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About two years ago now, I suggested the club to a group of smart, talented, funny mothers I met through my daughter's nursery school and didn't want to lose touch with. At the time, I was promising myself to write more, and reading fiction with others (smart, insightful others) seemed an important part of that picture.
Now, all credit to Oprah for encouraging people (let's say it, mostly women) to form similar book clubs all around the country. More credit to her for introducing said clubs to writers they might not have otherwise read: Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Toni Morrison, Rohinton Mistry, Jeffrey Eugenides.
But what about shaking it up a little, ladies? Beautiful, eloquent, literary fiction is great - the authors above are some of my favorites. But sometimes I need to mix up my literary diet with fun, flash, or snark - things with which YA books are often rich to the brim. Last January, I suggested my book club read Sherman Alexie's smart, sassy, honest Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian. Outside of our book club, I got a fellow voracious reader in the group, LK, to become addicted to The Hunger Games. I'm wondering when my time to host comes around again, if I should suggest Going Bovine or Will Grayson, Will Grayson.
What I love about my book club is the ability to learn a little something about each person in it through the books she suggests. My friends have learned I'm a kid at heart - something I don't always wear on my sleeve. And if you think your fellow clubbers might be down on you for your lack of 'literary maturity' - point them to the following New York Times article on the lure of YA literature for adults: The Kids Books Are All Right. Hey, if the New York Times says its OK, it must be, right?
As for Oprah? Maybe she'll have Katniss and Peeta on her list soon.
And if you don't know who Katniss and Peeta are run, don't walk to your nearest bookstore and buy The Hunger Games trilogy.
Then make your whole book club read it.


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Tuesday, January 10, 2006
Karuna & Princas Sokoladas
This was another one of the Eastern European sweets that a friend of a friend brought back that I'm just getting around to posting about. What I thought was rather interesting about it is that it's made by a company owned by Kraft. I suspect that the original company has been around for more than a hundred years in Latvia or Lithuania and was bought by the international food corporation more recently and that the production has not changed markedly. But I am kind of at a loss to figure this one out, as the labels haven't a bit of English on them ... not even any other languages I'm familiar with such as German, Italian or Spanish.
As far as I can tell, each 100 gram bar is milk chocolate. The Princas is dairy milk, the lighter of the two. It's very smooth with a slight coconut taste to it. It's exceptionally sweet with a good milky flavor. The chocolate is neither American style nor Swiss style. It's less grainy than the American chocolates like Hershey or Mars but still as sweet. Overall it's just good. Not great, but for mass-market chocolate it's well packaged, fresh and tasty. It could use some more chocolate complexity but it's certainly something that I'd pick up while traveling to keep in my purse for a little pick-me-up.
The Karuna was also very sweet, exceptionally smooth and had the same coconut flavor to it. It was a little stickier and with a slight hint of cinnamon-woodsiness to it.
I'm not quite sure what the difference between the two is except that the Kuruna is darker. Of the two I prefer the Karuna but I'd probably be pretty happy with either one. I'd probably munch on it with some pretzels or some other savory or bland salty treat (or maybe some shortbread).
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Tuesday, November 22, 2005
Baltic Candies: Dubingiai & Veliuona
Name: Dubingiai and Veliuona
What a gorgeous site Pergale has, seriously. The photos are fabulous and they document gobs and gobs of candy. It's really a delight to browse around, it's well organized and has great brief descriptions of all their products. The UK, Candian and American manufacturers could learn from this Lithuanian company - a lot of the candy sites I've seen are oriented towards capturing consumer information and not giving much in return in the way of information. I like a candy site that's a full catalogue of the company.
These tiny bars were part of a larger cache of candy from Eastern Europe (I already reviewed the full sized Ritter Sport Rum Trauben Nuss and Capuccino bars). I'll sprinkle more in as the weeks go on. The bars are 30 grams, which is less than an ounce and about the size of a thumb, well maybe your thumb, my thumbs are pretty small.
Dubingiai - Dipped rum-flavoured confection of cocoa and milk paste containing waffle crisps. This tiny little bar was glossy with a beautiful dark sheen even after traveling across the world in a suitcase and then in my candy bag for weeks until I took a photo. Once I snapped it in half the rum scent wafted out and made my mouth water. The filling looks like a fluffy truffle, but it also has a bit of crisp mixed in. It's an odd sort of combo, the flavors are nice, but the texture of the center is a little odd. The chocolate outside is smooth but the crisp gives the center a little grain. It's got a nice rum flavor to it and the chocolate is pretty decent. It goes great with my morning coffee.
Veliuona - Dipped confection of cocoa and milk paste containing waffle crisps. This bar seemed quite similar to the Dubingiai but didn't have the rum flavor to it. It was actually a little weird and tasted a bit burnt. The chocolately taste was more evident and the little cookie bits in the fluffy, buttery center were nice, but I couldn't get past the feeling that maybe a cigarette butt ended up in the mix that day.
Ratings: Dubingiai - 8 out of 10 (I really like rum and chocolate as a combo)
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Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 Plus Slices Onto the Vita Feb. 26th
Team Ninja has just announced Ryu Hayabusa will take his talents on the go when Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 Plus arrives on the PlayStation Vita on Feb. 26.
A port of the PlayStation 3 title Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2, itself a remake of the 2008 Xbox 360 title Ninja Gaiden 2, will be making its way to the PlayStation Vita early next year. The latest iteration of the sequel will include new features such as Ninja Race, where players will race enemies while fending them off to earn kill streaks. There will also be Vita-specific touch controls for enabling Hero mode, which will make it, "easier for even new and casual players to use powerful and exhilarating attacks and advance through the game."
Additionally, NGS2+ will include four playable characters, adding three females (Ayane, Rachel, and Momiji), to the fray. Players will be able to instantly swap between Ryu and any of the ladies in the new Tag Missions, while the AI takes over control of the companion character. All of the women in the game will also get new costumes on the Vita, which should entice a few more fans to replay the game yet again.


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I have difficulty understanding Sarkar's maslov index formula in symmetric products from http://arxiv.org/abs/math/0609673.
If $D$ is an $n$-sided region with corner points $p_1,\ldots, p_n$ then it reads like
$\mu(D)= \mu_{p_1}(D)+\mu_{P_n}(D)+ e(D)-g(n-2)/2+\sum_{ 1< i< j \leq n} \partial_j(D) \cdot \partial_i(D)$
where $\mu_{P_i}$ and $e$ are the point and euler measures.
First of all it seems to treat $P_1,P_n$ different from other points. Secondly he says the euler measure of an $n$ sided region is $1-n/4$ which looks different from what Lipshitz says (which takes the accute and obtuse corners into account). Last but not least I don't understand the definition of the last term. It is defined by moving the two sides in 4 different directions in such a way that no endpoint of one is on another and then taking intersection points. It's not clear for me what these 4 directions are and why the result is not always zero.


