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News / 2017 / New high performance Cyclone CXD drill range launched
The latest addition to M.A. Ford Europe's comprehensive drill range is the new high performance Cyclone CXD, which is designed to deliver high metal removal and penetration rates when machining high temperature alloys, stainless steels and titanium.
While two-flute Cyclone CXD drills are designed for high performance drilling with a broad range of materials, the combination of a new low-thrust point geometry and M.A Ford's latest generation of ALtima® Plus coating, makes them especially suited for use with difficult to machine metals including titanium, stainless steels, Inconel®, Hastelloy® and other high temperature alloys.
The ALtima® Plus coating enables higher cutting speeds and penetration rates to be achieved, as well as improved tool life and a lower cost per hole while the CXD's new enhanced double margin design allows quicker hole engagement together with improved location and stability when drilling through cross-holes.
Covering hole diameters from 3.0mm up to 20mm, the CXD range is available in five different variants and include through coolant or solid options to meet a variety of different machining demands. Alternative flute lengths of 3 x and 5x diameter is available across the range while and extended 8x diameter length is offered on the CXDCL model, which is available up to a maximum diameter of 16.0mm and with through coolant only.
While the cutting speeds and penetration rates will be dependent on individual applications, the quoted figures for drilling a 16mm diameter hole with a 5x diameter through coolant CXD drill in 13V-11Cr-3Al titanium alloy is a speed of 46 m/min (915 rev/min) with a penetration rate of 0.36 mm/rev giving a feed of 329 mm/min.
M.A Ford Europe's Managing Director, David Ward, explained: "The CXD range marks another period of innovation for us, as we're planning to introduced a number of new high performance tools during 2017, including the CDA drills for aluminium, which we expect to set new standards of productivity and precision."
He added: "To support this, we implemented our Integrated Manufacturing Solutions (IMS) programme more than 12 months ago, which enables us to provide customers with optimised machining performance by using HSM tool path software and spindle anti vibration analysis solutions. We are also the UK distributor for Rego-Fix® precision tool holding, which can make a massive contribution to tool performance, which also integrates with IMS."


Another Alias single, this one to promote the "Vee Vee" album. This one had a fun old-school yellow 45 insert, with "Archers of Loaf Vee Vee" printed on it. It came out on both black and white vinyl. The white version is rarer. It is not particularly rare, but is surprisingly tough to find at times.


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Tucker Carson's Racist Gobshite of the Night Is That Liberals Are the Same as Rwanda's Hutu
Tucker Carlson is back with another dire warning that all liberals want is white genocide, this time in the form of a comparison to the Hutu majority government that slaughtered up to a million people in Rwanda in 1994.
Carlson made this comparison because of something Democratic donor Tom Steyer said on MSNBC this morning. Here's what Steyer said, regarding Kavanaugh's confirmation.
"A group of very rich, very entitled white men wanted to tell the rest of the country, 'We are going to have our way. And if you don't like it, that's too darned bad,'" Steyer told MSNBC's Hallie Jackson. "So as far as I'm concerned, the only thing every else can do, the rest of America is go to the polls on November 6, and tell those rich entitled white men that we exist, and democracy exists."
This shit is right in Carlson's wheelhouse. Noted liberal saying that white men are bad? Hell yeah, we're off to the culture wars, baby. And he got even more out of it because Steyer made the unforced error of not realizing that he was also an insanely rich entitled white man, which is why the left probably shouldn't have people like Tom Steyer representing it in public.
Here's how Tucker framed it, dropping in the Hutu reference that really took things to the next level. Transcript per Media Matters For America:
What's actually happening, says Tom Steyer, is that Kavanaugh was installed by a specific racial group in order to hurt and disempower ever other racial group in America. This is tribal warfare posing as democracy and your tribe is losing. That's what Tom Steyer is telling you. Now as a factual matter this is insane. It's the kind of lunacy that would have gotten you booted off a cable channel five years ago. It's also a lie and it's dangerous. It's exactly the kind of things that Hutu leaders in Rwanda were saying in the early 1990s. Responsible people do not talk like this. And yet suddenly it is everywhere on the left. And not just the professional wackos pounding on the front door of Supreme Court. The line between dangerous extremist and U.S. senator are blurring on the left.
WHEW. There's a whole lot wrong with this, the first and most obvious being that if we're really drawing Rwandan genocide parallels, the Hutus were the party in power at the time of the genocide, and the Republicans currently control all three branches of government. All of that is incredibly bunk, however, because the Rwandan genocide has much more to do with a legacy of colonialism that pitted both tribes against each other for centuries. But that's a largely unrelated historical digression that we don't really need, because this isn't Tucker Carlson Tonight.
Carlson's been really into African post-colonial struggles for a reason recently: he's using it to shoehorn the specter of "white genocide" into as many segments as possible. (White genocide is a myth that neo-Nazis propagate to get people to hate the Jews, black people, etc.)
Tucker Carlson's Racist Dog Whistle of the Night is White 'Genocide'
Tucker Carlson is no stranger to white nationalist talking points, and tonight he didn't…
I guess his thinking is that if he invokes the thought of black people committing crimes in relation to liberals saying combative things about racial injustice or the patriarchy, his audience will connect the racist dots and conclude that white people are in grave danger in America (they aren't). It's pure vitriolic garbage, and Carlson knows it, which is why he's so good at it, and so utterly terrible for the country.
You can watch the clip a MMFA if you wish, but I don't recommend it.

