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Easter is here and many use this time to exchange Easter eggs, chocolate bunnies and taking time to rest and relax.
In actual fact, Easter is a reminder of the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. It remains the greatest time in history, when Jesus, nailed to an old rugged cross, carrying the sins of the world, died. But, on the third day, God in His power rose him from the dead. He lives to come again as the glorious King.
Consider the story of a young man who committed a very grievous offense against the law of his country. He was brought before the judge, tried and found guilty. His punishment was stated: death by hanging! As he was about to move to the place of his death, the judge's only son stepped forward and offered to be punished in the place of the man who had committed the crime. He was stripped and hanged on the tree instead of the young man. He was asked to go away just as if he never committed the offense. Christ did a similar thing for you. We, too, like the young man, have sinned very grievously. By rebellion we have committed high treason against the government of Heaven.
Man's sinfulness is revealed in many ways, e.g. in his doing what he ought not to do. Most people tell lies, others commit adultery or fornication, others are full of envy or are covetous, some steal, some are proud and arrogant, others cheat. Some read dirty books and, others are controlled by alcohol, many are controlled by the love of money, others are self-centered and full of unbelief, and many believe in and practice magic.
The Bible says All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.; (Romans 3:23). This includes sins committed in heart. According to the standards of Jesus, if you lust after a person in your heart, you have already committed adultery or fornication with that person (Matthew 5:28). Equally, if you hate someone, you. have committed murder in your heart (1 John 3:15). All sins, whether in words, thoughts or actions are all serious before God. No one is therefore exempt, for the Bible says "If we say that we have not sinned, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us" (1John 1:8). So, God's word, our consciences and our experiences all bear to the fact that we have sinned.
Sin separates man from God, since He is a holy God and cannot have a proper relationship with sinful people. Although man has tried to bridge the gap in many ways, e.g. prayer, by going to church and doing a lot of what he considers to be good thing, the gap is not bridged. In fact, God considers all the good deeds done by man in his own strength as sinful. The Bible says, "But we are as an unclean thing and all our righteous acts are as filthy rags" (Isaiah 64:6). This is because man's goodness even at its best is contaminated by impure motives. God says "No one is put right with God by doing what the law requires." (Romans 3:20)
Sin equally pays a salary. This salary is eternal separation from God in hell. Every person who continues in sin and refuses to repent will be thrown into the lake of fire on that last day. The salary has begun to manifest itself in broken hearts, broken homes, purposelessness, etc. However painful these are, they do not compare to the agony of those who will be in hell as a consequence of rejecting Christ either passively or actively.
Although human beings have all sinned and rightly deserve God's judgment, God sent his son Jesus Christ into the world to come and die where we ought to have died for our sins. God put our past, present and future sins on Jesus and punished sin once and for all on the cross. Jesus shed divine blood, bridged the gap that separates man from God and opened a new way which sinners can be reconciled to God. Jesus died on the cross and rose again from the dead as proof that God the Father was satisfied with His work on behalf of sinners. He lives forever to forgive those who repent genuinely of their sins, forsake these sins and receive Him as their Saviour. He wants to forgive you NOW, give you a new birth and write your name in the book of eternal life so that you will never perish.
God in Christ has paid it all and the only thing left for you to do is respond to His awesome sacrifice on your behalf.
There are four things you need to think about and act on; represented by the first four letters of the alphabet A, B, C, D
ADMIT that you are a sinner by nature and by practice, and that on your own you are without hope. Tell God that you have personally sinned against Him in your thoughts, words, and actions. In a sincere prayer, confess all your sins to Him one after the other. Do not omit any sin that you can remember. It may be helpful if you write out your sins on sheets of paper and then burn them after God has forgiven you. In doing so, you must be truly sorry for them, since they pierce God's heart. Then, truly turn your back to and abandon your sinful ways. If you stole, steal no more. If you have been committing adultery or fornication, stop it. God will not forgive you if you have no desire to stop sinning in all the areas of your life; but if you are sincere, He will give you the power to stop.
BELIEVE that Jesus Christ, who is God's Son, is the only Way, the only Truth and the only Life. Jesus said, «I am the way, the truth, and the life, no one comes to the Father but by me» (John 14:6), and the Bible says, «For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself a ransom for all» (1 Timothy 2:5-6). If you believe this, you are also rejecting every other system or philosophy that suggests that a man can be reconciled to God outside of a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. If you believe in Jesus Christ, you will want to receive Him, for, «As many as received him, he gave them the power to become the children of God» (John 1:12). But,
CONSIDER the cost of following Him. Jesus said that all who will follow Him must deny themselves. This includes selfish financial, social and other interests. He also wants His followers to take up their crosses and follow Him. Are you prepared to abandon your own interests daily for those of Christ?
Are you prepared to be led in new directions by Him? Are you prepared to suffer for Him and die for Him if need be?
Jesus said, Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace but a sword… and man's enemies shall bethey of his household. He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. And he who does not take up his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of me» (Matthew 10:34-38).
This is very costly, but God's gifts – peace, joy, eternal life, etc, are far greater than whatever it may cost you. You do well to choose Him. Jesus will have nothing to do with half-hearted people. He demands a total commitment. He will only receive and forgive those who are prepared to follow Him AT ANY COST. Think about it and count the cost. If you are prepared to follow Him come what may, then there is something you must DO.
Invite Jesus to come into your heart and life. He says, Behold, I stand at the door and knock if anyone hears my voice and opens the door (to his heart and life) I will come into him and eat with him and he with me» (Revelation 3:20).
Why not pray a prayer like this one or another one as the Holy Spirit leads you?
«Lord Jesus, I am a wretched, lost sinner who has sinned in thought, word and deed. Forgive me all my sins and cleanse me. Receive me, Saviour, and transform me into a child of God. Come into my heart now and give me eternal life. I will follow You at all costs, trusting Your Holy Spirit to give me all the power that I need. Amen.»
If you have prayed the above prayer sincerely, then Jesus has forgiven you and made you God's child right away. He has blotted out all your sins and forgotten the fact that you ever sinned (Hebrews 10:16-17). You have eternal life (1 John 5:11-13). You are born again; you are an entirely new creature and the past is gone (2 Corinthians 5:17). You are saved (Romans 10:9).
Rejoice in your new position before God. Thank Him for His marvelous love, forgiveness, salvation, etc. Begin at once to tell other people about your new life in Jesus.


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George Biddell Airy
Quick Info
Alnwick, Northumberland, England
Greenwich, England
George Airy's father was William Airy while his mother was Ann Biddell. William Airy was from Lincolnshire and Ann was the daughter of a farmer from Suffolk. Originally William had been a farmer too, but he had educated himself and risen to the position of tax inspector. When George was born his parents were living in Northumberland where William was a collector of excise, but in the following year the family moved to Hereford when William was transferred there.George attended Byatt Walker's school in Colchester and at the age of ten he took first place at the end of his primary school career. He had learnt some useful skills at the school such as arithmetic, double-entry book keeping and how to use a slide rule. He had probably learned more, however, from studying his father's books. He wrote in his autobiography that (see [4]):-
... he was not a favourite with his school mates.Eggen writes [1]:-
An introverted but not shy child, Airy was, even for the time and especially for his circumstances, a young snob. Nevertheless, he overcame some of the dislike of his schoolmates by his great skill and inventiveness in the construction of peashooters and other such devices.Before Airy left Byatt Walker's school his father had transferred again, this time to Essex. From 1812 Airy spent his summers with his uncle, Arthur Biddell, who had a farm near Ipswich. Clearly Airy was not too happy at home because he asked his uncle if he could live with him rather than with his own family. Things had taken a turn for the worse at home since his father lost his tax collectors job in 1813 and the family were, from that time, living in poverty. Because of the financial circumstances the family seem to have been quite glad that Airy's uncle had almost taken over the role of his father.
