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Although the concept of a closure in a programming language construct is fairly clear, some of the details are a little fuzzy around the edges. The central ideas are that (a) closures are anonymous functions (b) created as first class values that (c) capture variables in the enclosing lexical scope. Unfortunately, the notions of "variable" and "enclosing lexical scope" vary subtly across languages. These lead to odd edge cases that can be demonstrated with contrived examples, but can also lead to unexpected behaviors in legitimate code in some languages.
Take, for example, the much maligned for loop in C:
if (x) {
for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
if (i == 2)
/* ... */
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This snippet raises two important questions: What is the scope of int i? And what should it be? Early C compilers avoided the question entirely by forcing variables to be declared before the first statement. C++ and ANSI C relaxed those rules to allow variables to be declared within the body of a function.
In a language that doesn't support closures or variable capture, these questions are mostly meaningless, unless you're writing a compiler or trying to out-geek the nerd in the next cube. Now that closures are on the table, the finer points of language design have important and subtle consequences.
There are a few ways to interpret this snippet of C code. One way is to consider the for loop a lexical block, and the lifespan of int i is limited to the loop itself; the precondition, postcondition and increment clauses are merely syntactic sugar that are still tied to the loop itself.
Another way to look at the code is to interpret the int i declaration as appearing immediately before the loop, making it visible to any subsequent point in the same block (the if block in this example). This is useful if you want to inspect the value of the loop index after the loop terminates to check whether the loop exited prematurely.
A third way to look at the code is to have the declaration of int i be visible to any subsequent point in the body of the function that declares it. This would mean that although the declaration may appear within the if statement, the variable could be used after the if statement, even if the body of the if statement were never executed.
A fourth way would be to use the declaration of int i as a kind of guidance for the parser. That is to say, the parser would enforce the desired scoping rules, but the compiler would always allocate space for the variable that is visible for the entire body of the enclosing function.
There are other possible interpretations. Sometimes they are actively chosen as the desired way to handle variable scoping. Other times, they are merely a quirk of a buggy implementation. Ruby (pre-1.9), lets code from an inner block leak into an enclosing block:
$ ruby --version
ruby 1.8.6 (2008-03-03 patchlevel 114) [universal-darwin9.0]
$ irb
irb> i=0; [1,2,3].each {|i|}; i
=> 3
(from Sam Ruby's presentation on Ruby 1.9 from OSCon 2008)
There are many ways to get lexical scoping wrong. But how should it work?
One of the best examples comes from SICP, using Scheme, of course:
(define (make-account balance)
(define (withdraw amount)
(if (>= balance amount)
(begin (set! balance (- balance amount))
"Insufficient funds"))
(define (deposit amount)
(set! balance (+ balance amount))
(define (dispatch m)
(cond ((eq? m 'withdraw) withdraw)
((eq? m 'deposit) deposit)
(else (error "Unknown request -- MAKE-ACCOUNT"
Assigning a variable to the result of (make-account 100) creates a new object that contains a single variable balance with the value of 100, and two local functions which reference that same value. Passing the token 'deposit or 'withdraw to that object updates the shared reference to balance.
With this example in mind, the C# team at Microsoft wrote a specification for their language that defined a clear behavior for all of these dark corners, and got them right (or at least resolved the ambiguity in previous languages). Of course, they got lexical scoping right, so closures work properly.
Yet, even with properly implemented lexical scoping, there are still some odd cases programmers need to be aware of. Erik Meijer recently posted an example in C# that can be confusing:
var DelayedActions = new List<Func<int>>();
for (var i = 4; i < 7; i++)
DelayedActions.Add(delegate(){ return i; });
When the contents of DelayedActions are evaluated, they will return the values 7, 7 and 7. And believe it or not, this is behavior is correct and proper, even if it is unexpected. Each closure captures a reference to the single variable i. Once the loop terminates, the variable persists, and each closure has a reference to the final value of that variable, 7.
A slight change to the code produces a different result:
var DelayedActions = new List<Func<int>>();
for (var i = 4; i < 7; i++)
int j = i;
DelayedActions.Add(delegate(){ return j; });
In this code, each iteration through the loop creates a new variable j, which copies the current value of i. The result of evaluating this set of closures are the values 4, 5, and 6. The difference is subtle, but important.
Erik Meijer noticed that with a few minor tweaks, the C# code could be run without translation as valid JavaScript. The first example, when translated, still produces the values 7, 7, 7. However, the second example produces the values 6, 6, 6.
Although JavaScript and C# have a C-like syntax in common, they have very different semantics. In JavaScript, declaring a variable inside a for loop does not create a new variable each time through the loop. Instead, it is allocated at the start of the function body! Oops.
All of a sudden, issues that used to be relegated to language lawyers are becoming relevant to everyday developers. And developers today frequently switch between languages, like, say, C# and JavaScript. You can blame Microsoft for doing a lot of things wrong, but their language research group isn't at fault here. If anything, JavaScript is exposing an optimization of dubious value, and letting it change the semantics of the language.
Incidentally, this kind of misunderstanding simply can't happen in Haskell. That's because closures (lambdas and curried functions) don't capture variables, but rather values. (Remember, variables don't vary in Haskell.) Here is a contrived example (using a Ruby-ish approach) that mimics the first C# snippet:
each :: [a] -> (a -> b) -> [b]
each = flip map
example1 :: [a -> Int]
example1 = [4, 5, 6] `each` (\i -> (\_ -> i))
map (\f -> f ()) example1 -- [4, 5, 6]
This example seems to implement the behavior of the first C# loop, but actually implements the behavior of the second C# loop. That's because each delayed action is capturing a different unique value. To capture a shared reference takes more work, because shared references are less idiomatic:
import Data.IORef
eachM :: [a] -> (a -> IO b) -> IO [b]
eachM = flip mapM
example2 :: IO [t -> IO Int]
example2 = do i <- newIORef 0
r <- ([4, 5, 6] `eachM` \j -> do writeIORef i j
return (\_ -> readIORef i))
modifyIORef i (+ 1)
return r
Note the odd type for example2. The outer IO is needed to actually construct the delayed actions using some form of shared state. Once the list of delayed actions is constructed, then pulling out the values requires doing something stateful. (The IO monad was used here for simplicity, but another stateful monad could be used here instead.)
Evaluating the list of delayed actions is also trickier:
example2 >>= mapM (\f -> f ()) -- [7, 7, 7]
What's the lesson here? Closures are coming, but the rules around scoping still vary across languages. Programmers tend to hop around between languages today, much more than we did 10 or 20 years ago. As we adapt to use closures in our programs, we need to be aware of these arcane issues, and how to avoid them.


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I'm not sure where these "apparent" vs. "truly representative" observations came from - aren't all observations apparent to the observer? The observed randomness as explained by quantum physics indicates that our current descriptions of physical systems are at their core necessarily incomplete due to quantum indeterminacy. Again, these are current models based on our current abilities to observe. Our inability to design experiments which can get around the quantum indeterminacy measurement problem only affects our current models.Your idea that randomness is only an apparent observation, as opposed to a truly representative observation, is as much a presupposition as Popper's stance.
Nobody's dismissing anything, and again, there is no bias. The problem is that the proposed supernatural causes of the observed phenomena have yet to be demonstrably shown to be investigable. I've already shown why your extension from the indirect evidence used to posit dark matter & black holes to positing supernatural causes for observed phenomena is flawed. It's the same reason that, when the scientific community attempts to refine the current models explaining dark matter, nobody attempts to rationally posit that there are invisible pixies comprising the mass which would supernaturally (magically) explain the observed phenomena.I've just posited a way in which such phenomena could be investigated, and it should be dismissed out of hand because of unwarranted methodological bias?