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CAPPS Awards North-West College Student Cherie Hester with Marsha Fuerst Memorial Scholarship
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – October 12, 2017
Scholarship Supports Women Pursuing Studies in the Medical Assisting Field
WEST COVINA, Calif.—The California Association of Private Postsecondary Schools (CAPPS) recently recognized North-West College (NWC) student Cherie Hester as the recipient of the 2017 Marsha Fuerst Memorial Scholarship. Created to honor the legacy of North-West College Founder Marsha Fuerst, the $3,000 award is designed for female students currently enrolled in a Medical Assistant program and open to students at any CAPPS member school.
"We are so very proud of Cherie and were so excited to hear she had won this award!" shared NWC Pomona Campus Director Michelle MacIntyre, who nominated Cherie for the scholarship along with Medical Assistant Instructor Kathryn Aguirre. "We can't think of anyone more deserving of this honor."
Cherie Hester enrolled in North-West College's Medical Assistant program in 2016 after deciding to return to Medical Assisting following a 10-year absence. She knew the College's program would not only help her brush up on previously learned skills, but also prepare her to succeed in the rapidly advancing health care field.
Cherie attends NWC with her son, Greg, who is also pursuing a career as a Medical Assistant. They are set to graduate from the program at the same time—celebrating this significant milestone together.
"Cherie manages so many challenges in her personal life and still chooses to attend class every day, maintaining a 4.0 GPA with an incredibly positive attitude," explained Instructor Kathryn Aguirre. "She also takes the time to invest in the students around her, giving them positive criticism, and pushing them to focus and work harder when they feel ready to give up."
Cherie reflected on what the award meant to her, saying, "Marsha Fuerst's goal was to empower women to get out into the field and work. That means a lot to me. Growing up, I always knew I wanted to be a working woman. For Marsha to step out and start a school like this—that is incredibly empowering. I'm really proud to be a representative of a scholarship that honors her."
To learn more about the Marsha Fuerst Memorial Scholarship and other CAPPS scholarship awards, visit www.cappsonline.org/memorial-scholarships/.


Children are only little once. Enjoy it- they grow fast and in no time you will no longer be "cool" to hang out with. Many children these days don't have anyone to raise them, they go to daycare, go home to eat, then bath and bed with little, to no, time with actually "bonding" time with the parents. I think you are doing a wonderful job as a mother and a wife. I am glad I stayed home and worked very little when my daughter was small. I would not go back and trade it for the world. Let people think what they want to think, long as you and your family is happy that is all that TRULY matters! GREAT JOB!
Deanna, It's so ironic your last two posts are so similar to mine. If you haven't already, check out my post titled, My love-hate relationship with breastfeeding. I believe our babies are also close in age, my youngest is 3 months. So great to meet another Mom like me. You go girl!


