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This is one more dish that required some getting used to from me. First of all, I had never eaten anything like this before. Secondly, it is eaten with jaggery syrup and fresh butter. "Sorry, with what???", was my first reaction when I saw that combination. The last but not the least, considering that it's an everyday breakfast dish and not a festive sweet, the amount of coconut that goes into it is shocking.
In the beginning of my marriage, I generally used to find the amount of coconut being used in Konkani kitchens really objectionable. I mean, how can you treat coconut(!) just like any other ingredient? How can you finish one entire coconut in a day's cooking????? I must say that it does not disturb me any longer. One reason is habit. Another one is that the consumption of coconut around me has also gone down in the last few years. Because the doctors are shouting 'Cholesterol' clear and loud. :)
Also, I have learnt to respect other cuisines much more. All said and done, some of the dishes in the Konkani cuisine are just unique. For example, Undi. You don't come across dishes like this every day. Neither the combination of accompaniments. Earlier, it was a strict no-no in my kitchen. However, nowadays, I make it once in a while. So that I continue the tradition. So that my daughter gets to know her father's cuisine as well as her mother's. So that me carrying the surname 'Kamath' has more meaning to it.
And cholesterol can wait. I am not going to the gym for nothing, am I? :)
Left to right: Grated fresh coconut and raw rice
Recipe for Undi (pronounced Oun-deeh)
Makes 20 pingpong-sized balls (Serves 2-3)
2 cups raw rice (not parboiled)
1 cup grated fresh coconut
1 tsp salt (or to taste)
2 tbsp oil
½ tsp mustard seeds
½ tsp fenugreek seeds
1 tsp Urad dal (You could use a sprig of curry leaves instead.)
For the jaggery syrup (Ravo in Konkani):
1 cup jaggery
approx. ½ cup water (Sorry, I do not have exact quantity of water for this one. I will update the post when I make it next time.)
Powder from 4-5 cardamom seeds
1. Soak rice in water for two hours. You could soak it for longer, although it's not really necessary. Actually, in case you are in a hurry, and own a good heavy-duty grinder, then soaking the rice only for 30 minutes suffices too.
2. Grind the soaked rice with grated coconut to a coarse batter. The ground granules of rice should be the size of Idli Rawa or coarse semolina granules.
3. Transfer this batter to another vessel. Add one of water to the grinder, shake, and add this water to the batter. (How much more economical can you get? :) Add salt, and give the mixture a thorough stir.
4. In a thick-bottomed pan or a non-stick Kadhai (I used the latter.), heat the oil. Add mustard seeds. Once they begin to splutter, add the fenugreek seeds and Urad dal/curry leaves.
5. Once all mustard seeds have popped, and the fenugreek seeds are a shade of golden brown, add the prepared batter. Cook it uncovered on medium-high heat until much water evaporates and the mixture turns into a thick mass, that is too difficult to be stirred with a spatula.
6. Take the pan off heat and let the mixture in it cool.
7. Divide the cooled mixture into 20 portions and shape these into flattish balls. Press one of the flat sides with a finger to make a depression, so that the centre too cooks well.
Undi ready to be steamed in a pressure-cooker
8. Arrange all these balls in a vessel that fits into your pressure cooker. Alternatively, you could arrange the balls on your Idli stand or on the perforated sheet that comes with your Idli steamer (Pedavan in Konkani).
9. Fill your pressure cooker / Idli steamer with enough water and heat it. Once the water starts boiling, place the vessel / stand with Undi in it. Cover and steam the Undi for good 20 minutes. No shortcuts here. Or else, the Undi will stay unpleasantly uncooked.
10. While the Undi are steaming, you could prepare the jaggery syrup by combining the jaggery and water, and cooking on medium heat until the mixture reaches the consistency of honey. Take the syrup off heat and add powdered cardamom seeds to it.
Serve warm Undi with the jaggery syrup and fresh home-made butter (at room temperature) . The way to eat it is by dipping Undi in the butter first and then into the Ravo/jaggery syrup. The morsel that lands into your mouth is sure to make you look forward to the rest of the day. No, really, I have experienced it. :)
Undi served with jaggery syrup. A simple yet exquisite breakfast.
Since this breakfast dish requires a lot of preparation, it is advisable to do most of it the previous evening. Usually, I finish the preparation until Step 7 the previous night and store the unsteamed Undi in the refrigerator in a container with a tight lid. I prepare the jaggery syrup too (Step 10) the earlier night; it stays fresh outside the fridge for several days. The following morning, I just steam the Undi and voila...breakfast is ready.
Hope you Guys try out this dish and like it. Hope Ashwini likes it too. As my entry, although late, to Jihva for Coconut. :)
And before I leave, let me wish All of You a very Happy New Year!


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June 19, 2013 + Homily on the Ascension of Christ
St. Leo the Great (taken from Sermon 73 – First Sermon On the Lord's Ascension)
I. The events recorded as happening after the Resurrection were intended to convince us of its truth. Since the blessed and glorious Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ, whereby the Divine power in three days raised the true Temple of God, which the wickedness of the Jews had overthrown, the sacred forty days, dearly-beloved, are today ended, which by most holy appointment were devoted to our most profitable instruction, so that, during the period that the Lord thus protracted the lingering of His bodily presence, our faith in the Resurrection might be fortified by needful proofs. For Christ's Death had much disturbed the disciples' hearts, and a kind of torpor of distrust had crept over their grief-laden minds at His torture on the cross, at His giving up the ghost, at His lifeless body's burial. For, when the holy women, as the Gospel-story has revealed, brought word of the stone rolled away from the tomb, the sepulchre emptied of the body, and the angels bearing witness to the living Lord, their words seemed like ravings to the Apostles and other disciples. Which doubtfulness, the result of human weakness, the Spirit of Truth would most assuredly not have permitted to exist in His own preacher's breasts, had not their trembling anxiety and careful hesitation laid the foundations of our faith. It was our perplexities and our dangers that were provided for in the Apostles: it was ourselves who in these men were taught how to meet the cavillings of the ungodly and the arguments of earthly wisdom. We are instructed by their lookings, we are taught by their hearings, we are convinced by their handlings. Let us give thanks to the Divine management and the holy Father who allowed the necessary slowness of belief. Others doubted, that we might not doubt.
II. And therefore they are in the highest degree instructive. Those days, therefore, dearly-beloved, which intervened between the Lord's Resurrection and Ascension did not pass by in uneventful leisure, but great mysteries were ratified in them, deep truths revealed. In them the fear of awful death was removed, and the immortality not only of the soul but also of the flesh established. In them, through the Lord's breathing upon them, the Holy Ghost is poured upon all the Apostles, and to the blessed Apostle Peter beyond the rest the care of the Lord's flock is entrusted, in addition to the keys of the kingdom. Then it was that the Lord joined the two disciples as a companion on the way, and, to the sweeping away of all the clouds of our uncertainty, upbraided them with the slowness of their timorous hearts. Their enlightened hearts catch the flame of faith, and lukewarm as they have been, are made to burn while the Lord unfolds the Scriptures. In the breaking of bread also their eyes are opened as they eat with Him: how far more blessed is the opening of their eyes, to whom the glorification of their nature is revealed than that of our first parents, on whom fell the disastrous consequences of their transgression.
III. They prove the Resurrection of the flesh. And in the course of these and other miracles, when the disciples were harassed by bewildering thoughts, and the Lord had appeared in their midst and said, "Peace be unto you" , that what was passing through their hearts might not be their fixed opinion (for they thought they saw a spirit not flesh), He refutes their thoughts so discordant with the Truth, offers to the doubters' eyes the marks of the cross that remained in His hands and feet, and invites them to handle Him with careful scrutiny, because the traces of the nails and spear had been retained to heal the wounds of unbelieving hearts, so that not with wavering faith, but with most steadfast knowledge they might comprehend that the Nature which had been lain in the sepulchre was to sit on God the Father's throne...
Translated by Charles Lett Feltoe. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Second Series, Vol. 12. Edited by Philip Schaff and Henry Wace. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1895.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight.
Apostle Jude the Brother of the Lord
Divinely we praise you, O Jude, as a faithful witness, knowing you to be the brother of Christ. You trampled on delusion, and so preserved the faith. Today as we celebrate your holy memory, by your intercessions we receive remission of sins.
Kontakion, Tone 2
You were chosen as a disciple for your firmness of mind: an unshakable pillar of the Church of Christ, you proclaimed His word to the Gentiles, telling them to believe in one Godhead. You were glorified by Him, receiving the grace of healing, healing the ills of all who came to you, O most praised Apostle Jude!