Could you explain in more detail how this is circular? Because what you're saying is essentially that, by analogy, "I currently don't own a car, so I'm forced to take the bus to work", is circular reasoning.This "we currently have no way", so "we're forced to" is circular reasoning.
Again, this is a common misunderstanding of how science works. As Eugenie Scott puts it: "Science is a way of knowing that attempts to explain the natural world using natural causes. It is agnostic toward the supernatural it neither confirms nor rejects it." Nobody is attempting to negate the existence of the supernatural. The burden of proof rests firmly with those claiming supernatural causation, and no presuppositions must be made for one to hold to methodological naturalism as expressed above by Ms. Scott.The presupposition there is that only natural causes have natural effects, ruling out supernatural causes. I don't see any sufficient reasons being given for that.
I am only somewhat familiar with a couple of those names you listed & their work. And since our conversation appears to be approaching more and more the territory of discussion/debate, I'll ask that, if these external sources are going to be seriously considered during our discussion, you clearly state any claims you wish to imply by listing those names and provide references.What then do you make of the work of Schoonmaker, Kubler-Ross, Weiss, Winter, Rawlings, or Zaleski?
I whole-heartedly agree that we should be applying the same standards to various claims. If, for instance, we were to grant credibility to one specific claim of supernatural causation based on a reasonable body of facts, we must also grant the same credibility to other supernatural claims which may contradict the first. Do you see the problem here? It's certainly not special pleading for one to expect extraordinary evidence for extraordinary claims, even if the claim is their own - indeed, especially if the claim is their own. Anyone who truly believes their claim is truth and wishes to see it victorious under scrutiny should welcome even the strictest standards of investigation & falsifiability.What do you consider a reasonable body of facts? Let's not venture into special pleading territory, my friend. If we do posit what we think is a reasonable body of facts for other kinds of explanations it wouldn't be consistent to plead for another standard with explanations that don't comport with your presuppositions.
Again, no presuppositions are required save the basic assumptions we all have to live with, hard solipsism notwithstanding, of course.We all necessarily come into each topic with some presuppositions of our own, and it is our consciousness of that fact that engenders progress.
There are many problems with induction. Karl Popper expressed criticism of it and said we should instead be focusing on falsification. That said, one can definitely make an inductive argument and say that, since predictability (the type you mentioned in your Feb. 18th post) does not appear to be possible (as yet), determinism is in trouble. However, one could also make an inductive argument regarding the noticeable increase over time in our ability to accurately make predictions in general and posit that our deterministic abilities will continue to increase to ultimately prove determinism to be true. This is just one of the problems with induction - it is too easily affected by the presuppositions of those using it.You must realize that this paragraph here is dismissing the entire venture of inductive reasoning. Do you really think that inductive reasoning has no propensity at all to arrive at what is most likely true?
p.s. As I mentioned, our discussion is approaching a level of discourse that may be more suitable in an actual debate thread. Would that justify one of us proposing an OP and starting a new thread in one of the debate forums?


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With Visual Studio 2012, we also introduced automatic vectorization feature in the compiler. The "auto-vectorizer" tries to make loops in your code run faster by automatically vectorizing your code that's to say, using the SSE instructions available in all current mainline Intel and AMD chips. Auto-vectorization is enabled by default. You don't need to request this speedup. You don't need to throw a compiler switch. You don't need to set environment variables or registry entries. You don't need to change your C++ code. You don't need to insert
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Sullivan said having all 50 Memphis employees under one roof is a milestone, following the past year of integrating the two businesses and "redefining who we are."
"We're really excited to have everyone in one place," Sullivan said. "I can't begin to tell you how big of a difference that will make for collaboration."
Chris Brown with Grubb & Ellis Memphis represented Sullivan Branding in the sublease negotiations. Brown also represents Extra Space Storage, the business that Sullivan currently subleases from at Toyota Center.
Tom Marsh, vice president with Trezevant Realty Corp., represented the landlord of 85 Union, a group of investors known as Union Main Holdings.
Metro Construction Inc. is providing tenant improvements for the space, while LRK Inc. is overseeing the architectural design.
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Looking at some news over the last days, one might realize that the concept of "Volatility" has reached a new height of popularity. The stock market shows a daily up and down of stock value as rarely before. The polls for the upcoming election show a dramatic move over the last three or four weeks than is rather unusual. Sarah Palin's perception has changed from the savior of John McCain's campaign to a negative asset within a few weeks. And some consumer goods companies report a dramatic shift of consumer's purchase behavior, ranging from sometimes up to 50% decline over the previous year.
What's happening? Voters, Stock Holders, and Consumers are changing their minds and their behavior in such a rapid manner that is unprecedented. People seem to become more uprooted and undecided. The underlying elements of this change are:
- Accelerated Speed of any shared information leading to a more rapid herd behavior
- Overall Lost of Trust in and Loyalty to most institutions and companies
- Decline of behavioral rituals that gives a structural foundation to people's lives
This reflects a huge challenge for marketers. Successful marketing is becoming a more and more a vast changing and adapting discipline that barely keep us with fast changing sentiments of consumers. It is getting more difficult to maintain a long-term and sustainable marketing advantage. One might celebrate last week's successful marketing while already thinking of what to launch next week.
We will be obligated to find a few new marketing rules in this new society and consumer world of volatility. The previous rules of loyalty and highly established behavioral patterns are disappearing.


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This product is no longer available.
METCON is a device for remote teleMETry and CONtrol. It is based on an 87C51 microcontroller and provides eight (8) inputs and eight (8) outputs.
The inputs can be used for digital monitoring (switch closures, etc.), frequency measurement (up to 10 kHz), and accumulating pulses of longer than 20 mS (number of times a switch opened, drops from a rain gauge, etc.).
The basic METCON package includes 4 output relays, although the board can be populated with a total of 8 outputs. METCON outputs are 'dry-contacts' provided by normally open reed relays. These relay contacts are isolated from the rest of the board (i.e. not grounded) and are suitable for controlling a variety of loads, such as energizing larger relays for power control functions. The additional 4 output relays and their connectors are available from TAPR.
METCON can be connected to a TNC at a remote site and, via a shared packet-radio channel, may measure and/or control operations at the remote site. Applications might include repeater control and weather observations. METCON includes a serial port with three levels of security access:
- None - for direct hardwire connection
- Password - for dialup telephone modem connection
- Authentication - for non-private party-line packet radio connection
Voltage-to-Frequency Module
The voltage-to-frequency module converts analog signals (voltage, current, power, etc.) to a frequency in the range that METCON can read via its frequency counter inputs. The VTF converter is useful for measuring signal sources that are a long distance from the METCON board or that must be electrically isolated from METCON.
METCON-1 VTF Module Schematic
Voltage-to-Temperature Module
The VTT module is a voltage-to-frequency module that includes additional components for temperature readings. Output from the temperature circuit drives the standard input of the VTF module, which then feeds into METCON. Kits are available for either Celsius or Fahrenheit readings.
8-input Analog-to-Digital Convertor
The 8-input A-D convertor module allows for voltage measurements with METCON. The A-D convertor module does not use any of the original eight METCON inputs, giving an additional 8 inputs. Unlike the voltage-to-frequency module, the A-D convertor shares a common ground with METCON and is therefore unsuitable for measurements where ground must be at different levels or separated from METCON by long cables.
