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Using Kasha

Posted on October 14, 2010 by The VRG Blog Editor

Editor’s kasha soup with roasted whole kasha, leeks, carrots, and topped with angelica archangelica!

The Vegetarian Resource Group received a note from a food bank coordinator in Oklahoma. He teaches limited resource kids in after school programs how to cook and eat healthy foods and has used Nancy Berkoff’s and VRG materials in doing this. He was going to try the Broccoburgers from Nancy Berkoff’s Vegan in Volume, but wanted to clarify what we meant by Kasha in the recipes.

Chef Nancy said:

We are speaking about a medium grind of buckwheat (or kasha)…. not the really fine (as in “cream of”) and not the whole buckwheat (that looks like small pellets). In many areas, in retail stores, this is sold as “medium kasha.”

If kasha is not convenient, you can use short grained white or brown rice (also called “sushi rice”)… or even medium-grind corn meal. If you are going to use one of these substitutes, I would suggest doing perhaps a 1/4 batch. For texture, it’s helpful to let the burger mixture “rest” in the refrigerator for several hours… or even overnight.

If you have some TVP and are familiar working with it, you can substitute some of the kasha for this. Actually, a hospital cook told me she used Hamburger Helper, without the hamburger, for this recipe (since the Hamburger Helper is seasoned TVP) and that came out fine!

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Anyone who has watched a "Popeye" cartoon is familiar with the character "Wimpy." He is the unassuming gentleman who always seems to be hungry for a hamburger, but never has any cash. His standard line is "I'll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today." This is the same motto that state legislators of both parties have been using in the debate over school aid payments for the last 30 years.

When the legislature has had difficulty balancing the state budget they have made the choice to delay a percentage of planned payments to school districts. The aid payments to K-12 schools are still made on a timely basis except a portion of the budgeted funds are delayed. The school may receive smaller aid payments than they had planned at the beginning of the year, but they receive larger aid payments than they had planned at the end of the year. In the example of "Wimpy" and paying for the hamburger; the state (Wimpy) does pay for the hamburger (payments to school districts); it's just the payments are stretched out Wednesday through Monday.

School districts expect to receive their state aid payments spread out over the year because school aid payments are comprised of a combination of 90 percent of the current year's entitlement and 10 percent of the prior year's entitlement. The school districts are accustomed to this split payment structure because the 90/10 formula for school aid payments has been in effect since the 1980s when it was enacted to accommodate fluctuations in student enrollment.

Three decades ago in order to balance the budget, state lawmakers decided to "shift payments" and pay a smaller percentage of the current fiscal year budget and delay a larger percentage of the funding into the next fiscal year. The state has only managed to keep its commitment to the 90/10 percent payment plan nine times in the past 30 years. During the 2010-2011 biennium legislators used this shift once again to help balance the budget, they changed the payment schedule 70/30 for 2011.

Last year the payment schedule was changed for 2012 so that 60 percent is paid in the current with the remaining 40 percent being paid in the following year. The percentage shift occurred during the protracted budget debate that lead to a three week government shutdown. Gov. Dayton's original proposal was to enact the largest school shift in state history; moving from the planned 70/30 payment schedule to a 50/50 payment shift, i.e. 50 percent of the entitled state aid would be paid to schools in the current fiscal year and 50 percent paid in the next fiscal year.

The Republicans who controlled both the State House and Senate said "no" to Gov. Dayton's drastic school shift request. But in an effort to end the state shutdown, Republicans met Gov. Dayton halfway on his 50/50 school shift request and agreed to move the aid payments to 60 percent in the current fiscal year and 40 percent in the next year for the 2012 and 2013 budget cycle.

In recent weeks, the school aid payment has become a hot topic in the Capitol hallways. Some lawmakers are becoming increasingly concerned about the short term borrowing that school districts are making, despite the fact that per-pupil funding was greatly increased to accommodate for any costs that may occur as a result of the aid shift. However, many first term lawmakers don't realize the shift in payments are nothing new; they have been used as a budget balancing tool by the legislature for 30 years. Despite this, some legislators are proposing to speed up aid payments to schools by raising taxes. More tax revenue from hardworking Minnesotans is hardly a solution to the state's spending problem. School districts still receive all their funding; it just arrives in larger payments later than they want. Increasing taxes in order to pay school districts sooner isn't an answer to the state's budget problems.

Local school districts seem to have lost sight of the fact that last session K-12 funding was increased by more than $1 billion for the 2012-2013 budget. In addition to the increased funding; last November 96 out of 126 school districts received voter approval for an increase or renewal of their property tax levy. To say that acceptance of Gov. Dayton's 60/40 school aid payment plan is a "shameful result of Republicans stealing from school districts" is just plain false.

In the "Popeye" cartoon; Wimpy's famous line "I'll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today" jokingly indicates that "Tuesday" will never come and that Wimpy was trying secure a free lunch without any real intention of ever paying for his hamburger. With school aid payments, the intent of the legislature is quite different; school aid payments are made on a timely basis and in positive budget times re-established to the 90/10 ratio. In light of the billion dollar increase in K-12 funding it is silly to be discussing the schedule of the payments to schools. Schools will get their hamburger and eat it too.

Phil Krinkie, a former eight-term Republican state rep who chaired the House Tax Committee for a while, is president of the Taxpayers League of Minnesota. GOP Gov. Tim Pawlenty recently appointed Krinkie to the board of the MinnesotaStateColleges and Universities (MnSCU) system. You can contact him at:


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jaegermaster 12-07-2013 5:34 PM

Best place to buy an ipod
I want to get my wife a new ipod touch. Anyone know of a good place to buy? Is 16GB big enough or do I need to get the 32GB?

Any help is appreciated.

12-08-2013 6:30 AM

Apple has pretty tight price controls so when you look around the prices are probably gonna be the same wherever you look - at least that's my experience. That being said Amazon.com or Walmart.com (with store pickup if you like) are pretty good places to start.

jaegermaster 12-08-2013 7:25 AM

I didn't think about Apple's price control. I'm not an ipod fan so I don't know much about them.

hatepain 12-08-2013 9:25 AM

Yeah you are pretty much going to be locked on price but sometimes stores (Walk mart, Target) offer store gift cards with purchase. It's their way of getting around the fixed price.

jfergus7 12-08-2013 11:11 AM

I ended up going to Best Buy for my daughters just to bet the BB extended warrenty deal with it. Was cheap to add but replaces it no questions asked if needed. Payed off because daughter after a few months smashed the screen. Had a replacement 2 days later!

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DenverRider 12-10-2013 12:07 PM

The size depends on how much you plan to put on it and if you are using it solely for music or for videos as well. I have an old 4 GB that has plenty of space for music. I have to delete songs in order to add new ones but it keeps the music I have on it fresh. I can always find some songs that I'm done with for a while and when they are deleted I don't have to skip them on shuffle any more. I think that if I had much more space that I would have it cluttered with junk I didn't actually want to hear anymore and I would never get to the songs I do want to hear when it's on shuffle unless I took the time to make a play list. Video is a whole different game because they take up so much space. My 4GB is worthless for video.

buffalow 12-11-2013 7:43 AM

Here is where we by them all the time and works awesome:

Or you can check here for used/misc apple stuff:

jaegermaster 12-11-2013 4:45 PM

Thanks everyone. Jason, thanks for the link. I actually like the refurbished stuff. I think a person actually has to double check that everything works before they send it out, versus an assembly line mentality.