The fact that Airy spent about half his time with his uncle over the next five years was important for him. Arthur Biddell was a man of learning who had a fine library containing books on chemistry, optics and mechanics which Airy avidly studied, and in addition he had many leading scientists as his friends. Their influence on the young Airy was marked and was a major factor in his seeking an academic career.
During these five years, 1814 to 1819, Airy attended Colchester Grammar School where he was [8]:-
... noted for his memory, repeating in one examination 2394 lines of Latin verse.Airy entered Trinity College, Cambridge in 1819 as a sizar, meaning that he paid a reduced fee but essentially worked as a servant to make good the fee reduction. However it was only because his uncle provided financial support that he was able to undertake university studies at all. To supplement his income Airy took private pupils and this, of course, gave him less time for his own studies. Despite this his performance was outstanding and he graduated as Senior Wrangler (the top First Class student) in 1823 and was a Smith's prizeman. Woodhouse, who had left the Lucasian chair in 1822 to become Plumian Professor of Astronomy, was one of Airy's examiners for the Smith's prize, the other being Thomas Turton who had succeeded Woodhouse to the Lucasian chair. In the following year Airy was awarded a fellowship at Trinity College and began his academic career.
We should comment on why Airy did so well in the Tripos examinations, being far ahead of the next best student. The Tripos examinations at that time were less a test of mathematical ability and more a test of the candidates ability to learn vast amounts of material and methods. At this Airy proved exceptionally good, partly because of his excellent memory, but also because of his remarkable organisational abilities. As an undergraduate he kept paper beside him to record every thought he had. Later everything was transferred to the books and diaries which he kept. He maintained this routine throughout his life and this record, almost of his every thought, still exists to provide remarkable evidence of the period [4]:-
The ruling feature of his character was order. From the time he went up to Cambridge to the end of his life his system of order was strictly maintained.Clerke writes in [8]:-
He never destroyed a document, but devised an ingenious plan of easy reference to the huge bulk of his papers.In 1824 Airy met Richarda Smith while on a walking holiday. He proposed two days after they first met but her father, Richard Smith, the vicar of a church near Chatsworth, refused to allow the marriage on the grounds that Airy could not support his daughter financially. This made Airy determined to obtain a position with the financial status which would allow him to marry.
Only three years after graduating from Cambridge, he was appointed Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge. It is rather surprising that the Lucasian Professor only received £99 per year while Airy was already receiving £150 as an assistant tutor. Airy wondered whether he could afford to compete for the chair when he was advised in 1826 that Turton was leaving, but Peacock persuaded him that the status was more important than the money. He became one of three candidates, French and Babbage being the other two. When Babbage stated that he was about to start legal proceedings over the election, French withdrew. Airy triumphed and a rivalry with Babbage which was to last for many years began.
In addition to the Lucasian Chair, Airy was appointed a member of the Board of Longitude which gave him another £100 per year provided he attended four meetings. He explained his actions (see [4]):-
My prospects in the law or other profession might have been good if I could have waited but marriage would have been out of the question and I much preferred a moderate income in no long time. I had now in some measure taken science as my line (but not irrevocably) and I thought it best to work it well for a time at least and wait for accidents.These, of course, are not the words of a man driven by a love of his subject. He certainly still did not have the financial position to allow him to marry Richarda so he tried for other posts. His attempt to secure the vacant post of Astronomer Royal for Ireland failed in 1827.
Airy was an examiner for the Smith's Prize and gave lectures while holding the Lucasian Chair. He lectured on light and in these lectures he explained the problem of astigmatism. It was an eye defect which Airy suffered from himself and he had been the first to design glasses to correct it. He had earlier published a paper On a peculiar Defect in the Eye on this problem for which he was the first to provide a practical solution.
In 1828 Peacock informed Airy that Woodhouse, the Plumian Professor of Astronomy, had not long to live and advised him to seek this chair. He wrote [4]:-
I made it known that I was a candidate and nobody thought it worthwhile to oppose me. ... I told everyone that the salary (about £300) was not sufficient and drafted a manifesto to the University for an increase. ... the University had never before been taken by storm in such a manner and there was some commotion about it. I believe that very few people would have taken that step. ... I had no doubt of success.Airy was appointed Plumian Professor of Astronomy at Cambridge and Director of the Cambridge Observatory. The University had complied with his request for the salary to be increased and the £500 per year he received was sufficient to allow him to marry Richarda Smith , which he did on 24 March 1830.
He became Astronomer Royal in 1835 moving at that time from Cambridge to Greenwich. There he undertook a reorganisation of the Royal Observatory which was positive in many ways but also had some unfortunate side effects. Since he could not tolerate his staff thinking for themselves no young scientists were trained at the Observatory during his period as Astronomer Royal. However, his considerable engineering ability was put to good use in renovating the instruments at the observatory. He held this post of Astronomer Royal until 1881 when he resigned and lived the rest of his life with his two unmarried daughters in the White House close to Greenwich Park.
Airy wrote the text On the Algebraic and Numerical Theory of Errors of Observations and the Combinations of Observations. Although said at the time to be:-
... unreadable except by those already thoroughly acquainted with the subject,the book was used at Cambridge and influenced Pearson. This text was one of eleven books which Airy published, some of the others being Trigonometry (1825), Gravitation (1834), and Partial differential equations (1866). His remarkable publication record included over 500 papers and reports. This resulted from his extremely hard work and also his highly organised, efficient way of working which enabled him to get through far more work than almost every other scientist.
His attitude to mathematics was very much as an applied mathematician who saw no point in the study of the subject in its own right. His son writes in [4]:-
His nature was eminently practical, and his dislike of mere theoretical problems and investigations was proportionally great. He was continually at war with some of the Cambridge mathematicians on this subject. Year after year he criticised the Senate House papers and the Smith's Prize papers very severely, and conducted an interesting and acrimonious private correspondence with Professor Cayley on the same subject.Airy's delay, in 1845, of searching for Neptune at the location suggested by Adams prevented Adams obtaining full credit for his work although in many ways he has been unfairly criticised over this episode. Airy did, however, make many major contributions to mathematics and astronomy. He improved the orbital theory of Venus and the Moon, studied interference fringes in optics, made a mathematical study of the rainbow and computed the density of the Earth by swinging a pendulum at the top and bottom of a deep mine. We should note that the value he obtained was too large by a fair amount.
Airy was made chairman of the Commission set up to construct Standard Weights and Measures in 1834. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1835, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of London in 1836, having received the Society's Copley Medal in 1831. He gave the Bakerian lecture to the Society entitled On the theoretical explanation of an apparent new polarity of light in 1840. He received the Society's Royal Medal in 1845 for a paper on the Irish tides.
