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In this reality, think of it the same way as a Fringe universe if that's easier, next month's Apple iPad 3 launch will feature an edge-to-edge retina display, ridding us of that boring black border and home button that is rumoured to be going anyway.
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Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 9:01 am
Post subject: Seitan
Seitan is pretty much gluten, gotten from flour (google it -- it's used in the Orient as a meat-like food). I tried making some with all-purpose flour. Not too bad, but the trick is to knead it a while before rinsing it under water, which takes the starch out.
If you can't get bread flour you could use the same process to wash out the starch. leaving you with gluten, which you could then add into your bread dough, kneading it in, giving you a higher gluten bread flour. (Or, you might be able to buy 'vital wheat gluten' at the store). You could also add starch to all-purpose flour for a cake flour. I have read of adding corn starch to flour to sub for cake flour.
I havent' tried this for this purpose, and you would to experiment to get the right proportions, but I don't see why it wouldn't work as a substitute.
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Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 4:24 am
Post subject: measuring flour
Very informative article. Thanks.
I did some measurements of my own, and I found a density of 123 grams/cup for white all-purpose flour which had been sifted into a bowl, scooped into the cup and leveled. I got as high as 183 grams/cup by settling the flour by tapping the cup gently on the table and adding more, etc. then leveling.
With the method of shaking in a closed container (a plastic storage canister about half full), however I got 147 grams/cup one time, and 148 grams/cup another - considerably denser than sifted.
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Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 4:53 am
Post subject: white flour, whole-wheat and amount of water
I've read that whole-wheat flour absorbs more water than white, and this agrees with my observations. Does anyone know of quantitative rule for adjusting the water/flour ratio when going from white to whole-wheat or vice versa?
I did a crude experiment. I often make bread with half and half white and whole-wheat flour (by weight) and a water/flour ratio (by weight) of 0.8
I attempted to get the same consistency with pure white, and pure whole-wheat flour, and got water/flour ratios of:
0.74 (white)
0.88 (whole-wheat)
Since I didn't have an objective way of comparing the consistency, this is perhaps not very meaningful. But it does suggest that the difference is not neglible, and it would be nice to have some rule for adjusting quantity of flour and/or liquid when going from white to whole-wheat or vice versa. Recipes that I have seen will sometimes say that the white flour
(or part of if) can be replaced by an equal amount (by volume?) of whole-wheat. I have found a few mentions of a need to use slightly more liquid with whole-wheat, but nothing quantitative.
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Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 12:30 pm
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How to make bread flour out of regular flour? Wheat gluten.
I normally bake a couple of 50% whole grain rye, 50% (boring) white loaves a week.
I like whole grains but hate a slice that falls apart. I add a small palmfull of wheat gluten to my recipes.
It's probably excessive for most people, but I like a slice that's bordering on rubbery.
I buy Hodgson Mill wheat gluten at Wal-Mart, but here's a picture on
Hodgson's website
Being an engineer, I threw out the controller on my bread machine and wired it up to my PC.
Now I can fine-tune everything exactly. Moreover, I can get an alarm and pull the scraper out before the final rise. That way, there's no big hole.
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Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 5:33 pm
Post subject: Spelt, oat, and rye flours and amount of water
tomfy wrote:
I've read that whole-wheat flour absorbs more water than white, and this agrees with my observations. Does anyone know of quantitative rule for adjusting the water/flour ratio when going from white to whole-wheat or vice versa?
Since shifting to a lower-glycemic-index diet, I've started substituting spelt, oat, and rye flours into my baking and as gravy or sauce thickeners. Spelt does seem more thirsty than whole-wheat flour; oat not so much. Does anyone know how to adjust a recipe's moisture to these flours, or can anyone recommend a simple way for me to test and quantify it myself?
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I am an engineer, and given the name of this webpage, I was expecting more detail. In particular, I am curious about two types of flour used in Italian cooking. First, my wife makes many things, especially desserts, from a flour that we purchase in an Italian store. This flour is sold as "Tarali Flour." I would like some information on what this flour is, gluten content, etc.
The second flour about which I seek information is "00" (double zero), which is used in many of the best pizzas produced in the US (as well as Italy).
Any further detail that could be supplied on either of these flours would be greatly appreciated.
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Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 12:07 pm
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Taralli is a bread snack - many variations - perhaps the flour takes it name from that? made from Italian 00 flour, btw....
here's some links on double thru quad zero flours - the Italian designations may actually be a different meaning that industry designations for ash.
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Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2008 6:04 pm
Post subject: Ultragrain
There is now a whole-wheat flour made from a white flour (rather than red). It was developed by Conagra and is called Ultragrain. It is available mostly in processed foods, but there is now limited availability of the flour itself at retail. It is lighter in color and flavor than traditional whole wheat, but has the same nutritional profile including fiber and vitamins. The lighter color and flavor is appealing to many people who do not like the flavor of regular whole wheat.
Ultragrain is a hard (high-protein) flour suitable for breads, not cake or biscuits.
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Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 5:34 am
Post subject: measuring cups
i actually use both kinds of measuring cups in my kitchen, the dry measure and the other one where the measuring line drops below the lip of the cup. i find that dry measures are good for solids like flour and sugar, while the other type of cups are good for liquids, since the extra height reduces spilling when i move it around.
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Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 9:57 pm
Post subject: converting all-purpose flour to cake flour
Try adding a couple of spoonfuls of cornstarch (or whatever the local equivalent is) to your flour.
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Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 10:45 pm
Post subject: Re: converting all-purpose flour to cake flour
Rosie wrote:
Try adding a couple of spoonfuls of cornstarch (or whatever the local equivalent is) to your flour.