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The Principal Research Scientist at Georgia Tech explains why he does not believe in a multiverse
Intelligent Design Multiverse
Posted on July 12, 2020 July 12, 2020 Author NewsComments(9)
He recommends Bohmian mechanics, saying that it "accurately extends and reinterprets Bohr's original ideas of complementarity, putting them on a more solid mathematical footing":
The multiverse, the idea that the universe is constantly splitting into parallel copies of itself, appeals to atheists and determinists alike. It offers a philosophical way out of the anthropic question: why does the universe seem uniquely suitable to our existence? It lets us know that the universe is not random but that nothing is pre-destined to happen, even our existence. The problem with it is that it fails Ockham's razor and rests on the most tenuous physical arguments. It tells us that not only are there an infinite number of alternate realities out there but that this must be so because it is the only way to explain quantum theory coherently. The latter statement is hardly true, and the strawman argument that its only rival is something called "wavefunction collapse" is also false…
To say that the universe is one of many parallel ones is just one of many possible explanations. Being confined to this point in time and space in a potentially infinite universe where we have only been observing its expansion for the last 100 years, we can hardly make such bold claims. The answer is neither "we are special" nor "many universes", it is "we don't know".
I'm not going to beat around the bush here: I don't believe in the multiverse. Not only is it scientifically premature, I think it is logically weak too, on par with the simulation hypothesis in terms of philosophical merit. Tim Andersen, "I do not believe in the multiverse, the case for realism" at Medium
The multiverse is, generally, a "get out of evidence-based thinking" card.
See also: The multiverse is science's assisted suicide
Tagged Bohmian mechanics, Tim Andersen
A meditation on our moral struggle/ enslavement in the face of knowing the right
Did Dan Brown's hero stumble onto God?
9 Replies to "The Principal Research Scientist at Georgia Tech explains why he does not believe in a multiverse"
dgw says:
Perhaps the multiverse concept really points to a mind. I can envision myself driving many different new cars. By analogy, wave function collapse occurs when I actually buy one of them. The multiverse of possible worlds exists in the mind of God. We live in the one he brought to life.
Fasteddious says:
The author sells us short with:
"Being confined to this point in time and space in a potentially infinite universe where we have only been observing its expansion for the last 100 years, we can hardly make such bold claims. The answer is neither "we are special" nor "many universes", it is "we don't know"."
While "we do not know" is always a sound starting point and a sign of appropriate humility – much needed in these times – I suggest we do know more than he lets on. First off, we are aware of much more than one point in time and space. We can see billions of light-years in most directions, and thereby, see billions of years of cosmological history. Based on that, it is not unreasonable to think that perhaps, "we are special", is indeed one possible conclusion worthy of study.
There is much evidence pointing to, and little pointing away from, human exceptionality, while there is zero evidence pointing us toward the multiverse, in any of its guises. Yet I gather more "scientists" are assuming the latter rather than the former of those two possibilities.
Of course, science should never let go of humility, and should always be open to change, but do not discount what we do know, or at least what we think we know.
polistra says:
I've got a more radical idea.
1. Observe reality.
2. Solve real problems for real people.
bornagain77 says:
One insurmountable problem for pilot wave theory, i.e. Bohmian mechanics, is that it simply doesn't mesh with Quantum Electrodynamics, (i.e. Quantum Mechanics as applied to Special Relativity), which is regarded as one of our most precisely tested theories ever in the history of science.
Bohmian mechanics, a ludicrous caricature of Nature – Lubos Motl – July 15, 2013
Excerpt: There's no way out here. If you attempt to emulate a quantum field theory (QED) in this Bohmian way, you introduce lots of ludicrous gears and wheels – much like in the case of the luminiferous aether, they are gears and wheels that don't exist according to pretty much direct observations – and they must be finely adjusted to reproduce what quantum mechanics predicts (sometimes) without any adjustments whatsoever. Every new Bohmian gear or wheel you encounter generally breaks the Lorentz symmetry and makes the (wrong) prediction of a Lorentz violation and you will need to fine-tune infinitely many properties of these gears and wheels to restore the Lorentz invariance and other desirable properties of a physical theory (even a simple and fundamental thing such as the linearity of Schrödinger's equation is really totally unexplained in Bohmian mechanics and requires infinitely many adjustments to hold – while it may be derived from logical consistency in quantum mechanics). It's infinitely unlikely that they take the right values "naturally" so the theory is at least infinitely contrived. More likely, there's no way to adjust the gears and wheels to obtain relativistically invariant predictions at all.
I would say that we pretty much directly experimentally observe the fact that the observations obey the Lorentz symmetry; the wave function isn't an observable wave; and lots of other, totally universal and fundamental facts about the symmetries and the interpretation of the basic objects we use in physics. Bohmian mechanics is really trying to deny all these basic principles – it is trying to deny facts that may be pretty much directly extracted from experiments. It is in conflict with the most universal empirical data about the reality collected in the 20th and 21st century. It wants to rape Nature.
A pilot-wave-like theory has to be extracted from a very large class of similar classical theories but infinitely many adjustments have to be made – a very special subclass has to be chosen – for the Bohmian theory to reproduce at least some predictions of quantum mechanics (to produce predictions that are at least approximately local, relativistic, rotationally invariant, unitary, linear etc.). But even if one succeeds and the Bohmian theory does reproduce the quantum predictions, we can't really say that it has made the correct predictions because it was sometimes infinitely fudged or adjusted to produce the predetermined goal. On the other hand, quantum mechanics in general and specific quantum mechanical theories in particular genuinely do predict certain facts, including some very general facts about Nature. If you search for theories within the rigid quantum mechanical framework, while obeying the general postulates, you may make many correct predictions or conclusions pretty much without any additional assumptions.
https://motls.blogspot.com/2013/07/bohmian-mechanics-ludicrous-caricature.html
A more detailed critique of Bohmian Mechanics (Pilot Wave theory) is here,
A Critique of Bohmian Mechanics (Pilot Wave theory) – video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pn2hoU4jaQQ
Of humorous note:
"When Bohm expressed "hope" that violations of QM (Quantum Mechanics) would be found later and hidden variables supported, Bohr responded that the strange sentence is almost isomorphic to "I hope that 2×2=5 will be proven at some point which will have a good effect on our finances."
https://motls.blogspot.com/2015/12/how-term-copenhagen-interpretation-got.html
ET says:
"Principle" not "Principal"- unless they were researching Principals, of course.
Seversky says:
On a tangential note, has anyone seen Comet NEOWISE yet?
OK- Principal Research Scientist- Not Principal Research. My bad. Carry on
ellijacket says:
Is it true that in the multiverse theory there are infinite universes with infinte possibilities realized? If so, is there a universe that isn't part of the multiverse?
@Sev, I have not seen the comet yet but I plan to.
> …it is logically weak too, on par with the simulation hypothesis
What exactly is weak in the simulation hypothesis? If we assume that it is ultimately possible for a (human) mind to figure out the secrets of space, time and the origin of life, then what makes us believe that we are exactly the very first iteration of "minds" to figure it out?