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Here is some damning evidence that the little piglet is none other than RSF: http://www.xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=3870463&mc=158&forum_id=2(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3921355&forum_id=2#35627419)
This prime xo real estate is guaranteed* to always be visible to viewers. Act now to lock in your rates for this once-in-a-lifetime offer**!
* Guarantee subject to terms and conditions. Void where prohibited.
** Subject to credit approval.(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3921355&forum_id=2#36124037)
There are four New Years: The first of Nissan is the New Year for kings and for festivals. [The kings of Israel count from Nissan. If a king began to reign in Shevat or Adar, when Nissan arrives, that year ends and they begin to count a second year for him. This is derived from (I Kings 6:1): "And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel went out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year, in the month of Ziv, which is the second month, of the reign of Solomon over Israel, etc." The reign of Solomon is being likened to the exodus from Egypt. Just as the exodus from Egypt is counted from Nissan, so the reign of Solomon is counted from Nissan. And the reign of the gentile kings is counted from Tishrei. As stated below: "On the first of Tishrei is the New Year for years"; that is, for the years of the gentile kings." A (practical) difference: They used to indicate the date on bills (of payment) according to the years of the king's reign, for the sake of shalom malchuth ("the peace of the kingdom"). And if a king began reigning on Adar, and a scribe wrote (on a bill) in Nissan thirteen months later: "Nissan of the second year," since Nissan is the New Year for kings, this is a shtar mukdam ("a pre-dated bill") and is invalid; for that Nissan was the Nissan of the third year. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3921355&forum_id=2#35629593)
your gonna regret this rach. bigly(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3921355&forum_id=2#35648157)
Waiting on him to give me a throwaway and I will email you, rach (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3921355&forum_id=2#35626449)
STATE his qualifications(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3921355&forum_id=2#35626890)
Full command of xo memes and terminology
High IQ(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3921355&forum_id=2#35626900)
Every one of these �guys� will be this one guy. He has no friends. He lives his whole life every waking hour on boards desperate to make internet friends. I have seen him do this on other boards from where we have banned him. He did it in tinychat just last night when he and his sockpuppet were doing the doobs thing again.
This retarded freak is mentally ill. Do NOT give him more sockpuppets.
This is not a drill. This is a warning based on knowledge from other boards about how this parasite behaves once he latches on to a board. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3921355&forum_id=2#35627578)
you have no friends here, your sockpuppets are not �everyone� outside your weird little imaginary life
you�re done here, move on(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3921355&forum_id=2#35628433)
all known posters are repelled by you now
your life is sitting on chat boards and inventing fantasies: but just because you keep telling us you are a retired war hero doesn�t make you one: nobody likes you here except for your sockpuppets
rofl at you
you�re done here, go find another board(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3921355&forum_id=2#35628482)
This "clean white glory of truth" poster is a recent interloper from another board who got an account in rach's alts giveaway. This was at the same time he was finally IP tracked and IP banned from the other board.
He is actually mentally ill and has a history of extremely doobsian behavior on other boards, obsessed with finding out personal details about others. DO NOT DIVULGE PERSONAL DETAILS OR THROW-AWAY EMAILS TO THIS POSTER.
he has extremely weird fantasies about being, among other things, an albanian landlord, a war hero, a rich dermatologist, tall, specifically being 6'3 230lbs, and some other boring shit
when unrestrained or unmedicated, he spams about them constantly for 18 hrs a day every day -- and started posting about the exact same things here, down to the weirdest details (the same youtube clips, the same fantasy about being a landlord with "1000 units", some others)
he was also banned from the chat there for extremely doobsian behavior, and then he spammed the chat constantly for several days straight out of revenge until it became unusable
all while spamming the board itself for a couple of years
he repeatedly apologized for his spamming, said he couldn't help himself because of his mental illness, begged for help with his mental illness, and then kept spamming, until IP tracked and IP banned repeatedly (VPNs make that more difficult)
this guy is doobs and JJC together, except MUCH more mentally ill
he did this there 18 hrs a day every day for a couple of years
be warned(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3921355&forum_id=2#35627710)
This shtick sucks (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3921355&forum_id=2#35627961)
It would also be interesting to get more MDs in here--like, funny witty MDs with an anarchic bent.
Probably could do with no more white power community college types HVAC dudes. Im thinking we are full up with their viewpoint. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3921355&forum_id=2#35627215)
just emailed you - have many more of my BROS ready to RAGE on here! NOWAGS beware!(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3921355&forum_id=2#35627690)


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WASHINGTON, Oct 1 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama would veto any "piecemeal" legislation that would restore funding only to certain parts of the government like national parks, veterans programs and the District of Columbia rather than a broad federal spending bill, the White House said on Tuesday.
"These piecemeal efforts are not serious, and they are no way to run a government," spokeswoman Amy Brundage said in a statement, noting that the White House wants the Republican-controlled House of Representatives to pass a bill that would continue funding the federal government without any unrelated policy measures attached.
"The president and the Senate have been clear that they won't accept this kind of game-playing, and if these bills were to come to the president's desk, he would veto them," she said.
Congress failed to agree on spending for the fiscal year that began on Tuesday, leading to a government shutdown.
Obama did sign a bill on Monday evening to ensure that the military would be paid during the shutdown.
A spokesman for House Speaker John Boehner, the top Republican in Congress, called the White House position "unsustainably hypocritical."
"How does the White House justify signing the troop funding bill, but vetoing similar measures for veterans, National Parks, and (the) District of Columbia?" said Michael Steel, a spokesman for Boehner.


