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In this episode of Penn & Teller's Bullshit!, the comedy duo take on "the video game industry's worst nightmare" Jack Thompson, and hand a 9-year-old boy an AR-15 rifle to see if anyone dies.
We gave you a taste, and now here's the entire episode of Penn & Teller's Bullshit!, which takes on the issue of violent video games and the people that love to hate them. The episode is currently on YouTube in three parts as seen on GamePolitics. Here's a taste of that episode.
The show excels at making what they want to look bad look extremely bad, so we can't really take this as any sort of reasoned argument, but it sure is a hell of a lot of fun. You'll definitely want to wear headphones while watching, because Penn curses enough for him and his little mute friend.


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"Glenarm Shorthorn fillet. Make a note of those three words. They'll change your life"
Those three words – Glenarm Shorthorn fillet – certainly had an impact on journalist David J Constable, who in an article in the Huffington Post claimed that the northern Antrim steak changed his tastes forever.
Really, though –a steak? Can a steak be that good? It turns out it can. Glenarm Estate, we're looking at you.
Hailing from the Glenarm Estate in the picturesque Glens of Antrim, the cuts of beef that so enchanted Mr Contable undergo a process that is the first of its kind in Europe. The meat is store in a Himalayan Salt Chamber for four weeks, giving it a completely sweet and flavoursome taste. It's what you might call 'high steaks' food production.
To be truthful, the reputation of Irish beef has been on the up for some time now – and the culinary world is taking notice. It was chosen as a key meat ingredient in the Bocuse D'Or, one of the world's top culinary competitions held in Lyon, France.
So why Irish beef? What sets it apart from the competition?
Well, Irish beef is outdoor grass-fed in lush pastureland that allows beef herds to wander, meander and munch. Every day. Protein-laden grass and nibbles from hedgerows and ditches add flavour to the end result. Traditional and heritage breeds such as Irish Angus, Hereford, Dexter and Shorthorn are renowned for high yields of quality beef, while traditional dry-ageing on the bone for a minimum of 21 days equals tenderness and intense flavour.
Ask Irish Piemontese Beef farmers, Michael Fennelly and John Commins and they won't waste time in telling you the secret: "Irish steak is excellent because cattle are reared on family farms in lush green fields. Traditional farming techniques ensure healthy livestock with quality meat, traceable from farm to fork."
Irish T-Bone, striploin, fillet and ribeye are melt in the mouth, and you don't have to go far to find one. Restaurants all over the island are serving up incredible steaks, from Shanahans renowned steak restaurant in Dublin to Molly's Yard…
Tempted yet? Restaurants and butchers in the Good Food Ireland network are the names to know for Ireland's finest steaks.
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The Grill Restaurant at the Everglades Hotel, near Derry-Londonderry city. Ribeye is quite the business. Northern Irish Hereford beef, 28 days hung. Stylish surroundings in a spacious light filled dining room. Perfect.
The Chop House, Dublin 4. Steak is taken very seriously here. Get your gnashers round the 35 day dry aged 10oz Hereford Ribeye or a Porterhouse steak for two to share. Bustling city atmosphere with good wine and beer selection matches the macho meat.
Sage Restaurant, Midleton, County Cork. Dynamic chef and whizz kid Kevin Aherne puts Cork on a plate at his own restaurant. Farmer John Tait's Aberdeen Angus steaks come from cattle reared in the countryside nearby. Local is the buzzword for this Good Food Ireland Best Regional Newcomer award winner for 2013.
Marco Pierre White Steakhouse and Grill, Dublin 2. All's good with the wild child of food. Irish dry aged sirloin, ribeye and fillet, served with classic French sauces like Bordelaise, Bearnaise or Beurre Maitre d'Hotel. Brasserie ambience is chic and smart – MPW style!
Merchant Hotel, Belfast, Antrim. Bank on a good steak at this former bank building turned luxury hotel. Northern Irish Glenarm Shorthorn fillet, salt aged for 38-45 days. Wow! Enjoy this beauty in The Great Room Restaurant, situated in the old banking hall. Here hangs the largest crystal chandelier in Ireland, suspended from the impressive domed ceiling.
Harte's Bar and Grill, Kildare Town. The venue where Steak on the Rock rocks! Head Chef Barry Liscombe places his steaks on a searingly hot lava rock. Diners cook to preference at the table. DIY dining with the best of meats, in a gastropub where friendly hospitality is at the heart of Harte's.
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NEWS- Casteen's green: Ponying up<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>$500,000 for employees' children
On September 29, hundreds of alums and friends gathered on the Lawn to watch a fireworks display to celebrate the launch of UVA's $3 billion fundraising campaign. If onlookers thought that was impressive, they weren't ready for the bombshell five days later, on October 4. That's when UVA president John Casteen announced he was donating $500,000 to UVA's cause.
But instead of a lump-sum unrestricted gift, Casteen designated his money for a project he says he's tried to launch since his days as Virginia's Secretary of Education: a scholarship fund for the children of all University employees.
"There are plenty of needs to be met in this campaign, but after thinking and talking about this specific need for the last three years, Betsy [Casteen's wife] and I decided that this would be our personal issue," he said in a release.
Whether another penny is raised for the scholarship fund, the gift dwarfs what UVA has been able to provide in the past to the offspring of faculty and staff. According to University officials, only 24 children of UVA employees have received awards from Mr. Jefferson's university in the last 11 years– grants totaling just $72,000.
Implementation of the Casteen fund and who will qualify for grants are issues the president has left to the Board of Visitors, according to UVA spokesperson Carol Wood.
"How these scholarships will look depends on how much money is raised," she says. "But this is for all full-time University employees, and the Board will define the other parameters as we go forward."
Wood does explain that the scholarship will not extend to those working on grounds for private companies who work under contract with the University, such as dining employees who get their paychecks from food service company Aramark.
Among presidents of public universities, a gift of this size has little precedent, but it does seem uncannily similar to an action by one of Casteen's colleagues nearly three years ago. On November 21, 2003, the University of Michigan's Mary Sue Coleman gave $500,000 to her university in anticipation of a big fundraising campaign. Coleman earmarked half the funds for graduate student grants and undergraduate student scholarships.
According to Paul Fain, a reporter who covers college presidents for the Chronicle of Higher Education, Casteen's charitable gesture comes at a contentious time for Casteen and his colleagues.
"It's not unheard of for presidents to give some portion of their pay to scholarships and other purposes, particularly given there's a controversy over presidential pay of late with the American Association of University Professors tracking levels of presidential pay increases in comparison to faculty," he says. "It's pretty clear the presidential raises have been bigger."
Fain also says the move comes at a good time, recalling that Casteen's salary– the fifth highest in the nation for public university presidents– was called into question by the spring's "Living Wage" campaign.
"This certainly helps on that front when people are looking at his salary," Fain says. "Not to take anything away, but it's a good move from a PR perspective."
The closest precedent to Casteen's proposal exists just a few hours to the south at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. That's where UNC's IT director Bruce Egan got the idea two years ago to start up a scholarship fund that would one day be able to provide need-based aid to the children of all UNC employees to attend any one of the UNC system's 16 campuses or North Carolina community colleges. At that time, UNC Chancellor James Moeser gave Egan $200,000 worth of privately raised funds to start the program.
"It's a great grassroots program because it's something we can all agree on from the chancellor to the rank-and-file," he says. "We're trying to make sure our own employees' children have a chance to go to college, and it's a great way for Carolina to help outside its stone walls."
To date, the University of North Carolina Family Scholarship fund has raised approximately $250,000 with which it provides students an annual $2,000 scholarship guaranteed for four years.
Sometimes, however, a public institution can begin such a scholarship program for employee children with one vision of how it will work only to find that the reality is far different. For the last five years, the University of Nebraska system has allowed its employees to transfer the right to take 15 free undergraduate credit hours– or approximately half of one year's regular course load– they already receive as part of their standard compensation package to either their spouses or children. Approximately 200 students enjoy this benefit at a cost of $1 million annually to the system.
But according to Craig Munier, director of financial aid at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, the arrangement has not worked as he and others had originally envisioned it.
"We all had in our minds the people who would benefit most are custodial staff, clerical staff, those lower paid employees," he says. "In practice, we're more often waiving partial tuition for administration and faculty at the other end of the pay scale. It's a benefit as part of the package for faculty and staff and shouldn't be looked at something that improves access to the University of Nebraska."
Asked how UVA can assure that Casteen's proposed program really will open University doors, Munier suggests starting the program with a narrower scope.
"If you want to use it to improve access, means test it, and make it available only to those who demonstrate financial need," he says. "That's one thing that we didn't do here that occurred to me after we implemented our plan."
As UVA continues to raise money for its "Knowledge Is Power" campaign, University officials probably hope they accumulate enough funds for Casteen's project so the decision over who has access to knowledge is one they never have to make.
Casteen hopes to establish a scholarship fund for the children of all UVA employees with his donation.