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First-year seminar students swarm Farinon as robots
By Shirley Liu, Managing Editor|October 28, 2022
Photo by Shirley Liu for The Lafayette
Last week, students in theater professor Michael O'Neill's first-year seminar walked around Farinon dressed as and acting like robots.
If you visited Farinon last Thursday during the lunch break to find people greeting you with metal faces and mechanical movements: no, robots haven't invaded College Hill yet. Those were just students in theater professor Michael O'Neill's first-year seminar (FYS) class Staging Science, Playing Technology.
According to Aven Lancaster '26, a student in the class, the FYS centers around the interactions between technology and theater.
During this acting exercise, students donned expressionless metal masks and walked around Farinon acting like robots. The activity was meant to demonstrate themes discussed in the FYS regarding how people react to technology.
"We're talking about the increasingly dissolving border between human beings and machines. How much of us — how much of our lives — is governed by machines? How much do we think we govern machines?" O'Neill said. "We decided it would be interesting to have this installation where students are impersonating robots and just to see what kind of reactions they got from other students."
Photo by Shirley Liu
From this exercise, students realized that the line between machine and human is sometimes demarcated only by a mask.
"One simple mask can change everything," Charlie Reardon '26 said.
"Someone's face is definitely like a characteristic of being human because you're able to look them in the eyes. You're able to see their imperfections, their skin," Lucas Phillips '26 said.
"But these?" Phillips said, referring to the expressionless masks they wore. "They're scary as hell, I guess."
Students recalled the stark difference in treatment they received once they put on the mask.
"People will talk about you directly in front of you as if you can't hear them just because you're not speaking. It's really amazing," Daniel Hayes '26 said.
O'Neill hoped that the exercise would teach students "how we like to keep our distance between ourselves and machines, and when machines invade our space or imitate us we kind of get freaked out."
Kwasi Owusu-Boateng '26 summed up this lesson succinctly: "People don't want to be messed with."
Overall, the exercise was a success, with both O'Neill and the students leaving Farinon satisfied with the experience.
"It was really fun," Hayes said. "I think we all had a lot of fun doing that."
"I think I made enemies," Phillips joked.
"They're first-year students and it takes a lot of courage to do what they did," O'Neill said. "I'm impressed."
Shirley Liu, Managing Editor
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EDITORIAL began as an installation of the day's newspapers at the Totalkunst Gallery, Edinburgh 20/21 August 2011, the concluding installation of I AM NOT A POET.
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words in bold are words added by participants with black marker, one provided or their own.
words in red are words added by participant(s) in red marker.
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each variation comes from a separate notational revolution round the gallery.
EDITORIAL will be launched as part of Evergreen at X Mark's the Bökship on 30th March 2012.
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REVIEW: 'Killing Floor 2: Perilous Plunder,' is Free and Fun! (PS4)
06/14/2020 06/23/2021 - by Quinn
Killing Floor 2 has kicked summer off with a free event: Perilous Plunder. Developed and published by Tripwire, Killing Floor 2 is a first-person shooter revolving around the concept of horde mode, pitting players against wave upon wave of enemies. The base game was originally released in 2016, but Tripwire has been releasing free seasonal content for the game over the years culminating in this summer's Perilous Plunder content featuring a pirate theme.
In the first game, Killing Floor, a biotech company by the name of Horzine was working to create clones for the military. Instead, a malicious scientist hijacked the experiment and unleashed the clones across the UK. Killing Floor 2 is set a month after the first game, where the outbreak has spread beyond Europe, causing governments to fall.
These clones, also known as Zeds, are grotesque, murderous creations that players fight in waves. With each new wave, more enemies are released on the players along with new enemy types that each have special perks and abilities. This process culminates in a boss battle on the last wave, where the game randomly chooses from a handful of boss characters which the players fight. Each boss has a different way to defeat them, requiring some adapting on the players' part.
At the end of each wave, players can access a pod for a limited time. This pod allows the player to buy new weapons, armor, ammo, and grenades. The activated pod changes each time, activating one of a handful across the map, requiring players to changes their location each wave.
With Perilous Plunder, there is plenty of swag to collect, from new weapons to character outfits and skins, along with a new map to explore. Four new weapons are available, two of which are technically alterations to current in-game guns. However, the alterations are well worth it. One fires explosive pellets and the other fires microwave projectiles. These changes make for some really fun gameplay and new styles of play. The other two weapons are brand new but require an in-game purchase to acquire. However, these weapons can be shared between players, so if you play with some generous people, you'll likely get your hands on the guns even if you don't buy them.
There are new seasonal objectives to be met in the new map, Desolation. Completing objectives will earn you Vosh, the in-game currency, which can be used to unlock crates containing a random item. Playing waves on the new map also increases your chance of tickets dropping which can be redeemed for exclusive summer items. In other words, there are a few ways to earn limited-time summer items. And the grind for tickets is well worth it; the new character skins are both cool and quirky.
We also get a new skin for one of the bosses, the Matriarch. Her new skin gives her a bit of a Big Brother look from Bioshock but goes well with the theme of the summer content. However, it's just a skin so her attacks are consistent with past versions. This is usually how the boss skins work based on other limited-time events, but it would have been nice to get a novel enemy. I can't complain too much though since we did get a new boss back in December of 2019 with the Yuletide Horror event and all these events have been free.
The new map, Desolation, is a community-made map and features a Horzine facility with a few sublevels to explore. Most of the map is indoors, but the outdoors have made their way inside via a few hallways filled with vines. There are four possible spawn points on the map, making sure players never know exactly where they'll start each match. There are also a few mini-games to try out along with collectibles to find across the map. Although I personally didn't find the map interesting because it didn't feel unique enough from the other maps available, I did enjoy the extra objectives to complete and mini-games to mess around with.
Overall, the new summer event, Perilous Plunder, is a fun one. If you've participated in Killing Floor 2's other limited-time events, you'll understand how this one works. Most everything in the event is free, and, although it requires plenty of gameplay, the ways to achieve summer items are plentiful and easy. And who can say no to something that's free?
Killing Floor 2's Perilous Plunder event is currently on-going and ends July 9th.
Killing Floor 2: Perilous Plunder
Rating - 8/10
Overall, the new summer event, Perilous Plunder, is a fun one… Most everything in the event is free, and, although it requires plenty of gameplay, the ways to achieve summer items are plentiful and easy. And who can say no to something that's free?
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Little known facts about Ireland - from rainfall to missing mass
Are you sure you know what living in modern Ireland is really like?
Are you sure you know what living in modern Ireland is really like? Getty images
Apart from the obvious misconceptions about Ireland, such as us all having red hair and freckles and behaving like extras from "The Quiet Man," there are some facts about modern Ireland that go unnoticed by many.
From the changes in religious practices, to our cuisine, immigration and our attitude to gay marriage here's the low down on modern Ireland.
Some facts that will give you pause for thought:
Mass attendance:
Despite largely remaining a predominantly Catholic country mass attendance continues to drop in Ireland. In the late 1990s 64% of Irish Catholics attended mass on a weekly basis and now that figure has dropped to 42.1%, according the Catholic Bishop's report.
In comparison, in the United States, according to Georgetown University, mass attendance stands at 24%.
Rainfall:
Yes! We never stop talking about the weather, but it's really nothing to write home about.
The rainfall in Ireland does vary from coast to coast, but in Dublin there is on average 29 inches of rain per year.
In Seattle, which is also famously a rainy locale, they get 37 inches on average.
The difference is that Dublin has far more "grand soft days." In Dublin it rains 271 days out of the year, but in Seattle it rains for only 150.
Size matters:
The island of Ireland would fit snuggly in the state of Indiana.
It's often said that Ireland "punches above its weight," but many just don't realize how small Ireland really is. Ireland is just 32,599 square miles. That's 174 miles wide and 302 miles long.
The population of Ireland (north and south) is just 6.4 million. The United States population is 317 million and the whole of the United Kingdom is 64.1 million.
Non-Irish:
Immigration on a mass scale into Ireland is a relatively new thing. In 2002 the number of immigrants living in Ireland was 224,261. By 2011 this figure had risen to 544,357. That's an increase of 143%
These immigrants hail from 199 countries with the largest groups having immigrated from China, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Nigeria, Poland, the United States, and the United Kingdom, according to the Central Statistics Office.
Religious beliefs:
Catholicism continues to reign in Ireland with 84.2% of the population ticking that box in the last census. The congregation in Ireland is 3.86 million. However the census also noted "significant increases in the non-Catholic population driven by not only growing numbers with no religion but also large increases in the religions of immigrants from Eastern Europe, Africa and Asia."
Those with no religion, atheists and agnostics, increased more than four-fold between 1991 and 2011 to a total of 277,237. Church of Ireland was 129,039 strong in 2011 while there were 49,204 Muslims in Ireland as of April 2011.
Slave trade central:
By the 10th century Ireland became a hub for the slave trade providing labor and concubines from the British Isles to Scandinavia and even into Muslim Spain.
Following the arrival of the Vikings, who raided for treasure, goods and slaves, Dublin became a slave trade center. Recently, Dublin was linked to investigations into a portion of the Scottish population who can trace their ancestry to particular Saharan tribes whose ancestors came to Spain with the Moorish conquest and who were then captured in slave raids on Spain, taken to Dublin and sold as slaves to Scottish landowners sometime in the 9th century.
Irish food has improved dramatically:
Long saddled with a reputation for meat and potatoes and little else, the Irish would beg to differ. But don't just take our word for it. Irish chefs such as Kevin Dundon and Darina Allen are long-standing champions of Ireland's exquisite, home grown and made produce and wholesome cooking. We Irish are most certainly finding our feet on the world stage.
Recently National Geographic did a feature on Irish food commenting on its "pervasive emphasis on quality, local ingredients and artisan producers."
If you're looking for wholesome, quality food Ireland is among the world leaders.
Scholarly land:
Although Ireland has long been known as the "land of saints and scholars" there is often a misconception that Irish folks are just up for a bit of "craic" and a laugh. In reality, the Irish people are among the most educated in the world.
A recent Eurostat study showed that 51.1% of 30 to 34-year-olds had completed a university education.
Getting hitched:
This may be another throw back to Ireland of "The Quiet Man" when the Catholic Church held a greater sway on the people, but many seem to think that the Irish marry young. This is not the case.
According to the Central Statistics Office the average age of Irish brides is now 32.6, while Irish grooms are 34.7-years-old on average.
In the United States, by comparison, people still tend to marry in their 20s. The 2013 figures showed the average age for men is 29, and for women, 27.
* Originally published in 2014.
Related: Irish Politics, Immigration, Catholic