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Making The Right Decisions To Build Horsepower On A Budget
There are two ways to race cheap when it comes to Pure Stock level racing engines: Race junk that's cheap up front but won't last, or use a well-prepared block that uses economic or mostly stock parts that will last a season or more. The second option is more expensive up front but should be more powerful and actually save money in the long run compared to the barely-running junkyard motor that blows up after just three races.
Engine rules for the entry-level racing classes-everything from Enduro, Pure Stock, Strictly Stock, and others-are normally based on keeping everything in the engine as is from the factory. No aftermarket cams, lightweight valves, or high-zoot springs. Considering that you can buy OEM replacement parts for pennies on the dollar compared to racing specific hardware, limiting engine parts to "stock replacement only" in entry-level race cars makes good financial sense. There will always be racers in a hurry to get on the track that will buy any junker that runs and pray for the best, but a well-prepared engine will run better and last longer any day of the week-even with the same stock replacement parts.
The key to winning in the stock classes is attention to detail. Even if it still runs, an engine with 100,000 hard miles of road work on it is bound to be worn and not as efficient as it used to be. Fortunately, engine rebuild kits are both plentiful and affordable, especially for the venerable Chevrolet 350. You don't have to have the pedigree of one of Rick Hendrick's engine builders to put one together yourself. You don't have to understand every facet of engine theory or have written a master's thesis on valve timing to properly assemble an engine. If you are meticulous and comfortable around tools, you can do it. If you don't have experience rebuilding engines, find a friend who does and ask him or her to coach you, or check out the many books available on engine building.
You can take the money you save and spend some of it on quality machine work on your block and heads. The key to an efficient and durable engine is close attention to tolerances. A quality machine shop specializing in engines can perform critical checks and tell you what, if any, part of your block needs work. For example, if the main bores are out of alignment-usually from detonation-your engine will still run, but the mains will be too tight against the crank journals in some locations, which will cost you horsepower and put the engine at risk of spinning a bearing. In the greater scheme of things, a little money spent on machine work up front is a lot less expensive than buying two engines in one season because the first one grenaded on you.
This story should help you get an idea of what is involved in assembling your own engine as well as the type of services a quality machine shop can provide (in our case, KT Engine Development). Giving you the blow-by-blow for every step of building an engine is beyond the scope of this article, but we hope it gives you some ideas for getting a legal and financial advantage on the rest of the field when the rules call for "stock replacement only."
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gjaustin wrote:One of the recent updates caused temporary bonuses to apply to both attacks caused by a Reflex potion. Whupaz is included in this!
I'm also trying to phrase the question so that I don't spell out what it does.
I'm thinking Miser. Using Trisword/Alchemist Scroll/Crystall Ball to use up your gold and Translocation Scroll to take the best item makes it pretty easy to get.
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It's now officially official, the VLC application for iPhone and iPad has been pulled from the App Store after several months of contention. Some of the contributors to the open-source VLC application contend that Apple's App Store isn't compatible with the GPL (GNU Public License) components of the app.
At last, Apple has removed VLC media player from its application store. Thus the incompatibility between the GNU General Public License and the AppStore terms of use is resolved - the hard way. I am not going to pity the owners of iDevices, and not even the MobileVLC developers who doubtless wasted a lot of their time. This end should not have come to a surprise to anyone.
VLC made it's way onto the iPad first in September and then hit for the iPhone and iPod Touch in October. It was a good short run for the app and if you are one of the ones who was able to download the app within the past three months enjoy it as no one further will have the ability to get their VLC-on on their iOS devices.
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LINCOLN HEIGHTS — Talk of suicide, a family feud and a courtroom battle over a father's will. That's enough intrigue and noir to fill a Raymond Chandler novel. And with a setting that looks like this, how could you expect anything less. It is the Di Blasi Office Building in Lincoln Heights, built in 1923 according to You Are Here. (County Assessor records, meanwhile, show a 1931 and 1921 building permits). The two-story brick building at 2714 N. Broadway retains much of its vintage character, including the letters "D" and "B" that have been combined to form a symbol that appears in decorative panels across the facade of the building. In the 1920s, this is where Angelo Di Blasi ran a successful produce business – Angelo Di Blasi & Sons – that became the subject of a family and courtroom battle.
Angelo Di Blasi ran his business with sons Carmelo and Antonio. The sons' association with the business came under much scrutiny, however, after Angelo's death in June 1929.
Antonio, the elder son, sued his brother and mother, Concetta de Luca Di Blasi, to dissolve a partnership and account for the estate left by his father, according to a 1930 L.A. Times story. "The plaintiff asserts that after his father's death, his mother and brother drove him from home," said the story. Antonio, who claimed half interest in the business, maintained that his father referred to him as "the boss."
There was also mention in the trial coverage of the elder Di Blasi' suicide, which was rumored to have been precipitated by "his favorite son" Carmelo's incessant canoodling with a certain girl whom the family apparently didn't approve. Carmelo, though, denied that his affairs were to blame for his father's death.
The truth behind Angelo's death remains unclear but his elder son, Antonio, emerged victorious in court, which broke his father's will and named him a partner in the business.
Today, the building that bears the Di Blasi Office Building is home to the Lincoln Heights Chamber of Commerce, a women's fashion boutique, and other merchants. While the Di Blasi business may have dissolved into an ugly family drama, it left behind an attractive two-story landmark in the heart of Lincoln Heights" Broadway business district.
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There's something special about The Haven Country Club. It's the kind of place members always seem to be talking about. They enjoy the Club's comfortable, social, welcoming atmosphere. They tend to use phrases like "home away from home", "our family's favorite retreat", and "a little slice of perfection." They also speak of new and old friendships, warm hospitality, and, not least, about the unparalleled golf experience that draws players of every stripe to the Haven.
The Haven is a country club for the way people live today. Privately owned and professionally managed, the Club emphasizes fun, family, and relaxation. With a superb golf course, a range of great dining options, a rich and varied activities calendar and newly refurbished facilities, The Haven is rapidly being recognized as a unique and desirable choice for residents of Central Massachusetts and beyond.
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"So maybe you'd like to make an appointment to come see me?" the urologist said, and from the twinkle in his eye, I could tell that our conversation had gone dangerously off-track. I replayed the previous few moments in my mind.
"Evan looks great. This should be his last follow-up," the doctor had said after checking the healed incisions on my son's abdomen. Evan's minor surgery is now a distant memory.
"That's great. You did awesome, bud," I'd said to Evan, thinking it was time to head for the front desk to check on the lollipop situation.
"Does he have any siblings?" the urologist asked.
"Just a younger brother," I'd replied.
"Planning to have more?" the doctor asked. Right there, alarm bells should have been ringing in my pants.
"Nope, we're two and through," I said, proud at the insanely high number of children Kara and I had produced. Two children is also one child below the mandatory minivan threshold, which seems like a good place to stop.
As soon as I'd confessed that we were out of the procreation business, the urologist asked me that question about making an appointment. With terror, I realized that he was already giving me a vasectomy with his eyes.
"Whoa, you know, my wife and I haven't really talked about that yet. Maybe we'll be 100% sure in a few years," I said, buying enough time to get me far, far away from that office.
Last year, the contractor doing work on our house for the better part of the summer nonchalantly mentioned that he'd had a vasectomy.
"How bad was it?" I asked.
"It's really not a big deal," he said; then he went on to describe, in vivid detail, what sounded like the opposite of a not big deal. He told me about the scalpel and something about a hook going into the (small!) incision and pulling some duct work (briefly!) out to be snipped. After that, all I really remember is the smelling salts helping me come to.
"Do you have kids?" I asked the urologist, attempting to turn the conversation away from neutering me.
"Nein," he said, switching to German and nodding.
Then he continued, "The youngest is six months old. I'm 46. Man, I'm getting too old for this."
Wait, nine kids, not "nein" kids? That was English? Physician, snip thyself!
Someday, a date with that scalpel awaits me. But there's no way that the person wielding it will have nine kids. First off, he clearly has no first-hand knowledge of being a patient for this procedure. Sure, by that logic, I'd also have to refuse brain surgery from anyone who hasn't been lobotomized, but whenever someone starts waving sharp objects at my groin, logic isn't my top priority. It just seems like having this guy do the procedure would be like asking a vegan to cook my filet mignon.
Secondly, it's not that you necessarily have to be crazy to have nine kids, but all else being equal, someone with nine cats is much more likely to be sane, and the odds aren't great for either of them. At least if you have nine cats, you can still leave the house for a family outing without renting a school bus.
When I got home, I told my wife, "You'll never believe what that guy wanted to do to me."
I told her a harrowing tale of adventure, appointments avoided and scalpels dodged. She rolled her eyes. Trying to get sympathy from someone who's delivered two children is really difficult.
"You know, one of these days, you're really going to need to make an app…" she started to say, but I missed the rest. Sometimes, it's difficult to hear what your spouse is saying when you're fleeing down the driveway.


