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"Repo: The Genetic Opera" is coming to The Wings Theatre in NYC this Saturday July 10th. Between this, the heat wave and the inevitable LeBron James rejection that's coming I thank god I'm getting out of the area this weekend. I predict riots in the streets before the second chorus of whatever god awful song opens up that thing.
In preparation for tomorrows release of "Predators" Robert Rodriguez and Nimrod Antal sat down to discuss the filming process and why someone would name their child Nimrod. That second part was cut from the interview I think. Look for it on the Blu-Ray special features though!
A trailer for the new season of the VH1 show "Scream Queens" is online and to be honest is a little disappointing. The contestants will once again compete for a role in the next "Saw" film but no James Gunn this season and from what I can tell no ridiculously over sized fakes breasts. Really I could have let the James Gunn thing go but I'm not sure if I can get past the other.
Hot news for everyone heading out to Comic-Con. The cast of "Dexter" will be doing a panel discussion as well as premiering a new trailer for season 5 which hits Showtime on September 26. There's also going to be a lot of attractive women dressed up in skimpy superhero outfits. But you're probably more excited about the "Dexter" thing. Nerds.


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Last week, I asked the Valley's high school football coaches to predict who would emerge from this weekend's NFL playoff games victorious and live on to fight for the Super Bowl title.
Now, it's time to see who was the closest.
NFC championship game: San Francisco 49er's vs. Atlanta Falcons
Most of the five polled coaches predicted a 49er victory, so this competition comes down to who guessed the closest to the final score – 28-24.
George Goodwin, of Milton, predicted the Niner's final tally of 28, but he predicted the Falcons would be farther off at 10.
Jeremy Winn, of Lewisburg also predicted a 28-point feat for San Francisco, and he had Atlanta at 17 – one touchdown away from their final tally.
Winn wins this round.
AFC championship game: New England Patriots vs. Baltimore Ravens
In this round, only two coaches predicted Baltimore as the victor – Winn and Jim Keiser, of Danville.
So who was closer to the final score? It's tough to say.
Keiser predicted a 24-21 game, and Winn predicted a 38-35 game – the actual final score was 28-13.
So it's a tough call, though I have to hand it to Keiser, who guessed on the side of a lower-scoring game.
But the overall winner of this "guess the winner challenge" is Jeremy Winn, who picked both winners, and was extremely close on the AFC game.
Congrats, Coach Winn!

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TOOWOOMBA astronomer Rodger McQueen was in his element at Cobb and Co Museum this morning as he educated hundreds of sky watchers about the magnificent partial solar eclipse.
A huge crowd turned out to witness the astronomical event and were not disappointed as the heavens turned on a show to remember.
Just before 7am, the moon covered about 85 per cent of the sun.
Mr McQueen said despite never seeing a total solar eclipse, the partial eclipse was still always very special.
"About every 10 months or so there is a solar eclipse somewhere in the world," he said.
"But we won't see a total eclipse in Toowoomba until 2037, but as they say, 'if you hang around long enough in the one spot then you'll eventually see one'."
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FIFTEEN-PLUS HOURS OF TV COVERAGE are scheduled for the BMW Championship this week at Bellerive Country Club in St. Louis, Missouri. It's the third of four events of the FedEx Cup Playoffs. Tune in to the Golf Channel on Thursday and Friday and NBC on Saturday and Sunday.
Thursday: 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. ET on Golf Channel
Friday: 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. ET on Golf Channel
Saturday: 12 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. ET on NBC
Sunday: 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. ET on NBC
UPDATE: According to tournament officials, NBC will begin its Saturday broadcast at 11:30 a.m. followed by Golf Channel coverage.
Satellite Radio
The PGA Tour Network on XM Satellite Radio will air 60 hours of coverage of the BMW Championship:
Thursday: 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET
Friday: 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET
Saturday: 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET
Sunday: 6 a.m. to 12 a.m. ET
(Note: You can listen to the coverage at PGATour.com.)
I'm here in St. Louis, so I plan to bring you plenty of tournament notes and perspective. Stay tuned.
−The Armchair Golfer
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I have 2 Tickets for Sat or Sunday for BMW Championship Golf Tourney. Need to swap for 2 friday tickets, local (St. Louis area only).
The BMW Championship is a huge event for the golf world; however, it only gets secondary coverage in the local media. If St. Louis wants a regular PGA event, they need to show the world they are not just a baseball town.
- The Armchair Golfer said...
Maybe so Anon 9:31, but the coverage I saw in the Saturday Post-Dispatch looked fairly comprehensive to this non-local observer.
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Delicious Green Burrito Menu Allows Guests to Enjoy Burgers and Mexican Fare
CARPINTERIA, Calif. – Jan 30, 2007 – Carl's Jr.® celebrated the opening of its 300th dual-branded Carl's Jr./Green Burrito restaurant location today, January 30, 2007 in Livermore, California. Carl's Jr. president and CEO Andrew F. Puzder attended the media event and celebration, as did Carl's Jr. franchise owners Daljit and Pam Hundal; Livermore mayor Marshall Kamena; and Livermore Chamber of Commerce president and CEO Dale Kaye.
"This is a significant and impressive milestone for Carl's Jr. and the dual-branding program with Green Burrito," said Carl's Jr. president and CEO Andrew F. Puzder. "Dual-branding our Carl's Jr. restaurants with Green Burrito has been extremely successful for our company due to its popularity among our most loyal customers. Everyone who loves a good burger enjoys a tasty burrito or crispy taco from time to time – and we're pleased to offer both options under the same roof. This is our 300th dual-branded restaurant, and the first of many to come in 2007."
In 1993, Carl's Jr. founder Carl N. Karcher and former Green Burrito chairman William Theisen first discussed the idea of dual branding Carl's Jr. and Green Burrito restaurant locations. In 1994, Carl's Jr. opened the first dual-branded Carl's Jr./Green Burrito restaurant in Carson, Calif. Dual branding with Green Burrito has been very successful for Carl's Jr., increasing both average unit volumes and profits. Offering its menu inside 300 Carl's Jr. restaurant locations across the Western US, the Green Burrito brand boasts a unit presence roughly equivalent to QSR competitors Qdoba Mexican Grill and Baja Fresh. Last year, Carl's Jr.'s sister chain, Hardee's, began rolling out its own dual branding effort under the brand name Red Burrito. There are currently more than thirty Hardee's/Red Burrito dual-branded restaurants. Both Carl's Jr. and Hardee's anticipate opening more dual-branded restaurants in 2007.