The Royal Astronomical Society elected Airy to be their President in 1845. Then, in 1851, Airy was elected President of the British Association, and in 1871 he was elected President of the Royal Society of London holding the post for two years. The Institut de France elected him to membership to fill the position which became vacant on the death of John Herschel in 1872 and in the same year he accepted a knighthood having declined it on three previous occasions on the grounds that he could not afford the fees. Soon after this, in 1874, he organised an expedition to observe the transit of Venus.
Outside his professional scientific interests, Airy was a man of broad tastes. He liked poetry, history, theology, antiquities, architecture, engineering, and geology. He even published papers on his other interests including one which tried to identify the exact place where Julius Caesar landed in Britain and the exact place from which he left. In addition he published a number of papers on religious matters.
There were certainly sides to his character which made him unpopular with those around him. We have already mentioned how he was a snob at school. In later life he was sarcastic and enforced a rigid discipline on his staff at the Royal Observatory. In his defence we would have to note that he enforced such a rigid discipline on himself that it must have seemed natural to him to expect the same from others.
An illustration of Airy's personality is shown from his long running disagreements with Babbage. They had a dispute over the quality of a telescope in 1832, he stated that Babbage's calculating engine was "worthless" ten years later and effectively stopped government funding of the project, and in 1854 he took the side of the narrow gauge for railways while Babbage supported the wide gauge. In all these disputes Airy came out the winner, but it is far from clear that he took the "right" side in the arguments.
We should end with a few words on Airy's importance as a scientist. His own words certainly show that he had a realistic view of himself (see for example [1]):-
... in those parts of astronomy which ... [require] only method and judgement, with very little science in the persons employed, we have done much; while in those which depend exclusively on individual effort we have done little ... our principal progress has been made in the lower branches of astronomy while to the higher branches of science we have not added anything.Eggen writes in [1]:-
Airy was not a great scientist, but he made great science possible.However, others have a higher opinion of Airy's achievements. Chapman [7] believes that:-
Airy has been unfairly relegated to the scientific sidelines ...His son summed up Airy's life as follows [4]:-
The life of Airy was essentially that of a hard-working business man, and differed from that of other hard-working people only in the quality and variety of his work. It was not an exciting life, but it was full of interest ...
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- O J Eggen, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990). See THIS LINK.
- Biography in Encyclopaedia Britannica. http://www.britannica.com/biography/George-Biddell-Airy
- Obituary in The Times
See THIS LINK - W A Airy, Autobiography of Sir George Airy (London, 1896).
- A Chapman, Britain's first professional astronomer : George Biddell Airy (1801-1892), Yearbook of astronomy (1991), 185-205.
- A Chapman, The pit and the pendulum : George Biddell Airy and his measurements of gravity, Astronomy Now 5 (1991), 18-20.
- A Chapman, George Biddell Airy, F.R.S. (1801-1892) : a centenary commemoration, Notes and Records Roy. Soc. London 46 (1) (1992), 103-110.
- A M Clerke, George Biddell Airy, Dictionary of National Biography Supplement I (London, 1901), 22-25. See THIS LINK.
- A D D Craik, The origins of water-wave theory, Ann. Rev. Fluid Mech. (2002). http://www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146%2Fannurev.fluid.36.050802.122118
- J E Kennedy, Exchanges of correspondence between Sir G B Airy and William Brydone Jack, The origins, achievement and influence of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich: 1675-1975, Vistas Astronom. 20 (1-2) (1976), 211-214.
- A Macfarlane (ed.), George Biddell Airy, in Lectures on Ten British Physicists of the Nineteenth Century (New York, 1919), 111 https://web.archive.org/web/20060218082318/http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext06/tbmms10p.pdf
- A J Meadows, The Airy era, The origins, achievement and influence of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich : 1675-1975, Vistas Astronom. 20 (1-2) (1976), 197-201.
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Honours awarded to George Airy
- Lucasian Professor 1826
- Plumian chair 1828 - 1836
- Royal Society Copley Medal 1831
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1835
- Fellow of the Royal Society 1836
- Royal Society Bakerian lecturer 1840
- Royal Society Royal Medal 1845
- President of the Royal Society 1871-1873
- Lunar features Crater Airy
- Planetary features Crater Airy on Mars
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Friday, September 16, 2011
Columbus MAX Bikes
Speaking of Columbus steel.....
I have a fascination about bikes made with Columbus Max, MXL, and MiniMax. So, some time ago I also started a blog about bikes made with these tubesets.
The blog is Columbus MAX Bikes, www.columbusmaxbikes.blogspot.com
Take a peek if you are interested in these kinds of bikes. The right margin of that blog has a list by brand. If you have a contribution you can email me at email@example.com
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- Chris L.September 16, 2011 at 3:23 PM
Hampsten Cycles, run by Steve Hampsten (brother of Giro winner Andy), still makes frames with MiniMAX. The Strada Bianca, designed for fatter tire and dirt roads, is especially nice.
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First time replacing oil filter and oil.
I've drained the old oil from the oil tank and I now want to remove the existing filter.
For the life of me, it seems as though the filter is in the most awkward position ever; behind and under the engine block. I can't reach it from the bonnet, and I can't reach it comfortably from under the car having removed one of the wheels (right wheel).
To make matters worse, the existing filter is in very tight. So any time I get a grip on the filter (can only physically get one hand on it), I can't loosen it.
I have an oil filter clamp for removing an oil filter using a ratchet socket; but I can't get it working with only one hand.
It would seem that I need to get a screw driver into it from under the car, but, I need to use a very long screw driver which is almost impossible to hammer into the filter whilst I'm under the car.
Any suggestions?


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Friday, January 14, 2011
Script Editors' Notes: A Writers' Guide
In reality of course, what I get back are notes. And as you do more drafts, you get back more notes. And the more drafts you do on various projects, the more you start to recognize certain phrases, and learn to decipher what they really mean.
'We think this script has a lot of potential'. Your script contains basically one good idea, and fifteen awful ones.
'We were a little confused by the ending'. You don't appear to have written an ending.
'We love the new whimsical quality of your writing.' We are concerned you might be drunk.
'We love the increasingly dark quality of your writing!' We are concerned you might be on crack.
'We love the bold new energy in your writing!' We are concerned you might be Russell T. Davies.
'Your script still seems to be running a little short.' Selecting 'Control-A' and changing font size from ten to twelve in order to up the page count has fooled precisely no-one, buddy boy.
'This latest rewrite is a big step forward, but there's still a lot of work to do!' I don't think changing one line of a dialogue makes this a new draft, do you?
'Although your new approach to structure is interesting, it isn't necessarily moving the story on.' You've just put the scenes in a different order and thought I wouldn't notice.
'I feel we may be losing the spirit of the original draft. Why have you set it in space now?
'We're very excited by your choice to introduce tropes from other genres, but a little worried this might be straying from the original remit slightly.' ... and why is the detective hero suddenly a werewolf?
'While scene 27 is a great addition, it might be familiar territory to some viewers' You totally stole that from Grandpa In My Pocket.
'We may have to trim a little of the dialogue for running time.' You don't have to start every conversation with 'Good morning/afternoon, Character (X)! How are you since I last saw you?! I have been well, thanks for asking.'
'We're pleased to see a more hard-nosed attitude to the practicalities of the story.' On the other hand, well done on that two page conversation about how great the main character's Toyota is.
