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Lipscomb head women's basketball coach Greg Brown is pleased to announce that John Wild will join the Lady Bisons coaching staff for the upcoming season.
Wild, most recently the head coach at Riverdale High School, joins the Lady Bisons staff with nearly 20 years of coaching experience at the high school and college level.
"We had an excellent field of candidates to choose from," Brown said. "I've known John for a long time. We have a mutual trust and are comfortable. We understand each other, basketball-wise.
"He's also a well-respected name around the state of Tennessee. He had everything we were looking for at this position."
Wild joined Hilary Maxwell's staff at Riverdale as an assistant coach for the 2010 state champions before taking over as the head coach the following year. He led the Lady Warriors to a state runner-up finish in 2011 before winning the Class AAA state championship last season. Wild's 2012 squad was ranked 11th nationally by USA Today.
Wild began his high school coaching career in 1992, taking over as the boy's basketball head coach at Harpeth High School and holding that position until 1995.
He moved to Moore County in 1995 and led the men's squad to a Tennessee Class A State Championship in 1999.
He became the only coach in Tennessee high school history to win state titles in consecutive seasons with a men's team and a women's team when he left Moore County following the 1999 season and led the Bradford women's team to a Class A title in 2000.
He moved to Class AAA Lawrence County High in 2002, leading the Wildcats to a state runner-up finish in his first season.
After three seasons at Lawrence County, Wild joined Tricia Cullop's staff at Evansville University for the 2004-05 season, his first at the collegiate level. The Purple Aces went 17-11 in Wild's one season on the staff.
He returned to Tennessee as the head coach at Franklin County High in 2005, compiling a 79-49 record and leading the Rebels to three straight regional tournament appearances before departing for Riverdale following the 2009 season.
A 1989 graduate of Lipscomb, Wild is eager to return to his alma mater.
"Coming back to where I went to school is a tremendous opportunity," Wild said. "It's an honor and a blessing. I learned so much from Coach (Don) Meyer and the university itself while I was here.
"I'm excited to work for Greg Brown. I believe he's one of the best young minds in the women's game today. The program and the university are an environment conducive to my beliefs and I can't wait to be back."
Brown noted that Wild's Lipscomb connection made him an appealing choice for the position.
"People that understand the Lipscomb culture are a huge draw," Brown said. "As a grad, he's a perfect fit. He will continue to develop what I feel is a critical part of building our program."


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Note: Actual Otter Scrubbing is totally commendable.
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VASS, N.C. – Coker's Diego Polo (Guatemala City, Guatemala) holds a share of the lead, while the Cobra men's golf team trails Queens University by just ten strokes after the opening round of the Conference Carolinas at the Woodlake Resort, Maples Course in Vass, N.C. Coker shot an opening round of 307 (+19) placing them in third place behind Queens at 297 (+9) and Barton College 301 (+13).
Polo shot a one under 71 and holds a share of the lead with Queens' David Bainbridge. Jake Murphy (Hamilton, N.J.) is just three shots off the lead and is tied for fifth after a first round score of 74 (+2). Ben Conroy (Durham, Conn.) opened play with an eight over 80, while Josh Clay (Stark County, Ohio) shot a 10 over 82. Jared Crane (Greenville, S.C.) rounds out the field for the Cobras with an opening round fo 90 (+18).
The Cobras tee off for the second round of play in the 2011 Conference Carolinas Men's Golf Tournament on Monday morning starting at 8:00 a.m.


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Reshuffle: Welsh changes and the Beard Liberation Front
I wouldn't say he was demob happy but David Jones was as cheerful as anyone who had just been sacked could be.
"I'm not unhappy," he told me shortly after leaving his Downing Street meeting with the prime minister. "It is right he should refresh his team. I have been in the Wales Office more than four years". [as both a junior minister and secretary of state]
"I fully understand the prime minister's position," said the Clwyd West MP. "I told the prime minister he has my total support."
Mr Jones said that anyone appointed to the cabinet knew that one day they would have this sort of conversation with the prime minister. He said he expected the reshuffle to be bigger than expected with a lot of departures from government.
He is expected to be replaced by his deputy, Stephen Crabb, Tory MP for Preseli Pembrokeshire. As I write, Mr Crabb has yet to hear the good news officially. He has been spotted at the French Embassy celebrating Bastille Day, although I expect his smartphone remains switched on.
Who will replace him? Vale of Glamorgan MP Alun Cairns has been the frontrunner, as I mentioned earlier, although there has been some concern in government circles of the reshuffle leaving North Wales under-represented. Perhaps Guto Bebb, from Aberconwy, should check his 'phone is fully charged too.
Mr Crabb is expected to strike a different tone. The ministerial Jag may go. He will focus on welfare reform. Opponents expect him to be more pragmatic in his approach to devolution. He will also be sensitive to any criticism of Welsh government performance being seen as a "war on Wales".
Mr Crabb will also, you will be excited to hear, the first Conservative cabinet minister with a beard for more than a century. I'm grateful to the Conservative History Group, who tweeted: "The last Tory cabinet minister with a beard was 4th Earl of Onslow (president of board of agriculture until March 1905)".
And Mr Crabb will be grateful to famous beardie Keith Flett, who tweeted: "He will of course have full Beard Liberation Front support should be be appointed."


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SDSU Head Coach Scott Nagy Discusses Summit League Championship Win
Scott Nagy and the SDSU JackRabbit Men's Basketball team punched their second strait ticket to the NCAA Tournament with a win in the Summit League Tournament Championship Game.
He joined Jeff Thurn to talk about that game as well as the future for this team in the tournament.
Take a listen...


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CListCtrl Class
Encapsulates the functionality of a "list view control," which displays a collection of items each consisting of an icon (from an image list) and a label.
class CListCtrl : public CWnd
In addition to an icon and label, each item can have information displayed in columns to the right of the icon and label. This control (and therefore the CListCtrl class) is available only to programs running under Windows 95/98 and Windows NT version 3.51 and later.
The following is a brief overview of the CListCtrl class. For a detailed, conceptual discussion, see Using CListCtrl and Controls.
List view controls can display their contents in four different ways, called "views."
Icon view
Each item appears as a full-sized icon (32 x 32 pixels) with a label below it. The user can drag the items to any location in the list view window.
Small icon view
Each item appears as a small icon (16 x 16 pixels) with the label to the right of it. The user can drag the items to any location in the list view window.