Carl's Jr./Green Burrito dual branding has grown steadily over the years, aided by Carl's Jr. parent company CKE Restaurants, Inc.'s acquisition of the Green Burrito chain through Santa Barbara Restaurant Group in late 2001, and by strong franchisee support for the program. Livermore franchise owners Daljit and Pam Hundal enjoy the distinction of having also opened the 1,000th Carl's Jr. restaurant in 2003. "I began my career at Carl's Jr. and have enjoyed great success as a franchisee," said Daljit Hundal, Carl's Jr. franchise owner and president of Hundal Companies. "To think that we franchised our first Carl's Jr. restaurant in 1991, took part in the 1,000th Carl's Jr. restaurant opening in 2003, and now share this milestone of the 300th dual-branded restaurant with CKE in 2007 is truly an honor. We invite everyone in Livermore to visit our restaurants and see why fans of our delicious charbroiled Carl's Jr. hamburgers will come back for Green Burrito's full Mexican menu, including burritos, tacos, enchiladas and more."
Carl's Jr. is celebrating more than 65 years in the quick-service industry. What began as a lone hot dog cart in Los Angeles, Calif. in 1941 is today an international organization that employs nearly 30,000 people worldwide. Carl's Jr. is a wholly owned subsidiary of CKE Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE: CKR) of Carpinteria, Calif. As of the third fiscal quarter ended Nov. 6, 2006, CKE Restaurants, Inc., through its subsidiaries, had a total of 3,113 franchised or company-owned restaurants in 43 states and in 14 countries, including 1,079 Carl's Jr. restaurants, 1,923 Hardee's® restaurants and 95 La Salsa Fresh Mexican Grill® restaurants. For more information, or to find a Carl's Jr. near you, go to www.ckr.com or www.carlsjr.com.


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While the Washington Post editorial board gets its position on sanctions correct, the editors have a little less luck on research. The Post slams the incremental increases in sanctions applied to Russia over its actions in Ukraine, actions which John Kerry claimed publicly are directly controlling the unrest in the eastern provinces of its neighbor. Calling the new sanctions "half measures," the editorial board demanded more comprehensive penalties for Vladimir Putin:
President Obama's response has been slow and excruciatingly measured. New U.S. sanctions announced Monday fall well short of the steps that senior officials threatened when the Russian offensive in eastern Ukraine began three weeks ago.
No wonder that, even as he announced them, Mr. Obama expressed skepticism that they would work. "We don't expect there to be an immediate change in Russia's policy," a top aide told reporters. This official acknowledged that the United States could take steps that would impose "severe damage on the Russian economy" but was holding them back. The obvious question is: Why would the United States not aim to bring about an immediate change in Russian behavior that includes sponsorship of murder, torture and hostage-taking?
Why, indeed? These are extremely serious and disturbing tactics used by Moscow, which should prompt a massive economic response from the West. Instead, Obama and his European allies dither, giving Putin no reason to stop using those tactics. When asked why the US insists on taking a micro-incremental approach, one "senior official" suggested that they didn't want to impact economic growth in an election year.
Well, that's one for the reprint of Profiles in Courage.
Still, the editorial board seems to have missed an entire decade with its payoff pitch in the conclusion:
Those are understandable motives, but they ought to be trumped by the imperative of standing unambiguously against the first forcible change of borders in Europe since World War II.
WashPost editorial board calls Ukraine "first forcible change of borders in Europe since World War II." Uhhhhhhhhh cc: @dandrezner
— Olivier Knox (@OKnox) April 29, 2014
Ahem. The layers of editors and fact-checkers at the post seem oblivious to the Balkans Wars of the 1990s, when a number of European borders got redrawn by force. That's odd, since the US conducted bombing campaigns against Serbia and Slobodan Milosevic when it resisted redrawing those borders. The UN got called in as peacekeepers and have been there ever since in one form or another, although they stood by and allowed the genocidal massacre of Srebrenica after establishing it as a sanctuary for civilians. And let's not forget that the borders in eastern Europe remained static only by the threat of force, or in some cases — Hungary and Czechoslovakia among them — with force itself.
Marshal Tito only kept Yugoslavia from erupting into chaos through the use of his police-state force and Soviet support, and his nation barely lasted twelve after his death, and three after the beginning of the Soviet collapse. No one puts
Baby Tito in the corner, or Milosevic either when it comes to forcible border changes in Europe, not even the Washington Post's editors.
Getting back to the sanctions, McClatchy's Kevin Hall isn't impressed either:
While the new sanctions don't target Russia's energy sector _ Obama said that step would be taken if Russian troops crossed the border into Ukraine _ they take aim at individuals whose wealth comes largely from Russia's vast oil and natural gas industry. The reluctance to impose broad sanctions on Russian sales of oil and natural gas reflects concerns that such a step would cripple Europe's economic recovery _ the European Union is deeply dependent on Russian energy _ and likely drive up global oil prices, which would hurt U.S. consumers and slow the U.S. economy ahead of hotly contested midterm elections in November.
The sanctions also don't target Putin. "The goal here is not to go after Mr. Putin, personally," Obama said. "The goal is to change his calculus with how the current actions he's engaging in in Ukraine could have an adverse impact on the Russian economy."
"It seems to me a pretty modest step," said Michael Singh, a former senior national security adviser in the Bush administration, who thinks the administration's approach has emboldened rather than punished Putin. "You have to be willing to show that you are ultimately willing to incur a cost to deter Russia."
Maybe Obama will have more flexibility after the election, eh?
Update: Forgot to include tweet from my friend Olivier Knox at Yahoo News, who tipped me to the problem.


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The U.S. Paralympics Boccia Classification Policies and Procedures fall under the U.S. Paralympics national classification strategy. The classification procedures, which can be downloaded on the right, cover sport-specific classification information including classifier prerequisites, current classifiers and their authorization levels, classification panel composition for the sport, and any sport criteria for athletes who present for classification assessment.
For general classification documents that are applicable for all Paralympic sports, click here.
The U.S. Paralympics Boccia national classification database includes all athletes in the respective sport whose classification information is on file with either the International Paralympic Committee, the respective sport International Federation and/or U.S. Paralympics (the National Paralympic Committee for the United States). Athletes who have been nationally or internationally classified as per the code and/or the U.S. Paralympics Classification Policies and Procedures are automatically included in the database. Information will be updated regularly and historical research to compile accurate athlete classification data is still ongoing.
While classification of U.S. Paralympic-eligible athletes is overseen by U.S. Paralympics, a division of the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee, the U.S. Paralympic Boccia Team and the day-to-day operations of high performance program are overseen by USA Boccia, the High Performance Management Organization for boccia in the United States.
