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The Associated Press, a widely recognized prize winning news organization, has decided that it is not going to take it anymore. They are looking to control their content by adding a "digital wrapper" to stories so as to ensure that they are being read through licensed sources. This is intended to thwart unauthorized search engines and aggregators who derive profit through ads placed next to links to AP stories. Also, it will allow them to determine what is being read on individual computers and what sites people are gaining access to them. Furthermore, they want news sites that use their content to run the same software as part of a "digital permissions framework" that would inform the publisher of their permission obligations with individual stories.
I can't even begin to describe all of the major problems and issues of this move (announced earlier this year but beginning to be implemented now). I think the right metaphor sounds something like this: after they realizing they had closed the barn door sans horses, the AP is going to where the horses are and attempting to build a new barn around their current position. Their next announcement has to be the invention of time travel which will allow them to go back to the point in time where internet practices and customs were being formed, insert their business model, and destroy this future free internet content timeline.
All kidding aside, there are some immediate concerns. First, while they have given assurances that no private information will be gathered, how can this be guaranteed? There is no denying the fact that a little piece of digital code is reporting information about a reader back to a centralized information center. (I'm sure that privacy advocates will have a field day with that one.) Second, what amount of web traffic constitutes the need for a site to obtain a license? While they have indicated that they are not interested in going after bloggers, their actions in the past have indicated otherwise. (And their announcement that even "minimal use" would require a license is not very convincing.) Third, what about web tagging sites like Delicious and Diigo? Does the sharing of links through these third party sites constitutes a need for licensing (for me or for the site)? Could aggregations of AP stories through these sites be considered a trigger condition for licensing? Fourth, what exactly does this mean for search engines? While the major players in the search engine field have licenses with the AP, how will their content control affect the results of a search? (On a related note, if I was an AP shareholder, I would be asking how this would not drive news content consumers to use other wire services such as the CNN, the BBC, and Reuters?)
The big looming issue here is that of copyright and fair use. As a librarian, I really can't see how the AP is going to do an end run around fair use. Titles are not copyright protected and the use of a fraction of the total words of an article does not create a copyright breach. While I can appreciate and understand their desire to protect what they have created, it is not the way to do it in this business and computer culture environment. (I couldn't even find one article that applauded this move for this post.)
We live in a connection culture where information and ideas are passed from person to person through links. And the more links you have to something, the more likely it is to be seen by others. Taking away those links is lowering the chances of your content being seen and passed to others. When companies are making billions of dollars through linking, why would you restrict or confiscate the very things that drive traffic and revenue? It makes no sense in light of other free content examples. (e.g. New York Times.) It'll be interesting to see how it does play out, but I have a feeling I know how this one ends.
This is not the last call for the end of free content on the Internet. But it should be the last call for companies to stop trying to apply 20th century solutions to 21st century issues.


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Wage inflation and labour shortages could derail or even lead to the cancellation of some energy projects, David Collyer, president of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, tells FP Energy editor Yadullah Hussain. An edited version of their conversation is below:
Q How can we solve the labour shortage problem?
A There is no quick, easy fix. Immigration has been the focus of some of the short-term action and I give the federal government credit for moving on that dimension of this file. They have done some things with respect to temporary foreign workers and they are looking at the overall immigration mix to ensure that immigration to Canada is more targeted to the necessary skill sets. But that's only one dimension of the longer-term solution.
Q What would you propose?
A The kinds of things we are looking at is part of a broader plan. We have to ensure there is priority for jobs for Canadians. That means attracting people into trades and disciplines and universities and colleges that are relevant to our industry. It means making sure we have the right resources available for training and development. [It is also] a big opportunity to get groups that are currently under-represented in the workforce engaged, Aboriginals being the most obvious one.
Also, how do we keep people in the workforce longer? We have an aging population that has a lot of expertise and capable of mentoring people. How do we provide the incentives to keep those people in the workforce rather than retire?
Labour mobility is a challenge…. And we have to think about other dimensions of the solution: improving productivity, the application of technology and other initiatives. We are not going to be able to solve the problem entirely by bringing more people to the equation.
A lot of good work has been done and is being done both in the private sector and the government, but I would observe that I don't think at this point we have a broad strategy or plan developed to the degree it needs to be developed. Nor, probably, the overall sense of urgency that we need collectively to deal with this. Although I think it is coming, we are not there yet. And CAPP's doing some work with other industry associations and governments to try and put together a broader plan or framework to deal with this issue.
Q Are you expecting a broad policy framework from the federal government on labour challenges?
A We are working with Alberta government and some of the other western provinces. We are also engaged with the federal government now, whether in the end that takes the form of a broad plan, or whether it gets more focused on specific initiatives and activities that need to be undertaken.
Q Could wage inflation derail projects?
A It will be one of the reasons. There is no question that as time goes on and we look at more projects not only in our sector but others too, [wage inflation] probably becomes more pronounced. There are two ways that it manifests itself: One, if you have a less-trained workforce productivity goes down, which means costs go up. And the other is you have the potential for projects to get delayed or potentially cancelled if you haven't got enough workers available to bring those projects forward. It has the potential to contribute to cost escalation and that's what we are trying to mitigate.
Q Many young people are wary of the industry's impact on the environment. How is that affecting recruitment initiatives?
A The industry brand is important with respect to public policy and broad public perceptions of the industry. And we have put a lot of effort into that over the last few years. The reality is it influences how younger people perceive the industry as a place to work. For a while there was the notion that it is a ''sunset'' industry — that the opportunity was not there longer term. I think that's proven to be incorrect.
But there is also the issue of how our environmental performance and social performance is perceived and particularly perceived by younger people who are looking at what they might want to do for a career. Part of what we need to do as an industry is engage those people and go to high school and people in universities who are currently contemplating career choices.
Q Do you think the U.S. energy boom is leading to a brain drain?
A There has always been a fair amount of cross-border mobility and we continue to see that. The greatest opportunity is for skilled tradespeople in the U.S. to come to Canada to work on the oil sands and other projects. The building trades unemployment rate in the U.S. was about 30%. There are a lot of very well-qualified and well-trained people in the U.S. with credentials which are easily transferable in Canada. It can't be at the expense of bringing opportunity to Canadians, but given the demand we have, it is an opportunity for us.

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Lets face it. Living without wheat is a pain.
No sandwiches. No pizza. No pasta. Some days youd give your first-born for a fresh doughnut.
Those are a few of the food limits you face at home. Travel for the gluten-free? Kill me.
Airports are a gluten-only zone. Unless youre fortunate enough to find a place that sells a decent salad or a cup of yogurt, youre done for. While the fast-food staples of the American diet are nutritionally dismal, thats all thats available when you fly. Breakfast muffins and burritos are off limits; hamburgers and hot dogs are a no-go; fried anything is a trip to hell and back.