List view
Each item appears as a small icon with a label to the right of it. Items are arranged in columns and cannot be dragged to any location in the list view window.
Report view
Each item appears on its own line, with additional information arranged in columns to the right. The leftmost column contains the small icon and label, and subsequent columns contain subitems as specified by the application. An embedded header control (class CHeaderCtrl) implements these columns. For more information on the header control and columns in a report view, see Using CListCtrl: Adding Columns to the Control (Report View).
Also see:
Knowledge Base article Q250614: HOWTO: Sort Items in a CListCtrl in Report View
Knowledge Base article Q200054: PRB: OnTimer() Is Not Called Repeatedly for a List Control
The style of the control's current list view determines the current view. For more information on these styles and their usage, see Using CListCtrl: Changing List Control Styles.
Extended Styles
In addition to the standard list styles, class CListCtrl supports a large set of extended styles, providing enriched functionality. Some examples of this functionality include:
Hover selection
When enabled, allows automatic selection of an item when the cursor remains over the item for a certain period of time.
Virtual list views
When enabled, allows the control to support up to DWORD items. This is possible by placing the overhead of managing item data on the application. Except for the item selection and focus information, all item information must be managed by the application. For more information, see Using CListCtrl: Virtual List Controls.
One– and two– click activation
When enabled, allows hot tracking (automatic highlighting of the item text) and one– or two– click activation of the highlighted item.
Drag and drop column ordering
When enabled, allows drag-and-drop reordering of columns in a list view control. Only available in report view.
For information on using these new extended styles, see Using CListCtrl: Changing List Control Styles.
Items and Subitems
Each item in a list view control consists of an icon (from an image list), a label, a current state, and an application-defined value (referred to as "item data"). One or more subitems can also be associated with each item. A "subitem" is a string that, in report view, can be displayed in a column to the right of an item's icon and label. All items in a list view control must have the same number of subitems.
Class CListCtrl provides several functions for inserting, deleting, finding, and modifying these items. For more information, see CListCtrl::GetItem, CListCtrl::InsertItem, and CListCtrl::FindItem, Using CListCtrl: Adding Items to the Control, and Using CListCtrl: Scrolling, Arranging, Sorting, and Finding in List Controls.
By default, the list view control is responsible for storing an item's icon and text attributes. However, in addition to these item types, class CListCtrl supports "callback items." A "callback item" is a list view item for which the application — rather than the control — stores the text, icon, or both. A callback mask is used to specify which item attributes (text and/or icon) are supplied by the application. If an application uses callback items, it must be able to supply the text and/or icon attributes on demand. Callback items are helpful when your application already maintains some of this information. For more information, see Using CListCtrl: Callback Items and the Callback Mask.
Image Lists
The icons, header item images, and application– defined states for list view items are contained in several image lists (implemented by class CImageList), which you create and assign to the list view control. Each list view control can have up to four different types of image lists:
Large icon
Used in the icon view for full-sized icons.
Small icon
Used in the small icon, list, and report views for smaller versions of the icons used in the icon view.
Application-defined state
Contains state images, which are displayed next to an item's icon to indicate an application-defined state.
Header item
Used in the report view for small images that appear in each header control item.
By default, a list view control destroys the image lists assigned to it when it is destroyed; however, the developer can customize this behavior by destroying each image list when it is no longer used, as determined by the application. For more information, see Using CListCtrl: List Items and Image Lists.
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See Also
ROWLIST Sample: Demonstrates Selecting Full Rows in List Views


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Friday, September 24, 2010
Flabbergasted Friday – How Did Our Ancestors Survive Lunch??
I'm having a ball transcribing the journals of my great grandmother, Elvirta Knutz. The "current" year is 1956. They loved to take "day trips", and pack their own lunches rather than eating at restaurants, in order to economize.
Each year they would visit the South Dakota State Fair at Huron. They'd make an incredibly fun day of it. My Aunt Mabel, the fourth of five children, told of how her mother would spend the whole day beforehand frying chicken and preparing potato salad, and then on the day of the trip, they'd get up early and pack everything they'd need into the trunk of the car, including the food, and drive to Huron. They'd spend all morning at the livestock barns and seeing all the machinery and other attractions, then take a break and head back to the car, where they'd sit in the hot early September sun, in the treeless parking lot, but oh, how that fried chicken and potato salad tasted so good!
Another time they took a "day trip" to Pierre, South Dakota, to watch the Oahe Dam being built. From their farm, it was close to a four-hour drive. After seeing the dam, and touring the general area, they found a lovely riverside park, where they… you guessed it… pulled their lunch from the trunk and ate it. Afterwards, they toured the Capital building, made several stops on their way home, and once there, pulled the remainder of the lunch from the car and finished it off.
Having my formal education in the field of microbiology, I was appalled, but apparently, this was not an uncommon practice. The New England Journal of Medicine, in the November 19, 1953 issue, published a report by Dr. K. F. Meyer stating that contamination with E. coli, Clostridium perfringens (the bug you get from improperly canned foods), among other nasty little germs, "has been implicated in food-poisoning outbreaks." He goes on to say that "the true etiologic significance of the bacteria incriminated has never been satisfactorily proved." Yikes!
Many times, while going through very old death registers, I've seen cause of death attributed to diarrhea, or some vague stomach complaint. I wonder how many of these were caused by the family's lunch?
(Image courtesy of http://www.public-domain-image.com)
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As a kid we used to take picnic lunches on trip all the time. I don't recall eating out while taking days trips all that often. When we did it was a real treat. Now that you mention this....I'm really glad we have good ice chests these days!ReplyDelete
Hmmmm, never thought of it that way,ReplyDelete
I will now! LOL
Surprise, our generation, for the most part, survived.
Ditto Michelle tho, I kinda like my ice chests!
If they didn't survive, where would we be today? I always dreamed about time travel, but I know that if I went back in time I would probably drop dead of some small bacterium that our ancestors lived with everyday. Our world has become so sanitized, so overly cleansed, that now our immune systems react to every little germ.ReplyDelete
Interesting insight. I agree with Heather, we are super aware of every bacteria and germ. My M-in-L once mentioned to me how they didn't have refrigeration when she was a child, and they often reheated food that was just sitting around the kitchen for the day. On the colder winter days, food could be kept cool outside. Many people could and did survive those lunches, but not all...ReplyDelete
Growing up in the 1960's, mom would always pack a lunch for a day trip. We did have a round ice chest to keep things cool. We also had thermos bottles. I don't remember ANY of us getting sick. It seems like in recent years I have had more cases of food poisoning than at any other time in my life. Are you sure is was the packed lunches and not the food from eating out that caused food poisioning, even back then?ReplyDelete
The stories I'm referring to were NOT cool packed at all. Just put into a box in the trunk.ReplyDelete


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AUGUSTA – As if he doesn't have enough to juggle, with his transition and wrapping up two jobs, Gov.-elect Paul LePage sold his home this week and his family is preparing to move into the Blaine House.