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Patricia Woodhull
My swimming philosophy capitalizes on the laws of physics to achieve maximum potential and speed. Technique is the number one component to my practices. Drills are used in order to get the students swimming correctly in a very short period of time. Because of stroke similarities, most of my practices are broken up into concentrations on free/ back, breast/ fly, or IM days. Turns and dives are reinforced every single session, as they are what separate the great from the mediocre. I believe that it is important to prevent the faster swimmers from getting bored, and slower swimmers from feeling discouraged. I arrange the lanes according to ability and give extra instructions or faster intervals/ longer distances as needed. We always finish together for dives at the end of practice. I have a work hard/ play hard outlook. Spiderman, dolphins, sharks, and rockets are some of the references used on a daily basis in order to relate to the swimmers. If I am able to get through practice without interruptions, we often play a game for the last 5-10 minutes. All of my dry land exercises are directly related to what we are doing in the pool that day. I often show videos in my teachings. We frequently study world-record races in order to stay abreast of the fastest techniques and look at our own recordings in order to correct certain movements as well. As a USA Swimming coach, I have regularly utilized TeamUnify when registering athletes for meets, emailing weekly updates to parents, editing the schedule, and obtaining swimmers' records. Swimming has been a constant life-long passion of mine. I competed with USA Swimming for eight years and swam with US Masters over the course of three. When I swim, I am constantly thinking about my body movements and how I can get to the other end of the pool with the least amount of energy as possible. I am happy in the Raleigh area, but also excited about the opportunity to relocate. I look forward to hearing from you.
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I grew up swimming for RSA in Raleigh, North Carolina. Swimming for Dan Flack. I became very competitive at a pretty young age but never lost my love and passion for swimming. I won 4 straight 4A High School State titles with Enloe High School. won NCSA Junior Nationals as a team my Junior year with RSA. I went on to swim at Indian River State College under Frank Bradley and Duncan Sherrard. Continuing on being on a championship team, winning their 35th and 36th straight NJCAA National Title. I then transferred to the University of Louisville, where I swam my last two years under Arthur Albiero. Winning 2 straght BIG EAST Conference championships. I was a senior National Qualifier and .08 off the Olympic trials cut in the 100 Breaststroke.I know what having a championship mentality is like. After college I coaches for 3 years. The last 2 I was incharge of a senior group and 13-14 group. All around the State Champ level. I had many of those swimmers achieve sectional cuts for the first time. Many of them went on to achieve national cuts and currently swim in college. I have the experience as a swimmer and coach, a passion for the sport and a competitive drive to be the best coach and mentor I can be.
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I am committed to the development of swimmers both in and out of the water. I want my swimmers to become faster, stronger, and smarter. Most importantly, I want them to develop into individuals who will go on to make a positive impact on the world, my athletes are people first. I treat them with the respect that they deserve and build connections that will foster an environment to get better every day.
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I have been a competitive swimmer for the past 12 years and have been competing for my university's Division III swim team, where I currently serve as captain. I have had many accomplishments in the sport during my time in college. Last year, I made second team All-Conference in the AMCC 2019 Championships in the 100-yard Breaststroke, the 200 Individual Medley Relay, and the 400 Individual Medley Relay. At the AMCC 2020 Championships, I made second team All-Conference in the 200 yard Breaststroke and came in 3rd in the conference for the 100 yard Breaststroke, the 200 & 800 Freestyle relay, and the 200 & 400 Individual Medley relay. Alongside this, I also hold six school records for my school. Prior to my time here at Franciscan University, I swam for the Wilton Y Wahoos for 8 years and have served on the CT Swim Board as an Athlete Representative. As a competitive swimmer and captain of my university's swim team, I recognize that in order for a team to strive they must have the following: discipline, responsibility, and teamwork. Individuals should strive to discipline themselves so that when it comes to training, they know the skills they need to improve on. Each is responsible for their own work as well as helping their teammates. With this comes the importance of teamwork. A team is unable to grow if they are not willing to work with each other. Just like I do in swimming, I strive to help others so that they can perform to the best of their abilities. I absolutely love the sport and would love to help others strive in the sport. As a swimmer who is only five feet tall, I recognize how crucial it is to have perfect technique. Perfecting my technique as a swimmer has allowed me to pursue goals of mine that are harder to achieve with lack of height. I believe that I am capable of helping the swimmers perform to the best of their abilities by helping them with their technique, as well as help them with their endurance.
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Emily Crockett
I am Emily Crockett and I have worked in aquatics for 5+ years, with an emphasis in coaching and teaching swimming to a variety of ages. My goal is to help athletes become the best that they can be with my knowledge and guidance in swimming.
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Jack Solt
I am a swim coach out in Northern California with the aspiration to become a professional swim coach, to help mentor young swimmers to help them develop into better swimmers and people in the world. I have been coaching for almost seven years now, currently the head advanced age group coach for a local swim team in the greater Sacramento area. With my time there, I have developed over fifty NorCal swim league finalist and record holders, in addition to over thirty high school section swimmers, and multiple CCCAA, NAIA, and NCAA division three and two athletes. As a swimmer starting at the age of six, I was a three time section swimmer for my high school, and competed for two years at Sierra College, where I was a part of the State Championship team in 2016. During my time competing, I have competed and trained against multiple section finalist, state champions, nationally ranked athletes, and Olympic qualifiers. I hope to use my years of experience developing and training athletes to help build a swim team to higher levels and help develop athletes into better people in the world.
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This week's Photo Friday entry: 'Moody'
For this weeks theme, what is more moody than the inside of a shipwreck? Here I've used off camera lighting to try and capture that filmic atmosphere of the Engine room of the Ghanis D (Red Sea).
Sorry it's been a while since my last photofriday, I've been catching up on other things. I missed some good ones too 'From Nature' & 'Big'.
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Educational Services for the Performing Arts
Session co-Chairs: Peter Eversmann & Josefien Schuurman
In this session we will focus on education in the performing arts and digital heritage – (best) practices and tools. We will do so both from the more theoretical perspective (studying education in performing arts "from the outside") as well as from the practitioner's point of view: the use of digital heritage and IT in training performing artists. We will concentrate on tertiary education, but papers on post-academic or secondary education are invited as well.
This session will continue to explore practices in the field of educational IT for the performing arts. In particular we ask the question how performing arts teachers and students can be engaged in using educational IT and digital cultural heritage. What do these users actually want and need? What participation strategies are successful? How can the gap between IT innovation and performing arts education be bridged?
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All those involved in education within the performing arts (teachers, program directors, heads of schools, practitioners, IT developers, educational researchers, librarians, etc.) are cordially invited to participate, especially performing artists involved in education and/or archiving.
For info: email@example.com or visit the ECLAP portal http://www.eclap.eu or main conference page: http://www.eclap.eu/eclap2013.
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The transition from analogue to digital offers organizations the opportunity to explore new business models. The key to business modeling is creating value in a wider business context. This task includes defining the relation with suppliers and customers, as well as choosing the most successful channels. Cultural entrepreneurship manifests itself in various sectors, ranging from the creative industry, education, tourism, and leisure. In the 2012 ECLAP conference, we explored business models in the cultural heritage domain, in this conference we would like to focus on four more specific topics:
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Trust and Quality in Cultural Heritage Digital Libraries
Session co-Chairs: Emanuele Bellini & Jana Wilcoxen
The present information society is highly dependent on digital resources. The various cultural heritage digital repositories store intangible objects and entities and make them available to users through telematics networks: we download tons of resources from the net, we base our cultural and scientific researches mainly on those resources retrieved and collected from Internet, we share and exploit contents on multi device and in different domains, but several challenges emerge for the current scenario.