METCON-1 ADC Module Schematic
Elapsed Time Pulser
Download Metcon System Operations Manual (pdf, 164K)
Download Metcon Circuit Description (pdf, 13K)
Download Metcon Memory Display (pdf, 5K)
Download Metcon A-D Assembly Manual (pdf format, 118K)
Download Metcon V-F & T-F Assembly Manuals (pdf format, 82K)
The elapsed time pulser module is useful for measuring things like how long a transmitter has been keyed up, or how long a cooling system has been running.
METCON-1 ETP Module Schematic
Download Metcon Assembly Manual (pdf, 62K)
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Download Metcon Circuit Description (pdf, 13K)
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As a battle plays out in Washington concerning the federal Fast and Furious gun operation, a Spartanburg figure with strong, respected community ties has taken a prominent role in the fray. And the premise of his stance is well justified.
Trey Gowdy, representing the 4th Congressional District, is a central player in U.S. House efforts to obtain documents related to the failed gun program. Gowdy, a member of the House committees on the Judiciary and Oversight and Government Reform, is a former state and federal prosecutor who served here as the 7th Circuit solicitor from 2000-2010 before being elected to the House.
Repeatedly using the national media stage to drive his point home, Gowdy correctly and succinctly argues that this is not about partisan politics - it's simply about the rule of law.
Operation Fast and Furious was a "gun-walking" sting overseen by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. The program implemented the undercover sale of more than 2,000 firearms to suspected "straw purchasers" for Mexican drug cartels, with the goal of tracking those weapons in order to arrest high-level cartel figures. Accusations have been leveled that the agency lost track of many of these weapons, and that some have been recovered at crime scenes in which some 200 Mexican citizens and a U.S. Border Patrol agent were killed. In the House's 18-month investigation of the operation, questions also have been raised as to whether high-ranking Department of Justice officials, including Attorney General Eric Holder, knew about and approved of the program.
During its probe, the House requested all documents and written internal communications related to Fast and Furious. ...
The crux of Gowdy's argument is simple. This isn't an issue that should be subject to political negotiation. It's a clear matter of following the rule of law, and no one, including high-ranking Washington officials, is above it. He argues that, as a matter of law, Congress is entitled to the additional documents it has requested related to Fast and Furious. ...
Gowdy said the Justice Department "is not just another political Cabinet agency. It is emblematic of what we stand for as a country - truth, justice, and the equal application of the law to everyone."
And he's right.
Taxes are supposed to be complicated and contentious. Yet, speaking from the White House on Monday, it took President Obama less than 15 minutes to make a strong and sensible case for letting the high-end Bush-era tax cuts expire at the end of 2012. Citing well-documented facts, he pointed out that tax cuts at the top have failed to promote economic growth and have blown a hole in the federal budget.
Under his plan, Americans who make more than $250,000 a year - the top 2 percent of taxpayers - would see their tax rates go back up next year to the levels from the Clinton years, while those making less than $250,000 - the remaining 98 percent - would have their tax cuts extended through 2013.
In calling for cooperation from Congress, Obama said that the point is to "agree to do what we agree on": Extend the middle-class tax cuts. As a matter of fairness and responsible policy making, he said, the majority of Americans, and the broader economy, should not be held hostage again to another debate over the merits of tax cuts for the wealthy.
Unfortunately, it is not a message Congressional Republicans want to hear, committed as they are to preserving tax cuts for the rich at all costs. It is not even what some Democratic leaders want to hear, including Nancy Pelosi, the House minority leader and Senator Charles Schumer of New York, both of whom voiced support on Monday for Mr. Obama's approach but have advocated in the past for extending the tax cuts for households that earn up to $1 million a year, a level that would please wealthy campaign donors.
But it's a message that needs to be sent, loud and clear, over and over. There will never be consensus for solving the nation's budget problems without first ending the lavish tax breaks at the top. In the near term, letting the high-end tax cuts expire would raise much-needed revenue without harming the recovery because tax increases on high-income Americans do not cut into consumer spending nearly as much as middle-class taxes. The revenue that could be raised - about $850 billion over 10 years - would be a significant step toward reducing the deficit and financing programs to spur the economy.
Obama laid out the broad issues. Now he needs to drive these points home.
• The tax increases would be manageable: Reverting to Clinton-era tax rates for those making more than $250,000 annually would mean increases in the top rates to 36 percent and 39.6 percent from 33 percent and 35 percent currently. It would also mean raising the tax rate on investment income, which is highly concentrated among the wealthy, to 20 percent from 15 percent. No one is being bankrupted or punished. They are being asked to pay more after an extended period of super-low rates. The 15 percent rate on capital gains investment income, for example, is the lowest such rate since the Great Depression.
• Million-dollar earners don't need a break: Extending the tax cuts to those earning $1 million a year would cost the government $366 billion in lost revenue over 10 years, compared with extending the tax cuts only to those making less than $250,000 a year. That amount would have to be made up by cutting federal spending in critical areas like Medicare, Medicaid, education and food safety.
• Small businesses are spared: Republicans argue that letting the high-end tax cuts expire will hit small businesses and impede hiring. That is nonsense, and based on an overly broad definition of "small business," which counts any taxpayer who reports business income as a business owner, including lawyers and accountants working in partnerships, corporate executives who sit on other firms' boards and shareholders in "S-corporations," business organizations that can employ thousands of workers. Using a more reasonable definition of small business - for instance, having income and deductions of less than $10 million - a recent Treasury analysis found that only 2.5 percent of small-business owners would face higher taxes from the expiration of the Bush tax cuts. Of those who would be affected, most are unlikely to reduce hiring or investment because of ample deductions for business expenses.
The strength of Obama's argument is unlikely to sway Republicans. But he's right on fairness and the facts, and will, we hope, prevail in this debate.


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Publications: Ye, Zhengqian
Ye, Z., Bell, R.W., Dell, B., Huang, L. and Xu, Q. (2006) Effect of root zone temperature on oilseed rape ( Brassica napus ) response to boron. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, 37 (15-20). pp. 2791-2803.
Huang, L., Ye, Zhengqian, Bell, R.W. and Dell, B. (2005) Boron nutrition and chilling tolerance of warm climate crop species. Annals of Botany, 96 (5). pp. 755-767.
Ye, Zhengqian (2004) Effect of low temperature on boron nutrition of oilseed rape and sunflower. PhD thesis, Murdoch University.
Ye, Z., Huang, L., Bell, R.W. and Dell, B. (2003) Low root zone temperature favours shoot B partitioning into young leaves of oilseed rape (Brassica napus). Physiologia Plantarum, 118 (2). pp. 213-220.
Ye, Z., Bell, R.W., Dell, B. and Huang, L. (2000) Response of sunflower to boron supply at low root zone temperature. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, 31 (11-14). pp. 2379-2392.
Wei, Y., Bell, R.W., Yang, Y., Ye, Zhengqian, Wang, K. and Huang, L. (1998) Prognosis of boron deficiency in oilseed rape (Brassica napus) by plant analysis. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research, 49 (5). pp. 867-874.
Huang, L., Ye, Z. and Bell, R.W. (1996) The importance of sampling immature leaves for the diagnosis of boron deficiency in oilseed rape (Brassica napus cv. Eureka). Plant and Soil, 183 (2). pp. 187-198.


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We all have days when we don't want to assemble anything fussy or elaborate; we just want a good hot meal. Before you cave to takeout or frozen dinners, check out these super-easy recipes!
PER SERVING (entire recipe): 210 calories, 1.5g fat, 570mg sodium, 12g carbs, 1g fiber, 4.5g sugars, 34g protein -- PointsPlus® value 5* The sweet sauce pairs nicely with the onions -- give it a try!