It may have been tempting for LePage and his wife to stay in Waterville, 20 miles from Augusta. Angus King lived in Brunswick while he was governor. But that was never a consideration for LePage's family.
"They were always going to live in the Blaine House," Dan Demeritt, LePage's press secretary, said Wednesday.
The LePage family says it makes sense to live in the Blaine House because LePage, a self-described workaholic, will be putting in long hours and his commute will be a short walk to and from the State House, across the street.
The LePages' house in Waterville, which was in his wife's name, sold for $215,000, Demeritt said.
LePage will finish his dual jobs as mayor of Waterville and general manager of Marden's Surplus & Salvage by year's end.
LePage and his wife, Ann, will move into the seven-bedroom governor's mansion on Jan. 2, three days before the inauguration.
Joining them will be their 22-year-old daughter, Lauren; Ann's mother, Rita DeRosby; and their Jack Russell mixed-breed dog, Baxter.
Ann LePage and her mother will spend part of the winter in Florida.
The Blaine House was built by retired ship's captain James Hall in 1833, a year after the State House opened. It changed hands several times before being purchased by James G. Blaine, who went on to serve as U.S. House speaker and secretary of state. It was donated to the state by his daughter, Harriet Blaine Beale.
Since its donation as executive mansion, all governors have lived there except for King and James Longley, who commuted from Lewiston, said Earle Shettleworth, the state historian.
Like past residents, the LePage family will put its own mark on the house. LePage, an avid wood worker, wants to turn one of the garage bays into a woodworking shop, Demeritt said.
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Media Statements & Speeches
Commissioner Tony Clark Statement
May 16, 2013
Docket Nos. ER13-193-000 & ER13-196-000
Item No. E-1
ISO-NE Order No. 1000 Compliance Filing
In addition to those reasons more fully explained in my previous dissents, I am dissenting from this ISO-New England (ISO-NE) Order No. 1000 compliance filing because of a new wrinkle not present in previous Order No. 1000 filings. Specifically, I do not support the majoritys decision to overturn the Mobile-Sierra protection this Commission specifically granted to certain provisions in the ISO-NE 2004 Transmission Operating Agreement (TOA).
The issues raised are numerous, but suffice it to say I find the Commissions determination troubling in relation to the signals we are sending to the broader regulated community regarding Mobile-Sierra. I have concerns with the Commission too easily exercising its discretion to extend the public interest standard of review to non-contract rates, terms, and conditions. And yet, because the Commission chose to do just that when presented with the request in the 2004 TOA, it now finds itself in the untenable position of having to stretch to find a public interest finding to revoke the previously granted and protected provisions of the TOA.
To characterize it succinctly, I believe the Commission may have imprudently exercised its discretionary powers to grant the heightened Mobile-Sierra protection in the case of the TOA where it was clear that non-contract rates, terms and conditions were at issue. Now it must demonstrate why revocation of that heightened protection is justified. This is not easily done, and the Commissions decision in this order may establish a precedent whereby there are fluid and weak limiting principles by which Mobile-Sierra protection will be both granted and withdrawn. This undercuts the regulatory certainty that has until now been associated with Mobile-Sierra.
I am open to an analysis or argument that Rights of First Refusal provisions for economic projects may inhibit competition and thus result in rates that are unjust and unreasonable under the ordinary just and reasonable standard alone. However, there is a larger burden associated with the public interest application of the just and reasonable standard of review.
The Supreme Court has set a high bar for this Commission to meet, and in my mind if we are to preserve the integrity of the Commissions Mobile-Sierra analysis, we must provide some evidence demonstrating real peril. Instead, the order today has reduced the heightened Mobile-Sierra standard to little more than the ordinary just and reasonable standard that was already used to support Order No. 1000. Where the Commission in TAPS identified a quantifiable amount of harm $200 billion or more in stranded costs (that justified modifying contracts after Order No. 888), here the Commission can only opine on the theoretical benefit that may result from having additional participants in the regional transmission planning process.
The arguments employed by the Commission in revoking the TOA Mobile-Sierra protections are all worthy of debate in the context of public policy, but the Commission lacks a more granular analysis or quantification of the extraordinary circumstances where the public will be severely harmed. (emphasis added) Without such analysis, I am uncomfortable crossing the public interest threshold.
For these reasons, I respectfully dissent from this order.


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TUCSON, Ariz. — Jason Scheer covers Arizona football for the Wildcat Authority and knows the team as well as anyone. We asked Scheer five questions to gain a better perspective on Utah's next opponent.
1. Arizona has some very good wins on its record, some tough losses and, most recently, a blowout loss to UCLA and a win over a terrible Colorado team. Where is this team at right now leading up to its matchup against Utah and what has contributed most to the team's inconsistency?
"It is really hard to describe where Arizona is right now because there has been a lot of inconsistency. What we do know is that the defense is likely going to struggle because, besides the power of the offense, that has been the most consistent part of the Wildcats this season. Rich Rodriguez took over a program that had little-to-no depth and there have been injuries on defense that have made it extremely difficult for Arizona to compete on that side of the ball.
"The UCLA game was easily the worst Arizona has played this season and much of that had to do with the simple fact that the Bruins were just more talented and bigger. Arizona got blown off the ball defensively and got down by so much so quickly that the offense became relatively predictable."
2. Rich Rodriguez has improved the team record-wise in his first year. What changes has he made to the program and are fans generally happy with what he's done so far?
"He gave Arizona an identity, which is something it never had with Mike Stoops. While Rodriguez wants his team to be better defensively, it is almost always going to be known for the pace and success it has on offense. It does something unique and Arizona has never really had an identity since the Dick Tomey era.
"In addition, Rodriguez has brought the message that he believes he can win at Arizona. He will be the first to tell everybody that it will not be easy, but he is believable when he says that it is possible. The players have brought in the most and that level of respect has not only benefitted Arizona this season, but will likely do the same in the future as well."