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Indeed, Trust embraces constructs of ethics, morals, emotions, values, and natural attitudes and combines a variety of fields. Similarly Quality, as identified by David Garvin, depends on the domain of analysis (philosophy, economics, marketing, and operations management) and from the point of view adopted (user, product, process, value, etc.).
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Kobe Bryant: I was mentored by Michael Jackson, not Michael Jordan
"It sounds weird, I guess, but it's true: I was really mentored by the preparation of Michael Jackson.
We would always talk about how he prepared to make his music, how he prepared for concerts…He would teach me what he did: How to make a 'Thriller' album, a 'Bad' album, all the details that went into it. It was all the validation that I needed – to know that I had to focus on my craft and never waver. Because what he did – and how he did it – was psychotic. He helped me get to a level where I was able to win three titles playing with Shaq because of my preparation, my study. And it's only all grown.
"That's the mentality that I have – it's not an athletic one. It's not from [Michael] Jordan. It's not from other athletes. It's from Michael Jackson."
HoopsVibe's Very Quick Call: Kobe Bryant was inspired by MJ. Not that MJ, though.
Turns out the great Los Angeles Lakers two-guard drew inspiration from his relationship with the late Michael Jackson.
These two would chat. These two found common ground. And these two became friends.
This shouldn't surprise because 'Black Mamba' and 'The King of Pop' had much in common.
For instance, both were child prodigies. Bryant was a high school sensation in Lower Merion, Philadelphia and as a prep-to-pro lottery pick in 1995. Jackson was a singing and hit-making sensation with his brothers.
(Fair or not, both have been embroiled in controversy. Bryant was engaged in a nasty sex scandal in Colorado, while Jackson went to trial on child molestation charges.)
Both are exceptional talents. Bryant is the best player of his generation and an all-time great. Jackson was a trend-setter. Thriller was a monster; his dance moves and singing is replicated by today's pop stars.
Fortunately forever Bryant, he seems destined for a better ending than MJ.
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It all happened in a matter of hours, with no reference to committee, no public hearing, and no public work session. In what has to be a record, both the House and Senate voted on and sent to the governor — and he signed — a bill to temporarily block any person or entity from getting their hands on the names of people in Maine who have permits to carry a concealed weapon.
Analysts Phil Harriman and Ethan Strimling talk about the politics involved and why this vote happened as quickly as it did. Click below for their take on WGAN radio and WCSH/WLBZ TV.


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Compiler Translation
When I build a substantial CPU, I often use my universal assembler hack to get a quick cross assembler going so I can write code. However, I often wish I could easily port a C compiler to my new target. The obvious answer, of course, is to retarget gcc. That sounds good in theory, but if you've ever tried porting gcc's backend to a new architecture, it is a daunting task.
Another common alternative to gcc is CLANG/LLVM. The gcc compiler compiles to an "intermediate language" (IL) that the machine code generator then converts to a specific assembly language. LLVM is similar to IL and there are a variety of frontends that compile languages to LLVM (CLANG is the one for the C language). The LLVM software can translate into different machine languages as a compiler or just in time, in some cases. There is also a gcc retarget that emits LLVM intermediate code.
Either way you go, you don't have to worry about all the compiler-specific details. You only need to figure out how to bridge from the compiler's intermediate representation to your machine code (usually, the backend emits assembly language as text, which is further compiled by something like gas, the GNU Assembler).
There are a few other options, too. The lcc compiler started out as a book in 1995. It uses iburg to do code generation, and that tool might be useful with some other retargeting projects, as well. The Lance compiler is available for limited use without a license. Although the vbcc compiler hasn't been updated since 2011, the documentation of its backend looked very good and it appeared to be one of the easier compilers to port.
Whatever tool you use, it looks like a big project and one I haven't attempted yet. There are a few tutorials floating around, although none seem complete or, at least, current. For LLVM, there is a tutorial that targets a special CPU and the official documentation. For gcc there are several choices, including a Master's thesis and the official documentation.
Since the CPUs I typically want to target are embedded, I may revisit SDCC, which has matured quite a bit. It appears to be retargetable (read Chapter 9 of the documentation) and has a reasonably small set of iCode primitives (which has nothing to do with Apple, by the way).
There are doubtlessly other retargetable CPUs out there, and I suppose I'll eventually bite the bullet and retarget one for One-Der or one of my other CPUs.


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Carrie Underwood Dishes on Disagreements With Husband Mike Fisher
By Billy Dukes
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Like any married couple, Carrie Underwood and husband Mike Fisher don't always see eye to eye. But they're not the type to have knock-down, drag-out fights that wake up the neighborhood. "I've never thrown anything," Underwood said laughing during a recent interview with Taste of Country Nights host Jeremy Robinson.
"We're not big fighters," she adds. Underwood says she doesn't hide her anger, however, even in front of friends. She'll let her hockey hubby know — in fact, sometimes she has to.
"Sometimes he'll joke around," she shares. "I have to say 'I'm serious. I'm like really mad. I'm serious.'"
The two have been seeing a little more of each other than usual this time of year, the build-up to the NHL playoffs. Not only are Fisher's Predators out of contention, but the center hurt his hand trying to block a shot last month. He's been day-to-day since then.
Underwood's touring schedule remains hectic until after a May 23 show in California. Then she has a rest, with only one show before August. The 'See You Again' singer planned it that way so she and Fisher can spend time together during his off season.
I love their relationship!!!
Lol at how Mike can't tell when Carrie is seriously mad. x) They're so adorable.
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Okay, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs—Walt Disney's take on the Grimm Brothers' fairy tale—may not have much of a plot, what's there is corny, and the gender roles are indubitably regressive, with its heroine an airy Happy Homemaker content to clean and cook her way into men's hearts. But Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is also one of the most important films in the history of popular cinema, and film fans must never forget the incredible achievement it was in 1937. It was—and remains—an astonishingly beautiful work on an aesthetic level, with transcendent hand-drawn animation wiping away any narrative quibbles. It also works on another level, as a primal tale melding dream and nightmare visions that unsettle before reaching a reassuring resolution of order. To keep the dread at bay, Disney and his cohorts wove in music and comedy, delivering the now-classic tunes "Whistle While You Work," "Heigh-Ho," and "Some Day My Prince Will Come," among others. The result is a classic movie with an enduring ability to thrill and inspire.