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1963 Chevrolet Corvette "Asteroid" Heads to Auction
The Vette was built by the legendary George Barris from Barris Kustoms and currently has 12k original miles
The Barrett-Jackson, the World's greatest collector car auction company, will head to Scottsdale, Arizona, January 12-19, 2014 for its annual auction at the Westworld of Scottsdale. With it, the company will bring incredible cars that everyone will have a chance to bid on. One such car that caught our eye recently is the famous 1963 Chevrolet Corvette "Asteroid" that will be at the Scottsdale auction this month.
Lot number 5024, this 1963 Vette (VIN #30837S111775) is sporting a 352ci linked to a four-speed manual gearbox. On the outside, the Vette is dripping in Asteroid Fire paint, and has a Metallic White upholstered cockpit on the inside. The car is known to be a dual purpose show/race car. It has won multiple shows, including the 1963 Long Beach Motorama and the 1963 Mickey Thompson Auto Boat Speed Show.
The original owner, Bob Nordskog, was a well-known boat racer and an entrepreneur that loved speed. He had a dream of building a car that was out of this world, he called it "Asteroid." The car was more than the trophy getter, it was also a force to be reckoned with at the track. When track tires were mounted, and the exhaust unbolted from the sides, it ran 12.20 seconds at 118mph in the quarter-mile. Let us remind you, this was 1963.
Currently, the 1963 Chevrolet Corvette "asteroid" has a mere 12,000 original miles. The show/race car has gone through a vigorous and extensive no-expense-spared restoration to take it back to exactly how it looked when legendary George Barris from Barris Kustoms originally made the vehicle. To see this Vette up-close and to have a shot at owning it, head to the Barrett-Jackson auction in Scottsdale, Arizona, January 12-19, 2014 at the Westworld of Scottsdale.


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Food lovers will be able to take advantage of discount prices this coming weekend.
On Friday, Krispy Kreme doughnuts will be offering a dozen of its famed glazed doughnuts for $.78 cents when customers buy any other dozen doughnuts at the full price. The promotion is in celebration of the company's 78th birthday. The North Carolina chain was founded in 1937 and now has stores internationally.
If that doesn't leave sweet tooths satisfied heading into the weekend, 7/11 convenience stores will be holding their annual "Free Slurpee Day" Saturday to mark July 11.
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Chick-fil-A is also joining in on the giveaways, but the chain's offer comes with a catch. Customers can get a free meal on Tuesday, July 14, but only if they dress up as a cow. The 11th annual event will celebrate the company's 20th anniversary of the "Eat Mor Chikin" cow campaign.