And those are the foods you know to avoid. God help you trying to ferret out ingredients that can light up your allergy like an Olympic torch flour in the soup base, wheat in the soy sauce, malt in the seasonings.
Ive learned to bring a carryall stuffed with enough rice crackers, peanut butter, foil-packaged tuna fish and trail mix to feed a roomful of toddlers. Its not three squares, but it will get you to your destination without fainting from famine.
And when you arrive at your condo or hotel for a weeklong stay, what then?
Fear not, visitors to Durango. You wont go hungry.
Any fine-dining restaurant in town will accommodate you. Walk in, sit down at your table and say Im allergic to gluten, and presto, your troubles are over. Guidos Favorite Foods will offer you rice pasta. Cyprus Café will point out the many gluten-free dishes on its menu; a soft-shell crab sandwich at Seasons Rotisserie & Grill will miraculously become a soft-shell crab salad; the menu at Cosmo Bar & Dining notes to ask waiters about gluten-free dishes.
But thats for the big spenders. For anyone on a budget, or heaven forbid, traveling with children, surprise! Durangos more affordable restaurants will take care of you as well.
Theres no need to fall on your knees in gratitude that you and your family can dine on more than celery sticks and grilled chicken. Restaurateurs arent doing it out of the goodness of their hearts theyre doing it because demand for dishes without gluten is skyrocketing.
We have so many friends and their kids who cycled through being gluten-free, and we realized the need is really out there, said Tad Brown, owner of Fired Up Pizzeria, which offers a gluten-free crust. People do the happy dance when they see we have gluten-free pizza.
I tried the Wifey mozzarella, mushrooms, olives, basil and parmesan with the gluten-free crust. The crust spent about two minutes in the 900 F wood oven and turned out thin and crunchy rather than chewy and toothsome, but the toppings made it delicious anyway.
Another thing to face up to when youre allergic to gluten: rice flour aint wheat flour. When substituting one for the other, you can only come so close to the original taste.
Restaurants that ignore customers who have special diets face dire consequences, says Linda Illsley, owner of Lindas Local Food Café and Durangos queen of gluten-free cooking. She already sees a national trend toward fewer people eating out, she said, because they dont want to get sick.
The menu at her small, bright restaurant in Albertsons parking lot is almost entirely gluten-free and affordable to boot, with even a hearty plate of chiles rellenos and rice and beans clocking in at under $15. For the sweet hound, she offers gluten-free desserts such as almond tea cakes and apricot muffins.
Certain ethnic cuisines are a lifesaver for the gluten-intolerant traveler. Mexican food, which is based on corn, beans and rice, can be not just a safe haven, but an inexpensive option, as well. While Durango boasts many Mexican-style restaurants, both Zia Taqueria and Ninis Taqueria pay special attention to special-diet diners, keeping flour and corn tortillas separate and customizing dishes to be free of gluten (and dairy, if need be).
Asian food is another natural respite from wheat-heavy American fare, centered as it is around rice, vegetables and fish. Theres a caveat, however. Some soy sauces include wheat, and many Asian sauces include soy. But the trend is changing.
Its such a hot topic, Im able to find food products that are wheat-free now, said Sergio Verduzco, owner of East by Southwest, a pan-Asian restaurant featuring everything from Vietnamese noodles to scallop sashimi.
Identifying gluten in dishes and sauces is becoming an industry standard. East by Southwest marks items on the menu that can be made gluten-free for a small charge. (The popcorn calamari are a rare fried treat, but again, crunchier than the wheat version.) Sizzling Siam, a primarily take-out Thai restaurant, lists its gluten-free dishes on a sheet at the counter, but many can be made gluten-free simply by substituting rice noodles for wheat.
Theres another, all-too-common reason local restaurateurs go to extra lengths to provide food for the gluten-intolerant: many of them have family members who are sensitive to it, or they are themselves. Browns father, an investor in the pizza shop, is a vegan, so along with offering his gluten-free crust, he also gives customers a choice of soy cheese. Illsley doesnt eat wheat. And one of Verduzcos four children cant have it.
That fact can be a mothers saving grace. When visiting an unfamiliar town, researching health food stores and restaurants online is the first order of business. Establishments that advertise their gluten-free options make a difficult situation better for a traveling family. In the places that provide the most choices, youll frequently find a gluten-intolerant chef or manager.
For those staying with friends or renting a vacation home, the areas abundance of health food stores can instantly improve your life. An allergic child can feast on the gluten-free breakfast cereals, frozen waffles, salty snacks, cookies, pastas and prepared meals they stock on their shelves. Their deli bars offer gluten- and dairy-free salads and sandwiches (gluten-free bread is at hand) and even wheat-free breakfast wraps and gluten-free chicken nuggets. No muss, no fuss, no fighting over what they can and cant eat a childs treat and a parents sweet relief. In Durango, even the gluten-intolerant can dine well and do what theyre supposed to do on vacation relax.


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Bill Schmitz, ex-Coast Guard athlete, coach and Hall of Famer, dead at 59
Bill Schmitz, a 1976 Coast Guard Academy graduate who later coached his alma mater to its first NCAA Division III football playoff appearance, died Monday in Florida of an apparent suicide.
The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office told the Tampa Tribune that Schmitz, 59, drove his 2010 Kia to the main span of the Sunshine Skyway bridge at 4:56 a.m., exited his car and jumped over the side of the railing into Tampa Bay.
His body, authorities told the Tribune, was recovered approximately four hours later.
Schmitz was teaching history and coaching the boys' track and field team at Land O' Lakes High School in Pasco County, Fla.
He served as offensive coordinator of the Land O' Lakes football team in 2011 and 2012, but was not coaching football this season, the Tribune said.
"When he came to us, the thing that attracted him to us was his resume, which had a lot of quality to it," Land O' Lakes principal Ric Mellin told the Tribune. "He was also humbled to have the opportunity to start over again. He embraced the notion of not only teaching on the field, but teaching in the classroom."
Schmitz, who starred in football and basketball at Coast Guard, was inducted into the Academy's Athletic Hall of Fame in 2001.
He held assistant coaching positions at Division I schools Cincinnati, Rice, Vanderbilt and Eastern Michigan from 1981-1991 and spent the 1992 season as an assistant with the London Monarchs of the former World League before landing his first head coaching job at Coast Guard.
He guided the Bears to a 20-19 record over four seasons (1993-96), capped by an 8-2 regular season in 1996 that led to the program's first NCAA Division III playoff appearance, where Coast Guard lost 17-16 in the opening round to the College of New Jersey.
Schmitz left Coast Guard to become head coach at Austin Peay, a Division I-AA program in Clarksville, Tenn. He coached the Governors until 2002, was head coach of Tampa Jesuit High School in 2003 and 2004, and then spent two seasons as an assistant at Alabama-Birmingham and two more at the University of Pennsylvania before joining the faculty at Land O' Lakes.