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A risque video featuring Elise Mosca in lingerie became a hot topic Wednesday on local talk radio and social media, and the controversy could possibly cost the first-grade teacher her job with the Wilkes-Barre Area School District.
Mosca, 27, has been on an unpaid leave from her job at Heights Elementary School since September, and her fame as a celebrity is rising after appearances this month on two pre-recorded episodes of "The Bachelor," the ABC reality show. TV blogger Reality Steve posted a 13-minute segment of "Yule Log Hotties," a nine-year-old production, on Tuesday.
Watch the video (Warning: Contains scantily clad women)
The clip shows Mosca and four other women in sexy undergarments, getting comfortable around a fireplace, toasting and sharing marshmallows to eat and hanging decorations on a Christmas tree. The clip is posted on realitysteve.com and YouTube.
Wilkes-Barre Area Superintendent Bernard S. Prevuznak said he heard about the video Wednesday, had not seen it but will discuss it with school district Solicitor Raymond Wendolowski.
"I will talk to attorney Wendolowski and see what direction there is for the board," Prevuznak said. "I guess I will try to preview it. I heard different comments."
Under the state's School Code, the school district can fire a teacher for immorality, Wendolowski said, adding he had not seen the video and could not comment on it.
Pennsylvania courts have defined immorality as conduct that "offends the morals of the community and is a bad example to the youth whose ideals a teacher is supposed to foster and to elevate." The school board determines what offends the morals of the community, Prevuznak said.
"As superintendent, I'm concerned with teachers presenting a positive image," Prevuznak added. "We want them to be role models."
Mosca, who was from Forty Fort, did not return a call seeking comment. She has been living in Los Angeles and is working as an employee of a racy club called "Playhouse," according to a report posted Wednesday on celebdirtylaundry.com.
In 2008, Mosca graduated from West Chester University with a bachelor's degree in elementary education, and the school district hired her in 2009. She was a first-grade teacher at Heights Elementary School in Wilkes-Barre.
Her annual salary was $51,980 for the 2012-13 school year and would have been $52,980 this year if she didn't ask for a leave, Business Manager Leonard Przywara said.
The school board approved Mosca's unpaid leave for the first semester on Sept. 9 and voted Monday to extend her leave for the second semester. Officials did not discuss her leave during Monday's public board meeting.
During her leave, she is not entitled to any district benefits, including health insurance, Wendolowski said. The school board has traditionally approved unpaid leaves for unspecified personal reasons, Wendolowski said.
Prevuznak said he learned last month that Mosca was going to be on "The Bachelor." ABC disclosed last month that Mosca was one of 27 women vying for the heart of Juan Pablo Galavis on the show's current season.
"I miss my students, family and friends terribly but this experience is once in a lifetime and I wouldn't change it for the world," Mosca said on Facebook last month.
In the first episode of the season, which aired Jan. 6, Galavis chose Mosca and 17 others to remain in the competition during the show's rose ceremony, and Mosca survived the rose ceremony from Monday's pre-recorded episode.
The decision to approve Mosca's unpaid leave resulted in criticism on social media and WILK radio programs. Critics complained that a private-sector employee would have to resign from a job to try to become a reality-show celebrity.
The policy to give a district employee an unpaid leave for any unspecified personal reason is not included in a union agreement but is a past practice, Wendolowski said. Because of the past practice, any policy change would have to be negotiated, and a teacher can take an unpaid leave for personal reasons for up to two years, Prevuznak said.
The collective bargaining agreement with the teachers union spells out when a teacher is entitled to a sabbatical for a medical or educational reason, Wendolowski said. A sabbatical is a paid leave, and the employee retains benefits, Wendolowski said.
Another story about Mosca appeared in celebrity gossip media this week. RadarOnline reported Mosca hooked up with Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino when he starred on the MTV reality show "Jersey Shore."
As a beauty pageant entrant, Mosca was Miss Unico in 2004 while at Wyoming Valley West High School. She was crowned Miss Stati Uniti New York in 2011, a competition that secured her entry into the Miss Italia nel Mondo contest in Italy. Most recently, she was crowned Miss Philadelphia International.
"Yule Log Hotties" is 65 minutes long, and Mosca appears after 52 minutes and stays until the end, Reality Steve said.
"Before you think it's porn, it's not. There is no nudity, no kissing, no masturbation, nothing along those lines," he wrote, calling the video "one of the stupidest things alive."
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Using Dress the Part enables students to more accurately visualize the Betwixt Folly and Fate role playing game characters and to better understand their daily lives and experiences as members of eighteenth-century Virginia society.