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Play as one of ten characters caught in a living nightmare. You have three days to learn how their paths intersect as they try to stay alive. Survival depends on your ability to "sightjack" or the power to see through the eyes of friends and foes. There is no one hero. There is little hope.
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From Minnie: I tend to try to cook by color! A sprinkle of Parmesan and a drizzle of olive oil transform tomatoes into a beautiful side dish. Serve them alongside some BBQ pulled chicken, some roasted leeks, a lovely cabbage slaw, and a delicious orange coconut salad, and you have a nutritious, delicious, very healthy and low calorie meal!
A sprinkle of Parmesan and a drizzle of olive oil transform tomatoes into a beautiful side dish.
Place tomatoes cut-side up on a foil-lined baking sheet. Drizzle with oil. Top with Parmesan, oregano, bacon salt, and pepper. Bake until the tomatoes are tender, about 15 minutes.
Note: These tomatoes are also great sandwiched between two slices of your favorite healthy, whole-grain, bread.
We haven't had Baked Tomatoes in a while, these look so good! Thank you so much for celebrating TWO YEARS with FULL PLATE THURSDAY, I appreciate your visit!
Just what I like….simple and will go with anything.
I have been sharing these yummy tomatoes in many of my cooking classes. I like your addition of bacon salt…should add a new dimension to the flavors. Often I use a Mediterranean seasoning…it's good, too. It's a wonderful recipe to prepare on a Silpat.
CONGRATULATIONS!!! Your recipe is being featured on Today's Menu Round Up!
Thanks for sharing your recipe with us at Cast Party Wednesday!
Well, that just looks YUMMY! Can't wait for it to be full-fledged tomato season. I'll be making these for sure!
First of all, these look delicious! Hubby doesn't care for tomatoes, but I could eat these all my own. Second of all, I never knew there was such a thing as bacon salt. That sounds SOO good.
I will definitley try this. Looks delecious!
I have never heard of bacon salt.
It's great to add this to "ways to fix tomatoes" when you start to get an abundance from your garden!! They look delicious.
Simple but perfect by the sound of it!
That looks wonderful! I love everything to do with tomatoes!
I have a really similar recipe sitting in my pile of food to try. This looks so good and just reminded me that I really need to make them!
Just this weekend I was thinking of how to make tomatoes with parmesan. I knew I didn't want to have them breaded but wasn't sure how it would work, and now I stumble on your recipe through the linky party. Coincidence much? Thank you for posting, they look really good.