Coast Guard athletic director Tim Fitzpatrick, in a statement released by the Academy on Monday, said: "We are very saddened to learn of the passing of coach Bill Schmitz, CGA Class of 1976. The athletics division coaches, staff and cadet-athletes send out thoughts, prayers and condolences to Bill's family during their time of loss.
"Those who had the pleasure of knowing Bill clearly recognized his pride in and great love for the Coast Guard Academy, the Bears football team and the Coast Guard itself. As the only CGA graduate to ever serve as the Academy's head football coach, Bill leaves a significant legacy of accomplishment - having led the Bears to their first-ever NCAA playoff berth in the 1996 season. However, Bill's greatest legacy is that of selfless service and commitment to his players, whose lives and careers and he impacted so positively."
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Monday, November 30
Thanksgiving Leftover Recipes: Turkey Pot Pie with Mashed Sweet Potato Topping
I bought a 23.5 pound turkey for Thanksgiving. There were four of us. As a result, it will be "Thanksgiving Leftovers Week" at Food Blogga's.
I'm kicking things off with my favorite Thanksgiving leftover recipe: Turkey Pot Pie with Mashed Sweet Potato Topping. This turkey pot pie is chock full of savory turkey meat, tender vegetables, and an herb cream sauce. With the sweet potato topping, it deliciously evokes memories of the recent feast (but without the football this time).
Thanksgiving Leftover Turkey Pot Pie with Mashed Sweet Potato Topping
Serves 6-8
Print recipe only here.
1 tablespoon butter
1 cup diced yellow onions
1 cup diced peeled carrots
1 cup diced celery
3 cups whole milk
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
5-6 sage leaves, finely diced
1 medium sprig rosemary, finely diced
1/4 teaspoon each salt and freshly ground black pepper
3 cups cooked diced turkey meat
1 cup frozen peas
3 cups cooked mashed sweet potatoes (If they aren't already seasoned, then add 1/2 cup milk and 2 tablespoons butter to the mashed potatoes and heat a for a couple of minutes on the stove top.)
1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Coat a large baking dish, such as a 10-12 inch round or an 11 X 7 rectangular dish with cooking spray. (You could also make individual pot pies in small dishes or large ramekins.)
2. In a large skillet over medium-high heat, melt butter. Add onions, carrots, and celery and saute 5-7 minutes, or until just tender.
3. In a medium bowl, whisk milk and flour, until flour dissolves. Add herbs, salt, and pepper.
4. Add turkey to the vegetables. Add the milk-flour mixture. Stir occasionally until the sauce begins to thicken. Stir in the peas. Transfer to the prepared baking dish. Top with mashed potatoes, leaving about 1/2-inch space between the potatoes and the dish. Cook for 20-25 minutes, or until the sauce begins to bubble around the edges and the potatoes are lightly browned.
You might also like these holiday recipes from Food Blogga:
Persimmon and Date Bread
Winter Jewel Fruit Salad
Turkey, Proscuitto, and Gorgonzola Sandwich
Pumpkin Spice Cookies with Cranberries, Raisins, and Pecans
You might also like these turkey pot pie recipes:
Leftover Turkey Pot Pie recipe from White Trash BBQ
Turkey Pot Pie recipe from Kalofagas
Upscale Turkey Pot Pie recipe from The Expatriate's Kitchen
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26 comments:
- Cookie baker Lynn said...
This looks wonderful! One of those rare recipes where you might make the turkey, just so you have leftovers to make this!
- November 30, 2009 at 8:34 AM
- Rosa's Yummy Yums said...
I love leftovers. That recipe is awesome!
- November 30, 2009 at 10:17 AM
- Hilary said...
We always have a leftover turkey pot pie in my family - it's one of my favourite ways for using up the meat and veg. Love the sweet potato topping idea.
- November 30, 2009 at 11:16 AM
- The Duo Dishes said...
Leftover turkey was thrown into a pot pie at our house! It's the only way to repurpose all that goodness. This mashed sweet potato topping is really nice.
- November 30, 2009 at 1:12 PM
- Cooking with Michele said...
I WISH I had leftovers! I had two 15 pound turkeys for11 people and by the time everyone took their "to go" bag, we had nothing left!
- November 30, 2009 at 1:41 PM
- Mardi Michels said...
Looks wonderful and I love the use of sweet potatoes!
- November 30, 2009 at 1:51 PM
- Karen said...
Phew! A 23# turkey for four people! Let's see... turkey soup, turkey tetrazzini, turkey sandwiches, turkey lasagna, turkey salad... :)
- November 30, 2009 at 5:16 PM
- The Leftoverist said...
I am woefully without Thanksgiving leftovers at my house, but reading about yours almost makes up for it...
- November 30, 2009 at 8:14 PM
- The Teacher Cooks said...
I really like this new twist with the sweet potato topping. By the way Happy Birthday yesterday!!
- December 1, 2009 at 6:17 AM
- The Teacher Cooks said...
Sorry about the Birthday comment another blogger!!! Take the comment off if you like.
- December 1, 2009 at 6:27 AM
- ExpatChef said...
Thanks for the link! Hope you are doing well this holiday season!
- December 1, 2009 at 7:02 AM
- Debbie said...
That is one terrific leftover dish. Way to go!!!
- December 1, 2009 at 7:52 AM
- Valerie Harrison (bellini) said...
A wonderful use of the leftovers all over the United States this week Susan.
- December 1, 2009 at 8:42 AM
- Cakelaw said...
Yum! I'd want to cretae leftovers just so I could make this hearty pie. Christmas dinner leftovers, here we come!
- December 1, 2009 at 1:52 PM
- Rambling Tart said...
Ohh, such a pretty topping! Love the color and think it's a splendid diversion from the usual mash and cheese. :-)
- December 1, 2009 at 3:38 PM
- Abby said...
We had T'giving lunch with Brad's family - well over 100 people! (Our son was the 49th GREAT-grandchild. Can you believe that?)
I ate no turkey. Fried chicken, all the way. (When in the South...) But I'm down with this pot pie! Brad would love it - post-Thanksgiving.
- December 1, 2009 at 4:41 PM
- Unplanned Cooking said...
So funny. I was thinking next year I am going to put all the leftovers in the freezer, and take them out when I'm hungry for turkey again.
Although this recipe is tempting :).
- December 1, 2009 at 5:50 PM
- Ben said...
looks great, thanks....
- December 2, 2009 at 5:10 AM
- Lydia (The Perfect Pantry) said...
Makes me wish I'd cooked a traditional Thanksgiving meal, just to have leftovers to make this pie.
- December 2, 2009 at 6:31 AM
- lisaiscooking said...
The sweet potato topping sounds great, and I love the color!