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Capt. Steve Says...
It definitely takes a rare breed of person to be able to take the time to explore. Not because it's so scary, and full of unknowns, but most of us have to work for a living. Time is a valuable commodity that few can part with. But if you're one of the lucky few who can string together several weeks at a time to be on the water, to say nothing of a few months, then distant shores are calling, and the vehicle to answer the call with may just be from Nordhavn. This is a builder that started out by building...gasp... sailboats!
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So what does it take to be a good passagemaker? Quite a lot actually. First and foremost, it takes boat yard owners who have cruised extensively and know what conditions can be like and what you need in a boat to be comfortable and safe. Second, it takes boat builders who have been building for years and who have put all of their bad mistakes behind them. Third, it takes builders that truly care about the experience their owners have with their boats because they are planning on being around for many years to come and care about their reputations. Note that we have yet to talk about the boat itself. We haven't because if the boat company's owners don't have the right stuff, neither will their boats.Jim Leachman and Dan Streech were both long-distance sailboat cruisers and racers before they got into selling boats. In 1976 they started working with Taiwan boat builders and have 34 years of experience working with yards in the Far East on yacht builds. Their first powerboat hull, a 46' Nordhavn was shipped in 1989 – 20 years ago.
Now, to the Boat...
First, you need a strong hull. Nordhavns have a long history of battling it out with Mother Nature and winning. Not that you'd actually want to get into a named storm, but the reality is, storms pop up from time to time, and if you intend to be a long way from home then your weapon of choice makes a difference. Besides the solid construction, just look at her bows – they are high enough to punch her way through most anything, and wide enough to make stuffing a near impossibility. Leachman and Streech used the tenants of Robert Beebe as their guiding light. Beebe wrote Voyaging Under Power and he believed in single screw displacement boats that were heavy, had low windage, and which handled well in a following sea. The founders of Nordhavn took all of that to heart in their first design. And as time went on their ideas of what constituted the ideal cruising boat evolved as well, culminating recently in a 76' boat that has twin engines and semi-planing speeds and is a fisherman! Throughout the last 20 years Leachman and Streech have not been afraid to try something new, and the look of their boats and their interior accommodations plans are distinctive. Just as Grand Banks created the "trawler type" with their 36' single screw tri-cabin in 1965, so, too, did Nordhavn create the expedition boat as we visualize it today with their boats.
Interiors Are Important, Too
But you don't live in the laminates, and you don't sleep in the freeboard. It's the interior that separates the good from the bad. Let's take a look at her from a cruisability, and livability standpoint and see how the Nordhavn 47 fairs.
The pilothouse is designed to be as much a center of functionality as it is a center of attention while underway. The helm is mounted just off of center and is set up for both essential and redundant equipment of your choice. Unfortunately, there is no companion seat for a navigator and a second set of eyes. Visibility is near 360 degrees as the pilothouse is also raised. Watertight, pantograph dog-down doors to either side lead you to the Portuguese Bridge. The last 15 years or so Portuguese bridges have been increasingly popular, mostly on boats built on the American West Coast or in the Far East. The design has a bulwark forward of the ship's superstructure which serves to divert boarding head seas up, thus reducing their pressure on the windshields. They also provide additional safety for crewmen who have to venture on deck in rough conditions. At the after end of the pilothouse is a comfortable settee on a raised platform for outstanding visibility, and just behind that is a bunk for resting the off watch. All of this laid on top of a teak and holly sole.
Stabilizers Offshore
You have a choice of stabilization via paravanes or active fin stabilizers, or both. Owners that we have talked to recommend both and tell us that you'll get used the paravanes and be glad you have them. Power is via a Lugger 173-hp diesel with a 40-hp Yanmar driving a separate 3-bladed folding prop for backup get home power. Nordhavn is a staunch supporter of a separate power plant driving an independent shaft, and so are we. Others will connect a generator to hydraulically drive the main shaft, but that's only helpful if the main engine fails… an unlikely scenario unless you get contaminated fuel, which will contaminate the generator along with it. Much better is giving support to losing the main shaft via striking or other damage and having a redundant backup for that system. Dan Streech told us a year or so ago that Nordhavn has never lost an engine due to the failure of a part in the engine. Engine shut-down is almost always because of contaminated fuel or air in the line.
Fuel System and Exhaust
The fuel system is brilliant in its simplicity. The main tanks gravity feed into a smaller day tank that feeds the main engine. Simple to use, simple to maintain. Nordhavn will do their best to sell you on dry stack exhaust, which eliminates both thru hulls for cooling and transom exhaust with its inherent fumes and noxious vapors entering the living spaces. But for those die-hards that insist on wet exhaust to avoid the intrusion of exhaust piping through the boat and up the stack and the extra expense, they will accommodate you, albeit reluctantly. The engine room is standup with stainless steel rails surrounding the Lugger engine.
The accommodations are also first rate on the 47. Aft is the spacious saloon that is roomier thanks to the asymmetrical layout. The port bulkhead is all the way out to the side of the yacht while the starboard allows for sidedecks for traversing fore and aft while handling lines. This is a common setup and has proven its worth time and again.
The galley is roomy enough to provide meals for two couples and occasional guests, but not oversized to cut into the living areas. There is storage enough for living virtually self sufficiently for weeks. Watertight doors seal off the interior completely. Up to the pilothouse, and down again to the accommodations deck finds one of two different layouts. Choose between two different two stateroom/two head layouts, depending on how popular you are or the size of your family…or, choose the three stateroom layout with two heads that is more sailboat style.
The forward stateroom can hold either two bunks or a single and a desk for use as an onboard office. Or, this area can be divided in two with two bunks in each cabin. The master is amidships and runs full beam.
The Nordhavn 47 has a LOA of 47' 8" / 14.53 m, a beam of 16' 1" / 4.9 m, and a draft of 5' 11" / 1.8 m. She displaces 85,000 lbs. / 38.56 MT, carries 1,470 gals. / 5564.6 L of fuel, and 400 gals. / 1514.2 L of water. While we haven't yet tested the Nordhavn 47 to verify her numbers, Nordhavn tells us that at a moderate cruise of 8-9kts, she'll have a range of 3000 miles. That's more than enough to make your way across any ocean using the usual stopping points for refuel and re-stocking of stores. Slow her further and your range increases dramatically. Clearly, the Nordhavn 47 is much more than a capable passagemaker. She's a second home to a lot of travelers, and a primary to those select few that have elected to cast off and spend their days exploring the world as only a few dare dream about. Only with Nordhavn, the dream is more often than not, becoming a reality.
New "Stretch" Version is 52'
Nordhavn has recently introduced a longer version of the 47' which has a cockpit, longer waterline, and two feet extra overhang on the boat deck. All of this allows her to carry 200 gallons more fuel, go a bit faster, and carry a bigger dinghy, in addition to having the extra square footage on deck.For a sea trial demo of the Nordhavn 47 or any of their yachts…
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Since the gaffe, Bachmann has admitted that she misspoke, but Colbert takes issue with her concession. "What on earth are you apologizing for? All you said is that you have the same spirit as John Wayne Gacy, and I think there is something to that." Colbert said. "Because like Gacy, people might think you're a clown. But if they dig a little deeper, they'll find you are deadly serious."
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Wanting to look his snazziest for his upcoming segment, Tom Hanks interrupted David Letterman during the monologue on Tuesday night's 'Late Show' and asked if they could swap clothing.
"I'm not really feeling great about this outfit," said Hanks. "Hey, will you trade jackets with me?"
'Bachelor' Couple Emily Maynard, Brad Womack Call It Quits
And another one bites the dust: According to an exclusive PEOPLE cover story, 'Bachelor' couple Emily Maynard and Brad Womack have called off their engagement.
"We're no longer engaged," a "teary-eyed" Maynard told PEOPLE in the new issue, on stands today. The confession came following an interview special with 'Bachelor' host Chris Harrison, set to air July 11 on ABC.
Hulk Hogan' Ex-Wife Reveals She Was Abused By the Legendary Wrestler
On Tuesday morning's installment of 'Today,' Linda Hogan offered details on her alleged abuse by ex-husband Hulk Hogan. In her new book, 'Wrestling the Hulk: My Life Against the Ropes,' Linda described violent fights where the pro wrestler threw chairs, tore shirts and even choked her.
Linda said that her ex-husband never showed any regret for his behavior. "He did not feel remorse and, to this day, he's never apologized for any of his actions," she said. "That is something that scared me. I did not want to be a statistic like Nicole Simpson."
Maltese Puppies Choreograph Cutest Dance Ever [VIDEO]
If you're looking for some hot new dance moves for summer, look no further than these two dancing Maltese puppies. Their signature move, the Let Me In, is sure to replace the Dougie at nightclubs across the nation.
Oops! TV News Reporter Caught Smoking While Covering Fire [VIDEO]
TV reporter Brad Woodward picked about the worst time possible to be caught taking a smoke break.
The five-year veteran of KHOU news in Houston was happily puffing away when the anchors cut to his coverage of an oil fire.
Lucky Red Sox Fan Catches Foul Ball in His Beer [VIDEO]
Cracker Jack is no longer the only thing at the baseball concession stand with a prize inside. This lucky Red Sox fan happened to have his beer in the right place at the right time when a foul ball took a one hop off the Fenway Park grandstand and landed in his cup. Well played!


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8:30 pm
Essential Pepin "All Puffed Up" Sugared Puff Paste Sticks; Fast Puff Pastry; Crystallized Puff Paste Of Orange; Choux A La Creme; Chocolate Paris-Brest Cake. D
9:00 pm
America's Test Kitchen from Cook's Illustrated "Great American Classics" Host Christopher Kimball heads into the test kitchen with test cook Bridget Lancaster to uncover the secrets to the ultimate Carrot Layer Cake. Next, equipment expert Adam Ried tests springform pans in the Equipment Corner. And finally, test cook Julia Collin Davison reveals how to make the best Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies. D
9:30 pm
Joanne Weir's Cooking Class "Spicy Crab Linguine & Winter White Salad" Joanne gives her student Leigh a crash course on working with crab and creating a composed salad. Recipes: (1) WINTER WHITE SALAD WITH A HINT OF GREEN, (2) LINGUINE WITH SPICY HOT CRAB AND TOMATOES. Student: Leigh Balkom - Healthcare Professional. D
10:00 pm
Taste This! "Heirloom Tomatoes" Chef Joe takes a break from traveling and stays in the kitchen to whip up a number of delicious dishes. What's so great about Heirloom Tomatoes? Chef Joe breaks down Heirloom Tomatoes and uses them to put a twist on the classic tuna melt! This episode also features a recipe for basil pesto pasta accompanied by a tomato beef sauce. D
10:30 pm
Rick Steves' Europe "Budapest: The Best of Hungary" Capitalism has taken hold in the city laced together by bridges across the Danube. Gypsy orchestras and venerable mineral baths are the rage.G
11:00 pm
Theater Talk "Nielsen & Hyde Pierce on Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, plus Carden and Gilford on FINKS" We focus on two of the best new plays this season. First up, we focus on Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Christopher Durang's madcap yet moving modernization of Chekhov. Actors Kristine Nielsen and David Hyde Pierce tell us about the background of the play, as well as experiences in their careers that led them to star in it on Broadway. D
11:30 pm
Closer to Truth "Arguing God from Miracles?" I search for God but keep clear of miracles. Believers exhort me to accept that miracles are real, to recognize that miracles demonstrate the existence of a supernatural Being. I resist. D