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WAVE CAN CLINCH PLAYOFF SPOT AT ST. LOUIS SATURDAY
MILWAUKEE (Jan. 31, 2014) — The Milwaukee Wave can clinch a playoff berth with a road victory Saturday against the St. Louis Ambush. Kickoff is at 1:35 p.m. CST and the game will be streamed live on YouTube at youtube.com/stlouisambush.
Milwaukee (10-2) would reach 11 wins with a victory, meaning that it could not be knocked out of the top four spots which qualify for the MISL postseason.
The Wave are perfect in three games against St. Louis this season, but the only game in St. Louis was a dogfight. The Ambush led for most of the first three quarters, before JC Banks tied the game early in the fourth and Pablo's 3-pointer — his third goal of the game — put the Wave on top for good in a 13-11 triumph.
Marcio Leite has tormented the Ambush with six goals and four assists in the three meetings, including a game-clinching hat trick in the fourth quarter of last Saturday's 21-9 victory at the U.S. Cellular Arena. Ian Bennett also recorded a hat trick on Saturday and has climbed to fourth in the league scoring chase with 42 points.
Marcel Feenstra has been the winning keeper in all three matches against St. Louis, stopping 22 of 33 shots and allowing 8 points per game.
St. Louis (4-10) is led by Odaine Sinclair with 28 points. He has just one point in the three games against Milwaukee, however.
This is the first of three consecutive road games for the Wave, who take an East Coast trip to Syracuse next Friday and Rochester on Sunday.


