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Getting Rid of Cable TV - The Smartest Ways
(firstname.lastname@example.com) A Digital Antenna, Slingbox and Other Alternatives for Viewers Looking to Save.
Looking to save on your cable TV bill? WSJ Personal Technology Columnist Geoffrey A. Fowler tests digital antennas, Slingbox and buying a la carte, and finds the secret to buying just Internet and HBO.
This makes me angry, and a little ashamed, to admit: My family's ComcastCMCSA -0.29% bill for this month was $212.65. For the shows we actually enjoy on HBO, plus our Internet connection and a landline phone, I pay for endless hours of Kardashians.
Like many of you, I've been considering cutting the cord on cable TV.
Today about 19% of American TV households live without cable, according to market research firm GfK. Many holdouts are haunted by doubts: How will I watch live sports? Without HBO, how will I know why everyone is talking about some mother of dragons?
Going without cable—or at least with considerably less of it—is easier than you think. Last week, I sliced my bill from $212 to $75 without giving up the stuff I really watch. Yes, cable and satellite companies lock away some content for subscribers. But you don't have to be an online pirate to see what you want.
Broadcasters give away the most popular HD channels free over the air, and Internet video services like Hulu, "smart" TVs and streaming boxes make it possible to remain a full-fledged couch potato. None of this is as simple as clicking channel up and down on your cable remote. But for the app-savvy, Internet streaming wins not just because of price, but because of convenience.
We should send Hollywood a message by voting with our credit cards for the content we want—delivered the way we want it.
Aereo, one alternative for streaming TV over the Web, was shot down by the Supreme Court last month. But thankfully, there are other options.
Kagan McLeod
A digital antenna like the Mohu Leaf 50 can allow for crisp viewing of over-the-air networks without taking up much room. Mohu
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I hadn't thought about a TV antenna since 1985, but it may be time to go back to the future. Today, the network channels you can get free over the air can be crisp. And unlike that giant antenna that used to dominate Uncle Louie's roof, today's antennas, like the $70 Mohu Leaf 50 and $90 Winegard FlatWave Amped, are slim enough to fit on a bookshelf.
Since 2009, U.S. TV signals have been digital and usually broadcast in high-definition. If you watch mostly network shows like "NCIS," this may be all you need. Some videophiles argue aerial signals are even sharper than cable's compressed video, and over-the-air broadcasts work with DVRs like the TiVoTIVO -0.67% Roamio, which nicely blends live TV and Internet streaming services.
It isn't perfect, and your experience may vary depending on how far you live from broadcast towers and other interference.
A colleague who helped test indoor antennas in Palo Alto, Calif., was able to get more than 80 channels with the Mohu. In San Francisco, going aerial with the advanced Winegard almost worked—but with one big problem: I live in a dead zone for my local NBC station, and I'm not prepared to give up "The Voice." (To pick up NBC, I'd likely have to mount an antenna on my roof. Mercifully, they're now much smaller than Uncle Louie's monstrosity.)
To give aerials a try, start by typing your address into the site tvfool.com, which plots what you can probably pick up. Start with the most basic antenna based on your distance from broadcast towers, but be ready to return it if you need an upgrade.
Remote Control: With a Slingbox attached to a friend's cable box, users can watch whatever's on that box anywhere in the world, a particularly useful feature for displaced sports fans. Kagan McLeod
Bypass Cable With a Slingbox
Even if you don't have a cable subscription, chances are you know someone who does. You can beam your buddy's TV signal over the Internet to your laptop, tablet or TV with the help of a Slingbox.
Slingboxes have existed for years, but this week the company is launching two new models designed for a broader audience. I tested the new $150 Slingbox M1 to beam cable TV to an iPad in my office and to a cable-cutting buddy's Apple AAPL -1.17% TV box to watch the World Cup. It could also work well for college students or people with second homes.
Wait, is this legal? It sure is. What makes it different from Aereo is that this stream goes from one cable connection to just one outside device. You hook the small Slingbox hardware to the analog ports on the back of your host's cable box, and then connect it to their Wi-Fi network. It works with almost every cable system in the U.S.
It doesn't impact your host's TV experience, but everyone must always watch the same things—unless the host gets a dedicated cable box. (Slingbox's apps do let the remote watcher change the channel using an infrared burst from the Slingbox that replicates a remote.)
In my tests, the quality of the signal I received was usually high-def, but did depend on both the Internet upload speed of the host and the download speed where I watched it.
TV A La Carte: Buying individual shows from iTunes or streaming shows from services like Netflix, Amazon Prime or Hulu Plus can save money for those loyal to a handful of series. Kagan McLeod
Pay For Just What You Need
Some great channels—and many lesser ones—offer their video free over the Internet via apps on smart TVs and boxes like Apple TV, Roku and Amazon Fire TV. That list now includes ABC News, which launched late last month on Apple TV with live coverage and on-demand reports.
Paid streaming services such as Netflix NFLX -0.77% ($9 a month) and Amazon Prime ($99 a year with Amazon's shipping club) offer access to a deep bench of older TV seasons and movies, plus original hits like "House of Cards." Hulu Plus ($8 a month) offers more of the freshest TV from networks such as Fox, NBC, ABC and Comedy Central.
For other shows, you can often buy whole seasons directly from Amazon or Apple's iTunes, some right after the episode has aired. A season pass to ABC Family's "Pretty Little Liars" costs $40.
Many professional sports leagues, including Major League Baseball, sell direct Internet streaming access to games (though, frustratingly, they generally blackout any game that's nationally televised or aired locally).
Getting out the calculator, my tally of shows and Internet access comes to about half my peak cable bill of $212 a month. But if you keep up with a lot of shows or sports, it could be pricier than cable.
Thanks for the Password, Mom: Some people share their access to online streaming services like HBO Go that restrict online access to cable subscribers. Kagan McLeod
Find a Login
And what about the channels that refuse to sell streaming access? HBO and ESPN, which own some of the most desired TV content, restrict Internet access to cable TV subscribers, locked behind a login. The economics of selling direct online access just doesn't work, they say.
Some cable cutters deal with this by "borrowing" logins. It's one of the moral gray zones of being a modern digital consumer. For the record, spokespeople for both HBO and ESPN told me their services are meant only for use by one "household."
But they also hardly try to stop folks from sharing: Most channels allow at least three simultaneous streams. They don't check that you live together or cut you off for using it in different corners of the U.S.
If borrowing a login feels like stealing, there's another option. I asked some of the biggest cable operators the cheapest way to get just Internet service plus HBO. In many cases, they don't promote this option, but you can get it if you know what to ask for.
Comcast calls it "Internet Plus"; Time-Warner Cable TWC -0.52% calls it "Starter TV + HBO and an Internet plan." If your cable company sales rep acts like a used-car salesman trying to upsell you, just keep saying you want Internet and HBO only.
Comcast's sales rep didn't initially offer me this service, but when we asked for "Internet Plus," she did let us buy it for $67 a month, plus $8 for a modem. This doesn't include a phone landline, but I won't miss that—or all the money I was paying before to subsidize Kardashians.
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Translated by Dr. Samuel Chani and Jenni Buch Who of the Jews of Brest had not heard of the address of the Zionist center at 12 Topolowa , which later became I.L. Peretz Street? Jewish pride and efforts brought about the decision of the city council to name the street after the famous Jewish writer. Despite the name Topolowa St. the address became famous after the Jews returned to Brest after W.W.1. A square building with castle-like walls surrounded by taller buildings. In the beginning there were dozens of Jewish families without roofs over their heads living in the courtyard, because most of the city had been burnt and destroyed..The remainder of the buildings that the Russians had left standing were systematically and thoroughly destroyed by the Germans who removed the bricks from the walls and sent them into Germany.
The three-storey building always bustled with activity and children played on the stairs. One after the other the Zionist organizations and schools moved into the courtyard, until all the noise and tumult had driven the families out.