MCObray 12-11-2013 5:37 PM

kmac1587 12-11-2013 7:53 PM

An Apple store is the best place to get any Apple product. You may save a few bucks going elsewhere, but the experience will be nothing like visiting an Apple store. Plus there you can get Apple Care which lets you replace the ipod if it breaks. No mailing it out, just go into the store and you can walk out with a new one.

jonblarc7 12-13-2013 7:42 AM

I have never been to an Apple store where you can just walk in and walk out. You have walk in get an appointment with a "genius" which is always two hours later. By the time I'm up I'm ready to go off just by being around some of most irritating and impatient customers anywhere that think they are more important than anybody in the store.

Sorry for the RANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Merry Christmas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

jaegermaster 12-17-2013 5:22 AM

I ended up buying a 16GB 5th gen touch at Best Buy yesterday. They had it on sale for $199. Now I just need to hide it from her for a few days.

Thanks everyone for all the help.

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Old    A ALW (CRW)      Join Date: Mar 2010       03-07-2010, 11:48 AM Reply
weight: 180 lbs
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intermediate wakeboarder

What board/size should I go with?

Old    Ben B (benbuchholz)      Join Date: Oct 2009       03-07-2010, 11:51 AM Reply
Wakeworld usually has a "Board finder", but the page is under construction. Up on the top of the page under the "gear" tab drop-down menu, it's in there. Don't know how long it'll be until its working though.
Old    J D (jeff_mn)      Join Date: Jul 2009       03-08-2010, 10:18 AM Reply
Go with a 142. Lots of solid options out there for boards. Lots of hype around Flex boards from Company, Slingshot, etc..

There are solid, core boards that everyone seems to enjoy - Lyman, Watson, Parks, One,
Old    Nick Tomsyck (sidekicknicholas)      Join Date: Mar 2007       03-08-2010, 10:22 AM Reply
+1 for slingshot... so much fun to ride, and the larger boards fell small because they're so thin and light.

142 Recoil is money
(I am selling a brand new 09 right now too if you're interested)

other boards I've enjoyed - ronix Ibex, LF Shane, Byerly Monarch
Old    Jeffrey Blanchard (eternalshadow)      Join Date: Nov 2001       03-08-2010, 11:07 AM Reply
I would agree with the 142 assessment, but depending on the company/board model it doesn't have to be 142, just something in the lower 140 range.

I ride liquid force, have for all 13 years that I've been wakeboarding. I've tried a couple other boards here and there from other companies and while some have been pretty good I keep going back to what I know and what works for my riding style.

What board are you currently riding?

I would like to see what you're looking for in a board, do you want a quick board, loose board, a board that is quick in the transition, abrupt straight up pop, etc. Once we know what you're looking for as far as how you want a board to ride we may suggest specific models based on our tendancies and riding styles.

Remember that just about everyone thinks a board rides differently but they usually have at least a few similar characteristics. I always recomend trying a few either from friends or a demo program. Some dealers will let you rent with the price of the rental going towards the purchase of a board. Check into your options.

Without knowing much of the above and based on my preference to LF products I would suggest giving the 142 Trip a ride and go from there!
Old    Andy Nintzel (andy_nintzel)      Join Date: Sep 2004       03-08-2010, 12:00 PM Reply
[My Suggestion would be the O'brien Player 142. Seems like a LOT or everybody for that matter has been suggesting a Flex board. I am here to do the opposite of that and suggest a traditional foam board.

I have seen the O'brien Player really help a lot of people advance their riding, the board is easy to ride, very predictable, and super stable.
Old    David Christman (lfrider92)      Join Date: Sep 2008       03-08-2010, 12:37 PM Reply
depends on what kind of board you like.

i like a board on the looser side, so i ride a company severance and love it. tons of pop, great on edge, but is loose as hell when flat which makes it really fun to play around with.

if you like a more locked in board, the byerly assault is awesome. it has more pop then any other board ive ridden. but its way to locked down for my liking, you can still slide it around, but not as easily as my company board. that was the deal breaker for me on this board.
Old    A ALW (CRW)      Join Date: Mar 2010       03-08-2010, 8:26 PM Reply
I used my brothers board.
he had the 142 liquidforce/substance.

Im looking for a lighter board with a better pop and more loose.
Old    Dex Tan (jondextan)      Join Date: Mar 2010       03-08-2010, 9:59 PM Reply
anybody here tried the CWB VIBE flex boards yet?
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Old    Jeff Baker (innov8)      Join Date: May 2005       03-16-2010, 2:18 PM Reply
Originally Posted by jondextan View Post
anybody here tried the CWB VIBE flex boards yet?

Yes the Board is really nice, great for Cable and great for behind the boat.

We have had quite a few riders demo the Vibe at the Cable and everyone loves it, I would check out the Vibe for sure.

Fast,great pop and loose.
Old    C.I.E. J-Rod (jarrod)      Join Date: May 2003       03-16-2010, 2:27 PM Reply
The new 144 Faction is amazing.

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ALBANY, GA (WALB) -Dougherty County opened an emergency shelter for people who evacuated their homes, but the turnout was light.

Only two people were in the shelter at the Beattie Road Church of Christ when we stopped by at eight o'clock.

American Red Cross volunteers set up cots, fixed food, and had bathrooms ready.

The Health Department was there with medicine in case of emergencies.

Red Cross Shelter Manager Harold West said "We're hoping we don't have that much need right now. That we won't have a lots of people. But if we have need we'll be providing meals and whatever they need."

Emergency officials advise people in older mobile homes to find safe shelter in case of more severe weather tonight.

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I Am Different from You

How Children Experience Themselves in the World in the Middle of Childhood

Peter Selg

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In many of his lectures to teachers on education, Rudolf Steiner called attention to a significant but often overlooked change in the way children experience themselves and the world that occurs in the middle of childhood, in the ninth or tenth year. “There comes a time when children show, not in what they say but in their whole behavior, that they are struggling with a question or a number of questions that indicates a crisis in their soul life. It is a very subtle experience for the child that requires an equally subtle response.”

In this deep and concise book, Peter Selg illuminates this momentous phenomenon in child development, this “dramatic change” in the child’s consciousness. Though it is “hardly noticeable” to the observer, Steiner reveals that children during this time in life experience a sudden inner instability, a loss of the foundation they felt had been naturally supporting and carrying them. It is a crisis that pediatric psychologists and psychiatrists know well, as many fears and weaknesses that rise to the surface later, in adolescence, can be traced back to this subtle event. Parents and educators need to know what to say and how to act, because their response at this time will be crucial for the child’s entire life. Through Rudolf Steiner’s profound wisdom of children's inner essence, adults can learn to give them the experience of being carried by a strong and sure relationship:

When children cross the Rubicon between the ninth and tenth year without that feeling, something will be lacking in their later life, and they will have to struggle to attain what they should have received naturally at that moment in childhood.

I Am Different from You is a vital book for all parents and teachers to read—well before the crisis in the middle of childhood—to recognize what is necessary to support children during this decisive event in the right way.

First Grade Readiness

Resources, Insights, and Tools for Waldorf Educators

Nancy Blanning, Editor

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* * * Temporarily out of stock. More on the way!! * * *

Some history first:

In my more than 30 years involvement with Waldorf Education, I have not encountered a topic that generated more interest, anxiety, misunderstanding and bewilderment than the question of what really constitutes first grade readiness in a child.

In the early days, there was a tendency for educators to draw a line in the sand in relation to a child's age. Which line it was varied from school to school ("must be age 7," "must turn 7 in the first semester," "must turn 7 by the end of summer" and so forth). There was also "must have begun the change of teeth."