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Alex Le needed a new stationery design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 49 designs submitted by 23 freelance designers.
Serious Business
Serious Business is a leading social games developer for the Facebook platform. Headquartered in San Francisco, and backed by Lightspeed Venture Partners, the company combines unique game concepts with rigorous analysis to create highly social games enjoyed by millions of users. Our flagship game, Friends for Sale!, is played by over 6 million people every month.
Business cards for our employees
The business cards should be very serious.
Front and back. Our logo is very large and intricate, so shrinking it may or may not work well. Use your imagination, but no new logos (cropping and colors is fine).
Our company name is always written in Trajan, but that is not necessary for the rest of the card.


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Standard socket head cap screws typically supply higher tensile strength, better yield strength, and more shear strength than equivalent sizes of hex head cap screws; yet they require less counter-bore because they are internally wrenched. These socket head cap screws feature a hexagonal center recess in the head for tightening with an Allen wrench or hex key. With no side clearance restrictions, they can be placed close together and are ideal for assemblies with close tolerances. Flat head socket screws feature an 82° countersunk flat head. Flush mounts so moving parts can pass over freely. Not ideal for applications that require optimal anti fatigue properties.


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Every character on the stage is out to get something from the office: sex, power, the key to the executive washroom, with or without scruples. For the audience of Performance Riverside's "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying," this translates into an evening of wildly energetic, totally silly entertainment.
Credit goes to two components: the actors' total commitment to their goofy characters, and the thrilling production numbers which had to have left every cast member exhausted. Both factors outweighed the periodic lumpiness of complicated set changes and prop malfunctions.
The story itself is not without merit, a parody of the "office world," bosses and secretaries all, of the 1950s and '60s, written at the time. While every situation is exaggerated, according to one audience member who lived in the thick of that office world, they are all based on truth. The secretary who places herself strategically to attract a future husband, the ambitious young employee who seizes opportunities and information to take another step up the corporate ladder, and the coffee-less coffee break.
A coffee break without coffee? It breeds mayhem, as the number "Coffee Break" sends employees into writhing, snarling fits of caffeine deprivation, seriously enhanced by the inventive choreograph by Mic Thompson who created one show-stopping number after another. "Brotherhood of Man," the show's final number, is reason enough to see this show, with every cast member prancing, leaping and kicking, in synchronized cacophony while Rita Merchant's Miss Jones belts out the song.
Kevin Rose as Finch, the window-washer-turned-corporate-ladder-climber, sparked the show with a clear-eyed, no-harm-meant character who seemed to be the most honest and certainly the most sane of the group.
Around his grounded character, David Miller as the grandly silly and wholly obnoxious sop, Bud Frump; John Lynd as the chief executive who fits every possible stereotype; and Nicole Manly, alternatingly (and brilliantly) sexy in the blonde mode and nasty in the cagey mode as Hedy LaRue are all wonderfully extreme, fueling the show and ripping laughter from the audience with almost every phrase.
Miller and Lynd paired up for "Grand Old Ivy," another piece worth any ticket price, with Lynd making a fabulous likeness of a chipmunk, or was it a ground squirrel, unabashedly unconcerned about his yellow tights — not a pretty sight.
Casey Canino's Rosemary, Finch's love interest — or was it the other way around? — devoid of sensuality or sweetness of any kind, nevertheless helped glue the show together, matching Finch's sanity in the midst of the office melee.
For a quarter century, Performance Riverside has offered the Inland Empire LA-quality musical productions. We can't know what the future holds for the region's musical theater as Performance Riverside is absorbed into the RCC curriculum, but we do know that the audiences have enjoyed consistently fine, professionally managed and produced entertainment with top-quality producing artistic directors like Matt Neves.
As I dump more $20 bills into my car's gas tank so I can endure a harrowing drive into Los Angeles to pay twice as much as the most expensive ticket at Performance Riverside, I will seriously miss the pleasure they have provided for so many years.
'How to Succeed…'
WHEN: 8 p.m. Friday June 14; 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, June 15; 2 p.m. Sunday, June 16
WHERE: Landis Performing Arts Center at Riverside City College, 4800 Magnolia Avenue in Riverside
TICKETS: $28-$49. 951-222-8100, www.performanceriverside.org


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Binary option trading easy
Since these options expire in one minute you can potentially do hundreds of trades a day. Choose wrong, and you lose amount you placed on the trade. The 60 seconds starts the second you place the trade. So if you place a trade at 9: Figure 1 shows a screenshot of some 60 second binary options.
The 60 seconds begins as soon as you lock in your trade. Often the broker will also provide some other short-term expiries as well. In this case, if you click the dropdown menu you can also select 60 Seconds, Seconds or Seconds. The main advantage is that you can essentially trade as much as you want. Theoretically you could make a trade every few seconds, or basically as fast as you can click your mouse.
This allows you take advantage of any short-term opportunities you may see, without needing to worry about finding an expiry time that suits your timeframe.
Simply click to buy a put or call and wait 60 seconds. Trade multiple assets and you could have multiple trades on at one time, all expiring within a very short timeframe.
From a trading perspective 60 second binary options allow you capitalize on strong market moves effectively. Therefore, these options let you jump into the flow of the market, and get out of the trade quickly before a major reversal occurs. This allows you to seize every possible opportunity, and potentially rack up some big daily gains. While you can trade a lot in a day with 60 second binary options and potentially make a lot of money, you could also lose a lot.
Good set-ups often take time to develop, and therefore by using 60 second binary options you may be distracted by mediocre or poor trade set-ups, missing the good ones.
This means you will need to have a very high win rate when trading. Ideally, 60 second binary options should be used for just that—seizing high probability short-term opportunities. Lower payouts also signal that these options should be used sparingly. Over the long-run you need to win about 6 out of 10 trades to breakeven.
To make a decent profit your win rate will need to be higher. That is difficult if you over-trade or trade mediocre set-ups. As with any trade, trade quality set-ups over quantity. EasyXP Figure 1 shows a screenshot of some 60 second binary options. Disadvantages While you can trade a lot in a day with 60 second binary options and potentially make a lot of money, you could also lose a lot. Final Word 60 second binary options provide a load of potential, and provide a way to seize short-term opportunities.