In 1937, of course, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was the opposite of a sure bet. The Hollywood trade papers called it "Disney's Folly," a mad idea to fix what wasn't broken (Disney's hugely popular animated short subjects, many starring Mickey Mouse) by offering the public something it didn't even know it wanted: the world's first full-length cel-animated feature. This nearly unprecedented notion required a huge leap of faith on Disney's part, but he pursued his vision relentlessly, overseeing the development of bold new technology (the multiplane camera adding depth of field), working his staff round the clock, and throwing nearly $1.5 million at the production over a period of three years. The completed film is full of wondrous paintings come to life in rich Technicolor, establishing a high water mark for animation that not even Disney would be able to replicate in full. The film's beauty and eye-popping novelty, its storybook simplicity of spirit, its intense dramatic flourishes, robust comedy and peppy music (seven songs mostly composed by Frank Churchill, with lyrics by Larry Morey) powered a runaway hit in theaters that has never stopped raking in profits for the house the Mouse built.
For its flaws, the story remains indelible, too. Snow White (Adriana Caselotti), a princess poorly hidden under rags, has recently blossomed into young adult beauty: now she's the fairest of them all. When a Magic Mirror (Moroni Olsen) brings this fact to light, the evil Queen (Lucille La Verne)—also Snow White's stepmother—orders a Huntsman (Stuart Buchanan) in her charge to kill the girl. At the moment of truth, the Huntsman cannot carry out his task; rather, he implores Snow White to run away into the Enchanted Forest. There, she charms seven short miners into allowing her to become their den mother, but she can't run from the Queen forever... Eight screenwriters elegantly boiled the Grimm Brothers tale to its dramatic essence and then teased out the potential for physical comedy in the seven dwarfs. In an ingenious stroke, Disney grafted distinct personality traits onto the untidy bachelor miners, making them Doc, Grumpy, Happy, Sleepy, Bashful, Sneezy, and Dopey. Together they form a comic spectrum of qualities, from relatively smart to blissed-out innocence. In his mute mischief, Dopey resembles no one so much as Harpo Marx. The film also sets precedent for animated features with its coterie of woodland wildlife harmoniously sharing time with the human characters.
Snow White's piercing purity and sunny optimism beg to be branded naivete, except that she's always right. Through force of will, she always gets her happy ending in any situation, a promise culminating in the pre-feminist kicker of her long-dreamed-for princely rescue. Mitigating the film's emphasis on Snow White's beauty is her utter disinterest in it; annoyingly, she seems not even to notice it. Thus, the Queen's unhappy obsession with beauty betrays the wrongheadedness of superficiality. Admittedly, Snow White and her handsome Prince (Harry Stockwell) might as well be Barbie and Ken—with swift mutual affection based seemingly on genetic instinct—but the film's final image of the duo smiling and walking toward an unearthly, shining castle on a hill implies an overriding value of happiness, a spiritual reward rather than a basely sexual or financial one. The Queen torturously covets her desires; Snow White and her spiritual cousin Dopey serenely open themselves to every possibility. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs celebrates purity of essence, from the white noise that is the leading lady to Dopey's dopey love of life to that castle in the sky.
Gift sets aside, Disney's brand-new 2009 Diamond Edition of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves comes in two basic packages, each containing the same three discs: two Blu-ray discs with a high-def presentation of the film and brand-new bonus content, and a DVD disc with upgraded picture quality—in a standard-definition transfer—and a few extras repeated in standard def (Blu-ray converts can choose the Blu-ray case version; those who still prefer DVD can choose the DVD-sized keepcase). A third 2-Disc DVD version comes out over a month later, and will presumably offer more of the new bonus content in standard definition for those without Blu-ray capability. The gift set variants include a hardcover book, plush dolls and the like.
So the question is whether or not to upgrade: as a Blu-ray convert, I say yes, but if you're a content DVD collector, your current Snow White discs will probably suffice despite the improvement in picture quality. That said, Disney's commitment to doubling up Blu-ray and DVD in fairly priced combo packs is a shrewd move to encourage upgrades and offer flexibility of playback.
Blu-ray Disc One offers two spectacular versions of the film in its high-def debut: the original 4:3 presentation or a DisneyView presentation that fills in widescreen HDTVs with custom paintings by Toby Bluth framing the original square-ish image. I still prefer the untouched 4:3 version, but the DisneyView take is very tasteful in its storybook style. The picture quality is outstanding: spotless and rich in color and detail. Black level and contrast are spot on, and the image looks natural and lovingly preserved. It's impossible for me to imagine the picture looking any better than it does in this marvelous transfer. Audio comes in two forms: a restored Original Mono Track (in Dolby Digital) and a lossless DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 that subtly lifts the original elements into state-of-the-art surround sound. I'm sure fans will be suitably impressed with the results, but kudos to Disney for providing the original mono soundtrack as an audio option.
The Diamond Edition retains the excellent audio commentary by film historian John Canemaker, whose scholarly observations share time with nicely contextualized interview clips of Walt Disney.
New to this edition is "The Princess and the Frog Sneak Peek" (7:45, HD), with the directing team of John Musker and Ron Clements giving a glimpse behind the scenes and introducing an excerpt of the film.
Backstage Disney: Diamond Edition kicks off with "Snow White Returns" (8:44, HD), in which Disney producer Don Hahn takes us into the Disney Animation Research Library to show us story sketches from a sequel considered not long after the original film.
Deleted Scenes include "Soup Eating Sequence" (4:07, HD) and "Bed Building Sequence" (6:28, HD), both presented in their original pencil-sketch animation.
Music & More features the music video "'Some Day My Prince Will Come' by Tiffany Thornton" (3:34, HD), while Family Play: Games & Activities lines up the kid-friendly features Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, What Do You See?, Jewel Jumble, and Scene Stealer (BD-Live).
Blu-ray Disc Two's Backstage Disney: Diamond Edition section features a fantastic new treasure trove from the Disney Archives. The Hyperion Studios (HD) feature begins with a faux newsreel constructed from vintage film footage of the premiere. That's chased by an intro from Pixar's Andrew Stanton, who explains the interactive tour of Disney's original Hyperion Studios: room-by-room access including rare vintage audio interviews with Disney employees and clickable objects that lead to classic Disney shorts and featurettes on historical aspects of production. Included in this tour are galleries of abandoned concepts, storyboards, visual development, character design, color tests, backgrounds, layout, animation art, live action reference, painted cells, publicity and production photos. The short films presented in HD include the original Silly Symphony "Skeleton Dance," the Silly Symphones "Babes in the Woods," "Music Land," "The Goddess of Spring," "Flowers and Trees," and "The Old Mill," and the shorts "Steamboat Willie" and "Playful Pluto." From Snow White, there's the "Deleted Bedroom Fight Scene" (2:26, HD). Also turning up on the tour: Musker, Clements, Disney supervising animator Andreas Deja, supervising animator Eric Goldberg, art director Michael Giaimo, and Disney historian Paula Sigman, among others. Those who find the interactive-tour navigation bothersome can instead use a handy index menu to access any of the galleries, featurettes, and films.