- December 2, 2009 at 8:24 AM
- Christine said...
I love the sweet potato topping, Susan. And I'll bet I could leave the flour out without affecting it too much. (?)
- December 2, 2009 at 6:12 PM
- Stephanie Stiavetti said...
Oh! I could totally make this GF.
- December 2, 2009 at 7:04 PM
- Homemade Heaven said...
Super Yummy! I agree with Lynn, it's worth making turkey just for this!
- December 3, 2009 at 2:03 AM
Hi Susan! I made this last night and my family loved it! And I loved it cause it's so much easier than making a crust. Thanks a bunch!!
- December 3, 2009 at 2:10 PM
- Cookie baker Lynn said...
My daughter made this for us and it's amazing! Thanks for sharing.
- December 3, 2009 at 4:03 PM
- Susan from Food Blogga said...
lynn-thanks! I think so too. :)
rosa-Thank you!
hillary-It's a nice change from the pie crust topping.
duodishes-It's the way to go!
michele-Ah, yes, the "to go" bags wreak havoc on leftovers.
mardi-Many thanks!
karen-Wait. I'm writing them down. ;)
leftoverist-OK. Now that's ironic, since your name is the leftoverist.
teachercooks-No prob! It was my dad's b-day, so we'll count it for that.
expat-You're welcome!
debbie-I appreciate it.
val-That's for sure.
cakelaw-It'll be perfect for post-XMAS leftovers!
ramblingtart-How kind of you!
abby-49th? That truly is hard to believe. I don't ever remember people eating fried chicken on T-Day when we lived in NC. Fried turkey, yes!
ben-You're welcome.
lydia-Maybe for XMAS?
lisa-I like the color too.
christine-I think so. Can you eat cornstarch?
rosethorn-Aw, thanks!
anonymous-I love that it's easy too. Thanks for letting me know!
lynn-Yay! I'm so happy you liked it.
unplannedcooking-I think that's a great idea, actually!
- December 3, 2009 at 5:04 PM


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In recent weeks, two men have been pushed to their deaths onto New York's subway tracks.
The deaths of those men highlight the most gruesome aspect of subway operators' jobs, The New York Times reports today. In 2012 alone, 55 people died from being hit by New York subway trains.
Subway operators are trained to "observe the results of the impact" so they can give information to first responders, an MTA spokesman told The Times.
To somebody who has never been in such a situation, it's difficult to imagine the trauma of driving a train that kills somebody. In 2009, the Washington Post detailed the "lingering mix of horror" and hopelessness train operators endured after they strike people, the vast majority of whom had committed suicide.
One train operator, Bruce Evans, had watched a dozen fatalities unfold in front of him.
"After the first time you strike somebody, you just turn your head and wait for the impact," Evans told the Post.
Another train operator, who declined to give his name, told the Post of a woman who was airborne when his train hit her, causing her to smash against the window "like a bird, spread-eagle." He didn't drive for seven months.
In New York, train operators are given three days off if their trains kill somebody, but many take more time off if they're enduring psychological trauma.
"As cruel as it makes it sound, for the individual [who died] it's over," former train operator Curtis Tate told The Times. "It's just beginning for the train operator."
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The purpose of this project was to: (1) describe a brief history of Salvation Army works for euphonium and piano that are relevant to the larger euphonium repertoire, and (2) produce a professional-quality compact disc recording of these works for study and reference. Part I of this project is an annotated bibliography discussing selected works for euphonium and piano written exclusively by Salvation Army composers. Each bibliographic entry is accompanied by a brief annotation, including information on each composer, hymn tunes used in each work, and difficulties encountered in performance. Part II of this project consists of a professional-level recording …
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text: heatherw724 0 Report post Posted November 10, 2011 I have recently moved to an residential area and the power is single phase. My kiln is 3 phase, and I had an electrician, who said this would work, hard wire it so it works on only 1 phase. Well it doesn't work and would have taken 75 hours to reach the temp I needed for cone 6 glaze. Has anyone ever done this conversion? The kiln manufacturer say I need new control box, new wiring and new elements, or there is phase converters. Both are about $1,500. I am trying to get away cheap but not sure now if it is worth it, especially if it doesn't work. Does anybody know if it is even possible to just hard wire it different to change from 3 to single phase, maybe my electrician has done something wrong? Christmas is coming and I need to get firing, please help! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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After a century of darkness, the Christmas Tree Ship still has stories to tell
November 22 marks the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Rouse Simmons, the famous Milwaukee-made Christmas Tree Ship that sailed Lake Michigan delivering trees from the Upper Peninsula to Chicago every holiday season.
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In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Rouse Simmons' sinking, Pennington will visit the North Point Lighthouse Nov. 14 to retell its story and show off some of the artifacts Lake Michigan has released from its depths over the past 100 years.
"Over the last century, this story has remained in the forefront for several reasons which make it unique," explained Pennington.
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"I personally fell in love with this story because of all the humanity that it represents," she added. "Within that one story, of course you have Christmas, of course you have tragedy. You have triumph over tragedy with Barbara carrying on ... you have courage, you have kindness, you have generosity ... all of those pieces of the story personally moved me."
Even before he went down with his crew and cargo in 1912, Captain Schuenemann was a living legend.
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Her research also included firsthand accounts from surviving members of the Schuenemann family and divers like Kent Bellrichard, who was the first to discover the shipwrecked remains.
"My intention was solely to do only the short version of the story, that initial book," she explained. "But, when I started doing my research and started uncovering all those needles in the haystack – all those newspaper clippings that existed, all those stories inside an individual person here and person there that were only in one place – I fell in love with what I call the 'hundred stories within the story.'
"This is a complicated story, and pieces, still all these years later, are coming forward. The captain may have gone to the bottom of the lake, but everything he believed in stayed alive on the shore. With every breath that speaks his name, with every tree handed off the new Christmas Ship, his spirit lives on."
Pennington will explore the past and present of the Christmas Tree Ship Wednesday, Nov. 14 at 7 p.m. at the North Point Lighthouse in Lake Park. Her program will feature artifacts recovered from the ship, in addition to little-known details about the ship, its building in Milwaukee, the captain, his family and the clues washed ashore over the decades.
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Sacred ink
From outdoor pools to soccer stadiums, tattoos are visible marks of pop culture in the West. Not so in Thailand: A sak yant is an artwork only the fewest masters of the craft can prick – and one for which their followers will happily bear any pain.
This is a story of holy tattoos, but it begins with a bad joke: Two Germans, a Frenchman and a Japanese teenager are sitting beneath a corrugated roof … in Phatthanaphon Village, a district in the east of Bangkok. Dusty streets, cook shops, stray dogs barking. The four foreigners are enjoying the cool air whirling from a fan as they wait to be let into the building. They are waiting for pain, waiting for happiness. But inside, Ajarn Neng is in no hurry.