1 tbsp. sugar-free pancake syrup
1/2 tbsp. Dijon mustard
1/2 tbsp. balsamic vinegar
One 5-oz. raw boneless skinless chicken breast cutlet, cut into strips
1/8 tsp. garlic powder
1/8 tsp. each salt and black pepper
1/2 cup chopped onion
Optional: cayenne pepper
To make the sauce, in a medium bowl, mix syrup, mustard, and vinegar. Stir in 1/4 cup water.
Bring a skillet sprayed with nonstick spray to medium-high heat. Add chicken and season with garlic powder, salt, black pepper and, if you like, a dash of cayenne pepper. Add onion and sauce. Cook and stir until chicken is cooked through and onion has softened, about 7 minutes. Enjoy!
PER SERVING (1/5th of recipe, 1 slice): 227 calories, 5g fat, 521mg sodium, 17.5g carbs, 0.5g fiber, 11g sugars, 25g protein -- PointsPlus® value 5* Inspired by those delectable cocktail meatballs we all know and love, we present to you this meatloaf! Get excited... Ingredients: Loaf 1/4 cup chili sauce (the kind stocked near the ketchup) 1/4 cup low-sugar grape jam/jelly 1 1/4 lb. raw extra-lean ground beef 1/2 cup chopped onion 1/4 cup quick-cooking oats 1/4 cup fat-free liquid egg substitute (like Egg Beaters Original) 1/4 tsp. each salt and black pepper Topping 2 tbsp. chili sauce (the kind stocked near the ketchup) 2 tbsp. low-sugar grape jam/jelly Directions: Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Spray a loaf pan with nonstick spray. To make the loaf, mix chili sauce with jam/jelly in a large bowl. Add all other loaf ingredients and thoroughly mix. Transfer to the loaf pan; if needed, smooth out the surface with a spatula or spoon. In a small bowl, mix topping ingredients. Evenly spread topping over the loaf. Bake in the oven for 50 minutes, or until meatloaf is cooked through. Slice, serve, and enjoy! MAKES 5 SERVINGS
A few ideas for what to serve with the above dishes... Mega-mazing Veggie Pack - A HUGE packet of tasty veggies with super-quick cleanup. Don't be scared of kale, people... Cheesy Broc Star Soup - Soup makes a great starter or side, and this three-ingredient recipe is a cinch to throw together. Hustle 'n Brussels Foil-Pack Attack - Baby red potatoes and Brussels sprouts mingle in this very special foil pack. It ROCKS... a lot. Steamy Creamy Squash Packet - Another foil pack full of veggies -- this one makes a good substitute for creamy noodles! "Twice-Baked" Mexi-tato - With this tasty 'tato alongside your dinner, you'll be super-satisfied in no time. Zazzled-Up Zuppa - Take canned soup, add a few extra goodies, and VOILA -- your soup is ten times more interesting than it was before.
You know LOTS of people who like simple eats -- click "Send to a Friend" to pass along these recipes!
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Next month, when we enter the fourth quarter of 2008, we will have just three months left to analyze and adjust our business plans to hit our forecasts for the year. During the past two months, my conversations with club operators, as well as vendors, have mostly been about how to reposition for the remainder of 2008 and how to strategically position for success in 2009.
For you to hit your mark, you must first look at where you are now. Is your fitness facility where you thought it would be? If your club is not meeting or exceeding your forecast, it's time to analyze why and make the necessary adjustments. Admit that you need to make changes, be honest with staff members about why changes are being made and get their commitment to implement these changes. You must think realistically about where you want your club to be by Dec. 31. Once that goal is set, move backwards to see what needs to be done to get there.
A SWOT analysis can help. SWOT is an acronym for Strength, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats. A SWOT analysis helps uncover your facility's strengths, missed opportunities and weaknesses. By understanding these factors, you can manage and eliminate threats. With the SWOT framework, you can also start to craft a strategy that helps your club stand apart from competitors.
To find your strengths, you should ask several questions. What advantages does your company have? What do you do better than anyone else? What unique element do you provide? What do people in your market see as your strengths? What factors will help you — not your competitors — get members?
Answer these questions realistically from an internal perspective and from the point of view of your members and people in your market. It's easy to fall prey to our own perceptions. Think about your strengths in relation to your competitors. For example, if all your competitors provide beautiful, well-equipped, well-programmed facilities and great member care, then doing the same as them is not a strength — it is a necessity.
Questions about weakness can include: What could you improve? What should you avoid? What are people in your market likely to see as weaknesses? What factors cause you to lose new member sales or current members? Again, consider this from an internal and external basis. Do other people perceive weaknesses that you do not see? Are your competitors doing better than you? It is best to be realistic now and face any unpleasant truths as soon as possible.
After identifying weaknesses, it's time to find opportunities. What are the good opportunities facing you? What are some interesting trends, and are they opportunities for you? Alternatively, look at your weaknesses and ask yourself whether you could create opportunities by eliminating them.
Lastly, threats must be identified. What obstacles do you face? What is your competition doing that you should be worried about? Where is the growth in your community? What differentiates you from competitors so that the market does not see you as a commodity? Is your lack of programming keeping your members' usage low? Is your retention where it should be? Are you hitting or exceeding revenue goals? Do you have bad debt or cash-flow problems? Could any of your weaknesses seriously threaten your business?
Carrying out an analysis like this is often illuminating, both in terms of pointing out what needs to be done and in putting problems into perspective.
Strategic positioning takes time, though. To attain success in 2009, club operators must start now. Constructing a realistic plan takes collaboration and buy-in from all parties involved. Start the process for 2009 now.
Karen Woodard-Chavez is president of Premium Performance Training, Boulder, CO, and Ixtapa, Mexico. Woodard consults and trains clubs throughout the world. She can be reached at 303-417-0653 or at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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I like computers and food
What a surprise, people favour convenience. Downloading should be a good thing for music/film producers. Cut out the middle man, deliver content directly to fans, expose new fans to content. This is business 101. If these MPAA/RIAA fools were have the business people they think they are, they'd have Apple's market cap.
For the trolls: Apple was almost bankrupt, they started selling music on the internet, and devices to play the music on. Anyone in the music/film business could have done the same thing by cutting a deal with a firm like Creative Labs who were producing portable MP3 players long before Apple.
Thank goodness someone has finally pointed this out.
"One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind", makes no sense at all, where as
"One small step for A man, one giant leap for mankind", actually does make sense.
I could not agree more. Time to plug in the VPN, and pretend to be in the continental USA.....
More than a little funny that a site that's generally opposed to geographically prejudiced distribution models is forwarding a video that is not supposed to be available outside of the USA. Uh oh, more people might watch the show...
This is a laughably ridiculous battle. EA has a bit of negative reputation because of their behaviour earlier this century, but Zynga on the other hand does not even have a quality title to its name. Meanwhile, EA owns the rights to a nearly limitless collection of games, many of which have actually been of quality.
There have been a number of instances of Zeppelin infringing on other's copyrights. Notably dazed and confused, and whole lotta love. There's plenty to find googling. Never stopped me from liking the band.
Nothing like former rock gods telling the public what laws to follow. Most of the musicians on this list have been guilty of breaking many laws, and social norms on the list. I'm talking about suspicion of paedophilia, and child pornography.
Maybe the people on this list should focus on creating relevant music again.
I will no longer be reading the Globe, and I'm not that broken up about it. One less news source that's generally a few hours behind the rest of the Internet anyway. Unlike the NY Times, I doubt the Globe can even afford a $50,000,000.00 pay wall that sort of works.