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Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2009 2:36 am
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Adding cornstarch is one technique for making all purpose flour into cake flour. If you need cake flour but only have all purpose, you could substitute a tablespoon or two of corn starch for the flour, and it would theoretically have a lower protein content.
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Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 11:38 pm
Post subject: digest raw flour?
Can you digest raw flour?
If you just mix flour with water and eat it, will you get the same nutrition out of it as if you had mixed it with water, cooked it, and then eaten it?
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Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 9:57 pm
Post subject: Flour for deep frying
I love to make and eat apple fritters and I use a Fry Daddy with a temperature range of 350-375. Using all purpose flour recipes I do not get an internal texture that is light and airy but is dense and chewy. Is there a best flour for crisp exteriors and light interiors? Would cake flour do the trick?
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Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 10:46 pm
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my first suspicion is the fritter batter is too wet.
water absorbs an enormous amount of (heat) energy - a batter that is too wet - be it for pancakes, waffles, crepes, dumplings, <whatever> cooks on the outside faster than suitable for the inside. perhaps better worded, the inside cooks to perfection too slow....
give a shot at reducing the liquid, on the order of 20% by weight - see if that evolves in the desired direction.
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Is it reasonable to first extract the lower-level factor scores from a 2-level CFA (unstructured higher-level covariance matrix, acceptable model fit), and then assign a mixed model to the factor (so the factor is treated as dependent variable and assumed to have a multilevel structure)?
An example (not real) is: measuring IQ of students coming from different schools using some questionnaire. Since the interest is in the student-level common factor (IQ), we run a 2-level CFA with school-level having an unstructured covariance matrix. If the model fits well, then we extract the factor score for each student and assume it is the IQ estimate. Next, we want to model IQ with some observed covariates to see if IQ is affected by them. Since again the students come from different schools, we run a 2-level regression model.
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I would prefer to do it in a single analysis.
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what if the ICC (for the extracted factor scores) is above 0.1 and we are interested in parameters in the structural part, is it better to take into account the 2-level structure in order to obtain correct standard error estimates?
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Dear Dr.Muthen,
Thanks for the replies.
Maybe I did not make this very clear. Let's say the true IQ for each student "i" in school "j" is T_{ij}, and if there exists a multilevel structure in the real case, T_{ij} could be rewritten as T_{ij}=T_{within}+T_{between}.
Does the student-level factor score (defined in the first message) reflect the true IQ, i.e. T_{ij}, or the within part of it, i.e. T_{within}? If it reflects the latter, how can we get an estimate of the true IQ T_{ij} ?
Bengt O. Muthen
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Mplus estimates T_{within} and T_{between} and you have to add them up to get the student's latent score (the student has a contribution from within and from between).
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In some cases, the factor structure may not be the same for each level, e.g. 2 factors at lower level and only 1 factor at higher level, or each level has 2 factors but are loaded on by different items across levels. I think in this case only the T_{within} could be estimated for each of the lower-level factors. The T_{between} of these 2 lower-level factors are mixed to some extent and may not be possible to split them up.
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posted on Wednesday, July 03, 2013 - 2:45 pm
Yes, when you don't have equality of factor loading matrices across levels, it doesn't make sense to add up the factors.
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Anthony Stranges had cancer, which is the best kind to have: past-tense cancer.
Anthony Stranges had cancer, which is the best kind to have: past-tense cancer.
During a routine checkup, his dentist noticed a mark on his palate, which led to a diagnosis of mucoepidermal carcinoma.
It's a form of cancer that most often hits smokers or users of other tobacco products, which was kind of weird because he was in second grade at the time -- not exactly a pack-a-day person or frequent dipper of snuff.
"After that, I went through a lot of visits to the hospital that second-graders shouldn't have to go through," the 18-year-old St. Francis DeSales High School student recalled last week.
Successful surgery and treatment followed and aside from annual follow-up checks, Stranges has been cancer-free for many years.
"I got a whole new perspective on life, really," said the Blacklick resident, the son of Matthew and Paula Stranges. "I never really thought I was going to die, but when I heard the word cancer, that's all I knew of."
The experience helped him to mature and gave him a career goal: Stranges wants to be a doctor.
It also is responsible for some very real lessons in leadership he is learning these days. As the DeSales student council vice president, he is working to organize a fundraising event involving four local Catholic high schools: DeSales, Hartley, Ready and Watterson.
The Central Catholic League For the Kids Dance Marathon, modeled after the Buckeyethon event that began in 2001 at Ohio State University, is scheduled from 2 to 8 p.m. April 13, at St. Francis DeSales, 4212 Karl Road.
The dance marathon, which, like the Buckeyethon, will raise money for the hematology and oncology floor at Nationwide Children's Hospital, came about because Stranges' sister, Olivia, is a student at OSU. She suggested that her brother see if there was interest at DeSales in creating its own version of the event.
There was.
"We aren't really sure how to estimate the number of people, since it's our first time," Stranges said last week. "We're hoping for 500 people, which is pretty realistic considering each school has 800 people."
He's hoping for even more next year, with the possible addition of students from St. Charles Preparatory School, also part of the CCL.
It's been a lot of work, Stranges admitted, involving meetings with his counterparts from the Clintonville, East Side and West Side Catholic high schools to figure out how best to promote participation among students.
"I'm definitely learning a lot of leadership skills," he said.
The work is all worth it, Stranges added. After all, this time, it's personal.
"I got to experience a lot of programs that this will benefit," Stranges said.
After graduating, the senior plans to study medicine at either the University of Notre Dame, Northwestern University, Ohio State, Duke University, the University of Chicago, Vanderbilt University or the University of Pittsburgh.