Of course, all of this missed a couple of very important points. The first was that Rudolf Steiner never once said that children are ready to learn to read "at age 7." What he said was that "sometime during the 7th year" they become ready - this means anytime after the 6th birthday, not after the 7th birthday. Then, there is the modern fact that (in my opinion) our lives have created conditions wherein child development has become a bit chaotic: children can begin to lose their teeth at, say, 4 years old, but don't seem to mature mentally so far as grammar school readiness is concerned until 7 or 8 years of age. While there are beautiful ways to pull this development together, it did leave the adults in a predicament of not knowing where to look for criteria that would offer the child the best possibilities of sound education.

Later on, there were a variety of coordination and drawing criteria that were sometimes applied, but understood by only a few and contested by others. Given that each school (and sometimes each teacher) had different requirements and assessments, it's small wonder that parents often looked at the process as arbitrary and poorly substantiated, regardless of everyone's best intentions.

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Happily, all of this is changing through more research and broader understandings of child development needs. I have recently seen in the mainstream press many articles on the needs of young children that would have been at home only in a Waldorf school 30 years ago. And, with increased knowledge and awareness, it has become possible for a true flowering of understanding to arise within the Waldorf movement.

It is a flowering of understanding that Nancy Blanning has brought together in First Grade Readiness. This book is packed with the most comprehensive, detailed, sound and wholesome guidance about what first grade readiness really is and what teachers and parents should look for when considering whether or not a given child is ready to move into the world of abstract learning.

First Grade Readiness is both healing and inspiring. My feeling is that both educators and parents will be heard to sigh with warm relief upon reading it, it offers so much loving common sense and light-filled wisdom.

Read it, use it, share it.

  • Foreword
  • Part One
    • Reflections on First Grade Readiness - Nancy Blanning
    • First Grade Readiness - Joan Almon
    • Some Guidelines for First Grade Readiness - Nancy Foster
    • School Readiness: A School Doctor's Perspective - Bettina Lohn, MSc
    • What are the signs that my child is ready for school? - Michaela Glöckler, MD and Wolfgang Goebel, MD
    • The Transition to Elementary School Learning: When is the right time?
    • School Entry and the Consolidation of Developmental Processes - Audrey E McAllen
    • The Development of Memory and the Transformation of Play - Louise deForest
    • Creating Partnerships with Parents in First Grade Readiness Decisions - Ruth Ker
    • Carrying the Transition to First Grade - Janet Klaar
    • A Transition Group at the Edinburgh Steiner School - Melissa Borden
    • Building the Bridge to the First Grade: How a Class Teacher Can Lead Children Gently into the Grade School - Kim Holscher
    • The Lowering of School Age and the Changes in Childhood: An Interim Report - Claudia McKeen, MD; Rainer Patzlaff; Martyn Rawson
  • Part Two
    • Introduction
    • Developing Our Observation Skills for Understanding First Grade Readiness - Ruth Ker
    • The Red Queen: A First Grade Assessment Story - Valerie Poplawski, Celia Riahi, and Randi Stein First Grade Assessment Form
    • The Red Queen Materials List
    • Reverence List for The Red Queen
    • A Therapeutic Educator's Approach: Keeping It Imaginative and Playfully Objective - Nancy Blanning First Grade Readiness Observation Form
    • Equipment List
    • Activities to Support Healthy Sensory Development
    • Observation Forms for the Documentation of Development and Learning Observation Form for Early Childhood Educators
    • Contributors

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Sense and Nonsense in Education

Willi Aeppli

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In this simple gem of a book, Willi Aeppli takes us to the very core of the task of education. His is not a picture of senseless cramming and memorization, but of service to each child and to humanity. All who seek an education make the greatest sacrifice, that of the self, all their gifts, and their future. They have the full right to expect that this self will be returned as a stronger and truer self. Aeppli describes a curriculum that can make this possible. This book develops not from theory, but from years of practical experience.

Willi Aeppli (1894-1972) was a master Waldorf teacher in the Rudolf Steiner School in BAsel, Switzerland. He is remembered as an excellent teacher who used his observations and daily experience to enrich his classroom teaching.

Encountering the Self

Hermann Koepke

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Between the ages of nine and ten, as their I incarnates more deeply, children often experience themselves for the first time as separate individuals, different from their parents and peers, and essentially alone. Hermann Koepke provides a lucid and highly readable explanation of the outer signs and symptoms of this essential turning point in the life of a child. He demonstrates the significance of this crucial moment by showing how the destiny and achievements of such personalities as Dante, Heinrich Schliemann, Oskar Kokoschka, Rudolf Steiner and Bruno Walter rest upon a fateful encounter or event in their ninth year.

On the Threshold of Adolescence

The Struggle for Independence in the Twelfth Year

Hermann Koepke

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Hermann Koepke guides us to an understanding of the often tumultuous changes children undergo as they approach adolescence. He does so in a very creative way: through the eyes and experiences of a young teacher, Suzanne, as she endeavors to cope with the difficulties she and her students' parents face: drug use, smoking, apathy, rebelliousness, moodiness, and more. As her class changes, she adapts her teaching. She learns a great deal about these children, and in the process, teaches us a great deal about our own preadolescents. The period surrounding age 12 can be challenging and stressful to parents and children alike - Hermann Koepke offers just the sort of living understanding that can lead us out of the seemingly endless wilderness.

Working with Anxious, Nervous and Depressed Children

A Spiritual Perspective to Guide Parents

Henning Köhler

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Henning Köhler courageously presents parents and teachers with a practical path of schooling the thinking, heart, and will in selfless devotion to the individual destiny of each child. This is a book every teacher, parent and friend of children will want to read and consider - it offers a way of receiving troubled children into our hearts, into the stream of our love such that healing and forward movement become possible.


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On Llandudno Pier there’s a plaque commemorating the lifeguard Walter Beaumont.

The simple, oval-shaped memorial reads: “Walter Beaumont 1855-1924. High-diver on pier. Settled in Llandudno 1895. Special presentation made to him by the townspeople in 1903 to commemorate his selfless acts of saving lives in Llandudno Bay.”

Doing anyone’s life justice in four sentences, even those who have passed away their days in monk-like obscurity, would prove a challenge to the most succinct of biographers.

And it was never more so than in Beaumont’s case – for as well as his lifeguard heroics he held the world record for staying underwater, which he managed for four minutes and 35 seconds.

In a glass-sided tank in the Egyptian Hall at Llandudno’s Pier Pavilion the diver would drink a bottle of milk, smoke a cigar and, using only his mouth, pick up 49 coins.

And in a feat that enthralled visitors to the Victorian seaside resort he would retain everything in his mouth until resurfacing.

It’s the details and stories like Beaumont’s that bring many of Wales’s most historic – but often sadly forgotten – sites to life.

Now two volunteers, Rhodri Clark and Eugene Stevenson, believe they have found the answer to ensuring the stories behind Wales’ most fascinating buildings and landscapes leave a lasting impression on those who visit them.

Freelance journalist Rhodri, from Conwy, and kitchen designer colleague Eugene have pioneered a project that places quick response (QR) codes on some of Wales’s most historic sites.

Mobile, tablet or smart phone users simply swipe their device over the code to access a webpage listing a plethora of detail on the site they are visiting that otherwise might have been lost to them.

On the quayside in Conwy town a QR code has been put up inside a window in Britain’s smallest house – ensuring that even when it’s closed interested visitors can run through its history.

Rhodri and Eugene now have the codes on miniature plaques at all 31 of the lifeboat stations along the Wales Coast Path as well as being dotted along the nation’s cycle route.

It is believed to be the first facility of its kind on a long-distance trail anywhere in Britain, and possibly the world.

The project takes a broad view of history to mean anything from the formation of geological features 450 million years ago to recent events.

