply
Zap - Wednesday, July 23, 2014 - linkDo it! Unless you have a need for more than six HDDs or more than one graphics card there is little reason to go bigger and have a mostly empty case.
Alternately there is also the little loved micro ATX. Not as "normal" as ATX and not as sexy as mini ITX, but IMO a very good alternative that gives you room for dual graphics, or some expansion cards. Reply
PICman - Wednesday, July 23, 2014 - linkExcellent review. Every time I see a review of ITX boards I'm amused by the giant 2x24 power connector plus an additional 2x2 or 2x4. Every other connector on the original IBM PC has an updated version. Has there been any discussion of a smaller power connector? Reply
Aikouka - Wednesday, July 23, 2014 - linkI was working in a Dell workstation a few weeks back, and I was rather surprised to see that it didn't have a standard ATX power cable. Its power cable was probably about half the size, and if I remember correctly, the motherboard also provided a connector for a cable that provided power to the hard drive(s).
I would definitely like to see someone be willing to revamp the power delivery as dealing with that monstrous cable is definitely my least favorite part -- especially on cases with too little room in the back! Reply
DanNeely - Wednesday, July 23, 2014 - linkDell's been using proprietary cables on/off for the last 20 years. I'm glad the current version uses different connectors though. IN the past they've had proprietary cables using AT or ATX standard sockets but with different pinouts so you'd smoke your hardware if you didn't realize it and tried to use a standard PSU as a replacement. Reply
DanNeely - Wednesday, July 23, 2014 - linkI've jumped on my soapbox more than once grumbling about the stupidity of a cable that mostly provides 3/3/5v power when the death of legacy PCI has removed the last significant 3.3v component and 5v is only still used for USB more than once in the comments here.
But between the failure of BTX and the fact that the desktop market is generally seen as being in terminal decline I'm not optimistic about the likelihood of ever getting a 12V centric CTX PSU standard. If pigs ever do fly though, instead of mashing the entire 4/8pin 12v connector into the cut down remnant of the 24pin cable, I'd rather see the main connector only have enough 12V to run an full power CPU+IGP (or lower power CPU + discrete GPU) based system, with the extra power for a full power CPU and PCIe GFX card in a separate and optional cable: Both to keep cost down for lower end systems, and because the 24 wire cable is a major pain to route because of its thickness. Reply
PICman - Wednesday, July 23, 2014 - linkWhile we're dreaming, we might as well make the voltage 24 or 48 V to reduce the current and improve the efficiency of the switching power supply. Reply
DanNeely - Wednesday, July 23, 2014 - linkMaybe...
Just rationalizing the pinout would be a much lower impact change and could be done with adapter cables in both directions for reasonably current hardware (most of the 3.3/5v capacity in the 24pin is unused on both sides of the cable).
Unless PCIe refreshed to use the higher voltage as well (and for a number of transition years in any case) we'd still need to provide a lot of 12V power. The USB charging committee's one cable to bind them all goals include 5A@2v power (for faster tablet charging and for low power laptops) which'd bring an additional long term need for significant amounts of 12v into the system. They also want a 5A@20v step for mainstream laptops; so if we did shift to a higher DC voltage that might be a better option instead. Reply
The_Assimilator - Friday, July 25, 2014 - link24VDC or even better, 48VDC needs to become the new industry standard immediately. When you have a card like the 295X2 that requires 600W but can only pull that over a 12V line (=50 amps!!!), you have an obvious problem. It's one I fear only Intel can solve, the question is do they have the determination to do it?