"So I can give people the same hope I've personally experienced," he said.


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The mission of the Mississippi State Board of Architecture is to protect the public's life, health and property through the regulation of the professions of architecture, landscape architecture and certified interior design.
The Board's core values are to be service oriented, principled, professional, progressive, and collaborative, and to be good stewards.
The Board accomplishes its goals and legislative mandates through the licensure and certification of architects, landscape architects and certified interior designers. Each profession has established minimum education, experience and examination requirements for registration, which the Board verifies during the application process. Consumers are encouraged to verify registration prior to engaging a design profession.
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(Budget Travel Online) -- French Polynesia remains the undisputed capital of overwater escapes, where $700 is the typical starting price for a hut poised on stilts in a tranquil, aquamarine lagoon. But resorts exist that are both far more affordable than Bora Bora and still within belly-flopping distance of the water.
Opened in April 2005 on Bermuda's west side, 50 minutes from the airport, the 18-acre 9 Beaches resort gives the overwater bungalow concept something of a Cape Cod twist. The cabanas are constructed from a breathable canvas fabric stretched over an aluminum frame, for an appearance that's more seaside cottage than South Seas thatched-roof cabin. The design allows cool Atlantic breezes to circulate (though bungalows also have air-conditioning). Of the resort's 84 units, 16 stand on wooden piers over the water; see-through floor panels reveal sea life beneath. 866/841-9009, 9beaches.com, overwater bungalow $305 in spring and winter.
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South Pacific bargains, relatively speaking, come in the form of a pair of Pearl Resorts, in popular Moorea (within easy reach of Tahiti by ferry or plane) and less visited Raiatea, which is the second-biggest island in all of French Polynesia after Tahiti (a $250, 45-minute flight from Papeete). Overwater bungalows at the Raiatea Hawaikik Nui Hotel have high ceilings and oversize verandas; at Moorea Pearl Resort & Spa, guests slumber in rooms adorned with fresh flowers and high-thread-count sheets, a quick swim away from white-sand beaches. 800/657-3275, pearlresorts.com, Raiatea overwater bungalow $330 year-round, Moorea $520 November-May.
The El Nido Lagen Island Resort's 51 air-conditioned cabins (18 over the water) are in a protected cove surrounded by lush forests and sheer limestone cliffs. Though the stilts and walls of the overwater units are concrete, the interiors have an elegant warmth, with floors and furnishings made of antique wood repurposed from Philippine homes. A 65-minute flight from Manila ($190) followed by a water taxi (free for guests) gets you there. Note: The U.S. State Department has issued a travel warning for the Philippines, so use caution. 011-632/894-5644, elnidoresorts.com, overwater bungalow $300 June-October.
Two tiny, remote overwater bungalow resorts in Panama do a wonderful job of copying the romantic thatched-roof South Pacific look and atmosphere. Punta Caracol Acqua-Lodge is reached via a one-hour flight from Panama City ($150 round trip) followed by a water taxi that's complimentary for guests. The resort has nine bungalows -- all two stories, built carefully to avoid damaging the coral below, with solar power and gorgeous palm-leaf roofs. 011-507/6612-1088, puntacaracol.com, $285 mid-May-June and September-mid-December.
Near the San Blas Islands, 25 minutes by plane from Panama City (about $80 round trip), the Coral Lodge's six casitas all sit over the water. They boast soaring roofs and creature comforts like Jacuzzis and air-conditioning. 011-507/317-6754, corallodge.com, $215 year-round except Christmastime.
Isolation's downside
Because these resorts are so remote, dining on property is often the only option -- so ask about meal costs before you book. Also, when checking in, request the most secluded suite available; sound really carries over water.
Cabin fever
Two or three overwater nights should suffice. Complete the vacation by staying in a less expensive room or a cheaper hotel nearby that has an equally nice beach. An air/hotel package can also save you money, though companies often only include bungalows at bigger (and pricier) resorts. Request a custom-made package from South Pacific specialists like SunSpots (sunspotsintl.com) and ATS Tours (ats-islands.com) to see if it'll cost less than booking air and lodging piecemeal.
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Sixteen of 9 Beaches resort's units stand over the water on Bermuda's west side.
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ADDISON — Here's some good news for Addison County localvores: The local foods movement is extending from your plate to your pint glass.
Across the state, encouraged by the UVM Extension Crops and Soil team's Vermont Hops Project, more local hops growers are cropping up each year.
Kris Anderson, the owner of the Addison Hop Farm, is one of them. Anderson, a longtime homebrewer, began growing hops because he was looking for an "interesting crop" to play around with.


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Hubble's Infrared Camera is Back in Business – New Images Released
After more than three years of inactivity, the Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS) has reopened its "near-infrared eyes" on the universe, snapping several breathtaking views, from the craggy interior of a star-forming cloud to a revealing look at the heart of an edge-on galaxy. Peering into our stellar backyard, NICMOS peeled back the outer layers of the Cone Nebula [above, left] to see the underlying dusty "bedrock" in this stellar "pillar of creation." The camera's penetrating vision also sliced through the edge-on dusty disk of a galaxy, NGC 4013 [above, center], like our Milky Way to peer all the way into the galaxy's core. Astronomers were surprised to see what appears to be an edge-on ring of stars, 720 light-years across, encircling the nucleus. Though such star-rings are not uncommon in barred spiral galaxies, only NICMOS has the resolution to see the ring buried deep inside an edge-on galaxy. The camera then peered far across the universe to witness a galactic car wreck between four galaxies, which is creating a torrent of new stars. The colliding system of galaxies, called IRAS 19297-0406 [above, right], glows fiercely in infrared light because the flocks of new stars are generating a large amount of dust.