3. Arizona runs a very prolific offense. Can you describe the offense and who are the primary playmakers?
"The offense itself actually is not very difficult. It is based on being quick and catching the defense off guard while also executing flawlessly. The coaching staff is not afraid to call the same play multiple times in a row if it is having success and you will often see Arizona go to the same type of play until the defense stops it.
"The offense goes as Matt Scott and Ka'Deem Carey let it. If either struggles, the offense as a whole struggles. Arizona could probably survive an off night from Carey because Scott has been that good this season, but history has shown us that the Wildcats almost have no chance when Scott is struggling.
"Figuring he plays this weekend and is recovered from the concussion, Arizona's offensive success is largely going to be based on what he can do on Saturday."
4. The Wildcats have struggled on defense. Can you describe the type of defense Arizona runs and who are the primary playmakers on that side of the ball?
"Arizona runs a 3-3-5 defense that is very unique to the Pac-12 conference. It basically has three linemen that put pressure on the offensive line and create situations for blitzing linebackers and defensive backs. The biggest issue with the defense is that the line has struggled to maintain its presence in the gaps and put pressure on the opposing quarterback.
"In terms of playmakers, there are not a ton on defense. Jared Tevis is a walk-on safety, but has played very well despite being undersized. Marquis Flowers has moved from safety to linebacker and done pretty well there. The best player on defense is likely Tra'Mayne Bondurant. Arizona will use him to blitz quite a bit, but he can also drop back in coverage. If the defensive is successful, it usually means Bondurant had a great night."
5. This is obviously a huge game for Utah and will likely determine its bowl eligibility. How does Arizona regard Utah as an opponent and what does it need to accomplish to get out of Salt Lake City with a victory?
"I'm not sure I have heard Arizona speak as highly about an opponent as it has Utah this week. Every player and coach has said that Utah is likely the most physical opponent Arizona has faced this season and Rodriguez has been consistent in saying that Arizona needs to be mentally and physically tough to win.
"In order to win, Arizona has to contain the run. The game plan for each opponent the past few weeks has been to run right at Arizona and it has worked for the most part. It is easy to predict that John White will run right at Arizona and while it is unlikely the Wildcats can stop him, containment is a key to winning the game."
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posted by Thom Holwerda on Wed 15th Feb 2012 23:42 UTC
"Last week, I promised you an outline of the webOS governance model. Today, we're publishing that model and announcing the leaders of the Project Management Committees. As you will see below, we've based the model on the Apache Way." Open governance, something Android decidedly lacks. Too bad nobody (with money and factories) seems to give a toss about webOS. The world's an unfair place.


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The frustrating thing about the British heist flick "Wasteland" is how it creates two admirably entertaining storytelling strands — one a friendship saga, the other a robbery caper — yet can't merge the two successfully. We first meet Harvey (Luke Treadaway) in a bloodied, post-arrest state being attentively questioned by a detective (Timothy Spall), upon which we get the movie's story in flashback.
Harvey is a young ex-con who upon getting out of prison quickly reconnected with his best buddies and a former flame. But what was really on his mind is enlisting his mates in exacting revenge on the ruthless local drug kingpin (Neil Maskell) who framed him. Writer-director Rowan Athale's first feature does a solid job setting up the stakes: the difficulty of convincing others to pull off a dangerous stunt, the desperation inherent in depressed communities full of dashed hopes (in this case, an especially bleak Yorkshire) and even the sadistic nature of Harvey's adversary.
As the second half narrows its focus on the heist, however, things get increasingly convoluted and preposterous, as Athale attempts to graft a twist-laden, stylish, crime-of-the-century sheen on something slice-of-life and pulpy. The ambition gets in the way, leaving "Wasteland" more hollow than exhilarating.
MPAA Rating: No MPAA rating
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Joyce E. Dodge age 92, of St. James, died on Friday, Nov. 23, 2012 at Pleasant View Good Samaritan Center in Saint James.
Joyce E. Dodge age 92, of St. James, died on Friday, Nov. 23, 2012 at Pleasant View Good Samaritan Center in Saint James. Visitation is 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 30, 2012 at Sturm Funeral Home in St. James and resumes at the church one hour before the funeral. Funeral Services will be 10:30 a.m. at Augustana Lutheran Church, St. James on Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012 with Rev. Kathleen Ulland-Klinkner officiating. Burial will follow at Mt. Hope Cemetery, St. James. You may send the family condolences online at www.sturmfh.com. Arrangements are with Sturm Funeral Home in St. James.
Joyce Ethelyn Thulien was born January 13, 1920 in St. James to Ernest and Edna (Peterson) Thulien. She graduated from St. James High
School. On September 21, 1941 she married Noel Amos Dodge at Augustana Lutheran Church. She worked with her husband at their sewing machine and appliance store, Noel's Service. As an active member of Augustana Lutheran Church, Joyce served as president of the Ladies' Aid, was a member of WELCA, was a counselor for the Luther League youth group, taught Sunday School, played the organ, and sang in the church choir and with the Miriam Singers. Music was definitely her passion! She also enjoyed reading and sewing.
Joyce is survived by son, Noel "Nick" Dodge Jr., Fort Worth, Texas; grandsons,Troy and Bill (Barbara) Dodge; step-grandsons, Shane Nicastro and Nathan Bosdet; great grandsons, Peter and Griffin Dodge; step-great grandchildren, Mahogany, Unity, and Wintr Nicastro; brother-in-law, Harold Lutz, Minnetonka, and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Noel; daughter-in-law, Marlaina Weisl-Dodge; sisters, Alice (Bob) Chinberg, Marcella (Howard W. Nelson, Oliver H. Peterson) Nelson-Peterson, Avis (Dr. William) Wallick, and Elizabeth "Betty" Lutz.


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We don't always need shiny new technology to do amazing things around the world. As this edition of Digital Diversity shows, with some imagination everyday technology can be re-purposed to do extraordinary things. Brij Kothari of Planet Read shares how he got Bollywood to marry karaoke, and how it doubled the number of readers in Indian primary schools.
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By Brij Kothari
"My teacher comes to class, writes something on the board, goes to her office and snacks," explained Kavita, a resident of a slum in Ahmedabad, when I asked her why she couldn't read despite being in seventh grade. But here's the irony: she is one of the growing number of so-called 'literates' in India. According to the latest Census in 2011, 74% Indians, aged 7 and above, are "literate". So how many "literates" in India can actually read a simple text?