First came the Hebrew Techiya school with its teachers, Chinich, Bereszowski and Govkin, and its students who later became Zionist teachers. As soon as this school moved to larger premises on Bialystokski St., the organizations of Poale Zion, Zeirei Zion, and the Pioneers moved in. After they vacated the front rooms with its well-lit hall, the General Zionists occupied them with their youth branches.
Who did not occupy this building?
Zeirei Zion, Poale Zion, the Revisionists, El hamishmar, Et Livnot, Hahalutz,
Hahalutz Hamerkazi, Shomer Hatzair, Gordonia, Betar, Brit Hachayal, Keren Kayemet, and Keren Hayesod.
Who visited this building?
Itzchak Greenboim, the leader of Polish Zionism, Leon Levita, the chairman of the Zionist organization, Baruch Zuckerman, the chairman of Poale Zion, Aaron Propes, the Betar commander. Scholem Asch the writer was also a visitor to this building. The Betar members organized a celebratory reception for Zev Jabotinski there.
Some of the speeches that were held in the courtyard included,: Yosef Heftman, Moshe Laizerovitch from the Heint (son of the preacher and tailor Laizerovitch), A. Goldberg, the editor of the Heint newspaper, who was also a Brisker.
Avraham Levinson, the deputy mayor of Brest, whose speeches were unforgettable.
Thousands of Jewish schoolchildren would assemble there for Lag Baomer and march out of there to the city gardens with a band playing and waving blue and white flags.
In the courtyard there were scenes that reflected the hunger for aliyah to Israel. There were often fights and blows over the list for places to Israel. Jews from the Brest district would wait for days until the Zionist Organization met and allocated the certificates for aliyah to Israel for the whole region.
The great Zionist Prayer meeting, the only one in the city, was held there. They would meet on Sabbath and the Holydays it was led by L.Y. Winnikoff, Zev Dov Begin, Zaretzki and other Zionist leaders. In the same courtyard, the Jews of Brest celebrated the establishment of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. The orchestras of Hashomer Hatzair and Betar played all day and the street was illuminated.
Hundreds of youths and adults studied at the evening classes there which were conducted by Mordechai Yaffe.
Menachem Begin (the future leader of Israel) came to Topolowa 12, as did a series of Jewish writers such as I. Perlov. The headquarters of the Pioneer Movement for the whole of the Polessie and Wolyn districts was there. Generally, Topolowa 12 was not just a local Zionist center, but also the region's headquarters, and seethed with Zionist activities and Jewish life. This building will never be forgotten by the members of Zionist organizations of all streams it was an integral part of their lives.
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Dr. Gotlieb, Shmuel Mullar, J. Stier, and others. This club had a positive influence on the city's community life and was popular. The following were the administrators of the club: City councillor Shimon Itzbitzer, Yoshe and Chaim Youngermen, David Shedrowitzki, and Furmanovitch. This board was responsible for broadening the activities of the club, and a group was formed with the aim of developing physical education amongst the youth. The original group was: Shlomo Klein, Moshe Sarver and the chairman was Shabtai Rubin.
From 1926-7 the activities of the Jewish Sports Club strengthened and spread widely. As well as the football club that became renowned over the entire Polessie district, an athletics club, a bike riding club and a baseball club sprang up. H. Malin headed the athletics club, and the bike riders distinguished themselves at local competitions.
A national football league was formed in 1924 by the Polish government. The Brest branch of this league conducted football matches. The Jewish Sports Club participated in this league competition. They distinguished themselves and were
popular amongst the Poles. For many years this Brest group was on top of the local (Polessie) league. Representatives of this group were the lawyer Politshanski and B. Kastrinski. The matches evoked much enthusiasm from both the youth and adults alike, who attended the games en masse.
The Jewish Sports Club played against Polish clubs such as the 82nd Division (Army team), and the 9th Division, both from the fortress, and the Tanks Division team our group defeated these teams in competition and that led to much pride amongst the Jews. These victories evoked jealousy and bad feeling from the Poles and arguments and fights would break out at the matches. The Jewish supporters would protect their players as heroes. They would leave the football ground together as a group to avoid attacks from the Poles. Outstanding players were Bushmitz, Yoshe Youngerman, Shmuel Gelman, Moshinski, Ulman, Israel Stir, and others.
There were also other football clubs in Brest Hapoel, Nordia, Stern and a group from the Bund. All these clubs were from opposing political movements and streams, but without exception they united in the common goal of sport and co- existed in friendly relations.
At the annual general meetings of these clubs, the question was raised as whether to join the Maccabi World Union, but no decision was reached.
The interest in sport grew, especially when in 1931, the famous Hakoah club came from Vienna to play against the Jewish Sports Club in Brest. Jews came from all the corners of Polessie to see this match. The participation of these two Jewish clubs caused much enthusiasm and pride. The Jewish Sports Club also organized a choir and a winter sports group.
At the annual general meeting in1933 it was decided to join the Maccabi world Union, and the club adopted the name Maccabi Jewish Sports Club Brest. The chairman was the pharmacist S. Grynberg and later Janovski.
The club preserved it's non-partisan character but it had a Zionist influence and many of it's members later became active in sports movements in Israel.
I will never forget those comrades who perished, amongst them Israel Stir, who personified the spirit of Jewish sport in Brest, and was one of the founders of the Jewish Sports Club.
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Almost 1500 photographers applied for the Individual Photographer's Fellowship grants this year presented by the Aaron Siskind Foundation, honoring the legacy of the legendary photographer best known for pioneering lens-based modernist abstraction.
"He was a wonderful teacher, he was always interested in new ideas and in things that challenged us," says Charles Traub, president of the Aaron Siskind Foundation and Chair of the MFA Photography, Video and Related Media Department at the School of Visual Arts. "We're interested in all aspects of the creative photographic medium and all genres of photograph investigation — as long as the work is new and fresh."
The eligibility requirements for the $5-10,000 grants are exceptionally democratic. They're open to any professional, a citizen or resident of the United States, "who's working on a serious body of work, who is trying to do something imaginative, important, moving the dialogue of our medium forward," Traub says, and adds: "the term 'professional' is of course a loosely defined word."
"There are no strings attached. It's not like you have to have five million references, and a complete bio and all this stuff. It's really just what you present."
The Foundation selects three new judges each year — one from the editorial field, one artist and one curator — with an effort to avoid being East Coast-centric. This year's judges were Natalie Matutschovsky, senior photo editor at TIME, photographer Andrew Moore, who recently published a new book on Cuba, and Tim Wride, curator at the Norton Museum of Art, formerly at LACMA.
"[The jury] tends to lean towards younger photographers," since they are the ones who usually bring forth the newest, yet-to-be-recognized work, but occasionally, Traub says, "there is a better known older photographer who does submit new work that surprises the jury."
This year, six photographers were each awarded $8,000 grants. "We gave six instead of our usual five this year because we just couldn't pare it down any further," Traub says. They are:
Michelle Frankfurter presented her series Destino which portrays the "perilous journey of undocumented Central American migrants along the network of freight trains lurching inexorably across Mexico, towards the hope of finding work in the United States."
Wayne Lawrence documented the diverse experiences of African-American Orthodox Jews living in New York City.
Joshua Lutz presented a conceptual portrait of his mother's descent into mental illness as "she slowly slipped away from the aggressive paranoia of my youth to an almost calming sense of delusion," he writes. The series was published as a book titled Hesitating Beauty by Schilt in 2012.
Justin Maxon documented life in Chester, Pa, where industry has collapsed and the murder rate is among the highest in the nation, "a place where a domino effect of socio-economic issues and a long history of government corruption have revealed the community to be a microcosm of the wounds of racism that stain this country today."
Jenny Riffle presented a complex portrait of Riley, a scavenger who as a child read "Mark Twain's stories of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn and decided he wanted to be like those mythical boys. He wanted a life full of treasure and adventure."