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By Rachel McDaniel
When Leah Morgan Singleton of Concord, her husband Dwayne and their daughter Layne went on a mission trip overseas, they didn't expect to return home on a medical transport plane. The three went on a family friendly mission trip with a total of 29 people from Journey Church in Griffin, to minister in churches, orphanages, a school for the deaf and a home for the handicapped. They were ministering along with pastor Michael Moody at Fairview Bible College in Hanover, Jamaica.
Dwayne Singleton and his daughter Layne as he recovers in an Atlanta hospital from a broken vertebrae he sustained in a fall during a mission trip in Jamaica.
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New American
April 1, 2012
About 3 a.m. local time, two Hellfire missiles were fired by a U.S. Predator Drone at a house in Pakistan on Friday morning, killing four people suspected of being members of al-Qaeda or the Taliban.
The target of Friday's strike was a building in Miranshah, the largest town in the North Waziristan area, designated by the U.S. government as a compound in use by the Taliban and al-Qaeda. Eyewitnesses report that the missiles caused a fire that destroyed the entire structure.
Early reports indicate that three alleged "militants" were killed by the drone, while four others were wounded, one or more of whom was a foreigner. Statements made by anonymous agents of the Pakistani government indicate that the missiles destroyed the house while those inside were asleep.
Although Pakistan has called on the United States to cease the drone attacks within that country, the Obama administration has ignored this request. In fact, the number of drones in the air, missiles fired by them, and the body count all continue increasing exponentially under orders issued by Barack Obama.
The government of Pakistan castigates its erstwhile ally for the prosecution of the Predator program, calling it an overt attack on the country's sovereignty. However, other credible reports from inside the government indicate that while the official stance of Pakistan is to denounce the attacks, behind the scenes they have taken another tack — allowing drones to launch from Pakistani airbases and providing intelligence to help track targets.
Pakistan's cooperative posture might be slouching lately, however, after the death of two Pakistani soldiers deployed along that nation's border with Afghanistan. In all, at least 24 Pakistani soldiers have been killed by drones deployed in American airstrikes. Pakistan responded by shutting down the pipeline of NATO materiel that runs through the country, as well as booting the United States and its Predator drones off of an airbase in the southwest region of the country.
The move proved to be little more than an inconvenience, as the base was used by the United States only to repair planes and Predators damaged in Afghanistan. For Pakistan, though, the opposition is likely indicative of a more long-term policy shift. In fact, the nation's parliament is now embroiled in lengthy debates about their support for the drone program going forward.
On Thursday, officials of the government of Pakistan called for talks with the United States to commence before the debates in parliament are wrapped up.
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The Doctor Is In
Bill Schwab '68, esteemed trauma surgeon, administrator, and educator, brings eclectic experience to his new role as IC's board chair. by Tamar Morad
As a young physician in the early 1970s, Charles William "Bill" Schwab '68, M.D., worked with a group of surgeons at the U.S. Naval Regional Medical Center in Portsmouth, Virginia, watching as fleets of stretchers unloaded combat casualties from Vietnam.
It was a moment in time when medical technology for the treatment of trauma victims was being forced to progress fast, enabling more and more soldiers to survive their injuries—and Schwab had found himself on the front lines of the phenomenon in life-saving health care.
"Vietnam left an impression on me forever," says Schwab, who was then doing his internship and residency and was part of a team of surgeons, many who ultimately made multiple breakthroughs in trauma care.
Since those troubled days for the United States, Schwab has become one of the country's top experts in trauma care, with particular expertise in trauma systems and the treatment of gunshot wounds.
The newly elected chair of the Ithaca College Board of Trustees never went into private practice. Instead, his passion for teaching and research led him to the classroom, and since 1987 he has been professor of surgery and chief of the Division of Traumatology and Surgical Critical Care at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. But as his expertise has grown, so have his duties, and in practice he only spends about a fifth of his time with patients, including time doing surgery and hands-on instruction of medical students. Mostly he finds himself shuttling between Penn's three regional trauma centers—of which the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in West Philadelphia is one, and all of which he manages—and flying to other cities in the United States and abroad to teach at other university hospitals. Because his work has helped make Penn an internationally renowned center for trauma and critical care, he also mentors trauma surgeons who come in from all over the world to learn.
In Schwab's early days at Penn, he again found himself at the epicenter of trauma treatment—only this time it was firearm injuries, his patients victims of Philadelphia's massive epidemic of gun violence that swept through its poor inner-city neighborhoods in the 1980s. "As I began to treat these young victims, I realized that most injuries were preventable, which meant that a huge component of our efforts must include prevention," he says. "That creates a need for the study of the root causes of trauma cases—like how to prevent vehicular crashes or reduce gun violence." Thus over the years Schwab has committed himself to improving public policy on the causes of violent injuries and identifying preventive strategy that works. For his success he has found himself in high demand as a consultant to both hospitals and to state and local governments and federal agencies including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Highway Safety Administration.
That leaves little time for much else—save Ithaca College.
Academic Pioneer
Bill and his wife, Marjorie Rooke Schwab '69, have a long history with Ithaca College, of which their undergraduate studies were just the beginning. Bill enrolled at Ithaca as a physical education major. He soon realized that his dream was to be a physician. This would take proving himself in the sciences—and in a big way, as no IC student had yet gone directly to med school after graduation. So he switched first to biology, then to chemistry.
A straight-A student, Schwab spent three summers on campus doing scientific research—mostly with IC chemistry professor Heinz Koch, whom Schwab says had a major influence on his career—and teaching organic chemistry. He graduated summa cum laude with the added bonus of an honors degree in chemistry from the American Chemical Society, and gained early acceptance to medical school.
Schwab has continued to be a passionate advocate of the sciences over the years as trustee, vice chair, and now board chair. "Bill has kept everyone on the board focused on the importance of having enough senior faculty members to do the heavy lifting for the science departments and being proactive about the hiring process for incoming faculty and the retention of junior faculty," says trustee and most recent past chair of the board William Haines, now chair emeritus. "Those efforts have helped make the sciences superb at Ithaca."
Die-Hard Romantic
As single-minded as Schwab was about his studies while on campus, he was also a "die-hard romantic," he confesses, and his choice of medical school, State University of New York College of Medicine at Syracuse (now SUNY Upstate Medical University) was determined by one factor: he wanted to be near his future wife, music major Marjorie Rooke. Marjorie was president of IC's Mu Phi Epsilon, the music sorority, and a member of the Women's Governing Board, a part of student government.
Both Schwabs think of their Ithaca days "with great fondness and romantic memories," says Marjorie. They met on the first day of her freshman year. "I was working at the cafeteria," she recalls. "I offered him green jello, and he accepted it. He asked me to a movie on the quad, and from there on it was history." Marjorie, who grew up on a farm in Lyons, New York, is the daughter of an early IC grad, Charles Rooke '37 (now deceased), a music major who patched together a diverse career as vocalist, farmer, and insurance agent.
As an elementary school music teacher, Marjorie paid her husband's way through medical school. She no longer teaches at a school but has a freelance career as a piano accompanist for children's and adults' recitals and gives private music lessons.
Meanwhile, the Schwabs' daughter, Jennifer Schwab Medina '93, followed in her parents' footsteps not only in choosing Ithaca but also in finding her mate there: Sammy Medina '92. One Schwab son, Charles William II, attended Cornell, and a second, Timothy, "broke the Ithaca theme," jokes his father, by going to Denison University in Ohio. Marjorie and Bill now live in Haverford, Pennsylvania.
Trauma Care Visionary
With his IC years and Vietnam behind him, by his mid-30s Bill Schwab had already experienced three lasting imprints on his life and career, including his marriage to Marjorie. He spent nine years in active service in the U.S. Navy, and since has been a commander in the naval reserves. His first academic appointment came in 1980, when Eastern Virginia Medical School hired him to help develop its trauma center and helicopter air evacuation program "at a time when the value of these two things and especially their linkage were just starting to be understood and there were few of them around," he notes.
After that he headed up trauma services at Norfolk General Hospital in Virginia and at Cooper Hospital at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in Camden, New Jersey. Both were places where trauma care mostly involved vehicular crashes, and he became an active proponent of studying injuries caused by highway accidents and of improving highway and vehicle safety.
At Penn, the trauma center continues to see hundreds of firearms victims every year and has recently witnessed a new surge in injuries from gun violence that is being mirrored in a handful of other U.S. cities, worrying sociologists, doctors, and mayors. But because of the earlier epidemic—and the top-flight team of surgeons and other specialists that Schwab has nurtured over the years—Penn is prepared. Aided by six helicopters that comprise the PennSTAR Flight program, which Schwab developed, the trauma center treated some 3,400 patients last year alone, about 500 of them victims of gunshot wounds.
Medical personnel, however, are only part of a diverse team that Schwab has assembled at Penn's trauma center. The center employs medical faculty and fellows, nurses and allied health professionals, and scientific doctorate-holders who conduct research and generate studies on the causes of gun violence and on how to better treat these wounds, understand shock, and save lives. "We dissect the causes and solutions for injury from every angle," says Schwab. His own curriculum vitae contains over 200 peer-reviewed articles, some of which are the most highly cited in trauma surgery.
He and his team have gained particular prominence in the study of "trauma systems," those within specific regional areas for rescuing trauma victims within short periods of time—typically defined as under one hour—and getting them to top-notch trauma centers. This requires well-trained personnel and dedicated equipment, including outfitted helicopters. The three Philadelphia regional hospitals whose trauma centers Schwab manages work in such a way. One study Schwab coauthored found that only 70 percent of Americans live in areas with access to trauma systems—a figure he is trying to raise through work with legislators in Washington, D.C., and hospital leadership across the country.
Policy Influencer
It is Schwab's work on reducing firearm-related injuries for which he has become most widely known and sought after. Firearm and Injury Center at Penn (FICAP), which he established in 1997, conducts re- search and promotes better public policy towards reducing such injuries. But preventing firearm injuries is a major uphill battle, he admits. "If we were to compare America's progress in the area of reducing injuries from gun violence to cancer research and treatment, I would say we're right about where cancer was in the 1950s," he says. In that decade, scientists had gained an understanding of how cancer kills but hadn't started trying to find ways to cure it or reduce its root causes. "Politics—the gun lobby—has played a major role in why we are going too slowly" with reducing firearm violence, Schwab says. "Any disease that kills 30,000 Americans a year requires all of us to lower this toll."
For a surgeon who knows how to close up gaping wounds and put limbs back in place, such thinking about a public health problem is undoubtedly out-of-the-box. His ability to look at a complex medical phenomenon from a variety of angles, taking into account sociological, psychological, political, and historical perspectives, is something, he avers, he began to learn at Ithaca. IC's Koch, who considers his former student the world's foremost expert in trauma, says the fact that Schwab did "undergraduate research has helped him in his career, and he was good at it because he didn't have only the brains, but also a creative and imaginative mind."
A Pair of Altruists
In 2004 the Schwabs pledged $50,000 to help fund the Heinz and Judy Koch Fund, which supports student research, in honor of his mentor. They continue to be über-active on campus, and their list of donations and commitments to the school is lengthy. Bill was elected to the board of trustees in 1989, resigned a decade later when his term limit was up (which coincided with his need to focus on a burgeoning workload at Penn), and was reelected in 2001. In 2004 he became vice chair, and last year he was named interim chair. This February he was elected chair. Over the years he has been a member of a half-dozen committees, including the Presidential Search Committee that identified and hired Peggy R. Williams in 1997. And he and Marjorie have funded multiple scholarships, awards, and campus initiatives.
Marjorie headed up the fundraising campaign in the early 1990s for the School of Music's James J. Whalen Center, which raised $12.5 million. For that success, she received the Distinguished Alumni Award in 1999. Board chair emeritus Haines, who worked with her on the campaign, calls her "indefatigable." Marjorie "loved the experience," she says, in part because it allowed her to "reconnect with friends and professors." She currently sits on the College's National Leadership Council, which is helping spearhead the comprehensive campaign.
Starting with their own love affair 40 years ago, the Schwabs say they have many reasons to feel passionate about Ithaca. But, admits Bill, one of Ithaca's most compelling features is hardly scientific. "I love its geography and its weather," he says. "Although it's tough for eight months out of the year, the other four months are like you've died and gone to heaven. And it feels like home to me—emotionally I've never left Ithaca."
Board Chair
Schwab believes that his unique experience, including administering very complex systems and programs, will help him, as board chair, to make the College even better. "I understand how boards govern and what the boards of American colleges and universities do," he points out, "but in my other life I'm a member of a faculty. That experience can help me improve the quality of our education and our academic standards as a comprehensive college."
"Ithaca is one of the most gorgeous places in the world, and academically it is extremely well thought of among competitive schools in the United States. We are already at or near the top in many departments, and my efforts would be to push that academic rigor across the schools in all the disciplines."
Schwab has big plans, but considering all he has accomplished already it is not hard to imagine that he will be successful in his latest challenge. "In every part of your life," Schwab says, "there are different stages, different priorities. I love my teaching and clinical work, but I also love Ithaca and working with the board. This work is a unique opportunity for me, and it is also truly for the greater good."