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As a novice in this area, you may be weighing up binary options alongside other forms of trading. As well as reading around the subject, signing up to no-deposit binary options demo accounts can be a useful method of hands-on research.
Binary options demo accounts provide a risk-free environment to explore new areas. From indices through to commodities and individual shares, the demo should ideally provide access to all assets available on the live version, giving you scope to experiment.
Some brokers provide access to a wealth of educational and instructional resources — suitable for novices and more experienced traders alike. A range of brokers focus on user education, featuring an introduction programme, a range of seminars and various guides. Likewise, if you are still honing a strategy, a demo account can be invaluable for putting it to the test.
IQ Option will even allow you to back test trading strategies on the demo account or even test robots in real time. Many platform providers claim to be able to keep you in the loop — where ever you are. An alerts system can certainly be invaluable in keeping you up to date with changing market conditions and informing you of new opportunities.
So the demo account lets you see just how useful such a service really is — as well as allowing you to test out the mobile-friendliness of the platform. A growing segment of the demo account picture is for the full trading app experience to be available via a demo account app. The brokers who have taken the time to make this available, are more likely than not to have the better trading platforms — after all, they have gone to the extra effort of making sure as many people as possible see it.
Given the benefits of a demo account, it might be worth paying a deposit, particularly if it is a brand you want to check out — but tread carefully. In some cases, the initial deposit can trigger a bonus, which may impact withdrawal limits.
In most cases, a demo account will not require a deposit. The broker should have enough faith in their platform that you will not look anywhere else after trying theirs. Those that impose restrictions such as needing a deposit, or large amounts of sign up information perhaps do not have as much confidence in their offering.
Some brokers will promote competitions and contests among their demo users. These contests come in many guises but often carry real money rewards — another step in hoping traders make the move to real money. These contests are just another marketing tool for the broker, but offer traders a good incentive to stay active. No deposit is required to enter so there is no risk for the trader — and they can be a lot of fun.
A demo account should be a risk-free, no-obligation way of testing a platform. The very best demo accounts are free, exactly the same as the real platforms, and not time limited. Is binary options trading for you? After five days of demo trading you can easily switch to a real account if you are happy with your performance on the financial markets. Both the demo and the real platforms give you full control and risk management of your investments. It is a small platform offering only short term options — 60 seconds and 5 minutes.
The bright side is that they offer an unlimited account: We needed some time in the Live chat to login into this account but at the end we were all good. The problem here is the SpotOption software which is a bit slow and I was not really sure if all prices are delivered in real time. Besides that it is a good fact that practically it is an unlimited virtual account as long as you keep your balance positive.
Traders can easily switch between different options. This is the only demo where one can try boundary strategy as this is the only demo where boundary options are to be found.
To get this demo you have to spend some time in the live chat. You need to have two different e-mails — one for the real account and another for the demo. Not really useful demo account as you can trade only for 48 hours. After that you need to make a deposit if you want to continue in virtual mode. This little fact makes it useless for testing strategies and systems. You have to prove you are a serious trader to get a free demo — you will get a phone call to speak with an account manager and present yourself as a financially stable person.
Their aim is to understand if you are enough motivated to start real trading after the practice session.


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MIDDLEBURY — No one knows exactly how town photography began. In the late 1890s, people began ordering large 8" by 10" cameras from the Sears Roebuck mail order catalogue for about $40 (about 10 times the weekly wage of a cobbler). A few entrepreneurial photographers — whose identities are now unknown — began charging for photographs of families posing in front of their homes with the new cameras.
The photographers also made postcards that were mailed around the country.


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Implants vs. Root Canals
I had a root canal when I was eight years old, and it failed at age 36. I needed a second root canal and two crowns to keep the tooth that long. After it came out I had an implant. To my surprise, the implant procedure was a breeze; much easier than the root canals or extraction. If I end up needing another root canal, I`m thinking that I`d rather just get rid of the tooth and have an implant. Is that too drastic? I know it`s more expensive, but after all the maintenance I did to keep that tooth, I`d rather do it once and be done. What`s the current thought about implants?
Dental implants offer an important option for people to maintain the best oral health. When you had your root canal at age 8, dental implants were in very early stages of being introduced to the professional dental community and were not in widespread use. Even if they had been available, the treatment you got was the right one and would likely be the same an eight year old would have in our practice today. Implants are considered only after the bones have finished growing, about 16 to 18 for girls and 18 to 25 for boys.
Since 1982 there have been significant advances in dental implants and they are used with increasing frequency. While each personâs individual situation needs to be considered by a dentist who is experienced in placing and restoring implants, there are some important questions to consider in making a decision:
- If the tooth is kept intact with a root canal or other procedure;, how long can it be preserved? [A general guideline is that is that the tooth should be expected to last for at least five years]
- How many procedures will it take to preserve the tooth? [Having more procedures to save the tooth increases the risk of possible problems, and so there is more benefit in replacing that tooth with an implant.]
- How much of the toothâs root is still intact? [If more root remains, the original tooth is likely to be more stable.}
- How much visible tooth is left? [The less damage there is, the more likely the tooth will have a better result and last a long time.]
If the original tooth structure is very stable with little work required to preserve it, it is likely to last for a long time with few complications. If damage to the tooth is more severe, the chances of having problems is increased and an implant would be the a better long-term solution. Each personâs situation is different so, if youâre making this decision in the future, these are some things to think about in talking with your dentist.
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The bill, which was passed Thursday, wrapped seven spending bills covering 11 government departments into one package for the new fiscal year that began last Oct. 1. A stopgap measure that funded the departments at FY2003 levels was scheduled to expire Jan. 31.
Earlier in the week, Senate Democrats had warned of roadblocks if language delaying country of origin labeling for two years was included in the government spending bill for the 2004 fiscal year. Other issues of contention by Senate Democrats included provisions relaxing both overtime rules for some white collar workers and the rules regarding media consolidation.
However, many of those voting against the bill changed their vote the second time around. Senators voted 65 to 28 in favor of the fiscal year 2004 Omnibus Appropriations Conference Report, which will now go to the President for his signature.
Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle, D-S.D., was not among the majority in support of the spending bill because of provisions in the bill that would delay implementation of country-of-origin labeling, weaken limits on media concentration, and relax overtime rules for some jobs.
"On Tuesday, the Senate voted to delay consideration of the omnibus appropriations bill," said Daschle. "At that time, I said that the Republican Majority should be given a few days to fix the most glaring problems - provisions that have already been rejected by both chambers of Congress but were inserted into the Omnibus in the dark of night by the Republican leadership."
"These are problems that could easily have been fixed. The Majority chose not to do so, leaving us with policies that defy common sense, the will of the House and the Senate, and the wishes and best interests of the American people."
Daschle said, "Let us be clear. The passage of the Omnibus in no way means that Democrats will give up on these essential fights. Democrats will spare no effort to make these changes this year.
"The Senate, on an overwhelming vote, supported the notion that America should have country-of-origin labeling for food products because it enhances food safety, promotes consumer confidence and consumer choice, supports American ranchers and farmers, and gives a much-needed boost to the rural economy. Yet the House, and some in the White House, insisted on a two-year delay. A two-year delay would kill country-of-origin labeling."
Senator Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., put a different slant on the vote.
Applauding passage of the bill, Frist says, "This funding will create jobs, spur the economy and encourage continued growth. From riverfront development and historic preservation projects to healthcare and education initiatives, this funding will contribute to the Delta region's economic growth and success."
Daschle adds, "There was never a threat that the government would be shut down, despite what some of our Republican colleagues have said. Simply, we wanted to give our colleagues a chance to fix this legislation. They have chosen not to fix any of these issues. But we will be back. The Senate should never look the other way while a powerful minority overrides the will of the majority to reward one special interest after another."
Farm groups like the National Farmers Union also were unhappy with the Senate's approval of the omnibus spending bill.
"I am appalled that this attack on the country-of-origin food labeling law was not debated in public," says the group's president Dave Frederickson. "At the insistence of the Bush administration, congressional leadership slipped this delay into the comprehensive spending bill behind closed doors and at the expense of consumers, American farmers and our trading relationships."
However, Frederickson said this will not be the final push to implement mandatory country-of-origin labeling by the end of the year. "Farmers Union will be working with COOL supporters in Congress to make sure country-of-origin labeling shows up again in other must-pass legislative vehicles in 2004," he says.
"U.S. farmers want COOL, 82 percent of American consumers request it, and the U.S. Senate directed conferees not to include the COOL delay in the omnibus spending bill," he said. "It is unfortunate that Congress and the administration would ultimately ignore the will of so many Americans to benefit a handful of companies."