Sasha Rudensky presented her series Brightness which focuses on "an orphan generation of Russians, Ukrainians and Belorussians that came of age in a social vacuum, having disowned their past but lacking any means of orientation within the present."
"I thought these were all wonderful photographers from diverse backgrounds, ethnicities, from different parts of the country," Traub says. "Largely, the work had a kind of narrative in it, a sort of structure of a story not told in a linear way and not told necessarily in a traditional documentary way. There was a great deal of technical competence and a kind of idiosyncratic look at life."
Eugene Reznik is a Brooklyn-based photographer and writer. Follow him on Twitter @eugene_reznik.
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The prevailing view among SaaS evangelists seems to be that if it's hosted and charged for on a price per user per month basis, or better still free, then it must be good. This is a religious standpoint that is no more useful or valid than oft-heard claims that open source software is universally better than the commercial equivalent. At the end of the day, it is fitness for purpose and the balance between cost, risk and value that matters for mainstream business use, and there is good and bad in all camps.
When I challenged some of the purist SaaS thinking in a blog post recently (see Dissecting SaaS), I got a lot of phone calls and emails from SaaS providers offering to 'educate' me on how their particular service was as an example of why the SaaS delivery model was so compelling. After listening to a few of these stories, I was still singularly unimpressed with most of what I heard – essentially far too much 'me too' reinventions of traditional applications that typically did less than the solutions they were supposed to be replacing.
Despite all the hype, I don't seem to be alone in my unwillingness to blindly accept everything SaaS as representing the future of IT. Reg readers too seem to have a healthy degree of scepticism for a lot of the SaaS-related noise we are hearing. The recent Tech Barometer survey, for instance, placed SaaS right at the bottom of the list of IT-related priorities.
So am I saying it's all rubbish? Not at all. My own company doesn't own or run any servers, for example, and relies completely on two SaaS providers, Incontech and Cobweb, for collaboration and email services respectively. What both of these organisations have in common, though, is that services are founded on mainstream technology – they are not reinventing any wheels for the sake of it. The proposition is one of removing the need for capital investment coupled with a promise to take away the challenges and distractions of managing and supporting systems. From a comfort perspective, the underlying use of mainstream applications means we are not locked in – we can switch providers or bring our systems in-house relatively easily if we need to for any reason.
The trouble with many of the SaaS start-ups, though, is that the foundation for their service is a home-grown application. The old argument to justify this is that applications designed and built from the ground up for so-called 'multi-tenancy' deployment enable a superior service to be delivered. Pretty much all established software vendors now have this as a design requirement, however, so a SaaS friendly architecture is no longer significant differentiator. The second argument, that home-grown service provider applications avoid subscription fees being inflated by the cost of commercial software licences, is still a valid one, but the flip side of this is that options for the subscriber to later bring the application back in-house or switch providers can be severely restricted. To put it another way, there is a significant risk of lock-in so you had better be sure of not just the provider, but the incremental value you are going to get from the service compared to other offerings – whether SaaS or traditional on-premise in nature.
Interestingly, if you look at service provider authored SaaS applications in this way, i.e. by asking what new they bring to the party in terms of capability, then the SaaS delivery element sometimes becomes a bit of red herring. Will offerings like FreeAgent, for example, be successful because they are SaaS-based or because they fill a gap? – in this case the need for 'cut the crap' accounting, billing and tax management designed for IT contractors and the like that are not well served by traditional players like Sage. The significance of SaaS here is mostly to do with allowing start-ups to come to market quickly without having to worry about physical software distribution – but it is precisely because such barriers have come down that we need to look at the quality and completeness of the functionality on offer before we sign up for stuff. The reality is that we will continue to be faced with a stream of incomplete, mediocre and even quite poor offerings, as well as the good ones, and I for one am very wary of the 'perpetual beta' Web 2.0 philosophy when it comes to solutions I need to run my business.
Looking forward though, the purist and evangelistic view of SaaS will gradually fade away over time. The future lies in open software architectures that can operate effectively across company boundaries, which is basically a fancy way of saying that we are heading towards a world in which it will be easy to plug external services into internal systems to achieve the optimum mix for the particular requirement at hand. That's why I like companies offering services that complement on-premise solutions. One of the cleanest examples of this I have come across recently is Mimecast, which provides a bunch of services such as security and archiving that essentially plug into your in-house email infrastructure over the wire, without asking you to shift the whole kit and caboodle into 'the cloud'.
To net all this out, the trick is not to get sucked into all of the hype. In one form or another, software functionality delivered over the wire as a service will find its way into most businesses over time, but SaaS is not in itself some kind of magic bullet. It's simply another option for potentially meeting business requirements that is appropriate in some cases, but not in others. ®
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text: AS of January 2015, it is no longer allowed to refill HCFC refrigeration systems in the Nordic countries. This might cause problems for some owners and users of HCFC refrigeration systems if they have not yet planned to install alternative refrigeration systems.This report has been prepared by the Danish Technological Institute in cooperation with Hans Haukås, Norway, for the Nordic Ozone Group under the Nordic Council of Ministers in an effort to ease the final transformation from the use of HCFC to alternative refrigerants and to encourage the use of alternatives that do not harm the environment. The aim of this report is to provide information which can be used to guide the refrigeration industry and the owners and users of HCFC-refrigeration systems. The report also provides examples of how to change to more environmental friendly refrigeration systems with natural refrigerants


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Nicolas Collins wants to tear apart your CD player. The avant-garde composer, who teaches hardware hacking at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, is an expert at ripping parts from old gadgets like stereos and toys to make weird musical instruments. Neat – but why, in an era of software synths and audio plug-ins, would anybody want to spend time rewiring Tickle Me Elmo to make strange noises? "A lot of electronic music today is essentially studio music," Collins says. "But circuits have to be played physically -�they're much closer to a violin or a trumpet or a piano than a computer is." Taking a page from his new book, Handmade Electronic Music, here are three of Collins' coolest contraptions. – Sean Cooper
Hardware Hacking 101
WAS: A telephone handset IS NOW: The Circuit Sniffer HACK: Connect the handset's pickup coil to a battery-powered amp and pass it over an iPod or cell phone. Presto! Your stethoscope picks up the buzz and whir of tiny hard disks and servomotors. Plug headphones into the amp's speaker jack to hear every note.
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WAS: A CD player IS NOW: The Sled Dog HACK: Invert a Discman's transport and you can cue and cut that CD of "Rapper's Delight" by hand. Disable the player's muting pin and the Sled Dog spits out a cacophony of distorted rumbles and piercing tones.Go Back to Top. Skip To: Start of Article.


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Indians address Carrasco's mechanics concerns
SAN FRANCISCO -- Indians manager Terry Francona and pitching coach Mickey Callaway met with starter Carlos Carrasco on Saturday morning to gain some clarity about the pitcher's recent comments about his mechanics.
Throughout the winter and Spring Training, Callaway and Carrasco concentrated on having the pitcher raise his lead arm in his delivery to create more deception. Following his loss to the Giants on Friday, Carrasco said he felt as though he was pitching with less velocity with the raised slot and with more velocity when he lowered his left arm.
Callaway said that was not the case.
"We talked to him this morning about it after reading his comments," Callaway said. "I think we're all on the same page on where we want his arm. We want it up. He's throwing harder when his arm is up. It just doesn't feel like it.
"It's like a golfer. I can swing as hard as I can, and it's not going to be as powerful as when I swing easy and square the ball up. He has the feeling it's more powerful, even though it's not."
Callaway said he presented Carrasco with statistical data to support the fact that the raised arm slot actually increases the right-hander's pitch speed. Francona also wanted to make sure that Carrasco still wanted to proceed with the altered mechanics.
"We want to put him in the best position to succeed, so we visited with him about that," Francona said. "I know he said something about when his arm's up, he was throwing 92 [mph]. This is what we have to get to, because maybe that's what it feels like, but that's not what it is. He was 94-96 actually on the first two hitters of the game. They got hits.