I would have mentioned many more things about Ford, but I didn't want to get too off topic. I wasn't perfectly sure about the value of the fines for cancelling Metrolinx, I actually thought it was upwards of $65 million. Making his first day in office cost us a whopping $130 million.
These are just the 'hard' values though. There is a massive derived cost to his actions. By making it easier for individuals to afford cars, and making it harder for individuals to take transit, the man is costing us a fortune in time and money caused by traffic.
Rob Ford has actually had me banned from his facebook page for pointing these things out. Worse than that Ford actually has someone prune his Facebook page so it only shows positive comments. All this from a man who claims to want to listen to "the hard working voters".
I'm far from the only one banned/pruned from his Facebook page. I have a friend, who's a respected Ph.D. who wasn't just blocked from FB, but had his posts pruned, so they had no context. His only crime was convincing a Ford supporter that Ford was wrong.
The worst part is, he claims to want small government, yet presumably someone from the city is censoring his Facebook page.
Judging by many of the comments here, it's obvious that many of the readers do not understand just how much of a buffoon Toronto's mayor Rob Ford is.
Yes the idea of a graffiti reporting app does have some technical merit, and yes it could bring the City of Toronto some funding. However the numbers we're talking about are not significant.
We're talking about a mayor, who on his first day of office threw away $65,000,000.00 of annual funding, in order to "stop the war on the car". This is in a city that allegedly has the worst commute times in North America! Even if every Torontonian bought this iPhone app, we're barely talking about a fraction of the funds Ford has thrown away!
http://www.thestar.com/yourcitymycity/article/787049--toronto-ranked-last-in-survey-of-comm uting-times
There are other questions of course. How much did it cost the city to develop this application? How much money is the city spending employing by-law officers to police businesses that have graffiti on their buildings? (yes I've seen a business I consult for ticketed first hand!) If the city really cares about cutting costs, and being digitally responsible, why aren't they running GNU/Linux instead of a product produced by a foreign firm?
Sadly for those of us unfortunate enough to live in Toronto, we have to live with Ford for a minimum of two more years. Worse, we have to live with a population that widely elected this racist homophobe into office.
If you think I'm exaggerating about the racist/homophobe line, I can produce City Council minutes, and other quotes to backup my statements.
Naturally this comes from an AC!
As Jeremy2020 pointed out, the solution has been offered many times. Furthermore the technology required to implement these solutions exists in many forms.
There is of course the super famous 'reddit'/steam solution:
http://www.techedon.com/2012/02/02/video/media-hollywoods-piracy-problem-solved-solidwhet stones-reddit-post/
People obviously want to access content. Perhaps (as has also been mentioned MANY times) Hollywood could actually provide people with access to this content.
I think they're just jealous because Google's revenues rival all of hollywood's revenues. There's also a twisted expectation that everyone else should subsidize hollywood. The very fact that blank media is taxed to subsidize the mafiaa is beyond revolting.
My biggest question about SOPA was who is going to pay for this? The entire process oozes socialism.
I guess the 2008 financial crisis made America okay with socialism, since the bail outs are/were, as Lawrence Lessig put it "the stupidest form of socialism"


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The following is a work in progress guide to getting Arch working on the $200 Acer C7 Chromebook.
For now you'll need a second computer already running *nix. If you're already running ChrUbuntu on your C7 then you can just skip to creating your own Arch image.
Installing Arch onto an Acer C7 Chromebook
At present, Arch runs well on the C7, however most testing has been done with stock i686 ChromeOS kernels. "Patches welcome" when it comes to x86_64 Chromium kernels or completely custom ones. The recommend install is x86 as it has PAE, so your RAM will be used even if you upgrade to more than 4GB, the kernel is more up to date and stable, and it's not much faster on x64. Unless you need to boot x64 (or are going to custom compile your own kernel regardless) please use x86.
Seriously. All of it. Somewhere *other* than on the device - the entire data partition will be purged a couple times over during the install process. USB keys, Google Drive, printed paper messages stored in bottles, something.
Enabling Dev Mode
First step is to enable Dev mode on the system so we can run some unsigned code. This will wipe all your data!
To enter Dev Mode:
- Press hold down the Template:Keypress keys, and press the Template:Keypress button.
- This enters recovery mode,
- Now press Template:Keypress (there's no prompt). It will ask you to confirm, then the system will reboot into dev-mode.
- Dev Mode will always show the scary boot screen and you'll need to press Template:Keypress or wait 30 seconds to continue booting.
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Install ChrUbuntu
While it sounds completely backwards to install Ubuntu on our Chromebook just to install Arch, at present it's the most automated and safe way. Scripts are in work-in-progress stages to try mashing the ChrUbuntu installer with arch-bootstrap; stay tuned for details if they arrive.
- After enabling dev mode on your Chromebook, boot to the ChromeOS setup screen. Set keyboard layout, language, and connect to a network. Do *not* log in to an account.
- Press Template:Keypress and login as "chronos"
- Bring up a bash prompt
# bash
- Download Crubuntu installer and run it.
# curl -L -O goo.gl/s9ryd # sudo bash ./s9ryd
- Here is where you set the partition sizing for what will eventually be your Arch install. For example, I told the script "90", so Arch would be using the majority of my 128GB M4 SSD
- Wait for the system reboot
- Wait 3-5 minutes for the system "repair" job to run
- Reset keyboard layout, language, and reconnect to a network. Still don't log in to an account.
- Template:Keypress again, log in as "chronos" again
- Bring up a bash prompt (again)
# bash
- Download Crubuntu installer and run it. (again)
# curl -L -O goo.gl/s9ryd # sudo bash ./s9ryd
- Let Ubuntu's installer do its thing. You'll get asked a few setup-related questions along the way, it's safe to just hit Template:Keypress for everything as we'll never let Ubuntu see light of day.
- While that installs, let's install Arch on our spare *nix box!
Create Image File
- First we need to create an Arch Image to do things with. This can be done an any *nix box.
# truncate -s 1G arch.img
Convert Image To A Partition
- Convert image to a ext4 filesystem.
# mkfs.ext4 -m 1 arch.img
- Mount image to install to
# mkdir /mnt/arch_install # mount arch.img /mnt/arch_install
Install Arch onto this new image
At this point, run through the Installation Guide as you normally would. I strongly recommend doing this from a system with the Arch install scripts package installed; while this is a doable process with misc. *nix systems (many of such processes are well documented here on the Wiki), it's going to be much smoother with the install scripts.
For 32 bit (x86),
# pacstrap /mnt/arch_install base base-devel --arch i686
For 64 bit (x64)
# pacstrap /mnt/arch_install base base-devel --arch x86_64
When setting up fstab, you'll need to mount "/dev/sda7" at "/". UUIDs aren't really an option here as data is about to get sorted all over the place.
Copy Arch Image To C7
Here's where things start to become a mess. By now you should have a ready-to-go Ubuntu install that you did not reboot into yet (meaning you're back at the bash shell in ChromeOS), and a ready-to-go Arch install on the arch.img file. You'll need to find a way to get this arch.img file to the Chromebook - be it a USB HDD, uploading it somewhere, SSHFS, whatever, make it happen.
- Copy the Arch image to the Chromebook.
- Create working directories.
# mkdir mnt mnt2 mnt3 backup
- If your Arch image is on a USB key or drive, run "mount /dev/sdb1 mnt" (replacing /dev/sdb1 with the identifier of your USB drive according to ChromeOS). Then run "mount mnt/arch.img mnt2" (replacing arch.img with the name of your Arch image).