Ajarn Neng is the name of the tattooist behind the door, although strictly speaking it's not a name, but a title, an honorific signifying "teacher" or "master." A master of needle and ink drops his surname, he no longer needs it. Ajarn Neng is sporting a singlet, baggy pants, a Mr. Miyagi beard and glasses. The room is stacked to the ceiling with busts and Buddha statues. The air conditioning is doing battle with the incense sticks. A cockatoo dozes in a cage. With a gesture, the master invites us to sit on the floor. The assistants call in the Japanese boy. He's scared, you can see it in his eyes, I muse, unsuspecting that by the end of this story, I will feel the same.
Sak yant, sacred tattoos, are a centuries-old tradition in Southeast Asia. They are thought to have been brought there circa 200 to 400 CE by the ships plying the trade routes between India and China. The warriors of the Khmer Empire reputedly had themselves tattooed in order to prevail in wars against the Cham and the Siamese. To this day, the belief that the yants protect their wearer from disease, misfortune and death has lost none of its power – not in Singapore, not in Cambodia or Laos, and most definitely not in Thailand. Whereas subculture and pop culture have turned tattoos into a mass phenomenon in the West, as exhibited by the fully inked arms of professional soccer players, the art of tattooing in Thailand has preserved its mysticism, is still charged with history and faith. You have to look around you to see yants everywhere. On the roof of the taxis they are intended to protect and in the offices of doctors wishing to put their powers to good use in their medicine. While globalization has also come to Thailand, the country has remained profoundly traditional in essence. Politicians commission occultists to curse their rivals, soldiers seek the advice of fortunetellers, and businesspeople wear holy amulets around their neck or at least in the inside pocket of their suit. The more rapid Thailand's development, the stronger the yants' power appears to become. They serve as an anchor in the chaos of progress. That's why a small studio like that of Ajarn Neng is besieged.
The master reaches for the khem sak, a metal rod, and inserts a new needle. The rod is half a meter long. One end rests on the master's shoulder. The teenager cowers in front of him, his upper body naked, his arms folded, a cushion beneath his chin. The assistants anointed his back after he had paid the 8200 baht, around 210 euros, for a yant sua, a tiger tattoo – in this case two tigers, claws outstretched and in mid-leap, forming a circle. The yants are a blend of nature and culture, legend and prayer, superstition and history, secular desires and religion and combine elements of Buddhism, Hinduism, Brahmanism and Animism on the skin. Verses from the Ramayana, the most important epic poem in Hindu literature, are reproduced in ancient Khmer script. The assistants pull the skin on the Japanese youth's back taut. The needle penetrates without resistance, a few millimeters deep, reemerges again, moves up and down rhythmically at a breathtaking speed, precise as any machine but guided by hand. The boy moans. How much does it hurt? Do I really want to know? Holding the rod between index finger and thumb, Ajarn Neng guides the needle. It looks like he's trying to kill an ant. Six pricks a second, 360 pricks per minute.
Before Neng became an ajarn, he was a furniture designer by trade. He got some tattoos done himself, first one, then two; he wanted to stand out and became addicted. "I realized that I was destined to prick yants myself. I wanted to leave my old life behind," he says, puffing away at a curved pipe. He had trained with many masters before becoming one himself. There are no short cuts on this path. You have to prove yourself worthy because the responsibility assumed is great. In itself, the tattoo is merely an ink image without any magical power. That is activated only when the master gently breathes a blessing into it. Ajarns are clairvoyants who connect with the soul of the person. They read it like a book. The Japanese boy is whimpering by now. "Embrace the pain. Life is painful, too. Therefore sak yant is like life," Neng murmurs from amid an herbal cloud.
There are thousands of these street studios in Thailand. They are also frequented by tourists, by backpackers, hippies, souvenir hunters. At times, they arouse displeasure in the country. Thailand's former culture minister, Niphit Intharasombat, criticized that many tourists regarded the yants as a mere fashion, and were undermining respect for religion. He feared a watering-down of the tradition, Westernization. To escape that trap, it's best to head out of Bangkok to Nakhon Pathom province, an hour's drive away.
Of all the temples in Thailand, Wat Bang Phra is one of the best known because its monks prick countless yants every day. We present ourselves to the abbot and receive permission to take a look around the vast site. Small rooms, neon lighting, long corridors, shaven-headed monks in robes murmuring everywhere, needles in hand, tattoo candidates before them. A hidden-object puzzle.
Every year in March, a Wai Khru takes place here, that's the festival held to honor the teachers to which the tattooed come to recharge their yants. They make the pilgrimage from all over the country and fill the open courtyard beneath the blazing sun. From a platform, monks bless the masses while assistants hose their bodies of the throng with holy water. Many people fall into a trance. Their yants, it is said, take control of them. You can hear young guys barking, growling, gasping for air, foaming at the mouth. Old men roll on the ground, their eyeballs rolled inward. Some men run toward the platform yelling and have to be restrained by four police officers. A visit to Wai Khru is something you never forget.
But today, too, there is one person to be seen in a trance. Mit, 29, a mechanic from the affluent suburbs of the capital, is seated before Ajarn Tinnawaro. For the past two years, Mit has come only to him for tattoos. This is usual. A person will put his faith in one teacher and remain inseparably connected to him through the yants. Only upon the ajarn's death is it acceptable to switch to another master. Mit throws his gifts into a bowl – 50 baht in bills, an orchid, a pack of Sai Phon herbal cigarettes. Nearly all of the Wat Bang Phra monks smoke menthol. Ajarn Tinnawaro sketches the yant and anoints Mit's chest. Then he inserts the needle into his flesh, where it will stay for three long hours. Mit utters no sound, but then it happens: The Ajarn is chanting mantras, the two men sitting forehead to forehead, when Mit's breathing comes faster and faster and his body is suddenly shaken by tremors. He bites his lips till they bleed, retches, stretches his left arm as though in a cramp and his head flies back and forth. The assistants brace their bodies against his but can barely restrain him. Mit is somewhere else, in a place we do not know. It is khong khuen, the state of arousal when the yants pulsate through the flesh. Then Ajarn Tinnawaro blows three times on the image, breathing the mantra into Mit's body, and the young man awakens as though nothing at all had happened. What can he remember? What did he see?
Mit's forehead is beaded with sweat. "I can't remember and yet at the same time, I can. My heart was racing, I was in pain but the pain was pushed away by a great force. There was light and then everything went black." His chest is heaving. No drop of blood visible there. Humbug, thinks the Westerner in me. Madness, says the reporter.