"The One That Started It All" (17:15, HD) is a "Doc" on the making of Snow White that likewise makes terrific use of archival photos and footage. Interviewees include film historian Brian Sibley, composer Michael Giacchino, author/animation historian John Canemaker, Goldberg, Musker, author Neal Gabler, Sigman, Clements, and Snow White talents including assistant animator Marc Davis, art director Ken Anderson, animator Ward Kimball, animator Woolie Reitherman, animator Frank Thomas, assistant animator Ollie Johnston, and animator Grim Natwick.
Original DVD features include "Animation Voice Talent" (6:21, SD), an overview of the cast; "Disney Through the Decades," a forty-minute historical overview of the Disney studio that also gathers trailers and reissue trailers (new HD footage with John Ratzenberger bookends the old DVD feature); Dopey's Wild Mine Ride game; and "Heigh-Ho" as a sing-along and a karaoke number.
The third disc is a DVD with the film in standard def, commentary, Tiffany Thornton music video, and Princess and the Frog sneak peek.
The set is BD-Live enabled for access to additional online content.
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Panasonic Viera TC-P55VT30 55" Plasma 1080p 3D HDTV
Oppo BDP-93 Universal Network 3D Blu-ray Disc Player
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On paper, 805HP, 1,000lb-ft of torque, no gear changes, a center of gravity under the floor and a 0-100MPH time of 12 seconds sounds like automotive Valhalla. Then you drive the Commuter Cars Tango. Terrifying and exhausting, to start.
Without question the Tango Electric is one of the most impressive vehicles on paper on the entire Detroit Auto Show floor. It's equipped with two electric motors driving the rear wheels with a total output of 805HP and 1,000lb-ft of torque, there are 2,000 lbs of batteries and motors and controllers under the floor and the carbon fiber body weighs all of 25 lbs. With a roll cage protecting two passengers sitting in racing seats in tandem, there's a surprising amount of shoulder room for such a ridiculously proportioned vehicle. Their reps claim it'll pull 0.9 g's on the skid pad and out-maneuver a Porsche 911 in the slalom, this on a car with a double A-arm front suspension and a trailing arm rear.
This is where things start to go really wacky. It's a tandem seat car with the front seat on an industrial grade track allowing the rear passenger to get in, but there are two doors for... some reason. Each of those doors has a fold down, Greyhound bus-style cupholder, for the one front seat passenger. It's got a high-tech digital gauge cluster but shifting is done via rotary switch hidden down on the side of the steering column. The four point safety belt uses an airplane style buckle. It's all very weird.
Rotate the knob to forward and press the accelerator and the cabin echos with various clunks and thuds coming from the electric motors engaging and away you go. Be very careful because the combination of wildly overpowered motors, wildly vague brakes, and steering heavy enough to be worthy of that Greyhound bus, it's a pretty terrifying mix. We drove the thing in the basement of Cobo Hall and it's noteworthy that we didn't kill ourselves. The Tango is so fast you'll find yourself unable to turn the wheel quick enough to negotiate a corner, even though the tires will handle the speed and then you can't tell if the brakes will save your ass from leaving a very narrow dent in the bumper of the Mercedes Benz S400 in front of you. 30MPH is way more speed than the downstairs circuit can handle, but the Tango can deliver it, if you can keep it on the course. Even at those modest speeds it feels like you're riding inside a differential. The motor whine permeates the cabin while the body rattles around on the mounts.
George Clooney owns one of these cars, along with 10 other buyers, and rumor has it they've paid somewhere in the six figures to buy them. At 30MPH in a basement, this car was terrifying, it can supposedly be geared to run at 200 MPH. It takes a special kind of masochistic environmentalist to think buying this car is a good idea, and they're almost all virtually guaranteed to be kinda crazy. Still, we find ourselves strangely drawn to this hot mess. It would probably end in tears and sore arms, but we kinda want to autocross this thing, if for no other reason than to see how fast we catch on fire.


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Wow, I didn't even think this was possible in the modern IT world where software is constantly getting more intuitive and user-focused, but apparently it's still possible to completely brick a modern digital system camera by accident. All it takes is poorly written software in combination with poorly written documentation (and just a second of not paying attention).
As I was packing my suitcase for the upcoming trip to the US the other night, I decided to give the new Olympus firmware a try. Having done the same process in the past with my old E-P1, I already knew that the process is a bit clunky and unintuitive with Olympus software, but I at least had a previous success in my memory, so it felt like an achievable task the night before traveling. (Three hours later, I definitely regretted that choice.)
The flaws in their documentation are obvious:
- The instructions in the firmware update tool just tell you to plug in the camera to the USB port, but in reality, the camera then prompts you to choose one of three modes. It turns out after some trial and error that the correct mode is the one in the middle of the menu (not the default choice). Pointing this out in the documentation wouldn't necessarily cut down on their number of support incidents, but it would make for a much smoother product experience and it would reduce the user frustration, which would lead to a closer attention to what's going on in the process. Crucially, however, this is an indication of a deeper issue at Olympus, which is that there is a disconnect between the developers and the people doing support documentation.
- After transferring the new firmware to the camera through USB, the update tool tells you that it finished updating the firmware and that you can either click Close to finish, or click the other button (I forget its label) to update the firmware on a different product, e.g a lens or another camera. However, the camera itself simultaneously shows a different set of instructions, or rather cryptic status indications. In reality, the update process is not finished, it's just the USB transfer of the new firmware that is. Ensuring that the instructions on both screens are consistent would help reduce the likeliness of a user making the wrong choice in the process.
The latter point is where things broke down on my end, because I think I ended up turning the camera off by pressing the power button after having read the instructions on the computer screen to do so, but the camera screen was still showing some blinking icons that I paid little attention to at the time.
Boom. One second of not paying attention — two months without a working camera.
Documentation issues aside, having lead customer support for a major software product for the last five years, I've learned the importance of looking beyond documentation and rather focus part of the support efforts on fixing problems in the product itself and tightening up the loop between support and product development. Without this proactive type of support, you're in trouble. Having gone through this painful experience with my almost brand new camera, I highly suspect that there is a disconnect between the support and development teams at Olympus.
Generally, you should remove as many possible points of user failure in the software itself as part of software design. In the case of the E-PM1, I have to wonder why it's even possible to press the power button while the thing is updating — it's an electronic button that they could easily disable during that critical moment, rather than exposing this ridiculously simple way of bricking your camera. I don't know how many other people have had this problem, but having searched for it online, I know I'm not the only person. Another smart thing would be to ensure that there's always a recovery bootstrap mode that enables the camera to communicate via the USB interface even after a failed firmware update attempt. That way, it would always be possible to retry and recover.
The brutal fact here is that I now have to send the camera to Olympus. The apathetic support rep that I was talking to on the phone today told me that their average processing time is at least a month due to their high support demand (no kidding!). Since I'll only be in the Bay Area for a couple of weeks, this means I'm going to be without the camera for at least two months before I'm able to get back here again.