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We are 3 friends, myself and two females, working together to set up a new speed dating events company in London, England, called Ignite - Singles Events. The company will hold a variety of speed dating events for people in general and more specifically (eg based on background, religion, etc) in bars, restaurants and cafes in central London.
Our aim is to target a variety of markets of single professionals in London, England, from general open to everyone events, to more specific events based on religion and background, to cater for a variety of different individuals looking for people from a similar or different background. Our market will consist of professional singles (doctors, lawyers, healthcare workers, office workers, accountants, teachers, etc), ranging from the ages of 23-45, males and females.
Though there are other events companies, they do not cater fully for such a diverse population, and often to not provide an adequate service to fulfill their roles fully. We aim to promote ourselves as a stylish, elegant speed dating company, who pride themselves on using ideal, relaxed and discreet venues in bars, restaurants and cafes in central London, England, and providing full support from the beginning to post event care, to ensure people have an opportunity to meet like minded professional singles in a relaxed environment.
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Fifth Annual Lonestar Rod and Kustom Roundup
While the Lonestar Rod and Kustom Roundup is itself a one-day event, you can easily make more than a week's adventure out of attending this gathering, as we found out while attending this year's fifth annual festivities. We knew there were a few people and shops we wanted to visit in the Lone Star state before the event so we went in early and made our rounds. On Thursday we took up Jim Jard's invitation to attend his Roundup pre-party at his Houston warehouse. Good people, cars, entertainment, and food were all part of Jard's get-together, and we were back again the next morning to set off for Austin.
Once in Austin on Friday afternoon, it was very obvious what the weekend had in store–plenty of great rods and customs from Texas and far beyond. Cruising up and down the South Congress strip was the entertainment for the night.On Saturday morning, the air was again alive with the rumble of dual pipes as rods and customs of all shapes and sizes rolled through the gates and found parking spots on the grass next to the shores of Town Lake at Festival Beach. The day continued with great live music on the performance stage and special delicacies in the huge food court. After a great day checking out the parked cars, the live action started all over again with cruisers prowling up and down Congress.
We concluded our own Texas trek with a few more visits on Sunday, and before we headed home we had already made our plans for another week of Lonestar adventure next year.
Extended CoverageAfter a good nights rest a group of road ready rodders formed back at Jim Jard's shop on Friday morning to head over to Austin. Bruce Burroughs would lead the way for the adventurous bunch of rodders in his '32 Ford Roadster. Some of the "free-wheelers" like Jim Jacobs in his '29 Ford panel and Mark Morton in his chopped '32 Ford coupe started their journeys to the Round Up from Southern California.


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The sun tentatively peeked through the clouds over the Belmont Plateau cross country course at 5:25 PM, but by that time it was all over.
In a rain-soaked race for the 2012 Girls Inter-Ac League championship, the Lions of Springside Chestnut Hill Academy won the title for the first time in team history, scoring 54 points to overcome two other teams from the east side of the Schuylkill, runner-up Germantown Academy (61 points) and third-place Penn Charter (73).
SCH sophomore Jamie Costarino, who finished second at the 2011 meet, clinched the individual title by covering the difficult 3.1-mile course in 19 minutes and 20 seconds, while Penn Charter senior Catie Skinner came in close behind at 19:28.5.
After third-place Paige Kupsky, a freshman who led the GA Patriots with a time of 20:20.6, fourth place went to SCH's second finisher, Emma Helstrom. A Mount Airy resident (like Skinner) who is only in 7th grade, Helstrom was the only other runner in the 20-minute bracket, crossing the line in 20:32.6.
Senior Maddi Hinchey (a Norwood Fontbonne Academy alum) and freshman Nicole Novo secured seventh and 11th place, respectively, for Springside Chestnut Hill. Hinchey clocked in at 21:24.6 and Novo at 21:56.3, and the Lions' team score was completed by ninth-grader Brenna Isackman, who was 31st in 23:16.9.
In addition to Kupsky, GA had junior Alyssa Bunim claim a spot in the top 10, as she finished 10th in 21:49.1. The other members of that elite group were Baldwin School's Miriam Jaiser (fifth) and Episcopal Academy's Katherine Hong (sixth), who are both sophomores, and two seniors from the Academy of Notre Dame, Siobhan Dougherty (eighth) and Darcy Curtis (ninth).
As expected, the weather slowed everyone down; last year Costarino came in second with a time of 19:05, while Notre Dame's Maria Seykora, now at Princeton University, set a meet record in 18:44.
Still, Costarino commented, "I don't mind running in the rain. Plus, after last year's [Independent Schools] State meet in the snow, everything else is nothing compared to that."
Notre Dame, the seven-time defending league champion, was fourth in the team standings this year with 81 points, and was followed by Episcopal (118), Baldwin (141), and Agnes Irwin (177). Last spring, Notre Dame graduated a strong senior class that included Seykora and Caroline Powers, who placed third at the Inter-Ac championships a year ago.
PC's Skinner won both the Inter-Ac and Pa. Indy Schools titles as a sophomore in 2010, but had to deal with a nagging foot injury last fall. She came in fourth in the league meet but then rebounded to finish second behind Seykora at the state championships a week later.
After Costarino won the 2012 league crown last week, she said "I was a little surprised. At the beginning of the race I thought I was going to snag second. I knew that Catie knows the course very well, and she's strong on the hills."
The SCH 10th-grader had not raced at Belmont since last October, and the Lions had practiced there only once this fall.
"I wasn't feeling great at the beginning of the race," she said. "I struggled a little bit going up Parachute [a well-known upslope halfway through the course] because I was a little nervous."
It was easy to identify the red-haired Skinner as the first runner to emerge from the wooded section of the course with about a mile to go in the race.
Still, Costarino wasn't ready to concede to the senior.
"I saw her slowing down somewhat," the Lions' lead runner said. "I told myself I should just take it. I was very tired, but I felt like I had this chance so I shouldn't give it up."
She moved into the lead, but didn't really feel secure until she allowed herself a beaming smile as she crossed the finish line.
"Near the finish I was afraid I might get passed," she explained. "It was so slippery that it was hard for me to have a strong finish, because my feet kept sliding."
Three more SCH runners passed the line among the first 11 athletes, then the Lions had to wait a bit to calculate their final total.
They'd won all of their league dual meets this fall, but they'd only beaten GA by one point, and Penn Charter by three.
After Isackman completed the scoring, the next runner to arrive was fellow SCH freshman Brooklynn Broadwater, 32nd in 23:26.1. The seventh runner for the Lions, junior Caroline Canning, was under the weather on race day, but still managed a respectable 36th place in 23:54.3.
Since 2011, when Main Line schools snapped up the first three places in the team rankings, the three teams from Northwest Philly and the adjacent suburbs had turned things completely around.
Four of Penn Charter's top four were seniors; Skinner, Ani Schug (14th; 22:20.3), Heidi Zisselman (17th; 22:28.4), and Emily Diaz (18th; 22:35.5), while the Quakers' other scorer at the Inter-Ac meet was a freshman, McKenna Krall (22nd; 22:42.5). Sixth for PC was senior Rachel Morris (25th; 22:51.3), who finished just a fraction ahead of ninth-grader McKenzie Case (26th; 22:51.6).
GA had no seniors at all among its five scorers. After Kupsky and Bunim came junior Anna Hallahan (12th; 22:05.8), Hallahan's freshman sister Maggie (15th; 22:22.9), and junior Evelyn Rakowsky (21st; 22:41.8). Sixth for the Patriots was sophomore Kelsie Hermance (23rd; 22:43.8), and seventh was senior Bridie Lawlor (24:09.8).
From the closeness of the dual meets, the SCH Lions knew that every place would be critical at the championships, and they were able to get the job done. The team had ranked sixth out of the seven league members just a year earlier.
"It was hard to believe that Springside [Chestnut Hill] finally won," reflected Costarino. "It was about time."