"We tried to just stress with him, 'Hey, if that's how you feel, talk to Mickey, so he can help you.' He understands. He wants to feel comfortable [with the mechanics]. That's his goal. We asked him that, because again, we're not going to make someone do something they don't want to do.
"He said, 'No, I definitely want to get there, and Mickey explained why, being in a power position and things like that. It's ongoing."
On the season, Carrasco is 0-3 with a 6.95 ERA in four starts for the Indians. In Friday's outing, the right-hander worked a season-high six innings, during which he allowed four runs on five hits with six strikeouts and one walk against San Francisco.


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This is, simply put, the easiest dessert that I have made so far. Plus, it is seriously delicious! Jessica of My Baking Heart really hit a home run with this TWD choice.
[Parisian apple tartlet recipe]
All you need to make this dessert (if you buy the puff pastry at the store, that is — I don't even want to contemplate making it at this point!) is a circle of puff pastry, a half of an apple, brown sugar and butter.
Sorry, Dorie... no all-butter puff pastry in the grocery store, so I made do with this.
The cutter was supposed to be 4" wide, but this one was a little smaller and it was the biggest cutter I had. Next time I'll make sure to make it a little bigger, because there wasn't quite enough pastry around the edges.
There was a little burnt sugar action since the sugar and juices ran off the side of the tartlets. Could be because my pastry was too small... or because I added too much extra sugar ;)
Well, that's it! Easiest... recipe... ever. Love. I think this blog post is causing me more effort than actually making the recipe.
Parisian Apple Tartlet
1 1/8-inch-thick 4-inch circle cold puff pastry
1/2 firm sweet apple, such as a Golden Delicious or Fuji, peeled and cored
1 to 2 t light brown sugar
1 t cold butter, cut into 3 pieces
[full recipe instructions on Jessica's blog]
Nutrition Facts from NutritionData.com:
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Calories: 343
Fat: 19 g
Saturated Fat: 5 g
Cholesterol: 10 mg
Sodium: 104 mg
Carbohydrates: 41 g
Dietary Fiber: 2 g
Protein: 3 g
I honestly thought it would be healthier, but that pastry is killer! I forgot to weigh my pastry, so I used a guesstimate of 40g of baked pastry per 4" circle to calculate the calories. Might be a little less.
Thanks to Jessica for making my life easy this week :) You can get the recipe on her blog: Supplicious. The rest of the tartlets can be ogled through the TWD blogroll!
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San Francisco Erlang conference. This was a small conference (I haven't been to one so small since PyCon was at GW in the early 2000s), and absolutely charming as a result. There were some really nifty talks and a lot of fantastic hallway and ballroom conversations... not to mention Robert Virding's very sweet Raspberry Pi Erlang-powered wall-sensing Lego robot.
My first Erlang Factory, the event lasted for two fun-filled days and culminated with a stroll in the evening sun of San Francisco down to the Rackspace office where we held a Meetup mini-conference (beer, food, and three more talks). Conversations lasted until well after 10pm with the remaining die-hards making a trek through the nighttime streets SOMA and the Financial District back to their respective abodes.
Joe Armstrong and Robert Virding. We covered some of the basics in order to provide a gentle overview for folks who may not have been exposed to Erlang yet and are curious about what it has to offer our growing multi-core world. This wend up on the Rackspace blog as well as the Building 43 site (also on YouTube). We've got a couple of teams using Erlang in Rackspace; if you're interested, be sure to email Steve Pestorich and ask him what's available!


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"Leveraging Emerging Learning Technologies to Promote Library Instruction"
By Beth Strickland, Laurie Alexander, Amanda Peters, and Catherine Morse
June 3, 2013, Educause Review: http://www.educause.edu/ero/article/leveraging-emerging-learning-technologies-promote-library-instruction
As we think about the value added by library services and instruction, the article "Leveraging Emerging Learning Technologies to Promote Library Instruction" highlights key elements of a successful library program — collaboration, assessment, revision, and repeat. Two of the Value Reports' essential questions resounded as I read the work of these University of Michigan librarians:
1. How does the library contribute to the student experience?
2. How does the library contribute to student learning?
Determined to move beyond the traditional one-shot workshop and supported by the assistant dean of undergraduate education, these librarians collaborated with faculty to develop a for-credit research course. As they assessed their work, they realized there were key components they could enhance using learning technologies. Again, they collaborated with an instructional technologist and created a blended learning approach to the material. This work demonstrates their extension beyond the traditional role of library information literacy instruction and work in curriculum development:
In the area of student learning, academic libraries are in the middle of a paradigm shift. In the past, academic libraries functioned primarily as information repositories; now they are becoming learning enterprises (Bennett 2009, 194). This shift requires academic librarians to embed library services and resources in the teaching and learning activities of their institutions (Lewis 2007). In the new paradigm, librarians focus on information skills, not information access (Bundy 2004, 3); they think like educators, not service providers (Bennett 2009, 194). VAL Report p.37
The online component allowed them to monitor progress immediately instead of waiting for a bibliography or final project to review. This generated discussion among the course librarian faculty member and students in a way that was not as evident in the face-to face version of the class. While we think about how to develop similar classes in our own institutions, these University of Michigan librarians have given us a great model to help others conceive and convince constituents of the benefits inherent in assessing and reviewing workshop and curriculum design.


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Frustrated by the large numbers of white males on corporate boards in the US, George Washington University School of Business has launched a fellowship programme that aspires to expand women's participation at this level.
The programme, "OnTheBoard", is being funded by GWSB trustee Linda Rabbitt, who founded Rand Construction, the largest women-owned construction company in the US. While the total amount of the donation is unknown, it is sufficient to guarantee four years of the programme. It will be run in collaboration with the International Women's Forum, a network of female business leaders of which Ms Rabbitt is also a member.
Participants will receive advanced training in board-level leadership knowledge, including corporate finance, corporate strategy, crisis management, risk assessment and regulatory compliance. Mentoring will be a core part of the programme, led by IWF members with positions on corporate boards.
"The response thus far has been overwhelming. We have received 88 applications from amazing women, who are so accomplished we would be honoured to have nearly all of them in our programme," says Doug Guthrie, dean of GWSB.
A committee, comprising two panellists from GWSB and two from IWF, will choose 15 to 20 candidates to join the programme later this month. Classes will be held in three separate sessions throughout the year, lasting three to four days, with the first session starting in February.
"Our plan is to have the programme run in perpetuity . . . We hope that this will be a successful programme that runs for a long time," says Prof Guthrie, who although recognising that legislative action is sometimes necessary to improve the number of women on boards, can see difficulties.
"It is difficult to imagine a scenario in which legislative action like [quotas] would be feasible, at least at the federal level," he says. "So, within this context, we have decided to contribute to solving the problem with the tools available to us."
Deedee Corradini, president of the IWF, is hopeful that the programme will guarantee a 100 per cent placement rate on boards.
"Placement is a key issue," she says. "It will break the mould of [existing] programmes." In particular, Ms Corradini plans to leverage the support of existing IWF members, who are active in more than 51 nations. Many of them will be on board nomination committees, for example, which should prove to be an advantage, she says.
Across the Atlantic, business schools have also been tackling the lack of women executives on boards. Encouraged by Viviane Reding, EU commissioner of justice, business schools have published a list of women they deem to be "board ready". At the last count, the list had more than 6,000 names, including business school alumni.
"I would be honoured for GWSB to be a part of such a movement if asked," says Prof Guthrie.
"And I hope that our initiative will be viewed as a favourable pipeline for education and training that this group is seeking to identify. This is an important issue for all economies across the world, and we must all work to contribute to addressing the issue."
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If you weren't part of the "mancession" yourself, you probably know a man who was or is still affected by the economic downturn of the past few years. Reportedly, the downturn hit men especially hard with unemployment.