After more than three years of inactivity, and thanks to a new cryogenic refrigerator, the Hubble Space Telescope's Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS) today debuts various breathtaking views of galaxies in several stages of development.
The first NICMOS test images demonstrate its powerful new capability for making remarkable discoveries unique to space-based near-infrared astronomy. The NICMOS's penetrating vision sliced through the edge-on dusty disk of a galaxy, NGC 4013, to peer all the way into the galaxy's core. Astronomers were surprised to see what appears to be an edge-on ring of stars, 720 light-years across, encircling the nucleus. Though such star-rings are not uncommon in barred spiral galaxies, only NICMOS has the resolution to see the ring buried deep inside an edge-on galaxy.
Shifting its infrared vision to our stellar backyard, NICMOS peeled back the outer layers of the Cone Nebula (also photographed by Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys in April) to see the underlying dusty "bedrock" in this stellar "pillar of creation."
"It is fantastic that we have restored Hubble's infrared eyesight. NICMOS has taken us to the very fringes of the Universe and to a time when the first galaxies were formed. We can't wait to get back out there," said Dr. Rodger Thompson, NICMOS Principal Investigator, University of Arizona, Tucson.
Installed on Hubble in February 1997, NICMOS used infrared vision to probe dark, dusty, never-before-seen regions of space with the optical clarity that only Hubble can provide. Its infrared detectors operated at a very cold temperature (minus 351 degrees Fahrenheit, which is minus 213 degrees Celsius or 60 Kelvin).
To keep the detectors cold, NICMOS was encased in a thermos-like container filled with solid nitrogen ice. It was expected that the solid nitrogen ice would last approximately four years. However, the ice evaporated about twice as fast as planned and was depleted after only 23 months of NICMOS science operations. In 1999 - with its supply of ice exhausted - NICMOS became dormant.
Determined not to be defeated, NASA scientists and engineers devised a plan to restore NICMOS to life. They turned to a new mechanical cooling technology, jointly developed by NASA and the U.S. Air Force. The NICMOS Cooling System (NCS) was built by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, and the Creare Corporation, Hanover, NH.
The mechanical cooler operates on principles similar to a modern home refrigerator. It pumps ultra-cold neon gas through the internal plumbing of the instrument. At its core are three miniature, high-tech turbines that spin at rates up to about 430,000 rpm. Since the speed of the turbines can be adjusted at will, the NICMOS light sensors can be operated at a more optimal temperature than was possible before, about 77 Kelvin (minus 321 degrees Fahrenheit).
The NICMOS cooling system is virtually vibration-free, an important aspect for Hubble since vibrations can affect image quality in much the same way that a shaky camera produces blurred pictures.
"The Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission 3B is now demonstrated to be a complete success. We had 100 percent servicing mission success, and now we have 100 percent performance success for the newly installed NICMOS Cooling System," said Dr. Ed Cheng, HST Development Project Scientist from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.
Astronauts installed the NCS inside Hubble during the fifth and final spacewalk of Servicing Mission 3B on March 8, 2002. On March 18, the NCS was turned on via commands sent from the Space Telescope Operations Control Center at Goddard. It has continued to operate flawlessly ever since. The deep interior of the NICMOS reached the target temperature of 70 Kelvin (minus 333 degrees Fahrenheit) on April 11. Most of the internal heat had been removed from the instrument, and the NCS stabilized itself at this temperature. On April 19, NICMOS was brought up to a fully operational state and testing of its internal condition began. Since then, fine adjustments have been made to the settings of the NCS to optimize the instrument for best performance.
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Precis coenea nectaring on it on June 11, 2010, at World Peace Wetland Prairie in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
For interactive map and information about 2010 OMNI Peace Garden Tour, please see OMNI Peace Gardens blog.
Friday, June 11, 2010
This buckeye butterfly was on nonnative butterfly bush in the peace-circle portion of the World Peace Wetland Prairie on June 11, 2010. You may be able to see it and many other pollinators Saturday June 12, 2010, at some of the 8 private gardens on the OMNI Tour of Peace Gardens
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text: Raised by the Courts: One Judge's Insight Into Juvenile JusticeBy Irene Sullivan Kaplan Publishing (2010) Reviewed by Robert Batey and Judith A.M. Scully In Raised by the Courts: One Judge's Insight Into Juvenile Justice, recently retired Florida Circuit Judge Irene Sullivan gives readers a lively and succinct tour of today's world of juvenile law. As a juvenile court judge for almost a decade in the Tampa-St. Petersburg area, Sullivan has seen much, thought deeply about what she has seen, and reached some surprising conclusions. Her highly readable work is well worth the time of anyone who cares about either children or the law. The book comprises three main sections, and their titles describe the arc of her service in juvenile court: "Awakening," "Despair," and "Enlightenment." The three chapters of "Awakening" give snapshots of the system: a sketch of two typical juveniles, a surprise visit to an awful correctional facility, and the tale of a "crossover kid"


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TED TALK – Dennis vanEngelsdorp: a plea for bees
TED TALK – Dennis vanEngelsdorp: a plea for bees
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"If the bees disappeared, then man would only have four years left to live. No more bees, no more pollination, no more plants, no more man."
"Colony collapse disorder is the subject of this environmental documentary. As bee colonies around the United States disappear, scientists and beekeepers struggle to find the reason why and ascertain the impact on humans and the planet. Longtime beekeepers and newcomers alike are faced with economic ruin as they try to keep their hives healthy and prevent this crisis from wreaking havoc on a world that depends on pollination to sustain agriculture."