One entry, for a landmark in the Colwyn Bay area, was amended as it was being written to record the wreck of the freighter MV Carrier there on April 3, 2012.

So far Rhodri, 43, and Eugene have had 11,500 hits from different devices on their website historypoints.org since launching nine months ago.

Rhodri, who writes for the Western Mail as well as specialist transport magazines, is keen to ensure the site’s coverage, which is predominantly focused on North Wales, reaches all corners of the country.

He said: “There’s huge potential. Even on the Wales Coast Path there’s the potential to do a lot, lot more.

“So far we’ve got 20 of the unitary authority areas so there’s only two of them that we haven’t done – Torfaen and Blaenau Gwent.

“That’s mainly because the main cycle routes and the Wales Coast path don’t go through there.”

At several spots visitors can use the QR codes to download a photo which identifies the names of hills and towns visible in the distance.

They can also hear recordings of Welsh place names – including tongue twisters like Pen Llithrig y Wrach and Dwygyfylchi – pronounced on their phones.

QR codes, which look like barcodes made up of squares of black and white dots, were designed in the motoring industry to track cars during the manufacturing process.

More recently they have been used for marketing and advertising campaigns in magazines, allowing owners of mobiles, smart phones and tablets to download information about products.

For Rhodri and Eugene the idea was to use them purely to provide information on Wales’ historic sites – though advertisers who have helped fund the project do get a mention on historypoints’ web pages.

And though to date advertising has covered only the costs of running the project – from printing codes to posting them all over Wales – Rhodri and Eugene are open to developing it as a business.

“We are now talking to some local authorities who are interested in doing bespoke historypoints projects in their own patch,” said Rhodri.

While advertising has played a part in helping establish historypoints, places are featured on the basis of their intrinsic historic value alone.

Rhodri added: “The key thing with this project is that we don’t choose places to feature for commercial reasons. We only feature ones we think are interesting.

“What we’ll never do is put a QR code in a shop and say, ‘Look this shop is interesting because they’ve got nice clothes on sale inside – come on in’. That would ruin it.

“There’s a guarantee in this scheme that it’s worth getting your phone out because you’re going to find something of interest to read about the place where we’ve put the sticker.”

And though Rhodri and Eugene, 55, from Mochdre, have developed the site they acknowledge that much of the research and information has come from a wide circle of volunteers around Wales.

“A lot of it is down to voluntary effort. People like local historians have helped with bits of text and sometimes we’ll get a local history society who are keen and come up with suggestions for places they feel should be featured in the project,” said Rhodri.


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After selecting the threaded rod or ACME screw you intend to use for linear motion, you need a way to effectively connect this rod to a stepper motor such that there is zero slip when the motor is rotating. I’ve found a number of articles about this subject, but I’ve found many of them give […]


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News comes almost daily regarding plans for more Indian casinos in Wisconsin. In today's Gazette, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports that a new poll finds 53 percent of registered voters believe Gov. Walker should approve the Menominee tribe's proposed casino in Kenosha. That's a remarkable shift from a September poll that found an even split among respondents.

The Forest County Potawatomi, who see the Kenosha plan as a threat to profits at their Milwaukee casino, strongly oppose the Kenosha proposal.

The Ho-Chunk Nation, which has casinos near Wisconsin Dells and Madison, also oppose the Kenosha project. Of course, the Ho-Chunk want the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs and Walker to approve their plans for a Beloit casino. While a tribal spokesman said the new poll will have no effect on the Beloit plans, a Kenosha casino could cost business at the Beloit casino, if it ever opens.

I don't gamble at casinos. I'm just not interested in spending my limited recreational dollars that way. When my wife and I went to Vegas years ago, we dropped a few coins in a slot machine at the casino complex we stayed at just to say that, “Yes, we gambled.” Instead, we spent our time watching stage productions and sightseeing, including taking a bus tour to Hoover Dam.

I do, however, have friends and co-workers who like to gamble. I'm sure they would rather do that in Beloit than travel longer distances to satisfy their appetite for blackjack, slot machines and roulette.

Do you gamble at casinos? Do you favor the Kenosha plan? Do you want to see the Ho-Chunk win approval for their casino, hotel and convention center complex in Beloit? Could both casinos be built and survive, or would having casinos rise up in Kenosha and Beloit eventually just send one of them the way of Wisconsin's former greyhound racetracks?

Greg Peck can be reached at (608) 755-8278 or gpeck@gazettextra.com. Or follow him on Twitter or Facebook.

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Available now from RSquared Studios, a board game about four high school students who have the worst day ever. Their school and town have been overrun with flesh eating ghouls, their van has run out of gas, and now they are surrounded in a small farm house by an ever increasing army of the hungry dead. Only teamwork, courage, and good old fashioned luck can save them now. Join Crissy, Chelsea, Timmy, and John as they fight for their lives in Zombie Plague!

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LEE Briers and Danny Fullerton want their league-winning under 19s side to hit the play-offs at full throttle by beating St Helens on Thursday.

The Warrington Wolves youngsters beat Wakefield 48-12 last week to confirm that table-topping finish, with a hat-trick of tries from Jack Johnson, two from Declan Patton and one apiece for Harvey Livett, Sean Kenny, Toby King and Jake Eccleston.

And joint-head coach Briers praised the ‘well-oiled’ machine that is the players and backroom staff.

He said: “It is a great achievement to finish in first place at the end of the regular league season and every single player in the squad can be rightly proud of their contribution.

“As well as the players on the field, the support staff have also played a pivotal role in the success to date.

“The coaches, management, strength and conditioners, medical staff and the performance analysts have all been absolutely first class.

“It is like a well-oiled machine, a real team effort. We will certainly not be resting on our laurels now.

“We have a big game at St Helens on Thursday, which is the last of the regular rounds of matches and we want to go into the play-off games full of confidence.

“We will be working harder as hard as ever to make sure that we are ready for the massive games ahead.”

And Briers was pleased with the way Wolves finished against Wakefield.

“The start of the second half was a real arm wrestle with both sides defences on top, but then in the closing 15 minutes we really stepped on the gas to run out comfortable winners.”


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Over the last dozen years, terrorists have fired more than 12,000 rockets from Gaza into Israel. For Israelis living in the southern towns most affected, the barrages bring a terror that disrupts daily life -- school, religious services and kids' birthday parties. Israeli mothers have learned to drive without wearing seat belts, so they can race to secure their kids from incoming missiles in the few seconds of warning they're given. Many children suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder.

In the past several years, the once-crude rockets that Palestinian terrorists have built or smuggled into Gaza (a small coastal strip of land south of Israel) have gained range. Some now threaten the major population centers in Israel -- the metropolitan areas of Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. An assortment of terrorist groups sited in Gaza launched a barrage of about 100 rockets into Israel earlier this month. Israel is now responding with a military campaign of airstrikes targeting terrorist leaders, rocket stockpiles, launch sites and smuggling tunnels.

Hamas, the terrorist group that has controlled Gaza since 2006, is doing its best to portray Israel as the aggressor, claiming that 100 Palestinians have been killed, whereas only three Israelis have died. But a mere comparison of body counts is no indicator of who is in the right. Many more Germans died in World War II than Americans or Brits. It is also worth noting that terrorist leaders number among the Palestinian dead, whatever the real number is.

Hamas has never been a particularly reliable source of information. In the last few days, the group was caught tweeting out a photo purporting to show a child killed in the current conflict, when in fact, the photo comes from the ongoing civil war in Syria. In another incident, Hamas staged a scene of the Egyptian prime minister, Hesham Kandil, kissing a dead 4-year-old boy, supposedly killed by Israeli airstrikes in Gaza. The Telegraph of London reported that the boy in question was actually killed by one of Hamas' crude homemade rockets, which misfired.