On the other other hand, if the only note you get is 'Thanks (X) all looks fine, will pass on', that means 'Our production company is about to go under and I am about to use any time I have left to work on my CV', so then it's really time to worry.
5 comments:
- the slackmistress said...
The. Pain.
However, like the mythical unicorn, I like to believe the non-noted first draft can exist. - 3:31 am
- James Henry said...
I've had a second episode go through just one extra draft, and then be declared in a fit state to be read by the big man upstairs (not Gad). Obviously my first thought was 'wait, why have you stopped caring?'.
- 6:57 am
- Rosie said...
I like the idea of changing the font size...
- 10:53 am
- Imo said...
Obviously no-one actually wants to take responsibility in making proper decisions. Although when your Werwolf dancing detective in outer space is actually a massive success, they will all be falling over themselves to claim that they first saw the potential, if it wasn't for them.... etc. etc.
- 9:41 pm
My favouite is always:
'I'll get back to you soon.' You shall never hear from me again, please stop sending me your shit.
Good times. - 12:24 pm


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We often think or hear of the MOOC as the great equalizer of higher education, a medium to disseminate college-level education to billions, regardless of their income bracket. But recent events should lead us to reconsider this overly-optimistic perspective.
In January 2013, just after the announcement that San Jose State University planned to partner with Udacity to create open, online courses for its students, New America Foundation's Director of Education Policy Programs, Kevin Carey, claimed, "A well-regarded public university giving credit for free or inexpensive MOOCs . . . is like a crack in an enormous dam." According to an excited Carey, if one college began accrediting MOOCs, many would follow, which in turn would shake the world of higher education by dramatically reducing costs nationwide.
In a debate with Carey in May, Arizona State University President, Michael Crow, insisted that technology should be used to augment the traditional classroom experience, not replace it. He warned against over-reliance on MOOCs to "cure" the fast-rising costs of higher education. "The problem that I have with an overgeneralization of this lightning bolt technology," he stated, "Is that we will find ourselves on a trajectory where the rich get face-to-face with professors and everyone else will be taught by some type of robot…the [class] separation will grow deeper." Carey responded that the system of higher education is already "radically unfair."
Crow is not alone in fearing that group segregation will result because of MOOCs. University of Nebraska Professor, William G. Thomas, expressed his disapproval of Thomas L. Friedman's opinion that MOOCs were the cure for special-needs learners, claiming that simply giving them a link to an online course will segregate them from children with "normal" learning needs. "The frightening and retrograde idea that people with special needs can be set apart (to be special somewhere else) should be seen for what it is—exclusionary." Professor Thomas is currently working on his own MOOC-like course on History Harvests, a project he helped create at Nebraska to "democratize" American history.
Meanwhile, San Jose State announced earlier in July their decision to discontinue their courses with Udacity, as students failed at alarming rates. The university plans to continue their partnership with edX, which devised courses that merely supplemented traditional, in-class learning. Reports show that less that 51% of students enrolled in the Udacity program at San Jose State passed their courses, while students enrolled in the edX hybrid program faired better even than students enrolled in traditional classes.
With the recent failure (and success) of the San Jose State experiments, it appears that Crow was wise in cautioning against the full implementation of MOOCs in place of traditional, in-class learning. If the mission of MOOC-makers is truly philanthropic, they need to consider the full consequences of their endeavors.
This post is part of a series on "Making History Online" that involves an examination of open online learning. Students and faculty at the House Divided Project at Dickinson College are collaborating this summer on a new open, online course called, "Understanding Lincoln," taught by Prof. Matthew Pinsker and covering ways to teach Abraham Lincoln's legacy using close readings of his most important writings. This new type of online course represents a unique partnership between Dickinson College and the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. The course is available for both graduate credit and free participation. Registration for the course closes on Friday, July 19, 2013. For more information, go to https://www.gilderlehrman.org/programs-exhibitions/understanding-lincoln-graduate-course.


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Allergic To Mornings Hoodie – Funny Coolest Hoodie – Funny Gift S to 3XL
Everyone needs a go-to, cozy sweatshirt to curl up in, so go for one that's soft, smooth, and stylish. It's also perfect for cooler evenings!
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Your Trash, Her Treasure
On a recent afternoon, Jacob Milgrom pored over the Book of Ezekiel in his Jerusalem study. The 86-year-old, one of the foremost biblical scholars alive today, took slow breaths and carefully marked the Hebrew text in pencil.
On the opposite side of the house was his 80-year-old wife, Jo Milgrom. She, too, was pondering biblical meaning. In her hands, though, were long, punched strips of old printer paper. "It's like paper lace," Milgrom said. "I saw this at the printer's and said, 'Don't throw it out, it's beautiful.'" Milgrom wanted to set up a fan so that the paper strips would float in the air — a depiction of God's hovering spirit from the Genesis story of creation.
This is not arts and crafts hobbyism: Milgrom is an assemblage artist. She calls her work "visual midrash," referencing the Jewish literary tradition of supplementing the biblical narrative with commentary, often in the form of colorful homilies. Traditional midrash was written from the third to the 12th centuries, but Milgrom believes there's just as much of a place for creative midrash today as there is for the kind of scholarly interpretations her husband writes. She'll promote artistic approaches to the Bible on May 16 at Temple Israel Center in White Plains, N.Y., when she gives an interactive lesson titled "Through the Looking Glass at Mount Sinai." And next month, the TALI Education Fund in Israel will launch an online image database of more than 2,000 biblical- and Judaic-themed artworks, collected by Milgrom over several decades.
"Jo's work is indispensable," said Jacob, whose Ezekiel commentary is forthcoming in the Anchor Bible series. "He's the left brain, and I'm the right brain," Milgrom added. She went on to quote Elie Wiesel: "Midrash is to Bible as imagination is to knowledge."
It takes imagination to see Jewish meaning in junk. But that's exactly what makes up Milgroms's artistic pallet. Suitcases, antique bars of soap, dental models, Scrabble pieces, old bras — she snaps up these items around the neighborhood, in Dumpsters and at secondhand shops. She would be considered a Dumpster diver in any other place, but in Jerusalem, a city layered with history, she's more of an archaeologist. Milgrom unearths objects, imbues them with meaning and displays the treasures. Once, she came away from a Jewish funeral home with bundles of tefillin and torn tallitim slated for burial. "You can trust me to give a new life to these objects that aren't usable in the traditional religious sense," she told the funeral home's director.
The assembled objects end up on every wall, table and doorpost of the Milgroms' home, an Arab residence built in 1929 and used as a British soldiers' club during World War II. The couple settled in upon their move to Israel from Berkeley, Calif., in 1994. Their house now doubles as Milgrom's art gallery.
"We're starting in the bedroom. I don't usually do this on the first date," Milgrom joked as she gave a tour. On the mantle opposite the bed is an upside-down tallit bag, cupped inside a bra. Its title is an adaptation of verses from the Song of Songs: "I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine; between my breasts he lies." Why the inverted tallit bag? Milgrom's matter-of-fact response: "Love is not bound by traditional orders."