The numbers are disturbing. The education NGO Pratham's Annual Status of Education Report for 2011 found that in Class 5, a shocking 51.8% cannot read a Class 2 level text. Our own studies at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, further confirm that over 50% of 'literates' in India cannot read the headline of a newspaper.
Although, officially, India is home to 778 million "literates" and 273 million illiterates, what is glossed over is the fact that an estimated 389 million "literates" are, at best early-literate. How will the early-literate transition from basic alphabetic familiarity to functional reading ability?
In 1996, I was watching a DVD of Pedro Almodóvar's classic film, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, with some student friends in Ithaca, New York. The dialogue was in Spanish and the subtitles in English. An idea popped out of the idiot box. As a Spanish language learner, I wished the subtitles were also in Spanish. Then I said something casually – maybe India would become literate if Bollywood Hindi film songs on TV were shown with the lyrics subtitled in Hindi.
Same Language Subtitling – or 'SLS' – is simply the idea of subtitling audio-visual content in the 'same' language as the audio. What you hear is what you read. SLS suggests subtitling the lyrics of existing film songs and music-videos on television, in the language they are sung in. Hindi songs subtitled in Hindi. Tamil songs subtitled in Tamil, and so on in every language (India has 22 official languages). In other words, Bollywood film songs marry karaoke to produce mass literacy.
The idea of SLS builds on some key observations:
- Indians have a lifelong passion for Bollywood film songs
- Bollywood produces a 1000 films, and therefore, 5000 film songs a year in a variety of languages
- 740 million people already watch television where Bollywood content dominates
How does SLS work? SLS switches on lifelong and inescapable reading practice for millions of television viewers. The science underlying SLS is strong. Eye-tracking research from around the world has established that SLS causes an automatic and inescapable read-along response. Early-readers when exposed to SLS, try to read along, and in the process, find their reading skills improving. As viewers like to sing along to songs and are curious to know the song lyrics, reading skills are practiced subconsciously. Typically, a weak-reader faces a high motivational barrier to keep on reading when confronted with print. In the context of songs – marked by repetition, lyrics that can be anticipated, and subtitles that are sounded in the audio – the entry barrier to reading practice is significantly lowered.
For the nearly 200 million children in India's primary schools, the rudimentary alphabetic skills they pick up in school are practiced the same day at home while watching their favourite TV programmes. No additional effort or behavioural change is required. This constant and synchronous reinforcement of reading skills makes it difficult for a child to remain functionally illiterate by Class 5.
Independently collected data has shown that even 30 minutes of weekly SLS exposure over 3-5 years, as part of Bollywood film songs, more than doubles the number of functional readers in primary schools. Of course, SLS would be limited if the only reading it invites is song lyrics. As it turns out, the first thing that youth and adult functional literates tend to pick up in India are newspapers. To be seen reading a newspaper is infused with positive symbolism and status. Interestingly, newspaper reading among regular SLS-viewers shot up from 34% to 70% in five years. Furthermore, SLS makes a meaningful contribution to female literacy because Bollywood on TV has a higher female viewership.
SLS was first implemented on Gujarat state TV in 1999. That successful pilot led to another ongoing pilot on a nationally telecast Hindi film song programme, from 2002 to the present. Since 2006, SLS has also been piloted on one weekly programme each in 8 major languages, giving regular reading practice to an estimated 200 million early-readers. Today SLS seems on the verge of being scaled up nationally in collaboration with the Broadcasting Corporation of India, Prasar Bharati and the state TV network, Doordarshan.
On average, every dollar spent on SLS in India delivers 30 minutes of weekly reading practice to 5,000 weak-readers, for one year. With India on board, the cost-effectiveness of SLS established and none other than Bill Clinton calling SLS "A small thing that has a staggering impact on people's lives", I believe the time has come for our idea to travel all over the world.
If you'd like to learn more, visit PlanetRead or BookBox.
Brij Kothari co-founded PlanetRead and BookBox. He is a Schwab Social Entrepreneur, Ashoka Fellow, and Faculty, Indian Institute of Management in Ahmedabad.
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Harold S. Hall was born on June 23, 1915 in Newton, Kan., the son of Lyman R. Hall and Flora (Bachmann) Hall.
Although a skilled athlete in both baseball and tennis he opted for the more promising opportunities as a graduate of K.U. Lawrence in mining engineering. This led him to an adventurous and athletic life as a Topographic Field Engineer for the U.S. Geological Survey, Dept. of the Interior.
His career was interrupted by three years of service during World War II in the U.S Army Air Corps as an aviation meteorologist, in the Pacific Area of Operations.
In 1944 he married Miriam Gay Gulley of Farmerville, La. and after the war they embarked on the nomadic life of a topographical mapmaker, again in the employ of the Department of the Interior.
During his career with the Geological Survey he participated in revolutionary changes in methods and procedures for making topographical maps. As Field Project Engineer, Planning Engineer in the Office of Plans and Program Development, District Engineer, and Chief of the Branch of Plans and Production, Mr. Hall received a Meritorious Service Award from the Department of the Interior.
In 1976 Mr. Hall retired from the Mid-Continent Maping Center and returned to his love of tennis, travel and life with Mimi.
Mr. Hall died at his home overlooking the Mississippi river in Louisiana on Nov. 22, and is survived by his wife Mimi, his son Ralph L. Hall and wife, MeChelle, of Gainesville, Fla., daughters Mary Dee Brown and husband, Bruce, of St. Louis, and Flora Ann Klenklen and husband, Stephen, of Kansas City; and grandsons, Street Lloyd Brown, G. Mason Klenklen, and Anton Dalton Hall.
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Hunter Jumper the Man of the Moment
Friday's 1-0 victory over Sporting KC marked only the second start of second-year Fire defender Hunter Jumper's MLS career. In his first, the University of Virginia product bagged an assist back in April's 3-1 win over New York, on Friday he somewhat awkwardly headed home the game's only goal and a dramatic celebration ensued.
"It was fantastic, such a center back goal," said fellow center back and roommate Austin Berry post-game. "I know how it's been the last couple years – it's been hard not knowing when he's going to get his opportunity but the kid has a fantastic attitude, he's come in and worked every single day."
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Last May, Berry scored his first career goal in a 2-1 victory over Chivas USA -- a match that head coach Frank Klopas was suspended for. Interestingly Jumper replicated the feat on Friday night with Klopas suspended again.
assistant head coach on the night, Mike Matkovich praised the second-year defender's performance.