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Sunday, 8 April 2012
John Derbyshire, The National Review and the Conservative Movement
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Completely - the sacrificial lamb, for today.ReplyDelete
This is what they hired him for, they knew what they were doing. This also gives them publicity, i'm sure it's turned a few heads of conservatives who didn't before read the mag and now they will subscribe. AND importantly, the magazine will attract a young Derbyshire who'll continue to spew this shambolic hate speech.
These magazines need to be called out for what they are - pillars of institutional racism that damage our societies, communities and our futures. This silliness about scrunising black politicians more - very silly considering how few of them there are. What on earth are you teaching your children? Certainly NOT the art of efficiency and effectiveness! "Spend a LOT of time looking at a SMALL number of the whole who had to go through so much MORE scrutiny to get there in the first place". What an imbecilic lesson to teach the new generation. While I do believe that apples can fall very far from the tree, if his children turn out to be anywhere near as racist as he is, I don't mind that they'll be as stupid as their father - the world will always need things to laugh at, comedy is important.
What else did he say? Don't go to places where there will be lots of black people? Well, I guess that means steer clear of the next Inauguration, then, because it's likely the next one will see thousands of black people just like THE LAST! It also means that much of the globe is somewhere his children can't go. Hallelujah, I wouldn't want his sort in my great city of London anyway. But that does rule out NY, Chicago and other amazing US places. Doh!
What are these people teaching their children. Honestly, it's child abuse to teach them this stuff. This man is no better than racist tram woman. NO better.
Yeah, he's a slightly more intellectual version of racist tram lady. He may be able to structure his sentences in a more coherent way but they are both warped by their own paranoid delusions.ReplyDelete


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Philipp Kalwies has taken 7361 steps today. He only slept four hours last night, but more than an hour of that was in deep sleep. How does he know all this? Kalwies self-tracks.
Just about everyone has some point in their life checked their resting pulse rate.
Self-trackers go further, using apps and other devices to find out as much as possible about their bodies. The movement, which originated in the United States, is known as Quantified Self (QS).
Its motto is "know thyself".
In ideal circumstances, all the measurements will help the trackers find out under which conditions their bodies work best. The website www.quantifiedself.com lists more than 500 programs and apps to do just that.
The movement started in San Francisco, when Gary Wolf and Kevin Kelly founded the website in 2007. Now there are groups in more than 20 countries.
"Self-trackers report about their experiences at these meetings. It also gives companies the chance to present new products and get feedback from users," explains Florian Schumacher, who represents the network in Germany.
Kalwies, 30, from Hamburg, is a passionate data gatherer, following the motto: "What gets measured, gets improved."
Doing so lets him be more aware of details like weight, body fat, sleep times and blood sugar.
The new technology makes it easier to gather data and document it.
He measures his sleep with Zeo Sleep Manager.
"This tool measures the quality of sleep and shows how often and when sleep is interrupted and how long the deep sleep phase lasted," he explains.
It means using a headband with sensors and an iOS app.
Kalwies also uses a wi-fi scale with its own app to measure his weight and body fat. Data is automatically sent to a computer or smartphone. Another favourite app is the free program RunKeeper, which measures how quickly a person runs and how many calories are burnt in the process.
Self-trackers can use the online platform www.myvitali.com to assess the data they've gathered with technical aids like pulse trackers, blood pressure monitors, apps and blood sugar gauges.
Registration is free.
There is a difference between actual health apps and simple lifestyle programs. If an app actually helps recognise, prevent or monitor a disease, it can be regarded as a medical product in some countries, which means it has to be approved by authorities and get certified.
"Manufacturers can't decide for themselves how it's categorised," says Beatrix Reiss of Germany's Competence Centre for Telematics in Health Care.
Many prefer not to have their products labelled for medical use, as it gets them out of the certification process and lets them off the hook for eventual damages.
Of course, that can lead to the risk of using an app prone to providing false data. Users should be careful not to place too much blind trust in the makers of apps.
"Data is the currency of the social web," warns Reiss. "Users should be careful with handing over health data and check up on what the manufacturer does with it."
However, her group is generally positive about the self-tracking trend. One positive is the ability to use the data to help doctors make better diagnoses.
"The apps give people the option to learn more about themselves and to motivate themselves with play to reach a set goal,'' she said, noting that there also needs to be limits.
"The danger is that a self-tracker begins to only identify himself by the numbers."


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I attended a tribal belly dance convention in Atlanta and I ran into Pixie – an incredible photographer who I've worked with and danced and rocked out with many times before. She was able to shoot me with my fabulous new belt in between workshops. I love the images and I hope you do too!
Thank you Pixie!