"Please join us this Sunday July 3rd to learn why our project to get urban beekeeping approved in Los Angeles is so critical! Meet Chelsea and Rob McFarland and others from Backwards Beekeepers at the MVCC Green Booth at the Mar Vista Farmers Market from 9AM to 2:00 PM. Get the info on our July 16th screening of Vanishing of the Bees!
Over the last three years, more than one in three honeybee colonies collapsed nationwide, a phenomenon now called Colony Collapse Disorder or CCD. According to the USDA, about one-third of our food is thanks to the work of bees, making CCD a huge food security issue. And while there is no one smoking gun causing CCD, scientists now widely agree that it is a result of a combination of factors, made manifest by industrial beekeeping which involves artificial insemination of queen bees, trucking thousands of hives great distances to pollinate crops, exposing bees to countless pesticides, and interfering with the species natural defenses by treating them with miticides and antibiotics and feeding them high fructose corn syrup. This deadly cocktail has made bees incredibly vulnerable and on the brink of collapse. That is, only if we fail to act, if we fail to recognize this disaster in the making and don't take strong action to counter the slow march to extinction.
Mar Vista is actively working toward becoming a more sustainable place to live. Los Angeles currently outlaws beekeeping, and the city's policy is to exterminate all feral bees. With worldwide bee populations threatened with Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) and urban beekeeping more popular than ever, this policy needs to change. Feral bees, being subject to natural selection but not to the rough treatment and chemicals of commercial beekeeping, are far more robust than their commercial cousins. As commercial colonies collapse at an alarming rate, it is crucial that this population be protected.
Luckily the Mar Vista Community Council is conducting a feasibility study for a Urban Beekeeping Pilot Project."
"As the national interest in urban beekeeping grows, cities like Atlanta, Chicago, New York, Portland, San Francisco, Salt Lake City, and Seattle have joined the movement and legalized the practice. These cities recognize just how important bees are to the future of our way of life.
Yet, as bees are quickly vanishing due to Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), some cities like Los Angeles have yet to legalize urban beekeeping. In the Mar Vista community of L.A., a group of activists is ready to change that. Chelsea and Rob McFarland recently started a petition on Change.org asking the Mar Vista Community Council to support beekeeping in the region and work to repeal Los Angeles Municipal Code 50.03, which makes beekeeping illegal.
Working in collaboration with the Mar Vista Community Council Green Committee and Backwards Beekeepers, the McFarlands started honeylove.org to raise awareness and gain support for the legalization of urban beekeeping in Mar Vista and Los Angeles as a whole. After speaking in front of the Mar Vista Community Council, Chelsea and Rob gained unanimous approval of a feasibility study on legalizing beekeeping.
Their work is certainly important — bees are responsible for pollinating about one-third of America's food supply. Without bees, we wouldn't be able to enjoy staples of our diets like apples, nuts, soybeans, broccoli, and cucumbers, as well as some of the tastiest flowering crops out there, such as peaches, cherries, blueberries, cranberries, strawberries, citrus fruits, and melons. Even our cattle, which feed primarily on alfalfa, rely on bees to pollinate their food. Even President Obama supports urban beekeeping — he keeps two beehives on the White House lawn.
While the Mar Vista Community Council approved the feasibility study, they've yet to fully legalize beekeeping in the community. That's where the McFarlands' petition comes in. You can help the couple push for legal beekeeping in Mar Vista. Add your signature to the petition, and enable the citizens of Mar Vista to play their part in saving our food system through urban beekeeping."
Change.org – by Meredith Slater · June 28, 2011
Grabbing a swarm in Glassell Park
Backwards Beekeepers: Grabbing a swarm in Glassell Park
"We got a call to the Bee Rescue Hotline about a swarm in a bougainvillea bush. Amy and I headed up there and met Margot, her husband Ben, and their son Casey. They were psyched to learn about why bees swarm and how a hive works.
We gave the swarm a couple of quick sprays with sugar water, then nudged them into a nuc box. They were as calm as could be.
This swarm is now in our yard and so far, seems inclined to stick around. Foragers are bringing in food, which always seems like a good sign."
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Bluegrass banjo pioneer Earl Scruggs answered a knock at the door of his Nashville home in 1953 to find an eager-looking banjo enthusiast on the porch asking Scruggs to put a set of his special tuner keys on the young man's instrument.
"He was so gracious," Rodney Dillard said of the reception his older brother, banjo player Doug Dillard, received that day from the father of the bluegrass banjo. "He sold him the tuners, then sat down at his kitchen table and installed them on the spot."
Doug Dillard, who died Wednesday at 75, put those tuners and Scruggs' influence to good use over a long career as a founding member of the Dillards bluegrass band, as a solo artist and in collaboration with numerous other country, bluegrass, rock and pop musicians.
He and the band helped popularize bluegrass in the 1960s through regular appearances on "The Andy Griffith Show," and they were important figures in the creation of what would become known as country rock music.
Dillard, who suffered a collapsed lung several months ago, recently developed a lung infection and died in a Nashville hospital, his brother said.
His declining health prompted Dillard to give up touring about two years ago. Yet he still played occasional recording sessions and isolated concert performances, including when the Dillards were inducted in 2009 into the Bluegrass Hall of Fame in Owensboro, Ky., by the International Bluegrass Music Assn.
"I would put him at the very top level of proficiency on the banjo, right up there with Earl Scruggs," Chris Hillman, a founding member of the Byrds and the Flying Burrito Brothers, said Thursday. "He was a great musician, and he greatly influenced me."