"You know how it is as a reserve, you get your moment, his chance. We talked before the game about guys having opportunities -- we needed three big points and here it was. The guy played like a veteran tonight, I'm so happy and proud of him. He was focused, we kept things simple for him and I think on the night he scored a goal. He's gotta be Man of the Match in my eyes."
No worries Matko, Fire supporters texted in and overwhelmingly gave Jumper that honor, while post-game Berry spear-headed getting the team to sign a game-ball to commemorate his first professional goal.
First Clean Sheet Since…
Friday's win marked the team's first clean sheet in two-and-a-half months, with the last coming in a 2-0 victory over D.C. United on June 2.
Asked by MLSsoccer.com's Anthony Zilis how long it had been since the last one, Matkovich cut into his question and quipped, "Its 11 [games], I counted. I know, trust me."
"I think we kept things tight. They hit a cross bar, we had a breakaway, you know how it is in this game – you take your chances, you don't. For the most part we were pretty strong defensively. We kept things simple, early in the game we tried to play in their half, push the lines higher and I thought we stayed with the game plan."
Milestone Days for Segares, Nyarko
Longtime Fire players Gonzalo Segares and Patrick Nyarko both hit career milestones for the club on the night.
Segares moved into an elite group of five other Fire players, earning his 200th MLS appearance since first joining the club in 2005. The Costa Rican now sits tied for fifth all-time with Jesse Marsch and trails just Chris Armas (214), Zach Thornton (215), Logan Pause (270) and C.J. Brown (296).
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"I'm very excited. I've been part of this organization for a long time and now in MLS it's hard to stay in a team for so long. I'm very honored and humbled to be part of that group with Jesse, C.J., Chris, Logan and Zack. It's a special group and I'm glad that I'm part of it."
Meanwhile Nyarko's return to the field for the first time since suffering concussion symptoms in the side's U.S. Open Cup semifinal defeat to D.C. united on August 7 marked the Ghanaian winger's 150th career MLS appearance.
Nyarko was surprised when asked if he knew about the milestone post-game saying, "No. Wow. I feel blessed being able to stay healthy most of the time. To get 150 is a lot. The opportunity the club has given me is a blessing to pursue the entire length of my career here. I appreciate everything they've done for me and I hope to repay them."


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Seriously, a billion dollars for the Cubs? I guess losses are the new wins.
If they treated this bidding war like it ought to be, they'd dust off Bob Barker, prop him up and settle this like men, "Price is Right" style. Preferably with that mountain climber game. Yodel-leh, yodel-lee!
Welcome to this brunch edition of From the Cubicle. I opted for the fruit salad at the usual Wednesday buffet spread in the newsroom, since the line at the omelet station was backed up with people I'm not sure even work here. (Actually, I imagined that entire scenario. But I might submit that idea to Sam Zell.)
Tough, young right-hander Edinson Volquez (4-1, 1.27) goes for the Reds today against the much more wizened Jon Lieber, who's making his first start of the season for your million-dollar babies.
Volquez beat the Cubs at Wrigley Field on April 17, back when the Chicago police department was still culling the herd of North Side mountain lions.
The lineups are in! The lineups are in! Alfonso Soriano gets the day off. And frankly, with the way he had been going since coming back, Lou Piniella could've put one of the White Sox's blowup dolls out there and no one would've noticed the difference. Reed Johnson takes his place. Felix Pie is in center and Ronny Cedeno at second, which means no Mark DeRosa and Mike Fontenot again.
Comcast just showed some solid video. Cincy mascot Mr. Redlegs took a big spill off the back of a golf cart, driven by the other mascot, speeding around the warning track. Lost his big baseball head and everything. He looked pretty shaken up and was clutching his actual head in pain but that didn't stop Dan Plesac from having a big laugh at him. Hopefully that'll be on YouTube within the hour.
Baseball soon. They should play get-away-day games in Cincinnati at 8 a.m. The sooner you get the game done, the sooner you get out of that town.
First inning
It's raining in Chicago, the sun is peaking out in Cincinnati, Bob Brenly just quoted extensively from Joni Mitchell's "Big Yellow Taxi" while talking about Aramis Ramirez's return to the lineup last night and we're ready to go. Here's Reed Johnson. No, wait, here's Reed Johnson. Where's Reed Johnson? What is the holdout? The Reds are just now taking the field at 11:36 of this scheduled 11:35 a.m. start. And finally without further delay, here's Reed Johnson and he takes a fastball for strike one. Johnson grounds out to short. Ryan Theriot ducks out of the way of a high fastball and eventually draws a walk. To my untrained eye, it looks like the book on Derrek Lee is the low strike at his knees. He's taken a lot of them for strikes lately. Lee grounds to third where Edwin Encarnacion starts a 5-4-3, inning-ending double play.
Nipper, to answer your question, I think I'll split time between both parents. I'll be here during the week, so I can continue to collect a paycheck, and then spend the weekends with the Cubs. They let me sleep in and watch cartoons. And to answer the question about why Soriano doesn't play second, well, because he plays second like he plays left field, which is why he was moved to the outfield years ago. Lieber fans Corey Patterson on three pitches. Seen that movie before. Here's Jerry Hairston Jr., whose only real talent when he played with the Cubs, if memory serves, was getting the occassional heave-ho. Hairston breaks his bat and sends a one-hop bloop just to the outfield grass where Ryan Theriot is able to field it but Hairston beats the throw. Ken Griffey Jr. flies out to Pie. Brandon Phillips grounds out to short to end the first.
No score
Second inning
Aramis Ramirez pops out in foul ground next to first. Kosuke Fukudome grounds towards first. Joey Votto charges, flips the ball out of his glove to Volzquez covering the bag for a nifty play. Geovany Soto draws a two-out walk. Cedeno flies out to Patterson in center.
Am I the only one who stills laughs at that one Geico dancing caveman commercial? "Baltimore's a great place to pick up dance steps. Lotta heal work." Yeah, I guess I am. Votto leads off the second with a deep home run to right. Adam Dunn, who hits a home run every time he plays the Cubs, does it again, putting another one way up in the right-field bleachers. Encarnacion pops up to second and doesn't even bother to run. Had no clue where the ball went. What's the deal? Paul Bako hits a homer to right. More fireworks. Three lefties take Lieber deep in the span of four batters. The pitcher Volquez lines a single to center and Larry Rothschild quickly picks up the dugout phone to order up some appetizers. Sean Marshall hustles to duty out in the pen. With Patterson at the plate, Soto is almost standing up in his squat. They know he has trouble laying off the high stuff. Patterson takes a fastball on the outside corner for strike three. Hairston Jr. sends one deep to left for the fourth homer of the inning, this one a two-run dong just inside the foul pole. Here's Griffey Jr., which raises the question, is this the first time two Juniors and sons of former big leaguers have batted back to back in a lineup? Junior grounds into the shift but it dies in shallow right for a single. Phillips, the ninth Red to bat in the inning, falls behind 1-2. Phillips grounds to short to end this Lieber misadventure that was the second inning.