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Goalkeeper Karen Blocker posted her 20th career shutout and ninth of the season, tying a Liberty single-season record.
Looking to build off a 2-0 win over VMI, the Liberty women's soccer team hosted defending Big South champion Radford at the East Campus Fields, Saturday night. Despite a combined 51 shots in the contest, the matchup ended in a scoreless draw. In a contest that featured two of the conference's top goalkeepers, Karen Blocker played the full 110 minutes in net for the Lady Flames, making seven saves. The Bowie, Md., native recorded her 20th career shutout and ninth on the season. In addition to extending her Liberty career shutout record, Blocker is now tied with Natalie Mayer (2001-04) for the most shutouts by a Liberty goalkeeper in a single season. Brown also played the entire contest in the net for the Highlanders, finishing with six saves. With the draw, Liberty is now 11-6-2 on the year and 5-3-2 in the Big South. The Highlanders are 10-2-4 overall and 6-0-4 in conference play. Prior to the start of the matchup, Liberty honored its eight seniors for Senior Night – Heather Bentley, Blocker, Ariana Espinoza, Kelly Henion, Emily Hoy, Sarah Robinson, Madison Short and Lauren Stell. Radford held a slight edge in the opening period, outshooting the Lady Flames, 8-6. Each team had two shots on goal, resulting in a pair of saves for both goalkeepers. After two stops by Blocker in the opening 11 minutes, Brittany Aanderud fired a shot at the Highlanders net in the 18th minute that was corralled by Brown. Later in the 39th minute, Jaime Bouffard sent a header toward the visiting goal, but once again Brown made the stop to keep the game scoreless heading into halftime. The action picked up in the second period, with Radford holding a 14-12 margin in shots. The Highlanders took four shots on goal, resulting in four stops for Blocker. Meanwhile, the Lady Flames had three good looks at the Radford net, but Brown thwarted the trio of attempts. Liberty's best chance at a goal came in the 64th minute, as junior forward Megan Warner blasted a shot toward the left corner. Brown dove for the ball, full extending her arms and snatching it out of the air to prevent the score. Radford's final attempt on goal came in the 82nd minute from Sally Dillinger, resulting in Blocker's sixth save of the night. Later in the 88th minute, Bouffard attempted header for the Lady Flames, but the shot sailed wide, setting up Liberty's third overtime of the season. Liberty outshot Radford in the first overtime, 5-1. After a shot by Pereira went wide in the 91st minute, Dillinger had a look at the Liberty net just before the 93rd minute. Once again, Blocker was there to make the grab. The Lady Flames followed with a pair of blocked shots and two more which went wide, giving way to the final overtime. Much like the first extra period, Liberty controlled the action, outshooting the Highlanders, 5-0. The Lady Flames first three attempts were all wide of the goal. After a shot by Alex Mack was blocked, Pereira looked to be the hero in the final minute. The sophomore fired an attempt at the Radford net, but Brown grabbed the shot, ultimately leading to the scoreless tie. Liberty outshot the Highlanders in the contest, 28-23, and held a 9-6 advantage in corner kicks. Radford closes out the regular season at home on Tuesday at 7 p.m. against VMI. Liberty returns to the East Campus Fields to host Big South newcomer Longwood, Tuesday. Game time at the East Campus Fields is slated for 4:30 p.m.


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2011-12 RTC (Way Too Early) Top 25Posted by KDoyle on April 5th, 2011
The 2010-11 season just concluded — we are just as sad as you guys are — but rather than get all nostalgic, teary-eyed, and lament the next seven months without college basketball, let's look towards the future. That's right, folks, hot off the presses: the first 2011-12 Top 25. Our assumptions on who is staying/leaving are within the team breakdowns.
- North Carolina—The Heels have a whole lot coming back and lose next to nothing. Harrison Barnes looked like the stud he was advertised in the preseason as he developed into Carolina's top player down the stretch, and Kendall Marshall flourished at the point guard position once he was given the keys to the car. It sure doesn't hurt that a couple McDonald's All-Americans will be joining the program next year, either. Look for Roy Williams to be significantly happier next season than he was for much of this season.
- Syracuse—Jim Boeheim's squad returns virtually all the pieces to the puzzle — a puzzle that certainly went unfinished this year — and the Orange look like they may be the top dog in the Big East next season. Scoop Jardine has the ability to be one of the top guards in the BE and Kris Joseph is a very explosive scorer, who should continue to develop in the offseason. The development of Fab Melo is an absolute must in the offseason, though, if this team wants to reach its potential.
- Kentucky—With the instability of the NBA next year, the Wildcats may be fortunate enough to hang onto their young stars for at least another season. Brandon Knight, Doron Lamb and Terrence Jones are all NBA talents and all three of them could enter the NBA Draft, but if even one of them returns, this team will be very dangerous, particularly with the class that John Calipari is bringing in, which might be one of the best assembled in the past ten years. If two of those three return to play with that class, this team immediately becomes the favorite to cut down the nets next April.
- Ohio State—Will he stay or will he go? Obviously, we are referring to Jared Sullinger's decision to remain a Buckeye for another year. While graduation will claim Jon Diebler and David Lighty, there is still ample talent returning to help the Buckeyes take care of some unfinished business. William Buford could be the X-factor that determines just how good the Buckeyes will be.
- Louisville—The coaching prowess of Rick Pitino and his most important assistant Ralph Willard was a thing of beauty this year. Not much was expected out of the Cardinals, but the 'Ville had an exceptional season up until their Tournament collapse to Morehead State. Loftier goals will be set for Louisville next year with Preston Knowles the only player departing. The Cardinals might not have quite as publicized a recruiting class as their in-state rivals, but still have one of the top incoming classes in America. Read the rest of this entry »


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The organization is well run and has been very successful since Willie Dejardins became coach and has continued under his replacement since he left for Dallas. In that time the team has had 10 straight winning seasons (crazy for a junior team due to the high turnover and the tendency for boom and bust cycles) and 11 straight playoff appearnaces, 10 of which went beyond a 1st round and 2 memorial cup appearances, including a final that they lost to that other Vancouver team, the goddamn Giants.Lancer wrote: As for Shinkaruk, the kid's thrived in the WHL and I haven't heard anything bad about the Medicine Hat organization
The team seems to pick skill at the expense of size which helps keep them competitive since your 5 ft 8 inch 170lb top liners dont get drafted early (or at all) and you can keep them until they are 20 or even as an overage. Shinkaruk was not a small player by this teams standards. As a comparison, our top players over the years have included Tyler Ennis and Kris Russel. Even our toughest guys were well under 200 lbs (Derek Dorsett)
Unfortunately, I have not seen any games recently so I cant say much about Hunter. Now that he is a prospect, I will surely play much more attention and maybe even get to a game next year.


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Robot Entertainment isn't the only development house rising from the ruins of Halo Wars developer Ensemble Studios, as 35 ex-Ensemble employees join together as Bonfire Studios, already hard at work on an original title.
Days after Ensemble co-founder Tony Goodman announced the formation of Robot Entertainment, former management team members of Ensemble announce Bonfire Studios, a new development house based in Dallas. Like Robot, Bonfire is currently working on developing a new intellectual property. They just don't have to worry about maintaining support for Halo Wars and the Age of Empires community at the same time. Freedom!
"Ensemble had an incredible group of highly talented people and the companies coming out of it are really made up of the best of the best. Ensemble was one of the few studios with two A-teams," said David Rippy, president and CEO of Bonfire Studios. "We are already working on an original IP that we'll start talking about in the next few months."
It should be interesting to see what sort of original properties are produced at both Robot Entertainment and Bonfire. I wonder which one is good and which one is evil?