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"This collection is truly first rate, offering essays that plow new ground or offer fresh perspectives on more familiar topics. While the individual essays are more than worth the price of admission, together they offer rich insights into the ways law shaped and was shaped by southern society. Hadden and Minter have done an enormous service to the field of legal history by bringing this outstanding group of authors together in a volume that underscores the vitality of southern legal history and sets an ambitious agenda for future scholarship."
—Donald G. Nieman, coeditor of Local Matters: Race, Crime, and Justice in the Nineteenth-Century South
In Signposts, Sally E. Hadden and Patricia Hagler Minter have assembled seventeen essays, by both established and rising scholars, that showcase new directions in southern legal history across a wide range of topics, time periods, and locales. The essays will inspire today's scholars to dig even more deeply into the southern legal heritage, in much the same way that David Bodenhamer and James Ely's seminal 1984 work, Ambivalent Legacy, inspired an earlier generation to take up the study of southern legal history.
Contributors to Signposts explore a wide range of subjects related to southern constitutional and legal thought, including real and personal property, civil rights, higher education, gender, secession, reapportionment, prohibition, lynching, legal institutions such as the grand jury, and conflicts between bench and bar. A number of the essayists are concerned with transatlantic connections to southern law and with marginalized groups such as women and native peoples. Taken together, the essays in Signposts show us that understanding how law changes over time is essential to understanding the history of the South.
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USB stands for Universal Serial Bus and is basically an external interface standard that enables communication between the computer and various other peripherals. Some of the most commonly used USB devices today are keyboards, mice, pen drives, digital cameras, external CD & DVD writers, printers etc.
There are currently two versions of USB in use, i.e. USB 1.1 and USB 2.0.
Since USB has always been backward compatible with its previous versions,
USB 2.0 is backwards compatible with USB 1.1. The latest USB devices are
typically USB 2.0 compatible. USB 2.0 supports a maximum data transmission
speed of 480 Mbps or 60 MBps and this is the major difference between the two
standards. Another advantage with USB is that the devices are all
Before we go onto the exact configuration options in the kernel, it would
be apt to look at USB in a little more detail. If you're in a hurry or want
to skip this section, please go to
A USB system has a host controller, hubs, a
The hardware vendor provides an interface for the programmer that allows the system to interact with the hardware and this is called the HCD or Host Controller Device. It is through this HCD that the device interacts with the system software. The following diagram should make things easier to comprehend.
(Software consists of other components as well like the device driver, but for the sake of simplicity, they are not shown)+ ---- Hardware ---- + ---- Software ---- + | | | | [USB Dev] -+-> {EHCI} -+---> ( EHCD ) | | | | | User | `-> {UHCI} -+---> ( UHCD ) | | | | + ---- Hardware ---- + ---- Software ---- +
A USB device can either use a custom driver or use one already present in
the system and this is based on the concept of a device
It is very simple to find out whether your machine has USB 2.0 support or not.
We make use of the
(In system that is USB 1.1 compliant, note the UHCI only)# lspci -v | grep USB 0000:00:04.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [UHCI]) (A system that is USB 2.0 compliant, note the EHCI and UHCI)00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB USB (Hub #1) (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [UHCI]) 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB USB (Hub #2) (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [UHCI]) 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB USB (Hub #3) (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [UHCI]) 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB USB EHCI Controller (rev 01) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
So using the
First emerge the kernel sources of your choice. Here we'll use the
# emerge gentoo-sources
Now, lets get on with the task of configuring the kernel.
# cd /usr/src/linux # make menuconfig
Now we will look at some of the options we will have to enable in the 2.6
kernel to ensure proper USB support for our devices. If you are using a 2.4
kernel, please proceed with
Device Drivers ---> SCSI device support --->
(Although SCSI will be enabled automatically when selecting USB Mass Storage, we need to enable disk support.)--- SCSI support type (disk, tape, CD-ROM) <*> SCSI disk support (Then move back a level and go into USB support)USB support ---> (This is the root hub and is required for USB support. If you'd like to compile this as a module, it will be called usbcore.)<*> Support for Host-side USB (Enable this option to see your USB devices in /proc/bus/usb. This is recommended.)[*] USB device filesystem (Select at least one of the HCDs. If you are unsure, picking all is fine.)--- USB Host Controller Drivers <*> EHCI HCD (USB 2.0) support < > OHCI HCD support <*> UHCI HCD (most Intel and VIA) support (Moving a little further down, we come to CDC and mass storage.)< > USB Modem (CDC ACM) support <*> USB Printer support <*> USB Mass Storage support (Then the HID bits. You have to select HID input support if you have a USB keyboard, mouse, joystick or any other USB input device)--- USB Input Devices <*> USB Human Interface Device (full HID) support [*] HID input layer support (If you have a USB Network Card like the RTL8150, you'll need this)USB Network Adapters ---> <*> USB RTL8150 based ethernet device support (EXPERIMENTAL) (If you have a serial to USB converter like the Prolific 2303, you'll need this)USB Serial Converter support ---> <*> USB Serial Converter support <*> USB Prolific 2303 Single Port Serial Driver (NEW)
Now that your options are set, you can (re)compile the kernel and USB support
should be functional once you reboot into the new kernel. You can now proceed
We will look at the options the we will have to enable in the 2.4 kernel to
ensure proper USB support for our devices. If you are using a 2.6 kernel,
please look at
(This immediate config is only for those who have USB input devices. Input core support is needed by USB HID later.)Input core support ---> <*> Input core support < > Keyboard support < > Mouse support < > Event interface support USB support ---> (This is the root hub and is required for USB support. If you'd like to compile this as a module, it will be called usbcore.o)<*> Support for USB (Enable this option to see your USB devices in /proc/bus/usb. This is recommended.)[*] Preliminary USB device filesystem (Select at least one of the HCDs. If you are unsure, picking all is fine.)--- USB Host Controller Drivers <*> UHCI Alternate Driver (JE) support < > OHCI (Compaq, iMacs, OPTi, SiS, ALi, ...) support (This is the device section. Select only what you need.)--- USB Device Class drivers < > USB Audio support <*> USB Mass Storage support < > USB Modem (CDC ACM) support <*> USB Printer support (Followed by the HID section. This is needed if you have an USB based input device.)--- USB Human Interface Devices (HID) <*> USB Human Interface Device (full HID) support [*] HID input layer support (If you have a serial to USB converter like the Prolific 2303, you'll need this)USB Serial Converter support ---> <*> USB Serial Converter support <*> USB Prolific 2303 Single Port Serial Driver (NEW)
Now that the options are set, you can (re)compile the kernel and USB support should be functional once you reboot into the new kernel.
The time has finally come to play with those USB devices :) So let's get
started. In this chapter, we'll see how the system responds to various USB
devices. We'll start by plugging in a USB 512 MB Memory Stick/Pen Drive. You
could use some other similar mass storage device. We will primarily use
(Plug in Memory Stick into available USB port and then..)# dmesg | less (The device is picked up as a USB 1.1 and allocated an address. Also says what HCD it is using.)usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2 (SCSI emulation automatically kicks in)scsi0 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices usb-storage: device found at 2 (Now the device information including model number is retrieved)usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning Vendor: JetFlash Model: TS512MJF2A Rev: 1.00 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 SCSI device sda: 1003600 512-byte hdwr sectors (514 MB) (The write-protect sense is EXPERIMENTAL code in the later kernels)sda: Write Protect is off sda: Mode Sense: 0b 00 00 08 sda: assuming drive cache: write through SCSI device sda: 1003600 512-byte hdwr sectors (514 MB) /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0: p1 Attached scsi removable disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 Attached scsi generic sg0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0, type 0 usb-storage: device scan complete (At this point, the device is generally accessible by mounting /dev/sda1) (When the device is disconnected, the system acknowledges the same)usb 1-1: USB disconnect, address 2
Once the device is connected and mounted, you can access it like a normal hard
disk. Usual operations like
# mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/usb # df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/hda8 9.4G 7.5G 1.9G 80% / /dev/hda9 11G 8.1G 2.4G 78% /usr none 189M 0 189M 0% /dev/shm /dev/sda1 490M 34M 457M 7% /mnt/usb
How would a USB mouse show up in case you had one? It will show up as an HID device.
# dmesg | grep USB drivers/usb/input/hid-core.c: v2.0:USB HID core driver usb 1-1: new low speed USB device using address 2 input: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [Logitech USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse] on usb-0000:00:07.2-1
Another nifty command you can use to see the status of your USB ports is
So far we've seen how much support exists on the kernel/system side for USB on Linux. Now we'll take a peek into what kind of support is provided by Gentoo for USB in the userspace.
One of the most useful tools around is
# emerge usbutils
Once installed, you can just run
# lsusb
(This is the 512 MB Memory Stick from Transcend)Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0c76:0005 JMTek, LLC. USBdisk (This is the Optical Mouse)Bus 001 Device 002: ID 046d:c00e Logitech, Inc. Optical Mouse (This is the root hub)Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
If you are one of those types who love to see lots of information, you have
the option of running
# lsusb -t Bus# 1 `-Dev# 1 Vendor 0x0000 Product 0x0000 |-Dev# 2 Vendor 0x046d Product 0xc00e `-Dev# 3 Vendor 0x0c76 Product 0x0005
You can easily correlate the outputs of
Gentoo uses
Firmware can be defined as the software on a piece of hardware that is loaded and executed but can't be modified easily. Many devices have firmware in them to ensure that they work properly and often firmware may contain code that is critical to ensure that the hardware performs as expected. Firmware is present in a wide variety of computer devices ranging from ROM chips to state of the art USB and PCMCIA cards. When a device is plugged in, the firmware (which may, in some cases, be the driver as well) is read and loaded onto memory after which the device can be used by the system.
To cut the long story short, Gentoo uses
# emerge hotplug
A good number of online documents helped me during the development of this document and there are some that are highly technical but truly interesting. I thought they all deserve some credit, so here we go!


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* a test flight before the competition costs 30 cents.
* a test flight before the competition costs 30 cents.
Your team has 20 minutes to design and build a plane for the competition. If you are not ready to launch at this time, you will forfeit.

Your team has 20 minutes to design and build a plane for the competition. If you are not ready to launch at this time, you will forfeit.