- Otherwise, I'm assuming your Arch image was downloaded to the Chromebook somehow. So run "mount /path/to/arch.img mnt2"
- Mount Ubuntu's root at mnt3.
# mount /dev/sda7 mnt3
- Copy all firmware and kernel modules, which we'll need to successfully boot Arch.
# cp -a mnt3/lib/{firmware,modules} backup/
- Save all module configs.
# cp -a mnt3/etc/modprobe.d/*.conf backup/
- Remove old Ubuntu install
# rm -rf mnt3/*
- Copy your Arch install off to what was Ubuntu's root directory.
# cp -a mnt2/* mnt3/
- Restore module configs.
# cp -a backup/*.conf mnt3/etc/modprobe.d/
If running x86
- Run "cp -a backup/modules/* mnt3/lib/modules/". This will restore kernel modules.
If running x86_64
# wget http://grayhatter.com/C7/zgb-x64-modules.tar.bz2 # tar xf zgb-x64-modules.tar.bz2 # sudo cp -R 3.4.0 mnt3/lib/modules/
- Restore kernel firmwares.
# cp -a backup/firmware mnt3/lib/
- Copy CGPT to arch so we can boot back and fourth.
# cp /usr/bin/cgpt mnt3/usr/bin/
- "umount" mnt3, mnt2, and mnt. In that order.
Installing an x86_64 kernel (if installing x64)
- Run these commands from within ChromeOS before rebooting.
# wget http://grayhatter.com/C7/zgb-x64-kernel-partition.bz2 # bunzip2 zgb-x64-kernel-partition.bz2 # use_kernfs="zgb-x64-kernel-partition" # vbutil_kernel --repack $use_kernfs --keyblock /usr/share/vboot/devkeys/kernel.keyblock --version 1 --signprivate /usr/share/vboot/devkeys/kernel_data_key.vbprivk --config kernel-config # dd if=$use_kernfs of=${target_kern}
Finishing up
- Reboot and enjoy your Arch install! Note that ChrUbuntu's installer only told cgpt to boot to the Linux partition one time, so if anything is hosed, a reboot will send you back to ChromeOS. If all went well and you are happy with everything, you can reboot to ChromeOS, drop to the Template:Keypress console, and run a `sudo cgpt add -i 6 -P 5 -S 1 /dev/sda` to make the Chromebook always boot Arch.


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Always looking for a physical and mental adventure with his camera, Paul's inspiration comes from turning a thought into a finished photograph composed of clean lines and natural light.
Photography allows Paul to travel with a purpose, when he combines creativity and adventure he can take his images to another level. His motivation comes from the loneliness found in some of the most remote places on earth.
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Teacher resources and professional development across the curriculum
Teacher professional development and classroom resources across the curriculum
Making Meaning in Literature:
A Video Library, Grades 6-8
Individual Clip Descriptions
1. Introducing the Envisionment-Building Classroom
2. Building a Literary Community
3. Asking Questions
4. Facilitating Discussion
5. Seminar Discussion
6. Dramatic Tableaux
7. Readers as Individuals
8. The Teachers Role in a Literary Community
9. Whole Group Discussions
Giver by Lois Lowry
Twelve-year-old Jonas lives in a perfect world with no war,
no fear, and no pain. It is a world governed by the principle
of Sameness where everything is safe and determined by the
Committee of Elders. Jonas and his classmates await the Ceremony
of the Twelves, where each will be assigned the tasks they
will perform for the rest of their lives. Eventually Jonas
realizes that "there aren't any choices, if everything's
the same" and learns to appreciate the power of being
an individual who makes choices and exercises control over
his own life.
Rief chooses literature that will engage students in discussions
about their own lives as well as about the world portrayed
by the literature. She hopes these discussions will help students
become informed, clear-thinking citizens who are able to communicate
effectively with others and who think critically about the
complex and diverse world in which they live.
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WEPT Overview
To Print
You can click here to access the WEPT Book, a printer-friendly document containing all the WEPT information listed on this website (except the schedule).
The Essay
This writing exam is similar to tests used on many other campuses in the CSU system to assess writing competence and for a number of professional certifying exams such as CBEST, MCAT, CSET, and LCAT. In the test, you will be asked to respond to a single topic of general interest. Usually, the task assigned will be to write to a specific person or group of people asking or advising that a specific action or point of view be undertaken. This is the sort of writing you will find yourself doing as a person active in business, government, and civic affairs. You should write from a first person point of view (do not hesitate to use the pronouns I or me), and you may include some personal experience or observation to support your ideas and to avoid over-generalizing. Remember, though, you will be stating and explaining ideas, not writing a chronological account of your past experience.
Your objective in the test is to demonstrate your ability to address an audience appropriately, focus on a topic, express ideas clearly and coherently, provide an orderly sequence of ideas, and display your knowledge of standard written English.
You will have two hours to write your essay, so you can use your time to plan what you will write as well as edit your writing before handing it in. Do not approach the test cavalierly; use as much of the two hours as you need to do the best job you can. The readers of the essay, however, do understand that what you will present for evaluation is essentially first draft writing, so they will accept some errors in the writing. Your essay does not have to be faultless in order for you to pass.
As noted above, you may take with you a dictionary and a thesaurus to use when you are writing, but you cannot bring other books or materials into the testing room. And again, you will not have access to either spell or grammar check when taking a computer test.
Passing essays
- address their audience appropriately
- are focused
- use specific examples
- have sentence and word variety
- are relatively free of spelling, grammar, and other errors in language use
Scoring Procedure
All of the essays from a single test administration (normally meaning a full "WEPT week") are usually read and scored at the same time. A group of faculty from English and other disciplines gathers to do the evaluations of the essays. In most cases, they are experienced readers, having read WEPT for several years; those who are new will have been trained prior to the reading. Before beginning the reading, readers review the test topic and the scoring guide and examine and discuss sample essays taken from the test administration.
Each essay is read by two readers, each of whom marks a score of 1 to 6, according to the scoring guide. The first score is covered so that the second reader does not know the score of the first reader. Scores are then added to make the total score. Thus, the highest score is 12. If a discrepancy occurs, the essay is read by a third reader, and this score is doubled to make the final score. A discrepancy occurs when there is a two-point or more difference between the two scores (e.g., a 2 and a 4). A discrepancy also occurs when scores of 3 and 4 are given to an essay—such a score means that one reader felt that the essay passed and the other reader did not, and therefore a third reading is necessary. A total score of 8 is necessary to pass.
Evaluation Criteria
WEPT readers perform what is called "holistic" evaluation of the essays. Perhaps the best way to describe this type of evaluation is to compare it to "analytic" evaluation of writing. Students are most familiar with this latter type of evaluation since it is the method most commonly used in the classroom: the teacher reads an essay, marks errors in the writing with a circle or symbol, and makes numerous comments in the margins of the essay—in other words, analyzes the writing. Here the reader/teacher is looking for specific errors or writing problems in order to bring them to the attention of the writer.
In holistic evaluation, the reader focuses upon the total impression the essay makes and does not mark the essay. The reader looks for the central ideas in the essay, expects them to be clearly expressed, supported or explained with specific examples and presented in a logical sequence. He allows for occasional lapses in the writing, but does not expect his reading to be interrupted by unclear language, misused words, or frequent or gross errors in punctuation, spelling, or grammar. The specific criteria used by the readers is contained in a scoring guide, provided at the end of this handbook.