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Sciences, Natural
From its origins, Mennonite thought has given scant attention to either the doctrine of creation, natural theology, or the natural sciences. Scientific pursuits among Mennonites typically have reflected the ambient culture rather than elements intrinsic to the Anabaptist or Mennonite tradition (acculturation). The history of Mennonite scientific pursuits thus parallels the vicissitudes of Mennonite involvement in other aspects of high culture, for example, the fine arts.
The magisterial reformers of the 16th century did not count the natural sciences among their primary concerns, and the lack of interest in science among the early Anabaptist leaders is not unusual when viewed in that light. The Anabaptist movement labored under exceptional circumstances, however. Whatever incipient interest in scientific pursuits existed among Anabaptists was undermined by the rapid demise of the first generation of highly-educated leaders, the appeal of Anabaptism predominantly to peasants and artisans, and intensive persecution. The free city of Strasbourg, a context in which such interests might have flourished, illustrates the problems peculiar to Anabaptism. Strasbourg initially served as a haven for dissenters of every stripe. During the tumultuous years of the 1520s, scientific activity (as gauged by publications and university enrollments) declined. By the time it eventually resumed in the 1530s and 1540s, however, the city had banished all Anabaptists, including Pilgram Marpeck, the only first-generation Anabaptist leader with highly-developed "scientific" (engineering) skills. Thanks to the demand for his expertise, Marpeck lived to a ripe old age despite his Anabaptist faith. The extensive knowledge of natural phenomena presupposed by his work in mining, metallurgy, and city water works has, however, left scarcely a trace in his writings. The radical biblicism that characterizes the Anabaptist movement is illustrated by Menno Simons's theory of the incarnation. Wrongly linked with Aristotelianism, Menno's understanding of conception rejected all contemporary naturalistic explanations in favor of the only view he considered biblical, namely that the mother contributed no flesh to the fetus.
In the tolerant and prosperous atmosphere of the northern Netherlands of the 17th century, Mennonite interest in the natural sciences blossomed, at the level of reflection as well as in practice. The first article of the Dordrecht Confession (1632) opens with God and creation, in contrast to the Schleitheim Confession (1527), which omits these topics altogether. During this period, many Dutch Mennonites entered the medical profession (medicine). To conclude their formal training, these physicians often wrote Latin dissertations on physiological or anatomical topics. The Bidloo family stands out with special prominence. Govert Bidloo wrote a splendid book of human anatomy and served as personal physician to William III, first in Holland and later in England, where he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of London. His nephew Nicolaas Bidloo founded the first medical school in Moscow under Tsar Peter the Great. In the physical sciences, the cobbler Dirk Rembrandtz van Nierop published books on navigation, mathematics, and astronomy. In addition to his technical interests, he sought to reconcile the sun-centered Copernican system of the universe with Scripture, and defended the new Cartesian natural philosophy.
In the 18th century, several Dutch Mennonites gave institutional form to their intellectual interests. Founded in 1735 to train preachers, the Amsterdam Mennonite Theological Seminary also offered courses in physics, mathematics, and natural philosophy taught by Klaas de Vries, Heere Oosterbaan, and Gerrit Hesselink. English natural theology also left an imprint on Mennonite circles. The Harlingen preachers Johannes Stinstra and Jan Boelaart translated into Dutch the works of Samuel Clarke, a prominent exponent of Newtonian natural theology in England. The wealthy merchant Pieter Teyler endowed the Teyler Foundation to encourage work in both science and religion. The Mennonite pastor Jan Nieuwenhuizen and his son Martin founded the Maatschappij tot Nut van 't Algemeen to make education accessible to the poor. Characterized by a strong Christian Enlightenment flavor, the society published many introductory works on a wide variety of topics, including physical geography, geology, and natural history. Both societies remain active in the late 1980s. The most prominent Dutch scientist of Mennonite descent was the geneticist Hugo de Vries (d. 1935), who proposed the "mutation theory" that laid the foundations of modern genetics.
In contrast to acculturation in The Netherlands, the cultural isolation of the Alsatian Mennonites of the late 18th and 19th centuries not only preserved a sympathetic-magical worldview rooted in popular culture, traditional botanical lore, and folk medicine, but also stimulated a highly-developed empirical science of agriculture. Similar successes characterize the Mennonite colonies of Russia, where the Agricultural Association promoted scientific cattle breeding.
Outside The Netherlands before the late 19th century, Mennonites rarely studied beyond grammar and secondary school, and seldom had the leisure to teach themselves science. In this respect, the Philadelphia astronomer and clock-maker David Rittenhouse, who came from a Mennonite background, was the exception rather than the rule. He not only made the best American calculation of solar parallax based on the transit of Venus for 1769, but also was active in Pennsylvania politics.
Outside The Netherlands and northern Germany, it was not until the turn of the 20th century that Mennonites took a significant interest in higher education. The Halstead (Ks.) School, founded in 1883 as a teacher-training and college preparatory school, included several science courses in its four-year curriculum. Bethel College (Ks.) was founded in 1887-88; the Elkhart (Ind.) Institute of Science, Industry and the Arts (later Goshen College) in 1894. During the following decades, North American Mennonite higher education felt the influence of Fundamentalism. Leaders like H. P. Krehbiel (GCM) and George R. Brunk (MC) sought to preserve their church conferences from the scientific outlook they saw embodied in the twin dangers of Darwinian evolution and critical methods of biblical scholarship. The Articles of Faith adopted by the Mennonite Church (MC) General Conference at Garden City, Missouri. (1921), asserted the historicity and literal truth of Genesis 1. Although related tensions closed Goshen College, 1923-24, such problems evidently had little long-term effect on the intellectual orientation of Mennonite students. At Bluffton College, for example, one fourth to one fifth of the students majored in science between the 1920s and 1960s. For most other Mennonite institutions, the growth of interest in science was a post-World War II phenomenon. Increases in the number of majors did not always translate into PhD degrees, however, for the service motif of Mennonite ethics channeled many students with scientific interests into secondary education and medical practice rather than research. Around 1960, one third to one half of Mennonites involved in non-theological graduate work were studying medicine.
In recent years, science programs in Mennonite colleges have given more emphasis to basic research. Although science majors represent a small proportion of the total number of graduates, the quality is high. Research-oriented professors in Mennonite undergraduate colleges have inspired "schools" of PhD students in such fields as plant pathology and solid state physics.
Although theological pluralism, urbanization, a decentralized church polity, and opportunities for studying science at non-Mennonite schools make reliable figures difficult to obtain, scientists of Mennonite background have made their way onto the faculties and research staffs of major universities and scientific laboratories, and have served in the leadership of major scientific societies.
At the level of policy implications, Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) has been involved in matters of scientific import in at least two ways. Since the 1950s, the MCC Peace Section has coordinated efforts to think about the consequences of nuclear weapons. Between 1962 and 1976, the Teachers Abroad Program of MCC sent many science teachers to secondary schools in sub-Sahara Africa.
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Shank, Michael H. "Sciences, Natural." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1989. Web. 24 Mar 2019. http://gameo.org/index.php?title=Sciences,_Natural&oldid=162898.
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Shank, Michael H. (1989). Sciences, Natural. Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 24 March 2019, from http://gameo.org/index.php?title=Sciences,_Natural&oldid=162898.
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Abby Wambach broke new ground on Friday as she netted a 29 minute hat-trick for the USA against South Korea to surpass Mia Hamm to become the highest goalscorer in the history of international football.
The 33-year-old, who made her first appearance for the USA 12 years ago, scored international goals number 157, 158 and 159 inside opening half-hour - the third enough to topple Hamm - and added fourth for good measure before the interval.
Wambach's record now stands at a staggering 160 goals scored in 207 matches for her country, and means the Western New York Flash forward has found the net more often than any player in the women's or men's game.
After the resounding victory in the Red Bull Arena, Wamback reflected on her achievement, and attributed her success to the influence of her array of teammates in over a decade at the top.
"It's surreal to begin with," she told reporters. "I'm so thankful and my teammates were trying to get me those goals. I can't thank them enough.
"As a competitor you want to be done with the things that put me at the forefront of conversations. This team is too good to be talking about one person."
Hamm, who retired in 2004 with 158 goals in 275 games, quickly released a statement following Wambach's achievement to lavish praise on her former teammate.
"I'm just so proud of her," Hamm said. "She fights for the ball, she's courageous and she never gives up. Her strength and perseverance is what makes her so great and it's what defenders and opposing teams fear.
"From being her teammate early in her career, I know all she ever wanted to do was win and she continues to do that. I'm just glad I got to share 158 with her. It was short but it was fun."
The record haul of international goals by a man is the 109 scored by Al Daei of Iran - the only player ever to have broken the century barrier.