A CNBC.com article yesterday, however, mentioned that menswear apparel sales were beginning to rebound because men were finally getting back to work and needing the clothes to go with it.
"The competitive landscape for employment is tough," Durand Guion, the Macy's men's fashion director, said in the article. "People perceive that they are getting a leg up by being dressier." He also explained that work styles are a little more formal now than last decade's dressed-down "casual Fridays."
Is it true? Do you have a better chance at nabbing a job and doing better once you get it depending on what you wear? Women have believed this for a long time, but I decided to get an expert opinion.
"It's much better to be a little overdressed than underdressed," says Judi Perkins, a Connecticut-based career coach and founder of Find the Perfect Job. "A well-tailored suit is never out of place. It affects, often unconsciously, how people perceive you: your skills, your demeanor, your communication skills and your competence in general."
She further explains that it changes how you feel about yourself also, especially if you're feeling discouraged from being unemployed for a long time. "You'll feel more put-together, more accomplished in a well-tailored suit or new outfit," Perkins says. "Dressing up and spending a little on yourself gives you back a feeling of self-respect, of feeling deserving."
So the verdict is in: Make room in your budget for a new suit, shoes and maybe some accessories to go with it. "I do believe that a well-dressed man with an air of competence and confidence could nail a position over a guy wearing Dockers and a sports coat," Perkins says, "even if the guy with the suit isn't quite as qualified. The suit makes a strong psychological impression in the wearer's favor."
Here are Perkins' smart-spending shopping tips for the well-dressed man.
- Take advantage of specialty menswear stores and department store promotions such as BOGOs (buy-one-get-one) and 2-for-1 deals, one-days sales and dollars-off coupons.
- Take your wife or significant other with you, if you're embarrassed about whipping out coupons.
- Make use of the tailor so clothes fit impeccably.
- Upgrade any scuffed shoes, outdated tie styles and stained or worn items.
Do you think clothes make the man? Have you upgraded your attire recently or landed a new job?


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Introspection is the self-observation and reporting of conscious inner thoughts, desires and sensations. It is a conscious mental and usually purposive process relying on thinking, reasoning, and examining one's own thoughts, feelings, and, in more spiritual cases, one's soul. It can also be called contemplation of one's self, and is contrasted with extrospection, the observation of things external to one's self. Introspection may be used synonymously with self-reflection and used in a similar way.
As a method in scienceEdit
Behaviorists claimed that introspection was unreliable and that the subject matter of scientific psychology should be strictly operationalized in an objective and measurable way. This then led psychology to focus on measurable behavior rather than consciousness or sensation.[1] Cognitive psychology accepts the use of the scientific method, but often rejects introspection as a valid method of investigation for this reason, especially concerning the causes of behavior and choice. Herbert Simon and Allen Newell identified the 'thinking-aloud' protocol, in which investigators view a subject engaged in a task, and who speaks his thoughts aloud, thus allowing study of his thought process without forcing the subject to comment on his thinking.
On the other hand, introspection can be considered a valid tool for the development of scientific hypotheses and theoretical models, in particular in cognitive sciences and engineering. In practice, functional (goal-oriented) computational modeling and computer simulation design of meta-reasoning and metacognition are closely connected with the introspective experiences of researchers and engineers.
Introspection was used by German physiologist Wilhelm Wundt in the experimental psychology laboratory he had founded in Leipzig in 1879. Wundt believed that by using introspection in his experiments he would gather information into how the subjects' minds were working, thus he wanted to examine the mind into its basic elements. Wundt did not invent this way of looking into an individual's mind through their experiences; rather, it can date to Socrates. Wundt's distinctive contribution was to take this method into the experimental arena and thus into the newly formed field of psychology.
Inaccessible mental processes and confabulationEdit
- Main article: Introspection illusion
Psychological research on cognition and attribution has asked people to report on their mental processes, for instance to say why they made a particular choice or how they arrived at a judgement. In some situations, these reports are clearly confabulated.[2] For example, people justify choices they have not in fact made.[3] Such results undermine the idea that those verbal reports are based on direct introspective access to mental content. Instead, judgements about one's own mind seem to be inferences from overt behavior, similar to judgements made about another person.[2] However, it is hard to assess whether these results only apply to unusual experimental situations, or if they reveal something about everyday introspection.[4] The theory of the adaptive unconscious suggests that a very large proportion of mental processes, even "high-level" processes like goal-setting and decision-making, are inaccessible to introspection.[5]
Even when their introspections are uninformative, people still give confident descriptions of their mental processes, being "unaware of their unawareness".[6] This phenomenon has been termed the introspection illusion and has been used to explain some cognitive biases[7] and belief in some paranormal phenomena.[8] When making judgements about themselves, subjects treat their own introspections as reliable, whereas they judge other people based on their behavior.[9] This can lead to illusions of superiority. For example, people generally see themselves as less conformist than others, and this seems to be because they do not introspect any urge to conform.[10] Another reliable finding is that people generally see themselves as less biased than everyone else, because they do not introspect any biased thought processes.[9] These introspections are misleading, however, because biases work sub-consciously. One experiment tried to give their subjects access to others' introspections. They made audio recordings of subjects who had been told to say whatever came into their heads as they answered a question about their own bias.[9] Although subjects persuaded themselves they were unlikely to be biased, their introspective reports did not sway the assessments of observers. When subjects were explicitly told to avoid relying on introspection, their assessments of their own bias became more realistic.[9]
See alsoEdit
- Psychophysics
- Choice blindness
- Mindfulness
- Phenomenology
- Phenomenology (psychology)
- Psychophysics
- Reflection
- Self-awareness
- Self-consciousness
- Self examination (medical)
- Self monitoring (personality)
- Self perception
- Sense of agency
References & BibliographyEdit
Key textsEdit
- Adam Wiegner, Izabella Nowakowa (Eds), Katarzyna Paprzycka (Trans)(2002)Observation, Hypothesis, Introspection. Editions Rodopi B.V.ISBN 9042017260
- (2003) Anthony Jack, Andreas Roepstorff Trusting the subject?: the use of introspective evidence in cognitive science, Imprint Academic.
- Wilson, Timothy (2002). Strangers to Ourselves: Discovering the Adaptive Unconscious, Cambridge: Belknap Press.
- Wilson, Timothy D. Wilson; Sara D. Hodges (1992). "Attitudes as Temporary Constructions" Leonard L. Martin, Abraham Tesser The Construction of social judgments, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
- Boring, Edwin G. (1953). A history of introspection. Psychological Bulletin 50 (3): 169–189.
- Knight Dunlap (1912) The Case Against Introspection. Psychological Review, 19, 404-413 Fulltext
- Titchener, E. B. (1912)The Schema of Introspection.American Journal of Psychology, 23, 485-508 Fulltext
Additional materialEdit
- Schultz, D. P. & Schultz, S. E. (2004). A history of modern psychology (8th ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning.
- Degroot, A.D. (1978) Thought and choice in chess. New York, NY: Walter de Gruyter. (original in Dutch: 1946)
External linksEdit
- Blog Entry on the usage of the term Introspection in the news
- Blog Entry on the usage of the term Reflection in the news
- About.com Article on Introspection
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"Il Monstro" or "The Monster of Florence" killed and mutilated eight couples in the Italian countryside between 1968 and 1985. Although the crimes took place sporadically over 17 years, there were many distinctive elements, enough to provide a profile of the serial killer who was never caught.
It is one of the most perplexing and fascinating crime sprees in the annals of unsolved murders. "Il Monstro" or "The Monster of Florence" killed and mutilated eight couples in the Italian countryside between 1968 and 1985. Despite numerous arrests and convictions, the true killer or killers remain undiscovered. Various books, films and investigators have theorized on the perpetrator of these brutal crimes, but with no physical evidence being left at the murder scenes, there is little to link the crimes to a perpetrator. However, while the perpetrator/s has never been apprehended, a psychological profile of "The Monster of Florence" can be assembled, providing insight into this killer and his motivations.