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This mod allows you to visit the continent of Akavir. I have 6 Tsaesci towns, the Tsaesci capitol, Kaal Vah, and the ruined Imperial Province of Akavir finished. I plan on releasing the mod by country, the first release will be Tsaesci, then Kamal, then Ka Po' Tun, and finally Tang Mo.
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Astounding Discoveries on Mars Revealed in New Documentary
After more than 20 years of research and analysis of NASA and ESA photographs of the planet Mars that include the publication of a science paper and two books the authors William R. Saunders and George J. Haas have now produced and directed a new documentary highlighting many of their astounding discoveries in – The Mars Codex; Manuscript of an Ancient Text.
"Explosive", is the only way to describe the material in this video presentation. Narrated by Erich Boehm the documentary begins with a re-examination of the famous Face on Mars by presenting a set of companion masks discovered on a temple pyramid located in Cerros, Belize. Following the design code imbedded within the Face on Mars, the authors explore a series of recurring motifs of half and bifurcated geoglyphs" hidden in plain sight" across the surface of Mars and compare them to their terrestrial counterparts, found within the art and sculpture of Mesoamerica, Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt.
The results of their extensive research substantiate a commonality shared between two opposing worlds that appear to be communicating within a singular vision. The material is presented in a manner that will have the viewer re-thinking human history and perhaps acquiring a better understanding of our place in the cosmos.


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After quite a bit of an absent due to scheduling difficulties (yeah, sorry, I've got a bf and Cashyie has to work). Anyway, we're BACK!!! And we got a whooping long episode for you and a fun contest! Just a warning that we went off constantly on tangents in this episode. :-p So this means a lot of interesting readings! (Hey, I took time linking all these, so you better go read them all!)
Anyway, big thanks to Charles Lifestyle and Knitting, who sent us rolled paper stitch markers and art papers...and I was a dork and forgot to bring it to the recording.
Shout out to WonderMike and hizKnits in their podcast: YKnit! Very professional and great contents!
We went off on a whole loads of tangents here about hairpins, shawl pin, my being a crybaby, hair-clip....
Anyway, don't you think that Ms. B's kids would look great in emo? :-p
What's on/off our needles/hooks/spindles/wheels:
- Elemm:
- Firestarters (FO)
- Mystic Waters Shawl (FO - warning about the man-bikini picture...we went right off the tangent about European men and Speedos...and I'm bulge-obsessed. *LOL* *OhmygawdIcan'tbelieveIjustannouncedthattothewholewideworld* We also talked about
FFKFKK = "Freikörperkultur" and Cashyie's got a colleague who's a nudist! And he also enjoys science-fiction!)...and here's a picture of me sporting the shawl:
Elemm sporting his Mystic Waters
- 2 Saartjes Booties (I also still need to knit more the Bockstark Way! Then we went off to discuss about the perfect gift for a new baby.)
- Flowerbasket Shawl
- Raku-Clapotis
- Icarus Shawl
- Hemlock Ring Blanket
- 16 microns blue merino on mosaic paua shell from Butterfly Girl Designs
- 50 g of singles of Galway by Yarn Wench
- 50 g of black Merino-Mulberry Silk: Midnight Stars (FO)
- Some hand-spun yarns I showed and my Rustikal neckwarmer
- Cashyie has been going crazy knitting socks:
- She's got 6 pairs off the needles already! And she's knitting one with Hobbledehoy yarn! We need to get Cashyie to follow a pattern properly. Then we just went off on a tangent about Cashyie's dating....anybody interested to go with her? Coz I won't pass as a hetero. :-p
- Can you believe that she knit a pair of socks out of Noro Silk Garden (Ravelry link)?! We went on discussing about sock yarns and sock patterns (seen the Noro Kureyon Sock Yarn review on Knitty, yet?)
- She's also contemplating about knitting a sweater.
- Ms. B:
- Falling In Love Socks from MagKnits
- Birthday socks for Rockstar-Husband out of STR
- Hand-spun hat (hand-spun swapped with Cauchy09 and now Ms. B's crazy on hand-spun and is now dealing out her Wollmeise for hand-spun. Rockstar-Husband reckons that he likes spinning more than knitting....because "spinning is like Gandhi")
- She also starts knitting stockinette socks with yarns that she hasn't knit with before in order to try out new yarns. She's knitting one with Violet Green Yarn.
- Countless Saarjtes Booties (okay, okay...7 pairs! Too many ends to weave in that she ended up finding her own way to knit it in the round. You can also find it on Ravelry.)
- Cobblestone Pullover for Rockstar-Husband.
- Amazonas = The Amazon
- Türkis und Karneol = Turquoise and Carnelian
- Drachenblut = Dragon's blood
- Dani (we've met her!)
- Koralle im Meer = Corals in the sea
- Feuerwanze = Firebug, June Bug
- Flower Power
- Poison No. 5
- Birkenrinde = Birch Bark
- "Zenzi" is a name that a lot of Bavarian milk cows (in the brown and cream/white variatons) are usually given.
- (We veered off to Pappedeckel and Batzn)
- New colourways:
- "Boboli" is named after the Boboli Park in Florence (read about the Wollmeise inspiration HERE).
- Artists Series:
- Vincent (inspired by Vincent van Gogh's "The Cafe Terrace on the Place du Forum, Arles, At Night".)
- Paul (inspired by Paul Gauguin's "Ta Matete")
- Emil (inspired by Emil Nolde's "Wilder Mohn: Rot, rot, rot")
- Franz (inspired by Franz Marc under "Der Blaue Reiter")
- DebütantInnen Series:
- Miss May
- Bob
- Versuchskaninchen = Guinea pig
- Salamander
- Johannisbeere & Brennnessel = Red currant & stinging nettle
- Mitternacht = Midnight
Life in Germany: Cashyie has fallen in love with German movies....or rather with Til Schweiger. *LOL* The movies that he has been in and we mentioned are:
- Was tun, wenn's brennt? = "What to do in case of fire?"
- Der bewegte Mann
- Barfuss
- Keinohrhasen
- Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
- Good Bye, Lenin!
- Napola - Elite für den Führer = "Before the Fall"
- Die Welle
- Lola rennt = "Run Lola Run"
- Wer früher stirbt, ist länger tod
- Das Leben der Anderen = "The Lives of Others"
- Das Experiment = "The Experiment" (with Moritz Bleibtreu)
- Im Juli = "Im Juli"
- (T)Raumschiff Surprise - Periode 1 = "Traumschiff Surprise - Periode 1"
Katia & KylieMac asked us about phone numbers in Germany...we share our confusion when Germans tell you their phone numbers in full numbers. The complications of how to ring up a phone in Germany.
You can win a skein of hand-dyed sock yarn from Handgefaerbt.com, another indie-dyer in Germany....and I'm throwing in the 50 g skein of my own hand-spun: Midnight Stars!
Elemm's Hand-spun: Midnight Stars
For each of us, we have 5 pieces of information. We've mixed them all up. All you need to do is to guess and match up the pieces of information to each of us. The person who gets all or the most correctly will win. If several gets it correctly, then we'll do a drawing. For the time being the deadline will be on 1st April 2008. Please email us the answer or PM us on Ravelry, do NOT post the answers here in the comments. You can find our contact information towards the end of the show notes.
Here goes:
- Who has a coin machine and put coins in wrappers?
- Who played High School Football?
- Who has freakishly small baby toes?
- Who has grey hair since childhood?
- Who moved around a lot and lived in 16 different addresses since birth?
- Who has the most handbags?
- Who has a sibling married to an Asian guy?