Due to its long experience under siege, Israel has been able to minimize casualties on its own side by requiring buildings to have bomb shelters, sounding sirens alerting citizens to incoming rocket fire, and developing a top-flight emergency response network. Their "Iron Dome" missile defense system has been able to stop nearly a third of the roughly 1,000 rockets that have been fired at Israel in the last week.

In an effort to minimize civilian casualties, Israel has also airdropped leaflets and sent text messages in Arabic warning Palestinian civilians to stay away from Hamas members. The Israelis have also aborted airstrikes in midflight after determining that too many civilians were in target areas. As they have often done in the past, Hamas leaders are strategically using civilians as human shields. They hide out in residential areas, and they deliberately stockpile and launch their rockets from sites near mosques, schools and hospitals.

The bottom line is that in a conflict like this one, where one side is going out of its way to put civilians in harm's way, a lopsided civilian death toll is an inevitable, but no less tragic, consequence. That's true no matter how careful the other side is.


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D.C. United says Charlie Davies is 'very close' to starting form

Charlie Davies addresses the media as he is introduced as a member of D.C. United at RFK Stadium.
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Thursday, February 17, 2011; 12:08 AM

D.C. United's acquisition of Charlie Davies promises to energize a melancholy fan base, boost merchandise and ticket sales and provide an inspiring narrative that transcends soccer.

Beyond the ancillary benefits, however, a vital question remains unanswered, and might remain unresolved for some time: Can he play at a high level again?

The fact of the matter is, since his recovery from severe injuries suffered in a car accident in Arlington in October 2009, Davies hasn't appeared in a first-division match. Now he is being asked to help rejuvenate a club that set the MLS record for fewest goals in a season last year and endured its worst campaign ever.

"Is he physically ready to start 30 games? In a month's time after preseason, I think the answer would probably be yes," General Manager Dave Kasper said. "But will he get a starting job? That will be determined by him. He has got a little ways to go to get that final bit of confidence, to get to that top level. He is very close."

Hours after United secured Davies's services on a season-long loan from French club Sochaux, the 24-year-old forward was formally introduced at a news conference Wednesday at RFK Stadium. Afterward, he and Coach Ben Olsen flew to California to rejoin the rest of the squad for the third stage of training camp.

United, set to open the season at home March 19 against the Columbus Crew, will have the option to purchase his contract at the end of the year for a transfer fee estimated at $1.3 million.

Davies's contract with United calls for about $225,000 in guaranteed compensation and includes several goal-scoring incentives, said multiple people who didn't want to be identified because salaries are not released until the season is well underway. He will also continue to receive a portion of his Sochaux salary.

"I am very thankful and grateful to D.C. United for giving me this chance to come here and prove myself again to the American public and to the world that I am back," said Davies, who, before the accident, was slated to start for the United States at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

"I've come a long way. It's been a long and tough road. I am really excited to start a new chapter of my life here."

Before entering into a contract, United evaluated Davies for almost two weeks at training camp in Florida, a tryout of sorts in order to gauge his physical progress.

He also underwent a battery of medical exams and tests that United President Kevin Payne called "unprecedented and exhaustive."

Satisfied with Davies's physical condition, the club's coaching staff then had to determine whether he was capable of regaining his attacking qualities. Davies has been active since last spring but limited to low-tier games with Sochaux's reserve squad.

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The obscure book’s margins are virtually filled with clusters of curious foreign characters _ a mysterious shorthand used by 17th century religious dissident Roger Williams.

For centuries the scribbles went undeciphered. But a team of Brown University students has finally cracked the code.

Historians call the now-readable writings the most significant addition to Williams scholarship in a generation or more. Williams is Rhode Island’s founder and best known as the first figure to argue for the principle of the separation of church and state that would later be enshrined in the Bill of Rights.

His coded writings are in the form of notes in the margins of a book at the university’s John Carter Brown Library. The nearly 250-page volume, “An Essay Towards the Reconciling of Differences Among Christians,” was donated in the 1800s and included a handwritten note identifying Williams as the notes’ author _ though even that was uncertain at first.

A group including former library director Edward Widmer, Williams scholar and Rhode Island College history professor emeritus J. Stanley Lemons and others at Brown started trying to unravel the so-called “Mystery Book” a few years ago. But the most intense work began earlier this year after the university opened up the challenge to undergraduates, several of whom launched an independent project.

“No one had ever looked at it systematically like this in generations,” said Widmer. “I think people probably looked at it and shrugged.”

Senior math major Lucas Mason-Brown, who has done the majority of the decoding, said his first instinct was to develop a statistical tool. The 21-year-old from Belmont, Mass., used frequency analysis, which looks at the frequency of letters or groups of letters in a text, but initially didn’t get far.

He picked up critical clues after learning Williams had been trained in shorthand as a court stenographer in London, and built his own proprietary shorthand off an existing system. Lucas-Brown refined his analysis and came up with a rough key.

Williams‘ system consisted of 28 symbols that stand for a combination of English letters or sounds. How they’re arranged is key to their meaning; arrange them one way and you get one word, arrange them another, you get something different. One major complication, according to Mason-Brown: Williams often improvised.

From there, Mason-Brown was able to translate scattered fragments, and the students determined there were three separate sections of notes. Two are Williams‘ writings on other books, a 17th century historical geography and a medical text. The third _ and most intriguing _ is 20 pages of Williams‘ original thoughts on one of the major theological issues of the day: infant baptism.

Williams also weighed in on the conversion of Native Americans, implying it was being achieved through treachery and coercion, said Linford Fisher, a history professor at Brown who has been working with Mason-Brown.

Fisher said the new material is important in part because it’s among Williams‘ last work, believed to have been written after 1679 in the last four years of his life.

Widmer said the new discovery is remarkable on several levels.

“Part of it was the excitement of a mystery being cracked, and part of it was Roger Williams is very famous in Rhode Island _ no other state has a founder as tied up with the state’s identity as Rhode Island,” he said. “To have a major new source, a major new document, from Roger Williams is a big deal.”

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- Associated Press - Thursday, April 10, 2014

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) - If connections were all it took to make a splash at the Masters, Bill Haas would have contended long before now.

“We’ve had a bunch of family play here,” said Haas, whose opening-round 68 catapulted him into the lead.

“A bunch,” as it turns out, is hardly an exaggeration. Bill’s father, Jay, played the tournament 22 times from 1976 to 2005. His uncles, Jerry Haas and Dillard Pruitt, made the field once and twice, respectively. His great uncle Bob Goalby won in 1968.

But golf is not one of those enterprises where a dad simply hands over the keys with a pat on the back, says “good luck,” and the business runs exactly the way it did before.

It’s easier to inherit size, strength and speed, apparently, than touch. Even casual fans can come up with the great father-son pairings in most other pro sports: Bobby and Barry Bonds (baseball); Archie and Peyton and Eli Manning (football); Rick and Scooter, Jon, Drew and Brent Barry (basketball); Bobby and Brett Hull (hockey); Dale Earnhardt Sr. and Junior (NASCAR).

To find golf’s best father-son tandem, you have to turn back almost 150 years. That would be Tom Morris Sr. and Tom Morris Jr., who were known as “Old Tom” and “Young Tom” to avoid any confusion, since they each won four of the first dozen British Opens.

At least nine father-son tandems have won golf tournaments since, and a dozen have played in the Masters - but never in the same tournament together until Craig and Kevin Stadler did it Thursday.

Asked why golf didn’t seem quite as family-friendly as the other sports - at least in terms of success - Haas was ready with an answer.