Il Monstro: Serial Killer
While some serial killers are opportunistic and disorganized, with his methodical approach and obvious foresight, Il Monstro was clearly an organized killer of high intelligence. The time, dates and location of his crimes indicate that his attacks were planned and well-researched. Furthermore, although the crimes took place sporadically over many years, there were many distinctive elements, the primary one being that all of the victims were couples, except for one suspected case of mistaken identity when two men were killed. In most of the cases, both victims were shot and killed, with special attention being paid to the female. In particular, there was a disturbing sexual element to the crimes, with the female victims being mutilated postmortem. As with many serial killers, this displays an obvious and deep-seated hatred of women, which is reinforced further by one particularly disturbing act within the crimes: the removal of female sexual organs.
The perpetrators method of surprising his victims and shooting them at point blank range exhibits a possible case of significant low self-esteem. The killer did not want to interact or be witnessed by those he intended to kill. It seems that Il Monstro wanted to dispatch his intended targets as quickly as possible, before moving on to the mutilation of the women. When there were difficulties in the execution of an attack, with victims attempting escape or in the case of mistaken identity, he abandoned his usual killing rituals and fled. This suggests that the risks involved circumvented his desire to kill and maim. Other serial killers often trap and torture those that they target, while Il Monstro appeared to want his victims dead as quickly as possible.
The lack of evidence at the crime scene, except for the distinctive bullets used to slay his victims and which could be traced back to the same missing gun, exhibit a particularly chilling attention to detail. Indeed, there is a strong possibility that the perpetrator had an understanding of police procedures and detective activity. As Il Monstro's knowledge allowed him to resist capture, his killings grew more elaborate with time. While his precision over leaving no traces of evidence continued over the course of his slayings, the treatment of the bodies became more gruesome. His earliest victims were shot and left practically untouched, but it was not long before mutilation of the corpses began, followed by the removal of female body parts, frenzied stabbings, and the body's being placed in specific positions after death.
The Crime Scenes
The locations for most of the killings were chillingly similar. All took place in or around Florence, indicating that the killer had a good knowledge of the area and therefore might have lived or worked locally. The perpetrator tended to choose rural areas away from busy roads and possible witnesses. These areas, as well as providing the vantage point to the romantic couples the killer appeared to target, provided the privacy that allowed the killer to commit his horrific crimes undisturbed. The killings occurred between 10 p.m. and midnight on overcast, moonless nights, usually on a Saturday evening. This provided the ideal cover for the killer.
The victims selected by Il Monstro also displayed similar characteristics. Couples involved in romantic liaisons were always targeted. With some serial killers, age and appearance can be an important factor, but this didn't seem to be a concern for Il Monstro; although all couples were relatively young, ages ranged from 18 to 36. Curiously, however, all of the victims had spent the previous evening dancing at nightclubs. The only exception to these behaviors appeared to be the case of two male German campers who were killed. It is believed that this was a case of mistaken identity, as one of the men had long blonde hair.
Ballistic tests indicate the crimes were committed with the same .22 caliber Beretta automatic pistol using unusual copper-jacketed Winchester bullets and a single edged blade. Forensic tests also indicate that rubber surgical gloves were used during the crimes to prevent detection. The gun was used to slay both victims, with evidence suggesting the male victim was targeted first, with the blade used postmortem on the female victims only. This blade was to play a more important part in the crimes as they progressed, with the corpses being slashed, stabbed and body parts amputated. The stabbings and mutilations within these crimes reveal the ritualistic nature of the killer. In particular, the progression in the treatment of the corpses exhibits a development in the motivations of the killer – as his body count increased his actions became more elaborate, possibly due to a growing confidence or an increasing anger or vehemence in his actions.
The Signature
The collated patterns of behavior adopted by Il Monstro provide a "signature" that can be attached to his criminal profile. This signature can be used to reject copycat crimes, while also providing insight into the perpetrator's drives and motivations. So, what does Il Monstro's signature tell us about why he killed?
Without the perpetrator caught and behind bars, it is inevitably difficult to establish why Il Monstro chose to kill. However, the particular elements within each crime can provide some insight into motivations. For example, Il Monstro always selected couples for the subject of attack. This might represent his inability to form a relationship himself. In other words, it is possible that the killer felt a need to eradicate something he could not accommodate in his own life.
While both men and women were targeted, his obvious anger towards women is apparent due to the treatment of the female corpses. The attention paid to the female victims indicates that they represent more importance to the killer. The mutilation and removal of genitalia displays a vehement hatred towards women and the fact that these missing organs were never subsequently discovered suggests they could have been kept as trophies by the killer. This is indicative of a possible sexual element within the crimes, in particular an element of sexual inadequacy or rejection.
Criminal Profile: Who is Il Monstro?
Italian authorities, and the media, have also toyed with the theory that there was not just one killer committing these crimes, but a group of killers, possibly connected to a satanic sect or religious cult. Some investigators surmise that the removed female body parts could have been used in religious ceremonies. If this group killing theory can be rejected and the crimes attached to just one individual, then what kind of man is responsible for these horrific murders?
The methodical nature of the killings, which were not spontaneous acts of passion but well thought out pre-meditated actions, point to a highly intelligent and organized individual. While he may not be a native of Florence, he certainly knew the area well. With a focus on the female victims, his hatred of women is obvious, while using firearms to quickly disable the targets suggests a man with a drive to kill but who also lacks the self-esteem to interact or tackle his victims. When the killer did face difficulties during a particular crime, such as the attempted escape of a victim, he abandoned his usual ritualistic activities, suggesting his survival instinct was stronger than his motivation to mutilate.
The complete lack of evidence at any of the crime scenes suggests someone with a good working knowledge of criminal investigation techniques. The use of gloves and a single-blade knife, plus the discovery of one of the killer's signature bullets outside a Florence hospital, could also suggest a medical connection. With no crimes since 1985, it seems Il Monstro's killing spree has ended. However, with no viable suspect behind bars and an increased interest in the case in recent years, fascination with the case shows no signs of abating.


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In addition to air quality benefits are the greenhouse gas emissions reductions from EVs. A recent report from the Union of Concerned Scientists finds that the life cycle greenhouse gas emissions from EVs are at least 50% less than comparable gasoline vehicles. The emissions associated with manufacturing EVs are slightly higher than gasoline vehicles, but once in operation EVs contribute significantly less emissions. The reduction in emissions from operating an EV can make up for the emissions from manufacturing it in as little as one year. After its useful life the battery can be reused or recycled, further reducing the climate impacts of EVs when compared to gasoline vehicles. You can read the full report here, and you can compare EV emission with gasoline vehicle emissions with this calculator from the Union of Concerned Scientists.


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Bolivian President Evo Morales said Wednesday that he was unable to meet with his friend and ally Hugo Chavez when he came to the military hospital in Caracas where the Venezuelan president is undergoing unspecified cancer treatment.
Morales had arrived at the hospital on Tuesday night along with Vice President Nicolas Maduro in a convoy of vehicles escorted by troops on motorcycles, and the Bolivian leader left later on without speaking to journalists who were waiting outside the hospital.
"I wasn't able to meet him," Morales said at a news conference at the United Nations. "I was only able to meet the head doctor and his family, but my understanding is that they are very encouraged."
Morales added, however, that Chavez has been going through "the most difficult moments in his life" and is still facing serious health problems.
"Now that he's returned to Caracas it's a great relief," Morales said.
Chavez's return to Venezuela from Cuba was announced by the government on Monday after a 10-week stay on the island during which he underwent a fourth cancer-related surgery and treatment for complications including a severe respiratory infection.
The government hasn't released any images of the president since his return, and Chavez's long absence from public view has been stirring renewed speculation about a possible new presidential election if his illness eventually forces him to relinquish power. Chavez hasn't spoken publicly since before his Dec. 11 surgery.