- Who has a Titanium plate in the hand?
- Who love cleaning their ears?
- Who prefers sharpened regular pencils over mechanical ones?
- Who boycotted fast-food for 3 years?
- Who doesn't like German food?
- Who drinks about 12 litres of Diet-Coke a week?
- Who likes brussel sprouts?
- Who tried to pay for a person's meal at a drive-thru McDonald's as a random act of kindness?
The Yarn Wench: Galway
As you've heard earlier in the episode, Ms. B is dreaming of having her own league of spinners, so that she can get hand-spun to knit. So, here's a Q&A about spinning between Ms. B and me (Disclaimer: I'm still a beginning spinner, so what I tell you here might not be a 100% correct and they're all based on my limited knowledge and understandings about spinning.)
- Ratios in a wheel depend on what kind of yarn you want to end up with. The higher the ratio, the more twist it can put in the yarn. You can achieve a high twist in the yarns with lower ratio, too...but you'll end up treadling your wheel like a mad man.
- Single or Double Treadles don't really make any difference. It all depends on taste and your comfort.
- Bobbins, you can actually never have enough. But I would suggest about 6 bobbins to begin with if you're considering about spinning up some singles and plying them together...which also means that you'll eventually a tensioned lazy Kate (which can also be constructed easily at home).
- Setting the twist depends on what you find easier. Some people set the twist on their singles already before plying.
- Rovings: Combed, carded, batts, tops, rovings, slivers!
- Drafting: Pre-draft, stretching out, etc.
So now the truth is out, I've been interviewed by quite bit of media about my knitting! The first one was done by Brigitte.de, then follows the Jetzt article...and then I was interviewed and went on TV with ARTE. SWR also did an interview but it hasn't aired yet...and the latest TV interview was with "La Vita" on Bayerisches Fernsehen, which will be aired on German television on 03rd April 2008, between 7-7.45 p.m.). Oh, and the magazine Glamour also just did a small interview with me and it will come out in the April issue. :-p
And with all the interviews I got, I suggested that this episode's music should be "Famous" by The Lascivious Biddies, and it is brought to you by:
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or come and join us at our Uncensored Knitters Ravelry Group! And if you're around in Munich and want to come knit with us, you can find the MuKnit: The Munich Knitters Group also on Ravelry!
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Can you identify the Code violation(s) in this photo?
Hint: What's missing?
Find the Answer
How well do you know the Code? Think you can spot violations the original installer either ignored or couldn't identify? Here's your chance to moonlight as an electrical inspector and second-guess someone else's work from the safety of your living room or office. Can you identify the Code violation(s) in this photo?
'Tell Them What They've Won...'
Using the 2011 NEC, correctly identify the Code sections that show violation(s) in this month's photo — in 200 words or less — and you could win something to put in your toolbox. E-mail your response to [email protected], and we'll select three winners (excluding manufacturers and prior winners) at random from the correct submissions. Winners will receive a set of insulated hand tools from Ideal Industries, Inc., valued at more than $125.* The set includes 9.25-in. insulated side-cutting pliers, 10-in. insulated tongue-and-groove pliers, and a 0.25-in. 3 6-in. insulated screwdriver. (* Please allow six to eight weeks for delivery of tools.)
Our two winners this month include: Brian Trumble, project manager, New Energy Service, Inc., Titusville, Fla., and Fred Schlosser, owner, eWire Electric Co., Winston-Salem, NC. Here's a short recap of the violations they noted at the base of this pole.
Metal poles can be used as raceway to enclose supply conductors, but the handhole must have a cover suitable for use in wet conditions. The missing cover violates 410.30(B)(1).
Live parts 50V or higher are not guarded, because they are outside the enclosure. The exposed conductors violate the requirements of 110.27(A)(2). Section 300.4 could also be cited, as the conductors are now unprotected and subject to physical damage.
The conduit leading up to the bell box shall comply with 300.5(D)(4), which states: "Where the enclosure or raceway is subject to physical damage, the conductors shall be installed in rigid metal conduit, intermediate metal conduit, schedule 80 PVC conduit, or equivalent." If the conduit is schedule 40 PVC, this would be a violation. Assuming the PVC is schedule 40, it is not guarded against physical damage. This is a violation of 352.12(C).


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Doctor Who Polo Shirts
Exterminate the Dress Shirt
If you go to work in a stuffy button-up, you're in good Time Lord company. Christopher Eccelston's is the only Doctor so far who's escaped without a collared shirt. Here's something for casual Fridays or for those of you who do business casual every day.
When you search on "Doctor Who polo," the results are depressing. Because what comes up is the sad tale of Marco Polo, a First Doctor story arc, which has been lost to time. Seven episodes. Two hours, 51 minutes, 44 seconds. And not a single second of broadcast footage remains. The audio track is complete, and several diligent fan groups have put together recreations using photographs along with the audio. It was broadcast by studios in 23 countries, all of whom followed the directions and returned the film to the BBC once aired. Which is too bad. This is one time when finding an overdue library book would be a good thing. For more on the how and why of the missing episodes (108 of them in all), visit Wikipedia. But come back, then, cause this is a good shirt.
We aim to fix that. Not make Marco Polo exist again, but at least make it so that when you search on "Doctor Who polo" you'll get this result instead of getting the Marco Polo story and being all bummed out. Just don't scroll. We're just one company with one product here. We can only do so much.
Choose between black with a Dalek embroidered in white, grey with the TARDIS embroidered in navy blue, navy blue with the TARDIS embroidered in white, or navy blue with Doctor Who logo in blue (The Doctor Who logo polo is jersey knit, while all others are pique knit). All are 100% cotton, 6.5 oz. 3 buttons. Banded sleeves. Note: Please reference the table below to choose your size.
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Adele is taking over television.
NBC announced Friday that the 27-year-old "Hello" singer will perform a special one-night only concert at Radio City Music Hall in New York on Tuesday, Nov. 17. The event will be recorded for a one-hour NBC special, "Adele Live in New York City," set to air Monday, Dec. 14, at 10 p.m. It will be her first U.S. concert since 2011.
Ticketing details will be made available via the singer's website.
Beth McCarthy-Miller has been tapped to direct "Adele Live in New York City." Adele, Lorne Michaels and Jonathan Dickins serve as its executive producers.
Adele's third studio album, "25," is out Nov. 20. To celebrate its release, the British singer is scheduled to perform on three NBC shows: "Saturday Night Live" on Nov. 21, "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" on Nov. 23, and "Today" on Nov. 25. Adele made her U.S. television debut on NBC's "Today" in summer 2008.
Last week, Adele released "Hello," which serves as the lead single from "25"; it was written with producer Greg Kurstin. Xavier Dolan directed the music video, which broke the Vevo record by receiving over 27.7 million views within a 24-hour span, held previously by Taylor Swift's "Bad Blood," which accumulated 20.1 million views in the same period. It also broke the record for shortest time to garner 100 million Vevo views, previously held by Miley Cyrus' "Wrecking Ball."
"This song was a massive breakthrough for me with my writing because it'd been pretty slow up to this point, and I felt after I worked with Greg on this, it all poured right out of me," Adele told SiriusXM last week. "Straight away, I felt a little bit silly singing 'Hello, it's me,' but straight away I loved the verse and I knew it was going to be the first thing I came back with me." Additionally, in an interview with Apple Music, she said, "I knew straight away that it'd be the first thing that everyone would hear and that it would open my album. It took some convincing, but by the time the production was done and we finished the song, everyone liked it."
NEWS: James Corden and Billy Eichner parody Adele's "Hello"