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About a dozen people learned the ins and outs of social media at a basement studio in Astoria last week, getting a lesson in blogging and web applications like Facebook and Twitter.
The four-hour workshop was the first that a company called Bloggers School plans to hold once a month for people and business owners who want to connect with like-minded individuals and potential customers by harnessing the power of the Internet, but may be a little overwhelmed by the technology.
The first session attracted both types of individuals, including Paul Pluda and Keith Grillman. Pluda is a businessman looking to connect with potential customers.
"I just want to learn more about blogging and networking so I can connect to the outside world," said Pluda on why he chose to sign up for the workshop.
Grillman, on the other hand, registered for the session for personal reasons. The Howard Beach resident said that he is interested in comic books and gaming, and would like to use social networking sites to connect with people who have similar interests, as well as share his own opinions.
"I'd like to start a website where I can review comic books and video games," he said.
Bloggers School was started by John Ciampa and Carolina Frederico, who met at a coffee shop and realized they shared a love of blogging. Frederico used to work for the largest newspaper in Brazil, and said she turned to blogging because she wanted to be her own news outlet, and not have her work filtered through an editor.
"I realized I didn't have to do what I hate or be with people I don't like," she told the participants in the first workshop. "I would see my stories in the paper the next day, and people would change the content. I discovered that I could be my own media."
But Frederico was quick to point out that the social media she and Ciampa were talking about "is not just about blogging."
They told the workshop that social media was about connecting via the Internet in a variety of different ways, through applications like Facebook and Twitter, as well as through your own website.
The pair said it was especially important for businesses these days to establish a vibrant web presence.
Federico said the rise of the search engine has changed the way businesses need to interact with customers. Now consumers, she said, are actively seeking out goods and services they want, and are trying to find a person or business who can provide them.
"Before, advertising was 'I'm here, I'm here,'" said Federico, waving her hands back and forth over her head. "Now, people are looking for you.
Ciampa said that many business owner are under the illusion that they are easily findable on the Internet because they type the exact name of the their business in popular search engines like Google, which pulls up their website.
"How many people are actually going to look for your restaurant by typing in the name?" asked Ciampa.
Ciampa said that more often than not people are using key words - searching with phrases like "Spanish restaurants" or "pet stores" – to find what they are looking for, not using the names of businesses they may already know.
Most importantly, Ciampa said it was important to establish a small following that will grow over time as you make more and more connections.
"Jesus was a blogger," said Ciampa. "He only had 12 followers, but it was enough to get his message out."
Bloggers School plans to hold similar workshops once a month. For more information, visit www.BloggersSchool.com.


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Atlanta, GA -- This special Nashville event will be hosted by Dan Keen, AMTC Scout. Dan is a Colorado native whose success in Nashville's music industry has paved the way to a recent appointment as a professor in Belmont University's Mike Curb College of Entertainment and Music Business. The former ASCAP Vice President also enjoyed award-winning stints at EMI and Sony/Meadowgreen Music Publishing. Keen serves on the Board of Directors of both the Gospel Music Association and the International Bluegrass Music Association. He also works on Grammy Awards committees and is an alumnus of Leadership Music.
Bad is bold in the entertainment industry, so good must be bolder. It's time for God's stars to stand up on the stages of film, fashion, music and theater.
For the past 30 years, non-profit Christian ministry Actors, Models and Talent for Christ (AMTC) have been scouting the country, searching for actors, models, singers and dancers who are called to become positive role models.
Founded in 1982, by supermodel Millie Lewis and her daughter Carey Lewis, AMTC is a mission and a movement that provides aspiring performers with professional direction, industry introductions and spiritual preparation so they can shine for Christ in the entertainment industry.
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AMTC has been the starting point for hundreds of successful artists and grads like Mathai from The Voice, Taylor Beckham, The Voice's Season 4 hopeful with Team Usher, Two America's Next Top Models (Cari Dee and Whitney Thompson), Charles Michael Davis, commercial model for Nike and actor in Switched At Birth and soon to be released motion picture Another Stateside, Steven "tWitch" Boss from Step It Up Revolution, Ben Davies from Courageous and Aaron Conley as Young Simba from The Lion King on Broadway.
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Yummy Mummy Kitchen. I only first tried butternut squash this last year and I have really grown to love it. Roasting it makes is crispy on the outside like a potato, but it still has a sweetness to it. The sweet is balanced out by the spicy salsa and creates a yummy enchilada that is filling despite the lack of meat. I ate all the leftovers of these over the course of a few days and never grew tired of them!
2 1/2 cups 1/2-inch cubed butternut squash (12-ounces, or about 1 small-medium peeled, seeded squash)
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
15 ounces cooked or canned black beans, drained and rinsed
1/4 cup chopped yellow onion
1 1/2 tablespoons chopped cilantro, plus more cilantro for garnish
12 ounces jarred or fresh mild green salsa
1/4 cup 2% plain Greek yogurt (I used light sour cream)
1 1/2 cups shredded Mexican cheese blend (I used 2% Mexi blend)
10 corn tortillas
1 large ripe avocado, peeled, pitted, and sliced
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Place cubed butternut squash on a large baking pan. Drizzle with olive oil and season lightly with salt and pepper. Toss to coat. Roast for 20 minutes or until tender. Reduce heat to 350 degrees F.
In a medium bowl, stir together roasted butternut squash, beans, chopped onion, and cilantro. In another medium bowl, stir together salsa and yogurt.
Pour a thin layer of the salsa sauce over the bottom of 10" x 7" casserole dish. The 10x7-inch dish is perfect for corn tortillas, but an 8-inch square baking dish would work as well. Place 1/3 cup of the squash and bean mixture into each tortilla. Top with 1 tablespoon of cheese and roll up. Place seam-side-down in the baking dish. Continue until all the squash mixture is used up. Pour the remaining salsa sauce over the top of enchiladas. Sprinkle with the remaining cheese. Bake at 350 degrees until cheese has melted and starting to brown in places, about 30 minutes. Let cool for 5 minutes. Garnish with cilantro and serve with sour cream and avocado.
Calories per enchilada (based on my best calculations): 190
Butternut Squash Enchiladas
Labels: beans, butternut squash, gluten-free, meatless, mexican/southwest
1 comments:
- Shari said...
Yum! I love butternut squash and I love enchiladas. These sound perfect.
- January 29, 2013 at 10:14 AM
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I see from the WSJ that Visual Revenue has been acquired. Good for them. Met CEO, Dennis Mortensen, at a conference in Paris last year.
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Outbrain, a content-recommendation startup based in New York, is acquiring Visual Revenue, another startup that we have mentioned on this blog before. VR gives editors of news sites tools and data to help with decision-making when setting up page layouts online.
Here's how Visual Revenue works: When an editor is deciding on the layout for a page, Visual Revenue uses data to predict how well a story will do given its placement, includes a number of automated tools like switching between headlines until it finds the most effective one, and tracks performance.
Outbrain powers many of the recommendation engines for publishers on the Web, which usually show up as a "see also" array of other pieces of content on pages. Outbrain reaches about 80% of the online population the U.S., Chief Executive Yaron Galai said.
But as powerful as those algorithms are, there isn't a replacement for human editors who will recognize the significance of a story without needing the data that algorithms need to operate effectively, he said.
"I don't think it's a matter of the technology not being enough, it's that algorithms are just as good as the data that's fed into them," he said.
That's why the company is making its third and largest acquisition to date with Visual Revenue closing the loop between human editors and the algorithms that help build the most personal page layouts possible.
We caught up with Mr. Galai to find out more about the acquisition. Here's a recap of the conversation:
WSJ: What does Outbrain do?
Yaron Galai: What we've historically done is power the content recommendation of a publisher's site. What Visual Revenue does is help the edit side of the house better program the areas that it controls using signs and data.
WSJ: Why do editors need tools like this?
YG: Historically, the home page has been programmed by the editors deciding the most important stories. We think that's a great way to do it, but there's so much data and science that can help editors make better choices as to what they show and add some personalization. That's the piece Visual Revenue brings to the table.
The way I think about a publisher is like a plane. Outbrain developed the best autopilot system, and Visual Revenue has developed the best GPS or navigation system. By putting the best of the two together, that makes for the best plane possible.
All the recommendation engines seem deceivingly similar in idea, I think they're very different in approach based on the domain. Our engine would do a terrible job recommending DVDs and Netflix's amazing recommendation engine would do a terrible job recommending news articles. We try to focus on one area, just publisher content, and do that better than anyone else.
WSJ: Why not just use algorithms?
YG: I strongly believe there is no replacement for editors. I can't imagine how that might ever happen. Once stories break and once people start engaging with them and you start accumulating enough data, then algorithms can come in and say we can optimize. But they are very poor at predicting what's going to be important. I don't think it's a matter of the technology not being enough, it's that algorithms are just as good as the data that's fed into them.
WSJ: What's happening to the team?
YG: We're taking the whole team of about 25 with us. We're keeping the product, and over time we'll start integrating the solutions for publishers. For now, publishers can use Visual Revenue by Outbrain and use the Outbrain stuff for the automated side.