It was the second time that Morales has tried to see Chavez since his latest surgery. The Bolivian leader traveled to Havana in December but later gave few details about the quick trip. The visits underscore Chavez's importance to a generation of Latin American leftists who consider the Venezuelan president the heir of Fidel Castro and his efforts to stand up to what they consider U.S. imperialism.
Morales sidestepped a question on whether he would take a more prominent role in the region, along with Ecuador's leftist President Rafael Correa, now that Chavez has been sidelined at least temporarily. But he became nostalgic when discussing how much Chavez and Castro had helped him institute policies of nationalization and other reforms when he first took office in 2006.
"It really does pain me that Fidel Castro is no longer president, and particularly as well now that my brother president Chavez is in a very difficult spot with his health," Morales said.
In Venezuela on Wednesday, Maduro spoke on television about the jubilation among Chavez's supporters who celebrated his arrival in the streets.
"Venezuela is filled with love and happiness because we have commander Hugo Chavez Frias here in our homeland," Maduro said. He recalled that Chavez had personally told his government officials in Havana that it was time for him to return home to continue his "complementary treatments" in Venezuela.
It remains unclear what treatments Chavez is currently receiving, though medical experts say it could be more chemotherapy or other sorts of drug treatments, depending on the type of pelvic cancer he is fighting.
His supporters have been showing their support writing celebratory slogans on the windows of buses and cars in Caracas, such as "Chavez is alive" and "He's back."
The Venezuelan government also sought to buttress the official stance that Chavez remains in charge by issuing a statement strongly criticizing the U.S. State Department for a spokeswoman's remarks about a possible transition in the country.
The Venezuelan government said the comments by State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland "constitute a new and rude interference by the government in Washington in the internal affairs of Venezuela."
Nuland referred to the possibility of a new presidential election in Venezuela when asked on Tuesday about Chavez's return from Cuba.
"It is obviously a matter for Venezuelans to decide how the transition is going to take place," Nuland told reporters in Washington. "Should President Chavez become permanently unavailable to serve, our understanding is that the Venezuelan Constitution requires that there be an election to seek a new president."
She said the U.S. government "would hope that that election would be free and fair and balanced."
Chavez's government said Nuland's statements "have generated deep indignation among the Venezuelan people." It said that "the only transition being proposed is the transition toward Bolivarian socialism" being pursued by Chavez's government
Venezuela's sharply worded statement contrasted with recent remarks by Foreign Minister Elias Jaua, who said in a televised interview on Sunday that Chavez has instructed diplomats to seek improved relations with the United States.
The U.S. Embassy in Caracas has been without an ambassador since July 2010, when Chavez rejected the U.S. nominee for ambassador accusing him of making disrespectful remarks. That led Washington to revoke the visa of the Venezuelan ambassador.
Despite such diplomatic tensions, the United States remains the leading buyer of Venezuelan oil.
Edith M. Lederer reported from the United Nations. Ian James in Caracas and Eva Font at the United Nations contributed to this report.


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My husband and I are embarking on 6 months of travel in just over a week. It's been a crazy dream of ours forever, and it's very surreal that it's actually coming true! We've got the hotels booked, the airline tickets secured, and now it's down to the most important part of the planning: Where are we going to EAT???
I know we've written about Happy Cow here at VF in the past, but it bears repeating that this site is an incredible resource when traveling. I've already got some restaurants and markets on my radar for London, Paris, Dublin… and if we throw in some extra stops on our way I know I can always just hop on Happy Cow and find some great recommendations no matter where we are.
As for Vegan Favorites, please forgive my lapses in posting, dear readers. I promise to check in when I can and show you some new faves from around the globe!


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Wonder if Kelly Clarkson ever imagined her wedding to be a moment like this! The American Idol alum revealed at the ACM Awards on Sunday, April 7, that her country crooner pal Blake Shelton will not only sing at her upcoming wedding — he'll be officiating!
Clarkson, 30, told Entertainment Tonight's Nancy O'Dell that The Voice mentor will conduct her wedding to fiance Brandon Blackstock (No further details were provided).
And rightfully so! Last December, Shelton, 36, told Hollyscoop that he had a huge hand in making sure that Clarkson's fiance popped the question in a timely manner.
"I told Brandon, man, you need to grow up and figure out that you need to marry this girl," he told the site at the time. "I am going on the record saying, I will do the music at the wedding or whatever you want to do, I'll be that guy. I will play for four hours if I have to, cause you need to get your head out of your ass and ask that girl to marry you."
Clarkson excitedly announced her engagement to Blackstock (who is Reba McEntire's stepson) earlier that month via Twitter, with a simple tweet and a photo of her impressive canary yellow diamond ring.
"I wanted y'all to know! Happiest night of my life last night!" she tweeted on Dec. 15. "I am so lucky and am with the greatest man ever."
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Tommy and I were recently in Florida to visit family and friends. We stayed at my grandparents place part of the time, and after waking up the first morning there I walked into the kitchen and found a bowl waiting for me with half a grapefruit sitting in it with all the citrus-y triangles cut by my grandma so they would come out easily. Immediately I was brought back to childhood visits at my great-grandparents place in Florida. The excitement of walking out with my great grandma to pick grapefruit off the tree next to their house was vivid in my memory. She would always cut the grapefruit triangles to make it easier for me to eat and we would make fresh squeezed grapefruit juice together, too. I never could quite figure out how she made it so delicious.
I never thought a simple, round, juicy piece of fruit could bring me back like that. Maybe this just means I'm getting old, but I'm kind of looking forward to carrying on the tradition of grapefruit that my great grandma and my grandma have passed along unknowingly to me.


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8-year-old's new media-style 15 min. of fame
YouTube and an 8-year-old boy have gotten a whole lot of citizen marketing in the past few days – plus coverage in big-name sites like The Guardian, NPR, and the Washington Post. Salon.com called "Lukeywes1234" (the boy's YouTube screenname) "The littlest YouTube sensation." Though nothing like the Susan Boyle story (but this is just a kid who never appeared on US or UK national television), it's still about the tao of fame and sometimes power on the social Web, and its particulars are that a boy below the minimum age in YouTube's terms of service established an account; posted some goofy vlog (video blog) videos of himself; had a handful of subscribers that grew quickly, with the help of either 4chan (as cited in all mainstream media reports) or eBaum's World (explained here and mentioned in comments under The Guardian's story); ended up with some 15,000 subscribers before YouTube deleted his account; and is written up in major news outlets in several countries. The deletion of his account reportedly angered Europe-based online underground troll or prankster group 4chan, which in protest declared yesterday (1/6) YouTube Porn Day, threatening to embed porn into family-friendly videos on YouTube, as it did last spring (see this, but don't worry: Salon's Mary Elizabeth Williams trawled YouTube "all day for examples [of 4chan's porn], and it's a lot easier to find real porn just about anywhere else").
Now there are nearly 250 tribute videos to Lukeywes1234 on YouTube, which has made little of all of this (but gotten lots of publicity). A YouTube spokesperson told Andy Carvin at NPR that this was just another day in the life of YouTube.
As Salon's Williams, concludes, "A boy puts up videos of himself, shot by his grandma, posturing as hero, and in the process actually becomes something of an unlikely hero. Why? Probably because, along with laughing at the amateurishness of the whole enterprise, people feel a real sense of fondness for a sweet kid goofing around with his computer." Hope so. If it's not about a bunch of juvenile adults and/or idealogues creating a lot of drama at the expense of a sweet kid. None of the coverage says how the kid has handled insta-fame (which is probably good, they're leaving him alone!) or whether the adults in his life are offering some love and perspective on all this. The online safety issue most on my mind these days is how we help all kids – not just famous ones – find time for reflection and independent thought amid the increasingly 24/7, reality-TV drama of schoolkid life (MIT sociologist Sherry Turkle writes compellingly about "the tethered self" here).