Reds 5, Cubs 0
Third inning
Memo from the department of office annoyances, titled of personal calls, gum cracking and whistling. Personal calls, fine. They're inevitable and often keep you sane during the work day. But let's keep the volume down, OK? As for the last two, who does either that isn't a.) 11 years old or b.) has at one time in been involuntarily committed to an institution? Pie strikes out swinging. Mike Fontenot bats for Lieber, who didn't even make a plate appearance in this one. According to Len Kasper and the Reds PR guy, the four homers in an inning ties the Reds record. Also the only other Cubs pitcher to allow four in an inning was the immortal Phil Norton back in 2000. Fontenot walks. Volquez nearly drills Johnson. Also, Brenly took a shot at Corey Patterson, pointing out the Reds have seven hits in the game but Patterson is 0-for-2 with two strikeouts. Johnson strikes out swinging at a slider. Theriot singles to right. Fontenot stops at second. Lee hits it off the pitcher but it bounces right to the second baseman Phillips, who steps on the bag to force out Theriot.
Sean Marshall is the new pitcher. Fontenot stays in to play second, Cedeno moves over to short. Theriot sits. Votto walks. With Dunn up, Votto takes off for second. Soto's throw sails into center but Pie was there backing up, keeping Votto at second. That was all on Marshall, Brenly says. Dunn fans, as he sometimes does. I hear we were having some technical difficulties. I hope they've been fixed. If not, you'll never see what I just wrote about us having some difficulties. Encarnacion walks and Marshall has picked up right where Lieber left off, minus the four homers. Bako pops out to Pie in shallow center. Anyone noticed how any flyball to left last night no matter how routine, Pie sprinted over to backup Soriano. At one point, Soriano turned and said something to him. Marshall strikes out the pitcher to end the third.
Reds 5, Cubs 0
Fourth inning
Ramirez singles to center. Fukudome, who hasn't had a hit in three games, pops out to short. With a full count to Soto, Bako trots out to talk to Volquez. It falls on deaf ears; Soto walks. Cedeno strikes out. Pie fans for the second time today and Volquez is really having his way with the Cubs lineup.
Patterson pops out, which is his other move besides striking out. Hairston fouls off a full-count pitch and the rain starts to fall. Hairston grounds out to short. Now the wind's really picked up, sending mullets flying and flapping all over Southwest Ohio. Junior flies out to center and the Reds go down in order for the first time today.
Reds 5, Cubs 0
Fifth inning
Fonteno takes a called third strike. I check the Cincy radar. Volquez fans Johnson for his fourth straight. Marshall ends that streak with a single to right. Lee singles to left. With two on and two outs, Ramirez strikes out swinging and this game's official.
Phillips turns on a Marshall meatball and bangs it off the left-field foul pole for another homer, the Reds', oh, fifth of the day. Here we go again, Votto blasts one deep to center for his second of the day. The Reds are going to have to send an intern across the river to Kentucky to load up on some more fireworks. Dunn walks. And so does Lou Piniella, out to the mound to get Marshall. Enter the other Sean, Gallagher. Encarnacion pops up in the middle of the diamond and Gallagher takes it himself. Bako, a regular Big Red hit machine these days, bloops a single to left. Volquez bunts both runners along. The rain's still falling and doesn't look like it's going to let up anytime soon. Fontenot robs Patterson of a hit and probably two RBI's with a diving stop to his right. He gets out of the mud and throws out the runner to end the inning. But seven runs on six homers for the Reds.
Reds 7, Cubs 0
Sixth inning
Sorry for the technical problems we had with our servers. If you're still with us, welcome back. You didn't miss much. Fukudome flies out to center. Soto strikes out swinging. That's eight for Volquez. Cedeno bounces back to Volquez, who drops the ball but has time to recover and make the throw for the third out.
Now my emails are getting bounced back? Frank Chance, my email should work. At least, I hope it works. Try it again. Hairston Jr. flies out to Fukudome. Junior bounces out to Lee. Phillips shoots a single pas a diving Lee. Phillips appears to have hurt himself running to first. He'll stay in there after the trainer checks on him. Votto goes the other way to left-center for his third homer of the game. The 150 wet people still at the GAP want a curtain call and Votto obliges. Votto's hit one to right, dead center and now left and has gotten each Cubs pitcher. Dunn walks again. Encarnacion singles to left just out of the reach of a diving Ramirez. Rothschild goes out to the mound. What do you say at this point, 'Hey, we've got a plane to catch'? Bako strikes out but the Reds add to their homer total. That's now nine runs on seven of 'em.
Reds 9, Cubs 0
Seventh inning
Ryan Freel replaces Phillips at second. Dusty keeps Volquez out there having thrown 90-somethingn pitches in a 9-0 game. Whether you believe Baker over-uses his pitchers or not, it'll be interesting to see if Volquez and Johnny Cueto go the way of Kerry Wood and Mark Prior. Pie strikes out. Fontenot walks. Johnson grounds into a fielder's choice. Daryle Ward hits for Gallagher. The count goes full and Ward walks. That's 114 pitches for Volquez and Brenly's getting on Dusty for leaving him in there. Now there's some action in the Reds' pen. Reds pitching coach and former Cubs bump on a log Dick Pole goes out to the mound to give the bullpen some more time. Volquez strikes out Lee swinging on his 118th and most likely last pitch of the afternoon.
Bob Howry joins the party. Ward stays in to play first for Lee. Mark DeRosa replaces Ramirez at third. Scott Hatteberg hits for Volquez, who struck out 10, walked six and allowed four hits in seven innings. Hatteberg grounds out. Patterson, 0-for-4 and hitting .191, looks like he's actually regressed since his time with the Cubs. He singles through the hole on the right side. Hairston pops up a full count pitch for the second out. Junior dumps a bloop single to center. Patterson takes third. Freel grounds out to DeRosa at third.