Actor and comedian Steve Martin, who has focused in recent years on his career as a bluegrass banjo player, said in a statement: "Doug Dillard was a banjo icon. He, along with his group, the Dillards, influenced so many players.... He was fast, clean and a melodic player with his own style."
Born March 6, 1937, in Salem, Mo., in the Ozark Mountains, Douglas Flint Dillard was one of three sons of Homer and Lorene Dillard. Music ran in the family: Homer played fiddle, their mother was a guitarist and the eldest sibling, Earl, played keyboards.
Doug Dillard never forgot how Scruggs affected him the first time he heard him. "I was driving down the road with the radio on," Dillard recalled. "All of a sudden I heard this incredible banjo music. I got so excited that I drove off the road and down into a ditch. I had to be towed out."
He started on guitar, got his first banjo at 15 as a Christmas present and promptly wrote a letter to Scruggs asking whether 16 was too young to learn the banjo. Scruggs wrote back encouraging his interest in the instrument, cementing Dillard's love for the banjo. By 19 he was performing regularly on a Salem radio station. He and Rodney were members of the Ozark Mountain Boys from 1956 to 1959.
But as teenagers in the '50s, the Dillard brothers were also exposed to the sounds of rock 'n' roll, which they wanted to incorporate into their music. Doug earned an accounting degree at Washington University in St. Louis, and Rodney, five years younger, said he "quituated" from studies at Southern Illinois University to pursue their passion for playing music.
When they were ready to seek a wider audience, "we decided we wanted to go to Los Angeles, because we felt people were more open-minded, creative-wise," Rodney Dillard said Thursday. "Nashville was formula cut-and-dried at that time."
Shortly after arriving in L.A., the Dillards were signed to the burgeoning folk-rock label Elektra Records, which issued their major-label debut album "Back Porch Bluegrass."
"When they hit town, they completely blew everybody away," Chris Hillman, a founding member of the Byrds, said Thursday. The Byrds later enlisted the Dillards as an opening act after their own career took off.
"It wasn't the old bluegrass thing," Hillman said. "Doug Dillard was the only bluegrass banjo player who actually smiled on stage. He really enjoyed himself. Their entire approach was very entertaining. And Doug was an amazing player."
The Dillards also departed from strict bluegrass tradition as one of the first acts to use amplified instruments.
Their music and faces became familiar nationwide starting in 1963, when they began appearing on "The Andy Griffith Show" as a band called The Darlin' Boys. Griffith encouraged them to use their original songs as often as possible on his show. Their popularity led to guest spots on musical variety shows hosted by Judy Garland, Tennessee Ernie Ford and others.
"Because of 'The Andy Griffith Show' and the exposure that music brought, it gave an introduction to bluegrass to a lot of people who never ever would have gotten to it," Rodney said. "They found others like Flatt & Scruggs and the Osborne Brothers, and found this whole world of the classic form of traditional music."
One of those was contemporary banjo innovator Bela Fleck, who first heard the Dillards when he was growing up in New York City. "It was one of the few bluegrass bands you could see on TV. Flatt & Scruggs were on 'The Beverly Hillbillies' pretty rarely."
Living and working in Southern California in the 1960s, the Dillards were in on the birth of what would become known as country rock.
"They were living in the real world playing this music, and that world was very different than what it was to be playing in Flatt & Scruggs' time," Fleck said. "They were trying to figure out how to bring that music to the audience that was there, so they were open to everything…. They really had a unique band sound, and Doug was at the center of it — he came up with a variation on the Scruggs style that was hard-driving but intelligent. It wasn't like the old mountain stuff. "
The Dillards were invited to open shows on a two-week tour by the Byrds, which was at the forefront of blending country, rock and folk strains. After he left the Dillards, Doug joined the Byrds on their European tour.
In the 1970s Dillard joined ex-Byrds member Gene Clark in the Dillard and Clark band. With Doug pursuing solo and other interests, the Dillards continued with Rodney at the helm. The Dillards' only album to chart on Billboard, 1972's "Roots and Branches," was recorded without Doug.
The brothers had toured together again in recent years until Doug's health declined to the point where he could no longer handle the rigors of the road.
Besides his brothers Rodney and Earl, Dillard is survived by his wife, Vikki Sallee.
Bluegrass banjo pioneer Earl Scruggs answered a knock at the door of his Nashville home in 1953 to find an eager-looking banjo enthusiast on the porch asking Scruggs to put a set of his special tuner keys on the young man's instrument.


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IntroductionThe United States Congress designated the Platte River Wilderness (map) in 1984 and it now has a total of 23,290 acres. Colorado contains approximately 741 acres. Wyoming contains approximately 22,549 acres. It is managed by the Forest Service.
DescriptionAbout 36 square miles of forested land lying primarily north and east of the North Platte River is included in this Wyoming Wilderness, with a small segment in Colorado's Routt National Forest. On the Colorado side, no Wilderness covers less acreage. The North Platte River enters Routt National Forest about four miles south of the Wyoming state line and flows north through a portion of the Wilderness and North Gate Canyon, a popular white-water rafting section of water. Elevations average 7,700 feet with the wide and relatively flat Platte Ridge rising in the middle of the area between the river and Douglas Creek. Elk and deer winter here. Both the creek and the river are noted for their excellent trout fishing opportunities. The Platte River Trail gently parallels the river on the west bank after a steep descent from the Platte River Trailhead. During high water, the trail dead-ends after five miles. During low water (usually in late July and August), you can ford the river and continue on the east bank. The Douglas Creek Trail follows the creek for 9.5 miles through an open canyon with trailheads at both ends. You can hike a loop from the Pelton Creek Trailhead by exiting the Douglas Creek Trail to return via the Platte River Trail.