The story jumps for a final time – this time to Chao Phraya, the River of Kings, that flows through Bangkok. The Siam is a luxury hotel on the banks of the river, where wealthy Thais and tourists come to spend their vacation beneath fango masks. Stillness, marble, a waiter brings lemonade. There are masks on the walls as we head down the stairs to Ajarn Boo's realm. The Siam employs its own sak yant master, and this, too, is a clear revelation of the depth of meaning Thai society attributes to sak yant tattoos. Ajarn Boo was 19 when a much-loved uncle died. Not knowing where to turn with his tears, the young man went to the temple, as many Thais do in search of comfort. Boo was permitted to prepare the templates for an ajarn at Wat Bang Phra. Every day, he would watch the master through the half-open door. Boo finally overcame his grief, but stayed on at the temple. And at some point he knew how to prick a yant without ever having held a needle in his hand.
Picture this story as a tattoo and we are now approaching its completion. Only the last few pricks are missing. They will hurt more than any that went before – because I, the reporter, will feel them. Earlier on outside, Ajarn Boo told us he had no more clients today, that an appointment had been cancelled, but that he could tattoo one of us. I recall how the driver recoiled, the translator laughed and the photographer said nothing. I recall raising my hand. Curiosity? Recklessness. I am not religious, not at all spiritual. But I do believe that I need to experience sak yant myself if I am to understand it. Looking on is no longer enough. And so there I crouch – my upper body bared, arms folded, a cushion beneath my chin – before Ajarn Boo. I will not cry out. The master has chosen the gao yord design for me, the nine peaks representing Meru Mountain, the center of the universe in Buddhist cosmology. I have already paid homage at the shrine, made the requisite offering which the hotel obligingly provided since I had come unprepared. Embrace the pain. Let yourself go. Just don't start crying. I tremble. Ajarn Boo leans toward me.
You aren't scared?
No, I lie. I cough.
Good, he murmurs. Fear is all part of the process.
Then he inserts the needle.
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This is a single serving Peach Gallete, or mini ones if you prefer. Gallete is a free-form crusty cakes, and the fillings can be sweet or savory. For this recipe, I used ready refrigerated pie crust, and cut them into smaller round pieces. Then, I layered them with thinly slices of fresh peaches, sugar, and a little knob of butter before baking.
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(Printable Recipe)
1 Refrigerated Pie Crust, cut into 6 (4"/10cm) in diameter
3 Medium Peaches, halved, sliced thinly, and divided
2 Tbsp Sugar
1 Tbsp of Unsalted Butter, cut into 6 pcs
2 Tbsp of Milk
Preheat the oven to 400 ˚F.
Toss the peaches with 1 Tbsp of sugar.
Arrange the peach slices in slightly overlapping concentric rings on the pastry. Leaving about 1 inch border at the edge. Fold the border of dough over the edge of the peaches. Brush the pastry edges with milk, top the peaches with butter and sugar.
Bake the gallete until golden brown, about 20 minutes. Let cool on the rack. Serve warm.
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That looks great.ReplyDelete
I love galettes.ReplyDelete
Light to eat, not as cloying as pies with lots of crust.
wow!! that looks great...ReplyDelete
This looks simply beautiful and i am sure even more delicous to eat. I love it! Yumm!ReplyDelete
You have found the way to my heart!ReplyDelete
looks pretty and yet seem simple to prepare.ReplyDelete
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I really want to like Battle for Terra, the 3-D animated movie where survivors of a destroyed Earth argue over whether to conquer the way-too-cute peace-loving aliens. But this new trailer makes it really hard.
There's a lot to like here, including super-splashy space battles that will probably look great in 3-D, and a dark storyline about a destroyed Earth. But the style of the animation, and the excessively loveable aliens, leave me a bit cold.
We reviewed Battle For Terra last May, when it was still called just plain Terra and it debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival. (The review is very spoilery, so be warned.) Short version: cute aliens, even cuter robot, but it gets super dark and weird with all the space battles, and the ending is hard to swallow. As we pointed out, this film is part of a mini-trend of movies where humans are the invaders and aliens are forced to defend their homelands from us.
It also seems like a very post-Wall-E movie: a grim post-apocalyptic future in which humanity is cast out into space, but somehow made palatable by extra loads of cuteness. [Giant Freakin Robot]


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Between 1926 and 1944 Dorothy Gallagher acted as the center's resident director. Under her direction the center flourished and provided a variety of cultural and social services including English classes, a medical clinic, boys and girls clubs, adult education classes, home economics and hygiene. Translators, available to help Hispanics apply for jobs and understand the American legal system, were a vital liaison between the Hispanic and non-Hispanic communities. The services offered by the center helped Hispanic people to acclimate to a new community, while preserving their culture and tradition.
By 1935 it was evident that a new building was needed for the Guadalupe Center to address the specific needs of the community. A decision was made to build a facility that would handle combined activities under one roof. The Amberg Club however was unable to handle the responsibility of a building fund campaign. In response, Dorothy Gallagher decided to finance the project herself. She remained strongly committed to seeing the Hispanic community retain its ethnic character. It was her decision to design the new facility in the style of Spanish Mission architecture. In 1934, the Kansas City architectural firm Raney and Corman designed the building which was constructed in 1936 by Frank H. Pavlik. The resulting rectangular two-story building, constructed of unreinforced cinder block and stucco, is characterized by a prominent Mission-shaped parapet on its main façade, a large balcony, faux vigas and a tiled gabled roof. Historic interior spaces feature faux beams and a decorative arched fireplace in the first floor lounge.
In 1944 the Catholic Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph purchased Guadalupe Center. The Center continued to prosper through the 1960s, however in 1974 the Center entered a tumultuous period after it broke its ties with the Diocese and moved to a new facility. In 1991 the Guadalupe Center was able to purchase the original building from the Catholic diocese. The historic building was recently renovated and expanded. Today, the Guadalupe Center remains one of the area's most productive ethnic social organizations and one of the oldest, continually operating social service agencies for Hispanics in the United States.
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I love the fact that the Spray & Rescue Fire Truck is very sturdy and safe. I have never owned a Little Tikes item that was not well made, and the fire truck is no exception. The truck did require assembly, but it was extremely easy to put together. My husband had it all together in about 10 minutes.
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AURORA — Stillman Valley showed it could fight by battling back against powerhouse Aurora Christian in Saturday's Class 3A state semifinal game. But the Cardinals needed one final counterpunch to knock out the two-time defending state champions on their home field.
Zac Hare delivered it with 12.9 seconds left by running in the 3-yard touchdown that gave Stillman Valley a 28-26 win and sent the Cards to next week's state championship in DeKalb, where they'll battle for their fifth title.
"It's unbelievable," Stillman quarterback Connor McNames said. "We've been dreaming about this since we were little kids."
A 38-yard interception return for a touchdown by Brennan Showers gave Aurora Christian (9-4) a 17-7 lead early in the second half, but it did little to hurt the psyche of the Cardinals (11-2), who had no doubt in their ability to rally.