January 19, 2011— Scientific interest in the search for a cure for HIV/AIDS has been building over the past few years, a groundswell that is generating a critical mass of activity among researchers and scientific organizations, including amfAR.
Special sessions at major scientific conferences on the prospects for a cure and noteworthy new commitments to research into a cure from amfAR and others are contributing to this wave of guarded optimism in the scientific community. Public interest in the subject has also been piqued by the December 2010 publication in the journal Blood of a peer-reviewed paper on the Berlin patient—the HIV-positive man whose cure via a stem-cell transplant inspired new hope for cure research.
In February, amfAR will announce a new round of research grants for projects that will explore the mechanisms for HIV persistence even in the face of drug therapy, and the potential for HIV eradication. "We received a very high number of applications proposing a range of basic and clinical studies, and they came from a wider group of countries than ever before," said Johnston.
Awakened interest in cure research was further illustrated in December 2010 at the DART 2010 conference, where the opening session addressed the search for a cure. A number of amfAR grantees were among featured presenters, including ARCHE investigator Steven Deeks, M.D.; Daria Hazuda, Ph.D., who serves on amfAR's Program Advisory Council; and Sharon Lewin, M.D., a past amfAR grantee who is currently mentoring a recipient of amfAR's Krim Fellowships.
In early March, the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI)—the top biomedical conference on HIV/AIDS in the U.S.—will also address the issue with a symposium dedicated to obstacles to a cure.