“I’ve been asked that before, and I think (it’s) purely numbers. The odds of getting out on tour are small. And then you take it down to how many tour players have sons, and then how many have sons that even like golf.

“And then if you like golf,” he said finally, “the best part about this game is that you have to earn it.”

Haas, from Greenville, S.C., did just that on his sixth go-round at Augusta National with his own scorecard in his pocket. He got off to a shaky start with a bogey at No. 1, then found another gear and tore off six birdies. His second hiccup came at 17, when his iron shot landed just past the flag yet somehow slid all the way off the right side of the green.

“The wind somewhat switched, maybe,” Haas said, “at least that’s what I’m claiming.”

Bill was along for plenty of Jay’s rounds and even toted the bag on one occasion. He had no trouble recalling his previously most memorable trip. That was 1995, when Jay was leading by two strokes midway through the tournament. Oddly enough, the wind figured into that one, too.

As Jay stood over a short putt, a gust moved the ball, costing him one stroke. He dropped another when his shot into 15 slid off the green and into the pond.

“I never remember thinking, ‘Man, I wish I could hit this shot for my dad. But there’s some times now, I’m like ‘I wish my dad could hit this shot for me.’”

Jay, who is 60 and a force on the Champions Tour, won nine times on the PGA Tour. But his dream of getting the locker next to Goalby’s in Augusta National’s champions room never got closer than that third-place finish.

“That can’t happen,” Jay told The State newspaper of Columbia, S.C., last week, “but I hope Bill can.”

Bill has been aiming at that goal since high school. A friend took Jay and his sons to Augusta back then and they squeezed in 27 holes, in addition to playing in the pre-tournament Par 3 contest.

“Did you beat him?” a reporter asked Bill, referring to Jay.

“I don’t think so. I don’t beat him much, honestly,” Bill replied.

“Even now?” came the follow-up.

“Even now, yeah,” Bill conceded. “He’s good.”

Jim Litke is a national sports columnist for The Associated Press. Write to him at jlitke@ap.org and follow him at Twitter.com/JimLitke.

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CHICAGO (AP) - Attorneys say they’ll appeal a Cook County judge’s decision to block a measure calling for term limits from the November ballot.

Cook County Circuit Court Judge Mary Mikva ruled Friday that the signature-driven measure didn’t meet constitutional requirements. She ruled the same way for a measure looking to change how Illinois makes its political maps.

The rulings are a setback for groups advocating the measures, including one led by Republican governor candidate Bruce Rauner (ROW’-nur). He’s made term limits a cornerstone of his campaign to unseat Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn.

Mark Campbell is a spokesman for the term limits group. He says attorneys will appeal next week. They want to be able to take it directly to the Illinois Supreme Court.

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Zeppelins poised to make a comeback

With better designs and a buoyant gas that can't ignite, zeppelin and airship makers say they're negotiating their first sales.

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LONDON: Robin Young of Amur Minerals wants to dig for nickel and copper in Siberia where forbidding winters and poor roads make it tough to haul in equipment. His best option: fly it in with zeppelins.

Otherwise the London-traded explorer would have to spend about $US150 million building a 350 km road to truck in heavy construction gear, Chief Executive Officer Young said in an interview. Peter Hambro, executive chairman of gold producer Petropavlovsk, said he invested in a maker of the airships and foresees the mining industry adopting them.

"To build a bridge to take a Toyota Land Cruiser isn't horrifically expensive," Hambro said. "To build a bridge that will take Caterpillar 777 is very, very expensive," he said, referring to the 87-tonne dump truck used in mines.

Zeppelin and blimp manufacturers need mining contracts to creep back to life, 76 years after the Hindenburg burned and crashed in New Jersey, ending most buyer interest for decades. With better designs and a buoyant gas that can't ignite, makers such as Worldwide Aeros and Hybrid Air Vehicles of Britain say they're negotiating their first sales to the $US960 billion mining industry to complement truck and rail transport.

So far, rejections have been plenty. GMK Norilsk Nickel looked at zeppelins to transport equipment to build a mine in Siberia a decade ago and decided instead to use conventional airplanes. It later built a fleet of icebreaker vessels to ship its nickel out through the Yenisei river in Russia's far north.

Polyus Gold International, the largest Russian gold producer, has considered using the zeppelins as an option to deliver heavy equipment to its Natalka project in the country's far east, spokesman Sergey Lavrinenko said. "It was rejected, though, as at the time we couldn't find a suitable offer on the market."

About 10 years ago Hybrid Air of Cranfield, England, built its first blimp, which unlike a zeppelin, doesn't have an internal frame. It was to be used for advertising and documentary filming. The company sold its second airship, with a 5-tonne cargo capacity, to the US Army for surveillance in Afghanistan though the army is returning it in December because of budget constraints.

Petropavlosk's Hambro said he would consider ordering one in the future for his business in Russia's far east. Hybrid Air has developed and tested its non-rigid craft capable of performing in storm winds and conditions typical of Siberia and the Canadian tundra, spokesman Chris Daniels said. Those are the most likely regions where a lighter-than-air vehicle might get used.

To be sure, both Hybrid Air and Worldwide Aeros need to pass flight tests to get authority to fly their airships. Hybrid Air is expecting to get its certification within two to three years, Daniels said.

Hybrid Air is in talks with two companies that supply transport services to mining companies in Canada and expects to sign orders in the next couple of months for delivery as early as 2016, Daniels said. The airship will contain a rigid structure underneath the inflated canopy to carry 48 passengers and the cargo, he said.

For investors, the option of an explorer like Amur using an airship rather than raising funds to pay for a road before starting production is attractive, said John Meyer, an analyst at SP Angel Corporate Finance in London.

There are only about a dozen blimps and zeppelins flying worldwide and most of them are used to float in the air for several days for advertising or carry tourists in Germany, according to Daniels.

Technological developments have helped manufacturers to build airships with larger lifting capacity and the ability to land and take off more often, he said. HAV is constructing a 120-metre-long blimp with a capacity to carry 50-tonne cargoes.

HAV tested its 5-tonne capacity airship in 110 km/h winds and most of the company's potential customers are in Canada, Daniels said in an interview. The fuel costs are about 10 per cent of a helicopter's, he said. All lighter-than-air vehicles built after the Hindenburg disaster in 1937, when the airship's hydrogen tanks caught fire killing 36 people, use non-flammable helium, he said.

Worldwide Aeros is building airships about 150 metre long, with zeppelin-like rigid structure designed to carry loads as heavy as 250 tonnes at speeds of more than 160 km/h, according to CEO Igor Pasternak.

The aircraft can ferry mining equipment to roadless terrain because they are light and can take off and land vertically, said Pasternak, who moved his closely held company from his native Ukraine to Los Angeles in 1994. Fuel costs are about a third of a cargo plane, he said.

Worldwide Aeros is planning to build fleets of 24 zeppelins to serve shipping industries, including mining, Pasternak said. The company is negotiating with potential clients and receiving their commitments to use the service, he said.

Worldwide Aeros will operate the airships, which will be available for hire by customers, about a quarter of which are mining companies.

"Anything that allows us to move heavy weights over difficult terrain without spending a lot of money on the infrastructure is attractive," Petropavlosk's Hambro said.

Hybrid Air plans to develop its 50-tonne capacity blimp with with a price tag about $US30 million to $US40 million each and to follow this about two years later with 200-tonne capacity airships, Daniels said. Worldwide Aeros, which is testing its 66-tonne capacity airship, is seeking to raise about $US3 billion to build the 24-strong fleet, with 20 of them having a capacity of 250 tonnes, CEO Pasternak said.