'''Why are we doing this?'''
'''Why are we doing this?'''
we'll add more ideasto this list.
* from 2008: ''"this was as an exercise in engineering. We had to solve a given problem with limited time and resources, while working effectively as a team."''
* from 2008: ''"this was as an exercise in engineering. We had to solve a given problem with limited time and resources, while working effectively as a team."''
* from 2008: ''"We ended up using my design choice because I am more stubborn. This is not a great success story in terms of teamwork, but it did produce the best plane in the class." ''
* from 2008: ''"We ended up using my design choice because I am more stubborn. This is not a great success story in terms of teamwork, but it did produce the best plane in the class." ''
==For tomorrow's studio session==
==For tomorrow's studio session==
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| Lecture and Studio
Reading Schedule
|Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7
|Week 8 Week 9 Week 10 Week 11 Week 12 Week 13 Week 14
|Guidelines: 3 Ideas Presentation
|Guidelines: Tech Spec Review
|Guidelines: Final Presentations
|Team Building Resources
|Teacher Resources
- 1 Week 1 Tuesday
- 2 Week 1 Studio
- 3 Week 1 Thursday
Week 1 Tuesday
Challenge: Project Runway
Instructions: Today you will design, build (i.e. fold) and launch a paper airplane. Your goal is to make a plane that flies further than anyones. Working in teams of 3, choose one person to be the designer, one to be the builder, and one to be the launcher. You can talk to each other at all stages but be sure each person does the assigned job and that someone takes notes of your work together (decisions, uncertainties, disagreements, expertise etc). Your team may use the internet if you want. The designer has one dollar to spend and your team must keep track of costs. No refunds will be issued for parts you do not use. In the event of a tie, cost and aesthetics will serve as the tie breaker. Relevant materials cost:
- paper is 30 cents a sheet
- paper clips are 10 cents each
- scotch tape is 5 cents per 1 inch strip
- pennies cost 20 cents each
- a pencil costs 10 cents
- scissors are unavailable
- a test flight before the competition costs 30 cents.
Your team has 20 minutes to design and build a plane for the competition. If you are not ready to launch at this time, you will forfeit.
Once "project runway" has launched and the winning design team has been recognized, we'll work as a class to add more ideas, questions and thoughts to this list.
For tomorrow's studio session
Draft a letter. Address this letter to someone(s) you care about. Your letter should introduce and describe a real world problem or opportunity, one that you have inherited, identified, dreamed about, or otherwise encountered, and that you would like to solve or realize. Your letter should explain why you feel the problem or opportunity is important, and what the consequences of success might be. You can focus on more than one issue, but each issue needs to be explained. Please print and bring your letter to the studio tomorrow. Time to complete this letter: 1 hour MAX.
Why are we doing this? We're looking ahead to the project you and your team will design this term...the first step is for you to decide what you'd like to work on. This letter should start you thinking about your areas of interest. The letter will also be a way to talk with others about things that interest them. Maybe you'll hear an idea you never considered and want to investigate it further. Maybe you'll find someone with very similar concerns.
Week 1 Studio
Part 1: Wednesday matinee
Instructions: Today you will have the opportunity to watch two videos showcasing completed iGEM projects. "iGEM" stands for the "international Genetically Engineered Machines" competition. It is a summer-long opportunity for teams of students working at colleges and universities around the world to design and build genetically engineered machines, many of which use standard biological parts from the Registry of Standard Biological Parts. The videos will orient you to the kinds of accomplishments realized in a summer by teams of undergraduates and their advisers.
Our first featured presentation will be
- the 2008 iGEM team from Heidelberg describing a genetically-engineered bacteria that will find, and kill pathogenic bacteria video.
Their project will allow us to focus on some relevant *BIOLOGY*--> themes that you may want to employ in your own projects. Specifically:
- chemotaxis
- sensing
- genetic logic circuits
- the 2006 iGEM team from MIT describing fine chemical synthesis presentation video presentation ppt
which everyone will watch. We will then talk as a group to describe what was done.
After the presentation, we will have 10 minutes to gather with your fellow moviegoers and discuss what you saw, using these "iGEM review questions" as a guide for your conversations:
- what was the problem this team chose to address and why?
- is this an important problem and why or why not?
- did they succeed in part or in total?
- if you could ask this team one question what would it be?
Part 2: Dear John
As homework you were asked to draft a letter describing a real world problem or opportunity you have inherited that could be addressed in the near term. You should discuss these letters at your team tables and make some notes about them on the white boards. For example,
- who were they addressed to?
- how many problems/opportunities did each letter address?
- what areas were tackled?
- how many also proposed solutions to these problems?
Part 3: Index of Learning Styles
From GELs: Index of Learning Styles and questionaire
For next week's studio session
You should revise your letter based on any feedback you received from your classmates today.
Week 1 Thursday
Challenge: Sexy on the inside 2
- Watch this video in which Gever Tulley talks about learning by doing.
- Watch this video of a person taking apart a MacBook Air
- Working in groups of 4, you will take apart a tape recorder. One person should work the tools, another should record the process (e.g. "began by taking off back panel), another should keep a parts list (e.g. "4 Phillips-screws 3 mm long from back panel"), and the last person should record the purpose of each component (e.g. "Phillips screws held back panel in place). Your team's goal is to disassemble the tape recorder into the greatest number of re-usable parts... note of the word "reusable" since next time we meet, the goal will be to reassemble your tape recorder into a working machine. As you work, you may find it helpful to describe what you think each component does and if it's made of sub-components that can be separated further without forever destroying the component's function.
- "One of the problems of taking things apart and seeing how they work--supposing you're trying to find out how a cat works--you take that cat apart to see how it works, what you've got in your hands is a non-working cat," Douglas Adams
- If there's time, watch this video showing the inner life of the cell, an understanding largely achieved by scientific "take apart" techniques.
For next week's studio session
- Read Adventures in SB. Using the problem or opportunity you described in your letter, draft a two chapter script for a comic book using characters from your imagination. In chapter 1, have the characters talk about the problem or opportunity. In chapter 2, have the characters brainstorm a way to solve the issue. Print these out to bring to the 20.020 studio time next Wednesday. Time to complete this script: 1 hour MAX.
- For an example script, and making a comic background, check this out.
- Complete survey. Click here to start It should only take ~10 minutes. Please note that this is NOT the same survey that the Project-Based Learning Center might have asked you to complete.


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Lori Dengler knows a thing or two about earthquakes and tsunamis. On the North Coast she's known for compiling what amounts to the "scholarly bible" of tsunami and earthquake data. From her office at Humboldt State, which coincidentally sits astride the Cascadia Subduction zone, she has laid the groundwork for California's most comprehensive tsunami mitigation plan. The effort, conducted by the Redwood Coast Tsunami Work Group, includes more than 500 warning signs that define the local areas likely to be inundated in a tsunami event.
As a member of a worldwide network of geologists, Lori is alerted whenever the earth shakes. Her research in earthquake and tsunami mitigation has brought her international acclaim. She's the authority when it comes to analyzing a large event — and they can be very large, like the 9.3 magnitude quake that struck the Indian Ocean in 2004. Her expertise has led her to participate in international post-tsunami survey teams, including Crescent City (2006), Indonesia (2005), southern Peru (2001) and Papua New Guinea (1998).
As a testament to her hard work in the field of geology, Lori was named the Humboldt State University Scholar of the Year for 2008. Highlighting her commitment to her field, President Rollin Richmond spotlighted her reputation for saving lives across the globe. "HSU is indeed fortunate to have Dr. Dengler as a distinguished member of our faculty and our students are always eager to study with such an eminent scholar and field expert," he said.