I tried to tell the support rep that I feel really strongly about improving processes like this that touch on customer support, because I have a full team of awesome people at Mozilla that do this for a living, and so I wanted to find the best venue to provide this type of feedback at a level where it would be listened to. He just politely said that he will pass on my feedback to "the customer feedback department" and that was the end of the discussion. Of course, what he really meant was "I'll put some notes that I wrote into a system that will disappear among other notes that no one here really reads, and your problem won't be solved proactively because I hardly talk to those that could do anything about this, and honestly I don't really care either. Have a nice day."
He didn't really mean the last part — this is America after all. 😉


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Mission accomplished.
Recognized as one of college basketball's top 30 players regardless of position, Hield will attend James' annual academy Wednesday through Saturday (July 9-12) in Las Vegas, Nevada. Joining the 30 collegians will be 80 of the nation's top high school players. The 110 participants will take part in competitive skills workouts and 5-on-5 games in front of NBA scouts and NCAA coaches.
Hield said Durant's skills academy, which took place June 27-29 in Washington, D.C., afforded him the chance to see how he stacks up against some of the best wings in the country.
"We did a lot of drills and played 1-on-1, 2-on-2, 3-on-3, 4-on-4 and 5-on-5, and we played pickup (games) against KD and some of his guys," said Hield, a second-team All-Big 12 honoree last year. "We played in front of scouts and used a 12-second shot clock. They wanted us to think fast and make the right play; just do what you can do and don't do what you can't do."
Hield said he expects the structure at James' academy to be slightly different.
"At LeBron's camp, you play against the best players in the country, not just the best wings. You have to go in there and compete against everyone at every position. It's going to be more free than it was at KD's camp. I know there are a few other guys from the Big 12 going and I'm looking forward to competing with them."
Fellow Big 12 players scheduled to attend are Iowa State junior Georges Niang, Kansas junior Perry Ellis and freshman Kelly Oubre, Kansas State sophomore Marcus Foster and West Virginia seniorJuwan Staten.
Hield, who averaged an OU-high 16.5 points per game and made a league-high 63 3-pointers in Big 12 play as a sophomore, said he benefited greatly from the Durant skills academy, often taking the time just to observe the reigning NBA MVP's approach to the game.
"You know, we miss two or three shots in a row and we get mad at ourselves," said Hield. "If KD misses two or three, he doesn't get down on himself. He knows he's making the next one. He's just poised and relaxed and that's one reason he's the MVP.
"I just enjoyed watching him when he works out and how he takes his time and focuses on making shots. His mind is at a totally different level, trying to win an NBA championship."
What was the most fun aspect of his three days in D.C.? Without hesitation, Hield said playing 5-on-5 against Durant, "getting up and down the floor and getting buckets against his team."
"I think I stacked up pretty well," he added. "You know me; I'm never going to discredit myself. But I'm just trying to keep working hard and be the best."
He'll have the chance to take another step forward this week in Las Vegas.
NICE GESTUREAs a participant in the Kevin Durant Skills Academy, Hield received several items of Nike gear, including two pairs of KD basketball shoes, shirts, five pairs of socks and some additional workout attire.
But Hield said the only item he kept was one pair of shoes.
"I gave everything else to my (OU) teammates," he said. "I feel like they're the reason I got to go to KD's camp. Me wearing all that fancy stuff wouldn't look good. My teammates should be part of that, too; like if I'm there then they're there, too."
Hield said he didn't receive enough items to make sure all of his current teammates received something.
"I had to take care of the guys from last year's team first, but hopefully I can fix up the new guys with some stuff from LeBron's camp."
Fellow junior guard Isaiah Cousins, who is Hield's roommate, was the recipient of the other pair of Durant shoes.
/// SoonerSports PR


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Research activity at Sage involves a multidisciplinary professional research community comprised of faculty, students, colleagues, and community partners.
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LA QUINTA, Calif., Jan. 19 (UPI) -- Patrick Reed cooled off from his recent torrid pace Sunday but managed a 1-under-par 71 to hang on for a two-stroke victory at the Humana Challenge.
Reed had fired three straight 63s, setting a PGA Tour record for the lowest-ever 54-hole total in relation to par, and came into Sunday's final round with a seven-shot lead.
His final-round pace wasn't nearly as sparkling, but the 23-year-old Texan had a built a big enough to lead to fend off the field and claim his second career win, ending at 28-under 260 on the Arnold Palmer Private Course at PGA West.
Second place went to Ryan Palmer, who carded a 63 to finish at 26-under 262.
Zach Johnson, winner of the Tournament of Champions two weeks ago in Hawaii, posted a 10-under 62 to grab share of third place at minus-25 along with Justin Leonard (65).
Sole possession of fifth one shot further back went to Brian Stuard (65).
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text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - More absurd job offers.. Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in More absurd job offers.. Goto page 1, 2 Next Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> United Kingdom View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message SueHJoined: 01 Feb 2003Posts: 1022Location: Northern Italy Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2004 9:27 pm Post subject: More absurd job offers.. I see a London school is offering 15.5K per annum for, it would appear, 37.5 contact hours a week. Three three hour lessons per day with half an hour break within each. I may be misreading the ad, but with those hours do they expect lesson planning as well? The above salary is less than a bright office junior can get in London, so who on earth do they get to fill these jobs? Back to top leeroyJoined: 30 Jan 2003Posts: 777Location: London UK Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2004 11:13 pm Post subject: I earn less than 15k a year (I'll be getting a job in a pub shortly to supplement my income!). But, 37 contact hours - that's a lot. Back to top SueHJoined: 01 Feb 2003Posts: 1022Location: Northern Italy Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2004 9:08 am Post subject: Leeroy, My earnings were a lot less than 15 k too, but I did very few hours. My alternative top-up work is in a hostel which at £7.5 ph certainly pays better than most pub work. If you ever over-pay on tax which is easily done if you work various jobs all under the tax threshhold can I recommend the IR on-line service which brought me a refund within 2 days at the end of the last financial year. Much needed I can tell you.. Back to top leeroyJoined: 30 Jan 2003Posts: 777Location: London UK Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2004 6:57 pm Post subject: Thanks Sue - my local IR office know me well... Back to top Will.Joined: 02 May 2003Posts: 783Location: London Uk Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2004 4:35 pm Post subject: I just saw one for 11.5k Split shift 9-12 3-6 M-F don't all rush at once Back to top Russell HaddJoined: 06 May 2004Posts: 181 Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2004 9:20 pm Post subject: Will. wrote: I just saw one for 11.5k Split shift 9-12 3-6 M-F don't all rush at once Ideal for the bored housewife/husband type who wants to tell their friends that they do a bit of voluntry work but needs some pocket money for the * habit. * insert drinking, gambling or other vice. Back to top waxwingJoined: 29 Jun 2003Posts: 719Location: China Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2004 10:57 am Post subject: yes the problem can be summed up quite easily with two words: 'free market'. Back to top SueHJoined: 01 Feb 2003Posts: 