Personally I believe that the PC industry will embrace a new power delivery standard. It means everything will have to be redesigned, which means they get to sell more products. The successor to ATX (which is not BTX) could very well be the boost the PC industry's been looking for. Reply
Mr Perfect - Thursday, July 24, 2014 - linkIf they ever did change things, any reason why they couldn't just pump in one 12v plug and then let the mother board do DC-to-DC conversion for other voltages? Smaller embedded boards do this, but I don't know if it would scale up well. Reply
The_Assimilator - Friday, July 25, 2014 - linkEmbedded boards' DC-to-DC circuitry won't handle the high amperages required by e.g. modern graphics cards. You also won't find people running 12-drive RAID arrays off them, for the same reason. It's certainly possible to increase the capacity of the DC-to-DC converters, but then you need heatsinks and whatnot and before you know it you've integrated a switching mode power supply into your motherboard. Reply
The_Assimilator - Friday, July 25, 2014 - linkBTX failed because it was merely a revision of the ATX form factor, not ATX power delivery. What we need is the reverse - leave the form factor alone (it ain't broke) but bring the obviously-outdated power delivery spec up to scratch. Reply
Oxford Guy - Saturday, January 23, 2016 - linkThe form factor is subpar for GPU cooling. Reply
owan - Wednesday, July 23, 2014 - linkWhen I saw this review on the front page and saw the Z97n-wifi I got a bit nervous since I just purchased one of these to go along with a G3258 for a little overclocking/backup gaming system. Glad to see it fares well, I was just as pleasantly surprised by its layout as you were Reply
DiHydro - Wednesday, July 23, 2014 - linkIn the "GIGABYTE Z97N-WIFI Performance" section, what is the red colored "1m44" result for OCCT mean? Reply
DiHydro - Wednesday, July 23, 2014 - linkOh, I think I see. It is the time the test ran before the thermal limit was reached. Reply
Wixman666 - Wednesday, July 23, 2014 - linkAfter 1 min 44 seconds it overheated and started throttling. Reply
abugarcia - Wednesday, July 23, 2014 - linkFYI, some of the links on the Test Setup table lead to the incorrect products when clicked (i7-4770k and MSI GTX 770 Lightning). Looks like its this way on some older reviews as well. Reply
Ian Cutress - Wednesday, July 23, 2014 - linkAh rats, copy/paste error from some other test setup tables I had. Fixed here, will go back to some of the older reviews. Nice spot :) Reply
Ubercake - Wednesday, July 23, 2014 - linkAs more and more controllers are integrated on the CPU, one value-add I wish the motherboard manufacturers would integrate with the system board is TV-tuner functionality. Reply
Gigaplex - Thursday, July 24, 2014 - linkWhat standard? There are plenty of types of TV broadcast standards. Reply
Erukian - Wednesday, July 23, 2014 - linkWhat do you guys think of the GA-Z97N Gaming 5? It can be found for $133 after rebate currently and seems to have the higher end audio codec that the ASRock uses in addition to swapping out the intel NIC for the Atheros Killer NIC (better?). Other than that the excellent PCB layout looks very similar to the reviewed Z97N-WIFI but with some changes to the IO port and 8-pin CPU power.
I'm currently in the market, which is why I'm asking. :) Reply
The_Assimilator - Saturday, July 26, 2014 - linkIntel NIC is best in the business, the "Killer" NIC is yet another marketing gimmick. The Z97N Gaming 5 also loses a SATA port to eSATA. On the flipside, it has decent heatsinks for the power delivery subsystem, which is important for overclocking. Reply
austinsguitar - Wednesday, July 23, 2014 - linksee i love these kinds of articles because these are very important products! it's interesting to see how things stack up because this is the biggest market right now. keep up these kinds of articles anand. things have been a little funky here recently.... Reply
Kmknapp - Wednesday, July 23, 2014 - linkJust built a mini-itx system and love it. Went with the Gigabyte Z97N Gaming 5 board for the audio (Realtek 1150), NIC, and deal at the time. So there are other options in this range incorporating the "improved" audio if you're not into the ASRock.
2 comments/questions:
1. On the ASRock board, you mention HDMI passthrough, does this mean you can pass 5.1 or 7.1 audio through HDMI? You apparently can't do this on the Gigabyte board with same controller, and it's frustrating.
2. Open-bed overclocking strikes me as questionable in a review for this form factor due to the tendency to put these into similarly smaller cases where heat can be a real issue. My build was made specifically for gaming and HTPC in my living room, and as such, goes into an enclosed entertainment center as well.
Fractal Design Node 304
Intel i5-4690k (OC to 4.1ghz, ring sync) 4.2+ is OK temp wise, but unstable in stress testing.even at 1.25V
8gb DDR3
Gigabyte GA-Z97N Gaming 5
Corsair H80i w/Cougar Turbo Hyperspiong Silent fans - H80i defaults are LOUD. these make the system all but silent, even under load.