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So far, I have lost all my nail polish, got stung by a jellyfish, got a horrible infection in my toenail and I can't wait to come back to Bahía! This place is one of the most amazing environments I have ever been in. The people are so friendly; I have had the opportunity to interact with nature in a way I never had before.
… Little did I know of the teeming marine life and the amazing adaptations of the land plants and animals in order to survive...
This had to have been one of the best learning experiences for me. It was fun taking those hikes, watching the sunsets, and sunrises. For never been camping in my life, it wasn't bad at all
This, my second voyage to Bahía de Los Angeles, was just as amazing and phenomenal as it was when I first laid my eyes on the bay one year ago. The diversity of life in the sea of Cortez, the diversity that changed my life last year was still evident…
We stayed for one week and now that its Friday that seems so short a time. I had such a great time, at the station, on our hikes, listening to lectures, hanging out with my (fabulous) group, rowing the kayaks, sleeping under the stars. I'm so glad I decided to come.
I never knew such world existed in a world as busy as today,
Mother nature taught me about life, about the world, but most of all about friends
Two and plus weeks we've spent, snorkeling and studying, laughing and partying,
I will never forget the time I've spent here.
My second trip here was different but just as perfect. The almost overwhelming beauty of Baja and its smooth glassy waters has left me refreshed. Beauty comes in many forms here and waking up to lapping water and gorgeous sunsets will definitely bring me back again.
This truly is paradise on earth. See u later Bahía! :o)
The experience was awesome, breath taking, beautiful... actually there are no words that can really explain the experience. The experience itself would not have been without the company of fabulous people. We spent 2 and a half weeks under each others skin and we still want to get together and reminisce. The vibe and enthusiasm that everyone brought was sensed by our new friends; the whale shark family, humpbacks, squid, and so on. We all became family for 2 weeks.
This is my first time here and the experience was really great. I've never imagined myself "camping" on the beach, in Mexico, with all those great people, and learning geology too…
… I can't remember feeling this good in a long time. Here in Baja I learned things about my life, and learned about something I love, the ocean…
The Baja Studies program is just like going on a research expedition. May it continue long into the new millennium?
I have learned and grown on this trip. Nature at its best. This time away has been so valuable. We had experiences that will carry on forever…
Thank you very much for allowing us to enjoy the comforts of the field station. Everything here is very well maintained and really an ideal place.
Coming to Baja was the best thing I have ever done. The first week was filled with awesome experiences such as seeing whale sharks, humpback whales, squid and other beautiful things. I really enjoyed the trips to the islands and experiencing nature one on one. New friendships and experiences of once in a lifetime have made this trip unforgettable. I shall remember this forever.
This was an excellent experience and a wonderful 2 weeks of learning. It was one of the most enjoyable classes of my life.
I really enjoyed the marine life at Bahía and my favorite part of the trip was going out on the boats every morning and going snorkeling on the different islands.


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In the theory of topological vector spaces, there is a natural notion of an inductive limit: recall that $E$ is an inductive limit of a directed system $(E_\alpha, \beta_\alpha)$ when the limit vector space $E$ is endowed with the final topology making all the embeddings $\hat{\beta_\alpha} \colon E_\alpha \to E$ continuous.
Is there an internal definition of an inductivie limit of von Neumann algebras? By internal I mean, a construction which does not appeal to the WOT-closure of the limit *-algebra represented on some Hilbert space. For example, can we perform the construction of the $2^\infty$-factor as an inductive limit in the language of topolgical vector spaces?


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Hi all. First post here. And I'm a Christian. Looking forward to being welcomed with rational politeness...! :)
Having been reading a number of forum discussions, it's clear many members here were formerly Christians (or at least attended church). For anyone in that category, did you in your time as a Christian/church attender have what would be described as a 'religious experience'? That could be anything from a 'sense' of God's presence in a church meeting (something many Christians would testify to and atheists would reject as deluded group-think resulting from psychological manipulation), to seemingly answered prayer, an experience of God 'speaking' etc.
Apologies if that doesn't make sense, though I think for those here who have been in churches - especially more charismatic churches - for any length of time will get what I'm asking.
Basically I'm interested in what you think was the cause of those experiences, and how they helped or hindered your deconversion.
Many thanks
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Hi Daniel - that phrase was meant for people who would at one stage in their lives have described themselves as Christians, but now would not - hence the 'turning their back'. I appreciate that many members of this forum would never have described themselves as Christians (presumably including yourself) so you don't really have a prior Christian belief system to reject and turn away from.
I'm just interested in what sort of 'religious' experiences (or lack thereof) those here who have a Christian background have had, and how those affected their journey to atheism.
I think we (or at a minimum I) would just like you to understand that in our world view it is not possible to be angry at or turn our backs on something that does not exist. It was not god, but rather the communities of our former religions that we left. That is all we can say for certain (unless this is Inception). Many of us see more harm than good coming from religious organizations either in our own personal lives or the world around us, but it sometimes ends up being a which came first the chicken or the egg question in terms of understanding how someone who used to self-label as religious could now be an atheist.
Hi Colleen, I quite understand what you're saying - by 'turn your back on God' I guess that was just my shorthand for 'turn your back on that particular belief system/religious community'. Will be more careful with my wording in future :)
Yes, unfortunately it came across to many of us as that old line of tripe we sometimes hear: "You aren't really an atheist, you are just mad at God." This generally comes from theists who cannot accept or wrap their brains around the concept of simply not thinking god exists; I guess it's just too obvious to them that god does, or they've never been exposed to the concept of divine nonexistence at all. (I guess they don't believe in disbelief.)
Hey Matt, welcome to the forum.
My closest semblance to a religious experience was when I was applying for an internship, I had gone by a few (2 or 3) companies already and had been refused there. So the next time, I asked for help from the internship counselor at our university, and he set me up with an interview for another company (remember that, because I didn't).
After the interview (and further unrelated), I received an email from an evangelical organization asking me if I would help them out that summer since they were low on staff. I had helped there before (when I didn't doubt my beliefs), but now I wasn't so sure.
So I made a 'deal'. I basically told God "If I get the internship, I'll go help the organization."
Lo and behold, a couple of days later I received the message that I had the internship. So naturally I went to help the organization (I had a pretty good time, but it didn't do much for my faith in the end).
It has taken me more than a year after that to realize that asking for something obvious easily creates a positive. But even after that realization I kept wondering whether I had received a 'sign'.
Eventually I have decided that signs are not good enough (too vague and interpretive), currently I will only reconsider my faith if I get to have a talk with the big man himself.
Hi Freek,
Thanks for this. I had a similar experience when applying for a voluntary year out pre-university. My two options were to be part of a Christian youth organisation, or to stay at home, do some part-time work and study for a piano performance diploma. When I went for the interview with the Christian organisation, I was 50/50 as to which one to go for, so I prayed 'God please show me the way'. As I left the interview, I realised I'd be gutted if they didn't appoint me (there were 3 or 4 others applying for the same post). So I took that as a 'sign' that it was the right thing to do.
A few days later my dad woke me up with an unopened letter and said 'I'm afraid it's bad news' - when I asked why he said 'they've only put a second class stamp on the letter'. Don't know how the postal system works in the US but in the UK you don't typically put a second class stamp on a job offer, even a voluntary one. But even before I opened the letter I 'knew' I'd got the place, and as it turned out I had.
Please don't jump back at me with the raft of alternative explanations, I'm aware there are many! :) I'm just pointing that up as the kind of 'experience' that believers will typically attribute to God, and atheists will put to coincidence, or some kind of unconscious knowledge (e.g. I'd subconsciously noticed the interviewer putting a big red tick on my form etc)
...but an atheist (if they're a skeptic) won't necessarily have an answer for everything. That misses the sentiment of a skeptical position. We're comfortable saying I don't know. That being said, out of all the possibilities and out of everything we have observed and studied thus far we take the position that god is just as likely of an explanation as fairy dust.
It's also tautological: if a "personal" God in fact exists, then God in fact probably caused those experiences. In my path to atheism, I had to acknowledge that those sorts of experiences said nothing about whether gods existed.
In the US letters might be sent priority mail or express mail, but usually they just get a first class stamp and can take 2-3 days to arrive, maybe longer. There is also bulk rate for junk mail, but that simply wouldn't have applied in your case.
Please don't jump back at me with the raft of alternative explanations, I'm aware there are many! :) I'm just pointing that up as the kind of 'experience' that believers will typically attribute to God, and atheists will put to coincidence, or some kind of unconscious knowledge (e.g. I'd subconsciously noticed the interviewer putting a big red tick on my form etc)
@ Matt - Please don't consider this jumping back at you (lol), but I thought the below may pertain nicely with your comments.
Excerpt from Think Atheist Talk (John Loftus) Episode 53 APR 8, 2012 http://www.thinkatheistradio.com/category/blog/
John Loftus: …actually improbable events happen all the time. If people lived their lives and they don't have an extremely rare, improbable event happen to them at least once a year or maybe even once a month, if you were to calculate it out, then that would be a very strange thing indeed since there are so many possible events that could happen. Oprah Winfrey discovered she had a half-sister. Now that's a really rare thing. That's a really improbable thing but that doesn't mean you have to conclude it was a miracle, just incredibly rare that it happened. It took place just by the nature of the odds themselves, but Christians aren't really willing to admit that for their answers to prayers…
Greg Gory: Obviously this is where the skeptic can lend a helping hand because Michael Shermer himself has discussed how people will think of their friend and then they will pick up their phone to call that friend and before they can dial them that friend will call them and that's just like wow, what are the odds? Just given the size of America, it's bound to happen to a few people.
John Loftus: Exactly. That's not evidence of anything. The true evidence for answered prayer should be scientific evidence. It should be clinical studies in hospitals and those things have all but shown that any such things are at best chance. Chance (unintelligible) events. We know this from science. So that's the only way to test answers to prayers. They almost all come up short. There's one that was a fraud. I won't go into that. Yeah, they all come up short. They all come up failing to reveal any evidence of prayer. Anecdotal evidence is one thing, scientific evidence is another. Scientific evidence shows that there is no evidence that prayers are answered anything more than the statistics of chance.
It would we really cool to check that out sometime, for instance in a 'bet' with a believer who is good-natured about those kinds of 'tests'.
People have a natural sense of awe and wonder or a moment of clarity and understanding. Now what has happened is that someone has told you this is a religious experience. You might be associating this experience that we all have as a connection to god. It is used to exploit your lack of knowledge of where that experience comes from.
I quite frequently will look up at the stars and shiver in awe.