"We were down against Winnebago and Lutheran in games we lost earlier in the season and I think we learned a lot from those two games," McNames said. "We knew how to fight back. We never got down and we just kept fighting."
Stillman took its first lead of the game, 21-20, when Hare scored on a run from a yard out with six minutes left, but the lead only lasted for three and a half minutes of play. Legend Smith's 10-yard touchdown reception off of a shovel pass from quarterback Austin Bray put the Eagles back in front, 26-21, with 2:27 remaining.
A failed two-point conversion attempt by Aurora Christian gave the Cardinals a chance to win with a touchdown, and they were confident in they could get it.
"We've been there before so I knew we could just get it done," Hare said.
After a short kickoff, Stillman needed to go only 44 yards in 2:25, and that proved to be plenty of time. A 17-yard run by Hare on a third-and-7 helped Stillman get in position for the game-winning touchdown.
"We needed a big play and Zach gave us the big run and gave us a little momentum there," Stillman Valley coach Mike Lalor said.
With a first-and-goal from the 5, the Cardinals gave the ball to Hare twice, and that was all he needed to punch it in.
"We've rode his back a lot of the year and he's got a lot of tough yards so you go down with your best plays and he finished it off well," Lalor said.
Stillman Valley will take on St. Joseph-Ogden in the 3A state final at 4 p.m. Friday at Huskie Stadium in DeKalb.


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General symptoms of an astrocytoma tumor are a result of growing pressure inside the skull. These symptoms include headache, vomiting and mental status changes. Other symptoms, such as drowsiness, lethargy, obtuseness, personality changes, disordered conduct and impaired mental faculties show up early in about one out of every four patients with malignant brain tumors.
In young children, the growing pressure of an astrocytoma tumor inside the skull may enlarge the head. Changes (such as swelling) may be observed in the back of the eye, where the blind spot is. Usually there are no changes in temperature, blood pressure, pulse or respiratory rates except just before death. Seizures are more common with meningiomas, slow-growing astrocytomas and oligodendrogliomas than with malignant gliomas.
Symptoms of an astrocytoma tumor vary depending on what part of the brain (or which glands or nerves) are affected by the tumor. Sometimes the nature of the seizures can help determine the location of the brain tumor.


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So I know that this game has been out for over a month now but I'm only just now getting the chance to play it. Murdered: Soul Suspect is a narrative driven mystery game that's done somewhat like Rockstar's LA Noire. The key difference being: LA Noire is way better. That's basically where my comparisons with these two games draw to a close because I don't want to write a review nearly
Hey everyone, so I'm expanding from game reviews to anime reviews! Might as well take advantage of this blog feature since it's a great way to actually practice writing these. So if you don't like my reviews I'm sorry lol. But do keep in mind these are just my opinion and all that. So yeah let's get started!
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Shinji Mikamis highly anticipated game The Evil Within has been released for a week now and for the most part it has gotten mixed reactions. Some people were expecting a return to classic survival horror and felt let down. But where do I stand when it comes to The Evil Within? Having beaten the game yesterday, I can finally answer that question.
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One Piece: Unlimited World R is originally a 3DS game. This commonly known fact has been constantly ignored by other reviewers and the majority of the fanbase even though it's actually crucial to how this game should be viewed. I'm going to give this game two scores. One score will be how I view this game as a One Piece fan and the other score is how I view this game as a gamer.
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If the U.S. got rid of pesticides, it could avoid (statistically) 20 cancer deaths per year, says Bjorn Lomborg. But, he asks, are the benefits worth the costs? And could that money be used more effectively in other ways?
"What we constantly hear is that pesticide use is out of control, that it's causing more cancer," he told members of CropLife America and California Plant Health Association at their joint annual meeting at Palm Desert, Calif.
"In fact, cancer numbers in the U.S. have increased dramatically in the last half-century, since the publication of Rachel Carson's book, Silent Spring. On the surface, this would indicate things are seriously wrong, that we do have a cancer epidemic."
But, says Lomborg, a political scientist/statistician and the author of The Skeptical Environmentalist, now in worldwide distribution, "That's only part of the story."
The author, an associate professor at the University of Aarhus in Denmark, has been at the center of a firestorm debate over his assertions that the environment is improving rather than deteriorating and that Earth's citizens, as a whole, are living better, more healthy lives than ever before.
While cancer deaths have been rising sharply, he points out, U.S. population in the same half-century has risen 60 percent. "If you factor that into the equation, the cancer death rate is much less. Also, everyone is getting much older, so we're more likely to die from cancer than all the other diseases that killed us when we didn't live nearly so long.
Rate adjustments
"In 1900, most deaths were from infectious diseases. But we've triumphed over most of those, and we live longer and get more cancers and diseases of old age. If we adjust the numbers for age, there's been only a very, very slight increase in the cancer death rate over the 50 years. If we further adjust it for the increases in cancer deaths caused by smoking, there actually are fewer and fewer people dying from cancer compared to what we'd expect."
And what of the role of pesticides in cancer deaths?
The biggest study ever done in the U.S. on what actually causes cancer, Lomborg says, noted that the effects of pesticides on cancer death rates "seems unimportant." That contention has also essentially been confirmed by all subsequent major reports, including those by the National Academy of Sciences and the World Research Foundation.
"By far the biggest contributors to cancer deaths are diet and smoking," he says. "Pollution causes only about 2 percent of all cancers, and those aren't from pesticides, but from air pollution — which is one of the things we can do something about."
Scientists still don't know what causes most cancers in human beings, Lomborg says. "Most of our cancer findings are based on rodent studies, which show pesticides to be so far down the list as to be negligible. A lot of cancers come from naturally-occurring pesticides in what we eat and drink."
In the landmark 1998 Ames/Gold study, he says, 19 of 25 common substances had natural carcinogens, including coffee, lettuce, orange juice, black pepper, mushrooms, apples, cinnamon, carrots, potatoes, and celery.
Relative risks
"So, we look at relative risk. The risk rate for alcohol, for someone who consumes the equivalent of two beers per day, for example, is 36 percent greater than for coffee. But the two most dangerous synthetic pesticides are about 18,000 times less likely to cause cancer than drinking two beers. If we take the risk of those pesticides all the way through the average American's life, it is the equivalent of a once-in-a-lifetime drinking of 13 beers.
"Is it reasonable that we make this infinitesimal risk a national concern when we're considering environmental legislation?"
Studies have shown, Lomborg says, that about 200,000 Americans die each year from diet-related cancers.
"By far, most of those are caused from consuming too many calories, too much fat. There are 1,959 people who die each year from the naturally-occurring carcinogens in spices; 800 die from drowning in their own bathtubs. About 20 people die each year from pesticides, virtually all from deliberately ingesting them.