AMD R280 3GB, Sapphire Dual-X
Corsair CX600 600W Power Supply Reply
goinginstyle - Wednesday, July 23, 2014 - linkCan you review the ROG Impact VII please? Just returned the Z97N after a bad OC experience. Reply
Bobs_Your_Uncle - Wednesday, July 23, 2014 - linkGreat article & I really appreciate the multi-board comparisons as written up here. And of course, Ian, your work is always top shelf!
I'm wondering if you're (AT) planning like coverage in the M-ATX form factor, as this is the beast that really intrigues me. M-ATX offers significantly more flexibility & possibilities than the M-ITX platform while maintaining a relatively small footprint.
The M-ITX form factor seems to have a notably larger range of product offerings than M-ATX does (& subsequently more coverage in tech media) & I frankly don't understand the pronounced balance in favor of M-ITX. Reply
homerdog - Thursday, July 24, 2014 - linkI would like to point out that the ASRock board supports DTS Connect for true 5.1 audio in games over the optical output. ASRock is very good about including this feature on their boards. Most mobo manufacturers don't even bother to list this feature even on their few models that support it. Reply
surft - Friday, July 25, 2014 - linkHmm, great revue but I hope this comparison gets updated to include Asus' Z97I-PLUS as well. Reply
Madpacket - Friday, July 25, 2014 - linkLooks like AsRock wins this round. Reply
The_Assimilator - Saturday, July 26, 2014 - linkI'm sure the guy at Gigabyte who is responsible for getting rid of their warehouse of surplus VGA ports, was weeping in impotent fury at the fact that he couldn't shoehorn one onto this board. Reply
The_Assimilator - Saturday, July 26, 2014 - linkIt really strikes me as odd that the motherboard manufacturers haven't integrated SATA multilane ports onto their boards. That would allow 4 drives to be connected to a single port on the mobo, which would shrink 6x SATA ports down to 1x multilane + 2x SATA. If Intel does the right thing with their next chipset and gives out an additional 2 SATA ports for a total of 8, then the 1 + 2 could be shrunk down to 2 SATA multilane ports of 4 drives each.
Yes, there's issues with cabling, but in the mITX form factor board space is probably more important than cable count. Reply
Valantar - Sunday, July 27, 2014 - linkGreat article, a really interesting read. But a question keeps popping into my head: What about lower power CPUs? With these smaller motherboards (and cases) they are more relevant than ever, yet all the reviews I can see are for the top-of-the-line overclocking models. How about a review comparing the i7-4790k to the 4790s and 4790t (perhaps with some extra effort put into power consumption testing, heat/noise (with regard to small mITX cases), and so on)? I would love to see that! Reply
coolhund - Sunday, August 03, 2014 - linkWould you do me a favor and check if the Asrock Z97E-ITX still has issues with longer USB cables? On the Z87E-ITX things like webcams and USB 3.0 sticks start having massive issues at cable lengths longer than 5 to 6 ft. It even completely kills my partition on a USB 3.0 stick regularly.
And yes, I tried several high quality and low quality cables that worked before on several other mainboards. Reply
saulovh5150 - Sunday, August 03, 2014 - linkI recently built a system with the MSI Z97I AC, i5 4460, CoolerMaster 550W modular, 16GB RAM, SSD and a GTX770, a mid-class rig and I can safely say it works fine and will never, ever have an ATX rig again. Just be warned that the MSI packs 2 cheap antennas, I could barely get good signal with 2 walls between AP and the PC. When I swapped them for 2 aftermarket antennas all worked really well.
This review just confirmed I had nothing to worry about feature or performance. I never really needed 3 pci slots since many years ago. Oh, and the system is so quiet. Reply
Plipplop - Sunday, August 03, 2014 - linkCould you correct the mistake quoting MSI Z97I GAMING AC to have lower audio codec ALC892. It really hurts my eye because one reason I ended up ordering MSI was superb audio with Realtek® ALC1150 Codec. Thanks. Reply
Plipplop - Tuesday, August 05, 2014 - linkSorry, my bad: Theres two boards, MSI Z97I GAMING AC and MSI Z97I AC with slightly lower specs. Reply
pc_mark1 - Friday, November 14, 2014 - linkI bought a ASRock Z97M-ITX with an i7 4790k. I'm really struggling with boot up with this board. I've installed twice and found I was forced to hard reset in both instances and doing this causes the issues. Without issues I've seen my PC boot in 5 seconds and go into login, once logged in loading wi-fi and finding internet in about 3 seconds. Once I hard reset, I'm seeing boot up slow, with the graphics card going off momentarily, then coming back on and displaying login but not allowing me to type for 2 more seconds. Once in, wi-fi is seeking connection for a further 45 seconds. The hard reset has caused this twice now, but the second fresh install showed the board working for the first 10-15 restarts as I added software and drivers and all worked flawlessly. Anyone got any suggestions? Using 1.1 on the board. Reply


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Topic: Introduction
Yesterday I checked the Web Free Dictionary for the spelling of cholangiocarcinoma, and saw this marvelous site listed -- as well as the correct spelling of the word.