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It's a great pleasure to introduce you to one of the sweetest gals I've ever met, author Deborah Raney!
A: I've always written. Even before I could actually read or form letters, I drew pictures that told stories. But the summer I read all of Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House books was the first time I realized that being an author was a career one could aspire to. I was only 11 or 12, but I knew from that day on that someday I wanted to try my hand at writing a novel. It wasn't until I was 38 years old that I actually sat down to write seriously.
Q: How does your faith impact your writing?
A: I actually wrote two versions of my first novel––one Christian and one secular. That experience told me that I simply could not write honestly or deeply unless I was allowed to explore the faith––or lack of faith––of my characters. I know it's important not to "preach", but from that day forward, I've always included a faith thread in my novels. Sometimes it's very subtle, or present only as allegory, but it's always there.
Q: How long does it take you to complete a novel? How many drafts do you go through?
A: It takes me anywhere from 6-12 months to finish a novel. The actual writing may only be 3-5 months, but when you add in research, and four different edits, including a rewrite, it's rare that I can finish a book in less than 9 months. I always say that what my editor sees as a "first draft" is actually more like a 10th or 12th draft. That may be a bit of an exaggeration, but I go over everything at least 5 or 6 times, especially the first half of the book, which gets read more times than the second, since––as a seat-of-the-pants plotter––I'm still getting to know my characters and figuring out my plot early on.
Q: Do you treat yourself to something special when a project is completed?
A: We almost always go out to eat or go to a movie, or something special to celebrate me writing "the end." But the biggest treat for me is being able to clean off my desk, and then take a week or two or three off to just read for fun, and catch up on email.
Q: What do you think about writing contests? Have you participated in any? What's the benefit to an unpublished writer?
A: I wish I could say that awards mean nothing to me, but that wouldn't be true at all. I think writers are generally very unsure about our writing until we begin to hear positive feedback from readers and professionals. (That's why a negative review stings so much!) The awards I've won have reassured me that even if my books aren't everyone's cup of tea, several significant someones have declared my work worthy. That means the world to me.
I think I'm a little odd in one sense, concerning awards. I can't even analyze why, but I've always been thrilled to the gills about finaling in a contest, but winning simply isn't that important to me. Sure, it's nice to win an award, but I'm every bit as pleased about my Christy finalist medallions as I am about any first place trophies and pins I've won.
Q: If you weren't a writer, what would you be doing?
A: I've always been very interested in psychology, especially as it relates to family relationships. I get to "practice" that a little as a writer, but I could see myself as a counselor. I also love decorating and design, and think it would be fun to give decorating advice or stage homes for Realtors, etc.
Q: What does your family think about your crazy career?
A: My wonderful husband has read everything I've ever written. Ken has always been my biggest supporter and cheerleader. Because I began writing when our kids were 17, 13, 11 and 3, they very much took what I did for granted. Our oldest daughter served as a talented proofreader for me, but after she went out-of-state to college, she called me one day having seen my books in a Missouri library. Apparently the librarian had been impressed to learn I was her mom. Tobi called with awe in her voice. "Mom, you're kind of famous!" Tobi is an elementary teacher now and a wonderful writer herself. She and I wrote a Marriage Perspectives column together for several years.
Our oldest son read my books in college while donating plasma twice a week (because the blood center didn't allow donors to play video games.) And our youngest son only read one of my books because his sweet fiancée––now his wife––guilted him into it. But he, too, called to tell me how much he enjoyed the book––and how much of our family he saw in my stories. Our youngest daughter had no choice. I read one of my books aloud to her when she was ten or eleven. I feel incredibly blessed to be surrounded by supportive family, parents, in-laws, and friends, but for the most part, to them I'm "just Deb."
Thanks, Deb. It's always a pleasure when you come to visit!
Deborah Raney's first novel, A Vow to Cherish, inspired the World Wide Pictures film of the same title and launched her writing career after 20 happy years as a stay-at-home mom. Deb's 20th novel releases June 14 from Howard. She and her husband, Ken Raney, enjoy the wildflowers and native grasses growing in the Kansas prairie garden in their large back yard. They also love traveling together to teach at conferences, and to visit four children and three little grandsons who all live much too far away.
ABOUT THE BOOK - Forever After
Lucas was a proud firefighter like his father. Now, not only has he lost his father and his best friend, Zach, in the fire at the Grove Street Homeless Shelter, but the devoted rookie can no longer do the work he loves after being crippled in the tragic event. When friendship with his buddy's beautiful widow turns into more, he wonders what he could possibly offer Jenna. Jenna is trying to grieve her husband's death like a proper widow, but the truth is, she never really loved Zach. His death feels more like a relief to her. But that relief is short-lived when she loses her home and the financial support of her in-laws. Now the secrets of her past threaten to destroy her future.
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Apr 01, 2002
| 224 Pages
| Young Adult
Apr 01, 2002
| 224 Pages
| Young Adult
Before Springsteen and before Dylan, there was Woody Guthrie. With "This Machine Kills Fascists," scrawled across his guitar in big black letters, Woody Guthrie brilliantly captured in song the experience of twentieth-century America. Whether he sang about union organizers, migrant workers, or war, Woody took his inspiration from the plight of the people around him as well as from his own tragic childhood.From the late 1920s to the 1950s, Guthrie wrote the words to more than three thousand songs, including "This Land Is Your Land," a song many call America's unofficial national anthem. With a remarkable ability to turn any experience into a song almost instantaneously, Woody Guthrie spoke out for people of all colors and races, setting an example for generations of musicians to come. But Woody didn't have the chance to find everything he was looking for. He was ravaged by Huntington's disease, just like his mother, and died in a mental institution at the age of fifty-five.Award-winning author, Elizabeth Partridge has taken the life of this songwriting genius and woven in his lyrics, and other rich materials to create a touching and highly entertaining portrait of a true talent.
Elizabeth Partridge graduated with a degree in women's studies from the University of California, Berkeley, and later studied traditional Chinese medicine. She was an acupuncturist for more than 20 years before closing her medical practice to write full time. Elizabeth… More about Elizabeth Partridge
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What do you have to have by you to write?
Mostly it's what I have to NOT have around me. Any distraction that is available, I'll take it. So I write in a little room that has only music, books that have to do with whatever I'm working on, and a few beautiful things to look at — a couple of lovely photographs my father took. I often stare at the one that is a picture of looking out a window into redwood trees.
Where do you write?
In a tiny room with the shades down. Otherwise I want to go outside, hang out with my chickens, or go for a walk.
What time of day do you get your best ideas?
Ideas can come to me anywhere, anytime. Usually the best ideas come when I am doing something else—walking in the woods, showering, gardening, driving somewhere. Falling asleep and waking up are good times too, because the conscious mind is drifty. Usually I get more ideas when I am alone, although not always. I try to keep paper nearby and write them down quickly, or they vaporize.
Describe your writing uniform.
Usually sweat pants and a T-shirt. I used to just get up, make a cup of tea, and wander into my writing room so I wouldn't get distracted by doing other things, but sometimes I would get so absorbed in what I was doing that I never got out of my pajamas. I answered the door a couple times in my pajamas in the afternoon, so now I change into sweatpants.
Whom do you share your writing with first?
My husband is a great brainstormer and loves to talk with me about ideas. Once I have a manuscript, I have several writing friends who look at what I have done and give me feedback.
Do you read reviews of your own work?
Of course! I like to know what is being said about my books. Mostly they say a lot more good things than bad things.
What are you reading right now?
I'm reading Witch Child by Celia Rees and The Four Agreements (a Toltec Wisdom Book) by Don Miguel Ruiz.
What was your favorite book as a child?
I had lots of favorite books. David and the Phoenix was one, because David had so many cool adventures with all kinds of mythic creatures, and then had to save the phoenix's life. Mistress Masham's Repose was another favorite. The Lion's Paw and The Silver Sword were amazing (and terrifying) books about kids who had to pull their lives together after WWII. As a teenager, my favorite book was Dune. I read it over and over again.
What was the first book you remember reading, or being read to you, as a child?
The first book I remember reading myself was Dick and Jane. Unlike many people who think they were stupid books, I loved them. I remember cracking the reading code and being so excited. I also thought they had such cool, quiet lives on these shady tree-lined streets.When I was about six, I was given a great big fat anthology. It was full of stories, from very simple to really complex. I felt like I would never, ever be finished reading it. I thought I would always be able to open it up and read a story I had never read before.
When did you know you wanted to be a writer?
Not till I was in my mid-thirties. Unlike many writers, I had zero interest in being a writer when I was a kid. And when I was in college, the only class I did really badly in was a writing class I had to take. It turned me off to writing for a long, long time. Then I had two kids and started reading to them, and remembered how much I loved kids' books, and I started writing for the first time in my life. It wasn't so much that I wanted to be a writer, as I wanted to see what I had inside me, and the writing seemed like a great way to find out.
What were you doing when you found out that your first book was accepted for publication?
Don't remember.
What did you treat yourself to when you received your first advance check?
Don't remember this either.
What's the best question a teen has ever asked you about your writing?
Why do you keep chickens when you can buy eggs at the store?
Tell us about the experience of writing this book.
This has been a wonderful, difficult, beautiful book to write. While I was working, I had a very strong sense of Woody's presence. I listened endlessly to his music, read everything I could find written about him and by him, and pored over his photographs. I was amazed at how brilliant Woody was. He could really turn any experience into a song. I was also shocked at what a difficult person he was to live with. As I got into the last few chapters of the book, I cried every time one of his friends died, and when Woody died, I felt miserable. It took me a while to realize that he really was dead, and has been for some time, because I spent so much time with him for about two years.
There was also incredible serendipity while I was writing the book. I kept running into people who had known Woody. It even turned out he had played at a house party right next door to where I live! The latest serendipity is that Lane Smith, who is an incredible illustrator (he did Squids Will Be Squids, and Math Curse) turns out to be a Woody Guthrie fan, and did the cover of my book as a tribute to Woody. Lane totally captures in collage art the wonderful, chaotic, creative, wild Woody.
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2 ganadores han sido elegidos entre 63 diseños de 16 diseñadores freelance.
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CrossFit women are strong, beautiful, and powerful! We need a feminine but strong design that shows the beauty and power of women who train hard. We lift heavy barbells, swing kettlebells, do pull ups, hand stand push ups, muscle ups, climb ropes and run hard. I'm looking for a design that shows "Strong is Beautiful."
Women and girls who value beauty, strength, and fitness. These women are freaking strong and are dedicated to hardcore fitness and self-improvement. They train hard and play hard. We love CrossFit, lifting, sweating, and pushing our bodies through the pain to elite fitness on the other side. Check out http://www.defiantcrossfit.com (my website) as well as http://www.crossfit.com for more about the culture of CrossFit.
I'm looking for a bold but feminine design that will appeal to CrossFit women across the country and not just in my gym. I will award multiple prizes if more than one design is outstanding. Bring your best ideas, nothing is too creative or outlandish. I'm excited to see what you come up with and will give amble feedback and direction as the contest progresses.
"Strong is Beautiful"
"Lift like a girl"
Silhouettes of women
Women lifting barbells overhead
swirls and curls
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Woman Attempts to Hire Hitman on Facebook [VIDEO]
We've all updated our Facebook and Twitter accounts with messages we've later regretted, but most of the time they're completely legal. Such wasn't the case for 20-year-old Eley London, a mother from Philadelphia who told Facebook she'd "pay a stack" for someone to kill her baby's father.
Sounds crazy, right? Well, that didn't stop Tim Bynum from responding to London's request. In fact, the 18-year-old said he'd do the deed if she paid him $1,000 up front.
Fortunately for Corey Jermone White, the "baby father" in question, his mom saw the Facebook correspondence and notified police. London and Bynum were arrested over the weekend.
London is being held on $250,000 bail and is charged with conspiracy to commit murder. Bynum's bail is set at $350,000. He's charged with attempted murder and a weapon's charge.