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On this last day of August, although not the last day of summer, it seemed appropriate to share one last popsicle recipe.
The end of August always feels like the end of summer, since school is back in session and the stores are already stocked with Halloween and Thanksgiving decorations. Although I'm sure there are still plenty of warm days ahead to still enjoy something cold like these frozen coffee treats.
I made these intensely coffee-flavored, with double strength coffee and even an extra hit of espresso powder, with just a little sugar and light cream to mellow out the coffee-ness.
A coffee lover's popsicle dream.
And I might even dare to say that they could very easily satisfy as a much less calorie-dense version of the oh-so-popular mocha frappuccino, which is practically a whole day's worth of sugar in one - admittedly, amazingly delicious - drink.
Very soon, I'll be bringing home pumpkins and apples, and baking loaf breads scented with cinnamon and cloves, but for today, there are still popsicles in the freezer...
Mocha Frappuccino Popsicles
printable recipe
- 1 1/2 cups freshly brewed hot coffee, double strength
- 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips or chopped chocolate
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 teaspoon espresso powder
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup light cream or half 'n' half
- popsicle molds and sticks
Brew the coffee, and pour into a mixing bowl. Stir in the chocolate, vanilla, espresso powder and sugar; stir until sugar is dissolved and chocolate is melted. Stir in the cream. Taste and add more sugar or cream if the coffee flavor is too intense for you.
If you don't have an ice cream maker, pour the mixture into 8 popsicle molds. Freeze for 1 hour, then insert popsicle sticks and freeze until firm.
If you have an ice cream maker, a few minutes of churning will help break up the ice crystals and make the final popsicle a little smoother. Before churning, refrigerate the mixture for two hours, then churn in your ice cream maker according to the manufacturer's instructions. Spoon into popsicle molds, insert popsicle sticks, and freeze until firm.
Yields 8 popsicles.
Recipe from Curly Girl Kitchen