"If we get rid of pesticides, we could eventually avoid 20 cancer deaths a year. But it will cost $20 billion to $100 billion a year because we'll have to plow up more land, we'll reduce crop yields, prices on all foods will increase — particularly for fruits and vegetables, which we're told are vital in our diets to help avoid cancer.
"Even more ironic," Lomborg says, "it's estimated there would be an additional 26,000 cancer deaths per year as a result of less varied, less nutritious food. So, is it a good idea to eliminate all pesticides to avoid the 20 present cancer deaths, while spending up to $100 billion more per year and causing another 25,594 cancer deaths?
Needed questions
"These are the kinds of questions we need to ask: Where can we do the most good with our money? What should be our priorities. What are the most important things we can do for our future? What is the cost of our worry? If we over-worry about some things, such as pesticides, we risk under-worrying about others that may be far more important."
Referring to the largest study ever conducted on the costs of saving human lives, done by the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis and comprising thousands of pages of research, Lomborg says the following costs were determined for saving one human life for one year:
- In the general population, $19,000.
- In the residential sector, $36,000.
- In the transportation sector, $56,000.
- In the workplace, $350,000.
- In the environmental sector, $4.2 million.
"Can you spot the bad investment? We have to ask ourselves if we're willing to spend $4.2 million to save one life in the environmental arena, when the same amount of money, spent optimally, could save hundreds of lives elsewhere. Are the lives of those hundreds so unimportant that we will spend $4.2 million to save just one life?
"It's nuts not to make some sort of prioritization, and that is the challenge to our future. It's true, we still have many problems, but they are becoming fewer and smaller. We need to make sure we get the best possible results from what we do so we can make an even better future for our children and grandchildren."
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The hacker collective Anonymous will attempt to block Web broadcasts of Barack Obama's State of the Union Address tonight. And that's too bad.
In a post on its website announcing #opSOTU, the codename for the operation, the group cited a number of issues that the president will not mention during his annual address to Congress as justification for interfering.
The "outright tyrannical" National Defense Authorization Act, which gives Congress the power to manage the Pentagon's budget, the "extra-judicial and unregulated justifications for targeted killings of citizens by military drones within the borders of America", the long detention of Bradley Manning for releasing sensitive government documents and warrantless wiretapping were listed as reasons. It also cited the suicide of Aaron Swartz, an online activist that many felt broke down under the pressure of a heavy handed government prosecution against him.
"We reject the State of the Union. We reject the authority of the President to sign arbitrary orders and bring irresponsible and damaging controls to the Internet," the group wrote. "The President of the United States of America, and the Joint Session of Congress will face an Army tonight. We will form a virtual blockade between Capitol Hill and the Internet…And we will win! There will be no State of the Union Address on the web tonight."
The group did not provide any details on how it would target the takedown. The State of the Union will be broadcast on many websites tonight. Taking each of them down seems too herculean a task. Ostensibly the group will target the computing behind the cameras inside the halls of Congress and their interface with the myriad networks covering the event.
Anonymous has long been known to fight for the the freedom of both people and information. The group often takes down government websites, both home and abroad, when it believes there has been a significant social injustice or the government has overstepped its bounds with secrecy or invasion of privacy. Last year it was instrumental in beating back the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), which many saw as an overreaching law in the name of media companies. The group was also a huge backer of the Occupy movement.
However, the group has also raised concerns since they don't answer to anyone but their own internal meritocracy. Decisions are made in the name of the people, but rarely by consulting anyone outside their own network. If the group successfully blocks the State of the Union address, it will surely raise serious concerns at the federal level and among mainstream news outlets. No doubt such an attack would increase public support for a "crack down on hackers and online piracy," which is exactly the cover used when SOPA was pushed in Congress.
While I have supported many of Anonymous' operations in the past, I do not support this. The issues Anonymous lists as justification are surely troublesome. No doubt we need to hold the federal government more accountable for its shadowy policies in law enforcement and the prosecution of war.
But there appears to be little logic in fighting for the free flow of information by blocking it. While no one expects the president to say anything ground-breaking , one of the most important underpinnings of a democracy is being able to evaluate your politicians, especially your president. Anonymous will deny many people that right.


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So in the middle of relocating from Portland to SF... and in the middle of starting a new job... and in the middle of some triage on an old project... I still got some time to play with the new baby.
I have no photos yet (my cameras are packed already). Those will come later.
Some background on the Monster Mia as follows:
- Reservoir and vibe pump removed (now plumbed in with a nice Procon rotary pump)
- Modified to take a long thermoprobe into the boiler (and the requisite electronics including front mounted PID controller)
- Some tweaks and tricks to the internal plumbing
- All crazy work performed by the guys at Espresso Parts NW under the guidance of madman Terry Z.
The machine runs at a far lower boiler pressure than normal (of course). There is still sufficient pressure to steam (for example) two 5oz cappuccinos in succession. But it's not a machine for someone drinking long milk drinks.
It's pretty much a machine for me - and someone like me. I drink espresso, Valerie drinks macchiattos and the odd morning cappuccino.
So far I've worked with the Olympia Roasting Big Train espresso and Stumptown Hairbender.
First thoughts are that this is an easy machine to work with. VERY easy.
It's like working on a Mistral when making espresso in that you do a quick pulse flush and then just go. Temp is quite stable and predictable.
Because of the front mounted controller and the small boiler, changes in brew temp are very quick and easy.
Both espressos extracted beautifully. I've been swapping back and forth between an LM stock portafilter (with plating removed and a ridged double basket) and a crotchless (with either an LM ridged double or a triple basket).
In both cases I'm getting excellent mouthfeel and great clarity and reproduction of flavours. I've been running over to the Belmont Stumptown periodically to compare shots against the 5 group Mistral and I have to say this little machine is actually holding its own!!
Small amounts of milk in a small pitcher steam reasonably well. It's not the same as on a dual boiler machine. You can't apply as much energy to the milk before it starts to cook and as a result both sweetness and consistency are slightly impaired. I'm using one of the early EPNW dual hole tips on it.
I need to spend some time with the Scace to evaluate the offset from the display to the actual brew temp. I'm starting to think it might not be strictly linear.
It's in a box now heading to SF -- and I can't wait to unpack it.
I'm starting to call it "the poor man's GS3".
Photos and notes to come...
Monster Mia
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Most of the code I see posted by students contains no comments. When asked about it, some say they only do it before turning in the assignment and I suppose that is only if the instructor requires it.
I have often helped a student with code that if the student had a design for what a section of code was supposed to do and wrote comments describing what it was to do, then when he wrote the code he could look at his design and keep the code on track.
I guess most students don't design their code, they just keep typing and changing it until it works. The shotgun approach. Keep shooting until you hit something.
There I got that off my chest.
PS When I was a TA at school 50% of the grade was for a working program, the other 50% was for design and comments. A none working program could get the same score as one that gave the desired output.