Neither is most of her art. Her mezuzas aren't like any you'd find in a Judaica shop. One is an old manual typewriter with the rolled-up klaf *(parchment) peeking out. "[The Bible] says 'write them on the doorposts of your house.' Someone conveniently threw out a typewriter. You think I would pass that up?" Milgrom said with a grin. On the Milgroms' front doorpost is a jumbo-sized mezuza with a triangle-shaped hazard reflector — the kind found in the glove compartments of Israelis' cars — reassembled to form the Hebrew letter *shin that adorns traditional mezuzas. This mezuza was made from a row of apartment-building mailboxes. "Messages being sent and received," Milgrom explained. There's plenty of humor in these mezuzas, but she relates to them with the utmost spiritual gravitas: "They're a response to those tiny things that people put on the doorpost and pass without much attention. It's the axis mundi connection with God. The idea of stopping at the threshold, where time and space meet. That's the sanctified moment. It's a gesture. When it's conscious, it's very powerful."
Milgrom didn't begin to make art until she hit 60. She taught Judaism and art at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, and received a doctorate from the same institution in 1978. Later, she authored "Handmade Midrash: Workshops in Visual Theology" (Jewish Publication Society, 1992), a guide for teaching Bible through simple art projects. Meanwhile, she had accumulated junk in the garage but didn't know what to do with it. So she approached Nancy Chinn, a California-based Catholic artist whose religious-themed works are displayed in churches. "I remember being struck with fear," Chinn said. "She was asking me to teach her how to make art. I said, 'Jo, I don't think I can do this.'" But Milgrom insisted. Looking back, Milgrom said that Chinn "midwifed" her first assemblages. Today, Milgrom collaborates with Jerusalem artist Elisheva Yortner. Both Chinn and Yortner used the same word to describe Milgrom: adventurous.
Milgrom's mixed-media art packs in unflinching commentaries on biblical narratives, spirituality, creativity, gender and politics. Her unorthodox approach to religious art may have found a welcoming home in Berkeley, but in the conservative capital of the Jewish people, exhibiting this stuff takes guts. "How dare you use these ritual objects in such a sacrilegious way?" was the gist of some visitors' comments at New Things and Old, Beloved, Milgrom's 2007 exhibition at the Jerusalem Theater. (Does Jewish law forbid the artistic recycling of ritual objects? "There is enough ambiguity that it works in my favor," Milgrom said.) Noga Arad-Ayalon, the Jerusalem Theater art curator, recalled Milgrom's piece "Marilyn Gets Religion," in which Monroe dons tzitzit. "A person needs a lot of bravery to hang that up on the wall and to say, this is my truth," Arad-Ayalon said. "That's what amazed me about her art. Jo isn't interested in making anyone feel good."
Daniel Estrin is a print and radio journalist. He has contributed to USA Today, Nextbook, and the public radio programs "Marketplace" and "The World."


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C. Douglas Lummis
11 September 2011 marks ten years since the 9/11 attacks on New York and Washington DC. However, I would also like to call attention to the date, 20 September, which marks ten years since the United States entered its present condition of perpetual war. It was on 20 September 2001 that then U.S. President George W. Bush declared the opening of the "war on terror."
Delivering the "War on Terror" speech to Congress
It was this announcement, not the 9/11 attacks, that radically changed U.S. foreign policy and the nature of U.S. wars. Before 9/11 (non-state) terrorism had been treated as a crime, to be dealt with by police and the courts. By declaring a "war on terror", Bush was announcing that thenceforth it would be dealt with by the military.
To grasp the significance of this, it is useful to recall the difference between what police officers do, and what soldiers do. Police officers are trained to examine evidence and search for suspects. When they have sufficient evidence, they are authorized to make arrests. But they are not authorized to make a final judgment as to a person's guilt: that is for the courts to decide. No matter how convinced they may be of a suspect's guilt (and contrary to what you see in American movies and TV dramas) they may not execute suspects.
In the case of dealing with (non-state) terrorists, this can be a lot of trouble. It takes time to collect evidence and track down suspects, and even having done this, you might not get a guilty verdict. By defining terrorism not as "crime" but as "war", the U.S. seems to have made a great gain in efficiency. Soldiers don't need to, and are not trained to, collect evidence, or search for suspects, or concern themselves with what the enemy soldiers may or may not have done. Under the laws of war, what the enemy soldier may have done is irrelevant. Once a person is identified as an enemy soldier, even if that person has never fired a gun at anyone, he or she may be killed.
In ordinary war, the enemy soldiers are generally identified by their uniforms (that's why uniforms are stipulated under the international laws of war), but in the case of the "war on terror" alleged enemies do not wear uniforms. Thus the U.S. troops must make judgments based on their general appearance, their body language, etc.
In short, by declaring the "war on terror", the U.S. granted itself the right to kill suspects.
It granted itself the right to make pre-emptive attacks (i.e. to invade) countries with which it is not at war, and to kill or "arrest" these suspects.
And it granted itself the right to imprison the people it has "arrested" without due process, permitting them neither the rights of POWs nor the rights of criminal suspects.
And given that no other country, but only the U.S., claims these rights, the result is that in international law, the principle of equality under the law has been destroyed.
And incidentally, while the Obama Administration tends to avoid the term "war on terror", it has not abandoned the above practices.
By declaring a "war on terror", the U.S. not only changed the laws of war, it also changed the nature of war.
"Terror" is, as has often been pointed out, the name neither of a country nor of an organization nor of an ideology. It is the name of a tactic. How is it possible to make war against a tactic? Or again, once you have launched such a war, how is it possible to bring it to an end? Ordinary wars can be brought to an end by invading the country or the territory controlled by the enemy, gaining control of more and more turf, and finally seizing the enemy's capital or military headquarters. Or alternatively, by negotiating a cease-fire or peace agreement before that happens. But the tactic of terrorism is not confined to any country, limited to any particular territory or monopolized by any organization. There is no individual or group with which the U.S. could negotiate a ceasefire or sign a treaty ending hostilities. And so it continues today, after ten years, with no prospect of coming to an end.
I called this "perpetual war", but perhaps that term is too pessimistic: nothing lasts forever. Maybe "institutionalized" or "routinized" war would be a better term. I visited the U.S. this summer, and found that, as usual, this is not a society "at war." There is no "state of emergency". There is no sense of making special efforts or sacrifices for the war effort (except of course for the families of GIs). The war is hardly ever talked about; if you raise it as a subject, you risk being considered odd. The war is just another aspect of daily life, a part of the routine.
But if there is no strategy for ending the war by traditional methods, won't it end when all the "terrorists" are killed? But as many people have observed, no matter how many "terrorists" are killed, their number does not decrease. The war against terror manufactures the enemies that it fights against. Its violence simultaneously destroys and produces enemies. Thus the "war on terror" is a war against the consequences of the "war on terror", and so is a war on itself. And if you consider that many of the tactics used by the U.S. military – bombing cities, "shock and awe", attacks by unmanned robot planes and assassination teams, etc. – fit well into the definition of the military tactic "terror", the war takes on the aspect of a war against one's own shadow. You project your guilt onto the enemy – that is, you try to hide from yourself the horror of what you are doing by saying it is those other people who are doing it. Then you kill those other people, hoping that your guilt will die with them, but it does not. Rather, the more you kill, the greater the guilt, and the greater the need for more enemies on which to project it.
Thus, no matter from what angle you look at it, the "war on terror, very much like a perpetual motion machine, is so constructed as to go on forever.