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using browsing_data::ConditionalCacheCountingHelper;
using content::BrowserThread;

class ConditionalCacheCountingHelperBrowserTest : public InProcessBrowserTest {
 public:
  const int64_t kTimeoutMs = 1000;

  void SetUpOnMainThread() override {
    count_callback_ =
        base::Bind(&ConditionalCacheCountingHelperBrowserTest::CountCallback,
                   base::Unretained(this));

    cache_util_ = base::MakeUnique<CacheTestUtil>(
        content::BrowserContext::GetDefaultStoragePartition(
            browser()->profile()));
  }

  void TearDownOnMainThread() override { cache_util_.reset(); }

  void CountCallback(int64_t size, bool is_upper_limit) {
    // Negative values represent an unexpected error.
    DCHECK(size >= 0 || size == net::ERR_ABORTED);
    DCHECK_CURRENTLY_ON(BrowserThread::UI);
    last_size_ = size;
    last_is_upper_limit_ = is_upper_limit;

    if (run_loop_)
      run_loop_->Quit();
  }

  void WaitForTasksOnIOThread() {
    DCHECK_CURRENTLY_ON(BrowserThread::UI);
    run_loop_.reset(new base::RunLoop());
    run_loop_->Run();
  }

  void CountEntries(base::Time begin_time, base::Time end_time) {
    DCHECK_CURRENTLY_ON(BrowserThread::UI);
    last_size_ = -1;
    auto helper = ConditionalCacheCountingHelper::CreateForRange(
        cache_util_->partition(), begin_time, end_time);
    helper->CountAndDestroySelfWhenFinished(count_callback_);
  }

  int64_t GetResult() {
    DCHECK_GT(last_size_, 0);
    return last_size_;
  }

  int64_t IsUpperLimit() { return last_is_upper_limit_; }

  int64_t GetResultOrError() { return last_size_; }

  CacheTestUtil* GetCacheTestUtil() { return cache_util_.get(); }

 private:
  ConditionalCacheCountingHelper::CacheCountCallback count_callback_;
  std::unique_ptr<base::RunLoop> run_loop_;
  std::unique_ptr<CacheTestUtil> cache_util_;

  int64_t last_size_;
  bool last_is_upper_limit_;
};

// Tests that ConditionalCacheCountingHelper only counts those cache entries
// that match the condition.
IN_PROC_BROWSER_TEST_F(ConditionalCacheCountingHelperBrowserTest, Count) {
  // Create 5 entries.
  std::set<std::string> keys1 = {"1", "2", "3", "4", "5"};

  base::Time t1 = base::Time::Now();
  GetCacheTestUtil()->CreateCacheEntries(keys1);

  base::PlatformThread::Sleep(base::TimeDelta::FromMilliseconds(kTimeoutMs));
  base::Time t2 = base::Time::Now();
  base::PlatformThread::Sleep(base::TimeDelta::FromMilliseconds(kTimeoutMs));

  std::set<std::string> keys2 = {"6", "7"};
  GetCacheTestUtil()->CreateCacheEntries(keys2);

  base::PlatformThread::Sleep(base::TimeDelta::FromMilliseconds(kTimeoutMs));
  base::Time t3 = base::Time::Now();

  // Count all entries.
  CountEntries(t1, t3);
  WaitForTasksOnIOThread();
  int64_t size_1_3 = GetResult();

  // Count everything
  CountEntries(base::Time(), base::Time::Max());
  WaitForTasksOnIOThread();
  EXPECT_EQ(size_1_3, GetResult());

  // Count the size of the first set of entries.
  CountEntries(t1, t2);
  WaitForTasksOnIOThread();
  int64_t size_1_2 = GetResult();

  // Count the size of the second set of entries.
  CountEntries(t2, t3);
  WaitForTasksOnIOThread();
  int64_t size_2_3 = GetResult();

  if (IsUpperLimit()) {
    EXPECT_EQ(size_1_2, size_1_3);
    EXPECT_EQ(size_2_3, size_1_3);
  } else {
    EXPECT_GT(size_1_2, 0);
    EXPECT_GT(size_2_3, 0);
    EXPECT_LT(size_1_2, size_1_3);
    EXPECT_LT(size_2_3, size_1_3);
    EXPECT_EQ(size_1_2 + size_2_3, size_1_3);
  }
}

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Q: Euclidean space as a sum of non-intersecting and non-parrarel lines Is it possible to represent $\mathbb{R^{3}}$ as a union of countable non-intersecting and non-coplanar lines?

A: No, they have measure 0, thus so does their countable union. Whereas $\mathbb R^3$ has infinite measure.
Also by the baire category theorem a complete metric space cannot be written as the countable union of closed, nowhere-dense sets and lines are nowhere dense in $\mathbb R^3$.

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