Reds 9, Cubs 0
Eighth inning
David Weathers is the Reds' new pitcher. DeRosa grounds out. Fukudome beats out a grounder in the hole for an infield single. Henry Blanco hits for Soto. Dunn robs Blanco of an extra-base hit with a running catch on the warning track. Cedeno flies out to Junior, who then trots over to the wall to hand the ball to a young child. He poses for a few cell phone pictures and we got to commercial.
Here's new Cubs Killer Joey Votto with a chance for his fourth homer, which would tie the record held by, among others, such all-time greats as Bob Horner and Hard Hittin' Mark Whiten. Michael Wuertz is the new Cubs pitcher and he's the first guy on the staff to get Votto out today. Votto grounds weakly to short. And I'm outta here. No, no I'm not. Dunn strikes out swinging. Phillips flies out to center and we move to the ninth with the Cubs trailing by nine runs.
Reds 9, Cubs 0
Jeremy Affeldt will try to finish off the Cubs in the ninth. Pie grounds out. Fontenot walks for the third time today. Affeldt throws one in the dirt that takes a wicked hop right into the groin of home plate ump Bill Welke. He goes down in a heap and that pretty much sums up the afternoon for the Cubs. Johnson strikes out. Depending on how you look at it, Ward either keeps the slim hopes alive or prolongs the agony with a single to left. Alfonso Soriano hits for the pitcher and bounces out to third. Ball game. More fireworks in Cincinnati.
Final: Reds 9, Cubs 0
So Volquez and Votto do a number on the Cubs, who limp home for a series with one of the best teams in baseball and the team that humiliated them in last year's playoffs, the Arizona Diamondbacks. See you Friday. Thanks for reading.


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Aligot: in this Auvergne regional French potato dish the potatoes are not sautéed as in Truffade but mashed. It lines your stomach like a four-tog duvet against the winter cold.
Mashed potato doesn't really cover it as a description: although the potatoes are mashed, combined with a local cheese... a fresh 'Tomme'. You work the potato and other ingredients together until it's stretchy. It's known rather romantically in France as the 'ribbon of friendship'.
In Aubrac and Aurillac (where they have an annual street theatre festival) you will find it sold in the market place in huge cast iron frying pans or deep pots, lifting it again and again, displaying it's gaping trails of cheese...
Aligot recipe
1 kilo of floury potatoes, peeled and cut into small chunks
2 cloves of garlic, peeled and crushed
100g of butter
400g of fresh Tomme cheese, cut into small slices (leave it out of the fridge for at least two hours before using); up the proportion of cheese if you like it really stretchy!
200g of thick creme fraiche
Salt and Pepper to season
Boil the potatoes in salted water with the garlic cloves for 15 -20 minutes. When cooked, take out the garlic cloves.
Put the potatoes through a ricer (better than a masher as it stops the potatoes becoming too glutinous).
Keep back a little of the cooking water to obtain the correct consistency. Aligot is all about texture, it really depends on the type of potatoes you use too. It must not be too liquid or too stiff.
Then progressively add the butter, creme fraiche, cheese over a simmering flame. You must whip the ingredients together with a wooden spoon energetically, working it back and forth to aerate the mixture.
You season and can add some more crushed garlic at the end.
My pictures don't really do justice to this dish, I should have shown the elastic quality of the cheese but only had one set of hands!


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NoteSpecialty flours added to yeast bread recipes will result in a reduced volume and a heavier product.
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The jaunt to the store ensures that you get the specific ingredient the recipe calls for. But, it can also take valuable time and energy you might not have.
Ingredient substitution - or using similar ingredients that perform the same function in a food - is the easiest alternative. The key to success with ingredient substitution is being able to put your finger on the information when you need it. The following information is designed to help you do just that.
Many substitutions are simply another form of the needed ingredient. For example, 1/8 teaspoon of garlic powder can be substituted for one small garlic clove. These simple substitutions are called equivalents because the ingredients are similar. When equivalent ingredients are substituted, very little, if any, change will be noticed in the finished product.
Another type of substitution involves using an ingredient with properties similar to the ingredient called for in the recipe. An example would be substituting plain yogurt for sour cream in a salad dressing.
Each ingredient in a recipe has a specific function. Therefore, this kind of substitution can result in a product with different quality characteristics. This means that flavor, color or texture of the product may change because of an ingredient substitution. For this reason, we suggest that this kind of substitution be done only in an emergency.
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If you read between the lines of my Unreal Tournament III review, I think you'll find that what I'm really saying is that I liked it because I was good at it, which is not often the case with these things. I don't last a second in Tom Clancy games, or even Halo. Only once in my life have I been truly skilled at a game, better than most people, and that game was Quake II CTF. Playing UTIII reminded me a lot of those days. The rocket launcher feels almost exactly the same, even with a control pad. And so if these days I'm not really looking for the kind of gameplay you find in these skill-based multiplayer games, at least this one didn't grind me into a pulpy mess beneath the other players' boots. Hence, a positive review.
Is that cynical?
Wednesday, January 02, 2008
Killing spree!
Posted by Mitch Krpata at 8:56 AM
Labels: PlayStation 3, Reviews, Unreal Tournament III
2 comments:
- Johnson said...
Granted, I'm always out of the loop on these things, but what's up with the numbering of the titles? Didn't it go something like UT, UTII, UT2k3, UT2k5, and now UTII?
- Mitch Krpata said...
Wikipedia says this is the fourth Unreal Tournament game, but there were also the more traditional Unreal games and something called Unreal Championship. This is all new to me. I hadn't paid attention since the original UT.
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Google sells Motorola to Lenovo
Less than three years after Google bought mobile phone manufacturer Motorola – it has sold the company to Chinese firm Lenovo.
The search engine paid around £7.5 billion for the firm but has only managed to get £1.8 billion from the sale to Lenovo. It means that, although Google isn't short of money, it has made a substantial loss by buying and then selling the smartphone maker. The move also sees the American company admit defeat and resign to the fact that it couldn't make a success of Motorola's handsets.
However, there could be good news yet for the search-engine giant. As part of the deal, Google has kept ownership of the "vast majority of the Motorola patent portfolio," which is thought to amount to around 10,000 patents.
Google's chief executive Larry Page said: "Lenovo has the expertise and track record to scale Motorola Mobility into a major player within the Android ecosystem. This move will enable Google to devote our energy to driving innovation across the Android ecosystem, for the benefit of smartphone users everywhere."
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