Surely, from the standpoint of the war industry, this is the Best of All Possible Wars.
C. Douglas Lummis, a former US Marine stationed on Okinawa, is the author of Radical Democracy and other books in Japanese and English. A Japan Focus associate, he formerly taught at Tsuda College.
Recommended citation: C. Douglas Lummis, 'The United States and Terror on the Tenth Anniversary of 9/11,' The Asia-Pacific Journal Vol 9, Issue 37 No 4, September 12, 2011.
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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- U.S. Supreme Court justice nominee Sonia Sotomayor has quit her membership in a women's club, the New York-based Belizean Grove.
Judge Sonia Sotomayor says the club does not discriminate.
"I believe that the Belizean Grove does not practice invidious discrimination and my membership did not violate the Judicial Code of Ethics, but I do not want questions about this to distract anyone from my qualifications and record," the 54-year-old New York federal appeals judge wrote.
The American Bar Association's judicial code says that a judge's extrajudicial activities "must not be conducted in connection or affiliation with an organization that practices invidious discrimination."
It adds, "An organization is generally said to discriminate invidiously if it arbitrarily excludes from membership on the basis of race, sex, gender, religion, national origin, ethnicity, or sexual orientation persons who would otherwise be eligible for admission."
According to the group's Web site, "The Belizean Grove is a constellation of influential women who are key decision makers in the profit, nonprofit and social sectors; who build long-term mutually beneficial relationships in order to both take charge of their own destinies and help others to do the same."
A woman who answered the phone at the club, located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, said no one was immediately available to comment.
Sotomayor announced her decision to withdraw from the club effective Friday, in a letter to Sen. Patrick J. Leahy, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Sen. Jeff Sessions, the committee's ranking member.
Her confirmation hearings begin July 13.
Sotomayor met Tuesday with six senators, courtesy visits with the lawmakers who will decide whether she will become the nation's 111th justice.
She has provided thousands of pages of material to the committee, but some Republican senators had asked for more information, including about her participation in the club.
About 115 women are in the group, according to its Web site. Its leaders said it was created as a counterpart to the all-male social club the Bohemian Grove, which also has an influential network of leaders.
Sotomayor told senators her group is not purposely exclusive. "To the best of my knowledge, a man has never asked to be considered for membership. It is also my understanding that all interested individuals are duly considered by the membership committee," she wrote in her letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee.
She added that men participate in the group's activities, including trips, hosting events and talks.
Sources indicated Sotomayor was recommended to the Belizean Grove by Mari Carmen Aponte, a corporate director and former top official at the Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration in Washington.
The only female member of the high court, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, belongs to the International Women's Forum, which has an exclusive membership.
Former justice Sandra Day O'Connor also participated in similar women-only groups, an issue that was raised during her 1981 confirmation hearings.
Among the Belizean Grove's members are Marion Blakely, former chairwoman of the Federal Aviation Administration; and Edie Weiner, leading futurist consultant and best-selling author.
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(CNN)Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee reached an opposite conclusion Monday from the intelligence community they oversee, announcing that Russian President Vladimir Putin was not trying to help Donald Trump win the 2016 election.
The Republicans also said they found no evidence that the Trump campaign colluded with Russia and that they are shutting down their yearlong investigation.
Their viewpoint — which perfectly aligns with Trump's view on election meddling — will be met with sharp disagreement by Democrats and is bound to inflame partisan tensions on a committee that's been beleaguered by partisanship throughout its Russia probe.
Trump seized on the news Monday evening, tweeting about it in all capital letters.
"THE HOUSE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE HAS, AFTER A 14 MONTH LONG IN-DEPTH INVESTIGATION, FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF COLLUSION OR COORDINATION BETWEEN THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN AND RUSSIA TO INFLUENCE THE 2016 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION," he said.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 13, 2018
The Republican decision to end the House Russia investigation comes as special counsel Robert Mueller's probe appears to be accelerating.
Rep. Mike Conaway, the Texas Republican leading the Russia investigation, said Monday that the committee had concluded its interviews for the Russia investigation, and the Republican staff had prepared a 150-page draft report that they would give to Democrats to review on Tuesday morning.
The committee Republicans said Russians did meddle in the elections to sow chaos, but they disagreed with the intelligence community's assessment that they sought to help Trump.
"We found no evidence of collusion, and so we found perhaps some bad judgment, inappropriate meetings," Conaway said. "We found no evidence of any collusion of anything people were actually doing other than taking a meeting they shouldn't have taken or just inadvertently being in the same building."
Rep. Adam Schiff, the top Democrat on the committee, slammed the Republican decision to end the investigation.
"While the majority members of our committee have indicated for some time that they have been under great pressure to end the investigation, it is nonetheless another tragic milestone for this Congress, and represents yet another capitulation to the executive branch," Schiff said in a statement. "By ending its oversight role in the only authorized investigation in the House, the Majority has placed the interests of protecting the President over protecting the country, and history will judge its actions harshly."
The Senate Intelligence Committee is forging ahead with its investigation into Russian election meddling. But Senate Intelligence Chairman Richard Burr told CNN on Monday that he had not yet seen any evidence of collusion or to substantiate the intelligence community's assessment that Putin was trying to help Trump win, though he said the committee was still investigating and had not reached conclusions on either matter.
"I've read a lot about it, but I haven't seen any" evidence of collusion, Burr said.
Asked about repeated efforts by Russians to coordinate with the Trump campaign, Burr said: "It's collusion on part of the Russians, I guess, but not the Trump campaign."
Burr would not say if he agreed with the Intelligence Community's assessment that Putin tried to help Trump, calling it simply "a 30-day snapshot."
"I don't think we've seen anything that would substantiate that to this point," Burr said.
In the House, Democrats say there are still scores of witnesses the committee should call, and argue that Republicans have failed to use subpoenas to obtain documents and require witnesses to answer questions that are central to the investigation.
Conaway told reporters that he feels the committee has investigated all avenues it needed to probe, and he argued that the panel would not have been able to obtain the information Democrats were seeking had they gone the route of subpoenaing witnesses or trying to hold them in contempt.
Conaway, for instance, said the June 2016 Trump Tower meeting between senior campaign officials and a Russian lawyer where dirt on Clinton was promised was "ill-advised." But he said that the committee did not turn up any evidence of collusion, arguing the promoter who organized the meeting had exaggerated what the Russians would provide.
The committee's report will conclude that they agree with 98% of the intelligence community's January 2017 assessment that Russia meddled in the 2016 election, according to a committee aide.
But the panel's Republicans take issue with the key finding that Putin was trying get Trump elected.
"Bottom line: Russians did commit active measures against our elections in '16, and we think they'll do that in the future," Conaway said. "It's clear they sowed discord in our elections. … But we couldn't establish the same conclusions the CIA did that they specifically wanted to help Trump."
A summary of the committee's initial findings states that the committee found "concurrence with the Intelligence Community Assessment's judgments, except with respect to Putin's supposed preference for candidate Trump."
James Clapper, who was Director of National Intelligence in the Obama administration when the assessment was released, said he disagreed, noting that US intelligence found Putin had deep animus toward Clinton and saw Trump as more friendly toward Russia.