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MIAMI (AP) — New York Mets knuckleballer R.A. Dickey's best season yet ended with a no-decision and some surprising news: He'll have surgery Oct. 18.
After pitching six innings in a 4-3, 11-inning loss to the Miami Marlins, Dickey revealed he has pitched since mid-April with a strained muscle on the right side of his abdomen. Following the operation, Dickey said, he expects to be ready for the start of spring training.
"The pain can be fairly significant from time to time," he said. "It's part of this game, playing with aches and scrapes and bruises and tears. It happened early this year, but we were able to work through it."
Dickey struck out one-shot wonder Adam Greenberg but also gave up two homers in his final start of a Cy Young-hopeful season. He said the injury bothered him more than in earlier outings.
"I just felt we would keep trucking through," he said. "I guess the timing is fortuitous in that the significant pain I'm feeling now I hadn't felt before. But tonight it was hard to catch my breath sometimes. It's obvious it needs to be taken care of."
Greenberg fanned on three pitches when he batted for the first time in seven years in the sixth inning. He signed a one-day contract before the game, his first since he was beaned in his major league debut in 2005.
"I think the story far transcends the result of the at-bat," Dickey said. "It was important for me and him to treat him like a big-leaguer."
Dickey had beaten the Marlins in eight consecutive starts over the past two seasons, including five this year. He struck out eight to increase his NL-leading total to 230, and ended the season at 20-6 with an ERA of 2.73.
Donovan Solano hit a game-winning, bases-loaded one-out single off Collin McHugh (0-4).
Dickey left trailing 3-0, and manager Terry Collins said he could tell the injury
was a factor.
"It hasn't bothered him," Collins said. "Today he said it felt fine, then he aggravated it in the second inning. He said he still could go pitch.
"You could tell in the fifth he had a limp to his gait. He said, `I'll give you as much as I can give you."'
The Mets rallied with three runs in the eighth to tie the game. After Marlins rookie Jacob Turner allowed one run in 7 2-3 innings, beleaguered former All-Star Heath Bell helped blow their lead.
Jose Reyes tripled off McHugh to start the 11th. Giancarlo Stanton and Carlos Lee were intentionally walked, and after Rob Brantly struck out, Solano grounded a single up the middle.
Solano struck out in his previous four at-bats.
New York scored three times after Bell entered the game with two out in the eighth. David Wright hit an RBI single, a wild pitch scored another run and Scott Hairston followed with an infield single to drive in the tying run.
Bell, who has come to symbolize the Marlins' disappointing season, then departed to jeers from the crowd.
With the score 3-all, the Mets' Andres Torres tripled in the ninth. But Jordany Valdespin and Ruben Tejada struck out against Steve Cishek. New York loaded the bases in the 10th before Josh Thole struck out against Ryan Webb to end the threat.
Gorkys Hernandez and Brantly each hit his third homer for Miami. Chad Gaudin (4-2), who had been scheduled to start the season finale Wednesday, pitched a perfect 11th inning.
Turner, one of the few bright spots for the underachieving Marlins, allowed only three hits and two walks and lowered his ERA to 3.38. He made seven starts after being acquired from Detroit in late July and is expected to contend for a spot in the rotation next year.
"He's throwing the ball well," manager Ozzie Guillen said. "He's got a shot to make the ballclub next year."
Notes: Before the game, Marlins INF Nick Green was transferred to the 60-day disabled list. … Dickey has given up 24 homers, the most on the Mets' staff. … Marlins rookie Tom Koehler will make his first career start in Wednesday's season finale against Jeremy Hefner.
(Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)


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