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Mango: a High Fashion Trendy Brand with Intensive Communication
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Today it is time to speak a little bit about Mango, the world's second Spanish fashion retailer (1). Even though Mango and Zara may have the same target market, their business model and strategy are somehow different.
Mango was founded in 1984 with the opening of a first store in the Passeig de Gracia in Barcelona. The founding brothers, Isaak y Natham Andic, currently keep the control of the company which is 100% family-owned. Although it would enlarge the company financial base, there is no plan of selling shares in the stock market so far.
The franchising strategy:
Indeed the franchising strategy allows Mango to achieve worldwide presence without baring the costs of store ownership. The international expansion started in 1992 with the opening of two stores in Portugal. In 1997, already half of the revenue came from out-of-Spain stores. This figure reached 77% in 2008 (2). Today, the brands has over 1700 points of sale in 100 countries. (3)
Zero manufacturing:
Unlike Zara, Mango does not manufacture any of its pieces of clothes. The company relies on "more than 140 suppliers around the world, and each region specializes in one type of clothing that it can manufacture at a competitive price"(4). With such a range of suppliers and sales in 90 countries, we can imagine that Mango's supply chain and information system are powerful and well-designed to support current success and future expansion.
Communication focus:
Mango's target segment is precisely defined and composed of women who love fashion and want the latest fashion trends. Enric Casi, Mango's CEO believes that 30% of the people passing by a store is actually in the target segment. That way the essence of the brand is not deluted and the target segment is very focused (5).
Unlike Zara, Mango is actively focusing on Image, Communication Campaign, PR, Events and Celebrities to support its fashion positioning and promote its brand.
Celebrities are the core of each communication campaign. From Penelope and Monica Cruz to Scarlet Johansson and the newcomer Olivia Palermo from MTV's show The City, celebrities are the best persons to embody the brand essence.
Mango is also using events like the Mango Fashion Awards to settle its fashion sense (6). Jean Paul Gaultier was the Chairman of the third edition which showcased young designers from different parts of the world competing in a fashion design contest. This kind of initiative is interesting in the sense that it builds the frame for the future of ready-to-wear fashion design and paves the way for the emergence of young designers.
Mango also uses its blog Keep the Beat to keep in touch with its customers and grab every opportunities to promote the brand. Last event to date: Barcelona's Shopping Night Out early december.
As a conclusion, we can say that Mango has a distinctive positioning and strategy that is supported by a supply chain that needs to be as lean and fast as possible.
Next time, we will cover a surprising brand well depicted by the slogan "this is not the same": Desigual. Stay tune!
(1), (2) Dossier economico: http://www.mango.com/oi/index.html
(3) Detras de la marca : http://www.mango.com/oi/index.html
(4), (5) http://www.wharton.universia.net/index.cfm?fa=viewfeature&id=1532&language=english
(6) http://www.mangofashionawards.com


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Francisco Rodriguez got out of it last night, but it got a little dicey in the end. That's OK, because when it's anybody else things get a lot dicey.
One of the best things about Mike Pelfrey's eight-inning gem is it kept Jerry Manuel from going to his combustible bullpen. The bullpen, which started so well in April, has strained from overuse and evolved into a club concern.
Here we are, June, and the Mets are still trying to find and define roles for their relievers, something that should have been done in March. However, because of ineffectiveness and injury, things change.
For one, Hisanori Takahashi, so effective early is not longer in the pen after being thrust into the rotation. How long Takahashi stays there is anybody's guess. After two strong starts, Takahashi was raked by the Padres Monday night.
Now in the pen, taking up a spot, is Oliver Perez, now the human white flag in that he will come into the game when it is a lost cause or there are no other options, such as a game going long into extra innings.
The concern now is building a strong bridge to Rodriguez.
Before popping his hamstring, Ryota Igarashi was making claims to be the set-up man, and that's what Manuel hoped when he came off the disabled list just under two weeks ago.
Igarashi has been awful since coming back, with the bottom possibly being reached Monday night when he gave up six runs on four hits and two walks in a mere one-third of an inning.


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Opinion: An Airline Settlement Only a Regulator Could Love
Assistant editorial page editor James Freeman on the Justice Department's arbitrary antitrust deal with US Airways and American Airlines. Photo: American Airlines
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I ... I ... I ... the Justice Department announced a settlement between the US Airways and American Airlines to allow their merger ... to go for it but what really benefits ... from this kind of antitrust deal ... I've got assistant editorial page editor James Freeman joining me now James ... why ... what was wrong with this merger to begin yet its really crushing of test after seeing the deal the ... the complaint that the Justice Department put out in August was ... a was not so much criticizing this particular deal is can generally griping about the airline industry yet they ... they don't like it when people compete ... and set prices based on mom ... what they think their service should cost and what other people are pricing the seem to generally not like that and a soul Vietnam basically what are the least ... that is what overstating it but they ... they also ... the insides analyst Roger King of the theorize that they also didn't like Don Parker who runs the US Airways so ... he's a competitive successful business person said maybe the reason for a wash and as I dislike him but ... you have to wonder because Justice essentially retreated completely ... up from their earlier position and I think most people would say in the legal sense that in the above much of a position to get what would we like the part that we've gotten on the show I in recent months talking about the deal ... I it I was particularly concerned about the demands of justice was making about Reagan National Airport in Washington ... I they wanted to airlines to give up those slots what happened there the Indians ... while the of ... they ended up having to give up ... a few slots of about ... forty four departures a day ... along with the stuff that some other airports it's not much they do when now sixty seven hundred flights a day in the Fed to cut about a hundred to get this deal done so really doesn't make it ... a bigger ... impact on anything I think if Mr. Parker gift if you decimal week or two ago I think he probably thought he was going have to give up more than he did ... not want justice folded so completely ... and now we we were two weeks out from the trial that does tend to focus the mind when you start to think about how my can really win this isn't some benefits from this is justice is using taxpayer dollars to do these kinds of anti trust iOS ... is actually going results ... in better prices for us to consume ... well in the deal worthy of the settlement assess the or the surgery itself ... I guess it basically by allowing the merger to happen which is really what they're doing here ... I think the traveling public might say I'm ... a non bankrupting airline that can ... safely bring them from point a bit windy and so ... I think you now have bought three big competitors and what we consider the legacy airlines United Delta ... and none of the new American as it will be called for an ... all around the world and then ... you've got the Southwest Airlines to provide a lot of pricing pressure and good for consumers in the domestic market so in the end you approve of what justice tender they should have done this so I'll address where you wish they never ... lost a case in the first place but ... although you know we like to complain about air travel ... the current sites of points out that in constant dollars fares are an all-time low we're not getting all the amenities we may not like paying for bags but dove ... but basically look at how the use of companies struggle to make back across the capital consumers when here so can a consumer's winning assistant editorial page and James Freeman thanks very much things for


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Its' author apparently has. --But not anymore!
We now have this month's installment, thanks in no small part to the goading of a lot of you, about my delinquency. What can I say? I like being out of cell range...
Summer has been full of prowling vampires, toothy dragon-fish, an 86 foot tyrannosaurus, and a secret agent posting in Sydney. Busy.
It was really great seeing many of you in Atlanta last week! Wasn't that fun? It's crazy town for the weekend. The flight out during the remnants of tropical storm Lee was as bouncy as I can remember. It's been such a nasty year for weather, hasn't it?... I hope you all are faring well despite the challenges.
Happy September!


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