"I obviously disagree. The four intelligence chiefs all agreed with the assessment, which was based on highly classified intelligence," Clapper told CNN. "This is a case of people living in their own reality bubbles when we can't agree on basic facts."
The committee's Russia investigation included interviews with 73 witnesses and a review of roughly 300,000 pages of documents, Conaway said. They included key figures like Donald Trump Jr., Jared Kushner and Steve Bannon, but Democrats have argued that those witnesses failed to fully provide documents or answer important questions.
But Conaway said that Republicans would not hold Bannon in contempt of Congress for failing to answer questions beyond what was authorized by the White House, despite threats to do so just several days ago. Conaway said such efforts — and issuing subpoenas to other witnesses as Democrats demanded — would be a fruitless endeavor.
"You use subpoenas when you think you can actually get something from them," Conaway said. "We're not too confident that the subpoena process would get us any more information than we have."
Conaway said he hopes that Democrats can work with Republicans on the draft report, and he wants to take their feedback as they shape the final report. He declined to put a timeline on when the report would be made public, as the committee intends to submit it to the intelligence community for declassification beforehand.
Conaway said Democrats will agree with some elements of the report, such as the social media interference, but he acknowledged they'd take issue with others.
It's widely expected Democrats will draft their own report that argues a case for collusion, as well as spells out all the avenues the committee did not investigate.
In addition to subpoenas and witnesses, Democrats have long raised issues about looking into Trump's finances, something the committee had not probed. Conaway said he saw no "link" between Trump's finances and the committee's investigation, and he did not want to go on a fishing expedition.
The Republican report will also say how "anti-Trump research" made its way from Russian sources to the Clinton campaign through the opposition research dossier on Trump and Russia. Conaway, however, stopped short of saying there was "collusion" between Clinton's campaign and the Russians, something the President has alleged.
The end of the Russia interviews is only the latest battleground on the House Intelligence Committee, which has been consumed by partisan fights for the better part of a year, from Chairman Devin Nunes' role in the investigation and more recently over competing memos about alleged surveillance abuses at the FBI during the Obama administration.
Several Republicans on the panel have been signaling for several weeks now that they're ready for the Russia investigation to wrap up, arguing that Democrats are trying to extend the probe into the campaign season.
"To me, I don't see anything else that's out there that hasn't been explored," Rep. Pete King, a New York Republican, told CNN last week.
But Democrats say the committee has raced through its final interviews, while allowing witnesses to pick and choose which questions they answer.
The committee issued a subpoena to former White House chief strategist Bannon in January, but in his return testimony he still did not answer questions about his time in the White House.
Democrats also sought subpoenas for the committee's last two witnesses, outgoing White House communications director Hope Hicks and former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski, but Republicans did not issue them.
"There are a number of steps that I think any credible investigator would say, 'These need to be done,' and we still hope that they will be," Schiff said following Lewandowski's interview last week.
Conaway downplayed the partisan tensions on the committee, saying he and Schiff have "powered through" the issues. He noted that since he took over the Russia probe for Nunes in April 2017, he has not visited the White House or spoken to the President.
In the Senate, the Judiciary and Intelligence Committees are still investigating Russia's alleged 2016 election meddling.
There are still two committees in the Senate that are investigating Russia's 2016 election meddling: the Senate Intelligence and Judiciary committees.
Still, only the Senate Intelligence Committee appears to be pushing forward at full speed on its probe, as Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley is preparing to release transcripts of the committee's interviews with participants of the June 2016 Trump Tower meeting — a potential sign the committee is done investigating that matter.
The Senate Intelligence Committee is preparing to put out recommendations and hold a hearing on election security this month. Burr has said he's separating out the election security issues for the 2018 primary season while the committee continues to investigate questions about collusion and the 2016 election.


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I've been wanting to try Euro Grill in Redlands for a while now.
Monday I finally got the chance.
They specialize in pizzas, pasta and Mediterranean dishes: falafel, gyros, kabobs, shawarma and the like.
Befitting the name of the restaurant, their pizzas are named for European cities and their pastas are mostly named for European countries.
For my first visit, I decided to try try the "Spain" pasta.
The "Spain" pasta consists of penne pasta with chicken, onion, bell peppers, sun-dried tomatoes, and pesto in a cream sauce.
It was quite flavorful.
The chicken was particularly delicious.
The price of the pasta was a little on the high side for lunch ($11), but meals are cooked to order, the ingredients are fresh and the portions are decent. Pizzas are large enough for two to share.
They do have a lunch special, which is $9.95, which includes either a pizza, a gyro or a pasta, a salad and a fountain drink.
However, that offer applies to a small selection of the pizzas and pastas. Still, it would be a good introduction to the Euro Grill's fare.
A couple of small problems: Employees need to be specific as to which pizzas and pastas are available with the special, and the day we went, they were out of at least three of the fountain drinks.
If you're in the vicinity of Citrus Plaza and want to try something out of the ordinary, you might want to seek out Euro Grill.
Euro Grill is tucked away in the back corner of the Redlands Town Center (I didn't know that's what it was called, either) at 10010 Alabama Street (at Lugonia Avenue).
Their menu and what appears to be a photo of the "Spain" pasta can be found on their Facebook page.


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It is finally on the way to spring and with that all the wonderful colors are coming back. We have longed SO much for warmth, the sun and all the beautiful colors in nature. Even in the kitchen its cute to add some cheerful colors, and there are plenty of fun colorfull kitchen details nowadays.
Here I share my own colorfull kitchen details favorites, for a fun baking that rocks!
I hope these colorful fun kitchen details will inspire you to spice up your baking next time :)
3.4 ounces all-purpose flour (about 3/4 cup)
2/3 cup unsweetened cocoa
5 teaspoons instant espresso powder
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup unsalted butter, softened
2/3 cup granulated sugar
2/3 cup packed brown sugar
1 cup egg substitute
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 (2.6-ounce) bar dark (71% cocoa) chocolate (such as Valrhona Le Noir Amer), finely chopped
2 tablespoons powdered sugar
1. Weigh or lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Sift together flour, cocoa, espresso powder, baking powder, and salt.
2. Place butter in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed 1 minute. Add granulated and brown sugars, beating until well blended (about 5 minutes). Add egg substitute and vanilla, beating until well blended. Fold flour mixture into sugar mixture; fold in chocolate. Divide batter evenly among 10 (4-ounce) ramekins; arrange ramekins on a jelly-roll pan. Cover and refrigerate 4 hours or up to 2 days.
3. Preheat oven to 350°.
4. Let ramekins stand at room temperature 10 minutes. Uncover and bake at 350° for 21 minutes or until cakes are puffy and slightly crusty on top. Sprinkle evenly with powdered sugar; serve immediately.
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2 US service members killed in Afghanistan
(CNN) -- Two US service members were killed in Afghanistan when their vehicle struck an improvised explosive device, the US-led coalition in Kabul said in a statement.
Two service members were also injured in the incident in the southern province of Kandahar. The service members, who were conducting operations as part of NATO's Resolute Support mission, have not been identified.
Between 12,000 and 13,000 US troops are currently serving in Afghanistan as part of a US-led NATO mission to train, assist and advise Afghan forces.
There have been more than 2,400 total deaths of US service members since the start of America's longest war in 2001. Last year was the deadliest in five years for the US in Afghanistan, with 23 service members killed during operations in the country in 2019.