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Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Elizabeth will be performing in the final round of the 2012 SAN FRANCISCO FLUTE FESTIVALcompetition on June 17, 2012. Come watch her perform if you are in the area!
She is also going to SIR JAMES GALWAY'S FLUTE FESTIVAL in Switzerland in July!
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Memes are the street art of the social web. Using social media-driven movements as her guide, technologist and digital media scholar An Xiao Mina unpacks the mechanics of memes and how they operate to reinforce, amplify, and shape today's politics. She finds that the "silly" stuff of meme culture–the photo remixes, the selfies, the YouTube songs, and the pun-tastic hashtags–are fundamentally intertwined with how we find and affirm one another, direct attention to human rights and social justice issues, build narratives, and make culture. Mina finds parallels, for example, between a photo of Black Lives Matter protestors in Ferguson, Missouri, raising their hands in a gesture of resistance and one from eight thousand miles away, in Hong Kong, of Umbrella Movement activists raising yellow umbrellas as they fight for voting rights. She shows how a viral video of then presidential nominee Donald Trump laid the groundwork for pink pussyhats, a meme come to life as the widely recognized symbol for the international Women's March.
Crucially, Mina reveals how, in parts of the world where public dissent is downright dangerous, memes can belie contentious political opinions that would incur drastic consequences if expressed outright. Activists in China evade censorship by critiquing their government with grass mud horse pictures online. Meanwhile, governments and hate groups are also beginning to utilize memes to spread propaganda, xenophobia, and misinformation. Botnets and state-sponsored agents spread them to confuse and distract internet communities. On the long, winding road from innocuous cat photos, internet memes have become a central practice for political contention and civic engagement.
Memes to Movements unveils the transformative power of memes, for better and for worse. At a time when our movements are growing more complex and open-ended–when governments are learning to wield the internet as effectively as protestors–Mina brings a fresh and sharply innovative take to the media discourse.
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New York Gov. David Paterson thinks that Jay-Z can really brush the dirt off his shoulder.
Paterson sent MTV an e-mail cheering its selection of the rapper as the #1 Hottest MC of 2009 on Monday night, praising Jay-Z as "not only an outstanding hip-hop artist, but a dedicated philanthropist as well."
"I can personally attest to his commitment to New York and the impact on New Yorkers of all ages," the e-mail continued. "He is definitely deserving of the top MC of 2009 title."
U.S. & World
The governor, who attended a Jay-Z benefit concert at Madison Square Garden last month, has recently been fixated on MTV's annual MC ranking. A few weeks before the rankings came out, he gave his personal criteria for what he thought made a hot MC.
"I think these days, since hip-hop is now nearly 30 years old, that it's the creativity," he said. "There are too many people who think you become successful by mimicking what others have done, and I think every performer starts out with a favorite, but it's those people who blaze new trails that I think are the MCs of the future.
"I also think that the MC that figures out that people 18 and older -- who got the right to vote in 1972 never exercised it till 2008 -- there's a real culture for discussing how our government works and how our society works," he added. "The MC who could blaze that trail and find a creative way of displaying it will be the MC of the next decade."
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Given the vector a, find the longest run of consecutive numbers that can be evenly divided by the same number d where d > 1.
Input a = [5 4 2 8 3 7 14] Output len is 3, d is 2
The last two numbers, 7 and 14, are divisible by 7, but the run of numbers [4 2 8] are all divisible by 2. So the longest run is 3. You can assume that d is unique.
I am passing all test suit case in MATLAB 207b but I am getting this message:
While evaluating the solution, the server encountered an error caused by long running MATLAB code. Edit the code if needed and then submit.
Based on Gangyi's solution (Solution 57169). (And with thanks to Alfonso for directing my attention towards it. :-)
This solution just confirms my belief that the code size measure needs to count code executed within a regexp.
Yes, the size matters for this scoring, but using m(a)=0 makes for a grossly large vector. I'm not a big fan of this type of solution, which seems to make up the shortest solutions.
If you do not care about Cody-'size' solution 66088 implements the same algorithm more efficiently (using sparse vectors instead of a 'grossly large' matrix)...
my personal favourite nevertheless is Gangyi's 57169 solution, which seems to run typically twice as fast a my version...
Basic electricity in a dry situation
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Determine Whether an array is empty
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André Teoman-Chartres Ceiling Lamp
At Design Interviews
Interview with André Teoman : Frank Scott: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?. André Teoman : It's a modern re-interpretation of the stained glass technique used in a ceiling lamp that can easily be adjusted in height and angle. The inspiration came from the cathedrals light effect in sunny days thanks to the colorful stained glass motifs that they have. I wanted to bring a bit of that magic to the home, without all the religious weight. .Frank Scott: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?. André Teoman : To break the relation between stained glass and religion, using it in as a day-to-day object of our lives with a storytelling more modern and funnier than the bible. .Frank Scott: What are your future plans for this award winning design?. André Teoman : To sell it has a Young Guns commercial piece and produce it with the talented craftsman that I visited during the concept stage. Create sustainability within small producers is one of my objectives every time I create something. .Frank Scott: How long did it take you to design this particular concept?. André Teoman : I started around June. I left the companies I was working for to dedicate myself to my own project. Until June I had a collection to finish and when it was done I started sketching some new concepts and Chartres was one of them. It's not finished yet, I still need to produce it so, I can't tell you yet how long it's going to take. .Frank Scott: Why did you design this particular concept? Was this design commissioned or did you decide to pursuit an inspiration?. André Teoman : I decide to pursuit an inspiration. Like I told in the last question I was sketching new concepts for a commercial collection for Young Guns, and Chartres was one of them. Since I always wanted to explore the stained glass technique it was my first choice for further development. .Frank Scott: Is your design being produced or used by another company, or do you plan to sell or lease the production rights or do you intent to produce your work yourself?. André Teoman : I haven't produced it yet, but I'm hoping to produce it and sell it as a Young Guns studio using outsource suppliers. .Frank Scott: What made you design this particular type of work?. André Teoman : I was always overwhelmed by the light effect created by stained glass motifs in cathedrals, I just didn't like the connection with the religious themes. Every time I saw one I thought to myself "one day I'm going do something with stained glass without Jesus on it". .Frank Scott: Where there any other designs and/or designers that helped the influence the design of your work?. André Teoman : Yeah sure, we are always being influenced since we're born. Mainly I would say I was influenced by the cathedral glass motifs I've seen all my life. .Frank Scott: Who is the target customer for his design?. André Teoman : Interior Designers, Architects or final clients. It's for the High-End market of course, since it's all hand made and can be arranged to all projects. This gives it a higher value since it's always one of a kind piece, even if looking alike the "DNA" is always slightly different. .Frank Scott: What sets this design apart from other similar or resembling concepts?. André Teoman : Mainly the colorful visual effects that it will make, the use of this technique in such a modern form and visual representations, and the possibility to adapt it very easily to any interior project. .Frank Scott: How did you come up with the name for this design? What does it mean?. André Teoman : From all the stained glass motifs I've ever seen the ones in the Chartres cathedral were the greatest and the one that most impressed me, so I wanted to give the piece it's name, hoping that it will have the same effect on it's users. .Frank Scott: Which design tools did you use when you were working on this project?. André Teoman : To start, a 0,4 pilot pen, a notebook, my Ipad, and some basic colors tombow pens. Then a car to visit the stained glass suppliers and learn more with them. And finally my computer with some 2D and 3D creative software to create the simulated images, my iphone for the video footage and lots of coke (coca-cola...) to keep me awake, since I don't drink coffee. .Frank Scott: What is the most unique aspect of your design?. André Teoman : All the complex hand work that you can feel at a first glance... and my imprint. .Frank Scott: Who did you collaborate with for this design? Did you work with people with technical / specialized skills?. André Teoman : I worked with a local supplier of stained glass. I'm not sure if I can mention his name. They received me with open harms and gave me a detailed explanation about the technique itself, it's boundaries and it's abilities. .Frank Scott: What is the role of technology in this particular design?. André Teoman : I normally don't get very involved with technology in my creations. I prefer to innovate traditional techniques that are endangered to disappear by giving them the opportunity to shine again and live. .Frank Scott: Is your design influenced by data or analytical research in any way? What kind of research did you conduct for making this design?. André Teoman : Not at all. All my research was technical, and visual around the technique of stained glass, how to tell a modern story with it and how to get that magical colorful light effect. .Frank Scott: What are some of the challenges you faced during the design/realization of your concept?. André Teoman : The structure of the lamp itself. To combine a 6 colored stained glass with an exact form and other materials was the hardest part. Finding the right aesthetic balance to make it appealing was difficult but quite satisfying to see in the end result. .Frank Scott: How did you decide to submit your design to an international design competition?. André Teoman : Because it's the first time that I am doing a piece on my own, without a brand or a person supporting it, I need this to show myself to a bigger crowd. .Frank Scott: What did you learn or how did you improve yourself during the designing of this work?. André Teoman : Everything I learned about the technique and the people I meet are the best things I have taken from this project, besides the opportunity to explore the piece a little deeper. Normally in brands they want the shell but don't give you time to get to the core of it because you already started a new piece. I really got the chance to go deep in this piece and experience what it really means to get to its peak. .Frank Scott: Any other things you would like to cover that have not been covered in these questions?. André Teoman : No further remarks, thank you very much. .
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Postre de Quinoa
Linda Bladholm's South American friend Lilian Zamorano gave us the recipe for this unusual but very tasty dessert. It's made with the ancient Peruvian grain quinoa, which is a common side dish at Peruvian restaurants.
Active time: 10 min Start to finish: 1 1/4 hr
- Yield
- Makes 8 servings
- Active Time
- 10 min
- Total Time
- 1 1/4 hr
- 1 cup quinoa (6 oz), picked over
- 6 cups water
- 3 large eggs
- 1 cup whole milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 3/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon fresh bread crumbs
- 1/4 cup slivered almonds or coarsely ground walnuts, or a mixture
- 1/4 cup dried currants or raisins
- 1/8 teaspoon cinnamon
- Accompaniment: honey or miel de chancaca* (brown sugar syrup)
- Wash quinoa in several changes of cold water in a bowl, rubbing grains between your palms, then drain well. Bring quinoa and 6 cups water to a boil in a large saucepan, then reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, until grains are translucent, 13 to 15 minutes. Drain well in a sieve.
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Whisk together eggs, milk, vanilla, 3/4 cup sugar, and salt in a large bowl until just combined. Stir in quinoa, bread crumbs, nuts, and currants and pour into a buttered 9-inch square metal baking pan.
- Stir together cinnamon and remaining tablespoon sugar and sprinkle over top of pudding. Bake in middle of oven until a knife inserted in center comes out clean, about 40 minutes. Serve warm or at room temperature.
- Available at Latino markets.


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I had a conversation about tempering chocolate the other day.
Actually, the conversation was partly about how I am doing it wrong – this is my own declaration. I do not use a double boiler, I do not use glass bowls over water, I definitely do not use a microwave (okay, so I am not doing it completely wrong…)
If you have read any of my previous truffle recipes, you may already know this – all I do is chop chocolate, then melt it in a pan at the absolutely lowest setting my gas stove allows, stirring constantly and rapidly with a spatula. That's it.
Works every time, and whether dipping truffles or painting chocolate into molds for filled truffles, it hardens into the shiny coating you find sparkling back at you from the chocolate counter at the candy store.
These truffles have a rich melty center with the perfect hint of mint. I am making them for my valentine, and for a few well deserving friends…
Today I am not only sharing with you my absolute favorite truffle recipe ever, but I have a giveaway as well – with four winners!


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Maddow Blog: McCain Descends Further Into Incoherence
Steve Benen observes as John McCain Descends Further Into Incoherence.
For those who can't watch clips online, McCain appeared on Fox News to raise a series of strange complaints, and roll out a truly bizarre new analogy.
"[W]ho changed the talking points that was used by Ambassador Rice? And why? And on what circumstances? Why was reference to Al Qaeda left out? There are so many things that have happened. And the interesting thing is, finally, Neil, we knew within hours of all the details when we got bin Laden in the raid there, every bitty one of them. They are making a movie out of it.
"And here we are 10 weeks later, and finally our ambassador to the United Nations who appeared on every national Sunday show has now said that she gave false information concerning how this tragedy happened as far as the spontaneity of a demonstration triggered by a hateful video."
We already know who changed the talking points. And we know why and under what circumstances. And we know why al Qaeda references were removed. And we know Rice didn't deliberately deceive anyone.
But comparing this to the raid on bin Laden's compound is a special kind of dumb. I realize national security and foreign policy is an issue McCain struggles with, but this isn't complicated: the bin Laden raid was our idea. It was our mission. We planned it and we executed it. We knew the details "within hours" because, unlike the terrorists' attack on Benghazi, the raid in Abbottabad was carried out by our guys, not their guys.
Honestly, I'm not sure whether to be annoyed by the senator's nonsense or feel sorry for him.