A shortage of helium has led to rising prices that could pose difficulties for the blimp producers. Helium prices for non-governmental use have increased by as much as 89 per cent to $US6.13 per cubic metre in the past five years, according to U.S. Geological Survey data.

The United States, which in the 1920s sought to protect its helium supplies to keep a steady use for military dirigibles, in the 1960s began storing the gas in an underground reservoir in Texas after the blimp business didn't take off as expected.

Aeros' 66-tonne capacity airships would need about 190,000 cubic metres of helium while the 250-tonne ones will use about 400,000 cubic metres, according to the company.

HAV's 50-ton capacity airships will contain about 100,000 cubic meters of helium, the company's Daniels said. Global consumption of the gas is 180 million cubic meters while total reserves are about 50 billion cubic meters, he said.

Today high-tech companies and manufacturers including General Electric, Siemens and Intel, are among the main helium consumers. GE uses helium to cool magnets on its magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI, machines that provide internal images of the human body while Intel uses it to make computer processors.

The airships have potential for use in remote projects beyond mining, SP Angel's Meyer said. "You can imagine oil companies carrying rigs to site in this way, or power companies carrying generators."

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Voters in the Peach State don't have to wait until next Tuesday to cast their ballots in the presidential primary because Georgia has implemented an early voting program, and many like the idea of casting their choices early.

State lawmakers felt having just one day to vote was hampering turnout, so they came up with an early voting program, and it’s in place for the first time.

Election supervisors around Georgia say voters now have plenty of time to vote. They have the entire week before a scheduled election to head to the polls.

"Anyone can vote who would like to vote early. They can come by, they don't have to have any excuse like we used to have for absentee ballots," says Raymond Burkett, election worker.

Voting officials say taking advantage of the early voting process is quick and easy. All you have to do is walk in, get your voter access card, walk over to the machine and cast your ballot, all without having to wait in a line, like election day.

Voters say they like having more time to vote and think it will help improve turnout.

"Just limiting it to one day, people are out of town, they don't get an absentee ballot in time to vote, they just brush it aside. I think it’s very important that people come out and vote," says voter Anise Willis.

Voting supervisors say thanks to the early voting program, there's no reason for Georgia to have low turnout.

"It makes it easier on us, and of course we have touch screens this time and that makes it easy for the voter," adds Raymond Burkett.

Anyone who is registered to vote can participate in voting early in Georgia, but the early polls will only be up and running at your county's main election office.


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Wisconsin's top law enforcement officer says she'll have more to say Thursday afternoon about her drunken driving arrest Monday night.

She says she will plead guilty to charges of driving while under the influence as well as face consequences for refusing to take a blood test at the scene. She did take a breathealyzer, and blew a .12. The state's legal limit is .08.

Lautenschlager apologized to the citizens of Wisconsin, saying she will continue to educate people about the dangers of drunk driving.


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Chocolate – such a delicious, versatile treat. How appropriate that National Chocolate Lovers Month is in February, when we also celebrate Valentine’s Day!

In addition to red and pink flowers, hearts, and adorable stuffed animals, a timeless gift for your sweetheart that is sweet and comes from your heart is – chocolate.

Of course, you can gift the typical box of chocolate and call it a day, but homemade chocolates would make a unique and special gift!

A great way to celebrate is by making chocolates with your loved one. Just picture it – your favorite music tunes in the background, candles around you, and the two of you engaging in a fun and delicious creation of chocolates in shapes of hearts!

Or, maybe you’d like to surprise your partner with attractively packaged chocolates that you made, in his or her favorite flavor!

Whichever you choose to do, rest assured that Weaver Nut Sweets & Snacks has you covered for all the ingredients you’ll need.

Start by picking your chocolate molds, such as Assorted Fancy Pieces, Flowers, Music Notes, Rose, Double Filigree Heart and other Heart Chocolate Molds.

As far as the chocolate itself, you won’t go wrong if you choose Clasen Wafers – easy to use quality chocolate perfect for dipping, candy making, and much more. No tempering is required.You’ll find that we have many flavors and colors of Clasen wafers, so just choose your favorites.

And how about some caramels to add complexity and richness to your homemade chocolate gift? Get Peter’s high quality caramel loaves – they are perfect for when you want melting caramels to use in baking and chocolate and candy making.

If you’d like a true gourmet chocolate experience, go for chocolate bars.At Weaver Nut Sweets & Snacks we carry Peter’s chocolates, made using original Swiss formula, that are ideal for making any type of chocolate dessert.

Peter’s Blocks will deliciously enhance your Valentine’s creations - melt them down for making molded chocolates. For instance, Peter's Madison Milk Chocolate Block, a fine flavor balance of milk chocolate makes this product a natural for chocolate covered pretzels.

Peter's Chatham Milk Chocolate Block, the most intense chocolate flavor of all our milk chocolates, it is simply superlative – try it for your next homemade chocolates!

Chocolate blocks require tempering before you begin to work with them. Simple, step by step tempering instructions can be found here.

Now you can have fun creating homemade chocolates, strawberries or pretzel covered chocolates, or any other decadent chocolate delight!

Just imagine the happy look on your sweetheart’s, or your friend’s face, when they try one of your indulgent, yummy chocolate gifts from your heart!

Have a lovely Valentine’s Day and a Happy National Chocolate Month, everyone!

Oh, and chocolate lovers, do not despair – once February is over, there’ll be at least one chocolate-related holiday in every month.

Find Peter’s milk chocolate, Clasen wafers, chocolate molds and other Weaver Nut Sweets & Snacks chocolate and candy gifts right here.

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    I would like to create a (scrolling) drop down menu with check boxes that when a user selects a number of check (or is it tick boxes), only the selected boxes with wording are printed on the final page... My plan is to reduce the number of pages that the entire document will print onto...

    Please note that my experience with HTML is almost non existent (actually it is non existent I guess), so unfortunately I need to post some of the script here which I have adapted for my own use from various templates I have managed to find on the internet.

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    I'm working on my graduation project it's about cloud computing I'm building my web server with VB.studio.

    what i want is how to enable users to upload files,view them online and edit them (EX. doc) just like Google app

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    What you got so far or you want us to give the entire solution for you?

    1. Upload the file using method you prefer usually asp:FileUpload (Since this is web forum)
    2. Store that in a container and render it
    3. You need to have other methods and delegates for the function you want
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    not the entire solution i just want the main idea i really don't know how it works
    like Sky Drive i can edit my Microsoft Word documents without the need to download them to my PC

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    There is a lot to study for this...

    If you are planning to make a Online File Editor for Ms Office Files....

    you need to search a lot of components (Which i know are very difficult to find) these components are mostly paid...which allow you to edit Ms Office Files online...

    I recommend you to do a google search and find such programs...

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    If same php program is executed for different requests from different clients, then will the same cookie be created for all different clients ? By that I mean , will all users have same cookie on their computers ?

    If not, then how is that possible ? Because its the same program which is executed and creates cookie, which should be of same value for all clients.

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Culturalist Lets You Be The Editor Of Your World

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Do you like making lists? Have a lot of knowledge about a topic and want to spread said knowledge to the poor, ignorant masses? Want to let everyone know just what you think in a snappy, visually-appealing, and authoritative manner? Then Culturalist may just become your new internet haven.

Culturalist is a website devoted to top 10 lists, with topics ranging from Disney Films to the best New York City non-Belgian beer joints and everything in between. What separates Culturalist from other top ten sites, however, is that these lists are entirely user-generated. There are no official "experts" or disengaged magazine editors mindlessly compiling lists to generate sales; instead, lists are compiled by people with passion and experience in areas they are interested in. And the results are pretty awesome.