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NEW HAVEN, Conn.—The Bulldogs opened the 2013-14 indoor track season on Saturday with the 2013 Yale Season Opener, held in Coxe Cage. The meet provided an opportunity for the team's members to evaluate their strengths going into the season. Many members took on more than their usual events, while newcomers had the chance to compete in unfamiliar events. The day resulted in many successful efforts, included six first-place finishes by four Bulldogs and a school record in the shot put by sophomore Karleh Wilson. Moreover, the meet was marked by several events in which competitors finished nearby one another—a promising sign for the team's collective force entering the indoor season.
The day's field events began with the shot put. Wilson made a name for herself as she dominated the event last year, breaking the school record early in the season. True to her skill on Saturday, Wilson's mark of 13.81m (45-03.75) was a meter more than her closest competitor, freshman Kate Simon. Simon put forth a solid effort in her first collegiate meet to place second, reaching a distance of 12.62m (41-05.00). Simon's performance just narrowly misses her high school personal best, boding well for her continued improvement. Sophomore Taylor Eldridge also competed in the event, placing 12th at 9.83m (32-03.00), followed by senior captain Amanda Snajder in her first of four events of the day (13th—9.73m or 31-11.25). Junior Elle Brunsdale also competed to earn a personal best of 9.53m (15th—31-03.25).
The junior known for her stellar performances in the long jump, Alisha Jordan, lived up to her reputation on Saturday, leaping 5.53m (18-01.75) to win the event. Snajder's jump of 5.28m (17-04.00) nabbed her fourth place. Freshman Rachel Wofford opened her first collegiate season with a mark of 4.86m (12th—15-111.50), while senior Teresa Parent claimed a mark of 4.84m (15-19.50) in 13th place.
Jordan likewise dominated the triple jump, earning the top spot with a distance of 11.86m (38-11.00). Parent took tenth at 10.35m (33-11.50), while Wofford leapt 9.97m (32-08.50) to place 13th. Senior Kristen Proe also competed (15th—9.77m or 32-00.75).
Three Bulldogs looked to clear higher marks in Saturday's pole vault. All three competitors—senior Emily Urciuoli (2nd), junior Catherine Shih (5th) and sophomore Renee Vogel (6th) met a height of 3.30m (10-10.00). In this case, place is determined by the number of attempts the competitor took. The meet was particularly notable for Shih—who has not been able to pole vault since her freshman year, and is now ready to reenter the competition this season.
Saturday's final field event was the high jump. Sophomore Megan Toon placed third, reaching a height of 1.60m (5-03.00), followed by Snajder, who earned seventh place in her third event in three hours (1.50m or 4-11.00). Freshman Lillian Foote tied for seventh place with her captain, meeting the same mark.
Four Yale runners—fresh off the end of the cross country season—kicked off the afternoon's running events by taking the top four spots in the 1,600-meter. Senior Sarah Barry won the event—an impressive feat considering she has not competed in the distance for over a year. She finished in 5:02.68, just seconds ahead of freshman Emily Waligurski (2nd—5:02.73). Sophomore Shannon McDonnell finished in third at 5:11.32, while freshman Rachel Jones was fourth with a time of 5:13.75.
Taking third in the 400-meter dash was junior Emily Cable, who currently holds the Yale record in the event. She ran a time of 59.04. Proe—an athlete who regularly competes in both field and running events—finished the race in 1:03.59.
Sophomore Mackenzie Mathews defended her status as the team's best hurdler, taking second in the finals of the 60-meter hurdles in 9.19. Snajder took sixth in her final event of the day (9.46), while Brunsdale finished not far behind in seventh (9.79). Mathews further competed in the 60-meter dash (8.17).
In the 1,000-meter run, a middle-distance event, Delaney FitzPatrick became the only freshman to win an event at the meet. She finished in 3:01.25. FitzPatrick was narrowly trailed by two teammates, sophomore Anna-Sophie Harling in second (3:05.28) and junior Alyssa LaGuardia in third (3:12.73).
Yale's two representatives in the 500-meter run, sophomore Grace Brittan and senior Jenna Hessert, took third and fourth. Brittan finished the race in 1:21.35, while Hessert crossed the line in 1:23.05. As Yale's sole contender in the 200-meter dash, Cable took 11th in 26.23. Also competing without fellow Bulldogs, freshman Jennie Callan secured eighth place (11:21.51) in the 3,000-meter, the longest event raced on Saturday.
In a significant performance from the team's middle-distance runners, Yale squads took both first and second in the 4x800-meter relay, posting times of 9:17.62 and 9:51.11, respectively.
The Bulldogs will return to competition after the winter holidays, when they host the Yale Invitational on Jan. 11.
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Justin Timberlake's 'The 20/20 Experience' Could Hit 1 Million Sales Mark
In less than 24 hours, the Billboard 200 chart will reveal that Justin Timberlake's 'The 20/20 Experience' is the number one album in the country this week. But what's more impressive is that by then he may have sold one million copies.
As of March 24, Billboard reported the LP would have sold between 950,000 and 975,000 units and sales are bound to increase another 50,000 to 100,000 copies per day.
Considering decreasing album sales each year, this is a major deal in the music industry. The last two albums that sold one million or more copies in its first week of release were Taylor Swift's Red in 2012, and Lady Gaga's 'Born This Way' in 2011.
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I don't know why I didn't do this ages ago, but I made a playlist of the various game trailers I've made over the years.
What's on the playlist?