1022Location: Northern Italy Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2004 7:53 pm Post subject: Doubt it Russell, bored housepersons don't want to work 25 contact hours a week and work every day plus feel exploited at the same time. There must be somebody who takes these jobs, but who? Is it people who want a bit of experience before they move on? Transient Aussies and Canucks in London have more sense and work in ski shops or bars or decent paying temporary office jobs. The history of labour relations shows that taking what the bosses want to give you is not a good idea, and that worker solidarity has a lot in it's favour, not the least trying to make so-called 'market forces' work in an equitable way. Back to top Russell HaddJoined: 06 May 2004Posts: 181 Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2004 10:40 pm Post subject: 25 hours a week is not necessarily how it works out. The jobs often get shared between people who are bored. I know a few retired sorts who like to get out the house to meet people - they'd do it for nowt probably. The answer is let them get on with it and ignore such ads. Back to top Will.Joined: 02 May 2003Posts: 783Location: London Uk Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2004 8:40 am Post subject: Hello everybody, It looks like we are all back and ready in time for September. I have been keeping up with the jobcentre offers recently and am surprised to see offers for ESOL teacher/ English teacher/EFL teacher on their website and in the office itself on the jobpoint machines. The jobs are offered by the standard X school of English but also by peripheral organisations and groups who seem to be getting organised enough to claim funding and receive free classes for their members. All well and good. The wages offered have ranged between £5 and £12 an hour, the average being 6-8 an hour. Ther are some organisations out there that undertake the 'training' of 'volunteers' while gaining on the job experience. This means working for free! this can last anywhere up to a year and then you receive payment after you undertake a C&G/4704 which you can take before doing all the work for free!!! Who does it? I have met some older 'settled' people who felt they were helping the community and were spirited enough to give it a go in order to get a paid job for later on in life. Generally speaking the recruitment is at a local level and of local people 'out of the loop' unaware of the value of their skills and as Russ pointed out "bored" but mainly in it for a few hours a week to meet people and tell their friends about it. Most of these cheapo jobs are for only 4-6 hours weekly but there are quite a few of them so someone must be leaving the job for pastures new and the search is on for more people to do them or there is a demand for these older types who have no formal training but did receive a good grounding in English at school and are able to pass on that information. I am sure you can think of someone you know who fits the bill. All these part-time hours add up to quite a few full-time jobs. I am getting around to the question of who checks these 'schools' out. and how they are regulated. AND how much more work would be available for us 'proper' teachers were they to be removed from the equation. Can of worms? Back to top SueHJoined: 01 Feb 2003Posts: 1022Location: Northern Italy Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2004 8:43 pm Post subject: Thanks Will - just had an enlightening shufti at the jobs web site. Bognor Regis (within 15 miles) , GBP 450 a month for 15 hours a week = £6.97 an hour. Plus of course no job security or anything else for that matter. Can of worms - more like my compost heap which is a seething mass of them! Sue Back to top AgentMulderUKJoined: 22 Sep 2003Posts: 360Location: Concrete jungle (Tokyo) Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2004 6:32 am Post subject: Standard issue teaching jobs in Japan are about 15k pounds..... And people seem to think thats ok??! Except for me, because I am a complaining cynical g*t Back to top Russell HaddJoined: 06 May 2004Posts: 181 Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2004 7:17 am Post subject: As mentioned a few times it comes down to supply & demand but in this case mostly supply. The demand is dependent on external factors. The only ways for us to drive our wages up as teachers are: encourage the highest level of regulation, this is happening slowly but the cowboys will still exist and 'volunteers' will still work for something interesting to do; join an organisation where the workforce is unionised, believe me it helps; get QTS, then you are much more valuable when the inspector comes knocking on the school's door. Back to top mb2086Joined: 11 Feb 2004Posts: 19Location: london Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2004 12:28 am Post subject: It's also about having no recognised body to look after our interests. The NUT in Britain don't recognise us because we don't have QTS (qualified teacher status). Back to top Will.Joined: 02 May 2003Posts: 783Location: London Uk Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2004 12:28 am Post subject: I Have QTS, so do many of the posters here and my colleagues at work. I am also a union member of Natfhe. Many of us are not so fortunate. 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Fried Onions
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Blue cheese green bean casserole
I got back from a week in NY tonight, and Alex had bought me some green beans to go with the ribs I was making for dinner. Since he and our boy friends are all watching football (boooooooring), I wanted to make something that might take me a few minutes longer than something I would normally make for dinner to keep me entertained. Talking to boys when they're watching football is like talking to a 3 year old whos engrossed in watching Sesame Street. No answer to anything. Anyway, I wasn't sure how this would come out, but it was great. The boys devoured it, I was nervous it would be too much but nope! Perfect for me and 3 boys. I know this is a holiday food, but come on. It's cold out. This is a good cold weather side.
Fried Onions
Fried Onions
1/2 onion, cut in half and cut into thin rings
1 c milk
salt and pepper
3/4 c rice flour (or flour of your choice)
oil for frying
Soak onions in the milk for 15 minutes, and combine the flour, salt and pepper in another bowl. After soaking, shake extra milk off onions and toss in the flour. Heat oil over medium heat until when you drop an onion in it sizzles a bit, but not ferociously because you want the onions to cook for a few minutes, not immediately. Cook onions in batches until browned, then drain on paper towels.
Blue Cheese Cream Sauce
2 T butter
2 T sorghum (or rice) flour
1 c milk
salt and pepper
1 t hot sauce
1/2 c crumbled blue cheese
Melt the butter over medium heat, then stir in the flour. Let cook a minute or two, then whisk in the milk, then salt, pepper, and hot sauce. Cook 5-10 minutes until slightly thickened, then stir in the blue cheese and cook on low a minute until melted.
2-3 c chopped green beans
blue cheese cream sauce
fried onions
1/2 c gf breadcrumbs
Preheat oven to 350. Grease a casserole dish, then put the beans in and pour the cream sauce over. Stir to coat, then sprinkle with breadcrumbs and fried onions. Bake about 45 minutes, covering with foil if the top gets too brown.
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- Anonymous10:55 PM
What kind of blue cheese did you use? I know some kinds have gluten and I have been wondering which kinds are safe~ReplyDelete
The fried onions look amazing! and with blue cheese...yum. Too bad my fiance hates blue cheese!ReplyDelete
Can't wait to try this recipe!! I wonder if I could make the cheese sauce with feta instead of blue cheese.ReplyDelete
Oh yeah, oops! I used Rosenborg blue cheese, which is found at most grocery stores around here, all their cheeses are completely gluten free!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous11:02 PM
Oh hell yes. This might get a Turkey Day trial run this weekend to get family approval.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous1:44 PM
Oh this looks amazingly yummy, I am going to use this as inspiration for my Thanksgiving dinner next week... I want to do mushrooms and panko with it, though... Mmmm! Thanks for the delicious idea!ReplyDelete
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