In late December, the Taliban claimed responsibility for the death of Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Goble, who died as a result of injuries sustained during combat operations.
The latest reported casualties come as the US has restarted peace talks with the Taliban.
Trump has signaled publicly that he wants to draw down several thousand troops from the country. But over 3,000 US troops were recently deployed to the Middle East as tensions rise in the region following the US killing of an Iranian general.
This story has been updated.
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Wednesdays with Wallisch - Episode 2.6
In this episode check out the latest happenings from Tom's spring and summer. After finishing up a season at Park City, Tom heads to WSI in Whistler, before returning home to relax by the lake and hang out with friends. Finally, Tom heads back to Whistler and then to Mt Hood to catch the last of the summer snow.


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Custardy, soft french toast is a classic breakfast option. You can do so much with the basic recipe just by using different types of bread. White bread makes the most basic french toast, while cinnamon raisin bread makes the dish taste almost like a cinnamon bun. Unlike pancakes, where you can just toss in some berries, it can be difficult to add additional flavors or textures to french toast, but if you can manage it, you've just taken a good breakfast dish to a great one.
This is one of my favorite french toast variations: Cereal-Crusted French Toast. The concept is the same as breading chicken or pork, but instead of dipping the egg-soaked bread into breadcrumbs, you dip it into cereal. I like to use Rice Krispies for this, as they are easy to stick onto the toast and cook up nicely. Crushed cornflakes work very well, too, but there are many other cereals that should work. Kids might even like to see colorful crushed Fruit Loops coating their toast. I would just avoid using cereals that have add-ins, like dried fruits or marshmallows, both of which might burn as the french toast cooks and won't contribute to the crunchy crust on the toast. I would also recommend using a thicker, or firmer, bread for this recipe because the bread will be a little easier to handle when you go to dip it in the crushed cereal mixture.
The crusted french toast doesn't take any longer to cook than regular french toast, but should be served immediately to preserve the crispiness of the cereal coating. The number of pieces of french toast you get from this recipe will vary based on your bread selection, but the recipe can easily be doubled if you need to serve a crowd.
Cereal-Crusted French Toast
3 large eggs
3/4 cup milk
1 tsp vanilla extract
4-6 thick slices of bread
approx 2 cups Rice Krispies, lightly crushed (or other plain cereal)
In a medium bowl, whisk together eggs, milk and vanilla. Pour into a pie plate.
Place crushed cereal into another pie plate or shallow, wide bowl.
Preheat frying pan or griddle over medium-high heat. Lightly grease with butter or nonstick spray.
Soak each slice of bread in the egg mixture, turning once to coat thoroughly. Carefully transfer bread to cereal plate, and press down to coat both sides of the bread.
Cook french toast on preheated griddle until it is cooked through – no liquid should run out when lightly pressed – and lightly browned on both sides.
Serves 4-6


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I'm developing a reporting application where a user can make some searches on our database against an extremely large data set and display them in a table on a web page. One of the searches has the potential to display way too much data for the web page to reasonably display in HTML on a single page. Pagination and "Load More"/infinite scrolling models aren't possible as the user needs the option to print or sort this whole result set. Exporting the data to a non-HTML format is possible.
I need to inform the user that their search can't be completed (as normal, at least), but how? Should I show the partial output with a message like "please narrow your search" or should I refuse to display too much data?
Displaying the large data set on the page results in very slow load time (>30 seconds), and they're going to have to run the search again to get a "full" data set. At the same time I'm afraid a "please narrow your search" message may be too vague. It is possible for me to tell them how many possible rows their search would have pulled, and how many rows I am displaying, but I'm not sure how to word this.
How can I tell a user that their search has been canceled?
The user has specifically said they don't want the data paginated except for print, all results need to be continuous.


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Zintan, Libya (CNN) -- Libyan rebels have looted and burned homes and abused civilians, a human rights group said Wednesday.
The New York-based Human Rights Watch said that, in "four towns captured by rebels in the Nafusa Mountains over the past month, rebel fighters and supporters have damaged property, burned some homes, looted from hospitals, homes, and shops, and beaten some individuals alleged to have supported government forces."
The accusations came as rebel forces inside Libya managed to retake a village from Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi 's forces, and rebel leaders were in Europe meeting with NATO officials and the European Commission.
Mahmoud Jibril, chairman of the executive board of the opposition Transitional National Council, said the complaints represent only a "few incidents" that "took place in the very early days of the revolution, and we've been investigating those cases. We are against any human rights violation whomever is the source of those violations." Those responsible are "going to be brought to justice," he vowed.
Jibril spoke at a news conference after meeting with European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso in Brussels, Belgium.
In the news release announcing the accusations, Human Rights Watch said its representatives had "witnessed some of these acts, interviewed witnesses to others, and spoke with a rebel commander about the abuses."
"The rebel military commander in the Nafusa Mountains, Col. El-Moktar Firnana, admitted that some abuses had taken place after rebels captured the towns, but said such attacks violated orders issued to the rebel forces not to attack civilians or damage civilian property. He claimed that some people had been punished, but did not say how many people or for what offenses," Human Rights Watch said.
The group also noted that it has "documented repeated indiscriminate attacks by government forces on civilian areas" and the use of landmines.
Inside Libya on Wednesday, rebels lost and then regained control of Qawalish, a village in the western part of the country.
A CNN crew close to Qawalish witnessed the events, including the rebels' five-hour battle to retake the village.
Eight rebels were killed and 30 were wounded, according to hospital sources in nearby Zintan.
Qawalish lies along a major north-south highway leading to Tripoli, which rebel leaders say Gadhafi forces have been using to bring in arms from other parts of Africa. The rebels want to cut off the supply chain.
A rebel commander told CNN his forces would advance another 10 km (6.2 miles) and then stop, because they do not have enough fighters and ammunition to go farther. Reinforcements were heading in.
Almost all civilians had already fled the area around Qawalish.
NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen issued a statement Wednesday after what NATO called "an informal meeting" with members of the Transitional National Council in Brussels.
"The members of the Transitional National Council thanked us for the mission's indispensable humanitarian role," he said. "And they briefed us on their vision of their country's future -- one based on democracy, the rule of law and respect for human rights."
Some rebel leaders in Libya have criticized NATO for not doing enough to halt Gadhafi's forces.
Rasmussen said the two groups agreed "that NATO's operations to protect civilians must continue. Gadhafi's forces are still threatening innocent people. And as long as that threat continues, we must continue to deal with it."
Gadhafi's regime "has lost all legitimacy," and there must be "a political solution," Rasmussen said, "for the people of Libya -- who have the right to live without violence and fear; the right to plan their own future; and whose legitimate aspirations must be met."
The British Ministry of Defense said British Army helicopters struck Gadhafi troops "engaged in the repression of the civilian population of western Libya" on Tuesday.
In a statement issued Wednesday, the ministry said "Apaches targeted three vehicle check points, which had been located in advance by intensive NATO reconnaissance operations and were being used to prevent free movement by local people. At each check point, military vehicles and structures were identified and successfully engaged using Hellfire missiles and cannon fire, as well as infantry positions. In total, four military structures and seven vehicles were destroyed, including at least one multiple barrelled rocket launcher."
CNN's Ben Wedeman contributed to this report.