Mushroom Kingdom Fusion Trailer 3:45
Megaman DL Trailer 2:02
Alter Aila Genesis Trailer 2:53
A glimpse of Super Mario Fusion 2:18
Distorted Travesty 1 trailer 1:26
Distorted Travesty 2 trailer 1:37
Psycho Waluigi Trailer 1:39
Doom RL Trailer 2:01
Megaman Day in the Limelight 2 teaser 0:52
Giana Returns Trailer 1:01
Tyrian 2000 trailer 1:35
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Title: Foreign Correspondent, New York Times
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I'm living in Beijing now, where I cover China for The New York Times' video department. I also shoot still photos for The Times and other publications. Most of this type of photography and video is investigative but also some breaking news photography dealing with human rights or development issues. China's growing role in global politics, economics, social and environmental issues has made this a fascinating position. Outside of the newspaper and magazine world, I work as a cinematographer shooting documentaries for nonprofits and NGOs and commercial video for multinationals. My work takes me around China on a regular basis and often to other parts of the world. In 2012 I landed in about 15 different countries at one point or another. In 2013, I'm continuing my work in China with The Times and have recently started shooting a documentary in Burma for a nascent but feisty online news startup called Global Post.
My education at Saint Michael's and my professional life are directly related. At St. Mike's I studied journalism, certainly from a global perspective. We learned about traditional journalism but with a focus on new media. I studied abroad twice at Saint Michael's - one semester in New Zealand and one semester in Australia. And today, I live abroad and practice new media for a traditional journalism outlet. They are directly related. In some ways, I might look at my career actually starting when I walked into the doors of Saint Michael's for the first time.
When I think about my most memorable professor, I think about the journalism department as a whole. Regardless of the class I was taking or the person teaching it, it really felt like it was all building toward a single philosophy in approaching the global media marketplace. Messages overlapped and were broadened by looking at the same subject from more than one different lens (please excuse my photography metaphor, but it seemed appropriate!). We might look at an historic event in Mass Com, and then understand the legal implications of that in Media Law and Ethics. Later you might learn about how that event was represented internationally or the technology that made it possible. Everything was connected, which enforced important messages.
The actual size of the department also made this possible. For example, I only had Professor Mindich for one class; however, I saw him and talked to him nearly every day after that class was over until I graduated. Teaching and learning simply weren't constrained to class time. This made it feel like he was my professor long after our class was finished.
I offer two pieces of advice. The first: study abroad. The world is bigger than America and if you stay in your own country your entire life, it's easy to forget that. You'll learn more about your own country and yourself in a short time by removing yourself from the environment you grew up in, than you might in years in your home country.
You'll also learn how connected everything is. The world is far more connected than many might think and it's our inability to see that, that creates so many global conflicts - be them social, religious, environmental or economic. I believe the more we learn about each other, the easier it is for us to accept our differences. And to overcome some of the problems we are inheriting from former generations and to help make a better future for generations ahead of us - it's critical to the survival of humanity and our planet that we work to bridge some of these cultural misconceptions. Studying abroad is the easiest way to begin to understand some of these issues and to play a part in building a global culture that is sustainable on earth.
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Blue Light Neptune Global Map from Hubble's OPAL Program (Dark Spot Closeup)
The semi-major axis of Neptune's orbit about the sun is 30.06 astronomical units (roughly 2.8 billion miles or 4.5 billion kilometers).
Neptune has a diameter of roughly 30,800 miles (49,600 kilometers) at the equator.
Data were provided by the HST proposal 14492: M.H. Wong (PI), I. de Pater, J. Tollefson, and K. de Kleer (UC Berkeley), H. Hammel (Space Science Institute), S. Cook (AMNH), R. Hueso and A. Sanchez-Lavega (University of the Basque Country, Spain), A. Simon (NASA/GSFC), M. Delcroix (French Astronomical Society, SAF), L. Sromovsky and P. Fry (University of Wisconsin, Madison), G. Orton (JPL), and C. Baranec (University of Hawaii, Manoa).
This image is a single, monochrome filter that isolated blue light (F467M) was used to record overall brightness. These brightness values were translated into a range of bluish hues. Such color "maps" can be useful in helping to distinguish subtly varying brightness in an image.
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Façade of the Building of Henry the Wise in Heidelberg Castle (1601-1607)
The Heidelberg Castle (in German language named: Heidelberger Schloss) is a famous ruin in Germany and landmark of Heidelberg. The castle ruins are among the most important Renaissance structures north of the Alps.The castle has only been partially rebuilt since its demolition in the 17th and 18th centuries. It is located 80 m (262 ft) up the northern part of the Königstuhl hillside, and thereby dominates the view of the old downtown. It is served by an intermediate station on the Heidelberger Bergbahn funicular railway that runs from Heidelberg's Kornmarkt to the summit of the Königstuhl.The earliest castle structure was built before AD 1214 and later expanded into 2 castles circa 1294; however, in 1537, a lightning-bolt destroyed the upper castle. The present structures had been expanded by 1650, before damage by later wars and fires. In 1764, another lightning-bolt destroyed some rebuilt sections."The Renaissance style was not employed in Germany before the middle of the sixteenth century, and the most noteworthy instances of it are the Belvedere of Ferdinand I., on the Hradschin at Prague, and the so-called Otto Henry buildings at Heidelberg Castle (1556-1559). The Façade of the last-mentioned structure" "in peculiar for a richness and variety of details which almost border on excess. At the same time a certain heaviness prevails, which forms a contrast to the graceful elegance of the best Italian buildings in the same style: in fact these faults may be said to characterize the productions of the German Renaissance style in general. A further instance of this is afforded by [this image], which represents a portion of the façade , though, properly speaking, it belongs to the Roccocco style."
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A. Rosengarten, W. Collett-Sandars A Handbook of Architectural Styles (New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1895)