Here's my history with CC.
In March 2001, when I was 67, it was accidentally discovered that I had CC and could expect to be around for only a year or so, although I could be lucky and last longer. Unfortunately I told the doctor we'd have to go for the longer option -- a year wasn't enough. Why? Well after retiring as a librarian for about 36 years, I began my retirement project -- to restore a 1937 Studebaker I had for many years. In the previous fall and early spring of 2001, I had taken parts of the car to the body shop, but the rest were all over the house, in the garage, basement, back porch, maybe some under the bed, and most small parts in 257 jiffy bags (identified on used library catalog cards, of course). I knew I'd need more than a year to complete the restoration, and, certainly, my wife could not get the car back together!
In May 2001 they took out the left side of the liver which contained about a 10.5 cm mass--but with clean edges and no evidence of cancer in a nearby lymph node.
After a couple months recovery, I began work on the car and all went well until Apr 2002 when the growth metastized to the right side of the liver.
I then began a clinical trial of OSI 774 (now Tarciva) at the Univ. of Wis. Comprehensive Cancer Center--Madison in May 2002. Within two months some spots had disappeared and others were contained. Since that was a targeted drug I was able to continue working on the car until it was complete in June. Side effects were minimal -- upper body rash, some diarrhea, and (of all things) shallow but numerous and painful in-grown toe nails!
The OSI 774 stopped working in Nov. 2003 after which I had successful surgical chryoblation of some of the spots. In Feb. 2004 I went on a clinical trial of Gemcitabine & Epothilon B -- which did not work. In May, 2004, I began a trial of Oxaliplatin & Capacitabine. Amazingly, that worked until Oct. 2005 although the side effects were a challenge to deal with. That trial was stopped in Oct. because the spots were almost indistinguishable, but also because my plateletes took too long to recover between treatments (7 weeks at the end).
In Feb. 2006 the spots returned and I went back on Oxaliplatin/Capacitabine "off study". It was then I found out about the compassionate nature of Medicare. Medicare said they would not cover the drug--which was only approved for colon cancer, not my CC, which they could hardly even find in their list. Medicare said they "would not approve it, I could appeal, but it wouldn't do any good. Did I have any other questions. No, well, have a nice day." I figured I had a illness which was "illegal" in the U. S. My options were: pay about $200,000 if I were treated for a year, or convince the insurance to pay, or work with the drug company for a better deal. Fortunately, the insurance did pay. Unfortunately the drugs no longer worked.
In July 2006 I began a trial on Panzem -- which didn't work.
This month I had SIR Spheres (radioactive beads) inserted in the liver through a cather. My next CT scan will be in December. (Of course Medicare wouldn't pay for that either -- not approved for me -- although the secondary insurance came through again!)
I hesitate to mention physicians by name other than to say the UW-Madison Compreshensive Cancer Center is tremendous. Also, my initial oncologist is now at Ohio State, so those in Columbus, Ohio, could expect marvelous treatment there. Fortunately the Wisconsin Dean HMO Insurance has been very helpful and supportive.
Another other sort of minor thing. Since I have CT Scans every two months, and never liked them, I've now learned how to deal with them. 1) I'm able to drink the barium contrast (either the night before or in the morning, depending on the extent of the scan) by drinking it. I sit in my Lazy-Boy, pretend the barium crap is a cocktail and just sip it while reading a book. 2) The lab technicians have always had trouble inserting the larger needle in my arm for the dye at the time of the scan. My veins would roll and they'd have trouble "chasing them down". So I began putting Emla cream (lidocaine/prilocaine) on the injection spot about 2 hours ahead of time and now feel absolutely nothing when they insert the needle.