Jordan Roth, the mastermind behind Culturalist, was excited to talk about his brain child with this writer in an interview conducted this past Thursday. He spoke about Culturalist being a tool for "broadening and deepening the cultural conversation," claiming that, while the site is ultimately aimed at everyone, he hopes it will attract "people who have passion and expertise in topics of culture." He went on to say that his dream is for his website to become a center of cultural conversation, a place that people will visit daily and where one will be able to find "lists by everyone about... everything we think about in our culture."

The website was in private beta for a while, and this writer was given the pleasure of perusing and familiarizing with it during that time. The website is well-organized and put together in a simple, user-friendly format that makes both searching for and creating lists a cinch. Lists are also made visually appealing through the inclusion of media for each listed item; a list creator can include almost any piece of media as an example for the listed item, including videos, pictures, and the writer's personal favorite, GIFs. While comments are not an available means to interact with lists, users can make their own lists which are added to the aggregate, a sort of "list of lists" that, so far, include such topics as, "worst things I don't like that everyone else seems to love." Users also have the option to "like" individual lists and "follow" aggregates.

Culturalist launched into public beta today at 10:00 A.M., as was announced on their blog. Potential users can request an invitation to "join the conversation," likening this initial vying for membership to the early days of Pinterest's launch. Public beta is sure to bring in even more interesting content to the site that this writer is certainly excited about.

Ultimately, this website has a lot of potential and a great idea in mind. Talking about our culture keeps us engaged with it, allowing us to look at it critically and talk about it in an informed way. Any website that makes that more possible, accessible, and publicly accepted is a-okay in this writer's book. Look forward to great things to come from Culturalist, and be sure to send in a request for an invite as soon as possible!

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Gigi Hadid, Zayn Malik Share Identical Glasses Which Send Fans Into a Frenzy

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After Gigi Hadid and Zayn Malik were caught wearing an identical pair of glasses, which sent fans into a mini-frenzy.

According to Us Weekly, Zayn Malik shared a selfie via Instagram earlier this week wearing what appeared to be Gigi Hadid's glasses.

The couple have only recently started dating and yet it seems their taste in eyewear has converged after spending so much time together over the past few days.

Malik shared the photograph of himself via Twitter, showing off not only his new gray hair color, but also a pair of glasses that looked very familiar to fans.

According to Us, the lovebirds hit the town Tuesday, stopping for a bite to eat at the West Hollywood hotspot, The Nice Guy, where they were joined by the model's younger sister, Bella Hadid.

During that outing, Gigi Hadid was snapped wearing the exact same pair of glasses. The question seems to be, do they each have a pair of identical glasses or are they shating the same pair?

"Zayn and Gigi already sharing glasses. OMG relationship goals," one excited Twitter user gushed, according to Us.

"Zayn and gigi shared glasses..." another exclaimed. "I can't believe they're married with 3 children and 2 dogs!"

Well, perhaps it is a sign that the pair are getting serious. In fact, a source told the magazine Hadid and Malick were "inseparable" inside the Hollywood hotspot on Tuesday.

"They seem equally super into each other, texting each other all the time,” another source previously told Us of Gigi Hadid and Zayn Malick. “They’ve only been hanging out a couple weeks."

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At least 22 people were killed Sunday morning in Manila, Philippines after a passenger bus plunged off of an elevated highway.

After falling 32 feet below, the bus landed on a van in suburban Paranaque city.

Although the horrific accident is still under investigation, the elevated road, also referred to as Skyway, was allegedly wet and slippery. However, there have been assumptions of the fate leading to the accident, which involves a mixture of rain, speeding and sleep.

Eyewitness Irene Sisperes told DZMM radio that it was dark, rainy and at that time the bus was traveling 62 mph.

Police have reported that most of the passengers of the Don Mariano commuter bus were asleep as they were on the way to La Pacita, their final destination in Novaliches, Quezon City.

According to a report in the Manila Bulletin, the passengers weren’t the only ones sleepy. (image)

“Yves Chiapco, special liaison to the office of Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) Executive Director Roberto Cabrera, said some of the victims they interviewed revealed that the driver of the Don Mariano Bus appeared to be sleepy.”

Accounts from survivors and witnesses said the driver was speeding when he lost control, hitting the wall of the Skyway.

“The bus suddenly swerved along the Skyway before it lost control and plunged to the West Service Road,” said survivor Pepe Padilla.

Rescuers arrived several minutes following the accident, scurrying to pull victims out of the dismantled bus before 6 a.m. rush hour. Most of the victims did not make it to the hospital, so the rescue team resorted to aligning the bodies on the street with covered newspapers.

The driver of the van was killed instantly. The bus driver, Carmelo Calascas, survived and was rushed to the local hospital.

Supt. Elizabeth Velasquez of the police’s Highway Patrol Group (HPG explained that Calascas will “face charges of reckless imprudence resulting to multiple homicide and multiple damage to properties.”

As the ongoing investigation continues, authorities have suspended the entire fleet (78) of Don Mariano Bus Company and the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) has ordered that all drivers go through retraining.

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As a blogger, you may know that theme of website plays a crucial role in the look and feel of a website. If you are using wordpress as the CMS (content management system) of your blog, you must know these basic points about choosing a wordpress theme.

1. Free, paid or nulled?

Free of paid theme? Many bloggers spend some time on this. In my humble opinion, you should go with a paid theme. Paid themes usually doesnt have links to theme creator’s page, while free themes mostly have this. Long term support is offered by most of the theme makers which is essential if you are a beginner. If something is wrong with the theme, you can ask the developer to fix it or at least get help from them.

What about nulled themes? Nulled means they are pirated versions of paid premium themes. Such themes may contain harmful scripts, cannot be updated properly, no support is available for pirated versions and you can even end up behind bars. Respect the hard work involved in creating a theme and respect the developer by paying them for the hard work they did.

2. Cost

Nowadays WordPress themes are not costly ones to own. Prices starts from $15 for good quality premium themes. Some well featured and sophisticated themes may cost upto 100$ or more, based on the features they have. If not absolutely necessary, dont go with such complex themes, as they can have slower page loading speeds too. So go with a theme which has enough and necessary options to deal with the basic functionality of your website.

3. Pagespeed numbers do matter

This indicates how fast a page loads if the specific theme is applied. Lighter themes with lesser coding and smaller image file-sizes means better page load speeds. So it is wise to check the pagespeed of the demo website of the theme. Better the speed, better would it perform with your blog too.

4. Simplicity and ease of use

Simplicity is the key with WordPress too. Simple and elegant themes load faster and are specially easier to load. Too many features and options means harder to configure. If you dont want to spend too much time in configuring your site, better go with a simple theme with basic options. 2 or 3 sidebars, 2 or 3 menu positions will be enough for almost all blogs. Responsive sizing is a must, as your site must look good in all devices of different shapes and sizes.

5. Versatility

The theme you choose must be versatile by nature. It should be stable without much errors, configuration difficulties and bad reviews. Read reviews carefully and see whether the users were replied in a reasonable time and whether their issues have been solved successfully.

6. Features you need Included or required plugins

While having enough room for further updates, your theme must have features you need. Basically features include built in options like:

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  5. full-width & specific width
  6. Compatibility with forum plugins, ecommerce plugins etc.
  7. Built in social media sharing

7. Support

This is a must if you are a novice in the field and dont know much about coding. Prompt support is necessary if you are new to blogging and dont have much time to deal with theme related issues. Read the reviews of buyers to see how much satisfied they are.

8. Publisher Age and update frequency of theme

Some theme selling agencies show this as a badge. More the age and frequency of updates, better the theme. Frequent updates means bugs are sorted out frequently. Also check how long the updates are provided for free.

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