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All of the people who are joining recently, I suggest you read this little piece of advice before starting a Board RP, so that your RP, which may have been planned beforehand (or maybe not), will not be thrown into the RP Graveyard, which I can imagine is not a nice thing to have done to your RP.
Note that you may have done some of these. In which case, ignore them. No need to learn what you already know.
1) Plan well.
An RP is a story where there is more that just one writer. It's not a blindless scene where people fight to the death. It's supposed to be REALISTIC. You do NOT fight random people in the street in real life. Why should you in this fantasy setting? After all, with mages and warriors and all the wierd stuff, you don't know what's in for you. But that is another thing altogether. Fighting is not bad, albeit only when there is a reason for fighting.
Also, don't think people will RP just to be in an RP. You will not join any random person in real life just for "adventure", therefore, as realism is of the uttermost importance, do not expect the others' characters to do so.
2) Writing
This is far more important than it would seem. I have seen a lot of different types of writing, and personally would like to comment on it. Writing is very important as anyone who would join the RP would have to READ your initial post, as well as anyone who is just reading it for the pleasure.
Firstly, pronounciation, grammar etc. Watch out for this as this is important to anyone reading it. Secondly, the style of writing is very important. Sure, writing in short would save time, but I don't like reading such things personally, nor RP with such prospects.
An example:
Gibz ran to the man "u killed my father now you die" he took out his sword and charged.
This would deter anyone who would be reading it. Personally, and I know anyone would agree, would prefer something to this effect:
From the side, Gibz saw the man, the man that had destroyed the thing he held most dear in life. As he saw the dark figure in between the bloody ongoing battle, anger swept over him like darkness after sunset. The only thing that passed through his mind was getting revenge. He had killed his father right before his eyes, and letting him go would be failing his father and himself.
He ran towards the figure, which wordlessly turned to face him, and yelled out
"You'll pay for what you did to my father! I'll never forgive you!!!" , drawing his sword and running in a blind charge towards the enemy, hatred consuming him and blurring all sense of reason.
That would be all. More will be said as it comes to my mind.


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There are 51 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Calculating with ratio & proportion, you may find related items under Fractions, Decimals, Percentages, Ratio and Proportion.Broad Topics > Fractions, Decimals, Percentages, Ratio and Proportion > Calculating with ratio & proportion
Some of the numbers have fallen off Becky's number line. Can you figure out what they were?
Can you work out which drink has the stronger flavour?
Is there a temperature at which Celsius and Fahrenheit readings are the same?
A 750 ml bottle of concentrated orange squash is enough to make fifteen 250 ml glasses of diluted orange drink. How much water is needed to make 10 litres of this drink?
Peter wanted to make two pies for a party. His mother had a recipe for him to use. However, she always made 80 pies at a time. Did Peter have enough ingredients to make two pumpkin pies?
A garrison of 600 men has just enough bread ... but, with the news that the enemy was planning an attack... How many ounces of bread a day must each man in the garrison be allowed, to hold out 45. . . .
Two ladders are propped up against facing walls. The end of the first ladder is 10 metres above the foot of the first wall. The end of the second ladder is 5 metres above the foot of the second. . . .
Do you have enough information to work out the area of the shaded quadrilateral?
Build a scaffold out of drinking-straws to support a cup of water
Is it cheaper to cook a meal from scratch or to buy a ready meal? What difference does the number of people you're cooking for make?
Andy is desperate to reach John o'Groats first. Can you devise a winning race plan?
My recipe is for 12 cakes - how do I change it if I want to make a different number of cakes?
Making a scale model of the solar system
When Charlie retires, he's looking forward to the quiet life, whereas Alison wants a busy and exciting retirement. Can you advise them on where they should go?
The triathlon is a physically gruelling challenge. Can you work out which athlete burnt the most calories?
Andy wants to cycle from Land's End to John o'Groats. Will he be able to eat enough to keep him going?
A brief introduction to PCR and restriction mapping, with relevant calculations...
Ever wondered what it would be like to vaporise a diamond? Find out inside...
Do each of these scenarios allow you fully to deduce the required facts about the reactants?
When a mixture of gases burn, will the volume change?
Investigate some of the issues raised by Geiger and Marsden's famous scattering experiment in which they fired alpha particles at a sheet of gold.
In this question we push the pH formula to its theoretical limits.
Which exact dilution ratios can you make using only 2 dilutions?
Which dilutions can you make using only 10ml pipettes?
Which dilutions can you make using 10ml pipettes and 100ml measuring cylinders?
Can you fill in the mixed up numbers in this dilution calculation?
Explore this interactivity and see if you can work out what it does. Could you use it to estimate the area of a shape?
Two perpendicular lines lie across each other and the end points are joined to form a quadrilateral. Eight ratios are defined, three are given but five need to be found.
Two right-angled triangles are connected together as part of a structure. An object is dropped from the top of the green triangle where does it pass the base of the blue triangle?
Can you work out the height of Baby Bear's chair and whose bed is whose if all the things the three bears have are in the same proportions?
Construct a line parallel to one side of a triangle so that the triangle is divided into two equal areas.
Two buses leave at the same time from two towns Shipton and Veston on the same long road, travelling towards each other. At each mile along the road are milestones. The buses' speeds are constant. . . .
Mum, Dad, Tim and Jill moved into a new house. If they cut down the big tree, will it miss the greenhouse?
Sam's grandmother has an old recipe for cherry buns. She has enough mixture to put 45 grams in each of 12 paper cake cases. What was the weight of one egg?
Anne completes a circuit around a circular track in 40 seconds. Brenda runs in the opposite direction and meets Anne every 15 seconds. How long does it take Brenda to run around the track?
Triangle ABC is equilateral. D, the midpoint of BC, is the centre of the semi-circle whose radius is R which touches AB and AC, as well as a smaller circle with radius r which also touches AB and AC. . . .
Find the area of the shaded region created by the two overlapping triangles in terms of a and b?
Draw any triangle PQR. Find points A, B and C, one on each side of the triangle, such that the area of triangle ABC is a given fraction of the area of triangle PQR.
A right circular cone is filled with liquid to a depth of half its vertical height. The cone is inverted. How high up the vertical height of the cone will the liquid rise?
Equal touching circles have centres on a line. From a point of this line on a circle, a tangent is drawn to the farthest circle. Find the lengths of chords where the line cuts the other circles.
Solve an equation involving the Golden Ratio phi where the unknown occurs as a power of phi.
Mainly for teachers. More mathematics of yesteryear.
A circular plate rolls inside a rectangular tray making five circuits and rotating about its centre seven times. Find the dimensions of the tray.
At the beginning of the night three poker players; Alan, Bernie and Craig had money in the ratios 7 : 6 : 5. At the end of the night the ratio was 6 : 5 : 4. One of them won $1 200. What were the. . . .
Which is a better fit, a square peg in a round hole or a round peg in a square hole?
One night two candles were lit. Can you work out how long each candle was originally?
Four jewellers share their stock. Can you work out the relative values of their gems?
A circular plate rolls in contact with the sides of a rectangular tray. How much of its circumference comes into contact with the sides of the tray when it rolls around one circuit?
P is the midpoint of an edge of a cube and Q divides another edge in the ratio 1 to 4. Find the ratio of the volumes of the two pieces of the cube cut by a plane through PQ and a vertex.
Three equilateral triangles ABC, AYX and XZB are drawn with the point X a moveable point on AB. The points P, Q and R are the centres of the three triangles. What can you say about triangle PQR?


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Date: 10/21/2011; 87 minutes
SummerFest La Jolla completes its gala 25th Anniversary Season with works by chamber music superstars Camille Saint-Saens and Felix Mendelssohn, and Romanian composer George Enescu. Performers include the renowned Tokyo String Quartet, SummerFest favorites Felix Fan and Cynthia Phelps, and Music Director Cho-Liang Lin. (#22477)
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