A final note: over 1 1/2 years ago nearly 1/2 hours worth of chemo (quarter of the bag) was infused in my arm (not the vein) by mistake. That caused pretty substantial pain for a number of months, lots of scar tissue formed on the fore arm, but I still have full use of the arm. If anyone else has had this unlucky experience I'd be glad exchange thoughts with them.
Oh yes, I'm sure you're wondering about the "life-saving project" -- my car restoration. Well, for the first show, I took it to the International Studebaker meet at South Bend in 2002 and received 394 points out of 400 total -- after which my son and I bravely drove the car through Chicago in 95 degree heat & heavy traffic back home to Platteville. And, since you ask, I do have photos of the restoration at: http://www.pbase.com/redtop/studerestoration
I keep very busy with cars, local history research, genealogy (I now have over 9,000 entries on the Web), photography (over 4,000 Web photos), and try to keep up with the grandkids in spite of my bad feet (that problem started in 1987)
Sorry this "Introduction" turned into a saga of sorts. But I hope my extensive experience with CC may be of help to others.


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The sound this holiday is Hanukkah surf rock, didn't you know?
When the Chanukah song came on today, I was instandly taken back to the mid-nineties, when this album came out. It's hilarious and a comedic staple of that period.Tags: music, CD, comedy, albums, entertainment, holidays, Hannukah, adam sandlerAdded 8 Years Ago from Amazon.com
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Recipe Find: Food and friendship add up to two perfect recipes
Updated 5:05 am, Sunday, July 1, 2012
Two lunches late last month provided more than good food, great companionship and a celebration of friendship.
They also provided two great recipes to share with readers.
The first lunch, with Cooks & Cocinas writer Tracy Lehmann and our friend Jeanne Albrecht, gave Tracy and me the chance to admire Jeanne's charming new home near downtown and share a potluck lunch. Among the contributions was a great homemade ice cream that Jeanne served.
She's had the recipe for years, she told us, and while it can be made with whole milk and cream, she used skim milk and fat-free half-and-half in the version we enjoyed. Served with a bit of chocolate sauce on top, we never missed the cream or the fat. The dessert was refreshing and delicious and made a big hit.
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Jeanne says this recipe has been floating around her family "for at least two decades; I believe I got it from my sister Anne. It is a favorite at the lake and at our many family gatherings — especially in the hot summer months. None of us are squeamish about making or eating this version with its uncooked base, nor do we worry about using Mexican vanilla (Jeanne's favorite, especially if making 'plain old' vanilla ice cream)," she says. "My six siblings and I grew up licking the beaters and bowls from cookie dough and cake mixes that had uncooked eggs and Mexican vanilla in them for years, and we are some of the healthiest adults around." (Editor's Note: Pasteurized eggs can be substituted; see recipe.)
One note: Jeanne says to take the ice cream out of the freezer in advance of serving so it's easier to scoop.
The next day, I went to another friend's home for lunch. Nora Williams, with friends Suzette Price, Carrie Perez and Jacqueline Thornton, was hosting a lunch for another friend, Judy Smith, who was retiring after 40-plus years of teaching. The hostesses had assembled a wonderful luncheon with several great dishes, but one of the favorites was a Minted Spring Pea Salad. Nora was kind enough to make a copy for me; when several other guests saw my copy, they asked me to share it in my column.
It's a pleasure to share the recipe, just as it's always a pleasure to share lunch with good friends.
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I mean that in a literal sense. What happened?
I saw the last two minutes of Chicago-San Jose, and not a second of Philly-Montreal. So I went to Hockey Central on Versus, based on my TV listings, and there was some guy riding a bull or killing an animal, or attempting to kill another human being, or some other show. But it wasn't hockey.
So I went to NHL Network, which I know shows every goal, every near-goal, every fight, during its NHL On the Fly show. But for some reason NHL Network wasn't available on my cable provider last night.
So I really have no idea what happened Sunday. I assume that both goalies were good in the first game, and that Halak wasn't very good in the second. The conclusion I drew from the final minutes of Chicago-San Jose was that I missed a great game, and from the score of Philly-Montreal was that I didn't miss much.
Am I wrong?